𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Tuesday, May 16, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Wed 17 May 02:42:06 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/2023/05/16/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmS32fMTkeYomdxPWCP42PHMfFdKs9rfkSgXboUoVNA3jB QmTGej9jj8spt5sAeA5fmFhTxbyEBhfyXn8vk91wJhQXcs QmUD3qvzBExdYcAqkwKAKng84v5we1kor95LS8wVEPQJY2 QmagVDKAew4AMq9Fs6yk4r4iAkxKc4L1W353hB8S99nTn1 QmcxQsZ2GCghqBFvbbovJYyNuZJr66gJWUEWRoU6QW9DNU QmUUcGwMx4Q4HgbQ85BsuddNvVw4ydnTVvsGdan6TnSNbf QmWh2te8JXntfFGaCH4vh9JvppYb6y58Eqjjp6bUqzuEXs QmQ6wsM94WLvAWQdunnNNfe588me4D44gA4xrHf3aTRBx1 QmUz7bi24zquFwAWfikt3EXBf3WZiScC6iyaZZ9q5PabBk QmbjVRkLQ4yrK3QTTACJcNbs4Z3VinU4mzjrwhHmMUKUzY QmandFvCxgudfiwZKJgux61Ncv1CRLo7HxRSnWUSvM6db2 QmUrfvwG6HwDJEu2RhtmCfm4VrFypj9mxDAqLWcvJnTgHo QmeK7zHQpdcwHbx8uR26LkVDXBdvbMng9z4pLo73jfH5QF QmXLWcERaT62jk6Wo1AD9b8Q68FXMYD367JovbY1ULwntt QmdZh6yx6XHSGUjNv8hpHYHaPD1tD43gBVHqGXHrajNVyN QmTF2pMBvBP5Dk3fq4pyka8M4P8oM4BWugLvejCa15k8va QmW3azBnU7buqhayP66v2xJeRySHJSgNkCJo11LNaUdUut QmXaswZ1iitN6RTpnpNFN6o7kQXkpopdAhoV6EHhdN52mn QmPA2gUGrxUHnaSzGwZTa6xsWZRMKqETbvrMmtiNZtJvDA QmXunK1VfrszdbZV3eLVtiEztrbpHXotzsSs5FidJqHzYd QmPUbf7suaQniw1646dasmSY6bnK39TXxEV8ULg4u7at86 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Coming Soon: 10 Screens, More Peripherals | Techrights ⦿ No Patent Quality and No Independence for EPO Judges (Cautionary Tale About Patent Maximalists in UPC Rota) | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] Only the Very Best Judges | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Monday, May 15, 2023 | Techrights ⦿ Analysing Who’s Left at Sirius ’Open Source’ | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/05/16/10-screens/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/05/16/epo-shambles-defined/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/05/16/fine-epo-judges/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/05/16/irc-log-150523/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/05/16/many-left-sirius-open-source/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/05/16/arch-git-migration/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/05/16/centralisation-concerns/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/05/16/sourceware-in-sfc/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 61 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/05/16/10-screens/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/05/16/10-screens/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.16.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Coming_Soon:_10_Screens,_More_Peripherals⠀✐ Posted in Site_News at 4:34 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum d37058853e2497e86d26b96a72d82e61 My Desk Explained Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/multi-pc-setup.webm Summary: After various changes (adding plants, 3 large speakers etc.) I’ve decided to explain how my office is configured for maximal visibility (almost no need for virtual desktops) THE other day I was asked about my desk’s arrangement and how it was facilitating improved workflow, productivity etc. in light of this_post_and photograph. It was about the site turning 16.5 years old (we’ll soon have 36.5k blog posts!). “All the machines run GNU/Linux and the recording above was done using OBS.”The video above illustrates some of the things I learned through trial and error, including being able to exercise while working (mostly reading) and ergonomically important tips/tricks. Being at the desk about 100 hours a week means that posture and “micro-breaks” are very important. The way different computers and screens are used is explained in passing (not in-depth; we did that in past years) and there are changes coming next week while my wife goes on holiday, rendering her second computer available to me (so a total of 8 keyboards on the desk). All the machines run GNU/Linux and the recording above was done using OBS. No preparations done for this video; it was 100% spontaneous. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 113 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/05/16/epo-shambles-defined/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/05/16/epo-shambles-defined/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.16.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ No_Patent_Quality_and_No_Independence_for_EPO_Judges_(Cautionary_Tale_About Patent_Maximalists_in_UPC_Rota)⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Patents at 1:11 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Deposed as Chairman May 2021; Not how EPO was made⦈ Summary: Europe’s largest patent office continues to be “Shambles Defined” in terms of quality and in terms of justice; why doesn’t the mainstream media raise awareness of this? (Likely political reasons and heavy lobbying, not to mention bribery of large publishers like the Financial Times) THE EPO‘s staff union, SUEPO, has just_highlighted this new_article. “The EPO met again with in-house counsel who are concerned that patent quality standards are slipping in favour of speedy grants,” says the introduction, but it’s behind a paywall. Benoît_Battistelli and António_Campinos have done great damage to promote European_software_patents and inflate_a_bubble. A source has meanwhile shared with us the way patent attorneys leverage the “Hey Hi” (AI) hype to push software patents. Bastian Best sent a message yesterday, full of tracking inside the message, entitled “Software patents in Europe (presentation slides)” (he’s shamelessly promoting such patents for 15+ years already). He says: “It’s all about the technical contribution, but what exactly is “technical” at the European Patent Office? Is it “technical” when engineers solve hard industrial problems with AI?” Totally meaningless junk. The rest speaks of “Statistics on AI patent filings in Europe”. This also mentions “A checklist for structuring software patent claims” and “A checklist for structuring software patent claims”… So the EPO has opened itself to such abuse, bolstered further by buzzwords. Where do the Boards of Appeal stand on the matter? Well, they clearly have no independence or a mind of their own. Not anymore… This happens to have been the subject of discussion in blog_comments lately. “The damage has been done,” the latest comment says. Right next to it we have this new rant about Calle Josefsson [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], the notorious judge who is a “yes man” of corrupt EPO managers. These people make a career out of sucking up to the most corrupt establishment. Prepare for Klaus Grabinsky, another opportunist who grabbed the chance to serve the abuses. Although there are plenty of comments there (we’ve archives most of them in IRC), some better than others, here’s the latest one on “BREAKING: In-person proceedings are still the “Gold Standard” – Boards of Appeal start to diverge on ViCo (T 2432/19)” (post by IPKat): “A good question about objections under Article 24 EPC. Indeed, that question is highly pertinent to every petition for review that, at least in part, is based upon the imposition of VICO as the format for oral proceedings. And yet the President of the Boards has no problem appointing himself to the EBA in respect of such petitions. For example, see the_composition_of_the_EBA for_R12/22, which has not changed since it was first set almost 1 year ago [...] Arguably, the participation of the President as a member of the EBA for cases concerning the validity and/or interpretation of Art 15a RPBA falls foul of Article 24(1) EPC. It is a shame that the EBA in G 1/21 failed to consider that point. However, given that the President was excluded under Article 24(3) EPC from EBA for G 1/21, there is no doubt that, for the same reasons, he MUST be excluded from all other cases concerning Art 15a RPBA. Any other outcome would cause (yet more) serious damage to the perception of independence of the EBA.” The European Patent Register is cited above. One can see that the patent microcosm itself is openly admitting that this system is out of control. Will they go a step further and suggest that the UPC would be a disaster for the EU’s reputation unless it was stopped in its tracks? SUEPO ought to speak a lot more often against the UPC. FFII seems a little upset that SUEPO isn’t doing enough in that area. The UPC is, among other things, a Trojan horse for software patents. 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⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠷⣾⡇⢤⣤⠄⢠⣿⣧⣿⣿⣾⣭⣾⣧⣿⣿⣾⣭⣾⣷⣾⣧⣿⣧⣿⣿⣧⣿⢮⠵⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠈⠛⠋⠒⠛⠐⠤⡄⠀⣼⣧⣿⣿⣿⣭⣾⣧⣿⣿⣾⣭⣾⣷⣼⣧⣾⣷⣭⣿⣿⣿⣯⣵⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⣘⡂⠀⠊⠁⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 253 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/05/16/fine-epo-judges/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/05/16/fine-epo-judges/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.16.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_Only_the_Very_Best_Judges⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Patents at 1:25 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇President-approved_judges⦈_ Summary: The brown-nosing judges of Benoît_Battistelli and António_Campinos are a perfect_fit for today’s EPO, which grants_loads_of_legally-invalid_patents for_the_sake_of_money (in exchange for monopolies) ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡿⣓⣛⢟⣛⡻⢿⣟⡛⣛⡛⢛⣛⣛⣛⢛⣀⡀⣀⢀⣀⣀⣀⠀⢀⣀⠀⣀⣀⢀⣀⡀⣀⣀⠀⣀⣀⢀⡀⣀⢀⣀⢀⣀⡀⠀⢀⡀⣀⢀⡀⣀⣀⠀⣀⣀⢀⣀⡀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 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⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⡇⢀⣌⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣯⣶⣿⣀⣄⣲⣼⡬⣉⣣⣀⣠⣤⣄⡀⠀⢠⣤⣬⣸⣿⣿⣗⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢀⣘⣤⣦⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢘⠀⠀⣸ ⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣷⣛⣽⣿⣿⣿⡉⠛⣿⣿⠿⢿⢿⡿⣼⡟⢿⣿⣿⣟⣫⠛⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠥⡀⠀⠀⠀⠰⣿⢿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣇⣀⣹⡿⠿⠟⠀⢠⣾⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢾ ⠀⢠⣶⣆⠀⢀⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⢤⣿⡿⣿⡟⢿⣏⠀⠀⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⠀⠀⠀⢦⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠆⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⣮ ⣢⣼⡿⠿⠾⠋⠚⣿⠯⠶⠿⡟⢿⡏⠱⠾⠻⣟⠛⠃⠀⠉⠀⠀⣀⣀⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⡴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣶⣶⣤⣜⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣼⠛⠿⣿⣿⣏⠠⡀⢀⣈⣐⡐⠀⠀⣧⢻ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣠⣤⣤⣴⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⠀⠀⣿⣳⣶⣾⣿⣿⣧⠁⠀⠹⠛⠻⠿⠿⠼⣤ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 299 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/05/16/irc-log-150523/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/05/16/irc-log-150523/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.16.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ IRC_Proceedings:_Monday,_May_15,_2023⠀✐ Posted in IRC_Logs at 7:21 am by Needs Sunlight Also available via the Gemini protocol at: * gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-150523.gmi * 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═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/05/16/many-left-sirius-open-source/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/05/16/many-left-sirius-open-source/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.16.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Analysing_Who’s_Left_at_Sirius_‘Open_Source’⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Fraud, Free/Libre_Software at 4:38 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum b43a8714d95a926e3a638b57659a2470 Quite Likely Last Year of Sirius Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/sirius-almost-nobody-left.webm Summary: The situation at Sirius_‘Open_Source’ is getting grimmer by the day or by the week; there’s almost nobody left at the company and those who are still there look for a way out, an escape from the sinking ship THE crimes of Sirius aside, as the_police_investigates_these_too_slowly (as expected all along and right from the start), today we take a quick look at the company as seen from the eyes of Microsoft (LinkedIn). There seems to be almost nobody left there; from what we can gather, it’s a very contingency-based semi- operational mode, trying to retain what’s left of the contracts. A couple of months ago a reasonably new employee was given more authority, as others left the company, creating a highly critical skills vacuum. Will the company reach its 25th anniversary? That doesn’t seem so likely. For privacy reasons the video above does not show the screen and instead I’m reading or explaining what I am seeing before me (on a separate computer). █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 474 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.16.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_16/05/2023:_Arch’s_Git_Migration⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:48 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Server o Instructionals/Technical o Games * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Arch_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o Education o Programming/Development # Python * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Pseudo-Open_Source # Openwashing o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Technical * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ COSMIC_desktop_from_System76_coming_along nicely⠀⇛ System76 are busy hacking away on their new upcoming COSMIC desktop environment, and their latest development blog post is looking good. They also recently released System76 Scheduler 2.0, to further optimize the performance of their Linux distribution. o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Kubernetes Blog ☛ Blog:_Kubernetes_1.27:_KMS_V2_Moves_to Beta [Ed: Blog of Kubernetes now a megaphone of Microsoft, which attacks Linux and Free software in all sorts of ways]⠀⇛ o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Unix Men ☛ Modern_eCommerce_Development_with_Headless Frameworks_and_Synergy_of_Linux⠀⇛ In the past, eCommerce developers were limited by the technology they could use. However, today’s advances in eCommerce development have allowed for more innovative solutions that can be created using headless frameworks and Linux servers. This trend is transforming how eCommerce platforms are built, allowing for greater flexibility and scalability. # ⚓ Linux Cloud VPS ☛ Sign_up_for_a_LinuxCloudVPS_today⠀⇛ Apache CouchDB is a free yet reliable non- relational or NoSQL database engine. It is written in Erlang language and natively supports data in JSON format. The data can be accessed and queried via the HTTP protocol, making it easier and more scalable compared to traditional SQL relational databases like MySQL. CouchDB also offers replication capability and provides high availability access. This tutorial will show you how to install CouchDB on AlmaLinux. # ⚓ Kev Quirk ☛ Underline_Your_Links⠀⇛ I’ve talked about this myself in the past and I wholeheartedly agree with Jatan on this. While perusing the internet I’ve seen links that are formatted in all kinds of ways, even ones that don’t seem to be formatted at all and are, to my eye at least, completely indistinguishable from the rest of the body text. # ⚓ Jatan Mehta ☛ Colored_vs._underlined_links⠀⇛ Colored text links on the Internet are popular. The familiar blue touted by a majority of hyperlinks on the Web goes back to 1993. However, as the linked article explores, web links used to be underlined for a decade before they went blue. I think we should go back to having underlined links everywhere for several reasons. # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ The_time_our_Linux_systems_spend_on integer_to_text_and_back_conversions⠀⇛ We run the Prometheus host agent on all of our Linux machines. Every fifteen seconds our Prometheus server pulls metrics from all the host agents, which causes the host agent to read a bunch of /proc files (for things like memory and CPU state information) and /sys files (for things like hwmon information). These status files are text, but they contain a lot of numbers, which means that the kernel converted those integers into text for us. The host agent then converts that text back into numbers internally (I believe a mixture of 64- bit integers and 64-bit floats), only to turn around and send them to the Prometheus server as text again (see Exposition Formats, also). On the Prometheus server these text numbers will be turned back into floats. All of this takes CPU cycles, although perhaps not many CPU cycles on modern machines. # ⚓ Earthly ☛ Linux_Text_Processing_Command⠀⇛ This tutorial aims to introduce you to the concept of Linux text processing, highlight its benefits, and provide an overview of the commonly used text processing commands. You will also learn about their use cases and how they can help automate tedious tasks, making them more manageable in a matter of seconds. # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Guide_to_Set_up_Full_Wayland_with_Arch_Linux⠀⇛ Arch Linux users may find setting up a custom install with Wayland complex. Only KDE Plasma and GNOME have up-to-date Wayland support among all the mainstream desktop environments. Xfce, LXQt and other desktops are developing Wayland support, but they are not ready yet. On the window manager front, Sway has full Wayland support in Arch Linux. That being said, I wanted to test how Wayland is performing in Arch and want to give you a status check as of today. Here’s what I found. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ What_Is_a_KVM?_Kernel-Based_Virtual_Machines Explained⠀⇛ Virtual machines are an essential tool for running guest operating systems. If you’ve never heard of KVMs, you’re not alone. It’s easy to wonder: what is KVM, and what does it stand for? How can you use KVM as a virtualization technology in your projects? Getting started with KVMs on Linux is a simple process. If you want to run other Linux distributions or even Windows on your Linux PC, all you need to do is install a few modules and prepare your PC for virtualization. Here’s how you can start using KVM on Linux. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Time_running_out_to_swap_your_Minecraft account_over_to_Microsoft [Ed: An "important reminder" that you should quit playing this game; try Minetest]⠀⇛ Mojang recently sent out a rather important reminder, as the time is running out to swap your Mojang account for Minecraft over to Microsoft. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Roots_of_Pacha_removed_from_Steam_after fight_with_publisher_Crytivo⠀⇛ Seems the indie team at Soda Den are having some issues with their publisher Crytivo, and their fight has caused Roots of Pacha to be removed from Steam for now. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Albion_Online_‘Knightfall’_is_here_with_new content_and_improved_controls⠀⇛ Offering up plenty of new content for players to explore, the Knightfall update for Albion Online is here and it may be time to give it another look. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Roblox_still_plan_to_make_it_work_with_Wine on_Linux⠀⇛ The situation is currently a bit messy, with conflicting statements but it appears that Roblox should work again on Linux / Steam Deck with Wine eventually. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Fanatical’s_Bundle_Fest_begins_with_the Killer_Bundle_26⠀⇛ Fanatical do a Bundle Fest every now and then, where a new bundle of games is announced every day for a week and the first is the Killer Bundle 26. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ New_DOS_PCs,_In_2023?⠀⇛ It’s not likely that we’ll talk about a new PC here at Hackaday because where’s the news in yet another commodity computer? But today along comes not one but two new PCs courtesy of the ever bounteous hall of wonders at AliExpress, that are unusual enough to take a look at. If you have around $250 to spare, you can have a brand new, made in 2023, 80386sx plamtop PC capable of running Windows 95, or an 8088 laptop for DOS. Just what on earth is going on? * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Arch Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Git_migration_announcement⠀⇛ This Friday morning (2023-05-19) the Git packaging migration will start until Sunday (2023-05-21). The Arch Linux packaging team will not be able to update packages in any of the repositories during this period. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Ubuntu_23.10_to_Offer_Improved_Management_of PPAs_for_Better_Security⠀⇛ Development of Ubuntu 23.10 kicked off at the end of April 2023 and now we start to see new features landing in the upcoming release. One of these new features was revealed by Canonical’s Julian Andres Klode on the Ubuntu mailing list and it’s related to how PPA archives will be handled. Until now, Ubuntu managed PPA archives through a traditional .list file that was stored in the /etc/ apt/sources.list.d/ directory and accompanied by a GPG keyring stored on /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ $99.00_Orange_Pi_5_Plus_SBC_is_now_available to_order⠀⇛ Orange Pi recently launched a single board computer equipped with an octa-core Rockchip RK35588 SoC along with an up to 6 TOPs NPU. The new SBC can handle up to four displays, two 2.5GbE LAN  interfaces and many other expansion ports. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Sonos_discontinues_important_feature_for Android_devices_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ The_Best_Wellness_Apps_On_Android_For_Stress And_Anxiety⠀⇛ # ⚓ Geeky Gadgets ☛ How_to_fix_a_frozen_Android_Phone_–_Geeky Gadgets⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ How_to_find_your_IMEI_number_on_an Android_phone_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Together_raises_$20M_to_decentralize_and_open- source_AI_model_creation⠀⇛ As part of this mission, Together aims to establish open source as the default way to design and build AI. One of its aims is to create open models that outperform their closed-source brethren. To do this, Together is collaborating with various open-source groups, academic and corporate research labs, while assembling an impressive team of committed AI researchers, engineers and practitioners. o ⚓ Together ☛ Together’s_$20M_seed_funding_to_build_open-source_AI and_cloud_platform⠀⇛ When Chris, Percy, Ce and I first got together last year, we all felt it was clear that foundation models represented a generational shift in technology, maybe the most significant since the invention of the transistor. At the time, we could see the trend toward centralization of these models within a small number of corporations due to the vast expense of high-end GPU clusters needed for training. Meanwhile, the open community that had led the innovations in AI over the prior decades had limited agency in shaping the coming world of AI. In founding Together, we were driven by the belief that open and decentralized alternatives to closed systems were going to be important — and possibly critical for business and society. o ⚓ Olaf Alders ☛ PrettyGoodPing:_Now_with,_you_know,_Ping⠀⇛ When I first created prettygoodping.com, it didn’t just check SSL/TLS expiration dates and domain name expirations. It could also ping servers and make HTTP HEAD requests to check URL uptime. However, I didn’t add the existing ping and HTTP HEAD checks to the beta accounts. That made for a simpler launch as there were fewer things to go wrong, but it also made for a more confusing name. PrettyGoodPing didn’t, you know, ping. I’ve been beta testing the ping and HEAD checks in my own account for a few months now and I’m happy with them. It’s time to make them more widely available. o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ School_Result_Management_System_in_LibreOffice_Base_ [Projects_for_Students]⠀⇛ In this tutorial, I will walk you through the steps to create a simple school result management system in LibreOffice Base. The tutorial outlines the steps to create a database, tables, forms and how to extend it for your needs. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ EuroBSDCon ☛ EuroBSDCon_2023_will_be_in_Coimbra,_Portugal: September_14-17,_2023⠀⇛ EuroBSDCon is the International annual technical conference held in a different European country each year. It focuses on gathering users and developers working on and with 4.4BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) based operating systems family and related projects. # ⚓ DragonFly BSD Digest ☛ SEMI-BUG_and_CARP_tomorrow [iophk: 16 May]⠀⇛ SEMIBUG’s having a presentation on CARP tomorrow. It’s being given by Nick Holland who has a long presentation history. It’ll be online through Jitsi, so anyone can see it. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Daniel Lemire ☛ Computing_the_UTF-8_size_of_a_Latin_1 string_quickly_(ARM_NEON_edition)⠀⇛ While most of our software relies on Unicode strings, we often still encounter legacy encodings such as Latin 1. Before we convert Latin 1 strings to Unicode (e.g., UTF-8), we must compute the size of the UTF-8 string. It is fairly easy: all ASCII characters map 1 byte to 1 byte, while other characters (with code point values from 128 to 256) map 1 Latin byte to 2 Unicode bytes (in UTF-8). # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Working_with_Dates_and_Times_Pt_2:_Finding_the_Next Mothers_Day_with_Simplicity⠀⇛ Mother’s Day is a special occasion to honor and appreciate the incredible women in our lives. As programmers, we can use our coding skills to make our lives easier when it comes to important dates like Mother’s Day. In this blog post, we’ll walk through a simple and engaging R code that helps us find the next Mother’s Day. So grab your coding hats, and let’s get started! # ⚓ TecMint ☛ Node.js_Version_Managers_–_Install_and_Run Multiple_Node.js_Versions⠀⇛ Node.js version managers, also known as “environment managers” are tools that enable developers or system administrators to install and manage several Node.js versions on their computers or servers. These managers are useful since different projects may require different versions of Node.js, and manually switching between versions can be difficult. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky ☛ It’s_easier_to_code_review Rust_than_Python⠀⇛ On Monday, I was talking to a friend about programming and I mentioned that I prefer to review Rust code over Python code. He asked why, and I had some rambling answer, but I had to take some time to think about it. It boils down to the fact that I can give a much better review of Rust code, despite having much more exposure to Python. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Whose_Planet_Are_We_On?⠀⇛ What happens when LTAI (Less Than Artificial Intelligence) gives way to AI? o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Once_Again,_‘Free_Speech_Absolutist’_Elon_Musk_Caves To_Authoritarian_Censorial_Bullies⠀⇛ We tend to think of McSweeney’s as a satire magazine, but on this one, it’s dead on: [...] o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] uni New Mexico ☛ Introduction_To_Fourier_Transforms For_Image_Processing⠀⇛ The Fourier Transform ( in this case, the 2D Fourier Transform ) is the series expansion of an image function ( over the 2D space domain ) in terms of “cosine” image (orthonormal) basis functions. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Quillette ☛ The_Cost_of_Dissent⠀⇛ Wherever possible, dissent should proceed from wisdom, which follows dialogue and deliberation. Uninformed dissent inhibits or destroys the very innovation and progress that diversity of opinion is meant to bring about, turning a society into a Tower of Babel, in which atomized individuals spout mutually unintelligible opinions. Such a situation was described by the early modern Italian philosopher of history Giambattista Vico in his masterpiece, New Science: [...] # ⚓ The Drone Girl ☛ Smithsonian_Air_and_Space_Museum_to_host awards_ceremony_for_female_drone_industry_trailblazers⠀⇛ The 2023 Women in Emerging Aviation Technology Awards is not a new program, but it’s gone through quite the evolution. It started as simply a drone- focused awards ceremony but — as drones have morphed to encompass similar tech like air taxis — the awards program also grew to encompass general ’emerging aviation technology.’ o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hackaday_Prize_2023:_A_DIY_Voice-Control Module⠀⇛ If science fiction taught us anything, it’s that voice control was going to be the human-machine interface of the future. [Dennis] has now whipped up a tutorial that lets you add a voice control module to any of your own projects. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ This_$12_CNC_Rotary_Axis_Will_Make_Your_Head Spin⠀⇛ [legolor] brings us a great, cheap rotary axis to add to your small 3 axis CNC mills. How are you going to generate G-Code for this 4th axis? That’s the great part, and the hack, that [legolor] really just swapped the Y axis for the rotation. To finish the workflow and keep things cheap accessible to all there’s a great trick to “unwrap” your 3D model so your CAM software of choice thinks it’s still using a linear Y axis and keeps your existing workflow largely intact. While this requires an extra step in Blender to do the unwrapping, we love the way this hack changes as little of the rest of your process as possible. The Blender script might be useful for many other purposes too. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Modern_CO2_Laser_Reviewed⠀⇛ If you’ve got a laser cutter, it is highly probable that it uses a laser diode. But more expensive machines use a carbon dioxide laser tube along with mirrors. There was a time when these lasers came in two flavors: very expensive and amazing or moderately expensive and cheaply made. However, we are seeing that even the moderately expensive machines are now becoming quite advanced. [Chad] reviews a 55-watt xTool P2. At around $5,000, it is still a little spendy for a home shop, but it does have pretty amazing features. We can only hope some less expensive diode lasers will adopt some of these features. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Free_TV_With_A_Catch:_New_Normal_Or_Inevitable Hardware_Bonanza?⠀⇛ The dystopian corporate dominated future may have taken a step closer, as a startup called Telly promises a free 55 inch 4K TV with a catch — a second screen beneath the main one that displays adverts. The viewers definitely aren’t the customers but the product, and will no doubt have every possible piece of data that can be harvested from them sold to the highest bidder. There’s even a microphone and camera pointed at the viewer, to complete the 1984 experience. In a sense it’s nothing new, as certain TV manufacturers have been trying to slip adverts into the interfaces on their paid-for smart TVs for years. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Paste_Extruder_For_Normal_Printers⠀⇛ In the bright sunshine of a warm spring afternoon at Delft Maker Faire, were a row of 3D printers converted with paste extruders. They were the work of [Nedji Yusufova], and though while were being shown printing with biodegradable pastes made from waste materials, we were also interested in their potential to print using edible media. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-04-26_[Older]_The_Dogs_of_Chernobyl⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Witnessing_the_Resilience_of_Mothers_in Southern_Bangladesh⠀⇛ As we celebrate Mother’s Day, I am inspired by the incredible strength and resilience of mothers worldwide. But as an obstetrician-gynecologist who has treated patients in crisis regions around the world, I am reminded of the countless mothers globally who struggle to keep their children healthy and safe, often in the face of insurmountable obstacles. Through my travels, I have witnessed firsthand the devastating consequences that can result when women do not have access to the basic maternal health services they need. The consequences of inadequate maternal health services are heartbreaking, from preventable complications during pregnancy and childbirth to the devastating loss of a child. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Family_That_Controlled_Liberty_HealthShare Shows_Financial_Strain⠀⇛ In just a handful of years, members of a Canton, Ohio, family built a financial empire that included a boutique airline, a bank in the Missouri Ozarks, a chain of carpet stores, a marijuana farm in Oregon, and more than $20 million in real estate. The “conglomerate,” as the Beers family calls it, was made possible by hundreds of millions of dollars collected from Americans who thought they had found an affordable alternative to medical insurance. Instead, many were saddled with debt. The conglomerate, however, is showing signs of strain as the family downsizes its workforce and sells off some of its holdings. These moves will free up cash, said an attorney who represents several family members, and allow them to pay off a court settlement related to its alleged fraud. Now, another big debt has come their way: Several family members face liens placed against their properties for millions in back taxes. # ⚓ ProtocolKills.com_revisited:_Misinformed_refusal_turned_up to_11⠀⇛ A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about ProtocolKills.com, a website and effort started by a woman named Greta Crawford in order to “inform”—misinform, actually—the public about the supposed dangers of hospital protocols to treat COVID-19 and how hospitals, not COVID-19, had killed so many people and almost killed her, a conclusion that she came to seemingly because everyone in her family caught COVID-19 but she was the only one who was hospitalized with serious illness from it. Basically, a large part of the website includes anecdotes from COVID-19 patients who became severely ill and were hospitalized (or their surviving family members if they didn’t make it), all complaining about how doctors and hospitals wouldn’t treat them or their loved ones with ivermectin or any other unproven/disproven treatment or quackery and how intubation, remdesivir, intubation, and everything else about conventional medicine, not COVID-19, had harmed them or killed their loved ones. Indeed, I had become aware of the website when I saw this poster in a shop window near the barber shop where I had just gotten a haircut (and where I had happened to walk past last week while heading to a restaurant, only to see that the images are still there): # ⚓ The Nation ☛ What_Demon_Copperhead_Gets_Right_About Appalachia⠀⇛ Barbara Kingsolver dedicates her Pulitzer Prize–winning novel Demon Copperhead to survivors of the opioid crisis and foster care. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the book is dedicated to me: I am an Appalachian who was put in foster care thanks to, in part, my father’s opioid addiction. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Daniel Miessler ☛ The_AI_Attack_Surface_Map_v1.0⠀⇛ Once those AI-powered products and services start to appear we’re going to have an entirely new species of vulnerability to deal with. We hope with this resource to bring some clarity to that landscape. # ⚓ The Economist ☛ What_does_a_leaked_Google_memo_reveal_about the_future_of_AI?⠀⇛ They have changed the world by writing software. But techy types are also known for composing lengthy memos in prose, the most famous of which have marked turning points in computing. Think of Bill Gates’s “Internet tidal wave” memo of 1995, which reoriented Microsoft towards the web; or Jeff Bezos’s “API mandate” memo of 2002, which opened up Amazon’s digital infrastructure, paving the way for modern cloud computing. Now techies are abuzz about another memo, this time leaked from within Google, titled “We have no moat”. Its unknown author details the astonishing progress being made in artificial intelligence (AI)—and challenges some long-held assumptions about the balance of power in this fast-moving industry. # ⚓ NBC ☛ Navy_retirees_see_cuts_to_monthly_benefits,_must repay_$7M_after_system_overpayment_error⠀⇛ The Navy Times first reported the error, which resulted in incorrect service time calculations for 1,283 retirees from August 2019 to February. That error created a total debt of about $6.8 million, according to new data obtained by NBC News. The personal debts incurred range from $35 to more than $70,000, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service said Monday. # ⚓ NBC ☛ Navy_doctors_and_dentists_are_told_they_owe_3_more years_of_service_after_military_admits_to_another_record- keeping_error⠀⇛ At least 65 dentists and physicians with the Navy Reserves have had three to four years of service erased from their records after an error was discovered in how their retirement credits had been calculated, the Navy said. Navy Reserve dentists and doctors provide care to members of any branch of service and their family members. Four affected physicians and dentists came forward with their plights, speaking to NBC News on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation, days after the Army acknowledged a similar administrative error affecting hundreds of aviation officers. # ⚓ NBC ☛ Army_aviators,_ready_to_leave_the_military,_are_told they_owe_3_more_years_instead⠀⇛ As part of a program known as BRADSO, cadets commissioning from the U.S. Military Academy or Army Cadet Command from 2008 and 2020 were able to request a branch of their choice, including aviation, by agreeing to serve an additional three years on active duty. For years, the Army allowed some aviation officers to serve those three years concurrently, and not consecutively, along with their roughly contracted seven or eight years of service. In a phone call with reporters Thursday, Army officials admitted “errors” in the system, which they noticed a few months ago, led to the discrepancy. # ⚓ Gannett ☛ Building_curious_machines⠀⇛ “Seafloor mapping can help us understand ocean currents that drive our climate system by moving heat around the planet, help us understand ecosystems, help us find natural resources, help us predict earthquakes and tsunamis, and of course, any time you want to do any kind of engineering on the seafloor, you need a very accurate map,” Mayer said. “But the most exciting thing is that we just don’t know what’s there. You can’t go out and map the seafloor without finding something exciting.” # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ U-M_experts:_We_need_to_emphasize_AI’s societal_impacts_over_technological_advancements⠀⇛ Most importantly, both say we need to be less in awe of the technological advancements and more focused on the societal risks and benefits. This conversation is excerpted from the podcast, Business and Society with Michigan Ross. o § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ # § Openwashing⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ OpenAI_readies_new_open-source_AI model:_report⠀⇛ The company did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for a comment. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-05-04_[Older]_CISA_Releases_One_Industrial Control_Systems_Advisory⠀⇛ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ CISA_adds_new_Linux_vulnerabilities_to catalog,_warns_they’re_being_actively_exploited [Ed: Microsoft_inside_CISA; iophk: note the years on those CVEs]⠀⇛ The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added seven new Linux-related vulnerabilities to its catalog and warned that they’re being actively exploited. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ CISA:_Several_Old_Linux_Vulnerabilities Exploited_in_Attacks [Ed: Those are not new at all; are they having a go at FUD?]⠀⇛ Several old Linux vulnerabilities for which there are no public reports of malicious exploitation have been added to CISA’s KEV catalog. # ⚓ CISA_Warns_Several_Old_Linux_Vulns_Exploited_in_Attacks⠀⇛ The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added seven new Linux vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on Friday based on evidence of active exploitation, some of which have been known for a decade… # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Ireland’s_privacy_regulator_is_a gamekeeper-turned-poacher⠀⇛ That cozy relationship meant that the US tech giants were well-situated to sabotage Ireland’s privacy regulator, who would be the first port of call for Europeans whose privacy had been violated by American firms. For many years, it’s been obvious that the Irish Data Protection Commission was a sleeping watchdog, with infinite tolerance for the companies that pretend to make Ireland their homes. 87% of Irish data protection claims involve just eight giant US companies (that pretend to be Irish). But even among hardened GDPR warriors, the real extent of the Data Protection Commissioner’s uselessness is genuinely shocking. A new report from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties reveals that the DPC isn’t merely tolerant of privacy crimes, they’re gamekeepers turned poachers, active collaborators in privacy abuse: [...] o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Interior_minister_of_self-declared_‘LNR’_Igor Kornet_seriously_injured_in_explosion_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The interior minister of the self-declared Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR), Igor Kornet, was injured in an explosion in Luhansk, reports Russia’s state media TASS and RIA Novosti. # ⚓ Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ Putin_war_criminal_poster_taken down_from_Narva_Castle_walls⠀⇛ Speaking to ERR’s Russian-language news, Maria Smorževskihh-Smirnova, director of the Narva Museum, responsible for the action, said that the plan had been to leave the installation where it was into the start of this week, by which time it would have fulfilled its function. That function was a response to a May 9 concert played on the Russian side of the Narva river, under the eaves of the Ivangorod Castle which was viewable, and audible, from the Estonian side. # ⚓ The Telegraph UK ☛ Million_more_migrants_heading_to_Britain before_next_election,_ministers_warned⠀⇛ The revelation came on top of a record 504,000 in net migration posted last summer with expert forecasts that net migration could rise further to hit a record 700,000 for the year ending December – and potentially even 997,000 when the official figures are published in two weeks’ time. While the warnings from officials are about legal migration, Rishi Sunak has made tackling illegal entry into the UK one of his five priorities # ⚓ Patrick Breyer ☛ Summary_of_Statement_Public_Prosecutor’s Office,_Central_and_Contact_Point_Cybercrime_(ZAC)_on_the public_hearing_of_the_Digital_Affairs_Committee_of_the_German Bundestag_on_“Chat_Control”⠀⇛ The assessment is made primarily from the perspective of prosecutorial and general law enforcement practice. The perspectives of prevention, improved compliance and other effects on societal, political as well as technical aspects are only examined in their respective interaction with law enforcement in view of the expertise available here. The proposal for a regulation also has an impact on the activities of the national law enforcement authorities dealing with the crime of child abuse in the digital space. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Ongoing_Catastrophe:_Israel_Threatens_New Mass_Expulsions_as_Palestinians,_U.N._Mark_75th_Nakba Anniversary⠀⇛ Palestinians across the globe are marking the 75th anniversary of the Nakba (“catastrophe” in Arabic), when some 700,000 Palestinians fled from or were violently expelled from their homes upon Israel’s founding in 1948. The occasion comes as five days of fighting, that killed 33 Palestinians in Gaza and two people in Israel, was brought to a stop this weekend after the Israeli army and the militant group Islamic Jihad agreed to a Egyptian- brokered ceasefire. Today the United Nations is holding its first-ever high-level special meeting to commemorate the Nakba. We host a roundtable discussion with Munir Nuseibah, a human rights lawyer and director of Al-Quds Human Rights Clinic in Jerusalem; Saleh Hijazi, a member of the Palestinian Boycott National Committee; and Peter Beinart, editor-at-large for Jewish Currents. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ 100_Years_of_Palestinian_Popular_Resistance⠀⇛ The 1947–49 Nakba is the consciousness-searing fulcrum of Palestinian history. It signified the consolidation of the Zionist project in Palestine, which resulted in the dispossession of 750,000 to a million Palestinians from their lands, homes, and livelihoods. The term “Nakba” means catastrophe: a world-destroying upheaval. Among the 7 million Palestinian refugees today left waiting in the anteroom of history—and the 7 million more living in their historic homeland under an expanding regime of expropriation and domination—this catastrophe is as much a condition of the present as it is a wound of the past. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Reflections_on_the_75th_Anniversary_of_a_Nakba That_Never_Ended⠀⇛ If you’re driving across the length of our bruised geography, you will at various points encounter rubble. Sometimes it is the rubble of a house in Jerusalem, demolished once, or more than once, in the past few decades. Other times, it is the ruins of a village, depopulated in 1948, now poorly concealed under a forest of pine trees planted by the Jewish National Fund. Sometimes it is the rubble of a bullet-strafed home in the occupied Syrian Golan, which came to its knees during the 1967 invasion. Other times, it is the rubble of a residential building bombed during one of the assaults on the besieged Gaza Strip—in 2008, ’09, ’12, ’14, ’19, or ’21. Or, if you are reading this a few years from now, it may well be the wreckage of Silwan, Masafer Yatta, and the Naqab, towns that are still bustling but threatened. As you breeze through this landscape, you will likely come across towns and refugee camps with posters of our martyrs pinned all over the walls. The dates on some of the posters may be difficult to decipher, but you can guess when they were first plastered by looking at their condition: If they are pristine and vibrant, they’re fresh off the press; if brittle and faded, damaged by rain, dirt, or stray bullets, and peeling off the walls, they might be from some time ago—the Second Intifada or one of the intifadas that came after. Many, likely most, of the faces will be unfamiliar to you, for they have been killed outside the international news cycle—their deaths marked only by fleeting local headlines. If you slow down to read, you might find portraits of a father and a son sharing the same wall, an uncle and a niece, sometimes from the same year, sometimes generations apart. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Shootings⠀⇛ # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Hungary_and_China_can_count_on_each_other to_strengthen_the_voice_of_the_peace_camp_–_Szijjártó_in Beijing⠀⇛ “Hungary and China can count on each other to strengthen the voice of the peace camp, and the two countries will work closely together to achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine as soon as possible and to establish peace talks,” Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in Beijing on Monday. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Czechs_reject_Orbán’s_comparison_of_the unification_of_EU_with_Hitler’s_plans⠀⇛ Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský rejected Viktor Orbán’s comparison of the unification of Europe with Hitler’s plans, pointing out that no one is forcing Hungary to be part of the European community. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_chief_federal_investigator_launches criminal_case_against_security_guards_who_wouldn’t_let_him onto_construction_site_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s Investigative Committee head Alexander Bastrykin has launched a criminal case against the security guards who wouldn’t let him onto a St. Petersburg construction site on May 14. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kremlin_says_to_rely_on_‘official_information’ about_health_of_Alexander_Lukashenko,_who_hasn’t_appeared_in public_since_May_9_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov urged Russians to look to “official reports” for information regarding the health of Alexander Lukashenko. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ France_pledges_additional_military_aid_to_Ukraine after_surprise_talks_—_Meduza⠀⇛ France pledged to send dozens of armored vehicles and light tanks to Ukraine after a surprise three- hour meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Art_conservators_alarmed_by_Putin’s_decision_to transfer_Andrey_Rublev’s_fragile_‘Holy_Trinity’_masterpiece from_Tretyakov_Gallery_to_church_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church has announced that Andrey Rublev’s famous “Holy Trinity” ikon, until now part of the Tretyakov Gallery collection, is church property once again, following Vladimir Putin’s special order. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kremlin_has_reportedly_banned_senior_officials from_resigning_under_threat_of_criminal_prosecution_— Meduza⠀⇛ The Kremlin has threatened to press felony charges against senior Russian officials who resign while the war is going on, according to the independent outlet iStories. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Aeroflot_has_reportedly_ordered_flight_attendants not_to_record_plane_malfunctions_before_consulting_pilot_— Meduza⠀⇛ In March 2022, shortly after Russia was hit with new sanctions in response to its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the country’s largest commercial airline, Aeroflot, reportedly sent out an internal memo instructing senior flight attendants to record technical failures and cabin equipment malfunctions only after consulting the plane’s pilot. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_spends_$22_million_on_radio_network analyzers_to_combat_drone_attacks_in_Rostov_region_and annexed_Crimea_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Main Radio Frequency Center (GRChTs), an entity overseen by Russia’s federal censorship agency, has purchased equipment for determining the source of radio emissions and for spectrum analysis, according to Forbes Russia. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_airline_Azimut_cleared_for_direct_flights from_Russia_to_Georgia_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Georgia’s government has cleared the Russian airline Azimut for direct flights into the country, TASS reports. Charter flights between Moscow and Tbilisi are set to begin on May 17. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_lawmakers_approve_amendment_to_martial_law allowing_elections_and_deportation_of_residents_in_annexed territories_—_Meduza⠀⇛ An amendment to a law on holding elections during martial law won committee approval in Russia’s State Duma, reports Russian state media TASS. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Lukashenko_says_Belarusian_troops_on_high_alert after_‘four_aircraft_shot_down_in_Bryansk_region’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Belarusian troops are on high alert after “four aircraft were shot down in Russia’s Bryansk region,” reported Alexander Lukashenko, in a meeting with the Belarusian military. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_Defense_Ministry_claims_to_have intercepted_Storm_Shadow_missile_—_Meduza⠀⇛ In its daily briefing, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that, within the past 24 hours, the Russian air defense had intercepted a long-range Storm Shadow missile. The agency did not specify where or when exactly the missile had been shot down. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘A_very_grim_portrait’_Political_scientist_Erica Frantz_on_what_Russia’s_future_holds_after_Putin_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Political scientist Erica Frantz, an associate professor at Michigan State University, has been studying authoritarian regimes for more than 15 years and has written multiple books on the topic. She and her coauthors have compiled a database of nearly 300 authoritarian regimes that have existed around the globe since 1946. Using these data, the researchers have analyzed how and why various autocracies have come to an end, how often their leaders have fallen from power after starting wars, and what’s happened to their countries after their deaths. Meduza special correspondent Margarita Lyutova spoke to Frantz about what her research portends for the future of Russia. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Classification_Reform_Bill_Would_Give President,_Security_Agencies_Even_More_Power_To_Maintain Secrets⠀⇛ o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_EU_showed_it’s_possible_to_reduce_carbon emissions_while_posting_economic_growth⠀⇛ The European Union (EU) has announced that its carbon emissions significantly declined in the final fiscal quarter of 2022, even as its gross domestic product (GDP) grew. Emissions fell by 4% year-over-year, while GDP increased by 1.5% during the same period. This is a major milestone for the trading bloc, which has looked to balance economic growth with its aggressive plan to transition to renewable energy sources. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ HRW_says_fossil_fuel_phaseout_and_rights safeguards_are_essential_for_Global_Plastics_Treaty⠀⇛ Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged countries involved in ongoing negotiations for an international anti-plastic pollution treaty to address the role of fossil fuels in plastic production. The organization also cited the need for human rights protections to be included within this Global Plastics Treaty. On November 28, 2022, countries began treaty negotiations based on a United Nations resolution mandating the creation of a legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution by the end of 2024. Senior HRW researcher Katharina Rall stated that “the race to tackle the plastic crisis and prevent a climate catastrophe requires every country to tackle these problems at their common source by urgently phasing out fossil fuels.” HRW also notes that fossil fuel production, the primary contributor to the global climate crisis, is “the ultimate source of plastic pollution.” # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Montana_Is_Paying_a_Climate_Denier_to_Give_Expert Testimony_in_Upcoming_Trial⠀⇛ Montana has hired a climate scientist turned climate contrarian to be an expert witness in an upcoming trial challenging the state’s promotion of fossil fuels. Climatologist Judith Curry has already billed the state around $30,000 for a report filed in the case Held v. State of Montana, according to the deposition she made in December to an attorney for the 16 young Montanans suing the state. Curry also claimed that she charged $400 an hour for her consulting work, although she did not disclose the full amount Montana will pay her for appearing in court.  # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Breaking_The_Silence_On_Climate_Change⠀⇛ It’s the biggest issue of our time. So why are so few of us talking about it? In the UK, 57 percent of us talk about climate with friends and family infrequently, rarely, or never.  # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ SCOTUS_Case_May_Slash_Regulation_of Everything_From_Workers’_Rights_to_Clean_Air⠀⇛ Overruling “Chevron deference” could imperil our health, safety, labor, air, water, food and environmental protections. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Three_new_coal_mines_and_a_coal extension_get_environmental_approval._What’s_the scam?⠀⇛ No coal mine will be left behind! Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek waited until media mayhem of the Federal Budget aftermath last Tuesday to approve three new coal mines and a coal mine extension. What’s the scam? The scam is to do it when nobody is watching, like the aftermath of the Budget when the story will get buried. In a week when Violet Coco and 7 environment activists were on a 48 hour hunger strike calling for “no new coal no new gas”, the Environment Minister quietly approved three new coal mines, a coal mine extension and there is another coal seam gas project up for approval on Friday?  # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Scientists_Have_Now_Linked_Worsening_Western Wildfires_to_Top_Polluters⠀⇛ New research for the first time links wildfire risks and impacts in western North America to carbon emissions traceable to the world’s largest fossil fuel and cement companies. The analysis has important implications for corporate climate accountability and may help bolster litigation aimed at holding fossil fuel producers liable for climate-related damages, the researchers say. According to the study led by researchers at the Union of Concerned Scientists, more than a third of the total area burned by forest fires in the western United States and southwestern Canada since 1986 is attributable to the “Carbon Majors” — a term representing the 88 largest fossil fuel and cement companies that collectively have contributed a majority of the carbon emissions warming the planet. # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ Human_Activities_Have_Drastically Reduced_Habitat_for_Asian_Elephants⠀⇛ o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Mass_layoffs_continue_following_growth_during_pandemic⠀⇛ Jenny Craig Inc., Gap Inc., Microsoft Corp. and LinkedIn Corp. are among the new additions to the growing list of companies cutting the size of their workforce. The layoffs come after businesses increased their hirings during the COVID-19 pandemic, when sectors such as retail generated more revenue as a result of increased spending from people working remotely. Additionally, economic uncertainty, especially with the declaration of a recession looming, is also a concern within corporations. The unemployment rate was 3.4% in April while productivity fell by 2.7%, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. # ⚓ The_world’s_largest_professional_network_is_laying_off workers⠀⇛ LinkedIn, the professional network that’s become a popular platform for workers to share news of their layoffs, recently announced some layoff news of its own. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Tech_companies_cut_jobs_to_chase_growth, but_watch_out_for_those_shareholder_returns⠀⇛ Publicly listed technology companies under pressure to make deep job cuts can underestimate the often negative impacts redundancies may cause, both financially and culturally, as well as the harm to shareholder returns. According to data tracking service Layoffs.fyi, some 675 technology businesses have so far waved bye-bye to 193,950 employees in the year to date, compared to 164,591 chopped by 1,056 companies in 2022. # ⚓ The Stack ☛ A_technology_downturn_and_mass_layoffs_are having_competing_effects_on_FOSS⠀⇛ Over the past year, the technology sector has faced mass layoffs and redundancies worldwide. During 2022, there were more than 15 million layoffs in the US alone. According to data gathered on Layoffs.fyi on the technology sector, there have been more than 186,000 roles cut across 637 companies so far in 2023. # ⚓ Microsoft’s_cost-cutting_measures:_More_jobs_on_the_line, no_raise_for_staff⠀⇛ Microsoft has started laying off 158 employees at its headquarters in Redmond. The layoffs commenced on May 5th and were documented in a recent filing with the state Employment Security Department (ESD). # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Joe_Biden,_Culture_Warrior⠀⇛ Joe Biden is a reluctant culture warrior. For the first half of his presidency, Biden’s theory of politics was based on the idea that Democrats could best rebuild from their losses of the last decade by winning back white working-class voters. This required focusing on bread-and-butter issues while treating culture war topics as distractions. Before the Dobbs decision last June elevated reproductive freedom to a dominant election issue, Biden was notoriously reluctant to even say the word “abortion.” Writing in The Atlantic in March, Ronald Brownstein observed that at the start of his term Biden was “betting that the non-college- educated workers, especially those who are white, who constitute the principal audience for the Republican cultural offensive will prove less receptive to those divisive messages if they feel more economically secure.” # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ 5_Lives_Upended_After_Dealing_With_“We_Buy Ugly_Houses”⠀⇛ HomeVestors of America, the company behind the “We Buy Ugly Houses” ads, says it’s in the business of helping people. Sometimes, the quick cash its franchises provide in exchange for a property at vastly below market value does help the owner. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Quest_To_Replace_Chinese_Gear_In_U.S._Telecom Networks_Is_A_Hot,_Under-funded_Mess⠀⇛ As the U.S. has tried to untether itself from Chinese tech, one major policy goal by both parties has been to purge U.S. telecom networks of Chinese telecom gear. The worry (sometimes substantiated, sometimes not) is that Chinese intelligence has embedded all manner of nefarious backdoors in sensitive telecommunications gear (you’re to ignore that the U.S. also routinely does this). # ⚓ The Nation ☛ With_Lula_in_Charge,_What’s_Next_for_the Brazilian_Left?⠀⇛ Brazil is the largest nation with the largest economy in Latin America. It has gone through a tumultuous transition over the past decade: from a left-leaning government to one that was right-wing and authoritarian and now back to a Workers’ Party–led coalition government under President Luis Inacio Lula de Silva. Transcribed by Jana Silverman. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-04-17_[Older]_Clarence_Thomas_Proves It’s_Time_for_Supreme_Court_Term_Limits⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Erdoğan’s_Hold_on_Power_in_Question_as Votes_Counted_in_Turkey⠀⇛ Whether Turkey’s authoritarian president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, maintains power remains an open question as officials continue to count votes following Sunday’s presidential and parliamentary elections. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Turkey_Presidential_Election_Heads_to Runoff_as_Erdoğan_Faces_Toughest_Challenge_of_2-Decade_Rule⠀⇛ Turkey’s closely watched presidential election is headed to a May 28 runoff, as both incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his main rival fell short of the 50% needed to win outright in Sunday’s vote. Erdoğan is facing his toughest challenge since coming to power 20 years ago, as opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu leads a broad coalition in a bid to unseat him amid criticism for his administration’s economic policies, weakening Turkey’s democracy and poor response to the deadly February earthquakes. Kılıçdaroğlu has vowed closer ties with NATO and the EU and to reinforce democratic institutions. We get an update from Istanbul with Turkish historian Kaya Genç, who says Erdoğan’s political survival was a “stunning comeback” that contradicted polls predicting a comfortable first-round victory for Kılıçdaroğlu. “This was a total shock for the Turkish establishment,” he says. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Special_Counsel_Reveals_2016_Trump-Russia_FBI Investigative_Failure⠀⇛ A four-year investigation conducted by U.S. Special Counsel John Durham has concluded that the FBI lacked “actual evidence” to investigate Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and relied too heavily on unproven claims in the Steele Dossier provided by Trump’s political opponents. Here is an excerpt from the report detailing the FBI’s “confirmation bias:” “Throughout the […] # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Mothers_on_Six_Continents_Demand_Action_to Protect_Children_From_Climate_Crisis⠀⇛ From Australia to Zimbabwe, mothers on Saturday peacefully occupied public spaces and called for urgent societal transformation to avert the worst impacts of the fossil fuel-driven climate emergency. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ In_Honor_of_Mother’s_Day,_Let_Us_Organize⠀⇛ To be a good mom, you have to be a great organizer. Whether it’s fair or not, in most families, moms organize just about everything—transportation to school and sporting events, shopping, meals, medical appointments, and much more. That’s why we’re the best hope for Americans who are concerned about climate change. We’re already skilled organizers. Many of us are already successfully applying our organizing skills to the climate crisis. If we want to have a planet that is safe for our kids, more of us need to do so. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Beyond_Cards_and_Phone_Calls:_Deepening Mother’s_Day⠀⇛ The 19th century origins of Mother’s Day differ vastly in spirit and purpose from celebrations of it in the 20th and 21st centuries. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Türkiye_users’_access_to_Twitter_restricted_ahead of_presidential_election⠀⇛ Twitter has not made publicly available which information has been affected by this restriction on access. This is the second time this year that the use of Twitter has been limited for users based in Türkiye. In February, the government briefly blocked access to Twitter and other social media platforms in the wake of a devastating earthquake which killed almost 50,000 people. # ⚓ The Washington Post ☛ Twitter_says_it_will_restrict_access to_some_tweets_before_Turkey’s_election⠀⇛ The decision once again puts Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s controversial free speech policies into the spotlight. This time, critics say, he is ceding to demands from Turkey’s right-wing leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Much of Turkey’s media is under government control, and critics accuse Erdogan of cracking down on social media companies to stifle opposition voices as he tries to stay in power. # ⚓ Joinup ☛ Better_legislation_for_smoother_implementation⠀⇛ This session explored six elements of the Interoperable Europe Act proposal that are of particular interest to our community. These are: [...] # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Inside_a_Teamster_Rebellion:_This_Is_What Union_Democracy_Looks_Like⠀⇛ In the early morning of April 12, members of International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 90 rallied in the parking lot of the United Parcel Service distribution hub in Des Moines, Iowa, to prepare for what could be the largest strike against a single company in US history later this summer. The sun was shining as the union distributed “hot dogs for breakfast” to a crowd that started small but quickly ballooned to over 100, workers said. People were standing on trucks giving speeches to their coworkers. “We had workers talking about working six days a week, talking about getting written up for calling in sick,” said Tanner Fischer, the 26-year-old president of the local, who has been working for UPS since he was 18. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Introducing_the_2023_Puffin_Student_Writing Fellows⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Henry_Kissinger,_War_Criminal—Still_at_Large at_100⠀⇛ Henry Kissinger should have gone down with the rest of them: Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell, Dean, and Nixon. His fingerprints were all over Watergate. Yet he survived—largely by playing the press.1 # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Kissinger’s_Bloody_Paper_Trail_in_Chile⠀⇛ As Henry Kissinger reaches 100 years of age on May 27, Chileans are preparing to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bloody military coup that the former US national security adviser helped orchestrate in September 1973. Kissinger’s controversial career is littered with scandals and crimes against humanity: support for mass murderers and torturers abroad, domestic wiretapping, clandestine wars in Indochina, and, as Greg Grandin reminds us, secretly sabotaging the quest for peace in Vietnam. But his pivotal role in the covert US efforts to undermine democracy in Chile, aiding and abetting the rise of the infamous dictator Augusto Pinochet, will always be the Achilles’ heel of Kissinger’s much-ballyhooed legacy. 1 The declassified historical record leaves no doubt that Kissinger was the chief architect of US efforts to destabilize the democratically elected government of Socialist Party leader Salvador Allende. Once Allende was overthrown, Kissinger became the leading enabler of Pinochet’s repressive new regime. “I think we should understand our policy—that however unpleasant they act, this government is better for us than Allende was,” he told his deputies as they reported to him on the human rights atrocities in the weeks following the coup. At a private June 1976 meeting with Pinochet in Santiago, Secretary of State Kissinger offered platitudes rather than pressure: “My evaluation is that you are a victim of all left-wing groups around the world,” he told Pinochet, “and that your greatest sin was that you overthrew a government which was going communist.” 2 # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Polish_Ambassador_and_Hungary’s_Chief_of General_Staff_settle_dispute⠀⇛ Gábor Böröndi, Hungarian Chief of General Staff, and Polish Ambassador Sebastian Kęciek met after Kęciek expressed his indignation at Böröndi’s words in an open letter. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Marianne_Williamson:_From_Third_Way_to_Third Eye⠀⇛ The right seeks to win converts, an old political adage has it, and the left punishes heretics. Best- selling spiritual author Marianne Williamson scrambles this distinction in more ways than one. Williamson is something of an adept at conversion—having landed the imprimatur of name- brand lifestyle brokers such as Oprah Winfrey behind her justice-minded vision of ecumenical New Age faith. Last week, as Williamson set out to address a packed house at the downtown Washington franchise of Busboys and Poets, a chain of progressive minded bookstore-eateries in metro D.C., it wasn’t quite clear what sort of call to redemption was in the offing. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Chinese_authorities_arrest_ChatGPT_user for_generating_fake_news⠀⇛ The suspect, identified only by his surname Hong, is accused of using OpenAI’s chatbot to generate news articles describing a fatal train crash that officials say was “false information,” according to a police statement reported by South China Morning Post. After discovering the article on April 25th, authorities found multiple versions of the same story with different accident locations had been simultaneously posted to 20 additional accounts on Baidu-owned blogging platform Baijiahao. # ⚓ SCMP ☛ ChatGPT:_China_detains_man_for_allegedly generating_fake_train_crash_news,_first_known_time person_held_over_use_of_AI_bot⠀⇛ Chinese regulations that took effect in January require videos and photos made using deep synthesis tech to be clearly labelled to prevent public confusion o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ EU_Commission_Asks_EU_Council_Lawyers_If Compelled_Client-Side_Scanning_Is_Legal,_Gets_Told_It_Isn’t⠀⇛ Lots of ideas have been floated by legislators and others in hopes of limiting the distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Very few of these ideas have been good. Most have assumed that the problem is so horrendous any efforts are justified. The problem here is that governments need to actually justify mandated mass privacy invasions, which is something that they almost always can’t do. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Colorado_Law_Will_Require_Homes_to_Be_More Wildfire_Resistant⠀⇛ Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed into law Friday a bill that mandates a statewide wildfire-resistant building code, a step that scientists say will help protect residents and first responders as climate change intensifies blazes. The bill creates a 21-member board charged with developing standards for new and substantially remodeled homes in high-risk areas, including rules for using fire-resistant construction materials and clearing vegetation around residences. The board — which will include building industry representatives; urban and rural residents and government officials; an architect; fire officials; and insurers, among others — must be appointed by Sept. 30 and adopt a minimum building code by July 1, 2025. The law requires the code to be reviewed every three years. # ⚓ Stage Media Company Limited ☛ Rushdie_awarded_Freedom_to Publish_award_at_Nibbies⠀⇛ Supported by the anti-censorship organisation Index on Censorship, the award was presented to Rushdie by author Monica Ali at the British Book Awards held at Grosvenor House on Monday evening (15th May). In a video acceptance, Rushdie said: “We live in a moment, I think, at which freedom of expression, freedom to publish has not in my lifetime been under such threat in the countries of the West. “Obviously, there are parts of the world where censorship has been prevalent for a long-time, quite a lot of the world – Russia, China, in some ways India as well. But in the countries of the West, until recently, there was a fair measure of freedom in the area of publishing. Now I am sitting here in the US, I have to look at the extraordinary attack on libraries, and books for children in schools. The attack on the idea of libraries themselves. It is quite remarkably alarming, and we need to be very aware of it, and to fight against it very hard.” # ⚓ Slate ☛ Elon_Musk_Didn’t_Just_Do_Turkey’s_Bidding. Censoring_for_Strongmen_Is_Now_a_Pattern.⠀⇛ But the timing upped the stakes here. The restrictions occurred on the eve of a highly anticipated national election, one in which incumbent Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erodgan faced his strongest presidential challenge in two decades. Even more on the nose, Erdogan’s newfound electoral weakness this cycle stemmed in no small part from his disastrous response to the crippling February earthquakes that leveled much of Syria and Turkey while killing more than 50,000 Turks; in the immediate aftermath, one of Erdogan’s first responses was to entirely restrict Turkish citizens’ Twitter access, as the platform was inundated with criticism of the president that one would never find on Turkey’s state-sanctioned media. # ⚓ Business Insider ☛ ‘Free_speech_opportunist’_Elon_Musk caved_to_government_pressure_to_censor_tweets_ahead_of_the Turkish_election._Critics_argue_SpaceX_dealings_with_the country’s_right-wing_leader_may_have_caused_the_reversal.⠀⇛ Elon Musk’s reputation as a free speech absolutist took another hit on Saturday after Twitter sided with the Turkish government and censored the accounts of political opponents ahead of a contentious election. In an announcement posted Friday evening, at approximately 6 a.m. in the country, Twitter’s official Global Government Affairs account declared the platform would “restrict access to some content in Turkey” in response to legal requests made of the social media site. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘I’m_not_a_numerologist,_but…’_Bishop_Tikhon Shevkunov,_reputed_to_be_Putin’s_personal_confessor,_presents a_confused_jumble_of_geopolitical_ideas_—_Meduza⠀⇛ In a new interview with the Russian journalist Ksenia Sobchak, Orthodox Christian bishop Tikhon Shevkunov (reputed to be Vladimir Putin’s personal confessor and “spiritual guide”) shared a series of dubious and ill-founded opinions about Russia’s special place in the world, the West’s imminent clash with China, Ukraine’s doomed statehood, and other ideas barely compatible with rationality and informed governance. Paying tribute to Ksenia Sobchak’s father, the former St. Petersburg mayor Anatoly Sobchak, Shevkunov invoked Anatoly Sobchak’s prejudices against Ukraine, voiced back in 1994. Meduza has condensed Shevkunov’s remarks, keeping them in the first person and staying close to his tone and rhetoric. Here’s our summary of the opinions shared by the man entrusted with Vladimir Putin’s spiritual well-being. # ⚓ CNBC ☛ Vice_Media_files_for_bankruptcy_to_enable_sale_to lenders_including_Soros_and_Fortress⠀⇛ A consortium of Vice’s lenders which includes Fortress Investment, Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital is looking to acquire the company following the filing. # ⚓ NPR ☛ Vice_Media,_once_worth_$5.7_billion,_files_for bankruptcy⠀⇛ A group of Vice lenders is set to purchase the embattled company’s assets for $225 million and take on significant liabilities, listed at $500 million to $1 billion, according to the filing in a New York federal court. That group, which includes Fortress Investment Group and Soros Fund Management, lent it $20 million to keep it afloat during the sale process, during which other lenders can make higher bids. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ “Hi_Babe”_Case:_Commbank_boss_Matt Comyn_revealed_in_payments_to_ASIC_star_witness⠀⇛ Commbank CEO Matt Comyn and two high-profile journalists have been dragged into ASIC’s case against bank victim advocate Geoff Shannon – along with NAB. Lisa-Jane Roberts reports startling revelations from a Southport court about dealings between big banks, the corporate regulators and the media. The case of Crown v Shannon resumed yesterday after a 6-month adjournment was ordered to give the defence time to sift through approximately 16,000 documents that the corporate regulator ASIC, the complainant, had failed to disclose when the trial began last November.  o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-04-27_[Older]_Stop_Hiring_and_Re- Hiring_Terrible_Officers⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Beware:_Ron_DeSantis’_Attack_on_Voting Rights_Won’t_Stay_in_Florida⠀⇛ In an increasingly unsafe and, frankly, unhinged America, one of the things that keeps me up at night is the question of whether Governor Ron DeSantis’s far-right Florida will ultimately serve as a model for a national Republican Party in charge of the entire federal government. (Legislative and executive branches aside, of course no political party is technically supposed to control the ostensibly nonpartisan judicial branch. But we all know how that’s going.) # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Title_42_Was_Inhumane_and_Illegal._So_Are Biden’s_New_Border_Policies.⠀⇛ Biden’s decision to utilize and repackage rather than reject Trump’s amped-up deportation apparatus is no surprise. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Colorado’s_Top_Court_Seems_Reluctant_To_Give Judicial_Blessing_To_‘Reverse’_Keyword_Search_Warrants⠀⇛ Having figured out the internet is a great place to find things, cops are increasingly relying on warrants that target tech companies in hopes of finding suspects, rather than finding suspects first and working forward from there. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Court_Suppresses_Breathalyzer_Results_In_27,000 DUI_Cases_After_Years_Of_Being_Jerked_Around_By_The_State Crime_Lab⠀⇛ For more than a decade, the Massachusetts State Police crime lab hid information from judges, prosecutors, and criminal defendants. This is nothing unusual for this state and its crime labs. The words “Massachusetts,” “crime lab,” and “scandal” have gone hand-in-hand for years. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ One_Big_Union⠀⇛ In Butte, Mont., masked men woke up radical labor organizer Frank Little, dragged him from their car, and then hanged his lifeless body from a railroad bridge. In Bisbee, Ariz., the county sheriff organized a gun-wielding posse that packed more than 1,000 striking miners into boxcars and sent them nearly 200 miles into the New Mexico desert without food or water. In the state of Washington, a local jury convicted several working men of murder after they defended their union hall from an armed raid by American Legionnaires, four of whom were killed in the fracas. In Chicago, a federal court found all 101 national leaders of that same union guilty of conspiring to violate the Espionage Act, passed to criminalize opposition to World War I. The trial judge sentenced most of them to lengthy terms in prison, where abuse against anti- war dissenters was common.1 # ⚓ EFF ☛ Podcast_Episode:_People_With_Disabilities_Are_The Original_Hackers⠀⇛ # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ President_Novák_talks_with_protesting students_and_teachers_face_to_face⠀⇛ The protesters invited President Novák to the demonstration planned for 19 May and asked her not to sign the status law, but the President said she could not promise that. After about ten minutes of debate, Novák went to the Presidential Palace, and the queuing teachers and students eventually went inside as well . There, they displayed a banner on the terrace of the palace quoting a blog post written by Katalin Novák in 2010, when she and her family were living in Germany because of her husband’s job: # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Sharp_increase_observed_in_number_of foreign_workers_in_Hungary⠀⇛ By 2030, the Hungarian government intends to increase the number of those employed by half a million, and although it plans to do this mainly from domestic sources, statistics show that companies are increasingly relying on guest workers borrowed from abroad instead of Hungarian labourers, Népszava reports. # ⚓ EFF ☛ Digital_Rights_Updates_with_EFFector_35.6⠀⇛ o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Broadband Breakfast ☛ Learn_How_to_Speak_About_Broadband, Say_State_Directors_and_Advocates_at_Connect_(X)⠀⇛ Knowing how to speak about broadband with communities that we work in is an essential piece of the puzzle that can serve to complicate the process if not handled well, said Scott Woods, vice president of community engagement and strategic partnership at Ready.net. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ Computer World ☛ EU_Commission_OKs_Microsoft’s_$69B acquisition_of_Activision_Blizzard⠀⇛ While the Commission said it was reassured that the commitments offered by Microsoft “fully address the competition concerns identified by the Commission,” the approval is conditional on full compliance with the commitments. An independent trustee under supervision of the Commission will be in charge of monitoring their implementation. [...] To remedy this, Microsoft has offered comprehensive licensing commitments over a 10-year duration that would require the company to license popular Activision Blizzard games automatically to competing cloud gaming services. # ⚓ Vox ☛ Microsoft’s_big_video_game_merger_just_got_an_extra life⠀⇛ The decision shows that, though the three countries or regions have expressed similar views about the need to rein in Big Tech’s power, they aren’t in lockstep. Microsoft may have a green light to close the deal in the EU, but it can’t actually do it without getting the same from the UK and the US. The matter is currently winding its way through the court system in the US and the UK’s decision is being appealed. While Microsoft and Activision Blizzard are both major players in the gaming industry and shouldn’t have much trouble carrying on separately, not being able to merge does hurt their ambitions to get even bigger. When the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) rejected the Microsoft acquisition, it was because it believed it would make Microsoft too powerful in the nascent cloud gaming market, as Microsoft has the Xbox Cloud Gaming and PC Game Pass offerings, as well as the Azure cloud computing platform. The CMA cited fears that Microsoft would have to increase the price of its Game Pass subscriptions to account for the tens of billions of dollars it spent to acquire Activision, that it would make Activision’s titles exclusive to its own services, and that the games were not open to computers that didn’t have Windows operating systems. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ What’s_next_for_the_Microsoft-Activision_deal after_receiving_EU_approval?⠀⇛ Specifically, the regulators require Microsoft to automatically grant a license for Activision Blizzard games to any competing cloud-based gaming service, effectively giving consumers the right to stream any game they had already purchased on any device and using any type of operating system. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ European_Commission_approves_Microsoft acquisition_of_Activision_Blizzard⠀⇛ Despite opposition from the UK CMA, and the ongoing legal battle in the USA, the acquisition of Activision Blizzard takes a step forward as the European Commission has approved it now. # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Excl:_Counsel_hopeful_of_EPO_quality_deal_despite latest_stalemate⠀⇛ The EPO met again with in-house counsel who are concerned that patent quality standards are slipping in favour of speedy grants # ⚓ Biglaw_Associates_Are_Growing_Increasingly_Worried About_Layoffs⠀⇛ You always wake up feeling ‘I could be could be next.’ It’s not at the kind of panic level right now, but a slow broil, where you feel, especially if you’re having a less busy work day, ‘what if we’re next,’ and ‘what if this quietness means that I’m useless and not contributing enough to the firm and I’m actually just dead weight that the firm needs to get rid of.’ That kind of thinking works its way into your bones.” # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Small_Cafe_Changes_Its_Name_Due_To_Having Spanish_Word_For_‘Coffee’_In_Its_Name⠀⇛ There are lots of reasons why trademark disputes get really stupid, really fast. The mother of all those reasons is, of course, the USPTO’s inability to cast a critical eye towards the applications its receives. Far too many trademarks are granted for words and terms that are not unique source-identifiers of goods and services. But one other, and I think related, common cause of stupid trademark disputes is when foreign languages get involved. What is an obviously generic or descriptive term in English suddenly confuses the examiners as the Trademark Office the moment those words are in another language. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Lcamtuf ☛ Large_language_models_and_plagiarism⠀⇛ My goal here isn’t to downplay the utility of LLMs; I think they are powerful tools that will reshape the way we interact with computers and perform a variety of tasks. But I think we don’t grasp the vastness of the internet and don’t realize how often LLMs can rely on simply copying other people’s work, with some made-up padding and style transfer tricks thrown in here and there. As a content creator, I’m not excited about this. I opted my website out from ChatGPT, which is why the chatbot can’t tell you much about vintage propaganda comics or about casting polyurethane resins into CNC-machined molds. But Google doesn’t extend the same courtesy to me: if I want to stay on the open [Internet], I gotta “consent” to Bard. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Copyright_Abuses_Preview_A_World_Without Section_230⠀⇛ Recently artist and actor David Choe made headlines by citing alleged copyright violations to scrub the internet — including journalists’ social media accounts — of clips from a 2014 podcast where he seemingly admitted raping a masseuse. He later claimed that he made up the story for shock value and said it should be taken as performance art. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Major_YouTube_Copyright_Lawsuit_Nears Trial_With_Almost_Everything_On_the_Line⠀⇛ Maria Schneider’s lawsuit against YouTube alleges several types of mass copyright infringement and repeat infringer failures. The trial begins next month, with proposed jury instructions already running to 243 pages. YouTube believes it will win, but the stakes are rarely this high. In addition to damages, the plaintiffs want YouTube to disclose details of files that remain on the site after identical copies were removed due to DMCA notices. And that’s not all. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Copyright_Alliance_Backs_RIAA_in_Key YouTube_Ripper_Lawsuit⠀⇛ The Copyright Alliance has filed an amicus curiae brief backing the RIAA in its legal battle with stream-ripping site Yout.com. The non-profit group, which represents rightsholders in key legal and policy issues, claims that numerous business models will be devastated if YouTube ripping is declared legal. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Going_In_Circles⠀⇛ This might be the start of a company logo from the 1980s or so? (A totally unscientific skim of BYTE magazine vol. 8, no. 8 shows various instances of horizontal lines in e.g. the IBM logo, BASF floppy drive artwork, and a few other places.) =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2890 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.16.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_16/05/2023:_Centralisation_Concerns_and_New_smolZINE⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:36 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Politics o Technical # Internet/Gemini * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_HIYORSL_Wordo:_BOOKY⠀⇛ # ⚓ Poem_Instead_of_a_Post⠀⇛ Years ago my mother told me that she still felt the same as she did when she was younger, but when she looked in the mirror she didn’t recognize the woman looking back at her. I’m feeling some of that these days: aging well (I tell myself), but still aging, wondering how I can in some respects feel so close to who I’ve been throughout my life, but also feel so far away from it. # ⚓ Lantashi’s_Dance_–_Huyrlikan⠀⇛ I am continuing my writing adventure. I have a secret project that only my close friends and family know about, that I hope to publish this year or next. I’ve made really good progress on that. But I am also continuing with my light-hearted stories, such as the one about me, Lantashi (the Dungens & Dragons character who also happens to post on Gemini!). I hope to keep publishing those here, on Lantashi’s Capsule. # ⚓ Ruminations_on_self⠀⇛ It’s really hard being perpetually watched by someone that’ll guilt you when they think you’re fucking up with respect to their interests in your doing things for them. Oh, the madness of performing for self-interested audience! # ⚓ Bulldogs_Can’t_Swim⠀⇛ Years ago I had a giant Argentinian bulldog. I would never own a bulldog, and the idea of ‘owning’ animals generally irks me, but that’s what happened. Our neihgbor kept putting a bulldog puppy into our kid’s arms, and after a while everyone wanted to keep it. And so we wound up with a bulldog. We also had another dog, a fast mutt obviously built for racing, and the bulldog grew up alongside, thinking she had to run fast. And she did — she didn’t have much stamina, but she could sprint! She was a bowling ball, knocking everything and everyone who stood in her way, to the delight of children. # ⚓ Christina’s_5_questions⠀⇛ We spend almost a third of our lives comatose, hallucinating, mostly amnestic, automatically washing our brains, doing routine maintenance with elevated core temperature. You can wake us. If we go too long without sleep we get paranoid, hallucinate, forget stuff, get sick, intentionally kill ourselves, or accidentally crash our means of conveyance. # ⚓ Football_Club_Barcelona_wins_La_Liga_2023⠀⇛ And just like that, with a few games to spare, FCB won their 27th La Liga Title. Crazy! It was a really good domestic season for them and one that was hard thought. Xavi has been at the club for 1.5 Seasons and has improved the team’s defense dramatically. FCB has always been a club with a style that is more focused on attacking, rather than defending. However, after Neymar and Suarez left the club, the attack has been lackluster, and I guess one way to help with attacking is to make sure you don’t let any goals through. Idealistically, the club are not playing “Barcelona Football” anymore, Tiki Taka is gone, teams know how to defend against it. This is the difficult part for Xavi; trying to maintain that Barcelona style, but yet still winning all the trophies. # ⚓ Hey_bartender,_a_water_please._Cold.⠀⇛ I want to be the guy that made it by doing what he loves. IT is burning me out. I don’t want to stare at a computer all day long. But nothing else pays so well right now. And with my family it is hard to ‘jump into’ something else. # ⚓ Mary_Magdalene⠀⇛ Here’s a short story for you all. I did post it when I first arrived here at The Midnight Pub a couple of weeks ago, but I deleted it, because I got the feeling that some of you didn’t get it, misunderstood it, or even got offended by it. That wasn’t my intention, it’s just a story, a beautiful one in my (perhaps a bit screwed up) mind, not because of how it’s written (I wouldn’t dare have such an inflated opinion of myself), but because of what it’s all about. It’s my take on the story of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. A struggling carpenter’s son who found his true calling in life, a rich and well-situated man’s daughter who didn’t wanna get married to someone twice her age, someone she didn’t really know, didn’t love. A holy epitaph of sorts, a love story and an hommage to Harry Dean Stanton, the actor, singer and renaissance man, who I really admired for his candor, his singing and his straight-forward acting. I wrote the story a few weeks after his death in September 2017. I’ve put some autobiographical elements in it, but mainly, it’s just a made-up fairy tale to be amused by, or, of course, to be fucking outraged by, if that’s the reader’s inclination. It is what it is. A bit harsh, explicitly outspoken (x-rated), here and there, I know, but with this said, I truly believe that you beautiful people can see through all that and find your way into the heart of Mary – the character, the symbol, the woman who did what she needed to do to be able to follow her heart – to believe in herself, in the man she loved (platonically or otherwise), in something greater than herself, in truth, in forgiveness, in compassion, in humanity! o § Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ The_owner_class⠀⇛ I sometimes mention the owner class on here and I just wanna be super specific that it’s not a specific smokey-room secret society group of people, nor a specific ethnicity. [...] This means that 13% of the people have 87% of the stuff. (Pareto wasn’t too far off.) And then among the 87% remaining people, it’s once again true that 13% of the people have 87% of the stuff, and so on—the owner class is you and me, at one point, compared to the global poor. # ⚓ Brownshirts_vs_climate⠀⇛ The throughline of fascism that’s been most resilient through modern day is the idea of class struggle being replaced by “workers should comply with owners against a common enemy”, and then that enemy is pretty replacable with the scare of the day. Pit-in-the-stomach feeling reading the news today as the brownshirts in Sweden are gearing up to delay climate solutions even harder, through outright denial. This is a horror show since the other parties are already bad and insufficient at climate stuff. We definitiviely can’t afford to add a big old stinking Overton magnet in the opposite direction. # ⚓ How_the_failures_of_psychiatrists_contribute_to_people self-diagnosing_with_adhd⠀⇛ Over the years i’ve heard and read many negative experiences of psychiatrists. Most of the people relating these experiences are women and/or afab; most of the psychiatrists involved are cis men. Common themes are arrogance, condescension and dismissiveness – not particularly surprising, given the presence of not only gender dynamics, but also things like class privilege on the part of the psychiatrists involved. The stories range from “that wasn’t so great” through to “I was actively psychologically damaged or traumatised”. Although, in theory, one can lodge complaints about these things with various professional and government bodies, it’s unlikely to be a trivial process in practice. In fact, it’s likely to require a substantial amount of resources, both psychological and financial – and many clients of psychiatrists simply don’t have these resources. Worse, there can even be limitations on sharing information via informal channels: here in Australia, private Facebook groups can be held liable for defamation if people in that private group say “I had this negative experience with this particular psychiatrist” # ⚓ Autism,_the_mental_health_professions,_gaslighting,_and trauma⠀⇛ i recently mentioned that the mental health professions have gaslit and traumatised us autistics. Someone quite reasonably asked “In what way?” My reply got long, so i’ve decided to instead put it up as a post. tl;dr: If you’re at all concerned about the mental health professions’ historical and current attitudes towards us queers, you should definitely be concerned about their historical and current attitudes towards autistics. # ⚓ Populism⠀⇛ It’s weird how the shift from workers vs owners to pluralists vs populists has been presented as this new phenomenon by commentators like Norris and Inglehart, the latter arguing that it’s because of how the new generation has new values. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ “the_only_way_to_win,_is_not_to_play”⠀⇛ I haven’t. I have nothing against AI, but I will not be delving into it with reckless abandon (or at all) like I did w/ the WWW in the mid-90s. A lot of headache (for me, my life) could have been head off if I had not gone down The Rabbithole. The Web is great. It’s also so elementary in “concept” (or was, now it’s a reality) that it’s hard to imagine civilization became so enamored with it. A server talks to another server. The messages can be, and are, fast. Fairly quicker than the postal service, and back and forth continuously should one choose. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Self_Referential_Post⠀⇛ It refers to itself in three different ways: First it describes itself in sufficient detail that a casual observer could identify whether any post is equivalent to my post; although of course they could not be certain that it’s the same instance or even whether it’s identical to my post. # ⚓ Are_we_rebuilding_the_centralized_web,_minus tracking?⠀⇛ It has been some time since my last gemlog entry (or blog post for that matter)… Mainly because real life and work has been crazier than usual… I’ve managed to stay more or less up to date with content I wanted to read, but not with my writings… But when free time is more limited than usual, priorities and choices must be made ^^. /!\: This post contains what I believe will be a *very* unpopular opinion about bubble and how gemini is getting more centralized and dependant on a small number of users / services, if you disagree and might get angry, ignoring this post may be the best :). I don’t expect response to this post, so don’t force yourself either. /!\ # ⚓ Bubble_and_Geminispace.org_–_Worry_About Centralization⠀⇛ If I were to choose a core mission for the project, it would be to enhance social interactions inside the Gemini community. I think something fundamental was lost after the Gemini mailing list shut down. While aggregated gemlogs are a sort of a communication medium, the level of friction is very high and there are quite high technical barriers to participation. (The Usenet group is good to have around, but let’s face it: in the year 2023, Usenet is a relic.) I would be very happy if Bubble and, for now, Geminispace.org, can bring a sense of cohesion and connectedness to the community in a way that is “native” to the Gemini protocol. # ⚓ Re:_Bubble_and_Geminispace.org_–_Worry_About Centralization⠀⇛ I do kinda agree with @bacardi55 that centralization is dangerous because it decreases resilience, even when the central power is as benevolent and kind as @skyjake haha. While it’s not currently having any negative effects, just the basic surface way in which browsing geminispace.org using Lagrange is analogous to using google.com on the chrome browser makes me a little uneasy. # ⚓ Station’s_thoughts_on_gemini_and_centralization?⠀⇛ # ⚓ feeds_are_a_dark_pattern⠀⇛ I’m glad to see the current wave of non- corporate social media. I’m also disappointed to see how most of them copy the worst feature of corporate ones – the feed. I know this might sound weird, especially if you haven’t tried out anything else – but bear with me. One of the issues with feeds is how they (don’t) handle the conflict between frequent vs. rare posters. Their posts are all mixed together. The only way to ensure that you’ve seen the posts from the latter is to try to scroll down as much as possible each time – which gets addictive. The alternative is to just take short peeks of the feed – seeing posts only from a small minority of the people you follow. # ⚓ smolZINE_–_Issue_38⠀⇛ We’re back! You’ve all been busy doing some pretty rad things around geminspace and that’s great to see. As always, if you are enjoying smolZINE and have any desire to contribute, please check out the Community Contributions section at the bottom and get in touch. HINT: The more contributions I get the more often I will publish new issues ;-). # ⚓ Slightly_around_the_Gemini_horn⠀⇛ =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3330 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.16.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_16/05/2023:_Sourceware_in_SFC⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:40 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Server o Audiocasts/Shows o Applications o Instructionals/Technical * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o Programming/Development # Python # Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh # Java * Leftovers o Education o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security # Privacy/Surveillance # Confidentiality o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Patents * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 6_Ways_You_Can_Help_Make_Linux_Better⠀⇛ While Linux is a great OS, some pitfalls can make it less easy to use than Windows or macOS. Since Linux distros are community-driven projects, if you want them to be better, it’ll be up to you to contribute. Here are some ways you can contribute to improving the Linux ecosystem. o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ 7_of_the_Best_Linux_Server_Distros_in 2023⠀⇛ The majority of the web servers around the world are running Linux. If you are a web administrator, choosing a suitable Linux server distribution is very important, as it can make your work much easier. This guide shows seven of the best server- focused Linux distributions that you can install for free. # ⚓ Trail Of Bits ☛ Introducing_Windows_Notification_Facility’s (WNF)_Code_Integrity⠀⇛ By Yarden Shafir, Senior Security Engineer WNF (Windows Notification Facility) is an undocumented notification mechanism that allows communication inside processes, between processes, or between user mode processes and kernel drivers. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Late_Night_Linux_–_Episode_229⠀⇛ Thunderbird shows that asking users for money works, Red Hat’s priorities seem to be moving away from the community, Mozilla is set to show the Fediverse how it’s done, Mastodon simplifies its onboarding experience, Linux is better than Windows on handhelds… # ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ “Internet_bots,_Fedora_layoffs,_&_C64 Games”_–_Lunduke’s_Big_Tech_Show_–_May_15th,_2023⠀⇛ Listen now (53 min) | (All future episodes on Lunduke.Locals.com) o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Reminders:_A_Nifty_Open-Source_Linux_App_To Help_You_Get_Things_Done⠀⇛ Are you often forgetting things? Want a little help remembering your tasks? While you can always use note-taking apps for Linux, they may not effectively remind you of tasks and things. The ‘Reminders’ app can be your little helper, reminding you of your pending work. Let’s see what it can do for you. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_to_deploy_JBoss_EAP_on_an_Azure_virtual machine [Ed: Red Hat boosting Microsoft again and it's proprietary software with back doors]⠀⇛ # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Plex_Media_Server_on_Linux_Mint 21⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Plex Media Server on Linux Mint 21. Are you tired of managing your media files across multiple devices? Do you want a seamless media streaming experience that can be accessed from anywhere? Look no further than Plex Media Server. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_the_Recursive_Grep_Command_to Search_in_the_Directory⠀⇛ Practical guide on how to use the recursive “grep” command to search the content in a directory of multiple files using different types of options and patterns. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Check_If_the_File_Exists_in_Bash⠀⇛ The method of checking if a regular file exists in Bash or not in the current or particular location using the file test operators with the “test” command. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Bc_Command_in_Bash_Scripts⠀⇛ Tutorial on the various uses of the “bc” command in Bash scripts to generate the fractional value of any mathematical calculation with the precision value. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ .Bash_Profile_File_in_Bash⠀⇛ Tutorial on the “.bash_profile” file in Bash to set the environment variable or define any script to perform the automated tasks at the startup of the system. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Customizing_your_Pop!_OS_system_with_themes_and icons⠀⇛ Pop!_OS, a Linux distribution developed by System76, offers a clean and modern desktop experience. While its default look is impressive, you might want to customize it further to suit your personal taste. One of the best ways to personalize your desktop is by changing its themes and icons. Whether you prefer a minimalist look or a vibrant style, there’s a theme and an icon pack out there for you. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ Docker_CE_on_Alma_Linux_9:_A_Quick_and_Easy Installation_Guide⠀⇛ Docker is an OpenSource software that provides OS- level virtualization for developing, shipping, and running applications. In this guide, you will learn how to install Docker CE (Community Edition) on Alma Linux 9. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ 3_Different_Ways_to_Install_Node.js_on AlmaLinux_9⠀⇛ Node.js is a cross-platform java-script runtime for server-side programing language. It’s built on top of Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine, which allows you to execute JavaScript code on the server side. This tutorial will show you how to install Node.js on AlmaLinux 9. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_df⠀⇛ This article spotlights alternative tools to df, a utility that reports file system space usage in Linux and other UNIX operating systems. # ⚓ IT Pro Today ☛ How_To_Copy_Directories_in_Linux⠀⇛ Need to copy a directory from one Linux system to another? This guide will show you how, with tips and tricks for getting the job done quickly and efficiently. # ⚓ Linux Host Support ☛ How_to_Install_and_Configure Elasticsearch_on_AlmaLinux⠀⇛ Elasticsearch is an open-source search engine built on the Apache Lucene library. Elasticsearch was initially released in 2010 and has become the most popular search engine application ever since. People use Elasticsearch for log analytics, full- text search, operational use cases, etc. Magento, as a well-known e-commerce application also uses Elasticsearch as its search engine. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_KubeSphere_on_Alma_Linux_9⠀⇛ Hello, friends. In this post, you will learn how to install KubeSphere on Alma Linux 9. Let’s go for it. According to the tool’s website: KubeSphere is a distributed operating system managing cloud- native applications with Kubernetes as its kernel. It provides a plug-and-play architecture for the seamless integration of third-party applications to boost its ecosystem. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_Install_Docker_on_Fedora⠀⇛ Although we have touched on the topic of Docker on the site, we have not done it for Fedora. So, in this post, you will learn how to install Docker on Fedora. This post works for both Fedora 38 and Fedora 37. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_To_Set_Up_a_Private_Docker_Registry_on Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ If you are working for an organization and want to keep your Docker images in-house for quick deployment, then hosting a private Docker repository is perfect. This tutorial will teach you how to set up and use a private Docker registry on a Ubuntu 22.04 server using Amazon S3 as a storage location. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Apache_Maven_on_Ubuntu_22.04 |_20.04⠀⇛ Apache Maven is a powerful build automation tool primarily used for Java projects. However, its versatility extends beyond Java, as it can also be used to build and manage projects written in C#, Ruby, Scala, and other languages. Hosted by the Apache Software Foundation, Maven was formerly part of the Jakarta Project. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Electron_Framework_on_Ubuntu 22.04_|_20.04⠀⇛ Electron, formerly known as Atom Shell, is a free and open-source software framework that’s been making waves in the world of desktop application development. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Repair_Corrupted_MySQL_Tables⠀⇛ Navigating the task of repairing corrupted tables in MySQL can indeed be challenging. But it can be made significantly easier with the right techniques and thorough understanding. Our extended guide provides the requisite knowledge to mend corrupted MySQL tables and introduces a few extra strategies to ensure optimal database performance. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_KiCad_on_Linux_Mint_21/20⠀⇛ KiCad is a powerful, open-source software suite designed for electronic design automation (EDA). The software allows users to design and create schematics for electronic circuits, and layout printed circuit boards (PCBs). * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Bodhi_Linux_7.0_Beta_is_Now_Available_for Testing⠀⇛ Bodhi Linux, the lightweight and elegant distribution based on Ubuntu LTS, has released its latest beta version for testing. The Bodhi Linux 7.0.0 release is designed to improve the user experience by offering improved performance and security features and is currently under development for a few months. The beta release is a significant step towards the full release of Bodhi Linux 7.0, and users are invited to provide feedback and suggestions to improve the final product through the official forum. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Rocky_Linux_9.2_Is_Now_Available_for_Download, Here’s_What’s_New⠀⇛ Rocky Linux, a powerful enterprise-grade Linux distribution based on the RHEL, has gained widespread popularity among developers, sysadmins, and organizations seeking a stable and secure platform. Less than a week after the RHEL 9.2 release, Rocky Linux 9.2 followed suit, offering expanded capabilities, security updates, and other fixes. So, the new stable Rocky Linux 9.2 release for x86_64, aarch64, and s390x architectures, powered by Linux kernel 5.14, is ready for production and to power up your computing needs and workloads. So let’s see what’s new. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Tails_5.13_Enables_LUKS2_by_Default_for Persistent_Storage_and_Encrypted_Volumes⠀⇛ Tails 5.13 looks like a small release, but it introduces an important change to better protect your anonymity and keep your files secure at all times. Starting with this version, all newly generated Persistent Storage and LUKS encrypted volumes will be using version 2 of the Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) disk encryption specification by default. As you can imagine, LUKS2 offers stronger cryptography by default when compared to the first- generation LUKS specification. Unfortunately, this release doesn’t enable LUKS2 on existing Persistent Storage and LUKS encrypted volumes, but the development team announced plans to provide users a migration plan from LUKS1 to LUKS2 in the next release, Tails 5.14, due out in June 2023. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_Makes_‘Significant_Changes’_to_PPAs_for 23.10⠀⇛ A new version of the software-properties package is rolling out to Mantic Minotaur daily builds. The update makes brings a “significant change” to the way personal package archives (better known as PPAs) are managed on Ubuntu systems. What’s changing? Well, in current versions of Ubuntu when you add a PPA (via the command line — you can add them via Software & Updates but I’m not sure how key handling works there) a .list file for the PPA is created in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/, and the corresponding gpg keyring placed at /etc/apt/ trusted.gpg.d. # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Beginner’s_Guide_to_System_Updates_in_Linux Mint⠀⇛ Keeping your system updated is essential for any operating system. Linux Mint is no different. Linux Mint has a robust update system. It provides timely security patches for the kernel and other software packages. That’s not it. You also get updates on the applications you installed using the Software Manager tool. Basically, apart from security patches, your system receives new features, bug fixes, improved hardware support, performance enhancement, and a lot more. While the Updater tool is straightforward, it may still seem overwhelming if you are new to Linux Mint. This is why we at It’s FOSS came up with this beginner’s guide idea. It will give you some ideas about using this tool and the best practices you should follow. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Arduino-Powered_Instrument_Uses_Breath_to Play_MIDI_Notes⠀⇛ Xavier Dumont is using an Arduino Micro to drive this MIDI instrument that requires the player to blow to make noise. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ An_open-source,_breath-controlled_MIDI_device⠀⇛ The simplest MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) input devices use good ol’ fashioned buttons: push a button and the device sends a MIDI message to trigger a specific note. But that control scheme doesn’t replicate the flexibility of a real instrument very well, because a standard button is a binary mechanism. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_13_QPR3_Beta_3.2_rolling_out_with Pixel_bug_fixes⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android_13_QPR3_Beta_3.2_Update_Arrives_to_Fix_More_Bugs⠀⇛ # ⚓ Tom’s Guide ☛ One_of_Google_TV’s_best_features_is_rolling out_to_Android_TV_|_Tom’s_Guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android_TV_Gets_That_Sweet_Live_TV_Tab_Goodness⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_TV_now_has_free_live_channels_too⠀⇛ # ⚓ Digital Trends ☛ Don’t_buy_the_Pixel_Tablet;_get_this cheaper_Android_tablet_instead_|_Digital_Trends⠀⇛ # ⚓ Hot Hardware ☛ Google_Explains_Sudden_Battery_Drain_Issue On_Android_Devices_And_Issues_A_Fix_|_HotHardware⠀⇛ # ⚓ Computer World ☛ Google_I/O_and_the_curious_case_of_the missing_Android_version_|_Computerworld⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Sourceware,_one_of_the_longest_standing_Free_Software_hosting platforms,_joins_SFC⠀⇛ A news_item from Software Freedom Conservancy. Important Free Software infrastructure project finds non- profit home As a home for Free Software projects since 1998, Sourceware is a on the Sourceware_projects page. Becoming an SFC member project will improve future operations carried out by dedicated volunteers to and furthering the mission of Free Software hosting. This will accelerate the Sourceware technical_roadmap to improve and modernize the infrastructure. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ David_Humphrey:_Thinking_about_Context⠀⇛ I’ve written_recently about my_work on ChatCraft.org.  I’ve been doing a bunch of refactoring and new feature work, and things are in a pretty good state.  It mostly works the way I’d expect now.  Taras_and_Steven have_filed_a_bunch_of_good_ideas related to sharing, saving, and forking chats, and I’ve been exploring using SQLite_Wasm for offline storage. But over the weekend I was thinking about something else.  Not a feature exactly, but a way of thinking about the linear flow of a chat.  The more I’ve worked with ChatCraft, the more I’ve learned about this form of dialog.  Because a number of separate features flow from this, I thought I’d start by sketching things out in my blog instead of git. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Hello_World_Program_in_C++_Language⠀⇛ How to create a “Hello world” program in the C++ language by creating a C++ file to write a program, create a main() function, compile it, and run the code. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_Float_to_String⠀⇛ To convert a Python float to the specified string the “str()” function, “f-string” method, and “repr()” function are used in Python. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_Print_Exception_Message⠀⇛ The “print()” function, the “logging” module, or the “traceback” module are used along with the “try-except” block to print exception messages in Python. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_Math_Range_Error⠀⇛ The math range error occurs when a mathematical calculation returns a result that exceeds the maximum value that can be stored in the computer’s memory. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Matplotlib_Colorbar⠀⇛ The “plt.colorbar()” function of “matplotlib” module in Python is used to add vertical or horizontal colorbar in a plot to visualize data with different colors. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Solve_Python_SyntaxError_Can’t Assign_to_Function_Call⠀⇛ “SyntaxError: Can’t Assign to Function Call ” can occur due to various reasons like incorrect use of “=” operator, or using parentheses instead of brackets. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_Remove_Last_Character_from String⠀⇛ To remove the last character from a string several methods such as using “List Slicing”, using “Loops”, using the “rstrip()” function, etc. are used in Python. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Seaborn_Subplots⠀⇛ To create a “Seaborn” subplot various method such as using the “plt.subplots()” function and using the “seaborn.FacetGrid()” function is used in Python. # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Check_the_Number_of_Arguments_in_the Bash_Script⠀⇛ Checking the uses of the number of arguments in Bash script for various purposes such as error handling, providing messages based on the number of arguments. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Bash_Sleep_Command⠀⇛ How to use the Bash sleep command to stop the execution of the script for a certain period or do any scheduled task before executing a particular script. # § Java⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Java_Catch_Multiple_Exceptions⠀⇛ Practical guide on catching the multiple exceptions in Java programming using a try- catch statement and the usage of the try- catch blocks in Java programming. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ New_Movements_in_Contemporary_Architecture⠀⇛ TikTok filterism, renovating Frank Gehry buildings to make them even wigglier, and more. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_We_Lose_When_We_Push_Our_Kids_to ‘Achieve’⠀⇛ The sense of happiness that comes from absorption in a thing we are truly drawn to can be discovered but not taught. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ No_Degree?_No_Problem._Biden_Tries_to Bridge_the_‘Diploma_Divide.’⠀⇛ President Biden is trying to appeal to working- class voters by emphasizing his plans to create well-paid jobs that do not require a college degree. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Between_the_stacks:_A_day_in_the_life_of_a library⠀⇛ Despite legislators’ threats to defund libraries, this busy one looks toward the future, with plans to expand its embrace of the community. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Study:_Fear_of_childbirth_intensified_by Covid-19_pandemic⠀⇛ According to a new Dartmouth study, the COVID-19 epidemic increased expectant women’s anxiety about childbirth. The researchers were especially interested in determining which factors predict childbirth fear in the United States and how the pandemic has altered this fear and birth outcomes. The research was published in the journals Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Japan_Is_Unmasking,_and_Its_Smile_Coach_Is Busy⠀⇛ After three years of Covid-era masking, some Japanese people feel their facial expressions are a bit rusty. Enter Keiko Kawano, smile instructor. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Transportation_Department_breach_exposes data_of_federal_employees⠀⇛ The incident may have affected a total of 237,000 current and former staff across government, according to Reuters. # ⚓ NVISO Labs ☛ We’re_celebrating_our_10th_anniversary!⠀⇛ From 5 people to almost 220 people. From working from our founders’ apartment to five offices in four countries. From an unknown challenger to being a reference in multiple fields in cyber security. As a company, NVISO has come a long way since 2013 and we want to take a moment to celebrate what we have accomplished together so far. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ TikTok_Whistleblower_Says Chinese_Communist_Party_Has_Backdoor_Access_to_American User_Data⠀⇛ A former ByteDance executive fired from the company has filed a lawsuit alleging the company has backdoor access to U.S. user data in China. # § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Ex-Telstra_boss,_corporate leader_to_oversee_PwC_probe⠀⇛ Top business leader Ziggy Switkowski AO has been installed to look under the hood at embattled consultancy PwC after it became mired in a tax scandal. The former Telstra boss will lead the review after a former PwC partner was caught sharing confidential federal government tax policy information to other partners and staff. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ In_Her_Own_Words:_A_Hiroshima Bomb_Survivor_Learns_English_to_Tell_Her_Story⠀⇛ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Gaza_ceasefire_largely_holds_as_Palestinians, Israelis_count_deadly_cost⠀⇛ Calm returned to Gaza Sunday as a fragile ceasefire largely held, leaving Palestinians and Israelis to count the cost of five days of cross-border fire that killed dozens. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_First,_Palestinian_Displacement Commemorated_at_United_Nations⠀⇛ The event, marking the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians when Israel was created, was condemned by the Israeli ambassador to the world body. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finnish_Air_Force_training_jet_crashes_in_Central Finland⠀⇛ Both pilots managed to escape the jet in their ejection seats before it crashed. # ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Man_in_custody_after_baseball bat_attack_hurts_2,_including_intern,_at_congressman’s Virginia_office⠀⇛ U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia says a man with a baseball bat walked into his Fairfax office, asked for him, and assaulted two of his workers. Fairfax City Police in northern Virginia said in a tweet that a man is in custody and that the victims were treated for non life-threatening injuries. The Virginia Democrat said the man entered his district office Monday morning and asked for him before before the attack that injured two women in his office — an outreach director and an intern working her first day on the job. He said he knew of no motive for the attack. # ⚓ European Commission ☛ President_von_der_Leyen_outlines_EU priorities_ahead_of_major_summits_in_the_next_week⠀⇛ European Commission News Brussels, 15 May 2023 President von der Leyen underlined the importance of a united response to the Russian invasion as well as of the reliable and continued support for Ukraine. # ⚓ The_New_Ukraine_with_Stavroula_Pabst⠀⇛ # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Wagner_chief’s_rants_highlight_Russian infighting_ahead_of_Ukraine_offensive⠀⇛ Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s public rants against Russia’s military leadership point to mounting infighting within Putin’s invading army as it prepares to face a potentially decisive Ukrainian offensive, writes Olivia Yanchik. # ⚓ France24 ☛ France_‘not_getting_the_credit_it_should’_for Ukraine_support⠀⇛ There was an amicable mood between Volodymyr Zelensky and Emmanuel Macron as the two leaders met in Paris on Sunday – a far cry from the diplomatic storm created by Macron’s warning against “humiliating” Russia this time last year. Analysts say France is still much more cautious than the US and the UK when it comes to arming Ukraine – although it would be unfair to characterise Macron’s position as soft. # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_UK_promises_attack_drones,_missiles_for Ukraine_as_Zelensky_visits_Sunak⠀⇛ Britain announced Monday that it would deliver long-range attack drones and air-defence missiles to Ukraine as President Volodymyr Zelensky continued his European tour with talks with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The Ukrainian President has met with leaders in Italy, Germany and France in recent days, securing a promise from French President Emmanuel Macron to provide additional military aid to Ukraine including light tanks, armoured vehicles and military training. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Wagner_chief_dismisses_report_that_he_offered Ukraine_Russian_troop_locations⠀⇛ The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group on Monday slammed reports that alleged he offered information on Russian troop positions to Ukraine as “laughable” and a result of a possible smear campaign. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Farmers_in_Ukraine_risk_their_lives_to_work_the land_amid_mines⠀⇛ In the regions of Ukraine no longer under Russian control, the colossal amount of mines and explosives still in the ground have resulted in the deaths of at least 185 people, according to the Ukrainian government. For the second year in a row, many Ukrainian farmers have not been able to plant their crops. However, some small-scale farmers continue to work their contaminated land, risking their lives in the process. FRANCE 24′s Catherine Norris Trent, Johan Bodin and Dmytro Kovalchuk report. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron_promises_Zelensky_more_light_tanks_and armoured_vehicles⠀⇛ 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. Follow our blog to see how the day’s events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+1). # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_man_sentenced_for_stealing_Ukraine_aid money⠀⇛ A Lithuanian court has handed a prison sentence of two years and three months to a man who stole funds raised for aid to Ukraine and used the money to buy a car, prosecutors said on Monday. # ⚓ LRT ☛ UNESCO_tasks_Lithuania_to_draw_up_Curonian_Spit protection_plan_without_Russia⠀⇛ Lithuania will draw up a value protection plan for the Curonian Spit, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, without Russia. The prior requirement for the two countries to jointly prepare such a plan for the entire Baltic Sea peninsula was changed because of the ongoing war in Ukraine. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Russia’s_disintegration_will_happen_and_it_will_not be_peaceful_–_interview⠀⇛ Russia’s disintegration started before its invasion of Ukraine, but the war accelerated the process. The Kremlin is likely to look for enemies in an attempt to maintain its crumbling state, which could lead to provocations against the Baltic states and Poland, Janusz Bugajski, an expert at the Jamestown Foundation, says in an interview with LRT.lt. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Sees_More_Indications_of_‘Burgeoning_Defense Relationship’_Between_Russia,_Iran⠀⇛ The United States sees more indications that Russia and Iran are expanding a defense partnership that will help Moscow prolong its war in Ukraine, the White House said on May 15. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukrainian_Tycoon_Dmytro_Firtash_Suspected_Of Embezzlement⠀⇛ The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on May 15 that Dmytro Firtash, a powerful tycoon indicted by the United States for corruption, along with managers of companies under his control had been served with “notices of suspicion” of embezzlement. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Returns_From_European_Tour_With_Weapons Pledges,_Hope_For_Fighter_Jet_Coalition⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has returned to Ukraine from a European tour during which he collected more pledges for military backing from allies in Rome, Berlin, Paris, and London. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Top_Chinese_Envoy_To_Visit_Ukraine,_Russia_On ‘Peace’_Mission⠀⇛ A top Chinese envoy will begin a tour of Ukraine, Russia, and other European cities on May 15 in a trip Beijing says is aimed at discussing a “political settlement” to the Ukraine crisis. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ UK_To_Provide_Combat_Drones_to_Ukraine⠀⇛ As part of its military aid, the UK provided combat drones and air defense missiles to Ukraine # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Japanese_Rally_Against_G7_Summit_in_Hiroshima⠀⇛ In the upcoming summit, the G7 countries will seek ways to support President Vodolomyr Zelensky and escalate the Ukraine conflict. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ European_Leaders_Meet_in_Iceland to_Reaffirm_Values_as_Ukraine_War_Rages_On⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Ukraine_Authorities_Expose_Piles of_Cash_in_Supreme_Court_Corruption_Probe⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Russia_Launches_New_Wave_of Night_Attacks_on_Kyiv⠀⇛ By Gleb Garanchich and Sergiy KarazyKYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched a fresh wave of air attacks on the Ukrainian capital early on Tuesday and… # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Macron:_France_Open_to_Training Ukraine_Fighter_Jet_Pilots⠀⇛ PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with France’s TF1 television on Monday that France is open to training… # ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_European_Tour,_Zelensky_Reaps_Billions More_in_Promised_Military_Aid⠀⇛ His trips to Britain, Germany, France and Italy demonstrated the shifting political landscape when it comes to supporting Kyiv, as concerns grow about U.S. backing as the presidential election looms. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S.-Made_Technology_Is_Flowing_to_Russian Airlines,_Despite_Sanctions⠀⇛ Russian customs data shows that millions of dollars of aircraft parts made by Boeing, Airbus and others were sent to Russia last year. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukrainians_Write_Angry_Message_to_Russia on_Bombs⠀⇛ Ukrainians have a lot to say to Russia, and many have chosen to say it in ink on the sides of rockets, mortar shells and even exploding drones. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ With_New_Weapons,_Ukraine_Has_Much_of_What It_Needs_for_Counteroffensive,_Analysts_Say⠀⇛ The additions to Ukraine’s arsenal, which include more tanks, drones and other weapons from Germany, may signal that Western officials believe Kyiv’s forces could reclaim significant swaths of territory. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Wagner’s_Prigozhin_Disputes_Report_That_He Offered_to_Betray_Russia⠀⇛ Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the founder of the private military group, dismissed a report from The Washington Post saying that leaked intelligence showed he had offered to share Russian Army positions with Ukraine. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ ISS:_South_Africa’s_dangerous_game_of_Russian roulette⠀⇛ The bombshell conference by United States (US) Ambassador Reuben Brigety on 11 May triggered a diplomatic spat between Washington and Pretoria. The accusation that South Africa loaded weapons onto a sanctioned Russian ship in December 2022 is significant and could fundamentally alter relations between the two countries. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Putin_Orders_Moscow_Arts_Museum_To_Hand_Over Ancient_Icon_To_Orthodox_Church⠀⇛ Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Moscow’s state-run Tretyakov Gallery Arts Museum to hand over the country’s ancient Trinity icon, by medieval painter Andrei Rublyov, to the Russian Orthodox Church. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Artist_Sentenced_For_Creating_Giant_Snow Sculpture_Of_Poop_In_St._Petersburg⠀⇛ Russian artist Ivan Volkov told RFE/RL that he has been sentenced to five months of “correctional work” for creating a snow sculpture in January 2022 in the form of a giant feces near the Field of Mars in the city of St. Petersburg, where those who died in the 1917 Russian Revolution are buried. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Tajikistan_Extradites_Ossetian_Wife_Of_Islamic State_Recruiter_To_Russia⠀⇛ Tajikistan has extradited Madina Bandarenko, the Ossetian wife of a notorious recruiter for the Islamic State extremist group in Tajikistan, to Russia along with her four children. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Lawyer_Dismisses_2016_Trump-Russia Investigation⠀⇛ U.S. special counsel censures the FBI’s handling of the 2016 Trump-Russia investigation. # ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Prosecutor_ends_probe_of_FBI’s Trump-Russia_investigation_with_harsh_criticism,_but_no_new charges⠀⇛ Prosecutors secured a guilty plea from an FBI employee but lost the only two criminal cases they took to trial. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Vanishing_Acts_of_Vladimir_Putin⠀⇛ One of the seeming paradoxes of the Russian President is the degree to which he is at once a unitary micromanager and an absent, aloof, and often indecisive leader. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Report_on_FBI’s_Trump-Russia Investigation:_Some_Problems_but_Not_the_‘Crime_of_the Century’⠀⇛ An investigation into the origins of the FBI’s probe into ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign has finally been concluded # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Russia_Denounces_Macron_Over China_Comments⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ US_Special_Counsel_Faults_FBI’s Handling_of_2016_Trump-Russia_Probe⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Prosecutor_Ends_Probe_of_FBI’s Trump-Russia_Investigation_With_Harsh_Criticism,_but_No_New Charges⠀⇛ A special prosecutor has ended his four-year investigation into possible FBI misconduct in its probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Former_U.S._Embassy_Employee_Is_Being_Held in_Moscow,_Russian_State_News_Says⠀⇛ The State Department had no immediate comment on the report that the man, identified as Robert Shonov, had been arrested and charged with conspiracy. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Durham_Report_Finds_Fault_With_FBI_Over Trump-Russia_Investigation⠀⇛ The special counsel’s final report nevertheless did not produce blockbuster revelations of politically motivated misconduct, as Donald J. Trump and his allies had suggested it would. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Special_counsel_Durham_blasts_FBI’s_Trump-Russia investigation⠀⇛ Special counsel John_Durham concluded in a long- awaited report released Monday that the FBI’s basis for launching its explosive investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign’s ties to Russia was “seriously flawed.” Why it matters: In the more than 300-page_report, Durham leveled withering criticism at investigators — accusing them of causing “severe reputational harm” to the FBI. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ “Tell_us_what_was_loaded_on_the_Lady_R”_– OUTA⠀⇛ The war of words around Lady R and her supposed South African arms/weapons cargo generated comment and response from academics, civil society, politicians and others with probably the most objective coming from the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA). # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Staff_Members_Attacked_With_Bat_at_Rep. Connolly’s_Virginia_Office⠀⇛ Two people were hospitalized after the attack at the Fairfax office of Representative Gerald E. Connolly, a Democrat. A man was in custody, the police said. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Enticing,_not_inciting,_gun_owners⠀⇛ A gun amnesty in Serbia after two mass shootings helps open a dialogue with gun owners over the source of safety in society. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Why_RFK’s_Candidacy_Matters_to_the_Conservative Cause⠀⇛ Self-evidently, there are any number of things about RFK’s policy platform that we don’t cotton to very much, and haven’t for decades. Back in the day we were always on opposite sides with respect to aggressive environmental regulation. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Bogus_Foreign_Policy_Narratives_Go_Unchallenged⠀⇛ One maddening feature of foreign policy debates in the United States is how frequently journalists and policy experts fail to challenge dominant narratives even when those narratives have glaring defects. Such malfeasance has facilitated a growing list of Washington’s policy blunders and outright debacles. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Cyclone_Mocha_Leaves_Thousands_Homeless_in Bangladesh_and_Myanmar⠀⇛ There was less damage than predicted, but the Rohingya refugee camps on the coast of Bangladesh, where most live in simple shanties, were hit particularly hard. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Cyclone_Mocha_inflicts_heavy_damage_on_Myanmar’s Rakhine_state⠀⇛ While casualties were relatively few, Sittwe was battered and remains flooded # ⚓ JURIST ☛ HRW_says_fossil_fuel_phaseout_and_rights safeguards_are_essential_for_Global_Plastics_Treaty⠀⇛ Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged countries involved in ongoing negotiations for an international anti-plastic pollution treaty to address the role of fossil fuels in plastic production. The organization also cited the need for human rights protections to be included within this Global Plastics Treaty. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ H2 View ☛ Frankfurt_orders_10_more_hydrogen-powered Solaris_buses⠀⇛ Frankfurt’s public transport management company In-der-City-Bus (ICB) is set to receive 10 hydrogen-powered Solaris buses as part of an €6.5m ($7m) investment. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Doctors_repeatedly_ask_public_to_be_careful on_electric_scooters⠀⇛ With the weather getting more pleasant, the Rīga East Clinical University Hospital (RAKUS) sees people injured in scooter accidents almost daily. Injuries are often severe, and doctors repeatedly plead with the public to wear helmets and treat other road users with respect, Latvian Television reported on May 15. # [Ed: Mass surveillance mandated: "Users will also be able to use a digital wallet on a smartphone or smartwatch to pay for travel"] ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Victoria’s_myki_ticketing_system_to_get_new contractor_in_December⠀⇛ Users will also be able to use a digital wallet on a smartphone or smartwatch to pay for travel – though one can load a digital myki on a smartphone right now. The statement said Conduent operated ticketing systems in 24 cities, including Dubai, Paris, Montreal and New Jersey. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ New_Jersey’s_Senators_Push_Back_on Congestion_Pricing⠀⇛ Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker joined the fight against the tolling program, which would charge drivers who enter Manhattan below 60th Street. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Get_a_new_car_or_fix_the_one_you_have? More_Americans_choose_to_fix.⠀⇛ Instead of buying new cars, Americans are holding onto their old ones due to increased prices, and simply cars are lasting longer. The average age of a U.S. vehicle on the roads is now a record 12.5 years, according to data gathered by S&P Global Mobility. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Nokian_Tyres_to_furlough_all_160_workers_in_heavy tyres_division⠀⇛ The Finnish company was hit hard by sanctions on Russia and left its operations in the country earlier this year. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Where_Next?_Vermont_Shrinks Housing_Program_for_Homeless_People_as_Advocates_Raise Alarm⠀⇛ As federal money has dried up, Vermont is ending the last of its COVID-era hotel housing for homeless people # ⚓ Axios ☛ Yellen_holds_firm_on_potential_June_1_debt_ceiling deadline⠀⇛ Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has repeated her warning that the U.S. government could run out of money as early as June 1, and has shortened the potential buffer period to days, not weeks. Why it matters: Yellen’s latest forecast keeps up the pressure on President Biden and Congress to find an agreement on how to raise the debt ceiling before the Treasury department reaches the so- called_X-date. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Expresses_Optimism_on_Debt_Limit, but_a_Deal_Remains_Elusive⠀⇛ President Biden and congressional leaders will resume face-to-face talks on Tuesday to raise the debt limit and avoid a default. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_Are_Americans_So_Negative_About_the Economy?⠀⇛ It’s an interesting question, given that the economy is actually looking remarkably strong. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Federal_public_servants_offered_10.5 per_cent_pay_hike⠀⇛ A pay offer of 10.5 per cent over three years has been made to commonwealth public servants. Chief negotiator Peter Riordan on Tuesday released the federal government’s pay offer for Australian Public Service employees. The offer is the largest pay increase that APS employees will have received in over 10 years. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ JobSeeker_threshold_change_would_cost less:_Dutton⠀⇛ Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says a proposal to lift the working hours threshold for those on JobSeeker would allow them to earn more while putting less strain on the budget’s bottom line. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Kela:_Increasing_number_of_working_parents_in_Finland require_income_support⠀⇛ The share of households — where one or both adults are employed — receiving income support has increased from 6 percent to 9 percent between 2017 and 2022. # ⚓ BBC ☛ Record_numbers_not_working_due_to_ill_health_–_BBC News⠀⇛ Mental health issues and back and neck pain have contributed to the rise in long-term sickness. # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ 17_ways_to_save_money_on_your_household_bills_and living_costs_in_2023⠀⇛ Expert advice on cutting your fuel usage, food costs, energy bills and more # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ NSW_premier_commits_to_‘historic’_gig worker_equality⠀⇛ A decades-old inequality driving a wedge between those who deliver dinners and their customers will be soon addressed, the NSW premier has promised. Transport union leaders gave NSW Premier Chris Minns a standing ovation as he pledged to amend the state’s decades-old workplace laws to include ride- share and food delivery drivers. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland’s_food_prices_finally_starting_to_fall⠀⇛ While overall food prices are significantly higher than one year ago, economists say a slight drop in average prices in April compared to March show signs of a turning point. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland’s_largest_landlord_firm_plans_10%_rent hikes⠀⇛ Heka, the Helsinki City Housing Company, owns around 50,000 rental apartments in the capital region. # ⚓ Massive_cost_savings_eyed_as_11,000_Vodafone_jobs_face_axe, so_why_no_big_tech-style_layoffs_rally?⠀⇛ Big workforce layoffs have been a common theme linking technology-based businesses this year (and in 2022). A big question facing Vodafone’s (VOD) retail investors is why it’s swing of the jobs axe, unveiled today (16 May), is not getting markets excited like it has on the other side of the Atlantic. Share prices of big tech companies like Alphabet (GOOG:NASDAQ), Microsoft (MSFT:NASDAQ) and Facebook-owner Meta Platforms (META:NASDAQ) have uniformly romped higher in recent weeks thanks to commitments to streamline bloated work forces. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Vice_Media_files_for_Chapter_11_bankruptcy⠀⇛ Vice_MediaGroup filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy early Monday morning, marking the end of a long, strenuous effort to sell itself after its business stopped growing. Why it matters: It represents a significant fall from grace from what was once one of the most highly-valued media startups in the internet era. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Representative_Of_Pro-Russia_Party_Wins_Election For_Regional_Leader_In_Moldova’s_Gagauzia⠀⇛ Evghenia Gutul of the pro-Russia Shor party has won the regional leader election in Moldova’s Gagauzia autonomous region. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Tunisia_sentences_opposition_leader_Ghannouchi to_a_year_in_prison⠀⇛ A Tunisian court on Monday sentenced Rached Ghannouchi, one of the main opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied, to a year in prison on terrorism-related charges, local media reported. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Mysterious_Killing_of_Chinese_Gold_Miners Puts_New_Pressure_on_Beijing⠀⇛ The massacre of nine workers in the Central African Republic and other recent attacks raise questions about China’s ability to protect its citizens overseas. # ⚓ YSK:_Erdoğan_49.40%,_Kılıçdaroğlu_44.96%,_Oğan_5.2%⠀⇛ Supreme Election Council Chairperson Ahmet Yener announced that as of 09:45 am there are only 27 inland and 1529 abroad ballot boxes that have not yet been counted, with current results showing 99% of the votes cast inland, and 84% of those cast abroad. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Lehrmann_trial_juror_‘deeply_sorry’ for_misconduct⠀⇛ The juror who caused a mistrial in Bruce Lehrmann’s rape trial was “deeply sorry” for their actions, new documents reveal.  Mr Lehrmann faced a criminal trial in the ACT Supreme Court last year over a rape allegation made by his former colleague Brittany Higgins. He denies the allegation and pleaded not guilty. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Lehrmann_defence_questioned_on_police actions_in_trial⠀⇛ Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann’s defence lawyer will face further questions at an independent inquiry into how the ACT justice system handled Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Vice_Media:_From_Murdoch_money_to bankruptcy_in_a_decade⠀⇛ One analyst said Vice “never figured out a model at all”. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Vice_Media_declares_bankruptcy⠀⇛ Daily operations will continue as normal as a sale process begins. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Bulgaria’s_Chief_Prosecutor_Refuses_To_Resign, Denounces_‘Trash’_In_Parliament⠀⇛ Bulgarian chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev has refused to step down, tearing up his resignation letter on national television and attacking unnamed rivals in parliament as “political trash.” # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ When_a_peer_is_not_necessarily_one’s_equal⠀⇛ There were no English dukes until 1337. Up until then, the English referred to the grandest aristocrats with the good old Germanic word “earl.” # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Georgia_Prosecutor_Rebuts_Trump’s_Effort to_Scuttle_Elections_Case⠀⇛ The prosecutor, Fani Willis, responded dismissively to a motion filed by Donald Trump’s lawyers that accused her of bias and sought to have her disqualified. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ ‘Kidfluencers’_are_on_the_rise._But_who_is cashing_in?⠀⇛ Illinois is poised to pass groundbreaking legislation that will protect the earnings of child social media stars. A unanimously approved bill would require child influencers to receive a percentage of earnings from online content. # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ John_Durham_Repeats_Debunked_Claims_in Report_to_Garland⠀⇛ Open thread on John Durham’s corrupt report. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Chicago’s_Unlikeliest_Mayor,_Brandon_Johnson⠀⇛ The former union organizer makes the leap from protest to politics. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Cambodia’s_top_opposition_party_officially_blocked from_July_elections⠀⇛ Decision appears to pave the way for Hun Sen’s party to keep grip on power. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Forbes_acquired_by_former_cover_star_and youngest_self-made_billionaire_Austin_Russell⠀⇛ The self-driving car tech founder will hold an 82% interest in Forbes Global Media Holdings. # ⚓ Vote_counting_continues_in_the_morning:_What_did_leaders say_for_the_second_tour?⠀⇛ Both Erdoğan and Kılıçdaroğlu pointed to a second tour in the presidential elections, while Oğan who received over 5 percent of the votes for the presidency, said they will take a decision for the best benefit of the nation. CHP İstanbul’s Chairperson announced at 6:42 am in the morning that vote counting still continues in İstanbul, and that the votes are safe. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Opposition_Forms_New_Coalition_in_Thailand After_Election⠀⇛ Thais voted overwhelmingly for change on Sunday, but the military-appointed Senate could still block the opposition’s nomination for prime minister. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Thailand’s_top_opposition_parties_agree_to_join forces_after_big_electoral_win⠀⇛ Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat says he has invited five opposition parties to form a new government. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Power_shift_in_Thailand:_Opposition_surges, what’s_ahead?⠀⇛ Thailand’s opposition has won a substantial majority, challenging conservative parties and the former general who led the country for nine years. The election results reflect discontent among young voters, but the next government coalition remains uncertain. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ ‘Bangkok_Spring’_sets_up_showdown_over role_of_Thai_monarchy⠀⇛ May 16, 2023 10:35 AM Move Forward Party is calling for changes to a law restricting criticism of the Thai monarchy. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Thai_opposition_‘ready_to_form_government’_after landslide_election_result⠀⇛ Thailand’s progressive Move Forward Party claimed victory in the country’s election Monday after a stunning result that decimated military-backed parties, which have ruled the kingdom for nearly a decade. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Supreme_Court_to_decide_if_lawmakers_can_sue for_disclosure_of_Trump_hotel_records⠀⇛ The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case in which members of Congress are seeking the disclosure of information regarding a real estate contract entered into by one of former president Donald Trump’s companies. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ One_Secret_to_a_Latin_American_Party’s Dominance:_Buying_Votes⠀⇛ In Paraguay, the Colorado Party has held power for seven decades. On Election Day, it rounds up Indigenous people and pays them for their votes. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Nikki_Haley’s_Financial_Disclosures_Show Speaking_Fees_and_Other_Income⠀⇛ The disclosure, filed with the F.E.C., also shows that Ms. Haley is still on the board of United Homes Group, a large homebuilder in the Southeast. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_47:_Not_convincing_that ex-journalist_Gwyneth_Ho_would_uphold_Basic_Law,_prosecution witness_claims⠀⇛ A prosecution witness at Hong Kong’s landmark 47 democrats trial has said that she was not convinced that defendant Gwyneth Ho would uphold the city’s mini-constitution. Amy Yeung, who was a returning officer during the 2020 Legislative Council elections, appeared before the court on Monday. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Malaysian_YouTuber_will_not_apologise for_‘B40_routine’_video⠀⇛ The video shows Mr Ryzal’s portrayal of the daily life of a less-fortunate person who spends excessively. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ A_major_J-pop_agency_apologized_over_the allegations_of_sexual_abuse_involving_its_late_founder⠀⇛ Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates, a giant in the J-pop industry, issued an apology to those who have accused its late founder Johnny Kitagawa of sexual abuse. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Top_Japanese_Talent_Agency_Apologizes Amid_Sexual_Abuse_Accusations⠀⇛ The chief executive of the agency said she had not been aware of the claims against the agency’s founder, despite years of them coming to light. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Elderly_Hongkonger_known_for_protest song_performances_pleads_not_guilty_to_7_permit_violations⠀⇛ An elderly Hong Kong man has pleaded not guilty to seven counts of ticketed charges for allegedly playing the erhu and collecting funds in public without government permission. The retiree was acquitted of a similar charge for performing with the traditional Chinese musical instrument at a bus terminus. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_proposes_legislation_to give_people_more_say_on_end-of-life_care⠀⇛ Hongkongers will have more say on the manner and place of their end-of-life care under a proposed bill and amendments set to be considered at the legislature. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran_Arrests_Eight_For_Leading_Strike_Over_Wages_At Key_Gas_Site⠀⇛ Iranian authorities have arrested eight people for allegedly leading a workers’ strike over wages at a key gas site in the south of the country, local media reported on May 14. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Tony_Awards_Broadcast_Can_Proceed_After Striking_Writers’_Union_Agrees⠀⇛ The Tony Awards, a key marketing opportunity for Broadway, can go ahead in an altered form after the striking screenwriters’ union said it would not picket this year’s broadcast. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Voices_from_the_picket_lines:_Three_writers_on why_they’re_striking⠀⇛ The Monitor interviewed three of the people on strike – a newcomer, a mid-career writer, and a veteran – about their tribulations and triumphs in the industry. # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ University_presents_GEO_with_comprehensive contract_offer⠀⇛ U-M’s negotiating team has delivered to the Graduate Employees’ Organization a comprehensive package in response to all outstanding issues. The package includes an increased compensation offer. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Florida_Judge_Argues_That_§_230_Is_Beyond Congress’s_Power⠀⇛ White v. Discovery Communications, LLC, decided Wednesday by the Florida Court of Appeal, rejected a man’s libel claim against Netflix, on jurisdictional grounds (stemming in part from a particular procedural feature of the case), and against Microsoft on § 230 grounds. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Have_State_Legislatures_Gone_Rogue?⠀⇛ Two Black legislators are expelled, then a trans lawmaker is censured. The political scientist Jacob Grumbach explains why state legislatures are making anti-democratic moves. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ APNIC ☛ RFC_9234_observed_in_the_wild⠀⇛ Guest Post: There is still hope for BGP route leak prevention. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ France_opens_investigation_into_Apple_over alleged_‘planned_obsolescence’_for_smartphones⠀⇛ France is investigating US tech giant Apple over it allegedly planning for smartphones to become out of date through restricting their repair, prosecutors and an association said on Monday. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Apple_Investigated_for_“Programmed Obsolescence”⠀⇛ French authorities opened a court case against the technology company for making its old iPhones irreparable. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ EU_approves_Microsoft’s_Activision_Blizzard acquisition_as_Azure_reportedly_faces_scrutiny⠀⇛ The European Commission, the European Union’s executive branch, has approved Microsoft Corp.’s plan to acquire Activision Blizzard Inc. for $68.7 billion. The decision was made public this morning. The development coincided with a report from Bloomberg that revealed the EU is conducting an informal probe into Azure, Microsoft’s public cloud platform. * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Pedersen_’920_message_distribution_patent likely_invalid⠀⇛ On May 15, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S._Patent_6,965,920, owned and asserted by Peter Henrik Pedersen. The ’920 patent is generally directed to the specification and management of how messages are distributed to recipients. o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ $2,000_for_Flick_Intelligence_information sharing_patent_prior_art⠀⇛ A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 14 of U.S. Patent_9,465,451, owned by Flick Intelligence, LLC, an NPE. 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