𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Monday, May 15, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Tue 16 May 02:43:24 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/2023/05/15/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmS32fMTkeYomdxPWCP42PHMfFdKs9rfkSgXboUoVNA3jB QmTGej9jj8spt5sAeA5fmFhTxbyEBhfyXn8vk91wJhQXcs QmUD3qvzBExdYcAqkwKAKng84v5we1kor95LS8wVEPQJY2 QmagVDKAew4AMq9Fs6yk4r4iAkxKc4L1W353hB8S99nTn1 QmcxQsZ2GCghqBFvbbovJYyNuZJr66gJWUEWRoU6QW9DNU 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inactive; nobody works on it anymore). The Linux_Foundation did_the_same_to_Linux.com_in 2019 and then_trashed_it (because it doesn’t care about Linux, except as a brand to milk). THIS does not shock us, but it certainly saddens us. IBM doesn’t seem to mind the fact that Red Hat revenue is growing, according to IBM. Red Hat is suffering layoffs and too little information is provided about what or who is impacted. It has been sad to see this as we’ve noted both the_layoffs and the_fate_of opensource.com. Now it is becoming increasingly confirmed that IBM does to “Open Source” what it did to CentOS a couple of years ago. “Wikipedia says that in December last year IBM had 288,300 employees.”To explain our allegation quite succinctly, bear in mind opensource.com (where Ben Cotton played a prominent role) has not been active for quite some time, which is extremely unusual. The timing gave a clue because of the announcement of layoffs. Days ago Ben Cotton wrote a blog post saying he was among those who had been deemed “redundant” (that’s absurd as he’s a very essential worker). “No activity since April 23, i.e. the layoffs.”My wife has been reading opensource.com every day for nearly a decade and Cotton is one of the first people who came to her mind in relation to this site because he used to be very active there (a lot less in recent years). She says she loved his articles, so it’s a tragic loss for IBM. Could they find nothing else at their oversized company to ‘cut’? Wikipedia says that in December last year IBM had 288,300 employees. So why give Ben Cotton the pink slip? He too is baffled by this. Yesterday Phoronix also mentions Ben Cotton being laid off (50 or more comments there, but we’d rather not link to Phoronix). 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Ben_Cotton;_Also_opensource.com⦈_ He’s the only one (so far) that we saw speaking about this in public. Did IBM offer them some severance package that mandates silence (other opensource.com people probably also lost their job)? Seeing that the opensource.com Web site has not been active for quite some time, we’re taken a look at the_Twitter_account, which is stale. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇opensource.com_in_Twitter⦈_ And they only link to old articles, nothing new. Even a bot could do this. They post only about one “tweet” per day and the stuff isn’t new. Notice that the profile links to a Mastodon instance. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇opensource.com_in_Mastodon⦈_ Mind the dates. Yes, that’s right. No activity since April 23, i.e. the layoffs. So we’ve checked if they reply to someone, e.g. question/s about site stoppage, but no replies can be found in either_Twitter or the_Fediverse. No response to anybody. 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⠀⠀⠀⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 384 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/05/15/video-ibm-and-community/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/05/15/video-ibm-and-community/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.15.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Almost_Nobody_Reporting_What_IBM_is_Doing_to_the_Free_Software_Community⠀✐ Posted in IBM, Red_Hat at 7:15 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 7fb515e7322d72b20a16ed1370af628f Not the Open Source Way Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/redhat-opensource-com.webm Summary: The most disturbing aspect of what IBM does to the community (users of CentOS, volunteers in Fedora, readers of OpenSource.com etc.) is the lack of media coverage; IBM has captured a number of ‘news’ sites that mindlessly promote IBM (barely disclosing the sponsorship) and almost nobody questions IBM’s motives THIS year we did_not_write_much_about_IBM, but over a week ago we noticed that last month’s layoffs had_an_effect_on_OpenSource.com_(Open_Source_Way) and other sites of Red Hat. Knowing that the media barely_covers_or_doesn't_cover_IBM_layoffs (the layoffs are not reported until/unless they are very, very considerable), we decided to write about it and today we publish a video. That’s not unlike Microsoft by the way. Microsoft must have fired 20,000-30,000 people this year alone (4.5 months) if one counts temps and contractors. Microsoft is collapsing but it is rigging/cheating the market, bribing the media, defrauding shareholders, and worse. Where’s the media? “Microsoft is collapsing but it is rigging/cheating the market, bribing the media, defrauding shareholders, and worse. Where’s the media?”Generally speaking, the only community IBM understands is the “shareholders community”. Earlier today we wrote about Ben Cotton and his important role in Fedora, not just his past role in OpenSource.com. Why did IBM let him go? Why is OpenSource.com, among other sites, inactive? By now, we think, dozens of blogs or news site should have written something about this. The same is true for Linux.com, which back in 2019 became inactive. Where was the media back then? That just comes to show what sort of “media” is left… a lot of defectors (journalists-turned-marketers). SJVN too has become a stenographer of the Linux Foundation because that’s where the money is. “The video above speaks about the track record of IBM before ranting about the lack of media scrutiny.”So we’ve ended up with ‘news’ sites that fail to investigate/report Microsoft layoffs, fail to condemn massive bank bailouts, and while Microsoft keeps attacking Linux nobody says a thing, except lies (“Microsoft loves Linux”). 20+ years ago when SCO filed the infamous lawsuit there was still media online. The same was true when Iraq was invaded. When important news goes under the radar society is worse off. When it comes to the EPO, we’ve become almost a sole voice. Why don’t news sites explain what’s going on there? A decade ago they used to actually cover scandals, but they suddenly stopped mentioning the EPO except when EPO management paid them to produce/reprint some piece. When sites like OpenSource.com and Linux.com just die so quietly (no pushback) one has to wonder to what degree corporations’ sheer power squashed the press and the Web. The video above speaks about the track record of IBM before ranting about the lack of media scrutiny. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 467 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/05/15/youtube-is-not-free-hosting/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/05/15/youtube-is-not-free-hosting/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.15.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ It’s_Time_to_Leave_YouTube_(It’ll_Only_Get_a_Lot_Worse)⠀✐ Posted in Google, Videos at 7:36 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 4184f491056ffe03e287b7f838fbcb45 YouTube is Not Free Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/youtube-closing-down.webm Summary: YouTube is becoming increasingly unacceptable, both for viewers and “creators” (what Google calls people who do all the actual work); it’s time to get out because Google/Alphabet is “farming” people for money, it’s not “free hosting” THIS Web site started publishing videos routinely way back in 2020 (the second lockdown in the UK). The motivation was explained at the time (scarce resources like time had been freed up by the pandemic response) and we spent several days researching how or where to publish videos rapidly. We checked a number of options; YouTube barely was one, even though we previously (about a decade ago) filed hundreds of videos there, as mere copies of what was published here in Techrights. “It’s barely even a site anymore, it’s a JavaScript “webapp” that returns invalid pages until proprietary scripts are being fully allowed.”YouTube has gotten worse and worse over the years. Spamification of YouTube, being a video-centric social control media, was covered here many times before, especially in early 2022 when we saw channels defecting to the marketing ‘industry’ and more ads being imposed while actual creators get de-monetised and lose viewers. The goal was becoming money-making, but the revenue has since decreased and the longtime chief of YouTube stepped down (she was one of the first employees in Google). “YouTube is generally a moving target. If you settle in YouTube today, you don’t know what it will be tomorrow.”Invidious no longer works for all videos and some browsers, especially with particular extensions, cannot render the site. It’s barely even a site anymore, it’s a JavaScript “webapp” that returns invalid pages until proprietary scripts are being fully allowed. Now there are plans [1,2] to prevent people from watching videos unless/until they watch ads. Think that’s bad? Wait for what comes after that. Some possibilities are explained in the video above. YouTube is generally a moving target. If you settle in YouTube today, you don’t know what it will be tomorrow. One day it will be offline for sure. █ Related/contextual items from the news: 1. ⚓ YouTube_Is_Forcing_Some_Users_to_Disable_Adblockers⠀⇛ 2. ⚓ Google_set_to_ban_YouTube_ad_blockers,_time_to_sign_up_for_YouTube Premium?⠀⇛ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 547 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.15.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_15/05/2023:_Linux_6.4_RC2_and_KeePassXC_2.7.5⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 2:18 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Server o Audiocasts/Shows o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems * Devices/Embedded * Open_Hardware/Modding * Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o FSFE o Programming/Development # Perl_/_Raku * Leftovers o Education o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Integrity/Availability/Authenticity # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing o YouTube o Monopolies # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-05-07_[Older]_Linux_Weekly_Roundup #234⠀⇛ o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ TechTarget ☛ Improve_Kubernetes_network_performance_with Cilium_and_eBPF_|_TechTarget⠀⇛ Learn how the Cilium Kubernetes plugin and eBPF framework can improve network efficiency and security, then walk through installing Cilium on a K3s cluster with sample code. # ⚓ TechTarget ☛ Can_you_use_Kubernetes_without_Docker?_| TechTarget⠀⇛ Although Docker and Kubernetes are often used together, the two serve different roles in IT environments — and Docker containers aren’t the only option for Kubernetes deployments. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Stop_Updating_Your_Linux_Computer_Within The_GUI⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Relatable?_🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇:P⦈__Also i’m_sure_someone_would_find_the_show_nostalgic_🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇:)⦈_⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Kubuntu_23.04_Quick_Overview_#shorts⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-12_[Older]_How_to_install_Ubuntu_Kylin_23.04⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Did_you_know_the_ROG_Ally_ships_with Windows,_guys?_👀👀_Not_sus_at_all…⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Enterprise_Linux_Security_Episode_66_– Job_Security⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Is_NOBARA_really_better_than_FEDORA? benchmarks,_experience,_apps,_controllers…⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Ubuntu_Kylin_23.04_| Easy•Excellent•Expert•Elaborate⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Interesting,_isn’t_it?🐧⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-11_[Older]_How_to_install_Minetest_on_MX_Linux 21.3⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Is_Protestware_Healthy_For_Free_and_Open Source⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Demystifying_the_Top_Command_in_Linux_| Linux_Crash_Course_Series⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-10_[Older]_How_to_install_Inkscape_on_MX_Linux 21.3⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-10_[Older]_How_to_install_Ubuntu_MATE_23.04⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-10_[Older]_Episode_58:_Power_Up_&_Freak_Out_|_The Linux_For_Everyone_Podcast⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-10_[Older]_Linux_Dot_Files_Were_Never_Meant_To Exist⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-10_[Older]_Of_Course_It’s_Hard!If_It_Were_Easy, Everyone_Would_Do_It.⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-09_[Older]_MSI_Data_Leak_Is_More_Serious_Than_We Thought⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-09_[Older]_Ubuntu_MATE_23.04_overview_|_For_a retrospective_future.⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-09_[Older]_STOP_using_SOCIAL_MEDIA_for_News,_RSS_is MUCH_BETTER!⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-09_[Older]_Building_a_Powerful_Raspberry_Pi_NAS with_the_Argon_EON_Pi_Case_&_OpenMediaVault⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-09_[Older]_How_to_install_Audacity_on_MX_Linux 21.3⠀⇛ # ⚓ SANS ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Wait_Just_an_Infosec:_Podcast with_Lori_Brumm,_Jacob_Gray_and_Johannes_Ullrich._Tuesday 10am_EDT_https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=lqBGwlZLdFk,_(Mon, May_8th)⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Edubuntu_Makes_Triumphant_Return_With 23.04_(Back_After_9_Years!)⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Xubuntu_23.04_Quick_Overview_#shorts⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-08_[Older]_How_to_install_Flightgear_on_Linux_Lite 6.2⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Linux_Was_Almost_Destroyed_By_This Lawsuit⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-07_[Older]_Why_this_new_Steam_feature_could_hint_at a_Steam_Controller_sequel…_|_Press_Steam_to_Start_Ep_6⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-07_[Older]_How_To_Install_Linux_Mint_21.1_for Someone_Else_(OEM_Install)⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-07_[Older]_Swearing_In_Your_Code_Make_You_A_Better Developer??⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-07_[Older]_How_to_install_Toontown_Rewritten_on Linux_Lite_6.2⠀⇛ # ⚓ Open Source Security (Audio Show) ☛ Episode_375_–_The market_forces_of_left-pad,_Episode_77_remaster_part 2⠀⇛ Josh and Kurt finish up the leftpad discussion. We spent a lot of time talking about how the market will respond to these sort of events, and the market did indeed speak; very little has changed. There is an aspect of all these security events where we need to understand the cost vs benefit just isn’t there. it may never be there. Rather than whine and complain, we need to work with our constraints. # ⚓ 2023-05-10_[Older]_FLOSS_Weekly_731:_Confidential_Computing –_Dan_Middleton,_Confidential_Computing_Consortium [Ed: FLOSS Weekly is shilling fake (anti) privacy, which is actually outsourcing and thus a form of security breach. Corporate media insists that people do not need any servers of their own, and they say the same about personal computers, phones etc. After all, who would want to own anything? Let the billionaires own and control everything, then pay them monthly rents, like in feudal times, except now it's digital.]⠀⇛ # ⚓ The TLLTS Podcast ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_The_Linux_Link_Tech Show_Episode_1004⠀⇛ o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.4-rc2⠀⇛ It's Mother's Day, which obviously means that you can surprise her with a brand new kernel. And you're in luck, since I just happened to push out the very newest one: 6.4-rc2 is out there in all the usual places. This being rc2, it's been a fairly calm week as people are only starting to find any issues from the merge window, but it all looks fine. The stats are unusual, in that it's about a third drivers (mostly gpu, some media and networking), a third filesystems (ext4, btrfs, and xfs), and a third "miscellaneous" (mostly selftests and documentation updates, but there's some arch updates and some core kernel code too). The shortlog is appended, it's easy enough to just quickly scroll through it to get a flavor of the kinds of fixes have been going around.. Now, back to our regularly scheduled Mother's Day kernel compiles, Linus # ⚓ LWN ☛ Kernel_prepatch_6.4-rc2_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ The second 6.4 kernel prepatch is out for testing. “”This being rc2, it’s been a fairly calm week as people are only starting to find any issues from the merge window, but it all looks fine.”” o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Neowin ☛ KeePassXC_2.7.5⠀⇛ KeePassXC is a community fork of KeePassX, a native cross-platform port of KeePass Password Safe, with the goal to extend and improve it with new features and bugfixes to provide a feature-rich, fully cross-platform and modern open-source password manager. KeePassXC currently uses the KeePass 2.x (.kdbx) password database format as its native file format in versions 3.1 and 4. Database files in version 2 can be opened, but will be upgraded to a newer format. KeePass 1.x (.kdb) databases can be imported into a .kdbx file, but this process is one-way. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-05-07_[Older]_The_8_Best_Media_Players for_the_Steam_Deck⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_A_Complete_Guide_to Privacy_on_the_Steam_Deck⠀⇛ o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Why_I_use_separate_lexers_in_my recursive_descent_parsers⠀⇛ As someone who’s written a number of recursive descent (RD) parsers over the years, I had a reaction on the Fediverse. You see, when I write recursive descent parsers, I always write a separate lexer. # ⚓ MJ Fransen ☛ Create_texinfo_files_with_org-mode_for_your personal_notes⠀⇛ Let your computer do the work for you, where possible. Use a snippet system like yasnippet with a template for your org-files Create a Makefile to run the shell script with the substitution for uref lines and run makeinfo and install-info command. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Install_and_Set_Up_Snort_IDS_on_Linux to_Secure_Your_Network⠀⇛ Snort is one such famous, free-for-personal use and open-source IPS/IDS solution. Let’s learn how you can install and set up Snort on Linux to defend your network from cyber-attacks. # ⚓ How_to_Install_and_Use_Jupyter_Notebook_in_Linux,_Windows and_Mac⠀⇛ If you are looking for a robust tool that can assist you with scientific computing, and interactive computing, Jupyter Notebook is an ideal choice for you, as it supports multiple programming languages and can make it more suitable for a wide variety of data analysis operations. # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_How_to_install Minetest_on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-05-10_[Older]_How_to_install Inkscape_on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_How_to_install Audacity_on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_How_to_install Flightgear_on_Linux_Lite_6.2⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-05-07_[Older]_How_to_install Toontown_Rewritten_on_Linux_Lite_6.2⠀⇛ # ⚓ Write_and_append_to_.txt_file_using_the_terminal_in_Linux⠀⇛ To write and append to a .txt file using the terminal in Linux, first create a new textfile on your desktop using the touch command… # ⚓ How_do_I_enable_the_top_menu_bar_in_Firefox⠀⇛ I recently installed Kubuntu, which came with Firefox already installed. I have not used Firefox as my main browser for quite a few years. One thing I did notice,was that the top menu bar was not enabled. # ⚓ AddictiveTips ☛ How_to_Set_Up_a_PostgreSQL_Database_on Ubuntu⠀⇛ PostgreSQL is an outstanding choice for SQL databases on Ubuntu. In this guide, we will guide you through the process of installing and configuring a PostgreSQL database on Ubuntu Server. Whether you’re a newcomer to Linux databases or knowledgeable about PostgreSQL, this step-by-step guide will help you install and configure a database on Ubuntu Server. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Monitor_User_Logins_on_Linux⠀⇛ Whether you are a Linux admin with servers and multiple users under your watch or a regular Linux user, it is always good to be proactive in securing your system. One of the ways you can actively secure your system is by monitoring user logins, especially currently logged-in users and failed logins or login attempts. # ⚓ Despite_Layoffs,_Open_Source_and_Linux_Skills_are_Still_in Demand_–_Slashdot [Ed: SJVN as parrot of Zemlin, indirectly paid by him and thus by monopolies]⠀⇛ ZDNet reports that Jim Zemlin, executive director at the Linux Foundation, recently noted rounds of tech-industry layoffs “in the name of cost- cutting.” But then Zemlin added that “open source is countercyclical to these trends. The Linux Foundation itself, for instance, had its best first quarter ever.” # ⚓ Web_Penetration_Testing_with_Kali_Linux:_A_Comprehensive Introduction⠀⇛ Cybersecurity has become a major concern for all organizations in today’s digital age. With the rise of web-based applications, web penetration testing has become a crucial step in ensuring the security of online assets. Kali Linux, a popular operating system, provides various tools that can be used for web penetration testing. In this article, we will discuss the importance of web penetration testing with Kali Linux and how it can be done effectively. # ⚓ Network World ☛ Taking_advantage_of_the_grep_command’s_many options⠀⇛ The grep command offers interesting options to help you find what you want from text files. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Install_and_Set_Up_Snort_IDS_on_Linux to_Secure_Your_Network⠀⇛ Protect your network from intruders and unsolicited attacks by installing and setting up Snort IDS. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Use_the_split_Command_to_Split_Text Files_in_Linux⠀⇛ Learn how to split a large file into multiple smaller files using the split command on Linux. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Use_gomphotherium:_A_Complete Fediverse_Client_for_Your_Linux_Terminal⠀⇛ Want a terminal-friendly way to scroll through your fediverse toots? Consider installing gomphotherium, a terminal-based client for the fediverse. # ⚓ Run_Oracle_Database_23c_with_Podman_Desktop⠀⇛ Podman Desktop is an open source graphical tool enabling you to seamlessly work with containers and Kubernetes from your local environment. On this blog I will share all the steps to get Podman Desktop running on an Oracle Linux 9 system to then run one container with Oracle Database 23c Free Edition. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Reviews⠀➾ # ⚓ Distro Watch ☛ Review:_Rhino_Linux_(Beta)⠀⇛ I want to underline that Rhino Linux is in its early stages of development. The snapshot I was using was a development release of a rolling platform, built on Ubuntu’s development branch. In other words, we should expect some issues and unpredictability. In fact, I would have been surprised if there had not been a few problems. Early on there were a few glitches. The live media wouldn’t boot in UEFI mode which is a problem on newer hardware. I also found Calamares was prone to crashing during its clean-up phase, preventing the system from booting. I could work around these problems, but it would be a barrier for anyone not familiar with using the command line and chroot environments. After those initial issues, things actually became pretty comfortable for me while using Rhino. The distribution is a pleasantly medium weight, I like the initial welcome wizard which helps us configure a few things, and Xfce offers a pleasant, stable user interface. The application menu is lightly populated, encouraging us to install software we need beyond the bare basics. Apart from some issues with Firefox, the included software worked well. The key feature though of Rhino Linux is its package manager. I found it worked quite well. Really, this is just glue binding together multiple package managers behind the scenes, but it works unusually well. It’s fairly quick, the packages and their sources are neatly organized, and it makes upgrading software much more streamlined for the user. It’s still early days for Rhino Linux, but it’s off to a good start. If the developers can sort out a few issues with the start-up process and maybe remove GNOME Software so people aren’t tempted to use it over the prescribed package manager, I think it will be a good experience. A lot of people have been saying they’d like to see a rolling flavour of Ubuntu and now it is here. It’s not an entirely smooth experience yet, but it’s close. The one thing I feel is missing is a method to rescue or rollback system upgrades, perhaps using Btrfs snapshots, so that following Ubuntu’s development branch doesn’t break the system. Once some rollback method is in place, I think it will make Rhino a very appealing, Ubuntu- compatible rolling release platform. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Red_Hat_Delivers_Latest_Releases_of_Red Hat_Enterprise_Linux⠀⇛ # ⚓ AlmaLinux Official ☛ AlmaLinux_9.2_–_Now_Available⠀⇛ Hello Сommunity. The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is proud to announce the general availability of AlmaLinux OS 9.2 codenamed “Turquoise Kodkod”! # ⚓ EuroLinux ☛ EuroLinux_9.2_released⠀⇛ On May 11, 2023, we released version 9.2 of the EuroLinux operating system. It maintains compatibility with Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 9.2. EuroLinux 9.2 repositories have been expanded to include Python 3.11, Nginx 1.22, PostgreSQL 15, new versions of Performance Co-Pilot, updated toolsets: Rust v1.66, Go v1.19 and LLVM v15. The new version of the system also introduces a variety of improvements to the web console (cockpit). The Linux kernel has been updated to version 5.14.0- 284. # ⚓ SJVN ☛ CIQ_Mountain:_SysAdm,_DevOps,_and_Secure_Rocky_Linux Images ⠀⇛ With CentOS 7 coming to the end of its days, CentOS Linux clones such as AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux are rapidly gaining in popularity for business users To help f=graner more of an audience, CIQ has expanded its Rocky portfolio with the introduction of a new service: CIQ Mountain. CIQ Mountain is both a SysAdmin tool, somewhat like Red Hat Satellite, and a DevOps program. It’s meant to make life easier for businesses, whether they’re in a home office or a Fortune 500 company. o ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Fedora_Won’t_Adopt_GNOME’s_New_Console_App_Anytime Soon⠀⇛ Despite this modern replacement for GNOME Terminal being decent (especially since gaining a fancy tab overview) the bods overseeing what’s included in Fedora remain unconvinced by its appeal, citing missing features and a lack of a definitive “USP”. Thus, they plan to “stick with GNOME Terminal indefinitely”. * § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ SolidRun_launches_TI_Sitara_AM64x_embedded_modules starting_at_$55.00⠀⇛ SolidRun’s new industrial System-on-Module features the AM64x Sitara family of processors from Texas Instruments. The embedded products provide support for multi-protocol industrial ethernet with TSN and they are compatible with new the HummingBoard-T carrier boards also from SolidRun. o ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ SBC_boasts_i.MX_8M_Plus_processor_for_machine learning⠀⇛ The eDM-SBC-iMX8MP is a Single Board Computer that runs Linux on the NXP i.MX8M Plus quad-processor with an integrated Neural Processing Unit and HiFi4 DSP.  * § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ o ⚓ Jonah Brüchert ☛ Connecting_an_electric_typewriter_to_a_modern computer⠀⇛ When we talked about teletype technology at my local university hackerspace, Spline, I remembered the typewriter had a 26-pin connector. After some research, I learned that the machine is basically an Erika S3004, one of the most popular typewriters of the GDR, in a different case. With this new knowledge, I was able to find a table of commands which can be sent and received from the device. The 26-pin connector is a port used in the GDR, which speaks a faily standard rs232 protocol, with a baud-rate of 1200. In fact, the USB TTL adapter I usually use for routers, worked on it after some creative wiring. o ⚓ Ken Shirriff ☛ The_Group_Decode_ROM:_The_8086_processor’s_first step_of_instruction_decoding⠀⇛ A key component of any processor is instruction decoding: analyzing a numeric opcode and figuring out what actions need to be taken. The Intel 8086 processor (1978) has a complex instruction set, making instruction decoding a challenge. The first step in decoding an 8086 instruction is something called the Group Decode ROM, which categorizes instructions into about 35 types that control how the instruction is decoded and executed. For instance, the Group Decode ROM determines if an instruction is executed in hardware or in microcode. It also indicates how the instruction is structured: if the instruction has a bit specifying a byte or word operation, if the instruction has a byte that specifies the addressing mode, and so forth. o ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Pimoroni_Inventor_HAT_Mini_Review:_Great_for Making_Robots⠀⇛ This diminutive board features a range of outputs for servos, GPIO, motors, sensors, serial communication and of course there are eight bright RGB LEDs. * § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ o ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_Bitdefender_adds_real-time_protection_to_its Android_security_software⠀⇛ o ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Google_Contacts_for_Android_rolling_out_birthday notifications⠀⇛ o ⚓ Giz China ☛ Motorola_Android_Auto_Adapter_to_UK_and_Europe_– Gizchina.com⠀⇛ o ⚓ SlashGear ☛ 5_Cheap_Android_Phones_You_Should_Avoid_Buying⠀⇛ o ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Android_14_will_automatically_make_Google_Photos pix_look_brighter_and_more_realistic_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛ o ⚓ Forbes ☛ Stunning_Android_14_Feature_Will_Bring_A_Massive_Google Photos_Upgrade⠀⇛ o ⚓ PC Mag ☛ Put_Down_the_Phone:_How_to_Unplug_With_Google’s_Digital Wellbeing_for_Android_|_PCMag⠀⇛ o ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ What_Are_Dynamic_System_Updates?_How_to_Run_a_New Version_of_Android_as_a_Guest_OS⠀⇛ o ⚓ SlashGear ☛ 5_Cheap_Android_Phones_You_Should_Avoid_Buying⠀⇛ o ⚓ SlashGear ☛ 5_Android_Apps_That_Are_Worth_The_Money⠀⇛ o ⚓ SlashGear ☛ These_5_Android_Apps_Use_AI_To_Help_You_Learn_A_New Language⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § FSFE⠀➾ # ⚓ FSFE ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_EU_Parliament_wants_to_protect Free_Software_in_AI_regulation⠀⇛ # ⚓ FSFE ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Look_back_with_us_on_Konrad’s amazing_‘Youth_Hacking_4_Freedom’_project⠀⇛ # ⚓ FSFE ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_Tack_foss-north_2023!⠀⇛ # ⚓ FSFE ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Chaos_Communication_Camp:_Call for_Participation⠀⇛ o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ TechTarget ☛ Python_interpreter_vs._IDE:_What_network engineers_should_know_|_TechTarget⠀⇛ In the network automation era, Python is the de facto language to automate repetitive network tasks on a global scale. Network engineers can use a plethora of tools during their automation journey, including interpreters and integrated development environment, or IDE, tools. # ⚓ Ciprian Dorin Craciun ☛ Learning_before_dabbling_in_applied cryptography⠀⇛ I’ve been for a long time an “applied cryptography passive enthusiast”, following various blogs and reading various introductory articles on the subject, but I have newer dug deeper or tried to do anything myself (hence the qualification “passive”). However, since a year or so, I’ve started playing, first in my mind then in proof-of-concept code, with various ideas, especially related to long term encryption or encryption in automation scenarios, thus leaning towards “applied cryptography active hobbyist”. About at the same time, I’ve started following closer some of the most prominent public writers on the topic. They might not necessarily be cryptographers themselves, however they are able to translate the various primitives, schemes, constructs, and their properties, into plain English. Thus, for anyone seriously wanting to start experimenting with cryptography (which has nothing to do with “crypto”, that is yet another alias for ponzi-schemes), I wanted to highlight some of these information sources. Following that, I will also list a few articles that I consider are good introductory topics, or generic enough to be applicable in a broader sense. # ⚓ Jack Kelly ☛ The_Maddest_My_Code_Made_Anyone⠀⇛ As Half-Life modding matured, some really interesting inventions appeared. MetaMod was a C++ framework that interposed itself between the server binary and the actual mod DLL, allowing you to inject custom behaviour into an existing mod. I didn’t understand enough C++ to write MetaMod plugins, but that didn’t matter: AMX Mod and later AMX Mod X let you write custom plugins using a simpler C-style language called Pawn (known back then as “Small”). This enabled an explosion of ways for operators to tweak their game servers: quality- of-life improvements for players, reserved player slots for members, and delightfully bonkers gameplay changes. I remember having my mind blown the first time I stumbled upon a game of CS with a class-based perks system, inspired by Warcraft 3, and that was just one instance of the creativity that came from the AMX(X) modding scenes. And with the Half-Life-specific background covered, we are now ready to talk about NS: Combat and my gloriously dumb contribution to the AMXX world. # ⚓ Jim Nielsen ☛ The_Power_of_Fast_Feedback_Cycles⠀⇛ Having code you can inspect, poke at, tweak, and then immediately run is a kind of super power. Fast, iterative feedback loops are incredibly empowering. This is what I was getting at when I wrote about cheating entropy by writing vanilla HTML, CSS, and JS: [...] # ⚓ Nicolas Fränkel ☛ Working_on_an_unfamiliar_codebase⠀⇛ In our profession, it’s common to work on an unfamiliar codebase. It happens every time one joins a new project or even needs to work on a previously untouched part in big ones. This occurrence is not limited to a developer having to fix a bug; it can be a solution architect having to design a new feature or an OpenSource contributor working on a GitHub issue in their free time. Hence, I want to describe how I approach the situation so it can benefit others. # ⚓ MaskRay ☛ Relocation_overflow_and_code_models⠀⇛ Certain groups prefer static linking or mostly static linking for the sake of deployment convenience and performance. In scenarios where the distributed program contains a significant amount of code (related: software bloat), employing full or mostly static linking can result in very large executable files. Consequently, certain relocations may be close to the distance limit, and even a minor disruption can trigger relocation overflow linker errors. # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Model_Misspecification_and_Linear_Sandwiches⠀⇛ Details can be found in the mentioned reference. The rest of the post illustrates with examples how to compute “sandwich” estimates in R, and why you may want to do so. # § Perl / Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Welcome_new_contributors with_the_first-timers-only_tag⠀⇛ # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-05-10_[Older]_Perl_Weekly_Challenge_216: Registration_Number⠀⇛ # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_PTS_2023⠀⇛ # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_Require_in_Perl,_what should_I_pay_attention?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_PTS_2023⠀⇛ # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-05-07_[Older]_Perl_Toolchain_Synergy⠀⇛ # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_How_to_Send_and_Receive Email_with_Perl⠀⇛ * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ The Unix Heritage Society ☛ The_Gnome_and_Its_“Secret_Place”⠀⇛ So a different modification of the Sixth Edition text, we still have “to UNIX” and the continuous “is gathering…and saving”. What does change is we no longer know where the gnome is saving those characters. We’ve now lost the secret place, research and BSD carry on knowing the real story, and MERT 0 kept this intact as well. Taking a look further afield, in the System III manuals, originally produced in 1980, we see the same as PWB, a merged intro document (now just named intro again), and the same text, the Sixth Edition text minus the secret place commentary. So whatever merges of documentation took place between PWB 1.0 and 3.0, it seems the updated text from the Seventh Edition was never picked up, and the modified line persisted through to this point. Checking forward, this text persists into the release of PWB 5.0. The first release of System V only changes “UNIX” to “the UNIX System”, consistent with nomenclature changes throughout documentation in the PWB 5.0->System V transition. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Lusaka ZM ☛ Digital_training_for_100,_000_teachers_by Indian_Institute_Launched⠀⇛ Minister of Education Douglas Syakalima commented on JAIN Group of Institutions for the timely partnership, especially with the introduction of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) subjects in schools. In a speech read for him by Ministry of Education Universities Director Amos Mumba, during the launch, Mr Syakalima noted the urgent need to train staff with the latest technology to enhance efficiency and service delivery to pupils across the country. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Eat_more_beans._Please.⠀⇛ o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Stack_Overflow_Layoffs:_Question_and_Answer_Website_Sacks 10%_Employees,_CEO_Prashanth_Chandrasekar_Says_‘Weighs Heavily_on_Me’⠀⇛ “I’ve made the very difficult decision to reduce our workforce by about 10 per cent per cent or 58 employees. This is painful for them, and we are supporting those employees through this transition with severance packages, extensions of healthcare benefits, and outplacement services,” the CEO said in a statement. # ⚓ Daniel Miessler ☛ AI’s_Next_Big_Thing_is_Digital Assistants⠀⇛ There’s about to be a huge difference, and that difference will come from context. Specifically, your Digital Assistant (DA) will know almost everything about you. Not just a few things like your name and your favorite color. No. It’ll know everything. We’re talking about: [...] # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ I_Created_a_Biased_AI_Algorithm_25_Years_Ago—Tech Companies_Are_Still_Making_the_Same_Mistake.⠀⇛ The dangers of bias and errors in AI algorithms are now well known. Why, then, has there been a flurry of blunders by tech companies in recent months, especially in the world of AI chatbots and image generators? Initial versions of ChatGPT produced racist output. The DALL-E 2 and Stable Diffusion image generators both showed racial bias in the pictures they created. # ⚓ Interesting Engineering ☛ Production_of_Polestar_3_and Volvo_EX90_pushed_to_2024_to_develop_software⠀⇛ Swedish automaker Volvo and its subsidiary Polestar have announced delays in the production and delivery of their highly anticipated vehicles, the Volvo EX90 and Polestar 3. Originally scheduled for release in 2023, the production start date has been pushed to the first quarter of 2024. The companies attribute the delays to the additional time needed for software development and testing, aiming to ensure a high- quality vehicle introduction and maximize customer benefit from the advanced technology. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Toyota’s_bungling_of_customer_privacy_is becoming_a_pattern⠀⇛ The exposed data belongs to almost the entire Japanese customer base that had signed up for Toyota’s T-Connect driver assist product, and users of the G-Link service – a similar product for Toyota’s luxury subsidiary Lexus. [...] We’ve reached out to Toyota to learn more about this latest incident but haven’t heard back. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-05-07_[Older]_Twitter_says_a_‘security incident’_led_to_private_Circle_tweets_becoming_public⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_Hitachi_Energy_MSM⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Siemens_Siveillance_Video_Event and_Management_Servers⠀⇛ # ⚓ Computing UK ☛ FBI_dismantles_‘Snake’_malware_network created_by_Russian_spies⠀⇛ Russian intelligence agency leveraged the Snake tool to infect computers in over 50 countries The FBI has successfully disrupted a sophisticated malware network that had been used by Russian spies for nearly two decades to gather sensitive data from hundreds of computers across 50 countries… # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-05-05_[Older]_Uber’s_Ex-Security_Chief Leaves_Court_With_No_Jail_Time_for_Covering_Up_Massive_Hack⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ CISA_Adds_Seven_Known_Exploited_Vulnerabilities_to Catalog⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-05_[Older]_Achieving_Kubernetes_Security_Posture Management_(KSPM)⠀⇛ # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ Jan Schaumann ☛ Whose_Cert_Is_It_Anyway?⠀⇛ Screengrab from the TV show ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’ with ‘line’ replaced by ‘cert’. Remember the X.509 PKI? You know, the one that gave us such hits as “Oh wait, certificate revocation is basically all broken”, The One Where That Dutch CA Issued A Fraudulent *.google.com Cert, and of course my all-time favorite, Honest Ahmed’s Used Cars and Certificates? It’s great, because it secures virtually all web traffic, and all you have to do is get a certificate from a certificate authority – any one at all! # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ New Statesman ☛ The_memeification_of_George_Orwell⠀⇛ The publishers’ proud claim that this is the first full-length study for 20 years is not true. The best reason for a second try is that Orwell is worth it. Born as he was into a world at war, a biography of Orwell is almost a running history of that world in 46 years – years in which he hammered himself into a writer of monstrous talent, enormous breadth, and enduring significance. In spite of old colonial money on both sides of the family – sugar and opium on the English side, Burmese teak on the French – it was as a man of the left that Orwell took a sharp and personal interest in struggle wherever he found it. At the same time, for someone who swept so wide (his Eastern Service BBC wartime scripts were outstanding) he also ground exceeding small. One moment we find him discussing nationalism and imperialism as great historical tides, the next moment he is an imperial policeman lying flat on his belly, shooting an elephant he didn’t want to shoot in a village he didn’t want to police. A jeering crowd and a man at bay – it was in small things such as these that Orwell lifted his sights and found his range. In recent times, the appeal has gone beyond the writing. He has become a trope, a meme, a signifier, a symbol, a moral force, a patron saint of lost causes and begetter of hopeful ones. He thought working for the BBC was a lost cause, but that didn’t stop the corporation sticking a statue of him at the front door. There he stands outside Broadcasting House, like a doorman spoiling for a fight or looking for a light, however you see him. His deeply etched face, like Big Brother himself, has become part of our culture. Taylor reckons Orwell is not now just a popular writer “but someone who has quarried his way down into the heart of the human condition”. Want to give your op-ed a bit of moral welly? Reach for George. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-05-13_[Older]_Serbian_protesters demand_improved_security_after_shootings⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Don’t_Read_This_If_You Have_a_Security_Clearance⠀⇛ # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ ‘300_more_madrassas…’:_In_Telangana, Himanta_Sarma’s_message_to_Owaisi⠀⇛ In March, the Assam chief minister said he had closed 600 madrassas and intended to close all of them as he wanted to build colleges, schools and universities instead. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ RTL ☛ ‘The_days_when_environmental_policies_were_simply pushed_through_are_over’⠀⇛ Regarding the European Union’s target of reducing CO2 emissions by 55% by 2030, Welfring expressed confidence in Luxembourg’s progress, affirming that the Grand Duchy is “on the right track.” However, she stressed the urgent need for concrete measures to be implemented to achieve this ambitious goal. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Good_day,_sunshine⠀⇛ We’ve covered this before on the blog — Ulrich Speidel investigated the risks of solar storms to the modern Internet. In his post, Ulrich explains how solar storms can release charged particles that can interact with Earth’s magnetosphere and disrupt power grids, satellite communications, and other technological systems, including the Internet. He discussed the 1859 Carrington Event. Widely considered a catastrophe, the Carrington Event had significant impacts on telegraph systems, which were the primary means of long-distance communication at that time. The Carrington Event spiked electric currents in telegraph lines, causing widespread disruptions, damaging telegraph equipment, and even leading to some telegraph offices catching fire. However, the event did not have significant impacts on other aspects of society, as the infrastructure at that time was relatively simple compared to today. Ulrich also explored the challenges of mitigating the impacts of solar storms on the Internet, including the need for better monitoring, forecasting, and resilience measures. It’s a great outline of the issues in CME events. # ⚓ Gannett ☛ Scientists_warn_an_El_Niño_is_likely_coming_that could_bring_scorching_heat_to_Earth⠀⇛ Climate scientists are especially concerned about the potential for hotter temperatures. Given things already are warmer than normal, they say a strong El Niño could send global average temperatures soaring to a record high. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Big_Oil’s_Outrageous_Spending_in_California⠀⇛ If you thought the $18 million that Big Oil spent on lobbying California officials in 2022 was outrageous, the gusher of money the oil and gas industry is spending in their campaign to control the regulatory apparatus is even worse this year. Big Oil spent $9.4 million attempting to influence the California Legislature, Governor’s Office and agencies in the first quarter of 2023, according to lobbying disclosures by the oil and gas industry now posted on the California Secretary of State’s website. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Rooftop_Solar_Panels_Could_Power_a_Third_of U.S._Manufacturing,_Study_Finds⠀⇛ Researchers used a survey from the Department of Energy and compared states to understand where rooftop solar could best supply electricity needs for manufacturing. They found that companies that focus on textiles, apparel, and furniture would benefit the most from transitioning to solar energy. Their work is published in the journal Environmental Research: Sustainability and Infrastructure. # ⚓ IOP Publishing ☛ Technical_feasibility_of_powering U.S._manufacturing_with_rooftop_solar_PV⠀⇛ The use of renewable electricity is vital for the decarbonization of industry. Industrial firms source renewables through off-site power purchase agreements or on-site installations, though the latter currently supplies <0.1% of industrial electricity demand in the U.S. Manufacturing buildings typically have large, flat rooftops that are ideal for solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays. This study investigates the feasibility of using rooftop solar PV to cover the net annual electricity needs of industry across all U.S. states and manufacturing sectors. Modeled electricity supply intensity for solar PV arrays is compared with the electricity demand per unit of floorspace for average manufacturing buildings derived from the U.S. Department of Energy Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey. Results show that, depending on geographical location, rooftop solar PV can completely fulfill the electricity requirements of 5%–35% of manufacturing sectors considered on a net annual basis (assuming net metering). Furniture, textiles, and apparel manufacturing can be powered through on-site means in nearly every location, representing 2% of U.S. manufacturing electricity use and 6% of floorspace. Considering seasonal potential during summer months expands the list of feasible sites, particularly in the U.S. Southwest. Compared to off-site sourcing of renewable energy, pursuing on-site PV installations can also enable manufacturers to maintain limited operations during periods of grid disruption, especially when coupled with on-site energy storage. Overall, the results indicate a substantial physical opportunity for industrial firms to expand rooftop solar PV from currently low levels to help meet decarbonization goals. # ⚓ The Economist ☛ The_aviation_industry_wants_to_be_net zero—but_not_soon⠀⇛ The trouble is that the technology that might help Mr Calhoun meet this goal is barely perceptible on the horizon. As the jet age nears its centenary, even the historic pace of improvement is becoming tougher to sustain. “Every leap in tech makes the next one harder,” says Andrew Charlton of Aviation Advocacy, a consultancy. And not just for Boeing and its European arch-rival, Airbus. Take engines. CFM, a joint venture between GE and Safran, two engine-makers, has nearly 1,000 engineers working on Rise, an open rotor-engine that does away with the cowling the covers the fan blades. Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney, two other big engine-makers, are also beavering away on their own ideas. But neither engine is likely to provide the efficiency gains that Boeing is after. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ RTL ☛ Seven_people_living_in_a_single-family_property –_if_that’s_our_vision_of_the_future,_count_me_out⠀⇛ One professor Florian Hartweck from the University of Luxembourg argued that “three bedroom, two bathrooms and a view of nature” isn’t feasible and doesn’t meet the needs of today. Urban architect Christine Muller chimed in that while everyone wants a single-family home, “it is not possible.” # ⚓ [Repeat] Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Mother’s_Day:_‘Why would_anyone_want_a_kid?’_–_How_Hong_Kong’s_fertility rate_sank_to_the_world’s_lowest⠀⇛ A 2023 survey by the Hong Kong Women Development Association (HKWDA) showed that over 70 per cent of respondents aged 18 or above told researchers they had no plans to give birth. # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Drought_in_Europe_and_water conflicts_on_the_rise⠀⇛ The water battle brewing in Letur is a harbinger of conflicts that will play out elsewhere, and whatever happens to Spain’s farming industry — a major source of groceries for its neighbors — will be felt throughout the region. “Spain is Europe’s breadbasket and the lack of water there, the lack of agricultural production, is a matter of survival,” said Nathalie Hilmi, an environmental economist at Centre Scientifique de Monaco. “It becomes a financial problem too, because more money needs to be spent finding food.” o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_We_Need_an_Economic Bill_of_Rights⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ Does_Canada_really_need_a_digital_loonie?⠀⇛ Rogers says more transactions are being done digitally. Only about 20 per cent of retail transactions are done in cash. And, she says, there’s been a surge in interest in various digital currencies. When most people think of a digital dollar, they first think of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin or Ethereum. What the bank is looking at is not quite [cryptocurrency], but it’s not quite what we generally think of as cash either. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ New_listing_reveals_Microsoft_job_cuts_may cross_10,000⠀⇛ Citing a new filing with the state Employment Security Department (ESD), a report by Geek Wire said that Microsoft is slashing 158 jobs in Redmond, Washington state, where it is headquartered. The layoff start date was May 5. The development comes a day after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella reportedly told employees that they won’t be getting salary hikes this year. # ⚓ Hollywood Reporter ☛ Ex-ByteDance_Executive_Claims_Company Shared_Data_on_U.S._Users_With_Chinese_Government⠀⇛ A wrongful termination suit filed by Yintao Yu, who was head of engineering for the company’s U.S. offices five years ago, alleges that Chinese government maintained a special unit within ByteDance referred to as the “Committee” that “guided how the company advanced core Communist values,” according to an amended complaint filed on Friday in San Francisco Superior Court. He says that ByteDance served as a “useful propaganda tool,” pointing to instances when the company was “responsive to the Chinese Communist Party’s requests to share information, and even to elevate or remove content.” # ⚓ India Times ☛ Australia’s_Aristocrat_Leisure_to_buy software_firm_NeoGames_for_$1_billion⠀⇛ Aristocrat Leisure said it would pay a cash [sic] price of $29.50 per share to the shareholders of NeoGames to buy 100% of the Nasdaq-listed software firm. The takeover would give Aristocrat entry into the attractive iLottery market, “which is a highly regulated … and can facilitate further penetration across other online Real-Money Gaming (RMG) verticals,” the company said. # ⚓ India Times ☛ China_jails_US⠀⇛ John Shing-Wan Leung, an American passport holder and Hong Kong permanent resident, “was found guilty of espionage, sentenced to life imprisonment, deprived of political rights for life”, a statement from Suzhou Intermediate People’s Court read. # ⚓ France24 ☛ China_jails_US_citizen_for_life_on_spying charges⠀⇛ Such investigations and trials are held behind closed doors and little or no information is made public. Relations between Washington and Beijing have hit a historical low amid disputes over trade, technology, human rights and China’s increasingly aggressive approach toward its territorial claims. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ China_sentences_US_citizen_to_life_in prison_for_spying⠀⇛ The court said in a statement that Leung “was found guilty of espionage, sentenced to life imprisonment, deprived of political rights for life.” While the court announced Leung’s sentence, no further details were given relating to what he had been charged with. # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ İstanbul,_Ankara_mayors_claim_Kılıçdaroğlu_ahead of_Erdoğan⠀⇛ They pointed out that 10 million votes have not yet been counted which corresponds to 20 percent of the total votes. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ VOA News ☛ As_Net_Tightens,_Iranians_Pushed_to_Take_Up Homegrown_Apps⠀⇛ Banned from using popular Western apps, Iranians have been left with little choice but to take up state-backed alternatives, as the authorities tighten [Internet] restrictions for security reasons following months of protests. Iranians are accustomed to using virtual private networks, or VPNs, to evade restrictions and access prohibited websites or apps, including the U.S.-based Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The authorities went as far as imposing total [Internet] blackouts during the protests that erupted after the September death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, following her arrest for an alleged breach of the Islamic republic’s dress code for women. # ⚓ El País ☛ Marina_Ovsyannikova:_The_Russian_journalist_who condemned_Putin’s_war_live_on_TV⠀⇛ It was the “golden age” of Russian journalism, she recalls in her recently-published book, Between Good and Evil: How I Finally Opposed the Kremlin Propaganda. The situation, however, began to change gradually. In the interviews she has given, the journalist often refers to the 2008 invasion of Georgia as a turning point in the control exercised by the Kremlin over the media. At that moment, Ovsyannikova decided to ignore what she later decided to denounce. # ⚓ The Print ☛ China_censors_citizens_from_discussing_Pakistan protest._Political_revolt_is_a_sensitive_topic⠀⇛ Hashtags related to the protests in Pakistan were suppressed from trending by Chinese censors on Weibo. Despite some hashtags generating attention, news about the violent protests did not generate significant discussion on Chinese social media. The hashtag “Pakistan ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan arrested” was viewed over one million times on Weibo, and the hashtag “Arrest of ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan sparks violent protests” did not trend heavily, likely due to Chinese censors’ control. # ⚓ Vanity Fair ☛ Twitter’s_Elon_Musk_Defends_Decision_To_Limit Tweets_in_Turkey_During_Tight_Presidential_Election⠀⇛ Over his 20 years as president, Erdoğan has methodically tightened his grip on power, undermining key democratic institutions. The election is largely seen as a referendum on whether Turkey will continue its slide into one-man authoritarian rule. Polls closed at 10 a.m. ET this morning, and preliminary results are expected by the evening. “The day before a critical election in Turkey, Twitter appears to be acquiescing to the demands of the country’s autocratic ruler, Erdogan, and is censoring speech on the platform,” tweeted California congressman Adam Schiff in response to the news. “Given Twitter’s total lack of transparency, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that Musk’s promises of free speech have again fallen away.” o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Graduate_Workers_at_the_University_of Michigan_Have_Been_on_Strike_for_Over_a_Month⠀⇛ The graduate student workers walked out after rejecting the university’s original pay-raise offer, which would amount to a pay decrease under inflation. The union is also demanding better protections and support for international students, a reformed campus police (including an unarmed response team), and more help with childcare. Four GEO members sat down with Jacobin’s Peter Lucas to discuss the strike and how the university has responded so far. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Remembering_late_Tibetan_film_director_Pema_Tseden’s ‘weighty’_life⠀⇛ Pema Tseden, the renowned Tibetan director, died of a heart attack on May 8th, and many hearts worldwide are broken. As a professor of Chinese politics (and Tibet) at Cornell University I have shared his films with my students, and when I informed the current ones of this news they too were pained by his passing. To better understand why Pema Tseden’s death is so significant one can, fittingly, turn to one of his most important films, Tharlo. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Lesson_I_Wish_I_Never_Had_to_Learn_About Motherhood⠀⇛ It is 2 a.m. I am sitting up awake in the quiet hell of night, worrying about my sister and wishing you were here. I don’t know when this everlasting winter will end. It is hard to keep our ground- floor apartment warm with its high ceilings. I am writing to you from our dining table, where we have never feasted, thousands of miles away from you. It is one of those cursed nights when I can’t sleep. The traffic of my thoughts overwhelms me. You know how much I used to love sleeping, Mom, but now I don’t remember the last time I rested peacefully. Maybe a year ago? Maybe more. Maybe since my sister and I escaped from the Taliban and left Kabul behind. Maybe since I left you behind. # ⚓ BBC ☛ The_Nigerians_lured_into_a_trap_and_for_being_gay⠀⇛ When Nigeria passed some of the toughest anti- homosexuality laws in Africa, the [Internet] became a place for the LGBT community to connect with others more safely – until criminal gangs went digital too. BBC Africa Eye investigates how blackmailers pose as potential dates on popular dating apps, only to extort, beat and even kidnap people. # ⚓ [Old] Gothamist ☛ What_you_need_to_know_about_NYC’s upcoming_street_homeless_count⠀⇛ Started in 2005, the HOPE survey — also known as the HOPE count— is an annual survey of the street homeless population in New York City. It is not a literal count of every homeless person living on city streets, in the subways and other public spaces. It’s a point-in-time sampling of homeless people living in certain neighborhoods and certain streets in the five boroughs. o § YouTube⠀➾ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_YouTuber_Pleads_Guilty_to Intentionally_Crashing_an_Airplane [Ed: Social control media encourages and rewards dangerous, reckless behaviour]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_YouTuber_pleads_guilty_to intentionally_crashing_his_plane_for_a_wallet_sponsorship⠀⇛ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Google set_to_ban_YouTube_ad_blockers,_time_to_sign_up_for_YouTube Premium?⠀⇛ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_YouTuber fakes_plane_crash_for_views_and_sponsorship⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_YouTube_Is_Forcing_Some_Users to_Disable_Adblockers⠀⇛ o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Anti-Piracy_Outfit_Wipes_ACE’s_‘Watch Legally’_Page_From_Google⠀⇛ ACE, the world’s leading anti-piracy coalition, is facing an unexpected setback after Google removed a page that advises ‘pirates’ where they can watch content legally. The removal is the result of an erroneous takedown notice from a competing anti-piracy organization, and was likely triggered by an ACE domain name seizure. # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-05-13_[Older]_[Guest_post]_Hong_Kong_– Amendments_to_Copyright_Ordinance_with_effect_from_1 May_2023⠀⇛ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Mr_Justice_Zacaroli_finds manufacturing_software_copyright_infringed_and confidence_breached_in_ex-employee_fight⠀⇛ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_Adding_a_glass_canopy_to a_mosque_infringes_architect’s_copyright_and_the_canopy must_be_removed,_says_Cologne_Regional_Court⠀⇛ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Audio_book_narrators_say_AI_is_already taking_away_business⠀⇛ As people brace for the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence on jobs and everyday living, those in the world of audio books say their field is already being transformed. AI has the ability to create human-sounding recordings — at assembly-line speed — while bypassing at least part of the services of the human professionals who for years have made a living with their voices. Many of them are already seeing a sharp drop off in business. # ⚓ Rolling Stone ☛ Free_Ed_Sheeran!_Songwriters_Explain Why_the_‘Let’s_Get_It_On’_Case_Was_a_Near-Disaster⠀⇛ In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, songwriters Jenna Andrews (who co-wrote BTS’ “Butter” and “Permission to Dance,” and has written for Noah Cyrus and Jennifer Lopez), and Jamie Hartman (who’s written for the Backstreet Boys, Lewis Capaldi, Jennifer Hudson, and Calvin Harris), along with JHart, discuss the Sheeran lawsuit’s potential ramifications, the limits of musical originality in pop music, the continuing fallout from the “Blurred Lines” case (in which Robin Thicke’s song — written by Pharrell Williams — was found to have infringed on Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up,” based solely on groove and vibe) and more. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2378 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.15.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_15/05/2023:_More_Red_Hat_Refugees_Spotted⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:41 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Server o Audiocasts/Shows o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Events o Licensing_/_Legal o Programming/Development # Rust o Standards/Consortia * Leftovers o Proprietary o Security o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Monopolies # Patents # Software_Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ System76’s_COSMIC_Desktop_Already_Looks_Out_of this_World⠀⇛ It’s not that I doubt the company’s software development prowess or engineering nous (the stellar success of Pop!_OS with its homegrown embellishments prove they’re capable). It’s more that desktop environments are beastly, sprawling, labyrinthine affairs. But judging by the progress they’re making thus far, it seems there’s little for me to worry about! o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Revolutionizing_Data_Analytics:_The_Evolution_of_Hue_with Kubernetes_Technology⠀⇛ Introduction In today’s era of big data, data analytics platforms play an indispensable role in the decision-making process. One such platform that has gained significant popularity over the years is Hue. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ Thinking_in_Decades_|_LINUX Unplugged_510⠀⇛ The push for free software takes years, maybe even generations. Brent gets the inside story from the Free Software Foundation Europe. Special Guest: Matthias Kirschner. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ KeePassXC_2.7.5_Released!_Option_to_Allow Screenshot_&_Botan_3_Support⠀⇛ The KeePassXC password manager application released version 2.7.5 today! Here are the new features and how to install guide for Ubuntu / Linux Mint users. KeePassXC 2.7.5 add a new “Allow Screen Capture” option under “View” menu, though it seems to be for Microsoft Windows only. By enabling this option, allows to temporarily take screenshot of the app window. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_history⠀⇛ history is a command which displays or manipulates the history list. We recommend alternatives to this command. # ⚓ Holger_Levsen:_How-To_use_fwupd⠀⇛ As one cannot use fwupd on Qubes_OS to update firmwares this is a quick How-To for using fwupd on Grml for future me. # boot into Grml. # mount /boot/efi to /efi or set OverrideESPMountPoint=/boot/efi/EFI if you mount to the usual path. # apt install fwupd-amd64-signed udisks2 policykit-1 # fwupdmgr get-devices # fwupdmgr refresh # fwupdmgr get-updates # fwupdmgr update # reboot into Qubes OS. # ⚓ Steinar H Gunderson ☛ Steinar_H._Gunderson:_Joining_files with_FFmpeg⠀⇛ Joining video files (back-to-back) losslessly with FFmpeg is a surprisingly cumbersome operation. You can’t just, like, write all the inputs on the command line or something; you need to use a special demuxer and then write_all_the_names_in_a text_file_and_override_the_security_for_that_file, which is pretty crazy. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Plasma_Sprint_2023⠀⇛ As you probably have seen from other people’s blog posts there was the 2023 Plasma Sprint last week. It was generously hosted by TUXEDO Computers in their offices in Augsburg, Germany. Many thanks to TUXEDO for that! Other people have already well summarized what happend there, so let’s have a look at what I have been doing: Together with Kai Uwe, Volker, and Ismael I looked at notifications. This includes internal simplifications in KNotifications, API design questions, a proposed V2 for the notification portal API, and a new UI for per-event configuration in the notification settings module. Together with Marco I looked into some API design topics around the Applet class in plasma-framework, and worked on a proposed new API for applet actions. # ⚓ KDE Videos ☛ Interview_–_KDE_Plasma_Sprint_2023⠀⇛ The KDE Plasma Sprint 2023 took place this time at TUXEDO’s offices. Developers have made headway towards #Plasma6. We asked a few developers for a personal interview – enjoy! # ⚓ KDE_Plasma_6_Gets_Better_Default_Settings_to_Improve Out-of-the-Box_Experience_–_Slashdot⠀⇛ KDE developer/QA manager Nate Graham describes the week-long development sprint for the next major release of Plasma desktop environment. And one big focus was “better default settings” to “improve the UX out of the box.” # ⚓ First_Blog_Post_for_[Krita]_GsoC_2023!⠀⇛ § About Me – I am Groot. I’m Srirupa Datta, about to finish my undergraduate Electrical Engineering degree at Jadavpur University, India, in June. This year, I got selected for Google Summer of Code and will be working on improving the Bundle Creator in Krita. § My Introduction to Krita… * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ An_unexpectedly_fresh_blast_from_the past,_Freespire_9.5_has_landed⠀⇛ A descendant of one of the oldest desktop Linuxes around surprises… both by existing at all, as well as by being impressively good. The newly released Freespire 9.5 is the latest version of the free member of the Linspire family. It’s based on Ubuntu 22.04.2, including GNOME 42.5, heavily customised to resemble Windows via a suite of GNOME extensions. Linspire removes Ubuntu’s Snap packaging system and replaces it with Flatpak, but has no Flatpaks preinstalled. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ AlmaLinux_9.2_Now_Available_for_Download⠀⇛ AlmaLinux is a community-driven alternative to RHEL and with the 9.2 (codenamed “Turquoise Kodkod”) release, it brings an updated toolchain, security improvements, and plenty of other additions to make this an outstanding option for workloads, applications, and services for multiple environments. AlmaLinux is a server-centric Linux distribution, and 9.2 includes Linux kernel 5.14, GCC 11.3.1, Glibc 2.34, Binutils 2.35.2, Python 3.11, NGINX 1.22, PostgreSQL 15, Git 2.39.1, GDB 10.2, elfutils 0.188, PCP 6.0.1, Grafana 9.0.9, Rust 1.66, Go 1.19.6, OpenSSL 3.0.7, SELinux 3.5, the realmd system role, a SCAP profile, Ansible content for enhanced system checks, an enhanced web console, and tools for improved development and management of containerized deployments. # ⚓ CentOS ☛ CentOS_Board_Meeting_Recap,_May_2023⠀⇛ The recording of the May CentOS Board meeting is now available. Watch the recording Read the minutes The recording has timestamps so you can skip to the parts that interest you. # ⚓ Michael_Meeks:_Welcoming_Caolán_McNamara_to_Collabora [Ed: Did IBM lay off Caolán McNamara, the GNOME and LibreOffice contributor?]⠀⇛ For anyone that doesn’t know him – Caolán has contributed amazing work on the LibreOffice code- base for over two decades, latterly for RedHat. # ⚓ Fedora_Infrastructure_Status:_server_update/reboots⠀⇛ We will be applying updates and rebooting various servers as well as re-installing some. Services may be up and down in the outage window and package maintainers are advised to avoid submmiting builds. # ⚓ Fedora Magazine ☛ Fedora_Magazine:_The_Community_Platform Engineering_F2F_2023_Experience_–_Part_II⠀⇛ If you have not already – now is the best time to read through the first_part of the event report before getting into the second part here. Day 2 Wednesday, 22nd March 2023 The team members decided to start a bit late on the second day to ensure that everyone gets enough rest after the adventurous first day. Once the joint breakfast was completed in the hotel restaurant, the members started heading off to the office by 10 in the morning. They were were gracefully served Catalonian snacks by Lenka_Segura, Japanese souvenirs by David_Kirwan, and German sweets by Julia_Bley for the duration of the meeting. Matthew Miller started the second day with his talk about the Fedora Project strategy and how Community Platform_Engineering fits into the picture. This talk was followed by the one by Tomas_Hrcka about how the Fedora_Release_Engineering_team addresses its responsibilities. The team took a short break after the first couple of sessions, before heading into the next set. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ TecMint ☛ Multipass_–_Launch_and_Run_Virtual_Ubuntu Instances_in_Linux⠀⇛ Multipass is a cross-platform, lightweight Ubuntu virtual machine (VIM) manager that runs on Linux, Windows, and macOS. It builds cloud-style Ubuntu VMs, allowing developers # ⚓ Ubuntu News ☛ Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue_787⠀⇛ Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 787 for the week of May 7 – 13, 2023. The full version of this issue is available here. # ⚓ Ubuntu Fridge ☛ The_Fridge:_Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue 787⠀⇛ Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 787 for the week of May 7 – 13, 2023. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ Linux_Lite_–_A_Beginner-Friendly_Linux Distribution_for_Windows_Users⠀⇛ Linux Lite is a free, easy-to-use, and open-source Linux distribution based on the Ubuntu LTS series of releases. By design, it is a lightweight o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Orange_Pi_800_vs_Raspberry_Pi_400:_The_Differences⠀⇛ Single-board computers (SBCs) have transformed the world of electronics, offering an inexpensive, versatile, and accessible means of creating projects ranging from home automation systems to robots. Most SBCs are credit card-sized or smaller, fitting a complete computer onto a single board. Unlike microcontroller boards such as the Arduino, which are designed for specific tasks, SBCs like the Raspberry Pi and Orange Pi serve as general-purpose platforms, so they’re capable of running a full operating system and a wide range of applications. It’s worth noting that there are a variety of formats when it comes to Orange Pi and Raspberry Pi SBCs, like the Orange Pi 5 and the Raspberry Pi 4, among others, all of which offer different functionalities. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Free_up_storage_space_on_your_Android_with_this_updated_app |_Fox_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ Digital Trends ☛ Android_users_are_about_to_lose_a_handy Sonos_feature_|_Digital_Trends⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ Sonos_is_ending_support_for_local_file_playback on_Android_|_Engadget⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Sonos_will_stop_playing_local_files_on_Android devices_later_this_month_–_The_Verge⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ People_are_just_now_realizing_there’s_a_hidden Android_camera_trick_that_feels_like_an_instant_free_upgrade |_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Android_tablets_to_get_a_split_keyboard_with two_different_Gboard_options_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Millions_of_Android_users_warned_of_cheap_phones that_come_with_unexpected_bank-emptying_risk_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ghacks ☛ Gboard’s_split_keyboard_is_now_on_Android tablets⠀⇛ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Oppo_A77_and_the_Oppo_A57_to_get_Android_13 update_this_month_–_Times_of_India⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_Xperia_10_V_is_Sony’s_New_Affordable_Android_Phone_– Phandroid⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Medevel ☛ 11_Open-source_Free_TailwindCSS_Based_UI_Plugins_and Frameworks⠀⇛ Tailwind is a utility-first CSS framework that helps developers create responsive and scalable user interfaces. It is designed to simplify the process of styling HTML elements by providing pre-defined classes that can be easily applied to the markup. Tailwind’s key advantage is its flexibility. It allows developers to create custom o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Tutti_Quanti_Shelf_Is_a_Free_Open-source_Developer Oriented_Tool_Set⠀⇛ What is Tutti Quanti Shelf? Tutti Quanti Shelf is a collection of miscellaneous developer-oriented utilities wrapped into one single app, built with Electron. This desktop application works on macOS, Linux and Windows operating systems. o ⚓ Fudzilla ☛ Open_saucers_have_job_security [Ed: Jim_Zemlin_rejects Open_Source, so who is he to lecture people on it? Also, he and his wife take_money_from_Microsoft. Jim_is_the_voice_of_Microsoft’s GitHub,_not_“Open_Source”. Let’s_all_adore_Jim’s_contributions; did nothing for Open Source, got a job that pays about 1.3 million dollars a year, bossing the people whose work he is robbing.]⠀⇛ While tech companies are laying off staff claiming that they are cutting costs because of “economic headwinds” they do not seem that keen to let their open saucers go. o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Petter Reinholdtsen ☛ Petter_Reinholdtsen:_The_2023 LinuxCNC_Norwegian_developer_gathering⠀⇛ The LinuxCNC project is making headway these days. A lot of patches and issues have seen activity on the_project_github_pages recently. A few weeks ago there was a developer gathering over at the Tormach headquarter in Wisconsin, and now we are planning a new gathering in Norway. If you wonder what LinuxCNC is, lets quote Wikipedia: [...] o § Licensing / Legal⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Sourceware_becomes_an_SFC_member_project [Ed: Sourceware to contribute towards Karen Sandler's $250,000 salary while her org bashes the founder of Free software and GPL, which she's monetising]⠀⇛ Sourceware.org, which has long played host to many important projects, has announced that it has become a member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy — a move that has been in the works for some time. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_RcppSimdJson_0.1.10 on_CRAN:_New_Upstream⠀⇛ We are happy to share that the RcppSimdJson package has been updated to release 0.1.10. RcppSimdJson wraps the fantastic and genuinely impressive simdjson library by Daniel_Lemire and collaborators. Via very clever algorithmic engineering to obtain largely branch-free code, coupled with modern C++ and newer compiler instructions, it results in parsing gigabytes of JSON parsed per second which is quite mindboggling. The best-case performance is ‘faster than CPU speed’ as use of parallel SIMD instructions and careful branch avoidance can lead to less than one cpu cycle per byte parsed; see the video of the talk_by_Daniel_Lemire at_QCon. # ⚓ Live_streaming_LibreOffice_bug_triaging_–_your_experiences_ (part_2)⠀⇛ LibreOffice’s QA (Quality Assurance) community helps to identify and fix bugs in the software. Every week, Ilmari Lauhakangas from The Document Foundation (the non-profit entity behind LibreOffice) live-streams bug triaging sessions, so that others can see how he works on bug reports, and ask him questions. # § Rust⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Rust_Basics_Series_#8:_Write_the Milestone_Rust_Program⠀⇛ In the final chapter of the Rust Basics Series, recall the concepts you learned and write a somewhat complex Rust program. o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Apple could_face_ban_in_Europe_if_iPhone_15_USB-C_port_doesn’t_work with_all_cables⠀⇛ * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Microsoft_Tests_Sticking_Ads in_Windows_11_Settings_Menu⠀⇛ o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Monday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (golang-websocket, kernel, postgresql-11, and thunderbird), Fedora (firefox, kernel, libreswan, libssh, tcpreplay, and thunderbird), SUSE (dcmtk, gradle, libraw, postgresql12, postgresql13, postgresql14, and postgresql15), and Ubuntu (firefox, nova, and thunderbird). # ⚓ The Guardian UK ☛ Warnings_over_NHS_data_privacy_after ‘stalker’_doctor_shares_woman’s_records [Ed: Do not give information to NHS, nothing beyond what is absolutely necessary. Their systems routinely suffer security breaches too (Microsoft).]⠀⇛ The confidentiality of NHS medical records has been thrown into doubt after a “stalker” hospital doctor accessed and shared highly sensitive information about a woman who had started dating her ex- boyfriend, despite not being involved in her care. The victim was left in “fear, shock and horror” when she learned that the doctor had used her hospital’s medical records system to look at the woman’s GP records and read – and share – intimate details, known only to a few people, about her and her children. “I felt violated when I learned that this woman, who I didn’t know, had managed to access on a number of occasions details of my life that I had shared with my GP and only my family and very closest friends. It was about something sensitive involving myself and my children, about a family tragedy,” the woman said. # ⚓ North_Korean_Crypto_Thefts_Surpass_$2.5_Billion⠀⇛ North Korean hackers have stolen $721 million from Japan since 2017, accounting for 30% of the crypto thefts worldwide. According to a study by a U.K.- based compliance specialist, North Korea employs hacking and ransomware to steal crypto assets, especially in Japan, Vietnam and Hong Kong, the leading Asian crypto hubs. # ⚓ ABC ☛ Philadelphia_Inquirer_hit_by_cyberattack_causing newspaper’s_largest_disruption_in_decades⠀⇛ The Philadelphia Inquirer experienced the most significant disruption to its operations in 27 years due to what the newspaper calls a cyberattack. The company was working to restore print operations after a cyber incursion that prevented the printing of the newspaper’s Sunday print edition, the Inquirer reported on its website. # ⚓ SDx Central ☛ CrowdStrike_finds_new_ransomware-as-a-service group_targeting_VMware_ESXi_servers_(5_tips_to_fight_back)⠀⇛ CrowStrike discovered a new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group — MichaelKors (formerly Qilin) — targeting VMWare ESXi servers since last month. The VMWare ESXi is a hypervisor that runs and manages virtual machines (VMs) directly on a dedicated host’s hardware. The products associated with the ESXi platform include VMware vSphere Hypervisor, vCenter, ONE Access or Identity Manager and Horizon. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Ransomware_corrupts_data,_so_backups_can be_faster_and_cheaper_than_paying_up⠀⇛ Ransomware actors aim to spend the shortest amount of time possible inside your systems, and that means the encryption they employ is shoddy and often corrupts your data. That in turn means restoration after paying ransoms is often a more expensive chore than just deciding not to pay and working from our own backups. # ⚓ Our_Definition_of_Harm_Is_Harmful_–_FunnyMonkey⠀⇛ In April 2023, the class action lawsuit against Illuminate Education was thrown out because the judge in the case determined that the people whose data was impacted by the breach could not show any harm, or any instances of identity theft, from the breach. This decision is both fully in line with past situations where companies have been let off the hook, and completely misrepresents and underestimates the various, different ways people get hurt by data breaches. To put it in a different way: the judge’s decision shows how, in some cases, things that are defined as legal don’t come close to what is right. The way we define harm is harmful. Some background on the Illuminate data breach, and what can only be described as an epically inept response stretching across months. The impacts of this breach were first observed in New York City public schools in early January. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Only_months_after_dealing_with_one_problem, Academy_Mortgage_gets_hit_with_a_ransomware_attack⠀⇛ Months after agreeing to pay $38.5 million to settle federal charges it violated the False Claims Act by improperly originating and underwriting mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration, Utah-headquartered Academy Mortgage now finds itself in the also-unenviable position of having its sensitive files dumped on the dark web by the AlphV (BlackCat) ransomware group. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Bonaire_residents_and Greenpeace_demand_Netherlands_step_up_climate_change_fight⠀⇛ # ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Netherlands’_climate_targets at_risk_as_EU_blocks_sustainable_aviation_fuels_ambitions⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Will_RBI’s_green_push help_India_meet_climate_change_goals?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_Rwanda_floods, landslides_fueled_by_climate_change⠀⇛ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Alberta_Energy_Regulator warns_Imperial_Oil_about_more_wastewater_problems_at Kearl_oilsands_mine⠀⇛ # ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Dutch_central_bank_says inflation_still_“worrying,”_despite_falling_energy prices⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-05-13_[Older]_Parents_save_on_bills from_energy_efficient_home⠀⇛ # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_South_Tyrol grapples_with_mass_tourism⠀⇛ Adapters galore https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/apple-could- face-ban-europe-if-iphone-15-usb-c-port-doesnt-work- all-cables-1715673 o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_U.S._financial system:_722_banks_under_threat_of_bankruptcy⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gadgets Now ☛ Tech_layoffs:_Cred-owned_Happay_lays_off_15% workforce⠀⇛ Cred-owned startup Happay has reportedly laid off 15% of its workforce. Cred’s Kunal Shah acquired the business expense management solutions Happay in 2021. The company has laid off the employees in a restructuring exercise. As reported by The Economic Times, the exact number of impacted employees is not known right now. However, the company has reportedly laid off about 10 to 15% workforce. The job cuts have impacted employees across product, operations and marketing teams. Happay had a headcount of about 450-500 before the layoffs. “Over the last four to five months, Cred has been cutting costs while actively looking to reduce its overall cash burn… Now this exercise has reached people centers, with the focus first on the headcount of acquired entities,” mentioned the report. # ⚓ LG_Electronics_Sees_Low_Demand_For_Home_Entertainment Products,_TV_Factory_Ran_at_75%_Capacity_Last_Quarter: Reports⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_AustralianSuper_to_refund $70_million_after_overcharging_100,000_people⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Westpac_profits_jump_22%_to $4b_as_it_dumps_cost-cutting_target⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_A_Certain_Form_of Thieving:_The_US_Banksters_Strike_Again⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Danish_banks_‘broke_rules’_to_collect overdue_repayments_from_customers⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-05-10_[Older]_Mississippi Rep._Banks_Charged_With_Felony_False_Tax_Return⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-05-10_[Older]_Hundreds_of_investors_fear_for savings_after_Victoria_mortgage_broker_put_in_receivership⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Bank_of_Canada_asks_for public_feedback_about_a_national_digital_currency⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-05-13_[Older]_Why_China_is_unlikely to_rescue_the_world_economy_again⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Former_ByteDance_exec_claims company_used_bots_to_inflate_TikTok_engagement⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-05-13_[Older]_Fired_TikTok_exec_says Chinese_government_had_access_to_app_user_data⠀⇛ # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-05-07_[Older]_Meet_the_Radical Right-Wing_Group_Seizing_Power_in_Canada’s_Conservative Heartland⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Elon_‘I_Hate_Advertising’_Musk Names_NBC_Ad_Exec_as_Twitter_CEO⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Elon_Musk_names_NBCU_ad_exec Linda_Yaccarino_new_Twitter_CEO⠀⇛ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Elon_Musk says_WhatsApp_cannot_be_trusted,_ends_his_chaotic_reign_as Twitter_CEO⠀⇛ # ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_British_man_confesses_to massive_2020_Twitter_hack;_Geert_Wilders_among_affected⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_A_graphic_video_on_Twitter_of_the Texas_mall_shooting_is_spurring_debate_—_and_disgust⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Texas_Massacre_Images_Posted on_Twitter_Spark_Outrage⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNET ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_Elon_Musk_Says_Twitter_Will_Purge Inactive_Accounts,_Which_Could_Give_You_the_Handle_You’ve Always_Wanted_–_CNET⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_Twitter_is_going_to_purge_and archive_inactive_accounts⠀⇛ # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Fact_check: Turkey’s_Erdogan_shows_false_Kilicdaroglu_video⠀⇛ o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-05-10_[Older]_A_B.C._comedian_prank-called_Alex Jones._Now,_Jones_has_threatened_legal_action⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-05-10_[Older]_Censoring_Away_A President’s_Criminal_Activity⠀⇛ o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-05-10_[Older]_In_Turkey,_cautious_optimism_that tough_election_could_be_good_for_press_freedom⠀⇛ o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Amgen_v._Sanofi_and_Regeneron: Japan_IP_High_Court_overrules_its_own_decision_on validity_of_Amgen_patent⠀⇛ On January 26, 2023, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., who sought to invalidate Amgen Inc.’s Japanese patent (JP5705288) covering an isolated monoclonal antibody used as cholesterol medication, won an appeal case in the IP High Court (Case No. 2021 (Gyo-ke) 10093). # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ A_New_Horizon:_Design Patent_Practitioner_Bar_Proposed_by_USPTO⠀⇛ The United States Patent and Trademark Office has proposed a rule to create a separate design patent practitioner bar. The USPTO is publishing this proposal in the Federal Register on May 16, 2023 (link below to the prepub). As it stands today, there is a single patent bar that applies to those practicing in patent matters before the USPTO, covering utility, plant, and design patents.  And, even though design patents cover ornamentally, the current rules require that the  design patent practitioner be an engineer or scientist. # ⚓ Florian Müller ☛ 2023-05-07_[Older]_Disclaimers, excuses,_evasive_answers:_EU_SEP_Regulation_lacks evidentiary_basis,_Brussels_event_primarily_about GROWing_IPlytics’_business [Ed: Microsoft_Florian lobbying the EU; who else does he lie for now?]⠀⇛ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_BREAKING:_In-person proceedings_are_still_the_“Gold_Standard”_–_Boards_of Appeal_start_to_diverge_on_ViCo_(T_2432/19)⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-09_[Older]_Amicus_Briefing_in_Amgen_v. Sanofi:_The_Rest_of_the_Story⠀⇛ # § Software Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Certiorari_Denied_in Eligibility_Cases [Ed: Boosters of software patents are devastated today]⠀⇛ In spite of robust amicus backing, including from the US Solicitor General, the Supreme Court has declined to review two pending patent-eligibility petitions: Interactive Wearables v. Polar and Tropp v. Travel Sentry. These cases contended that the Alice/ Mayo framework produced (1) instability and unpredictability in the law; (2) facilitated non-evidence based judgments by district courts; and (3) prohibited patenting of subject matter that has traditionally been eligible for patents. # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Small_models,_big_trouble –_Can_model_cars_and_buildings_infringe_trade_marks?⠀⇛ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Meta_Doubles_Down_on Threats_to_Block_News_on_Facebook_and_Instagram_in Canada⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Meta_has_team_working_to block_news_on_Facebook,_Instagram_from_Canadian_users⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Adidas_to_sell off_Yeezy_shoes_after_ditching_Kanye_West⠀⇛ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3430 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.15.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_15/05/2023:_Introducing_Rosy_Crow⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:25 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Gemini*_and_Gopher # Personal # Technical # Internet/Gemini # Announcements # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ # § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Perturbations⠀⇛ Well, folks, I finally took out my Harley (She/Her) this morning. For an ethereal ride through town. It was sensational! I’ve been waiting for this all winter. Wrenching and quenching… my desire to face the music. Will she purr (like a newborn kitten) or will she whirr (like an old angry bird)? My rapid-eye motion instantly pushed me into a sapid sly notion of euphoria, grasping for air… do I dare take the next turn without ending up in a fucking churn (of things)? Perturbations, man, one emotion on top of the other, that’s all! Nothing else. Stay calm, breathe, look ahead… and just dance-a-long with the fucking dead! # ⚓ Holy_shit_it’s_Monday⠀⇛ Made lots of progress in thinning out and reorganizing paper documentation that’s been accumulating for years. Huge relief. Great carry out pizza for dinner. # ⚓ Finally_Budding_2023-05-15_(Fairbanks,_AK,_USA)⠀⇛ I felt like the trees took a really long time this year to release their leaves, though since this is the first spring I started watching for it, this may just be the “a watched pot never boils” effect. # ⚓ Today_is_known_for_Yellow/Rose_Day_in_South_Korea…⠀⇛ It’s often a quirky list of romance related holidays in those Asian countries, where the 14th of every month has a special day for those in love (or seeking love). This one has couples dress up in yellow clothes and exchange roses to each other, while single people eat yellow curry (so to spice up their chances to find love). # ⚓ Moving_right_along⠀⇛ Pleasantly productive day, here, Silent Dev Nullsters! 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇;-)⦈ Sprayed select placed with weed/grass killer, reorganized a few things in the garage, mowed the lawn, acquired some boat motor 2-stroke oil and spark plugs, and got a finicky boat motor to start and stay running unassisted. # § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ What_makes_your_entity_unique?_What_can_you_routinize (outsource,_automate,_etc)?/a>⠀⇛ There are patterns which pervade all practice, whether they be policies, processes, roles, or duties. Where these patterns interface with one another, they interact, sometimes reinforcing one another, sometimes interfering with one another. Most of all, at scale, they form functioning entities, whether a team, department, or company. Many of these patterns are common to most, or all, entities of a type. Some of these patterns are unique to an entity. These unique patterns are proprietary and differentiating. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Thinking_about_doing_a_Goodreads_like_app_on Gemin⠀⇛ Thinking about doing a Goodreads like app on Gemini. User reviews and star ratings. Maybe linking over to Geminispace for discussions, not sure. Need some API where I can get a feed for book releases. # ⚓ Here_we_go_’round_the_Gemini_bush⠀⇛ There seems to be a separate (from all else) being sitting in a chair, fuzzy vision peripheral to the tight little area of visual focus on the screen of a Chromebook, eyes following the appearance of words in that area, something allegedly in the head agonizing over whether those words re- present those which said something entertained just before directing fingers to make them so in said little visual space, a perpetual repaint of all the notions making up all that, including ambient temperature, sounds of wife typing on a different keyboard in bed about 15 feet to the right, a jet passing somewhat far away, automobile traffic sounds, the right ankle becoming stiffly sore for supporting the other leg on a foot rest a couple feet beyond this chair. # ⚓ Feeds_are_a_dark_pattern⠀⇛ I definitely agree that the structure of feeds doesn’t scale past ‘tiny’ very well. A new view on posts might be enough to get me off my butt to actually contribute some code the gemini universe. # ⚓ CircaDian:_Who_Likes_The_Likers⠀⇛ I agree that it’s nice to get a “heavyweight” reply on someone’s capsule. But I do think there is a problem with barrier to entry for that. Maybe having both “lightweight” and “heavyweight” options will work nicely. So, here is a response to your response posted to Bubble. Let’s see what happens! (If anything). # ⚓ Re:_CircaDian:_Who_Likes_The_Likers⠀⇛ Bubble looks pretty cool. And yet it’s also true that, for now, I don’t see it adding value to my browsing experience, because I honestly value following links between responses from people who made the effort to “heavyweight reply”. My auto-assumptive tendency is to assume those who make a greater intelligence-requiring effort will likely create more interesting text arrangements for me to read. # § Announcements⠀➾ # ⚓ Introducing_Rosy_Crow⠀⇛ Hi Gemini folks, Rosy Crow is a Gemini client for Android that I’ve been working on for the past few months. I finally have it at a point where I’m comfortable making it available to the public. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ CircaDian:_The_Trouble_With_IDEs⠀⇛ This whole discussion kicked off with me advocating for coding in a proportional font; then one of the various replies mentioned the trouble with IDEs, and it’s a great topic so I posted about that. Then there were some more replies and I thought we were done, but a few more drifted in; linked above. The latecomers appear to share my appreciation for what VSCode and LSP (Language Server Protocol) have achieved; thanks for chiming in! It great to hear from people who disagree with me, but I’m happy to also hear some agreement. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3693 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.15.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_15/05/2023:_Türkiye_Runoff_Foreseen_in_Presidential_Election⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:57 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Server o Audiocasts/Shows o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Standards/Consortia * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies # Software_Patents # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Internet/Gemini * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ 9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup:_May_14th,_2023⠀⇛ This has been a terrific week with lots of goodies, especially for fans of the KDE Plasma desktop environment. Apart from all the KDE goodies that landed this week, we also got a new Firefox release, a new major Mesa graphics stack release for gaming, and several new distro and software releases. On top of that, I tell you about some of the upcoming features of Firefox 114 and QEMU 8.1, and invite you to try out Ubuntu on a new RISC-V board. Check out the hottest news of this week and access all the distro and package downloads in 9to5Linux’s Linux weekly roundup for May 14th, 2023, below. o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ My_CNCF_LFX_Mentorship_Spring_2023_Project_at_Kubescape⠀⇛ Project Link: CNCF_–_Kubescape:_Release engineering:_add_Kubescape_to_commonly-requested package_managers # ⚓ Kubernetes Blog ☛ Kubernetes_1.27:_updates_on_speeding_up Pod_startup⠀⇛ How can Pod start-up be accelerated on nodes in large clusters? This is a common issue that cluster administrators may face. This blog post focuses on methods to speed up pod start-up from the kubelet side. It does not involve the creation time of pods by controller-manager through kube-apiserver, nor does it include scheduling time for pods or webhooks executed on it. We have mentioned some important factors here to consider from the kubelet’s perspective, but this is not an exhaustive list. As Kubernetes v1.27 is released, this blog highlights significant changes in v1.27 that aid in speeding up pod start-up. § Parallel container image pulls Pulling images always takes some time and what’s worse is that image pulls are done serially by default. In other words, kubelet will send only one image pull request to the image service at a time. Other image pull requests have to wait until the one being processed is complete. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ GNU World Order (Audio Show) ☛ GNU_World_Order_512⠀⇛ **PyQt5** , **QtAV** , and a bunch of **SDL2** packages from the Slackware **l** software series. shasum - a256=81b0478c5e9401e14ec186e850157d6c21e6cdb8a55b9fa2f2acf6bab776f60a o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Machine_Learning_in_Linux:_Imaginer_– generate_images_with_AI⠀⇛ Our Machine Learning in Linux series focuses on apps that make it easy to experiment with machine learning. Imaginer is GTK4 software which lets you generate pictures using AI. You supply a text prompt, consisting of a collection of words to describe an image, and an AI model creates an image based on the words. Imaginer uses Stable Diffusion and other deep learning, text-to-image models to generate the images. An extremely interesting area of research relates to these deep learning text-to-image models. We’ve published reviews of software that uses Stable Diffusion. Our reviews of Easy Diffusion, Stable Diffusion web UI, and InvokeAI noted each software program requires downloading large models. The software performs best when using a machine with a good dedicated graphics card. That’s not the case with Imaginer. # ⚓ 9_Best_Open_Source_Firewalls_For_Windows_and_Linux_in_2023_ (Free_Firewall_Software_List)⠀⇛ Firewalls are made to protect the network from any threat by filtering both the in and outbound traffic and ensuring network security as well. # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ KeePassXC_2.7.5_Password_Manager_Adds_New Option_to_Allow_Screenshots,_Botan_3_Support⠀⇛ New features in KeePassXC 2.7.5 include a new “Allow Screen Capture” option in the View menu to enable the ability to capture screenshots for a temporary period of time, as well as support for the latest Botan 3 C++ cryptography library. This release also improves the layout of the HTML export feature, increases the max TOTP step to 24 hours, adds keyboard shortcuts for app and database settings, enhances the look of KeePassXC’s logo and icons, and disables the “search reset off” feature by default to be more user-friendly, especially to newcomers. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Seeed_Studio_launches_Jetson-based “reComputer_Industrial”_fanless_Edge_AI_computers ⠀⇛ The computer comes with the latest Ubuntu 20.04- based Jetpack 5.1 SDK including CUDA-X accelerated libraries, a Linux Driver package for the Linux kernel, the bootloader, NVIDIA drivers, flashing utilities, sample filesystem, and toolchains. The fanless computer also works with frameworks such as the NVIDIA DeepStream SDK, TAO Toolkit, and NVIDIA Riva Speech AI applications for AI-based multi- sensor processing, model training acceleration, and speech recognition. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Upscale_Image_Size_with_Upscayl⠀⇛ Viewing low-resolution images on the big screen looks blurry, right? Then it’s time to introduce with Upscayl, which helps you to increase the resolution of the image which is powered by advanced AI models. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_digiKam_on_Linux_Mint_21/ 20⠀⇛ In the vast world of digital imaging and photography, there’s a multitude of software available to help you manage, edit, and share your photos. However, if you’re a Linux Mint user, one tool stands out from the rest: DigiKam. # ⚓ Flock_to_Clustered_Storage:_A_Comprehensive_Guide_on_Using Flocker_as_a_Container_Data_Volume_Manager⠀⇛ Introduction As technology continues to advance, the amount of data being generated has increased exponentially. With this increase in data comes the need for storage solutions that can handle large volumes of information and also provide high availability and fault tolerance. Enter clustered storage. # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Make_Apps_Always_Open_on_the_Active_Screen_in KDE_Plasma⠀⇛ Improve your KDE Plasma workflow by always opening apps on the active screen. Check out this guide for a simple and easy solution. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Best_Steam_Deck_Games_Released_in_the_Past Week_with_Bramble:_The_Mountain_King,_Tape_to_Tape_and Volcano_Princess_–_2023-05-14_Edition⠀⇛ Between 2023-05-07 and 2023-05-14 there were 154 new games validated for the Steam Deck. Out of those, we use numerous ways to elaborate this Best Steam Deck Games list, such as reviews, popularity and other metrics. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Australia’s_Aristocrat_Leisure to_Buy_Software_Firm_NeoGames_for_$1_Billion⠀⇛ * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ TecMint ☛ 8_Best_Lightweight_Linux_Distributions_For_Older Computers⠀⇛ Lightweight Linux distributions share similar characteristics with their desktop-oriented counterparts. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Industrial_Robot_Gets_Open-Source_Upgrade⠀⇛ Industrial robots are shockingly expensive when new, typically only affordable for those running factories of some sort. Once they’ve gone through their life cycle building widgets, they can be purchased for little more than scrap value, which is essentially free compared to their original sticker price. [Excessive Overkill] explains all of this in a video where he purchased one at this stage to try to revive, but it also shows us how to get some more life out of these robots if you can spend some time hunting for spare parts, installing open-source firmware, and also have the space for a robot that weighs well over a thousand kilograms. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Arduino-Powered,_Robotic_Serving_Tray Won’t_Spill_Your_Beer⠀⇛ This serving tray stays upright thanks to a little help from an Arduino Nano and a custom script that makes adjustments in real-time. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Pico_Tarot_Card_Reader_Uses EM_Noise_to_Tell_Your_Future⠀⇛ Echo-Lalia has created a Pico-powered tarot card reader that picks cards based on EM Noise and sometimes has spooky glitches. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Artemis_II_Will_Phone_Home_From_The_Moon_Using Laser_Beams⠀⇛ [NASA] Astronauts will be testing the Orion Artemis II Optical Communications System (O2O) to transmit live, 4K ultra-high-definition video back to Earth from the Moon. The system will also support communication of images, voice, control channels, and enhanced science data. # ⚓ TechRadar ☛ How_to_make_Android_more_child_friendly_| TechRadar⠀⇛ # ⚓ Tom’s Guide ☛ How_to_use_Nearby_Share_on_Android_|_Tom’s Guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ OnePlus_Pad_Review:_Android_tablets_get_a_flagship_killer_– TechPP⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Gboard_split_keyboard_rolling_out_on_Android tablets⠀⇛ # ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Google_Chrome_to_get_Android_14′s_Predictive Back_gesture_feature_–_SamMobile⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Libre Arts ☛ LibreArts_Weekly_recap_—_14_May_2023⠀⇛ This is a very brief recap. Highlights: further steps towards non-destructive editing in GIMP, new features in Krita, new releases of OpenToonz and PlugData. o ⚓ Medevel ☛ MediCheck:_Desktop_App_for_Medical_Diagnosis⠀⇛ MedicCheck is a free open-source electron-based Medical Healthcare System that provides diagnosis on the basis of symptoms. Not that self-diagnoses is not recommended, and we highly advise you to use this app as it meant to be experimental. Features * Quick and easy symptom-based diagnosis * User-friendly interface * Access to a wide o ⚓ 6_Best_Alternative_Open_Source_Router_Firmware_in_2023⠀⇛ Firmware is basically the OS that comes on the router pre-installed. Now each manufacturer carries its own version. Just like OS there on your phone device or personal PC, it controls all the inner workings of the device. It performs the following 3 main tasks: Router communicated with the device wirelessly. o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hackaday_Prize_2023:_Eye-Tracking_Wheelchair Interface_Is_A_Big_Help⠀⇛ For those with quadriplegia, electric wheelchairs with joystick controls aren’t much help. Typically, sip/puff controllers or eye-tracking solutions are used, but commercial versions can be expensive. [Dhruv Batra] has been experimenting with a DIY eye-tracking solution that can be readily integrated with conventional electric wheelchairs. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_New_Mother,_an_Old_Mother,_a_Love_Story⠀⇛ We travel with our ghosts. Who better to lead us to what comes next? o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Anodizing_Titanium_In_Multiple_Colors⠀⇛ [Titans of CNC Machining] wanted to anodize some titanium parts. They weren’t looking for a way to make the part harder or less prone to corrosion. They just wanted some color. As you can see in the video below, the resulting setup is much simpler than you might think. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Toxicology_Expert_Switched_Cosmetics After_Checking_The_Label._Here’s_Why.⠀⇛ Keep your eyes open. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ NASA:_We’d_Have_a_30-Minute_Warning_Before a_Killer_Solar_Storm_Hits_Earth⠀⇛ Time is short. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Western_Diet_Identified_as_Risk_Factor_For Alzheimer’s_Disease,_Scientists_Warn⠀⇛ What you eat makes a big difference. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ You_Won’t_Believe_What_Scientists_Found_in an_Ancient_Roman_Ruin⠀⇛ Keep your distance. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Chris_Hedges:_Sammy_Goes_to_School⠀⇛ We know the story. The absent father who leaves when his son is five-years-old and moves back to Puerto Rico. The single mother, rarely at home because she works long hours to keep her three children fed and pay the rent. The poverty. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Oppo_to_close_chip_design_unit_as_smartphone sales_fall⠀⇛ The Zeku unit, which was set up four years ago, makes the MariSilicon X neural processing unit which is used in the flagship Oppo Find X5 devices. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ The_sauna_is_good_for_your_heart,_science_says⠀⇛ Taking a sauna after exercising can boost the cardiovascular benefits of moving your body. # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ A_Pandemic_of_Narcissistic_Abuse⠀⇛ Narcissism and its associated abuse; control, manipulation, greed, exploitation of power, an audacious sense of entitlement to name a few traits, has been the bedrock of our societies for thousands of years. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ COVID_Vaccines_May_Fade_Quicker_if_You’re Obese,_Evidence_Shows⠀⇛ A new vulnerability emerges. # ⚓ Axios ☛ How_inflation_is_driving_up_breakfast_on_Mother’s Day_and_beyond⠀⇛ Data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Chart: Axios Visuals The Mother’s_Day breakfast spread is more expensive than last year — even as falling grocery prices bring some relief from inflation. ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Turns_Out_Everything_in_Your_Home_Is_Toxic⠀⇛ “All natural,” my ass! ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Think_You_Need_an_Opioid?_Here_Are_Questions_to Ask_Your_Doctor⠀⇛ ⚓ New York Times ☛ What’s_the_Point_of_Your_20s?_Ask_the_Patron_Saint_of Striving_Youth.⠀⇛ Meg Jay knows it’s confusing to figure out what to do with your life. She also knows you need to get on with it. ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Stanford-affiliated_medical_center_banned_from_treating_some of_state’s_sickest_children⠀⇛ John Muir Medical Center has been banned from treating some of California’s most seriously ill children, according to investigations by The San Francisco Chronicle. The hospital is Stanford-affiliated. § Security⠀➾ * ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia_to_up_cybersecurity_of_national_e-services [Ed: Latvia dumping Microsoft?]⠀⇛ The National Health Service has already warned that e-Health will no longer be accessed by online banking identification tools from next year. The ministerial representatives responsible for IT systems say that online banking identification will also gradually disappear from other national e-services, the De Facto broadcast of Latvian Television, aired May 14, reported. * ⚓ How_Secure_Is_Linux?⠀⇛ It is no secret that the OS you choose is a key determinant of your security online. After all, your OS is the most critical software running on your computer – it manages its memory and processes, as well as all of its software and hardware. The general consensus among experts is that Linux is a highly secure OS – arguably the most secure OS by design. This article will examine the key factors that contribute to the robust security of Linux, and evaluate the level of protection against vulnerabilities and attacks that Linux offers administrators and users. * ⚓ 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. * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Philadelphia_Inquirer_Hit_by_Cyberattack Causing_Newspaper’s_Largest_Disruption_in_Decades⠀⇛ The Philadelphia Inquirer has experienced the most significant disruption to its operations in 27 years due to what the newspaper calls a cyberattack * ⚓ SANS ☛ VMware_Aria_Operations_addresses_multiple_Local_Privilege Escalations_and_a_Deserialization_issue,_(Sun,_May_14th)⠀⇛ * ⚓ SANS ☛ DShield_Sensor_Update,_(Sun,_May_14th)⠀⇛ This week I was reminded the web logs stored in DShield sensor were no longer using the correct location and configuration. * § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Guard_Bot_For_Your_Home_Assistant⠀⇛ While fixed sensors, relays, and cameras can be helpful in monitoring your home, there are still common scenarios you need to physically go and check something. Unfortunately, this is often the case when you’re away from home. To address this challenge, [PriceLessToolkit] created a guardian bot that can be controlled through Home Assistant. § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Syria’s_Return_to_Arab_World_Proves_Declining_US Interference⠀⇛ Syria received an invitation from Saudi Arabia to attend the upcoming Arab Summit on May 19. * ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Time_for_the_Quad_to_bare_its_teeth_on_regional security⠀⇛ Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will soon host his counterparts from India, Japan and the US for the most significant leaders’ gathering in Australia since the Cold War. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Mali_military_operation_responsible_for_death_of_500_people, according_to_UN_report⠀⇛ Malian forces backed by foreign military personnel are believed to have killed at least 500 people over several days in a village last year, the UN said Friday. The announcement comes just months after Mali expelled the UN peacekeeping mission from its borders. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Israel_and_Gaza_reach_ceasefire,_ending_five_days_of fighting⠀⇛ Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) militant group in the Gaza Strip arrived at ceasefire on Saturday, which put an end to five days of fighting that resulted in approximately 33 Palestinian casualties and two Israeli casualties. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Brief_Rocket_Fire_Disrupts_Gaza_Cease-Fire._How_Long Can_the_Truce_Last?⠀⇛ Another violent escalation in Gaza ended in another cease-fire. But it did not completely halt the rocket fire and the region’s instability means the next conflagration is never far away. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Israeli_cease-fire_with_Gaza_militants_appears_to_hold, despite_tensions⠀⇛ While the cease-fire appeared to bring relief to Gaza’s people after days of bombing, the agreement did nothing to address the underlying issues that have fueled Israeli-Palestinian fighting over the years. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Serbs_Surrender_13,500_Pieces_Of_Unregistered_Weapons_After Mass_Shootings⠀⇛ People in Serbia have handed over some 13,500 unregistered weapons and explosive devices to police in an amnesty following two mass shootings this month, President Aleksandar Vucic said. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Armenia,_Azerbaijan_Leaders_Meet_In_Brussels_As_Tensions Simmer⠀⇛ Armenia and Azerbaijan’s leaders met on May 14 for talks in Brussels amid heightened tensions on the tense border between the two countries over control of a contested enclave. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Rules_for_Pentagon_Use_of_Proxy_Forces_Shed_Light_on_a Shadowy_War_Power⠀⇛ Newly disclosed documents include Special Operations forces directives for managing counterterrorism and irregular warfare surrogate fighters. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Satellite_image_reveals_16_Russian_strategic_bombers_deployed near_border_with_Finland_and_Norway_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia deployed two Tu-160 and 14 Tu-95 strategic bombers, which are capable of carrying conventional and nuclear cruise missiles, to the Olenya Air Base on the Kola Peninsula, according to the Barents Observer. The news outlet referred to a satellite image of the air base taken on May 7. * ⚓ France24 ☛ A_month_since_Sudan’s_brutal_war_erupted,_no_end_in_sight⠀⇛ One month since Sudan’s conflict erupted, its capital is a desolate war zone where terrorised families huddle in their homes as gun battles rage in the dusty, deserted streets outside. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Sudan’s_Doctors_Are_Fighting_the_Good_Fight⠀⇛ Real heroes stay behind. * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Sudan_Announces_to_Extend_Airspace_Closure⠀⇛ Airports in Port Sudan, Wadi Seidna, and Khartoum, however, will serve as entry points for humanitarian aid. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarusian_Leader_Skips_Official_Event_Amid_Rumors_Of Hospitalization⠀⇛ Belarus’s authoritarian leader, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, failed to attend events to mark the National Flag, Coat of Arms, and Anthem Day on May 14 amid rumors of ill-health. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukraine_shoots_down_25_drones_and_three_cruise_missiles launched_by_Russia_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russian armed forces attacked Ukraine on the night of May 14, reports Ukraine’s Air Force Command. The Ukrainian military said it destroyed three cruise missiles and 25 unmanned aerial vehicles, including 18 Shahed drones. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Prigozhin_comments_on_downed_military_aircraft_in_Bryansk region,_suggests_involvement_of_Russian_air_defenses_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Evgeny Prigozhin, the head of Wagner Group, said that Russian air defense systems may have been involved in the downing of four military aircraft in Russia’s Bryansk region. Prigozhin’s comments were made in response to a question from the outlet NewsInfo. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_Defense_Ministry:_Two_Russian_military_commanders killed_in_Donetsk_region_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that two Russian military commanders had been killed in combat in the Donetsk region. The two commanders killed were Colonel Vyacheslav Makarov, commander of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade, and Evgeny Brovko, deputy commander of the Army Corps for military- political work. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Zelensky_Visits_Germany,_Praising_Weapons_Pledge_and Seeking_Jets⠀⇛ The Ukrainian president was received with military honors in Berlin, where he thanked Germany’s leaders for standing with his country. * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Zelenskiy_in_Berlin:_We_Can_Make_Russia’s Defeat_‘Irreversible’⠀⇛ By Pavel Polityuk and Sarah MarshKYIV/BERLIN (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday Kyiv and its allies could make a… * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Sweden_Celebrates_Eurovision_Win;_Ukrainian Duo_Defiant_After_Russian_Strike_on_Hometown⠀⇛ Liverpool is cleaning up after the Eurovision Song Contest, as Sweden celebrates victory * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Zelenskiy:_Ukraine,_West_Can_Make_Russia’s Defeat_‘Irreversible’_This_Year⠀⇛ KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Kyiv and its Western supporters could make Russia’s defeat in the war in Ukraine… * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Russia_Says_Two_Commanders_Killed_as_Kyiv Wages_Bakhmut_Offensive⠀⇛ (Reuters) -Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Sunday that two of its military commanders were killed in eastern Ukraine, as Kyiv’s forces renewed… * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Zelenskiy_Collects_Charlemagne_Prize_on Behalf_of_Ukrainian_People⠀⇛ BERLIN (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy collected the prestigious Charlemagne Prize on behalf of the Ukrainian people on Sunday in honour… * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ France_Pledges_More_Military_Aid_as Ukraine’s_Zelenskyy_Makes_Surprise_Paris_Visit_to_Meet_Macron⠀⇛ France has pledged additional military aid, including light tanks, armored vehicles, training for soldiers and other assistance for Ukraine as it gears up for a counteroffensive against Russian forces * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Top_Chinese_Envoy_to_Visit_Ukraine,_Russia on_‘Peace’_Mission⠀⇛ BEIJING (Reuters) – A top Chinese envoy will begin a tour of Ukraine, Russia and other European cities on Monday in a trip Beijing says is aimed at… * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Top_Chinese_envoy_to_visit_Ukraine,_Russia_on ‘peace’_mission⠀⇛ Mr Li Hui will also visit Poland, France, Germany on the multi- day trip. * ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ France_pledges_more_military_aid_as Ukraine’s_Zelenskyy_makes_surprise_Paris_visit_to_meet_Macron⠀⇛ In a statement, France described its support for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity as “unwavering” and promised that its political, economic, humanitarian and military aid will continue “for as long as necessary.” * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Travels_To_Paris_After_Being_Hailed_In_Germany_For Contributions_To_European_Unity⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on May 14 flew to Paris for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, extending a tour of European capitals after accepting the Charlemagne Prize at a ceremony in Aachen, Germany. * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ US_Unlikely_to_Sanction_South_Africa_in Russia_Weapons_Dispute_–_Bloomberg_News⠀⇛ * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Iranian_FM_Lauds_Progress_in_Tehran-IAEA_Cooperation⠀⇛ The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs has also expressed satisfaction with the report he received from the IAEA on cooperation with Iran. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran_Summons_Iraqi_Envoy_Over_Kurdish_Opposition_Groups⠀⇛ Iran has summoned Iraq’s ambassador to protest the presence of Iranian opposition groups at an official ceremony in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region. * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Moldova_Minister_Says_Russia’s_Gazprom_Only Interested_in_Separatist_Region⠀⇛ * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Exclusive-G7_Leaders_to_Target_Russian Energy,_Trade_in_New_Sanctions_Steps_-Sources⠀⇛ * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ U.S._Fighter_Jets_Intercept_Russian_Planes Near_Alaska⠀⇛ * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Russia_Says_European_Armed_Forces_Treaty Contrary_to_Its_Security_Interests⠀⇛ * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Guest_Nations_at_the_G-7_Reflect_Outreach_to Developing_Countries,_Worries_Over_China,_Russia⠀⇛ During this week’s summit of the leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies in Hiroshima, you’ll also see eight other guest nations engaging in a flurry of diplomacy with Japan and others * ⚓ France24 ☛ Zelensky_makes_surprise_visit_to_Paris_for_talks_on Ukraine’s_urgent_needs⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise visit to Paris for talks Sunday night with French President Emmanuel Macron, extending a multi-stop European tour that has elicited fresh pledges of military support as his country gears up for a counteroffensive against Russian occupation forces. The two leaders will discuss Ukraine’s military and humanitarian needs. * ⚓ The Strategist ☛ What_the_invasion_of_Ukraine_means_for_unity_in Southeast_Asia⠀⇛ Lim Jock Hoi, ASEAN’s former secretary-general, has said the organisation’s ability to function effectively relies on whether its members can align their national interests with regional goals. * ⚓ European Commission ☛ Speech_by_President_von_der_Leyen_on_the_occasion of_the_International_Charlemagne_Prize_of_Aachen_2023_for_H.E._Volodymyr Zelenskyy,_President_of_Ukraine,_and_the_people_of_Ukraine⠀⇛ European Commission Speech Aachen, 14 May 2023 Dear President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Dear Lord Mayor Sibylle Keupen, * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ China_Sentences_78-Year-Old_US_Citizen_to Life_in_Prison_on_Spying_Charges⠀⇛ China has sentenced a 78-year-old United States citizen to life in prison on spying charges § Environment⠀➾ * ⚓ New York Times ☛ 12_Million_People_Are_Under_a_Heat_Advisory_in_the Pacific_Northwest⠀⇛ Extreme weather on Saturday broke heat records in Oregon and Washington State as forecasts predicted temperatures to reach into the 90s on Sunday. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Myanmar_dispatch:_cyclones_and_political_change⠀⇛ Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Flood_warning_network_launches_in_disaster-prone Qld⠀⇛ A national flood warning network to improve protection for at- risk communities and potentially save lives will be launched in Queensland – the state most prone to natural disasters. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Powerful_cyclone_Mocha_makes_landfall_in_Myanmar_after hitting_parts_of_Bangladesh⠀⇛ Thousands of people hunkered down Sunday in monasteries, pagodas and schools, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that slammed into the coast of Myanmar, tearing roofs off buildings and killing at least three people. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Cyclone_Mocha_Makes_Landfall,_Killing_at_Least_6⠀⇛ The storm, which made landfall near Myanmar’s border with Bangladesh on Sunday, has so far not led to the humanitarian catastrophe that officials feared. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Six_dead_as_Cyclone_Mocha_makes_landfall_in_western_Myanmar coast⠀⇛ U.N. had warned of ‘a nightmare scenario’ in Bay of Bengal region home to crowded refugee camps. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Flood_warning_network_aims_to_help_at-risk communities⠀⇛ A national flood warning network will be set up in a bid to better protect at-risk communities from natural disasters. The federal government will spend $236 million in the next decade to set up the network, with the Commonwealth to buy and upgrade flood gauges from local, state and territory governments. * § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Industry_maps_‘net-zero’_future_for_gas supply,_exports⠀⇛ Gas producers have mapped nine industrial zones to “carpool” greenhouse gas emissions and give the sector a future in a net-zero economy. Using shared transmission and pipelines, the zones proposed in a new report would plug gas, renewable energy, carbon capture, and hydrogen production into manufacturing, refineries and new industries. o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Australian_business_delegation_heads_to PNG⠀⇛ A delegation of Australian businesses is heading to Papua New Guinea to strengthen trade ties, including in clean energy, agriculture and rugby league. Assistant Trade Minister Tim Ayres, who is leading the delegation, says it sends a strong signal of Australia’s intent to broaden and deepen the economic relationship. o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Kerry_Challenges_Oil_Industry_to_Prove Its_Promised_Tech_Rescue_for_Climate-Wrecking_Emissions⠀⇛ Oil and gas producers talk up technological breakthroughs they say will soon allow the world to drill and burn fossil fuels without worsening global warming * § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Meet_‘Chonkosaurus,’_the_Thick_Snapping_Turtle Stealing_Hearts⠀⇛ The gargantuan animal has enthralled thousands online after a kayaker on the Chicago River recorded it sitting on a rusted chain. o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Kenyan_Conservation_Efforts_Hit_by_Death_of_Six_Lions⠀⇛ The incident happened after a group of nine lions broke into a livestock enclosure near Mbirikani, killing 12 goats and a dog. * § Overpopulation⠀➾ o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ China_Launches_Projects_to_Build_‘New- Era’_Marriage,_Childbearing_Culture⠀⇛ o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_launches_projects_to_build_‘new-era’ marriage,_childbearing_culture⠀⇛ Promoting marrying and curbing high “bride prices” are the focus of the projects. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Google_Australia_pays_pittance_in_tax,_pays_media moguls_instead⠀⇛ Taxpayers stump up for “man shot in buttocks” story as Google Australia pays a pittance in tax again thanks to “world first media reforms”. Michael West reports on a joke. As predicted here last year, Google Australia has gone back to paying belly-button lint in income tax. This shabby performance despite payments from Australian customers surging to a record $8.4bn last year. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Australian_shares_edge_lower_as_banks_drop⠀⇛ The local share market is edging lower ahead of a busy week of economic data releases. At noon AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 9.7 points, or 0.13 per cent, at 7,248.8, while the broader All Ordinaries was down 12.5 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 7,440.7. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Middle-income_households_tighten_belts_after surprise_rate_hike_by_Malaysia’s_central_bank⠀⇛ Middle-and high-income households in Malaysia will be the groups most affected by the central bank’s surprise decision to raise the overnight policy rate (OPR) on May 3. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Case_for_Violating_the_Debt_Limit_Is_Dangerous Nonsense⠀⇛ The president does not have the authority to exceed the limit, regardless of what his advisers are telling him. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Greatest_Wealth_Transfer_in_History_Is_Here,_With Familiar_(Rich)_Winners⠀⇛ In an era of surging home and stock values, U.S. family wealth has soared. The trillions of dollars going to heirs will largely reinforce inequality. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Treasurer_begins_cross-country_budget_sales pitch⠀⇛ Treasurer Jim Chalmers is setting off on a countrywide trip to pitch his second budget, as a poll shows not all voters are convinced of its merits and debate continues on how to best support those on welfare payments. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Borrowers_to_be_squeezed_as_latest_rate_hikes land⠀⇛ When the latest interest rate hike finally hits, borrowers could find themselves with little as $57 a day left over once they make their mortgage repayments. New analysis by comparison firm RateCity has revealed the damage interest rate hikes are doing to borrower bank accounts. * ⚓ France24 ☛ President_Biden_‘optimistic’_on_US_debt_talks_with Republicans⠀⇛ President Joe Biden and congressional leaders will likely resume talks on Tuesday at the White House over the debt limit, the president said Sunday, as the nation continues to edge closer to its legal borrowing authority with no agreement in sight. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ Axios ☛ Turkey_election:_Erdoğan_leads_but_runoff_likely⠀⇛ Turkish President Recep TayyipErdoğan and opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu appear to be headed to a runoff as preliminary results show neither candidate reaching the majority of votes needed to win Sunday’s election outright. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Turkey_braces_for_momentous_first_runoff_after_election drama⠀⇛ Turkey braced Monday for its first election runoff after a night of high drama showed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan edging ahead of his secular rival but failing to secure a first-round win. * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Türkiye_Goes_to_Runoff_in_Presidential_Election⠀⇛ 191,885 ballot boxes were installed for the elections, which had an average turnout of 88.82%. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Trade_minister_vows_to_persevere_on_China_ban removal⠀⇛ Trade Minister Don Farrell has vowed to persevere with Chinese counterparts in a bid to get billions of dollars worth of trade restrictions removed from Australian products. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Advisory_firms_on_alert_after_China_raids_and arrests,_as_experts_say_data_crackdown_will_hinder_int’l_investment⠀⇛ An advisory firm in China has asked their staff to review each source they obtain data from, after Chinese authorities raided three firms in the sector, an executive from the company has told HKFP. * ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Policy,_Guns_and_Money:_Beijing’s_propaganda,_climate change_and_Australia’s_defence_budget⠀⇛ In 2022, US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, despite threats of retaliation from Beijing. * ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Turkey_presidential_runoff_vote_likely_as_ballot count_continues⠀⇛ Turkey voted in key presidential and legislative elections on Sunday that could either extend President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two-decade grip on power or put the nation on a more liberal, secular course. According to state-run news agency Anadolu, turnout reached 88.47 percent in what has effectively turned into a referendum on Turkey’s longest-serving leader and his Islamic conservative Justice and Development Party (AKP). * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ In_Turkish_Election,_Some_Voters_Return_to Quake_Zone_to_Cast_Ballots⠀⇛ * ⚓ France24 ☛ As_French_mayors_are_targeted_in_violent_attacks,_many_feel abandoned⠀⇛ Less than two months after losing his home in an arson attack, the mayor of a town in western France resigned this week, citing, among other things, a “lack of support from the state”. Amid an increasingly tense political environment, attacks against mayors in France are multiplying. And some say they have been left to fend for themselves. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Eric_Adams_Says_He’s_a Progressive._Democrats_Beg_to Differ.⠀⇛ Left-leaning New Yorkers say the mayor is moving the city in a more conservative direction on issues like policing, rent and providing shelter to those in need. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Erdogan_Faces_Runoff_in_Turkish_Presidential Election⠀⇛ After two decades in power, a struggling Recep Tayyip Erdogan now has two more weeks to persuade Turkish voters that he is the best choice to lead the country. * ⚓ Balloting_committee_chair_in_custody_for_tampering_with_a_ballot, İstanbul’s_CHP_Chairperson_states⠀⇛ Canan Kaftancıoğlu shared some instances of irregularities on her social media accounts. She reported that a person was caught attempting to vote twice, and a chair of a balloting committee was caught attempting to stamp the ballot while handing it to a voter. * ⚓ Green_Left_voters_registered_as_Patriotic_Party_balloting_committee members⠀⇛ Around a thousand citizens in Antep cannot cast their votes because they have been registered as balloting committee members under the Patriotic Party. * ⚓ Presidential_candidates_urge_ballot_box_safety_while_awaiting_results⠀⇛ Incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, and Sinan Oğan all urge to protect the ballot boxes. * ⚓ CHP_and_HDP_spokespeople_accuse_state-run_news_agency_of_deception_as election_results_pour_in⠀⇛ The state-run Anadolu Agency has been previously accused of favoring the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the 2019 local elections. * ⚓ İstanbul,_Ankara_mayors_remain_confident_Kılıçdaroğlu_will_win,_accuse state_agency_of_‘manipulation’⠀⇛ The two mayors who will become vice presidents if Kılıçdaroğlu is elected have reassured the voters that he will win. * ⚓ Kılıçdaroğlu_hopes_for_spring,_Buldan_for_peace,_İnce_repeats_alleged slander_as_leaders_cast_votes⠀⇛ Political party leaders are casting their votes, conveying messages, and expressing hopes as the ballot boxes opened at 08:00 this morning for today’s elections. * ⚓ AKP_spokesperson_questions_opposition’s_willingness_to_respect_election results⠀⇛ “What is this fuss about in the CHP circles? Will you respect the results of the elections, whatever they are?” Justice and Development Party Spokesperson Ömer Çelik asks. * ⚓ İmamoğlu_and_Yavaş:_AKP_is_making_objections_where_we_are_ahead⠀⇛ İstanbul and Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayors made a joint statement in which they said that the election results are being delayed because the ruling party makes objections to the results at the ballot boxes where they are ahead. * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ 3rd_Presidential_Candidate_Sinan_Ogan_Votes_in_Ankara⠀⇛ “Neither Kılıçdaroğlu nor Erdoğan should expect me to withdraw…” * ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Real_Scandal_Surrounding_Clarence_Thomas’s_Gifts⠀⇛ Supreme Court Justices, alone in our system, are not truly regulated by anyone other than themselves. * ⚓ Kılıçdaroğlu_warns_of_sleepless_night_as_tampering_accusations persist⠀⇛ ”We will not sleep tonight,” Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the joint candidate of the Nation’s Alliance, states on his social media account. Amid allegations of manipulation, the margins between the opposition leader and the incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan remain incredibly narrow. * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ President_Erdoğan_Casts_Vote_in_P_&_P_Elections⠀⇛ “My hope to God is that after the counting concludes this evening, the outcome is good for the future of our country, for Turkish democracy” * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Elections_in_Türkiye_Run_Without_Incident⠀⇛ The influx of voters occurs normally even in the southeastern provinces, which were devastated by two earthquakes that caused some 50,000 deaths in February. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘The_Diplomat’_vs._Reality⠀⇛ A popular show on Netflix is about the glamorous job of a U.S. ambassador. But is it realistic? * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Greek_PM_Rules_Out_Cooperation_With_Socialists_After Elections⠀⇛ Prime Minister Mitsotakis reiterated a call to voters to give his party a strong mandate to continue its agenda. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Turkey’s_Election_Appears_Headed_to_a_Runoff⠀⇛ President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing the fiercest political challenge of his 20 years in power. He and his main challenger said they were ready for a runoff after neither seemed to win a majority of votes on Sunday. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Who_Will_Win_Turkey’s_Election?_Astrologers_Find Answers_in_the_Stars⠀⇛ Amid economic uncertainty and the most competitive elections in years, interest in fortune tellers has surged in Turkey. * ⚓ Live_results_from_Turkey’s_presidential_and_parliamentary_elections⠀⇛ Stay up-to-date with the latest results from Turkey’s highly anticipated presidential and parliamentary elections. Our live results page features real-time graphics and data from across the country. Please use Ctrl+F5 to refresh the results. * ⚓ TURKEY_ELECTIONS:_Erdoğan’s_alliance_poised_to_win_parliament,_boosting his_advantage_in_runoff_for_presidency⠀⇛ Final results are yet to come, with both Erdoğan and Kılıçdaroğlu apparently failed to reach the 50 percent threshold to win the presidential election in the first round. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Pita_Limjaroenrat:_Leading_Thailand’s_political earthquake⠀⇛ He has capitalised on his youth and energy to reach voters disillusioned by military-backed rule. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_Blow_to_Junta,_Thai_Voters_Overwhelmingly_Back Opposition_Parties⠀⇛ Thais on Sunday cast votes against their military leaders, backing instead a populist political mainstay and a progressive upstart bent on shaking up the status quo. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Thai_election:_Opposition_parties_look_set_to_win after_trouncing_parties_allied_with_military⠀⇛ The liberal Move Forward party and the populist Pheu Thai Party were far out in front with 99% of votes counted. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Thais_reject_military,_vote_overwhelmingly_for_democracy parties⠀⇛ Thai voters have delivered a clear rejection of nearly a decade of military-aligned rule, election results showed Monday, backing two pro-democracy opposition parties. * § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ o ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ From_the_Community_|_When_misinformation_is_free speech⠀⇛ Comparative literature professor David Palumbo-Liu addresses the recent Faculty Senate meeting, which inappropriately condoned Rupert Murdoch’s spreading of misinformation about the 2020 presidential election. He writes, “It is remarkable to me how quickly, easily, and absolutely Tessier-Lavigne and Rice erase the fact that the “speech” they are so passionately attached to protecting is speech that incited an attack against the democratic process and an assault on the peaceful transfer of power, one of the signal points of pride our country celebrates.” § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Türkiye_users’_access_to_Twitter_restricted_ahead_of presidential_election⠀⇛ Ahead of Türkiye’s upcoming election, Twitter suspended access on Sunday to some forms of election-related content. The news came hours ahead of the results of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s most recent presidential campaign, which some commentators believe will mark the end of Erdoğan’s 20 years in power. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘We’re_a_community’:_These_Groups_are_Working_to_Bail_Out Incarcerated_Women_in_Time_for_Mother’s_Day⠀⇛ The National Bail Out effort is a collective of local and national Black-led organizations that plan Mama’s Day Bail Out events around the country. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ France_high_court_extends_jurisdiction_over_human_rights violations_committed_abroad⠀⇛ The Court of Cassation (Cour de Cessation) Friday recognized the universal jurisdiction of the French Judicial System to “prosecute and judge acts of torture, crimes against humanity or war crimes where the acts were committed abroad and neither the perpetrator nor the victim is French. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ He_Called_for_His_Mother⠀⇛ Tyree Nichols called for his mother. The 29-year-old was on his way from work in Memphis when the police stopped him. The body-cam video showed a group of officers brutally beating him—kicking him, pepper-spraying him, even delighting in his pain. By the time his family got to him, he lay unrecognizable in a Memphis hospital, his face bruised and bloated. Nichols died from his injuries several days later.2This essay will be featured in the upcoming anthology, We Refuse to Be Silent, out in April 2024 from Broadleaf Books. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Poor_People’s_Campaign_Launched_on_Mother’s_Day_2018⠀⇛ On Mother’s Day five years ago, we at Repairers of the Breach and the Kairos Center launched the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival with 40 days of moral fusion direct action. Some historians called those six weeks of actions at dozens of state capitals across the country simultaneously the largest and most expansive wave of nonviolent civil disobedience in history. That Mother’s Day of 2018, we gathered for a mass meeting at National City Church in Washington, D.C., and highlighted the devastating reality that 140 million poor and low-income people live in the richest country in the history of the world. We lamented the fact that 700 people die each day from poverty and inequality, that more than half of all kids are living in food insecure homes, and that too many moms have to bury their children because they lack health care, or because of gun violence and other forms of policy failure, while others struggle to keep a roof over their heads and all the essentials of life. None of this is natural or unavoidable—it is the result of b * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ There_May_Be_More_‘Chinese_Police_Stations’ in_Canada,_Minister_Says⠀⇛ * ⚓ New York Times ☛ When_the_Rule_of_Law_Fails_Us⠀⇛ This was a preventable tragedy. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Conservative_Support_Surges_for_Daniel_Penny_After Killing_of_Jordan_Neely⠀⇛ Mr. Penny, who has been charged with killing Jordan Neely, has been called a “hero” and a good Samaritan by conservative political figures. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran_Arrests_Eight_Over_Workers’_Strike_At_Southern_Gas_Field⠀⇛ Iranian authorities have arrested eight people for “leading” a workers’ strike at a key gas site in the south of the country, local media reported. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Former_Pakistan_PM_Imran_Khan_calls_for_nationwide_protests following_arrest⠀⇛ Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan called for nationwide protests Sunday. In an online live stream, Khan urged his supporters to take to the streets and villages to fight for freedom in Pakistan. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Remembering_late_Tibetan_film_director_Pema_Tseden’s_‘weighty’ life⠀⇛ The widely acclaimed filmmaker was able to depict Tibetans’ struggle as Beijing became more authoritarian. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_Some_Companies_Are_Saying_‘Diversity_and Belonging’_Instead_of_‘Diversity_and_Inclusion’⠀⇛ The changing terminology reflects new thinking among some consultants, who say traditional D.E.I. strategies haven’t worked out as planned. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Title_42_Is_Gone_But_What_Happens_to_Migrants_Heading to_the_U.S.?⠀⇛ Economic hardship, climate change, political instability and gang violence will continue to spur emigration from many corners of the world. * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ US_Homeland_Security_Chief_Says_Border Crossings_Are_Down_50%_Since_Title_42_Expiration⠀⇛ § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Software Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Missing_DR-DOS_Power_Management_Source_Code_Found_In Patent⠀⇛ Modern processors come with all kinds of power management features, which you don’t typically notice as a user until you start a heavy program and hear the CPU fan spin up. Back in the early 1990s however, power management was largely unheard of, meaning that a CPU with nothing to do would run through an idle loop that dissipated about as much power as a real computing task. [Michal Necasek] noticed this while experimenting with DR-DOS 6.0 in a virtual machine – his laptop fan would start running on full blast whenever he opened the VM. His search for a solution to this annoyance led him down a fascinating journey into the intricacies of DOS power management. * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Reason ☛ Ed_Sheeran,_Vanilla_Ice,_and_a_Monkey_Walk_Into_A.I. Copyright_Law⠀⇛ If government officials and lawyers create a new legal framework for A.I.-generated content, society risks losing the potential benefits of the next tech revolution. § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Personal⠀➾ o ⚓ A_set_of_Haiku⠀⇛ My thoughts about her Drift across the distances undersea cabling A big smile joyfully shown petrichor sun o ⚓ 5_🔤SpellBinding:_ARGMNOF_Wordo:_FOGEY⠀⇛ o ⚓ Happy_Mother’s_Day⠀⇛ Took my mom some lunch. Got pizza for dinner. Time for a drink. * § Technical⠀➾ o ⚓ KILL_MY_PARACOSMS⠀⇛ help me. i’m genuinely losing hours of my life just thinking about game UI and polyptyches for 3/5 of my paracosms; not even doing something else, i’m just lying in bed worlding (re: ian cheng emissaries guide) all the time. trying to write write write down as much of all of them as i possibly can (this is one such iteration, if you’ll forgive me) BASICALLY i need to place it gently outside of my skull so i can start all my work on all my work (which is to say, you can ignore this if you want; i’ve said similar on my other posts): 1a. Citizen Sleeper/CultSim narrative roguelike, rendered in lowpolyscapes of a mutating, slipshifting city, overlaid with windows and wheels of Kentucky Route Zero UI, those thin white lines of imaginative, seemingly ritual interfaces(still in love with how their highway was designed as a puzzle/lock you navigate by folklore than map)… Because here you are, the laws of this alternate multiverse a form of ritual magic; a procession of processes. Illustrations in the Joao Ruas(too lazy to find the diacritic). o ⚓ Games_Showcase:_Zendo⠀⇛ Zendo is a multiplayer game of inductive logic that runs on very low spec hardware; to be precise, lego bricks or similar. You also need three types of small marker: for example black, white and green stones. o ⚓ Setting_up_the_soju_IRC_bouncer_on_OpenBSD,_and_using_it_with Emacs’_ERC⠀⇛ Setting up the soju[a] IRC bouncer[b] on my OpenBSD server was fairly straightforward. It’s not currently in ports, so i downloaded a release from sourcehut… o ⚓ Emulators_in_Debian_Buster_and_Bullseye⠀⇛ The first game I tried is not an emulator but the remake of the 90′s game **Command & Conquer Red Alert**, it’s called o ⚓ S4A’s_chat_with_an_AI_20230514⠀⇛ Recently, “Socialism For All” asked Google Bard to give a plan to bring the Revolution in the USA. The results were rather surprising. What follows is the transcript of the section of S4A’s live stream they posted to Youtube on 20230510, where they shared the results of the “conversation”, and discussed them (note: I did my best to ‘clean up” the transcript, as it was pulled from the Auto CC, which isn’t the most precise transcriptionist. Some “nonsense” can still be found in this text. Please ignore it. o § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Shaving_thoughts⠀⇛ I read some thoughts about shaving on the smol web and was very glad because even though I have shaved for years, I recently realized that I had no clue what I was doing and just learning a bit has improved exponentially the experience! # ⚓ Re:_Who_Likes_the_Likers⠀⇛ The gamification of social media and the resulting negative downstream effects are something we all should be keenly aware of. The larger a network becomes, the more the forces multiply and this becomes bigger and bigger of a problem. When it comes to Bubble/GS.org, scale-wise there’s plenty of time to consider appropriate improvements. I’m thinking the classic Like mechanism isn’t too bad in this context, but making it a step more private — and perhaps psychologically healthy — is to hide the names of the likers from everyone except the post author. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 5590 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.15.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_15/05/2023:_Ex_Over_Ed,_Yak_Shaving⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 2:13 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Speaking_of_music…⠀⇛ While the pub does not seem to attract fellow watchers of it, the – at least where I was born – unavoidable disaster called “Eurovision” was blasting through the televisions, laptops and tablets in the homes of millions of people. For some reason, it’s quite hilarious how this show is more corrupt and scandalous than your average World Cup game, and this contest is not even a truly global song competition! # ⚓ Illuminations⠀⇛ While going for a slow walk down Writer’s Lane, on this fine Sunday, I suddenly remembered the first free verse poem I ever wrote, back in the mid 90s (later published as the leading poem in my first book of poetry, Ormmänniskan [Serpent Man], in 2015). My father had died the year before, in 1994, and I was utterly lost. He was my mentor, my introduction into the arts, into literature and specifically poetry (he was an aspiring poet back in the early 1940s, but got desillusioned [to say the least] by the war, stationed on the Swedish-Norwegian border all through-out his active service, and started drinking at an early age, found his “safe place”, his own steady pace in life – a periodic abuse of alcohol, a slowly progressing disease that eventually took his life at the age of 74). The overwhelming grief I felt was double-edged. I had been there myself, drank far too much in my early twenties, later went into a self-imposed exile in the U.S. and Mexico and fell into an addictive world of mescalin, DMT and psilocybin. I came out of it, in the early 90s, and never went back. My father stood by me. And my mother, of course. Without them, I wouldn’t be here. And that’s that. Illuminations. And anxiety, passion, fright, darkness, pain, sorrow, love and hope. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Migration_to_TrueNAS⠀⇛ My homelab now runs TrueNAS. I have FreeBSD jails for my Gemini server and Mastodon instance, Transmission instance, and Borg backup repositories. Each jail has its own ZFS dataset within the main storage pool. TrueNAS offers automatic snapshot scheduling and replication. With this, I’ve replaced three Borg backup tasks that were carried out over SSH and were rather slow. I have a separate jail and ZFS dataset that contains a Borg repository that my Fedora PC backs up to over SSH. # ⚓ Re:_CircaDian:_Who_Likes_The_Likers⠀⇛ The mechanics can be awkward, but to me that kind of reply effort constitutes a genuine like. # ⚓ Meditation_on_ed⠀⇛ It felt more appropriate to meditate on ed, the standard text editor, in a tty rather than in a GUI terminal. 90s memes aside, here’s what I learned about ed. # ⚓ (Un)free_public_service⠀⇛ “Awesome!” I thought, “maybe I can download things to watch offline!” I had no account previously, so there I go create an account, add all my personal details[^0], and it even accepted my 30+ characters long randomly generated password[^1]! # ⚓ Ex_Over_Ed⠀⇛ ex(1) has several advantages over ed(1), notably the ability to run filters, and can switch over to vi(1) via the “:vi” command if you get in over your head. Switching to a visual editor might be cheating if the goal is to learn a line editor properly. # ⚓ Even_here_I_find_yaks_to_shave⠀⇛ I was going to add a little thing to my server to receive messages from people. Not that anyone is likely to send me messages here, but it would have been fun to work on anyway, right? I haven’t done it yet. That’s because I figured I should probably add support for client certificates, since that’s what Gemini uses for authentication and identity (very neat). Adding support for client certificates seemed like it would be easy. rustls supports it, so all I need to do is change ClientCertVerifier in the configuration object to be an instance of AllowAnyAnonymousOrAuthenticatedClient instead of an instance of NoClientAuth. Easy. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. 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