𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Wednesday, April 26, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Thu 27 Apr 02:41:08 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/2023/04/26/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmdzCbXKWnKDXjeBQ7Q4YoXFJgi5B9GkmtZ3JkJNkvxe2K QmXVTtYKBj7YYynimusrQVJhUSP3pfweuTEYSPcrhD2ASb QmVUT45ycsKRgi37kQLNiQNuCh7cuvozaw12yokkLJKB6L QmUSqzedHUcKwLvcEf9D3XCctMhAPyN4mNay8FKYAZkx4t QmVRuwEr1EKmtByWys7jARxX4mYTQ7LTTqA9ZdrqMttGYR QmVrcQmfEQYVJRLokWriUwoUTrBKxPtp8uxEaYrY5dFHJG QmaZKc4FiFz4h7QFc3KF64jMmtXbsHerkpNJoAY12ZC4XY QmfUadam9GijU4hb41M31LBESW7HZrreepetvGAKawDBT4 QmSW9FJDEiN7oEzt1iqhTLpC8jPbVaRWyV1ieH1zndNGcM QmUXGmSWZBU6qRWVXf26y2DBiCLvVfxKRAzafZDjN8EZxb Qmcu34r9DJuJH5mkMZYeG5soaWgi8BaqexYQwMx7Vv2APb QmNrkX2sAawgyubjCVjVRLjiSwJYToGQXdMnEoRTcy8GjR QmYxcFMe5vgLYfVxHFwQiR5wL8rMKxUVmbEZg9nD1YRjmr QmareZcZYJ7X5LnopoYKkNAZiPh21BtWv6APRwEPG8eUfV QmVTAqmSFnL2S5PCjgDDPmB4DnwNJYNAxqia6VrXKa5s22 QmbRrB3WabmpkzoFcTd7CEFvdz8fQtTuUncUD8LG1MGZQH Qmb7BTL7qTWyErEm8Lq2L2crCyBN6Woe2SXwQ1XC6nRfp4 QmXcfyTgb74hf2Qk22gDrho14TF3papse9Ts6cvKC4cj4G QmRARrRqZDNfBPqo7Hs3obwrESwkPCcQz3Ei7R4JRugvjz QmS32fMTkeYomdxPWCP42PHMfFdKs9rfkSgXboUoVNA3jB QmTGej9jj8spt5sAeA5fmFhTxbyEBhfyXn8vk91wJhQXcs ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Flávio Lisboa on Legacy of Free Software in the Brazilian Government | Techrights ⦿ The Sirius ’Open Source’ Fantasy — Part IV — Crushing the Workforce Means Crushing the Company | Techrights ⦿ The European Commission is Playing With Fire When It Comes to Patent Policy and Why the European Union Will Suffer | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] Europe-US-International Patent Office (EUIPO) | Techrights ⦿ Microsoft is Collapsing in Brazil Despite of or Because of the Chaffbot (HypeGPT) | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 | Techrights ⦿ Kevin Shockey’s Presentation on Puerto Rico and FSF | Techrights ⦿ Wikimedia Foundation at LibrePlanet 2023 | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/brazilian-government-freesw/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/crushing-the-workforce/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/euipo-frand-eu-swpats/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/euipo-misplaced/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/free-software-in-brazilian-nation/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/irc-log-250423/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/puerto-rico-and-fsf/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/wikipedia-libreplanet-talk/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/canonical-microsoft-clown-computing/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/microsoft-activision-deal-blocked/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 69 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/brazilian-government-freesw/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/04/26/brazilian-government-freesw/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.26.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Flávio_Lisboa_on_Legacy_of_Free_Software_in_the_Brazilian_Government⠀✐ Posted in America, Deception, Free/Libre_Software at 3:32 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link https://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/2818/lp2023-neptune- sunday-1430.webm Summary: The above LibrePlanet talk was_uploaded_by_the_FSF 8 days ago (slides here; PeerTube_link); From the official page: “This presentation is about the use and production of free/libre software by organizations of the Brazilian federal government after some years of public policies to promote the use of free software.” Licence: CC_BY_SA_4.0 ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 107 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/crushing-the-workforce/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/04/26/crushing-the-workforce/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.26.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ The_Sirius_‘Open_Source’_Fantasy_—_Part_IV_—_Crushing_the_Workforce_Means Crushing_the_Company⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Free/Libre_Software at 1:53 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Series parts: 1. The_Sirius_‘Open_Source’_Fantasy_—_Part_I_—_In_2022_the_Company_Was Already_Too_Deep_in_Debt 2. The_Sirius_‘Open_Source’_Fantasy_—_Part_II_—_Briefings_About_the_Company 3. The_Sirius_‘Open_Source’_Fantasy_—_Part_III_—_Staff_Input_(From_Technical Workers)_Not_Accepted 4. YOU ARE HERE ☞ Crushing the Workforce Means Crushing the Company Video_download_link | md5sum 123a41526a6d53bb9f2378df84318c7c Envisioning Bankruptcy Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/sirius-bankruptcy.webm Summary: The story of last summer at Sirius (it started in late spring) is told now in retrospect, based on about 5 hours of recordings (3 meetings); it didn’t work out as the managers had hoped/planned and instead the company’s last chief is now doing double-shifts (16 hours in a row!), basically trying to make up for extreme understaffing amidst a clients_exodus; the CEO left last month as well, so he seems to have become unemployed after sinking the ship he rode on MY final year at Sirius_‘Open_Source’ was last year and it was already getting pretty awful. There was lying, deceit, and cover-up. Managers were pretty much predicting doom (without saying it out loud) and they had already silently robbed_past_staff. “People can hear right from the horse’s mouth that things were getting really bad, no matter how much lipstick was put on the pig.”The video above has a period of long silence in it because, for the first time, I forgot to unmute myself after playing back what a manager said last summer (90 minutes after the start of this recording). People can hear right from the horse’s mouth that things were getting really bad, no matter how much lipstick was put on the pig. The silent bit hopefully didn’t cover anything too critical (which wasn’t repeated later, but it’ll serve as a lesson for future videos regardless). ‘Fantasies’ of Sirius became more commonplace, and this wasn’t limited to just discussing “re-infrastructuring” and other ‘big words’. After taking notes or listening to suggestions from staff they eventually did what they planned all along. In other words, nothing has been implemented since then that wasn’t premeditated. Previous suggestions were rejected… despite never-ending options put forth by staff. It’s regretful that I lost part of what I said due to the muting lasting too long; this is probably the first time I lost audio since last summer when we recorded about Belarus/EPO (a bad mouse button was to blame back then). “Sometimes it’s better to be quiet than to say out loud something foolish if not illegal.”Anyway, as a side note I recall how one of the romantic partners of a manager (he has several) kept suggesting that we should lower the already- low salaries of people who work all night long and are highly qualified, have high seniority or have long served the company during a year of massive inflation (about 10% in the UK!) while leaving in tact the salary of her girlfriend, who covers daytime. This person does not seem to have any understanding of the law; when people work overnight the salary must be a lot higher than in daytime/Office Hours. Sometimes it’s better to be quiet than to say out loud something foolish if not illegal. But that’s not “the” crime; it’s just a side issue for a company that became “petty thief” (very big thief). This is the last part of this mini-series. We hope it has helped explain what happened last year without naming any people or revealing any clients. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 202 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/euipo-frand-eu-swpats/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/04/26/euipo-frand-eu-swpats/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.26.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ The_European_Commission_is_Playing_With_Fire_When_It_Comes_to_Patent_Policy and_Why_the_European_Union_Will_Suffer⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Patents at 2:45 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 3064c77ff4e97b5be8190db0941126d5 EU Replacing EPO? Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/euipo-patent-policy.webm Summary: The European Union Intellectual [sic] Property [sic] Office (EUIPO) is intervening in patent policy, despite it having no authority in this domain; Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and FRAND (misnomer; every letter’s expansion would be a lie!) policy is being shaped to basically exclude Free software and the same is being done in the area of cyber-security (both in the EU and the US); in other words, the lobbyists try to bypass the market and just legislate software freedom out of existence/potency/shortlisting potential FOR a number of weeks we’ve been chatting internally (E-mail, SSH, IRC) about a baffling new development, based on a leak of some proposal that’s due today. Some Microsoft_lobbyists (e.g. Florian Müller) and Nokia kept mentioning this. So what on Earth is going on and who pulls the strings here? “This is an attack on Free software and open standards, yet the FSF, EFF, OSI and others kept quiet about it (they’ve had a month to catch up).”The short story is, the EUIPO (EU) seems to be getting involved in patent policy, having already infected the EPO (António_Campinos and his friends from EUIPO). Will the corruption of Benoît_Battistelli be surpassed by Campinos? Is the EU covertly taking over the EPO? It’s hard to tell what exactly goes on here because a lot of things don’t make sense at all and the Unitary Patent does not even make any legal sense. It’s geared towards European_software_patents, even if they disguise this as “SEP” or “fair” (FRAND). This is an attack on Free software and open standards, yet the FSF, EFF, OSI and others kept quiet about it (they’ve had a month to catch up). Either they don’t know, don’t understand, or simply do not care. In recent weeks I learned that USPTO alumni were getting involved; the names David_Kappos and Andrei_Iancu came up. “One worrying thing is that for a number of weeks already it seems like lobbyists hijacked the narrative; they infest the Web with their agenda and paid-for propaganda/biases/dogma on this issue.”To me, personally, the most confusing part isn’t the interference from the US but from EUIPO, so we will try to reach out for any ideas about why EUIPO is even mentioned (unless Reuters messed up the facts and said EUIPO instead of EPO). There has not been much press coverage about this. One worrying thing is that for a number of weeks already it seems like lobbyists hijacked the narrative; they infest the Web with their agenda and paid-for propaganda/biases/dogma on this issue. “I am really disappointed that Florian [Müller] sold out (again),” an associate remarked today. “The FRAND is one part but the patents and the EUIPO are the vehicle for the anti-FOSS FRAND attack.” It doesn’t seem to be covered by NGOs or news outlets. “As far as I can tell,” the associate said, “only one newspaper in the whole world even mentioned it, so far.” (In_India) “It doesn’t seem to be covered by NGOs or news outlets.”“The “FRAND” is not the key problem there,” the associate explained, “though it is a secondary problem. The Economic Times article does not have any links to the legislative process and that is what needs to be in the spotlight to have any hope of preserving FOSS in the face of what’s going on at EUIPO.” “The final proposal is set to be announced on 26 April 2023,” according to this page. That would be today. “This whole thing has been allowed to fly under the radar,” the associate added. “If someone can illuminate for us or simply explain how the EUIPO gets involved in all this, we’d be able to produce a more substantiated article.”Reuters seems to be referring to the EUIPO as “eu patent body”; well, there is no “EU patent body”; the EPO predates the EU. Someone at FFII meanwhile complained that the EU now refers to the UPC like it’s a real thing that already operates. Are EU officials aware of what the UPC isn’t even legal? It sometimes seems like the EU is operating in a vacuum, reckless and careless about its own rules, never mind member states’ rules and constitutions. If someone can illuminate for us or simply explain how the EUIPO gets involved in all this, we’d be able to produce a more substantiated article. The general media is failing to do its job and when it does ‘cover’ the subject it’s one- sided in favour of patent litigators, not EU residents. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 314 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/euipo-misplaced/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/04/26/euipo-misplaced/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.26.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_Europe-US-International_Patent_Office_(EUIPO)⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Europe, Patents at 2:55 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇EUIPO_stands_for_Europe-US-International_Patent_Office⦈_ Summary: Little_Miss_Ladson introduces_a_patent_expert that’s mostly draining out managers into the EPO, led by António_Campinos amid many_blunders ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣴⣴⣤⣶⣶⣶⣶⣤⣦⣤⣤⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣀⣠⡤⠶⢤⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣤⣠⣀⣀⠀⠀⢀⣞⠛⠛⠻⡏⠉⣯⠉⢹⡏⠉⣿⠀⢀⡀⠙⡏⠀⣄⠀⢹⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⢸⣿⠀⠸⠿⡇⠀⢸⠀⢸⡇⠀⢻⠀⠀⠃⢀⡇⠀⢿⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣖⣻⣿⣿⣯⡉⠈⠉⠉⠱⠿⠿⢻⣿⣆⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⢈⣿⠀⠀⣤⡇⠀⢸⠀⠀⡇⠀⢸⠀⠀⣾⣿⡇⠀⢸⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣄⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⠀⠀⠉⣻⣄⣈⣀⣰⣇⣀⣸⣦⣤⣿⠟⢿⣦⣤⣴⡾⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠸⡟⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠄⠀⢀⠀⠘⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠋⠀⠀⠈⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣄⣤⣤⣤⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠁⢽⣷⣤⣠⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣤⣿⣶⣿⣦⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣶⣾⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶ ⠀⠀⠀⠁⠁⠉⣿⣿⢏⣩⣤⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠛⠀⣰⠟⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠙⠋⠛⠋⠋⠋⠉⠁⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠙⠉⠙⠙⠛⠛⠙⠉⠛⠛⠙⠛⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⡷⠟⠉⠉⠙⠻⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡟⠒⢢⣤⣿⡏⢀⠀⠁⡈⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣀⣤⣴⣦⣶⣶⣾⢹⠀⠀⣾⣥⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣧⣴⣶⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣼⣿⡀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣤⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠑⢿⡈⠀⠀⠉⠉⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⡛⢹⡿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿ ⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠋⢹⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣦⠀⢀⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣄⣀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⣸⡾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣥⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⢻⡛⢛⠛⢻⡟⠟⡏⢉⠹⠋⠉⠙⠏⠩⠋⡌⠃⠠⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠛⠀⡴⢌⠹⡇⢸⠀⠀⡇⡄⢡⠸⠀⠃⠆⣀⠀⠐⠃⣃⣸⣸⣈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠛⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣶⡾⡷⢾⠶⢷⣿⡿⢻⠋⠀⡀⢘⡟⠂⠀⠀⠐⠀⠈⠉⡉⠍⠩⠏⠛⢡⠙⡅⠃⢻⢠⢹⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠋⠉⠁⠁⠀⠀⢈⠀⠀⢁⠀⠀⠀⣺⠿⡇⠀⢸⢌⠲⣛⡃⢰⢠⠀⣷⢸⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠀⠂⠃⠢⢰⠀⠐⡀⠀⢇⣆⣈⣠⣘⣀⣹⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠌⠀⠀⠄⣽⣿⣧⣤⣼⣤⣴⣟⣴⣾⣾⢶⣿⠾⢷⠶⠀⠀⢀⠠⡀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠍⡇⡄⣤⢰⡇⠰⡇⠁⢰⡄⣾⣿⢸⠈⡇⠓⠀⠀⠀⠃⡗⠲⠨⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⣾⣇⣅⣹⣸⣃⣈⣇⣧⣸⣧⣿⣿⣬⣴⣧⡄⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢼⣿⠉⢹⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⡿⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣠⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣯ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 363 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/free-software-in-brazilian-nation/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/04/26/free-software-in-brazilian-nation/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.26.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Microsoft_is_Collapsing_in_Brazil_Despite_of_or_Because_of_the_Chaffbot_ (HypeGPT)⠀✐ Posted in America, Free/Libre_Software, GNU/Linux, Google, Microsoft, Search at 3:43 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Since Microsoft introduced its hyped-up chatbot (HypeGPT) Bing’s market share in Brazil fell from_about_2.5%_to_only_about_1.5% (watch out, Google! You’re doomed due to chaff and hype!) 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Search_in_Brazil⦈_ GNU/Linux has millions_of_desktop/laptop_users_in_Brazil in spite of the horrible_things_Microsoft_did_there (presentation_from_last_month): 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNU/Linux_usage_in_Brazil⦈_ Summary: In spite of some perils or growing pains, there are millions of GNU/ Linux users in Lula’s country and Microsoft faces a crisis ⢛⣛⠻⠿⠟⠒⠛⠛⠛⠿⠟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⠛⠛⠻⡿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠓⠖⢶⣶⣶⢒⡶⠻⣿⣿⣛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⠿⣿⣟⣒⡒⠒⠒⠒⠒ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣿⣷⣶⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠴⢭⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⠁⠉⠈⠛⠿ ⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⣀⡀⣤⣉⣩⣿⢤⣄⡀⣀⡀⢀⣀⠀⣀⢀⢀⣀⣀⣠⣄⠀⣀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⠟⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠂⠀⣻⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣸⣏⣹⣏⣁⣿⣹⡇⣿⣸⣸⡏⣿⢹⣏⢾⣟⡃⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⡤⠔⠤⠖⠖⠲⠒⠒⠶⣤⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣠⠤⠖⣲ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⢨⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣉⣟⡿⠟⢫⠉⠁⠉⡅⣉⣁⠈⠉⣀⠉⠉⠉⠁⠉⠀⠉⠀⠉⠁⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⠝⠋⠉⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⣉⣉⠉⠒⠦⢄⡀⠀⣄⣀⠀⢀⣀⡀⠙⠻⢄⣪⣉⢈ ⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣫⠝⠒⠊⠯⠷⠗⣯⣿⠭⠾⠿⣿⣽⠾⠹⠿⠿⠝⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡠⠴⠒⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⡠⠔⢺⠵⠒⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⢭⣯⠭⡿⠓⠒⠝⠙⠓⠒⠛⠑⠒⠲⠤⠤⠤⢼ ⠀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠈⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⠂⠀⠀⠀⠹⣆⣀⡠⠤⡀⠀⠀⢈⠳⠂⠘⢒⣦⠶⠶⠶⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣀⣀⣀⣀⣄⣟⣍⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⡀⣐⣷⣛⣿⣧⡠⡀⣀⡈⣀⡀⢰⣩⣷⣽⣦⣲⣚⣘⣁⣾⣻⣛⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀ 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(ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/puerto-rico-and-fsf/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/04/26/puerto-rico-and-fsf/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.26.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Kevin_Shockey’s_Presentation_on_Puerto_Rico_and_FSF⠀✐ Posted in America, Free/Libre_Software, FSF, GNU/Linux at 5:29 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz A Presentation From a Puerto Rican Perspective: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Puerto_Rico_and_FSF⦈_ Seems like Puerto Rico quickly adopted_GNU/Linux_this_past_year 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Desktop_Operating_System_Market_Share_Puerto_Rico:_Jan_2022 -_Mar_2023⦈_ Summary: The above LibrePlanet slide from Kevin Shockey was the last of a deck of_slides; the presentation seems to have covered patents, preservation, and many other aspects; sadly the talk cannot be found, at least not yet, in PeerTube or in MediaGoblin and it seems to be covering important points from the perspective of colonies or natural disaster-prone places Licence: GFDL_1.3 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣯⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽ ⣤⢤⣤⣠⣤⢠⣠⣤⣤⡠⣤⣤⢄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⣶⠒⡦⣄⣠⣤⣤⢤⢰⣠⠄⠐⣦⢖⡤⡄⡄⣤⠀⢰⣒⡆⡤⣄⣠⣤⢴⢄⡤⡄⡤⣄⢶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣡⢍⣁⣉⣉⣀⣉⣉⡉⠩⣉⣉⡈⣁⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠀⠃⠛⠛⠛⠛⠘⠘⠙⠂⠀⠛⠈⠓⠋⠓⠛⠀⠘⠒⠃⠓⠚⠚⠛⠘⠚⠒⠃⠃⠛⠚⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⣿ ⢁⢈⠉⠈⠈⠉⢉⠉⠀⢀⡉⠉⡈⠀⠁⠉⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⣤⠤⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⢠⢀⡀⠠⣄⡤⣀⡀⡀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣾⢥ ⠚⠛⠛⠛⠙⠣⠘⠛⠛⠿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠋⠛⠛⠛⠃⠛⠛⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⠀⠇⠿⠶⠿⠿⠸⠸⠻⠄⠀⠿⠘⠧⠟⠧⠿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣅⠺⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣤⡀⠀⠀⢠⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣯⣿⣟⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡗⠂⡏⢹⣙⢸⣙⠀⢨⣓⡆⣏⣹⢹⢹⡉⣾⣷⢫⣽⣿⡏⣏⣓⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⢿⡿⡟⣡ ⢟⡛⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⢿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⡛⠫⠛⣂⢳⢀⣿⠇⣰⣿ ⢸⠅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡯⠅⡖⢦⣶⢰⢰⢲⣤⡖⡇⣖⡆⡗⢸⣴⢲⣴⠖⡆⡇⣿⢸⠸⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⣭⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⢃⣼⣿⣿ ⠈⠀⠀⡀⣢⣶⠾⣶⣂⡀⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠈⠈⠁⠉⠁⠉⠁⠉⠈⠈⠉⠈⠀⠁⠁⠉⠈⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠛⠛⠛⠁⠘⠛⠃⠀ 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It will then focus on the developer advocacy’s role in engaging the technical community behind Wikipedia and its sister projects, for example, through dedicated FOSS outreach, mentoring programs and events, awards and ceremonies for developer recognition, grants and partnerships, community metrics and health, platforms and services, developer portal, and more. Through this talk, the audience will gain insights into what a good return on investment means for such initiatives in nonprofit organizations and gather new ideas for building stronger developer communities.” Licence: CC_BY_SA_4.0 ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 733 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.26.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_26/04/2023:_Release_of_Git_2.40.1_and_Canonical_Pushing_Microsoft_Clown Computing_Again⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:54 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Kernel_Space o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Programming/Development * Leftovers o Science o Education o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Monopolies # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Internet/Gemini * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ GNU_Linux-libre_Kernel_6.3_Now_Available⠀⇛ GNU Linux-libre 6.3 is based on recent Linux kernel 6.3 release but strips out all binary blobs, non- free firmware, and any code subject to a proprietary license. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ The_Ultimate_Guide_to_i3_Customization_in Linux⠀⇛ Learn about customizing your system’s look and feel with i3 window manager in this super-detailed guide. # ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Install_Fedora_38_[A_Step_By_Step Guide]⠀⇛ Fedora Linux 38 has been released a few days ago! If you are a newbie who wants to install and test the latest version of Fedora, then we are here to help you in setting up Fedora 38 desktop operating system. This step by step guide explains how to download the latest Fedora 38 workstation edition, and then how to install Fedora 38 with screenshots. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ Wikit_–_A_Command_Line_Tool_to_Search_Wikipedia on_Linux⠀⇛ Wikit is a free and open-source command-line program for easily viewing Wikipedia summaries of search queries on the Linux command line; it is built using Nodejs. The verb Wikit (derived from “wikipedia it“) means looking up something on wikipedia.org, the popular and remarkable open-source encyclopedia on the Internet. # ⚓ Frederic Cambus ☛ Fun_with_Kermit_and_ZMODEM_over_SSH⠀⇛ In my “Capturing text screens on modern operating systems” article published back in 2013, I mentioned finding a very promising program called Qodem. It has since reached maturity and version 1.0 was released in 2017. I have been enjoying it on a regular basis to reminisce about the glorious days of using Terminate and Minicom in the nineties, and even packaged it in both OpenBSD and NetBSD. Qodem has built in support for SSH, and also lets you spawn a local shell and SSH from there, which allows authentication using SSH keys. For the purpose of this article, I used two Fedora machines and installed the ckermit and lrzsz packages to handle the Kermit and ZMODEM protocols respectively. There is a qodem package as well, but it only bundles the X11 binary. I prefer to use the curses version, so I built it from source. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Grounded_1.2_out_now_and_Steam_Deck Verified_but_desktop_Linux_needs_a_small_fix⠀⇛ The survival game Grounded from Obsidian Entertainment and Xbox Game Studios has now released version 1.2 and it got bumped up to Verified on Steam Deck. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Using_a_Steam_Deck_to_control_a_Ukrainian automatic_turret,_now_I’ve_seen_it_all⠀⇛ People have used their Steam Deck to do all sorts of crazy things but this latest is nuts. It seems people in Ukraine are using it to help work an automatic turret. From ТРО Медіа on Facebook, they shared a post giving a few details into it with it translating roughly as: [...] # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ First-person_slasher_Lichenvale_out_now from_ex-Ubisoft_dev⠀⇛ Inspired a fair bit by some classics from the 90s like Hexen and Heretic, Lichenvale is a first- person slasher out now. This is the first solo release from developer Filip Zemljak, who was previously a Gameplay Programmer at Ubisoft and it comes with Native Linux support (works on Steam Deck too). # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Paradox_announce_first_‘Immersion_Pack’_for Victoria_3_and_free_upgrade⠀⇛ Victoria 3 from Paradox Interactive is getting it’s first “Immersion Pack” on May 22nd and here’s what to expect from it. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ What_are_you_checking_out_in_Steam_Puzzle Fest_2023?⠀⇛ Valve has put up Steam Puzzle Fest, a big sale on all different kinds of puzzle games along with demos and previews of upcoming games too. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ KDE_apps_like_Kdenlive_get_big upgrades_for_KDE_Gear_23.04⠀⇛ KDE Gear is the name of the big bundle of software the KDE team create, and with the KDE Gear 23.04 release there’s new apps and plenty of improvements to making the desktop experience better. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ You_Can_Now_Install_Linux_Kernel_6.3_on_Ubuntu, Here’s_How⠀⇛ Released over the weekend by Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel 6.3 has already landed in Ubuntu’s official Mainline Kenrel Archive and it’s available for all Ubuntu users and supported on amd64 (x86_64), AArch64 (ARM64), ARMhf, PowerPC 64-bit Little Endian (ppc64el), and IBM System z (s390x) architectures. I’ve only tested Linux kernel 6.3 on a fresh Ubuntu 23.04 (Lunar Lobster) installation and everything went smoothly. Of course, you can install it on any supported Ubuntu release, such as Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu) or Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish). # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_Pro_is_now_part_of_the_AWS_EC2_console [Ed: Canonical selling proprietary software]⠀⇛ We are happy to announce that Ubuntu Pro is now available as a native product on AWS. You can now enjoy premium enhanced security coverage for your Ubuntu machines by launching Ubuntu Pro instances from the EC2 console with no additional requirements, subscriptions or long term commitments. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Try_Ubuntu_confidential_VMs_with_Intel_TDX_today: limited_preview_now_available_on_Azure [Ed: Canonical continues to promote anti-privacy scams (outsourcing) and Microsoft proprietary junk, as if Canonical is a subsidiary of Microsoft]⠀⇛ On behalf of the Canonical confidential computing team, I am happy to announce the limited preview of Ubuntu Confidential VMs with Intel TDX on Microsoft Azure. As part of the DCev5-series and ECesv5- series VMs, they’re available for you to try today! This exciting development is an important milestone in Ubuntu’s journey to power the confidential public cloud of the future. With cloud technology enabling faster and more flexible infrastructure deployment than ever before, security challenges have also become more complex. Traditionally, any vulnerability within the millions of lines of code in the cloud’s privileged system software (such as the operating system, hypervisor, and firmware) would compromise the confidentiality and integrity of the running code and data. Similarly, a malicious cloud administrator could potentially access the VM or its platform, compromising the security of your data.  # ⚓ Canonical ☛ No_more_DHCP(d)⠀⇛ o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Creating_mesmerising_kinetic_art_furniture with_Sisyphus⠀⇛ In a list of things I thought I’d ever read about alongside Raspberry Pi, “coffee tables” and “sand” were not near the top. Sisyphus started life as an art installation for museums, but Raspberry Pi has allowed the company behind this mesmerising creation to scale up and offer you “museum-quality kinetic sculpture” for your own living room. They’re named “Sisyphus”, of course, because they never finish pushing the ball bearing across the sand, leaving patterns behind it. # ⚓ J Pieper ☛ power_dist_r4.5b⠀⇛ The changes are largely the same as for the new pi3hat: [...] # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Build_your_own_tachometer_with_an_IR_sensor_and an_Arduino⠀⇛ This infrared sensor module works by emitting infrared light from an LED and monitoring the reflection. When one of the wheel’s spokes passes in front of the sensor, the reflection becomes strong and easy to detect. An Arduino Nano board measures the time between those events and multiplies the result by the number of spokes to determine the total time for a complete revolution. Divide 60 by that number and you get the RPM. The Arduino continuously calculates that value and displays the number on a small OLED screen. Power comes from a 9V battery. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ An_Arduino_Leonardo-powered,_3D-printed_robotic arm_designed_from_scratch⠀⇛ The premise of the arm project was to utilize a total of five servo motors for manipulating each degree of freedom, as well as an Arduino Leonardo and a PCA9685 driver for controlling them. Once the components had been selected, Build Some Stuff then moved onto the next step of creating 3D models of each of the robot arm’s joints in Fusion 360 before 3D printing them. He also made a scaled-down version of the larger arm assembly and replaced the servo motors with potentiometers, therefore allowing him to translate the model’s position into degrees for the motors. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Martijn Braam ☛ NitroKey_disappoints_me⠀⇛ This feature isn’t even only in the Qualcomm 630 chipset, it’s in practically all Qualcomm devices. Some third party Android roms go as far as to obscure the IP address of your phone by proxying this http request with another server. The rom they have tested obviously didn’t. This feature is not even limited to Qualcomm devices, this practice happens in practically all devices that have both GPS and [Internet] because people don’t like waiting very long for their position when launching their navigation software. The NitroPhone has their GPS provided by Broadcom chips instead of Qualcomm ones so obviously it won’t make the same HTTP requests, doesn’t make it any more or less secure though. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ TecMint ☛ 18_Best_NodeJS_Frameworks_for_App_Development_in 2023⠀⇛ Node.js is used to build fast, highly scalable network applications based on an event-driven non- blocking input/output model, and single-threaded asynchronous programming. A web application framework is a combination of libraries, helpers, and tools that provide a way to effortlessly build and run web applications. A web framework lays out a foundation for building a website/app. # ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ 16_Lessons_from_the_Tanenbaum–Torvalds Debates⠀⇛ Part 2 of The Tanenbaum–Torvalds Debates. 16 generalized software development lessons from the debate of microkernels vs. monolithic kernels, and two computer science visionaries — Andrew Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Git_v2.40.1_and_friends⠀⇛ A maintenance release Git v2.40.1, together with releases for older maintenance tracks v2.39.3, v2.38.5, v2.37.7, v2.36.6, v2.35.8, v2.34.8, v2.33.8, v2.32.7, v2.31.8, and v2.30.9, are now available at the usual places. These maintenance releases are to address security issues identified as CVE-2023-25652, CVE-2023-25815, and CVE-2023- 29007. They affect ranges of existing versions and users are encouraged to upgrade. The tarballs are found at: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/ The following public repositories all have a copy of the 'v2.40.1' tag, as well as the tags for older maintenance tracks listed above... # ⚓ LWN ☛ Git_2.40.1_(and_several_others)_released⠀⇛ There is a new stable Git release containing fixes for three separate security vulnerabilities. The fixes have also been backported to the older v2.39.3, v2.38.5, v2.37.7, v2.36.6, v2.35.8, v2.34.8, v2.33.8, v2.32.7, v2.31.8, and v2.30.9 releases. Sites using Git in untrusted environments — or with untrusted input — should probably upgrade soon. # ⚓ GCC_13_and_the_state_of_gccrs⠀⇛ The first official GCC 13 release is just around the corner, and you may be a bit surprised to find out that gccrs will not be included in it. The aim of this blogpost is to go into a little bit more detail as to why this was done and how you can still try out our compiler if you’d like to. Back in 2022, we started investigating the process of merging our code upstream with GCC. Quickly after that, our frontend was accepted for the merge, which was a great moment for us – it demonstrated people’s faith in the gccrs community and in the project’s goal of having an alternative GCC toolchain implementation of the Rust Programming Language. Given that the compiler is still not ready, we decided to go through that process with some limitations. The expectation we had was that by making it clear the compiler was still not ready for real Rust code, we could get valuable feedback from early users as well as more engagement from two different communities – the Rust one as well as the GCC one. We would continue to push as hard as possible right up until the release’s deadline to get as much working as we could, but now that the GCC 13.1 release is upon us, we are still not there in terms of completeness. What this means is that when using gccrs, you are still not able to do “easy Rust things” – examples like “Hello World!”, or using the standard library in general, will not work. Similarly, even more complex concepts which are essential to the Rust Programming Language like borrow-checking are not implemented yet, and gccrs will not be considered complete without such features. We believe that this would cause a lot of confusion for unsuspecting users, who might see gccrs as part of an official GCC release and expect a working compiler. # ⚓ LWN ☛ An_update_on_the_GCC_frontend_for_Rust⠀⇛ Philip Herron and Arthur Cohen have posted an update on the status of gccrs — the GCC frontend for the Rust language — and why it will not be a part of the upcoming GCC 13 release. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Gregory Hammond ☛ 100th_Day_To_Offload!⠀⇛ It’s been a long time coming, but this is my 100th post as part of 100 Days To Offload. 100 Days To Offload was created by Kev Quirk to get people to publish 100 posts on their personal blog in a year. “The point is to just write”. o ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Your_social_media_grumblings_led_to_this,_$6000_in funeral_policy_premiums_=_fully_paid_up⠀⇛ Sometimes it pays to voice your displeasure with something. In Zimbabwe, that is rarely the case and so when we see it happen, we just have to take a minute to celebrate. So, this is what having a voice feels like huh? Insurance is one of the bedrocks of a functioning economy. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ A_Mysterious_Mayan_Calendar_Stumped Scientists_for_Decades._A_New_Study_Has_Cosmic_Answers.⠀⇛ A pair of anthropologists demonstrated that multiples of this number sync up with the rhythms of planets in the solar system that are visible to the naked eye, which underscores the astronomical sophistication of these ancient Pre-Columbian peoples. # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 1,000-year-old_Viking_coins unearthed_by_young_girl_in_Denmark⠀⇛ “They include Danish, Arab and Germanic coins as well as pieces of jewellery of Scottish and Irish origins,” according to The Viking Herald. It is being said that the coins are from King Harald “Bluetooth” (Blåtand) Gormsson’s time. # ⚓ NPR ☛ Contact_is_lost_with_a_Japanese_spacecraft_attempting to_land_on_the_moon⠀⇛ For this test flight, the two main experiments were government-sponsored: the UAE’s 22-pound (10- kilogram) rover Rashid, named after Dubai’s royal family, and the Japanese Space Agency’s orange- sized sphere designed to transform into a wheeled robot on the moon. With a science satellite already around Mars and an astronaut aboard the International Space Station, the UAE was seeking to extend its presence to the moon. # ⚓ CBS ☛ Swedish_research_rocket_flies_off_course, accidentally_lands_in_Norway⠀⇛ Shortly after landing, Swedish and Norweigan authorities were notified, the SSC confirmed later on Tuesday. The rocket and its payload were found to be in good condition and were transported back to Esrange Space Center in Sweden by helicopter. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia’s_teachers_begin_three-day_strike⠀⇛ Having reached no agreement with the government on systematically raising teachers’ salaries and balancing their loads, the Latvian Education and Science Workers’ Trade Union (LIZDA) starts a three-day strike on Monday, April 24, with more than 19,000 teachers participating, and goes on a protest march in Rīga from the trade union building to the Saeima. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Opening_Remarks_by_Commissioner Stella_Kyriakides_at_the_European_Parliament_AGRI_Committee_– Structured_Dialogue⠀⇛ European Commission Speech Brussels, 24 Apr 2023 Chair, Honourable Members At our last structured dialogue, Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine… # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Global_Gateway:_EU_and_Togo strengthen_partnership_in_sustainable_agribusiness,_energy and_connectivity⠀⇛ European Commission Press release Brussels, 24 Apr 2023 As part of Global Gateway, the EU is announcing a new contribution of €70 million for two Team Europe Initiatives (TEIs) to boost agri- businesses, energy and connectivity in Togo in line with the country’s 2025-development plan, in partnership with France and Germany and the European Investment Bank # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Healthcare_workers_might_strike_in_autumn⠀⇛ In solidarity with teachers, around 1,000 health workers participated in the protest on Monday, April 24. Ilze Aizsilniece, head of the Latvian Medical Society, has repeated her readiness to organize a strike in the autumn. The industry ministry hopes to prevent this with a clear plan for predictable additional funding for the health sector. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ European_Leaders_Raise_Alarm_Over_Falling Vaccination_Rates⠀⇛ Over 1 million children in the WHO European Region have missed all or some routine vaccinations since the start of the pandemic in 2020. # ⚓ NPR ☛ The_truth_about_teens,_social_media_and_the_mental health_crisis⠀⇛ Take for instance, hanging out with friends, in person. Since 1976, the number of times per week teens go out with friends — and without their parents — held basically steady for nearly 30 years. In 2004, it slid a bit. Then in 2010, it nosedived. “It was just like a Black Diamond ski slope straight down,” Twenge tells NPR. “So these really big changes occur.” At the same time, around 2012, time on social media began to soar. In 2009, only about half of teens used social media every day, Twenge reports. In 2017, 85% used it daily. By 2022, 95% of teens said they use some social media, and about a third say they use it constantly, a poll from Pew Research Center found. “Now, in the most recent data, 22% of 10th grade girls spend seven or more hours a day on social media,” Twenge says, which means many teenage girls are doing little else than sleeping, going to school and engaging with social media. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Corporate_Layoff:_3M_Announces_Mass_Cutback_of_Workforce Amidst_Downtrend_in_Manufacturing⠀⇛ 3M has become one of the corporate firms impacted by the turbulent economic period as it announced significant layoffs due to the recession and a slump in demand for goods. # ⚓ Morningstar US ☛ Meta_in_the_layoffs_spotlight_ahead_of first-quarter_results⠀⇛ More than 183,000 global technology-sector employees have been laid off since the beginning of 2023 Meta is the latest big-name tech company in the layoffs spotlight, joining Electronic Arts, Amazon, Palantir Technologies, Twilio, Zoom, eBay, Okta, Splunk, PayPal, IBM, SAP, Spotify, Alphabet, Intel, Microsoft, Coinbase, Cisco, Salesforce, HP, Roku, Beyond Meat and Twitter in making job cuts. More than 183,000 global technology-sector employees have been laid off since the start of 2023, according to data compiled by the website Layoffs.fyi. Here’s a look at the list of big names across a number of sectors that have been cutting back their workforces. # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ New_Microsoft_365_outage_causes Exchange_Online_connectivity_issues⠀⇛ Microsoft is investigating ongoing Microsoft 365 issues preventing some Exchange Online customers from accessing their mailboxes. “We’ve identified an issue affecting Exchange Online connectivity for users in North America and are investigating further,” the company tweeted earlier. “More details can be found in the Microsoft 365 admin center under EX546390.” o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Tuesday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by CentOS (firefox, java-11-openjdk, and thunderbird), Debian (apache2), Fedora (kernel), Oracle (emacs), Red Hat (emacs, haproxy, java-1.8.0-openjdk, kernel, kernel-rt, kpatch-patch, pcs, pki-core:10.6, and qatzip), and SUSE (avahi, cdi-apiserver-container, cdi-cloner-container, cdi- controller-container, cdi-importer-container, cdi-operator-container, cdi- uploadproxy-container, cdi-uploadserver- container, cont, giflib, kernel, kubevirt, virt- api-container, virt-controller-container, virt- handler-container, virt-launcher-container, virt- libguestfs-tools- container, virt-operator- container, ovmf, and protobuf-c). # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Former_Methodist_employees_plead_guilty_to HIPAA_violations⠀⇛ There’s an update to a case announced in November 2022 in which five former Methodist Hospital employees in Memphis Tennessee were charged with criminal violations of HIPAA. According to the indictment, between November 2017 and December 2020, the five were charged with conspiring with Roderick Harvey to unlawfully disclose patient information in violation HIPAA. Harvey paid Kirby Dandridge, Sylvia Taylor, Kara Thompson, Melanie Russell, and Adrianna Taber to provide him with names and phone numbers of Methodist patients who had been involved in motor vehicle accidents. Harvey then sold the information to third parties that included personal injury attorneys and chiropractors. # ⚓ Elk_Grove_Unified_School_District_investigating_after employees_report_issues_filing_taxes⠀⇛ The Elk Grove Unified School District confirmed Monday it is investigating tax filing issues for some of its employees. KCRA 3 first received a tip about the potential identity theft two weeks ago but heard about official action from the district on Friday when we obtained a survey sent to some district employees. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ UK_Threatens_End-to-End_Encryption⠀⇛ In an open_letter, seven secure messaging apps—including Signal and WhatsApp—point out that the UK’s Online_Safety_Bill could destroy end-to-end encryption: [...] o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian,_Estonian_presidents_stress_need_for Ukraine’s_accession_to_NATO⠀⇛ President of Latvia Egils Levits, said Monday after meeting with Estonian President Alar Karis that both countries were in favor of a faster accession of Ukraine to NATO. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia_goes_all-in_on_Stingers_for_Ukraine⠀⇛ Latvia has responded to Ukraine’s request for anti- aircraft missiles and has made a decision to donate all the remaining Stinger systems the Latvian army has, said Latvian Defense Minister Ināra Mūrniece (National Alliance) at the Ukraine defense contact group meeting in Ramstein, Germany on April 21. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ LA’s_big_Armenian_community_marks genocide_remembrance_day⠀⇛ The killing and deportation of Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 1900s is being remembered in Southern California. Only recently has its enormous Armenian American community been able to celebrate U.S. recognition that the systematic oppression was genocide. Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day has long been marked in the Los Angeles region by big rallies and marches. In 2021, Joe Biden became the first U.S. president to use the word “genocide” to describe the violence, over the objections of Turkey, successor to the empire. More than 200,000 people of Armenian descent are estimated to live in Los Angeles County, where April is celebrated as Armenian History Month. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ $1.6M_settlement_reached_in handcuffed_prisoner’s_2014_death⠀⇛ Nevada’s Department of Corrections has agreed to pay $1.6 million to the family of a handcuffed inmate who was shot and killed in 2014 by a prison guard trainee armed with a shotgun. The deal was reached Monday in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by relatives of Carlos Perez. The settlement still needs to be approved by the state’s Board of Examiners. A Department of Corrections spokesman declined to comment. Perez’s death at High Desert State Prison raised questions about the use of shotguns by prison guards. The Department of Corrections removed shotguns from all its facilities less than two years after the shooting. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ RFK_Jr._Takes_Strong_Antiwar,_Anti-Empire_Stance in_Presidential_Run⠀⇛ Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr., near the very beginning of his April 19 announcement to run for President in the Democratic Party spoke these words: “Fifty-five years ago last month, I sat as a 14-year-old boy behind my father as he now announced in a Senate caucus room in Washington, DC, his campaign for President of [...]” # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ A_Bad_Idea_Resurfaces:_Using_the_US_Military Against_Mexico’s_Drug_Cartels⠀⇛ There has been a recent flurry of proposals to have the U.S. military launch a full-scale war against Mexican drug cartels – primarily to stem the alleged fentanyl crisis. Former Attorney General William P. Barr initiated the latest campaign with an op-ed in the March 2, 2023, Wall Street Journal. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Putin’s_Spokesman,_Dmitri_Peskov,_Claims Son_Fought_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ Dmitri S. Peskov’s comments highlighted the Moscow elite’s uneven participation in a war that has cost the lives of tens of thousands of Russian soldiers. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Opposition_Leader_Says_He_Left_Venezuela After_Being_Threatened⠀⇛ Juan Guaidó said he crossed the border into Colombia and hours later was put on a plane to the United States. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Men_in_Military_Uniforms_Killed_at_Least 60_People,_Burkina_Faso_Says⠀⇛ A prosecutor opened an investigation into the killing of about 60 people by men in uniforms of the national military. Days earlier, the authorities said they would investigate the killing of seven boys. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Ukraine’s_drive_to_put_Putin_on_trial⠀⇛ The principle of territorial integrity would be affirmed if Ukraine wins U.N. support for a special court to deal with Russia’s invasion – a “war of aggression.” # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Deadly_Blasts_Destroy_Police_Station_in Pakistan⠀⇛ Some officials said the explosions, which killed at least 15, were caused by an accident. But a rise in militant attacks has put the region on edge. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ These_Countries_Lined_Up_to_Help_Ukraine. Now_Their_Farmers_Are_Angry.⠀⇛ A grain deal that got Ukrainian exports moving and eased a global food crisis is now fueling protests in Romania and among other staunch supporters of Kyiv. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia_summons_Chinese_diplomat_over_‘former Soviet’_comments⠀⇛ Latvia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said April 24 it had summoned the senior Chinese diplomat in the country in response to statements made by the Ambassador of China to France, Lu Shaye, during a TV interview on April 21. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ China’s_Ambassador_Lu_Shaye_Comments_on Ex-Soviet_States_Drawing_Ire⠀⇛ Remarks by China’s ambassador to France questioning the sovereignty of ex-Soviet states threatened to upset China’s efforts to balance courting Europe with supporting Russia. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_Foreign_Minister_Faces_Rebuke_at U.N._Over_War_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ The U.S. and European members of the Security Council had declined to send their foreign ministers to the meeting chaired by Sergey V. Lavrov, which was a key event for Russia’s rotating presidency. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ A_reporter’s_‘full_investment_of_head_and heart’⠀⇛ Reporter Martin Kuz sees potential for Ukraine to find a kind of positive transformation known as post-traumatic growth on the other side of the war. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Battle_rages_on_in_Sudan_as_mass_airlifts rescue_foreign_nationals⠀⇛ Foreign governments are evacuating their citizens from Sudan amid a battle for power between two rival generals. While foreign evacuations continue, many Sudanese are risking their lives to escape the violence by driving to the border with Egypt. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Nuance_in_the_fog:_Plumbing_for_honesty_in Russian_opinion_polls⠀⇛ Russia’s government allows public opinion polls, but some say the surveys are skewed by the reluctance of opposition supporters to express themselves. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Earthquake_in_Western_Indonesia,_Residents_Flee Coastal_Areas⠀⇛ “…the earthquake had a depth of 84 km beneath the seabed…” # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Planned_Senate_bill_would counteract_Mining_Law_ruling⠀⇛ A Nevada Democratic U.S. senator wants Congress to step in to ensure mining companies can use established mineral claims to dump waste on neighboring federal lands. Federal agencies had allowed that before a U.S. appeals court adopted a stricter ruling of a 150-year-old mining law. The 2022 ruling from the 9th Circuit said companies must prove minerals exist under federal land where they dump tailings and other waste. Environmentalists largely praised it, though it’s worrisome for President Joe Biden’s clean energy agenda. Nevada U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s office tells The Associated Press she’ll introduce a bill Tuesday that essentially would counteract the 9th Circuit ruling in an Arizona copper mining case. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Diane_Wilson:_2023_Goldman_Environmental Prize_Winner⠀⇛ “She is our hero, and we are thrilled that she is receiving this well-deserved recognition,” CODEPINK said in a press release. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ 9_European_Countries_to_Turn_North_Sea_Into Green_Power_Plant⠀⇛ “…a bold vision that encompasses the generation of a minimum of 120 gigawatts of offshore wind power…” o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Downtown_ghost_town?_More_cities_convert_empty offices_into_homes.⠀⇛ Housing developers are converting empty office towers into housing as part of an effort to revive struggling downtown business districts that emptied during the pandemic. Conversion projects are underway in New York, Washington, Pittsburgh, and Dallas. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_Strong_Is_the_Economy?⠀⇛ The answer depends on how you measure success. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Tucker_Carlson_Nipped_from_Fox⠀⇛ An open thread on Tucker Carlson’s firing. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_Tucker_Carlson’s_Dismissal_From_Fox News_Means_for_the_Network⠀⇛ The host’s abrupt dismissal upends Fox News’s prime-time lineup — and the carefully honed impression that the ratings star was all but untouchable. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Tucker_Carlson_gone:_Fox_News_announces departure_of_popular_host⠀⇛ Fox News is parting ways with Tucker Carlson, less than a week after settling a lawsuit over the network’s 2020 election reporting. The network said in a press release Monday that the popular and controversial prime-time host’s last program aired on Friday. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Carroll_v._Trump:_Battery_and_defamation_case comes_to_trial⠀⇛ A battery and defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump, starting tomorrow, piles atop other legal challenges facing the former president. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Helsinki_to_host_two-day_Nato_NEPAC_meeting⠀⇛ NEPAC serves as a platform for Nato and allies to plan programmes aimed at achieving the alliance’s training and exercise goals. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Jyväskylä_to_rename_its_Yaroslavl_Square_over Russia’s_invasion_of_Ukraine⠀⇛ The city suspended activities with its twin city Yaroslavl last spring, after Russia first attacked Ukraine. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Researcher:_Finland_lagging_behind_competitors_in attracting_skilled_foreign_workers⠀⇛ Finland needs to realise how much work must still be done to entice workers from abroad, according to political scientist Pasi Saukkonen. # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Faculty_Perspective:_Inclusion_of_caste_in U-M’s_non-discrimination_policy⠀⇛ Four faculty members applaud the university for prohibiting caste-based harassment and discrimination under its non-discrimination policy, and say caste also should be a protected category in the Standard Practice Guide. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ German_Magazine_Editor_Is_Fired_Over_A.I. Michael_Schumacher_Interview⠀⇛ Die Aktuelle promoted an interview as the first with the retired Formula 1 driver since a 2013 accident. But artificial intelligence had generated the responses. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ China_Accuses_Liberal_Columnist_of Espionage_After_a_Lunch_With_Diplomat⠀⇛ Dong Yuyu was a longtime writer and editor at a top Chinese Communist Party newspaper who had frequently met with foreign diplomats and journalists. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Bulgaria_Approves_Draft_Law_That Turns_Pirate_Site_Operators_Into_Criminals⠀⇛ A draft law that aims to criminalize and prosecute those who “create conditions for online piracy” has been approved by Bulgaria’s Council of Ministers. The proposed amendments are Bulgaria’s response to heavy criticism from the United States, most publicly via the USTR’s Special 301 Reports. It’s hoped that prison sentences of up to six years will send a deterrent message. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ 1337x’s_Search_is_Broken,_Can’t_Find Recent_Torrents⠀⇛ 1337x.to, one of the world’s most-visited torrent sites, has trouble finding recent torrents. While uploaders continue to add new content to the site, the broken search function only shows files that were uploaded on or before April 10th. Thus far, the site’s operator has yet to comment on the technical problem. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Lantashi’s_Dance_–_Ch_2_–_H’shalyn⠀⇛ It has been forever since the Player and I have worked on this story. Time to change that! I have a lot of ideas for Lantashi, and the adventures that take place after the campaign the story is based on. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ All_in_on_dwm;_cheatsheet⠀⇛ I’ve been extatic with the suckless tiling desktop manager dwm on my notebook. Feeling all cocky I decided to switch my main machine to dwm as well. The result is great, but it took more time than I imagined. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ This,_that,_and_otherness⠀⇛ for setting me straight on an Antenna detail or two critical to my gemlog entries showing on Antenna! In related news, I was very happy to receive some nearly immediate email after relaunching my capsule. I don’t need a lot of attention, but I generally need more than zero to feel effort is worthwhile. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2023 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.26.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_26/04/2023:_Microsoft_/_Activision_Deal_Blocked_and_Qbs_2.0_Released⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:01 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Server o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o BSD o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o SaaS/Back_End/Databases o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o FSF o Programming/Development # Qt # Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Patents # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Science * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ Dignited ☛ Unix_Vs_Linux:_What’s_the_Difference⠀⇛ When it comes to operating systems, Unix and Linux are two of the most popular choices. Both are widely used in the tech industry, but what exactly sets them apart? In this article, we’ll delve into the key differences between Unix and Linux. Before we dive in, it’s worth noting that Unix and Linux are related but not identical. Unix was developed in the late 1960s by Bell Labs, while Linux was developed in the early 1990s by Linus Torvalds. Linux is actually based on Unix, but it’s an open-source operating system that can be freely modified and distributed. o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Latest_Kubernetes_1.27_Release_Provides_More_Control⠀⇛ The latest version 1.27 of Kubernetes adds a range of capabilities that promise to give IT teams more granular control over pods within individual clusters. Xander Grzywinski, release lead for this version and a senior product manager for Microsoft, says the capabilities that stand out most are an instance of o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ Collabora ☛ Kernel_6.3:_MediaTek,_Rockchip_RK3588_&_more⠀⇛ Released earlier this week, Linux Kernel 6.3 brings thousands of new lines of code to improve the core kernel, architectural support, networking and filesystems. # ⚓ Bootlin ☛ Linux_6.3_released,_Bootlin_contributions inside⠀⇛ Linux 6.3 has been released yesterday, right on schedule. As usual, see the LWN.net articles that covered the 6.3 merge window (part 1 and part 2) as well as the KernelNewbies page. # ⚓ Ghacks ☛ Linux_6.3_offers_improved_security_and functionality_for_users⠀⇛ The latest version of Linux, Linux 6.3, has been released following a “nice, controlled release cycle,” according to project boss Linus Torvalds. # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Linux_Kernel_6.3_is_released_with_some_major_new features⠀⇛ The latest Linux kernel boasts security, speed, and power improvements for Intel, AMD, ARM, and RISC- V architectures. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.2.13⠀⇛ I'm announcing the release of the 6.2.13 kernel. All users of the 6.2 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 6.2.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/ git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.2.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/ linux-s... thanks, greg k-h # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.1.26⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.15.109⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.10.179⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.4.242⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_4.19.282⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_4.14.314⠀⇛ # ⚓ Adam_Young:_The_Minimum_Linux_Kernel_Module_Code_to Register_a_Driver⠀⇛ I’ve been working through John_Madieu’s_Book_on Linux_Device_Driver_Development. When typing in the Sample code for the Platform device, I got a Segmentation fault registering the device (insmod). # ⚓ Neowin ☛ Intel_working_on_new_Meteor_Lake_L4_cache_for faster_next-gen_Windows,_Linux,_Chrome_booting⠀⇛ Intel is making a new L4 cache specifically designed for improving boot times on its next-gen Meteor Lake processors. This means we could expect faster booting on next-gen Windows 11, and more. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ AudioTube_is_a_Slick_YouTube_Music_App_for Linux⠀⇛ If you regularly use YouTube to listen to music you may enjoy using a dedicated YouTube music player on your desktop. On Linux, there are several to choose from. # ⚓ Sébastien Wilmet ☛ Sébastien_Wilmet:_The_life_of_a_GUI application⠀⇛ Some generalities about the life of a GUI application. What problems are usually encountered as developers, with solutions.ons need to be taken. [...] Once the GUI toolkit (and version) chosen, plus the HIG, the development starts! One thing to note already is that the application developer is – in practice – limited by what the GUI toolkit provides (and what is easily consumable). Even though it’s possible for the app developer to implement custom widgets based on lower-level API, it’s much harder to do so and many app developers don’t go that route. So what the GUI toolkit provides shapes what the application looks like, how features are presented to the user and how they are implemented. We would prefer to have as few frontend code as possible, to focus on the backend and features, but in practice we realize that the frontend is not that easy to implement, after all. A GUI application is not a batch program! Especially if we want to create a real product with a long lifetime, and a revenue stream (incidentally). # ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ 15_Best_Download_Managers_for_Linux⠀⇛ It’s obvious to have a good download manager for Linux or other operating systems you are using. Though all modern browsers have a default download manager, it’s not good enough to handle an effective downloading system. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_OpenRGB_on_Ubuntu_22.04_| 20.04⠀⇛ OpenRGB is an innovative open-source project that offers users a versatile solution for controlling RGB lighting on various devices. This software breaks the chains of proprietary ecosystems, enabling users to take control of their RGB configurations without the need for multiple vendor-specific applications. # ⚓ Peter ‘CzP’ Czanik ☛ Peter_Czanik:_Upgrade_problems_from syslog-ng_3_to_4⠀⇛ Version 4 of syslog-ng works perfectly well in version 3 compatibility mode. However, if you want to use the syslog-ng 4 features, you need to be aware of some significant changes. If you have a simple configuration, like those in Linux distributions, then simply rewriting the version string is most likely enough. However, if you use PatternDB or JSON parsing, any Python code, or an Elasticsearch, or MongoDB destination, you have to be aware of the changes. # ⚓ Peter_Czanik:_Upgrade_problems_from_syslog-ng_3_to_4⠀⇛ Version 4 of syslog-ng works perfectly well in version 3 compatibility mode. However, if you want to use the syslog-ng 4 features, you need to be aware of some significant changes. If you have a simple configuration, like those in Linux distributions, then simply rewriting the version string is most likely enough. However, if you use PatternDB or JSON parsing, any Python code, or an Elasticsearch, or MongoDB destination, you have to be aware of the changes. From this blog you can learn about type support, how this can affect you, changes in Python support, and some tips how to prepare for the upgrade. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Slack_on_Debian_12/11/10⠀⇛ In today’s fast-paced digital world, effective communication and collaboration are essential for success. With numerous tools available, it can be challenging to find one that meets your team’s unique needs. Slack, a robust and versatile collaboration platform, has quickly emerged as the go-to choice for organizations of all sizes. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Change_a_MySQL_User_Password⠀⇛ As a database administrator or a developer working with MySQL, you may need to change the password of a user for various reasons, such as security updates or user requests. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_List_All_MySQL_Databases_with Command_Line⠀⇛ MySQL, an extensively utilized open-source relational database management system (RDBMS), is favored by developers across the globe for its performance, dependability, and user-friendliness. In this article, we will examine a variety of approaches to display a comprehensive list of all MySQL databases, employing diverse tools and techniques. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ MySQL_DATEDIFF:_Concepts_and_Examples⠀⇛ Are you working with dates and time in MySQL and need a way to calculate the difference between two dates? Look no further! In this article, we’ll dive into the DATEDIFF() function in MySQL, discussing the concept behind it, its syntax, and providing practical examples. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_TeXworks_on_Debian_11⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install TeXworks on Debian 11. If you are a writer, researcher, or student, you know how important it is to have a reliable text editor for creating documents, articles, or papers. # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ How_to_Remove_Windows_Viruses_with Linux⠀⇛ The worst case is when the virus takes over your system, and you can’t boot it up. When this happens, you may want to use a live Linux distro to remove the Windows viruses. This tutorial shows you how to get it done. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ The_Ultimate_Guide_to_Recovery_and_Rescue_Mode in_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Greetings, Ubuntu enthusiasts! As a passionate Ubuntu user, I take great pleasure in sharing valuable tips and insights that can enhance your experience with this versatile operating system. In today’s guide, we’ll dive deep into the world of Recovery and Rescue Mode in Ubuntu, two powerful tools designed to help you troubleshoot and resolve various system issues. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_repair_a_damaged_filesystem_in_Ubuntu⠀⇛ In this comprehensive guide, we explore the essential aspects of filesystem management in Ubuntu. Learn how to repair, optimize, and maintain your filesystem with our expert tips and tricks. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_empty_or_clear_system_log_files_in Linux⠀⇛ Learn how to empty or clear system log files in Linux using various methods, including manual commands, logrotate, and Stacer. Keep your system organized and save disk space by managing log files efficiently. # ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ How_To_Fix_“Sub-process_/usr/bin/dpkg returned_an_error_code_(1)”_Error_In_Ubuntu⠀⇛ In Ubuntu You might come across the “Sub-process / usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)” Error In Ubuntu while trying to install software or upgrade the Ubuntu. This happens because of corrupt or broken packages. # ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ Fix_“Failed_to_mount_‘/dev/sdax’:_Input/ output_error,_NTFS_is_either_inconsistent,_or_there_is_a hardware_fault,_or_it’s_a_SoftRAID/FakeRAID_hardware”⠀⇛ In this Linux tutorial, we will show how to fix  “Failed to mount ‘/dev/sdax’: Input/output error, NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it’s a SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware” error on Linux. # ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ Multiple_Ways_To_Recover_Deleted_Files_On Linux_[2023]⠀⇛ In this Linux tutorial blog, We are going to show you the multiple ways to recover your deleted files from Linux based operating system. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Aurélien Gâteau ☛ Split-screen_revival_progress⠀⇛ As I explained in my previous status update, I decided not to dive into LAN based multi-player for Pixel Wheels. Instead I am reworking the existing shared screen multi-player mode. It’s going to use split screen again and support up to 4 players. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Magic:_The_Gathering_Fan_Allegedly_Set_Upon_by Pinkertons_for_Unreleased_Cards⠀⇛ And then on Sunday, April 23, oldschoolmtg uploaded a video titled “The Aftermath of The Aftermath … Everything Is Gone!” He described how Pinkerton agents allegedly showed up at his door that morning, demanding the return of the Magic cards. You might be familiar with the name; Pinkerton is a risk management and security firm that many people associate with agents sent to undermine unions in the early 1900s, infiltrating those unions in order to prevent unionists from gaining employment, recruit goon squads, act as security guards for management, and undermine strikes. Pinkertons were also a part of the Battle of Blair Mountain—the largest labor uprising in the United States. It is the kind of company you hire when you want to intimidate people and force them to comply immediately. # ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ 5_Best_3D_Games_for_Linux_To_Play⠀⇛ It is true that Linux doesn’t have a good name for the gaming sectors like Windows and macOS. But still, there are a lot of interesting games, including many 3D games available for Linux users. Indeed, gaming companies are now getting interested in Linux, and so they are producing more games for this system. # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_Steam_Games_with_Native_Linux_Clients with_Teslagrad_Remastered_and_Hush_Hush_–_2023-04-26 Edition⠀⇛ Between 2023-04-19 and 2023-04-26 there were 28 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 283 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 9.9 % of total… # ⚓ The United Kingdom ☛ Microsoft_/_Activision_deal_prevented to_protect_innovation_and_choice_in_cloud_gaming_–_GOV.UK⠀⇛ o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ KDE Official ☛ g10_Code_Becomes_a_KDE_Patron⠀⇛ g10_Code_GmbH joins the ranks of KDE patrons! g10 Code provides custom development, enhancements, and audits of cryptographic software — in particular for the popular GnuPG encryption and digital signature tools. # ⚓ Dedoimedo ☛ Slimbook_Pro2,_Kubuntu_18.04_to_22.04 upgrade,_changes,_fun⠀⇛ I have to say I’m really pleased with the upgrade. Yes, there were some niggles, but Kubuntu 22.04 has infused a lungful of fresh air into my Slimbook Pro2. It’s now quieter, cooler and more responsive than before, which is a really nice thing considering we’ve moved almost five years since. All of my software and games work just as before. Now compare this to some other other operating systems out there. Just sayin’. Well, if you’re pondering should you move off your older Linux, a Kubuntu in particular, in this case, the answer is a wholehearted yes. Plasma 5.24 is just solid gold. Now, I need to see whether I can get a new battery for the Pro2, because the way the software behaves, I see no reason why it cannot live another happy five years without breaking into sweat. But this has been a thoroughly good experiment. Two upgrades, two hours, excellent results. Take care, Tuxers. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ DragonFly BSD Digest ☛ Link_drip_or_weekend_summary?⠀⇛ I’ve been posting in this new pattern for a while now.  The content is mostly the same – DragonFly updates, BSD user meetings, oddball mostly history links – but I’m posting as I see them instead of doing a weekend summary.  Which do you prefer?  The summary or the drip? o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Fedora Magazine ☛ Anaconda_Installer_Partitioning_and Storage_Survey_Results⠀⇛ Back in late January, we distributed a survey focusing on partitioning preferences for Anaconda Installer (OS Installer for RHEL, CentOS, and Fedora). We were able to get 1269 responses! Thank you to all who participated. The data we collected will help the Anaconda team continue to provide an installer that best suits the majority’s needs. Given the high participation rate, we’re excited to share the main results and findings with you! o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Six_Raspberry_Pi_4′s_Power_Sci-Fi-Themed Chinese_Take-Out_Signage⠀⇛ A Chinese take-out in Houston, Texas has six Raspberry Pi 4 powering a sci-fi themed digital display. # ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ 10_Best_Raspberry_Pi_Pico_Projects_for Beginners⠀⇛ If you’re an engineering student or a robotics fanatic, I’m sure you’ve heard a lot about the Raspberry Pi and Pi projects. The regular Raspberry Pi boards and Pi projects are more often for robotics and simulations. The Pi board 3B, 4B, and higher versions are similar to a single-board computer (SBC). o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Android’s_camera_and_microphone_kill switch_is_headed_to_ChromeOS⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ghacks ☛ Google_is_developing_Timeline_feature_for_Android System_Settings⠀⇛ # ⚓ Online Tech Tips ☛ How_to_Change_the_Name_of_Your_Android Phone⠀⇛ # ⚓ XDA ☛ Android_13_QPR3_brings_back_Wi-Fi_password_sharing through_screenshots⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Android_13_QPR3_makes_Wi-Fi_password sharing_easier_again⠀⇛ # ⚓ Giz China ☛ See_Whether_Your_Phone_Will_Get_MIUI_15_and Android_14_With_This_Tool_–_Gizchina.com⠀⇛ # ⚓ India Times ☛ vivo_x90:_Vivo_X90_Pro:_Is_it_the_best Android_camera_phone_in_the_market?_–_The_Economic_Times Video_|_ET_Now⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gadget Bridge ☛ How_to_set_up_daily_routines_with_Google Assistant_on_Android_in_2023?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Giz China ☛ Android_14_set_to_introduce_a_long-awaited feature_–_Gizchina.com⠀⇛ # ⚓ Samsung ☛ Get_4x_Android_OS_Updates_on_Galaxy_A_–_Samsung Newsroom_Malaysia⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Pichai_teases_AI,_Pixel,_and_Android_at_Google I/O_2023⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Kayak_brings_passkey_support_to_Android_and Chrome⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Firefox_Nightly:_Harder,_Better,_Faster,_Stronger, Prettier_–_These_Weeks_in_Firefox:_Issue_136⠀⇛ § Highlights # Itiel improved themes_support_for_the findbar, previously there was very little contrast. Themes with background images have their images used in the findbar. o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ Phil Booth ☛ Nine_ways_to_shoot_yourself_in_the_foot_with PostgreSQL⠀⇛ Previously on Extreme Learning, I discussed all the ways I’ve broken production using healthchecks. In this post I’ll do the same for PostgreSQL. The common thread linking most of these gotchas is scalability. They’re things that won’t affect you while your database is small. But if one day you want your database not to be small, it pays to think about them in advance. Otherwise they’ll came back and bite you later, potentially when it’s least convenient. Plus in many cases it’s less work to do the right thing from the start, than it is to change a working system to do the right thing later on. o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ Want_new_features_in_LibreOffice?_Help_to_fund developers!⠀⇛ Every major release of LibreOffice includes new features, thanks to our community of volunteer and ecosystem developers. But what can you do, if you want a new feature in LibreOffice but don’t have the technical know-how to implement it? o § FSF⠀➾ # ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_Blogs:_Call_on_the_IRS_to_provide_libre_tax- filing_software⠀⇛ How did you file your taxes this year? Millions of US taxpayers file their taxes using proprietary software such as TurboTax. Many feel they have no other option than to use nonfree software or a Service as a Software Substitute (SaaSS), giving up their freedom as well as their most private financial information to a third-party company, in order to file taxes. Fortunately, upcoming legislation gives us a chance to change this. The Inflation Reduction Act requires the IRS to research a government-operated gratis tax return system. $15 million of the $80 billion that was approved for the tax agency by the Act is allocated for this. On April 5, the IRS released a plan for how it intends to improve the tax system. This plan includes the promise to further explore an “electronic service to prepare and file tax returns directly with the IRS.” To do so, the IRS intends to “study taxpayer preferences for products. The results of the study will inform if and how the IRS should design such a service.” This is an invitation to tell the IRS about the importance of free (as in freedom) software. The Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund launched a petition calling for a gratis, “simple tax filing system that saves taxpayers time and money.” This is not enough! We need a tax filing system in which every taxpayer can file their taxes entirely with free software. There are already some providers who allow eligible people to file their taxes free of charge, but none of the software offered is free as in freedom. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Bruno Rodrigues ☛ I’ve_been_blogging_for_10_years⠀⇛ The primary reason I started my blog was to have a repository of code snippets that I could re-use. Anytime I had to do something for my thesis or for work, I would write instructions around the code that I’ve used to explain how and why things worked out. But I needed a spot to save these scripts, and it turns out that a blog was the best solution for this: it doesn’t require any subscription to a (very often proprietary) service to store my notes for me, and I need 0 discipline to maintain a blog. Simply write a post, push to Github, website gets updated. If I would store the notes myself on my computer instead, this would mean a lot of work, and I would need to think about how to make them available across devices. The other reason is that I thought that this would be a good way for me to contribute to the wider free software and open source ecosystem. I’m not a programmer, so contributing code would be quite difficult for me. I’ve recently published a package, so in the end I ended up contributing code, but that was more due to “luck” finding an actual problem that hadn’t been solved (well, that’s not really the case, logging in R had been solved, but not using a monad and for some reason I had become obsessed with monads in 2022) and also thanks to the help of much better programmers than myself. So writing and posting these blog posts would be my way to contribute to the community. I think that this was the right decision, as I’ve had many people throughout the years thank me for some of my blog posts that helped them with some of their tasks. # ⚓ Jason Swett ☛ Why_duplication_is_more_acceptable_in_tests⠀⇛ It’s often taught in programming that duplication is to be avoided. But for some reason it’s often stated that duplication is more acceptable in test code than in application code. Why is this? We’ll explore this, but first, let’s examine the wrong answers. # ⚓ [Repeat]Ruben Schade ☛ Urban_sprawl_guarenteed_the_success of_online_retail⠀⇛ Unfortunately, much of Sydney is the same suburban “stroad” wasteland like you see in post-WWII New Zealand or North America. Weirdly enough, my first experience with this lifestyle was in Malaysia; my parents wanted a house again after living in high- rise Singapore, so we moved into a residential development on the periphery (to put it charitably!) of Kuala Lumpur. It was a beautiful, isolated prison accessible only by car, and I promised myself to never live in one again! Which leads me to this epiphany about online retail. Living in a remote house distorts your view of the world in so many ways, but this might be one of the more economically consequential. # ⚓ Alexandru Nedelcu ☛ Kotlin_Coroutines_to_Cats-Effect⠀⇛ Kotlin Coroutines are usually integrated in Java code via Java’s CompletableFuture, but a tighter integration might be possible with Cats-Effect. I played around to see if I can convert Kotlin’s coroutines, built via suspended functions straight to cats.effect.IO. Turns out I could. # ⚓ Brad Taunt ☛ Applying_Email-Based_Git_Patches_in_Evolution on_Linux⠀⇛ Users who work with git patches through email most likely use a terminal-based program such as aerc or mutt. CLI email clients tend to have built-in support for easily applying patches directly to their local repos. But what about people who prefer to use graphical email apps? Lucky for us, it is actually fairly simple to replicate a similar workflow to that of a CLI client. In this example I will be focusing on the Evolution email client, but the core principles should work in most other GUIs. # ⚓ Adriaan de Groot ☛ CMake_3.26_update_on_FreeBSD⠀⇛ It was time again to update CMake on FreeBSD. That’s always a guarantee for a good time, since there are about 2500 FreeBSD ports (software packages) that use CMake directly as their (meta- ) build system. An update is a special moment to try to break them. # ⚓ Balint_Reczey:_Improve_build_time_of_Rust,_Java_and_Intel Fortran_projects_with_Firebuild’s_new_release!⠀⇛ Rust is a hugely popular compiled programming language and fully supporting it was an important goal for Firebuild for some time. Firebuild’s v0.8.0_release finally added Rust support in addition to numerous other improvements including support for Doxygen, Intel’s Fortran compiler and restored javac and javadoc acceleration. # § Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Qt ☛ Shaping_the_Future_of_Digital_Experience_–_UI Framework_Graphics⠀⇛ Graphics are an essential element of UI applications. Indeed, what differentiates UI applications from other types of software is the presence of a visual interface enhancing user interaction. Visuals make software more intuitive and immediate, easier to use and to understand. Colors, icons, and animations provide visual cues or status updates in a non-invasive way. Charts, graphs, or maps help display complex information and data. Advanced 3D graphics represent real-world objects and life-like situations on the UI. And in addition to their utility, there is an undisputed aesthetic value in the creation of visually appealing software—good UX design and pleasant visuals attract more users and reinforce brands. # ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_for_Android_Automotive_6.5_is_released⠀⇛ The latest release of Qt for Android Automotive (QtAA) is out, based on Qt 6.5 LTS and with many new and improved features. # ⚓ Qt ☛ Qbs_2.0_released⠀⇛ The Qbs_build_tool version 2.0.0 is available. Qbs is a community-driven language-agnostic build automation system. It is fast and offers an easy-to-learn language based upon QML. # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ ‘Unary_Operator_Expected’_Error_in_Bash: Causes,_Solutions,_and_Best_Practices⠀⇛ Welcome to this tutorial on resolving the “unary operator expected” error in Bash! This error often occurs when working with Bash scripts and can be challenging to diagnose and fix. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Magnitude-7.3_earthquake_strikes_Indonesia; 2-hour_tsunami_warning_lifted⠀⇛ The quake was at a depth of 20km. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ N.H._Bakery’s_Mural_Causes_Town_Beuracrats_To_Go_Nuts Over_Donuts⠀⇛ You might be a little surprised how many Techdirt posts have been done that involve donuts. I know, right? What a sentence! Still, we’ve got square donut trademarks, we’ve got donuts made to look like college sports teams, and we even have donut crumbs that some Joe Friday out there thought for sure was meth. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Two_Excellent_Podcast_Episodes_Techdirt_Readers_Might Like⠀⇛ We’re hard at work on a very cool new project that will be released very soon, so I didn’t have time to record a podcast this week. However, there were two recent (much more well known) podcast episodes that I heard that Techdirt readers might really like. Rather than do longer posts about each, I figured I’d just lump them together in this post with a short summary, and if they sound interesting, you should go check them out. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Forbes_30_Under_30…_And_Facing_30_Years_Behind_Bars⠀⇛ Back in 2016, around the time that both Theranos and Zenefits were engulfed in scandals that involved their superstar founders/CEOs being caught lying to investors, we had a podcast discussing the issues around innovation and the marketing mantra of “fake it ‘til you make it” for startups. One of the points raised is that there is a difference between outright fraud and the kind of usual puffery and exaggeration that happens in both startups, and that it’s important for startup founders not to get carried away. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_FAA_let_SpaceX_launch_Starship_without_the usual_pad_protections⠀⇛ The multi-year bureaucratic clash over the environmental impact of the world’s largest rocket considered everything from endangered birds and historical monuments to exhaust and construction noise, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) didn’t anticipate one thing: dust. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ FET:_The_Friendly_Efficient_Transistor⠀⇛ If you ever work with a circuit that controls a decent amount of current, you will often encounter a FET – a Field-Effect Transistor. Whether you want to control a couple of powerful LEDs, switch a USB device on and off, or drive a motor, somewhere in the picture, there’s usually a FET doing the heavy lifting. You might not be familiar with how a FET works, how to use one and what are the caveats – let’s go through the basics. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ This_Amphibious_Fish_May_Hold_The_Secret_to The_Evolutionary_Origins_of_Blinking⠀⇛ *blink* # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_Large_Magellanic_Cloud_Shapes_The_Milky Way_in_Ways_We’re_Only_Starting_to_Grasp⠀⇛ Influencer. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ In_an_Incredible_First,_Scientists_Have Discovered_What’s_at_The_Core_of_Mars⠀⇛ We’ve finally detected seismic waves passing through the Red Planet. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ New_Study_of_Einstein_Rings_Says_Dark Matter_Behaves_More_Like_a_Wave,_Not_a_Particle⠀⇛ Curiouser and curiouser. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ We_May_Have_Just_Detected_an_Elusive_Ocean World_Orbiting_a_Sun-Like_Star⠀⇛ An incredibly rare find. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ A_Japanese_Company_Is_Attempting_the First_Successful_Private_Moon_Landing._Here’s_How_to_Watch.⠀⇛ Japanese company ispace is aiming to be the first company to successfully land a robot on the moon this week. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Moon_shot:_Japan_firm_to_attempt historic_lunar_landing⠀⇛ ispace’s Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander will start its descent towards the lunar surface at around 11.40pm, Singapore time. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Martian_rover_likely_stalled_by_sand, dust,_says_China_after_months_of_silence_on_its_status⠀⇛ An unforeseen pile-up of dust most likely affected power generation and Zhurong’s ability to wake up o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ A_protest_for_education_ends_with_tear gas⠀⇛ o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Low-Cost_RF_Power_Sensor_Gets_All_The_Details Right⠀⇛ Dirty little secret time: although amateur radio operators talk a good game about relishing the technical challenge of building their own radio equipment, what’s really behind all the DIY gear is the fact that the really good stuff is just too expensive to buy. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Reading_Ptolemy’s_Treatise_On_The_Meteoroscope On_Palimpsests_After_Centuries_Of_Recovery_Attempts⠀⇛ During the Middle Ages much of Ancient Greek and Roman scientific, legal and similarly significant texts written on parchment were commonly erased, mostly because of the high cost of new parchment and the little regard given to these secular texts. Although recovery attempts of the remaining faint outlines of the old text has been attempted since at least the 19th century, these often involved aggressive chemical means. Now researchers have managed to recover the text written by Ptolemy on a parchment that suffered such a previous recovery attempt. # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ DFRobot_debuts_compact_x86_Single_Board Computer⠀⇛ The LattePanda Sigma is a new single board computer featuring a 13th gen i5 processor along with an ATmega32 coprocessor. The device is equipped with multiple interfaces and flexible expansion ports. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Retrotechtacular:_Putting_Pictures_On_The_Wire In_The_1930s⠀⇛ Remember fax machines? They used to be all the rage, and to be honest it was pretty cool to be able to send images back and forth over telephone lines. By the early 2000s, pretty much everyone had some kind of fax capability, whether thanks to a dedicated fax machine, a fax modem, or an all-in- one printer. But then along came the smartphone that allowed you to snap a picture of a document and send it by email or text, and along with the decrease in landline subscriptions, facsimile has pretty much become a technological dead end. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Op_Amp_Contest:_A_Slice_Of_The_’70s⠀⇛ The 1970s was a great time to be an electronics hobbyist, as a whole new world of analogue integrated circuits was coming down in price while new devices would appear to tempt the would-be constructor. Magazines and project books were full of simple circuits to do all manner of fun things, including many synthesizers and sound generators. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Very_Slow_Movie_Player_Avoids_E-Ink_Ghosting With_Machine_Learning⠀⇛ [mat kelcey] was so impressed and inspired by the concept of a very slow movie player (which is the playing of a movie at a slow rate on a kind of DIY photo frame) that he created his own with a high- resolution e-ink display. It shows high definition frames from Alien (1979) at a rate of about one frame every 200 seconds, but a surprising amount of work went into getting a color film intended to look good on a movie screen also look good when displayed on black & white e-ink. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Fanless_mini_PC_features_up_to_Core_i3-N305 Alder_Lake-N_processor⠀⇛ AAEON’s UP Squared Pro 7000 Edge fanless mini PC is powered by a choice of Alder Lake-N SoCs from the Processor N50 up to the Intel Core i3-N305 octa- core processor and designed for IoT, automation, robotics, and industrial applications. The system is based on the UP Squared Pro 7000 4-inch SBC and ships up to 16GB LPDDR5, up to 64GB eMMC flash, and supports triple display setups with HDMI, DisplayPort, and USB-C ports. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Arm_reportedly_developing_‘advanced’_test chip_for_customers⠀⇛ Arm Ltd. is developing a test chip designed to demonstrate the capabilities of its technology to customers, according to a new report. The Financial Times on Sunday cited sources as saying that the project is Arm’s “most advanced” chipmaking initiative to date. ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Exploring_an_incredible_Kyoto_Hard_Off_store⠀⇛ Hard Off is a chain of second-hand stores in Japan that sell computers, retro consoles, Hi-Fi gear, camera lenses, scientific equipment, electric guitars, toasters, and everything in between. Their logo suggests they’re related to the Book Off chain of second- hand book stores. I’d never been to one in Japan before, but Clara and I tracked down a branch on the outskirts of Kyoto one evening. It was a bit of a trek; the sheer size of the warehouse presumably makes it difficult to afford rent or floor space in the centre of town. Fortunately, there was a Hankyu line station within a fifteen minute walk. ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ AMD_Ryzen_7000_Burning_Out:_Root_Cause_Identified,_EXPO_and SoC_Voltages_to_Blame⠀⇛ We reached out to industry contacts to find out why AMD’s Ryzen 7000 processors are burning out. ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Arm_Developing_Reference_Chips_to_Attract_New_Customers: Report⠀⇛ Arm reportedly forms solutions team to develop advanced SoC prototypes. § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ * ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_countries_with_the_worst_malaria_rates⠀⇛ Africa continues to carry a disproportionately high share of malaria cases, according to the latest world malaria report by the World Health Organization. * ⚓ ADF ☛ West_Africa_Emerges_as_Cocaine_Hotspot:_UN_Report⠀⇛ The Guinean Navy found more than 1.5 tons of cocaine on board a fishing vessel off the coast during an inspection in early April. * ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Common_Sleeping_Pill_May_Reduce_The_Build-Up_of Alzheimer’s_Proteins,_Study_Finds⠀⇛ Intriguing… * ⚓ Science Alert ☛ It’s_Official:_Cranberries_Can_Reduce_Risk_of_UTI_by 50%_in_Certain_People⠀⇛ More than an ‘old wive’s tale’. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ What’s_Going_On_With_Covid_Right_Now?⠀⇛ Cases, hospitalizations and deaths are lower than they’ve been in years. We asked experts how to think about personal risk — and what the future likely holds. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Death_toll_in_Kenyan_starvation_cult_rises_to_more_than_70, police_say⠀⇛ Kenyan police have recovered 73 bodies, mostly from mass graves in a forest in eastern Kenya, thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves, a police officer said on Monday. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Air_pollution_kills_more_than_1,200_children_a_year_in Europe,_report_says⠀⇛ Air pollution still causes more than 1,200 premature deaths a year in under 18′s across Europe and increases the risk of chronic disease later in life, the EU environmental agency said Monday. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ G7_agriculture_ministers_agree_to_help_Ukraine_restore_food systems_amid_war⠀⇛ The Group of 7 (G7) Agriculture Ministers Sunday agreed to assist Ukraine as it rebuilds its agriculture system and condemned Russia’s “war of aggression” on Ukraine. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ North_Dakota_Governor_Signs_Near-Total_Abortion_Ban⠀⇛ The governor approved the state’s prohibition on Monday, just a month after the State Supreme Court blocked an earlier ban. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Car_crashes_into_toll_gate_barrier_in_Malaysia after_driver,_passengers_lose_consciousness⠀⇛ A medical examination confirmed they were unconscious due to lack of oxygen in their bodies. * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Insulin_Pump_Teardown_Shows_One_Motor_Does_Many_Jobs⠀⇛ Modern insulin pumps are self-contained devices that attach to a user’s skin via an adhesive patch, and are responsible for administering insulin as needed. Curious as to what was inside, [Ido Roseman] tore down an Omnipod Dash and took some pictures showing what was inside. * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ WHO_Official_Warns_Occupation_of_Sudanese_Lab_Poses ‘Huge_Biological_Risk’⠀⇛ Amid a 72-hour truce in Sudan, a United Nations official revealed Tuesday that that one of the warring parties had seized control of a national laboratory in the capital Khartoum that holds samples of multiple diseases, posing a public health threat. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Your_dog_can_join_you_for_outdoor_dining,_FDA_says⠀⇛ It’s OK for diners to bring dogs to restaurants’ outdoor seating areas if state and local laws — and the restaurant — allow it, the Food and Drug Administration says in new guidance. Why it matters: The agency weighed in on this hot-button issue just in time for spring, the high season for disputes over Fido’s right to dine alfresco — and as cities grapple with whether to extend COVID-era outdoor dining rules. § Proprietary⠀➾ * ⚓ New Zealand Herald ☛ Amazon_NZ_staff_brace_for_layoff_news_today, expected_to_focus_on_AWS⠀⇛ Amazon New Zealand staff have been called to a midday meeting, where they expect to hear how they will be impacted by the multinational’s latest round of layoffs. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Will_AI_Lead_to_Human_Extinction?⠀⇛ It gets worse: In a survey of AI experts conducted last year, almost half said the chance that AI would lead to human extinction was 10 percent or more. Even Elon Musk, a founding member of OpenAI and someone rarely seen as concerned about consequences, said last week that AI “has the potential of civilization destruction.” We are at an inflection point with AI. New technology demands new regulations. But AI development is outpacing regulators’ ability to act, or even to understand. To avert the worst possible outcomes, leaders need to listen to the experts who can anticipate the ramifications, and regulate now—before it’s too late. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ A_Refuge_From_Internet_Algorithms_Is_Hiding_in_Plain Sight⠀⇛ Google Maps’ main purpose is to enable people to get directions and look up businesses. But along the way, it has become a social space too. Sort of. To fill out the world map it created, Google invited people to add snippets to all the digital places. You upload your photos; you leave your reviews; you look at the artifacts others have left behind. The pictures of a restaurant on Google Maps are often a mismatched succession of interior-design shots, flash photos of messy plates, and outdated menus. There’s plenty of detritus too: irrelevant photos, businesses that don’t exist, three-star reviews without an explanation. § Security⠀➾ * ⚓ Google ☛ Release_of_a_Technical_Report_into_Intel_Trust_Domain Extensions⠀⇛ Today, members of Google Project Zero and Google Cloud are releasing a report on a security review of Intel’s Trust_Domain Extensions (TDX). TDX is a feature introduced to support Confidential_Computing by providing hardware isolation of virtual machine guests at runtime. This isolation is achieved by securing sensitive resources, such as guest physical memory. This restricts what information is exposed to the hosting environment. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Attackers_Abuse_Kubernetes_RBAC_to_Deploy_Persistent Backdoor⠀⇛ Threat actors have been observed abusing Kubernetes RBAC to create backdoors and hijack cluster resources for cryptocurrency mining. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ External_Signs_of_Narcissism_–_Raising_Awareness_to Avoid_Collateral_Damage⠀⇛ Learning how to spot the signs of narcissism and identify narcissists will help us ensure that we do not bring these people into our security and fraud teams, or our enterprises. * ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ To_combat_cybercrime,_US_law_enforcement increasingly_prioritizes_disruption⠀⇛ Rather than focusing on arrests, U.S. law enforcement is trying to prevent additional victims of online crime. * ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Collaboration_between_CISA,_Cyber_Command_thwarted dangerous_cyberattacks,_officials_said⠀⇛ During the 2023 RSA Conference, top officials provided rare insight into sharing information to protect U.S. networks from malicious hackers. * ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Industrial_security_vendors_partner_to_share intelligence_about_critical_infrastructure_threats⠀⇛ The biggest companies working in industrial cybersecurity are building an early-warning platform called ETHOS to share threat intelligence. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ 38_Countries_Take_Part_in_NATO’s_2023_Locked_Shields Cyber_Exercise⠀⇛ More than 3,000 participants from 38 countries took place in NATO’s 2023 Locked Shields cyber defense exercise. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Critical_Flaw_in_Inea_ICS_Product_Exposes_Industrial Organizations_to_Remote_Attacks⠀⇛ Critical vulnerability found in Inea RTU can be exploited to remotely hack devices and cause disruption in industrial organizations. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ North_Korean_Hackers_Target_Mac_Users_With_New ‘RustBucket’_Malware⠀⇛ North Korea-linked hacking group BlueNoroff/Lazarus was seen using the RustBucket macOS malware in recent attacks. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ SolarWinds_Platform_Update_Patches_High-Severity Vulnerabilities⠀⇛ SolarWinds has patched two high-severity vulnerabilities that could lead to command execution and privilege escalation. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ New_Data_Sharing_Platform_Serves_as_Early_Warning System_for_OT_Security_Threats⠀⇛ Several OT cybersecurity firms have teamed up to create an information sharing platform designed to serve as an early warning system for critical infrastructure. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Huntress:_Most_PaperCut_Installations_Not_Patched Against_Already-Exploited_Security_Flaw⠀⇛ Researchers warn that majority of Windows and macOS PaperCut installations still vulnerable to critical vulnerability already exploited in malware attacks. * ⚓ How_To_Secure_Against_WordPress_Vulnerabilities_with_Predictive Analysis_Detection_&_Automated_Remediation⠀⇛ WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems in the world due to the ability it gives non-technical, inexperienced users to create professional, effective websites. According to data from W3Techs, WordPress was used by 43% of all websites on the Internet in 2022. This widespread usage, combined with persistent security vulnerabilities, has put a target on WordPress’s back. Malicious hackers have come to view attacks exploiting WordPress vulnerabilities as an easy and effective way to gain access to valuable credentials and infect systems with harmful software. Securing WordPress sites against damaging attacks is a challenge, as new vulnerabilities are constantly being discovered, and even sites that are considered secure are frequently breached with emerging attacks. In this article, we introduce a minimum impact solution that leverages predictive analysis detection and automated remediation, and demonstrate its effectiveness in securing WordPress sites against attacks exploiting both new and known flaws. * § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ o ⚓ EFF ☛ Internal_Documents_Show_How_Little_the_FBI_Did_to_Correct Misuse_of_Section_702_Databases⠀⇛ Section 702 allows the government to conduct surveillance inside the United States by vacuuming up digital communications so long as the surveillance is directed at foreigners currently located outside the United States. It also prohibits intentionally targeting Americans. Nevertheless, the NSA routinely (“incidentally”) acquires innocent Americans’ communications without a probable cause warrant. Once collected, the FBI can search through this massive database of information by “querying” the communications of specific individuals. In 2021 alone, the FBI conducted up to 3.4 million warrantless searches of Section 702 data to find Americans’ communications. Congress and the FISA Court have imposed modest limitations on these “backdoor searches,” but according to several recent FISA Court opinions, the FBI has engaged in “widespread violations” of even these minimal privacy protections. After a string of scandals, these newly released documents demonstrate some of the steps the FBI took to train personnel who apparently did not understand how to stay within the law’s extremely broad mandate. Namely, to query the collected communications of U.S. persons only if they are investigating foreign intelligence, a crime, or both, still without judicial review. According to FBI director and media reports, these guidelines led to a significant drop in unauthorized searches, but even this “dramatic” drop still allegedly resulted in over two hundred thousand warrantless searches of Americans’ private communications in 2022 alone. That’s two hundred thousand too many; Congress should close the “backdoor loophole” and require the FBI to get a search warrant. o ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ The_Law_Bytes_Podcast,_Episode_164:_Teresa_Scassa on_the_Latest_Canadian_Court_Ruling_on_Facebook_and_What_It_Might Mean_for_Privacy_Reform⠀⇛ The controversy over Facebook and Cambridge Analytica was back in the spotlight in Canada as the Federal Court sided with Facebook and against the Privacy Commissioner of Canada in a decision arising from a 2019 investigation into the matter. o ⚓ EDRI ☛ EU_plans_allow_Big_Tech_to_exploit_your_medical_records, without_permission⠀⇛ The EHDS also proposes to legally compel hospitals or physicians to hand out your medical records to a newly created government agency, which in turn, can allow access to anyone who claims a research interest. That includes not only academics but also pharmaceutical companies, wellness app startups and even data harvesting Big Tech corporations like Google and Facebook. o ⚓ Cryptography Engineering ☛ Book_Review:_Red_Team_Blues⠀⇛ This became obvious in the middle of the first chapter, when a character began explaining the operation of a trusted execution environment and its various digital signing keys. While it’s always fun to read about gangsters and exploding cars, there’s something particularly nice about a book whose plot hangs around a piece of technology that most people don’t even think about. (And if that isn’t your thing, there are exploding cars and gangsters.) This still leaves the question of how a cryptography blog reviews a work of fiction, even one centered on cryptography. The answer is pretty simple: I’m not going to talk much about the story. If you want that, there are other reviews out there. While I did enjoy the book immensely and I’m hopeful Cory will write more books in this line (with hopefully more cryptography), I’ll mainly focus on the plausibility of the core technical setup. o ⚓ YLE ☛ Russia_tracks_visiting_Finns_via_smartphone_IMEI_codes,_Yle finds⠀⇛ The visitors noted that Russian authorities recorded the IMEI codes of their smartphones as they crossed the border. The 15-digit IMEI codes are device-unique, allowing mobile phone service providers to identify individual devices on mobile phone networks. That code is attached to the device itself and is not changed if a different SIM card is used, for example. o ⚓ EDRI ☛ Retrospective_facial_recognition_surveillance_conceals human_rights_abuses_in_plain_sight⠀⇛ Following the burglary of a French logistics company in 2019, facial recognition technology (FRT) was used on security camera footage of the incident in an attempt to identify the perpetrators. In this case, the FRT system listed two hundred people as potential suspects. From this list, the police singled out ‘Mr H’ and charged him with the theft, despite a lack of physical evidence to connect him to the crime. The judge decided to rely on this notoriously discriminatory technology, sentencing Mr H to 18 months in prison. o ⚓ RTL ☛ Speed_cameras_that_can_detect_mobile_phones_to_be introduced_in_border_region⠀⇛ In the future, every police headquarters in Rhineland- Palatinate will be equipped with such a mobile speed camera system. The Minister of the Interior announced that in the next amendment of the Police and Public Order Act, “we will draw up a proposal, the legal basis of which will allow the permanent use of the Monocam. We will of course also take into account data protection issues.” The Monocam system, developed in the Netherlands, detects in real time when a car or lorry driver grabs their smartphone or tablet while driving and automatically takes a picture. o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Practice_makes_perfect:_What_China_wants_from its_digital_currency_in_2023 [Ed: Such a currency would harm many people in a lot of ways. The problem isn't that regimes want people to carry computers around; the problem is that they want these computers to be remotely controlled by the regimes. Carrying computers around can be OK (PDAs, hand calculators), but this is not how regimes envision the future. They want instruments of control over people.]⠀⇛ The e-CNY network has expanded over the last year, and China’s goals have only become clearer. Domestically, the People’s Bank of China is still in test-and-learn mode, globally, China is more focused on setting defining international standards. o ⚓ Reason ☛ Fourth_Circuit_Affirms_Two_Decisions_Denying Pseudonymity_for_Plaintiffs_Alleging_Disabilities⠀⇛ Monday’s Fourth Circuit opinions from Judges Robert King, Marvin Quattlebaum, and Henry Floyd (Smith v. Towson Univ. and Doe v. ABA Accredited Univ.) were nonprecedential, and upheld the lower court decisions under an “abuse of discretion” standard. § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ * ⚓ YLE ☛ Germany:_Russian_fighters_flew_over_Baltic_with_transponders turned_off⠀⇛ A German air force tweet included a number of photographs of the Russian jets. * ⚓ RTE ☛ RTÉ_documentary_series_The_Silent_Civil_War_uncovers_never- before-heard_testimonies_of_Irish_Civil_War_revolutionaries⠀⇛ An upcoming documentary series The Silent Civil War will share the epic, poignant and often challenging testimonies of family members of a number of those who were involved in the Civil War in Ireland between 1922 and 1923. The two-part series will begin on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player on Wednesday 26th April at 9: 35pm. * ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Reshaping_the_ADF_to_meet_our_strategic_challenges⠀⇛ When the incoming Albanese Government tasked former Defence Minister Stephen Smith and former Chief of Defence Force Sir Angus Houston with writing the Defence Strategic Review (DSR), they spelled out the clear need for prioritisation… * ⚓ LRT ☛ New_NATO_defence_plans_meet_Lithuania’s_expectations_– president⠀⇛ New NATO Baltic defence plans, which have been presented to member states, meet Lithuania’s expectations, President Gitanas Nausėda has said. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Drone_Laden_With_17_Kilos_Of_Explosives_Reportedly_‘Found’_Near Moscow⠀⇛ A drone loaded with 17 kilos of C-4 explosives was found on the outskirts of Moscow, Russian state news agency TASS reported on April 24, quoting an unnamed source in law enforcement. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ At_Security_Council,_Lavrov_Faces_Blistering_Condemnation_From West,_UN_Chief⠀⇛ Moscow has come under blistering attack at the United Nations over its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned that the world was at “a dangerous threshold.” * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Crimean_Tatar_Jailed_For_Fighting_With_Ukrainian_Forces⠀⇛ A court in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian region of Crimea has sentenced a local resident, whose identity was not disclosed, to four years in prison for taking part in the activities of an illegal armed group. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Appeal_Of_Suspect_In_Russian_Cafe_Bombing_That_Killed_War Blogger_Denied⠀⇛ The Moscow City Court has rejected an appeal filed by Darya Trepova against her pretrial detention for her alleged role in the assassination of a prominent Russian war blogger at a St. Petersburg cafe earlier this month. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kazakh_Student_Faces_Prosecution_At_Home_For_Joining_Russia’s Wagner_In_Ukraine⠀⇛ A Kazakh student at Tomsk State University in Siberia who joined Russia’s private mercenary group Wagner in March, may face up to nine years in prison for being in a mercenary group if he returns home. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Russia_demolishes_monument_to_Lithuanian,_Polish_deportees⠀⇛ A monument to Lithuanian and Polish victims to Stalin’s deportations has been demolished in Russia’s Perm region, the Russian NGO Memorial said. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Baltic_states_summon_Chinese_envoys_to_protest_statements questioning_their_sovereignty⠀⇛ The foreign ministries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on Monday summoned the heads of their respective Chinese embassies to protest a statement by the Chinese ambassador to France that former Soviet Union countries “do not have effective status under international law”. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Despite_visa_bans,_Russian_residents_in_Lithuania_on_the_rise⠀⇛ Even though the Lithuanian government suspended visas for Russian and Belarusian nationals soon after the start of the Ukraine war, more of them moved to the country last year than before. Are they a threat to national security, as the government claims? * ⚓ LRT ☛ Private_helicopter_barred_from_taking_off_from_Lithuania_to Russia⠀⇛ A private helicopter has been prevented from taking off from Kaunas Airport for a flight to Pskov in Russia on suspicion of circumventing international sanctions, the Lithuanian Transport Safety Administration (LTSA) said on Monday. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_officials_eager_to_‘remove_obstacles’_for_developing arms_industry⠀⇛ Lithuania should remove regulation in order to encourage the development of arms industry, several officials said on Monday. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_to_summon_Chinese_rep_over_statements_by_Beijing’s ambassador_to_France⠀⇛ The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry is summoning the chargé d’affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Vilnius to demand explanations about the statements made by the Chinese Ambassador to France on the national sovereignty of the Baltic states. * ⚓ LRT ☛ China_says_it_respects_sovereignty_of_post-Soviet_states following_outcry_over_ambassador’s_statements⠀⇛ China said on Monday that it respects the sovereign status of all former Soviet countries, walking back on the statements of its ambassador to France who seemingly questioned their sovereignty. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Chinese_Diplomat’s_Comments_On_Post-Soviet_Nations_Sparks Outcry,_Demands_For_Explanation⠀⇛ Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia have summoned Chinese envoys in their countries to explain recent comments by Beijing’s ambassador to France that questioned the sovereignty of former Soviet states amid Russia’s war against Ukraine. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_says_it_respects_ex-Soviet_states’ sovereignty_after_envoy_sparks_outrage⠀⇛ China said it respected the “sovereign state status” of all ex- Soviet countries on Monday, after Beijing’s ambassador to France sparked outrage in Europe by questioning the sovereignty of those nations. * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Assessing_China’s_approach_to_technological competition_with_the_United_States⠀⇛ This past winter, the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and the Global China Hub convened experts and officials in a private workshop to discuss how China views technological competition with the United States. * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ What_the_ICJ_ruling_on_the_Central_Bank_of_Iran means_for_the_US_and_the_Islamic_Republic—and_those_seeking_reparations for_state-sponsored_atrocities⠀⇛ On March 30, the International Court of Justice issued its final judgment on a case between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States on the fate of “Certain Iranian Assets.” The judgment contains wins and losses for both sides. * ⚓ France24 ☛ French_court_halts_controversial_migrant_expulsions_from Mayotte_slum⠀⇛ A French court halted the controversial clearance of a slum due Tuesday aimed at expelling migrants from its Indian Ocean island territory of Mayotte — a plan that has sparked clashes between locals and security forces and sparked tensions with neighbouring Comoros. * ⚓ France24 ☛ US_says_Sudan_warring_parties_agree_to_72-hour_ceasefire after_hundreds_killed⠀⇛ Sudan’s battling generals have agreed to a three-day ceasefire, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, after 10 days of urban combat killed hundreds, wounded thousands, and sparked a mass exodus of foreigners. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Haiti_insecurity_‘comparable’_to_nations_at_war,_says_UN⠀⇛ Insecurity in Haiti’s capital has reached levels similar to countries at war, the United Nations said Monday in a report that highlighted a surge in murders and kidnappings in the country. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Comoros_refuses_boats_carrying_undocumented_migrants expelled_from_France’s_Mayotte⠀⇛ Comoros said Monday it had refused to allow a boat carrying migrants from Mayotte, where French authorities have announced a controversial operation against illegal migrants, to dock. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Guatemala_leader_vows_to_stand_by_‘solid’_ally Taiwan⠀⇛ Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on Tuesday pledged support for “solid diplomatic ally” Taiwan during a visit to the self-ruled island that has been slammed by China. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ ‘Fierce_Battles’_In_Bakhmut_As_The_City_Remains_Under_Sustained Russian_Attack⠀⇛ Russian forces unleashed more waves of assaults on Bakhmut over the past day, but neither side managed to make critical advances in the monthslong battle for the city in the eastern region of Donetsk, the Ukrainian military said on April 25. * ⚓ RFA ☛ US_aircraft_carrier_arrives_in_Thailand_after_crossing_South China_Sea⠀⇛ The USS Nimitz performed a dramatic U-turn en route for unknown reasons. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Estonian_PM_Backs_Kyiv’s_Bid_For_NATO,_EU_Membership⠀⇛ During a visit to Ukraine, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said she backed Kyiv’s efforts to join NATO and the European Union “as soon as conditions allow.” * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Explosions_At_Pakistan_Anti-Terror_Office_Kill_At_Least_15; Stored_Ammunition_Suspected⠀⇛ Pakistani police say at least 15 people were killed and dozens injured after two explosions destroyed an anti-terrorism police headquarters in the Swat Valley in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, but officials said the blasts were caused by stored ammunition and not terrorism. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Sheriff’s_Office_in_Rural_Kentucky_Hires_Detective_Who Killed_Breonna_Taylor⠀⇛ Myles Cosgrove, who was fired by the Police Department in Louisville, Ky., after the fatal raid on Ms. Taylor’s apartment, has a new job in Carroll County in northern Kentucky. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine’s_Spring_Offensive_Comes_With_Immense_Stakes for_Future_of_the_War⠀⇛ Without a decisive victory, Western support for Ukraine could weaken, and Kyiv could come under increasing pressure to enter serious peace talks to end or freeze the conflict. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia’s_Lavrov_Leads_U.N._Peace_Meeting,_Drawing Accusations_of_Hypocrisy⠀⇛ Taking advantage of its turn as president of the Security Council, Moscow sent Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov to preside over a session on peace and diplomacy. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Junta’s_second_bombing_of_Sagaing_village_meant_to_destroy evidence,_rebels_say⠀⇛ Meanwhile, reports emerge that the latest airstrike killed nearly 20 of junta’s own troops. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Weekend_attacks_in_Cambodia’s_capital_target_two_more_opposition party_members⠀⇛ One activist was assaulted by men with metal batons; another was rammed into by a car while driving. * ⚓ RFA ☛ China_backs_away_from_‘wolf-warrior’_remarks_on_Ukraine’s national_sovereignty⠀⇛ As its ambassador sparks a diplomatic row, Beijing says it respects the sovereignty of former Soviet Union states * ⚓ RFA ☛ Troops_arrest_around_100_villagers_in_Myanmar’s_Tanintharyi region⠀⇛ Locals say around 80 of them are still being interrogated by the junta. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Moscow_court_orders_arrest_in_absentia_of_second_suspect_in Daria_Dugina_murder_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A Moscow court arrested Bogdan Tsyganenko in absentia. Tsyganenko is the second suspect in the murder of Daria Dugina, a pro-war pundit and the daughter of Eurasianist philosopher Alexander Dugin. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Scam_artist_signs_up_Sakhalin_resident_for_contract_army service_without_his_knowledge_—_Meduza⠀⇛ An unknown suspect has accessed a 50-year-old Sakhalin resident’s personal account on the government electronic paperwork website Gosuslugi (“State Services”) and signed up the victim for contract service in the Russian army. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Justice_isn’t_for_people_like_me’:_Criminal_defendant_charged with_‘spreading_fakes’_about_Russian_invasion_can’t_afford_to_pay_fine, requests_prison_sentence_instead_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The 65-year-old Marina Novikova from the Tomsk region of Western Siberia is a defendant in one of the first two criminal cases opened in Russia since a new law against “fakes” about Russia’s combat operations was adopted in 2022. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘State_Services_R_Us’_Building_a_‘digital_gulag’_for_draft- eligible_Russians_is_turning_into_a_major_headache_for_the_government_IT contractor_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Earlier this month, Russia’s State Duma and Federation Council passed a new military conscription law. The bill, approved on an expedited basis, was designed to close the remaining loopholes that until then permitted the most determined of draft-dodgers to escape military duty. The new law enables the Defense Ministry to distribute digital summonses, also restricting the draft evaders’ ability to leave the country. Russia is now set to develop a unified digital register containing comprehensive personal data on every male citizen subject to military duty. Observers were quick to call the new system a “digital gulag,” but government officials greeted the new data project with enthusiasm, not least thanks to its gargantuan anticipated budget. Meduza’s correspondents Andrey Pertsev and Svetlana Reiter investigate who will benefit from building a new digital system of mass control. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Red_Square_to_be_closed_for_two_weeks_prior_to_May_9_parade_— Meduza⠀⇛ Red Square will be closed to the public from April 27 to May 10 due to preparations for the parade in honor of the 78th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, said the Russian Federal Guard Service. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukrainian_court_seizes_assets_of_Oksana_Marchenko,_wife_of Viktor_Medvedchuk_—_Meduza⠀⇛ According to Ukrainian intelligence (SBU), a Ukrainian court has seized assets from Oksana Marchenko, wife of Viktor Medvedchuk, worth more than one billion hryvnias (~$27 million). * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_Ministry_of_Education_puts_together_new_history textbook_with_section_on_war_in_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia has put together a new history textbook for 11th graders which contains a section on the “special military operation” (the Kremlin’s official term for the 2022 invasion of Ukraine). Russian Education Minister Sergei Kravtsov presented the textbook on April 24 at the educational marathon “Knowledge. Firsts.” * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_Defense_Ministry_says_drone_attacks_in_Crimea_threaten extension_of_grain_deal_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian Defense Ministry said on the evening of April 24 that another extension of the grain deal is in jeopardy due to the attacks by “unmanned boats” in annexed Sevastopol and Crimea. The Russian military blamed Ukrainian authorities for the attacks. * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Targeting_Mental_Illness_Will_Not_Prevent_Mass Shootings⠀⇛ As the trial begins for the mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh that killed 11 people in 2018, hearts and lives are still shattered from the recent mass shootings at an Alabama birthday party and the Louisville bank. Ongoing are calls for gun reform along with cries to “deal with mental illness” by lawmakers, as happened in Nashville. In the January California shootings, a congresswoman speculated that if older Asian Americans were able to access appropriate mental health treatment, “things could have been different.” * ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Jeffrey_Sachs_on_China’s_“Historic”_Push_for_Multipolar World_to_End_U.S._Domination⠀⇛ China is taking an increasingly assertive role in world affairs, helping to broker a restoration of relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, offering a 12-point peace plan for Ukraine, and strengthening its relationships with European and Latin American powers. Last week, China continued its diplomatic outreach by offering to hold talks between Israel and Palestine. “China doesn’t want the United States to be the preeminent power. It wants to live alongside the United States,” says economist Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and president of the U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network. He has also served as adviser to three U.N. secretaries-general and currently serves as a sustainable development solutions advocate under Secretary-General António Guterres. His latest article is headlined “The Need for a New US Foreign Policy.” * ⚓ The Nation ☛ What_the_World_Should_Know_About_Sudan⠀⇛ There are more pyramids in Sudan than there are in Egypt; there’s a network of them in Meroe, about an hour-and-a-half drive from Khartoum. Although smaller than the pyramids in Egypt, Meroe’s pyramids are older, built as crypts for the Kingdom of Kush that once stretched across the region. Historians say that these are the prototypes for the pyramids of Giza, and they are inscribed with drawings and hieroglyphics, though they have images of people with curly hair instead of the straight locks featured in Egypt. * ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ 18_Hungarian_soldiers_from_Transcarpathia_may_have died_in_the_fighting_in_Ukraine_so_far⠀⇛ * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Scott_Ritter:_Syria_Comes_in_From_the_Cold⠀⇛ After the Chinese-brokered rapprochement between Saudi Araba and Iran, another diplomatic coup is unfolding in the Middle East. This one is orchestrated by the Russians. * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Afghanistan_Watchdog_Says_‘You’re_Gonna_See_Pilferage’_of Ukraine_Aid⠀⇛ Responsible Statecraft interviewed the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction on Ukraine aid. * ⚓ The Hill ☛ Pentagon_Papers_leaker:_DOD_records_show_Ukraine_at stalemate,_‘very_similar_to_Vietnam’⠀⇛ Daniel Ellsberg, the man behind the largest and perhaps most consequential disclosure in U.S. history, said the latest intelligence leaks show that the war between Russia and Ukraine is at a “stalemate,” drawing similarities to the Vietnam War. * ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Unprecedented_staff_ride_helps_U-M_ROTC_candidates process_the_reality_of_D-Day⠀⇛ But nearly eight decades after the invasion that led to the liberation of Western Europe, the students are learning something new about the wartime experience as they embark on an unprecedented staff ride with the University of Michigan Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). “You read about the Allies’ invasion in the books and learn details about this specific operation, the high cliffs, but you don’t think much of it,” said Army Cadet Alexis Gonzalez, one of 30 cadets and midshipmen who explored the Normandy site this spring as part of a unique military staff ride. “Once you step in here, you see—in person—the masses of the cliffs, their height and the difficult terrain the rangers had to climb; it’s kind of a shock.” * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ ‘High_Risk_of_Biological_Hazard’_In_Sudan_After Fighters_Seize_Biolab,_WHO_Says⠀⇛ Now, lab workers are unable to return to the facility and secure the hazardous materials. “This is the main concern: no accessibility to the lab technicians to go to the lab and safely contain the biological material and substances available,” Nima Saeed Abid, the WHO’s representative in Sudan, told reporters on Tuesday. * ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Opinion_|_Realities_lost_to_genocide_and_genocide_denial at_Stanford⠀⇛ Makaryan attempts to educate the Stanford community about the Armenian genocide of 1915 and its generational impact on Armenian students at Stanford. * ⚓ ADF ☛ CAR_Mine_Massacre_May_Be_Linked_to_Wagner_Mercenaries⠀⇛ Who killed nine Chinese nationals at the Chimbolo gold mine in the Central African Republic (CAR)? The government of CAR President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has promised to investigate the murders at the mine owned by China’s Gold Coast Group, which was attacked by gunmen a few days after it opened in March. § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ * ⚓ NPR ☛ In_Oklahoma,_a_woman_was_told_to_wait_until_she’s_‘crashing’_for abortion_care⠀⇛ To conduct the research, several young women called 34 hospitals in the state with a script, saying they were pregnant for the first time, trying to decide which Oklahoma hospital to go to for care, and wanting to understand the hospital’s policies and processes for providing abortions if pregnancy complications arose. “It’s called the ‘secret shopper’ methodology – we called it a ‘simulated patient’ methodology,” says Dr. Michele Heisler, professor at the University of Michigan and medical director of Physicians for Human Rights, who is one of the study’s authors. “What we hadn’t anticipated is what we found – the confusion, the contradictory statements, the misinformation,” Heisler says. “Three of the 34 hospitals said they’d just never provide abortions,” for example, even though there are exceptions written into the laws. Four hospitals said doctors needed to go through an approval process to be able to provide a medically necessary abortion, and 14 hospitals provided unclear answers about whether there was such an approval process. § Environment⠀➾ * ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Amsterdam_airport_set_to_ban_private jets,_overnight_flights⠀⇛ Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam has announced plans to discontinue private jets and small business planes from using its runways. Private jets, a luxury form of travel, are quite noisy and are very bad for the environment. * ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ What_Does_Biden’s_Executive_Order_on_Environmental Justice_Mean_for_Frontline_Communities?⠀⇛ As President Biden officially announces his reelection bid for 2024, we look at his recent executive order establishing a new Office of Environmental Justice within the White House and requiring all federal agencies to weigh the environmental impact of policies on marginalized communities. Environmental groups welcomed the announcement but cautioned that Biden remains a major supporter of fossil fuels, including the controversial Willow project in Alaska, and that he has approved drilling projects on federal land faster than Trump did during his first two years in office. For more, we speak with Jade Begay, director of policy and advocacy at the NDN Collective. She is on the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council and joins us today in a personal capacity. * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Senate_Democrat_Slammed_for_Pushing_‘Unprecedented Giveaway’_to_Mining_Industry⠀⇛ Green groups on Tuesday blasted U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto for introducing legislation that would reverse a recent judicial decision and alter federal mining policy in ways welcomed by industry but lambasted by land defenders. * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Banks_Accused_of_Placing_‘Profit_Over_People_and_Our Planet’_as_Investor_Climate_Resolutions_Fail⠀⇛ Activists on Tuesday lamented their failure of various climate and Indigenous rights resolutions at the annual shareholder meetings of some of the nation’s biggest banks, with one campaigner accusing the financial institutions of prioritizing “profit over people and our planet.” * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Ocean_Warming_Study_So_Distressing,_Some_Scientists Didn’t_Even_Want_to_Talk_About_It⠀⇛ Scientists are so alarmed by a new study on ocean warming that some declined to speak about it on the record, the BBC reported Tuesday. * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ SpaceX_Explosion_Sparks_Environmental_Concerns_After Coating_Texas_Community_in_Ash⠀⇛ Experts and community members say that particulates from the Thursday explosion of Elon Musk’s Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket rocket spread much farther than SpaceX predicted, raising concerns about the impact on human health and endangered species. * ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Climate_Solutions_We_Can’t_Live_Without⠀⇛ The climate crisis is full of interconnected problems—but some are more connected than others. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ For_Many_Young_Voters,_Biden’s_Support_of_Drilling_in Alaska_Casts_Pall⠀⇛ Despite his aggressive moves to try to slash greenhouse gas emissions, President Biden has angered young climate voters upset by a drilling project in Alaska. * ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Earth’s_Largest_Logjam_Holds_3.4_Million_Tons_of Carbon,_Study_Finds⠀⇛ Some logs are centuries old. * ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Yet_Another_Study_Warns_We’re_On_Track_To_Hit_3_Degrees of_Warming⠀⇛ We’re not quitting coal fast enough. * § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ o ⚓ France24 ☛ European_summit_aims_to_scale_up_wind_energy production_in_North_Sea⠀⇛ Nine European countries held a summit on Monday aimed at scaling up wind power generation in the North Sea, spurred by the fallout of the Ukraine war and the push for renewables. o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Ecofascism_Leads_to_Hate_and_Destruction,_Not_a Greener_World⠀⇛ It’s not often that conservative lobbyists beat the drum for increased environmental oversight and regulation. But that’s what happened this month when the far-right Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), through its legal arm, filed a brief in federal court demanding that the Department of Homeland Security conduct an extensive environmental impact study examining, of all things, immigration policy. o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ 100+_Groups_to_NY_Gov._Hochul:_Don’t_Allow Radioactive_Waste_Dumping_in_Hudson_River⠀⇛ Ahead of a public hearing scheduled for Tuesday evening regarding Holtec International’s plan to discharge 1 million gallons of wastewater from the former Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, New York, more than 100 organizations wrote to Gov. Kathy Hochul this week demanding she take action to stop the plan for good. o ⚓ The Hindu ☛ 34_railway_stations_in_Kerala_will_be_upgraded_to world_class_standards:_Vaishnaw⠀⇛ In reply to a query, Mr.Vaishnaw said a decision would be taken on the Silver Line project only after resolving the environmental and technical hurdles and after consultation with the State government. o ⚓ H2 View ☛ Stanford_researchers_make_ammonia_from_water_droplets and_nitrogen_from_the_air⠀⇛ The research team zeroed in on a catalyst – that they suspected could help blaze a chemical pathway toward ammonia – which consisted of an iron oxide, magnetite, and a synthetic membrane invented in the 1960s that is composed of repeating chains of two large molecules. o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_imperative_of_the_Versatile_Test_Reactor for_nuclear_innovation⠀⇛ In this report, “The imperative of the Versatile Test Reactor for Nuclear Innovation,” authors Jackie Toth and Khalil Ryan argue that the US will lose its competitive edge against adversaries (especially Russia) if it lacks a fully realized nuclear energy innovation ecosystem, of which the VTR is a crucial component. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Supreme_Court_declines_to_hear_oil_company_petitions to_move_climate_change_cases_to_federal_court⠀⇛ The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear five appeals from fossil fuel companies requesting to have their cases moved from state to federal courts. All five petitions concern whether federal common law, which is law developed over time by courts, or state law applies to lawsuits over greenhouse-gas emissions that cross state lines. o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_approves_coal_power_surge_despite pledging_to_reduce_emissions,_Greenpeace_says⠀⇛ By Poornima Weerasekara China has approved a major surge in coal power so far this year, prioritising energy supply over its pledge to reduce emissions from fossil fuels, Greenpeace said Monday. o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Electric_cars_aren’t_a_silver_bullet⠀⇛ Willem_Klumpenhouwer’s_article_in_the_Globe_and_Mail But there’s just one nagging issue that no amount of technical innovation can solve: Electric cars are still cars. Outside of tailpipe emissions, they come with all the problems of cars, whether those problems relate to the environment, social equity or public health. The focus on electric cars stands in the way of truly transformative change: better public transit and better laid-out cities that encourage active modes of getting around, such as cycling. * § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Thai_zoo_breeds_endangered_vultures,_hoping to_see_them_soar_again⠀⇛ The pinkish chick is the first Asian king vulture to be bred in Asia and second in the world. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Seahorses_Have_an_Insanely_Powerful_‘Gulp’_That Lets_Them_Suck_Down_Food_Fast⠀⇛ We feel seen. * § Overpopulation⠀➾ o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ India_to_pass_China_this_week_as_world’s_most populous_nation:_UN⠀⇛ The projection announced on Monday is based on more recent data. o ⚓ Overpopulation ☛ Making_media_seriously_discuss_population_growth and_its_consequences_–_a_case_in_Sweden⠀⇛ In a recent Op-Ed in Göteborgs-Posten (GP) we pointed out that Swedish ‘Public Service’ (national state-financed TV, ‘SVT’, and radio, ‘SR’) is silent on population growth and its effects. For instance, SR had only positive comments in November when humanity passed 8 billion people, and they even had people joke about it. After writing to several journalists (without answers) it nevertheless appears that our and other op-eds have been influential. On April 13, SVT had a 10-minute discussion of population growth in ‘Aktuellt’, a news program typically viewed by about a million Swedes. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ The_latest_from_Arte_Weekly:_Tensions_rise_among farmers_in_Eastern_Europe_over_cheap_grain_from_Ukraine,_while_Sweden grapples_with_highest_inflation_in_decades⠀⇛ * ⚓ JURIST ☛ German_inflation_relief_agreement_announced_for_public_service workers⠀⇛ The United Services Union (Ver.di) Saturday announced that it has reached a bargaining agreement with the German government for over 2.5 million workers in the federal and public services. The agreement comes after a lengthy dispute for pay raises in reponse to high inflation, which reached 7.4 percent in March. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Oil_Workers_Join_Labor_Unrest_Over_Wages,_Living Conditions⠀⇛ Workers from several industries in Iran, including the oil sector, continue to strike in protest of inadequate wage increases and deteriorating living conditions amid spiraling inflation and a widening gap between household income and expenses. * ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Tenable_shares_drop_on_weak_guidance⠀⇛ Shares in the cybersecurity exposure management firm Tenable Holdings Inc. dropped significantly in late trading after the cybersecurity company issued guidance below analysts’ estimates. ⚓ France24 ☛ French_bang_pots,_pans_in_fresh_protest_against_Macron’s_pension reforms⠀⇛ A country renowned for its cuisine is turning to pots and pans to express discontent with French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms. ⚓ YLE ☛ Gigantti_announces_56_layoffs⠀⇛ The move comes following the conclusion of restructuring talks aimed at dealing with a worsening global business environment. ⚓ Quartz ☛ First_Republic_lost_more_than_$70_billion_in_deposits_in_the_first quarter⠀⇛ First Republic, which found itself at the center of a brief banking panic in March following the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, now holds $104.5 billion in deposits, down more than 40% from the $176.4 billion it held at the end of last year. ⚓ New York Times ☛ First_Republic_Bank_Lost_$102_Billion_in_Customer_Deposits⠀⇛ The regional bank received a $30 billion lifeline from big banks last month, but depositors and investors remain worried about its prospects. ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Dollar_softens_as_investors_weigh_earnings,_data⠀⇛ Stocks fell broadly, while the US dollar also weakened early on Tuesday, as investors weigh corporate earnings and economic growth outlooks in a busy week. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.7 per cent by 0220 GMT. ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Juniper_shares_drop_as_networking_giant_warns_of_ongoing supply_chain_issues⠀⇛ Shares in Juniper Networks Inc. dropped in late trading after the networking company warned that it was experiencing ongoing supply chain challenges that are leading to extended lead times and higher logistics and component costs. ⚓ The Nation ☛ Private_Equity_Is_Killing_Your_Pets⠀⇛ In 2015, a private equity firm called BC Partners bought PetSmart, the ubiquitous pet supply chain, and began a campaign of, in its words, “improving corporate efficiency.” As detailed by Vice News, these efficiencies came from understaffing PetSmart shops, which had a gruesome effect. With too few employees to transport animals that died in stores, carcasses allegedly piled up in PetSmart freezers across the country. One employee shared a photo that she said was filled with two months’ worth of dead animals; another employee said their store had a freezer with 10 months’. A third said that, for lack of time, she would simply throw bodies away. “Sometimes I was doing it weekly because we didn’t have staff to take a vet trip to properly dispose of them, so I was instructed to dispose of them myself,” she told Vice. ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Breaking_Down_Your_Tax_Bill⠀⇛ Our tax dollars should make life better — not go to waste on bloated military contracts and Pentagon boondoggles. Here’s what the numbers show. ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Washtenaw_County_applies_for_funding_to_fight_rising_housing insecurity⠀⇛ As Washtenaw County faces increased housing insecurity in recent years with a surge this past winter, county officials and nonprofits around Ann Arbor are hoping for relief in the form of funding from the American Rescue Plan. ⚓ Quartz ☛ How_Bed_Bath_&_Beyond_lost_the_fight_to_stave_off_bankruptcy⠀⇛ After months of trying to avoid bankruptcy, Bed Bath & Beyond filed for Chapter 11 proceedings yesterday (April 23). ⚓ New York Times ☛ Bed_Bath_&_Beyond_Shoppers_Rush_to_Use_All_Those_Coupons⠀⇛ The retailer is closing its stores, leaving many longtime customers scrambling to make sure they get their goods — at a discount. ⚓ Quartz ☛ Zomato’s_new_pay_structure_has_prompted_1,000_delivery_workers_to quit⠀⇛ A revised pay structure has reportedly upset Zomato’s Blinkit employees so much that around 1,000 of its instant delivery executives have quit in Delhi and its neighbourhood. ⚓ Axios ☛ Fight_over_ethanol_threatens_Kevin_McCarthy’s_debt_ceiling_bill⠀⇛ A fight over ethanol is putting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the unhappy position of accepting revisions to his debt_ceiling_bill — or offering future promises to members who privately don’t trust him. ⚓ Quartz ☛ Credit_Suisse_reported_its_last-ever_quarterly_results—and_it’s still_leaking_money⠀⇛ Credit Suisse is still bleeding—even after its rival UBS_promised_to buy_it_out. ⚓ Turkey_considering_prison_sentence_to_tackle_excessive_rent_increases,_says minister⠀⇛ President Erdoğan had promised to solve the problem after the May elections. ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ S&P_500_“Earnings_Season”_Off_to_Weak_Start_as_Bonds Reverse_Losses⠀⇛ The S&P 500 is off to a relatively tepid start for “Earnings Season” while the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregated Bond Index continues to reverse last year’s losses. While it is perhaps too soon to take a victory lap, the first two days of the week didn’t go over so well for the stock market. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kyrgyz_Authorities_Detain_Fugitive_Ex-Leader_Of_Uzbek_Culture Center_In_Osh⠀⇛ Police in Osh, Kyrgyzstan’s second-largest city, have detained a former leader of the city’s Uzbek culture center, Karamat Abdullaeva, who was sentenced in absentia to 16 years in prison for her alleged role in deadly ethnic clashes more than a decade ago. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Dodik_Says_He_Wants_Bosnian_Serb_Entity_To_‘Unite’_With Serbia⠀⇛ Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik has again called for a union between Serbia and Republika Srpska — one of Bosnia- Herzegovina’s two entities — amid already high tensions in the region. * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Is_This_Elon_Musk’s_Burner_Twitter_Account?⠀⇛ Musk tweeted a screenshot on Monday evening which appeared to show him signed into a second account. That profile photo pointed to another account on the platform. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Former_UN_Sec-Gen_Ban_Ki-moon_meets_with_junta_leaders_in Myanmar⠀⇛ Visit comes after shadowy anti-junta group assassinates deputy head of Election Commission. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Meager_Turnout_Amid_Serb_Boycott_Of_Local_Elections_In_Northern Kosovo⠀⇛ Ethnic Serbs have boycotted en masse local elections in four municipalities in northern Kosovo with ethnic Serb majorities where local mayors resigned in November 2022 to protest a cross-border dispute over vehicle registrations. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Hong_Kong’s_Memory_Is_Being_Erased⠀⇛ History and reality are being altered to suit Beijing. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Three_Workers_Die_While_Repairing_Auxiliary_Dry_Dock_In Russia’s_Far_East⠀⇛ Three workers died on April 24 while repairing an auxiliary dry dock at the Korsakov port on Russia’s Pacific island of Sakhalin. * ⚓ France24 ☛ EU_sanctions_cousins_of_Syria’s_Assad_for_alleged_drug trafficking⠀⇛ The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on cousins of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over the trafficking of stimulant drug captagon, a key source of income for the regime. * ⚓ France24 ☛ UK_toughens_sanctions_on_Iran’s_Revolutionary_Guard_over crackdown_on_protesters⠀⇛ The UK government on Monday toughened its sanctions against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as part of new restrictions on Tehran for alleged human rights violations. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ ‘Patriots’_appointed_by_‘multiple_channels’_to lead_Hong_Kong’s_District_Councils,_leader_John_Lee_says⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s district-level administration will be overseen by “patriots” appointed through “multiple channels,” Chief Executive John Lee has said, following a two-month review of the District Council system. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Japanese_woman_of_Uyghur_origin_wins_seat_in_Japan’s_parliament⠀⇛ Arfiya Eri’s election gives hope to second-generation Uyghurs living in exile, advocates say * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Navalny_Given_Just_Over_A_Day_To_Review_New_700-Page_Case Against_Him⠀⇛ Jailed Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny has been given just over one day to get acquainted with 700 pages that form a new criminal case launched against him, the details of which have yet to be made public. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Former_Kazakh_National_Security_Committee_Chief_Gets_18_Years In_Prison⠀⇛ Karim Masimov, the former chief of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee (KNB), has been sentenced to 18 years in prison over his role in deadly events that followed unprecedented anti-government protests in the Central Asian country in January 2022. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Sweden_expels_five_Russian_diplomats_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Sweden’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that it is expelling five Russian diplomats for engaging in activities considered to be incompatible with their diplomatic status. * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘So_Blatant’:_Gorsuch_Failed_to_Disclose_He_Sold_Home to_CEO_of_Major_Law_Firm⠀⇛ As calls grow for the impeachment or resignation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas over undisclosed gifts from a billionaire Republican megadonor, one of his right-wing colleagues came under fire Tuesday following a report that he sold a property to the head of a law firm subsequently involved in over 20 cases before the court. * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Clarence_Thomas_and_Democratic_Fecklessness⠀⇛ Earlier this month, ProPublica released a report documenting decades of undisclosed lavish gifts Justice Clarence Thomas and his family received from Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow. These gifts included a yacht trip around Indonesia, flights on Crow’s private jet, free stays at Crow’s private country club, and more. One week later, the news outlet published a follow-up report detailing how Thomas also sold property to Crow without disclosing it. Thomas’s mother has continued to reside at that property rent-free while Crow funds significant renovations. * ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Jane_Mayer_on_the_Ethical_Questions_About_Justice_Clarence Thomas⠀⇛ The staff writer discusses the latest financial-disclosure scandal involving the judge, and the decline in public trust in the Supreme Court. * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Progressive_Young_Voters_to_Biden:_Energize_Us_and_Win or_Ignore_Us_and_Lose⠀⇛ In response to U.S. President Joe Biden’s Tuesday announcement that he is seeking reelection in 2024, four youth-led advocacy groups urged the incumbent to push for progressive priorities during the remainder of his first term and campaign on policies that motivate young voters to cast ballots for him. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Susan_Rice_Steps_Down._Make_Way_for_Neera_Tanden.⠀⇛ The departure of Susan Rice from the Biden White House and news of her likely replacement—senior adviser and staff secretary Neera Tanden—may have triggered a flash of campaign-themed PTSD for left-aligned veterans of the past two Democratic primary cycles. Rice has captained the White House’s Domestic Policy Council, coordinating reform agendas in a host of arenas, from immigration to LBGTQ+ rights; prior to that, she had served as UN ambassador and national security adviser in the Obama administration. Tanden had long helmed the Center for American Progress—the think tank that eagerly advances the agendas of Democratic White Houses in power, and served as a prime recruitment arm for the incoming Obama and Biden administrations. But she was best known for her extramural baiting and trolling of Bernie Sanders supporters on social media—a colorful digital paper trail that upended her nomination to serve as Biden’s director of the Office of Management and Budget back in 2021. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ America:_Great⠀⇛ * ⚓ Robert Reich ☛ We_Need_to_Make_Government_Bigger_(It’s_Not_What_You Think)⠀⇛ * ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Courts_Are_Beginning_to_Prevent_the_Use_of_Roadside_Drug Tests⠀⇛ One morning in September 2017, Judge Christopher Plourd opened an unusual hearing at the Imperial County Superior Courthouse, a half-hour north of the California-Mexico border. It involved three illegal drug possession cases that were unrelated to one another. Each of the cases had relied on the results of chemical field test kits used by corrections officers at nearby state prisons. The kits indicated crumbs and shreds of paper that guards found on the inmates contained heroin and amphetamine. But a state forensic laboratory later analyzed the debris utilizing a far more reliable test and found no trace of illegal drugs. The defendants were factually innocent. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Is_Donald_Trump’s_Luck_About_to_Run_Out_in_a_Manhattan Court?⠀⇛ It’s a tabloid banner day in Manhattan today as jury selection begins in E. Jean Carroll’s civil suit against Donald Trump. Carroll’s case, accusing Trump of sexual assault in a Manhattan department store dressing room in the 1990s, serves as a bookend to the Access Hollywood tape, which cemented Trump’s reputation for both sexual assault and immunity to consequences. But it also raises the question: Will Trump slither away again?1 * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Arizona_Democrats_Want_the_National_Party_to_Join_Their Fight_to_Oust_Kyrsten_Sinema⠀⇛ Even though Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema left the Democratic Party and registered as an independent last December, she remains awkwardly aligned with the Senate Democratic Caucus. As frustrated as they may be with Sinema, top Democrats in Washington, conscious of the fact that the party maintains only a narrow 51-49 majority in the Senate, have been notably reluctant to criticize the filibuster-backing, Wall Street–friendly senator. That’s been the pattern since, after Sinema announced her split from the party, Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) declined to say whether he would support her or an actual Democrat for the Arizona seat.1 * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Experts_Warn_Musk’s_Misleading_Celebrity_Twitter_Blue Check_Are_FTC_Violation⠀⇛ “False endorsements violate FTC rules, legally exposing Musk,” said Tim Karr of the advocacy and watchdog group Free Press. * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Patrick_Lawrence:_Force-Marching_the_Europeans⠀⇛ Am I the only American to travel overseas and feel embarrassed by the conduct of the diplomats Washington sends abroad to speak for our republic? It is pretty strange to find yourself, an ordinary citizen, apologizing for the intrusive, cajoling, bullying, badgering and otherwise crude utterances…. * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Ralph_Nader:_Scranton_Joe_Nevermore_—_It’s_Always_Been Delaware_Joe⠀⇛ By Ralph Nader In early March 2023, President Joe Biden embedded in his proposed 2024 budget to Congress revenue increases through tax measures that the rich and corporations do not like. Like his predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, he doesn’t really mean what he says. Biden’s four proposed increases are significant because they would […] * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ What_the_UK’s_Arrest_of_a_French_Publisher_Means_for Public_Intellectuals_the_World_Over⠀⇛ The detention of Ernest Moret raises urgent questions about British authorities’ targeting public intellectuals at the request of other nations. * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_American_Dream⠀⇛ * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ FCC_Commissioner_Brendan_Carr_Continues_To_Enjoy_Oodles_Of Free_Press_For_Fear_Mongering_About_TikTok⠀⇛ The great TikTok moral panic of 2023 shows no sign of slowing down. * ⚓ The Economist ☛ Rupert_Murdoch_prepares_to_hand_over_his_media_empire⠀⇛ The next chapter will be trickier. Start with Fox, the larger company, with a market capitalisation of $24bn. The pandemic has speeded the decade-long decline of American cable TV. Last year cable subscriptions fell by 7.3%, to levels not seen in nearly 30 years. Fox, whose gross operating profit in the last financial year was $2.8bn, has been insulated from this trend by its focus on news and sport, which streaming companies have yet to snatch. But something has changed. Whereas Fox used to trade at a premium to ViacomCBS and Discovery, two cable rivals, it now trades at a nearly 30% discount (see chart 1). * ⚓ Digital First Media ☛ Secret_grand_jury_has_probed_post-2020 examination_of_voting_machines_in_Michigan⠀⇛ The status of the investigation was unclear Monday, but the grand jury could represent one of a handful of opportunities nationally for criminal charges related to the push to overturn the 2020 presidential election. * ⚓ Monday Note ☛ Apple_Rumor_Hallucinations._Human_Ones.⠀⇛ Of late, Apple has been remarkably calm, even-keeled, no big layoffs. The upcoming June 5th Worldwide Developer Conference is likely to quell some rumors — and perhaps kindle new ones. * ⚓ RTL ☛ EU_designates_TikTok,_other_online_platforms_for_stricter_rules⠀⇛ The list — on which services from Amazon, Google, Meta, Instagram and Microsoft also feature — all have more than 45 million monthly active users. That puts them in a category under a new EU law, known as the Digital Services Act (DSA), imposing measures from August such as annual audits and a duty to effectively counter disinformation and hate content. In four months’ time, “these platforms and search engines will not be able to act as if they were ‘too big to care’,” Thierry Breton, the EU’s internal market commissioner, said in a statement. * § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ o ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ IPSO_clears_The_Times_over_investigations_into_PR chief_Paul_Blanchard⠀⇛ IPSO did not uphold Paul Blanchard’s complaints in relation to two Times articles. o ⚓ Defence Web ☛ SANDF_working_to_evacuate_77_South_Africans_in Sudan⠀⇛ As the situation in Sudan continues to be volatile, Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) spokesperson, Clayson Monyela, says the latest number of verified South African nationals stuck in the country is 77. “They’re all in a WhatsApp group with embassy staff who are also still stuck there,” Monyela said on Sunday. o ⚓ The Strategist ☛ CCP’s_increasingly_sophisticated_cyber-enabled influence_operation⠀⇛ Last week, the US Department of Justice unsealed a significant criminal complaint. o ⚓ New Eastern Europe ☛ “Whose_side_is_Facebook_on_in_this_war?” Lithuanian_activists_ask⠀⇛ Compared to pro-Russian users, pro-Ukrainian activists and bloggers from Lithuania have experienced account restrictions and blocking by Facebook owner Meta on a more frequent basis. The most common reason justifying such measures is content being labelled as “hate speech”. Lithuanian Chancellor of the Government Giedrė Balčytytė has stated that the most active punitive measures occurred in November and December of 2022. This included the blocking and restriction of accounts belonging to fundraisers, influencers and activists raising money for victims of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. Expressions of criticism towards the Kremlin have also been used as the basis for restrictions and bans. Former Lithuanian member of parliament Nijolė Oželytė announced on February 22th 2023 that Facebook had warned her she was going to be blocked for a post dated October 3rd 2022. The platform’s moderators deemed Oželytė’s contribution about a pro-war meeting at a Moscow stadium to contain “hate speech”. The former MP issued a strong response: “Facebook admins – are you on the side of the terrorists or those who fight them?”. o ⚓ NBC ☛ Tucker_Carlson_is_out_at_Fox_News_but_welcome_on_Russian TV⠀⇛ Russia’s propaganda aims are not necessarily to persuade people to accept its position, Roozenbeek said, but to “sow doubt or uncertainty or to raise pulses and raise emotions” and make sure the Russian position is heard as much as possible in mainstream discussion. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Tucker_Carlson_and_the_Tragedy_of_Fox_News⠀⇛ It could have steered conservatives in a better direction. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Tucker_Carlson’s_Great_Replacement⠀⇛ Resentment and contempt catch up to Fox News’s No. 1 demagogue. o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Has_Fox_News_‘Found_Religion’_by_Firing_Tucker Carlson?⠀⇛ Tucker Carlson got fired! o ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Fox_News_‘parts_ways’_with_Tucker_Carlson,_and Don_Lemon_out_at_CNN⠀⇛ Fox’s share value dropped 4% after the announcement. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Controversial_TV_host_Tucker_Carlson_leaves_Fox_News after_Dominion_lawsuit⠀⇛ Fox News Media and top-rated host Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways, the media company said, less than a week after it and its parent Fox Corp settled a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million. o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ CNN_host_Lemon’s_job_‘terminated’_by_cable news_network⠀⇛ Longtime CNN host Don Lemon is out at the US cable news network a little over two months after apologising to viewers for on-air comments about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, CNN has announced. o ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Why_Did_Fox_Fire_Tucker_Carlson?_Far-Right_Host Helped_Fox_Mainstream_Hate,_Conspiracies_to_Millions⠀⇛ In a surprise announcement, Fox News said Monday it was cutting ties with its top-rated host Tucker Carlson, effective immediately. Although a precise reason wasn’t given, the move came just days after the cable network settled a $787.5 million defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems over lies propagated by the cable network about the 2020 presidential election. Since taking over the primetime slot in 2016, Carlson has also spread far-right talking points about immigrants, Black people and the LGBTQ community. For more, we speak with Madeline Peltz of Media Matters for America, where she has helped to expose Carlson’s extremism. “It creates a major vacuum in the right-wing media ecosystem,” Peltz says of Carlson’s departure. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Don_Lemon_Ousted_From_CNN_in_Move_That_Left_Him ‘Stunned’⠀⇛ Mr. Lemon, one of the network’s most recognizable stars, had been under scrutiny since an uproar over on-air remarks he made about women and aging in February. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ NBCUniversal’s_Jeff_Shell_Was_Fired_After Harassment_Complaint⠀⇛ Hadley Gamble, a correspondent at CNBC, produced messages to investigators that documented instances of harassment by Jeff Shell, according to her lawyer. o ⚓ Quartz ☛ NBCUniversal’s_CEO_has_quit_after_having_an “inappropriate_relationship”_with_a_colleague⠀⇛ Jeff Shell, the head of US media giant NBCUniversal, has stepped down following a probe into his misconduct with a female colleague. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Tesla_investors_are_worried_Elon_Musk_enjoys_operating_“above the_law”⠀⇛ A group of Tesla investors asked CEO Elon Musk for more commitment to the electric vehicle (EV) company in an open letter published last week, specifically requesting that he spend less time posting “derogatory tweets.” * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Short_film_screening_axed_after_failing_to_get censors’_approval_despite_adding_nat’l_security_poster_to_‘seditious’ scene⠀⇛ An independent short film has been withdrawn from a Hong Kong film festival after it failed to gain approval from censors. Independent short film group and film festival organiser Phone Made Good Film released a statement last Friday announcing the cancellation of the screening of its nine-minute film Wake In Silence. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ United_Nations_rights_expert_urges_China_to review,_reconsider_Hong_Kong_national_security_law⠀⇛ China should conduct a “review and reconsideration” of Hong Kong’s national security law to ensure it is “in compliance with China’s international human rights obligations,” A United Nations (UN) human rights expert has said. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Words_can_be_weapons,_says_Hong_Kong_head_of prosecutions,_as_security_chief_says_protests_at_risk_of_being ‘hijacked’⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s security chief has criticised the organisers of a proposed Labour Day march for making “irresponsible” comments that played down the “safety risks” of public rallies. The duo had earlier urged the police not to “exaggerate” the risk of demonstrations being “hijacked. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Supreme_Court_to_hear_two_cases_about_public_officials blocking_users_on_social_media⠀⇛ The US Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear two cases concerning public officials’ First Amendment rights on social media platforms under the US Constitution. * ⚓ RFA ☛ China_tightens_border_controls,_slaps_travel_bans_on_blacklisted dissidents⠀⇛ Border guards are asking people bound for Hong Kong whether they have onward travel plans, and why. * ⚓ EFF ☛ Texas_Should_Leave_Its_Anti-SLAPP_Law_Alone⠀⇛ Sometimes lawsuits are filed to chill speech or harass people, rather than resolve legitimate legal disputes. These types of censorious lawsuits have been dubbed Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, or SLAPPs. Those who bring SLAPPs hope that the time and money people need to defend themselves against the claims—and the stress that results—will intimidate them into silence. Anti-SLAPP laws such as the TCPA protect people from this kind of harassment. For example, thanks to the TCPA’s protections, a Texas court in 2016 dismissed a $1 million lawsuit that a pet-sitting company filed against a Dallas couple just for leaving the business a one-star Yelp review. Effective anti-SLAPP laws like the current TCPA allow judges to quickly review whether someone’s been hit with a lawsuit for speaking out on a matter of public concern. During that time, other court proceedings are put on hold. If it’s determined that the case is a SLAPP, the lawsuit gets thrown out and the SLAPP victim can recover their legal fees. HB 2781 would remove this automatic stay if a motion to dismiss a SLAPP suit is found to be frivolous, untimely, or subject to a statutory exemption. This is a mistake. Courts, after all, are not always right. Recent Texas Supreme Court cases such as Kinder Morgan v. Scurry County and Montelongo v. Abrea show that both trial courts and courts of appeal considering anti-SLAPP motions can easily decide timeliness issues incorrectly. * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Ninth_Circuit_Says_A_Horn_Honk_Isn’t_Protected_Political Expression_Even_When_That’s_The_Honk’s_Entire_Point⠀⇛ Nearly five years ago, California resident Susan Porter sued local law enforcement for deciding her honk in support of anti- Rep. Darrell Issa protesters was worth citing her for. When she expressed her support for the protesters in a way people have always considered to be an appropriate display of support, she was pulled over by Deputy Klein of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Win_for_Artistic_Freedom’:_as_Court_Reverses_Frankfurt Ban_on_Roger_Waters_Concert⠀⇛ A German court on Monday ruled that the city of Frankfurt cannot cancel an upcoming Roger Waters concert amid accusations of antisemitism stemming from the Pink Floyd co-founder’s outspoken criticism of Israeli apartheid and other crimes against Palestinians. * ⚓ NPR ☛ Judy_Blume_was_banned_from_the_beginning,_but_says_‘It_never stopped_me_from_writing’⠀⇛ Blume says having her books banned is a “very emotional” experience — particularly when she was just getting started. “I was a new-ish, young-ish writer and it was hard to take,” she says. Still, she adds: “It never stopped me from writing.” In the new documentary Judy Blume Forever, she describes how she went from trying to fit in the role of conventional suburban wife, homemaker and mother to a literary superstar. At one point, Blume was receiving 2,000 letters from young readers each month — many of whom were pouring their hearts out to her. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Short_film_screening_axed_after_failing_to_get censors’_approval_despite_adding_nat’l_security_poster_to_‘seditious’ scene⠀⇛ The group stated that the Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration (OFNAA) had refused to issue a permit for the scheduled screening, allegedly because the film showed a flag containing “potentially seditious intent.” Wake In Silence contained a scene in which a flag with the words “100% freedom” could be seen. The scene was then modified by the film crew, who replaced the flag in post-production with a government national security poster. However, they later withdrew their screening application after being asked to seek permission from the government for using the poster. * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Canadian_Court_Allows_Distance_Learning_Spyware_Seller_To Continue_Silencing_One_Of_Its_Many_Critics⠀⇛ A worldwide pandemic in 2020 altered the contours of pretty much everything. Entire cities shut down. Retailers shrunk hours to time periods normally only witnessed prior to the introduction of the 24-hour clock. Shit got exceedingly weird. * ⚓ İzmir_Bar_executives_acquitted_for_condemning_Diyanet’s_anti-LGBTİ+ sermon⠀⇛ The former chair and ten board members of the İzmir Bar Association have been acquitted of “openly insulting religious values.” * ⚓ DİYARBAKIR_CENTERED_OPERATION:_:_Theater_players_also_detained_in today’s_police_operations⠀⇛ Police carried out raids on Amed City Theater, Dicle Culture and Arts Association, Mezopotamya Culture and Arts Association and BKM also in today’s Diyarbakır centered operations and taken many into custody. * ⚓ Ex-chief_editor_of_bianet_acquitted_in_‘libel’_case⠀⇛ “It is not necessary to be a lawyer to understand that there is no crime in this news report,” said Nazan Özcan’s lawyer in the hearing. Özcan was acquitted by the court. § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ Journalists,_lawyers,_politicians_detained_across_Turkey_in_raids targeting_pro-Kurdish_groups⠀⇛ The police raided homes and offices across 21 cities. Theater artists are among the detained. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Russia_condemns_US_denial_of_Russian_journalist_visas_ahead_of UN_visit⠀⇛ Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Sunday condemned the US for prohibiting Russian journalists from covering Lavrov’s speech before the UN in New York. Lavrov called the decision “a really stupid thing” in an appearance before reporters in Russia. * ⚓ Ten_journalists_among_detainees_after_massive_crackdown_across_Turkey⠀⇛ Some 126 people were detained in police raids in 21 cities. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ BuzzFeed’s_Epic_Fail_Is_Bad_News⠀⇛ Last week, BuzzFeed CEO and founder Jonah Peretti stunned the Internet by announcing the closing of BuzzFeed News. In a memo to staff, Peretti blamed “a pandemic, a fading SPAC [special purpose acquisition company] market that yielded less capital, a tech recession, a tough economy,” etc., while feebly acknowledging his own responsibility for the disaster (“I could have managed these changes better”). Presumably, though, the decision to take his company public through an ill-fated SPAC sits squarely on Peretti’s shoulders. (SPACs, a risky IPO alternative, give investors the option, but not the obligation, to buy shares in a newly formed public company.) The eventual sale realized only $16.2 million from a $288 million equity offering, and the stock has steadily tanked, losing more than 90 percent of its value since the company went public in December 2021. * ⚓ VOA News ☛ Family:_Chinese_Journalist_Faces_Espionage_Charges⠀⇛ As a non-Communist Party member, he was one of the most pro- reform voices at Guangming Daily and wrote articles in favor of an independent legal system, his family said. He was awarded a Nieman fellowship at Harvard University in 2006-07 and became a visiting fellow at Keio University in Japan in 2010. Four years later, he served as a visiting professor at Hokkaido University in Japan. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_formally_charges_journalist_with_spying, media_rights_group_says⠀⇛ “His family didn’t share any details about his detention with the public for more than a year, because they feared it would affect the outcome,” a former colleague told AFP. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ True_crimes_of_Asia:_Years_after_S.Korea’s_online sex_slavery_expose,_digital_sex_crimes_still_rife⠀⇛ Activists attribute the prevalence of the crime to the low status of women and fast-developing technology.  * ⚓ Demirtaş:_‘What_may_have_Erdoğan_asked_for_in_İmralı_island,_sending there_a_delegation?’⠀⇛ Imprisoned ex-chairperson of People’s Democratic Party referred to the claim made by journalist Amed Dicle that a delegation from President Erdoğan’s AKP talked to Abdullah Öcalan in the İmralı prison but was not able to get the answer they desired. * ⚓ Protests_against_mass_detentions_across_Turkey⠀⇛ Members of the groups targeted in the raids and other rights defenders protested the detentions in several cities. * ⚓ [Repeat] Vice Media Group ☛ A_Group_of_Amazon_Drivers_Just_Joined_One of_the_Biggest_Unions_in_the_US⠀⇛ Drivers in California have joined the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, in one of the first driver-specific unionization efforts in the company. * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ SEGA_of_America_Workers_Are_Unionizing⠀⇛ Workers at Sega of America would form the first multi- departmental video game union in the U.S. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Supreme_Court_considers_case_concerning_bankruptcy_code, sovereign_immunity_of_Native_American_tribes⠀⇛ The US Supreme Court Monday heard oral arguments in Lac du Flambeau Band v. Coughlin, which focuses on the effect of the Bankruptcy Code on the sovereign immunity of Native American tribes. * ⚓ France24 ☛ US_sends_first_deportation_flight_to_Cuba_since_2020⠀⇛ The United States on Monday sent its first deportation flight to Cuba since 2020, months after Cuba agreed for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic to accept flights carrying Cubans caught at the US-Mexico border. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Venezuelan_opposition_figure_Guaido_expelled_from_Colombia, slams_‘persecution’⠀⇛ Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó said he was expelled from Colombia hours after he crossed the border from Venezuela to try to meet with some participants at an international conference Tuesday to discuss his country’s political crisis. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Professor_Educated_In_U.S._Says_Fired_For_Supporting Protests⠀⇛ A professor at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Tehran says he has been fired from the university after he came out in support of nationwide protests over the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ India_bar_council:_legal_recognition_of_same-sex_marriage better_left_for_legislative_determination⠀⇛ The Bar Council of India (BCI) Sunday passed a resolution to urge the Supreme Court of India to leave the issue of same-sex marriage for legislative consideration. The resolution came after a joint meeting of the BCI and all State Bar Councils. * ⚓ ACLU ☛ Idaho_Attorney_General’s_Abortion_Opinion_Shows_Overturning_Roe Was_Only_the_Beginning⠀⇛ When the Supreme Court overturned a half-century of precedent last June and eliminated the federal constitutional right to abortion first recognized in Roe v. Wade, anti-abortion politicians claimed that the court was doing nothing more than sending the issue back to the states, allowing each to decide for itself how to regulate abortion. Late last month, Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador made crystal clear just how false that claim was. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Civil_liberties_group_petitions_Russia’s_Constitutional_Court to_repeal_misdemeanor_law_on_‘discrediting’_military_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A group of pro bono civil liberties lawyers working with the advocacy group OVD-Info have petitioned Russia’s Constitutional Court to repeal a law that currently makes it a misdemeanor to criticize the Russian military and its combat operations. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ State_Duma_withdraws_bill_on_30-percent_income_tax_withholding for_Russians_working_from_abroad_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s State Duma has withdrawn a proposed bill on taxing remote workers “for clarifications,” according to the State Duma press service. The bill was first submitted for consideration on April 24. * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Legendary_Performer,_Civil_Rights_Champion_Harry Belafonte_Dies_at_96⠀⇛ Harry Belafonte, the beloved singer and civil rights activist who never wavered from his commitment to a better and more just world, has died at the age of 96. * ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Where_Did_the_Met_Get_Its_Native_American_Artwork?⠀⇛ Stepping into the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Shyanne Beatty was eager to view the Native American works that art collectors Charles and Valerie Diker had been accumulating for nearly half a century. But as she entered the museum’s American Wing that day in 2018, her excitement turned to shock as two wooden masks came into view. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_DOJ_Is_Using_“Foreign_Agents”_Accusations_to_Repress Black_Liberation_Organizers⠀⇛ On July 29, 2022, Omali Yeshitela and his wife, Ona Zene, awoke at 5 o’clock in the morning to the sound of flash grenades and drones, as heavily armed FBI agents stormed into their home searching for evidence of organizational ties to the Russian government. Yeshitela is the 80-year-old chair of the African People’s Socialist Party, a pan-Africanist political party founded in 1972 and headquartered in Florida. His wife is the deputy chair. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_World_According_to_Anna_Badkhen⠀⇛ “It seems more and more that we live in a world of moral dislocation,” Anna Badkhen writes in the preface to her new essay collection, Bright Unbearable Reality. In the essays, Badkhen roams across that world, tracing a line from a protest against police violence in Philadelphia to the war-torn region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the South Caucasus, from the Mauritanian Sahara to the dacha outside St. Petersburg where she spent her childhood summers, from the military cemetery in Oklahoma where Geronimo is buried to the Sierra Madre mountains of northern Mexico where his Apache descendants now live. As her preface signals, this expansive range is accompanied by a stark sense that something is wrong: Violence and suffering haunt the people who make the book’s many journeys. Yet Badkhen is insistently attentive to small, marvelous details: The kitchens of the Sierra Madre, she notes at one point, are laid out exactly like the ones in the dachas of her youth.1 * ⚓ VOA News ☛ Iran_Charges_Two_Actors_for_Not_Wearing_Headscarves⠀⇛ Police in Tehran have referred the case against Katayoun Riahi and Pantea Bahram to Iran’s judiciary, accusing them of “the crime of removing the hijab in public and posting photos on the [Internet],” the Tasnim news agency said late Monday. If prosecuted, the pair could face fines or prison terms. Earlier this month police said they would begin using “smart” technology in public places to crack down on women defying Iran’s compulsory dress code. * ⚓ NPR ☛ When_your_boss_is_an_algorithm⠀⇛ University of California College of the Law professor Veena Dubal says that’s exactly what’s going on. In a recent paper, she says rideshare apps promote “algorithmic wage discrimination” by personalizing wages for each driver based on data they gather from them. The algorithms are proprietary, so workers have no way of knowing how their data is being used, Dubal says. “The app is their boss,” Dubal told Morning Edition’s A Martinez. “But unlike a human boss who you can negotiate with or withhold information from, the algorithms know so much about these workers.” * ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Harry_Belafonte’s_Promising_Career_as_a_Film_Star Ended_Before_It_Really_Began⠀⇛ I put script after script before people who just rejected them out of hand, and I just said there’s no point in trying to change this monster. . . . Hollywood was symptomatic, and the problem was the nation: I figured unless you change the national vocabulary, the national climate, the national attitude, you’re not going to be able to change Hollywood. But before he left, Belafonte made a defiant last stand, forming his own company called HarBel Productions in order to make two compelling films in rapid succession: Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), and The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959). Both are tough urban films, mostly set in New York City, and both tackle racism head-on. * ⚓ Crackdown_on_Kurdish-linked_groups_leads_to_detention_of_Green_Left_MP candidate⠀⇛ More than 120 people from political parties, media outlets and lawyers’ groups were detained in 21 cities. * ⚓ International_reactions_to_mass_raids_targeting_Kurdish_groups⠀⇛ Seventeen rights and journalism groups have released a joint statement condemning yesterday’s raids where 126 politicians, journalists, lawyers and artists were detained. * ⚓ Bar_associations_condemn_detention_of_lawyers⠀⇛ Twenty-five lawyers were among over 120 who were detained in simultaneous raids in 21 cities yesterday. § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ * ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Google_releases_new_cybersecurity_features_for ChromeOS⠀⇛ The tool allows administrators to block users from copying and pasting data, taking screen captures or using screen-sharing tools. Printer access can be disabled as well. According to Google, ChromeOS Data Controls provides the ability to customize how and when each usage restriction is applied. Administrators can configure ChromeOS to block copying and pasting only when employees interact with a particularly important business application. It’s also possible to apply usage restrictions to specific URLs. A company could, for example, prevent employees from pasting data into a cloud-based file storage service not approved by administrators. * ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Is_AI_Spamming_Streaming_Services?_One_‘Song’ Appears_Over_50_Times_on_Spotify_and_Elsewhere⠀⇛ Are AI-powered bots attacking Spotify? That’s the question some are asking after one listener uncovered what appears to be a single track uploaded north of 50 times under various titles and connected to an array of artist profiles. § Monopolies⠀➾ * ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ How_Amazon_makes_everything_you_buy_more_expensive,_no matter_where_you_buy_it⠀⇛ Amazon is very proud of its “flywheel”: at first, the company offered subsidies to customers, which lured in sellers. Then, it demanded that those sellers lower their prices, which lured in more customers. With more customers, more sellers piled in. Faster and faster, the flywheel spins, creating the “everything store”: [...] * ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ UK_bill_aims_to_tackle_big_tech’s_dominance_in_digital markets⠀⇛ The U.K. announced today that its Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill will crack down on the dominance of some of the world’s leading tech companies. Despite mammoth efforts by big tech to stop the bill from going through, their lobbying has not produced any significant changes. ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Once_Again,_Epic_Fails_In_Its_Antitrust_Quest_Against_Apple⠀⇛ As we noted two and a half years ago when Epic filed its antitrust lawsuit against Apple, it seemed like a pretty big uphill climb legally speaking. The whole thing seemed more like “contract negotiation via antitrust judicial battle” rather than a legitimate antitrust claim. And, so far, it looks like we were correct. The district court ruling a year and a half ago mostly sided with Apple, noting that “the Court cannot ultimately conclude that Apple is a monopolist under either federal or state antitrust laws.” ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Hrdy &_Seaman:_Are_NDAs_unenforceable_when_they protect_more_than_trade_secrets?⠀⇛ Are NDAs unenforceable when they protect more than trade secrets? The standard answer is no. NDAs can prevent disclosure of contractually- defined “confidential” information that is shared in the course of a confidential relationship, even if it is not technically a trade secret. NDAs can, in other words, go beyond trade secrecy. * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ JUVE ☛ Philip_Morris_and_BAT_continue_heat-not-burn_patent_saga at_UK_High_Court⠀⇛ British American Tobacco (BAT) had attempted to revoke two Philip Morris patents, EP 3 266 323 and EP 3 741 225, on the grounds of added matter and obviousness over the prior art. o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Guidance_on_Patenting_Inventions_with AI_Contributions⠀⇛ Members of the USPTO, and fellow participants of this AI Listening Session, thank you for inviting me here today and for taking time to consider these important issues.  I want to also thank the prior speakers who have done a great job laying out many of the issues.  I am also happy to work with any of you to help figure this out and reach a workable system that truly encourages innovation. My name is Dennis Crouch, and I am a law professor at Mizzou and author of Patently-O. It is my privilege to discuss the role of generative AI in the realm of intellectual property and the need for clear guidance from the USPTO. * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Indian_Music_Industry_Rep_Inks_‘Historic’ Deal_With_Singers_Association,_Sets_Sights_On_Tackling_‘The_Growing Menace_of_Digital_Piracy_and_Non-Recognition_of_Copyright’⠀⇛ India’s recorded music representative has inked a “historic agreement” with the Indian Singers Rights Association (ISRA), and the involved parties say that the pact will help the nation’s music industry to “become a global force.” o ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Jessemusse_Cacinda_—_Open_Culture_VOICES, Season_2_Episode_12⠀⇛ Open Culture VOICES is a series of short videos that highlight the benefits and barriers of open culture as well as inspiration and advice on the subject of opening up cultural heritage. Jessemusse is a Mozambican author who previously co-founded a publishing house in Mozambique focused on underrepresented languages and cultures in publishing. His work has evolved into more creative writing where his true passion lies. o ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ “Though_Silent,_I_Speak”:_A_Book_of Sundial_Mottoes_(1903)⠀⇛ Time has no voice, but sundial inscriptions pretend otherwise. o ⚓ Walled Culture ☛ Yet_again,_the_copyright_industry_demands_to_be shielded_from_technological_progress_–_and_the_future⠀⇛ The new AI systems certainly have massive problems, not least in the sphere of privacy, as I have written about elsewhere. But the response by the copyright world to generative AI is increasingly extreme, rather as a Walled Culture post back in February warned it might be. The latest manifestation of that tendency is a “Call for Safeguards Around Generative AI in the European AI Act” from “over 40 associations and trade unions that joined the Authors’ Rights Initiative”. It is a typical anti- technology, anti-progress set of demands from the copyright industry. Its signatories “demand” regulation of generative AI, and they demand it “NOW” (sic). o ⚓ European Commission ☛ Delegated_Regulation_on_data_access provided_for_in_the_Digital_Services_Act [iophk: see PDF accessible only via web "app"]⠀⇛ The new framework for vetted researchers’ access to data from very large online platforms and very large search engines is a key measure of the Digital Services Act, to increase platforms’ transparency and accountability. The Commission is to adopt delegated acts to further specify the conditions under which sharing of data should take place and, the purposes for which the data may be used and relevant procedures, taking into account the rights and interests of the actors involved and, if necessary, independent advisory mechanisms. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Jury_Selection_Begins_in_Ed_Sheeran’s_‘Let’s Get_It_On’_Copyright_Infringement_Lawsuit⠀⇛ Jury selection begins in Ed Sheeran’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ copyright infringement lawsuit in New York, which alleges that the 32-year-old singer’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ bears more than a passing similarity to the Marvin Gaye classic. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ What_Happened_with_Gimme_Radio?_Major Investors_Contributed_Millions,_Now_It’s_Kaput⠀⇛ Gimme Radio launched more than five years ago with the goal of building global fan communities around genres of music. Now the service is shuttering on April 29. What happened? Gimme Media  was founded in San Francisco in June 2017 by Tyler Lenane (CEO), David Rosenberg (COO), Jon Maples (CPO), and Andrew Gilliland (CCO). o ⚓ Joe Brockmeier ☛ Joe_Brockmeier:_Copyright_consistency⠀⇛ I keep thinking about the arguments around content being used for AI data sets and the arguments around content being archived/offered by sites like Internet Archive. § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Personal⠀➾ o ⚓ gratitude_issues⠀⇛ Something that I really struggle with in regards to gratitude is how different it is as an adult vs a child. The naivety and optimism of childhood is a blessing. Simply not knowing how bad life can get pays off. Back as a child, I feel like anything you’d say you felt gratitude for was heartfelt, because it really did make you feel grateful and blessed to have it. But as an adult it’s hard not to associate gratitude with fear. Knowing so much, being bombarded with bad news even when you shield yourself from most of it, knowing how bad life can really be.. gratitude is suddenly so much about fear. About loss. You’re thinking about what to be grateful for and realize “I know some people have lost their legs, some people are homeless and starve, some people are currently enduring war.” and now you’re scared you could be next in all of this. One day it could happen to you. So you’re telling yourself you’re grateful – grateful to be healthy, to be able to walk, to have food and a roof over the head, no war.. o ⚓ You_might_just_be_incompetent⠀⇛ Theres a lot of talk about imposter syndrome. But no one ever really acknowledges the possibility that people can just suck at their jobs and be aware of it. o ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_BGOPRUS_Wordo:_GAILY⠀⇛ o ⚓ 26_April_2023⠀⇛ Normality is setting in… at least for now. After my mother-in-law has left for home last week we had quiet a few stressfull days with our son (he had his first vaccinations which lead to some even more sleepless nights), but now things have quieted down a bit. Its also about a week since i discarded Fedora Silverblue (which i still find to be a very nice distribution) for MX Linux on the Acer Aspire Switch because Fedora turned out to be just too heavy for the quiet limited space on the Acer. So, why MX Linux? Its because the Acer has a weird 32 Bit UEFI system which is not supported by many distributions and without so much expendable time anymore i took what i did know to work out of the box. This is also my first attempt after a long time to ditch GUI completely. Why? Perhaps a bit of masochism, a bit of nostalgia and the realisation that i live mostly in the terminal anyway regardless of running an window manager. o ⚓ Poet_Voice_and_Membership⠀⇛ I’m ten years old. Sitting quietly in church with my mother and sister. I might be dressed up; or, my family might have abandoned that practice by then. Sitting quietly. I’ve practiced all week. The hymns are finishing, and it’s time for me to read the first lesson. o ⚓ Every_day_she_takes_a_morning_bath,_she_wets_her_hair⠀⇛ My wife will be awake soon, and she’s so in the throes of “all this” that we’re talking serious trepidation trying to complete this sentence before hearing the bedroom door open. Soon I’ll be hearing about her girls, siblings, rants over political news, how so-and-so “looked at her funny” yesterday. There are times I wish I could become so lost in all the drama. And yet I can’t imagine it being a place of peace. But, then, neither is sitting back frustrated for not being able to let go of “all this” – starting, of course, with the alleged self allegedly expire-iencing it…. o ⚓ in_stillness_lies_a_calm_so_true⠀⇛ In stillness lies a calm so true, A peace that’s felt, not seen in view. Between the words, a silence reigns, A space where nothingness sustains. The rhythm of this quietude, A tempo slow, yet never crude. A gentle beat, a steady flow, A cadence that we come to know. This hush that fills the empty air, A melody beyond compare. A symphony of tranquil grace, A song that time cannot erase. o ⚓ It’s_become_a_somber_kind_of_a_day⠀⇛ Nothing has ever rang more true to me than Sartre’s “hell is other people”. I don’t see how it could be otherwise. Imagine utterly separate be-ings modeling an alleged objective reality in their own utterly separate ways – i.e. in accord with their distinct experiences/biases/learnings – and said alleged objective reality with communication delays, slightly different meanings for the same word symbols, misspeaks, attempts to backup going awry, blah-die- fucking-blah-blah. Perhaps it would be better (in terms of locating the problem more locally) to say “hell is seemingly being a separate individual/self”. * § Technical⠀➾ o ⚓ Disappointing_Gigabits⠀⇛ It needed a router change, and different fibre optics (SFP+) module; apparently the faster connection is over a different wavelength of light. And then, nothing worked. Given that I was working from home at the time this quickly became an urgent problem, since the slower connection had been switched off to provide the new one. After much experimenting I discovered that it was a problem with the port settings on the router; turning off speed negotation and some other arbitrary setting I can’t remember were enough to fix it. Mostly; more on that later. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Trying_for_Sunrises_2023-04-26_(Fairbanks,_AK,_US)⠀⇛ The sunrise times are now reaching the point where it is possible for me to capture shots in the hour before work. One of the tricky parts, however, is that in Fairbanks it is difficult to find good, unobstructed views to the north-east, from where the sun is now rising. There is one place south of the airport which is decent, if you don’t mind a lot of airport equipment in your photo. However, the clouds were not quite right for good sunrise photos, and this is the best I could manage this morning: =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 6290 ➮ Generation completed at 02:42, i.e. 75 seconds to (re)generate ⟲