𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Wednesday, April 12, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Thu 13 Apr 02:41:12 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/2023/04/12/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmUXUNDJQ5vi3kbs4mHpxvBEWZJbck83nNtAVMi4wJsEQ6 QmcUpvsckHPM5NPUPS6gA9ce5ym1pVc19LKaPD7q1uMf74 QmTUTyUW7xR71QVYrTQEx8WemNeazwLzEfFVgqJrMjeR1c QmQSDbMx49Qp1evxonhU6ywRqyMxJV692GP9fytMjANAK6 QmS6fwEQ3Yvttg3ziCQJcGBP3t9mEXoo8WNzghRGVcQGX8 QmWHLxvHKRKrcrbjLpzpBTTGh859JgSQJuo7AHVpAUWV7x QmWm4edZaVvNMuBZzAa4oDApS61pFXU7zhe1rpSBqcntdr QmUrwP7MBt8inhtUu4Mvpm1u98tHfeRdavasm4yZqHa9Hf QmZz4PybmqwxQvJ6383XsbijS6b7BRGW5rSKMTvsLRtRae QmZjKTQkXEAPfBEY76e1SGVHsMwytpPPn1a8p7edRrF2LX QmdoYCxjao8GwYGeyKLdbrSRj8BjRWqcG7GWs3MEZqUTbC QmVfyaoN6BBrhg7UGMEZXNQB1uog2x7QLBu3AvJQEVNTmC QmdMbFQYAsqCzsRJVDVUALo8U2wSJ3EzSrGbnLinTas5zn QmU1238aDxmcNHuWgKtJJvFNG2H7URvz285aoQLDu9jt8r QmdzCbXKWnKDXjeBQ7Q4YoXFJgi5B9GkmtZ3JkJNkvxe2K QmXVTtYKBj7YYynimusrQVJhUSP3pfweuTEYSPcrhD2ASb QmVUT45ycsKRgi37kQLNiQNuCh7cuvozaw12yokkLJKB6L QmUSqzedHUcKwLvcEf9D3XCctMhAPyN4mNay8FKYAZkx4t QmVRuwEr1EKmtByWys7jARxX4mYTQ7LTTqA9ZdrqMttGYR QmVrcQmfEQYVJRLokWriUwoUTrBKxPtp8uxEaYrY5dFHJG QmaZKc4FiFz4h7QFc3KF64jMmtXbsHerkpNJoAY12ZC4XY ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ What the Hard Data Says About Gender Inequality in Europe’s Second-Largest Institution, the EPO | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] Unified Patent Court Versus Judges (That Aren’t Fully Controlled by the EPO’s Junta, the Controversial Granting Authority) | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 | Techrights ⦿ CEO of Sirius UK Continues to Purge Any Remnants of His Past With the Company (Trying Hard Not to Associate With It) | Techrights ⦿ Still Waiting: Pension Providers in the UK Stalling for Months After Several Independent Reports of Pension Fraud | Techrights ⦿ The Impact of Microsoft Bribing the Media and Suppressing Facts That Are Rarely Mentioned (Despite Their High Importance) | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/04/12/csc-on-epo-gender-inequality/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/04/12/epo-upc-coup/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/04/12/irc-log-110423/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/04/12/sirius-no-more/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/04/12/still-waiting-pension-providers-in-the-uk-stalling-for-months-after-several-independent-reports-of-pension-fraud/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/04/12/suppressing-facts/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/04/12/kubernetes-1-27/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/04/12/privatized-censorship/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 63 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/04/12/csc-on-epo-gender-inequality/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/04/12/csc-on-epo-gender-inequality/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.12.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ What_the_Hard_Data_Says_About_Gender_Inequality_in_Europe’s_Second-Largest Institution,_the_EPO⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Patents at 7:40 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇EU,_EPO_staff,_and_EPO_management⦈_ The EU’s unwillingness to do something about the EPO will imperil the EU itself (the EU and EPO are very much connected through the illegal_Unified_Patent Court) Summary: Gender inequality, or the considerably lower probability of women progressing at Europe’s largest patent office, as explained by the EPO’s elected staff representation only days ago The Central Staff Committee at the EPO started talking about the empty words from António_Campinos regarding inclusion, equality etc. Campinos is basically a low-grade liar. He last brought_that_up_just_weeks_ago_in_a_pre-recorded speech. “Under the current career system,” the Central Staff Committee says, “the gender pay gap has widened after every reward exercise. Progress has been made to fix the huge under rewarding of colleagues on maternity leave, but there is still much work to do in other areas. In particular, three issues are highlighted, including the under-rewarding of double-steps and promotions to women, and the under-rewarding of colleagues working part-time.” The paper below is dated 5 days ago. Originally a PDF circulated among stuff, here it is as HTML: Zentraler Personalausschuss Central Staff Committee Le Comité Central du Personnel Munich, 07/04/2023 sc23040cp § Gender Pay Gap: at last a fair reward exercise in 2023?⠀➾ Dear colleagues, Under the current career system, the gender pay gap has widened after every reward exercise. Progress has been made to fix the huge under rewarding of colleagues on maternity leave, but there is still much work to do regarding other minority groups, such as part-time workers and women, as detailed below. The President’s Instructions on Rewards confirm the reality of this trend with his recommendation to managers that states “as a proactive measure in order to ensure a fair distribution of rewards to all categories of staff, (…) to pay specific attention to part-timers and colleagues on maternity leave.” In recent years the administration has relentlessly affirmed its will to tackle the issue of gender inequality, but progress has been slow. The gender pay gap remains a stubborn problem and last year’s reward exercise was not an exception. While women and men were rewarded a single step at a reasonably equal rate, the gender differences in the reward of double steps and promotions, as seen below, remains an issue practically unaddressed with the gaps showing no signs of closing. As an example, for these gaps to close in the last reward exercise, an additional 41 women would have been awarded a double step, and 34 more women would have been promoted. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Men_and_women_at_EPO⦈_ Another issue that impacts women more strongly than men is the under- rewarding of colleagues who work part-time. The difference between rewards for part-time colleagues and full-time colleagues is quite large (as can be seen below), and because a significantly larger percentage of our female colleagues work part-time when compared to the men as the pie charts show, the under-rewarding of part-time staff disproportionately impacts the women. This is another area where there is still work to be done. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇EPO_pensionable_award⦈_ These three areas for improvement were presented in a recent diversity and inclusion working group meeting with VP1, who made a commitment to look into these specific issues during the reward harmonisation process. We also reiterated our request for an updated gender awareness report including an analysis of the career opportunities for women. This year, Staff representation expects not to see another reward exercise that disadvantages our female colleagues. In 2023, we hope that our management takes bigger strides towards equality to demonstrate the true political determination this issue demands and deserves. Close the gender pay gap and empower women in our workplace. Your Central Staff Committee The management at the helm quit caring about facts; instead it is “doping” on stakeholders’ money (application fees, renewal fees, searches etc.) and bribing the European media to relay a false narrative/image of the EPO. 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Sirius_UK_CEO_Resigns_(or_Gets_Sacked)_and_Completely_Deletes_His Whole_Past_With_Sirius_‘Open_Source’ | Amid_Fraud_at_Sirius_‘Open_Source’_CEO Deletes_His_Recent_(This_Month)_Past_With_the_Company Latest: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Andrew_Bucknor:_Datalead_for_Sirius⦈_ Oh, look what has just happened: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Andrew_Bucknor:_Datalead_for_Sirius_no_more⦈_ Summary: Knowing the crimes of Sirius_‘Open_Source’ as a high-level insider, the CEO who bullied Sirius staff is running away, one can imagine after internal confrontation and risk of arrest/extradition/prosecution; we are still waiting for NOW: Pensions to send us letters and for Standard Life to progress several complaints from several of the company’s victims ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 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Still_Waiting:_Pension_Providers_in_the_UK_Stalling_for_Months_After_Several Independent_Reports_of_Pension_Fraud⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Finance, Fraud, Free/Libre_Software at 4:22 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Corrupt_NOW:_Pensions⦈_ Summary: The crimes of Sirius_‘Open_Source’ help highlight abuse by pension providers; after more than 3 months they’re still not holding accountable pension fraudsters (at least 3 people were involved in the fraud and two of them are based in the UK, so extradition proceedings aren’t even required) Latest (today): >> I hope this helps to settle your concerns regarding your >> NOW Pension fund, as you can see from the above, they >> have outlined how and who is responsible for protecting >> your pension savings and applies to all NOW Pensions members. > > Hi, > > Please send the full letter, as promised, to > 1) my wife > 2) myself > > as promised by ████████ (staff) > as promised by ████████ (staff) > as promised by ████████ (manager) > > several times since February. We need this obligation in > writing. I need an update on this. There are multiple complainants about the pension fraud. We need action, not stalling tactics. 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Yes, the media (or “mass” media, corporate media, mainstream media) is gaslighting people, lying to people, blaming the victims, and glorifying the criminals. It’s absurd, but that’s what happens when money buys “the news” and lobbying can become “reporting”. As noted above, the GNU/Linux world isn’t immune to that. For instance, Clickfraud Spamnil [1, 2] (TFIR) is producing Microsoft spam this week, sponsored by ‘Linux’_Foundation. Yesterday we spoke about all the fake coverage that hyped up chaffbots, which months later seem like a forgotten fad. “In order for the media to regain people’s trust it’ll need to act like media again.”We now have marketing/PR_firms_disguised_as_"news"_sites, “journalists” (by their own description) that are funded by Microsoft, and even Florian Müller is back lobbying for Microsoft (people online call him out on it, noting the severe conflict of interest that goES back to the 1990s). In order for the media to regain people’s trust it’ll need to act like media again. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 722 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.12.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_12/04/2023:_Nginx_1.2_and_Kubernetes_1.27⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 1:09 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o WINE_or_Emulation * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Open_Hardware/Modding * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Programming/Development # Python * Leftovers o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Voice_Controller_now_has_talking_[algorithm/program]⠀⇛ We have given the voice Controller a nice Overhaul, some great new features… Enjoy the teaser. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ GStreamer:_GStreamer_1.22.2_stable_bug_fix_release⠀⇛ The GStreamer team is pleased to announce the second bug fix release in the stable 1.22 release series of your favourite cross-platform multimedia framework! # ⚓ Nginx_1.24_Released⠀⇛ nginx-1.24.0 stable version has been released, incorporating new features and bug fixes from the 1.23.x mainline branch — including improved handling of multiple header lines with identical names, memory usage optimization in configurations with SSL proxying, better sanity checking of the listen directive protocol parameters, TLSv1.3 protocol enabled by default, automatic rotation of TLS session tickets encryption keys when using shared memory in the ssl_session_cache directive, and more. # ⚓ Kubernetes Blog ☛ Blog:_Kubernetes_v1.27:_Chill_Vibes⠀⇛ Authors: Kubernetes_v1.27_Release_Team Announcing the release of Kubernetes v1.27, the first release of 2023! 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Try Krita or GIMP instead.]⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Pinta on Rocky Linux 9. Are you looking for a simple yet powerful image editing software that runs on Linux? Look no further than Pinta! # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_MySQL_Workbench_on_Fedora_37⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install MySQL Workbench on Fedora 37. For those of you who didn’t know, MySQL Workbench is a powerful tool for managing and administering MySQL databases. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Showfoto_on_Debian_11⠀⇛ Are you an avid photographer looking for a powerful image editor for your Debian 11 system? # ⚓ Neowin ☛ PSA:_It’s_now_possible_to_set_up_a_ChromeOS_Flex USB_on_Linux_systems⠀⇛ Linux users can now write ChromeOS Flex to a USB device using the command line. # ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ How_to_fix_the_Docker_Desktop_Linux installation_with_the_addition_of_two_files⠀⇛ # ⚓ Remy Van Elst ☛ OpenVMS_9.2_for_x86,_Getting_Started_part 1,_install_guide_with_VirtualBox⠀⇛ OpenVMS on x86 is now available for hobbyists! Almost a year after [the official release](/s/blog/ OpenVMS_9.2_for_x86_will_be_released_tomorrow.html). This is a part 1 of my getting started guide, showing you how to install OpenVMS on VirtualBox on Windows 10/11. More parts will follow, documenting license installation, network setup, ssh, application installation etc. # ⚓ dwaves.de ☛ GNU_Linux_howto_–_kvm_how_to_consolidate snapshots_–_reclaim_disk_space_after_snapshot_deletion qcow2⠀⇛ snapshots are stored inside the qcow2 harddisk file of the vm, which is good in terms of “simple”, just one file, where in virtualbox there is the disk.vdi and snapshots are stored in a separate folder as separate files. # ⚓ Linux Journal ☛ Demystifying_Kubernetes_Operators: Creation,_Benefits,_and_Use_Cases⠀⇛ Kubernetes is a powerful container orchestration platform that automates the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. As Kubernetes continues to evolve, one of the concepts that has gained significant traction is the Kubernetes Operator. Operators extend the functionality of Kubernetes and provide a way to automate complex tasks, allowing users to manage applications and resources more efficiently. In this article, we will delve into the world of Kubernetes Operators, explore how they can be created, and examine their benefits and use cases. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ Unzip_a_Directory_in_Linux:_10_Example Commands⠀⇛ Linux is a powerful and versatile operating system that is widely used by developers, system administrators, and tech enthusiasts. Unzipping directories is one of the many tasks you may find yourself performing in Linux. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Remove_or_Delete_PPA_on_Ubuntu_22.04 |_20.04⠀⇛ Personal Package Archives (PPA) are essential to the Ubuntu ecosystem. They allow users to access and install the latest software that may not be available in the official repositories. However, there are times when you may want to remove a PPA from your system. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_NPM_on_Fedora_Linux⠀⇛ NPM, or Node Package Manager, is essential for any developer working with Node.js applications. It simplifies managing, sharing, and reusing packages (or modules) to build complex applications quickly and efficiently. This introduction will provide an overview of NPM on Fedora Linux, highlighting its main features and capabilities. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_PHP_on_Linux_Mint_21/20⠀⇛ PHP, or Hypertext Preprocessor, is a widely-used, versatile, and powerful server-side scripting language designed for web development. It enables developers to create dynamic web pages by embedding PHP code within HTML documents. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_KDE_Plasma_on_Linux_Mint_21/ 20⠀⇛ The KDE Desktop Environment, also known as KDE Plasma, is a highly customizable, feature-rich, and visually appealing desktop environment for Linux distributions. It is known for its modern design, seamless integration of applications, and a wide range of features that cater to both new and experienced Linux users. o § WINE or Emulation⠀➾ # ⚓ ScummVM ☛ Vampires,_Romance,_and_Sleuthing⠀⇛ HeR Interactive’s The Vampire Diaries and Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill are now ready for testing in ScummVM! The Vampire Diaries follows Elena Gilbert, a high school student who discovers vampires are living in her hometown after one of them attacks her younger sister. The game is loosely based on the book series of the same name by author L. J. Smith, which later got adapted into a hit TV series. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Solus_Linux_Loses_Active_Status_on_DistroWatch⠀⇛ Solus is a fully-fledged, independent rolling release Linux distribution targeted at desktop users. The project was created by Ikey Doherty, with the initial Solus 1.0 release in 2015, giving users a modern, easy-to-use Linux distribution suitable for beginners and experienced users alike. He left the project in 2018, having spent the last year focusing on a new one, Serpent OS, which has yet to see a stable release. The next big blow for the project came in early 2022, when Joshua Strobl, lead for the Solus, officially quit. As we previously informed you, the project’s website, Dev Tracker, and Forum disappeared from the Internet in the middle of January this year. It was unavailable for more than a month. This was owing to technical issues, which a single person supposedly handled – Beatrice Meyers, Technical Lead for the project. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Why_you_should_use_io_uring_for_network_I/O⠀⇛ io_uring is an async interface to the Linux kernel that can potentially benefit networking. It has been a big win for file I/O (input/output), but might offer only modest gains for network I/O, which already has non-blocking APIs. # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Deploy_React_applications_to_OpenShift⠀⇛ React is an open-source JavaScript library for building user interfaces. It allows developers to create reusable UI components and efficiently update the view in response to changes in data. Red Hat_OpenShift enables developers to build, deploy, run, and manage a wide variety of applications, including frontend and the ones made with React. React applications use the Node.js runtime to run the application. # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ IT_resilience:_3_myths_debunked⠀⇛ The word “resilience” is used often these days–it’s applicable to physical and mental health, financial performance, security, and much more. The capacity to withstand and recover from difficulties and disruption, for both individuals and organizations, has never been more important or more top of mind. # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Generative_AI:_How_does_it_affect the_enterprise?⠀⇛ We are in the early days of generative_AI, and there’s a gold rush to gain position and prominence in the sector as it takes off. But with this rush to implementation across a bewildering range of use cases come associated risks. Get artificial intelligence (AI) right, and it can be an incredibly creative, labor-saving, and efficiency- improving solution. Employ it badly, and you risk social, financial, and even legal consequences. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ 5_of_the_Best_Raspberry_Pi_Emulators_for_Simulating_Your_Pi Experience⠀⇛ When it comes to DIY IoT projects, the Raspberry Pi is just so special. With it, you can build a motion detector, DC motor fan, or even a hacking station with Kali Linux! But before you go around messing with its GPIO (General Purpose Input Output) pins, you might want to try some Raspberry Pi emulators first — just to be sure! What Is a Raspberry Pi Emulator? A Raspberry Pi emulator replicates the Raspberry Pi and its GPIO pins — but mostly the pins! You can use it across a wide range of operating systems. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Sony_invests_in_Raspberry_Pi_to_promote sensory_AI_development_at_the_edge⠀⇛ Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. said today it’s expanding its relationship with Raspberry Pi Ltd., creator of the pocket-sized computing platform of the same name, as part of an initiative that aims to provide developers with greater access to edge- hosted artificial intelligence tools. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ ESPi_Ethernet_&_info_display_board_comes with_ESP32-S3_module_or_Raspberry_Pi_Pico_W_board_ (Crowdfunding)⠀⇛ SB Components’ ESPi is a WiFi-enabled Ethernet board with a 1.14-inch information color display either coming with an ESP32-S3 WiFi and Bluetooth module or designed as a carrier board for the Raspberry Pi Pico W board. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Pico_W_Powers_Electronics Coding_Kit_Crowdfunder⠀⇛ The latest crowdfunder from SB Components sees the Raspberry Pi Pico W as the star of the show. Picoder is a kit to enable anyone to code and includes a series of live training sessions. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ The_weird_and_wonderful_history_of_chess-playing robots⠀⇛ Who said robots had to be all work and no play? For many years, people have been designing and building robots not just to help with chores, but to help us win games. Possibly the most famous examples of this are the robots that play chess. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ A_very_nimble_DIY_hexapod_robot⠀⇛ While robots can get around on two legs (or even none), it is difficult to get a smooth and efficient gait. Moving up to four legs improves the situation a bit, but each of those legs will still need multiple joints and careful balance for the robot to move in a stable manner. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Jon Udell ☛ Migrating_Mastodon_lists⠀⇛ My original Mastodon account was on mastodon.social. I chose it because it’s the largest instance, it’s operated by the developers of the service, and it runs the reference implementation of the software. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ MJ Fransen ☛ Compiling_Emacs⠀⇛ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Compiling Emacs⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Quite some time ago I started with a git clone of the Emacs sources and compiled that. From that time on, on a regular basis I do a git pull and recompile Emacs. Like all self compiled software, I manage the installation with GNU Stow. Being Emacs, there is probably more than one way to compile it, and I don’t know if the way I compile Emacs is the best way, but it works and has never failed. Before you start, make sure you have the right dependencies installed. The (not very big) list of packages to install is, of course, for every operating system different. # ⚓ MJ Fransen ☛ Org-capture_template_for_weeknotes⠀⇛ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Org-capture template for weeknotes⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Today I created a small template for org capture, to create weeknotes. This is the template: * Week %(format-time-string "%Y-%W") ** %? *** Reading *** Things I have learned *** Events Entered on %U ;; Weeknote ends here This will create a note starting with the header * Week 2023-15 for week 15 in the year 2023. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Length_of_Dictionary_Python⠀⇛ The len() method can be used to find the length of a Python Dictionary. This len() method works for nested Dictionaries as well. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Remove_an_Element_From_a_Set_in Python⠀⇛ To remove an element(s) from a set in Python, use the remove() method, the discard() method, the difference() method, or the subtraction operator. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Instantiate_a_Class_in_Python⠀⇛ To instantiate a class in Python, simply create a variable and set it equal to a call to the class name with parenthesis, similar to calling a function. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Remove_None_from_the_List_Python⠀⇛ To remove all None values, use the remove() with __contains__(), list comprehension with if condition, or the filter() method with Lambda statement. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_Object_to_String⠀⇛ To convert Python Objects into Python string, the user can make use of the str() constructor method and the repr() method. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Anders Borch ☛ From_“It_Works_For_Me”_To_“It_Works”⠀⇛ There is some significant work to get software from “it works for me” to “it actually works”. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Finding_hope_in_early_efforts_to_educate_the formerly_enslaved⠀⇛ After the Civil War, efforts to educate the formerly enslaved were wide ranging. Remnants of that move toward equality are still evident today. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Arm-Based_CPUs_Could_Double_Notebook_PC Market_Share_by_2027:_Report [Ed: And yeah, they won't be running Microsoft/Windows]⠀⇛ Arm SoCs’s PC market share increased to 12.7% last year, set to grow further. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Life_with_mental_illness:_Things_I’ve learned_from_places_I’ve_been⠀⇛ “Remember your name,” writes Mira Ravi on how she learned to stay strong in the face of mental illness. # ⚓ COVID-19_Death_Toll_in_the_UK_Passes_222,222,_Not_Counting Indirect_Deaths⠀⇛ Excess mortality has been off the charts since last summer. The media chooses to not talk about this (or barely even mention that). A lot more publicly- funded research is needed here, with no (corporate) strings attached. # ⚓ In_Ireland,_More_Deaths_at_End_of_2022_Than_in_2021_(COVID- 19)_and_Far_More_Deaths_Now_Than_During_COVID-19′s_Peak⠀⇛ tl;dr 8467 deaths in 2022Q3, compared to 8165 in 2021Q3 # ⚓ COVID-19_Won,_We_Lost._Why_Doesn’t_the_Media_Admit_This?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ A_once_high-flying_health-tech_startup’s_co- founders_were_convicted_of_fraud_of_more_than_$1_billion⠀⇛ Three former Outcome Health executives have been found guilty of running a billion-dollar scam. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ First_known_human_death_from_H3N8_bird flu_recorded_in_China⠀⇛ Woman, 56, from Guangdong province is first known human fatality from the avian influenza strain. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Disastrous_Potential_of_the_Texas Abortion-Pill_Ruling⠀⇛ A nationwide ban on mifepristone would further erode doctors’ ability to provide—or learn how to provide—lifesaving care. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Study_Finds_High-Speed_Rail_Increases Happiness⠀⇛ The study found Chinese people were two percent happier on average living near high-speed rail, but I’d be one million percent happier if we just had one in the United States. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ UK_Junior_Doctors_Start_Four-Day_Strike_Over_35% Pay_Rise⠀⇛ “Qualified medics earn just US$17 an hour, and the U.K. minimum wage is just over US$12 an hour,” the British Medical Association trade union explained. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ UK_doctors_are_striking_over_being_paid_$17.40_an hour⠀⇛ Junior doctors at the UK’s troubled_National_Health Service_(NHS) started a 96-hour strike today (April 11), which the UK government says could be the “most_disruptive” healthcare strike yet. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Windows_11_Will_Make_Print_Screen_Key_Open Snipping_Tool [Ed: Microsoft is copying GNU/Linux again]⠀⇛ Microsoft is shifting Print Screen to the new Snipping Tool. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Notes_from_IETF_116⠀⇛ NTP security, transition mechanisms, TCP delayed ACKs, alternate name systems, and more from IETF 116. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Adobe_Plugs_Gaping_Security_Holes_in Reader,_Acrobat⠀⇛ Adobe documents 56 security defects in multiple products, some serious enough to expose Windows and macOS users to code execution attacks. # ⚓ Pen Test Partners ☛ London_Councils_&_pirate_books._Google dorking_for_subdomain_takeovers⠀⇛ TL;DR Google dorks found me an exploited DigitalOcean subdomain takeover on London Councils’ .gov.uk domain It used a meta refresh to redirect to a site hosting unprovenanced PDFs… # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Ransomware_gangs_increasingly_deploy zero-days_to_maximize_attacks [Ed: Microsoft 'security' = bug doors]⠀⇛ Microsoft issued a patch for a zero-day that researchers at Kaspersky said was used to deliver Nokoyawa ransomware. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ On_the_heels_of_the_US_cyber_strategy, CISA_set_to_release_secure_by_design_principles [Ed: But CISA is also a proponent of back doors, so... be careful what you wish for]⠀⇛ CISA Director Jen Easterly said the agency plans to release the principles this week to encourage more safe coding practices. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Microsoft_releases_97_fixes_on_Patch_Tuesday;_one for_a_zero-day⠀⇛ Narang said while this was the only flaw exploited in the wild, Microsoft has rated nearly 90% of the vulnerabilities as Exploitation Less Likely, while just 9.3% of flaws were rated as Exploitation More Likely. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Microsoft_Patches_Another_Already-Exploited Windows_Zero-Day⠀⇛ For the second month in a row, Microsoft patches an already-exploited vulnerability in its flagship Windows operating system. # ⚓ SANS ☛ Microsoft_April_2023_Patch_Tuesday,_(Tue,_Apr 11th)⠀⇛ This month we got patches for 114 vulnerabilities. Of these, 7 are critical, and 1 is already being exploited, according to Microsoft. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Google_debuts_new_API_for_detecting_open- source_security_vulnerabilities⠀⇛ Google LLC is releasing an application programming interface that will enable developers to scan the open-source code they use for vulnerabilities and other issues. The deps.dev API, as it’s called, debuted today. It extends an open-source cybersecurity project called deps.dev that Google launched in 2021. ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Little-known_Israeli_vendor_found_selling_dangerous_iPhone spyware [Ed: Microsoft Corp. is criminals. Citizen Lab working with criminals is not good and they try to distract from Microsoft's own crimes. As if big criminal, fine. Small one, bad.]⠀⇛ New reports released today from Microsoft Corp. and Citizen Lab… ⚓ Security Week ☛ Microsoft_Azure_Users_Warned_of_Potential_Shared_Key Authorization_Abuse [Ed: Microsoft_Azure_essentially_cracked_again]⠀⇛ Microsoft Azure shared key authorization can be exploited to access business data and achieve remote code execution. ⚓ Security Week ☛ ICS_Patch_Tuesday:_Siemens,_Schneider_Electric_Address_Dozens of_Vulnerabilities⠀⇛ Siemens and Schneider Electric’s Patch Tuesday advisories for April 2023 address a total of 38 vulnerabilities found in their products. ⚓ Citizen Lab ☛ Sweet_QuaDreams:_A_First_Look_at_Spyware_Vendor_QuaDream’s Exploits,_Victims,_and_Customers⠀⇛ At least five civil society victims of QuaDream’s spyware and exploits were identified in North America, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Victims include journalists, political opposition figures, and an NGO worker. Traces of a suspected iOS 14 zero-click exploit used to deploy QuaDream’s spyware. ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Scamwatch:_‘Fraudsters_targeted_me_after_my_insurer_suffered_a_data breach’⠀⇛ Our expert helps a reader whose bank details were compromised ⚓ WhichUK ☛ NatWest_phishing_scam:_how_to_spot_a_dodgy_bank_email⠀⇛ Look out for a scam email that claims the phone number on your account has been changed ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Amazon_issues_warning_to_customers_amid_growing_threat_of impersonation_scams⠀⇛ Follow these tips to spot and avoid phishing calls and messages ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Car_Thieves_Hacking_the_CAN_Bus⠀⇛ Car thieves are injecting_malicious_software into a car’s network through wires in the headlights (or taillights) that fool the car into believing that the electronic key is nearby. News articles. ⚓ Security Week ☛ Yum_Brands_Discloses_Data_Breach_Following_Ransomware Attack⠀⇛ KFC and Taco Bell parent company Yum Brands says personal information was compromised in a January 2023 ransomware attack. ⚓ Security Week ☛ Apple_Rolls_Out_Zero-Day_Patches_to_Older_iOS,_macOS Devices⠀⇛ Three days after announcing patches for new zero-days affecting iOS and macOS, Apple released fixes for devices running older operating system versions. * § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ o ⚓ OpenRightsGroup ☛ Policy_Briefing_–_Data_Protection_and_Digital Information_(No.2)_Bill_Second_Reading⠀⇛ Briefing for MPs on Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill. Published by Open Rights, a non-profit company limited by Guarantee, registered in Englandand Wales no. 05581537. The Society of Authors, 24 Bedford Row, London, WC1R 4EH. (CC BY-SA 3.0). o ⚓ Internet Freedom Foundation ☛ We_wrote_to_the_Ministry_of_Civil Aviation_urging_them_to_stop_the_DigiYatra_Scheme⠀⇛ We wrote to the Ministry of Civil Aviation urging them to immediately cease the DigiYatra Scheme and to ensure that passengers are not inconvenienced due to exclusion cause by the Scheme. § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Defining_success_for_NATO’s_Vilnius_summit:_A primer⠀⇛ A successful NATO summit in July requires significant progress on a host of NATO’s political and military priorities, especially those enumerated at Madrid. * ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Russia_and_China_are_edging_out_the_US_in_the_Middle East⠀⇛ The strategic landscape of the Middle East is changing rapidly, but not in favour of the United States as the traditional powerful actor in the region. * ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Securing_the_critical_minerals_that_America_and_its allies_lack⠀⇛ Critical minerals are the bedrock of the global economy, and they are crucial to the advanced capabilities relied on by the world’s top militaries. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Taiwan_detects_Chinese_warships,_planes_around island_after_drills_end⠀⇛ Chinese warships and aircraft were still operating around Taiwan on Tuesday, the island’s defence ministry said, a day after Beijing declared an end to its massive war games. China launched three days of military exercises around self-ruled Taiwan on Saturday that saw it simulate targeted strikes and practise a blockade of the island. * ⚓ NYPost ☛ Taiwan_Air_Force_mocks_Chinese_President_Xi_Jinping_with_patch of_Winnie_the_Pooh_being_punched⠀⇛ The patch shows a Formosan black bear, which is native to Taiwan, holding Taiwan’s flag while punching Winnie the Pooh, which Chinese dissidents have increasingly used to mock Xi due to his supposed resemblance to the fictional teddy bear. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Pentagon_leak_threatens_Biden’s_foreign_policy_doctrine_ahead of_overseas_trip⠀⇛ The baffling leakof classified_U.S._intelligence_documents on social media is swiftly unfurling into a debacle for the Biden administration, which is struggling to provide answers to Congress, the public and U.S. allies. Why it matters:As President Biden kicks off his latest overseas trip — this time in Ireland, his ancestral_homeland — the leak is threatening to undermine two defining planks of his foreign policy: strengthening U.S. alliances and supporting Ukraine. * ⚓ Axios ☛ U.S._tries_to_reassure_Israel_about_security_relationship_after Pentagon_leak:_Officials⠀⇛ The Biden administration tried to reassure Israeli officials in recent days that Washington is committed to its security relationship with Israel after details contained in a trove of purported secret_Pentagon_documents_leaked on social media appeared to suggest that the U.S. had spied on some of its closest allies, including Israel, two Israeli officials said. * ⚓ ADF ☛ After_Repeated_Defeats_in_Ukraine,_Wagner_Shifts_Focus_to Africa⠀⇛ After losing tens of thousands of its mercenaries fighting in Ukraine, the Wagner Group has begun to scale back its operations there so it can expand its footprint in Africa, according to Bloomberg. The shift is happening as Wagner’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has said Russia is limiting Wagner by failing to supply ammunition… * ⚓ ADF ☛ Surge_of_Surrendering_Fighters_Offers_Opportunity_to_Break_Boko Haram⠀⇛ In March, a steady stream of beleaguered Boko Haram fighters and their family members surrendered to Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) troops in Niger and Nigerian Army troops serving in Operation Hadin Kai in northern Nigeria. A total of 443 Boko Haram members and affiliated people surrendered over a four-day stretch. * ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Why_some_terror_campaigns_escalate_to_civil_war_and others_don’t⠀⇛ Most terrorist campaigns – where a group targets civilians to achieve political objectives – are short-lived. But some aren’t. In some cases, terror campaigns (low-intensity violence) turn into civil wars (high-intensity violence) where militants fight the government for control of the state. * ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_US_reaffirms_support_for_Ukraine_after_intelligence leaks⠀⇛ Senior US officials have reaffirmed their support for Ukraine as they seek to reassure jittery allies after a leaked trove of highly sensitive documents appeared online. In Moscow, Russian officials said they conducted a successful test launch of an “advanced” intercontinental ballistic missile, weeks after the country suspended its participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Pentagon_intelligence_leak:_What_we_know_so_far⠀⇛ It’s been less than a week since news of highly classified military documents on the Ukraine war surfaced, sending the Pentagon into full-speed damage control to assure allies and assess the scope of the leak. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ How_strong_is_US-Ukraine_wartime_alliance?_What_the_leaks reveal.⠀⇛ Leaked documents indicate close U.S.-Ukrainian coordination in the war with Russia, but there are limits. Experts point to Ukraine’s innate distrust of even friendly powers. The leaks won’t help. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Washington_desperate_to_reassure_allies_after_secret document_leak⠀⇛ Some of the leaked documents include highly sensitive information about Ukraine military capacities. Dozens of copies of the documents were spread on websites such as Twitter, Telegram, and Discord. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron_‘kissing_Xi’s_ass’,_Trump_says_after_Taiwan comments⠀⇛ French President Emmanuel Macron has been in China meeting with Xi Jinping and “kissing his ass,” Donald Trump said Tuesday. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ French_leader_Macron’s_comments_leave_senior Taiwanese_official_‘puzzled’⠀⇛ Mr Macron had cautioned against being drawn into a crisis driven by ‘American rhythm and Chinese overreaction’. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ French_President_Macron_praised_in_China_for ‘brilliant’_Taiwan_comments⠀⇛ State news outlets and social media users are lauding Mr Macron’s independence. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea_to_lend_500,000_rounds_of_artillery shells_to_US:_Report⠀⇛ The loaned shells would be used primarily by the US to fill its stockpile. * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Leaked_Pentagon_Docs_Share_Wild_Rumor:_Kremlin_Plans to_‘Throw’_Putin’s_War_While_He’s_Getting_Chemo⠀⇛ The leaked documents suggested that a top Kremlin general would sabotage the war while Putin is distracted with cancer treatments. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Document_leak:_Pentagon_investigates_as_Ukraine_war_info circulates⠀⇛ Classified U.S. documents on the war in Ukraine have been leaked online, posing significant risks to national security. Government officials say they still don’t know who or what is behind the leak. * ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ The_Long_List_of_Reasons_Why_Potential_Intimidation_of Proud_Boy_Jurors_Must_Be_Taken_Seriously⠀⇛ The Proud Boys and their close associates have an establishes history of using intimidation to avoid legal consequences. That makes the concerns about being followed of jurors in the Proud Boy trial particularly troubling. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea_parade_‘probably_oversells’_ICBM threat:_Leaked_US_document⠀⇛ The ICBM-class launchers paraded on Feb 8 were ‘most likely carrying non-operational systems’, according to the documents. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US,_Philippines_agree_to_complete_security assistance_road_map_in_5-10_years⠀⇛ Allies discuss delivery of radars, drones, military transport aircraft and coastal and air defence systems. * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ US_and_Philippines_Kick_Off_Largest-Scale_Joint_Military Drills⠀⇛ The 18-day yearly exercise dubbed Balikatan involves 5,400 Philippine and 12,200 U.S. troops, making it the largest iteration of the Philippines-U.S. joint drills conducted in decades. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Civilian_Death_Toll_In_Ukraine_At_Least_8,500,_But_UN_Says_It’s Likely_‘Considerably_Higher’⠀⇛ The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) says it has confirmed the deaths of almost 8,500 civilians since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year, and believes the toll could be thousands higher. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Lawmakers_Approve_Bill_On_Electronic_Military Enlistment_Aimed_At_Draft_Dodgers⠀⇛ The Russian parliament’s lower chamber, the State Duma, has approved in its final reading a bill on electronic military enlistment aimed at making it more difficult for potential draftees to evade duty. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Romania_Aims_To_Buy_F-35_Fighter_Planes_To_Boost_Air_Defenses⠀⇛ Romania aims to buy the latest generation U.S. F-35 fighter planes to boost its air defenses, the country’s supreme defense council said on April 11. * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Whole_Foods_has_shut_down_a_store_in_downtown_San_Francisco_on safety_concerns⠀⇛ Whole Foods has temporarily shut down one of its biggest locations in downtown San Francisco yesterday. The 65,000- square-foot high-end grocery store opened in March 2022. * ⚓ Quartz ☛ US_mass_shootings_are_occurring_at_an_unprecedented_rate_in 2023⠀⇛ Another mass_shooting, this time in Louisville,_Kentucky,_on April_10, marked the year’s 146th such event in the US. On average, mass shootings were higher in the past three years than during the past decade. They have doubled annually since 2014, when there were 272. § Environment⠀➾ * ⚓ Breach Media ☛ Indigenous_communities_fight_Canada’s_‘holy_shit’_fix for_tar_sands_wastewater⠀⇛ Water protectors and scientists are campaigning to stop Canada’s plan to release treated tar sands tailings waste into the Athabasca River * § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ o ⚓ New York Times ☛ E.P.A._Lays_Out_Rules_to_Turbocharge_Sales_of Electric_Cars_and_Trucks⠀⇛ The Biden administration is proposing rules to ensure that two-thirds of new cars and a quarter of new heavy trucks sold in the U.S. by 2032 are all-electric. o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Ukraine_resumes_electricity_exports_in_latest show_of_wartime_resilience⠀⇛ Ukraine resumed energy exports to Europe in early April. The move confirmed the failure of Russia’s six-month energy infrastructure bombing campaign and underlined Ukraine’s remarkable wartime resilience, writes Aura Sabadus. o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Ukraine’s_energy_sector_survives_winter⠀⇛ Vladimir Putin’s winter bombing campaign targeting Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure failed to achieve its goal of breaking Ukrainian resistance and freezing the country into submission, writes Suriya Evans-Pritchard Jayanti. o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Please_Stop_Crashing_Trains_So_Much,_Agency Responsible_for_Safety_Regulation_Asks_Railroads⠀⇛ The Federal Railroad Administration has “significant safety concerns” related to the stuff everyone is talking about. * § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ o ⚓ IDA ☛ Celebrate_International_Dark_Sky_Week_2023!⠀⇛ What do you see when you look up at the night sky on a clear and cloudless night? Whether you are accustomed to seeing the luminous edges of the Milky Way or can just barely… o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Will_California_bees_show_up_to_work?_Almond_growers hope_for_blooms.⠀⇛ America’s beekeepers have faced challenges during the unusually cold and wet winter in California’s farm country, and bees have been slow to emerge from their hives. But signs of ample wildflowers could mean a good year for honey. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ These_Innocent-Looking_Birds_Conceal_a_Potent Nerve_Agent_in_Their_Feathers⠀⇛ Or not so innocent. * § Overpopulation⠀➾ o ⚓ Axios ☛ States_face_unprecedented_water_cuts_under_Biden_admin Colorado_River_crisis_plan⠀⇛ U.S. officials released a set of proposals Tuesday for distributing cuts from the Colorado_River — including one that would break from precedent by evenly assigning reductions among lower basin states, forcing users in California to shoulder more of the load. Driving the news:The proposals would amend 2007 guidelines that govern cuts in the event of a shortage as climate_change and other_factors_threaten the river that provides drinking water to 40 million people in seven states and 30 tribal nations. o ⚓ Overpopulation ☛ Fewer_people_make_for_a_great_day_of_skiing⠀⇛ As we transition to spring skiing conditions in Colorado, the crowds thin out and the skiing experience improves despite the stickier snow. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Questions_around_new_veterans’_pension_regulations_lead to_WhatsApp_groups [Ed: Zuckerberg running banks now?]⠀⇛ The signing into law of draft pension regulations for military veterans in December – with the first payment yet to be made – drew criticism for not including former SA Defence Force (SADF) conscripts and volunteers, in particular those who stood up and were counted for the military skills development (MSD) programme. * ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Is_There_Money_in_Hi-Fi?_MQA_Files_for_Bankruptcy After_Investor_Bails⠀⇛ The British company behind Tidal’s Hi-Fi format has entered receivership—the U.S. equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Here’s what we know. MQA Ltd. is facing significant financial challenges, which has prompted its principal investor to exit. * ⚓ WhichUK ☛ What_is_the_Living_Pension_standard,_and_how_could_it_boost your_retirement_pot?⠀⇛ Four in five workers are not saving enough into their defined contribution pension * ⚓ Axios ☛ IMF_says_world_economy_entering_“tricky”_phase⠀⇛ Many of the economic developmentsthat shaped global policymakers’ discussions when they last gathered in the U.S. capitol have started to fade, though they have not disappeared entirely. Zoom out: Supply chain disruptions have further eased, and commodity prices that surged in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have since fallen back. * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Advanced_Economies_Growth_to_Decline_by_Half_in_2023:_IMF⠀⇛ Although inflation could remain at 7.0 percent globally through 2023, it is unlikely that price control targets can be achieved before 2025 in most national cases. * ⚓ Spiegel ☛ Putin’s_Willing_Helper:_Austrian_Entrepreneur_Seeks_to_Save Russia’s_Stalled_Car_Industry⠀⇛ Porsche SE board member Siegfried Wolf wants to rebuild war- sanctioned Russia’s automobile sector using German know-how from companies including Volkswagen. He even pitched his plan in a letter directly to Putin – and asked for an 800-million- euro credit line. * ⚓ Axios ☛ What_to_watch_in_March_inflation_report⠀⇛ March U.S. inflation dataout Wednesday may help answer a key question: Did the strong disinflation forces seen late last year reemerge in a notable way last month? Why it matters: The answer may lie in the extent to which moderating prices reflected in private sector data start to appear in the government’s figures. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Office_space_available,_lots_of_it⠀⇛ Data: CoStar; Chart: Axios Visuals Office space available for lease in the U.S. is at a record high, according to data from CoStar. Why it matters:Remote work is already crushing the office market, and the data is a sign that the distress is going to get worse — vacancies, already_at historic_highs, will likely go higher. ⚓ Axios ☛ First_look:_Yellen’s_cautious_optimism_on_the_economy⠀⇛ Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is convinced the global economy is in better shape than some economists suggest, and is confident the world’s finance ministers have the tools to fend off a steep slowdown. * That’s the case she plans to make Tuesday at a news conference kicking off the annual spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, Axios has learned. ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Choices_in_forgiving_debts⠀⇛ Modernizing financial institutions like the World Bank starts with setting individual dignity and shared prosperity above national interests. ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Australia_tells_exporters_to_diversify_from_top_trade partner_China⠀⇛ Foreign Minister Penny Wong said diversifying the country’s export markets is an important part of its national resilience. ⚓ LRT ☛ Kaunas_reluctant_to_scrap_brand_new_cameras_after_Lithuania_bans Chinese_tech⠀⇛ After Lithuania banned the use of Chinese technology in public infrastructure, the country’s second city Kaunas is asking for an exemption. The municipality has just installed CCTV cameras worth nearly a million euros and assures they are completely safe. ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Over_200,000_families_missing_out_on_free_food_vouchers_–_are_you eligible?⠀⇛ Which? calls on the government and supermarkets to promote the scheme more widely ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Massive_Tenant_Union_Demands_Its_Corporate_Landlord Bargain_With_Them⠀⇛ Members of the Veritas Tenant Association say their landlord is ignoring a landmark San Francisco law requiring it to bargain with them in good faith. ⚓ Quartz ☛ Wage_growth_for_the_lowest-paid_US_workers_has_fallen_sharply⠀⇛ Wage_growth for US leisure and hospitality workers is slowing. In March, average hourly pay for those in production and nonsupervisory roles grew 5.1% year-over-year, well below a record high of 17% in December 2022, according_to_data_from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Top_50_news_websites_in_the_world_in_March_2023:_New York_Times_sees_further_large_fall_in_visits⠀⇛ Press Gazette’s monthly ranking of the top 50 news websites in the world, using Similarweb data. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan_election_shapes_up_with_Tsai’s_party_set_to tap_candidate_William_Lai⠀⇛ Vice-President expected to be named DPP’s candidate in next year’s presidential election. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan’s_ruling_party_DPP_names_William_Lai_as_its presidential_candidate⠀⇛ He pledged to continue incumbent Tsai Ing-wen’s foreign policy, calling it the way for Taiwan’s future; the election will take place in January 2024. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_says_Taiwan_heading_for_‘stormy_seas’_under President_Tsai⠀⇛ Ms Tsai said her overseas trip showed the world Taiwan’s determination to defend freedom and democracy. * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ #BalkansDebrief_–_What’s_next_after_Bulgarian elections?_|_A_Debrief_with_Dimitar_Bechev⠀⇛ Nonresident Senior Fellow Ilva Tare speaks with Dimitar Bechev, Lecturer at Oxford School of Global and Area Studies on implications of another caretaker government for Bulgaria’s economic and European outlooks. * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Elon_Musk_is_rebranding_Twitter_as_X_Corp⠀⇛ Twitter “no longer exists” and has merged with the newly created shell firm X Corp, according to an April 4 legal document filed by Twitter in a California court. CEO Elon Musk apparently confirmed the news by tweeting an X. * ⚓ ‘Time_to_go_to_jail_again_if_I_want_to_vote!’⠀⇛ “I am out, but officially I am in jail. I want to be able to cast a vote in these elections where even one vote is seen as so important. Do I have to go to jail in order to be able to vote?” * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ High_court,_low_accountability:_How_Thomas_scandal threatens_Supreme_Court⠀⇛ Why does the highest court in the United States have the lowest ethical standards? The latest scandal, involving Justice Clarence Thomas, is threatening to erode Americans’ trust even further. * ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Substack_releases_a_platform_that_looks_a_whole_lot like_Twitter⠀⇛ Substack Inc. today launched Notes, a platform where Substack creators can interact with subscribers and where the entire experience looks very much like Twitter. The differences are only in the language. Users don’t post tweets; they post notes. There’s no such thing as a retweet, but there is a restack. * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Elon_Musk_shut_down_Twitter’s_newsletters_months_before_his fight_with_Substack⠀⇛ Elon Musk’s latest internet flame war is with Substack. The newsletter_company has announced a new feature for its_website and_app that Musk felt was too_similar_to_Twitter for his liking. * ⚓ NYPost ☛ Musk_says_Twitter_is_roughly_breaking_even,_has_1,500 employees [Ed: Probably just lying as usual, but Murdoch tabloids just repeat the lies without checking facts (Twitter services a lot of debt and pays interest on this debt)]⠀⇛ Musk, in an interview with BBC broadcast live on Twitter Spaces, said Twitter has about 1,500 employees now, a sharp decline from “just under 8,000 staff members” it had before he took it over in October. * ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ Why_China’s_Winning_and_the_US_Is_Panicking,_With Gregory_Mahoney⠀⇛ China expert Dr. Joseph Gregory Mahoney joins Lee Camp to discuss the rise of China on the world stage on the heels of the US empire’s decline. * ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ Why_the_Media_Don’t_Want_to_Know_the_Truth_About_the Nord_Stream_Blasts⠀⇛ First, journalists lapped up Russian culpability. Then, interest wilted. Now they peddle a preposterous James Bond- style story. Anything to ignore the US’s role. * § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ o ⚓ ADF ☛ Concern_Grows_as_‘Deepfakes’_Spread_Misinformation⠀⇛ Odd videos began circulating on social media in Burkina Faso in January, showing a diverse group of people urging Burkinabe to support the military junta. “Hello to the African people and particularly to the Burkinabe people. My name is Alisha and I’m a Pan-Africanist,” a female figure said in the video. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Vietnam_Threatens_Complete_TikTok_Ban_Over Content_That_Violates_Local_Laws⠀⇛ Vietnam is considering a complete ban on the TikTok app for violating local laws. “Vietnamese law has enough provisions to ensure cyber security, and is not limited to banning or removing violating apps,” says Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, Nguyen Thanh Lam. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ Graphic_artist_faces_up_to_four_years_in_jail_for_depicting_Erdoğan’s ‘sluts’_rant⠀⇛ Visual artist Berkay Kahvecioğlu faces a prison sentence for creating a painting of Erdoğan accompanied by the caption “slut”. The artwork referenced the president’s derogatory comments against the Gezi Park protesters. * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Texas_Officials_Would_Rather_Close_Library_Than Stock_Books_They_Don’t_Like⠀⇛ A federal judge ruled against a book ban in Llano, TX. Now, local officials are discussing shutting down the public library system entirely. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Another_Russian_Journalist_Detained_Over_Unspecified_Online Posts⠀⇛ Police in the town of Korolyov near Moscow detained journalist Roman Ivanov of the RusNews Telegram channel on April 11 after searching his apartment. § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Australia_&_UK_Lawmakers_Call_For_Not_Extraditing_Assange_To US⠀⇛ They stressed that the extradition request against the WikiLeaks founder sets a dangerous precedent for journalists. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Serbian_Journalists_Mark_Anniversary_Of_Unsolved_Killing_Of Journalist_In_1999⠀⇛ Independent Serbian journalists have marked the 24th anniversary of the killing of a prominent editor and newspaper publisher who was fiercely critical of the government in Belgrade. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ ACLU ☛ Five_Things_to_Know_About_NSA_Mass_Surveillance_and_the_Coming Fight_in_Congress⠀⇛ One of the most sweeping surveillance statutes ever enacted by Congress is set to expire at the end of this year — creating an important opportunity to rein in America’s sprawling surveillance state. Section_702_of_the_Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act permits the U.S. government to engage in mass, warrantless surveillance of Americans’ international communications, including phone calls, texts, emails, social media messages, and web browsing. The government claims to be pursuing vaguely defined foreign intelligence “targets,” but its targets need not be spies, terrorists, or criminals. They can be virtually any foreigner abroad: journalists, academic researchers, scientists, or businesspeople. And in the course of this surveillance, the government casts a wide net that ensnares the communications of ordinary Americans on a massive scale — in violation of our constitutional rights. * ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ From_the_Community_|_Why_I_support_the_Stanford_Graduate Workers_Union_unionization_campaign_—_and_why_other_faculty_should,_too⠀⇛ “Collective bargaining doesn’t disrupt advising relationships between graduate students and faculty,” writes anthropology professor Barbara L. Voss. “Instead, it enhances our academic community by ensuring that graduate workers have the dignity of union representation when they negotiate with the University.” * ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ GSC_debates_changes_to_Honor_Code,_calls_for transportation_support_for_campus_workers⠀⇛ The Graduate Student Council (GSC) debated the Committee of 12’s (C12) Honor Code proposals, including the restructuring of the judicial process, and offered support for expanding transportation options for campus workers. § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ APNIC ☛ Event_Wrap:_NZNOG_2023⠀⇛ APNIC conducted training and presented on IPv6 and the historical resources transition at NZNOG 2023, held in Rotorua, New Zealand from 20 to 24 March 2023. § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Quartz ☛ Mexico_created_a_tortilla_task_force_to_investigate_the health_effects_of_US-grown_GMO_corn [Ed: Patented (monopolised), falsely marketed, and doused with carcinogen]⠀⇛ Mexico’s government has announced plans to investigate the impact of genetically modified (GM) corn imports on tortillas, an essential ingredient in many of the country’s staple dishes. o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Longhorn_HD’s_cybersecurity_patent_affirmed invalid_by_Federal_Circuit⠀⇛ On April 10, 2023, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Office’s final decision, in a summary Rule 36 affirmance, confirmeding that the challenged claims of U.S._Patent_7,260,846, owned by Longhorn HD LLC, was unpatentable. * § Trademarks⠀➾ o ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog_Test:_Is_Puma’s_“PROCAT”_Confusable_with Caterpiller’s_“CAT”_for_Footwear?⠀⇛ “This case is a cat fight. In one corner is Puma SE, which claims that it ‘has been a cat since birth’ … and which owns Registration No. 4220096 for the stylized mark shown below. *** In the other corner is Caterpillar, Inc., which calls the CAT mark the ‘cornerstone of the company’s brand portfolio.’ *** The parties have swatted at one another for about five years, but neither has been able to land a knockout blow, and their bout has gone the distance.” The involved products are identical: footwear. How do you think this came out? Caterpillar_Inc._v._Puma SE, Cancellation No. 92067079 (April 6, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Christopher Larkin). * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ David Revoy ☛ Trolls_&_Légendes_2023⠀⇛ A photo of me during while signing at Trolls & Legendes 2023 Festival, in Mons Belgium – Photo CC-By 4.0 Steph Vesch. I’m back after a weekend of signing sessions at the “Trolls et Légendes” Festival in Belgium. I drew on more than 50 books, met amazing people, and it gave me a lot of energy, motivation, and joy! Thank you for this unforgettable moment. § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Personal⠀➾ o ⚓ [Old] ROOPHLOCH⠀⇛ Here we are again, writing from the bus. I’m slowly tapping away as I take the 20 minute journey into Reykjavik to meet a friend for coffee. I’ve not spent time with her in months, so we have much to catch up on. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2704 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.12.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_12/04/2023:_‘Youtube-dl_Hosting_Ban_Paves_the_Way_to_Privatised Censorship’⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:53 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Instructionals/Technical o Games * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o BSD o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Programming/Development # Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh o Standards/Consortia * Leftovers o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Finance o Security # Privacy/Surveillance # Confidentiality o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Oligarchy o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Internet/Gemini # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ RIPE ☛ SAV:_Why_Is_Source_Address_Validation_Still_a Problem?⠀⇛ Network operators can implement filtering anywhere within their network. However, best current practices (BCPs) recommend they perform it close to the edge of the network. To this end, most equipment vendors support ingress filtering in some form and MANRS provides an extensive guide for network operators to implement SAV in their network. This includes: Outbound SAV (oSAV) — filtering applied at the network edge to traffic coming from inside the customer network to the outside. Inbound SAV (iSAV) — filtering applied at the network edge to traffic coming from the outside to the customer network. Network operators must implement both of these best practices to mitigate IP spoofing attacks. # ⚓ Adriaan Roselli ☛ Don’t_Override_Screen_Reader Pronunciation⠀⇛ If you have documented cases where there is a problem for users, you are almost certainly better off changing wording to avoid or clarify pronunciations (sometimes replacing extended characters). If re-writing will not satisfy your audience (or boss), then be certain to test your approach with those same users to see if it genuinely improves their experience. # ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ Learn_To_Use_Man_Pages_Efficiently_In_Linux⠀⇛ Today, we are going to learn some simple tips and tricks to read man pages effectively in Linux. As you might already know, a man page is divided into several parts, each with a distinct heading. You might have to scroll down for quite a long time when you’re looking for a particular information on the specific flag/option. It is really inefficient and time consuming task. This is why it is important to learn to use Linux man pages efficiently to find out what exactly you want to know. # ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Force_Linux_User_to_Change_Password_at Next_Login⠀⇛ Due to security concerns, you may want to force the user to change the password on the next login. # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Install_the_Boost_Library_in_C++_on Ubuntu_or_any_other_Linux_Distribution⠀⇛ Boost is a portable set of C++ programming language libraries. It contains libraries for pseudo-random number generation, linear algebra, multi-threading, image processing, regular expressions, and unit testing. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Minetest_5.7.0_out_now_with_graphics improvements,_performance_upgrades⠀⇛ Free and open source voxel sandbox game engine Minetest, largely known for comparisons to Minecraft, has a big update out in version 5.7.0. Sounds like a really great release too with plenty of new features and upgrades to the engine. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Open_Hexagon_gets_new_content_plus_Linux and_Steam_Deck_improvements⠀⇛ Open Hexagon is very much Super Hexagon hyped up to max, open source and just absolutely nuts to play. A fresh upgrade is out now and it sounds great, especially for Linux desktop and Steam Deck players. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Linux_and_Steam_Deck_compatibility_tool helper_ProtonUp-Qt_v2.8.0_out_now⠀⇛ ProtonUp-Qt gives you a hassle-free way to install various compatibility tools like GE-Proton, Wine- GE, Luxtorpeda and others for Steam, Lutris and the Heroic Games Launcher. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Popular_survival_roguelike_Cataclysm:_Dark Days_Ahead_gets_a_Steam_release⠀⇛ Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a rather popular roguelike, quite possibly one of the best, and now it’s available on Steam. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Humble_Store_has_a_sale_on_Steam_Deck Verified_and_Playable_games⠀⇛ Here’s one for Steam Deck fans, and everyone else also looking for some good deals, as Humble Store just recently put up a Games on the Go Sale. With their listed games targeting the Steam Deck with either a Verified or Playable rating. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Half-Life:_Alyx_fully_playable_without_VR even_on_Steam_Deck_thanks_to_a_mod⠀⇛ There’s been a few efforts to get Half-Life: Alyx playable without VR and the latest is HLA-NoVR, out now and it’s now possible to play it through, even on Steam Deck too. # ⚓ Dedoimedo ☛ Steam,_Proton,_GTA:_Vice_City_works_superbly⠀⇛ Thanks to Steam, Linux gaming is becoming better by the day. And to-day, we have a tutorial showing how to set up and run GTA: Vice City in Linux using Steam Proton compatibility layer, plus some extras like in-game display resolution tweaks, old save game conversion and import, and more. Have total fun! * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ OpenBSD_7.3_Released_with_New_Features_and Updates⠀⇛ OpenBSD 7.3 has been officially released, marking the system’s 54th release. This latest version builds on OpenBSD’s impressive track record of maintaining a secure and reliable operating system, with only two remote holes detected in the default installation during more than twenty years of use. This is what’s new. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ Shoreline_IoT_has_built_a_programmable industrial_sensor⠀⇛ They do, however, have to maintain a connection to the cloud in order to work. Indeed, despite presenting at the TinyML summit and showing off models running on Tensor Flow Lite, the big value is in sending the data up to the cloud for analysis, and alerting clients in a cloud-based dashboard. That’s not to say that some alerts might happen locally, but in the case of monitoring harsh or remote environments, even an alert delivered on the spot through a local model would be like a tree that falls in the forest when no one is there to hear it. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Cool_Pi_CM5_evaluation_board_features Rockchip_RK3588/RK3588J_system-on-module⠀⇛ The Cool Pi CM5 EVB (RCP-CM5-EVB-2GNORK3588) is only offered with the commercial-grade CM5 module with 8GB RAM and 64GB flash, but the system-on- module itself is customizable and can be produced to be industrial grade with the Rockchip RK3588J processor. Just like the Cool Pi 4 Model B, the Cool Pi CM5 SoM and EVB can run Android 12, Ubuntu, and Debian operating systems with images and more technical details provided in the Wiki, and support offered in a bilingual (Chinese/English) forum. The board has a fanless design with cooling achieved via a heat spreader placed underneath the board in direct contact with the Rockchip RK3588 processor. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Portable_MSX2_Brings_The_Fun_On_The_Go⠀⇛ Something of a rarity in the US, the MSX computer standard was rather popular in other parts of the world but mostly existed in the computer-in-a- keyboard format popular in the 80s. [Aron Hoekstra aka “nullvalue”] wanted to build an MSX2 of their own, but decided to build it in a period- appropriate luggable form factor. # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ BracioGraph:_a_Raspberry_Pi-powered_pen plotter⠀⇛ Playing around with servos and Raspberry Pi was the entry point for Daniele’s plotting device project. Moving them around was easy enough, but he was keen to see a practical result: “What can we actually do?” With nostalgia for pantographs and XY aerial plotters in common, Daniele explains he found “their ability to reproduce something we do with our hands intrinsically fascinating. When you see a pen moving around, it looks like it has a purpose”. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Android_13_QPR3_Beta_2.1_bug_makes_the_screen unresponsive⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ 19_best_weather_widgets_available_on Android_in_2023⠀⇛ # ⚓ Computer World ☛ Android,_ChromeOS,_and_Google’s_cloudy vision_for_a_connected_future_|_Computerworld⠀⇛ # ⚓ Future Publishing Limited ☛ An_insanely_good_Android_phone is_coming_this_week_|_T3⠀⇛ # ⚓ Geeky Gadgets ☛ How_to_back_up_your_Android_Phone_–_Geeky Gadgets⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gadgets Now ☛ How_to_manage_storage_on_Android_smartphones using_this_auto-archive⠀⇛ # ⚓ TechRadar ☛ Your_Android_phone_will_soon_get_the_iPhone’s best_storage-saving_feature_|_TechRadar⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Android_devices_can_now_automatically_archive little-used_apps_–_The_Verge⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ 7_open_source_modules_to_make_your_website accessible⠀⇛ As website accessibility continues to be a growing concern, website owners and developers need to ensure that their websites comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Drupal, a popular open source content management system (CMS), offers various tools and modules to ensure your website is accessible to all users, regardless of their abilities. This article discusses the importance of website accessibility, the basic requirements of ADA compliance, and how Drupal can help you achieve compliance. Website accessibility is important for several reasons. First, it ensures that people with disabilities can access and use your website. This includes people with visual, auditory, physical, and cognitive disabilities. By making your website accessible, you are not only complying with the law but also providing a better experience for all users. In addition, website accessibility can improve your website’s search engine optimization (SEO) and increase your website’s usability. Search engines prioritize websites that are accessible, and users are more likely to stay on your website longer and engage with your content if it is easy to use. o ⚓ James G ☛ Videoconferencing_on_a_personal_website⠀⇛ Over the weekend, I worked on adding a new feature to my personal website: videoconfencing. I was motivated to explore this space by Angelo ^1, who used Twilio to run a video conference on his personal website. Twilio is reliable but is not free, so we explored alternatives. Angelo told me about a piece of software called MediaSoup ^2, an open-source project that enables you to run video calls through self-hosted infrastructure. o ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Firefox_rolls_out_Total_Cookie_Protection_by_default_to more_users_worldwide⠀⇛ Firefox is rolling out Total Cookie Protection by default to more Firefox users worldwide, making Firefox the most private and secure major browser available across Windows, Mac, Linux and Android. Total Cookie Protection is Firefox’s strongest privacy protection to date, confining cookies to the site where they were created, thus preventing tracking companies from using these cookies to track your browsing from site to site. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ It_Isn’t_WebAssembly,_But_It_Is_Assembly_In_Your Browser⠀⇛ You might think assembly language on a PC is passe. After all, we have a host of efficient high-level languages and plenty of resources. But there are times you want to use assembly for some reason. Even if you don’t, the art of writing assembly language is very satisfying for some people — like an intricate logic puzzle. Getting your assembly language fix on a microcontroller is usually pretty simple, but on a PC there are a lot of hoops to jump. So why not use your browser? That’s the point of this snazzy 8086 assembler and emulator that runs in your browser. Actually, it is not native to the browser, but thanks to WebAssembly, it works fine there, too. o ⚓ Python Software Foundation ☛ The_EU’s_Proposed_CRA_Law_May_Have Unintended_Consequences_for_the_Python_Ecosystem⠀⇛ After reviewing the proposed Cyber Resilience Act and Product Liability Act, the PSF has found issues that put the mission of our organization and the health of the open-source software community at risk. While we support the stated goals of these policies of increasing security and accountability for European software consumers, we are concerned that overly broad policies will unintentionally harm the users they are intended to protect. We feel that it is important to consider the role vendor-neutral nonprofit organizations—especially public software repositories—play in the modern development of software. Many modern software companies rely on open-source software from public repositories without notifying the author, and certainly without entering into any kind of commercial or contractual relationship with them. If the proposed law is enforced as currently written, the authors of open-source components might bear legal and financial responsibility for the way their components are applied in someone else’s commercial product. The existing language makes no differentiation between independent authors who have never been paid for the supply of software and corporate tech behemoths selling products in exchange for payments from end-users. We believe that increased liability should be carefully assigned to the entity that has entered into an agreement with the consumer. We join our European open source colleagues at the Eclipse Foundation and NLnet Labs in voicing our concerns over how these policies could affect global open source projects. o ⚓ Drew DeVault ☛ The_Free_Software_Foundation_is_dying⠀⇛ Their achievements are unmistakable: we must offer them our gratitude and admiration for decades of accomplishments in establishing and advancing our cause. The principles of software freedom are more important than ever, and the products of these institutions remain necessary and useful – the GPL license family, GCC, GNU coreutils, and so on. Nevertheless, the organizations behind this work are floundering. The Free Software Foundation must concern itself with the following ahead of all else: 1. Disseminating free software philosophy 2. Developing, publishing, and promoting copyleft licenses 3. Overseeing the health of the free software movement It is failing in each of these regards, and as its core mission fails, the foundation is investing its resources into distractions. o ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ 7_tips_to_make_the_most_of_your_next_tech conference⠀⇛ I recently had the opportunity to visit two technical conferences in February 2023, both geared towards open source software. I was a presenter at Config Management Camp, in Ghent, Belgium, and an attendee at FOSDEM in Brussels, Belgium. This article aims to highlight my experiences at the conferences and to provide you with some tips on how to make the most of such an opportunity whenever it arises. o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ ‘Youtube-dl_Hosting_Ban_Paves_the_Way_to Privatized_Censorship’ [Ed: Youtube-dl shows how states and corporations attack Free software wherever it is]⠀⇛ Last week, a German court ruled that Uberspace is liable for hosting the website of youtube-dl, an open-source tool that allows people to download content from YouTube. The owner of the hosting company warns that this “ridiculous” and “devastating” verdict opens the door to privatized censorship. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Truckla_Gets_An_Open_Source_Charging_Buddy⠀⇛ More than three years have passed since Tesla announced its Cybertruck, and while not a one has been delivered, the first Tesla truck, Truckla, has kept on truckin’. [Simone Giertz] just posted an update of what Truckla has been up to since it was built. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ DJ Adams ☛ Recognising_patterns_and_embracing_the_stream⠀⇛ I was happy to be able to recognise a pattern in a tiny submission I made this evening to a repo of different language based implementations of a simple LED number display from Blag, an old friend of mine from the SAP world. # ⚓ [Repeat] Bruce Schneier ☛ LLMs_and_Phishing⠀⇛ So why were scammers still sending such obviously dubious emails? In 2012, researcher Cormac Herley offered an answer: It weeded out all but the most gullible. A smart scammer doesn’t want to waste their time with people who reply and then realize it’s a scam when asked to wire money. By using an obvious scam email, the scammer can focus on the most potentially profitable people. It takes time and effort to engage in the back-and-forth communications that nudge marks, step by step, from interlocutor to trusted acquaintance to pauper. Long-running financial scams are now known as pig butchering, growing the potential mark up until their ultimate and sudden demise. Such scams, which require gaining trust and infiltrating a target’s personal finances, take weeks or even months of personal time and repeated interactions. It’s a high stakes and low probability game that the scammer is playing. # ⚓ Lawrence Tratt ☛ Displaying_My_Washing_Machine’s_Remaining Time_With_curl,_jq,_and_pizauth⠀⇛ To get started, I first had to register my washing machine to my email address with Miele’s app. It’s not the smoothest experience: I had to give it a couple of tries before it worked, but at least it’s a one-off task. With my washing machine registered to my email address, I then needed to set up OAuth2 so that I can use the API from my computer. First, I needed an OAuth2 client ID and client secret [1]. Miele allows anyone to generate their own client ID and client secret by registering ourselves as a developer with Miele which means giving them a random “app name” and the same email address used to register the device in the app. I then had to register that app as one I’m allowing to use on my Miele account. # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] Owen Gage ☛ Terminals_and_Shells_1: Fundamentals⠀⇛ This is part of a series covering ‘glue’ knowledge. This is stuff that may be difficult to find in any normal training material. If you’re a new developer or programmer you will hopefully find it useful. I try to explain more of the implementation side if it helps understanding.\ # ⚓ [Old] Owen Gage ☛ Terminals_and_Shells_2:_Processes and_their_environments⠀⇛ We’ve learned a bit more about the shell with how it handles environment variables, and learned a bit about processes more generally in Linux. This knowledge should be useful throughout the rest of your career, whether it’s building AWS Lambda Functions, writing React, or hacking at the kernel. # ⚓ [Old] Owen Gage ☛ Terminals_and_Shells_3:_Bits_and pieces⠀⇛ This can be useful in scripts. Zero being ‘success’ might seem a bit weird. Generally a programming language treats 0 as false and any other number as true. It makes a bit of sense here since generally a command only has one way to succeed, but many ways to fail. It’s worth noting that a command in a pipeline failing does not stop the pipeline, and the pipeline will even mask the failure of a command part way through it. This can be changed with pipefail for bash. o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Techdirt_Podcast_Episode_350:_The_Data_Transfer Initiative⠀⇛ Data portability is an important front in the war for an open internet. A few years ago, it seemed like some major movement was coming, with the joint announcement of the Data Transfer Project from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter — but recently, news of any progress was running thin. That is, until now: the project has morphed into the nonprofit Data Transfer Initiative, with a real team led by new Executive Director (and returning podcast guest) Chris Riley, who joins us on this week’s episode to discuss the push to liberate data and make it portable. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Mag_Loop_Antenna_Has_A_Brain⠀⇛ Magnetic loop antennas are great if you are limited on space since they are just a potentially small loop of wire. The problem is, they are sharply tuned. You normally have an adjustment capacitor to tune the antenna to different frequencies. [TekMakerUK] built one with a motor and an Arduino that he can tune from an Android phone. You can see more about the project in the video below. o ⚓ Aurélien Jarno ☛ New_website,_or_kind_of…⠀⇛ Finally if you’re in need of Debian QEMU images for various architectures, I recommend the Debian Quick Image Baker pre-baked images page instead. o ⚓ Bozhidar Batsov ☛ Blog_Comments_are_Back⠀⇛ Blog comments are back. Use them… or not. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ It’s_Good_That_AI_Tech_Bros_Are_Thinking_About_What Could_Go_Wrong_In_The_Distant_Future,_But_Why_Don’t_They_Talk_About What’s_Already_Gone_Wrong_Today?⠀⇛ Just recently we had Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders on the Techdirt podcast to discuss their very own podcast mini-series “Silicon Valley v. Science Fiction.” Some of that discussion was about this spreading view in Silicon Valley, often oddly coming from AI’s biggest boosters, that AI is an existential threat to the world, and we need to stop it. o ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Biting_Workplace_Comedy_of_Party_Down⠀⇛ In the summer of 2001, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s sitcom The Office began airing on BBC Two and observably altered the television landscape. Chronicling the mundane lives of white-collar employees at a paper company managed by a boorish boss, the series helped mainstream the single-camera mockumentary mode and a style of humor derived from social awkwardness and secondhand embarrassment—i.e., “cringe comedy.” It spawned an international franchise, including the Emmy- winning American remake, which has sustained significant popularity through its second life on streaming platforms. The pop-cultural omnipresence of The Office’s American version is the product of executive producer Greg Daniels’s adaptation, which morphed the series into a more traditional romantic workplace sitcom and softened the harsher edges of the original. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Thousands_of_Rutgers_Faculty_on_Strike_to Demand_‘Transformative’_Contract_for_Underpaid_Teachers⠀⇛ Three unions representing faculty members and graduate student workers at Rutgers University in New Jersey on Tuesday rejected the school president’s accusation that their strike, now in its second day following nearly a year of contract negotiations, is disrespectful of Rutgers students. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Google_is_No_Longer_Supporting_These_Five-Year- Old_Devices⠀⇛ This sucks! These displays may technically be third-party, but Google itself introduced these smart displays when it first debuted the Assistant on screen, and pitched them as the way to interact with it. Initially, the company led its smart home foray with smart speakers like the Google Home in 2016. Then in 2018, it partnered with Lenovo to launch its first batch of smart displays: the Smart Display 8 and Smart Display 10. They arrived at a time when Amazon’s Alexa was the only digital assistant with a screen—useful in answering questions, helping you through complicated recipes, and displaying casted content. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Analog_Anoraks:_The_Op_Amp_Contest_Starts_Now!⠀⇛ We thought it was time to give the analog side of Hackaday their chance to shine, and what’s the quintessential analog IC? The op amp! Whether you’re doing tricky signal conditioning, analog computations like it’s 1960, or just making music sound good, op amps are at the heart of many designs. This contest, starting right now, is your chance to show off what you can do with a good op amp, or a few. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Why_Do_the_Richest_Americans_Live_a_Decade Longer_Than_the_Poorest?⠀⇛ The United States claims to be the leader of the free world. We pride ourselves on democracy, education, and wealth, but these hold very little value if we can’t live long enough to enjoy them. And our falling life expectancy is no accident: It is a direct result, and failure, of policy. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Long_Covid_Revolution⠀⇛ On a muggy late-summer day in September 2022, dozens of disabled protesters lay on the sidewalk outside the White House. The ground was hot, and sweat clung to their faces under their masks. Many would pay the price with their health in the weeks to come. But the protesters felt they had no choice. The night before, President Biden had announced that “the pandemic is over.” The protesters knew that this wasn’t true. Long Covid, they argued, is a national emergency. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Green_Groups_Sue_Biden_EPA_Over_Industrial Water_Pollution_Failures⠀⇛ A coalition of 13 green groups on Tuesday sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to set limits on harmful chemicals that petroleum- based industries dump into the nation’s waterways on a daily basis. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Hospital_waiting_lists_lengthen⠀⇛ Finnish hospitals are still struggling to clear the backlog of patients needing treatment that built up during the Covid pandemic. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ New_Mexico_Marks_1st_Child_Death of_the_State’s_Flu_Season⠀⇛ New Mexico health officials are reporting the first pediatric death during the state’s current flu season o § Proprietary/Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ High_Philippine_Inflation_Dents Marcos’_Approval_Ratings⠀⇛ MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s approval ratings edged lower due to public dissatisfaction… # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Hundreds_of_Progressive_Groups_Back Starbucks_Union_Push_as_New_CEO_Arrives⠀⇛ A progressive coalition representing 62 million people and nearly 500 member organizations on Tuesday urged new Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan to end the coffee giant’s hostility toward unioned workers and organizers across the United States. # ⚓ Robert Reich ☛ Why_Are_There_Fees_on_Everything?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Thousands_of_Katrina_Survivors_Were_Freed From_Debt_to_the_State._Those_Who_Already_Paid_Are_Out_of Luck.⠀⇛ Lisa Ruiz was at her home in Eden Isle, Louisiana, a community of about 8,000 nestled on the eastern shore of Lake Pontchartrain, when her mother called. “You need to turn on the news!” her mother said that afternoon in early February. “The governor just announced the state is forgiving all the Road Home lawsuits.” # ⚓ Cisco_Opens_93K_SF_Atlanta_Hub_Amid_Layoffs,_Industry Turmoil⠀⇛ As upheaval rocks the technology sector, including its own large round of layoffs, tech giant Cisco Systems on Tuesday officially opened a $41M collaboration center in Midtown Atlanta. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Mass_Layoffs_and_Absentee_Bosses_Create_a Morale_Crisis_at_Meta⠀⇛ Workers at Facebook’s parent have been increasingly alarmed by job cuts and the company’s direction. # ⚓ Tech_sector_layoffs_in_2023_soar_past_whole_of_last_year⠀⇛ Among the digital giants there has also been an admission of over-hiring during the pandemic, cited as the key reason behind Amazon’s record cull of 27,000 jobs around the world. # ⚓ Business Insider ☛ Tech_Firms_Like_Google,_Amazon_Should Cut_More_Jobs,_Analysts_Say⠀⇛ The major technology firms still have room for cuts, they say. Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Twitter have collectively chopped around 70,000 staff — but ongoing concerns about profitability and over-hiring means they could slim down more. # ⚓ The_Great_Layoff:_Are_layoffs_performance_based?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Macworld ☛ The_Apple_Store_has_gone_from_a_blessing_to_a black_eye⠀⇛ Apple was once the darling of the retail world, but its stance on labor unions is a tough sell. # ⚓ Virgin_Orbit_exec_slams_bankrupt_firm’s_leaders_in_farewell to_staff⠀⇛ One of Virgin Orbit’s outgoing executives has hit out at the firm’s leadership, saying employees “deserved better” after the company declared bankruptcy… In a farewell email to employees, Chief Operating Officer Tony Gingiss apologised to workers while criticising the firm’s senior figures for apparently not addressing the workforce at the critical moment. The satellite launch company, founded by billionaire Richard Branson, went bust after struggling to secure long-term funding following a failed launch in January. It also announced the lay off of roughly 85% of its 750 employees. Among those departing the business was COO Tony Gingiss who, in his goodbye message – acquired by CNBC – told employees they “deserved better than this!” # ⚓ Business Standard ☛ Google_gearing_up_for_another_round_of layoffs?_Here’s_what_CEO_Pichai_says⠀⇛ The year 2023 began on a heartbreaking note for many techies as a significant number of them lost their jobs due to layoffs by multiple tech giants globally including Google, Amazon, and Microsoft among others. However, it now looks like Google is preparing for another round of layoffs. In one of his latest interviews with the Wall Street Journal, Google CEO Sundar Pichai hinted that more layoffs could follow very soon at the company. In his discussion with the Wall Street Journal, Pichai said that the company is ‘very, very focused’ on their current opportunities and that there is a ‘lot of work left’. He also added that the company is now prioritising the most crucial areas and is thereby moving people accordingly. A few months ago, Sundar Pichai said that Google is looking to become more efficient and in his recent interaction, he explained that Google is “literally looking at every aspect”. He further added that they are working on re-engineering the cost base in a durable way. # ⚓ You_can_check_for_upcoming_mass_layoffs_near_you_–_here’s how⠀⇛ With a growing number of companies including Facebook, Twitter and McDonald’s announcing recent layoffs – many employees may be curious if their company is next. And, a decades-old labor law, called the WARN Act, could give workers a heads-up about impending layoffs. “I have companies calling me up asking about WARN, because they’re thinking about laying some people off,” Gary Lafayette, an employment and labor attorney with Lafayette & Kumagai, told FOX Television Stations Tuesday. “It’s important for them to know what the rules are.” # ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Microsoft_(&_Apple)_Patch_Tuesday, April_2023_Edition⠀⇛ Microsoft today released software updates to plug 100 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including a zero-day vulnerability that is already being used in active attacks. Not to be outdone, Apple has released a set of important updates addressing two zero-day vulnerabilities that are being used to attack iPhones, iPads and Macs. # ⚓ Site36 ☛ ATM_bombers_in_Germany:_More_and_more_„bank robberies_of_the_modern_age“⠀⇛ # ⚓ YLE ☛ More_working_people_qualifying_for_housing assistance⠀⇛ The share of people with jobs receiving Kela’s housing allowance has risen from 24 to 39 percent since 2015. # ⚓ CBC ☛ Teachers_are_split_on_bringing_ChatGPT_into elementary,_high_schools⠀⇛ Last term, Mitchell input calculus problems his students were solving into the AI bot, then asked the teens to review the answers that emerged. “The tool made some great first steps in solving its equations, but after it got a few steps in, it started to do really wild, crazy, wrong things that the students picked up on,” he said. Though the tool may be good enough to fool people who don’t understand calculus, Mitchell said because his students know the subject matter quite well, “it was almost impossible to fool them.” # ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ MSc_Dissertation:_Exploring_the visualisation_of_hierarchical_cybersecurity_data_within_the Metaverse⠀⇛ Do people enjoy the experience? Do they find it useful? Does it cause them physical distress? What are their attitudes to the Metaverse in general? Is this the future? The answers were: yes, maybe, not really, mixed to poor, possibly. # ⚓ [Old] Terence Eden ☛ Exploring_the_visualisation_of hierarchical_cybersecurity_data_within_the_Metaverse⠀⇛ The primary aim was to extract cybersecurity data relating to domain names, create a 3D visualisation of the data, and build a prototype Metaverse environment in which to test an interactive model with real users. A further aim was to solicit participants’ feedback and use this to assess what problems may be faced by organisations moving their workforce into the Metaverse. These aims were successfully met. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ High_risk_‘vulnerabilities’_affect_Microsoft, Adobe,_Fortinet_and_Samsung:_security_report_Featured⠀⇛ Recorded Future says that Microsoft vulnerabilities were once again the most prominent, accounting for two of the “very critical vulnerabilities” – and 4 of the 5 vulnerabilities identified had risk scores of 99 in the Intelligence Cloud, meaning they had a score of “very critical”. # ⚓ The Economist ☛ A_leak_of_files_could_be_America’s_worst intelligence_breach_in_a_decade⠀⇛ American allies may also hesitate before sharing secrets. A vast number of Americans have access to classified information. Around 1.3m of them, including many contractors, like Mr Snowden, have clearance for top secret files. And after the September 11th attacks, which occurred in part because intelligence was not shared quickly and widely enough between agencies, sensitive information was distributed far more widely. The result was a leakier system. Ukrainian generals were already wary of revealing their secrets for this reason. Now they might clam up at a vital moment. “If this kind of thing happened in the UK, or in Israel, or Germany, or Australia,” says Mr Rid, “the US would have stopped sharing [intelligence] completely.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Time_for_a_Fresh_Start’:_Bike_Protest Urges_World_Bank_to_Stop_Funding_Fossil_Fuels⠀⇛ Roughly 100 activists marked the opening day of the World Bank Group spring meetings by riding bicycles through the streets of Washington, D.C. on Monday night, calling on incoming bank president Ajay Banga to halt fossil fuel financing and ramp up clean energy and climate justice investments. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Whoops:_Congress_Failed_To_Actually_Fund_Efforts To_“Rip_And_Replace”_Chinese_Telecom_Gear_From_U.S. Networks⠀⇛ You might recall that the FCC under both Trump and Biden has made a big deal about forcing U.S. telecoms to rip out Huawei gear from their networks, under the allegation that the gear is used to spy on Americans (you’re to ignore, of course, that the United States spies on everyone, constantly, and has broadly supported backdooring all manner of sensitive telecom products globally). # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ EFF ☛ The_U.S._Deserves_Stronger_Spyware_Protections Than_Biden’s_Executive_Order⠀⇛ Additionally, spyware allows governments to manipulate data on devices, including corrupting, planting, or deleting data, or recovering data that has been deleted, all while erasing any trace of the intrusion. There is a growing concern about law enforcement taking control of suspects’ digital devices and tampering with their content. The executive order arrived only days before revelations that the United States, which was previously thought to have steered clear of some of the most infamous foreign spyware products, actually had a contract to test and deploy the notorious Pegasus created by Israeli company NSO Group. The contract was signed under a fake name on November 8, 2021 between an organization that acts as a front for the U.S. government and an American affiliate of NSO group. Only five days before, on November 3, 2021, the U.S. Commerce Department added NSO Group and other foreign spyware companies to a blacklist —the “Entity List for engaging in activities that are contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.” So the signing of this straw contract was in apparent breach of this ban. NSO Group is just one of the companies that should be covered by the new executive order. Foreign spyware like Karma has been used to abuse human rights as well, purchased by the UAE-based cyber-espionage company DarkMatter. DarkMatter went a step further than even the NSO Group, deploying the spyware to targets themselves and closely coordinating with its government customers in operations using spyware. One such operation involved the arrest and torture of prominent women’s rights advocate Loujain AlHathloul. Representing AlHathloul, EFF took DarkMatter to court for their violation of U.S. anti- hacking and international human rights laws. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Arkansas_Legislature_Passes_Age Verification_Bill_That_Conveniently_Carves_Out Basically_Everyone_EXCEPT_Meta_&_Twitter⠀⇛ This is so bizarre. Last month, we highlighted the ridiculousness of Arkansas’ age verification for social media bill. These bills are showing up everywhere, from California to Utah and lots of other places as well. It’s bipartisan nonsense. # § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] Tor ☛ The_lifecycle_of_a_new_relay⠀⇛ Many people set up new fast relays and then wonder why their bandwidth is not fully loaded instantly. In this post I’ll walk you through the lifecycle of a new fast non-exit relay, since Tor’s bandwidth estimation and load balancing has gotten much more complicated in recent years. I should emphasize that the descriptions here are in part anecdotal — at the end of the post I ask some research questions that will help us make better sense of what’s going on. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ VOA News ☛ US_Warns_Russia_Getting_Creative_in_Cyberspace⠀⇛ Instead, these officials caution Russia’s cyber warriors remain actively engaged in a cat-and-mouse game with Ukraine, while learning from each attack and preparing, possibly, to expand their operations beyond Ukraine’s borders. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Clarence_Thomas_Doesn’t_Have_to_Be_Bribed_to Shred_Basic_Rights_and_Democracy⠀⇛ Thomas has spent decades accepting lavish trips from the billionaire Crow. He’s made repeat trips on Crow’s private jet, taken cruises on Crow’s private yacht, and spent time at Crow’s private resort, all for free. Thomas did not disclose any of these freebies on his judicial disclosure form, as he would be legally required to for at least some of them. But because Supreme Court justices are not held to any statutory code of conduct, there’s no way to hold Thomas accountable other than through the constitutional means of impeachment. As long as Republicans control the House and half of the Senate, that will never happen. The fact that Thomas won’t be punished shouldn’t detract from the turpitude of his behavior. It would be bad enough if these trips were merely high points in a bromance between two old friends, but Crow regularly invites other powerful and wealthy Republicans on these jaunts, and those people get to bend Thomas’s ear about whatever matter is on their minds. This access was, incredibly, memorialized in a painting Crow commissioned that showed Thomas surrounded by conservative legal power brokers like Leonard Leo and Mark Paoletta (who just happens to be the former chief counsel to Vice President Mike Pence). Imagine being so bold as to literally commission artwork of your secret cabal with a Supreme Court justice. # ⚓ BBC ☛ Europe_migrant_crisis:_400_people_still_stranded_on boat⠀⇛ The country’s coastguard has already rescued around 2,000 people in other operations since Friday, after a number of boats arrived at the Italian island of Lampedusa, one of the main arrival ports for people wanting to reach Europe, over the weekend. # ⚓ NBC ☛ Hounded_by_baseless_voter_fraud_allegations,_an entire_county’s_election_staff_quits_in_Virginia⠀⇛ The four departures left residents without a functioning registrar’s office; there was no way to register to vote or certify candidate paperwork, at least temporarily. A state elections worker arrived in town a week later to try to pick up the pieces, looking through drawers and opening the mail, as the two remaining members of the electoral board — both Republicans, because the one Democrat had also recently quit — began the difficult process of restaffing a completely barren department. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_state_penitentiary_regulator_withdraws proposed_advance_notice_requirement_for_public_monitoring commissions_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s penal system regulator (“FSIN”) has withdrawn the proposal to require public monitoring commissions to provide 48-hour notice before visiting a detention center. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Alexey_Navalny_needed_ambulance_due_to_unexplained symptoms._His_lawyer_suspects_slow_poisoning._—_Meduza⠀⇛ Alexey Navalny’s attorney Vadim Kobzev reports that paramedics had been summoned to Navalny’s cell late on the night of April 7–8, due to acute symptoms that the prison personnel refuses to explain. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Drafting_the_defenseless:_A_military_lawyer discusses_Russia’s_newly_amended_conscription_law_and_gives his_best_advice_to_draft-eligible_men_who_don’t_want_to_join the_army_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s State Duma has passed a set of amendments that will make it much harder for Russia’s pacifists and those who don’t want to join the military to evade the draft. Once the amendments are signed into law by the president, summonses will be published and delivered electronically; people who are subject to army service will not be able to leave Russia; and draft evaders will be barred from driving a vehicle, buying and selling real estate, and applying for credit. A unified digital register will give the draft officials access to personal data on potential conscripts. Meduza spoke about these changes with a military attorney and member of the Russian Human Rights Advocates’ Coalition for Conscientious Objection to Military Service. Our source chose to remain anonymous for the sake of personal safety, but Meduza is confident of his qualifications. Here’s a summary of the legal situation as it now confronts the draft-eligible Russians. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Exclusive-Leaked_U.S._Intel Document_Claims_Serbia_Agreed_to_Arm_Ukraine⠀⇛ By Jonathan Landay and Aleksandar VasovicWASHINGTON/BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia, the only country in Europe that has refused to sanction Russia for… # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ China_Warns_as_US,_Philippines Stage_Combat_Drills⠀⇛ China has warned that a deepening security alliance between the United States and the Philippines should not harm its security and territorial interests and interfere in long-simmering territorial disputes in the South China Sea # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Antiwar_Initiatives_Congress_calls_on_European authorities_to_prevent_Alexey_Moskalev’s_extradition_from Belarus_to_Russia_—_Meduza⠀⇛ More than 30 human rights and antiwar organizations have signed an open letter from the Antiwar Initiatives Congress to the European authorities, asking them to prevent the extradition of Alexey Moskalev from Belarus to Russia. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_legalizes_electronic_military_summonses_in effort_to_curb_draft_evasion_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian State Duma has approved the third and final reading of a bill that legalizes electronic military summonses and makes it illegal to ignore them. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Leaked_Document_Appears_To_Show_NATO_Special Operations_Forces_Are_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ The document says just under 100 troops from the US, Britain, France, and Latvia are in Ukraine. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Army_Increasingly_Allows_Soldiers_Charged With_Violent_Crimes_to_Leave_the_Military_Rather_Than_Face Trial⠀⇛ A federal watchdog called for ending the practice nearly 50 years ago, but the military pushed back. Now, soldiers leave the Army with a negative discharge, avoiding possible federal conviction and with little record of the allegations against them. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_State_Duma_introduces_legislation_to_ban citizens_from_leaving_country_from_moment_they_receive summons_(including_electronically)_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A set of amendments that the Russian State Duma will consider on Tuesday would ban “citizens liable for military service” from leaving the country from the time they receive a military summons until they report to a military conscription office. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘He_wants_his_own_deputies’:_Meduza’s_sources_say Evgeny_Prigozhin_hopes_to_take_control_of_the_party_A_Just Russia_in_a_quid-pro-quo_with_its_leader_—_Meduza⠀⇛ In November 2022, two Kremlin insiders told Meduza they believed Kremlin-backed tycoon Evgeny Prigozhin had plans to launch a conservative movement that could eventually transform into a full-fledged political party. Prigozhin’s political aspirations are nothing new; back in 2020, after years of wielding influence as an entrepreneur, election meddler, and mercenary boss, he reportedly considered running for office himself. Now, according to Meduza’s sources, the Wagner Group founder has a new strategy: rather than create a new party from scratch, he hopes to seize control of a major branch of an existing party. But some sources are skeptical that the Kremlin will stand idly by and let someone so unpredictable assume so much power. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Drone_reportedly_crashes_outside_Belgorod_airport —_Meduza⠀⇛ Multiple Telegram channels reported that a drone carrying an explosive device crashed into a fence outside of the airport in Russia’s Belgorod region on Monday. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_lawmaker_says_legalization_of_electronic military_summonses_will_apply_to_all_draft-eligible_citizens, not_just_annual_conscripts_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russian State Duma Defense Committee chairman Andrey Kartapolov said Tuesday that upcoming legislative amendments making it illegal to ignore electronic military summonses will apply to all draft-eligible citizens and not only to annual conscripts. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Finland’s_NATO_Move_Leaves_Others_to_Carry On_the_“Helsinki_Spirit”⠀⇛ On April 4, 2023, Finland officially became the 31st member of the NATO military alliance. The 830- mile border between Finland and Russia is now by far the longest border between any NATO country and Russia, which otherwise borders only Norway, Latvia, Estonia, and short stretches of the Polish and Lithuanian borders where they encircle Kaliningrad. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘A_War_Crime’:_Myanmar_Airstrikes_on_Junta Opponents_Kill_at_Least_30_Children⠀⇛ More than 100 people including at least 30 children were reportedly killed Tuesday in airstrikes by Myanmar’s military dictatorship targeting opponents of the coup regime. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Will_It_Never_Stop?_From_Forever_War_to Eternal_War⠀⇛ “It is time,” President Biden announced in April 2021, “to end the forever war” that started with the invasion of Afghanistan soon after the tragic terror attacks on this country on September 11, 2001. Indeed, that August, amid chaos and disaster, the president did finally pull the last remaining U.S. forces out of that country. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Anti-Protest_Laws_Are_Not_About_Safety,_They Are_About_Silencing_Dissent⠀⇛ We must not allow our movements for justice to be silenced by laws that criminalize dissent. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Celebrating_Daniel_Ellsberg_and_a_Courage Unconfined_to_the_Past⠀⇛ In just a few words—”those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future”—George Orwell summed up why narratives about history can be crucial. And so, ever since the final helicopter liftoff from the U.S. Embassy’s roof in Saigon on April 30, 1975, the retrospective meaning of the Vietnam War has been a matter of intense dispute. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Spyfail”:_Author_James_Bamford:_What Leaked_Pentagon_Docs_Show_About_Ukraine_War,_U.S._Spying_on Allies⠀⇛ The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into a recent leak of highly classified Pentagon intelligence documents revealing secrets about the war in Ukraine, as well as details about the U.S. spying on a number of its adversaries, as well as its allies, including Israel and South Korea. We discuss the documents, the agencies they come from, how and where they were released, and more with investigative journalist James Bamford, whose latest book is Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America’s Counterintelligence. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Light_pollution_may_extend_mosquitoes’ biting_season⠀⇛ This study builds upon two previous findings from Meuti’s lab: For her dissertation, Meuti found that circadian clock genes differ between diapausing and non-diapausing mosquitoes, strongly suggesting that day length dictates when diapause should start. And more recent work led by Fyie found that female mosquitoes exposed to dim light at night averted diapause and became reproductively active—even when short days indicated they should be dormant. In the current study authored by Wolkoff, the researchers pursued both lines of inquiry, comparing daily activity and nutrient accumulation by mosquitoes reared in two lab conditions—long days mimicking the insects’ active season and short days that induced dormancy—with and without exposure to artificial light at night. # ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Copenhagen_rated_among_best_cities_in_the world_for_public_transport⠀⇛ Among those stuck in queues driving to work this morning, perhaps there were some contemplating whether public transport might be a better option. And with good reason – at least according to city guide publisher Time Out, which has ranked Copenhagen as among the best cities in the world for public transport. Time Out ranked the Danish capital fourth overall, behind top guns Berlin, Tokyo and Prague. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Bitcoin_mining_has_raised_Texas_electricity_prices 5%⠀⇛ Industrial-scale bitcoin mining facilities in the US create as much carbon pollution as 3.5 million gas-powered cars, and Texas, which boasts the largest number of mining facilities in the country, will see the cost of electricity rise nearly 5% by mid-2023 due to cryptocurrency mining. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ ASIC_and_ACCC_put_companies_on_notice for_greenwashing⠀⇛ Regulators ASIC and ACCC have put Australian businesses on notice that those caught deceiving consumers or investors through greenwashing are facing potential prosecution. It’s the new battleground of business ethics, David Gilchrist reports. Among the industries of most concern to regulators are the cosmetic, fashion, footwear, and food and drink sectors that the ACCC Internet sweep of 247 businesses identified in late 2022 as having the highest proportion of doubtful environmental claims or greenwashing. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_UK’s_ST40_Spherical_Tokamak_Achieves Crucial_Plasma_Temperatures⠀⇛ As the race towards the first commercially viable nuclear fusion reactor heats up, the UK-based Tokamak Energy has published a paper on its recent achievements with its ST40 spherical tokamak. Most notable is the achieving of plasma temperatures of over 100 million Kelvin, which would put this fusion reactor firmly within the range for deuterium-tritium fusion at a rate that would lead credence to the projection made by Tokamak Energy about building its first commercial fusion plants in the 2030s. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Petroleum_Association_and_Controversial Waste_Management_Firm_Sponsoring_Events_at_Flagship Environmental_Journalism_Conference⠀⇛ A trade association representing petroleum companies and a controversy-ridden waste management firm are sponsoring dinners at this year’s Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) conference, DeSmog can reveal.  The agenda for the conference, which is being hosted in Boise, Idaho, shows that the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) and the waste management company Veolia North America are sponsoring two of the “beat dinners” hosted on Friday, April 21 — the third day of the event.  # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ The_EPA_Faces_Questions_About_Its Approval_of_a_Plastic-Based_Fuel_With_an_Astronomical Cancer_Risk⠀⇛ The Environmental Protection Agency is facing a lawsuit filed by a community group and questions from a U.S. senator over the agency’s approval of fuels made from discarded plastic under a program it touted as “climate-friendly.” The new scrutiny is in response to an earlier investigation by ProPublica and the Guardian that revealed the EPA approved the new chemicals even though its own scientists calculated that pollution from production of one of the plastic-based fuels was so toxic that 1 in 4 people exposed to it over their lifetime would be expected to develop cancer. That risk is 250,000 times greater than the level usually considered acceptable by the EPA division that approves new chemicals, and it’s higher than the lifetime risk of cancer for current smokers. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Using_Old_Coal_Mines_As_Cheap_Sources_Of Geothermal_Heat⠀⇛ For as much old coal mines are a blight upon the face of the Earth, they may have at least one potential positive side-effect. Where the coal mine consists out of tunnels that were drilled deep into the soil, these tend to get flooded by groundwater after the pumps that keep them dry are turned off. Depending on the surrounding rock, this water tends to get not only contaminated, but also warmed up. As the BBC explains in a recent video as a follow-up to a 2021 article, when the water is pumped up for decontamination, it can be run through a heat exchanger in order to provide heat for homes and businesses. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Gannett ☛ Pigeons_to_the_slaughter:_How_Petoskey helped_hunt_the_passenger_pigeon_to_extinction⠀⇛ “An interested spectator was Professor Henry B. Roney, a charter member of the Michigan Sportsmen’s Association, of East Saginaw. As barrel after barrel of pigeons left the nesting area, he could not but deplore the slaughter. Although the professor sadly estimated that this was the greatest butchery of the passenger pigeon in history, not even he could foresee that in less than 40 years the species would be exterminated from the face of the earth.” Of course, as history has shown, the pigeons did not possess the ability to rebound from such a large drop in numbers. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ Lusaka ZM ☛ Zambia’s_high_population_growth_rate requires_strategic_investments_in_education_and reproductive_health,_says_Parliamentary_SRHR_Caucus⠀⇛ Zambia’s population has grown rapidly in recent years, with a 3.4% annual growth rate between 2010 and 2022. According to the preliminary 2022 Census of Population and Housing report, the country’s population now stands at 19.6 million, up from 13.1 million in 2010. With a 3.4% annual growth rate, Zambia’s population is estimated to double in 20 year’s time. The high population growth rate is due to the persistent high fertility and declining mortality which has resulted in a very youthful population, with about 79% under 35 years, coupled with high youth unemployment (19%) and poverty levels (54%). Inequality levels in Zambia are also very high, with a Gini Coefficient of 0.69. o § Oligarchy⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Oxfam_Slams_Rich_Nations_for_Using ‘Financial_Wizardry’_to_Skimp_on_Global_Climate_Funding⠀⇛ With global finance leaders set to gather in Washington, D.C. this week for the spring meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, Oxfam is warning rich countries against using accounting gimmicks to artificially inflate their global climate funding commitments. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Unsustainable_Consumption’_by_the_Rich_Is Driving_Urban_Water_Crises:_Study⠀⇛ Unequal access to clean water in cities around the globe—an injustice poised to grow worse this century as the fossil fuel-driven climate crisis intensifies droughts—can be attributed in large part to “unsustainable consumption” by high-income residents, according to peer-reviewed research published Monday in Nature Sustainability. # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Russia_is_still_complicit_in_the_Great Reset⠀⇛ Riley Waggaman Twelve months ago (plus a few days) we participated in a roundtable discussion moderated by Whitney Webb and Kit Knightly, “Russia & the Great Reset – Resistance or Complicity?” A short summary of our position (“Yes, Russia is complicit in the Great Reset”; April 3, 2022) quickly became the second most-read article on this blog. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ NDTV ☛ Tim_Cook_To_Open_India’s_First_Apple_Stores,_Seeks Meeting_With_PM:_Report⠀⇛ Mr Cook is likely to preside over the opening of the twin outlets in India’s financial and political capital, people familiar with the matter said, asking to remain anonymous discussing private plans. Apple said Tuesday it’ll open a store in Mumbai on April 18 and another in New Delhi on April 20. # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Political_scientist_discusses_key takeaways_of_state-by-state_polling_during_the_pandemic⠀⇛ “We knew there would be national surveys that policymakers and the media would be looking to, and we felt those surveys would be incomplete because there would be important differences across states, both in how people were reacting to what an individual state was doing and then just individual state cultures,” Druckman said. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Emergence_of_new_cybersecurity_roles_in_the C-suite⠀⇛ In a panel discussion at ETCISO’s recently- concluded annual conclave, Secufest 2023, CISOs deliberated on how cybersecurity becoming a core business driver, compounded by the constantly- evolving threat landscape has led to the emergence of new cybersecurity roles in the C-Suite and its consequent impact on key responsibilities, collaboration, and reporting structure. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Rejecting_‘Brazen’_Interference_in_Trump Criminal_Case,_New_York_DA_Sues_Jim_Jordan⠀⇛ Lawyers for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit against U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, who as chair of the House Judiciary Committee has launched numerous attempts to interfere with the prosecution of former Republican President Donald Trump. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ No_Justin,_No_Peace:_Expelled_TN_Rep. Justin_Jones_Reinstated_After_Unanimous_Nashville_Council Vote⠀⇛ Democratic Representative Justin Jones has returned to the Tennessee state House, just days after Republicans voted to expel him. The Metropolitan Council of Nashville voted 36 to 0 on Monday to reinstate him. Following the vote, Jones’s supporters marched to the Tennessee Legislature, where he was sworn in on the steps of the Capitol. Justin Pearson of Memphis, who was also expelled last week, could be reappointed to the Tennessee House Wednesday if a majority of the Shelby County Commission’s 13 members agree to it. We air highlights from Monday’s proceedings, as well as Pearson’s speech Sunday in Memphis to his supporters. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Devastating”:_GOP_Texas_Gov._Moves_to Pardon_Man_Convicted_of_Murdering_Black_Lives_Matter Protester⠀⇛ Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott says he is “working as swiftly” as possible to pardon a U.S. Army sergeant who was just convicted Friday of murdering a Black Lives Matter protester in 2020 just blocks from the Texas state Capitol. Daniel Perry was also convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for fatally shooting 28-year-old Air Force veteran Garrett Foster. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles said Monday it is now launching an investigation into Governor Abbott’s request for an expedited pardon. We’re joined by Hiram Gilberto Garcia, an independent journalist who live-streamed that night and was the first witness on the stand to testify at Daniel Perry’s murder trial, and Rick Cofer, a former Travis County assistant district attorney. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_United_States_Now_Has_a_Fascist Political_Party⠀⇛ I hate to say this, but America no longer has two parties devoted to a democratic system of self- government. We have a Democratic Party, which — notwithstanding a few glaring counter-examples such as what the Democratic National Committee did to Bernie in 2016 — is still largely committed to democracy. And we have a Republican Party, which is careening at high-velocity toward authoritarianism. Okay, fascism. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Ralph_Nader:_Some_of_Trump’s_Brazen_Violations of_the_Laws_Moving_to_the_Courts⠀⇛ If there was a giant composite lawsuit against Donald J. Trump, for his over forty years of recurring criminal and civil violations, (while a corporate boss and politician) the only recourse for his lawyers would be to plead the insanity defense. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ DeSantis’_Anti-Immigrant_Bills_Denounced_as ‘Vile_and_Disgusting’⠀⇛ Rights advocates in Florida are warning that several anti-immigration measures will tear at “the fabric” of the state and risk turning family members against one another as the state GOP seeks to secure votes for Gov. Ron DeSantis in the 2024 presidential election by attacking immigrants across the state. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Is_a_New_Civil_Rights_Movement_Taking_Hold_in Nashville?⠀⇛ C’mon, you know you’ve watched it. That video of expelled but now reseated Tennessee state Representative Justin Jones singing “We Shall Overcome” with none other than Joan Baez, who sang that song at the 1963 March on Washington alongside the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Serendipitously, they met on a flight from Nashville to Newark Sunday night. You’d have to be a cabbage not to feel hope stirring. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ US_may_impose_sanctions_on_influential Hungarian_individuals⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Far-Right_Israeli_Ministers_Lead_Settler March_to_Illegal_West_Bank_Outpost⠀⇛ In what Palestine defenders and even one mainstream U.S. Jewish group called a perilous provocation, leaders of Israel’s far-right government accompanied thousands of settlers shielded by a heavy military presence on a Monday march to an illegal colony in the occupied West Bank. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Representative_Jim_Jordan’s_Terrible, Horrible,_No_Good,_Very_Bad_Hearings⠀⇛ Republicans started planning scandal hearings last summer—before voting even began in the midterm elections. They needed the extra time because there was so much to do. Representative Elise Stefanik, the enterprising young New Yorker who serves in the House leadership, said in July that President Joe Biden not only had corrupt relationships with criminals and foreign adversaries but that “Joe Biden profited from that.” Not surprisingly, Stefanik said, “We intend to investigate.” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Trump_Scream⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Wisconsin_Is_Finally_Coming_Out_of_Its_Scott Walker_Nightmare⠀⇛ Former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, the anti- union zealot whose scorched-earth “divide-and- conquer” politics helped pave the way for Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s lurch toward antidemocratic extremism, was in a frenzy as the high-stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court election approached. Walker campaigned across the state at the side of billionaire-funded conservative candidate Dan Kelly, appeared on Fox News and right-wing talk radio, wrote fervent articles for The Washington Times, and flooded social media with posts that declared, “Radicals want to undo our common sense conservative reforms via the courts. We cannot let that happen. The grassroots will make the difference on Tuesday!” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Crisis_of_Imagination_in_International Relations⠀⇛ The western third of Hispaniola is the most mountainous region of the Caribbean. It rises to nearly 8,800 feet and undulates between altitudes before descending into blindingly white beaches that roll into the sparkling blue sea. The territory is lush but cultivated, its tree cover compromised by a growing population that relies on subsistence farming for most of its food. In summer, tornadoes break on the hills, and torrential rains soak the valleys below. For those who visit, the views are stunning, the people warm, and the history fascinating, but it can be difficult to wade through the morass of contemporary politics. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Musk_Says_Twitter_Is_Roughly Breaking_Even,_Has_1,500_Employees⠀⇛ By Akriti Sharma(Reuters) – Twitter Inc CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday the social media company is “roughly breaking even,” as most of its… # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ RTL ☛ News_presenter_generated_with_AI_appears_in Kuwait⠀⇛ The rapid rise of AI globally has raised the promise of benefits, such as in health care and the elimination of mundane tasks, but also fears, for example over its potential spread of disinformation, threat to certain jobs, and to artistic integrity. Kuwait ranked 158 out of 180 countries and territories in the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2022 Press Freedom Index. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Graphic_artist_faces_up_to_four_years_in_jail_for depicting_Erdoğan’s_‘sluts’_rant⠀⇛ They informed Kahvecioğlu that he was being investigated for “insulting the president” as per article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code because he had painted Erdogan’s portrait with the word “slut” underneath it and had shared it on social media with the caption “Look at the slut, it’s everywhere with the Turkish flag! You can access the album on YouTube.” The artist was released after giving a statement but later received a notification that the investigation had turned into a trial. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Pornography_Paradox⠀⇛ Is nonstop free pornography liberating, or is it shackling, leaving us less humanlike than ever? This is one of the contemporary conundrums that the sociologist Kelsy Burke explores in The Pornography Wars: The Past, Present, and Future of America’s Obscene Obsession. The answer depends on how you define “us,” because those producing the stuff, as is true of other content providers laboring in the digital sweatshops of our time, are barely scraping a living together. Though Pornhub alone gets more visits a month than either Netflix or TikTok, according to one online guide for budding porn entrepreneurs, a video garnering 1 million views will net its producer roughly $500. Unlike back in the 1970s and ’80s—the heyday of XXX-rated features with multiday shoots and catering budgets, of ample profits and thriving stars—the new porn economy generates its revenues primarily from ads, accruing to site owners, not performers. The subscription site OnlyFans produces big paydays for a few stars, but elsewhere the story for workers is depressingly familiar, and porn performers are doubly screwed, so to speak. They’re kept busy, as Burke details, creating new content—one-on-one interactions with customers in “camming” sessions, for example—to supplement the content they’re barely being paid for. But even that material often finds its way to free sites. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Russia_Launches_Anti-VPN_Scare_Campaign_to Support_Its_VPN_Blocking⠀⇛ Russia’s ongoing campaign to block VPN providers, hound them out of the country, or have them delisted from search results, is massive and ongoing. Realizing that not everything can be achieved by brute force, a video campaign financed by the government is now trying to persuade citizens that using a VPN is much worse than not using a VPN at all. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ ‘Free_Speech’_Twitter_Is_Now_Globally_Blocking Posts_Critical_Of_The_Modi_Government⠀⇛ A few weeks ago we wrote about how Elon Musk’s Twitter was now blocking tweets in India at the request of the government. As we noted, there’s a lot of important history here. India had demanded such blocking in early 2021 and the old regime at Twitter had pushed back strongly on it. After fighting about it, Twitter agreed to geoblock some tweets, but said it would not agree to do that for tweets from journalists, activists, or politicians. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Arab News ☛ Journalists_are_being_‘used_as_tokens’_in_grand political_struggle,_WSJ_tells_Arab_News⠀⇛ There is a worrying trend in which journalists are being used as tokens to broker deals, the Wall Street Journal’s Stephen Kalin told Arab News. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Politicians_from_five_nations_seek_Assange’s release_from_UK_prison⠀⇛ The US letter said: “The prosecution of Mr Assange marks the first time in US history that a publisher of truthful information has been indicted under the Espionage Act,” and went on to warn how a conviction on these charges would change the media and political landscape of the country: “The prosecution of Mr. Assange, if successful, not only sets a legal precedent whereby journalists or publishers can be prosecuted, but a political one as well,” it added. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ US_Lawmakers_Implore_DOJ_to_Drop ‘Unprecedented’_Charges_Against_Julian_Assange⠀⇛ On the fourth anniversary of Julian Assange’s arrest, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaibled six other progressive lawmakers in calling on U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to “uphold the First Amendment’s protections for the freedom of the press by dropping the criminal charges” against the Australian WikiLeaks founder and withdrawing the extradition request of the U.K. government. # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Politicians_In_UK,_Australia,_Brazil,_and Mexico_Demand_US_Drop_Charges_Against_Assange_On_Fourth Anniversary_Of_His_Arrest⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ After_4_Years_of_Imprisonment,_Australian Lawmakers_Urge_US_to_Drop_Assange_Extradition⠀⇛ Marking the four-year anniversary of Julian Assange’s arrest and imprisonment in a high- security London jail, dozens of Australian lawmakers signed an open letter on Monday urging U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to drop his efforts to extradite the WikiLeaks founder to the United States. # ⚓ Don’t Extradite Assange ☛ 4_years_since_Julian_Assange_has been_incarcerated_in_the_UK_prison_–_Reactions_and_comments⠀⇛ # ⚓ Don’t Extradite Assange ☛ Australian_Lawmakers_send_a Letter_to_US_Attorney_General_Merrick_Garland_–_Free Assange⠀⇛ Australian parliamentarians from across political sides, MPs and senators, have signed a letter to US Attorney-General Merrick Garland urging him to end the pursuit of the WikiLeaks co-founder, coinciding with the fourth anniversary of Assange’s imprisonment in the UK prison. # ⚓ Don’t Extradite Assange ☛ Democrats_call_for_AG_Merrick Garland_to_cease_proceedings_against_WikiLeaks_Julian Assange⠀⇛ U.S. policymakers cosigned a letter to AG Merrick Garland calling on the Department of Justice to uphold the First Amendment’s protections for the freedom of the press by dropping the Trump-era charges against Australian publisher Julian Assange and withdrawing the American extradition request currently pending with the British government. # ⚓ Don’t Extradite Assange ☛ UK_Politicians_Letter_to_US Attorney_General_Merrick_Garland_–_Drop_the_charges_against Assange⠀⇛ The British MPs are joined by lawmakers in the United States, Australia, Mexico, and Brazil who are also writing to the US government asking for proceedings against Assange to be dropped. # ⚓ ANF News ☛ Prison_sentence_sought_for_Kurdish_journalist İsmail_Çoban⠀⇛ According to the Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG) Report on Rights Violations Against Journalists in the month of March, the crackdown on the press is increasing gradually as the elections are approaching. The association reported that 8 journalists were attacked, 16 others were detained, one journalist was jailed, and 330 news were blocked in March. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Another_Russian_Journalist_Detained_Over Unspecified_Online_Posts⠀⇛ [...] Ivanov’s wife said police informed the couple that three probes have been launched against the journalist over unspecified online posts he made. [...] # ⚓ Associated Press ☛ Serbian_journalists_mark_unsolved_1999 killing_of_journalist⠀⇛ His killing became a symbol of the struggle for a free press in the Balkan nation. Independent media organizations, both local and international, warn that critical journalists still face threats because of their work. The government of populist President Aleksandar Vucic – who was information minister at the time of Curuvija’s death – maintains tight control over mainstream media outlets. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Serbian_Journalists_Mark Unsolved_1999_Killing_of_Journalist⠀⇛ Four state security officials were charged with planning and carrying out the killing, but no final verdict has been reached despite several retrials and appeals. # ⚓ ABC ☛ Biden_speaks_to_family_of_WSJ_reporter,_says detention_by_Russia_is_‘totally_illegal’⠀⇛ Blinken predicted Russia’s refusal to grant consular access would “do even more damage to Russia’s standing around the world– standing that has been in freefall particularly since its reinvasion of Ukraine last year.” John Kirby, the White House’s National Security Council spokesperson, said this was just the beginning of what could be a lengthy battle to bring Gershkovich home. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Afghanistan,_Taliban_and_Women:_A_Tale of_Gender_Apartheid⠀⇛ In the novel 1984, George Orwell remarked, “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever”. The prophecy made by him in 1949 is now being witnessed in today’s world, the testament to which are the gross injustices and human rights violations being suffered by women in Afghanistan. In that sense, the boot belongs to the Taliban leadership in power, and the face is of the dreams that Afghan women once saw for their prosperous future. From banning girls to access education and public jobs, restrictions on their dress code and the recent ban on Afghan Women from working with the United Nations, the heterodox conservatism and misogyny of the Taliban know no bounds. # ⚓ Associated Press ☛ Confidential_document_reveals_key_human role_in_gunshot_tech⠀⇛ But a confidential ShotSpotter document obtained by The Associated Press outlines something the company doesn’t always tout about its “precision policing system” — that human employees can quickly overrule and reverse the algorithm’s determinations, and are given broad discretion to decide if a sound is a gunshot, fireworks, thunder or something else. Such reversals happen 10% of the time by a 2021 company account, which experts say could bring subjectivity into increasingly consequential decisions and conflict with one of the reasons AI is used in law-enforcement tools in the first place — to lessen the role of all-too-fallible humans. # ⚓ Albuquerque Journal ☛ Study_on_ShotSpotter_in_Kansas_City finds_‘no_meaningful_change’_in_violence⠀⇛ But other research has found fewer benefits of Shotspotter, including a recently completed 15-year study of the program in Kansas City. Professor Eric Piza, director of Crime Analysis Initiatives at Northeastern University, began to study the ShotSpotter program there in 2019, where it had been in operation since 2012. The study considered crime data dating back to 2005, prior to ShotSpotter being implemented. “We find very little crime prevention benefit of this technology,” he said of the study’s findings. # ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ Judge_declines_to_order_University_of Michigan_grad_students_back_to_work⠀⇛ GEO President Jared Eno told reporters after the hearing that he hopes Kuhnke’s decision will change the University’s tone for bargaining. “I hope that this finally shows the University that they should work with us to collaboratively solve the serious problems that we’ve brought to the table that grad workers are facing, that are not only making a lot of hardship for grad workers but also meaning that we can’t do the best we can for our students,” Eno said. # ⚓ NPR ☛ Gen_Z_is_the_most_pro_union_generation_alive._Will they_organize_to_reflect_that?⠀⇛ President Joe Biden and Democratic lawmakers have backed the sentiments in the PRO Act, which would impose heftier penalties on employers who try to squash unionization drives. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ This_New_Magazine_Aims_to_Be_a_Home_for_the Black_Left⠀⇛ Last summer, editor Jen Parker reached out to the tenant activist group KC Tenants with an invitation. Would the group write for the inaugural issue of a new publication on Black politics and culture that she and the historian and writer Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor were launching? KC Tenants’ remarkable successes preventing evictions and winning protections for tenants in Kansas City had come up when Parker and her team brainstormed organizing victories they wanted to highlight, and she wanted to give the group the floor to report on their wins and analyze their challenges. Parker offered the group plenty of space to tell their story and told them to write for an audience of activists passionate about racial justice. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Learning_From_MLK,_the_Inconvenient_Hero⠀⇛ The vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 50 years later, and the relevance of his economic ideas today. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Los_Angeles_Does_Police_Union’s_Dirty_Work_For It,_Sues_Person_Over_Public_Records_He_Legally_Obtained⠀⇛ For years, California residents were allowed to know almost nothing about some of their public servants. While most of the government was a (relative) open book, law enforcement officers and their misconduct records were shielded from public view by a law that exempted plenty of police wrongdoing from public records requests. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘No’:_Biden_White_House_Rejects_Demands_to Ignore_Trump_Judge’s_Abortion_Pill_Ruling⠀⇛ The Biden White House on Monday said it would not simply ignore a Trump-appointed judge’s ruling that could imperil access to a safe abortion medication, dismissing a demand from progressive lawmakers who characterized the decision as a flagrant abuse of judicial power with far-reaching implications. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Will_the_US_Supreme_Court_Follow_the_Law_in Mifepristone?⠀⇛ The conflicting federal district court rulings on the continued distribution of mifepristone, a drug that is used to induce abortions, provides the Supreme Court the opportunity to show that it follows the law and not just conservative ideology. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ A_Conservative_Christian_Judge_Rules_Against Medication_Abortion._How_Hard_Will_Democrats_Fight_Back?⠀⇛ Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling against the FDA’s 23-year-old approval of one of the two drugs used in the most common form of abortion in the country will reverberate through history as a shining example of what happens when ideology fuses with power. The Friday ruling, which was stayed for seven days while the Biden administration appeals, perfectly ratifies the logic and language of the anti-abortion strategists who brought the case. Kacsmaryk promotes the false claim that medication abortion is dangerous, even though he himself can point to only two deaths last year out of hundreds of thousands of abortions. He says the 1873 Comstock Act bans the mailing of abortion pills. He calls embryos “unborn humans” and abortion providers “abortionists.” As Elie Mystal pointed out, he invented a rationale for giving legal standing to anti-abortion doctors in part by speculating that abortions are so “deeply traumatizing” that people who have them can’t bring lawsuits like this themselves. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Massachusetts_State_Police_Fail_(Twice)_To Redact_Troopers’_Birthdates_In_Public_Records_Response⠀⇛ To err is human. To forgive is beyond me. Sorry. That’s just the way it is. If we’re paying outsized portions of local budgets to law enforcement agencies more interested in selective enforcement, rights violations, complete abdication of personal/ professional responsibility, and seeing what hot war kit they can acquire via 1033.gov, it behooves us to punch up, even if that occasionally means kicking them when they’re down. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Snitch_instigates_criminal_case_against_state- honored_film_and_theater_star_Liya_Akhedzhakova_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Vitaly Borodin, head of the Federal Security and Anti-Corruption Project and lately an author of frequent denunciations, is asking Russia’s Prosecutor General to launch a criminal case against Liya Akhedzhakova, the 84-year-old state- honored actress known as an icon of Soviet and Russian cinema. # ⚓ How_the_great_home_working_experiment_fell_apart [Ed: The office spaces are about oppressing them, not about productivity]⠀⇛ Tens of thousands of Facebook employees had been working from home for just two months when Mark Zuckerberg made a bold prediction: in a few years, half of the company’s employees would not regularly come into the office. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ [Repeat] LWN ☛ Rebecca_Giblin_on_chokepoint_capitalism⠀⇛ We need more than just the right to bypass DRM, however, she said. We need positive rights as well; rights of access and the freedom to exit a sinking platform while continuing to stay connected to the community you are leaving behind. That means you can still enjoy the media and data you bought and have access to the content you created. The open ethos has a strong focus on equity, Giblin said; there’s little room for predatory middlemen that sit between creators and audiences—or buyers and sellers. Open access promotes equity without regard to socioeconomic standing, which is something that is lacking in the creative industries. There are only a few superstars who have the standing to negotiate equitable contracts (e.g. Taylor Swift in the music industry). The EU directive provides some hope in the form of a kind of “minimum wages for creative workers” in the form of rights to reasonable remuneration. In the new Australian cultural policy there is talk of giving creative workers employment rights in order to “treat arts workers as real workers”, which is also a good step. Many creative workers, as well as programmers, are required to sign away their copyrights to their employer, but the copyrights last for three generations or more, which is nearly always well beyond the life of the commercial interest in the work. The EU has a “use it or lose it” policy that allows creators to claw back their copyright if the work is not in use. That can help maintain access to works that have gone out of print, for example, as is being done by another project she worked on during lockdown: Untapped. # ⚓ Linux Australia ☛ Raw_transcript_–_Everything_Open_2023_– Keynote_by_Rebecca_Giblin⠀⇛ 42 00:01:44,880 –> 00:01:49,500 our new book choke point capitalism 43 00:01:46,799 –> 00:01:51,600 pulls aside the veil on the tricks big 44 00:01:49,500 –> 00:01:53,520 Tech and big content used to lock in 45 00:01:51,600 –> 00:01:55,799 users and suppliers eliminate 46 00:01:53,520 –> 00:01:59,000 competition and ultimately Shakedown 47 00:01:55,799 –> 00:01:59,000 creators and producers 48 00:01:59,520 –> 00:02:03,720 we also share tons of ideas for how we 49 00:02:01,740 –> 00:02:06,600 can recapture creative labor markets to 50 00:02:03,720 –> 00:02:08,940 make them fairer and more sustainable # ⚓ Linux Australia ☛ Everything_Open_2023_–_Keynote_by_Rebecca Giblin⠀⇛ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Hollywood Reporter ☛ Barry_Diller_Thinks_Publishers Should_Sue_Over_Generative_AI⠀⇛ “You can do it two ways: The industry can get together and say, ‘We’ve got enough people on our side to stop it.’ The other side is more difficult to do, but companies can absolutely sue under copyright law, copyright infringement will give you $150,000 per slug if you can do it,” he added. “The point is that publishers get immediately active and absolutely institute litigation, but also have a mass position of saying, ‘We are not going to let what happened out of free internet happen to post-AI internet if we can help it.’” # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ State_of_the_Commons_2022⠀⇛ In 2022 we were incredibly proud to mark twenty years of CC licensing and all the groundbreaking collaboration it has enabled as we closed our successful 20th anniversary campaign, which raised over $16 million dollars to support CC programs and our ongoing sustainability. As we look back on this remarkable journey, time seems to pass more quickly than ever — yet our gratitude for each milestone remains unwavering, as do words of thanks towards everyone who helped make it possible. I invite you to revisit important moments in CC’s history in our interactive timeline. If something is missing, you’ll see a way to suggest other events to include in the history. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Album_#232:_Led_Zeppelin_–_III⠀⇛ Albums like this could really do with some period where they’re laid fallow for a while, and then re- evaluated again. There’s no reasonable way to argue against the accretion of reverence that Led Zeppelin albums get, and it’s not unwarranted either. It’s good. It was influential. Is it an essential listen, or is it just 50 years worth of praise that gets it on the list? Maybe it earns it, but it’s hard to tell. Is a squeaky drum pedal. Is a squeaky drum pedal evidence of incredible detail on the recording, or just a distraction? # ⚓ Focus_Group⠀⇛ A friend of mine is a really big movie buff and she decided that we needed a movie club. Thus was born “Focus Group”. Each month she names a theme and one film that really demonstrates it well. Then the rest of us in the club chat and settle on a second film. Two films a month. Not so difficult. But also, because it’s funny, we have an optional 3rd bonus film. That film is ALWAYS a Nicholas Cage film that fits the theme as best as we can. # ⚓ Microdosing_Tumblr:_Le_Epic_Fail⠀⇛ I’ve been off Twitter, which was the last social media website I was using, for about 2 years now. About 10 years ago, though, the website du jour for me was Tumblr. I hadn’t touched Tumblr since probably around 2017. Cut to a little over a year ago. I started posting on my Tumblr art blog again to archive things for myself (and because I have absolutely no desire to deal with hosting an art blog on my own server). For a while, I managed to commit to only opening it with the express purpose of uploading an image before leaving. It was fine! Until it wasn’t. # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_FIKLSYU_Wordo:_PUMAS⠀⇛ # ⚓ Babette’s_Feast_(1987)⠀⇛ Babette’s Feast is a cinematic masterpiece that deserves no less than a 5-star rating. The movie is an adaptation of a short story by Isak Dinesen and has been directed by Gabriel Axel. It is a heartwarming tale of self-sacrifice and the power of food to bring people together. # ⚓ Five_Star_Reviews⠀⇛ I may have mentioned in the past that I used to have a website where I tried to watch 365 movies every year. It was called “A Film a Day”, and my special hook was that every film received 5-stars. It was the goal of my review to properly set the tone for a viewer so that they could experience those 5-stars. Sometimes this meant diving into theme and cinematography, and other times it meant recommending large quantities of alcohol, or watching during a loud party. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Bitcoin_Still_3x_Better_For_Environment_Than_Cars⠀⇛ I try to keep from only talking about crypto, but some recent journalism has me annoyed. # ⚓ Bitcoin_IS_Worse_for_Global_Warming_Than_Cars⠀⇛ And by that I mean it’s definitely true. No doubt about it. So why do I say that Bitcoin is worse than cars? Because Bitcoin uses up energy without providing any value for society whatsoever. Energy that could and indeed should be used for replacing fossil fuel use in other areas. # ⚓ On_Digital_Minimalism⠀⇛ Sometime in February this year I picked up Cal Newport’s “Digital Minimalism” and decided I’d give a “digital detox” a try. The phlog posts definitely suffered, but it was a worthwhile experience. For most of March I tried to limit my outside of work screen time. I put my phone on my dresser instead of my bedstand. I put my laptop in my office instead of the bedroom. I tried hard to avoid the urge to surf the web or check the news at the first sign of a minute lull. And I felt better for it. Or at least I think I did. # ⚓ Progress_and_computers⠀⇛ Many of the common microcontrollers available in the maker scene today are clocked at over 100MHz and will have more available RAM and flash memory than the Commodore C64 I had as a boy. It makes me wonder if it would be possible to build an operating system with a shell and programs you can interact with, input via keyboard, output to a relatively low-resolution, … on a microcontroller. Not a gaming emulator platform, but a computer with applications to do some actual work. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Why_share?⠀⇛ Around last August, I wrote about the fact that I was experimenting with writing physically, instead of on a computer. Although that practice didn’t hold for me, I picked up writing again with pen and paper around late March this year. What can I say, it’s been delightful. For one, I can write anywhere, aside perhaps public transportation where bumps in the road trip me up. Writing speed here is a big factor, but I see in a way it allows me to think. Writing on paper with a good pen, can’t say I have a good pen, but a decent one, helps a lot with the whole experience to be honest. It’s great to feel and hear the paper, perhaps even smell it. My handwriting is closer to hieroglyphs than the Latin alphabet, so it prevents shoulder surfing. My consistency of writing here hasn’t been all that great, although on paper I could journal daily for almost a month now. The fact that I can write when I wake up and go to sleep or whenever I feel the need to, without straining my eyes or picking up some distracting tech, really helps with me staying consistent. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old]_Shell_while_Loop_Considered_Harmful⠀⇛ Whoops, silent data loss. POSIX requires that text files end in an ultimate newline to be considered text files, but in practice that ultimate newline may be absent and then…yeah. How many shell scripts are out there and how many ultimate lines have been lost this way? # ⚓ Unchecked_chdir_Considered_Harmful⠀⇛ At best this is a code smell, you’ll maybe get some errors and go “whoops, my bad” while at worst it can be a total disaster. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 5647 ➮ Generation completed at 02:42, i.e. 65 seconds to (re)generate ⟲