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While announcing the release candidate, Linus is fairly happy with a standard “two weeks” merge window without any significant events happening. Let’s take a look at what’s new. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ What_is_real-time_Linux?_Part_III⠀⇛ Welcome to the final post of this three-part series on real-time Linux. As market adoption of real-time computing continues to rise, real-time in the Linux kernel is emerging as a valuable solution on the software side. A real-time Linux kernel on its own, however, will not necessarily make a system real-time. We clarified this point in Part I and listed the common misconceptions and stack components. We then concluded Part I by discussing the role of real- time Linux in target verticals and applications, from industrial factories and telco workloads to automotive and healthcare. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Audacious_Music_Player_4.3_Released! Ubuntu_PPA_Updated⠀⇛ Audacious music player finally announced the release of version 4.3 after a few weeks of beta testing. As you may already know, the new release features PipeWire output plugin. Meaning Ubuntu 22.10 + users can switch sound output using the new low-level multimedia framework. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ 3_fundamental_tools_to_troubleshoot Linux_performance_problems⠀⇛ # ⚓ Unix Men ☛ How_To_Check_An_MD5_Checksum_on_Linux_(Fast_And Easy)⠀⇛ A checksum value is a short data block derived from a larger one. MD5 (Message Digest 5) checksum values are used to verify the integrity of files in Linux.  MD5 checksums are 128-bit strings derived by running the MD5 algorithm on a file. # ⚓ GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) ☛ GIMP_Help_Manual 2.10.34 Released⠀⇛ Release news for GIMP Help Manual version 2.10.34 # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ 10_Linux_cat_Command_Examples_for_Beginners⠀⇛ If you a regular Linux command line user, I am sure you must have used the cat command. The tool is mostly used for displaying contents of a file, although it provides many other small but useful features. In this article, we will discuss the cat command in detail, explaining some of its key features. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Wallabag_on_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ Wallabag is a read-it-later kind of service. It allows you to save webpages to read later at your leisure pace. This tutorial will cover installing and setting up Wallabag on a server running Ubuntu 22.04. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_OCS_Inventory_Server_on_Ubuntu 22.04⠀⇛ OCS Inventory Server is open-source software that allows you to scan and inventory all devices in your environment or IT departments. It’s a free inventory and assets management solution that helps you keep track of all your devices and computers’ information. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Git_on_Debian_12,_11_or_10⠀⇛ Git is a popular open-source version control system developedLinus Torvalds developed in 2005. It is designed to help developers track changes made to source code and collaborate on software development projects. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Create_a_Linux_Swap_File⠀⇛ A Linux swap file is a virtual memory file that helps to improve a system’s performance when the physical memory (RAM) is full. 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One of the most important features of CentOS Stream is the ability to create a sudo user, which is a regular user with administrative privileges. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ H2S Media ☛ 9_Best_Server_Linux_Distros_for_Small_Businesses⠀⇛ Are you looking for a free Linux server for your small business? Then you stumble upon the right place. o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ LibreELEC_11_released_with_Kodi_20,_brings back_Amlogic_platforms⠀⇛ LibreELEC 11 lightweight media center Linux distribution based on Kodi 20 “Nexus” has just been released with various improvements on x86 and Arm platforms. Kodi 20 was released and available for download in January with AV1 hardware video decoding in Android and x86 (VAAPI) platforms with AV1-capable GPU or VPU, FFMPEG 4.4, Pipewire support in Linux, and a few others. LibreELEC 11 enables you to have a dedicated, and fast booting, HTPC based on a mini PC, a Raspberry Pi SBC, or an Arm-based TV box with all features from the latest Kodi release. o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ Advocating_for_FreeBSD_Around_the_World⠀⇛ We were back at it again, promoting FreeBSD at FOSDEM and State of Open Conf’23 earlier this month. Drew Gurkowski, FF Marketing Coordinator, and I headed out to Brussels to help promote FreeBSD at FOSDEM. This was the first in-person FOSDEM since 2020, and you’d never know that anything happened in-between. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ ChatGPT:_3_benefits_for_CIOs [Ed: For the fourth time in recent weeks Red Hat is openly promoting Microsoft proprietary spyware and its irrational hype]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Low-code_app_development:_4_key benefits⠀⇛ o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Debian_12_is_Set_To_Ship_With_KDE_Plasma 5.27⠀⇛ In a break from tradition, Debian is opting to go with the newest version of the KDE Plasma desktop for the testing branch. This goes against their previous method of exhaustive testing before a piece of software is released with a distribution. Debian is well known for shipping applications that seem to be out of date. The reason behind this is the focus of the “mother of all” distributions is primarily on stability. To that end, the developers have always ensured each release includes only software that can be trusted to run without problems. # ⚓ Accepted_apt_2.6.0_(source)_into_unstable⠀⇛ o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Riotee_batteryless_stackable_RP2040_IoT board_embeds_an_nRF52833_module_(Crowdfunding)⠀⇛ Nessie Circuits’ Riotee board combines Raspberry Pi R2040 microcontroller and a Riotee module based on Nordic nRF52833 WiSoC with a 2.4 GHz radio and targets batteryless IoT applications thanks to a stackable design taking a capacitors add-on board and a solar panel. Batteries introduce maintenance costs and environmental issues with millions of batteries disposed of every day. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Allwinner_R128_wireless_SoC_features_64-bit RISC-V_core,_Arm_Cortex-M33_core,_and_HiFi_5_audio_DSP⠀⇛ Allwinner is mostly known for its low-cost Arm processor running Android or Linux, but the Allwinner R128 is a wireless audio SoC with a C906 64-bit RISC-V application core, an Arm Cortex-M33 real-time time core, a HiFi 5 DSP, and built-in WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. The SoC also comes with 1MB SRAM, up to 16MB flash, up to 32MB PSRAM, display and camera interfaces, support for microphone arrays, and plenty of I/Os that should make it suitable for smart speakers and other voice-controlled home appliances with or without display. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Elfin-EW11_is_a_compact_WiFi_to_RS485_unit with_Modbus_TCP_support⠀⇛ Elfin EW11/EW11A is a small WiFi to RS485 unit with Modbus TCP/IP support that works either in the 5 to 18V DC (EW11) or the 5 to 36V DC (EW11A) input range. The WiFi to RS485 adapter is offered with either an internal or external WiFi antenna, the RS485 interface is exposed through an RJ45 port, and an RJ45 to terminal block cable is usually included, as well as a DIN Rail mount. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Android_is_in_trouble,_the_iPhone_is_taking over,_even_in_Zimbabwe [Ed: Nonsensical clickbait. In Africa Android dominates and it is generally growing worldwide.]⠀⇛ Zimbabwe is Android country. That has been the case since the beginning and is not about to change anytime soon. Or is it? Back in November 2021, we looked at the inroads that iOS is making in Zimbabwe. # ⚓ Deccan Herald ☛ Google_to_bring_critical_security_patches with_March_update_to_Android_phones_|_Deccan_Herald⠀⇛ # ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Google_is_making_Android_and_Play_Store_more safe_and_secure_in_2023_–_SamMobile⠀⇛ # ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Google_starts_rolling_out_an_improved_UI_for the_Android_phone_dialer_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ How_to_Fix_It_When_Apps_Keep_Crashing_on_Android_[2023]_– TechPP⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ People_are_just_realizing_Android_phone_screens have_three_hidden_upgrades_–_don’t_ignore_this_useful_list_of free_perks_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Google_shares_March_Android_Security Bulletin,_but_Pixel_updates_are_running_mysteriously_late⠀⇛ # ⚓ Pocket Lint ☛ Android_14:_Release,_features,_and_how_to_get it_now⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ March_Google_Pixel_update_w/_Android_13_QPR2, Feature_Drop_late⠀⇛ # ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Android_13_update_is_rolling_out_for_carrier Galaxy_A03s_in_the_USA_–_SamMobile⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ DragonFly BSD Digest ☛ ChiBUG_tomorrow⠀⇛ ChiBUG is meeting in the normal place tomorrow. o § Content Management Systems (CMS)⠀➾ # ⚓ WordPress ☛ Your_WordPress_6.2_Preview⠀⇛ Watch this ‘live product demo’ recording with release squad members Anne McCarthy and Rich Tabor as they share exciting enhancements anticipated for the WordPress 6.2 release. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ 10_ways_Wikimedia_does_developer advocacy⠀⇛ In a previous article, I wrote about Wikipedia’s rich history as a repository of open knowledge. Supporting Wikipedia as a platform ensures that the information it contains is available to everyone, but it’s a big job. In this article, I’m going to introduce you to the vastness of Wikipedia’s technology landscape and the technical community behind it. I’ll examine the role of developer advocacy in supporting the technical community through dedicated open source software mentoring programs and events, awards and ceremonies, grants and partnerships, a developer portal, and more. This helps us engage with volunteer developers using the technology behind Wikipedia and its sister projects. Through this article, you’ll understand what developer advocacy can look like for a nonprofit organization, and gather new ideas for building stronger developer communities. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ France24 ☛ Turkey:_One_month_after_quake,_French_paramedics_help residents_in_remote_areas⠀⇛ It’s been a month since two devastating earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria, killing more than 50,000 people. Many hospitals and clinics in Turkey are full of injured patients, while other facilities are heavily damaged, making it difficult to provide much-needed routine medical treatment to other residents. Our reporters Thameen Al-Kheetan, Julien Chehida and Brice Agier- Grégoire followed a team of French volunteer paramedics who are visiting remote quake-hit villages in southern Turkey to offer medical treatment to those who need it. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Greece_to_seek_extra_EU_rail_funding_after_train crash⠀⇛ Greece will seek additional EU funding for urgent safety upgrades to the rail network, the government said on Monday, as public sector workers planned a widespread walkout to protest the country’s worst train crash that killed 57 people last week. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Greek_stationmaster_charged_over_deadly_rail_crash_as PM_seeks_forgiveness⠀⇛ The stationmaster implicated in Greece’s deadliest rail crash, which killed at least 57 people, was charged and taken into custody Sunday, hours after the prime minister asked for forgiveness for the disaster. o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Why_We_Never_Have_Enough_Time⠀⇛ In her new book, Jenny Odell argues that structural forces have commodified our moments, days, and years. Can our lost time be reclaimed? o ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘It_feels_like_yesterday’:_Survivors_live_in_fear_a month_after_Turkey_quake⠀⇛ Before the Turkish earthquake, Abdullah Senel had nerves of steel. But these days, just being inside a house makes him nervous — and it only takes the sound of a plane flying overhead to put him on edge. o ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ My_first_experience_with_Sub-zero⠀⇛ As my flight soared over the wintry landscape of Finland, I was struck with a mixture of emotions. The sight of snow-covered pine trees was both majestic and eerie, making me wonder if my new life in this country would be as daunting as the icy terrain below. As a journalist, I had left behind a familiar world in India to embrace a new chapter in a land of sub-zero temperatures and limited daylight, aware about the struggles that international talents face in finding employment here. * § Science⠀➾ o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ This_App_Lets_You_Relive_Your_Memories_in_VR, ‘Black_Mirror’-Style⠀⇛ “Technology has always enabled us to record moments and get back to them,” Wist’s developer said. * § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ o ⚓ France24 ☛ Faced_with_summer_restrictions,_this_is_how_France uses_its_water⠀⇛ France extracts approximately 31 billion cubic metres of fresh water from its natural sources each year. Faced with an ongoing winter drought that could lead to water restrictions this summer, FRANCE 24 looks at the different ways the country consumes water. o ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ GB_News_broke_Ofcom_rules_with_Mark_Steyn’s misleading_Covid-19_comments⠀⇛ GB News said if the show “was guilty of anything, it was nothing more than a rather forceful tone”. o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Women_turned_away_from_public_hospitals_three_years after_abortion_decriminalised_in_NSW⠀⇛ Just two hospitals in the state run abortion services, forcing women and their GPs to make dozens of calls to private providers searching for an appointment. o ⚓ YLE ☛ Customs:_Drug_smugglers_used_courier_services_to_ship cannabis⠀⇛ The street value of the imported cannabis totalled some four million euros. o ⚓ YLE ☛ Centre_Party_chair_stands_by_minister_amid_allegations_of on-the-job_alcohol_use⠀⇛ Two anonymous sources told Yle that Minister Lintilä seemed to be under the influence when he gave a speech at an energy company association seminar last April. o ⚓ YLE ☛ Rise_in_ADHD_diagnoses⠀⇛ Rates of ADHD diagnosis vary across Finland. * § Proprietary⠀➾ o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ ChatGPT_Generated_Child_Sex_Abuse_When_Asked to_Write_BDSM_Scenarios [Ed: Microsoft has a long tradition of helping pedophiles and actively recommending pedophilia to people who are not interested]⠀⇛ ChatGPT can break its own rules to generate BDSM role- play, and when pushed further, sometimes adds in scenes of child exploitation. o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ I_Coaxed_ChatGPT_Into_a_Deeply_Unsettling_BDSM Relationship [Ed: Anything to keep this vapourware in headline? Is any publicity "good" publicity at this point?]⠀⇛ ChatGPT is a fountain of boundless depravity—if you deceive it into bending the rules. * § Security⠀➾ o ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ European_raid_targeted_notorious_ransomware gang_DoppelPaymer [Ed: DoppelPaymer = Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛ The DoppelPaymer ransomware gang is considered one of the world’s most dangerous after it was linked to the death at a hospital in Germany. o ⚓ Europol ☛ Germany_and_Ukraine_hit_two_high-value_ransomware targets [Ed: DoppelPaymer = Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛ On 28 February 2023, the German Regional Police (Landeskriminalamt Nordrhein-Westfalen) and the Ukrainian National Police (Націона́льна полі́ція Украї́ни), with support from Europol, the Dutch Police (Politie) and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations, targeted suspected core members of the criminal group responsible for carrying out large-scale cyberattacks with the DoppelPaymer ransomware. o ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ Alleged_security_breach_leaves_millions_of_dollars missing_from_Flutterwave_accounts⠀⇛ Last month, Flutterwave, Africa’s largest startup by private valuation, was involved in a hack that resulted in over ₦2.9 billion (~$4.2 million) missing from its accounts, according to local tech publication Techpoint Africa. According to the documents seen by the publication and reviewed by TechCrunch, unknown actors transferred the funds across 28 accounts in 63 transactions in early February. Police investigations are ongoing as Flutterwave, via legal counsel and law enforcement parties, has filed a motion and seeks to freeze accounts across 27 financial institutions that interacted with the missing funds, Techpoint Africa reported. o ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Cyberattack_at_l’Hospital_Clínic_has_affected laboratory,_pharmacy,_and_emergency_services_(updated)⠀⇛ “We won’t pay them a cent,” said Catalan Telecommunications Director Sergi Marcen, adding that the hackers have not asked for payments in exchange for the data yet. o ⚓ Bennett, Coleman & Company Ltd ☛ HDFC_Bank_Denies_Data_Breach as_7.5GB_of_Customer_Information_Allegedly_Leaked_for_Free_on Hacker_Forum⠀⇛ One of the largest private sector banks in India, HDFC Bank, has allegedly fallen victim to a data breach. A user on a well known underground hacker forum has posted 7.5GB of HDFC Bank data for download. There is no payment required to download the data, which means the hacker is not really selling the data; in fact, he is giving it away for free. o ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ New_National_Cybersecurity_Strategy⠀⇛ Last week the Biden Administration released a new National_Cybersecurity_Strategy (summary here). There is lots of good commentary out there. o § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Business_Lobby_Tries_to_Weaken_Law Regulating_Bias_in_Hiring_Algorithms⠀⇛ As AI hiring tools get more popular, they’ve attracted scrutiny for potential biases—and lawsuits claiming they can discriminate on the basis of age, gender, and race. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Law_Professor_Flying_Surveillance_Drones in_Ukraine⠀⇛ When the first rockets struck outside Vasyl Bilous’s apartment building, in Kharkiv, he was already at the front. * § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ o ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Does_China’s_rapid_rise_in_the_Australian_car market_pose_a_security_risk?⠀⇛ The news that China was the fourth largest source of car imports to Australia in 2022 would have come as a surprise to all but the closest observers of the automotive industry. o ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Malian_military_junta_scuttles_security partnerships_while_militant_violence_surges⠀⇛ The military junta in Mali has alienated regional and international security partners amid escalating violence by militant Islamist groups, leading to a spike in civilian fatalities. o ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Ukrainian_military_vows_to_hold Bakhmut_as_Russians_close_in⠀⇛ Ukrainian military leaders are vowing to hold onto Bakhmut as Russian forces encroach on the devastated eastern city. The Kremlin has sought to capture it for six months at the cost of thousands of lives. Less than a week ago, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Ukrainian defenders might retreat from Bakhmut and fall back to nearby positions. o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Public_has_right_to_know_how_ready_we_are_for_war⠀⇛ An expert panel has warned Australia needs to urgently strengthen its military and national security capabilities as China increasingly asserts itself in the region. o ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Who_is_Joseph_Kony?_The_altar_boy_who_became Africa’s_most_wanted_man⠀⇛ Eleven years ago, a documentary catapulted the name Joseph Kony onto the global stage. The controversial film Kony 2012 told the story of a Ugandan warlord whose forces are believed by the United Nations to be responsible for the deaths of more than 100,000 people… o ⚓ France24 ☛ Al_Qaeda_leader_in_North_Africa_grants_exclusive interview_to_FRANCE_24⠀⇛ Algerian Islamist Abu Obeida Youssef al-Aanabi, the current leader of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), granted an exclusive interview to FRANCE 24 in which he officially confirmed his group is holding French journalist Olivier Dubois, who was kidnapped in Mali in 2021, and discussed the role of jihadism in the Sahel. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Several_killed_in_Burkina_Faso_by_terrorist_group⠀⇛ Between 12 and 14 people were killed last week in northern Burkina Faso, a region that has been battered by jihadist insurgents, local inhabitants said Monday. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukrainian_Saboteurs_Accused_Of_Attempting_To_Assassinate Pro-Kremlin_Businessman_Malofeyev⠀⇛ Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on March 6 that it prevented the assassination of businessman Konstantin Malofeyev, an active supporter of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Governor_Of_Russia’s_Belgorod_Region_Says_Three_Missiles Downed_By_Antiaircraft_Forces⠀⇛ The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, says anti-aircraft forces there downed three missiles on March 6. o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Ukraine_Hopes_the_New_IRIS-T_Weapon_System Will_Protect_it_From_Suicide_Drones⠀⇛ Ukraine has deployed a weapons system so advanced that the country who makes it doesn’t even have one yet. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Amnesty_International_Demands_UN_Council’s_Attention_On ‘Relentless’_Taliban_Abuses_In_Afghanistan⠀⇛ Amnesty International has urged the UN Human Rights Council to address “relentless abuses” by the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan. o ⚓ The Local SE ☛ ‘I_thought_there_was_an_air_raid’:_The_first_time foreigners_hear_Hesa_Fredrik⠀⇛ For many foreigners, the Hesa Fredrik alarm test is the most, well, alarming, thing to happen on arrival in Sweden. We’ve collected stories of people’s first times. o ⚓ France24 ☛ South_Korea_announces_plan_to_compensate_victims_of Japan’s_wartime_forced_labour⠀⇛ South Korea announced plans Monday to compensate victims of Japan’s forced wartime labour, aiming to end a “vicious cycle” in the Asian powers’ relations and boost ties to counter the nuclear-armed North. o ⚓ France24 ☛ A_moment_of_grace_in_war-torn_Yemen:_Tribal_chief forgives_man_involved_in_son’s_killing⠀⇛ On February 20, 2023, a man convicted of murder was pardoned moments before he was supposed to be executed in the Marib region of central Yemen. Many locals have been sharing the story on social media as a source of inspiration and to ease the burden in a country scarred by nine years of war. Our Observer told us that the pardon was granted after a woman intervened and that her gender played an important role. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Four_jihadists_escape_in_deadly_Mauritania_prison break⠀⇛ Four jihadist prisoners escaped the central prison in Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott on Sunday night after an exchange of gunfire there in which two national guards were killed, the interior ministry said. o ⚓ RFA ☛ China_hikes_defense_spending_as_tensions_over_Taiwan_rise⠀⇛ The military budget is just over a quarter of planned US spending this year. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Demands_Investigation_After_Video_Appears_To_Show Russians_Killing_POW⠀⇛ Ukrainian authorities have called for a war crimes investigation after a video that surfaced on social media appeared to show Russian forces killing a Ukrainian prisoner of war. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Inflatable_Tanks,_Missiles:_Czech_Firm_Makes_Decoy Armaments⠀⇛ The war in Ukraine has apparently created a surge in demand for inflatable fake armaments that can be deployed as decoys. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Prosecutor_Files_Case_Against_Bosnian_Serb_Leader_Dodik For_Genocide_Denial⠀⇛ Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Prosecutor’s Office has filed a case against Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik for denial of genocide in the massacre of 8,000 men and boys at Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia in 1995. * § Environment⠀➾ o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ China_in_Sub-Saharan_Africa:_Reaching_far beyond_natural_resources⠀⇛ What are the implications of China’s expanding involvement in Sub-Saharan Africa’s investment, trade, cultural, and security landscape? o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Perth_just_ended_one_of_its_driest_summers_on record⠀⇛ With just 1.4 millimetres of rain across December, January and February, the 2022-23 summer was unusually dry. o ⚓ YLE ☛ Coldest_day_of_winter_recorded_in_Utsjoki⠀⇛ Temperatures in the northernmost Finnish municipality plunged as low as -35 degrees. o § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Should_crypto_investors_get_ready_for_a_big March_crash?⠀⇛ While this year’s rally has boosted the confidence of many crypto investors, it seems likely that the good times might be coming to an end. # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Australia_ramps_up_fossil_fuel_exports_to India,_but_also_lithium_for_renewables⠀⇛ Australians should accept that India needs secure supplies of coal and gas, Madeleine King says, despite calls to shut down these exports. # ⚓ H2 View ☛ Hydrogen_South_West_enjoys_UK_political spotlight⠀⇛ Partners from Hydrogen South West (HSW) were recently joined by industry leaders, Members of Parliament and civil servants at a Westminster reception. # ⚓ H2 View ☛ Spain,_France_and_Portugal_launch_Green2TSO_to convert_to_hydrogen_grid⠀⇛ The Spanish (Enagás), French (GRTgaz and Teréga) and Portuguese (REN) Transmission System Operators have signed the ‘Green2TSO’ initiative, which aims to transform the gas grid into a hydrogen grid. # ⚓ Renewable Energy World ☛ EV_charging_plus_battery_storage in_use_at_Houston_airport⠀⇛ EverCharge and PassKey, both subsidiaries of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, are partnering to develop a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to supplement EverCharge’s EV charging stations. The BESS will be used to store excess energy that is generated during periods of low demand or “off- peak” hours — such as overnight or during the middle of the day when fewer people are using electricity — and deploy the energy via EV charging stations during periods of high demand. # ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ Inside_the_government_agency shaping_the_future_of_energy⠀⇛ The US government had a hand in creating some of the most iconic inventions of the last century, from personal computers to modern GPS. Now, it’s making a similar push for energy. The agency behind those breakthroughs was the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA. o § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Illegal_logging_in_Laos_hinders_government’s forestation_goals⠀⇛ Government development and industrial concessions have also contributed to forest losses. * § Finance⠀➾ o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ SiriusXM_Lays_Off_475_Employees_Across ‘Nearly_Every_Department,’_Citing_‘Today’s_Uncertain_Economic Environment’⠀⇛ In December, reports suggested that SiriusXM was preparing to reduce the size of its team after suffering a third-quarter subscribership decline. Now, with paid promotional subscribers having also fallen during Q4, the Pandora parent has laid off 475 employees. o ⚓ France24 ☛ France_braces_for_strikes_that_could_bring_the_country ‘to_a_standstill’_for_days_on_end⠀⇛ Strikes against bitterly contested plans to reform pensions in France continue on Tuesday, and this time unions have upped the ante. Unlike previous walkouts, this week’s industrial action has no pre-arranged end date. o ⚓ The Local SE ☛ ‘They’re_making_us_so_poor’:_Swedish_food_prices hit_record_high⠀⇛ Swedish food prices increased more in February than in any single month since at least 2015, the year when food price comparison site Matpriskollen started keeping records. o ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Agreement_on_bus_drivers_found,_bus_services_to return_to_normal⠀⇛ THE FINNISH Transport Workers’ Union (AKT) and Employers’ Federation of Road Transport (ALT) have reached an understanding on the terms and conditions of bus and coach drivers, putting an immediate end to the driver strike that began on Wednesday, 1 March. Ismo Kokko, the chairperson at AKT, told YLE on Friday that the board of the trade union has unanimously approved the agreement negotiated with ALT. o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Is_the_auction_market_causing_a_false_dawn_for property_prices?⠀⇛ When auction results are this strong, property prices usually stop falling. But after the sharpest rise in interest rates in a generation, is this time different? o ⚓ France24 ☛ French_retailers_agree_to_cap_food_prices_in_bid_to curb_inflation⠀⇛ The French government said Monday that it had made a deal with major retailers to cap many food prices, in a bid to make inflationary pressures easier to bear for consumers. o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Rentals_under_$400_disappearing_as_prices surge⠀⇛ Cheap rentals are rapidly disappearing from Australia’s major capital cities as demand for rentals shifts back to urban centres. Low-cost rentals disappeared from regional areas more quickly during the COVID-19 pandemic, but new PropTrack data shows inexpensive rental accommodation is now vanishing from the capitals at a faster rate. o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ ‘Come_see_the_homeless’:_Beach_visit_plea for_Perrottet⠀⇛ On a day of sandbagging affluent Liberal strongholds in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, Premier Dominic Perrottet has been confronted with the harsh reality of the state’s ever-growing housing crisis. o ⚓ CCIA ☛ Should_the_U.S._Import_its_Tech_Industrial_Policy?⠀⇛ * § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Twitter_Glitches_as_Links,_Logins Fail⠀⇛ Twitter is experiencing a bevy of glitches as links stopped working, some users were unable to log in and Tweetdeck stopped working for others o ⚓ France24 ☛ Estonian_PM’s_party_beats_far_right_by_wide_margin_to win_general_election⠀⇛ Prime Minister Kaja Kallas’s centre-right Reform Party won Estonia’s general election by a wide margin on Sunday, according to near-complete results, beating out a far-right rival that had campaigned against further arms deliveries to Ukraine. o ⚓ LRT ☛ Estonia_wraps_up_election,_far-right_counts_losses⠀⇛ Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas’s Reform Party won the general election by a large margin Sunday, scoring 31.6% against 16% for the far-right EKRE, according to near complete results. o ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Biden_extended_sanctions_on_Zimbabwe_and_revealed_it’s all_about_safeguarding_US_interests⠀⇛ I stewed over this for many days, to be honest. I understood what it said but I didn’t understand it at the same time. That doesn’t make any sense but it is what it is. The United States extended its sanctions on Zimbabwe and it’s crazy to me. Let’s get one thing out of the […] o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ DRC_President_Harshly_Criticizes_Western NeoColonialism⠀⇛ “Look at us differently, considering us partners and not with a paternalistic look,” President Tshisekedi stressed to emphasize the importance of mutual respect. o ⚓ How_Brexit_has_changed_life_for_Brits_living_in_Denmark⠀⇛ Since Britain left the European Union, Brits living in Denmark have been deported, forced to change their jobs, and faced a long list of new bureaucratic hassles. Here are some of the problems our readers have highlighted. o ⚓ Danish_bank_Coop_refuses_to_open_accounts_for_non-Danish speakers⠀⇛ Coop Bank has refused customers purely on the basis that they cannot speak Danish, according to a media report in Denmark. o ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Thousands_of_pro-Trump_bots_are attacking_DeSantis,_Haley [Ed: Twitter is a botfarm]⠀⇛ Researchers have uncovered a network of tens of thousands of fake Twitter accounts created to support former President Donald Trump and attack his critics and potential rivals. Those targeted by the bot network include a Republican candidate for president, Nikki Haley, and potential Trump rival Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Explainer:_Hong_Kong’s_national_security crackdown_–_month_32⠀⇛ In February, the landmark national security trial of 47 democrats began after some had spent almost two years in detention. The sedition case against now-defunct independent media outlet Stand News dragged on, as prosecutors grilled a former chief editor about the 2019 protests and his intentions in publishing certain opinion articles. o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_pro-democracy_party_says_police warned_members_against_joining_women’s_rights_march⠀⇛ Members of a Hong Kong pro-democracy party said police warned them not to attend a women’s rights march before it was abruptly cancelled a night before it was scheduled to take place. o ⚓ LRT ☛ Some_42,000_Ukrainian_refugees_receive_temporary_residence permits_in_Lithuania⠀⇛ Lithuania has issued 41,93 temporary residence permits on the basis of temporary protection to Ukrainian nationals, the country’s Migration Department said on Monday. o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_activist_Wong_Ji-yuet_remanded in_custody_after_pleading_guilty_to_rioting_in_2019⠀⇛ One of 47 pro-democracy figures facing a charge under Hong Kong’s national security law has pleaded guilty to rioting in 2019 in a separate case and been remanded in custody. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Senate_intelligence_chairman_to_introduce_bill allowing_TikTok_ban⠀⇛ Chairman of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Mark Warner (D-VA) Sunday announced plans to introduce a bipartisan bill that would allow foreign technologies entering America to be banned. Warner’s announcement has generated attention since it explicitly mentions that the popular app TikTok could be subject to the ban. o ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_equivocates_on_barring_TikTok_from_government phones⠀⇛ Amid concerns over safety of the video-posting network TikTok, Lithuania has no plans to ban the app from government phones. However, some argue recommendations for civil servants not to use the app are not enough. o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ ‘One_head_of_the_hydra’:_Resistance_to_a_TikTok_ban is_growing_in_Washington⠀⇛ Advocates argue the proposed TikTok crackdowns would violate users’ rights to express themselves online and distract from broader debates about data privacy. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ Spain_to_pass_law_promoting_gender_equality_in_politics and_business⠀⇛ Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez Saturday announced new equality legislation that will require equal representation between men and women in decision-making spaces within politics and business. This equality law would make Spain one of the only European countries with a statutory gender quota system. o ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Top_50_UK_news_websites:_New_York_Times_is fastest-growing_newsbrand_in_the_UK⠀⇛ Press Gazette’s monthly ranking of the top 50 newsbrands in the UK. o ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Metro_editor_interview:_‘Refresh’_gives_title ‘one_voice’_after_print_redundancies⠀⇛ Metro editor Deborah Arthurs explains the changes being made to the paper and website. o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Greens,_Pocock_push_for_independent_fact-checking_of Voice_referendum_pamphlet⠀⇛ Key independent senator David Pocock also wants a requirement for the real-time disclosure of donations to the Yes and No campaigns. * § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ o ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Proton_launches_dedicated_VPN_servers_for_access to_censored_Deutsche_Welle⠀⇛ VPNs protect the internet users’ privacy by making secure, encrypted connections between devices or networks. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Adds_Transparency_International_To_‘Undesirables’ List⠀⇛ The Russian Prosecutor-General’s Office announced on March 6 its designation of one of the world’s leading anti-corruption nonprofits, German-based Transparency International, as an “undesirable organization.” o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Pakistan_Bans_Media_Broadcasts_Of_Ex-PM_Imran_Khan’s Speeches⠀⇛ Pakistan’s media regulator banned media broadcasts of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speeches as police arrived at one of his homes to deliver another court summons for the ousted premier. * § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ How_Russian_Journalists_in_Exile_Are_Covering_the War_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ Dozens of media outlets have fled to the capital of Latvia, only to encounter a distrustful public and a set of strictly enforced laws and regulations. * § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ o ⚓ AccessNow ☛ Silenced,_spied_on,_and_stalked:_why_we’re_taking_the fight_for_gender_equality_to_the_UN⠀⇛ At this week’s 67th edition of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), Access Now will be working to advance gender equality in the digital age, raising concerns related to the gendered impact of internet shutdowns, targeted surveillance, and digital security. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Vandoliers_Play_Concert_in_Drag_to_Protest Tennessee_Law_Against_Drag_Shows⠀⇛ Following a ban on drag shows in Tennessee, Texas country-pun band Vandoliers played an entire show in drag. The group performed their set at the Shed in Maryville, Tennessee with all six members of the group wearing dresses, reports Rolling Stone. Tennessee has enacted a new law that would ban drag in public places. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Belarus_sentences_exiled_opposition_leader Tikhanovskaya_to_15_years_in_prison⠀⇛ A court in Belarus on Monday sentenced exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tikhanovskaya to 15 years in prison after a trial in absentia on charges including conspiring to overthrow the government, the latest move in a months- long effort by the Belarusian government to suppress dissent. o ⚓ LRT ☛ Tikhanovskaya,_exiled_in_Vilnius,_sentenced_to_fifteen years_in_prison_by_Minsk_regime⠀⇛ A court in Minsk has sentenced exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and four other leading opposition figures in absentia to lengthy prison terms on charges that are widely considered to be politically motivated. o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Belarus_opposition_leader_handed_15-year_jail_term for_‘treason’⠀⇛ Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who fled to neighbouring Lithuania in 2020, said the verdict was punishment for her efforts to promote democracy. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Recently_Released_Iranian_Activists_Say_Continue_To_Face Pressure⠀⇛ Several Iranian civil and political activists who were recently released from prison under an amnesty decree signed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have been summoned again. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran_Says_Ready_For_Prisoner_Swap_With_Belgium⠀⇛ Iran on March 6 expressed its readiness for a long- awaited prisoner swap with Belgium, days after the Belgian Constitutional Court green-lighted such a move. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Iran’s_supreme_leader_says_suspected_poisonings_in girls’_schools_‘unforgivable_crime’⠀⇛ Iran’s supreme leader said Monday that if a series of suspected poisonings at girls’ schools are proven to be deliberate the culprits should be sentenced to death for committing an “unforgivable crime.” o ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-06_Inquest_Highlights_Abuses_in_Canada’s Immigration_Detention⠀⇛ o ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-06_Nicaragua:_UN_Rights_Council_Should_Renew Experts’_Mandate⠀⇛ o ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-06_Use_Global_Meeting_to_Highlight_Bahrain’s Abuses⠀⇛ o ⚓ RFA ☛ Junta_arrests_22_civilians_after_mine_blast_in_Sagaing region⠀⇛ The arrested include 3 civil disobedience movement teachers. o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ The_one_thing_we_could_do_on_International_Women’s Day_to_advance_gender_pay_equity⠀⇛ Knowledge is power, and until women realise they are underpaid, there is little they can do about it. * § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ o ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ The_internet_is_about_to_get_a_lot safer⠀⇛ o ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ How_to_log_off⠀⇛ 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. As soon as I wake up, I grab my phone to check any messages that have arrived overnight and thumb through news alerts before scrolling quickly through Twitter and Instagram. * § Monopolies⠀➾ o § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Boston_Scientific_and_Vossius_prevail_against_Cook over_compression_clamps⠀⇛ The Regional Court Düsseldorf’s 4C chamber has ruled that Cook’s endoscopic hemostasis clips, marketed under the brand Instinct, infringe Boston Scientific’s EP 30 23 061 (case ID: 4c O 68/21). The US medical device manufacturer’s patent covers compression clamps used for preventing or stopping bleeding. o § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ Precedential_No._8:_TTAB_Affirms_Genericness Refusal_of_“NF-LIGHT”_for_Specimen_Analysis_Kits_For Detecting_Neurological_Markers⠀⇛ In another “key aspect” genericness case, the Board upheld a refusal to register the proposed mark NF- LIGHT for “specimen analysis kits containing reagents and assays for detecting neurological biomarkers in biological samples, serum, blood, plasma, saliva, and cerebrospinal fluid in human and animal samples used by medical and clinical researchers in labs and institutions,” finding the term to be generic for the goods. The Board first found that Applicant Uman’s ELISA kits are “a subset of the broad genus of goods identified in the application, and neurofilament light – the particular ‘neurological biomarker’ detected by applicant’s kit – is a subcategory and key aspect of the genus.” Then it found that the relevant consumers of the goods (clinical and medical researchers) understand NF-Light as a generic term referring to neurofilament light. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1735 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.07.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_07/03/2023:_Flathub_in_2023_and_Kdenlive_22.12.3⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 9:40 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Server o Audiocasts/Shows o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o BSD o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Events o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o Programming/Development # Perl_/_Raku # Java # Rust * Leftovers o Science o Education o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Patents # Trademarks * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ Unix Men ☛ How_Does_Linux_Protect_Its_Users’_Privacy Online⠀⇛ Internet users are more aware than ever before about the value of their data and how many companies want to collect and use it. That’s why online privacy is so highly sought after. That’s why it’s refreshing to see Linux take a number of steps to protect users’ privacy, starting from the moment you first use the operating system… In contrast, Linux allows you to use your computer without the need to create an account – or even the prompt to do so. From the very start, that means you can install apps, download updates and simply use your operating system, without giving access to all of that activity to any company. # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Potential_ARM_Chromebook_tablets_late_2023⠀⇛ I have often thought of buying a Chromebook, so as to explore how well Android and Linux apps integrate within the ChromeOS infrastructure. Debian Linux, via Crostini. I have been on-and-off following the development of ARM SoCs, and Apple are way ahead, with their M1, M2, and now M3. Way ahead of ARM SoCs being used for Windows and Chromebook laptops and tablets. # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Reflecting_on_why_am_I_doing_this?⠀⇛ I know that I need to have a thick skin, not be bothered by complaining posts on the forum, but sometimes I do get annoyed. People are getting EasyOS for free, developed by one developer for no monetary remuneration, in his spare time, yet, they make demands that the developer should do their bidding. It happens quite regularly. For example, someone recently complaining, quite hotly,  that I wasn’t responding adequately to their questions. I was responding, but not to their satisfaction. # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Want_to_save_your_aging_computer?_Try_these_5_Linux distributions⠀⇛ As someone who’s been around the block a few hundred times with technology, planned obsolescence has long bothered me. What this means is that software and hardware vendors seem to make sure consumers are going to have to eventually purchase new hardware because the software they need stops working on old systems. o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ PerfectScale_launches_SaaS_tool_for Kubernetes_performance_and_cost_optimization⠀⇛ PerfectScale Inc. announced the general availability of its continuous optimization platform for Kubernetes today, giving companies a new option to automate the stability of their information technology environments. ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Startup_pgEdge_aims_to_land_distributed_Postgres_at_network’s edge⠀⇛ A startup headed by the co-founders of commercial PostgreSQL maker Enterprise DB Corp. is coming out of stealth mode today with $9 million in seed funding and a distributed version of PostgreSQL optimized for edge computing instances. ⚓ Container Journal ☛ Do_Cloud-Native_Architectures_Make_Apps_More_Reliable?⠀⇛ Why are we moving our applications to cloud-native architectures? Companies are undergoing massive migration transformations to move monolithic, on-premises applications to cloud-native architectures. Why are they doing this? What benefits are they hoping to get from using a cloud-native architecture? While there are many advantages, one of the significant customer-facing § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ * ⚓ Late_Night_Linux_–_Episode_219⠀⇛ Troubleshooting microcontroller projects, reinstalling Ubuntu the quick and easy way, loads of gaming discoveries, follow-up on backups, playing guitar with Linux, keeping kids safe online, and more. * ⚓ CubicleNate ☛ Linux_Saloon_|_04_Mar_2023_|_News_Flight_11⠀⇛ This was the 11th News Flight night at the Linux Saloon. I think this episode was a pretty good example of my inability to “read the room” when I brought up the JFS file system article. I think I thought this to be a lot more interesting than perhaps it was. F * ⚓ YouTube ☛ 2023-03-06_How_to_install_the_Opera_browser_on_Linux_Lite 6.2⠀⇛ * ⚓ YouTube ☛ 2023-03-06_Linus_Torvalds_Is_Sick_Of_Useless_Git_Merges⠀⇛ * ⚓ YouTube ☛ 2023-03-06_KDE_neon_20230202_Quick_Overview_#shorts⠀⇛ § Kernel Space⠀➾ * ⚓ Purism ☛ Update_for_the_Librem_5_Support_in_Mainline_Linux⠀⇛ Following up on the higher-level report on the state of the mainline Linux in August 2021 where we announced a “usable” devkit in fully mainline Linux, let’s focus on the phone and see how things look like right now. As you might know, the latest Linux kernel tree we ship to users contains lots of changes on top of Linus’ mainline release. Over time, we are working on integrating features in mainline Linux kernel while also adding (possibly more experimental) features to our downstream tree. This way our tree is in constant flux and becomes more and more “specialized” over time. § Applications⠀➾ * ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Audacious_4.3_Audio_Player_Adds_PipeWire_Plugin,_Native Opus_Decoder,_and_More⠀⇛ Highlights of Audacious 4.3 include a new PipeWire output plugin, a native Opus decoder plugin, support for Ogg FLAC audio streams, support for reading embedded lyrics tags, as well as support for a new song length database format in the SID plugin. It also improves support for Raspberry Pi 4 boards by enabling the 4096×2160 resolution on 4K TVs instead of 3840×2160, and reintroduces support for older Amlogic devices, such as S905, S905X/D, and S912, enabling H264 playback and seeking, HDR for HEVC/VP9 media, HDMI multi-channel PCM and pass-through audio, and more. * ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Conjure_Helps_You_Easily_Transform_Your_Images_on_Linux⠀⇛ There are various image manipulation programs to tweak your pictures on Linux. You can always use full-fledged GUI apps like GIMP or Pinta for image editing. However, if you want something quickly without looking through the documentation or YouTube videos, Conjure can help. Conjure is a front-end to ImageMagick, just like the “Converter” tool we covered earlier. However, this project is still in its early phases of development. You can try it out to experiment with the functions; before you do, let me highlight what you can do with it. * ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 15_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Synthesizers_(Updated 2023)⠀⇛ Synthesizers are often controlled with a piano-style keyboard. Several other forms of controller have been developed to mimic guitars, organs, stringed and wind instruments. A real analog synthesizer has a lot of knobs and switches which give immediate access to all important parameters of the generated sound. Linux has a good range of open source software to be a serious contender in music production without having to venture into the commercial software world. Some of the software featured in this article provide operation similar to analog synths from the 1970s, such as the Moog Minimoog and Roland Juno-60. * ⚓ Medevel ☛ 9_Open-source_Free_HandWritten_Note_Apps⠀⇛ Are you tired of jotting down your notes in a traditional notebook and constantly losing them? Or maybe you want to enhance your note-taking experience by incorporating handwritten notes and sketches? Either way, the solution lies in handwritten note apps. * ⚓ Medevel ☛ Goatcounter_is_A_Free_Open_Source_Website_Analytics⠀⇛ Easy web analytics. No tracking of personal data. § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ * ⚓ Network World ☛ Building_your_personal_Linux_cheat_sheets⠀⇛ Linux man pages can be overwhelming to people who are just learning how to work on the command line, but here we’ll look at a way to quickly prepare a cheat sheet for a series of commands. These cheat sheets will tell new Linux users enough to get started and know what man page to read when they want to know more. * ⚓ Beebom ☛ How_to_Use_scp_Command_to_Securely_Transfer_Files_in_Linux⠀⇛ Suppose you want to transfer some files between servers on a Linux system. There are many ways you can accomplish the task, but if your priority is to transfer files securely, you’re left with a few options. The easiest solution is to use the scp or secure copy command to transfer your files without worrying about security. In this article, we will explain how to use transfer files securely using the scp command on your Linux system. * ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_to_Use_AUR_Helper_on_Manjaro:_Simple_Steps_for_Better Package_Management⠀⇛ Manjaro Linux is a popular choice for many users who prefer a rolling-release distribution with a user-friendly interface. * ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Terminal_Basics_Series_#4:_Creating_Files_in_Linux⠀⇛ In this chapter of Linux Terminal Basics series for beginners, learn about creating new files using Linux commands. * ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ How_To_Change_MAC_Address_in_Linux⠀⇛ Last Updated on March 7, 2023 by itsubuntu How To Change MAC Address in Linux In this Linux tutorial post, we will show you the step-by-step guide to changing MAC address in Linux based operating system. * ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Install_MySQL_in_Terminal?⠀⇛ To install MySQL on Ubuntu, run “sudo snap install mysql-shell” command, and for Windows download it from the MySQL website. Follow this post for the procedure. * ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Import_and_Export_MySQL_Databases_in_Linux⠀⇛ Importing and Exporting MySQL databases in Linux aids in transferring data, data backup and recovery, collaboration and debugging. Follow for step-by-step guide. * ⚓ Net2 ☛ How_to_Install_Redis_Server_on_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ Redis is a widely used, free, and open-source data storage system that is particularly useful for fast data access and processing in a variety of applications. It’s a memory-based data structure that can function as a database, cache, or message broker, with a reputation for high performance and scalability. * ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ Fix_Some_Common_Transmission-CLI_Errors⠀⇛ Installed transmission-cli but can’t use it, read this guide to fix all the basic errors. * ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Clear_the_Buffer,_Cache,_and_Swap_Memory_in Linux⠀⇛ Clearing the buffer, cache, and swap memory in Linux can be done easily with a few simple commands. * ⚓ Keeping_a_semi-automatic_electronic_ship’s_logbook⠀⇛ Maintaining a proper ship’s_logbook is something that most boats should do, for practical, as well as legal and traditional reasons. The logbook can serve as a record of proper maintenance and operation of the vessel, which is potentially useful when selling the boat or handling an insurance claim. It can be a fun record of journeys made to look back to. And it can be a crucial aid for getting home if the ship’s electronics or GNSS get disrupted. Like probably most operators of a small boat, on_Lille_Ø our logbook practices have been quite varying. We’ve been good at recording engine maintenance, as well as keeping the traditional navigation log while offshore. But in the more hectic pace of coastal cruising or daysailing this has often fallen on the wayside. And as such, a lot of the events and history of the boat is unavailable. To redeem this I’ve developed signalk-logbook, a semi-automatic electronic logbook for vessels running the Signal_K marine data server. This allows logbook entries to be produced both manually and automatically. The can be viewed and edited using any web- capable device on board, meaning that you can write a log entry on your phone, and maybe later analyse and print them on your laptop. § Why Signal K Signal K is a marine data server that has integrations with almost any relevant marine electronics system. If you have an older NMEA0183 or Seatalk system, Signal K can communicate with it. Same with NMEA2000. If you already have your navigational data on the boat WiFi, Signal K can use and enrich it. * ⚓ Peter ‘CzP’ Czanik ☛ Peter_Czanik:_Syslog-ng_101,_part_10:_Parsing⠀⇛ This is the tenth part of my syslog-ng tutorial. Last time, we learned about syslog-ng filters. Today, we learn about message parsing using syslog-ng. * ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Terminal_Basics_Series_#4:_Creating_Files_in_Linux⠀⇛ In this chapter of Linux Terminal Basics series for beginners, learn about creating new files using Linux commands. * ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ 2023-03-07_How_To_Install_PHPUnit_on_Ubuntu_20.04_|_22.04 LTS⠀⇛ * ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ 2023-03-07_How_To_Setup_AppArmor_on_Ubuntu_20.04_|_22.04 LTS⠀⇛ * ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ 2023-03-06_How_to_install_Docker_CE_on_Rocky_Linux_9_/_Alma Linux_9⠀⇛ * ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ 2023-03-07_Linux_Troubleshooting:_Diagnosing_and_Fixing Common_Issues⠀⇛ * ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ 2023-03-07_How_to_Install_and_Configure_Nagios_on_Rocky Linux_9⠀⇛ § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ * § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ o ⚓ Kdenlive ☛ Kdenlive_22.12.3_released⠀⇛ The last maintenance release of the 22.12 series is out with many fixes to subtitles: # Fix subtitle scrolling. Commit. # Fix language model combobox too small. Commit.Fixes bug #465787 # Scroll timeline when moving a subtitle. Related to #1634. Commit. # Fix subtitles overlap on import. Commit. # Fix subtitle move regression. Commit. # Fix subtitle offset on group move. Commit. # Fix subtitles snapping. Commit. # Fix compilation. Commit. # Fix crash and offset when moving a group with subtitle. Commit. o ⚓ KDE ☛ Season_of_KDE_2023_With_KDE_Eco:_Setting_Up_Selenium_For Energy_Consumption_Measurements⠀⇛ I am very thankful to the KDE community for inviting me to be a part of this amazing Open Source project through their annual program Season_of_KDE. ⚓ About me⠀⇛ My name is Nitin Tejuja. I am a Software Engineer working on a platform engineering team where I develop, research, and optimize various technology projects. I have contributed to projects like Slack, GitHub Actions, and Strapi CMS, and I have created my own nodejs library which helps in migrating content between different Strapi CMS environments. This is my first time contributing to a project with such a large community. I’m very passinoate about solving problems and then optimizing the solutions. I enjoy learning new technologies and building excellent Open Source projects. I also believe that contributing to the KDE community is the best way to learn more about KDE projects and how we can produce environmentally-friendly Free & Open Source software. § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ * ⚓ [elementary_OS]_Updates_for_February,_2023⠀⇛ elementary OS 7 has been out for just over a month now and I’m excited to announce the first round of updates to our latest operating system includes both great feature updates and a long list of fixes for reported issues. As you may know, we prioritize our work based on your feedback so a big thanks to everyone sending us reports on GitHub and through the Feedback app. § Files The headlining feature of this Files release is the new app menu in the headerbar. Jeremy put together this menu to better improve discoverability for features like zoom and undo/redo as well as to clean up folder context menus. The Undo and Redo buttons include tooltips showing what operation will be performed before you click them and we also updated the description for the double-click setting to make it more clear. * § New Releases⠀➾ o ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Nitrux_2.7_Debuts_a_New_ISO_for_Maui_Shell_and_KDE Plasma_5.27_LTS_Upgrade⠀⇛ Nitrux is a pretty neat distro that offers a very beautiful user interface; it is easily one of the best- looking Linux distros out there. Back in January 2022, we looked at Maui Shell, a unique take on a convergent desktop environment by the Nitrux team, and it looked pretty promising. But we had not seen it being properly implemented into Nitrux until now. o ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Garuda_Linux_“Raptor”_230305_Release_Drops_Latte Dock,_Introduces_“garuda”_repo,_replaces_mkinitcpio_with_dracut_+ more⠀⇛ Garuda Linux is an Arch-based Linux distribution that has become increasingly popular among Arch Linux enthusiasts due to its out-of-the-box experience, gaming support and user-friendly interface. Garuda Linux is known for its focus on performance, speed, and stability. Recently, Garuda Linux released a new version, “Raptor” 200305, packed with new features and updates. In this article, we’ll explore the latest release of Garuda Linux and what’s new in this version. o ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Garuda_Linux_“Raptor”_Replace_mkinitcpio_in_Favor_of Dracut⠀⇛ Garuda is a relatively new Arch-based Linux distribution that will soon be three years old. One thing is for sure, though: it will not leave anyone indifferent. You’ll either fall in love with it or reject it right away. There is no middle ground. “Arch for human beings” is the simplest way I can describe Garuda. But, of course, with the obligatory qualifier, plus added dragon breath and a waterfall of colors. But please, don’t think this is another Linux distro with a changed wallpaper and icon theme. No, we’re talking about a piece of art, high professionalism, and attention to every detail. These characteristics make it one of the best Arch-based distributions while also bringing our attention to it. And the recently released Garuda Linux “Raptor” (230305) only confirms this belief. So, without further ado, let’s look at what has changed. * § BSD⠀➾ o ⚓ Klara ☛ FreeBSD_vs._Linux_–_Tracing_and_Troubleshooting⠀⇛ When troubleshooting a Linux or FreeBSD system, you need to be able to probe the system to find answers as to why it is behaving in a particular way. In this article, we’ll provide an overview of some of the basic tools and introduce the FreeBSD equivalents of common Linux tracing and troubleshooting tools. * § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Flathub_in_2023:_New_Web_Experience,_Direct_App Uploads,_and_More⠀⇛ Flathub currently offers more than 2,000 apps in the Flatpak universal binary format from over 1,500 collaborators and provides somewhere around 700,000 app downloads every single day. I think it’s safe to say that, looking at these numbers, Flatpak is currently the most popular universal app format for the Linux desktop, surpassing Canonical’s Snap and AppImages. For 2023, Flathub promises a brand-new and modern web experience, which you can already try in a beta version here, new branding, and direct app uploads, a feature that paves the way for other exciting features like the ability to build Electron apps outside of Flatpak Builder or driving automatic Flathub uploads from GitHub actions or GitLab CI flows. o ⚓ Robert_McQueen:_Flathub_in_2023⠀⇛ It’s been quite a few months since the most recent updates about Flathub last year. We’ve been busy behind the scenes, so I’d like to share what we’ve been up to at Flathub and why—and what’s coming up from us this year. o ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ Flathub_Wants_to_Be_the_Ultimate_Linux_App_Store⠀⇛ There are many ways to install software on Linux PCs, but the Flathub app repository is one of the most popular methods. Flathub is now aiming to become the best possible app store across all Linux distributions and setups with a new roadmap for 2023. Flathub is a repository for software packaged in the Flatpak format, a container format that works on Ubuntu, Fedora, Pop!_OS, Elementary OS, Debian, Arch, and many other Linux distributions. It’s even possible to run Flatpak software on the Windows Subsystem for Linux or Linux container in Chrome OS. Thanks to Flatpak and Flathub, it’s possible for developers to create apps and games for Linux that work well across many different Linux-based platforms (even the Windows Subsystem for Linux). Flathub says it currently offers 2,000 apps from over 1,500 collaborators, with around 700,000 app downloads each day. o ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_Community_Blog_monthly summary:_February_2023⠀⇛ This is the latest in our monthly_series summarizing the past month on the Community Blog. o ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_Council_policy_proposal: Code_of_Conduct_Committee⠀⇛ Last week, I submitted a proposal to the Fedora Council establishing a structure for the Fedora Code of Conduct Committee. You can read the full proposal in the Discussion_topic, but in short, the goal is to establish a structured committee to handle Code of Conduct reports. o ⚓ Red Hat ☛ 6-step_tutorial_on_installing_Ansible_2.3_on_RHEL_9.1⠀⇛ The Red_Hat_Ansible_Automation_Platform is an enterprise framework for sharing automation across your organization. This article will demonstrate how to install Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 on a machine running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1. ✐ 6 steps to install Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 on RHEL 9.1⠀✐ Follow these quick and easy steps to installation. § 1. Set up prerequisites⠀➾ Make sure you have the following prerequisites before starting the installation process: 1. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform subscription 2. Minimum 4GB of RAM 3. Minimum of 2 CPUs 4. 20GB of dedicated hard disk space o ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Overhauling_memory_tuning_in_OpenJDK_containers updates⠀⇛ We are about to ship the next update to the Universal Base Image (UBI) of the Red Hat build of OpenJDK containers. This article explains the changes in this update and the updates to come. The OpenJDK project provides new_updates on a quarterly cycle and it is called the Cumulative Patch Update (or CPU for short). These typically land in January, April, July, and October. The last one shipped versions 8u362, 11.0.18, and 17.0.6 on January 17, 2023. We release updated UBI for OpenJDK containers with the updated OpenJDK versions very soon after the upstream releases. For CPU updates, we generally limit the container changes solely to the updated OpenJDK. In order to extend and enhance the containers, we need to release updates at other times. Our aim is to make approximately quarterly container updates spaced out between the CPU releases. The next container feature update will be released by March 10, 2023. § What to expect in the next container update o ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ 2023-03-07_ChatGPT_and_beyond:_AI_and_the customer_experience [Ed: Once again, maybe for the fifth time in a week, Red Hat is shilling Microsoft's proprietary spyware and vapourware that helps distract from mass layoffs at Microsoft and mass GPL violations disguised as "AI"]⠀⇛ o ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ 2023-03-07_CIOs_and_automation:_How_to build_a_robust_automation_strategy⠀⇛ * § Debian Family⠀➾ o ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ In_a_surprise_move,_Vanilla_OS_Drops_Ubuntu,_Adopts Debian_Sid⠀⇛ The Vanilla OS team today announced that the next release of Vanilla OS would not be based on Ubuntu anymore. It will be based on Debian sid, the “rolling” release or unstable version of Debian Linux. Here are all the updates. * § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ o ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ 2023-03-06_The_comprehensive_guide_to_using_the_Linux Mint_software_manager⠀⇛ o ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ 2023-03-06_10_practical_tips_for_securing_your_Linux Mint_system⠀⇛ o ⚓ Ubuntu News ☛ 2023-03-06_Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue_777⠀⇛ o ⚓ Ubuntu Fridge ☛ The_Fridge:_Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue_777⠀⇛ Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 777 for the week of February 26 – March 4, 2023. The full version of this issue is available here. * § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ o ⚓ Medevel ☛ 15_Arduino_Medical_Projects_for_2023⠀⇛ Arduino has opened up a new world of possibilities in medical technology. This open-source electronics platform provides a flexible and cost-effective solution for creating medical devices and systems that can be tailored to meet specific needs. * § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ o ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ Which_phones_are_confirmed_to_get_Android_14 Developer_Preview_2?⠀⇛ o ⚓ Notebook Check ☛ Oukitel_WP21_Ultra:_An_upcoming_rugged_Android smartphone_with_“advanced”_thermal_imaging_specs_– NotebookCheck.net_News⠀⇛ o ⚓ Digital Trends ☛ Android_does_one_thing_better_than_iOS,_and_it drives_me_crazy_|_Digital_Trends⠀⇛ o ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Fix_Out-of-Sync_Audio_in_VLC_for_Android TV⠀⇛ o ⚓ The Sun ☛ How_to_update_your_Android_phone_after_Google_rolls_out ‘critical’_warning_to_millions_|_The_Sun⠀⇛ o ⚓ The Sun ☛ Google_issues_‘red_alert’_to_billions_of_Android_phones –_ignore_‘critical’_warning_at_your_peril_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ o ⚓ Apple_Vs_Android:_Comparing_the_OnePlus_11R_and_iPhone_13⠀⇛ o ⚓ Motorola_Moto_Edge_30_Ultra_yet_to_receive_the_Android_13 update⠀⇛ o ⚓ Gadget Bridge ☛ Best_ways_to_mirror_your_Android_smartphone_to_a Smart_TV⠀⇛ § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ * ⚓ FSFE ☛ 2023-03-06_Medical_Devices_Should_Use_Free_Software_+++_25_New Videos⠀⇛ * ⚓ OSI Blog ☛ Meet_the_2023_candidates_for_OSI’s_board [Ed: OSI, now a front group of Microsoft, has started the "he/him" thing. Don't criticise OSI. That's intolerant. Microsoft is tolerance. OSI is a lost cause because it attacks the concept of Open Source in exchange for bribes from Microsoft. It even helps Microsoft in a lawsuit where Microsoft's GPL violations are tackled.]⠀⇛ The nominations for the Open Source Initiative board of elections just closed, March 6th. It’s time for voters to meet the candidates. * ⚓ Medevel ☛ 10_Open_source_Self-hosted_ERP_Systems_for_2023⠀⇛ Streamlining Business Operations with Open Source Solutions * ⚓ Medevel ☛ Best_12_Open-source_Ticketing_System_for_2023⠀⇛ A ticketing system is essential for businesses to manage customer support inquiries and improve customer satisfaction. Open-source ticketing systems offer an affordable and customizable solution for businesses of all sizes. * ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Open_Source_Career_Day_at_SCaLE_20x⠀⇛ Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) has been a great place for careers in Open Source, and the Open_Source_Career_Day (OSCD) is returning for SCaLE 20x on Sunday,_March_12th. For many years, SCaLE had a career and jobs Birds of a Feather (BoF) meeting one evening during SCaLE, and a physical job board throughout the conference. But in 2020, RaiseMe created its first Open Source Career Day. This year at SCaLE, the career BoF team and RaiseMe are working together again to bring a full day of career activities for the Sunday schedule. There will also be a career BoF on Saturday evening. I’m the OSCD co-chair this year, but I’m not just a chair. I’m also a client. I found my current employer through the SCaLE job board. § Speed pitching At the BoF, we plan to have Speed Pitching. Everyone gets a chance to practice their interview response to “tell us about yourself” several times during the BoF. It’s an elevator pitch for you. Sunday, we have 30-minute career consulting sessions from 11:30 to 14:30. Participants can ask for resumé review, recareering assistance, or career guidance. Signups are open now through SCaLE 20x. When signing up, please check all the times you can be available. * § Events⠀➾ o ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_Events:_Free_Software_Directory_meeting_on_IRC:_Friday, March_10,_starting_at_12:00_EST_(17:00_UTC)⠀⇛ Join the FSF and friends on Friday, March 10, from 12:00 to 15:00 EST (17:00 to 20:00 UTC) to help improve the Free Software Directory. o ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ 2023-03-06_FreeBSD_at_SCALE_20x⠀⇛ * § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ o § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Thunderbird ☛ Mozilla_Thunderbird:_Meet_The_Team:_Alex Castellani,_Product_Design_Manager⠀⇛ # ⚓ Mitchell_Baker:_Expanding_Mozilla’s_Boards_in_2023⠀⇛ As Mozilla reaches its 25th anniversary this year, we’re_working_hard_to_set_up_our_‘next_chapter’ — thinking bigger and being bolder about how we can shape the coming era of the internet. We’re working to expand our product offerings, creating multiple options for consumers, audiences and business models. We’re growing our philanthropic and advocacy work that promotes trustworthy AI. * § Programming/Development⠀➾ o ⚓ Rlang ☛ Coding_the_Cost_Effectiveness_Acceptability_Curve_(CEAC) in_R⠀⇛ Introduction The cost effectiveness acceptability curve (CEAC) is a tool used to describe the output of a probabilistic sensitivity analysis conducted on a model used in economic evaluations of health technologies. o ⚓ Rlang ☛ Little_useless-useful_R_functions_–_Using_xspline_to create_wacky_signatures⠀⇛ Nothing short of wacky usage of plot() function with xspline to interpolate the points, but still a “parameter” short of Bezier’s curve. o ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_RcppFastAD_0.0.1_and 0.0.2:_New_Package_on_CRAN!⠀⇛ James_Yang and I are thrilled to announce the new CRAN package RcppFastAD which arrived at CRAN last Monday as version 0.0.1, and is as of today at version 0.0.2 with a first set of small updates. It is based on the FastAD header-only C++ library by James which provides a C++ implementation of both forward and reverse mode of automatic differentiation in an easy-to- use header library (which we wrapped here) that is both lightweight and performant. With a little of bit of Rcpp glue, it is also easy to use from R in simple C++ applications. o ⚓ Julia Evans ☛ 2023-03-06_Some_possible_reasons_for_8-bit_bytes⠀⇛ o § Perl / Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ Rakulang ☛ 2023.10_Toronto⠀⇛ The 2023 American Conference will be in-person and held in Toronto, Canada on July 11-13. The Call For Papers is open until the end of the month. So send in your talk proposals! # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-03-07_Regexp::Assemble_–_Weekly_Travelling_in CPAN⠀⇛ # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-03-07_Perl_Weekly_Challenge_207:_Keyboard_Word and_H-Index⠀⇛ o § Java⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Initialize_an_Array_in_Java⠀⇛ An array in Java can be initialized without assigning values, after declaration, or with both the integer and string values. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Generate_Random_Numbers_in_Java⠀⇛ To generate random numbers in Java, use the “Math.random()” method, the “java.util.Random” class, or the “ThreadLocalRandom” class. # ⚓ How_to_Mock_Variables_for_Interfaces_and_Casts_in_Java⠀⇛ One common issue when writing JUnit tests is how to create a mock when the variable is an an interface / implementation or a casting. For example, in the case of casting: The variable processor is casted to SomeOtherProcessor. o § Rust⠀➾ # ⚓ Rust Blog ☛ 1.68.0_pre-release_testing⠀⇛ The 1.68.0 pre-release is ready for testing. The release is scheduled for March 09. Release notes can be found here. § Leftovers⠀➾ * ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Japan_Appears_To_Have_Thousands_More_Islands_Than_It Ever_Realized⠀⇛ Wait… what? * ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-03-07_More_than_3,000_buildings_heavily_damaged_by earthquakes_in_Amed⠀⇛ * ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Mysterious_Comb_Unearthed_in_England_Has_a_Gruesome Origin_Story⠀⇛ Till death do us part. * ⚓ Jim Nielsen ☛ 2023-03-06_An_Oasis_of_Quiet⠀⇛ In John Cleese’s talk on creativity, he suggests that it takes time for your mind to quiet down to the point where you can do thoughtful, meaningful, creative work. He suggests setting aside 90 minutes for this kind of work: 30 minutes for your mind to calm down and then 60 minutes after that to allow for something to happen. I think it’s interesting he doesn’t say: 30 minutes to calm down, 60 minutes to do work. He says: 30 minutes to calm down, 60 minutes to allow for the possibility of doing work. * ⚓ 2023-03-06_The_Rogue_Amoeba_Historic_Screenshot_Archive⠀⇛ * § Science⠀➾ o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Approaching_Comet_Predicted_to_Shine_Brighter Than_Stars_in_The_Sky⠀⇛ It could be one of the brightest objects we can see. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Have_Figured_Out_Why_We_Are_Terrified of_Clowns⠀⇛ It’s not just you. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_Whitest_Feathers_of_Any_Bird_Have_Been_Found, And_They’re_Dazzling⠀⇛ 30% more reflective than any other bird we’ve measured. * § Education⠀➾ o ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Duration_of_master’s_degrees_to_be_shortened⠀⇛ The government has confirmed its plans to reduce a number of two-year master’s degrees to a length of 15 months, reports DR. * § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ o ⚓ Quartz ☛ California_cuts_ties_with_Walgreens_after_the_pharmacy stopped_selling_abortion_pills_in_20_states⠀⇛ Walgreens’ stance on abortion pills is costing it business in one of America’s largest states. o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia’s_death_rate_fifth-highest_in_EU⠀⇛ In 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, diseases of the circulatory system were the main cause of death in all EU countries, except in Denmark, Ireland, France and the Netherlands, where cancer was the main cause. These two groups of diseases, remained the leading causes of death and in total, 1.7 million people died of circulatory diseases and almost 1.2 million died from cancer, according to Eurostat data published March 7. o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Big_increase_in_drunk_driving_accidents_last_year_in Latvia⠀⇛ The number of road traffic accidents caused by alcohol intoxication increased by nearly 18% last year, it was revealed on Monday, March 5, at the meeting of the Road Traffic Safety Council. o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Avian_flu_precautions_urged_after_case_detected_in Estonia⠀⇛ Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been found on a poultry farm in Estonia, and consequently bird-keepers in Latvia are being reminded of the need for a range of strict biosecurity precautions, said the Latvian Food and Veterinary Service (PVD) March 6. o ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Copenhagen_has_world’s_best_work-life_balance, according_to_Forbes_study⠀⇛ Top seven almost totally dominated by Nordics o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Will_Fukushima’s_Radioactive_Water_Endanger_The Pacific_Ocean?⠀⇛ Here’s the science. o ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ WATCH:_The_Future_Food_False_Flag⠀⇛ The food supply is under attack. But by whom? And for what purpose? Find out the dirty truth about the global food crisis and how the powers-that-shouldn’t-be are trying to use this crisis as an opportunity to usher in the Great Food Reset on today’s fast-paced edition of The Corbett Report podcast. o ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Even_low_levels_of_air_pollution_exposure_lead_to slower_NCAA_race_times,_study_finds⠀⇛ In a study of 334 male track athletes, researchers found that air pollution levels in the Air Quality Index’s “good-to-moderate” range led to slower 5k race times by more than 10 seconds. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Neurologist_Explains_Why_Daylight_Saving_Brings Serious_Health_Risks⠀⇛ Brace yourself. o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Second_Norfolk_Southern_Train_Derailment_in_Ohio Prompts_Federal_Probe⠀⇛ Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board on Monday were scheduled to begin assessing a railway incident that occurred over the weekend. o ⚓ NYPost ☛ California’s_Newsom_slams_Walgreens_on_abortion_drugs⠀⇛ “California won’t be doing business with Walgreens – or any company that cowers to the extremists and puts women’s lives at risk,” Newsom tweeted on Monday. “We’re done.” * § Security⠀➾ o ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Medusa_claims_responsibility_for_Minneapolis Public_Schools’_“encryption_event,”_provides_proof_of_how_much_data they_accessed⠀⇛ There’s another update to the “encryption event” first disclosed by Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) in February. As of their most recent last update, MPS had stated that they had been able to restore systems and no ransom had been paid. At that time, DataBreaches had not found any gang claiming responsibility for the breach or leaking data but suggested that since the district had not paid ransom, it could likely be only a matter of time before the data did appear. Now it has. The Medusa ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the attack on MPS. And not only have they claimed responsibility, they have already leaked a significant amount of proof of claims — proof that includes employee information and student information. o ⚓ SANS ☛ 2023-03-06_Scanning_s3_buckets,_(Mon,_Mar_6th)⠀⇛ o ⚓ The Times Of Israel ☛ Israel_publicly_blames_Iran_for_cyberattack on_major_university_last_month [Ed: Instead of blaming Microsoft for back doors and holes they try to blame a nation, which may or may not have exploited these]⠀⇛ The Israel National Cyber Directorate announced Tuesday that a group affiliated with Iranian intelligence was behind an internet attack last month on the Technion, a top Israeli research and education institute. In a statement, the directorate said an investigation found the attack was carried out by a group known as MuddyWater, “which is affiliated with Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security.” o ⚓ Gray Dot Media Group ☛ Acer_Data_Breach?_Hacker_Claims_to_Sell 160GB_Trove_of_Stolen_Data⠀⇛ The hacker claims that it took them days to go through the list of what had been allegedly breached. Acer Inc., a major global technology company based in Taiwan, is facing a potential data breach from a hacker going by the alias “Kernelware.” The hacker is claiming responsibility for a major data breach at Acer Inc., a leading multinational company based in Taiwan that designs and sells hardware and electronics products. According to Kernelware, the alleged breach occurred in mid-February 2023 and resulted in the theft of a vast amount of sensitive information, totalling 160GB of 655 directories and 2869 files. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Exploitation_of_Critical_Vulnerability_in_End-of- Life_VMware_Product_Ongoing⠀⇛ Wallarm Detect warns of ongoing exploitation of a critical vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation and NSX Data Center for vSphere (NSX-V). o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Android’s_March_2023_Updates_Patch_Over_50 Vulnerabilities⠀⇛ Google has released patches for more than 50 vulnerabilities as part of the March 2023 security updates for the Android platform. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Cyberattack_Hits_Major_Hospital_in_Spanish_City of_Barcelona⠀⇛ A ransomware attack on one of Barcelona’ s main hospitals has crippled the center’s computer system and forced the cancellation of non-urgent operations and patient checkups. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Police_Looking_for_Russian_Suspects_Following DoppelPaymer_Ransomware_Crackdown⠀⇛ Several locations in Germany and Ukraine were raided recently as part of an international law enforcement operation targeting the DoppelPaymer ransomware. o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Police_arrested_two_members_of_DoppelPaymer ransomware_group⠀⇛ German and Ukrainian police announced today that they have arrested two individuals believed to be members of the DoppelPaymer ransomware group following raids on multiple locations in February. ⚓ Earthly ☛ 2023-03-07_Remote_Code_Execution_as_a_Service⠀⇛ * § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ o ⚓ EDRI ☛ Poll:_Young_people_in_13_EU_countries_refuse_surveillance of_online_communication_–_Press_Release⠀⇛ According to the results of the survey, 80% of young people aged 13 to 17 years old from 13 EU Member States would not feel comfortable being politically active or exploring their sexuality if authorities were able to monitor their digital communication, in order to look for child sexual abuse. o ⚓ Data_Protection_Commission_publishes_2022_Annual_Report⠀⇛ o ⚓ Internet Freedom Foundation ☛ #PrivacyofthePeople:_The_harms_of biometric_attendance_apps⠀⇛ Read our analysis of the harms of biometric attendance apps and whether the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 will resolves these issues. § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ US_defense_secretary_makes_unannounced_visit_to Baghdad⠀⇛ U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has made an unannounced visit to Baghdad just days before the 20th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein. Austin was greeted on touchdown in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday by Maj. Gen. Matthew McFarlane, the U.S. commander in Iraq. Austin then met top Iraqi officials, including the prime minister and defense minister. * ⚓ AntiWar ☛ The_US_Is_in_Conflict_With_Countries_for_Doing_Things_We_Know They’re_Not_Doing⠀⇛ China, Balloons, and Spying On February 4, the US military shot down a Chinese balloon they claim was a surveillance balloon spying on US territory. * ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Slowly_But_Steadily,_the_Executive_Branch_is_Bringing_Back Widespread_Drone_Warfare⠀⇛ Not at any other time in the 21st century has the average American kept up less with the Global War on Terror, and now three presidents later, the questions of legality, productivity, and collateral damage remain as unanswered as they’ve ever been. * ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Protesters_and_Police_Clash_at_Explosive_Protest_at_Atlanta’s ‘Cop_City’⠀⇛ Last night, a conflict broke out at Atlanta’s yet-to-be-built Atlanta Public Safety Training Center—nicknamed “Cop City”—which saw police and protestors clash, while the latter reportedly threw rocks, fireworks, and Molotov cocktails. * ⚓ NYPost ☛ Ukraine_probing_possible_war_crime_tied_to_purported_footage of_POW_shot_dead⠀⇛ The disturbing footage, which has rapidly circulated around social media, was addressed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his nightly speech Monday. * ⚓ CNN ☛ Zelensky_responds_to_video_showing_apparent_execution_of_unarmed Ukrainian_soldier⠀⇛ Horrific video appears to show a Ukrainian soldier, allegedly a prisoner of war, executed seemingly by Russian soldiers after he says: “Glory to Ukraine.” CNN’s Erin Burnett reports. * ⚓ CNN ☛ US_defense_secretary_makes_unannounced_trip_to_Iraq⠀⇛ US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin made an unannounced trip to Baghdad on Tuesday, according to the US press pool traveling with him. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Moldova’s_Pro-Europe_Leader_Tries_to_Thwart_Russia’s Influence⠀⇛ Maia Sandu, president of the former Soviet republic, remains popular in a deeply divided nation as Vladimir V. Putin continues to apply pressure. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Belarus_Sentences_Exiled_Opposition_Leader_to_15_Years in_Prison⠀⇛ Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya fled the country after running for president in 2020 against Belarus’s authoritarian leader. She has described the conspiracy case against her as a “farce.” * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Claims_a_Drone_Strike_on_Military_Target_in Russia⠀⇛ The claim was a rare public acknowledgment of a cross-border attack in Russian territory. * ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-03-07_Heineken_commits_to_exiting_Russia_after criticism_about_continued_operations⠀⇛ § Environment⠀➾ * ⚓ Axios ☛ John_Kerry_says_U.S.-China_climate_talks_have_stalled⠀⇛ HOUSTON — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry tells Axios his work with China has stalled amid wider tensions between the world’s two largest greenhouse gas emitters. * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Kazakhstan_Discusses_Ways_for_Achieving_Carbon Neutrality_and_Building_Resilience⠀⇛ Today the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources and the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan jointly with the World Bank and Kazakhstan Association “ECOJER” launched a series of policy dialogues to support Kazakhstan in implementing its critical climate and environmental strategies, including the transition to a low-carbon economy, air quality management… * § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ IEA_for_EU4Energy_Forum_discusses_energy security⠀⇛ The IEA for EU4Energy Policy Forum gathered officials from five Eastern European partner countries this week to discuss how to strengthen energy security and system resiliency in the midst of war and a global energy crisis, with Moldovan and Ukrainian government officials sharing their recent experiences. o ⚓ Quartz ☛ Iran_claims_to_have_discovered_one_of_the_world’s largest_lithium_deposits⠀⇛ to have discovered a massive deposit of lithium, positioning itself as a major player in the global race for the metal used in cell phones, laptops, and electric vehicles. o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Natural_gas_markets_remain_tight_as uncertainty_persists_around_Chinese_LNG_demand⠀⇛ Natural gas markets worldwide continued to tighten last year despite global consumption declining by an estimated 1.6% in 2022. Demand is forecast to remain flat in 2023, but the outlook is subject to a high level of uncertainty, particularly in terms of Russia’s future actions and the economic impacts of fluctuating energy prices. o ⚓ CNN ☛ Europe_is_trying_to_ditch_planes_for_trains._Here’s_how that’s_going⠀⇛ Ever since the “flight shame” movement began encouraging travelers to seek greener alternatives to jet planes, many in Europe have been looking to the continent’s extensive rail network to replace short-haul air travel. o ⚓ CNN ☛ ‘It_literally_explodes’:_E-bike’s_battery_blamed_for_fire that_destroyed_building⠀⇛ At least seven people have been injured in a fire in New York that local officials believe was caused by a lithium-ion battery. FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh says over 400 fires were caused by these types of batteries in the city in the past four years. o ⚓ IT Wire ☛ 2023-03-07_Global_EV_sales_in_2022_cross_10.2m,_China leads_the_way⠀⇛ * § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Elephants_find_love_at_Ostok_animal_sanctuary in_Sinaloa⠀⇛ Big Boy and Bireki, two elephants at the Ostok Sanctuary in Sinaloa have demonstrated signs of bonding, much to the delight of their keepers. o ⚓ CNN ☛ Thousands_of_sea_lions_die_in_Peru_amid_outbreak_of_bird flu⠀⇛ Thousands of sea lions have died in Peru amid an outbreak of bird flu, according to Peru’s National Service of Protected Areas by the State (SERNANP). o ⚓ CNN ☛ Thailand_jails_five_poachers_for_killing_tiger_and_her cub⠀⇛ A court in western Thailand on Monday sentenced five poachers to prison terms of five years each for killing a female tiger and her cub in a national park last year. o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Burn_to_preserve,_and_other_forest_practices,_from Ecuador_to_California⠀⇛ Progress roundup: Indigenous peoples and governments are working together to preserve forests with controlled burns, protection from logging, and more. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-03-05_We_Aren’t_Talking_Enough_About_Wage Theft⠀⇛ * ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_Fed_is_preparing_for_more_interest_rate_hikes,_with_an_eye on_the_jobs_report⠀⇛ The Federal Reserve is not likely to change its hawkish stance anytime soon. * ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Central_Bank_Digital_Currency_Is_the_Endgame_–_Part_1⠀⇛ Iain Davis Central bank digital currency (CBDC) will end human freedom. Don’t fall for the assurances of safeguards, the promises of anonymity and of data protection. They are all deceptions and diversions to obscure the malevolent intent behind the global rollout of CBDC. * ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Copenhagen_close_to_ushering_in_poverty_limit_for children⠀⇛ Report shows that 5.5 percent of children in Copenhagen are considered poor, well above the national average * ⚓ CNN ☛ France_braced_for_major_disruption_as_strikes_over_pensions_hit airports,_trains⠀⇛ French schools, airports and trains will face heavy disruption Tuesday for the sixth time this year, as unions galvanize people nationwide in protest against government plans to raise the retirement age for most workers. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Unions_Vow_to_Bring_France_to_a_‘Standstill’_Over Macron’s_Pension_Plan⠀⇛ Travel, schools and services were disrupted by nationwide strikes for a sixth time as the battle for public support intensified. * ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-03-07_France_comes_to_a_standstill_as_livid_workers_protest plan_to_increase_retirement_age⠀⇛ * ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-03-07_Amsterdam,_neighboring_regions_saw_biggest_home price_increases_since_2013;_Up_130%⠀⇛ * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Disband_homeless_camps?_Some_cities_rethink_them instead.⠀⇛ The pandemic made homelessness more visible. As some cities rely on encampment sweeps, others put their focus on building livable tent cities. * ⚓ CNN ☛ 18_months_into_Taliban’s_rule,_Afghans_are_facing_dire_poverty⠀⇛ Countless young children are dying in Afghanistan as freezing temperatures and extreme poverty grips the country. 18 months into Taliban rule, the UN claims two-thirds of the population of 40 million people will require humanitarian assistance this year just to survive. CNN’s Anna Coren reports. * ⚓ CNN ☛ 23_face_domestic_terrorism_charges_after_‘Cop_City’_protests_in Atlanta⠀⇛ At least 23 people face domestic terrorism charges after being arrested Sunday evening amid violent protests at the site of a planned law enforcement training facility in Atlanta dubbed “Cop City” by opponents who claim it would propagate militarized policing and harm the environment. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Debt_Default_Would_Cripple_U.S._Economy,_New_Analysis Warns⠀⇛ As President Biden prepares to release his latest budget proposal, a top economist will warn lawmakers that Republicans’ refusal to raise the nation’s borrowing cap could put millions out of work. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_Oklahoma,_a_Freshman_Republican_Makes_the_Case_for Deep_Spending_Cuts⠀⇛ As Representative Josh Brecheen travels his district preparing his constituents for a debt showdown, his pitch reflects how the party has intertwined its spending fight with cultural battles. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Student_debt_relief_limbo_leaves_borrowers_on_edge_over financial_future⠀⇛ Americans who had expected sizable chunks of their student debt to be wiped out under President_Biden’s student_debt_relief plan are now recalculating what their futures may look like. Driving the news:Borrowers who would_be_eligible_for_relief through Biden’s plan won’t know for at least a few months whether as much as $20,000 in their student debt will be forgiven — or still owed — as the Supreme Court decides on its constitutionality. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Budget_Will_Propose_Tax_Increase_to_Bolster Medicare⠀⇛ The president’s plan targets Americans earning more than $400,000 a year in an attempt to increase the program’s solvency by 25 years. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Joe_Biden:_My_Plan_to_Extend_Medicare_for_Another Generation⠀⇛ Medicare is the rock-solid guarantee that Americans count on. My budget will make the Medicare trust fund solvent beyond 2050. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Sen._Mark_Warner_Says_His_New_TikTok_Ban_Is_Just_Good Business⠀⇛ For years, American politicians have worked to ban TikTok over privacy and national security concerns. * ⚓ Axios ☛ The_political_realities_that_make_a_national_TikTok_ban tricky⠀⇛ The U.S., Canada, and a number of European governments in recent months have stepped up efforts to impose restrictions on TikTok, ratcheting up pressure on the Chinese-owned app even as U.S.-China relations have grown increasingly_strained. * ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ China_Accuses_the_U.S._of_Suppressing_Chinese_Tech Companies⠀⇛ China accused the U.S. of stealing its technological autonomy in a press conference on Monday, Reuters reported. Spokesperson Mao Ning claimed that by imposing various TikTok bans, “the U.S. is trying to deprive it of developmental rights and perpetuate its own hegemony,” the outlet wrote. * ⚓ Reason ☛ TikTok_and_How_Congress_Treats_Americans_Like_‘Unruly Children’⠀⇛ Plus: The editors puzzle over Donald Trump’s latest list describing his vision for America. * ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ TikTok_ban_looking_more_likely_as_senators_push_through bipartisan_bill⠀⇛ Two U.S. senators said today that sometime this week, they will introduce a new bill that would make it easier to “ban or prohibit” foreign technology in the U.S., which, if endorsed by the administration, could spell the end for the popular Chinese social media app, TikTok. ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-06_Jewish_perspectives_on_antisemitism_in_Germany⠀⇛ ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Early_20th_century_pogroms_in_Ukraine_impacted_the_Holocaust, history_scholar_says⠀⇛ At a Monday event entitled, “Ukraine In Civil War And Famine, 1918- 1921”, history scholars discussed the pogroms of 1918-1921 in Ukraine and their impact on the Holocaust. ⚓ CNN ☛ The_workers_the_mass_Twitter_layoffs_left_behind⠀⇛ Three former Twitter employees and their lawyer to talk to CNN about their final days at the company after Elon Musk took control, and what the company’s mass layoffs have meant for their lives. ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-03-07_Left-wing_parties_will_shoot_down_Cabinet’s_climate plans_if_they_lack_ambition⠀⇛ ⚓ 2023-03-06_It’s_my_11th_Twitter_Birthday,_and_Elon_just_gave_me_a_GREAT gift⠀⇛ ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-03-07_Blue_ticks:_what_evolutionary_theory_tells_us about_the_turmoil_around_social_media_verification⠀⇛ ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Poll:_AMLO_remains_popular,_but_disapproval_rate_rose_in February⠀⇛ López Obrador still has a 54% approval rating, though most respondents rated his government poorly on the economy and public security. ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Mexico,_India_sign_wide-ranging_tech_collaboration agreement⠀⇛ The agreement covers binational development projects in areas including water management, electromobility and vaccines. ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ AMLO_announces_anti-inflation_plan_with_key_Latin American_allies⠀⇛ The objective of the agreement is to promote trade and eliminate tariffs to combat shortages of key products. ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Learning_Multilateralism_on_Obama’s_National_Space Policy⠀⇛ In June 2010, Obama’s new National Space Policy (NSP) emphasizes a broad continuity between its main goals and the overarching themes originally developed by the Eisenhower administration, such as the use of space and strengthening space stability. ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Rethinking_The_Issue_of_Witchcraft-related_Violence⠀⇛ On 12 July 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted the historic resolution on the elimination of harmful practices related to accusations of witchcraft and ritual attacks. The resolution urges the member states to not only condemn the hazardous practices, but also to take tangible actions to abolish them. ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Human_Trafficking:_A_Global_Security_Concern⠀⇛ Oneof the leading problems of the globalized world that has increased over time is human trafficking. It has increased in all parts of the world specially Africa, Asia and Europe. It involves kidnapping, trapping or sending individuals from one place to another either within state or outside. ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ Green_Party_response_to_small_boats_bill_|_The_Green_Party⠀⇛ Responding to the small boats bill announced by the Home Secretary Suella Braverman today, Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay said: “This is the latest attempt by the Tories to stop desperate people finding sanctuary. Last year three quarters of all asylum claims were granted [1]. Despite this, the government seems determined to clamp down on those fleeing conflict, persecution or extreme poverty in a host of countries by failing to offer legal routes to the UK. This will force people to continue taking their chances arriving in small boats. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ Netblocks ☛ Mobile_internet_disrupted_in_Mauritania_following_prison break⠀⇛ Network data confirm a nation-scale disruption to mobile internet traffic in Mauritania from Monday morning 10 a.m. 5 March 2023. * ⚓ Reason ☛ Libel_Statute_of_Limitations_for_Blog_Posts_Starts_When They’re_Published,_Not_When_Plaintiff_Discovers_Them⠀⇛ All the more reason to frequently Google your own name! * ⚓ Reason ☛ $160K_Libel_Verdict_for_Accusing_Stepmother_of_Poisoning Father_Upheld⠀⇛ From Osowski v. Harer, decided today by the Minnesota Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Judge Randall Slieter, joined by Presiding Judge Jennifer Frish and Judge John Smith: This defamation case, commenced by respondent Karen K. Osowski, arises from statements appellant Edie Harer made to law enforcement several months after the death… * ⚓ Reason ☛ Conservatives_Who_Want_To_Weaken_Defamation_Standards_May Regret_Opening_That_Can_of_Worms⠀⇛ Contrary to the Supreme Court’s First Amendment precedents, Donald Trump thinks harsh criticism of the president should be actionable. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ YouTube_Music’s_Contractors_Are_Actually_Employees,_According to_a_Federal_Labor_Official⠀⇛ Google parent Alphabet should officially be considered the “joint employer” of a crew of scrappy YouTube Music contract workers, according to a new ruling from a National Labor Relation Board official. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Venezuela’s_latent_civic_reserves⠀⇛ An autocrat’s harsh misrule and isolation have only strengthened a popular hunger for justice and equality. * ⚓ Reason ☛ 2023-03-06_Police_Officer’s_Defamation_Suit_Over_Claims_That Circled-Finger_Sign_Was_“White_Supremacist”_Dismissed⠀⇛ * ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-07_COP28:_Carbon_Market_Rules_Should_Protect_Rights⠀⇛ * ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-07_Georgia:_‘Foreign_Agents’_Bill_Tramples_on_Rights⠀⇛ * ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-07_Kazakhstan:_Revise_Draft_Laws_to_Better_Protect Women⠀⇛ * ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ 2023-03-07_Striking_YouTube_Music_Workers_Score Victory_With_NLRB_Ruling:_‘Cognizant_and_Google_Are_Joint_Employers’⠀⇛ * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Teachers_protest_over_suspected_Iran_schoolgirl poisonings⠀⇛ Iranian teachers have held protests in several cities over suspected poisonings targeting hundreds of schoolgirls. Activists say security forces broke up several of the demonstrations on Tuesday. Meanwhile, prosecutors started filing criminal charges against journalists, activists and others over their comments on the still-unsolved incidents that began in November and have escalated in recent days with dozens of schools reporting suspected cases. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Liverpool_fans_to_get_refunds_after_Champions League_chaos⠀⇛ UEFA will refund Liverpool fans who bought tickets for last season’s Champions League final because of the chaos that occurred outside the stadium in Paris. The governing body of European soccer says a scheme has been set up to reimburse all 19,618 tickets purchased by Liverpool fans for the match against Real Madrid. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Russian_gym_coach_who_criticized_Olympic_judges banned⠀⇛ A top Russian gymnastics coach whose athletes won numerous Olympic gold medals has been suspended following vehement criticism of judges who ended Russia’s winning streak in rhythmic gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympics. The Gymnastics Ethics Foundation has barred Irina Viner from coaching or officiating at any competitions in international gymnastics for two years. * ⚓ Reason ☛ Lie_Detectors_Are_Junk_Science,_but_We_Keep_Using_Them⠀⇛ Amit Katwala’s Tremors in the Blood explores how unreliable technologies have been used in our criminal justice system. § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Pluralistic:_End_to_End_(07_Mar_2023)⠀⇛ Tech groups and publications can use principles to rank competing technologies (“Which network providers are end to end?”). Network Neutrality is a way of operationalizing E2E: the idea of Net Neutrality is that carriers should be obliged to treat all traffic the same. If you request Youtube packets from Comcast, Comcast should deliver those packets as quickly and reliably as it can, even though its parent company, Universal, owns several competing services. * ⚓ APNIC ☛ Opinion:_An_economic_perspective_on_Internet_centrality⠀⇛ How can we fix an Internet completely dominated by a small collection of global behemoths? * ⚓ 2023-03-06_Roku_Doesn’t_Support_IPv6_and_It_Might_Be_a_Big_Deal⠀⇛ * ⚓ APNIC ☛ 2023_ISIF_Asia_Grants_now_open_for_applications⠀⇛ The 2023 ISIF Asia grants are now open for applications – grants are for Asia Pacific organizations working in Internet development, fostering Infrastructure, Inclusion and Knowledge. * ⚓ RIPE ☛ 2023-03-07_How_to_Ensure_Time_Security_Across_a_Global_Network⠀⇛ § Monopolies⠀➾ * ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Saisie-contrefaçon_and_trade_secrets:_the_French Supreme_Court_institutes_the_framework_for_the_protection_of_the_trade secrets_within_a_saisie-contrefaçon⠀⇛ * ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ The_Top_Antitrust_Cop_Says_Big_Tech_Looks_a_Lot_Like_Standard Oil⠀⇛ Big Tech’s cornucopia of questionable business practices looks an awful lot like the oil industry during Standard Oil’s reign. * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Eligibility_for_Dummies;_Benson Redux⠀⇛ I’ve become somewhat callous toward patent eligibility jurisprudence and so was surprised when I read the Federal Circuit’s decision in ADASA Inc. v. Avery Dennison Corp., 55 F.4th 900 (Fed. Cir. Dec 16, 2022). The case concluded that constructively dividing a fixed- length binary number into different sub-portions was not an abstract idea.  Now, the accused infringer has asked the Supreme Court for review. * § Trademarks⠀➾ o ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_Swiss_government_is_forcing_Toblerone_to_change_its logo_after_the_company_outsourced_production⠀⇛ Toblerone, the chocolate bar known for its triangular pieces, is removing the image of the Matterhorn from its wrapper as it moves production to Slovakia this year. Strict laws in Switzerland prohibit using any national symbol on products manufactured in other countries. o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ New_design_for_old_chocolate⠀⇛ Philop_Oltermann_quoted a spokesperson from Toblerone’s parent company: “The packaging redesign introduces a modernised and streamlined mountain logo that aligns with the geometric and triangular aesthetic” § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Personal⠀➾ o ⚓ For_such_a_time_as_this⠀⇛ Today (March 6-7, 2023) is the Jewish festival of Purim. It commemorates the events written in the Hebrew Scriptures book of Esther. It is a fun time of celebration. You can (mostly) think of Purim as Mardi Gras and Halloween rolled into one. There are costumes, food, parties, and lots of drinking. But behind all these, Purim celebrates a defeat of a genocidal attempt by a politician who harbored xenophobia and anger. In the 5th century B.C.E., Persia was a superpower that dominated over 127 provinces stretching from India to Greece to Northern Africa (although, by the time of Xerxes I, it was beginning to decline). Emperor Ahasuerus (historians generally identify him as Xerxes I, who reigned 486-465 B.C.E.) had appointed a man named Haman as his prime minister (or viceroy). During this time, Jews were a conquered people and many of them were taken to Persia. o ⚓ Email_Netiquette⠀⇛ Other people are gonna bork up the subject lines, CC you on list mail, be overly verbose or terse, top-post, bottom-post, interleave, fullquote, forget to quote, reply too quickly, too slowly, ask too many questions, too few questions, have annoying signatures etc etc etc. That’s fine. Get and keep your own house in order with whatever filters and templates you need. Then don’t worry about it. o ⚓ introvert_guilt⠀⇛ I recently don’t feel like going out much or meeting people. I’ve had a small burst of wanting to reconnect with some office people after the pandemic and did, and it was wonderful. I felt cherished and connected. I will keep these contacts up now and visit them in their offices whenever I am not working from home. But privately, I am just so content just being home right now. I sometimes do grow frustrated and angry at home when I feel like I am just doing the same stuff every day or grow sick of some executive dysfunction I experience a lot some days, but I always manage to fix it somehow or sleep it off. But what I mean is, I am just so content being alone or just being with my girlfriend. Each doing our own thing, sometimes our stuff aligns and we do things together and sometimes we just do stuff separately in the same room. I just currently feel no desire to try out new cafés or restaurants, or visit museums, going on a big hike or anything like that. No friend dates, no traveling. Just me, studying for my degree, cuddling the dog, playing some games, coding, watching stuff, listening to music. At home. Being in Discord calls, online DnD and Jackbox sessions. Sometimes reading. I wanna get back to my embroidery projects soon and finish some crop tops I have began to sew last year. I don’t like concerts or festivals in general (sadly). o ⚓ March_update_2023_–_Big_Changes!⠀⇛ Hola! Happy Hacking to all hackers, DIY, Creators and tinkers out there. Well well well, so I almost skipped 4-5 months!!! OMG OMG OMG!!!. o ⚓ One_black_tea,_please⠀⇛ i guess i have a problem with this. not even sure what’s the reason. maybe it’s my addiction to funny memes compilation videos on youtube. * § Technical⠀➾ o ⚓ Replacing_the_“ls”_Command⠀⇛ I’ve been replacing the “ls” command on both my personal and work machine for so long that I’d honestly completely forgotten I was doing it until I saw someone else mention doing the same recently (can’t remember where, sorry!). The tool I’ve been using is called Exa, and for my usage it’s a drop in replacement for ls with several helpful features and readability improvements. o ⚓ Everything_Is_A_Little_Broken⠀⇛ Sometimes I feel a little cursed with a ‘death by a thousand paper cuts’ curse. This morning my Roku remote failed to work. Worked fine yesterday. Roku has a weird remote with WiFi built in and goes through its 2x AAA batteries fast, but it has an on- screen indicator that rings a ‘low-battery’ alarm, to their credit. But it did not go off. Batteries were dead, and I replaced and paired the remote. Just an annoyance for me, but what if it happened last week? There is no way my mom could do this. Not that it’s hard, but when you are 85 faced with this kind of thing, it is hard. Even knowing when to expect delay of a couple of seconds before pairing takes place and not push the button over and over or pull the batteries and try again is hard! 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It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4060 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.07.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_06/03/2023:_rpminspect_1.11_and_Mozilla_Enlarges_the_Boards⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:49 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Audiocasts/Shows o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o Licensing_/_Legal o Programming/Development # Python * Leftovers o Science o Education o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Privacy/Surveillance # Confidentiality o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies # Patents # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Internet/Gemini # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ 8_Reasons_Why_Kali_Linux_is_the_Ultimate_Operating_System for_Hackers⠀⇛ Kali Linux is a powerful and versatile operating system designed for hackers and security professionals. It is a Debian-based distribution that comes loaded with a variety of security and hacking tools that are essential for penetration testing, vulnerability analysis, and digital forensics. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Destination_Linux_315:_Linux_6.2,_AI_Robot_Wrestling,_& We’re_Going_to_SCALE⠀⇛ # ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ 315:_Linux_6.2,_AI_Robot_Wrestling,_&_We’re Going_to_SCALE⠀⇛ This week’s episode of Destination Linux, we will be discussing Linux Kernel 6.2 and all it’s glorious wonder. Then we talk about open source wrestling robots Plus, we have our tips/tricks and software picks. # ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ Our_Biggest_Announcement_Yet_|_LINUX Unplugged_500⠀⇛ We’re celebrating 500 episodes with the biggest announcement yet. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Machine_Learning_in_Linux:_Whisper_– automatic_speech_recognition_system⠀⇛ Whisper is an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system trained on 680,000 hours of multilingual and multitask supervised data collected from the web. Powered by deep learning and neural networks, Whisper is a natural language processing system that’s built on PyTorch. The software offers transcription in multiple languages, as well as translation from those languages into English. This is free and open source software. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Darkstat_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Darkstat on Rocky Linux 9. For those of you who didn’t know, Darkstat is an open-source, web-based network traffic analyzer that captures and analyzes network traffic. # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ NixOS_Series_#3:_Install_and_Remove_Packages_in NixOS⠀⇛ It can be a bit different when installing and removing packages in NixOS. Here, we explain it to make things easy. # ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Compress_Files_Faster_Using_Pigz_on Linux⠀⇛ Pigz is a faster compression tool. Learn how to use it for generating .gz compressed file faster in Linux. # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Clear_the_Buffer,_Cache,_and_Swap Memory_in_Linux⠀⇛ Clearing the buffer, cache, and swap memory in Linux can be done easily with a few simple commands. # ⚓ Beebom ☛ How_to_Add_a_User_to_a_Group_in_Linux⠀⇛ Assume you are a system administrator of a big project, and you often receive complaints from the QA team that the development team is messing up the codebase and vice versa. Upon close inspection, you find out that two teams are a part of the same group, sharing the same codebase. So you ask your senior to help with the problem, and he advises you to make two groups for all the users of the development and QA teams. But, you have no clue how to add users to a group in Linux. Well, we are here to help solve this problem. In this article, we have explained how to create a new group, create new users, and then add a user to a group in Linux. # ⚓ Beebom ☛ How_to_Fix_“exec_user_process_caused:_exec_format error”_in_Linux⠀⇛ After completing a massive project, your team and you decided to use containerization for the entire project in the staging and production steps to avoid any environment-related issues and last- minute “it works on my machine” statements. But, while creating a container, you encountered the “exec user process caused: exec format error” and have no clue how to fix this. Don’t worry, as we are here to help. In this guide, we will explain the possible reasons for this issue, along with some reliable fixes to solve the “exec user process caused: exec format error” on your Linux system. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Rise_of_Industry_is_Free_Right_Now_on_the Epic_Games_Store_and_works_fine_on_Linux⠀⇛ Every week, the Epic Games Store gives away a new game from their catalog. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Nitrux_2.7_Provides_Users_with_a_Choice between_Plasma_and_Maui⠀⇛ Nitrux is a desktop-focused Linux distribution based on the Debian unstable branch, featuring a heavily modified KDE Plasma desktop environment called NX Desktop, the MauiKit application framework, and a unique approach to package management. That means there will be no conventional package management here. Instead, all the apps you need can be installed as Flatpak packages, AppImages, or inside Distrobox containers. # ⚓ A_month_as_KDE_Software_Platform_Engineer⠀⇛ Precisely one month ago I joined KDE e.V., the non-profit organization behind KDE, as Software Platform Engineer. This is part of three positions in KDE’s “Make_a_living” initiative. The exact scope of this position is a bit vague. I like to describe it as “Taking care of everything needed so that people can build and enjoy awesome software”. A large part of that is taking care of foundational libraries such as Qt and KDE Frameworks, but it can be really anything that helps people do awesome things. This is pretty much what I’ve been doing as a volunteer for the last couple of years anyway. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Emmabuntüs_is_a_Linux_distribution_geared_toward_those who_don’t_know_Linux_|_ZDNET⠀⇛ I’ve been using Linux as my primary desktop OS since 1997 and I’ve used and tested just about every flavor imaginable. During that time, I’ve tried many Linux distributions claiming to be perfectly suited for users with little or no experience. Sometimes those claims are founded, while others… not so much. Even so, every time I hear of a new distribution release geared toward new users, I get excited because it means there’s one more version of the open-source operating system that can be used to sway new users away from their proprietary OSs. So, when I read there was a new release of Emmabuntüs, you can bet I wanted to try it right away. o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ Liliputing ☛ LibreELEC_11_is_a_lightweight_GNU/Linux_distro built_around_Kodi_2.0_media_center⠀⇛ LibreELEC is a lightweight free and open source operating system designed to turn a computer into a media center. The GNU/Linux distribution provides “just enough” of an OS to run the Kodi media center application, which allows your PC to quickly boot straight to Kodi. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ Web Pro News ☛ openSUSE_Begins_Enforcing_Secure_Boot_Kernel Lockdown [Ed: Fake security and more about remote control over people's PCs]⠀⇛ Linux distro openSUSE has begun enforcing Kernel Lockdown when Secure Boot is enabled, creating issues for many users. Kernel Lockdown was introduced in version 5.4 of the Linux kernel and is designed to help protect the kernel from tampering and unauthorized modification, and serves as an important security feature. It works together with Secure Boot, which is a system to ensure the bootloader process is running legitimate, trusted code signed by Microsoft-controlled master keys. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ EIN Presswire ☛ Yellow_Tail_Tech_is_teaming_up_with_Red_Hat to_bring_students_the_latest_and_greatest_in_tech_training.⠀⇛ Yellow Tail Tech is an EdTech company focused on helping people—with little to no IT or technical background—acquire the required competencies to land a career in IT. Founded by industry professionals Paloma Vilceus and RHCSA Jubee Vilceus, the YTT team brings real-world demands into accessible training courses. The company is again raising the bar and setting the standard for innovation in the industry by partnering up with Red Hat, Inc., a US-based software company known for developing enterprise open-source software solutions. Red Hat Enterprise Linux offers an open-source platform that allows companies to develop app development, storage, virtualization, automation, and more technologies. # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ 5_global_environment_variables_provided_by OpenShift_GitOps⠀⇛ Red Hat OpenShift GitOps provides a compelling out- of-the-box experience for the majority of Red Hat OpenShift customers. However, there are times when organizations have specific requirements to satisfy that require additional tuning. OpenShift GitOps provides a number of global-level environment variables that organizations can apply to tailor their experience. § 5 Environment variables: Overview OpenShift GitOps supports the use of environment variables to control operator behavior in specific areas. The following table provides a brief overview of five variables from the upstream documentation. Note that this list can change between releases, so it’s always a good idea to verify new, deprecated, or removed variables. # ⚓ David_Cantrell:_rpminspect-1.11_released⠀⇛ rpminspect 1.11 is now available. The last release was in June of 2022. This release is definitely the largest so far. There are 258 closed issues in this release across 211 pull requests in 354 different commits. This release saw a lot of continued fixes in specific inspections, such as annocheck and abidiff. There was a lot of good reporting from different users and I was able to address a lot of issues with very specific reproducers. I also received a lot of feedback on how best to report changes, which improves the usability for developers, QA, and other teams. # ⚓ Fabio_Alessandro_Locati:_MACCHIATObin_boot_on_serial_port⠀⇛ I bought a MACCHIATObin Single Shot a few months ago with the idea of creating a NAS out of it. The results have been very good and, to begin in an easy way, I decided to install Fedora 37 Server Edition. Now that I’ve decided exactly what I want out of it, I reinstalled Fedora and started from scratch with exactly what I wanted. I decided to install Fedora 37 IoT, which is an rpm-ostree based release. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Valhalla’s_Things:_Bookbinding:_photo_album⠀⇛ When I paint postcards I tend to start with a draft (usually on lightweight (250 g/m²) watercolour paper, then trace1 the drawing on blank postcards and paint it again. I keep the drafts for a number of reasons; for the views / architectural ones I’m using a landscape photo album that I bought many years ago, but lately I’ve also sent a few cards with my historical outfits to people who like to be kept updated on that, and I wanted a different book for those, both for better organization and to be able to keep them in the portrait direction. If you know me, you can easily guess that buying one wasn’t considered as an option. # ⚓ Jonathan Dowland ☛ Jonathan_Dowland:_date_warping_in HLedger⠀⇛ My credit card and bank account rarely agree on the date for when I pay it off1. Since I added balance_assertions for bank account transactions, I need the transaction in my ledger to match what the bank thinks, otherwise the balance assertions would start to fail. The skew is not normally more than a couple of days, and could be corrected by changing_the_date_for_just_one_of_the_two postings. But the skew is not very important, and altering the posting date could be used for something more useful. § date warping credit card repayments My credit card bills land halfway through the month, so February’s bill covers transactions between January 15th and February 14th. I pay off the bill in full each month using Direct Debit. The credit card company consider the bill paid immediately, but they don’t actually draw it until the end of the month (Jan 31 in the running example). This means the payment transaction for a given month lands halfway through the period covered by the next month’s bill. # ⚓ Vincent Bernat ☛ Vincent_Bernat:_DDoS_detection_and remediation_with_Akvorado_and_Flowspec⠀⇛ Akvorado collects sFlow and IPFIX flows, stores them in a ClickHouse database, and presents them in a web console. Although it lacks built-in DDoS detection, it’s possible to create one by crafting custom ClickHouse queries. ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ DDoS detection​⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Let’s assume we want to detect DDoS targeting our customers. As an example, we consider a DDoS attack as a collection of flows over one minute targeting a single customer IP address, from a single source port and matching one of these conditions: # an average bandwidth of 1 Gbps, # an average bandwidth of 200 Mbps when the protocol is UDP, # more than 20 source IP addresses and an average bandwidth of 100 Mbps, or # more than 10 source countries and an average bandwidth of 100 Mbps. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Kubuntu_General_News:_Kubuntu_Manual_22.04.2_Release⠀⇛ Hello everyone! It’s a great day with a new release of the Kubuntu Manual to match the recently- released Kubuntu 22.04.2 update. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_Blog:_What_happens_in_the_Craft_team_stays in_the_Craft_team_…_until_today⠀⇛ Snapcraft, Charmcraft, Rockcraft … you may have heard of these tools, but have you ever wondered how – and by who – they are developed? These tools are the intellectual and keyboard-driven product of Canonical’s Craft team. Officially, the team’s name is *Craft, and the asterisk symbol can easily be seen as a “star” (The asterisk is also a play on the glob wildcard character because the *Craft team maintains all Canonical tools whose name ends in ‘craft’). However, due to obvious trademark implications in calling the team Starcraft, we will stick with the shorter and somewhat less glamorous Craft henceforth. In this article, a first of many, we’d like to share the work being done in the team. After all, if you’re using these tools to build your snaps or charms, you may also be interested to know what the team is doing day to day, or rather fortnight to fortnight, as we conduct our business on a bi- weekly cadence. So let us show you what we have done in the last two weeks. ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Snapcraft, call for testing, core24⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_Blog:_Join_us_at_Everything_Open_2023_in Melbourne_to_Learn_about_Open_Source_Technologies_and_Best Practices_for_Linux_Security⠀⇛ Are you interested in the latest trends in open source technologies? Look no further than Everything Open 2023 in Melbourne, Australia! # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Join_us_at_Operator_Day,_hosted_by_Canonical_at KubeCon_Europe_2023⠀⇛ Join us at the 6th edition of Operator Day at KubeCon Europe – Speakers will talk about their software operator journey, from configuration management to application management. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ openvpn_compiled_in_OpenEmbedded⠀⇛ There was a post to the forum that VPN does not work in Easy: https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=8157 Alfons reported that he got openvpn working, by installing DEB packages. So, I have compiled openvpn in OE and posted to the above forum thread. I have added ‘openvpn’ to the package-list so it will be builtin in the next release of EasyOS.    # ⚓ Ross_Burton:_Building_a_big-endian_Arm_system_in_Yocto⠀⇛ For reasons I won’t bore anyone with I needed to build a 32-bit big-endian system with the Yocto Project to test a package, and I thought I’d write the steps down in case I ever need to do it again (or, even more unlikely, someone else needs to do it). For unsurprising reasons I thought I’d do a big- endian Arm build. So we start by picking the qemuarm machine, which is a Armv7-A processor (Cortex-A15, specifically) in little-endian mode by default. # ⚓ J Pieper ☛ moteus_external_connector_pin_selection⠀⇛ moteus r4.11 has two external connectors, the ABS connector (AUX2) and the ENC/AUX1 connector. The ABS connector was designed initially just to have 2 I2C pins. The ENC connector just has the random pins that were used for the onboard encoder SPI plus one more. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Billions_of_Android_users_urged_to_beware_of_new Google_alert_–_it_means_apps_‘will_stop_working’_on_your device_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ Vivo_X90_Pro_review:_Creature_of_the night_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛ # ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ All_Google_Pixel_phones_confirmed_to_get_the Android_14_update⠀⇛ # ⚓ Hot Hardware ☛ Snapdragon_8_Gen_3_Could_Bring_High_Speed Cortex-X4_For_A_Big_Android_Performance_Lift_|_HotHardware⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_Auto_widgets:_How_to_get_the_most_of out_them⠀⇛ # ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ GTA_5_on_Android_devices:_How_to_play_the game_using_remote_play_in_2023⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Medevel ☛ 9_Useful_Free_Open-source_Telegram_Bots⠀⇛ Telegram is a popular messaging app that has gained immense popularity. Its easy-to-use interface, end-to-end encryption, and numerous features have become the go-to messaging app for millions of users worldwide. o ⚓ Medevel ☛ 10_Open_Source_HIPAA-Compliant_Enterprise_Solutions⠀⇛ What is HIPAA? HIPAA was enacted in 1996 by the United States Congress as a federal law. It establishes national standards for electronic healthcare transactions and protects personal health information (PHI). o ⚓ InfoWorld ☛ Companies_can’t_stop_using_open_source [Ed: Mac Asay is back. His employer pays this publisher to post his stuff.]⠀⇛ o ⚓ Medevel ☛ hof_is_An_Open-source_High_code_Framework⠀⇛ hof is an exceptional tool that brings together various aspects of development into a cohesive and streamlined workflow. With hof, you can easily create and modify data models, generate code, and automate tasks with CUE. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Wladimir Palant ☛ Veraport:_Inside_Korea’s dysfunctional_application_management⠀⇛ Note: This article is also available in Korean. As discussed before, South Korea’s banking websites demand_installation_of_various_so- called_security_applications. At the same time, we’ve seen that these applications like TouchEn_nxKey and IPinside lack auto-update functionality. So even in case of security issues, it is almost impossible to deliver updates to users timely. And that’s only two applications. Korea’s banking websites typically expect around five applications, and it will be different applications for different websites. That’s a lot of applications to install and to keep up-to-date. Luckily, the Veraport application by Wizvera will take care of that. This application will automatically install everything necessary to use a particular website. And it will also install updates if deemed necessary. [...] § Remaining issues Application signature validation was still broken in Veraport 3.8.6.4. Presumably, that’s still the case in Veraport 3.8.6.5, but verifying is complicated. This is no longer a significant issue since the connection integrity can be trusted now. While checkProcess is no longer available, the getPreDownInfo command is still accessible in the latest Veraport version. So any website can still see what security applications are installed. Merely the version numbers have been censored and are no longer usable. It seems that even Veraport 3.8.6.5 still uses the eight years old mongoose 5.5 library for its local web server, this one hasn’t been upgraded. None of the conceptual issues have been addressed of course, these are far more complicated to solve. Veraport customers still have the power to force installation of arbitrary applications, including outdated and malicious software. And they aren’t restricted to their own website but can sign a policy file for any website. A compromised signing certificate of a Veraport customer still cannot be revoked, and neither is it possible to revoke a known malicious policy. Finally, the outdated root certificate (1024 bits, MD5) is still present in the application. # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Expanding_Mozilla’s_boards_in_2023⠀⇛ As Mozilla reaches its 25th anniversary this year, we’re working hard to set up our ‘next chapter’ — thinking bigger and being bolder about how we can shape the coming era of the internet. We’re working to expand our product offerings, creating multiple options for consumers, audiences and business models. o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ Outreachy_and_LibreOffice_installer_improvements:_Rachael Odetayo⠀⇛ Last week, we talked to Ximena Alcaman who’s working on LibreOffice installer improvements as part of the Outreachy programme. Outreachy provides internships to people subject to systemic bias and impacted by underrepresentation in the technical industry where they are living. o § Licensing / Legal⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ The_SCO_lawsuit,_20_years_later_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ On March 7, 2003, a struggling company called The SCO Group filed a lawsuit against IBM, claiming that the success of Linux was the result of a theft of SCO’s technology. Two decades later, it is easy to look back on that incident as a somewhat humorous side-story in the development of Linux. At the time, though, it shook our community to its foundations. It is hard to overestimate how much the community we find ourselves in now was shaped by a ridiculous lawsuit 20 years ago. SCO claimed to be the owner of the Unix operating system which, it said, was the power behind the “global technology economy”; the company sold a proprietary Unix system that ran on x86 hardware. By that point, of course, the heyday of proprietary Unix was already well in the past, and SCO’s offerings were not doing particularly well. The reason for that, SCO reasoned, was the growth of Linux — which was true to a point, though Windows had been pushing a lot of Unix systems aside for years. # ⚓ Slashdot ☛ The_SCO_Lawsuit:_Looking_Back_20_Years_Later⠀⇛ # ⚓ Adrian Plazas ☛ Adrien_Plazas:_David_Revoy_(Comic_Artist): “At_First,_Publishing_Under_a_Free_License_Scared_Me”⠀⇛ In this article I use the words “librism” and “librist” as direct borrows from the French “librisme” and “libriste”. You can define librism as a conjunction of the free software and free culture movements. I prefer to define it as the fringe of the anticapitalist struggles that strives to destroy intellectual property by creating new intangible commons and protecting them. The following is a translation of an_interview published_in_the_February_2023_issue_of_Alternative Libertaire. I conducted this interview with the goal of offering to its readers a glimpse of what the free culture movement is. The magazine doesn’t target free software or free culture enthusiasts, and its printed edition constrains the size of its content. Please excuse the resulting briefness and simplifications. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Evan Hahn ☛ Nested_array_permutations_in_JavaScript⠀⇛ I recently ran into this problem and couldn’t find a solution online: How do you compute the nested permutations of an array that contains sub-arrays? This is all the ways to shuffle an array, including shuffling sub- arrays # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Little_useless-useful_R_functions_–_Using_xspline to_create_wacky_signatures⠀⇛ Nothing short of wacky usage of plot() function with xspline to interpolate the points, but still a “parameter” short of Bezier’s curve. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Read()_Function_in_C_Language⠀⇛ Practical tutorial on how to use the read() function to read the files and the methods that the C language provides to detect and identify the errors. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Strings_in_C_Language⠀⇛ Guide on what a string consists of in the C language, their elements, the kind of data they use, how they are encoded, and what characters each type supports. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Free()_Function_in_C_Language⠀⇛ Practical tutorial on how to use the free() function to free the dynamically allocated memory using its syntax and the theoretical description of how it works. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Pthread_Function()_in_C_Language⠀⇛ Tutorial on how to use the pthread_cancel() function to ask the system to terminate a running thread and how to compile the programs from the pthread library. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Using_Modulus_Operator_(%)_in_Bash⠀⇛ In programming, modulus or remainder is the operation that returns the remainder of a division. In Bash, the modulus operator is represented by the % symbol. The modulus operator is commonly used in programming to check if a number is divisible by another number or to perform operations that require a cyclic pattern. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Calculate_Remainder_(%)_of_a Division_in_Bash⠀⇛ In programming, finding the remainder of a division is a common task. In Bash, the modulus operator “%” can be used to calculate the remainder of a division. However, the output of the modulus operator can be negative when dealing with negative numbers. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Family_reunited_after_two_centuries_apart_– proof_of_time’s_transformative_qualities_in_the_world_of_art⠀⇛ Researchers at Nivaagaard Collection overjoyed to reunite ‘Double Portrait of a Father and Son’ with their missing matriarch o ⚓ ‘LIGHT_A_CANDLE_IN_FRONT_OF_YOUR_WINDOW’:_Call_to_light_candles to_unite_our_mourning_for_the_quake_victims⠀⇛ Eren Can who lost both his mother and father, Hatice Can and Mithat Can, in the February 6 earthquakes, invited everyone to light candles in front of their windows starting this evening in order to unite our pain and mourning. o ⚓ Minister:_Over_227,000_buildings_collapsed,_severely_damaged_in Türkiye_after_quakes⠀⇛ The construction of 13,866 housing units began in the quake-hit region, according to the minister. o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ From_Canada_to_Cabo_part_3:_Redefining priorities⠀⇛ In part 3 of her series, Christina Whiteley relates the importance of “time freedom” and how she and her family have found it in Mexico. o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ I_make_peace_with_my_procrastination⠀⇛ For years I took pride in arriving on the dot – sometimes to the mild chagrin of my host, author Robert Klose writes in an essay. o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ ‘Intersectionality’_pushes_political_hot_button⠀⇛ Sometime in the 2010s, intersectionality left the ivory tower and got thoroughly wrapped up in the culture wars. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Science_Round-Up:_New_technique_means recyclable_wind_turbine_blades⠀⇛ Elsewhere, the oldest hedgehog in the world is Danish # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Using_power_of_AI,_new_tool_simplifies animal_behavior_analysis⠀⇛ A team from U-M has developed a new software tool to help researchers across the life sciences more efficiently analyze animal behaviors. # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ U-M_researchers_aim_to_bring_humans_back into_AI_loop⠀⇛ A study by a team of researchers, including two from U-M, aims to help society, including regulators considering AI safety regulations and organizations considering adopting AI. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Planets_Remarkably_Similar_to_Jupiter_And Neptune_Found_Orbiting_a_Sun-Like_Star⠀⇛ Is there another Earth out there? # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Exploring_The_‘Multiverse’_Could_Be_Key_to Finding_The_Best_Conditions_For_Life⠀⇛ Are we alone out there? # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Evolution_Could_Predate_Life_Itself, Protein_Discovery_Suggests⠀⇛ Natural selection before the origin of life. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ What_if_The_Universe_Started_With_a_Dark Big_Bang?⠀⇛ There may have been two ‘Big Bangs’. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Black_Holes_So_Massive_They_Shouldn’t_Exist Could_Spawn_From_a_Rare_Triple_Merger⠀⇛ The most massive single objects in the Universe. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Many_kids_are_struggling_in_school. Do_their_parents_know?⠀⇛ It’s widely known from test scores that the pandemic set back students across the country. But many parents don’t realize that includes their own child. Opportunities to catch up are plentiful in some places, thanks to federal COVID aid, but won’t last forever. It will take better communication with parents to help students get the tutoring and other support they need, experts say. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Arrest_Warrant_Issued_For_US_Woman_Who Refused_Tuberculosis_Treatment⠀⇛ The last resort. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_First_Disease_Caused_by_Ingested Plastic_Was_Just_Described_by_Scientists⠀⇛ It’s tearing birds apart from the inside. # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ WEF’s_Blue_Food_Partnership_Launches Roadmap_to_Strengthen_Sustainable_Growth_in_Aquaculture⠀⇛ The World Economic Forum’s Blue Food Partnership launched today a Global Sustainable Aquaculture Roadmap at the Our Ocean Conference in Panama, in collaboration with FUTUREFISH and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council and in consultation with the Partnership’s Sustainable Aquaculture Working Group, to strengthen sustainable growth in aquaculture. # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ As_bird_flu_surges_in_Europe,_race_is_on to_stop_the_spread⠀⇛ With tens of millions of poultry culled every year to contain avian influenza, scientists are rushing to find new ways to protect flocks from infection and avert a human pandemic. # ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Even_low_levels_of_air_pollution_exposure lead_to_slower_NCAA_race_times,_study_finds⠀⇛ In a study of 334 male track athletes, researchers found that air pollution levels in the Air Quality Index’s “good-to-moderate” range led to 5k race times by more than 10 seconds. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ NYPost ☛ ChatGPT_gives_sick_child-sex-abuse_answer, breaking_its_own_rules [Ed: Microsoft helping pedophiles (like it did in Bing... recommending child porn to people who did not ask for any)]⠀⇛ Despite rules and ethical guidelines put in place, users are still finding ways to manipulate ChatGPT. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ Stealthy_UEFI_malware_bypassing_Secure_Boot enabled_by_unpatchable_Windows_flaw⠀⇛ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ New_ATM_Malware_‘FiXS’_Emerges⠀⇛ Metabase Q documents FiXS, a new malware family targeting ATMs in Latin America. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ New_Tool_Made_by_Microsoft_and_Mitre Emulates_Attacks_on_Machine_Learning_Systems [Ed: Microsoft is pretending to care about security while actively working with the NSA (et al) to facilitate back door access to everything]⠀⇛ Microsoft and Mitre release Arsenal plugin to help cybersecurity professionals emulate attacks on machine learning (ML) systems. # ⚓ Axios ☛ As_cyber_attacks_on_health_care_soar,_so_does_the cost_of_cyber_insurance [Ed: The very high cost of Microsoft Windows]⠀⇛ Health systems buffeted by labor and supply chain costs and broader economic woes have another unwieldy financial problem: the soaring costs of cyber insurance. Why it matters:It may not be sexy — or the first thing you think about when cybercriminals wreak havoc on hospital infrastructure. But the sheer scope of the problem, and insurers’ reluctance to cover losses stemming from ransomware attacks, is hitting hospitals in a very real way, Moody’s Investors Services points_out. # ⚓ Daniel Stenberg ☛ NVD_makes_up_vulnerability_severity levels⠀⇛ When a security vulnerability has been found and confirmed in curl, we request a CVE Id for the issue. This is a global unique identifier for this specific problem. We request the ID from our CVE Numbering Authority (CNA), Hackerone, which once we make the issue public will publish all details about it to MITRE, # ⚓ Security Week ☛ 557_CVEs_Added_to_CISA’s_Known_Exploited Vulnerabilities_Catalog_in_2022 [Ed: Many are proprietary software. The vendors refused to patch until it was too late.]⠀⇛ There are nearly 900 vulnerabilities in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including nearly 100 discovered in 2022. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Cybercrime_Marketplace_Leaks_Over_2.1 Million_Payment_Cards⠀⇛ Carding marketplace BidenCash last week released information on more than 2.1 million credit and debit cards. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Critical_Vulnerabilities_Allow_Hackers_to Take_Full_Control_of_Wago_PLCs⠀⇛ Wago has patched critical vulnerabilities that can allow hackers to take complete control of its programmable logic controllers (PLCs). # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Little_chance_of_e-voting_in_Latvian_elections_for forseeable_future [Ed: Voting must never be done in this way]⠀⇛ Although electronic or ‘e-voting’ has been used in Estonia for many years now, the chances of a similar system being adopted in Latvia appear to remain extremely slim, reports Latvian Radio. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Ransomware_Operators_Leak_Data_Allegedly Stolen_From_City_of_Oakland⠀⇛ Play ransomware operators have leaked data allegedly stolen from the City of Oakland last month. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ European_Police,_FBI_Bust_International Cybercrime_Gang⠀⇛ Authorities disrupted an international cybercrime gang which has been blackmailing large companies and institutions for years. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ EDRI ☛ EU’s_proposed_health_data_regulation_ignores patients’_privacy_rights⠀⇛ EDRi’s new position paper outlines how the European Commission’s proposal for a European Health Data Space, in an attempt to make use of people’s health data, would sabotage the rights of patients to make decisions about their private medical information. # ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ Why_is_the_browser_a_second-class citizen_in_smart_homes? [Ed: Don't call them "smart homes"; they're spy homes and the spying isn't done by the homeowner.]⠀⇛ As we’ve added more connected devices to our homes and more connectivity to cars, we’ve become locked into the app economy. What the heck ever happened to the good ol’ web? I recently asked myself that question as I was testing a de-Googled smartphone; it runs the open source version of Android, or AOSP. # ⚓ Bloomberg ☛ The_US_Can_Stop_Twitter_From_Releasing Details_in_Spy_Report⠀⇛ The US can stop Twitter Inc. from releasing details about the government’s demands for user information in national security investigations, a court ruled, in the same week House Republicans are to grill national security officials over surveillance. Twitter had protested the government’s redactions to a 2014 “transparency report” that featured a numerical breakdown of national security-related data requests from the previous year. The US appeals court in San Francisco on Monday agreed with a lower- court judge that the Justice Department had shown a “compelling” interest in keeping that information secret. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Twitter_glitches_as_links, logins_fail⠀⇛ Twitter is experiencing a bevy of glitches as links stopped working, some users were unable to log in and Tweetdeck stopped working for others. The company, which has experienced an uptick instability and bugs in recent months after Elon Musk decimated its staff, said Twitter said Monday: “Some parts of Twitter may not be working as expected right now. We made an internal change that had some unintended consequences. We’re working on this now and will share an update when it’s fixed.” # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Twitter’s_Links_and_Pics_Are_Boinked⠀⇛ Twitter is, once again, not working very well. The sitehas_faced_an_increasing_number of_technical_snafus_since_Elon_Musk_took_over the platform in October 2022, and began gutting_the_company’s_staff in multiple rounds_of_layoffs. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Banks_Increasingly_Back_Political_Scheme_To Track_Gun_Purchases_by_Credit_Card⠀⇛ Politicians lean on the financial industry to target activities they don’t like. # § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ BetterHelp_Shared_Users’_Sensitive Health_Data,_FTC_Says⠀⇛ The online counseling service BetterHelp has agreed to return $7.8 million to customers to settle with the Federal Trade Commission for sharing health data it had promised to keep private o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ CNN ☛ Russia_may_be_close_to_capturing_Bakhmut._But_a victory_could_come_at_a_heavy_cost⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukrainian_Soldiers,_Nearly_Encircled_in Bakhmut,_Push_Russians_Back⠀⇛ The battle for Bakhmut is not over — at least not yet. Ukrainian assault brigades offered Moscow a bloody reminder of that over the weekend. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Police_chief:_We_have_no_pro-Kremlin_employees⠀⇛ Everything is in order regarding the with the loyalty of State Police (VP) employees, and there are no pro-Kremlin employees in the police at all, said Latvia’s senior police officer Armands Ruks, on the “Morning Panorama” program of Latvian Television March 6. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Ukrainian_military_vows_to_hold Bakhmut_as_Russians_close_in⠀⇛ Ukrainian military leaders are vowing to hold onto Bakhmut as Russian forces encroach on the devastated eastern city. The Kremlin has sought to capture it for six months at the cost of thousands of lives. Less than a week ago, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Ukrainian defenders might retreat from Bakhmut and fall back to nearby positions. But Zelenskyy’s office said Monday that he chaired a meeting in which the country’s top military brass spoke in favor of continuing the defense and strengthening the Ukrainian positions. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ ‘You’ll_Be_Hearing_From_Me_as_Long_as_I’m_Here,’ Daniel_Ellsberg_Vows_After_Terminal_Cancer_Diagnosis⠀⇛ Daniel Ellsberg, whose leaking of the Pentagon Papers and decades of antiwar activity have inspired generations of whistleblowers and activists, said Wednesday that he has terminal cancer, but that there’s “tons more” movement work for him to do before he’s gone. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Is_America_at_War_With_Russia?⠀⇛ Suppose that the U.S. were at war with Canada. Don’t laugh; South Park devoted an entire episode to just such a conflagration; if they, with their usual keen insight, could depict such an eventuality, it could indeed actually occur. Also posit that Russia took the side of our neighbor to the north in this altercation. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ How_US_Exceptionalism_Has_Spawned_War_in_Ukraine and_Syria⠀⇛ The following is an adapted version of the presentation made at the webinar “Connecting Dots” on 2.25.2023. Other speakers were Dr. Marwa Osman and Dr. Atif Kubursi. Introduction Syria has been at war since 2011. The conflict is in a stalemate. US troops control nearly a third of the country. # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Germany_inspects_Lithuania⠀⇛ Appointed as Federal Minister of Defence of Germany in January, B.Pistorius will conduct his first visit to Lithuania on March 7. According to the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence, he will meet with his troops deployed with the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battle Group Lithuania. # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Russian_invasion:_Why_collective responsibility_is_not_so_“collective”?⠀⇛ Since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, there has been an unprecedented number of sanctions imposed on Russia and Russian citizens. However, while 10,100 restrictions have been imposed, only a few of the 100 richest Russian individuals have been reached by them. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Sultan_al-Jaber,_COP28_president, calls_for_climate_action⠀⇛ The man who will lead international climate talks later this year in Dubai, United Arab Emirates spoke Monday at the premier oil and gas industry conference in Houston, Texas, known as Ceraweek. Sultan al Jaber is also CEO of the Abu Dhabi Oil company. The climate talks have come in for criticism for choosing an oil company CEO to lead them this year. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ E-Bikes_Are_Convenient._They_Can Also_Catch_Fire_and_Destroy_Buildings.⠀⇛ Three years after New York legalized micro- mobility bikes and scooters, lawmakers and building managers are grappling with how to make them safer in the wake of numerous fires, some fatal. # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Central_Asia_Energy_Forum Discusses_Prospects_for_the_Regional_Electricity_Market Development⠀⇛ The Central Asia Energy Trade and Investment Forum 2023 that took place in London, March 2-3, convened policymakers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well representatives of international financial institutions and the private sector to discuss the interlinked challenges of energy security, decarbonization, and economic growth.  # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Historic_UN_treaty_expands_safety_for dolphins,_whales,_turtles⠀⇛ The United Nations has created a treaty that protects marine life in nearly two-thirds of Earth’s oceans. The treaty establishes a new group to manage conservation, and it outlines rules for conducting environmental impact assessments for commercial work. # ⚓ Axios ☛ HelloFresh_dropping_all_coconut_milk_from Thailand_over_forced_monkey_labor_allegations⠀⇛ Under pressure from animal rights activists, HelloFresh will stop selling coconut_milk sourced_from_Thailand in its meal kits in the coming months over monkey labor allegations, the company confirmed to Axios. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Republican_Votes_Helped_Washington_Pile_Up Debt⠀⇛ As they escalate a debt-limit standoff, House Republicans blame President Biden’s spending bills for an increase in deficits. Voting records show otherwise. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Industrial_production_declined_nearly_10%_in January⠀⇛ Data published March 6 by the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia (CSB) show that in January 2023, compared to January 2022, industrial production output decreased by 9.8 % (according to calendar adjusted data at constant prices). Output downturns were recorded in manufacturing (6.1 %) as well as mining and quarrying (20.8 %). # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Lebanon_leans_on_US_dollar_to_cope as_currency,_economy_tank⠀⇛ The Lebanese pound has lost as much as 98% in value since late 2019, and now most restaurants and many stores are demanding to be paid in dollars to bypass what’s seen as a nearly useless currency. This month, the government is allowing grocery stores to do the same. While this “dollarization” aims to ease inflation and stabilize the economy, it could deepen the financial crisis and push more people into poverty. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ You’re_Now_a_‘Manager.’_Forget_About Overtime_Pay.⠀⇛ New evidence shows that many employers are mislabeling rank-and-file workers as managers to avoid paying them overtime. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Boomers_and_the_latest_U.S._inflation_boost⠀⇛ What explains this year’s pop_in_consumer_spending? Boomers might be at least partially to blame. The big picture: Social security recipients (of which retirees make up an overwhelming share) received an 8.7% cost-of-living adjustment this year — the single-largest increase in more than four decades. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_loss_of_a_major_shareholder_delivers_another blow_to_Credit_Suisse⠀⇛ Once Credit Suisse’s largest shareholder, Harris Associates no longer holds any stock in the Swiss bank, which warned of losses for this year and witnessed unprecedented client exodus. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Walmart_to_close_remaining_Portland_stores_as_city faces_shoplifting_crisis⠀⇛ Walmart said the closures followed a “careful review of their overall performance.” # ⚓ NYPost ☛ SiriusXM_cutting_8_percent_of_workforce_as subscriber_growth_slows⠀⇛ SiriusXM joins tech titans such as Microsoft  and Google-parent Alphabet that cut headcount by the thousands to weather a tough economy. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Original_Jeffrey_Epstein⠀⇛ Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t the only billionaire philanthropist who had houses in Palm Beach, New York, Paris, London, and an island paradise, and threw elite sex parties for the rich and famous. Meet George Huntington Hartford II, the Original Jeffrey Epstein. # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Trophy_Documents:_The_Entire_Point_Was_to Make_FBI_Obedient⠀⇛ The leak to the WaPo about a dispute last summer about the stolen document investigation is concerning for what it reveals about how cowed Washington FBI agents remain by Trump’s bullying. But it raises new concerns about a leak to Devlin Barrett in November, which seemed another attempt to preempt further investigation. # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Ireland’s_first_woman_president_to_deliver Wege_Lecture⠀⇛ Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland, will deliver the Wege Lecture on Sustainability on March 13. Her talk will focus on “Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience and the Fight for a Sustainable Future.” # ⚓ CNN ☛ Turkey’s_earthquake_caused_$34_billion_in_damage._It could_cost_Erdogan_the_election⠀⇛ The devastating earthquake that hit Turkey on February 6 killed at least 45,000 people, rendered millions homeless across almost a dozen cities and caused immediate damage estimated at $34 billion — or roughly 4% of the country’s annual economic output, according to the World Bank. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Is_democracy_worth_fighting_for?_Argentine Oscar_nominee_inspires_a_‘yes.’⠀⇛ Argentina has a track record of producing winning films about its dictatorship. But, Santiago Mitre’s “Argentina, 1985” stands out for its focus on the aftermath. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Barred_from_ballots_behind_bars,_freed_felons seek_voting_rights⠀⇛ At least 14 U.S. states have introduced bipartisan voting rights bills this year to restore voting rights to felons. Former prisoners say the right to vote after finishing their sentence aids an easy transition back into society. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Activist_Judy_Heumann_remembered_as trailblazer_for_disability_rights⠀⇛ Judy Heumann, who died Saturday, was a disability rights activist. Her efforts led to the implementation of important legislation such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and the Rehabilitation Act. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_Some_Gen_Z_Instagram_Users_Post_to Facebook:_Unwittingly⠀⇛ Teenagers and young adults are flummoxed. The reason it keeps happening involves an online prompt and product design. # ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ Wrong_Man_Detained_by_US_Marshals After_Lake_County,_Illinois_State’s_Attorney_Eric_Rinehart Issues_Warrant⠀⇛ The State’s Attorney of Lake County, Illinois, Eric Rinehart, played “Pin the Tail on The Black Guy”, and got caught, again. In cahoots with the police department of Gurnee, Illinois, # ⚓ Türkiye_summons_US_envoy_over_top_military_official’s_visit to_Kurdish-controlled_city_in_Syria⠀⇛ The Foreign Ministry has asked the ambassador to “explain” the visit. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Senate_intel_chief_pushes_bipartisan_bill_to_ban China-owned_TikTok⠀⇛ The clock is ticking on TikTok. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va) said he is planning to introduce a bipartisan bill this week that would grant the government authority to “ban or prohibit” foreign technology like the China-owned TikTok. The Senate Intelligence Committee chairman told “Fox News Sunday” he is working with Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) on a bill… o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ New_case_against_arrested_Kurdish_journalist_over_2017 demonstrations⠀⇛ Ceylan Şahinli was not yet a journalist when the events mentioned in the indictment took place. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ CNN ☛ US_senators_call_for_UN_probe_into_secret_Iranian torture_centers_exposed_by_CNN [Ed: US does a lot of torture as well... even overseas. When US senators looked into it the CIA cracked their machines and later admitted this.]⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNN ☛ US_allies_South_Korea_and_Japan_make_deal_to_ease strains_over_wartime_labor_dispute⠀⇛ South Korea on Monday announced a deal to compensate victims of forced labor by Japan during its occupation of Korea as the two United States allies try to smooth relations in the face of an increasingly turbulent Indo-Pacific security situation. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Dalit_Journalist_Takes_On_India’s_Caste Injustices⠀⇛ Meena Kotwal started a news outlet focused on Dalit and other marginalized groups in India, hoping that telling their stories would help improve their lives. # ⚓ Reason ☛ The_Arc_Of_The_“Public_Intellectual”⠀⇛ I’ve long been fascinated by the concept of the “public intellectual.” I view this person as embodying two characteristics: first, an intellectual, as measured by scholarship; second, a public-facing scholar, as measured by media exposure. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Staff_committee_EPO_supports initiative_Industry_Patent_Quality_Center [Ed: More face-saving garbage from the EPO management that's breaking a lot of laws]⠀⇛ The Central Staff Committee of the European Patent Office supports the initiative of important European companies who’ve requested to do something about declining patent quality at the EPO. # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Eligibility_for_Dummies; Benson_Redux⠀⇛ I’ve become somewhat callous toward patent eligibility jurisprudence and so was surprised when I read the Federal Circuit’s decision in ADASA Inc. v. Avery Dennison Corp., 55 F.4th 900 (Fed. Cir. Dec 16, 2022). The case concluded that constructively dividing a fixed-length binary number into different sub-portions was not an abstract idea.  Now, the accused infringer has asked the Supreme Court for review. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ The_Law_Bytes_Podcast,_Episode_158: In_Their_Own_Words_–_Ministers,_MPs,_Senators_and Government_Officials_on_Bill_C-18⠀⇛ Bill C-18, the Online News Act, has been at the centre of growing_firestorm in Canada following reports that Google has begun testing the removal of links to Canadian news services for a small percentage of its users. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Fernando_who?_🏁⠀⇛ The first race of the season should have been dull and predictable. Verstappen coasted to an easy win. Ferrari had an engine failure. Mercedes look like they’ve gone backwards. But the race was fun to watch because of Fernando Alonso who lost positions at the start, and got them back by making audacious moves in unexpected places. # ⚓ The_flu⠀⇛ Oh the joys. I felt the first symptoms of coming down with something on Monday. Somehow I coughed and struggled through a four hour workshop that had already been postponed a few times and pretty much collapsed into bed immediately after dinner. You know, man-flu. Seriously though, this is the third time in a couple of months that I have fallen sick. I do think that generally speaking I do take care of myself, but the situation at work is getting to me more and more. I neglected the first two outbreaks and went back to work relatively fast. This time hopefully I’m smart enough to take some rest. # ⚓ Re:_Coffee_and_Tea_and_the_Java_and_Me⠀⇛ While I concede that most coffee drinkers I know wouldn’t drink the coffee without the caffeine, I don’t think they enjoy it any less than someone who likes tea. While tea drinkers may have more tastes to note with the wide variety of teas out there, you can ask coffee drinkers what kinds of coffee they like and you’ll get a variety of answers. As a reformed coffee AND tea drinker myself (I can’t drink a lot of caffeine anymore), I can say that I loved finding different types of coffee beans, from Cuban/caribbean, to Ethiopian, to Kona, to my old stand-by, Colombian. I did frequently put some milk and sweeteners in it, but I wasn’t heavy-handed, and as ~Skyjake mentioned in his own reply [1], different tastes can be drawn out with the different mixers, much like a good milk in any breakfast or chai tea. # ⚓ Moving_onward_to_2023⠀⇛ As I try to get myself back into something that resembles a routine after the holiday break I started to poke around at some things that have been needing attention. It seems that my microblog to gemini renderer has been broken for about a month. A quick fix and it seems to be functioning but that gave me an excuse to tweak the overall layout. Previously I rendered gemtext headings for the years and the months, leaving the individual entries as just simple paragraphs, however it seems more logical to expose individual entries so you can navigate the in-reply-to chain using your user- agent, assuming it has the ability to navigate headings (Lagrange does). # ⚓ Adding_Friction⠀⇛ I’ve got a compulsive nature, and so spartan abolishment of junk food (both mental and physical) is typically the only solution that helps me stay healthy long-term. Hence no smartphone, no booze in the house, and no computer powerful enough to run a video game newer than, say, Hexen. Still, the black pit of the internet beckons, and I was spending far too much time there. I was willing to live without a personal computer entirely, just using an OS on a thumb drive at the local library when necessary, but the security issues are manifold. It’s just not practical. # ⚓ Genre_Buster_Bombs⠀⇛ A workable definition of a genre buster bomb would be a work in a genre that destroys or significantly changes said genre, often by some form of often violent deconstruction. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Goldberg_Email_Rube⠀⇛ Gmail is painful even with mutt; there is too much lag. And the login is slow. One might expect mail to be at least as fast as it was in the 1990s, but instead we got…the web. Dun dun dunnnn! I may misremember how quick pine wasn’t in the fishbowl era. OAUTHBEARER was also a pain to setup; the website was horrible, go here click that go there revisit that, all very Java-y Object-y Enterprise- y and too complicated. And the CPU fan was running. People who want to run mutt are not their demographic, I’m guessing. And gmail labels too much of the OpenBSD mailing list mails as spam spam spam spam lovely spam! # ⚓ 2023_Week_7/8/9:_Status_and_Photos⠀⇛ While the front face of Rob’s Gemini Capsule hasn’t seen much activity, I’ve continued to make lots of changes behind the scenes. I continue to update my weight graph and “Where in the World?” log, though I did neglect the latter for some time. Other projects have taken up my time too: diving into git’s `fetch` and `push` commands to see if they can be adapted to use an asynchronous protocol like NNCP, as well as setting up Yggdrasil nodes on my home network. Other tidbits are appearing on various pages as I have time. # ⚓ Framework_laptop,_two_months_on…⠀⇛ I’ve had the Framework laptop for a while now, so time to add to my previous post. No particular order; this is as things pop into my head… [...] Ok, so not really the laptop, but this is the first time I’ve used Fedora and the first OS I’ve had on Wayland. Fedora is great! Boots exceptionally quickly, rock solid, and I’ve had zero update snafus. The only issues, to date: Signal doesn’t work (no idea) I couldn’t find an RPM for Texture Packer. RPMs, or the lack of them, have held me back from Redhat spins for the longest time, so it’s nice that Flatpacks are becoming the norm. Or at least, more common. It’s almost a solved problem, annnd no Snaps! Hurrah! But it’s not perfect. Wayland’s crashed on me twice. Is that normal? # ⚓ doas_rm_-rf_*.past.*⠀⇛ It is the annoying habit of written words that they tend to resurface. These words mean nothing to me anymore nor the person to whom I gifted them. Yet they remind me. Not of memories or lessons but of images. I remember everything that I’ve ever seen and I wish I could forget half of it. That is as my dad calls it “the curse of a good memory” but I’m not bothered by them, I am further than I have ever been from being bothered by the past. The title is a click bait but I still believe that “The past is a place only fitting for the dead”. So let us summon the spirit of dead words. # ⚓ browser_extensions_that_help_me_a_lot⠀⇛ Over the years I’ve gathered some nice browser extensions to help manage browsing the web. They kind of deserve to be written down somewhere and maybe someone else finds use for them. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ The_IRC_client_optimized_for_creepers⠀⇛ I’ve been seeing the Matrix bridge to IRC networks like Libera as an overall good thing. IRC has been dying and this bridge is, in some sense of the word, an IRC client, and it’s an IRC client that people can get behind. Don’t ask me why they’re so into it because I don’t like using it, but that’s the point of clients and protocols: you use a client you like, I use a client I like, it’s all kumbaya and good. However, IRC is set up so that you can join channels / rooms about topics and talk about topics there. It’s not set up so you can just go in and take your pick of users all across the network and start a convo with a rando. I know that /names with channel and server omitted is supposed to list all names, but that’s disabled on Libera. # ⚓ emerging_from_darkness⠀⇛ With the release of version 4 of Mastodon [1] there has been a problem of links to profile pages or conversation threads “going dark” within shell based browsers, such as Lynx [2]. In version 3.x you would get a text rendering of each page, but now you only get a terse *”To use the Mastodon web application, please enable JavaScript”* message. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Another_attempt_at_a_“unit_test”⠀⇛ The reactions to my previous post were interesting—it wasn’t a “unit test.” At best, it might have been an “integration test” but because it involved actual work (i.e. (that is) interaction with the outside world via nasty nasty side effects, aka (also known as) I/O (Input/Output)) it immediately disqualified it as a “unit test.” And to be honest, I was expecting that type of reaction—it appears to me that most unit test proponents tend to avoid such “entanglements” when writing their “battle tested” code (but I’m also willing to admit that’s the cynical side of me talking). There were also comments about how 100% code coverage was “unrealistic.” Sigh. One respondent [2] even quoted me out of context—“… that we as programmers are not trusted to write code without tests …” and cut the rest of the sentence: “… yet we’re trusted to write a ton of code untested as long as such code is testing code.” Which was my cynical take that the “unit tests” (or the code that implements “unit tests” ) are, themselves, not subjected to “unit tests.” Something I kept trying to impart to my former manager, “stop taking the unit tests as gospel! I don’t even trust them!” (mainly because the business logic of the project was convoluted and marketing kept using different terms from engineering, at least engineering in my department) =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 6253 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.07.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_07/03/2023:_More_Technical_News_Sites_Shut_Down,_Rust_for_Linux Explained⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 11:37 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o BSD o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o Education o Programming/Development # Python * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # 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 Monopolies # Software_Patents # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Science # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Kernel_prepatch_6.3-rc1⠀⇛ The 6.3-rc1 kernel prepatch is out, and the merge window is closed for this development cycle. # ⚓ MaskRay ☛ Linker_notes_on_AArch64⠀⇛ This article describes target-specific details about AArch64 in ELF linkers. AArch64 is the 64-bit execution state for the Arm architecture. The AArch64 execution state runs the A64 instruction set. The AArch32 and AArch64 execution states use very different instruction sets, so many pieces of software use two ports for the two execution states of the Arm architecture. # ⚓ Bootlin ☛ Fixing_reboot_in_ZynqMP_PMU_Firmware⠀⇛ Thanks to community contributions, our engineer Luca Ceresoli has recently published a fix to the zynqmp-pmufw-builder repository that allows building a fully working PMU Firmware binary. Rebooting had previously been broken for a long time. # ⚓ Heise ☛ Three_Questions_and_Answers:_Rust_for_Linux⠀⇛ In Linux 6.1 users could get a glimpse of the Rust- implementation for the first time – although they had to content themselves with a simple “Hello, World!”. We spoke with Miguel Ojeda, software engineer and maintainer of Rust for Linux, about the current state and future of the project: # ⚓ LWN ☛ Three_Questions_and_Answers:_Rust_for_Linux_(Heise)⠀⇛ o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ 2023-03-06_Pano_Visual_Clipboard_Manager_For_GNOME_Shell Adds_UI_Customization_Options,_Favorites,_More⠀⇛ Pano, a next-gen clipboard manager for GNOME Shell, has been updated with some major improvements such as user interface customization options, the ability to favorite items, content-aware notifications, as well as support for GNOME Shell 44. This is a clipboard manager implemented as a GNOME Shell extension that displays previews of your clipboard items, with support for text, images, code blocks, color codes, links, files, and with the latest release, Emoji. It supports GNOME 42, 43 and 44. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ RoseHosting ☛ How_to_Install_ReactJS_on_Debian_11⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we are going to explain in step- by-step detail how to install ReactJS on Debian 11 OS. React is an open-source Javascript library used in web development. You can use the User Interface (UI) library to build interactive elements based on UI components. React has broad community support, and it was voted the 2nd most popular web framework in 2022. # ⚓ Unix Men ☛ Using_Pmap_to_Report_Memory_Map_of_a_Process_ (With_Examples)⠀⇛ Taking measure of a process’s RAM usage on Windows has always been straightforward.  You launch the Task Manager and browse through the processes to find their corresponding CPU, memory, and disk usage, among other usage metrics.  # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Remove_Software_Repositories_on Ubuntu⠀⇛ The ability to add repositories on Linux is essential to get software from third-party sources other than the official repos. On Ubuntu, you can add a repository using the add-apt-repository command or by editing the sources.list file. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Building_a_Retro_Linux_Gaming_Computer_– Part_28:_Losing_My_Marbles⠀⇛ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Paradox_announce_Cities:_Skylines_2,_plus_a The_Sims-like_game_and_more⠀⇛ Paradox Interactive just held their own announcement show, and there will quite a few interesting upcoming games, so here’s a round-up. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Get_a_free_copy_of_Figment,_plus_lots_of other_deals_going_on_right_now⠀⇛ In the mood for a free game? How about a whole bunch of cheap games on sale? Come and have a look at what’s going on. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ 2023-03-04_FreeBSD_13.2-RC1_Available⠀⇛ o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Flathub’s_Got_Big_Plans_for_2023⠀⇛ Endless CEO and GNOME board president Rob McQueen has shared a new blog post to bring the Linux community bang up-to-date on the effort going on behind the scenes to get Flathub here, and what will be required to get Flathub to where it wants to go next. And (to be a party pooper and spoil that post) the key aims for this year are… o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ Why_is_the_browser_a_second-class_citizen in_smart_homes?⠀⇛ Don’t have the app? For us, that would have meant saying goodbye to all of the reasons we bought the car, such as pre-conditioning the cabin, remotely unlocking the doors or trunk, or planning a route with Tesla Superchargers along the way. There’s simply no way to use most of the car’s advanced features in a browser. Nor would we have been able to get any notifications from the car, or to view captured camera footage in case of an accident. And for the most part, the same situation applies to the smart home today. Last time I checked our house, we were up to around 40 connected devices, which work with Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, and Google Home. A few work across all three, thanks to Matter. But how many can be used with a standard browser connection instead of a dedicated phone app? Far fewer than those that can’t. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ RAKwireless_programmable_5G_&_LoRaWAN_small cell_device_runs_Ubuntu_on_Raspberry_Pi_CM4⠀⇛ RAKwireless “All-in-One 5G” is a programmable 64- bit Ubuntu indoor device that integrates AGW (access gateway) through a Raspberry Pi CM4 as well as 5G and 4G LTE cellular and LoRaWAN connectivity. The device is powered through its 2.5GbE PoE++ port and designed for private 5G networks for industrial automation, public safety, and transportation, and RAKwireless says you can also “start earning cryptocurrency by providing LTE cellular and LoRa coverage”, but I could not find details about monetization at this time. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ SparkFun Electronics ☛ 2023-03-06_Teen_Tech_Week_Sale⠀⇛ # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Emulate_a_BBC_Micro_on_Raspberry_Pi_400⠀⇛ With an optimised version of the B-Em emulator, Raspberry Pi 400 can take us back to the heyday of the British micro that inspired it. It’s #MagPiMonday, so let’s take a look at this tutorial from the latest issue of the official Raspberry Pi magazine. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Hyundai_Ioniq_5_CarPlay_–_Android_Auto_disconnection issues⠀⇛ # ⚓ Express ☛ Look_out_Samsung_Galaxy!_OnePlus_to_launch_new foldable_Android_phone_soon_|_Express.co.uk⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ GoodNotes_arrives_on_Android_in_beta,_but_only for_Samsung_tablets⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Headlines ☛ Android_13_is_rolling_out_to_Samsung’s Galaxy_A03s_in_the_US⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmo China ☛ OnePlus_Nord_2_Enters_Android_13_Based OxygenOS_13_Open_Beta_Phase_in_India⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux On Mobile ☛ 2023-03-05_Weekly_GNU-like_Mobile_Linux Update_(9/2023):_Phosh_0.25.0,_a_first_service_pack_for postmarketOS_22.12,_and_new_modem_firmware!⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Medium ☛ Join_Mastodon_with_Medium⠀⇛ A few weeks ago, we announced that Medium is embracing short-form writing by launching our very own Mastodon server at me.dm. Starting today, we’re opening up me.dm access for our member community. If you’re a Medium member, you can create an account on me.dm. o ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Switch_from_iCloud_to_Nextcloud⠀⇛ If you’re wary of committing your data to cloud services controlled by a corporation but love the convenience of remote storage and easy web-based access, you’re not alone. The cloud is popular because of what it can do. But the cloud doesn’t have to be closed. Luckily, the open source Nextcloud project provides a personal and private cloud application suite. It’s easy to install and import data—including contacts, calendars, and photos. The real trick is getting your data from cloud providers like iCloud. In this article, I demonstrate the steps you need to take to migrate your digital life to Nextcloud. o ⚓ [Old] Towards Data Science ☛ Demystifying_the_Parquet_File Format⠀⇛ Apache parquet is an open-source file format that provides efficient storage and fast read speed. It uses a hybrid storage format which sequentially stores chunks of columns, lending to high performance when selecting and filtering data. On top of strong compression algorithm support (snappy, gzip, LZO), it also provides some clever tricks for reducing file scans and encoding repeat variables. o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ LibreOffice_Technology_being_piloted_at_the_European_Data Protection_Supervisor⠀⇛ Data protection and privacy is very important to us – and our users – in the LibreOffice project, so we’re happy to see that the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) is piloting the use of LibreOffice Technology. The EDPS is the European Union’s (EU) independent data protection authority, which monitors and ensures the protection of personal data and privacy when EU institutions and bodies process the information of individuals. From their announcement… # ⚓ 2023-03-06_QA/Dev_Report:_February_2023⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-03-04_Print_editions_of_new_user_guides⠀⇛ o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Moodle ☛ Open_Education_Week:_How_Moodle_supports_Open Education_for_a_transformative_future⠀⇛ Open Education Week (OE Week), launched in 2012 by Open Education Global (OE Global), is an annual global event that aims to raise awareness about the benefits of open education and promote its widespread adoption. It is a week-long celebration of open education and the open education movement. OE Global is supported by over 250 member organisations and open educators, with Moodle being one of them. The aim of the week is to promote and highlight the importance of open education. Since 2012, OE Week has become an important event for educators, researchers, students, and advocates of open education around the world. This year, OE Week takes place on March 6–10. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Sean Conner ☛ Another_attempt_at_a_“unit_test”⠀⇛ The reactions to my previous post were interesting—it wasn’t a “unit test.” At best, it might have been an “integration test” but because it involved actual work (i.e. interaction with the outside world via nasty nasty side effects, aka I/ O) it immediately disqualified it as a “unit test.” And to be honest, I was expecting that type of reaction—it appears to me that most unit test proponents tend to avoid such “entanglements” when writing their “battle tested” code (but I’m also willing to admit that’s the cynical side of me talking). There were also comments about how 100% code coverage was “unrealistic.” # ⚓ [Old] Andrew Jorgensen ☛ The_Five_Ws_of_a_Git_Commit⠀⇛ Your commit history is not for you, at least not for you of right now. You of right now are full of context and understanding that despite how much we may convince ourselves that we’ll remember with perfect clarity tomorrow, I rarely find that to be the case. To solve this problem it’s important to approach our commit history like a story. # ⚓ [Repeat] Mark Hansen ☛ CAP_Theorem_&_UI_Programming⠀⇛ If we call this API on the UI thread, we might block user interaction for two seconds. That’s probably long enough to cause “Application Not Responding” timeouts (crashes!) on some devices. And it’s definitely long enough to annoy users. It’s a shame that this logically static data is fetched from a general-purpose asynchronous API, backed by the manufacturer’s hardware-abstraction- layer drivers, which could be arbitrary code. # ⚓ Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky ☛ Getting_people_to_tell_you_you’re wrong⠀⇛ When you communicate out an idea, you are eminently trustable. Usually you’re right, and you have the bona fides to back that up. And you’re also persuasive and somewhat naturally convince people that your idea is right. This is a challenge. As a staff+ engineer, you are still human, so you will still *gasp* be wrong sometimes. But when you’re wrong, you’re less likely to get pushback. As a staff+ engineer, you have to be more careful with your ideas, and actively seek out checks on your own ideas. Pushback won’t come as naturally and immediately as it did earlier in your career. Here are a few of the things that I do to validate my ideas and elicit checks on them. Some are the same as when I was a senior software engineer, while others are unique to the leadership role of staff+ engineering. # ⚓ Buttondown ☛ Predicate_Logic_for_Programmers:_Status Report⠀⇛ Two years ago I started_a_new_book: Predicate Logic for Programmers. In it I said People often ask me what’s the best math to learn for formal methods, and my answer is always “predicate logic”. 1 It’s super useful to specifying properties, understanding requirements, and just modeling things in general. Then they ask me how to learn it and I falter. [..] I estimated it would be in early-access by June 2021. But then real life intervened, and then ADHD happened, and then I didn’t touch it for two years. In January of this year I picked it up again, with the goal of having the first draft done by the end of winter. Well, that’s not happening either, but I am 10k words in, so that’s progress! Let’s do a rundown of what the book is, what I have planned, and what I’m struggling with. # ⚓ Jamie Brandon ☛ 2023-03-05_0033:_table_sizing,_bench harder,_wasm_frist_steps,_sycl_vancouver,_breathing_for warriors,_move_your_dna,_the_molecule_of_more,_how_to_decide, slouching_towards_utopia⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Canonical_joins_the_Eclipse_Foundation’s_Software Defined_Vehicle_working_group⠀⇛ Canonical is excited to announce it is now an official member of the Eclipse Software Defined Vehicle Working Group (SDV WG). Eclipse SDV focuses on software-defined vehicles (SDVs) and pushes innovations in automotive-grade solutions using open-source software. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Assembly_Language_80’s_Minicomputer_Style⠀⇛ In the days before computers usually used off-the- shelf CPU chips, people who needed a CPU often used something called “bitslice.” The idea was to have a building block chip that needed some surrounding logic and could cascade with other identical building block chips to form a CPU of any bit width that could do whatever you wanted to do. It was still harder than using a CPU chip, but not as hard as rolling your own CPU from scratch. [Usagi Electric] has a Centurion, which is a 1980s-vintage minicomputer based on a bitslice processor. He wanted to use it to write assembly language programs targeting the same system (or an identical one). You can see the video below. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Seth Michael Larson ☛ Testing_multiple_Python versions_with_nox_and_pyenv⠀⇛ Nox is an incredible tool, I use it for all my Python projects, highly recommend it. One of the best features of nox and tools like it is parameterization. Usually this is done for the test suite portion where you want to run your test suite on many different Python versions (and maybe other things like dependency versions): [...] * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Herman Õunapuu ☛ I_looked_at_this_site_on_the_Wayback_Machine⠀⇛ This domain used to point to a WordPress site that hosted content for a candidate in the local elections, at least around 2011-2014. o ⚓ NPR ☛ How_Barnes_&_Noble_turned_a_page,_expanding_for_the_first time_in_years⠀⇛ The biggest change borrowed from the playbook of independent bookshops: Daunt gave local Barnes & Noble stores much more authority to order what their readers, in their area want to see. It’s “a huge shift, frankly, in philosophy for us as a bookseller,” DeVito says. “It’s not an algorithm. It’s not something that’s dynamically pulled from a code,” she says. “It’s very much a — I read this, I loved it, I know this area really gravitates towards beekeeping books, so I’m going to create the best beekeeping display I can because this is my local store.” o ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ 2023-03-06_It’s_a_blizzard,_Hjørring!⠀⇛ o ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-03-06_Russian_court_sentences_journalist_Andrey Novashov_to_8_months_of_correctional_labor⠀⇛ o ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ 2023-03-06_Family_reunited_after_two_centuries apart_–_proof_of_time’s_transformative_qualities_in_the_world_of art⠀⇛ o ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-03-06_Are_you_a_shark_or_a_teddy?_How understanding_conflict_styles_can_help_you_overcome_fights_with friends_and_family⠀⇛ o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Jenny_Odell_Wants_You_to_Reclaim_Your_Time⠀⇛ In 2019, Oakland-based artist and writer Jenny Odell published her first book, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. In that work of dazzling hybridity, Odell drew together scholarship and artistic practice to argue that our attention is our most vital personal asset, and also the most difficult to protect. This March, Odell is back, with Saving Time: Discovering Life Beyond the Clock (Random House), a follow-up to HTDN that subverts dominant notions of time in order so that we might reclaim it for ourselves and one another. The Nation spoke with Odell about her intentions for the book, and how writing it has shaped her own thinking and practices. o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Welcome_to_Nyege_Nyege⠀⇛ Africa’s most important music festival is a breeding ground for new and unheard sounds. “There will be safe sex in Jinja”.    o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Received_Routines⠀⇛ Among the admittedly less than scintillating cohort of Americans who read the Sunday New York Times, I would hazard that there are few who remain immune to the temptations of the lifestyle pages—even enclosed, as they are, by the powerful anesthetic of the business and opinion pages. All of us, after all, contain multitudes; in each of us homo editorialus jostles with a Balzacian desire to know how the other half—of the upper quarter—lives. If, as Henry James remarked, literature satisfies two tastes—for the sensation of recognition, and for that of surprise—then no one can doubt that the taste satisfied by the ‘Sunday Routine’ page of the Metropolitan section is a literary one. No one, that is, should indict himself for frivolity if his own Sunday routine consists of the careful perusal of this page, though he must admit that recognition is more frequent than surprise. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-06_Egypt:_Researchers_seeking secrets_in_Great_Pyramid_of_Giza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ What_Does_An_Electron_Look_Like?⠀⇛ In school, you probably learned that an atom was like a little solar system with the nucleus as the sun and electrons as the planets. The problem is, as [The Action Lab] points out, the math tells us that if this simplistic model was accurate, matter would be volatile. According to the video you can see below, the right way to think about it is as a standing wave. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Gannett ☛ ‘I_just_found_myself_struggling_to_keep_up’: Number_of_teachers_quitting_hits_new_high⠀⇛ But Chalkbeat was able to obtain the latest teacher turnover numbers from eight states: Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Washington. These figures encompassed turnover between the 2021-22 year and this school year. In all cases, turnover was at its highest point in at least five years – typically around 2 percentage points greater than before the pandemic. That implies that in a school with 50 teachers, one more than usual left after last school year. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Why_Temple_University’s_Graduate_Students are_Striking⠀⇛ The Temple University Graduate Student Association (TUGSA 6290), a union that represents more than 750 graduate student workers at Temple has entered the second month of their strike. TUGSA, the only graduate student union in Pennsylvania, continues to fight for a living wage, greater parental and bereavement leave, and dependent healthcare. Founded in 1997, TUGSA is on strike for the first time, making this the first graduate student strike in Pennsylvania’s history. TUGSA’s Demands # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ India’s_Education_Market:_The_Next_Neo- Colonial_Frontier⠀⇛ Over the last week or so, Australian politicians and representatives of the university sector got busy pressing flesh in India, hoping to open avenues that have largely remained aspirational.  It was timed to coincide with G20 talks in New Delhi, which has seen a flurry of contentious meetings traversing security, economics and education, all taking place in the shadow of the Ukraine War. A starring outcome of the various discussions was an agreement between Canberra and New Delhi to ensure the mutual recognition of qualifications.  On March 3, the Australian Minister for Education, Jason Clare, stated in a media release that the Mechanism for the Mutual Recognition of Qualifications was “India’s most comprehensive education agreement of its type with another country.” # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Report:_Big_Oil_Has_Given_Nearly_$700M_to_Fund Research_at_Top_Universities⠀⇛ o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ A_1990_encyclopædia_on_phones_and_packet switching⠀⇛ IKEA tend to stock Swedish translations of popular titles on their bookshelf displays, but over the weekend Clara and I chanced upon a 1990 volume of the Lexicon Universal Encyclopedia. I’d never heard of it before, so of course I had to rifle through it for some goodies! # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Probably_The_Most_Over-Specified_Calculator_To Ever_Be_Manufactured⠀⇛ It’s possible quite a few of our older readers will remember the period from the 1960s into the ’70s when an electronic calculator was the cutting edge of consumer-grade digital technology. By the 1980s though, they were old hat and could be bought for only a few dollars, a situation that remains to this day. But does that mean calculator development dead? # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Displaying_The_Time_Is_Elemental_With_This Periodic_Table_Clock⠀⇛ We see a lot of clocks here at Hackaday, so many now that it’s hard to surprise us. After all, there are only so many ways to divide the day into intervals, as well as a finite supply of geeky and quirky ways to display the results, right? # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Your_Phone_Is_A_200X_Microscope_—_Sort_Of⠀⇛ [A. Cemal Ekin] over on PetaPixel reviewed the Apexel 200X LED Microscope Lens. The relatively inexpensive accessory promises to transform your cell phone camera into a microscope. Of course, lenses that strap over your phone’s camera lens aren’t exactly a new idea, but this one looks a little more substantial than the usual piece of plastic in a spring-loaded clip. Does it work? You should read [Cemal’s] post for the details, but the answer — as you might have expected — is yes and no. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ MEMS_Teardown_And_Macroscopic_Models⠀⇛ There is a bit of a paradox when it comes to miniaturization. When electronics replaced mechanical devices, it was often the case that the electronic version was smaller. When transistors and, later, ICs, came around, things got smaller still. However, as things shrink to microscopic scales, transistors don’t work well, and you often find — full circle — mechanical devices. [Breaking Taps] has an investigation of a MEMS chip. MEMS is short for Micro Electromechanical Systems, which operate in a decidedly mechanical way. You can see the video, which has some gorgeous electron microscopy, below. The best part, though, is the 3D-printed macroscale mechanisms that let you see how the pieces work. # ⚓ Computer World ☛ China_pumps_$1.9_billion_into_homegrown chip-making_firm_YMTC⠀⇛ China will invest an additional $1.9 billion in Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC), the country’s biggest memory chip producer, to spur the growth of its domestic semiconductor industry, which is currently being cramped by US sanctions. China’s National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, a government-backed investment body also known as the Big Fund, will inject the capital into YMTC, Bloomberg reported Friday. The magnitude of the investment shows China’s effort to boost its struggling home-grown chip industry, which is currently facing constraints on its manufacturing capabilities from the US and other countries. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-03-06_Covid-19_hospitalizations_nearly triple_in_a_month_with_over_900_patients_in_care⠀⇛ # ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ 2023-03-06_Program_offers_familiar setting_for_elderly,_respite_for_caregivers_in_Michigan⠀⇛ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-03-06_NHS:_Thousands volunteer_to_make_friendly_calls_to_lonely,_vulnerable patients⠀⇛ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ 2023-03-06_Solidarity_vs._Sanctions_in_Times_of_a Global_Pandemic⠀⇛ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ 2023-03-06_COVID-19′s_Toll_on_Latin_American Workers,_the_Worst_is_Yet_to_Come⠀⇛ # ⚓ Andrew_Wakefield_25_years_later:_Paving_the_way_for_FLCCC and_COVID_quacks⠀⇛ Has it really been 25 years, a whole quarter of a century? I was forced to acknowledge last week that it has been, and in doing so I couldn’t help but think about how Andrew Wakefield paved the way for COVID-19 quacks everywhere, and he did 22 years before the pandemic hit. # ⚓ Teen Vogue ☛ Billie_Eilish_Says_She_Deleted_All_Social Media_Apps_Off_of_Her_Phone⠀⇛ The pop star recently revealed that she’s deleted all social media apps off of her phone as a way to protect her mental health. “I don’t look at it anymore,” she explained on an upcoming episode of the Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast. “I deleted it all off my phone, which is such a huge deal for me. Cause, dude, you didn’t have the [Internet] to grow up with.” Eilish went on to explain in the preview clip, published Thursday, “For me, it was such a big part of–not my childhood, I wasn’t like an iPad baby, thank god–but honestly, I feel like I grew up in the perfect time of the [Internet] that it wasn’t so [Internet]-y that I didn’t have a childhood. I really had such a childhood, and I was doing stuff all the time.” # ⚓ El País ☛ ‘Lucky_Girl_Syndrome’:_The_latest_example_of toxic_positivity_on_TikTok⠀⇛ Edgar Cabanas, co-author of the book Manufacturing Happy Citizens: How the Science and Industry of Happiness Control Our Lives, believes that this phenomenon “is a form of magical thinking,” according to which material things are just a product of the imagination or the individual perception. “Thinking that we can change circumstances, manipulate results or change as persons only by adopting positive thoughts and attitudes, although tempting, is not only misleading, but also, among other consequences, causes guilt,” he added, “because when things don’t turn out as we envision them, we tend to take the responsibility for the result not being as we wanted or expected. In addition, it produces the false feeling that everything that happens is under our control, when – fortunately or unfortunately – that is not the case.” The act of manifesting, to begin with, chooses to ignore the fact that it is not the same to wish for things from a privileged position than to do it when you have everything against you. # ⚓ ABC ☛ Danish_defense_ministry_bans_TikTok_on_employee_work phones⠀⇛ It said employees “are required to uninstall TikTok on service phones and other official devices as soon as possible if they have previously installed it.” It wasn’t immediately known how many members of the defense ministry have TikTok installed, nor whether the ban also applied to the armed forces. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Investigation_Reveals_Global_Collagen Demand_Driving_Deforestation,_Right_Abuses_in_Brazil⠀⇛ Global demand for collagen—touted as an anti-aging “wonder product”—is driving deforestation and abuses against Indigenous people in Brazil, an investigation published Monday revealed. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘This_Is_Not_Enough’:_Under_Pressure, Norfolk_Southern_Agrees_to_Limited_Relocation_Plan⠀⇛ Local organizers in East Palestine, Ohio on Monday said their activism has successfully pressured rail company Norfolk Southern to agree to a limited relocation plan for some residents affected by last month’s train derailment, but added they have no intention of backing down from their demand for justice for thousands of people in the area who are struggling in the aftermath of the accident. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Warren_Urges_Regulators_to_Stop_Railroad_Merger in_Wake_of_East_Palestine_Crash⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Fascists_Are_Trying_to_Co-Opt_Mutual_Aid Organizing_in_East_Palestine,_Ohio⠀⇛ o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Ransomware_gang_releases_data_stolen_from the_City_of_Oakland [iophk: Windows TCO]⠀⇛ The ransomware attack occured on Feb. 8, knocking some of the city’s information technology systems offline. A state of emergency was then declared on Feb. 16 following what the city described as ongoing network outages caused by the attack. The attack did not affect 911 services, but certain nonemergency systems were forced offline. A month after the attack, the Play ransomware group, which first emerged in August following an attack on Argentina’s Judiciary of Córdoba, has started releasing the stolen files. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Now_Microsoft_injects_Copilot_AI_into Dynamics_365⠀⇛ It remains to be seen whether customers will welcome robo-communiqués – mechanical missives that can be detected most of the time. So it may not be long before message filters can block them as we do with normal spam. The automation of phone calls certainly hasn’t endeared many people to marketers. Customer service reps can use tools similar to those available to sales personnel Microsoft said. For Dynamics 365 Customer Service, Copilot supports drafting answers to queries – using both knowledge base content and conversation history data – in both email and chat. # ⚓ ABC ☛ Cyberattack_hits_major_hospital_in_Spanish_city_of Barcelona⠀⇛ A ransomware cyberattack on one of Barcelona’ s main hospitals has crippled the center’s computer system and forced the cancellation of 150 nonurgent operations and up to 3,000 patient checkups, officials said Monday. The attack Sunday on the Hospital Clinic de Barcelona shut down computers at the facility’s laboratories, emergency room and pharmacy at three main centers and several external clinics. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Ransomware_Operators_Leak_Data_Allegedly Stolen_From_City_of_Oakland [iophk: Windows TCO]⠀⇛ The cyberattack started on February 8 and was disclosed on February 10, when Oakland announced that it had taken systems offline to contain the incident, but that emergency services were not impacted. One week later, while continuing restoration efforts, the city declared a local state of emergency, to speed up the procurement of equipment and materials. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Monday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (apache2, libde265, libreswan, spip, syslog-ng, and xfig), Fedora (edk2, libtpms, python-django3, stb, sudo, vim, and xen), Red Hat (libjpeg-turbo and pesign), SUSE (kernel, python36, samba, and trivy), and Ubuntu (linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux- azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-gcp, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-kvm, linux- oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux, linux-aws, linux- dell300x, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-oracle, linux-aws- hwe, linux-oracle, and linux-bluefield). # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ 2023-03-06_Scammers_exploit_interest_in ChatGPT_with_sophisticated_investment_scams⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-03-06_What_Is_Mirai_Malware_and_Who_Is at_Risk?⠀⇛ # ⚓ PowerDNS ☛ PowerDNS_Recursor_4.8.3_Released⠀⇛ We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.3 This release is a maintenance release. The most important fixes concern the serve-stale functionality which could cause intermittent high CPU load. The serve-stale function is disabled by default. Please refer to the change log for the 4.8.3 release for additional details. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_Eyes_Have_It:_Stare_Down_Your Lighting⠀⇛ You know how you can feel when someone is looking at you? Thanks to a person detector, [Michael Rigsby’s] little robotic light switch also knows when you are looking at it. As you can see in the video below, when it notices you are looking at it, it lights up an LED. If you continue to gaze at it, it will turn to stare back at you. Keep staring it down and it will toggle the state of a remote control light switch. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ How_Israeli_Cyber_Weapons_Are_Taking Over_Latin_America⠀⇛ In January, Salvadoran newspaper El Faro revealed that the country’s police have purchased three Israeli surveillance tools. Through the approximately $2.2 million contract, El Salavador’s police acquired the Wave Guard Tracer, from Wave Guard Technologies, designed to trace calls, text, and data, the GEOLOC system sold by an unknown Israeli firm, […] # ⚓ Salon ☛ “Immoral”_spy_program:_DHS_collecting domestic_intelligence_in_“shady”_operation⠀⇛ Among its other elements, OHICP allows officials to interview nearly anyone in the U.S., including those held in detention centers and Customs and Border Patrol facilities, local jails and federal prisons, while bypassing interviewees’ lawyers. According to the program’s documentation, interviewers must explicitly state that they work for DHS, participation is voluntary and an interviewee may end the interview at any time. But the document doesn’t prohibit interviews with people who are awaiting trial, and a law enforcement officer must reportedly be present when these interviews take place. Critically, there’s nothing in the program’s rules that would to stop such an officer from sharing whatever they overhear, whether with their superiors and colleagues, prosecutors or others. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ ‘Shady’_DHS_officials_running_secret domestic-intelligence_program:_report⠀⇛ In another document, some employees were so concerned about the legality of their activities that they wanted DHS to cover legal liability insurance, the news outlet reported. Keep up with today’s most important news Others feared retaliation for voicing concerns. “If you speak out, you’ll find yourself on the [southwest] border or in Portland, recalled by [Field Operations Division] HQ, or moved,” one employee said in a document. “If HQ finds out that you’ve spoken to others outside the Division (e.g. OCG, Ombuds), you’ll get in trouble.” # ⚓ CF.org ☛ DHS_Has_a_Secret_Domestic-Intelligence Program⠀⇛ The program allows officials to conduct interviews with just about anyone in the United States without their lawyers present. That specific element of the program, was paused last year after a number of employees expressed concerns about its legality and potential violations of civil liberties. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Predictive_Policing_Makes_Everyone_A Suspect,_Even_EU_Officials⠀⇛ We’ve long known so-called “predictive policing” is garbage. It’s the same old biased policing, except shinier and more expensive. Every system in place relies on data generated by policework — data instantly tainted by the things cops do, like hassling minorities, engaging in very selective enforcement, and treating people as inherently suspicious just because of where they live. These acts generate the garbage data that ensures that, when all the digital gears stop turning, more garbage data will be generated. # ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ DHS_has_a_program_gathering_domestic intelligence_—_and_virtually_no_one_knows_about_it⠀⇛ Under the domestic-intelligence program, officials are allowed to seek interviews with just about anyone in the United States. That includes people held in immigrant detention centers, local jails, and federal prison. DHS’s intelligence professionals have to say they’re conducting intelligence interviews, and they have to tell the people they seek to interview that their participation is voluntary. But the fact that they’re allowed to go directly to incarcerated people — circumventing their lawyers — raises important civil liberties concerns, according to legal experts. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ US_lobbyists_commission_report dismissing_proposed_EU_cloud_regulations⠀⇛ The European Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cloud Services (EUCS) is intended to put in place an EU-wide certification framework for IT services. However, the proposals would also impose “sovereignty” requirements that force cloud providers to host services for EU customers on infrastructure sited within the EU, and to demonstrate their “immunity” from foreign law enforcement authorities demanding access to data. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Tech_platforms_struggle_to_verify_their users’_age⠀⇛ Most relevant in the U.S. is California’s law, which does not require strict age verification but age “estimation” and the rollout of corresponding privacy and data protections for the age group. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Google,_Meta_file_lawsuit_against_South Korean_data_watchdog’s_ruling⠀⇛ The legal action by the two US companies came after the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) decided in September last year to slap a combined fine of 100 billion won ($77.2 million) on them for collecting personal information without users’ consent and using it for personalised online advertising and other purposes. The fines marked the highest-amount ever imposed for alleged violations of the personal information protection law, reports Yonhap news agency. # ⚓ Firstpost ☛ Taliban_use_fingerprints,_gun_records_to hunt_down_Afghans_who_assisted_US_before_2021_takeover, says_new_report⠀⇛ The findings are based on a new inspector general report that contains details on the chaos that ensued after American troops withdrew from the country in 2021. In the 148-page report, an ex-Afghan military intelligence officer said that the members of Taliban are going after former Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) “on a daily basis”. ANDSF had received funding worth tens of billions of dollars for training and equipment for over two decades. The US withdrawal resulted in the complete collapse of the force. The officer said, “They search their homes and if they cannot find the individual they will go after their family members.” # ⚓ The Washington Times ☛ Taliban_comb_Kabul_records_to hunt_down_U.S._war_allies⠀⇛ “The Taliban are going after former ANDSF on a daily basis,” one former Afghan military intelligence officer told investigators. “They search their homes, and if they cannot find the individual, they will go after their family members. They punish their family until the person they are looking for surrenders.” The former director of criminal investigations for the national police said people came to his home to track down his gun. The Taliban gained access to official records on firearm ownership that the U.S.- backed government kept. # ⚓ [Old] HRW ☛ New_Evidence_that_Biometric_Data_Systems Imperil_Afghans⠀⇛ The Taliban control systems holding sensitive biometric data that Western donor governments left behind in Afghanistan in August 2021, putting thousands of Afghans at risk, Human Rights Watch said today. These digital identity and payroll systems contain Afghans’ personal and biometric data, including iris scans, fingerprints, photographs, occupation, home addresses, and names of relatives. The Taliban could use them to target perceived opponents, and Human Rights Watch research suggests that they may have already used the data in some cases. # ⚓ EFF ☛ Podcast_Episode:_Making_the_Invisible_Visible⠀⇛ To Paglen, art is a conversation with the past and the future – artifacts of how the world looks at a certain time and place. In our time and place, it’s a world dogged by digital privacy concerns, and so his art ranges from 19th-century style photos of military drones circling like insects in the Nevada sky, to a museum installation that provides a free wifi hotspot offering anonymized browsing through a Tor network, to deep-sea diving photos of internet cables tapped by the National Security Agency.  # § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] Andrew Jorgensen ☛ How_to_not_leak_your credentials_to_the_[Internet]⠀⇛ One good security practice is to not store any unencrypted credentials at rest. If you can run cat on a file and see the credentials appear on the screen this means that are unencrypted at rest and just waiting for an attacker to read that file and pull the credentials out for nefarious purposes. Typically credentials in your profile would look something like… o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-03-06_Russian_troops forced_to_‘fight_with_shovels’_due_to_ammunition_shortage⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-06_Chess_governance_still dominated_by_Russia_despite_war_on_Ukraine⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-06_Belarus_sentences_exiled opposition_leader_to_15_years⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Man_in_military_camo_arrested_after_threatening_to blow_up_draft_office_outside_Moscow_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A man in military camouflage and allegedly carrying a grenade was arrested in the suburban town of Domodedovo outside of Moscow. The incident was reported by the Telegram news channels Baza and Mash. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ 2023_Yalta_International_Economic_Forum_to_be_held in_Moscow_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Yalta International Economic Forum, which has been postponed for the last several years, may be held in Moscow in September 2023, according to Sergey Aksyonov, the Moscow-appointed head of Crimea. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Not_So_Bullet-Resistant⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ U.S._Military_Out_of_the_Philippines⠀⇛ In January, the Philippine and US governments announced plans to allow U.S. military access to four additional bases in the Philippines. This agreement to base more U.S. military assets in the Philippines poses a threat to peace. Signaled by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton writing in Foreign Policy in 2011, the Obama administration made a “pivot” from the Middle East to the Asia-Pacific. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘Stop_Cop_City’_Week_of_Action_Begins_in Atlanta⠀⇛ By Unicorn Riot Atlanta, GA – Atlanta-area forest defenders, community activists and their allies from around the country and the world are initiating a ‘week of action’ against a proposed ‘Cop City’ urban warfare campus and a movie industry facility that would demolish much of the largest urban forest in the country.  The upcoming week […] # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ The_Struggle_Against_“Cop_City”_Has_Decades-Old Roots_in_Atlanta⠀⇛ # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Slovak_Defense_Minister_claims_Ukrainian soldiers_are_being_trained_in_Hungary⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We’ll_liberate_city_after_city’:_In_their_own words,_Chechen_soldiers_fighting_for_Ukraine_explain_what drives_them_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We’ll_find_the_killers’:_A_new_video_appears_to show_Russian_soldiers_executing_a_Ukrainian_POW_after_he_says ‘Glory_to_Ukraine’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On March 6, a video surfaced online that appears to show the murder of a Ukrainian POW by Russian soldiers. At the start of the clip, a man is seen standing and smoking. Someone out of frame says, “Film it.” The man then says, “Glory to Ukraine,” after which the sound of gunfire is heard and the man falls to the ground. A voice then says, “Die, bitch.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Are_you_denying_that_Russia_is_shelling_Kyiv?’_A recent_court_case_forced_Russian_officials_to_answer uncomfortable_questions_about_the_war_in_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ In October 2022, Mikhail Benyash, a lawyer from Krasnodar who used to represent activists and protesters in court, was declared a “foreign agent” by the Russian authorities. On February 17, 2023, Benyash was reported to have been disbarred. But a week earlier, on February 10, a Russian court heard his appeal of the “foreign agent” designation. Unsurprisingly, the appeal was denied, but the hearing did force the Russian Justice Ministry to respond to some uncomfortable questions about the aggressive nature of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Benyash sent Meduza the documents from the case. In English, we’re publishing some excerpts from the court transcript. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Alexander_Lukashenko_says_‘terrorist_from Ukrainian_intelligence’_has_been_arrested_for_involvement_in February_25_airfield_explosion_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Tuesday that a “terrorist from Ukrainian intelligence” and his “accomplices” have been arrested for their alleged involvement in last week’s “sabotage” attempt at a military airfield in Machulishchy, according to the Belarusian state- owned news agency Belta. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Warmongers_vs_appeasers_–_the_China media_frenzy_is_the_threat⠀⇛ Echoing the “reds under the beds” scare campaigns of the fifties, Nine Media mastheads want us to believe that war with China is imminent. Elsewhere, we are led to believe that China is a model citizen of the world and means no harm to anyone. Both positions belie the reality in a world besieged by the extremes of misinformation. Joseph McCarthy – the US Senator who fronted those communist scare campaigns – would have approved of how The Age and The SMH even added a “Red Alert” monicker to a headline screaming that war is imminent and that we are not prepared. And although our preparedness is indeed lacking, the headline and illustration of Chinese jets attacking are both irresponsible. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ US_Ambassador_Arrogantly_Lectures_China ‘Threat’:_‘We’re_the_Leader_in_This_Region_(Asia)!’⠀⇛ In an interview with the Chamber of Commerce, US Ambassador Nicholas Burns referred to China as a “threat”, “great challenge”, and “very difficult government”, stating arrogantly, “The United States is staying in this region. We’re the leader in this [Indo-Pacific] region”. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ No_Exit:_Two_Ukraine_Peace_Proposals_Going Nowhere⠀⇛ Two Very Different Paths to Peace Two proposals for bringing peace in Russia’s war on Ukraine were issued on nearly the same day last month: a UN General Assembly resolution on February 23 and a Chinese plan on February 24. Neither proposal has a ghost of a chance of being implemented, even though one—the UN resolution—received overwhelming approval. # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ March_To_Iraq_War,_20_Years_Later:_March_6, 2003⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ March_To_Iraq_War,_20_Years_Later:_March_7, 2003⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Zelensky_administration_says_Commander-in-Chief Valery_Zaluzhny_supports_continued_defense_of_Bakhmut_— Meduza⠀⇛ The Zelensky administration has published a press release saying that Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny and the commander of Ukraine’s Ground Forces Oleksandr Syrsky agree that Ukraine should continue defending Bakhmut. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Jewish_New_Yorkers_Rally_to_Demand_‘End_to All_US_Military_Funding_to_Israel’⠀⇛ Hundreds of Jewish New Yorkers rallied and marched on the home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday to protest his embrace of far-right Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid growing violence against Palestinians—violence that demonstrators said is enabled by the U.S. government’s unwavering military and diplomatic support. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Jewish_New_Yorkers_Rally_at_Schumer’s_Home_to End_US_Military_Funding_to_Israel⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Living,_Killing,_and_Dying_on_a_World_Full of_Red_Lines⠀⇛ In the conflict-ridden realm of international relations, certain terms are particularly widely used, and one of them is “red lines.” Derived from the concept of a “line in the sand,” first employed in antiquity, the term “red lines” appears to have emerged in the 1970s to denote actions one nation regards as unacceptable from other nations. In short, it is an implicit threat. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Dispatch_From_Kyiv:_Ballet_in_a_Time_of_War⠀⇛ Kyiv—We sat in red velvet seats under the Kyiv opera house’s soaring dome decorated with baroque flourishes of black and gold, and we waited for a ballet adaptation of one of Ukraine’s most celebrated literary works to begin. It was February 23, the eve of the first anniversary of the invasion, and I was not surprised that much of the building was empty. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Police_Raid_Atlanta_Forest_After_‘Cop_City’ Opponents_Overrun_Security_Post⠀⇛ By Unicorn Riot Dekalb County, GA – At least 30 people were arrested on Sunday evening in the South River Forest during a ‘week of action’ music festival taking place near the location of the proposed controversial ‘Cop City’ facility. UPDATE: 3/6/23 – According to the Atlanta Police Department press release, there were at least 35 […] # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Most_“Progressive”_Police_Force_in_the_US_is Slammed_For_Response_to_Police_Killing⠀⇛ Cambridge police shot and killed Arif Sayed Faisal just four days into 2023, and officials are no closer to releasing the names of the officers responsible. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Belgorod_draftees_say_they_were_redeployed_to ‘DNR’_and_sent_to_‘storm_villages’_with_no_training_— Meduza⠀⇛ Draftees serving in a territorial defense unit for Russia’s Belgorod region alleged in a video posted to Telegram late Monday that they were forced to join an “assault brigade” from the “Donetsk People’s Republic” and sent to the front without appropriate training. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Why_the_West_Should_Consider_Some_of Putin’s_Claims⠀⇛ As the grim one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine neared last month, President Biden and Vladimir Putin gave competing speeches laying the blame for the tragedy at each other’s feet. The western press showed great analytical skill in breaking down Putin’s speech for falsehoods and half-truths. The same can’t be said of Biden’s speech. Although the western press fact checks and criticizes much of Biden’s domestic policy, mainstream journalists applaud rather than analyze his pro-war rhetoric. Accordingly, the BBC chided the Russian President by stating, “Truth was an early casualty of Mr Putin’s lengthy speech”, while praising Biden for his strong statement that autocrats only understand: “No, no, no!” This type of white hat vs. black hat narrative makes for good copy and confirms western stereotypes.  If peace is going to prevail, however, a more nuanced examination of Russia’s response to US political and military meddling in Ukraine is needed. This should also include a more honest analysis of NATO expansion eastward and a sober look at the threat that far-right Ukrainian militias pose for Europe. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ The_integrity_of_the_FOI_Commission_is at_stake._What’s_the_scam?⠀⇛ On Monday, the FOI Commissioner, Leo Hardiman PSM KC, quit his $398,630 job over his inability, for reasons beyond his control, “to increase timeliness of IC reviews and access in a way which best promotes the objects of the FOI Act”. It’s an honourable thing for him to have done and demonstrates that we’ve lost a man of great integrity from public service. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ NPR ☛ A_treaty_to_protect_the_world’s_oceans_has_been agreed_after_a_decade_of_talks⠀⇛ An updated framework to protect marine life in the regions outside national boundary waters, known as the high seas, had been in discussions for more than 20 years, but previous efforts to reach an agreement had repeatedly stalled. The unified agreement treaty was reached late Saturday. “We only really have two major global commons — the atmosphere and the oceans,” said Georgetown marine biologist Rebecca Helm. While the oceans may draw less attention, “protecting this half of earth’s surface is absolutely critical to the health of our planet.” # ⚓ Axios ☛ Over_190_countries_reach_historic_deal_to_protect oceans⠀⇛ Why it matters: The High Seas Treaty moves to protect 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030 with the aim of halting and reversing the current extinction crisis, per Axios’ Ben Geman. # ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ 2023-03-06_Opinion_|_Spend_$500_million on_outdoors_to_boost_Michigan_for_decades⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ Drought_to_Deluge:_Managing_Water_for Climate_Extremes⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Can_the_World_Save_the_World?⠀⇛ The United Nations has convened 27 conferences on climate change. For nearly three decades, the international community has come together at a different location every year to pool its collective wisdom, resources, and resolve to address this global threat. These Conferences of Parties (COPs) have produced important agreements, such as the Paris Accords of 2015 on the reduction of carbon emissions and most recently at Sharm el- Sheikh a Loss & Damage Fund to help countries currently experiencing the most impact from climate change. And yet the threat of climate change has only grown larger. In 2022, carbon emissions grew by nearly 2 percent. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ The_Path_to_a_Green New_Deal_Must_Involve_a Series_of_Separate_Bills⠀⇛ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ 2023-03-06_Opinion_|_Extract Michigan’s_raw_materials_to_boost_our_EV_future⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Vladivostok_water_main_bursts,_leaving 30,000_people_without_heat_and_flooding_streets_— Meduza⠀⇛ About 30,000 Vladivostok residents lost heating and hot water Tuesday after a water main burst, according to the Primorsky Krai Prosecutor’s Office. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Defusing_‘Methane_Bombs’_Key_to Averting_Climate_Catastrophe⠀⇛ More than 1,000 “super-emitter” incidents—human-caused methane leaks of at least one tonne per hour—were detected worldwide last year, mostly at oil and gas facilities, and policymakers must prioritize cutting this planet-heating pollution to avoid “triggering catastrophic climate tipping points.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ 100+_Groups_Urge_Congress_to_Abandon ‘Carbon_Utilization_Fantasy’⠀⇛ More than 100 organizations on Monday urged the congressional sponsors of a new proposal that would boost the tax credit for certain carbon capture projects to shift their focus to solutions that will actually address the fossil fuel-driven climate emergency. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Analysis_Shows_Major_US_Oil_Companies Raked_in_$290_Billion_in_Profits_Last_Year⠀⇛ An analysis published Monday by the watchdog Accountable.US revealed that the biggest oil companies operating in the United States raked in a collective $290 billion in profits last year while they “consistently prioritized shareholder returns over alleviating the pressure of high energy prices.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Health_Pros_Demand_US_Regulators_Stop Fracked_Gas_Pipeline_Expansion⠀⇛ As of Monday, more than 500 physicians and other medical professionals had signed on to a letter urging federal regulators to prevent the expansion of a fracked gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest. # ⚓ NPR ☛ Climate_solutions_do_exist._These_6_experts detail_what_they_look_like⠀⇛ Oreskes says pay attention when you see a “climate solution” that means increasing the use of fossil fuels. She says an example is [fossil] gas, which has been sold as a “bridge fuel” from coal to renewable energy. But [fossil] gas is still a fossil fuel, and its production, transport and use release methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide. “I think we need to start by looking at what happens when the fossil fuel industry comes up with solutions, because here is the greatest potential for conflict of interest,” Aronczyk says. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Going_‘Net-Zero’_Will_Boost_Oil_Sands Production,_Industry_Tells_Canadian_Government⠀⇛ Oil sands producers plan to spend billions of dollars on emissions-reducing technologies so that they can boost production and sell more of their climate-warming products overseas, an industry lobby group explained to Canada’s federal government on multiple occasions.  “As our sector decarbonizes, we believe that the oil sands can play an even bigger role in producing energy for Canada and the world,” said the Pathways Alliance, an organization representing the six largest oil sands producers, in a submission last fall during consultations over the federal government’s 2023 budget.  # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ NPR ☛ Tribes_bury_P-22,_Southern_California’s_famed mountain_lion⠀⇛ Some representatives of the Chumash, Tataviam and Gabrielino (Tongva) peoples argued that samples taken during the necropsy should be buried with the rest of his body in the ancestral lands where he spent his life. Some tribal elders said keeping the specimens for scientific testing would be disrespectful to their traditions. Mountain lions are regarded as relatives and considered teachers in LA’s tribal communities. Tribal representatives, wildlife officials and others discussed a potential compromise in recent weeks, but a consensus was not reached before P-22 was buried in an unspecified location in the Santa Monica Mountains on Saturday. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Hopeful”:_Historic_U.N._High_Seas Treaty_Will_Protect_30%_of_World’s_Oceans_from Biodiversity_Loss⠀⇛ The first-ever international treaty to protect the oceans was agreed to by negotiators from more than 190 countries at a United Nations conference this weekend, capping nearly two decades of efforts by conservation groups. The legally binding pact could help reverse marine biodiversity loss by establishing marine protected areas covering nearly a third of the world’s seas by 2030. We hear more from one of the treaty’s scientist-negotiators, Minna Epps, a marine biologist and director of the Ocean Team at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ How_Saving_the_Rainforests_Could Prevent_the_Next_Pandemic⠀⇛ Jocelyn knew only one way to live. Growing up next to the Manombo Special Reserve in southeast Madagascar, his family taught him from a young age to see the forest as a source of income. His grandfather had been a logger, cutting trees for timber and burning wood to make charcoal to sell. His grandfather taught his father, and his father taught him. It was dangerous work. He risked landing in jail for illegal logging every time he ventured into the protected reserve. “I needed to feed my family,” recalled Jocelyn, who doesn’t use a surname; the vegetables he grew near his house weren’t enough. He also needed money for health care. Once, when his wife was pregnant and fell ill, he sold all of their plates and pans to pay for treatment at a government clinic. She wound up losing the baby anyway. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Amid_Global_Hunger_Crisis,_Commodity Speculators_Reap_Record-Shattering_Profits⠀⇛ As much of the world reeled from high energy and food prices that left millions struggling to heat their homes and feed their families, commodity trading firms that benefit from extreme market volatility brought in record- breaking profits in 2022, capitalizing on chaos spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Commodity_Speculators_Reap_Record- Shattering_Profits_Amid_Global_Hunger_Crisis⠀⇛ # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ ‘Many_people_look_down_on_those_who find_child-rearing_fulfilling’_–_Hungarian_President Novák⠀⇛ o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Kenya_is_running_out_of_US_dollars⠀⇛ Kenya is facing an acute foreign_exchange_crunch, with US dollar reserves dropping to their lowest in eight years as its currency keeps plummeting against major global currencies. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Indian_women_recruited_to_work_as_truck drivers_in_Hungary_for_1800_euros⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Student_Loan_Forgiveness_Program_Appears Headed_for_Defeat_in_the_Supreme_Court⠀⇛ The right-wing “justices” seemed impervious to the economic plight of tens of millions with debilitating student debt. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Why_Student_Debt_Cancellation_is Reasonable,_Not_Radical⠀⇛ “Nobody’s telling the person who is trying to set up the lawn service business that he doesn’t have to pay his loan,” said U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts during oral arguments about President Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan. Roberts continued his logic on behalf of this hypothetical lawn service operator, saying, “he still does, even though his tax dollars are going to support the forgiveness of the loan for… the college graduate, who’s now going to make a lot more than him over the course of his lifetime.” It’s remarkable how concerned Roberts and other conservatives have been about the exploitation of the average American when it comes to loan forgiveness. The Supreme Court’s chief imagines that college graduates will go on to make enough money to pay back their loans and they are choosing not to—apparently in order to take advantage of business owners like lawn care operators. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ A_Lowe_Act:_RBA_tweaks_its_language_as it_delivers_10th_rate_hike⠀⇛ The subtlety of language is a big thing for central bankers and the hordes of economists who hang on their every word. The key change in language from the RBA today was “further tightening”. They replaced “further increases in interest rates” with “further tightening”. What’s the scam? The scam is that there are other tools at the Bank’s disposal to contain inflation besides the big one, lifting the cash rate. The subtle change suggests a more sophisticated attack on inflation. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Why_Warren_Buffett_Is_Wrong_and_Joe_Biden Is_Right_About_Stock_Buybacks⠀⇛ Warren Buffett, one of the richest people in America, defended stock buybacks in his highly anticipated annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, released a few days ago. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Majority_of_US_Voters_Want_the_Fed_to_Stop Raising_Rates_Before_It_Tanks_the_Economy:_Poll⠀⇛ Survey data released Monday shows that a majority of U.S. voters want the Federal Reserve to stop raising interest rates before it plunges the economy into recession, a position that aligns with the view of many economists and lawmakers who fear the central bank is on the verge of needlessly throwing millions out of work. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Critics_Rip_‘Financial_Vulture’_SoFi_for Suing_to_Block_Biden’s_Student_Loan_Repayment_Pause⠀⇛ Supporters of U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel over $400 billion in college debt to more than 43 million borrowers reacted angrily Monday to a lawsuit filed by an online finance company trying to overturn his administration’s latest pause on student loan repayments—a policy that has cost the firm more than $100 million in lost profits. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ 2023-03-05_Josh_Marshall:_‘The_Deep_Archeology_of_Fox News’⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ 2023-03-06_How_to_Take_Back_Control_of_What You_Read_on_the_Internet⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Biden_Can_Rein_In_Israeli_violence_Against Palestinians—But_Will_He?⠀⇛ In an analysis for Haaretz last week, former Israeli diplomat Alon Pinkas asks a pertinent and important question: “When will the U.S. stop pretending that things are normal in Netanyahu’s Israel?” It’s a rhetorical question, but nonetheless crucial after the United States embarrassed itself yet again by touting a completely phony “agreement” reached in Aqaba, Jordan, between the far-right Israeli government and the quisling Palestinian Authority while Israeli settlers were burning the town of Huwwara. But Pinkas addresses this question, ultimately, with an equally empty line: “Friends don’t let friends rescind democracy.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Groups_Sue_to_Stop_Biden_From_Offering_73 Million_Acres_to_Oil_Drillers_in_Gulf_of_Mexico⠀⇛ Seven groups on Monday filed a legal challenge to the U.S. Interior Department’s Lease Sale 259, which would offer 73.3 million acres of public waters in the Gulf of Mexico to the highest-bidding oil and gas drillers. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ No_sign_of_the_plant_to_be_opened_in Hungary_in_August_with_more_than_€17,7_million_in_Hungarian state_funding⠀⇛ # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Be_a_part_of_shaping_Telex_English!⠀⇛ # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Fidesz_MPs_don’t_want_politicians_to_have to_leave_university_boards_of_trustees⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Nikki_Haley’s_Diet-MAGA_Problem⠀⇛ In 2015, according to the talking points being floated by former South Carolina governor and Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley and her team, she alone heroically removed the Confederate flag that flew on the grounds of the state capitol and so healed racial wounds. She implied as much right after it happened, again at the 2020 Republican National Convention, and in subsequent interviews. This “achievement” remains a critical part of her story about why she aspires to become president. Given the weakness of the South Carolina governorship, Haley doesn’t have a lot to show for her time in office or, for that matter, defending President Donald Trump as his ambassador at the United Nations. Still, even her claim to that is problematic on multiple levels. First, she and other state Republicans like Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott had ignored decades of resistance to that flag by African Americans and their local allies. And unlike Haley and crew, those protesters, of course, never bought into the “Lost Cause” rhetoric of the Confederacy, the historical revisionism filled with intentional mythology that has long suggested the stars and bars are nothing but a benign neutral symbol of “our” past. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Nikki_Haley’s_Diet-MAGA_Is_a_Bitter_and Foul_Drink⠀⇛ In 2015, according to the talking points being floated by former South Carolina governor and Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley and her team, she alone heroically removed the Confederate flag that flew on the grounds of the state capitol and so healed racial wounds. She implied as much right after it happened, again at the 2020 Republican National Convention, and in subsequent interviews. This “achievement” remains a critical part of her story about why she aspires to become president. Given the weakness of the South Carolina governorship, Haley doesn’t have a lot to show for her time in office or, for that matter, defending President Donald Trump as his ambassador at the United Nations. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Mike_Pence_Resists_Grand_Jury_Subpeona⠀⇛ Pence guards his White House prospects, hence He’s planned resistance that’s intense. He wouldn’t want to give offense To MAGA types. That makes no sense— Though, purely by coincidence, They’re folks who chanted “Hang Mike Pence.” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Ringleader⠀⇛ J. Edgar Hoover, we’ve always assumed, became the most powerful unelected American of his time because he had the goods on everybody: the mistresses, financial shenanigans, and underworld connections of presidents who might fire him and legislators who might investigate him. Two new books about the longtime FBI chief make you realize that there was something else as well. Hoover’s half-century of immense influence rested on his mastery of a very American art—the crafting of his image.1 # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ MN_Governor_Signs_Law_Giving_Voting_Rights_Back to_Formerly_Incarcerated_People⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Atlassian_to_fire_500_–_by_email_–_in_the name_of_‘rebalancing’⠀⇛ Atlassian has announced a five percent reduction in its workforce as part of an effort it founders described as a “rebalancing” that will allow the collaboration upstart to focus on its changing priorities. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Twitter’s_revenue_drop_about_40%_in_December: report⠀⇛ As advertisers continue to move away from Twitter since Elon Musk’s takeover in October last year, the microblogging platform reported a drop in revenue and adjusted earnings for December, The Wall Street Journal reported citing sources. Twitter reported a 40% year-on-year decline in revenue and adjusted earnings for December in an investor update. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Reports_of_Trump’s_Demise_Are_Premature,_and His_Threat_of_“Retribution”_Is_Serious⠀⇛ Donald Trump is more of a performer than an orator. Those who complain that his speeches routinely violate the codified norms of rhetoric and grammar by giving vent to meandering digressions and bizarre interjections miss the point of how he communicates. Trump is not vying with Pericles, Abraham Lincoln, or Winston Churchill in a contest to achieve timeless eloquence. Rather, he belongs to the tradition of insult comedians such as Joan Rivers or Don Rickles, wrestling-ring braggarts such as Hulk Hogan, and radio shock jocks such as Rush Limbaugh. Like these other performers, Trump aims not to persuade but to electrify and polarize by conjuring up a memorable persona that the audience can identify with as an avatar of their socially frowned-upon anger and unspoken desires. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ White_House_Said_to_Consider_Pushing Congress_on_Dealing_With_TikTok⠀⇛ White House officials are weighing whether to support legislation being developed by Senator Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, that would give the government more authority to police apps and services that could pose a risk to Americans’ data security or be used in foreign influence campaigns, two of the people said. That could be used to target TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. # ⚓ [Old] Essel Group ☛ 300_TikTok,_ByteDance_employees_worked for_China’s_propaganda_machinery:_Report⠀⇛ Forbes found “strong ties between TikTok’s parent business, ByteDance, and the Chinese government’s propaganda arm, which has been extensively utilising social media to propagate disinformation that supports the Chinese Communist Party.” ByteDance and TikTok, according to the article, did not dispute that the 300 LinkedIn profiles were current workers or deny their ties to Chinese official media. According to a ByteDance spokeswoman, the business makes “hiring choices based solely on an individual’s professional capacity to accomplish the job.” # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Political_Fiction_vs._Reality:_Twitter’s_Alleged Help_For_Dems_vs._Rupert_Murdoch’s_Real_Help_For_Trump⠀⇛ I know, I know, there are no room for facts in the modern GOP, just feelings. But, still, it’s kind of remarkable just how much they seem committed to the bit that Twitter was actively trying to suppress Republicans to help Joe Biden. There remains zero proof of this. Zero. Over the course of the various “Twitter Files” all we’ve seen is Twitter literally pushing back on anything that suggests political bias, and instead trying to review things based on whether or not they legitimately broke the rules. # ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-03-06_Women_protest_in_Istanbul:_“We_are united_in_anger_and_rebellion”⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-03-06_Liberals_in_Ontario_are_not_competitive. They’re_struggling_to_fix_that⠀⇛ # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Analyzing_Current_Events_Through_a Critical_Media_Literacy_Lens:_Don_Lemon’s_Sexism/Ageism at_CNN,_the_Sackler_Dynasty,_Russiagate_Propaganda,_and More_–_The_Project_Censored_Show⠀⇛ Butler’s recent piece on the Lemon affair was published by Ms. Magazine, and her rejoinder to Lemon in USA Today. Higdon’s latest op-ed with Huff on Russiagate was published numerous places, including as a Dispatch at Project Censored. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “They_All_Knew”:_Media_Matters_Files FEC_Complaint_That_Fox_News_Broke_Election_Laws,_Lied for_Trump⠀⇛ A number of bombshell revelations about the inner workings of Fox News have come to light as part of a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against the network. Rupert Murdoch, the owner of Fox News, has admitted under oath that many hosts on his network “endorsed” Donald Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election for financial, not political, reasons, stating, “It is not red or blue, it is green.” In court filings, Dominion also revealed that Murdoch had given Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner confidential information about Biden’s campaign ads and debate strategy in possible violation of election laws. Our guest, Angelo Carusone, is president of the watchdog group Media Matters for America, which recently sent a Federal Elections Commission complaint against Fox News based on evidence from the Dominion lawsuit. “All the way from Rupert Murdoch on down to the show producers, they knew what they were saying was not true, that it was actually a lie, and they did it anyway,” says Carusone. # ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Journalistic_Malpractice_on_Trial: What_the_Dominion_Voting_System_Tells_Us_About_How_the Media_Sacrificed_their_Credibility_to_Partisan Falsehoods_–_Censored_Notebook⠀⇛ “This is direct evidence of knowing falsity” exclaimed RonNell Anderson Jones, Professor of Law at the University of Utah, in a February 2023 interview with Jon Stewart. Jones noted that in most defamation cases “the likelihood that you will find evidence of them [news outlets] saying, ‘We know this is a lie and we would like to move forward with it anyway is deeply unlikely.’” However, in the case of Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News, “the filing contains just this trove of evidence of emails and text messages and internal memos that are ‘rare’ both in terms of the ‘volume of the evidence and as to the directness of the evidence.’” This sentiment was echoed by Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe who noted, “I have never seen a defamation case with such overwhelming proof that the defendant admitted in writing that it was making up fake information in order to increase its viewership and its revenues.” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Did_Something_Happen_on_January_6,_2021? Republicans_Don’t_Want_to_Talk_About_It.⠀⇛ Bye-bye, Larry Hogan. On Sunday, the former Maryland governor finally answered a question nobody was asking, except maybe his family: No, he will not challenge Donald Trump for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.1 # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Gen_Z_Congressman_Says_Ron_DeSantis_Is Governing_Florida_Like_a_Fascist⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Digital_Foot_Soldiers: Pro-Trump_Bots_Swarm_DeSantis,_Haley⠀⇛ Over the past 11 months, someone created thousands of fake, automated Twitter accounts — perhaps hundreds of thousands of them — to offer a stream of praise for Donald Trump. Besides posting adoring words about the former president, the fake accounts ridiculed Trump’s critics from both parties and attacked Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador who is challenging her onetime boss for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ Pakistan_bans_broadcasting_of_ex-PM_Imran_Khan’s speeches,_suspends_ARY_News_channel⠀⇛ Hours after the order was announced on Sunday, PEMRA suspended ARY News’ license for broadcasting a speech by Khan, according to those sources and ARY News CEO Salman Iqbal, who spoke to CPJ by phone. ARY News remains off the air as of Monday evening, Iqbal said. # ⚓ Associated Press ☛ Pakistan_bans_media_broadcasts_of_ex-PM Imran_Khan_speeches⠀⇛ The ban by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority was imposed on Sunday and went into effect on Monday. It covers airing of both recorded and live speeches by Khan, who was ousted in a no- confidence vote in Parliament last April. The ban followed a particularly fiery speech by Khan, who has a large grassroots following, lambasting Sharif’s government and the country’s all-powerful military. # ⚓ duvaR ☛ Renowned_geologist_Prof._Dr._Ahmet_Ercan_detained over_social_media_post⠀⇛ Renowned geologist Prof. Dr. Övgün Ahmet Ercan has been detained in the eastern province of Elazığ on the grounds of one of his media posts, according to reporting by state-run Anadolu Agency on Feb. 28. # ⚓ duvaR ☛ Prosecutor_seeks_3_years_in_jail_for_Turkish_pop star_Gülşen_over_remarks_about_Islamic_Imam_Hatip_schools⠀⇛ A Turkish prosecutor seeks up to three years in prison in their final opinion for famous pop singer Gülşen who is facing charges of “inciting hatred and hostility among the public” over her comments about Islamic Imam Hatip schools. Gülşen was jailed pending trial on Aug. 25 on a charge of incitement to hatred, after a video of her comments from four months ago surfaced on a website of a pro-government newspaper Sabah. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-03-06_Voice_News_website,_social_media_accounts attacked_in_Pakistan⠀⇛ # ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-03-06_Vox_Retires_Recode_and_The_Goods_Branding, Absorbs_Into_Technology_and_Culture_Coverage [Ed: Positive spin on news site failing]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-03-06_A_new_era_of_technology_coverage_on_Vox [Ed: Recode shut down]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-03-06_Changes_at_The_Goods [Ed: "Changes" as a euphemism]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ After_jailing_antiwar_activist_Natalia_Filonova, authorities_in_Buryatia_send_her_adopted_son_to_remote orphanage⠀⇛ Filonova is now in jail, allegedly for “assaulting” two policemen with a ballpoint pen, while being transported to a hearing in another protest-related case against her. She was under house arrest until late October, when her husband had a heart attack while visiting another region. Filonova went to see him in the hospital, and also tried to find her son, who was missing from home at the time. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ John_Kiriakou:_The_Threat_to_Journalism⠀⇛ C.I.A. whistleblower John Kiriakou told the Belmarsh Tribunal in Sydney, Australia on Saturday that the threat to Julian Assange is a threat to every national security reporter. (With transcript) o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-03-04_Free_Leonard_Peltier⠀⇛ # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-03-06_The_“Equality_vs. Equity”_Distinction_Doesn’t_Explain_What_Matters for_Social_Justice⠀⇛ # ⚓ ABC ☛ Amnesty_says_Taliban_must_halt_their_abuses_in Afghanistan⠀⇛ The Taliban have banned women from public life and girls education beyond the sixth grade, carried out public executions after sentences before Taliban courts and cracked down on minority communities. Amnesty International said the Taliban have also targeted women’s rights defenders, academics, and activists in recent months and detained them unlawfully. The arrests are arbitrary and those detained have no legal recourse or access to their families. # ⚓ Dawn Media ☛ Lahore_DC_denies_NOC_to_Aurat_March_fearing clash_with_JI’s_procession⠀⇛ Civil society, political parties, and rights organisations condemned the deputy commissioner for rejecting the plea to organise Aurat March on International Women’s Day on March 8. # ⚓ The Print ☛ Civil_societies_in_Pakistan_invite_“Conversion Factory”_at_anti-conversion_seminar⠀⇛ The JEN reported that he is so notorious in helping predatory men against innocent Hindu girls that he has been labelled as a “conversion factory”. # ⚓ Medforth ☛ France:_She_takes_a_selfie_without_her headscarf,_her_husband,_a_serial_offender,_beats_her_and_ends up_in_prison⠀⇛ A 23-year-old man stood trial in Besançon on Wednesday. He had beaten his wife for an entire day and night because she had concealed photos on her mobile phone that she had taken without wearing a veil. The judges found him guilty and sentenced him to 18 months in prison. # ⚓ VOA News ☛ Crisis_Over_Suspected_Iran_Schoolgirl_Poisonings Escalates⠀⇛ The attacks have raised fears that other girls could be poisoned, apparently just for going to school. Education for girls has never been challenged in the more than 40 years since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Iran has been calling on the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan to allow girls and women to return to school and universities. # ⚓ BBC ☛ Iraq_alcohol_ban:_Christian_political_party_appeals, saying_it_is_undemocratic⠀⇛ It remains unclear how strictly the law could be enforced, and whether the country’s Federal Supreme Court will knock it back. In their appeal to the court, members of the Babylon Movement insisted the legislation was unconstitutional because it ignores the rights of minorities and restricts freedom. It also contradicts a government decree, adopted less than a week before the gazette was published on 20 February, setting duty at 200% on all imported alcoholic drinks for the next four years, they say. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ MSCHF_One_Ups_The_Onion_In_Filing_Hilarious Supreme_Court_Amicus_Briefs_That_Educate⠀⇛ Over the last few years, we’ve written a number of stories about a (somewhat silly) trademark dispute between Jack Daniels, makers of whiskey, and VIP Products, makers of doggy chew toys, including one for “Bad Spaniels” that is a pretty clear parody of Jack Daniels. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ LA’s_Zoning_Plan_Pits_Garment_Workers_Against Developers⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ This_Women’s_History_Month,_We_Won’t Renegotiate_Our_Place_in_the_Economy⠀⇛ This Women’s History Month, out of touch lawmakers are rolling out economic plans that would set women back generations. Not this time! # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ A_Top_UC_Berkeley_Professor_Taught_With Remains_That_May_Include_Dozens_of_Native_Americans⠀⇛ Despite decades of Indigenous activism and resistance, UC Berkeley has failed to return the remains of thousands of Native Americans to tribes. The university is still discovering more human remains. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Heading_Into_International_Women’s_Day_in Mexico:_Let’s_Be_Thousands_in_the_Streets_against_Femicide and_Violence⠀⇛ In 2022, 3,754 women were killed in Mexico, but only 33.7 percent were investigated as femicides. We need to build a movement that fights against misogynist violence. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Judy_Heumann,_‘Mother_of_Disability_Rights Movement,’_Dies_at_75⠀⇛ “Disability only becomes a tragedy when society fails to provide the things we need to lead our lives—job opportunities or barrier-free buildings, for example,” Heumann told one reporter. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Judy_Heumann,_‘Mother_of_Disability_Rights Movement,’_Dies_at_75⠀⇛ Disability rights advocates were joined by labor leaders, progressive politicians, and other advocates for justice on Monday in mourning the death of influential activist Judy Heumann, who began decades of advocacy work fighting for employment as a teacher and was credited with paving the way for numerous federal laws to protect people with disabilities. She was 75 and died on March 4. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Absolutely_Shameful’:_Biden_Reportedly Weighing_Revival_of_Migrant_Family_Detentions⠀⇛ Multiple news outlets reported late Monday that the Biden administration is considering restarting migrant family detentions that were used extensively by previous administrations in an attempt to crack down on border crossings. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Belarusian_opposition_leader_Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya_convicted_of_conspiracy,_sentenced_to_15_years —_Meduza⠀⇛ Five Belarusian opposition leaders have been convicted of conspiracy and related charges, including organizing an extremist group, and undermining the government of Belarus and its state security. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Transparency_International_declared_‘undesirable’ and_banned_in_Russia_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s Prosecutor General has officially declared the anti-corruption non-profit Transparency International “undesirable” in Russia. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ UT_Votes_to_Fix_Law_That_Limited_Some_Sexual Assault_Suits⠀⇛ Ninety-four women whose sexual abuse lawsuit against a Utah OB-GYN was thrown out of court last year are celebrating a victory this month. But it’s a victory tinged with irony. Last week, the Utah Legislature passed a bill that will — if signed by Gov. Spencer Cox — put their rallying cry into law: Sexual assault is not health care. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Bipartisan_Push_to_Close_Gun_Background_Check Loophole_in_TX⠀⇛ Texas lawmakers are working to plug a gap in a 2009 law that was meant to keep people with a history of serious mental health issues from legally acquiring firearms. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Fifth_Circuit_Passes_Up_Opportunity_To_Correct Ruling_That_Said_Gov’t_Retaliation_Against_Protected_Speech Is_Fine⠀⇛ We’ve known for a while that the Fifth Circuit is staunchly pro-cop. But, in recent months, it’s also shown itself to be no friend of the First Amendment. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Imagining_Forgiveness⠀⇛ According to Ralph Waldo Emerson, “you cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” Kindness, understanding, and love are so substantively intertwined that it is difficult to imagine any one of these without the other two, and all three are predicated on forgiveness. This article is a plea for real, radical forgiveness. There is ample blame to go around, and this has been more than adequately addressed by finger-pointing and what-about-ism by all sides. In fact, a veritable cottage industry of outrage and critique based in hatred seems to have grown exponentially on all sides in recent years. What seems to be missing is an acknowledgment that a) this society has become addicted to hate and outrage, and b) this hatred, like any other drug, has become a coping mechanism that has provided for the survival of the addicts. As we now finally recognize that addiction is a mental illness due to ongoing crises, we must go one step further and realize that the political hatred that has amplified exponentially isn’t evil, it too is a manifestation of mental illness. Enough with the what-about-ism, enough with the finger-pointing, enough with the inconsistent mirroring. Let us forgive. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Why_Safaricom,_east_Africa’s_biggest_telecom,_is getting_sued_by_its_customers⠀⇛ East Africa’s leading telecommunications company Safaricom is in trouble. Pressure is mounting on it, with two major lawsuits from its customers who are demanding accountability from the telco giant. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Netflix_Fights_Big_Telecom_Plan_To_Impose_‘Big Tech_Tax’_In_EU⠀⇛ Big Telecom lobbyists have been working overtime in both the US and EU, trying to get policymakers to force Big Tech to pay them billions in additional subsidies for no coherent reason. We’ve noted for several years how the push is self-serving bullshit by anti-competitive telecom giants, yet thanks to their lobbying influence, the effort shows no sign of slowing down. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Dutch_Officials_Warn_That_Big_Telecom’s_Plan_To Tax_‘Big_Tech’_Is_A_Dangerous_Dud⠀⇛ For much of the last year, European telecom giants have been pushing for a tax on Big Tech company profits. They’ve tried desperately to dress it up as a reasonable adult policy proposal, but it’s effectively just the same thing we saw during the U.S. net neutrality wars: telecom monopolies demanding other people pay them an additional troll toll — for no coherent reason. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ EU_‘poised’_to_OK_Microsoft’s_Activision biz_gobble⠀⇛ The European Union appears poised to clear the acquisition next month without asking Microsoft to divest any of its assets in return, according to a report late last week from Reuters. A go-ahead from the EU would remove one hurdle from the software maker’s path, but would still leave antitrust concerns in the US and UK to deal with. Citing three unnamed sources, Reuters said that Microsoft’s efforts to sign licensing deals with rivals is playing a role in the thinking of the EU, which is set to make its decision by April 25. # § Software Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Ford_Submits_A_Patent_That_Would_Allow Cars_To_Repossess_Themselves⠀⇛ The automotive industry is entering into its own subprime crisis. Even before the COVID pandemic led to supply chain issues that vastly inflated car prices, lenders were starting to extend loan periods to make things easier for underfunded purchasers, moving on from the industry standard 3-5 year loans to 84-month baselines that ensure people could purchase cars… but for a price they’d be paying for a long, long time. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ New_official_translations_of_CC legal_tools_published_in_Danish,_Frisian,_and_German⠀⇛ The addition of these translations is a significant milestone, as it enables even more people to access and use Creative Commons licenses in their native tongue. The Danish translation of CC 4.0 licenses and deeds was first started in 2019 by a team of official translators from the European Commission, coordinated by Pedro Malaquias. In 2022, the Danish Agency for Digital Government requested the translation to be completed, with the aim of recommending the use of CC licenses to public authorities and administrations. Peter Leth led the effort to complete the Danish translation. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Warner_Fights_Unreleased_‘Scooby-Doo And_Krypto_Too!’_Leaks⠀⇛ After Warner Bros. canceled several upcoming Scooby-Doo films, fans of the iconic show wondered when they’d ever catch a break. On the back of reports that Warner may have also canceled the upcoming film Scooby-Doo And Krypto Too!, this weekend the entire movie suddenly leaked online. Warner’s anti-piracy team is currently attempting to contain the leaks. # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ CC_Community_Input:_Better_Sharing for_Generative_AI⠀⇛ Supporting community-driven solutions has always been at the heart of CC’s approach to sharing and creativity. In February, we held open meetings with our community to start to explore what CC might do new or differently in a world filling with AI-generated creations. Over 65 people registered to participate in the conversation from all over the world, including artists, educators, lawyers, librarians, policymakers, scholars, scientists, students, technologists, and more. # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Angie_Cervellera_—_Open_Culture VOICES,_Season_2_Episode_5⠀⇛ Open Culture VOICES is a series of short videos that highlight the benefits and barriers of open culture as well as inspiration and advice on the subject of opening up cultural heritage. Angie Cervellera is the Program Manager of Open Culture and Knowledge at Wikimedia Argentina and works with local organizations and institutions to open up collections. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ When_Given_The_Choice,_Most_Authors_Reject Excessively_Long_Copyright_Terms⠀⇛ Recently, Walled Culture mentioned the problem of orphan works. These are creations, typically books, that are still covered by copyright, but unavailable because the original publisher or distributor has gone out of business, or simply isn’t interested in keeping them in circulation. The problem is that without any obvious point of contact, it’s not possible to ask permission to re- publish or re-use it in some way. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Letter_from_London:_VFX_REDUX⠀⇛ The young son of an English friend who lives in Los Angeles presently enjoys a deep interest in visual effects. He is talented. His father is a scriptwriter. Film must run in the veins. VFX, as associates like to call visual effects, are to film what jewellery is to royalty — fascinating, opulent, not always necessary. I told my English friend I knew another Brit in Los Angeles, a former colleague, responsible over the years for some pretty impressive work in this sphere, no easy feat when you consider the restrictive nature of the briefs sometimes, and that we should attempt to put the two of them together, so that my friend’s son could at least benefit from what I know would be some pretty serious and sound advice. It got me thinking. London, never mind Los Angeles, or Vancouver for that matter, has a really intense relationship with VFX. In film circles, the VFX industry stands alone. Its death in London is often rumoured but survival seems assured. What is it about this sometimes dark art that makes it so prevalent here? It was in London one day that I first encountered this obsessively created imagery that is the world of VFX, its curious physical absence, its dizzying, often precocious, use of CGI, Compositing, Motion Capture; its 3D modelling, green screen filming, animalistic performances and capture. The expert I had mind for my friend’s son was Nicholas Lloyd. When I spoke to Nicholas on a video call last week about this he was characteristically willing. He lives in LA close to the airport (LAX). He likes California and California likes him. I knew Nicholas when he was Nick. Incredible to think he has been living and working over there for over 20 years now. I first knew him here in London when he used to ride a motorbike like a road-seeking missile, when not locked-on like one to two giant computer screens, at the same time as running code like a revolutionary might run guns. And all in the name of the boffinist of visual digitalia. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_WDHNSTA_Wordo:_POXES⠀⇛ # ⚓ Our_Intolerant_Musical_Culture⠀⇛ My productivity went UP yesterday. I actually spent “quality” time practising guitar, plus I added a section to Gibbet. *Gibbet* is the working title. The piece doesn’t actually sound like a gibbet, as there are too many major 7 chords one after another, cascading. There is one Jazz Standard that also does that for a time. It may be Alice in Wonderland. That being claimed, the whole is not focused around major 7 chords. The main sequence seems to ever return to a harmonic major tonality. One day, some one will lock me up in a non- ergonomic pit because of my obsession with minor 6ths. A lesser spirit would make a terrible pun related to that last sentence. I am not that lesser spirit. Yesterday was also my first day to stroll around Pagan Park. I was alone except for a shambling mute hispanic man. Perhaps he sensed my love for minor 6ths and, offended, did not return my multiple greetings as we moved along the curving pavements, shambling opposite directions. Or perhaps he was mute for some altogether different reason, though I cannot think of any reason other than being offended by someone’s obsession for minor 6ths to be mute. In fact, it may be the most widespread cause of muteness in any sort of human, not just hispanic humans. # ⚓ Indistinguishable_from_Parody⠀⇛ This post got me thinking about works that, while not intended as satire or parody, are indistinguishable from it. I don’t know what to call them. A couple of examples will suffice. People who know me know that I’m a huge fan of Star Trek. I have been for most of my life. I watched the “Star Trek” 2009 movie when it came out on video, and I honestly could not tell the difference between it and a parody of the original series. “Are they fucking serious? This isn’t a Trek movie; it’s a parody!” # ⚓ The_Low-Hanging_Climate_Fruit⠀⇛ I’m seeing a lot of “oh it’s great that we discovered these easily-pluggable, low-hanging fruit emitters like methane leaks and diked-out peatlands, yay” and on the one hand, yeah, fixing the low-hanging fruit, the 80/20, the squeakiest wheels is definitively something we’ve got to do… …we already knew we were in trouble before we discovered these issues and these sites. We need to fix a lot of the normal stuff too. # ⚓ Care⠀⇛ We got food poisoning, a stomach flu, or something. I was on the child unit, on hold with pharmacies in the small out-of-the-way city one of my discharged kids went home to. A production issue caused short- age of methamphetamines. His family’s pharmacy couldn’t fill his prescriptions. I was trying to find a pharmacy that was holding. I couldn’t concentrate. I’d felt increasingly awful for hours. Nausea, hot-and-cold, brain foggy strug- gling to dial numbers, hyperfocusing, cramping. “Eum, just 11 hours work on 2 hours sleep,” I thought. “I’ll feel better if Amy lets me kick her the discharge for after she finishes med pass. I hate to shirk, his family’s been here an hour, but I’ll actually take my break today & feel better.” o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ PostmarketOS…_two_months_later⠀⇛ It has now been what, about two months(?) since i dabbled into the realm of Postmarketos… what is my conclusion so far? Well, it works. I switched from SXMO to phosh about a month after my initial installation of the system because i simply did not get used to the “tiling window manager on smartphone” thing after my initial enthusiasm faded. Phosh is much more touch oriented and mostly stays out of the way. I CAN imagine, that SXMO would work very well if you had a smartphone with an integrated keyboard, but with a touch only interface i simply could not get used to it. # ⚓ Iris_&_Ploopy_Nano⠀⇛ I’m not actually a keyboard junkie, I don’t have a pile of them around the house or anything, and I can’t relate to the obsessives on r/ mechanicalkeyboards who appear to be spending whole life savings on input devices. I’m picky, though, to be sure, and I do get a new pair of keyboards every five years or so, one for home and one for work, then proceed to run them into the ground. # ⚓ The_shadow_world⠀⇛ We should be prepared for the shadow world where humans walk and talk surrounded by empty machines, sometimes remote controlled but usually without controllers, endlessly crawling the web, uploading the data, producing reports that nobody ever reads. We will have automated bullshit jobs because all the bot nets and crawlers and auto dialers and pseudo intelligence writing near-comprehensible text that mostly other pseudo intelligences read and so it goes. It will be important to connect with real people, read and listen to messages by real people, and from there the hundred thousand shadows flow, cast by real people sending real messages. [...] I have automated defences against bots on my servers, on my email inbox, and then I double check myself, looking for that human spark, that link back into the real network. # § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Varieties_of_belief⠀⇛ Friday and Saturday, there was a pretty cool conference, the conference of the Moral Psychology Research Group. I only attended the 2nd day, but it was a blast. But the highlight for me was Tania Lombrozo’s talk on a dual account of “to believe”. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ A_vision_for_search⠀⇛ If I were to reinvent Search, where would I start? Page rank invites spam, we already know that. Endless crawling leads to the majority of web traffic being bots, we also know that. Crawling is also invasive, pulling things into the public square that were not intended for publication. So what are we to do? Here’s a different plan. Perhaps we need more different plans. Let there be a site map that contains all the pages you would like strangers to find, with the keywords associated with them. # ⚓ RFC_2646‘s_Format=Flowed_and_inline_quoting⠀⇛ So I’m gonna argue against an RFC should here. The intent behind this particular should is to prevent lines that normally start with a greater-than character to be misinterpreted as if they were quote characters. I’m hard pressed to come up with even one example but I’m sure there are some math situation or something where it could conceivably come up. The intent was that there should be some sort of UI widget to explicitly mark text as “quoted”. My recommendation is that MUAs (including webmail interfaces) should not space-stuff lines that start with a “>” character, and if there is a line that starts with “ >” (a single space in front of the >), leave those alone too. # ⚓ Observations_on_the_IF_Game_Project⠀⇛ I have started working on an Interactive Fiction side project. I have now set up a functional Gemini interface for this, although there is nothing publicly available yet. I have plenty of fine-tuning to do in the user interface to see what works best in this use case. I’ve collected some observations on the project so far. All in all, it feels very much like working on a point-and-click adventure game, but instead of graphics you have lots of text and get to use your imagination. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. 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