𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Wednesday, May 17, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Thu 18 May 02:40:55 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/2023/05/17/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmUD3qvzBExdYcAqkwKAKng84v5we1kor95LS8wVEPQJY2 QmagVDKAew4AMq9Fs6yk4r4iAkxKc4L1W353hB8S99nTn1 QmcxQsZ2GCghqBFvbbovJYyNuZJr66gJWUEWRoU6QW9DNU QmUUcGwMx4Q4HgbQ85BsuddNvVw4ydnTVvsGdan6TnSNbf QmWh2te8JXntfFGaCH4vh9JvppYb6y58Eqjjp6bUqzuEXs QmQ6wsM94WLvAWQdunnNNfe588me4D44gA4xrHf3aTRBx1 QmUz7bi24zquFwAWfikt3EXBf3WZiScC6iyaZZ9q5PabBk QmbjVRkLQ4yrK3QTTACJcNbs4Z3VinU4mzjrwhHmMUKUzY QmandFvCxgudfiwZKJgux61Ncv1CRLo7HxRSnWUSvM6db2 QmUrfvwG6HwDJEu2RhtmCfm4VrFypj9mxDAqLWcvJnTgHo QmeK7zHQpdcwHbx8uR26LkVDXBdvbMng9z4pLo73jfH5QF QmXLWcERaT62jk6Wo1AD9b8Q68FXMYD367JovbY1ULwntt QmdZh6yx6XHSGUjNv8hpHYHaPD1tD43gBVHqGXHrajNVyN QmTF2pMBvBP5Dk3fq4pyka8M4P8oM4BWugLvejCa15k8va QmW3azBnU7buqhayP66v2xJeRySHJSgNkCJo11LNaUdUut QmXaswZ1iitN6RTpnpNFN6o7kQXkpopdAhoV6EHhdN52mn QmPA2gUGrxUHnaSzGwZTa6xsWZRMKqETbvrMmtiNZtJvDA QmXunK1VfrszdbZV3eLVtiEztrbpHXotzsSs5FidJqHzYd QmPUbf7suaQniw1646dasmSY6bnK39TXxEV8ULg4u7at86 QmPtdTJXoyGAiBp24ch57o9jAzqAfro8Lh2BcCMZEYztSi QmcpSETydPVbunSXmzCVgzuCQ777DRLwnusWHKNSEvS1vV ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ “LINUX” or “UNIX” Sites That Promote Windows Products? Follow the Money... | Techrights ⦿ Confirmed: IBM is Shutting Down Sites of Red Hat (Staff Writers Discarded) | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 | Techrights ⦿ MIT Technology Review is About 80% Microsoft ’India’ Spam This Week (Sponsored ‘Content’) | Techrights ⦿ The World Wide Web, and Even Some “LINUX” or “UNIX” Sites, Become Spamfarms | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/follow-the-money/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/ibm-has-shut-down-sites-of-red-hat/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/irc-log-160523/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/mit-tech-review-is-spamfarm/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/spamfarms/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/another-illegal-upc-manoeuvre/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/contact-juggling/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/debian-installer-bookworm-rc-3/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/gemini-related-news/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/vice-media-is-dead/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 63 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/follow-the-money/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/05/17/follow-the-money/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.17.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ “LINUX”_or_“UNIX”_Sites_That_Promote_Windows_Products?_Follow_the_Money…⠀✐ Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 8:31 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇CNX Software⦈ Summary: CNX Software is still shilling a bunch of Microsoft and Windows products sometimes; it’s because of money THE tragic story of Phoronix aside, yesterday we noticed this_article from an author who said: “GEEKOM sent us a sample of the AS 6 mini PC with [...] the pre-installed Windows 11″ (not the first time). “Due to greed, GNU/Linux sites and their audiences are exposed to promotion of the competition.”We gave more examples of this (about four articles in the past) regarding the same site. A day later they did_it_again. Promoting Windows products for gifts (“review” units)? This saddening trend is hurtful. Due to greed, GNU/Linux sites and their audiences are exposed to promotion of the competition. I exchanged some E-mail with the editor of the above site earlier this month. To be fair, it was a lot worse last year [1, 2]. But the problem remains largely unsolved. 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(ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/mit-tech-review-is-spamfarm/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/05/17/mit-tech-review-is-spamfarm/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.17.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ MIT_Technology_Review_is_About_80%_Microsoft_‘India’_Spam_This_Week_ (Sponsored_‘Content’)⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Microsoft at 8:40 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Earlier this year: MIT_Technology_Review_Became_‘Spamfarm’_of_Microsoft | MIT Technology_Review_is_Running_SPAM_for_Microsoft_and_Azure_(Distracting_From Mass_Layoffs) Summary: An astonishing amount of webspam was published by MIT Technology Review on Monday and Tuesday ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 411 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/spamfarms/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/05/17/spamfarms/ ⠀⌧ 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This_is_the_latest_example_of_webspam — with the word “Linux” thrown in to make it seem relevant. Going to the front page, about 90% of the “content” from the past 6 weeks is webspam, with the word “Linux” added to make it harder to notice (last month we explained how it figure out the SEO spam parts). 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Spam_in_Unixmen⦈_ What will be left of the Web? 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Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o SaaS/Back_End/Databases o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o FSF o GNU_Projects o Programming/Development # C_/_C++ # Python # Java * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Patents # Software_Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ Quantum_firms_team_up_for_hybrid_computing_under_Linux_…⠀⇛ QMware GmbH (Saint Gallen, Switzerland) and QuiX Quantum NV (Enschede, The Netherlands) have agreed to collaborate build a hybrid quantum-classical computing platform in Enschede. The hybrid architecture integrates high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure with native quantum computing technology and is expected to be fully operational for commercial applications in August 2023. QMware offers a hybrid approach to quantum computing through its software framework. This will be used to integrate different hardware types with shared memory access. This will be operated under a unified Linux operating system. The companies say this will be the first of a new kind of data center and aims at a ten-fold increase in processing power. o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ This_official_Ubuntu_Spin_might_just_be_the_perfect intro_to_Linux⠀⇛ There are so many Linux distributions that claim to be the best for those looking to try out the open source operating system. Many of them, such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Zorin OS, Deepin Linux, and Elementary OS, are very well designed for that very purpose. They all offer unique takes on Linux and each has some special to offer. But there’s a lesser-known, official Ubuntu spin that really hits all the marks for new users. That distribution is Ubuntu Budgie. Not only is this take on the Linux desktop very user-friendly, but it’s also quite beautiful as well. [...] The development team is certainly backing up that statement. I’m always on the lookout for Linux distributions that are ideal for new users and with the release of Ubuntu Budgie 23.04, I can wholeheartedly say that this distribution might be the perfect introduction to Linux. It has the simple underpinnings of Ubuntu (including Snap packages), and a UI that makes working with Linux as easy as using Windows or MacOS. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu_Podcast_from_the_UK_LoCo:_Soaking_Up_the_Cider⠀⇛ We discuss switching to Apple Music on desktop Linux, sideloading homebrew on the Steam Deck, and finding note-taking nirvana. # ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ Destination_Linux_323:_Reviewing_The_Most Popular_Linux_Distro_In_The_World⠀⇛ This week’s episode of Destination Linux, we take a look at Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster. # ⚓ 323:_Reviewing_The_Most_Popular_Linux_Distro_In_The_World⠀⇛ # ⚓ mintCast Podcast ☛ mintCast_412_–_Coldpause⠀⇛ First up, in the news, Mint News for April, Mozilla Thunderbird is adding paid features and services, Raspberry Pi OS updates, sudo and su get Rusty, Flatseal gets GTK4, new Framework laptop gets Ryzen 7040 series, Kingston firmware contains lyrics, YouTube tests blocking adblock, Star5’s Vision 2 RISC-V gets Ubuntu, and Microsoft wants Firefox to switch to Bing In security and privacy, India bans open-source messaging apps “for security reasons”; Then in our Wanderings, Bill tells a story, Joe gets political, I conquered wifi, and Majid goes back in time. Download # ⚓ Luis_Villa:_Announcing_the_Upstream_podcast [Ed: They_are connected_to_rogue_companies_including_Microsoft]⠀⇛ o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.3.3⠀⇛ I’m announcing the release of the 6.3.3 kernel. All users of the 6.3 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 6.3.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.3.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/ linux-s… thanks, greg k-h # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.2.16⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.1.29⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.15.112⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.10.180⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.4.243⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_4.19.283⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_4.14.315⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Linux_Kernel_6.2_Reaches_End_of_Life,_Users Urged_to_Upgrade_to_Linux_Kernel_6.3⠀⇛ TLinux kernel 6.2 arrived less than three months ago on February 19th, 2023, and it introduced new features like protective load balancing (PLB) for the IPv6 stack, a new FineIBT control-flow integrity mechanism for x86, support for the Intel “asynchronous exit notification” mechanism, and more Rust infrastructure. Being a short-lived kernel branch, Linux 6.2 has now reached end of life (EOL) with the Linux 6.2.16 release that was announced today by renowned kernel developer and maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman, who urges users to upgrade to the latest Linux 6.3 kernel series as soon as possible. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Excellent_Linux_Console_Audio_Grabbers⠀⇛ CD audio grabbers are designed to extract (“rip”) the raw digital audio (in a format commonly called CDDA) from a compact disc to a file or other output. # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Rhythmbox_3.4.7_Released_–_Party_Mode_Removed, Bugs_Fixed⠀⇛ A new version of Rhythmbox music player is out. # ⚓ Net2 ☛ Best_Project_Management_Software_for_Linux⠀⇛ Linux users understand the power and flexibility of this open-source operating system, making it a go- to platform for professionals, including project managers. In this guide, we’ll explore top project management software options specifically designed for Linux, helping streamline workflows and enhance project management capabilities. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ 17_Top_Open-source_Free_DICOM_Viewers_For_Medical Professionals⠀⇛ What is DICOM? DICOM, which stands for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine, is a standardized format that enables medical professionals to access and share medical images regardless of their location or the devices they use. DICOM images require specific software known as DICOM viewers to read and display the # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ credcheck_v1.2.0_released⠀⇛ § PostgreSQL credcheck extension The credcheck PostgreSQL extension provides few general credential checks, which will be evaluated during the user creation, during the password change and user renaming. By using this extension, we can define a set of rules: [...] # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ pg_track_settings_4.1.2_is_out!⠀⇛ § pg_track_settings 2.1.2 I’m pleased to announce the release of the version 2.1.2 of pg_track_settings, an extension that helps you keep track of postgresql settings configuration. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Setting_up_an_SFTP_Server_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) is a secure protocol for transferring files between local and remote servers. Unlike standard FTP, it uses SSH (Secure Shell) to encrypt all data transfers, protecting against common threats like data interception and packet sniffing. In this guide, we will detail the steps to set up an SFTP server on [...] # ⚓ RoseHosting ☛ VPS_vs._VPN:_Unraveling_the_Mystery_Behind These_Tech_Buzzwords⠀⇛ In today’s digital world, privacy, security, and performance are of utmost importance. # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Linux_security:_What_is_sudo_and_why_is_it_so important?⠀⇛ Sudo stands for “superuser do” and effectively gives a regular user access to administrator-like powers. Here’s how to use this powerful tool. # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Beginner’s_Guide_to_System_Updates_in_Linux Mint⠀⇛ New to Linux Mint? It has an excellent system updater tool. Learn about this tool and the best practices you should follow. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Web Pro News ☛ Asahi_Linux_Chooses_KDE_Plasma,_Citing ‘Configurability’⠀⇛ Asahi Linux lead Hector Martin took to Mastodon to explain the decision to use KDE as the default desktop environment (DE), citing its “configurability.” Asahi Linux is a project aimed at bringing Linux to Apple’s custom silicon chips. The project has chosen KDE Plasma as its default DE due to the degree of customization it offers. As we pointed out in our review of KDE Plasma, the DE is hands-down the most customizeable and powerful available. # ⚓ Plasma_Sprint_2023_in_Augsburg⠀⇛ Finally a sprint again! The 2019 the Plasma Sprint in Valencia was my first in person KDE event and I was hooked instantly. However something mysterious happened in the next years that and in person meet ups stopped happening. While Akademy 2022 happened in person again, a sprint has different atmosphere and I was awesome to see people that couldn’t make Akademy or for whom it was their first sprint. Other attendees have blogged about the sprint as well, check them out too. Either on the planet or over on discuss Carl created a collection_of_a_bunch of_them. So what did I do? Aside from the usual talking, discussion, planing which the others already blogged about. (And of course the live bug investigations on fellow developers’ machines who always seem to attract the weirdest issues.) I am afraid I spent the rest of the time on boring backend stuff. # ⚓ KDE Official ☛ KDE_&_Google_Summer_of_Code_2023⠀⇛ By Benson Muite This year KDE will mentor 9 projects in the Google Summer of Code (GSoC). GSoC is a program in which contributors new to open source spend between 175 and 350 hours working on an open source project. Meet the projects and contributors for 2023: [...] ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ KDE’s_GSoC_2023_Projects_Include_New_Digikam,_Kalendar_&_Krita Features⠀⇛ A swathe of well-known free software projects are taking part in this year’s Google Summer of Code, and KDE is among them. /blockquote> ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_as_a_Career_–_Mapping_your_own_path_into_coding [Ed: But Qt is proprietary and only one company controls it]⠀⇛ In this series, we’ll be bringing you a variety of career stories from people working with Qt. § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ * ⚓ Sam_Thursfield:_Status_update,_16/05/2023⠀⇛ I am volunteering a lot of time to work on testing at the moment. When you start out as a developer this seems like the most boring kind of open source contribution that you can do. Once you become responsible for maintaining existing codebases though it becomes very interesting as a way to automate some of the work involved in reviewing merge requests and responding to issue reports. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Distrobox_–_use_Linux_distributions_in_your terminal⠀⇛ Distrobox is software which creates and manages container-based development environments without root privileges. It lets you run a wide range of Linux distributions on a single host system. It’s not reinventing the wheel. Distrobox is merely a rather sophisticated wrapper around Podman or Docker. Podman is a daemonless tool designed to find, run, build, share and deploy applications using containers and container images. Docker is a set of platform as a service products that use OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers. What’s a container? A container is an operating-system- level virtualization method for running multiple isolated Linux systems on a control host using a single Linux kernel. o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Alpine_Linux_3.18_fixes_DNS_over_TCP_issue,_now ready_for_all_the_internet’s_problems ⠀⇛ The latest update to the ultra-lightweight Alpine Linux distro, as widely used for hosting Docker containers, fixes an important issue. There are many relatively small new features in Alpine 3.18, but one of them, while niche, could prove significant. One of several unusual things about Alpine Linux is that it doesn’t use glibc, the standard C library that is the basis of almost all other Linux distros. Instead, Alpine is based on the smaller, lighter Musl libc. For many years, and by design, Musl did not support DNS over TCP, only over UDP. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ Innovation_in_uncertain_times._Join SUSE_at_SAP_Sapphire_Barcelona_Spain,_May_24-25,_2023 [Ed: Even after the SAP salesperson left as CEO the company SUSE is beholden to proprietary software]⠀⇛ Organizations today are facing a myriad of challenges. An uncertain macroeconomic climate, rising capital costs, the continued increase in global cybersecurity threats, supply chain issues, and skill shortages all impact their ability to innovate. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Rocky Linux ☛ Rocky_Linux_9.2_Available_Now⠀⇛ We are pleased to announce the general availability of Rocky Linux 9.2. This release is currently available for the x86-64, aarch64, and s390x architectures. Please review the release notes in the Rocky Linux Documentation – These notes contain important information including known bugs and more comprehensive details about changes in this version. Important Notices 9.2 Release for PowerPC (ppc64le) architecture held back During testing, we discovered an architecture- specific issue on ppc64le systems with the bundled version of Python 3.9. This issue not only prevents installing, but may break existing installations. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ AppArmor_vs._SELinux:_What’s_The Difference?⠀⇛ Mandatory Access Control (MAC) systems such as AppArmor and SELinux are essential tools for system administrators. They provide the ability to manage access to resources and control systems within the Linux kernel. While they share a common goal, how they operate and offer features vary significantly. # ⚓ Cockpit_Project:_Cockpit_292⠀⇛ Cockpit is the modern_Linux_admin_interface. We release regularly. Here are the release notes from Cockpit 292 and cockpit-machines 290: § Metrics: Add disk I/O per service The “Disks” usage metrics card now shows the active read and write bandwidth for the top 5 consumers by systemd unit. This is similar to the already existing per-service CPU and RAM usage. # ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_Fedora_at_SCaLE_20x Community_Linux_Event⠀⇛ Our team provided help, outreach, and swag items during the SCaLE_20x 2023 Linux community event. # ⚓ Packit_Team:_Packit’s_pre-commit_hooks⠀⇛ pre-commit # pre-commit is a wonderful tool that saves you a lot of time by automatically checking your changes before you commit and/or push them out. For example, in our packit repo we run various hooks upon each commit: Black (Python code formatter), Prettier (code formatter), Flake8 (Python source code checker), Mypy (static type checker for Python), and several other pre-commit hooks. Our pre-commit hooks # We also have a few hooks which we’ve created and which you might find useful as well. # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ The_benefits_of_Fedora_38_long_double_transition in_ppc64le⠀⇛ Fedora 38 will have a new feature for ppc64le. Clang has begun using the IEEE 128-bit long double by default instead of the IBM 128-bit long double format. This allows Clang to behave the same way as GCC, which switched to IEEE 128-bit long double on ppc64le on Fedora_36. This floating point format benefits from the hardware implementation available on IBM® Power9® processor-based servers and IBM® Power10™ processor-based servers. ✐ Background of the floating point format⠀✐ The IBM_System/360_Model_85 was released in 1968 and supported a 128-bit extended precision floating point format. A few decades later this format became known in the open source communities as IBM 128-bit long double or IBM double-double. # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ EasySetup_and_Flapi_fixes⠀⇛ There was a little bug in EasySetup, reported here: https://forum.puppylinux.com/ viewtopic.php?p=88979#p88979 o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Ubuntu_23.10_To_Bring_Security_Enhanced_PPAs⠀⇛ Ubuntu upgrades constantly enhance functionalities and add security fixes. However, it is not often that you see some changes to some of the core mechanisms. With Ubuntu 23.10, the PPA functioning gets better. At least, you’ll see fewer warnings in the terminal. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Ensure_DC_motor_performance_with_anomaly detection_based_on_energy_monitoring⠀⇛ The challenge Optimizing manufacturing processes is a requirement in any industry today, with electricity consumption in particular representing a major concern due to increased costs and instability. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Stop_snoring_in_its_tracks_with_this_helpful device⠀⇛ For those who have to put up with a snoring partner or roommate, the scourge of listening to those droning sounds can be maddening and lead to a decrease in the quality of one’s sleep. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ 10_Gboard_Keyboard_Features_You_Should_Be Using_on_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ One_of_the_best_Android_phones_—_the_Pixel_6 —_is_on_sale_with_Amazon_right_now_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ What_is_Android_System_Intelligence?_Is it_safe_to_remove?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Express ☛ Samsung_faces_new_Android_competition_from_an iconic_smartphone_rival_|_Express.co.uk⠀⇛ # ⚓ Giz China ☛ Google_ignored_Android_14_for_the_first_time_in Google_I/O⠀⇛ # ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Android_14′s_Ultra_HDR_feature_may_be_limited to_select_Samsung_phones_–_SamMobile⠀⇛ # ⚓ Behind_the_Scenes:_How_Android_Updates_Reach_Your_Phone?_| NextPit⠀⇛ # ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ How_free_GTA_5_APK+OBB_download_links_can jeopardize_your_Android_mobile_devices⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ Samsung_Galaxy_Tab_S9_Ultra_renders leak:_The_best_Android_tablet_of_2023?⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ SQLite ☛ SQLite_Release_3.42.0⠀⇛ 1. Add the FTS5 secure-delete command. This option causes all forensic traces to be removed from the FTS5 inverted index when content is deleted. 2. Enhance the JSON SQL functions to support JSON5 extensions. 3. The SQLITE_CONFIG_LOG and SQLITE_CONFIG_PCACHE_HDRSZ calls to sqlite3_config () are now allowed to occur after sqlite3_initialize(). 4. New sqlite3_db_config() options: SQLITE_DBCONFIG_STMT_SCANSTATUS and SQLITE_DBCONFIG_REVERSE_SCANORDER. o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ LibreOffice_7.6_Alpha1_is_available_for_testing⠀⇛ LibreOffice 7.6 will be released as final in mid August, 2023 ( Check the Release Plan ) being LibreOffice 7.6 Alpha1 the first pre-release since the development of version 7.6 started in mid December, 2022. Since then, 4670 commits have been submitted to the code repository and more than 754 bugs were set to FIXED in Bugzilla. Check the release notes to find the new features included in this version of LibreOffice. # ⚓ Month_of_LibreOffice,_May_2023_–_Half-way_point!⠀⇛ So far, 202 sticker packs have been awarded in the Month of LibreOffice, May 2023. o § FSF⠀➾ # ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_News:_The_FSF_board_candidate_discussions_will start_on_May_29⠀⇛ o § GNU Projects⠀➾ # ⚓ Mark_J._Wielaard:_Sourceware_joins_Software_Freedom Conservancy⠀⇛ For almost 25 years Sourceware has been the long- time home of various core toolchain project communities. Projects like Cygwin, a UNIX API for Win32 systems, the GNU Toolchain, including GCC, the GNU Compiler Colection, two C libraries, glibc and newlib, binary tools, binutils and elfutils, debuggers and profilers, GDB, systemtap and valgrind. Sourceware also hosts standard groups like gnu-gabi and the DWARF Debugging Standard. See the full list project hosted and services provided on the Sourceware_projects page. As the fiscal host of Sourceware, Software Freedom Conservancy will provide a home for fundraising, legal protection and governance that will benefit all projects under Sourceware’s care.  We share one mission: developing, distributing and advocating for Software Freedom.  Together we will offer a worry-free, friendly home for core toolchain and developer tool projects. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Rlang ☛ “Climate_spiral”_–_Plotting_GISS_Surface Temperature⠀⇛ NASA has been collecting surface temperature for more than over 100 years, and the GISS Surface Temperature analysis from 1888 onward. It is an estimate of global surface temperature change. # ⚓ The_RedMonk_Programming_Language_Rankings:_January_2023 [Ed: Microsoft-sponsored fake "analyst" (RedMonk) uses Microsoft data to only assess projects that choose to be imprisoned by Microsoft and by proprietary trap (GitHub). What sort of research is this????]⠀⇛ The data source used for the GitHub portion of the analysis is the GitHub Archive. # ⚓ ArchLinux ☛ 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. Notification when the migration starts, and when it is completed, will be published on the [arch-dev- public] mailing list. # § C / C++⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Using_the_Std::Cout⠀⇛ Practical tutorial on how to implement and use the cout statement to see the output on the console in C++ and chain together multiple output statements. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Setw_Field_Width_in_C++⠀⇛ Comprehensive tutorial on how to implement and set the setw() function in C++ to modify the output stream’s field width and manage the output of your program. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Sorted_Linked_List_in_C++⠀⇛ Guide on how to sort the linked list in C++ programming language to organize the data in a network of nodes to organize it alphabetically by a given key value. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Make_and_Use_Enum_in_C_Language⠀⇛ How to declare and use an enumerator in C and its constants and assign a value to each of them using the default enumeration or by defining them yourself. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Peter ‘CzP’ Czanik ☛ Syslog-ng_Python_Packaging⠀⇛ In version 4 of syslog-ng, the role of Python became even more important. Previously, all parts of syslog-ng could be extended using Python code, but no actual Python code was provided with syslog-ng. Version 4.0 added a Kubernetes module implemented in Python, while version 4.2 added support for Hypr. But how can we ensure that all Python dependencies are met? # ⚓ Peter_Czanik:_Syslog-ng_Python_packaging⠀⇛ Of course, Python modules add their own long list of dependencies. There are three ways how these dependencies can be installed: On the system using the package management of the OS. This is the preferred way of many organizations, but unfortunately not all dependencies are available for all operating systems as ready-to-install packages. On the system using Python tools. This is not recommended, unless you really know what you are doing, as mixing OS-maintained packages with manually installed components can easily lead to chaos. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Seaborn_Grouped_Bar_Plot⠀⇛ The “sns.barplot()” method can be used for grouped bar plots when users have multiple categorical variables and want to plot together at once. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Seaborn_Heatmap_Size⠀⇛ To resize the Seaborn heatmap in Python, the “plt.set()” method, “plt.figure()” method, and “plt.gcf” method can be used. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Matplotlib_Figure_Title⠀⇛ The “matplotlib.pyplot” library is used to add titles in graphs for identification and explanation. It is also used to change font, alignment, color, and location. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ 10+_Python_Scrapping_Libraries_and Frameworks_For_Data_Engineers_and_Data_Scientists⠀⇛ Python is a popular general purpose programming language for building desktop apps, games, and mobile apps. It is also the primary choice for many data engineers and data scientists for its scripting capability and vast collection of open-source libraries, tools, and frameworks. In summary, it is an immensely powerful programming # § Java⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Jungle ☛ Java_17_Now_GA_for_IBM_i_and_WebSphere Gets_Company⠀⇛ Java 17 is now available on IBM i, IBM announced last month, bringing the first major Java enhancement since Java 11 to the platform. The Java-based Web application server environment is also evolving on IBM i, as Big Blue adds more options besides WebSphere. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Julia_Child,_Jane_Austen,_and_sleuths_of_a_certain age⠀⇛ In need of some armchair travel? Curl up with spring’s new mysteries where adventure abounds in San Francisco, Paris, and England. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ On_an_Austrian_Train,_Hitler’s_Voice_Played_Over the_Loudspeakers⠀⇛ Two men have been questioned in the bizarre case, where Hitler could be heard over an express train’s P.A. system. The episode has led to outrage and head- scratching. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ German_Court_Convicts_Five_Men_for_Green_Vault Jewel_Heist⠀⇛ The trial brought to light the extraordinary story of how members of a notorious crime family broke into one of the most secure museums in Germany. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Cherelle_Parker_Wins_Democratic_Mayoral_Primary in_Philadelphia⠀⇛ She drew support from prominent Democratic politicians and trade unions. She is all but assured of becoming the city’s first woman mayor. o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Chinese_fishing_vessel_capsizes_in_Indian Ocean,_39_missing⠀⇛ No missing persons have been found so far. o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ A_Few_Thoughts_on_Quentin_Tarantino’s_Plan_to Retire⠀⇛ The director has said that his tenth film will be his last. What does this mean for his cinematic legacy? o ⚓ France24 ☛ Indy,_Scorsese_and_an_African_revival:_What_to_expect from_Cannes_2023⠀⇛ The Cannes Film Festival is poised to launch a blockbuster 76th edition on Tuesday stacked with celebrated auteurs and Hollywood star power, confident that it has weathered the Covid pandemic and upheld its status as the guardian of the big screen. In a belated and welcome sign of change, this year’s line-up features more female directors and a sizeable contingent of African entries, while the return of Hollywood silverbacks Harrison Ford (in his final appearance as Indiana Jones) and Martin Scorsese will provide the festival’s marquee premieres. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Researchers_look_at_genetic_maintenance_of same-sex_sexual_behavior⠀⇛ LSA professor Jianzhi Zhang and graduate student Siliang Song are exploring why the many genes associated with same-sex sexual behavior have not been purged from the human genome over time. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Literacy_skills_declining_among_Finnish_kids,_global study_finds⠀⇛ The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) examines the reading comprehension of fourth grade students around the world every 5 years. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Gigadevice_GD25LE128EXH_is_a_tiny_3x3mm 128Mbit_SPI_NOR_flash⠀⇛ GigaDevice Semiconductor has just launched the GD25LE128EXH 128Mbit SPI NOR Flash in a tiny ultra- compact 3x3x0.4mm FO-USON8 package designed for IoT, wearables, healthcare, and networking products. The GD25LE128EXH supports up to 133MHz frequency with four channels delivering up to 532Mbit/s data throughput. GigaDevice also highlights the low power consumption of just 6mA when reading, or a reduction of power consumption by 45% compared to previous devices. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Japan_PM_Kishida_to_Meet Executives_From_Top_Chip_Firms_-Sources⠀⇛ o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Oxford_University_Removes_Sackler_Name From_Buildings⠀⇛ The elite British university has become the latest in a long series of institutions to publicly distance themselves from the family because of some of its members’ ties to the opioid crisis. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ I’m_a_Couples_Therapist._Something_New_Is Happening_in_Relationships.⠀⇛ For more and more of Orna Guralnik’s patients, the ideas behind Black Lives Matter and #MeToo are leading to breakthroughs at home. # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Warning:_6_products_that_could_pose_a_serious safety_risk_to_your_baby_or_child⠀⇛ We round up the potentially dangerous baby products featured in safety recalls or Which? investigations # ⚓ Axios ☛ North_Carolina_Republicans_pass_12-week_abortion law⠀⇛ Most abortions will no longer be legal in North Carolina after_12_weeks_of_pregnancy. Driving the news:The state’s GOP-controlled legislature Tuesday nightcarried out a razor-thin override of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of_a 46-page_bill that tightens restrictions on abortion care here. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_U.S._Experiment_on_Single-Payer_Care Just_Ended⠀⇛ The system for one disease, Covid, had similarities to “Medicare for all.” # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Brazil’s_Bolsonaro_Denies Tampering_of_His_Vaccination_Records⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Bird_Flu_Vaccine_Authorized_for_Emergency Use_in_California_Condors⠀⇛ More than 20 of the birds, which are critically endangered, have died in recent months. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ High-Top_Shoes_Can_Actually_Increase_Injury Risk,_Experts_Warn⠀⇛ Here’s what the science says. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Japan’s_Economy_Rebounds_on Healthy_Consumption_as_COVID_Restrictions_Ease,_Tourists Arrive⠀⇛ Japan’s economy has grown at an annual pace of 1.6% in the quarter through March # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_appeals_court_allows_religious_discrimination complaint_over_government-mandated_COVID-19_vaccines⠀⇛ The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that former government employees can sue the city of San Francisco, California for infringing on their religious freedom after they were denied exemptions from receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Ex-Audi_Chief_Pleads_Guilty_in_Dieselgate_Trial⠀⇛ Over 10 million Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Seat and Mercedes vehicles were sold with manufacturing defects worldwide. # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Keeping_a_competitive_edge_in_the cybersecurity_‘game’ [Ed: "This article was produced by Microsoft Federal, for CyberScoop." So a site that claims to be for security prints crap from a back doors proponent.]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ White_House_plan_to_implement cyber_strategy_includes_ambitious_digital_education effort [Ed: But not deleting Microsoft and Windows?]⠀⇛ o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ WordPress ☛ WordPress_6.2.1_Maintenance_&_Security Release⠀⇛ WordPress 6.2.1 is now available! This minor release features 20 bug fixes in Core and 10 bug fixes for the block editor. You can review a summary of the maintenance updates in this release by reading the Release Candidate announcement. This release also features several security fixes. # ⚓ Pen Test Partners ☛ It’s_always_DNS,_here’s_why…⠀⇛ # ⚓ XSAs_released_on_2023-05-16⠀⇛ The Xen_Project has released one or more Xen security_advisories_(XSAs). The security of Qubes OS is not affected. Therefore, no user action is required. # ⚓ OSI Blog ☛ Another_issue_with_the_Cyber_Resilience_Act: European_standards_bodies_are_inaccessible_to_Open_Source projects⠀⇛ Europe’s standards bodies have no functional relationships with Open Source charities and do not consult them. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ We_need_more_breach_transparency,_but_a_lot of_obstacles_are_in_the_way⠀⇛ # ⚓ Freexian_Collaborators:_Monthly_report_about_Debian_Long Term_Support,_April_2023_(by_Roberto_C._Sánchez)⠀⇛ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Teltonika_Vulnerabilities_Could_Expose Thousands_of_Industrial_Organizations_to_Remote_Attacks⠀⇛ Critical vulnerabilities found in Teltonika products by industrial cybersecurity firms Otorio and Claroty expose thousands of internet-exposed devices to attacks. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ New_Babuk-Based_Ransomware_Targeting Organizations_in_US,_Korea⠀⇛ An emerging ransomware gang called RA Group is targeting organizations in the US and South Korea. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Lancefly_APT_Targeting_Asian_Government Organizations_for_Years⠀⇛ A threat actor tracked as Lancefly has been targeting government organizations in South and Southeast Asia for at least three years. # ⚓ Improvements_to_PPA_management_in_23.10⠀⇛ We’re excited to announce the release of software- properties 0.99.37, just uploaded to mantic- proposed! This update brings a significant change to how PPAs are managed on Ubuntu systems, thanks to the hard work of @enr0n. In previous versions of Ubuntu, PPAs were managed through a traditional .list file located at /etc/ apt/sources.list.d/, accompanied by a gpg keyring at /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Commissioner_Johansson’s_speech_at the_High_level_meeting_with_the_Western_Balkan_partners_on Small_Arms_and_Light_Weapons_control⠀⇛ European Commission Speech Brussels, 16 May 2023 Guns kill people. We were reminded of this reality by two deadly attacks within 48 hours. In and near Belgrade. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Reeling_in_illegal_fishing_is_crucial_to Australia’s_maritime_security⠀⇛ Combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing) is key to the integrity of the international legal framework and the rules- based international order. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Philippines:_‘Stronger_security_cooperation’_with Japan_essential_for_regional_peace⠀⇛ Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo says both countries believe in rules-based resolution of disputes. # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Seven_Things_Not_Mentioned_in_the_Durham Report⠀⇛ If John Durham closed just a handful of enormous gaps in his shoddy report, it would all fall apart. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ U.S._to_make_million-dollar_investment_in_Latvian border_security⠀⇛ The United States Department of Energy has announced a $1.3 million investment in strengthening border security and radiation detection in Latvia, the U.S. embassy in Rīga said in a release May 16. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Republican_Leaders_and_Right-Wing_Media React_to_the_Durham_Report⠀⇛ Conservative leaders and right-wing outlets say the special counsel report, which produced no startling revelations, lends credence to their conspiracy theories about the F.B.I. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Japan’s_Kishida_to_push_for_a_‘world without_nuclear_weapons’_at_G-7,_but_faces_impossible_task⠀⇛ Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wants to use the Group of Seven (G-7) Leaders’ Summit in his home constituency of Hiroshima this weekend to “promote a world without nuclear weapons”. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Rival_Groups_Firing_in_NW_Pakistan:_16_Killed_and 4_Injured⠀⇛ “…The police said that the event occurred because of a long-standing dispute between the two tribal groups…” # ⚓ RFERL ☛ At_Least_16_Killed_In_Tribal_Clashes_Over_Coal_Mine In_Northwestern_Pakistan⠀⇛ At least 16 people have been killed and three were wounded in armed clashes triggered by a dispute over the ownership of a coal mine in northwestern Pakistan, police said. # ⚓ ADF ☛ Anglophone_Separatists_Step_Up_Attacks_in_Cameroon⠀⇛ A recent attack less than 40 kilometers west of Cameroon’s largest city, Douala, has citizens feeling unnerved and insecure. On May 1, at least 15 heavily armed Anglophone separatists attacked a military post in the farming village of Matouke. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ At_Hiroshima_G7,_Bomb_Survivors Grapple_With_a_Disarmament_Dream_Deferred⠀⇛ # ⚓ ADF ☛ ‘Wet_With_Blood’:_Survivors_Describe_Burkina_Faso Massacre⠀⇛ ADF STAFF The brutal attack lasted about six hours. When it was over, at least 156 people were dead. Some of the victims were blindfolded, some were babies under a month old, killed on their mothers’ backs. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ War_in_Sudan_Unleashes_New_Wave_of Violence_in_Darfur⠀⇛ The war in Sudan has unleashed a new wave of violence in the western region of Darfur, sending tens of thousands into neighboring Chad, where a new humanitarian crisis is looming. # ⚓ ADF ☛ With_Weapons_and_Gold_Mining,_Wagner_Cashes_In_on Sudan_Chaos⠀⇛ While Sudan’s rival generals battle for control of the country, Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries continue to cash in despite the chaos. As other mining companies suspended operations in the country, Wagner’s affiliate Meroe Gold continued operation of its gold mines. # ⚓ ADF ☛ Experts:_Could_Sudan’s_Fate_Resemble_Divided_Libya?⠀⇛ Cease-fires have failed. Rival sides seem evenly matched. The men at the top are increasingly entrenched in their opposition to each other. Regional players are choosing sides. Observers say they’ve seen these factors before, and they wonder whether Sudan could be headed for the kind of division that has crippled Libya for years. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Arab_states_see_a_path_to_progress_through Syria._It_could_be_bumpy.⠀⇛ Fresh diplomacy in the Middle East is reforging Syria’s ties to the Arab world. Each has something the other wants. But will Damascus play ball? # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Syrian_refugees_fear_normalization_with Assad._Because_it_means_they_will_have_to_return—and_not_by choice.⠀⇛ Syrian refugees fear that “normalization” of ties will boost the narrative that “Syria is safe now,” giving further justification to rid Syrian refugee populations. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_Arab_League_thinks_readmitting_Syria will_push_out_Iran._They’re_wrong.⠀⇛ The logic of drawing Bashar al-Assad back into the Arab League is unsound, founded on the faulty premise that there remains such a thing as an independent Syrian regime to woo back from Tehran. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ UN:_Africa’s_Sahel_Desperately Needs_Help_to_Fight_Violent_Extremism_and_Stop_Its_Spread⠀⇛ Africa’s Sahel region has become a hot spot for violent extremism, but the joint force set up in 2014 to combat groups linked to the Islamic State, al-Qaida and others has failed to stop their inroads # ⚓ France24 ☛ Several_dead_in_Senegal_clashes_as_opposition leader_Sonko’s_rape_trial_adjourned⠀⇛ Three people died during clashes between Senegalese police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, the authorities said on Tuesday, amid flaring tensions triggered by a legal showdown. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Global_executions_surge,_with_China,_Iran leading_the_way,_Amnesty_says⠀⇛ Recorded executions worldwide reached 883 last year, the highest level since 2017, according to an Amnesty International report published on Tuesday that decried the Middle East and North Africa in particular. # ⚓ France24 ☛ UN:_Africa’s_Sahel_needs_international_support to_fight_extremism⠀⇛ Africa’s Sahel region has become a hot spot for violent extremism, but the joint force set up in 2014 to combat groups linked to the Islamic State, al-Qaida and others has failed to stop their inroads, and a senior UN official warned Tuesday that without greater international support and regional cooperation the instability will expand toward West African coastal countries. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Belarus_State_Media_Release_a_Photo_of Lukashenko_Amid_Ill_Health_Rumors⠀⇛ Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, a Kremlin ally, had not been shown since he attended events last week celebrating the Soviet Union’s triumph over Nazi Germany in 1945. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ She_Killed_the_Man_Raping_Her. Now_Mexican_Woman_Faces_6_Years_in_Prison⠀⇛ A Mexican woman who killed a man defending herself when he attacked and raped her in 2021 was sentenced to more than six years in prison, a decision her legal defense called “discriminatory” and vowed to appeal # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Team_to_Counter_Tech_Espionage Unveils_Cases_Involving_China_and_Russia⠀⇛ A new division set up by the government to pursue sanctions evasion and technology espionage announced arrests of individuals with ties to foreign governments. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Putin_Faces_Military_Setbacks_and Disunity⠀⇛ The problems that have hindered Russia’s 15-month war are still festering: stretched resources and disunity in the ranks. Still, Mr. Putin’s resolve augurs a willingness to prosecute a long war. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Durham_report_criticizes_FBI_role_in_Trump- Russia_probe⠀⇛ A four-year investigation into the possible misconduct of the FBI’s probe into ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign has concluded. Prosecutor John Durham’s report has identified major flaws in the FBI’s investigation. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Russia’s_top_mercenary_leader_turns_on Kremlin._What’s_behind_rift?⠀⇛ Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has been engaged in very public criticism of Russia’s war effort. Experts say that it’s not a challenge to Vladimir Putin, but positioning for the post-war order. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Russian_Embassy:_Border_guards_cancelling_Finns’ visas_are_‘isolated_cases’⠀⇛ Last week, Russian border authorities began annulling some visas carried by Finnish citizens, refusing their entry and turning them back to Finland. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Durham_Report_Takeaways:_A ‘Seriously_Flawed’_Russia_Investigation_and_Its_Lasting Impact_on_the_FBI⠀⇛ A 306-page report by Justice Department special counsel John Durham is refocusing negative attention on one of the most politically significant investigations in FBI history: the probe into whether Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was colluding with Russia to tip the outcome of the election # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Gessen_Resigns_From_PEN_America Board_Over_Canceled_Panel_With_Russian_Dissidents⠀⇛ The author and journalist Masha Gessen has resigned as vice president of the board of PEN America, citing their unhappiness with the literary and free expression organization’s cancellation of an event that would have included Russian panelists # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Moldovan_Region_Headed_for_Clash With_Pro-European_Government⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Georgian_Airways_To_Resume_Direct_Flights_To_Russia From_May_20⠀⇛ Georgia’s flag carrier, Georgian Airways, will resume direct flights to Russia from May 20, the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency said on May 16, after Russia lifted a flight ban last week. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Justice_and_Commerce_Department_‘strike force’_target_theft_of_quantum,_autonomous_technologies⠀⇛ A series of criminal cases took aim at individuals seeking to help China, Russia and Iran gain access to sensitive U.S. tech. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Hidden_terror:_Clearing_unexploded_bombs_from_Laos hits_snag⠀⇛ Workers wait for funding to clear bombs dropped by US during Vietnam War. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Officials_Who_Cast_Doubt_on_Hunter_Biden Laptop_Face_Questions⠀⇛ Dozens of former intelligence officials signed a letter discounting the laptop’s contents. Republicans say the missive was part of a Biden campaign operation. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Q&A:_Yi_Cui_discusses_climate_change, ‘Flagship_Destinations’_and_his_new_position_as_Director_of the_Sustainability_Accelerator⠀⇛ Shortly after the controversial announcement of greenhouse gas removal as the first “Flagship Destination” for the Doerr School and the Sustainability Accelerator within it, Director Yi Cui sat down for a Q&A with The Daily. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Manchin_Clashes_With_Biden_Administration Over_Climate_Law⠀⇛ Senator Joe Manchin III, the conservative West Virginia Democrat who faces re-election next year and is flirting with a presidential run, has threatened to repeal the measure he helped write. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ In_Photos:_Africa_holds_huge_potential_in geothermal_energy_generation⠀⇛ Africa’s geothermal potential is huge, particularly in the Rift Valley, which extends from the Horn of Africa to Malawi. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Five_Killed_After_Cyclone_Mocha_Hits_Myanmar⠀⇛ Mocha damaged 864 houses, 11 religious buildings, 16 monasteries, 64 schools, 14 hospitals and clinics, 7 telecom towers, 71 lamp posts, and 38 departmental buildings # ⚓ RFA ☛ Nearly_400_feared_dead_after_Cyclone_Mocha_hit Myanmar’s_Rakhine_state⠀⇛ The majority of victims were staying in camps for the displaced described as ‘open-roof prisons.’ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ On_solar_energy,_a_top-down_push_meets bottom-up_doubts⠀⇛ Solar power is a growth industry and a national priority. But that doesn’t mean solar projects are easily built. One problem may be a lack of dialogue between investors and local communities. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ As_EV_Sales_Pick_up_Pace,_Electric Commercial_Fleets_Lag⠀⇛ Passenger cars dominate the electric vehicle market, but light delivery trucks could benefit from the cost savings and range E.V.s offer. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Vetoes_Legislation_That_Would Reinstate_Tariffs_on_Some_Solar_Panels⠀⇛ President Biden announced a two-year pause on the tariffs last year after importers complained that the penalties would threaten broader adoption of solar energy in the United States. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Trudeau_Says_Canada_Ready to_Partner_With_South_Korea_on_Critical_Minerals, Security⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Musk_Warns_Tesla_Shareholders_to Expect_“Challenging”_Year⠀⇛ Tesla will not escape the effects of a global economic downturn, Mr. Musk said at the carmaker’s annual meeting. But he insisted Tesla would emerge stronger. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Gas-rich_NT_‘key_player’_with new_carbon_capture_hub⠀⇛ A proposed emissions storage hub in the Northern Territory will take carbon waste from gas plants and provide a feedstock for making fertiliser and other products. Chief Minister Natasha Fyles said the creation of a carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) industry will be an important part of the Middle Arm industrial precinct on Darwin Harbour. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Report:_EV_battery_making_riddled_with_rights violations,_environmental_threats⠀⇛ Companies including Panasonic, Tesla, and Toyota should check their supply chain, rights group says. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ More_than_a_dozen_people,_3 dogs_rescued_from_apartment_fire_in_downtown_Portland, Oregon⠀⇛ Firefighters rescued more than a dozen people and three dogs Tuesday from an apartment building blaze in downtown Portland, Oregon. Portland Fire & Rescue tweeted about the fire at 10:45 a.m. and shortly after said rescues were underway. Fire officials later told The Oregonian/OregonLive the agency was confident that everyone got out of the building, which was built in 1910 and has about 50 units. Around 1 p.m., officials said the fire had “maxed out” but likely would burn until Wednesday. Photos and video posted online showed heavy, black smoke pouring out of the four-story building. The smoke also temporarily closed Interstate 405. The cause of the blaze wasn’t immediately known. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Indonesia_to_lose_spot_as_4th most_populous_country_by_2045⠀⇛ The fall in the birth rate can be attributed to the country’s family planning campaign. # ⚓ Overpopulation ☛ Adversity_for_Biodiversity:_A Reflection_on_My_Experience_at_COP15⠀⇛ The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework1 adopted in December 2022 by representatives of most of the world’s national governments is inadequate to halt and reverse the disturbing loss of biodiversity globally. Concerted efforts to increase the new Framework’s ambition were dismissed and ultimately ignored. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Rural_Australians_told_to_look_beyond big_four_banks⠀⇛ Regional Australia “can’t put the genie back in the bottle” as banking services move online and local branches shut their doors. But community banks could be one option to keep rural economies alive and give locals the face-to-face services they need, a federal inquiry has been told. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron’s_tax_cuts_attempt_to_woo_the_French middle_class⠀⇛ French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday evening tax cuts of up to €2 billion for the French people. The announcement targets France’s middle class, which has borne the brunt of high inflation and stagnating salaries over the past few months. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Argentina_Hikes_Benchmark_Interest_Rate_to_97 Pct⠀⇛ The decision seeks to reduce inflation, stabilize the exchange rate and guarantee consistent levels of economic activity. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_investor_of_Big_Short_fame_is_making_a_huge bet_on_Chinese_tech_stocks⠀⇛ Short seller Michael Burry is playing the long game in China’s tech sector. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_Biden_Blew_It_on_the_Debt_Ceiling⠀⇛ Doesn’t anyone here know how to play this game? # ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Pluralistic:_Rent_control_works_(16_May 2023)⠀⇛ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Democrats_float_scheme_to_protect_McCarthy_from debt_ceiling_revolt⠀⇛ A group of dozens of House Democratic moderates is quietly telling Republicans they could provide House Speaker Kevin_McCarthy (R-Calif.) the votes he needs to survive a right-wing effort to oust him. Why it matters:The development could further complicate matters for McCarthy as he tries to hammer out a debt_ceiling_deal with the White House without alienating members on his side of the aisle. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Biden_agrees_to_direct_debt_ceiling_talks_with House_GOP⠀⇛ Congressional leaders on Tuesday said President Biden agreed to have the White House negotiate the debt_ceiling directly with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s office. Why it matters:Biden is acceding to a key demand by Republican lawmakers – for the White House to acknowledge the House GOP majority’s leverage in the process and act accordingly. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Banks_leaving_rural_Oz_despite billion-dollar_future⠀⇛ Rural Australians need banks to be “a rising tide that lifts all boats”, as the regions become the centre of billion-dollar green energy projects and an expanding agriculture sector. But the increasing closure of local branches in regional areas does nothing to boost confidence in country communities, a federal inquiry is set to hear. # ⚓ MoneyControl ☛ Google,_Meta,_Amazon_hiring_low-paid_H1B workers_after_US_layoffs:_report⠀⇛ # ⚓ ABP ☛ Google,_Meta,_Amazon,_Other_Tech_Giants_Hiring_Low- Paid_H1B_Workers_After_Massive_Layoffs:_Report⠀⇛ # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Google,_Meta,_Amazon_hire_low-paid_foreign_workers after_US_layoffs:_report⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_and_McCarthy_Show_Optimism_on_Debt Ceiling_but_Remain_Far_Apart⠀⇛ The negotiations at the White House came a day after the Treasury Department said the government could run out of money to pay its bills by June 1. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Asian_shares_tentative,_US_debt ceiling_talks_loom⠀⇛ Asian shares were subdued on Wednesday and the US dollar hovered around a five-week peak as investors remained risk averse, with the US debt ceiling talks and a mixed set of economic data weighing on sentiment. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ YLE:_Finns’_purchasing_power_to_start improving_in_2024⠀⇛ THE PURCHASING POWER of Finns is projected to neither decrease nor increase this year, reports YLE. Meri Obstbaum, the head of forecasting at the Bank of Finland, stated to the Finnish public broadcaster yesterday that the purchasing power is expected to start improving next year, returning to the upward trajectory it had been on – barring a couple of exceptions – for the past couple of decades. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Nearly_half_of_Finns_consider_taxation_too high_–_Tax_revolt_brewing_in_the_Finns_Party⠀⇛ According to a recent values and attitudes survey by the Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA, 49% of Finns believe that taxation in Finland is too high, while 32% disagree. The harshest critics of taxation levels are Finns Party voters, of whom 83% believe that taxation in Finland is too harsh. Additionally, a majority of National Coalition Party voters (71%) think that taxation in Finland is too harsh, as do a significant number of Liike Nyt (58%), Christian Democrats (41%), and Centre Party (47%) voters. # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Which?_urges_Rishi_Sunak_to_act_as_some_food prices_double⠀⇛ The Prime Minister should use today’s Downing Street food summit to tackle soaring grocery costs # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Commodity_prices_have_brought_inflation_to_its lowest_in_months_in_India⠀⇛ Easing global commodity prices have begun to reflect on inflation in India, at both the wholesale and consumer levels. # ⚓ Breach Media ☛ Canada_has_the_tools_it_needs_to_make_a wealth_tax_work⠀⇛ To fight 21st-century inequality, Canada needs 21st-century taxes that force billionaires and corporations to pay their fair share # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Peso_hits_7-year_high_against_US dollar⠀⇛ The Mexican peso continues its strong performance this year, hitting 17.42 against the U.S. dollar on Monday. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_economic_data_for_April_falls short_as_low_demand,_youth_unemployment_see_patchy_post- pandemic_recovery⠀⇛ China’s economic data for April missed expectations last month, official figures showed Tuesday, as low demand and high youth unemployment led to a patchy recovery after lifting strict Covid rules. Retail sales — a key indicator of domestic consumer activity — grew 18.4 percent on-year, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ A_record_one_in_five_young_people_are_unemployed in_China⠀⇛ Another troubling sign has emerged in China as the country seeks to regain its economic footing following three years of strict covid curbs. # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ ‘They_were_showing_up_at_my_mum’s_house_looking for_me’⠀⇛ Leeds man endures three-year fraud saga after his wallet is stolen and he falls victim to identity theft # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Reddit_Is_Full_of_DoorDashers_Begging Customers_for_Tips⠀⇛ DoorDash only provides a base pay of $2 per order, so some Dashers have resorted to asking customers to give them bigger tips. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ People_Are_Organizing_to_Fight_the Private_Equity_Firms_Who_Own_Their_Homes⠀⇛ How tenant unions are taking back power from their megalandlords. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Twitter_makes_first_acquisition_of_Elon_Musk_era⠀⇛ Twitter appears to have made its first deal of the Elon Musk era: Buying a job-matching_tech_startup called Laskie, Axios has learned. Why it matters: This is the company’s first known acquisition under Musk’s leadership, as well as a transaction that helps fulfill the billionaire’s aspirations to turn Twitter into a “super-app” that offers users multiple functions — including payments. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Why_are_Lithuanian_IT_companies_expanding_to Africa?⠀⇛ In recent years, more and more Lithuanian companies have been expanding to Africa. The continent offers not only a growing market but also a greater supply of workforce than Lithuania, businesses say. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Statement_by_President_von_der_Leyen at_the_joint_press_conference_with_Icelandic_Prime_Minister Katrín_Jakobsdóttir⠀⇛ European Commission Statement Reykjavik, 16 May 2023 Dear Katrín, Thank you for having me here, and I want to congratulate you and your country on the very successful Presidency of the Council of Europe. I am very… # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Keynote_speech_by_President_von_der Leyen_at_the_opening_session_of_the_Council_of_Europe_Summit ‘United_around_our_Values’⠀⇛ European Commission Speech Reykjavik, 16 May 2023 Prime Minister, dear Katrín, First of all, thank you so much for hosting us in this lively and vibrant city of Reykjavík. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_student_jailed_for_5_years under_national_security_law_to_take_appeal_to_city’s_top court⠀⇛ A Hong Kong student who was denied a jail term reduction under the national security law has been granted permission to appeal his five-year sentence at the city’s top court. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ State-backed_media_take_aim_at_Hong Kong_housing_and_urban_planning_NGOs⠀⇛ State-backed newspapers have accused a research NGO and six advocacy groups of “smearing” government- led projects such as the Light Public Housing initiative, and large-scale infrastructure projects including the Kau Yi Chau Artificial Islands, previously known as Lantau Tomorrow Vision. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Afghanistan_dispatch:_Taliban_directives_on_aid leave_humanitarian_crisis_largely_unaddressed⠀⇛ Law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reflects on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and internal and international concerns about the Taliban government’s capacity or willingness to address the situation. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Daniel_Cameron,_Ally_of_Mitch_McConnell, Wins_GOP_Primary_for_Kentucky_Governor⠀⇛ Daniel Cameron, the attorney general, will face Andy Beshear, a popular Democrat who is seeking re- election in a typically deep-red state. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Cambodia_Disqualifies_Main_Opposition Party_Ahead_of_Election⠀⇛ Prime Minister Hun Sen, whose grip on power has lasted 38 years, has said he wants his son to succeed him, laying the groundwork for a new political dynasty. # ⚓ Kılıçdaroğlu_vows_to_fight_till_the_end⠀⇛ Despite trailing behind Erdoğan in the presidential election and failing to win the majority in parliament, the opposition leader remains steadfast in his assertion that he will emerge victorious in the upcoming runoff. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Kilicdaroglu_faces_‘real_uphill_battle’_after Erdogan_nearly_clinched_first-round_win⠀⇛ Recep Tayyip Erdogan surprised many observers yet again by nearly winning the Turkish presidential election in Sunday’s first round, defying the polls putting opposition challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu ahead. So the stage is set for the May 28 second round – but analysts say Kilicdaroglu’s route to victory is very narrow indeed. # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Peru:_AMLO’s_statements_about_President Boluarte_‘irresponsible’⠀⇛ Peru has reacted angrily to Mexico’s claims that Boluarte is a usurper, as the row over the presidency of the Pacific Alliance deepens. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Without_Tucker_Carlson,_Far_Right_Loses_a Foothold_in_the_Mainstream⠀⇛ For years, Mr. Carlson used his Fox News show to bring right-wing ideas into Americans’ living rooms. Playing the same role in his next chapter will be much harder. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Interested_in_Polyamory?_Check_Out_These Cities.⠀⇛ Laws granting rights to people in polyamorous relationships are being recognized in more cities. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Yemen_Gov’t_Reinstates_+52,000_Dismissed_Southern Employees⠀⇛ “The decisions involve the approval of procedures for a previously formed committee…” # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Wife_Of_Bosnian_Ex-President_Loses_Position_After Academic_Titles_Annulled⠀⇛ Sebija Izetbegovic, the wife of the former Muslim member of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s tripartite presidency, Bakir Izetbegovic, was fired from her position as a professor at Bosnia’s top medical school last month, Sarajevo University head Rifat Skrijel told RFE/RL. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarus_Bans_Travel_Abroad_For_Persons_Facing ‘Political_Charges,’_Top_Officials,_Police⠀⇛ Belarus has banned citizens facing “political charges,” top officials, and law enforcement officers from traveling abroad. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ DeSantis’s_Candidate_for_Kentucky_Governor Loses_to_Trump-Backed_Rival⠀⇛ The 2024 hopeful made a dramatic, election-eve show of support in the Kentucky governor’s race, only for his chosen candidate to get clobbered. Another favored candidate in Jacksonville, Fla., lost, too. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ US_President’s_visit_to_Australia officially_cancelled⠀⇛ US President Joe Biden’s planned visit to Australia next week has been cancelled. The leaders of Australia, the US, Japan and India were all scheduled to meet in Sydney on May 24 for a Quad meeting. Mr Biden was due to address the federal parliament in Canberra the day before. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Australia_Cancels_Quad_Meeting in_Sydney_After_Biden_Postponement⠀⇛ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Biden_shortening_overseas_trip_ahead_of_debt ceiling_deadline⠀⇛ President_Biden is shortening his overseas trip next week to focus on the debt_ceiling negotiations. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ US_officials_‘re-evaluating’_Biden Australia_visit_plan⠀⇛ United States officials have indicated President Joe Biden’s planned visit to Australia for the Quad meeting may not go ahead. The leaders of Australia, the US, Japan and India are scheduled to meet in Sydney on May 24 and Mr Biden was expected to address the federal parliament in Canberra the day before. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Biden_Cancels_Trips_Due_To_Debt_Impasse⠀⇛ Biden will travel to Japan tomorrow to attend the G7 summit, but will return to Washington ahead of schedule. # ⚓ Voting_period_first_shortened,_then_restored_in_countries where_Kılıçdaroğlu_is_ahead⠀⇛ The voting period was dropped from five days to two days in the US, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and Japan in the second round of the presidential elections. It was later announced that the voting period was restored to five days after the objection by CHP. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Mirror_publisher_pays_‘significant’ damages_to_Lady_Colin_Campbell_over_Epstein_claim⠀⇛ The Mirror misquoted a claim made by the royal commentator on Good Morning Britain. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ BBC_and_Evening_Standard_win_right_to identify_man_in_‘dirty_money’_trial⠀⇛ The “highly successful businessman” referred to the Bloomberg v ZXC case to try to prove his right to anonymity. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ RTE ☛ RTÉ_Announces_New_Editor_of_RTÉ_Investigations_Unit⠀⇛ RTÉ today announced the appointment of David Doran as the new Editor of the RTE Investigations Unit. David is a highly experienced producer / director and film journalist with over 15 years’ experience. He has delivered groundbreaking programmes for RTÉ Investigates on Ireland’s National Ambulance service, abuse of children in state care, whistleblowers, domestic abuse… # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Guatemala’s_elPeriodico_Closes_After Government_Jails_Publisher⠀⇛ On Monday, elPeriodico, an investigative daily in Guatemala, published its final edition after more than 26 years. Its executive editor is in jail and some of its reporters are in exile. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ CNET_Workers_Unionize_as_‘Automated Technology_Threatens_Our_Jobs’⠀⇛ Around 100 workers have organized in response to the company’s restructuring plans, massive layoffs, and plans for AI content. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Helsinki_police_detain_3_climate_protesters_at_UPM headquarters⠀⇛ A total of about 50 people took part in the Elokapina-organised demonstration. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Big_border_surge_didn’t_happen._But_calls persist_for_an_overhaul.⠀⇛ Many were bracing for a ballooning of already record-high levels of illegal immigration last week, sparking renewed efforts to address border security and a broken immigration system. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Rights_groups_welcome_early_prison_releases_of Vietnamese_environmental_activist⠀⇛ NGOs credit foreign pressure, but it may have been because her family paid tax in question. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Police_suspect_immigrant_assistance_association_boss of_financial_offences⠀⇛ Investigators believe that during an eight-month period before filing for bankruptcy in 2018, the association handed over about 18,000 euros to third parties without reasonable cause. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Social_services_unions_issue_new_strike_warning⠀⇛ The proposed action is in addition to the walkout by about 70,000 social care workers scheduled for next week. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Global_Executions_Highest_in_5_Years, Amnesty_International_Says⠀⇛ Egypt, Iran and Saudi Arabia carried out 90 percent of the executions recorded last year, the rights group said. The numbers did not include estimates of “thousands” in China, it said, citing a lack of transparency. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ It’s_Time_for_Biden_to_Out-Trump_Trump_on Immigration⠀⇛ The only way to have a rational discussion about immigration is to do everything possible to secure the southern border like never before. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Leading_Chinese_advocacy_group Beijing_LGBT_Center_closes_down,_citing_‘unpreventable circumstances’⠀⇛ The Beijing LGBT Center, one of China’s leading organisations offering support for the queer population, has announced the end of its operations. The group, founded in 2008, provided the local gay, lesbian and transgender community with mental health therapy, medical resources and social support. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Same-sex_Couples_Will_Be_Able_To_Adopt_Children In_Taiwan⠀⇛ The self-ruled island legalized same-sex marriage in 2019. # ⚓ YLE ☛ THL:_Child_welfare_reports_up_5%_last_year⠀⇛ Increasing numbers of children are subject to intervention from social workers in Finland. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Life,_not_death,_as_the_standard_of_justice⠀⇛ A new report measures global progress toward a universal defense of dignity and compassion in the rule of law. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Black_Jesus?_How_a_church_window_is_stirring discussions_of_race.⠀⇛ One of the earliest public examples of Christ portrayed as a person of color was rediscovered recently in a renovated Rhode Island church. The stained glass window was commissioned in 1878 in memory of two women whose families had ties to the slave trade. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ North_Carolina_Legislature_Reapproves Abortion_Ban,_Overriding_Governor’s_Veto⠀⇛ Republicans used their supermajority to uphold a 12-week ban, overruling the Democratic governor’s attempt to stop the bill and preserve wider abortion access. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_the_Comstock_Act_Law_Is_Key_to_the Abortion_Fight⠀⇛ The Comstock Act, named for a public-morals crusader on a mission to “sanitize” the U.S. in the 1870s, makes a comeback in the abortion-pill battle. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Can_Reparations_Bring_Black_Residents Back to_San_Francisco?⠀⇛ San Francisco has proposed the nation’s most ambitious reparations plan, including $5 million cash payments and housing aid that aims to bring people back. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Brutal_Past_and_Uncertain_Future_of Native_Adoptions⠀⇛ The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 sought to keep Native children in tribal communities. The Supreme Court may change that this spring. # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Mexico_protests_Texas’_resumption_of truck_border_inspections⠀⇛ The Economy Ministry urged Texas to halt its checkpoints at the Matamoros-Brownsville crossing, saying it’s costing both nations money. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Three_Iranian_Protesters_Facing_Execution_Have Amnesty_Denied,_Families_Say⠀⇛ The families of three Iranian protesters facing the death sentence have reported that they have been told there is no chance for an amnesty and that the city prosecutor of the central Iranian city of Isfahan “is seeking their execution.” # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Baku_Detains_Seven_Men_Allegedly_Recruited_By_Iran To_Sow_Discord⠀⇛ Azerbaijani authorities said on May 16 that they apprehended a group of individuals allegedly recruited by Iran to disrupt Azerbaijan’s constitutional order and establish Shari’a law in the nation. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Protesters_Who_Received_Amnesty_Face_New Cases,_Activist_Group_Says⠀⇛ Several Iranian protesters who had been detained and then released under an amnesty granted by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in February have been summoned by Iran’s judiciary to face new charges. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ US$4_for_a_NetOne_sim,_symptoms_of_a_looming_sim shortage⠀⇛ NetOne sim cards gained quite some popularity thanks to Econet’s service outage that left their subscribers stranded. Even now there are some reports that Econet’s data service is not fully restored in some areas. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Open_Resolvers:_Understanding_security_risks_and best_practices⠀⇛ Guest Post: Managing the security risks of open resolvers with best practices. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_DOJ_charged_a_former_Apple_engineer_for stealing_autonomous_car_technology_and_fleeing_to_China⠀⇛ The US Department of Justice has filed_charges against_a_former_Apple_software_engineer, for alleged theft of information about the company’s autonomous driving technology for a Chinese self- driving car company. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ DOJ_charges_former_Apple_engineer_with stealing_self-driving_car_technology_for_China⠀⇛ The Department of Justice today charged a former Apple Inc. engineer with stealing autonomous technology and giving it to a Chinese self-driving car company. ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Australians_urged_not_to_depend_on_iPhone_emergency_SOS_while_out exploring [Ed: Apple became notorious for sending false alarms to emergency services, too]⠀⇛ The company which claims to be Australia’s leading outdoor safety and communication brand has cautioned Australians that the new iPhone feature, which allows for communication outside cellular and Wi-Fi coverage, should is not failproof. * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ $2,000_for_Dialect_communications_patent_prior art⠀⇛ A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent_8,140,327, owned by Dialect, LLC, an NPE. The ‘327 patent generally relates to a system and method for filtering and eliminating noise from natural language utterances to improve speech recognition and parsing. o ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Munich_and_Paris_will_divide_competencies London_seat_Unified_Patent_Court,_no_Milan_(yet?) [Ed: This is illegal. This is a stain on the EU. They violate conventions, break laws etc. Is this what Europe has become? Making up kangaroo courts in violation of nations' constitution because EPO granted loads of fake patents?]⠀⇛ The Unified Patent Court has formally announced that, for the time being, competencies which were originally assigned to the London seat of the UPC central division, will be divided between Munich and Paris. o ⚓ Provisional_allocation_of_UPC_central_division_cases_to_Paris_and Munich [Ed: This is outright illegal. They now tacitly admit they do something illegal and try to find ways to justify it. EU is now openly controlled by the patent mafia, violating constitutions and conventions with impunity.]⠀⇛ o ⚓ Some_problems_filing_UPC_opt-outs [Ed: Distracting from the bigger problem. The UPC is illegal. They're doing something illegal. The EU has become an anarchy like EPO.]⠀⇛ o ⚓ UPC_Code_of_Conduct_for_judges [Ed: This is more CoC nonsense, distracting from the fact those are patently illegal kangaroo courts and their very existence is a violation of any standard of ethics.]⠀⇛ * § Software Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Broadphone_tracking_patent_challenged_in reexam⠀⇛ On May 12, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S._Patent_8,594,698, owned and asserted by Broadphone LLC. The ‘698 patent generally relates to determining the location of a device based on the relative signal strength for each of a plurality of nearby, identified “antenna stations” and determining whether the device is within the proximity of a “device-specific target location”. * § Trademarks⠀➾ o ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ TTAB_Denies_Petition_for_Cancellation_of_LITTLE_NOTES Registration:_Petitioner_Failed_to_Prove_Rights_in_the_Mark_Via Acquired_Distinctiveness⠀⇛ The Board denied a petition for cancellation of a Supplemental Registration for the mark LITTLE NOTES for address books, greeting cards, calendars, note paper, and the like, rejecting Petitioner Comptime’s claim of likelihood of confusion with its alleged common law rights in the same mark for overlapping goods. Comptime failed to prove that the mark LITTLE NOTES had acquired distinctiveness, and consequently it had no prior rights in the mark. Comptime,_Inc._DBA_Comptime_Digital_Printing_v._E. Francis_Paper,_Inc., Cancellation No. 92073884 (May 10, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Peter W. Cataldo). * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Ed_Sheeran_Beats_Second_Copyright Lawsuit_Over_‘Thinking_Out_Loud’⠀⇛ o ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ Peking_Opera_Characters_(ca._1900)⠀⇛ Painted by an unidentified artist, these opera characters are gathered from literature, military history, and myth. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3319 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.17.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_17/05/2023:_Contact_Juggling_and_‘Debt_Ceiling_Bullshit’⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:18 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Politics o Technical * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Contact_Juggling⠀⇛ Contact Juggling is a physical skill and performance art that is close to juggling, except the balls stay in contact with your body. It’s much less well known than juggling. When I saw performers contact juggling in the background in an episode of Deep Space Nine I had no idea what it was called, even, but I thought “That looks great! It must be possible to learn. I’ll do that.” # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_AEKMVRO_Wordo:_TWATS⠀⇛ # ⚓ Parallels⠀⇛ Some things related to my experiences of being a trans woman, experiences i feel parallel another area of my life: one which should be a source of joy, but is actually a source of painful exclusion for me. No, i won’t elaborate here; the situation is difficult enough as it is. o § Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Debt_Ceiling_Bullshit⠀⇛ Once again mainstream media is escalating the last- minute debt ceiling doomsday propaganda. The so-called debt ceiling is complete bullshit. A piece of paper is signed, and for no good reason at all the state can borrow trillions of dollars. This was done 78 times since 1960, more than once every year. It’s a joke. Every now and then, a ‘crisis’ develops. A bunch of morons can’t sign a piece of paper, and we can’t pay our bills… The world might end at the end of the month. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Reflecting_on_Recent_Experiences⠀⇛ The last several weeks have been extremely consequential for me. Back in April, I had the privilege to travel to California as a result of participating in a group project involving the career technical organization my IT class is a part of, which was frankly a fantastic experience. I also finally passed the CCNA, if slightly surprisingly given my 30% in Automation and Programmability (thankfully it is only 10% of the test itself). I am now failing at obtaining a job within IT Networking :D. Beyond that, I am also graduating from both my trade school and HS soon and already had my last day of school. At this point, I’m looking to start CS50 at the behest of a good friend that did it and is planning to take the exam for an amateur radio license soon. # ⚓ Capsule_Update:_New_Tools_Section⠀⇛ I’ll have a more detailed post on this coming up, but I have completed the initial CGI support for smolver, the server running this capsule. Right now there’s only one script, an IP address checker, but more will be incoming eventually. # ⚓ Musings_on_Gemini_Server_GUI⠀⇛ What if there were a Gemini server with a graphical user interface (GUI) for administration? =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3454 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.17.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_17/05/2023:_New_Tails_and_Debian_Installer_Bookworm_RC_3⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:22 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems 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 SaaS/Back_End/Databases o Education o Programming/Development # Python * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Linux_Foundation o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies # Trademarks # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ TecMint ☛ Remmina_–_A_Feature_Rich_Remote_Desktop_Sharing Tool_for_Linux⠀⇛ Remmina is a free and open-source, feature-rich, and powerful remote desktop client for Linux and other Unix-like systems, written in GTK+3. It’s intended for system administrators and travelers, who need to remotely access and work with many computers. It supports several network protocols in a simple, unified, homogeneous, and easy-to-use user interface. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_MusicBrainz_Picard_on_Ubuntu 22.04_|_20.04⠀⇛ Picture this: your music library is a sprawling, unorganized mess of songs, albums, and artists — it’s practically impossible to navigate. Finding that one special track is like seeking a needle in a haystack. # ⚓ Adam_Young:_Acronym_Challenge_Programmatic_Interface⠀⇛ How do you know what is inside your computer? There are a couple tools. If the hardware is on the PCI bus, from the command line you can run lspci, which will in turn enumerate the discovered devices on that bus. But what if the hardware is not on the PCI bus? And how does the Kernel discover it in the first place? For the hardware that I have to work with, the answer is that it is enumerated by the Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface_(UEFI)coded embedded in the device and exposed via the Advanced Configuration_and_Power_Interface_(ACPI). This world is full of four letter acronyms. Here are my notes on some of them. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_CUDA_on_Ubuntu_22.04_| 20.04⠀⇛ In the realm of high-performance computing, CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) stands as a revolutionary technology. Developed by Nvidia, CUDA is a parallel computing platform and application programming interface (API) model that leverages the power of Nvidia GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) to boost the computational speed and efficiency of software applications. # ⚓ [Repeat] APNIC ☛ RFC_9234_observed_in_the_wild⠀⇛ Route leaks occur when Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) prefixes are propagated in a way that goes against the expected topology relationships of BGP. For example, this can happen when a route learned from one transit provider is announced to another transit provider or a lateral peer (peer-peer- peer), or when a route learned from one lateral peer is announced to another lateral peer or a transit provider (see RFC 7908). These leaks often result from misconfiguration or the absence of BGP route filtering, or from inadequate coordination between Autonomous Systems (ASes). # ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Clean_Up_Junk_Files_In_Ubuntu_Using Ubuntu_Cleaner⠀⇛ Ubuntu Cleaner is a tool that helps you to clean up your Ubuntu or derivative system by removing old kernels, package configurations, and other unnecessary files to free up space. # ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Restore_Vanilla_GNOME_Desktop_With Flatpak_Support_In_Ubuntu⠀⇛ As you may already know, starting from the Ubuntu 18.04 version, the default desktop environment is GNOME. Prior to that, Ubuntu used a custom desktop environment called Unity. GNOME is one of the most popular desktop environments which is known for its simplicity, accessibility, and ease of use. While Ubuntu uses the GNOME DE by default, it’s important to note that Ubuntu’s version of GNOME is heavily customized. Some of you may not like the customized version of GNOME in Ubuntu. If you’re one of them, this tutorial will help you to restore Vanilla GNOME desktop with flatpaks support in Ubuntu, much like what you’d find in a fresh Fedora installation. # ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ The_limits_of_CSS_styling_select_options⠀⇛ As you can see, it’s possible to do some pretty extravagant styling of the individual you can even change how they look when they’re selected. # ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Optimize_Laptop_Battery_Life_With_TLP_In Linux⠀⇛ There are quite a few tools exists to power saving and battery life extension in Laptops. We already have looked at two tools namely Laptop Mode Tools and Powertop that improves the Linux Laptop battery performance. Today we will discuss yet another Laptop power management utility named TLP. TLP is a feature-rich commandline tool to optimize Laptop battery life in Linux. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Zim_Wiki_on_Ubuntu_22.04_| 20.04⠀⇛ Zim Wiki is an innovative piece of software designed to cater to your need for a well-organized digital notebook. It’s a desktop application that combines a notepad’s simplicity with the power of a Wiki, offering a unique blend of convenience and functionality. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ How_to_Scrap_Webpages_using_Using_Node.js_and Cheerio⠀⇛ Web scraping is a process of extracting useful information from web pages. Node.js is a popular backend language that can be used for web scraping. In this tutorial, we will learn how to use Node.js for web scraping. Prerequisites Before we start, make sure you have the following # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_enable_HSTS_in_Nginx⠀⇛ Hello, friends. In this post, you will learn how to enable HSTS in Nginx. This is simple and useful in configurations made to increase security. Introduction – What is HSTP? HSTS is short for HTTP Strict Transport Security, which in its best translation means HTTP Strict Transport Security. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Enable_or_Disable_AppArmor_on_Linux Mint_21/20⠀⇛ AppArmor, short for Application Armor, is a Linux Security Module (LSM) that provides a set of tools to protect your system at the application level. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_PuTTY_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install PuTTY on Rocky Linux 9. Are you a system administrator, network engineer, or software developer in search of a reliable and versatile tool for connecting to remote systems and managing them securely? # ⚓ Storage_Unleashed:_Achieving_Seamlessness_in_Kubernetes_and Enterprise_Storage_Integration⠀⇛ Introduction Enterprise storage has become an essential component of many modern businesses. # ⚓ Volume_Projection:_Advanced_Techniques_in_Kubernetes⠀⇛ Introduction Kubernetes is a container orchestration platform that allows developers to effortlessly manage and scale their applications. One of the most crucial elements of Kubernetes is storage management. Kubernetes provides developers with a flexible and scalable way to store data using its volume abstraction layer. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Examples_of_Creating_an_Index_in_PostgreSQL⠀⇛ Guide on the different examples of creating a single or multi-column indexes in PostgreSQL to eliminate the duplicates and concurrent indexes to avoid locking. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ PostgreSQL_BPCHAR_Data_Type⠀⇛ Practical guide on understanding how CHAR(n) and VARCHAR(n) work to understand how BPCHAR works and how it affects the characters when working with PostgreSQL. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Find_the_Array_Length_in_Bash⠀⇛ Tutorial on the methods of counting the length of an array in Bash using the “#” symbol or loop, or using the “wc” or “grep” commands along with examples. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_Does_Docker_Registry_Differ_from_Docker Repository?⠀⇛ Docker Registry is the storage system for Docker images, while Docker Repository is a way to organize and manage images within a particular registry. # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Install_and_Use_dig_and_nslookup Commands_in_Linux_for_DNS_Lookup⠀⇛ Well, if you have any problems with DNS resolution or want to check the DNS information, you can always look for that information with the dig and nslookup commands in Linux. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Firefox_Beta,_Nightly_on Ubuntu_22.04_|_20.04⠀⇛ Welcome to the world of Mozilla Firefox, where the future of internet browsing is continuously being shaped and refined. Within this vibrant ecosystem, you’ll discover two unique, feature-packed browsers: Firefox Beta and Firefox Nightly. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_gThumb_on_Ubuntu_22.04_| 20.04⠀⇛ Meet gThumb, an advanced image viewer and browser tailor-made for the GNOME desktop environment. This open-source application is a favorite amongst many Ubuntu users due to its impressive array of features and simplistic design. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Fix_“sudo_unable_to_open_read-only_file system”_Error⠀⇛ The Linux filesystem is a built-in layer that manages how files are stored and retrieved on a Linux system and other storage devices. It provides a directory structure that defines the location of files on the system, and without it, your system would be a complete mess. The health of a filesystem is therefore crucial for the integrity of data. For this reason, the error “sudo unable to open read-only file system” can be particularly disturbing and ominous. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Steam_gets_game_trials_with_Dead_Space being_first,_plus_Valve_dumps_Google_Analytics⠀⇛ Two bits of Steam news for you here, as Valve continue iterating on Steam features for players and developers. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Fanatical_offering_a_new_Premium_Steam_Deck Bundle⠀⇛ With a whole bunch of games that are Steam Deck Verified, the new Play on the Go Premium Edition Bundle from Fanatical may be worth a look. No need for me to give you a breakdown on compatibility this time, since every single game should be click and play (same for Linux desktop too). # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Valheim_has_a_performance_boost_patch_in Beta⠀⇛ Valheim is a fantastic game but it could do with some optimisations, especially when you’re building up a big castle and whatever else people come up with. Thankfully Iron Gate have put out some improvements. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Emberbane_is_an_epic_pixel_art_metroidvania inspired_by_Avatar:_The_Last_Airbender⠀⇛ Any Avatar: The Last Airbender fans around? Hamlet Games are developing Emberbane, an action-packed epic metroidvania platformer inspired by Avatar. With plans for Linux, macOS and Windows support it’s looking really great. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ TecMint ☛ A_Detailed_Comparison_Between_Deepin_vs_Elementary_OS⠀⇛ Linux comes in numerous distributions or flavors, each suited for a particular purpose. Distributions such as RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), SUSE Enterprise Linux, Debian, Rocky, and AlmaLinux are recommended for server and data center environments. Others such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint, MX Linux, Manjaro, and Zorin are some of the best desktop distributions you can install on your laptop or PC. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Confidential_computing_use_cases [Ed: IBM/Red Hat pushing data breach (outsourcing) as privacy or "confidential computing"]⠀⇛ This article is the third in a six-part series (see our previous blog), where we present various usage models for confidential computing, a set of technologies designed to protect data in use—for example using memory encryption—and the requirements to get the expected security and trust benefits from t​​he technology. In this third article, we consider the four most important use cases for confidential computing: confidential virtual machines, confidential workloads, confidential containers and confidential clusters. This will allow us to better understand the trade-offs between the various approaches, and how this impacts the implementation of attestation. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Tor ☛ New_Release:_Tails_5.13⠀⇛ We will provide a migration plan from LUKS1 to LUKS2 for existing Persistent Storage in Tails 5.14 (early June). # ⚓ Debian ☛ Debian_Installer_Bookworm_RC_3_release⠀⇛ The Debian Installer team[1] is pleased to announce the third release candidate of the installer for Debian 12 "Bookworm". Improvements in this release ============================ * finish-install: - Adjust APT cache cleaning to avoid breaking bash completion (#1034650). * grub-installer: - Detect EFI boot variables with hexadecimal digits, not only decimal digits. * hw-detect: - Restore support for firmware license prompts (#1033921). * linux: - Build against updated dwarves, reducing its size and memory footprint (#1033301). * partman-base: - Add support for input submitted using power- of-two units: kiB, MiB, GiB, etc. (#913431). Note that sizes are still output using power-of-ten units: kB, MB, GB, etc. - Add support for bigger prefixes: petabyte (PB), pebibyte (PiB), exabyte (EB), and exbibyte (EiB). - With many thanks to Vincent Danjean! * preseed: - Make sure netcfg considers DHCP-provided hostnames, only using the hostname parameter on the kernel command line as a fallback (#1035349). Hardware support changes ======================== * debian-installer: - Ship dedicated DRM modules for bochs and cirrus to avoid broken graphics under UEFI/Secure Boot (#1036019). * linux: - Work around black screen on ppc64el (#1033058). * xorg-server: - Ship modesetting_drv.so in the udeb again, fixing graphical installer support on UTM (#1035014). Localization status =================== * 78 languages are supported in this release. * Full translation for 41 of them. Known bugs in this release ========================== * There seems to be no known major bug as of yet. See the errata[2] for details and a full list of known issues. Feedback for this release ========================= We need your help to find bugs and further improve the installer, so please try it. Installation images, and everything else you will need are available at our web site[3]. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ A_brief_history_of_MicroStack⠀⇛ OpenStack is no doubt a wonderful and successful piece of software. It allows you to create your own cloud infrastructure, and thanks to its open-source nature, it’s free to use for everyone. But as with many giant software projects, all that power comes with a challenge: it is reasonably complex to install and configure. A number of OpenStack distributions do exist that intend to make engineers’ life a lot easier, but those also tend to be more complex than a non-experienced user would like them to be. To solve this problem once and for all, Canonical created a simplified and easy-to-install distribution of OpenStack called MicroStack. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Bugg.xyz_acoustic_monitoring_for conservationists⠀⇛ Bugg wildlife traps record the sounds of the forest, and are AI-trained to listen to the quietest creatures, as well as those that broadcast their whereabouts to all and sundry. In fact, it’s more of an acoustic census, creating detailed records of the particular soundscapes of contrasting habitats, noting changes that may indicate deforestation or a natural disaster leading to depleted biodiversity. Dr Sarab Sethi, an environment research scientist at Imperial College London, developed the Bugg acoustic monitoring system, which is now being used to record the sounds of forests from Norway to Taiwan, as well as Bali and Borneo. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ MIDI_Interface_For_NeXTcube_Plugs_Into_The Past⠀⇛ [Joren] recently did some work as part of an electronic music heritage project, and restored an 80s-era NeXTcube workstation complete with vintage sound card, setting it up with a copy of MAX, a graphical music programming environment. But there was one piece missing: MIDI. [Joren] didn’t let that stop him, and successfully created hardware to allow MIDI input and output. # ⚓ The Drone Girl ☛ DJI_Agras_T20P_finally_available_outside Asia⠀⇛ The announcement coincides with Brazil’s Agrishow which occured last week and is one of the largest agricultural technology trade shows in the world. # ⚓ Purism ☛ Is_Advanced_AI_a_Reason_to_Decouple_from_The Centralized_Internet?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Is_this_the_world’s_first_Raspberry_Pi_Pico birthday_card?⠀⇛ We know Kevin McAleer best for his robots, but a big birthday in his family inspired him to pivot to greetings cards. He has created what we’re loosely billing as the world’s first Raspberry Pi Pico- powered birthday card. This interactive build guides the recipient to press buttons and play their personalised greeting. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ [Repeat] Stacey on IoT ☛ Are_we_sure_we_want_a_smarter smart_home_and_gadgets?⠀⇛ And when it comes to the smart home and consumers, I have to ask: Do we really want to make fully visible what we currently keep invisible to tech companies, data brokers, and the companies and governments that buy from them? # ⚓ XDA ☛ Google_could_transform_your_Android_phone_into_a dashcam_with_future_update⠀⇛ # ⚓ Google_Could_Activate_Dashcam_Mode_on_Android_and_Pixel Soon_|_NextPit⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Central ☛ Google_launches_Live_tab_for_Android_TV with_international_programming_|_Android_Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Android_13_QPR3_Beta_3.2_is_rolling_out_to Pixels_addressing_more_minor_bugs_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ XDA ☛ Android_13_QPR3_Beta_3.2_update_brings_plenty_of connectivity_fixes_to_Pixel_devices⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Google_warns_Android_owners_to_delete_apps_right now_–_they_silently_‘steal’_from_you_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9 to 5 Toys ☛ Today’s_Android_game_and_app_deals:_Dead Cells,_Almost_Gone,_Streets_of_Rage_4,_more⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Plane:_Open_Source_Project_and_Issue_Management_Tool for_Teams⠀⇛ Open-source, self-hosted project planning tool[...] o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Analytics:_An_Open-source_Self-hosted_Web_Analytics⠀⇛ Lightweight analytics abstraction layer for tracking page views, custom events, & identifying visitors o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Nextein:_Yet_Another_Markdown_Blog_and_CMS_Next.js Generator⠀⇛ A static site generator with markdown + react for Next.js o ⚓ Jim Nielsen ☛ Building_an_Infinite_Spreadsheet⠀⇛ As of late, I’ve been working on Quadratic: an infinite canvas spreadsheet that runs code. Think Figma (infinite canvas) meets Excel (spreadsheet) meets VSCode (IDE). In addition to formulas (e.g. SUM(A1:A5)) every cell in Quadratic can be the result of code (right now it’s Python only, which means I’m learning more Python, but JavaScript is on the roadmap too). o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ The_Mozilla_Blog:_Pocket’s_new_features make_it_even_easier_to_discover_and_organize_content [Ed: Mozilla hired managers from Facebook and Twitter. Now it's turning Firefox into social control media instead of a browser.]⠀⇛ § Stay Up to Date and Informed On the Topics You Care About ⠀➾ Pocket’s latest updates make it simpler than ever to discover and organize high-quality content that aligns with your unique interests and passions. As you may have noticed, Pocket has been rapidly evolving and growing; we’re listening to our users so that we can continue to make Pocket the go-to destination to stay informed and keep up to date with the topics you love. Starting today, Pocket is rolling out a new mobile and web experience so you can easily find the stories and topics you care about. In addition, Pocket is launching a new feature called Lists(at launch just on web, with the feature coming to Pocket mobile later this year), which will make it simpler to organize saved content.  o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ Peter Eisentraut ☛ Overview_of_ICU_collation_settings⠀⇛ ICU use is becoming more prominent in PostgreSQL. One of the benefits that ICU offers is a lot of customization options for collations. Some of these are given as examples in the PostgreSQL documentation, but I have always found it hard to get complete and easily-accessible information about this. So for this article, I dug deeper and looked up all the collation settings that there are and tried to work out examples for each one. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Olimex ☛ TuxCon_the_open_source_hardware_and_software conference_in_Plovdiv_is_June_10_and_11!⠀⇛ On June 10, at the Technical University in Plovdiv, there will be a series of 9 talks starting at 11 o’clock. Following the talks, there will be a quiz with prizes and lightning talks, during which visitors can share something interesting they have discovered or are working on in the field of Open Source. The first day will conclude with the FOSS beer event at Fabric bar. On June 11, the traditional soldering workshop will take place at the Olimex Training Building. Participants can choose between soldering kits or creating art using broken electronic components. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Erlang ☛ Erlang/OTP_26_Highlights⠀⇛ A list of all changes is found in Erlang/OTP 26 Readme. Or, as always, look at the release notes of the application you are interested in. For instance: Erlang/OTP 26 – Erts Release Notes – Version 14.0. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Adafruit ☛ CircuitPython_8.1.0_Release_Candidate_0 Released!_@circuitpython⠀⇛ This is CircuitPython 8.1.0-rc.0, a release candidate for 8.1.0. We believe it is stable, and are making a release candidate for further testing before final release. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Self-Driving_Library_For_Python⠀⇛ Fully autonomous vehicles seem to perennially be just a few years away, sort of like the automotive equivalent of fusion power. But just because robotic vehicles haven’t made much progress on our roadways doesn’t mean we can’t play with the technology at the hobbyist level. You can embark on your own experimentation right now with this open source self-driving Python library. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Troy Patterson ☛ Web_Site_Prophecy⠀⇛ So, I ended up taking troypatterson.me. Little did I know that in a way, that would turn out to be prophetic. See, now I live in Maine, where the state abbreviation is ME. So, I guess I now have Troy Patterson of Maine as my website address. o ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Last_Cosmopolitan⠀⇛ Elias Canetti belonged to Europe’s 20th century. It was a period of extreme horrors that gave way to a slow but determined effort to heal. The scale of the suffering that he and millions of others witnessed in the first half of the century led to the pledge—“Never again!”—that was supposed to define its second half. But history has a way of relapsing. While no conflict since then has matched the violence of World War II, and no catastrophe has found its equal in the more than 50 million people who died—including in extermination camps—Europe in the 21st century has seen a reawakening of the far-right nationalist and racist ideologies that engulfed the continent during that horrible era. Authoritarian governments, nationalism, racism, anti-Semitism, anti- immigrant sentiments, the scapegoating of minorities, and the fight over territory have all gained a new intensity over the past decade.1 o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Surprise!⠀⇛ The critics agree: Beau Is Afraid is a Freudian farce, a nightmarish horror-comedy, a tragicomic Oedipal odyssey. But what does all this mean—that it’s about mommy issues? That it’s funny and scary? That the protagonist takes a long journey; that the film itself is long? Ari Aster’s latest begins in a birth canal and ends with a passage through a murky birthlike tunnel. We cut from newborn Beau’s perspective of the birthing room to his spot on a therapist’s couch. This is a movie in which everything is expelled and nothing is left out.1 o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Proper_Fat⠀⇛ o ⚓ Buttondown ☛ Mostly_announcements_and_plans_but_also_some_fun floating_point_trivia⠀⇛ This is a really busy week for me, so light newsletter this time. Let’s start with obligatory stuff and then get into fun newsletter stuff. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Two_Stage_Refrigerator_Is_Chill⠀⇛ Every time we check in with [Hyperspace Pirate] he’s trying to make things cold. Really cold. His recent two- part video shows a propane vapor compression system that can go down to -37° C as well as a two-stage system using homemade ethylene that can get to -83° C. He’s trying to get to -100°, so he’s close, and we have no doubt he’ll get there. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hackaday_Prize_2023:_Learn_DSP_With_The_Portable_All- in-One_Workstation⠀⇛ Learning Digital Signal Processing (DSP) techniques traditionally involves working through a good bit of mathematics and signal theory. To promote a hands-on approach, [Clyne] developed the DSP PAW (Portable All-in- one Workstation). DSP PAW hardware and software provide a complete learning environment for any computer where DSP algorithms can be entered as C++ code through an Arduino- like IDE. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Bicycle_Powered_By_A_Different_Kind_Of_Eddy⠀⇛ When you think of a bicycle and an Eddy, you’d be forgiven for thinking first of Eddy Merckx, one of the most successful competitive cyclists to ever live. But this bicycle, modified by [Tom Stanton] as shown in the video below the break, has been modified by ditching its direct drive gearing in favor of using the friction-like eddy currents between magnets and copper to transfer power to the wheel. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Human_DNA_Is_Everywhere:_A_Boon_For_Science, While_Terrifying_Others⠀⇛ Environmental DNA sampling is nothing new. Rather than having to spot or catch an animal, instead the DNA from the traces they leave can be sampled, giving clues about their genetic diversity, their lineage (e.g. via mitochondrial DNA) and the population’s health. What caught University of Florida (UoF) researchers by surprise while they were using environmental DNA sampling to study endangered sea turtles, was just how much human DNA they found in their samples. This led them to perform a study on the human DNA they sampled in this way, with intriguing implications. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Open_letter_reveals_fourth_Novosibirsk_scientist hit_with_treason_charges_in_last_year_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Valery Zvegintsev, a chief scientist at the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at the Russian Academy of Sciences’s Siberian branch, was arrested for treason earlier this year, according to an open letter in support of multiple Novosibirsk scientists accused of treason that was released on Monday. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Phil Eaton ☛ Two_books_I_recommend_to_developers⠀⇛ These are the books I recommend to developers wanting to improve their skills as professional programmers because of high information density, believable premises/examples, and being well edited. You don’t need to read books to improve as a developer but they are unparalleled in quickly helping you gain depth in a subject. # ⚓ Chris ☛ Reading_Slightly_More_Incrementally⠀⇛ Some people have asked how I can learn so much from what I read. I don’t believe I do – in fact, I believe I squander most of what learning potential does exist. I’m trying to change that, and this is how. Starting back up with spaced repetition has afforded me to also read non-fiction books differently. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Loongson_Begins_to_Enable_CPUs_That_Could Rival_AMD_and_Intel_Offerings⠀⇛ Loongson has started posting its first Linux patches for the upcoming 3A6000-series processors, which promise to rival AMD’s Zen 3-based CPUs. [...] Loongson shared details about the progress of its 3A6000-series CPU development last November when it revealed that the design phase of the project had been concluded and that samples of the processors would be available in the first half of 2023. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Asus_Responds_to_AM5_BIOS_Controversy: Warranty_Covers_Beta_Fixes,_EXPO_Presets⠀⇛ In a statement that went out via email and press release, Asus affirms that, despite repeated claims elsewhere last week, its AM5 motherboard warranty covers not only recent BIOS updates to Ryzen 7000 boards designed to fix voltage issues that led to chip and/or board failures for some users, but also all AMD EXPO, Intel XMP, and (Asus’ proprietary) DOCP memory presets. It also stated that all recent BIOS updates follow AMD’s voltage guidelines for Ryzen 7000 CPUs. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Loongson_Begins_to_Enable_CPUs_That_Could Rival_AMD_and_Intel_Offerings⠀⇛ # ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ Bell_Labs_wants_to_turn_existing_fiber_into a_networked_sensor⠀⇛ Mikael Mazur, a member of the technical staff at Bell Labs, said he is looking to turn the existing fiber optic cables along the sea floor, in buildings, and strung along telephone poles as a sensor to detect temperature changes, weather, earthquakes — even structural changes in buildings. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Russian_CPUs_Double_the_Price_Due_to Deficit_and_Logistics:_Report⠀⇛ Prices on Russian CPUs are increasing, due to the deficit and logistics issues. Also surprising is that some foundries may still be producing CPUs for Russian companies, if a report is to be believed. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_to_Think_About_the_New_Breast_Cancer Screening_Guidelines⠀⇛ A breast cancer surgeon’s take on the new mammogram advice. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Congress_Questions_Cigna’s_Large-Scale_Denial of_Insurance_Claims⠀⇛ A key congressional committee asked insurance giant Cigna on Tuesday to provide corporate documents so that lawmakers can examine the company’s practice of denying health care claims without ever opening a patient file. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce joined several state and federal regulators in scrutinizing the legality of Cigna rejecting the payment of certain claims using a system known as PXDX. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Minnesota_Board_of_Nursing_Weighs_Terminating Executive_Director⠀⇛ The Minnesota Board of Nursing has called an emergency meeting to consider removing its beleaguered executive director over an unspecified “personnel issue.” In an email to board staff Tuesday morning, President Laura Elseth said Executive Director Kimberly Miller was on leave “effective today.” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ In_East_Palestine,_Norfolk_Southern_Hired_a Company_With_a_Long_History_of_Ignoring_Hazards⠀⇛ Before February 3, East Palestine, Ohio, was the kind of place that balanced bucolic idyll with the convenience of urban living. The town, home to fewer than 5,000 people, is both far enough from Pittsburgh and close enough to it for residents to be able say, “We’re a bit in the city, but we’re a bit in the country.” That was before a portion of a 150-car freight train slipped off a track and burst into flames.1Additional reporting and research by Andrea Navarro and Jesse Newman. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Time_Is_Running_Out_for_Texas_Republicans_to Clarify_Exceptions_in_Their_New_Abortion_Law⠀⇛ Amanda Zurawski and her husband were “beyond thrilled” to soon welcome their first child, a daughter named Willow, last fall following more than a year of “grueling” fertility treatments. However, things took a tragic turn for the Texas couple. During her second trimester, Zurawski began experiencing odd symptoms and, after a medical exam, learned that she had dilated prematurely because of a condition known as cervical insufficiency. Shortly after the diagnosis, her water broke at just 17 weeks, leading doctors to inform the aspiring mother that the loss of her daughter was inevitable. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Pay_No_Attention_to_the_GOP_“Debate”_on Abortion⠀⇛ Last month, I fell for a kayfabe. The far-right Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America (SBA) “broke” with disgraced former president Donald Trump over his opposition to a national abortion ban and his preference to return the issue to the states. The group called it a “morally indefensible position for a self-proclaimed pro-life presidential candidate” and pledged not to support any candidate “who refuses to embrace at a minimum a 15-week national standard.” # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Microbubbles_And_Ultrasound:_Getting_Drugs Through_The_Blood-Brain_Barrier⠀⇛ The brain is a rather important organ, and as such, nature has gone to great lengths to protect it. The skull provides physical protection against knocks and bumps, but there’s a lesser-known defense mechanism at work too: the blood-brain barrier. It’s responsible for keeping all the nasty stuff – like bacteria, viruses, and weird chemicals – from messing up your head. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Wikipedia_Grapples_With_Chatbots:_Should_It Allow_Their_Use_For_Articles?_Should_It_Allow_Them_To_Train On_Wikipedia?⠀⇛ We know Kevin McAleer best for his robots, but a big birthday in his family inspired him to pivot to greetings cards. He has created what we’re loosely billing as the world’s first Raspberry Pi Pico- powered birthday card. This interactive build guides the recipient to press buttons and play their personalised greeting. # ⚓ Wladimir Palant ☛ Malicious_code_in_PDF_Toolbox_extension⠀⇛ The PDF Toolbox extension for Google Chrome has more than 2 million users and an average rating of 4,2 in the Chrome Web Store. So I was rather surprised to discover obfuscated code in it that has apparently gone unnoticed for at least a year. The code has been made to look like a legitimate extension API wrapper, merely with some convoluted logic on top. It takes a closer look to recognize unexpected functionality here, and quite some more effort to understand what it is doing. This code allows serasearchtop[.]com website to inject arbitrary JavaScript code into all websites you visit. While it is impossible for me to tell what this is being used for, the most likely use is injecting ads. More nefarious uses are also possible however. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Vulnerability_in_Telegram_for_macOS_lets_malware access_user_mic_and_camera_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Telegram messenger has confirmed that a vulnerability has been detected in its macOS app available via the App Store. The desktop app that can be downloaded from the company’s website doesn’t have this problem, Telegram clarified in a tweet. # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Ransomware-as-a-service_groups_rain money_on_their_affiliates⠀⇛ Researchers with cybersecurity firm Group-IB infiltrated the Qilin gang in March and this week analyzed its operations in a report that detailed its inner workings and the economic model that keeps it churning. # ⚓ Hearst Communications ☛ New_York_audit:_School districts_unprepared_for_cyber_attacks⠀⇛ The Education Department “has not taken the fundamental steps or improved the technical controls needed to secure its own critical systems,” the auditors said. Auditors also went to four school districts and scanned their systems for vulnerabilities. What they found was so concerning that the districts took immediate action, they said. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Russian_man_charged_over ransomware_attacks,_including_against_D.C._police⠀⇛ The 30-year-old Mikhail Matveev, who is based in Kaliningrad, Russia, is also charged with ransomware incidents affecting law enforcement in New Jersey, as well as several victims in the health care sector, according to newly unsealed indictments from the Justice Department. Along with the criminal charges, the Treasury announced sanctions barring Matveev from conducting financial transactions in the United States, and the State Department issued a $10 million reward for his arrest. The investigation into Matveev involved the FBI, IRS and local law enforcement in D.C. and New Jersey, as well as authorities from Japan, the U.K., France, Germany and the European Union. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Ransomware_group_claims_2.5 terabytes_of_stolen_data_less_than_a_month_after emerging_online⠀⇛ A new cybercrime outfit calling itself RA GROUP is just the latest to take advantage of leaked Babuk ransomware source code. The post Ransomware_group_claims_2.5 terabytes_of_stolen_data_less_than_a_month after_emerging_online appeared first on CyberScoop. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ 5.8M_records_stolen_in_ransomware attack_on_pharmacy_company_PharMerica⠀⇛ Fortune 1000 company and pharmacy services provider PharMerica Corp. has been struck by a ransomware attack, with data from 5.8 million patients stolen and published online. The theft of data was first disclosed in a breach notice filed with the Office of the Maine Attorney General. ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Russian_Hacker_“Wazawaka”_Indicted_for_Ransomware⠀⇛ A Russian man identified by KrebsOnSecurity in January 2022 as a prolific and vocal member of several top ransomware groups was the subject of two indictments unsealed by the Justice Department today. U.S. prosecutors say Mikhail Pavolovich Matveev, a.k.a. “Wazawaka” and “Boriselcin” worked with three different ransomware gangs that extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from companies, schools, hospitals and government agencies. § Linux Foundation⠀➾ * ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Next-gen_open-source_technologies_are_breaking_barriers [Ed: Notice the dash; proprietary software pushers, fronting by ''Linux Foundation, in media that gets paid to produce these puff pieces (it's obligatory)]⠀⇛ * ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Navigating_the_data_deluge:_Open_source_makes_waves_in climate_change_sphere⠀⇛ At its heart, tackling climate change is a data problem. It requires the right data, the right infrastructure and the right tools to make sense of it all, according to Erik Erlandson, senior principal software engineer at Red Hat Inc. Open source is proving to be a key player in navigating this data deluge. ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_to_use_the_new_OpenShift_quick_starts_to_deploy_JBoss_EAP⠀⇛ In the articles, How_to_migrate_your_Java_applications_to_Red_Hat OpenShift and How_to_deploy_JBoss_EAP_applications_with_OpenShift Pipelines, we covered the technologies utilized to build and deploy Red_Hat_JBoss_Enterprise_Application_Platform images on OpenShift. These technologies include Source to Image (S2I), Helm charts, build configs, deployment configs, tekton pipelines, and ingress routes. While these technologies will be familiar to developers experienced with Kubernetes and containerization, a Jakarta EE developer coming from a traditional JBoss EAP background may be new to these tools. § Security⠀➾ * ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Discord_suffers_data_breach_after_third-party_agent_was compromised⠀⇛ The popular messaging platform service Discord Inc. has suffered a data breach after a third-party agent was compromised. In a message to affected users first shared May 11 on Reddit, ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Re-Victimization_from_Police-Auctioned_Cell_Phones⠀⇛ Countless smartphones seized in arrests and searches by police forces across the United States are being auctioned online without first having the data on them erased, a practice that can lead to crime victims being re-victimized, a new study found. In response, the largest online marketplace for items seized in U.S. law enforcement investigations says it now ensures that all phones sold through its platform will be data-wiped prior to auction. * § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Bill_Would_Require_Manufacturers_to Enable_Porn_Filters_on_Phones,_Tablets⠀⇛ Alabama lawmakers advanced anti-pornography legislation Tuesday that would require phones and tablets to automatically block sexually explicit content or pornography until the purchaser changes the device settings. The House of Representatives voted 70-8 for the bill by Republican Rep. Chris Sells, of Greenville. The bill now moves to the state Senate. o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Neighborhood_Watch_Out:_Cops_Are_Incorporating Private_Cameras_Into_Their_Real-Time_Surveillance_Networks⠀⇛ Police have their sights set on every surveillance camera in every business, on every porch, in all the cities and counties of the country. Grocery store trips, walks down the street, and otherwise minding your own business when outside your home could soon come under the ever-present eye of the government. In a quiet but rapid expansion of law enforcement surveillance, U.S. cities are buying and promoting products from Georgia-based company Fusus in order to access on-demand, live video from public and private camera networks. o ⚓ Thompson Reuters Foundation ☛ Privacy_or_safety?_U.S._brings ‘surveillance_city_to_the_suburbs’⠀⇛ Fusus technology is being operated in over 60 different cities and counties across more than a dozen states, by police departments, school districts and sheriffs as part of public safety initiatives, according to public records requests and announcements seen by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ * ⚓ The Strategist ☛ What_the_defence_strategic_review_got_right—and_got wrong⠀⇛ The central guidance in the defence strategic review is the introduction of the concept of deterrence by denial. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_sees_overall_crime_rise_by_almost_50% in_first_quarter_of_2023_–_fraud_and_violent_crime_up⠀⇛ The overall crime rate in the first quarter of this year has increased by 48.4 per cent compared to the same period last year. A * ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Unseen_Soldiers_of_America’s_Privatized_Wars⠀⇛ In 2020, retired Army Officer Danny Sjursen offered an interesting explanation for how the War on Terror was then becoming ever more privatized: the Covid-19 pandemic had changed the Pentagon’s war-making strategy as the public began to question how much money and how many lives were being expended on war abroad rather than healthcare at home. As a result, Sjursen argued, the United States had begun deploying ever more contractors, remote drones, CIA paramilitaries, and (often abusive) local forces in that War on Terror while US troops were redeployed to Europe and the Pacific to contain a resurgent Russia and China. In other words, during the pandemic, Washington placed ever more dirty work in corporate and foreign hands. * ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Commissioner_for_refugees_fleeing_to_Hungary_from Russian-Ukrainian_war_appointed⠀⇛ Norbert Pál has been appointed Government Commissioner for individuals fleeing the Russian-Ukrainian war to Hungary, the Hungarian Gazette announced on 15 May. * ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Hungary_blocks_EU_from_giving_Ukraine_€500_million for_weapons⠀⇛ Hungary has blocked the release of the eighth installment of the European Peace Facility (EPF) for arms to Ukraine, the Italian newspaper ANSA reports. * ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ Immiserated,_humiliated,_yet_resilient:_how_Syrians survive_America’s_economic_siege⠀⇛ * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Ja_Morant_and_This_Country’s_Sick,_Hypocritical,_and Racist_Relationship_to_the_Gun⠀⇛ Ja Morant has the attention of the sports media world for all the wrong reasons. Morant’s friend livestreamed the 23-year-old All-Star Memphis Grizzlies guard brandishing a gun while laughing and listening to music in the passenger seat of a car. Just two months ago, the NBA suspended Morant and pushed him into counseling after he showed off a gun on social media. That came on the heels of a series of accusations that Morant had, among other things, flashed a gun during an alleged assault. Now, he has been suspended indefinitely from the Grizzlies. Morant—the $200 million point guard, the face of the franchise, the person that Daily Memphian columnist Chris Herrington told me is “the most important person to the city since Al Green”—is in danger of throwing his career away. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Vigilante_Killings_on_the_Subway_Are_Not_Legal_or_Moral⠀⇛ Daniel Penny, the man who choked another man to death on the F train on May 1, was finally arrested and charged with a crime late last week. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged Penny with manslaughter in the second degree for killing Jordan Neely. In New York, second-degree manslaughter occurs when a person “recklessly causes the death of another person.” * ⚓ Confrontation_in_Şırnak:_Two_soldiers_lost_their_lives⠀⇛ Two soldiers lost their lives, one soldier and one village guard were injured in the armed fight that took place in Besta, Şırnak. * ⚓ AntiWar ☛ The_West’s_Economic_War_on_Russia_Has_Failed⠀⇛ The US with its EU vassals in tow has carried out a two-pronged attack on Russia. The first is Joe Biden’s cruel proxy war on Russia, with its cynical use of Ukrainians as cannon fodder. The second prong is the sanctions war designed to destroy Russia’s economy. * ⚓ AntiWar ☛ With_Upgraded_Missiles,_Ukraine_Prepares_To_Strike_Russian Heartland_Despite_Assurances⠀⇛ It’s a pattern Ukrainian officials have commented on before: be patient. The West says no to more advanced weapons and then comes around to sending them. It happened with HIMARS rocket systems, tanks, and fighter jets. The pattern seems to have been repeated again. * ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ AUDIO:_Iain_Davis_on_Perspective_with_Jesse_Zurawell_– May_13th⠀⇛ Regular OffG contributor Iain Davis returns to Perspective this week to talk about what it means to be part of the “alternative media”, widespread failures in covering the “special military operation” in Ukraine and much more. TNT Radio is a 24/ 7 internet radio station, available here. * ⚓ The Strategist ☛ The_Ukraine_war_and_European_identity⠀⇛ The European Parliament elections are still a year away, but political parties across the EU have already shifted to campaign mode. * ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Wrangling_China_to_influence_Russia_in_Ukraine_is_a fool’s_errand⠀⇛ Pressing Chinese President Xi Jinping to ‘bring Russia to its senses’ in the forlorn hope of ending the war in Ukraine is all the rage among European statesmen. * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Atlantic_Council_statement_on_alleged_poisoning⠀⇛   An independent Russian news website today reported on an alleged poisoning incident of John Herbst, the senior director of our Eurasia Center and former US ambassador to Ukraine. * ⚓ France24 ☛ UK,_Netherlands_pledge_to_provide_fighter_jet_support_to Ukraine⠀⇛ British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Tuesday pledged to build an “international coalition” to provide fighter jet support for Ukraine. Earlier in the day, a Ukrainian deputy defence minister said that Kyiv’s troops had pushed Russian forces from chunks of territory around the embattled city of Bakhmut, in the eastern part of the country. Follow our blog to see how the day’s events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+1). * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Council_Of_Europe_Summit_Seeks_To_Hold_Russia_To_Account_For Waging_War_In_Ukraine⠀⇛ Leaders from across Europe are laser-focused on holding Russia to account for its invasion of Ukraine and were poised to approve a system that would precisely establish the damages Moscow would have to pay to rebuild the nation and compensate victims. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Court_In_Russia’s_Karelia_Sentences_Man_To_Six_Years_In_Prison On_Treason_Charge⠀⇛ A court in Russia’s northwestern region of Karelia has sentenced a 34-year-old man to six years in prison for high treason. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Founder_Of_Czech_Group_Of_Frontline_Medics_In_Ukraine_Dies_From Wounds⠀⇛ The 38-year-old founder of a group in the Czech Republic that sends volunteer medics to treat Ukrainian soldiers injured during battle against invading Russian forces has died of wounds suffered in March while working on the front lines of the battlefield in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region. * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ African_Leaders_to_Seek_a_Solution_to_the_Ukrainian Conflict⠀⇛ “I will present this initiative on behalf of the heads of state of Zambia, Senegal, Congo, Uganda, Egypt and South Africa,” President Ramaphosa said. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Mines_Could_Ruin_Ukraine_Farmland_For_Years,_Red_Cross_Says⠀⇛ Unexploded bombs, shells, and mines not only threaten human life in Ukraine but also risk rendering swaths of fertile farmland unusable for years, the Red Cross said * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Lifts_Barriers_To_Exports_Of_Some_Farm_Goods⠀⇛ Ukraine has removed barriers to the export of some agricultural commodities, imposed last year to prevent food shortages, in a bid to boost foreign currency income, the government said. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kremlin_Says_‘Unanswered_Questions’_Remain_Over_Ukraine_Grain Deal_Extension⠀⇛ Russia said on May 16 it was still undecided on the extension of a landmark grain export deal with Ukraine, brokered by the UN and Turkey and due to expire on May 18. * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Sadly,_Russian_‘SuperCum’_Aircraft_Are_Just_a_Typo⠀⇛ The three drones Ukraine shot down are actually large reconnaissance UAVs. * ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ NATO_countries_slow_to_increase_defense_spending⠀⇛ Despite the recent aggressive actions by Russia in Ukraine, many NATO countries are lagging behind in increasing their defense spending. According to a press release by the ifo Institute, the majority of NATO members are falling short of the goal of allocating 2 percent of their economic output to defense expenditures in 2023. This news raises concerns about the collective defense capabilities of the alliance and the commitment of its members to ensuring their own security. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Out_of_the_cold?_After_Arab_League_summit,_UAE_invites Syria’s_president_to_COP28⠀⇛ Syria’s embattled President Bashar Assad received an invitation to attend the upcoming COP28 climate talks in Dubai later this year, even as the yearslong war in his country over his rule grinds on. * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Patriot_Missile_Defense_System_in_Ukraine Likely_Damaged_-US_Sources⠀⇛ * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Says_It_Shot_Down_Hypersonic_Russian_Missiles Over_Kyiv⠀⇛ A Russian barrage also damaged a U.S.-made Patriot air-defense system, but officials said it was still working. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Your_Wednesday_Briefing:_Ukraine_Says_It_Shot_Down Hypersonic_Missiles⠀⇛ Also, a dim outlook for Cambodia’s opposition. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine’s_First_Lady_Visits_Seoul,_Requesting Nonlethal_Military_Aid⠀⇛ Tools such as equipment to detect and remove mines are needed, Olena Zelenska said. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ African_Leaders_Plan_‘Peace_Mission’_to_Russia_and Ukraine⠀⇛ South Africa’s president said officials from six nations would visit Kyiv and Moscow as part of the initiative. The time frame remained unclear. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ European_leaders_gather_in_Iceland_to_discuss_human rights_and_support_for_Ukraine.⠀⇛ * ⚓ European Commission ☛ Remarks_by_Executive_Vice-President_Dombrovskis at_the_ECOFIN_press_conference⠀⇛ European Commission Speech Brussels, 16 May 2023 Thank you minister. Good afternoon, everyone. I will start with sanctions, where the EU has been part of the global response to condemn Russia… * ⚓ Latvia ☛ Goodbye_Kaliningrad,_welcome_back_Königsberg⠀⇛ The Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea has got a new name – or rather, it is returning to its old names, at least as far as Latvian-speakers are concerned. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine’s_Push_Around_Bakhmut_Presents_Russia_with Tough_Decisions⠀⇛ Kyiv’s forces have reclaimed ground near the city that it took Russian forces months to seize, raising pressure on Moscow to devote more fighters and equipment there. * ⚓ Reason ☛ Vice-President_of_Writers’_Organization_(PEN)_Resigns_Because of_Panel’s_Excluding_Russian_Writers⠀⇛ UPDATE: Added response from PEN. * ⚓ Reason ☛ For_$6.5_Million,_Durham_Report_Finds_FBI_Didn’t_Have_Solid Dirt_on_Trump_and_Russia⠀⇛ Plus: Reexamining the roots of qualified immunity, who’s really hurt by business regulations, and more… * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Ukraine_Aid_Funding_Expected_to_Run_Out_by_Mid-Summer⠀⇛ The last massive aid package Congress authorized for Ukraine has about $6 billion left, which is expected to be used up by mid-summer, POLITICOreported Monday. So far, the US has authorized about $113 billion in spending on the war in Ukraine, which includes military aid, direct budgetary aid, training, funding for […] * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘Death_Outlives_War’:_Analysis_Estimates_Post-9/11_​US Conflicts_Killed_Over_4.5_Million⠀⇛ “The United States government, while not solely responsible for the damage, has a significant obligation to invest in humanitarian assistance and reconstruction in post-9/11 war zones,” said the author of a new report. * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Reflections_on_the_75th_Anniversary_of_a_Nakba_That_Never Ended⠀⇛ In the decades since the event Palestinians know as “the Catastrophe,” dispossession has become a timeless theme of the Palestinian experience. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Journalists_say_‘spy’_in_new_FSB_video_is_Ukrainian_woman_who was_arrested_en_route_to_visit_sick_father_in_Crimea_last_year_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has released a video that it says shows a “detained Ukrainian spy.” The clip was published on Tuesday by the state-run media outlet RIA Novosti, which reported that the 25-year-old “spy” was “transmitting information about Russian military facilities and equipment belonging to the Eastern group of forces.” The woman has reportedly been arrested and charged with espionage. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_Defense_Ministry_says_it_destroyed_Patriot_missile defense_system_in_Kyiv_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily briefing on Tuesday that it successfully used a Kinzhal missile to strike a U.S.-made Patriot missile defense system in Kyiv on Monday night. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Bryansk_authorities_report_Ukrainian_drone_shot_down_overnight —_Meduza⠀⇛ Bryansk Governor Alexander Bogomaz reported Tuesday that Russian air defenses shot down a Ukrainian drone in the town of Klintsy the previous night. He said that nobody was injured but that the balcony of a residential building was damaged. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kyiv_authorities_report_Russian_air_attack_‘exceptional_in density’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Kyiv authorities declared an air raid alert on Monday night as Russian forces attempted to carry out large-scale missile and drone strikes on the city, according to Ukrainian officials. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_launches_new_strikes_on_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Air raid alerts sounded in many regions of Ukraine, including Kyiv, on the evening of May 16. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ It’s_not_just_Wagner_At_least_three_Gazprom-linked_private military_companies_now_have_fighters_in_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Evgeny Prigozhin, founder of Wagner Group, a private military company, is already infamous for taking on Russia’s Defense Ministry. For several weeks, war bloggers have reported that the war-mongering catering tycoon is now in conflict with several other private military companies who have sent fighters to Ukraine in recent months. BBC News Russian investigated the new groups fighting in Ukraine, and discovered that at least three have links to Russian state gas monopoly Gazprom. The groups evidently emerged from the private security structures Gazprom subsidiaries created to protect its infrastructure projects in Russia and its overseas operations in places like Syria. Meduza is sharing an abridged, English-language report on BBC News Russian’s findings. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ A_Vladimir_family_named_their_son_Putin_in_2016;_now_they_want to_rename_him_—_Meduza⠀⇛ In 2016, the Juraev family from the Vladimir region decided to give their son the first name Putin. Now, they’ve decided to rename him, says Yekaterina Belous, head of the regional registration office. * ⚓ Defence Web ☛ SA_Army_Chief’s_visit_to_Russia_not_out_of_the_ordinary_– SANDF⠀⇛ SA Army Chief Lieutenant General Lawrence Mbatha is in Moscow for a bilateral visit between the two military establishments in what the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said is a normal and long-planned engagement. The three-star’s visit is, according to SANDF Corporate Communication Director Brigadier General Andries Mahapa, in line with “a longstanding arrangement”. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Turning_away_from_the_West,_Russia_seeks_to_strengthen economic_ties_with_the_Muslim_world⠀⇛ The Russia-Islamic World Forum will begin in Kazan, southwest Russia, on Thursday. The two-day event was first held in 2009 and aims to strengthen economic ties between Russia and Muslim countries. In the wake of a rupture between Russia and the West, these ties are now part of a shifting world order. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ DOJ_announces_five_criminal_cases_over_China-_and_Russia-led efforts_to_steal_US_technologies⠀⇛ The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday five new criminal cases and four arrests in connection with a multi- agency US task force, known as the Disruptive Technology Strike Force, to keep sensitive technology away from “hostile nation- states.” * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Bill_Banning_Uranium_Imports_From_Russia_Passes_U.S._House Subcommittee⠀⇛ A bill banning Russian uranium imports to the United States gained momentum on May 16 by passing a committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Charges_Russian_National_In_Ransomware_Attacks_On_Law Enforcement_Agencies,_Hospitals⠀⇛ The United States has charged a Russian national with multiple federal crimes related to ransomware attacks in the United States and around the world that netted tens of millions of dollars in ransom payments. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Former_German_Chancellor’s_Wife_Loses_Job_After_Attending Victory_Day_Event_At_Russian_Embassy⠀⇛ Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s wife has lost her job at NRW.Global Business, a trade and investment agency of North Rhine-Westphalia, after she and her husband attended a Victory Day event at the Russian Embassy in Berlin on May 9. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Colombian_citizen_sentenced_to_five_years_in_prison_for sending_SMS_with_‘fakes’_about_Russian_army_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A Moscow district court has sentenced Colombian citizen Alberto Enrique Giraldo Saray to five years and two months in a penal colony for spreading “fakes” about the Russian army, writes Mediazona. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Former_Putin_envoy_reportedly_spotted_in_Israeli_migration department_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A man resembling Russian politician and economist Anatoly Chubais, who is the highest ranked government official to have left Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine, was spotted in Israel’s Internal Affairs Ministry. A Facebook user posted photos taken inside the ministry, writing that Chubais’ wife Avdotya Smirnova, a screenwriter and literary critic, was with him. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_officials_welcome_CIA’s_new_Telegram_channel_as ‘convenient_resource’_for_tracking_wannabe_spies_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Central Intelligence Agency has created a Russian-language Telegram channel for recruiting informants. In particular, it is targeting the Russian military, secret services, foreign service, science and technology, and other key spheres. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We_decided_not_to_hide’:_The_war_and_anti-LGBTQ+_laws_forced much_of_Russia’s_queer_community_to_leave,_many_choosing_to_resettle_in Turkey_—_Meduza⠀⇛ After the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, much of Russia’s queer community chose to move abroad. While life had been difficult even before the invasion, the complete ban on what the authorities call “LGBT propaganda,” introduced in 2022, made life in conservative Russian society even harder. Photographer Sergei Stroitelev talked to queer people who left Russia for Turkey, capturing their new lives, their feelings about moving abroad, and their plans for the future. * ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Deplorable”:_Former_Sen._Doug_Jones_Slams_Tuberville for_Defending_White_Nationalists_in_Military⠀⇛ As President Biden warned Saturday that white supremacy is the “most dangerous terrorist threat” facing the United States, and members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front marched Sunday on the National Mall, we look at how Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama is under fire for expressing support for white nationalists in the U.S. military. Tuberville is a major backer of Donald Trump. In 2020, he defeated Democrat Doug Jones, who served in the Senate from 2018 to 2021 and was a U.S. attorney who successfully prosecuted two members of the Ku Klux Klan involved in the 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, church bombing that killed four girls. We get response to Tuberville from Jones and look at white supremacists in the military and more with Southern Poverty Law Center senior investigative reporter Michael Edison Hayden. * ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ A_Neo-Nazi_Working_in_Congress:_Aide_to_Rep._Gosar Pledged_Loyalty_to_White_Supremacist_Nick_Fuentes⠀⇛ We look at a newly confirmed direct connection between a white supremacist leader and a staffer for one of Trump’s staunchest supporters in Congress. The digital director for right-wing Arizona Congressmember Paul Gosar has been revealed as a prominent follower of neo-Nazi online influencer Nick Fuentes. Gosar himself is linked to organizers of the January 6 insurrection and was censured for posting an animated video on social media where he murdered Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacked President Biden. We speak with Talking Points Memo reporter Hunter Walker about his exclusive report, which he says “removes that veil of plausible deniability” from Gosar about his office’s ties to extremists. * ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ How_Viktor_Orbán_angered_his_closest_friends_in Europe⠀⇛ Newly-elected Hungarian president Katalin Novák tried to put her best foot forward on her first official foreign visit to Warsaw in May 2022. She was wearing one of Poland’s national colors, red, and managed to arrange a meeting not only with President Andrzej Duda, but also with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, who is more directly involved in the day-to-day political operation of the country. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We’ve_targeted_quite_a_few_people’_Ukraine’s_military intelligence_chief_Kyrylo_Budanov_gets_frank_in_a_new_interview_— Meduza⠀⇛ In an interview with the Ukrainian YouTube channel Rizni Lyudi, Ukraine’s defense intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov shared his views of the combat situation, Wagner Group’s role in the larger scheme of the war, and the Ukrainian secret services’ work on Russian territory. Meduza summarizes Budanov’s key points from the interview. The senior officer’s remarks have been abridged and edited for clarity. Here’s the gist of what he said. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_State_Duma_denounces_Treaty_on_Conventional_Armed Forces_in_Europe_—_Meduza⠀⇛ State Duma deputies have unanimously voted in favor of denouncing the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), following Vladimir Putin’s directive, issued on May 10. § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Playing_chicken_to_the_detriment_of_democracy_and cost_to_the_taxpayer⠀⇛ Far too often, government departments and its agencies deny Freedom of Information requests without good reason. It leads to unnecessary delays, costs, and the withholding of information that the public deserves to know. What’s the scam? The scam is that in so many Freedom of Information (FOI) matters, the Government’s decisions have been very poorly thought out, or been deliberately contrived. The decisions are made by official who receive their pay cheque from the public. When I appeal their decisions, as I will do when they are bizarre, the Government often backflips at the 11th hour. § Environment⠀➾ * ⚓ Idiomdrottning ☛ Brownshirts_vs_climate⠀⇛ 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. * § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ DOJ_crypto_enforcement_director_calls_for crackdown_on_illicit_behavior_by_exchanges⠀⇛ The U.S. Department of Justice is increasing its efforts to stop illicit and criminal activities on crypto trading platforms, according to a report published by the Financial Times. * § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_animal_NGO_appeals_for_help after_halting_new_intakes_amid_post-Covid_adoption_slump⠀⇛ An animal welfare charity, Team for Animals In Lantau South (TAILS), has said that they will stop accepting new animals for adoption as they are “full.” The founder has said there were fewer foster carers and adoptions after the Covid-19 pandemic. * § Overpopulation⠀➾ o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ The_latest_from_Arte_Weekly:_Europe_experiences severe_water_shortages_caused_by_drought,_while_Ukrainian_refugees consider_returning_home⠀⇛ Record-breaking droughts force Spain to take emergency measures. We look at the wider picture regionally, where droughts are occurring at an alarming frequency causing severe water shortages. Meanwhile, since the war began, 8.2 million Ukrainians have fled to the EU. Arte Europe weekly learns why many are asking whether to stay or return home. Lastly, we turn to Serbia, where a handful of female comic book artists are challenging the status quo in their field. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_US_debt_ceiling_stalemate_threatens_money_market funds—and_financial_stability⠀⇛ Money markets would be the first to react to a debt ceiling breach, heightening market turmoil at the wrong time and helping to raise the odds of a severe recession. * ⚓ Latvia ☛ ‘How_to_recognize_corruption’_available_in_English⠀⇛ Latvia’s Corruption Combating and Prevention Bureau (KNAB) has published an English-language version of a corruption-spotting handbook it published in Latvian in 2022. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Glimmers_of_Hope_for_a_Debt_Deal⠀⇛ Also, a leader in A.I. asks for regulation. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday. * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Meet_the_Federal_Judge_Who_Could_Decide_Whether_or_Not the_US_Defaults⠀⇛ As the possibility of a government default on the national debt which could tank the global economy looms, the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE) has sued the government in the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts claiming that the debt ceiling law is unconstitutional and unenforceable. According to its complaint, NAGE asks the court to “declare that the Debt Limit Statute is presently unconstitutional and of no force and further seeks to enjoin [President Biden and Treasury Secretary Yellen] from refusing to borrow to meet the operations of government approved by Congress and the debts and obligations that also must be paid pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment…” * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ “Hi_Babe”_Case:_ASIC_witnesses_mauled_in_court, Commbank_embarrassed,_evidence_ends_abruptly⠀⇛ The credibility of witnesses was tested severely in ASIC’s case against bank victim advocate Geoff Shannon yesterday, and case evidence was brought to an abrupt close amid talk of perjury. Lisa-Jane Roberts reports from Southport.   The cross-examination of ASIC’s star witness in the case against bank victims advocate Geoff Shannon concluded yesterday at Southport Court on the Gold Coast, and the trial was adjourned until 22 August 2023, when both parties will present their final submissions to the court. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Innovation_Evangelist:_Stockland_and_Mirvac_roped, bound_by_Bricklet_property_rorts⠀⇛ As far as property scams go, it’s a slick one, although you might say it began with good intentions. Giuseppe Porcelli, the Maserati-driving tech entrepreneur from Manly on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, even managed to rope in the bluest of blue chip property types, enticing no less than Stockland and Mirvac into his Bricklet venture as cornerstone investors. Michael West reports. Bricklet is a new variant of the “property fractionalisation model”. Fractionalisation means selling bits of a property – rather than the whole property. It is designed to appeal to those who can’t afford their own house or apartment. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ The Nation ☛ A_Bernie_Sanders_Progressive_Could_Be_the_Next_Leader_of One_of_America’s_Largest_Counties⠀⇛ Bernie Sanders started his career in elected office as the mayor of the largest city in Vermont. Though he eventually became a member of the US House, a US senator and, finally, a presidential contender whose 2016 and 2020 campaigns transformed debates about economic inequality in America, Sanders has always recognized that, while big policy decisions are made at the federal level and in the nation’s statehouses, the implementation of those policies takes place primarily at the local level. That’s one of the reasons Sanders has gone out of his way to make endorsements of progressives running in mayoral races and contests for county executive posts across the country. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Turkish_Election_Aftershock:_Despite_Unity_on_the_Left, the_Opposition_Falls_Short⠀⇛ Istanbul, Turkey—Sunday started sunny and cheerful in Turkey’s most populous city. Scores of families headed to secondary schools to cast their ballots and have their say in Turkish politics. That the country’s longtime president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan would lose in this first round of presidential elections seemed a historical inevitability to the smiling, hopeful people lining the streets in my upper-middle-class neighborhood. In a few hours, we would be proven terribly wrong. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Turkey’s_Opposition_Struggles_to_Chart_Path_as_Runoff Nears⠀⇛ President Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks likely to benefit most from the votes that went to an ultranationalist candidate eliminated in the first round. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ 4_Takeaways_from_Turkey’s_Nail-Biting_Presidential Election⠀⇛ Recep Tayyip Erdogan is headed for his — and his country’s — first presidential runoff vote. But the first round showed the longtime leader’s continued strength. * ⚓ Election_calendar_in_the_second_round⠀⇛ With none of the candidates receiving more than 50 percent of the votes, the second round of Turkey’s presidential elections will be held on May 28. * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Federal_Court_Rejects_FBI’s_Attempt_To_Glomar_Its_Way_Out_Of A_Trump-Related_FOIA_Lawsuit⠀⇛ After Donald Trump was forced to vacate the Oval Office to make way for its newest tenant, he apparently decided to cement his legacy by walking off with boxes full of classified documents. When the National Archive and Records Administration began filing away the records Trump actually deigned to turn over to it, it found a bunch of classified information. This led to an investigation by the DOJ and, ultimately, a raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence to recover any other classified documents the ex-president might have taken with him. * ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Report_from_U.S.-Mexico_Border_as_Title_42_Ends:_Human Rights_Violations,_Funerals_&_Makeshift_Camps⠀⇛ We host a roundtable discussion on the human rights crisis unfolding at the U.S.-Mexico border and the impact of President Biden ending the Trump-era pandemic policy known as Title 42 last Thursday, after it had been used to expel nearly 3 million migrants without due process. Guerline Jozef is co-founder and executive director of Haitian Bridge Alliance, an immigrant advocacy organization that provides humanitarian assistance to Haitians and other Black immigrants from the Caribbean and Africa; Erika Guevara-Rosas is a human rights lawyer and Americas director for Amnesty International; and Erika Pinheiro is an immigration attorney and the executive director of Al Otro Lado, a binational nonprofit helping immigrants on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Orthodox_Patriarch_Kirill_says_he_only_asked_to_borrow Rublev’s_‘Trinity’_from_Tretyakov_Gallery,_but_Putin_gave_it_back_to church_outright_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Patriarch Kirill, the head of Russian Orthodox Church, says he didn’t ask President Vladimir Putin to give Andrey Rublev’s “Holy Trinity” ikon back to the church. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_FSB_develops_instructions_for_conducting_searches without_court_order_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has released a set of proposed instructions for how agents should conduct home and automobile searches without court orders. * ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Budapest_mayor_tells_EP_Budgetary_Control_Committee about_government_measures_detrimental_to_capital⠀⇛ The European Parliament’s Budgetary Control Committee is in Budapest for a three-day visit. Members of the delegation also met the Mayor of Budapest, Gergely Karácsony. The committee asked about the recovery plan submitted by the government and I also made some suggestions, Gergely Karácsony said at a press conference after the meeting. * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ And_They’re_Off:_GOP_Sets_Bar_So_Low_and_Weird_It’s Underground_and_Babbling_About_Mermaids⠀⇛ Hoo boy. The GOP primary season got off to a bonkers start in first-in-the-nation Iowa, where smarmy Li’l Ron wowed by keeping his big-boy pants on and taking timid digs at he-who- shall-not-be-named, in absentia ’cause a non-tornado might’ve mussed his hair. They were joined by a ragtag band of bigots, felons, liars, crackpots, fascists and charlatans – Pastors For Trump! Missing Informants! Seductive Seducing Spirits! – who make Kesey’s trippy Merry Pranksters look like Lutheran astrophysicists. Oh, democracy. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Hiring_Tucker_Carlson⠀⇛ Fox thought his prime-time spot was now a blot, But other networks craved him for that slot. Imagine all the feelers that he’s got. The Racist-Preppy Market seems red-hot. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Tucker’s_Hot_Air,_Off_Air⠀⇛ * ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Churches’_Role_in_TX_Election_Prompts_Calls_for Investigations⠀⇛ Voters in West Texas have decisively rejected three conservative Christian candidates who campaigned on infusing religious values into local decision making. But the support the candidates received from local churches during the race has prompted calls for state and federal investigations and triggered a local political reckoning. “I think there should definitely be some penalties,” said Weldon Hurt, a two-term Abilene City Council member who won his race for mayor against one of the candidates. “I don’t know how severe it should be, but I think there has to be a way to curtail this from happening again,” he added. “I think there should be some discipline to these churches.” * ⚓ Patrick Breyer ☛ Statement_by_the_Child_Protection_Association_(Der Kinderschutzbund_Bundesverband_e.V.)_on_the_Public_Hearing_of_the_Digital Affairs_Committee_on_“Chat_Control”⠀⇛ The EU initiative sends a clear signal to all EU states to take stronger action against sexualised violence against children. We strongly welcome this. To implement this important goal, the directive proposes necessary and correct measures, but goes too far at crucial points. * ⚓ Patrick Breyer ☛ Summary_of_Statement_by_the_Federal_Commissioner_for Data_Protection_and_Freedom_of_Information_on_the_public_hearing_of_the Committee_on_Digital_Affairs_of_the_German_Bundestagon_the_topic_of_“Chat Control”⠀⇛ The fight against child sexual abuse is an extremely important social task that must be fulfilled with all suitable and appropriate means at our disposal. The so-called chat control, however, significantly exceeds the goal of this task. It hardly offers greater protection for children, but instead it would be Europe’s and Germany’s entry into a disproportionate, unconditional and comprehensive surveillance of private communication. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ ChatGPT_chief_warns_US_Senate_committee_to_regulate_artificial intelligence⠀⇛ CEO of OpenAI Samuel Altman appeared before the US Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law on Tuesday for a hearing about how the US might regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) platforms like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Altman called on the US “to develop regulations that incentivize AI safety while ensuring that people are able to access the technology’s many benefits.” * § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ o ⚓ RFA ☛ Using_fake_Facebook_account,_Hong_Kong_police_trolled_pro- democracy_activists⠀⇛ Revelations emerge after a police officer gives details of the account during an ongoing ‘subversion’ trial § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ The Fire ☛ FIRE_to_Uvalde:_Lift_ban_on_father_who_questioned_school safety_or_we’ll_sue⠀⇛ Today, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression demanded the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District lift its ban against Adam Martinez, a father of two students in the district. The district banned Martinez from all district property for two years, including from school board meetings. FIRE’s letter to UCISD threatens litigation if the district does not lift the unconstitutional ban by May 22, 2023. “My community counts on me to be their voice, but the district wants to shut me up,” said Martinez. “My fight has always been for the 21 people who no longer have a voice and for those who are too scared to speak up about social injustice.” * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Twitter_‘Shadowbans’_Bellingcat_After_Musk_Attacks_Them, Then_Tries_To_Retcon_A_Nonsense_Explanation⠀⇛ Remember, according to Elon Musk, one of the worst things that old Twitter did was “shadowban” people. There was a whole “Twitter Files” about the practice, which Musk insisted was a horrible practice that was censorship. Except… at the same time he had no problem using it to silence accounts he personally disliked. Hilariously, he announced this as part of his “new Twitter policy” back in November, even though it had been existing Twitter policy since 2018. * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Age_Verification_Laws_Are_Terrible⠀⇛ Free Speech Coalition, a trade group representing the adult entertainment industry, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah to overturn Senate Bill (SB) 287 – the new law that requires age verification for all adult websites. As I wrote about in my last entry for this site, SB 287 prompted the leadership of Pornhub and its network of porn websites to block the whole state of Utah from accessing it in order to avoid potential civil penalties outlined by the new law. § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Pacific_media_needs_more_support_to_protect_the truth⠀⇛ Media freedom is an essential pillar of democracy. In Pacific island countries, this pillar is under threat from financial and capacity constraints. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ Robert Reich ☛ Why_Child_Labor_in_America_is_Skyrocketing⠀⇛ * ⚓ Reason ☛ When_This_Uvalde_Parent_Complained_About_a_New_Police_Hire,_He Was_Banned_From_School_Property⠀⇛ Adam Martinez’s youngest son was at Robb Elementary on the day of the shooting—though thankfully he was physically unharmed—and, like many other parents, he became a vocal critic of the police department. However, in retaliation for his criticism, the school district banned him from school property—and school board meetings—for two years. On Monday, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) sent a demand letter requesting that the school lift its two-year ban on Martinez or face a lawsuit. “The First Amendment exists so that people can use their voices to advocate for social and political change,” FIRE attorney Jeff Zeman said in a Monday press release. “Criticizing the government is protected speech, and Uvalde can’t police it.” * ⚓ Site36 ☛ Police_violence_in_Germany_is_mostly_male_and_more_often_goes unpunished,_research_project_finds⠀⇛ The findings presented in KviAPol shed light on the so-called dark field of police assaults, i.e. cases that have not become known and have not been denounced. Under the direction of Tobias Singelnstein, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Law, the researchers Laila Abdul-Rahman, Hannah Espín Grau and Luise Klaus surveyed more than 3,300 participants online and conducted more than 60 qualitative interviews with members of the police and judiciary, victim counselling centres and lawyers. * ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ Trial_By_Jury⠀⇛ When I started this blog I never envisaged I would be forced to write a defence of the use of juries in Scotland. We live in troubling times indeed. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Chief_of_Ukraine_Supreme_Court_Is_Arrested_and_Accused of_Bribery⠀⇛ ‘This is a dark day in the history of the court,’ its judges said. * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Hollywood_Writers_Have_a_Word_for_It:_Inequality⠀⇛ From Cocaine Bear to Panda Express, the fight for a living wage is the same. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Halts_Release_Of_Iranian_Film_On_Serial_Killer_Of_Sex Workers⠀⇛ Russian authorities have suspended the release of an award- winning film about a serial killer who targets sex workers in Iran. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Homes_Of_Russian_Activists,_Journalist_Searched⠀⇛ Police in Russia’s Tatarstan region have searched the homes of three rights activists, Vera Otreshko, Zulfia Sitdikova, an unspecified member of the unregistered Libertarian party, and the home of journalist Nailya Mullayeva. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kremlin_Critic_Says_She_Experienced_Possible_Poisoning Symptoms;_Report_Says_Others_Also_Fell_Ill⠀⇛ Natalia Arno, the U.S.-based chief of the Free Russia Foundation, says there are suspicions she may have been poisoned, “possibly by some nerve agent,” after falling ill during a recent trip to Europe, amid reports that at least two other Kremlin critics have experienced similar episodes since 2020. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Kelly_Hayes_and_Mariame_Kaba_on_Their_New_Handbook_for Radical_Organizing⠀⇛ In Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care, Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes combine decades of scholarship, countless interviews with activists, and insights from movements across the globe to deliver a utilitarian and practical guide for youth organizers coming into their own. Kaba, a longtime abolitionist organizer and educator, has led numerous organizations to battle the prison- industrial complex and empower young activists, including Project NIA, the Chicago Freedom School, and Interrupting Criminalization. Her blog Prison Culture as well as her anthology We Do This Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice have garnered international acclaim. Hayes is an organizer and journalist whose work in outlets like Truthout and Movement Memos has chronicled some of the most important grassroots fights of our time. Kaba and Hayes sat down with Sarah Emily Baum to discuss their new book. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. § Monopolies⠀➾ * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Warner_Bros._Discovery_CEO_David_Zaslav’s_‘Punishment’_For Disastrous_Megamerger?_$39_Million.⠀⇛ We’ve noted in detail how the AT&T/Time Warner/Discovery mergers have been an apocalyptic mess that aptly demonstrates the U.S. obsession with utterly pointless megadeals and a “growth for growth’s sake” mindset. Hundreds of billions of dollars later and the companies have produced a product that’s notably shittier than when they started, laying off thousands of people, cancelling popular brands, killing popular magazines, and leaving streaming catalogs with new, weird gaps due to a refusal to pay residuals. * § Trademarks⠀➾ o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Taco_Bell_Seeks_To_Liberate_‘Taco_Tuesday’_For_Itself, The_Masses⠀⇛ There is a long history of trademark silliness concerning the phrase “Taco Tuesday.” As with many trademark stories, the original sin in all of this was committed by the USPTO , which in the ’80s somehow managed to grant the Taco John’s chain a trademark on the term, despite it being both very descriptive and, after years of lax enforcement, absolutely generic at present. What you will find missing in the stories that we’ve done on this topic in the past is an entity with real weight behind it attempting to invalidate Taco John’s trademark entirely. Sure, everyone from restaurant trade associations to LeBron James (seriously!) have gotten involved, but what we need here is a good old fashioned Goliath to come and stamp out David when he’s misbehaving. * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Michal_Čudrnák_—_Open_Culture_VOICES,_Season_2 Episode_15⠀⇛ “If you’re considering opening up, start small” says Michal Čudrnák, the Head of Digital Collections at the Slovak National Gallery. When you open up just a small part first you will see what unfolds and can learn in the process what works for your community and what they interested in and how your community wants to use the cultural heritage in your collection. This episode dives into issues of legislation as well as the unique ways public domain material is re-used. o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ ISPs_Block_‘Uptobox’_to_Fight_Piracy,_Platform_& Users_Probably_Prepared⠀⇛ A French court has ordered ISPs to block veteran file- hosting/streaming platform Uptobox. French internet users made roughly 10 million visits to Uptobox last month and are unlikely to give up easily. Meanwhile, blundering efforts to block other content led to the entire Telegram platform being blocked in France last weekend. French visitors were diverted to a government website where code linked their visit to serious crime. o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Manga_Publisher_Wants_Cloudflare_to_Expose Operators_of_Popular_‘Piracy’_Sites⠀⇛ Manga publisher Shueisha has obtained a subpoena at a California federal court that requires Cloudflare to expose the operators of several piracy-related sites. The targets include 13dl.to, manga-zip.is, wupfile.com and hexupload.net. Each of these sites has millions of monthly users and are predominantly popular in Japan. o ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Google_traffic_worth_less_than_£75m_per_year_to UK_publishers_says_NMA⠀⇛ Publishers and platforms disagree over how much they each benefit from each other. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Bungie_Wins_Default_Judgment_Against_Danish_Cheat Purveyor_In_Ruling_That_Encourages_More_CFAA_Abuse⠀⇛ A lawsuit [PDF] against a cheat creator has swung almost completely in Bungie’s direction, mainly thanks to the Danish defendant being unwilling to travel across the pond to defend himself in court. The claims are numerous, ranging from copyright infringement to trademark infringement to CFAA violations to the ever-popular (but rarely successful) RICO. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 6207 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.17.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_17/05/2023:_Several_Gemini-Related_News⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 7:52 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Internet/Gemini # Announcements * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ And_all_of_a_sudden_it’s_Wednesday⠀⇛ I can’t believe anyone still believes “the news”. Then again, we’re talking about people, here. I mean, for the love of separate selfhood hypnosis, right? # ⚓ Toasting_the_End_of_Amatonormativity⠀⇛ I noticed this was removed from library.inu.red at some point (presumably also removed from The Anarchist Library). Personally I found it to be a fantastic read, and was frustrated when it could no longer be found. As far as I know it’s not anywhere on the Geminispace, and happens to be hard to find on the world wide web. I believe it also poses some interesting questions given its age, and I also happen to partially disagree with some parts of it. # ⚓ Album_#267:_Jeru_the_Damaja_–_The_Sun_Rises_In_The_East⠀⇛ It was nice to hear a new album for a change. My backlog has filled with the 60s and 70s rock albums that are the mainstay of this book. Peter Frampton and Iron Butterfly are Classic Rock staples that would also appear in “1001 Albums You Will Almost Certainly Have Heard Before You Die”. # ⚓ The_simple_joys_of_the_humble_slide_rule⠀⇛ A bunch of scales printed on three rulers, the middle one of which can slide relative to the other two. Then finally, a glass box around the outside with a thin (“hairline”) mark down the middle, held perpendicular to the rulers. Yet with this simple contraption you can perform all calculations normally reserved for a calculator, all the way through most Americans’ high school math. I’m forever amazed by the ingenuity that enables trigonometry, powers, logarithms, and more to be calculated by rubbing two sticks together. This simple action was actively being performed in outer space by the pioneers taking part in the space race. # ⚓ even_alleyway_pubs_have_their_bar_bellars⠀⇛ I recall Ozzy Osbourne saying in an interview (Rolling Stone?) that he had his first drink when he was 14 in Liverpool, England. Him and a friend would go to a bar, and get a “Bellar”, which was half lemonade, half beer. (The bartender likely justified that if it was 51% lemonade and 49% beer, age limits didn’t matter – but I speculate). And they (Ozzy and his friend) called that drink a Bellar because he said there were always two old ladies at the end of the bar, who would “bellar” at Ozzy and his friend (“bellaring” meaning yelling at, or talking down to, I am guessing). # ⚓ Album_#264:_Sonic_Youth_–_E.V.O.L⠀⇛ This album came out 37 years ago. That guy at the record store who snubbed you for not having struggled through E.V.O.L. doesn’t work there any more. He retired. The record store closed. You’re free. Skip it. o § Technical⠀➾ # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Notes_on_the_Last_Two_Days⠀⇛ As these things sometimes do, the poem prompted another one, this one a proper ghazal. Well, a proper Canadian ghazal, anyway, in the form made famous by Thompson and then expanded by so many others (Phyllis Webb and Isabella Wang being my favourites). I’ve been saying that I’m bouncing off cohost. That’s not entirely true. I still check my feed every day, and I’m glad I do. Today I saw a post about someone setting up a BBS basically for messages only – no doors, and only a few files (someone uploaded Doom and Keen!). After work yesterday, I made supper for us, played with the younger dog, had some cherry cider. Sat down, and logged in. The second BBS I’ve called (logged into? telnetted? what’s the term in this modemless age?) in the last couple years, the first, Seabreeze BBS, really just for doors: some LORD, some Tele-Arena, the odd game of Yahtzee. # ⚓ Coming_up_on_noon⠀⇛ In way, finding older Gemini posts feels a bit like chancing upon tasty leftovers. # ⚓ RE:_Are_we_rebuilding_the_centralized_web,_minus tracking?⠀⇛ A central place encourages: 1. Frequent polling, to see if there’s anything new 2. Frequent polling, to see if your posts have many “likes” 3. Frequent polling, to see if you have many “followers” 4. Competition for attention, which is generally bad for an inclusive community that promotes free expression, and also leads to … 5. … short and shallow content optimized for maximum buzz and short attention span 6. An “A-list” of users popular enough to discourage others from sharing unpopular opinions or participating in general (see Shirky’s essay, IMO awesome and still very very very relevant) # ⚓ One_year!⠀⇛ It has been one year since I set up this site on smol.pub on May 16, 2022. # ⚓ Net_News⠀⇛ I decided to install a mall net news server for Campaign Wiki. That’s the site I use to host all sorts of role-playing related stuff. I installed sn because I already knew that I couldn’t get INN to work. # § Announcements⠀➾ # ⚓ GeminiLoggBookOberDadaisticus:_[ANN]_Strange Bedfellows⠀⇛ The new Oberdada album Strange Bedfellows has now been released. Fourteen tracks of conventional music, following existing and novel conventions, guide the listener from beginning to end, unless you are listening in reverse order. The songs are thematically linked, often in subtle ways that may reveal themselves as Easter eggs only after a few listenings. Superficially, the album covers several styles such as tango, jazz fusion, and progressive rock, yet circles around the core of interconnected themes. As most of the instrumental parts have been actually performed, as opposed to programmed, the music is far from the slick and perfected production ideals in vogue. Still, what may sound spontaneous is the result of meticulous attention to details and long hours of editing. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 6445 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.17.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_17/05/2023:_Vice_Media_is_Dead⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 2:21 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Server o Applications o Instructionals/Technical * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Hardware/Modding * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Programming/Development # Perl_/_Raku # Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh * 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 Environment # Energy/Transportation # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Patents # Software_Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Sven_Hoexter:_GCP:_Private_Service_Connect_Forwarding_Rules can_not_be_Updated [Ed: Clown computing limitations]⠀⇛ PSA for those foolish enough to use Google Cloud and try to use private service connect: If you want to change the serviceAttachment your private service connect forwarding rule points at, you must delete the forwarding rule and create a new one. Updates are not supported. I’ve done that in the past via terraform, but lately encountered strange errors like this: [...] o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ QEMU_vs._VirtualBox:_Which_Is_the_Best Solution_for_Your_Virtual_Machine?⠀⇛ QEMU or VirtualBox is a difficult decision to make. You might have heard that QEMU is more powerful than VirtualBox. QEMU might also intimidate you because of how difficult it is rumored to be. It’s easy to wonder a few things: what is QEMU, what is VirtualBox, and how can you decide between them? QEMU and VirtualBox are both similar hypervisors, but they both offer completely different strengths when it comes to features like ease of setup and performance. Here’s a full comparison of QEMU and VirtualBox. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ How_to_Use_the_Linux_tr_Command⠀⇛ Do you need a no-frills method for manipulating a stream of text in Linux? Look no further than the tr command, which can save you time in replacing, removing, combining, and compressing input text. This is how it’s done. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Setting_up_an_SFTP_Server_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) is a secure protocol for transferring files between local and remote servers. Unlike standard FTP, it uses SSH (Secure Shell) to encrypt all data transfers, protecting against common threats like data interception and packet sniffing. # ⚓ How_to_install_PIP_in_Linux_without_sudo?_–_Linux_Shout⠀⇛ Just like every Linux system has its own package manager to manage all system packages, similarly Python also has a package manager to install and manage its various library and modules without using sudo. Let’s take an example of Ubuntu Linux where the default package manager is APT but needs sudo access or rights to install any package. But what, if we don’t want or have rights to use sudo to install PIP, if not installed already on your system? In that, case we can go for a script to set up PIP for us in our local directory. # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ How_to_permanently_mount_a_drive_in_Linux_(and_why you_should)_|_ZDNET⠀⇛ If you plug external drives into your Linux machine or add secondary internal drives, you’ll want to make sure they are automatically mounted when you boot. # ⚓ IT Pro Today ☛ How_To_Copy_Directories_in_Linux_|_ITPro Today:_IT_News,_How-Tos,_Trends,_Case_Studies,_Career_Tips, More⠀⇛ 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. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ What_Is_chroot_in_Linux_and_How_Does_It Work?⠀⇛ Are you looking to run applications or services in an isolated space on Linux? Or maybe you want to test and debug an application without it interfering with the rest of your system? If so, you’ll want to learn about chroot, a powerful mechanism built into Linux that allows you to create a separate environment within your system. Let’s explore chroot in detail, learn about its benefits, use cases, how to set it up on a Linux system, and if needed, how to escape it. # ⚓ Beebom ☛ How_to_Change_Password_in_Linux_(2023_Guide)_| Beebom⠀⇛ In today’s digital age, protecting your sensitive personal information is more important than ever. And having strong passwords definitely helps protect your personal data from prying eyes. In this article, we will discuss two different methods to change passwords in Linux for both yourself as well as for other users. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Rhino_Linux_Brings_the_Rolling_Release_Model_to Ubuntu⠀⇛ Want a new Linux experience? Rhino Linux, still in beta, gives users a rolling Ubuntu experience with an Arch AUR taste. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Everything_You_Need_to_Know_About_Using_Nala on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Advanced Package Tool (APT) is everyone’s favorite go-to package management tool when working on Debian-based distros. However, despite its rich feature set, it’s not a convenient way of managing packages for beginners. A prominent drawback of APT is that it makes the content on your terminal screen look haphazard, and there needs to be semblance within the text on your Linux terminal. Here comes Nala, with its streamlined containers and multicolored demarcations to make your terminal output look neater and well-structured. Here’s what you should know about Nala. o § Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Arduino ☛ This_robotic_beer_tray_keeps_servers_from spilling_suds⠀⇛ Experienced servers are masters of balance and coordination, being able to carry several full glasses on a tray without spilling a drop. But many of us lack that skill and can’t carry even a single glass across a room without splashing half of it on our feet. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Review_of_MaTouch_ESP32-S3_4-inch_Display Demo_Kit_with_sensors,_Arduino,_LVGL_graphics_library⠀⇛ Makerfabs MaTouch_ESP32-S3 4-inch Display Demo Kit is an ESP32-S3 development board with a 4-inch touchscreen display, a TVOC sensor, and a thermal camera. # ⚓ peppe8o ☛ Unleash_the_Potential_of_the_Internet:_10 Essential_IoT_Starter_Kits_to_Kickstart_Your_Journey⠀⇛ End your search for the ultimate, cost-effective IoT starter kits designed to help you construct innovative IoT solutions. With these exceptional smart device kits, your # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Seeed_Studio_launches_Jetson-based “reComputer_Industrial”_fanless_Edge_AI_computers⠀⇛ We covered the actively-cooled reComputer J4012 Edge AI mini PC powered by Jetson Orin NX system- on-module last January, but Seeed Studio has now launched four fanless “reComputer Industrial” variants with an aluminum case, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, three USB 3.2 ports, an RS232/ RS422/RS485 serial port, and a terminal block with four DI, four DO, and a CAN Bus. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ STMicro_unveils_STM32MP2_Arm_Cortex-A35/M33 MPU_family_starting_with_STM32MP25⠀⇛ STMicro has introduced its second generation of its STM32 MPUs (microprocessors) with the STM32MP2 moving to a 64-bit Arm architecture with Edge AI acceleration, multimedia features, graphics processing, and digital connectivity targeting industrial and IoT edge applications. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ 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. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ 30+_Open-source_Free-to-use_Calendar_Libraries for_React,_Vue,_jQuery_and_Plain_JavaScript⠀⇛ A JavaScript calendar library is a tool that allows developers to create interactive calendars on websites using JavaScript. These libraries provide pre-built functions and styles for creating a calendar that can be customized to match the website’s design and requirements. There are several JavaScript calendar libraries available, including FullCalendar, DayPilot, # § Perl / Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ Rakulang ☛ rakudoweekly_2023.20_SO_Survey⠀⇛ The 2023 Stackoverflow Developer Survey is now live. That in itself is not really Raku related, but that the Raku Programming Language is one of the options you can select for your programming language, is! Taking the survey will only take a few minutes of your life, and be your chance to boost the visibility […] # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Getting_Tomorrow’s_Date_in_Bash:_A Practical_Walkthrough⠀⇛ In the world of system administration and shell scripting, the ability to manipulate dates and times is crucial. Whether it’s for scheduling tasks, log rotation, or simply timestamping files, an understanding of how to work with dates in your scripts can save a lot of time and effort. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Getting_Yesterday’s_Date_in_Bash:_A Practical_Walkthrough⠀⇛ Bash, the Bourne-Again SHell, is an incredibly flexible and powerful command language interpreter, commonly used in Unix and Unix-like operating systems. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ How_a_Disaster_Expert_Prepares_for_the_Worst⠀⇛ Lucy Easthope, who has worked on major emergencies since 9/11, says that small interventions can make a significant difference. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Quantum_Experiment_Shows_How_Einstein_Was Wrong_About_One_Thing⠀⇛ A new record! # ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ ‘106’_surprises_audiences_with_a philosophical_discussion_of_technology⠀⇛ Theater & Performance Studies’ capstone project production of “106″ portrayed a thoughtful exploration of the ethics of technology through four vignettes, writes Anthony Martinez Rosales. The play was written, rehearsed and produced all during spring quarter. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ CDC:_First_US_Cases_of_Severe_Drug- Resistant_Ringworm_Identified⠀⇛ A potentially hidden outbreak uncovered. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Over_60_Unknown_Moons_Have_Been_Identified Orbiting_Saturn⠀⇛ It’s official: Saturn has the most moons in the Solar System. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Patient_M:_The_Man_Who_Was_Shot_in_The_Head And_Woke_Up_Seeing_The_World_Backwards⠀⇛ This will really mess with your head. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ China_Aims_for_Better-Skilled Population,_to_Improve_Childcare⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_aims_for_better-skilled population,_to_improve_childcare⠀⇛ The Chinese government has urgently embarked on measures to lift the country’s birth rate. # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ AMLO_announces_8.2%_salary_increase_for Mexico’s_teachers⠀⇛ President López Obrador has announced a pay raise and pension increase for all public-sector teachers in Mexican schools. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Asus_Responds_to_AM5_BIOS_Controversy: Warranty_Covers_Beta_Fixes,_EXPO_Presets⠀⇛ Asus has issued an official response addressing concerns regarding its AM5 motherboards, confirming that its BIOS updates fix Ryzen 7000′s SoC issues and its warranties cover AMD EXPO enablement. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Kioxia_and_Western_Digital_Intensify Merger_Talks:_Report⠀⇛ Kioxia and Western Digital advance merger talks as prices and demand for flash memory fall. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Exclusive-LG_Display_to_Supply OLED_TV_Panels_to_Samsung_Elec_–_Sources⠀⇛ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_US_ordered_a_recall_of_67_million_airbag inflators,_but_the_supplier_is_refusing_to_comply⠀⇛ A major Tennessee-based airbag manufacturer is butting heads with US regulators. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ SMIC_Removes_Mentions_of_14nm_Node:_US Sanctions_at_Work?⠀⇛ SMIC may lose ability to offer FinFET services due to U.S. export restrictions. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Human_DNA_Is_All_Over_The_Planet,_And Scientists_Are_Worried⠀⇛ Are we prepared for this? # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Toxic_Contaminant_in_Water_Linked_to_Sharp Increase_in_Parkinson’s_Risk⠀⇛ A disturbing pattern from decades ago. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ World_Health_Organization_Warns_Against Using_Artificial_Sweeteners⠀⇛ Continued consumption doesn’t reduce weight and could increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and mortality in adults, the W.H.O. said on Monday. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Biden_Nominates_Head_of_National Cancer_Institute_to_Run_NIH⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Mississippi_Podiatrist_Gets_2- Year_Sentence_in_Health_Fraud_Scheme⠀⇛ A Mississippi podiatrist has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in defrauding Medicare and the military insurer Tricare by prescribing and dispensing medically unnecessary foot bath medications # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Court_Order_That_Could_End_US Health_Law’s_Preventative_Care_Mandate_Put_on_Hold⠀⇛ A federal judge’s ruling striking down a key part of the Affordable Care Act has been temporarily put on hold by a federal appeals court in New Orleans # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Washington_Lawmakers_Reach_Deal on_Drug_Policy,_Avoid_Automatic_Decriminalization⠀⇛ Democratic and Republican leaders in the Washington Statehouse have reached a tentative deal on a major new drug policy, one that would avoid making the state the second to decriminalize the possession of controlled substances # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ US_Court_Halts_Ruling_Blocking Obamacare_for_Some_Preventive_Healthcare⠀⇛ # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Access_to_STI_testing_not_meeting recommendations_in_health_clinics_–_Infection_rates_on_the rise⠀⇛ Sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing is not being carried out according to recommendations in public health centers, and as a result, STI rates are increasing. This was the conclusion of a study conducted by Hivpoint in the fall of 2022, which aimed to assess access to STI testing in public health centers across Finland. The study found that only two out of 20 health centers provided adequate guidance for STI testing. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Cough_Syrup_Can_Be_Dangerous_For_Kids,_Even Deadly._Here’s_Why.⠀⇛ Know the risks. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ World_leaders_in_Japan,_China_as_a negotiator,_and_grain_deal_deadline:_What_to_watch_for_this week.⠀⇛ o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Mind Matters ☛ Sorry_Mark,_but_the_Metaverse_Failed_|_Mind Matters⠀⇛ Given Zuckerberg’s devotion to his fantasy project, it’s probable he will keep trying to push for its success. # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ New_‘MichaelKors’_Ransomware-as-a-Service Targeting_Linux_and_VMware_ESXi_Systems [Ed: No, it targets proprietary software of VMware, not Linux]⠀⇛ A new ransomware-as-service (RaaS) operation called MichaelKors has become the latest file-encrypting malware to target Linux and VMware ESXi systems as of April 2023. # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ #StopRansomware:_BianLian_Ransomware Group⠀⇛ The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory to disseminate known BianLian ransomware and data extortion group IOCs and TTPs identified through FBI and ACSC investigations as of March 2023. # ⚓ USDOJ ☛ Russian_National_Charged_with_Ransomware Attacks_Against_Critical_Infrastructure⠀⇛ The Justice Department today unsealed two indictments charging a Russian national and resident with using three different ransomware variants to attack numerous victims throughout the United States, including law enforcement agencies in Washington, D.C. and New Jersey, as well as victims in healthcare and other sectors nationwide. # ⚓ CSO ☛ Insured_companies_more_likely_to_be_ransomware victims,_sometimes_more_than_once⠀⇛ Companies with cyber insurance are more likely to get hit by ransomware, more likely to be attacked multiple times, and more likely to pay ransoms, according to a recent survey of IT decision makers. # ⚓ USDOJ ☛ Ransomware_Charges_Unsealed_Against_Russian National⠀⇛ An indictment was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging a Russian national with participating in a global ransomware campaign which deployed ransomware variants against victims in the District of Columbia, the United States, and around the world. Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev, alleged to use the online monikers Wazawaka, m1x, Broriscelcin, and Uhodiransomwar, 30, of Kaliningrad, Russia, is charged with intentional damage to a protected computer and threats relating to a protected computer. # ⚓ Franklin_County_Public_Schools_hit_by_ransomware attack⠀⇛ Franklin County Public Schools were closed Monday following a ransomware attack that is still impacting the school division. # ⚓ NVISO Labs ☛ Introducing_CS2BR_pt._I_–_How_we_enabled Brute_Ratel_Badgers_to_run_Cobalt_Strike_BOFs⠀⇛ If you know all about CS, BRC4 and BOFs you might want to skip this introduction and get right into the problem statement. You can also jump right to the solution. Introduction When we conduct Red Team assessments at NVISO, we employ a wide variety of proprietary and open source tools. o § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ # § Openwashing⠀➾ # ⚓ SDx Central ☛ How_Dent_brings_open_source_innovation to_networking_infrastructure⠀⇛ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Open_source_helps_speed_up_the decarbonization_of_energy_systems [Ed: Mindless greenwashing sponsored by the 'Linux' Foundation to be "covered" by a publication that's paid by the 'Linux' Foundation]⠀⇛ To address climate change and global warming concerns, worldwide energy grid systems require an overhaul. The Linux Foundation Energy is leading efforts to help organizations realize decarbonization goals by bringing together energy producers, researchers, policymakers and traditional vendors. ⚓ Medevel ☛ How_to_optimize_business_processes_with_Axelor’s_open_source platform [Ed: Marketing spam again; this one also spreads Microsoft propaganda]⠀⇛ Growing pains are something every business experiences at some point, regardless of size or industry. If your business is struggling with unstructured workflows, miscommunication between departments, or general feelings of stagnation and unproductivity, this is likely a sign you need a new solution to help optimize your business processes. § Security⠀➾ * ⚓ Qt ☛ Security_advisory:_Qt_SVG⠀⇛ A recent potential divide by zero in Qt SVG has been reported and has been assigned the CVE id CVE-2023-32573. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Brightly_Software_Notifying_3_Million_SchoolDude_Users of_Data_Breach⠀⇛ Brightly Software has started informing roughly three million users that their personal information was compromised in a recent data breach. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Discord_Informs_Users_of_Data_Breach_Involving_Customer Support_Provider⠀⇛ Communications and social platform Discord is notifying users of a cyber incident involving a third-party services provider. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ WordPress_Field_Builder_Plugin_Vulnerability_Exploited in_Attacks_Two_Days_After_Patch⠀⇛ PoC exploit targeting an XSS vulnerability in the Advanced Custom Fields WordPress plugin started being used in malicious attacks two days after patch. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ PharMerica_Discloses_Data_Breach_Impacting_5.8_Million Individuals⠀⇛ The personal information of more than 5.8 million was compromised in a data breach at national pharmacy network PharMerica. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Capita_Cyberattack_Hits_UK_Pension_Funds⠀⇛ The recent ransomware attack on Capita may impact millions of customers of hundreds of pension funds in the UK. * ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Mozilla_Privacy_Blog:_Mozilla_weighs_in_on_the_EU_Cyber Resilience_Act⠀⇛ Cybersecurity incidents and attacks have been on the rise in the past years. Enhancing security and trust is more relevant than ever to protect users online. Legislators worldwide have been contemplating new rules to ensure that hardware and software products become more secure, with the latest example being the EU’sCyber_Resilience_Act. Below we present our concrete recommendations on how legislators can ensure that the CRA can effectively achieve its objectives. In recent years, the European Commission has taken concrete steps to boost its cyber security capabilities across Europe. After successfully adopting theNISD2 and theEU_Cybersecurity Act, the last missing piece of the puzzle is the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). This latest proposal aims to bolster the security capabilities of hardware and software products in the EU market while ensuring a more coherent framework that facilities compliance. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Philadelphia_Inquirer_Hit_by_Cyberattack_Causing Newspaper’s_Largest_Disruption_in_Decades⠀⇛ The Philadelphia Inquirer experienced the most significant disruption to its operations in 27 years due to a cyberattack on Sunday, May 14, 2023. * ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Tuesday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (epiphany-browser, python-ipaddress, and sqlparse), Fedora (python-django3 and qemu), Red Hat (apr-util, autotrace, bind, bind9.16, container- tools:4.0, container-tools:rhel8, ctags, curl, device-mapper- multipath, dhcp, edk2, emacs, freeradius:3.0, freerdp, frr, gcc-toolset-12-binutils, git, git-lfs, go-toolset:rhel8, grafana, grafana-pcp, gssntlmssp, Image Builder, kernel, kernel-rt, libarchive, libreswan, libtar, libtiff, mingw-expat, mysql:8.0, net-snmp, pcs, php:7.4, poppler, postgresql-jdbc, python-mako, python27:2.7, python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8, python39:3.9 and python39-devel:3.9, samba, sysstat, tigervnc, unbound, virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel, wayland, webkit2gtk3, xorg-x11-server, and xorg-x11-server-Xwayland), SUSE (dmidecode, postgresql13, prometheus-sap_host_exporter, python- cryptography, rekor, and thunderbird), and Ubuntu (firefox, matrix-synapse, and mysql-8.0). * ⚓ SANS ☛ Ongoing_Facebook_phishing_campaign_without_a_sender_and_(almost) without_links,_(Mon,_May_15th)⠀⇛ At the Internet Storm Center, we often receive examples of current malspam and phishing e-mails from our readers. Most of them are fairly uninteresting, but some turn out to be notable for one reason or another. This was the case with several messages that Charlie, one of our readers, has submitted to us since the beginning of 2023. * ⚓ USDOJ ☛ Man_Pleads_Guilty_to_Conspiracy_to_Sell_Stolen_Financial Information_on_Dark_Web⠀⇛ According to court documents, Michael D. Mihalo, aka Dale Michael Mihalo Jr., 40, of Naperville, was the founder of a darknet “carding” site called Skynet Market, which was used to sell stolen financial information on the internet. Operating under the moniker ggmccloud1, Mihalo and his co-conspirators were also prominent vendors on additional darknet markets, including AlphaBay Market, Wall Street Market, and Hansa Market. Each market required users to conduct transactions in digital currencies, including Bitcoin. Through these markets, Mihalo and his co-conspirators sold the stolen financial information, primarily the credit and debit card numbers and associated information, of tens of thousands of U.S. victims between Feb. 22, 2016, and Oct. 1, 2019. * ⚓ Patients_concerned_after_local_allergy_clinic_closes_its_doors_because of_alleged_data_breach⠀⇛ A local asthma and allergy clinic has closed its doors because of an alleged security data breach. Patients are now concerned that their medical records may have been compromised. Several patients have told KOCO that they are in need of asthma medication from the Oklahoma Institute of Allergy Asthma and Immunology but have been turned away because of a sign on the door that claims a security data breach at the clinic happened nearly two weeks ago. “I went one day to get an allergy shot, and all of a sudden, like the door was locked, and there was a sign on the door,” said patient Kristen McMurray. * ⚓ Hearst Communications ☛ New_York_audit:_School_districts_unprepared_for cyber_attacks⠀⇛ Student data, including names, birth dates and addresses, are not always kept secure by school districts or the state Education Department, the state Comptroller’s Office found in an audit issued Tuesday. The Education Department “has not taken the fundamental steps or improved the technical controls needed to secure its own critical systems,” the auditors said. Auditors also went to four school districts and scanned their systems for vulnerabilities. What they found was so concerning that the districts took immediate action, they said. * ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ HHS_Office_for_Civil_Rights_Settles_HIPAA_Investigation with_Arkansas_Business_Associate_MedEvolve_Following_Unlawful_Disclosure of_Protected_Health_Information_on_an_Unsecured_Server_for_$350,000⠀⇛ As background: this case began with Justin Shafer finding an unsecured FTP server owned by MedEvolve. He reported it to DataBreaches. This site first reported on the leak in 2018. This site also reported when MedEvolve issued a statement months later, and again two years later when HHS got them to notify patients. * ⚓ USDOJ ☛ Justice_Department_Announces_Five_Cases_as_Part_of_Recently Launched_Disruptive_Technology_Strike_Force⠀⇛ The Disruptive Technology Strike Force is co-led by the Departments of Justice and Commerce to counter efforts by hostile nation-states to illicitly acquire sensitive U.S. technology to advance their authoritarian regimes and facilitate human rights abuses. The Strike Force’s work has led to the unsealing of charges against multiple defendants in five cases accused of crimes including export violations, smuggling and theft of trade secrets. * § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Your_DNA_Can_Now_Be_Pulled_From_Thin_Air. Privacy_Experts_Are_Worried.⠀⇛ Environmental DNA research has aided conservation, but scientists say its ability to glean information about human populations and individuals poses dangers. o ⚓ OpenRightsGroup ☛ Small_Boats_and_Silent_Protest:_Prior_Restraint in_the_Online_Safety_Bill⠀⇛ Under new rules created by the Online Safety Bill, all illegal content must be removed from social media platforms. The government position is clear that this content ‘has to go’, but the way the platforms will do it creates a new and dangerous threat to free speech. What is Prior Restraint? o ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ Are_we_sure_we_want_a_smarter_smart_home_and gadgets? [Ed: It was all along preying on the gullible and insure, who were sold a false dream]⠀⇛ This story was originally published on Friday May 12, in my weekly newsletter. To receive the newsletter, sign up here.  Apple wants to build a health coach with the ability to track people’s vital signs as well as their emotions. o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Human_DNA_Is_All_Over_the_Place,_Raising Privacy_Concerns⠀⇛ The sheer volume of human “genetic bycatch” could be used for surveillance, commodification, and other nefarious activities. § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ * ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Africa_Land_Forces_Summit_(ALFS)_seeks_solutions_to African_terrorism_problems⠀⇛ To address drivers of instability in Africa, prevailing regional threats, and solutions to Silafi-jihadists on the continent of Africa, Africa’s defence force chiefs met in West Africa last week where the United States supported the annual four-day Africa Land Forces Summit (ALFS). * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Imai_in_The_Diplomat⠀⇛ On May 12, Kyoko Imai authored an article, “Momentum Building in the Japan-South Korea Partnership,” for The Diplomat. She argues that Asia’s two leading democracies must put their historical differences aside to advance mutual interests and counter shared challenges. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarusian_Opposition_Says_Be_‘Prepared’_Amid_Rumors_That Lukashenka_Is_Ill⠀⇛ Self-exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanovskaya has called on the Belarusian public and the international community to “be prepared for every scenario” as Minsk and state media have avoided responding to rumors that Belarusian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka is ill. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Five_More_Belarusian_Activists_Face_Trials_Amid_Crackdown_On Dissent⠀⇛ Four more activists have gone on trial in Minsk on charges of inciting hatred as authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s regime continues its crackdown on dissent. * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Belarus_State_Media_Publish_Photo_of Lukashenko_Following_Health_Speculation⠀⇛ * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Siberian_Court_Sends_Man_Suspected_Of_Setting_Military_Plane_On Fire_To_Pretrial_Detention⠀⇛ A Siberian court has sent to pretrial detention a man suspected of setting an out-of-service Su-24 military plane on fire at the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant in early May. * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Fighting_in_Darfur_Kills_280_Sudanese:_NRC⠀⇛ This escalation of violence occurs despite the fact that the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces signed an new agreement on Thursday. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Demonstrations_in_the_occupied_West_Bank_to_mark_75_years since_‘Catastrophe’⠀⇛ Thousands from across the occupied West Bank demonstrated Monday, waving Palestinian flags to mark the 75th anniversary of the “Nakba” or “catastrophe” which they associate with Israel’s creation. * ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ 18-Year-Old_Pop_Smoke_Murderer_Pleads_Guilty_in Juvenile_Court⠀⇛ An 18-year-old charged in the murder of Pop Smoke has confessed in juvenile court to fatally shooting the rapper in February 2020 during a home invasion. * ⚓ Latvia ☛ Final_day_to_apply_for_first_draft_of_Latvia’s_defense service⠀⇛ Monday, May 15, is the last day to apply for the first draft into the State Defense Service (VAD). At least 315 volunteers have applied, LSM’s Latvian-language service reports. * ⚓ France24 ☛ A_police_station_or_a_high_school?_Deadly_clashes_in_Senegal as_locals_and_gendarmes_dispute_land_use⠀⇛ Violent clashes between the gendarmerie and the Lebu community erupted on May 8 and 9 in Ngor, a district of Senegal’s capital Dakar. The conflict began over a land dispute: the gendarmes want a police station while locals want to build a high school. According to four eyewitnesses who spoke to the FRANCE 24 Observers team, the gendarmes fired live bullets during protests. A 15-year-old girl lost her life, in circumstances that remain under investigation. § Environment⠀➾ * ⚓ Axios ☛ Tropical_Cyclone_Mocha’s_rapid_intensification_fits_climate- driven_pattern⠀⇛ Tropical Cyclone Mocha, which struck_Myanmar_and_Bangladesh as a high-end Category 4 storm on Sunday, is a catastrophic example of a rapidly strengthening storm — one that leaps multiple intensity categories. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Afghanistan_humanitarian_crisis_fueled_by_climate_change_and economy:_UN_report⠀⇛ The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) released a report Monday regarding Afghanistan’s humanitarian needs in 2023. The Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) highlighted that among the economic crisis and discrimination against women and girls in Afghanistan, climate change has also contributed to the humanitarian needs of the country. * ⚓ Quartz ☛ India’s_top_bank_has_cut_oil_and_gas_lending—but_isn’t_turning down_risky_projects⠀⇛ The State Bank of India (SBI) is among several global lenders to have poured billions of dollars into fossil fuel firms amid clarion calls to combat climate change. * § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ o ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_average_US_car_on_the_road_has_never_been_older [Ed: Maybe "new" or "smart" became too bad and too expensive]⠀⇛ The average age of light vehicles—cars, utility vehicles, and light trucks—on American roads has risen to a record of 12.5 years, according to new data from S&P Global Mobility. o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ How_to_Quit_Cars⠀⇛ They crowd streets, belch carbon, bifurcate communities, and destroy the urban fabric. Will we ever overcome our addiction? o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Long-delayed_wind_farm_to_begin_operation_in QRO⠀⇛ The 30 turbines at the Eólica Huimilpan site are currently in the final testing phase, after almost five years of delays. o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Mexico_in_Numbers:_Electric_vehicles⠀⇛ Electric vehicle manufacturing in Mexico has made for big headlines but how are national sales of EVs going? Learn more in this data dive. o ⚓ H2 View ☛ South_Australia_Premier_reveals_details_of_Hydrogen_and Renewable_Energy_Act⠀⇛ Premier of South Australia Peter Malinauskas, revealed more details of the state’s anticipated Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Act at the World Hydrogen Summit in Rotterdam last Thursday (May 11). o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Gas_‘open_for_business’_as_energy_transition fires_up⠀⇛ Oil and gas executives are doubling down on telling their low-carbon story as governments push ahead with cutting emissions from heavy industries and the power grid. o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Gas_‘open_for_business’_during_global_energy transition⠀⇛ There will be no more tinkering with taxes on the offshore gas industry, according to federal Resources Minister Madeleine King. o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Carbon_capture_and_storage_project_on_track in_SA⠀⇛ Oil and gas company Santos is on track to commission its carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility at Moomba in South Australia next year. The project is about 60 per cent complete with the imminent arrival of a compressor and turbine, considered two of the most critical components. o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Energy_savers_centre_stage_in_Chalmers budget_roadshow⠀⇛ Cheap loans for solar, modern appliances and other energy upgrades announced in the federal budget are expected to help thousands of Australian households save on power bills. * § Overpopulation⠀➾ o ⚓ Quartz ☛ China_is_renewing_efforts_to_push_young_people_to_marry and_have_several_children⠀⇛ China has renewed the push to create a “new era” of marriage and childbearing culture after recording a population decline for the first time in 2022. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ BRICS_Attracts_Interest_From_a_Number_of_Countries:_Pandor⠀⇛ “The BRICS countries support a strong multilateral system and the United Nations Security Council reform,” South African FM pointed out. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_president_signs_banks’_windfall_tax_bill_into_law⠀⇛ Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda on Monday signed into law the “temporary banking solidarity contribution” bill, adopted by the parliament last Tuesday. * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Czech_Workers_Go_on_Strike_Against_Spending_Cuts⠀⇛ Among the measures designed to trim the budget deficit is an increase in VAT from 10 percent to 21 percent on almost all items. * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Americans_have_more_of_a_hankering_for_gold_than_stocks_for the_first_time_in_a_decade⠀⇛ For the first time in a decade, Americans think that gold is a safer bet than stocks for long-term investment, according to the results of a new Gallup poll. In fact, as 2022 proved a brutal year for the stock markets—the worst since the financial crisis in 2008—Americans’ favorable perception of gold nearly doubled. * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ The_US_Heads_Towards_Debt_Default⠀⇛ Emergency measures are taken by The U.S. Government takes, after reaching the debt ceiling. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Biden,_McCarthy_prepare_for_critical_debt_ceiling_talks_at the_White_House⠀⇛ President Joe Biden and Republican House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday prepared for critical debt- ceiling talks, with a little more than two weeks to go before the U.S. government could run short of money to pay its bills. * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Israeli_Cities_on_Strike_Over_Controversial_Property_Tax Law⠀⇛ “It is not our duty to take care of budgetary sources for solving national crises” * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Political_Cartoons_on_Inflation_in_the U.S.⠀⇛ * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ RBA_minutes_to_provide_insights_into_May_hike⠀⇛ The minutes from the Reserve Bank board meeting should offer some more context behind the last interest rate hike. The May interest rate increase threw many experts who expected the RBA board to keep the cash rate on hold following a pause in April and weakening inflation data for the March quarter. * ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_GDP_growth_to_run_ahead_of_EU_average [Ed: If inflation is factored in, then it's not growth at all but massive degrowth; If one halves the purchasing power of one's currency and judges growth by this currency, then one may claim the economy "doubled" when it was in fact stagnant. But by all means keep giving fake 'Nobel' prizes to so-called 'economists' who spread the propaganda du jour for capitalism under the guise of "science".]⠀⇛ Latvia’s economy will grow by a modest 1.4 percent in 2023, according to the latest Spring forecasts of the European Commission, published May 15. * ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Entrepreneurship_poll:_Companies’_outlook_dampened, many_report_declining_profitability⠀⇛ A recent survey conducted by the Finnish Federation of Entrepreneurs, called the Yrittäjägallup, has revealed that many Finnish businesses have reported a weakening in profitability. The study, which took place between April 18th and April 28th, surveyed 1,041 small and medium-sized business representatives across Finland. According to the results, expectations for the economic development of businesses over the next year have weakened since March. * ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Survey:_Many_middle-income_earners_unsure_about ability_to_cover_€1,000_in_unexpected_costs⠀⇛ RISING CONSUMER PRICES have left more and more middle-income earners unsure about their ability to cope with an unexpected expense of 1,000 euros, such as replacing a broken fridge or repairing a damaged car, reveals a survey commissioned by Lähi- Tapiola. The Finnish insurance provider reported last Friday that 75 per cent of respondents earning 35,000–50,000 euros a year estimated that they could not cover an additional expense of 1,000 euros. * ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Don’t_Believe_Donald_Trump:_A_Failure_to_Raise_the_Debt Ceiling_Would_Be_Disastrous⠀⇛ The ex-President’s intervention has made a fraught situation even more complicated. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ ‘Saudi_First’:_Why_kingdom’s_bailouts_of_allies_now_carry a_price_tag⠀⇛ For decades, Saudi Arabia served as Arab nations’ go-to destination for emergency bailouts. But as the kingdom moves toward a post-oil economy, it’s taking a more transactional approach to aid. * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Ecuadorean_Authorities_Detain_Former_Energy Minister_in_Bribery_Probe⠀⇛ * ⚓ Axios ☛ The_world_is_surviving_a_stronger_dollar [Ed: A lot of this is false and wishful thinking. s Did this 'reporter' speak to oligarchs?]⠀⇛ The globe has, so far, been able to weather higher interest rates without the devastating consequences that some had anticipated. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Fed_budget_‘slightly_expansionary’:_former_RBA governor⠀⇛ Interest rate rises last year were a “no-brainer” but it’s become difficult to know when to stop, according to a former Reserve Bank governor. Central banks are in a “once-in-a- generation battle with inflation”, Glenn Stevens, RBA governor from 2006 to 2016, told a gas industry conference. * ⚓ European Commission ☛ Spring_2023_Economic_Forecast:_An_improved outlook_amid_persistent_challenges [Ed: They publisher this on the same day they said OK to Microsoft monopoly abuse]⠀⇛ European Commission Press release Brussels, 15 May 2023 The European economy continues to show resilience in a challenging global context. Lower energy prices, abating supply constraints and a strong labour market supported moderate growth in the first quarter of 2023, dispelling fears of a recession. * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Thanks_to_Brexit,_the_UK_paid_an_extra_$1.4_billion_in_energy bills_in_2022⠀⇛ As a direct result of the UK’s departure from the European Union, British energy bills swelled by as much as £1.1 billion ($1.4 billion) last year, and complications of the post-Brexit system might also hamper the UK’s development of new renewable energy. /blockquote> § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Canada’s_Trudeau_to_Visit_South_Korea;_Focus on_Minerals,_Security⠀⇛ * ⚓ Breach Media ☛ Despite_NDP_promises,_industry’s_grip_on_B.C._government is_tight_as_ever⠀⇛ Coal and fossil fuel companies enjoy a constant influx of staffers from B.C.’s government. One Green MLA wants to change that. * ⚓ European Commission ☛ Statement_by_President_von_der_Leyen_at_the_joint press_conference_with_President_Michel_ahead_of_the_Council_of_Europe,_G7 and_EU-Republic_of_Korea_Summits⠀⇛ European Commission Statement Brussels, 15 May 2023 President von der Leyen, together with President Michel, laid out the EU’s priorities ahead of the international summits in which she will participate this week. * ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Before_Rand_Paul_Went_to_Moscow,_He_Was_in_a_White House_Meeting_Discussing_Lisa_Page,_Peter_Strzok,_and_Andrew_McCabe⠀⇛ Along with a note showing that Trump discussed firing Lisa Page, Peter Strzok, and Andy McCabe in February 2018, Strzok just docketed another note John Kelly took as Chief of Staff, showing that Rand Paul was discussing the FBI officials between the Helsinki meeting and his trip to Moscow to carry a letter from Trump to Putin. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Kim_Jong_Un_gains_a_new_title_among_youth:_‘Respected_Father’⠀⇛ Move generates resentment among young people who see it as inappropriate and clueless * ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ OffG’s_Quick_Take:_“Patriot_Front”⠀⇛ Yesterday, the group calling themselves “Patriot Front” marched on Washington DC. They wore perfectly coordinated uniforms, carried shields and batons, and were masked up to make Tony Fauci proud. Perhaps you saw the “chilling footage”. Nobody is quite sure why they were there, or what they wanted. * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ South_Korea_and_Japan_Use_G-7_to_Push Improvement_in_Ties_Long_Marked_by_Animosity⠀⇛ Amid the high-level efforts to settle global crises, this weekend’s Group of 7 summit of rich democracies will also see an unusual diplomatic reconciliation * ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_capitalist_establishment_is_poised_to_take_control_of edgy,_non-conformist_Vice⠀⇛ A group of asset managers is poised to take over Vice Media, once a brash disruptor of the digital space but now a much- shrunken company. * ⚓ Erdoğan_lost,_Erdoğan_Won:_headlines_in_Turkey_after_elections⠀⇛ Different newspapers give different perspectives on Sunday’s election results. * ⚓ Election_calendar_in_the_second_tour⠀⇛ With none of the candidates receiving more than 50 percent of the votes, the second round of Turkey’s presidential elections will be held on May 28. * ⚓ Reason ☛ Twitter_Caved_to_Censorship_Requests_From_Turkey’s Authoritarian_Government⠀⇛ Plus: Flight attendants report dad as human trafficker, the suburbs are thriving, and more… * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Four_questions_(and_expert_answers)_about_the Turkish_presidential_election_runoff⠀⇛ Neither Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan nor top challenger Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was able to reach 50 percent of the vote on May 14. Here’s what to expect now. * ⚓ TURKEY_ELECTIONS:_Erdoğan’s_alliance_poised_to_win_parliament,_boosting his_chances_in_runoff_for_presidency⠀⇛ Final results are yet to come, with both Erdoğan and Kılıçdaroğlu apparently failed to reach the 50 percent threshold to win the presidential election in the first round. * ⚓ Erdoğan_secures_strong_victory_in_Turkey’s_earthquake-hit_regions⠀⇛ The devastating quakes that claimed over 50,000 lives did not affect the popular support of the president and his People’s Alliance. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ 4_Takeaways_from_Turkey’s_Nail-Biting_Presidential Election⠀⇛ Recep Tayyip Erdogan is headed for his — and his country’s — first presidential runoff vote. But the first round showed the longtime leader’s continued strength. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Erdogan’s_Grip_on_Power_Is_Loosened_but_Not_Broken, Vote_Shows⠀⇛ Despite a struggling economy, the disastrous earthquakes in February and Turkey’s drift toward one-man rule, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was in the lead ahead of a runoff. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ What’s_Next_for_Turkey?⠀⇛ Also, college graduates flee coastal cities. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Your_Tuesday_Briefing:_A_Runoff_in_Turkey⠀⇛ Also, Thailand’s opposition parties agreed to form a coalition. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Thailand’s_Move_Forward_Party_upends_status_quo in_seismic_victory⠀⇛ Thailand’s Move Forward Party was never supposed to win. But on Sunday night the upstart opposition rode a dramatic wave of support to take the lead position in national polls and upend decades of Thai politics. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ President_Erdoğan_leads_Turkey’s_election,_headed_into runoff⠀⇛ Turkey’s presidential elections are heading for a runoff. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has ruled his country with a firm grip for 20 years, holds a momentary lead over his challenger but has fallen short of outright securing a third decade. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Sinan_Ogan:_The_‘kingmaker’_Turkey’s_Erdogan_doesn’t_need⠀⇛ Turkish politician Sinan Ogan shot from relative obscurity to international fame after finishing third in the first round of the presidential election on Monday. But even as the ultra- nationalist candidate was basking in the potential kingmaker spotlight, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fared better than expected in the final score, proving that the man who has ruled Turkey for 20 years doesn’t need anybody to win his toughest electoral challenge yet. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Turkey_presidential_poll_set_for_May_28_runoff_as_Erdogan wins_49.51%_of_vote,_Kilicdaroglu_44.88%⠀⇛ Turkey’s presidential election will be decided in a runoff, election officials said Monday, after incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan pulled ahead of his chief challenger, but fell short of an outright victory that would extend his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade. * ⚓ European Commission ☛ Statement_from_President_von_der_Leyen_on_the resignation_of_Commissioner_Gabriel⠀⇛ European Commission Statement Brussels, 15 May 2023 Commissioner Mariya Gabriel has informed me that today she will be presented to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria… * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ San_Francisco_DA_Releases_Video_of_Walgreens Security_Guard_Fatally_Shooting_Alleged_Shoplifter⠀⇛ San Francisco’s district attorney has released surveillance video of the shooting death of a suspected shoplifter by an on- duty Walgreens security guard * ⚓ Axios ☛ Virginia_congressman_says_staff_attacked_by_assailant_who_was looking_for_him⠀⇛ Two members of Rep. Gerry Connolly’s (D-Va.) staff were hospitalized on Monday morning after an assailant attacked them with abaseball bat, according to the Virginia congressman and law enforcement. Driving the news:Connolly said the attacker entered his Fairfax, Virginia, office and “asked for me before committing an act of violence against two members of my staff.” * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ UN_Chief_in_Jamaica_Urges_International Response_to_Haiti’s_Spiraling_Crisis⠀⇛ U.N. Secretary General António Guterres is warning that Haiti’s “tragic situation” threatens the security of the Caribbean region and beyond as he pressed the international community for a response * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Right-Wing_Coalition_GERB-UDF_to_Form_Government_in Bulgaria⠀⇛ President Radev handed the exploratory mandate to Mariya Gabriel, the GERB-UDF’s nominee for prime minister. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Presidential_Plane_Bought_By_Tajikistan_From_Mexico_For_$92 Million_Arrives_In_Dushanbe⠀⇛ A presidential plane bought by Tajikistan from Mexico last month for $92 million has arrived in Dushanbe. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Mexico’s_Lavish_Presidential_Plane_Arrives_at_Its_New Home_in_Tajikistan⠀⇛ Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the president of Mexico, who had called the jet an example of excess, had spent years trying to find a suitor for it. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_security_chief_evades_question_over legality_of_Tiananmen_crackdown_mourning⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s security chief has refused to say whether publicly mourning victims of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown is a violation of the Beijing-imposed national security law. * ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Florida_Teacher_Arrested_for_Showing_Disney_Movie Featuring_Boy_Character_with_Girl’s_Name⠀⇛ The teacher claimed that she thought it was “O.K.” to show the incendiary film because the character in question was a deer. § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Case_for_Journalistic_Independence⠀⇛ The Times’s publisher makes the case for journalistic independence — and we give you the latest on Turkey’s election. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ US_lawmakers_urge_sanctions_on_Hong_Kong_judges, as_city_gov’t_decries_‘shameless,_sinister,_malicious’_interference⠀⇛ Hong Kong authorities have condemned calls on the US government to sanction 29 Hong Kong judges in order to “counter the erosion of democratic freedoms.” Such appeals amounted to making a “shameless, sinister and malicious” attempt to interfere with the city’s judicial process, it said. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Families_Of_Three_Iranian_Detainees_Lead_Protests_As_Execution Fears_Grow⠀⇛ Relatives and supporters of three detained Iranian protesters have rallied outside the prison in Isfahan where they are being held in a desperate bid to halt their possible executions. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_jails_US_citizen_for_life_on_espionage charges⠀⇛ China has sentenced a 78-year-old US citizen to life in prison for espionage, a court said Monday, but revealed few details about the case that had previously gone unreported. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ China_Sentences_a_U.S._Citizen_to_Life_in_Prison_for Espionage⠀⇛ A court in southeastern China handed down a guilty verdict to John Shing-Wan Leung, a Hong Kong resident, as the authorities ramp up a crackdown on spying. * ⚓ France24 ☛ China_jails_78-year-old_US_citizen_for_life_on_spying charges⠀⇛ China sentenced a 78-year-old US citizen to life in prison Monday on spying charges. * ⚓ RFA ☛ China_jails_American_citizen_formerly_lauded_as_‘overseas patriot’_for_spying⠀⇛ Head of a U.S.-based overseas Chinese association with close ties to Beijing is jailed for life. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ US_Virgin_Islands_says_it_can’t_find_Elon_Musk to_serve_a_subpoena_in_Jeffrey_Epstein_lawsuit⠀⇛ The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands is asking a federal judge to help it serve billionaire Elon Musk with a subpoena for documents in its lawsuit seeking to hold JPMorgan Chase liable for sex trafficking acts committed by businessman Jeffrey Epstein. Lawyers asked Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan on Monday to let it serve the subpoena on Tesla Inc. because it has not been able to give the papers to Musk or his lawyers. The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands said it believes Epstein may have referred or tried to refer Musk to JPMorgan. * ⚓ RFA ☛ China,_Myanmar_criticized_for_attacks_on_religious_freedom_in annual_U.S._report⠀⇛ Beijing is trying to “Sinicize” all religious activities in line with Communist Party doctrine * ⚓ RFA ☛ Smashing_window_and_sending_death_threats,_landlord_tries_to evict_Beijing_lawyer⠀⇛ Police say the actions are part of a ‘civil dispute’ to be resolved by ‘negotiation’ or a lawsuit. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Bright_spots:_Dark_sky_in_China,_and_TV_lessons_for_Afghan girls⠀⇛ Progress roundup: The BBC creates educational TV shows for Afghan girls stuck at home; a Chinese community gets certified by the Dark-Sky Association. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ House_GOP_lawmaker_readies_contempt_charge_over Afghanistan_dissent_cable⠀⇛ The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is threatening to push forward a legislative effort to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress next week. Rep. Michael McCaul wants Blinken to release a classified cable sent from U.S. diplomats in Kabul shortly before the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. McCaul says the House Foreign Affairs Committee could vote on the contempt charges at a hearing May 24. The State Department has said it is trying to provide Congress with “appropriate” information on the cable while protecting its employees. The so-called dissent channel has for decades provided a way for diplomats to discreetly voice concerns about strategy. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Washington_lawmakers_reach_deal_on_drug_policy, avoid_automatic_decriminalization⠀⇛ Democratic and Republican leaders in the Washington Statehouse have reached a tentative deal on a major new drug policy, one that would avoid making the state the second to decriminalize the possession of controlled substances. Lawmakers will consider the compromise Tuesday when they return to Olympia for a special session. Gov. Jay Inslee called them back to work after they failed to pass a new drug policy before adjourning late last month. A temporary, 2-year-old law that makes intentional drug possession illegal is due to expire July 1. So unless the compromise passes, drug possession — even of fentanyl and other dangerous opiates — will become decriminalized under state law. § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Telstra_announces_hike_in_post-paid_mobile_plan_prices⠀⇛ A statement from Brad Whitcomb, group executive, Consumer and Small Business, on Monday said the increases, in line with CPI, would be between $3 and $6 depending on the plan. As iTWire reported, the telco has already indicated that prepaid plan rates will increase, also from 4 July. * ⚓ Reason ☛ Joel_Embiid_Became_an_NBA_Superstar_by…Watching_YouTube?⠀⇛ The amount of knowledge that’s freely available on the internet is staggering. Politicians shouldn’t try to restrict that. * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Archive_Team_Races_to_Save_a_Billion_Imgur_Files Before_Porn_Deletion_Apocalypse⠀⇛ It’s not just porn: As a major deadline hits, archivists are speeding up their efforts to backup Imgur, and are asking for help from the community to archive the last batch of images. * ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Fallout_continues_from_‘fake_net_neutrality_comment’ claims_•_The_Register⠀⇛ § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ * ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Micro-Star_International_Signing_Key_Stolen⠀⇛ [Ed: UEFI does not offer security; it's a sham for Microsoft monopoly] Micro-Star International—aka MSI—had its UEFI signing key stolen last month. This raises the possibility that the leaked key could push out updates that would infect a computer’s most nether regions without triggering a warning. To make matters worse, Matrosov said, MSI doesn’t have an automated patching process the way Dell, HP, and many larger hardware makers do. Consequently, MSI doesn’t provide the same kind of key revocation capabilities. § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ JUVE ☛ Shenzhen_Comen_and_Maucher_Jenkins_overturn_PI_at Düsseldorf_Regional_Court⠀⇛ Chinese companies Shenzhen Comen Medical Instruments and Shenzhen Mindray Medical Instruments are currently fighting over a patent for a valve used in respiratory devices. In November 2022, the latter company had accused Shenzhen Comen of infringement after it exhibited its products at the Medica trade fair in Düsseldorf. o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ K._Mizra_GPS_patent_held_invalid⠀⇛ On May 11, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. K. Mizra LLC holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent_7,394,423 unpatentable. Owned and asserted by K. Mizra LLC, the ‘423 patent generally relates to a device for initiating and handling an emergency IP request using an IP enabled device having GPS capability. o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Natera_Wins_$19_Million_US_Verdict From_ArcherDX_in_Cancer-Detection_Patent_Case⠀⇛ * § Software Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Interdigital_3GPP_patent_revoked_by_EPO⠀⇛ On May 12, 2023, the European Patent Office revoked all claims of EP_3497866. Owned by InterDigital, the EP’866 patent relates to wireless transmission methods for supporting multiple numerology blocks or bandwidth parts on a carrier signal, which is related to 5G wireless technology. * § Trademarks⠀➾ o ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ USPTO_Proposes_Increase_in_Trademark-Related_Fees_– Effective_November_2024⠀⇛ On May 8, 2023, the Director of the USPTO notified the Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC) of its intention to set or adjust trademark-related fees. The Office submitted a preliminary trademark fee proposal with supporting materials: the proposed fee schedule and associated materials may be found here. Anyone wishing to present oral testimony at the hybrid public hearing scheduled on Monday, June 5, 2023, from 1-3 p.m. ET, must submit a request in writing no later than May 26, 2023. Written comments on proposed trademark fees will be accepted until June 12, 2023. * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Big_Three_vs_ISPs_—_$47M_Piracy_Decision Against_Grande_Communications_ISP_Upheld_by_Federal_Court⠀⇛ Last year after a Texas jury found the ISP Grande Communications liable for contributory copyright infringement, it was ordered to pay $47 million to record labels. Now the ISP must appeal if it seeks to overturn it. In March 2023, Grande Communications filed a renewed motion for judgment. o ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ The_Law_Bytes_Podcast,_Episode_167:_Inside_My Senate_Committee_Appearance_on_the_Many_Risks_of_Bill_C-18⠀⇛ Bill C-18, the Online News Act, has now shifted to the Senate, where the Transportation and Communications committee, is reviewing a bill that has led Meta to say it plans to block news sharing in Canada altogether in the bill passes in its current form. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ SIAE_Works_Return_to_Facebook_and_Instagram With_‘Transitional_Agreement’_As_Long-Term_Licensing_Talks Continue⠀⇛ About two months after Italian Society of Authors and Publishers (SIAE) works were pulled from Instagram and Facebook due to a rights dispute, the organization has hugged it out with Meta and brought its members’ creative efforts back to the social platforms with a “transitional agreement.” SIAE revealed the partial resolution of the much-publicized impasse… ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 8457 ➮ Generation completed at 02:41, i.e. 60 seconds to (re)generate ⟲