𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Friday, June 17, 2022 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Sat 18 Jun 02:44:07 BST 2022 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈 Latest in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕 and older bulletins can be found at 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕-𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 Full IPFS index in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔 and as plain text in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔/𝒕𝒙𝒕 Gemini index for the day: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/06/17/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmbdHztStntudMnkVURYKTyZxgmnBTbeqCSGw55fNBDyoC QmaXs6nissBVhNYAYHVGqvFS4Kfy7Nq2ECoYf2jAVZYgbq QmSHHTdp6sLdmKQogL17XxUxtwd4yBjY2Lb634AgE8Uiij Qmcr7RG6Vn1Qk6so2Qqdx9upsB4AxyT1yb7f2Khqv4fKwT QmZ6LkeL4fZh9DTpRFrBNgmYKFoJn8TvGhP6J84MfkvYcP QmYUZtwpfW3SXobxRTXB4UAgicLysKVf5S6GPNsGsWJepo QmauiidagSC2rYNK3aXbfe9nRtvP5UNUndKdij7SmMpFkA QmaLZmWcBgHpKwLqX93H4xA2SGxbuxuxyoQoAMkAUZKvtx QmVFioEbqLtsexYUL3WTkFycceXHEqBmqYYFgdBPjTGwm8 QmXiFJikrpgJmTJdF5dxJErsXyTseRRcK6Ds2Jg9BBsTuL QmNfDQ75xBxSAamisMxhTjpn9Au6GFQzWE4dr1y8fZzXpu QmSrm5jLMrG5o149YVepKcn8JQRvHsY3WrG4rKXUTe544Z QmWExVHkGDm8136DgKuJPz53soK3UpxtDpoXW1nFKza3zM QmYWDELshz6Di3MpKWjLgsiPciyEWkTZcSmWYTfxmQ51wK QmWHtnxrQ4VdE2qvHcjaych3cP1TzncSGHiXc6zwPAJJbi QmeAi1Bj4Pr2DEgJ6QvmprcfyF8MzrnE8sYL8mi989sgkE QmWNxxXXEBuqJMZZm5uwv7rqi6x5gkChcska8B4WNLyuYv Qmc67a9x4HD9qupu8co3a69zDZgiGqMajmKGqJk9ktCMEL QmUWwu3Mv6pPzgwhFszQ3MDPkeb1Thum86s3USTGfg7tKA QmU7d9Lan4qUjP3qJCaiytftKd67NmhMwUoz21vnERGLxU Qmcn8x4Vkjq4RTfDYrFVWudBe7iEWFEZjyG4GuSGvXN2jJ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ For the Second Time in a Week the EPO Fakes Compliance With the European Patent Convention While Constantly Violating It | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Thursday, June 16, 2022 | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] Breaking the Law While Laughing at the Law | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2022/06/17/epo-compliance-epc/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/06/17/irc-log-160622/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/06/17/mortified-by-cynicism-of-crime/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2022/06/17/david-revoy-fedora/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/06/17/decision-to-extradite-assange/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/06/17/metasploit-6-2-0/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/06/17/slapp-campaign/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 56 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/06/17/epo-compliance-epc/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/06/17/epo-compliance-epc/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.17.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ For_the_Second_Time_in_a_Week_the_EPO_Fakes_Compliance_With_the_European Patent_Convention_While_Constantly_Violating_It⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Law, Patents at 4:28 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 4b159437c8bc20e50ebdb980a0c9359c Surveys Are Not Courts Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/faking-epc-compliance-with-surveys.webm Summary: The EPO is run or overrun by bankers [1, 2, 3] who do not understand patents and just simply attempt to ‘monetise’ the patent-granting authority by flagrantly violating the European Patent Convention (EPC) at every level; staff must unionise and take back the EPO (which used to be an actual patent office, not a bank) CAN one assess a “requirement under the EPC” and its fulfillment by running a private survey rather than deferring the matter to a truly independent court? Enter the EPO. Enter the Sultanate of Benoît_Battistelli and António_Campinos, two white-collar criminals who should never have been in the EPO, let alone be allowed to govern it. As we’ve repeatedly stated this past week, the EPO routinely violates the EPC — i.e. the very document authorising the EPO to do what it does. The EPO’s staff representatives have already repeatedly condemned these serial violations, more so lately. “We urge EPO staff to organise and coordinate industrial action. Get your institution back from the coup plotters. The EPO isn’t a bank and should never have operated like a bank.”So isn’t it curious that only hours ago the EPO published this nonsense (warning: epo.org link) that name-drops “EPC” while substituting actual legal tests with some phony survey, conducted and managed internally? Instead of independent courts or even an independent straw poll (not that the latter bears any legal weight) what we have is mindless lobbying by a bunch of unqualified thugs, who conveniently (for personal gain) turned Europe’s largest patent office into a bank. They want to grant million of fake patents, knowingly violating the EPC, exchanging continental monopolies (granted mostly to non-Europeans) for a bunch of cash. That includes European software_patents which imperil European innovation and technical leadership. We urge EPO staff to organise and coordinate industrial action. Get your institution back from the coup plotters. 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appalling at the EPO that Benoît_Battistelli and António_Campinos routinely violated the EPC without facing any consequences whatsoever for these illegal actions (serious, intentional violations); the institution has therefore become an outlaw institution disguised as something that upholds the law (it is even trying to replace common courts with kangaroo courts it can control, manipulating_outcomes_in_its_own_favour) ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣀⡇⠀⠈⠛⠁⡄⠙⡏⢠⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠏⠉⠙⠉⡏⠉⠉⢹⡏⠉⢹⣉⠉⢉⣿⡏⠉⣉⠉⢉⠉⡟⠉⡉⠹⠏⢉⠉⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣤⡇⠀⣠⡄⠀⡗⠲⡏⢙⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠈⣿⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⣉⠀⢈⣀⡇⠀⡧⠤⠒⠚⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣀⣉⣇⣀⣿⣷⣄⣁⣴⣏⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⣀⣄⣀⣰⣇⣀⣀⣸⣀⣄⣀⣿⣀⣸⣿⣇⣀⣉⣀⣸⣿⣇⡀⠃⣰⣂⣸⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⢿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿ ⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⡏⢰⡟⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⡀⠀⠀⢀⣤⣶⡿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⡧⣿⠁⣸⣿⣿⡿⠿⠟⠿⠛⠛⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⡿⠿⠃ 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Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o BSD o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers # Mozilla o Funding o Programming/Development * Leftovers o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Pseudo-Open_Source # Linux_Foundation_and_Openwashing_Agenda o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ XDA ☛ The_ways_you_can_run_Linux_on_the_MacBook_Air_ (2022)⠀⇛ Apple’s newest MacBook Air made its debut at WWDC 2022 ahead of July 2022 availability. But even before it gets into anyone’s hands, there is a lot that we already know about it. For one, the spec sheet is pretty complete, and the headline act is the Apple M2 chip powering the show. Apple’s move to its own ARM-based silicon is heading into its second generation. Paired with macOS Ventura, also revealed at WWDC, there are a number of great features for consumers, professionals, and developers alike. It should be pointed out, though, that the MacBook Air (2022) will ship with macOS Monterey. For the latter, one key consideration may well be whether or not the new MacBook Air can successfully run Linux. For many developers being able to successfully boot into Linux is a key part of their workflow. On that front, there is good and bad news to consider. o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Cisco_Unfurls_Observability_Cloud_for_Kubernetes Environments⠀⇛ At its Cisco Live! event this week, Cisco added an AppDynamics Cloud observability service that is optimized for microservices-based applications constructed using containers. Gregg Ostrowski, executive CTO for Cisco AppDynamics, says AppDynamics Cloud is designed to ingest logs, metrics, events and traces generated by both applications and the cloud infrastructure they run on to provide IT teams with a more holistic view of their environment. It initially supports managed Kubernetes environments on Amazon Web Services (AWS) with future support for Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and other cloud providers planned. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Video ☛ Kaisen_Linux_2.1_overview_|_The_distribution_for professional_IT._–_Invidious⠀⇛ In this video, I am going to show an overview of Kaisen Linux 2.1 and some of the applications pre- installed. # ⚓ Video ☛ Monica_Setup_on_Portainer_|_A_Personal_Relationship Manager_–_Invidious⠀⇛ Monica is an open-source web application to organize and record your interactions with your loved ones. # ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ 100_Days_of_HomeLab_|_Self-Hosted 73⠀⇛ A special episode today as TechnoTim joins Alex to discuss everything Kubernetes and HomeLab. The #100DaysOfHomeLab initiative from Tim is just getting started, find out what it’s all about in today’s episode. # ⚓ Video ☛ A_new_Deck_APU_driver_for_Windows_fixes_Halo Infinite_regression_(plus_other_Deck_News)_–_Invidious [Ed: From "The Linux Gamer" to "The Valve Shill" (even Windows sometimes)]⠀⇛ o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Real Linux User ☛ How_to_set_up_Parental_Control_in_Zorin OS⠀⇛ A Personal Computer is called a Personal Computer because it is mostly used for personal purposes. But what if this computer is intended to be used as a family computer and you do not want your children to have exactly the same possibilities as you have? Or maybe you installed a separate Linux computer for the children in their room for which you still want to be in control of what they can or cannot do with it and at what moment of the day. You probably want to set up some restrictions for your children, such as the time when they can use the computer, the duration of the time they can use it and most likely you want to limit their rights to do administrative tasks. In this article, as part of my Zorin OS tutorial series, I explain how to set up Parental Control in Zorin OS. # ⚓ Citizix ☛ How_to_run_Prometheus_with_docker_and_docker- compose⠀⇛ Prometheus is a free open source software application used for event monitoring and alerting. It was originally built at SoundCloud. It is now a standalone open source project and maintained independently of any company. Prometheus collects and stores its metrics as time series data, i.e. metrics information is stored with the timestamp at which it was recorded, alongside optional key-value pairs called labels. Metrics are numeric measurements, time series mean that changes are recorded over time. What users want to measure differs from application to application. For a web server it might be request times, for a database it might be number of active connections or number of active queries etc. # ⚓ The Anarcat ☛ Antoine_Beaupré:_Matrix_notes⠀⇛ I have some concerns about Matrix (the protocol, not the movie that came out recently, although I do have concerns about that as well). I’ve been watching the project for a long time, and it seems more a promising alternative to many protocols like IRC, XMPP, and Signal. This review may sound a bit negative, because it focuses on those concerns. I am the operator of an IRC network and people keep asking me to bridge it with Matrix. I have myself considered just giving up on IRC and converting to Matrix. This space is a living document exploring my research of that problem space. The TL;DR: is that no, I’m not setting up a bridge just yet, and I’m still on IRC. # ⚓ David Revoy ☛ Fedora_36_KDE_Spin_for_a_digital_painting workstation:_reasons_and_post-install_guide⠀⇛ My last guide was about Kubuntu 20.04LTS, and I used it during two years. Two years!…that was splendid. So, with that success in mind, I imagined it would be a no-brainer to continue with the newest Kubuntu to the date: 22.04LTS. Unfortunately, I tested 22.04LTS and I disliked it. It has a slower Firefox packaged only as [Snap] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap_(software). Also, applications installed with the command line “apt install” could come as Deb package, or as Snap package without knowing it ahead (and Snap version often comes with additional bugs). To top it all off, a Snap directory was even hard-coded in my / home directory. Of course, all of that pre-existed 22.04 in a lighter form, and it was easier to dodge or uninstall it. With 22.04, I felt Canonical wanted really to push Snap on me and I couldn’t see any technical advantage to impose to myself this technology. Especially when the GNU/Linux ecosystem has many other choices. # ⚓ LinuxOpSys ☛ Linux_NFS_Mount_Entry_in_fstab_(/etc/fstab) with_Example⠀⇛ NFS stands for ‘Network File System’. This mechanism allows Unix machines to share files and directories over the network. Using this feature, a Linux machine can mount a remote directory (residing in a NFS server machine) just like a local directory and can access files from it. An NFS share can be mounted on a machine by adding a line to the /etc/fstab file. In this guide, we learn about NFS mount entry in the fstab file. Check what options fstab has to mount to NFS for better performance. # ⚓ Deleted_files_recovery_on_Linux_–_Full_guide⠀⇛ Losing files is really annoying for all of us. Many think that the data they have just lost is gone for good and there is no way it can be retrieved or recovered. The good news is that there are toolsthat can do magic, .i.e. they may help recover these files. It is important to know however that the earlier you notice the deletion, the more likely these tools will be able to recover your files. When you realize you’ve deleted something, you shouldn’t try to mess up with the other files. Don’t copy, cut or paste, don’t manipulate files, don’t delete and install programs unless this is absolutely necessary as it will be the case with the tools below. In this tutorial, you will learn how to recover deleted files on Linux using some built-in and downloadable utilities. # ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ Backup_Proxmox_Containers_And_VMs_To_USB_Drive –_OSTechNix⠀⇛ The first thing you should do after installing a Proxmox server is to decide how to backup your proxmox containers and virtual machines and where to save those backups safely. Keeping the backups in the same system isn’t a real backup strategy and it is NOT SAFE. In this step by step guide, we will see how to backup Proxmox containers and virtual machines to an external USB drive via Proxmox web UI. We will also see how to overwrite an existing container or VM and how to restore the deleted container and VM from the backup. If you run Proxmox on production, you must know how to backup the Proxmox containers/VMs periodically in order to avoid data loss. Fortunately, Proxmox web dashboard makes the job even easier and quicker. # ⚓ How_to_solve_Docker_error:_no_space_left_on_device⠀⇛ You will find below how to fix the Docker error : no space left on device . There are two similar solutions. The first is the long winded whereas the second is the fastest. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Back_Up_Your_Data_With_Déjà_Dup_on Linux⠀⇛ Do you have any documents or information on your PC that you can’t afford to lose? Then you should take a backup. A data backup protects you from losing valuable data such as family photos, travel documents, etc. in case of a disaster, hardware failure, malicious attack on your computer, etc. Let’s explore how you can back up your data on Linux using Déjà Dup, also known as Backups. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Gulp.js_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS_– idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Gulp.js on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, Gulp is an open-source JavaScript toolkit developed by Eric Schoffstall that helps developers to automate & enhance their workflow. Gulp is useful to make automate processes and run repetitive tasks easily. It also includes the feature of piping output to another command. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the Gulp.js on Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 18.04, 16.04, and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint. # ⚓ Citizix ☛ How_to_install_and_configure_docker_in_Alma_Linux 9⠀⇛ Docker is an open source containerization platform. It enables developers to package applications into containers—standardized executable components combining application source code with the operating system (OS) libraries and dependencies required to run that code in any environment. Docker is a set of platform as a service products that use OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers. Containers are isolated from one another and bundle their own software, libraries and configuration files; they can communicate with each other through well- defined channels. In this guide we are going to explore various options to install docker in Alma Linux 9. # ⚓ OSNote ☛ How_to_make_Google_Chrome_the_default_Browser_in Ubuntu_–_OSNote⠀⇛ Chrome is the most used web-browser across the world. Everyone, in no matter what walk of life, has at least heard of it, if not used it in any capacity. It provides a plethora of features, supporting a plethora of extensions, and developer options that make it a must have web browser for everyone. Though Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 20.04 allows you to download Chrome, they both come with Firefox as a default. So, if you’re like me and you are not satisfied with Firefox and want to use Chrome to scratch that itch, here is how to make chrome default browser. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Godot Engine ☛ Godot_Engine_–_Release_candidate:_Godot_3.5 RC_4⠀⇛ The upcoming Godot 3.5 is now considered feature complete, and has received a lot of bugfixes and improvements over the past weeks thanks to all the testers and developers who reported and fixed issues. We are now at the Release Candidate stage, finalizing everything so that we can release 3.5- stable for all users. At this stage we need people to test this release (and potential follow-up RCs) on as many codebases as possible, to make sure that we catch non-obvious regressions that might have gone unnoticed until now. If you run into any issue, please make sure to report it on GitHub so that we can know about it and fix it! This RC 4 fixes a number of recent regressions and older bugs. Notably, this fixes a potential crash on Windows 11 on scenes using specific fonts. It also significantly refactors the new navigation system to make it closer to the version in Godot 4.0, and provide the missing features that 3.5 users would require to use it fully. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ Sam_Thursfield:_Status_update,_17/06/2022⠀⇛ I am currently in the UK – visiting folk, working, and enjoying the nice weather. So my successful travel plans continue for the moment… (corporate mismanagement has led to various transport crises in the UK so we’ll see if I can leave as successfully as I arrived). I started the Calliope playlist toolkit back in 2016. The goal is to bring open data together and allow making DIY music recommenders, but its rather abstract to explain this via the medium of JSON documents. Coupled with a desire to play with GTK4, which I’ve had no opportunity to do yet, and inspired by a throwaway comment in the MusicBrainz IRC room, I prototyped up a graphical app that shows what kind of open data is available for playlist generation. # ⚓ Marco_Melorio:_GSoC_update_#1_–_Planning⠀⇛ GSoC coding period started on Monday, so this is a good time to blog about what I’ve started working on and what’s my milestone to finish the project. First off, I’ve created a simple mockup using Sonny Piers’ amazing Workbench app. This is the first step in knowing how we want the UI to look like, at least in the first iteration. [...] Some days ago I started working on a media viewer for my app Telegrand. I wanted a similar feeling of the media viewer on Telegram iOS and Android, which I’ve always found really cool to use. You can see my progress in the tweets below. The animations and the swipe gestures were liked quite a bit, so I’ve decided to add them in Fractal too, so that they can also be used in the media history viewer. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenBSD_–_Part_3⠀⇛ The third day of the OpenBSD transition is here and here’s my progress! Might be a bit more lengthy than the other parts. I learned about disklabel(6) and how to view and write disklabel partitions with it, it’s a nice utility once you get to know it. As usual, OpenBSD shines with security features. I found out that only users in the wheel group can attempt to become root via ‘su’, unprivileged users cannot, which is really good! I found out that mount(8) shows the currently mounted partitions and their options, aside from that I’ve studied its internals and how it calls mount_msdos, for example, when mounting vfat partitions. I’ve also learned that fat partitions are always on partition i. The OpenBSD partitioning scheme is beginning to make sense and I’m getting quite fond of it. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ openSUSE_Tumbleweed_–_Review_of_the_week_2022/24⠀⇛ Week 24 contained again some public holidays for my place, but as in the past, this has never stopped Tumbleweed from rolling. After all, it’s all our contributor’s work making it go as smoothly as it is. And their great work has paid off once again, as we could finally, after months and months of preparation, testing, fixing, and redo, make the switch of the default python interpreter to version 3.10. This resulted in a rather large rebuild of the distro, as all python3- symbols needed to move to the correct python subpackage again. As a positive side effect, the recently introduced SOURCE_FORTIFY=3 is now enabled on all binaries. With the rebuild taking a bit longer, we have still managed to publish 5 snapshots this week (0609, 0611, 0612, 0613, and 0614) o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_Friday’s_Fedora Facts:_2022-24⠀⇛ Here’s your weekly Fedora report. Read what happened this week and what’s coming up. Your contributions are welcome (see the end of the post)! I have weekly office hours on Wednesdays in the morning and afternoon (US/Eastern time) in #fedora- meeting-1. Drop by if you have any questions or comments about the schedule, Changes, elections, or anything else. See the upcoming meetings for more information. # ⚓ IBM Old Timer ☛ IBM_veteran_Irving_Wladawsky-Berger:_Can_We Trust_Our_Impressive_AI_Language_Models?⠀⇛ One of the key findings of the 2022 AI Index Report was that large language models (LLMs) are setting records on technical benchmarks thanks to advances in deep neural networks and computational power that allows them to be trained using huge amounts of data. LLMs are now surpassing human baselines in a number of complex language tasks, including English language understanding, text summarization, natural language inference, and machine translation. A.I. Is Mastering Language. Should We Trust What It Says?, a recent NY Times Magazine article by science writer Steven Johnson, took a close look at one such LLM, the Generative Pre-Trained Transformer 3, generally referred to as GPT-3. GPT- 3 was created by the AI research company OpenAI. It’s been trained with over 700 gigabytes of data from across the web, along with a large collection of text from digitized books. “Since GPT-3’s release, the internet has been awash with examples of the software’s eerie facility with language – along with its blind spots and foibles and other more sinister tendencies,” said Johnson. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Deploy_enterprise_applications_on_Red Hat_Enterprise_Linux_in_Microsoft_Azure [Ed: Red Hat does not recognise an enemy and instead advertises Microsoft proprietary software while hiring from Microsoft for management positions]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Common_Security_Advisory_Framework_ (CSAF)_beta_files_now_available⠀⇛ Red Hat Product Security is pleased to announce that a new security metadata offering, the Common Security Advisory Framework (CSAF), is now available in beta form. CSAF 2.0 is the successor to the Common Vulnerability Reporting Framework (CVRF) version 1.2, and contains many enhancements to the information provided in each CSAF file. Additionally, CSAF uses the JSON format instead of the XML format used by CVRF. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Using_cloud,_application_and_data services—plus_other_hosted_tools—in_the_Red_Hat_Hybrid_Cloud Console⠀⇛ In a recent blog post, we talked about why many people are choosing to use cloud services instead of self-managed infrastructure. According to a recent report, 68% of organizations are deploying application services in cloud environments.1 Using cloud services, including application and data services, helps teams focus on the work that’s most important to them while trusted experts manage the infrastructure. Using Red Hat OpenShift cloud services―including application and data services like Red Hat OpenShift Streams for Apache Kafka, Red Hat OpenShift API Management and Red Hat OpenShift Data Science―helps organizations shorten development cycles. And switching to Red Hat OpenShift cloud services has been shown to improve operational efficiency by 50%.2 (Not sure what cloud services are? Read our “What are cloud services?” article.) o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ The_private_cloud_future:_Data_centres_as_a service [Ed: There's no such thing as "private clouds"; you just mean servers. Stop calling everything "clown".]⠀⇛ Even after the public cloud hype, private clouds remain to be a very essential part of many enterprises’ cloud strategy. Private clouds are simply giving CIOs more control over their budgets, enabling better security and allowing the flexibility to build best of breed IT solutions. So let’s stop here and take a step backwards, why are organisations even investing in their IT? o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Arduino ☛ This_RGB_wedding_dress_mimics_Princess_Aurora’s from_Sleeping_Beauty_|_Arduino_Blog⠀⇛ Inspired by his Christmas tree’s RGB lights, Brett Haddoak had the idea to turn his now-wife Rachelle’s wedding dress into something out of the classic children’s movie Sleeping Beauty by embedding a series of RGB LED strips that would elegantly illuminate it just like Princess Aurora’s. At first, Haddoak chose to simply take the Christmas lights off of his tree and attach them to the dress, but this proved to be non-ideal since the area covered wasn’t enough. Additionally, the app that controls the string of lights was unreliable, thus making a DIY solution necessary. His initial test involved taking a couple WS2812B strips, wrapping them around a chair, and testing out a blue to pink transition animation that is performed by an Arduino Nano and the FastLED library. That concept turned out quite well, so Haddoak moved onto the next step of integrating the lights into fabric and toying with the brightness. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ Top_20_Best_Camera_Apps_for_Android_Device_in 2022⠀⇛ # ⚓ 5_Best_Ways_to_Fix_Apps_Not_Updating_on_Android_TV_– Guiding_Tech⠀⇛ # ⚓ Best_Android_Tablet_2022:_Samsung_to_Xiaomi_and_beyond_| Tech_Advisor⠀⇛ # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ The_Xiaomi_Pad_5_–_Is_it_Android’s response_to_the_Apple_iPad?_–_Hindustan_Times⠀⇛ # ⚓ Notebook Check ☛ Anbernic_RG353P:_New_retro_gaming_handheld arrives_that_can_dual_boot_Android_and_Linux_– NotebookCheck.net_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ How_to_find_a_lost_Android_phone_or tablet⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Central ☛ How_to_use_Waze_with_Android_Auto_| Android_Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gadgets Now ☛ telegram:_How_to_change_your_phone_number_in Telegram_on_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gadgets Now ☛ data:_How_to_turn_on_data_saver_mode_on Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ Wired ☛ The_Top_New_Android_13_Features_and_How_to_Install It_|_WIRED⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Central ☛ How_we_test_and_review_Chromebooks_at Android_Central_|_Android_Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ Giz China ☛ Samsung_Galaxy_S23_Ultra_–_the_next_Android king_renders_is_here⠀⇛ # ⚓ Hurry_up!_AppLock_PRO_for_Android_is_free_for_a_limited time_|_NextPit⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ What_Do_the_Android_Status_Bar_Symbols Mean?⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Google_Maps_dark_mode_is_broken_on_Android Auto_right_now_–_9to5Google⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Android_Auto_vs._Android_Automotive:_What’s the_Difference?⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ The_Mozilla_Blog:_Queer_Singer/Songwriter Criibaby_Finds_Pride_and_Joy_at_the_Intersection_of Tech_and_Music⠀⇛ # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Firefox_Presents:_Redefining_love_and identity,_one_viral_video_at_a_time [Ed: Mozilla is not a tech company but a leech living off of Google money to pretend choice and competition exist. When you cannot_compete_on_tech_and_resort_to_politics or when your_reputation_is_down_the_drain…]⠀⇛ Every Monday and Thursday, queer comedy writer and actor Brandon Kyle Goodman asks their 176,000 Instagram followers to tell them something good or messy. o § Funding⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Tor_Project_2020-2021_annual_report_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ The Tor Project has released a new annual report. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ InfoQ ☛ Reproducible_Development_with_Devcontainers⠀⇛ * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ What’s_up?_2022_edition⠀⇛ I’m also actively looking for a job so my year of unemployment is about to come to an end hopefully in the next weeks. I don’t want to work when I’m only starting to find my own pace, but I need money so I can buy a piece of soil somewhere and grow tomatoes and basil on it! o ⚓ Christina’s_questions_for_June⠀⇛ I’m persuaded by the Golden Rule: treat others as you would wish to be treated. I think most people are happy with this as the basis for how to treat people, but not everyone. o ⚓ Coffee_and_the_book_“Deep_Simplicity”⠀⇛ What it about and why do I want to read it? Understanding science has always been “my thing” ever since elementary school. What is fire, why does it rain, what are living things, what am I, Why do people act the way they do? Im someone who likes asking questions and getting answers. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ u-blox_unveils_miniature_MIA-M10_GPS_module –_CNX_Software⠀⇛ u-blox has introduced what could be the world’s smallest GNSS module with the 4.5×4.5mm u-blox MIA- M10 miniature module supporting GPS, BeiDou, Galileo, and GLONASS satellite navigation systems. The MIA-M10 is said to be about half the size of competing products and has been specially designed for size-constrained battery-powered asset tracking devices, as well as space-constrained industrial sensors and consumer goods. The company also claims its power-save modes can double the battery life by balancing position accuracy and power consumption. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Doctors_for_Covid_Ethics⠀⇛ Whitney discusses the parallels between the “rescue” of Emergent Biosolutions with anthrax (and potentially now monkeypox) and the “rescue” of Moderna and BioNTech with Covid. o § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ # § Linux Foundation and Openwashing Agenda⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ One_Place_to_Manage Your_Open_Source_Projects_and_Communities [Ed: Those are not communities! They're openwashing corporate incubators, cultivating the false impression that these corporations (clients of LF) are altruistic]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ A_New_Framework_for In-Person_OSPO_Workshops:_TODO_Group_Seeks Collaborators [Ed: Openwashing crock or how to farm volunteers (slaves) to work for your corporation for no salary]⠀⇛ As more and more organizations adopt open source initiatives and/or seek to mature their involvement in open source, they often face many challenges, such as educating developers on good open source practices, building policies and infrastructure, ensuring high-quality and frequent releases, engaging with developer communities, and contributing back to other projects effectively. They recognize that open source is a complex ecosystem that is a community of communities. It doesn’t follow traditional corporate rules, so guidance is needed to overcome cultural change. # ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ The_SOGNO_Project_Wins Prestigious_Award_for_Focus_on_Modular_Grid_Automation [Ed: Openwashing and greenwashing of dirty energy by the so-called 'Linux' Foundation (it is not about Linux)]⠀⇛ o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Friday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Fedora (kernel, liblouis, ntfs-3g, php, shim, shim- unsigned-aarch64, shim-unsigned-x64, thunderbird, and vim), Mageia (chromium-browser-stable and golang), Red Hat (grub2, mokutil, and shim and grub2, mokutil, shim, and shim-unsigned-x64), SUSE (389-ds, apache2, kernel, mariadb, openssl, openssl-1_0_0, rubygem-actionpack-5_1, rubygem- activesupport-5_1, and vim), and Ubuntu (exempi, kernel, linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-aws- 5.13, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-azure-5.13, linux-azure-5.4, linux-azure-fde, linux-dell300x, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux- gcp-5.13, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gke, linux-gke-5.4, linux-gkeop, linux-gkeop-5.4, linux-hwe, linux-hwe- 5.13, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.4, linux-intel-5.13, linux-intel-iotg, linux-kvm, linux-lowlatency, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.13, linux-oracle-5.4, and spip). # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Tracking_People_via_Bluetooth_on Their_Phones_–_Schneier_on_Security⠀⇛ We’ve always known that phones—and the people carrying them—can be uniquely identified from their Bluetooth signatures, and that we need security techniques to prevent that. This new research shows that that’s not enough. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Always-On_Bluetooth_Could_Be_Used_to_Track Your_Phone⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Data_Brokers:_What_Are_They_&_How_Do They_Work?_–_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Data brokers do exist, and while their actual job isn’t as glamorous as fiction makes it out to be, they are gunning for you – and making a lot of money doing it. Here’s an article that may help you understand it more succinctly. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Britain_Approves_Extradition_Order_for Assange⠀⇛ Priti Patel, Britain’s home secretary, approved the order. But Mr. Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who faces charges in the U.S. under the Espionage Act, is likely to appeal. # ⚓ CNN ☛ Julian_Assange’s_extradition_to_US_approved_by_UK government⠀⇛ UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has signed an order to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, where he faces espionage charges, in a decision Wikileaks said marked a “dark day for press freedom.” # ⚓ Gannett ☛ British_interior_minister_orders_Julian_Assange extradition_to_U.S._to_face_espionage_charges⠀⇛ Britain’s interior minister ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face espionage charges. He can appeal. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Wired ☛ Cops_Will_Be_Able_to_Scan_Your_Fingerprints_With_a Phone⠀⇛ o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Upgrading_WiFi_bandwidth,_hardware_codec_for_VR Expreience⠀⇛ I’m a heavy VRChat player. My setup wasn’t really good for VR per se. I had a relatively weak PC and limited LAN bandwidth. The upgrade is a bit costly, but I’m happy with the money spent. Also some unexpected issues caused my the upgrade. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ as_days_pass_by_—_Help_the_CMA_help_the Web⠀⇛ As has been mentioned here before the UK regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, are conducting an investigation into mobile phone software ecosystems, and they recently published the results of that investigation in the mobile ecosystems market study. They’re also focusing in on two particular areas of concern: competition among mobile browsers, and in cloud gaming services. # ⚓ Property⠀⇛ I’ve seen many discussions in socialist and Marxist thought about two different kinds of property: private property and personal property. Usually the demarcation between these is given by example: personal property includes things like a video game console or a set of plates, while private property includes things like a tractor trailer, an aircraft or a railroad. Socialists and Marxists use this distinction to differentiate between things that should retain individual ownership and things that should have common ownership. # ⚓ Computer World ☛ The_death_of_Internet_Explorer:_Good riddance_to_bad_rubbish⠀⇛ Microsoft took the threat seriously. Netscape CEO James Barksdale would later testify that in a June 1995 meeting, Microsoft proposed that the two companies split the browser market, with Internet Explorer being the only Windows browser. If Netscape didn’t comply, Microsoft would crush it. “I had never been in a meeting in my 33-year business career in which a competitor had so blatantly implied that we should either stop competing with it or the competitor would kill us,” Barksdale said during the Department of Justice’s 2001 antitrust trial against Microsoft. Despite that warning, Netscape continued to lead the technology revolution. Netscape Communicator was where the real innovation happened. JavaScript, for example, is arguably the most popular programming language globally, and JavaScript was a Netscape creation. But, Microsoft, in all fairness, had its moments too. For example, IE 3.0 was the first browser to adopt Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in 1996. But the real reason we’re saying goodbye to IE only today, long after Netscape became history, is that Microsoft exploited its illegal PC/Windows monopoly to block Netscape from computers. Microsoft strong- armed PC vendors into putting the new operating system and its browser on all their PCs. The goal was not so much to kill off other PC operating system vendors; there wasn’t any real OS competition in the mid-‘90s. The goal was to destroy Netscape. The courts agreed. The DoJ won in its lawsuit against Microsoft because the company’s PC monopoly made it impossible for Netscape to compete with IE. Unfortunately, the government gave Microsoft a slap on the wrist rather than breaking it up into separate companies or open-sourcing its code. And Netscape died, just as Microsoft had threatened back in 1995. So it was that many of you grew up with IE as the browser you knew and loved. You didn’t know any better. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1472 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.17.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_17/06/2022:_Wikileaks_to_Appeal_Decision_to_Extradite_Assange_for Exposing_War_Crimes_(to_Protect_War_Criminals)⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 6:40 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Audiocasts/Shows o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Licensing_/_Legal o Programming/Development * Leftovers o Proprietary o Security # Fear,_Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation # Privacy/Surveillance o Finance o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ Dev_One_laptop_review:_System76_and_HP strike_the_perfect_balance_of_form_and_function_| TechRepublic⠀⇛ I never hesitate to heap praise over System76. After all, they have not only produced some of the best Linux hardware on the market, but they’re also the creators of my daily Linux distribution (Pop!_OS) as well as a proud champion of open- source technology. I’ve been using a Thelio as my primary desktop for several years, and I’ve been anxiously awaiting the company to produce the perfect laptop. Don’t get me wrong, the laptops they currently offer are stellar, but I’ve always been less of a fan of Linux on laptops than I have been of it on the desktop. That’s not to say there’s nothing wrong with Linux on a laptop, but there’ve been certain issues that I believe have prevented it from excelling as it should. The new effort by System76 and HP has changed my mind on that stance. Not only have the two powerhouses proven they can work together to create a stunning piece of hardware, but they’ve also made it quite clear the power and flexibility of Linux can be harnessed for mobile devices to brilliant effect. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ FSFE ☛ SFP#15:_All_about_Upcycling_Android_–_FSFE⠀⇛ In November 2021 the FSFE has launched the new campaign “Upcycling Android”. If you haven’t already upcycled your phone or you are curious to learn more about the campaign listen to our new Software Freedom Podcast episode with the campaigns manager Erik Albers. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ timg_–_Terminal_Image_and_Video_Viewer⠀⇛  One of our favorite adages is “A picture is worth a thousand words”. It refers to the notion that a still image can convey a complex idea. Images can portray a lot of information quickly and more efficiently than text. They capture memories, and never let you forget something you want to remember, and refresh it in your memory. Images are part of every day internet usage, and are particularly important for social media engagement. A good image viewer is an essential part of any operating system. timg is different from the vast majority of image viewers. It’s a small command-line program to view images from the terminal. Not only does it display images in a terminal, it also supports the Kitty Graphics Protocol. This allows you to view high resolution images direct in a terminal. And the software also lets you watch animations and videos within the terminal. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Tips On UNIX ☛ Install_Apache_NetBeans_IDE_14_On_Ubuntu_/ AlmaLinux_&_Fedora_|_Tips_On_UNIX⠀⇛ This tutorial will be helpful for beginners to install Apache NetBeans IDE 14 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Linux Mint 20.3, AlmaLinux 9, Rocky Linux 8, and Fedora 36. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Google_Chrome_on_Fedora_36_– idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Google Chrome on Fedora 36. For those of you who didn’t know, Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser that was created by the company Google. It is a fast and solid browser with a good security record. It has some unique features and is generally pretty light on system resources. Chrome was available on Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the Google Chrome web browser on a Fedora 36. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Podman_Compose_or_Docker_Compose:_Which should_you_use_in_Podman?_|_Enable_Sysadmin⠀⇛ Both projects let you run multiple Podman containers on a single machine. But their differences might make one more appealing than the other. # ⚓ How_to_install_Terraform_on_Ubuntu_22.04_–_NextGenTips⠀⇛ Terraform is an open-source infrastructure as code software tool that provides a consistent CLI workflow to manage hundreds of cloud services. Terraform codifies cloud APIs into declarative configuration files. In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to install Terraform on Ubuntu 22.04. Infrastructure as code (IAC) tools allow you to manage your infrastructure with a configuration file rather than through a graphical interface. IAC allows you to build, change and manage your infrastructure in a safe, consistent, and repeatable way by defining configurations that you can version, reuse and share. # ⚓ Citizix ☛ How_to_install_Apache_Kafka_on_Alma_Linux_9⠀⇛ Apache Kafka is a distributed event store and stream-processing platform. It is an open-source system developed by the Apache Software Foundation written in Java and Scala. The project aims to provide a unified, high-throughput, low-latency platform for handling real-time data feeds It is an open-source distributed event streaming platform used by thousands of companies for high- performance data pipelines, streaming analytics, data integration, and mission-critical applications. # ⚓ Citizix ☛ How_to_Install_and_Configure_Kibana_on_Ubuntu 22.04⠀⇛ In this guide, we will learn how to install and configure Kibana on Ubuntu 22.04. Kibana is a proprietary data visualization dashboard software for Elasticsearch, whose open source successor in OpenSearch is OpenSearch Dashboards. It is a data visualization and exploration tool used for log and time-series analytics, application monitoring, and operational intelligence use cases. It offers powerful and easy-to-use features such as histograms, line graphs, pie charts, heat maps, and built-in geospatial support. Kibana also acts as the user interface for monitoring, managing, and securing an Elastic Stack cluster — as well as the centralized hub for built-in solutions developed on the Elastic Stack. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Waterfox_Browser_on_Debian 11_Bullseye⠀⇛ Waterfox is fresh air for those who want to maintain their privacy and security online. This browser has been made explicitly with 64-bit processors in mind but also runs on ARM devices like smartphones or tablets without any issues! In addition, it can be found across multiple platforms, including classic desktop systems and recent ones such as Mac OS X/ Linux interfaces, where users will enjoy its fast performance thanks to an open-source codebase that ensures stability over time. In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install Waterfox Browser on Debian 11 Bullseye desktop using the command line terminal with tips about maintaining and removing the browser versions. # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ Display_History_with_Date_and_Time_in Linux⠀⇛  The history command is one of the essential utilities for the Linux administrator, usually used to track all the shell commands you execute in a series. When you execute the command, the shell captures it and then stores it in the separate file of the user’s home directory at ~/.bash_history. When the history command is executed, it fetches the data from this file and displays it as an output with the command and ID on the terminal screen. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Fedora Magazaine ☛ Fedora_Workstation’s_State_of_Gaming_–_A Case_Study_of_Far_Cry_5_(2018)_–_Fedora_Magazine⠀⇛ First-person shooter video games are a great proving ground for strategies that make you finish on the top, reflexes that help you to shoot before getting shot and agility that adjusts you to whatever a situation throws at you. Add the open- ended nature brought in by large intricately- designed worlds into the mix, and it dials the player experience to eleven and, with that, it also becomes great evidence of what a platform is capable of. Needless to say, I have been a great fan of open-world first-person shooter games. And Ubisoft’s Far Cry series happens to be the one which remains closest to my heart. So I tried the (second) most recent release in the long-running series, Far Cry 5 which came out in 2018, on Fedora Workstation 35 to see how it performs. Just like in my previous case study, the testing hardware has an AMD RDNA2-based GPU, where the video game was configured to the highest possible graphical preset to stress the hardware into performing as much as its limiting factor. To ensure that we have a fair comparison, I set up two environments – one with Windows 10 Pro 21H2 and one with Fedora Workstation 35, both having up-to-date drivers and support software such as MSI Afterburner or MangoHUD for monitoring, Steam or Lutris for video game management and OBS Studio for footage recording. Adding to that, the benchmarks were ensured to be both representatives of a common gameplay scenario and variable enough to address resolution scaling and HD textures. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # ⚓ Tyler Cipriani ☛ Cool_Desktops_Don’t_Change⠀⇛ Working on my old ThinkPad x220 feels easy because I’ve used the same software for over a decade. And while it’s tempting to switch to one of the endless new apps out there, there are good reasons to trust old tools. # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Neowin ☛ Kdenlive_22.04.2⠀⇛ Kdenlive is an acronym for KDE Non-Linear Video Editor. It works on GNU/Linux, Windows and BSD. Through the MLT framework, Kdenlive integrates many plugin effects for video and sound processing or creation. Furthermore Kdenlive brings a powerful titling tool, a DVD authoring (menus) solution, and can then be used as a complete studio for video creation. Kdenlive supports all of the formats supported by FFmpeg or libav (such as QuickTime, AVI, WMV, MPEG, and Flash Video, among others), and also supports 4:3 and 16: 9 aspect ratios for both PAL, NTSC and various HD standards, including HDV and AVCHD. Video can also be exported to DV devices, or written to a DVD with chapters and a simple menu. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ Download_deepin_20.6_with_Mirrors,_Torrents,_and Checksums⠀⇛ Deepin 20.6 released this June. This is the latest release of the Chinese-origin computer operating system that is beautiful, unique, easy to use, as well as Free Libre and Open Source Software. In this page you can download it with alternative links and checksums added for complete experience. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ Community_work_group_update_post_oSC22⠀⇛ The community workgroup (CWG) for the Adaptable Linux Platform (ALP) would like to update you on what has happened since the [openSUSE Conference 2022]((https://events.opensuse.org/conferences/ oSC22). Make sure to check the panel discussion with the ALP steering committee and other talks from oSC22 as they become public. First, there is a new official communication channel! We’re using the “openSUSE ALP” matrix channel, bridged with https://discord.gg/opensuse and ircs://libera.chat/#opensuse-alp. We’ve got you covered! This is the best way how to consume updates. We have revisited the way we would like to communicate updates on ALP. The idea is to switch away from a digest report for all workgroups to something a bit easier to follow and more exciting to read. We’ve invited SUSE’s newly appointed Engineering Director Marco Varlese to the weekly ALP CWG meeting, and we have great news to share! o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_CPE_Weekly_Update_– Week_24_2022⠀⇛ Purpose of this team is to take care of day to day business regarding CentOS and Fedora Infrastructure and Fedora release engineering work. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ This_guy_installed_Ubuntu_Linux_on_his Google_Nest_Hub⠀⇛ The 2nd-gen Google Nest Hub is Google’s smartest smart display yet, offering sleep tracking, passable performance, and all the Assistant intelligence you could need. For all its smarts, the Nest Hub still isn’t a full computing device, though — the OS is far too limited. While Google is hard at work building a Pixel tablet as an alternative, it will still take some time until it sees the light of day. In the meantime, an avid hacker has managed to turn the existing Nest Hub hardware into a device that actually runs Linux distribution Ubuntu, teaching Google some security lessons while at it. As spotted by Mishaal Rahman, San Diego-based security researcher Frédéric Basse published a report on this Nest Hub vulnerability. He details how it’s possible to exploit security loopholes in the Nest Hub’s boot process to sidestep security measures, allowing him to install a stripped-down version of Ubuntu on the device. To achieve this, he had to pry open the base of the Nest Hub, revealing a hidden USB port meant for debugging or repairs, which he connected to a USB device to boot from. A software bug in the open-source “U-Boot” bootloader allowed him to bypass secure boot, and the rest is history, as you can see in the GIF below. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Ubuntu_releases_Core_22:_Its_IoT_and_edge distro_•_The_Register⠀⇛ Canonical’s Linux distro for edge devices and the Internet of Things, Ubuntu Core 22, is out. This is the fourth release of Ubuntu Core, and as you might guess from the version number, it’s based on the current Long Term Support release of Ubuntu, version 22.04. Ubuntu Core is quite a different product from normal Ubuntu, even the text-only Ubuntu Server. Core has no conventional package manager, just Snap, and the OS itself is built from Snap packages. Snap installations and updates are transactional: this means that either they succeed completely, or the OS automatically rolls them back, leaving no trace except an entry in a log file. Combined with Core’s read-only root filesystem, the idea is that the operating system is always in a known-good state, and should be able to quickly and reliably recover from a power outage or a failed package installation, without the risk of disk corruption. As such, the OS can safely update itself, and is configured to do this automatically as soon as you start it. Finally, as shipped, you can only access Core over SSH: you can’t log in on its console. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Beelink_SER3_&_SEi8_mini_PCs_review_–_Part 2:_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛  Previously, I reviewed Beelink’s new SEi8 and SER3 mini PCs running Windows 11, so in this part, I will cover Ubuntu 22.04. The SEi8 is an actively cooled Intel mini PC that physically consists of a 124 x 113 x 41 (4.88 x 4.45 x 1.61 inches) square metal case with a plastic top and uses Intel’s 14++ nm Coffee Lake Refresh Core i3-8109U processor from 2018 which is a dual-core 4-thread 3.00 GHz mobile processor boosting to 3.60 GHz with Intel’s Iris Plus Graphics 655. In comparison, the SER3 is an AMD mini PC and is physically very similar, consisting of a 126 x 113 x 40mm (4.96 x 4.45 x 1.57 inches) square metal case. It is also actively cooled and uses AMD’s 14 nm Zen Ryzen 3 3200U Picasso processor from 2019 which is a dual-core 4-thread 2.6 GHz mobile processor boosting to 3.5 GHz with Radeon Vega 3 Graphics. Internally each has a replaceable M.2 2230 Wi-Fi 5 (or 802.11ac) Intel Wireless-AC 3165 card and an M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe Gen 3.0 SSD drive with the SEi8 review model including a 512 GB Intel 660p drive and the SER3 review model including a 500 GB Kingston drive. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Google_rushes_out_Android_13_Beta_3.2_with some_real_bug_fixes_this_time⠀⇛ # ⚓ XDA ☛ Android_13′s_Nearby_Unlock_feature_spotted_in_latest Google_Play_Services_update⠀⇛ # ⚓ BGR ☛ Nothing_Phone_(1)_just_showed_us_the_ugly_side_of Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ Samsung_Set_to_Launch_New_“Rugged”_Android_Devices_Soon_– Phandroid⠀⇛ # ⚓ Computer World ☛ 12_handy_hidden_tricks_for_Google_Calendar on_Android_|_Computerworld⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Don’t_be_that_open-source_user,_don’t_be_me⠀⇛ Before I was a maintainer of open source software I was a user of open source software, and I sometimes behaved badly. While using some application or library I would discover a bug or something would break my workflow with a new release and I would head to GitHub to report it. Sometimes when I got there I would find that it has already been reported, so I would comment on the issue to add anything else I thought was useful and to add weight to the report. I also occasionally returned to issues that hadn’t been resolved to see if I could add any more useful information or to ask if there was an ETA on a fix. I felt I was being helpful. What I didn’t consider was that my interactions were taking time/attention/resources/patience from the project. User support is a cost. If you take anything away from this post I hope it is that these costs need to be paid by someone, the maintainer. o § Licensing / Legal⠀➾ # ⚓ Daniel Stenberg ☛ curl_is_REUSE_compliant_| daniel.haxx.se⠀⇛ The REUSE project is an effort to make Open Source projects provide copyright and license information (for all files) in a machine readable way. When a project is fully REUSE compliant, you can easily figure out the copyright and license situation for every single file it holds. The easiest way to accomplish this is to make sure that all files have the correct header with the appropriate copyright info and SPDX-License- Identifier specified, but it also has ways to provide that meta data in adjacent files – for files where prepending that info isn’t sensible. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_6.4_Beta_Released⠀⇛ Qt 6.4 adds three modules compared to Qt 6.3 and of course brings multiple new features and improvements within the existing modules. New modules Qt 6.4 are Qt HTTP Server and Qt Quick 3D Physics, both available as a technology preview. We also restore Qt Text to Speech module, which is now updated and ported to Qt 6.4. Additionally to these, we have a new Qt VNC Server module providing remote UI functionality for Qt 6.4. The new Qt VNC Server module is available for selected commercial licenses. There are many important and exciting features within existing modules coming with Qt 6.4 as well – such as iOS style for Qt Quick Controls and spatial audio support for Qt Multimedia – and a lot more. One highly requested item is support for Qt for WebAssembly we have been working on via multiple technology previews in earlier Qt 6.x releases. With Qt 6.4 we are fully supporting Qt for WebAssembly as a new platform. # ⚓ Qt ☛ What_can_the_automotive_industry_can_learn_from_video games?⠀⇛ At a glance, the traditional automotive and creative video games industries seem worlds apart with very little in common. However, when you look beyond the surface, there are many similarities between where the automotive industry is right now and where the game industry was a decade ago. # ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_Creator_8_Beta_released⠀⇛ We are happy to announce the release of Qt Creator 8 Beta! # ⚓ Qt_New_Chief_Maintainer⠀⇛ The voting period for the new Chief Maintainer has ended yesterday. I’m really happy to say that we have elected a new Chief Maintainer. Before getting to the results, I’d like to thank both candidates for stepping up and their willingness to take over the role. The vote ended with 24 votes for Volker and 18 for Allan. # ⚓ The_computers_are_fast,_but_you_don’t_know_it⠀⇛ Humans have a shit sense of measurement, especially for quantities that they can’t biologically perceive. For example, you intuitively know how much more heavy a 10kg object is than a 1kg object. For such quantities, your sense of measurement can improve if you have some way to translate them into signals that the brain is familiar with. For example, have you seen these videos? # ⚓ Cargo_Culting_Software_Engineering_Practices⠀⇛ Three months into my first Big Tech gig I was talking to a mentor about the overhead involved with the way the organisation worked. Meetings for standups, tech huddles, refinements, retros and product reviews; Processes such as limiting work in progress, desk checks, spikes, stories, and tasks. Coming from a startup we delivered high quality software without all of that labelled process. The mentor lent me his copy of Extreme Programming by Kent Beck, and that book gave me a framework to develop my own philosophy on software delivery and engineering practices. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ SpaceX_staff_condemn_Musk’s_behavior_in_open letter⠀⇛ A group of employees at SpaceX wrote an open letter to COO and president Gwynne Shotwell denouncing owner Elon Musk’s public behavior and calling for the rocket company to “swiftly and explicitly separate itself” from his personal brand. The letter, which was acquired through anonymous SpaceX sources, calls Musk’s recent behavior in the public sphere a source of distraction and embarrassment. Musk’s tweets, the writers argue, are de facto company statements because “Elon is seen as the face of SpaceX.” o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Help Net Security ☛ CyberArk_Endpoint_Privilege_Manager protects_Linux_systems_by_enforcing_least_privilege_policies [Ed: Proprietary software can add more holes though]⠀⇛ # ⚓ CRN ☛ Proofpoint:_‘Potentially_Dangerous’_Flaw_Could_Allow Ransomware_Attacks_On_Microsoft_SharePoint,_OneDrive⠀⇛ A Proofpoint team of researchers says their findings show ‘ransomware actors can now target organizations’ data in the cloud and launch attacks on cloud infrastructure.’ # ⚓ Dev Class ☛ Why_is_there_a_.NET_dustup?_Microsoft introduced_closed-source_C#_extension_for_VS_Code [Ed: Proprietary software is the only thing Microsoft promotes. GitHub is proprietary, VS Code is proprietary, and now this]⠀⇛ Microsoft will introduce a closed-source extension for C# in Visual Studio Code as an alternative to the existing open source OmniSharp, according to a post yesterday by principal product manager Tim Heuer. This prompted a sharp retort from Miguel de Icaza, of Gnome, Mono and Xamarin fame, who declared it was “truly disappointing that Microsoft would subvert an active open source project by ramming in a proprietary extension to continue to lock down .NET.” o § Security⠀➾ # § Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation⠀➾ # ⚓ Novel_Panchan_botnet_sets_sights_on_telecoms, education_firms’_Linux_servers_|_SC_Media⠀⇛ First identified in March, Panchan does not only conduct typical SSH dictionary attacks but also facilitates SSH key collection for lateral movement, with the SSH configuration and keys gathered from the host machine’s running user HOME directory, according to an Akamai Security Research report. The findings also showed Panchan’s utilization of a “godmode” communication and admin panel within its binary, as well as its ability to download cryptominers in the form of memory- mapped files in an effort to evade detection. Meanwhile, most Panchan attacks may have been targeted at the education sector because of lacking cyber hygiene and prevalent SSH key sharing across different academic institutions, said Akamai researcher Stiv Kupchik. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ AccessNow ☛ End_the_impunity:_police_surveillance_and hacking_in_India_must_be_eradicated_–_Access_Now⠀⇛ Digital safety, human rights, and democracy itself, are in peril in India — the Indian parliament and the judiciary must immediately initiate independent and transparent investigations into the use of illegal hacking and surveillance. In 2021, it was reported that malware was used to plant “evidence” in an attempt to manipulate ongoing court cases against activists and human rights defenders. This week, a new Wired exposé revealed the latest findings from security firm SentinelOne linking the police in India to the “long- running hacking campaign, which the company has called Modified Elephant.” “These outrageous — and blatantly illegal — hacking and surveillance revelations by law enforcement to target activists and human rights defenders in India are an attack on the foundations of democracy,” said Raman Jit Singh Chima, Asia Pacific Policy Director and Senior International Counsel at Access Now. “This impunity that has empowered authorities to take such bold actions to threaten fundamental rights must be met with immediate investigation, accountability, and surveillance reform.” # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ SONOFF_POW_Elite_ESP32_WiFi_power meter_switch_handles_up_to_20A_load [Ed: Surveillance device spun as "smart"; connects to listening devices]⠀⇛ SONOFF POW Elite is an ESP32-powered smart power meter switch that can handle up to 20A max load to monitor the power consumption of all appliances in a whole room. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Cisco_pulls_back_on_hiring_with_an_eye_on economic_outlook_•_The_Register⠀⇛ Networking kingpin Cisco is hiring more cautiously to indicate that it, like many peers, is taking note of macroeconomic red flags. “It’s a time to be prudent,” Richard Scott Herren, Cisco senior veep and chief financial officer told the Nasdaq Investor Conference. “I think it is a time for everyone to be prudent… so we’re doing the same.” o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_UK_approves_Assange_extradition_to_US, WikiLeaks_says_it_will_appeal⠀⇛ British Home Secretary Priti Patel has approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange to the US to face criminal charges there. The extradition order was issued on 20 April and sent to Patel for her approval. The announcement was made on Friday evening, ending a long-running saga after the Australian hacker was arrested in 2019 and jailed at the maximum security prison in Belmarsh after he had been given refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for seven years. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Medium ☛ The_Cult_in_Google.⠀⇛ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2390 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.17.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_17/06/2022:_Fish_3.5.0_and_Metasploit_6.2.0⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 5:06 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Programming/Development # Perl_/_Raku * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Fish Shell ☛ fish_3.5.0_(released_June_16,_2022)⠀⇛ The large number of forks relative to bash are due to fish’s insanely expensive default prompt, which is unchanged in my version. If we switch to a prompt comparable to bash’s (lame) default, the forks drop to 16 with trunk, 4 after our changes. # ⚓ Help Net Security ☛ Metasploit_6.2.0_comes_with_138_new modules,_148_enhancements_and_features_–_Help_Net_Security⠀⇛ Metasploit is the world’s most used penetration testing framework. It helps security teams verify vulnerabilities, manage security assessments, and improve security awareness. Metasploit 6.2.0 is now available. It includes 138 new modules, 148 enhancements and features, improvements, and 156 bug fixes. [...] CVE-2022-21999 SpoolFool Privesc by Oliver Lyak and Shelby Pace, which exploits CVE-2022-21999: A local privilege escalation targeting the spool service on Windows 10 or Server builds 18362 or earlier. Dirty Pipe Local Privilege Escalation via CVE-2022- 0847 by Max Kellermann and timwr, which exploits CVE-2022-0847: A module targeting a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel starting with version 5.8. The module leverages the vulnerability to overwrite a SUID binary in order to gain privileges as the root user. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ H2S Media ☛ How_To_Install_SFTPGo_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS_Jammy –_Linux_Shout⠀⇛ Install Secure File Transfer Protocol SFTPGO on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy JellyFish server or desktop to get HTTP, WebDAV, and FTP/S support. Transferring files is one of the most important tasks in the administration of a server or a web space. Of course, there are many different tools and protocols available for these – one of them is the Secure File Transport (SFTP). Compared to other methods such as the frequently used File Transport Protocol (FTP) or the Server Message Block or Common Internet File System (SMB/CIFS, Samba), it has specific advantages and disadvantages that do not share with any other standard. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_and_Use_Sysdig_on_Ubuntu_22.04 LTS⠀⇛ In this guide, we will show you how to install and use sysdig on Ubuntu systems. Sysdig is an open-source, system-level exploration application that capture, save, filter, and examine the real-time events of Linux systems. In a nutshell, it’s a robust performance analysis meth. You can integrate Sysdig with ansible, puppet, and logstash to extend the functionality. # ⚓ Citizix ☛ How_to_Install_and_Configure_Elasticsearch_8_on Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ In this guide, we will learn how to install and configure Elasticsearch on Ubuntu 22.04 Elasticsearch is a distributed search and analytics engine built on Apache Lucene. It provides a distributed, multitenant-capable full-text search engine with an HTTP web interface and schema-free JSON documents. Elasticsearch has quickly become the most popular search engine and is commonly used for log analytics, full-text search, security intelligence, business analytics, and operational intelligence use cases. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_Install_OBS_Studio_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛ In this guide, we will show you how to install OBS Studio in Ubuntu 22.04 OBS Studio is Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. OBS Studio (formerly Open Broadcaster Software or OBS, for short) is a free, open-source, and cross- platform screencasting and streaming app. It is available for Windows, macOS, Linux distributions, and BSD. OBS Project raises funds on Open Collective and Patreon # ⚓ Linux Shell Tips ☛ How_to_Install_MariaDB_Server_in_RHEL_9 Linux⠀⇛ MariaDB is a free and open-source Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) that is a fork of MySQL. It’s a widely used database server and a household name among developer circles. From novices to intermediate and advanced database administrators, MariaDB has stamped its authority as one of the leading SQL databases in the industry. In this guide, we will demonstrate how to install MariaDB on RHEL 9. We will install the community version which is free to download and use. # ⚓ Techtown ☛ How_to_install_Open_Source_API_Gateway_–_Kong_in Ubuntu_20.04_–_Techtown⠀⇛ In this tutorial, you will learn how to install and configure Kong in Ubuntu 20.04. Kong is one of the most important API tools we can find in the world. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ Migrate_MariaDB_to_MySQL⠀⇛ MySQL first appeared in 1995 as an open-source project and was later acquired by Sun microsystems. Finally, Oracle acquired sun, leading to MySQL becoming an Oracle product. Many of the biggest names in the industry, like Facebook, Github, etc., use MySQL for their day-to-day operations. MySQL provides a comprehensive SQL shell that can even interpret Python and Javascript. In addition, MySQL supports JSON as table fields and allows users to query based on JSON keys. It provides a secure authentication layer with support for very granular field-level controls for reading and writing. MySQL supports table encryption as well as binary log encryption. Development processes in MySQL are more closed when compared to MariaDB and the issue trackers refer to many oracle internal sources that are closed for the public. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ Nginx_–_Optimizing_Performance_(Part_1)⠀⇛ In this series of articles, we’ll be looking at the various configuration options that we can tweak in order to improve performance in Nginx. Since there can be a lot to talk about regarding performance, I won’t be covering everything in just one article. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ Serving_PHP_Files_in_Nginx⠀⇛ Nginx has been one of the most widely deployed web servers today. However, at its core it is merely just a reverse proxy. It can only serve static pages, and all of the dynamic content needs to be handled by other processes. In this article, we’re going to look into setting up our web server so that we can also serve PHP web pages. Whenever nginx receives a request for a PHP file, it should pass it to another process. In the case of PHP, it is commonly the php-fpm program. We can do this using a number of different protocols. However, the most commonly used one turns out to be FastCGI. FastCGI is a binary protocol created for interfacing dynamic applications with a web server. It improves upon the earlier Common Gateway Interface (CGI) protocol with better performance. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Square_Enix_Announces_Final_Fantasy_VII Remake_for_Steam_and_the_Steam_Deck_for_June_17th_–_Boiling Steam⠀⇛ This is almost an historic moment for the Steam Deck! Square Enix has had a worldwide series of announcements to make yesterday (16th of June) as they were celebrating the 25th anniversary of Final Fantasy VII (man, that long ago already!) and lo and behold they announced the availability of Final Fantasy VII Remake on Steam for the 17th of June, along with the fact that it will work from the get go on the Steam Deck! [...] Overall great exposure for the Steam Deck, and we should expect more publishers to follow suit as the Steam Deck gains popularity and expands in unit sales. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Adaptable_Linux_Platform_(ALP)_May_Replace openSUSE_Leap⠀⇛ The openSUSE Leap and Enterprise may get replaced by the Adatable Linux Platform (ALP) and Leap may get discontinued. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Linux_36_election_results_–_Fedora Community_Blog⠀⇛ The Fedora Linux 36 election cycle has concluded. Here are the results for each election. Congratulations to the winning candidates, and thank you all candidates for running in this election! # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ What_scrum_masters_can_learn_from_dancing [Ed: IBM said the word "masters" should be avoided; the double-standards are again showing...]⠀⇛ Many scrum masters have an obsession with quickly turning their teams into what they want them to be. Once their expectations are not met within some arbitrary time limit, or someone resists their ideas, then the fight begins. But the fight takes energy, time, and resources, and most of the time it doesn’t solve the problem. In fact, most of the time it worsens the problem. When this happens, it’s time for some reflection about the role of the scrum master. # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ The_4-day_workweek:_3_things development_team_leaders_should_prioritize_instead_|_The Enterprisers_Project⠀⇛ The pandemic has forever changed the workplace, causing many in the tech industry to now question the traditional five-day workweek. One proposed solution is a four-day workweek, which some believe promises to redefine workplace productivity and employee happiness. Research shows those working four days per week report higher well-being, less burnout, and improved productivity. But the four-day workweek is not a one-size-fits- all model, and adopting one could be detrimental to teams that overlook underlying issues in their workplace culture. In cases where teams experience high friction in their development processes, compressing the workweek and removing flexibility may exacerbate burnout. For instance, when software developers spend significant time in meetings – upwards of ten hours per week on average – a four-day workweek may actually lead to longer, more stressful days as developers struggle to find time to code. The impact of friction on development teams is measurable. Recent data from more than 250,000 developers reveals developers code about 52 minutes per day – about 4 hours and 21 minutes during the workweek. A four-day workweek may have the unintended consequence of further reducing that average. # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Hybrid_work:_4_ways_to_strengthen relationships⠀⇛ More of us are working remotely or hybrid than ever before, and the benefits are clear: better work- life balance, less travel and a smaller carbon footprint, and more flexibility, to name just a few. There are days, however, when hybrid workers can feel disconnected. They see their teammates’ faces on the screen but miss the energy and culture they once experienced daily at the office. Here are four things my team and I do to keep our connection strong, wherever we are working: o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Its FOSS ☛ Ubuntu_Runs_on_a_Google_Nest_Hub,_Wait,_What?_– It’s_FOSS_News⠀⇛ Yes, a hacking attempt made this possible. A cybersecurity professional, Frédéric Basse, broke the secure boot on Google Nest Hub (2nd gen) and managed to run Ubuntu. Of course, Google Nest Hub does not officially support booting a custom OS. But, a security vulnerability allowed Fred to use an exploit and run Ubuntu. While this is fun, it is also a severe problem for an always-connected smart home display by Google. # ⚓ Linux Shell Tips ☛ The_History_of_Ubuntu_Linux_Distribution System⠀⇛ Ubuntu is one of the most popular and widely used Linux distributions in the world, thanks to its user-friendliness, elegant and simple UI, and a large online community that provides support and solutions to common user problems. As a result, over the years, Ubuntu has become one of the most recommended Linux distributions for beginners. Ubuntu Linux derives its name from ‘Ubuntu’, a South African word that means ‘I am because you are’. This is a translation to mean that we become who we are through other people and denotes the spirit of togetherness. Ubuntu was the first Linux distribution to have scheduled releases on a predictable cycle. Starting October 2004, a new release of Ubuntu is typically released every 6 months. In 2006, Ubuntu made a slight adjustment to its release cadence. The fourth release, which would be made after every two years would receive long-term support (LTS) for production and large scale- deployments. This is the genesis of the acronym LTS. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ CrowPi_L_is_a_$200_laptop_shell_for Raspberry_Pi_4_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ Two years ago, we reviewed CrowPi 2 Raspberry Pi 4 laptop designed for STEM education with embedded electronics modules and Letscode software with step-by-step tutorials to learn Scratch and Python programming. I found it quite good, but many people were mostly interested in having a Raspberry Pi 4 laptop, and the price tag was a bit high at the time. That’s probably why Elecrow has now designed for CrowPi L laptop shell for Raspberry Pi 4 based on the CrowPi 2 but without all the electronics modules, and with a built-in battery to operate more like an actual laptop. # ⚓ Liliputing ☛ CrowPi_L_kit_transforms_a_Raspberry_Pi_into_a laptop_(little_assembly_required)_–_Liliputing⠀⇛ The CrowPi L is a small laptop computer shell designed to be powered by a Raspberry Pi. It has a display, keyboard, battery, and other components… but it’s the Raspberry PI you stuff inside that will serve as the actual brains of the computer. Made by the same folks who delivered the CrowPi and CrowPi 2, the new model is again aimed at the education space and comes with 96 courses on programming for beginners. But unlike earlier models, you don’t need to back a crowdfunding campaign this time – the CrowPi L is up for pre- order from the Elecrow website for just over $200, and it’s expected to begin shipping June 30, 2022. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Turing_Pi_2:_The_Low_Power_Cluster⠀⇛ We’re not in the habit of recommending Kickstarter projects here at Hackaday, but when prototype hardware shows up on our desk, we just can’t help but play with it and write it up for the readers. And that is exactly where we find ourselves with the Turing Pi 2. You may be familiar with the original Turing Pi, the carrier board that runs seven Raspberry Pi Compute boards at once. That one supports the Compute versions 1 and 3, but a new design was clearly needed for the Compute Module 4. Not content with just supporting the CM4, the developers at Turing Machines have designed a 4- slot carrier board based on the NVIDIA Jetson pinout. The entire line of Jetson devices are supported, and a simple adapter makes the CM4 work. There’s even a brand new module planned around the RK3588, which should be quite impressive. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Can_Arduino_help_with_tightrope_walking?_| Arduino_Blog⠀⇛ Walking a tightrope does take skill and natural balance, but it is really a matter of inertia. This is why you see acrobats carrying long poles on the high wire — the weight and length of the pole creates inertia that gravity must overcome in order to topple the performer. But those poles are unwieldy. To find out if he could achieve the same thing in a more compact package, James Bruton built this strange Arduino-controlled balancing backpack. Bruton has something of a fascination with self- balancing robots. His experience in that arena carried over here, because the backpack works a lot like a self-balancing robot. A weighted reaction wheel spins either clockwise or counter-clockwise, which will create rotational inertia to compensate for roll (left or right tilt). But instead of keeping a robot upright, this inertial mechanism sits on a backpack that Bruton can wear to stay upright as he attempts to walk along a beam. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Tor ☛ The_Tor_Project_2020-2021_Annual_Report⠀⇛ Hello Tor community, On behalf of the team, I am thrilled to share with you the Tor Project’s latest Annual Report! o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ The Anarcat ☛ building_Debian_packages_under_qemu_with sbuild_–_anarcat⠀⇛ I’ve been using sbuild for a while to build my Debian packages, mainly because it’s what is used by the Debian autobuilders, but also because it’s pretty powerful and efficient. Configuring it just right, however, can be a challenge. In my quick Debian development guide, I had a few pointers on how to configure sbuild with the normal schroot setup, but today I finished a qemu based configuration. # ⚓ Ricoh_GR_IIIx_802.11_reverse_engineering⠀⇛ I just got a fancy new camera: Ricoh GR IIIx. It’s pretty great, and I strongly recommend it to anyone that wants a truly pocketable camera with fantastic image quality and full manual controls. One annoyance is the connectivity. It does have both Bluetooth and 802.11, but the only official method of using them is some dinky closed phone app. This is silly. I just did some reverse-engineering, and I now have a functional shell script to download the last few images via 802.11. This is more convenient than plugging in a wire or pulling out the memory card. Fortunately, Ricoh didn’t bend over backwards to make the reversing difficult, so to figure it out I didn’t even need to download the phone app, and sniff the traffic. When you turn on the 802.11 on the camera, it says stuff about essid and password, so clearly the camera runs its own access point. Not ideal, but it’s good-enough. I connected, and ran nmap to find hosts and open ports: only port 80 on 192.168.0.1 is open. Pointing curl at it yields some error, so I need to figure out the valid endpoints. I downloaded the firmware binary, and tried to figure out what’s in it: # § Perl / Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ Perl ☛ My_Favorite_Modules:_File::stat_|_Tom_Wyant_ [blogs.perl.org]⠀⇛ File::stat overrides the core stat() and lstat() functions. Instead of arrays, the new functions return an object having methods corresponding to the elements of the arrays returned by the original functions. This module has been in core since Perl 5.004. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Critical_Theory_of_Pope_Francis_II:_The Gospel_of_Creation_(Laudato_Si)⠀⇛ In Laudato Si: Our care for our common home (2015), Pope Francis most assuredly rejects the idea that God as Creator has vanished from human consciousness throughout the world. One might say, to over-simplify, that two forms of human consciousness co-exist in tension in our world: secular and religious. This article focuses on chapter two, “The gospel of creation.” Francis begins by raising the question of why a document addressed to “all people of good will” should include a “chapter dealing with the convictions of believers?” (p. 50). He observes that there are those who “firmly reject” the idea of a Creator as irrelevant in areas of politics and philosophy or dismiss as irrational the “rich contribution which religions can make toward an integral ecology and the full development of humanity.” However, Pope Francis insists that “science” and “religion” can “enter into an intense dialogue fruitful for both” (ibid.). One possible entry-point for a secular person might be to choose to enter into the “religious imaginary;” then consider the created world “as if” a creator had fashioned it. This is a kind of “spiritual thought- experiment” that acknowledges that we, as human beings, have an interior and spiritual life. This interior subjectivity is awakened, if you will, by the “cultural riches of different peoples, their art and poetry …” (ibid.). These riches include the sacred scriptures of numerous faith-communities. Pope Francis reminds us, rightly, that the resolution of the ecological crisis requires various branches of the sciences and other forms of wisdom, including religious and poetic languages. But Francis’ fundamental purpose in Laudato Si is to “show how faith convictions can offer Christians, and some other believers as well, ample motivation to care for nature and for the most vulnerable of their brothers and sisters” (p. 51). He is not taking us through the intricate maze of “theologies of creation.” o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Cautionary_Tale_From_an_Irish_Republican⠀⇛ Yes, I’ve known bomb-makers and rebels with guns and dynamite, but I’ve never known anyone like John Crawley, an American citizen who joined the Marines, learned about weapons and how to use them, and then crossed the Atlantic and gave all he could give to the Irish Republican Army (IRA), the organization that sought the liberation of Ireland from British rule and the British empire. Crawley tells much of his story in The Yank, (Melville House; $28.99), though surely not all of his history. To do so would jeopardize the freedom of former comrades. The Irish called Crawley “The Yank” because he was an American citizen, though he didn’t like the label. So why did he borrow their word for the title of his book? He doesn’t say. Yank is a cautionary tale. Indeed, it’s hard to imagine anyone reading this memoir and deciding to take up arms and deliver blows to any empire, or authoritarian regime. Crawley failed at the missions that he undertook, including gun smuggling and a crazy plot to blow up an electrical grid in England and bring the London economy to a halt. Call him delusional. He was arrested twice and served long prison terms, which he describes in a cursory way. o ⚓ The Nation ☛ THE_RUPTURE_TENSE⠀⇛ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ There’s_A_LEGO_Suspension_Dyno_Now⠀⇛ When it comes to the development and testing of performance suspension, it’s helpful to have a test apparatus that lets you recreate certain conditions reliably. This LEGO suspension dyno does just that, and it’s clearly a big help for those doing R&D on minifig motorcycle suspension. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Comparing_3D_Printed_Tires:_Resin_Vs._TPU⠀⇛ Many robot builders and RC enthusiasts find themselves turning to 3D printed tires. The benefit is you can make them in any size and style you want, and they’re as readily available for as long as your home printer is still working. [Michael Rechtin] printed some up and decided to see how long they’d actually last in use. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 1200_Addressable_LEDs_Make_For_The_Perfect_First Dance⠀⇛ The first dance of a newly married couple at the wedding reception is both a sentimental and memorable event, so why not make it even more so with something a bit special? Hackaday alumnus [Brett Haddoak] and his wife [Rachelle] certainly achieved that, with 1200 addressable LEDs turning her wedding dress into a real-life reproduction of Princess Aurora’s color changing dress from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Automated_Blinds_Can_Be_A_Cheap_And_Easy_Build⠀⇛ Blinds are great for blocking out the sun, but having to get up to open and close them grows tiresome in this computationally-advanced age. [The Hook Up] decided to automate his home blinds instead, hooking them up to the Internet of Things with some common off-the-shelf parts. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Insight Hungary ☛ Katalin_Novak_awards_Jordan_B._Peterson with_Order_of_Merit⠀⇛ President of Hungary Katalin Novak awarded Jordan B. Peterson with the Order of Merit.“In recognition of his distinguished scientific work in the field of clinical psychology and his exceptional commitment to protecting the freedom of creativity and education of young people”. The Canadian psychologist and writer gave a lecture at the office of Novak this week. The President praised the conservative figure on her Facebook: “Jordan B. Peterson, a world-renowned thinker, and clinical psychologist gave an exciting lecture in our midst today. The Sándor Palace is more than an office. It is a symbolic place that also provides space for thinking. And building a broad-minded community that understands each other.” o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ White_Parents_Rallied_to_Chase_a_Black Educator_Out_of_Town._Then,_They_Followed_Her_to_the_Next One.⠀⇛ In April of 2021, Cecelia Lewis had just returned to Maryland from a house-hunting trip in Georgia when she received the first red flag about her new job. The trip itself had gone well. Lewis and her husband had settled on a rental home in Woodstock, a small city with a charming downtown and a regular presence on best places to live lists. It was a short drive to her soon-to-be office at the Cherokee County School District and less than a half hour to her husband’s new corporate assignment. While the north Georgia county was new to the couple, the Atlanta area was not. They’d visited several times in recent years to see their son, who attended Georgia Tech. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ A_Teen_Was_Ticketed_at_School_for_a_Theft_She Says_Didn’t_Happen._Years_Later,_She’s_Still_Fighting.⠀⇛ From the moment Amara Harris was accused of stealing another student’s AirPods at Naperville North High School, she has insisted that it was a mix-up, not a theft. She told a school dean that she thought the AirPods were her own, having picked them up a few days earlier in the school’s learning commons, where she said she thought she had left her own set. Her mother repeatedly told officers that her daughter hadn’t stolen the wireless earbuds, records show. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 3D-Printed_Gear_Press_Can_Squash_Stuff,_Kinda⠀⇛ A press is a useful thing to have, whether you like destroying stuff or you simply want to properly install some bearings. [Retsetman] decided to build one from scratch, eschewing the typical hydraulic method for a geared design instead. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Will_The_Real_Commodore_Please_Stand_Up?⠀⇛ The Commodore 64 is a much-loved 8-bit retro computer that first appeared in 1982 and finally faded away around a decade later. The Commodore company started by [Jack Tramiel] went on to make the Amiga, and eventually ceased trading some time in the late 1990s. All history, now kept alive only by enthusiasts, right? Well, not quite, as the C64 has been the subject of a number of revivals both miniature and full-sized over the years. The latest came in the form of a Kickstarter for the C64x, a seemingly legitimately-branded Commodore 64-shaped PC, but it seems that has now been paused due to a complaint from an Italian company claiming to be the real heirs of Commodore. So will the real Commodore please stand up? o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ My_Pandemic_in_Three_Acts⠀⇛ I’d like to believe we’ve learned a lesson about our species-wide vulnerability, our planetary connectedness. But in fact, we seem more atomized and arrogant than ever. The pandemic arrived just as technology was driving us collectively mad and pushing us further into our black mirrors. Researching and writing a book about the science and politics of the pandemic, I lived with it up close and personal.  But my book’s last page wasn’t the conclusion for me — or anyone else. Here I offer my personal Covid tale, organized in three acts only because my storyteller instinct demands a beginning, middle, and end… when in truth, there is no end, not yet anyway. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Diving_Down_to_Earth⠀⇛ There are quite a few reasons why explaining why small farms are dying has been a problem, and a little poke-around into those reasons may be interesting. What we seem to have here is—so far—a failure to communicate, to use an expression we all understand. To use an expression that conveys the miscommunication that buzzes ceaselessly in our lives. Since I’ve discovered a well-connected historical dinosaur—not exactly invisible—that’s lived by a multimillennial addiction to its founding diseases (diseases Arnold J. Toynbee diagnosed after a lifelong study of civilization’s family history, including its medical records), I’ve also learned that pointing it out is received with well- conditioned skepticism. Why? Because its history is to be grasped from the bottom up this time, not from the top down. And we’ve been well-trained in top down. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Have_We_Really_Learned_Nothing_From_the Pandemic?⠀⇛ On New Years’ Eve 2019, Americans celebrated the advent of the roaring ’20s with fireworks and champagne, amid ominous news alerts from China. Surely that virus would stay on the other side of the planet. I cringe at how entitled we felt then. Covid-19 has now wiped out more than a million of us (by far the worst record on Earth when it comes to wealthy countries). Up to a third of all survivors suffer the sometimes disabling effects of long Covid, with implications for society that will outlast the pandemic—if it ever ends. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Tip_of_the_Iceberg’:_Groups_Tell_EPA_Much More_Needed_on_Toxic_Forever_Chemicals⠀⇛ While applauding the Biden administration’s new “baby steps” to address “forever chemicals” in drinking water, green groups this week also emphasized that far more sweeping action is needed to protect people and the planet. “The EPA needs to go much further by implementing strong, enforceable regulations on the entire class of PFAS chemicals.” o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Yes,_Section_230_Also_Matters_In_The_Fight Over_Abortion_Rights⠀⇛ We’ve already discussed how the expected overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court may impact the debate on encryption, but it has a likelihood of impacting lots of other important tech debates as well. Senator Ron Wyden has written a thoughtful piece over at Slate, explaining how important Section 230 is in a post-Roe world as well. As he notes, for all the nonsense claims from Republicans about how they’re supporting free speech, their actions show the exact opposite. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Abortion_Funds_Are_Preparing_For_a_Storm. To_Help,_“Get_in_Where_You_Fit_in.”⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Warren_Leads_Charge_to_Ban_Sale_of People’s_Health_and_Location_Data⠀⇛ Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday called on the U.S. Senate to protect Americans’ “most private information” by banning data brokers from selling people’s health and location data, which is constantly collected and stored by tech companies. Introducing the Health and Location Data Protection Act as the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to soon overturn Roe v. Wade and take away the right to abortion care for millions of Americans, the Massachusetts Democrat said “it is more crucial than ever for Congress toprotect consumers’ sensitive data.” o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ The_criminals_in_the_Kremlin_Historian_Yaroslav Shimov_explains_why_the_Putin_regime_defies_rationality_and how_the_West_helped_make_the_war_in_Ukraine_possible⠀⇛ Several months into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the global discussion about the war has divided into two opposing camps. In Ukraine and across the West, as well as in Russia’s own antiwar movement, the dominant view is that Vladimir Putin’s regime started the conflict in order to expand Moscow’s power and reclaim lost imperial territories. According to this theory, Russia seeks to subjugate or even destroy Ukraine but won’t stop there. The other camp blames the “Collective West” for provoking the war by ignoring Russia’s objective interests. Historian and journalist Yaroslav Shimov says the war is the result of the Putin regime’s peculiarities as a “mafia state” and the failure in Europe and the United States to understand their counterparts in Moscow. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ We_Must_Keep_Fighting_to_Stop_the_Arms_Race⠀⇛ Forty years ago, 1 million people gathered in Central Park demanding an end to the nuclear arms race. It was not only the largest antinuclear demonstration, but also the largest political demonstration in American history. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Leave_a_cross_so_they_can_find_the_body_later’_A dispatch_from_Mariupol,_a_city_now_covered_in_graves⠀⇛ Since March 2022, group chats between neighbors in Mariupol have been full of messages about victims of the war whose neighbors buried them — sans funerals — in the courtyards next to their apartment buildings. Russia’s invasion has turned the city into a giant cemetery among the ruins. Journalist Kirill Rukov tells the story of three of Mariupol’s countless fresh graves. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ At_Alexey_Navalny’s_new_prison,_torture_is rampant._At_least_two_past_inmates_died_after_being_beaten⠀⇛ Alexey Navalny has been moved from a medium- security prison in Pokrov to a high-security penal colony in the town of Melekhovo in Russia’s Vladimir region. This was confirmed to Meduza by one of Navalny’s lawyers. On June 15, Navalny said in a Telegram post that he was being transferred to Melekhovo’s IK-6 prison, writing, “Hello from a high security zone!” # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ $1B_More_in_U.S._Military_Aid_to_Ukraine: Weapons_Expert_Urges_Negotiation_vs._“Military-First Approach”⠀⇛ The U.S. has announced another $1 billion in military equipment to Ukraine, adding to billions in military aid to Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion. Support for a “military-first approach” to Ukraine is fueled by the mainstream media and not only undermines ceasefire talks but also funnels profits directly into the pockets of weapons manufacturers, says William Hartung of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. “The United States is a major player here, and its only policy shouldn’t be sending weapons without some sort of diplomatic strategy to go with it.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘​​Russia_is_a_prison_of_the_lousiest_kind’: Vladislav_Nikitenko_is_the_first_Russian_to_face_charges_for ‘discrediting’_the_army._He’s_been_fighting_the_system_for_20 years.⠀⇛ A Blagoveshchensk resident named Vladislav Nikitenko has become the first person charged with “discrediting” the Russian armed forces — a new felony offense that was created after the war began. For years, Nikitenko has been submitting official complaints to Russian courts for a wide variety of reasons; in his own words, he “genuinely loves the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code, despite the fact that they were signed by Putin.” He’s been under house arrest since late May. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Chomsky:_US_Is_Playing_With_the_Future_of Civilization_in_Order_to_Weaken_Russia⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Embracing_the_Complexity_of Peace⠀⇛ “Just imagine for once if we led the world in funding peace and not wars.” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ In_Ukraine’s_Cultural_Capital,_Giselle_Goes_to War⠀⇛ Lviv, Ukraine—Here in the cultural capital of Ukraine, the statues have been wrapped in plastic. The windows and facades of the neoclassical buildings that have led many a writer to describe this city as a “jewel box” have also been covered. This may be enough to protect them from the shrapnel from Russian bombs and shells, but it won’t be enough to shield them from a direct hit. Taken as a metaphor, these veiled figures convey a message: Art and culture are under wraps, at least until the invasion of Ukraine is over.1Anna Ivanova contributed reporting and translation. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Scott_Ritter:_Turkey_Rains_on_NATO’s_Parade⠀⇛ In opposing the application of Finland and Sweden, Erdogan has disrupted the military alliance’s effort to further provoke Russia with even more expansion. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Certifiably_Crazy’:_Jan._6_Panel Highlights_How_Team_Trump_Pushed_Pence_to_Overturn_Election⠀⇛ Thursday’s public hearing of the House January 6 committee focused largely on former President Donald Trump’s futile attempt to convince Mike Pence, his vice president, to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. “There was no basis in the Constitution or laws of the United States at all, for the theory espoused by Mr. Eastman.” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ ‘Show’_Trial_of_Foreign_Fighters_in_Donetsk Breaks_with_International_Law_and_Could_Itself_be_a_War Crime⠀⇛ Sentencing came on June 9, 2022, at the end of what has been dismissed by observers in the West as a “show trial” involving the three – two British citizens and a Moroccan national in Ukraine fighting alongside the country’s troops. In many ways, proceedings like those the three were subjected to were inevitable. Indeed, in an earlier article questioning the wisdom of Ukraine’s conducting its own war crimes trials of Russian prisoners of war during ongoing hostilities, I suggested that it might incentivize the Russians to do likewise. And now the Russians have responded in kind, but with a cynical twist I hadn’t then contemplated: outsourcing the dirty work. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Progressive_Democrats_Don_Helmets,_Embrace US-Russia_Proxy_War⠀⇛ Congress has appropriated $54 billion for the Ukraine war – $13.6 billion in March and $40.1 billion on May 19 – of which $31.3 is for military purposes.  The May vote was 368-57 in the House and 86-11 in the Senate.  All Democrats and all Massachusetts Representatives and Senators voted for the war funding, while a substantial number of Trumpist Republicans voted no. Previously antiwar Democrats like Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Jim McGovern, Barbara Lee, Pramila Jayapal, Ilhan Omar, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Ed Markey, have uncritically embraced the Administration’s escalating proxy war against Russia.  They have said little to explain their actions; only Cori Bush released a statement questioning the level of military aid, even while voting for it. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Can_We_Finally_Start_Dealing_With_Gun Violence?⠀⇛ More than a thousand miles away the breaking news just before our class started, “17 Dead in School Shooting,” was unavoidable. As a class we pivoted to the current event, we shared stories, and I did my best to make a teachable moment out of the horror. I shared with students about my experiences with gun violence. In 2017 I watched a live stream as a gunman opened fire onto a Las Vegas concert crowd. Friends at the concert were in harm’s way, two of the nicest people I know were hit and luckily survived, and with the sometimes horrifying miracles of modern technology I was watching it in real time. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Why_Peace_and_Disarmament_are_at_the_Heart of_Nonalignment⠀⇛ The struggle for a genuinely multipolar world, aligned only with the world’s people, not military blocs, has peace and disarmament at its heart: this is as true now as it was 60 years ago when the Non- Aligned Movement (NAM) was founded. As well as opposition to colonization and economic subjection, those founding the movement championed self- determination and equality in states’ relations, and they also agreed on their opposition to military blocs, their commitment to world peace, and a very strong advocacy of global nuclear disarmament. That thread has remained a constant ever since, and today we continue to see the countries of the Global South leading global disarmament initiatives. Virtually the entire Global South is self-organized into internationally recognized nuclear-weapons- free zones, originating in the 1960s. In 1968, a nuclear-weapons-free zone was established by 20 countries in Latin America, renouncing the acquisition and siting of nuclear weapons on their territories. Signatories to this treaty, the Treaty of Tlatelolco, also agreed to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) jurisdiction over their nuclear power facilities. In return, nuclear weapons states agreed not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against any of the signatory states. The Treaty of Rarotonga was signed in 1985, and prohibited nuclear explosive devices in the South Pacific, as well as banning the testing and use of nuclear explosive technologies. The African nuclear-weapons-free zone was formalized in 1996 by the signing of the Treaty of Pelindaba, following the disarmament by South Africa of its apartheid- era nuclear weapons. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Only_in_Top_Gun_Can_the_US Military_Solve_Our_Multitude_of_Problems⠀⇛ Somewhere at a theater near you, Top Gun: Maverick is serving up a feel-good drama about a plucky U.S. Navy pilot who dispatches some unnamed bad guys before he gets the girl. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Almost_Every_Square_Inch_of_the_US_Is_Being Battered_by_Climate_Change_Today⠀⇛ # § Energy⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_The_People_vs._Petrocracy⠀⇛ The United States is moving fast on climate change—in the wrong direction. The Energy Information Agency forecasts that by 2023, the nation will set a new annual record for oil extraction: 4.6 billion barrels. Plans to build more than 200 new natural gas power plants are in the works. More than 130 new oil and gas pipelines now under development will carry enough fuel to increase national emissions by 10 percent—560 million metric tons per year.   # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Biden_Tells_Oil_Refinery_Companies_It’s Unfair_to_Pass_Gas_Costs_Onto_Americans⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ To_Ease_Pain_at_the_Pump,_Biden_Urged to_Declare_Emergency_Halt_of_US_Oil_Exports⠀⇛ With gas prices surging to unprecedented levels across the United States, President Joe Biden on Thursday faced fresh calls to use his authority to temporarily halt crude oil exports that—in addition to damaging the climate—have contributed significantly to rising costs at the pump. In 2015, the Republican-controlled Congress crammed into an omnibus spending bill a provision that ended the four-decade ban on U.S. crude oil exports, a decision backed by the oil and gas industry. Democratic President Barack Obama signed the measure into law despite pushback from climate advocates. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Tracy’s_Travesty:_New_Boss_Same_as_Old Boss_at_Bureau_of_Land_Management⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Species_Extinction_Is_a_Choice’: Groups_Urge_Strong_Global_Pact_to_Save_Life_on_Earth⠀⇛ Ahead of a global summit next week, a global coalition of conservationists Thursday called on world leaders and policymakers to forge a concrete and meaningful agreement to urgently address the crisis of biodiversity and species loss that is rapidly “unraveling the fabric of life” on planet Earth. In a letter addressed to parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity—set to kick off its next round of talks on June 21 in Nairobi, Kenya—the more than 100 groups say the “global community is living through an unprecedented biodiversity crisis” that must be urgently addressed. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘A_Big_Mistake’:_Economists_Warn_Fed_Rate Hikes_Risk_Plunging_US_Into_Recession⠀⇛ The Federal Reserve’s decision Wednesday to hike interest rates by 75 basis points—the largest increase since 1994—heightened fears among economists that the central bank’s attempt to tame inflation risks plunging the U.S. economy into recession and inflicting more pain on vulnerable workers. The Fed’s move came on the heels of worse-than- expected federal data showing that inflation jumped 8.6% in May compared to a year earlier, prompting central bank officials to pursue more aggressive federal-funds rate increases, the Fed’s blunt tool to rein in consumer prices. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_The_Fed_Is_Making_a_Big,_Big Mistake⠀⇛ The Federal Reserve just raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point, the biggest single increase in interest rates since 1994. It’s another move in the Fed’s effort to tackle the fastest inflation in four decades. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ 100_Million_People_in_America_Are_Saddled_With Health_Care_Debt⠀⇛ A KHN and NPR analysis discovers the picture of health debt in the U.S. is bleak. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ More_Than_100_Million_People_in_US_Have_Health Care_Debt,_Study_Shows⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Rotten_Roots_of_the_IMF_and_the_World Bank⠀⇛ A conversation with Jamie Martin about the imperial origins of the world’s economic governance, imagining an alternative to these institutions, and his new book, The Meddlers. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Progressive_Economists_Say_Interest_Rate_Hikes Are_Wrong_Approach_to_Inflation⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_A_Mask-Less_World:_How_the Corporate-Capitalist_War_on_Humanity_Is_Wreaking_Havoc⠀⇛ At the end of May, as I was waiting to board a flight from Newark to Geneva, I overheard a high- decibel monologue being delivered by an older American businessman to a fellow passenger of undetermined nationality. The topic of the monologue was the coronavirus, which the American’s daughter—a nurse in New York—had just contracted for the first time since the onset of the pandemic in 2020. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ To_Win_Midterms,_Sanders_Tells_Democrats_to_Take Fight_Directly_to_GOP⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Does_the_Future_of_US_Democracy_Hang_on_Talks Between_Clarence_and_Ginni_Thomas?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ As_Jan_6._Committee_Eyes_Ginni_Thomas’ Role,_Fresh_Calls_for_Justice_Thomas_to_Resign⠀⇛ Progressive advocacy groups on Thursday intensified calls for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign or face impeachment after new reporting revealed that his wife, right-wing activist Ginni Thomas, corresponded with former President Donald Trump’s attorney in the weeks between the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Washington Post revealed that the House committee investigating the insurrection has received emails between Thomas and John Eastman that were sent around the time that the attorney pushed then-Vice President Mike Pence to block or delay the certification of the election results. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Trump’s_“Big_Lie”_Was_Also_a_Big_Grift⠀⇛ On Monday, the January 6 Select Committee revealed that former president of the United States Donald J. Trump may have committed wire and mail fraud, to the tune of $250 million. The committee alleged that Trump and his campaign sent out fundraising letters asking people to donate to the “Official Election Defense Fund.” But, as the committee’s chief investigative counsel, Amanda Wick, said in video testimony, “no such fund existed.” The money Trump raised was instead funneled to a Trump leadership PAC and other Trump-adjacent organizations, the committee claimed. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Kevin_McCarthy_Is_Still_Trump’s_Accomplice⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_William_Buckley_and_Edgar_Smith_Saga⠀⇛ “While nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer, nothing is more difficult than to understand him”—so goes a famous aphorism often attributed to Dostoyevsky. The figure of the evildoer seems to cry out for either condemnation or interpretation. We can’t just let an evildoer be; we can’t just turn our eyes away from him until we’ve managed to satisfy ourselves that he is different from us. Murderers, having indulged in the greatest evil, exercise this magnetism to the greatest degree. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Orbán:_We_want_peace,_but_we_will_fight against_“proposals_that_defy_common_sense”⠀⇛ # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Preschool_teacher_by_day,_nail_tech_by night_–_just_to_make_ends_meet⠀⇛ According to the statistics, women in Hungary achieve a higher average level of education than men, yet they have a lower employment rate. Overall, they assume lower-ranking positions and earn less in comparison as well. But the problem is much more complex than the pay gap. Invisible labor, old age, working after childbirth, caring for elderly family members – the causes of this glaring inequality are manifold, but with the proper measures, awareness, and actual willpower, they could be gradually reduced. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Orbán_government_keeps_silent_about Russian_residency_bond_owners_–_even_as_the_EU_prepares_to end_the_practice⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Word_On_The_Street⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Khashoggi’s_Fiancée_Wants_Biden_to_Ask_Saudis: ‘Where_is_Jamal’s_Body?’⠀⇛ “I’ve been forced to live in a world where his murderers have not only gone unpunished but have also been rewarded,” lamented Hatice Cengiz. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ House_Dems_Urge_Biden_to_Work_With_Cuba_to Vaccinate_the_World⠀⇛ Citing the “enormous potential” of Cuban Covid-19 vaccines to tackle enduring global inequities, a group of 26 House Democrats on Thursday urged President Joe Biden to review U.S. policy toward the long-embargoed nation to ensure that sanctions do not impede its international vaccination campaign. “We ask that you review U.S. policy towards Cuba in order to facilitate greater global vaccine equity.” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Why_the_Hell_Isn’t_Mike_Pence_Testifying_at the_January_6_Hearing?⠀⇛ The most chilling revelation from the first public hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol was the reaction of President Donald Trump to news reports that the insurrectionist mob he had incited was proposing to execute his vice president. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Photo_Shows_Pence_and_His_Family_Hiding_From Trump_Mob_on_January_6⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_The_Revelations_of_the_Jan._6 Hearings_Must_Be_Communicated_Better_If_US_Democracy_Is_to Survive⠀⇛ The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol has now completed its second two-hour hearing, with its third hearing Thursday. The Committee has clearly done much important work, and its presentation of its findings is off to a good start. At the same time, unless the Committee finds ways to communicate more broadly and deeply, so that its hearings and findings become politically actionable, there is a danger that its important task of public enlightenment and activation will fail. In that event American democracy itself, such as it is, will be placed in even greater danger. # § Misinformation/Disinformation⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘He_had_a_bag_over_his_head_and_a_broken face’_Russian_mother_identifies_conscript_son_in_video appearing_to_show_Ukrainian_troops_shooting_prisoners of_war⠀⇛ In late March, a video surfaced online that appeared to show Ukrainian soldiers shooting Russian prisoners of war in the legs. Western journalists quickly sought to verify the footage and managed to pinpoint the Ukrainian town where it was filmed. In turn, Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said that Kyiv would punish those responsible if an investigation confirmed the alleged abuse of prisoners of war. Nina, who lives in a small town in Russia’s Omsk region, first saw the footage in early April — and she immediately recognized one of the prisoners as her 20-year-old son Ivan Kudryavtsev. According to Nina, Ivan was conscripted into the Russian military in October 2021 and allegedly signed an enlistment contract after less than two months of service. But whether Ivan actually enlisted as a professional soldier remains unclear — the Russian Defense Ministry has only confirmed that he is considered missing. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Israeli_Cops_Won’t_Be_Punished_for_Attack on_Shireen_Abu_Akleh’s_Funeral⠀⇛ No Israeli police officers will be punished, despite brutally assaulting mourners at last month’s funeral procession for slain Palestinian- American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a leading newspaper in Israel reported Thursday. “We all know what happened, and we demand accountability for Israel’s murder of Shireen Abu Akleh.” o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Justice_Is_Blind._And_So_Is Merrick_Garland⠀⇛ Punch for punch, the debasement of Attorney General Merrick Garland is without historical correlate. The self-defeating adherence to ideological centrism (often indistinguishable from passivity in the face of elite resistance), paired with his masochistic devotion to the status quo, represents the kind of Blue Dog/New Dem totem that could have only emerged from a lab. Corporatist Democrats believed during the Obama years, as they do now, that through the ritual sacrifice of their Democratic ideals, they could resurrect the corpse of a forgotten age when left and right joined hands to strangle the everyday citizen. That union never happened after the GOP realized they could simply steamroll Democrats like Garland who refuse to open their eyes to the Conservative onslaught, even when it was punching them in the face. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Another_Drug_Test_Relied_On_By_Law_Enforcement Is_Wrong_Nearly_30_Percent_Of_The_Time⠀⇛ Field drug tests are notoriously unreliable. False positives abound. But law enforcement agencies still use them. First and foremost, they use them because no court, policy, or legislation has told them they can’t. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Chicago_Judge_Reminds_City’s_Mayor_That_The Presumption_Of_Innocence_Still_Exists⠀⇛ Well, this is ugly. Lots of states and cities have considered bail reform in recent years, given the system’s propensity for punishing the poorest people while allowing the more fortunate to buy their way out of jail. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Absolutely_Terrifying’:_Criminal_Defense Attorneys_Warn_About_Impacts_of_Roe_Reversal⠀⇛ With the U.S. Supreme Court’s right-wing majority expected to overturn Roe v. Wade any day now, criminal defense attorneys are preparing to defend a flood of clients facing abortion-related charges—and warning about the looming decision’s likely consequences. “We’re not talking about just fines like a traffic ticket.” # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ UK’s_‘Unlawful’_Deportation_Flight_to_Rwanda Halted_After_European_Court_Intervenes⠀⇛ Seven asylum seekers were due to be deported to Kigali on Tuesday night before the flight was canceled after a day of last-minute legal challenges and critical direct action protests # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_“Wobblies”_Documentary_Reminds_Us_Why Bosses_Are_Still_Scared_of_the_IWW⠀⇛ In 1913, Irma Lombardi, a silk weaver in a Paterson, N.J., joined the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). She wanted a living wage as well as recognition for her labor, and she saw in the IWW an organization that connected the two: “work, good wages, and respect. That’s what they wanted for the workers. To be people, not nobodies.” Lombardi is one of 16 members of the IWW interviewed in the recently rereleased documentary Wobblies (the 1979 film directed by Deborah Shaffer and Stewart Bird had been available for free online, but since its rerelease by Kino Lorber is available on proprietary streaming platforms such as Amazon Prime). The film recounts the union’s philosophy, culture, and strategies during the 15 years between its founding and its suppression, a time when gross inequality was the rule and several decades of negotiation and legal reform had failed to improve the position of most workers. Composed of documentary footage, songs from the IWW’s Little Red Songbook performed by folk singer Utah Philips, interviews, and narration by American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) founder Robert Baldwin, Wobblies is an important correction to the conventional wisdom that the IWW was a failure—as well as a reminder that its successes were the result of its willingness to take radical positions. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Abortion,_On_Screen_and_Off_Screen⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ In_‘Crisis_Moment’_for_Abortion_Rights, Biden_Weighs_Declaring_Public_Health_Emergency⠀⇛ With the right-wing U.S. Supreme Court expected to overturn Roe v. Wade as soon as this month, President Joe Biden is reportedly weighing a number of executive orders to protect abortion rights at the federal level—including declaration of a national public health emergency—as progressive lawmakers and rights groups push him to act. The New York Times, citing unnamed administration officials, reported Thursday that “some of the ideas under consideration include declaring a national public health emergency, readying the Justice Department to fight any attempt by states to criminalize travel for the purpose of obtaining an abortion, and asserting that Food and Drug Administration regulations granting approval to abortion medications preempt any state bans.” # ⚓ Socialism⠀⇛ “Socialism” can mean a couple of different things, thanks to the life-changing magic of semantics. In one meaning, it is about different ways workers can control the means of production (for example, through cooperatives) instead of being hired by an owner class. Opinion differs on where to draw the line between personal property vs private property, the former being defined as like the sweater on your body or the pillow under your head, the latter as factories or fields where people are working. The idea is to bring about economic democracy, having a say in how your workplace is run and how to distribute its gains. This type of socialism is to address capitalism’s exploitation problem. Taken a little bit more broadly, it’s a general view of a society where people help each other, a more broadly diminished or abolished owner class. “Socialized medicine”, like most countries do have (get with it, United States), is an example. We used to have socialized postal services here in Sweden, too. Until some corrupt politicians sold it off and pocketed the profits (in the name of “liberty”). Frustratingly, these institutions have been just as hierarchical and exploitation-prone as most private corporations. This type of socialism is to address capitalism’s inequality problem. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Nintendo_Shuts_Down_Musician’s_YouTube Videos_Of_Metroid_Covers⠀⇛ Nintendo’s war on its own fans’ love of Nintendo game music continues. The company has certainly made headlines over the past few years (with a big ramp up recently) by going on DMCA and threat blitzes for YouTube videos and channels that have uploaded what are essentially just the music from various Nintendo games. The blitzes started by taking down 3-figure numbers of videos, then reached the thousands by 2022. Notably, this has pissed off tons of Nintendo fans, many of whom pointed out that Nintendo was disappearing all of this music that was almost entirely unavailable through legit means. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4234 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.17.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_16/06/2022:_Arron_Banks_Loses_His_SLAPP_Campaign⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 2:32 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux * Games * Desktop_Environments/WMs o GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Open_Hardware/Modding * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o FSF o Programming/Development # Python * Leftovers o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Fear,_Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy # Overpopulation 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 Monopolies # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ Resurrecting_an_old_ThinkPad⠀⇛ There are a few computer/network things I’m interested in doing at home that would benefit from a PC that’s always on (or at least “usually on”). I haven’t had a desktop machine in a few years (my oldest child took the last one to college for gaming), we now just have a bunch of laptops (my partner and I each have both a personal and employer-owned machine). These are often hibernating/shut down/away from home, so none of them would work for the things I have in mind. Most folks in my position would use something like a Raspberry Pi for the tasks I have in mind. With their low power-consumption, they make a great choice. But I already have an old Lenovo ThinkPad stashed away, which I stopped using because its battery is completely dead. While not having a battery is pretty obnoxious for a laptop, it’s fine for a “server”. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Video ☛ More_With_Haskell_and_GTK_(Refactoring_Our_First App)_–_Invidious⠀⇛ In a previous video, I created a very simple GTK app using Haskell. The app (which I named “byebye”) was created in 30 minutes and I wrote it in such a way as to be as “gentle” an introduction to Haskell and GTK as I could be. Now, let’s dive a bit deeper. Let’s discuss functions in Haskell, especially recursive functions. And let’s refactor our “byebye” app using Haskell functions. # ⚓ Video ☛ Fix_Discord’s_Terrible_Auto_Updater_On_Linux_– Invidious [Ed: Brodie Robertson knows Discord is proprietary and spyware; he would be wiser to get people off it]⠀⇛ If Discord’s launcher isn’t the latest version available it’s supposed to automatically update it but on Linux it doesn’t have permission to do so, luckily there is a very simple solution # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ KDE_Plasma_5.25⠀⇛ Today we are looking at the newly released KDE Plasma 5.25, we use the KDE Neon user edition to look at it (which is based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS). Enjoy! # ⚓ Video ☛ KDE_Plasma_5.25_Run_Through_–_Invidious⠀⇛ In this video, we are looking at KDE Plasma 5.25. # ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ 62:_AMD_Zen_4:_Begun,_The_Processor_Wars Have!_–_Hardware_Addicts_–_TuxDigital⠀⇛ Welcome to Hardware Addicts, a proud member of the TuxDigital Network. Hardware Addicts is the podcast that focuses on the physical components that powers our technology world. In this episode, we’re going to be talking about Zen 4 AMD Ryzen 7000 CPU launch and whether Intel has what it takes to seize the opportunity to take back it’s crown. Then we head to Camera Corner where Wendy will discuss Going Retro: Yay or Nay with an interesting product by Kodak. o § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ Mike_Blumenkrantz:_Bugaroos⠀⇛ We all remember our first bug. It’s usually “the code didn’t compile the first time I tried”. The worst bug there is. The first bug I found in pursuit of this so-called rendering anomaly was not a simple compile error. No, unfortunately the code built and ran fine thanks to Mesa’s incredible and rock-stable CI systems (this was last week), which meant I had to continue on this futile quest to find out whatever was wrong. Next, I looked at the ticket again and downloaded the trace, which was unfortunately provided to prevent me from claiming that I didn’t have the game or couldn’t find it or couldn’t launch it or was too lazy. Another unlucky roll of the dice. o ⚓ More_Oxide_at_Home:_My_Pi_is_a_Wireless_Crucible⠀⇛ Now that I’ve satisfied my dark desire to make a wireless USB drive, let’s add an ethernet cable and see what this stack can really do. I tested with a lot of extent and block sizes to find the fastest for this setup, and disabled encryption for good measure. After all that, here’s the best I got: [...] o ⚓ One_ping_to_find_them:_lean_network_discovery⠀⇛ The standard “ping” utility is one of the most commonly used network troubleshooting tools. This utility sends an ICMP Echo Request to a specific address and reports any replies it receives. This protocol is simple: the sender creates an IP header, appends an ICMP header, sets the Type and Code fields, and then adds the Echo Request data, consisting of an identifier, sequence number, and some data to echo. Finally, this protocol is written to the network, often with an Ethernet header. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Django_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Django on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, Django is a full-featured Python web framework for developing dynamic websites and applications. Built by experienced developers, it takes care of much of the hassle of web development, so you can focus on writing your app without needing to reinvent the wheel. Using Django, you can quickly create Python web applications. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the Django Python web framework on Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 18.04, 16.04, and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint. o ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ How_to_install_RPG_Maker_VX_Ace_on_a Chromebook⠀⇛ Today we are looking at how to install RPG Maker VX Ace on a Chromebook. Please follow the video/audio guide as a tutorial where we explain the process step by step and use the commands below. o ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ 3_Ways_to_Find_Out_Your_IP_address_in_Linux⠀⇛ The IP (Internet Protocol) address is a global standard for assigning unique 32/128-bit hexadecimal values to network-attached devices for identification on the local/ global network. * § Games⠀➾ o ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Starship_Troopers:_Terran_Command_on_Steam_Deck and_Linux_—_a_quick_guide⠀⇛ Starship Troopers: Terran Command [Humble Store / Steam] just released from The Artistocrats and Slitherine Ltd. but getting it on running on Linux desktop or Steam Deck requires a few steps. Video steps at the bottom if you prefer that. o ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Dudes!_Beat_‘em_up_Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles: Shredder’s_Revenge_is_out_now⠀⇛ Ready to get punched with nostalgia and eat some pizza? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge is officially out now along with Native Linux support and it’s looking good on desktop and a Steam Deck too. Note: personal purchase. o ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ MATCHO_is_a_unique_first-person_shooter_with match-3_mechanics⠀⇛ First-person shooting and match-3 together? MATCHO sure does sound strange but it also looks like it could be tons of fun and it’s coming to Linux. o ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ The_Frogs_will_take_you_through_a_humorous renaissance_artwork_adventure⠀⇛ Making use of public domain renaissance artwork, The Frogs is an upcoming comedy point and click adventure. A demo is available and now they’re on Kickstarter. Very similar in style to what was done with The Procession to Calvary (different developer), and actually inspired by it. More of this sounds great because it’s such a unique way to make a game. o ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ The_last_ever_game_from_Zachtronics_releases_July 5th⠀⇛ No doubt plenty of puzzle fans will be sad, as Zachtronics will be hanging up their development hat and moving on after the release of Last Call BBS. Entering Early Access on July 5th, it’s technically multiple games in one. o ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Total_War:_WARHAMMER_III_released_for_Linux_with a_port_from_Feral⠀⇛ Total War: WARHAMMER III is the latest Native Linux game to officially land, with Feral Interactive once again delivering. The Linux version has the latest 1.2 update along with the hotfix from late in May. o ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ LightSpeed_Studios_(Tencent)_joins_the_Open_3D Foundation⠀⇛ LightSpeed Studios, owned by Tencent, has joined up with the Open 3D Foundation who oversee the Open 3D Engine (O3DE). They’ve joined as a Premier Member joining the likes of Adobe, Epic Games, Microsoft, Intel and others. This means they will be giving resources to the Open 3D Foundation to further development of the Open 3D Engine. * § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ o § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Microsoft_Gives_$10k_to_GNOME_for…_Being Awesome,_Basically [Ed: Microsoft apologists]⠀⇛ $10,000 boost from Microsoft. But let me stress (before anyone gets their underwear twisted) there aren’t any strings attached to this. Nothing’s being acquired or embraced. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Employers_centralizes_insurance_apps_on_Red_Hat_OpenShift_– Intelligent_CIO_North_America⠀⇛ To compete in an increasingly digital market, workers’ compensation insurance company Employers sought to streamline its operational processes. The company decided to create a central application environment with Red Hat OpenShift and automate policy processes with Red Hat management and middleware solutions. Now, Employers has a foundation for agile, responsive workflows, leading to a 40% increase in three-year sales and a more efficient customer experience. Guidance from Red Hat’s technology experts helps Employers continue finding new opportunities to innovate and outpace its competition. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Compiler:_How_Does_Data_Help_Shape Movies?⠀⇛ Movies are culturally important. They transform language and communication. Motion pictures present fantasy worlds we can get lost in, helping us understand the world differently. Discussing data and movies can make the fantasy seem…a little less fantastic. It can feel sterile, mass produced, and devoid of imagination. But data is vital, both for those behind the camera and those sitting in theaters (or at home). This episode will cover some ways data science and machine learning can inform filmmaking, from conception to post-production. # ⚓ All_hands_on_deck:_Gov_officials_call_for_cybersecurity help_from…everyone⠀⇛ # ⚓ Madeline_Peck:_6/15/22_Weekly_Update⠀⇛ An update with all the visuals I’ve been working on. Below is the final fedora pride banner that I came up with. Underneath it is almost all the iterations that I got feedback on from the design team. It took awhile to get there, especially because Fedora’s design branding is pretty simple. When you involve all the flags colors, keeping the text over it readable and in line with previous branding, it got a little frustrating. But I’m so happy with how it turned out and thanks to everyone who gave feedback! o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Debian_Community_News:_Frans_Pop_&_Debian_suicide_denial⠀⇛ Debian announced the death of Frans Pop in 2010. There were numerous comments on the debian-private (leaked) gossip network. We want to focus on one feature of the death. Was it Debian-connected? One unique feature of the suicide is that Pop sent a resignation note to debian-private on 15 August 2010. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Canonical_Releases_New_Ubuntu_Kernel_Updates_to Patch_Intel_“MMIO_Stale_Data”_Flaws⠀⇛ On Tuesday, June 14th, 2022, Intel disclosed a series of new hardware vulnerabilities discovered by various security researchers that affect some of its processors. The four vulnerabilities were marked as having a “medium” security impact. The company released firmware updates to mitigate these potential flaws discovered in the Memory Mapped I/O (MMIO) method and urged all hardware and software vendors to update their products. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Jeff Geerling ☛ ESPHome_on_the_Raspberry_Pi_Pico!⠀⇛ A couple weeks ago, I glanced through my ever- growing collection of Raspberry Pi RP2040-based boards—pictured above are three of the boards I’ve tested: a Cytron Maker Pi RP2040, a Raspberry Pi Pico, and a Seeed Studio Wio RP2040. # ⚓ Jeff Geerling ☛ Industrial_Raspberry_Pi_computers_(one_is explosion-proof)⠀⇛ The answer is any industrial computer—whether Raspberry Pi-based or X86, or whatever—has to go through much more rigorous testing, and has to run in vastly different environments than your run of the mill hobby board you’d run in your home or office. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Digital_Audio_Workstation Built_From_Scratch_|_Tom’s_Hardware⠀⇛ This Raspberry Pi digital audio workstation (DAW), created by maker and musician Stone Preston, takes the Raspberry Pi 4-powered synth idea to a whole new level. The project, known as LMN 3, is entirely open-source and packed with tons of cool features to make custom jams just the way you want them—with plenty of input options and tons of flexibility when it comes to sound wave manipulation. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Retro_Psion_5MX_PDA_Tweets_Via_Raspberry Pi_Zero_|_Tom’s_Hardware⠀⇛ If you’re looking for a fun way to tweet with a Raspberry Pi and have an affinity for old-school hardware, look no further than this clever Psion 5MX-driven Pi project created by maker and developer Kian Ryan. Using a serial connection and a little bit of tinkering, he’s managed to operate a Raspberry Pi Zero and send tweets to Twitter using the classic Psion 5MX PDA from the late 1990s. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § FSF⠀➾ # ⚓ FSF ☛ Beat_the_heat_with_GNU_summer_swag⠀⇛ o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Music,_Code,_Life⠀⇛ I continue to have a lot of fun working on my programming language (to the detriment of all of my other code projects). I have a small but enthusiastic userbase. # ⚓ Rachel ☛ Place_name_mappings_probably_need_a_time_dimension too⠀⇛ As a result, I have plenty of pictures that predate that change on my Macs and other Apple devices. They’re mostly geotagged, but something curious has happened to them: the name of the place has shifted. It’s no longer “Facebook HQ”. It’s now “Meta – Headquarters”. This is what it looks like in the Apple photos app: [...] # ⚓ Lee Yingtong Li ☛ A_conceptual_primer_on_the_single transferable_vote_–_5:_Weighted_inclusive_Gregory_method⠀⇛ In part 4, we presented the Gregory method, which removes random effects from STV. In that part, we continued with a decision made in part 3 to restrict the ballot papers which can contribute to a surplus distribution, yielding the exclusive Gregory method. To review, in part 3, we made this decision – in a surplus distribution to examine only the last parcel of ballot papers received – for two reasons. Firstly, this was closer to the effect of Hare’s original method. Secondly, this was more practical for hand-counting, as the number of ballot papers to keep track of is minimised. However, in the context of the Gregory method, there is no objective reason to prefer the exclusive method to the alternative. # ⚓ uni Toronto ☛ Go_programs_and_Linux_glibc_versioning⠀⇛ You might be puzzled. The direct explanation of what’s going on is that you’ve built this Go program on a machine with a newer version of the GNU C library (glibc) than the second machine (for example, you built this program on a fast Ubuntu 22.04 compute server and tried to run it on an old Ubuntu 18.04 server, as I did here). For programs affected by this, the general rule of thumb is to build them on the oldest Linux distribution version that you expect to run them on. At this point you might be puzzled; after all, Go programs are famous for being self-contained and statically linked. Well, usually they are but there are a surprising number of things that can make Go programs be dynamically linked. However this problem doesn’t happen to all dynamically linked programs, just some of them. One answer for why is that it depends on what C library functions you use. Delve happens to indirectly use pthreads functions (somehow, I’m not sure exactly how), and these are the functions triggering this glibc versioning issue. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Geeks For Geeks ☛ Effect_of_‘b’_character_in_front_of a_string_literal_in_Python⠀⇛ Strings are normal characters that are in human-readable format whereas Byte strings are strings that are in bytes. Generally, strings are converted to bytes first just like any other object because a computer can store data only in bytes. When working with byte strings, they are not converted into bytes as they are already in bytes. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Denver_in_Decay⠀⇛ o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ NPR ☛ EPA_warns_that_even_tiny_amounts_of_chemicals_found in_drinking_water_pose_risks⠀⇛ The EPA on Wednesday issued nonbinding health advisories that set health risk thresholds for PFOA and PFOS to near zero, replacing 2016 guidelines that had set them at 70 parts per trillion. The chemicals are found in products including cardboard packaging, carpets and firefighting foam. At the same time, the agency is inviting states and territories to apply for $1 billion under the new bipartisan infrastructure law to address PFAS and other contaminants in drinking water. Money can be used for technical assistance, water quality testing, contractor training and installation of centralized treatment, officials said. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Barry Hess ☛ Shared_Photo_Library⠀⇛ With iOS 16, it seems there will be options for family sharing, which sounds great now that we have five phones in our family snapping pictures and storing them in the cloud. # ⚓ Andre Franca ☛ iPods_are_over⠀⇛ The first iPod was announced in October 2001, and most people agree that it revolutionized the way we listen to music nowadays. By that time, there were other music players, but no manufacturer was able to bring together an easy way for us to buy music – with some decent quality – and offer a well designed product. Obviously, some audiophile may disagree with my “decent quality” statement, but it really was for the average user that didn’t want (or need) to go deeper in all technicality in this regard. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ House_Armed_Services_chair_calls national_security_software,_systems_‘too_vulnerable’ [iophk: Windows TCO]⠀⇛ “We’re talking about software systems that, you know, operate our missiles and our ships and everything, they just don’t, they are not as protected as they should be,” Smith said. “When it comes to cyber, protecting our systems, I think, is our greatest problem right now — even more so than our ability to exploit other people’s systems, though we certainly need to develop that capability as well.” o § Security⠀➾ # § Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation⠀➾ # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ New_Syslogk_Linux_Rootkit_Lets Attackers_Remotely_Command_It_Using_“Magic_Packets” [Ed: They use the term "Linux Rootkit", but in order for this to get to the kernel in the first place the system must get compromised somehow; this is part of a pattern of poor journalism that distracts from the real menace, Windows, which has back doors]⠀⇛ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ EFF ☛ Facebook_Says_Apple_is_Too_Powerful._They’re Right.⠀⇛ Facebook is very well situated to comment on how high switching costs can lock users into a service they don’t like very much, because, as much as they dislike that platform, the costs of using it are outstripped by the costs the company imposes on users who leave. That’s how Facebook operates. Facebook has devoted substantial engineering effort to keeping its switching costs as high as possible. In internal memos – published by the FTC – the company’s executives, project managers and engineers frankly discuss plans to design Facebook’s services so that users who leave for a rival pay as high a price as possible. Facebook is fully committed to ensuring that deleting your account means leaving behind the friends, family, communities and customers who stay. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ $1-2_Billion_In_Streaming_Ads_A_Year Aren’t_Being_Watched_Because_The_TV_Is_Off⠀⇛ Critics of modern tech often lean towards hyperbole when discussing “surveillance capitalism” and the seemingly omniscient power of advertisers and adtech. In reality, as journalists who cover the space for any amount of time can attest, it’s all frequently much dumber and clumsier than that: o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Supreme_Court_Tortures_the_Constitution Again⠀⇛ In 2002, the CIA captured Abu Zubaydah, a Palestinian radical, in Pakistan and falsely believed he was a kingpin with al Qaeda. The CIA tortured him for years in Thailand and Poland. As Justice Neal Gorsuch noted, the CIA “waterboarded Zubaydah at least 80 times, simulated live burials in coffins for hundreds of hours,” and brutalized him to keep him awake for six days in a row. The CIA has admitted some of the details of the torture, and Zubaydah’s name was mentioned more than a thousand times in a 683-page Senate report released in 2014 on the CIA torture regime. But the Supreme Court permitted the CIA to pretend that the case is still secret. The holy relic of “state secrets” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ MBS_and_Putin:_Why_Talk_to_One_and_Not_the Other?⠀⇛ The argument for a visit to Saudi Arabia is obvious. With oil prices rising, growing inflation and mid-term elections in November, it is imperative for Biden and the Democrats to increase the world’s oil production so that supply can respond to demand and decrease the price at the pump. The assumption behind the visit is that if Saudi Arabia increases its oil output, the world’s supply will increase, prices will go down, inflation will be lowered, and the Democrats will have a better chance in November’s elections. The arguments against the visit are also obvious. “Meeting Mohammed bin Salman without human rights commitments would vindicate Saudi leaders who believe there are no consequences for egregious rights violations,” said a Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. Biden had said during his 2020 campaign that he would seek to make Saudi Arabia “the pariah that they are”.  He specified that there is “very little social redeeming value in the present government in Saudi Arabia.” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Berlin_Munich_Kyiv⠀⇛ Every epoch has had its call to battle the Forces of Evil. Once it was Anarchism, then Bolshevism, Communism. After those menaces were defeated new ones were required; in 2001 it was Terrorism. With that frightening term eroding, it is being replaced by Authoritarianism. The gargoyle staring at us from magazine covers – after Stalin, Mao and Fidel have died and Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, Gaddafi been eliminated – is now a scowling Putin. And with him Russia, which must be ostracized, sanctioned, wrecked, starved and, above all, defeated. I have not yet heard any direct use of the word “bombed,” but the weapons are ready, with $800 billion spent annually in the USA, about thirteen times Russia’s military budget, not counting the others in NATO. In Germany, on top of its already huge military outlay, a special €100 billion fund was added, after receiving the required 2/3 parliamentary majority to overrule constitutional limitations. Its use is restricted to strengthening and modernizing the Bundeswehr, for F-35 planes, capable of dropping atomic bombs on Moscow in record time, for warships capable of landing at any shore, for latest-model, deadliest tanks. All this is “to achieve security”. German borders are nowhere threatened, but the  Ukraine invasion, it’s said, proves Putin’s plans to regain the area of the USSR or the czarist empire. So who knows? And any call to reason, to push for a truce and negotiations instead of demands to defeat and “ruin” Russia, oust Putin and put him on trial, is denounced as appeasement, with allusions to the 1938 Munich Agreement, when Neville Chamberlain and French premier Daladier sold out Czechoslovakia. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Unthinkable_Rhetoric:_Nuclear_Weapons_and the_Ukraine_War⠀⇛ At the outset of his invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin  declared  that other countries “will face consequences greater than any you have faced in history” if they intervened. A few days later, he  ordered  Russian nuclear forces to be put on a heightened alert status. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev later outlined possible scenarios for the use of nuclear weapons and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that maintaining “readiness of strategic nuclear forces” remains a priority. A Russian government spokesperson has since said that Russia would only consider the use of nuclear weapons if there was an “existential threat” to Russia. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Climate_Deniers_and_the_Language_of_Climate Obstruction⠀⇛ On a recent episode of the Fox Business show “Mornings with Maria,” American Petroleum Institute CEO and President, Mike Sommers, said that “the most important environmental movement in the world is the American oil and gas industry.” “A super absurd example of oil and gas companies appropriating and weaponizing the language of climate advocates for their own greenwashing,” commented author and climate activist Genevieve Guenther on Twitter. # § Energy⠀➾ # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ America’s_Biggest_Public_Pension_Fund_Is Slow-Walking_Corporate_Climate_Action,_Report_Charges⠀⇛ Does engaging with oil and gas giants by remaining invested in them – keeping a “seat at the table” – help in the fight against climate change?  A new report suggests not very much – at least judging by the record of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS). # ⚓ Let’s_keep_trying_together⠀⇛ With climate defeatism, it’s OK to believe we’re not gonna make it. It’s OK to feel worn down and frustrated and unheard. What I nix is when that defeatism makes you obstruct, or get in the way of, or hinder, us trying for a chance no matter how slim. When we’re trying to think of solutions and trying to come up with things we can do, and you come in with a hat mismatch and start flooding the conversation with your “it’s no use”. (As in, repeatedly.) That’s not cool. For my own health and for the health of everyone with me. And, I feel guilty about saying that. We all know that everyone we meet is fighting a battle we know nothing about, and I, you don’t have to believe me but I do know how it feels. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ Overpopulation ☛ Two_ways_to_argue_for_population’s importance⠀⇛ According to David Attenborough, “all of our environmental problems become easier to solve with fewer people, and harder – and ultimately impossible – to solve with ever more people.” Attenborough has seen the global population triple since he narrated his first TV nature documentary back in the 1950s, as people have, in his words, “overrun the world.” So he advocates for policies to end population growth and stabilize the global population sooner rather than later, including universal access to effective modern contraception. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ If_Poverty_is_a_Moral_Issue,_Then_the_U.S. is_Bankrupt⠀⇛ The problem of poverty is marked by several factors, the first of which is a deeply flawed government indicator of who qualifies as poor. Measured by the federal poverty line, about 37 million Americans live below the poverty line—that’s about 11 percent of the population. But this leaves out many millions more Americans who live one emergency expense away from poverty. The Poor People’s Campaign (PPC): A National Call for Moral Revival relies on economic calculations showing that 140 million Americans—which is more than 40 percent of the population—are poor or low- income. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Ocean_Freight_Shipping_Costs_Are_Driving Goods_Prices_Higher⠀⇛ The story you’re about to read is bananas, and it’s also about bananas. Last fall, a company called One Banana loaded 600,000 pounds of the fruit from its plantations in Guatemala and Ecuador onto ships bound for the Port of Long Beach in California. Once they arrived, the bananas, packed in refrigerated containers, were offloaded by cranes for trucking to a nearby warehouse, where the fruit would be sent to supermarkets nationwide. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ Ministry_sees_no_problem_with extra_terms_in_radio_licenses_competition⠀⇛ The conditions of a recent radio license competition includes terms by county regarding what styles of music license recipients should play and how many talk programs they should air — and these terms coincided with radio stations already operating in Estonia. The Ministry of Culture says that such terms are standard practice and that the competition isn’t biased. # ⚓ ABC ☛ Has_Your_State_Made_It_Harder_To_Vote?⠀⇛ The number of restrictions signed into law in 2021 was unprecedented. In fact, according to the Brennan Center, the total number of restrictions shatters the previous record-high year, which was 2011, when 14 states enacted 19 laws by October of that year. In other words, depending on where you live, how you cast your ballot this year could be very different. That’s why here at FiveThirtyEight, we’re going to walk you through the new voting restrictions in each state and how they might affect you at each step of the voting process. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Who_Is_Financing_Trump’s_‘Big_Lie’_Caucus? Corporations_You_Know.⠀⇛ In the year and a half since the attack, rivers of cash from once skittish donors have resumed flowing to election deniers. Sometimes tens of thousands of dollars. Sometimes just a thousand. But it adds up. In the month of April alone, the last month for which data is available, Fortune 500 companies and trade organizations gave more than $1.4 million to members of Congress who voted not to certify the election results, according to an analysis by the transparency group Accountable.US. AT&T led the pack, giving $95,000 to election objectors. # ⚓ VOA News ☛ Thousands_March_in_Bangladesh_Over_Comments about_Islam⠀⇛ After police stopped the march, a group of five people was allowed to head toward the Indian Embassy, according to Shahidul Islam Kabir, a spokesperson for the sponsors of the protest, Islami Andolon Bangladesh. The group vowed to continue its demonstrations. # ⚓ FAIR ☛ Nicaragua_a_‘Dictatorship’_When_It_Follows_US_Lead on_NGOs⠀⇛ President Daniel Ortega’s government in Nicaragua is “laying waste to civil society,” according to the Associated Press (6/2/22). The Guardian (6/2/ 22) called it a “sweeping purge of civil society,” while for the New York Times (2/14/22), Nicaragua is “inching toward dictatorship.” According to the Washington Post‘s Spanish edition (5/19/22), the country is already “a dictatorship laid bare.” In a call echoed by the BBC (5/5/22), the UN human rights commissioner urged Nicaragua to stop its “damaging crackdown on civil society.” o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Ridiculous_Republican_Senators_Introduce_Law_To Say_Political_Emails_Can’t_Be_Filtered_As_Spam⠀⇛ The latest in stupid, unconstitutional, performative, nonsense legislation from Republicans comes from Senator John Thune, and it would break your email spam filters. It’s called the “Political Bias in Algorithm Sorting Emails Act of 2022” and it’s possibly even dumber than it sounds. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ The Telegraph UK ☛ Carole_Cadwalladr_wins_libel_case against_Arron_Banks_using_‘echo_chamber’_defence⠀⇛ Ms Cadwalladr, a freelance journalist who writes for The Guardian and The Observer, has investigated the funding of the referendum campaigns and alleged misuse of data. In her ruling, Mrs Justice Steyn said: “Based on her investigation, Ms Cadwalladr had reasonable grounds to believe that Mr Banks had been offered ‘sweetheart’ deals by the Russian government in the period running up to the EU referendum, although she had seen no evidence he had entered into any such deals; and Mr Banks’s financial affairs, and the source of his ability to make the biggest political donations in UK history, were opaque. “Most importantly, when Ms Cadwalladr gave the [TED] Talk the Electoral Commission had announced, following a one-year investigation, that it had reasonable grounds to suspect that Mr Banks was not the true source of the £8 million loans/donations, but rather the source was a non-qualifying company, Rock Holdings, which is based in an offshore, non- transparent, jurisdiction. “In addition, when she gave the [TED] Talk, the matter had been referred to the NCA and that organisation was investigating.” # ⚓ BBC ☛ Arron_Banks_loses_Russia_libel_case_against_Carole Cadwalladr⠀⇛ Mr Banks, the founder of the pro-Brexit campaign group Leave.EU, sued Ms Cadwalladr for defamation over two instances in 2019 – one in a TED Talk video and another in a tweet. # ⚓ The Independent UK ☛ Arron_Banks_loses_libel_case_against journalist_Carole_Cadwalladr⠀⇛ The libel claim centred around comments made in a TED Talk by Ms Cadwalladr and a subsequent tweet, in which she alleged Banks – who founded the Leave.EU campaign – was lying about his relationship with Russia. The High Court understood Mr Banks to be complaining about Ms Cadwalladr claiming he had not been honest about secret dealings with the Russian state in relation to the “acceptance of foreign funding of electoral campaigns in breach of the law on such funding”. # ⚓ Neutral_Citation_Number:_[2022]_EWHC_1417_(QB) [PDF]⠀⇛ vi) Accordingly, the claim is dismissed. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ The Center for Investigative Reporting ☛ Amazon’s_Warehouse Quotas_Have_Been_Injuring_Workers_for_Years._Now,_Officials Are_Taking_Action.⠀⇛ As Amazon warehouse workers racked up many thousands of serious injuries each year, government officials haven’t done much about it – but that appears to be changing. Safety officials have been fining Amazon for making employees work at an “unsafe pace.” State legislation popping up around the country targets Amazon’s work quotas. And shareholders will get a chance to vote on Amazon’s workplace practices. Those developments all have roots in our reporting. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Major_League_Soccer_To_Stream_All_Games_On_Apple TV_For_10_Years⠀⇛ I have talked for years at Techdirt about how the cord cutting trend, while still continuing, was going to run into a wall due to the way that major sports broadcasts have always been done through cable TV deals. I have also covered the steps, baby or otherwise, different sports leagues and teams have taken to embrace streaming options. MLB’s MLB.tv service has always been great, but suffers from local blackout rules revolving around broadcast rights. Other leagues have worked out their own streaming options, mostly in very limited fashion. One MLS team even went streaming only for its games, cutting the cord from its end. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Xtream-Codes_IPTV_Company_Declared Lawful,_Assets_Seized_in_Raid_Returned⠀⇛ The company behind Xtream-Codes, the IPTV management system shut down as part of a massive law enforcement operation in 2019, is reporting a significant legal win. After a regional court in Italy found no evidence to show that Xtream Codes Ltd acted unlawfully, an appeal to the Supreme Court of Cassation was dismissed. Assets seized during the raid will be returned. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ ‘Pirate’_Streaming_Apps_Beat_Netflix and_Disney_in_Brazil’s_Play_Store⠀⇛ Pirate streaming apps are leading the entertainment category in Brazil’s Google Play Store. These unauthorized streaming apps draw a massive audience and beat official streaming platforms such as Netflix, Disney, and HBO in download rankings. 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