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profound corruption and regulatory capture Repeating a pattern of offences, utter disregard for the law, and routine violations of the law (turning diplomatic immunity into unbridled impunity), the EPO‘s management incurs the wrath of NGOs; the same group that berated Benoît_Battistelli for his crimes is reporting António_Campinos to the people who can hold him accountable but never will (he’s bribing them to be entirely complicit); this systemic breakdown or the collapse of the legal system (at least in the context of patents) merits far more media attention, but the media is connected to the same regimes and corporations that benefit financially from the corruption of the EPO. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇[USF] Union Syndicale Fédérale on SUEPO⦈ The video above goes through the latest relevant letter, dated 3 days ago. It also takes stock of this_latest_nonsense (warning: epo.org link) entitled “Digital transformation & Unitary Patent: users updated”. As we noted already in Daily Links, the EPO had once again promoted an illegal, unconstitutional ploy. The EPO is run by gangsters who sponsor_Belarus_and_its_war_on_Ukraine. The summary/outline says “Members of SACEPO Working Party on Rules discussed latest changes,” but SACEPO is industry, not people who are impartial. Anyway, the letter discussed above was reproduced here by the staff union. Union Syndicale Fédérale (USF). To quote: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Union_Syndicale_Fédérale⦈_ UNION_SYNDICALE_FÉDÉRALE Letter of support from the President of USF to Mr. Josef Kratochvil, Chair of the Administrative Council, regarding SUEPO’s open letter to the Administrative Council on the Conference of Ministers of the Contracting States under Article 4a. Read_the_letter_of_support_here The German, French and Dutch translation of the letter of support will be available soon. The USF page states: “The petition launched in October 2022 by Union syndicale in the European Patent Office (EPO) has met with no response. A petition to the Administrative Council of the EPO expressing the view that a Conference of the Ministers of the Contracting States provided by Art.4a of the European Patent Convention (EPC) is now long overdue. Therefore, Union Syndicale Fédérale (USF) wishes to support and to join the SUEPO (Staff Union of the EPO) claim to convene a Conference of the Ministers of the Contracting States under Art.4a of the EPC. Read the letter of support from Nicolas Mavraganis, the President of USF to Mr. Josef Kratochvil, Chair of the Administrative Council, regarding SUEPO’s open letter to the Administrative Council on the Conference of Ministers of the Contracting States under Article 4a.” Below we reproduce the letter itself (it’s just an image, produced by Microsoft Office without any text). █ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇USF_SUEPO_letter⦈_ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣛⣛⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⢟⣿⣯⣾⣷⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣸⣿⣷⣶⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣵⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣟⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⢰⡆⣯⣤⣼ 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http://techrights.org/2023/03/23/pension-fraud-investigations/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/03/23/pension-fraud-investigations/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.23.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Sirius_‘Open_Source’_Under_Investigation_for_Pension_Fraud,_Several_Pension Providers_Examine_the_Facts⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Finance, Fraud, Free/Libre_Software at 12:59 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Standard_Life_probe⦈_ Summary: 2 pension providers are looking into Sirius_‘Open_Source’, a company that defrauded_its_own_staff; stay tuned as there’s lots more to come. Is this good representation for “Open Source”? From a company that had many high- profile clients in the public sector? THIS is taking a much longer time than initially estimated, but it has certainly progressed. The process is moving on. It’s typically like this when dealing with authorities. YMMV. It is a very sad thing that regulatory agencies and even_police are politicised to the point where one needs high-level (personal) connections, business links, bribes etc. in order to get things moving and for criminals to be actually held accountable, even prosecuted. Very sad. It should not be like this. In a functioning democratic society there’s no room for “yes, well, they committed a crime, but it’s not our problem and investigating this is ‘expensive’ to us…” Anyway, the good news, in this particular case, is that not one but two pension providers are on the case. 2 pension providers that know Sirius. They wrote about and opened formal investigations (this week). We’re pleased with this progress and here is some background: 1. Sirius_‘Open_Source’_and_the_Money_Missing_From_the_Pension 2. Sirius_Finished 3. Sirius_‘Open_Source’_Pensiongate:_An_Introduction 4. When_the_Pension_Vanishes 5. Sirius_‘Open_Source’_Pensiongate_(Sirius_Financial_Crisis):_Company_May Have_Squandered/Plundered_the_Pensions_of_Many_People 6. Sirius_‘Open_Source’_Pensiongate:_Pension_Providers_That_Repeatedly_Lie to_the_Clients_and_Don’t_Respond_to_Messages 7. NOW:_Pensions_Lies_to_Its_Customers_and_Protects_Abusers 8. Sirius_‘Open_Source’_Pensiongate:_It’s_Beginning_to_Look_Like_a_Criminal Matter_and_Sirius_is_in_Serious_Trouble 9. Sirius_‘Open_Source’_Pensiongate:_A_Long_Story_Merits_Many_Videos 10. An_Update_on_Sirius_‘Open_Source’_Pensiongate:_It’s_Looking_Worse_Than Ever In additional to the letter above, which arrived 2 days ago (it is redacted sufficiently), I’ve also spoken to the manager of another pension provider (probably the third manager I’ve spoken to; some of them I spoke to 3 or 4 times over the telephone). Here is what he said some days ago: § NOW Pensions – Employer Issues⠀➾ Hi Roy, Thank you for your call today, apologies for the bad communication and service you have had from us regarding you concerns with your employer Sirius Corporation. As discussed,. – I will arrange for a letter to be sent to you and or email with assurances that your pension money is safe with Now Pensions – I will alert the team that deals with your employer that the CEO is wanted for embezzlement and that he effectively scammed all his employers previously – through a pension scheme with Standard Life – they put on hold/review any financial requests from the company – request what due diligence they do when acquiring employers to use NOW Pensions Please feel free to add to the above list with any further assurances that you would like and call or email me. Have a good evening Yours sincerely ██████████ ███████████████ I had to remind him to make some progress, so I wrote: “Can I please have an update on this? I cannot stress strongly enough that this is a matter of great urgency, implicating many people, and we have already lost 2 months due to your slow response. Your delays have given time for fraudsters to adapt and curtail prosecution. We have evidence to prove this. ” And again this week: § NOW Pensions – Employer Issues⠀➾ Morning Roy, I have raised your concerns directly with NOW Pensions (who deal with the employers) including your previous emails, and have chased them today, once I get the response, I will send onto you. You did mention your wife’s NOW Pension too, due to data protection I would have to receive the request from her directly to investigate her record separately. Yours sincerely I politely responded as he should know we still expect some letters (promised to us in vain for several months; they kept lying about it): Hi, Hers is covered in the call with ███████████████ made almost 2 months ago and recorded by you. Her case is more or less the same as mine. Kind regards, “The plot thickens,” a friend told me, and “as I suspected, looks like your ‘pension’ money was embezzled before it even got to your pension. If that’s the case you’ll see him in court.” I was also in touch with other victims of this fraud. We’ll be covering that in the near future. █ ⠀⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣵⢺⢭⢍⠋⡍⡯⢽⢉⡏⣝⠅⣿⢸⡇⣯⡏⣙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠷⠒⠛⠛⠓⠛⠛⠓⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣦⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣴⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠓⣽⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣻⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣽⣯⣯⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣧⣯⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣻⣿⣹⣛⣟⣟⣿⣿⣏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢨⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣽⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣯⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣯⣵⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣼⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⡿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠓⢶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 650 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/03/23/president-putin-and-klaus-grabinski/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/03/23/president-putin-and-klaus-grabinski/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.23.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_Grabinski_the_Opportunity⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Patents at 8:48 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Opportunists from Germany, hijacking Europe’s legal system for patents under the auspices of “EU” 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇President_Putin_to_Klaus_Grabinski:_Make_me_a_court_that always_supports_me⦈_ Summary: Reports of European Patents being invalidated (judges do not tolerate fake patents) have become so common that a kangaroo court becomes a matter of urgency for the EPO‘s Benoît_Battistelli and António_Campinos; will the EU and the EPO’s Administrative Council go along with it, helping to cover up more than a decade of profound corruption? ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣞⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣥⣖⣿⠰⠤⠴⠿⠋⠈⠚⠿⠿⠈⠀⠝⢾⡄⠂⠘⣿⣿⣶⡆⠐⢢⠎⢘⣒⣓⣒⣒⣚⣠⣴⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣾⡿⡿⠉⠁⠀⢸⠄ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣼⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⡎⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣈⣤⣴⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣦⣤⣈⠛⠩⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⠏⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⡿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⡯⠉⠀⠀⠀⠄⣿⠁ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢁⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⣉⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⠿⡿⣿⠛⠛⡋⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣌⠙⣷⢶⡹⢻⣏⡄⠼⠟⠋⡻⢟⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⡿⣦ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡶⡏⢺⣿⢸⡟⡏⠊⢼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⣡⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⡇⠸⢀⢇⣺⣄⣠⣧⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡈⠛⢻⡿⣅⠀⠀⢰⢠⡦⢶⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣔⡀⠀⠀⢺⣿⠛ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣦⡽⣿⡘⠘⣬⡀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢃⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠾⣿⠛⡟⡛⢹⢉⠉⡇⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠸⣿⠋⠰⡠⠤⠀⢵⡆⠷⠀⠀⠰⠂⠀⠀⠀⠚⠟⠁⠀⠘⠒⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣧⢿⣷⢾⣿⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⣻⣘⣡⣣⣦⣼⣴⣾⢾⠿⡿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⢀⣀⣱⣯⣷⣤⣤⣤⢤⢶⣶⣶⣶⣲⣶⣿⡿⣿⣶⣶⣶⢶⣶⣶⣶⣶ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡏⠞⣡⣾⣿⡏⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢛⠛⡟⢩⠩⣿⠉⡄⡌⠈⢸⠀⡆⣗⣈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠸⢿⡧⢻⠓⠛⣛⣾⣦⠉⠉⡨⡍⠍⣭⡭⣥⣭⣭⣭⡭⠭⠝⣭⣍⡹ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣓⡀⣿⣿⣿⠏⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⡇⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣸⣰⣠⣦⣦⣿⣶⡶⢶⠾⠟⢻⡟⠟⠏⢽⣿⣿⡟⠁⠨⠕⢋⣧⣒⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣦⡽⠓⠚⡸⢳⠯⠈⣄⠤⠜⠒⠊⢉⣿⠫ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠿⣄⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠽⠹⢩⢀⡄⣠⠀⡇⡜⣇⣗⣈⣇⣴⣤⣬⣿⡏⠠⣯⠠⠿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⠀⠤⠜⢠⠊⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠯⣆ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢻⡾⢿⣿⡄⠀⣠⡄⢀⣠⣤⣶⣶⣦⣴⣾⣷⣌⡙⠿⣿⣧⣥⣦⣼⣾⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣆⠀⡄⠃⢡⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡄⠀⢸⣛⣤⣄⣠⣤⣭⣤⣶⣾⣗ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣆⢠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⡆⢈⣉⡙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⡉⠉⠀⠀⢰⣗⣠⡄⣈⢉⠛⠧⠈⠠⠼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣿⣤⣬⣽⣿⣿⡇⠂⠘⣽⣍⠀⣿⣿⠛⣿⡿⢟⣇ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⡾⠛⠛⢛⣛⠛⡃⢸⠈⢓⡀⠀⢀⠀⠉⡋⢱⠀⣲⣗⠘⠟⠙⣙⡬⢤⠀⡐⠀⠀⣱⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣢⡄⠀⣧⣿⡇⠻⣿⡇⠀⡁⠨⠁ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣬⣿⡏⠈⢹⣿⣿⣿⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣃⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶⣦⢈⢱⢆⡀⢄⡠⠀⢸⠀⣈⣀⣲⠛⠀⠂⠂⠀⠀⠉⢠⠟⠟⠛⡡⠟⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⠀⢠⠠⠀⠹⡁⠃⠚⢏⠀⠂⠸⠂⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢀⣸⣿⣿⣿⡆⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠈⢘⠤⠦⠄⠉⠡⠶⠆⠩⠽⠿⠞⠰⠤⠡⠸⠦⠤⣾⡤⠀⢈⣁⠀⣂⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠃⠒⠒⠈⠒⠶⣖⣁⣀⡍⠀⠈ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠧⣿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠉⠽⠾⠟⠾⠙⠓⠺⠻⠷⠿⠿⠷⠏⠐⡛⠓⠚⠿⠿⠷⠿⠉⠉⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠑⠂⣔⣒⣉⠛⣛⡉ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⢿⣿⣷⣤⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣯⡍⠉⣩⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠐⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⢸⡀⢹⣿⡇⠈⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⣤⣴⡀⢀⢀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣍⣼⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣧⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⣿ ⠉⣽⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢠⣴⣿⣧⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣻⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⡿⠂⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡿⢹⣿⣿⢿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠞⢛⠒⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣼⣥⣠⣻⣛⣿⣟⣿⣾⣦⢰⣶⣦⣱⣿⠢⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠀⠛⢻⠞⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿ ⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⢠⣶⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⡟⢧⠉⠉⠛⢿⡯⣵⣾⣿⣿⣿⣛⡟⣿⣿⣟⣿⣾⢿⣀⡄⣄⣀⠀⢖⣷⣤⣿⣀⡑⠛⠁⢿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣇⡀⠀⠸⠿⠿⣿⣿⣧⡀⠀⠀⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠯⠆⠀⠀⢺⣷⣿⣿⣿⢷⠶⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⢀⣔⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢃⣀⣀⣸⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠉⠉⣩⣷⣶⣶⣿⣶⣶⣿⣶⣶⣿⡿⢋⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡿⠽⠿⢿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣭⢁⠀⢀⣀⣾⠿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣄⣭⣫⣽⣭⣽⣛⡿⣿⡏⠁⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣝⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣮⡩⠶⣺⣳⣶⣿⣿⣿⡿⣯⣽⣾⡿⠛⣽⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣟⡿⣿⣿⡻⠇⠙⠀⠈⠀⠀⢪⠙⠉⠿⠟⠏⡉⠽⡵⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⠏⠐⠉⠋⠈⠉⠙⢿⡉⠻⣶⣽⡊⠁⣤⣤⣶⡿⣿⣿⣟⣯⠝⡻⣗⠀⠀⢿⣿⣶⠈⠈⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠀⠸⣿⣬⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠈⠈⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 714 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/03/23/schemes-or-scams-at-sirius/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/03/23/schemes-or-scams-at-sirius/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.23.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_Sirius_‘Open_Source’_Pensions:_Schemes_or_Scams?_Giving_a_Bad_Name_to Open_Source…⠀✐ Posted in Free/Libre_Software at 1:14 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Such behaviour stains the brand “Open Source” 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Who_is_responsible_for_demolishing_the_company?_The_CEO,_his wife,_and_the_PA.⦈_ Summary: What Sirius_‘Open_Source’ did to its staff is rightly treated as a criminal_matter; 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Money_laundering would be even worse, but we’re still looking into various allegations pertaining to privacy breaches, contract violations, and illegal contract- signing. To paraphrase the company’s own boss, “it doesn’t look good…” “This series won’t end any time soon.”We recently learned some additional disturbing things. They will be published here at a later date. The video above focuses on what was published yesterday. It’s one thing for an “Open Source” company to go out of business. To end up collapsing under a weight of abuse and even crime would hurt the image of Free software, including in the eyes of the British public sector (many of our clients were not private companies). This series won’t end any time soon. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 813 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/03/23/volunteer-at-libreplanet/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/03/23/volunteer-at-libreplanet/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.23.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Experiencing_15_Years_of_LibrePlanet_Celebration_Firsthand_as_a_Volunteer: 2023_–_Charting_the_Course⠀✐ Posted in Free/Libre_Software, FSF at 9:15 pm by Guest Editorial Team Article by Marcia K Wilbur 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇LibrePlanet_logo⦈_ Welcome from LibrePlanet_2023! This year, LibrePlanet was hybrid with on-site and online options from the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. It was a breezy and chilly weekend outside. The Boston St. Patty’s day parade was scheduled around the corner for Sunday. What a great time to be in Boston! Although I wanted to be there earlier, 9ish was time for me to come in from being out in the cold, for the 15-year celebration — Free Software Foundation’s LibrePlanet. Charting the Course was the theme. We were on board! § Event: Office party⠀➾ My intention was to attend the office party early in the evening. However, I ended up on the wrong Franklin Street and was late. As I arrived, Craig was at the front and directed me to the refreshments and a contact, Illan, who would use me if there was a need. Several people registered at the FSF offices for the conference starting the next day. The office party was a lot of mingling, talk about USENET, signal, privacy, makerspaces and much much more. The snacks were fresh and there was a variety of beverages including wine. As the office party and evening came to a close, we were so entertained with lively conversation, we did not even realize the party was ending. I always recommend this party as a great meet and greet opportunity for free software enthusiasts. Again, this was a welcoming environment with no known issues. It was a great time! § Logistics and Venue⠀➾ Parking was convenient and there was a driver with a cart to take you right to registration and the event! The venue was comfortable and the event was welcoming! Upon arrival at the convention center, a friendly security officer approached me, “Are you here for the tech event?” “YES!” He gave information about parking and the area. He mentioned the cart would be ready to take me up to the event. This was very pleasant. The cart driver was very friendly and drove right up to registration. There at registration, Craig greeted participants with a warm and welcoming smile. For this event, I was a volunteer at registration. I was glad to be there. § Hallway Track⠀➾ In between sessions and during lunch or just roaming around, we found ourselves in the hallway drinking coffee, discussing privacy, surveillance, Internet of things, AI/ML ethics, disaster recovery, and copyleft. Some discussions were about the state of healthcare, gaming and food! The hallway track was a comfortable area to freely discuss interesting topics, share stories and meet peers. Coffee was hot, always fresh and hot coffee was available throughout the entire event. All required bill of materials were available: sugar, half and half, oat milk, milk, etc. Bowls of fruit were lined up near the coffee station. The fruit was fresh and I appreciated the snack as my own snack, a yogurt from the hotel, burst in my sweater pocket during the journey! There were areas to sit, eat, converse and work on your laptop. GNU Press set up on the other side of Room 4. Past LibrePlanet swag as well as current swag was available. At any given time you could find people in legacy t-shirts (happy hacking) or FSF hoodies. Oh, volunteers were given a free t-shirt – so we match. Let’s do this! The volunteer at the shop smiled and looked in a box for the tee. The shirt was wrapped with my name printed on the label. I thought, cool. Very organized. § Registration Desk⠀➾ We sat and assisted participants, speakers and attendees. The process was efficient and smooth. “Which color lanyard?” Green = Yes, photos are ok Yellow = Ask me first, please Red = No pictures I remember this from past LibrePlanet but for some reason, assisting attendees this time, I gained a deeper appreciation of the respect for each individual’s privacy consideration. There were some familiar faces passing through registration, and a lot of new acquaintances to be made! § Safety⠀➾ During volunteer training we went over the safe_space_policy. The language seemed much better than other codes of CONduct. I saw no safety issues, I witnessed none and I felt not only safe there, but welcome! We were prepared with protocols for any potential safety issues, but I was there for the Friday party, the Saturday event and Sunday morning with 0 issues. § Big Blue Button⠀➾ We used bbb for presentations where the presenter spoke from a distance. This technology allows us to gain insight and information from all over the world. I attended the Libre Software in Africa and the JShelter presentation done in this manner. A combination of IRC and IRL questions were taken during the Q and A portion. Again, this gave ample opportunity for free communication during this hybrid event. § Some Presentations⠀➾ Opening Keynote The keynote speaker on Saturday was Erin Rose Glass. She spoke about Education and the Future of Software Freedom. Some of the topics discussed focused on data privacy, surveillance and education technology. She informed attendees about some of the darker truths to educational technology tools and companies. The presentation will be found here (soon). The speaker understood the 4 freedom factors and applied these during the talk. Spoiler alert, she asked the audience to think about the pivoting moment leading to your decision to take the free software path. The information discussed included remote proctors, turnitin tool used to check for copyright violations, and learning management tracking (SCORM and more). Having worked in the field of education and with a focus in privacy matters, I found this keynote not only informative but also inspiring! A practical demonstration of least authority services via free software Sean_O’Brien_and_Mikalai_Birukou This presentation about 3NWeb use cases including encrypted and storage is definitely worth watching for any privacy-minded individuals. Life 0.01 – Free software for the end times Kevin Shockey Kevin Shockey has insight and traveled from Puerto Rico to discuss the “survival stack”. After Hurricane Maria his efforts are focused on food shortages, disaster survival and climate. JShelter Libor Polčák JShelter presentation used Big Blue Button. Libor Polčák discussed fingerprinting prevention, limitations of rich Web APIs, and browsers. JShelter fingerprinting report and other feedback can be used by future security research. Libre Software in Africa Benson Muite Benson Muite discussed localization and the need great translation. There is a contest available here. What I gained from this presentation was a potential need for documentation efforts further using po and .pot files or some other portable object. There was much much more to be seen at the conference and the videos will soon be available here. § More Information⠀➾ From the FSF… Day 1: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/reporting-back-from-day-one-of- libreplanet-charting-the-course Day 2: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/from-freedom-trail-to-free-boot-and- free-farms-charting-the-course-at-libreplanet-day-2 List of presentations: https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/ PO-Files.html Also: Experience_the_fifteen_years_of_LibrePlanet_celebration_firsthand_as_a volunteer Survey: https://my.fsf.org/node/59/ § Conclusion⠀➾ Overall, this event is in the top 5 conferences I ever attended and, they put me to work! I truly enjoyed the relaxed and welcoming atmosphere and sincerely hope the FSF will maintain charting the course in this direction! I want to thank the staff, presenters, participants and volunteers for contributing to this event in providing an enjoyable experience! See you next year! █ “With a little perseverance you can get things done.” –Corey Hart ⣄⠀⠈⢻⣿⣷⣄⠀⠘⢿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠘⢿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠘⢿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠙⣿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣦⡀⠈⠻⣿⣷⣄ ⣿⣷⣄⠀⠙⢿⣿⣷⡄⠀⠙⢿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣦⡀⠈⠻⣿⣿⣦⡀⠈⠻⣿⣿⣆⠀⠈⠻⣿⣷⣄⠀⠈⠻⣿ ⠙⢿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⢱⣄⠀⠈ ⡀⠀⠙⠇⠀⢸⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⠿⢶⣦⠀⠀⣿⡿⠷⣶⣄⠀⢸⣿⠿⠿⠿⠀⢸⣿⠿⢶⣦⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣶⣶⡀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣧⡀⠀⠀⣿⣷⠀⢸⣿⠿⠿⠿⠀⠿⠿⣿⡿⠿⠇⠀⠸⣿⣷⣄ ⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣠⣼⠿⠀⠀⣿⣇⣀⣼⡿⠀⢸⣿⣤⣤⣤⠀⢸⣿⣀⣸⣿⠃⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⠃⢿⣧⠀⠀⢸⣿⠹⣷⣄⠀⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣤⣤⣤⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⣿ ⠙⢿⣿⡆⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⠉⠛⣷⡄⠀⣿⡟⣿⣏⠀⠀⢸⣿⠉⠉⠉⠀⢸⣿⠛⠛⠁⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣤⣼⣿⣆⠀⢸⣿⠀⠘⢿⣦⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢰⣄⠀⠈ ⡀⠀⠙⠇⠀⢸⣿⣷⣶⣶⠀⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣶⣾⠿⠃⠀⣿⡇⠈⢿⣧⠀⢸⣿⣶⣶⣶⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣶⣶⡆⣼⣿⠉⠉⠉⢹⣿⡄⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣶⣶⣶⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣷⣄ ⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢿⣿ ⠙⢿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠹⣿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠙⣿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣦⠀⠈⠻⣿⣷⣄⠀⠈⠻⣿⣷⣄⠀⠈⠻⣿⣷⣄⠀⠈⠻⣿⣷⣄⠀⠈⠻⣿⣷⣄⠀⠈⠻⣿⣷⣄⠀⠈⠻⣿⣷⣄⠀⠈⢿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠙ ⡀⠀⠙⣿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣦⡀⠈⠻⣿⣿⣦⡀⠈⠻⣿⣿⣄⠀⠈⠻⣿⣷⣄⠀⠈⠻⣿⣷⣄⠀⠈⠻⣿⣷⣄⠀⠈⠻⣿⣷⣄⠀⠈⠻⣿⣷⣄⠀⠈⠻⣿⣷⣄⠀⠈⢻⣿⣷⣄⠀⠙⢿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠙⢿⣿⣦⡀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1139 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.23.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_23/03/2023:_Sparky_2023.03_Special_Editions_and_SUSE_Changes_CEO_(Dirk- Peter_van_Leeuwen)⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 11:28 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux * Desktop_Environments/WMs o GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o GNU_Projects o Programming/Development # Python # Java # Rust * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Integrity/Availability/Authenticity # Privacy/Surveillance 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 # Patents # Software_Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Clouds_are_super_expensive [Ed: Clown computing is not "cheap" or "reliable" hosting. It's usually vendor lockin with proprietary GUIs that need training and re-training.]⠀⇛ While clouds are the natural go-to choice for an early-stage startup, staying 100% in clouds with substantial infrastructure may sink a company as it and its infrastructure grow. [...] Your CTOs and tech leaders must provide clever ways to use clouds, avoiding their typical lock-ins, so you can leave [and reduce vast amounts of infrastructure costs] whenever you may need. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ Linux_Out_Loud_55:_Kernel_Cruft⠀⇛ This week, Linux Out Loud chats about when is it time for older hardware support to go. Welcome to episode 55 of Linux Out Loud. We fired up our mics, connected those headphones as we searched the community for themes to expound upon. # ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ Linux_Action_News_285⠀⇛ Nextcloud moves to the front of the pack with their new release, a moment to appreciate curl, and Amazon goes all in with Fedora. Special Guest: Brent Gervais. o § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ NVIDIA_530.41.03_Graphics_Driver_Brings_Better Xfce_Support,_Faster_Installer⠀⇛ Highlights of NVIDIA 530.41.03 include compatibility for Linux kernels that ship with Indirect Branch Tracking (IBT) support, a feature designed to prevent an attacker from causing an indirect branch on Intel processors from going to an undesired location. It also introduces an application profile to prevent performance issues for users of the Xfce 4 desktop environment series when the OpenGL compositor backend is enabled along with G-SYNC, as well as suspend and resume support when using GSP firmware. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Jussi Pakkanen ☛ In_which_you_find_out_that_everything_you assumed_was_wrong⠀⇛ What makes debugging this issue harder is that Freetype exposes the same information multiple times. There are three or four different places where glyph advancement can be read and multiple multipliers that could potentially be used. No combination of these provides a value that would be even relatively close to the correct one. # ⚓ How_to_Make_a_Motion_Detector_with_Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛ Be it a part of a security system or to help automate your smart appliances, a smart motion detector is an indispensable piece of IoT hardware you’ll definitely want to have. # ⚓ nixCraft ☛ How_To_Install_LXD_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS_using apt/snap⠀⇛ Ubuntu 22.04 LTS comes with LXD pure-container hypervisor to run an unmodified version of Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Alpine, Arch and many other Linux distro. You can mimic AWS or different cloud instance types with LXD for testing and deployment purposes on your development machine. You can also run a GUI app such as Firefox completely isolated using LXD for security or privacy reasons. Let us see how to set up and use LXD on the Ubuntu Linux 22.04 LTS using APT or snap command. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Percona_XtraDB_Cluster_on Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛ Percona XtraDB Cluster is a fully open-source database clustering solution for MySQL. Percona XtraDB Cluster provides synchronous replication, multi-source replication, automatic node provisioning, automatic SSL encryption configuration, and optimized performance. # ⚓ Enable_CBR_“Code_Ready_Builder”_–_PowerTools_in_AlmaLinux 9⠀⇛ CentOS PowerTools is not available in RHEL 9-based systems instead its equivalent repository which is known as CRB (Code Ready Builder). In this article, we learn the commands to enable CBR in Almalinux or Rocky Linux 9. # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ ZFS_on_Linux_and_NFS(v3)_server filesystem_IDs⠀⇛ One part of a NFS filehandle is an identification of the filesystem (or more accurately the mount point) on the server. As I’ve seen recently there are various forms of (NFS) filesystem IDs, and they can even vary from client to client (although you shouldn’t normally set things up that way). However, all of this still leaves an open question for ZFS on Linux filesystems in specific, which is where does the filesystem ID come from and how can you work it out, or see if two filesystem IDs are going to remain the same so you can substitute servers without invalidating client NFS mounts. As it happens I have just worked out the answer to that question, so here it is. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ Fail2Ban_Custom_Filters:_20_Example Configurations_to_Enhance_Security⠀⇛ Fail2Ban is a popular open-source intrusion prevention software that detects and blocks malicious behavior on Linux servers. By monitoring log files, Fail2Ban can identify suspicious activities and apply predefined rules to block attackers’ IP addresses. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Shotwell_on_Fedora_Linux⠀⇛ Welcome to the world of Shotwell, an open-source photo manager and editor that has become the go-to choice for users who want to organize, edit, and share their photos with ease. With its user- friendly interface and powerful features, Shotwell has gained popularity among Linux users, especially those running Fedora Linux. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_SMPlayer_on_Fedora_Linux⠀⇛ SMPlayer is a versatile, feature-rich, user- friendly media player for Linux, Windows, and macOS systems. Built on the powerful MPlayer and MPV engines, SMPlayer offers an intuitive interface and support for a wide range of video and audio formats. # ⚓ Felix Crux ☛ It’s_worth_putting_in_the_effort_to_regularly update_dependencies⠀⇛ Whether or not to regularly spend time and effort upgrading dependencies can be a contentious topic on development teams. Advocates argue that not doing the work allows tech debt and bitrot to accumulate, while opponents accuse them of chasing new-and-shiny novelties while ignoring what’s actually valuable to the product. Despite what feels like an unending amount of time spent on the churn of upgrades, security teams still struggle to get risky old dependencies patched, and developers complain about using deprecated tools. After being burned several times by excruciatingly tedious forced upgrades of vulnerable or broken legacy codebases, I’ve come down firmly on the side of favouring frequent updates — with plenty of flexibility and some caveats. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Install_Latest_NodeJS_and_NPM_in_Linux⠀⇛ # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ How_to_create_multidomain_web applications_with_Podman_and_Nginx⠀⇛ How to create multidomain web applications with Podman and Nginx # ⚓ Kiali_Does_Not_See_istio-ingressgateway_Installed_in Separate_Kubernetes_Namespace⠀⇛ When using a Helm chart for Kiali server deployment, the default values file does not have an option to specify a different namespace for istio-ingressgateway. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ UFW:_Common_Firewall_Rules_and_Commands⠀⇛ A firewall is a security system that monitors and controls the incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predefined security rules. It is an essential component of any secure network, whether it is a personal computer or a large enterprise network. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Looping_through_the_content_of_a_file_in_Bash⠀⇛ Bash, the Bourne-Again SHell, is a popular command- line shell and scripting language that is widely used for its simplicity and ease of use. One of the most common tasks that one might need to perform using Bash is looping through the content of a file. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Create_a_Directory_If_It_Does_Not_Exist in_Linux⠀⇛ Linux is a popular operating system used by millions of users around the world. One common task when working with Linux is creating and managing directories. In this article, we will cover how to create a directory in Linux only if it does not already exist. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ OpenSSL:_Working_with_SSL_Certificates,_Private Keys_and_CSRs⠀⇛ OpenSSL is a robust, full-featured open-source toolkit that implements SSL and TLS protocols, as well as a general-purpose cryptography library. It is widely used for managing SSL/TLS certificates, private keys, and Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs) in various systems. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Deploying_Flask_Application_on_Ubuntu_ (Apache+WSGI)⠀⇛ Flask is a popular and lightweight Python web framework that enables developers to build web applications with ease. One of the key aspects of deploying a Flask application is choosing the right web server and gateway interface. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Configure_Postfix_to_Use_Gmail_SMTP_on_Ubuntu_& Debian⠀⇛ Postfix is a popular open-source mail transfer agent (MTA) used to route and deliver email on Linux systems. It provides a robust and efficient means of handling mail delivery. # ⚓ Peter_Czanik:_The_syslog-ng_Insider_2023-03:_4.1;_Homebrew; Ventura;⠀⇛ Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 108th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng- related news. # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ The_problem_RAID_faces_with discarding_blocks_on_SSDs⠀⇛ One of the things that’s good for the performance of modern SSDs is explicitly discarding unused blocks so the SSD can erase flash space in advance. My impression is that modern SSDs support this fairly well these days and people consider it relatively trustworthy, and modern filesystems can discard unused blocks periodically (Linux has fstrim, which is sometimes enabled by default). However, in some environments there’s a little fly in the ointment, and that’s RAID (whether software or ‘hardware’). # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Configure_PHP-FPM_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or 20.04⠀⇛ Configuring PHP-FPM on Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.04 is essential for optimal performance and security when using Nginx as a web server. This guide provides detailed instructions on installing, configuring, and optimizing PHP-FPM, along with some common examples and troubleshooting tips. o ⚓ YLE ☛ Rovio_still_seeking_buyer_after_ending_Playtika_talks⠀⇛ Israel-based gaming firm Playtika offered to buy Rovio for 683 million euros. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Counter-Strike_2_from_Valve_releasing Summer_2023,_Limited_Test_starts_today⠀⇛ Valve has today announced Counter-Strike 2, which will be arriving in Summer 2023 and they’ve released some details on what’s changed.  # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ GNOME_44_is_out_now_finally_adding thumbnails_to_the_file_picker⠀⇛ One thing I genuinely hated about GNOME has finally been solved with the GNOME 44 release. It includes some big improvements and new features. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Amazon_Luna_cloud_gaming_launches_in Canada,_Germany_and_the_UK⠀⇛ Amazon Luna, the cloud gaming service has finally expanded into more territories. They’re also no longer blocking Linux. * § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ o § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ GNOME ☛ Will_Thompson:_Endless_contributions_to_GNOME_44⠀⇛ The GNOME 44 release is rushing towards us like an irate pangolin! Here is a quick roundup of some of the Endless_OS_Foundation team’s contributions over its six-month development cycle. § Software As in the previous cycle, our team has been a key contributor to GNOME Software 44. Based on a very unscientific analysis of the Git commit log, about 30% of non-merge commits and 75% of merge commits to GNOME Software during this cycle came from our team. Co-maintainer Philip Withnall has continued his work to refactor Software’s internal threading model to improve its reliability. He’s also contributed a number of fixes in both GNOME Software and Flatpak to fix issues related to app updates, such as not_leaking_large_temporary directories_when_an_update_fails. Dan Nicholson fixed_an_issue_in_Flatpak which would cause Software to remove an app rather than updating it when its ID changes. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ How_SUSE_fused_a_native_Linux_OS_with Kubernetes_and_edge_capabilities⠀⇛ Enterprise solutions companies often expand by broadening their scope of capabilities. For the German-based, open-source software company SUSE Group, that expansion was turbocharged by its acquisition of Rancher Labs in 2020, in addition to its HPE platform integration. # ⚓ Search_for_packages_with_the_zypper-onlinesearch_plugin⠀⇛ Thanks to the openSUSE Build Service infrastructure, tons of free software is packaged by third part users and made available to every openSUSE user. # ⚓ Dirk-Peter_van_Leeuwen_Appointed_As_New_SUSE_CEO⠀⇛ SUSE has appointed Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen as new CEO to lead the company during its next phase of accelerated profitable growth. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Sparky GNU/Linux ☛ Sparky_2023.03_Special_Editions⠀⇛ There are new iso images of Sparky 2023.03 Special Editions out there. The March update of Sparky Special Edition iso images features Linux kernel 6.1.15 of the 6.1 LTS line, and other updated packages from Debian and Sparky testing repos as of March 21, 2023. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ A_Screenshot_Tour_&_Walkthrough_of_New_Ubuntu Installer⠀⇛ Ubuntu developers have worked on the new Rust-based Ubuntu installer for over two years. The goal was to replace the good old ubiquity installer with a modern application. The primary reason is code maintainability, while Rust provides a better alternative. However, the installer never made it to the final release until now. The new installer debuts in the Ubuntu 23.04 “Lunar Lobster” release (upcoming). In this article, we will walk you through the new Ubuntu installer “subiquity” and show you how to install Ubuntu with ease. # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Ubuntu_20.04.6_LTS_Released_to_Re-Enable Support_for_Secure_Boot_Systems⠀⇛ Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS is here as the sixth and probably the last point release to the long-term supported Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) operating system series, which Canonical pledged to support until April 2025 for regular users and until April 2030 for enterprise users who purchase the ESM (Extended Security Maintenance) package. After recent key revocations, Canonical had to release a refreshed installer media of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, namely Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS, which re-enables support for Secure Boot system and also includes all the latest security updates and bug fixes. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ With_others_in_the_dark,_Nanoleaf_lights the_way_with_Matter-certified_bulbs⠀⇛ The path to finding more Matter-certified devices is a little easier to navigate today: Nanoleaf announced three lights that work with the new smart home standard. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ $499_NVIDIA_Jetson_Orin_Nano_Developer_Kit delivers_up_to_80x_Jetson_Nano_Devkit_performance⠀⇛ NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit is an upgrade to the popular Jetson Nano Developer Kit that delivers 80 times the performance, up to 50 times the performance per watt, and gives the developers the ability to design entry-level AI-powered robots, smart drones, intelligent vision systems, and more. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Pico_Unbricks_Nintendo_Wii U⠀⇛ The Raspberry Pi Pico is proving to be the Swiss Army knife of retro modders and console restoration and this project from Voultar sees the Pico bringing a Nintendo Wii U back to life. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ XIAO_ESP32S3_is_a_tiny_ESP32-S3_WiFi_4_and BLE_5.0_module_for_IoT,_AI,_and_robotics⠀⇛ Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32S3 is the new member of the company XIAO family with an ESP32-S3 dual-core wireless microcontroller with WiFi 4 and BLE 5.0 designed for Smart Home, IoT, wearables, and Robotics applications. It succeeds the single-core ESP32-C3-based XIAO ESP32C3  board with the same form factor, but the new XIAO ESP32S3 offers more performance, vector extension for machine learning, more flash, and improved power consumption in deep sleep mode. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Best_stealth_games_on_Android_in_2023⠀⇛ # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Nexus:_A_New_Rising_Android_Banking_Trojan Targeting_450_Financial_Apps⠀⇛ # ⚓ TechRadar ☛ Gmail_is_getting_an_AI-powered_writing assistant_on_Android,_and_I’m_furious_|_TechRadar⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ OSD62x_SiP_combines_TI_AM62x_processor_with LPDDR4,_EEPROM,_PMIC,_and_passives_into_a_single_package_– CNX_Software⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Jes Olson ☛ vore:_a_new_rss_feed_reader⠀⇛ over the last few weeks i have been working on an rss/ atom feed reader. i named it vore. o ⚓ Tor ☛ New_Alpha_Release:_Tor_Browser_12.5a4_(Android,_Windows, macOS,_Linux)⠀⇛ Tor Browser 12.5a4 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This release updates Firefox 102.9.0esr, including bug fixes, stability improvements and important security updates. We also backported the Android-specific security updates from Firefox 111. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Mozilla_launches_Mozilla.ai_with_$30M in_funding_to_focus_on_‘trustworthy_AI’⠀⇛ Mozilla Corp., the company behind the Firefox browser, today announced that it’s launching a new startup focused on building “trustworthy” artificial intelligence called Mozilla.ai with $30 million in funding. The newest wave of AI has been changing the face of the internet with an explosion of popularity in what artificial intelligence can do. § GNU Projects⠀➾ * ⚓ GNU ☛ parallel_@_Savannah:_GNU_Parallel_20230322_(‘Arrest_Warrant’) released⠀⇛ GNU Parallel 20230322 (‘Arrest Warrant’) has been released. It is available for download at: lbry://@GnuParallel:4 Quote of the month:   GNU parallel is magic, half of my work uses it, to the point where they’re referenced and thanked in my thesis     — Best Catboy Key Grip @alamogordoglass@twitter New in this release: o Better support for wide characters in –latest-line. o Support for rsync 3.2.7. o Bug fixes and man page updates. News about GNU Parallel: o Analyzing multi-gigabyte JSON files locally https:// thenybble.de/posts/json-analysis/ o 5 great Perl scripts to keep in your sysadmin toolbox https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/perl-scripts GNU Parallel – For people who live life in the parallel lane. If you like GNU Parallel record a video testimonial: Say who you are, what you use GNU Parallel for, how it helps you, and what you like most about it. Include a command that uses GNU Parallel if you feel like it. § About GNU Parallel GNU Parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers. A job can be a single command or a small script that has to be run for each of the lines in the input. The typical input is a list of files, a list of hosts, a list of users, a list of URLs, or a list of tables. A job can also be a command that reads from a pipe. GNU Parallel can then split the input and pipe it into commands in parallel. If you use xargs and tee today you will find GNU Parallel very easy to use as GNU Parallel is written to have the same options as xargs. If you write loops in shell, you will find GNU Parallel may be able to replace most of the loops and make them run faster by running several jobs in parallel. GNU Parallel can even replace nested loops. GNU Parallel makes sure output from the commands is the same output as you would get had you run the commands sequentially. This makes it possible to use output from GNU Parallel as input for other programs. [...] Watch the intro video on http://www.youtube.com/ playlist?list=PL284C9FF2488BC6D1 Walk through the tutorial (man parallel_tutorial). Your command line will love you for it. When using programs that use GNU Parallel to process data for publication please cite: O. Tange (2018): GNU Parallel 2018, March 2018, https:// doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1146014. If you like GNU Parallel: o Give a demo at your local user group/team/colleagues o Post the intro videos on Reddit/Diaspora*/forums/blogs/ Identi.ca/Google+/Twitter/Facebook/Linkedin/mailing lists o Get the merchandise https://gnuparallel.threadless.com/ designs/gnu-parallel o Request or write a review for your favourite blog or magazine o Request or build a package for your favourite distribution (if it is not already there) o Invite me for your next conference If you use programs that use GNU Parallel for research: o Please cite GNU Parallel in you publications (use –citation) If GNU Parallel saves you money: o (Have your company) donate to FSF https://my.fsf.org/ donate/ § About GNU SQL GNU sql aims to give a simple, unified interface for accessing databases through all the different databases’ command line clients. So far the focus has been on giving a common way to specify login information (protocol, username, password, hostname, and port number), size (database and table size), and running queries. The database is addressed using a DBURL. If commands are left out you will get that database’s interactive shell. When using GNU SQL for a publication please cite: O. Tange (2011): GNU SQL – A Command Line Tool for Accessing Different Databases Using DBURLs, ;login: The USENIX Magazine, April 2011:29-32. § About GNU Niceloa1d GNU niceload slows down a program when the computer load average (or other system activity) is above a certain limit. When the limit is reached the program will be suspended for some time. If the limit is a soft limit the program will be allowed to run for short amounts of time before being suspended again. If the limit is a hard limit the program will only be allowed to run when the system is below the limit. § Programming/Development⠀➾ * ⚓ Phil Eaton ☛ Errors_and_Zig⠀⇛ At TigerBeetle these last few weeks I’ve been doing a mix of documenting client libraries, writing sample code for client libraries, and writing integration tests against the sample code. The client library documentation is generated with a Zig script. The sample code is integration tested with a Zig script. A bunch of Zig scripts. It’s not the same rigorous sort of Zig as the main database. (We’re generally more lax about scripts and test code.) And I’m specifically writing this post on my personal blog since my script code is not under incredible scrutiny. * ⚓ Armin Ronacher ☛ Lessons_from_a_Pessimist:_Make_Your_Pessimism Productive⠀⇛ I am absolutely convinced that it’s important to recognize the difference between a pragmatic form of pessimism and destructive pessimism. And as cheesy as it sounds, try to surround yourself with supportive individuals who can help you maintain a positive outlook and try to be that person for others. You don’t have to be an optimist for wanting to succeed! * ⚓ Burkhard Stubert ☛ Accessing_Private_Git_Repositories_from_Docker Containers⠀⇛ We keep the source code of our applications and libraries in private repositories. Quite a few SoM and terminal makers do the same with their Yocto layers and their additional software. We typically use a Docker container to build the whole embedded Linux system with Yocto. Hence, we must be able to clone and update private repositories from the container. * ⚓ Roman Kashitsyn ☛ Scaling_Rust_builds_with_Bazel⠀⇛ As of March 2023, the Internet Computer repository contains about six hundred thousand lines of Rust code. Last year, we started using Bazel as our primary build system, and we couldn’t have been happier with the switch. This article explains the motivation behind this move and the migration process details. * ⚓ Scott O’Hara ☛ Visually_hidden_content_is_a_hack_that_needs_to_be resolved,_not_enshrined⠀⇛ Often, one will need a skip to main content link on their website or web application in order to adhere to WCAG’s 2.4.1 Bypass Block. The most common way of implementing this instance of a skip link is to visually hide it until it receives keyboard focus. Because a skip link is a navigational mechanism for a sighted keyboard user, after all. So one needs to be able to see what they’ve focused to know whether or not to try and interact with it. * ⚓ Sean Conner ☛ Preloading_Lua_modules,_part_III⠀⇛ I received an email from Andy Weidenbaum today, thanking me for writing a post about embedding Lua code into an executable which helped him in his project. On the plus side, it’s nice that a post of mine was able to help him. On the non-plus side, I wrote that post ten years ago tomorrow! * ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ PHP_Arrays:_A_Beginner’s_Guide⠀⇛ PHP is a server-side scripting language that is used to develop dynamic web applications. Arrays are an essential part of PHP, and they allow developers to store and manipulate multiple values in a single variable. * ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Run_Angular_Apps_Using_Angular_CLI_and_PM2⠀⇛ Angular CLI is a command-line interface for the Angular framework, which is used to create, build and run your application locally while developing. * ⚓ Qt ☛ Shaping_the_Future_of_Digital_Experience_–_UI_Framework Performance⠀⇛ After discussing the UI_framework’s_foundational_elements, namely the set of ready-made solutions enabling rapid cross- platform development and efficient time-to-market of UI apps, we look here at what is needed to achieve the kind of smooth, seamless performance that defines the most engaging applications on the market. But let’s start with a clarification of what is a “UI app” and how it differs from other types of visual software, like video games or design authoring tools. * ⚓ WordPress ☛ Introducing_the_WordPress_Developer_Blog⠀⇛ With much activity happening in the WordPress development space every day, keeping up-to-date with the latest updates can be challenging. The new WordPress Developer Blog is a developer- focused resource to help you stay on top of the latest software features, tutorials, and learning materials relevant to the open source project. * § Python⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Convert_a_String_to_JSON_in_Python⠀⇛ In the world of programming, data transfer, and storage are crucial elements to consider. When working with data in Python, you may often need to convert strings to JSON format for easier processing and management. o ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Create_and_Read_List_in_Python⠀⇛ Python is a popular programming language with a vast range of applications, including data science, web development, and automation. One of the most basic and essential data structures in Python is the list. o ⚓ Geeks For Geeks ☛ Pneumonia_Detection_Using_CNN_in_Python⠀⇛ In this article, we will learn how to build a classifier using a simple Convolution Neural Network which can classify the images of patient’s xray… * § Java⠀➾ o ⚓ Frank Delporte ☛ Hidden_Beauties_of_Java_Enums⠀⇛ Enums are the preferred way to define fixed values you want to use in your code. They are a special type of Java class and contain a group of unchangeable variables. * § Rust⠀➾ o ⚓ Maira_Canal:_Adding_a_Timeout_feature_to_Rustgem⠀⇛ After my last blogpost, I kept developing the Rust version of the VGEM driver, also known as rustgem for now. Previously, I had developed two important features of the driver: the ability to attach a fence and the ability to signal a fence. Still one important feature is still missing: the ability to prevent hangs. Currently, if the fence is not signaled, the driver will simply hang. So, we can create a callback that signals the fence when the fence is not signaled by the user for more than 10 seconds. In order to create this callback, we need to have a Timer that will trigger it after the specified amount of time. Gladly, the Linux kernel provides us with a Timer that can be set with a callback and a timeout. But, to use it in the Rust code, we need to have a safe abstraction, that will ensure that the code is safe under some assumptions. § Leftovers⠀➾ * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ship_Owned_by_U.S._Navy_Tips_Over_at_Edinburgh_Port, Injuring Dozens⠀⇛ A research vessel once owned by the Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen and now by the U.S. Navy became dislodged while docked. The cause of the accident was under investigation. * ⚓ Positech Games ☛ Every_band_I_ever_saw_live_(I_think…)⠀⇛ I keep meaning to do this, and this blog is as good a place as any. I used to go see a lot of live music, overwhelmingly its heavy metal, but theres a lot of other stuff in there. I will probably not remember all of em, but here goes: Metal Ozzy Osborne, Judas Priest… * ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ My_professor_on_unhelpful_advice⠀⇛ I found this quote among some old notes. * ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ I_think_I_saw_myself_as_a_time-travel_tourist⠀⇛ There is no way to write this without sound ridiculous, but when has that ever stopped me? I was walking out to get lunch today, like a gentleman, when out the corner of my eye I either saw my dad, or someone strongly resembling him. Maybe my uncle flew into Sydney from Germany, and decided that Chatswood was the place to be on a hot autumn day? * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Lost_Causes⠀⇛ To work in architecture is to be perpetually tempted by nostalgia. Things just aren’t as good as they used to be. Even worse: They can’t be. This sense of terminal decline abounds inside the field, where practitioners often lament that they are not afforded as much creative freedom or professional prestige as their forebears were. It exists outside the field as well, with people often wondering why buildings today don’t look anywhere near as good as those from even a few decades ago, not to speak of those much older. “Doesn’t everything now just look kind of… bad?” these critics of contemporary architecture ask. In a recent editorial, the editors of n+1 answered with a resounding “Yes!”1 * ⚓ The Nation ☛ A_New_Continuum_of_Art_History_at_the_Carnegie International⠀⇛ At the press preview for the 58th Carnegie International—titled “Is it morning for you yet?”—I heard its curator, Sohrab Mohebbi, make an admission I don’t recall hearing from the mouth of any curator ever before. He was explaining the exhibition’s bipartite structure, the “two dialogical tracks” that he and his colleagues had contrived: a contemporary track focusing on new works, and a historical track tracing “the geopolitical imprint of the United States since 1945 to situate the ‘international’ within our local context,” as he writes in the exhibition catalog. Mohebbi, the recently appointed director of the SculptureCenter in the New York City borough of Queens, was explaining that these two parts of the show were meant to remain distinct yet intertwined. In other words, he had—like any well-trained curator today—a clearly framed rationale for the show he had planned. He explained all this, and then smiled and said, “But then the art did something else.” At that moment, I began to suspect that I was about to see an exhibition more interesting and complicated than I had bargained for, just as had apparently happened to Mohebbi himself—an exhibition that allows for an aesthetic experience more powerful than the intellectual principles under which it was organized can account for. * ⚓ 37signals LLC ☛ Angry_customers_are_a_gift⠀⇛ Thus, the only time you’re truly allowed a free peek at the naked truth of why your product or service didn’t fit, is when the customer is really upset. That’s when they might air out their frustration. * § Science⠀➾ o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ An_Ancient_Document_Breakthrough_Could_Reveal Untold_Secrets_of_the_Past⠀⇛ To restore these documents to their former glory, the approach starts by analyzing the color of the document pixel by pixel to analyze spectral differences—how the different colors respond to light— between layers of the document, such as the ink, stamps, and the paper itself. These pixels are grouped together by like colors in order to separate the different layers. Specific pixel groups, such as those corresponding to a stain, can then be targeted for extraction. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Turing_Award_Won_by_Co-Inventor_of_Ethernet Technology⠀⇛ After another engineer gave up the job, Dr. Metcalfe was asked to build a technology that could connect the desktop machines across an office and send information between them. The result was Ethernet, a computer networking technology that would one day become an industry standard. For decades, it has connected PCs to servers, printers and the internet in corporate offices and homes across the globe. For his work on Ethernet, the Association for Computing Machinery, the world’s largest society of computing professionals, announced on Wednesday that Dr. Metcalfe, 76, would receive this year’s Turing Award. Given since 1966 and often called the Nobel Prize of computing, the Turing Award comes with a $1 million prize. * § Education⠀➾ o ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Two_SACUA_seats_decided_after_election;_third requires_runoff⠀⇛ Two faculty members with backgrounds in education and engineering will soon join the executive committee of U- M’s central faculty governance system. A third will be decided in a runoff election. o ⚓ Jamie Tanna ☛ I_don’t_think_I_want_my_next_promotion_(yet)⠀⇛ With the news that Deliveroo are making 9% of the company redundant, of which all Senior Software Engineers are “at risk” of redundancies, I’ve been considering where I am and where I want to be going in my career regardless of whether I’m made redundant. I’ll be finding out in the next few minutes(!!!!) as to whether my role is going to be made redundant (update: I am not being made redundant), but that doesn’t mean that I necessarily need to wait until then to decide a few things. I’m using this post as a way to get my ADHD brain in check and work through the thoughts I’ve got, putting proverbial pen to paper to talk through it, and collating thoughts that I’ve been having over the last 6 months or so. Off the back of the performance review cycle earlier this year, I’d been discussing with my manager my stretching up to Staff Engineer, and the gaps I had to work on that would give me the capabilities to be able to get there. o ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Danish_school-leaver_test_should_no_longer include_assessment_of_social_and_personal_skills_–_minister⠀⇛ Close to 2,000 children fall through the net every year after they are told they’re not ready for further education due to their attitude * § Hardware⠀➾ o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ MeLE_Quieter2D_ultrathin_fanless_mini_PC_is_now available_without_an_operating_system⠀⇛ Barring barebone models, most mini PCs sell with Windows 10 or Windows 11 pre-installed, and that’s not ideal for people wanting to run Linux only since they also pay extra for the license of an operating system they are not going to use. But MeLE is now selling the Quieter2D mini PC with an Intel Celeron N4000 dual-core processor, 4GB RAM, and 64GB or 128GB eMMC storage for $139.99 and up without an operating system or a Windows key. o ⚓ Daniel Lemire ☛ Counting_cycles_and_instructions_on_ARM-based Apple_systems⠀⇛ In my blog post Counting cycles and instructions on the Apple M1 processor, I showed how we could have access to “performance counters” to count how many cycles and instructions a given piece of code took on ARM-based mac systems. At the time, we only had access to one Apple processor, the remarkable M1. Shortly after, Apple came out with other ARM-based processors and my current laptop runs on the M2 processor. Sadly, my original code only works for the M1 processor. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Optimize_Your_Paper_Planes_With_This_Cardboard_Wind Tunnel⠀⇛ We at Hackaday are great fans of hands-on classroom projects promoting science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects – after all, inspiring kids with technology at a young age will help ensure a new generation of hardware hackers in the future. If you’re looking for an interesting project to keep a full classroom busy, have a look at [drdonh]’s latest project: a fully-functional wind tunnel made from simple materials. o ⚓ Jeff Geerling ☛ TV_for_one_million:_Exploring_KSDK’s_broadcast tower⠀⇛ On our tour, we explored over 75 years of television broadcast history, seeing how things transitioned from thousands of volts down to hundreds, and from analog audio and video to all-digital. o ⚓ [Old] Tom’s Hardware ☛ Alum_Kills_Over_$58,000_in_PC_Gear_With ‘USB_Killer’_Device⠀⇛ Destroying those devices with a baseball bat might have been more satisfying, but the USB Killer was almost certainly more efficient. The device works by telling a connected system to rapidly charge and discharge its on- board capacitors until the electrical system is fried. USB Killer devices aren’t that hard to find either, with a quick search returning sites devoted to the devices as well as kits available on Amazon. They’re cheap, too. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Commodore_64_Reports_The_News⠀⇛ In the late 80s and into the 90s, [Cameron Kaiser] aka [ClassicHasClass] was an aspiring journalist, first becoming interested in the career in elementary school and then working on various publications into university. At some point, he started using a piece of software for laying out newspapers called The Newsroom which, he admits, was lacking a lot of tools that would have been modern even for the time, but had an otherwise agreeable price tag thanks to its focus more on home desktop publishing and newsletter production than on full-scale newspaper operations. It did have one interesting feature that he never could figure out, though, at least until he went back and pieced this mystery together. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Glove80_Keyboard_Sure_Fits_Like_One⠀⇛ If you’re what one might call unlucky, there comes a point in your life when you need to switch to a keyboard that’s more ergonomic than your average rectangle. A little prevention goes a long way, though, and there’s no time like the present to go ergo. Why not? You have everything to gain, from long-lasting comfort to satisfying key presses. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Vintage_Tektronix_Virtual_Graticule⠀⇛ Oscilloscopes are great for measuring the time and voltage information of a signal. Some old scopes don’t have much in the way of markings on the CRT, although eventually, we started seeing scales that allowed you to count squares easily. Early scopes had marks on the glass or plastic over the CRT, but as [Vintage TEK Museum] points out, this meant for best accuracy, you had to look directly at the CRT. If you were at an angle horizontally or vertically, the position of the trace would appear to move concerning the lines on the screen. You can see the effect in the video below. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Combining_Acoustic_Bioprinting_With_Raman_Spectroscopy For_High-Throughput_Identification_Of_Bacteria⠀⇛ Rapidly analyzing samples for the presence of bacteria and similar organic structures is generally quite a time- intensive process, with often the requirement of a cell culture being developed. Proposed by Fareeha Safir and colleagues in Nano Letters is a method to use an acoustic droplet printer combined with Raman spectroscopy. Advantages of this method are a high throughput, which could make analysis of samples at sewage installations, hospitals and laboratories significantly faster. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Homebrew_Tire_Inflator_Pushes_The_Limits_Of_PVC Construction⠀⇛ Let’s just clear something up right from the start with this one: there’s literally no reason to build your own tire inflator from scratch, especially when you can buy a perfectly serviceable one for not a lot of money. But that’s missing the point of this build entirely, and thinking that way risks passing up yet another fascinating build from PVC virtuoso [Vang Hà], which would be a shame * § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Stores_in_Japan_cash_in_on_a_sakura_viewing season_without_Covid-19_restrictions⠀⇛ Retailers are welcoming the first sakura season without pandemic safety measures since 2019. o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ NYT_Trashes_Trumpers_for_Leaving_Us_Less_Prepared for_Next_Pandemic_But_Not_Drug_Companies⠀⇛ o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Idaho_Hospital_Ends_All_Labor_and_Delivery_Care, Citing_Abortion_Ban⠀⇛ Rural areas in the U.S. have faced a decline in hospitals that provide obstetric services for years, and the fate of one hospital in northern Idaho suggests that abortion bans could worsen the trend. o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Why_We_Can’t_Just_Do_It:_The_Truth_About_Our Failure_to_Curb_Carbon_Emissions⠀⇛ We all know what needs to be done: reduce carbon emissions. But so far, we members of global humanity just haven’t been able to turn the tide. The latest IPCC report documents that carbon emissions are still increasing, despite all the promises and efforts of the past few decades. The report tells us there’s only a narrow (and rapidly shrinking) pathway to averting climate catastrophe. That path requires us to cut emissions 50 percent by 2030, and to reach net zero emissions by 2050. So far, we’re going in the opposite direction. o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Shocking_and_Immoral’:_Report_Details_Private Equity’s_Stranglehold_on_US_Healthcare⠀⇛ Private equity’s ownership of U.S. healthcare providers is incompatible with the needs and best interests of patients and should be checked with federal legislation, according to a report published Wednesday by the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen. o ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ NIH_Study:_U.S._Stillbirth_Rate_“Unacceptably High”⠀⇛ Federal officials have released a bleak assessment of the country’s progress in understanding and preventing stillbirths, calling the rate “unacceptably high” and issuing a series of recommendations to reduce it through research and prevention. The National Institutes of Health report, titled “Working to Address the Tragedy of Stillbirth,” mirrored findings of an investigation by ProPublica last year into the U.S. stillbirth crisis, in which more than 20,000 pregnancies every year are lost at 20 weeks or more and the expected baby is born dead. o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Enlisting_Students_in_the_Fight_for_Healthier Online_Public_Spaces⠀⇛ There has been a sea change in how we view our broken digital public spaces. We now understand that the intentional design practices of large tech companies are amplifying misinformation and vitriol to keep us engaged and online to increase their advertising revenues. A Seattle school district recently filed suit against Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, TikTok and Google claiming that they deliberately addict children to their platforms and serve up harmful content and misinformation that encourages anxiety, depression, eating disorders, cyberbullying and self-harm. Hundreds of families have also filed individual lawsuits alleging harm. Legal analysts are comparing these early cases to ones filed against Big Tobacco, and more recently, Big Pharma. o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Beethoven’s_DNA_Has_Been_Analyzed_After_200 Years_From_Locks_of_Hair⠀⇛ A new study analyzed the famous composer’s genes to get a better understanding of the health problems that plagued him. o ⚓ YLE ☛ Epilepsy_drug_shortage_spurs_buying_limit⠀⇛ The tranquilizer, marketed in Finland as Rivatril, is used to treat a range of disorders but is also sold as a street drug. * § Proprietary⠀➾ o ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Google_Bard_Plagiarized_Our_Article,_Then Apologized_When_Caught⠀⇛ When I asked Google’s bot to compare two recent CPUs, it took data directly from a Tom’s Hardware article without attribution. o ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ ChatGPT_Privacy_Flaw⠀⇛ OpenAI has disabled ChatGPT’s privacy history, almost certainly because they had a security flaw where users were seeing each others’ histories. o ⚓ Niels Provos ☛ Comparing_the_quality_of_ChatGPT-4_and_Bard⠀⇛ Discover the key differences between Google’s LLM, Bard, and OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 in terms of content generation and natural language comprehension. o ⚓ Teleport ☛ Going_Beyond_Network_Perimeter_Security_by_Adopting Device_Trust⠀⇛ Armed with Secure Enclave private keys, we now have the means to verify device identity. Let’s see how Teleport leverages that to put together a device trust system, starting with the next component: the device inventory. The device inventory is the list of devices allowed to access sensitive resources. It contains information about known devices, along with their current standing and useful metadata. A device present in the inventory is registered in the system, known but not yet trusted. * § Security⠀➾ o ⚓ Nessus_vs._Nmap_Vulnerability_Scans:_Which_is_Best_for_You?⠀⇛ Nessus and Nmap are both well-respected vulnerability scanning solutions. These highly specialized software tools can proactively scan your business environment and also identify and address security vulnerabilities.  Nessus is developed by Tenable and offers visibility into your internet-connected attack surface. Nmap, or Network Mapper, is also widely used for network discovery and security auditing. o ⚓ Purism ☛ Bootstrapping_Trust_with_Anti-Interdiction⠀⇛ How do you bootstrap trust when you have to order a trusted computer from an untrusted one? One way is with our anti-interdiction services and in this article I will talk through how that works. There are many different reasons why customers add our anti-interdiction services to their phone or laptop orders. When you sign up for anti-interdiction, I work with you personally to identify your threats and talk you through the different measures we can put in place. As a result I have seen a full spectrum of reasons for anti- interdiction. Some (arguably most) customers aren’t facing a particular threat, but instead just want some peace of mind that their device hasn’t been tampered with in shipping so they can start with a clean, secure computer. On the other end of the spectrum are customers who have past experience with tampering and reason to believe that their new computer will be tampered with in transit either by local governments, couriers, neighbors, stalkers, or even family members. Yet one of the most challenging threat models is when a customer has reason to believe their current computer, email, and other devices are compromised. Even more challenging, their devices have been compromised by someone with some level of physical access, whether as a family member, an abusive ex, or a stalker. Interdiction is a real concern, and they are ordering Purism devices so they can start with a clean slate. o ⚓ Neowin ☛ Google_discloses_CentOS_Linux_kernel_vulnerabilities following_failure_to_issue_timely_fixes_–_Neowin⠀⇛ Google’s Project Zero security team has publicly disclosed multiple flaws in certain Linux kernels and distros following Red Hat’s inability to fix them within the 90-day deadline assigned by Google. o § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ NPR ☛ That_panicky_call_from_a_relative?_It_could_be_a thief_using_a_voice_clone,_FTC_warns⠀⇛ “All [the scammer] needs is a short audio clip of your family member’s voice — which he could get from content posted online — and a voice-cloning program,” the commission warned. “When the scammer calls you, he’ll sound just like your loved one.” The FTC suggests that if someone who sounds like a friend or relative asks for money — particularly if they want to be paid via a wire transfer, cryptocurrency or a gift card — you should hang up and call the person directly to verify their story. o § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Online_Facial_Recognition_Service_Caught Cruising_Through_Graveyards_To_Fill_Its_Database⠀⇛ Not literally, of course. Let’s get that out of the way. The company was not sending people out to dig up bodies to take photos to add to its facial recognition database. I mean, how would that even work. Not only that, but very few desiccated corpses utilize subscription-based facial recognition services. It’s not a workable business model. # ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Glitchy_ICE_App_Jeopardizes_Immigrants, Raises_Privacy_Concerns_–_Validated_Independent_News⠀⇛ ICE’s SmartLINK monitors immigrants on conditional release by using geolocation and voice and facial recognition to perform weekly check-ins. However, the app has been known to be glitchy, sometimes failing to detect the user’s voice or upload photos. This has contributed to immigrants’ feelings of anxiety and stress. Furthermore, the app can impede the ability of immigrants to get and keep a job. A May 2022 report commissioned by thirteen immigrant rights organizations concluded, “SmartLINK poses heightened surveillance, data collection and human rights threats,” and it “causes deep anxiety about ICE’s access to personal lives and a constant sense of being watched.” Reporting from Documented NY and The Markup stated, “some users even said that the psychological toll of living with the SmartLINK app was comparable to that of ankle monitors.” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ From_Balloons_to_AUKUS:_The_War_Drive Against_China⠀⇛ When will this hate-filled nonsense stop?  Surveillance balloons treated like evocations of Satan and his card-carrying followers; other innumerable unidentified phenomena that, nonetheless, remain attributable in origin, despite their designation; and then the issue of spying cranes.  In the meantime, there has been much finger pointing on the culprit of COVID-19 and the global pandemic.  Behold the China Threat, the Sino Monster, the Yellow Terror. In this atmosphere, the hawkish disposition of media outlets in a number of countries in shrieking for war is becoming palpable.  The Fairfax press in Australia gave a less than admirable example of this in their absurd Red Alert series, crowned by crowing warmongers warning Australia to get ready for the imminent confrontation.  The publications were timed to soften the public for the inevitable, scandalous and possibly even treasonous announcement that the Australian government would be spending A$368 billion in local currency on needless submarines against a garishly dressed-up threat backed by ill-motivated allies. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Hiding_behind_MASQUEs⠀⇛ The IETF responded to these Snowden disclosures with RFC 7258, ‘Pervasive Monitoring is an Attack’, published in May 2014. The document outlined an IETF intention to mitigate pervasive monitoring through deliberate actions in protocol design that were intended to make it far harder to undertake pervasive monitoring. This call for better protection of application and user data in network protocols was not an isolated cry of anguish from the geeks at the IETF! This perspective resonated with many parts of the content and application industry, who had similar concerns, probably for slightly different reasons. Advertising plays a large role in funding the provision of these services, and advertising programs are based on the knowledge of the user. Allowing this data about users and their usage to leak in unconstrained ways exposes one of the critical assets of any advertising platform to potential competitors. Taking measures to occlude various network transactions from external inspection resonated strongly with this content sector. # ⚓ Remy Van Elst ☛ Site_update,_cookie_consent_popup_(for_a static_site)⠀⇛ This is a static site, meaning that there is no server-side language like PHP or Ruby or Python involved, just plain old HTML files. I write my articles in markdown and have a custom static site generator that I wrote in python that turns those markdown articles into this beautiful site. # ⚓ Patrick Breyer ☛ Leak_on_Data_Retention:_What_are_the_EU Governments_planning_for_2023?⠀⇛ At the end of November 2022, the »Working Party on Cooperation in Criminal Matters (COPEN)« of the Council of the European Union met for an informal video conference. They discussed i.a.­ the retention of citizens’ communication data and other surveillance-related issues. Now German investigative journalist Andre Meister has published the documents (Mastodon/Twitter). In addition to the protocol of the meeting, the documents contain presentations by Belgium, Germany, Ireland and Portugal on the recent rulings of the EU Court of Justice and on national legislation. # ⚓ [Old] HTML.com ☛ Are_You_Using_Cookies?_Then_This_Ultimate Guide_Is_For_You⠀⇛ Cookies, or, to give them their formal name, HTTP cookies, are text files made up of tiny bits of data, which are stored on a web browser. These tiny bits of data are used by websites to track a user’s journey, enabling them to offer features that are specific to each individual user. Because of this, cookies are at the heart of a website’s functionality. For example, they can be used for shopping carts on e-commerce sites. On the one hand, cookies are integral to the way the internet works, but they’re also a cause for concern when it comes to security and privacy risks. However, by understanding how cookies work, both day-to-day users and developers can protect themselves from the negative aspects of these tiny bits of data. # ⚓ Austin Gil ☛ File_Uploads_for_the_Web_(2):_Upload_Files with_JavaScript⠀⇛ This is the second post in a series about uploading files for the web. In this post, we use JavaScript to create the file upload request. # ⚓ NYOB ☛ Political_microtargeting_on_Facebook:_an_election promise_just_for_you!⠀⇛ Today, noyb filed a series of complaints against several German political parties. The parties had used microtargeting on Facebook during the 2021 federal election to identify potential voters and target them with personalized election promises. However, political opinions are particularly protected under the GDPR, which makes the parties’ practices unlawful and a threat to democracy and to the privacy of voters. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ CBP_Adding_To_Its_Border_Surveillance_Arsenal With_The_Help_Of_The_Creator_Of_The_Oculus_Rift⠀⇛ There are plenty of reasons to be concerned about Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) pretty much unregulated use of surveillance technology. Courts have given considerable leeway to border agencies, reasoning that national security concerns outweigh the countless violations of constitutional rights. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Fitbit_Users_Still_Pissed_At_Google_For_Outages And_Making_Everything_Subscription_Based⠀⇛ Given Wall Street’s insatiable demand for improved quarterly returns at any cost, a growing number of companies seem intent on nickel-and-diming once happy customers into oblivion. For many companies, that means taking a feature that was free or already paid for as part of the device’s retail price, then shoving it into a subscription tier (see: BMW’s plan to make heated seats a luxury subscription service). # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Smart_Occupancy_Sensor_Knows_All⠀⇛ In the last few decades, building engineers and architects have made tremendous strides in improving the efficiency of various buildings and the devices that keep them safe and comfortable to live in. The addition of new technology like heat pumps is a major factor, as well as improvements on existing things like insulation methods and building materials. But after the low-hanging fruit is picked, technology like this smart occupancy sensor created by [Sina Moshksar] might be necessary to help drive further efficiency gains. # ⚓ Shadowproof ☛ [LIVE_PANEL]_Targeted_by_Surveillance:_Julian Assange,_WikiLeaks_&_Networked_Repression⠀⇛ Originally published at Disruption Lab Saturday, March 25 – 7pm CET (2pm ET) # ⚓ Privacy International ☛ Our_final_report_on_Kenya’s_2022 election_in_collaboration_with_The_Carter_Center_Election Expert_Mission⠀⇛ * § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ o ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Andrew_Bacevich_on_China’s_Rise_as_Global Superpower_&_Decline_of_U.S._Empire_After_Iraq_Invasion⠀⇛ Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have declared a “new era” in Chinese- Russian relations after meeting in Moscow earlier this week. The two leaders reportedly discussed China’s 12- point proposal to end the war in Ukraine, with Putin stating that China’s plan could be the basis for a peace agreement. Though he has not yet met with Xi himself, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has recently also expressed a willingness to consider China’s peace plan. For more, we speak to Andrew Bacevich, co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, about the rise of China, as well as the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Bacevich is professor emeritus of international relations and history at Boston University and the author of On Shedding an Obsolete Past: Bidding Farewell to the American Century. o ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Terry_Lloyd_killing_20_years_on:_‘Everything_has changed_and_yet_nothing_has_changed’⠀⇛ Tim Singleton remembers working with ITN correspondent Terry Lloyd, who was killed in Iraq 20 years ago. o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Australia,_China_military_officials_break ice_for_talks⠀⇛ Australian and Chinese military officials have held security talks for the first time in about four years as Canberra works to defrost its relationship with Beijing.  Australian Defence Force officials hosted a delegation from the People’s Liberation Army in Canberra for a half- day meeting on Wednesday. o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Russia_Appears_to_Be_Deploying_75-Year-Old Tanks_to_Ukraine⠀⇛ Open-source intelligence groups say the T-54, a tank built in the 1940s, is being shipped to the front. o ⚓ Meduza ☛ As_modern_tanks_start_arriving_in_Ukraine,_Russia_is pulling_more_Soviet-era_tanks_out_of_storage_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Open-source intelligence researchers at the Conflict Intelligence Team report that the Russian military has started removing from storage Soviet-era T-54 and T-55 tanks. CIT has tracked a convoy of the ancient war machines moving westward from the Primorsky Territory in Russia’s Far East. CIT previously monitored satellite imagery showing the transfer of Soviet-era T-62 tanks from the same storage reserve. o ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Like_a_slap_in_the_face’:_How_the_ICC’s_arrest_warrant for_Putin_left_Russia’s_top_officials_shaken_—_Meduza⠀⇛ o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Who_Gets_to_Speak_Out_About_Nukes?⠀⇛ If you are not a fan of English soccer (football), you might not have been following the brouhaha over comments made recently by Gary Lineker, one of the UK’s most well known — and arguably well respected — former England football stars. You might also be wondering why I am writing about it here. Hold that thought. o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Second_U.S._Citizen_Headed_to_German_Prison_for Anti-Nuclear_Weapons_Actions⠀⇛ While dread of nuclear war between Russia and NATO states over Ukraine have reached new heights, especially in Europe, a second U.S. citizen has been ordered to serve prison time in Germany for protest actions demanding that U.S. nuclear bombs stationed at Germany’s Büchel NATO base, southeast of Cologne, be withdrawn. Dennis DuVall, 81, member of Veterans for Peace, U.S. Air Force veteran of the war in Vietnam, and veteran anti- nuclear activist, is to report to the federal prison in Bautzen, Germany, 32 miles east of Dresden (JVA Bautzen, Breitscheid Str. 4, 02625 Bautzen, Germany), on Thursday March 23 to begin a 60-day sentence. o ⚓ Meduza ☛ The_‘cannon_fodder’:_advantage_Why_Wagner_Group_is_more effective_on_the_battlefield_than_the_Russian_military_—_Meduza⠀⇛ o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_children’s_rights_commissioner_says_ICC_war- crime_allegations_are_too_vague_to_verify_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russian Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova complained in a Telegram post on Wednesday that the arrest warrants issued last week by the International Criminal Court fail to specify the crimes allegedly committed by her and President Putin against Ukrainian children. Lvova-Belova says it’s impossible to verify the ICC’s accusations because the court’s public statements do not identify the supposed victims by name or address. o ⚓ TruthOut ☛ The_US_Owes_Iraq_“Just_Compensation,”_Says_Founder_of Muslim_Peacemakers_Group⠀⇛ o ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ The_U.S._Owes_Iraq_“Just_Compensation”:_Muslim Peacemaker_Sami_Rasouli_on_2003_Invasion_&_Aftermath⠀⇛ As we continue to look back on the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, we’re joined by Sami Rasouli, an Iraqi native who immigrated to the United States over 35 years ago and became a successful restaurateur and beloved member of the community in Minneapolis. After the U.S. invasion of his home country in 2003, he moved back to Iraq, where he founded the Muslim Peacemakers, a group that works to promote and practice nonviolent conflict resolution and intervention. Rasouli also founded the American Institute for English in Najaf, which was destroyed by a 2020 bombing. He is working on starting a new organization called the American-Iraqi Peace Initiative and currently resides in the U.S. with his family. The war in Iraq has “left scars and a visible legacy” among Iraqis, says Rasouli, who calls for “a just compensation” in the aftermath of the U.S. occupation. o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Bosnian_Serb_leader_about_Szijjártó:_‘He_is_a pleasant,_well-meaning_person,_unlike_the_Americans,_who_are arrogant’⠀⇛ o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ The_latest_round_of_the_Pressman-Szijjártó messaging⠀⇛ o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Iraq_War_failures_color_Biden_policy_on_Ukraine⠀⇛ The multiple ways in which America’s war in Iraq went wrong have cast a long shadow ever since over the making of U.S. foreign policy. It is visible today in Ukraine. o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Hungarian_Football_Federation_responds_to_UEFA: There_is_no_controversy_over_the_historic_symbols⠀⇛ o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ UEFA:_We_have_not_permitted_the_use_of_Greater Hungary_symbols_at_football_matches⠀⇛ o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Romanian_Football_Federation:_UEFA_has_not permitted_Greater_Hungary_symbols_at_football_matches⠀⇛ o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ US_State_Deparment_report_claims_there_are serious_human_rights_issues_in_Hungary⠀⇛ o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Russians_demand_their_money_in_Hungary’s controversial_golden_visa_scheme⠀⇛ o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Reservation_Iraq⠀⇛ o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Selling_the_Iraq_War:_a_How-to_Guide⠀⇛ The war on Iraq won’t be remembered for how it was waged so much as for how it was sold. It was a propaganda war, a war of perception management, where loaded phrases, such as “weapons of mass destruction” and “rogue state” were hurled like precision weapons at the target audience: us. To understand the Iraq war you don’t need to consult generals, but the spin doctors and PR flacks who stage- managed the countdown to war from the murky corridors of Washington where politics, corporate spin and psy-ops spooks cohabit. o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Great_Land_Grab:_Indian_Occupied_Kashmir⠀⇛ India basically confiscated Jammu and Kashmir in August of 2019.  This is not to minimize in any way the suffering that the people of Jammu and Kashmir experienced under seven decades of Indian oppression. In October of 2019, India enacted new laws, and amended others, that allowed Indian nationals to purchase land in Kashmir. The purpose of this, of course, it to change the demographic composition of Kashmir and reduce the majority Muslim population to an oppressed minority. There are many things we must consider today, including the crime of land theft, and what that means for the people of Kashmir. o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Maria_Pevchikh_named_chairwoman_of_Anti-Corruption Foundation_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Maria Pevchikh has been appointed the new chairwoman of the board of directors of the international Anti- Corruption Foundation (ACF), according to a series of posts on Alexey Navalny’s social media accounts. o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Russia_and_China_Summit:_The_Reconfiguration_of World_Power⠀⇛ The three day Moscow summit signals China and Russia’s commitment to each other and the vision of a new multipolar world. o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Seymour_Hersh_Accuses_US _of_‘Cover_Up’_Over_Nord Stream_Sabotage⠀⇛ In a follow-up to his explosive story accusing U.S. President Joe Biden of ordering the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines, veteran U.S. journalist Seymour Hersh charged Wednesday that the White House—in collaboration with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz—is attempting a “cover-up of its operation” by “feeding” false alternative narratives to the press, most prominently The New York Times. o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Seymour_Hersh:_The_Cover-Up⠀⇛ The Biden Administration continues to conceal its responsibility for the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines. o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ UK_to_Give_Ukraine_Depleted_Uranium_Shells_Despite Russian_Warning⠀⇛ Russia’s defense minister says the move brings the world closer to a ‘nuclear collision,’ Putin vows to respond. o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Tell-tale_signs_While_keeping_the_Russian_forces_at_bay in_Bakhmut_and_Avdiivka,_the_Ukrainian_army_is_gathering_strength for_a_major_reversal._Our_updated_combat_map_tracks_the_evidence_of Ukraine’s_incipient_counteroffensive._—_Meduza⠀⇛ Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Meduza has adopted a consistent antiwar position, holding Russia responsible for its military aggression and atrocities. As part of this commitment, we regularly update an interactive map that documents combat operations in Ukraine and the damage inflicted by Russia’s invasion forces. Our map is based exclusively on previously published open-source photos and videos, most of them posted by eyewitnesses on social media. We collect reports already available publicly and determine their geolocation markers, adding only the photos and videos that clear this process. o ⚓ Meduza ☛ $650_per_kilometer:_Russia_offers_incentives_to_recruits ready_to_join_assault_units_and_advance_frontline_in_Ukraine_— Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian military is offering sign-up incentives to those willing to join as contract servicemen. Over the last week, contract service was advertised all across the local media and city websites around Russia. o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ A_Confederate_spy_plots_to_build_the_South’s_navy with_England’s_help⠀⇛ “The Lion and the Fox” tells the history of a Confederate sympathizer dispatched to England to secretly build a fleet of ships, and the U.S. consul in Liverpool who was determined to stop him. o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Has_war_in_Ukraine_sealed_the_bond_between_Russia and_China?⠀⇛ Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin’s summit in Moscow was nominally meant to be about bringing peace to Ukraine. But it appears to have strengthened the countries’ partnership against the West. o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_denounces_Aukus_submarine_deal_in_new broadside⠀⇛ China published its criticism during President Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to Moscow. o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Analysis:_China’s_Sway_Over_Russia Grows_Amid_Ukraine_Fight⠀⇛ At one point during this week’s Kremlin meetings, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Russian President Vladimir Putin that they were driving global changes unseen in more than a century o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ World_Bank_Puts_Cost_of_Rebuilding Ukraine_at_$411_Billion⠀⇛ A new World Bank report puts the cost of Ukraine’s recovery and rebuilding from Russia’s invasion at $411 billion over the next decade o ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_Is_the_Northern_Ireland_Protocol?_The Brexit_Deal_Changes,_Explained⠀⇛ Britain and the European Union have long clashed over post-Brexit rules known as the Northern Ireland protocol. Here’s how their renegotiated agreement, the Windsor Framework, will work. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.K._Lawmakers_Approve_Stormont_Brake_in Northern_Ireland_Brexit_Deal⠀⇛ An important element of the agreement known as the Windsor Framework, a Brexit provision negotiated with the European Union, was roundly endorsed in the British Parliament. o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Navy_helicopter_crashes_into_ocean_off_NSW⠀⇛ A navy helicopter has plummeted into the ocean off the coast of Jervis Bay with ten people on board. o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Cebu_Pacific_flight_bound_for_Singapore_makes emergency_landing_at_Kota_Kinabalu_airport⠀⇛ The plane was scheduled to land in Singapore later on Wednesday night. o ⚓ NPR ☛ The_U.S._is_threatening_to_ban_TikTok?_Good_luck⠀⇛ Any potential ban of the app wouldn’t just be a regulatory or legal battle. It would have to reckon with how American culture has become significantly altered and intertwined with the foreign-owned app. Like it or not, TikTok is setting the discourse on beauty standards, cultural appropriation, finances, privacy and parenting, and impacting consumption habits from books to music, boosting small businesses and keeping users privy to avian illness drama. o ⚓ FAIR ☛ 20_Years_Later,_NYT_Still_Can’t_Face_Its_Iraq_War_Shame⠀⇛ On the 20th anniversary of the US- and British-led invasion of Iraq, the New York Times continued to dedicate itself to a waffling narrative, one that writes out most of history and opts for a message of “it’s complicated” to discuss the disaster it can’t admit that it helped create. o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Is_the_US_Flirting_With_Nuclear_War?⠀⇛ Bosley Crowther, chief film critic for The New York Times, didn’t quite know what to make of Dr. Strangelove at the time of its release in January 1964. Stanley Kubrick’s dark anti-war satire was “beyond any question the most shattering sick joke I’ve ever come across,” he wrote. But if the film had its hilarious moments, Crowther found its overall effect distinctly unnerving. What exactly was Kubrick’s point? “When virtually everybody turns up stupid or insane—or, what is worse, psychopathic—I want to know what this picture proves.” o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Homeless_Homicides_Are_On_the_Rise⠀⇛ o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Leaked_government_reports_shed_light_on_political protest_in_Russia_—_Meduza⠀⇛ While analyzing the massive data leak from the Russian censorship agency Roskomnadzor, the investigative journalism project iStories discovered that the state censor has been compiling internal reports on protest incidents across Russia. * § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ o ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ IPSO_chief:_‘I_would_feel_like_a_bit_of_a_muppet’ saying_I_trust_the_whole_media⠀⇛ Charlotte Dewar also fielded criticism about how IPSO deals with “discriminatory” coverage against groups. o ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ How_publishers_have_been_squeezed_out_of_Google top_stories_and_what_they_can_do_about_it⠀⇛ Data suggests publishers are losing in search – but there are still wins to be had. o ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Stop_believing_every_statistic_you_hear⠀⇛ Seventy-three percent of all statistics are made up. That statistic is completely made up — ironic, right? You wouldn’t have even known if I hadn’t told you (unless you clicked on the link). But did you? Did you believe this random statistic, colored in gray and underlined? * § Environment⠀➾ o ⚓ The Revelator ☛ ‘What_Really_Keeps_Me_Up_at_Night’:_A_Climate Scientist’s_Call_to_Action⠀⇛ o ⚓ The Nation ☛ When_It_Comes_to_Climate_Solutions,_Technical_Fixes Aren’t_Enough⠀⇛ When it comes to climate change, tipping points are typically a bad thing. They refer to a threshold at which irreversible, self-perpetuating, and catastrophic environmental changes—often referred to as feedback loops—will ensue. For example, in the Amazon, deforestation threatens to set off a chain of processes in which the rain forest emits more carbon than it’s able to absorb. o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Our_Nation_Must_Enlist_Youth_on_Mass_Scale_to Battle_Climate_Emergency⠀⇛ Most young people know—and as driven home yet again by Monday’s IPCC report—the climate crisis is coming for them. o ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Pesticide_Giant_Criticised_for_‘Greenwashing’ Partnership_with_French_Influencer⠀⇛ Bayer, the world’s second largest crop chemicals company, sponsored a French influencer to create and share pro- pesticides content with over 300,000 followers on her Instagram account, an investigation has revealed. Jenny Letellier – one of France’s biggest YouTubers with nearly 4 million subscribers – has come under fire for the sponsored content, which was broadcasted via a series of videos from France’s leading agriculture fair last month. This content was produced in conjunction with Morgan Niquet, a YouTuber with 1.3 million subscribers. o § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Denmark_saved_big_on_gas_this_winter⠀⇛ Despite this winter being colder than last year, natural gas consumption was down by 24 percent  # ⚓ Interesting Engineering ☛ Italian_electric_motorcycle_maker to_integrate_its_tech_into_aviation⠀⇛ General Manager of Energica Inside, Carlo Iacovini, said, “Aviation has been at the forefront of innovation in the transport sector, and EV technologies are entering into the equation of product development. We have started different programs with partners around the globe to learn together and fast the time to market of our solutions”. # ⚓ Renewable Energy World ☛ New_label_to_designate_solar modules_made_with_less_carbon⠀⇛ Buyers of solar modules will soon have an easier time selecting modules produced with lower levels of embodied carbon. Most of the world’s solar modules are produced in Southeast Asia and China, where the carbon intensity of crystalline silicon module production is more_than_twice that of a module manufactured in the U.S., according to the International Energy Agency. # ⚓ Interesting Engineering ☛ Researchers_successfully_tested_a passenger_hybrid-electric_plane⠀⇛ Researchers at the University of Arkansas have been working on a challenging project to design and create battery-powered motor drives that can be used in place of one of the gas-powered engines for a number of years. The project is being led by Alan Mantooth, Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Executive Director of the National Center for Reliable Electric Power Transmission (NCREPT). # ⚓ uni Arkansas ☛ Electric_Motor_Drive_Takes_Off_in_Test Flight_of_Passenger_Hybrid_Electric_Plane⠀⇛ Mantooth and U of A researchers David Huitink, Yue Zhao and Chris Farnell designed a 250-kilowatt motor drive to power a rear electrical engine in a hybrid electric aircraft testbed developed by Ampaire Inc., an electrified aircraft company in Southern California. In combination with a gasoline-powered engine in the front of the aircraft, the rear electrical engine propels aircraft during taxiing, takeoff, cruising and landing. Led by Nenad Miljkovic, professor of mechanical science and engineering, the University of Illinois researchers focused on thermal-management design, while the U of A researchers contributed expertise on electrical and mechanical and controls. o § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Fears_of_Monarch_Butterfly_Extinction_as Numbers_Plummet_22%_in_Annual_Count⠀⇛ Wildlife conservationists sounded the alarm Wednesday as an annual count of monarch butterflies revealed a sharp decline in the number of the iconic insects hibernating in Mexican forests, stoking renewed fears of their extinction. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ How_Mississippi_Spent_Millions_That_Failed_to Save_Its_Oyster_Reefs⠀⇛ By 2015, it was clear that Mississippi oysters were in crisis. It was a devastating development for the state: As late as 2009, the oyster industry had contributed an estimated $24 million in sales to the state’s economy, and it sustained 562 full- and part-time jobs. Then-Gov. Phil Bryant convened an oyster council to come up with solutions. o § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ World_Water_Day:_2_billion_people_lack drinking_water,_UN_reports⠀⇛ More than a quarter of the world’s population lacks safe drinking water, and 46% lacks basic sanitation, says a new UN report. This week marks the first major United Nations conference on water in more than 45 years. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ UN_Urges_Global_Cooperation_as_Quarter_of Humanity_Lacks_Safe_Drinking_Water⠀⇛ Amid a lack of global cooperation, the world is far off-track in achieving universal access to clean drinking water by 2030, according to a United Nations report released Wednesday as officials marked World Water Day. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Water’s_Moment:_Advancing_the_Human_Right to_Water_in_the_United_States⠀⇛ More than a decade ago, the United Nations declared that access to clean water and sanitation is a human right, underpinning all other goals for equality, health, and economic prosperity. The United States did not sign on. Today, on World Water Day, global leaders are gathering in New York to discuss progress towards this goal. It’s the first time the UN Water Conference is being held in the U.S. and time for our nation to embrace the moral imperative: Water is a human right. * § Finance⠀➾ o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ SEC_targets_Coinbase,_token_issuers_and celebrities_over_unregistered_securities⠀⇛ The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is cracking down hard on cryptocurrency companies, warning about pending action Coinbase Global Inc. and taking action against those behind several tokens and their celebrity endorsers. Coinbase, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the U.S., was issued with a Wells notice, a warning that the SEC had identified potential violations… ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Lindsay_Lohan,_other_celebs_settle_with_SEC_over_crypto endorsements⠀⇛ The Hollywood actress, rapper Akon and several other stars have agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle claims they promoted crypto investments on social media without disclosing they were being paid to do so. ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Beware_This_Libertarian_Oligarch’s_Ecological_Utopia_in Texas⠀⇛ Exciting news, people: Utopia is on the rise! ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Hundreds_facing_homelessness_as_housing_program_ends⠀⇛ Housing advocates are warning a NSW government homelessness program risks putting participants back on the streets as they enter the broader rental market. The government’s Together Home program has been a game changer for more than 1000 people during the past three years, according to the Community Housing Industry Association NSW (CHIA NSW). ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Macron_says_French_pension_changes_in_force_by_year- end⠀⇛ French President Emmanuel Macron says a deeply unpopular new law that raises the retirement age is necessary and will enter into force by the end of the year. ⚓ France24 ☛ President_Macron_hopes_to_heal_divisions_after_bruising_pensions fight⠀⇛ President Emmanuel Macron will go live on television Wednesday, hoping to heal deep divisions across France caused by a brutal fight over his pensions reform that has dented his popularity. ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Cost_of_some_everyday_groceries_has_more_than_doubled_in_a_year⠀⇛ The Which? supermarket food and drink inflation tracker reveals the products that have seen the biggest percentage price rises ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘We_Are_Starbucks’:_Workers_Strike_Nationwide_Ahead_of Shareholder_Meeting⠀⇛ Amid an ongoing unionization wave, Starbucks workers across the United States are holding a national day of action on Wednesday to demand a living wage, consistent scheduling, safe working conditions, and the right to organize free from fear and intimidation. ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Workers_in_Second-Largest_US_School_District_Demand_Raises_During 3-Day_Strike⠀⇛ ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_mulls_increasing_fines_for_bringing_cash_from_Russia, Belarus⠀⇛ Amid an increase in attempts to bring cash from Russia and Belarus into Lithuania, the government proposes imposing harsher punishments. ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Wall_Street_closes_sharply_lower_after_Fed_rate_hike⠀⇛ Wall Street has gyrated to end sharply lower after the US Federal Reserve delivered a widely expected 25 basis point policy hike, while hinting that it was on the verge of pausing future increases in view of recent turmoil in the financial sector. ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Fed_raises_key_rate_by_quarter-point_despite_bank turmoil⠀⇛ The Federal Reserve extended its year-long fight against high inflation by raising its key interest rate by a quarter-point despite concerns that higher borrowing rates could worsen the turmoil that has gripped the banking system. Fed Chair Jerome Powell sought to reassure Americans that it is safe to leave money in their banks, two weeks after a rush of depositors pulled funds from Silicon Valley Bank, which collapsed in the second-biggest bank failure in U.S. history. ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ US_central_bank_delivers_small_rate_hike⠀⇛ The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point but indicated it is on the verge of pausing further increases in borrowing costs amid recent turmoil in financial markets spurred by the collapse of two US banks. ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Bankers_Applaud_as_GOP_Senator_Dismisses_Calls_for Regulations_After_SVB_Collapse⠀⇛ Republican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana garnered applause from a room full of bankers on Tuesday after he dismissed calls for tougher regulations following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Childcare_Crisis_Is_Getting_Worse⠀⇛ The economy has recovered all of the jobs that were lost during the pandemic, but the childcare sector is still lagging. There were 57,600 fewer childcare workers in January of this year than in February 2020, even as the number of children needing care grew. Childcare employment is 5.5 percent lower than it was before many centers closed in February 2020 and others scrambled to stay open for the children of essential workers. ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Cost_of_Housing_in_America_Has_Become_Untenable⠀⇛ In 1937, the American folklorist Alan Lomax invited Louisiana folksinger Huddie Ledbetter (better known as Lead Belly) to record some of his songs for the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Lead Belly and his wife, Martha, searched in vain for a place to spend a few nights nearby. But they were Black and no hotel would give them shelter, nor would any Black landlord let them in, because they were accompanied by Lomax, who was white. A white friend of Lomax’s finally agreed to put them up, although his landlord screamed abuse at him and threatened to call the police. ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Three_Banks_Have_Now_Collapsed._A_Progressive_Economist_Explains Why.⠀⇛ ⚓ TruthOut ☛ 100_Starbucks_Stores_Strike_to_Send_New_CEO_a_Message:_No_More Union_Busting⠀⇛ ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Senate_Banking_Committee_Member_Dismisses_Calls_for_Regulations, Bankers_Applaud⠀⇛ ⚓ New York Times ☛ Meta._Salesforce._Silicon_Valley_Bank._Is_Working_from_Home Really_Working? [Ed: Wall Street Times wants to put technical people back inside cages of glass and metal by promoting mythology that 'elites' spread]⠀⇛ The attitude of many Americans toward their jobs appears to have changed during the long pandemic — and not for the better. ⚓ New York Times ☛ Powell_and_Yellen_Suggest_Need_to_Review_Regulations_After Bank_Failures⠀⇛ Proposals for more scrutiny of the financial sector are meeting resistance from industry and Congress. ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Fed,_Still_Inflation-Focused,_Raised_Rates_Amid_Bank Uncertainty⠀⇛ Federal Reserve officials raised interest rates by a quarter-point while they noted that bank turmoil could help slow the economy. ⚓ New York Times ☛ 7_Takeaways_From_the_Fed_Meeting_and_Powell’s_News Conference⠀⇛ By raising interest rates a quarter-point, the Federal Reserve signaled that it was continuing to fight inflation, but it was holding off an aggressive move that might spook investors. ⚓ New York Times ☛ Crypto_[sic]_Entrepreneur_and_Celebrity_Promoters_Face S.E.C._Charges⠀⇛ The agency charged Justin Sun with violations of securities law in a scheme involving the actress Lindsay Lohan and other celebrities. ⚓ 37signals LLC ☛ Compressing_a_million-dollar_commercial_into_$37,000⠀⇛ Last year, we hired a high-profile ad agency to work on our first- ever branding campaign for Basecamp. They were smart, funny… and entirely out of sync with our budget. So we ended up letting them go, hiring a new head of marketing, and doing it all ourselves. The problem was that our entire marketing budget for 2023 amounted to a “mere” five million dollars. That’s a huge multiple of everything we’ve ever spent before on marketing in the entire 24-year history of the company, but a pittance when you work with a top-tier agency full of people who used to do campaigns for the like of Apple or Nike. ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Democrats_Introduce_$300B_Investment_to_Treat_Housing_as Human_Right⠀⇛ Declaring that homelessness and housing insecurity is the result of “a structural failure of a country that has refused to make safe and affordable housing a priority,” U.S. Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Grace Meng on Wednesday reintroduced the Housing is a Human Right Act and called on the federal government to provide $300 billion to end the crisis facing unhoused people. ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_Fed_Accused_of_‘Playing_With_Fire’_After_Latest_Rate Hike⠀⇛ Progressive economists and other experts blasted Federal Reserve leadership on Wednesday for raising interest rates yet again despite concerns about recent bank failures and how the quarter-point increase will impact the U.S. and global economies. ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ New_Watchdog_Project_Targets_Neoliberal_‘Hacks’_Posing_as Economic_Prophets⠀⇛ Taking aim at “conflicts of interest and flat-out falsehoods in economics reporting and the so-called experts who perpetuate them,” the Revolving Door Project on Wednesday launched a new website, Hack Watch, to name and shame Wall Street-friendly experts pushing often harmful neoliberal financial theories as absolute truths. ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ With_credibility_at_stake,_Fed_fires_new_volley_at_inflation [Ed: It only exacerbated things. Stocks FELL.]⠀⇛ The Federal Reserve’s credibility as an inflation fighter is on the line. Fed Chair Jerome Powell signaled his resolve on that today, with an interest rate hike despite recent U.S. banking troubles. ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Cities_With_the_Largest_Homeless_Populations_in the_U.S.⠀⇛ More than half of the country’s homeless live in urban areas or major cities. ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_Paris,_Protests_Over_Pension_Law_Take_On_a_Hint_of Menace⠀⇛ Peaceful solidarity alternates with the threat of violence, and all of France waits to see which way the standoff will turn. ⚓ The Age AU ☛ ASX_falls_as_Powell,_Yellen_rattle_Wall_Street⠀⇛ Jerome Powell rattled investors by saying the Fed can keep raising rates if necessary in the fight against inflation, while bank stocks fell after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s testimony to lawmakers when she equivocated on bank deposits. ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘Regulation’_Is_Not_a_Mantra⠀⇛ An item in Ezra Klein’s NYT column yesterday really grabbed by attention. Ezra cited a Wall Street Journal column that claimed that the Federal Reserve Board’s stress tests would not have detected Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) problems, because its stress tests did not consider interest rate risk. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ TikTok_might_be_banned_in_the_United_States:_Here’s_how it_can_be_a_good_thing⠀⇛ If you’ve been on social media in the last two weeks, or more specifically TikTok, odds are you’ve probably heard of a potential ban on TikTok in the U.S. * ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ TikTok_sends_influencers_to_Washington_as its_troubles_grow⠀⇛ The social network is ramping up a P.R. campaign to fend off the possibility of a nationwide ban. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Biden_Doesn’t_Need_to_Keep_Pushing_Xi_and_Putin_Closer⠀⇛ The US-China-Russia strategic triangle has returned as a fulcrum of global geopolitics. As Chinese president Xi Jinping makes a high-profile visit to Moscow to meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin, US President Joe Biden has been busy coordinating Atlantic and Pacific military alliances to box in both powers. The Biden administration often frames this division between the powers as the outcome of an abstract contest between democracy and autocracy. Far from inevitable, however, the China-Russia alignment against the United States crystallized just one year ago and is far more tenuous than most media commentary allows. * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Restarting_Michigan_Nuclear_Power_Plant_Risks ‘Chernobyl-Scale_Catastrophe,’_Coalition_Warns⠀⇛ A coalition of 191 individuals and 185 groups representing thousands of people on Wednesday implored the federal government for the third time not to fund the revival of a roughly 51-year-old nuclear power plant that was shut down last May in Covert, Michigan. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Should_President_Biden_Run_for_Reelection?_A_Nation Forum⠀⇛ Joe Biden has given every indication that he plans to seek a second term. But alarm bells went off when a February Associated Press poll found that only 37 percent of Democrats wanted him to run again. The president’s numbers were especially weak among young voters—a critical constituency for Democrats. Even as Biden’s numbers ticked up following his impressive State of the Union address, 45 percent of Democrats (and independents who lean toward the party) still wanted someone else to be the nominee in 2024. That enthusiasm gap is a real issue for a president who surveys show is running even with—and in some cases behind—Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis. While many D.C. Democrats say they’re on board for a reelection run, we wanted to know what prominent progressive Democrats, left-leaning independents, and battleground-state activists were thinking. So we asked them whether the president should run again. Here’s what they had to say. * ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Judge_Orders_Trump_Lawyer_to_Turn_Over_Evidence_in_Alleged “Criminal_Scheme”⠀⇛ * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Nobly_Fighting_the_Woke-ocracy,_One_Garbled,_Delusional Outburst_At_A_Time⠀⇛ As we await (please) the indictment of Orange Man Walking, he and his rabid, victimized forces are busy raving about abuses of power by an Evil Deep State of WOKE trains, banks, schools, D.A’s, gay/ black/ radical left miscreants who “HAVE STOLLEN (sic) OUR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AND WITH IT, THE HEART OF OUR OUR (sic) COUNTRY.” But to defeat nefarious wokeness, they first must define it. Their latest effort: “So woke is…umm…sort of…like…the idea of…” SAD! * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ NYT_Catches_up_to_Parry_But_Still_Falls_Short_on_October Surprise⠀⇛ No matter how much evidence Robert Parry produced over the years poking holes in the official story, the establishment media declined to re-examine the case or treat it seriously, writes Nat Parry. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Trump_Campaign’s_Collusion_With_Israel⠀⇛ “Roger, hello from Jerusalem,” read the message from the Israeli secret agent. Dated August 12, 2016, it was addressed to Roger Stone—at the time a key player in Donald Trump’s presidential election campaign. “Any progress? He is going to be defeated unless we intervene. We have critical intel. The key is in your hands! Back in the US next week.” Later, the agent promised, “October Surprise coming!” This report has been adapted from portions of James Bamford’s book Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America’s Counterintelligence, published by Twelve Books. * ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ ‘Israel_is_(Not)_Back_to_Africa’:_How_African_Countries are_Challenging_Israeli_Plot_on_the_Continent⠀⇛ The scene of Israeli Ambassador, Sharon Bar-Li, along with other Israeli delegates, being escorted out of the opening ceremony of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 18, was historic. The very moment that was meant to crown twenty years of Israeli diplomacy on the African continent, in a few seconds, turned to represent Israel’s failure in Africa. Unable to fathom the breakdown of its diplomatic and political efforts, Tel Aviv responded to Bar-Li’s removal by waging a war of words against African countries, accusing them of spearheading a campaign aimed at blocking Israel’s observer status. * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Patrick_Lawrence:_Biden_and_the_ICC:_‘A_New_Level_of Farce’⠀⇛ There are many things to say about the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin on charges that the Russian president directed the abduction and deportation of thousands of  children from eastern Ukraine in the early months of the intervention… * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ I_Am_the_“US-based_Kremlin_intermediary”_That_Tried_To Help_Tucker_Carlson_Book_An_Interview_With_Putin⠀⇛ Tucker Carlson accused the NSA of spying on his personal communications when he tried to schedule an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. I can corroborate his story. * ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Trump_Loyalists_Outnumbered_by_Anti-Trump_Protesters_at Manhattan_DA⠀⇛ * ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Tucker_Carlson_Begs_Biden_to_Block_Manhattan_DA_From_Issuing Trump_Indictments⠀⇛ * ⚓ LRT ☛ ‘Arrogance_in_politics_is_suicidal’._Why_are_Lithuania’s conservatives_crumbling?⠀⇛ Lithuania’s ruling conservatives have crumbled in the municipal and mayoral elections that wrapped up on Sunday. Although winning big in Vilnius, their foothold across the rest of the country is slipping. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_archive_publishes_names_included_in_Soviet_deportee list⠀⇛ The Lithuanian Special Archive has published the names of the people who were included in the lists of those to be deported in 1941 and 1945-1953. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_president_asks_parliament_to_dismiss_anti-corruption chief⠀⇛ < Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda on Wednesday formally asked the parliament to dismiss Žydrūnas Bartkus, whose five- year term as head of the Special Investigation Service (STT) is about to expire. * ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Mass_tech_worker_layoffs_and_the_soft_landing⠀⇛ These layoffs have nothing to do with “trimming the fat” or correcting the hiring excesses of the lockdown. They’re a project to transfer value from workers, customers and users to shareholders. Google’s layoff of 12,000 workers followed fast on the heels of gargantuan stock buyback where the company pissed away enough money to pay those 12,000 salaries…for the next 27 years. The equation is simple: the more companies invest in maintenance, research, development, moderation, anti-fraud, customer service and all the other essential functions of the business, the less money there is to remit to people who do nothing and own everything. * ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ TikTok’s_CEO_Appears_on_Platform_to_Address Possible_U.S._Ban⠀⇛ TikTok’s lobbying efforts have increased exponentially within the last few years since efforts by the Trump administration to limit the app. Despite the Biden administration’s rescinding those limitations, motions from both parties to ban the app altogether have intensified in recent months. As the app’s fate in the U.S. remains uncertain, TikTok still has a few tricks up its sleeve, beginning with securing the Biden-connected political consulting and PR firm SKDK. Meanwhile, dozens of TikTok creators plan to descend on the capital this week as part of a last-ditch lobbying effort to prevent the forced sale of the company. The creators scheduled a press conference Wednesday on Capitol Hill. * ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Intel_Appoints_New_Head_for_Foundry_Business⠀⇛ Stuart Pann replaces Randhir Thakur, who was instrumental in establishing Intel’s foundry operations from 2021–2022, but who stepped down from the position last November. Previously, it was widely believed that Intel would appoint someone from Tower Semiconductor after it closes the takeover deal to lead IFS, but it looks like the company decided to hire its own veteran for the role. Now that IFS got its head, it begs the question of how Intel will employ executives from Tower, who bring decades of foundry experience to the company. * § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ o ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Study_Exposes_Electric_Utilities’_Climate Misinformation_Campaigns_–_Validated_Independent_News⠀⇛ Now, however, researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have analyzed nearly 200 utility industry documents, spanning five decades, regarding climate, which document that companies such as PG&E and Commonwealth Edison were aware of the threats posed by climate change, but disregarded them—and, in fact, went so far as to dismiss action to reduce carbon emissions as “premature at best.” o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Fox,_Dominion_Argue_Over_Legal Standards_to_Prove_Defamation⠀⇛ Lawyers for Fox News and a voting machine company are tangling over the high bar to prove defamation in a $1.6 billion lawsuit that has embarrassed the conservative network over its airing of false claims related to the 2020 presidential election o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Matt_Taibbi_Can’t_Comprehend_That_There_Are_Reasons_To Study_Propaganda_Information_Flows,_So_He_Insists_It_Must_Be Nefarious⠀⇛ Over the last few months, Elon Musk’s handpicked journalists have continued revealing less and less with each new edition of the “Twitter Files,” to the point that even those of us who write about this area have mostly been skimming each new release, confirming that yet again these reporters have no idea what they’re talking about, are cherry picking misleading examples, and then misrepresenting basically everything. o ⚓ The Nation ☛ A_Lawsuit_Puts_the_Workplace_Culture_of_Fox_News_on Trial⠀⇛ Internal communications released in the buildup to the Dominion Voting Systems defamation suit against Fox News betray an obsessive devotion to upholding Fox’s “brand” among the cable network’s senior executives and on-air talent. But a new legal action against the network points up another notorious facet of the Fox brand: a workplace of patriarchal intimidation and rampant gender discrimination. Abby Grossberg, a former booker for Maria Bartiromo’s Sunday Morning Futures show and senior booking producer for Tucker Carlson Tonight, alleges that executive higher-ups at Fox coerced her testimony in the Dominion case in an effort to deflect culpability away from Fox News’ corporate parent, the Fox Corporation. The net effect of such efforts, Grossberg alleges, was to direct blame for the network’s reckless platforming of conspiracy theories about the 2020 election to individual female actors such as Bartiromo and Grossberg. (Grossberg, who is Jewish, also alleges that she was subject to religious discrimination at Fox.) o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Rebounding_Rupert’s_greatest_fear,_and_no,_it’s_not mortality⠀⇛ It fascinates me that singledom remains so scary for many otherwise powerful men. o ⚓ [Old] Pew Reseach Center ☛ More_Americans_are_getting_news_on TikTok,_bucking_the_trend_on_other_social_media_sites⠀⇛ Adults under 30 are the most likely group to say they regularly get news on TikTok. About a quarter of Americans in this age group (26%) say they regularly get news there, higher than in 2021 and 2020. This compares with 10% of those ages 30 to 49, 4% of those 50 to 64 and just 1% of those 65 and older. o ⚓ DroidGazzette ☛ Fake_images_of_Trump_arrest_show_‘giant_step’_for AI’s_disruptive_power⠀⇛ Two days later, his posts depicting an event that never happened have been viewed nearly 5 million times, creating a case study in the increasing sophistication of AI-generated images, the ease with which they can be deployed and their potential to create confusion in volatile news environments. The episode also makes evident the absence of corporate standards or government regulation addressing the use of AI to create and spread falsehoods. “Policymakers have been warning for years about the potential misuse of synthetic media to spread disinformation and more generally to sow confusion and discord,” said Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. “While it took a few years for the capabilities to catch up, we’re now at a point where these tools are widely available and incredibly capable.” o ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Jim_Jordan_Issues_Information_Requests_to Universities_Researching_Disinformation⠀⇛ House Republicans have sent letters to at least three universities and a think tank requesting a broad range of documents related to what it says are the institutions’ contributions to the Biden administration’s “censorship regime.” The letters are the latest effort by a House subcommittee set up in January to investigate how the federal government, working with social media companies, has allegedly been “weaponized” to silence conservative and right-wing voices. So far, the committee’s investigations have amplified a variety of dubious, outright false and highly misleading Republican grievances with law enforcement, many of them espoused by former President Donald Trump. Committee members have cited supposed abuses that include the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago, its investigations of Jan. 6 rioters and the Biden administration’s purported use of executive powers to shut down conservative viewpoints on social media. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Racist,_Right-Wing_Return_of_Dilbert [Ed: They are canceling a cartoon that challenged power, even cancelling decades of good work]⠀⇛ The death of Dilbert—greatly exaggerated when its creator suddenly fell from media grace in late February—has led to a swift resurrection. Last week, the cartoonist and author Scott Adams launched the same daily comic strip under the name Dilbert Reborn via the right-wing online platform Rumble, which touts itself as “immune to cancel culture.” Adams has arrived at a logical destination, a milieu of privilege decrying its own martyrdom. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_Faced_Prison_Time_for_Instagram_Post_About_War in_Ukraine⠀⇛ The case of Olesya Krivtsova, a Russian student who ended up on the Kremlin’s official terrorist list, has underscored the perils of using social media to criticize the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Russian_student_who_faced_prison_term_for_anti-war_posts_flees_to Lithuania⠀⇛ Olesya Krivtsova, a 20-year-old university student, faced up to a decade in prison for “justifying terrorism” and “discrediting the Russian armed forces”. She has now fled to Lithuania, The New York Times has reported. * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Sex_Worker-Led_Payment_Platform_Shuts_Down_After Being_Cut_Off_by_Processor⠀⇛ SpankPay is the payments side of the blockchain Spankchain, a sex worker-led alternative to more mainstream cryptocurrency exchanges. Spankchain started development around 2017, and SpankPay launched in 2019. Wyre Payments, the company’s upstream payment processor, terminated SpankPay’s account because Wyre’s new payment processor, Checkout.com, doesn’t allow processing for payments related to sexual businesses, SpankPay said. * ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Winnie_the_Pooh_slasher_flick_mysteriously_cancelled in_Hong_Kong⠀⇛ The flick does not look classy, if this trailer is a fair representation. Reviews suggest the entire work does not improve on the short. The film has nonetheless generated $4.1 million in ticket sales. But its producers won’t have the chance to add to that total in Hong Kong or Macau, as the distributor of the film in those territories, VII Pillars Entertainment, posted to Facebook on Tuesday: “It is with great regret to announce the scheduled release of Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey in Hong Kong and Macau on March 23 has been cancelled. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Moscow_Institute_of_Physics_and_Technology_cancels_Q&A_session with_Novaya_Gazeta_editor_Dmitry_Muratov,_citing_inability_to ‘depoliticize’_event_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology has canceled an open Q&A session for students featuring Novaya Gazeta Editor- in-chief and Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov. The event was scheduled for March 28. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Crimean_professor_who_was_jailed_twice_last_year_for_Ukrainian songs_fined_$1,300_for_social_media_post_about_Russian_murders_of civilians_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Andrey Belozerov, a former professor who lost his job and was convicted on charges of “discrediting” the Russian army and “displaying Nazi symbolism” in September after he played a video with a song about Bayraktar drones in between classes, has been fined 100,000 rubles (about $1,300) on fresh “discrediting” charges, according to the outlet OVD-Info. § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ CPJ ☛ Bangladeshi_journalist_Mamunur_Rashid_Nomani_faces_hearing_over Digital_Security_Act_charges⠀⇛ The chargesheet alleges that Nomani and his friends violated sections of the Digital Security Act pertaining to the unauthorized collection of personal information and holding or transferring data illegally. Police opened an investigation into the three on September 13, 2020, following a complaint by Syed Ahmed Manna, a local official with the ruling Awami League party. Nomani was detained in relation to the case for 17 days in September 2020. * ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Journalist_hurt_by_exploding_USB_bomb_drive⠀⇛ In a press conference on Tuesday, Xavier Chango Llerena, chief of criminal investigations for the National Police of Ecuador, said authorities had found envelopes containing presumed explosive devices at four media outlets, two in Guayaquil and two in Quito, and at a parcel delivery company. * ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Ecuadorian_Journalists_Targeted_by_Exploding_USB Drives⠀⇛ Neither Artieda, nor anyone else in the room, were injured by the blast. Later investigations by the authorities revealed that only half of the explosive charge within the USB flash drive case had ignited — so the journalist and others in the office at the time of the explosion were lucky, in a way. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ RFA ☛ Sister_of_imprisoned_Tibetan_businessman_detained_and_beaten overnight⠀⇛ Gonpo Kyi had come to prison to appeal for release of brother serving life sentence. * ⚓ YLE ☛ Cleaning_sector_issues_new_strike_warning⠀⇛ Starting on Thursday, the two-day strike would see 25,000 workers take part. Last week, a strike involving 2,500 workers affected the sector. * ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Michigan_Is_Set_to_Become_First_State_in_58_Years_to Overturn_Right-to-Work_Law⠀⇛ * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Women’s_Month_Is_Every_Month⠀⇛ * ⚓ ACLU ☛ My_Son’s_Hair_is_Part_of_a_Thousand-Year-Old_Tribal_Culture._His School_Called_it_a_‘Fad.’⠀⇛ My Native American first-grader Logan loves his long braid. It connects my son to our cultural and spiritual traditions as members of the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe of North Carolina. For thousands of years, male members of our tribe have worn their hair long. It is our spiritual belief that a person’s hair is a part of the spirit of the person. With his hair arranged in a long braid running down his back, Logan is confident and proud. Logan goes to school at Classical Charter Schools of Leland in North Carolina (formerly called Charter Day School). I chose that school because the teachers are really focused on educating the kids. The school requires boys to keep their hair off the collar and not below the top of the ears, so Logan has worn his long hair in a bun. This compromised his beliefs, but it appeared necessary to meet the school’s standards. For all of kindergarten and most of first grade, Logan has attended school with his long hair in a bun without incident. A few weeks ago, my husband and I were told that Logan’s hair was deemed “faddish” by school officials and in violation of the school’s “grooming standards” for boys. My son overheard his teacher say that he would have to cut his hair, which made him feel very sad. When I asked a school administrator why boys had to have short hair to come to school, I was told, “We want them all to look the same.” * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Women_of_Winter_inspires_the_downhill_rush_that_uplifts_– and_diversifies⠀⇛ Catching air on the slopes is often a white male realm. But Women of Winter is training snow-sports instructors to help diversify the slopes. * ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Power_of_Mexico’s_Feminist_Movements⠀⇛ International Women’s Day 2023 was a day of “women in all forms”, of youth, of diversities, of tens of thousands of women marching in the streets of Mexico City. From the Plaza of Women Who Struggle, where the statue of Columbus was torn down and women have claimed a monument to their movement’s leaders, to the central Plaza of the Constitution, where police guarded government buildings, the all-women march exuded joy and pain, anger and courage . With official estimates at nearly 100,000 and organizers asserting closer to 200,000, the demonstrators packed the city’s main avenues, the sidewalks and surrounding streets. They even organized to escort women out in claustrophobic moments, like in front of the emblematic El Caballito sculpture, when no one could move due to the crowding of bodies, women occupying public space that belongs to us by right and reality. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Breaking_the_fear_of_witchcraft_in_Africa⠀⇛ The African Union’s new guidelines for uprooting an entrenched source of fear and violence shed light on the value of empathy and kindness. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Indigenous_Leaders_Are_Being_Forced_Into_Exile⠀⇛ Living in exile has been heartbreaking for Lucía Ixchíu. She longs to be around her community in the western highlands of Totonicapán, Guatemala, immersing herself in the sacred communal forest she’d been taught to love, respect, and protect since she was a young child. The forest of Totonicapán is not only one of the most important water recharge sites of Mesoamerica; it’s also a symbol of the collective fight of K’iche communities against a colonial Guatemalan state that has repeatedly attempted to seize and destroy it. * ⚓ EFF ☛ Courts_Should_Let_You_Sue_Federal_Officials_Who_Violate_Your Right_to_Record⠀⇛ Late last year, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Dustin Dyer’s lawsuit against Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers who ordered him to stop recording their pat-down search of his husband. The officers also ordered him to delete what he had already recorded. But the court, using a flawed legal doctrine that limits civil rights lawsuits, ruled that Dyer could not sue the officers for money damages even if they violated his First Amendment right to record on-duty government officials. But there is no right without a remedy. Indeed, the Supreme Court once recognized that suing federal officials for money damages is “necessary relief” when “federally protected rights have been invaded.” In 1971, the high court in Bivens v. Six Agents approved a damages lawsuit against federal anti-drug officers who unlawfully raided a home. But since the 1980s, the Court has chipped away at the Bivens right to seek damages from federal officials. The Court recently blocked a lawsuit against a Customs and Border Patrol officer for violating First and Fourth Amendment rights. We need money damages under Bivens to protect our civil rights—including the right to record and other digital rights—from the federal government. While a federal civil rights law protects our right to sue state government officials for money damages, no such statute exists for suing federal government officials. And the Supreme Court set, and the Fourth Circuit applied, a very high bar for suing under Bivens. You must show there are “no alternative remedies” and “no special factors counseling hesitation.” That is as vague and broad as it sounds, and the Fourth Circuit said this high bar “all but closed the door” on Bivens. * ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ IL_City_Stops_Ticketing_Students_but_Continues Prosecuting_a_Young_Woman⠀⇛ In the three years since Amara Harris was ticketed for theft over a pair of missing AirPods at her high school, she has graduated, earned an associate degree and moved from Naperville, Illinois, to Atlanta to attend Spelman College. Meanwhile, a statewide reckoning over the harm caused by ticketing students has Illinois lawmakers considering a bill that would outlaw the practice. Naperville police have not ticketed any students this school year. * ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Juveniles_Locked_Up_for_Life_Will_Get_a_Second_Chance⠀⇛ Over the weekend, New Mexico abolished life without parole prison sentences for juveniles, affirming that people who make even the most serious mistakes as teenagers should have a second chance. The new law, signed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, also requires that current prisoners serving decades behind bars for crimes they committed as minors get a parole hearing. * ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Who’s_Afraid_of_Rosa_Parks?⠀⇛ Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida continues his battle against what he identifies to be “woke indoctrination” and “the state- sanctioned racism” in schools, also known as Critical Race Theory. In the news release announcing the legislative proposal Stop W.O.K.E. Act, Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran stated, “Under Governor DeSantis’ leadership, Florida has very publicly adopted new state education standards for English Language Arts, Mathematics, Civics, Character Education and more, and we are modernizing students’ curriculum and lesson plans to match Florida’s new world-class education standards.” Modernizing the curriculum for new world-class education standards in Florida means ransacking textbooks to censor “prohibited topics” such as race. In an effort to follow the Stop W.O.K.E. Act and align with Florida’s new state standards and frameworks, Studies Weekly, a social studies publisher which provides K-6 curriculum to 45,000 schools across the country, went to great lengths to alter the story of Rosa Parks. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Corporate_America_Is_No_Longer_Pretending_to_Care_About Diversity⠀⇛ As entirely expected by anybody who has spent time with white people, corporate America’s post–George Floyd commitment to diversity was as enduring as a Kardashian’s love of Pepsi. A new study of over 600 companies from workforce analytics firm Revelio Labs reports that “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” officers, hired en masse after the protests following Floyd’s murder, are now being quietly phased out of their positions. The study found that the attrition for DEI officers was 33 percent at the end of 2022, compared with 21 percent for non- DEI roles. § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ FCC_Fines_15_Year-Old_Pirate_Radio_Station_in_NYC_$2 Million⠀⇛ The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is using a new law to fine a pirate radio station operating in New York City for more than $2 million. For 15 years, Impacto 2, which has been operated by two brothers, has broadcast Ecuadorian news, culture, sports, and talk-radio on 105.5 FM in Queens. The feds have tried to shut it down repeatedly, but have never succeeded. * ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Great_Telecom_Rip-Off⠀⇛ In September 2020, the State of California won a $116 million suit against Verizon ($68 million) and AT&T ($48 million). The suit was brought by a “whistleblower,” OnTheGo Wireless, LLC, and thirty government entities claiming under the California False Claims Act that the telecoms overcharged the state and government customers for wireless services.[1]  Some 300 state and local entities will recover money for the excessive payments, including the State of California, state universities as well as city and county governments. Over the last few decades, the leading telecom companies have engaged in a host of schemes to swindle their customers and the American taxpayer. One involves overcharging customers for which they have been repeatedly sued. Others involve deceptive pricing practices, questionable accounting schemes, substitution of inferior wireless (e.g., 5G) for fiber-optic system upgrades, capture of federal and state regulatory agencies and the “deregulation” of the telecom industry. These schemes fueled the telecom swindle. § Monopolies⠀➾ * ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ UK_raises_antitrust_concerns_over_Broadcom’s_proposed VMware_acquisition⠀⇛ The U.K.’s antitrust regulator is concerned that Broadcom Inc.’s proposed $61 billion acquisition of VMware Inc. could raise server prices. The Competition and Markets Authority, or CMA, publicized its position today. The development follows the conclusion of an inquiry into the deal that the CMA launched last November. * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Net_Neutrality’s_Dead:_Time_To_Focus_On_The_Real_Issue: Telecom_Monopolization⠀⇛ Earlier this month a homophobic smear campaign seeded in the press by the likes of AT&T, Comcast, and News Corporation successfully killed the FCC nomination of popular reformer Gigi Sohn. The goal: to keep the FCC in perpetual partisan gridlock, preventing the agency from making any decisions deemed even remotely controversial by the media and telecom giants the agency is supposed to regulate. * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Bernie_Sanders_Targets_Moderna_Greed_in_Covid-19 Vaccine_Hearing⠀⇛ Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday denounced Moderna’s proposal to more than quadruple the price of the Covid-19 vaccine it co-developed with billions of dollars in public funding—along with mRNA technology co-invented by government scientists—as an example of Big Pharma’s “unacceptable corporate greed.” o ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Sanders_Slams_Biden_for_Rejecting_Request_to_Lower Price_of_$190K_Cancer_Drug⠀⇛ o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Taxpayers_Paid_Billions_For_It:_So_Why_Would Moderna_Consider_Quadrupling_the_Price_of_the_COVID_Vaccine?⠀⇛ Sanders’ opening remarks at the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on drug pricing. First, let me thank Stephane Bancel, the CEO of Moderna, for being with us today and all of the other panelists who have joined us. Mr. Bancel early on agreed to be here voluntarily and I very much appreciate that. o ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ FINGOLIMOD_–_DANISH_COURT_GRANTS_PI,_ALBEIT DISSENTING_OPINION_FINDS_PATENT_INVALID_DUE_TO_LACK_OF_INVENTIVE STEP [Ed: Presumption of validity, but likely another case of fake European Patents from the EPO]⠀⇛ On 28 February 2023, the majority of the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court did not find sufficient grounds for rebutting the presumption of the validity of the Danish patent DK/EP 2 959 894 (the “Contested Patent”), held by Novartis, and thus decided to grant a preliminary injunction against Zentiva. Notably, though, the opposing judge… * § Software Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Jeffrey_M._Gross_entity_Compression_Vectors video_codec_patent_successfully_challenged⠀⇛ On February 21, 2023, the USPTO issued a final rejection of all challenged claims at issue of U.S._Patent 6,731,813. The patent is owned and asserted by Compression Vectors LLC, an NPE and entity of Jeffrey M. Gross. * § Trademarks⠀➾ o ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog_Test:_How_Did_These_Three_Section_2(d) Oppositions_Turn_Out?⠀⇛ A TTAB judge once told me that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) case 95% of the time by just looking at the involved goods and services and the marks. Maybe he or she was referring to ex parte cases only. Anyway, let’s see how you do with the three oppositions summarized below. Answer(s) in the first comment. o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Abitron_v._Hetronic:_Extraterritorial Application_of_U.S._Trademark_Law⠀⇛ The Supreme Court held oral arguments on March 21, 2023 in the international trademark case of Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc. and will be holding arguments on March 22, 2023 in the whisky dog toy trademark case of Jack  Daniel’s Property v. VIP Products. * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Book_Publishers_Won’t_Stop_Until_Libraries_Are_Dead⠀⇛ Earlier this week there was finally a hearing in the case brought by the big book publishers to kill off libraries. That, of course, is not how the publishers describe the lawsuit, but it’s absolutely what the lawsuit is about. o ⚓ Walled Culture ☛ Publishers_have_long_hated_libraries;_here’s_the history,_and_the_next_attack⠀⇛ As a Walled Culture post last year noted, publishers hate libraries (well, many of the bigger publishers do, at least.) A handy piece of research entitled “The Publisher Playbook: A Brief History of the Publishing Industry’s Obstruction of the Library Mission” (freely available as a preprint) confirms that the hatred is long-standing: [...] o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ What_Happened_to_Your_Spotify_Bollywood Playlist?_Licensing_Dispute_Rips_Songs_From_the_Service⠀⇛ Hundreds of songs from some of India’s biggest blockbusters have been pulled from Spotify. That’s because Spotify says it was not able to reach a licensing agreement with the owners of the tracks. Users opened their favorite playlists only to discover soundtracks like Malhari from Bairao Mastani or Kala Chashma from Baar Baar Dekho are now missing. o ⚓ BBC ☛ Spotify:_songs_removed_from_music_app⠀⇛ That’s because hundreds of songs from some of India’s biggest blockbusters have vanished from the app. Spotify says it’s not been able to reach an agreement with the owners of the tracks after the old one expired. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Marvel_So_Angry_About_Leaked_‘Ant-Man’_Dialogue_That It_Seeks_To_Unmask_Google,_Reddit_Users⠀⇛ It won’t surprise any regular read here when I say that Marvel is notoriously aggressive on matters of intellectual property. Equally unsurprising will be my reminding our dear readers that this includes the company attempting to use IP laws in the past to un-ring the leak-bell when content has been leaked early. Hell, Marvel gets so frothy over this sort of thing that on no less than two separate occasions the company has DMCA’d to hell trailers for its own movies. Trailers that are advertisements and that it should want to be spread as far and wide as possible. o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ FCC_Fines_15_Year-Old_Pirate_Radio_Station_in NYC_$2_Million⠀⇛ The FCC is using its new powers to ask from the maximum fine from an Ecuadorian pirate radio station that’s run for more than 15 years. o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ SEC_Charges_Justin_Sun,_TRON_&_BitTorrent Companies_With_Fraud⠀⇛ Justin Sun, crypto entrepreneur and owner of the company formerly known as BitTorrent Inc., has been charged by the SEC for the unregistered sale of TRX and BTT securities and market manipulation. Three of Sun’s wholly owned companies, including uTorrent owner Rainberry Inc. have also been charged with fraud along with Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul, Ne-Yo and porn actress Kendra Lust. o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ BREIN_Won’t_Take_Piracy_Warning_Dispute_to_The Supreme_Court⠀⇛ Last fall, a court of appeals in the Netherlands ruled that internet provider Ziggo is not required to forward piracy warnings to its subscribers. The ruling was a setback for local anti-piracy group BREIN, which wanted to warn frequent uploaders without knowing who they are. BREIN now says that it won’t take the dispute to the Supreme Court, which might actually be bad news for pirates. o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Anti-Piracy_DNS_Poisoning_Blacks_Out_Media_Group, ISP_Refuses_to_Comment⠀⇛ For several days last week, visitors to the website of tech-focused media group Heise were diverted to Germany’s piracy-blocking portal instead. Users of ISP 1&1 were diverted to a page reserved for pirate site visitors, informing them that Heise had been rendered inaccessible for copyright reasons. Calls for an explanation are met with silence. o ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ Martin_Frobenius_Ledermüller’s_Microscopic Delights_(1759–63)⠀⇛ These 18th-century microscopic illustrations offer wonderful glimpses into the minutiae of the natural world. o ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ Beast_in_the_Blood:_Jean_Denis_and_the “Transfusion_Affair”⠀⇛ During the late 1660s in Paris, transfusing the blood of calves and lambs into human veins held the promise of renewed youth and vigour. Peter Sahlins explores Jean Denis’ controversial experiments driven by his belief in the moral superiority of animal blood: a substance that could help redeem the fallen state of humanity. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Expressway_Twilight_2023-03-22_(Fairbanks,_AK,_USA)⠀⇛ While driving home from prayer meeting, I couldn’t help but stop for some photos of the glow around this hill. This is on the Johansen Expressway, looking west towards Chena Ridge. The time was about 8:15pm AKDT. # ⚓ 2023-03-23_🔤SpellBinding:_CYLMOPI_Wordo:_BAUDS⠀⇛ # ⚓ your_role_in_things⠀⇛ I think in this time, when we are always feeling pulled to have an opinion about every little thing, it can be powerful and honest to say “I don’t really care” or “I haven’t made up my mind yet” or “I feel neutral about it”. Though I have to say, I always become a little disappointed and occasionally shocked when the people I know do not feel a certain way, or even care, about a really big issue that is impacting us all in some way, that they regularly engage in. # ⚓ Reverse_swarm⠀⇛ Everyone knows solo monster fights don’t work well in 5e given the action econ issues. I call’ em “solo” rather than “boss fights” because as DM, you’ll have a better time if you don’t think of your locations in terms of a forced ludonarrative arc instead of letting the players be in charge of where they go and where they focus their energy. Lost Mine of Phandelver: they one-shotted Nezznar but were in terror of the maze spiders picking them off one by one. (Then Venomfang killed them but that wasn’t satisfying either.) Curse of Strahd: they died to 3d6 wolves over and over but actual Strahd was a cake walk. # ⚓ Attack_value⠀⇛ I’ve mentioned “attack value” a few times so let me explain what it is. It’s for when you’re using the common house rule (it’s been seen, among other places, in the 3e Unearthed Arcana book) that the players roll to attack monsters and roll to defend from monsters, and the monsters have static values for defense and attack. There’s still the same amount of rolling total, so you don’t change any outcomes, only the feel of the game. # ⚓ Suffering_is_just…⠀⇛ Suffering is just refusing to accept what is. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ mutt_Compose_new_and_send⠀⇛ # ⚓ Podcast_Now_Available⠀⇛ While I was there, I noticed that Rhythbmox can subscribe to podcasts. I had used it for that before, but I don’t actually subscribe to any podcasts, so I sort of forgot about it. While I noticed it, I thought, “What would it take to get the gemcast to show in Rhythmbox?” # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Cronfail⠀⇛ This universe! Cron failure is my go-to example because it happened to me. One of those get paged at 2AM–I forget how much bad sleep I had had prior to that, probably not much–which caused N hours of immediate cleanup and M hours in subsequent work chasing down bugs and kindly asking the devs to checksum what they write, especially the payment batch files. This was a while ago, before the smartphone craze, so there were still pagers. Good times. # ⚓ The_good_news?_Somebody_wants_to_use_my_blogging engine._The_bad_news?_Somebody_wants_to_use_my_blogging engine⠀⇛ Over the 23 year history of `mod_blog [1]`, I’ve given up on the notion of anyone other than me using it. There was only one other person who used it for just a few months before deciding blogging wasn’t for him and that was way back in 2002. So it was completely by surprise that I recently received a bug report [2] on it. 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It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 5119 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.23.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_23/03/2023:_Linux_6.2.8_and_XWayland_23.1.0⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 5:02 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Server o Audiocasts/Shows o Kernel_Space o Graphics_Stack o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt o GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o FSFE o Programming/Development # Python * Leftovers o Science o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies # Patents # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Kubuntu_Focus_XE_Gen_2_Linux_Laptop_Launches with_12th_Gen_Intel_CPUs⠀⇛ Kubuntu Focus XE Gen 2 is an ultra-portable 14-inch Full HD (1920×1080 @ 60 Hz) laptop that promises exceptional performance with the 28 W TDP 12th Gen Intel “Alder Lake” Core i7-1260P processor with 12 cores, 16 threads, 18 MB cache, and up to 4.7 GHz boost clock frequency, or the Core i5-1240P processor with 12 cores, 16 threads, 12 MB cache, and up to 4.4 GHz boost clock frequency. Both processors come with Iris Xe graphics, which promise up to 3 times faster graphics than 10th Gen Intel GPUs. Kubuntu Focus XE Gen 2 also features up to 64GB dual-channel DDR4 3200 MHz RAM and up to 2TB SSD NVMe M.2 storage with full encryption and Kubuntu Linux 22.04 LTS pre-installed. # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ TUXEDO_Control_Center_2.0_Adds_New_Keyboard Backlight_and_Webcam_Modules ⠀⇛ TUXEDO Control Center 2.0 is the culmination of almost two years of work and introduces major changes like new Keyboard Backlight and Webcam modules to let you control the keyboard illumination of your TUXEDO laptop, as well as for changing various settings of your TUXEDO laptop’s built-in webcam. In more detail, the Keyboard Backlight module will allow you to fully control the backlight brightness and the backlight color of the keyboard. For laptops that have multicolor keyboard illumination, you can also adjust each backlight area individually. o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ 3_surprising_things_Linux_sysadmins_can_do with_systemd⠀⇛ When it first started out, there was a lot of press about systemd and its ability to speed up boot time. That feature had a mostly-universal appeal (it’s less important to those who don’t reboot), so in many ways, that’s the reputation it still has today. And while it’s true that systemd is the thing that launches services in parallel during startup, there’s a lot more to it than that. Here are three things you may not have realized systemd could do but should be taking advantage. Get more tips from our new downloadable eBook, A pragmatic guide to systemd. # ⚓ Understanding_Kubernetes_security_challenges⠀⇛ Kubernetes has become the go-to container orchestration tool for deploying, scaling, and managing containerized applications. While Kubernetes offers many benefits, it also introduces new security challenges that must be addressed. # ⚓ Large_cluster_performance,_cost,_and_design_trade-offs⠀⇛ In the realm of modern computing, large clusters of computers are becoming increasingly important for organizations of all kinds, including scientific research institutions, financial firms, and e- commerce companies. # ⚓ Live_cluster_updates⠀⇛ In today’s digital age, where applications run the world, scalability and performance are crucial for businesses. Kubernetes, an open-source container orchestration system, has emerged as a popular platform to manage large, complex applications. # ⚓ Container Journal ☛ Backslash_Security_Unveils_Tool_to Visualize_Cloud-Native_Code_Flows⠀⇛ Backslash Security emerged from stealth today to provide IT teams with a visual tool that identifies workflows in cloud-native code that could lead to a security breach. Fresh from raising $8 million in funding, Backslash Security CEO Shahar Man says the company’s namesake tool provides a lightweight approach to mapping # ⚓ Container Journal ☛ SRE_Use_Cases_for_AI-Assisted Kubernetes⠀⇛ As indicated in the article Cloud Automation in 2021 – the new normal in the tech industry, an AI- assisted Kubernetes orchestrator can serve many use cases to optimize cloud costs for DevOps, DevSecOps and site reliability engineering (SRE). This blog describes SRE-specific use cases for an AI-assisted Kubernetes orchestrator. # ⚓ High_availability,_scalability,_and_capacity_planning⠀⇛ High availability, scalability, and capacity planning are crucial aspects of any modern IT infrastructure. # ⚓ High_availability_best_practices⠀⇛ In today’s world of technology, downtime can lead to significant financial losses for businesses. It is essential to ensure high availability of services to provide seamless and uninterrupted services to customers. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ mintCast Podcast ☛ mintCast_408_–_Ffmpegged⠀⇛ First up in the news: Meet Ubuntu Flatpak Remix, KDE Plasma 6 Begins, No Peeking, Vanilla goes to Debian, LibreOffice 7.4.6, Nitrux goes “sh”, Elementary updates, DuckDuckGo goes AI on Wikipedia, Debian gets new APT, Proton joins the fight against censorship, Firefox 111 features, Kali 2023.1 released, and Wine 8.4 with old Wayland released. In security and privacy, Brave needs no permission to do Google, NordVPN open sources code; Then in our Wanderings, we are posting no Bills this episode, In our Innards section, Joe talks ffmpeg Download # ⚓ KDE Videos ☛ GCompris_Free_Open_Source_Educational_Software Overview_(180+_activities)⠀⇛ This video gives an overview of GCompris, a free open source educational program aimed at children 2-10 with 180+ activities, including some that will keep adults busy and available in many languages. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.2.8⠀⇛ I'm announcing the release of the 6.2.8 kernel. All users of the 6.2 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 6.2.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/ git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.2.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/ linux-s... thanks, greg k-h # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.1.21⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.15.104⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.10.176⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.4.238⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_4.19.279⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_4.14.311⠀⇛ # ⚓ Bootlin ☛ Continuous_integration_in_Yocto:_improving_the regressions_detection⠀⇛ The Yocto Project is an open source umbrella project which gathers all needed tools to build full Linux distributions for a wide variety of devices. As the interest for Yocto grew since its first steps, its size and number of use cases increased consequentially. o § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ Fixing_Wayland:_Xwayland_screen_casting⠀⇛ This blog introduces a new tool to make it easy to stream wayland windows and screens to existing applications running under Xwayland that don’t have native pipewire support in an easy-to-use manner than retains full user control throughout. § Intro On my Plasma wayland session right now if I use the screen share function in Discord, I’m presented with the following. It doesn’t work I have no windows listed, even though I clearly have windows open. The full screen shares are blank. The same will be true in MS Teams, Slack, Zoom as well as any other Xwayland apps that involve screencasts. Linux enthusiasts – and by reading developer blogs you’re definitely in this camp – will understand why this is and probably know some technique to avoid this involving changing my setup or workflow in some way to work round things on a per-app basis. For our wider userbase this isn’t enough. Wayland is a technical detail and we want any switch has to be as transparent as possible for as many apps as possible for all cases – including cases we haven’t thought of. # ⚓ [ANNOUNCE]_xwayland_23.1.0⠀⇛ o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ RustDesk_–_virtual_/_remote_desktop software⠀⇛ It’s not uncommon for people interested in Linux to access multiple PCs. Hardware comes in different shapes and sizes. They may be notebooks, tablets, home servers, media boxes, even single-board computers like the Raspberry Pi. Some of the devices may be headless (i.e. with no monitor attached). Regardless, with multiple devices, a convenient way to access them all from a central location is with remote desktop software. Our recommended remote desktop client under Ubuntu is Remmina. By default, Ubuntu comes with this client already installed. Remmina has support for VNC and RDP protocols. As you’d expect with Linux, there are always other open source alternatives. In this article, we’ll take a brief look at RustDesk. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Install_a_Specific_Version_of_a Package_in_Ubuntu_Linux⠀⇛ When you try to install any package from the repository, it will give you the most recent version, but you can also ask the repository to provide a specific version of the application. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Python_Pip_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Python Pip on Rocky Linux 9. # ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ How_To_Clear_Apt_Cache_In_Ubuntu,_Debian,_And Linux_Mint⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you the easy way to clear Apt Cache in Ubuntu, Debian, and Linux Mint. apt (Advanced Package Tool) is a command-line package manager used in Debian-based Linux distributions? # ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ Error_Handling_In_Ansible_Playbooks⠀⇛ This guide explains about error handling in Ansible Playbooks and how to handle different errors when running playbooks in Ansible in Linux. # ⚓ Daniel Lange ☛ Daniel_Lange:_Install_“kept_back”_updates_on Ubuntu⠀⇛ Canonical has implemented a staged roll-out for some Ubuntu package updates. I find that rather annoying at times, e.g. when preparing the laptop for traveling. So for my memory and for the benefit of others: [...] # ⚓ Michael Prokop ☛ Michael_Prokop:_Automatically_unlocking_a LUKS_encrypted_root_filesystem_during_boot⠀⇛ A customer of mine runs dedicated servers inside a foreign data-center, remote hands only. In such an environment you might need a disk replacement because you need bigger or faster disks, though also a disk might (start to) fail and you need a replacement. One has to be prepared for such a scenario, but fully wiping your used disk then might not always be an option, especially once disks (start to) fail. On the other hand you don’t want to end up with (partial) data on your disk handed over to someone unexpected. By encrypting the data on your disks upfront you can prevent against this scenario. But if you have a fleet of servers you might not want to manually jump on servers during boot and unlock crypto volumes manually. It’s especially annoying if it’s about the root filesystem where a solution like dropbear-initramfs needs to be used for remote access during initramfs boot stage. So my task for the customer was to adjust encrypted LUKS devices such that no one needs to manually unlock the encrypted device during server boot (with some specific assumptions about possible attack vectors one has to live with, see the disclaimer at the end). o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_Steam_Games_with_Native_Linux_Clients with_Backbeat_and_Keep_the_Keep_–_2023-03-22_Edition⠀⇛ Between 2023-03-15 and 2023-03-22 there were 20 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 174 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 11.5 % of total… # ⚓ Quartz ☛ China’s_freeze_on_foreign_video_games_is_thawing⠀⇛ A batch of foreign game titles is about to hit the world’s largest mobile gaming market. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Fixing_Wayland:_Xwayland_screen_casting⠀⇛ This blog introduces a new tool to make it easy to stream wayland windows and screens to existing applications running under Xwayland that don’t have native pipewire support in an easy-to-use manner than retains full user control throughout. On my Plasma wayland session right now if I use the screen share function in Discord, I’m presented with the following. It doesn’t work I have no windows listed, even though I clearly have windows open. The full screen shares are blank. The same will be true in MS Teams, Slack, Zoom as well as any other Xwayland apps that involve screencasts. # ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Kubuntu_Focus_Announces_XE_Gen_2 Linux_Laptop⠀⇛ The Kubuntu Focus team has released yet another device that focuses on the Kubuntu distribution and offers plenty of power. This second-generation laptop sports an Intel i7-1260P CPU (12 cores/16 threads), that offers a 16% and 60% boost in single and multi-core Geekbench 5 scores, which means enough performance to handle large, multi- process tasks. As for graphics, the XE Gen 2 ships with Intel IRIS Xe 96 or 80 EU, and the battery reportedly gives you 8 hours of power. o § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ GNOME_44_is_Here,_And_It’s_Packed_with Improvements⠀⇛ GNOME 44 includes a number of core improvements spanning eye-catching new features through to more subtle enhancements and lower-level buffs. Last year’s GNOME 43 release was quite the instalment and everything shipping here, in GNOME 44 continue steadfast in the same direction. I took readers through the best GNOME 44 features on my other Linux blog a couple of weeks ago. If you read that post — thank you 🙏 — you’ll be clued up on the core changes. If you didn’t read it, don’t worry: I’m about to run through most of the changes again. # ⚓ LWN ☛ GNOME_44_released⠀⇛ Version 44 of the GNOME desktop environment has been released. “This release brings a grid view in the file chooser, improved settings panels for Device Security, Accessibility, etc, and refined quick settings in the shell. The Software and Files apps have seen improvements, and a whole slew of new apps has joined the GNOME Circle”. See the release notes for details. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ GNOME_44_is_out_now_finally_adding thumbnails_to_the_file_picker⠀⇛ One thing I genuinely hated about GNOME has finally been solved with the GNOME 44 release. It includes some big improvements and new features. As dumb as it sounds, one of the most important new features is the added grid view for the file picker. Honestly, I still can’t believe it took this long but it’s finally in. You can now actually see proper previews of images. As they said in the release announcement that for years GNOME users have been requesting it. Apps will need to use GTK4 though, so hopefully plenty will. # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ GNOME_44:_A_User-Centric_Release_with_Usability Improvements⠀⇛ Keeping the trend of releasing a new major version every six months, GNOME 44, named “Kuala Lumpur,” is now available, bringing another dose of user experience improvements. As a leading desktop environment, the open-source community eagerly anticipates its new releases. So, let’s see what’s new in it without further ado. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ https://www.makeuseof.com/gnome-44-released- with-new-features/⠀⇛ The GNOME Project has announced the release of version 44 of its flagship Linux desktop. The new version includes tweaked settings and enhanced apps. The latest version, codenamed “Kuala Lumpur,” comes six months after what the official release notes described as “hard work.” By bumping up the version number, the developers stressed that GNOME 44 includes some major changes. # ⚓ Neowin ☛ GNOME_44_launches_with_better_Settings_app_and quick_settings_menu⠀⇛ The GNOME Project has announced the release of GNOME 44 for Linux desktops. This update is codenamed Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia. This name was picked to show recognition to the organizers of the GNOME.Asia 2022 event. With this update, the developers have improved the Settings app, the quick settings menu, and streamlined the Software app. With GNOME 44, four of the panels in the Settings app have been updated, these include Device Security, Accessibility, Sound, and Mouse & Touchpad. In the Mouse & Touchpad panel, for example, there are now videos that demonstrate the available options. This should make options easier to understand for users. In the Sound settings also, the volume level control has now been moved to a separate window making it easier for users to access output and input controls. # ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ GNOME_44_“Kuala_Lumpur”_Officially_Released⠀⇛ GNOME 44 is now available for public use as you can download it from the official website of GNOME. In recognition of the work done by the organizers of GNOME.Asia Summit 2022 conference, GNOME 44  was awarded the Code-named “Kuala Lumpur”. # ⚓ Beta News ☛ GNOME_44_‘Kuala_Lumpur’_is_finally_here⠀⇛ There are many great desktop environments for Linux, such as Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, and MATE to name a few. With that said, only one can be the best, and that is obviously GNOME. Look, folks, there’s a reason Canonical uses it as the default DE for Ubuntu — it’s that good. If you are a GNOME fan, I have some extremely exciting news. You see, as of today, GNOME 44 is officially here! Named “Kuala Lumpur,” this version of the desktop environment is loaded with new features. # ⚓ What’s_New_In_GNOME_44⠀⇛ It’s worth noting I couldn’t find a way to re- activate an app running in the background—if I close the Discord window (and it’s enabled to close to the tray), it shows up in this list, but clicking it doesn’t allow re-opening the Discord window. So either I missed something (let me know in the comments!), or this is not supported. # ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ GNOME_44_Is_Here_to_Make_Your_Linux_PC_Better Than_Ever⠀⇛ GNOME serves as the default desktop environment for countless Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu and Fedora. GNOME 44 has now been released, with changes that will show up in upcoming Linux distro updates. GNOME 44 has been under development for the past six months, and most of the work has gone into the Settings app. It’s no easy task to organize all of the options, toggles, and links needed for a desktop PC — as we’ve learned from Windows 10/11 and macOS Ventura. The accessibility panel has been redesigned to be more clear, and new options have been added for keyboard features, over- amplification for audio, and making the scrollbars always visible. # ⚓ GNOME_44_released⠀⇛ The GNOME Project is proud to announce the release of GNOME 44, ‘Kuala Lumpur’. This release brings a grid view in the file chooser, improved settings panels for Device Security, Accessibility, etc, and refined quick settings in the shell. The Software and Files apps have seen improvements, and a whole slew of new apps has joined the GNOME Circle 74. To learn more about the changes in GNOME 44, you can read the release notes. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Embracing_agile:_4_strategies_for your_IT_team⠀⇛ As Michael Scott and his parkour-aspiring colleagues show, it’s one thing to simply mirror principles. But being able to quickly and effectively pivot and adapt priorities based on real-time feedback and need is an entirely different – and much more challenging – matter. Teams have been working with components of agile since the Manifesto_for_Agile_Software Development was introduced 22 years ago. By now, most organizations have taken steps toward team agility – even if (as in the example above) they are just throwing out terms like scrum, Kanban, and sprints. # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Artificial_intelligence_and_video:_3 business_benefits [Ed: About a dozen times this month this blog of Red Hat was shilling Microsoft vapourware and chaffbot, helping to distract from mass layoffs at Microsoft]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_to_enable_OpenTelemetry_traces_in_React applications [Ed: Red Hat and the openwashing of mass surveillance]⠀⇛ The main focus of this article is to demonstrate how to instrument React applications to make them observable. For a good overview of observability and OpenTelemetry, please take a look at the article, Observability_in_2022:_Why_it_matters_and how_OpenTelemetry_can_help. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Bits_from_Debian:_New_Debian_Developers_and_Maintainers_ (January_and_February_2023)⠀⇛ The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months: # Sahil Dhiman (sahil) # Jakub Ružička (jru) The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months: # Josenilson Ferreira da Silva # Ileana Dumitrescu # Douglas Kosovic # Israel Galadima # Timothy Pearson # Blake Lee # Vasyl Gello # Joachim Zobel # Amin Bandali Congratulations! o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Neowin ☛ Ubuntu_23.04_could_ship_with_an_improved_version of_the_Ubuntu_Font⠀⇛ In 2010, with the release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Canonical decided to paint Ubuntu purple, replacing the brown theme it used before. It also took the redesign as an opportunity to include a new font simply called Ubuntu Font. While the sans-serif font is ideal for desktops and mobile, the font was picked for other uses too by other companies and projects thanks to its open license. Thirteen years after its release, Canonical is now working on an updated version of Ubuntu Font which it hopes to include in Ubuntu 23.04 “Lunar Lobster”, which is due next month. To ensure that the font is ready, Canonical is calling on the community to download the updated font and look out for any problems and report back with screenshots. # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Help_Test_a_New_Version_of_the_Iconic_Ubuntu Font⠀⇛ Ubuntu developers want to ship a new revision of its iconic typeface in next month’s Ubuntu 23.04 release but aren’t 100% certain if it is 100% ready for mainstream deployment yet. Hence the need for community feedback. Since its introduction back in 2010 the Ubuntu font has taken on a life of its own, extending far beyond the confines of the desktop it was made for. I regularly see the Ubuntu font being used in all kinds of content, from magazine ads to bus stop ads, websites and social media clips, through to the occasional TV commercial or two! o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Orange_Pi_5B_SBC_adds_up_to_256GB_eMMC flash,_built-in_WiFi_6_and_Bluetooth_5.0_module⠀⇛ Orange Pi 5B is a variant of the Rockchip RK3588S powered Orange Pi 5 SBC with up to 256GB eMMC flash and a soldered-on wireless module offering WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity, at the cost of losing the M.2 2242 socket and 16MB QSPI NOR flash found in the original board. The board still comes with HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4 (USB-C), and MIPI DSI display connectors, three camera connectors, a Gigabit Ethernet interface, a few USB ports, and a 26-pin GPIO header for expansion. Shenzhen Xunlong Software provides Orange Pi OS (Android), Orange Pi OS (Arch), Debian 11, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, and Android 12 images. Some of the images (Ubuntu/Debian) are developed in collaboration with Armbian where the company pays for the integration and maintenance of the images. Right now, neither the Orange Pi nor Armbian websites have images for the Orange Pi 5B, but you’ll find images for the earlier Orange Pi 5. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Vineyard_pest_monitoring_with_Arduino_Pro⠀⇛ The challenge Pest monitoring is essential for the proper management of any vineyard as it allows for the early detection and management of any potential pest infestations. By regularly monitoring the vineyard, growers can identify pests at early stages and take action to prevent further damage. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Guide ☛ How_to_enable_10-bit_color_on_Android_|_Tom’s Guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ Forbes ☛ New_Arm_Deal_Could_Push_Up_Price_Of_Android Phones⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Millions_of_Android_users_are_missing_three genius_tricks_–_don’t_ignore_free_upgrades_|_The_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmo China ☛ Redmi_K50i_starts_receiving_MIUI_14_update based_on_Android_13⠀⇛ # ⚓ Mirror UK ☛ Google_bans_hugely_popular_Android_app_and warns_users_to_delete_it_now_–_Mirror_Online⠀⇛ # ⚓ Google’s_Bard_Chatbot_Could_Replace_Smart_Replies_in Android_Messaging_|_NextPit⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ What_generative_AI_in_Gmail_for_Android_will look_like⠀⇛ # ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Switching_phones_will_be_easier_after_three big_name_Android_manufacturers_create_alliance_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ Giz China ☛ Ulefone_launches_Armor_Pad_as_a_fully_rugged 8.0-inch_Android_tablet_–_Gizchina.com⠀⇛ # ⚓ TechRadar ☛ How_to_clear_your_Android_phone’s_cache_| TechRadar⠀⇛ # ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Can_Pebble_make_a_comeback_–_as_a_compact Android_smartphone?_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Samsung’s_Galaxy_S23_is_One_of_the_Best_Small Android_Phones⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Xiaomi,_Oppo,_and_Vivo_team_up_to_make_it easier_to_switch_phones⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Pebble_founder’s_Small_Android_Phone_team wants_to_keep_the_dream_alive⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ 10_Memorable_Android_Devices_From_Brands_That Abandoned_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ VW_will_support_Android_Automotive_for_the “lifetime”_of_a_car—15_years_|_Ars_Technica⠀⇛ # ⚓ Notebook Check ☛ Vivo_X_Flip_all_set_to_launch_as_new clamshell_foldable_Android_smartphone_with_44W_charging_brick in_the_box_–_NotebookCheck.net_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ Tom’s Guide ☛ Chrome’s_Tab_Page_for_Android_now_shows_past search_results_—_how_to_disable_this_annoying_feature_|_Tom’s Guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Google_blocks_shopping_app_for_millions_of Android_users_over_safety_risk_–_check_your_phone_now_|_The US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Pebble_might_be_coming_back€”_as_a_small Android_phone_–_The_Verge⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ Wallpaper_Wednesday:_Android_wallpapers 2023-03-22_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNET ☛ Google_Pixel_Watch:_After_5_Months,_Still_the_Best- Looking_Android_Watch_–_CNET⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ How_to_encourage_positive_online_communication in_your_open_source_community⠀⇛ Threaded online conversations are a relatively new form of communication that can improve knowledge transfer and availability, but they can also stray from the original intent. Online technical conversations in open source communities using Slack or one of the several open source alternatives experience these benefits and drawbacks. Say a community member posts a question or shares an idea to start a conversation. As in any conversation, sometimes things can get off track. While not all diversions from the prompt are unhelpful, there are times when a comment can be unproductive—and sometimes even hurtful. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ ‘Badsecrets’_Open_Source_Tool_Detects_Secrets_in Many_Web_Frameworks⠀⇛ Black Lantern Security introduces Badsecrets, an open source tool for identifying known or weak cryptographic secrets across multiple platforms. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Introducing_Mozilla.ai:_Investing_in trustworthy_AI⠀⇛ We’re committing $30M to build Mozilla.ai: A startup — and a community — building a trustworthy, independent, and open-source AI ecosystem. We’re only three months into 2023, and it’s already clear what one of the biggest stories of the year is: AI. # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Why_I_joined_Mozilla’s_Board_of_Directors⠀⇛ Over the past 20 years, I’ve focused on consumer-driven businesses. From factories making jeans (at Levi’s) to the largest retailer/company (Walmart) to early years of social-driven commerce (at ModCloth), getting to what drives consumer behavior is where I love to spend my time. o § FSFE⠀➾ # ⚓ FSFE ☛ EU:_Proposed_liability_rules_will_harm_Free Software⠀⇛ The main debate happens around the Cyber Resilience Act. We will therefore discuss the risks and solutions using this Act as an example. While we welcome the discussion on more cyber security we doubt that the introduction of liability alone will lead to more cyber security. Especially in Free Software, far-reaching security measures are already in place. Those measures differ from those of proprietary software. The proposal to exclude Free Software “outside the course of a commercial activity” would fail to address a large part of software that will not be covered but is deployed. At the same time smaller and non-profit projects would be harmed as they would have to bear major costs. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Buttondown ☛ Ergonomic_APIs,_channel_invariants,_and_data views⠀⇛ Hi everyone! It’s two days after the March 20 TLA+ workshop, which means it’s time to start getting feedback and revising things for the May_15th workshop. At some point I want to talk about my “workshop technology” I use, but that’ll take some time to write up, so maybe next week? We’ll see. (If you’re on the fence about the workshop: attendees can share specs they write after the class and I give them feedback. So not only are you learning TLA+, you get help applying it to your job!) Anyway, here’s a software engineering idea I’ve been playing with but haven’t tried in practice yet, so I don’t know how well it works. Constraint solving1 has this technique called “channeling constraints”, where you represent data in multiple connected ways. Like if you’re constraint_solving_a schedule, you have two possible representations of “which talk is in slot T and room R” (in_MiniZinc): [...] # ⚓ Rlang ☛ R_data.validator_–_How_to_Create_Automated_Data Quality_Reports_in_R_and_Shiny⠀⇛ Every data science project needs a data validation step. It’s a crucial part, especially when feeding data into machine learning models. You don’t want errors or unexpected behaviors in a production environment. # ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ Funny_Programming_Pictures_Part_XXVII⠀⇛ Lunduke-is-Sick-Edition # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Flutter_Chrome_Linux:_Cannot_find_Chrome executable⠀⇛ If you are using Flutter on Linux, and you installed Google Chrome using Flapak, you may face the problem when installing and running Flutter: Doctor summary (to see all details, run flutter doctor -v): [✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.7.7, on Manjaro Linux 5.15.102-1-MANJARO, locale en_US.UTF-8) # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ OE_compile_1,662_packages_in_1_day,_16_hours and_15_minutes⠀⇛ Amazing. I posted in December 20, 2022, compiling the packages for the Kirkstone-series in OpenEmbedded, on an Acer Ryzen5 laptop, and it took 4 days and 3 hours to compile 1,620 packages: # ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_for_MCUs_2.2.4_LTS_Released⠀⇛ Qt for MCUs 2.2.4 LTS (Long-Term Support) has been released and is available for download. As a patch release, Qt for MCUs 2.2.4 LTS provides bug fixes and other improvements, and maintains source compatibility with Qt for MCUs 2.2.x. It does not add any new functionality. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ peppe8o ☛ Send_Email_from_Raspberry_PI_with_Python_ (with_details_for_Gmail_Users)⠀⇛ Using your Raspberry PI for automated controls allows you to keep control of many devices or conditions with a low power consumption device. Understanding how * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Court_arrests_building_inspector_of_Hatay_luxury_residence_that collapsed_in_earthquake⠀⇛ Nearly 1,000 people lost their lives after Rönesans Rezidans collapsed into rubble in the February quakes. o ⚓ Contractor_of_collapsed_building_indicted_for_‘killing_by_gross negligence’⠀⇛ The contractor denied any fault, saying that his son also died in the building that collapsed in the February earthquakes. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Physicists_Have_Manipulated_‘Quantum_Light’ For_The_First_Time,_in_a_Huge_Breakthrough⠀⇛ We’ve never been able to do this before. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Tedium ☛ When_Atari_Was_Politicized⠀⇛ The story of how the “Atari Democrats” came to shape the way politics and technology work together, for good and bad. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ A_second_lab-grown_chicken_producer_got_a_step closer_to_hitting_the_shelves⠀⇛ Petri dish chicken just got a step closer to your dinner plate. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Single_Enzyme_Could_Be_Behind_Some People’s_Depression,_Scientists_Say⠀⇛ This would explain a lot. # ⚓ PHR ☛ As_Tear_Gas_Injures_More_Than_119,000_People, Researchers_Call_for_Crowd-Control_Weapons_Regulations: Report⠀⇛ More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants during protests around the world since 2015, # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Microbiologist_Reveals_The_Invisible Dangers_Hiding_In_Your_Hotel_Room⠀⇛ Please enjoy your stay. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Explosion,_fire_injure_1_at_Houston- area_chemical_plant⠀⇛ Officials are investigating an explosion and fire at a chemical plant in suburban Houston that injured one person. It is not immediately known what caused Wednesday’s blast at the plant in the city of Pasadena. But officials say the fire occurred as liquified natural gas was being transferred from a tanker truck to a storage tank. Crews later extinguished the blaze. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez says the injured person was taken to a hospital and is in stable condition. The facility is owned by INEOS Phenol and produces Cumene, used to make various things including pesticides and cleaning products. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Bipartisan_support_emerges_for Senate_railroad_safety_bill⠀⇛ A bipartisan consensus that Congress should act to toughen regulations on railroads is emerging in the U.S. Senate. The Senate Commerce Committee is examining a fiery hazardous train derailment last month on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. Republicans and Democrats on the committee peppered Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw with questions Wednesday on what enhanced safety measures he would support. Shaw offered support for some safety enhancements but declined to endorse several key parts of the bipartisan Railway Safety Act of 2023. The bill includes requirements that trains have crews of at least two people, expands the classification for highly hazardous flammable trains and increases fines for safety violations. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Military_services_seek_to_expand pool_of_potential_recruits⠀⇛ With a historically small pool of potential recruits, DoD wants to help more potential service members qualify. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ DNA_From_Beethoven’s_Hair_Reveals_a Surprise_Almost_200_Years_Later⠀⇛ A tragic irony. # ⚓ Axios ☛ U.S._border_officials_seize_900_pounds_of_fentanyl in_first_week_of_new_trafficking_crackdown⠀⇛ The Department_of_Homeland_Security announced Tuesday night it’s stepping up efforts to combat fentanyl trafficking across the Southern border with the launch of a major new, multi-agency operation. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Republicans’_COVID_vaccine_tightrope⠀⇛ Republicans itching to probe the pandemic response are already struggling to separate vaccine-related questions that could yield lessons learned from ones that echo theories experts say are debunked by reams of data. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ When_young_people_struggle,_parents’ divorce_may_be_the_cause⠀⇛ The increased conflict between parents has led to a rise in the number of children and young people seeking help from Ensi- ja turvakotien liitto’s (ETKL) divorce services. According to experts, parents and professionals should pay more attention to young people in divorced families. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Wednesday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Fedora (firefox), Oracle (kernel, kernel-container, and nss), and SUSE (curl, dpdk, drbd, go1.18, kernel, openstack-cinder, openstack-glance, openstack- neutron-gbp, openstack-nova, python-oslo.utils, oracleasm, python3, slirp4netns, and xen). # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Ransomware_Will_Likely_Target_OT_Systems_in EU_Transport_Sector:_ENISA [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛ Ransomware and data related attacks are the top cybersecurity threats to the transport sector in the EU, ENISA says. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Spain_Needs_More_Transparency_Over_Pegasus: EU_Lawmakers⠀⇛ Spain needs more transparency over the Pegasus spyware hacking scandal, a European Parliament committee said. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Malware_Trends:_What’s_Old_Is_Still_New [Ed: They target Microsoft and it's very easy (there are even back doors in there)]⠀⇛ Many of the most successful cybercriminals are shrewd; they want good ROI, but they don’t want to have to reinvent the wheel to get it. # ⚓ Privacy_Commissioner_Steps_Away_From_Cyber_Attack Investigation⠀⇛ Privacy Commissioner Michael Harvey has stepped away from further involvement in his office’s investigation into the 2021 cyber attack on the health care system. Revelations about government seeking a court ruling on a potential conflict of interest with Harvey was a topic during question period in the House of Assembly yesterday. Harvey is a former assistant deputy minister of health and was on the board of the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information before being appointed as Privacy Commissioner. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ CISA_Expands_Cybersecurity_Committee, Updates_Baseline_Security_Goals [Ed: But_it’s_reports_are shadow-written_by_Microsoft_moles]⠀⇛ CISA announces adding more experts to its Cybersecurity Advisory Committee and updating the Cybersecurity Performance Goals. # ⚓ Skylink_hit_by_[cra]cker_attack⠀⇛ M7 Group’s Czech and Slovak operator Skylink has fallen the victim of a hacker attack. In a note published on the Skylink CZ’s Facebook page, the operator said: “We apologise, currently we have reported a system outage (web, customer zone) due to a hacker attack. We are working intensively on the repair. We thank you for your understanding”. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ South_Korea_fines_McDonalds_for_data_leak from_raw_SMB_share⠀⇛ # ⚓ McDonald’s_Korea_fined_696_mln_won_for_breach_of_customers’ personal_data⠀⇛ McDonald’s Korea was given a fine of 696 million won (US$532,110) on Wednesday after the personal data of 4.87 million customers was leaked to hackers due to the firm’s lax data management. The Personal Information Protection Commission handed out the fine to the Korean branch of the American fast food chain, along with a financial penalty of about 10 million won for the data breach. # ⚓ WB_Area_CTC_administrative_director_discusses_cyber attack⠀⇛ # ⚓ Uncovering_the_unheard:_Researchers_reveal_inaudible_remote cyber-attacks_on_voice_assistant_devices⠀⇛ Guenevere Chen, an associate professor in the UTSA Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, recently published a paper on USENIX Security 2023 that demonstrates a novel inaudible voice trojan attack to exploit vulnerabilities of smart device microphones and voice assistants — like Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa or Amazon’s Echo and Microsoft Cortana — and provide defense mechanisms for users. # ⚓ Gov Info Sec News ☛ NYC_Special_Needs_Students’_Records Found_Exposed_on_Web⠀⇛ Nearly 50,000 documents containing personal information of special education students who live in New York City and attend public school there were recently found # ⚓ Former_GOP_Senate_candidate_livid_after_Air_Force_failed_to notify_him_about_release_of_his_military_records⠀⇛ Former Colorado GOP Senate candidate Robert “Eli” Bremer is livid over the Air Force’s failure to notify him about the branch’s improper release of his military records, which he first learned about from a reporter who was covering the latest developments in the problematic story for the Defense Department. Speaking to Fox News Digital on Wednesday, Bremer, a former Olympian who sought the GOP nomination for Senate in Colorado last year, said he was first notified about the incident by a Politico reporter who sought comment from him about the Air Force’s admission that it had leaked his records to Due Diligence Group, a Democratic Party-aligned research firm. # ⚓ Information Security Media Group, Corporation ☛ Stung_by Free_Decryptor,_Ransomware_Group_Embraces_Extortion [Ed: Ransomware articles almost always fail to mention "Microsoft" and "Windows"]⠀⇛ Not all ransomware groups wield crypto-locking malware. Some have adopted other strategies. Take BianLian. After security researchers released a free decryptor for its malware, instead of encrypting files, the group chose to steal them and demand ransom solely for their safe return. # ⚓ Cannabis_regulators_putting_out_‘a_series_of_fires’ involving_a_Russian_oligarch_and_data_breach⠀⇛ Thousands of employees in the Massachusetts cannabis industry received an official email last week about a major data breach: the name, home and email address, phone number and date of birth of every cannabis worker in the state had been made public in an “inadvertent release of agency documents” by the state’s own Cannabis Control Commission. Along with the names and personal information, the dataset included a list of former employees and the specific reasons they were no longer associated with the marijuana company, including alleged violations of company policy. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Fact_or_fiction,_hacktivists’_claims_of industrial_sabotage_in_Russia_or_Ukraine_get_attention online⠀⇛ Hacktivist are increasingly turning towards targeting operational technology in critical infrastructure systems. # ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Google_Suspends_Chinese_E-Commerce_App Pinduoduo_Over_Malware⠀⇛ Google says it has suspended the app for the Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo after malware was found in versions of the app. The move comes just weeks after Chinese security researchers published an analysis suggesting the popular e- commerce app sought to seize total control over affected devices by exploiting multiple security vulnerabilities in a variety of Android-based smartphones. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Chrome_111_Update_Patches_High-Severity Vulnerabilities⠀⇛ The latest Chrome update brings patches for eight vulnerabilities, including seven reported by external researchers. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ High-Severity_Vulnerabilities_Found_in WellinTech_Industrial_Data_Historian⠀⇛ Cisco Talos researchers found two high-severity vulnerabilities in WellinTech’s KingHistorian industrial data historian software. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ BreachForums_Shut_Down_Over_Law_Enforcement Takeover_Concerns⠀⇛ The popular cybercrime forum BreachForums is being shut down following the arrest of Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, who is accused of running the website. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Internet Freedom Foundation ☛ Delhi_HC_issues_notice on_writ_petition_seeking_extent_of_e-surveillance carried_out_by_MHA_under_S._69_of_IT_Act⠀⇛ Since 2018, we sought data on e-surveillance from MHA,which was denied for national security reasons. On appeal, it was held that data is periodically destroyed and subsequently the CIC held that information wasn’t maintained at all. Delhi HC issued notice on our petition challenging the CIC order. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Accidental_Truth-Tellers_of_the Post-Privacy_Era⠀⇛ In “Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs,” Kerry Howley searches for hidden links among whistle-blowers, conspiracy theorists, targets of the surveillance state, and the rest of us. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_IMF_is_disbursing_its_first-ever_wartime_loan to_Ukraine⠀⇛ More than a year after Russia’s invasion, Ukraine is getting a helping hand from the IMF. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Two_officials_suspended_over_suspicious_Armed Forces_procurement⠀⇛ Two officials have been temporarily suspended from their duties in connection with suspected unfair food procurement practises for the National Armed Forces (NBS). They are the head of the procurement commission and the official responsible for the procurement on the part of the NBS, the Minister for Defense Ināra Mūrniece (National Alliance) said in an interview on Latvian Television March 22. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Russian_language_tends_to_disappear_from_job_ads in_Latvia⠀⇛ Although Russian knowledge is one of the most demanded in Latvia’s labour market, the past year’s events in Ukraine have made adjustments in this respect. Under public pressure, the Russian- language requirement is disappearing from job advertisements, Latvian Radio reported on March 22. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Epitaph_for_a_‘Cake_Walk’:_An_Iraq_Case_Study⠀⇛ NOTE: The following is “back-story” to yesterday’s post, which I was tempted to title “All You Ever Wanted to Know About the Attack on Iraq and Now Want to Forget.” I do encourage you to give that posting a look before reading what follows. The attack was launched 20 years ago today. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Iraq_War_Anniversary:_Never_Back_Down_on_the_Only Important_Fact⠀⇛ In March of 2003, the United States launched an illegal war of aggression against Iraq. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Reapers_and_Red_Lines:_The_Downing_of_an_American Drone⠀⇛ On March 14, A Russian jet collided with a US drone, leading to the downing of the drone in the Black Sea. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Xi_and_Putin_just_wrapped_up_talks_in Moscow:_What_does_it_mean_for_the_war_in_Ukraine_and_China’s global_standing?⠀⇛ The Chinese leader left Russia on Wednesday after three days of talks with the Russian president. Atlantic Council experts share their insights on the state of the so-called no-limits partnership. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ What_the_Xi-Putin_partnership_means_for the_world⠀⇛ Following Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to Moscow, we reached out to our experts for a look beyond the talking points. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.K._Defends_Sending_Ukraine_Weapons_with Depleted_Uranium⠀⇛ President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia falsely claimed the material had a “nuclear component.” Many armies, including Russia’s, use it in weapons. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Prince_William_Makes_Visit_to_Poland_to Thank_Troops_Supporting_Ukraine⠀⇛ He is expected to meet with Poland’s president, Andrzej Duda, on Thursday, according to a Kensington Palace statement shared with Polish and British news media. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ The_Biden_Administration_continues_to conceal_its_responsibility_for_the_destruction_of_the_Nord Stream_pipelines:_Seymour_Hersh⠀⇛ Six weeks ago, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh published a report claiming that President Joe Biden ordered the destruction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline last September. The $11-billion pipeline was set to double the volume of natural gas delivered from Russia to Germany. While the story gained attention in Germany and Western Europe, it faced a near media blackout in the United States. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ A_Ukrainian_Philosopher’s_Reluctant_Departure from_Kharkiv⠀⇛ Irina Zherebkina, who spent the first year of the war under bombardment in Kharkiv, still believes that peace must be imagined into being. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Federal_agencies_need_to_build_an effective_foundation_for_climate_intelligence._Here’s_how⠀⇛ In part 1 of this commentary, Prachi Sukhatankar discusses the need for federal agencies to build a climate intelligence foundation, along with the benefits and challenges of such an undertaking. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ China_is_gobbling_up_Russian_oil,_gas,_and coal⠀⇛ This_week’s_summit between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin was a highly choreographed affair, aimed at showcasing deep and enduring solidarity between the two countries. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Lithuanian_Ignitis_plans_big_investments_in Latvian_energy_sector⠀⇛ The Lithuanian energy company Ignitis Group has come up with ambitious investment plans in Latvia. In the coming years, it plans to invest at least €700 million in solar and wind energy production. Ignitis also aims to create the largest car charging network in the Baltic States, Latvian Television reported on March 21. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Droughts,_mismanagement, corruption_shrinking_access_to_water⠀⇛ To mark World Water Day, the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness has called for updated laws that enshrine citizens’ access to clean water. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Macron_wants_French_pension_plan implemented_by_end_of_year⠀⇛ French President Emmanuel Macron is stubbornly resisting growing discontent on the streets of France. He said on Wednesday that the pension bill he pushed through without a vote in parliament to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 must be implemented by the end of the year. After his interview broadcast on national television, critics attacked Macron describing him as “self-satisfied,” “out of touch” and “offensive.” He said the bill will “continue its democratic path” as the Constitutional Council needs to review it in the coming weeks. It was the first time that Macron spoke publicly since his government forced the pension bill through parliament last week. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ How_time_became_money—and_what_it_should_be instead⠀⇛ The moss spores arrived like an interloper, stealing slowly into the kitchen during the damp onset of spring. By the time Jenny Odell had discovered their entry, the moss had sprouted in her apartment, marking its tender terrain in a planter near the sill. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ These_banks_are_the_biggest_funders_of_the_fossil fuel_industry⠀⇛ Since the Paris Agreement in 2016, the biggest banks that fund the fossil fuel industry seem to have minimally decreased their support, and in some cases are actually increasing their funding. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Is_$200_million_enough_to_save_Virgin_Orbit? [Ed: Spoiled rich brats' POLLUTING "project"; don't save it, mothball it. It serves no actual purpose and it harms society.]⠀⇛ Virgin Orbit (VORB) is currently negotiating with Matthew Brown, a private investor, to win a $200 million capital infusion that would give Brown control of the company, Reuters first reported today (March 22). # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_Federal_Reserve_hiked_its_key_interest_rate⠀⇛ The Federal Reserve raised_its_key_interest_rate by another quarter-percentage point on Wednesday (March 22), signaling confidence that recent panic in_the_banking_sector will be contained. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ KNAB_pushes_for_prosecution_of_former_tax officials⠀⇛ National anti-corruption agency the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) said March 22 it has asked the Prosecutor’s Office to launch prosecutions against two former officials of the State Revenue Service, Latvia’s tax collection body. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Fed_raises_key_rate_by_quarter-point despite_bank_turmoil⠀⇛ The Federal Reserve extended its year-long fight against high inflation by raising its key interest rate by a quarter-point despite concerns that higher borrowing rates could worsen the turmoil that has gripped the banking system. Fed Chair Jerome Powell sought to reassure Americans that it is safe to leave money in their banks, two weeks after a rush of depositors pulled funds from Silicon Valley Bank, which collapsed in the second- biggest bank failure in U.S. history. Signature Bank fell soon afterward. “We have the tools to protect depositors when there’s a threat of serious harm to the economy or to the financial system,” Powell said. “Depositors should assume that their deposits are safe.” # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Nearly_8%_of_Latvian_population_could_not_access necessities_in_2022⠀⇛ Results of the population survey conducted by the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia (CSB) show that 7.8 % of the population suffered from severe material and social deprivation in 2022  (2.5 percentage points more than in 2021 when the figure was 5.3%). # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_Post_plans_cuts⠀⇛ Latvian Post (Latvijas pasts, LP), the national state-owned postal service plans to reduce the number of its mail departments this year, said Marcis Vilcāns, Chairman of the company’s board of directors, in an interview to Latvian Television on March 22. # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Price_hike_in_Pakistan:_the_worst_of_all worries⠀⇛ The most serious issue Pakistan’s economy is currently dealing with is price increases or inflation. Life has become miserable for the average person as a result of the ongoing increase in the cost of necessities like food, fuel, and medicine. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Stocks_fall,_bond_yields_tumble after_Fed’s_latest_rate_hike⠀⇛ Stocks fell sharply after the Federal Reserve said it doesn’t expect to cut rates anytime soon despite Wall Street’s hopes. But it also indicated the end may be near for its economy-crunching hikes to interest rates. The S&P 500 fell 1.6% for its first drop in three days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 530 points. Some of the sharpest drops came again from the banking industry, where investors are worried about the possibility of customers yanking their cash to cause more collapses. Treasury yields sank again to continue their remarkable slide for the month so far. # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ The_banking_meltdown_may_have_done_the Fed’s_work_for_it⠀⇛ Federal Reserve officials have a difficult path ahead of them. They still have work to do to bring inflation down, but their efforts have been complicated by the events of the past few weeks. The failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and the ongoing stress in the regional banking sector…. # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ State-operated_Bank_of_Well-Being_no longer_receives_remittances⠀⇛ The public financial institution has stopped receiving remittances entirely to instead focus on government social programs. # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Economic_activity_up_3.5%_in_February compared_to_2022⠀⇛ The economy grew 3.5% in February compared to 2022, thanks in part to strong gains in the manufacturing sector, says INEGI. # ⚓ Turkey_has_highest_food_inflation_among_OECD_countries⠀⇛ The organization measures Turkey’s inflation at 57,7 percent for 2022 and forecasts the inflation to remain in the 40 percent range for 2023 and 2024. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Why_everybody’s_talking_about_deposit_insurance⠀⇛ Walk into any bank branch in America, and you will likely see a sign that says, in big letters, “FDIC” — that would be the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation — and “each depositor insured to at least $250,000.” # The “at least” part is taking on new meaning as a banking_crisis_unfurls. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Homebuyers_are_putting_less_money_down⠀⇛ Data: Redfin; Chart: Axios Visuals Homebuyers aren’t putting as much money down as they were at the height of the housing frenzy. ⚓ Axios ☛ Remote_work_is_starting_to_hit_office_rents⠀⇛ Data: CBRE Econometric Advisors; Moody’s; Chart: Axios Visuals After a lag, the work-from-home revolution is finally starting to show up in the data for office building rental rates. ⚓ Axios ☛ First_look:_New_legislation_threatens_pensions_of_convicted lawmakers⠀⇛ Senators Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and Rick Scott (R-Fl.) have introduced a bill which would bar members of Congress from collecting taxpayer- funded pensions if they are convicted of felonies related to their official duties. Why it matters: It comes as Rep. George_Santos (R-N.Y.) is under local and federal investigation for lying about key parts of his biography and campaign — including his resume, ancestry and education. ⚓ Axios ☛ Fed_raises_interest_rates,_despite_bank_failures⠀⇛ The Federal_Reserveraised its target interest rate by a quarter- percentage point Wednesday while acknowledging that problems in the banking system triggered by its previous rate increases are likely to weigh on the economy. ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.K._Inflation_Swings_Upward,_to_10.4_Percent⠀⇛ Prices in Britain reversed a recent downward trend, rising 10.4 percent over the year through February. ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Fed’s_Unpleasant_Choice [Ed: False "Choice" and false balance from Wall Street Times. You could raise many trillions by taxing the top 1,000 "richest" USians.]⠀⇛ What’s worse: More inflation or more turmoil? ⚓ New York Times ☛ Your_Thursday_Briefing:_U.S._Raises_Interest_Rates⠀⇛ Also, China and Russia grow closer and the U.S. waits for news of a possible Donald Trump indictment. ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Finavia_reports_substantial_revenue_growth_in_2022,_but_low passenger_volumes_lead_to_negative_result_for_the_year [Ed: A "growth" compared to what? Lockdowns?]⠀⇛ Finavia, the Finnish airport operator, reported substantial revenue growth in 2022, despite the pandemic-related challenges. However, due to the low passenger volumes at the regional airports and the low level of transfer travel at Helsinki Airport, the company’s overall result for the financial year remained negative. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ India’s_G20_Leadership:_Challenges_and Opportunities⠀⇛ The global community has experienced significant disruption, since 2020, due to COVID-19 pandemic. The isolationist economic policies of several powerful Western nations, who drifted away from their erstwhile global approach during Covid-pandemic, compounded its profound impact on the global economy. * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Dance_and_games_offer_glimpses_of_life_–_and_death_– in_ancient_Italy⠀⇛ Tomb and urn images shed light on the intricacies of Etruscan and Roman civilisation at least 2 000 years ago, reviving it for modern times. By ALEX WHITING A 2 500-year-old Etruscan tomb in the Italian city of Tarquinia has walls covered in paintings of brightly coloured dancers and musicians. * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ TIME:_Will_China_create_a_better_world?⠀⇛ China is everywhere in global politics. China is “ubiquitous,” a retired Senior Colonel Zhou Bo of China’s PLA told in a conversation with TIME magazine. On March 10, in an agreement brokered by Beijing, Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to normalize relations, after seven years of bitter rivalry in a deal that sidelined the U.S. * ⚓ RTE ☛ RTÉ_kicks_off_TikTok_Six_Nations_coverage [Ed: Irish media shilling Pooh-tin's social control media. Truly sad and concerning.]⠀⇛ Watch all the games live across RTÉ and Virgin Media Television from Saturday 25th March  WATCH OUR PROMO: https://youtu.be/np- FPszQAUA  Kicking off on Saturday 25th March, the 2023 TikTok Six Nations coverage will see all games equally aired across RTÉ2, RTÉ Player, RTÉ Radio 1 and Virgin Media for what promises to be an explosive championship. * ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Advice_for_Alvin_Bragg_from_Former_Trump_Prosecutors⠀⇛ The Manhattan District Attorney faces huge legal and political challenges, but the former President’s antics could help the prosecution’s case. * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ China_portrays_Xi’s_Russia_trip_as_bid_for leadership_of_non-Western_world⠀⇛ For audiences in China, Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia this week was a show of strength and a testament to Beijing’s bid for global leadership, writes “The Washington Post” reviewing the Chinese press about the visit. * ⚓ Axios ☛ TikTok’s_popularity_complicates_possible_U.S._ban⠀⇛ Data: AppTopia; Note: Musically became TikTok in the U.S. on Aug. 2, 2018; Table: Axios Visuals The U.S. government’s threat_to_ban_TikTok takes aim at what has become the most popular smartphone app in the country. ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Here’s_what_to_expect_from_lawmakers_who_will_grill TikTok’s_CEO_on_privacy,_security_and_child_safety⠀⇛ Lawmakers plan to press TikTok CEO Shou Chew on issues related to child exploitation, teen mental health and its connection to China. ⚓ Quartz ☛ Shou_Zi_Chew_wants_to_dismantle_the_idea_that_TikTok_is_a_Chinese app⠀⇛ When TikTok chief Shou Zi Chew testifies at the US Congress tomorrow (Mar. 23), he will try to dismantle any and all notions about the app sharing US user data with the Chinese government. ⚓ Axios ☛ TikTok_CEO_to_tell_Congress_app_ban_would_“hurt”_U.S._businesses_and “damage”_economy⠀⇛ TikTok CEO Shou_Zi_Chew will tell lawmakers Thursday that banning the app in the U.S. would hurt American businesses and the country’s economy, according to newly released remarks prepared for his testimony before Congress. ⚓ NYPost ☛ Rep._Jamaal_Bowman_blasts_efforts_to_ban_TikTok_as_‘racist’⠀⇛ Rep. Jamaal Bowman on Wednesday decried government efforts to ban the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok as “racist.” During a press conference outside the Capitol Building, Bowman (D-NY), flanked by dozens of social media influencers, as well as Rep. Robert Garcia (D- Calif.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.), urged lawmakers and the public to “not be racist towards… ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ TikTok_CEO_plans_rigorous_defenses_in_Congress_against claims_the_app_is_a_US_security_threat⠀⇛ In his first appearance before Congress, TikTok CEO Shou Chew will make the case that the company’s U.S. operations aren’t swayed by China. ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Court_orders_Trump_lawyer_to_provide_docs_in_Mar-a- Lago_case⠀⇛ A federal appeals court has directed a lawyer for Donald Trump to turn over to prosecutors documents in the investigation into the former president’s retention of classified documents at his Florida estate. The order from the three-judge panel was sealed and none of the parties are mentioned by name. But the details appear to correspond with a closed-door dispute before a lower court judge over whether M. Evan Corcoran could be forced to provide documents or give grand jury testimony in the Justice Department special counsel probe into whether Trump mishandled top-secret information at Mar-a-Lago. ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ Trump_and_his_advisers_await_potential_indictment_in_hush money_case⠀⇛ Behind the gilded doors of Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump and his advisers are preparing for several different potential scenarios related to a possible indictment from the Manhattan grand jury probing a hush money scheme. ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Donald_Trump_Braces_for_an_Indictment_in_the_Stormy_Daniels Case⠀⇛ As the public awaits a possible indictment of the former President by a New York grand jury, Amy Davidson Sorkin examines the strange particulars of the case. ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Head_of_Super_rejects_Purra’s_claim_about_“burden”_of foreign_nurses⠀⇛ SILJA PAAVOLA, the chairperson of the Finnish Union of Practical Nurses (Super), has rejected the claim that employees with inadequate Finnish skills are a burden that is driving professionals away from the nursing sector. ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Long-term_sick_leave_due_to_sleep_disorders_quadruples, affecting_middle-aged_women_the_most⠀⇛ Research revealed that long sick leaves due to psychiatric sleep disorders have quadrupled in Finland from 2010 to 2022. Last year alone, over 9,000 Finnish citizens received sickness allowance due to psychiatric sleep disorders. These disorders are more common among women, particularly those aged between 35 and 54, and have been increasing rapidly over the past decade. ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ The_mind_behind_Kent_State_social_media⠀⇛ Creating compelling and engaging content for social media can be a challenge for universities. That’s where Deanna Stevens Ulrich comes in. Stevens Ulrich is the associate director of digital content for Kent State’s social media platforms. ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ It’s_the_trust_in_the_authority,_stupid!⠀⇛ The world is apparently descending into chaos. With events such as the recent collapse of SVB bank adding to the problems allegedly caused by the pseudopandemic and the war in Ukraine, it is easy to feel overwhelmed. Only a few years ago it was widely recognised that, by nearly every measure, global life outcomes were all improving. § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ * ⚓ Latvia ☛ Radio_Free_Europe_launches_Baltic_counter-propaganda_show [Ed: Radio Free Europe itself is propaganda, but for another nation/s]⠀⇛ Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) said March 21 it has launched a show titled “Current Time Baltics” on its Russian- language television and digital network Current Time which it described as “a critical part of RFE/RL’s strategy to counter Russian malign influence across Europe by providing new Russian-language audiences with trusted news and information.” § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ Prosecutor_seeks_acquittal_of_former_bianet_editor-in-chief_in_‘libel’ case⠀⇛ President Erdoğan’s former lawyer had sued Nazan Özcan over an article on bianet. The article did not contain “libel” and “defamation,” according to the prosecutor. § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ Shadowproof ☛ [LIVE_PANEL]_Targeted_by_Surveillance:_Julian_Assange, WikiLeaks_&_Networked_Repression⠀⇛ Stella Assange and Kevin Gosztola join Stefania Maurizi for a live panel discussion of the surveillance, monitoring, and control that has oppressed Julian Assange and WikiLeaks for more than 10 years. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ Breach Media ☛ A_cop_filed_charges_against_Sarah_Jama._Then_she defeated_him_in_by-election⠀⇛ In the race for Hamilton Centre, ‘Defund’ activist faced the same cop who’d ‘comically’ charged her with assault * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Starbucks_workers_welcomed_their_new_CEO_with_a_strike_ahead of_the_company’s_annual_meeting⠀⇛ Workers across 100 Starbucks stores will strike today (Mar. 22) to welcome new CEO Laxman Narasimhan, and remind him of where his priorities should lie. * ⚓ Parliamentary_question_about_alleged_torture,_killing_of_refugees_by border_guards⠀⇛ Eight people were caught trying to cross into Turkey. They were allegedly tortured by border guards and two of them were killed. § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Digital_transformation_&_Unitary_Patent:_users_updated [Ed: EPO has once again promoted an illegal, unconstitutional ploy. EPO is run by gangsters who sponsor Belarus and its war on Ukraine.]⠀⇛ Members of SACEPO Working Party on Rules discussed latest changes * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ The_Biden_Visit_to_Canada:_Why_Digital_Policy_is Emerging_as_a_Serious_Trade_Tension⠀⇛ The U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Ottawa this week has begun to place the spotlight on the mounting_tensions over digital_policy. For months, Canadian officials have not only been dismissive of the issue, but – as this week’s fishing_expedition into Google and Facebook demonstrates – have not shied away from making the issue front and centre. o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Expansive_Sounds_of_an_Unsung_Album_Called “Black_Music”⠀⇛ Marc Anthony Thompson, with the musical collective Chocolate Genius, produced some of the great confessional songs of the nineties. But critics seemed eager to define the project by what it wasn’t. § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Personal⠀➾ o ⚓ 1e_monsters_in_5e,_take_three⠀⇛ “Monsters” are creatures that don’t have a stat line (str, dex etc), just HD, AC, and attacks. First of all, if you have the same creature in your monster manual, that’s always going to be better. Use that. Otherwise, use the “oHD” header based on their original HD in the table below to find the correct row for them. Their AC is going to be 18 minus their 1e AC. Their ability modifier (sans proficiency) for both constitution and their main attacking ability is listed under “mod”. Halve that for their other four abilities, if needed. * § Technical⠀➾ o ⚓ Kelbot_The_Tech_Scavenger⠀⇛ It struck me recently that a large portion of the tech that I get a lot of use out of is not what most would consider a typical current mainstream consumer device. I’m a tech geek but I am also very frugal. There are a few exceptions but generally I don’t spend much in terms of money on the tech I play with relative to the utility I get out of it. Some of it is downright dirt cheap in absolute terms as well. Not everything is second hand but I use the term scavenge to include not only used devices but also closeouts, liquidated out of production products and the like as well. I’m quite proud of how much use I put all this stuff to that many would consider obsolete or worthless. Here’s a rundown of the stuff I use regularly and some details about how much it cost, where it came from and what I use it for. [...] We’ll start with what I’m typing this gemlog post on. A black and white Palm PDA, released in 2001 plus a small and surprisingly nice folding keyboard that you can dock it in. I paid $40 for it along with a charge/sync dock a couple years ago and $12 for the keyboard and used it a lot for about a year. I don’t use it quite as much now but still use it regularly for certain things that it is well suited for. It is also quite easy to keep using it sporadically due to the offline and self-contained nature of the device. No updates to keep up with, insanely long battery life, simple mature software etc. Main things I still use it for are writing, managing grocery shopping lists, playing games and just generally fiddling around becuase its fun and reliable and the display looks really nice in bright outdoor light with no backlight. Really the killer feature for me that means I won’t be getting rid of it any time soon if ever is the combo of the sunlight readable display, amazing battery life and nice portable folding keyboard. I really love putting it in that keyboard and sitting out on the porch to write gemlog posts on a nice day. o ⚓ Finding_Joy_in_Tech⠀⇛ I had an interesting conversation about what gives us that ‘dopamine hit’ when we buy a new piece of tech. New in this context is ‘new to me’ as many pieces of tech I buy are used/refurbished and many years old. The person I was talking to just bought a new Ipad and I was helping them set it up. Because I’m not very familiar with how to use Apple’s handheld devices I was looking up all the different features the tablet had and was bouncing all these ideas I had for how they could integrated the new device into their day-to-day workflow. The owner of the actual device was much less enthusiastic about digging into the device’s capabilities and just wanted to start downloading apps and get on with it. We started talking about what gets us excited when we get a new device. For them it was the moment of the purchase. The second they have the device in their hands, the rush is gone and it’s just another thing they have. There are definitely spikes over the next couple of days while they get used to the new thing, but overall it’s mostly just one huge dopamine spike and that’s it. o § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Preloading_Lua_modules,_part_III⠀⇛ I received an email from Andy Weidenbaum today, thanking me for writing a post about embedding Lua code into an executable [1] which helped him in his project [2]. On the plus side, it’s nice that a post of mine was able to help him. On the non-plus side, I wrote that post *ten years ago tomorrow!* =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 7661 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.23.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_23/03/2023:_RSS_Guard_4.3.3_and_OpenBSD_Webzine⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 9:41 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o BSD o SUSE/OpenSUSE 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 * Leftovers o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies # Patents # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ Liliputing ☛ Kubuntu_Focus_Xe_Gen_2_is_a_14_inch_Linux laptop_with_Intel_Alder_Lake-P_for_$895_and_up⠀⇛ The Kubuntu Focus Xe Gen 2 is a thin and light notebook computer with a 14 inch full HD display, support for up to up to an Intel Core i7-1260P processor, up to 64GB of RAM, and PCIe 4 NVMe storage. It ships with the Kubuntu 22.04 LTS GNU/ Linux distribution pre-installed. An upgrade over the original Focus Xe, which launched in 2021, the new model brings up to a 60- percent boost in multi-core performance while keeping the same $895 starting price as its predecessor. It’s available now from Kubuntu Focus website. # ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ The_New_Kubuntu_XE_Could_Be_the_Linux_Laptop for_You⠀⇛ There are more choices than ever for a great Linux laptop, especially from companies like System76 and Framework. Now, the Kubuntu Focus team wants to launch the definitive Linux laptop — with the new, second-gen Focus XE laptop. The Kubuntu Focus XE Gen 2 laptop has arrived, promising to deliver the best out-of-the-box Linux experience for users that don’t necessarily need what a dedicated GPU has to offer. By ditching things like a dedicated GPU, the Kubuntu Focus team said that it can sell a pretty affordable package all-in-all. We wouldn’t exactly call it affordable at $895, but at least its specs make up for it. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Heuristics_for_software-interrupt_processing⠀⇛ The kernel’s software-interrupt (“softirq”) mechanism was added prior to the 1.0 kernel release, but it implements a design seen in systems that were already old when Linux was born. For much of that time, softirqs have been an impediment to the kernel community’s scalability and response- time goals, but they have proved resistant to removal. A recent discussion on a proposed new heuristic to mitigate a softirq-related performance problem may have reinvigorated interest in doing something about this subsystem as a whole rather than just tweaking the parameters of how it operates. Hardware interrupts are generated when some component of the system needs the CPU’s attention to, for example, deal with a completed I/ O operation. The processing of hardware interrupts is one of the highest-priority tasks in the kernel; an interrupt will preempt almost anything else that might be running, so the amount of work done in interrupt handlers must be kept to a minimum to avoid adversely affecting the rest of the system. The softirq mechanism was designed to allow hardware-interrupt handlers to set aside work to be done urgently — but not quite as urgently as hardware-interrupt processing. # ⚓ LWN ☛ An_EEVDF_CPU_scheduler_for_Linux⠀⇛ The kernel’s completely fair scheduler (CFS) has the job of managing the allocation of CPU time for most of the processes running on most Linux systems. CFS was merged for the 2.6.23 release in 2007 and has, with numerous ongoing tweaks, handled the job reasonably well ever since. CFS is not perfect, though, and there are some situations it does not handle as well as it should. The EEVDF scheduler, posted by Peter Zijlstra, offers the possibility of improving on CFS while reducing its dependence on often-fragile heuristics. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Neowin ☛ RSS_Guard_4.3.3⠀⇛ RSS Guard is a simple (yet powerful) feed reader. It is able to fetch the most known feed formats, including RSS/RDF and ATOM. It’s free, it’s open- source. RSS Guard currently supports Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian. RSS Guard will never depend on other services – this includes online news aggregators like Feedly, The Old Reader and others. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Interview:_the_FreeCAD_Project_Association⠀⇛ The sustainability of free software continues to be mostly uncharted waters. No team is the same as any other, so copying, say, the Blender Foundation’s approach to governance will, most likely, not work for other projects. But there is value in understanding how various non-commercial organizations operate in order to make informed decisions for the governance of new ones. In late 2021, the FreeCAD team launched the FreeCAD Project Association (FPA) to handle the various assets that belong to this free 3D CAD project. In this interview, Yorik van Havre, a longtime FreeCAD developer — and current president of the Association — guides us through the process of starting and managing the FPA. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ The_guide_to_configuring_PulseAudio_in_Linux Mint⠀⇛ PulseAudio is a sound server used in many Linux distributions, including Linux Mint. It provides advanced features like network transparency, software mixing, and per-application volume controls. However, configuring PulseAudio can be challenging for new users. In this article, we will guide you through the process of setting up and customizing PulseAudio in Linux Mint. # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ How_to_share_folders_across_your_network_from Fedora_Linux_|_ZDNET⠀⇛ Fedora Linux makes it incredibly easy to share your Public folder, without having to install any third- party software or touch the command line. # ⚓ Beebom ☛ How_to_Shutdown_Linux_Using_Command_Line_and_GUI_| Beebom⠀⇛ For a fairly new Linux user, things can be a bit overwhelming in the beginning. While the robustness and unlimited customizability options are attractive, performing basic tasks can be daunting, especially if you are unaware of the proper commands to use. For instance, you need to shut down your system, but as a new user, you are struggling to figure out the right commands to turn off your Linux computer. Though shutting down may seem like an easy task, if done incorrectly, can result in loss of data or worse – could end up corrupting your system. So, if you are a novice Linux user looking to avoid any mishaps, follow this guide to learn the safest methods to shutdown a Linux system, both through the command line and the graphical user interface (GUI). o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Can_you_play_Counter-Strike_2_on_Linux_or_macOS?_– Dexerto⠀⇛ Valve announced a limited-time playtest for Counter-Strike 2, and fans want to know what platforms they can play on. For macOS and Linux users, here is everything you need to know about CS2. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Proxmox_VE_7.4_Comes_with_an_Updated_Virtualization Stack⠀⇛ Proxmox VE (Virtual Environment) is an open-source server virtualization management platform. Based on Debian GNU/ Linux, Proxmox VE supports a variety of virtualization technologies, including KVM and LXC Linux Containers. In addition, Proxmox VE also supports various storage types, including local storage, networked storage, and software- defined storage solutions. The platform is often used in data centers and other large-scale IT enterprise environments where server virtualization is critical for efficient resource utilization and management. However, due to its ease of use and flexibility, it is also suitable for smaller- scale deployments, such as home labs and small businesses. o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenBSD Webzine ☛ OpenBSD_Webzine_#13⠀⇛ - support for xonly code - new security innovation pinsyscall(2) - sshd dynamic relinking - full disk encryption handled by the installer - OpenBSD 7.3 will be out soon # ⚓ DragonFly BSD Digest ☛ OpenBSD_zine_13⠀⇛ Lots of links in the newest OpenBSD webzine issue. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ GCC,_EFI_Boot_Manager_Update_in_Tumbleweed⠀⇛ Rolling-release distribution openSUSE Tumbleweed had a large number of security patches, bug fixes, and new features in snapshots released this week. Users who did a zypper dup had a full distribution rebuild with GNU Compiler Collection 13, which is the distro’s new default compiler. This rebuild 20230319 snapshot provided a GCC 13.0.1+git update that rebased a patch and enables a mutual exclusion (mutex) link. An update of flatpak 1.14.4 updated translations and eliminated two Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures; CVE-2023- 28101 and CVE-2023-28100, which was specific to virtual consoles and users were recommended to use a graphical user interface like GNOME Software rather than graphical terminal emulator such as xterm , gnome-terminal or Konsole. The C++ library for Single Instruction, Multiple Data highway 1.0.4 provides faster KV128 sorting. The package also updated RISC-V Vector Extension Intrinsics for the 1.0-draft. Other packages to update was libstorage- ng 4.5.86 along with several libqt5 packages. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Tails_5.11:_Secure-surfing_‘amnesiac’ live_distro_arrives⠀⇛ The latest version of TAILS has improved memory management, which means it should work a little better on memory-constrained computers. It’s the go-to option for secure private internet access. Tails 5.11, just released, has some worthwhile improvements that may make it run a little better on machines lacking large amounts of memory. Tails now uses ZRAM as standard, like the unofficial Ubuntu DDE remix and Debian variant Spiral Linux. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_20.04.6_LTS_Released_with_Major_Secure Boot_Fix⠀⇛ A point-six release?! They’re a bit unusual. Long- term support releases typically only receive five point releases during their support cycle so what’s going on? I’ll quote Ubuntu’s Graham Inggs. They explained why this exceptional release was required in a mailing list post sent earlier today (March 23): [...] # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Canonical_collaborates_with_NVIDIA_to_unlock advanced_capabilities_for_IoT_industry⠀⇛ Canonical today announced plans to certify NVIDIA platforms powered by the Orin architecture to run on Ubuntu. Ubuntu will run on the full range of NVIDIA IoT platforms, bringing Ubuntu to the automotive industry with the NVIDIA DRIVE® platform, to industrial applications with the NVIDIA IGX Orin™ platform, as well as to advanced embedded systems with NVIDIA Jetson Orin™ system- on-modules. The optimised kernel and images will combine software features from NVIDIA with unparalleled security, reliability, and support for regulated enterprise deployments. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Liliputing ☛ Orange_Pi_5B_is_a_single-board_PC_with RK3588S,_WiFi6,_BT_5.0_and_an_eMMC_storage_module⠀⇛ The Orange Pi 5B is a single-board computer that features a Rockchip RK3588S processor, support for up to 32GB of RAM and plenty of I/O options including an HDMI 2.1 port, Gigabit Ethernet, and several USB ports. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Android Central ☛ Pebble_founder_eyes_comeback_with_the small_Android_phone_of_our_dreams_|_Android_Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ GO Media ☛ Stop_Hackers_From_Taking_Over_Your_Android_With Just_Your_Phone_Number⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Check_who_can_see_your_Android_phone’s location⠀⇛ # ⚓ XDA ☛ Android_14_may_let_you_finally_set_different_live wallpapers_for_the_home_and_lock_screens⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ The_Leia_Lume_Pad_2_is_a_$1,100,_glasses- free_3D_Android_tablet_|_Ars_Technica⠀⇛ # ⚓ XDA ☛ Google’s_new_app_sync_feature_makes_it_easier_to download_your_favorite_apps_across_Android_devices⠀⇛ # ⚓ PC Mag ☛ Save_Your_Stuff:_How_to_Back_Up_and_Restore_Your Android_Device_|_PCMag⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ GPS_Isn’t_Working_on_Your_Android_Smartwatch? Here_Are_6_Ways_to_Fix_It⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ LWN ☛ Zephyr:_a_modular_OS_for_resource-constrained_devices⠀⇛ Writing applications for devices with a lot of resource constraints, such as a small amount of RAM or no memory- management unit (MMU), poses some challenges. Running a Linux distribution often isn’t an option on these devices, but there are operating systems that try to bridge the gap between running a Linux distribution and using bare-metal development. One of these is Zephyr, a real-time operating system (RTOS) launched by the Linux Foundation in 2016. LWN looked in on Zephyr at its four- year anniversary as well. Seven years after its announcement, Zephyr has made lots of progress and now has an active ecosystem surrounding it. Zephyr is an RTOS for connected, resource-constrained devices, such as Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, Bluetooth trackers, heart rate monitors, smartwatches, and embedded controllers. A typical device running Zephyr has a microcontroller with a clock frequency below 100MHz, no MMU, 32KB to 256KB of static RAM, and 512KB or less of on-chip flash memory. o ⚓ LWN ☛ Rules_as_code_for_more_responsive_governance⠀⇛ Using rules as code to help bridge the gaps between policy creation, its implementation, and its, often unintended, effects on people was the subject of a talk by Pia Andrews on the first day of the inaugural Everything Open conference in Melbourne, Australia. She has long been exploring the space of open government, and her talk was a report on what she and others have been working on over the last seven years. Everything Open is the successor to the long-running, well-regarded linux.conf.au (LCA); Andrews (then Pia Waugh) gave the opening keynote at LCA 2017 in Hobart, Tasmania, and helped organize the 2007 event in Sydney. Andrews said that she has a dream of a world where government policy is built in a way that is accountable, participatory, humane, adaptive, and accessible. Those who are affected by these policies should be able to easily understand, apply, and question them; policies should not be written in some ivory tower, but should be created in conjunction with those who must follow them. She dreams of policies that are based on human values, rather than only on what is good for the economy, since relying solely on the latter has not worked out so well, she said; “make what’s good for people and then the economy will follow”. Rather than just writing policy once and “throwing it out in the ether and hoping”, it should be iterated upon, so that even bad policy has a chance to become good based on looking at its actual impact on people. That description of her public-policy dream was met with a good bit of applause. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Firefox_112_on_Ubuntu_Linux_Can_Now_Help You_Switch_Away_from_Chromium⠀⇛ Firefox is a popular open-source alternative to Chromium-based browsers such as Chrome and Opera. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ France24 ☛ Earthquake_in_Afghanistan,_Pakistan_kills_at_least 13⠀⇛ At least 13 people were killed and more than 90 injured in Pakistan and Afghanistan after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck late on Tuesday, government officials said. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ They_are_3D-printing_cakes_now,_edible_and everything._They_can_do_chicken_too⠀⇛ Just when you think you have seen it all, you see something like this. They are printing cakes now. Do those words mean what they traditionally meant? o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Thursday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by CentOS (firefox, nss, and openssl), Fedora (firefox, liferea, python-cairosvg, and tar), Oracle (openssl and thunderbird), Scientific Linux (firefox, nss, and openssl), SUSE (container-suseconnect, grub2, libplist, and qemu), and Ubuntu (amanda, apache2, node-object-path, and python-git). # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Windows_11,_Tesla,_Ubuntu,_and_macOS hacked_at_Pwn2Own_2023⠀⇛ The first to fall was Adobe Reader in the enterprise applications category after Haboob SA’s Abdul Aziz Hariri (@abdhariri) used an exploit chain targeting a 6-bug logic chain abusing multiple failed patches which escaped the sandbox and bypassed a banned API list on macOS to earn $50,000. # ⚓ Dark Reading ☛ Epidemic_of_Insecure_Storage,_Backup_Devices Is_a_Windfall_for_Cybercriminals⠀⇛ Companies in every industry continue to leave backup and storage platforms unsecured, with more than a dozen issues, including insecure network settings and unaddressed CVEs, affecting the average device. That leaves these repositories — often the first line of protection in the event of a ransomware attack — as sitting ducks for cybercriminals. That’s according to a data analysis published on March 22 by storage security firm Continuity Software, which found that the average device had 14 security risks, including three critical issues, which are considered those capable of allowing a significant compromise. The top three risks affecting companies’ storage systems are insecure network settings, unaddressed vulnerabilities, and lax access privileges. # ⚓ Seattle Times ☛ Shoreline_College_website_hacked;_officials investigating⠀⇛ # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Kroger_notifies_more_than_82,000_Postal Prescription_Service_patients_of_mistaken_information sharing⠀⇛ On March 10, Kroger’s Healthy Options program, Postal Prescription Services (PPS), issued a statement about a privacy breach. According to their statement, some PPS patients’ names and email addresses were erroneously shared with the grocery side of Kroger’s business due to an internal error. # ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ New_victims_come_forward_after_mass-ransomware attack [Ed: Microsoft issue, as covered by 'former' Microsoft employee Zack Whittaker]⠀⇛ The number of victims affected by a mass-ransomware attack, caused by a bug in a popular data transfer tool used by businesses around the world, continues to grow as another organization tells TechCrunch that it was also hacked. # ⚓ Cyber_attack_disrupts_Spanish_medicine_distribution⠀⇛ A cyberattack on a leading pharmaceutical supply company has disrupted the distribution of medicines to Spanish pharmacies. The attack, which started last Friday and is still ongoing, has affected wholesale supplier Alliance Healthcare’s servers and delayed and even prevented the normal delivery of some medicines to pharmacies in Spain, according to Spanish daily El País. Alliance Healthcare is the fourth biggest supplier in Spain. # ⚓ Oak_Ridge_malware_attack:_Police_investigating_as_city offices_remain_closed⠀⇛ As city of Oak Ridge employees continued to work offline because of a malware attack on the city’s computer network, officials announced Wednesday afternoon they are working with law enforcement to investigate the attack. When asked if foul play was suspected, city senior communications specialist Lauren Gray said an investigation is considered standard practice for a malware attack. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Apple_Music_Users_Seeing_Other People’s_Playlists_in_Their_Libraries⠀⇛ Some Apple Music users are reporting seeing user-made playlists they didn’t create in their libraries. These seemingly user-created playlists are showing up in libraries of people who did not create them. Users have taken to reddit to discuss the issue, where several reports have surfaced about the bug. # ⚓ SANS ☛ Windows_11_Snipping_Tool_Privacy_Bug: Inspecting_PNG_Files,_(Wed,_Mar_22nd)⠀⇛ o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ The_AMX-10-RC:_The_French_tank_on_its_way_to Ukraine⠀⇛ In January this year, French president Emmanuel Macron announced the country would send a number of light tanks to Ukraine to help Kyiv in its fight against invading Russian forces. The tank in question is the AMX-10-RC, an armoured vehicle mounted on wheels rather than tracks but renowned for its speed and effectiveness in the field. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Russia’s_Black_Sea_blockade_is_part_of Putin’s_war_on_international_law⠀⇛ By preventing the free passage of merchant shipping in the Black Sea, Russia deprives world markets of vital Ukrainian agricultural produce while also challenging the core principles of international maritime law. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ ASEAN’s_institutional_vulnerabilities_are driving_minilateralism⠀⇛ ASEAN centrality was the key principle that drove regional integration beginning with the Asian financial crisis in 1997 through to the mid-2000s. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Uncertain_haven:_Afghan_refugees_in India⠀⇛ Since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s seizure of power in August 2021, the Afghan refugee crisis, already one of the worst in the world, has intensified. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_5×5—Conflict_in_Ukraine’s information_environment⠀⇛ Experts provide insights on the war being waged through the Ukrainian information environment and take away lessons for the future. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ ISS:_Reducing_murder_must_be_a_top_SA government_priority⠀⇛ There were, on average, 520 murders a week in South Africa during the 2022 calendar year. According to available data, this is one of the highest murder rates in the world. For years, chronic violence has been part of the South African reality. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Finns_see_for_themselves_in_Mozambique⠀⇛ A Finnish delegation was in Mozambique earlier this month (March) to keep up with European Union (EU) interests and developments in the east African country, involved in a low-intensity war with Islamist terrorists in its north. # ⚓ Danish_supreme_court_overturns_decision_to_revoke citizenship_from_woman_who_supported_ISIS⠀⇛ The Danish supreme court, Højesteret, has overruled a 2020 decision to revoke the citizenship of a Danish-Iranian woman who travelled to Syria in support of the Islamic State (Isis) terror group. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ International_Criminal_Court_Regrets_‘Threats’ After_Putin_Arrest_Warrant⠀⇛ The legislative body of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on March 22 that it regretted “threats” against the tribunal over its war crimes arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. # ⚓ RFA ☛ China’s_Xi_wraps_up_show-of-solidarity_trip_to Moscow⠀⇛ Russian and Chinese presidents eye a new world order but a Ukraine peace deal remains elusive. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Talking_like_‘capitalist’_South_Koreans_can_lead_to prison_or_death_in_North_Korea⠀⇛ Publicly calling your spouse ‘honey’ – not ‘comrade’– could put your life at risk. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Blinken_pushes_for_$2_billion_for_US_rival_to_China’s Belt-and-Road⠀⇛ Senators question price tag of foreign infrastructure package, call for more money for Taiwan’s defense. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Why_these_images_do_not_prove_that_Vladimir Putin_sent_a_‘body_double’_to_Mariupol⠀⇛ Did Vladimir Putin really use a body double during his recent visit to Mariupol, Ukraine? That’s the question posed by several posts that began circulating on social media on March 20, 2023. However, while these posts claim to show evidence of physical differences in the president’s face, the images they rely on are far from conclusive. # ⚓ France24 ☛ N._Korea_fires_several_cruise_missiles_off_its east_coast,_says_S._Korea⠀⇛ North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles Wednesday, Seoul’s military said, the latest launch which comes as South Korea and the United States stage major joint military drills. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Department_of_Justice_asks_Supreme_Court_to reinstate_ban_on_firearms_for_persons_under_domestic_violence restraining_orders⠀⇛ The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking a reversal of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s decision in United States v. Rahimi, in which the court ruled that a law prohibiting access to firearms to persons under domestic violence restraining orders was unconstitutional. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_official:_‘limited_accountability’_for_human rights_violations_in_Belarus⠀⇛ Tens of thousands of people — many of them peaceful protesters — have been arbitrarily arrested and detained in Belarus over the past two and a half years, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif said Tuesday. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_climate_body_announces_latest_policy_and abatement_recommendations⠀⇛ After gathering in Interlaken, Switzerland last week, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Monday announced the release of its Sixth Assessment Report, analyzing the current state of climate change knowledge, the impact of climate change and possible abatements. The report outlines a multitude of response efforts and abatement measures. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Copenhagen_to_get_1,000_new_electric_car_charging ports⠀⇛ Copenhagen Municipality has signed a deal with contractors to install an additional 1,000 new charging ports for electric cars in the Danish capital. # ⚓ Danish_transport_minister_backs_plan_to_introduce road_congestion_charges⠀⇛ Denmark’s transport minister Thomas Danielsen says he backs a long-term plan to impose road pricing, meaning car drivers would pay charges based on where they drive. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ In_Pictures:_Hundreds_of_dead fish_wash_ashore_at_Hong_Kong_beach_after_algae_bloom spotted_in_water⠀⇛ Hundreds of dead fish have washed ashore as an algae bloom was spotted at a Hong Kong beach on Wednesday morning. Red tides were seen in the waters off St. Stephen Beach, in Stanley. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Inadequate_Access_To_Water_Affects_3.6 Billion_People:_WMO⠀⇛ Currently, over 100 countries are not on track to have sustainably managed water resources by 2030. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Yemenis_Struggle_to_Prepare_for_Ramadan Amid_Soaring_Prices⠀⇛ The war, blockade, and currency collapse have caused prices to skyrocket and pushed most of the Yemenis into extreme poverty. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ World_Water_Day:_Hong_Kong’s ‘hidden’_water_problem_–_a_false_sense_of_security_is breeding_unsustainable_habits⠀⇛ Dr Lina Vyas and Dr Stuti Rawat On Wednesday, World Water Day, the United Nations 2023 Water Conference will take place in New York City, 46 years after the first UN Water Conference was held. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China’s_Xi_Jinping_and Russia’s_Vladimir_Putin_hail_‘new_era’_of_ties_in united_front_against_West⠀⇛ The leaders of China and Russia hailed a “new era” in their relationship on Tuesday, putting on a united front in Moscow as Vladimir Putin accused the West of rejecting Beijing’s proposals to end the Ukraine conflict. # ⚓ France24 ☛ UN_warns_‘vampiric’_water_use_leading_to ‘imminent’_global_crisis⠀⇛ Humanity’s “lifeblood” — water — is increasingly at risk around the world due to “vampiric overconsumption and overdevelopment,” the UN warned in a report, published hours ahead of a major summit on the issue was set to begin Wednesday. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Amazon_Layoffs_Impact_Over_400_Twitch Employees_—_No_Word_Yet_on_Amazon_Music⠀⇛ Twitch has announced layoffs impacting around 400 people as part of Amazon’s broader layoffs. Details on other Amazon divisions, including Amazon Music, remain scant. Twitch CEO Emmett Shear stepped down from his role just weeks before the layoffs were announced. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron_breaks_silence_on_France’s_bitter_pension battle:_the_key_takeaways⠀⇛ French President Emmanuel Macron broke his silence on the bitter pension battle roiling the country in a televised interview on Wednesday, stressing that his contentious reform raising the pension age is necessary and will come into force later this year. # ⚓ France24 ☛ French_opposition_says_Macron_shows_‘contempt’ for_workers_in_TV_interview⠀⇛ French union leaders and opposition politicians on Wednesday reacted with outrage to a televised interview with President Emmanuel Macron in which he discussed planned pension reforms recently forced through government. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron_holds_firm_on_pension_reform_bill_as protests_escalate⠀⇛ French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday defiantly vowed to push through a controversial pension reform, saying in a TV interview that he was prepared to accept unpopularity in the face of sometimes violent protests, and that he plans to enact the new law by the end of the year. # ⚓ France24 ☛ King_Charles_set_to_face_strikes_and_disruption in_France_on_first_foreign_visit⠀⇛ King Charles III risks facing rubbish-strewn streets, transport strikes and disruption to his visit when he travels to France next week for his first foreign trip. # ⚓ The Local SE ☛ ‘Slap_in_the_face’:_Swedish_supermarket leaders_take_out_huge_bonuses⠀⇛ The leaders of Swedish supermarket giants Axfood and Ica took out multi-million kronor bonuses last year off the back of high food prices, bonuses which Swedish politicians have described as “offensive” and “a slap in the face”. # ⚓ The Local SE ☛ ‘New_era’:_Swedish_bank_warns_interest_rate could_hit_five_percent⠀⇛ A new property report from Swedish bank Handelsbanken predicts that property prices will continue to fall throughout the spring as the average interest rate on mortgages rises to over five percent. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ IMF_Staff_Reaches_Agreement_With_Ukraine_For_$15.6 Billion_Program⠀⇛ The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on March 21 it reached a staff-level agreement with Ukraine for a four-year financing package worth about $15.6 billion, offering the country needed funds as it continues its battle against Russia’s invasion. # ⚓ CNN ☛ Accenture_slashes_19,000_jobs_worldwide_|_CNN Business⠀⇛ Accenture plans to slash 19,000 jobs worldwide as it attempts to cut costs amid a gloomy economic picture. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Ethiopia’s_parliament_removes_Tigray_rebel_party from_terror_list⠀⇛ Ethiopia’s parliament on Wednesday removed the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) from an official list of terrorist groups, a key step in the peace process following the two-year conflict in the country’s north. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Turkey’s_pro-Kurdish_party_will_not_field candidate_in_election_setback_for_Erdogan⠀⇛ Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party said Wednesday it would not field a presidential candidate in May elections, giving tacit support to Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rival in the crucial vote. # ⚓ France24 ☛ French_pension_reforms:_Macron_‘won_on_the parliamentary_side’_but_he_lost_‘politically’⠀⇛ French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said he was prepared to accept unpopularity as a consequence of imposing a controversial pensions reform that has sparked uproar and mass protests. Macron, in an interview with the TF1 and France 2 TV channels, said his government will aim to bring France back to normal “as soon as possible”, speaking two days after his government barely survived a no-confidence vote. For more, FRANCE 24 is joined by French political scientist Jean- Christophe Gallien. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Cardi_B’s_$4_Million_Defamation Judgement_Against_YouTuber_Upheld_By_US_Court_of_Appeals⠀⇛ In another win for Cardi B, the US Court of Appeals upheld the original decision after her defamation lawsuit against YouTuber Tasha K was ruled in her favor in January 2022. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Man_In_Germany_Fined_For_T-Shirt_Supporting Russia’s_Invasion_Of_Ukraine⠀⇛ A German court has fined a man for wearing a T- shirt with the letter “Z” — a sign of support for Russia’s war against Ukraine — stenciled on it. The 49-year-old naturalized German citizen, who moved from Russia to Germany in 1992, was ordered to pay 1,500 euros. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_University_Student_Expelled_For Commemorating_Writer_Killed_By_Soviet_Regime⠀⇛ A university in Russia’s Mari El region has expelled Viktor Novogorsky, an activist of the Mari Ushem (Union Of Mari People) organization, after he took part in a commemoration of the founder of the Mari people’s literature, Sergei Chavain, who was executed by Josef Stalin’s regime in 1937. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_democrat_charged_under national_security_law_remanded_after_violating_bail condition⠀⇛ A Hong Kong democrat charged under the Beijing- imposed national security law has been remanded in custody after a magistrate ruled that he had violated his bail conditions. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Singapore_human_rights_lawyer_suspended_for_five years_over_remarks_criticizing_judiciary⠀⇛ Singapore’s highest court Tuesday suspended human rights lawyer M. Ravi for five years over comments criticizing the city-state’s attorney general., the maximum sentence possible. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_Security_chief_defends ongoing_protest_mask_ban,_despite_security_law_and_easing_of Covid_rules⠀⇛ Secretary for Security Chris Tang told lawmakers on Wednesday that it was necessary to retain the mask ban introduced during the extradition bill protests of 2019, as national security concerns remain in the city. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_martial_arts_coach_jailed for_5_years_under_national_security_law_files_appeal_against sentence⠀⇛ A Hong Kong martial arts coach handed a five-year jail term under the Beijing-imposed national security law has filed an appeal against his sentence. Denis Wong was jailed after pleading guilty to inciting subversion under the sweeping security legislation and one count of possession of arms without a licence last month. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Shanghai_court_jails_blogger_for_seven_years_over ‘subversive’_posts⠀⇛ ‘They said the crime was of a serious nature because it had a very bad impact’ on society, wife says # ⚓ RFA ☛ Distributors_pull_plug_on_Winnie_the_Pooh_cult_horror flick_in_Hong_Kong⠀⇛ Many assume a link to the fictional bear’s ban from mainland China, where he has been likened to leader Xi Jinping o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Andrew_Tate_To_Remain_In_Romanian_Detention_For_30 More_Days⠀⇛ A Romanian court has ruled for the fourth time to extend by 30 days the preventative arrest of Andrew Tate, the divisive social media influencer who is held on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Kenya_dispatch:_anti-government_national_strike prompts_brutal_police_crackdowns⠀⇛ Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya.  On Monday, a nationwide strike occurred in Kenya. We had towns like Kiambu, Muranga that had go-slow strikes while in towns such as Trans-Nzoia, Homabay, Kakamega, Kisumu and Nairobi there were actual demonstrations. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Hawaii_bill_seeks_to_prevent_suicide_in_Native Hawaiian_and_Pacific_Islander_populations⠀⇛ The Hawaii Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Monday passed a bill that directs the Prevent Suicide Hawaii Task Force (PSHTF) to further focus its efforts on preventing suicide in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Liberia_deaf_advocates_criticize_government_for inaccessible_election_process⠀⇛ Deaf advocates in Liberia Wednesday criticized the Liberian government and National Elections Commission (NEC) for failing to make the voter registration and election process accessible for deaf Liberians. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Race_to_the_top [Ed: JUVE has been reduced to outright SPAM for the firms that not only pay for such spam but also fake "rankings" and propaganda, like face news in favour of the illegal UPC]⠀⇛ Security or a new challenge? When Tobias Hessel was deciding whether or not to accept Clifford Chance’s offer to join its German patent litigation practice, he faced precisely this question. # ⚓ JUVE ☛ EPO_revokes_Amgen_antibody_patent_amid_ongoing battle_with_Sanofi [Ed: EPo granted fake patents again; it keeps happening]⠀⇛ In first-instance proceedings, biopharmaceutical company Amgen has lost a patent at the European Patent Office. EP 26 41 917 protects aspects of PCSK9 antibodies, which are used in Amgen’s drug Repatha via active ingredient evolocumab. Sanofi’s competing drug, which also uses PCSK9 antibodies, is sold under the brand name Praluent. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Post_Malone_Settles_‘Circles’ Copyright_Suit_With_Alleged_Co-Writer,_Avoiding_a Trial⠀⇛ Earlier this week, a copyright infringement lawsuit concerning Nickelback’s “Rockstar” was dismissed with prejudice, and The Weeknd settled a separate action over “Call Out My Name.” Now, yet another infringement battle, centering on Post Malone’s “Circles,” has drawn to a close. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ The_day_after_a_hard_day’s_work⠀⇛ It’s been a particularly wet and windy winter here in northern California. My parents run a horse boarding operation and they’ve had close to 20 trees come down over the past few months. They’re both getting older now and things that they used to be able to do have gotten a lot harder, especially for my dad. They’re both still very mobile and capable, but they can only do physically intensive tasks for a few hours, with breaks. Before my job at the store, I was working there a few days a week to do what my parents either didn’t have time for or physically couldn’t do. In the first few weeks of January, before school started, any day I didn’t have work at the store, I was up there helping clear out the trees that had fallen. When school started up I had to cut it down to once a week, and then when my manager tacked on an additional shift, it was dropped down to just the afternoon on one day. # ⚓ Relocating_Gornate_Forest_to_Burdock’s_Valley⠀⇛ OK, def do not read this post if you are playing in an Arden Vul campaign. It’s for DMs only. I found that the module The Forest of Gornate fits pretty well in Burdock’s Valley and it’s also for 1e. Hopefully a good mashup. # ⚓ Re:_Computer_Addiction⠀⇛ Edward Willis over at encw.xyz wrote recently* about computer addiction[1]. No earth-shattering revelations, especially for people who use gopher I think. But still worth reading and remembering. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Search_Result_Quality_For_Multiple_Terms⠀⇛ Marginalia’s search result quality has, for a long while, been pretty good as long as your search query is a single term, but for multiple search terms it’s been a bit hit-and-miss. Marginalia was never great at this, but the quality of results in this usage pattern has taken a bit of a dive recently due to a re-write of the index last fall. During The Grand Restructuring, the opportunity arose to isolate the code responsible for result ranking and expose it to some well-needed scrutiny. It turns out it was pretty broken. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. 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