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So who’s lying, exaggerating, or stashing aside undeclared money? Counting bank balance as “revenue”? Zemlin (2022): http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/zemlin-money.mp4 IRS (Form 990; form_signed_around_the_same_time_as_above): 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Linux_Foundation_revenue⦈_ Summary: As noted here months_ago, the Linux_Foundation is run by a lying, manipulative charlatan who merely milks the brand “Linux” to enrich himself; where is that anomaly coming from? ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡗⠐⠚⠀⠘⠀⣀⡀⠛⠛⢛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢛⠛⡛⠛⡛⡛⠛⠛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣂⣀⣋⣸⣿ ⣧⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣿⡿⣶⡶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡶⣿⢶⣷⣶⣷⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⡿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣯⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣤⣤⣥⣥⣤⣤⣤⣤⣭⣤⣤⣤⣬⣤⣤⣤⣤⣬⣤⣥⣤⣥⣤⣤⣭⣤⣥⣥⣤⣥⣤⣥⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣤⣬⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣽⣿ ⣿⡟⣿⣿⣛⢻⡛⡛⡻⢻⠟⠛⢻⡛⠟⣟⡻⣻⣻⢻⠛⠛⡛⡿⡻⡟⠛⡿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠋⠙⢛⣿⠛⢻⠛⡻⠛⢻⣿ ⣿⣏⣿⣯⣉⣹⣉⣙⣉⣋⣉⣍⣉⣏⣙⣉⣩⣩⣏⣹⣉⣉⣉⣯⣉⣏⣍⣏⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣆⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣀⣐⣀⣐⣀⣸⣿ ⣿⣯⣿⣿⣭⣭⣽⣽⣭⣽⣭⣭⣭⣭⣽⣽⣭⣭⣽⣭⣽⣭⣭⣽⣯⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠯⠽⠭⠟⠭⢽⣿ ⣿⣧⣿⣿⣤⣧⣤⣤⣬⣽⣤⣽⣬⣥⣦⣤⣧⣧⣬⣴⣦⣥⣥⣧⣭⣷⣤⣥⣯⣬⣼⣼⣵⣧⣿⣦⣧⣼⣥⣬⣼⣤⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣬⣤⣬⣤⣼⣿ ⣿⡧⣿⣿⢤⣯⣦⣤⣤⡤⣧⣤⣤⢤⣤⣤⢼⣴⠷⣥⣤⣦⣤⣼⣿⣿⣯⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡃⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣀⣉⣀⣸⣿ ⣿⡷⣿⣿⠶⠷⠶⠾⢶⠶⠶⠶⠶⣶⣶⣷⣾⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⡟⣿⣿⠗⢶⡶⠶⠞⠶⢲⠷⠶⠿⢿⡿⣾⡿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢷⣿⢷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣾⡿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⢷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⡍⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣽⣿ ⣿⡟⣿⣟⠛⠛⡟⡛⡛⠛⡞⣟⠛⡟⠛⠛⡟⡛⢟⢻⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢻⣿⠛⠛⠛⠟⡟⢻⡿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⡍⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⠉⠩⠉⢹⣿ ⣿⡟⢻⣿⠛⡟⠛⠛⢛⣻⡛⢻⠛⠟⡛⠛⡟⡟⣛⡟⡛⠛⢿⣛⣛⡟⡛⣿⡛⢻⡟⢛⡛⢛⣿⠟⡛⢻⠛⠛⠛⡛⣻⡻⠛⣻⠛⢟⣛⢛⡛⡟⢛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢻⡛⠿⠛⢻⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 239 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/10/linux-foundation-spendings-on-wages/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/10/linux-foundation-spendings-on-wages/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.10.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ ‘Linux’_Foundation:_Spendings_on_Salaries_Increased_More_Than_20%_in_One Year⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Finance, Free/Libre_Software, GNU/Linux, Kernel at 12:14 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Yesterday: Linux_Foundation_Demotes_Mr._Linux,_Linus_Torvalds,_to_Third_(in Salaries),_Only_Uses_Him_for_the_Name 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇'Linux'_Foundation_salary-related_expenditures_rose_from 49,386,990_to_59,791,694_in_one_year⦈_ Summary: As per the document just_published after it had been submitted 7 months ago, salary-related expenditures rose from 49,386,990 to 59,791,694 in one year 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇'Linux'_Foundation_pays_for_food_consulting⦈_ ‘Linux’ Foundation spent over a million bucks in one year for CONSULTING on food (also: a few weeks ago Jim_Zemlin_said_he_got_infected_with_COVID-19 — yes, the irony! — and had to isolate himself in a hotel) ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢛⡛⢻⠛⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠟⡛⢛⡟⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠉⣟⣉⠉⢉⡉⢉⣙⣋⣉⡉⢉⣉⡉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣛⠉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠹⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿ ⣿⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢾⣏⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⡱⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⢸⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣁⣿ ⣽⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢾⣿⣿⣏⣉⣉⣉⡱⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⢸⣿⣿⣉⣉⣉⣡⣿ ⣙⣉⣏⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢾⡿⢿⡿⠏⠉⠉⠱⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⢸⣿⠿⣿⠉⠉⣉⣿ ⣙⣉⣏⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⡉⠉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢾⣇⣈⣁⣀⣀⣀⡰⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⢸⣉⣀⣉⣀⣀⣉⣿ ⣛⣀⣏⣀⣀⣀⣁⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣉⣀⣉⣀⣀⣀⣁⣀⣁⣀⣀⣀⣈⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⡰⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠗⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿ ⣿⣀⣍⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣨⣭⣅⣨⣅⣀⣀⣀⣨⣀⣀⣭⣍⣀⣀⣀⣭⣀⣭⣀⣀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠄⠸⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠇⠰⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠧⠰⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿ ⣿⣼⣧⣭⣽⣭⣽⣯⣯⣽⣭⣯⣭⣭⣭⣭⣽⣭⣿⣭⣭⣽⣯⣯⣭⣽⣦⣭⣿⣽⣯⣿⣭⣽⣡⣺⣼⣭⣧⣽⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣥⣧⣬⣧⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣷⣴⣧⣬⣿ ⣷⣶⣀⣂⣀⣂⣆⣲⣔⣀⢐⣠⣐⣠⣴⣐⣠⣠⣀⣐⣢⣰⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿ ⣿⣼⣿⣿⠾⠽⠯⠭⠧⠭⠯⠥⠽⠿⠩⠭⢧⠭⠯⠫⢭⠽⠭⡽⠭⠭⡭⠥⡯⠯⠯⠭⡭⠽⡿⠿⢭⠽⠯⠿⠽⠯⡯⠬⢽⣿⣭⣽⣬⣽⣴⣧⣵⣥⣿⣬⣭⣯⣭⣭⣯⣽⣯⣿⣧⣭⣭⣩⣭⣭⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣯⣭⣭⣭⣥⣤⣥⣤⣬⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣬⣬⣬⣤⣤⣤⣬⣤⣬⣥⣤⣄⢩⣥⣥⣬⣤⣥⣥⣥⣥⣥⣬⣤⣤⣬⣬⣤⣭⣤⣬⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⡍⠉⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⡍⢩⣭⣭⣭⣭⣿ ⡟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣴⣼⣤⣧⣥⣤⣤⣧⣤⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠀⠀⣦⣦⣧⣧⣴⣦⣼⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣧⣤⣤⡄⠀⠐⠛⢻⣿ ⡟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠘⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠃⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢛⣿ ⡧⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠼⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣿⣿⣿⣧⡙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣤⣤⣤⣼⣿ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠸⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠷⠌⠻⠿⠿⠿⠇⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿ ⣇⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣰⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣦⡐⣶⣶⡆⣶⣶⣶⣶⣆⣀⣀⣀⣰⣿ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣌⠻⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣘⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⡃⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣃⠀⢛⣛⣛⣛⡋⠉⠉⠉⢹⣿ ⡏⠁⠈⠱⠎⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠹⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠰⠒⢒⣒⣚⣛⣛⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣎⠻⢿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⢀⣐⣀⣀⠐⠒⢒⠚⠛⢛⡛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⡛⢁⣐⡘⠛⠛⢛⠛⠛⣛⣛⣛⣒⣈⢛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣃⣛⣀⣘⣛⡛⡛⢛⠛⢛⣿ ⣷⣾⣿⣶⣶⣾⣶⣉⣀⣀⣀⣉⣁⣈⣈⣉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡙⠿⣶⣾⣶⣶⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⡿⢟⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿ ⣗⣒⣓⣓⣿⣲⣖⣖⣒⣶⣶⣶⣾⣾⣾⣾⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣤⣬⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣭⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 307 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.10.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_10/06/2023:_Cob(WW)Webs,_Client_Certificates_in_Gemini,_and Zig⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 10:02 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini # Programming * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Cob(WW)Webs_and_the_New_AI_Sheen!⠀⇛ If you’ve ever been a kid (most of us have) then you remember how awesome a New Thing was. The toy under the tree, the birthday gift, whatever – new things have a nice “sheen” to them. The niceness of them being new. Which (at the time) seems like an “add- on” to the current things of niceness one owns. Time and energy to enjoy BOTH things, right? Until more time/energy gets allotted to the New Thing, then the old thing becomes mostly JUST that – old. I think the WWW will suffer this folly. AI will become so beneficial, so useful, so enthralling and (dare I say it) utilitarian, that the Web (itself) will seem like a protocol that acts as only that – a protocol (not even the Web, but the Internet protocol, pre-dating the WWW by many years). Why? Because what becomes “old” before anything else? Where is obsolescence more obvious and expected, other than technology? It sort of what a/the thing (laptop, phone, watch) has going for it – it’s the “latest tech”! # ⚓ Writing_my_HTML_minimizer_in_half_a_day⠀⇛ This Saturday, I got too bored and decided do some long overdue housekeeping on my website. I wanted to minify the HTML files, one because this website runs on Drogon’s template engine, which is just like PHP and won’t collapse whitespace and indentations, and two because I dislike that the HTML I’m sending out looks like a mess. Yet I can’t find a HTML minifier for C++ on GitHub. I’ve known that HTML is difficult to parse. Espically the fact that HTML, like Markdown, does not have a BNF grammar. The best anyone can do is a simple `.*`. But I looked into HTML’s parsing rules. And thought to myself, this isn’t that hard if I don’t want to maintain it. Espically the HTML5 standard is very clear on how to handle out of spec HTML. # ⚓ Client_Certificates_in_Gemini⠀⇛ It’s been longer than I had anticipated since my last entry, I am surprised that my last entry was almost 3 months ago. My first tutorial is a continued work in progress and I remain steadfast in my desire to write more and eventually write daily. Blog posts may not be daily but I would like to write daily for content to be contributed to this capsule. Since my last entry, I’ve been browsing gemini and even Gopher much more than the general http web. A major project that I’ve been working on is making the ultimate terminal computer using a Raspberry Pi 400. This can be thought have as a more modern dumb terminal but much more capable. While there is a window manager in the form of i3, all the applications are terminal based. I plan to do a write on it in the future when I’ve completed it but for now you’ll have to contend with your imaginations as to what I could possibly be running. Well lynx is my web browser and neomutt is my email client so that should give you come clues when I say that every app used is a terminal app. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ zig_napping⠀⇛ Approximately every six months, I approach #zig – a language in its pre-release stage, so there’s constantly something new emerging in it. This time, I wrote `nap` – an “analog” of the `sleep` utility that takes a string in the format 1h15m and then prints the remaining time until the command execution is completed every N seconds. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 452 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.10.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_10/06/2023:_Debian_12_“Bookworm”⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 10:11 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o BSD o SUSE/OpenSUSE 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 o Licensing_/_Legal o Programming/Development # Python * Leftovers o Science o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Integrity/Availability/Authenticity # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Trademarks # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ 7_Stunning_Docks_for_Ubuntu_and_other_Linux⠀⇛ Docks play a crucial role in enhancing the user experience and productivity on Ubuntu or any other Linux distribution. With their sleek and intuitive design, docks provide quick access to frequently used applications, system settings, and workspace management. The docks are complex applications, and there are very few active projects available in the Linux ecosystem. The reason might be that the desktop environment provides built-in capabilities to transform the respective default panel to a dock. However, here are the top 7 best docks for Ubuntu and other Linux distros which still works. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to Microsoft_SharePoint⠀⇛ They have also made investments in Linux development, server technology and organizations including the Linux Foundation and Open Source Initiative. They have made acquisitions such as Xamarin to help mobile app development, and GitHub a hugely popular code repository for open source developers. And they have partnered with Canonical, the developers of the popular Ubuntu distro. But many developers remain hugely sceptical about Microsoft and their apparent shift to embrace open source. This series looks at the best free and open source alternatives to products and services offered by Microsoft. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ The_7_Best_Tools_to_Create_a_Bootable_USB From_an_ISO_in_Linux⠀⇛ If you have taken the plunge and decided to install a Linux distribution on your machine, you should ensure your installation arsenal is ready for use. The first thing you need is an ISO image of your favorite Linux distro, which you can boot onto a flash drive and use to install the OS on your machine. Unfortunately, creating a bootable USB to install Linux without the right tools and applications is challenging. You can use these top seven USB Linux boot creator tools to create a bootable USB from an ISO image. # ⚓ The_Top_17_Open-Source_Tools_for_Securing_Your_Linux_Server [Ed: Old, but just updated]⠀⇛ Over the years, I have come across many blogs that claim Linux is impenetrable by security attackers too many times to count. While it is true that GNU/ Linux operating systems for desktops and servers come with a lot of security checks in place to mitigate attacks, protection is not “enabled by default”. This is because your cybersecurity ultimately depends on the tools you have employed to sniff out vulnerabilities, viruses, and malware, and to prevent malicious attacks. # ⚓ Introducing_Strawberry:_The_Ultimate_Music_Player_and Organizer⠀⇛ Strawberry Music Player is an open-source cross- platform music player and music collection organizer with a focus on providing more features than typical music players would. Strawberry is a fork of Clementine music player released in 2018 aimed at music collectors and audiophiles. It’s written in C++ using the Qt toolkit and GStreamer. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Use_vimdiff_Like_a_Vim_Pro⠀⇛ Have you ever wondered of writing a vimscript such that, when you open two files, it highlights the differences between the opened files and shows you how they differ? Why do that when vimdiff exists? # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Install_GitLab_CE_on_RHEL9_with Ansible⠀⇛ Any change in an environment can introduce risk. However, running management and peripheral services on the latest version of an operating system helps build knowledge and confidence within your organization. And by using your Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) systems in their Full Support Phase (that’s the first five of the ten year support life cycle), you’re getting the full support experience that you’re entitled to. Moving your applications and services to RHEL is better done sooner than later, and it’s not as hard as you might think. In this article, I demonstrate how easy it is to deploy GitLab on a RHEL 9 system. In addition to using the latest version of RHEL, I also show you how to use Ansible to automate the deployment process. That means in the future, you can use Ansible automation to deploy GitLab onto newer versions of RHEL upon release. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Generate,_Encrypt_and_Decrypt_Random Passwords_in_Linux⠀⇛ In this article, we will share some interesting command-line tools to generate random passwords and also how to encrypt and decrypt passwords with or without the slat (a security measure used in password hashing) method. Security is one of the major concerns of the digital age. We set passwords to computers, email, cloud, phones, documents, and whatnot. We all know the basic to choose a password that is easy to remember and hard to guess. # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ How_to_Upgrade_to_Debian_12_from_Debian_11⠀⇛ If you are running Debian 11 Bullseye, you can plan to upgrade your desktop or server now. However, it is recommended that you wait until the first point release, i.e. 12.1 of Debian Bookworm, for critical server upgrades. Here are the detailed steps to upgrade. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ eXtremeRate_put_up_their_Steam_Deck_custom shell_for_pre-order⠀⇛ Ready to ship around the middle of June, eXtremeRate have now put up pre-orders for those of you brave enough to mod the entire shell of the Steam Deck. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ A_Void_Hope_looks_like_a_fun_atmospheric adventure_with_a_synthwave_soundtrack⠀⇛ Elden Pixels who made Alwa’s Awakening and Alwa’s Legacy have announced their next game, A Void Hope. An atmospheric puzzle adventure with a slick sounding synthwave soundtrack not to be missed. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Competitive_party_game_Unspottable_gets online_play⠀⇛ Unspottable was a lot of fun at release, giving you competitive hide and seek amongst the crowd gameplay but local multiplayer was pretty limiting. Now though, it has online play! o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ KDE ☛ KDE_today_announces_the_release_of_KDE Frameworks_5.107.0⠀⇛ KDE Frameworks are 83 addon libraries to Qt which provide a wide variety of commonly needed functionality in mature, peer reviewed and well tested libraries with friendly licensing terms. For an introduction see the KDE Frameworks release announcement. This release is part of a series of planned monthly releases making improvements available to developers in a quick and predictable manner. # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ KDE_Frameworks_5.107_Enables_Thumbnail Caching_on_Encrypted_Volumes⠀⇛ KDE Frameworks 5.107 looks like a small update that only improves support for installations with an encrypted home directory by storing thumbnails in their typical cache location so that they won’t have to be re-generated all the time. It also improves dark mode support for KDE apps when they are running on other desktop environments than KDE Plasma and the plasma- integration package is not installed. This change was implemented in the Breeze icon set, which now correctly uses light colors instead of staying dark. # ⚓ Nate Graham ☛ This_week_in_KDE:_major_plumbing_work in_Plasma_6⠀⇛ This week Plasma 6 underwent some major refactoring to the fundamental Plasma widget APIs to modernize them and make it harder to introduce errors when developing new widgets. Since almost everything in Plasma is a widget, this necessitated a lot of changes and QA. After a month of work, it’s now done! The user-facing side is nil (ideally nobody will notice anything), but there are some changes that developers will need to be aware of to port their widgets. Most widgets already needed to be ported anyway due to Qt changes, but hopefully this won’t add much else. A porting guide has already been written and can be found here. This work was done by Marco Martin, with me providing QA support. On that subject, we got a lot more organized about Plasma 6 this week. We now centrally track status on a new wiki page that shows the outstanding issues and notable changes. I’m starting to feel like I see a light at the end of the tunnel! While I’ve had to use the X11 Plasma 6 session because the Wayland one is still a bit too unstable for me to feel productive, the X11 session now feels barely buggier than the Plasma 5 X11 session. It’s really quite nice at this point. # ⚓ Volker Krause ☛ KDE_Frameworks_6_Bits_&_Pieces ⠀⇛ While most of the effort around the transition to Qt 6 and KDE Frameworks 6 (KF6) is probably going into Plasma currently, there are still a number of lose ends to tie up in Frameworks itself as well. The below is far from a comprehensive overview of that though, it’s merely a few things I have been involved with recently. During the 5 era we relied on the text- template engine Grantlee in several places (e.g. KHelpCenter, KDevelop, KDE PIM). In the 6 era this will now live on as KTextTemplate as part of KDE Frameworks. The final bits for this, the formal review process and the actual move of the repository, have now been done as well. Going forward this will mean one dependency release cycle less to deal with for consumers, and a faster and more predictable way to get upstream fixes rolled out. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ Dan Langille ☛ vnet_jail_on_FreeBSD_not_letting_pings through_from_another_non-vnet_jail⠀⇛ I just restarted my pkg01 jail. Now Nagios can’t see it on IPv6. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ Leap_15.5_Release_Retrospective_is_open_for feedback⠀⇛ openSUSE Leap 15.5 was released earlier this week and release team would like to hear from you about your experience with openSUSE Leap 15.5. Did anything go particularly well, or perhaps did we miss something? Did you have trouble downloading, installing, or contributing to Leap 15.5? Did you like the overall communication? o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Debian_12_“Bookworm”_Officially_Released, Here’s_What’s_New⠀⇛ After almost two years of hard work, Debian 12 “Bookworm” is finally here and it’s powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.1 LTS kernel series. This kernel brings new and updated drivers to support modern hardware and it will be officially supported until December 2026. New features in Debian 12 “Bookworm” include a new non-free-firmware repository consisting of non-free firmware packages split from Debian’s non-free repository. Those upgrading from Debian 11 to Debian 12 will have to add the new non-free- firmware repository to their sources.list files. # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Breaking:_Debian_12_‘Bookworm’_Officially Released_with_Kernel_6.1⠀⇛ Debian, the “Universal operating system”, has officially unveiled its highly anticipated version 12, codenamed “Bookworm.” Packed with a host of new features and improvements, Debian 12 ensures users have access to cutting-edge technologies while maintaining its renowned stability and reliability. Here’s what’s new. # ⚓ Debian ☛ Debian_12_bookworm_released⠀⇛ After 1 year, 9 months, and 28 days of development, the Debian project is proud to present its new stable version 12 (code name bookworm). bookworm will be supported for the next 5 years thanks to the combined work of the Debian Security team and the Debian Long Term Support team. # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Debian_12_“Bookworm”_Has_Landed⠀⇛ While there is no fixed schedule, a new stable Debian upgrade appears every two years or so. Debian 11 was released in 2021, and now in 2023, we have the next major version bump, i.e., Debian 12. Interestingly, Debian 12 has been released with about 100 known bugs, as mentioned in the release notes. So, you might want to explore the release details before upgrading or installing it. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 7_Reasons_to_Upgrade_Your_Ubuntu_Installation to_Ubuntu_23.04⠀⇛ Canonical released the final version of Ubuntu 23.04, nicknamed Lunar Lobster, in April 2023. This version of Ubuntu provides quite a few changes and updates that many will surely appreciate. Compared to the previous Ubuntu versions—22.10 (Kinetic Kudu) and 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)—Ubuntu 23.04 features several changes that may interest some people in upgrading or at least trying out the new release. But with Ubuntu 23.04 only being an interim release with support until the 20th of January 2024, should you still upgrade to this version of Ubuntu? Sure! Here are seven reasons why. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Vibe_with_the_Feather_RP2040_video_synth⠀⇛ The Feather RP2040 and a FeatherWing Proto sit next to each on the FeatherWing Doubler. The potentiometers and buttons are wired via the FeatherWing Proto. This nice show-and-tell will help you do the wiring. The Feather RP2040 powers everything via its USB port and runs Arduino code from the PicoDVI library. All the project code is up for grabs here. There are five animations coded onto the video synth. Twiddle the potentiometer knobs to alter each animation like a visual DJ. Three of them adjust the colours, and one changes different visual aspects depending on which animation is playing. # ⚓ Jeff Geerling ☛ Messing_with_the_Beepberry⠀⇛ The keyboard feels almost as good as any old Blackberry, though it doesn’t have full support from behind—I think a good case design could provide a tiny bit more structure behind the left and right side of the keyboard. The center keys feel great, the outside keys have a tiny bit of flex to them. Ctrl is mapped to the little ‘pick up phone’ icon (which looks more like an empty bowl to me), and you can hold down the ‘hang up phone’ (the park bench on the right) to safely shut down the device. There’s also a power switch on the bottom. # ⚓ Radek Koziel ☛ How_I_Hacked_my_Car_Part_6:_Nothing_to_it but_to_Doom_it.⠀⇛ There is a long standing tradition among hardware hackers and tinkerers. Once a platform is hacked, once a gadget is tinkered with, once a device is understood there will always be someone who asks a certain, specific question. And that question is: “Can it run Doom?” o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Google_Docs_for_Android_defaulting_to paginated_mode⠀⇛ # ⚓ GSM Arena ☛ vivo_X90_gets_May_2023_Android_security_patch and_camera_optimizations_with_new_software_update_– comments⠀⇛ # ⚓ Digital Journal ☛ Android-Compatible_App_For_Unlimited Texting,_Improved_CRM_Efficiency_Update⠀⇛ # ⚓ How_to_use_Xbox_Series_S_&_X_remote_play_on_your_Android Device_–_Phandroid⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ After_customizable_clocks,_what_else_do_you want_on_the_Android_lockscreen?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 5_Ways_to_Extend_Battery_Life_While_Gaming_on Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ 8_Android_accessibility_tips_to_make_life_easier_|_Fox News⠀⇛ # ⚓ GSM Arena ☛ Google_Meet_app_for_Android_to_get_a_new “safety_feature”_when_walking_–_GSMArena.com_news⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ I’m_a_security_expert_–_all_Android_users_need_to edit_settings_now_before_common_feature_leaves_you_with costly_bill_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Google_‘policy_change’_brings_back_beloved_‘lost’ Android_feature_years_after_deleting_it_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Android_users_receive_a_free_upgrade_from_Google –_and_gamers_will_love_it_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ New_Features_for_Android_Phones_and_More_in_2023_– Phandroid⠀⇛ # ⚓ TechRadar ☛ Your_Android_TV_could_be_getting_a_big_upgrade –_here’s_what’s_coming_|_TechRadar⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Android_14_Beta_3_has_a_neat_trick_to_make Battery_Saver_more_efficient⠀⇛ # ⚓ GSM Arena ☛ Android_14_Beta_3_packs_new_stylus-specific features_–_GSMArena.com_news⠀⇛ # ⚓ Giz China ☛ Google_Skips_Android_13_for_Android_TV_14_Beta- Gizchina.com⠀⇛ # ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Wear_OS_4-based_One_UI_Watch_5_update_is powered_by_Android_13_–_SamMobile⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # ⚓ Tor ☛ New_Alpha_Release:_Tor_Browser_12.5a7_(Android, Windows,_macOS,_Linux)⠀⇛ Tor Browser 12.5a7 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This release updates Firefox to 102.12.0esr, including bug fixes, stability improvements and important security updates. We also backported the Android-specific security updates from Firefox 114. # ⚓ Daniel Stenberg ☛ Games_curl_too⠀⇛ Finding out they use curl is rarely straight forward. They virtually never told us before hand. Many list the curl license somewhere, sometimes you can find the DLL and some actually include a mention in on-screen credits displays. o § Licensing / Legal⠀➾ # ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ Do_open_source_licences_cover_the_Ship_of Theseus?⠀⇛ I think there’s a reasonable argument that de minimis non curat lex – the law cares not for small things. Is anyone seriously going to argue that I stole half a dozen bytes? Could they prove that I copied that single line from them? Would anyone care? And yet, morally, I feel that I should give credit. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Buttondown ☛ What’s_between_a_set_and_a_sequence?⠀⇛ I finally updated the alloydocs to Alloy 6. The docs now cover how to use temporal operators in Alloy. To celebrate, let’s talk something completely unrelated. The simplest kind of collection is the set: an unordered collection of unique elements. All branches of mathematics use sets somewhere, and in fact you can bootstrap all other collection types from just sets. Many programming languages have set types or something that mimics sets, but it’s less common than sequences, which are ordered collections of repeatable elements. ≈All programming languages have some form of sequence. If sequences are sets + two properties, what are sets + one property? # ⚓ Johan Halse ☛ The_Goldilocks_Zone_of_Indirection⠀⇛ I think there’s a Goldilocks Zone of indirection. Adding layers can be really powerful: it allows you to re-use code, isolate concepts, and can unlock some pretty rad ideas. But the mental overhead of indirection scales exponentially. By the third or fourth level you’re already losing track of what you were doing: I’ve had epic debugging sessions where I had to make like a pirate and draw a physical HERE BE DRAGONS style map and that’s not somewhere you want to go unless you really have to. Remember YAGNI. As I’ve learned and grown during my career I’ve really come to really appreciate taking a direct and simple approach rather than going for flexibility and power. Of course, in the end the boring and adult answer to “how much indirection should I use” is “it depends.” Some parts call for more indirection, some parts call for less. But the arduous path from Rockstar Ninja to Senile Senior Developer has taught me that readability is far and away the most important property of any codebase. Be mindful of it whenever you feel like adding a layer of indirection. Stay in the Goldilocks Zone, so other humans can read what you’ve written. The computer doesn’t care either way. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Earthly ☛ Python_Data_Classes_vs_Named_Tuples: Differences_You_Should_Know⠀⇛ Given that Python data classes are popular, are named tuples still relevant? What are the key differences between the two? Are there advantages of using one over the other—depending on what we’d like to do? Let’s take a closer look at both data classes and named tuples, and try to answer these questions. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ FAIR ☛ WSJ_Celebrates_Making_It_Harder_for_Poor_People_to_Access Food⠀⇛ So basically we can expect the new work requirements to definitely take food vouchers (in other words, food) away from a bunch of people—perhaps 225,000—and maybe slightly increase employment. Oh, yeah, they could also worsen physical and mental health, and increase reliance on food banks. Is that what rebuilding a culture of work looks like? o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Dark_in_Here⠀⇛ o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ U-M_to_pioneer_inter-disciplinary_research institute_with_$55_million_investment_in_Quantum_research⠀⇛ Steven Cundiff, Harrison M. Randall Collegiate professor of physics, electrical engineering and computer science, and Mack Kira, professor of computer and electrical engineering, will co-direct the QRI. The Quantum Research Institute is a result of the Michigan Quantum Science Working Group, launched by Cundiff and Kira in 2018 following the National Quantum Initiative Act passed in 2018, which provided federal funding for quantum research. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ NASA_Team_Sets_New_Space-to-Ground_Laser Communication_Record⠀⇛ [NASA] and a team of partners has demonstrated a space-to-ground laser communication system operating at a record breaking 200 gigabit per second (Gbps) data rate. The TeraByte InfraRed Delivery (TBIRD) satellite payload was designed and built by [MIT Lincoln Laboratory]. The record of the highest data rate ever achieved by a space-to- Earth optical communication link surpasses the 100 Gbps record set by the same team in June 2022. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Gigabyte_Motherboards_Came_With_Sloppy_Backdoor Users_Had_No_Idea_About⠀⇛ It’s always interesting to me to watch and see what gets attention in the security and privacy space. For example, everybody spent the last two years suffering absolute embolisms at the idea that TikTok was a threat to privacy, but nobody much seems to care that an absolute ocean of “smart devices,” from your router to your television, routinely come with paper-mache-grade security. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Magnetic_Bubble_Memory_Brought_To_Life_On Heathkit⠀⇛ There are all kinds of technology that appear through the ages that find immediate success, promise to revolutionize the world, but fade to obscurity almost as quickly. Things like the ZIP disk, RDRAM, the digital compact cassette, or even Nintendo’s VirtualBoy. Going even further back in time [smbaker] is taking a look a bubble memory, a technology that was so fast and cost-effective for its time that it could have been used as “universal” memory, combining storage and random- access memory into a single unit, but eventually other technological developments overshadowed its quirks. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_PDP8_That_Never_Was:_Hollow_State_Logic⠀⇛ [Outer World Apps] noted that there was no PDP-8/ V made by DEC — a variant that used vacuum tubes. So he’s decided to make one using about 320 6J6A tubes. He’s got a plan and a few boards completed — we can’t wait to see it finished. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ These_3D_Printed_Biocatalytic_Fibers_Scrub Carbon_Dioxide⠀⇛ On today’s episode of “What If?” — what if the Apollo 13 astronauts had a 3D printer? Well, for one thing, they may have been able to avoid all the futzing with duct tape and procedure list covers to jury rig the lithium hydroxide filters, at least if they’d known about these 3D printed enzymatic CO2 filters. And time travel…they probably would have needed that too. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Retrotechtacular:_A_Closer_Look_At_The_VT Proximity_Fuze⠀⇛ Here at Hackaday, our aim is to bring you only the freshest of hacks, which carries the burden of being Johnny-on-the-spot with our source material. So if something of obvious interest to our readers goes viral, we might just choose to skip covering it ourselves, figuring you all have probably seen it already. But, if we can dig a little deeper and bring extra value over and above what the viral content provides — well then that’s another story. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Variety ☛ TikTok_No_Match_for_YouTube_Among_Kids_Under_12: Survey⠀⇛ The latest “U.S. Precise Advertiser Report: Kids” (PARK) research from contextual video intelligence company Precise TV has found that 9 out of 10 kids access content on YouTube versus 4 in 10 for TikTok. The online survey aggregated responses from 2,000 kids age 2-12 in the U.S. to better understand trends in the content consumption of young audiences and improve how best to engage with them across media platforms. # ⚓ Larry_Cook:_A_time_warp_of_cornucopia_of_antivax_quackery⠀⇛ In the age of COVID-19, everything old is new again with respect to antivaccine quackery. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.‘s antivax group Children’s Health Defense even held a 23 year memorial at the CDC over the Simpsonwood conference, which became the basis of RFK Jr.’s fear mongering antivax conspiracy theory in 2005 published in Salon.com and Rolling Stone while antivaxxers like Steve Kirsch have been resurrecting the old “CDC whistleblower” conspiracy theory that first arose in 2014 but was really popularized by Del Bigtree and Andrew Wakefield’s conspira-documentary VAXXED. I admit that I didn’t do more than sample the video, given that it was over four hours long, but truly I felt like we were doing the Time Warp to 18 years ago. I was further reminded of dredging up of every debunked old bit of antivax quackery earlier this week when I came across longtime antivaxxer Larry Cook‘s June 2023 update to his Vaccine Injury Treatment, Recovery And Resource Starter Guide. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Affordably_Detecting_Water_Pollutants_Using_3D Printed_Lattices_And_Plasmonic_Nanoparticles⠀⇛ Although detecting pollution in surface waters has become significantly easier over the years, testing for specific pollutants still requires the taking of samples that are then sent to a laboratory for analysis. For something like detecting pesticide run-off, this can be a cumbersome and expensive procedure. But a 3D printed sensor demonstrated by [Sara Fateixa] and international colleagues offers hope that such tests can soon be performed in the field. The most expensive part of this setup is the portable Raman spectrometer that is used to detect the adsorbed molecules on the printed test strips. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Jay Little ☛ Your_Data,_Their_Profits,_Our_Loss:_KTHXBAI Reddit,_Twitch,_StackOverflow,_Twitter_and_how_BlueSky Helped⠀⇛ In any event, the saga of Twitter is well known by now. I won’t harp on it very long. Needless to say, Twitter was not consistently profitable (mostly not) before Elon Musk bought it for $44 billion. After his endless changes, tweaks and trolling of users and advertisers, Twitter is reportedly worth a third of what it once was and it’s advertising revenue has plummeted. On the flip side StackOverflow is a brand new drama that is just kicking off. I heard about it for the first time earlier today. The long and short of it is that they want to make their content harder to access so they can force AI companies to pay for devouring it to train their AI models. Twitch is relatively recent as well. While they have rolled back some of their more egregious changes in response to the negative reaction of their user base, make no mistake: Twitch wants a bigger cut and they are actively working to get it. In Twitches case this is especially sad because they are owned by Amazon, who frankly doesnt need anymore money. They have enough goddammit. Finally we have Reddit, which is the primary inspiration for this post. They are clearly interested in positioning themselves for an IPO. Guess its time for the Venture Capitalists (VCs) to cash out. As part of this in the last week they laid off 5% of their workforce and announced they are forcing users of their “Enterprise” API to pay. Their proposed prices are so steep, every third party reddit app worth its weight will be forced to shutdown, including the iOS app I currently use, Apollo. # ⚓ [Repeat] Vice Media Group ☛ Apollo,_the_Best_Reddit_App,_Is Shutting_Down_Because_of_Reddit’s_New_Fees⠀⇛ “June 30th will be Apollo’s last day. I’ve talked to a lot of people, and come to claims with this over the last weeks as talks with Reddit have deteriorated to an ugly point, and in the interest of transparency with the community, I wanted to talk about how I arrived at this decision,” Selig began a lengthy post that explains how talks between him and Reddit have seemingly broken down. Selig said he asked Reddit to push back the July 1 start date, but said he did not get a response. # ⚓ Fernando Borretti ☛ Depth-First_Procrastination⠀⇛ I want to train a neural network. So first I must learn the theory—read a textbook, ankify it. But to understand the math I must first learn probability and statistics in depth. Frequentism or Bayesianism? I heard really good things about Jaynes. Do I have the mathematical maturity? Maybe I should revise, say, set theory. The proofs in this textbook are very hard to read, so I rewrite them and make them more formal and refactor them into lemmas small enough to put into spaced repetition. They’re starting to look like Fitch notation. Maybe I can write my proofs in first-order logic? Learning logic might give me a stronger foundation for doing proofs. But what is logic, really? # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ The_Sanctions_Hearing_For_ChatGPT_Using_Lawyers… Did_Not_Go_Well⠀⇛ By now you’ve heard of the lawyer who used ChatGPT for his legal research, and it made up fake cases. We’ll again remind you that Joshua Browder, the founder of DoNotPay insisted that this same underlying technology was so sophisticated that he offered $1 million to a lawyer who would let it make arguments in front of the Supreme Court. # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ UK:_University_of_Manchester_trying to_resolve_“cyber_incident”⠀⇛ On Friday morning, the institution said some of its data had been accessed by an “unauthorised party” and data have “likely been copied”. # ⚓ Bauer Media Group ☛ University_of_Manchester_trying to_resolve_“cyber_incident”⠀⇛ Bosses have apologised for any concern the incident may cause to members of the community. They also advised staff not to download files from university systems in order to back them up. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ SaaS_Ransomware_Attack_Hit_Sharepoint Online_Without_Using_a_Compromised_Endpoint⠀⇛ Cybersecurity firm Obsidian has observed a successful ransomware attack against Sharepoint Online (Microsoft 365) via a Microsoft Global SaaS admin account rather than the more usual route of a compromised endpoint. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Another_hospital_hit_by_ransomware: Columbus_Regional_Healthcare_System_in_North_Carolina hit_by_Daixin⠀⇛ Columbus Regional Healthcare System (CRHS) is a non-profit organization in North Carolina licensed for 154 beds. The Daixin ransomware group claims that on May 18, they encrypted the hospital’s servers after exfiltrating data and deleting backups. o § Security⠀➾ # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ (Apparent)_Certificate Authorities_aren’t_always_actual_CAs⠀⇛ The CA in question was called ‘HiCA’, and even if you keep good track of the (many) TLS Certificate Authorities that your browser or operating system trusts, you may be scratching your head in puzzlement because you’ve never heard of it before. That’s because this (now-ex) ‘CA’ was not an actual Certificate Authority, and it’s far from the only such one. What’s going on is that these days there’s a lot of white label reselling of what I could call root CAs, ie the Certificate Authorities that are trusted by browsers and systems. Resellers have their own website and brand, but they don’t have a root CA certificate of their own in browsers; instead the TLS certificates they get for you are ultimately signed by someone else. Sometimes this is a very direct relationship, and the TLS certificate visibly belongs to the CA that the reseller is in front of. At other times, the reseller has a TLS intermediate certificate in their own name (for example). As Andrew Ayer explains on HN (I know), sometimes this involves the root CA generating and holding the intermediate CA certificate itself, basically so that the branding in the end TLS certificate can have the reseller’s name on it instead of the root CA’s name (see also). # ⚓ DJ Bernstein ☛ Turbo_Boost:_How_to_perpetuate security_problems._#overclocking_#performancehype #power_#timing_#hertzbleed_#riskmanagement #environment⠀⇛ New resource page available on timing attacks, including recommendations for action to take regarding overclocking attacks such as #HertzBleed: https:// timing.attacks.cr.yp.to Don’t wait for the next public overclocking attack; take proactive steps to defend your data against compromise. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Pornhub_Begs_Users_to_Put_Down_the_Tissues and_Contact_Their_Legislators⠀⇛ In recent months, a slew of conservative legislatures have passed age verification laws that would force users of adult sites to prove that they’re 18 years of age or older before watching porn. The idea is to protect children from being exposed to potentially harmful material at an early age. In Utah, where one such law was recently enacted, adult sites are now required to provide “reasonable age verification methods” for their users—the likes of which involve digitally submitting a state issued ID to adult sites before content can be accessed. As a result of the new law, which would also hold companies liable if they deliver adult content to minors, Pornhub recently pulled its service out of Utah entirely. But Utah isn’t the only state that’s headed towards this kind of regulatory reform. The state of Louisiana was the first to pass an age verification law in late 2022 and, since then, a bevy of other states have introduced similar “copycat” legislation. Bills in Arkansas, Virginia, and Mississippi were recently passed into law, while other states are said to be mulling their own bills. # ⚓ [Repeat] New York Times ☛ Louisiana_Passes_Bill_That Would_Require_Parental_Consent_for_Kids’_Online Accounts⠀⇛ The Louisiana measure would prohibit online services — including social networks, multiplayer games and video-sharing apps — from allowing people under 18 to sign up for accounts without parental consent. It would also allow Louisiana parents to cancel the terms-of-service contracts that their children signed for existing accounts on popular services like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Fortnite and Roblox. The Louisiana civil code already allows parents to rescind contracts signed by unemancipated minors. Laurie Schlegel, the Republican state legislator who spearheaded the new measure, said her bill simply made it clear that the state’s existing contracting rules also covered accounts on online content-sharing platforms. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Snowden_Warns_Today’s_Surveillance Technology_Makes_2013_Look_Like_‘Child’s_Play’⠀⇛ “We trusted the government not to screw us,” said Edward Snowden. “But they did. We trusted the tech companies not to take advantage of us. But they did. That is going to happen again, because that is the nature of power.” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_FBI_Is_Back_to_Its_Old_Habits: Illegally_Spying_on_Protesters⠀⇛ In 2008, a bipartisan Congress took a sledgehammer to the Constitution. The FISA Amendments Act codified what the Bush administration had been doing illegally after 9/11: collecting Americans’ international communications data on a massive scale, without anything resembling individualized suspicion of a crime, let alone a warrant. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Court_Tosses_Phone_Evidence_After_First Warrant_Was_Too_Vague_And_Second_Warrant_Was_Too_Late⠀⇛ For searches to be compliant with the Constitution, their underlying warrants need to be just as compliant. Warrants have been required for cell phone searches since 2014, thanks to the Supreme Court’s Riley decision. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ NSO_Competitor_QuaDream_Shutting_Down After_Finding_It_Can’t_Make_Money_If_It_Can’t_Sell_To Human_Rights_Abusers⠀⇛ NSO Group is on the ropes after years of self-inflicted damage metastasized into months of negative news coverage. Since worldwide exposure of its customers’ abuse of its malware, as well as exposing the sort of people NSO chose to deal with, the company has discussed getting out of the offensive spyware business — a move that might simply become a much shorter phrase: going out of business. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Criminal_Delusions_of_Donald_Trump⠀⇛ With Donald Trump’s federal indictment on seven criminal counts relating to the former president’s seizure of more than 300 classified documents, the American constitutional system faces another stress test sparked by a failed autocrat’s malign narcissism. The charges brought by Justice Department special prosecutor Jack Smith are both chilling and bathetic—like so many of Trump’s crimes, falsehoods, and power plays. Trump reportedly kept correspondence with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, presumably as a bit of kitschy memorabilia to impress throngs of sycophants at his Mar-a-Lago home; he’s also alleged to have purloined documents revealing nuclear secrets and outlined a plan to invade Iran for his private delectation, which brings the episode closer to the last reel of Dr. Strangelove than The Interview. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ DOJ_vs._African_People’s_Socialist_Party: Omali_Yeshitela_Blasts_Charges_of_Being_Russian_Agent⠀⇛ We look at a federal indictment of four U.S. citizens for alleged election interference that has received little press attention despite its major implications for free speech and activism in the country. In April, the Biden administration charged four members of a pan-Africanist group with conspiring with the Russian government to sow discord in U.S. elections. Omali Yeshitela, chair of the African People’s Socialist Party, faces charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, along with Penny Hess, Jesse Nevel and Augustus Romain Jr. Three Russians were also named in an indictment unsealed by the Justice Department on Tuesday. This follows a violent FBI raid on the activists’ properties in Missouri and Florida last summer. “It’s very clear that this is about more than what the government has said it’s about,” says Yeshitela, arguing the real objective in the case is “to destroy our movement.” # ⚓ NBC ☛ Reality_Winner_says_she’s_‘blown_away’_by_details_in indictment_against_Trump⠀⇛ Winner became the first person to be prosecuted and then sentenced under the Trump administration for defying the Espionage Act by leaking classified information. Now Trump faces 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information — in violation of the Espionage Act — as well as other counts related to making false statements and conspiring to obstruct justice. “This is probably one of the most egregious and cut-and-dry cases,” Winner, 31, said in a phone interview with NBC News of the allegations that Trump held onto sensitive government documents and attempted to mislead investigators. [...] Winner had been working for national security contractor Pluribus International at Fort Gordon in Georgia when prosecutors say she smuggled out a classified report in her pantyhose detailing the Russian government’s efforts to pierce a Florida- based voting software supplier ahead of the 2016 presidential election. That information was later reported by The Intercept news outlet. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ NATO_Condemns_Russia’s_Decision_To_Quit_Treaty_On Conventional_Armed_Forces_In_Europe⠀⇛ The treaty was signed in 1990 to establish equal limitations on major armaments for NATO and the Warsaw Pact, a collective defense treaty between the then-Soviet Union and seven Eastern European countries. The objective of the CFE was to reduce the possibility of a surprise attack and the triggering of a major offensive in Europe. The NATO statement on June 9 said the alliance had repeatedly called on Russia to comply with the CFE treaty, but Russia had “not engaged constructively, and has not taken steps towards full compliance.” # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Iranians_suspected_to_be_helping_Russia_build a_drone_factory_for_use_in_war_on_Ukraine⠀⇛ Citing newly declassified information, the White House said on Friday (US time) the drones, or Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), were built in Iran, shipped across the Caspian Sea and then used by Russian forces against Ukraine. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Al_Shabaab_militants_attack_Mogadishu_beachfront hotel⠀⇛ Al Shabaab militants claimed responsibility for an attack on an upmarket restaurant in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Friday that left at least seven people injured. # ⚓ [Repeat] France24 ☛ World_warming_at_record_0.2C_per decade,_top_scientists_warn⠀⇛ The findings would appear to close the door on capping global warming under the Paris treaty’s more ambitious 1.5C target, long identified as a guard rail for a relatively climate-safe world, albeit one still roiled by severe impacts. “Even though we are not yet at 1.5C warming, the carbon budget” — the amount of greenhouse gases humanity can emit without exceeding that limit — “will likely be exhausted in only a few years,” said lead author Piers Forster, a physics professor at the University of Leeds. # ⚓ Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ Spike_in_Russian_GPS_interference hit_Estonia_in_early_June⠀⇛ The signals jamming efforts have surged in the aftermath of drone attacks on the Kremlin and other locations in Moscow, and the interference is of Russian origin, Bloomberg says. # ⚓ Rolling Stone ☛ Trump_Extremists_Demand_Civil_War,_Mass Murder_After_New_Indictment⠀⇛ The proposal for mass killing struck user “BlackPilledMAGA” as going too far: “Doesn’t have to be thousands, just a few dozen would do. Shit would STOP immediately.” But user “Nerdrem1” insisted taking out a few elites wouldn’t make the difference, suggesting the number of dead required was on a genocidal scale: “Millions. The real problem is the people that vote for them, as long as they exist the problem can’t be solved.” A user named “Heavy_Metal_Patriot” concurred: “Correct.” It might be tempting to dismiss these calls for mass murder as loose talk among angry MAGAdonians. Yet there is dark history here. In a previous iteration, The Donald was used to help plot and promote the violence at the Capitol in 2021, as detailed in the final report of the House Jan. 6 Committee, including by users who “openly discussed surrounding and occupying the U.S. Capitol.” # ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ Dangers_of_AI_Revealed_as_Israeli_Bullet Decides_to_Kill_Somebody⠀⇛ The Guardian has revealed some of the extraordinary danger of artificial intelligence in a headline that reveals an Israeli bullet decided all by itself to kill somebody. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Simply_A(nother)_Killing_In_A_Nasty_World⠀⇛ After days of enraged Americans wondering how a (white) woman could shoot and kill through a locked door a (black) mother whose four children she’d harassed, bullied, called ‘niggers’ and thrown things at and yet still remain free, the murderous Karen was finally arrested in stand-your-ground Florida, where police had to think about it before deciding it was “simply a killing.” Thus is victim Ajike ‘AJ’ Owens, “a heart of gold” who “absolutely lived for her four children,” now “just another Black soul lost to earth.” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Is_America_Worth_Saving?⠀⇛ All around us things are falling apart. Collectively, Americans are experiencing national and imperial decline. Can America save itself? Is this country, as presently constituted, even worth saving? # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Special_mention_for_Wagner_Group_in_SIPRI conflict_report⠀⇛ Last year saw more multilateral peace operations conducted than in any year during the previous decade research by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) found. As in previous years, the United Nations (UN) led the largest number of multilateral peace operations at 20, SIPRI Peace Operations and Conflict Management Programme Dr Claudia Pfeifer writes. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Will_AUKUS_FAUKUS?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ AUKUS_coming_to_dinner⠀⇛ Declassified Australia reveals the feast for lobbyists, US defence contractors and hangers-on which is the AUKUS $370bn submarines deal, Kelly Tranter reports. The defence lobbying firm Pyne & Partners – chaired by the former Australian Defence Minister Christopher Pyne – co-hosted an AUKUS reception and dinner in Washington at the swanky Cosmos Club on Embassy Row, with Northrop Grumman Corporation, on 3 April 2023. # § War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ NATO_Condemns_Russia’s_Decision_To_Quit Treaty_On_Conventional_Armed_Forces_In_Europe⠀⇛ NATO has condemned Russia’s decision to quit the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, saying it “further demonstrates Moscow’s continued disregard for arms control.” # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Matthew_Hoh:_A_War_Long_Wanted⠀⇛ Many in Brussels, DC, Kyiv, London and Moscow have desired this war for decades. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin:_Ukraine’s_counteroffensive_has started,_but_‘all_its_attempts_have_failed_so_far’_— Meduza⠀⇛ President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin announced that Ukraine’s counteroffensive has begun but said that Ukraine’s Armed Forces have not achieved their goals at any part of the front.  # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Three_killed_in_Russian_drone attack_on_Ukraine’s_Odesa⠀⇛ Ukraine’s military on Saturday said three civilians were killed in an overnight drone attack on the Black Sea port city of Odesa, a day after Russian forces claimed to have repelled fierce Ukrainian attacks in the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions, in the clearest evidence yet that Kyiv’s long- awaited counteroffensive has begun. Follow our blog to see how the day’s events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2). # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Ukrainian_hackers_target_telecom firm_connected_to_Russian_central_bank⠀⇛ Banking services in Russia may have been disrupted by the attack, which comes amid a Ukrainian counteroffensive. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Accentuate_the_positive’:_Without_clear orders_from_the_top,_Russia’s_propaganda_media_is_doing its_best_to_downplay_the_Kakhovka_dam_breach_—_Meduza⠀⇛ As the slow-motion disaster caused by the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine’s Kherson region continues, Russian officials have repeatedly blamed Kyiv for the crisis. Unusually, however, the Kremlin has not told the country’s propaganda outlets to do the same; in fact, it hasn’t issued any direct instructions for how the events should be covered at all, two sources from major pro-government news agencies told Meduza. As a result, pro-Kremlin outlets have taken different approaches in their coverage, but virtually all of them have chosen to downplay the significance of the disaster as well as the scale of the flooding. Meduza special correspondent Andrey Pertsev explains. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Fugitive_Russian_air_force_pilot_is_in Lithuania,_confirm_officials⠀⇛ A Russian Air Force pilot, Lieutenant Dmitry Mishov, who fled the country after refusing to take part in Ukraine’s invasion is currently in Lithuania, officials have confirmed. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Concerned_That_Iran_Building_Drone Factory_Inside_Russia⠀⇛ The United States says it has information that Iran intends to build a drone- manufacturing facility inside Russia that could become operational next year as Moscow and Tehran step up military cooperation, posing an increased danger to Ukraine, the Middle East, and to the international community. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine’s_GDP_Falls_10.5_Percent_In_First Quarter_Of_2023⠀⇛ Ukraine’s gross domestic product fell by 10.5 percent in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period a year ago, the economy ministry said on June 9. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Dutch_Supreme_Court_Upholds_Decision_Ordering Return_Of_Crimean_Gold_Artifacts_To_Ukraine⠀⇛ The Dutch Supreme Court on June 9 upheld lower court decisions ordering the return of ancient Crimean gold artifacts to Ukraine, ANP reported, citing the decision. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Claims_Audio_Proves_Russia_Behind Destruction_Of_Dam⠀⇛ Ukraine’s Security Service says it intercepted telephone communications between Russian military personnel that “confirm” Russia’s involvement in the destruction of the Kakhovka dam as Norway’s seismological institute said it detected a possible “explosion” around the time of the dam’s breaching. # ⚓ Spiegel ☛ The_Kakhovka_Catastrophe:_War-Weary Ukrainians_Reel_under_Massive_Flooding⠀⇛ Was it Russian incompetence or a monstrous war crime? Following the massive dam breach on Tuesday morning, several possible theories have emerged to explain the disaster. # ⚓ Spiegel ☛ Moscow’s_Fever_Dreams:_There_Is_Only_One Possible_Answer_to_the_Kakhovka_Dam_Breach⠀⇛ The breach of the Kakhovka Dam makes it clearer than ever: A rapid end to the war can only come through support for Ukraine’s army. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Russian_President_Says_Ukrainian Counteroffensive_Fails⠀⇛ Over the past five days there has been heavy fighting with numerous casualties being recorded on the Ukrainian side. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Floods_in_Kherson_Leave_Eight_Dead⠀⇛ On Tuesday, Moscow denounced that Ukrainian forces carried out sabotage at the Kakhovka dam, which caused flooding on both sides of the Dnieper River. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia_approves_200,000_euros_in_emergency aid_to_help_Ukraine_with_Kakhovka_disaster⠀⇛ On June 9, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted a decision on the allocation of EUR 200 000 from contingency funds for assistance to Ukraine to address the ecological and humanitarian crisis caused by Russia’s destruction of the dam of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) on June 6. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Russia_claims_it_blew_up_advanced_Ukrainian tank,_but_video_shows_its_helicopter_attacked_a tractor⠀⇛ A grainy black-and-white gunsight video Russia released this week to bolster a claim its military blew up some of Ukraine’s most fearsome tanks actually documented the destruction of a tractor. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Could_Russia_be_held_accountable for_the_destruction_of_the_Kakhovka_dam?⠀⇛ Initial analysis indicates that Russia deliberately destroyed the Kakhovka dam in what would qualify as one of Moscow’s worst war crimes in Ukraine, but holding the Kremlin accountable will prove extremely difficult, writes Danielle Johnson. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Ukraine’s_rise-from-the-ashes resilience⠀⇛ Rebuilding the country in the midst of war was thought crazy. Yet look at how one city devastated by Russian atrocities is rebuilding. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Battles_Rage_as_Ukraine_Tries_to Retake_Russian-Occupied_Territory⠀⇛ Military analysts and U.S. officials said it was too soon to judge the success of Ukraine’s offensive, which is looking for weaknesses to exploit, in the face of fierce resistance. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Battle_Escalates_in_South_as Zelensky_and_Putin_Each_Claim_Upper_Hand⠀⇛ Russia and Ukraine are presenting divergent accounts of fighting in the Zaporizhzhia region, where analysts warn that Kyiv faces a difficult battle against Moscow’s entrenched forces. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Dam’s_Destruction_Reshapes_Ukraine, but_Not_Arc_of_the_War⠀⇛ The main thrust of the Ukrainian counteroffensive is expected in the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions, not along the Dnipro River, where the fighting quickly resumed after the disaster. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ As_Ukraine_Launches Counteroffensive,_Definitions_of_‘Success’_Vary⠀⇛ Privately, U.S. and European officials concede that pushing all of Russia’s forces out of occupied Ukrainian land is highly unlikely. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Spy_Satellites_Detected Explosion_Before_Ukraine_Dam_Collapse,_Official_Says⠀⇛ U.S. spy agencies still do not have any solid evidence to determine who caused the destruction, the senior administration official said. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Putin_Says_Transfer_Of_Tactical_Nuclear Weapons_To_Belarus_Will_Start_Next_Month⠀⇛ Russian President Vladimir Putin said on June 9 during talks with Belarusian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka that the transfer of tactical nuclear weapons from Russia to Belarus will begin immediately after the construction of facilities is finished on July 7-8. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_In_Omsk_Detained_On_Treason_Charge⠀⇛ Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on June 9 that a resident of the Siberian city of Omsk had been detained on a charge of high treason amid a growing number of such cases in recent months. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Uzbek_Official_Calls_For_Scrapping_Talks_With Russia_On_Constructing_Nuclear_Power_Plant⠀⇛ Rasul Kusherbaev, an adviser to Uzbekistan’s natural resources minister and a former lawmaker, has warned against signing of a deal with Russia on the construction of a long-discussed nuclear power plant. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ New_Zealand_state_broadcaster corrects_‘pro-Russian’_stories⠀⇛ The broadcaster said an employee had been placed on leave pending outcome of investigation. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Siberian_Activist_Hospitalized_After_Falling Ill_At_Her_Trial⠀⇛ A rights activist in Russia’s Siberian region of Buryatia, Natalya Filonova, has been hospitalized after she fell ill during her trial on a charge of assaulting police that she and her supporters reject as politically motivated. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Releases_Details_on_Iran’s_Help With_Russian_Drone_Factory⠀⇛ Washington is trying to raise the pressure on Tehran and make it more difficult to complete the work on the factory, which would enable Russia’s military to produce drones domestically. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ The_Brussels_Declaration:_Russian_lawyers, legal_scholars,_and_human_rights_defenders_are endorsing_the_creation_of_an_international_tribunal_to investigate_the_crime_of_aggression_against_Ukraine. Meduza_is_publishing_that_document._—_Meduza⠀⇛ In mid-March 2023, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin on charges of ordering the illegal deportation of children in occupied parts of Ukraine to Russia. But the ICC operates on the basis of the Rome Statute, which Moscow has not ratified, meaning that Russia doesn’t recognize the court’s jurisdiction. More than once, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the creation of an international tribunal to investigate Russian war crimes. Officials in the United States and the European Union have expressed support for this initiative, and the U.S. Senate is already considering a plan to form an international judicial body that could hold Russian officials responsible for crimes against humanity. Twenty-six Russian lawyers, legal scholars, and human rights defenders are joining in a declaration to endorse President Zelensky’s proposal, denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as an act of aggression and expressing their readiness to aid this investigation in any way possible. The group below signed the Brussels Declaration in early June, and Meduza is publishing the text and list of endorsements below. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_says_Russia_will_start_deploying tactical_nuclear_weapons_in_Belarus_in_July_—_Meduza⠀⇛ During a meeting with Alexander Lukashenko on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow will begin to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus in July, once the necessary equipment is fully prepared, the Russian state news agency Interfax reported on Friday. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Iceland_to_suspend_embassy_operations_in Russia_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Iceland announced Friday that it will suspend the operations of its embassy in Moscow beginning on August 1. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_authorities_report_new_drone_crashes in_Belgorod_and_Kursk_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A drone has crashed on the roof of an office building in Belgorod, according to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. He said the drone did not detonate but did catch on fire. “There’s minor damage to the roof and the boiler room, and two vehicles were also damaged by shrapnel,” Gladkov said. He said nobody was injured. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Norwegian_seismologists_say_explosion_was detected_around_Kakhovka_dam_around_time_of_collapse_— Meduza⠀⇛ Experts from the Norwegian research foundation NORSAR, which studies seismic events, have determined that on the day that Ukraine’s Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant was destroyed, an explosion was detected in the facility’s proximity. # ⚓ Insight Hungary ☛ Pressman:_“Hungary_stubbornly continues_deepen_its_“connectivity”_with_Russia”⠀⇛ “Hungary stubbornly continues to maintain and even deepen its “connectivity” with Russia,” said US Ambassador David Pressman at a reception held on Wednesday afternoon at the Chief of Mission residence in honor of US- Hungarian scientific collaboration. “Just this weekend, the Foreign Minister of Hungary Péter Szijjártó described Russia as Hungary’s “reliable partner” on energy, and one that would not be replaced. (…) To continue to double down on reliance on Russia while it attempts to decapitate your democratic neighbor is wrong,” he added.  At the beginning of his speech, Pressman pointed out that as Hungary expands its relationship with Moscow, a massive wave of water from the destruction of the Kakhova hydroelectric dam has just swept over and displaced tens of thousands of people in and around Kherson. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ UK_Imported_£19.3_Billion_in_Fossil_Fuels from_Authoritarian_Petrostates_in_the_Year_Following Russia’s_Ukraine_Invasion⠀⇛ UK fossil fuel imports from authoritarian petrostates surged to £19.3 billion in the year following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a new DeSmog analysis has found.  Government efforts to end the purchase of oil and gas from Russia have seemingly resulted in an upsurge in imports from other authoritarian regimes, including Algeria, Bahrain, Kuwait, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to data from the Office for National Statistics. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Ten_Years_Ago,_Edward_Snowden_Blew_the Whistle_on_the_US’s_Most_Secretive_Spy_Agency⠀⇛ The revelations from Snowden that made the most waves in the United States concerned domestic surveillance. The very first revelation was a classified court order from the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court granting an FBI request that Verizon be forced to turn over all US persons’ call records to the NSA. Such data did not include the contents of communications, but it did include who the calls were from, to whom they were made, and at what time and for how long. According to the court order, Verizon was to turn over this data daily, and the company was gagged by law from ever telling its customers or the public writ large about it. The order was stunning for a number of reasons. Surveillance, including foreign surveillance, generally required an individual target. Yet here the FBI had demanded, and the NSA had received, a legal mandate that Verizon turn over bulk information on millions of people with no identifiable target. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, like the NSA, is supposed to be focused on foreign intelligence. The order included purely domestic calls, however, and excluded foreign ones. Finally, the order was based on a secret interpretation of a since expired provision of the USA Patriot Act. The provision had garnered significant controversy when the act was proposed, as civil libertarians believed it would be used to track library book checkouts. Despite this fierce opposition, no one believed it would be used for the bulk collection of US metadata. Even some of the original proponents of the Patriot Act were stunned. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ The Economist ☛ Who_is_keeping_coal_alive?⠀⇛ This is mainly meant to happen by starving the supply chain of funding. More than 200 of the world’s largest financiers, including 87 banks, have announced policies restricting investments in coal-mining or coal-fired power plants. Lenders representing 41% of global banking assets have signed up to the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, pledging to align portfolios with net-zero emissions by 2050. At the cop26 summit in 2021, the un predicted that this campaign would “consign coal to history”. As recently as 2020 the iea believed consumption had peaked a decade ago. Yet King Coal looks brawnier than ever. In 2022 demand for it surpassed 8bn tonnes for the first time. This article will look at who is greasing the wheels of the once doomed trade. We find that the market is lively, well-funded and profitable. More striking still, the motley crew bankrolling it will probably allow trade to endure well into the 2030s, lining survivors’ pockets to the detriment of the planet. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Reach_for_the_Stars⠀⇛ # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Montana_Youth-led_Climate_Trial_Will_Go_On_as Scheduled⠀⇛ Montana’s Republican-led state government has failed to stop a groundbreaking youth climate lawsuit against the state from going to trial, despite last-minute legislative moves that have altered Montana’s energy and environmental policies. The state legislature’s Republican supermajority passed House Bill 971 just two weeks after it was introduced in April, and Gov. Greg Gianforte signed it into law on May 10. The measure bans “evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions and corresponding impacts to the climate in the state or beyond the state’s borders” in environmental impact studies of major projects, such as fossil fuel pipelines.  # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Climate_Change_Could_Devastate_Life_in_the West⠀⇛ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ DOJ_charges_two_Russian_nationals with_historic_Mt._Gox_hack⠀⇛ Alexey Bilyuchenko is also alleged to have conspired with a Russian man seeking to be included in a swap for an imprisoned U.S. journalist. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Charges_Two_Russians_In_Hack_Of_Mt._Gox Cryptoexchange⠀⇛ The United States has charged two Russian nationals related to the 2011 hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox and the operation of the illicit cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ It’s_Black_and_White:_The_Grevy’s Zebra_Needs_Our_Help⠀⇛ o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Food,_Energy_Prices_Drag_Eurozone_Economies_Into Mild_Recession⠀⇛ Economic growth was hurt by high food and energy prices, disrupted trade networks, and instability — all large impacts of the ongoing Ukrainian conflict. # ⚓ DataCenter Dynamics ☛ The_end_of_ZIRP_has_killed_the Metaverse⠀⇛ Apple has just thrown its hat (or its $3,500 AR headset) into the ring. Apple’s Vision Pro, launched at WWDC23 and maybe the most credible AR product yet, but it could be caught out by a change in the economic climate, along with a host of hot ideas that could turn out to have just been “ZIRP phenomena.” # ⚓ Citi_to_Cut_50_London_Investment_and_Corporate_Banking Jobs⠀⇛ The cuts are necessary for the bank to reduce its cost base because of adverse market conditions, according to a person within the bank, who isn’t authorized to speak publicly. Financial News reported the layoffs earlier. Citi is also dismantling its global team that provides commentary and analysis on foreign- exchange markets, with departures in both London and New York as well as its Latin America corporate bond trading team, Bloomberg News reported separately Thursday. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Higher_rates_to_create_‘pockets_of distress’_for_SMEs⠀⇛ A leading lender for Australian small and medium sized businesses is expecting challenges for its client base as interest rates rise seemingly ever higher, but not widespread business failures or a deep recession. Judo Bank chief risk officer Frank Versace told reporters on Friday that while the forward outlook was challenging, many businesses were starting from a position of strength.  # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Global_shares_edge_up_boosted_by_Fed pause_bets⠀⇛ Global equities look set for a small weekly gain following a Wall Street rally, as rising bets the Federal Reserve will skip a rate increase next week overshadowed worries about US markets being drained of cash. MSCI’s broad index of global shares edged 0.1 per cent higher, on track for a weekly rise of 0.6 per cent. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Rate_outlook_‘could_trigger_another property_downturn’⠀⇛ Following another interest rate hike and higher odds for more tightening, the residential property market’s recovery may be cut short.  The Reserve Bank hiked by another 25 basis points on Tuesday, taking the cash rate to 4.1 per cent, and kept its options wide open to keep going if deemed necessary. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Alan_Joyce_selling_his_own_Qantas shares_into_the_buy-back,_que?⠀⇛ What’s the scam with the Qantas board letting CEO Alan Joyce dump $17m worth of his own Qantas shares into the share buy-back? The scam is buy-backs. They simply prop up the share price using shareholders’ own money, not to mention, in the case of Qantas, the public’s bail- out money. And this buy-back is already in the red so Qantas shareholders have helped Alan get out for a higher price. Meantime, not one new aircraft was bought under the Joyce regime, so the fleet ran down, customer service ran down and now Alan’s successor faces a massive capex bill to fix things. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Kevin_McCarthy’s_Debt-Ceiling_Deal_Gets Approval_From_the_Billionaire_Class⠀⇛ After bringing the nation to the brink of economic catastrophe, and then negotiating a debt-ceiling agreement that literally made it harder for hungry people to get food, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hightailed it out of Washington on an urgent mission: to collect tributes from the oligarchs who keep him in power. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ There’s_No_Reason_Filing_Taxes_Should_Be_So Hard⠀⇛ When Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, lawmakers didn’t just give the IRS a big funding infusion. They also directed the agency to look into something that has evaded the United States for decades: creating a system for Americans to file their taxes directly with the government electronically for free, rather than going through tax preparers, who often skim money off of their returns. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Next_Time,_Dammit,_Just_Default⠀⇛ The debt deal is now law. Far-right Republicans were unhappy, because it doesn’t cut spending by enough. Center-left Democrats (there are no far- left Democrats in Congress) are unhappy, because they got nothing: It’s all concessions to win Republican votes. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Reddit_cuts_five_percent_of_workers_while API_pricing_shift_sours_developers⠀⇛ Social media community Reddit plans to lay off about 90 employees, amounting to about five percent of its 2,000-person staff. # ⚓ Chris ☛ Handoff_Waste_and_Taylorism⠀⇛ The type of waste we are discussing is called handoff by Ward, and you might recognise its effect from your past work experiences: [...] # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ FCC_‘Fines’_Right_Wing_Bullshitters_Wohl, Burkman_$5_Million_For_Voter_Robocall_Scam⠀⇛ It’s never fully appreciated the way we’ve let scammers, scumbags, and assorted bullshit artists hijack the nation’s top voice communications platform. Or that we’ve let marketing industry lobbyists slowly degrade the authority of the one U.S. regulator capable of actually doing something about it. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Indicted_Again:_Donald_Trump_Faces_Federal Espionage_&_Conspiracy_Charges_in_Classified_Docs_Probe⠀⇛ In a historic first, the Justice Department has indicted former President Donald Trump on multiple felony charges related to his mishandling classified documents and obstructing the government’s attempts to recover them. Trump is the first former president ever to face federal criminal charges and could potentially spend years in prison if convicted. He is set to be arraigned in a Miami court on Tuesday. This latest news adds to Trump’s legal woes, with the former president also facing charges in New York related to hush- money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016 and another probe in Georgia over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. For more, we speak with Dennis Aftergut, a former federal prosecutor and currently of counsel to Lawyers Defending American Democracy. “We do not have kings here. We have the rule of law, and no one is above it, including a former president,” says Aftergut. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Supreme_Surprise:_Court_Upholds_Voting Rights_Act,_Strikes_Down_Alabama’s_Racially_Gerrymandered Maps⠀⇛ In a surprise 5-4 decision Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a racially gerrymandered voting map in Alabama, upholding a key plank of the Voting Rights Act that the conservative majority has spent years whittling away at. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh sided with the court’s liberal justices in finding that Alabama’s Republican-drawn congressional districts unlawfully disadvantage Black voters by diluting their voting power, a violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act banning voting practices that discriminate based on race and color. The court ordered Alabama’s Legislature to redraw the map. For more on the decision and the state of voting rights across the country, we are joined by three guests: Khadidah Stone is a named plaintiff in the case and works for the civic engagement organization Alabama Forward; Tish Gotell Faulks is legal director at the ACLU of Alabama; and Davin Rosborough is a senior staff attorney with the ACLU Voting Rights Project who helped represent the plaintiffs. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Sergey_Sobyanin,_Moscow_mayor_since_2010, announces_that_he’ll_run_again_this_year_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Sergey Sobyanin, the current mayor of Moscow, announced on his personal blog that he will run again for the position in the fall 2023 elections. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ An_‘experienced_strategist’:_The_man_behind Russia’s_new_ideological_course_for_university_students_— Meduza⠀⇛ Russian president Vladimir Putin’s administration, realizing that the country’s young people are the least likely demographic to support the president and Kremlin policies, have decided to develop a special ideological curriculum designed to instill values like “tradition,” “trust in institutions,” and “patriotism” in university students. A source told Meduza that Kremlin policymakers believe Russia’s problems have always started with its intelligentsia — the new curriculum aims to form an intelligentsia that will fall in line with the Kremlin’s programs. The Russian authorities tapped Andrey Polosin, a political operator and occasional scholar, to build the new curriculum, which will be rolled out in the fall. Meduza takes a close look at the professional background of a man who has, while designing a program to make the Kremlin’s preferred “traditional values” seem cool, transformed himself from “typical Putin technocrat” into a long-haired, bearded “crazy professor who knows everything, or a rockstar, or a prophet.” # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Is_Donald_Trump_kissing_Anthony_Fauci? With_apparently_fake_photos,_Ron_DeSantis_raises_AI ante⠀⇛ Those three images are likely AI-generated, according to an analysis of traces left by synthetic image generators, said Matthew Stamm, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Drexel University. “Our results consistently output a decision that these images are fake,” he said. The video does not disclose any potential AI use and the DeSantis campaign did not respond to a question about whether the images were fake or whether AI was used to create them. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Self-Exiled_Russian_Journalist_Added_To_Wanted_List On_Charge_Of_Distributing_Fakes_About_Military⠀⇛ Russia’s Interior Ministry has added journalist Sergei Podsytnik to its wanted list on unspecified charges. The editor of Protokol, an online newspaper in the city of Samara, appeared in the wanted persons registry on June 9. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ HRW_Calls_On_Kyrgyz_Lawmakers_To_Withdraw Controversial_‘Foreign_Agents’_Bill⠀⇛ Human Rights Watch has called on Kyrgyz lawmakers to withdraw a controversial “foreign agents” bill, calling it “a highly repressive draft law” intended to “discredit and stigmatize” civil society groups that receive foreign funding similar to a law in Russia that has had a chilling effect on NGOs. # ⚓ The Washington Post ☛ Arkansas_is_sued_over_criminal_ban_on providing_‘harmful’_books_to_minors⠀⇛ By passing Act 372, which also strikes a statute that protected librarians from being prosecuted for circulating material “claimed to be obscene,” Arkansas became one of at least seven states that have passed laws criminalizing librarians and school employees who provide books deemed sexually explicit or “harmful” to minors, The Washington Post’s Hannah Natanson reported in May. Another dozen states have considered similar bills. None of the bill’s four sponsors in the Arkansas General Assembly responded to a request for comment. In a May op-ed in the Arkansas Democrat- Gazette, state Sen. Dan Sullivan defended Act 372, saying that it simply expands existing prohibitions on “displaying” harmful material and creates a process for parents to “appeal the decisions of unelected librarians to local elected officials.” # ⚓ Arkansas Times ☛ Waivers_required_for_kids_to_use_the Eureka_Springs_library_as_new_censorship_law_goes_into effect,_Washington_Post_reports⠀⇛ Those bookstore owners joined in a federal lawsuit filed June 2 that takes aim at what they call “a vague, sweeping law that restrains public libraries and booksellers in Arkansas from making available constitutionally protected books and other media to their patrons and customers.” Other plaintiffs include the Central Arkansas, Fayetteville and Eureka Springs public library systems, the Arkansas Library Association, booksellers, a 17-year-old bookworm and other library advocates. The plaintiffs argue the new law obliterates Americans’ First Amendment rights to distribute, access and engage with books and media. # ⚓ Walled Culture ☛ Music_label_uses_copyright_law_to_ask Google_to_de-list_a_Wikipedia_page_with_information_it doesn’t_like⠀⇛ It’s hardly news that many of these requests are abusive, and often used to take down perfectly legal material. But a recent takedown request to Google is exceptional in this respect. As TorrentFreak explains, the complaint, made under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), apparently comes from the independent music label “Because Music”, and targets download and conversion software that allows YouTube material to be downloaded as a file. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ A_decade_on,_giant_duck_once censored_in_mainland_China_returns_to_Hong_Kong_as_double- bill_installation⠀⇛ During its 2013 visit to Hong Kong, the solo lemon- hued bird ruffled feathers in Beijing after internet users edited the famous “Tank Man” photo from the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown by replacing the tanks with ducks. Internet searches for “yellow duck” were banned in mainland China in the run-up to June 4 that year, the anniversary of the crackdown, as Beijing forbids discussion of the day Chinese troops crushed demonstrations. # ⚓ [Repeat] BIA Net ☛ Turkey_bans_OnlyFans_following_court order⠀⇛ Freedom House, a US-based think tank, in the 2022 edition of its global online freedom report, categorized Turkey as “very poor” in terms of content blocking measures. According to the Freedom of Expression Association, by the end of 2021, the country had blocked over 467,000 URL addresses, encompassing a range of websites, including thousands that feature adult content. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Finist_the_Bright_Falcon_In_her_play,_Svetlana Petriychuk_tries_to_understand_why_Russian_women_convert_to radical_Islam_—_but_the_Russian_authorities_have_jailed_the playwright_for_‘terrorist_propaganda.’_Read_the_controversial play_(or_watch_the_production)_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On May 4, the Russian authorities arrested two female theater artists: playwright Svetlana Petriychuk and director Zhenya Berkovich, whose 2021 production of Petriychuk’s play, “Finist the Bright Falcon,” had won the dramatist a Golden Mask, a prestigious theater award in Russia. In the play, Svetlana Petriychuk combined the devices of court drama and traditional Russian folk tale to tell the story of hundreds of real Russian women who converted to Islam, starting long-distance relationships with radicalized Muslim men and later moving to Syria — only to find themselves convicted and jailed for terrorism upon return to Russia. Shortly after it was performed by the theater collective Daughers of Soso, the work was denounced by the ultraconservative Russian National Liberation Movement (NOD), for allegedly glorifying the Islamic State and justifying terrorism. Anna Razumnaya has translated Petriychuk’s play for Meduza, with permission from the playwright’s spouse and acting agent, theater director Yury Shekhvatov. Another English translation, by Alexander Vartanov, also exists and is yet to be produced. # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Disruption:_Creator_Edition_—_Unveiling the_Program_&_Speakers⠀⇛ # ⚓ EFF ☛ China_Must_Release_Program_Think_Blogger_Ruan Xiaohuan,_Champion_of_Free_Expression_Who_Spoke_Out_Against Censorship_and_Oppression⠀⇛ China is not alone in this practice. Regrettably, countries around the world continue to abuse such crimes and numerous others to target their people. We have documented bloggers in the Middle East, Vietnam, Ethiopia, and elsewhere who, like Ruan, have been thrown in prison and given outrageous prison sentences or subjected to physical violence by authorities, echoing a disturbing pattern of persecution against dissenting voices. Courageous bloggers, journalists, and writers are treated like criminals for protecting and enhancing free expression and privacy. This is a grave injustice. EFF joins free speech advocates around the world in calling for Ruan’s immediate release. States are obliged to uphold the right to free expression enshrined in Article 19 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The UN Human Rights Council has affirmed that the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online, including the right to privacy and free expression. The right “to seek, receive and impart information” includes a right to devise and share tools that enable and protect those abilities.Ruan’s journey to becoming one of China’s most well-known and courageous bloggers began amid a successful career as a cybersecurity expert. A college dropout with a passion for computer science, Ruan worked for cybersecurity companies, and later landed a government job as chief engineer for the information security system of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. He continued his career in industry, but eventually decided to pursue open- source software development. He quit his job and started his blog in 2009.At first, he focused his writing on software development. But that year was the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests, and the government began blocking foreign websites, including the website that hosted his blog.He found a way around the blockage, and published tutorials so his followers could continue seeing his posts. It was at that point that he began blogging about how to hide your online identity, how to circumvent China’s Great Firewall, and, increasingly, politics. As China clamped down even further, banning Western social media platforms and mandating censorship software on new computers, he wanted to speak out. “I don’t want to keep silent anymore, and I don’t want to avoid these issues anymore,” he blogged, according to an English translation. “It’s time to write something other than technology.”Over the next 12 years, Program Think published over 700 posts about politics, security, and corruption, from building a database of hundreds of wealthy individuals and their ties to the Chinese Communist Party to “how to overcome the wall,” seemingly undetected or outwitting China’s internet police. In 2013 Program Think was nominated for the Deutsche Welle International Best of Blogs Award.In prescient comments to Deutsche Welle, Ruan said two incidents—the suspicious death of a villager protesting a land grab to make way for the government-approved construction of a power plant, and pro-democracy protests where marchers were beaten and arrested—led him to call for public marches on his blog and focus on politics to raise awareness about China’s corrupt government. “At the time, blog posts calling on netizens to take to the  streets were in nature ‘inciting subversion of state power,’” he noted. “But I have been safe because I am more experienced in concealing identities.”In explaining his decision to write about politics instead of just technology, he said everyone is touched by politics, even if they don’t realize it. “Many netizens have always had a misunderstanding, thinking that politics has nothing to do with their own lives…But everyone has to understand one thing: You don’t have to care about politics, but politics will care about you.”Ruan urged people to speak out against injustice, putting himself at risk to inform, inspire, and motivate others to challenge attacks on freedom of expression. By silencing Ruan, imposing such a severe punishment, and denying him the ability to choose his own counsel to challenge his conviction, China’s playbook for stamping out criticism and free expression is on full display. We condemn this injustice and call for Ruan’s release. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Elon_Musk_Says_Twitter_Is_Going_To_Get_Rid_Of The_Block_Feature,_Enabling_Greater_Harassment⠀⇛ One of the most important tools for trust and safety efforts is the “block” feature, allowing a user to entirely block someone else from following them. Yes, on Twitter you can get around this by going into incognito mode, but overall, the feature is a very useful tool for those being harassed to limit access to their abusers. Indeed, one of the biggest criticisms early on of the (still in invite-only beta) Bluesky social media app was that it opened its doors to thousands of users before they had implemented a “block” feature (that has since been added). Lots of people argued that launching social media today without the “block” feature is malpractice. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ VOA News ☛ Suspects_Named_in_Killing_of_Philippine Journalist⠀⇛ In a statement [sic] on Facebook, Paul Gutierrez, executive director of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security, named the two gunmen as Narciso Ignacio Guntan and Isabelo Lopez Bautista. # ⚓ FAIR ☛ CNN_Needs_More_Than_a_New_CEO—It_Needs_a_New_Model of_Journalism⠀⇛ With “democracy itself” at stake, Licht decided to give Donald Trump a town hall event stocked with supporters, in which little effort was made to rein in the presidential candidate’s lies and insults. The outcome? As the Atlantic‘s Tim Alberta put it, “The only one who wasn’t angry, it seemed, was Trump, most likely because he’d succeeded in disgracing the network on its own airwaves.” # ⚓ ANF News ☛ Journalist_Gök_has_letters_seized_and_visits denied⠀⇛ The letter Gök, who is in Diyarbakır High Security Closed Prison No. 1, sent to journalist Hüseyin Aykol was seized by the Letter Reading Commission. In the letter the journalist talked about the pressures the judiciary has exerted on him since 2017 for photographing the murder of Kemal Kurkut by the police. Gök’s objection against the seizure of the letter by the Letter Reading Commission was rejected on the same day, on the grounds that “in his letter he accused the state of being a murderer”. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ It’s_Time_to_Call_Abortion_Bans_What_They Are—Torture_and_Cruelty⠀⇛ The Human Rights Committee is only one of multiple international bodies that have found that the denial of abortion care can violate global prohibitions on torture and ill-treatment. For example, the UN Committee against Torture, which monitors the Convention against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (which the United States ratified), has found that denial of abortion care and restrictive abortion laws can in some cases cause “physical and mental suffering so severe in pain and intensity as to amount to torture.” The committee has also found that abortion laws that lack exceptions in cases of life or the health of a pregnant person, or in cases of rape, incest, or fetal impairment, may constitute torture and ill-treatment. Most recently, the Colombian Constitutional Court cited the fact that human rights bodies have found that denial of abortion services can constitute torture and ill-treatment in its decision to decriminalize abortion under all circumstances to 24 weeks. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Private_Employers_May_Not_Fire_Employees_for Writing_to_the_Legislature,_Tennessee_Court_Holds⠀⇛ In Smith v. BlueCross BlueShield of Tenn., decided today by the Court of Appeals of Tennessee (in an opinion by Chief Judge Michael Swiney, joined by Judges John McClarty and Kristi Davis), Smith alleged that BlueCross had wrongly fired her for, among other things, “email[ing] Tennessee state legislators with her concerns and grievances regarding vaccine mandates.” The court concluded that this stated a claim under Tennessee law: [...] # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Amnesty_Turkey_‘walks_away’_from_collective bargaining,_says_union⠀⇛ Amnesty Turkey has walked away from collective table with the Sosyal-İş union affiliated with DİSK Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions (DİSK), the union said on Wednesday. Releasing a statement, the union asserted that Amnesty International was endangering the workers’ union rights, noting that the negotiations started after a two-month delay. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Warnock_Probes_Whether_State_Trampled_Free Speech_Rights_of_Cop_City_Protesters⠀⇛ Even while raising concerns over free speech, however, Warnock praised the law enforcement involved in the case. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Family_Settles_Lawsuit_Over_Jefferson Rodriguez’s_Death_on_WI_Dairy_Farm⠀⇛ Local officials in Wisconsin are planning to improve how sheriff’s deputies communicate with people who don’t speak English in response to a ProPublica report that found that an investigation into the death of an 8-year-old Nicaraguan boy living on a dairy farm was mishandled due to a language barrier. Dane County supervisors said that their goals include making language access a key part of department equity plans and creating a dedicated countywide language-access coordinator. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Pat_Robertson’s_Genocidal_God_Has_Called_Him Home⠀⇛ When General Efraín Ríos Montt assumed dictatorial control over Guatemala after a coup in March 1982, he was able to bolster his murderous rule by calling on a special group of friends, the leaders of the American religious right. Guatemala is a predominately Roman Catholic country, but Ríos Montt converted to evangelical Christianity in 1978, becoming an adherent of the Church of the Word, a California-based sect.1 # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Voting_Rights_Act_Has_Survived_Another Attempt_on_Its_Life⠀⇛ Yesterday, in a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court affirmed Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and ruled that Alabama could be sued over its racially gerrymandered congressional maps. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion for the court, joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson, as well as alleged attempted rapist Brett Kavanaugh. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Australia_urged_to_honour_the_past_and vote_for_voice⠀⇛ Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney has referred to Bob Hawke’s great regret at not delivering on a treaty as she quoted his widow saying if he was alive today he would urge voters to deliver a voice to parliament.    Speaking at the Barunga Festival in the Northern Territory on Saturday, Ms Burney referred to the 1988 Barunga Statement which called for the recognition of Aboriginal rights. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Recreating_An_Analog_TV_Test_Pattern⠀⇛ While most countries have switched to digital broadcasting, and most broadcasts themselves have programming on 24/7 now, it’s hard to remember the ancient times of analog broadcasts that would eventually stop sometime late at night, displaying a test pattern instead of infomercials or reruns of an old sitcom. They were useful for various technical reasons including calibrating the analog signals. Some test patterns were simply camera feeds of physical cards, but if you wanted the most accurate and reliable test patterns you’d need a Philips pattern generator which created the pattern with hardware instead, and you can build your own now because the designs for these devices were recently open-sourced. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ EFF ☛ Supreme_Court_Sends_Bad_Spaniels_Back_to Obedience_School,_Leaves_Rogers_Test_Mostly_Intact⠀⇛ The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision Thursday in Jack Daniel’s Properties v. VIP Products, a trademark case we weighed in on in an amicus brief. The main question before the Court was whether the Rogers test—a special test for trademark infringement that’s more protective of free expression—should be applied to VIP’s parody of Jack Daniel’s trademarks for a “Bad Spaniels” dog toy. Novelty dog toys aren’t exactly our usual focus at EFF, but this case was an important one because the Supreme Court had never ruled on whether the Rogers test is valid at all. Activists, artists, and regular internet users frequently use trademarks for expressive purposes, and the Rogers test provides important protection from legal threats. The good news is that the Court didn’t reject the Rogers test, nor did it change the test itself. Instead, it ruled against VIP on narrower grounds, holding that Rogers’ heightened First Amendment protections didn’t apply because VIP was using “Bad Spaniels” as a trademark of its own—that is, to identify the source of the product. As the Court explained, the defining characteristic of a trademark is that it signals the source of a good or service to consumers. For example, when you see the word “Oreo” on a package of cookies, you know those cookies came from the same company as every other pack of Oreo cookies. That makes “Oreo” a trademark. On that same package, you might also see the words “chocolate sandwich cookies.” That gives you some information about what’s inside, but it doesn’t tell you anything about who made the cookies—so that phrase is not functioning as a trademark. Trademark law rests on the assumption that knowing who made your cookies (or dog toy, or whiskey) helps you decide what to buy. The law regulates the use of trademarks so that consumers can confidently rely on their associations between trademark, source, and experience. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Record_Labels_and_RCN_Open_to Settling_Piracy_Liability_Lawsuit⠀⇛ Internet provider RCN and several major music companies are exploring options to settle their piracy liability dispute. A mediator was assigned this week to help the parties reach a deal but the same can’t be said about a lawsuit filed against the ISP by a group of filmmakers. That battle only appears to have intensified, with a new law firm and evidence provider joining the case. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ YouTube_Orders_‘Invidious’_Privacy Software_to_Shut_Down_in_7_Days⠀⇛ The developers of Invidious, a privacy- respecting alternative front-end for YouTube, have received a cease-and-desist notice from YouTube’s legal department. The free and open source software, which provides a YouTube experience minus advertising and user tracking, has been instructed to shut down within seven days. As things stand, cooperation isn’t on the agenda. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3473 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.10.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_10/06/2023:_libei_1.0.0_and_Qt_Creator_11_Beta⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 1:43 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o Programming/Development # Python # Rust * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Pseudo-Open_Source # Openwashing o Security # Fear,_Uncertainty,_Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation # 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 Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux in the Ham Shack ☛ LHS_Episode_#506:_The_Weekender CIV⠀⇛ It’s time once again for The Weekender. This is our departure into the world of hedonism, random topic excursions, whimsy and (hopefully) knowledge. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Beebom ☛ 5_Best_Sticky_Note_Apps_for_Linux_(2023)_| Beebom⠀⇛ One of the best ways to take note of your schedule, chores, and things to do is by using sticky note apps. For those unaware, a basic sticky notes app can be used to pen down important things, which could be chores, to-do lists, or ideas when you’re browsing. Linux has quite a decent collection of productivity apps and here are the five best sticky note apps for Linux. # ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ 6_Best_Linux_project_management_software_in 2023⠀⇛ Project management solutions allow for efficient task management, project progress tracking, smooth team collaboration and several other benefits. There are several project management applications that work on Linux. In this article, we share the six best Linux project management software in 2023. You will get to learn about the key features, pros, cons and pricing for each software. We also shared some tips on choosing the best Linux project management software for your needs. # ⚓ Free Desktop ☛ libei_1.0.0⠀⇛ libei 1.0.0 is now available. libei is a library to send Emulated Input (EI) to a matching Emulated Input Server (EIS) which can receive those events with libeis, also part of this project. libei uses GitLab releases, for tarballs please see: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libei/-/ releases/1.0.0 # Changes: Note that there is one minor protocol change (`ei_connection.sync`) and one ABI (not API) change in libeis since the RC2 despite previous statements that the protocol and API are stable. In both cases it was better to do it now while every user of libei(s) is still in draft than having to special-case those instances for the next 10 years. An rebuild will take care of of the ABI change, making sure libei o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ TechTarget ☛ Manage_multiple_environments_with_Terraform workspaces_|_TechTarget⠀⇛ Terraform workspaces let DevOps teams manage configurations for different environments in a centralized way. Get started with workspaces through hands-on examples in this tutorial. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_Creator_11_Beta_released⠀⇛ We are happy to announce the release of Qt Creator 11 Beta! # ⚓ GSoC-23_Community_Bonding_Period_Blog_#2⠀⇛ Hello world, This is my second blog post for Google Summer of Code 2023, where I will share what I accomplished during the GSoC-23 community bonding period. ✐ Community Bonding period⠀✐ During this time GSoC contributors spend 3 weeks learning about their organization’s community and preparing for their coding project. They get to know mentors, read documentation, get up to speed to begin working on their projects During the community bonding period, the organizers took two introductory sessions kick starting our journey. The first Welcome Session was about the best practices and tips for a successful Google Summer of Code. Following that, GSoC Contributor Summit took place, during which previous participants and mentors shared their experiences of being part of GSoC. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ Akshay_Warrier:_GSoC_2023:_Week_2_Report⠀⇛ In this post, I’ll go over everything I did in my first two weeks of GSoC. § Project Make GNOME Platform demos for Workbench § Mentors Sonny Piers, Andy Holmes § Project Planning We first started out with a meeting to discuss a project plan, decide what needs to be done, and came up with a workflow that’ll work for everyone. Sonny made a Kanban board and filled it with some tickets to start us off. Our mentors briefly explained to us the functionality of some of the widgets and gave us an idea of what’s expected from the demos, so that we are not completely clueless when we start working on them. And when everyone is on the same page, we mark the ticket as “Ready” which means anyone is free to take up the ticket and start working on it. We also decided that we’ll have meetings weekly, to discuss the upcoming week’s work and also solve any issues or roadblocks that we may have come across along the way. § Week 1 The first thing I did was finish one of my previously open pull_requests which was a demo for AdwHeaderBar, a simple widget but a very commonly used one. The demo shows a header bar with a primary menu, a secondary “Open” menu, and a “New Tab” button similar to Text Editor. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ GNU ☛ GNU_Guix:_Parameterized_Packages_for_GNU Guix⠀⇛ Hello Guix! I’m Sarthak and I’ll be working on implementing Parameterized Packages for GNU Guix as a Google_Summer_of Code intern under the guidance of Pjotr Prins and Gábor Boskovits. § What are Parameterized Packages? One of the many advantages of free_software is the availability of compile-time options for almost all packages. Thanks to its dedication to building all packages from source, Guix is one of the few GNU/Linux distributions that can take advantage of these compile- time features; in fact, many advanced users such as those using Guix on High-Performance_Computing_Systems and new ISAs_like_RISC-V have already been doing this by utilizing a feature known as Package_Transformations. Parameterized Packages are a new type of package transformations that will be able to tweak an even wider array of compile-time options, such as removing unused dependencies or building a package with support for just a specific locale. These will have a wide variety of applications, ranging from High-Performance Computing to Embedded Systems and could also help tackle a few of Guix’s issues like large binary sizes and dense dependency graphs. o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ libGLX.so.0_fix_for_Kdenlive_AppImage⠀⇛ I posted about the missing libGLX.so.0 in the Kdenlive AppImage: https://bkhome.org/news/202305/kdenlive-appimage-vs- flatpak.html libGLX.so.0 is in the ‘libglvnd’ package, that is in mainstream Linux distributions, but not in EasyOS. It is a wrapper for different libGL packages, as explained here: [...] o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Run_QEMU_VM_in_EasyOS⠀⇛ I haven’t had much to do with VMs in the past, but there is a lot of interest, so looking into it. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_CPE_Weekly_Update_– Week_23_2022⠀⇛ We provide you both infographic and text version of the weekly report. If you just want to quickly look at what we did, just look at the infographic. If you are interested in more in depth details look below the infographic. Week: 05 June – 09 June 2023 # ⚓ My_thoughts_on_Flatpak_(that_nobody_asked_for)⠀⇛ Hindsight preface: This was written in very tired state. I have been chatting about this with people who know more than I ever will about Flatpak. Soo I have added few edits here and there. If I seem frustrated, most of my frustration is aimed at the unnecessary shit slinging over packaging formats. We all want the good stuff, why the hell are we fighting?! # ⚓ Jiri_Eischmann:_Help_Us_Test_Evolution⠀⇛ It was not an easy task to make Evolution run nicely as a flatpak, but Milan Crha managed to do it and we’ve been fine-tuning it for the last 3 years. There are still some use cases that don’t fully work in a flatpak, but they don’t affect most users. Evolution has established itself well on Flathub, too. It has accumulated over 130k installs. There are roughly 12-15k “active” installations. Some time ago I also started building Evolution for the beta channel on Flathub. When there are already development releases of the upcoming version (it will be 3.49.x this cycle), I build those for the beta channel. If they’re not available yet, I push stable releases there right after the upstream release is done, roughly one week before they go to the stable channel. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Jonathan_Carter:_Phone_upgraded_to_Debian_12⠀⇛ A long time ago, before the pandemic, I bought a Librem_5 phone from Purism. I also moved home since then, and sadly my phone was sleeping peacefully in a box in the garage since I moved. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Release_management_for_snaps_made_simpler⠀⇛ Release management is the process of planning, scheduling, testing and deploying new versions of software. To make this process simpler for snap developers, we have released a new feature called progressive releases. Continue reading to understand what they are, why they are important and how you can use them in the Snap Store. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ NXP_Releases_New_Processor_Family_to_Support_Linux-based Edge_Devices⠀⇛ The latest NXP edge processor has built-in support for a familiar development tool. Aiming to bring the flexibility of Linux to edge computing hardware, NXP Semiconductors has released the i.MX 91 family of processors. The i.MX 91 family is the latest release in the i.MX 9 series of applications processors that provide higher performance and improved security to bolster the extensibility at the edge. # ⚓ A_No-Fee_Linux_CVE_Scan_from_Wind_River⠀⇛ Wind River released a no-fee professional-grade scanning tool to identify Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs). The Wind River Studio Linux Security Scanning Service is designed for the distinct requirements of embedded Linux environments indicating when a fix or patch is available for a given CVE. # ⚓ Electronics Weekly ☛ Processor_boards_for_touch_displays can_run_Linux⠀⇛ Powertip has created a multi-option display-driving single-board computer (right) that uses daughter boards (left below) to add Quad core 64bit Arm CPUs running at 1.6GHz – either NXP with four Cortex-A53 CPUs, or Rockchip with four Cortex-A35 CPUs. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Collabora ☛ MLfix_to_quickly_fix_datasets⠀⇛ Contrary to traditional software development, data is more important than code in machine learning. Building a high-performing model requires using reliable, precisely labelled data but poor-quality data is not always obvious. o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ LibreOffice_Native_Language_Projects_–_TDF’s_Annual_Report 2022⠀⇛ By helping to translate and market LibreOffice around the world, native language projects bring enthusiasm and passion to the global community. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ My_Approach_to_Building_Large_Technical_Projects⠀⇛ Whether it’s building a new project from scratch, implementing a big feature, or beginning a large refactor, it can be difficult to stay motivated and complete large technical projects. A method that works really well for me is to continuously see real results and to order my work based on that. We’ve all experienced that feeling of excitement starting a new project. The first few weeks you can’t wait to get on the computer to work. Then slowly over time you get distracted or make up excuses and work on it less. If this is for real work, you forcibly slog your way to the finish line but every day is painful. If this is for fun, you look back years from now and remember what could’ve been. I’ve learned that when I break down my large tasks in chunks that result in seeing tangible forward progress, I tend to finish my work and retain my excitement throughout the project. People are all motivated and driven in different ways, so this may not work for you, but as a broad generalization I’ve not found an engineer who doesn’t get excited by a good demo. And the goal is to always give yourself a good demo. # ⚓ The_Many_Problems_with_Celery_|_Log_Blog_Kebab⠀⇛ With some possible fixes # ⚓ InfoQ ☛ Debugging_Outside_Your_Comfort_Zone:_Diving_Beneath a_Trusted_Abstraction⠀⇛ This article takes a deep dive through a complex outage in the main database cluster of a payments company. We’ll focus on the aftermath of the incident and dive deep into the internals of Postgres. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Setting_and_Getting_the_Default_Timezone in_Python⠀⇛ Working with timezones is an essential part of many Python applications. Whether you’re building a scheduling system, a logging tool, or any other application that involves dates and times, setting the default timezone is a critical function. # § Rust⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Rust_I_Wanted_Had_No_Future⠀⇛ In a recent podcast about Rust leadership, the BDFL question came up again and Jeremy Soller said (in the understatement of the century) that “I believe Graydon would have said no to some things we all like now”. And this echoes a different conversation on reddit where I was reminded that I meant to write down at some point how “I would have done it all differently” (and that this would probably have been extremely unsatisfying to everyone involved, and it never would have gone anywhere). Boy Howdy would I ever. This is maybe not clear enough, and it might make the question of whether the project “really should have had a BDFL” a little sharper to know this: the Rust We Got is many, many miles away from The Rust I Wanted. I mean, don’t get me wrong: like the result. It’s great. I’m thrilled to have a viable C++ alternative, especially one people are starting to consider a norm, a reasonable choice for day- to-day use. I use it and am very happy to use it in preference to C++. But! There are so, so many diferences from what I would have done, if I’d been “in charge” the whole time. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ RFA ☛ Ducking_controversy⠀⇛ o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Jacking_Off_Has_Evolutionary_Benefits Going_Back_40_Million_Years,_Study_Says⠀⇛ Masturbation is an “ancient trait” in the world of primates, including humans, according to a study that looked at how self-pleasure helped us evolve. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Editorial_Board_|_Don’t_make_Stanford_the next_Berkeley⠀⇛ The Editorial Board argues that Stanford should reveal how race is currently factored into admissions, and lay out a roadmap of how the University would respond to a Supreme Court decision ending affirmative action. “If Stanford truly prioritizes giving students “the opportunity to learn from the wonderful diversity of identities, experiences, and perspectives that exist in the world”, then it should work in advance to transparently inform students and all who will be affected by this monumental ruling,” the Board writes. # ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ GSC_symbolically_rescinds_Honor_Code_change approval,_discusses_Murdoch_and_Mercer_relationship_to Stanford⠀⇛ In a show of solidarity with the Undergraduate Senate following the Faculty Senate’s bypassing of their vote on the Honor Code, the GSC unanimously voted to symbolically endorse the rescindment of SenD#831. # ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Rights_and_research:_Hoover_event_explores treatment_of_Chinese_American_academics⠀⇛ A Hoover Institution event discussed racial- profiling of Chinese scholars in America and examined institutional efforts to protect research. Speakers talked the ‘Chinese Initiative’ and its consequences. # ⚓ ‘The_only_winning_move_is_not_to_play’⠀⇛ When the makers of plagiarism-detection software Turnitin announced they would add the ability to detect writing created by generative artificial intelligence, UM-Dearborn opted out. # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ University,_GEO_settle_unfair_labor_practice complaints⠀⇛ U-M and the Graduate Employees’ Organization have reached an agreement to settle several unfair labor practice complaints filed as part of ongoing contract negotiations between the parties. # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ UMich_and_GEO_reach_settlement_on_Unfair Labor_Practices_and_lawsuit⠀⇛ The University of Michigan and the Graduate Employees’ Organization have reached a settlement on the unfair labor practice charges filed by each party with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Oklahoma_Breaches_the_Wall_Between_Church and_State⠀⇛ Religious liberty, not religious authority, should be the aim of the American right. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Low Tech Mag ☛ Low-tech_Magazine:_The_Comic⠀⇛ In early 2022 I received an email from Guillaume Lion, a young filmmaker based in Brussels, Belgium. Having read Low-tech Magazine for several years, Guillaume recently_started_making_comics, which he considers low-tech cinema. He proposed to visit me in Barcelona and make a portrait of me. I have never taken myself too seriously, so Guillaume came by later that year. The comic originally appeared in French in the Belgian_magazine_Médor and was translated by Mira Matthew. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ TSMC_Exec_Tells_U.S._Workers_to_Expect Long_Hours_or_Go_Home⠀⇛ TSMC exec responds to disgruntled U.S. employees by suggesting those who aren’t ready to work long hours should try a different industry. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Desktop_GPU_Sales_Lowest_in_Decades: Report⠀⇛ Intel continues to solidify positions on the desktop discrete GPU market as sales of graphics cards shrink. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Drought_might_ruin_fungi_fun_this_year_in_Latvia⠀⇛ This summer, mushroom yields are likely to be adversely affected by drought, the Latvian National Museum of Natural History’s mycologist Inita Dāniele told LETA on June 8. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Teens_could_need_their_parents_permission_to_have a_social_media_account_in_Louisiana⠀⇛ The Louisiana state legislature unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday (June 8) banning minors from creating their own accounts on websites across the internet, without express parental consent. It now goes to the desk of Governor John Bel Edwards, where it is unclear whether it will be signed into law. # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Non-LSD_hallucinogen_use_rising_among_young adults⠀⇛ Young adults ages 19-30 nearly doubled their past- 12-month use of non-LSD hallucinogens in the United States from 2018-21, according to a study by U- M and Columbia University. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Battle_Over_Smartphones_at_School⠀⇛ Plus: The decline of morality is an illusion. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Lawyer_Who_Used_ChatGPT_Faces_Penalty_for Made_Up_Citations⠀⇛ In a cringe-inducing court hearing, a lawyer who relied on A.I. to craft a motion full of made-up case law said he “did not comprehend” that the chat bot could lead him astray. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Twitch_in_Tailspin,_Walking_Back Restrictions_As_Users_Revolt_Over_Changes⠀⇛ On Tuesday, Twitch released new advertising restrictions for its platform. On Wednesday night, the platform began walking those rules back as the community revolted. Or did it? The new platform rules would prevent any advertising partnerships outside of Twitch-supported ads. That means no ‘burned-in’ video, display, or audio ads are allowed anymore. # ⚓ Cloudbooklet ☛ Falcon_vs._LLaMA:_A_Comparison_of_Two_Large Language_Models⠀⇛ Falcon vs. LLaMA: Falcon and LLaMA are two of the most popular large language models (LLMs). We evaluate and contrast the two models in terms of size, training data, capabilities, and performance in this post. We also explore the advantages and disadvantages of each model. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Is_artificial_intelligence_about_to_be regulated?⠀⇛ Advanced artificial intelligence technologies are being adopted at an unprecedented pace, and their potential to revolutionise society for good is enormous. o § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ # § Openwashing⠀➾ # ⚓ As_Open_Source_on_the_Mainframe_Continues_to_Gain Popularity,_Linux_Foundation_Announces_Call_for Papers⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux_Foundation,_NSC_team_up_on_Open_RAN⠀⇛ The National Spectrum Consortium and Linux Foundation have announced a formal collaboration focused on Open RAN software prototypes, demonstrations and development, including an open-source reference stack. The NSC is a group of nearly 400 organizations that operates under a streamlined contract authority that is meant to enable closer and faster collaboration between government and industry, giving the federal government direct access to private companies in order for the government to quickly acquire and leverage new technologies. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Friday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (jupyter-core, openssl, and ruby2.5), Fedora (firefox), Mageia (libreoffice, openssl, and python-flask), Red Hat (python and python3), Slackware (mozilla, php8, and python3), SUSE (java- 1_8_0-ibm, libcares2, mariadb, and python36), and Ubuntu (linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-lts- xenial, linux-gke, linux-intel-iotg, linux-raspi, linux-xilinx-zynqmp, and mozjs102). # ⚓ Bauer Media Group ☛ University_of_Manchester_trying_to resolve_“cyber_incident” [Ed: Likely Windows TCO]⠀⇛ The University of Manchester has confirmed experts are working to resolve a “cyber incident”. On Friday morning, the institution said some of its data had been accessed by an “unauthorised party” and data have “likely been copied”. The uni said it was working with a number of organisations including the Information Commissioner’s Office, National Cyber Security Centre and National Crime Agency. # ⚓ Hackers_Follow_Through_with_Dark_Web_Threat_After_Law_Firm Rejects_Ransom:_Enjoy! [Ed: Likely Windows TCO]⠀⇛ A hacking group claiming to be Russian-linked cybercriminals has published sensitive data from one of Australia’s largest law firms, HWL Ebsworth, after the firm refused to pay their ransom demands. The AlphV ransomware gang, also known as BlackCat, announced on the dark web that it had released 1.45 terabytes of data allegedly stolen from HWL Ebsworth in late April. The group claims to have financial and insurance data, credit card information, agreements, and reports. The firm is investigating the claim and has confirmed that it will not submit to the ransom demand. The hack has caused concern for HWL Ebsworth’s clients, which include ANZ, the South Australian, Queensland, and ACT governments, the Environment and Human Services Department, and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). The federal government has confirmed that it was a client of the law firm and may have been affected by the breach. The Home Affairs department has set up three “working groups” to respond to the hack, including a specialist legal team and a Sensitive Information Working Group to manage any information exposed in the breach related to vulnerable people, national security, and law enforcement matters. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Another_hospital_hit_by_ransomware: Columbus_Regional_Healthcare_System_in_North_Carolina_hit_by Daixin [Ed: Likely Windows TCO]⠀⇛ Columbus Regional Healthcare System (CRHS) is a non-profit organization in North Carolina licensed for 154 beds. The Daixin ransomware group claims that on May 18, they encrypted the hospital’s servers after exfiltrating data and deleting backups. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Intellihartx_notifies_490,000_patients_of Fortra/GoAnywhere_breach⠀⇛ Intellihartx LLC in Tennessee is notifying 489,830 of its clients’ patients about the Fortra/ GoAnywhere breach by Clop. The types of information that may have been compromised include name, address, medical billing and insurance information, certain medical information such as diagnoses and medication, and demographic information such as date of birth and Social Security number. # ⚓ USDOJ ☛ Russian_Nationals_Charged_With_Hacking_One Cryptocurrency_Exchange_and_Illicitly_Operating_Another⠀⇛ According to court documents, Alexey Bilyuchenko, 43, and Aleksandr Verner, 29, both Russian nationals, are charged with conspiring to launder approximately 647,000 bitcoins from their hack of Mt. Gox. Bilyuchenko is also charged with conspiring with Alexander Vinnik to operate BTC- e from 2011 to 2017. # § Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation⠀➾ # ⚓ CyberRisk Alliance LLC ☛ Cyclops_ransomware’s_info stealer_seeks_Windows,_Linux_system_compromise⠀⇛ Cyclops ransomware’s info stealer, which is similarly based on the Go programming language as its ransomware’s macOS and Linux versions, facilitates the exfiltration of operating system details, computer names, and process counts, as well as .TXT, .PDF, .DOC, .XLS, . PNG, .JPG, and .JPEG files, which are then sent to a remote server, according to an Uptycs report. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ The Markup ☛ From_“Heavy_Purchasers”_of_Pregnancy Tests_to_the_Depression-Prone:_We_Found_650,000_Ways Advertisers_Label_You_–_The_Markup⠀⇛ A spreadsheet on ad platform Xandr’s website revealed a massive collection of “audience segments” used to target consumers based on highly specific, sometimes intimate information and inferences # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ State_Department_Offers_$5_Million for_Information_on_Key_Anom_Distributor⠀⇛ The FBI secretly created its own encrypted phone company. Now the U.S. government wants help capturing Maximilian Rivkin, one of its alleged top brass. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia,_Lithuania,_U.S._to_reach_‘Baltic_Zenith’⠀⇛ From June 10 to 20, international military exercises dubbed “Baltic Zenith 2023″ will take place in southern Kurzeme region at the Šķēde military training range and at the Jūrmalciems military aviation training facility, during which soldiers of Latvia, Lithuania and the United States will improve their skills in combat firing at airborne targets. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Nashville_School_Shooter’s_Parents_to_Hand Ownership_of_Writings_to_Victims⠀⇛ The family’s decision to relinquish legal ownership of writings left by the Nashville school shooter comes amid a fierce legal battle over whether the writings should be made public. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ UN:_Aid_to_Be_Delivered_in_Sudan_Cease-Fire_or Not⠀⇛ “But, we need to see an end to the violence and the looting of humanitarian facilities” # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Pakistan’s_Imran_Khan_Gets_Bail_On_Murder_Charges⠀⇛ Ousted Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan secured bail on June 8 from the Islamabad High Court over murder charges, blocking his arrest for 14 days, his lawyer Gohar Khan said. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Siberian_Rights_Defender_Handed_18-Year_Prison_Term On_Illegal-Drugs_Charge_He_Rejects⠀⇛ A court in the Siberian city of Kemerovo on June 7 sentenced noted human rights defender Dmitry Kamynin to 18 years in prison for allegedly distributing illegal drugs, a charge he and his supporters call retaliation by local authorities for his rights activities. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Sarajevo_Court_Sentences_Five_Ethnic_Serbs_To Prison_For_Crimes_Committed_During_Bosnian_War⠀⇛ Bosnia’s state court has sentenced five ethnic Serb ex-policemen to prison terms for committing war crimes against Muslim Bosniak civilians during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_tribunal_declares_Rwanda_genocide_suspect_unfit to_stand_trial⠀⇛ The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), a United Nations (UN) tribunal, declared Wednesday that Félicien Kabuga, one of the last fugitives of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, is unfit to stand trial due to dementia.  # ⚓ RFA ☛ Myanmar_military_kills_6_people_in_raid_on_Sagaing region_village⠀⇛ Locals say troops shot 4 People’s Defense Force members and 2 civilians. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Piriou_hands_over_first_OPV_58S_patrol_vessel to_Senegal⠀⇛ French shipyard Piriou has handed over the first of three OPV 58S patrol vessels to Senegal’s Navy as part of a contract signed in November 2019. Construction of the first vessel, Walo, bean in October 2020 and it was launched in April 2022 before being handed over at Piriou’s shipyard in Concarneau on 2 June. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Restocking_US_and_allies’_arsenals starts_with_getting_industry_involved_at_the_NATO_summit⠀⇛ The upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius offers an opportunity for government officials and the defense industry to get on the same page about the true urgency of inadequate defense supply chains. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Some_offenders_are_too_dangerous_to_be freed⠀⇛ Countering terrorism while preserving essential freedoms and holding together a stable and harmonious community isn’t an easy task, but it has been managed effectively by successive Australian governments and their agencies. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ The_five-domains_update⠀⇛ Sea state The US Navy has released a video showing a Chinese navy ship nearly colliding with an American destroyer in the Taiwan Strait. # ⚓ American Oversight ☛ American_Oversight_Sues_for_Records Related_to_White_Supremacist_Incidents_in_the_Military⠀⇛ # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Operationalizing_integrated_deterrence: Evolving_the_joint_force’s_application_of_targeting_across the_competition⠀⇛ General James E. Cartwright, Lieutenant Colonel Justin M. Conelli, and Clementine G. Starling advance a framework for operationalizing integrated deterrence. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Weighing_the_risks_in_naval_ship procurement⠀⇛ The Australian National Audit Office’s recent report on the Hunter-class frigate program contained a number of significant revelations, but one of the most striking was the statement by the surface ships advisory committee [...] o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ American Oversight ☛ Defense_Department_Spent_Nearly_$1 Million_at_Trump_Properties_from_July_2017_to_November_2019, Records_Obtained_by_American_Oversight_Reveal⠀⇛ o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland_falls_short_of_EU_recycling_targets⠀⇛ Finland’s recycling rate in 2020 was 41.6 percent, while the EU’s 2025 target is over 55 percent. The Environment Ministry is worried about rising incineration since last year. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ India_monsoon_reaches_Kerala_after longest_delay_in_4_years⠀⇛ The authorities had expected the rains on June 4 but a cyclonic storm delayed the onset. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Philippines’_Mayon_Volcano_“Quietly_Erupts”, PHIVOLCS_Alerts⠀⇛ “…parameters indicate that very slow extrusion of shallow degassed magma is ongoing…” # ⚓ RFA ☛ Myanmar_junta_shuts_down_NGO_access_to_cyclone-hit Rakhine_state⠀⇛ Aid groups had obtained permission to travel in the state only a day earlier. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Primavera_Sound_Cancels_Initial_Dates Over_Severe_Weather_Concerns⠀⇛ Echoing cancellations in New York, the Primavera Sound festival has canceled initial dates due to severe weather concerns. “Thursday’s Primavera Sound Madrid has been cancelled for safety reasons in view of the adverse weather forecast,” organizers informed attendees via social media. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Coinbase_isn’t_changing_a_thing_in_the_wake of_the_SEC’s_lawsuit_against_it⠀⇛ Coinbase, undaunted by a lawsuit from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleging it offered unregistered securities to retail investors, continues to operate its business as it always has. # ⚓ H2 View ☛ Spain_awards_€100m_to_seven_green_hydrogen projects⠀⇛ The Spanish Government on Tuesday (June 6) granted €100m ($107.7m) in aid to seven projects that look set to integrate electrolysers into industrial settings for green hydrogen production. # ⚓ H2 View ☛ UK_and_Scottish_Governments_urged_to_set interim_hydrogen_production_targets⠀⇛ The UK and Scottish Governments should set interim targets for their hydrogen strategies to ensure production and Net Zero commitments are met, according to a Scottish Affairs Committee report. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Binance_attorneys_say_SEC_Chair_Gary Gensler_offered_to_advise_crypto_company_in_2019⠀⇛ The lawyers of Binance Holdings Ltd. have alleged that United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Genser offered to be an adviser to the company prior to taking up his post at the SEC. § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ * ⚓ New York Times ☛ AirNow_and_Other_Apps_to_Help_You_Track_Air_Quality Near_You⠀⇛ Air quality levels have been a source of intense interest this week. There are a number of ways to keep track of them on your phone. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Where_there’s_fire,_there’s_smoke:_Public_safety_lesson for_Eastern_US⠀⇛ The severity of Canadian wildfire smoke has startled the United States and may prompt Eastern communities to draw safety lessons from the fire-prone West. * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Why_Air_Quality_Index_Readings_Vary_So_Much_During Wildfire_Smoke_Events⠀⇛ How you, a newly minted AQI expert, can sort through the data noise from AirNow and PurpleAir. * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ There_Is_No_Plan_For_This_Predictable_Event,_New York_City’s_Mayor_Says⠀⇛ Mayor Eric Adams said there is “no blueprint or playbook” for hazardous air quality, but he did suspend alternate side parking. * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ New_Yorkers_Suffer_Over_Smoke_From_Canadian_Wildfires⠀⇛ The air quality index in New York City reached “hazardous” levels on Wednesday afternoon. § Overpopulation⠀➾ * ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Stanford_researchers_create_model_to_help_farmers_reduce water_usage⠀⇛ Stanford researchers developed a tool that uses soil moisture as an indicator of evapotranspiration rates of plants. Accurately measuring evapotranspiration could allow for irrigation using less water. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Happiest_Way_to_Change_Jobs⠀⇛ How to rock your work rather than let the work rule you * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Student_loans?_US_approves_$42B_to_forgive_debt_for_public workers.⠀⇛ The United States rolls out a loan forgiveness program to encourage public service. Open to teachers, librarians, nurses, and others, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program cancels a borrower’s remaining student debt after 10 years of public interest. * ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Tesco_could_be_breaking_the_law_due_to_unclear_pricing,_says Which?⠀⇛ Tesco should introduce unit pricing on Clubcard offers so shoppers can compare grocery prices more easily * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Hospitality_Sector_in_New_Zealand_Has_Most_Filled_Jobs⠀⇛ “…a total of 12,196 jobs added to the industry…” * ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ FBC_to_acquire_Standard_Chartered’s_business_in_Zimbabwe⠀⇛ We saw it coming years before it was announced. Standard Chartered lost interest in the Zimbabwean market a long time ago and were, to be frank, just biding time, waiting for something to change. Last year, they said they had seen enough and decided Zimbabwe was too hot to handle. Their loss is FBC’s gain. * ⚓ Jobless_claims_hit_32-month_high⠀⇛ The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week rose to its highest level since October 2021, but the labor market remains one of the healthiest parts of the U.S. economy. The Labor Department reported Thursday that U.S. applications for jobless claims were up from 233,000 by 28,000 to 261,000 for the week ending June 3. Weekly jobless claims are considered representative of U.S. layoffs. The four-week moving average of claims, which evens out some of the weekly variations, rose by 7,500 to 237,250. * ⚓ In_the_United_States,_the_double_penalty_for_holders_of_H1B_technology visas⠀⇛ In January, Haoning Zhang, 33, was among the batch of layoffs announced by Google. Two months later, after his notice, the young engineer, of Chinese origin, left the offices of the search engine in Irvine (California), where he had been employed for eight months. Since then, he has given himself two missions: to find a job and above all a visa. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Hun_Sen_says_he’s_no_longer_concerned_Cambodian_workers_will_be forced_from_Thailand⠀⇛ Earlier this week, the Cambodian leader worried that the new Thai government would target migrant workers. * ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Barclays_ousted_as_buyer_sought_for_Telegraph_and Spectator⠀⇛ Sale of Telegraph and Spectator to highest bid now looks likely. * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Dollar_dominance:_Preserving_the_US_dollar’s_status as_the_global_reserve_currency⠀⇛ Dr. Carla Norrlöf, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center, testified to the US House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy. Below are her prepared remarks for the committee on preserving the US dollar’s status as a global reserve currency. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Trump_indicted:_What_to_know_about_the_documents case_and_what’s_next⠀⇛ Donald Trump’s indictment on charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate has brought renewed attention to one of the most notable cases in Justice Department history. The federal charges represent the biggest legal jeopardy so far for Trump, coming less than three months after he was charged in New York with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. A person familiar with the indictment tells The Associated Press that Trump has been charged with seven counts but that the exact charges are under seal. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Former_U.S._President_Faces_Federal_Charges_for_the First_Time_in_History⠀⇛ It was not immediately known what specific charges the former president is facing. One person briefed on the matter said there were seven counts. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Inside_Trump’s_Club_When_the_Indictment_Call_Came⠀⇛ It was a more familiar drill this time for the former president, his aides and allies, who cranked their political spin machine and fund-raising operation into action. * ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Live_updates_|_Trump_Classified_Documents Indictment⠀⇛ Follow along for the latest on former President Donald Trump, who announced Thursday on social media that he’s been indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ This_Indictment_Is_Different⠀⇛ As Trump faces federal charges, the evidence seems stronger, and the legal issues simpler. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Former_US_president_Donald_Trump_indicted_in_classified documents_case⠀⇛ US federal prosecutors have indicted former US President Donald Trump in their investigation into his potential mishandling of classified government documents, Trump announced Thursday via his social media platform Truth Social. As of the time of this report, federal prosecutors at the Department of Justice (DOJ) have yet to confirm the indictment. * ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Trump_charged_over_classified_documents_in 1st_federal_indictment_of_an_ex-president⠀⇛ The indictment carries unmistakably grave legal consequences, including the possibility of prison if he’s convicted. * ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Trump_indicted:_What_to_know_about_the documents_case_and_what’s_next⠀⇛ Donald Trump’s indictment on charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate has brought renewed attention to one of the most notable cases in Justice Department history. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Indictment_Brings_Trump_Story_Full_Circle⠀⇛ The former president assailed Hillary Clinton for her handling of sensitive information. Now, the same issue threatens his chances of reclaiming the presidency. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Supreme_Court_rejects_Alabama_congressional_maps_as racially_gerrymandered⠀⇛ In a 5-4 vote, the US Supreme Court found Thursday in Allen v. Milligan that Alabama’s legislature violated the voting rights of Black Alabamians with the composition of the state’s congressional maps. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ El_Salvador_president_signs_electoral_reform_cutting_seats_in Legislative_Assembly⠀⇛ El Salvador President Nayib Bukele Wednesday signed a controversial electoral reform into law that will slash the number of seats in the country’s Legislative Assembly from 84 to 60. President Bukele and his party Nuevas Ideas argue that the measure will cut costs and promote greater efficiency. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Chris_Licht_and_CNN⠀⇛ A conversation with Tim Alberta about his reporting on the network and its former leader * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Does_CNN’s_Turmoil_Mean_There’s_No_Room_on_Cable_for Independent_News?⠀⇛ Chris Licht’s tenure illuminated how increasingly hard it can be to find success on the divided cable news dial. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ An_Interview_With_Tim_Alberta_on_CNN’s_Turmoil⠀⇛ Highlights from a “Radio Atlantic” conversation with the writer * ⚓ New York Times ☛ John_Roberts_Throws_a_Curveball⠀⇛ The Voting Rights Act lives to see another day. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ This_Is_Not_the_Time_for_a_Third_Presidential Candidate⠀⇛ The No Labels plan is just too risky. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Supreme_Court_sides_with_Black_voters_in_Alabama redistricting_case⠀⇛ In a 5-4 ruling the Supreme Court justices affirmed a lower- court decision that Alabama’s redistricting to concentrate Black voters in a single district violated the Voting Rights Act. In a surprise move, two conservatives sided with the court’s liberals. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ From_MLK_to_Black_Power:_Books_trace_the_Civil_Rights Movement⠀⇛ Three books delve into the Civil Rights Movement from Martin Luther King Jr.’s nonviolent campaigns to the rise of the Black Panthers. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Halted_House:_McCarthy_welcomes_fallout_challenge_from Biden_deal⠀⇛ Since Tuesday, conservative Republicans have arrested the House’s operations, refusing to support routine procedural votes. The move signals discontent from the far right over the debt-ceiling deal negotiated by Speaker Kevin McCarthy with President Joe Biden. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_Pat_Robertson_Created_the_Religious_Right’s_Model for_Political_Power⠀⇛ The celebrity minister, who died Thursday, built a media empire and openly sought to leverage his popularity among evangelicals to influence government and the culture. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Is_Gen_Z_Coming_for_the_GOP?⠀⇛ Not all young people are Democrats. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Netanyahu_Sends_in_the_Clowns⠀⇛ The Israeli prime minister has spent decades drumming out all competent challengers. Now he has no capable successors. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Poland’s_Imperiled_Democracy⠀⇛ The remarkable staying power of populist governments—thanks in part to their willingness to bend the rule of law—is a warning to America. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Don’t_Forget_the_Other_Half_of_Europe’s_Abortion Compromise⠀⇛ Yes, many countries in Europe restrict abortion far more than America did under Roe. But they also do a lot more to support women and children, once those children are out of the womb. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Pat_Robertson_moved_seamlessly_between_religion_and politics⠀⇛ Pat Robertson, who died Thursday, launched the far-reaching Christian Broadcasting Network, ran for president as a Republican in 1988, and founded the Christian Coalition, which cemented the Republican Party’s enduring alliance with evangelical voters. * ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ This_Indictment_Will_Likely_Come_Too_Early_for_Trump_to Consolidate_the_Party⠀⇛ I a Trump indictment comes in the next few weeks, it could provide Republicans an opportunity to distance themselves from Trump. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Trump’s_Indictment_Puts_Us_Into_Uncharted_Waters⠀⇛ How politically radical could the base of the Republican Party become between now and the 2024 presidential election? * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ FBI_arrests_Texas_businessman_linked_to impeachment_of_state_Attorney_General_Ken_Paxton⠀⇛ FBI agents have arrested a Texas businessman at the center of the scandal that led to the historic impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton. Online records show that Nate Paul was booked into an Austin jail Thursday afternoon after being taken into custody by federal agents. It was not immediately clear what charges led to his arrest, and the jail records said only that he was being held on a federal detainer. Paul’s entanglements with Paxton were central to the GOP-led state House of Representatives’ overwhelming vote to impeach the Republican last month. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Kevin_McCarthy_Facing_Tough_Choices_After_House Mutiny⠀⇛ Lawmakers in both parties fear that the rebellion by the extreme right could endanger spending bills and other big legislative initiatives if it persists, shaping the speakership in the most difficult of ways. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Supreme_Court’s_Alabama_Voting_Rights_Case_Has Implications_for_Other_Southern_States⠀⇛ A decision that said Alabama’s congressional voting maps were detrimental to Black voters was celebrated by advocates — and could mean changes to voting in other states. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Supreme_Court_Gives_the_Voting_Rights_Act_a_Tenuous New_Lease_on_Life⠀⇛ The main remaining power of the landmark 1965 law, over racial bias in political mapmaking, gets an unexpected buttressing from a court that had been weakening the law for years. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ In_major_win_for_voting_rights,_Supreme_Court_sides_with Black_Alabamians⠀⇛ In one of the biggest rulings of this term so far, the Supreme Court upheld a key section of the Voting Rights Act. The case has important implications for both 2024 elections and democracy overall. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ A_Supreme_Court_Ruling_That_Could_Tip_the_House⠀⇛ The Court delivered a rare victory for voting rights—and may have given Democrats a handful of new seats. * ⚓ YLE ☛ Government_to_sell_off_under-used_office_space⠀⇛ Just three in ten state office workers are working on site on any one day, on average. * ⚓ YLE ☛ Marin_meets_Stoltenberg_in_Brussels,_receives_leadership_award⠀⇛ While in the Belgian capital, Marin will also receive a Trailblazer award from the Women Political Leaders group. * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ RFK_Jr._Could_Be_Laying_the_Groundwork_for_a_Third- Party_Run⠀⇛ With a coalition of anti-vax activists, crypto enthusiasts, Silicon Valley moguls, and supporters from across the horseshoe of extremism. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Pornhub_Tells_Users_to_Take_Action_Before Politicians_Take_Their_Porn_Away⠀⇛ Porn viewers in Virginia, Arkansas, and Mississippi are now met with a video imploring them to contact their representatives about age-verification laws. * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Australia:_Nazi_Salute_Banned,_Bid_to_Stop_Far-Right Extremists⠀⇛ “there is no place in Australia for symbols that glorify the horrors of the Holocaust” * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Australia_government_to_introduce_legislation_banning swastikas_and_other_Nazi_symbols⠀⇛ Australia Attorney General Mark Dreyfus said on Thursday that he will introduce a bill next week banning the public display of the Nazi Hakenkreuz, commonly known as the swastika, and SS Bolts. The bill will also ban the trade of any items which bear these symbols. * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Apollo,_the_Best_Reddit_App,_Is_Shutting_Down Because_of_Reddit’s_New_Fees⠀⇛ “Talks with Reddit have deteriorated to an ugly point.” * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ US_lawmakers_slam_State_Dept._plan_to_invite Hong_Kong’s_US-sanctioned_John_Lee_to_APEC_in_San_Francisco⠀⇛ US Democratic and Republican lawmakers have urged Washington not to invite Hong Kong’s sanctioned leader John Lee to an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco in November, describing him as a “human rights abuser.” * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Top_Hong_Kong_court_approves_gov’t_application to_appeal_acquittal_of_former_Tiananmen_vigil_activist⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s top court will hear an appeal by the government against an earlier ruling that overturned the conviction of former Tiananmen vigil activist Chow Hang-tung over an unauthorised commemoration. * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_international_community_must_protect_women politicians_from_abuse_online._Here’s_how.⠀⇛ At RightsCon, human-rights advocates and tech leaders who have faced harassment online detail their experiences—and ways the international community can support women moving forward. § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Nick_Robinson_interview:_Whatever_happened_to_broadcast news_impartiality?⠀⇛ Robinson talks Today, the threat (or lack thereof) posed by podcasts and his workaholic ways. * ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Digital_natives_on_the_ropes:_What_next_for_online_news publishers?⠀⇛ What publishers can learn from the troubles facing Buzzfeed and Vice. * ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Google_to_finally_launch_News_Showcase_in_the_US_as part_of_local_news_support_package⠀⇛ Partner publications include the Wall Street Journal, AP, Reuters and Bloomberg. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Google_has_officially_changed_its_mind_about_remote_work [Ed: Gulag makes workers less happy to cause many of them to resign, hence no need to lay off]⠀⇛ Yet another big tech baron is beckoning workers back to the office. Now Google is doubling down on enforcing in-person work, according to a_new_company_notice. * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Quiet_quitters_lack_clarity_on_this_key_job_perk⠀⇛ While the term ‘quiet quitting’ may be having its zeitgeist moment, it’s just a new name for a very old behavior—and it’s a lot more nuanced than an employee simply doing the bare minimum at work. * ⚓ AntiWar ☛ State_Secrets_Undermine_Due_Process⠀⇛ In a public courtroom of the United States of America, in which a high-level criminal case is being tried, the prosecutors are permitted to press a buzzer on their table in the midst of argument to the court by defense counsel. * ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Supreme_Court’s_Damper_on_the_Right_to_Strike⠀⇛ In a near-unanimous opinion, the Justices made it easier for employers to sue labor unions for damages caused by a work stoppage. * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Women,_Technology,_Glitter_Pancakes_and_Existential Unease_at_the_Malibu_Barbie_Cafe⠀⇛ What Barbie means in 2023 seems as unclear to the designers of the Barbie Malibu Cafe as to anyone else—but they do make a great garlic aioli. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Reality_Show_That’s_Tackling_the_Toxic_Workplace⠀⇛ Top Chef has spent the past 20 seasons redefining what it means to be a chef—and a leader. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Cambodia’s_leader_tells_garment_workers_that_opposition_is pushing_for_sanctions⠀⇛ If next month’s election isn’t free, the E.U. could raise tariffs – a move that could cause factory closures. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Detaining_migrants_was_necessary,_says_Lithuanian_minister⠀⇛ Interior Minister Agne Bilotaitė said the detention of migrants, deemed unconstitutional by a Lithuanian court on Wednesday, was necessary to protect the country. § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_European_Commission’s_Rita_Wezenbeek_on_what comes_next_in_implementing_the_Digital_Services_Act_and_Digital_Markets Act⠀⇛ At a DFRLab RightsCon event, Wezenbeek spoke about the need to get everyone involved in the implementation of the DSA and DMA. * ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ What_is_Media_Access_Control_(MAC)_Address?⠀⇛ Understanding the function and importance of MAC addresses is essential for anyone dealing with computer networks, be it a home network or a complex business setup. This article provides a comprehensive guide on Media Access Control (MAC) addresses, their role in network communication, and their significance in today’s digital world. What is a MAC Address? [...] § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Apple_v._Vidal:_A_Case_for_the_Supreme Court_on_USPTO_Discretionary_Denial⠀⇛ Under former director Iancu, the USPTO created a set of guidelines allowing the PTAB to deny IPR institution even in situations where the challenger raises strong challenges.  These discretionary denials are known as Fintiv guidelines based upon the precedential case of Apple Inc. v. Fintiv, Inc., IPR2020-00019 (P.T.A.B. 2020).  The statute appears to provide the USPTO Director with discretion in at least two key ways: (1) The statute does not expressly require institution but rather sets the reasonable-likelihood of success as a minimum threshold for granting institution. (2) The statute also indicates that the decision of whether to issue is non- appealable, suggesting a discretionary approach. * § Trademarks⠀➾ o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Guns_N’_Roses_Case_Against_Texas_Guns_and Roses_Store_Dismissed_by_California_Judge⠀⇛ A California judge has dismissed a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by Guns N’ Roses against a store called Texas Guns and Roses that sells — you guessed it — guns and roses. * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Dua_Lipa_‘Levitating’_Lawsuit_Jointly Dropped_With_Prejudice_Days_Following_Dismissal_Order⠀⇛ Earlier this week, a federal judge dismissed the Dua Lipa “Levitating” lawsuit, questioning whether the London-born artist had in fact accessed the allegedly infringed track. Now, despite being given leave to amend the complaint, the plaintiffs have agreed to drop the action. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Spotify_Pivots_Podcasting_Strategy_Yet Again,_This_Time_to_Syndication [Ed: Spotify loses a billion dollars a year (1,000 million), desperate to find something that actually makes money; of course Spotify is also terrible for musicians too]⠀⇛ Spotify pivots its podcasting strategy yet again — this time with an eye on syndication. Spotify is shifting its podcast strategy again, making its exclusives available on other platforms to gain revenue through syndication. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 5475 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.10.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_10/06/2023:_Wine_8.10⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:41 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Server o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o WINE_or_Emulation o Desktop_Environments/WMs # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o Programming/Development # Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh * Leftovers o Science o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Patents # Software_Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Hectic Geek ☛ Fedora_Server_vs_Ubuntu_Server:_Comparison for_Enterprise_Applications⠀⇛ Fedora Server and Ubuntu Server have long been key players in enterprise applications, offering robust functionality for web and application servers. Each has a unique blend of features and benefits that make them suitable for various uses. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Audacity_3.3.3_Fixed_EQ_Scaling_& Audio.com_Upload_Flow_(Ubuntu_PPA)⠀⇛ Audacity audio editor released version 3.3.3 a day ago. The new release fixed the Filter Curve EQ and Graphic EQ scaling when resizing the dialog. Previously, resizing it only cause large blank area while leaving EQ unchanged. The release also fixed audio.com upload flow. # ⚓ What_Will_Happen_After_All_Major_News_Sites_Die_Isn’t Pretty⠀⇛ With webspam, chaff, sponsored puff pieces and worse things being presented as “the news” we’re running out of actual purpose for the World Wide Web o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Fixing_DDR4-1867_on_a_Supermicro_server⠀⇛ If you’re refurbishing an old box that’s only detecting your DDR4-2133 or 2400 as 1867 MHz, get into the BIOS and disable POR: [...] # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Portainer_on_Debian_11⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Portainer on Debian 11. Looking to simplify your container management? Portainer is your answer! This fantastic open-source tool makes it easy to manage and deploy your containerized applications. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_SuiteCRM_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛ SuiteCRM is an open-source customer relationship management solution written in PHP. It’s a fork of the popular SugarCRM. In this post, you will learn how to install SuiteCRM using the Nginx web server and Let’s Encrypt SSL on a Rocky Linux 9 server. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Puppet_Server_and_Agent_on AlmaLinux_9⠀⇛ Puppet is a centralized configuration management and automation tool. This guide shows you how to install Puppet Server and Agent on AlmaLinux servers. We’ll also show you how to start with the Puppet configuration management tool by creating the first Puppet deployment for LAMP Stack. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_KDE_Plasma_on_CentOS_Stream 9/8⠀⇛ When it comes to Linux desktop environments, diversity is one of the greatest strengths. KDE Plasma, often simply referred to as KDE, is one such desktop environment that has been honed over the years for optimum performance and aesthetics. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_configure_SSH_keys_for_new_Linux_users⠀⇛ In Linux, creating a new user and setting up an SSH key for them is a common task, especially in environments that require secure and efficient remote access. SSH keys provide a more secure way of logging in compared to passwords. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Tor_Browser_on_Rocky_Linux 9/8⠀⇛ Tor Browser is an open-source software toolset that serves as a formidable guardian of user privacy and online freedom. Developed by the Tor Project, the browser is essentially a modified version of Mozilla Firefox, equipped with several privacy- focused enhancements. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Next.js_on_Ubuntu_22.04_| 20.04⠀⇛ As the digital world continues to evolve, Next.js stands as a beacon of progress in the sphere of web development. Developed by Vercel, Next.js is a robust, open-source JavaScript framework that enables the creation of high-performing static websites and server-side rendered applications, leveraging the power of React.js. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_Install_Sentry_using_Docker?⠀⇛ In this post, you will learn how to install Sentry using Docker. This method ensures compatibility but, above all, ease of processing. Sentry is an open-source application that works as a real-time error monitor. # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_create_a_web_app_with_flask⠀⇛ In this tutorial, you will learn how to install flask and create a simple web app using flask. Flask is a python web framework that you can use to create python web apps. If you are a python programmer or just starting to learn python, and want to build web # ⚓ Preserving_Your_Progress:_How_to_Export_Docker_Images⠀⇛ Introduction Docker images have become an integral part of the modern software development process, particularly with the adoption of containerization technology. A Docker image is a pre-configured package that contains all the dependencies and libraries needed to run an application. o § WINE or Emulation⠀➾ # ⚓ WINE Project (Official) ☛ WineHQ_–_Wine_Announcement_–_The Wine_development_release_8.10_is_now_available.⠀⇛ The Wine development release 8.10 is now available. What's new in this release: - All PE->Unix transitions go through the syscall interface. - Mouse cursor clipping improvements. - Support for virtual memory placeholders. - Locale and timezone data updates. - Various bug fixes. The source is available at: https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/8.x/wine- 8.10.tar.xz Binary packages for various distributions will be available from: https://www.winehq.org/download You will find documentation on https:// www.winehq.org/documentation You can also get the current source directly from the git repository. Check https://www.winehq.org/git for details. Wine is available thanks to the work of many people. See the file AUTHORS in the distribution for the complete list. # ⚓ Neowin ☛ Wine_8.10_lands_with_uTorrent_crash_fix_and_other performance_improvements⠀⇛ Wine 8.10 has been released to the development branch. It comes with several improvements and bug fixes. Wine lets you run Windows programs in both Linux and macOS with some success. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Boosting_Open-Source:_GNOME_Extensions_Now Support_Donations⠀⇛ Want to thank the GNOME extension developers for their work? They now have the option to add a donate button. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ HaikuOS ☛ Haiku_Activity_&_Contract_Report,_May_2023⠀⇛ As is the usual way of things, the monthly Activity Report is hereby combined with my Contract Report. This report covers hrev56962 through hrev57061. It was quite a busy month! jscipione fixed Deskbar’s window size limits in horizontal mode, and cleaned up some parts of its source code. jscipione reworked Tracker’s handling of read-only folders and volumes. Now, instead of triggering errors, menu actions related to editing will simply be disabled outright. In addition, the faded gray background (which was already used for queries, virtual directories, and some other special views) will also be used in any read- only folder or volume. He also cleaned up and refactored some of the code for clarity and consistency. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Red_Hat_to_Help_Transform_the_Automotive Industry_at_the_Edge_with_ETAS⠀⇛ Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced a collaboration with ETAS, the Bosch subsidiary responsible for the development of application-independent software for vehicles and the cloud, to deliver an in-vehicle automotive platform that will lower the development cost and further accelerate time-to-market for automakers. This pre-integrated and pre-tested foundation platform will provide automakers with a streamlined out-of-the-box developer experience to deliver application software. The ETAS deterministic middleware solution will significantly accelerate the development of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) applications with Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System positioned to provide a continuously- certified and open standards-based operating system. # ⚓ Techstrong Group ☛ Supercharging_Ansible_Automation_With AI⠀⇛ Whether the latest incarnations of generative AI will live up to their seemingly great promise remains to be seen. This does not always happen with new technology, but the torrent of AI advancements is promising disruption across nearly every industry. Instead of posing a threat to human roles, AI now aims to make tasks easier, faster and more efficient. “This is precisely what we have been trying to achieve with Ansible and automation through generative AI models,” according to Richard Henshall, senior manager of Ansible Product Management at Red Hat. “At the end of the day, AI is another form of automation, and while we do not have thinking computers yet, we do have highly advanced and powerful models that can automate access to data.” # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ ABB_and_Red_Hat:_Delivering_operational excellence_at_the_industrial_edge⠀⇛ Edge computing continues to push the boundaries and capabilities of modern information technology (IT). At the same time, operational technology (OT) requirements are becoming more and more aligned with IT. As a result, a paradigm shift is taking place in the industrial sector as manufacturers turn to open source technologies to support more agile operational technology (OT) platform architecture and capture real-time data insights at the edge. In fact, IDC predicts that by 2024, 30% of industrial organizations will have become leaner and more agile than their competitors as a result of making real-time operational insights available anytime, anywhere, to anyone1. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ ed_Hat_Recognized_as_a_Challenger_in 2023_Gartner®_Magic_Quadrant™_for_DevOps_Platforms [Ed: Gartner is just a corrupt_lobbyist_and_liar_that_gets_paid_by IBM_and_Microsoft_to_pretend_to_endorse_some_products]⠀⇛ o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Wouter_Verhelst:_Planet_Debian_rendered_with_PtLink⠀⇛ As I blogged before, I’ve been working on a Planet Venus replacement. This is necessary, because Planet Venus, unfortunately, has not been maintained for a long time, and is a Python 2 (only) application which has never been updated to Python 3. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Neowin ☛ Ubuntu_23.10_Mantic_Minotaur_will_let_you_snap four_windows_to_each_corner⠀⇛ Ubuntu 23.10 will feature enhanced tiling capabilities, allowing users to easily snap windows to the four corners, as well as horizontally and vertically. This feature could improve productivity. # ⚓ Neowin ☛ Ubuntu_snap_developers_can_now_roll_out_their updates_progressively⠀⇛ Ubuntu snap developers can now progressively release their apps to end users. This will let app creators test their app among a subsection of users to ensure there are no lingering bugs. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Allwinner_H3_compact_SBC_supports_10/100 ethernet ⠀⇛ The WuKong Board H3 Zero is a small single board computer powered by a quad-core Allwinner H3 processor. The board comes with 10/100Mbps Ethernet support and various GPIOs for interfacing external devices. This board appears to be a Orange Pi Zero LTS clone since it features the same processor and provides very similar peripherals. The product page mentions that the standard version comes with 256MB SDRAM, but it can support up to 512MB. The User Manual indicates that the 26-pin header interface is similar to the pinout of the Raspberry Pi Model A/B. The WuKong board is also compatible with operating systems such as Android, Ubuntu, Debian, etc. # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Ultra-Compact_embedded_platform_with_a_7″ TFT_LCD_and_GbE_LAN⠀⇛ ICOP also highlights the dev board’s open frame design since it facilitates easy integration into diverse applications; it can be conveniently mounted on surfaces or within enclosures. Additionally, the open-frame design allows for flexible customization, enabling users to add peripherals and connectors as needed. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Axiomtek_AIE110-XNX_is_an_affordable_Edge_AI Developer_Kit_based_on_NVIDIA_Jetson_Xavier_NX⠀⇛ Axiomtek AIE110-XNX Edge AI developer kit provides up to 21 TOPS of accelerated AI computing performance thanks to an NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX system-on-module with a 6-core NVIDIA Carmel ARM v8.2 64-bit CPU and a 384-core NVIDIA Volta GPU with 48 Tensor Cores. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ A_first_look_at_i-Pi_SMARC_1200_(Genio_1200) development_kit⠀⇛ ADLINK Technology’s i-PI SMARC 1200 is an industrial prototyping kit for AI IoT and Robotics based on a SMARC 2.1 compliant LEC-MTK-I12000 system-on-module (SoM) powered by the MediaTek Genio 1200 (MT8395) octa-core Cortex-A78/A55 AIoT processor with a 4.8 TOPS AI processor. The company sent me a sample for evaluation and review, and in this first post, I’ll go through an unboxing and how to boot the system with the supported Yocto Linux or Ubuntu. i-Pi SMARC 1200 unboxing The i-Pi SMARC 1200 may be destined for industrial users, but it still comes with a neat retail package. The “i-Pi LEC-MTK-I1200-44-64G/EU” kit features a CPU module with 4GB LPDDR4 memory and 64GB UFS storage. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Building_a_custom_broom_controller_for_Hogwarts Legacy⠀⇛ For fans of Harry Potter, Hogwarts Legacy is a dream game. It drops you into the Potterverse where you can become a wizard, casting spells and riding brooms to your heart’s content. It is a very immersive game, but you lose some of that immersion when you realize you’re actually just pushing buttons on a gamepad. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Advancing_the_future_of_the_internet_by making_math_more_inclusive⠀⇛ More than ever, we need a movement to ensure the internet remains a force for good. The Mozilla Internet Ecosystem (MIECO) program fuels this movement by supporting people who are looking to advance a more human-centered internet. [...] Born in Adelaide, Australia to a Malaysian Chinese family, Brendan’s experience spans wide: He frequently visited Asia, earning a joint undergraduate degree at the National University of Singapore and the Australian National University. Before going to graduate school in Oxford, where he would get his Ph.D. in computer science, he studied with the mathematical physicist John Baez. Baez became one of his Ph.D. advisers and a close collaborator, and he now sits on the advisory council at the Topos_Institute, where Brendan is chief executive.  AlgebraicJulia, Brendan’s project with the MIECO program, aims to create new approaches to scientific computing by bridging the gap between stakeholders in different fields, facilitating structured and formal communication between them.  AlgebraicJulia can produce easy-to-understand visualizations and predictions by creating models that, for example, can predict the spread of diseases and the impact of human behavior. This feature can help build trust between stakeholders and the public, thereby making the technology sphere more reflective of human values. As Brendan put it, “The goal is to make [these theories] useful for the general public without individuals having to go through all the technical aspects of mastering them. Instead, we hope to use them to create tools for better communication and cooperation.” o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ The_Bash_Special_Characters_You Should_Know_About⠀⇛ Not all characters are equal in Bash. Some of them carry out special functions, tweak commands, and help us manipulate data. That’s why we’ve compiled the following list with the most important Bash special characters. Read on to find out how to use them and how they can make your daily Bash life easier. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Apple’s_Face_Computer,_Crypto_Chaos_and_How Teens_Really_Feel_About_Social_Media⠀⇛ This isn’t the first time Apple has introduced a bulky piece of hardware that nobody is sure people will want to buy. Can Apple pull off another wearable revolution? o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ An_Extremely_Rare_Mutation_Landed_a_Woman in_Prison_For_Murder⠀⇛ And science set her free. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Absolutely_Wild_Hypothesis_Suggests_IBS Could_Be_a_Form_of_‘Gravity_Intolerance’⠀⇛ It all adds up. (Or down?) o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Iran_Unveils_‘Quantum’_Device_That Anyone_Can_Buy_for_$589_on_Amazon⠀⇛ What Iran’s military called “the first product of the quantum processing algorithm” of the Naval university appears to be a stock development board. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ US_CHIPS_Act_Funding_Under_Attack Following_Debt_Ceiling_Fight⠀⇛ The US CHIPS Act, the measure that oversees the distribution of around $280 billion in funding for semiconductor-related pursuits, may not have as secure a funding guarantee as previously thought. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Apple’s_M2_Ultra_Seemingly_Can’t_Beat_AMD and_Intel_Rivals⠀⇛ Apple’s M2 Ultra cannot beat Intel’s Core i9- 13900K, thrashed by AMD’s Threadripper Pro and Intel’s Xeon W9. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Apple_and_Amazon_failed_to_win_a_dismissal_of_an iPhone_price-fixing_lawsuit_against_them⠀⇛ A federal judge in Seattle rejected the proposed dismissal of a lawsuit targeting Apple and Amazon for inflating the prices of iPhones and iPads on Thursday (June 9). o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Canada_to_join_Mexico-US_GM_corn dispute_talks_as_observer [Ed: Patented carcinogens: Mexico isn't falling for it.]⠀⇛ Canada will now attend USMCA consultation meetings between the U.S. and Mexico as an interested party, since it exports GM produce to Mexico. # ⚓ France24 ☛ UN_joins_US_in_suspending_food_aid_to_Ethiopia over_diversion_of_supplies⠀⇛ The United Nations World Food Program said Friday that it is temporarily suspending food aid to Ethiopia because its supplies are being diverted, an announcement that came a day after the United States Agency for International Development said it was doing the same. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Nearly_95%_of_Finland’s_swimming_waters_clean, European_Environment_Agency_reports⠀⇛ The EU water quality assessment does not include toxic blue-green algae blooms, though. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Most_of_Finland’s_cocaine_use_in_Helsinki_area, wastewater_tests_show⠀⇛ Cocaine use is steadily increasing, particularly in the capital region, but in other cities, its use has been low or even non-existent, according to the THL. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Witness_Patients’_Brains_‘De- Aging’_After_Changing_Their_Diet⠀⇛ Up to 9 months younger. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Regular_Exercise_Could_Increase_Your Tolerance_For_Pain⠀⇛ Makes you that much stronger. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Understanding_How_Spiders_Make_Their_Silk Could_Help_Us_Treat_Alzheimer’s⠀⇛ A web of lessons. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Experimental_Alzheimer’s_drug_endorsed_for_full approval_by_FDA_advisers⠀⇛ A panel of Food and Drug Administration advisers on Friday unanimously endorsed an experimental Alzheimer’s_drug that’s been shown to have modest success slowing the progression of the disease, clearing a hurdle for full agency approval. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Allina_Health_Pauses_Policy_of_Cutting_Off Care_for_Patients_in_Debt⠀⇛ Allina Health, a large health system in the Midwest, had withheld care for patients who had $4,500 in medical bills. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ How_Lifeguards_Lost_Their_Luster⠀⇛ There’s a lifeguard shortage in America. It’s been going on for a century. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ An_Everest_Climber_Had_‘No_Energy,_No Oxygen,_Nothing.’_A_Sherpa_Saved_Him.⠀⇛ The arduous six-hour rescue in May came during an especially deadly spring climbing season on the world’s highest mountain. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ SANS ☛ Undetected_PowerShell_Backdoor_Disguised_as_a Profile_File,_(Fri,_Jun_9th)⠀⇛ PowerShell remains an excellent way to compromise computers. Many PowerShell scripts found in the wild are usually obfuscated. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Filing_reveals_489,000_more_patients’_data was_stolen_in_GoAnywhere_breach⠀⇛ A filing submitted to the Office of the Maine Attorney General has revealed that 489,830 more people were affected by this year’s GoAnywhere breach than previously believed. TechCrunch reported the development this morning. The filing in question was submitted by a company called Intellihartx LLC that manages patient balances and collections for healthcare organizations. § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ * ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron_visits_victims_as_France_reels_from_knife_attack_on children_in_Annecy⠀⇛ French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday visited the hospital where preschool children who were wounded in a knife attack in the Alpine town of Annecy were being treated. Four children and two adults were injured in the attack by a Syrian refugee. The president said that their conditions were improving. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Macron_Meets_Victims_and_‘Backpack_Hero’_After Stabbing_Attack_in_France⠀⇛ Two adults and four children were injured in the assault, which shocked the country and could have been worse if not for the intervention of a 24-year-old man known only as Henri. * ⚓ France24 ☛ France_hails_‘hero_with_backpack’_who_intervened_in_Annecy knife_attack⠀⇛ The attacker slashed at the 24-year-old man with the knife that he used to savagely stab one young child after another. But rather than run, Henri held his ground – using a weighty backpack he was carrying to swing at the assailant and fend off his blade. * ⚓ LRT ☛ ‘Lithuania’s_defence_is_also_Germany’s_defence,’_says_Seimas speaker⠀⇛ Lithuania and Germany share the same views on defence, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen said on Friday after her meeting with visiting President of the German Bundestag Barbel Bas in Vilnius. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Trinidad_and_Tobago:_From_the_Caribbean_to_the_caliphate⠀⇛ The twin island state of Trinidad and Tobago lies between the South American coast of Venezuela and the West Indies. Home to roughly 1.5 million inhabitants of African and Indian descent, the tiny Caribbean nation has one of the world’s highest volunteer rates for the Islamic State (IS) group. Between 2013 and 2016, more than 130 Trinidadians left to join the IS group, making the island country one of the world’s biggest recruiting grounds, per capita, for would-be jihadists. Since the fall of the self-declared caliphate in 2017, 90 Trinidad and Tobago nationals, including 56 children, have been detained in camps in Syria and are unable to return home. FRANCE 24′s Cyrille Charpentier and Damien Lansade report. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Bibi_postpones_meeting_on_settlement_plan_that_would_divide West_Bank_after_U.S_pressure⠀⇛ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin_Netanyahu has decided to postpone next week’s scheduled meeting on the highly sensitive settlement plan in the E1 area of the occupied West Bank, two Israeli officials told Axios. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Sweden_to_Allow_NATO_Troop_on_Its_Soil⠀⇛ NATO is more optimistic that Turkey will approve Sweden’s membership before or soon after an alliance summit next month. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Anti-junta_groups_align_at_Myanmar’s_Sagaing_Forum,_minus_shadow government⠀⇛ Observers question whether the NUG’s absence points to a schism within the opposition. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Facing_bankruptcy,_pro-democracy_Hong_Kong_news_channel_calls_for financial_support⠀⇛ Channel C struggles to cover costs after trying to fill a void left by strict government censorship * ⚓ France24 ☛ One_UN_peacekeeper_killed_and_four_seriously_wounded_in_Mali attack⠀⇛ At least one United Nations peacekeeper was killed and four others seriously injured when their patrol was attacked in northern Mali on Friday, the peacekeeping mission MINUSMA said. * ⚓ France24 ☛ UN_voices_support_for_Sudan_envoy_declared_‘persona_non grata’⠀⇛ The United Nations on Friday expressed support for its envoy to Sudan, saying a decision by local authorities to declare Volker Perthes ‘persona non grata’ was a violation of international law. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Missile_threats,_scandals_and_becoming_an accidental_TV_star:_Reflections_on_8_years_in_S._Korea⠀⇛ June 10, 2023 5:00 AM ST Correspondent Chang May Choon recalls the challenges and surprises as her eight-year posting in Seoul ends. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Children_Killed_in_Somalia_Mortar_Shell_Explosion⠀⇛ A previously unexploded mortar shell went off as children were playing around it in a city in southern Somalia. * ⚓ Child_murders:_The_guilt_lies_in_the_culture_of_impunity⠀⇛ In this country, the armed conflict, bullets, bombs, and armored vehicles took the lives of hundreds of children. The perpetrators have either not stood trial at all, or received minor punishments, almost like rewards. The systematic impunity is creating new perpetrators every day. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ President_Vucic_Plays_Up_His_Role_as_Defender_of Serbs⠀⇛ President Aleksandar Vucic, who has been the target of protests in Belgrade, has been playing up his role defending Serbs in Kosovo, where tensions have recently flared. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ IS-K_Claims_Afghan_Attack_On_Taliban_Official’s_Funeral⠀⇛ The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an explosion inside a mosque during a funeral service for a Taliban official in the northern Afghanistan province of Badakhshan. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Judge_weighs_challenge_to_gag_order_in University_of_Idaho_killings⠀⇛ A judge overseeing the case against a man charged with killing four University of Idaho students is considering whether to revoke or alter a gag order that largely bars attorneys and other parties in the case from speaking with news reporters. A coalition of more than 30 media organizations has challenged the order during a hearing Friday, saying it violates the Constitution’s guarantees of free speech and a free press. A lawyer for one of the victim’s families has also made that argument in the case set to be heard Friday. But prosecutors and the defendant’s lawyers insist it’s needed to prevent prejudicial news coverage that could damage Bryan Kohberger’s right to a fair trial. § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ * ⚓ American Oversight ☛ News_Roundup:_Trump_Accountability,_White Supremacy_in_Military_Lawsuit,_Arizona_and_Wisconsin_Election_Reviews⠀⇛ § Environment⠀➾ * ⚓ RFA ☛ China_braces_for_yet_another_‘furnace’_summer⠀⇛ Experts say the country may face higher temperatures than last year’s records. * ⚓ France24 ☛ El_Nino_is_back,_and_it’s_brought_the_threat_of_extreme weather_with_it⠀⇛ The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) declared on Thursday that the El Nino climate pattern is now underway, bringing the threat of more frequent tropical cyclones in the Pacific, increased rainfall and flooding in parts of the Americas and rising temperatures across the globe. * ⚓ IDA ☛ Aenos_National_Park_named_first_International_Dark_Sky_Park_in Greece⠀⇛ AENOS ARGOSTOLI, Kefalonia, Greece – Aenos National Park achieves official designation by DarkSky International as the first certified International Dark Sky Park in Greece. * § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ o ⚓ NYPost ☛ Saudi_crown_prince_threatened_US_‘economic_consequences’ during_feud_over_oil_production:_report⠀⇛ The crown prince claimed in private that “he will not deal with the U.S. administration anymore” and promised “major economic consequences for Washington,” according to the document. o ⚓ European Commission ☛ EVP_Vestager_Keynote_Speech_at_the NordicSIF_Conference_“Greening_Europe:_Our_Union_in_Transition”⠀⇛ European Commission Speech Copenhagen, 09 Jun 2023 I am very happy to be with you here today. Without exaggeration, you are among the most influential actors in Europe’s green transition. o ⚓ European Commission ☛ The_EU_disburses_€450_million_to_the Western_Balkans_partners_delivering_on_the_Energy_Support_Package for_the_region⠀⇛ European Commission News Brussels, 09 Jun 2023 In December 2022, during the EU – Western Balkans Summit, when the EU re-confirmed its full and unequivocal commitment to the European Union membership… o ⚓ YLE ☛ Transport_energy_consumption_declined_last_year,_less liquid_biofuel_sold⠀⇛ Use of biofuel – part of a key dispute in the ongoing government formation talks – declined last year. o ⚓ H2 View ☛ Salt_structures_for_large-scale_hydrogen_storage identified_in_Newfoundland⠀⇛ Vortex Energy Corporation has said it has identified two large salt structures suitable for hydrogen storage in Newfoundland, Canada, each exceeding a storage volume of over two million metres3. o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Saudi_Arabia_is_requiring_companies_to establish_headquarters_in_the_kingdom._That_strategy_may_pay_off.⠀⇛ Saudi Arabia’s goal is to get 480 companies to open regional headquarters by 2030 to grow the Saudi economy. o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ AMLO_predicts_‘good_news’_for_FAA_rating after_Buttigieg_meetup⠀⇛ AMLO spoke with U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about Mexico’s aviation safety and the development of cargo routes to AIFA. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Founders_of_Three_Arrows,_Failed_Crypto_Fund, Are_Living_Large⠀⇛ The implosion of Three Arrows Capital, a cryptocurrency hedge fund, devastated the industry. Its two founders spent the next year surfing, meditating and traveling the world. o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Binance.US_to_halt_customer_dollar_withdrawals amid_SEC_lawsuit⠀⇛ Binance.US has informed users that they will lose the ability to withdraw their dollar funds from its platform next Tuesday. In the Thursday tweet that announced the move, the company also stated it’s no longer accepting dollar deposits. The move comes as Binance.US faces mounting scrutiny from the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission. ⚓ Quartz ☛ Binance_took_a_drastic_step_in_the_aftermath_of_the_SEC_lawsuit⠀⇛ Binance is breaking up with the US dollar because the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit against the crypto exchange, which alleges that it offered customer unregistered securities, has strained its US banking relationships. ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ End_of_the_line_for_California_transit_riders?_Funding_gets slashed.⠀⇛ Californians have always loved their cars but now the state’s public transit system has lost $2 billion in government funding. A decline in ridership during the pandemic is partly to blame, but advocates say scaling back will weaken the system even more. ⚓ H2 View ☛ AECOM_to_oversee_Chemours’_French_green_hydrogen_facility expansion⠀⇛ Infrastructure consulting firm AECOM has been appointed to oversee the expansion of The Chemours Company’s green hydrogen facility in Villers-Saint Paul, France. ⚓ France24 ☛ Colombia_children_found_alive_in_Amazon_jungle_40_days_after_plane crash⠀⇛ Four Indigenous children who had been missing for more than a month in the Colombian Amazon rainforest were found alive and flown to the capital Bogota early Saturday. ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Emissions_And_Warming_Are_Both_Breaking_Records._Time_Is Running_Short.⠀⇛ The situation as it unfolds. ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Lawmakers_propose_to_weaken_Obama_rule_requiring airlines_to_advertise_full_airfare_price⠀⇛ Congress will consider rolling back an Obama-era rule that requires airlines to show the total cost of a ticket when advertising fares. Republicans and Democrats on the House Transportation Committee proposed Friday to let airlines exclude taxes and fees from advertised fares, as long as the full price is available by clicking a hyperlink or through some other way. That’s in a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration for five more years. The bill would also make it slightly easier to become an airline pilot by increasing the amount of training that can be done in simulators instead of flying a plane. § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ The_US_and_Canada_saw_dangerous_smoke_this_week. It’s_a_routine_peril_for_many_developing_countries⠀⇛ Thick, smoky air from Canadian wildfires made for days of misery in New York City and across the U.S. Northeast this week. But for much of the rest of the world, breathing dangerously polluted air is an inescapable fact of life — and death. Almost the entire world breathes air that exceeds the World Health Organization’s air-quality limits at least occasionally. The danger grows worse when that bad air is more persistent than the nightmarish shroud that hit the U.S. — usually in developing or newly industrialized nations. Many such nations have weak or little-enforced environmental laws. They suffer increased air pollution for other reasons, too, including a reliance on coal, lower vehicle emissions standards and the burning of solid fuels for cooking and heating. * ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Sear_the_Fear⠀⇛ Waking up to the red sun in the morning when sailors take warning is a miracle nevertheless. The world turns as it always has. Early in June here in the grand country of Canada, in the province of Quebec the lily of the valley honeys the air. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Canadian_Wildfires_Are_Burning_Where_They_Rarely_Have Before⠀⇛ Of the more than 400 fires burning in Canada, more than one- third are in Quebec, which has little experience with so many and such large wildfires. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_to_Help_Thousands_of_Canadians_Displaced_by Wildfires⠀⇛ Federal and provincial governments have pledged to match donations to the Canadian Red Cross for those affected by wildfires in Nova Scotia, Alberta and the Northwest Territories. * ⚓ Science Alert ☛ These_Primordial_Organisms_May_Have_Been_The_First Predators_on_Earth⠀⇛ Ancient ancestors we never knew about? * ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Why_Scientists_Are_‘Interviewing’_Captive_Birds_Before Releasing_Them_Into_The_Wild⠀⇛ “How do you respond to challenges?” * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Canada_Records_10_New_Wildfires⠀⇛ Wildfires have so far ravaged some 45,000 square kilometers of land in Canada. * ⚓ Latvia ☛ Forest_fire_warning_in_place_for_coming_days⠀⇛ High temperatures and dry conditions have created a heightened risk of forest fires, according to the State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) and the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Center (LVĢMC) June 9. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Canada’s_Ability_to_Prevent_Forest_Fires_Lags_Behind the_Need⠀⇛ Provincial firefighting agencies are stretched thin, there is no national agency and it’s hard to get approval for controlled burns — factors that have exacerbated recent outbreaks. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Will_Wildfires_Like_Canada’s_Become_the_New_Normal?⠀⇛ Canada’s devastating fires and toxic smoke might not recur every year, but the heat from climate change increases the risks of a wide range of disasters. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Smoke_from_Canadian_wildfires_continues_to_shroud_eastern_US in_noxious_haze⠀⇛ Smoke from Canadian wildfires shrouded US cities in a noxious haze again Thursday, delaying flights and disrupting outdoor events in what President Joe Biden called a “stark reminder” of climate change. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_to_Know_About_Canada’s_Exceptional_Wildfire Season⠀⇛ Wild fires started earlier, are higher in number and spread across much of the country, burning millions of acres as climate change turns more of the country’s forest into a tinderbox. * ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ As_global_temperatures_increase,_birds_are_getting smaller⠀⇛ According to a recent University of Michigan study that synthesized datasets from Chicago and the Amazon rainforest, birds have been getting smaller as climate change progresses. This effect is most pronounced in smaller bird species. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Pros_and_cons_of_the_‘superpeso’:_A_perspective from_our_CEO⠀⇛ Our CEO Travis Bembenek shares his thoughts on the accelerating strength of Mexico’s currency and its impact on individuals and businesses. * ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ GPS_shows_where_reporter’s_Turkey_quake_aid_went_— and_didn’t⠀⇛ Reporter Pamela Cerdeira placed Airtags on the rice and toilet paper she gave a Mexico City collection center, then tracked their movements. * ⚓ New_Governor_of_the_Central_Bank_is_Hafize_Gaye_Erkan⠀⇛ Mehmet Şimşek, the Finance Minister in the new cabinet, wanted to have Erkan, a CEO in the finance sector in the US, as the Governor of the bank. * ⚓ Quartz ☛ What’s_next_for_student_loans_if_SCOTUS_knocks_down_Biden’s debt_forgiveness?⠀⇛ If the Supreme Court knocks down US President Joe Biden’s attempt to wipe out a chunk of the nation’s student loan debt, it’s unlikely that Biden will pursue other population-wide debt cancellations from the Education Department, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal based on anonymous sources. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ What’s_the_Right_Inflation_Target_for_the_American Economy?⠀⇛ Should it be 2 percent or bust? Probably not. * ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ RBZ_says_‘don’t_worry,_banks_have_enough_USD_to_back_your Nostro_balances’⠀⇛ The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has released an official statement on the Nostro account issue. If you were under a rock, a couple of leaked bank memos raised concerns about the status of Nostro accounts in the country. * ⚓ The Week ☛ What_happened_to_the_coming_recession?⠀⇛ The smartest insight and analysis, from all perspectives, rounded up from around the web: A surprisingly strong jobs report should put recession talk to rest, said Jonathan Levin in Bloomberg. The Labor Department last week reported that employers added 339,000 jobs in May, “the most since January and a number entirely out of line with widespread predictions of an imminent recession.” In addition to May’s report, “significant upward revisions to previous months’ data” show that the labor market “isn’t even really cooling off — let alone collapsing.” Economists have been “projecting a weaker economy ‘just around the corner’ all year,” thanks to the Federal Reserve’s interest rate increases. Headlines about mass layoffs at big tech firms and Wall Street banks added to the feeling of economic gloom. But concerns about the labor market, consumer spending and company earnings look overstated. * ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Twitter_is_refusing_to_pay_its_Google_Cloud_bills- Platformer⠀⇛ Twitter has refused to pay its Google Cloud bills as its contract comes up for renewal this month, which could result in the social media company’s trust and safety teams being crippled, Platformer reported on Saturday. * ⚓ Latvia ☛ Foreign_trade_down_10.6%_on_year_in_Latvia⠀⇛ Provisional data published on June 9 by the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) show that in April 2023 the foreign trade turnover of Latvia amounted to EUR 3.5 billion, which at current prices was 10.6 % less than a year ago. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Indictment_takeaways:_Trump’s_alleged_schemes and_lies_to_keep_secret_papers⠀⇛ The federal indictment against Donald Trump accuses the former president of illegally hoarding classified documents at his Florida estate after leaving the White House in 2021, and then scheming and lying to thwart government efforts to recover them. Justice Department prosecutors brought 37 felony counts against Trump in their indictment, relying upon photographs from Mar-a-Lago, surveillance video, text messages between staffers, Trump’s own words, those of his lawyers, and other evidence. An aide to Trump, Walt Nauta, was charged as a co- conspirator with six felony counts. * ⚓ Axios ☛ House_GOP_responds_to_Trump_indictment_with_renewed_FBI scrutiny⠀⇛ The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee on Friday doubled down on its request for the Justice Department to provide documents about the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lag0 last year. * ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Tucker_Carlson_Is_Sort_of_Back⠀⇛ The former Fox host is embracing his new outsider status with “Tucker on Twitter.” * ⚓ Reason ☛ Short_Circuit:_A_Roundup_of_Recent_Federal_Court_Decisions⠀⇛ Fake Instagram accounts, offensive Facebook comments, and pro se parents. * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Palestinian_President_to_Visit_China⠀⇛ Beijing has positioned itself as a mediator in regional conflicts in the Middle East. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Blinken_to_travel_to_China_next_week:_Reports⠀⇛ US Secretary of State had canceled February trip over alleged Chinese spy balloon * ⚓ RFA ☛ China’s_new_cultural_enforcers_get_into_uniform⠀⇛ Dark-blue uniformed officials are unleashed to crack down on ‘uncivilized’ behavior in film, TV, culture. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Surprising_Supreme_Court_Decision’s_History_With_the American_South⠀⇛ To understand the significance of this week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling, books about the Deep South’s changes in the 20th century are critical to read. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Can_He_Fix_‘Palace_of_Scaffolding’_in_Time_for Belgium’s_200th_Birthday?⠀⇛ For an architect trying to renovate his beloved but crumbling Palace of Justice in Brussels, once the largest building in the world, the design challenges pale compared with the political ones. * ⚓ Quartz ☛ What_kinds_of_government_documents_was_Trump_holding_at_Mar-a- Lago?⠀⇛ Former US president Donald Trump was indicted_on_37_counts in a classified documents probe, including a charge under the Espionage Act. * ⚓ NYPost ☛ Secret_Service_will_not_seek_‘special_accommodations’_for Trump’s_Miami_court_appearance⠀⇛ The Secret Service will not seek “special accommodations” ahead of former President Donald Trump’s arraignment in a Miami federal courthouse on charges related to his alleged mishandling of classified documents. * ⚓ Reason ☛ Donald_Trump_Indicted_on_More_Than_30_Charges_in_Classified Documents_Case⠀⇛ The feds allege the former president was keeping classified documents on America’s nuclear program and defense capabilities in his Mar-a-Lago resort. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Trump_aide_Walt_Nauta_indicted_in_classified_documents_probe⠀⇛ Walt Nauta, an aide to former_President_Trump, has been indicted in the investigation into his handling of classified documents, according to the 49-page indictment unsealed on Friday. Driving the news:Nauta worked in the Trump White House and at Mar-a-Lago, where one of his jobs was to transport cardboard boxes with papers of the former_president, according to the indictment. * ⚓ Reason ☛ Trump_Indicted,_Faces_Federal_Criminal_Charges_Under_Espionage Act⠀⇛ Plus: FIRE investigates “woke” Florida professor’s dismissal, inequality index finds progress across multiple dimensions, and more… * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Federal_court_refuses_to_hear_disciplinary_case_against_former Trump-connected_DOJ_official⠀⇛ A federal court in Washington DC on Thursday refused to intervene in a disciplinary hearing over former Department of Justice (DOJ) official Jeffrey Clark’s participation in an effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_ex-president_Trump_faces_37_criminal_counts_in_unsealed federal_indictment_on_retention_of_classified_documents⠀⇛ US federal prosecutors Friday unsealed a 38-count indictment against former President Donald Trump and his former aide Waltine Nauta. Special Counsel Jack Smith, appointed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to oversee the investigation into Trump, charged Trump with 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Indictment_Is_Stunning._Will_Trump_Supporters Care?⠀⇛ The former president has a diabolical genius for selling his supporters on an alternative version of reality. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Stupidest_Crimes_Imaginable⠀⇛ The federal indictment of Donald Trump depicts a man who knew that what he was doing was wrong and went to great lengths to cover it up. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ An_Exit_from_the_GOP’s_Labyrinth_of_Trump_Lies⠀⇛ The special counsel’s indictment offers party leaders their best escape from the loyalty trap yet—if they choose to take it. * ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Donald_Trump_stored,_showed_off_and_refused to_return_classified_documents,_indictment_says⠀⇛ Prosecutors say the documents he stowed, refused to return and in some cases showed to visitors risked jeopardizing not only relations with foreign nations but also the safety of troops and confidential sources. * ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Trump’s_Latest_Indictment_Is_Also_About_the_Future_of_the Country⠀⇛ With the former President facing federal charges, our political roundtable considers how much baggage is too much to win the Republican nomination. * ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Trump_Indictment_Speaks_for_Itself⠀⇛ Against the former President’s miasma of lies and disinformation, finally, a damning set of facts. * ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Trump_Is_Desperately_Trying_to_Define_the_Narrative_About His_Federal_Indictment⠀⇛ Days before he appears in court to face seven criminal charges, the former President is trying to rally his base and elected Republicans behind his false claim that the case is “a hoax.” * ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ The_Flavors_of_Trump’s_Obstruction⠀⇛ Jack Smith charged Trump and Walt Nauta with seven different kinds of obstruction, before charging Nauta alone for false statements. * ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ John_Durham’s_Blind_Man’s_Bluff_on_DNS_Visibility⠀⇛ When John Durham made claims in a filing that led Donald Trump to issue death threats against Michael Sussmann, he had evidence in hand his claims were wrong. * ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Lock_Him_Up!_Trump_Charged_with_Crimes_He_Believes Candidates_Can_Be_Charged_With⠀⇛ Donald Trump has been indicted under the Espionage Act. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Trump_indictment:_As_legal_peril_grows,_so_does_political divide⠀⇛ As Donald Trump faces new legal jeopardy, his charges of a corrupt Department of Justice are heightening the nation’s political rifts. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Trump_indicted:_In_historic_first,_ex-president_faces federal_charges⠀⇛ Indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida home, Donald Trump becomes the first former U.S. president to face federal criminal charges. The development is expected to bear weighty legal and political consequences. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Analysis:_Trump_Indictment_Shows_His_Actions_Were_More Blatant_Than_Known⠀⇛ The accounts in the 49-page indictment provide compelling evidence of a shocking indifference toward some of the country’s most sensitive secrets. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Why_Trump_can_still_run_for_president_and_be_elected_despite indictments⠀⇛ Former President Trump has been_indicted_twice — and faces potential criminal convictions — but he’s not barred from running for or assuming presidential office. Why it matters: While Trump is the first former U.S. president toface_criminal_charges, his legal peril doesn’t endanger his legally viable path to a second term — and could even be a boon politically, experts told Axios. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Another_Indictment⠀⇛ Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents was genuinely unusual. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Special_counsel_on_Trump_indictment:_“We_have_one_set_of_laws in_this_country”⠀⇛ “We have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone,” special counsel Jack_Smith said on Friday in his first public remarks following the indictment of former President_Trump. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_Jack_Smith_Can_Succeed_in_His_Case_Against_Trump⠀⇛ The special counsel has four hurdles to overcome. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Trump’s_Indictment:_Given_What_We_Know,_Not_Charging Him_Would_Be_the_Greater_Scandal⠀⇛ The available evidence supports the indictment by the special counsel Jack Smith. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Former_British_PM_Boris_Johnson_steps_down_as_MP_over ‘Partygate’_report⠀⇛ Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson shocked Britain on Friday by quitting as a lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Spain’s_hard_left_unites_ahead_of_July_election_in_boost_to Sanchez⠀⇛ Spain’s hard left decided Friday to join forces on a single political platform for the July 23 elections, in a boost for Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s reelection hopes. * ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Only_26_per_cent_Meta_employees_have_faith_in_their leadership:_Report⠀⇛ This comes as the employees continue to deal with the after- effects of the mass layoffs the company carried out since last year. Several employees have reportedly spent weeks sharing responsibilities from their colleagues who left the company after being laid out. The remaining employees are reportedly trying to figure out while being used to new managers, a Washington Post report stated. * § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ o ⚓ Reason ☛ Journal_of_Free_Speech_Law:_“Defamation,_Disinformation, and_the_Press_Function,”_by_Prof._RonNell_Andersen_Jones⠀⇛ Just published as part of the symposium on Media and Society After Technological Disruption, edited by Profs. Justin “Gus” Hurwitz & Kyle Langvardt. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Don’t_Censor_Racism_Out_of_the_Past⠀⇛ The classic movie The French Connection was stealth edited to remove an offensive exchange. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Hong_Kong_opposition_party_activists_protest_account_closures_at HSBC_head_office⠀⇛ The League of Social Democrats say the move has hampered their ability to raise funds from supporters. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_Thailand,_Defamation_Lawsuits_Can_Make_Free_Speech Costly⠀⇛ In Thailand, companies and people in positions of power often use libel suits to intimidate and punish activists and critics. § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ India,_China_have_expelled_nearly_all_of_each other’s_journalists_amid_fraying_ties⠀⇛ Visa for last Chinese reporter in India hasn’t been renewed, China has threatened countermeasures on last Indian reporter. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ ACLU ☛ Will_Customs_and_Border_Protection’s_Revised_Vehicle_Pursuit Policy_Make_Us_Safer?⠀⇛ The United States’ border region has always borne the brunt of our most aggressive immigration enforcement efforts, including dangerous high-speed vehicle pursuits by Border Patrol agents that far too often end in serious injuries and deaths. After years of public outcry from advocates, victims, and borderland residents, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced a revised vehicle pursuit policy earlier this year. This new policy, which took effect this month after a delay, includes measures that we believe can be important for safeguarding the lives of everyone in our communities. But serious questions remain about the implementation, training, and enforcement of the new policy that will be critical for its success. Our extensive concerns about CBP’s vehicle pursuit policy reflect a tragically long and growing list of pursuits that have ended in deaths or serious injuries. The ACLU of Texas’ Fatal_Encounters tracker has tallied dozens of deaths from CBP vehicle pursuits over the past decade. * ⚓ Amnesty_Turkey_‘walks_away’_from_collective_bargaining,_says_union⠀⇛ The organization denies the accusations, saying that it had offered a pay rise higher than the official inflation figures in the country. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Activist_Says_Authorities_Trying_To_Push_Him_Out_Of_The Country⠀⇛ Prominent Iranian civil activist Hossein Ronaghi says he won’t leave the country despite moves by the government to ratchet up pressure on him, including the freezing of his bank accounts and the violation of his civil rights. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Families,_Rights_Groups_Accuse_Iranian_Government_Of Intimidation_Tactics_By_Desecrating_Graves⠀⇛ A series of attack on the graves of protesters killed during nationwide protests in Iran have sparked accusations from activists and families of the dead that the government is using intimidation to quell any further unrest following the death of a woman while in police custody in September 2022. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ UK_Metropolitan_Police_commissioner_apologizes_for_treatment of_LGBTQ+_community⠀⇛ In a letter addressed to LGBTQ+ campaigner Peter Tatchell, the Metropolitan Police (Met) Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley became the first UK police chief to apologize on Wednesday for the force’s homophobic failings. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Illinois_adopts_new_LGBTQ+_protections_for community_deemed_‘under_attack’_in_the_US⠀⇛ Illinois is making it easier for gay couples to marry and moving toward gender-inclusive language in laws affecting LGBTQ+ youth in foster care through two new laws signed Friday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. They will become effective on Jan. 1, 2024 and on Aug. 8, respectively. Illinois is one of several U.S. states that has worked to reinforce LGBTQ+ rights, as others advance bills that target the community. The two new pro-LGBTQ+ Illinois laws were signed about a week into Pride month, a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities, but which this year takes place in a contentious political climate. * ⚓ METU_Pride_March_marred_by_interventions,_detentions⠀⇛ Posters promoting the “protection of the family” were hung on campus prior to the parade. * ⚓ European Commission ☛ Speech_by_President_von_der_Leyen_on_a_new section_on_Jewish_life_in_interwar_Europe_at_Yad_Vashem,_co-financed_by the_EU⠀⇛ European Commission Speech Brussels, 09 Jun 2023 The history of the Jewish people is the history of Europe. § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_Bizarre_True_Story_of_The_Nightmare_Woman_Haunting The_Internet⠀⇛ “This is a true horror story.” § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Netflix’s_password-sharing_crackdowns_prompts_an_increase_in subscriptions⠀⇛ Netflix saw a sharp increase in its number of subscribers after its decision to crack down on password sharing in the US, according to data from streaming analytics firm Antenna. § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Broadphone_tracking_patent_reexam_granted⠀⇛ On June 2, 2023, less than a month after Unified filed_an ex_parte_reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of 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”. The patent has been asserted against Samsung. o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Atlantic_IP_Services_entity,_Speir Technologies,_prior_art_found_on_three_patents⠀⇛ Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on three patents owned by Speir Technologies, an Atlantic IP_Services subsidiary. We would also like to thank the dozens of other high- quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate. o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Dominion_Harbor_entity,_Redwood_Technologies, prior_art_found_on_three_patents⠀⇛ Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on three patents owned by Redwood Technologies, LLC, an NPE and entity of the Dominion_Harbor_Group. o ⚓ JUVE ☛ Germany_and_Britain_dominate_list_of_representatives_at the_UPC [Ed: UPC is illegal, but JUVE is being bribed by Team UPC to pretend this crime (unconstitutional kangaroo court) is A-OK]⠀⇛ Shortly after the Brexit referendum in the summer of 2016, all patent experts thought the same thing:  The United Kingdom is out of the UPC. Whereas British judges, patent attorneys and lawyers were bitterly disappointed, many from continental Europe were delighted. For those in Amsterdam, Düsseldorf, Munich and Paris it meant one fewer major competitor. * § Software Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ OSI Blog ☛ Action_needed_to_protect_against_patent_trolls [Ed: But OSI and Linux Foundation are sponsored and controlled by very large patent trolls]⠀⇛ The Linux Foundation, Unified Patents and Electronic Frontier Foundation hosted a webinar this week to give an overview of the serious issue of patent trolls and the recent proposal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to change the current rules for protecting and defending Open Source software from patent trolls. * § Trademarks⠀➾ o ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ Parody_at_the_TTAB:_Does_the_Supreme_Court’s_“Bad Spaniels”_Ruling_Change_the_Game?⠀⇛ You may have heard that the Supreme Court issued its decision in the “Bad Spaniels” case yesterday [pdf here], vacating the Ninth Circuit’s decision that, inter alia, had immunized VPI from trademark infringement under Rogers v. Grimaldi. The Court ruled that, since VPI was (concededly) using its comedic design as a source indicator, Rogers did not apply. Therefore, the Ninth Circuit was wrong in reversing the district court’s finding of likelihood of confusion. * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ The_Draft_Bill_C-11_Policy_Direction:_Canadian Heritage_Implicitly_Admits_What_It_Spent_Months_Denying⠀⇛ The government released its long-promised_draft_policy direction on Bill C-11 to the CRTC yesterday. The policy direction is open for public comment until July 25, 2023, after which the government will release a final version that gives the CRTC guidance on its expectations for how the bill will be interpreted. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 7505 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.10.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_10/06/2023:_Wordle_for_Gemini⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:38 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini # Programming * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_AGHNRUY_Wordo:_???⠀⇛ # ⚓ Making/Meeting⠀⇛ Last year I managed to download my entire LiveJournal archives. My last post there was over a decade ago, and for at least five years my posting had slowed to every few months (at best), but all in all I wrote there for eleven years. Kind of incredible. Everything I said, and others, dumped to text and XML. Hard to read, so often I explore by means of grepping a name, or a phrase. In addition to this, I’ve got an almost-complete archive of my old HTML journal, the handwritten kind, gathered in pieces from the Wayback across three or four of my old sites whose robots.txt allowed crawling. [...] But then there are the handful of places that did stick, or click, or however you want to look at it. For me those include dialup BBSs, online journals, the forum for fucked up teens when I was 18 (and whew, that last one’s complicated). But also: the people of the poetry community on Twitter, something good in the sludge of that site. Then, geminispace. # ⚓ writing_as_a_writer⠀⇛ Think of stuff. Write it down. If blogging, hit “Publish”, too. Do this with no time compartmentalization nor boundaries (either time-wise or word-wise) every day. Seven days a week, most weeks. Birthdays/Xmas: optional (for me, the holidays themselves are optional, and now the writing part, too, but…) This is how I see writing. # ⚓ Saturday_afternoon_at_the_MP⠀⇛ On my way home from running some errands I decide to take a detour via The Midnight Pub. Its hot, there is no need to hurry. I scan the messages on the board. Uh, ~jack has been “redacted”. Hmmm. Digital suicide? I wonder. And there is some mention of plausible looking word frequencies. Sigh. “Is there still some place without the new shiny technology …” I ask myself. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ gsettings_command⠀⇛ One of the things I find annoying about Ubuntu Desktop defaults is that when I open a new application it opens in the upper left corner. I then drag it to the center screen and start working. It’s amazing how a small inconvenience can grind on you over time. When I’ve search the net for changing this behavior the usual suggestions are “install gnome-tweaks”. This seems ham-handed. I think continue searching and eventually find the command below. So I am making a note of the command here in my blog so I can find it latter. # ⚓ Excel_Scottish_Land_Tax_calculator⠀⇛ Me and my partner are in the process of buying our first house. In Scotland, property transactions are subject to Land Tax[1]. Land Tax is calculated based on the property price and is based on tiers. The first 145k is free, then 145-250k is subject to 2% tax, 250-325k is 5% and so on. For first time buyers the tax free amount is raised to 175k. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Wordle_for_Gemini_published⠀⇛ First, pardon my english but I want to get the word out. Since I saw winter’s comments about how NYT was transforming Wordle’s experience into a crappy one, I remembered I still have in this capsule my own clone that works over Gemini and it is simple enough to have anyone put it on their own. Mine works with a spanish word dictionary, but you can have it generate the database with *any* word list. It will take care of the client certificates to keep a way of a session and track if you’ve already solved or not the current word and pick a new one when 16 minutes have passed. # ⚓ How_Online_Ads_Work⠀⇛ Gemini tries to avoid the worst of the web, and for most people ads and tracking are high on that list. But, there is a lot about how ads work that is not common knowledge. You almost certainly know what online ads look like; you may even have clicked on them from time to time—possibly by mistake. You might have considered what information is flying around in the cloud to support those ads. You’re less likely, I think, to have considered how much money changed hands, and between whom. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Can_a_child_process_affect_the_working_directory_of the_parent_process?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Shared_Libraries⠀⇛ Is an educational document, good to work through to better understand compiling and linking shared libraries. To recap, and using C instead of C++ one needs a program that uses a library, plus a few supporting script… =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 7702 ➮ Generation completed at 02:43, i.e. 38 seconds to (re)generate ⟲