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⦿ HP Stream Laptops at Walmart and Reality of Microsoft Windows Bloat | Techrights

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Posted in Hardware, HP, Microsoft, Windows at 7:47 pm by Guest Editorial Team

Reprinted with permission from Ryan_Farmer.

HP Stream Laptops at Walmart. How Much Computer Do You Need in 2023?

I saw some $179 HP Stream Windows 11 craptops at Sprawl Mart yesterday.

And I was like, “Really? HP is still letting Microsoft command them to sell

computers that barely work? How big is the market of people who haven’t already

fallen for these?”.

16 GB of RAM is “barely enough” these days, due to software bloat, if you’re

using more than several programs at once.

They sell Windows 11 systems with 4 GB!

You can barely use Linux productively with 4 these days. Much less Windows.

With Windows 11 and 4 GB, you can barely even boot the computer and load one

program. These things don’t age well because they can barely handle a single

use case that people are going to take them home for.

They are not comparable to Chromebooks, where Google has at least made a Linux-

based OS centered around the device, planning out that it MUST work well with 4

GB RAM.

Windows always needs a new PC, and a good one, because it’s designed to force

people to keep upgrading hardware when Windows “slows down”. It’s deliberate.

They make Windows slower and more obese over time to “feed the pigs” over at

Intel and AMD, who could otherwise not sell very much hardware.

The reason why moving over to Linux feels like you’ve turned back the clock and

bought a new PC again is because there’s nobody trying to sell you a new one.

By far, the worst and most bloated thing I do on Linux, is not even the fault

of Linux, it’s this trend to bigger, fatter, Web browsers for a more obnoxious

Web experience. Not the fault of the base OS, which has barely increased in

system requirements in more than a decade.

This HP Stream funny business cannot possibly be as successful as it was to

start with.

Thanks to the “Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.”

concept, people who bought a previous model with Windows 10, and then didn’t

even have enough storage space to upgrade to a newer version of Windows 10,

probably don’t fall for this trap, again.

So the business model of fooling people who have never seen an HP Stream into

buying another really bad computer is almost certainly self-limiting.

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                 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Computer_review⦈_

Other customers who bought the Stream complained of:

Poor battery life.

HP putting the keyboard buttons on in the wrong places.

Broken screens, from the factory.

Computers that suddenly booted up to a black screen, seemingly for no reason,

one day, with no obvious repair. (Common problem with Windows.)

“45 minutes to load one [Web browser] tab.”

One reviewer, on Amazon, claimed that there was static buildup and every time

he went to type something, the keyboard shocked him.

 One more note: Have used this on a treadmill and there is massive

 static electricity on every key. On other laptops there’s some static

 on the machine at first so you can ground yourself and then type just

 fine. But this one delivers a shock for every. single. key. stroke.

 Ouch.

 -“S Larson”

Multiple complaints that even if you don’t use the C: for any user files at

all, you eventually can’t install a Windows update, even if all of your files

are on an SD card.

For $80 less, you can get a Raspberry Pi 4 Personal Computer.

It’s contained in a keyboard with lots of ports. You get 4 GB of RAM and an ARM

CPU, you load the OS and store your user files on an SD card of your choice in

size.

It runs Linux OS images that are actually made planning on the fact that the

thing has 4 GB of RAM instead of being an OS that was meant for 16 GB systems

that was put on the HP Stream after-the-fact.

Hell, for $50 less you could buy a Chromebook. (With support for Linux and

Android applications.)

I don’t know why, exactly, Microsoft continues to get away with convincing OEMs

to cheapen and denigrate their brands to pretend it has something in the same

league with small computers that were made to at least work properly.

HP Stream is a clear example of Microsoft convincing other companies to fall on

their sword to serve Microsoft.

If you handed me one of these HP Streams for free I might take it and see if I

could shoehorn Linux on it somehow, but I would certainly not risk $179 of my

own money on one given the things I have heard from people who did.

From what I’ve read on Reddit, at least some people using the HP Stream have

installed Arch Linux, but they couldn’t install Grub (the bootloader), and for

some reason systemd-boot (LOL) worked. Maybe HP and Microsoft can “fix that” so

that word won’t get around that you can at least use a real operating system if

you have one of these things.

The HP Stream is a Microsoft panic response “but they still don’t GET IT” to

the Chromebook. Which is $50 cheaper, runs faster, and is Linux.

Many people who get a Stream use it… to go back to whatever Web site they

bought it from and talk about all the problems they have with it that make it

impossible to use.

Which is exactly what you would expect from a <$200 thing that came with

Windows.

The market for new devices is limited. Largely by Linux. It’s feasted off of

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Zuckerberg_Espionage_Hive_(Propelled_Directly_Into_Executive-Level

Management)⠀✐

Posted in Deception at 2:19 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

The staff pipeline hints at the opposite of privacy, it’s more about

‘monetising’ the remaining Firefox users

              🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Dani_Chehak_in_Mozilla⦈_

                   🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Dani_Chehak⦈_

Summary: When Mozilla does not get its managers directly from_the_C.I.A. it

keeps hiring many managers from a notorious surveillance company, Facebook; the

latest recruit too comes from the Zuckerbergs, so how does Mozilla intend to

assure Firefox users that privacy is a priority? These people know nothing

about Free software and some are actively_hostile toward the Open Web and Open

Source.

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⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠀⢀⠠⠀⠀⠀⡀⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠰⢀⠀⡀⠄⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠎⣸⠈⠐⠂⠁⢀⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⡁⠆⢄⠀⠈⠀⠂⠁⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⢀⠄⠆⡁⠈⠐⡔⠈⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠂⠇⠀⠀⠀⡀⠘⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠀⣀⡀⠄⠂⠁⢂⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠈⠀⠁⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⡀⢸⠐⡠⠄⠢⢁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠂⠄⡀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠇⠀⠀⠸⠐⠠⠀⠀⠁⠠⠧⠂⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠃⠄⠀⠀⠐⠡⠀⠠⠐⠈⠀⠀⠀⠠⠐⠈⠁⠂⠔⠈⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠢⢁⡇⠁⠒⠈⠀⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠠⢹⠨⢀⡀⠔⠈⡇⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⡀⠀⠙⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⠄⢀⡤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⢄⠠⠐⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢄⠀⠀⠀⠠⡀⠁⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠀⠘⢄⠀⠀⠠⠐⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠂⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣄⣠⣄⣀⣤⣄⠀⠀⣀⣤⣤⡀⠀⣤⣤⣤⣤⠀⢠⡄⠀⢠⡟⠀⣼⠇⢀⣤⣤⡀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠄⡀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠄⠠⡀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠄⠀⡀⠈⠁⠀⠀⢸⡏⠀⢹⡇⠀⣿⡇⢰⣿⠀⠈⣿⠀⠉⣠⡞⠁⠀⠈⠁⠀⣾⠃⢠⡟⠀⣈⡤⠬⣿⠀⠀⠐⠀⠂⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠁⠂⢄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠅⡀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠂⠀⠀⠾⠷⠆⠸⠷⠀⠿⠷⠀⠻⠶⠶⠋⠀⠾⠿⠶⠿⠀⠸⠇⠰⠏⠀⠾⠃⠀⠻⠦⠚⠿⠄⠀⡠⠐⠀⠀⡀⠄⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠁⠢⢄⠀⠀⡀⠜⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠢⢀⠀⠀⡀⠀⡀⠀⠀⢀⠀⡀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⢀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⡇⠀⠐⠅⡀⠠⠐⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠂⠅⡀⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠂⠄⡀⠈⠁⢀⠠⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠈⠁⢀⠠⠃⠀⠀⠸⡀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⡇⢂⠄⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⡇⠀⠤⡀⢸⢀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠔⡈⡏⠐⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠄⡀⠈⠐⠂⠁⢢⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠄⣸⡈⠔⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠈⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠑⠁⡀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠙⠠⢀⠀⠉⠀⢈⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠁⠀⢀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⡀⠀⠁⠢⠔⠈⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠈⠐⠸⠐⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠐⠠⠀⠀⠁⠞⠂⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠂⢀⠀⠀⢲⠈⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠢⢀⠀⠠⠒⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠀⠁⠂⢄⠠⠐⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠠⠧⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠐⠸⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿

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⣿⣿⠀⣶⠀⡟⠩⠹⠉⣉⢹⠈⣿⡇⣴⣦⣽⢈⡉⡟⠩⠙⡇⢨⠙⡏⠍⢹⠀⢋⣽⣿⣿⠀⠸⠃⠀⠏⣉⠹⣭⠉⣽⢸⠀⡇⣟⠩⠙⣵⠋⠍⣿⣿⢉⡉⡟⠩⠙⡍⠏⠹⢉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣤⣭⣴⣧⣭⣤⣤⣿⣼⣤⣿⣷⣬⣥⣾⣼⣧⣷⣬⣭⣧⣼⣤⣧⣭⣼⣤⣦⣽⢹⣿⣤⣧⣼⣤⣦⣭⣴⣥⣬⣽⣼⣤⣧⣧⣬⣤⣿⣭⣥⣾⣿⣼⣧⣷⣬⣭⣷⣤⣦⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣿⣟⣻⣿⣿⣿⠛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⣻⠛⣛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠁⡦⢽⢠⡆⢹⢸⠀⡂⢱⢰⣿⡇⢰⠄⡏⢐⠈⡃⣶⢘⠀⡦⢸⠀⡃⣒⢸⣿⠁⡦⢸⠀⣶⢰⡇⢘⢰⡦⡏⢐⠈⡇⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣾⣷⣾⣾⣶⣶⣿⣾⣿⣇⣰⣶⣿⣶⣾⣷⣶⣾⣀⣶⣾⣶⣷⣶⣾⣿⣷⣶⣾⣶⣿⣾⣷⣾⣶⣶⣿⣶⣾⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⢿⢻⣿⢿⢟⣟⢟⣻⣻⢿⢿⡻⢟⢿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⡿⣿⣿⡟⢻⣿⢿⢿⡟⡿⣿⣿⣟⡿⡿⣿⣟⢿⢿⢿⢟⣟⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣤⣼⣿⣷⣾⣷⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣷⣾⣶⣿⣿⣾⣽⣷⣿⣾⣾⣷⣿⣿⣥⣼⣿⣶⣾⣷⣷⣿⣿⣿⣷⣷⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⣾⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⢃⠏⡭⠉⣯⣿⡍⠉⡟⡁⢩⡯⢹⣯⢩⡏⢉⢿⣉⢻⡏⢩⢻⢩⡍⠉⣯⢉⢻⡯⢽⣥⣵⠉⢩⠉⢩⠋⣿⠩⡋⣯⣙⠅⢘⠍⠉⡭⡉⡏⢹⡫⣛⣙⢹⣽⡏⣯⠋⢹⡯⢽⠙⠉⡭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⡿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣦⣼⣦⣤⣷⣬⣿⣼⣼⣧⣼⣷⣼⣧⣿⣯⣧⣷⣼⣧⣤⣿⣧⣿⣧⣾⣷⣼⣤⣼⣿⣴⣿⣧⣷⣴⣿⣷⣼⣇⣿⣧⣼⣄⣿⣿⣾⣿⣤⣧⣤⣷⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣼⣷⣤⣼⣧⣼⣿⣤⣿⣧⣼⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠻⡻⠻⠻⡟⣟⢻⢻⢻⣟⡿⡻⠛⣛⢻⣟⣻⡟⢻⠻⠟⣿⣛⣟⠟⡟⠟⣟⠿⣿⡻⡻⡟⠿⠻⣻⣛⠛⢻⠻⡟⣿⢟⣿⠛⢻⡟⢛⠛⣿⠻⢛⣟⢻⡟⢿⠛⣿⠛⡛⢻⠿⠿⢿⢻⡟⠟⣛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣾⣶⣶⣾⣷⣿⣶⣾⣾⣷⣶⣾⣶⣷⣾⣷⣾⣶⣾⣶⣶⣿⣤⣿⣶⣷⣶⣿⣼⣿⣶⣾⣷⣾⣶⣾⣶⣶⣶⣶⣷⣿⣶⣷⣶⣾⣶⣾⣶⣿⣶⣾⣷⣾⣷⣷⣶⣷⣶⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣾⣷⣶⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠩⣿⢭⡩⡯⣉⢽⠅⣿⢍⢝⣏⢹⡍⢩⡯⢽⠏⢩⡯⣍⢽⣇⣯⢉⢹⢸⡷⢾⠉⢩⡃⣏⢶⣨⢉⢽⡍⡩⣟⢽⣯⠉⣹⢉⡇⡩⣃⣩⡯⣍⢽⡇⣋⢈⢽⠩⠀⢈⢹⡏⢹⢙⣏⢽⡍⢈⢽⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣸⣿⣤⣷⣨⣿⣧⣧⣧⣼⣤⣼⣧⣼⣿⣼⣤⣿⣯⣼⣯⣤⣷⣼⣷⣬⣿⣤⣾⣤⣿⣼⣿⣬⣿⣮⣤⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡿⢿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣤⣿⣴⣽⣧⣦⣿⣧⣧⣿⣧⣿⣴⣿⣷⣶⣽⣧⣧⣧⣮⣧⣴⣿⣤⣿⣱⣴⣽⣤⣿⣤⣽⣠⣿⣧⣷⣤⣿⣼⣿⣿⣤⣼⣤⣧⣿⣤⣼⣧⣼⣿⣴⣿⣤⣧⣴⣿⣤⣷⣼⣿⣴⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠻⢻⢟⡟⡛⠛⡟⡿⢻⡿⢛⣟⠟⣿⢻⣻⢿⢟⡟⣻⡟⢟⣿⢛⡟⠿⡻⢛⣿⠻⣿⡻⣛⠻⢟⡿⢻⣻⣿⢻⢛⡿⢿⡟⠻⣻⠿⠻⡿⢻⣟⠟⡛⡛⢟⠿⣿⡿⠻⣿⡛⣻⡟⣻⠻⢛⣿⡟⣿⠿⡛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣶⣿⣶⣷⣷⣶⣶⣷⣾⣷⣾⣷⣶⣿⣾⣿⣾⣷⣶⣿⣷⣾⣿⣴⣷⣶⣷⣴⣿⣶⣿⣶⣿⣶⣷⣶⣾⣷⣿⣾⣾⣷⣾⣷⣶⣿⣶⣾⣿⣷⣷⣶⣷⣶⣾⣦⣼⣷⣷⣿⣶⣿⣷⣿⣶⣾⣿⣶⣿⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⢸⡍⡉⣿⠍⡋⡋⢉⣍⢽⡍⣯⠍⢽⡯⢽⠉⣹⠉⢿⣯⢩⡏⢉⢽⠉⣿⡏⣿⢭⢈⢹⠉⢩⣏⡯⢹⣯⢩⡋⣹⡭⢨⡏⢉⣿⠰⡉⢹⡍⢸⣿⢙⣏⣏⣝⢉⡏⣵⠭⣯⢩⢽⠩⡋⢙⡭⢙⢍⢩⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⡿⣿⢿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣶⢿⣿⣿⣾⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣤⣧⣼⣧⣵⣤⣿⣽⣤⣬⣿⣿⣵⣥⣿⣧⣿⣧⣼⣤⣾⣇⣼⣿⣴⣤⣿⣼⣿⣼⣿⣤⣿⣼⣧⣦⣧⣥⣼⣤⣿⣯⣧⣧⣼⣧⣾⣼⣤⣿⣤⣿⣧⣼⣤⣧⣷⣧⣼⣿⣤⣿⣧⣼⣤⣼⣿⣸⣿⣤⣼⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⢛⠟⠛⡛⣟⠟⣛⢛⣿⡛⢟⢻⢛⠟⠻⡻⢛⠟⠛⣿⠻⠻⠛⣟⡛⡟⣿⡟⢻⡟⡻⠻⠛⢛⢿⠟⣛⢛⠛⣛⠛⢟⠛⢟⣿⢛⣿⠻⢻⣟⠻⠻⠛⠛⣿⠻⡻⣛⣿⡟⢻⣿⠛⡿⡛⠟⠟⠛⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣴⣷⣶⣷⣷⣶⣿⣾⣿⣷⣧⣾⣴⣷⣾⣶⣴⣷⣶⣿⣾⣾⣶⣿⣷⣶⣿⣷⣾⣷⣶⣾⣶⣾⣾⣶⣷⣾⣶⣷⣶⣧⣴⣶⣿⣶⣷⣶⣾⣿⣾⣾⣶⣶⣿⣶⣾⣶⣷⣷⣦⣿⣶⣿⣶⣶⣷⣦⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣹⣿⣉⣽⣩⣿⡍⡿⣩⣿⣉⢽⣈⣽⠍⣟⢏⣰⣏⢽⢏⣹⡇⢹⣯⣸⢏⣍⡿⣹⢋⢿⡿⡉⣽⢅⣿⢉⣩⣿⡩⣟⣇⡻⣍⣽⢍⣈⣙⢯⣏⣿⣩⡿⣉⢻⢍⢹⣨⣿⢏⣩⡯⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⢿⠿⣿⣿⢿⢿⡾⢿⣿⡿⠿⣿⢿⢿⡿⣿⢿⣿⡿⡿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣬⣾⣤⣿⣤⣼⣯⣤⣧⣤⣏⣾⣼⣧⣧⣧⣬⣯⣼⣼⣼⣴⣶⣼⣾⣤⣾⣥⣿⣯⣤⣧⣬⣿⣦⣿⣤⣿⣬⣼⣧⣧⣧⣼⣾⣥⣼⣤⣯⣥⣼⣷⣶⣬⣼⣿⣴⣷⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⡏⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⡇⢰⡆⡆⢲⠀⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣇⣈⣁⣁⣈⣀⣿⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠛⠛⢛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢛⠛⡛⠛⡛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠄⠠⠀⣠⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣨⣼⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡇⢠⡈⡟⠛⢻⠛⡛⡇⢸⣿⠁⣤⡅⢘⠛⡟⠛⢻⢘⠛⡟⠛⢻⠘⢛⣿⣿⣿⠛⡛⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣧⣬⣴⣧⣤⣼⣤⣧⣧⣼⣿⣦⣭⣤⣼⣤⣧⣭⣼⣼⣤⣧⣥⣼⣴⣬⣿⣿⣶⣶⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡇⡦⢨⠃⡏⢩⢸⡇⡊⠍⠋⠉⠉⡟⠩⣻⡣⡎⢡⢠⡏⣽⠉⣯⣿⠈⠁⢫⠩⢹⠀⣿⠉⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣾⣶⣷⣾⣾⣷⣿⣶⣷⣦⣶⣿⣶⣿⣷⣾⣾⣾⣷⣾⣶⣿⣿⣾⣷⣷⣶⣾⣶⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡏⡙⠛⠛⢻⡟⠹⠉⠛⠻⣿⢩⠝⠋⣿⠙⠛⠛⡛⠙⡛⢿⡉⢙⡛⠉⠟⡛⠋⣿⠉⠽⠛⠻⠛⠛⢻⣟⣿⠩⠝⠛⢛⠋⠛⠛⠛⠙⣿⠙⡛⢉⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡯⢉⠉⡉⢙⡋⣻⡫⡏⠉⡍⢩⠋⢙⢭⠁⡫⠉⡝⠉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡟⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠻⣿⡿⣫⣽⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣍⢿⣿⢏⣭⡿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣝⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠇⠸⠀⠀⠠⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠆⠂⠀⠀⣿⡿⣿⣿⡅⣭⣇⣤⣁⣈⣀⣀⣈⣀⣀⣾⣿⢿⣿⢿⣿⣇⣀⣈⣀⣁⣎⣀⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣠⣴⣿⣷⣭⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣭⣾⣿⣮⣝⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣭⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛

⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡟⠉⢿⢘⠻⢛⠛⢻⠛⡋⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣾⣶⣶⣶⣶⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣇⣅⡀⢂⣀⣷⢡⣏⣈⣐⣕⣂⣀⣆⣸⣂⣀⣀⣰⣨⣀⣐⣿⠀⣨⣐⣕⣀⣈⣿⣀⣅⣀⣎⣅⣪⣾⣇⣀⣃⣰⣆⣀⣁⣸⣇⣄⣀⣀⣪⣀⣷⣐⣅⣀⣸⣇⣐⣕⣀⣐⣘⣀⣂⣀⣄⣸⣎⣠⣀⣕⣸

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡏⠛⡟⠉⢟⠉⢛⠛⢻⡏⣻⠙⢻⡛⣿⠛⠛⠛⣋⢛⠛⣛⠛⠛⡛⢛⢻⢛⠛⣛⠻⠛⠛⣟⢛⠛⢛⠙⡛⢛⠟⠋⣿⠙⡛⠙⡛⢛⠛⠙⡛⡟⢛⢙⠛⢛⠛⠛⢻⠛⡟⡻⡋⣿⣛⠛⢛⢙⡟⢛⠛⡛

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣶⣶⣷⣶⣾⡦⣼⣷⣿⡦⣼⣷⣿⣶⡷⣶⣿⣶⣷⣿⣶⣿⣷⣧⣾⣷⣶⣧⣴⣶⣶⣷⠶⣶⣷⡾⣶⣾⣶⣶⣿⣶⡷⢶⣷⣶⣾⢶⣷⣶⣶⣷⣶⡾⣶⣶⢾⣶⣷⢿⣶⢿⡶⣶⣿⣶⣶⡾⣶⣶

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣧⣤⣦⣤⣿⣬⣤⣤⣼⣤⣦⣦⣿⣤⣼⣴⣤⣴⣤⣶⣤⣦⣇⣤⣤⣤⣦⣴⣤⣦⣎⣿⣤⣶⣤⣴⣦⣤⣧⣥⣠⣴⣤⣮⣧⣦⣤⣾⣦⣼⣼⣤⣦⣴⣦⣠⣤⣾⣤⣦⣦⣬⣆⣴⣤⣿⣤⣷⣤⣦⣧⣦

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⡟⠛⡛⠛⠛⢛⢛⢛⠛⠛⡟⢹⡛⢿⡏⠙⠋⢛⠛⠛⣿⢛⠋⣿⠛⠻⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⣿⠙⡛⠛⢻⢻⠛⡟⠋⢛⢹⠛⠛⡛⢛⠛⡻⢙⢻⡟⠛⢙⠋⠙⢻⡏⠛⠛⠋⡟⠛⡋⢛⠛⢻⡟⡛⠛⣻

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉

⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠛⢩⠅⢨⠀⠙⢩⠀⠀⡍⠋⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡷⣿⡶⠶⠶⡶⢶⢷⣾⢶⣶⣮⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣧⣟⣯⣼⣼⣴⣽⣼⣤⣼⣤⣤⣤⣦⣦⣷⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡇⠆⡉⠉⢩⢹⢸⡇⡍⠉⠩⠉⠉⢩⣬⠨⣿⠩⡉⠍⡉⢉⠨⠉⠍⠅⣿⡉⣉⠉⡁⢽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡟⠻⠛⢛⠟⠟⢛⣻⡟⠻⡻⠛⢛⠛⣿⣛⠟⠚⡻⢹⠟⡛⠛⠻⠛⠛⠛⣶⠟⠋⠉⣿⢙⠟⢻⣟⢹⠟⠛⠛⠛⠛⢟⠛⢟⢹⢙⠛⠻⠛⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣾⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣶⣶⣶⣷⣾⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣶⣶⣿⣶⣶⣶⣿⣶⣶⣾⣷⣾⣶⣦⣶⣶⣮⣼⣶⣶⣾⣾⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⠘⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⢀⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡏⠩⡟⠛⡛⠛⠿⠛⠟⢛⠉⠟⠛⡟⠛⠟⡛⠟⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣧⣬⣥⣤⣅⣤⣤⣤⣤⣼⣤⣦⣤⣧⣧⣦⣭⣦⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠉⠘⠉⠉⠩⠀⠀⠏⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⡆⠀⡆⢰⠀⠀⣿⡿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠁⠀⠁⠈⠀⠀⣿⣟⣻⣘⣇⣆⣨⣢⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣇⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣭⠉⢻⠙⠛⡋⣹⠉⢉⠛⠛⠛⠟⠛⠙⠛⢻⡋⡍⡋⡉⡉⢛⡛⠛⠛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣾⣶⣶⣷⣿⣶⣿⣶⣶⣶⣧⣶⣶⣶⣾⣷⣶⣷⣷⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣍⣻⣨⣥⣊⣹⣉⣉⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠻⡟⢛⣿⡛⡛⣻⠛⡛⢻⠿⣿⠟⡛⠛⠛⠛⠟⠛⣻⣿⣟⢛⡟⡛⠻⡻⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣤⣿⣶⣶⣾⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣾⣿⣷⣶⣷⣷⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⢿⡿⢿⣿⡿⢿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⡿⠿⡿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣇⣀⣐⣀⣈⣰⣸⣀⣄⣿⣀⣛⣰⣀⣀⣀⣆⣿⣨⣤⣀⣀⣂⢐⣀⣀⣀⣿⣄⣃⣆⣀⣀⣐⣀⣀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠟⠿⢿⢿⡛⠛⣻⡛⡛⢻⣿⣿⠻⢿⠿⢿⣟⠻⡛⡛⢛⢻⡿⣿⢻⢟⢻⡿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣷⣿⣶⣷⣾⣾⣶⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣦⣼⣷⣿⣶⣶⣷⣾⣿⣿⣶⣶⣾⣿⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⣛⣛⡛⠿⣿⣿⡿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⠿⢿⡿⠿⢿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡏⡐⢩⣉⡛⢛⣦⡘⣿⣇⣄⣅⣈⣀⣀⣂⣿⣀⣰⣰⣿⣨⣄⣀⣀⣨⢐⣀⣀⣀⣿⣀⣉⣿⣇⣁⣸⣀⣀⣁⣆⣐⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

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§ Contents⠀➾

* Leftovers

      o Science

      o Education

      o Hardware

      o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

      o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI)

      o Linux_Foundation

      o Security

            # Privacy/Surveillance

      o Defence/Aggression

      o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting

      o Environment

            # Energy/Transportation

      o Finance

      o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

      o Censorship/Free_Speech

      o Civil_Rights/Policing

      o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality

      o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM)

      o Monopolies

            # Patents

            # Trademarks

            # Copyrights

* § Leftovers⠀➾

      o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ How_to_Decolonize_the_City⠀⇛

             A recent exhibition in Brussels, in radically reframing

             the art and architecture of Art Nouveau, offered some

             clues.

      o ⚓ Kev Quirk ☛ Metro_2033⠀⇛

             The year is 2033. The world has been reduced to rubble.

             Humanity is nearly extinct. The half-destroyed cities

             have become uninhabitable through radiation. Beyond their

             boundaries, they say, lie endless burned-out deserts and

             the remains of splintered forests. Survivors still

             remember the past greatness of humankind. But the last

             remains of civilisation have already become a distant

             memory, the stuff of myth and legend. More than 20 years

             have passed since the last plane took off from the earth.

             Rusted railways lead into emptiness. The ether is void

             and the airwaves echo to a soulless howling where

             previously the frequencies were full of news from Tokyo,

             New York, Buenos Aires. Man has handed over stewardship

             of the earth to new life-forms. Mutated by radiation,

             they are better adapted to the new world. Man’s time is

             over.

      o ⚓ Truthdig ☛ The_‘War_on_Terror’_and_the_Hell_It_Wrought_After_9/

        11⠀⇛

             Under the “war on terror” rubric, open-ended warfare was

             well underway — “as if terror were a state and not a

             technique,” as Joan Didion wrote in 2003 (two months

             before the U.S. invasion of Iraq). “We had seen, most

             importantly, the insistent use of September 11 to justify

             the reconception of America’s correct role in the world

             as one of initiating and waging virtually perpetual war.”

             In a single sentence, Didion had captured the essence of

             a quickly calcified set of assumptions that few

             mainstream journalists were willing to question. Those

             assumptions were catnip for the lions of the military-

             industrial-intelligence complex. After all, the budgets

             at “national security” agencies (both long-standing and

             newly created) had begun to soar with similar vast

             outlays going to military contractors. Worse yet, there

             was no end in sight as mission creep accelerated into a

             dash for cash.

      o ⚓ Truthdig ☛ The_US_Legacy_of_‘Security’_Lives_on_22_Years_Later⠀⇛

             Leaders in Central Asia and the Middle East, despite

             their authoritarian credentials, have reinvented

             themselves as indispensable to a U.S.-led security

             architecture, leveraging the GWOT’s prevailing ethos to

             quell internal opposition. Even in Latin America,

             seemingly distant from the 9/11 epicenter, governments

             have weaponized these legal tools against a broader

             spectrum of perceived adversaries, including civil

             society and grassroots organizations. A hyper-securitized

             world is now our new normal.

      o § Science⠀➾

            # ⚓ Lessons_from_Japan’s_‘Lost_Decades’:_An_underdog_in_the_era

              of_innovation_and_entrepreneurship⠀⇛

                   In 1989, when Japan’s corporations were on the

                   crest of a wave, there was no sci-tech company

                   among the global top 10 by market capitalization.

                   The most technologically advanced company on the

                   list was IBM, founded in 1911 and nearly 100 years

                   old back then. Now, looking at today’s global top

                   10 companies by market capitalization — Apple,

                   Microsoft, Google, Amazon, NVIDIA, Tesla, Facebook,

                   TSMC — 8 of them are innovation-driven companies.

                   Among them, the oldest is Microsoft, founded in

                   1975, and the youngest is Facebook, established in

                   2004.

      o § Education⠀➾

            # ⚓ Reason ☛ Federal_Court_Strikes_Blow_Against_Categorical

              Denials_of_Online_Teaching_Accommodations⠀⇛

                   Prof. Katherine Macfarlane and I break down Oross

                   v. Kutztown University

            # ⚓ LRT ☛ Students_back_Lithuanian_teachers’_planned_strike⠀⇛

                   The Lithuanian School Students’ Union (LMS) is

                   going to join the teachers’ strike at the end of

                   September.

            # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_school_bans_mobile_phones_amid_drive_to

              make_students_pay_attention⠀⇛

                   Elena Čiobienė has been a Lithuanian teacher for

                   almost 40 years. Even without technology, she says,

                   students were inventive in keeping themselves busy

                   with everything except studying. But with

                   smartphones, she says, it is much worse.

      o § Hardware⠀➾

            # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Western_Digital_announce_the_SN770M_NVMe

              for_handhelds_like_the_Steam_Deck [Ed: Linkspam by Liam Dawe.

              Not good.]⠀⇛

                   Need a storage upgrade for your Steam Deck, ROG

                   Ally or other handheld? Western Digital are the

                   latest to enter the game with their new WD_BLACK

                   SN770M NVMe SSD.

            # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Arm,_a_British_Chip_Designer,_Juggles

              Challenges_Before_2023’s_Biggest_I.P.O.⠀⇛

                   He reports to Masayoshi Son, the head of SoftBank,

                   which owns Arm and plans to sell a portion of the

                   British company this week in the year’s biggest

                   initial public offering. Officials in Beijing and

                   Washington also command Mr. Haas’s attention amid a

                   widening chip trade war, as does Britain’s prime

                   minister, Rishi Sunak, and others who have

                   unsuccessfully pitched the idea of a stock listing

                   in the country.

                   And Mr. Haas must juggle the demands of more than

                   200 companies that use Arm’s technology. Ten of the

                   biggest — including Apple, Google, Samsung and

                   Nvidia — have been negotiating for stakes in the

                   highly anticipated Arm offering as artificial

                   intelligence drives explosive demand for more

                   powerful chips.

            # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Arm_Develops_Full_Chip_Designs_for

              Multiple_Markets:_Report⠀⇛

                   Arm reportedly designs reference solutions for

                   automotive, cloud computing, IoT, mobile devices, a

                   Bloomberg report says.

            # ⚓ Tedium ☛ Based_On_A_True_Interpretation⠀⇛

                   How bothered should we be by the BlackBerry film

                   fudging the truth? Honestly, I think we should

                   embrace Jim Balsillie’s good nature about it.

                   I finally saw the BlackBerry movie last night, a

                   film I had been quite excited about, and I gotta

                   say that it lived up to all my expectations and

                   then some.

                   It is clearly the work of a team who, when given

                   the task of trying to tell the story of a

                   groundbreaking company, chose to create something

                   compelling, rather than 100 percent factual, much

                   as The Social Network attempted to tell the story

                   of a company whose story had become a popular myth

                   essentially. The film, by director Matt Johnson,

                   essentially does the same thing with a smartphone

                   that was once at the center of public

                   consciousness, only to disappear almost overnight.

            # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Intel_Sells_Minority_Stake_in_IMS_Nano_to

              TSMC⠀⇛

                   TSMC buys into IMS Nano, a leading maker of multi

                   e-beam photomask writing tools.

            # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Putting_The_Magic_Smoke_Back_Into_A_Dodgy

              Spectrum_Analyzer⠀⇛

                   The trouble with fixing electronics is that most

                   devices are just black boxes — literally. Tear it

                   down, look inside, but it usually doesn’t matter —

                   all you see are black epoxy blobs, taunting you

                   with the fact that one or more of them are dead

                   with no external indication of the culprit.

            # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 3D_Printing_A_Sock_Knitting_Machine⠀⇛

                   3D printing socks isn’t really a thing yet. You’d

                   end up with scratchy plastic garments that irritate

                   your feet no end. You can easily 3D print all kinds

                   of nifty little mechanisms, though, so why not 3D

                   print yourself a machien to knit some socks

                   instead? That’s precisely what [Joshua De Lisle]

                   did.

            # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Book8088_Slows_Down_To_Join_The_Demoscene⠀⇛

                   As obsolete as the original IBM Model 5150 PC may

                   appear, it’s pretty much the proverbial giant’s

                   shoulders upon which we all stand today. That makes

                   the machine worth celebrating, so much so that we

                   now have machines like the Book8088, a diminutive

                   clamshell-style machine made from period-correct PC

                   chips; sort of a “netbook that never was.”

      o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾

            # ⚓ Axios ☛ FDA_blasted_over_inaction_on_menthol_ban [Ed: FDA,

              which brought COVID-19 "boosters" to hundreds of millions of

              human beings after they had been tested on only a few mice]⠀⇛

                   Public health groups criticized the Food and Drug

                   Administration on Thursday for missing a self-

                   imposed August deadline to finalize_a_rule banning

                   menthol in cigarettes.

            # ⚓ France24 ☛ Paris_fumigates_for_tiger_mosquitoes_as_tropical

              pest_spreads_across_Europe⠀⇛

                   Health authorities in Paris fumigated areas of the

                   French capital for the first time on Thursday to

                   kill disease-carrying tiger mosquitoes whose rapid

                   advance through northern Europe is thought to have

                   been accelerated by climate change.

            # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Almost_half_of_Hong_Kong’s_homeless

              suffer_PTSD,_study_finds,_as_gov’t_urged_to_offer_greater

              support⠀⇛

                   Almost half of Hong Kong’s homeless people

                   experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress

                   disorder (PTSD) but lack the necessary support to

                   manage the mental health condition, a study has

                   found.

            # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Many_Children_May_Have_Lost_Medicaid

              Coverage_Because_of_State_Errors⠀⇛

                   Federal officials warned state agencies to review

                   their systems for establishing eligibility, as they

                   pare back Medicaid rolls. Children in particular

                   may have been affected.

            # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ 5_Outdated_Ways_to_Prevent_Pregnancy_Show

              How_Far_Contraception_Has_Come⠀⇛

                   Don’t try these at home.

            # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Did_government_overstep_on_COVID_‘misinfo’?

              Courts_weigh_in.⠀⇛

                   A Sept. 8 ruling in Missouri v. Biden enjoins

                   certain federal officials from pressuring social

                   media platforms to take down protected free speech.

            # ⚓ Reason ☛ The_Best_of_Reason:_The_DEA_at_50⠀⇛

                   For five decades, drugs have been winning the war

                   on drugs.

            # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ France_orders_halting_Apple_iPhone_12

              sales_over_radiation⠀⇛

                   The French agency that regulates radio frequencies,

                   the ANFR, said testing found that the model emits

                   more electromagnetic waves susceptible to be

                   absorbed by the body than permitted.

      o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾

            # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Former_Twitter_executives:_Privacy_and

              security_practices_deteriorated_under_Musk⠀⇛

                   The Federal Trade Commission is currently

                   investigating whether Twitter — now X Corp. —

                   violated a 2011 agreement Twitter entered into with

                   the agency to settle complaints about Twitter’s

                   privacy practices. The agreement required Twitter

                   to implement a security and privacy program,

                   including regular external audits.

                   In a court filing unsealed Monday, several former

                   executives said Musk failed to heed warnings about

                   potential security concerns, especially as he fired

                   or laid off large numbers of employees after

                   acquiring the company last year.

            # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Lawyer’s_Microsoft_email_snafu_goes_from

              $1.75M_lawsuit_to_Ctrl+Alt+Settle⠀⇛

                   The attorney had asked for $1.75 million in the

                   suit – $750,000 in damages and $1 million in

                   punitive damages, accusing Microsoft of both breach

                   of contract and “tortious business dealings” for

                   “wantonly delaying the simple remedy of aiding one

                   single email access.”

                   The original allegation was that Schlachter lost

                   access to his Microsoft business email account on

                   May 10 this year, but that the software giant

                   failed to extricate him from a verification loop

                   that was preventing him from getting into his

                   account, which the filing said he paid for via a

                   monthly subscription.

            # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Grab_those_updates:_Microsoft_flings_out

              fixes_for_already-exploited_bugs⠀⇛

                   Five others are listed as critical.

                   Let’s start with the two currently under

                   exploitation. First up: CVE-2023-36761, an

                   information disclosure vulnerability in Word deemed

                   “important” by Redmond with a 6.2 out of 10 CVSS

                   severity rating.

            # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Beware_of_insecure_networked_printers⠀⇛

                   Despite promises of a paperless office that have

                   origins in the 1970s, the printer is still very

                   much a security problem in the modern office.

                   And even if Microsoft Corp. will succeed in its

                   efforts to eradicate the universe of third-party

                   printer drivers from its various Windows products,

                   the printer will still be the bane of security

                   professionals for years to come. The problem is

                   that the attack surface for printer-related

                   activities is a rich one, with numerous soft

                   targets.

            # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Judge_For_FTC_Rules_Intuit_Can’t_Continue_Its

              ‘Free_To_File’_Advertising_Bullshit⠀⇛

                   The old saying goes: there’s only two things that

                   are permanent, death and taxes. For quite a while

                   now, we could have added a third item to the list:

                   Intuit annoying us to death with its bullshit

                   advertisement about filing for taxes for “free.”

                   You really should go back and read our posts on

                   this topic if you’re not familiar with it, but the

                   topline summary is simple enough. Intuit has spent

                   years advertising to the masses that they can file

                   taxes for free using its TurboTax platform as part

                   of a government program, except only a third of the

                   public qualifies for free filing and Intuit did

                   every last thing possible to hide the options for

                   free filing and collected money from many who would

                   qualify to file for free instead.

      o § Linux Foundation⠀➾

            # ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ Will_the_Cyber_Resilience

              Act_help_the_European_ICT_sector_compete? [Ed: Mirko Boehm

              moved from OIN to Linux_Foundation this past summer. Always

              chasing money, even if that means software patents and

              monopolies [1, 2, 3, 4]]⠀⇛

                   Much has been written about the potentially

                   damaging effects of the draft EU Cyber Resilience

                   Act (CRA) on the open source ecosystem (BitKom,

                   Eclipse Foundation, VDA, OSBA, Linux Foundation –

                   this post is based on a draft of the CRA from

                   September 15, 2022). In this post, we are going to

                   look at the CRA from a different perspective: As a

                   part of the EU cybersecurity strategy, the higher-

                   order goal of the CRA is the further development

                   and strengthening of the integrated EU single

                   market. Since open source software is the

                   foundation of nearly every modern digital product,

                   influencing how the open source ecosystem operates

                   will be felt by the European businesses and

                   citizens. Will the CRA be conducive to EU ICT

                   policy goals?

      o § Security⠀➾

            # ⚓ Beta News ☛ Uncovering_the_market_in_vulnerability

              exploits⠀⇛

                   A Windows privilege escalation exploit listed for

                   $8,000 as an executable and $13,000 as source code,

                   while a Barracuda emails security exploit was

                   $15,000.

            # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Zero_Day_Summer:_Microsoft_Warns_of_Fresh

              New_Software_Exploits⠀⇛

                   Microsoft’s struggles with zero-day exploits rolled

                   into a new month with a fresh Patch Tuesday warning

                   about malware attacks in the wild.

            # ⚓ SANS ☛ Microsoft_September_2023_Patch_Tuesday,_(Tue,_Sep

              12th)⠀⇛

                   This month we got patches for 66 vulnerabilities.

                   Of these, 5 are critical, and 2 are already being

                   exploited, according to Microsoft.

            # ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Adobe,_Apple,_Google_&_Microsoft_Patch

              0-Day_Bugs [Ed: Too late. Exploited already.]⠀⇛

                   Microsoft today issued software updates to fix at

                   least five dozen security holes in Windows and

                   supported software, including patches for two zero-

                   day vulnerabilities that are already being

                   exploited. Also, Adobe, Google Chrome and Apple iOS

                   users may have their own zero-day patching to do.

            # ⚓ APNIC ☛ How_JPCERT/CC_automates_malware_analysis⠀⇛

                   Guest Post: How to automate daily incident

                   investigations more efficiently.

            # ⚓ Security Week ☛ ICS_Patch_Tuesday:_Critical_CodeMeter

              Vulnerability_Impacts_Several_Siemens_Products⠀⇛

                   ICS Patch Tuesday: Siemens has released 7 new

                   advisories and Schneider Electric has released 1

                   new advisory.

            # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Virus_For_The_BBC_Micro⠀⇛

                   If you work at all with British software or

                   hardware engineers, you’ll find that there’s an

                   entire generation perhaps now somewhere between

                   their mid-40s and mid-50s, who stand slightly apart

                   from their peers in their background and

                   experience. These were the lucky teenagers who

                   benefited from the British government’s 1980s push

                   to educate youngsters in computing, and who unlike

                   those before or who followed, arrived at university

                   engineering courses fresh from school fully

                   conversant with every facet of a computer from the

                   hardware upwards.

            # ⚓ The Africa Report ☛ Kenya’s_banks_incur_hefty_tech_costs

              over_digitisation,_cyberattacks⠀⇛

                   Lenders are keen to tighten cyberattack

                   vulnerabilities that come with digitisation after

                   Kenya suffered a major cyber-attack last month.

            # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ [Old]_The_Good,_The_Bad,_And_The

                    Incredibly_Ugly_In_The_Court_Ruling_Regarding

                    Government_Contacts_With_Social_Media⠀⇛

                         One has to think that Donald Trump judicial

                         appointee Judge Terry Doughty deliberately

                         waited until July 4th (when the courts are

                         closed) to release his ruling on the

                         requested preliminary injunction preventing

                         the federal government from communicating

                         with social media companies. The results of

                         the ruling are not a huge surprise, given

                         Doughty’s now recognized pattern of being

                         willing to bend over backwards as a judge in

                         support of Trumpist culture war nonsense in

                         multiple cases in his short time on the

                         bench. But, even so, there are some really

                         odd things about the ruling.

                  # ⚓ EDRI ☛ Party-cipate_and_#CelebrateEncryption⠀⇛

                         Now is the time to show your support for

                         encryption and influence the European

                         Parliament to do better for children and

                         everyone else. Join the #CelebrateEncryption

                         action and share photos of you and your

                         friends promoting privacy and celebrating

                         encryption.

                  # ⚓ Privacy International ☛ Judgment_says_that_UK_cannot

                    digitally_spy_on_people_outside_its_borders_without

                    accountability⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ USA ☛ Letters_to_the_Speaker_of_the_House_and

                    President_of_the_Senate_on_the_Continuation_of_the

                    National_Emergency_With_Respect_to_Certain_Terrorist

                    Attacks⠀⇛

                         [...] Consistent with this provision, I have

                         sent to the Federal Register the enclosed

                         notice, stating that the emergency declared

                         in Proclamation 7463 with respect to the

                         terrorist attacks on the United States of

                         September 11, 2001, is to continue in effect

                         for an additional year.

                  # ⚓ Patrick Breyer ☛ Chat_control:_EU_Council_plans_death

                    blow_to_digital_privacy_of_correspondence_and_secure

                    encryption⠀⇛

                         In the dispute over plans to search all

                         private messages and photos (#ChatControl)

                         for suspicious content, a proposal by the

                         Spanish presidency has been leaked that

                         ambassadors will discuss on Thursday and is

                         intended to secure a majority for the

                         proposed #ChatControl regulation at the end

                         of the month.

                  # ⚓ EFF ☛ Federal_Judge_Upholds_State_Department_Rule

                    Requiring_Visa_Applicants_to_Disclose_Social_Media

                    Information⠀⇛

                         Visa applicants already are required to

                         disclose personal information including their

                         work, travel, and family histories. The

                         “Registration Requirement,” which went into

                         effect in May 2019, requires visa applicants

                         to disclose their social media identifiers

                         over the past five years, including for

                         pseudonymous accounts. The policy began

                         during the Trump Administration and has

                         continued under President Biden. The State

                         Department estimated that 14.7 million people

                         would be affected by the policy each year.

                         The plaintiffs argued that the Registration

                         Requirement violated the expressive and

                         associational rights of both their U.S.-based

                         and non-U.S.-based members and partners. We

                         agree: knowing that your social media posts

                         will be combed through will lead people to

                         self-censor. Additionally, the rule deprives

                         visa applicants of the rights to anonymous

                         speech and private association. The district

                         court rejected the plaintiffs’ First

                         Amendment arguments and dismissed the lawsuit

                         with prejudice, meaning the plaintiffs can’t

                         amend their complaint.

                         The district court acknowledged that U.S.

                         citizens have a right to receive information

                         and ideas from, and to freely associate with,

                         non-U.S. persons. But the court rejected the

                         plaintiffs’ argument that the Registration

                         Requirement prevents them from doing so

                         because of the rule’s chilling effect on the

                         social media activity of would-be visitors to

                         the United States. The court found that the

                         plaintiffs’ complaint lacked specificity,

                         stating, “These allegations fail to identify

                         a particular instance of speech that any

                         person wishes to—but cannot—hear.”

                  # ⚓ EFF ☛ EFF_Award_Winner:_Signal_Foundation⠀⇛

                         All are invited to attend the EFF Awards!

                         Whether you are an activist, an EFF

                         supporter, a student interested in cyberlaw

                         or public interest technology, or someone who

                         wants to eat good food and drink with other

                         cool individuals, anyone can have a fun time

                         at the ceremony.

                  # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ DOJ_To_Court:_Here_Are_The_Many,_Many

                    Reasons_Why_The_FTC_Can_&_Should_Be_Investigating_Elon

                    Musk’s_Handling_Of_User_Data⠀⇛

                         If you read this morning’s story about Elon

                         Musk’s impulsive decision to move servers out

                         of Sacramento and up to Portland in a

                         dangerous and wholly unsecure manner, and

                         wondered if the FTC (who has two consent

                         decrees with the company regarding how it

                         protects users’ private data) was aware of

                         it, we already have your answer. Last night,

                         the DOJ filed a response to Elon trying to

                         get out of the existing FTC consent decrees,

                         and called out this story as one example.

                         (The timing of the story and the filing

                         coming out on the same day is a coincidence:

                         the filing was due yesterday, and the book

                         came out today).

                  # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ The_Batshit_Crazy_Story_Of_The_Day_Elon

                    Musk_Decided_To_Personally_Rip_Servers_Out_Of_A

                    Sacramento_Data_Center⠀⇛

                         Back on Christmas Eve of last year there were

                         some reports that Elon Musk was in the

                         process of shutting down Twitter’s Sacramento

                         data center. In that article, a number of ex-

                         Twitter employees were quoted about how much

                         work it would be to do that cleanly, noting

                         that there’s a ton of stuff hardcoded in

                         Twitter code referring to that data center

                         (hold that thought).

                  # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Former_Twitter_executives:_Privacy

                    and_security_practices_deteriorated_under_Musk⠀⇛

                         Former employees say Elon Musk’s acquisition

                         of Twitter may have caused the company to

                         violate a consent order with the FTC.

                  # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Cars_Have_Terrible_Data_Privacy⠀⇛

                         A new Mozilla Foundation report concludes

                         that cars, all of them, have terrible data

                         privacy.

      o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾

            # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Tank_Museum_Has_300_Armored_Vehicles

              and_Over_100_Million_YouTube_Views⠀⇛

                   Only a few hundred thousand people visit The Tank

                   Museum, in the English countryside, each year. But

                   on YouTube, it’s more popular than the Met and

                   MoMA.

            # ⚓ RFA ☛ Air,_artillery_strikes_have_killed_over_450_civilians

              in_Myanmar_so_far_this_year⠀⇛

                   Observers say the strikes are part of a bid to

                   reduce risk to troops and hurt resistance morale.

            # ⚓ RFA ☛ Junta_airstrike_damages_school_in_Myanmar’s_Sagaing

              region⠀⇛

                   The helicopter attack is one of a growing number

                   targeting educational facilities.

            # ⚓ Digital First Media ☛ Michigan_false_electors_acted_‘at_the

              direction’_of_Trump,_court_filing_says⠀⇛

                   The Trump supporters then submitted the false

                   certificate to Congress and the National Archives

                   in an attempt to challenge the results of the

                   election when federal lawmakers met on Jan. 6,

                   2021, to tally states’ votes.

            # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Vladimir_Putin_Declares_His_Love_for_Elon_Musk⠀⇛

                   Though he didn’t mention it explicitly, the Russian

                   president’s comments come just days after Musk

                   revealed that he’d denied a Ukrainian request for

                   Starlink internet access on the front lines of its

                   war with Russia — a denial that essentially

                   sabotaged Ukraine’s military in its defense against

                   the invaders.

            # ⚓ The Sunday Times UK ☛ Shoplifters_evade_TikTok_police_to

              spread_tips_and_targets⠀⇛

                   Shoplifters are using TikTok to spread a playbook

                   of tactics on how to steal goods such as clothes,

                   jewellery and make-up from retailers.

                   Users on the video-sharing platform have rated

                   high-street stores on the basis of how easy it is

                   to get away with shoplifting and offered tips on

                   avoiding detection.

            # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ TikTok_Officially_Launches_In-App_Shopping

              Feature⠀⇛

                   TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, first started

                   testing the Shop feature in November 2022 and has

                   added more vendors in recent months including

                   brands PacSun, Revolv, and Willow Boutique as well

                   as beauty brand KimChi Chic, according to a report

                   by Ad Age. TikTok Shop will add in-feed video and

                   Live Shopping to its For You feed while also

                   showcasing product reviews and connecting users

                   with sellers for marketing opportunities.

            # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Iranian_Cyberspies_Deployed_New_Backdoor_to

              34_Organizations⠀⇛

                   Iran-linked cyberespionage group Charming Kitten

                   has been observed infecting 34 victims with a new

                   backdoor, cybersecurity firm ESET reports.

                   Believed to be operating on behalf of Iran’s

                   Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and also

                   tracked as APT42, Ballistic Bobcat, Mint Sandstorm

                   (formerly Phosphorus), and NewsBeef, Charming

                   Kitten has been targeting activists, government

                   organizations and journalists for more than a

                   decade.

            # ⚓ Vox ☛ The_US-Iran_prisoner_swap,_briefly_explained⠀⇛

                   The agreement was negotiated by the US and the

                   Islamic Republic of Iran over a period of two

                   years, according to the New York Times, and was

                   facilitated by Oman, Qatar, and Switzerland. Though

                   the agreement does involve the eventual release of

                   prisoners by both parties, Iran’s primary

                   motivation for engaging in the negotiations is a

                   mechanism by which it can access billions of

                   dollars of its own assets to purchase humanitarian

                   goods like food and medicine.

            # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Why_a_hard-kill_strategy_doesn’t_work

              against_combat_drones⠀⇛

                   The reality is that the old-hat method of shooting

                   at anything that poses a threat is extremely

                   difficult when the target is a small object moving

                   at 100 kilometres an hour in often unpredictable

                   patterns. Many militaries have tried using small

                   arms, but it almost never works unless the drones

                   are extremely close and there are only a few of

                   them.

            # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Iran_confirms_it_arrested_Swedish

              citizen⠀⇛

                   Iran has repeatedly imprisoned foreigners and

                   charged them with espionage or other national

                   security violations. Several Western governments

                   have accused Iran of arresting foreign nationals in

                   order to obtain concessions.

            # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ 50_Years_After_Coup_in_Chile:_Peter

              Kornbluh_on_How_U.S._Continues_to_Hide_Role_of_Nixon_&

              Kissinger⠀⇛

                   On the 50th anniversary of the U.S.-backed military

                   coup in Chile that deposed democratically elected

                   socialist leader Salvador Allende, we discuss the

                   U.S. contribution to the coup and declassified

                   records obtained by the National Security Archive’s

                   Chile Documentation Project with Peter Kornbluh.

                   His book, The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier

                   on Atrocity and Accountability, has been revised

                   and published in Chile for the first time.

                   “​​There’s a lot known about the U.S. role in

                   Chile, but there’s a lot to be reminded of, as

                   well, and then there are the secrets that remain,”

                   says Kornbluh, who says countries around the world

                   must learn from Chile’s history to counter growing

                   misinformation and authoritarianism today. “Very

                   authoritarian voices are rising to dangerous levels

                   that actually threaten our democracy.”

            # ⚓ ADF ☛ Prigozhin’s_Death_Leaves_Cloud_of_Uncertainty_in

              Africa⠀⇛

                   Yevgeny Prigozhin built a violent and profitable

                   mercenary network over the past five years in the

                   Central African Republic (CAR), Libya, Mali and

                   Sudan. His last days before his death in a plane

                   crash on August 23 were spent in Africa trying to

                   expand his reach.

            # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ North_Korea’s_leader_is_in

                    Russia_to_meet_Putin,_with_both_locked_in_standoffs

                    with_the_West⠀⇛

                         North Korea’s Kim Jong Un rolled into Russia

                         on an armored train to see President Vladimir

                         Putin. It’s a rare meeting between isolated

                         leaders driven together by their need for

                         support in escalating standoffs with the

                         West. Kim is expected to seek economic aid

                         and military technology for his impoverished

                         country. Kim’s train stopped in Khasan, a

                         station on the Russia-North Korea border,

                         where it was met by a military honor guard

                         and a brass band, according to video on

                         social media channels by a regional governor

                         and Russia’s natural resources minister. Kim

                         appears to have something Putin desperately

                         needs: munitions for Russia’s grueling war in

                         Ukraine.

                  # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ Armored_train_carrying_North

                    Korea’s_Kim_Jong_Un_crosses_into_Russia_ahead_of_Putin

                    meeting⠀⇛

                         CNN — Kim Jong Un’s heavily armored private

                         train has crossed into Russia and the North

                         Korean leader has met with officials, state

                         media reported Tuesday, ahead of an expected

                         and closely watched summit with Russian

                         President Vladimir Putin that the US has

                         warned could result in an arms deal. Kim

                         briefly left his to train at…

                  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukrainian_state_aircraft_company_to_start

                    manufacturing_drones_—_Meduza⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_journalist_​​Arkady_Babchenko_says

                    Ukrainian_Security_Service_opened_criminal_case_against

                    him;_agency_denies_claim_—_Meduza⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ US_expected_to_decide_soon_on

                    long-range_missiles_for_Ukraine⠀⇛

                         ATACMS missiles would greatly increase

                         Ukraine’s ability to strike the logistical

                         networks supporting Russia’s invasion and

                         would make it increasingly difficult for

                         Putin’s army to operate inside Ukraine,

                         writes Benton Coblentz.

                  # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Ukraine_says_it_may_contact_WTO

                    for_compensation_over_Poland’s_refusal_to_import

                    grain⠀⇛

                         Ukraine may take legal action, including

                         turning to the World Trade Organization to

                         obtain compensation, after Poland extended a

                         ban on importing its grain, Ukraine’s prime

                         minister said Tuesday. Russia’s Vladimir

                         Putin earlier on Tuesday dismissed Kyiv’s

                         claims that it will soon receive F-16 fighter

                         jets from the West, saying deliveries of the

                         aircraft to Ukraine will only prolong the war

                         with Moscow.

                  # ⚓ France24 ☛ Train_carrying_North_Korea’s_Kim_enters

                    Russia_ahead_of_Putin_talks⠀⇛

                         A train carrying North Korean leader Kim

                         Jong-un has entered Russia, Russian state

                         news agency Ria Novosti said Tuesday, ahead

                         of a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.

                  # ⚓ RFA ☛ Kim_Jong_Un’s_arrival_in_Russia_sets_stage_for

                    high-stakes_‘negotiations’_with_Putin⠀⇛

                         The summit could change the dynamics of

                         global security, experts say.

                  # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Court_Rejects_Request_By_Anti-Putin

                    Shaman_For_Transfer_To_Less_Restrictive_Psychiatric

                    Clinic⠀⇛

                         A court in Russia’s Far East has refused to

                         transfer to a less restrictive psychiatric

                         clinic a Yakut shaman who became known across

                         the country for his attempts to march to

                         Moscow to drive President Vladimir Putin out

                         of the Kremlin.

                  # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Nationalist_Putin_Critic_Girkin’s

                    Pretrial_Detention_Extended⠀⇛

                         A court in Moscow has extended the pretrial

                         detention of Igor Girkin, once a leader of

                         Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine’s east,

                         who was arrested in July and charged with

                         public calls for extremism after criticizing

                         President Vladimir Putin for “badly” handling

                         the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

                  # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Putin_Suggests_Former_Top_Aide_Fled_Russia

                    Due_To_Financial_Irregularities_At_State_Company⠀⇛

                         President Vladimir Putin suggested that

                         Anatoly Chubais, a former top government

                         official who fled after Russia’s full-scale

                         invasion of Ukraine, may have left due to

                         financial irregularities at the state-run

                         corporation he oversaw.

                  # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Kim_Jong_Un_Meets_Russia’s_Natural

                    Resources_Minister⠀⇛

                         The North Korean leader is also expected to

                         meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

                  # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Ukraine_Has_Lost_71,500_Soldiers_in

                    Counteroffensive:_Putin⠀⇛

                         He maintains that the U.S. plans to provide

                         F-16 fighters to Ukraine will only prolong

                         the conflict.

                  # ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ North_Korea’s_leader_is_in

                    Russia_to_meet_Putin,_with_both_locked_in_standoffs

                    with_the_West⠀⇛

                         North Korea’s Kim Jong Un rolled into Russia

                         on an armored train to see President Vladimir

                         Putin. It’s a rare meeting between isolated

                         leaders driven together by their need for

                         support in escalating standoffs with the

                         West. Kim is expected to seek economic aid

                         and military technology for his impoverished

                         country. Kim’s train stopped in Khasan, a

                         station on the Russia-North Korea border,

                         where it was met by a military honor guard

                         and a brass band, according to video on

                         social media channels by a regional governor

                         and Russia’s natural resources minister. Kim

                         appears to have something Putin desperately

                         needs: munitions for Russia’s grueling war in

                         Ukraine.

                  # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea’s_Kim_says_his_visit

                    shows_‘strategic_importance’_of_Russia_relations⠀⇛

                         Mr Kim arrived in Russia by private train for

                         talks with President Vladimir Putin.

                  # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Putin,_Citing_Trump_‘Persecution,’

                    Wades_Back_Into_U.S._Politics⠀⇛

                         The Russian leader, whose government meddled

                         in the American presidential election won by

                         Donald J. Trump, also offered words of praise

                         for Elon Musk.

                  # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Kim-Putin_Meeting_Nears,_but

                    Where?⠀⇛

                         Russian reports said the North Korean leader

                         had crossed into Russia by train on Tuesday

                         morning, but his destination was unclear.

                  # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_law_enforcement_and_economists_on

                    the_alert_for_sanctions_evaders⠀⇛

                         The latest trade data shows the continuation

                         of a trend that has been evident ever since

                         Russia started its war on Ukraine and the

                         West responded with swingeing trade sanctions

                         – while trade with aggressor countries Russia

                         and Belarus has quickly reduced, trade with

                         countries bordering Russia in central Asia

                         has markedly increased.

                  # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ The_West’s_Blueprint_for_Goading_China_Was

                    Laid_Out_in_Ukraine⠀⇛

                         The West is writing a script about its

                         relations with China as stuffed full of

                         misdirection as an Agatha Christie novel. In

                         recent months, US and European officials have

                         scurried to Beijing for so-called talks, as

                         if the year were 1972 and Richard Nixon were

                         in the White House.

                  # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Russia_seeks_to_legitimize

                    occupation_of_Ukraine_with_sham_elections⠀⇛

                         In early September, Russia staged sham

                         parliamentary elections in occupied regions

                         of southern and eastern Ukraine as Moscow

                         attempted to legitimize its earlier illegal

                         annexation of five Ukrainian provinces.

                  # ⚓ France24 ☛ Ukraine_says_Germany_‘wasting_time’_on

                    decision_to_send_Taurus_missiles⠀⇛

                         Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on

                         Monday urged Berlin to supply Ukraine with

                         long-range Taurus missiles during a surprise

                         visit to Kyiv by German Foreign Minister

                         Annalena Baerbock.

                  # ⚓ RFERL ☛ EU_To_Cease_Sanctions_Against_Three_Russian

                    Businessmen_This_Week⠀⇛

                         The European Union will not renew sanctions

                         against three men targeted over Russia’s war

                         against Ukraine when the current punitive

                         measures expire later this week, three

                         diplomatic sources told Reuters on September

                         12.

                  # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Former_Ukrainian_Lawmaker_Who_Appeared_On

                    Russian_TV_Suspected_Of_High_Treason⠀⇛

                         The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) says

                         former lawmaker Serhiy Polishchuk, who is

                         currently out the country, is suspected of

                         high treason for his appearances on Russian

                         television where he “denied the existence of

                         Ukraine” while allegedly taking money from

                         Russian security authorities.

                  # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Poland_To_Extend_Ban_On_Ukrainian_Grain

                    Imports⠀⇛

                         The Polish government has agreed to extend a

                         ban on Ukrainian grain imports unilaterally

                         even if the current EU restrictions expire on

                         September 15.

                  # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Sweden_Considering_Sending_Fighter_Jets_To

                    Ukraine⠀⇛

                         The Swedish government is considering

                         donating Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine to

                         help it fight Russia, Swedish public radio

                         (SR) reported on September 12, citing unnamed

                         sources.

                  # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia-Ukraine_War:_North_Korea’s

                    Leader_Arrives_in_Russia_as_Nations_Seek_Closer

                    Military_Ties⠀⇛

                         North Korea has one of the world’s largest

                         arsenals, offering Russia access to munitions

                         that could help its forces fighting in

                         Ukraine.

                  # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Europe_Rushes_to_Build_Defenses_But

                    With_Little_Consensus_on_How⠀⇛

                         A push by more than 30 allied countries to

                         arm themselves, precipitated in part by

                         Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has raised

                         concerns of disorganization and supply

                         shortages.

                  # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Russian-registered_cars_banned_from_entering

                    Latvia_and_EU_via_eastern_border⠀⇛

                         As of Tuesday, September 12, persons with

                         vehicles registered in the Russian Federation

                         are prohibited from entering the European

                         Union (EU) through the Latvian-Russian and

                         Latvian-Belarusian border crossing points,

                         according to information from the State

                         Revenue Service (VID) and Ministry of Foreign

                         Affairs.

                  # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_says_seeks_deeper_ties

                    with_North_Korea_as_Kim_Jong-un_arrives_in_Russia⠀⇛

                         China said on Tuesday it was seeking to

                         deepen cooperation with North Korea in

                         “various fields,” as leader Kim Jong Un

                         arrived in Russia on his first trip overseas

                         in four years.

                  # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_to_ban_Russian_cars_following_EC

                    clarification⠀⇛

                         Following a clarification from the European

                         Commission, Lithuania will not let in any

                         cars with Russian license plates, unless they

                         are bound for Kaliningrad. Owners who defy

                         the ban may see their vehicles confiscated.

                  # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Supreme_Court_Of_Chechnya_Mitigates_Prison

                    Sentence_Of_Opposition_Bloggers’_Mother⠀⇛

                         The Supreme Court of Russia’s North Caucasus

                         region of Chechnya has mitigated the prison

                         sentence of Zarema Musayeva, the mother of

                         three self-exiled outspoken Chechen

                         opposition activists.

                  # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Humanitarian_Aid_Arrives_In_Nagorno-

                    Karabakh_After_Deal_On_Transport_Corridors⠀⇛

                         Officials in the breakaway region of Nagorno-

                         Karabakh said a Russian truck carrying

                         humanitarian aid arrived on September 12 in

                         the region via territory controlled by

                         Azerbaijan, the first time such a crossing

                         has been allowed in more than three decades.

                  # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kyrgyz_Supreme_Court_Upholds_Court_Decision

                    To_Deport_Investigative_Journalist_To_Russia⠀⇛

                         Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court on September 12

                         rejected an appeal filed by prominent

                         investigative journalist Bolot Temirov

                         against a court decision to deport him to

                         Russia for “illegally obtaining a Kyrgyz

                         passport.”

                  # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Russian_Embassy_warns_its_citizens:

                    Finland_may_seize_Russian_vehicles_and_personal_items⠀⇛

                         The ongoing geopolitical tensions between the

                         European Union (EU) and Russia have taken a

                         new turn. The Russian Embassy in Helsinki

                         recently warned its citizens to abstain from

                         using vehicles with Russian license plates

                         while visiting Finland. This advisory follows

                         the EU sanctions permitting Finnish

                         authorities and other EU member states to

                         seize vehicles with Russian registration.

                  # ⚓ Latvia ☛ More_than_100_illegal_border_crossings

                    attempted_in_last_day⠀⇛

                         During the last 24 hours, large numbers of

                         attempts to illegally cross into Latvia from

                         Belarus continued.

                  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘I’m_wanted_by_Interpol’:_At_FSB’s_request,

                    Russian_court_remands_Igor_Strelkov_in_custody,_while

                    defendant_argues_he_couldn’t_flee_abroad_—_Meduza⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_says_Soviet_Union_was_wrong_to_invade

                    Czechoslovakia_and_Hungary_—_Meduza⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Austria’s_former_top_diplomat_Karin_Kneissl_

                    (who_danced_with_Putin)_moves_two_ponies_to_Russia_by

                    dedicated_Russian_military_airlifter_—_Meduza⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kim_Jong-un_arrives_in_Russia_by_armored

                    train_What_we_know_so_far_about_the_North_Korean

                    leader’s_first_visit_to_Russia_since_2019_—_Meduza⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_says_Anatoly_Chubais_has_fled,_and

                    that_‘he’s_no_longer_Anatoly_Borisovich,_but_some

                    Moisha_Israelievich’_—_Meduza⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_proposes_designating_September_30

                    holiday_commemorating_annexation_of_Ukrainian

                    territories_—_Meduza⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_war_critics_abroad,_Ukraine’s

                    counteroffensive,_and_Moscow’s_next-gen_weapons

                    Excerpts_from_Putin’s_speech_at_the_2023_Eastern

                    Economic_Forum_—_Meduza⠀⇛

      o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾

            # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ The_NYPD_Denied_Our_Request_for_Body_Camera

              Footage_of_a_“Friendly_Fire”_Killing._Here’s_How_We_Got_It

              Anyway.⠀⇛

                   In March 2021, I received a tip to look into the

                   police killing of a Bronx man who was shot dead in

                   2017 while in the throes of a mental health crisis.

                   The source suggested I request the investigative

                   files from the NYPD’s Force Investigation Division,

                   the internal unit that spent two years probing the

                   case.

            # ⚓ EFF ☛ Appeals_Court_Upholds_Public.Resource.Org’s_Right_to

              Post_Public_Laws_and_Regulations_Online⠀⇛

                   Tuesday’s ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S.

                   Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia

                   Circuit upholds the idea that our laws belong to

                   all of us, and we should be able to find, read, and

                   share them free of registration requirements, fees,

                   and other roadblocks. It’s a long-awaited victory

                   for Public.Resource.org, a nonprofit organization

                   founded in 2007 by open records advocate Carl

                   Malamud of Healdsburg, Calif., and represented in

                   this case by the Electronic Frontier Foundation

                   (EFF) with co-counsel Fenwick & West and David

                   Halperin. 

                   “In a nation governed by the rule of law, private

                   parties have no business controlling who can read,

                   share, and speak the rules to which we are all

                   subject,” EFF Legal Director Corynne McSherry said.

                   “We are pleased that the Court of Appeals upheld

                   what other U.S. courts, including the Supreme

                   Court, have said for almost 200 years: No one

                   should control access to the law.” 

                   As part of its mission of promoting public access

                   to all kinds of government information, Public

                   Resource acquires and posts online a wide variety

                   of public documents, such as nonprofits’ tax

                   returns, government-produced videos, and standards

                   incorporated into law by reference. These standards

                   include electrical, fire safety, and consumer

                   safety codes that have been mandated by

                   governments. But without Public Resource’s work,

                   they are often difficult to access, much less share

                   with others, which means that areas of law that

                   profoundly affect our daily life are obscured from

                   our view. Even courts have had trouble accessing

                   the laws that they are supposed to apply.  

            # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Yet_Another_Court_Says_Yes_You_Can_Publish_The

              Law⠀⇛

                   We’ve talked about this case – American Society for

                   Testing and Materials et al v. PublicResource.org –

                   a few times before. It was one of two cases brought

                   against Carl Malamud’s Public Resource organization

                   for posting the Code of Federal Regulations on its

                   website, and including with the CFR language the

                   standards promulgated by various standards

                   development organizations (like ASTM) that had been

                   incorporated by reference into the CFR as part of

                   that operative law. The standards development

                   organizations claimed that their standards were

                   copyrighted and that publishing them amounted to

                   infringement, whereas Public Resource argued that

                   since those codes had the force of law, it could

                   not be infringement to publish what the law is.

      o § Environment⠀➾

            # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_World_Bank_is_talking_climate_but_funneling

              billions_into_oil_and_gas_projects⠀⇛

                   In 2022, the World Bank supplied about $3.7 billion

                   in loans and capital to expedite imports and

                   exports—“trade finance”—that likely ended up

                   funding oil and gas developments, according to

                   Urgewald, a campaign group that tracks global

                   fossil fuel finance. The source of these funds was

                   the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the

                   arm of the Bank that works with the private sector,

                   Urgewald said.

            # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Climate_Change_Is_Creating_Strange

              ‘Polygon_Fields’_In_the_Arctic,_and_Scientists_are_Worried⠀⇛

                   Weird polygonal landscapes are emerging in remote

                   reaches of the Canadian High Arctic, a discovery

                   that exposes the extreme changes that polar regions

                   are experiencing as a result of human-driven

                   climate change, reports a new study.

            # ⚓ Vox ☛ Wildfires_are_coming…_for_New_Jersey?⠀⇛

                   Wildfire risk is modeled by combining the

                   likelihood and the intensity of a blaze with an

                   area’s exposure and susceptibility. Widely used

                   models include the US Forest Service’s Wildfire

                   Risk to Communities, the Federal Emergency

                   Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Risk Index, and

                   Risk Factor, a model created by the nonprofit First

                   Street Foundation that looks at fire and other

                   climate risks down to the neighborhood and address

                   level. Some models use the same data but parse risk

                   differently, looking at just housing units or also

                   factors like building values and population to

                   determine a final risk. Some models are searchable

                   by address or neighborhood, while others summarize

                   risk at a county or state level.

            # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ The_United_States_and_Canada_Are_Among_the_World’s

              Top_5_‘Planet_Wreckers,’_New_Fossil_Fuel_Report_Contends⠀⇛

                   United Nations chief António Guterres has called on

                   nations to arrive at September 20’s high-level

                   climate summit in New York City with firm

                   commitments for ending fossil fuel production.

                   So far, however, the world’s top 20 oil and gas

                   extractors have enough production planned to

                   generate 173 billion tons of carbon pollution by

                   2050 — more than enough to blow past their Paris

                   Agreement commitments and heat the world well

                   beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius above historical

                   temperatures. The greatest polluter among them will

                   be the United States.

            # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾

                  # ⚓ India Times ☛ [Cryptocurrency]_market_saw_illicit

                    transactions_of_$70_billion_in_five_years:_report⠀⇛

                         The illicit [cryptocurrency] activity

                         includes transactions tied to stolen funds,

                         scams, ransomware, human trafficking,

                         terrorism financing, and dark net markets.

                         In 2017, the [cryptocurrency] space saw $4.9

                         billion worth of illicit transactions. After

                         falling to $4.6 billion a year later, this

                         figure nearly tripled and hit $12.3 billion

                         in 2019.

                  # ⚓ BW Businessworld Media Pvt Ltd ☛ Apple_Watch_Series_9

                    Becomes_Apple’s_First-Ever_Carbon_Neutral_Product⠀⇛

                         Additionally, the Series 9 boasts a new 4-

                         core Neural Engine, which is fantastic for

                         handling machine learning tasks. Apple said

                         it is twice as fast as the one in the Apple

                         Watch Series 8. Even with all this power, the

                         S9 SiP is impressively energy-efficient,

                         allowing the Apple Watch Series 9 to keep

                         going for a full 18 hours on a single charge.

                  # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Fake_cryptocurrency_OneCoin_co-

                    founder_Karl_Sebastian_Greenwood_sentenced_to_20_years

                    in_US_prison⠀⇛

                         Prosecutors had sought a sentence of at least

                         30 years for Greenwood, who they said was

                         OneCoin’s “primary promoter” who touted it as

                         the next Bitcoin. In reality, OneCoin was a

                         pyramid scheme that defrauded at least 3.5

                         million people, they said.

                  # ⚓ Earth Justice ☛ Cryptocurrency_Mining_in_Texas⠀⇛

                         Cryptocurrency mining companies in Texas

                         filed applications to connect new facilities

                         to the grid with a projected demand of nearly

                         42 GW of electricity in 2027, enough

                         electricity to power more than 8.3 million

                         Texas homes during periods of peak demand.

                         As cryptocurrency mining expands, it becomes

                         less lucrative for each of the participants,

                         more competitive, and more energy-intensive.

                  # ⚓ The University of Cambridge ☛ Bitcoin_electricity

                    consumption:_an_improved_assessment⠀⇛

                         We launched the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity

                         Consumption Index (CBECI) in response to this

                         growing demand for reliable data-driven

                         insights in July 2019. Reflecting the

                         increasing public interest in the topic, our

                         work has evolved, gradually expanding the

                         Index’s scope to provide the building blocks

                         necessary to form a more complete picture of

                         Bitcoin’s environmental footprint.

                  # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Heat_Pumps_Really_Bring_the_Heat_During

                    Those_Cold_Dark_Winter_Months,_Study_Says⠀⇛

                         In a recently published report in the energy

                         research journal Joule, a team of researchers

                         from Oxford University and the Regulatory

                         Assistance Project outline how incredibly

                         efficient heat pumps are at warming up homes,

                         even in the depths of the most bitterly cold

                         weather.

                  # ⚓ Cell Press ☛ Coming_in_from_the_cold:_Heat_pump

                    efficiency_at_low_temperatures⠀⇛

                         In extreme cold climates, such as where the

                         lowest temperatures approach −30°C,

                         performance data have shown that heat pumps

                         can provide heat at efficiencies up to double

                         that of resistive heating; however, more

                         analysis is required. Even though heat pump

                         efficiency declines during the extreme cold

                         and back-up heating may be required, air-

                         source heat pumps can still provide

                         significant energy system efficiency benefits

                         on an instantaneous and annual basis compared

                         with alternatives.

                  # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Building_A_Cargo_Bike_Dream⠀⇛

                         Cargo bikes can haul an impressive amount of

                         stuff and serve as a car replacement for many

                         folks around the world. While there are more

                         models every year from bike manufacturers,

                         the siren song of a custom build has led

                         [Phil Vandelay] to build his own dream cargo

                         bike.

                  # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Meet_the_Shadowy_Network_Vilifying_Climate

                    Protestors⠀⇛

                         By Amy Westervelt, Drilled, and Geoff

                         Dembicki, DeSmog, with additional reporting

                         by Julianna Merullo and Lyndal Rowlands

                         Earlier this year, news footage began making

                         the rounds on social media of young activists

                         from the German climate organization Letzte

                         Generation (Last Generation) being assaulted

                         by their fellow citizens as they obstructed

                         streets in an effort to draw attention to the

                         German government’s inaction on climate. A

                         young woman, with her hand glued to a road

                         was ripped off the road by her hair; a young

                         man was run over by a truck driver; a

                         passerby punched the protestors and was

                         cheered on. A few months later, German police

                         raided the homes of Last Generation activists

                         and seized their bank accounts. It all seemed

                         like a gross overreaction to a pretty tame

                         form of protest. Although Last Generation

                         stands out for its willingness to

                         inconvenience everyday people’s lives to draw

                         awareness to the severity of the climate

                         crisis, the tactic of road blockades is not a

                         new one — it was commonly used by

                         suffragettes, civil rights activists, and

                         anti-war activists in the pasts, and has been

                         used by cycling advocates for decades as

                         well. During the same year that Last

                         Generation was blocking roads in Germany,

                         farmers used the exact same tactic, blocking

                         roads with their tractors to protest a

                         renewable energy policy that they don’t feel

                         provides enough incentives for biogas. Not a

                         single farmer was punched in the face or

                         dragged off the road by their hair. What was

                         making everyone so irate about Last

                         Generation? 

      o § Finance⠀➾

            # ⚓ ABC ☛ Qantas_loses_High_Court_appeal_over_mass_sacking⠀⇛

                   Qantas has lost its High Court appeal over the

                   sacking of 1,700 workers during the COVID pandemic,

                   with the court ruling the airline illegally

                   outsourced the jobs.

            # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ United_Auto_Workers_union_is_poised_to_strike.

              Why_now?⠀⇛

                   About 146,000 U.S. auto workers are set to go on

                   strike this week against any automaker that hasn’t

                   reached an agreement with the United Auto Workers

                   union by the time contracts expire on Sept. 14. The

                   union is asking for 46% in raises, among other

                   demands.

            # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Drew_Barrymore_Dropped_as_National_Book

              Awards_Host_After_Strike_Backlash⠀⇛

                   The actor and TV host’s decision to return her talk

                   show to the air, bypassing striking writers, made

                   her a magnet for criticism, online and off.

            # ⚓ France24 ☛ US_clears_way_for_prisoner_swap_with_Iran,

              releases_$6_billion_in_frozen_funds⠀⇛

                   The Biden administration has cleared the way for

                   the release of five American citizens detained in

                   Iran by issuing a blanket waiver for international

                   banks to transfer $6 billion in frozen Iranian

                   money from South Korea to Qatar without fear of US

                   sanctions. In addition, as part of the deal, the

                   administration has agreed to release five Iranian

                   citizens held in the United States.

            # ⚓ Wells_Fargo_CFO_Expects_More_Layoffs_in_Drive_for

              Efficiency⠀⇛

                   Wells Fargo Chief Financial Officer Mike

                   Santomassimo reportedly said that the bank could

                   make further layoffs as it seeks to improve

                   efficiency.

                   Since the third quarter of 2020, Wells Fargo has

                   been trimming its workforce, already reducing its

                   employee base by nearly 40,000, Reuters reported

                   Tuesday (Sept. 12).

                   Santomassimo told the media outlet, “I do think

                   that there’s more to do, and you’ll see that

                   through the headcount number.”

                   At the end of the June quarter, Wells Fargo had

                   233,834 employees, compared to 243,674 in the

                   second quarter of the previous year, according to

                   the report. The bank has also made cuts in its

                   mortgage business, which has resulted in some

                   layoffs. Additionally, the commercial real estate

                   business faces pressure, particularly in office

                   loans, as employees working remotely have largely

                   vacated many buildings.

            # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Capitalism_Is_an_Insecurity_Machine”:

              Astra_Taylor_on_Student_Debt_&_Our_Radically_Unequal_World⠀⇛

                   As the COVID-19 era pause on federal student debt

                   payments comes to an end and some 40 million

                   Americans will resume payments next month, we speak

                   with Debt Collective organizer Astra Taylor about

                   Biden’s new Saving on a Valuable Education, or

                   SAVE, plan and her organization’s new tool that

                   helps people apply to the Department of Education

                   to cancel the borrower’s debt. Taylor also

                   discusses her new book, The Age of Insecurity:

                   Coming Together as Things Fall Apart, in which she

                   writes, “How we understand and respond to

                   insecurity is one of the most urgent questions of

                   our moment, for nothing less than the future

                   security of our species hangs in the balance.” She

                   notes organizing is about “the alchemy of turning

                   our vulnerabilities, turning our oppression,

                   turning our insecurities into solidarity so that we

                   can change the structures that are undermining our

                   self-esteem and well-being.”

      o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾

            # ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ Government_By_Uncontrolled_Lunatic_Racists⠀⇛

                   As long term readers know, I often assist with

                   refugee and immigration cases, including

                   representing at immigration courts, and we have

                   occasionally over the years housed refugee families

                   in our home for a while.

            # ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ Destitution_Capitalism⠀⇛

                   I despair that there appears to be no discernible

                   political debate over economic policy in the UK at

                   all, outwith a few left websites and magazines with

                   tiny readerships.

            # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Don’t_worry,_folks._Big_Tech_pinky_swears

              it’ll_build_safe,_trustworthy_generative_AI⠀⇛

                   Eight big names in tech, including Nvidia,

                   Palantir, and Adobe, have agreed to red team their

                   AI applications before they’re released and

                   prioritize research that will make their systems

                   more more trustworthy, the White House tells us.

            # ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ Federal_Court_Approves_Consent_Order

              Requiring_Minister_Steven_Guilbeault_to_Unblock_Ezra_Levant

              on_Twitter⠀⇛

                   The case dragged along for a couple of years and

                   given the full agreement to stop blocking and pay

                   costs, it appears that the government and

                   Guilbeault recognized they were likely to lose.

                   Instead, they agreed to a consent order in an

                   effort to avoid establishing an adverse precedent.

                   Yet even the consent order sends a signal to

                   government ministers and others speaking on behalf

                   of the government that limiting public access to

                   Twitter or social media feeds may violate

                   Canadians’ Charter rights to access government

                   information.

            # ⚓ NL Times ☛ Hacker_discovered_serious_vulnerabilities_in

              Dutch_vote_counting_software⠀⇛

                   A Dutch hacker discovered serious vulnerabilities

                   in the Dutch vote counting software, the Election

                   Board revealed in a statement published on Tuesday.

                   The identified risks have since been rectified.

            # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Is_Modi_Changing_India’s_Name_to_Bharat?

              Jayati_Ghosh_on_What’s_Behind_the_Move⠀⇛

                   As the G20 met in India this weekend, invitations

                   to dinners during the G20 used the name Bharat

                   instead of India. Bharat is a Sanskrit term which

                   is already India’s second official name but is not

                   widely used internationally. Economics professor

                   Jayati Ghosh speculates Prime Minister Narendra

                   Modi appears to be moving toward the name Bharat as

                   a “knee-jerk reaction” to a coalition of 26

                   opposition political parties called the Indian

                   National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

                   (I.N.D.I.A.) ahead of 2024 elections. “It would be

                   funny if it weren’t also so expensively

                   ridiculous,” says Ghosh, who taught at Jawaharlal

                   Nehru University in New Delhi for 35 years. “The

                   immediate bringing in of this measure is really a

                   panicky response to the fact that the opposition

                   parties are coming together.”

            # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ The_World_Is_Undergoing_“Significant

              Realignments”:_Economist_Jayati_Ghosh_on_G20,_India,_China_&

              More⠀⇛

                   We get an update on the G20 summit, which welcomed

                   the African Union as a permanent member and took

                   place for the first time in India as the country

                   faces criticism for bulldozing slums near the site

                   of the meeting. “What we are seeing is a period of

                   significant realignments,” says economics professor

                   Jayati Ghosh, who critiques the meeting for a lack

                   of action and largely performative events such as a

                   negotiated joint statement which stopped short of

                   condemning Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. “This

                   G20 has done nothing for the major problems of our

                   time,” says Ghosh, who calls on the group of world

                   leaders to act on climate change and wealth

                   inequality. “The G20 is a collection of potentially

                   very powerful governments — that don’t necessarily

                   represent the interests of their own people, I

                   might add — but nonetheless, this collection has

                   not done very much over the last 12 to 13 years.”

      o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾

            # ⚓ [Repeat] Vice Media Group ☛ TikTok_Blocked_‘WGA’_Searches

              Amid_Writer’s_Strike_Because_It_Thought_It_Was_a_Conspiracy⠀⇛

                   TikTok was blocking some searches relating to the

                   ongoing writers’ strike on Monday. The social media

                   network has been a central method for striking

                   workers to share updates and promote the strike,

                   which has been ongoing for months.

                   The block was first reported by Media Matters for

                   America. Screenshots shared by MMFA show that the

                   app does not return searches for “WGA,” the acronym

                   used for the Writers’ Guild of America, the union

                   currently on strike against Hollywood studios for

                   better wages and AI regulation. Instead, users are

                   told that no results were found, and that the

                   phrase “may be associated with behavior or content

                   that violates our guidelines.”

            # ⚓ RFA ☛ Masked_men_savagely_beat_activist_who_called_out

              Cambodian_minister⠀⇛

                   The attack is the latest by helmet-wearing, baton-

                   wielding motorbike drivers on dozens of outspoken

                   activists in Cambodia. Most of the incidents have

                   targeted members of the opposition, who say they

                   are politically motivated, and none of the

                   attackers have been brought to justice.

            # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Writer’s_Assets_Seized_By_Tehran_After

              Media_Interviews_Abroad⠀⇛

                   An Iranian court has ordered the confiscation of an

                   apartment belonging to writer Soroush Mozaffar

                   Moghadam, who is currently in Germany, citing his

                   “propaganda activities against the system” as part

                   of recent nationwide protests, in a move

                   underscoring the Islamic republic’s clampdown on

                   dissent.

            # ⚓ FAIR ☛ Georgia’s_RICO_Law_Is_in_the_News—but_Its_Use_to

              Silence_Protesters_Gets_a_Pass⠀⇛

                   But when a new example arose of RICO being used to

                   punish the powerless rather than the

                   powerful—coming from not only the same state but

                   from the very same grand jury—such cautiousness was

                   hard to find in corporate media.

            # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Masculine_Policy:_The_GOP’s_Plan_To_Outlaw

              ‘Porn’_And_Suspend_The_First_Amendment⠀⇛

                   Does watching porn threaten your masculinity?

                   Science says it doesn’t. 

            # ⚓ Kansas Reflector ☛ As_censors_challenge_more_books,_authors

              bring_a_new_crop_of_Kansas_literature_to_annual_festival⠀⇛

                   Those who seek to dictate what we and our children

                   can read are a well-organized minority who attempt

                   to ban books from lists compiled by national

                   groups. The American Library Association reports

                   that in 2022, more books were targeted by would-be

                   censors than at any time in the 20 years the

                   association has tracked challenges.

            # ⚓ Al Jazeera ☛ Meta_deletes_Al_Jazeera_presenter’s_profile

              after_show_criticising_Israel_|_Israel-Palestine_conflict

              News_|_Al_Jazeera⠀⇛

                   Tip of the Iceberg episode investigated how

                   Facebook targets Palestinian content related to

                   Israel.

      o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾

            # ⚓ France24 ☛ Israel’s_Supreme_Court_hears_petitions_against

              divisive_judicial_reform⠀⇛

                   Israel’s Supreme Court began a hearing Tuesday on

                   petitions to strike down a major element of the

                   hard-right government’s controversial judicial

                   overhaul which has triggered mass protests and

                   divided the nation.

            # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Israel’s_Supreme_Court_Weighs_Law_That

              Limits_Its_Own_Power⠀⇛

                   Israel’s government passed a bill in July limiting

                   judicial influence. The Supreme Court began meeting

                   on Tuesday to decide whether to strike down the

                   bill, potentially setting up a constitutional

                   crisis.

            # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Los_Angeles_Names_Intersection

              in_Memory_of_Woman_Who_Sparked_Iran_Protests⠀⇛

                   Los Angeles, the second most populous U.S. city, is

                   home to an Iranian community of nearly 138,000

                   people, of the 400,000-620,000 people of Iranian

                   ancestry in the United States, according to the

                   University of California, Los Angeles.

                   The intersection of Westwood Boulevard and

                   Rochester Avenue- in an area home to Persian

                   businesses- will be renamed Women Life Freedom

                   Square in Amini’s memory, according to a record of

                   the City Council vote on its website.

            # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Amazon_Is_Forcing_Employees_to_Sign_NDAs

              That_Prevent_Union_Organizing,_NLRB_Says⠀⇛

                   The provision defines confidential information as:

                   “proprietary or confidential information of Amazon

                   in whatever form, tangible or intangible, whether

                   or not marked or otherwise designated as

                   confidential, that is not otherwise generally known

                   to the public,” such as Amazon’s “business,

                   projects, products, customers, suppliers,

                   inventions, or trade secrets.” Some examples listed

                   in the provision include “published and unpublished

                   know-how…Amazon pricing policies…and future plans

                   relating to any aspect of Amazon’s present or

                   anticipated business.” Confidential information,

                   the provision states, does not include the terms

                   and conditions of the signer’s employment.

                   The Board alleges in the complaint that because the

                   nature of the confidential information policy was

                   so broad, it restricted workers’ rights to

                   unionize.

            # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ NBC_Nightly_News_Is_Spreading_Anti-Union

              Propaganda⠀⇛

                   From the outset, the viewer is oriented to see only

                   how a strike can hurt them and their personal

                   bottom line — and how fault for that lies with the

                   potential strike, not the corporations refusing to

                   negotiate with United Auto Workers (UAW) in good

                   faith. It’s established right away that the strike

                   is coming after the September 14 contract deadline,

                   it’s bad, and it’s bad because it’s going to cost

                   you, the viewer, money.

            # ⚓ VOA News ☛ Taliban_Denies_Aid_Interference_While_Arresting

              and_Threatening_Female_Aid_Workers⠀⇛

                   Since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan

                   in August 2021, the United Nations and

                   international aid organizations have reported

                   numerous incidents in which Taliban authorities

                   have interfered in the distribution of humanitarian

                   aid in the country.

            # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Activist_Says_She_Was_Assaulted_By_Prison

              Guards_Over_Hijab⠀⇛

                   An Instagram account linked to Mohammadi on

                   September 11 detailed the incident, saying that

                   following the second suicide attempt in three days

                   by one of her cellmates, Mohammadi went to the

                   prison infirmary where she encountered what was

                   described as the “deliberate and brutal” behavior

                   of a nurse.

            # ⚓ EFF ☛ UN’s_Cybercrime_Convention_Draft:_A_Slippery_Slope

              for_LGBTQ+_and_Gender_Rights⠀⇛

                   EFF has consistently voiced concerns over the

                   misuse of cybercrime laws across the globe, and

                   particularly their impact on marginalized and

                   vulnerable communities—notably LGBTQ+ individuals.

                   These laws, often marked by their broad scope and

                   vague wording, have also been weaponized against

                   security researchers, artists, journalists, and

                   human rights defenders.

                   And as nations continue to engage in negotiations

                   regarding the polarizing UN Cybercrime Convention

                   draft, they bear a significant responsibility to

                   ensure that the misuse of these expanded

                   surveillance powers isn’t legitimized under the

                   UN’s watch. The draft Convention has mostly turned

                   into a surveillance treaty. It could redefine

                   surveillance laws across the world. Without

                   changes, it  could potentially legitimize sweeping

                   investigative and prosecutorial powers to

                   investigate crimes that fundamentally violate human

                   rights (both domestically and internationally).

                   So far, it’s looking bleak for human rights. A

                   proposed amendment championed by Uruguay and backed

                   by 50 nations aimed at bolstering human rights in

                   Article 5 with gender mainstreaming (see minutes

                   01:15) met strong opposition. Nations like

                   Malaysia, Russia, Syria, Nigeria, and Senegal

                   directly opposed it. Meanwhile, countries like

                   China, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq chose to back

                   Article 5 as written in the zero draft, which fails

                   to recognize gender mainstreaming. 

            # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ 48_Years_Is_Long_Enough⠀⇛

                   Drumming and chanting, hundreds of activists and

                   Indigenous leaders rallied in D.C. Tuesday to mark

                   the 79th birthday of Native American activist

                   Leonard Peltier, and to demand Biden free America’s

                   longest incarcerated political prisoner. Convicted

                   48 years ago of a killing many say he didn’t

                   commit, Peltier’s conviction is turning into what

                   supporters call “a de-facto death sentence” that

                   “stands as a grim symbol of this country’s long

                   history of stealing life and legacy from Indigenous

                   communities.”

            # ⚓ Site36 ☛ Water_cannons_to_neighboring_countries:_Germany

              leads_cross-border_support_against_mass_protests⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ The_Columbia_OB-GYN_Who_Sexually_Assaulted

              Patients_for_More_Than_20_Years⠀⇛

                   Laurie Kanyok was 38, a professional dancer on the

                   cusp of retirement, when she learned she was

                   pregnant. She had already suffered one miscarriage

                   and had recently undergone a spinal treatment that

                   she feared would increase the risk of birth

                   defects. Kanyok booked an appointment with an

                   obstetrician, Robert Hadden of Columbia University.

                   She felt grateful to be in the care of someone who

                   had spent his entire career at such a distinguished

                   institution.

      o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾

            # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ With_HR_3557,_Broadband_Monopolies_Are_Pushing_A

              Bill_That_Would_Crush_Your_Town’s_Ability_To_Stand_Up_To

              Them⠀⇛

                   For thirty-plus years, giant telecom monopolies

                   have worked tirelessly to crush all broadband

                   competition. At the same time, they’ve lobbied

                   state and federal governments so extensively, that

                   the vast majority of politicians are feckless

                   cardboard cutouts with little real interest in

                   market or consumer health.

            # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Palo_Alto_Embraces_A_Community-Owned_Multi-

              Gigabit_Broadband_Network_After_Decades_Of_Talk⠀⇛

                   For all of the hype Silicon Valley gets as the

                   birthplace of American technological innovation,

                   the broadband networks in cities like Palo Alto

                   have never kept pace. Like most towns and cities

                   across the U.S., Palo Alto residents have long

                   complained about the slow speeds, high prices, and

                   comically terrible customer service they get from

                   their regional broadband monopolies: Comcast and

                   AT&T.

            # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Watch_APNIC’s_30th_Anniversary_video⠀⇛

                   Celebrating 30 years of contributions to a global,

                   open, stable, and secure Internet

            # ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Network_Fees_Could_Splinter_The_Internet:

              Stanford_Law_Professor_Barbara_Van_Schewick_Responds_To

              TRAI’s_Consultation_On_OTT_Regulation⠀⇛

                   Van Schewick is a professor of law at Stanford Law

                   School. Her submission to TRAI focused on pointing

                   out how network usage fees violate the principles

                   of net neutrality.

      o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾

            # ⚓ Walled Culture ☛ Google’s_“Web_Environment_Integrity”_is_an

              attack_on_the_open_Internet_and_user_freedom⠀⇛

                   That is, Google will get to decide whether your

                   browser configuration is “worthy” of accessing a

                   site. If it isn’t, the site will simply refuse to

                   send you pages. Of course, Google dresses this up

                   as being good for the digital world in all sorts of

                   ways, including the following: [...]

            # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ BMW_Backs_Off_Heated_Seats_As_A_Subscription

              Service_Because_It_Was_Stupid_And_Unpopular⠀⇛

                   We’ve noted several times now how automakers have

                   started taking basic car functions and trying to

                   make them subscription services in a bid to please

                   Wall Street. Mercedes, for example, has started

                   hiding better engine performance behind

                   subscription paywalls. BMW last year decided it was

                   going to make heated seats an $18 per month

                   subscription option.

      o § Monopolies⠀➾

            # ⚓ Reason ☛ The_Trial_Begins:_DOJ_Sues_Google_Over_Search

              Engine_Dominance⠀⇛

                   Plus: FDA approves new COVID-19 vaccine, Elizabeth

                   Warren goes after Elon Musk, and more…

            # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Google_accused_of_paying_more_than_US$10b_to

              dominate_search⠀⇛

                   US Government lawyers have claimed Google pays out

                   more than US$10 billion (A$15.6 billion) each year

                   to ensure it is the default search engine on mobile

                   phones and PCs, as the biggest anti-trust trial

                   against the company kicked off in Washington on

                   Tuesday.

            # ⚓ India Times ☛ US_says_Google_cheated_and_tried_to_hide_its

              efforts_to_dominate_search⠀⇛

                   The United States argued on Tuesday that Google did

                   not play by the rules in its efforts to keep its

                   dominance in online search, paying $10 billion to

                   ensure that smaller rivals never got traction.

            # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ First_Of_Potentially_Many_Google_Antitrust

              Claims_Goes_To_Trial⠀⇛

                   There have been a whole bunch of antitrust lawsuits

                   filed against Google over the last few years (in

                   fact, one just settled last week though we don’t

                   yet know the details, though when that case was

                   first filed, we noted some problems with it).

            # ⚓ India Times ☛ EU_antitrust_regulators_seeking_views_on

              Microsoft’s_remedies_to_UK_watchdog⠀⇛

                   The European Commission had cleared the deal in May

                   after Microsoft agreed to license popular

                   Activision games such as “Call of Duty” to rival

                   game streaming platforms. The EU offer did not

                   include the Ubisoft deal.

            # ⚓ NDTV ☛ Google_Pays_$10_Billion_A_Year_To_Maintain_Monopoly

              Over_Online_Search:_US⠀⇛

                   The Google case centers on the government’s

                   contention that the tech titan unfairly gained its

                   domination of online search by forging exclusivity

                   contracts with device makers, mobile operators and

                   other companies that left rivals no chance to

                   compete.

                   Dintzer told Judge Mehta that Google pays out $10

                   billion every year to Apple and others to secure

                   its search engine default status on phones and web

                   browsers, thereby burying upstarts before they have

                   a chance to grow.

            # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ In_antitrust_case,_Google_insists_its

              dominance_of_internet_search_is_lawful⠀⇛

                   The U.S. Justice Department has accused the

                   Alphabet Inc.-owned company of paying more than $10

                   billion in annual fees to ensure that device makers

                   such as Apple Inc., browser makers such as the

                   Mozilla Foundation and wireless operators such as

                   AT&T Inc. select Google Search as their default

                   search engine. This is how Google has been able to

                   maintain a market share of more than 90%, the

                   Justice Department says.

            # ⚓ Reuters ☛ Google_argues_quality_kept_its_search_on_top,

              defends_billions_paid⠀⇛

                   The Justice Department has accused Alphabet’s

                   Google (GOOGL.O) of paying $10 billion annually to

                   device makers like Apple (AAPL.O), wireless

                   companies like AT&T (T.N), and browser makers like

                   Mozilla to keep its search engine’s market share at

                   around 90%.

                   Google’s search engine is a key part of its

                   business, driving advertising sales and other areas

                   of profit for the world’s fourth most valuable

                   company.

            # ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘A_Monopolist_Flexing’:_U.S._Blasts

              Google’s_Tactics_as_Antitrust_Trial_Opens⠀⇛

                   The Justice Department and 38 states and

                   territories on Tuesday laid out how Google had

                   systematically wielded its power in online search

                   to cow competitors, as the internet giant fiercely

                   parried back, in the opening of the most

                   consequential trial over tech power in the modern

                   internet era.

                   In a packed courtroom at the E. Barrett Prettyman

                   U.S. Courthouse in Washington, the Justice

                   Department and states painted a picture of how

                   Google had used its deep pockets and dominant

                   position, paying $10 billion a year to Apple and

                   others to be the default search provider on

                   smartphones. Google viewed those agreements as a

                   “powerful strategic weapon” to cut out rivals and

                   entrench its search engine, the government said.

                   “This feedback loop, this wheel, has been turning

                   for more than 12 years,” said Kenneth Dintzer, the

                   Justice Department’s lead courtroom lawyer. “And it

                   always turns to Google’s advantage.”

            # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Microsoft_Edge_still_forcing_itself_on

              users_in_Europe⠀⇛

                   This was supposed to happen in Windows 11 Insider

                   Preview Build 23531, and subsequent versions of

                   Windows in the European Economic Area were expected

                   to inherit that behavior.

                   The change was made to comply with Europe’s Digital

                   Services Act and the Digital Markets Act (DMA),

                   which require that companies designated as

                   “gatekeepers” like Microsoft from self-

                   preferencing.

                   So far, there’s no sign anything has changed,

                   though Microsoft has until March 6, 2024 to comply.

            # § Patents⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ A_Point_of_View_vs_The

                    Point_of_View:_Federal_Circuit’s_Subtle_Claim

                    Construction⠀⇛

                         The patent at issue, U.S. Patent No.

                         10,225,479 (‘479 patent), relates to using

                         dual-aperture camera systems in smartphones

                         to create aesthetically pleasing “portrait

                         photos.” Specifically, the patent discloses

                         combining images from a wide-angle “Wide”

                         lens and a telephoto “Tele” lens to produce a

                         fused image showing a sharp subject in front

                         of a blurred background.  Portrait mode is

                         incredibly popular on Apple and Android

                         phones and so the industry is eager to

                         invalidate the patent held by Tel Aviv based

                         Corephotonics.

            # § 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_Belgravia_Wood_Limited, Serial No.

                         90640925 (September 8, 2023) [not

                         precedential] (Opinion by Judge George C.

                         Pologeorgis). [Section 2(d) refusal of

                         HOLIDAZZLE for “Electric lights for Christmas

                         trees; Christmas lighting, namely, electric

                         holiday lights; electric holiday lights,” in

                         view of the registered mark DAZZLE for “LED

                         (light emitting diode) lighting fixtures; LED

                         (light emitting diodes) lighting fixtures for

                         use in display, commercial, industrial,

                         residential, and architectural accent

                         lighting applications; LED and HID light

                         fixtures; LED light strips for decorative

                         purposes.”]

            # § Copyrights⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ US_Copyright_Office_Rejects_Yet

                    Another_AI-Generated_Image⠀⇛

                         The US Copyright Office has rejected

                         copyright protection for yet another image

                         created using artificial intelligence. An

                         award-winning image created by artist Jason

                         M. Allen with the generative AI platform

                         Midjourney is the latest to be denied

                         copyright protection by the US Copyright

                         Office.

                  # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ ACE_Takes_Aim_at_Zoro.to_Successor

                    Aniwatch.to⠀⇛

                         Earlier this year, the Alliance for

                         Creativity and Entertainment shut down one of

                         the largest piracy sites, Zoro.to. The anti-

                         piracy group struck a deal with its

                         Vietnamese operator, who also ran the popular

                         2Embed service. Shortly before shutting down,

                         Zoro.to was ‘acquired’ by Aniwatch.to, which

                         now finds itself at the center of a new ACE

                         investigation.

                  # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Fred_Saunderson_—_Open_Culture

                    VOICES,_Season_2_Episode_24⠀⇛

                         Open Culture VOICES is a series of short

                         videos that highlight the benefits and

                         barriers of open culture as well as

                         inspiration and advice on the subject of

                         opening up cultural heritage. Fred is the

                         Rights and Information Manager at the Library

                         of Scotland where he works to make the vast

                         collections of Scotland accessible to the

                         world.

                  # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Techdirt_Podcast_Episode_365:_Link_Taxes

                    Are_(Still)_Bad⠀⇛

                         Earlier this year, we had an episode looking

                         at Canada’s proposed social media link tax

                         and the many ways it would be terrible. Since

                         then, that link tax has become law (though

                         not yet come into effect), and unsurprisingly

                         proven that the dire predictions were

                         correct. Also since then, the Cato

                         Institute’s Paul Matzko published an

                         excellent paper on link taxes in general, and

                         Paul joins us on this week’s episode to

                         discuss the many reasons that a link tax

                         won’t save the newspaper industry.

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§ Contents⠀➾

* GNU/Linux

      o Kernel_Space

      o Servers

      o Games

      o Desktop_Environments/WMs

            # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt

* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems

      o Fedora_Family_/_IBM

      o Debian_Family

      o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family

      o Devices/Embedded

      o Open_Hardware/Modding

      o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications

* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software

      o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers

      o SaaS/Back_End/Databases

      o Programming/Development

            # R

      o Standards/Consortia

* Leftovers

      o Education

      o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

      o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI)

      o Security/Uptime

      o Defence/Aggression

      o Finance

      o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

      o Censorship/Free_Speech

      o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press

      o Civil_Rights/Policing

      o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality

      o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM)

      o Monopolies

            # Copyrights

* § GNU/Linux⠀➾

      o ⚓ Liliputing ☛ Tuxedo_Aura_Linux_laptops_now_available_with_12th-

        gen_Intel_Core_chips_and_optional_4G_LTE⠀⇛

             The latest Aura laptops from German Linux PC maker Tuxedo

             Computers feature Intel Core i5-1235U processors, 49 Wh

             batteries, support for up to 64GB of RAM, and support for

             WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3.

             Available with a choice of screen sizes, the Tuxedo Aura

             14 Gen 3 and Tuxedo Aura 15 Gen 3 are both available for

             pre-order with prices starting at 839 Euros. And while

             two laptops are similar in most respects, it’s not just a

             larger screen that the 15 inch model offers: customers

             can also configure that version with an optional 4G LTE

             modem.

      o § Kernel Space⠀➾

            # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Linux_6.6′s_in-kernel_SMB_networking

              server_graduates_•_The_Register⠀⇛

                   The next release of the Linux kernel, 6.6, has hit

                   release candidate status. As usual, it contains a

                   number of new features, but we think one has more

                   potential ramifications than all the others put

                   together.

                   Linus Torvalds announced kernel 6.6-rc1 last night,

                   and it includes the KSMBD in-kernel server for the

                   SMB networking protocol, developed by Samsung’s

                   Namjae Jeon. We’ve covered his work a few times on

                   The Reg, including as a possible stand-in

                   maintainer for NTFS3 as well as maintaining support

                   for Microsoft’s exFAT disk format.

      o § Servers⠀➾

            # ⚓ Medium ☛ Starting_Your_Linux_Sysadmin_Journey:_A_Step-by-

              Step_Guide⠀⇛

                   Embarking on a journey as a Linux system

                   administrator (sysadmin) can be a challenging yet

                   rewarding endeavor. With a multitude of tutorials

                   and advice available, it’s crucial to find a

                   structured path to kickstart your Linux sysadmin

                   journey. In this guide, we will provide you with a

                   clear roadmap to begin your adventure.

            # ⚓ Globe Newswire ☛ PingCAP_Achieves_AWS_Data_and_Analytics

              Competency_Status,_AWS_Service_Ready_Designations_for_AWS

              PrivateLink_and_Amazon_Linux_2 [Ed: This is proprietary; more

              about memorisation and paperwork, not skills or control]⠀⇛

      o § Games⠀➾

            # ⚓ Windows Central ☛ Unity_has_introduced_new_fees_that_could

              have_dire_effects_on_the_entire_game_industry,_from_indies_to

              Xbox_Game_Pass_(UPDATE) [Ed: When you rely on Microsofters

              and Mono pushers for stacks -- upon which to develop your

              programs/games]⠀⇛

                   Unity joins Unreal Engine with a per-install fee.

      o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾

            # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Why_I_became_a_Software_Heritage_Ambassador⠀⇛

                         Recently, I decided to join the Software

                         Heritage (SwH) Ambassador program. This is an

                         effort to build a group of volunteers that

                         supports both the SwH organization and its

                         community in different areas like awareness,

                         communication, community growth, ecosystem

                         development, technical excellence, etc.

                  # ⚓ KDE Videos ☛ QtWayland_Robustness_through_compositor

                    handoffs⠀⇛

                         This is a video demonstration of a new

                         feature in Qt 6.6 to handle clients surviving

                         a compositor restart.

                  # ⚓ KDE Videos ☛ Checkpoint_Restore_For_Graphical

                    Applications_using_QtWayland_compositor_handoffs⠀⇛

                         Checkpoint restore allows you to safe the

                         state of an application to disk at any given

                         pooint during its execution, and then recover

                         it at that exact point.

                  # ⚓ On_the_Road_to_Plasma_6,_Vol._Ⅲ⠀⇛

                         Another month, another Plasma 6 update. I’ve

                         been pretty busy during the past weeks,

                         mostly further improving the Wayland session,

                         fractional scaling, and dealing with Qt bugs.

                         Working under the hood like this is

                         tremendously important albeit somewhat

                         ungrateful when there aren’t any pretty

                         pictures to show.

                         A key reason for being able to work so

                         efficiently on kwin_wayland nowadays is that

                         our apps can survive a restart of the Wayland

                         compositor. I can just recompile KWin and

                         restart it like I could on X11. Check out

                         David’s blog post to learn more, including

                         some spectacular video demos, and things we

                         could do with that capability in the future!

* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾

      o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾

            # ⚓ Announcing_Istio_1.18.3⠀⇛

                   This release contains bug fixes to improve

                   robustness.

      o § Debian Family⠀➾

            # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ LMDE_6_(Linux_Mint_Debian_Edition)_Beta_is

              Available_to_Download⠀⇛

                   The next major update in the LMDE series (LMDE

                   stands for ‘Linux Mint Debian Edition’) is based on

                   Debian 12 Bookworm, which offers a significantly

                   fresher stack of software than available to users

                   of LMDE 5 (meaning as upgrades go this is a

                   compelling one).

                   LMDE endeavours to offer an experience that’s as

                   close to Linux Mint as possible but without relying

                   on Ubuntu infrastructure. Maintaining LMDE also

                   enables Mint to ensure its homegrown software is

                   compatible with Linux distros outside of the

                   Ubuntusphere.

            # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Linux_Mint_Debian_Edition_6_hits_beta

              with_reassuringly_little_drama⠀⇛

                   The next version of Linux Mint’s alternative

                   flavor, its Debian 12-based edition, is looming,

                   and it’s reassuringly unexciting.

                   Specifically, Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 6,

                   codenamed Faye – or LMDE 6 for short – is nearly

                   ready for release: the beta version is now

                   available for download. This version is based on

                   Debian 12 Bookworm, and unlike the more mainstream

                   Linux Mint itself, the only available desktop

                   environment in LMDE is Mint’s own Cinnamon. One of

                   the only visible differences between Mint and LMDE

                   is that LMDE still has a 32-bit edition, whereas

                   Mint is 64-bit only.

            # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Linux_Mint_Debian_Edition_6_‘Faye’_enters

              Beta⠀⇛

                   For those of you who want a stable Linux

                   distribution with the Cinnamon desktop, Linux Mint

                   Debian Edition seems like a nice choice and the

                   latest release is now in Beta. It should be much

                   the same as the normal Linux Mint distribution, but

                   directly based on Debian instead of Ubuntu.

                   Their goal with it is to ensure Linux Mint could

                   carry on, in the event of something problematic

                   happening with Ubuntu, they say it’s “also one of

                   our development targets, to guarantee the software

                   we develop is compatible outside of Ubuntu”.

            # ⚓ Beta News ☛ Linux_Mint_Debian_Edition_(LMDE)_6_‘Faye’_Beta

              now_available_for_download⠀⇛

                   Today marks the highly anticipated Beta release of

                   Linux Mint Debian Edition 6. Codenamed “Faye,” LMDE

                   6 derives its lineage from Debian 12 Bookworm.

                   Linux enthusiasts are always eager for fresh Mint

                   releases, and this one promises a host of new

                   features and fixes. Keep in mind, as with most beta

                   release, there are several known issues.

                   For heightened security, LMDE has opted to lock the

                   root account by default. Those needing to access

                   the recovery console or wish to log in as root will

                   need to set a new password for root using the sudo

                   passwd root command.

      o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾

            # ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ Ubuntu_Linux_Will_Add_TPM-Backed_Full-Disk

              Encryption⠀⇛

                   Many people know TPM modules as the main

                   requirement for Windows 11, which was also one of

                   the main reasons why several older computers were

                   not supported (at least officially) by Microsoft’s

                   new operating system. But TPM is actually a hugely

                   useful security feature in our computers. It’s a

                   module that basically enhances the security and the

                   privacy of your PC, something hugely useful given

                   how online security seems to be more important than

                   ever these days. If you use Ubuntu, though, you’re

                   about to get another perk if you actually care

                   about TPM — enhanced full-disk encryption.

                   Full-disk encryption has been present on Ubuntu for

                   a long time, but up until this point it relied on

                   passphrases for authenticated users. Those on

                   Ubuntu Core, however, take a slightly different

                   approach to full-disk encryption, with keys used to

                   decrypt the encrypted data being protected by the

                   TPM, thus not needing to rely on these passphrases.

                   Since this approach has actually been fairly solid

                   for Ubuntu Core, Canonical has been working towards

                   bringing TPM-backed full disk encryption to regular

                   Ubuntu Desktop systems as well. Now, this change is

                   finally soon to land on customers — starting on

                   Ubuntu 23.10, TPM-backed full disk encryption will

                   be available as an experimental feature for those

                   who want to try out, with the aim of bringing it to

                   everyone sooner or later.

            # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Looks_Like_Ubuntu_23.10_Will_Bring_Back_ZFS_on

              Root_Installation_Option⠀⇛

                   Ubuntu 23.04’s new installer is written in Google’s

                   Flutter SDK and it’s based on Ubuntu’s Subiquity

                   server installer, which, unfortunately, does not

                   have ZFS support yet. Those who wanted to install

                   Ubuntu 23.04 on an encrypted ZFS root would have to

                   use the Legacy ISO images.

                   But the good news is that the upcoming Ubuntu 23.10

                   (Mantic Minotaur) release, due out on October 12th,

                   2023, will bring back ZFS support in the main ISO

                   image that uses the new Flutter-based installer.

      o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾

            # ⚓ Hackster ☛ Orange_Pi_Launches_Its_Zero_2W_Single-Board

              Computer,_Offering_Faster_Clocks_and_Eight_Times_the_RAM⠀⇛

                   Orange Pi has launched its second-generation

                   alternative to the popular Raspberry Pi Zero

                   family, offering boosted performance and up to

                   eight times the memory of its competition: the

                   Orange Pi Zero 2W.

                   “[The] Orange Pi Zero 2W is powered by [an]

                   Allwinner H618 high-performance quad-core Cortex-

                   A53 processor,” the company writes of its latest

                   board design. “[The] Orange Pi Zero 2W adheres to

                   the compact and exquisite design concept of the

                   Zero series, with a PCB size of 30×65×1.2mm [around

                   1.18×2.56×0.05"], and can be widely used in TV

                   boxes, smart screen casting devices, smart home,

                   smart gateway, IoT [Internet of Things], and other

                   fields.”

      o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾

            # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Purism_Librem_11_Is_a_Linux_Tablet_Powered_by

              Intel_N5100⠀⇛

                   Purism is a well-known name among open-source

                   enthusiasts, producing Librem computing devices

                   focusing on software freedom, computer security,

                   and Internet privacy.

                   At the same time, the demand for versatile and

                   Linux-powered tablets continues to rise, so the

                   company steps onto the stage with its new offering,

                   the Librem 11 tablet powered by PureOS – a Debian-

                   based Linux distribution developed and maintained

                   by Purism.

            # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Old_school_meets_new_energy_in_Project_Hub’s

              latest_highlights!⠀⇛

                   It’s back to school! Whether you are a student or

                   not, Arduino’s Project Hub is a great place to

                   never stop learning, thanks to the wealth of

                   knowledge, experiments, and plain cool ideas our

                   community so generously shares.

            # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Nothin’_but_(neural)_net:_Track_your_basketball

              score_with_a_Nano_33_BLE_Sense⠀⇛

                   When playing a short game of basketball, few people

                   enjoy having to consciously track their number of

                   successful throws. Yet when it comes to automation,

                   nearly all systems rely on infrared or visual

                   proximity detection as a way to determine when a

                   shot has gone through the basket versus missed.

            # ⚓ Arduino ☛ 7_little-known_tech_solutions_to_take_your_garden

              to_the_next_level⠀⇛

                   A well-maintained garden is a beautiful thing. The

                   envy of your friends and neighbors, and a lifelong

                   project you can truly take pride in, especially in

                   the summer months. Gardening itself, though, can be

                   a chore.

      o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾

            # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Google_adds_Prime_Video_and_bunch_of_other

              stuff_to_cars_with_native_Android_software_–_The_Verge⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Google_wants_to_turn_your_car_into_an

              Android_tablet_with_wheels⠀⇛

            # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ The_Android_14_QPR1_Beta_is_coming_next_week⠀⇛

            # ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ Android_Auto_now_lets_drivers_take_Zoom_and

              Cisco_conference_calls_|_TechCrunch⠀⇛

            # ⚓ 5_Sweet_New_Features_Coming_to_Google’s_Android_Auto

              Products⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Android Police ☛ 5_things_Android_fans_need_to_know_from

              the_iPhone_15_launch⠀⇛

            # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_loophole_exposes_credit_card_details

              via_NFC⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ Wallpaper_Wednesday:_Android_wallpapers

              2023-09-13_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛

            # ⚓ The Verge ☛ iPhone_15_vs_Android_phones:_Samsung_Galaxy_and

              Google_Pixel_–_The_Verge⠀⇛

            # ⚓ How_to_Enable_and_Disable_Autofill_on_Android_–_Guiding

              Tech⠀⇛

            # ⚓ How_to_Enable_Call_Forwarding_on_Android⠀⇛

            # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Millions_of_Android_owners_receive_free_phone

              upgrade_that_protects_users_from_dangerous_apps_|_The_US

              Sun⠀⇛

* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾

      o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾

            # ⚓ Soylent News ☛ NCSA_Mosaic_Launched_30_Years_Ago⠀⇛

      o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾

            # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ Ora2Pg_24.1_have_been_released⠀⇛

                   Antananarivo, Madagascar – September 8th, 2023

                   § Ora2Pg

                   Version 24.1 of Ora2Pg, a free and reliable tool

                   used to migrate an Oracle database to PostgreSQL,

                   has been officially released and is publicly

                   available for download.

                   This release fix several issues reported since last

                   release and adds some new features and

                   improvements.

            # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ Datasentinel_2023.07_Released⠀⇛

                   We’re pleased to announce that the latest edition

                   of Datasentinel for PostgreSQL is now available

                   § Refreshed Documentation for Effortless Navigation

                   and Search

                   Our documentation has been completely rewritten.

                   The new structure not only allows for easier

                   navigation but also integrates an AI-powered search

                   engine to help you find answers to your questions

                   more efficiently than ever. Experience_Our_Enhanced

                   Documentation

            # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ pg_hint_plan_v1.6.0_Released⠀⇛

                   The pg_hint_plan development team is pleased to

                   announce pg_hint_plan 1.6.0. This release of

                   pg_hint_plan adds compatibility with PostgreSQL 16,

                   and includes various improvements and bug fixes.

                   For more details, see the release_notes.

                   pg_hint_plan is a PostgreSQL extension that offers

                   the possibility to tweak PostgreSQL execution plans

                   using so-called “hints” in SQL comments. For more

                   information, see the_project_page.

                   The documentation of the project is now published

                   at this_page, and is synced up automatically from

                   the source repository.

            # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ pg_tle_1.1.1_released⠀⇛

                   Trusted Language Extensions for PostgreSQL (pg_tle)

                   is an open source project that lets developers

                   extend and deploy new PostgreSQL functionality with

                   lower administrative and technical overhead.

                   Developers can use pg_tle to create and install

                   extensions without filesystem access and work with

                   PostgreSQL internals through a SQL API.

                   The pg_tle development team is proud to announce

                   the release of version 1.1.1 !

      o § Programming/Development⠀➾

            # § R⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_RcppInt64

                    0.0.2_on_CRAN:_Small_Update⠀⇛

                         The still very new package RcppInt64

                         (announced a week ago in_this_post) arrived

                         on CRAN earlier today in its first update,

                         now at 0.0.2. RcppInt64 in R and C++, and

                         regroups them in a single package by

                         providing a single header. It offers two

                         interfaces: both a more standard as<>()

                         converter from R values along with its

                         companions wrap() to return to R, as well as

                         more dedicated functions ‘from’ and ‘to’.

      o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾

            # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Thunderbolt_5_to_deliver_up_to_120_Gbps

              bandwidth,_support_multiple_8K_monitors⠀⇛

                   Intel has just announced Thunderbolt 5 and

                   demonstrated it with a prototype laptop and dock

                   (see the video embedded at the end of this post)

                   with up to 120 Gbps bandwidth when using “Bandwidth

                   Boost”. Thunderbolt 5 will deliver 80 gigabits per

                   second (Gbps) of bi-directional bandwidth and the

                   top 120 Gbps bandwidth is achieved through

                   “Bandwidth Boost” to support multiple 8K monitors,

                   which means three times the bandwidth of

                   Thunderbolt 4 topping at 40 Gbps.

            # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Apple_Unveils_iPhone_15_With_Changes_to

              Its_USB-C_Charger⠀⇛

                   European regulators passed a rule requiring USB-

                   C charging across electronic devices, forcing the

                   change in Apple’s newest iPhones.

* § Leftovers⠀➾

      o § Education⠀➾

            # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_to_impose_hefty_fines,_penalties

              for_illegal_education_tutors⠀⇛

                   Unlicensed tutoring services in China could face

                   penalties of up to 100,000 yuan (S$18,683).

      o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾

            # ⚓ France24 ☛ France_orders_Apple_to_halt_iPhone_12_sales_due

              to_high_radiation_levels⠀⇛

                   French regulators on Tuesday ordered Apple to halt

                   sales of the iPhone 12 for emitting too much

                   electromagnetic radiation, and to fix existing

                   handsets.

      o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾

            # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Microsoft_fixes_two_zero-days,_59_other_flaws_on

              Patch_Tuesday⠀⇛

                   The flaw was discovered by the Microsoft Threat

                   Intelligence team.

                   {loadposition sam08}”Exploitation of this

                   vulnerability is not just limited to a potential

                   target opening a malicious Word document, as simply

                   previewing the file can cause the exploit to

                   trigger,” Narang said.

                   “Exploitation would allow for the disclosure of New

                   Technology LAN Manager (NTLM) hashes.

                   “This is the second zero-day vulnerability in

                   Microsoft products in 2023 that has resulted in the

                   disclosure of NTLM hashes.

            # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ W3LL_phishing_kit_hijacks_thousands_of

              Microsoft_365_accounts,_bypasses_MFA⠀⇛

                   A threat actor known as W3LL developed a phishing

                   kit that can bypass multi-factor authentication

                   along with other tools that compromised more than

                   8,000 Microsoft 365 corporate accounts.

            # ⚓ BGR ☛ Microsoft_is_killing_the_Surface_Duo_after_just_3

              years⠀⇛

                   It’s been three years since the original Microsoft

                   Surface Duo was released, giving us the first taste

                   of a Microsoft-made foldable tablet.

      o § Security/Uptime⠀➾

            # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Wednesday⠀⇛

                   Security updates have been issued by Debian

                   (e2guardian), Fedora (libeconf), Red Hat

                   (dmidecode, kernel, kernel-rt, keylime, kpatch-

                   patch, libcap, librsvg2, linux-firmware, and qemu-

                   kvm), Slackware (mozilla), SUSE (chromium and

                   shadow), and Ubuntu (cups, dotnet6, dotnet7, file,

                   flac, and ruby-redcloth).

            # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Free_Download_Manager_site_redirected

              Linux_users_to_malware_for_years [Ed: With Windows, the

              supply chain is always compromised, even_by_design_and_by

              intention]⠀⇛

                   A reported Free Download Manager supply chain

                   attack redirected Linux users to a malicious Debian

                   package repository that installed information-

                   stealing malware.

                   The malware used in this campaign establishes a

                   reverse shell to a C2 server and installs a Bash

                   stealer that collects user data and account

                   credentials.

            # ⚓ Kapersky ☛ Free_Download_Manager_backdoored_–_a_possible

              supply_chain_attack_on_Linux_machines⠀⇛

                   Over the last few years, Linux machines have become

                   a more and more prominent target for all sorts of

                   threat actors. According to our telemetry, 260,000

                   unique Linux samples appeared in the first half of

                   2023. As we will demonstrate in this article,

                   campaigns targeting Linux can operate for years

                   without being noticed by the cybersecurity

                   community.

            # ⚓ Kaspersky_reveals_three-year_long_suspected_supply_chain

              attack_targeting_Linux⠀⇛

                   Kaspersky unveiled a malicious campaign in which an

                   installer of the Free Download Manager software had

                   been employed to disseminate a Linux backdoor for a

                   minimum of three years. Researchers discovered that

                   victims were infected when they downloaded the

                   software from the official website, indicating that

                   this is a possible supply chain attack. Variants of

                   the malware used in this campaign were first

                   identified in 2013. Victims are based in various

                   countries, including Brazil, China, Saudi Arabia,

                   and Russia.

            # ⚓ LWN ☛ Password-stealing_Linux_malware_served_for_3_years

              and_no_one_noticed⠀⇛

                   Ars Technica reports on a credential-stealing

                   Trojan horse that would infect only some of those

                   who installed the “Free Download Manager”. The

                   article is based on a Kaspersky report that details

                   the malicious payload offered up at that site from

                   2020 to 2022.

            # ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ Password-stealing_Linux_malware_served_for_3

              years_and_no_one_noticed⠀⇛

                   The site, freedownloadmanager[.]org, offered a

                   benign version of a Linux offering known as the

                   Free Download Manager. Starting in 2020, the same

                   domain at times redirected users to the domain

                   deb.fdmpkg[.]org, which served a malicious version

                   of the app. The version available on the malicious

                   domain contained a script that downloaded two

                   executable files to the /var/tmp/crond and /var/

                   tmp/bs file paths. The script then used the cron

                   job scheduler to cause the file at /var/tmp/crond

                   to launch every 10 minutes. With that, devices that

                   had installed the booby-trapped version of Free

                   Download Manager were permanently backdoored.

            # ⚓ MITRE_ATT&CK_in_2023:_Focus_on_Mobile,_Linux_and_ICS⠀⇛

                   Cyberattacks are a constant fact of life today. The

                   increasing volume and sophistication of cybercrime

                   means that managed security services providers

                   (MSSPs) should strongly consider taking advantage

                   of resources such as MITRE’s Adversarial Tactics,

                   Techniques & Common Knowledge (ATT&CK) framework.

            # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Microsoft_Teams_down:_Ongoing_outage

              behind_message_failures,_delays⠀⇛

            # ⚓ LWN ☛ A_GCC_-fstack-protector_vulnerability_on_arm64⠀⇛

                   The GCC stack-protector feature detects stack-based

                   buffer overruns by putting a canary value on the

                   stack and noticing if that value is changed. It

                   turns out, though, that dynamically allocated local

                   variables (such as variable-length arrays and space

                   obtained with alloca()) are placed beyond the

                   canary, so overflows of those variables will not be

                   detected. As a result, arm64 binaries built with

                   vulnerable versions of GCC are not as protected as

                   they should be and need to be rebuilt.

            # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Texas_Medical_Liability_Trust_updates_its

              data_breach_notification;_now_provides_notification_on_behalf

              of_almost_60,000_individuals⠀⇛

                   In March, Texas Medical Liability Trust on behalf

                   of itself and its affiliates, Texas Medical

                   Insurance Company, Physicians Insurance Company,

                   and Lone Star Alliance, Inc., a Risk Retention

                   Group (collectively “TMLT”) filed a breach

                   notification with the Maine Attorney General’s

                   Office. That submission indicated that 625

                   individuals had been affected by a breach that

                   occurred between October 2, 2022 and October 13,

                   2022.

            # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Facebook_Messenger_phishing_wave

              targets_100K_business_accounts_per_week⠀⇛

                   Hackers use a massive network of fake and

                   compromised Facebook accounts to send out millions

                   of Messenger phishing messages to target Facebook

                   business accounts with password-stealing malware.

                   The attackers trick the targets into downloading a

                   RAR/ZIP archive containing a downloader for an

                   evasive Python-based stealer that grabs cookies and

                   passwords stored in the victim’s browser.

            # ⚓ ICOUK ☛ Rachel_Anderton⠀⇛

                   A former family intervention officer at St Helens

                   Borough Council has been sentenced for unlawfully

                   accessing social services records.

                   Rachel Anderton was prosecuted for viewing records

                   on the council’s case management system between 17

                   January 2019 and 17 October 2019 without having a

                   business need to do so.

                   An internal council audit found the defendant

                   unlawfully looked at the records of 145 people

                   whilst employed in the social services department.

                   Anderton resigned from the council before

                   disciplinary proceedings commenced.

            # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Conti_member_indicted_for_role_in_2021

              Scripps_Health_ransomware_attack⠀⇛

                   On September 7, the U.S. Department of the

                   Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC),

                   in coordination with the United Kingdom, sanctioned

                   11 individuals who are alleged to be part of the

                   Russia-based Trickbot cybercrime group. At the same

                   time, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed

                   indictments against nine individuals in connection

                   with the Trickbot malware and Conti ransomware

                   schemes, including seven of the 11 individuals

                   designated that day.

            # ⚓ Cyberattack_causes_multiple_court_systems_to_shut_down_some

              public_safety_computer_servers⠀⇛

                   A cyberattack caused St. Louis County to shut down

                   some computer systems used to look up court cases,

                   issue charges and process people in custody at the

                   jail, County Executive Sam Page said Tuesday.

                   Police officers, jail officials, the county

                   counselor, municipal court officials and the

                   prosecuting attorney’s office all use the Regional

                   Justice Information System, or REJIS. The county

                   was alerted to the problem Monday afternoon, said

                   Doug Moore, a spokesman for Page.

            # ⚓ Forbes ☛ Come_Clean_About_Data_Breaches_And_Get_Lower

              Fines,_Says_UK’s_ICO⠀⇛

                   British businesses could face lower fines if they

                   proactively report data breaches, thanks to an

                   agreement between the UK’s data protection

                   regulator and cybersecurity agency.

                   The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and

                   National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) say they plan

                   to encourage engagement with the NCSC in the event

                   of a breach, and allow meaningful engagement with

                   the NCSC to lead to reduced regulatory penalties.

                   “We already work closely with the NCSC to offer the

                   right tools, advice and support to businesses and

                   organisations on how to improve their cyber

                   security and stay secure,” says information

                   commissioner John Edwards.

            # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ County_Experiences_Security_Breach_With

              Jail_Employee_Email⠀⇛

                   A cyber event last month may have affected the

                   security of some information maintained by Butler

                   County.

                   County officials say they found out August 8th that

                   an email account related to the County jail was

                   sending unauthorized spam emails.

            # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ MGM_Resorts_incident:_social_engineering

              strikes_again?⠀⇛

                   All ALPHV ransomware group did to compromise MGM

                   Resorts was hop on LinkedIn, find an employee, then

                   call the Help Desk. A company valued at

                   $33,900,000,000 was defeated by a 10-minute

                   conversation.

            # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Chambersburg_Area_School_District_answers

              some_questions_about_ransomware_attack,_won’t_say_if_they

              paid_hackers⠀⇛

                   Did CASD pay ransom?

                   On the advice of our counsel, in order to protect

                   the integrity of the various ongoing

                   investigations, we are not answering this question

                   at this time. We assure you that, CASD is working

                   closely with counsel and law enforcement and taking

                   appropriate action in response to this event.

            # ⚓ Netcraft_Acquires_FraudWatch_to_Cement_Leadership_in

              Cybercrime_Detection_&_Takedown;_Delivers_Online_Brand

              Protection_at_Scale_Supported_by_24/7_Security_Operations

              Center⠀⇛

                   Netcraft, global leader in cybercrime detection,

                   disruption, and takedowns, announced today the

                   acquisition of FraudWatch, a leading Australian

                   online brand protection provider focused on

                   phishing, social media, brand infringement, and

                   fake mobile apps.

            # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Netcraft_acquires_Australian_online_brand

              protection_provider_FraudWatch⠀⇛

                   Cybercrime detection company Netcraft Ltd. today

                   announced that it has acquired Australian online

                   brand protection provider FraudWatch International

                   Pty. Ltd. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2003,

                   FraudWatch offers an always-available security

                   operations center or SOC that protects businesses

                   from brand threats such as financial loss, brand

                   damage and online abuse.

            # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Thousands_of_Code_Packages_Vulnerable_to

              Repojacking_Attacks⠀⇛

                   Despite GitHub’s efforts to prevent repository

                   hijacking, cybersecurity researchers continue

                   finding new attack methods, and thousands of code

                   packages and millions of users could be at risk.

            # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Adobe_Says_Critical_PDF_Reader_Zero-Day

              Being_Exploited⠀⇛

                   Adobe raises an alarm for new in-the-wild zero-day

                   attacks hitting users of its widely deployed Adobe

                   Acrobat and Reader product.

      o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾

            # ⚓ Security Week ☛ China-Linked_‘Redfly’_Group_Targeted_Power

              Grid⠀⇛

                   Symantec warns that the Redfly APT appears to be

                   focusing exclusively on targeting critical national

                   infrastructure organizations.

            # ⚓ LRT ☛ No_draft_for_women_before_universal_male_conscription

              –_Lithuanian_president’s_adviser⠀⇛

                   Lithuania could introduce mandatory military

                   service for women only when it has a universal male

                   conscription in place, according to President

                   Gitanas Nausėda’s chief national security advisor.

            # ⚓ ADF ☛ Niger_Coup_Hampers_Sahel_Security,_Development⠀⇛

                   When Niger overthrew its civilian government in

                   July, it joined a growing tally of West African

                   nations that had done so, further complicating

                   regional economic and security cooperation at a

                   time when it is needed most. /blockquote>

            # ⚓ RFA ☛ ‘Washington_and_Wall_Street_are_two_different

              countries’⠀⇛

                   US companies investing in China need more guidance

                   on human rights and national security, Congress

                   told.

      o § Finance⠀➾

            # ⚓ China’s_‘full-time_children’_move_back_in_with_parents,

              take_on_chores_as_good_jobs_grow_scarce⠀⇛

                   When she first moved to the Chinese tech hub of

                   Shenzhen after graduating from college, Marguerite

                   Wang imagined she would spend her career working

                   hard in a big city. Instead, she’s living with her

                   parents in her hometown in northeastern China.

                   A record of more than one in five young Chinese are

                   out of work, their career ambitions at least

                   temporarily derailed by a depressed job market as

                   the economy struggles to regain momentum after its

                   long bout with COVID-19.

            # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ India’s_Industrial_Production_Grows_5.7_Pct_in

              July⠀⇛

                   Meanwhile, the retail inflation in India fell to

                   6.83 percent in August from 7.44 percent in July.

            # ⚓ Forbes ☛ Binance.US_Cuts_100_Employees⠀⇛

                   Cryptocurrency giant Binance.US let go roughly 100

                   employees this week, around one-third of its

                   workforce, marking the latest in a series of large

                   corporate layoffs over the past year as employers

                   continue to restructure their teams amid lingering

                   recession fears (see Forbes’ layoff tracker from

                   the first quarter here).

            # ⚓ Wells_Fargo_anticipates_more_layoffs_amid_commercial_real

              estate_woes⠀⇛

                   Wells Fargo expects further layoffs as it attempts

                   to improve efficiency amid a commercial real estate

                   slump.

                   The prominent U.S.-based financial institution has

                   been cutting jobs since the third quarter of 2020.

                   Since that time, Wells Fargo has laid off nearly

                   40,000 employees.

                   Chief Financial Officer Mike Santomassimo told

                   Reuters on Sept. 12 that, “I do think that there’s

                   more to do, and you’ll see that through the

                   headcount number.”

                   Wells Fargo has previously made large cuts to its

                   mortgage business. The bank’s commercial real

                   estate business is also facing pressure, as many

                   buildings remain empty because of the popularity of

                   remote work.

            # ⚓ Barclays_laying_off_450_in_U.K.,_possibly_5%_of_global

              trading_division⠀⇛

                   Barclays will cut 450 employees from its domestic

                   retail business in the U.K. this week, according to

                   Bloomberg.

                   The move is part of a two-pronged plan that could

                   also see 5% of the bank’s client-facing employees

                   in its global trading division let go.

                   People familiar with the layoffs tell news outlets

                   that the cuts are part of Barclays’ annual campaign

                   to fire underperforming employees.

                   “We always continually modulate and modify that

                   workforce,” Barclays CEO C.S. Venkatakrishnan told

                   CNBC on Monday.

            # ⚓ The Verge ☛ US_Army_orders_more_Microsoft_AR_headsets_now

              that_they_no_longer_make_soldiers_want_to_barf [Ed: Another

              attempt at bailout by the US government; the Army does not

              need this, it's just an excuse to throw taxpayers' money at

              Bill Gates et al]⠀⇛

      o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾

            # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_House_Speaker_McCarthy_announces_Biden

              impeachment_inquiry⠀⇛

                   US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday

                   that he has directed House committees to open a

                   formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe

                   Biden. “Over the past several months, House

                   Republicans have uncovered serious and credible

                   allegations into President Biden’s conduct — a

                   culture of corruption,”

            # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Venezuela’s_Maduro_arrives_in

              Beijing_ahead_of_Xi_Jinping_meeting⠀⇛

                   Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in

                   Beijing on Tuesday ahead of a meeting with China’s

                   Xi Jinping, state media reported, the final stint

                   of a tour that began last week.

            # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Morocco:_Overseas_Chinese_in_Quake-Hit_Raise

              Donation⠀⇛

                   Nasser Bouchiba, president of the Africa-China

                   Cooperation Association for Development, thanked

                   overseas Chinese across the kingdom for extending

                   help.

            # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China,_Airbus_among_potential_losers

              from_boosted_US-Vietnam_ties⠀⇛

                   The United States and Vietnam agreed on Sunday to

                   upgrade their diplomatic relations in a historic

                   step for the two former foes, paving the way for

                   business deals and possible new investment. But for

                   every winner there is often a loser.

            # ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ Speculative_Tech_Nonsense_in

              California_Paid_for_My_Cat’s_Surgery._Thoughts_About_Joe

              Biden_and_Vietnam,_and_What_Kind_of_Country_Americans_Have.⠀⇛

                   Speculative Tech Nonsense in California Paid for My

                   Cat’s Surgery.

                   My cat had her surgery yesterday, and they removed

                   two masses and did a dental cleaning and extracted

                   one bad tooth while she was under a general

                   anesthetic anyway.

                   Recently, I had a bunch of class action settlements

                   come in from various ways tech companies in

                   California violated the law, usually the Illinois

                   Biometric Information Privacy Act, victimizing me

                   and stealing my facial imagery data.

                   These settlements keep going out for years after

                   you’ve actually used a thing, because you weren’t

                   considering at the time how the thing used you.

                   Lemonade insurance had an app that required me to

                   use a video statement during a renter’s insurance

                   loss claim.

      o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾

            # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Father_Of_Mahsa_Amini_Summoned_By_Iranian

              Authorities,_Warned_Not_To_Commemorate_Anniversary⠀⇛

                   Amjad Amini, the father of Mahsa Amini, the female

                   student whose death in Iranian morality-police

                   custody nearly a year ago sparked massive protests,

                   was summoned by intelligence officials on September

                   11 and interrogated for an hour, RFE/RL’s Radio

                   Farda has learned.

      o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾

            # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Maria_Ressa,_Philippine_Journalist,_Is

              Acquitted_of_Last_Tax_Charge⠀⇛

                   It was the latest legal victory for the veteran

                   journalist and her news site, Rappler, who have

                   faced a barrage of charges from the Philippine

                   government.

      o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾

            # ⚓ RFA ☛ Hong_Kong_police_question_relatives_of_exiled

              lawmaker_Ted_Hui⠀⇛

                   Mainland student jailed for 6 months for possessing

                   Tiananmen massacre posters.

            # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Self-exiled_Hong_Kong_democrat_Ted

              Hui’s_in-laws_questioned_by_national_security_police_–

              reports⠀⇛

                   Hong Kong national security police have taken away

                   self-exiled democrat Ted Hui’s in-laws for

                   questioning, according to several local media

                   outlets citing sources.

            # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Workers_unhappy_with_new_labour_rights

              policy,_contradictory_non-EU_student_fee-hike_and_surge_in

              cyber_AI_security:_Finland_in_world_press⠀⇛

                   Here is a selection of what the international press

                   has published about Finland in the last week:

                   Workers under attack in Finland

                   The proposed changes to employment and welfare

                   rights in Finland by the new right-wing government

                   was covered in an article byMorning Star on

                   September 10.

      o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾

            # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ OPINION:_Finding_ourselves_in_the_digital

              age⠀⇛

                   At the end of the day, I’m a regular girl with an

                   internet connection and a spending problem. My

                   algorithm bombards me with content that is designed

                   to make me “trendier.”

      o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾

            # ⚓ Right to Repair ☛ Apple’s_‘Wanderlust’_Event:_A_Journey_to

              ‘Wonder-Lost’?⠀⇛

                   If Apple’s “repairable” devices still end up in

                   landfills due to built-in obsolescence or repair

                   restrictions, the environmental problem remains

                   unresolved.

            # ⚓ Right to Repair ☛ Groups_Leading_“Right_to_Repair”_Movement

              Urge_Biden_Administration_to_Reject_Any_Attempts_to_Derail

              their_Gains_Via_“Trade”_Agreement_as_Latest_Round_of_Indo-

              Pacific_Trade_Negotiations_Start⠀⇛

                   In a letter sent today, a broad coalition urged the

                   Biden administration to safeguard progress being

                   made in states and nationally to give consumers and

                   businesses a “right to repair” their electronics-

                   enabled equipment and devices, by ensuring that a

                   digital trade agreement being negotiated as part of

                   the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) does not

                   include a special corporate secrecy shield that

                   could block the right to repair. Signatories

                   include American Economic Liberties Project, Center

                   for Democracy & Technology, Consumer Reports, Farm

                   Action, iFixit, National Farmers Union, The Repair

                   Association, Public Knowledge, and U.S. PIRG.

                   The Biden administration’s battle against

                   monopolies has spotlighted how consumers, farmers,

                   and small businesses get abused by large

                   manufacturers that unduly restrict access to

                   necessary tools, parts, and information to repair

                   their electronics-enabled equipment and devices. A

                   burgeoning “Right to Repair” movement is making

                   real progress at the state and federal level with

                   five states passing legislation, and the Federal

                   Trade Commission active in enforcing protections

                   for users’ repair choice.

            # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Are_10%_of_Spotify_Streams_Really

              ‘Fake’?_—_New_Report_Prompts_Fresh_Industry_Conjecture⠀⇛

                   Are 10% of Spotify streams really ‘fake’? The

                   latest report from the Financial Times prompts more

                   industry conjecture in a time of AI uncertainty.

      o § Monopolies⠀➾

            # ⚓ Bloomberg ☛ Google_Says_It’s_No._1_Search_Tool_Because

              Users_Prefer_It_to_Rivals⠀⇛

                   Companies choose Alphabet Inc.’s Google as the

                   default search engine for their browsers and

                   smartphones because it is the best one, and not

                   because of a lack of competition, a Google lawyer

                   said Tuesday at the start of a high-stakes

                   antitrust trial in Washington.

            # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Google_exploited_exclusive_search

              engine_deals_to_maintain_its_advantage_over_rivals,_DOJ

              argues⠀⇛

                   Google is confronting a threat to its dominant

                   search engine as federal regulators launch an

                   attempt to dismantle its internet empire in the

                   biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century.

                   Over the next 10 weeks, federal lawyers and state

                   attorneys general will try to prove Google rigged

                   the market in its favor by locking its search

                   engine in as the default choice in a plethora of

                   places and devices. On Tuesday, prosecutors opened

                   their case by saying it’s about the future of the

                   internet and whether Google’s search engine will

                   ever face meaningful competition. Google is arguing

                   that competition from Microsoft’s Bing, Amazon and

                   Yelp keep the marketplace fair.

            # ⚓ France24 ☛ Google_faces_antitrust_showdown_with_US

              regulators_over_search_engine_dominance⠀⇛

                   Google will confront a threat to its dominant

                   search engine beginning Tuesday when federal

                   regulators launch an attempt to dismantle its

                   internet empire in the biggest US antitrust trial

                   in a quarter century.

            # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Is_the_‘king_of_search’_too_dominant?_Inside

              US_lawsuit_against_Google.⠀⇛

                   Is Google using its clout to maintain a monopoly

                   over internet search? An antitrust lawsuit has big

                   implications for competition in the tech industry.

            # ⚓ CNN ☛ Google_is_laying_off_hundreds_in_its_recruitment

              division⠀⇛

                   The latest cuts come after Google parent Alphabet

                   in January eliminated 12,000 jobs, or about 6% of

                   its workforce, across the company as it grappled

                   with economic uncertainty that hit the company’s

                   bottom line last year, especially its core

                   advertising business.

            # ⚓ Alphabet_lays_off_hundreds_from_global_recruitment_team⠀⇛

                   Google parent Alphabet is laying off employees from

                   its global recruiting team as the tech giant

                   continues to slow hiring, it said on Wednesday.

                   The company’s decision to let go of a few hundred

                   employees is not part of a wide-scale layoff and

                   will retain a significant majority of the team for

                   hiring critical roles. It will also help the

                   workers search for roles within the company and

                   elsewhere.

            # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Google_Sheds_Hundreds_of_Recruiters_in

              Another_Round_of_Layoffs⠀⇛

                   The tech giant has sought to trim expenses to pay

                   for artificial intelligence investments; it had

                   earlier cut 12,000 jobs in January.

            # ⚓ 4Square Media Pty Ltd ☛ Google_Lays_Off_100s_of_Workers

              Amidst_Antitrust_Trial_–_channelnews⠀⇛

                   Google is laying off hundreds of workers as a U.S.

                   inquiry has begun to probe into the business

                   practices of the big tech company, after it moved

                   on major mobile carriers in an effort to keep

                   Microsoft out of their search engine results.

            # § Copyrights⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ George_Washington_Williams’

                    History_of_the_Negro_Race_in_America_(1882–83)⠀⇛

                         A work of millennial scope by a self-taught

                         African-American historian.

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✐ Gemini_Links_13/09/2023:_Walmart_Locks_Wipes,_Oracle_Cloud_Burns_Users⠀✐

Posted in News_Roundup at 7:27 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

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§ Contents⠀➾

* Gemini*_and_Gopher

      o Personal/Opinions

      o Technology_and_Free_Software

* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾

      o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾

            # ⚓ 🎵_Obsession⠀⇛

                   Back in the early ‘90s my friends and I were on

                   constant lookout for quiet places to have a toke,

                   talk shite, and listen to music. Often times this

                   meant a secluded parking spot, preferably with a

                   view, that wasn’t going to be interrupted by dog

                   walkers or the f’ing police. 

                   We found a perfect place, for a while, sometime in

                   early ’94. A quiet side-road with two empty

                   bungalows at the end, surrounded by trees, between

                   the motorway and a spur road leading back into

                   town. We parked there regularly, and when the sun

                   was out, occasionally wandered through the trees to

                   see what we could find.

            # ⚓ Free_Range_Prose⠀⇛

                   On the topic of factory farmed versus free range

                   chicken eggs, Herodotus is reputed to have talked

                   about “wool from trees”, where the people in a

                   strange and faraway land obtained their wool from a

                   plant. Tree wool usually goes by the name of

                   cotton. So we have the same thing described in two

                   different ways, as opposed to two different chicken

                   products that perhaps incorrectly share the same

                   name, that maybe should be different. Some egg

                   producers would doubtless bristle at having to

                   label their product “orbs from savagely brutalized

                   chickens”. Think of what that would do to the

                   sales!

            # ⚓ Dear_Walmart_…_seriously?_That’s_what_you_keep_under_lock

              and_key?⠀⇛

                   You keep *alcohol wipes* under lock and key?

                   Are they *that* valuable?

                   You do realize that we repealed the 18^th Amendment

                   [1], right?

            # ⚓ A_boardgame_example_of_STAR_voting⠀⇛

                   Here’s how to select a boardgame using scoring,

                   then instant runoff.

                   Give everyone a paper list of the games on offer.

                   Everyone anonymously scores each game from zero to

                   five stars, zero means don’t wanna play today and

                   five means really wanna play today.

                   It’s OK to mark a bunch of zeroes and just one

                   five, it’s OK to give all kinds of scores, it’s OK

                   to have several fives or several threes or

                   whatever. It works anyway.

            # ⚓ Rewilding_Music:_6_Months_Into…Something⠀⇛

                   Hey there, pub-goers! Six months ago I gave up

                   recorded music as part of what may be the dumbest

                   personal experiment ever (reclusib brilliantly

                   called it being a ‘musical anchorite’), and I

                   figure I should give an update.

                   It’s been…weird. Not living without recorded

                   sound–that was honestly pretty easy–but letting it

                   back into my life has been a bit strange.

                   A great deal of music now sounds frantic and overly

                   complex to my ear. Busy. Crowded. “Too many notes,”

                   as Joseph II supposedly told Mozart. When I feel

                   compelled to listen to music, I seem to gravitate

                   toward very simple percussion and human voices.

      o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾

            # ⚓ Oracle_Cloud_Always_Free_“Idle”_Threshold_Change⠀⇛

                   Back in March, I wrote about Oracle Cloud’s stupid

                   definition of “idle” compute resources and the

                   potential impact on capsules hosted using the

                   “Always Free” service. This is a quick update/

                   warning to say that the thresholds for what is

                   considered idle have changed from 10% to 20%. I

                   don’t recall seeing any notification of this until

                   yesterday when I received an email saying that my

                   server (where this capsule is hosted) had failed to

                   meet the threshold over the last 7 days (and so

                   would be shut down after a further 7 days).

            # ⚓ SEOSAW_growth_rates_workshop⠀⇛

                   Recently, with help from colleagues, I ran an

                   online workshop for the SEOSAW network[1] on

                   estimating tree growth rates, rates of recruitment

                   and mortality, and rates of biomass productivity

                   and loss from repeat measurements of tree stem

                   diameter in fixed area plots.

            # ⚓ Story_Time:_The_Hackiest_Feature_of_Them_All⠀⇛

                   This is the story of the hackiest, coolest, most

                   absurd, and most pointless feature I’ve ever been

                   part of developing. It’s probably the one I’m most

                   proud of, despite it being entirely unused.

                   The year was 2014, or maybe 2015. Grooveshark was a

                   small but popular music streaming service where I

                   had been working for several years. At the time I

                   was working closely with my friend Mike Cugini on

                   Grooveshark’s backend systems, and together we were

                   given the task of developing Mobile Broadcasts.

=> =============================================================================

World Wide Web but a lot lighter.

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✐ Links_13/09/2023:_Unifont_15.1.01_and_Quality_Assurance_Tool_for_Guix⠀✐

Posted in News_Roundup at 8:01 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

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§ Contents⠀➾

* GNU/Linux

      o Server

      o Kernel_Space

      o Graphics_Stack

      o Applications

      o Instructionals/Technical

      o Games

      o Desktop_Environments/WMs

            # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt

* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems

      o EasyOS

      o BSD

      o SUSE/OpenSUSE

      o Fedora_Family_/_IBM

      o Debian_Family

      o Canonical/Ubuntu_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 SaaS/Back_End/Databases

      o FSF

      o GNU_Projects

      o Programming/Development

            # Perl_/_Raku

            # Python

* § GNU/Linux⠀➾

      o § Server⠀➾

            # ⚓ Stop_Turning_Success_Into_Failure_With_Microservices⠀⇛

                   MIcroservices can help you avoid business failure

                   because of huge, monolithic application

                   architecture.

      o § Kernel Space⠀➾

            # ⚓ [Old] The University of Helsinki ☛ Linux:_a_Portable

              Operating_System [PDF]⠀⇛

                   We explore the hardware portability issues in Linux

                   that were uncovered when porting the operating

                   system to multiple CPU and bus architectures. We

                   also discuss software interface portability issues,

                   especially with regard to binary compatibility with

                   other operating systems that can share the same

                   hardware platform. The approach taken in Linux is

                   described, with a few example architectures covered

                   in some more detail.

            # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Linux_Kernel_6.4_Reaches_End_of_Life,_Upgrade

              to_Linux_Kernel_6.5_Now⠀⇛

                   Renowned Linux kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman

                   announced today the release of Linux 6.4.16 as what

                   appears to be the last maintenance update in the

                   Linux 6.4 kernel series, which was released on June

                   25th, 2023.

                   Linux kernel 6.4.16 is a hefty update that comes

                   with no less than 873 changed files, consisting of

                   10654 insertions and 7653 deletions. All users

                   using Linux 6.4 are recommended to update their

                   installations to this version as soon as it hits

                   the stable software repositories of their

                   distributions.

            # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.5.3⠀⇛

                   I'm announcing the release of the 6.5.3 kernel.

                   All users of the 6.5 kernel series must upgrade.

                   The updated 6.5.y git tree can be found at:

                           git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/

                   git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.5.y

                   and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web

                   browser:

                   https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/

                   linux-s...

                   thanks,

                   greg k-h

            # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.4.16⠀⇛

            # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.1.53⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Syscall_latency…_and_some_uses_of_speculative_execution⠀⇛

                   Moving from UEK5 to UEK6 brought about an unwelcome

                   surprise: an increase in syscall latency on some

                   x86 systems. The root cause, as we will see, was

                   slightly slower evaluation of audit rules, which,

                   given that they are evaluated for every syscall, is

                   not great.

                   In this post we start off by exploring the root

                   cause which turns out to not be UEK specific, it

                   also impacts upstream kernels as well. Then we

                   detail the fixes and how they take advantage of the

                   speculative out-of-order nature of the CPU

                   pipeline.

                   The changes, even though they target low-level

                   optimizations, are quite straight-forward, almost

                   trivial.

            # ⚓ Stéphane_Graber:_Two_months_in⠀⇛

                   It’s now been two months since I left my position

                   at Canonical and went freelance! A lot of things

                   have now all fallen into place to the point where

                   it almost feels like having a normal work routine

                   again

                   § Kernel and ZFS builds

                   As mentioned in an earlier_post, after over a year

                   of rolling my own kernels and manually installing

                   them on all my systems, I’ve decided to spend a bit

                   of time automating the whole process and putting in

                   place a proper build and publishing pipeline.

      o § Graphics Stack⠀➾

            # ⚓ John Goerzen ☛ John_Goerzen:_A_Maze_of_Twisty_Little

              Pixels,_All_Tiny⠀⇛

                   Two years ago, I wrote Managing_an_External_Display

                   on_Linux_Shouldn’t_Be_This_Hard. Happily, since I

                   wrote that post, most of those issues have been

                   resolved.

                   But then you throw HiDPI into the mix and it all

                   goes wonky.

                   If you’re running X11, basically the story is that

                   you can change the scale factor, but it only takes

                   effect on newly-launched applications (which means

                   a logout/in because some of your applications you

                   can’t really re-launch). That is a problem if, like

                   me, you sometimes connect an external display that

                   is HiDPI, sometimes not, or your internal display

                   is HiDPI but others aren’t. Wayland is far better,

                   supporting on-the-fly resizes quite nicely.

                   I’ve had two devices with HiDPI displays: a Surface

                   Go 2, and a work-issued Thinkpad. The Surface Go 2

                   is my_ultraportable_Linux_tablet. I use it

                   sparingly at home, and rarely with an external

                   display. I just put Gnome on it, in part because

                   Gnome had better on-screen keyboard support at the

                   time, and left it at that.

      o § Applications⠀➾

            # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Machine_Learning_in_Linux:_Speech_Note⠀⇛

                   Speech Note is a GUI frontend for various

                   processing engines. For Speech to Text it uses

                   Coqui STT, Vosk, and Whisper. Whisper is our

                   highest rated speech recognition tool and features

                   in our award-winning Top 100 CLI apps study. It’s

                   that good. Coqui STT is also highly recommended

                   although it’s no longer actively maintained.

                   For Text to Speech, Speech Note uses espeak-ng,

                   MBROLA, Piper, RHVoice, and Coqui TTS. And the

                   machine translation is handled by Bergamot

                   Translator.

                   This is free and open source software written in

                   C++.

            # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_uname⠀⇛

                   This article spotlights alternative tools to uname,

                   a command-line utility that prints system

                   information.

            # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 13_Great_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Foreign

              Language_Tools⠀⇛

                   We have identified the best of breed free and open

                   source Linux foreign language tools. Learn a new

                   language.

            # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 22_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Stacking_Window

              Managers⠀⇛

                   Stacking window managers (also known as floating

                   window managers) draw all windows in a specific

                   order, allowing them to overlap.

            # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_who⠀⇛

                   This article spotlights alternative tools to who, a

                   command that shows who is logged on to the system.

            # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ Ranger_File_Manager_Keyboard_Shortcuts⠀⇛

                   Ranger is a simple yet powerful terminal file

                   manager for Linux. It works by using the ncurses

                   library and a custom file launcher script to create

                   a beautiful and seamless interface that you can use

                   to access any file on your machine.

            # ⚓ TecMint ☛ 10_Best_Clipboard_Managers_for_Linux⠀⇛

                   Many times you get frustrated after copying

                   something to your clipboard and then end up

                   clearing it due to distraction from something else

                   or someone. It can be annoying when this actually

                   happens.

                   In this article, we’ll explore clipboard managers

                   that help manage and track your clipboard contents,

                   addressing the frustration of unintentionally

                   clearing it.

            # ⚓ TecMint ☛ 10_Best_PDF_Document_Viewers_for_Linux_Systems⠀⇛

                   This article is the continuation of our ongoing

                   series about Linux Top Tools, In this series, we

                   will introduce you most famous open source tools

                   for Linux systems.

                   With the increase in the use of portable document

                   format (PDF) files on the Internet for online books

                   and other related documents, having a PDF viewer/

                   reader is very important on desktop Linux

                   distributions.

      o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾

            # ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ Setting_Up_NVIDIA_CUDA_Toolkit_in_a_Docker

              Container_on_Debian/Ubuntu⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Installing_and_Running_Fortran_Program_on_Linux⠀⇛

                   Fortran, which stands for “Formula Translation“,

                   was initially created by IBM in the 1950s to serve

                   as a high-level programming language for scientific

                   and engineering calculations.

            # ⚓ Kiwix_–_Access_Wikipedia_Content_Offline_Without_Internet⠀⇛

                   The internet is by far a well-rounded source to get

                   information on just about anything you might need

                   info on.

            # ⚓ Jo_Shields:_Building_a_NAS⠀⇛

                   Bringing it all together is the OS. I wanted an

                   “appliance” NAS OS rather than self-administering a

                   Linux distribution, and after looking into the

                   surrounding ecosystems, decided on TrueNAS_Scale

                   (the beta of the 2023 release, based on Debian 12).

            # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_fix_“Gnome_terminal_command_not_found”

              on_Debian_12⠀⇛

                   Debian 12 by default comes with Gnome desktop

                   environment installed. And if you try to launch

                   gnome-terminal it launches perfectly because gnome

                   terminal is the default terminal of Gnome Desktop

                   environment.

            # § idroot⠀➾

                  # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Nessus_Scanner_on_Debian

                    12⠀⇛

                         In this tutorial, we will show you how to

                         install Nessus Scanner on Debian 12. In the

                         ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity,

                         ensuring the safety and integrity of your

                         systems is paramount. Vulnerability scanning

                         tools like Nessus Scanner play a pivotal role

                         in identifying potential weaknesses in your

                         network and applications.

                  # ⚓ ID Root ☛ Differences_Between_Vi_And_Vim_Text

                    Editors⠀⇛

                         Text editors are essential tools in the world

                         of Linux and software development. They

                         provide a platform for creating, editing, and

                         managing code and text files. Among the

                         plethora of text editors available, two of

                         the most iconic choices are Vi and Vim.

                  # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Nmap_on_AlmaLinux_9⠀⇛

                         In this tutorial, we will show you how to

                         install Nmap on AlmaLinux 9. Nmap, short for

                         Network Mapper, is a versatile and powerful

                         open-source tool used for network

                         exploration, security auditing, and

                         vulnerability assessment.

                  # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_to_Use_Which_Command_on_Linux⠀⇛

                         In the intricate realm of Linux command-line

                         operations, efficient navigation is the key

                         to unlocking the full potential of your

                         system. Among the arsenal of commands at your

                         disposal, the unassuming ‘which‘ command

                         stands as a stalwart guide, aiding you in

                         locating executable files with finesse and

                         precision.

                  # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_VirtualBox_on_Debian_12⠀⇛

                         In this tutorial, we will show you how to

                         install VirtualBox on Debian 12.

                         Virtualization technology has revolutionized

                         the way we manage and deploy systems,

                         allowing us to run multiple operating systems

                         on a single physical machine. Among the

                         plethora of virtualization software

                         available, Oracle VirtualBox stands out as a

                         versatile and powerful tool.

            # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Unpacking_and_installing_.tar.xz_and_.tar.gz

              files_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛

                   In the vast and diverse world of Linux, file

                   installation sometimes comes in the form of

                   compressed packages, often denoted as .tar.xz and

                   .tar.gz files. These file formats contain bundled

                   files and directories that need to be extracted and

                   installed manually, offering a method to distribute

                   various software packages efficiently. For

                   newcomers and even seasoned users, navigating the

                   installation of these file formats can sometimes

                   pose a bit of a challenge.

            # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Access_USB_from_Virtual_Machine_in_VirtualBox

              on_Linux⠀⇛

                   You can totally access the USB storage from inside

                   the virtual machine. Here’s how to do that if you

                   are using VirtualBox on Linux.

      o § Games⠀➾

            # ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ “Talking_about_Linux_Tycoon_3_for_Android_&

              Gameboy”⠀⇛

                   Listen now (18 mins) | Lunduke Journal Podcast

                   Special Announcement

            # ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ Linux_Tycoon_3_comes_to_Android_&_Gameboy_

              (seriously)⠀⇛

                   Because who doesn’t want a Linux distro simulator

                   in their pocket?

            # ⚓ Unix Sheikh ☛ Bethesda’s_Starfield_is_a_disgrace_to_game

              development_and_a_slap_in_the_face_to_gamers⠀⇛

                   Nowadays PC gamers are used as guinea pigs when big

                   gaming titles are released with major bugs, major

                   performance issues, and other similar problems.

                   Even though PC gamers are used as guinea pigs, they

                   still often have to pay full price for the games as

                   well. Game development has turned into a cirkus and

                   Bertheda’s latest title Starfield is a disgrace,

                   not only to game development itself, but also to

                   the gaming community.

            # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Embracer’s_troubles_continue_as_they_may

              sell_off_Borderlands_dev_Gearbox⠀⇛

                   Embracer Group got a little too big it seems, and

                   there’s no such thing as too big to fail. After

                   shutting down Volition, it appears Embracer may be

                   about to sell off Borderlands developer Gearbox.

            # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Alterium_Shift_is_out_in_Early_Access_with

              a_Linux_Client⠀⇛

                   There is an enormous chance that things I write

                   here will change by the release date, some bugs

                   were fixed since I started this review and many

                   improvements to the story happened. The best that

                   can be done is to share a snapshot of the current

                   state of the game.

            # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Your_Arduino_Nano_ESP32_can_run_Doom⠀⇛

                   “But can it run Doom?” is more than just a joke in

                   the tech world. It is also a decent litmus test for

                   the computing power of hardware.

            # ⚓ Dedoimedo ☛ Age_of_Empires_II:_Definitive_Edition_works

              under_Steam_Proton⠀⇛

                   ‘Tis the season to be jolly. Behold, a tutorial

                   showing how to install and run Age of Empires II:

                   Definitive Edition in Linux using Steam Proton

                   compatibility layer, covering playback and

                   performance, Enhanced Graphics Pack DLC setup, game

                   save import from Windows, and more. Have fun!

                   [...]

                   So far, ever since I got the Slimbook Titan, I’ve

                   been on a happy streak of success with Linux

                   gaming. My goal is to be able to achieve functional

                   parity with Windows come 2025, which is when

                   Windows 10, the last okay version of this operating

                   system, goes EOL. At the current pace, I’m almost

                   there, two plus years early! The only thing missing

                   is the Office compatibility. But the games be

                   breezin’. One title after another. Well, time to

                   play some classic RTS, with a bigass smile on me

                   face. See you soon.

            # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ ZX_Spectrum_Gets_A_3D_FPS_Engine⠀⇛

                   The Sony PlayStation and Nintendo 64 are well-known

                   for bringing 3D gaming into the mainstream in a way

                   that preceding consoles just couldn’t. The ZX

                   Spectrum, on the other hand, is known for text

                   adventures and barebones graphics. However, it now

                   has a rudimentary version of a Quake-like engine,

                   as demonstrated by [Modern ZX-Retro Gaming].

            # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Steam_goes_green_as_Valve_celebrate_20

              years⠀⇛

                   While we already marked the anniversary of Steam

                   turning 20 in a previous article, Valve has now

                   done their own announcement along with turning a

                   bit green.

            # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Happy_Birthday_to_Steam_as_it_turned_20

              today⠀⇛

                   Where has all that time gone? It’s pretty hard to

                   believe that it was 20 years ago that Steam

                   arrived, and with it that glorious green interface.

            # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ The_open_source_Godot_Engine_has_a_new

              Godot_Development_Fund⠀⇛

                   The same day that Unity confused all their

                   developers with a new pay per user install revenue

                   model, the team behind the open source Godot Engine

                   just announced their new Godot Development Fund.

            # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Unity_introduces_new_fees_for_game_devs

              based_on_revenue_and_game_installs⠀⇛

                   Unity Technologies have announced an overhaul to

                   their fees for game developers, which now includes

                   tracking game installs and revenue.

            # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Steam_and_Steam_Deck_stable_client_update

              adds_Indonesian_support⠀⇛

                   Valve has released a fresh stable client update for

                   Steam desktop and Steam Deck, that amongst other

                   improvements adds in Indonesian language support.

            # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Stellaris_3.9_‘Caelum’_free_update_is_out

              now⠀⇛

                   Paradox have released the latest free update to

                   Stellaris with 3.9 “Caelum”. It’s a pretty big one

                   too, with a rather long list of changes. Easily one

                   of my favourite space strategy games.

            # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Fanatical_have_great_bundles_live_with

              Deathloop,_Skyrim,_Metro_Exodus_and_more⠀⇛

                   Fanatical have launched their Bundle Fest again so

                   there will be a new bundle launching regularly for

                   a few days, and there’s a few already live that are

                   worth looking into if you need some new games.

      o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾

            # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾

                  # ⚓ KDE Videos ☛ Using_compositor_handoff_to_switch

                    between_desktops⠀⇛

                         In the video we can see applications

                         seamlessly move between Plasma, Gnome,

                         Weston, Hyprland and Sway as part of the

                         wayland robustness project.

* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾

      o ⚓ HaikuOS ☛ Haiku_Activity_&_Contract_Report,_August_2023⠀⇛

             This report covers hrev57184 through hrev57256.

             It’s worth noting: the main Haiku CI is currently offline

             as the developer who was hosting the build machine moved

             to a location with much slower internet. A new build

             machine and home for the CI has already been selected,

             but isn’t fully online yet, so the nightly builds are a

             bit behind at the moment.

             Zardshard contributed some changes to refactor parts of

             Debugger’s CLI event handling, especially the

             WaitForThreadOrUser routine and also the message-passing

             facilities.

      o ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ Dual_Boot_Zorin_OS_and_Windows:_A_Step-by-Step

        Guide⠀⇛

             Zorin OS is a user-friendly Linux distribution that is

             designed to be a great alternative to Windows. It is easy

             to use, has a modern look and feel, and comes with a

             variety of pre-installed software. If you are looking to

             try Zorin OS, but you don’t want to give up Windows

             completely, you can install Zorin OS alongside Windows

             operating system. This means that you will be able to

             choose which operating system you want to use when you

             start your computer. This tutorial will walk you through

             the steps of dual booting Zorin OS and Windows.

      o § EasyOS⠀➾

            # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ EasyOS_Kirkstone-series_version_5.5

              released⠀⇛

                   Version 5.4.10 was released on August 8, 2023, see

                   announcement:

                   If you are new to EasyOS, read the 5.4 release

                   announcement as it has getting-started links: [...]

            # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Duplicate_container_icons_created_on

              desktop⠀⇛

                   The usr-merge collateral damage is continuing. I

                   posted about some issues when updated easy 5.4.10

                   installed on my Lenovo PC to 5.5: [...]

            # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Final_usr-merge_fixes_for_Kirkstone_5.5⠀⇛

      o § BSD⠀➾

            # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Which_BSD_did_you_start_on?⠀⇛

                   This post is dedicated to Benedict Reuschling, who

                   encouraged me to write about this again! Danke :).

                   I saw this question floating around the socials

                   recently, and it got me thinking where I started.

                   It was tricker to answer than I thought, though I

                   was able to trawl through the archives to find some

                   info.

                   My first BSD was Red Hat Linux. You read that

                   right: practically every Linux distribution has

                   BSD-licenced code, and they depend on tooling like

                   OpenSSH from the OpenBSD project for secured

                   administration. I like to point out examples like

                   this whenever a GPL advocate claims their licences

                   are necessary to ensure freedom. Pity that

                   importing into a GPL’d project is a one-way

                   transaction.

            # ⚓ Undeadly ☛ p2k23_Hackathon_Report:_Landry_Breuil_(landry@)

              on_chasing_memory_corruptions⠀⇛

                   Next up in the series of p2k23 hackathon reports is

                   this from Landry Breuil (landry@), who writes,

                   [...]

            # ⚓ Klara ☛ Unlocking_Infrastructure_Sovereignty:_Harnessing

              the_Power_of_Open_Source_Solutions_for_Business_Flexibility

              and_Cost-Effectiveness⠀⇛

                   The growing dependence on Software as a Service

                   (SaaS) solutions has raised concerns about vendor

                   lock-in and its consequences for businesses. In a

                   recent discussion hosted by experts from Klara Inc.

                   and Bell Technology Solutions, the focus was on

                   infrastructure sovereignty and the advantages of

                   adopting open source solutions.

                   [...]

                   Software as a Service (SaaS) and recurring revenue

                   models have become prevalent, often leading to

                   vendor lock-in. This constrains businesses from

                   seamlessly transitioning to alternative solutions,

                   trapping them and keeping them reliant on their

                   vendors. Regaining (or simply maintaining)

                   infrastructure sovereignty protects freedom of

                   choice, which in turn eliminates the restrictions

                   of vendor lock-in.

      o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾

            # ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ Slowroll:_openSUSE’s_New_Take_on_the

              Rolling_Release_Model⠀⇛

                   Currently an experimental project, Slowroll is a

                   hybrid distro that seeks to meld the stability of a

                   fixed release distro like openSUSE Leap with the

                   advantages of a rolling release like openSUSE

                   Tumbleweed.

      o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾

            # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ A_Node.js_success_story_at_the_electrical

              training_ALLIANCE⠀⇛

                   Red Hat and customers often work together as

                   partners to help get an application across the

                   finish line. In this article, Stephen (electrical

                   training ALLIANCE) and Michael (Red Hat) share the

                   story of one such collaboration that led to success

                   with Node.js in production.

                   The electrical_training_ALLIANCE (ETA) has the

                   mission to develop educational materials for

                   electrical workers. They do this by developing

                   national standards for the education and training

                   of electrical workers, creating standardized

                   training curricula, and assisting in establishing

                   local educational programs. A key part of this work

                   is to develop and provide an application for the

                   275 training programs that will assist in the day-

                   to-day operations supporting apprentices within the

                   program from application through to graduation.

            # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_to_automate_AWS_network_using_Ansible

              Automation⠀⇛

                   In today’s rapidly evolving technology landscape,

                   Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform offers a

                   powerful solution for managing network

                   configurations in Amazon Web Services (AWS). In

                   this article, we will explore how you can leverage

                   the capabilities of Ansible Automation Platform to

                   simplify and automate your network configuration

                   tasks in AWS.

                   We will guide you through the process of setting up

                   the necessary credentials for your AWS account

                   within the Ansible Automation Platform. We will

                   then dive into playbook execution, demonstrating

                   how you can execute playbooks to define and

                   automate your network configurations in AWS. By the

                   end of this article, you will have the knowledge

                   and confidence to use Ansible Automation Platform

                   to manage your network configurations in AWS

                   effectively.

            # ⚓ Kubernetes Blog ☛ Blog:_User_Namespaces:_Now_Supports

              Running_Stateful_Pods_in_Alpha! [Ed: Red Hat is working with

              Microsoft. Not good. They also use Microsoft proprietary

              prisonware, GitHub. Red Hat values your freedom to pay

              Microsoft and IBM for malicious software.]⠀⇛

                   Kubernetes v1.25 introduced support for user

                   namespaces for only stateless pods. Kubernetes 1.28

                   lifted that restriction, after some design changes

                   were done in 1.27.

            # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_Red_Hat_enhances_the_developer_experience⠀⇛

                   Hybrid and multicloud approaches offer developers

                   more access to powerful computing resources than

                   ever. However, this increasing complexity can make

                   it challenging to manage all your development

                   tasks, hindering productivity.

                   Red Hat’s cloud-first approach simplifies modern

                   cloud environments. Our versatile toolbox maintains

                   flexibility and limits cloud vendor lock-in by

                   letting you work with a wide range of cloud tools

                   and vendors. Let’s explore how Red Hat reduces

                   friction by designing tools with developers in

                   mind.

                   § Red Hat reduces friction for developers

                   Red Hat’s primary goal is to make it easier for you

                   to create and deploy cloud-first applications. Our

                   hybrid_cloud_approach builds on an open_source

                   foundation, enabling you to design software once

                   and deploy it to any (or every) cloud platform.

      o § Debian Family⠀➾

            # ⚓ Linux Mint ☛ LMDE_6_“Faye”_–_BETA_Release⠀⇛

                   This is the BETA release for LMDE 6 “Faye”.

                   LMDE is a Linux Mint project which stands for

                   “Linux Mint Debian Edition”. Its goal is to ensure

                   Linux Mint would be able to continue to deliver the

                   same user experience, and how much work would be

                   involved, if Ubuntu was ever to disappear. LMDE is

                   also one of our development targets, to guarantee

                   the software we develop is compatible outside of

                   Ubuntu.

                   LMDE aims to be as similar as possible to Linux

                   Mint, but without using Ubuntu. The package base is

                   provided by Debian instead.

            # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Free_Download_Manager_Debian_Package_Infected

              with_Malware⠀⇛

                   In an alarming disclosure by Securelist.com for

                   Linux users, a Debian package associated with the

                   popular ‘Free Download Manager’ has been found to

                   be infected by malware. This malicious software,

                   lurking in the deb package, poses a significant

                   security threat to unsuspecting users.

                   The root of this issue lies in a Debian repository

                   linked to the domain ‘deb.fdmpkg[.]org.’ On

                   visiting this domain in a web browser, users

                   encounter a seemingly harmless webpage. However,

                   beneath this façade, trouble brews. This subdomain

                   claims to host a Debian repository for ‘Free

                   Download Manager,’ a well-known software used by

                   many.

      o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾

            # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ An_Overview_of_New_Features_in_Ubuntu

              23.10⠀⇛

                   Ubuntu 23.10, code-name “Mantic Minotaur”, has

                   reached UI freeze stage. See what’s new in the

                   upcoming release of the popular Linux Distribution.

                   Ubuntu 23.10 will use Linux Kernel 6.5, though it’s

                   still sticking to Kernel 6.3 at the moment in the

                   daily build.

            # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Deploy_fully_configured_VMs_in_minutes_on_Google

              Cloud,_using_gcloud_CLI_and_cloud-init⠀⇛

                   Make reusable deployment templates for Landscape

                   and other applications

            # ⚓ Neowin ☛ Ubuntu_Pro_22.04_LTS_with_real-time_kernel_now_on

              AWS_Marketplace⠀⇛

                   Canonical has released Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS with

                   real-time kernel on the AWS Marketplace. This comes

                   several months after the real-time version was

                   released back in February this year.

            # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Real-time_Ubuntu_is_available_in_AWS_Marketplace

              now,_and_it’s_ideal_for_rapid_prototyping⠀⇛

                   Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS with a real-time kernel is now

                   available to use in the AWS Marketplace.

            # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Real-time_Ubuntu_is_now_available_in_AWS

              Marketplace⠀⇛

                   Canonical is thrilled to announce the listing of

                   Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS with real-time kernel in  AWS

                   Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of

                   software listings from independent software vendors

                   that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy

                   software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

            # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_updates,_releases_and_repositories

              explained⠀⇛

                   Since we launched Ubuntu Pro’s Expanded Security

                   Maintenance for additional packages, and we now

                   integrate more closely with public cloud update

                   management tools, more people have been asking us

                   about the Ubuntu archive and how this is divided

                   and security patched.

            # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Faster_AI_application_development_with_Canonical

              and_NVIDIA_AI_Enterprise⠀⇛

                   Ubuntu KVM support comes to NVIDIA AI Enterprise

                   Canonical continues to expand its collaboration

                   with NVIDIA by providing Ubuntu KVM Hypervisor

                   support with NVIDIA AI Enterprise 4.0 — which is

                   generally available starting today. Organisations

                   using GPU virtualisation on Ubuntu can look forward

                   to a seamless migration to the new NVIDIA AI

                   Enterprise licence.

      o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾

            # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Waveshare_presents_low-cost_RP2040_Pi-Zero

              board⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Adafruit ☛ CircuitPython_8.2.6_Released!_@circuitpython⠀⇛

                   CircuitPython has a number of “ports” that are the

                   core implementations for different microcontroller

                   families. Stability varies on a per-port basis. As

                   of this release, these ports are consider stable

                   (but see Known Issues below): [...]

      o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾

            # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Purism_Launches_New_Secure_Librem_11_Tablet_PC

              Powered_by_Linux⠀⇛

                   Like most of Purism’s devices, the Librem 11 tablet

                   PC promises users the best security, privacy, and

                   freedom-respecting features including a secure boot

                   with Purism’s PureBoot cutting-edge secure boot

                   process based on the Coreboot and Heads projects.

                   Librem 11 also promises real convergence with

                   Purism’s PureOS security-focused operating system

                   based on Debian GNU/Linux, so you can turn the

                   tablet into a full-featured computer when connected

                   to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse.

            # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Purism_Announce_New_11-Inch_Linux_Tablet⠀⇛

                   Purism has announced its first foray into tablet

                   computing with the Librem 11 tablet.

            # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ $999_Librem_11_Linux_tablet_features_Celeron

              N5100_processor,_1TB_NVMe_SSD,_2.5K_AMOLED_display⠀⇛

                   Purism Librem 11 is an 11.5-inch Linux tablet

                   running the secure PureBoot bootloader and PureOS

                   Linux distribution with a focus on privacy and

                   respect for personal freedom.

                   The tablet comes with what looks to be a decent

                   11.5-inch AMOLED touchscreen display with a

                   2560×1600 resolution, 8GB RAM, and a 1TB NVMe SSD,

                   but the Intel Celeron N5100 quad-core Jasper Lake

                   processor would be considered entry-level in 2023.

                   The tablet also comes with a keyboard and stylus

                   making a 2-in1 hybrid device.

            # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Librem_11:_Purism_Unveils_a_Privacy-Focused

              Linux_Tablet⠀⇛

                   Purism is an increasingly popular manufacturer of

                   computer hardware products that specializes in

                   providing laptops, desktops, and mobile devices

                   equipped with a privacy-focused open-source Linux

                   distro.

                   With a recent announcement, they have unveiled a

                   new product, Librem 11 tablet equipped with some

                   pretty neat hardware.

                   Let’s look at what it has to offer!

            # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Pimoroni’s_Pi-Powered_‘Pico_Vision’_Nears

              Completion⠀⇛

                   Pimoroni’s Pico Vision is a retro gaming

                   development and digital video experimentation board

                   for game developers and audio / visual artists

            # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ This_Raspberry_Pi_Pico_Clock_Project

              Features_a_Custom_PCB⠀⇛

                   The project relies on a DS3231 module to keep track

                   of the time. However, there is no onboard battery,

                   meaning it must be plugged into power to maintain

                   accurate time. Envious Design explains that you

                   could easily remedy this by permanently adding a

                   battery module to the unit.

            # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Globetrotting_Polaroid_camera_magically

              fills_Grandma’s_photo_frame⠀⇛

                   Both the camera and the frame use Raspberry Pi, so

                   Max gets double points from us. A Raspberry Pi

                   Camera Module hides behind the lens of the old

                   Polaroid, capturing Max’s travels. A Raspberry Pi

                   board sits inside the body of the camera,

                   processing the images and sending them to the frame

                   via Wi-Fi.

            # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Logic_Analyzers:_Capabilities_And_Limitations⠀⇛

                   Last time, we’ve used a logic analyzer to

                   investigate the ID_SD and ID_SC pins on a Raspberry

                   Pi, which turned out to be regular I2C, and then we

                   hacked hotplug into the Raspberry Pi camera code

                   with an external MCU. Such an exercise makes logic

                   analyzers look easy, and that’s because they are!

                   If you have a logic analyzer, you’ll find that a

                   whole bunch of hacks become available to you.

            # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Experience_AI:_Teach_about_AI,_chatbots,_and

              biology⠀⇛

                   Updates and new Experience AI Lessons for teachers

                   looking for high-quality AI education

                   materials. Developed in partnership with Google

                   DeepMind.

      o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾

            # ⚓ Computer World ☛ Google’s_increasingly_prickly_Android

              perception_problem_|_Computerworld⠀⇛

            # ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Threads_by_Instagram_gets_themed_icon_support

              for_Android_–_SamMobile⠀⇛

            # ⚓ GSM Arena ☛ OnePlus_11_gets_Android_14-based_OxygenOS_14

              Open_Beta_1_–_GSMArena.com_news⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Android_14_Open_Beta_Arrives_for_OnePlus_11⠀⇛

            # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Find_My_Device_3.0_rolling_out_with_new

              Android_app_icon⠀⇛

            # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Google_TV_and_Finance_widgets_are_now_on

              Android_phones⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Apple_unveils_iPhone_with_USB-C_charger_in

              line_with_EU_law⠀⇛

                   In June 2022, the European Union passed a law

                   requiring all devices to be compatible with a USB

                   Type-C charging port by late 2024, arguing that it

                   will reduce electronic waste and save money for

                   consumers.

* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾

      o ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ EDB_Open_Sources_Powerful_Tool_to_Automate_and

        Manage_Postgres_Deployments⠀⇛

             EnterpriseDB (EDB) announces that Trusted Postgres

             Architect (TPA) is now available as a new open source

             tool, accessible to all PostgreSQL users. This deployment

             automation and configuration management tool streamlines

             the setup of High Availability (HA) Postgres clusters,

             helping organizations effortlessly deploy robust,

             production-ready clusters while saving time and reducing

             the chance of errors.

      o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾

            # ⚓ [Old] The University of Illinois ☛ NCSA_Mosaic™⠀⇛

                   “To be sure, Mosaic deserves credit for tackling

                   two problems. First, earlier browsers were

                   troublesome to get up and running, while Mosaic was

                   a lot easier, thanks largely to [NCSA developer

                   Eric] Bina’s programming skill. Second, Mosaic was

                   the first published browser that automatically

                   displayed pictures along with text, as in the pages

                   of a magazine layout or an illustrated book. That

                   was important because later on it would be the

                   proliferation of pretty pictures that transformed

                   that Web from the domain of scientists and hackers

                   to a cultural phenomenon that captured the interest

                   of the masses.”

            # ⚓ [Old] History Computer ☛ NCSA_Mosaic_Internet_Web_Browser:

              The_Complete_History⠀⇛

                   The very first web browser was the WorldWideWeb of

                   Berners-Lee, but the first popularized web browser

                   was the NCSA Mosaic Internet Web Browser. Previous

                   web browsers were not user friendly; they lacked an

                   intuitive and inviting way to allow people to

                   navigate the then-new World Wide Web.In 1992 two

                   developers at the National Center for

                   Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the

                   University of Illinois (Marc Andreessen and Eric

                   Brina) began working on a graphical, user friendly

                   web browser they would later call “Mosaic”. The

                   most notable features this computer program had

                   that other browsers lacked were the ability to view

                   pictures directly on the page, its ease of

                   navigation, and the way this browser handled

                   hyperlinks. Previous browsers only showed pictures

                   as separate files available for download that were

                   linked to the page, so no pictures were directly

                   visible from any main web page. Other browsers also

                   lacked a smooth graphical interface to help

                   navigate through the page, to include scrolling and

                   the now-standard “back”, “forward”, and “refresh”

                   buttons. Finally, the Mosaic browser was the first

                   browser to incorporate clickable hyperlinks.

                   Previous browsers gave reference numbers so users

                   could manually type in the new URL, whereas this

                   new browser allowed users to simply click the link

                   directly to get to the desired page.

            # ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ I_think_I_kind_of_hate_lazy_loading⠀⇛

                   Yesterday I was on a train. I clicked on a link and

                   my browser loaded a long article for me to read.

                   Halfway through reading it, the train went into a

                   tunnel and I lost signal.

                   That meant I couldn’t see the images on the other

                   half of the page for the rest of the journey. I had

                   a sea of broken images.

            # § Mozilla⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ How_to_easily_switch_from_Chrome_to

                    Firefox⠀⇛

                         There’s never been a better time to switch

                         from Chrome to Firefox, if we do say so

                         ourselves.

                  # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Dani_Chehak,_Mozilla’s_new_chief_people

                    officer⠀⇛

                         After having met with many different

                         candidates over the past several months to

                         fill the role of chief people officer — a

                         significant role that contributes greatly to

                         Mozilla’s culture and future — I am pleased

                         to announce that Dani Chehak has joined

                         Mozilla as chief people officer on a

                         permanent basis.

      o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾

            # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ New_Podcast:_Path_To_Citus_Con_for_developers

              who_love_Postgres⠀⇛

                   Path To Citus Con is a new monthly podcast for

                   developers who love Postgres, available via most

                   podcast_apps and on_YouTube. Guests join to discuss

                   the human side of PostgreSQL, open source,

                   databases, and the many PG extensions—along with

                   co-hosts Claire Giordano and Pino de Candia.

                   Recorded as a live show on Discord, the shows

                   usually happen on the first (or second) Wednesday

                   of the month. You can join the live recordings to

                   participate in the parallel live text chat, which

                   can be quite fun. Podcast episodes are usually

                   published 2 days after recording.

      o § FSF⠀➾

            # ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_Events:_Free_Software_Directory_meeting_on_IRC:

              Friday,_September_15,_starting_at_12:00_EDT_(16:00_UTC)⠀⇛

                   Join the FSF and friends on Friday, September 15,

                   from 12:00

      o § GNU Projects⠀➾

            # ⚓ GNU ☛ unifont_@_Savannah:_Unifont_15.1.01_Released⠀⇛

                   12 September 2023 Unifont 15.1.01 is now available.

                   This is a major release.  This release no longer

                   builds TrueType fonts by default, as announced over

                   the past year.  They have been replaced with their

                   OpenType equivalents.  TrueType fonts can still be

                   built manually by typing “make truetype” in the

                   font directory.

                   This release also includes a new Hangul Syllables

                   Johab 6/3/1 encoding proposed by Ho-Seok Ee.  New

                   Hangul supporting software for this encoding allows

                   formation of all double-width Hangul syllables,

                   including those with ancient letters that are

                   outside the Unicode Hangul Syllables range. 

                   Details are in the ChangeLog file.

            # ⚓ GNU ☛ GNU_Guix:_A_new_Quality_Assurance_tool_for_Guix⠀⇛

                   Maintaining and expanding Guix’s collection of

                   packages can be complicated. As a distribution with

                   around 22,000 packages, spanning across around 7

                   architectures and with support for cross-

                   compilation, it’s quite common for problems to

                   occur when making changes.

                   Quality Assurance (QA) is a general term to

                   describe the approach taken to try and ensure

                   something meets expectations. When applied to

                   software, the term testing is normally used. While

                   Guix is software, and has tests, much more than

                   those tests are needed to maintain Guix as a

                   distribution.

                   So what might quality relate to in the context of

                   Guix as a distribution? This will differ from

                   person to person, but these are some common

                   concerns: [...]

      o § Programming/Development⠀➾

            # ⚓ Earthly ☛ We_built_the_fastest_CI_in_the_world._It_failed.

              Here’s_what_we_learned⠀⇛

                   What was particularly appealing about this plan was

                   that Earthly, the build system, targets one

                   problem: build consistency, while the final

                   version, Earthly CI, targets another problem: build

                   speed. This meant that Earthly, which is free,

                   would not cannibalize in any way the monetization

                   of Earthly CI. We wouldn’t be giving away too much

                   for free – as Jenkins did – and instead, it would

                   serve as a sustainable and scalable business model.

                   It made sense to use the build system as a way to

                   then create bottom-up adoption for Earthly CI – and

                   the fact that we were building it first allowed us

                   to build traction that one day will magically just

                   convert over to Earthly CI users.

            # ⚓ Johan Halse ☛ The_best_laid_plans⠀⇛

                   Look, I’m known for executing really well. I’m your

                   guy when you need someone with honed instincts, who

                   can strike a good balance between speed,

                   completeness, robustness, and performance. I’m also

                   very creative, which helps with debugging and data

                   modeling. I like to think I’m good at what I do,

                   but I’m definitely in camp yee-haw when it comes to

                   looking ahead and deciding what to do, and how to

                   do it. In my experience it’s better to have a

                   nebulous outline of where you want to end up, agree

                   which part to bite off first, and then start

                   fucking chewing. The next step will be obvious, and

                   then the next step will be obvious from there, and

                   so on.

            # ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ The_Inevitability_of_Scope_Creep⠀⇛

                   Scope creep is inevitable. A project starts with a

                   small mandate and ends with an enormous,

                   uncontrolled scope. What was a small change is now

                   a complete rewrite. It’s easier to visualize scope

                   creep with software projects — you can easily see

                   the number of services or areas of code that a

                   change touches. And it’s sometimes easier to

                   measure (which changes aren’t in the critical path

                   of the goal feature or product?). But it happens in

                   almost every project. I don’t think it can be

                   eliminated entirely, but understanding the sources

                   and the consequences might help limit its reach.

            # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ GNU_Emacs,_use-package,_and_key

              binding_for_mode_specific_keymaps⠀⇛

                   Many GNU Emacs modes, such as MH-E, define mode

                   specific keyboard mappings (keymaps), instead of

                   putting their special keyboard commands into the

                   global keymap that’s normally used in every file

                   (okay, buffer). This is especially common in Emacs

                   modes that are basically implementing an

                   application inside Emacs, like MH-E and magit, but

                   they also appear for other things like lsp-mode and

                   backward-forward. Often you may want to modify

                   those mode-specific keymaps, like mh-folder-mode-

                   map, backward-forward-mode-map, company-active-map,

                   and lsp-ui-mode-map.

            # ⚓ Rlang ☛ R_User_Group_Philippines_Turns_10⠀⇛

                   The R User Group-Philippines (RUG–PH) celebrated

                   its 10th anniversary on the 16th of August. The

                   group marked the occasion with its first physical

                   event since the pandemic, and it highlighted the

                   group’s progress over the past decade.

                   The RUG-PH hosted 115 events in the past decade,

                   making it one of the most persistent RUGs. During

                   the pandemic, many RUGs struggled to remain active;

                   however, RUG-PH continued with online events.

            # ⚓ Valhalla’s_Things:_How_I_Keep_my_Life_in_Git⠀⇛

                   After watching My_life_in_git,_after_subversion,

                   after_CVS. from DebConf, I’ve realized it’s been a

                   while since I talked about the way I keep

                   everything1 I do in git, and I don’t think I’ve

                   ever done it online, so it looked like a good time

                   for a blog post.

            # ⚓ KDAB ☛ Intro_to_C++_Coroutines:_Concept⠀⇛

                   The time has come, fellow devs. We are on our way

                   to uncover the newest concept of C++ language –

                   Coroutines.

            # ⚓ Rlang ☛ How_Open_Source_(R_and_Shiny)_Is_Transforming

              Processes_in_the_Pharmaceutical_Industry⠀⇛

                   At the 2023 R/Basel event, we noticed a number of

                   speakers and participants who were keen to share or

                   gather knowledge about the use of R and Shiny

                   technologies in many diverse processes of the

                   pharmaceutical industry.

            # § Perl / Raku⠀➾

                  # ⚓ [Old] Rakulang ☛ A_Complete_Course_of_the_Raku

                    programming_language⠀⇛

                         The course is divided into five parts, each

                         of which includes several sections, which in

                         turn include a number of topics (or, merely

                         saying, different pages with their unique

                         URL).

            # § Python⠀➾

                  # ⚓ IEEE ☛ The_Top_Programming_Languages_2023:_Python_and

                    SQL_are_on_top,_but_old_languages_shouldn’t_be

                    forgotten⠀⇛

                         This year, Python doesn’t just remain No. 1

                         in our general “Spectrum” ranking—which is

                         weighted to reflect the interests of the

                         typical IEEE member—but it widens its lead.

                         Python’s increased dominance appears to be

                         largely at the expense of smaller, more

                         specialized, languages. It has become the

                         jack-of-all-trades language—and the master of

                         some, such as AI, where powerful and

                         extensive libraries make it ubiquitous. And

                         although Moore’s Law is winding down for

                         high-end computing, low-end microcontrollers

                         are still benefiting from performance gains,

                         which means there’s now enough computing

                         power available on a US $0.70 CPU to make

                         Python a contender in embedded development,

                         despite the overhead of an interpreter.

                         Python also looks to be solidifying its

                         position for the long term: Many children and

                         teens now program their first game or blink

                         their first LED using Python. They can then

                         move seamlessly into more advanced domains,

                         and even get a job, with the same language.

                  # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_Glob_Recursive⠀⇛

                         The “glob.glob()” method in Python is

                         utilized to determine all the path names by

                         taking the specified pattern and complete

                         path as an argument.

                  # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Pandas_Display_All_Columns⠀⇛

                         To display all the columns in Python, the

                         “pandas.set_option()” function takes the

                         “display.max_columns” option and its value as

                         an argument.

                  # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_Simplify_Fractions⠀⇛

                         The “Fraction()” method of the “fractions”

                         module, a custom function with the “gcd()”

                         method, is used to simplify the specified

                         fraction into the simplest form.

                  # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_Hashlib_SHA256⠀⇛

                         In Python, the sha256 algorithm is

                         implemented to strings, a list of strings,

                         files, and Pandas DataFrame columns using the

                         hashlib.sha256() constructor method.

                  # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Pandas_Print_All_Columns⠀⇛

                         The “df.columns.values” or “df.keys

                         ().values.tolist()”, “pandas.set_option()”

                         and “df.dtypes” method prints all columns

                         names, values, and types of DataFrame.

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            # ⚓ LiveFromFrance_S1E02⠀⇛

                   In this second post in the series, I’m going to

                   talk about relations between West Africa and

                   France. It’s one of the hot topics of September,

                   since the putsch/coup in Niger. To understand the

                   significance of this, you have to remember that

                   there was a a coup d’état in Mali in 2021 and in

                   Burkina Faso in 2022, two countries neighbouring

                   Niger. And now it’s in Gabon, another strategic

                   country for France. Gabon suppplies Total (french

                   national oil company) with oil, as well as

                   manganese (interesting for batteries), uranium and

                   gold. Niger is a supplier of uranium for French

                   nuclear power plants. Burkina Faso is known for

                   gold, as is Mali. These 4 countries were part of

                   what we call «Françafrique» (French Africa). If

                   French colonialism is officially dead, most

                   countries still have a link with France, through

                   dictatorships or authoritarian powers more or less

                   installed by France.

            # ⚓ VCFMW_18⠀⇛

            # ⚓ 2023-09-12:_Consoom?⠀⇛

                   Tim starts his bit with an Apple Watch Ultra. I

                   think his forearms are bigger than mine, and he’s

                   got less fat on him, too.

            # ⚓ Zine_fest⠀⇛

                   On the other hand, Tor’s zine selling went great

                   and they ended up selling like 40 copies of zines

                   which might not sound like a lot but is pretty good

                   for just a few hours in a parking lot in a town of

                   50k people total.

            # ⚓ Ageing⠀⇛

                   In a few months, I will have lived half a century

                   in my life. Like everyone else in the world, i’m

                   getting older. But I’m not aware of having this

                   age. For me, there are different ages.

            # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_ASCEIMB_Wordo:_IMAGO⠀⇛

      o § Politics and World Events⠀➾

            # ⚓ Teaching_for_a_few_weeks_now⠀⇛

                   A student came to class straight up wearing a

                   hoodie that said “I AM HOMOPHOBIC” on it. I just

                   ignored it and called the principal and he got got.

                   I would have handled it myself but I was all but

                   certain he was hoping I would cause a scene and

                   he’d earn Triggered Tranny Points ™.

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