𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Saturday, April 01, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Sun 2 Apr 02:41:04 BST 2023 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈 Latest in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕 and older bulletins can be found at 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕-𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 Full IPFS index in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔 and as plain text in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔/𝒕𝒙𝒕 Gemini index for the day: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/04/01/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmauXJ4hm2B8vmLvTEieLQ9UvxciHtFKGxLJtQ2T8Fwo5Z QmW59BBAcJp9ZDTu1b9GbvHKPUGfo653wEiJtfQdxmEU8W QmVBWP1XyYrgiEM5MtCsaAytnbkitrsRFUTzhSgjw36gYN QmVASZRXkc3QcYipcVb7qCKuwVoj9ZQrNVYZx7nQ2RPD94 QmZ1N4Vu26u6CCCsKi27LVN42xJsBjGYE2xb1iRyPmuNqc QmUUYcWLk17SXhvNzycR7MpECHasi3J8t7VwM6z61dv2nu QmaqjhzvekN5WBAZaYzr8Ucqunzwi6SteXSx86yMNoVSdE QmVAyUDY1iWf4k82n58GPxWfdrRqQTnHSjtuTttFsnydYx QmeRe31Nm7EfUFp5BxGk2dZMjnuxLERAkHyreVL6meDH84 QmQeFJQZ3HkPF4nR4UnfSSDua2yuQG5R4xeL62uWkCNiCG QmYeqndJUEciynuvEFZb11F6xnYuspBohuERc9a9tu5gS2 QmUXUNDJQ5vi3kbs4mHpxvBEWZJbck83nNtAVMi4wJsEQ6 QmcUpvsckHPM5NPUPS6gA9ce5ym1pVc19LKaPD7q1uMf74 QmTUTyUW7xR71QVYrTQEx8WemNeazwLzEfFVgqJrMjeR1c QmQSDbMx49Qp1evxonhU6ywRqyMxJV692GP9fytMjANAK6 QmS6fwEQ3Yvttg3ziCQJcGBP3t9mEXoo8WNzghRGVcQGX8 QmWHLxvHKRKrcrbjLpzpBTTGh859JgSQJuo7AHVpAUWV7x QmWm4edZaVvNMuBZzAa4oDApS61pFXU7zhe1rpSBqcntdr QmUrwP7MBt8inhtUu4Mvpm1u98tHfeRdavasm4yZqHa9Hf QmZz4PybmqwxQvJ6383XsbijS6b7BRGW5rSKMTvsLRtRae QmZjKTQkXEAPfBEY76e1SGVHsMwytpPPn1a8p7edRrF2LX ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Microsoft Layoffs in the Buzzwords Department | Techrights ⦿ Geminispace: Still Growing, Still Community-Controlled | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Friday, March 31, 2023 | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/04/01/buzzwords-no-more/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/04/01/gemini-capsules-april-2023/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/04/01/irc-log-310323/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/04/01/bloomberg-places-stake-in-freesw/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/04/01/mozilla-turns-25/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/04/01/red-hat-turns-30/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 55 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/04/01/buzzwords-no-more/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/04/01/buzzwords-no-more/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.01.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Microsoft_Layoffs_in_the_Buzzwords_Department⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Microsoft at 7:53 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Far too many divisions at Microsoft operate at a loss and it is unsustainable, even with bailouts from taxpayers, facilitated_by_Trump_and_Biden_in_more recent_years under the guise of coronavirus “stimulus” and “defence” contracts 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Debt_Loading⦈_ Summary: Microsoft hired or acquired (acquisition-based_hiring, which enables faking growth, faking wealth when no actual money changes hands, and sometimes debt-loading) a lot of “trash” and “hype”; now it pays the price IT is far too easy to get cynical these days, seeing how technology gets described in the media. We wrote many articles in the past, condemning or just playfully mocking all sorts of marketing buzzwords. Here’s the latest_at_Microsoft: (hard to keep track already of all those waves of layoffs; it’s not_just_10,000_staff_but_a_lot_more) Microsoft is shutting down its metaverse unit comprising 100 employees amidst broader layoffs. Microsoft has internally announced disbanding its Industrial Metaverse Core group, a division comprising around 100 employees focused on bringing the metaverse to industrial environments through software. Just a fortnight or so after Microsoft fired “AI” staff it is firing the “Metaverse” staff. What next? Will Microsoft also fire all the “Smart” staff and be left with a bunch of Cantrells? █ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⡇⢠⣬⡙⣿⠿⠿⣿⠸⠿⢿⠏⠹⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⠿⠿⢿⡿⠿⢿⡿⠿⠇⣿⢼⡿⠿⢿⣿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⡇⢸⡿⢇⣏⠨⣥⣼⠰⣿⢀⡇⢸⣿⣿⠸⣿⣯⠸⡿⢨⠋⡭⢸⡁⢿⠇⣿⢸⡇⣿⡆⡧⢛⣣⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣷⣶⣶⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣾⣶⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣶⣶⣾⣷⣶⣿⣷⣾⣶⣿⣶⣷⣿⣾⣷⣿⣷⣏⡲⢆⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣛⣛⣛⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⡏⣿⣿⡽⠹⢹⣟⢉⢿⢭⠍⢯⣿⢹⣿⡿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣿⡿⣿⢽⢽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣽⣐⣯⣾⣑⣫⣼⣇⣯⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣷⣷⣷⣿⣿⣾⣷⣿⣿⠶⢧⡼⠿⣼⠿⢿⡼⢧⣯⠿⣽⠿⢷⡽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⡿⢟⡟⡏⡿⣿⢿⢻⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⡻⢿⢿⢿⢿⣿⡟⣿⡿⢿⢿⢿⠿⠹⡿⡿⣿⢿⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣧⣾⣴⣧⣧⣵⣼⣼⣿⣯⣾⣿⣭⣵⣦⣼⣽⣼⣽⣧⣭⣮⣵⣵⣴⣭⣤⣧⣧⡺⢾⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣤⣿⣯⣼⣿⣯⣵⣽⣿⣼⣯⣻⣿⣿⣯⣼⣿⣧⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣷⣾⣿⣮⣷⣾⣿⣮⣿⣿⣼⣶⣷⣭⣿⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣽⣿⣿⣿⣧⣿⣯⣬⣿⣵⣶⣼⣿⣧⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⡿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⡟⡟⣿⣿⢿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡟⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⡿⡿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⢿⣿⡟⠿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣾⣿⣶⣿⣾⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣷⣷⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣷⣿⣷⣶⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣻⣿⣿⡟⣿⡏⢻⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢟⠏⣿⣿⢻⣻⢿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⢻⣿⣻⣿⣿⢿⣿⢟⣿⣿⣿⢻⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⠛⣿⢙⢿⡿⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣇⣿⣿⣯⣏⣿⣹⢹⣿⣟⣽⣸⣿⣿⣟⣿⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣏⣿⣿⣋⣿⣏⣽⣿⣏⣸⣿⣿⣹⣿⣿⣇⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣍⣿⣏⣻⣿⣿⣽⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣼⣿⣿⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣴⣿⣿⣿⣄⣿⣿⣤⣿⣿⣽⣽⣷⣿⣧⣼⣿⣿⣧⣾⣿⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣧⣼⣿⣯⣿⣿⣯⣿⣯⣿⣿⣼⣿⣦⣿⣧⣺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣾⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⢿⡿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣾⣿⣿⣾⣿⣷⣿⣷⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣍⣿⣿⣹⣿⣏⣯⣿⣿⣹⣿⢿⣿⣏⣿⣿⣿⣨⣋⣿⣿⣉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣩⣽⣸⣿⣩⣏⣿⣿⣽⣻⣻⣯⣿⣻⣿⣟⣿⣟⣻⣏⣽⣿⣿⣹⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣿⣏⣹⣿⣟⣿⣸⣿⣿⣿⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣯⣧⣿⣿⣷⣿⣷⣽⣧⣶⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣼⣽⣿⣿⣷⣼⣿⣯⣿⣿⣴⣿⣿⣯⣬⣾⣿⣿⣿⣭⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣦⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣧⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⢿⣿⢿⢿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⡟⠻⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣷⣾⣿⣾⣿⣷⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣾⣷⣿⣷⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣶⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣾⣿⣾⣿⣿⣾⣿⣷⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣧⣿⣾⣿⣷⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣾⣿⣾⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡟⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡋⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣻⣿⣿⢻⣿⡿⢿⣟⣿⣿⢛⡿⣿⡿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⢹⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⡿⡏⢿⢿⣿⢛⠟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣸⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣛⣿⡟⣏⣿⣟⣽⣿⣯⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 145 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/04/01/gemini-capsules-april-2023/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/04/01/gemini-capsules-april-2023/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.01.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Geminispace:_Still_Growing,_Still_Community-Controlled⠀✐ Posted in Free/Libre_Software, Protocol at 8:32 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Summary: Almost 2.4k live (online) capsules are observed_by_Lupa_right_now (there are more, but Lupa cannot see them all), with just 31 more to go before this 2,400 milestone THE growth of Gemini did not stop. 2021 and 2022 were exciting years of growth for Gemini; we made many videos and published many articles about that. Just because we barely do that anymore doesn’t mean we mothballed the thing and it doesn’t mean that users abandoned it. In terms of the number of Gemini servers, it continues to grow. In terms of actual users who surf Geminispace, that too is growing. Here are the stats for the last two weeks of March, from Techrights alone: 24644 page requests on 2023/03/17 34315 page requests on 2023/03/18 33622 page requests on 2023/03/19 37344 page requests on 2023/03/20 18577 page requests on 2023/03/21 12592 page requests on 2023/03/22 23301 page requests on 2023/03/23 15574 page requests on 2023/03/24 38011 page requests on 2023/03/25 18483 page requests on 2023/03/26 35098 page requests on 2023/03/27 17227 page requests on 2023/03/28 8096 page requests on 2023/03/29 7546 page requests on 2023/03/30 33676 page requests on 2023/03/31 Almost 50,000 of the above were transported through a Web proxy. “Many people use “apps”, but that’s a different problem…”The Tux_Machines Gemini_capsule, which is relatively new (only months old), there have been 14.5k requests since the start of the month (April). So there too there has been a lot of activity. The World Wide Web is shrinking (more sites shut down than new ones created; Google continues_to_dominate), but people flock elsewhere. They’re still online, but they may be using other protocols. Many people use “apps”, but that’s a different problem… Here is the growth of Gemini visualised (graph plotted just 2 hours old). Gemini, unlike W3C-led bloat, is community-controlled. █ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Gemini_capsules_April_2023⦈_ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠻⣿⠟⣿⡏⠋⠻⣿⢛⡿⠛⣻⣿⣿⠋⣿⢽⣟⠛⢿⣿⠟⠙⣛⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣓⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣛⣛⣛⣻⣿⣍⢿⠟⠋⡟⠽⢻⢿⢟⢿⡛⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⠟⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⠇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠿⠿⡿⣿⡿⠿⡿⣻⠿⡿⡿⡿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠁⠈⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⢘⣶⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣶⣶⣿⣿⣷⣴⣷⣶⣶⣾⣶⣾⣷⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠛⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣵⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠏⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠛⠋⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡻⣤⣿⡆⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⠟⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣹⣾⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⡏⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣠⣤⣴⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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It leverages Wine, a compatibility layer, to run Windows applications on Unix-based operating systems such as Manjaro Linux. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_LinuxQQ_on_Manjaro_Linux⠀⇛ LinuxQQ is a comprehensive and user-oriented instant messaging client designed explicitly for Linux users. Its increasing popularity, particularly among the Chinese-speaking community, can be attributed to its robust features and seamless integration with various Linux distributions, including Manjaro Linux. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_RStudio_on_Manjaro_Linux⠀⇛ RStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) specifically designed for R, a widely-used programming language for statistical computing and data analysis. RStudio provides a user-friendly interface and a wide array of tools, making working with R more efficient and enjoyable. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_SELinux_on_Ubuntu_22.04_| 20.04⠀⇛ This comprehensive guide will walk you through the process of installing and configuring Security- Enhanced Linux (SELinux) on Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.04. We will cover a comparison between SELinux and AppArmor, along with important prerequisites, and various configuration options to ensure your system is secure. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ 3_Command_Line_Tools_to_Install_Deb_Packages_in Ubuntu⠀⇛ In this tutorial, you will learn how to install local software packages (.DEB) in Debian and its derivatives such as Ubuntu and Linux Mint using three different command line tools and they are dpkg… # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ 8_Useful_Linux_Shutdown_Commands_to Reboot_or_Shut_Down_Your_Linux_PC_–_Make_Tech_Easier⠀⇛ Whether it’s for an SSH Ubuntu server or because your mouse stopped working, learning how to use Linux shutdown commands on the command line works wonders for everybody. Here we show you how to master the shutdown command to quickly shut down your PC. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_use_SSHFS_to_share_files_between computers⠀⇛ SSHFS is a handy tool for mounting remote file systems over SSH connections. In this article, we’ll guide you through the process of installing and using SSHFS on Ubuntu, from setting up SSH to mounting remote file systems and managing permissions. # ⚓ How_to_change_NPM_version_in_Linux,_Windows_or_macOS?⠀⇛ Working on different Node.js projects and the version of dependencies required by them; you may often need to switch between different versions of the Node Package Manager (NPM). However, for beginners, it can be a tricky task but don’t worry. # ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ How_to_Permanently_Change_Your_MAC_Address_on Linux⠀⇛ Every network interface has a unique MAC address, set by the manufacturer. It’s how network connections identify connection endpoints. On Linux, you can permanently change a MAC address if you want. o § WINE or Emulation⠀➾ # ⚓ WINE Project (Official) ☛ WineHQ_–_Wine_Announcement_–_The Wine_development_release_8.5_is_now_available.⠀⇛ The Wine development release 8.5 is now available. What’s new in this release: – Bundled vkd3d upgraded to version 1.7. – Better error reporting in the IDL compiler. – Support for shared Wow64 Classes registry key. – More cleanups in IME support. – Support for configuring a WinRT dark theme. – Various bug fixes. The source is available at: https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/8.x/wine- 8.5.tar.xz Binary packages for various distributions will be available from: https://www.winehq.org/download You will find documentation on https:// www.winehq.org/documentation You can also get the current source directly from the git repository. Check https://www.winehq.org/git for details. Wine is available thanks to the work of many people. See the file AUTHORS in the distribution for the complete list. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ The_very_first_article_about_video_games_on Linux…_from_1994⠀⇛ Yes. It’s about DOOM. And, no. The reviewer didn’t have working sound on Linux. # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Epic_Linux_Gaming_Predictions_for_2023⠀⇛ We are back with our prediction game that’s been going on since 2021! In 2021 we had a lot of great insights about where the future was headed, in 2022 not as much… # ⚓ ScummVM ☛ ScummVM_Enables_AI_to_Play_Point-and-Click Adventure_Games⠀⇛ The ScummVM project, a free and open-source software project that allows users to play classic point-and-click adventure games on modern systems, has announced a major breakthrough in the field of artificial intelligence gaming. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Dedoimedo ☛ Plasma_5.27_–_Can’t_say_there_are_many differences,_but_’tis_ok⠀⇛ I am not 100% sure what to think about Plasma 5.27. In a way, it feels like a non-release. Yes, there are some improvements, and some new features, but nothing major that I could see. The differences are tiny, say if I compare to Plasma 5.24, which I explored quite extensively lately. The bulk of it works fine, the bulk remains unchanged, and so I am not sure the latest KDE bundle really warrants its own version. But that’s a small technicality complaint really. What I didn’t like was a handful of application problems that shouldn’t be there. Welcome Center, Discover, Kate, they all had unnecessary niggles. In particular, Welcome Center does not feel complete. Some baseline ergonomics could also be better. Stability was decent, performance great. If you’re a Plasma person, then you should definitely explore. But some Plasma editions are simply better than the rest. Today, here, we have an average offering. If you want the best this desktop environment can offer, I’d say, for now, 5.24 is what you want. Anyway, see you soon. # ⚓ Volker Krause ☛ February/March_in_KDE_Itinerary⠀⇛ Since the last last_summary_post two month ago a lot has happened around KDE Itinerary again, ranging from supporting more travel document and ticket types to better guidance to the right spot on a train station platform. § New Features Platform section highlighting The train station map can now also highlight platform sections, next to the platform itself. Depending on the level of detail of the available information in the OSM map data, the train schedule, seat reservation and the vehicle layout we can use that to much more precisely indicate where on the platform you need to go. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ This Week in GNOME ☛ Felix_Häcker:_#89_Steady Framerates⠀⇛ Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from March 24 to March 31. # ⚓ GNOME ☛ Michel_Dänzer:_Ensuring_steady_frame_rates with_GPU-intensive_clients⠀⇛ On Wayland, a surface is the basic primitive used to build what users refer to as a “window”. Wayland clients define their contents by attaching buffers to surfaces. This turns the contents of the buffer into the current surface contents. Wayland clients are free to attach a new buffer to a surface anytime. When a Wayland compositor like Mutter starts working on a new output frame, it picks the latest available buffer for each visible surface. This is called “mailbox semantics” (the buffers are metaphorical letters falling into a mailbox, the visible “letter” is the last one on top). § Problem With hardware accelerated drawing, a client normally attaches a new buffer to a surface right after it finished calling OpenGL/ Vulkan/ APIs to define the contents of the buffer. When the compositor processes the protocol requests attaching the buffer to the surface, the GPU generally hasn’t finished drawing to the buffer yet. Since the contents of the compositor’s output frame depend on the contents of each visible surface, the former cannot complete before the GPU finishes drawing to each of the picked surface buffers (and subsequently to the compositor’s own output buffer, in the general case). * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ The_6_Best_Lightweight_Linux_Distros_–_The_Tech_Edvocate⠀⇛ Linux is a powerful and customizable operating system that can cater to any type of user, from developers to gamers. However, not all users need a high-end operating system that demands powerful hardware specs to run smoothly. Lightweight Linux distributions are ideal for users with low-powered systems or machines with limited hardware resources. These distros use minimal memory and processing power, making them fast and reliable. In this article, we’ve compiled a list of the 6 best lightweight Linux distros that are great for running on older hardware or low-powered machines. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Latest_release_of_EuroLinux_Desktop_–_what_will_we_find_in Version_9.1?⠀⇛ EuroLinux Desktop is a modern operating system that combines the look and functionality of both Windows and macOS with the reliability and security of server-based Linux distributions. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Do_advanced_Linux_disk_usage_diagnostics with_this_sysadmin_tool⠀⇛ Do advanced Linux disk usage diagnostics with this sysadmin tool # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ 4_ways_upskilling_helps_to_retain and_attract_IT_talent⠀⇛ 4 ways upskilling helps to retain and attract IT talent # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Tech_Titans:_The_crossroads_of humanity_and_technology⠀⇛ Tech Titans: The crossroads of humanity and technology o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Ubuntu_23.04_Beta_Released!_Linux_Kernel 6.2_&_GNOME_44⠀⇛ The Ubuntu Team announced the Beta release of the Ubuntu 23.04 “Lunar Lobster” today! Ubuntu 23.04 is a short team release with 9 months support! The final stable release will be available in next few weeks. # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ A_Sneak_Peek_at_Ubuntu_23.04:_What’s_New_in_the Beta_Release⠀⇛ Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu operating system, is gearing up for the release of Ubuntu 23.04, codenamed ‘Lunar Lobster,’ scheduled for April 20. So, with the final release just around the corner, users eagerly await to see what new features and improvements will be included in the final release. In this article, we will take a closer look at the upcoming Ubuntu 23.04 release based on our impressions of the just-released ‘Lunar Lobster’ Beta and explore some exciting new features and enhancements set to be included. So, if you’re a Ubuntu fan or just curious about what this latest version has to offer, read on to discover more! # ⚓ Ghacks ☛ Ubuntu_23.04_Beta_is_now_available:_here_is_what is_new⠀⇛ Canonical has released Ubuntu 23.04 Beta today. It is available in the usual flavors, including Ubuntu Desktop and Server, Kubuntu, MATE, Studio, Unity, and the recently promoted Ubuntu Cinnamon. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ 8_Best_Raspberry_Pi_Alternatives_For_IoT_Development⠀⇛ Raspberry Pi is a good starting point whenever you want to build an app, device, or project for the IoT marketplace. This credit card-sized device has changed the very concept of personal computing, and supports prototyping of every kind of new developer idea. It does have a few limitations though. Despite the excellent specs of the Raspberry Pi 4, this single-board computer lacks important capabilities as an embedded engineering device. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ AAWireless:_Why_you_need_one_for_your_car_ [Video]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ghacks ☛ How_To_Organize_Your_Home_Screen_on_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ 5_Android_apps_you_shouldn’t_miss_this week_–_Android_Apps_Weekly⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Millions_of_Android_users_are_just_realising hidden_developer_trick_that_is_the_ultimate_privacy_hack_| The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ Wired ☛ 12_Top_New_Android_14_Features_(2023):_How_to Install,_Features,_Release_Date_|_WIRED⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Container Journal ☛ Nobl9_Unveils_Open_Source_EKG_Tool_to_Monitor Kubernetes⠀⇛ Nobl9 this week add an open source Essential Kubernetes Gauges (EKG) monitoring capability to that makes it simpler to track a range of metrics. ⚓ Bloomberg ☛ Bloomberg_Launches_FOSS_Fund_to_Support_Free_and_Open_Source Projects⠀⇛ Modern digital infrastructure relies on innumerable open source dependencies developed and maintained primarily by volunteers: The open source community is what makes the web work. Participating in these communities allows large organizations to help shape the latest and best technologies available. [...] When the first FOSS Contributor Fund was launched, documentation was published to encourage other companies to follow suit. In the four years since, numerous institutions including Microsoft, Johns Hopkins University, Salesforce, Sentry, Zeiss, and others have launched programs inspired by the original FOSS Fund. Such funds seek to have a direct impact on the sustainability and security of critical digital infrastructure. In January of 2023, inspired by Indeed’s original initiative, Bloomberg launched its first round of employee voting for its inaugural FOSS Contributor Fund, a partnership between the company’s Open Source Program Office (OSPO) and its Corporate Philanthropy department. * § Events⠀➾ o ⚓ Alejandro_Acosta:_My_SCaLE20x_adventure⠀⇛ I know I’ve mentioned it before, but SCaLE conference is getting better each year. SCaLE is probably the best conference in North America that has a strong focus on the community and it is always a cause of joy to see such a diverse audience and attendees under the same roof and under the same sentiment of belonging. The success of the conference -the one that has made possible twenty editions of it-  doesn’t come free, there’s an enthusiastic group of incredible people behind it. Kudos and lot of recognition to each of them. If I was asked to describe this year’s experience in SCaLE with a single word, I would say that is “Chances”. I’m going to go deeper into this ahead, but this conference made me wonder several times “what are the chances of this happening?”. One of the advantages of attending a nerds conference is that you may find someone who would actually calculate it. It reminds me of that Sheldon quote that reads “was that rhetoric or would you like me to do the math?”  LOL Due to COVID pandemic (and probably other strong reasons), this year’s SCaLE was just eight months apart from last edition. It may not sound like a big deal but there are some factors that made a big difference: not the usual twelve months for planning, sunny hot summer weather versus rainy chilly winter weather and the chance of venue as well, this year the conference returned to Pasadena. This time I arrived early enough to attend the conference from day one. Thursday is usually used for community events like Kubernetes Community Day, CEPH Day, PostgreSQL day, workshops,  etc. Since my flight landed at 6:00am I was able to practically use most of the day in the Kubernetes community day.  * § Programming/Development⠀➾ o ⚓ The_Definition_of_Senior:_A_Look_at_the_expectations_for_Software Engineers⠀⇛ The truth is that answering these questions is a very subjective matter and different people or different companies might give very different answers. In this article, I’ll try to give you my take, based on my opinion and personal experience. o ⚓ Why_Engineers_Need_To_Write_–_by_Ryan_Peterman⠀⇛ I hated writing in high school. It wasn’t objective like my favorite subjects, math and science. It also didn’t help that we had to write about old, hard-to-understand literature like Shakespeare. But my perspective on writing changed once I started working full-time as a software engineer. o ⚓ The_Ambiguous_Zone_–_Ben_Northrop⠀⇛ On the other end is when we go rogue. We find some “requirement” that might be useful (but no one really asked for), or some new approach or technology that’s interesting or “hot”, and then spend the entire sprint in our coding cave joyfully building it out. Will it actually help the project? Err…maybe? Regardless though, it’ll be fun, because we love nothing more than smooth sailing – not being beholden to the ideas, thoughts, or reservations of others (well, that is, until they see our 4k-line pull request!). o ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_Design_Studio_4.0.1_Released⠀⇛ We are happy to announce the release of Qt Design Studio 4.0.1! Qt Design Studio is a HMI creation tool. Users of Qt Design Studio can rapidly create and validate basic 2D and 3D user interfaces with ease. Qt Design Studio outputs the frontend part as production-quality QML source code which then is integrated into the rest of the Qt application project. ⚓ Rlang ☛ Computing_Rank_Dependent_Utility_in_R:_Getting_More_out_with_RDU_Data ()⠀⇛ In a previous blog post I discussed how we can compute rank dependent utility in R. * § Python⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_Permutations_of_a_List⠀⇛ The permutations() method of the itertools package can be used to find all possible permutations of a list in Python along with a limit on the tuple size. o ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_Time.sleep_Milliseconds⠀⇛ The Python Time.sleep() method can be used to delay the execution of the code for a set interval by passing milliseconds after dividing them by 1000. * § Java⠀➾ o ⚓ Make_your_own_Optionals⠀⇛ I took out all the comments and did a little reformatting, but this is the entire class. Just around 150 lines managing one nullable field. Take a minute to read or skim it before moving on. * § Rust⠀➾ o ⚓ Making_Python_100x_faster_with_less_than_100_lines_of_Rust⠀⇛ A while ago at $work, we had a performance issue with one of our core Python libraries. This particular library forms the backbone of our 3D processing pipeline. It’s a rather big and complex library which uses NumPy and other scientific Python packages to do a wide range of mathematical and geometrical operations. Our system also has to work on-prem with limited CPU resources, and while at first it performed well, as the number of concurrent physical users grew we started running into problems and our system struggled to keep up with the load. § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ * ⚓ The_Twitter_API_is_now_effectively_unmaintained_|_snarfed.org⠀⇛ Hi all! I don’t have much new to say about the ongoing chaos at Twitter or the impending death of the free API tier. I’d just like to draw your attention to this page that shows Twitter employees’ posts here on this forum, in chronological order, descending. Before December, a large number of employees posted here regularly on a wide range of topics. Over the last few months, only a single Twitter employee has posted here consistently, and only about the Ads API. A couple others have posted once or twice, but not recently. § Leftovers⠀➾ * ⚓ The_age_of_average⠀⇛ In the early 1990s, two Russian artists named Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid took the unusual step of hiring a market research firm. Their brief was simple. Understand what Americans desire most in a work of art. Over 11 days the researchers at Marttila & Kiley Inc. asked 1,001 US citizens a series of survey questions. What’s your favourite colour? Do you prefer sharp angles or soft curves? Do you like smooth canvases or thick brushstrokes? Would you rather figures that are nude or clothed? Should they be at leisure or working? Indoors or outside? In what kind of landscape? * ⚓ Treat_your_to-read_pile_like_a_river,_not_a_bucket⠀⇛ I’m going to take a wild guess here and say that you, like me, have a large pile (or digital equivalent) of books or articles you’ve been meaning to get around to reading, plus maybe a long queue of podcast episodes to which you’d love to listen, if only you had the time. It’s the archetypal “first-world problem”, I know. But one worth reflecting on – because it’s a microcosm of a broader mistake that makes it more stressful than in needs to be to build a fulfilling and productive life: the problem of Too Many Needles. It’s amusing to reflect that at an earlier stage in the history of the web, information overload was widely held to be a temporary issue. Yes, true, for the time being we were getting deluged by a zillion irrelevant blog posts, emails and news updates. But that wouldn’t last, because soon we’d have better technology for finding what we wanted, while disregarding the rest. The real trouble, according to the leading techno- optimist Clay Shirky, wasn’t information overload, but “filter failure”. We needed – and we’d eventually get – more sophisticated ways to filter the wheat from the online chaff. And then we’d no longer feel overwhelmed. * ⚓ Jacob Kaplan Moss ☛ Incompetent_but_Nice_–_Jacob_Kaplan-Moss⠀⇛ A question I’ve never been able to answer to my satisfaction: how do you manage people who are nice but can’t do the work? * § Science⠀➾ o ⚓ The Scientist ☛ High-Resolution_Microscope_Watches_Proteins_Strut Their_Stuff⠀⇛ Modification on a high-resolution fluorescent microscopy technique allow researchers to track the precise movements of motor proteins. o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Plants_cry_out_when_they_are_stressed_and_thirsty, researchers_found⠀⇛ And you thought to be an uncomplaining bunch. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Random_Numbers_Can_Now_Be_Generated_at_Record Speed,_All_Using_Quantum_Fluctuations⠀⇛ Think of a number… o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Horses_Transformed_Native_American_Life_Far Earlier_Than_We_Thought,_New_Study_Reveals⠀⇛ A history finally recognized. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Bizarre_Space_Explosion_Was_The_Flattest_Of_Its Kind_Ever_Seen⠀⇛ “We never thought that explosions could be this aspherical.” o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Alzheimer’s_May_Not_Actually_Be_a_Brain_Disease, Expert_Says⠀⇛ Are we looking at this the wrong way? o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Create_World’s_Lightest_Paint:_Just_3 Pounds_Covers_a_Boeing_747⠀⇛ It also repels heat and lasts for centuries. * § Education⠀➾ o ⚓ JURIST ☛ ACLU_alleges_Pennsylvania_school_district_discriminated against_after-school_satanist_club⠀⇛ A Pennsylvania school district violated the First Amendment rights of an after-school satanist club by banning its members from gathering for regular meetings on school grounds, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) argued in a complaint filed Thursday. * § Hardware⠀➾ o ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Japan_Officially_Restricts_Sales_of_Chipmaking Equipment_to_China⠀⇛ Japan follows the U.S. and the Netherlands with curbs against China’s semiconductor sector. o ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ Multi-die_systems_define_the_future_of semiconductors⠀⇛ To say that semiconductor technology is part of the fabric of modern society is not an overstatement—it underpins everything from our cars to our phones to our home appliances. o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ STMicro_STLINK-V3PWR_debugging_&_programming_probe supports_power_measurement⠀⇛ STMicro STLINK-V3PWR is a new in-circuit debugging and programming probe made for STM32 microcontrollers and that is said to provide accurate power measurement. The probe is especially useful for battery power IoT and wireless applications and is able to measure current values from nanoamps up to ~500mA with up to ±0.5% accuracy. The STLINK-V3PWR can also power the target over a single USB cable up to 2A. * § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ o ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_MPs_vote_down_plans_on_state-owned_pharmacies⠀⇛ Lithuanian lawmakers have voted down plans to establish state-owned pharmacies that would operate in hospitals. The proposals were initiated by a group of opposition MPs. o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Australians_bracing_for_health_insurance price_hikes⠀⇛ Australians with private health cover are set to be slogged by premium price hikes as many toss-up whether to downgrade or cancel their insurance because of cost of living pressures. Health insurance premiums are expected to rise by an average of 2.9 per cent this year, according to comparison service iSelect. o ⚓ Denmark_extends_limit_on_medicine_prices_in_response_to inflation⠀⇛ Denmark’s health ministry has agreed with regional health boards and the representative body for the country’s pharmaceutical industry to limit the price on medicines for the next two years. o ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Where_did_everybody_go?_Twin_Cities shrink_as_suburbs_grow_in_first_years_of_pandemic⠀⇛ In the first two years of the pandemic, Ramsey County lost a greater share of its population than every Minnesota county except one. o ⚓ Quartz ☛ Scientists_are_bickering_over_who_was_first_to_identify covid’s_genome⠀⇛ The Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data (GISAID), a large database launched in 2008 to collect and share the genome information of influenza viruses, is a key tool for scientific cooperation at the international level. o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ ‘Pandora’s_Box’:_Doctors_Warn_of_Rising_Plant Fungus_Infections_in_People_After_‘First_of_Its_Kind’_Case⠀⇛ The first case of C. purpureum infecting a person has doctors warning of a rising tide of fungus spurred by climate change and urbanization. o ⚓ RFA ☛ North_Korean_bootleggers_targeted_in_raids,_home_searches⠀⇛ The recent crackdown on corn-based moonshine comes amid food shortages. o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Train_Carrying_Ethanol_Derails_In_Minnesota⠀⇛ Residents within a 0.8-kilometer radius of the derailment were evacuated in the middle of the night. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ OCD_Is_a_Serious_Illness,_And_It’s_More_Common Than_You_Think⠀⇛ Treatment can be life changing. o ⚓ Quartz ☛ A_Texas_ruling_threatens_to_take_away_several_free preventive_health_services_for_Americans⠀⇛ One of the most important changes Americans experienced with the onset of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was that a large suite of preventive services and treatments—from contraceptives to heart monitoring to mammograms—had to be covered in full by insurance policies. But a new ruling could change that. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ DOJ_files_lawsuit_against_Norfolk_Southern_Railway_for East_Palestine_train_derailment⠀⇛ The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Railway over the February 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The DOJ claims that Norfolk Southern released harmful pollutants into the area surrounding the derailment site, potentially exposing nearby residents to significant health issues. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Medicare_Delays_a_Full_Crackdown_on_Private Health_Plans⠀⇛ After intense lobbying by insurers, U.S. health officials say changes to reduce overbilling in Medicare Advantage will be phased in over three years. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Senator_John_Fetterman_Checks_Out_of_Hospital After_Depression_Treatment⠀⇛ In a statement, he announced his departure from Walter Reed Military Medical Center and urged those suffering from mental health challenges to seek help as he did. o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Maya_beekeepers_blame_Bayer-Monsanto_for deaths_of_300,000_bees⠀⇛ The cause of the incident is unconfirmed until laboratory tests are concluded. But some farmers allege it is linked to aerial fumigation. o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Concerns_about_future_elderly_care_in_Latvia⠀⇛ More than a fifth or 22% of Latvia’s population is at least 64 years old; the proportion of working-age population tends to fall, according to the results of the last census. With the population ageing, geriatric care is becoming a profession of the future, but currently, young healthcare experts are not that interested, Latvian Radio reported March 31. o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Stopping_problems_before_they_start:_DoD aims_for_more_proactive_mental_health_care⠀⇛ The Defense Department wants to expand its budget for mental health care, and the services are starting new programs to prevent harmful behavior. o ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Former_Soldiers_Without_a_Future⠀⇛ Originally posted at TomDispatch. It’s the military from hell – and, no, I don’t mean the Russian army, though, it certainly qualifies. Few now doubt that Vladimir Putin is a war criminal (and not just because of those Ukrainian children his forces exported to Russia for adoption). o ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ We’re_inhaling,_eating,_and_drinking toxic_chemicals._Now_we_need_to_figure_out_how_they’re_affecting us.⠀⇛ What are chemical pollutants doing to our bodies? It’s a question that’s been on my mind this week, for a few reasons. Last week, people in Philadelphia cleared grocery shelves of bottled… * § Proprietary⠀➾ o ⚓ JURIST ☛ Italy_bans_ChatGPT_over_inappropriate_content_and privacy_concerns⠀⇛ Italy’s Data Protection Authority (DPA) Friday issued a statement banning further use of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) chat platform, within the country. o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Italy_temporarily_blocks_ChatGPT_over privacy_concerns⠀⇛ Italy is temporarily blocking the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT in the wake of a data breach as it investigates a possible violation of stringent European Union data protection rules. The government’s privacy watchdog said Friday that it’s taking provisional action “until ChatGPT respects privacy.” o ⚓ France24 ☛ Italy_blocks_OpenAI’s_ChatGPT,_opens_probe_over privacy_failings⠀⇛ Italy’s Data Protection Authority on Friday temporarily banned OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot and launched a probe over a suspected breach of the artificial intelligence application’s data collection rules. * § Security⠀➾ o ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Implementing_a_Linux_Server_Security_Audit:_Best Practices_and_Tools⠀⇛ A security audit is an essential part of maintaining the security and integrity of your Linux server. Regular audits help identify potential vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and deviations from security best practices. o ⚓ SANS ☛ Use_of_X-Frame-Options_and_CSP_frame-ancestors_security headers_on_1_million_most_popular_domains,_(Fri,_Mar_31st)⠀⇛ X-Frame-Options HTTP security headers (not just) in order to prevent phishing pages, which overlay a fake login prompt over a legitimate website, from functioning correctly. Or, to be more specific, to prevent them from dynamically loading a legitimate page in an iframe under the fake login prompt, since this makes such phishing websites look much less like a legitimate login page and thus much less effective. o ⚓ The Verge ☛ Huge_Microsoft_exploit_allowed_users_to_manipulate Bing_search_results_and_access_Outlook_email_accounts⠀⇛ / Researchers discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft’s Azure platform that allowed users to access private data from Office 365 applications like Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Report:_Chinese_State-Sponsored_Hacking_Group Highly_Active⠀⇛ Chinese hacking group linked previously to attacks on U.S. state government computers is still “highly active” o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Lumen_Technologies_Hit_by_Two_Cyberattacks⠀⇛ Communications and IT company Lumen Technologies fell victim to two cyberattacks that led to data theft. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Leaked_Documents_Detail_Russia’s_Cyberwarfare Tools,_Including_for_OT_Attacks⠀⇛ Documents show that Russian IT company NTC Vulkan was requested to develop offensive tools for government- backed hacking group Sandworm. o ⚓ The Guardian UK ☛ ‘Vulkan_files’_leak_reveals_Putin’s_global_and domestic_cyberwarfare_tactics⠀⇛ o ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Backdoored_version_of_popular_video-conferencing_app found_on_GitHub⠀⇛ The company’s researchers said analysis of the binary had shown that a backdoored version of ffmpeg.dll was among the files that were dropped during installation. o ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ ‘They_outsmarted_us.’_3CX_CEO_acknowledges mistakes_handling_potential_supply_chain_cyberattack⠀⇛ “We have a security team, we do our own pentesting, we’ve got software scanners, we got a CSO … Nonetheless, they outsmarted us.” o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Mandiant_Investigating_3CX_Hack_as_Evidence_Shows Attackers_Had_Access_for_Months⠀⇛ Several cybersecurity companies have published blog posts, advisories and tools to help organizations that may have been hit by the 3CX supply chain attack. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Severe_Azure_Vulnerability_Led_to_Unauthenticated Remote_Code_Execution⠀⇛ A high-severity vulnerability in Azure Service Fabric Explorer could have allowed a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ FDA_Announces_New_Cybersecurity_Requirements_for Medical_Devices⠀⇛ The FDA is asking medical device manufacturers to provide cybersecurity-related information when submitting an application for a new product. o ⚓ Container Journal ☛ Fairwinds_Automates_Remediation_of_Kubernetes Misconfigurations⠀⇛ Fairwinds this week added an Automated Fix Pull Requests (PRs) capability to its commercial platforms that identifies and automatically remediates Kubernetes misconfigurations. o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Army_officer_detained_in_connection_with Defense_Ministry_hack⠀⇛ El Universal newspaper reported that an officer who worked in Sedena’s IT department was detained in connection with the “Guacamaya” hack. o ⚓ RFA ☛ North_Korean_hacker_group_poses_as_journalists_and_experts to_steal_intel⠀⇛ Report tracks activities of ‘APT43’ since 2018, elevates status to ‘named threat actor’ o ⚓ Bankok Post ☛ Agencies_hunt_for_[cr]acker⠀⇛ Authorities are hunting down a [cr]acker who has threatened to release the personal data of 55 million Thais if the government agency allegedly involved in the leakage of information fails to meet a ransom demand by April 5. o ⚓ CNN ☛ FDA_requires_medical_devices_be_secured_against cyberattacks_|_CNN_Business⠀⇛ The Food and Drug Administration will now require medical devices meet specific cybersecurity guidelines after years of concerns that a growing number of internet- connected products used by hospitals and healthcare providers could be hit by hacks and ransomware attacks. o ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Fake_ransomware_gang_targets_U.S._orgs_with empty_data_leak_threats⠀⇛ Fake extortionists are piggybacking on data breaches and ransomware incidents, threatening U.S. companies with publishing or selling allegedly stolen data unless they get paid. o ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Today’s_“Don’t_Say_‘Ransomware’_Award”_goes to….⠀⇛ DataBreaches probably sounds like a broken record after six years of calls for more transparency in breach notifications. Sadly, the situation has gotten worse in the past year. Not only do entities fail to admit they suffered a ransomware attack, but they fail to inform patients if the patient’s protected health information was leaked or is freely available on the internet. Yesterday, the Institute for Liver Health LLC, doing business as Arizona Clinical Trials and Arizona Liver Health (“ALH”) issued a press release about a “data security incident.” Their statement indicates that they had no idea they had been attacked until law enforcement contacted them on January 30 to tell them that their name had shown up “in a part of the internet used by criminals as an entity whose information may have been taken by a criminal.” o § Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation⠀➾ # ⚓ Computer World ☛ Researchers_warn_of_Wi-Fi_security_flaw affecting_iOS,_Android,_Linux_|_Computerworld⠀⇛ The vulnerability could let attackers hijack network traffic; iOS, Linux, and Android devices may be affected. # ⚓ IT World CA ☛ Cyber_Security_Today,_March_31,_2023_–_World Backup_Day_advice,_new_malware_targeting_Linux_and_more [Ed: It targets not Linux but some vulnerable stuff that may or may not also run on top of GNU/Linux. “Sponsored By: [Gartner_logo_RGB (1)]”]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gray Dot Media Group ☛ New_Cylance_Ransomware_Targets_Linux and_Windows,_Warn_Researchers [Ed: Mere "tweets" as sources with insufficient details, e.g. how the malware gets there in the first place]⠀⇛ The cybersecurity researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 have discovered a new strain of Cylance Ransomware, which has already claimed several victims. Researchers noticed it early Friday morning, and further probing revealed that it is targeting Linux and Windows devices. o § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ The Local SE ☛ Swedish_inquiry_calls_for_state-run_digital ID_and_low-risk_bank_accounts⠀⇛ A Swedish government inquiry into the payment system has called for the state to launch its own digital ID and a new type of basic, low-risk bank account to help the estimated 1m people with no, or limited, access to digital payments. # ⚓ dwaves.de ☛ the_positive_the_negative:_bigdata_+_AI_could help_early_detect_cancer_|_privacy_is_security_–_why_mass surveillance_–_German_court_rules_mass_bulk_data_gathering_ (calls,_SMS,_IP_including_location)_illegal⠀⇛ the positive: Okay let’s ALWAYS focus on the positive first: data, the web, free flow of information has given mankind new abilities: online learning-from-each-other (“social learning” one of said to be strong points of humans vs animals) better decision making… # ⚓ RFA ☛ Hong_Kong_police_ask_for_billions_to_fund_digital network_linked_to_bodycams⠀⇛ Police cite the 2019 protest movement, saying they need to ‘safeguard national security.’ * § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ o ⚓ JURIST ☛ North_Carolina_lawmakers_override_governor_veto_on_gun rights_bill⠀⇛ North Carolina lawmakers Wednesday overrode Governor Roy Cooper’s veto on a bill that would allow residents to buy a handgun without a permit. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ Canada_dispatch:_Nova_Scotia_Mass_Casualty_Commission recommends_sweeping_policing_and_gun_law_reforms_in_final_report_on worst_mass_shooting_in_Canadian_history⠀⇛ William Hibbitts is JURIST’s Deputy Editorial Director. He files this report from Halifax, Nova Scotia.  Yesterday, March 30, the Mass Casualty Commission investigating the 2020 Nova Scotia spree shooting released its final report, marking the culmination of a prolonged investigation into Canada’s worst mass shooting and the RCMP’s ignominious response to it. o ⚓ LRT ☛ Vilnius_demands_Minsk_to_halt_Belarus_NNP⠀⇛ Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry has handed over a diplomatic note of protest to Minsk, demanding that it immediately halt the operation of Astravyets nuclear power plant, located some 50km from Vilnius, until all nuclear safety issues identified by international missions are resolved. o ⚓ LRT ☛ Portugal,_Romania_take_over_NATO’s_Baltic_air_policing mission⠀⇛ Portugal and Romania took over the NATO Baltic air policing mission from Poland and France on Thursday, the Lithuanian Defence Ministry reported. o ⚓ The Local SE ☛ KEY_POINTS:_Five_things_you_need_to_know_about Sweden_and_Nato⠀⇛ After decades of staying out of military alliances, Finland and neighbouring Sweden announced bids to join Nato in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year. Here are five things to know about the two countries’ membership bids. o ⚓ The Local SE ☛ Nato_chief_calls_for_‘rapid_conclusion’_of Sweden’s_Nato_ratification⠀⇛ Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg called for a ‘rapid conclusion’ of Sweden’s stalled Nato ratification process, as he said that on Friday that Finland would formally become a member of the defence alliance within days. o ⚓ YLE ☛ Leaders_welcome_Turkey_Nato_approval⠀⇛ A number of leaders and decision makers reacted to the Turkish legislature’s vote to ratify Finland’s Nato membership bid late on Thursday night. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ 6_U.S._Service_Members_Suffered_Traumatic_Brain Injuries_in_Syria_Attacks⠀⇛ The Pentagon said the injuries were diagnosed during routine screenings in the days after the strikes by Iranian-backed militants. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Turkey_Approves_Finland’s_NATO_Membership,_a Defeat_for_Putin⠀⇛ Finland’s entry into the military alliance after Turkey formally signed off is a significant defeat for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_Finland,_Leaders_Celebrate_NATO_Membership Progress⠀⇛ Finland’s president, Sauli Niinistö, said his country would “be a strong and capable ally, committed to the security of the alliance.” o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Sanna_Marin,_Finland’s_Political_Rock_Star, Could_Be_Slipping⠀⇛ Parliamentary elections on Sunday are extremely tight among the three biggest parties, with the prime minister’s Social Democrats in a tough fight to lead the next government. o ⚓ YLE ☛ Sanna_Marin_on_Nato_process:_“I_am_very_proud_of_the Finnish_people”⠀⇛ Finland’s Prime Minister praised the Finnish people and the political leadership for their cooperation throughout the Nato application process. o ⚓ YLE ☛ What’s_next_on_Finland’s_road_to_Nato?⠀⇛ Once the acceptance letters from all 30 member states are in Washington, Nato’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will send an official invitation letter to Finland. o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Turkish_Parliament_Ratifies_Finland’s_Entry_Into_NATO⠀⇛ “Finland will formally join our Alliance in the coming days,” NATO Secretary Stoltenberg said. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Belarus,_Echoing_Russia,_Raises_Prospect_of Nuclear_Conflict⠀⇛ Because of the conflict in Ukraine, President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus said, “a third world war loomed on the horizon with nuclear fires.” o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Putin_Allies_Must_Decide_Whether_to_Host_a Wanted_Man⠀⇛ The International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for President Vladimir V. Putin could thrust his allies into domestic and foreign legal disputes, experts say. o ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Moz_body_burning_investigation_ongoing⠀⇛ A gruesome video which surfaced earlier this year of bodies seemingly dumped into a fire and burnt in Mozambique by soldiers is still being investigated after drawing widespread condemnation. o ⚓ Defence Web ☛ SADC_putting_the_brakes_on_money_laundering,_terror financing⠀⇛ The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat is stepping up the region’s resolve to fight money laundering, terrorism financing and proliferation finance. o ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Turkey’s_Grand_National_Assembly_ratifies Finnish_Nato_membership⠀⇛ THE GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY of Turkey on Thursday voted 276–0 in favour of ratifying the Finnish bid to accede to Nato, inducing a series of satisfied comments from policy makers in Finland. The ratification is set to be next approved by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Turkey’s_parliament_ratifies_Finland’s_application_to join_NATO⠀⇛ Turkey’s parliament on Thursday ratified Finland’s application to join NATO, lifting the last hurdle in the way of the Nordic country’s long-delayed accession into the Western military alliance. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ For_Ukrainian_Convicts,_a_Strange_Odyssey Through_Russian_Prisons⠀⇛ When Russian troops left Kherson, they took with them 2,500 Ukrainian convicts from local prisons. For some, it was the start of a bewildering, five-country journey highlighting the war’s absurdity. o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Taiwan’s_Tsai_Ing-wen_visits_US,_as_China threatens_reprisal⠀⇛ Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in New York Wednesday for a visit that has triggered threats of reprisal by China if she meets with House speaker Kevin McCarthy — and US warnings for Beijing not to overreact. o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Taiwan_ex-president_Ma_Ying-jeou_calls_for Beijing_exchanges_during_China_visit⠀⇛ Taiwan ex-president Ma Ying-jeou on Thursday called for maintaining exchanges with China as he met with a Beijing official during a historic mainland visit, a trip Taipei’s ruling party has called “regrettable”. Ma’s visit is the first trip to the mainland by a former or current leader of Taiwan in over seven decades. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ Austria_MPs_walk_out_of_Parliament_to_protest_support_of Ukraine_in_war_against_Russia⠀⇛ Far-right members of the Austrian Parliament Thursday walked out of the legislature during a live video speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in protest of Vienna’s support of Ukraine in the war. o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia_remains_opposed_to_having_aggressor_state athletes_at_Olympics⠀⇛ As Russia’s war in Ukraine continues, the participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus in the upcoming Olympic Games is not acceptable, the head of the Latvian Olympic Committee (LOC) Žoržs Tikmers said after the organization’s general assembly on March 30, reprted the LETA newswire. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Marks_Bucha_Massacre_Anniversary_As_Russia_Shells Cities_In_East⠀⇛ Ukraine on March 31 marked one year since Russian forces withdrew from Bucha, leaving behind hundreds of bodies of murdered civilians on the streets of the commuter town near the capital in what Kyiv said was a massacre and a Russian war crime. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Bucha_must_become_‘symbol_of_justice’,_says_Ukraine’s Zelensky⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday called for Bucha to become a “symbol of justice” on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s withdrawal from the town now synonymous with war crimes allegations. His visit to the martyred town came after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Russia could place intercontinental nuclear missiles in his country, “if necessary”. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ White_House_Urges_Russia_To_Act_Professionally_During_UN Security_Council_Presidency⠀⇛ The White House has urged Russia to conduct itself professionally when it assumes its scheduled UN Security Council presidency next month. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Western_arms_supplies_‘no_guarantee’_of_a_decisive victory_for_Ukraine⠀⇛ Ukraine has been preparing to launch a spring counteroffensive to recapture territory seized by Russians and is hoping to repeat the success of its counterattacks last September. Despite the supply of Western arms, including battle tanks, Ukrainian forces will have to change their tactics if they hope to achieve a breakthrough, according to historian and retired army officer Michel Goya. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Police_In_North_Kazakhstan_Investigate_Group_Calling_For ‘Sovereign_Kazakh_Soviet_Socialist_Republic’⠀⇛ Police in the North Kazakhstan region say they are investigating a group in the regional capital, Petropavl, called the People’s Council. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ Hague_trial_of_former_Kosovo_president_and_Kosovo Liberation_Army_officers_set_to_start⠀⇛ The Kosovo Specialist Chambers in the Hague Friday announced the trial of four former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) members is due to begin Monday. The former Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of Kosovo (PGoK), Hashim Thaçi is amongst those who will stand trial. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Wimbledon_lifts_ban_on_Russian,_Belarusian_players,_to compete_as_‘neutrals’⠀⇛ Wimbledon lifted its ban on Russian and Belarusian players on Friday and will allow them to compete in the grasscourt Grand Slam this year as “neutral” athletes in a climbdown from the stance it took after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Wimbledon_lifts_ban_on_Russian,_Belarusian_players⠀⇛ Wimbledon will allow Russian and Belarusian players to compete as “neutral” athletes in the grasscourt Grand Slam this year. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Condemns_Wimbledon_Decision_To_Lift_Ban_On Russian_Players⠀⇛ Ukraine has condemned the decision to allow Russian and Belarusian tennis players to compete at the Wimbledon tennis tournament. o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Russia_to_Focus_on_Ending_US_Hegemony:_Foreign_Policy Concept⠀⇛ To build a multipolar world, Russia will create conditions to counter any neo-colonial ambitions. o ⚓ Spiegel ☛ “Mafia_Methods”:_Viktor_Orbán_Ups_the_Pressure_on German_Companies_to_Leave_Hungary⠀⇛ German companies have long been active in Hungary. But now, Viktor Orbán is trying to force some of them to leave. And when they do, his closest allies stand to profit. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_rights_chief:_rule_of_law_at_risk_in_Guatemala⠀⇛ UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk Thursday expressed alarm at the continued erosion of the rule of law in Guatemala. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ Kenya_dispatch:_mass_protests_prompt_concerns_over police_brutality_and_pending_restrictions_on_demonstrations⠀⇛ Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. Anti-government demonstrations were held across Kenya both Monday and Thursday this week after a call by Azimio opposition party leader Raila Odinga. These have been just about all that everyone has been talking about. The whole week seemed like a movie. o ⚓ AntiWar ☛ This_Women’s_History_Month,_Celebrate_the_Resolve_of Jeannette_Rankin⠀⇛ Do we have a shortage of female heroes in this country? Are virtuous women that scarce? Or is it simply that Women’s History Month, by eliminating women from the conversation who don’t fit the narrative of the State Department and the Pentagon, failed to achieve its goal? o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Spanish_PM_Says_He_Encouraged_China’s_Xi_To_Speak_With Zelenskiy⠀⇛ Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez encouraged Chinese President Xi Jinping on March 31 to talk to the Ukrainian leadership and learn firsthand about Kyiv’s peace formula to help bring an end to Russia’s invasion. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran’s_IRGC_Says_Israeli_Air_Strike_In_Syria_Kills_One_Of Its_Officers⠀⇛ Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) says an Israeli attack in Syria on March 31 killed one of its officers in a sign of Israel’s increasing efforts to counter Tehran’s foothold in the country. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Lukashenka_Defends_Placement_Of_Russian_Tactical_Nuclear Weapons_In_Belarus⠀⇛ The authoritarian ruler of Belarus, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, has defended a Russian plan to place tactical nuclear weapons — including intercontinental ballistic missiles if necessary — on Belarusian territory, saying the country is coming under increased threats from the West. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Leader_Of_White_Supremacist_Group_Wanted_In_U.S._Arrested In_Romania⠀⇛ The leader of a U.S. neo-Nazi group wanted in the United States for allegedly fomenting violence at political rallies has been apprehended by Romanian authorities in Bucharest. o ⚓ RFA ☛ UK’s_Labour_Party_to_recognize_Uyghur_genocide_if_it_wins elections⠀⇛ David Lammy says China must be held accountable for human rights abuses. o ⚓ RFA ☛ Taiwan_speeds_up_preparation_for_potential_conflict_with China⠀⇛ In July, Taiwan’s military will hold its first drill at a civilian airport, turning highway sections into runways. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Seeks_To_Keep_Yemen-Bound_Ammunition_Seized_From Iran⠀⇛ The United States is seeking to keep more than 1 million rounds of ammunition the U.S. Navy seized in December as it was in transit from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to militant groups in Yemen, the Justice Department said. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Croatia_Returns_Migrants_To_Bosnia_Amid_Spike_In_Illegal Border_Crossings⠀⇛ Croatia on March 31 returned a second group of migrants to Bosnia-Herzegovina amid questions about where the migrants should be allowed to apply for asylum. o ⚓ RFA ☛ Cambodia_faces_July_election_without_international observers⠀⇛ As threats and arrests continue, the EU says ‘inclusive, transparent’ conditions are not in place for vote. o ⚓ RFA ☛ Chinese_Christians_exiled_in_Thailand_taken_to_court_for overstaying_visas⠀⇛ A police official says they may not be deported to their home country. * § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ ‘Unmanageable_conflict_of_interest’:_Ombudsman_slams fellow_integrity_watchdog⠀⇛ In a new integrity headache for the Andrews government, Ombudsman Deborah Glass says she will not engage with the Inspector who oversees her office. * § Environment⠀➾ o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ UN_to_start_taking_deep-sea_mining applications⠀⇛ The International Seabed Authority is set to start accepting applications from companies that want to mine the ocean’s floor after the United Nations body spent two weeks debating standards for the new and controversial practice. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_a_Land_With_No_Soccer,_Group_Hopes_to_Use_It to_Score_Climate_Goals⠀⇛ The Marshall Islands Soccer Federation aims to draw interest in the sport — and to growing global warming events in the Pacific. o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Bird-breeding_bonanza_seen_after_record flooding_in_New_South_Wales_wetlands⠀⇛ April 01, 2023 5:00 AM The mass breeding was welcome because in recent years, the region has often resembled a desert.  o ⚓ JURIST ☛ UK_report:_‘lost_decade’_of_climate_change_planning_will hit_vulnerable_groups⠀⇛ The UK Climate Change Committee Wednesday reported that Britain is “not adequately prepared” for the damaging effects of climate change. In its 2023 report to Parliament, the group found limited evidence of the implementation of adaptation needed at a national scale to mitigate the risks of climate change. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ ECHR_hears_two_landmark_climate_change_cases⠀⇛ The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Wednesday heard oral arguments in two cases in which the applicants are accusing their respective governments, France and Switzerland, of failing to take steps to prevent climate change. o § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Eurozone_Inflation_Falls_to_6.9%,_as Energy_Prices_Ease⠀⇛ The rate of inflation in countries using the euro slipped to 6.9 percent over the year through March, from 8.5 percent the previous month, but underlying price gains edged higher. # ⚓ H2 View ☛ Australian_hydrogen_industry_could_generate AUD$40bn_in_GVA_by_2040,_says_NERA_report⠀⇛ A new report by National Energy Resources Australia (NERA) and Arup has suggested Australia’s hydrogen industry has the potential to generate AUD$40bn ($26.8bn) in domestic gross value added (GVA) by 2040. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Making_the_most_of_Australia’s_endowment of_critical_minerals⠀⇛ The geostrategic scramble to reduce supply-chain dependencies for critical minerals has overshadowed opportunities for Australia to use its resources to provide major benefits for the nation. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Can_Italy_play_an_effective_role_in helping_to_stabilize_the_Mediterranean_Sea_region?⠀⇛ Thanks to its central geographical position in the Mediterranean Sea and the advanced technological skills of Italian energy companies, Italy is playing a key role in the region through their strong energy diplomacy. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Has_Bitcoin_Benefited_From_the_Banking Crisis?_Not_in_the_Way_Its_Fans_Hoped.⠀⇛ Bitcoin’s price has soared since banks failed this month, but there’s little evidence that the surge is being driven by investors treating the virtual currency as a financial alternative. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ New_Rules_Will_Make_Many_Electric_Cars Ineligible_for_Tax_Credits⠀⇛ The Biden administration hopes its guidelines for up to $7,500 in tax credits will encourage automakers to reduce their reliance on China for batteries and raw materials. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Tesla_and_Musk_Lose_Ruling_on_Factory Union_Issues⠀⇛ A court upheld a finding that Tesla wrongly fired a worker involved in labor organizing and that a Twitter post by Elon Musk was illegally anti-union. # ⚓ Positech Games ☛ Economics_of_solar_batteries_(big_and small)⠀⇛ I’m lucky enough to be the proud owner of a 9.5kwh battery in my cellar. Its a GivEnergy battery (A UK company, although the actual battery is predictably made in China). Its AC-coupled, which means it sits on the ‘house’ side of the fusebox/consumer unit. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Rīga’s_central_heating_prices_to_go_down_in April⠀⇛ As of April 1, the Rīga centralized heating company Rīgas siltums thermal energy tariff will be EUR 165.32 per megawatt-hour (MWh) (excluding VAT), which is 10% less compared to the current tariff, the company said March 31. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Bed,_Bath_&_Beyond_is_making_a_$300_million_effort to_skirt_bankruptcy⠀⇛ Bed Bath & Beyond is offering $300 million of its stock in yet another attempt to keep itself afloat. o § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_Taiwan’s_Waters,_a_Hunt_for_Tiny, Wriggling_‘Gold’⠀⇛ For generations, people have fished for baby eels in the island’s estuaries. But they seem to be getting harder to find. o § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Immigrants_now_make_up_10_percent_of_France’s population,_says_statistics_agency⠀⇛ A tenth of people living in France in 2021 were born foreigners, national statistics agency INSEE said on Thursday, in its first study on immigration in a decade. * § Finance⠀➾ o ⚓ Breach Media ☛ Housing_crisis_pushes_once-thriving_co-op_movement back_into_the_spotlight⠀⇛ Co-ops offer ‘an affordable and democratic alternative’ to the private housing market. But government restraint means they must fight for survival o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Europe’s_inflation_eases_as_energy_falls_but food_up⠀⇛ Inflation in the 20 countries using the euro slowed to 6.9 per cent in March – the lowest level in a year. Food costs are still on the rise but energy prices have fallen, making a sharp turnaround after months of punishing increases. o ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ How_The_Rich_Are_Prepping_For_End_Times,_And Why⠀⇛ The ruling class knows what’s coming: social instability caused by a combination of the climate crisis, banks failing, the soul-killing inequality of late-stage capitalism, and the impending dilution of the petrodollar. o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Tenants_of_America’s_Biggest_Landlord_Form Union_to_Fight_Evictions,_Rent_Hikes⠀⇛ The Blackstone Tenants Union (BTU) in San Diego aims to fight evictions and rising rents since the corporate landlord ended a COVID-19 eviction pause. o ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ High_tax_wedge_in_Finland:_Less_than_half_of_pay increase_goes_to_employees’_pockets⠀⇛ Keskuskauppakamari, one of Finland’s leading business organizations, has updated its verokiilalaskuri or tax wedge calculator to highlight the high cost of employing workers in Finland. The tax wedge is the difference between the total cost of labor to the employer and the net income received by the employee after taxes and other mandatory contributions have been deducted. o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ BRICS_Group_Works_On_A_New_Form_Of_Currency⠀⇛ “Transition to settlements in national currencies is the first step,” Alexander Babakov said. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ French_Anger_at_Macron_Seeps_Into_Bordeaux⠀⇛ Even Bordeaux, known for its surrounding vineyards and conservative politics, has become a flashpoint. The City Hall’s charred doors attest to that. o ⚓ Quartz ☛ Huawei_reported_its_biggest_annual_decline_in_profit amid_American_sanctions_on_chip_technology⠀⇛ Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei reported its largest annual decline in profit on Friday (March 31), citing China’s strict pandemic restrictions and rising commodity prices for its drop in sales. o ⚓ YLE ☛ One_quarter_of_people_with_disabilities_in_Finland_at_risk of_poverty,_marginalisation⠀⇛ Low income and under-employment are more common among people with disabilities compared to the rest of the population, according to a Statistics Finland report. o ⚓ Latvia ☛ More_counterfeit_money_found_in_Latvia_last_year_than_in 2021⠀⇛ Last year, 889 counterfeit units of money were detected in Latvia, which is 26.5% more than in 2021, according to “Payment radar” published by the Latvian central bank (Bank of Latvia) on March 31, LETA reported. o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Central_bank_adjusts_economic_forecasts_for_Latvia⠀⇛ Latvijas Banka (LB), the Latvian central bank published revised macroeconomic forecasts March 31, which came with the caveat that at the moment there is “persistently high uncertainty”. o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Central_bank_raises_interest_rate_to_11.25%, another_record_high⠀⇛ The Bank of Mexico’s key rate has now risen 725 basis points in the current tightening cycle, which began in June 2021. o ⚓ Reason ☛ Social_Security_Will_Be_Insolvent_by_2033⠀⇛ New data from the program’s trustees show that insolvency will hit a year sooner than previously expected, giving policy makers just a decade before automatic benefit cuts occur. o ⚓ Quartz ☛ Virgin_Orbit’s_share_price_hit_a_new_record_low_in_the wake_of_mass_layoffs⠀⇛ Richard Branson’s rocket company is running out of fuel. o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Winners_of_Hong_Kong’s_‘free’_flights_say additional_charges_more_than_expected⠀⇛ Winners of the Hong Kong government’s mass plane ticket giveaway have said that while they were under no illusion that the flights being offered were indeed free, the fees they were asked to pay were steeper than they expected. o ⚓ France24 ☛ France’s_hard-left_CGT_union_elects_first_woman_leader amid_pension_fight⠀⇛ France’s hard-left CGT union has elected its first woman leader, two CGT sources told Reuters on Friday. o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Iran_Welcomes_The_Hauge_Court_Ruling_On_US-Frozen Assets⠀⇛ “The U.S. duty to compensate our country for the assets freezing shows the legitimacy of our demands,” the Irani Foreign Affairs Ministry stated. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Decentraland_Real_Estate_Prices_Plunged Nearly_90%_In_One_Year⠀⇛ Once a corporate darling in the metaverse frontier, Decentraland is a ghost town as investors abandon the metaverse. Decentraland was hailed in 2021 as one of the first instances of an actual metaverse for users (ignoring the existence of Second Life entirely). o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Microsoft_Is_Shutting_Down_Its_Metaverse Unit_Amidst_Broader_Layoffs⠀⇛ Microsoft is shutting down its metaverse unit comprising 100 employees amidst broader layoffs. Microsoft has internally announced disbanding its Industrial Metaverse Core group, a division comprising around 100 employees focused on bringing the metaverse to industrial environments through software. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ EU_May_Need_To_Reintroduce_Tariffs_On_Ukrainian_Grain, PMs_Say⠀⇛ Tariffs on Ukrainian agricultural imports may need to be reintroduced if an influx of products that is pushing down prices in EU markets cannot be stopped by other means, several prime ministers of eastern states said. * § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ o ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ How_a_computer_scientist_talks_to_her_daughter about_TikTok⠀⇛ The debate over TikTok’s national security risk is lost on many young users, except if your mom is a technologist focused on global threats. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Twitter_Won’t_Charge_$1,000-a-Month Verification_Fees_for_the_Largest_Businesses_and_Advertisers,_Says New_Report⠀⇛ Twitter won’t charge $1,000-a-month verification fees for its most prominent businesses and advertisers. o ⚓ Axios ☛ Scoop:_White_House_won’t_pay_for_Twitter_verification⠀⇛ The White House will not pay to have its staff’s official Twitter profiles continue_to_be_verified, according to guidance issued to staffers via an email obtained by Axios. Why it matters: Official White House staffers rely on their verified accounts to inform the public on behalf of the administration. Verification, combined with the designated Twitter profiles, helped to ensure the public could trust those messages. o ⚓ NYPost ☛ White_House_won’t_pay_for_staffers’_Twitter_Blue verification⠀⇛ “Staff may purchase Twitter Blue on their personal social media accounts using personal funds,” White House Director of Digital Strategy Rob Flaherty wrote in an email Friday. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ Trump_negotiating_surrender_after_becoming_first_ex-US president_to_face_criminal_charges⠀⇛ Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Thursday that his office had contacted the attorney of former US President Donald Trump to coordinate his surrender following the first grand jury indictment of an ex-president in the country’s history. o ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Douglass_Mackey’s_Criminal_Twitter_Trolling⠀⇛ A jury just declared that the kind of disinformation that Matt Taibbi and Elon Musk are welcoming back on Twitter can be a crime. o ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Trump’s_People_Have_Attempted_to_Cover_Up_That_He Cheated_to_Cover_Up_Cheating_in_2016_at_Least_Six_Times⠀⇛ Trump wailed last night that his “indication” was a matter of free and fair elections. He’s right. It’s about one of at least six efforts he and his agents have made to cover-up that he cheated to win in 2016. o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Has_Modi_Pushed_Indian_Democracy_Past_Its_Breaking Point?⠀⇛ With the media and judiciary already under attack, the Prime Minister’s main opponent was just banned from Parliament. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Twitter’s_Blue_Check_Apocalypse_Is_Upon_Us. Here’s_What_to_Know.⠀⇛ Elon Musk, Twitter’s owner, is changing the platform’s longstanding practice of verifying accounts. That has implications for a range of users. * § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Now_Playing_in_China:_Putin-Aligned_Artists Shunned_in_the_West⠀⇛ As Russia works to shore up its image and rebuild its soft power after its invasion of Ukraine, it is strengthening cultural ties with friendly nations, including China. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Former_Putin_Speechwriter_Gallyamov_Accused_Of Discrediting_Russian_Armed_Forces⠀⇛ A self-exiled former speechwriter of Putin, Abbas Gallyamov, whose name appeared in Russia’s online registry of wanted persons last week, is suspected of discrediting Russia’s armed forces, a charge Russian authorities have been using to stifle any criticism of Moscow’s war in Ukraine. o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_47:_Democrat_‘infuriated’_by Benny_Tai’s_‘seditious’_article,_court_hears_in_national_security trial⠀⇛ It was “arrogant” and “irresponsible” for Hong Kong legal scholar Benny Tai, one of 47 pro-democracy figures prosecuted in the city’s largest national security case, to publish an article that threatened to force the authorities to respond to 2019 protesters’ five demands, a local court has heard. * § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ o ⚓ Pro-government_association_leader_threatens_local_journalist⠀⇛ The head of the Ak Youth association threatened the Kocaeli-based journalist Merve Dişli to “put you in your place.” o ⚓ New York Times ☛ With_its_arrest_of_an_American_reporter,_Russia doubles_down_on_isolation.⠀⇛ o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Evan_Gershkovich,_WSJ_Reporter_Detained_in Russia,_Likely_to_Spend_Months_in_Prison⠀⇛ Russia detained Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and accused him of espionage. The Journal and U.S. officials have vehemently denied the allegation. o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Unimaginable_Horror_of_Evan_Gershkovich’s_Arrest in_Moscow⠀⇛ It’s painful and surreal to write these words: Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, is being held by Russian authorities on espionage charges. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Calls_on_Russia_to_Free_Detained_American Reporter⠀⇛ Demands for Evan Gershkovich’s release also came from the leaders of dozens of news media and press freedom organizations, including The New York Times and the Committee to Protect Journalists. Here is what we’re covering: o ⚓ France24 ☛ Russian_missiles_hit_Ukraine’s_Kharkiv_as_Moscow detains_US_journalist⠀⇛ At least six Russian missiles hit the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv late on Thursday, local officials said, adding that emergency workers were assessing the damage and casualties. Earlier, Russia’s FSB security service detained a US reporter for the Wall Street Journal on spying charges, drawing immediate condemnation from the West and calls for his release. * § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ o ⚓ RFA ☛ Former_prisoner_of_conscience_harassed_by_Vietnamese_police after_release⠀⇛ The intimidation began after Nguyen Thi Ngoc Suong attended an appeals trial for other activists. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kazakh_Tycoon_Related_To_Former_President’s_Family_Handed Eight-Year_Prison_Term⠀⇛ Kazakh tycoon Qairat Boranbaev, whose daughter is the widow of the grandson of former President Nursultan Nazarbaev, has been sentenced to eight years in prison on corruption charges. o ⚓ LRT ☛ Bialiatski’s_wife_in_Vilnius_pleads_for_solidarity_with oppressed_Belarusians⠀⇛ Political prisoners in Belarus need solidarity and constant attention, Natalia Pinchuk, the wife of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski, said in Vilnius on Friday. o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ US_court_rules_Musk_Tesla_union_campaign tweet_illegal⠀⇛ A US appeals court says Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk violated federal labour law by tweeting employees of the electric vehicle maker would lose stock options if they joined a union. o ⚓ Torture_of_child_in_Diyarbakır:_Lawyers_appeal_against_officers’ release⠀⇛ The officers being charged with injury rather than torture shows that the authorities indent to cover up the officers’ crimes, according to the head of the Diyarbakır Bar. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Bodies_of_8_Migrants_Found_in_River_Along_U.S.- Canadian_Border⠀⇛ The authorities were searching for more bodies in the St. Lawrence River of migrants believed to have been attempting to cross illegally into the United States. o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Cambodia_Makes_Progress_on_Children’s_Rights,_UNICEF Says⠀⇛ The proportion of children attending school increased at all levels in 2021 o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Ancient_DNA_Study_on_Lost_History_of_American_Slavery⠀⇛ During an expansion project for the Gaillard Center, a group of construction workers discovered the remains of 36 African descendants. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_expresses_concern_over_‘arbitrary_arrests’_in Afghanistan⠀⇛ UN Human Rights media spokesperson Jeremy Laurence Thursday issued a statement on the situation in Afghanistan, highlighting the UN’s “alarm” at the ongoing arbitrary arrests and detentions of civil society activists and media workers in Afghanistan… o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Why_Latvia_cannot_afford_to_live_without_gender equality⠀⇛ Latvian central bank economist Krista Kalnbērziņa takes a deep dive into gender inequality and its economic consequences in this piece from the central bank’s macroeconomics.lv website. o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong’s_new_protest_regulations_are designed_by_those_who_don’t_like_protests⠀⇛ Our police commissioner has no sense of irony. Remember the long-running struggle, during the 2019 disturbances, to persuade the police to obey the law which requires them to display an identifying number when on duty in uniform? Numbers are, however, now compulsory – not for police, but for demonstrators. * § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ o ⚓ RTE ☛ RTÉ_RADIO_1_TO_CEASE_BROADCASTING_ON_LONG_WAVE⠀⇛ RTÉ RADIO 1 TO CEASE BROADCASTING ON LONG WAVE   KEEP LISTENING TO RTÉ RADIO 1 | WWW.RTE.IE/KEEPLISTENING   RTÉ has today announced that RTÉ Radio 1 will cease broadcasting on Long Wave 252 (LW 252) from Friday 14th April 2023. o ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ Competition_in_Canada_Takes_Another_Hit: Government_Gives_Go_Ahead_for_Rogers_–_Shaw_Merger⠀⇛ Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François- Philippe Champagne has worked hard to fashion himself as a future party leader based on boundless energy to sell Canada the world. Indeed, Champagne’s oft-repeated stories of cold calls that resulted in investments by companies such as Volkswagen and Moderna paint a picture of a minister jetting around the world in support of the Canadian economy. Unfortunately, Champagne’s record is also one of a minister less interested in what is actually happening at home. * § Monopolies⠀➾ o ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Google_says_Microsoft_cloud_practices_are_anti- competitive⠀⇛ Alphabet’s Google Cloud has accused Microsoft of anti- competitive cloud computing practices and criticised imminent deals with several European cloud vendors, saying these do not solve broader concerns about its licensing terms. In Google Cloud’s first public comments on Microsoft and its European deals its Vice President Amit Zavery told Reuters the company has raised the issue with antitrust agencies and urged European Union antitrust regulators to take a closer look. o § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ JUVE ☛ “Future_FRAND_negotiations_would_benefit_from increased_transparency” [Ed: FRAND is a misnomer and it describes something that should not even exist in the first place]⠀⇛ After a long wait, the UK has once again confirmed its jurisdiction to calculate a FRAND rate between a patent holder and patent implementer. Earlier in March, judge James Mellor of the UK High Court finally handed down his decision in the case between patent holder InterDigital, and patent implementer Lenovo. # ⚓ Tailoring_our_patent_information_products_and_services_to users’_changing_needs [Ed: A lot of those tools are obviously in direct violation of the EPC, according to insiders, but EPO does not care about the law, it's a reckless den of corporate crime now]⠀⇛ SACEPO working party convenes to discuss recent advances and future developments in the EPO’s tools and documentation. o § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ TTAB_Posts_April_2023_Hearing_Schedule⠀⇛ The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā- Bee) has scheduled eight (8) oral hearings for the month of April 2023. Five of the hearings will be held via video conference; three will be held “in- person” in Alexandria, VA. Briefs and other papers for each case may be found at TTABVUE via the links provided. o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ IFPI_Officially_Addresses_Italian Court’s_Latest_Ruling_in_Cloudflare_Dispute:_‘An_Important Precedent’⠀⇛ In July of 2022, the IFPI celebrated an Italian court’s interim injunction against Cloudflare (NYSE: NET), which the industry representative accused of “making it possible for users to access copyright infringing websites.” Now, the IFPI has formally responded to a new decision upholding the injunction. § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Personal⠀➾ o ⚓ Book_recommendation⠀⇛ Book recommendation: The power of fun by Catherine Price. A serious and well-researched look at having True Fun (a state when playfulness, connection and flow happen). o ⚓ “Never_split_the_difference”_book_notes⠀⇛ These are my personal takeaways after reading “Never split the difference” by Chris Voss. Note that the book contains much more knowledge wisdom and that these notes only contain points I personally found worth writing down. This is mainly for my own use, but you might find it helpful too. o ⚓ [Old]_re:_A_response_to_jecxjo_(a_response_to_wholesomedonut)⠀⇛ In essence: “Yup, sounds about right”. Don’t worry about it. Spend time having fun. I am very passionate about software engineering. I love to do it. But if I’m spending 40 hours building software, I certainly have 0 motivation to spend the few hours I have outside of work doing that… o ⚓ The_Stonecutter,_Part_5⠀⇛ He found that clouds had a great freedom. No longer was he bound to the orbit of the Sun. He could now travel wherever he wanted whenever he wanted. Nighttime was not a blind spot for him anymore. That was something he hadn’t reflected on when he was the Sun, but now he found entertainment in obscuring the moon to make someone lose their way in the dark, or dispersing himself to reveal the starry night to a loving couple. o ⚓ Winning⠀⇛ As an analogy, let’s say you wanna get fit so you decide to take a walk. You decide to go to the park. Now, the intended destination of your walk is the park, and the purpose of the walk is to get fit. Russ has a post investigating the origins of the quote with other variants that make it clearer what Knizia meant. o ⚓ ABIMOSR_Wordo:_VIOLS⠀⇛ o ⚓ Obstacles_removed⠀⇛ In my last post, a ridiculous 5 months ago, I was lamenting on not keeping up with my blogging because I didn’t have sufficient tooling to make it easy. What a terrible excuse. Over the holidays I made time to finish up some code to create an atom feed from my blog entries. Alas, my coding skills are a bit rusty these days and it took longer than expected but it’s there, and if you can read this, it works! o ⚓ Emacs_On_My_Writing_PC⠀⇛ So I decided to install Emacs on my writing PC for while I work on writing my gemlogs. This I felt was a good way to get a sense of what Emacs feels like basically by default, since I’ve installed a bunch of stuff on my other machines, since I want it to be an IDE. I expected it to work well, because, well, Emacs is an old piece of software! So.. let me talk through my Emacs setup on a virtual-terminal only PC. o ⚓ Cloud_spotting_blues⠀⇛ tfurrows wrote a phlog post yesterday[1] centred mostly around responding to severe weather advisories and warnings. Right at the end he mentions participating in “weather spotter / Skywarn training”, something provided by the US National Weather Service. This seems to basically be a program to “crowdsource” early detection of heavy weather (what did we call “crowdsourcing” before that became a term?). I would certainly be interested to read more about this experience! * § Technical⠀➾ o ⚓ Make_your_server_available_through_a_VPN_endpoint_IP⠀⇛ Let’s say your ISP don’t provide static IP and you want to self host your website, emails and stuff at home. Or you can’t setup a rDNS. Or your usual Internet access is down and you want to keep your server up using your smartphone connection sharing capabilities. o ⚓ Idiotbox_to_watch_youtube_without_a_browser⠀⇛ o ⚓ tootik:_Gemini+fediverse=❤️⠀⇛ tootik is a new social network thingy that speaks a tiny subset of ActivityPub and has a Gemini frontend. o § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Writing_Hello_world_from_scratch_Part_II:_designing_the CPU⠀⇛ Designing the ISA and the simulator is fine and dandy but it does not beat running a custom CPU on real hardware. Unfortunately, I don’t have tens of thousands of euros to make a custom chip. The best I can do is to run it on an FPGA. An FPGA is a chip with a lot of logic gates that can be wired together to make any logic circuit. And our CPU is a logic circuit. What we need to do is to use a hardware description language such as Verilog or VHDL to describe the CPU. I choose to use Verilog as I prefer its more concise syntax but both languages can do the same things in a very similar manner. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3331 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.01.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_31/03/2023:_Mozilla_Turns_25_and_OpenMandriva_23.03⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 4:09 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Graphics_Stack o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva_Family o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM 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 Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o Standards/Consortia * Leftovers o Education o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Internet/Gemini * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ KDE Videos ☛ KDAB_News_03/2023_–_Calls_for_Speakers_KDE Akademy,_QtWS,_Qt_Desktop_Days;_EW23_Recap_and_more⠀⇛ Welcome to KDAB News, the monthly update for developers working with Qt, C++ and 3D technologies. o § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ Mike_Blumenkrantz:_Developers_Developers_Developers⠀⇛ § A New Frontier As everyone expects, Khronos has recently done a weekly_spec_update_for_Vulkan. What nobody expected was that this week’s update would include a mammoth extension, VK_EXT_shader_object. Or that it would be developed by Nintendo? o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Machine_Learning_in_Linux:_Dalai_–_LLaMA_and Alpaca⠀⇛ Dalai bills itself as “the simplest way to run LLaMA on your local machine”. Given that our Machine Learning in Linux series focuses on apps that make it easy to experiment with machine learning, Dalai looks an interesting project to spotlight. What’s LLaMA? It’s an acronym for Large Language Model Meta AI, a collection of open and efficient foundation language models designed to help researchers advance their work in this subfield of AI. Large Languages Models trained on massive amount of text can perform new tasks from textual instructions. They can generate creative text, solve maths problems, answer reading comprehension questions, and much more. Like other large language models, LLaMA works by taking a sequence of words as an input and predicts a next word to recursively generate text. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_Pidgin_on_Ubuntu_20.04_|_22.04 LTS⠀⇛ Pidgin is a popular open-source instant messaging application that allows users to communicate with friends and family on multiple chat networks simultaneously. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_BlueMail_on_Ubuntu_20.04_|_22.04 LTS⠀⇛ Hi, in this post, you will learn how to install BlueMail on Ubuntu # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_SpiderFoot_on_Ubuntu_20.04_| 22.04_LTS⠀⇛ SpiderFoot is an open-source reconnaissance tool that automates the process of collecting and analyzing data from various sources, such as search engines, social media, and DNS records. It is a powerful tool for penetration testers, researchers, and security professionals. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_1Password_on_Ubuntu_20.04_|_22.04 LTS⠀⇛ In this guide, we will show you how to install 1Password on Ubuntu systems. 1Password is a popular password manager that helps users generate strong and unique passwords, store them securely, and autofill them on websites and apps. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_Tig_on_Ubuntu_20.04_|_22.04_LTS⠀⇛ Tig is a text-mode interface for Git, a popular version control system used by developers to manage source code. It provides a simple and intuitive interface for viewing and browsing Git repositories, making it an essential tool for developers. # ⚓ Vitux ☛ How_to_Install_Cockpit_Administration_Tool_on Debian_Linux⠀⇛ Cockpit is a server administration tool. Its main purpose is to replace the standard administration GUI of a web hosting company and enable remote administration. It offers methods not normally available in the Control Panel software, such as access to HTTP requests. With these advanced methods, it is ideal for server-side tasks such as setting up cron jobs or other tasks you need to do via shell script on Unix/Linux servers. In addition, other people (or even your own staff) can easily create their own scripts using one of the supported scripting languages. # ⚓ Vitux ☛ How_to_Install_Dotclear_CMS_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Dotclear CMS is open-source software that allows you to create a simple, powerful, and easy-to- maintain blog. It offers an intuitive interface for managing content from multiple categories in your blog. It was initially designed for running blogs but now includes support for photo galleries, polls, calendars and other features as well as extensive plugin architecture – there are more than thousands of plugins and themes available for Dotclear. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ 3_Command_Line_Tools_to_Install_Deb_Packages_in Ubuntu⠀⇛ In this tutorial, you will learn how to install local software packages (.DEB) in Debian and its derivatives such as Ubuntu and Linux Mint using three different command line tools and they are dpkg, apt, and gdebi. This is useful to those new users who have migrated from Windows to Ubuntu or Linux Mint. The very basic problem they face is installing local software on the system. # ⚓ Vitux ☛ How_to_Install_and_Use_FFmpeg_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ FFmpeg is open-source and cross-platform that handles a variety of multimedia files. It holds several audio and video libraries such as libavdevice, libavformat, libswscale, and many more. It is an easy stream analyzer for multimedia. Besides being a popular developer tool, it offers a powerful command-line interface for multimedia tasks. This free computer software was developed in 2000. Youtube, Trell, Mux, VLC Media Player, and many popular websites and multimedia platforms use FFmpeg. This guide will help you to install FFmpeg on Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 20.04 and shows you how to perform video and audio file conversion using FFmpeg. # ⚓ Vitux ☛ How_to_Install_OpenEMR_on_CentOS_and_Rocky_Linux⠀⇛ OpenEMR is the world’s leading open-source electronic medical record (EMR) and medical documentation system. OpenEMR aims to provide a better alternative to its proprietary competitors. It is secure, customizable, scalable, feature-rich, and designed to meet the needs of small to large healthcare organizations. It has been used in over 200 countries/territories worldwide since 2002. The information below will help you better understand OpenEMR. # ⚓ Vitux ☛ How_to_Install_PgAdmin_4_on_Debian⠀⇛ PgAdmin is an open-source administration tool for Postgres databases. It has a graphical user interface written with the Qt application framework and uses libpq as its backend driver to communicate with the database server. It can be used to manage local or remote PostgreSQL servers, create new databases, execute SQL queries and scripts against those databases using an interactive query editor that provides syntax highlighting and intelligent autocomplete, among other things, import data from various sources into the database or generate reports from within the program about available space in tablespaces or indexes as well as many other things. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Create_Colorful_ASCII_Arts_in_Your Linux_Terminal_With_draw⠀⇛ Paint programs have been an essential part of the computer experience for decades—giving you a creative outlet for doodles, as well as a way of sketching ideas, drawing portraits, and expressing your artistic appreciation for the world outside your window. Typically, you’ll need a machine with an X server to express your digital soul on a virtual canvas, but with draw, you can sketch colorful drawings without leaving your terminal. # ⚓ AddictiveTips ☛ How_to_install_GitFiend_on_Linux⠀⇛ GitFiend is an easy-to-use, simple Git client for Linux, Mac OS, and Windows. It is designed for “Humans,” and has tons of useful features. Here’s how you can install GitFiend on Linux. [...] If you use Ubuntu, you must install the GitFiend application on your system via their downloadable DEB package. To get your hands on this DEB package, start by launching a terminal window. You can launch a terminal window on Ubuntu by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T on the keyboard. Or, by searching for “Terminal” in the app menu and launching it that way. Once the terminal app is open, use the wget command to download the DEB package. # ⚓ Enrico_Zini:_Things_I_learnt_in_March_2023⠀⇛ # str.endswith() can take a tuple of possible endings instead of a single string § About JACK and Debian # There are 3 JACK implementations: jackd1, jackd2, pipewire-jack. # jackd1 is mostly superseded in favour of jackd2, and as far as I understand, can be ignored # pipewire-jack integrates well with pipewire and the rest of the Linux audio world # jackd2 is the native JACK server. When started it handles the sound card directly, and will steal it from pipewire. Non-JACK audio applications will likely cease to see the sound card until JACK is stopped and wireplumber is restarted. Pipewire should be able to keep [working as a JACK client[(https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/ wikis/JACK) but I haven’t gone down that route yet [...] ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Install_Xen_Orchestra_Appliance_(XOA)_In_XCP-ng_Server⠀⇛ In this guide, we will discuss what is Xen Orchestra (XO), how to install Xen Orchestra Appliance (XOA), how to access Xen Orchestra Web UI, and finally how to connect to XOA via SSH. ⚓ Citizix ☛ How_To_Setup_Kube_State_Metrics_on_Kubernetes⠀⇛ In this article, we will learn what kube-state-metricsis, the importance of enabling kube-state-metrics in your cluster, some of its use cases, and how to implement it in your cluster. ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Suricata_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Suricata on Rocky Linux 9. Are you looking for a network intrusion detection and prevention system that is both powerful and easy to use? Look no further than Suricata! ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Remove_Users_on_Linux:_A_Step-by-Step_Guide⠀⇛ Linux is known for its security and flexibility, but it also requires some basic knowledge to manage users and groups on the system. ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_FreeIPA_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install FreeIPA on Rocky Linux 9. For those of you who didn’t know, FreeIPA is the ultimate open-source solution for identity, policy, and audit management. ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Fixing_Mount_Point_Does_Not_Exist_Error_in_Linux⠀⇛ Learn how to troubleshoot and fix the ‘mount point does not exist’ error in Linux with our step-by-step guide. § Games⠀➾ * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Humble_has_a_bundle_of_Survivors-Like_games,_including Boneraiser_Minions_(a_favourite)⠀⇛ Here’s your chance to jump into the Survivors-Like games phenomenon, so I guess that’s what we’re calling games like Vampire Survivors now? Survivors-Like? Humble Bundle has some good picks here but I do find it mildly amusing they didn’t manage to pull in the game that started the recent trend for a “best of” bundle. * ⚓ Godot Engine ☛ Release_candidate:_Godot_4.0.2_RC_1⠀⇛ With the GDC 2023 past us, we are getting ready for the 4.1 dev cycle. But that doesn’t mean current Godot 4.0 users have to wait, because here’s a release candidate for 4.0.2, with a handful of fixes and extra enhancements! * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Vulkan_gets_a_new_extension_to_improve_shaders_with help_from_Nintendo⠀⇛ Well this is a fair bit unexpected. As happens quite often there was a specification update to the Vulkan API, and with it came a brand new extension to help with shaders — which Nintendo contributed towards. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Vampire_Survivors:_Tides_of_the_Foscari_DLC_releases April_13th⠀⇛ As if it hasn’t sucked away enough of our free time already right? Vampire Survivors: Tides of the Foscari is arriving on April 13th. Giving you a bunch more content at a small price of $1.99 / €1.99 / £1.59. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ GOG_giving_away_Deep_Sky_Derelicts_during_the_finale_of their_Spring_Sale⠀⇛ The fourth and final giveaway on GOG during their Spring Sale is for Deep Sky Derelicts, a tactical roguelike RPG set in a grim dystopian future, where mankind has scattered across the galaxy. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Stop_an_organism_spreading_and_protect_humanity_in Xenospore,_now_with_a_big_upgrade⠀⇛ The free game Xenospore sees you try to stop the spread of a strange and deadly organism and there’s a big upgrade out now. At a very basic level it sort of reminds me of Into the Breach because of the small tile-based world, and the alien stuff. It’s very different though. Mentioned here on GamingOnLinux back in September last year, it’s come a long way. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Dark_sci-fi_roguelike_Deadnaut:_Signal_Lost_looks_great and_it’s_out_now⠀⇛ Deadnaut: Signal Lost from the developer of Deadnaut, Zafehouse Diaries and Fear Equation is officially out now with Native Linux support. A game that was mentioned here on GamingOnLinux just recently, as the developer was looking for Linux testers. As they promised, a proper demo is also now available along with the full release. § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ * § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ o ⚓ Jonathan Riddell ☛ isoimagewriter_0.9.1⠀⇛ Just out is isoimagewriter 0.9.1, an unstable alpha release of the ISO image disk writing tool for USB and flash drives. This adds udisks2 support and drops KAuth support. It also adds Qt6 and KF6 support. However I don’t think Windows support or signature checking is working currently. https://download.kde.org/unstable/isoimagewriter/0.9.1/ isoimagewriter-0.9.1.tar.xz https://download.kde.org/unstable/isoimagewriter/0.9.1/ isoimagewriter-0.9.1.tar.xz.sig o ⚓ Scarlett_Gately_Moore:_KDE_Snaps!_Many_new_releases,_more_to come.⠀⇛ I have been extremely busy the last 2 weeks churning out KDE snaps! All of the have been tested and released on AMD64 and Arm64 architectures. If you run into any problems please file bugs @ http://bugs.kde.org and feel free to assign me. Thanks! o ⚓ Nate Graham ☛ This_week_in_KDE:_it’s_the_little_things_that count⠀⇛ This week a lot of people made a lot of fixes and improvements to a lot of small-to-medium yet longstanding issues. I challenge any reader to read through the whole post and not find any instances of things that had been annoying them being fixed this week! § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ * ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ AppImage_Installer_now_using_xdotool⠀⇛ Also, there was a bug. ROX-Filer is supposed to have appropriate mime-handling for each AppImage. Fixed, now correctly extracts MimeType field from the .desktop file inside the .AppImage file. Added a new game, CroMagRally, and a paint program that is very good with graphics tablets, MyPaint. Thinking about what to do next with the Installer, I am concerned that it downloads and installs the latest AppImage from github. From my limited experience with AppImages, it would seem that a release may work now, but a later release may not. This potential problem is due, I think, to a lack in strictness of the rules required for constructing AppImages. A developer may release one, then later on update or change his host system, then when build the next release, it will be broken on EasyOS. This can very easily happen, and is a reason why I am not entirely happy with using AppImages. So, I am thinking of changing the Installer so that it downloads an AppImage release known to work, not necessarily the latest. Later on, the user can update to the latest, and if it doesn’t work, can roll back. Note, as a precaution, I have been archiving them, so if one disappears, we still have it: https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/packages/appimage/ easyos/oe/kirkstone/ * ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ AppImage_Installer_now_parsing_json_file⠀⇛ This morning I posted about using xdotool, to obtain the AppImage to download: https://bkhome.org/news/202303/appimage-installer-now-using- xdotool.html Before that, I had fiddled around with downloading a json file, but wasn’t doing it right. Have now read up a bit more on the topic. For example, these sites: [...] * § New Releases⠀➾ o ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Linux_Lite_6.4:_The_Improved_and_Enhanced_Version⠀⇛ Still based on Xfce 4.16, Linux Lite 6.4 has a refreshed look, updated package base, and Linux Kernel 5.15. As the name implies, a Ubuntu-based Linux Lite is designed to be a lightweight, fast, and easy-to-use Linux distro. It is popular for users with older hardware or those who want a simple and user-friendly operating system. Linux Lite comes preinstalled with various software, including the LibreOffice suite, the Firefox web browser, and the VLC media player. It also includes multiple customization options and features, such as a system backup tool and a simple, intuitive interface. o ⚓ Beta News ☛ Kick_Microsoft_Windows_11_out_of_your_life_and_switch to_Linux_Lite_6.4_today⠀⇛ Linux Lite is a popular Linux distribution that is designed to be easy to use for people switching from Windows. The latest version, Linux Lite 6.4, includes a number of new features and improvements, making it a great choice for anyone looking for a reliable and user- friendly Linux distribution. Linux Lite 6.4 is a lightweight Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS. The distro includes a number of bug fixes and security updates. The operating system is a smart choice for users who are new to Linux or who are looking for a more lightweight alternative to Windows or macOS. Linux Lite 6.4 uses kernel 5.15.0-69 and comes with some excellent software pre-installed. For instance, you get Google Chrome 111, GIMP 2.10.30, Thunderbird 102.9, VLC 3.0.16, and LibreOffice 7.4.6. This version of the operating system also offers an an updated Papirus icon theme, new wallpapers, and a larger hardware database. * § PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva Family⠀➾ o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ OpenMandriva_Rome_version_23.03_is_out_now⠀⇛ The project known as OpenMandriva has released new installation images for its rolling-release edition, with the latest kernel and the latest KDE Plasma – among many other choices. OpenMandriva was the last to fork and continue the Mandriva distro when its eponymous parent company went under, meaning that it’s one branch of a closely-related family of distros we looked at about a year ago. It maintains two branches of its distro today: OpenMandriva Rome is a rolling-release distro, continually receiving updates. Its slower-moving stable- release sibling is OpenMandriva Lx, which is currently on version 4.3, with KDE Plasma 5.23 and kernel 5.16. o ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ OpenMandriva_23.03_ROME_is_Released_with_Download Links,_Mirrors_and_Torrents⠀⇛ OpenMandriva, the French-origin general purpose operating system successor to Mandriva, has released the latest of its rolling release edition “ROME” version 23.03 to download. It improves the previously released ROME by adding more choices for the users including GNOME and Server. We listed things about the release in brief and we hope you will enjoy it. Happy downloading! * § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ o ⚓ Dominique Leuenberger ☛ openSUSE_Tumbleweed_–_Review_of_the_week 2023/13⠀⇛ Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers, This week we are fully back on track with 7 published snapshots. One significant change to mention again is: RPMs for i586 (intel 32bit systems) are no longer part of the regular Tumbleweed snapshots. This has been moved into a legacyx86 port in OBS and is published separately on download.opensuse.org. See also this_announcement on the factory mailing list. * § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ o ⚓ Rakuten_+_Rocky_Linux_=_open_RAN_economics_and_sustainability_at scale⠀⇛ Switching lanes from Red Hat to Rocky Linux for its cloud telco OS is designed to keep Rakuten’s disaggregated network model sustainable at scale. o ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_Friday’s_Fedora_Facts: 2023-13⠀⇛ Here’s your weekly Fedora report. Read what happened this week and what’s coming up. Your contributions are welcome (see the end of the post)! o ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_CPE_Weekly_update_–_Week 13⠀⇛ This is a weekly report from the CPE (Community Platform Engineering) Team. If you have any questions or feedback, please respond to this report or contact us on #redhat- cpe channel on libera.chat. We provide you both infographics and text version of the weekly report. If you just want to quickly look at what we did, just look at the infographic. If you are interested in more in depth details look below the infographic. o ⚓ Remi Collet ☛ Remi_Collet:_PHP_version_8.1.18RC1_and_8.2.5RC1⠀⇛ Release Candidate versions are available in testing repository for Fedora and Enterprise Linux (RHEL / CentOS / Alma / Rocky and other clones) to allow more people to test them. They are available as Software Collections, for a parallel installation, perfect solution for such tests, and also as base packages. RPM of PHP version 8.2.5RC1 are available o as base packages # in the remi-php82-testrepository for Enterprise Linux 7 # in the remi-modular-testforFedora35-37 and Enterprise Linux ≥ 8 o ⚓ Filipe_Rosset:_Fedora_rawhide_–_fixed_bugs_2023/02⠀⇛ Bug 2161445 – converseen-0.9.10.1 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2161445 Opened Bug 2169129 – please update libofx to latest 0.10.9 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2169129 Opened Bug 2169130 – please build libofx for epel9 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2169130 o ⚓ Filipe_Rosset:_Fedora_rawhide_–_fixed_bugs_2022/12⠀⇛ Bug 2138951 – aime-8.20221031 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2138951 Bug 2142183 – sakura-3.8.6 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2142183 * § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ o ⚓ Ubuntu Studio ☛ Ubuntu_Studio:_Ubuntu_Studio_23.04_Beta Released⠀⇛ The Ubuntu Studio team is pleased to announce the beta release of Ubuntu Studio 23.10, codenamed “Lunar Lobster”. While this beta is reasonably free of any showstopper installer bugs, you may find some bugs within. This image is, however, mostly representative of what you will find when Ubuntu Studio 23.04 is released on April 20, 2023. § Special notes: The Ubuntu Studio 22.10 disk image (ISO) exceeds 4 GB and cannot be downloaded to some file systems such as FAT32, and may not be readable when burned to a DVD. For this reason, we recommend downloading to a compatible file system. When creating a boot medium, we recommend creating_a_bootable_USB_stick with the ISO image, or burning to a Dual-Layer DVD. o ⚓ Ubuntu Fridge ☛ Ubuntu_23.04_(Lunar_Lobster)_Beta_Released⠀⇛ The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Beta release of the Ubuntu 23.04 Desktop, Server, and Cloud products. Ubuntu 23.04, codenamed “Lunar Lobster”, continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs. This Beta release includes images from not only the Ubuntu Desktop, Server, and Cloud products, but also the Edubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Cinnamon, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Unity, and Xubuntu flavours. o ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Enough_of_it!_Ubuntu_to_Ditch_Snap_Completely_With 24.04_LTS_Naughty_Nightingale⠀⇛ Despite putting so much weight behind Snap, Ubuntu continues to lose in the race of ‘universal Linux packaging’. While all kinds of distros are adopting Fedora’s Flatpak, Ubuntu’s Snap is being rejected even by Ubuntu-based distros like Linux Mint and elementary OS. Nitrux, Vanilla, gLinux, and many more distros have ditched Ubuntu for Debian, and Snap probably played a role in the decision-making. o ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_Blog:_Automotive_industry_trends_for_2023_and beyond⠀⇛ § 2023, the year of transformations After the rough COVID-19 years, 2022 has seen the start of economic improvements. Although the automotive industry is experiencing its worst sales_numbers_in_over a_decade, it saw increased profits thanks to strong demand, allowing for higher prices. Geopolitical issues such as the war in Ukraine and microchip shortages are forcing analysts and OEMs to remain careful regarding their forecasted results. Indeed, as we are all beginning to feel the effect of inflation and uncertain energy supplies, production volumes may be lower than expected. Nevertheless, we are seeing a lot of innovations in the automotive space. Let’s dive a little deeper into the latest automotive industry trends and see how they match with the switch towards software-defined_vehicles. § Electric vehicles everywhere? With the willingness to reduce carbon emissions and the implementation of stricter emissions regulations, OEMs are investing more and more in the development of electric vehicles. In parallel, customers are turning to EVs in order to have cleaner alternatives but also cheaper costs compared to petrol and diesel. Whether this holds true in the future, is still to be determined as electricity costs are rising too.  What is certain is that EVs are giving rise to a lot of related technologies geared to help companies deliver on the promise of usability, sustainability and costs. Many of these technologies are undergoing research and ripe for investment. For example, battery technologies need improvements. There’s also the charging infrastructure, which is still one of the pain points preventing customers from switching from ICE vehicles to EVs. Software_also_plays_a_significant_role_in_EVscompared to ICE vehicles. Indeed, the charging management, the engine performance, and the range optimisation of EVs relies heavily on software. Another type of vehicle that relies heavily on software is, of course, the elusive self- driving car.  * § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ o ⚓ Bring_home_Infinix_Y1_43_inch_Full_HD_Smart_Linux_TV_available_on Flipkart_at_massive_discount_of_38%⠀⇛ If it’s about a smart LED TV that is available at an affordable price Infinix Y1 43-inch Full HD Smart Linux TV can be the best for you. The Infinix Y1 43-inch Full HD Smart Linux TV is available on Flipkart at a 38% of massive discount which lets users buy it for just Rs 15,499 in place of Rs 24,999. If you are looking for an EMI option that is also available that lets you grab it for just Rs 759 a month. An exchange offer of up to Rs 7,000 can also be availed on this LED. o ⚓ ARC ☛ Wago_Implements_Bosch_Rexroth’s_Linux-Based_OS⠀⇛ The German manufacturer, Wago, will use Bosch Rexroth’s ctrlX OS in their controllers in the medium and high performance classes. They will be the first system and technology partner for this real-time capable, Linux- based operating system. In an unprecedented move, Bosch Rexroth has uncoupled its ctrlX OS operating system from their own control hardware and made it available for industrial use. This means that other companies and even competitors can use the operating system in their own applications and act as system and technology partners. According to Bosch, ctrlX OS is designed for real-time use and applicable at all layers – from the field level to edge devices to the cloud. By installing ctrlX OS, customers gain access to the entire ecosystem, including a wide range of apps available for download from the ctrlX Store. * § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ o ⚓ Raspberry_Pi_NTP_Server⠀⇛ Setting up an NTP server on a Raspberry Pi to serve the LAN clients without them having to contact the Internet. o ⚓ Arduino ☛ Old_RC_transmitter_becomes_new_MIDI_controller⠀⇛ If you’re going to produce electronic music on a PC, you need some sort of input tool. That can be your keyboard and mouse, but most producers prefer to use a dedicated MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) controller. o ⚓ peppe8o ☛ Interfacing_a_Tilt_Sensor_with_Arduino_Uno⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will use a tilt sensor with the Arduino Uno to measure an object’s orientation or tilt. This sensor has wide applications o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Metal_enclosures_for_the_Raspberry_Pi_Compute Module_4_IO_board⠀⇛ Nevertheless, it turns out there are at least two of this type of metal enclosures for the CM4 IO board, and when buying full systems, they may provide a way to source Raspberry Pi CM4 system-on-modules since individual modules are so hard to purchase if you are not a company with some minimum monthly production volume. o ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Measure_pi_with_a_Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛ March 14th is celebrated around the world as Pi Day. Many people celebrate Pi Day by measuring pi with objects found around the house. I wanted to do something similar for this year’s Pi Day using my Raspberry Pi 3B. Read on to learn how I measured pi using my Raspberry Pi. What you’ll need: * § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ o ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Google_Keep_letting_you_open_notes_side-by-side_on Android⠀⇛ o ⚓ Forbes ☛ XGIMI_Launches_New_Portable_MoGo_Projectors_With_Android Smarts_And_Innovative_Auto_Setup_Systems⠀⇛ o ⚓ Forbes ☛ Android_Circuit:_Galaxy_S24_Ultra_Leaks,_OnePlus_And Oppo_In_Europe,_Pixel_Tablet_Details⠀⇛ o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ X88Pro_13_8K_TV_box_runs_Android_13_on_Rockchip RK3528_SoC_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ o ⚓ Android_Auto_‘GPS_signal_lost’_issue_in_Google_Maps_troubling users⠀⇛ o ⚓ What_is_the_best_android_emulator?_|_NextPit_Forum⠀⇛ o ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ GM_confirms_it’s_dropping_Apple_CarPlay_and Android_Auto_from_2024_EVs_|_Ars_Technica⠀⇛ o ⚓ The Verge ☛ GM_is_cutting_off_access_to_Apple_CarPlay_and_Android Auto_for_its_future_EVs_–_The_Verge⠀⇛ o ⚓ SlashGear ☛ Why_Your_Android_Phone’s_Keyboard_Isn’t_Showing_Up, And_How_To_Fix_It⠀⇛ o ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ The_4_Best_Alternatives_to_TWRP_Recovery_on Android⠀⇛ o ⚓ Android Authority ☛ The_best_Nintendo_3DS_emulators_for_Android_– Android_Authority⠀⇛ o ⚓ Ghacks ☛ Check_the_Google_Voice_Material_You_Redesign_on Android⠀⇛ § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ * ⚓ Bruce Perens ☛ Site_Under_Construction⠀⇛ 30-March-2023: Bruce is re-installing WordPress and will port sites to the new install, just to have a clean install * § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ o § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ A_quarter_century_of_Mozilla⠀⇛ March 31, or “three thirty-one,” is something of a talisman in the Mozilla community. It’s the date that, back in 1998, Mozilla first came into being — the date that we open-sourced the Netscape code for the world to use. This year, “three thirty-one” is especially meaningful: It’s Mozilla’s 25 year anniversary. A lot has changed since 1998. Mozilla is no longer just a bold idea. We’re a family of organizations — a nonprofit, a public benefit-corporation, and others — that builds products, fuels movements, and invests in responsible tech. And we’re no longer a small group of engineers in Netscape’s Mountain View office. We’re technologists, researchers, and activists located around the globe — not to mention tens of thousands of volunteers. But if a Mozillian from 1998 stepped into a Mozilla office (or joined a Mozilla video call) in 2023, I think they’d quickly feel something recognizable. A familiar spirit, and a familiar set of values. When Mozilla open-sourced our browser code 25 years ago, the reason was the public interest: We wanted to spark more innovation, more competition, and more choice online. Technology in the public interest has been our manifesto ever since — whether releasing Firefox 1.0 in 2004, or launching Mozilla.ai earlier this year. # ⚓ LWN ☛ A_quarter_century_of_Mozilla_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ The Mozilla project celebrates 25 years of existence. # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Making_the_impossible_possible_—_again⠀⇛ Looking ahead at Mozilla’s next quarter century In the world of tech, some challenges can feel impossible to solve. That was the feeling many of us had 25 years ago — before we’d heard of Mozilla. * § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ o ⚓ German_LibreOffice_community_meeting,_March_2023_in_Essen⠀⇛ LibreOffice is developed by a worldwide community, and many members of this community live in German-speaking countries. From 24 to 26 March, some of them met at the Linuxhotel in Essen. There was an informal meeting on Friday evening, while the main discussions started on Saturday. * § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ o ⚓ Unix Men ☛ WebP:_What_is_it?_How_do_I_work_with_it_on_Linux⠀⇛ WebP image format has been promoted by Google since 2010, in particular through the Chromium project. Initially, WebP was promoted as an alternative to JPEG because the quality is the same, but the images weigh less. Gradually, the format developed and acquired features such as support for transparency, animation, and the ability to compress images without losing the quality. On average, the weight of images is reduced by around 30%, which allows webmasters to place more images on their platforms. Thus, there are a plethora of websites today, including YouTube, the Google Play Store, and the Facebook Android add-on, that use this image format. Since 2013, WebP was used in the Play Store for app screenshots, previews, and app logos, reducing the size of images by 35% without compromising quality. WebP is supported by most well-known browsers, making it a one- stop solution for working with images on the web. § Leftovers⠀➾ * § Education⠀➾ o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Democrats_split_over_education_in_Chicago_mayoral runoff⠀⇛ In Chicago’s mayoral runoff Tuesday, Democrats Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas offer very different visions for fixing the city’s ailing schools. * § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ o ⚓ Quartz ☛ Medicaid’s_continuous_enrollment_ends_today._Up_to_14 million_Americans_could_lose_their_coverage⠀⇛ A thin silver lining of the pandemic in the US has been that more people have been insured than ever before. o ⚓ LRT ☛ Can’t_live_on_buckwheat_and_noodles:_cost-of-living_makes Lithuanian_students_move_in_with_parents⠀⇛ Rising rents and prices of basic commodities are forcing some young people to move in with their parents. Students say it’s getting difficult to afford day-to-day life. o ⚓ Axios ☛ Obamacare_ruling_gives_Democrats_new_political_ammo⠀⇛ Democrats may hate the substance of yesterday’s court ruling striking_down elements of the Affordable Care Act — this time, its requirement that employers cover certain preventative care services. But politically, it feeds right into the party’s 2024 campaign narrative. Why it matters:Defending the ACA has been a tried-and- true strategy for Democrats since the GOP tried to repeal it in 2017. Judicial threats to the law easily fold into messaging about right-wing extremist judges that the party has been building on since the Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion. ========================================================= # And while Republicans may still not be huge fans of the law, its preventative care provisions weren’t exactly topping their list of grievances. o ⚓ PHR ☛ PHR_Welcomes_National_Association_of_Medical_Examiners’_ (NAME)_Policy_Reversal_on_“Excited_Delirium”_as_a_Cause_of_Death⠀⇛ Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) welcomes the new position statement from the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME), which states that the Association no longer endorses the term “excited delirium.” o ⚓ NYPost ☛ Cookie_lovers_warned_to_stop_eating_raw_dough_amid salmonella_outbreak:_CDC⠀⇛ Raw, or unbaked, flour could be contaminated with the bacteria, which causes foodborne illness and leads to upset stomach, fever, chills, vomiting and cramps. * § Security⠀➾ o ⚓ Hacker News ☛ New_Wi-Fi_Protocol_Security_Flaw_Affecting_Linux, Android_and_iOS_Devices⠀⇛ A group of academics from Northeastern University and KU Leuven has disclosed a fundamental design flaw in the IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi protocol standard, impacting a wide range of devices running Linux, FreeBSD, Android, and iOS. o ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Chinese_RedGolf_Group_Targeting_Windows_and_Linux Systems_with_KEYPLUG_Backdoor [Ed: Windows has bug doors for the NSA; in this case, the problem isn't Linux but very long-unpatched systems (2021)]⠀⇛ o ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Friday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (joblib, json-smart, libmicrohttpd, and xrdp), Fedora (thunderbird and xorg-x11-server-Xwayland), Mageia (dino, perl-Cpanel- JSON-XS, perl-Net-Server, snort, tigervnc/x11-server, and xapian), SUSE (curl, kernel, openssl-1_0_0, and shim), and Ubuntu (glusterfs, linux-gcp-4.15, musl, and xcftools). o ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Tracking_the_Adelanto_Healthcare_Ventures_breach on_DataBreaches.net⠀⇛ At the present time, we do not know numbers affected for each hospital or in total, but that data will also be added to the post as that information becomes available. o ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ 3CX_knew_its_app_was_flagged_as_malicious_but_took no_action_for_7_days_|_Ars_Technica⠀⇛ The support team for 3CX, the VoIP/PBX software provider with more than 600,000 customers and 12 million daily users, was aware its desktop app was being flagged as malware but decided to take no action for a week when it learned it was on the receiving end of a massive supply chain attack, a thread on the company’s community forum shows. o ⚓ The Record ☛ US_commits_$25_million_to_Costa_Rica_for_Conti ransomware_recovery [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛ The U.S. government is sending $25 million to the government of Costa Rica to help the country recover from a devastating ransomware attack last year that crippled several key agencies. In May 2022, Costa Rica’s newly elected president Rodrigo Chaves declared a state of emergency after the now- defunct Conti ransomware group severely damaged the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport and the Costa Rican Social Security Fund. The gang posted messages openly calling for the overthrow of the government before demanding a $20 million ransom. o ⚓ GMH_under_review_for_potential_HIPAA_breach⠀⇛ The unauthorized access into Guam Memorial Hospital’s network is undergoing a detailed review for a possible Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA breach. The information came to light during the public hospital’s monthly board meeting Wednesday. GMH legal counsel Jeremiah Luther maintains that no patient or employee records were compromised, saying they got lucky. o ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ ES:_Secondary_education_center_hit_by_Stormous⠀⇛ After several months out of the public eye, the pro- Russian Stormous Ransomware group reappeared in February. Now they have claimed an attack on a secondary education center, the Instituto De Educación Secundaria Ies Emilio Canalejo Olmeda (IESCO) in Cordoba, Spain. o ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Attacked_by_Vice_Society_earlier_this_month, Lewis_&_Clark_finds_files_with_personal_information_have_now_been leaked⠀⇛ It appears that Lewis & Clark in Oregon has been the victim of a ransomware attack by Vice Society. o ⚓ Florida_city_water_cyber_incident_allegedly_caused_by_employee error⠀⇛ In 2021, news broke of a cyberattack at the Oldsmar, Florida, water treatment plant, an event that sparked fears about the cyber vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure. At the time, reports suggested that a worker at the plant saw his computer being remotely accessed and controlled. His mouse moved to open functions to control water treatment protocols, and then the amount of sodium hydroxide, or lye, in the water was changed from about 100 parts per million to 11,100 parts per million. The operator immediately reduced the chemical to the proper level and alerted a supervisor. The alleged hack, which gained worldwide publicity from subsequent press conferences given by Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and other leading officials, prompted an investigation led by the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service, as well as a joint federal advisory warning water treatment facility operators of the dangers they faced from hackers and urging them to upgrade their security systems. [...] Braithwaite said that the various investigations spawned by the incident, including one by the Florida Office of Information Technology, were particularly critical of the staff in Oldsmar, which he said runs its water treatment facility on a network made up of five computers and a couple of iPads. o ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Consumer_lender_TMX_discloses_data_breach impacting_4.8_million_people⠀⇛ TMX Finance and its subsidiaries TitleMax, TitleBucks, and InstaLoan have collectively disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal data of 4,822,580 customers. TMX is a public financial service that operates equities, fixed income, derivatives, and energy markets exchanges, with a business presence in the United States, Canada, the U.K., Australia, and China. o ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ “A_crucial_learning_experience.”_–_ICO_calls_for highest_standards_in_HIV_services_after_NHS_Highland_reprimand⠀⇛ The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to NHS Highland for a “serious breach of trust” after a data breach involving those likely to be accessing HIV services. The ICO has called for serious improvements to data protection safeguards amongst HIV service providers, stating that there is “simply no excuse”, and that “the stakes are just too high” given the impact on people’s lives. A formal reprimand has been issued to NHS Highland, which emailed 37 people likely to be accessing HIV services, inadvertently using CC (carbon copy) instead of BCC (blind carbon copy). The error meant recipients of the email could see the personal email addresses of other people receiving the email, with one person confirming they recognised four other individuals, one of whom was a previous sexual partner. o ⚓ LinuxStans ☛ Setting_up_a_VPN_on_Linux_without_a_Native_App⠀⇛ In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to set up a VPN on Linux if your VPN provider doesn’t have a native app built for Linux. Sadly, support and availability for apps on Linux are scarce. Most of the time, if you’re using some service or app, chances are it’s available for Windows and Mac, not for Linux. This is a frequent case with VPN providers. Luckily, it’s pretty easy to set up a VPN on Linux on any distro from any VPN provider. Some VPN providers (for example, Mullvad and ProtonVPN) do have native apps for Linux. But even when they do, people still prefer setting up the VPN on their own directly from the distro. Another case (that I’m using) is VeePN. They do have support for various devices, but not for Linux. So when I’m using their VPNs, I just use a browser add-on or on rarer occasions network-manager. I’ll focus on Ubuntu in this tutorial, but the instructions are very similar for other distros. o ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Can_a_White_House_initiative_compel_tech companies_to_write_safer_code?⠀⇛ Software liability reform is a centerpiece of the Biden’s recent national cybersecurity strategy. Implementing it will be a challenge. o ⚓ Diffoscope ☛ Reproducible_Builds_(diffoscope):_diffoscope_240 released⠀⇛ The diffoscope maintainers are pleased to announce the release of diffoscope version 240. o ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ German_Police_Raid_DDoS-Friendly_Host ‘FlyHosting’⠀⇛ Authorities in Germany this week seized Internet servers that powered FlyHosting, a dark web service that catered to cybercriminals operating DDoS-for-hire services. Fly Hosting first advertised on cybercrime forums in November 2022, saying it was a Germany-based hosting firm that was open for business to anyone looking for a reliable place to host malware, botnet controllers, or DDoS-for-hire infrastructure. o § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘Thousands_of_Dollars_for_Something_I Didn’t_Do’⠀⇛ Because of a bad facial recognition match and other hidden technology, Randal Reid spent nearly a week in jail, falsely accused of stealing purses in a state he said he had never even visited. * § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Russian_War_Report:_A_new_private_military company_emerges_in_Crimea⠀⇛ Plus, Russia and its political allies in Moldova are inflaming the information space around Transnistria. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_and_Ukraine_Step_Up_Recruitment,_Bracing for_Fights_Ahead⠀⇛ After a winter of intense battles and heavy losses in Ukraine’s east, both Russia and Ukraine are taking steps to replenish their depleted forces. * § Environment⠀➾ o § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_US_is_reducing_tax_credits_for_foreign-made_EV models⠀⇛ The US Treasury Department announced new electric vehicle (EV) tax rules that will reduce or cut tax credits on EVs primarily made in foreign markets in an attempt to combat China’s growing market share in emission-free automobile production. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Battery-related_fires_spark_push_for_regulation⠀⇛ Local, state and federal lawmakers have introduced a flurry of attempts to regulate lithium-ion batteries, following aspate of fires. Why it matters: Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are the workhorse power source today for digital devices, and they’re increasingly providing a backbone for the climate-inspired electrification of everything. =================================================== The big picture: In the past, batteries used in laptops or smartphones raised the most concern for fire risk. As their reliability has increased, fires started by the larger batteries used in vehicles and mobility devices such as scooters and e-bikes have captured public attention. o § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Orca_whale_starts_‘journey_to_freedom’_after 50_years_in_captivity⠀⇛ Lolita, an orca whale, is being returned to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest after 50 years of captivity. “It’s a step toward restoring our natural environment,” said Howard Garrett, of the advocacy group Orca Network. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Police_Traveled_500_Miles_To_Seize_Girl’s_Pet_Goat for_Slaughter⠀⇛ A 9-year-old backed out of a deal to sell her pet goat for slaughter. Local officials and sheriff’s deputies used the power of the state to force her to go through with it. * § Finance⠀➾ o ⚓ Quartz ☛ Exactly_who_is_the_investor_behind_Virgin_Orbit’s_failed $200_million_rescue?⠀⇛ I definitely believe that a large part of it [is] as a space enthusiast.” That’s what Matthew Brown told CNBC on March 23, when asked why he was considering a $200 million investment into Virgin Orbit, a nearly bankrupt rocket company. o ⚓ Axios ☛ Wall_Street’s_bonus_slump⠀⇛ Data: Office of the New York State Comptroller; Chart: Axios Visuals Average bonuses_on_Wall_Street last year suffered their steepest fall since 2008′s market bloodbath — dropping 26% from the year before to an average of $176,700, according to the Office of the New York State Comptroller. Why it matters:It’s another headwind for New York City and New York State, where revenues are heavily reliant on personal income taxes, which in turn are driven by Wall Street pay packages. =============================================================================== * The drop_in_Wall_Street_bonuses will translate into estimated declines of $457 million in state income tax revenue and $208 million in city revenues compared with 2021. * That slowdown will add to other budgetary pressures expected this year, like declining values for commercial office buildings, which are expected to cut NYC tax revenues by 1.3%, according to the city’s Independent Budget_Office. * Traditionally, Wall Street bonuses have also been important for the Manhattan-centric markets for high-end real estate and fine art. ⚓ Axios ☛ Why_banks_hate_the_Fed’s_repo_facility⠀⇛ Data: Federal Reserve; Chart: Axios Visuals The year was 2013. The great concern among the Federal Reserve’s leaders was that, with the world awash in dollars they had created, they wouldn’t be able to raise rates even when they felt they needed to. Zoom out:Their solution was a tool that has now swelled to massive size — $2.3 trillion as of Wednesday — and is making banks angry, as they see it as a major factor in their loss of deposits. =============================================================================== Why it matters:The “overnight reverse repurchase agreement facility” (ON RRP) enables money market mutual funds to accept vast sums of investors’ money and pay their customers higher interest rates than banks typically do. ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_a_Trump-Era_Rollback_Mattered_for_Silicon_Valley_Bank’s Demise⠀⇛ An under-the-radar change to the way regional banks are supervised may have helped the bank’s rapidly growing risks to go unresolved. ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_Schwab_Got_Hit_in_the_Panic_Over_Regional_Banks⠀⇛ Like Silicon Valley Bank, the company holds billions in bonds that have declined in value. But it has access to billions in cash, if needed, analysts say, and is much more diversified. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ Freedom_House:_Turkey’s_elections_among_most_vulnerable_in_the_world⠀⇛ The low score reflects the government’s concentration of power, strict laws criminalizing online expression, and extra-legal efforts to stifle dissent and independent journalism, according to the report. * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Banning_TikTok_alone_will_not_solve_the_problem_of US_data_security⠀⇛ TikTok is just a symptom of a much bigger problem involving China-based technology. Here are some steps US policymakers can take now. * ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ White_House_talks_with_TikTok_stall_after_blistering congressional_hearing⠀⇛ TikTok’s general counsel said Friday the company hasn’t heard from the Biden administration since CEO Shou Zi Chew appeared before Congress. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Sobering_moment:_Americans_reflect_on_Trump_indictment⠀⇛ The historic indictment of a former president sparked a full range of reactions today, from concern to relief to a mixture of both. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ McConnell_is_among_few_high-profile_Republicans_to stay_silent_on_Trump’s_indictment.⠀⇛ Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, had previously been a vocal critic of the former president’s conduct in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. * ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Donald_Trump_was_just_indicted…but_why?⠀⇛ Kit Knightly Last night it was announced that former-President Donald Trump was being indicted by the Manhattan Grand Jury, he is expected to surrender himself to authorities later today. The indictment is sealed until arraignment, but we do know the rough nature of the charge(s). * ⚓ New York Times ☛ For_Some_G.O.P._Voters,_Fatigue_Slows_the_Rush_to Defend_Trump⠀⇛ The Republicans who will pick their 2024 nominee expressed anger, defensiveness and also embarrassment about the indictment facing Donald J. Trump. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden’s_Response_to_Trump’s_Indictment?_4_Ways_to_Say No_Comment.⠀⇛ President Biden believes that presidents should not comment on pending legal matters. He also does not want to be baited into a reaction. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Trump_indicted_in_first-ever_criminal_case_against_a former_US_president⠀⇛ Donald Trump has been indicted on charges involving payments in 2016 to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter, the first ever criminal case against a former U.S. president. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Criminal_indictment_opens_new_stage_in_the_Trump_odyssey⠀⇛ The indictment of former President Donald Trump brings a new act in the narrative arc of his political rise, fall, and hoped-for redemption in 2024. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ A_truth-bearing_defense_against_China⠀⇛ Democracies like Taiwan are learning from each other on how to reinforce their values against attempts to divide through digital propaganda. * ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Frothing_in_the_fast_lane⠀⇛ Some days the world will make you spitting mad. This naturally brings us to the little understood but seriously important Philaenus spumarius aka the meadow spittlebug or froghopper. * ⚓ Spiegel ☛ Indictment_of_Donald_Trump:_He_Had_It_Coming⠀⇛ The indictment of Donald Trump was long overdue. In a constitutional democracy, nobody can stand above the law. * § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Fox_News_Suffers_Major_Setback_in_Dominion Case⠀⇛ A judge said the suit would go to trial, for a jury to weigh whether the network knowingly spread false claims about Dominion Voting Systems, and to determine any damages. o ⚓ Reason ☛ Today’s_Order_Allowing_Dominion_Voting’s_Case_Against Fox_to_Go_Forward⠀⇛ The order, which denied Fox’s motion for summary judgment and partly granted Dominion’s motion for summary judgment as to certain elements of the claim, is here; it’s 130 pages long, and I’m likely not to have the time soon to get through the whole thing and digest it, but I thought I’d pass it along. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ Reason ☛ There_Was_No_Good_Reason_Offered,_It_Turns_Out,_for_the_Gag Order_on_Students_in_Doe_v._UNC⠀⇛ On Feb. 28, I blogged about Doe v. U.N.C. Sys. (W.D.N.C.), a case challenging the expulsion of plaintiff Jacob Doe for alleged sexual assault; in the case, the court issued a quite remarkable TRO that, among other things, required defendants “to direct all individuals, including but not limited to employees and students… * ⚓ Reason ☛ Ban_on_Knowingly_False_Statements_During_Emergencies_Struck Down_on_First_Amendment_Grounds⠀⇛ From Judge Pedro Delgado-Hernández’s opinion today in Rodriguez-Cotto v. Perluisi-Urrutia (D.P.R.): Article 5.14(a) criminalizes, after the Governor of Puerto Rico has decreed by executive order an emergency or disaster, to knowingly, purposely or recklessly: (1) give a warning or false alarm, knowing that the information is false… * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Florida_vs._Florence:_Visitors_to_David_statue_weigh_in_on US_school_uproar⠀⇛ In Tallahassee, Florida, parents pressured a school principal into resignation after an image of Michelangelo’s nude David statue was shown to a sixth grade art class. * ⚓ Reason ☛ Hillsdale_College_Revokes_Curriculum_License_to_“Classical” School_Over_Its_Objections_to_Michelangelo’s_David⠀⇛ “This drama around teaching Michelangelo’s ‘David’ sculpture, one of the most important works of art in existence, has become … a parody of … the actual aims of classical education.” * ⚓ Reason ☛ Communications_Can_Be_Defamatory_Even_If_Readers_Realize There’s_a_Considerable_Risk_of_Error⠀⇛ And AI programs’ “tendency [to, among other things, produce untruthful content] can be particularly harmful as models become increasingly convincing and believable, leading to overreliance on them by users. Counterintuitively, hallucinations can become more dangerous as models become more truthful, as users build trust in the model when it provides truthful information in areas where they have some familiarity.” § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ Journalist_investigated_for_describing_ruling_alliance_as_‘racist, reactionary’⠀⇛ After a Kurdish Islamist party joined the ruling alliance, Ruşen Takva described the bloc as “racist, right-wing and reactionary.” * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Cold_War_echoes:_US_journalist_arrested_for_espionage_in Russia⠀⇛ The Russian Federal Security Service arrested an American journalist, Evan Gershkovich, for espionage charges. The newspaper denies the allegations and demands his release, and the Biden administration has condemned the arrest “in the strongest terms.” * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Espionage_Charge_Adds_Hurdle_to_Freeing_a_Reporter Detained_in_Russia⠀⇛ The Biden administration recently secured the release of two Americans convicted of criminal charges in Russia, but even fabricated charges of spying can raise the stakes. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ ACLU ☛ How_the_ACLU_is_Showing_Up_For_Abortion_Access_Nationwide⠀⇛ Across the country, the ACLU, allied organizations, volunteers, and organizers are mobilizing together in the ongoing battle for our reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy — regardless of which state we call home. When anti-abortion extremists attempt to enforce bans on abortion, we show up. When they prioritize abortion bans over legislation that would actually improve their constituents’ lives, we show up. When overzealous prosecutors go after health care providers and patients seeking abortion care, we_show_up. When it’s time to make our voices heard in the ballot box and the streets, we show up. Here are some of the ways we’ve shown up to protect abortion access in states across the country. * ⚓ Reason ☛ Douglass_Mackey_Convicted_for_Vote-by-Tweet_Meme⠀⇛ Here’s the E.D.N.Y. U.S. Attorney’s Office press release: Douglass Mackey, also known as “Ricky Vaughn,” was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of the charge of Conspiracy Against Rights stemming from his scheme to deprive individuals of their constitutional right to vote. * ⚓ Reason ☛ May_Universities_Revoke_Degrees_Based_on_Findings_of_Ex- Student’s_“Academic_Misconduct_in_Pursuit_of_That_Degree”?⠀⇛ Yes, says the Texas Supreme Court, applying Texas law. § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ Internet Freedom Foundation ☛ Digital_censorship_in_Punjab:_internet shutdowns_and_account_suspensions⠀⇛ Internet services in Punjab were shut down from March 18 till March 21 (in some districts till March 24). Reportedly, around 120 twitter accounts were suspended/ withheld. We wrote to the Punjab government and MeitY raising concerns about the internet shutdown and withheld accounts, respectively. * ⚓ APNIC ☛ Everything,_everywhere,_all_the_time_(for_the_Internet_at least)⠀⇛ Will LEO Internet change Internet operations significantly in 2023? § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Public_Knowledge_Opposes_Faulty_‘Journalism’ Bill_Undermining_Open_Internet_and_Free_Speech_Online⠀⇛ Today, Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) along with Dick Durbin (D-IL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and other co- sponsors reintroduced the “Journalism Competition and Preservation Act.” § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Personal⠀➾ o ⚓ Lockpicking_house_rules_for_D&D⠀⇛ On the DM side, all you’ve got to do is add 8 to the DC listed in the module (use 23 (a.k.a. 15+8) if there’s no DC listed). The rogue’s goal is to put tension on the lock’s cylinder, and then bind the six pins. Five of the pins, you bind with d6‘s. Roll them carefully, one at a time, to find out which pins you bind. Keep track of the rolled numbers. The number you roll is the pin you bind. So if you roll a four, that means the fourth pin is binding. If you roll a three, that means the third pin is binding. If you have five dice, you can leave the rolled dice on the table to represent the bound pin. o ⚓ The_storm_continues⠀⇛ Hard to believe it’s been over a year since I last posted here Not much has changed. We’re approaching the year anniversary of a family death, and I’ll be out of town taking care of my father when the actual anniversary occurs. It’s hard to know how to feel about anything. The only thing I feel is tired. I’ve been practicing banjo more lately. I’m decent. Fingerpicks came in but they’re difficult to use and I don’t actually know how to play finger style. o ⚓ Just_Deserts⠀⇛ o ⚓ It’s_Friday_again⠀⇛ Starting tomorrow we’ll be in April already. 2023 it starting to pick up speed, at least for me. I have become fond of reading a physical newspaper now, and I’m trying to decide which paper to subscribe to. It has become a daily ritual for me to sit in my quiet study and read. I’ve found that with a physical paper I don’t have any distractions, I’m not staring at a white screen, and I spend more time reading in silence. o ⚓ “vampire_boys”_(2011)⠀⇛ plot summary: caleb (looks like the platonic ideal of early 2010s fictional twink) moves to california for uni. jasin is a vampire nearing his 100th year, and he and his coven will die if he doesn’t find “the one” and transform them into a vampire soon. well luckily it all works out for everyone. that’s it that’s the movie. o ⚓ you_folks_would_probably_like_this⠀⇛ watched Life After BOB a few days ago. and then again, and again, and I think a couple more times I had watched it over the course of the last couple of days, because I think it is *so* fascinating. 50-minute anime short film live-rendered in Unity, part of an upcoming series, based on the premise on if an AI could live your life better than you can… I encourage you to dive deeper into its surrounding ouevre; Ian Cheng’s work is freakishly inspiring, despite the dubiousness of his Twitter Blue subscription. either way, I’d love to hear your thoughts on the movie! o ⚓ Sixty⠀⇛ Ah, so bitter sweet. Reminds me of my travels in Latin America in 1985..1990. Wonder what Constanza Sofia is up to these days. Dreaming about time gone by. Do I regret? No. It took a while to realize that I made good decisions. But as I get old and fogey and my health is not what it should be, I can’t image traveling down South at this moment. Looked at the map today. Anyone been to Puerto Misahuallí these days? Or to San Pedro de Atacama? Fond memories, I have to say. o ⚓ I_found_out_what_that_one_flower_was_called⠀⇛ So, two years ago I made a post about flowers blooming in the park next to my house, and there was one I hadn’t identified yet. I now know: its name is Scilla mischtschenkoana. It is apparently native to the Caucasus, so someone (probably the municipality) must have planted them here. o ⚓ no_more_routine_for_me⠀⇛ Skincare routines do not make sense for me anymore. I think I got caught up in it the past few years because it was so ubiquitous online and it was presented as this prerequisite to having a good productive day and not looking like 90 when you’re 23 (rolls eyes). When you slather 5-12 products on your face twice a day, that uses them up so fast, and you’re constantly replenishing and buying, and all these companies and influencers are so grateful for that. But do all of us really need that? I think if there isn’t anything medical going on with your skin, you most likely don’t and it’s worth trying out to instead fit the care to your needs that day. It saves a lot of product, time, packaging waste and money. Maybe your natural skin barrier is better off being a little less treated and removed constantly. I really don’t like all this .. preventative care anymore? Obviously don’t let things get bad, but now that I am “out of it” I really don’t understand why we are treating skin with products it doesn’t seem to be needing at that time, just to avoid that it ever could? Like why apply moisturizer if the skin looks well moisturized in the mirror because I already did it that day? Just because it’s evening now? * § Technical⠀➾ o ⚓ Amateur_Radio_Update_2023-03-31⠀⇛ I’m making good progress on journey into CW using the IC_746 PRO and a straight key. Using some koch trainer free software, I got up to a reliable effective 5WPM for all letters and numbers, and three punctuation marks. I’m using Farnsworth timing, where you tap out the characters quickly, but you add extra spacing in-between the characters to slow down the overall rate (Effective WPM). This gives you more time to mentally process the characters and write them out, until you get better at it. So right now I practice copy with 12 WPM tapping speed but effective 7 WPM. My idea was to keep bumping up the WPM until EWPM equals WPM. o ⚓ about_my_notes⠀⇛ Last night I did have time to look at how subscriptions work on Gemini. It’s just Atom feeds, an XML document with a list of links/dates/descriptions. That makes it pretty easy to add support. I just have to decide if I want my regular note additions to pop up in the atom feed, or just these main page posts. I also considered putting in a giant page of links to all content, since that would give me a starting point for reviewing my notes. But I could also create a CGI for returning random links… Now is a good time to explain how I planned on using the notes section of the capsule. o § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Trying_out_7off⠀⇛ I’ve replaced my use of md2gemini with 7off. The main motivation being that I’m not happy with link rendering. # ⚓ RE:_On_Mastodon_DDoS’ing_Sites⠀⇛ Not sure how to announce a substantial update to an already published post, if I want to have it all in one place. I guess I just link to the post, create a thread on Cosmos, subsequently delete this post in a couple of days (gasp!), and redirect the URL to the older post. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 5573 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.01.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_01/04/2023:_Red_Hat_Turning_30⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 7:51 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Instructionals/Technical o Games * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Open_Hardware/Modding * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Programming/Development # Rust * Leftovers 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 # 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 # Software_Patents # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Podman_Desktop_–_Containers_&_Kubernetes_(Podcast_#15_w/ Markus_Eisele)⠀⇛ In the fourth episode of the Red Had Podcast Series, we talk about Podman Desktop with our guest, Markus Eisele, Global Marketing Tools marketing lead at Red Hat. Join us for an insightful and extensive conversation on Podman Desktop, containers, and Kubernetes. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ WebAssembly_Breaks_Away_from_the Browser⠀⇛ What makes WebAssembly a game-changer for runtime environments? Red Hat CTO Chris Wright chats with Principal Software Engineer Ivan Font about the exciting potential of WASM for edge computing and beyond. From its humble beginnings as a tool to execute code portably in a browser, WASM has gained a lot of recent buzz for its potential as a lightweight, secure, and architecture-neutral runtime environment. But what role does WASI play in extending WebAssembly’s capabilities beyond the browser? o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ How_to_Check_Your_Wi-Fi_Signal_Strength_from the_Command_Line⠀⇛ This free, open source tool has a neat ncurses- based UI that shows a real-time graph of signal strength for the wireless network you’re currently connected to. # ⚓ Julia Evans ☛ Building_a_custom_site_for_zine_feedback⠀⇛ The basic strategy for getting feedback there was to email people a PDF and ask for feedback. This was kind of inefficient, and so over the past couple of years, I’ve worked a lot with Marie Flanagan to improve the process. In this post we’ll talk about: [...] # ⚓ Rachel ☛ Administrivia:_HTML_generation_and_my_general clowniness⠀⇛ I’ve been kind of quiet these past few weeks. Part of that has been from plowing a bunch of work into getting serious about how all of the /w/ posts get generated. I figure if I’m going to start leaning on people to not do goofy things with their feed readers, the least I can do is make sure I’m not sending them broken garbage. # ⚓ The_Inside_Playbook⠀⇛ New reference architecture: Deploying Ansible Automation Platform 2 on Red Hat OpenShift o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Identical Games ☛ Fight_or_Perish⠀⇛ Fight or Perish was a Gauntlet clone I found on osgameclones.com. I downloaded it almost two years ago but never got around to checking it out. It was created by Bill Kendrick at New Breed Software. He had a bunch of game project that I’d love to play with. His game Bobobot was the subject of the first Open Game Source article. Fight or Perish was more of a prototype than a finished game. Fight or Perish was listed twice on osgameclones.com. In addition to Gauntlet, it was listed as a Dandy clone. Dandy was an game for Atari 8-bit computers published by Atari. Ed Long acknowledged Dandy as inspiration for Gauntlet which led to a lawsuit that was settled out of court. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ EuroLinux_Desktop_9.1_Released_As_Easy Windows_Workstation_Replacement⠀⇛ EuroLinux, the Poland-based ten-year-old startup that for many years has been offering a clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, today announced the release of EuroLinux Desktop 9.1. Unlike the company’s eponymous flagship distribution for servers that has been available for years, EuroLinux Desktop was introduced in September for companies wanting to move their employees from Windows or Mac Workstations to Linux. In order to make it easy for employees to make the transition, the distro uses a modified GNOME desktop environment that presents a UI that will be familiar to users who have never worked in a Linux environment. EuroLinux is hoping that with a reduced learning curve for users, the distro will be an attractive alternative to Windows and Macs, and help the company gain traction in the EU where there has been pushback by government regulators against proprietary offerings from the U.S., mainly for privacy and security reasons. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Red_Hatters_on_30_years_of_innovation, collaboration_and_community⠀⇛ It goes without saying that Red Hat has experienced a lot of change over the years. What was once a small company founded by entrepreneurs and techies Bob Young and Marc Ewing is now a global leader in open source technology and innovation. As we reflected upon the last three decades and took a look back at all we’ve learned and accomplished, a familiar story came to mind–how Red Hat got its name. Our company moniker comes directly from Ewing. As a student in this college computer lab, people would say, “If you need help, look for the guy in the red hat,” in reference to his beloved red Cornell lacrosse cap. The sentiment of our name’s origin rings true today, but with a slight adjustment–if you need help, look for a Red Hatter. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Andrew Hutchings ☛ This_PC_keyboard_hides_an_interesting secret…⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ ADLINK_presents_Pocket_AI_with_NVIDIA_RXT GPU⠀⇛ ADLINK introduced today the Pocket AI which is a plug-and-play AI accelerator based on the NVIDIA RTX A500 GPU with 4GB GDDR6 64-bit memory. The Pocket AI is compatible with NVIDIA CUDA libraries and it supports Windows 10/11 and Linux. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software_–_March_2023⠀⇛ Here are the latest updates to our compilation of recommended software. Open source software at its finest. We’ve been focusing on our Machine Learning in Linux series this month, so updates to our open source compilation have been lighter than usual. As always, we love receiving your suggestions for new articles or additional open source software to feature. Let us know in the Comments box below or drop us an email. The table above shows our articles published in March 2023. o ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Blender_3.5_Released_with_Hair-Raising Improvements⠀⇛ Blender 3.5 features the usual crop of bug fixes, performance patches, and stability tune ups. But it’s notable for introducing big improvements to the way it handles hair. Yes, hair. o ⚓ Frederic Cambus ☛ Toolchains_adventures_–_Q1_2023⠀⇛ This is the seventh post in my toolchains adventures series. Please check the previous posts in the toolchains category for more context about this journey. There was no Q4 2022 report as there wasn’t really anything worthwhile to write about, only some usual Pkgsrc and OpenBSD toolchains related ports updates. o ⚓ Mark Hansen ☛ Mastodon_Account_Verification_with_Ghost_Blog⠀⇛ I would like my profile to be clear that it’s the real me, not some spammer pretending to be me. You achieve this with Mastodon verification: [...] o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Rlang ☛ 6_new_books_added_to_Big_Book_of_R⠀⇛ Many thanks to Sergey Bolshakov and Mokandil for some of this update’s submissions! I want to again give a special thanks to Niels Ohlsen for helping me vet books and adding them to the collection. Niels is the co-organiser of the Dataviz meetup in Bremen, Germany. If you’re in the area, why not look them up on LinkedIn and Meetup? I’m applying for a grant to upgrade the Big Book of R. Have a look at the details and if you like, take two minutes to submit your statement of support! # § Rust⠀➾ # ⚓ Wesley Moore ☛ Building_a_Classic_Mac_OS_App_in Rust⠀⇛ Instead of using my funemployment to build useful things I have continued to build things for old versions of Mac OS. Through some luck and a little persistence I have actually managed to get Rust code running on classic Mac OS (I’ve tried Mac OS 7.5 and 8.1). In this post I’ll cover how I got here and show a little network connected demo application I built—just in time for the end of #MARCHintosh. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ El País ☛ ‘It_used_to_be_dumb,_but_now_it’s_everywhere’:_welcome to_the_era_of_vertical_video⠀⇛ In a few short years, what once was one of the most disdained formats has become established as the favored choice for all the main platforms o ⚓ The Nation ☛ City_on_Fire⠀⇛ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Move_Aside_Yoda,_It’s_Furby’s_Turn_On_Luke’s_Back⠀⇛ When you want a backpack that turns heads and gets people talking, you can get ahead of the conversation with a talking backpack. [Nina] created a rucksack with the legendary babbler itself, the infamous Furby. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ See_Satellites_In_Broad_Daylight_With_This_Sky-Mapping Dish_Antenna⠀⇛ If you look up at the night sky in a dark enough place, with enough patience you’re almost sure to see a satellite cross the sky. It’s pretty cool to think you’re watching light reflect off a hunk of metal zipping around the Earth fast enough to never hit it. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work during the daylight hours, and you really only get to see satellites in low orbits. o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Single-Stair_Layouts_Are_Not_Going_to_Fix_the Housing_Crisis⠀⇛ If you’ve been around architecture and urbanism circles for the last few years, you might have heard about something called “single-stair” layouts. While not a new concept (it’s been present in European multifamily buildings for a very long time), single-stair apartment buildings have, like upzoning before it, become the latest concept to gain “it will fix our cities” panacea status among a certain type of pragmatic liberal urban pundit. If we build using single-stair, it could lower rents! It could make better streetscapes! It could make America more like Blessed Mother Europe! Wow, the housing crisis is suddenly solved, thanks to this one weird trick! o ⚓ The Nation ☛ What_We’ll_Be_Celebrating_When_Harriet_Tubman Appears_on_the_20-Dollar_Bill⠀⇛ Every single image staring back at us from US paper currency tells a story. Taken together, these images form a narrative about the nation, its values, and its people. Until recently, the story of symbolism on US money has been one of how white America has racialized the mythology of the nation in its own image and interests. Currently, the images on US permanent paper money portray no women, no people of color, no Native Americans, and no working-class people. The images on the money, like our monuments, statues, street names, and geographical place names should be seen as contested territory. This is article is excerpted and adapted from Clarence Lusane’s book Twenty Dollars and Change: Harriet Tubman and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice and Democracy (2022), published by City Lights Books. o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Objectivity_for_What?⠀⇛ In her poignant column in response to the Texas Democracy Foundation’s since-rescinded vote to shutter the Texas Observer, Andrea Grimes fondly recalls the monthly parties where staff and supporters of the Observer shared food, drink, the occasional risk of a natural gas explosion, and an appreciation o the publication’s history of producing accountability journalism in pursuit of a more equitable Texas. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ 37signals LLC ☛ How_to_have_buckets_of_time⠀⇛ Rejecting this way of working is why I usually feel very content about the progress I’m able to make on the things that matter, without feeling overwhelmed or busy all the time. Because it really just isn’t that busy most of the time! It’s focused, sure. But not busy. Again, let’s look at email. I use HEY’s Focus & Reply feature to get back to people who don’t need an urgent reply (which is almost everyone). I let the bucket fill up with 30-40-50 emails over a week or two, then I knock out replies to all of them in less than an hour. Just make that contrast. Letting your attention being disturbed 30-40-50 times over a week or two vs accepting a single interruption in the form of a focused hour. It’s a monumental difference. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Working_With_Old_High-Voltage_EPROMs_Is_Fussy⠀⇛ EPROMs, those UV-erasable memory chips of the 80s and 90s, once played a crucial role in countless electronic devices. They’ve become relics of a bygone era, but for enthusiasts of vintage electronics, the allure of these light-sensitive devices remains strong. Today, we’re diving into [Kevin Osborn]’s nostalgic journey as he uncovers the secrets of old EPROMs loaded with Atari 7800 code. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Creating_A_3D_Visualization_Of_Freely_Moving Organisms_Using_Camera_Array_And_Software_Algorithm⠀⇛ Observing a colony, swarm or similar grouping of creatures like ants or zebrafish over longer periods of time can be tricky. Simply recording their behavior with a camera misses a lot of information about the position of their body parts, while taking precise measurements using a laser- based system or LiDAR suffers from a reduction in parameters such as the resolution or the update speed. The ideal monitoring system would be able to record at high data rates and resolutions, while presenting the recorded data all three dimensions. This is where the work by Kevin C. Zhou and colleagues seeks to tick all the boxes, with a recent paper (preprint, open access) in Nature Photonics describing their 3D-RAPID system. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Tiny_Yet_Functional_Bike_Built_From_Scratch⠀⇛ Sometimes, you just want to go ride your bike in the great outdoors, but you can’t be bothered throwing it in the back of the car. That wouldn’t be a problem if you rode this latest build from [The Q]: a bike small enough to fit in a handbag. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hackaday_Podcast_212:_Staring_Through_ICs, Reading_Bloom_Filters,_And_Repairing,_Reworking,_And Reballing⠀⇛ It was quite the cornucopia of goodness this week as Elliot and Dan sat down to hash over the week in hardware hacking. We started with the exciting news that the Hackaday Prize is back — already? — for the tenth year running! The first round, Re- Engineering Education, is underway now, and we’re already seeing some cool entries come in. The Prize was announced at Hackday Berlin, about which Elliot waxed a bit too. Speaking of wax, if you’re looking to waterproof your circuits, that’s just one of many coatings you might try. If you’re diagnosing a problem with a chip, a cheap camera can give your microscope IR vision. Then again, you might just use your Mark I peepers to decode a ROM. Is your FDM filament on the wrong spool? We’ve got an all- mechanical solution for that. We’ll talk about tools of the camera operator’s trade, the right to repair in Europe, Korean-style toasty toes, BGA basics, and learn just what the heck a bloom filter is — or is it a Bloom filter? # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Why_A_Community_Hackerspace_Should_Be_A_Vital Part_Of_Being_An_Engineering_Student⠀⇛ Travelling the continent’s hackerspaces over the years, I have visited quite a few spaces located in university towns. They share a depressingly common theme, of a community hackerspace full of former students who are now technology professionals, sharing a city with a university anxious to own all the things in the technology space and actively sabotaging the things they don’t own. I’ve seen spaces made homeless by university expansion, I’ve seen universities purposefully align their own events to clash with a hackerspace open night and discourage students from joining, and in one particularly egregious instance, I’ve even seen a university take legal action against a space because they used the name of the city, also that of the university, in the name of their hackerspace. I will not mince my words here; while the former are sharp practices, the latter is truly disgusting behaviour. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ How_a_computer_scientist_talks_to_her daughter_about_TikTok⠀⇛ Nadya Bliss and her 12-year-old daughter Coco have been talking about technology for as long as the two can remember. Nadya is a computer scientist who is also the executive director of the Global Security Initiative at Arizona State University. Technology and national security issues take up much of her time. While she loves tech and embraces many of its benefits, she is acutely aware of its darker sides, too. As a parent of a tween, the topic of social media — and especially TikTok — is commonplace in their household and among their friends. While many lawmakers and national security experts in Washington and elsewhere around the country are calling for an outright TikTok ban, those concerns are lost on the many millions of tweens and teens who spend hours on the app every day. Nadya and Coco, who is a sixth grader and among the minority of her peers without TikTok, recently talked about how the app — and the omnipresence of technology in just about every kid’s life today — is changing parenting and childhood. The following conversation between Nadya and Coco has been edited for clarity and length. [...] Nadya: Like what? Like how it affects people? Coco: It affects the people who are on it. They start to change the way they talk. The slang they use. The way they move in general. If you’re on TikTok, you do TikTok dances. It’s just what you do. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Biden_DOJ_Sues_Norfolk_Southern_for ‘Unlawfully_Polluting_the_Nation’s_Waterways’⠀⇛ The Biden administration on Friday took its latest step to hold Norfolk Southern accountable for the disaster continuing to unfold in East Palestine, Ohio and the surrounding area, filing a lawsuit against the rail company for sending toxic chemicals into the environment. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ New_Bigger_Risks_Await_Poorly_Regulated_Rail Industry⠀⇛ In July of 2013, a train carrying Bakken oil from North Dakota derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, killing 47 people and destroying the downtown. I spent the five years after that accident researching what happened, following the railroad regulatory process that spans the U.S.- Canada border, and publishing a book about that experience. The main lesson of that book was that the regulatory process in America is deeply flawed and controlled by industry — both rail and oil interests.  As we approach the 10-year anniversary of Lac- Mégantic, the disaster in East Palestine shows just how little was done to protect the public from these dangerous trains. Meanwhile, the public is facing new rail risks that are receiving scant attention — and once again federal regulators are allowing industry to move forward without proper consideration of the health and safety risks. I live three blocks from a busy rail line and what worries me the most when I hear the trains rumble past is not that they’re carrying vinyl chloride or even Bakken oil, but the looming risk of mile-long trains of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and hydrogen.  # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ CDC_Investigators_Fell_Ill_While_Assessing Contamination_in_East_Palestine⠀⇛ Reports that several investigators with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention became ill earlier this month when they visited East Palestine, Ohio offered the latest evidence on Friday that the air and water in the town is less safe than state officials and rail company Norfolk Southern have claimed, following the company’s train derailment in February. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ One_of_America’s_Worst_Judges_Just_Gutted_a Key_Part_of_Obamacare⠀⇛ One of the most important parts of the Affordable Care Act is its requirement that insurance companies cover preventive care. As we approach a full generation of people who have come of age under the protections provided by the ACA, it’s easy to forget that in the before times, it was incredibly difficult for poor people to get preventive care, and prohibitively expensive for middle-class people to do the same. That meant that a lot of times, people just had to wait to get sick before their insurance plans even kicked in. It meant that a lot of people wouldn’t get mammograms or colonoscopies. It meant a lot more “negative health care outcomes” and human suffering. # ⚓ The_Brownstone_Institute_fear_mongers_about_mRNA_vaccines⠀⇛ Earlier this month, I discovered a new antivaccine flack named Alan Lash, who writes for the “spiritual child of the Great Barrington Declaration (GBD),” the Brownstone Institute and caught my attention by regurgitating an old common antivax trope about distrusting physicians. The GBD, as you might recall, was a declaration created at the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), a right-wing “free market” think tank, by three libertarian-leaning scientists who served as useful idiots for AIER to drape its pro-business, anti-government leanings into a scientific-seeming “declaration” advocating a eugenicist “let ‘er rip” approach to the COVID-19 pandemic in early October 2020. Whenever I discuss the GBD, I like to note two things. First, there was no vaccine yet. Second, the entire idea of the GBD was to let SARS- CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, rip through the “young and healthy” population to build up “natural herd immunity” by letting them go about their business with no pandemic restrictions while using a vaguely defined—nearly completely undefined, actually—strategy of “focused protection” to keep the vulnerable (e.g., the elderly and those with chronic health conditions that put them at high risk of dying of COVID-19) supposedly safe. It was a strategy that obviously never could have worked, and epidemiologists pointed out that it would never work at the time. This time around, Mr. Lash is regurgitating antivax disinformation about mRNA vaccines in general in an article entitled The mRNA Platform: What It Is, What It Means. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Lawmakers_Have_Renewed_the_Effort_to_Ban Asbestos⠀⇛ Citing ProPublica’s reporting, lawmakers on Thursday reintroduced a bill that would ban the use of asbestos in the United States, bringing it in line with dozens of countries that have outlawed the carcinogenic substance. Even though asbestos is known to cause deadly diseases, the U.S. still allows companies to import hundreds of tons of the raw mineral. It is primarily used by two chemical manufacturers, OxyChem and Olin Corp., in the production of chlorine. The legislation, called the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2023, would ban the import and use of all six types of asbestos fibers. It would give OxyChem and Olin two years to transition its asbestos-dependent chlorine plants to newer, asbestos-free technology. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Apple’s_integrity-free_APFS_turns_six⠀⇛ APFS is copy-on-write, so that’s a start. But it’s boggles the mind that a company could seriously launch a file system in 2017 without integrity checks… or at least the ability to enable it. But then, Apple have lost the plot with their desktop OSs for a number of years now. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Guam_Memorial_Hospital_under_review_for potential_HIPAA_breach⠀⇛ How many times have we heard entities claim that they got lucky and no patient, student, or employee data was accessed or acquired, only to discover later — as Los Angeles Unified School District and Wilkes-Barre Technical Center recently learned — that yes, personal and sensitive information had been compromised? # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Letting_users_block_injected_third-party_DLLs_in Firefox⠀⇛ On Windows, third-party products have a variety of ways to inject their code into other running processes. This is done for a number of reasons; the most common is for antivirus software, but other uses include hardware drivers, screen readers, banking (in some countries) and, unfortunately, malware. Having a DLL from a third-party product injected into a Firefox process is surprisingly common – according to our telemetry, over 70% of users on Windows have at least one such DLL! (to be clear, this means any DLL not digitally signed by Mozilla or part of the OS). Most users are unaware when DLLs are injected into Firefox, as most of the time there’s no obvious indication this is happening, other than checking the about:third-party page. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ British_govt_tech_supplier_Capita crippled_by_‘IT_issue’ [iophk: Windows TCO]⠀⇛ “The reality is that we’ve had no access to anything related to Capita’s Azure Directory (AD) or Azure Active Directory, which includes VPN and all Microsoft 365 and Azure services,” a Register- reading Capita insider told us. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ 3CX_Knew_Its_App_Was_Being_Flagged_By_AV Platforms,_Did_Very_Little_During_Supply_Chain_Attack⠀⇛ If you don’t use the 3CX VoIP platform, or work in the MSP space with companies that do, you may have missed the news that the company suffered a massive supply chain attack over the past few days. With comparisons being made to the SolarWinds fiasco, this was really, really bad. Unsuspecting clients of 3CX had Windows and Mac versions of the app to hundreds of thousands of customers deployed on their computers with malware snuck inside. That malware called out to actor-controlled servers, which then deployed more malware designed to allow for everything from browser hijacking to remote- takeover of the computer entirely. A hacking group associated with the North Korean government is suspected to be behind all of this. # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Exploiting_(or_abusing) password_fields_for_Multi-Factor_Authentication⠀⇛ I’ve recently been looking into how people add Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to their OpenVPN systems, both using commercial solutions and home grown ones. One of the things that makes this difficult is that I believe the OpenVPN authentication protocol is old fashioned enough that it doesn’t provide for multi-step interaction. Instead, clients can send either or both of a TLS client certificate and a username plus password pair to the server, and the server gets to decide. However, common OpenVPN server software allows you to plug in your own code to do the user and password authentication, and so it turns out that people have used this to add MFA. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ NYOB ☛ Meta_(Facebook,_Instagram)_switching_to “Legitimate_Interest”_for_Ads⠀⇛ As the Wall Street Journal reports, Meta (Facebook and Instagram) is switching from an illegal contract to equally illegal basis “legitimate interests” for advertisement, after noyb won a series of complaints against them. noyb will take imminent action, as the clear case law and guidance does not allow a company to argue that its interests in profits overrides the users’ right to privacy. # ⚓ Remy Van Elst ☛ Cookie_/_Privacy_Policy⠀⇛ This Cookie Policy was last updated on March 31, 2023 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the European Economic Area and Switzerland # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ NYPD_blues:_Cops_ignored_93_percent of_surveillance_law_rules⠀⇛ The NYPD, however, has rejected 93 percent of the advice from an independent oversight body, the Department of Investigations’ (DOI) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the force about how to comply with the law. According to OIG’s Ninth Annual Report [PDF], the cop watchdog made 15 recommendations and the NYPD refused to implement 14 of them. These include recommendations like identifying the organizations with which NYPD shares surveillance data: “NYPD should identify in each IUP [Impact and Use Policy] each external agency, by name, with which the Department can share surveillance data.” # ⚓ Privacy International ☛ Joint_submission_to_European Commission_on_cross-border_sharing_of_data_for_mixed criminal_law_and_immigration_control_purposes⠀⇛ The European Commission’s initiative for a ‘Security-related information sharing system between frontline officers in the EU and key partner countries’ is a further development along the path of problematic border externalisation, and a trend of increasing use of large-scale processing of the personal data of non-EU citizens for combined criminal law and immigration control purposes, that civil society has been speaking out against for years. PI and others filed a joint submission to the consultation. # ⚓ EFF ☛ After_Students_Challenged_Proctoring_Software, French_Court_Slaps_TestWe_App_With_a_Suspension⠀⇛ # ⚓ EFF ☛ Without_Verification,_What_Is_the_Point_of_Elon Musk’s_Twitter?⠀⇛ Twitter used to do a better job of content moderation than many of its social media competitors. The company tended to err on the side of labeling objectionable content rather than removing it. Twitter had an admirable commitment to transparency and standing up for its users (that isn’t to say it was good: content moderation at scale almost never turns out well. It simply had smarter failures than the rest).  Twitter’s good qualities—features and practices that many users all over the world came to rely on—are all but gone now.  Twitter first introduced blue checkmarks in 2009, after celebrities complained of being impersonated on the platform. While verification was only available to well-known public figures (e.g. actors, athletes, politicians) at first, checkmarks were later rolled out to companies, journalists, activists, and even social media influencers. In 2016, the company briefly rolled out a verification application process, so individuals who could prove their notability could get verified. That process was shut down after a white supremacist was verified through it, and wasn’t reopened until late 2020, with tighter qualifications. # ⚓ EFF ☛ Bad_Content_Moderation_Is_Bad,_And_Government Interference_Can_Make_It_Even_Worse⠀⇛ However, buried in these misunderstandings from Congress, and most of the witnesses called to testify, was a genuinely serious problem: Government officials keep asking online services to remove or edit users’ speech, raising the specter of unconstitutional interference with private platforms’ moderation decisions. And worse, the public lacks any transparency into how often this occurs. Regardless of your ideological preference, we should always worry about government coercion that results in censoring users’ speech online, which violates the First Amendment and threatens human rights globally. The government is free to try to persuade online services to remove speech it believes is harmful, but the choice to remove users’ speech should always remain with the platform. So Congress is right to investigate the relationship between platforms and the government, and both should be more transparent about official requests to remove users’ content. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Forbes ☛ In_A_Surprise,_China-Linked_TikTok_Grabs_Power Norway_Needs_To_Make_Ammo⠀⇛ With all the easily accessible regional energy in central Norway now spoken for, ammunition provider Nammo AS is out of luck. # ⚓ BMG ☛ Norwegian_weapons_manufacturer_hit_by_TikTok’s_energy usage⠀⇛ Ammunition manufacturer Nammo is unable to expand its largest factory in Innlandet, Norway, because a new data centre used by social media app TikTok is using all the electricity. # ⚓ Evening Standard UK ☛ Energy-hungry_TikTok_‘cat_videos’ altering_the_course_of_armed_conflict_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ Nammo claims that it can’t make as much ammunition as Ukraine would like, stating that the country would like that supply to increase tenfold. “We see an extraordinary demand for our products which we have never seen before in our history,” Brandtzaeg added. With questions about TikTok’s links to the Chinese government refusing to go away, this raises interesting geopolitical questions. After all, the disruption of European arms manufacturing could be seen as a significant perk for China, whether intentional or not. “I will not rule out that it’s not by pure coincidence that this activity is close to a defence company,” Brandtzaeg said when asked about that angle. # ⚓ Newsweek ☛ Ukraine_Ammunition_Supply_Threatened_by_‘TikTok Cat_Videos’⠀⇛ The electricity of the region is being used up by a data center whose bigger client is TikTok. The embattled social-media platform has come under increased scrutiny in the U.S. for its ties with China. # ⚓ The Hindu ☛ Hijab_row:_Face_recognition_cameras_installed, checkpoints_opened_at_the_Vellore_fort⠀⇛ Face recognition cameras, metal detectors, checkpoints and barricades have been installed at the 16th Century fort in Vellore, following the arrest of seven persons, including a juvenile, for allegedly forcing a woman to remove her hijab at the fort. Round-the-clock bike patrol has also been introduced. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_authorities_to_use_electronic_military summonses_for_the_first_time_in_spring_conscription_drive_— Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian authorities will reportedly begin issuing electronic military summonses for the first time as part of the country’s routine spring conscription drive. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_authorities_hit_two_officers_with_felony charges_for_allegedly_failing_to_prevent_Ukrainian_missile strike_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian authorities are investigating the country’s first felony case of “violating the rules of combat duty,” Kommersant reported on Friday. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Just_2_Days_After_Shooting,_Republicans_Vote to_Loosen_Gun_Law_in_North_Carolina⠀⇛ Republicans announced the veto override effort just hours after the elementary school shooting in nearby Nashville. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Stop_the_Absurd_Debate”:_Parkland_Father Calls_for_Nationwide_Education_Strike_to_Demand_Gun_Reform⠀⇛ In the wake of the mass shooting at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday Republicans “want to see all the facts” before proposing any new gun legislation. Just last week, Manuel Oliver, father of one of 17 people killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, was arrested in the Republican-controlled House after he and his wife Patricia spoke out during a subcommittee hearing on the Second Amendment. He joins us to call for a national education strike to push for action on the U.S. gun violence epidemic. His new op-ed for The Daily Beast is “Arrest Gun- Loving Members of Congress—Not Grieving Fathers.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ahead_of_spring_military_draft,_Russian_state bureaucracy_portal_stops_letting_users_delete_their_data_— Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian state bureaucracy portal Gosuslugi (“State Services”) has disabled the option that allowed users to delete their profile data. The change happened shortly after the Defense Ministry announced that it would begin sending electronic conscription summonses to eligible people this spring. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Meet_the_Nashville_ER_Doctor_Who_Joined 1,000+_Protesters_at_Tennessee_Capitol_Demanding_Gun Control⠀⇛ More than a thousand students rallied at the Tennessee state Capitol Thursday to demand gun control, just days after a mass shooting at a Nashville Christian elementary school where three adults and three 9-year-olds were killed. Republicans hold a supermajority in Tennessee’s Legislature and have loosened gun restrictions. We speak with Dr. Katrina Green, an emergency physician in Nashville who has lost patients to gun violence and joined in Thursday’s protest. “People are angry, and that’s part of the reason I went down there, as well,” says Green. “Tennessee has become a state where it just seems like they want everybody to have a gun, no matter what.” # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_US_War_Drum_Against_China_Sounds_Like: Tik._Tok.⠀⇛ The ongoing effort to investigate and ban TikTok is not about our privacy, but about fueling more aggression against China. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Covering_(Up)_Antiwar_Protest_in_US_Media⠀⇛ March 18 DC peace march almost completely blacked out in US corporate media. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ 365_days_as_a_free_Ukrainian_city_again_President of_Ukraine_Volodymyr_Zelensky_visited_Bucha_to_commemorate the_anniversary_of_its_liberation_and_to_honor_the_victims_of war_crimes_—_Meduza⠀⇛ President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky posted a video dedicated to the anniversary of the liberation of Bucha. “Bucha and the surrounding region. 33 days of occupation. More than 1,400 dead, 37 children among them. More than 175 people found in mass graves and torture chambers. 9,000 Russian war crimes. 365 as a free Ukrainian city once again. A symbol of the occupying army’s atrocities. We will never forgive. We will punish all the perpetrators,” the president of Ukraine said. # ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ ICC’s_Putin_arrest_warrant_based_on_State Dept-funded_report_that_debunked_itself⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Nuclear_Midnight_Over_Ukraine⠀⇛ The prospect of a nuclear holocaust has always been terrifying. But in the last years of the Cold War and the three decades that followed its end, the existential challenge of nuclear weapons became less of a clear and present danger. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ To_Hell_and_Back_for_Disregarded_(and Discarded)_US_Veterans⠀⇛ Here’s something we seldom focus on when it comes to war, American-style, even during the just-passed 20th anniversary of our disastrous invasion of Iraq: many more soldiers survive armed conflict than die from it. This has been especially so during this country’s twenty-first-century War on Terror, which is still playing out in all too many lands globally. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘He_was_saving_himself_from_a_fascist_law’ Meduza’s_interview_with_lawyer_Dmitry_Zakhvatov,_who_stayed in_contact_with_Alexey_Moskalev_as_he_fled_house_arrest_for Belarus_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On the night of March 29, the Belarusian authorities arrested Alexey Moskalev, the single father from Russia’s Tula region who fled house arrest the previous day, shortly before he was to face trial for allegedly “discrediting” the Russian army. At the hearing, the court found him guilty and sentenced him to two years in prison, while ordering his sixth-grade daughter to be placed in state custody. Moskalev’s arrest was first reported by Russian independent media and later confirmed by the Belarusian Interior Ministry. His current location remains unclear. Meduza spoke with lawyer Dmitry Zakhvatov, who was in contact with Moskalev during his escape, about how the Russian and Belarusian intelligence services managed to find and detain him. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Amid_Fears_Over_Russia-Belarus_Nuke_Deal, UN_Official_Calls_for_Talks_to_Ease_Tensions⠀⇛ The United Nations disarmament chief on Friday called for de-escalatory talks to curb the risk of nuclear war amid global concerns about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plan to station so- called “tactical” nuclear weapons in Belarus. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg_Says_He_Once_Gave_The_New York_Times_Documents_That_They_Didn’t_Print⠀⇛ # ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ The_So_Far_Non-Existent_Vulkan_Leaks⠀⇛ The Guardian, Washington Post and Der Spiegel have today published “bombshell” revelations about Russian cyber warfare based on leaked documents, but have produced only one single, rather innocuous leaked document between them (in the Washington Post), with zero links to any. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Canadian_Police_Arrest_Indigenous_Protesters_in Clash_Over_Pipeline_Construction⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ California_Fines_Manufacturer_for_Knowingly Exposing_Workers_to_Toxic_Chemical⠀⇛ # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Lost_Decade:_How_Shell_Downplayed_Early_Warnings Over_Climate_Change⠀⇛ Narrated in the upper-crust accent favoured by British documentary-makers of the era, Shell’s 1981 film Time for Energy assesses the scope for solar, wind, nuclear, and other sources of power to end the world’s dependence on finite reserves of oil. By the closing credits, the viewer is left in little doubt that there is only one fuel plentiful and versatile enough to carry the world “safely” into the 21st century: coal. # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ Why_Climate_Grief_Is_an_Essential_for Climate_Action⠀⇛ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Wired ☛ These_Angry_Dutch_Farmers_Really_Hate Microsoft⠀⇛ The heated exchange between Ruiter and Microsoft’s security guard shows how contentious Big Tech’s data centers have become in rural parts of the Netherlands. As the Dutch government sets strict environmental targets to cut emissions, industries are being forced to compete for space on Dutch farmland—pitting big tech against the increasingly political population of Dutch farmers. There are around 200 data centers in the Netherlands, most of them renting out server space to several different companies. But since 2015, the country has also witnessed the arrival of enormous “hyperscalers,” buildings that generally span at least 10,000 square feet and are set up to service a single (usually American) tech giant. Lured here by the convergence of European internet cables, temperate climates, and an abundance of green energy, Microsoft and Google have built hyperscalers; Meta has tried and failed. # ⚓ Positech Games ☛ Economics_of_solar_batteries_(big and_small)⠀⇛ There are many reasons to get a home battery. Its a cool gadget, its also an incredibly strong way to reduce your energy bills (we basically run our whole house 24/7 on off- peak electricity at 75% off), and its also a great thing to partner-up with solar panels to ensure you use all that free power and don’t go exporting it to the evil energy company for a pitiful rate. I have to admit, although I was fully aware that we exported a lot of power on those days we were out, or we were not running much stuff, I had totally underestimated the impact. I’m currently running a big desktop PC/Monitor, router, wifi boosters and a bunch of other stuff, all from solar, on a cloudy day in march in the UK, AND filling the battery slightly… # ⚓ India Times ☛ Elon_Musk_seeks_to_end_$258_billion Dogecoin_lawsuit⠀⇛ Investors accused Musk, the world’s second- richest person according to Forbes, of deliberately driving up Dogecoin’s price more than 36,000% over two years and then letting it crash. They said this generated billions of dollars of profit at other Dogecoin investors’ expense, even as Musk knew the currency lacked intrinsic value. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ WWF:_Finland_uses_annual_share_of_natural resources_in_3_months⠀⇛ People in Finland had consumed their share of the Earth’s natural resources just three months into the year by Friday, 31 March. “According to the latest calculations, Finns are the 16th-fastest consumers of their share of earth’s natural resources in the world,” WWF Finland’s conservation advisor Jussi Nikula said in a press release. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Trustees_Report_Shows_Social_Security Expansion_a_‘Question_of_Values,_Not_Affordability’⠀⇛ The board of trustees for Medicare and Social Security released a report Friday showing the programs’ trust funds will be able to cover all benefits and expenses until 2031 and 2034 respectively, findings welcomed by advocates as further confirmation that the key lifelines are strong and can be expanded. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Media_Has_No_Interest_In_Paying_For_Twitter Blue⠀⇛ It’s been so weird the way Elon Musk and his friends have been jealous of underpaid, overworked journalists who happened to have blue check marks next to their name. There’s some sort of deep- seated insecurity to think that just because Twitter decided some people should be verified to avoid problems with impersonation that it was some sort of status symbol (again, as full disclosure, at some point in 2020 or 2021, my account got verified, though this was through no request on my own: until then I had been happily unverified, and one day I showed up and there was a mark next to my name with me not having asked for it and without any interest in getting it). # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Two_GOP_Officials_Kicked_Off_Surry_County Election_Board⠀⇛ The courtroom was packed when the North Carolina State Board of Elections convened on Tuesday to consider removing two members of the Surry County Board of Elections from their posts. At the Surry County GOP convention not long before, one board member, Tim DeHaan, had appealed for people to attend the meeting at the county courthouse. And now, dozens of supporters, one with “We the People” tattooed on his forearm and another with cowboy boots stamped with American flags, whispered tensely among themselves. DeHaan and Jerry Forestieri were facing the state elections board because, at a November meeting to certify the county’s 2022 general election results, they had presented a co-signed letter declaring “I don’t view election law per NCSBE as legitimate or Constitutional.” Then Forestieri refused to certify the election, while DeHaan only agreed to certify it on a technicality. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ministry_of_Justice_designates_musician_Maksim Pokrovsky_a_“foreign_agent”_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s Justice Ministry has included Maksim Pokrovsky, the leader of the rock group Nogu Svelo!, on its list of “foreign agents,” according to the ministry’s website. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Navalny’s_Anti-Corruption_Foundation_blacklists Alfa_Group_partners_it_previously_sought_to_extricate_from sanctions_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Alexey Navalny’s associates at the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) have updated their list of “bribe- takers and warmongers,” adding the names of Alfa Group Consortium’s shareholders Mikhail Fridman, Alexey Kuzmichev, and German Khan to the list. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ New_York_The_Latest_State_To_Ponder_A_Netflix Tax⠀⇛ Hungry to boost municipal budgets, a growing roster of states and cities have spent the last five years or so trying to implement a tax on Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Vatican_Rejects_‘Doctrine_of_Discovery’, Used_to_Justify_Colonial_Conquest_and_Land_Theft⠀⇛ In a historic shift long sought by Indigenous-led activists, the Holy See on Thursday formally repudiated the doctrine of discovery, a dubious legal theory born from a series of 15th-century papal decrees used by colonizers including the United States to legally justify the genocidal conquest of non-Christian peoples and their land. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Wisconsin’s_Supreme_Court_Race_Could_Restore Democracy_in_America’s_Most_Gerrymandered_State⠀⇛ Gerrymandering, the process by which elected officials draw legislative and congressional district maps that benefit themselves and their parties, is widely understood as antithetical to democracy. Decrying the maneuvers by which partisan politicians use the redistricting process to gain “control of state legislatures and congressional delegations before a single vote is cast,” former President Barack Obama explains, “That is not how democracy is supposed to work.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘They_Have_a_Lot_of_Money…_We_Have_the People’:_Sanders_Rallies_for_Brandon_Johnson_in_Chicago⠀⇛ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders stumped for progressive Chicago mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson late Thursday, imploring the city’s voters to turn out in record numbers to overcome what he described as the powerful establishment forces backing conservative Democrat Paul Vallas. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Trump_Indicted_on_Criminal_Charges_in_NY_as_3 Other_Investigations_Continue⠀⇛ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Indicted:_Trump_Faces_Criminal_Charges_in NY;_Three_Other_Investigations_into_Ex-President_Continue⠀⇛ In an unprecedented move, a Manhattan grand jury voted Thursday to indict former President Donald Trump for hush-money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign to hide an alleged affair, making Trump the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges. While the precise details of the charges are not yet known, the development culminates years of political, business and personal legal troubles for Trump, who still faces three other major investigations. We look at the charges in this case and others that Trump faces, with Ellen Yaroshefsky, who teaches legal ethics as a professor at Hofstra University Law School. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ DA’s_Office_Tells_GOP_Republicans_to_Cease ‘Inflammatory_Accusations’_About_Trump_Case⠀⇛ On the heels of former President Donald Trump’s historic indictment, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office on Friday told three top Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House that their “attempted interference with an ongoing state criminal investigation—and now prosecution—is an unprecedented and illegitimate incursion on New York’s sovereign interests.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘This_P*ssy_Grabbed_Back’:_Stormy_Daniels Speaks_Out_After_Trump_Indictment⠀⇛ Stormy Daniels reacted Friday to the criminal indictment of former U.S. President Donald Trump with a play on his infamous taped remarks seemingly confessing to sexually assaulting women. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Manhattan_Court_Pursues_Florida_Man_for_White- Collar_Crime⠀⇛ With Donald Trump’s indictment on apparent charges of concealing improper campaign finances in Manhattan, all the classic elements of Trump- centric scandal-mongering are in place. There are the salacious details surrounding the transaction at the heart of the alleged offense—a hush-money payoff engineered by Trump’s since-convicted legal fixer Michael Cohen to porn star Stormy Daniels, whom Trump allegedly bedded in 2006 (which he has since denied). There’s the self-interested partisan dissection of the charges, with Democrats eagerly anticipating Trump’s long-deferred appointment with legal accountability, and Republicans righteously launching congressional investigations of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg—when they’re not also threatening more mob-led mayhem to split the country in two. The political press, meanwhile, will lurch into overdrive, with breathless speculation upon speculation on what a Trump indictment might mean for the GOP primaries, the other legal investigations of the former president’s misconduct, and the parlous state of the American republic. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Trump’s_Indictment_Will_Dominate_the_2024 Election⠀⇛ With the decision of New York’s grand jury to indict Donald Trump on more than 30 counts of falsifying business records, the United States enters uncharted waters. It would be historic even if all that happened is that a former president, for the first time, faced criminal charges. But Trump is not just any former president. He’s currently running for the GOP nomination. That fact, combined with his long-standing penchant for trying to delegitimize legal investigation into his actions and his use of the presidential pardon power for political advantage, means that Trump’s indictment is going to be a major issue in the next presidential election.1 # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Chicago’s_Election_Will_Shape_the_Future_of Public_Safety_in_America⠀⇛ Chicago’s per capita police spending has, officially, more than tripled since 1964. The city now employs about twice as many police officers per capita as the national average—markedly more than any other large city except Washington, D.C. The Chicago Police Department has attempted nearly every possible police intervention and reform. Meanwhile, many of Chicago’s segregated Black and brown neighborhoods continue to suffer from high rates of poverty and violence. In recent years, this violence has begun to spill over into the downtown business core and, as a result, to increasingly concern the city’s wealthy donor class. This article is published in partnership with The TRiiBE. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Reagan’s_Treason,_Two_Bushes_and_the_$23 Million_Payoff⠀⇛ Last week, a Texas pol, Ben Barnes, confessed that he was personally involved—and therefore an eyewitness to–high treason: The Ronald Reagan campaign’s successful secret deal with the Iranian government to hold 52 Americans hostages so that Reagan could defeat Jimmy Carter. ] # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Rebutting_3_GOP_Talking_Points_on_Trump Indictment⠀⇛ Donald Trump has been indicted. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Donald_John_Trump’s_Indictment_and_the Triviality_of_Evil⠀⇛ A New York Grand Jury empaneled by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has indicted the former president, Donald John Trump. I give all three of Trump’s names because that is usually how the felons are referred to in the press. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_GOP_Is_the_Party_of_Grift⠀⇛ Nobody ever accused Republicans of not knowing how to make a buck or BS-ing somebody into voting for them. Lying to people for economic or political gain is the very definition of a grift. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘The_Grift_Continues’:_Trump_Campaign,_GOP Allies_Beg_for_Money_After_Indictment⠀⇛ The Trump campaign and the former president’s Republican allies wasted no time attempting to turn Thursday’s indictment news into a lucrative fundraising opportunity, appealing to their right- wing supporters for cash on live television and in a flurry of late-night emails. # ⚓ [Repeat] Common Dreams ☛ Karma:_Happy_Trump’s_First Indictment_Day⠀⇛ Wowza. It seems the Manhattan grand jury’s indictment of lifelong grifter and twice-impeached, way-past-time-for-him-to-be-gone former pretend president Trump charges him with 34 counts related to business fraud, which must cover more than just hush money to Stormy, the porn star who may have saved America. Trump is expected to appear in court Tuesday. Until then, patriots are berserk with glee at the prospect justice may finally be done. Gwyneth freed, Trump indicted. What a country. # ⚓ [Repeat] Scheerpost ☛ America’s_Slavery-Ridden_Origin Story:_Facing_the_Uncomfortable_Reality⠀⇛ Writer Dionne Ford dives deep into her ancestry and confronts the complexities of being a Black woman in America with the blood of both the enslaved and the enslaver. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Fetterman_‘So_Happy_to_Be_Home,’_Set_to Return_to_Senate_After_Hospitalization_for_Depression⠀⇛ Democratic U.S. Senator John Fetterman is back in his hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania and looking forward to returning to work soon after being released Friday from Walter Reed military hospital in Maryland, where he was treated for depression. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Tsunami_Arrives⠀⇛ # ⚓ El País ☛ How_a_little-known_U.S._agency_holds_power_over TikTok’s_future⠀⇛ At the heart of this social media business and national security drama is the increasingly tense relations between the U.S. and China. The video- sharing platform with 150 million U.S. users is best known for quick snippets of viral dance routines and has been under scrutiny for years by federal authorities who say that its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, could share sensitive user data with the Chinese government, or push propaganda and misinformation on its behalf. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Senate_Vote_On_TikTok_Ban_Bill_Blocked Over_Free_Speech_Concerns_Amid_Continued_Bipartisan Scrutiny⠀⇛ As mentioned at the outset, the senator – whose “No TikTok On Government Devices” bill became law near 2022’s conclusion and went into effect in March – just recently called for a vote on the legislation concerning the countrywide ban. (Senator Hawley also voiced his opposition to the comparatively far-reaching RESTRICT Act, which he says would “give new open-ended authority to federal bureaucrats.”) # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Only_22%_of_American_Adults_Oppose Banning_TikTok,_Survey_Finds_—_Including_56%_of_Active Users⠀⇛ Expanding upon the point, 88% of Americans are “not at all” (59%) or “not too” (29%) confident that Chinese social media companies follow “what their privacy policies say they will do with their personal information,” according to the survey results. A nearly identical portion of U.S. adults aren’t at all or too confident that Chinese social media companies use “their personal information in ways that they are comfortable with.” # ⚓ Interesting Engineering ☛ Virgin_Orbit_suspends_operations, lays_off_90%_of_employees⠀⇛ Hart stated that the corporation would cut all but 100 roles, accounting for around 90 percent of the staff and that the layoffs would affect every team and department. According to an SEC filing, Virgin Orbit decided “to cut expenses in light of the company’s inability to secure sufficient funding.” The layoffs accounted for 675 positions or nearly 85 percent of the total. # ⚓ CNBC ☛ Virgin_Orbit_fails_to_secure_funding,_will_cease operations_and_lay_off_nearly_entire_workforce⠀⇛ Virgin Orbit is ceasing operations “for the foreseeable future” after failing to secure a funding lifeline, CEO Dan Hart told employees during an all-hands meeting Thursday afternoon. The company will lay off nearly all of its workforce. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Banning_TikTok_alone_will_not_solve_the problem_of_US_data_security⠀⇛ But TikTok users’ usage of the social media app, even if only to generate business, does not mitigate the potential threats to US national security associated with it. In December, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines warned about the potential uses of TikTok by Beijing stemming from the data the app collects and the possibility of using it to influence public opinion. TikTok’s algorithm, for example—which experts view as more advanced than that of Facebook parent company Meta—could be used by China to create propaganda that seeks to influence or manipulate elections and the broader information environment. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Every_Day_is_April_Fool’s_Day Now⠀⇛ It takes only seconds of critical thinking to see that each of these are fake, but as AI- generated shitposting becomes easier, it’s inevitable that one of these will catch you with your guard down, or appeal to some basic emotion you are too eager to believe. Tucker Carlson, for example, read that fake call to behead Christians on his show as if it were real. Even if you’re trained in recognizing fake imagery and can immediately spot the difference between copy written by a language model and a human (content that’s increasingly sneaking into online articles), doing endless fact-checking and performing countless micro-decisions about reality and fraud is mentally draining. Every year, our brains are tasked with processing five percent more information per day than the last. Add to this cognitive load a constant, background-level effort to decide whether that data is a lie. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Hunting_down_the_haters_How_Rostec,_the_Russian military’s_industrial_supplier,_waged_a_PR_war_on_Telegram_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Midjourney_CEO_Says_‘Political_Satire_In_China Is_Pretty_Not_Okay,’_But_Apparently_Silencing_Satire_About_Xi Jinping_Is_Pretty_Okay⠀⇛ As a rule, it’s a good idea to be particularly suspicious of defenses of censorship that — coincidentally — materially benefit the people espousing them. In this case, the argument in favor of censorship is coming from founder and CEO of AI image generator Midjourney, David Holz. And Holz makes clear that he is willing to exempt Xi Jinping from the tool’s capabilities to retain Midjourney’s viability in China.  o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Meduza_is_collecting_letters_for_Evan_Gershkovich The_Russian_authorities,_who_claim_The_Wall_Street_Journal reporter_was_‘engaged_in_espionage,’_are_holding_him_in_a Moscow_detention_center_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Journalist Evan Gershkovich was arrested on March 30 on orders from Russia’s Federal Security Service, which claims that he was involved in “espionage” — an offense punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Without a shred of evidence, a chorus of Russian state officials has repeated these allegations against Evan, who’s now being held at Moscow’s notorious Lefortovo detention center. Meduza is proud to join media outlets around the world in demanding Evan Gershkovich’s immediate release. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_European_Union’s_Digital_Trade_Rules: Undermining_European_Policy_to_Rein_in_Big_Tech⠀⇛ This report shows how Big Tech companies are working to constrain the ability of EU democratic bodies to regulate their activities in the public interest through “trade” agreements, which are binding and permanent. # ⚓ [Repeat] Telex (Hungary) ☛ Hungary_condemned_by_Strasbourg court_for_educational_segregation_of_Roma_student⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Lamar_Jackson’s_Sin:_Not_Playing_Their_Game⠀⇛ Lamar Jackson, the quicksilver quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens, is in collusion limbo. He is 26 years old. He is a former NFL Most Valuable Player. He is beloved by teammates and fans. And he is in a purgatory from which there is no easy way out. For a casual fan, this story can seem to require a degree in contract law. But here are the broad sketches: Jackson has what’s called a “non- exclusive franchise tag,” which means he is due to make $32.5 million playing for the Ravens in 2023—far below the market value for his skills. But as a free agent he is also able to court a contract from other teams. The Ravens would then have the option to match the offer. Jackson revealed earlier this week on Twitter that he requested a trade on March 2 and hoped the Ravens would accommodate him. There is one problem: Jackson has received no free- agent offers, and trade partners cannot be found. # ⚓ [Repeat] Telex (Hungary) ☛ Orbán:_The_EU_has_abandoned_the two_goals_it_was_created_for:_peace_and_prosperity⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Starbucks_Workers_Forced_to_Laugh_as Schultz_Testifies_He’s_No_Union-Buster⠀⇛ Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, under threat of subpoena, has finally appeared before the United States Senate to answer for the company’s union- busting practices. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Truly_Troubling’:_Claiming_Western Invasion_Imminent,_Lukashenko_Says_Belarus_Seeks_Nuclear Weapons⠀⇛ Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday claimed without evidence that his government needs to “safeguard” the Eastern European country from a looming Western invasion, saying he is seeking to station intercontinental nuclear missiles there to defend Belarus against the United States and other countries in the West. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We_won’t_stop_at_anything’:_Lukashenko_promises to_deploy_strategic_nuclear_weapons_‘if_need_be’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Alexander Lukashenko is prepared to deploy not just tactical, but also strategic nuclear weapons in Belarus. The president of Belarus made this clear when addressing the National Assembly on Friday. # ⚓ India Times ☛ UK_Amazon_workers_to_strike_for_six_days_in April⠀⇛ GMB said more than 560 workers at the warehouse in Coventry would walk out on April 16-18 and April 21-23. Workers at the site staged the first strike at the U.S. tech company’s operations in Britain in January, followed by a further seven days in February and March. # ⚓ NPR ☛ The_Vatican_repudiates_‘Doctrine_of_Discovery,’_which was_used_to_justify_colonialism⠀⇛ The doctrine was invoked as a legal and religious standing by Europeans who “discovered” new lands and violently seized it from people who had been living there for generations. It has been cited in different arenas for centuries, including by the U.S. Supreme Court — as early as 1823 and as recently as 2005. “The statement repudiates the very mindsets and worldview that gave rise to the original papal bulls,” the Rev. David McCallum, executive director of the Program for Discerning Leadership based in Rome, told NPR. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_People_Executed_or_Sentenced_to_Death in_Iran’s_Protest_Crackdown⠀⇛ Their trials were fast-tracked behind closed doors by Iran’s Revolutionary Court system, with government-assigned lawyers representing the defendants. The evidence presented has often been opaque, sometimes relying on coerced confessions or grainy video footage. Rights groups say that in some cases, there are accounts and evidence of torture. Not every detail of the judicial proceedings or the purported crimes could be confirmed, but The Times interviewed friends and relatives of some defendants and corroborated information with activists and reports by Amnesty International and other major human rights groups. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Tibetan_street_vendors_in_Lhasa_targeted_amid_‘clean up’_the_streets_campaign⠀⇛ Local authorities began implementing the “Clean Up Lhasa” campaign on March 20 in the city of about 560,000 people in which they are inspecting all street vendors in and around the Jokhang Temple, or Tsuglagkhang, said the sources who declined to be identified for safety reasons. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Apple_wins_appeal_against_UK’s_decision_to investigate_its_mobile_browser⠀⇛ Technology giant Apple won its appeal against the decision by Britain’s anti-trust regulator to launch an investigation into its mobile browser and cloud gaming services, the Competition Appeal Tribunal ruled on Friday. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Meta_defeats_photo_app’s_antitrust_case_in_US court⠀⇛ US District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto in Brooklyn, New York, federal court said in her 67-page order that Phhhoto Inc had failed to timely bring its claims under relevant US antitrust law that sets a four- year window and under New York state competition provisions that have a three-year statute of limitation. # § Software Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ EFF ☛ Stupid_Patent_of_the_Month:_Traxcell_Tech_Gets Ordered_To_Pay_Attorneys’_Fees⠀⇛ U.S. Patent No. 10,820,147 is owned by Traxcell Technologies. It’s not clear what, if anything, Traxcell ever made. The company applied for patents back in 2002. By 2004, it had a bare-bones website stating that its mission “is to provide leading edge technology and innovation to in [sic] the field of telecommunications.” Today, its business is pretty clear—Traxcell is a patent troll. The company’s website has little information beyond its patents, which have been used in dozens of lawsuits since 2017. The key claim of the ‘147 patent is long, but it essentially describes a wireless device that collects and shows location information, and also includes traffic congestion information. There’s also the “feature” that the device can allow, or disallow, tracking (a standard feature on modern smartphones).  This patent has come up in more than 20 of Traxcell’s lawsuits in the last two years, with its litigation picking up steam as the patent’s expiration date of September 2022 drew near. It’s been used to sue major cell phone companies like T-Mobile and Verizon, the makers of online maps like Google and Apple, and delivery and gig companies. It’s sued FlightAware for using publicly available flight-tracking information, and the Curb app for tracking taxis, and Instacart for tracking its own shoppers.  # ⚓ India Times ☛ Apple_wins_US_appeal_over_patents_in $502_million_VirnetX_verdict⠀⇛ Apple Inc persuaded a U.S. appeals court on Thursday to uphold a patent tribunal’s ruling that could imperil a $502 million verdict for patent licensing company VirnetX Inc in the companies’ long-running fight over privacy- software technology. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that invalidated the two patents VirnetX had accused Apple of infringing. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Stupid_Patent_Of_The_Month:_Traxcell_Tech Gets_Ordered_To_Pay_Attorneys’_Fees⠀⇛ If someone loses a patent lawsuit very badly—to the point where they face orders to pay attorneys’ fees—you wouldn’t think they would be eager to come back to court with a nearly identical lawsuit. But that’s what has happened with this month’s patent. What’s more, the lawyer representing the patent owner, William Ramey, has been ordered to pay attorneys’ fees no fewer than five times in recent years.  # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ News_Publishers_Admit_They_Get_Value_From Search_Traffic,_Even_As_They_Demand_Extra_Compensation For_It⠀⇛ In recent years, major media organizations have been lobbying Congress to enact legislation, the “Journalism Competition and Preservation Act,” requiring search engine providers to engage in a form of collective bargaining about the tax they would pay to media publishers for the privilege of providing links to their news articles, backed up by mandatory interest arbitration in which the thumb would be placed on the scales by simply assuming that the search engine companies could not refuse to provide links and would be required to pay something. The contention of the “News Media Alliance”  has been that the search engines take value (access to news reporting that is expensive to produce) and provide nothing in return. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ DeSantis_May_Be_Learning_What_The Copyright_World_Has_Always_Known:_Disney’s_Lawyers Don’t_Fuck_Around⠀⇛ We’ve already covered how Florida man Governor Ron DeSantis flipped out that Disney, the largest employer in his state, offered some mild criticism over one of his unconstitutional censorship bills, and decided to retaliate by (1) removing the stupid questionable “theme park exemption” his office had directly worked with Disney to insert into his unconstitutional social media bill and (2) move to take control over the special board that that had been set up decades ago, giving Disney effective control over everything around Disney World. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Pirate_Site_Blocking_Decreases Internet_Traffic,_Research_Finds⠀⇛ New academic research shows that blocking pirate site domain names effectively decreases internet traffic and, presumably, piracy. 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