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⦿ IRC Proceedings: Monday, February 20, 2023 | Techrights
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䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
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o ⚓ Hackster ☛ Cameron_Kaiser’s_Dusted-off_Dreamcast_Linux_Brings
Some_Neat_Tweaks_to_Sega’s_Ill-Fated_Console_–_Hackster.io⠀⇛
Vintage computing enthusiast Cameron Kaiser has turned a
modern eye on an unusual operating system for a beloved
but somewhat rare gadget: Dreamcast Linux, running on
Sega’s ill-fated — and final — 1998 games console.
“Dreamcast Linux has something to teach later Johnny-
come-latelies with a distro surprisingly well-adapted to
its target platform,” Kaiser writes of his love for the
operating system, “support for many peripherals, and an
all-in-one batteries-included philosophy. Plus, it was
one of the earliest Un*xy things for game consoles circa
2001, predating PlayStation 2 Linux by about a year or
so, though PS2 Linux was at least Sony-official. (While
at least one Linux purports to run on an O.G.
PlayStation, this was a later development.)”
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Going Linux ☛ Going_Linux_#437_·_Listener_Feedback⠀⇛
In this episode: Bill goes deep down the rabbit
hole, pihole, Bitwarden, LG Gram, and Synology.
Episode_Time_Stamps
00:00 Going Linux #437 · Listener Feedback
01:34 Bill went down the rabbit hole
03:27 Alpinejohn: Topic suggestion – pihole
05:56 Carlos: Bitwarden
09:04 Carl: Definitions – minion and gremlin
12:32 George from Tulsa: Update on LG Gram
16:39 Liam: Synology issues
21:53 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-
468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe
23:09 End
# ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ BSD_Week_Extended_by_an_Extra_Week!⠀⇛
Listen now (16 min) | The Lunduke Journal of
Technology Podcast – Feb 20, 2023
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ AppleInsider ☛ Linux_6.2_includes_M1_Mac_support,_but_it’s
not_fully_ready_to_use_|_AppleInsider⠀⇛
Linux 6.2 brings native support for M1 processors
on Mac, but it isn’t totally finished or ready for
primetime.
# ⚓ 9to5Mac ☛ M1_Mac_Linux_6.2_support_for_M1,_M1_Pro,_M1_Max,
and_M1_Ultra⠀⇛
M1 Mac Linux 6.2 support is now available – an
achievement that Linux creator Linus Torvalds
originally saw as an impossible task. It can be run
on the M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max, and M1 Ultra chips.
Torvalds had long wanted an ARM laptop capable of
running Linux, and when the M1 MacBook Air came out
said that it would have been the perfect machine
but for the fact that Apple wouldn’t allow another
OS to access the GPU and other elements …
Torvalds was pessimistic back in 2020.
“I’ve been waiting for an ARM laptop that can run
Linux for a long time. The new Air would be almost
perfect, except for the OS. And I don’t have the
time to tinker with it, or the inclination to fight
companies that don’t want to help,” he wrote.
Later adding: “The main problem with the M1 for me
is the GPU and other devices around it, because
that’s likely what would hold me off using it
because it wouldn’t have any Linux support unless
Apple opens up.”
# ⚓ Ghacks ☛ Linux_6.2_offers_benefits_for_Mac_users⠀⇛
The time has come as the newest Linux 6.2 is out,
offering multiple benefits for its users.
# ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ Enhancing_Your_Linux_Experience:_Install_Linux
Kernel_6.2_in_Ubuntu_and_Linux_Mint⠀⇛
For all of those Ubuntu Linux users out there, you
can rejoice as the newest and most up-to-date
version – Linux 6.2 kernel series – is available
for your computer or Ubuntu-based distribution!
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Make_Old_Low-Resolution_Images_Look_Great_on
Linux_With_Upscayl⠀⇛
With the latest generation of phones, we’re used to
having images automatically sharpened, upscaled,
and otherwise polished to perfection by machine
learning models and on-device neural nets.
Older photos or those taken without advanced
hardware have suffered in comparison. Upscayl runs
on your Linux machine and uses AI models to sharpen
and upscale low-resolution images into ultra HD.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Setup_AppArmor_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to setup
AppArmor on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. =
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_GitLab_on_Fedora_37⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
GitLab on Fedora 37.
# ⚓ IT Pro Today ☛ How_to_Create_a_Linux_Virtual_Machine_in
Hyper-V⠀⇛
This video explains how to use the Hyper-V Manager
to create Linux virtual machines. You’ll learn the
standard process, as well as the Quick Create
method.
# ⚓ Linux Shell Tips ☛ How_to_Check_What_Display_Server_in_Use:
Wayland_or_Xorg?⠀⇛
Xorg and Wayland are the main display servers in
Linux. Xorg, (X Display Server) is the legacy
display server…
# ⚓ Bootlin ☛ Test_a_Linux_kernel_USB_Device_Controller_driver
with_testusb⠀⇛
At Bootlin, we recently developed from scratch a
new Linux kernel for the USB Device Controller
found in the Renesas RZ/N1 processor. This driver
is already accepted upstream, is currently visible
in linux-next and should hopefully be part of the
upcoming Linux 6.3 release.
# ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Automate_OpenStack_using_Ansible⠀⇛
I demonstrated how I manage OpenStack using
Terraform in my previous_article. Using Terraform
as Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a significant
advantage, but it also requires the staff to
support it. Sometimes, all you really need is the
ability to provision infrastructure as timed
resources, with no intention of building lasting
data structures. When I design a flexible
environment, I prefer the declarative language of
Ansible.
Ansible’s flexibility allows me to design for use
cases that include:
1. A test environment that’s timed and can be
deleted after use.
2. A training environment provided for a
specific amount of time and then destroyed.
3. Moving from a manual to an automated
infrastructure when Terraform is difficult
because it maps your existing infrastructure.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Netdata_Monitoring_Tool_on
Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛
Netdata is a free and open-source performance and
health monitoring solution for Linux, macOS, and
FreeBSD. It provides real-time statistics and
allows you to monitor cloud-based servers,
containers, and your entire IT infrastructure.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Manage_Packages_with_APT_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛
APT also known as Advanced Packaging Tool is the
command-line tool for managing packages in Debian-
based distributions like Debian and Ubuntu. In this
tutorial, we will explain how to manage packages
using APT command line tool on Ubuntu.
# ⚓ Peter ‘CzP’ Czanik ☛ Syslog-ng_101,_part_8:_Macros_and
templates⠀⇛
This is the eighth part of my syslog-ng tutorial.
Last time, we learned about network logging. Today,
we learn about syslog-ng macros and templates. At
the end of the session, we will know how to do a
simple log rotation using macros.
# ⚓ Peter_Czanik:_Syslog-ng_101,_part_8:_Macros_and_templates⠀⇛
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Configure_a_container_to_start
automatically_as_a_systemd_service [Ed: Vendor lockin]⠀⇛
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_and_Configure_GlusterFS_on
Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛
GlusterFS is a free, open-source and software-
defined distributed storage developed by Gluster
Inc, and then by Redhat. It provides interfaces for
object, block, and file storage and is used for
high data-intensive workloads such as cloud
storage, CDN, and media streaming.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Laravel_with_Docker_on_Ubuntu
22.04⠀⇛
Laravel is a free and open-source PHP framework
that provides a set of tools and resources to build
modern PHP applications. This guide will use Docker
Compose to containerize a Laravel application for
development.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Setup_Jenkins_Master_and_Slave_on
Ubuntu⠀⇛
Jenkins is an automation server with support for
many SCM (Source Control Management) systems
including Git, SVN, and Mercurial. Jenkins provides
hundreds of plugins to automate your project. In
this tutorial, we will learn how to set up Jenkins
master-slave architecture using the latest Ubuntu
version Ubuntu. We will learn to set up the Jenkins
master server, and then add other Ubuntu nodes as
Jenkins slaves.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ Mirror_Your_Web_Site_With_rsync⠀⇛
This tutorial shows how you can mirror your web
site from your main web server to a backup server
that can take over if the main server fails. We use
the tool rsync for this, and we make it run through
a cron job that checks every x minutes if there is
something to update on the mirror. Thus your backup
server should usually be up to date if it has to
take over.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Fork_CMS_in_Ubuntu_Server
22.04⠀⇛
Fork is an open-source content management system
for beginners and professionals. It is designed to
create a user-friendly environment to build,
monitor, and update your website. This tutorial
will show you how to install Fork CMS with Apache
and Let’s Encrypt SSL on Ubuntu 22.04.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_limit_CPU_usage_with_CPULimit_on
Ubuntu_Linux⠀⇛
This tutorial describes how to limit CPU usage in
Ubuntu. I will use CPU-limit utility for this
purpose. Cpulimit is a tool which limits the CPU
usage of a process (expressed in percentage, not in
CPU time). It is useful to control batch jobs when
you don’t want them to eat too many CPU cycles. The
goal of cpulimit is to prevent a process from
running for more than a specified time ratio. It
does not change the nice value or other scheduling
priority settings, but the real CPU usage.
# ⚓ Dan Langille ☛ error:_cannot_open_‘.git/FETCH_HEAD’:_No
space_left_on_device⠀⇛
After moving the poudriere jail (pkg01) to the new
host (r730-01), I noticed this message from Nagios:
[...]
# ⚓ Layer_2_–_relating_IP_and_MAC_addresses_using_ARP⠀⇛
Introduction In computer networks, layer 2 and
layer 3 protocols play an important role in
communication. Layer 2 protocols deal with the data
transmission over a single link while layer 3
protocols are responsible for routing data between
multiple networks.
# ⚓ Network_basics_–_the_OSI_model⠀⇛
The world of computer networks can be confusing,
especially if you are new to the field. However,
once you understand the basic building blocks of a
network, it becomes much easier to understand how
data is transmitted and received.
# ⚓ Window_functions_in_MySQL⠀⇛
Window functions are a new feature that was
introduced in MySQL 8.0 and they have the ability
to perform advanced analytics within the database
itself. With these functions, users can perform
operations like running totals, moving averages,
and ranking without having to write complex
subqueries or temporary tables.
# ⚓ MAC_address_OUI_values⠀⇛
A MAC (Media Access Control) address is a unique
identifier assigned to a network interface
controller (NIC) for use as a network address in
communications within a network segment.
# ⚓ Layer_4_–_how_TCP_and_UDP_ports_work⠀⇛
When it comes to computer networking, there are
various protocols and technologies that are used to
establish communication between devices. Layer 4 of
the OSI model is one such technology that plays a
crucial role in this communication.
# ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Create_Home_Directory_for_Existing_Users
in_Linux⠀⇛
Created a user but without the home directory?
Worry not. You can add home directory for existing
users too. Here’s how to do that.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Configuring_Nginx_to_Handle_100_Thousands
Request_Per_Minute⠀⇛
In today’s fast-paced digital world, businesses
need to be able to handle large amounts of web
traffic to stay competitive. One way to achieve
this is by using a high-performance web server like
Nginx. Configuring Nginx to handle 100,000 requests
per minute requires a well-optimized and tuned
server.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Use_‘tee’_Command_in_Linux_[8_Useful
Examples]⠀⇛
Almost all power users prefer to use the command
line interface while interacting with Linux
systems. By default, all Linux commands display
their output on the standard output stream.
# ⚓ ZDNet ☛ How_to_enable_Ubuntu_Pro_to_gain_10_years_of
security_for_your_desktop⠀⇛
Ubuntu Pro is a service Canonical introduced a
while ago that ensures your operating system and
over 23,000 applications receive security updates
for 10 years. That’s impressive.
For those who might not understand the
implications, imagine you could install an
operating system and never have to re-install it
for 10 years.
# ⚓ Beebom ☛ How_to_Delete_a_File_in_Linux⠀⇛
As is the case with any operating system, file
management is an important part of using Linux.
Sometimes, it becomes necessary to delete files in
order to free up space or to remove unnecessary
files. While it sounds like a simple task, deleting
a file in Linux can be challenging for beginners.
In Linux, there are various methods to delete a
file, including using the command line (CLI),
graphical user interface (GUI), and more. That
said, we have covered five different methods to
delete files and folders in Linux in this guide. So
without further ado, let’s dive right in.
# ⚓ Network World ☛ Bash_scripting_tips_that_can_save_time_on
Linux_|_Network_World⠀⇛
Here are some steps you can take to ensure that
your bash scripts work as intended and are easy to
update.
# ⚓ Beebom ☛ How_to_Check_Disk_Usage_in_Linux_(4_Methods)_|
Beebom⠀⇛
In this guide, we show you the best ways to check
disk usage on Linux using GUI tools as well as CLI
commands like du and df.
# ⚓ Beebom ☛ How_to_Rename_a_File_in_Linux_in_2023_(4_Methods)
|_Beebom⠀⇛
In this article, we have explained how to rename
and batch rename files in Linux through two
different Command Line (CLI) or GUI methods.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ Fact_Check:_Can_you_play_Valorant_on_Linux
machines?⠀⇛
Valorant is a tactical first-person shooting game
in which two teams of five players fight against
each other using Agents. It has grown in popularity
due to its diverse content, appealing cosmetics,
and enriching gameplay experience. However, its
restricted platform availability may limit its
prominence.
The famous Agent-based game can only be played on
Windows-based computers. As a result, players
cannot run it on a Linux-based machine. However,
there are certain methods by which one can play the
game, albeit not as smoothly.
The following article will cover every aspect a
player should be aware of before attempting to play
the game on their Linux machine.
# ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Octopath_Traveler_II:_Prologue_is_Out,_and
Works_Perfectly_on_Linux_with_Proton⠀⇛
Octopath Traveler II is coming out on February 24th
2023 on Steam (just a few days later), and the
Prologue (aka Demo) has just landed on Steam.
# ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ How_to_Upgrade_Your_64GB_Steam_Deck’s
Storage_Capacity_Now_to_512GB_for_Just_$60⠀⇛
At the time when I pre-ordered my Steam Deck, I
went the cheap way by securing a 64GB version, My
rationale was that by the time the Steam Deck would
be in my hands….
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Fix_for_incomplete_French_translation⠀⇛
Caramel and other testing easy 4.99 have reported the
French
translation to be less than before:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=81950#p81950
The problem with apps not being translated is due to .mo
files
being in /usr/share/locale.in, whereas they should be in
/usr/share/locale
The scripts in woofQ that build easy are supposed to move
all .mo
files for inbuilt packages from /usr/share/locale.in to
/usr/share/locale. In my eagerness to bring out 4.99, I
missed
some of the code required to do this.
o § New Releases⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ GParted_1.5_Enables_Repair_When_Checking_exFAT
File_Systems⠀⇛
GParted 1.5 is here almost a year after GParted
1.4, but appears to be a small update to the very
popular partition editor utility that only enables
repair support when checking exFAT file systems,
increases the minimum size for XFS filesystems to
300MB, and adds resolves FAT16/32 label and UUID
issues under Alpine Linux.
This release also brings a few improvements for the
Btrfs file system, which require btrfs-progs 4.5 or
later to be installed on your GNU/Linux system, and
fixes an issue where the path used to resize a
Btrfs file system needs to be a directory.
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ openSUSE_Leap_15.5_Beta_Is_Out_for_Testing,
Final_Release_Expected_in_June_2023⠀⇛
Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 (Service Pack
5), the openSUSE Leap 15.5 release looks to ship
with the same kernel as the previous release, Linux
5.14, but will offer the latest KDE Plasma 5.27 LTS
desktop environment by default.
openSUSE Leap 15.5 won’t have the latest and
greatest GNU/Linux technologies and Open Source
software like openSUSE Tumbleweed, but it will
still offer some newer software versions like the
Mesa 22.3 graphics stack.
# ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_15_Service
Pack_5_Public_Beta_is_out!⠀⇛
We are thrilled to start our Public Beta Program
for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 5 with
the release of PublicBeta-202302. The Public SLE
Beta webpage is now live! Please check it out for
all the Public information.
# ⚓ Update_on_the_SCM/CI_Integration_–_Performance_and
Documentation_Improvements⠀⇛
We took another step on the SCM/CI integration of
the Open Build Service. This time we improved the
rendering time of the workflow runs UI and enhanced
the user documentation. Reduced Rendering Time of
Workflow Runs UI Previously with a lot of workflow
runs being present, the UI took multiple seconds in
order to load and render. This was above whats
acceptable, so we took another look onto it and
reduced the overall rendering times…
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Red Hat ☛ 5_steps_to_install_Microsoft_SQL_on_RHEL_8_via
automation [Ed: Red Hat continues to promote Microsoft
proprietary software that does not even (truly) run on GNU/
Linux)⠀⇛
# ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Open_source_communities:_How_CIOs
can_leverage_their_power [Ed: IBM encourages the 'suits' to
exploit unpaid volunteers or 'slaves']⠀⇛
# ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Discover_hidden_security_talent:_How
to_harness_security_champions⠀⇛
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ ZDNet ☛ SparkyLinux_is_a_no-frills_Linux_distribution
anyone_can_use_|_ZDNET⠀⇛
If you’re looking for a desktop operating system
that focuses more on ease of use and getting work
done, and less on frills, SparkyLinux might be what
you’re looking for.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Elektrobit_and_Canonical_announce_EB_corbos_Linux
–_built_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛
Two leading companies in open-source and automotive
software combine complementary strengths to create
the next-generation automotive operating system. EB
corbos Linux – built on Ubuntu is an open-source
ECU software solution that complies with automotive
industry standards to facilitate rapid innovation
and simplify vehicle development.
# ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ EB_Corbos_Linux_–_built_on_Ubuntu:_Elektrobit
and_Canonical_Join_Forces_to_Bring_Linux_to_the_Automotive
Industry⠀⇛
EB corbos Linux, constructed atop of Ubuntu and
open-source ECU software, adheres to automotive
industry standards for accelerated innovation and
simplified vehicle development.
Elektrobit and Canonical have combined forces to
launch EB Corbos Linux – the first open-source
Linux community tailored for automotive software!
Powered by Ubuntu, this revolutionary solution is
now available from Elektrobit.
# ⚓ Automotive World Ltd ☛ Elektrobit_and_Canonical_announce_EB
corbos_Linux_–_built_on_Ubuntu,_bringing_largest_open-source
Linux_community_to_software-defined_vehicles⠀⇛
Elektrobit and Canonical today announced EB corbos
Linux – built on Ubuntu, an industry first bringing
the largest open-source Linux community to
automotive software. Available immediately from
Elektrobit, the new solution provides OEMs and Tier
1 suppliers with the benefits and flexibility of an
open-source operating system for developing
electronic control units (ECUs) in software-defined
vehicles. It integrates Ubuntu, provided by
Canonical, in a solution that addresses the
specific needs of the automotive sector.
Elektrobit has provided embedded and connected
software products and services to the automotive
industry for more than 35 years. EB corbos Linux –
built on Ubuntu will enable the application of
open-source Linux to ECU application development,
while ensuring compliance to processes needed for
automotive mass production across development and
in-vehicle systems with embedded devices.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Raspberry_Pi_launches_low-cost_Debug_Probe⠀⇛
Raspberry Pi announced today the Raspberry Pi Debug
Probe designed to interface with RP2040-based
targets or any other Arm-based microcontroller with
Serial Wire Debug 3.3V I/O port. This new debug kit
has been launched for just $12.00.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Badger_2040_W_e-Paper_display_gets_WiFi_&
Bluetooth_with_Raspberry_Pi_Pico_W⠀⇛
It is an update to the Pimoroni Badger 2040 with
the exact same display, but instead of using a
Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller, Pimoroni
fitted a Raspberry Pi Pico W on the back of the
board, probably to avoid going through FCC and CE
certifications. Badger 2040 W specifications: MCU
board – Raspberry Pi Pico W board with: Raspberry
Pi RP2040 dual-core Arm Cortex M0+ running at up to
133Mhz with 264kB of SRAM Storage…
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ Upgrade_Your_Librem_5_To_A_Laptop:_Announcing
the_Lapdock_Kit⠀⇛
The Librem 5 is a privacy-focused Linux smartphone
developed by Purism, a company that focuses on
creating hardware and software that respects users’
privacy and security.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Android Headlines ☛ iPhone_15_finally_catching_up_to
Android_with_8GB_of_RAM⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Sun ☛ People_are_just_realizing_Android_phones_have
hidden_‘emergency_alarm’_–_find_it_before_you_really_need_it
|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛
# ⚓ XDA ☛ Google_details_how_it’s_protecting_firmware_on
Android_devices⠀⇛
# ⚓ SlashGear ☛ Nothing_Phone_1_Gets_Android_13-Powered_OS_1.5
Update_–_Here’s_What_It_Includes⠀⇛
# ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Android_13_Easter_egg_can_double_as_wallpaper
for_your_phone’s_screen_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛
# ⚓ GSM Arena ☛ Android_13-based_Nothing_OS_1.5_now_seeding_to
everyone_–_GSMArena.com_news⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ How_to_downgrade_from_Android_14_to_Android_13
on_Pixel_[Video]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Authority ☛ Gen_Z_Android_adoption_shrinking_fast_–
Android_Authority⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ Stable_Paranoid_Android_Topaz_starts
arriving_for_Xiaomi_phones⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Sun ☛ People_are_just_realizing_Android_phones_have
secret_‘clean_button’_that_owners_should_press_every_week_|
The_US_Sun⠀⇛
# ⚓ Forbes ☛ OnePlus_11_5G_Review⠀⇛
# ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Preferential_treatment_for_Apple_means_TSMC
has_no_3nm_capacity_left_for_Android_phones_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛
# ⚓ Pocket Lint ☛ Nothing_Phone_(1)_finally_gets_full_Android
13_rollout_with_Nothing_OS_1.5⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Nothing_Phone_(1)_officially_gets_Android_13⠀⇛
# ⚓ XDA ☛ Asus_ROG_Phone_6_and_6_Pro_start_receiving_stable
Android_13_update⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ OnePlus_11_vs_Google_Pixel_7:_Great_value
for_different_needs⠀⇛
# ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Hurrah!_The_SamMobile_Android_app_is_finally
here_–_SamMobile⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Events⠀➾
# ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ PGDay/MED_Schedule_and_Registration⠀⇛
We are pleased to announce that we have finalized
the schedule for PGDay/MED 2023! We were fortunate
enough to get a large number of submissions, and
the program committee is proud of the line-up that
we’re featuring for this first-ever Mediterranean
PGDay.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ simstudy_0.6.0_released:_more_flexible_correlation
patterns⠀⇛
The new version (0.6.0) of simstudy is available
for download from CRAN. In addition to some
important bug fixes, I’ve added new functionality
that should make data generation with correlated
data a little more flexible.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Manchester_United_Sale_Fetches_Billion-Dollar
Bids⠀⇛
Several bidders have emerged to buy the English soccer
club, promising to pay billions to own a big piece of the
world’s most popular sport.
o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ UN_Continues_Cross-Border_Aid_to_Syria_Post
Earthquakes⠀⇛
A UN spokesman said that ten trucks carrying shelter and
other items from the International Organization for
Migration crossed earlier Monday through the Al Ra’ee
border crossing into northern Aleppo, Syria.
o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ At_Least_3_Killed,_213_People_Injured_in_New_Quakes_in
Türkiye⠀⇛
At least three people were killed and 213 others were
sent to hospitals after two fresh earthquakes jolted
southern Türkiye on Monday night, Turkish Interior
Minister Suleyman Soylu said.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Boy,_16,_found_in_shipping_container_in
Malaysia_returns_to_Bangladesh⠀⇛
The teen was unintentionally locked up in the container
while playing with friends.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ We_Finally_Know_What_Japan’s_Eerie
Mummified_Mer-Monkey_Really_Is⠀⇛
Surprise!
# ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ These_underwater_cables_can_improve
tsunami_detection⠀⇛
The residents of Vanuatu, a clutch of islands in
the South Pacific, are no strangers to flooding.
The ocean floor around them is frequently shaken by
tsunami-triggering earthquakes.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Engineers_Create_an_‘Impossible’_Light
Sensor_With_an_Efficiency_of_200%⠀⇛
They’re still not quite sure how it’s possible.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ This_Wooden_Phallus_Might_Be_a_Rare_2,000-
Year-Old_Dildo⠀⇛
It’s been well worn.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Astronauts_stranded_on_ISS_to_return_to_Earth_in
September,_Russia_says⠀⇛
Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Tuesday the
three astronauts who were left stranded by a
pressure leak in their return capsule last year
will be able to return on the Soyuz MS-23
replacement capsule in September.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_and_Taiwan_agree_to_cooperate_on_laser
tech⠀⇛
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Deputy economy ministers of Taiwan and Lithuania
have signed a memorandum of understanding on laser
technology cooperation, under which the two sides
will jointly set up an R&D and innovation centre in
Taiwan, the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan
reported on Tuesday.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ China’s_CRISPR_baby_scientist_approved_for_Hong_Kong
talent_visa_despite_jail_term⠀⇛
At a brief news conference, He Jiankui repeats an
official line about being optimistic about Hong
Kong’s future.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ No_criminal_checks_required_for_new
talent_scheme_applicants,_Hong_Kong_official_confirms⠀⇛
Applicants to Hong Kong’s new talent scheme do not
need to declare their criminal history, an official
has said. His comment came after a controversial
scientist who produced genetically edited babies
and was jailed in mainland China for violating
medical regulations had his application approved.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Controversial_doctor_who_gene-edited
babies_gets_Hong_Kong_visa⠀⇛
Dr He Jiankui plans to explore opportunities to
work in Hong Kong on gene therapies for rare
diseases.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Reason ☛ To_Increase_‘Equity,’_This_California_High_School
Is_Eliminating_Honors_Courses⠀⇛
“I was born in Cuba, and it doesn’t sound good when
people are trying to achieve equal outcomes for
everyone,” said one parent.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Maryland_CAIR_(Council_on_American-Islamic
Relations)_on_Public_School_Restrooms⠀⇛
An interesting press release from last Thursday:
The Maryland office of the Council on American-
Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest
Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization,
today called on Maryland’s Montgomery County Public
Schools (MCPS) system to amend its new school
bathroom guidelines in response to privacy
complaints reported to the organization in recent
weeks.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Wall_Street_cares_less_about_Nvidia’s_earnings_and
more_about_its_future⠀⇛
Nvidia’s revenue is poised_to_fall_again when it
reports fourth-quarter earnings tomorrow (Feb. 22),
but Wall Street won’t mind.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Intel_Reportedly_Delays_TSMC_3nm_Orders
for_15th_Gen_Arrow_Lake_CPUs⠀⇛
Intel’s 15th-generation Arrow Lake processors will
arrive in late Q4 2024 to Q1 2025. This adjustment
is being done to help reduce costs amid weakened PC
demand.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Denmark_to_lead_transformation_of_EU_food
system⠀⇛
The CLEVERFOOD project seeks to mobilise EU
citizens to change their habits in order for member
states to reach climate goals
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Unusual_Deaths_in_NYC_Are_Still_Up._Drug
Overdoses_Are_the_Largest_Factor.⠀⇛
The rising tide of death that began during the
pandemic is now the “new normal” for the New York
City medical examiner’s office.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Four_to_receive_compensation_for_Covid_vaccine
side_effects_in_Latvia⠀⇛
Following the decisions taken by the State Agency
of Medicines (ZVA), on Tuesday, February 21, the
government supported a total of €30,000 in
compensation costs for 4 people in relation to
severe and moderate health damage caused by adverse
reactions to the vaccine against Covid-19, the
Ministry of Health said.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Largest_Study_of_Its_Kind_Shows_How_Long
Immunity_Really_Lasts_After_COVID_Infection⠀⇛
Some questions answered.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Death_Toll_From_Lassa_Fever_Rises_to_85_in
Nigeria⠀⇛
Humans usually contract the disease through
exposure to food or household items contaminated by
the urine or feces of infected Mastomys rats.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Omicron_Subvariant_Xbb.1.5_Prevalence_Hits_Over
80_Pct_in_US⠀⇛
XBB.1.5 is estimated to account for 80.2 percent of
U.S. COVID-19 cases in the week ending Feb. 18, up
from 73 percent in the week prior, according to the
CDC.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Enfamil_maker_recalls_potentially
contaminated_baby_formula⠀⇛
The maker of Enfamil announced a recall of about
145,000 cans of infant formula due to the
possibility of cross-contamination with a bacteria
that can cause serious illness or death. Reckitt, a
U.K.-based consumer health and nutrition company,
said over the weekend that is voluntarily recalling
two batches of Enfamil ProSobee Simply Plant-Based
Infant Formula, but that no illnesses or “adverse
events” have been reported. The company said it
identified the cause of the potential cronobacter
contamination and are no longer using the supplier.
According to the the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and prevention, cronobacter infections in
infants can be deadly.
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ The_Train_Derailment_in_Ohio_Was_a_Disaster
Waiting_to_Happen⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ EPA_chief_returns_to_the_site_of_a_toxic
train_wreck_as_Ohio_opens_a_health_clinic_for_residents
reporting_symptoms⠀⇛
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ Buttigieg_will_finally_visit_Ohio_train_wreck_site
—_‘when_the_time_is_right’⠀⇛
Embattled Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg
said Tuesday he will travel to Ohio “when the time
is right” to review the devastating effects of the
train derailment.
# ⚓ PHR ☛ At_Least_707_Attacks_on_Health_Care_in_Ukraine_During
One_Year_of_Russia’s_Assault_on_Civilians:_Report⠀⇛
KYIV/NEW YORK– 707 violent attacks on hospitals,
health workers, and other medical infrastructure
devastated Ukraine’s health system during the first
year since the Russian Federation’s full-scale
invasion, according to a new investigation
published today by human rights investigators.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Exclusive:_Hong_Kong_police_leave
100s_of_spent_tear_gas_rounds_on_marine_park_island_after
exercise⠀⇛
Police have left hundreds of spent tear gas
grenades and debris from crowd control weapons on
one of the Soko Islands following a training
exercise.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Ohio_Metal_Plant_Blast_Leaves_13_Injured,_One
Dead⠀⇛
Molten metal and debris rained down around
the factory after the blast, which caused smoke to
billow into the sky.
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Quality_of_life_on_the_internet_is_coming_at_a
higher_price⠀⇛
A better quality of life on the internet is
becoming increasingly pricey.
Driving the news:The world’s biggest social
platforms are experimenting with charging people
for everything from improved account security and
support, to the promise of wider public exposure.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Apple_Updates_Advisories_as_Security_Firm
Discloses_New_Class_of_Vulnerabilities⠀⇛
Apple has updated its security advisories to add
new iOS and macOS vulnerabilities, including ones
belonging to a new class of bugs.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ AI_Helps_Crack_NIST-Recommended_Post-
Quantum_Encryption_Algorithm⠀⇛
The CRYSTALS-Kyber public-key encryption and key
encapsulation mechanism recommended by NIST for
post-quantum cryptography has been broken using AI
combined with side channel attacks.
# ⚓ Port Swigger ☛ CVSS_system_criticized_for_failure_to
address_real-world_impact⠀⇛
JFrog argues vulnerability risk metrics need
complete revamp
# ⚓ SANS ☛ Phishing_Page_Branded_with_Your_Corporate_Website,_
(Tue,_Feb_21st)⠀⇛
Here is another perfect example that shows how
attackers abuse free services…
# ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ The_Insecurity_of_Photo_Cropping⠀⇛
The Intercept has a long_article on the insecurity
of photo cropping:
One of the hazards lies in the fact that,
for some of the programs, downstream crop
reversals are possible for viewers or
readers of the document, not just the
file’s creators or editors. Official
instruction manuals, help pages, and
promotional materials may mention that
cropping is reversible, but this
documentation at times fails to note that
these operations are reversible by any
viewers of a given image or document.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ HardBit_Ransomware_Offers_to_Set_Ransom
Based_on_Victim’s_Cyberinsurance⠀⇛
HardBit ransomware operators want to work with
victims to negotiate a ransom behind the back of
cyberinsurance companies.
# ⚓ Sobeys_admits_to_data_breach_in_November_2022_|_CTV_News⠀⇛
Months after a suspected cyberattack shutdown
pharmacy services for a number of days, the
Maritime company that owns Sobeys is alerting
customers and employees, past and present, about a
data breach of personal information.
# ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ [Cr]ackers_Scored_Data_Center_Logins_for_Some
of_the_World’s_Biggest_Companies⠀⇛
In an episode that underscores the vulnerability of
global computer networks, hackers got ahold of
login credentials for data centers in Asia used by
some of the world’s biggest businesses, a potential
bonanza for spying or sabotage, according to a
cybersecurity research firm.
# ⚓ St._Paul,_Minnesota:_KFI_Engineers_pays_$300k_ransom,_Black
Basta_ransomware_group_thanks…⠀⇛
A negotiation that lasted a few days was enough for
the group of cybercriminals Black Basta to pocket a
ransom of $300k, the initial amount requested by
the ransomware group was $600k.
The American company KFI Engineers, with its
headquarters in St. Paul in the state of Minnesota,
finally decided to come to terms with its
extortionists; more money that enters the coffers
of a group of cybercriminals, more money that will
allow Black Basta to finance his group and his
illegal actions.
# ⚓ HardBit_ransomware_gang_adjusts_their_demands_so_the
insurance_company_would_cover_the_ransom_cost⠀⇛
The HardBit ransomware group first appeared on the
threat landscape in October 2022, but unlike other
ransomware operations, it doesn’t use a double
extortion model at this time.
The gang threatens victims of further attacks if
their ransom demands are not met. Once infected the
network of an organization, the HardBit ransomware
group instructs victims to contact them by email or
via the Tox instant messaging platform.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Facebook_and_Instagram_Start_Hawking_Blue
Badges_Just_Like_Twitter⠀⇛
With Elon Musk’s Twitter making an absolute
mess with paid verification and Twitter Blue,
rival Meta has stepped up to the plate with a
similarly ludicrous plan to have users pay
for the privilege of proving they are who
they say they are on Facebook and Instagram.
# ⚓ Privacy International ☛ PI’s_submission_on_“new
technologies_and_enforced_disappearances”⠀⇛
# ⚓ Privacy International ☛ PI’s_comments_on_the_zero
draft_of_the_WHO’s_Pandemic_Treaty⠀⇛
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ WA_mayors_call_for_return_of
cashless_debit_card⠀⇛
Mayors of Western Australia’s crime-hit
Goldfields region have called for the return
of the controversial cashless debit card in a
bid to stop alcohol-fuelled violence harming
their communities. Regional areas including
Laverton and Leonora are experiencing a spike
in youth crime and violence.
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Tor_Project_Moves_Away_from
Infrastructure_Ran_by_Internet_Monitoring_Firm⠀⇛
After Motherboard announced Team Cymru sold
internet monitoring tools to the U.S.
military, the Tor Project announced it would
stop using infrastructure donated by the
company.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ CNN ☛ Biden_set_for_latest_symbolic_clash_with_Putin_after
surprise_Ukraine_trip⠀⇛
The last time President Joe Biden spoke from the
courtyard of the Royal Castle in Poland, the
content of his 27-minute speech was mostly obscured
by what he ad-libbed about Russian President
Vladimir Putin at the end.
# ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Putin_falsely_claims_West_‘started_the_war’_in
Ukraine⠀⇛
Vladimir Putin has used an address to parliament to
falsely claim Western nations started the war in
Ukraine and that Russian ‘used force in order to
stop it’.
# ⚓ CNN ☛ ‘Alternative_reality’:_CNN_correspondent_fact-checks
Putin’s_speech⠀⇛
Russian President Vladimir Putin doubled down on
his war in Ukraine and sought to blame the West for
the conflict during his state of the nation speech.
He rolled out a familiar list of justifications for
his unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. CNN’s Clarissa
Ward reports.
# ⚓ CNN ☛ China’s_top_diplomat_visits_Moscow_ahead_of
anniversary_of_Russia’s_Ukraine_invasion⠀⇛
null
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Maersk_gets_closer_to_ending_Russian_operations_by
selling_two_logistics_sites⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ Biden’s_Ukraine_visit_upstages_Putin_and
leaves_Moscow’s_military_pundits_raging⠀⇛
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Philippine_shift_to_territorial_defense_downplays
internal_security_challenges⠀⇛
Manila mustn’t forget domestic security threats as
it deepens defense ties with Washington and Tokyo.
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Russia_Suspends_Last_Remaining_Nuclear
Weapons_Treaty_With_the_U.S.⠀⇛
Vladimir Putin says Russia will no longer abide by
New START, the last nuclear arms control treaty
between the two countries.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Blinken_tells_China’s_top_diplomat_balloon
‘unacceptable_violation_of_US_sovereignty’⠀⇛
The US Secretary of State met Wang Yi during a
security conference in Germany.
# ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ YLE:_Most_Finnish_political_parties_ready,
if_necessary,_to_join_Nato_before_Sweden⠀⇛
FINLAND and Sweden joining Nato together and
without delay remains the primary objective for all
political parties in the Finnish Parliament,
reveals a survey conducted by YLE.
The Finnish public broadcasting company reported
late last week that the majority of political
parties are nevertheless prepared to join the
military alliance before Sweden, a possibility that
has emerged as Turkey continues to air objections
about the membership bid of Sweden.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Junta_shelling_injures_4,_forces_more_than_1,000_to
flee_Kayin_state_town⠀⇛
Myanmar’s military was battling a powerful ethnic
army in the eastern state.
# ⚓ ‘One_in_three’_Ukrainian_refugees_in_Denmark_wants_to_stay
after_war⠀⇛
Around a third of Ukrainian refugees currently in
Denmark say they would prefer to continue their
lives in the Nordic country once the war in Ukraine
is over, according to a government survey.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Kim_Jong_Un’s_making_North_Korea’s
nuclear_arsenal_bigger,_deadlier⠀⇛
Mr Kim fired off a record number of missiles in
2022 and brought his pre-teen daughter to displays
of military might, signalling there’s another
generation of leaders for the family dynasty that
will depend on nuclear weapons for its survival.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Stop_blaming_China_for_Ukraine_war,
says_Foreign_Minister⠀⇛
Beijing will continue to “promote peace talks and
provide Chinese wisdom” for a political solution to
the conflict.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Ukraine_crisis_could_get_worse_before
it_gets_better:_Vivian⠀⇛
Dr Balakrishnan also said he is glad to see the new
Chinese foreign minister already engaging South-
east Asia.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ US-China_war_over_Taiwan_would_be_biggest_since_WWII,
Australian_expert_says⠀⇛
Other defense strategists say the US couldn’t win a
war, even with regional support.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Report:_Chinese_Leader_Preparing_To_Visit_Moscow
For_A_Summit_With_Putin⠀⇛
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is preparing to visit
Moscow for a summit with Russian President Vladimir
Putin in the coming months, The Wall Street Journal
reported on February 21, citing people familiar
with the plan.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarusian_Lawmakers_Approve_Bill_On_Death_Penalty
For_High_Treason⠀⇛
The Belarusian parliament’s lower chamber has
approved the second and final reading of a bill
that envisages the death penalty for high treason
for civil servants and members of the military.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ West_Warns_Of_Instability_As_Putin_Suspends_Russian
Participation_In_Nuclear_Treaty⠀⇛
President Vladimir Putin says Russia is suspending
its participation in the New Strategic Arms
Reduction Treaty (New START), the last remaining
nuclear arms accord with the United States, further
raising concerns over global security during
Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ More_Than_8,000_Civilians_Killed_In_Ukraine_Since
Start_Of_War,_UN_Says⠀⇛
The United Nations says the Russia’s war in Ukraine
has caused more than 21,000 civilian casualties
since its start on February 24, 2022, with 8,006
people killed and 13,287 wounded.
# ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Ramaphosa_on_continental_conflicts_and
instability⠀⇛
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa used this
week’s edition of his newsletter to tell citizens
the country is chairing the African Union (AU)
Peace and Security Council (PSC) this month
(February) and elaborating for “peace, stability
and development” in Africa.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ The_West_Wrongly_Imagined_The_Russian_Economic
Collapse:_Putin⠀⇛
In March 2022, President Putin allocated US$13.4
billion for a macroeconomic program, which allowed
not only to stabilize the ruble but to achieve a
recovery of its value.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Western_Countries’_Weaponizing_Ukraine_Prolongs
Crisis:_Gezer⠀⇛
While Europe is facing a huge energy crisis, the
United States has benefited from the war by selling
its LNG to European markets at much higher prices.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Daugavpils_plans_‘environment_object’_in_place_of
Soviet_monument⠀⇛
In place of the toppled obelisk glorifying the
Soviet regime in Slavas Square, Daugavpils, the
Daugavpils City Council will install a new
environmental object, the portal LSM.lv was
informed by the municipality on February 21. The
site of the monument is expected to get plants and
three large rocks.
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ 20_Years_Ago,_the_World_Said_No_to_War⠀⇛
Originally published in Institute for Policy
Studies. Twenty years ago – on February 15, 2003 –
the world said no to war. People rose up in almost
800 cities around the world in an unprecedented
movement for peace.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_will_be_stating_values,_not_jousting
with_Putin,_a_top_adviser_says.⠀⇛
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia’s_shelling_of_a_Kherson_bus_station
kills_at_least_six.⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ Ukraine:_New_Light_on_Russia’s_Rail_Station_Attack⠀⇛
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_says_deeply_concerned_over
‘out_of_control’_Ukraine_conflict⠀⇛
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Russia_Suspends_Participation_in_The_New_START
Treaty⠀⇛
This agreement was expected to reduce the number of
nuclear warheads by 30 percent.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Jihadist_Attack_Leaves_51_Dead_in_Burkina_Faso⠀⇛
Since April 2015, Burkina Faso has suffered
frequent attacks perpetrated by groups linked to
both Al Qaeda and the Islamic State.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania’s_futsal_team_to_play_with_Belarus_in
Armenia_amid_threat_of_FIFA_sanctions⠀⇛
An agreement has been reached for Lithuania and
Belarus to play their Futsal World Cup qualifying
match in a neutral country, Armenia, the Lithuanian
Football Federation said on Tuesday.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_to_boycott_OSCE_session_in_Vienna_over
Russian_participation⠀⇛
Lithuanian representatives will boycott the winter
session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE) in Vienna after Austria allowed Russian
representatives to attend.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Investigation_unveils_Belarus_is_circumventing
sanctions_via_Lithuania⠀⇛
Investigative journalists have uncovered a possible
scheme involving Lithuania for circumventing the EU
sanctions for Belarusian fertilisers.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Belarus_to_create_a_new_paramilitary_force⠀⇛
On Monday, Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander
Lukashenko said the country will create a new
territorial paramilitary force.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_joins_33_other_countries_calling_to
reconsider_decision_on_Russians_in_Olympics⠀⇛
Sport ministers of 34 countries, including
Lithuania, have signed a joint statement calling on
the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to
reconsider its decision to allow Russian and
Belarusian athletes into next year’s Paris Olympics
as neutral competitors.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Inside_Biden’s_Surreal_and_Secretive
Journey_to_Ukraine⠀⇛
President Biden traveled covertly to the besieged
Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, hoping to demonstrate
American resolve to help defeat the Russian forces
that invaded a year ago this week.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Are_North_Korea’s_Nuclear_Weapons_Tests_as
Safe_as_the_Country_Claims?⠀⇛
The country has conducted six underground nuclear
tests, and a seventh may be on the way. Rights
groups fear their environmental and health
consequences.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Visits_Kyiv,_Ukraine’s_Capital,_as
Air-Raid_Siren_Sounds⠀⇛
President Biden took a nearly 10-hour train ride
from the border of Poland to show his
administration’s “unwavering support” nearly a year
into Russia’s invasion.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Nobel_Peace_Prize_Winner_Juan_Manuel
Santos_Criticizes_West’s_Focus_on_Ukraine⠀⇛
Juan Manuel Santos, a former president of Colombia,
said the Ukraine war was “sucking all the energy”
away from fighting other challenges, including
climate change.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Blinken_Says_He_Warned_China_Against
Providing_Arms_to_Russia⠀⇛
Josep Borrell Fontelles told international leaders
meeting in Munich that Western allies’ recent
decision to provide Ukraine with tanks took too
long.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ A_year_after_Ukraine_invasion,_Russia’s_reliance_on
China_deepens⠀⇛
China’smilitary, economic and political ties with a
weakened Russia a year after Vladimir Putin’s
invasion of Ukraine continue to deepen, even as
Beijing presents itself to the West as a
responsible global leader working towards peace.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Putin:_Russia_to_suspend_participation_in_last
remaining_nuclear_treaty_with_U.S.⠀⇛
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on
Monday that Russia was suspending its participation
in the New_START_nuclear_arms_control_treaty — the
last remaining arms control agreement between
Washington and Moscow.
The big picture:The announcement capped off Putin’s
state of the nation address to Russian lawmakers in
which he raged against the West with many of the
same claims he has previously used to justify the
war in Ukraine.
# ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Nordstream_2:_Seymour_Hersh_feeds_the_fake
binary⠀⇛
Kit Knightly Back in October 2022, when the
Nordstream 2 sabotage was first hitting the
headlines, I predicted the following: The “official
story” will never prove who bombed the pipeline one
way or the other and is not intended to. Resolution
is not desired.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Rinkēvičs:_Pressure_on_Russia_must_be_maintained⠀⇛
Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Edgars
Rinkēvičs, used a meeting of the Foreign Affairs
Council of the European Union in Brussels on
February 20 to remind his colleagues of the need to
maintain pressure of aggressor state Russia.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Another_convoy_heads_from_Rīga_to_Ukraine⠀⇛
Sleeping bags for use in snow, Ukrainian army
uniforms, special food and a pick-up truck adapted
to host a large machine gun – on Monday, February
20, a convoy organized by the Confederation of
Ukrainians in Latvia traveled to Bakhmut.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Kremlin_official_urges_deeper_ties
with_China_to_resist_West⠀⇛
Russia’s security head has held talks with the
Chinese Communist Party’s foreign policy chief,
saying Moscow and Beijing must deepen their
cooperation in the face of Western pressure.
Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Russia’s
National Security Council, said during Tuesday’s
meeting with Wang Yi, the party’s most senior
foreign policy official who is visiting Moscow,
that the West has been trying to preserve its
global domination.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Key_moments_in_a_year_of_war_after
Russia_invaded_Ukraine⠀⇛
The war in Ukraine has killed thousands, forced
millions to flee their homes, reduced entire cities
to rubble and fueled fears the confrontation could
escalate into an open conflict between Russia and
NATO.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Wagner_owner_blasts_‘treason’_of
Russian_military_chiefs⠀⇛
The owner of the Russian private military company,
Wagner, has accused Russia’s defense minister and
chief of general staff of starving his fighters in
Ukraine of ammunition, which he charged amounts to
an attempt to “destroy” the force. Yevgeny
Prigozhin said that both Russian Defense Minister
Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery
Gerasimov are handing out orders “left and right”
not to supply Wagner with ammunition and not to
support it with air transport.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘My_life_is_here’:_The_foreigners_living_through
war_in_Ukraine⠀⇛
Issa, Gérard and Rachel have built lives in
Ukraine, despite coming from Guinea, France and the
US. On February 24, 2022, they were shocked to see
their adopted home engulfed in war with Russia –
but they chose not to leave Ukraine. One year
later, they are still living through the war, side
by side with Ukrainians.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Live:_Biden_rallies_NATO_allies_in_Poland_after
surprise_trip_to_Ukraine⠀⇛
Fresh from an unannounced visit to Kyiv, US
President Joe Biden rallied NATO allies in Poland
on Tuesday to stress that the United States is
squarely behind Ukraine and committed to bolstering
the alliance’s eastern flank. Earlier, Russia’s
Vladimir Putin said Moscow would suspend its
participation in the last remaining arms control
treaty with Washington as part of an anti-Western
speech delivered days before the anniversary of his
Ukraine offensive.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Key_battles_in_the_Ukraine_war:_from_Kyiv’s
stand_to_the_Kharkiv_counterattack⠀⇛
Russia expected it would quickly seize control of
Ukraine at the outset of the invasion, as did many
Western observers. But Ukraine fought back with
remarkable tenacity and skill, boosted by Western
weapons – and the front lines have shifted
dramatically since Russian troops moved in on the
northern, southern and eastern flanks. FRANCE 24
looks back on some of the decisive battles in the
first year of Europe’s biggest conflict since World
War II.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Taiwan_vows_to_deepen_ties_with_US_amid_tensions
with_China⠀⇛
Taiwan will boost military exchanges with the
United States to curb “authoritarian expansionism”,
President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday after meeting
with visiting US lawmakers.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Prolonged_low_tides_see_smaller
canals_dry_up_in_Venice⠀⇛
Some of Venice’s secondary canals have practically
dried up due a prolonged spell of low tides linked
to a lingering high-pressure weather system. Since
the canals essentially serve as streets in car-less
Venice, the phenomenon of the last days has added
to the challenges of every-day life in the lagoon
city. Ambulance boats in some cases have had to tie
up farther from their destination, forcing medical
crews to sometimes hand carry patients on
stretchers over longer distances.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ France_goes_31_days_without_rainfall,
unprecedented_in_winter⠀⇛
France has matched its record dry spell of 31 days
without significant rainfall, the country’s weather
service said Tuesday, amid concerns over water
reserves in parts of Europe still reeling from last
year’s severe drought.
# ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Laid-off_Northshore_Mining
workers_called_back_to_work_in_northeastern_Minnesota⠀⇛
# ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ HS:_51%_of_Finns_ready_to_adjust_standard
of_living_for_climate⠀⇛
OVER A HALF of Finns are ready to compromise on
their standard of living to tackle the climate
crisis, reveals a survey conducted for Helsingin
Sanomat by Kantar Public.
Helsingin Sanomat reported last week that the share
of respondents who are ready to adjust their
standard of living for the climate stands at 51 per
cent, a rise of four percentage points from 2021.
Almost two-thirds (62%) of respondents estimated
that the voluntary choices of people will not
suffice to combat climate change, a rise of nine
points from 2021.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Government_rejects_Skulte_LNG_terminal
developer’s_requests⠀⇛
The Latvian cabinet, on the basis of an
analysis by the Ministry of Climate and
Energy (KEM), rejected the terms of the
project proposed by Skulte Liquefied Gas
Terminal developer AS Skule LNG Terminal and
its strategic investor, the Ministry said on
February 21.
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ Sam_Bankman-Fried_reportedly_caught_napping
during_flight_to_NYC_court_hearing⠀⇛
Bankman-Fried was purportedly photographed
sleeping peacefully on an Alaska Airlines
flight from San Francisco International
Airport to Newark last week.
# ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ How_did_China_come_to
dominate_the_world_of_electric_cars?⠀⇛
Tech Review Explains: Let our writers
untangle the complex, messy world of
technology to help you understand what’s
coming next. You can read more here.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Motorists’_association_plan_EV_charging
stations_network_across_Finland⠀⇛
There are currently around 150,000 electric
vehicles and plug-in hybrids on the roads of
Finland, but charging stations can be few and
far between.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Car_sales_slump,_EV_sales_up_by_43%⠀⇛
By year’s end, plug-in cars (including
hybrids) made up nearly half of all cars sold
in Finland.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘Effective_Altruism’_Led_Bankman-
Fried_to_a_Little-Known_Wall_St._Firm⠀⇛
The FTX founder joined Jane Street Capital
not to learn about controlling risk, which is
its focus, but because the tenets of a
philanthropic movement drew him there.
# ⚓ Over_500,000_households_left_without_electricity_in
Türkiye’s_earthquake_zone,_says_MP⠀⇛
While hundreds of thousands of people have
been displaced after the devastating
earthquakes, those who continue living in
their homes have difficulties in access to
basic needs.
# ⚓ ‘Earthquakes_are_warning_us;_Akkuyu_Nuclear_Power
Plant_construction_should_be_stopped’⠀⇛
The Anti-Nuclear Platform of Mersin, which
was one city that felt the February 6
earthquakes although not faced any
destruction, warned the government and the
opposition against the building of the Akkuyu
nuclear power plant in the city.
# ⚓ H2 View ☛ Fusion_Fuel_receives_€10m_grant_from
Portuguese_Government_for_6.6MW_green_hydrogen
project⠀⇛
Fusion Fuel has signed a term of acceptance
for a €10m grant approved through Component
14 (C-14) of Portugal’s Recovery and
Resilience Plan.
# ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ EXPOSED:_The_Dirty_Boning_Between
Big_Oil_and_Think_Tanks⠀⇛
As these massive global corporations reap
record profits, Lee Camp exposes the
corruption and massive amounts of corporate
welfare given to oil companies through public
funds and tax breaks.
# ⚓ WhichUK ☛ American_fridge_freezers_cost_44%_more_to
run_than_regular_fridge_freezers,_says_Which?⠀⇛
They look great and hold loads of food, but
before you splurge on an American-style
fridge freezer, make sure you know the facts
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Bear_necessities_discussed_by_Latvian_nature
guards⠀⇛
As the number of bears in Latvia increases,
the public should acquire at least
the ‘bear’ minimum of education on how to
adapt and live with these animals, according
to hunter Linda Dombrovska. Meanwhile, the
Nature Conservation Agency is discussing the
number of bears allowed in Latvia and
supporting beekeepers, Zemgale Television
reported February 21.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland’s_bear_population_down_by_20%_year-on-
year,_report_says⠀⇛
Hunting of brown bears has increased in
recent years, especially along Finland’s
eastern border, according to Luke, the
Natural Resources Institute.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Volunteer_animal_rescuer_under_police
investigation⠀⇛
On social networks, another animal welfare
violation has caused a major storm. A
property was found in Talsi municipality,
where a voluntary animal rescuer kept a
variety of animals but then disappeared and
the animals were left to fend for themselves,
Latvian Television reported on February 20.
# § Overpopulation⠀➾
# ⚓ Overpopulation ☛ Religion_and_religiosity_pose
challenges_for_fertility_decline_in_Sub-Saharan
Africa⠀⇛
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the only world
region projected to continue population
growth in the second half of this century,
and even beyond 2100. In SSA, religion and
religiosity are major factors contributing to
the persistent high birth rates.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Farmers_must_innovate_to_meet
global_food_demand⠀⇛
Producers must think differently to meet
global food demand, an international agrifood
conference has been told. After a three-year
hiatus due to COVID-19, the evokeAg industry
event reopened its doors in Adelaide on
Tuesday. In his keynote address, American
tech investor Scott Amyx said Australia is a
global leader in exponential technologies.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_‘Made_in_China’_Is_Becoming_‘Made_in
Mexico’⠀⇛
Some Chinese companies manufacturing goods for the
U.S. are shifting production closer to their
biggest market.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ UK_companies_tried_a_four-day_week_and_loved
it—but_not_everyone_feels_the_same⠀⇛
In a recent trial of the four-day work week, 61 UK
companies experimented with giving all their
employees a paid day off every week. The
experiment—the world’s largest, till date—has been
hailed as a resounding success by its organizers.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ 4-day_workweek_trial_in_UK:_Shorter
hours,_happier_employees⠀⇛
A trial of a four-day workweek in Britain, billed
as the world’s largest, has found that most
employees are less stressed, burned out and have
better work-life balance. Findings from the
University of Cambridge, Boston College and other
researchers released this week show that most of
the 61 companies that participated from June to
December will keep going with the shorter hours.
They say revenue largely stayed the same over the
trial period and even grew compared with the same
six months a year earlier. Employees have reported
more job satisfaction, better sleep and improved
mental health. There was also a 57% drop in the
likelihood of employees quitting from the same
period a year earlier.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Producer_prices_up_by_a_fifth_on_the_year⠀⇛
Data publised by the Central Statistical Bureau
February 21 show that in January 2023, compared to
January 2022, the average level of producer prices
in Latvian industry rose by 22.9 %.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Wall_Street_slumps_as_higher_rates
keep_tightening_squeeze⠀⇛
Stocks are slumping on Wall Street amid worries
about upcoming profits for companies and the
tightening squeeze of higher interest rates. The
S&P 500 was 1.3% lower Tuesday in its first trading
of the week following Monday’s holiday. Home Depot
fell to one of the market’s sharper losses after it
gave a financial forecast that fell short of Wall
Street’s expectations. Treasury yields kept
climbing further on worries that the Fed will stay
aggressive on rates to fight inflation. They’ve
shot higher this month following several reports on
the economy that were stronger than expected.
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ FTX_Japan_Unfreezes_Funds,_Resumes_Customer
Withdrawals⠀⇛
Blockchain investors in Japan rejoice. The Japanese
subsidiary of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX
announced that customers could begin withdrawing
funds from their accounts beginning on Tuesday,
after a months long freeze.
# ⚓ Why_prices_in_Denmark_could_still_increase_despite_falling
inflation⠀⇛
Around half of retail businesses in Denmark say
they expect their prices to go up within the next
three months.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Malaysia_aims_to_lift_price_controls
for_chicken,_eggs_from_June⠀⇛
Malaysia hopes lifting price controls and growing
corn for poultry feed will ease supply challenges.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea’s_‘jeonse’_rent-free
renters_hit_by_property_downturn⠀⇛
Jeonse tenancy is particularly popular among people
in their 20s and 30s.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Home_Sales_Finish_a_Year_of
Decline_as_Prices_Increase_Ever_So_Slightly⠀⇛
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Pence’s_Previously_Redacted_Documents_and
The_Corcoran_Scapegoating⠀⇛
There’s a funny story about Trump’s stolen document
lawyers that neglects to mention Boris Epshteyn.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Jan._6_committee_aide_hits_Tucker_Carlson’s
surveillance_footage_access⠀⇛
This exhibit from a House Jan. 6 committee hearing
on June 9 shows one of the Capitol’s many fixed
camera angles. Photo: House Select Committee via AP
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ What_to_watch_for_in_Nigeria’s_presidential
election⠀⇛
Nigerians are going to the polls in one of the most
crucial times of their lives to decide who will
leadthe country’s affairs for at least the next
four years. This election is one of the most
important ones taking place this year.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Can_Nigeria’s_Peter_Obi_ride_his_newfound
momentum_all_the_way_to_presidency?⠀⇛
The rise of Peter Obi in the campaign for Nigeria’s
presidential election on February 25 has shaken up
the country’s politics, hitherto dominated by two
major parties since the end of military rule in
1999. But analysts say that Obi still faces an
uphill struggle.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Thai_politicians_banned_from_using
TikTok_to_woo_voters⠀⇛
The platform aims to maintain a safe community
ahead and during Thailand’s general election.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ HS:_Ministry_to_probe_how_Russian_oligarch’s_family
gained_Finnish_citizenship⠀⇛
The 70-year-old billionaire, Gennady Timchenko, has
been close friends with Russian President Vladimir
Putin for decades.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Jill_Biden_to_visit_Namibia,_Kenya,
part_of_US-Africa_push⠀⇛
First lady Jill Biden will visit Namibia and Kenya
this week as part of a United States push to step
up engagement with Africa. President Joe Biden told
African leaders at a summit last year that the U.S.
is “all in” on the continent’s future. He promised
multiple visits by U.S. officials, including
himself.
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Kevin_McCarthy_Makes_Sensitive_Security
Footage_Available_to_the_Insurrectionists’_Propagandist⠀⇛
Two hours before Marjorie Taylor Greene took credit
for Kevin McCarthy’s decision to give Tucker
Carlson access to all the security footage from
January 6, she called for Civil War.
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Dubai_Summit:_Elon_Musk_against_the_idea
of_World_Government⠀⇛
The World Government Summit in Dubai has held under
the theme of “Shaping Future Governments”. The
Summit will bring thought leaders, global experts
and decision makers from around the globe to share
and contribute to the development of tools,
policies, and models that are essential in shaping
future governments.
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Threats_to_Pakistan_could_be_threat_to
United_States⠀⇛
In the coming decade, US-Pakistan security
relations will be more important than any other
type of relationship. After Pakistan’s impending
elections this year, the US cannot turn a blind eye
to engage Pakistan in healing bilateral US-Pak
relations, whether the subject is Afghanistan or
the TTP.
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ India’s_Presidency_of_the_G20_must_Focus
on_Inclusivity_Beyond_the_‘20’⠀⇛
India’s role as the G20 chair is being viewed as a
real opportunity for it to share the experiences of
the global South with the rest of the world.
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ One_Belt,_One_Road:_China’s_Initiative
to_Connect_Eurasia_and_Expand_its_Influence⠀⇛
Abstract: One Belt, One Road (OBOR) is a Chinese-
led initiative that seeks to enhance Eurasian
economic connectivity through the overland Silk
Road Economic Belt and the Maritime Silk Road. OBOR
covers 58 countries and accounts for 65% of global
economic production.
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Exploring_the_Relationship_Between
Nationalism_and_Liberalism:_Case_Studies_from_Europe⠀⇛
The relationship between liberalism and nationalism
has been of particular importance, especially in
the 21st today. Western Europe, particularly
nations like Britain, France, Italy, and Germany,
which were seen as champions of liberalism, are now
hubs for rising nationalist movements. Liberalism
and nationalism are often seen as two opposing
ideologies.
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ A_Tragedy_for_an_Historic_City⠀⇛
With over 46,000 dead, the Turkey-Syrian earthquake
is the worst in living memory for the two
countries. Unfortunately, it struck early in the
morning at 4:17 local time when most people were
asleep and unable to flee the buildings with the
first tremors.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ A_fresh_6.4_magnitude_quake_hit_Turkey_and_Syria⠀⇛
Less than two weeks after a_7.8_magnitude
earthquake devastated parts of Turkey and Syria,
killing tens of thousands of people, another
massive quake ripped through an adjacent region.
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ In_Syria,_the_West’s_Humanitarian_Claims_Crumble
to_Dust⠀⇛
US President Joe Biden’s administration relented
last Thursday and finally lifted sanctions on
Syria. The change of policy came after four days of
relentless and shocking footage from the disaster
zone in southern Turkey and northern Syria caused
by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Israel_parliament_gives_initial_approval_to
judicial_reform_bill_amid_protests⠀⇛
The Israeli parliament backed a key part of a
controversial judicial overhaul at first reading
Tuesday despite protests across the country against
a bill critics see as a threat to democracy.
# ⚓ The Local SE ☛ The_Ambassadors:_‘Half_the_population_of
Stockholm_was_German_in_medieval_times’⠀⇛
In the latest article of our Ambassadors series,
The Local speaks to German ambassador Joachim
Bertele, who says relations between the two
countries are “very tight”, today ranging from
collaborating on electric cars to Sweden’s Nato
bid.
# ⚓ The Local SE ☛ Could_Sweden’s_‘unique’_Gripen_fighters_help
Ukraine?⠀⇛
The Swedish JAS Gripen fighter jet is one of the
planes Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has
asked for to “close the sky” and protect Ukraine
from Russian air and missile attacks. In this
article, Loukas Christodoulou looks at how suitable
they are for the job.
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Economic_Cooperation_Between_Indonesia_&
East-Timor:_The_Dilemmas_Behind_Strategic_Decision⠀⇛
The highlight in ASEAN news for the past few weeks,
Indonesia has agreed that East-Timor will be
included in the ASEAN agenda for 2023, which
Indonesia will be the Chairmanship for this year.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Democracy_is_no_longer_Euro-Atlantic⠀⇛
On 18 February, India’s External Affairs Minister
S. Jaishankar gave a keynote address at the
inaugural Raisina @ Sydney dialogue, organised by
ASPI and the Observer Research Foundation.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Offensive_friendshoring_and
deteriorating_US-China_relations⠀⇛
The increasingly offensive use of an offensive US
friendshoring policy will make it more challenging
to manage US-China strategic competition
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ ‘You_cannot_outlast_us’:_Biden’s_Kyiv
visit_sends_strong_message_to_Moscow⠀⇛
US President Joe Biden’s bold surprise visit to
wartime Kyiv sent a strong message to Moscow that
time is not on Putin’s side and Russia should not
pin its hopes on a weakening of Western resolve to
stand with Ukraine.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ How_Biden’s_Ukraine_trip_was_received_in
Kyiv_and_Moscow⠀⇛
Biden’s surprise visit to Ukraine featured photo
ops and promises for more military aid. Now,
Atlantic Council experts share their insights on
the visit and what’s next.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_gov’t_proposes_curb_on
overseas_lawyers_participating_in_national_security_cases⠀⇛
>The Hong Kong government has submitted a proposal
to introduce legislative amendments which would
require local courts to obtain a certificate from
the city’s leader before considering whether to
allow foreign counsels to act in national security
cases.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan_is_bolstering_military_exchanges
with_US,_President_Tsai_says⠀⇛
Taiwan will work with other friendly nations to
deal with authoritarian expansionism, Tsai said.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Taiwan_to_bolster_military_ties_with
United_States,_President_Tsai_says⠀⇛
Taiwan will boost military exchanges with the
United States to curb “authoritarian expansionism”,
President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday after meeting
with visiting US lawmakers. The five-day US
congressional visit comes after a top US defence
official reportedly made a rare stopover to the
self-ruled island while Washington-Beijing tensions
flared over alleged Chinese spy balloons.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Art_treasures_from_Lviv_exhibited_in_Vilnius_give
glimpse_into_Lithuania’s_own_lost_collections⠀⇛
The Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania opens
the international exhibition entitled “Lviv
Welcomes Vilnius. Masterpieces of European Painting
from the Borys Voznytsky Lviv National Art
Gallery”.
# ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Christopher_Hope_to_leave_Telegraph_for_GB
News_after_almost_20_years⠀⇛
Hope is arguably the most prominent political
journalist GB News has attracted since Andrew Neil.
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Stand_News_sedition_trial:
Prosecution_asks_if_supporters_of_Hong_Kong_localist
camp_more_prone_to_misinformation⠀⇛
Prosecutors in the sedition trial against
defunct Hong Kong outlet Stand News have
asked one of its former editors whether he
believed that supporters of the localist camp
were more susceptible to misinformation, as
they continued their questioning on Tuesday.
# ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Storm_Otto_the_strongest_since
early_last_year,_but_Copenhagen_apartment_building
sturdier_than_suggested_by_the_BBC⠀⇛
Winds peaked at hurricane-strength 38.1 m/
s in northwest Jutland
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Chatbots_trigger_next_misinformation
nightmare⠀⇛
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘Equality_of_Injustice_for_All’:_Saudi
Arabia_Expands_Crackdown_on_Dissent⠀⇛
The kingdom’s courts are meting out harsher
punishments than ever to citizens who criticize the
government, with prosecutions built on Twitter
posts ending in prison sentences of 15 to 45 years.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_Vermont,_a_School_and_Artist_Fight_Over
Murals_of_Slavery⠀⇛
Created to depict the brutality of enslavement, the
works are seen by some as offensive. The school
wants them permanently covered. The artist says
they are historically important.
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Many_displaced_Ukrainians_want_to_stay_in
Denmark⠀⇛
It is particularly the younger Ukrainians who want
to remain once the War in Ukraine finally comes to
an end
# ⚓ CNN ☛ CNN_special_report_uncovers_dozens_of_‘black_sites’
used_for_torturing_protesters⠀⇛
A CNN investigation has uncovered a network of
black sites used by Iranian authorities to
perpetrate the worst torture and abuses at an
industrial scale. Cross-referencing witness
testimony and satellite imagery, the CNN
International investigations team has exposed at
least two dozen sites, where due process is
suspended and regime operatives have free reign.
CNN has reached out to the Iranian government for
comment on the allegations of torture and abuse at
these unofficial locations but has not received a
response.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Israeli_Lawmakers_Move_to_Rein_In_Judges
as_Protests_Rock_Jerusalem⠀⇛
Two contentious bills were approved in an initial
vote in Parliament on Monday, including one that
would reduce the power of the Supreme Court.
# ⚓ HRW ☛ Zimbabwe’s_President_Shouldn’t_Sign_Repressive_NGO
Bill⠀⇛
# ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ Humza’s_Lies_on_Gay_Marriage⠀⇛
In their urgency to foist Sturgeon’s nominated
devolutionist successor on Scotland, the media are
going all out against Kate Forbes for saying she
could never vote for gay marriage. But they have
not noted that Humza Yousaf also did not vote for
gay marriage, he absented himself.
o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
# ⚓ AccessNow ☛ UNESCO’s_guidelines_for_regulating_digital
platforms_must_center_human_rights_for_everyone,_everywhere⠀⇛
UNESCO must work with all stakeholders to ensure
guidelines on regulating digital platforms center
human rights for people everywhere. …
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Gonzalez_v._Google_Liveblog,_in_Progress⠀⇛
Moderated by Kate Klonick, with Mary Anne
Franks, Mike Godwin, James Grimmelmann, Gus
Hurwitz, Jeff Kosseff, Emma Llanso, Alan
Rozenshtein, Benjamin Wittes, Jonathan Zittrain,
and me.
# ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Liability_for_Recommendations⠀⇛
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in
two internet-law cases focusing on Section 230 of
the Communications Decency Act. That provision
That cases:
C
Section 203(c)(1) of the Communications Decency
Act immunizes an “interactive computer service”
(such
as YouTube, Google, Facebook and Twitter) for
“publish[ing] … information provided by another”
“information content provider” (such as someone who
posts
a video on YouTube or a statement on Facebook).
This
is the most recent of three court of appeals’
decisions
regarding whether section 230(c)(1) immunizes an
interactive computer service when it makes targeted
recommendations of information provided by such
another party. Five courts of appeals judges have
concluded that section 230(c)(1) creates such
immunity.
[...]
# ⚓ CNN ☛ Supreme_Court_to_hear_oral_arguments_in_Google_case
with_potential_to_upend_the_internet⠀⇛
The Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear oral
arguments in the first of two cases this week with
the potential to reshape how online platforms
handle speech and content moderation.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Supreme_Court_to_Hear_Case_That_Targets_a
Legal_Shield_of_Tech_Giants⠀⇛
The justices are set to hear a case challenging
Section 230, a law that protects Google, Facebook
and others from lawsuits over what their users post
online.
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ I_Changed_My_Mind_About_Section_230⠀⇛
This week, the Supreme Court is hearing two cases
that could upend the way we’ve come to understand
freedom of speech on the internet. Both Gonzalez v.
Google and Twitter v. Taamneh ask the court to
reconsider how the law interprets Section 230, a
regulation that protects companies from legal
liability…
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Will_the_Supreme_Court_End_Social_Media_as_We
Know_It_This_Week?⠀⇛
>
The Supreme Court’s ruling on a pair of ISIS
terrorism cases this week will rest on the nine
justices’ interpretation of 26_words_written in
1996 that collectively have come to define the
nature and scope of modern online expression.
# ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Only_a_third_of_Zimbos_connecting_to_the
internet_in_2023,_why_so_few?⠀⇛
According to DataReportal, there were 5.74
million internet users in Zimbabwe at the start of
2023. That’s 34.8% of the population. This data is
from the Internation Telecommunications Union. That
sounds too low, doesn’t it?
# ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Is_it_me_or_does_the_report_that_we’re_getting
11Mbps_from_Econet,_NetOne,_and_Telecel_sound_wrong?⠀⇛
I have to tell you, I don’t buy data bundles like I
used to. I’ve lost count of the number of times I
had to stay up at 3 am just so I could deplete a
bundle before it expired.
o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Music_Streamers_Spend_Substantially
More_on_Music_Than_Non-Streamers_—_According_to_Streaming
Music_Trade_Organization_DiMA [Ed: People who stream, i.e.
never own what they listen to, end up wasting a lot of
money]⠀⇛
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Trastuzumab_x_recombinant_human
hyaluronidase:_the_French_Supreme_Court_clarifies_the
interpretation_of_article_1_b)_of_the_SPC_Regulation [Ed:
Pushing Big Pharma agenda at EU, irrespective of public
interest]⠀⇛
“Jamais deux sans trois”. The French Supreme Court
(“Cour de Cassation”) has issued no less than seven
decisions relating to SPCs on February 1st, 2023.
# § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Fare_Technologies_taximeters_patent
prior_art_found⠀⇛
Unified is pleased to announce prior art has
been found on U.S._Patent_RE46727, owned by
Fare_Technologies,_LLC, an NPE.
# ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ A_Typical_Eligibility_Case
in_2023 [Ed: When software patents get shut down]⠀⇛
In Bilski, the Supreme Court recognized that
the traditional exclusions of “abstract
ideas” and “laws of nature” were not
textually derived, but were of such antiquity
that their precedent could be maintained and
justified. Bilski v. Kappos, 561 U.S. 593
(2010). Later, in Mayo and Alice, the Supreme
Court fleshed-out its two step test for
determining eligibility for these categorical
exclusions.
1. Ask whether the claimed invention is
directed toward a categorical
exclusion.
2. If yes, ask whether the claimed
invention includes something more, such
as an inventive concept that transforms
the abstract idea into a patent
eligible invention.
# § Trademarks⠀➾
# ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ Precedential_No._9:_Business_Card
Specimen_Does_Not_Prove_Use_of_Collective_Membership
Mark,_Says_TTAB⠀⇛
Section 4 of the Trademark Act provides for
registration of a collective membership mark,
defined as a trademark or service mark
adopted by a collective and used by members
to indicate membership in the collective.
Mission American Coalition sought to register
the mark THE TABLE COALITION“to indicate
membership in a group of church leaders,
senior church members, ministers, independent
evangelical preachers, and other evangelical
principals to promote and support
evangelistic activities.” However, its
specimen of use failed to show use by members
to indicate membership in the collective
organization. And so, the Board affirmed a
refusal to register under Sections 1, 4, and
45 of the Act. In_re_Mission_America
Coalition, Serial No. 90019480 (February 17,
2023) [precedential] (Opinion by Judge Peter
W. Cataldo).
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ Canadian_Copyright,_Fair_Dealing_and
Education,_Part_One:_Setting_the_Record_Straight⠀⇛
Canadian copyright lobby groups have
relentlessly lobbied the government to
overturn decades of Supreme Court of Canada
jurisprudence, seeking unprecedented
restrictions on fair dealing that include
eliminating it for educational institutions
if a licence is available. In doing so, they
have relied on a steady diet of misleading
claims about the state of the law, the
licensing practices of Canadian educational
institutions, the importance (or lack
thereof) of copying of materials in course
packs, and the effects of fair dealing. This
week is Fair_Dealing_Week, which provides an
opportunity to set the record straight on
Canadian copyright and education, backed by
actual data on what takes place on university
campuses across the country.
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_AHIOPXY_Wordo:_ANNEX⠀⇛
# ⚓ Hogwarts_Legacy:_Impressions⠀⇛
My wife and I both loved the original Harry Potter
series, both in print and movie form, though she is
frankly more devoted to the franchise than I am.
We’ve both seen each movie multiple times and have
been to the Wizarding World parks in Orlando. As
such, we spent many of our evenings in the last two
weeks playing Hogwarts Legacy for PlayStation 5.
After investing a combined 40 hours into the game
so far, we have several thoughts about it.
I hate disclaimers, but I’m going to put one here
regardless. Nothing in this post will state or
imply anything regarding my feelings about the
social and political discourse surrounding Hogwarts
Legacy, the wider Wizarding World, or J K Rowling
herself. This post is nothing more than a review of
the game as a game and as a tie-in to an existing
fictional franchise.
# ⚓ A_while_ago_now,_Veritasium_released_a_video_about
Hilbert’s_paradox_of_the_Grand_Hotel⠀⇛
I think I saw the video on the day of release. The
solution seemed kind of obvious to me at the time.
I wrote up a comment explaining my answer, but I
never posted it because I was too lazy to make a
Youtube account for it.
This was before I realized what a shill Veritasium
is. The video misrepresents infinity. It was
created as setup for follow-up video clickbait.
It would be irresponsible to link a Veritasium
video without also linking the Tom Nicholas video.
It highlights a trend I was beginning to see in
Veritasium’s videos soon after the one above, once
I started really watching him. His willingness to
avoid applying critical thinking to selective
topics. (I stopped watching after the video where
he gives a platform to a conspiracy theorist
selling a book by “interviewing” them with no
challenging questions. It was so transparent.) I
was so glad to see someone else had also taken
notice. It happens in way more than the one video,
but the focused deep dive is really worth the look
to understand how corporate propaganda manifests in
the media you consume.
o § Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Tech_–_Compy_–_Raspad_Fun_(a_todo_list)⠀⇛
This is a short post on where my Raspad (Raspberry
Pi tablet) tinkering has gotten. The past week I’ve
cleared out a few cobwebs off my todo list. But
there is always more to be done. I don’t know if
one can justly state that the Raspad is the
Volkswagen of tablet computing. But it is certainly
more flexible than any I’ve seen, both in hardware
and soft. The downside to this has been the
necessity to get my hands dirty with compiling
source code. This is not really a bad thing… unless
I can’t figure it out. Lately I’ve been muddling
through.
I’ve hit a small wall on certain seemingly obvious
and basic interface issues. I have Touchégg
running, but not the gui Touché. (Or is that vice
versy?) The most annoying of these include the edge
mismatch on the touch screen. I’ve recalibrated X,
but it still won’t correct on that outer 5mm or so.
Likewise, the lack of decent CJK handwriting IME in
Linux land is bizarre. The only one which isn’t a
moribund project uses Google servers, and so that
is entirely not on.
# ⚓ PinePhone_to_Samsung_Galaxy_S20_Ultra_adapter⠀⇛
3D-printed back cover for PinePhone that fits
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra accessories, such as
battery cases.
# § Announcements⠀➾
# ⚓ Static:_A_Gemlog_Notifier⠀⇛
I wrote a tool – previously prophesied in my
“On Nim” post – that periodically polls
gemlogs for new posts and sends digests of
them over email. It has support for multiple
users with different feeds. I think it’s
kinda nifty, but it’s almost certainly buggy
– if anyone tries running it and finds
issues, please mail me at
sunset@arcanesciences.com! This is alpha-
quality software. I’m also likely to run a
public instance of this if that would be
something anyone would find useful – it has a
Gemini frontend that allows user
registration, feed management, etc.
===============================================================================
* Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Desktop/Laptop
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Kernel_Space
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o SUSE/OpenSUSE
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Devices/Embedded
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers
# Mozilla
o GNU_Projects
o Programming/Development
# Python
o Standards/Consortia
* Leftovers
o Science
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Security
# Integrity/Availability/Authenticity
# Privacy/Surveillance
# Confidentiality
o Defence/Aggression
o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
# Overpopulation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM)
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Software_Patents
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Technical
# Internet/Gemini
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ Real Linux User ☛ The_14_things_I_always_do_when_setting_up
Linux_on_a_laptop⠀⇛
I perform clean Linux installs regularly. On my own
computers and those of others. For my personal use
and for review purposes.
# ⚓ Dedoimedo ☛ A_new_Slimbook_is_on_its_way⠀⇛
My laptop fleet is quiet old. Excluding the other
Slimbook in my possession, which I use primarily
for work, the youngest laptop dates back to 2015.
The machines are anywhere between fourteen and just
eight years old, and most have fairly modest specs
for today’s standards. The only truly capable
machine is the Y50-70 rig, which still pulls its
weight, but the mechanical disk is slow, and nine
years is a respectable time to look for a
replacement.
And so I decided to get myself a new laptop – a
Slimbook Titan no less. Why? Well, first I wanted a
powerful mobile system that I can use for all sorts
of purposes, including gaming. After all, that’s
what the Y50-70 did for a fair share of its life
span. Second, I wanted a Linux-only machine so I
can fully and totally prepare for the inevitable
move away from Windows sometime in 2025 or so. I
already did a lot of preliminary work in this
regard, and even just recently turned the
previously dual-boot Y50-70 into a Linux-only
system. Highly encouraged by that experience,
including the hybrid graphics support, I decided,
yes, I want a new machine, a powerful machine, with
solid graphics, and it’s going to be Linux only,
and I’m going to tweak it into a total productivity
host equivalent to what I get with Windows.
Slimbook Titan, it is.
# ⚓ LinuxInsider ☛ Not_All_Linux_Systems_Are_Created_Equal,_but
They’re_All_Equally_Linux⠀⇛
A friend of mine with decades of experience in tech
made a wittily apt remark that I’ve been thinking
about lately.
When discussing how to overcome a thorny technical
hurdle that most desktop OSes would obstruct the
user from addressing, he quipped that Linux was
easily up to the task because “Linux is a real
operating system.”
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Destination_Linux_313:_KDE_Plasma_5.27_Review_&_Is_System
Tray_Returning_to_GNOME?!⠀⇛
# ⚓ Late_Night_Linux_–_Episode_217⠀⇛
More reverse-engineering, free tech books, a handy
tool for fixing things you’ve aCCIDENTALLY
CAPITALISED, Chromium in the terminal, putting apps
and config files in a “box”, more on aviation
tracking, GUI vs CLI backups on Linux, and loads
more.
# ⚓ GNU World Order (Audio Show) ☛ GNU_World_Order_500⠀⇛
**parley** , **partition-manager** , **picmi** from
the Slackware **kde**
package set.
shasum -
a256=b78f6646d0fe9b8ceefb8925cb5f705311754fcc6d0b8795e9b29cf78ea8a74b
# ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ Destination_Linux_313:_KDE_Plasma_5.27_Review
&_Is_System_Tray_Returning_to_GNOME?!⠀⇛
This week’s episode of Destination Linux, we take
the new KDE Plasma 5.27 for a spin! Then we talk
about GNOME . . . kind of, sort of, almost bringing
back App Indicators . . . or something close to it.
Plus, we have our tips/tricks and software picks.
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ DroidGazzette ☛ Linux_6.2:_The_first_mainstream_Linux
kernel_for_Apple_M1_chips_arrives⠀⇛
Getting Linux to run on the M1 family wasn’t easy.
When these high-powered ARM chips first arrived,
Torvalds told me in an exclusive interview that
he’d like to run Linux on these next-generation
Macs. But, while he’d been “waiting for an ARM
laptop that can run Linux for a long time,” he
worried, saying, “The main problem with the M1 for
me is the GPU and other devices around it because
that’s likely what would hold me off using it
because it wouldn’t have any Linux support unless
Apple opens up.”
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Linux_kernel_6.2_is_out_now,_here’s_a
feature_highlight⠀⇛
You can have a little Linux kernel update, as a
treat. The Linux kernel 6.2 is officially out now
so here’s some notes on some of what’s new. In the
release announcement Linus Torvalds requested
people to “please do give 6.2 a testing” and that
it may not be a “sexy LTS release like 6.1 ended up
being, but all those regular pedestrian kernels
want some test love too”.
# ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Linux_6.2:_The_first_mainstream_Linux_kernel_for
Apple_M1_chips_arrives⠀⇛
Linux is now ready to run on modern Macs.
# ⚓ Talospace ☛ Linux_6.2⠀⇛
Expect 6.2 to make it to bleeding edge users and
Fedora in the very near future.
# ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ Reducing_Hardware_Noise_on_Linux_6.3_with_the
New_‘hwnoise’_Tool⠀⇛
Exciting news for Linux 6.3 – the introduction of a
brand new feature, hwnoise! Developed by Daniel
Bristot de Oliveira over the past few months,
hwnoise works in conjunction with the operating
system noise (osnoise) tracer to quantify and
monitor hardware noise efficiently.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ My_favorite_open_source_tools_for_personal
finance⠀⇛
There are tons of open source personal finance apps
out there. These apps are useful because they help
you take control of your finances. I find it much
easier to use an app rather than a spreadsheet or a
ledger. Here are some of my favorite apps.
GnuCash is a popular open source personal finance
or small business accounting program for Linux
users. It is a full-featured double-entry
accounting system that supports multiple accounts,
investments, and currency conversions. The app also
provides a variety of helpful financial tools,
including budgeting, reporting, invoicing, and
more. GnuCash is a great choice for users looking
for a comprehensive and powerful financial
management solution. GnuCash is my own personal
favorite that I have been using every day for over
six years. GnuCash can be installed from the
command line or as a Flatpak depending on your
distribution and personal choice. GnuCash is
licensed with the Gnu Public License. GnuCash is
also available for MacOS and Windows users too.
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 11_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_GPS
Tools⠀⇛
This article focuses in selecting the best free
software for undertaking a wide variety of GPS
related tasks. Hopefully, there will be something
of interest here for anyone who needs to keep track
of where they are, to find the way to a specified
location, or determine what direction and how fast
they are going. We make the following
recommendations captured in a LinuxLinks-style
ratings chart.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ How_to_Host_Your_Own_Youtube_with
Peertube⠀⇛
Peertube is a federated and open source video
hosting platform that you can run from your own
computer. Iit allows you to completely control all
the content that you host and share from your
website. This tutorial shows you how to install and
host Peertube on Ubuntu.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Kodi_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Kodi on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
# ⚓ Djalel Oukid ☛ Beautify_your_terminal_with_Powerline!_(Part
I:_Installation_&_Configuration)⠀⇛
Linux distributions have come a long way in the
past decade to the point where it is possible today
to use Linux without getting into the dark of the
terminal (CLI). However, the more you use and learn
about Linux, the more you realize that it is
inevitable to use the command-line interface. By
default, the CLI has a simple interface that gets
boring quickly. Luckily, you can illuminate the
darkness of the terminal by beautifying it with
plugins like Powerline.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ How_to_Safely_Remove_a_Swollen_Battery
from_Your_Laptop⠀⇛
If you decide to go the DIY route, then it is best
to be prepared and apply all safety precautions
even though you may end up not needing them.
# ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_Install_Zeit_Tool_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛
Hello, friends. In this post, you will learn how to
install Zeit on Ubuntu. This tool provides you with
a simple graphical interface for scheduling tasks
on Linux. Written in C++ and with a QT interface,
Zeit provides a graphical interface to schedule
tasks using crontab and at.
# ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ Barrier_on_Gentoo⠀⇛
Barrier is an utility to share a keyboard and a
mouse between multiple computers, just like we used
to do with old school KVM switches. And why someone
would like to do that?
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ The_guide_to_managing_users_and_groups_in
Ubuntu⠀⇛
In Ubuntu, managing users and groups is an
essential task that allows system administrators to
control access to the system and its resources. A
user is an individual who can log into the system
and perform tasks, while a group is a collection of
users that share the same permissions and access
rights.
# ⚓ H2S Media ☛ What_is_the_difference_between_Homebrew_and
NPM?⠀⇛
Homebrew and NPM are two popular package managers
which are essentially used to install various
packages for modern development environments.
Although they appear similar, they have distinct
characteristics.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Elastic_Stack_on_Ubuntu_20.04
LTS⠀⇛
Elastic Stack (Formerly ELK Stack) is a group of
open-source software created by Elastic for
collecting data from multiple sources. It allows
you to collect, store, process, analyze, and
visualize data from various sources in any formats
to the centralized Elastic Stack platform.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Nginx_with_Brotli_Compression
on_Ubuntu_20.04⠀⇛
Brotli is an open-source compression algorithm
created by Google. It can be used as an alternative
to Gzip, Zopfli, and Deflate. This tutorial will
show you how to install Brotli with Nginx on Ubuntu
20.04 server.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Add_a_Swap_File_On_Ubuntu⠀⇛
A swap file enables an operating system (OS) to
utilize hard disk space to simulate additional
memory. Effectively, as the system goes on the low-
memory mode, it swaps a certain section of the RAM
that an idle program may be using onto the hard
disk to release memory capacity for other vital
programs. Subsequently, when the user returns to
the swapped out program, it swaps places with
another program in RAM. This intelligent mix of RAM
and swap files is commonly referred to as virtual
memory, and its use allows the system to run a far
greater number of programs than possible using only
the built-in RAM.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Apache_Maven_on_Fedora
Linux⠀⇛
Apache Maven is a powerful build automation tool
widely used in Java-based projects to manage
dependencies, build, and deploy applications. It
provides a comprehensive set of features that
automate the entire build process and simplify the
development of Java applications.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Neofetch_on_Linux_Mint_21_or
20⠀⇛
Neofetch is a command-line tool that provides
system information in a simple and easy-to-read
format. It is available for Linux, macOS, and other
Unix-like operating systems. It provides a quick
and convenient way to view important information
about your system, including the operating system,
kernel, CPU, GPU, memory usage, and more.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_qBittorrent_on_Linux_Mint_21
or_20⠀⇛
qBittorrent is a free, open-source torrent client
that has become increasingly popular among users
who want to download and share files through peer-
to-peer (P2P) networks. Its user-friendly
interface, powerful features, and robust
performance have made it a preferred choice for
many, especially those who prioritize privacy and
security.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Opera_Browser_on_Linux_Mint
21_or_20⠀⇛
Opera Browser is a popular web browser known for
its speed, security, and unique features. It was
developed by Opera Software and was first released
in 1995. Opera is available on various platforms,
including Windows, macOS, Linux, and mobile
devices. It is also popular among users who value
privacy, including a built-in VPN and ad-blocker.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Building_a_Retro_Linux_Gaming_Computer_–
Part_26:_Coming_to_You_Live⠀⇛
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Dead_Space_got_a_small_update_for_Steam
Deck⠀⇛
In case you missed it in my recent Steam Deck news
video, Motive released an update for the new Dead
Space to improve it even more on Steam Deck.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Open_source_evolution_game_Thrive_adds_part
upgrades_and_a_benchmark_mode⠀⇛
Benchmark the cells! Evolve all the things! Thrive
0.6.1 is a fun sounding upgrade to this free and
open source scientific evolution sim.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ OpenRA_has_another_test_release_improving
Dune_2000,_Red_Alert_and_major_bug_fixes⠀⇛
OpenRA is closing in on another big new release to
improve the experience of playing Command &
Conquer, Red Alert and Dune 2000.
# ⚓ CubicleNate ☛ Sonic_the_Hedgehog_on_TheC64_with_SNES_Style
Gamepad⠀⇛
One of the games that I think is a great
accomplishment is the direct port of “Sonic the
Hedgehog” from the SEGA Master System to the
Commodore 64. This was manually converted from Z80
to 6502 assembly by Mr. SID. The game plays great
on real hardware with a RAM Expansion Unit or REU.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Free_2D_space_exploration_sim_Endless_Sky
v0.10.0_adds_new_factions,_gets_better_AI⠀⇛
If you love free and open source games keep an eye
on the 2D space sim Endless Sky, which just got a
new Beta release with version 0.10.0 giving some
fresh gameplay improvements. Currently in Beta, so
it’s not quite a full release yet.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ CryoUtilities_2.0_helps_boost_Steam_Deck
performance⠀⇛
CryoUtilities has a big new 2.0 release out now,
with plenty of tweaks to help you get the most out
of your Steam Deck. Previously it simply offered
some Swap sizing tweaks but now it can do more, and
makes it easier than ever to use.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Counter-Strike:_Global_Offensive_keeps
breaking_player_records⠀⇛
One Valve game that is clearly unstoppable is
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, their first-
person shooter from 2012 just keeps growing. Being
free to play certainly helps too of course.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ The_upcoming_Team_Fortress_2_update_may_not
be_as_big_as_expected⠀⇛
Remember all the hype over the announced Team
Fortress 2 update? Well, it seems Valve edited the
announcement silently and hoped no one would
notice.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ Old VCR ☛ Dusting_off_Dreamcast_Linux⠀⇛
But jokes aside, Dreamcast Linux has something to teach
later Johnny-come-latelies with a distro surprisingly
well-adapted to its target platform, support for many
peripherals, and an all-in-one batteries-included
philosophy. Plus, it was one of the earliest Un*xy things
for game consoles circa 2001, predating PlayStation 2
Linux by about a year or so, though PS2 Linux was at
least Sony-official. (While at least one Linux purports
to run on an O.G. PlayStation, this was a slightly later
development.)
o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Missing_build-choices_file_in_initrd⠀⇛
I am very grateful to the guys who are patiently testing
Easy
4.99. I know what is causing the reported bugs, so can
fix them.
There is one very odd problem; williwaw reported an error
message
“/build-choices: No such file or directory”:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=81976#p81976
…from subsequent posts, I deducted that the framebuffer
device
/dev/fb0 must be missing, which is very odd.
Without /dev/fb0, Xorg server is unable to run, hence the
gtk app
that asks for locale and keyboard-layout is unable to
run. In that
case, there is fallback to /sbin/ask-language, which is a
CLI app.
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ Leap_15.5_Reaches_Beta_Phase⠀⇛
The release manager for openSUSE Leap Luboš Kocman
is expected to announce the Beta release phase of
Leap 15.5 soon. The first Beta release is syncing
on mirrors globally for people to download it and
test it out.
Users can begin testing the beta versions to find
bugs before the general release, which is scheduled
for official release at the beginning of June,
according to the roadmap.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu News ☛ Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue_775⠀⇛
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 775
for the week of February 12 – 18, 2023.
# ⚓ Ubuntu Fridge ☛ The_Fridge:_Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue
775⠀⇛
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Auspicious_Machine_modular_handheld_Linux_PC
with_keyboard_takes_various_Arm-based_SoMs⠀⇛
The “Auspicious Machine” may look like a Blackberry
phone, but it’s actually a handheld Linux PC with a
built-in QWERTY keyboard and a 3.5-inch display
that can be powered by a range of system-on-modules
(SoM).
The computer, whose name can also be translated as
the “Auspicious Phone”, can be used as a Linux
terminal with GPIO control, and for gaming with
Linux distributions such as Batotera or RetroBat
with the D-Pad and ABXY buttons found on the
device.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Purism ☛ USB-C_Type_Universal_Travel_Chargers_Available
from_Purism⠀⇛
We just added a new accessory product to our shop,
a USB type-C universal travel charger offering up
to 65 Watt output power.
It can charge and operate our Librem 5 phones as
well as the Librem 14 laptop, the Lapdock Kit and
upcoming products using USB type-C Power Delivery
(PD).
# ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ WIZnet_board_features_Raspberry_Pi_2040_and
hardwired_internet_controller_chip⠀⇛
The W6100-EVB-PICO is a compact embedded device
integrating the Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller
and the WIZnet W6100 hardwired internet controller
chip. This board provides up to 30x GPIOs, 1x RJ45
port and it supports internet protocols such as
TCP, UDP, IPv6, IPv4, etc.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Debug_Probe_eases_bare_metal
development_for_$12⠀⇛
The Raspberry Pi Debug Probe is a USB serial
adapter based on the Raspberry Pi RP2040
microcontroller and designed to debug the Raspberry
Pi Pico, third-party RP2040 boards, and pretty much
any Arm board through SWD and/or UART interfaces.
The main advantage over a typical USB-to-serial
adapter is the presence of a Serial Wire Debug
(SWD) bridge used for bare metal code development
and debugging through tools such as OpenOCD.
# ⚓ SparkFun Electronics ☛ Debug_Your_Pi_Pico⠀⇛
The Raspberry Pi Debug Probe provides both a
processor serial debug interface (by default this
is the ARM Serial Wire Debug interface) and an
industry-standard UART interface. Both interfaces
use a 3-pin debug connector, as specified in the
Raspberry Pi 3-pin debug connector specification.
# ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Debug_Probe:_a_plug-and-play
debug_kit_for_$12⠀⇛
While it has been designed with Raspberry Pi Pico,
and other RP2040-based targets, in mind, the
Raspberry Pi Debug Probe can be used to debug any
Arm-based microcontroller that provides an SWD port
with 3V3 I/O.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ The Hindu ☛ Lava_launches_entry_level_smartphone_Yuva_2_Pro
with_pure_Android_12_–_The_Hindu⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gadget Bridge ☛ 7_Best_Offline_Music_Player_Apps_for
Android⠀⇛
# ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ Android’s_new_OEM_rules_in_India_swap
“requirements”_with_“revenue_sharing”_|_Ars_Technica⠀⇛
# ⚓ Geeky Gadgets ☛ How_to_setup_Android_Auto_–_Geeky_Gadgets⠀⇛
# ⚓ Pocket Lint ☛ How_to_play_Android_games_on_a_PC_with_Google
Play_Games⠀⇛
# ⚓ SlashGear ☛ How_To_Stop_YouTube_Videos_From_Lagging_On_Your
Android_Phone⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Sun ☛ People_are_just_realizing_Android_phones_have
hidden_body_detection_feature_–_all_shoppers_and_runners
should_turn_it_on_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 5_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Web-Based_Email
Clients⠀⇛
Thunderbird is widely regarded as an exceptional open
source desktop email client, especially on Linux. It is
highly customizable, has a rich set of features, and is
geared for both novices and professional users. But you
may prefer a web-based email client.
Gmail is a free email service which offers 15GB of
storage, a search-oriented interface and a ‘conversation
view’. It’s hugely popular with more than 1.8 billion
active users. But you might not like the automated
scanning of email content. The following programs are
alternatives to Gmail.
The chart below summarises our findings. They are all
free and open source goodness.
o ⚓ Eric Bailey ☛ My_Mastodon_strategy⠀⇛
I know, I know. Yet another “how to Mastodon” post.
That said, I feel like I’ve finally gotten at least a
semblance of traction on making my Mastodon feed
worthwhile. Reader, it was not easy.
I should also point out that I was incredibly invested in
Twitter for staying on top of industry goings on,
networking, friendship, and entertainment. A lot of the
following is an attempt of a highly motivated individual
in a state of mourning trying to recapture what I once
had.
o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾
# § Mozilla⠀➾
# ⚓ Tor ☛ New_Alpha_Release:_Tor_Browser_12.5a3_(Android,
Windows,_macOS,_Linux)⠀⇛
Tor Browser 12.5a3 is now available from the
Tor Browser download page and also from our
distribution directory.
This release updates Firefox on Android,
Windows, macOS, and Linux to 102.8.0esr. It
includes important security updates to
Firefox and GeckoView. There were no Android-
specific security updates to backport from
the Firefox 110 release.
o § GNU Projects⠀➾
# ⚓ GNU ☛ GNU_Linux-libre_6.2-gnu_(la_quinceañera)⠀⇛
GNU Linux-libre 6.2-gnu cleaning-up scripts,
cleaned-up sources, and
cleaning-up logs (including tarball signatures) are
now available from
our git-based release archive git://linux-
libre.fsfla.org/releases.git/
tags {scripts,sources,logs}/v6.2-gnu.
Compressed tarballs and incremental patches are
also available at
.
The cleanup scripts haven't required changes since
rc7, but there was a
small change since rc6, the first published for
this series.
This week we celebrate the 15th anniversary of the
initial release of
the Linux-libre project by Jeff Moe. (A separate
announcement about the
anniversary is planned for later this week, stay
tuned :-)
https://web.archive.org/web/20221001004945/https://
lists.autistici.org/message/
20080221.002845.467ba592.en.html
We've codenamed this release "la quinceañera", and
we're celebrating it
with a picture of Freedo dressed up for the
occasion in a tuxedo.
Thanks a gazillion to co-maintainer and artist
Jason Self for tending to
the last-minute request!
Freesh and RPMFreedom, the distributions of .deb
and .rpm packages of
GNU Linux-libre maintained by Jason Self, already
have binaries of
6.2-gnu available.
== Cleaning-up changes in this release
This release cycle had a reminder of the early days
of Linux-libre, in
which Linux carried tons of actual blobs disguised
as source code: v6.2
upstream introduced a brand new old-fashioned
sourceless binary blob
disguised as a sequence of numbers, i.e. binary
object code encoded as
pseudo-sources.
Now, sequences of numbers in Linux are common, and
many of them are just
configuration numbers, developed and maintained as
such. They are not
an attack on our freedom, so they stay.
But this is not the case of those we've been
removing, or disabling (*).
The numbers encode executable instructions that
control the embedded
processor it is supposed to run. They are
programs, or fragments
thereof, and there is certainly actual source code
for them somewhere.
The binaries encoded as numbers are active software
rather than passive
data, and we're deprived of their actual sources,
so they have to go: a
device under someone else's control is worse for
the user's freedom than
a device that does no harmful work at all.
(*) Years ago, upstream moved most (but not all) of
the firmware
dependencies (free and nonfree) into separate
files, and then out into
packages distributed separately, to mitigate legal
risks for developers
and distributors of the kernel Linux (the GNU GPL
requires distributors
to offer *complete* corresponding sources), but
ultimately this move
made no concrete difference for users' freedom:
accepting that a
third-party master will control your device, under
the threat that it
will otherwise turn into a brick, is not freedom;
it does not amount to
having control over your own computing.
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2017-
11/msg00004.html
=== The usual
Every release also brings new blob names and
requests in drivers we
cleaned up before (too many to mention in this
release), and that
sometimes also requires other adjustments and
updating (nouveau, radeon,
mt7921, new and preexisting aarch64 dts files).
There were also several new drivers containing blob
names and requests
(mt7622, mt7996, bcm4377) that we have disabled.
One driver we used to clean up, s5k4ecgx, was
removed upstream, so we
could drop its cleaning up logic.
We've also removed commented-out logic left over
from when we were not
sure whether PCMCIA CIS loadable files were code
(they aren't, they are
just a compact encoding of configuration data), and
whether Sound Open
Firmware should be cleaned up (the code can load
Free firmware indeed,
even though some devices seem to require the
otherwise-Free firmware to
be signed, which effectively Tivoizes those signed
programs, but the
loading code cannot distinguish between them, so it
is left enabled).
For up-to-the-minute news, join us on IRC (#gnu-
linux-libre on
libera.chat). I often mention our releases on P2P
or federated social
media as well. The link in my email signature has
directions.
Be Free! with GNU Linux-libre.
What is GNU Linux-libre?
------------------------
GNU Linux-libre is a Free version of the kernel
Linux (see below),
suitable for use with the GNU Operating System in
100% Free
GNU/Linux-libre System Distributions.
http://www.gnu.org/distros/
It removes non-Free components from Linux, that
are disguised as
source code or distributed in separate files. It
also disables
run-time requests for non-Free components,
shipped separately or as
part of Linux, and documentation pointing to
them, so as to avoid
(Free-)baiting users into the trap of non-Free
Software.
http://www.fsfla.org/anuncio/2010-11-Linux-2.6.36-
libre-debait
Linux-libre started within the gNewSense GNU/
Linux distribution.
It was later adopted by Jeff Moe, who coined its
name, and in 2008
it became a project maintained by FSF Latin
America. In 2012, it
became part of the GNU Project.
The GNU Linux-libre project takes a minimal-
changes approach to
cleaning up Linux, making no effort to substitute
components that
need to be removed with functionally equivalent
Free ones.
Nevertheless, we encourage and support efforts
towards doing so.
http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LinuxLibre:
Devices_that_require_non-free_firmware
Our mascot is Freedo, a light-blue penguin that
has just come out
of the shower. Although we like penguins, GNU is
a much greater
contribution to the entire system, so its mascot
deserves more
promotion. See our web page for their images.
http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/
If you are the author of an awesome program and
want to join us in
writing Free (libre) Software, please consider
making it an official
GNU program and become a GNU Maintainer. You can
find instructions
on how to do so at https://www.gnu.org/help/
evaluation. We look
forward to hacking with you! :)
What is Linux?
--------------
Linux is a clone of the Unix kernel [...]
(snipped from Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst)
--
Alexandre Oliva, happy hacker
# ⚓ GNU ☛ GNU_Guix:_Dissecting_Guix,_Part_2:_The_Store_Monad⠀⇛
Hello again!
In the_last_post,
we briefly mentioned the with-store and run-with-
store macros. Today, we’ll
be looking at those in further detail, along with
the related monad library and
the %store-monad!
Typically, we use monads to chain operations
together, and the %store-monad is
no different; it’s used to combine operations that
work on the Guix store (for
instance, creating derivations, building
derivations, or adding data files to
the store).
However, monads are a little hard to explain, and
from a distance, they seem to
be quite incomprehensible. So, I want you to erase
them from your mind for now.
We’ll come back to them later. And be aware that if
you can’t seem to get your
head around them, it’s okay; you can understand
most of the architecture of Guix
without understanding monads.
§ Yes, No, Maybe So
Let’s instead implement another M of functional
programming, maybe values,
representing a value that may or may not exist. For
instance, there could be a
procedure that attempts to pop a stack, returning
the result if there is one, or
nothing if the stack has no elements.
maybe is a very common feature of statically-typed
functional languages, and
you’ll see it all over the place in Haskell and
OCaml code. However, Guile is
dynamically typed, so we usually use ad-hoc #f
values as the “null value”
instead of a proper “nothing” or “none”.
Just for fun, though, we’ll implement a proper
maybe in Guile. Fire up that
REPL once again, and let’s import a bunch of
modules that we’ll need:
(use-modules (ice-9 match)
(srfi srfi-9))
We’ll implement maybe as a record with two fields,
is? and value. If the
value contains something, is? will be #t and value
will contain the thing
in question, and if it’s empty, is?‘ll be #f.
# ⚓ GNU ☛ a2ps_4.14.95_released_[alpha]⠀⇛
This alpha release benefits from feedback from the
platform-testers list
(mostly Bruno Haible, thanks Bruno!) The work is
all on the build system.
If you have not tried a previous alpha release for
functionality, now is the
time!
Here are the compressed sources and a GPG detached
signature:
https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/a2ps/a2ps-
4.14.95.tar.gz
https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/a2ps/a2ps-
4.14.95.tar.gz.sig
Use a mirror for higher download bandwidth:
https://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
Here are the SHA1 and SHA256 checksums:
3169e01029bb2eec80feb488bafdd417fb35c7d5 a2ps-
4.14.95.tar.gz
pP7eBLeaAn/4x48sq8548vTAkj0rpMi2yToQuCRRgvg a2ps-
4.14.95.tar.gz
The SHA256 checksum is base64 encoded, instead of
the
hexadecimal encoding that most checksum tools
default to.
Use a .sig file to verify that the corresponding
file (without the
.sig suffix) is intact. First, be sure to download
both the .sig file
and the corresponding tarball. Then, run a command
like this:
gpg –verify a2ps-4.14.95.tar.gz.sig
The signature should match the fingerprint of the
following key:
pub rsa2048 2013-12-11 [SC]
2409 3F01 6FFE 8602 EF44 9BB8 4C8E F3DA
3FD3 7230
uid Reuben Thomas
uid keybase.io/rrt
If that command fails because you don’t have the
required public key,
or that public key has expired, try the following
commands to retrieve
or refresh it, and then rerun the ‘gpg –verify’
command.
gpg –locate-external-key rrt@sc3d.org
gpg –recv-keys 4C8EF3DA3FD37230
wget -q -O- ‘https://savannah.gnu.org/project/
release-gpgkeys.php?group=a2ps&download=1′ | gpg
–import -
As a last resort to find the key, you can try the
official GNU
keyring:
wget -q https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-keyring.gpg
gpg –keyring gnu-keyring.gpg –verify a2ps-
4.14.95.tar.gz.sig
This release was bootstrapped with the following
tools:
Autoconf 2.71
Automake 1.16.5
Gnulib v0.1-5836-geecd8afd69
NEWS
* Noteworthy changes in release 4.14.95 (2023-02-
20) [alpha]
* Build
– Build man pages in a simpler and more robust
way, using x-to-1 from
gnulib.
– Don’t install useless liba2ps.h.
– Other minor build system improvements,
including updating to more recent
autoconf and gettext.
– Don’t require help2man or gperf to build from
source.
– Document runtime dependencies.
– Minor code quality improvements.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Dan Langille ☛ Moving_the_poudriere_jail_from_slocum_to
r730-01⠀⇛
I recently moved the pkg01 jail from one host to
another. I’m having trouble getting it to build
packages.
# ⚓ Dan Langille ☛ Moving_one_jail_from_host_to_host⠀⇛
This is a quick post about the steps I’m using to
move my jails from one host to another. This is
bing done as I merge two hosts into one. I have not
attempted to automate this, apart from the initial
syncoid copying of data. This post is base roughly
upon my Mastodon post from yesterday.
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ Pivoting_in_tidyr_and_data.table⠀⇛
We all need to pivot data at some point, so these
are just some notes for my own benefit really,
because gather and spread are no longer in favour
within tidyr.
I tended to only ever need gather, and nearly
always relied on the same key and value names, so
it was an easy function for me to use.
pivot_longer and pivot_wider are much more
flexible, they just take a little bit more thinking
about.
# ⚓ Johan Halse ☛ What_to_expect_from_your_framework⠀⇛
There’s been a bit of a brouhaha these last weeks
as parts of the Internet suddenly woke up to the
realization that most Single Page Apps are slow and
overcomplicated, and — shock horror — it turns out
that Facebook, the lovable scamps that brought us
React and QAnon, have conducted themselves badly!
Refreshingly, rather than launching a thousand
caustic subtweets, this little stormwind has caused
the blog posts to start flying again. Thank you,
Elon “Vain gobshite” Musk. I’m totally here for it.
For a bit of backstory, the best place to start is
probably Zach Leatherman’s History of React
criticism followed by Alex Russell’s long and
eloquent assault on SPA stacks. You can easily lose
an entire afternoon reading the various pieces
linked from those (a fun afternoon! so much tech
drama!) but what got my delicious brainmeat
reaching for the blog this time was the most recent
shot, fired over at Laurie Voss’ site. It’s called
“The case for frameworks” and you should go read
that, too.
All caught up? Great.
# ⚓ Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky ☛ What’s_in_my_software_engineering
tool_belt?⠀⇛
One of my favorite things is reading about the
tools other people use, and talking about the tools
I use. When I read a post recently about a data
journalist’s data tool belt, well… I knew I’d have
to share my own software engineering tool belt,
too.
So, here’s my software engineering tool belt.
There are a lot of tools that I use, and not all of
them bear mentioning. I’ve left out some of the
tools that are probably very common or not super
interesting, unless I particularly love those
tools.
The tools I’ve included are categorized roughly
based on things that are directly for coding, vs.
all the other supporting tasks that are part of
software engineering.
# ⚓ Hillel Wayne ☛ NP-Complete_isn’t_(always)_Hard⠀⇛
A common assumption I see on the ‘net is that NP-
complete problems are impossible to solve. I
recently read that dependency management in Python
is hard because package resolution is NP-complete.
This is true in principle, but the reality is more
complicated. When we say “NP-complete is hard”
we’re talking about worst-case complexity, and the
average-case complexity is often much more
tractable. Many industry problems are “well-
behaved” and modern SAT solvers can solve them
quickly.
Okay I’ve probably lost 40% of my readers by this
point so let’s back up and explain “NP-complete”
and “SAT solver” and stuff.
# ⚓ Aral Balkan ☛ End-to-end_encrypted_Kitten_Chat⠀⇛
Sorry, your browser doesn’t support embedded
videos. But that doesn’t mean you can’t watch it!
You can download Small Is Beautiful #27 directly,
and watch it with your favourite video player.
# ⚓ [Reposted] Daniel Stenberg ☛ My_2023_dev_machine⠀⇛
My desktop computer is my trusted work machine that
I do the majority of all my (curl) development on.
When the 15th computer I’ve owned through the times
was ten years old the time was ripe to bump things
up a notch.
I don’t do games (as in: never) and I don’t do any
other 3D stuff. I just need my two 4K monitors to
display my desktops and browser windows fine.
In my ordinary days I compile C code and I run
tests. CPU and memory will be used to build and
test faster and to be able to run separate VM
runtimes in parallel without problems. I rarely
even build very large or complicated software
projects. (The days of building Firefox are long
gone…)
Ideally, this upgrade will last for a long time
again so I’ve tried to push it a little to increase
those chances.
# ⚓ Buttondown ☛ Code_review_vs_code_proofreading⠀⇛
§ Administrative Stuff
# Just one month until the March_TLA+_Workshop!
Thanks to everyone who already signed up, I’m
in the process of revising everything and am
real excited to share the new content.
There’s still nine slots left if you want to
join!
# I have a new blog post up: NP-Complete_isn’t_
(always)_Hard, about NP-complete problems and
modern SAT solvers.
§ Code review vs code proofreading
So in my last_newsletter I had an aside on code
review:
This is also why a lot of people hate
code review. It’s good when you’re acting
as an editor, looking for foundational
improvements to the code, but it’s awful
when you’re acting as a proofreader. That
probably deserves its own essay!
Let’s dig into that a bit more.
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ A_bit_on_unspecified_unique
objects_in_Python⠀⇛
Tratt notes that Python’s language
specification doesn’t specify the behavior
here, so both implementations are correct.
Python does this to preserve the ability of
implementations to make different choices,
and goes on the use the example of __del__
destructors. This might leave a reader who is
willing to accept the difference in
destructor behavior to wonder why Python
doesn’t standardize object identity here.
o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾
# ⚓ Jonathan_McDowell:_Fixing_mobile_viewing⠀⇛
It was brought to my attention recently that the
mobile viewing experience of this blog was not
exactly what I’d hope for. In my poor defence I
proof read on my desktop and the only time I see my
posts on mobile is via FreshRSS. Also my UX ability
sucks.
Anyway. I’ve updated the “theme” to a more recent
version of minima and tried to make sure I haven’t
broken it all in the process (I did break tagging,
but then I fixed it again). I double checked the
generated feed to confirm it was the same (other
than some re-tagging I did), so hopefully I haven’t
flooded anyone’s feed.
# ⚓ Xe’s Blog ☛ The_voice_control_challenge⠀⇛
A lot of software these days is difficult to use
with accessibility
tools. A lot of this problem is not really exposed
to the people that
create the software. A lot of software seems to be
made with the
assumption that people have working hands, they can
use a mouse, and
that the text is legible. This is simply not the
case for many people.
I would like to propose a challenge for people.
Let’s call it the
voice control challenge. For this challenge, you
need to use voice
control on your mac, iPad, or iPhone and see how
many of your
day-to-day tasks you can do without having to reach
for a keyboard or
type on the phone manually.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ CNN ☛ Magnitude_6.3_aftershock_strikes_southern_Turkey,_killing_3
and_injuring_hundreds_2_weeks_after_massive_quake_killed
thousands⠀⇛
A magnitude 6.3 aftershock struck southern Turkey Monday,
killing at least three people and injuring hundreds more,
according to Turkish and Syrian officials, two weeks
after a massive earthquake killed tens of thousands of
people in both countries.
o ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ How_Citizen_is_trying_to_remake_itself_by
recruiting_elderly_Asians⠀⇛
This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer
Center’s AI Accountability Network.
o ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ How_AI_can_actually_be_helpful_in
disaster_response⠀⇛
This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology
Review’s weekly tech policy newsletter about power,
politics, and Silicon Valley.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Another_Deadly_Quake_Rocks_an_Already_Ravaged
Area_of_Turkey⠀⇛
Just two weeks after the deadliest earthquake in the
country’s modern history, a powerful shock hit southern
Turkey, where many people are still sleeping outdoors for
fear of building collapses.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Jet_Engine_Powers_Tea_Kettle⠀⇛
While there are plenty of places around the world to get
a great cup of tea, no one has quite burned it into their
culture like those in the United Kingdom. While they
don’t have the climate to grow the plants themselves,
they at least have figured out the art of heating water
extremely rapidly in purpose-built electric kettles while
the rest of us wait to heat water on our stoves and
microwaves. But that’s still not fast enough for some,
like [Finlay Shellard], who just completed this jet-
powered tea kettle.
o ⚓ Reason ☛ “Strangers_on_the_Internet”_Podcast_Episode_23:_A
Rationalist_Guide_to_Dating⠀⇛
Volokh Conspiracy blogger Prof. Ilya Somin gives tips on
taking a scholarly approach to achieve dating success
o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Breaking:_New_6,4-Earthquake_Hits_Hatay_in_Turkey⠀⇛
The Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center issued a
tsunami warning for the coastal regions of Syria and
Turkey.
o ⚓ Axios ☛ Turkey_hit_by_new_earthquakes,_leaving_3_dead_and_more
than_200_injured⠀⇛
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook southern Turkey on
Monday, just two weeks after a massive_earthquake_and
aftershocks devastated the region.
o ⚓ Magnitude_6.4_earthquake_kills_three_in_southern_Türkiye⠀⇛
The earthquake in Hatay, which was already in ruins after
the major earthquakes two weeks ago, was followed by a
second one with a magnitude of 5.8.
o ⚓ FEBRUARY_6_EARTHQUAKES:_Another_threat_for_the_earthquake-hit
region:_Asbestos⠀⇛
Asbestos demolition expert warns: FFP3 masks should be
distributed in the region, watering should be done
against dust formation, and debris should be removed
without creating hills and on impermeable soil.
o ⚓ Hatay_Archeology_Museum_puts_artifacts_under_protection_after
quakes⠀⇛
In one of the hardest-hit cities from the Maraş
earthquakes, the museum is left relatively unscathed,
with world-renowned artifacts and mosaics undamaged,
according to the manager of the museum.
o ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Panel_Recap:_3D_Scanning_for_Cultural_Heritage
Preservation,_Access_and_Revitalization⠀⇛
We have an opportunity as a community to explore how 3D
scans might offer greater access to artifacts that are
disputed for repatriation. Cosmo Wenman was curious to
see how institutions might repatriate objects, but
possibly retain scans of them. He also noted other
tactics with institutions: “I used freedom of information
laws to release scans of public domain materials…
Institutions leverage secrecy of their policies to
preserve their commercial interest.”
There is no global consensus on the public domain yet,
the policies that should govern it, and what the public
domain means to different communities. Teresa Nobre
stated: “How can we protect public domain works from
appropriations from other intellectual [sic] property
[sic] (IP) laws, like trademarks? In Europe, we have
addressed the issue of 3D scans, but are still facing
issues of cultural heritage laws and IP appropriation of
the public domain.” Michael Weinberg noted additional
nuances: “The consensus is that 3D scans of public domain
material are also in the public domain, but cultural
heritage institutions wrestle with questions of
copyright.”
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Death_toll_from_flooding_in_Brazil_rises,_Lula_visits
disaster-hit_region⠀⇛
The death toll from devastating rainfall in
southeastern Brazil rose to 40 on Monday, official
figures showed, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
visited the region and said homes should no longer be
built in areas at risk of landslides and major floods.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Powerful_quake_rattles_southern_Turkey_two_weeks_after
devastating_tremor⠀⇛
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake on Monday rocked Turkey’s
southern province of Hatay and northern Syria, killing
three people and sparking fresh panic after a February 6
tremor that left nearly 45,000 dead in both countries.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Jupiter’s_Largest_Moons_All_Have_Aurorae
That_Glow_Deep_Red_And_15x_Brighter_Than_Ours⠀⇛
Imagine the view!
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Discovery_of_Two_New_Forms_of_Salt_Water
Could_Rewrite_Fundamental_Chemistry⠀⇛
Solving a mystery on the Solar System’s icy moons.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ The Conversation ☛ Why_it’s_time_for_the_UK_to_introduce
mandatory_training_for_new_dog_owners⠀⇛
In 1987, the UK government discontinued its dog
licensing system as politicians felt the old
licence scheme cost too much for the limited
benefits it gave. It was replaced by dog controls
in the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the
Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. But people told my
research team that most dog bites are preventable,
meaning the system is letting down both dogs and
humans.
One idea researchers have discussed is that when an
owner has a problem with an out-of-control dog they
should have to take training, similar to the kind
of “speed awareness” courses for drivers in the UK.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Graphics_Card_Shipments_in_China_Down_42%
Y-o-Y,_Up_From_December⠀⇛
Shipments of third-party cards fell year over year
but are trending up from the prior month.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Tidy_Breadboard_Uses_Banana_Bread⠀⇛
Self-described passionate maker in the electronics
and 3D printing world, [Jakob], aka [testudor], was
getting frustrated trying to connect banana plugs
to solderless breadboards. Project Banana Bread was
born — small banana jack adaptors and a companion
tray with pockets to hold up to six modules.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Low_Power_Challenge:_Weather_Station_Runs_For
Months_Thanks_To_E-Ink_Display⠀⇛
Having a device in your living room that shows
weather information is convenient, and building one
of those is a great project if you enjoy tinkering
with microcontrollers and environmental sensors.
It’s also a great way to learn about low-power
design, as [x-labz] demonstrated with their e-ink
weather station which works for no less than 60
days on a single battery charge. It has a clear
display that shows the local temperature and
humidity, as well as the weather forecast for the
day.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Clear_PLA_Diffuses_LEDs⠀⇛
[Chuck] often prints up interesting 3D prints. But
we enjoyed his enhancement to a cheap LED Christmas
tree kit. The original kit was simply a few green
PCBs in the shape of a tree. Cute, but not really
something a non-nerd would appreciate. What [Chuck]
did, though, is printed a clear PLA overcoat for it
and it came out great. You can see how great in the
video below.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Digital_Library_Of_Amateur_Radio_And
Communications_Is_A_Treasure_Trove⠀⇛
Having a big bookshelf of ham radio books and
magazines used to be a point of bragging right for
hams. These days, you are more likely to just
browse the internet for information. But you can
still have, virtually, that big shelf of old ham
books, thanks to the DLARC — the digital library of
Amateur Radio and Communications.
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ First-generation,_2007_iPhone_sells_for_more_than
$63,000_at_auction⠀⇛
The Apple relic sold for for an eye-popping
$63,356.40 Sunday — more than 100 times its
original price of $599 in 2007.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Trump’s_Former_Budget_Director_Is_Advising_GOP
to_Cut_Medicaid_by_$2_Trillion⠀⇛
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Lawsuit_Uncovers_Chicago’s_Failure_to_Provide
Disability_Protections_in_Housing⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Empty_egg_fridge_spotted_at_Woolies_in
Melbourne⠀⇛
Woolworths customer in Melbourne shares footage of
empty egg shelves, prompting speculation of further
egg shortages.
# ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ U-M_leaders_announce_COVID-19_policy
changes⠀⇛
U-M announced that effective Feb. 20, 2023, only
UM-Ann Arbor students living in Michigan Housing
are required to report COVID-19 vaccination.
# ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ The_Growing_Popularity_of_CBD_Oil_in
Germany⠀⇛
In recent years, the popularity of Cannabidiol
(CBD) oil has been rapidly growing in Germany.
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ Pete_Buttigieg_slams_Norfolk_Southern_amid
criticism_over_his_response_to_Ohio_train_derailment⠀⇛
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg penned a
letter to the CEO of Norfolk Southern, alleging
that the railway company is putting profits over
safety after the derailment in East Palestine,
Ohio.
# ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Food_safety_recall:_Lidl_salami_may_contain
salmonella⠀⇛
Lidl is recalling its Deluxe Strolghino Salami due
to salmonella risk
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Jeff_Bezos,_Bill_Gates-backed_brain_implant
startup_testing_mind-controlled_computing_on_humans⠀⇛
Synchron is part of an emerging crop of companies
testing technology in the brain-computer interface
industry, reports CNBC.
The Synchron Switch is implanted through the blood
vessels and allows patients to operate technology
using only their minds.
So far, the experimental technology has been tested
on three patients in the US and four in Australia,
according to the report.
# ⚓ CBC ☛ Mom_who_fled_with_baby_after_toxic_derailment_wants
officials_to_‘drink_the_water’_in_Ohio_town⠀⇛
In response to the derailment and safety concerns
it raises, U.S. Senate commerce committee chair
Maria Cantwell late on Friday said she has opened
an inquiry into railroad hazardous materials safety
practices.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Calls_Grow_for_Public_Ownership_of_Rail_System
Following_Ohio_Train_Derailment⠀⇛
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Investigation_Shows_Rail_Giant_Donated_to
Ohio_Governor_a_Month_Before_Toxic_Crash⠀⇛
An investigation published Monday revealed that
just weeks before a Norfolk Southern-owned train
overloaded with hazardous materials derailed and
caused a toxic chemical fire in East Palestine,
Ohio, the rail giant donated $10,000—the maximum
amount allowed—to help fund the inauguration of the
state’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine.
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Log_Off”:_1_in_3_U.S._Girls_Weighs
Suicide._Will_Congress_Restrict_Big_Tech?⠀⇛
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
warns teen girls face record levels of depression
and hopelessness, we host a roundtable on the role
of social media and a bipartisan push against Big
Tech in Congress. Several child safety-focused
bills to curtail children’s exposure to harmful
online interactions are being proposed this
session. Critics say the measures may not actually
help children while limiting speech and privacy
rights. We are joined by three people who testified
last week before the Senate Judiciary Committee:
Emma Lembke, a college student and founder of the
LOG OFF movement, which promotes healthy social
media use among teens; Mitch Prinstein, professor
of psychology and neuroscience and chief science
officer at the American Psychological Association;
and Josh Golin, executive director of Fairplay, a
consumer advocacy group dedicated to ending
marketing targeted at children.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Third_patient_cured_of_HIV_after_receiving_stem
cell_cancer_treatment⠀⇛
A man known as “the Duesseldorf patient” has become
the third person declared cured of HIV after
receiving a stem cell transplant that also treated
his leukaemia, a study said on Monday.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Think_You_Know_What_Normal_Blood_Pressure
Is?_New_Study_Suggests_You’re_Probably_Wrong⠀⇛
False confidence can be deadly.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Another_Person_Has_Been_‘Cured’_of_HIV,
Almost_a_Decade_After_Treatment⠀⇛
Here’s what you need to know.
# ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ AUDIO:_Michael_Bryant_on_Perspective_with
Jesse_Zurawell⠀⇛
Independent journalist (and regular OffG
contributor) Michael Bryant joins Jesse Zurawell on
Perspective to discuss Italy’s role in establishing
the Covid narrative in 2020. They talk
demographics, pollution, struggling hospitals, and
how misinformation stoked the hysteria. Michael
Bryant is a freelance journalist/activist and
researcher who presently focuses primarily on
issues surrounding health freedom.
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Meta_Verified_Coming_—_A_Subscription
Service_for_Creators⠀⇛
Meta is following in Twitter’s footsteps, offering
an account subscription aimed at creators. Here’s
what’s coming in Meta Verified. Meta says it wants
to make it easier for creators to establish a
presence online that is verified, so they can focus
on building communities on Instagram or Facebook.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Twitter_Shuts_Off_Text-Based_2FA_for_Non-
Subscribers⠀⇛
Twitter started a security ruckus over the weekend
with the sudden decision to turn off text message/
SMS method of two-factor authentication (2FA) for
non-subscribers.
[...]
The decision — and the way it is positioned as a
paid feature — attracted backlash from security
professionals who argue that text-based 2FA is
better than nothing at all. Worse, it creates a
false sense of security among paying subscribers
who may think the weakest form of 2FA is a premium
feature.
Twitter’s own internal data shows that multi-factor
adoption remains startlingly low. According to a
2021 transparency report, Twitter found that barely
2.3 percent of all its active accounts have enabled
at least one method of two-factor authentication
between July and December 2020.
# ⚓ Forbes ☛ Why_Did_Google_Stadia_Die?_Experts_Point_To_Lack
Of_Content,_Technology_Incompatibilities⠀⇛
New insights, plus expert commentary, suggest why
Google may have folded the project: lack of content
and less-than-ideal technology infrastructure. In
fact, some regulators are using Stadia’s closure as
key evidence that may stop Microsoft’s acquisition
of Activision Blizzard in the UK.
“Google’s recent decision to shut down its own
cloud gaming service, Stadia, shows that merely
having some strengths relevant to cloud gaming is
not enough to guarantee a platform’s success,”
wrote the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority
(CMA), in a report.
# ⚓ India Times ☛ 80%_of_Indian_firms_face_cyber_attacks_due_to
miscommunication_in_IT_security⠀⇛
According to the cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, in
terms of personal attitudes, the majority of non-IT
executives (48%) cited a decreased sense of
cooperation among different teams and stated that
the situation causes them to question their
colleagues’ skills and abilities when communicating
with their IT-security employees is unclear (43%).
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Google_rolls_out_memory_and_energy_saving
features_to_Chrome⠀⇛
The first new capability, dubbed Memory Saver, aims
to reduce the amount of RAM that Chrome requires to
run. Chrome is considered a memory-intensive
browser because it deploys each tab as a separate
process, or program, which increases hardware
requirements. The new Memory Saver feature can
reduce browser’s RAM usage by up to 40% or 10
gigabytes when running demanding web applications.
o § Security⠀➾
# § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾
# ⚓ APNIC ☛ The_benefits_of_RPKI_Signed_Checklists⠀⇛
An RSC is a new type of RPKI-signed object
that permits a resource holder to sign
arbitrary files or documents with a set of
Internet Number Resources. The recipient of
an RSC can then cryptographically verify that
the holder of those resources attests to the
signed files/documents.
There are several use cases for this
functionality.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ The North Lines IN ☛ Facebook-Owner_Meta_To_Roll_Out
Paid_Subscription⠀⇛
[...] It was not immediately clear how Mr.
Zuckerberg planned to price Meta Verified in
countries where users cannot afford to pay
$12 a month, or in cash-based economies where
they may have fewer ways to get the money to
Meta. Mr. Musk’s initial attempts to launch a
similar service at rival social media network
Twitter last year backfired wildly with an
embarrassing spate of fake accounts that
scared advertisers and cast doubt on the
site’s future. He was forced to briefly
suspend the effort before relaunching it to
muted reception in December.
# ⚓ CBC ☛ Blue_badge_coming_to_Facebook_and_Instagram_as
Meta_tests_paid_subscription_services⠀⇛
The social media giant’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg
has earlier said it was planning to launch
several new products that would “empower
creators to be way more productive and
creative,” while cautioning about the cost
associated with supporting the technology for
a large user base.
# § Confidentiality⠀➾
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Aviacode_remains_silent_after_0mega
dumps_200_GB_of_their_files⠀⇛
On January 9, DataBreaches noticed that
Aviacode had been added to the leak site for
0mega. Aviacode, which is part of GeBBS
Healthcare Solutions, offers medical coding
services, medical coding audits, coding
denial management, clinical documentation
improvement, and revenue cycle management for
billings and claims. As such, it is often a
business associate for HIPAA-covered
entities.
Seeing 0mega’s claims, DataBreaches sent an
inquiry to Aviacode. They did not reply. As
0mega later told DataBreaches, Aviacode did
not respond to them, either.
On February 11, 0mega dumped more than 200 GB
of Aviacode files.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Our_Freedoms_Shrink_as_Our_Military_Expands⠀⇛
The Merchants of Death even own our sidewalks.
That’s what we were told when we arrived
at Raytheon Technologies in Arlington, Virginia, on
Valentine’s Day, February 14th, to issue a
“Contempt Citation” for Raytheon’s failure to
comply with a subpoena issued last November by
the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal, a
People’s Tribunal scheduled […]
# ⚓ CNN ☛ China_and_Russia_are_closer_than_ever⠀⇛
As US President Joe Biden touched down in Ukraine
to meet with his counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on
Monday, China’s top diplomat was traveling in the
opposite direction, on his way to Russia.
# ⚓ Site36 ☛ With_the_„TCG_Anadolu“,_Ankara_wants_to_be_a_naval
drone_power⠀⇛
Turkey wants to be the first country in the world
to equip an aircraft carrier with armed drones
# ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Hensoldt_South_Africa’s_presence_at_IDEX_2023
highlights_importance_of_Middle_Eastern_market⠀⇛
Hensoldt South Africa is presenting an extensive
portfolio of products at the IDEX 2023 exhibition
in Abu Dhabi as it continues to focus on the
strategic Middle Eastern market.
# ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Etion_Create_out_in_force_at_IDEX_under
Reunert_umbrella⠀⇛
Pretoria-based electronics company Etion Create is
out in force at the IDEX 2023 exhibition in the
United Arab Emirates – the first time it is
attending the show since becoming part of the
Reunert Limited group.
# ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Calls_for_police_to_deal_with_crime_not
falling_on_deaf_ears,_says_Minister⠀⇛
Calls by South Africans for police to decisively
deal with crime are not falling on deaf ears, said
Police Minister Bheki Cele.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ EU_ministers,_Kasparov_meet_at_Lithuania’s_initiative
to_talk_about_Russian_opposition⠀⇛
EU foreign ministers met with Garry Kasparov in
Brussels on Monday at the initiative of Lithuania
and Poland to discuss the activities of Russia’s
opposition.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Russian_Draft_Resolution_on_Nord_Stream_Is
Legitimate_–_China⠀⇛
“We see the request is legitimate,” a Chinese
diplomat told reporters about the Russian call for
a meeting of the UN Security Council.
# ⚓ CNN ☛ A_powerful_symbol_of_Vladimir_Putin’s_failure⠀⇛
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Poland_closes_last_available_border_checkpoint_to
Belarusian_freight_traffic_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Poland will suspend Belarusian freight traffic
through the only checkpoint still available to
freight vehicles on the two countries’ border, the
Kukuryki–Kozlowicze crossing, at 7:00 p.m. local
time on Tuesday, the Polish Interior Ministry has
reported.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Evgeny_Prigozhin_demands_Russian_Defense_Ministry
provide_ammunition_to_Wagner_Group_amid_mercenaries’_‘shell
famine’_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Evgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russia’s Wagner
Group, said Monday that the mercenary company is
experiencing a “complete shell famine” and called
on the Russian Defense Ministry to provide
ammunition to Wagner “in the amount needed, which
it has in storage.”
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Six_Russian_soldiers_killed_in_Kursk_region_bunker
fire_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Six Russian soldiers were killed and one was
injured in a fire at a bunker in the country’s
Kursk region on Monday morning, Russian state news
outlet TASS reported.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ How_to_End_Putin’s_Forever_War⠀⇛
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its second
year, it increasingly resembles an earlier example
of imperial hubris, the Global War on Terror
launched by George W. Bush, which became the
quagmire known as the Forever War. Russia has
failed to subdue Ukraine and institute regime
change. But Ukrainian resistance, fueled by
patriotic fervor and NATO assistance, has only been
partially successful in rebuffing the invasion.
Some territory has been regained, but Russia still
occupies about 20 percent of Ukraine. The war is
being fought in Ukraine, which means it is
Ukraine’s landscape and infrastructure that are
being devastated. Russian bombs are turning a
significant part of the country into a barely
inhabitable hell on earth.1
# ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Biden_declares_‘Kyiv_stands’_in
surprise_visit_to_Ukraine⠀⇛
“One year later, Kyiv stands,” Biden declared after
meeting Zelenskyy at Mariinsky Palace.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US_says_UN_Security_Council_silence_on
North_Korea_is_dangerous⠀⇛
The council last took action on North Korea in
2017, when it adopted a resolution to strengthen
sanctions.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Joe_Biden_makes_surprise_visit_to_Kyiv_—_Meduza⠀⇛
U.S. President Joe Biden has arrived in Kyiv for a
surprise visit as part of his trip to Europe
marking the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-
scale invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian
media.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_authorities_open_criminal_case_against
military_doctor_for_refusing_to_serve_in_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a
criminal case against Medical Corps Lieutenant
Denis Vasilyev for refusing to take part in combat,
Pavel Chikov, the founder of the human rights group
Agora, reported on Monday.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Officials_Are_Denying_Ammunition_To_Wagner
Fighters,_Says_Prigozhin⠀⇛
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russia’s
mercenary Wagner Group, has accused unspecified
officials of deliberately denying his fighters
sufficient ammunition as part of an ongoing rivalry
between himself and parts of the Russian elite.
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Biden_in_Ukraine_on_War_Anniversary:_Matt
Duss,_Medea_Benjamin_Debate_U.S._Involvement,_Hopes_for
Peace⠀⇛
President Biden made a surprise visit to Ukraine
ahead of this week’s first anniversary of Russia’s
invasion and announced another $500 million in
military aid to Ukraine and more sanctions on
Russia. The visit underlines what Biden called his
“unwavering support” for Ukrainian independence at
a time when growing numbers of people in the United
States and other countries are pushing for a
negotiated end to the fighting. “For an American
president to make a trip like this is enormously
symbolic,” says Matt Duss, visiting scholar at the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and
former Bernie Sanders adviser. “I feel this is a
propaganda move to shore up support for a senseless
war that the American public are starting to
realize has no end in sight except for more
senseless waste of lives,” says CodePink co-founder
Medea Benjamin.
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ VP_Harris_Says_Russia_Is_Guilty_of_Crimes
Against_Humanity_in_Ukraine,_But_U.S._Limits_Power_of
International_Law⠀⇛
At the Munich Security Conference, Vice President
Kamala Harris announced the United States has
formally determined Russia committed crimes against
humanity in Ukraine. Her remarks come amid a
“massive justice mobilization” in Ukraine, where
investigators are documenting abuses and seeking to
prosecute Russian soldiers and leaders, says Reed
Brody, a veteran war crimes prosecutor and former
counsel for Human Rights Watch. Brody notes that
for international law to have force, it must apply
to powerful countries including the United States.
“You can’t have it both ways. The tools of
international justice should not only be aimed at
enemies and outcasts,” says Brody.
# ⚓ Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ ERR_in_Munich:_Western
politicians_might_not_be_ready_for_long_war⠀⇛
While Western politicians reiterated their promises
to stay behind Ukraine for as long as it takes at
the Munich Security Conference, PM Kaja Kallas said
there were also signals to suggest countries might
not be in it for the long haul.
# ⚓ The Times Of Israel ☛ Iran_said_on_cusp_of_ability_to_make
nukes,_having_enriched_uranium_to_84%_purity⠀⇛
Inspectors from the UN atomic agency discovered
uranium enriched to 84-percent purity in Iran last
week, closer than ever to weapons-grade levels,
Bloomberg reported Sunday, citing two unnamed
senior diplomats.
Iran has been known thus far to have enriched
uranium to 60%. A purity of 90% is needed to
produce nuclear weapons.
# ⚓ The Guardian UK ☛ Met_police_and_MI5_foil_15_plots_by_Iran
against_British_or_UK-based_‘enemies’⠀⇛
Police and the security services have foiled 15
plots by Iran to either kidnap or kill British or
UK-based individuals it considers “enemies of the
regime”, counter-terrorism police revealed on
Saturday.
The toll of attempted assassinations and abductions
was made public hours after a London-based Iranian
broadcaster announced it had moved operations to
the US after mounting safety concerns against its
journalists from Tehran.
# ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Al-Qaeda-linked_Uyghur_militant_group
seeks_India’s_help_against_China_over_Xinjiang_–_report⠀⇛
Turkistan Islamic Party, a militant group linked to
Al-Qaeda and Taliban, has sought India’s help
against China over Xinjiang issue [...]
# ⚓ The Independent UK ☛ Inside_the_Taliban_slaughterhouses
where_Western_‘collaborators’_are_tortured_to_death⠀⇛
The family is among half a dozen who have spoken to
The Independent about cases that, according to
local activists, journalists and rights groups,
show an alarming trend: far from keeping its
promise not to seek retribution against those
associated with the previous government, the
Taliban has merely been biding its time before
enacting vicious extrajudicial “justice” against
its perceived enemies.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ In_Surprise_Visit_to_Kyiv,_Biden_Approves
$500_Million_in_Aid_as_War_Nears_One-Year_Mark⠀⇛
U.S. President Joe Biden made a brief surprise trip
to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Monday to
pledge his “unwavering and unflagging commitment”
ahead of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s
invasion, which has left tens of thousands dead,
sparked a massive humanitarian crisis, and raised
fears of a broader war between nuclear powers.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Negotiated_Resolutions_the_‘Only_Way’
Guantánamo_Prison_Will_Ever_Close⠀⇛
On February 2, U.S. prisoner and former al-Qaeda
courier Majid Khan was released from the Guantánamo
Bay Detention Camp in Cuba after more than 16 years
of imprisonment. “We are very pleased with Majid’s
release,” says J. Wells Dixon, a senior staff
attorney at the New York City-based Center for
Constitutional Rights (CCR).
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ US_Is_Pushing_Olympics_to_Exclude_Russia,_But
What_About_Its_Own_War_Crimes?⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Olympics-Australia_Aligned_With
Other_Nations_on_Russia,_Belarus_Athlete_Ban⠀⇛
# ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ Chris_Hedges:_Rage_Against_The_War
Machine_Speech⠀⇛
On Feb. 19, 2023, Chris Hedges spoke at the Lincoln
Memorial in Washington, DC at a bipartisan anti-war
rally called “Rage Against the War Machine.” Hedges
was joined by prominent anti-war figures on the
political left and right, drawing ire from some on
both sides and making apparent the ever-growing
schism that has come to characterize modern
Americana. Here is the text of his speech in its
entirety.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Rage_Against_the_War_Machine_Speeches⠀⇛
At the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday, February 19th,
on the anniversary of the Ukraine War, protestors
from the Right and the Left gathered to demand an
end to the American funding of the war in Ukraine
and an end to the War State.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ US_Admits_Weather_Pushed_Chinese_Balloon_Off
Course,_US_Shot_Down_Hobbyist’s_$12_Balloon_in_$2_Million
Attack⠀⇛
US officials acknowledged the Chinese balloon they
shot down on February 4 had likely been blown off
course by unexpected weather. The US Air Force
later spent $2 million using missiles to blow up
what appeared to be a $12 hobbyist balloon.
# ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ March_to_War_In_Iraq,_20_Years_Later:
February_20,_2003⠀⇛
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Dozens_of_soldiers_killed_in_jihadi_attack_on
Burkina_Faso_army_unit⠀⇛
The death toll from a jihadi attack on a Burkina
Faso army unit in the north of the country last
week has risen to 51, military officials said
Monday, after 43 new bodies were found.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ France_Eyes_Ivory_Coast_After
Burkina_Faso_Boots_Out_French_Troops⠀⇛
By Ange Aboa and Thiam NdiagaABIDJAN/OUAGADOUGOU
(Reuters) – France’s defence minister pledged on
Monday to boost military support to Ivory Coast…
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Policeman_Arrested_Over_Death_Of_Young
Kurdish_Man⠀⇛
Iranian authorities say they have arrested a police
officer over the killing of a Kurdish youth in a
rare move against security forces who have been
leading a brutal crackdown against anti-government
protesters.
# ⚓ Spiegel ☛ “This_Here_Is_Hell”:_A_Visit_to_the_Front_in
Bakhmut⠀⇛
As the West continues to debate how many modern
tanks should be delivered to Ukraine and when,
soldiers in Bakhmut continue to rely on their
Soviet-era weaponry. But how much longer can they
hold out? A visit to the front lines.
# ⚓ Spiegel ☛ “We_Are_Not_Going_To_Give_Up”:_The_Day_That_Never
Ended_for_Ukraine⠀⇛
On the morning of February 24, 2022, Russian forces
marched into Ukraine. Nothing has been the same
since – for Kyiv or for Europe. A chronicle of the
hours leading up to the war and the immediate
aftermath.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ German_Defense_Minister_Visits_Tank_Training_For
Ukrainian_Crews⠀⇛
The training of Ukrainian tank crews in Germany on
how to operate advanced German-made tanks is on
schedule, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius
said while visiting a military training ground in
northwest Germany on February 20.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ What_if_Putin’s_plan_for_a_quick_victory
in_Ukraine_had_succeeded?⠀⇛
Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn’t met any of
the strategic objectives he alluded to when he
launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine a year
ago.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ AUKUS_will_redefine_government–industry
partnerships⠀⇛
Australia’s defence and technology industry will be
tested like never before by the AUKUS partnership
in managing the torrent of sensitive information
flowing from partner countries and in defining the
shape of the agreement itself.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Building_Bangladeshi–Australian_ties_for
regional_prosperity_and_security⠀⇛
Australia’s economic opportunities in South Asia
extend far beyond India.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Eyes_$15_Billion_Program_After_Meeting_With
IMF_Chief⠀⇛
Ukraine is hoping to clinch a multiyear support
program of at least $15 billion, Prime Minister
Denys Shmyhal said on February 20 after meeting the
head of the International Monetary Fund.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ German_Foreign_Minister_Says_No_Legal_Grounds_To
Declare_Iran’s_Revolutionary_Guards_A_Terrorist_Entity⠀⇛
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has said
that German experts have found no legal grounds to
list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps
(IRGC) as a terrorist organization.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Six_Russian_Soldiers_Killed_In_Fire_At_Military
Site_In_Kursk_Region⠀⇛
Six Russian soldiers were killed in the country’s
Kursk region in a fire blamed on a “gross
violation” of safety rules, Russian state media
reported on February 20.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ China’s_Top_Diplomat_Urges_End_To_Hostilities_Ahead
Of_Moscow_Visit⠀⇛
China’s top diplomat Wang Yi, who is to visit
Russia this week on the one-year anniversary of its
invasion of Ukraine, called on February 20 for
negotiations and peace for the sake of the world.
# ⚓ CNN ☛ Hear_Wagner_leader_complain_of_ammo_shortages⠀⇛
Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Russian private
military company Wagner, acknowledged a “major
problem” with ammunition supplies for his troops,
amid a public spat with the leaders of Russia’s
defense establishment.
# ⚓ CNN ☛ Special_prosecutor_in_‘Rust’_case_drops_firearm
enhancement_charge_against_Alec_Baldwin⠀⇛
The manslaughter charges against Alec Baldwin
relating to the 2021 fatal shooting on the set of
the movie “Rust” have been downgraded by
prosecutors in New Mexico, which will reduce the
prison time the actor could face in the death of
the movie’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘Rust’_Prosecutors_Downgrade_Alec
Baldwin’s_Manslaughter_Charges⠀⇛
The actor’s lawyers had argued that a firearm law
included by the prosecutors was not in effect at
the time of the fatal shooting. It would have
carried a mandatory five-year sentence.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ US_urges_UN_to_condemn_North_Korea;
China,_Russia_blame_US⠀⇛
The United States and its allies are urging the
U.N. Security Council to condemn North Korea’s
unlawful ballistic missile launches. But China and
Russia blamed the U.S. for escalating tensions by
increasing military exercises targeting Pyongyang.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the
council at an emergency meeting Monday that at a
minimum all 15 members should be agreeable to
condemning the North’s missile launches, to urging
Pyongyang to comply with its resolutions, and “to
engage in meaningful dialogue.” She warned the
council that its silence leads to “irrelevance.”
Pyongyang’s allies China and Russia countered that
what’s needed now is dialogue between North Korea
and the Biden administration, a de-escalation of
military exercises and an easing of sanctions.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Inside_Biden’s_Surreal_and_Secretive
Journey_to_Ukraine⠀⇛
President Biden traveled covertly to the besieged
Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, hoping to demonstrate
American resolve to help defeat the Russian forces
that invaded a year ago this week.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_Biden’s_Unannounced_Visit_to_Kyiv,_a
Preview_of_an_Increasingly_Direct_Contest_With_Putin⠀⇛
The vastly different world views of President Biden
and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia will
become vividly apparent in a rare split-screen
moment on Tuesday.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden’s_Kyiv_Visit_Lifts_Spirits_of_War-
Weary_Ukrainians⠀⇛
The American president was the most prominent
Western leader to visit Ukraine since Russia
invaded, and the capital was swept up in the
excitement.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ With_an_Eye_on_China,_Philippines_Moves
Closer_to_U.S._Interests⠀⇛
Driven by worry about China’s aggression, President
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has adopted the most muscular
foreign policy approach that the Philippines has
seen in close to a decade.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Problem_With_Russia_Is_Russia⠀⇛
Ukrainians will survive the Russian Federation,
just as we survived the Soviet Union.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Married_Couple_Shared_a_Trench_on
Ukraine’s_Frontline._They_Died_in_It_Together.⠀⇛
Taras and Olha Melster signed up to help the war
effort. Like many other urban professionals in
Ukraine, they never expected to be sent to the
front line.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ How_President_Biden_secretly_visited_Ukraine⠀⇛
President Biden arrived back in Poland on Monday
evening following a roughly five-hour surprise
visit_to_Kyiv ahead of the one-year anniversary of
the war.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Exclusive:_Kevin_McCarthy_gives_Tucker_Carlson
access_to_massive_trove_of_Jan._6_riot_tape⠀⇛
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has given Fox News’
Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of
Capitol surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 riot,
McCarthy sources tell me.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Russia_sells_weapons_at_Abu_Dhabi
arms_fair_amid_Ukraine_war⠀⇛
Russia is offering weapons for sale ranging from
Kalashnikov assault rifles to missile systems
despite facing sanctions from the West over its war
on Ukraine. The offer is on display at the biennial
arms fair just outside of Abu Dhabi, the capital of
the United Arab Emirates, on Monday. The fair —
known as the International Defense Exhibition and
Conference — underscores the UAE’s intentions to
embrace Moscow while balancing its ties to the
West, even as the war on Ukraine approaches its
first anniversary this Friday. A sanctioned Russian
trade official was seen attending the event. At the
same fair, U.S. forces displayed the Javelin anti-
tank missile that Ukraine has used to devastating
effect against Moscow’s tanks.
# ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ 13_people_taken_to_hospitals_after
explosion_and_fire_at_Ohio_metal_factory⠀⇛
Thirteen people were taken to local hospitals after
an explosion at a metal factory near Oakwood, Ohio,
according to Captain Brian DiRocco with the Oakwood
Village Fire Department.
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ Kevin_McCarthy_gives_Tucker_Carlson_access_to_Jan.
6_riot_surveillance_tapes⠀⇛
The 44,000 hours of footage, most of which Carlson
claims has never been seen by the public before,
has been under review by the Fox News host’s
producers “for about a week.”
o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
# ⚓ PJ Media ☛ Leftist_Group_Rocked_by_Revelation_That_Its
‘Queer,_Muslim,_Multiethnic’_Equity_Chief_Is_Really_A_White
Lady⠀⇛
Raquel Saraswati apparently really is “queer” and
Muslim, although her affectation of the hijab
suggests that she adheres to a moral code that
would have her executed for homosexual activity.
And of course, she certainly isn’t a person of
color. The contradictions and absurdities in her
story should have raised eyebrows among the
American Friends Service Committee. But her story
was just too good, so good as to be irresistible.
Now, despite the fact that the truth has come out
about her, one thing is certain: among Leftists, no
lessons will be learned.
# ⚓ Jewish Journal ☛ Why_That_Ohio_Town_Is_Named_“East
Palestine”⠀⇛
The tragic spotlight now shining on Ohio’s “East
Palestine” naturally leaves some people curious as
to why it has such as unusual name. The answer is
that it’s not a very unusual name at all.
Elsewhere in Ohio, there are towns named Hebron,
Gilboa, Canaan, and Shiloh (two of them, in fact).
There’s even a Sodom, which was given its name
after a prohibition advocate, disappointed at the
small turnout for his lecture in 1840, jokingly
compared the locale to that infamous biblical
center of sin.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ How_Change_Is_Actually_Made_on_Campus⠀⇛
In September 2022, Princeton University announced
plans to divest its $35 billion endowment and to
end financial research ties with 90 fossil fuel
companies, including ExxonMobil, Synergy, and
Total. “We’re grateful to the Princeton faculty
members who dedicated their time and expertise to
addressing an important and challenging set of
questions,” wrote Weezie Sams, the chair of
Princeton’s board, in its announcement. “It is
thanks to their work, and the engagement of many
members of the University community, that we’re
able to take these steps today.”
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Climate_Crisis_Worsening_Social_Injustices,
Conflicts:_Nkirote⠀⇛
This year’s World Day of Social Justice seeks to
rally communities toward collective action on
threats to basic rights and human dignity,
including poverty and hunger.
# ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Venice’s_canals_run_dry_as_Italy_faces_new
drought_alert⠀⇛
The city, where flooding is normally the primary
concern, faces unusually low tides that are making
it impossible for gondolas, water taxis and
ambulances to navigate.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ India Times ☛ EU_calls_for_fast-track_
[cryptocurrency]_capital_rules_for_banks⠀⇛
Tough capital rules for banks holding
cryptoassets must be fast-tracked in the
European Union’s pending banking law if
Europe wants to avoid missing a globally-
agreed deadline, the bloc’s executive has
said.
The global Basel Committee of banking
regulators from the world’s main financial
centres has set a January 2025 deadline for
implementing capital requirements for banks’
exposures to cryptoassets such as stablecoins
and bitcoin.
# ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Copenhagen_rated_among_top_cities
for_cycling⠀⇛
“The first bike lane in Denmark was set up in
1892 in Copenhagen. Today, the capital has
385 kilometres (239 miles) of bike lanes,
according to VisitDenmark.com,” wrote CNN.
“Cyclists and drivers also safely share the
same roadway in many places. Thanks to Danish
design innovations, such as narrowed streets
and textured surfaces, cars drive slower.”
# ⚓ CNN ☛ 10_of_the_best_cities_in_the_world_to_see_while
riding_a_bicycle⠀⇛
The good news is some cities have given
bicycles and the practice of sustainability
their due.
The following 10 cities worldwide are among
the best for tourists (and locals) who like
to bike.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Automating_The_Most_Analog_Of_HVAC
Equipment⠀⇛
Burning wood, while not a perfect heating
solution, has a number of advantages over
more modern heating appliances. It’s a
renewable resource, doesn’t add carbon to the
atmosphere over geologic time scales like
fossil fuels do, can be harvested locally
using simple tools, and it doesn’t require
any modern infrastructure to support it. That
being said, wood stoves aren’t something that
are very high-tech and don’t lend themselves
particularly well to automation as a result,
at least with the exception of this wood
stove from [jotulf45v2].
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ India_invokes_emergency_law_to
force_coal-based_power_plants_to_raise_output⠀⇛
The directive comes into effect on March 16.
It would remain valid till June 15.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ Botswana_Loses_Third_of_Rhinos_to_Poaching
in_5_Years⠀⇛
Botswana does not publicly disclose its rhino
population, but a document the government
presented before the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species
(CITES) in Panama last year showed there were
an estimated 285 white rhinos and 23 black
rhinos across the country.
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ It’s_Too_Soon_to_Remove_the_Grizzly
From_the_Endangered_Species_List⠀⇛
# § Overpopulation⠀➾
# ⚓ The Guardian UK ☛ Taliban_bans_contraception_calling
use_a_‘western_conspiracy’⠀⇛
Reports that fighters have threatened those
issuing birth control medicines come as
Afghan midwives and activists warn of impact
on women’s health and rights
# ⚓ The Hill ☛ Project_would_pipe_water_from_Mexico_to
parched_Arizona_—_if_anyone_can_agree_on_it⠀⇛
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ The Local SE ☛ In_numbers:_The_food_products_in_Sweden
seeing_the_biggest_price_rises⠀⇛
Food prices in Sweden continued to rise last month,
with milk, cheese and eggs seeing the largest
increases.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Pakistan_Hikes_Tax_On_Luxury_Goods_And_Services_To
Get_IMF_Deal⠀⇛
Pakistan’s parliament gave the go-ahead on February
20 for the government to raise taxes on a raft of
luxury imports and services in a bid to unlock the
next tranche of an International Monetary Fund
(IMF) loan.
# ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Statistics_Finland:_Inflation_slowed_to
8.4%_in_January⠀⇛
THE SURGE in Finnish consumer prices showed signs
of letting up in January.
Statistics Finland on Monday reported that the
year-on-year rise in consumer prices slowed down
from 9.1 per cent in December 2022 to 8.4 per cent
in January. The slowdown, it viewed, is
attributable to factors such as the moderation of
electricity price increases.
# ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Every_eighth_full-time_worker_in_Denmark
is_a_foreigner⠀⇛
In related news, almost 60 percent of Ukrainians
who fled to Denmark to escape the War in Ukraine
have found employment
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Hedge_Fund_Billionaire_Ray_Dalio_Gets
Billions_More_to_Retire⠀⇛
Bridgewater’s founder, Ray Dalio, retired last year
after months of negotiations that guaranteed him a
gigantic exit package.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ GOP_Taking_Budget_Advice_From_Trump
Official_Who_Wants_to_Cut_$2_Trillion_From_Medicaid⠀⇛
The right-wing official who served as budget
director for the Trump administration is reportedly
playing a significant advisory role for House
Republicans as they seek to leverage a fast-
approaching debt ceiling crisis to enact spending
cuts that would disproportionately impact low-
income households.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_Rail_Unions_Warned_Us:_Greed_Is
Dangerous⠀⇛
The toxic clouds that billowed up from a derailed
freight train in Ohio earlier this month are a
chilling metaphor for the toxic greed that has
infected so many of our big corporations.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Rail_Unions_Warned_Us._Greed_Is
Dangerous.⠀⇛
Following multiple, dangerous derailments across
the country, those working the railroad have a
solution to the nation’s rail crisis: public
ownership.
# ⚓ Broadband Breakfast ☛ Bipartisan_Alarm_Over_Social_Media’s
Harms_to_Children_Prompts_Slew_of_Proposed_Legislation⠀⇛
The Judiciary Committee hearing included discussion
of several bills aimed at protecting children
online, such as the Kids Online Safety Act, a
measure that would create a “duty of care”
requirement for platforms to shield children from
harmful content. KOSA gained significant bipartisan
traction during the previous session of Congress
but ultimately failed to pass.
# ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Granting_Indigenous_people_early_age_pension
will_have_flow-on_impact⠀⇛
Using life expectancy as criteria to assess whether
someone was eligible for the age pension would lead
to an ‘unworkable uncertainty’, a federal court has
been told.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Ho_Chi_Minh_City_issues_urgent_directive_after
footwear_factory_cuts_jobs⠀⇛
PouYuen makes sports shoes for Adidas and Nike but
has been hit by plunging demand from the US and
Europe.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ How_“trained_incapacity”_could_be_damaging_your
career⠀⇛
It’s an onboarding_technique job switchers are no
stranger to—seeking out a peer with seniority and
asking for keys to success in this uncertain
setting. Maybe you’ve offered that advice to a new
hire, or maybe you’ve been the one asked for tips.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Student_Loan_Borrowers_to_Rally_‘In_Full
Force’_as_SCOTUS_Weighs_Biden_Relief_Plan⠀⇛
Supporters of President Joe Biden’s stalled student
debt relief proposal are planning to rally outside
the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. at the
end of the month as justices hear a case
challenging the administration’s long-awaited
program.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Tradeoffs_in_the_Fight_Against_Inflation⠀⇛
Life is about tradeoffs. And that’s also true for
the Federal Reserve, which is meant to balance
employment and inflation. Through 2021 and ’22,
many economists saw the scales as being off. While
unemployment fell dramatically, inflation spiked
far higher than most experts had predicted. We can
see from the Fed’s economic projections and public
statements that these developments caught the
institution off guard. Suddenly it shifted its
focus to tamping down inflation, even if its
decisions risked sparking a recession. And so last
year the Fed scrambled to raise interest rates
after having left them at zero throughout 2021.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ The Economist ☛ A_BBC_monitoring_station_that_listened_in
on_the_world_is_being_sold⠀⇛
Eavesdropping on the airwaves was a habit that was
slow to begin in Britain. An initial government
department, set up at the start of the second world
war, comprised three people, one of whom first
taught his junior to make tea properly. But it was
the BBC, which started its own service at around
the same time, that won out.
By 1943 BBC Monitoring—the branch of the
broadcaster that doesn’t speak but listens—was
operating in earnest. It took up residence in
Caversham Park, bringing with it radios and
receivers, typewriters and teleprinters, and
numerous refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe to act
as monitors. They set about building Babel by a
lake in Berkshire—and then they set about
translating it. Over the years that followed the
reports they produced were used by the BBC itself,
by other news agencies and by wartime and peacetime
governments.
# ⚓ The Hill ☛ Apple_flexes_lobbying_power_as_Apple_Watch_ban
comes_before_Biden_next_week⠀⇛
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled
in December that Apple infringed on medical device
company AliveCor’s wearable electrocardiogram
patents. The commission’s ruling could result in an
import ban on popular Apple Watch models, unless
the Biden administration steps in.
Apple responded by contracting with Shara Aranoff,
a lobbyist at Covington & Burling who chaired the
ITC during the Obama administration.
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Twitter_lays_off_more_employees_from_sales
team:_report⠀⇛
Elon Musk-owned microblogging platform Twitter on
Friday laid off employees from ad sales team in a
fresh round of layoffs, news website The
Information reported.
The number of job cuts, however, is not known, as
per the report, which added that the social media
company had about 800 sales and marketing employees
as of last month.
Twitter had in November last year reduced staff
from its sales team.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Dem_Leaders_Urged_to_Mark_Bloody_Sunday_by
Acting_on_Voting_Rights,_Economic_Justice⠀⇛
“Selma is sacred ground. It is, in a very real
sense, the delivery room where the possibility of a
true democracy was born. It is no place to play or
to be for political pretense. Either you’re serious
or not. If you’re coming, come on Sunday, the
actual day of remembrance. If you’re coming, come
with a commitment to fight for what these people
were willing to give their lives for.”
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Can_Nigeria’s_Peter_Obi_ride_his_newfound
momentum_all_the_way_to_presidency?⠀⇛
The rise of Peter Obi in the campaign for Nigeria’s
presidential election on February 25 has shaken up
the country’s politics, hitherto dominated by two
major parties since the end of military rule in
1999. But analysts say that Obi still faces an
uphill struggle.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ New_Day_of_Protests_in_Israel_Against_Judicial
Reform⠀⇛
Today’s protests included blockades of streets and
avenues, and some demonstrators gathered in front
of the residences of government officials.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Protests_as_Israel’s_parliament_pushes_ahead
with_judicial_‘reform’⠀⇛
Israel’s parliament on Monday voted to push ahead
with a contested overhaul of the country’s judicial
system championed by Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist government that
has sparked mass protests.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Yana,_a_Russian_exile_in_Paris:_‘Russia’s
destiny_is_everyone’s_business’⠀⇛
Arrested during a protest against the war in
Ukraine in March 2022, Yana, a 35-year-old Russian
executive, decided to flee her home town of Moscow.
Since her arrival in Paris in June, she has been
trying to deal with the administration involved in
moving country, while sharing the message of
critics of Vladimir Putin’s regime.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Mardzhina,_a_Ukrainian_refugee:_‘I_planned_to
visit_Paris_–_not_to_live_there’⠀⇛
When Mardhzina left her home on the outskirts of
Kyiv to shield her family from the war, the 41-
year-old single mother hoped she would be returning
quickly to Ukraine. A year later, she is now
considering a future in France, while keeping a
close eye on her home country’s fate.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ 2_members_of_party_led_by_former
Malaysia_premier_Muhyiddin_charged_with_graft⠀⇛
They are accused of accepting bribes amounting to
close to RM7 million in relation to the Jana Wibawa
Covid-19 relief initiative.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_says_it_is_‘deeply_worried’_about
escalation_of_Ukraine_conflict⠀⇛
BEIJING – China is “deeply worried” about the
escalation of the Ukraine conflict and the
possibility of the situation spiralling out of
control, China’s foreign minister Qin Gang said on
Tuesday.
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Charles_McGonigal_and_the_Unclassified
Oligarch_Info⠀⇛
A protective order dispute between SDNY and Charles
McGonigal’s co-defendant reveals that all the
discovery in the case is unclassified. But
McGonigal and his attorney, former Bill Barr aide
Seth DuCharme, both undoubtedly know of classified
information they could demand.
# ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ AMLO_resists_handover_of_Pacific
Alliance_presidency_to_Peru’s_Boluarte⠀⇛
AMLO was scheduled to hand over leadership of the
four-nation coalition to Peru’s former president
Castillo in November.
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ The_Normalization_Phenomena:_Strategic
Desperation_of_Neighbors_Amid_New_Delhi’s_Rise⠀⇛
As New Delhi is setting the stage for great power
meetings this year like G-20 and QUAD, its
neighbors seem to be desperate to roll out a thaw
plan with India.
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ The_Growing_Persecution_of_Women_in
India_has_a_Fallout_on_Kashmir⠀⇛
If there is any country that makes international
headlines for its treatment of women, it is India.
India is also famous for the exploitation and
trafficking of women. Women in India face life
threating challenges, including poverty,
discrimination, and violence; they are often
subjected to sexual exploitation and trafficking.
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ How_China_Can_Help_Reimagine_Europe⠀⇛
China still believes that Europe can be relatively
independent from the US as a participant in the
global economy and politics. At least, this is
evidenced by the extremely friendly tone of Chinese
diplomacy with regard to the activities of the
European Union and the relations of the Celestial
Empire itself with the Old Continent.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Jimmy_Carter_Is_Our_Greatest_Former
President⠀⇛
The battle over the legacy of an American president
begins the moment they leave office. Historians
debate their contributions, reporters examine their
records, and the public weighs in with their
memories.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Jimmy_Carter_and_the_End_of_Democratic
Capitalism⠀⇛
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ In_This_Tender_Time:_Few_Humans_Have_Served
So_Well⠀⇛
We can forget, but the news Jimmy Carter is nearing
the end of his righteous life reminds us there has
been, and perhaps will be, good on this earth. A
“thoroughly decent man” and “steadfast champion of
humanity,” Carter spoke up for racial justice,
economic equity, prison reform, the rights of
Palestinians, and hard truths the rich and powerful
didn’t want to hear. A “man of great faith who led
by example,” he taught us how to live with dignity.
And now how to die.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Nation_Names_New_Columnists_Spencer
Ackerman,_Adolph_Reed_Jr.,_and_Jane_McAlevey⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Israel_Is_Destroying_the_Fantasies_of_Liberal
Zionism⠀⇛
Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to
Jerusalem in late January came during a period of
notable violence and political upheaval throughout
Palestine. But most of the anodyne comments Blinken
made during his trip could have been made at just
about any time in the past 30 years.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Running_for_or_Running_From?⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_New_York_Times_Is_Repeating_One_of_Its
Most_Notorious_Mistakes⠀⇛
On March 11, 1998, New York Times copy editor Donna
Cartwright posted a letter on bulletin boards on
every floor of the paper’s newsroom. The letter
began: To my colleagues at the New York Times: in
the 21 years we’ve worked together, we have shared
much hard work and many rewarding experiences. I’m
writing this now to inform you of a significant
change in my life that will affect our relationship
and to ask for your understanding and support.
After much reflection and inner struggle, I have
decided to resolve a longstanding conflict in my
life by beginning to live full-time as a woman
starting in about two months’ time.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Tens_of_Thousands_in_Israel_Rally_Against
‘Dictator’s_Bill’_as_Lawmakers_Vote_on_Judicial_Overhaul⠀⇛
Tens of thousands of people opposed to the far-
right Israeli government’s proposed judicial
overhaul once again hit the streets of Jerusalem
and Tel Aviv on Monday, where they implored
lawmakers to vote against the measures during the
afternoon’s first reading.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Moderate_PAC’_Is_Latest_Big-Money_Push_to
Keep_Democrats_in_Line_on_Israel⠀⇛
A new Democratic political action committee (PAC)
has arisen, dedicated to cultivating what it refers
to as “moderate policies.” It stands against
Republicans, as it supports only Democrats, but
primarily, it aims to move the Democratic party to
the right. It’s the latest iteration of
conservative efforts to revive the classical
conservatism that has been drowned by right-wing
fanaticism, creating the so-called “Never-Trump
Republicans” who don’t have a political home for
the moment.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Kosovo’s_PM_‘very_optimistic’_that_agreement
with_Serbia_could_happen_this_year⠀⇛
FRANCE 24 spoke to Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin
Kurti, as Kosovo celebrates 15 years of
independence. Kurti is due to meet Serbian
President Aleksandar Vucic in Brussels on February
27 and said he was “very optimistic” that an
agreement leading to full normalisation between the
two countries could happen “this year”. He
regretted that relations between Kosovo and Serbia
“are not normal” and claimed Belgrade isolated
itself by “not delinking (…) from the Kremlin”.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘The_United_States_is_here’:_US_Secretary_of
State_visits_Turkey_earthquake_zone⠀⇛
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday
announced further aid to Turkey and said Washington
would provide longer term help to Ankara as it
seeks to rebuild following this month’s earthquake.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Exclusive:_Hong_Kong_police_leave
100s_of_spent_tear_gas_rounds_on_marine_park_island_after
exercise⠀⇛
Police have left hundreds of spent tear gas
grenades and debris from crowd control weapons on
one of the Soko Islands following a training
exercise. The potentially hazardous refuse was
spotted by HKFP on Tai A Chau – which is within the
protected South Lantau Marine Park – on Saturday.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Young_HK_activists_who_flouted_national
security_law_can_still_hope_for_a_future_in_the_city:
Official⠀⇛
Youth envoys a key to bringing estranged young
people back into society’s fold
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Proposed_Hong_Kong_crowdfunding_law
will_hinder_survival_of_civil_groups,_says_pro-democracy
group⠀⇛
Proposals to regulate crowdfunding in Hong Kong
will make the survival of civil organisations “more
difficult,” the League of Social Democrats (LSD)
has said. The pro-democracy group added that the
new law may bring harsh punishments and criminalise
those who donate to unauthorised campaigns.
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Black_Girl_Environmentalist_rejects_climate
“doomism”⠀⇛
Climate “doomism” — fatalistic messaging that
nothing can be done to reverse climate change
on a global scale — is easy to find on
outlets like TikTok, where the baseless
argument has gone viral in recent years.
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Bipartisan_Calls_for_TikTok
Regulatory_Action_Grow_As_Senators_Express_‘Profound’
Concerns:_‘ByteDance_Cannot_Be_Trusted’⠀⇛
TikTok has been outlawed in both chambers of
Congress and by more than 20 state
governments. Now, as federal lawmakers push
for an outright ban, different senators, also
from both sides of the aisle, are calling on
Washington to “impose strict structural
restrictions between TikTok’s American
operations and its Chinese parent company.”
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Fact_check:_How_propaganda
denigrates_Ukrainian_refugees⠀⇛
According to an analysis by the institute in
October that examined Russian-language
discussions about refugees on Telegram in
particular, the narratives differ depending
on the target group. Audiences in Russia are
primarily told that people from Ukraine are
fleeing from supposed “Nazis” who allegedly
rule the country.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Internal_Decapitation_of_Fox_News⠀⇛
“I have been internally decapitated, and,
yet, I live…. The Wind tells me I’m a ghost,
but I don’t believe it.” Thus speaks the
oracle at the center of the great conspiracy
theory that nearly toppled the American
republic. The writer was an unnamed
correspondent of Sidney Powell, the most
visible—and most unhinged—promoter of the lie
that the 2020 election had been stolen by Joe
Biden. A vast tranche of damning discovery
and testimony surfaced late last week as part
of the $1.4 billion defamation lawsuit
Dominion Voting Systems filed against Fox
News in March 2021. The company’s petition
for summary judgment furnishes the basis for
this dumbfounding saga; you can read the 200-
page document here.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Project_Veritas_Founder
James_O’Keefe_Out_at_Right-Wing_Org⠀⇛
Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe said in
a speech posted online that he has been
removed as the right-wing group’s leader
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Bangladesh_forces_main_opposition
newspaper_to_shut_down⠀⇛
The order accused the Bengali-language broadsheet
of violating printing and publication laws.
The Dainik Dinkal has long been an important voice
for the center-right BNP party. It covers stories
that most mainstream newspapers, many of which are
controlled by pro-government businessmen, often
ignore. This includes what the BNP says are false
arrests of its members and intimidation tactics
from the government.
It also employs hundreds of journalists and other
workers, most of whom were out in the streets of
the capital Dhaka on Monday to protest the
government and its shutdown order.
# ⚓ The Economist ☛ What_is_Section_230?⠀⇛
Section 230 was passed nearly 30 years ago, when
websites were young and perceived to be vulnerable.
The provision ensured that the companies that
hosted them would not get bogged down in lawsuits
if users posted material to which others might
object, such as bad restaurant reviews or
complaints about neighbours. The law has been
interpreted by federal courts to do two things.
First, it immunises both “provider[s]” and “user
[s]” of “an interactive computer service” from
liability for potentially harmful posts created by
other people. Second, it allows platforms to take
down posts that are “obscene…excessively violent,
harassing or otherwise objectionable”—even if they
are constitutionally protected—without risking
liability for any such content they happen to leave
up.
# ⚓ The Hill ☛ Section_230,_student_debt_top_divisive_Supreme
Court_agenda⠀⇛
The plaintiffs, relatives of a victim who was among
the more than 100 people killed in a series of
attacks by Islamic State terrorists in Paris in
November 2015, sued Google under federal anti-
terrorism laws.
The family accused Google of aiding and abetting
terrorism by purportedly recommending pro-ISIS
content to users on YouTube, but Google argues that
its recommendations are protected by Section 230, a
controversial provision that shields internet
companies from liability for content provided by a
third-party user.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ TikTokers_jailed_as_Iraq_targets_‘decadent
content’⠀⇛
The young Iraqi woman using that pseudonym was
sentenced early this month to half a year behind
bars for the light-hearted video clips that show
her in tight-fitting clothes.
A new government campaign aims to cleanse social
media platforms of content that breaches Iraqi
“mores and traditions”, the interior ministry
announced in January.
# ⚓ RTL ☛ TikTokers_jailed_as_Iraq_targets_‘decadent_content’⠀⇛
Dancing to Iraqi pop made TikTok personality Om
Fahad a hit among tens of thousands of followers,
but now she is in prison, caught up in a state
campaign targeting “decadent content”.
The young Iraqi woman using that pseudonym was
sentenced early this month to half a year behind
bars for the light-hearted video clips that show
her in tight-fitting clothes.
# ⚓ RAIR Foundation ☛ NATO_Praises_Sweden’s_Decision_to_Adopt
Sharia_Blasphemy_Laws_and_Ban_Qur’an_Burnings_(Video)⠀⇛
NATO Secretary praised Stockholm’s decision to stop
two planned Qur’an burnings this month and, in a
dictation, banned any further burnings of the
Islamic “holy” book. However, the authority’s ban
applies only to the Qur’an, not to other holy
scriptures.
Despite freedom of expression and demonstration
being protected by Sweden’s constitution, the
Stockholm police press spokesman Ola Östling
announced on state television they will not deny
permission to anyone seeking to burn the Qur’an and
warns that they will act accordingly if anyone does
not comply.
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Fans_defend_Sara_Ali_Khan’s_Maha_Shivratri
post_as_trolls_call_the_actress_‘improper’_and_unworthy’
Muslim⠀⇛
Sara Ali Khan stirred controversy on social media
with her recent Maha Shivratri post. The actress
shared a series of pictures from her spiritual
outings and captioned it, “Jai Bholenath’.
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Salman_Rushdie,_Rishi_Sunak_condemn_Roald
Dahl_rewrites⠀⇛
Separately, renowned author Salman Rushdie also
called out the “absurd censorship” on the part of
publishers Puffin books and the Netflix-owned Dahl
estate.
# ⚓ Los Angeles Magazine ☛ Sensitivity_Censors_Are_Rewriting
Raold_Dahl_Classics_to_Avoid_Offense⠀⇛
“Roald Dahl was no angel but this is absurd
censorship,” said Salmon Rushdie, a Booker Prize-
winning author, wrote on Twitter. Rushdie was
seriously injured last year in an attack stemming
from a long-standing fatwa against him by the late
Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran, who objected to his
fictional portrayal of the Prophet Mohammed in his
1988 novel The Satanic Verses. “Puffin Books and
the Dahl estate should be ashamed,” Rushdie added.
# ⚓ BBC ☛ The_protesters_who’ve_gone_missing_as_China_deepens
crackdown⠀⇛
Police made few arrests at the time. Now, months
on, scores of those protesters are in police
custody, say Chinese activists, with one group
estimating there have been more than 100 arrests.
International rights groups and foreign
universities have called for their release. And
activist groups have published lists naming the
alleged detainees. This includes those who
protested in Beijing as well as other cities such
as Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Nanjing.
# ⚓ The Economist ☛ The_invasion_has_stalled,_but_Putin’s_war
on_dissent_marches_on⠀⇛
Daniel Treisman of the University of California
argues that these people and institutions are not
accidental victims of the war, but one of its main
targets. Ukraine, after all, posed no military
threat to Russia. And a vast and sparsely populated
country, spanning 11 time zones, could scarcely be
said to need more territory. Rather, it was the
gradual emergence in Ukraine of a vigorous civil
society that successfully demanded reform of the
state, and the inklings of a similar process in
Russia, that Mr Putin found threatening.
Before the tanks rolled into Ukraine, Mr Treisman
notes, liberal values were spreading fast in
Russia. The share of people who told pollsters that
freedom of speech was important to them rose from
34% in 2017 to 61% in 2021. Record numbers were
watching Mr Navalny’s YouTube channel. Meanwhile,
television viewing, the government’s main tool for
shaping Russians’ outlook, was in sharp decline.
# ⚓ Times Higher Education ☛ Scholar_cleared_of_Islamophobia
says_Bristol_caved_in_to_students⠀⇛
Professor Greer, who received online threats and
noticed a stranger loitering outside his home after
BRISOC began its campaign two years ago, was
alleged to have made discriminatory remarks by
referring to the 2015 Charlie Hebdo massacre in
Paris in the context of Islam’s stance on freedom
of speech, which the petition claimed was “an
example of the kind of Islamophobic rhetoric that
aims to posit the actions of killers as being
representative of the entire Muslim community”.
He was cleared of wrongdoing by a review involving
a King’s Counsel, which found “no evidence of
Islamophobic speech” and concluded that his
teaching material “did not amount to discrimination
or harassment and was intended as the basis for
academic debate by the students who elected to
study it”.
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Why_Some_Florida_Schools_Are_Removing_Books
from_Their_Libraries⠀⇛
Farther south, in Manatee County, on the Gulf
Coast, Nicole Harlow has recently begun to see
local social-media posts about teachers having to
remove or cover up their classroom libraries.
Harlow, a veterinary nurse in her early forties,
has three children in county schools. Her two
youngest are in charter schools; so far, the
libraries there seem to have remained largely
untouched. But her oldest, Emma, is a tenth grader
at Parrish Community High School, where bookcases
have been covered with signs reading, “Books Are
NOT for Student Use!!”
# ⚓ Deccan Herald ☛ Salman_Rushdie_lashes_out_at_‘absurd
censorship’_of_Roald_Dahl⠀⇛
Mumbai-born Booker Prize winning author Salman
Rushdie is among the leading literary voices to
speak out against a British publisher’s “absurd
censorship” after it rewrote certain sections of
Roald Dahl’s classic children’s books because the
language was deemed offensive.
Under a review of Dahl’s classics, which include
popular titles that were adapted to the screen such
as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda,
references to weight, mental health, violence,
gender and race are to be rewritten or removed by
so-called sensitivity readers to avoid causing
offence.
# ⚓ Arkansas Times ☛ Senate_committee_OKs_bill_allowing
government_censorship,_criminal_charges_for_teachers_and
librarians⠀⇛
Senate Bill 81 classifies such materials as harmful
to minors and creates a new crime, making it a
misdemeanor for any adults, including teachers and
librarians, to knowingly allow access to such
things.
It also seemingly grants the power of judicial
review to city boards and county quorum courts.
Anyone who disagrees with a library board’s
decision to not ban a book would be able to appeal
to the city or county government, who would be then
empowered to decide what materials stay in
libraries and which have to go.
# ⚓ Teen Vogue ☛ Organizers_are_Fighting_Ron_DeSantis’s
Educational_Bans_with_Free_Books⠀⇛
While these headlines may be shocking, they come as
no surprise to those on the ground in Florida.
“It’s in line with things that he’s always had
planned for Florida, and we’ve always known what
his ideas were and what he planned to do to us. So
it’s shocking, but it’s not surprising,” Alisha
Cox, an organizer with the Florida-based Dream
Defenders, told Teen Vogue. So Dream Defenders got
to work, connecting with leftist publishers
including Haymarket Books, Verso, and PM Press, to
distribute books and literature to Florida
students.
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ James_Comer’s_Twitter_Hearing_Confirmed
Donald_Trump’s_Censorship_Attempt_and_Matt_Taibbi’s
“Censorship”_about_It⠀⇛
James Comer’s hearing on Twitter proved two things:
The single instance of government censorship proven
at the hearing involved Trump’s attempt to censor a
tweet calling him “pussy ass bitch,” and Matt
Taibbi had obscured — according to his own false
terms, “censored” — that incident.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Facebook_Says_Noting_the_CDC’s_Scientific
Misrepresentations_‘Could_Mislead_People’⠀⇛
The social media site slapped a warning on a column
in which I criticized the CDC for exaggerating the
evidence supporting mask mandates.
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Telex_photographers_sweep_the_board_at
41st_Hungarian_Press_Photography_Awards⠀⇛
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_journalist_Filipp_Dzyadko_denied_entry
into_Georgia.⠀⇛
Filipp Dzyadko is the former editor-in-chief of
Russian Esquire and is currently the head of the
Arzamas educational project. According to TV Rain,
he was stopped by customs officials upon returning
to the country from Vienna, and was initially told
that he had to wait to enter because the “system
was frozen,” but was later informed that he had
been denied entry.
# ⚓ BBC ☛ Iran_International:_Channel_leaves_UK_after_regime
threats⠀⇛
Independent TV network Iran International is
suspending its operations in the UK because of
threats against its London-based journalists.
The Persian-language TV channel said that the
decision was due to a “significant escalation in
state-backed threats from Iran”.
# ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Guilty_of_Journalism:_New_Documentary
Film_Ithaka_and_New_Book_on_the_Political_Case_Against_Julian
Assange_–_The_Project_Censored_Show⠀⇛
Gabriel Shipton is Julian Assange’s brother, and a
professional film producer. John Shipton is the
father of Gabriel and Julian. Information about the
documentary, and their U.S. speaking tour, can be
found here. Kevin Gosztola is the managing editor
of ShadowProof. He has covered the Julian Assange
legal proceedings in the UK from their beginning,
as well as other press freedom and whistleblower
cases dating back to Chelsea Manning. His new book
on the Assange case, Guilty of Journalism, will
soon be available from The Censored Press/Seven
Stories Press March 7. Gosztola also writes at The
Dissenter.
# ⚓ Project Censored ☛ The_February_2023_Newsletter_–_Censored
Notebook⠀⇛
Gosztola will also be a featured speaker at the
Disruption Lab Network’s Smart Prisons conference,
to be held in Berlin, March 24-26, 2023. Many
events on the program, including the panel
featuring lawyer Stella Assange (Julian Assange’s
wife), Gosztola, and investigative journalist
Stefania Maurizi, will be streamed for free. Check
the event website for the full schedule and
streaming information.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Sanders_Proposes_‘New_Deal_for_Journalism’_To
Ensure_Media_Serves_Public_Interest⠀⇛
Nonpartisan, publicly funded media is “an idea that
we should explore,” said the senator.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Right_Distance⠀⇛
“Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full
of himself to notice what is going on knows that
what he does is morally indefensible.” This
sentence is among the most famous in American
journalism. It first appeared as the lede in a two-
part essay published by The New Yorker in 1989, and
then again in 1990 when the essay was published as
a short book called The Journalist and the
Murderer. Its author was Janet Malcolm, who was on
The New Yorker’s staff and wrote lengthy profiles
of writers, photographers, psychoanalysts, and many
more of whom her writing alone made figures of
note. When she died in 2021 at the age of 86, she
left behind eight books of nonfiction, four essay
collections, and a treasure trove of awards and
honors that her work had garnered. The level of
attention, positive and negative, that came
Malcolm’s way leaves no doubt that she was a
significant figure on the American cultural scene.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Britain_Summons_Iranian_Diplomat_Over_Journalist
Threats,_Sets_New_Sanctions⠀⇛
The British government summoned Iran’s most senior
diplomat in London on February 20 to protest what
it said were serious threats against journalists
living in the United Kingdom, as ministers launched
a new security review into Iranian activities.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ UK_foreign_secretary_summons_Iran_diplomat
following_threats_to_UK-based_journalists⠀⇛
UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly Monday summoned
the Iranian Charge D’affaires Mehdi Hosseini Matin
due to threats from the Iranian regime concerning
UK-based journalists working for Iran
International. The London-based, Persian-language
news channel recently paused their reporting in the
UK as a result of “very real and specific threats.
# ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Nicola_Bulley_family_attack_media_and
single_out_ITV_and_Sky_News⠀⇛
ITN and Sky News condemned for contacting the
family on Sunday.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ U.S._Public_Trust_in_News_Organizations_Down_to
New_Low:_CNN⠀⇛
The media landscape has fractured and it’s not
uncommon to now see the same story presented in
entirely different ways to different audiences.
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Why_the_Warrior_Met_Strike_Is_Ending⠀⇛
On February 15, 23 months after more than 1,000
coal miners in Brookwood, Ala., walked out on their
employers at Warrior Met Coal, representatives from
the United Mine Workers of America gathered them in
a union hall to share some bad news. The company
had reported its results for the fourth-quarter and
full-year earnings, and thanks to the skyrocketing
price of coal, Warrior Met raked in huge profits.
The strike, believed to be the longest in Alabama
history, had not had the desired economic impact.
It may have cost the company over $1 billion in
potential profits, but the high coal prices and the
replacement workers that the company brought in
meant that the strike hadn’t made a sufficient dent
in the company’s bottom line. In 2022, Warrior Met
Coal pulled in more than $640 million in net
income.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ New_York_Times_Under_Fire_for_Anti-Trans
Coverage⠀⇛
In a letter to New York Times leadership (2/15/23),
more than 180 of the paper’s contributors (later
swelling to more than 1,000) raised “serious
concerns about editorial bias in the newspaper’s
reporting on transgender, non-binary and gender
nonconforming people.” What started as a
conversation about a paper’s coverage exploded into
a battle between media workers who see a problem at
one of the most powerful media outlets on earth,
and a media management that simply won’t listen.
# ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Turbotax_is_blitzing_Congress_for_the_right
to_tax_YOU⠀⇛
Every year, Americans spend billions on tax prep
services, paying a heavily concentrated industry of
giant, wildly profitable firms to send the IRS
information it already has. Despite the fact that
most other rich countries have a far more efficient
process, many Americans believe that adopting this
process here is either impossible, immoral, or
both.
That puts tax preparation in the same bucket as
other forms of weird American exceptionalism – like
the belief that we’re too untrustworthy to have
universal healthcare, or that we’re so violent that
we must all have assault rifles to protect
ourselves from one another.
# ⚓ The Guardian UK ☛ Police_spy_unit_caused_‘outrage_and_pain’
as_it_infiltrated_leftwing_groups⠀⇛
A judge-led public inquiry has found that an
undercover police unit that infiltrated leftwing
political groups caused “outrage and pain” to the
public and acted in a sexist and racist way.
The inquiry ruled that the Scotland Yard unit was
not justified in intruding deeply into the private
lives of campaigners, including their sexual
relationships, and suggested it should have been
disbanded early in its existence.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranians_Stage_Fresh_Anti-Government_Protests
Despite_Security_Crackdown⠀⇛
Officials, who have blamed the West for the
demonstrations, have vowed to crack down even
harder on protesters, with the judiciary leading
the way after the unrest entered a fourth month.
The protests pose the biggest threat to the Islamic
government since the 1979 revolution.
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Uber_inks_pact_with_Tata_Motors_for_supply_of
25,000_EVs;_Wipro_cuts_salary_package_offered_to_freshers⠀⇛
Delhi govt bans bike taxis: In a big blow to bike
taxi operators in Delhi, the transport department
has banned commercial bike taxi services against
plying on the roads. Carrying passengers on hire or
reward basis will be considered a violation of the
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, that would make
aggregators liable for a fine of Rs 1 lakh.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Booked_a_flight_out_of_China?_Police_are_likely_to
knock_on_your_door⠀⇛
Police and neighborhood committees now get to
decide who can travel and who can’t, although group
tours continue
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ Dutch_schools_warned_to_be_alert_to_female
circumcision⠀⇛
This form of genital mutilation has been illegal in
the Netherlands since 1993. It is also illegal to
take a girl abroad to get it done, though no one
has been convicted of this crime to date. In the
Netherlands, an estimated 41,000 women have been
circumcised, and about 4,200 girls are at risk of
genital mutilation in the coming years, according
to knowledge institute Pharos and the GGD health
services.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Legislative_“War_Against_LGBTQ_People”_Is
Underway,_New_Report_Warns⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Race_and_Class:_The_Beginnings_of_an
Argument⠀⇛
“Watch out there, Jack, there’s people living under
here.”—Ralph Ellison, “The World and the Jug”
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Seattle_Considers_Banning_Caste-based
Discrimination⠀⇛
AP reports: [Seattle City Council member Kshama]
Sawant has proposed an ordinance to add caste to
Seattle’s anti-discrimination laws. If her fellow
council members approve it Tuesday, Seattle will
become the first city in the United States to
specifically outlaw caste discrimination….
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Free_Immigration_Is_a_Core_American_Value⠀⇛
Just consider the policies that the Founding
Fathers embraced.
# ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ MN_House_passes_‘conversion
therapy’_ban⠀⇛
The vote places the bill one step closer to the
governor’s desk.
# ⚓ Reuters ☛ Microsoft_to_defend_Activision_deal_at_EU_hearing
on_Feb._21⠀⇛
The company asked for the hearing after receiving a
statement of objections from the European
Commission warning about the possible anti-
competitive effects of the deal.
A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed the oral hearing
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ UK_report_finds_Black_men_7_times_more_likely_to
die_after_police_restraint⠀⇛
UK nonprofit group INQUEST Monday reported that
Black men are 7 times more likely to die than their
white counterparts following the use of restraint
by police.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ UK_court_sentences_city_fund_managers_to_12_years
in_$8M_fraud_case⠀⇛
Southwark Crown Court Sunday sentenced three fund
managers to a total of 12 years and three months
imprisonment following a seven year investigation
by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and Crown
Prosecution Service (CPS).
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Welcomes_Move_By_Kyrgyzstan_To_Repatriate
Women,_Children_From_Syrian_Displaced_Persons_Camps⠀⇛
The United States has welcomed the efforts of the
Kyrgyz government to repatriate 18 women and 41
children from displaced persons camps in northeast
Syria, where the Islamic State extremist group
remains a “persistent threat.”
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Former_Pakistani_PM_Imran_Khan_Gets_Court
Protection_Against_Arrest⠀⇛
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was
granted protective bail by a court in the eastern
city of Lahore on February 20, providing him
respite from arrest for two weeks in a case that
involves charges under the country’s anti-terrorism
laws.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ London_Says_More_Than_30_Countries_Vow_Support_For
Ban_On_Russian,_Belarusian_Athletes⠀⇛
More than 30 countries, including the United
States, Britain and France, have pledged their
support for banning Russian and Belarusian athletes
from competing in international sporting events, a
British government statement said on February 20.
o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Gateway.fm_raises_$4.6M_to_provide_access
to_Web3_node_infrastructure_tools⠀⇛
Decentralized blockchain infrastructure node
provider Gateway.fm today announced that the
company has raised $4.6 million in seed funding to
provide developers tools for accessing scalable
Web3 infrastructure so they can build decentralized
applications.
⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Should_we_give_Econet,_NetOne_and_Telecel_a_pass_for_shoddy
service?_Maybe⠀⇛
Customers are wont to complain even when their complaints are not
justified. Businesses are aware of this and customer care personnel
are taught, ‘the customer is king, so just smile and take in their
abuse.’ Customer service people will tell you stories for days about
all that.
§ Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾
* ⚓ Right to Repair ☛ Digital_Right_to_Repair_Coalition_Letter_of_Support_–
ITC_Samsung_Display_Technology⠀⇛
By giving every consumer and small business access to the
parts, tools and service information they need to repair
products from cell phones to tractors, we can keep products in
use longer and reduce unnecessary waste.
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Big_Tech’s_future_is_up_to_a_Supreme_Court_that_doesn’t
understand_it⠀⇛
The firestorm over Big Tech and content moderation is coming to
a head at the Supreme Court — but some experts fear it’s a job
the court simply isn’t equipped to do well.
Why it matters:The court has historically not been great at
grappling with new technology. As it dives into the political
battle over social-media algorithms, there’s a real fear that
the justices could end up creating more controversies than they
solve.
* § Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ A_new_European_patent_landscape_(4):_the
Unified_Patent_Court [Ed: More of this torrent of propaganda from
Team UPC, shilling an illegal system for personal financial gain]⠀⇛
o ⚓ JUVE ☛ Dr_Reddy’s_and_Mishcon_de_Reya_deflect_Warner-Lambert
appeal_over_claim_amendments [Ed: Mishcon de Reya are thugs and
bullies; the criminals who hijacked the EPO hired them to spy on
and scare Techrights; a lot of the "IP" world operates barely
better than the Mafia]⠀⇛
The Court of Appeal has upheld a first-instance decision
that pharmaceutical company Warner-Lambert may not amend
two of its Points of Defence claims against generic drug
manufacturer, Dr Reddy’s (case ID: CA-2022-000735).
* § Software Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Tanit_Ventures_entity_L2_Mobile_Tech_wireless
patent_reexam_granted⠀⇛
On February 17, 2023, less than two months after Unified
filed_an_ex_parte_reexamination, the USPTO granted
Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of
patentability on the challenged claims (claims 1-10) of
U.S._Patent_8,321,740, owned and asserted by L2 Mobile
Technologies LLC, an NPE and entity of Tanit Ventures
Inc. The ’740 patent is generally directed to
Transmission Time Interval (TTI) bundling in user
equipment of a wireless communication system.
* § Copyrights⠀➾
o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Bungie_Wins_$4.3_Million_Award_Against_Cheat
Seller_in_Arbitration⠀⇛
Game developer Bungie has won its first battle against
cheat seller AimJunkies. In an arbitration proceeding,
Judge Ronald Cox concluded that the cheaters violated the
DMCA’s anti-circumvention provision and related
trafficking restrictions. The end result is an award for
$3.6 million in damages and over $700k in fees and other
costs.
o ⚓ India Times ☛ Does_ChatGPT_plagiarize_beyond_‘copy-paste’?⠀⇛
Before finishing their next assignment with a chatbot,
students might want to give it some thought. According to
a research team led by Penn University that undertook the
first study to specifically look at the topic, language
models that generate text in response to user prompts
plagiarise content in more ways than one.
“Plagiarism comes in different flavours,” said Dongwon
Lee, professor of information sciences and technology at
Penn State. “We wanted to see if language models not only
copy and paste but resort to more sophisticated forms of
plagiarism without realizing it.”
o ⚓ Austin Z Henley ☛ Papers_on_the_UX_of_AI_programming_assistants⠀⇛
This is a list of research papers investigating the user
experience of AI-powered programming assistants (e.g.,
Copilot). I started the list because I was finding it
difficult to keep up with the massive surge of papers
recently.
§ Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
* § Technical⠀➾
o § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ android_finger_client⠀⇛
fingerlist almost did what I wanted. It didn’t have
finger URI support
and it also didn’t have anything in its manifest to
let other apps
know that it was able to handle finger URIs.
So I installed android studio to see if it’d be as
much of a pain
as I was hoping it wasn’t.
Took me a bit to get into a good work loop of
write, build, test
using python3 -m http.server to re-download it to
my phone after each
apk build.
My computer is new enough to run the studio, but it
has a really hard
time trying to run a phone emulator at the same
time.
Anyway, I have an apk that seems to work how I want
now. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:)⦈
So, have some links to the apk and the source.
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* Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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