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New_Series:_The_End_of_Sirius_Open_Source 2. Sirius_Open_Source_Cannot_Retain_Staff_and_Clients_(Many_of_the_Remaining Ones_Leave_the_Company) 3. Police_Out_of_Control_(or_Oversight)_–_Part_3:_Action_Fraud_and_Reports of_Sirius_Fraud 4. Police_Out_of_Control_(or_Oversight)_–_Part_4:_The_Pokémon_Village_of Sirius_‘Open_Source’_and_British_Government 5. Police_Out_of_Control_(or_Oversight)_–_Part_5:_What’s_Left_of_the_Company is_a_Skeleton_Crew_(While_Police_is_Dragging_Its_Heels) 6. Police_Out_of_Control_(or_Oversight)_–_Part_6:_This_Scandal_Has_Become_a Lot_Bigger_Than_Sirius_‘Open_Source’ 7. Police_Out_of_Control_(or_Oversight)_–_Part_7:_Six_Months_After_Sirius ‘Open_Source’_Gave_the_Victims_of_Its_Crimes_a_Chance_to_‘Cool_Off’ 8. Police_Out_of_Control_(or_Oversight)_–_Part_8:_Working_as_Contractor_for the_Public_Sector_While_Defrauding_and_Stealing_From_Staff 9. Police_Out_of_Control_(or_Oversight)_–_Part_9:_Waiting_for_Godot 10. Police_Out_of_Control_(or_Oversight)_–_Part_10:_A_Month_Has_Passed, British_Member_of_Parliament_Snubbed_by_Action_Fraud_(UK_Police) 11. YOU ARE HERE ☞ The Anatomy of Police Ignoring Fraud and Then Ignoring Politicians Who Inquire About That Summary: The crimes of Sirius_‘Open_Source’ aren’t being tackled; the criminals await punishment, knowing that the British government (former client) might be incentivised not to get involved IN SPITE of turbulent conditions, our site has managed to stay online the entire weekend. We’ll have more to say about it some other day. We’re meanwhile learning about high-level corruption in EU authorities, connected to the EPO. “On Monday they will meet to decide to relocate London in an illegal manner,” the FFII’s president told me the other day. “This is theft of democracy, as national parliaments did not decide this.” That’s tomorrow. High-level corruption seems to have been “normalised” somewhat. They seem to be getting away with it. The same is true here in the UK, even after Brexit. “To her credit, my MP was always quick to reply and was professional.”Today we’re going to close this series, after 11 parts in total. We’ll tell a month- long story about my Member of Parliament (MP) in Central Manchester failing to communicate with the police, or rather, the police not bothering to even reply. Yes, here in the UK, not the EU and EC. In my personal view, a united Europe is good idea. I’ve always supported the EU. But now they become a hub of corruption and this month they’re greenlighting an ILLEGAL and UNCONSTITUTIONAL kangaroo_court_for_patents, knowingly violating conventions too. How can I still support such a thing? How can anybody support such a thing? In places such as Russia, people have come to expect some arrogance in lawbreaking (“we’re above the law! What are you gonna do, eh?”), but I’m seeing the same in the EU and in the UK this year. We’ve gradually becoming more and more like the Kremlin, wherein the dictator always has the last word and doesn’t bother with laws, constitutions etc. (except when these suit him or her) This post will lay bare the communications I’ve had with the MP or her case handler. They speak for themselves, but I will add some commentary to join the pertinent bits. My initial message, the reaching out, was quoted verbatim in the last_part. I quickly wrote a short description of the crime and emphasised that the crime also had victims other than myself. To her credit, my MP was always quick to reply and was professional*. Here is the response that I received a month ago (23/5/2023): Dear Dr Roy Thanks for getting in contact with [MP]]. So that [MP] can look into this further could you provide a copy of your response from Action Fraud and any crime reference you have. I did as asked on the same day: Hi, the response dated 20/5/2023: [redacted] On 26/5/2023: Dear Roy [MP] has contacted Action Fraud on your behalf requesting that they review their decision and investigate the fraud ,you have suffered. We will be in contact as soon as we have a response. Best Wishes – Caseworker I responded shortly afterwards: [MP] wrote on 26/05/2023 11:37: > > Dear Roy > > [MP] has contacted Action Fraud on your behalf requesting that they review their decision and investigate the fraud ,you have suffered. We will be in contact as soon as we have a response. Thank you, that is encouraging news. I followed up weeks later (5/6/2023): [MP] wrote on 26/05/2023 11:37: > > Dear Roy > > [MP] has contacted Action Fraud on your behalf requesting that they review their decision and investigate the fraud ,you have suffered. We will be in contact as soon as we have a response. > Best Wishes Lee – Caseworker > > [MP] MP > Member of Parliament for Manchester Central Hi, Has the police gotten back to you? My colleagues, who are also victims of the crime, wonder as well. We’ve meanwhile reported this as a tax fraud as well (because technically it is) to HMRC. 15 days later HMRC did not even bother replying. Mind you, Sirius had many government clients including Home Office and the Parliamentary Ombudsman. Some of us suspect there’s a lack of incentive to convict here, not even to investigate the matter. They hardly need to investigate because we spent months getting written statements that prove it all. Can you bring this subject up in Parliament, please? Kind regards, Sent by them 5/6/2023: Dear Roy I am sorry to report that [MP] has not yet received a response .It can regrettably take a number of weeks but we will contact you immediately. Best Wishes – caseworker I then followed up as follows: [MP] wrote on 05/06/2023 09:15: > Dear Roy > > I am sorry to report that [MP] has not yet received a response .It can regrettably take a number of weeks but we will contact you immediately Thanks, I very much appreciate her looking into it. She is the first person in government to actually touch this. To reiterate why it’s sensitive: 1. UK government departments outsourced to (contracted) Sirius 2. Sirius quietly defrauded its staff (which worked on the above computer systems) within months of them joining 3. The workers found out they had been defrauded since 2011 (it took months to verify as firms were stonewalling and obstructing inquiries). It took 12 years to uncover. 4. The workers contacted Action Fraud, HMRC, the IFA, the accountant of Sirius, and the pension firms 5. To date, only the pension firms responded, but only after a lot of prodding — months of escalating to management there. Some managers initially gave contradictory stories; yes, managers at Standard Life lied to us. It may seem or may turn out to be a potential embarrassment to those who gave the contract to Sirius. We were grossly underpaid and on top of this we were defrauded (embezzlement). There are many other scandals, but this one involves an actual crime. Kind regards, 3 more days passed and I asked for progress and deadline (08/06/2023): Roy Schestowitz wrote on 05/06/2023 12:32: > [MP] wrote on 05/06/2023 09:15: >> Dear Roy >> >> I am sorry to report that [MP] has not yet received a response .It can regrettably take a number of weeks but we will contact you immediately Hi, If my MP receives no reply within 4 weeks, are you OK with me escalating to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/independent-police- complaint-commission ? It’s now known as the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/ and except in Northern Ireland there seems to be no ombudsman for the police, so this seems to be the last resort at this level. Regards, Then sent by [MP]‘s office 8/6/2023 (same day): Dear Roy I would advise that you contact us again after 4 weeks so that we can confirm if we have received any response. You can contact them but we cannot advise if they would class this as an acceptable period to wait. 12 more days passed. It had been 4 weeks since she initiated contact. I wrote: Hi [MP], It has now been 4+ weeks since the E-mail that I relayed you. As per the advice from your case worker, may I kindly suggest you escalate the matter to Parliament, stating that Action Fraud not only ignores fraud complaints from victims (the response below is quite obviously a template for several reasons; they didn’t bother even responding to it, except by bot) but also ignores my MP? I did not know I lived in a Third-World Country where police exists only in principle. After contacting Greater Manchester Police and speaking to them for 40 minutes they strongly insisted that I contact Action Fraud and assured me action would be taken. It turns out to be even worse as Action Fraud isn’t even responding to my MP and my colleagues had a lot of money stolen from them too. Based on inside sources, the company is quickly vanishing with all that stolen money. Action Fraud has failed to deal with this for 2 months already. Kind regards, As one person put it, “what other courses of action are there? why are the police unaccountable for white-collar crime and fraud?” Stay tuned, there’s a lot more to come. There are other victims of this crimes. It cannot be brushed away or swept aside. █ __________ * My original thinking was, it’s better to be pessimistic. I assumed that my MP might do nothing. If so, that too is noteworthy. But she actually did respond and she did take action. Unlike Action Fraud. My approach at the start was, if she does not respond, I will move on to the next MP, as I did with EPO and MEPs, but never bother people, i.e. not resort to mass mailing, 2 or 3 maximum (if the first does nothing). ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 492 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/25/undercover-investigation-of-action-fraud/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/25/undercover-investigation-of-action-fraud/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.25.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ “The_Times_Said_It_Carried_Out_the_Undercover_Investigation_After_Hearing_of Concerns_That_Reports_to_Action_Fraud_Were_Not_Being_Investigated.”⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Fraud at 12:45 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz From this_page: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Call handlers working for the police insult victims of fraud and have been trained to mislead them into thinking their cases will be investigated when most are never looked at again. Report by The Times An undercover Times reporter was among staff who were banned from telling victims that the overwhelming majority of their cases are dismissed, either by low-wage employees at an outsourced call centre or a computer algorithm. Managers in charge of collating police fraud reports also mocked those who lost money as “morons”, “screwballs” and “psychos”. As online and cold calling-scams surge, increasing numbers of people are losing to fraud. Last year there were an estimated 3.6 million incidents, more than a third of all crimes in England and Wales. The Home Secretary has demanded a review of Action Fraud’s performance after an undercover reporter found training cut short, managers referring to victims as ‘morons’ and staff acting unprofessionally in the call centre and on social media. The City of London Police has launched an investigation into the investigative article’s findings published in The Times newspaper on Thursday (August 15). Its reporter obtained a job at Action Fraud’s Scottish call centre, outsourced to US firm Concentrix by City of London Police, using his own name.⦈ Summary: The above report suggests that my personal_experience_as_victim_of fraud is not_unusual; if crimes are not being dealt with, where are the politicians who are meant to oversee the police? 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Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 22.10, Ubuntu 23.04 via PPA. Darktable 4.4.0 is a big release with many new features. # ⚓ Fast_download_managers_for_Linux,_Alternative_to_IDM⠀⇛ Download managers are great. They make the downloading process a lot easier and faster. # ⚓ firewalld_2.0.0_release_|_firewalld⠀⇛ A new release of firewalld, version 2.0.0, is available. This is a major release. The major version is being bumped symbolically to reflect significant changes done in commit f4d2b80adc84 (“fix(policy): disallow zone drifting”). It does not contain any deliberate breaking changes. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ The_easiest_method_of_installing_Docker_on Linux⠀⇛ In this TechRepublic How to Make Tech Work video, Jack Wallen shows you how to install Docker on Linux machines. # ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ How_to_scale_Docker_Swarm_services⠀⇛ Jack Wallen demonstrates how to attach and remove nodes from clusters in Docker Swarm to scale your services up and down as needed. # ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ How_to_scale_Docker_Swarm_services⠀⇛ In this TechRepublic How to Make Tech Work video, Jack Wallen demonstrates how to attach and remove nodes from clusters in Docker Swarm to scale your services up and down as needed. # ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ How_to_reset_your_Portainer_admin_password⠀⇛ Forgot your Portainer admin password? Learn how to use a handy tool to help you reset it with a tutorial from Jack Wallen. # ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ How_to_reset_your_Portainer_admin_password_ (+video_tutorial)⠀⇛ Forgot your Portainer admin password? Learn how to use a handy tool to help you reset it with a tutorial from Jack Wallen. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Budgie_Desktop_on_Debian_12/ 11/10⠀⇛ Budgie Desktop Environment offers an enticing alternative to the default GNOME desktop for Debian users. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Calibre_E-Book_Software_on Linux_Mint_21/20⠀⇛ In the sprawling ecosystem of e-book management tools, Calibre stands as a behemoth, boasting a wealth of features and functionalities. # ⚓ How_to_install_Java_on_Amazon_linux_2023⠀⇛ Here we go through the commands available to install Java 11 or 8 on Amazon Linux 2023 for production or business applications in your cloud infrastructure. Java is available through the Amazon 2023 repositories as Corretto. # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Resolve_No_Sound_from_Bluetooth Headset_in_Linux⠀⇛ Not getting sound from your Bluetooth headset? Read the following steps to troubleshoot the issue: A similar kind of incident happened to me when I tried to pair my Bluetooth headset with my laptop. After purchasing a new headset, I decided to test the audio quality. o § WINE or Emulation⠀➾ # ⚓ WINE Project (Official) ☛ WineHQ_–_Wine_Announcement_–_The Wine_development_release_8.11_is_now_available.⠀⇛ The Wine development release 8.11 is now available. What’s new in this release: – More mouse cursor clipping improvements. – Support for TLS alerts. – Increased available address space in WoW64 mode. – Various bug fixes. The source is available at: https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/8.x/wine- 8.11.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. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ Dominique Leuenberger ☛ openSUSE_Tumbleweed_–_Review_of_the week_2023/25⠀⇛ Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers, Finally back on the weekly review cycle – are we taking bets on how long I can keep it up (summertime is ‘terrible’ – it motivates too much to take Fridays off). Anyway, even without me there, you are used to Tumbleweed rolling. Lately, all the excellent work on Staging Is being performed by Ana. During this week, we managed to publish again 6 snapshots (the 7th was in QA, but took slightly longer to test than the next one needed to build). The 6 snapshots (0614, 0616, 0617, 0619, 0620, and 0620) brought you those changes: # Python 3.11 has been set as the default Python interpreter # libzypp: fix for stricter http/2 RFC 9113 server implementations: trim custom headers # poppler 23.06.0 # LLVM 16.0.6 # node.JS 20.3.0 # Mozilla Firefox 114.0.2 # KDE Plasma 5.27.6 o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Montana Linux ☛ Red_Hat_in_violation_of_the_GPL?_Discuss!⠀⇛ Red Hat in violation of the GPL? Discuss! # ⚓ Fedora_Infrastructure_Status:_s390x_power_outage⠀⇛ The s390x cluster at the Red Hat Westford location required emergency work on storage which brought down the z15 server which the Fedora and CentOS Stream builders are on. Work is expected to be completed at 19:00 UTC 2023-06-23 but may require further work to bring back builders. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Proxmox_Virtual_Environment_8.0_Released_Based on_Debian_12⠀⇛ Based on Debian 12, Proxmox VE 8.0 comes with Linux kernel 6.2, a new Ceph Enterprise repository, and improved resource mappings. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Portenta_C33_is_a_$64_Arduino_Pro_board based_on_Renesas_RA6M5_Arm_Cortex-M33_MCU⠀⇛ Arduino Portenta C33 is the latest board from the Arduino Pro family which the company dubs a “high- performance, low-price” solution based on a 200 MHz Renesas RA6M5 Arm Cortex-M33 microcontroller and equipped with a ESP32-C3 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy module. The new board provides a cost- effective alternative to the Portenta H7 and X8 boards, but still offers wireless connectivity, a secure element for industrial-grade security, and compatibility with Portenta, MKR, and Nicla components. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) ☛ Linux_Plumbers Conference:_RISC-V_Microconference_CFP⠀⇛ We’re holding another edition of the RISC- V microconference for Plumbers  at 2023. Broadly speaking anything related to both Linux and RISC- V is  on topic, but discussions tend to involve the following categories: [...] o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Rlang ☛ How_to_generate_a_hex_sticker_with_{openai}_and_ {cropcircles}⠀⇛ Every R package needs a hex sticker. Here’s how you can generate one in seconds using generative AI. # ⚓ Mike_Blumenkrantz:_Presenting⠀⇛ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ When perf Is Too Slow⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Keen-eyed readers of the blog will have noticed over the past couple weeks an obvious omission in my furious benchmark-related handwaving. I didn’t mention glmark2. [...] Yes, that glmark2. Except my results were a bit different. The thing about glmark2 is it’s just a CPU benchmark of drivers at this point. None of the rendering is in any way intensive, GPUs have gotten far more powerful than they were at the time the thing was written, and CPUs are now pushing tens of thousands of frames per second. Yes, tens of thousands. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ SciPy_Stats_Pearsonr⠀⇛ The “scipy.stats.pearsonr()” function in Python is a powerful tool for calculating the Pearson correlation coefficient between variables. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Numpy_Array_Append⠀⇛ The “numpy.append()” method and the “numpy.concatenate()” method of the “Numpy” module are used to append the NumPy array in Python. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Numpy_Loadtxt⠀⇛ In Python, the “numpy.loadtxt()” function of the “Numpy” module is utilized to load the data from the text file and retrieve it as “ndarray”. # § Rust⠀➾ # ⚓ Rust Blog ☛ The_Rust_Programming_Language_Blog: Improved_API_tokens_for_crates.io⠀⇛ If you recently generated a new API token on crates.io, you might have noticed our new API token creation page and some of the new features it now supports. Previously, when clicking the “New Token” button on https://crates.io/settings/tokens, you were only provided with the option to choose a token name, without any additional choices. We knew that we wanted to offer our users more flexibility, but in the previous user interface that would have been difficult, so our first step was to build a proper “New API Token” page. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Scientists_Plan_to_Measure_Distorted Time_in_Deep_Space_to_Probe_Reality⠀⇛ Pockets of warped time in distant galaxies could shed light on dark energy, dark matter, and the existence of an undiscovered “fifth force.” # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Study_finds_new_design_of_computer_memory that_reduce_energy_consumption⠀⇛ Researchers created a new design for computer memory that could improve performance while also lowering the energy demands of internet and communications technologies, which are expected to consume nearly a third of global electricity in the next ten years. The study was published in the journal, ‘Science Advances.’ o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ 3M’s_$10.3_billion_“forever_chemicals”_settlement is_also_an_armor_against_future_lawsuits⠀⇛ 3M will pay at least $10.3 billion to settle claims over the dumping of so-called forever chemicals in drinking water supplies across the US. The legal bill slapped on the company, infamous for creating the chemical C8 for Scotchgard, will cover not just existing claims but also future ones by municipal water… # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ US_intelligence_report_on_COVID-19 origins_rejects_some_points_raised_by_lab_leak_theory proponents⠀⇛ A new U.S. intelligence report rejects several points raised by those who argue COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab. It instead reiterates that American spy agencies remain divided over how the pandemic began. Some think it was caused by a lab accident; others think it naturally transmitted from animals to humans. The report was issued Friday at the behest of Congress, which in March passed a bill giving U.S. intelligence 90 days to declassify intelligence related to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The report says spy agencies can’t draw conclusions from allegations that some Wuhan researchers fell sick in fall 2019 or that the Wuhan lab experimented with genetically engineered viruses. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Intelligence_Community_releases_declassified_COVID origins_report,_lawmakers_say_it_‘lends_credence’_to_lab_leak theory⠀⇛ The document also explains that some scientists at the Wuhan lab fell ill in the fall of 2019 with symptoms “consistent with but not diagnostic of COVID-19.” # ⚓ Reason ☛ Right_to_Privacy_Challenge_to_L.A._City_Employee COVID_Vaccine_Mandate_Can_Go_Forward,⠀⇛ though the city may yet prevail later in the case, if it can show enough facts justifying the mandate. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Court_Erred_in_Dismissing_Challenge_to_L.A._City Employee_COVID_Vaccine_Mandate⠀⇛ So the California Court of Appeal has held, concluding that there is enough of a factual dispute (under California’s plaintiff-friendly pleading standards) for the case to go forward. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ No_evidence_Covid_created_in_Chinese lab,_says_head_of_US_intelligence⠀⇛ The head of US intelligence said Friday that there was no evidence that the Covid-19 virus was created in the Chinese government’s Wuhan research lab. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Has_COVID’s_Patient_Zero_Finally_Been Named?⠀⇛ A major revelation about researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology emerged this week. We still can’t say we’re any closer to the truth. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Kela_no_longer_reimburses_travel_expenses and_expenses_for_procedures_related_to_COVID-19_tests_and vaccinations⠀⇛ Starting 1 July 2023, it is no longer possible to get reimbursements from Kela for travel expenses related to COVID-19 vaccinations and tests. The payment of reimbursements for expenses related to COVID-19 tests and vaccinations at private healthcare providers will also end. On the basis of temporary changes to the Health Insurance Act, Kela has paid reimbursements for travel expenses related to COVID-19 and for expenses related to COVID-19 tests and vaccinations at private healthcare providers. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ South_Africa:_31_Suspected_Illegal_Miners_Die_In Old_Mine⠀⇛ According to officials, South Africa and Lesotho are in talks to recover the bodies and bring them home. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ For_children_in_east_Africa,_the_dignity_of hairstyles_and_better_health⠀⇛ Progress roundup: Rastafarians end hair discrimination in Malawi, and an opponent of female genital mutilation wins the Templeton Prize in Somaliland. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ How_supply_chain_cyberattacks_work_—_and_why they’re_so_difficult_to_thwart⠀⇛ A pair of recent high-profile cyberattacks are putting a spotlight back on a hacking tactic that’s growing in popularity. The big picture: A number of supply chain attacks have already impacted organizations this year — and despite the name, the attacks have nothing to do with better-known trade supply chains. =================================================== # Instead, in the cybersecurity world, a supply chain attack refers to a cyberattack on companies’ software vendors, or their software supply chain. How it works: Supply chain attacks often start with hackers targeting a single entity — typically a software provider — in the hopes of accessing information from that organization’s customers. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ NSA_Issues_Guidance_on_Mitigating BlackLotus_Bootkit_Infections⠀⇛ The National Security Agency (NSA) has released mitigation guidance to help organizations stave off BlackLotus UEFI bootkit infections. # ⚓ Diffoscope ☛ Reproducible_Builds_(diffoscope):_diffoscope 243_released⠀⇛ The diffoscope maintainers are pleased to announce the release of diffoscope version 243. This version includes the following changes: [ Chris Lamb ] * Drop Jenkins build reference in README.rst. [ Ed Maste ] * Update FreeBSD package names [ Mattia Rizzolo ] * Improve the documentation on to produce that binary blob that in the arsc comparator. # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Goodbye_sudo_package⠀⇛ There are scripts in EasyOS that have first two lines like this (for example, /usr/sbin/ bootmanager): WHOIAM="$(whoami)" [ "${WHOIAM}" != "root" ] && exec sudo -A ${0} ${@} The ‘sudo -A’ means to run an app to ask for a password. The file /etc/sudo.conf has this: # sudo 1.7.2 required askpass in /etc/sudoers, but 1.8.1p2 reports that as a syntax error # and requires it in this file (see: http:// www.gratisoft.us/sudo/man1.8.0/sudo.man.html) Path askpass /usr/sbin/askpass /usr/sbin/askpass is a shell script that brings up a little GUI asking for the root password, which is then passed via stdin to ‘sudo’, and the script, ‘bootmanager’ for example, will then run as the root user. This is a mechanism that I developed in 2015 for Quicky Linux. However, ‘sudo’ no longer works. Easy uses busybox utilities for password management. For example, to set the root password in the ‘init’ script in the initrd: ePW="$(cryptpw -m SHA512 ${rootPW})" #note: busybox mkpasswd is an alias for cryptpw grep -v -E '^zeus|^root' /easy_ro/easy_sfs/etc/ shadow > /mnt/${WKG_DEV}/${WKG_DIR}.session/etc/ shadow echo "zeus:${ePW}:17693:0:99999:7::: root:${ePW}:17693:0:99999:7:::" >> /mnt/${WKG_DEV}/ ${WKG_DIR}.session/etc/shadow # ⚓ Security Week ☛ 2.5M_Genworth_Policyholders_and_769K Retired_California_Workers_and_Beneficiaries_Affected_by_Hack [Ed: Windows TCO]⠀⇛ MOVEit hack: Personal information of about 769,000 retired California employees and 2.5 million Genworth Financial policyholders were exposed. # ⚓ Remotely_Exploitable_Bind_DoS_Bugs_Fixed⠀⇛ Several remotely exploitable security issues were found in the Bind Internet Domain Name Server. It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled the cache size limit (CVE-2023-2828) and the recursive- clients quota (CVE-2023-2911). With a low attack complexity and a high availability impact, these bugs have received a National Vulnerability Database severity rating of ”High”. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ How_to_AI-proof_the_cybersecurity workforce [Ed: Completely nonsensical AI-washing. Better not to write anything at all than to publish such junk.]⠀⇛ Generative AI can enhance digital security, but it can’t — and shouldn’t — replace humans that are essential to fight malicious hackers. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ In_Other_News:_Microsoft_Win32_App Isolation,Tsunami_Hits_Linux_Servers,_ChatGPT_Credentials Exposed_on_Dark_Web [Ed: Anti-Linux FUD from Microsoft et al, linking "ssh" and "Linux" to bad passwords]⠀⇛ Weekly cybersecurity news roundup that provides a summary of noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar for the week of June 19, 2023. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ CISA_Tells_US_Agencies_to_Patch_Exploited Roundcube,_VMware_Flaws⠀⇛ The US government’s cybersecurity agency adds VMware and Roundcube server flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ VMware_Patches_Code_Execution Vulnerabilities_in_vCenter_Server⠀⇛ VMware published software updates to address multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities in vCenter Server that could lead to remote code execution. # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ UPS_Data_Harvested_for_SMS_Phishing Attacks⠀⇛ I get UPS phishing spam on my phone all the time. I never click on it, because it’s so obviously spam. Turns out that hackers have been harvesting actual UPS delivery data from a Canadian tracking tool for its phishing SMSs. # ⚓ Kifarunix ☛ Install_Passbolt_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Passbolt on Debian 12. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_Blogs:_Take_action!_Protect_end-to-end encryption⠀⇛ How do we counter the dangers resulting from the ongoing, worldwide legislation like Chat control, the EARN IT Act, and the so-called “Online Safety Bill” that threatens end-to- end encryption, and privacy in general? Take action! Write a letter to the appropriate agencies to let them know that you value your privacy and the privacy of the people around you, and remind them of their duty to protect it. # ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ Israeli_Occupation:_How_Microsoft, IBM,_Cisco_and_Dell_Enable_Surveillance_and_Control_in Palestine⠀⇛ Multinational tech giants Microsoft, IBM, Cisco Systems, and Dell Technologies are complicit in Israel’s human rights violations, enabling surveillance, data collection, and control over Palestinians in the occupied territories. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ As_Media_Spotlights_Titanic_Sub,_Hundreds of_Migrants_Who_Died_in_Greek_Shipwreck_Get_Scant_Coverage⠀⇛ As many as 700 migrants are feared to have died after an overloaded fishing vessel capsized last week off the coast of Greece. As search and rescue efforts continue with dwindling expectations, the Greek Coast Guard is facing backlash over its failure to help rescue passengers before the boat sank. Most of the migrants were women and children; many were from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Syria and Palestine. They are presumed victims of what may be one the deadliest migrant shipwrecks ever recorded, yet the story has received far less public attention than the search for five passengers aboard a submersible to view the wreck of the Titanic. All five of those passengers were confirmed by the U.S. Coast Guard to have likely died Sunday, days before wall-to-wall media coverage began to speculate about their plight. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ West_Bank_Dispatch:_14_Palestinians_Killed_in 3_days;_Army_Carries_Out_Drone_Strike_in_Jenin⠀⇛ At least 14 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank over the last three days, making it one of the deadliest weeks since the start of 2023. Among those killed were two youths, ages 15 and 14. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan_says_Chinese_air_force approached_close_to_island’s_coast⠀⇛ Eight Chinese warplanes crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Former Labor_cabinet_minister_condemns $368b_AUKUS_deal⠀⇛ Midnight Oil frontman and former Labor cabinet minister Peter Garrett has again condemned Australia’s security deal with the United States and United Kingdom, calling the $368 billion agreement costly and risky. Mr Garrett said the decision to purchase a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines was a huge gamble and should not be allowed to proceed, while speaking at a public forum in Melbourne. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ From_Drone_Strikes_to_Settler_Attacks, Israel_Intensifies_Effort_to_“Completely_Take_Over Palestine”⠀⇛ This week, Israel has launched several attacks on Palestinians with weapons used in the conflict for the first time in nearly 20 years, including deploying U.S.-made Apache helicopter gunships inside the West Bank and firing a targeted assassination aerial strike. Jewish settlers have also raided Palestinian villages in the West Bank, attacking residents and setting fire to homes and vehicles. Mariam Barghouti, senior Palestine correspondent for Mondoweiss, calls the attacks “an intensification to completely take over Palestine.” She adds that the growing violence is reflective of the leadership of Israel’s minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who recently called for the renewing of Defensive Shield, a military operation which used similar weaponry in 2002 that has been condemned for “crimes against humanity.” This all comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right # § War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Russia_is_apparently_conscripting_dolphins in_its_war_against_Ukraine⠀⇛ Russia has increased the number of dolphins guarding the Sevastopol naval base on the Black Sea in occupied Ukrainian territory, according to the UK Ministry of Defense. # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Vice-President_Suica_delivers_a keynote_speech_for_the_Ukraine_Recovery_Conference_2023 Side_Event,_London⠀⇛ European Commission Speech Brussels, 23 Jun 2023 A generation of Ukrainian children has experienced more than a year of, fear, loss tragedy and violence. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Prigozhin,_the_mercenary_chief urging_an_uprising_against_Russia’s_generals,_has_long ties_to_Putin⠀⇛ Long a low-profile Russian businessman, mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has taken the spotlight in Russia. That’s by posing a direct challenge to Russia’s generals over the war in Ukraine. Prigozhin is owner of the Kremlin-allied Wagner mercenary group, which has played a central role in Russia’s fight in Ukraine. Now, Prigozhin is dramatically escalating months of scathing criticism of the Kremlin’s conduct of the war by calling for an armed uprising to oust Russia’s defense minister. It’s the most dangerous role yet for the 62-year-old Prigozhin, a onetime owner of swanky restaurants who came to be known as “Putin’s Chef.” # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Russian_mercenary_chief_says his_forces_are_rebelling,_some_left_Ukraine_and_entered Russia_city⠀⇛ The Russian owner of the private military contractor Wagner has made his most direct challenge to the Kremlin yet, calling for an armed rebellion aimed at ousting Russia’s defense minister. The security services reacted immediately by calling for the arrest of Yevgeny Prigozhin. In a sign of how seriously the Kremlin is taking the threat, security has been heightened in Moscow and in Rostov-on-Don, which is home to the Russian military headquarters for the southern region and also oversees the fighting in Ukraine. While the outcome of the confrontation remains unclear, it appears likely to further hinder Moscow’s war effort as Kyiv’s forces were probing Russian defenses in the initial stages of a counteroffensive. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Wagner_chief_urging_uprising_against Russia_has_long_ties_to_Putin⠀⇛ Once a low-profile businessman who benefited from having President Vladimir Putin as a powerful patron, Yevgeny Prigozhin moved into the global spotlight with Russia’s war in Ukraine # ⚓ France24 ☛ Russia’s_FSB_opens_criminal_probe_into Wagner_chief_Prigozhin_for_‘armed_mutiny’⠀⇛ Russia’s FSB security services launched a criminal probe into calls to stage “armed mutiny” after the head of the Wagner mercenary group vowed to resist Moscow’s military leadership, officials said Friday. The announcement follows statements from Yevgeny Prigozhin accusing Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu of ordering a rocket strike on Wagner’s field camps in Ukraine. Read our blog to see how the day’s events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2). # ⚓ France24 ☛ Ukraine:_Bodies,_rubble_and_war_trophies in_one_retaken_village⠀⇛ In the recently liberated Ukrainian village of Storozheve, a Ukrainian flag flies above the ruins of a building while the corpses of fallen Russian soldiers line the roadsides. “Z” symbols painted on walls and doors bear testament to more than a year of Russian occupation. The town is just one of several recaptured by Ukraine in recent weeks, with Kyiv saying it has retaken around 90 square kilometres of territory in the eastern Donetsk region. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ EU_approves_11th_sanctions_package_against Russia⠀⇛ The EU agreed on Wednesday to issue their eleventh sanctions package against Russia for continuing the war in Ukraine. The new package aims to prevent countries and companies from circumventing sanctions already in effect. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S.,_Britain,_France_Demand_UN_Investigate Russia’s_Use_Of_Iranian_Drones_In_Ukraine⠀⇛ The United States, Britain, and France demanded on June 23 that the United Nations urgently investigate Russia’s reported use of Iranian-provided drones in the war in Ukraine. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ A_Crisis_Erupts_in_Russia⠀⇛ The Kremlin is accusing a Russian mercenary of an attempted coup—a stunning development that could change the course of the war in Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Romanian_PM_Raises_Alarm_Over_Russian_Threat To_Key_Bridge_To_Moldova⠀⇛ Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said a statement by the chief of the Russia- controlled part of Ukraine’s Kherson region that Russian armed forces may attack the Giurgiulesti Bridge, which connects Romania and Moldova, shows “how important it is that Romania is part of NATO.” # ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Russian_mercenary_chief says_his_forces_are_rebelling,_some_left_Ukraine_and entered_city_in_Russia⠀⇛ The Russian owner of the private military contractor Wagner has made his most direct challenge to the Kremlin yet, calling for an armed rebellion aimed at ousting Russia’s defense minister. The security services reacted immediately by calling for the arrest of Yevgeny Prigozhin. In a sign of how seriously the Kremlin is taking the threat, security has been heightened in Moscow and in Rostov-on-Don, which is home to the Russian military headquarters for the southern region and also oversees the fighting in Ukraine. While the outcome of the confrontation remains unclear, it appears likely to further hinder Moscow’s war effort as Kyiv’s forces were probing Russian defenses in the initial stages of a counteroffensive. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Ukraine_forces_–_and_Western_weapons_– face_crucial_test⠀⇛ Ukraine counteroffensive will be a big test for the concept that Western weapons and training can help turn back Russian invasion # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Detains_Five_It_Claims_Tried_To_Buy Nuclear_Material_To_Discredit_Moscow⠀⇛ Moscow says it has detained several people it claims are linked to Ukraine who were trying to buy radioactive material and smuggle it out of the country to cause an incident “to discredit Russia.” # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Romania_Mulling_Measures_To_Protect_Farmers At_Constanta_Port,_Source_Says⠀⇛ In a move that could restrict the flow of Ukrainian grain, Romanian officials are considering measures to give local farmers priority access to the Black Sea port of Constanta during the harvest season. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Orders_Audit_Of_Heads_Of_Military Draft_Offices_In_Regions⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has ordered the creation of a special commission to carry out an audit of heads of military draft offices in regions across the country. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Wagner’s_‘march_of_justice’_All_of_Yevgeny Prigozhin’s_posts_about_his_apparent_military_coup_— Meduza⠀⇛ Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin released a series of announcements on June 23, accusing Russia’s Defense Ministry of intentionally striking Wagner positions. “We’re 25,000 strong, and we’re going to get to the bottom of the lawlessness in this country,” he said, adding Wagner Group had decided to “stop the evil that [Russia’s] military leadership is carrying out.” He said of Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, “This creature will be stopped.” Here’s a timeline of all Prigozhin’s announcements. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine’s_Naftogaz_Files_Motion_In_U.S._Court Seeking_Payment_From_Russia_For_Losses_In_Crimea⠀⇛ Ukrainian state-owned energy company Naftogaz said it has taken legal action in the United States to recover $5 billion awarded by an arbitration court in The Hague as compensation for damages and lost property in Crimea. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Launches_Criminal_Probe_After_Wagner Chief_Blames_Moscow’s_Forces_For_Attacks_On Mercenaries⠀⇛ The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has launched a criminal probe after what it said was a “call for an armed mutiny” by Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Prigozhin:_‘This_is_no_military_coup,_this is_a_justice_march’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin says that Wagner Group actions directed against Russia’s Defense Ministry are not a military coup. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Prigozhin:_Russian_Defense_Ministry_launched rocket_strikes_on_Wagner_Group_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin says the Russian Defense Ministry launched a rocket strike on a Wagner camp. He posted video footage reportedly showing the aftermath of the attack. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Germany_To_Supply_45_More_Gepard_Tanks_To Ukraine⠀⇛ Germany intends to provide Ukraine with 45 more Gepard, or Cheetah, anti-aircraft tanks by the end of the year in its defensive struggle against Russia. The plan was announced by the head of the Ukraine Situation Center of the German Defense Ministry, Brigadier General Christian Freuding, in the June 25 edition of the newspaper Die Welt in comments seen in advance by dpa. A total of 34 Gepards have been delivered, and 15 more would be added in the coming weeks. “In addition, we want to deliver up to another 30 Gepard tanks towards the end of the year in cooperation with the US,” Freuding said. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ ISS:_African_peace_mission:_one_step forward,_one_step_back?⠀⇛ Africa’s Ukraine-Russia peace mission represents a significant milestone for the continent. It is the first time African states have taken the lead to seek a peaceful resolution for a conflict outside Africa. The delegation comprised leaders and representatives from seven countries – Comoros, Congo-Brazzaville, Egypt, Senegal, Uganda, Zambia, and led by South Africa. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_Defense_Ministry_calls_Prigozhin’s reports_of_rocket_attack_‘a_false_flag’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s Defense Ministry is circulating an announcement stating that “all of the reports and video footage from Yevgeny Prigozhin circulating on social media and allegedly showing ‘a Defense Ministry strike on Wagner Group rear camps’ do not correspond to reality and are an informational false flag.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Prigozhin_says_he_will_‘restore_justice’_and calls_on_Russians_to_join_him_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin has called on all Russians to join him in his campaign against the Russian Defense Ministry. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘The_president_is_sorely_mistaken’_Yevgeny Prigozhin’s_response_to_Putin’s_emergency_address condemning_Wagner_Group’s_insurrection_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Shortly after noon Moscow time on Saturday, Yevgeny Prigozhin posted an audio message to Telegram responding to Vladimir Putin’s earlier emergency address to the Russian people. (The president, without using Prigozhin’s name, vowed that he and his supporters will “suffer an inevitable punishment” and will “answer before the law and before our people.”) We’ve translated Prigozhin’s response in its entirety. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We’re_saving_Russia’_In_a_meeting_with military_leaders,_Yevgeny_Prigozhin_demanded_respect. Read_the_transcript._—_Meduza⠀⇛ On Saturday morning, a video appeared on Telegram that appears to show “negotiations” between Yevgeny Prigozhin, Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, and Deputy Chief of Staff Vladimir Alexeyev at the Southern Military District’s headquarters in Rostov- on-Don. The previous evening, Prigozhin accused the Russian Defense Ministry of carrying out a missile attack on a Wagner Group camp and announced his units were setting out on a “march of justice” against Russia’s military leadership. Overnight, Wagner fighters cordoned off multiple military and administrative buildings in Rostov-on-Don. Meduza is publishing a transcript of the conversation between Prigozhin, Yevkurov, and Alexeyev heard in the video. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_FSB_opens_criminal_case_against Prigozhin_for_incitement_to_armed_rebellion_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s National Antiterrorism Committee announced that the Federal Security Service (FSB) has opened a criminal case against Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin for calling for an armed rebellion. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Exxon_and_Chevron_are_getting_sued_by_a_county_in Oregon_for_their_role_in_climate_change⠀⇛ Multnomah County, which includes the city of Portland, is suing major oil and coal companies along with industry groups for more than $51 billion in harms caused by extreme heat. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_Church_of_England_has_lost_faith_in_oil_and gas_companies⠀⇛ The Church of England has come to the conclusion there is no saving fossil fuel companies from the error of their ways when it comes to sustainability and climate change. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Paris_summit_on_climate_and_finance_ends_without deal_on_global_shipping_tax⠀⇛ Participants at the Paris summit on finance and climate stopped short of a deal to create a tax on greenhouse gas emissions produced from international shipping. # ⚓ France24 ☛ US_envoy_John_Kerry:_‘There_are_trillions_of dollars_waiting_to_be_invested’_in_climate_transition⠀⇛ The United States’ special climate envoy John Kerry assesses efforts to secure funding for climate action and the green transition in an interview with FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Paris_Climate_Summit_Ends_with_Disappointing Results⠀⇛ South African President Ramaphosa noted that the aspirations of the countries of the South will not materialize as long as global governance regimes and institutions remain the same. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Climate_Change_Funding_Neglects_Over_1_Billion Youngsters⠀⇛ Only 2.4 percent of key global climate funds can be classified as supporting child-responsive activities despite the fact that children bear the brunt of the climate crisis. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Climate_change_increases_the_risk_of forest_fires_–_“Damage_to_homes_may_increase”⠀⇛ As Finland enjoys the warm temperatures of summer, the midsummer celebrations are in full swing. However, the unusually hot weather and dry soil bring along the risks of forest fires that cannot be easily extinguished even with light rainfall. According to the accident statistics of the rescue authorities, the number of wildfires this year has already exceeded last year’s figures by more than a quarter, and June is not even over yet. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Tiny_Thai_school_on_the_climate_change front_line⠀⇛ Just four students remain in the school located in a village just 10km away from Bangkok. # ⚓ RFA ☛ ‘Red’_alert_for_Beijing_as_heat_wave_sweeps_northern China⠀⇛ Temperatures top 41 degrees, prompting concerns about energy shortage # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Relief_in_sight?_Meteorologists_say Mexico’s_3rd_heat_wave_ending⠀⇛ According to the nation’s weather service, the “anticyclonic circulation” will weaken on Friday, bringing millions a respite from the heat. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Dangerous_Texas_heat_wave_forecast_to_expand_and worsen⠀⇛ The heat wave scorching much of Mexico, Texas and parts of New Mexico is forecast to worsen and last into the week of July 4, weather forecast models and National Weather Service (NWS) guidance show. Why it matters:Extreme heat is the top_weather- related_killer in the U.S., and long-duration heat with little overnight relief makes this event particularly hazardous. =================================================== Zoom in:Rio Grande Village, Texas, already has seen its high temperature reach 118°F, 2 degrees away from the all-time state record. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Battery_start-up_drives_tech_to US_industrial_heartland⠀⇛ An Australian battery materials start-up is accelerating into production to drive more energy-efficient electric vehicles. The United States is bankrolling manufacturing as part of its clean energy push, including commercially ready technology it can lure into its domestic supply chain from close allies. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Cathay_Pacific_flight_incident injures_11_in_Hong_Kong⠀⇛ 11 passengers required treatment at hospital. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] Democracy Now ☛ Major_U.N._Biodiversity_Deal Recognizes_Indigenous_Rights⠀⇛ More than 190 countries agreed Monday on a plan to preserve 30% of the planet’s lands and waters by 2030 in order to protect biodiversity, which is rapidly declining due to human activity. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Currency_depreciation_plagues_Turkey’s_new_‘record-high’ minimum_wage⠀⇛ Within three days of the new minimum wage announcement, the lira’s depreciation against the US dollar reduced its value from 482 to 452 dollars. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Alleged_Islamic_State-Khorasan_Leader_From Tajikistan_Detained_In_Turkey⠀⇛ Police in Istanbul say they detained Tajik citizen Shamil Hukumatov on June 22 on suspicion of being a leader of the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) extremist organization. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Sierra_Leoneans_head_to_the_polls_in_high- tension_general_election⠀⇛ Sierra Leoneans will vote Saturday in fiercely contested presidential and parliamentary elections, amid international calls for peace and a cost-of- living crisis that helped spark deadly riots last year. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Mali_voters_overwhelmingly_approve constitutional_amendments,_says_election_body⠀⇛ Malian voters overwhelmingly approved changes to the constitution in a referendum, marking a key step in the ruling junta’s declared plans to restore civilian rule, provisional results showed Friday. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Presidential_contender_Kamara_says_ready_to_be Sierra_Leone’s_‘CEO’⠀⇛ Just a day before he was due to release his manifesto, Sierra Leonean presidential contender Samura Kamara was busy writing in depth about the West African country’s justice system. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Spain_and_Morocco_fail_to_investigate_2022_deaths of_37_migrants_in_Melilla:_Amnesty_International⠀⇛ Amnesty International (AI) accused Spain and Morocco on Friday of covering up and failing to investigate the deaths of at least 37 migrants at the border of Melilla, a Spanish enclave city in northwest Africa. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ RFK_Jr._is_hosting_a_veritable_antivax Quackapalooza⠀⇛ I hadn’t planned on doing “theme weeks,” but somehow the last two weeks have turned into that. Last week ended up being all about the most ridiculous of the “Debate me, bro!” antivaxxers issuing bogus challenges to “debate” vaccines, who then doxxed and bullied a vaccine advocate in order to silence him, all while denying being a doxxing legal thug issuing bogus threats of libel suits. I’m referring, of course, to tech bro turned risibly silly antivaxxer who pivoted from “new school” anti-COVID-19 vaccine misinformation to the hoariest of “old school” antivax conspiracy theories, Steve Kirsch. Speaking of “old school” antivaxxers, this week has been all about longtime antivax conspiracy theorist turned Presidential candidate for the 2024 Democratic nomination, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. When last we left RFK Jr. earlier this week, his antivax misinformation-and conspiracy theory-filled performance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, followed by his bogus “challenge” to debate vaccine scientist Dr. Peter Hotez, had been dominating social media earlier in the week. So why return to him again, so soon? Why go back to the well a third time in one week? # ⚓ France24 ☛ Unmasking_‘Love_Jihad’:_The_dangerous impact_of_an_Indian_conspiracy_theory⠀⇛ In India, a conspiracy theory known as “love jihad” is being perpetuated by Hindu nationalist groups who claim Muslim communities are orchestrating a takeover by seducing and converting Hindu women. Online platforms have become breeding grounds for fear-mongering posts warning of the danger of trusting Muslim men. Drawing on firsthand accounts from victims accused of love jihad, the FRANCE 24 Observers team unravels the web of disinformation and propaganda associated with this divisive narrative. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Supreme_Court_Rejects_Free_Speech Challenge_to_Immigration_Law⠀⇛ In a 7-to-2 decision, the court gave a narrow reading to a statute that made it a crime to encourage unauthorized immigrants to come to or stay in the United States. # ⚓ German_institutions_criticize_TRT_for_the_series_defaming Osman_Kavala⠀⇛ Germany-based media-culture-arts organizations made a joint statement and criticized the Turkish public broadcaster for its role in the financing and broadcasting of the production defaming Osman Kavala for whom there is no final verdict in the trial he stands. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Elite_War_on_Free_Thought⠀⇛ Address at Free Speech Event in London, with Russell Brand and Michael Shellenberger # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Australia_regulators_demand_Twitter_reveal strategies_to_combat_online_hate⠀⇛ Australia’s eSafety Commissioner launched legal action against Twitter on Thursday demanding information about the platform’s strategies to combat online hate. The move comes in response to a significant increase in complaints regarding online hate on Twitter, particularly following the acquisition of the company by Elon Musk in October 2022. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Elon_Musk_Has_Made_Anti-Trans_Hatred_One_of Twitter’s_Core_Features⠀⇛ Move over, Webster’s—Elon Musk apparently runs the dictionary now. And wouldn’t you know it: Musk’s dictionary is weird and transphobic. # ⚓ Axios ☛ House_Freedom_Caucus_weighs_kicking_out_Marjorie Taylor_Greene⠀⇛ Members of the House Freedom Caucus discussed potentially ousting Rep. Marjorie_Taylor_Greene (R- Ga.) from the conservative group during a closed- door meeting on Friday morning, three sources familiar with the conversation confirmed to Axios. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ It’s_Not_Just_Corporate_Pride_Boycotts—Right- Wingers_Are_Escalating_Their_Anti-LGBTQ_Campaign⠀⇛ We’re nearing the end of Pride month, and even right-wingers are getting confused about what they’re supposed to boycott next. Since just April, conservatives—enraged over ads demonstrating any hint of LGBT-inclusiveness—have launched boycotts against the Los Angeles Dodgers, LEGO, Kellogg’s, Nike, North Face, Kohl’s, PetSmart, Build-A-Bear, J. Crew, Maybelline, Adidas, Citibank, and the video game Call of Duty. Aspiring journalist and podcaster Megyn Kelly seriously fretted aloud that teen boys won’t want to jerk off to a trans woman’s Sports Illustrated cover. The unintentionally hilarious Texas Family Project earnestly sad- tweeted that they “take no pleasure in reporting that Cracker Barrel has fallen” in response to the restaurant chain’s pro-Pride messaging. Fox News, which has a generic Pride month post on its website, was accused of being on the “woke bandwagon” and targeted for protest by several big, dumb conservative Twitter accounts. Every other day, another company vaguely signals its most milquetoast support for LGBTQ folks, and conservatives are finding it impossible to keep up. It’s enough to send right-wingers into fits of delusional paranoia. For real. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Turkey_finally_lifts_midnight_music_ban,_which_had_been_in place_since_pandemic⠀⇛ The government had refused to lift the controversial ban last year, despite lifting all other Covid-related measures. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Airbnb’s_continued_march_across_the_country⠀⇛ Many communities nationwide are home to Airbnb listings but no hotels, the company says in a new blog_post framing that data point as evidence that it helps boost what it calls “dispersed travel.” Why it matters:Airbnb’s presence in smaller communities outside traditional tourism zones is controversial. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ “The_Message_They’ve_Received_Is_That_You Don’t_Deserve_to_Be_Cared_For”:_Life_on_the_Abortion Borderland⠀⇛ One day each week, the Rev. Erika Ferguson puts on leggings and a sweatshirt, pulls her hair back under a baseball cap, and heads to a North Texas airport to meet a group of people who need abortions. She shepherds the strangers through security and onto a short flight to Albuquerque, N.M. There, the group spends the day at an abortion clinic, and later they watch rom-coms in an office packed with cots, tea, and homemade cookies. The women Ferguson has accompanied represent a cross section of Texans—Black, Latina, Asian, and white. There have been rape victims and teenagers. There have been moms with teenage children at home. “I’ve taken women from all walks of life, from all ages,” Ferguson told me.1 Ferguson greets the group by explaining why she is there. She has had two abortions, one at 14 and one at 18. More than 30 years later, the warmth she felt from the workers at the clinic who cared for her animates her decision to help these travelers. She calls the airlifts, which are coordinated by the Albuquerque-based New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (NM RCRC), the “Tubman Travel Project.” The journeys made by people fleeing abortion bans remind her of those taken by enslaved people fleeing to free states.2 # ⚓ Axios ☛ Republican_2024_field_for_president_is_historically diverse⠀⇛ What we’re watching: Hurd joins two other Black Americans in the GOP race — Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and conservative radio host Larry Elder. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Dark_Incentives_That_Led_to_a_Refugee Tragedy⠀⇛ To those who see refugees as a burden or threat, border security is a zero-sum game that can be “won” by keeping potential asylum seekers out or by forcing them into other countries. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Safe_haven_states_scramble_to_accommodate_non- resident_abortions⠀⇛ Note: Includes abortions provided by clinics, private medical offices, hospitals and virtual-only clinics. Months with less than 10 abortions are represented as 0; Data: #WeCount/Society of Family Planning and Census Bureau; Map: Jacque Schrag/ Axios In the year since the Supreme_Court’s_Dobbs_ruling, Planned Parenthood Minnesota’s clinics have performed more abortions on out-of-state patients, along with more second-trimester abortions that are typically outlawed by conservative-led states, officials say. § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ European Commission ☛ Speech_by_Vice-President_Maroš_Šefčovič_at_the SGI_Europe_event_on_‘The_Single_Market_at_30:_What_role_for_Services_of General_Interest_in_its_future?’⠀⇛ § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ JUVE ☛ UPC_launch:_Three_weeks_on,_cases_are_steadily_rising [Ed: JUVE does not disclose anymore that Team UPC is bribing it for such propaganda; the UPC is totally illegal]⠀⇛ The UPC cases filed so far are comprised of three revocation proceedings, two preliminary injunction applications, two application for preventative measures, and 14 infringement proceedings. It is also clear that Germany currently leads the way as regards parties filing infringement cases at the country’s local and central UPC divisions. o ⚓ USPTO_Should_Conduct_Expedited_Reviews_for_Discretionarily_Denied PTAB_Petitions⠀⇛ The USPTO’s invalidation of both patents involved in the ongoing legal battle between Intel and VLSI is the most recent development in a long and contentious debate among those who watch Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings closely. o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Promoting_and_Respecting_Economically Vital_American_Innovation_Leadership_(PREVAIL)_Act [Ed: Lobbying by patent litigation profiteers, false marketed]⠀⇛ The second major new Senate patent bill focuses on reconstructing AIA trials — particularly by reducing availability and power of inter partes review and post grant proceedings.  The bipartisan Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act was introduced by Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.),Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Dick Durbin (D- Ill.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii). * § Trademarks⠀➾ o ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog_Test:_Are_Personal_Training_Services_Related to_Clothing_For_Section_2(d)_Purposes?⠀⇛ The USPTO refused to register the mark SRF & Design, shown here, for (inter alia) physical fitness training services, finding confusion likely with the standard character mark SRF for “shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, hoodies, hats, pants, sweatpants, sweaters, pullovers, headwear.” Not surprisingly, the Board found the marks to be “very similar” in sound, appearance, connotation, and commercial impression. But what about the goods and services? How do you think this came out? In_re_Surf Ready_Fitness, Serial No. 90548268 (June 21, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Christen M. English). Applicant argued that the spacing in its mark would lead consumers to pronounce it as three individual letters, whereas the cited mark would likely be pronounced “surf.” The Board was unimpressed, pointing out that there is no correct pronunciation of a mark and that applicant’s mark might also be pronounced “surf.” The circular design element in applicant’s mark would likely be perceived “merely as an outline or carrier for the literal element of Applicant’s mark.” Moreover, the cited standard character mark could be displayed in the same font as applicant’s mark. * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_US_music_industry_is_waging_war_upon_an_AI_server_on Discord⠀⇛ The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) thinks the use of AI models to imitate the voices of musicians is an act of copyright infringement. And it’s going to battle with Discord on the back of that view. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Preserve_Rockwood_Concert_Benefit_Series Kicks_Off_with_Sara_Bareilles_Concert⠀⇛ The #PreserveRockwood benefit concert series begins with a performance from Sara Bareilles on June 30, with many more to come over the next few months in a continued effort to keep the independent venue alive. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Meta_to_block_news_access_for_Facebook_users_in_Canada after_media_bill_passes⠀⇛ Facebook and Instagram users in Canada will be blocked from viewing Canadian news, parent-company Meta said Thursday, after Ottawa passed a bill requiring digital giants to pay for such content. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ As_Canada_Passes_Corrupt_Link_Tax,_Meta_Says_No_More News_Links_In_Canada⠀⇛ Two weeks ago, Canada’s Heritage Minister, Pablo Rodriguez, who has been the main Canadian government official pushing for C-18, the bullshit link tax bill, that is just a corrupt wealth transfer from one disliked industry to a favored industry, insisted that it was “unacceptable” that Meta might stop allowing links to news if the bill passed. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2613 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.25.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_25/06/2023:_Godot_Community_Poll,_More_Discussion_About_RHEL⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 10:46 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Audiocasts/Shows o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Open_Hardware/Modding * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o SaaS/Back_End/Databases o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o Licensing_/_Legal o Programming/Development # Python o Standards/Consortia * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Patents # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Financial_Reasons_Companies_Should_Be_Using_Linux⠀⇛ Research shows that many organisations view cost savings as one of the advantages of using open- source operating systems like Linux. Many web developers worldwide, including cybersecurity personnel and network engineers, prefer to use Linux. It is open source, so its source code is readily available. Unlike Microsoft Windows, users of Linux no longer need to purchase any license to use it. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ KDE Videos ☛ Akademy_2023_Interview:_Kdenlive_contributors Jean-Baptiste_Mardelle_and_Eugen_Mohr⠀⇛ Kdenlive contributors Jean-Baptiste Mardelle and Eugen Mohr tell us how Kdenlive started out, the hurdles it had to overcome over its 20-year history, and how each of them got involved in the project. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Volker Krause ☛ Shared_locations_in_NeoChat⠀⇛ With KDE_Itinerary gaining the option to share locations via the Matrix protocol, we had to make sure KDE’s own Matrix client NeoChat can actually properly handle this as well. # ⚓ Ghacks ☛ iVentoy:_boot_and_install_operating_systems_on multiple_machines_over_the_network⠀⇛ The developer of the multi-boot tool Ventoy has released a new utility called iVentoy. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_ssh⠀⇛ This article spotlights alternative tools to ssh, an OpenSSH remote login client. # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ BluePup_send-file_fixed⠀⇛ Federico reported this. I verified, started BluePup from a terminal, paired with my phone, then attempted to send a file tothe phone. On the terminal got this: sh: line 1: /usr/bin/bluetooth-sendto: no such file or directory That file is supposed to be in the ‘gnome- bluetooth3′ package, compiled in OpenEmbedded. However, I found that the developers have changed the recipe, so that it no longer installs ‘bluetooth-sendto’. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_List_Or_Check_All_Installed_Linux Kernels_From_Commandline⠀⇛ Linux Kernel is the core component of a GNU/Linux operating system. Developed by Linus Torvalds in 1991, it is a free, open-source, monolithic, modular, and multitasking Unix-like kernel. In Linux, it is possible to install multiple kernels on a single system. Have you ever wondered how many Linux kernels are installed on your Linux box? In this tutorial, we will explore how to check and view all installed Linux kernels, including their versions, from the command line in different Linux operating systems. # ⚓ Idiomdrottning ☛ Trailing_slashes_on_rsync_paths⠀⇛ The reason I bring this up is that I was taught that with rsync I should just be mindful of the traling slashes matching or not. But that’s not right. It’s the first path’s last character that matters. The dest path’s last character doesn’t seem to matter. # ⚓ Data Swamp ☛ Ban_scanners_IPs_from_OpenSMTP_logs⠀⇛ If you are an OpenBSD running an OpenSMTP email server, you may want to ban IPs used by bots trying to bruteforce logins. OpenBSD doesn’t have fail2ban available in packages, and sshguard isn’t extensible enough to support the multiline log format used by OpenSMTP. Here is a short script that looks for authentication failures in /var/mail/maillog and will add the IPs into the PF table bot after too many failed login. # ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ Style_your_WordPress_Atom_feed⠀⇛ I recently read Darek Kay’s excellent post about styling RSS feeds and wanted to do something similar. So, here’s my simple guide to styling your WordPress blog’s RSS / Atom theme. The end result is that if someone clicks on a link to your feed, they see something nicely formatted, like this: [...] # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Nginx_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Nginx on Debian 12. For those of you who didn’t know, Nginx, a powerful and high-performance web server, can significantly enhance your website’s speed, scalability, and overall performance. By installing Nginx on Debian 12, you can harness its advanced features and leverage its efficiency. # ⚓ How_to_Count_Files_in_Linux_Directory?⠀⇛ If you are a System Administrator or a Server Administrator, you are constantly observing the files on the system. This includes managing and maintaining the files and sorting and counting them. This post will act as a guide and show you all the different ways that you can use to count files in a linux directory. The main command in most methods will be the wc command which will be combined with other commands and tools to count the number of files in a Linux Directory. # ⚓ Using_Airflow_to_Run_Spark_on_Kubernetes⠀⇛ Here’s how to set up a Spark application on Kubernetes using the Airflow scheduler for data- intensive workloads. # ⚓ How_to_install_Java_8/11_on_Amazon_Linux_2023⠀⇛ Here we go through the commands available to install Java 11 or 8 on Amazon Linux 2023 for production or business applications in your cloud infrastructure. Java is available through the Amazon 2023 repositories as Corretto. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_TeamViewer_on_Linux_Mint_21/ 20⠀⇛ This guide is tailored to demonstrate how to install TeamViewer on Linux Mint 21 as well as its older supported release, Linux Mint 20. TeamViewer is a powerful remote access and control tool that has carved a niche for itself in the realm of remote support and online meetings. # ⚓ The New Stack ☛ Get_up_to_Speed_with_Containers_Very Quickly_with_DockSTARTer⠀⇛ I’m on a constant hunt for applications that help ease the complexity of Docker container deployments. # ⚓ Scan_LAN_and_get_Windows_host_names⠀⇛ $ nmap -sn --system-dns 192.168.0.1-253 # ⚓ Chrome_for_Linux:_A_Comprehensive_Guide_–_Nigeria_News_June 24,_2023⠀⇛ If you are a Linux user and are looking for a web browser that works seamlessly with your operating system, Chrome for Linux is a great option. In this article, we will explore everything you need to know about Chrome on Linux, its features, installation process, and some common troubleshooting tips. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Godot Engine ☛ Godot_community_poll_2023⠀⇛ It’s this time of the year! Godot Community Poll 2023 is now out! # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ New_Intel_Arc_Driver_Delivers_11%_Gaming Boost_in_Linux⠀⇛ Intel Arc Linux graphics driver with Mesa 23.2 code tweak delivers 11% faster gaming in CS:GO. # ⚓ BattleBit_devs_to_add_FACEIT_Anti-cheat_alienating_Linux_– Steam_Deck_users⠀⇛ BattleBit Remastered is an updated version of the popular online multiplayer game, BattleBit. It brings enhanced graphics, improved gameplay mechanics, and additional content to provide a more immersive and exciting experience. But it appears some users’ time is limited as devs plan to add FACEIT anti-cheat, alienating Linux and Steam Deck users. For now, though, players engage in intense battles, teaming up with friends or competing against others in various game modes, utilizing a wide range of weapons and tactics to claim victory. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Joe Brockmeier ☛ [Former_Red_Hatter]_Joe_Brockmeier:_Red Hat_and_the_Clone_Wars⠀⇛ It’s been an exciting week for people who care about Linux distributions, FOSS licensing, FOSS distribution, FOSS business models, and the future of open source in general. Red Hat’s announcement that_CentOS_Stream_will_be_the_sole_repo_for_public RHEL-related_source_code_releases has generated a lot of chatter and exposed a lot of misconceptions about what the GPL requires and doesn’t. Sadly for you, dear reader, I have a lot of thoughts on this topic and plan to tackle them in stages here on the blog. Going to start with some really common misconceptions / questions and answers as I understand them. Note that I am not a lawyer, and I no longer work at Red Hat. If you see something inaccurate, please feel free to comment and I’ll make any warranted corrections. § Doesn’t Red Hat have to release RHEL source code publicly? No. The GPL requires distributors to provide source code to those entities it has provided the GPL’ed software to, but no one else is entitled to those changes, not even the original authors. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ IBM-owned_Red_Hat_cracks_down_on_access_to_RHEL source_code⠀⇛ McGrath offered the following explanation for the announcement: “Before CentOS Stream, Red Hat pushed public sources for RHEL to git.centos.org. When the CentOS Project shifted to centre on CentOS Stream, we maintained these repositories even though CentOS Linux was no longer being built downstream of RHEL. “The engagement around CentOS Stream, the engineering levels of investment, and the new priorities we’re addressing for customers and partners now make maintaining separate, redundant, repositories inefficient. The latest source code will still be available via CentOS Stream.” Given that CentOS Stream is upstream of RHEL, they will be exactly the same only for a brief period after a release of RHEL leads to synchronisation of their code. Red Hat’s community distribution, Fedora, is upstream of CentOS Stream which means that it will be even less likely to have the latest packages and bug fixes. # ⚓ STH ☛ IBM_Red_Hat_Puts_RHEL_Source_Behind_Paywall⠀⇛ This week, IBM Red Hat made a big move. This is one of those moves, that, at the same time, our readers should have been prepared for. Red Hat moved RHEL source code behind its paywall for subscribers. This has huge implications for Alma Linux, Rocky Linux, and others seeming to leave only CentOS Stream, a testing release, as an avenue for IBM Red Hat’s source code. One thing is clear, IBM Red Hat does not want folks running anything in its ecosystem unless they are paying customers. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Et_Tu,_Red_Hat?_|_Hackaday⠀⇛ Sounds innocuous, but what’s really going on here? Let’s have a look at the Red Hat family: RHEL, CentOS, and Fedora. RHEL is the enterprise Linux distribution that is Red Hat’s bread and butter. Fedora is RHEL’s upstream distribution, where changes happen fast and things occasionally break. CentOS started off as a community repackaging of RHEL, as allowed under the GPL and other Open Source licenses, for people who liked the stability but didn’t need the software support that you’re paying for when you buy RHEL. Red Hat took over the reigns of CentOS back in 2014, and then imposed the transition to CentOS Stream in 2020, to some consternation. This placed CentOS Stream between the upstream Fedora, and the downstream RHEL. Some people missed the stability of the old CentOS, and in response a handful of efforts spun up to fill the gap, like Alma Linux and Rocky Linux. These projects took the source from git.centos.org, and rebuilt them into usable community operating systems, staying closer to RHEL in the process. # ⚓ EIN Presswire ☛ Seamless_Linux_Upgrade_Solution_for_RHEL_7 and_CentOS_7:_Project78_by_Linux_Belgium⠀⇛ Linux Belgium Proudly Launches Upgrade-as-a-Service for RHEL7 and CentOS 7: Project78 Linux Belgium BV, a leader in providing enterprise- level Linux solutions, today proudly announced the launch of their trailblazing Upgrade-as-a-Service (UaaS) product, ‘Project78′. Released exactly one year and one week ahead of the End of Life (EOL) date for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL 7) and CentOS 7, set for 30th June 2024, Project78 is designed to resolve the major challenges that businesses face when performing sizeable operating system upgrades in intricate, enterprise environments. # ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_CPE_Weekly_Update_– Week_25_2023⠀⇛ This is a weekly report from the CPE (Community Platform Engineering) Team. If you have any questions or feedback, please respond to this report or contact us on #redhat-cpe channel on libera.chat. We provide you both an 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: 19 June – 23 June 2023 o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Sparky GNU/Linux ☛ Pulsar [Ed: Killed by Microsoft, but not dead.]⠀⇛ There is a new application available for Sparkers: Pulsar What is Pulsar? A Community-led Hyper- Hackable Text Editor, Forked from Atom, built on Electron. Designed to be deeply customizable, but still approachable using the default configuration. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ uCOM_board_features_i.MX93_System-on-Chip⠀⇛ The iMX93 uCOM is an ultra compact board featuring two ARM Cortex A55 processors along the Ethos-U65 neural processing unit for cost-effective ML applications. The device is an advanced application processor module designed to cater to the needs of various industries, including industrial automation, smart city, communication gateways, robotics, etc. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Using_Link.ONE_all-in-one_LPWAN_development kit_with_ChipStark,_Node-Red,_InfluxDB,_and_Grafana⠀⇛ RAKwireless has sent us a review sample of the WisTrio Link.ONE all-in-one LPWAN IoT development kit with support for LTE-M, NB-IoT, and LoRaWAN connectivity and programmable with the Arduino IDE. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ PiccoloBASIC_–_A_BASIC_interpreter_for_the Raspberry_Pi_Pico_board⠀⇛ I don’t think the language is still used in practical applications, but we can still see some BASIC projects pop up from time to time such as a BASIC interpreter for the Arduino Zero boards. Gary Sims, owner of the Gary Explains YouTube channel, has now ported a BASIC interpreter to the Raspberry Pi Pico> # ⚓ peppe8o ☛ OpenMediaVault_and_Raspberry_PI:_NAS_Installation and_Setup⠀⇛ This tutorial will show you how to create a NAS (Network Attached Storage) with OpenMediaVault and Raspberry PI. What is OpenMediaVault OpenMediaVault is an open-source # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Pico_Gets_Basic_Interpreter Called_PiccoloBASIC⠀⇛ There’s nothing quite like old-school computing. Thanks to maker and developer Gary Explains, you can relive the classic coding experience of the 80s and 90s with this Raspberry Pi Pico Basic interpreter. The project is called PiccoloBASIC, enabling users to program simple projects using the [BASIC] programming language. # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Superior_stargazing_with_the_PiFinder⠀⇛ The self-contained design means you don’t need to fiddle around with laptops or tablets to read information gathered by separate sky-gazing photography rigs. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ FPGA_Plays_Tic-Tac-Toe⠀⇛ As computers get more and more powerful and artificial intelligence algorithms improve, few games remain where the best humans can reliably beat their electronic counterparts. In chess this barrier was passed in 2005 with the last human win against a computer, and recently humans lost to computers at go. Simpler games like tic-tac-toe have been solved for all possible positions for a while now, so even a simple computer will always win or tie the game. But that doesn’t mean that there’s nothing left to learn about these games as [Hayden] demonstrates with this tic-tac-toe game built entirely on an FPGA. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Zero_Powers_Game_Boy_Advance Retro_Pie_Handheld⠀⇛ Cheat_Steve10 is using a Raspberry Pi Zero to power his Retro Pie setup and housed everything inside of a Game Boy Advance. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_32-Bit_RISC-V_CPU_Core_In_600_Lines_Of_C⠀⇛ If you have ever wanted to implement a RISC-V CPU core in about 600 lines of C, you’re in luck!  [mnurzia]’s rv project does exactly that, providing a simple two-function API. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ An_Open_Source_Firmware_For_Cheap_Geiger Counters⠀⇛ It is a time-honored tradition: buy some cheap piece of gear and rewrite the firmware to make it work better. [Gissio] managed to do just that for a cheap FS2011 Geiger counter. Apparently, the firmware will also work with some similar Chinese models, too. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Retro-Inspired_Computer_Case_Hosts_Mechanical Keyboard⠀⇛ During the time in the 1980s when the personal computer was gaining steam as a household fixture, plenty of models shipped with the keyboard built in to the machine itself. This helped reduce costs, lower the physical footprint of the device, and arguably improved aesthetics. But as technology progressed, this type of design fell by the wayside as computers became more modular and configurable. That’s not to say there aren’t any benefits to building a computer like this, though. [jit] is here to show off this Amiga-inspired computer with its own modern built-in mechanical keyboard. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Bloonface ☛ Why_did_the_#TwitterMigration_fail?⠀⇛ I’ve been using fediverse stuff (Mastodon and, most recently, Calckey – I’m just going to use “Mastodon” as shorthand here, purists can bite me) for over a year now, and have been doing so full time for about six months, following Elon Musk buying Twitter (since on principle, I decline to give Elon Musk money or attention.) This latter part coincided with the “November 2022 influx”, when lots of new people joined Mastodon for similar reasons. A lot of that influx has not stuck around. Everyone is very aware at this point that active user numbers have dropped off a cliff. [...] In the wake of November 2022, however, a good number of existing users absolutely made it clear that they did not want mainstream adoption; or if they did, they wanted it on their terms and their terms only. It should only include people who matched their specific ideological niche, and completely failing to 100% match the existing norms of the network as it existed then was grounds for banishment. o ⚓ Medevel ☛ 10_Open-source_Tax_Management_Solutions⠀⇛ Tax management software is a type of software solution designed to help businesses and individuals manage their tax-related tasks. Tax management software can help automate the process of filing taxes, managing tax documents, and tracking tax-related expenses. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Free/Libre/Open_Source_And_Giving_Back⠀⇛ 3D printing YouTuber [Thomas Sanladerer] made a fairly contentious claim in a video about the state of open source hardware and software: namely that it’s not viable “anymore”. You can watch his video for more nuance, but the basic claim is that there are so many firms who are reaping the benefits of open designs and code that the people who are actually doing the work can’t afford to make a living anymore. o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ PGDay_UK_2023_–_Call_for_Sponsors_&_Call_for Papers⠀⇛ PGDay UK 2023 will take place in London on September 12th at the Hallam Conference Centre in Marylebone! Our Call for Papers and Call for Sponsors are now open. We are accepting proposals for talks in English. Each session will last 50 minutes, and may be on any topic related to PostgreSQL. The submission deadline is July 21st, 2023 23:59:59 BST. Selected speakers will be notified before August 8th, 2023. # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ Citus_Con:_An_Event_for_Postgres_2023—It’s_a wrap!⠀⇛ ✐ First off—a Big Thank You⠀✐ Citus_Con:_An_Event_for_Postgres_2023 is a free and virtual developer event that took place Apr 18-19, 2023—and we owe a huge THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the second annual Citus Con—from the attendees to the 40 amazing speakers. We trust you had fun and learned a lot. ✐ Watch 37 sessions of Postgres goodness online⠀✐ Keynote:_Big_Opportunities_in_Small_Data was delivered by Simon Willison, creator of Datasette & co-creator of Django Keynote:_The_Distributed_PostgreSQL_problem_&_how Citus_solves_it Marco Slot, lead architect of the Citus database All_37_Postgres_talks from Citus Con are now online for you to watch: 2 keynotes, 16 Postgres deep dives, 6 Citus engineering & 4 Citus customer talks, 2 ecosystem talks, 2 Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL talks, and 5 Azure Database for PostgreSQL talks. o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ LibreOffice_Marketing_Activities_–_Annual_Report_2022⠀⇛ In 2022, the marketing team continued the deployment of the Strategic Marketing Plan, without overlooking ongoing activities to promote LibreOffice and support the efforts of native language communities… o § Licensing / Legal⠀➾ # ⚓ [Repeat] Software Freedom Conservancy ☛ A_Comprehensive Analysis_of_the_GPL_Issues_With_the_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_ (RHEL)_Business_Model⠀⇛ This article was originally published primarily as a response to IBM’s Red Hat’s change to no longer publish complete, corresponding source (CCS) for RHEL and the prior discontinuation of CentOS Linux (which are related events, as described below). We hope that this will serve as a comprehensive document that discusses the history of Red Hat’s RHEL business model, the related source code provisioning, and the GPL compliance issues with RHEL. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Xe’s Blog ☛ Time_is_not_a_synchronization_primitive⠀⇛ Programming is so complicated. I know this is an example of the nostalgia paradox in action, but it easily feels like everything has gotten so much more complicated over the course of my career. One of the biggest things that is really complicated is the fact that working with other people is always super complicated. One of the axioms you end up working with is “assume best intent”. This has sometimes been used as a dog-whistle to defend pathological behavior; but really there is a good idea at the core of this: everyone is really trying to do the best that they can given their limited time and energy and it’s usually better to start from the position of “the system that allowed this failure to happen is the thing that must be fixed”. However, we work with other people and this can result in things that can troll you on accident. One of the biggest sources of friction is when people end up creating tests that can fail for no reason. To make this even more fun, this will end up breaking people’s trust in CI systems. This lack of trust trains people that it’s okay for CI to fail because sometimes it’s not your fault. This leads to hacks like the flaky attribute on python where it will ignore test failures. Or even worse, it trains people to merge broken code to main because they’re trained that sometimes CI just fails but everything is okay. Today I want to talk about one of the most common ways that I see things fall apart. This has caused tests, production-load-bearing bash scripts, and normal application code to be unresponsive at best and randomly break at worst. It’s when people use time as a synchronization mechanism. # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Weighted_versus_unweighted_percentiles_by @ellis2013nz⠀⇛ I was surprised to find (well actually, I had discovered this before, so really should say to be “reminded”) that there doesn’t seem to be a weighted version of dplyr’s percent_rank() function in dplyr or other R packages. There are several packages with functions that will estimate quantiles from weighted data, but if you want to then turn the original vector of continuous variables into percentiles you need to take those quantiles and cut the original variable using them as breaks. I started by making my own convenience function to do this. To calculate the breaks, I am using the wtd.quantile function from Mark Hancock’s reldist package, which was notably faster than its competition (more on this later). # ⚓ Fernando Borretti ☛ Test_Autodiscovery_is_a_Silver_Bullet⠀⇛ I tend to write a lot more tests in Rust than in OCaml. Why? Not because Rust is so unsafe it needs more tests. Rust and OCaml are at roughly equivalent levels of safety. It’s because of ergonomics. The cargo developers have done enough work that the entire process for writing and running a unit test in Rust, from scratch, is: [...] # ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ Clear,_Simple,_and_Wrong⠀⇛ Knowing when hacks can be tolerated is a skill in itself. Taking shortcuts with clear, simple, and wrong solutions at every corner leads to untenably shaky foundations. But even the most hardcore programs have clear, simple, and wrong solutions. # ⚓ 37signals LLC ☛ Rails_World_sold_out_less_than_45_minutes⠀⇛ To have all of this come together, with Rails World, with the Rails Foundation, in the year we’ll celebrate the 20th anniversary of the framework, is just icing on the birthday cake. This is an exciting time to be part of the Ruby on Rails ecosystem. # ⚓ Rlang ☛ How_to_break_up_colour_variable_in_sjPlot_into equally-sized_bins⠀⇛ Whereas the direction of main effects can be interpreted from the sign of the estimate, the interpretation of interaction effects often requires plots. This task is facilitated by the R package sjPlot (Lüdecke, 2022). For instance, using the plot_model function, I plotted the interaction between two continuous variables. # ⚓ Rose_Hudson:_GSoC_status_report_3⠀⇛ API design is kinda tricky. § &num Those Who Came Before Me wlroots is designed to be very very modular. It’s clear from the readme: § “Pluggable, composable, unopinionated modules for building a Wayland compositor” - literally the first thing in the readme § “or any subset of these features you like, because all of them work independently of one another” - further down in the summary This design goal seems to have come about from lessons learned in other projects where a more all-in-one approach has become a burden. * § Python⠀➾ o ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Python_Program_to_Check_Palindrome_Number⠀⇛ A Palindrome is a sequence that reads the same backward as forward. In the context of number theory, a palindromic number or numeral palindrome is a number that remains the same when its digits are reversed. o ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Create_an_Admin_User_in_Django⠀⇛ Django, a high-level Python Web framework, promotes rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. Developed by experienced developers, it takes care of much of the hassle of web development, so you can focus on writing your app without needing to reinvent the wheel. § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_Voice_Of_GPS⠀⇛ Tuning into a GPS satellite is nothing new. Your phone and your car probably do that multiple times a day. But [dereksgc] has been listening to GPS voice traffic. The traffic originates from COSPAS-SARSAT, which is a decades-old international cooperative of 45 nations and agencies that operates a worldwide search and rescue program. You can watch a video about it below. § Leftovers⠀➾ * ⚓ New York Times ☛ 88_Temples,_750_Miles,_Untold_Gifts:_Japan’s_Shikoku Pilgrimage⠀⇛ A famed route on the smallest of Japan’s four main islands offers breathtaking views and an array of lessons on history, culture and generosity. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ House_GOP_Uses_Spending_Bills_to_Pick_Partisan_Policy Fights⠀⇛ Republicans are tucking dozens of policy mandates into government funding bills, in an effort to use their majority to force politically charged votes. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_Happens_When_You_Get_So_Influential_That_You’re Bored_by_Your_Own_Aesthetic?⠀⇛ In search of a refresh, Athena Calderone, the queen of muted Brooklyn interiors, is moving to Manhattan. She almost went broke renovating the townhouse that cemented her place in the interiors world. * ⚓ Brad Taunt ☛ Blogging_for_7_Years⠀⇛ My first public article was posted on June 28th 2016. That was seven years ago. In that time, quite a lot has changed in my life both personally and professionally. So, I figured it would be interesting to reflect on these years and document it for my own personal records. My hope is that this is something I could start doing every 5 or 10 years (if I can keep going that long!). This way, my blog also serves as a “time capsule” or museum of the past… * ⚓ Tedium ☛ A_Splash_of_Impatience⠀⇛ Today in Tedium: It can feel weird to talk about modern computers without mentioning a key annoyance of using them. We never really talk about splash screens, but they’re always there. Many programs take a second to load—especially complicated ones like video editors or AAA games. So, we’ve come to accept that little pause that comes with loading them. We don’t like it, but we have to live with it. But why is this the convention? Where did it come from? And why is it so prevalent in many PC and mobile programs? Today’s Tedium considers the cultural legacy of splash screens, loading screens, and other types of time-delaying visual components. You may be looking at one right now. — Ernie @ Tedium * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ RIP_Jim_Brown,_Hero_and_Monster⠀⇛ The Angry Sports Star Who Was a Milestone Between Jack Johnson and Brittney Griner * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Try_Listening_to_Your_Literature⠀⇛ Audiobooks are less demanding—and maybe that’s a good thing. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Douglass⠀⇛ * ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ News_diary_26_June_–_2_July:_Kevin_Spacey_sex_assault trial_starts,_new_constituency_maps_revealed⠀⇛ A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Jardin_de_la_Lituanie_–_a_piece_of_Lithuania_in_the_middle_of Paris⠀⇛ Jardin de la Lituanie – the Lithuanian Garden – in the 17th arrondissement of Paris carries symbolism for Lithuania not just because of its name but also because of its location. * § Science⠀➾ o ⚓ New York Times ☛ New_Study_Bolsters_Room-Temperature Superconductor_Claim⠀⇛ A team of researchers verified a key measurement from a study earlier this year that had faced doubts from other scientists. o ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Study_reveals_AI_may_transform_the_way_we understand_emotion⠀⇛ An emotion identification technology created by scholars at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) might benefit people with neurodiverse diseases such as autism. Traditionally, emotion recognition has been a challenging and complex area of study. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Horses_Used_to_Have_Toes._What_Happened_to Them?⠀⇛ The story can finally be told. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Why_Figuring_Out_if_It’s_Anxiety,_ADHD,_or_Both Matters⠀⇛ And how to do it. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Strange_Objects_Found_at_The_Galactic_Center_Are Like_Nothing_Else_in_The_Milky_Way⠀⇛ Weird things happen near black holes… o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Physicists_Discover_a_New_State_of_Matter_Hidden in_The_Quantum_World⠀⇛ A new secret is revealed. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Daily_Multivitamin_May_Help_Your_Memory,_But Only_if_You’re_in_This_Age_Group⠀⇛ And only in a small way. o ⚓ NYPost ☛ Harvard_behavior_scientist_who_studied_honesty_accused of_fabricating_data:_report⠀⇛ Prominent Harvard behavioral scientist Francesca Gino who undertook studies about honesty is under fire for allegedly fabricating papers that she worked on, according to a report. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Some_Babies_Are_Born_With_‘Tails’,_But_Not_For The_Reason_You_Might_Think⠀⇛ It isn’t a remnant of our ancestors. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Can_These_7_Things_Keep_Mosquitoes_Away_From_You? Here’s_What_The_Science_Says.⠀⇛ Go. Away. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Rise_of_The_Sleep_Divorce:_Do_Humans_Actually Sleep_Better_Alone?⠀⇛ “We realized that we both sleep better apart.” o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ No,_You_Didn’t_Imagine_It:_That_Wolf_Really_Did Recognize_Your_Voice⠀⇛ They’re listening. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Just_Figured_Out_How_This_Deadly Superbug_Hides_Inside_Us⠀⇛ The jig is up. * § Education⠀➾ o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ They_gather,_they_read_quietly,_they_leave: Indonesia’s_silent_book_club_aims_to_encourage_reading⠀⇛ Attendance for the monthly sessions averages about 30 people, with a mix of new faces as well as regulars. * § Hardware⠀➾ o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Typing_on_my_new_Gateron_North_Pole_2.0_keyboard⠀⇛ I’ve used mechanical keyboards for years, but this is the first one I’ve built from scratch. NovelKeys had a steep discount on their blue NK87 Entry Edition kit, so I figured why not! With the dual tone keycaps, I love how the colours harken back to my original blueberry iMac, and PCs of yore. o ⚓ John Paul Wohlscheid ☛ BYTE_Interview_with_the_Creators_of_the Macintosh_from_1984⠀⇛ Jobs: What turns on Andy and Burrell and Chris and Bill and Larry and everyone else here is building something really inexpensive so that everyone can afford it. It’s not very many years ago that most of us in this room couldn’t have afforded a $5000 computer. We realized that we could build a supercheap computer that would run Bill Atkinson’s amazing Quickdraw and have a mouse on it— in essence, build a really cheap implementation of Lisa’s technology that would use some of that software technology. That’s when the Macintosh as we know it was started. Hertzfeld: That was around January of 1981. o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ When_does_retrocomputing_begin?⠀⇛ My dear friend and fellow Baltic state fan Michael Dexter ran a fun poll that ended yesterday, with the options of end-of-life date, five years, ten years, twenty years, and never, stay current! I put myself down for twenty years, which turned out to be the most popular answer. @dexter:_When_does_#RetroComputing_begin? It may shock some of you that I have a couple of theories of my own! I’d say retrocompting visibly starts when devices fetch more on eBay than at retail. This follows what I dub the bathtub curve of computing, where a new device loses value as it becomes outdated, before becoming collectable. This is why a Commodore Plus/4 or a Sun SPARCstation is retro, but my smashed T550 is e-waste. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Robodog_Goes_Free_Thanks_To_Unofficial_SDK⠀⇛ What’s better than a pretty nice legged robot? One with an alternate SDK version that opens up expensive features, of course. The author didn’t like that the original SDK only came as pre-compiled binaries restricted to the most expensive models, so rolled up their sleeves and started writing a new one. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Ventbots_Are_Fans_Of_HVAC_And_Home_Automation⠀⇛ [WJCarpenter] had a common HVAC problem; not all the rooms got to a comfortable temperature when the heater was working to warm up their home. As often happens with HVAC systems, the rooms farthest from the heat source and/or with less insulation needed a boost of heat in the winter and cooling in the summer too. While [WJCarpenter] is a self-reported software person, not a hardware person, you will enjoy going along on the journey to build some very capable vent boosters that require a mix of each. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Electronic_Earrings_Are_PCB_Art_You_Can_Wear⠀⇛ If there’s one area of the human anatomy we rarely try to draw the eye, it’s the ears. Nonetheless, [DIY GUY Chris] has developed some LED earrings that should do exactly that. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ IKEA_Hack_–_Kvart_Into_Mic_Stand⠀⇛ While audiophiles might spend gazillions of hours finely honing a microphone stand that isolates their equipment from the trials and perturbations of the world, most of us who use a microphone don’t need anything so elaborate. Hackaday contributing editor [Jenny List] hacked together some thrift store finds into a snazzy adjustable mic setup as you can see in the video below the break. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Ecological_System_Dynamics_For_Computing⠀⇛ Some of you may remember that the ship’s computer on Star Trek: Voyager contained bioneural gel packs. Researchers have taken us one step closer to a biocomputing future with a study on the potential of ecological systems for computing. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Gumball_Coaster_Is_3D-Printed_Candy_Fun⠀⇛ Marble runs are fun enough on their own, but what if you could eat the marbles? Gumballs are the satisfying answer to that question. To that end, [Adrian Seeley] whipped up a system for producing gumball runs programmatically for entertainment and candy dispensing purposes. * § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Japan_Gets_Ready_to_Dump_Nuclear_Water_Into_the_Ocean⠀⇛ The test run of the discharge facility is expected to finish on June 26. The nuclear wastewater release seems to have entered the countdown. o ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Transplant_Patients_Face_Risk_of_Chagas_from Unscreened_Organ_Donors⠀⇛ When a ringing phone woke Bob Naedele on his 64th birthday, the caller offered the best gift imaginable: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center had a heart for him. A heart attack had left Naedele, a former police detective, with grave cardiac damage, and he had spent the last 2 1/ 2 years on the transplant waiting list. Naedele’s family usually celebrated birthdays with dinner and a cake. But on that day in May of 2018, Bob and his wife of 43 years, Cheryl, instead started calling their children to let them know that they were heading to the hospital. The cake would have to wait. o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Century_Long_War_on_Cannabis_Is_a_War_on Science⠀⇛ Harvard physician Peter Grinspoon fights back against years of war on youth and communities of color. o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Upcycling_movement:_How_US_chefs_transform_waste into_meals⠀⇛ Chefs are turning wasted food into high-quality dishes – from ice cream to pizza. The upcycling movement, which aims to address the problem of food waste in the United States, is growing in popularity as consumers are increasingly environmentally conscious. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Supreme_Court_finds_federal_government_not_obligated to_secure_Navajo_Tribe_water_access_under_treaty⠀⇛ The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an 1868 peace treaty between the US government and the Navajo Tribe does not require the government to secure water access for the tribe. o ⚓ Axios ☛ VA_denied_Black_veterans_health_benefits_more_often_than white_vets,_data_shows⠀⇛ The Department of Veterans Affairs was more likely to deny disability health_benefits to Black veterans than their white counterparts, according to a new government data analysis. By the numbers:In fiscal year 2023, 84.8% of Black veterans who applied for physical or mental_health benefits were granted assistance, compared to 89.4% of white veterans, the VA found. o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ 3M_to_pay_$10.3B_for_leaking_‘forever_chemicals’ into_water_systems⠀⇛ Chemical manufacturer 3M has agreed to pay $10.3 billion to settle lawsuits over the contamination of many public drinking water systems with harmful compounds. Known as “forever chemicals,” PFAS don’t degrade and have been linked to health problems. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Losing_Your_Y_Chromosome_Could_Have_Drastic Health_Consequences⠀⇛ o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Heart_disease_hits_Malaysians_at_younger_age as_cholesterol_issues_go_undiagnosed⠀⇛ The average age of a Malaysian who suffers a heart attack is 58, compared with Singapore’s 68. o ⚓ France24 ☛ US_intelligence_split_on_Covid-19_origins,_but_has_no evidence_it_was_created_in_Chinese_lab⠀⇛ The head of US intelligence said Friday that there was no evidence that the Covid-19 virus was created in the Chinese government’s Wuhan research lab. o ⚓ NYPost ☛ Pro_basketball_player_who_previously_blamed_COVID vaccine_for_rare_heart_condition_dies_of_heart_attack⠀⇛ Professional Dominican basketball player Óscar Cabrera Adames died this week after an apparent heart attack while he was possibly undergoing a stress test. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Health_Benefits_for_U.S._Veterans_From_Pacific Nations_Get_Step_Closer⠀⇛ Citizens of three Pacific Island nations, eligible to serve in the U.S. military, have faced a Catch-22 in gaining access to certain benefits. That may change soon. o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Overcoming_Impostor_Syndrome⠀⇛ Regulate your emotions and model your behavior on someone more psychologically stable and less driven by megalomania than you, like Elon Musk. * § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Chess_AI_In_Only_4K_Of_Memory⠀⇛ The first computer to ever beat a reigning chess world champion didn’t do so until 1996 when a supercomputer built by IBM beat Garry Kasparov. But anyone who wasn’t a chess Grandmaster could have been getting beaten by chess programs as early as 1979 when Atari released one of the first ever commercially-available chess video games for the Atari 2600. The game was called Video Chess and despite some quirky gameplay it is quite impressive that it was able to run on the limited Atari hardware at all as [Oscar] demonstrates. o ⚓ Neowin ☛ Leaked_poll_shows_employees_don’t_consider_Microsoft_as ‘top_place’_to_work [Ed: This Microsoft-friendly site belittles the crisis; there's a morale fiasco]⠀⇛ According to a leaked internal poll, Microsoft employees have expressed concerns regarding the current leadership within the company. The poll, which marks a significant drop in employee confidence compared to the previous year, sheds light on the challenges faced by Microsoft’s workforce. Earlier this year, CEO Satya Nadella announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs by the end of Q3 2023. Alongside the layoffs, Microsoft also revealed that employees would not receive a pay raise this year, citing tough economic conditions. The leaked poll results highlight declining employee sentiment toward working at Microsoft. When asked whether operating at the company was a good idea, 69% of respondents responded negatively, representing a 3% increase from the previous year. In 2021, 73% of employees considered it a great opportunity to work at Microsoft. o ⚓ Reason ☛ N.D._Texas_Bankruptcy_Court_(Not_Just_a_Single_Judge) Issues_Order_Related_to_Use_of_AI-Generated_Filings⠀⇛ From In re: Pleadings Using Generative Artificial Intelligence, Gen. Order No. 2023-03, issued Wednesday by Chief Judge Stacey G. C. Jernigan: If any portion of a pleading or other paper filed on the Court’s docket has been drafted utilizing generative artificial intelligence, including but not limited to [...] o ⚓ New York Times ☛ A.I._Beach_+_Vibes-Based_R.T.O._+_the_‘Black Mirror’_Quamputer⠀⇛ Generative artificial intelligence can increasingly do the work of creatives — so why aren’t we seeing more A.I. ads and A.I. actors? o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Lawyers_Who_Used_ChatGPT_In_Lieu_Of_Research_Must_Pay $5k,_Alert_Other_Judges⠀⇛ The lawyers who ridiculously did not check the citations ChatGPT gave them, and when called on it, doubled down with having ChatGPT make up the matching opinions, have now been sanctioned: they have to pay $5k. That may seem light, but with all of the details, it kinda makes sense. o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Google_bug_bounties_inch_closer_to_Microsoft’s payouts⠀⇛ Bug hunters who found security holes in Google — and also responsibly disclosed details of those flaws to the Chocolate Factory — earned more than $12 million in bounty rewards in 2022, marking a record year for the corporation’s Vulnerability Reward Programs (VRPs) in terms of payouts and number of vulnerabilities found and fixed. * § Security⠀➾ o ⚓ Trend Micro ☛ An_Overview_of_the_Different_Versions_of_the Trigona_Ransomware [Ed: This is primarily a Windows issue]⠀⇛ The Trigona ransomware is a relatively new ransomware family that began activities around late October 2022 — although samples of it existed as early as June 2022. Since then, Trigona’s operators have remained highly active, and in fact have been continuously updating their ransomware binaries. By April 2023, Trigona began targeting compromised MSSQL servers by stealing credentials via brute force methods. In May 2023, we found a Linux version of Trigona that shared similarities with its Windows counterpart. o ⚓ InfoSecurity Magazine ☛ OpenSSH_Trojan_Campaign_Targets_IoT_and Linux_Systems [Ed: The issue here is neither SSH nor Linux. This is Microsoft and another company openly defaming OpenSSH and Linux, which they claim to be working with. The_issue_here_is_bad passwords.]⠀⇛ o ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ MOVEit_breach_also_impacted_major_pension_systems and_insurers [Ed: Windows TCO]⠀⇛ The third-party vendor involved was PBI Research Services + Berwyn Group, who notified these clients on June 4 and June 6. CalPer’s notification can be found on CalPer’s website. The insurance sector was also affected by the MOVEit breach. Bill Toulas reports that a third PBI Research Services + BerwynGroup client, Genworth Financial, is a life insurance provider in Virginia affected by the MOVEit breach. They reported that between 2.5 and 2.7 million insurance members or employees were affected. o ⚓ Cloudbooklet ☛ Linux_systems_Hacked_with_OpenSSH_Malware [Ed: Helping Microsoft spread anti-SSH and anti-Linux FUD]⠀⇛ Discover the implications of OpenSSH Malware on Linux systems. Learn about the security risks and the importance of proactive measures to safeguard against unauthorized access. o ⚓ Gothamist ☛ Another_data_breach_at_NYC_schools_exposes_student and_staff_information [Ed: Windows TCO]⠀⇛ The New York City Department of Education estimates that the personal data of some 45,000 students was compromised as part of a breach involving the file transfer software MOVEit. Officials said the compromised data includes social security numbers, birth dates and certain student evaluations, though the specific types of data breached varies per student. Employees’ information was also affected, officials said, but they did not identify how many staff members were involved. No education department data has been published as a result of the breach so far, officials said, and the department will begin notifying those affected this summer. o ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Four_senior_residences_in_Pennsylvania_disclose_a data_security_breach_in_April⠀⇛ Four senior residences have disclosed that they were the victims of a network intrusion in April that may have compromised residents’ personal and protected health information. o ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Former_Highmark_employee_accused_of_misusing customer_info_to_steal_money_from_their_health_savings_accounts⠀⇛ Allegheny County District Attorney’s office charged Zakayah Scott who worked remotely from South Carolina for Highmark Health. Authorities said Scott had access to customers’ personal information including birthdays, addresses and phone numbers. They said she called Highmark’s customer service department, claiming to be one of the victims, change their password to their health savings account, log in, then withdrew and transferred money. The amount stolen totals more than $50,000 o ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Prosecution_of_tracing_agent_for_illegally obtaining_personal_information⠀⇛ An enforcement action and prosecution was announced by the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office this week: A former tracing agent pleaded guilty and was fined for illegally obtaining personal information to check if customers of a high street bank could repay their debts. Michael Isaacs, 80, from Epsom, Surrey was the sole director of Datasearch Services Limited (DSS). DSS is a tracing agent company, previously used by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to locate people who owed money to RBS and to determine their assets and ability to repay the debts. o ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Four_Nigerian_Nationals_Extradited_To_The_United States_To_Face_Charges_In_Wire_Fraud_And_Identity_Theft Conspiracy⠀⇛ On June 22, United States Attorney Roger Handberg announced the successful extraditions of Akinola Taylor of the United Kingdom, Olayemi Adafin of the United Kingdom, Olakunle Oyebanjo of the United Kingdom, and Kazeem Olanrewaju Runsewe of Sweden. These individuals have been charged in the Middle District of Florida with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, filing false claims with the United States, theft of public money or property, and aggravated identity theft. Taylor, Adafin, and Runsewe were arrested on November 30, 2022, and Oyebanjo was arrested on December 2, 2022. Taylor, Adafin, and Oyebanjo were apprehended in London, United Kingdom at the request of the United States, and Runswewe was apprehended in Malmo, Sweden at the request of the United States. In connection with the arrests, foreign authorities conducted searches of the residences of Taylor and Runsewe. These individuals first appeared in the Middle District of Florida in May and June 2023. Another related defendant, Ogunlana Oluwarotimi of Texas, was arrested in Texas in January 2023 and is currently pending trial. o ⚓ SANS ☛ Email_Spam_with_Attachment_Modiloader,_(Sat,_Jun_24th)⠀⇛ This week (2023-06-21) I found 2 emails attachment in quarantine that had different text with the same attachment. The first one had an Office 365 indicating the admin had setup a custom rule to block the message and could not be delivered to the recipients and what to do to fix it. o § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Denounces_Abortion_Bans,_Warning That_Privacy_Is_Next⠀⇛ The president sought to galvanize supporters a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade as Democrats hope the issue helps them win next year’s elections. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ New_York_City_Business_Owners_Aren’t_Happy_About Facial_Recognition_Ban_Prompted_By_New_York_City_Business Owner⠀⇛ Things are getting heated in the city that never sleeps stops bitching. Private business owners don’t much care for the city telling them how to run their business, even when said business involves perhaps careless use of problematic tech. * § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Afghanistan_war_crimes:_investigating_the generals_is_the_only_way_to_end_cover-up_calls⠀⇛ Australia’s military leaders need to be held to account for command failures in Afghanistan. It’s no surprise that calls of a cover-up are growing louder, writes defence whistleblower David McBride.  When The Australian’s Greg Sheridan agrees with Jacqui Lambie you know you are witnessing a seismic shift. Or, at very least, something that’s been hiding in plain sight and is finally being fully revealed. o ⚓ Bertrand Meyer ☛ The_“NATO_expansion”_canard⠀⇛ It is obvious to all who is aggressive and who is aggressed. Shame on those who insinuate otherwise. o ⚓ ANF News ☛ An_ISIS_woman_with_two_children_handed_over_to Denmark⠀⇛ This is the fourth repatriation mission of ISIS members that Denmark’s government has carried out so far. The woman was taken into custody immediately after arriving in her country of origin, as she has a case pending against her for sponsoring terrorism and being in a war zone. Her children are in the custody of the Danish authorities. o ⚓ Soldier_succumbs_to_injuries_following_clash_with_PKK_in_Iraq’s Kurdistan_region⠀⇛ The contracted soldier was wounded on June 15 during the “Operation Claw-Lock.” o ⚓ France24 ☛ Kenyan_President_William_Ruto:_‘There_are_already signs_of_genocide_in_Sudan’⠀⇛ In an interview with FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, Kenya President William Ruto said the world’s multinational financial architecture needs to be “fixed”. He also reacted to the ongoing conflict in Sudan, saying “there are already signs of genocide”. More than 2,000 people have been killed there since fighting broke out on April 15. o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Australian_government_sanctions_three_MH17 culprits⠀⇛ Three men involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 have been sanctioned by the Australian government. The government has been working with the Netherlands and European Union to co-ordinate sanctions on the trio convicted by the District Court of The Hague in November 2022 for their contribution to the downing of MH17 and the murder of all 298 people on board, including 38 Australian citizens or residents. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Killing_of_Sikh_Leader_Raises_Fears_in_British Columbia⠀⇛ Members of the Sikh community in Surrey believe that Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the president of a local temple, was killed because of his political views. o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Series_of_knife_attacks_underscores_mental health_shortcomings_in_‘happy_Hong_Kong’⠀⇛ After a brutal knife attack killed two women at a mall in Diamond Hill this month, Hong Kong police held a press conference which spelt out the shockingly indiscriminate nature of the assault. o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US_aircraft_carrier_arrives_in_Vietnam⠀⇛ This is the third visit by a US aircraft carrier to Vietnam since 2018. o ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Botswana,_Namibia_launch_Hanganee_II_joint exercise⠀⇛ Namibia and Botswana have kicked off the joint military exercise Hanganee II, which is being held in Namibia. The exercise, under the theme Enhancing Joint Cooperation, runs from 15 to 30 June in Gobabis, Namibia. The official opening took place this week in the Omaheke Region in east/central Namibia. o ⚓ RFA ☛ Junta_jet_attack_kills_man_in_Myanmar’s_Kayah_state⠀⇛ The bombing raid also injured 2 children. o ⚓ RFA ☛ Vietnam_to_prosecute_84_for_alleged_involvement_in_Dak_Lak attacks⠀⇛ Authorities blamed vague ‘organizations or individuals from overseas.’ o ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_NATO_Blends_Aircraft_From_25_Nations⠀⇛ The alliance’s “Air Defender” exercises, the largest in its history, have focused on communications, particularly on synchronizing multiple encryption systems. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ Serbian_army_commander_urges_NATO_to_increase protections_to_minority_Serbs_in_Kosovo⠀⇛ Serbian army commander, General Milan Mojsilovic, is urging NATO peacekeepers to increase efforts to protect minority Serbs who are in Kosovo. The call for protection follows the failure of peacekeeping negotiations between the EU, Serbia and Kosovo. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Serb_Official_Accuses_Kosovo_Police_Of_‘Planting’_Weapons In_Restive_North⠀⇛ Petar Petkovic, head of the Serbian government office for Kosovo, has accused Kosovar authorities of planting weapons found during a raid in the north, where tensions have been running high, on June 23. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ Overview_of_the_approved_constitutional_changes_in Mali⠀⇛ Mali’s constitution was revised in a referendum on Friday, with an overwhelming 97 percent of voters supporting the changes. This marks a significant stride towards the ruling junta’s objective of reinstating civilian rule. The amended constitution grants more power to the president, fueling speculation about Colonel Assimi Goita, the junta’s leader, potentially running for president. o ⚓ LRT ☛ US_Army_officer_who_helped_Lithuania_join_NATO_and_sings about_post-Soviet_Baltics⠀⇛ When the US Army pilot William Carl Buyan first visited Lithuania soon after it regained independence from the Soviet Union, he could hardly imagine that he would forever be linked to this faraway country. But this is where he met “the love of his life”, developed businesses, and is now happily spending his retirement. o § War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_figures_give_their_take_on_unfolding Russian_coup_attempt⠀⇛ Several prominent Latvian figures offered their opinions about the significance and likely course of events in Russia amid some extraordinary happenings across the eastern border Sunday. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘They_thought_the_risk_was_nil’_Prigozhin’s_armed insurrection_caught_Kremlin_officials_off_guard._Meduza’s sources_say_that_by_all_appearances,_attempts_to_negotiate have_failed._—_Meduza⠀⇛ Vladimir Putin’s administration is pervaded with a fear that, within just a few hours, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group forces might not be far from Moscow, and that combat would then break out near the capital. Two sources close to the administration have shared what’s happening in the Kremlin with Meduza’s special correspondent Andrey Pertsev. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia’s_eastern_border_under_enhanced_control⠀⇛ Latvia’s eastern border is under tightened control due to the Russian paramilitary Wagner group’s rebellion in Russia, the Prime Minister of Latvia Krišjānis Kariņš (New Unity) said on Twitter June 24. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Putin_is_losing_control_of_Russia⠀⇛ Most analysts have argued that Putin’s control in Russia was rock solid. That Prigozhin got this far suggests otherwise. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Why_Putin_Let_Prigozhin_Go⠀⇛ The real “higher goal” of the deal was not what a Kremlin spokesperson suggested. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Wagner_forces_reverse_course,_Prigozhin_to move_to_Belarus⠀⇛ The Kremlin says Mr. Prigozhin, who led the Wagner group in a short-lived rebellion, will move to Belarus and not face prosecution. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We’re_faced_with_a_betrayal’_Vladimir_Putin addressed_the_country,_promising_harsh_measures_for_Yevgeny Prigozhin_and_Wagner_insurgents_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Vladimir Putin gave an emergency address on Saturday morning, stating his position on Yevgeny Prigozhin’s professed “march of justice,” which appears to be a developing armed coup. The full text of the president’s address has been posted on the official Kremlin website. We have translated it. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Russian_War_Report_Special_Edition: Prigozhin_and_Wagner_forces_mutiny_against_Moscow⠀⇛ A special edition of the Russian War Report on Wagner Group’s mutiny against the Russian military and occupation of Rostov. # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Wagner_group_quits_Russia’s_territory after_mercenary_rebellion_u-turn⠀⇛ Russian paramilitary Wagner group pulled its fighters and equipment from Rostov-on-Don, where they had seized the military headquarters, said the regional governor, after the mercenaries’ chief Evgueni Prigozhin announced to go to Belarus and not face charges, after calling off his troops’ advance on Moscow. # ⚓ France24 ☛ US,_allies_consult_but_tread_carefully_as_Russia crisis_unfolds⠀⇛ The United States and its allies held close consultations but publicly stayed on the sidelines Saturday as officials waited to see how the armed revolt by longtime Kremlin insider Yevgeny Prigozhin and his private Wagner army would play out. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Wagner_chief_leaves_Russia_for_Belarus_following Minsk-brokered_deal⠀⇛ Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said Saturday that a contingent of his fighters who advanced towards Moscow in what he described as a rebellion against Russian military leaders would turn back to avoid bloodshed, de-escalating a major challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power. In a deal brokered by Minsk, Prigozhin will move to Belarus and Wagner fighters who took part in the advance will not be punished, the Kremlin said. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Wagner_forces_halt_march_to_Moscow⠀⇛ Wagner troops abruptly reversed course after advancing through southern Russia toward Moscow on Saturday, bringing an apparent end to an acute civil crisis that had boiled over between the mercenary forces and the Kremlin. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Russian_regional_authorities_announce_lockdowns, roadblocks_as_mercenary_forces_advance_toward_Moscow⠀⇛ Multiple Russian regions declared strict security measures on Saturday as Wagner forces continued their advance toward Moscow.> # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Wagner_Group_Rebellion_a_Deadly_Threat,_President Putin_Says [Ed: How propaganda apparatus of Kremlin covers (in English) the Wagner situation]⠀⇛ “We are fighting for the life and security of our people, for our sovereignty and independence…” # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Putin_accuses_mercenary_chief_Prigozhin_of_treason as_Wagner_troops_claim_southern_city⠀⇛ Russian president Vladimir Putin accused mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin of treason on Saturday as the latter’s forces claimed the southern city of Rostov-on-Don. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Unrest_in_Russia_poses_no_direct_threat_to_Lithuania –_PM⠀⇛ Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė says that the situation on Lithuania’s borders is being closely monitored due to events in Russia. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Putin_Allows_Prigozhin_To_Leave_For_Belarus_After Mercenary_Chief_Halts_Drive_Toward_Moscow⠀⇛ Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to allow powerful mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin to go free and leave for Belarus after a tense 24 hours that handed the Kremlin leader the biggest threat to his more than two-decade hold on power and sparked fears of a possible bloody civil war. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russians_Snap_Up_Overseas_Plane_Tickets_As Mercenaries_Head_Toward_Moscow⠀⇛ Russians snapped up plane tickets to leave the country this weekend as mercenaries from the Wagner Group head toward Moscow, the capital, in a possible power grab. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ EU_Opens_Crisis_Center_Over_Turmoil_In_Russia⠀⇛ The European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, says the bloc has activated its crisis center over the turmoil in Russia. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia’s_Voronezh_Regional_Governor_Confirms_Oil Depot_Fire⠀⇛ Aleksander Gusev, the governor of Russia’s Voronezh region, says more than 100 firefighters are working to put out a burning fuel tank at an oil depot. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ EU_Introduces_11th_Package_Of_Sanctions_Against Russia⠀⇛ Since the EU members were concerned that this could complicate the EU’s relations with the rest of the world. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Coup_Is_Over,_but_Putin_Is_in_Trouble⠀⇛ The Wagner Group’s chief may have lost spectacularly, but Russia’s dictator suffered a huge political blow. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Prigozhin_Planned_This⠀⇛ In its timing, design, and execution, the Wagner chief’s threatened coup bears the hallmarks of a well-prepared operation. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Wagner_Group_Is_a_Crisis_of_Putin’s_Own Making⠀⇛ For a decade, the Russian President outsourced his military ambitions to the mercenary force and its pugnacious leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin—then they turned against him. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Russia_Slides_Into_Civil_War⠀⇛ Is Putin facing his Czar Nicholas II moment? # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Why_Coups_Fail⠀⇛ Yevgeny Prigozhin didn’t have to mass an unassailable force on the Kremlin, but he did have to make his victory appear inevitable. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Yevgeny_Prigozhin’s_Rebellion:_Putin’s Weakness_Unmasked⠀⇛ How Yevgeny Prigozhin’s rebellion exposed the Russian President. # ⚓ YLE ☛ FM_Valtonen:_Russia_situation_not_currently_a_threat to_Finland⠀⇛ Finland’s Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen meets EU counterparts on Monday. # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Compliments_to_the_Chef:_Prigozhin’s Trouble_Looks_like_Civil_War_[UPDATE-1]⠀⇛ Russia’s FSB filed charges against Putin’s chef, Yevgeny Prigozhin for incitement of attacks on the state. Meanwhile, Prigozhin appears to be hunting down Russia’s defense minister in response to an attack on Wagner group personnel by Russia. Is it a coup attempt or the start of a civil war? # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Wagner_troops_advance_on_Moscow_as_Putin_vows to_stop_‘rebellion’⠀⇛ Russian mercenary troops press toward Moscow in a rebellion that President Vladimir Putin called a ‘betrayal.’ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Knew_Prigozhin_Was_Preparing_to_Take Military_Action_Against_Russia⠀⇛ The information was considered both solid and alarming because of the possibility that a major nuclear-armed rival of the United States could descend into chaos. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Putin_Embraced_Turmoil._Now_It_Is_Rattling His_Leadership.⠀⇛ For more than two decades, the system helped President Vladimir V. Putin secure his unrivaled authority, ensuring that he personally held the keys to wealth and influence in modern Russia. # ⚓ Erdoğan_calls_Putin_to_express_support_in_face_of_Wagner uprising⠀⇛ The president has expressed his “full support for the steps taken by the Russian leadership,” the Kremlin has said. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ What’s_Happening_in_Russia?_What_We_Know About_Wagner’s_Military_Revolt⠀⇛ A powerful mercenary chief sent his forces on the move against the Russian military establishment, raising tensions in the country to a level not seen in decades. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Crisis_in_Russia⠀⇛ A Russian mercenary leader claimed he controls a military headquarters in southern Russia, and Vladimir Putin vowed to take action. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ An_attempted_military_coup,_in_photos:_Prigozhin’s Wagner_Group_took_control_of_Rostov-on-Don,_but_stopped_short of_Moscow_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On the evening of June 23, mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin reported that Wagner Group would be leading a “march of justice” toward Moscow. This decision came after a long period of conflict with Russia’s Defense Ministry, and, according to Prigozhin, due to the Defense Ministry allegedly launching a missile attack against his fighters at a “rear base” (this has not been confirmed). Overnight, Wagner Group captured Rostov-on-Don and then proceeded on past Voronezh. The Russian army occasionally resisted, and there were reports of losses. On June 24, just after 8:30 p.m. Moscow time, Prigozhin abruptly announced that Wagner forces would stand down and retreat to their field camps. The following photos show Wagner Group fighters en route to Moscow, before Prigozhin called off the coup. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Map:_Tracking_Wagner_Military_Convoys_in Russia⠀⇛ Wagner’s leader announced that his troops marching on Moscow would “turn around.” # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Timeline:_What_Led_to_the_Standoff_Between Russia_and_Prigozhin⠀⇛ The leader of the Wagner mercenary group had kept a low profile for years, only acknowledging his force’s existence in September of last year. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Mom,_come_out_—_the_civil_war_has_begun’_Meduza’s Russian_readers_react_to_Yevgeny_Prigzohin’s_insurrection_— Meduza⠀⇛ Yevgeny Prigozhin’s paramilitary fighters have captured Rostov-on-Don — and they don’t intend to stop there. Nobody knows how Russia’s next few days will unfold; the beginning of Prigozhin’s insurrection came as a complete surprise to everyone, from Vladimir Putin and Russian propagandists to independent observers. Meduza asked its Russian readers to tell us how they see the situation. We’re publishing translations of some of the most interesting responses below. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ As_Putin’s_Partner,_Prigozhin_Was_Always Willing_to_Do_the_Dirty_Work⠀⇛ Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the mercenary leader of the Wagner Group, had earned the trust of Vladimir V. Putin. Then he staged a mutiny that rattled the Kremlin. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Short-Lived_Mutiny_in_Russia_Sheds_Light on_Putin’s_Hold_on_Power⠀⇛ The armed standoff on the road to Moscow, brief as it was, represented the most dramatic struggle for power in Russia in decades. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Kremlin_drops_charges_against_Wagner_boss_who_led uprising⠀⇛ Wagner boss Yevgeniy_Prigozhin will leave Russia for Belarus and criminal charges against him for organizing a rebellion against Moscow will be dropped, the Kremlin said late Saturday, after a deal was reached that saw the mercenary group halt its advance toward the Russian capital. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Security_situation_in_Russia_still ‘evolving’:_Wong⠀⇛ Australia is working with its global allies and keeping an eye on Russia following extraordinary scenes involving a mercenary group crucial to its war against Ukraine. “Australia is closely monitoring developments in Russia,” Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said on Sunday. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukraine’s_offensive_amid_Wagner_rebellion_Despite Prigozhin’s_claims_of_major_Russian_losses,_the_reality appears_to_be_a_modest_Ukrainian_advance._Meduza_shares_an updated_combat_map._—_Meduza⠀⇛ Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Meduza has adopted a consistent antiwar position, holding Russia responsible for its military aggression and atrocities. As part of this commitment, we regularly update an interactive map that documents combat operations in Ukraine and the damage inflicted by Russia’s invasion forces. Our map is based exclusively on previously published open-source photos and videos, most of them posted by eyewitnesses on social media. We collect reports already available publicly and determine their geolocation markers, adding only the photos and videos that clear this process. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Rebel_Wagner_Forces,_Threatening_Moscow, Abruptly_Stand_Down⠀⇛ The mercenary group had seized the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, the center of Moscow’s military operations in Ukraine, posing a grave threat to President Vladimir Putin’s government. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘There’s_nobody_on_earth_who_can_stop_them’_What Wagner_Group_veterans_have_to_say_about_Yevgeny_Prigozhin’s armed_rebellion_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Yevgeny Prigozhin withdrew nearly all of Wagner Group’s fighters from Ukraine in preparation for his mutiny. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Prigozhin’s_aborted_rebellion_Meduza’s_interactive map_shows_how_far_Wagner_Group_got_during_its_advance_on Moscow_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Over the course of a little more than 24 hours, Yevgeny Prigozhin announced that Wagner Group would leave its positions on the front in Ukraine and head toward Moscow on a “justice march.” Within hours, Wagner fighters had crossed into Russia and occupied the city of Rostov-on-Don, facing no opposition. After reportedly shooting down several Russian helicopters and an airplane, and coming within a few hundred miles of Moscow, Prigozhin announced that his convoys would turn around and retreat to their field camps. Here’s an interactive map of how far the “justice march” got and the convoy’s encounters with the Russian military on their way to Moscow. # ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Russian_mercenary_group_revolt against_Moscow_fizzles_but_exposes_vulnerabilities⠀⇛ The greatest challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin in his more than two decades in power has fizzled out after the rebellious mercenary commander who ordered his troops to march on Moscow agreed to go into exile and sounded the retreat. The brief revolt exposed vulnerabilities among Russian government forces, with Wagner Group soldiers able to move with armored vehicles into the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and advance toward Moscow. Under the deal announced Saturday by the Kremlin, Wagner Group’s leader will go to neighboring Belarus, which has supported Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Charges against him of mounting an armed rebellion will be dropped, and the Russian government said it would not prosecute Wagner fighters who took part. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Can_Ukraine_Fight_as_Well_on_Offense?⠀⇛ Last year, the nation’s military prowess impressed the world. But reclaiming territory presents new challenges. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Wagner_Chief_Prigozhin_Calls_Off_March_To_Moscow, Easing_Tensions⠀⇛ Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of Russian mercenary group Wagner, said he told his forces to immediately halt their advance on Moscow and return to their bases in Ukraine as fear gripped the country about a potential deadly power struggle. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Germany_To_Supply_45_More_Gepard_Tanks_To_Ukraine⠀⇛ Germany intends to provide Ukraine with 45 more Gepard, or Cheetah, anti-aircraft tanks by the end of the year in its defensive struggle against Russia. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Activists_Come_Out_In_Support_Of_Students,_Tell Iranian_Leaders_‘There’s_No_Going_Back’⠀⇛ A number of Iranian activists and rights group have come out in support of protesting students at Tehran’s University of Art, warning them against increasing enforcement of dress codes, especially head scarves for women, across the country. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kyiv_Says_F-16_Training_For_Ukrainian_Pilots_Could Start_In_July⠀⇛ Ukraine’s defense minister said an international program to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets could begin next month. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Missile_Attacks_On_Ukrainian_Cities_Kill Three,_Injure_More_Than_A_Dozen⠀⇛ Three people were killed and more than a dozen injured in Ukraine after Russia fired missiles overnight into several cities. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Yevgeny_Prigozhin,_the_Wagner_boss_leading_an armed_rebellion_in_Russia⠀⇛ The head of the Russian Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said overnight he had taken control of the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don as part of an attempt to oust Russia’s defence minister. The 62-year-old’s open challenge to Moscow’s military comes after months of growing tensions over the conduct of the war in Ukraine. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Prigozhin_walks_away._Where_does_his halted_mutiny_leave_Putin?⠀⇛ Atlantic Council experts share their insights on what happened with the Wagner Group founder’s halted mutiny and what it says about the stability of Putin’s regime and the war in Ukraine. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Experts_react:_What_Russia’s_Wagner Group_rebellion_means_for_Putin,_Ukraine,_China,_and_more⠀⇛ How did Prigozhin’s rebellion get as far as it did? And how will its aftermath affect Putin’s hold on power and the war in Ukraine? # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ UPDATED:_An_attempted_coup_in_Russia?⠀⇛ Update – “coup” aborted, Progozhin leaves Russia for Belarus, will not be prosecuted [jump] The breaking news from Russia today is that Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder and leader of the Wagner mercenary group, has “declared war on Russia’s military leadership”. Allegedly, Wagner units have started moving eastwards from Ukraine toward Moscow, taking the city of Rostov-on-Don. … # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Live_Updates_|_Armed_rebellion_by Russian_mercenary_chief⠀⇛ The Kremlin says the head of the private Russian military company Wagner will move to neighboring Belarus as part of deal to defuse rebellion tensions and the criminal case against him will be closed. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Yevgeny Prigozhin’s troops who joined him in the uprising will not face prosecution and those who did not will be offered contracts by the Defense Ministry. After the deal was reached Saturday, Prigozhin ordered his troops to halt their march on Moscow and retreat to field camps in Ukraine, where they have been fighting alongside Russian troops. Russian media reported that several helicopters and a military communications plane were downed by Wagner troops during the short-lived uprising. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Russia_says_Wagner_Group’s_leader will_move_to_Belarus_after_his_rebellious_march_challenged Putin⠀⇛ Russia says the head of a private military company who staged a short-lived rebellion will move to Belarus and not face prosecution as part of deal to defuse a crisis that posed a challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s government. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also says fighters who took part in Yevgeny Prigozhin’s rebellion will not be prosecuted, while those who did not will be offered contracts by the Defense Ministry. The deal was struck Saturday in negotiations with the president of Belarus. Prigozhin said afterward that he was ordering his troops to halt their march on Moscow and retreat to field camps in Ukraine, where they have been fighting alongside Russian troops. * § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ o ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Unauthorized_Disclosure:_John_Kiriakou⠀⇛ o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ John_Kiriakou:_The_Godfather_of_Whistleblowers⠀⇛ When the author blew the whistle on the C.I.A.’s torture program in 2007, Daniel Ellsberg called to congratulate him and say he had friends at his side. Years later, at a red-carpet event in Hollywood, the “most dangerous man in America” showed what he meant. o ⚓ American Oversight ☛ News_Roundup:_Durham_Hearing,_John_Eastman’s Disciplinary_Proceedings,_and_One_Year_Since_Dobbs⠀⇛ o ⚓ Reason ☛ Interesting_Public_Records_Act_Case⠀⇛ From Silverman v. Ariz. Health Care Cost Containment Sys., decided Thursday by the Arizona Court of Appeals (in an opinion by Chief Judge Kent E. Cattani, joined by Judge Cynthia J. Bailey and Vice Chief Judge David B. Gass): This public records case presents a narrow issue of potentially broad import. Arizona law does not… o ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “The_Palestine_Laboratory”:_Antony_Loewenstein_on How_Israel_Exports_the_Technology_of_Occupation⠀⇛ We speak with journalist and author Antony Loewenstein about his new book, The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World. Loewenstein explains that Israel’s military-industrial complex has used the Occupied Palestinian Territories for decades as a testing ground for weaponry and surveillance technology that it then exports around the world for profit. “You find in over 130 countries across the globe in the last decades, Israel has sold … a range of tools of occupation and repression that have initially been tested in Palestine on Palestinians,” Loewenstein says. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_human_rights_chief_condemns_West_Bank_violence between_Israel_and_Palestine⠀⇛ UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called Friday for an “immediate end” to violence in the West Bank amid rising tensions between Israel and Palestine. * § Environment⠀➾ o ⚓ Futurism ☛ Climate_Change_Could_Cause_Himalayan_Glaciers_to Shrink_By_a_Shocking_Amount⠀⇛ The Himalayas are going to look quite different once a large chunk of its glaciers melts away in less than 80 years — if climate change continues like a runaway train, a global group of scientists and researchers warn in a new alarming report. As much as 80 percent of glaciers could vanish by the year 2100 if global temperatures rise by four degrees Celsius. o ⚓ NL Times ☛ “Emergency_bell_for_the_climate”_will_sound_in multiple_bell_towers_across_the_country⠀⇛ Grandparents for Climate read a statement calling on the government, businesses, farmers, and citizens to take action to accelerate sustainability. “We wish all grandchildren a livable and sustainable earth,” the group said. o ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Tropical_Storm_Cindy_forms_behind_Bret in_an_early_and_aggressive_start_to_Atlantic_hurricane_season⠀⇛ Tropical Storm Cindy has formed behind Tropical Storm Bret. Forecasters say it’s the first time there are two storms in the tropical Atlantic in June since record keeping began. The historic event signals an early and aggressive start to the Atlantic hurricane season that began on June 1. Its peak usually runs from mid-August to mid-October. Forecasters blamed unusually high sea temperatures for the rare development. Cindy is expected to remain a tropical storm as it heads northeast into open waters. Officials say Bret damaged homes on some islands. Four people are missing after their catamaran sank near Martinique. Bret is now over open waters. o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Pacific_Northwest’s_Deadly_2021_Heat_Wave_Fuels a_New_Lawsuit_Against_Big_Oil⠀⇛ Multnomah County’s suit is one of the first to seek damages related to a specific weather event. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ To_Reduce_Air_Pollution,_London’s_ULEZ_Is Expanding_Despite_Opposition⠀⇛ The city’s Ultra Low Emission Zone, which imposes a daily charge on the most-polluting vehicles, is expanding despite some resistance. o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Extreme_floods_and_heat_in_China_ravage_farms and_kill_animals⠀⇛ It underscored the risks that climate shocks pose to President Xi’s push for China to become more self-reliant in its food supply. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ China’s_Extreme_Floods_and_Heat_Ravage_Farms_and Kill_Animals⠀⇛ China’s leader has made it a national priority to ensure the country can feed its large population. But weather shocks have disrupted wheat harvests and threatened pig and fish farming. o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Summer_is_here_and_the_world’s_on_fire⠀⇛ With Mexico in the grip of extreme temperatures, Sarah DeVries reflects on the issues facing the country during this prolonged heat wave. o ⚓ Report_Back_from_the_Global_Greens_Congress⠀⇛ I attended the Global Greens Congress in Incheon, South Korea, as an informal observer intending to interact with and learn from Greens around the world. Leading up to the Congress, I was asked by Tim Hollo, director of the Green Institute, the think tank of the Australian Green Party, to make presentation on Grassroots Democracy to a session on “Power and Grassroots Democracy,” where I made the case that Greens should stand for institutionalizing a confederal grassroots democracy based on citizen assemblies. o ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Global_warming_increases_CO2_emissions_from_soil bacteria:_Research⠀⇛ The increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration is a main driver of global warming, with soil sources accounting for an estimated one-fifth of atmospheric CO2. This is due in part to the activities of microbes such as bacteria, fungus, and other microorganisms that degrade organic stuff in the soil using oxygen, such as dead plant materials. CO2 is discharged into the atmosphere during this process. Scientists call this process heterotrophic soil respiration. o § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Energy_retailer_of_last_resort?⠀⇛ What happens when you privatise power distribution? You raise prices for one, because you’ve introduced for-profit companies between you and a natural monopoly. But what happens when those middle men go out of business, or decide they no longer want to supply you? # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Super_Connector_Who_Built_Sam_Bankman- Fried’s_Celebrity_World⠀⇛ Michael Kives, a former Hollywood agent, connected FTX’s founder to Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Bill Clinton and others. His firm got $700 million in exchange, a lawsuit claims. # ⚓ Interesting Engineering ☛ Porsche_is_developing_an exclusive_electric_sports_boat⠀⇛ This is according to a press release by the carmaker published on Saturday. # ⚓ Axios ☛ The_politics_(and_economics)_of_Biden’s_battery policy⠀⇛ Biden administraion officials are taking a kitchen sink approach to boosting production of electric vehicle batteries and components — and the effects could be political as well as economic. Catch up fast:The Energy Department on Thursday conditionally_approved $9.2 billion in loans for a joint battery manufacturing venture between Ford and South Korea’s SK On. =================================================== # It will help finance two factories in Kentucky and one in Tennessee to supply Ford and Lincoln-branded EVs. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Extreme_Travel_Is_Inspiring_New_Types_of Insurance⠀⇛ Some offer evacuations and others provide coverage for accidental death or injury to cater to the growing adventure tourism market. # ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ What_the_Titanic_submersible saga_and_the_Greek_migrant_shipwreck_say_about_our_reactions to_tragedy⠀⇛ One grabbed unrelenting, moment-to-moment attention. One was watched and discussed as another sad, but routine, news story. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Canada_is_investigating_why_the Titanic-bound_submersible_imploded⠀⇛ The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it is investigating into the loss of the Titan submersible and has been speaking with those who traveled on Titan’s mothership, the Polar Prince. The development comes as U.S. and Canadian authorities began the process of probing the cause of the underwater implosion. The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday a formal inquiry has not yet been launched because maritime agencies are still busy searching the area where the vessel fell apart. It was not entirely clear who would have the authority to lead the complex investigation. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Titanic_sub_crew:_Who_were_the_five_people_on board_the_vessel?⠀⇛ The submersible that went missing during a tourist expedition to the Titanic imploded near the wreckage, killing all five people on board, the US Coast Guard said Thursday, bringing a grim end to a massive international search for the vessel. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Canada_begins_investigation_into_Titanic-bound submersible_implosion⠀⇛ The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said Saturday that it’s conducting an investigation into the loss of the Titan submersible and has been speaking with those who traveled on Titan’s mothership, the Polar Prince. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Polar_Prince,_Ship_That_Launched_Titan Submersible,_Returns_to_Newfoundland⠀⇛ Investigators boarded the Polar Prince, which docked at the Atlantic headquarters of the Canadian Coast Guard, looking for answers. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Paul-Henri_Nargeolet,_France’s_‘Mr_Titanic’, hailed_after_submersible_implosion⠀⇛ A French submarine operator and daredevil deep-sea explorer dubbed “Mr Titanic”, who died onboard a submersible visiting the wreck of the mythic ship, was hailed on Friday as having helped advance mankind’s understanding of the “unknown world”. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Submersible_Expert_Raised_Safety_Concerns After_2019_Trip_on_Titan_Sub⠀⇛ After hearing a loud cracking sound during the dive, the expert, Karl Stanley, emailed OceanGate’s C.E.O., Stockton Rush, to urge him to hold off on future trips. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Stockton_Rush,_OceanGate_CEO,_Pushed_to Expand_Submersible_Travel_Despite_Concerns⠀⇛ After his early astronaut dreams were cut short, Stockton Rush was determined to open up underwater exploration and saw his company as the “SpaceX for the ocean.” # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Most_fatal_accidents_due_to_fatigue_occur during_the_summer⠀⇛ According to recent data from traffic accident investigation boards, fatal accidents caused by driver fatigue are most common during the summer months. Half of these accidents occur during daylight hours. Over the course of ten years from 2012 to 2021, driver fatigue is estimated to have been a contributing factor in one out of every five fatal accidents. Furthermore, 37% of the fatigued drivers involved in accidents were under the influence of alcohol. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Pedestrian_deaths_reach_40-year_high⠀⇛ Data: Governors_Highway_Safety_Association; Chart: Axios Visuals Pedestrian deaths in the U.S. are the highest they’ve been in 40 years, in part because Americans are buying bigger cars that are more likely to kill cyclists or pedestrians in a crash. ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Grab_Malaysia_reinstates_rider_involved_in_petrol_pump spat_after_users_threaten_to_boycott_app⠀⇛ The rider allegedly confronted two Singaporeans after he saw them trying to fill a barrel with petrol. ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Malaysia_looking_to_increase_locations_selling unsubsidised_petrol_in_Johor,_other_states_to_foreigners⠀⇛ Foreigners are barred from purchasing unsubsidised petrol, a controlled item, in Malaysia. ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Asia_heatwaves_put_renewable_power_fleet_to_the_test⠀⇛ India and China have turned to coal-fired power plants as backup to address higher power demand. ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Ford_Explorer_recall_prompts_Transportation_Department investigation⠀⇛ The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating a Ford Motor Co. recall of more than a quarter-million Explorer SUVs in the U.S. The probe comes after the administration received complaints about repairs intended to prevent the vehicles from unexpectedly rolling away even while placed in park. The problem, ascribed to fractures of a rear axle mounting bolt that could lead the drive shaft to disconnect, was addressed with a software update designed to apply the electronic parking brake if the drive shaft failed, the agency said. But two Explorer owners complained their vehicles behaved erratically following the repair. ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_Do_Kwon,_a_Crypto_Fugitive,_Upended_the_Politics_of Montenegro⠀⇛ Only days before an election in Montenegro, a letter from Do Kwon, the fugitive founder of the Luna digital coin, claimed that crypto “friends” had provided campaign funding to a leading candidate. ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Freight_train_carrying_hot_asphalt,_molten_sulfur plunges_into_Yellowstone_River_as_bridge_fails⠀⇛ A bridge that crosses the Yellowstone River in Montana collapsed, plunging a freight train carrying hot asphalt and molten sulfur into the rushing water below. No injuries were reported. Officials shut down drinking water intakes downstream while they evaluated the danger from the accident Saturday morning. Railroad crews were at the scene near the town of Columbus, about 40 miles west of Billings. The river was swollen with recent heavy rains although it is unclear whether that contributed to the bridge collapse. The Yellowstone saw record flooding in 2022 that caused extensive damage to Yellowstone National Park and adjacent towns in Montana. ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Case_Against_Travel⠀⇛ It turns us into the worst version of ourselves while convincing us that we’re at our best. [...] “A tourist is a temporarily leisured person who voluntarily visits a place away from home for the purpose of experiencing a change.” This definition is taken from the opening of “Hosts and Guests,” the classic academic volume on the anthropology of tourism. The last phrase is crucial: touristic travel exists for the sake of change. But what, exactly, gets changed? Here is a telling observation from the concluding chapter of the same book: “Tourists are less likely to borrow from their hosts than their hosts are from them, thus precipitating a chain of change in the host community.” We go to experience a change, but end up inflicting change on others. [...] Tourism is marked by its locomotive character. “I went to France.” O.K., but what did you do there? “I went to the Louvre.” O.K., but what did you do there? “I went to see the ‘Mona Lisa.’ ” That is, before quickly moving on: apparently, many people spend just fifteen seconds looking at the “Mona Lisa.” It’s locomotion all the way down. [...] Second, a couple from Iowa driving around Mexico. They are enjoying the trip, but are a bit dissatisfied by the usual sights. They get lost, drive for hours on a rocky mountain road, and eventually, “in a tiny valley not even marked on the map,” stumble upon a village celebrating a religious festival. Watching the villagers dance, the tourists finally have “an authentic sight, a sight which is charming, quaint, picturesque, unspoiled.” Yet they still feel some dissatisfaction. Back home in Iowa, they gush about the experience to an ethnologist friend: You should have been there! You must come back with us! When the ethnologist does, in fact, return with them, “the couple do not watch the goings-on; instead they watch the ethnologist! Their highest hope is that their friend should find the dance interesting.” They need him to “certify their experience as genuine.” [...] Travel is fun, so it is not mysterious that we like it. What is mysterious is why we imbue it with a vast significance, an aura of virtue. If a vacation is merely the pursuit of unchanging change, an embrace of nothing, why insist on its meaning? [...] Socrates said that philosophy is a preparation for death. For everyone else, there’s travel. ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ ‘Time_to_deliver’_on_battery_supply_chain_promises⠀⇛ Nickel is a vital material for electric car batteries, which makes it an obvious item for a list of priority minerals. And yet nickel is still awaiting the official stamp of approval as being critical enough to be added to the list. ⚓ YLE ☛ Consumer_watchdog_rules_electricity_contract_price_rises_should_be capped⠀⇛ Last winter saw many consumers sign contracts priced at relatively high levels. ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan’s_chaotic_traffic_a_‘living_hell’_for pedestrians⠀⇛ Pedestrians are fed up, especially in the wake of several high- profile traffic fatalities in recent months. ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ 11_hospitalised_as_Cathay_Pacific_flight_aborts_take- off_at_Hong_Kong_Int’l_Airport⠀⇛ 11 passengers were hospitalised after a Cathay Pacific flight to Los Angeles carrying 283 passengers aborted its take-off at Hong Kong’s international airport at 12:58 a.m. on Saturday. Flight CX880, which was also carrying 17 crew members, experienced a “technical issue,” according to the airline. Citing police, RTHK reported that one of the plane’s tyres […] § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ * ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ No_one_is_crowing_now⠀⇛ It is the first time the crows did not come in the morning. Under the red sun and yellow skies. In the forty years I have been here it was the first morning I did not hear their loud impatience. * ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Funding_provided_to_16_projects_nationwide_for_the control_of_invasive_species⠀⇛ Funding has been allocated to 16 projects aimed at combating invasive species in Finland. The total amount of funding available is approximately 60,000 euros. The grant application was specifically targeted towards efforts to control invasive species and cover associated costs. Invasive species, such as giant hogweed and giant knotweed, can grow to significant sizes and quickly dominate their surrounding environment. * ⚓ IDA ☛ Advocacy_Through_Light_Sensitivity:_Chloe_Everhart⠀⇛   Each month DarkSky International features a dark sky advocate from the worldwide network of volunteers who are working to protect the night in a feature called ‘Monthly Star.’ * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Watch_Rare_Burmese_Peacock_Turtles_Hatching⠀⇛ Local conservationists at Indawgyi Lake captured the first known videos of rare Burmese peacock turtles hatching. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Neglected_Thai_elephant_prepares_for_jumbo_flight home_from_Sri_Lanka⠀⇛ Thailand demanded the animal back amid allegations it was tortured and neglected while housed at a Buddhist temple. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Former_Sri_Lanka_president_Rajapaksa_accused_of_obstructing mass_grave_investigations⠀⇛ Four Sri Lanka activist organizations accused former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday of obstructing police investigations into mass graves discovered in an area where he served as a military officer during a Marxist rebellion in 1989. § Overpopulation⠀➾ * ⚓ Futurism ☛ We_Pumped_So_Much_Water_Out_of_the_Ground_That_We_Tilted_the Earth,_Researchers_Suggest⠀⇛ For their model, the researchers considered that humans had pumped a whopping 2,150 gigatons of water from the ground between 1993 and 2010 which led to six millimeters of sea level rise, something that scientists had previously estimated. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Thailand’s_low_birth_rate_affecting_enrolments_at Thai_universities:_Educationist⠀⇛ Universities might struggle to survive in the next five years if they do not adapt. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_the_Conservative_Movement_Sees_Birth_Control Today⠀⇛ At the heart of the conservative position on birth control is whether contraception is a positive right or a personal choice. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ New_CEO_for_PwC_as_it_offloads_government consultancy⠀⇛ A new CEO has been parachuted in to run the embattled consultancy firm PwC Australia, which is offloading its money- making government consultancy business for $1. Acting CEO Kristin Stubbins has been turfed after seven weeks and will be replaced by the parent’s Singapore-based global clients and industries leader Kevin Burrowes. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ As_Lord_Mayor,_a_22-Year-Old_Vaulted_From_Public Housing_Into_London’s_Elite⠀⇛ Hamza Taouzzale became the first Muslim and youngest ever Lord Mayor of Westminster, a ceremonial post that outranks many of the capital’s most powerful and privileged. * ⚓ RTE ☛ Statement_by_the_RTÉ_Board_–_June_23,_2023⠀⇛ The RTÉ Board confirms that Dee Forbes, the Director General was suspended from her employment on Wednesday 21 June 2023. There are processes on-going and RTÉ must be mindful of its legal responsibilities and the rights of individuals. RTÉ will not be commenting further on this issue at this time. * ⚓ YLE ☛ Experts_warn_inheritance_tax_removal_could_increase_tax_on_some inheritances⠀⇛ Someone selling their inheritance could be forced to pay more tax if inheritance tax was abolished and replaced by capital income tax, according to the Taxpayers’ Association of Finland. * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Ford’s_EV_war_chest_is_being_built_out_of_job_cuts_and_federal loans⠀⇛ Ford’s electric vehicle (EV) business’ balance sheet is in dire need of balancing. * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ For_Some_NBA_Draftees_Who_Overcame_Adversity,_Making_the Transition_to_Fame_and_Fortune_Is_No_Slam Dunk⠀⇛ Through the draft, newly-minted NBA players may skyrocket into an astronomically higher tax bracket overnight. But just because they’ve become instant millionaires doesn’t mean they’re going to easily transition into lives of prosperity. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ UK_junior_doctors_announce_5_day_strike_action_for_July⠀⇛ Junior doctors in England announced plans to strike for five days in July on Friday, which has been described by their union as being the “longest single period of industrial action” in the history of the state-run National Health Service (NHS). * ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Jesus_and_the_Sleeping_Disciples⠀⇛ Shouldn’t we not rest until every man, woman, and child alive on earth has a roof over his or her head and food to eat and clean water to drink? Wasn’t that what Jesus was getting at? At the very least? But no, that has never even been close to happening. * ⚓ Reason ☛ Don’t_Let_Culture_Wars_Weaken_the_Financial_System [Ed: Koch- bribed site moans that "officials are pushing pension funds to divest from fossil fuels"]⠀⇛ In California, officials are pushing pension funds to divest from fossil fuels, firearms manufacturers, and tobacco companies. Red states are retaliating. This is madness. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Former_Malaysian_PM_Muhyiddin_takes_govt_to_task over_pricier_goods,_weak_ringgit⠀⇛ He said that there had not been any concrete effort made by the government to control prices of goods. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Gen_Z_enters_the_housing_market,_despite_economic difficulties⠀⇛ Data: Source: LendingTree user data; Chart: Axios Visuals America’s_youngest_generation is taking on mortgages despite steep economic hurdles, including pandemic_graduations and student_loan_debt. Why it matters:The outlook for Gen Z isn’t unlike that_of_millennials, a group that now includes more homeowners than renters. ⚓ LRT ☛ Making_economy_770_tons_lighter_–_Lithuania_moves_to_phase_out_1_and_2 cent_coins⠀⇛ Maintaining the coins costs 4 million a year and most drop out of circulation after just one transaction. ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Will_nearshoring_live_up_to_its_hype_for_the_Mexican economy?⠀⇛ It’s the latest business buzzword in Mexico, but how much will the country reap economic rewards from the shifts in global supply chains? ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ With_record_unemployment,_China’s_youth_confront_bleak job_market⠀⇛ Rather than celebrating finishing university, this summer Chinese graduates shared photos of themselves theatrically throwing their degrees into bins, underscoring the bleak outlook as youth unemployment sits at a record high. ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Pace_of_inflation_slowdown_major_drawcard_this_week⠀⇛ Inflation will be in the spotlight this week as consumers continue to be hit by the rising cost of goods and services despite some recent signs of an easing in economic growth. The Reserve Bank of Australia – which is nine days away from its next interest rate decision – has been eyeballing the consumer price index for signs of any slowing in upward pressures on prices as it considers whether to hike again. ⚓ RFA ☛ Getting_rich_during_China’s_boom_–_then_fleeing_as_prospects_darken⠀⇛ ‘Things had gotten so bad in China,’ says one former CEO now in Florida. ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Scalpers_Flip_RTX_40_Series_Founders_Edition_GPUs_For_Fat Profits_In_China⠀⇛ Chinese publication ITHome reports Nvidia’s recently launched GeForce RTX 40-series Founders Edition graphics cards have ended up in the hands of scalpers. ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Paradox_at_the_Grocery_Store⠀⇛ What people really need is less choice, not more. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ India Times ☛ EU,_Meta_agree_to_July_stress_test_on_EU_online_content rules⠀⇛ Meta and the European Union (EU) have agreed on a stress test in July on the EU’s online content rules, following EU industry chief Thierry Breton’s demand that the social media platform act immediately over Meta’s content targeting children. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Social_Media_Has_Collapsed_Good_Debate⠀⇛ As debates shifted from in-person events to ones delivered primarily through electronic media, they evolved to serve specific formats. Television is an action medium, and so production is focused on constant dance-and-pivot camera and dialogue work that doesn’t linger on anything too long. Audiences have been conditioned to crave brevity and visual excitement, and good debaters understand the nuances of the medium in ways that have permanently altered audience expectations and debate prep, the kinds of changes that have altered how audiences receive information in new channels such as streaming video or podcasts. A particular media type influences how messages are created and perceived. Research suggests that the same message in a photo will be processed more emotionally than text, because our brains deal with images and words differently. Messages in audio take on different characteristics when TV adds visual layers. One can win a debate on substance but lose it in the public consciousness if the message is incongruent with the audience’s medium-specific expectations. * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Chris_Hedges_on_Cornel_West_2024,_RFK_Jr.,_Green_Party Strategy⠀⇛ By Briahna Joy Gray / YouTube Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges rejoins the podcast to talk about his relationship with the Cornel West 2024 campaign, ballot access, strategy, RFK Jr. & more. Also, the nurses and teachers unions’ endorsement of Joe Biden, the problem of business unionism, & whether RFK Jr. is accurately representing […] * ⚓ New York Times ☛ It’s_Not_Possible_to_‘Win’_an_Argument_With_Robert_F. Kennedy_Jr.⠀⇛ You can’t win a debate against someone who disregards facts. * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Cambodia’s_National_Assembly_Amends_Election_Law⠀⇛ “…people wishing to stand for future elections, they must go to vote” * ⚓ India Times ☛ Mark_Zuckerberg,_Sam_Altman_offer_support_for_EU regulation_of_AI⠀⇛ Technology company executives Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman expressed support for government oversight of artificial intelligence after discussions with European Commission Thierry Breton. The commissioner said Friday that he and Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., were “aligned” on the EU’s regulation of artificial intelligence, which is now in final negotiations. They agreed on the bloc’s risk-based approach and to measures like watermarking, Breton said. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Arnon_Milchan,_the_Mogul_Testifying_Against_Israel’s Netanyahu⠀⇛ Arnon Milchan, the movie mogul, billionaire spy and old friend of Benjamin Netanyahu, is about to testify at the Israeli prime minister’s corruption trial. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Vivek_Ramaswamy_Is_‘a_Hint_of_the_Future’:_Our_Writers on_His_Candidacy⠀⇛ A weak candidacy but serious ideological development on the right. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Guatemala_Votes_for_President,_but_Candidates_Are Excluded⠀⇛ Guatemala’s first round of elections on Sunday is as much about who’s not on the ballot as who is, after courts barred leading candidates from running. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ As_Guatemalans_vote,_what_is_undermining_their_faith_in democracy?⠀⇛ Guatemala votes for its next president this weekend, but many favorite candidates aren’t on the ballot. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Ceremony_at_Thai_cave_to_mark_5th_anniversary_of rescue_mission⠀⇛ The ceremony included the offering of alms to 39 monks and prayers for those who participated in the rescue mission. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Greek_Youths,_Shaped_by_Debt_Crisis,_Plan_to_Vote_for Stability⠀⇛ Many children of Greece’s traumatic years of economic collapse have opted for pragmatism over radicalism and say they will back a conservative on Sunday. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Sierra_Leone’s_Election:_What_to_Know_and_Latest News⠀⇛ In Saturday’s vote, President Julius Maada Bio is seeking a second five-year term to pursue an ambitious if unfulfilled education initiative, while the country is facing a crippling economic crisis. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Sierra_Leone_releases_opposition_protestors_from_custody_ahead of_election⠀⇛ The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Sierra Leone released 35 political prisoners from custody Friday on the eve of a high-stakes national election. The country’s fifth election since the end of its civil war in 2002 has sparked wide-spread unrest and prompted calls for peace from the international community. * ⚓ RFA ☛ INTERVIEW:_‘We_must_blame_those_who_created_this_nightmare’⠀⇛ Myanmar’s shadow health minister details efforts to secure aid for the opposition during a US visit. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Greece_votes_in_second_round_of_general_elections_with conservative_premier_favourite⠀⇛ Greek voters head to the polls again Sunday in an election where conservative front-runner Kyriakos Mitsotakis is seeking a second term and an absolute parliamentary majority to form a “stable government”. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Violence_in_the_West_Bank_persists_with_Israeli,_Palestinian attacks⠀⇛ Violence in the occupied West Bank persisted Saturday with Israelis attacking Palestinian residents and a Palestinian shooter killed by Israeli forces at a checkpoint, officials on both sides said. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Japan’s_‘evaporated’:_Why_do_some_people_choose_to disappear?⠀⇛ Every year, around 90,000 people are reported missing in Japan. Most of them are found or return home, but thousands of others simply vanish. It seems they don’t want to be found. There is even a Japanese word for the phenomenon: “johatsu”, or evaporation. Many make meticulous plans for their disappearance and cut all ties with their families to build new lives elsewhere. But why do they do it? And where do they end up? Our reporters spoke to investigators, experts and left- behind families to try to shed light on Japan’s “evaporated” people. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Meaning_of_Hunter_Biden⠀⇛ It isn’t about presidential corruption but a determined parent battling his son’s addiction with unconditional love. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Post-Racial_Republicans⠀⇛ One of the core beliefs that binds the modern GOP coalition is rejection of the idea that minorities and women face structural bias in American society. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Trump_Highlights_Abortion_Supreme_Court_Decision_at Faith_and_Freedom_Conference⠀⇛ Former President Donald J. Trump told an evangelical gathering that no president had done more for Christians than he did. * ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ The_Approach_to_Classification_in_Trump’s_Stolen Document_Case⠀⇛ DOJ is approaching the Trump stolen document case in a way that makes Trump responsible if the trial happens during primary season. * ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Can_Anybody_Stop_Donald_Trump_in_the_2024_Republican Primary?⠀⇛ Even as the former President has a commanding poll lead in a splintered field, one veteran G.O.P. consultant argues that it’s too early to coronate him. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Prosecutors_Seek_to_Delay_Trump_Documents_Trial_to December⠀⇛ The special counsel argued that the August date set by the judge did not allow enough time to deal with the complications of classified evidence, but still proposed a relatively speedy timetable. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Former_Trump_Campaign_Official_in_Talks_to_Cooperate in_Jan._6_Inquiry⠀⇛ The office of the special counsel is negotiating with Michael Roman, who was closely involved in the efforts to create slates of pro-Trump electors in states won in 2020 by Joseph R. Biden Jr. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Trump,_the_Worst_Boss_You’ve_Ever_Had⠀⇛ He believes the presidency belongs to him. It’s a dangerous assumption rooted in the habits and pathologies of the business world. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Pakistan_hits_out_at_US,_India_after_Biden-Modi meeting⠀⇛ Both leaders called on Pakistan to ensure its territory was not used as a base for militant attacks. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Democracy_and_Reality⠀⇛ We are covering Narendra Modi’s visit to the U.S., the implosion of the missing submersible and the N.B.A. draft. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ India_Is_Not_Modi,_We_Once_Said._I_Wish_I_Still_Believed It.⠀⇛ Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s complicity in the violence against India’s Muslims is the easy part of this story. The hard part is what has happened to our community. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Modi’s_Visits_Abroad_Help_to_Build_His_Image_in India⠀⇛ For an audience in India, the prime minister is linking his diplomatic reception abroad, and himself, to the country’s growing importance on the world stage. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ More_people_from_India_are_travelling_abroad, particularly_to_the_US⠀⇛ For the first five months of 2023, travel from India to the US exceeded pre-pandemic volumes. * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ IRS_Whistleblowers_Allege_Misconduct_of_Biden Investigation_in_Congressional_Testimony⠀⇛ As the Hunter Biden tax investigation progresses, its scope and complexity continue to deepen in regard to President Biden’s potential involvement. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ A_prototype_for_China-West_teamwork⠀⇛ Patience has paid off in a debt deal for Zambia that sets a precedent for China’s cooperation on global financial governance. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Arab_nations_praise_China’s_Uyghur_policies:_Society_is ‘harmonious,’_religion_free⠀⇛ Muslim-majority nations reject Uyghurs in favor of national interests. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Dismissing_tensions,_US_Pres._Joe_Biden_expects to_see_China’s_Xi_despite_‘dictators’_jab⠀⇛ US President Joe Biden voiced confidence Thursday that he would meet Xi Jinping soon, as he refused to back down after angering Beijing by likening the Chinese leader to “dictators.” * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Still_a_great_power_competition?⠀⇛ The brief but high-stakes meeting this week between US secretary of state Antony Blinken and Chinese leader Xi Jinping resolved little. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Australian_PM_visit_to_China_to_be_locked_in_at ‘appropriate_time’⠀⇛ PM Anthony Albanese stressed the importance of bilateral trade. * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ A_Wild,_Conspiratorial,_Fantastical_View_of_World Politics:_Might_It_Be_True?⠀⇛ The modus operandi of the Deep State is to prepare the ground for destruction of any nation deemed a threat and to neutralize those individuals, foreign and domestic, considered a danger to the Controllers’ agenda. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Australians_can_vote_on_facts,_not_fear,_on_voice: PM⠀⇛ Australians shouldn’t listen to scare campaigns when considering how to vote in a referendum to enshrine an Indigenous voice in the Constitution, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says. Despite recent polling showing reduced support for the proposal, the federal government is on track to hold the referendum in the last quarter of 2023. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_Eric_Adams_Issued_His_Second-Ever_Veto_Over Housing_Bills⠀⇛ Adrienne Adams, the City Council speaker, immediately criticized the veto and said that the Council had enough votes to override it. * ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ The_Fourteenth_Amendment⠀⇛ Both the 14th Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 were passed in the 38th session of Congress. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Say_Gay,_to_a_Floridope⠀⇛ * ⚓ JURIST ☛ 14,000_England_voters_denied_participation_under_new_ID rules⠀⇛ Almost 14,000 English voters were denied a chance to participate in local elections across England, according to research by the Electoral Commission, updated on Friday. The report found that this was a result of a new voter ID policy. * § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ o ⚓ [Repeat] Hong Kong Free Press ☛ ‘Salute’:_Hong_Kong_police, officials_launch_accounts_on_Chinese_social_media_platforms⠀⇛ Hong Kong police have opened an account on Xiaohongshu, a Chinese social media platform similar to Instagram, after the city’s security chief and chief secretary earlier launched accounts on the same platform. o ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Who_owns_the_Daily_Mail?⠀⇛ The Daily Mail, under DMGT, has been under the control of the same family since its launch 126 years ago. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ Gannett ☛ An_Iowa_meteorologist’s_climate_change_coverage_led_to_a death_threat._He’s_now_resigning.⠀⇛ The message was interpreted as a death threat given its apparent reference to a California man who was charged with attempted murder for showing up with a gun and other weapons near the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh earlier that month. Gloninger is far from the only one in the journalism industry in the United States and across the world who has experienced threats of some sort. And some of the hatred has even become deadly. In 2022, 67 journalists and media members were killed globally — an increase of 50% from 2021 and the highest number recorded since 2018, according to a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists, which has tracked journalist killings since 1992. In the United States, Jeff German, a veteran investigative reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, was stabbed to death at his Las Vegas home in September allegedly by an elected official who the reporter had published investigative articles about. * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ How_Christian_Groups_Helped_Parents_Pull Books_From_Some_Pennsylvania_School_Libraries⠀⇛ They were being removed under a new book-challenge policy enacted last July by the Republican majority on the school district’s board of directors after a series of grueling public meetings that have divided the wealthy district north of Philadelphia. Under the policy, a parent can challenge a book in a school library if it depicts implied or actual nudity or “sexual acts” and a committee of district staff then reviews it. Pulling the two books, both reviled by conservatives around the country, was another hyper-local victory in a broader national effort nurtured by Christian conservative groups to expand parents’ direct control over what school staff can share with their children, particularly on matters of sex, identity and race. Liberal groups say the effort amounts to censorship and even bigotry, with disproportionate harm to LGBT students and those in other minority groups. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Librarians_train_to_defend_intellectual_freedom and_fight_book_bans_at_Chicago_conference⠀⇛ Book bans and how to fight them is a major focus of the this year’s ALA’s conference. “The world’s largest library event” provides training and education for library professionals, according to the conference website. Librarians may attend sessions, like the one Gregory spoke at, aimed at helping them confidently counter book challenges, fight legislative censorship and ensure the freedom to read. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Malaysia_to_take_legal_actions_against_Meta_for_failure_to remove_‘undesirable’_posts⠀⇛ The Malaysian government announced on Friday that it would take legal action against Facebook parent company Meta for its failure to remove “harmful” content relating to race and religion. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), the public body regulating communications and multimedia in Malaysia, published an official statement on its website with resentments. It mentioned that “despite repeated requests from MCMC, Meta has failed to take sufficient action to address the issue of undesirable content on its platform.” MCMC said responses had been received from Facebook’s parent company, yet the Malaysian administration does not accept the “sluggish and unsatisfactory” reactions. * ⚓ SCMP ☛ Facebook_parent_Meta_faces_Malaysia_legal_action_for_not removing_harmful_content⠀⇛ The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission said the company failed to remove content related to race, royalty and religion despite repeated requests * ⚓ Reason ☛ Challenge_to_Georgia_BDS_Law_Loses_on_Qualified_Immunity Grounds⠀⇛ The Eleventh Circuit therefore avoids deciding whether such laws are constitutional. * ⚓ Reason ☛ Massachusetts_District_Attorney_Sued_for_Refusing_To_Release Names_of_Problem_Cops⠀⇛ Massachusetts reformed its notoriously bad public records laws in 2020, but reporters are still fighting to get the police misconduct files they’re legally entitled to. * ⚓ Reason ☛ No_Absolute_Privilege_for_Accuser’s_Allegations_in_College Disciplinary_Proceedings;_#TheyLied_Libel_Lawsuit⠀⇛ alleging the accuser lied in the proceedings can thus go forward, holds the Connecticut Supreme Court § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Biden_Would_Need_His_Pound_of_Flesh_From_Assange⠀⇛ The U.S. president would not likely move on the case without some face-saving measure to ward off pressure from the C.I.A. and his own party, writes Joe Lauria. * ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Court_orders_release_of_Kurdish_journalist_Beritan_Canözer⠀⇛ In the past year, dozens of individuals working for Kurdish media outlets have been subjected to house raids and detained on “terrorism”-related charges. Currently, more than 20 of them are remanded in custody. * ⚓ [Repeat] BIA Net ☛ Journalist_Sezgin_Kartal_released_after_160_days⠀⇛ “Throughout my career as a journalist, I have never written articles endorsing any organization. If I were a member of such an organization, it would have been impossible for me to reside at the same address for 14 years, travel freely, and stay in hotels. Despite my non-membership, I have been detained for six months. I request my release”, he said. * ⚓ Court_orders_release_of_Kurdish_journalist_Beritan_Canözer⠀⇛ The journalist was remanded in custody following her detention in late April. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Supreme_Court_Narrows_the_Right_to_Confront_One’s Accuser_in_Joint_Trials⠀⇛ In a murder-for-hire conspiracy trial, the majority allowed a defendant’s confession implicating a co-defendant to be used, with limitations. * ⚓ ACLU ☛ A_Year_Without_Roe⠀⇛ On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its infamous opinion overturning the nearly 50-year-old landmark case of Roe v. Wade, which established a federal constitutional right to abortion. The court’s shameful decision triggered a cascade of abortion bans in states across the country, as anti-abortion politicians rushed to introduce bills pushing access to essential health care out of reach or blocking it entirely. This devastating blow to civil rights and bodily autonomy. For some, the impact was immediate: appointments at some clinics were canceled, patients seeking care were forced to travel across state lines, and others had to carry pregnancies that endangered their health. For others, the impact took shape over the course of the last year, triggering career shifts, changing education plans, and questioning life plans. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Abortion_still_divides_the_US_one_year_after_Supreme_Court struck_down_Roe_v._Wade⠀⇛ The historic US Supreme Court about face on abortion a year ago has created a nightmare for women seeking the procedure, a legal morass for the courts and a challenge for the Republican Party. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Abortions_are_down_3%_one_year_after_the_end_of_Roe_v._Wade⠀⇛ Note: Includes abortions provided by clinics, private medical offices, hospitals and virtual-only clinics. Months with less than 10 abortions are represented as 0; Data: #WeCount/Society of Family Planning and Census Bureau; Map: Jacque Schrag/Axios Nationwide, legal abortions have fallen about 3% in the year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and the ruling’s aftershocks are still reverberating through American health care, politics and culture. ⚓ New Yorker ☛ An_Abortion_Clinic_One_Year_Later⠀⇛ After the fall of Roe v. Wade, North Dakota’s Red River Women’s Clinic moved two miles away, into Minnesota and a new political reality. ⚓ New Yorker ☛ North_Dakota’s_Only_Abortion_Clinic_Leaves_the_State⠀⇛ Emily Witt looks at how the Dobbs decision forced a clinic to move across state lines. Plus, Alex Ross on the legendary film composer John Williams. ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_lodges_appeal_against_teen_cleared_of_2019 unlawful_assembly_charge_at_top_court⠀⇛ The Hong Kong government has appealed to the city’s top court after a teenager was cleared of an unlawful assembly charge linked to a protest in 2019. Mak Wing-wa, who was 16 at the time of his arrest, appeared before a five-judge panel at the Court of Final Appeal on Friday. ⚓ JURIST ☛ Biden_signs_executive_order_designed_to_protect_access_to contraception⠀⇛ US President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday designed to strengthen and protect access to contraception. Biden signed the order nearly one year after the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned the landmark reproductive rights case Roe v. Wade. ⚓ New York Times ☛ Dobbs_Could_Be_Reversed_if_We_Start_Now⠀⇛ It won’t be easy, and it probably won’t be quick. But there needs to be a plan in place. ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ One_year_after_Dobbs,_US_abortion_landscape_transformed⠀⇛ Last year’s Supreme Court ruling in the Dobbs case eliminated a nearly 50-year-old federal right to abortion. The impact on women of childbearing age has been profound. ⚓ The Nation ☛ Abortion_Any_Time_Isn’t_Just_a_Rallying_Cry—It’s_True Reproductive_Freedom⠀⇛ In November 2022, Anne Angus and her husband packed their two Australian shepherds in their car and drove about 10 hours from Montana to Colorado for an abortion. Not two months had passed since Angus had quit her job to be a stay-at-home mom. But her 20-week anatomy scan showed some concerning results, and she was referred to Children’s Hospital Colorado, in Denver, for follow-up testing. She had to wait three weeks for that appointment.1 After giving her a battery of tests, the care team at Children’s Hospital Colorado told her that the baby would have prune belly syndrome, a rare condition that is sometimes rapidly fatal, sometimes not, but always medically complex. She would need to move to Denver a month before her due date and stay there for as long as it took to get through multiple rounds of surgery on the baby, which would almost certainly include kidney transplants and other major surgeries, with no clear prognosis. “I felt like even then they were laying out the best-case scenario,” Angus said. No one on the care team presented abortion as an option—and because it wasn’t brought up, she didn’t ask about it. “It felt like it would be a taboo, shameful thing to ask these professionals who are telling me how I can save my baby,” she said.2 ⚓ Techdirt ☛ DOJ_Releases_Report_On_Minneapolis_PD,_Says_It’s_No_Surprise_This Problematic_Cop_Shop_Produced_A_Murderer⠀⇛ Any investigative report of any police department in the United States composed by the DOJ’s Civil Rights division can be described as “scathing.” Bad cops doing bad things trigger these investigations, which invariably find evidence of biased policing, excessive force deployment, and a general disregard — if not actual disdain — for the people these departments are supposed to be serving. ⚓ New York Times ☛ Arizona_Governor_Strips_Prosecutors_of_Power_to_Enforce Abortion_Ban⠀⇛ Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, says she is doing what she can to protect abortion rights in a state with a 15-week ban on the procedure. ⚓ New York Times ☛ Is_There_Any_Twinge_of_Regret_Among_the_Anti-Abortion Justices?⠀⇛ A year later, the consequences for women have been alarming. ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ One_Year_After_the_Fall_of_Roe_v._Wade,_Abortion_Care_Has_Become a_Patchwork_of_Confusing_State_Laws⠀⇛ In states with changing abortion laws and legal challenges to new laws, physicians are uncertain of what procedures ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ One_year_later,_the_Supreme_Court’s_abortion_decision is_both_scorned_and_praised⠀⇛ Activists and politicians are praising and protesting the Supreme Court ruling from exactly one year ago, which led to massive changes in abortion access nationwide. Rallies were held Saturday in Washington and across the U.S. After years of calling for change, it’s now anti-abortion groups who are praising the status quo, saying the end of Roe v. Wade has “saved countless lives.” Abortion rights advocates are angry and upset about what they say is interference in medical decisions between a woman and her doctor. Most GOP-controlled states have already imposed bans, including 14 at every stage of pregnancy. ⚓ The Nation ☛ We_Need_a_New_Body_Politics⠀⇛ The constitutional right to an abortion officially ended one year ago, on June 24, 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But for many in the United States, the promises supposedly offered by Roe had never been kept. In 1970, three years before the Roe decision, the first nationwide abortion restriction took effect, preventing organizations that received federal grants under the newly created Title X family planning program, which provides affordable contraception and reproductive health care to people with low incomes, from using those funds for abortion services. And every year since 1976, Congress has attached the Hyde Amendment, which bans the use of Medicaid funds for abortion, to the federal budget. State legislators, often backed by the Supreme Court, imposed so many obstacles on abortion care during the 2010s that it had become practically inaccessible in dozens of states long before the Dobbs ruling. ⚓ Axios ☛ Exclusive:_House_conservatives_challenge_their_leaders_on_abortion⠀⇛ The Republican Study Committee is pushing House GOP leadership for a vote on the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act (H.R. 7), Axios has learned. ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Conviction_of_Justyna_Wydrzyńska⠀⇛ Warsaw—On March 14, Justyna Wydrzyńska arrived for her final day of court dressed in a magenta pantsuit, an orange blouse, and a gold necklace that read “Mife/Miso,” a reference to the two drugs used for medication abortion. As she got out of the car and began walking down the sidewalk, a cheer went up from the crowd of demonstrators who had turned out to support her.1 ⚓ New York Times ☛ Saudi_Arabia_Wants_Tourists._It_Didn’t_Expect_Christians.⠀⇛ In a fluid new age for the conservative Islamic kingdom, evangelicals have become some of its most enthusiastic visitors. ⚓ The Nation ☛ Eugenics,_Environmental_Ruin,_and_Surveillance:_The_Story_of Silicon_Valley⠀⇛ In the opening pages of his magisterial Bay Area history, Imperial San Francisco, historian Gray Brechin presents his book as an attempt “to answer the question raised by the kind of cities we build today: Are they worth it?” It’s a deceptively simple question, and it reemerges when we discuss San Francisco and its discontents. ⚓ ACLU ☛ Mississippi_Student_Wins_Fight_to_Wear_Tribal_Regalia_at_Graduation⠀⇛ Earlier this year, Merissa Wilson stood before the school board of the Pearl Public School District in Mississippi to make a small but crucial request: that the board permit her daughter, Zuri, to wear an eagle feather on her graduation cap and be wrapped in a traditional star quilt by her family after exiting the commencement stage. As enrolled members of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, these Native American_traditions are an integral part of the family’s cultural and spiritual heritage. Although the burden shouldn’t be on students and their families to educate their educators about these traditions, Merissa thought the meeting went well and was hopeful that the school board would approve her request. A few weeks later, however, the board members informed her and Zuri that they would not relent from the district’s strict graduation dress code. But that was not the end of the story. ⚓ Reason ☛ Supreme_Court_Rejects_‘Extraordinarily_Unusual’_Case_Against_Biden’s Deportation_Policy⠀⇛ Today’s decision “is narrow and simply maintains the longstanding jurisprudential status quo,” wrote Justice Brett Kavanaugh for the majority. ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Supreme_Court_allows_Biden_policy_on_deportations_to_stand⠀⇛ The Supreme Court voted 8-1 to allow a Biden policy on deporting only those immigrants who pose the greatest public safety risk to take effect. ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Supreme_Court_rules_that_law_criminalizing_encouragement_of illegal_immigration_is_constitutional⠀⇛ The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in US v. Hansen that 8 U.S.C. §1324 (a)(1)(A)(iv), a federal law that criminalizes the encouragement of illegal immigration, does not violate the First Amendment of the US Constitution. ⚓ JURIST ☛ Malaysia_charges_4_Thai_nationals_with_trafficking_offenses_relating to_2015_Wang_Kelian_case⠀⇛ Deputy National Police Chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn told state news on Friday that four Thai individuals have been extradited to Malaysia and were charged with trafficking and smuggling individuals from Myanmar. ⚓ JURIST ☛ Spain_ombudsman_to_investigate_migrant_deaths_off_the_North_African coast⠀⇛ The Spanish Ombudsman initiated an ex offcio action on Friday in relation to a rubber boat carrying migrants capsized 40 miles off the coast of Morocco on June 21st. The rubber boat was carrying 60 people, including children, heading to the Canary Islands and resulted in the death of more than 30 migrants. ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Biden’s_Asylum_Policy_Continues_Tradition_of_US_Cruelty_to Haitians⠀⇛ Biden has recycled some of Trump’s racist asylum policies. ⚓ Spiegel ☛ Europe’s_New_Asylum_Policy:_“The_First_Thing_They_Do_Is_Imprison You”⠀⇛ The European Union has finally reached a compromise on asylum policy, with the main goal that of cutting the number of refugees who make it to the Continent. Can it work? And what has become of the right to asylum? ⚓ Spiegel ☛ The_Sinking_of_a_Refugee_Ship:_Serious_Accusations_Leveled_at_the Greek_Coast_Guard⠀⇛ More than 600 migrants are believed to have perished in the June 14 shipwreck off the Greek coast, including women and children. What caused the ship to capsize, and who is to blame? ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Supreme_Court_rules_states_lack_constitutional_standing_in_key immigration_case⠀⇛ The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in US v. Texas that Texas and Louisiana do not have constitutional standing to sue the federal government over a 2021 Homeland Security Memorandum that focuses immigration enforcement actions on non-citizens who are suspected of terrorism, committed serious crimes or are caught at the border entering illegally. ⚓ New York Times ☛ Supreme_Court_Revives_Biden_Immigration_Guidelines⠀⇛ The guidelines, setting priorities for which unauthorized immigrants should be detained, were blocked by a federal judge in Texas. ⚓ teleSUR ☛ A_Boat_With_50_Migrants_Near_Malta_Calls_for_Urgent_Rescue⠀⇛ “We have just been contacted by the 50 people in distress… Water is entering the boat… We urge all relevant authorities: Don’t let them drown!,” Alarm Phone said. ⚓ New York Times ☛ Titan_Submersible_and_Greek_Migrant_Crisis:_Tragedies_Reveal Inequities_in_World_Attention⠀⇛ Many see harsh realities about class and ethnicity in the attention paid to the Titan submersible and the halfhearted attempts to aid a ship before it sank, killing hundreds of migrants. But there are other factors. ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Mediterranean_Migrant_Shipwreck_Reveals_Cost_of_Cruel_European Asylum_Policies⠀⇛ Eighty-one people have been confirmed dead, but roughly 500 more likely drowned when the ship sank, locked below decks. ⚓ Reason ☛ Making_Sense_of_Arizona_v._Navajo_Nation⠀⇛ Justice Gorsuch’s conservative colleagues now ignore him in Indian cases. ⚓ Reason ☛ Supreme_Court’s_Sidestep_Leaves_Native_Kids_Without_Answers⠀⇛ While intended to keep Native families together, the ICWA subjects American Indian children to a lower level of protection than is enjoyed by non-Native kids. ⚓ Reason ☛ Police_Let_Their_K-9_Maul_on_the_Wrong_Guy._They_Arrested_Him Anyway.⠀⇛ According to WCPO, a local news station, body camera footage of the incident shows that officers handcuffed Davis and demanded he identify himself. In the footage, Davis repeatedly gives officers his name, social security number, as well as his photo ID, proving that he was not the person in the protection order. Nonetheless, police kept Davis handcuffed for 37 minutes. “Try to scoot your butt straight over so you don’t get blood all over the car,” one officer told Davis as he directed him to get inside the police vehicle. “Try to keep that arm off the seat.” Eventually, police took Davis to a local hospital where he was treated and released. Notably, according to WCPO, Covington’s police report of the incident did not mention that Davis was attacked by a K-9 or that he was handcuffed. “Had it not been for the body-worn camera footage, we would not have any idea of the atrocity that occurred there,” Anita Washington, Davis’ attorney, told WCPO. ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Controversial_release_of_Quran_course_staff_in_‘child_torture’_case in_Erzurum⠀⇛ The trial, which involved the physical abuse of 14 boys under the care of the Children and Women’s Association in Erzurum, had led to charges of “torturing a child” against the director and staff member, who were also responsible for teaching and assigning cleaning tasks to the children. The case was heard at the Erzurum Heavy Penal Court. ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Lunds_&_Byerlys_workers_authorize_strike_if necessary⠀⇛ “Today, our coworkers demonstrated the power that comes from standing together against company intimidation.” ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Labor_shows_ambition_on_political_donations_reform._But influence_of_big_money_untamed⠀⇛ An influential parliamentary committee has handed down its first major report into electoral reform. But, as Zacharias Szumer reports, there’s still a long way to go. For almost a year, the Albanese Labor government has been signalling its intentions to reform donations laws. This past week, Labor moved one step closer to realising those promises with the release of a committee report the party has long said would form the basis of any legislation.  ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ PM_challenges_Voice_poll,_says_‘yes’_case_still_strong⠀⇛ Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has dismissed polling showing support for the Indigenous voice to parliament appears to be ebbing, saying the surveys are continually fluctuating. Backing for the ‘yes’ vote has fallen to 46 per cent, from 51 per cent in February, a JWS Research poll published on Friday found. ⚓ Heavy_Penal_Court_releases_the_police_officers_in_the_investigation_on torture_of_child⠀⇛ Diyarbakır bar association reminded that the Lice Penal Court of First Instance ruled before that it did not have jurisdiction over the case since the acts were in the scope of “torture.” ⚓ Reason ☛ Supreme_Court_Rules_Red_States_Lack_Standing_to_Challenge_Biden Immigration_Enforcement_Guidelines⠀⇛ The 8-1 decision is a major win for Biden and executive enforcement discretion. I think the Court got the right result, but for the wrong reasons. ⚓ Axios ☛ Supreme_Court_rebuffs_GOP_challenge_to_Biden’s_immigration_policies⠀⇛ The Supreme Court on Friday threw out a GOP-led challenge to one of the Biden administration’s key immigration policies — a major victory for the White House. Why it matters:The ruling is a win for the Biden administration on immigration and may signal that Republicans will have a harder time trying to block other policies as well. ===================================================================== Details:The Biden administration announced in 2021 that, rather than attempting to arrest and deport everyone who has entered the U.S. illegally, it would prioritize people who were suspected of terrorism or violent crime. ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kazakh_Activist_Detained_On_Illegal_Drugs_Charges_His_Supporters_Call Trumped-Up⠀⇛ Kazakh activist Malik Akhmetqaliev has been detained in the northern city of Kokshetau on charges of illegal drugs possession, which his supporters call retaliation for his frequent criticism of the activities of authorities. ⚓ Reason ☛ Hunter_Biden’s_Prison-Free_Plea_Should_Be_Available_to_Everybody⠀⇛ If it’s not a sweetheart deal, everyone else deserves the same leniency. ⚓ New York Times ☛ Garland_Pushes_Back_at_GOP_Claims_of_Bias_in_Hunter_Biden Investigation⠀⇛ The attorney general denied assertions that he had interfered with the case and blocked a prosecutor from lodging more charges. ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Freedom_or_Martyrdom:_Walid_Daqqah’s_Fate_Is_in_Our_Hands⠀⇛ The Palestinian Youth Movement calls on the international community to demand the immediate release of Walid Daqqah and expose the illegal nature of his imprisonment. ⚓ RFERL ☛ Jailed_Kazakh_Journalist_Sent_To_Pretrial_Detention_Instead_Of_Being Released⠀⇛ Kazakh journalist Duman Mukhammedkarim has been sent to pretrial detention for at least two months on a new charge instead of being released as expected after serving out a 25-day jail term on a charge of violating regulations for public gatherings last month. ⚓ RFERL ☛ Two_Members_Of_Kyrgyz_Group_On_Trial_Over_Protest_Against_Border_Deal Transferred_To_House_Arrest⠀⇛ Two members of a Kyrgyz group who went on trial on June 22 for protesting against a border deal with Uzbekistan have been transferred to house arrest. ⚓ RFERL ☛ Poland_Deports_Tajik_Man,_Despite_ECHR’s_Request_Not_To_Do_So⠀⇛ Poland has deported Tajik national Sorbon Abdurahimzoda to Dushanbe despite a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) forbidding the move, Abdurahimzoda’s lawyer, Bogumil Zygmont, told RFE/RL on June 23. ⚓ RFA ☛ Fleeing_Vietnam,_human_rights_lawyers_arrive_in_U.S._following_police summons⠀⇛ Friends back home react to their departure with mixed feelings. ⚓ RFA ☛ Cambodia_approves_election_law_amendment_aimed_at_preventing_boycott_of July_23_vote⠀⇛ Move prohibits those who don’t vote from running in future elections. ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_whistleblower_alleges_federal_investigators_slow-walked_Hunter Biden_investigation⠀⇛ A US congressional committee released testimony Thursday from whistleblowers within the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), suggesting that federal officials slow-walked an investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter. > ⚓ New York Times ☛ Hollywood_Directors_Ratify_Their_Contract⠀⇛ The vote prevented the doomsday scenario of three major Hollywood unions striking simultaneously. The actors’ union is still negotiating. ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Vice_UK_staff_cancel_strike_after_redundancy_terms_improve⠀⇛ Press Gazette understands 23 jobs at Vice are at risk of redundancy. ⚓ JURIST ☛ ProPublica:_US_Supreme_Court_justice_Alito_failed_to_disclose_luxury fishing_trip⠀⇛ ProPublica reported Tuesday that US Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito accepted and failed to disclose a 2008 luxury fishing trip with Paul Singer, a hedge fund billionaire who—in the time since—has had business before the court at least ten times. ⚓ The Nation ☛ Matchmaker_Leonard_Leo_Helps_Unite_Billionaires_With_Supreme Court_Justices⠀⇛ Although he sits on the highest court in the land, Samuel Alito is an injudicious justice, famously given to penning ill-tempered decisions and cranky obiter dicta that offer ample evidence of a festering mind cankered with culture-war grievances. On Tuesday, Alito’s legendary cussedness became self-destructive, when he took the bizarre step of offering free advertising for a forthcoming article questioning his ethics.1 ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Restaurant_Hired_‘Priest’_to_‘Get_the_Sins_Out’_of Confessing_Workers⠀⇛ The sins in question included being late for work and having “bad intentions” towards management. § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Reddit’s_Chief_Says_He_Wants_It_to_‘Grow_Up.’_Will_Its Community_Let_It?⠀⇛ As the social media site matures, its users and moderators have made their displeasure about corporate changes known, putting the company into a bind. * ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ The_radio_station_with_less_talk⠀⇛ A local coffee shop I love pipes FM radio through their speakers. It’s an interesting system; rather than decoding a digital stream from a packet-switched network, it encodes a signal using frequency modulation broadcast from a tower in your area. You don’t need Internet access, nor do you have to pay access fees. * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Broadband_ISP_Customer_Satisfaction_Ranked_Second_Worst, Above_Only_Gas_Stations⠀⇛ We’ve noted for years how the steady, mindless consolidation by telecom monopolies has resulted in patchy broadband access, slow speeds, and high prices. But another longstanding trademark of the industry has been its abysmal customer service, created by mindless growth and a subsequent refusal to scale customer service to match. * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ 5G_Was_An_Over-Hyped_Dud._Prepare_For_Nobody_To_Learn Absolutely_Anything_From_The_Experience⠀⇛ We’ve noted for several years how the “race to 5G” was largely just hype by telecoms and hardware vendors eager to sell more gear and justify high U.S. mobile data prices. While 5G does provide faster, more resilient, and lower latency networks, it’s more of an evolution than a revolution. § Monopolies⠀➾ * ⚓ [Repeat] New York Times ☛ Microsoft_Says_It_Could_Abandon_Activision Deal_if_Judge_Delays_It⠀⇛ The F.T.C. is asking Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley for a preliminary injunction, which would bar Microsoft from completing the deal before the F.T.C. had the chance to argue the case in its internal court. The clash is broadly seen as a test of whether recent efforts to more aggressively curb the power of tech giants around the world will succeed. Lina Khan, the chair of the F.T.C., has argued that big tech companies have vast influence over online commerce and communication, allowing them to engage in anticompetitive practices that harm consumers. * ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Rishi_Sunak_warned_tech_giants_could_‘leverage resources_to_obstruct_and_delay’_Digital_Markets_Bill_regime⠀⇛ A coalition of publishing and tech organisations said the CMA must be able to “move quickly”. * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Mexico_imposes_50%_tariff_on_white_corn imports_amid_trade_dispute_with_U.S._and_Canada [Ed: GMO backlash. Cancer and patents now wanted by the Mexicans.]⠀⇛ Mexico is imposing a 50% tariff on white corn imports, a move the Mexican president says is intended to boost national production and prevent imports of genetically modified corn. The move Saturday is the latest in a trade dispute over GM corn between Mexico and its North American trade partners, Canada and the United States. Both the United States and Canada have said that Mexico’s fear of the dangers of genetically modified corn is “not grounded in science.” Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he is not afraid of controversy and insists that only domestic white corn should be used for human consumption. * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Sharing_Your_Credit_Card_With_a_Shady_Pirate_IPTV Service_Isn’t_a_Brilliant_Idea⠀⇛ Pirate IPTV services have transformed into a billion- dollar industry in recent years. It is a highly profitable business that, at the upper echelon, appears to be well organized. However, research from the Digital Citizens Alliance shows that handing over credit card details to unknown parties also has its drawbacks, including ‘surprise’ charges. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 7356 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.25.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_25/06/2023:_Cold_Start_and_Reducing_Scope_Creep⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:46 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Cold_Start⠀⇛ Refrigeration of the sourdough starter was the next thing to test; it developed one bubble on the surface, and did not rise. Then again it hasn’t even been much on the rising front, which is why I’ve also been using instant yeast in the bread dough. Probably the starter needs a little more flour and a little less water to better favor yeast? On the other hand I’m okay with a lot of sour. # ⚓ heatwave…⠀⇛ what is your favorite thing to do during the summer and why? personally my favorite thing to do is to get a snow cone. they’re delicious and an easy way to cool down. cherry flavored ones are my favorite but grape and green apple and great, too. # ⚓ Re:_The_Library_Rocks!⠀⇛ I saw these posts and I wanted to throw in my own hurrah for libraries. The traditional book loans libraries offer have become uncool. That’s something of an exageration, but so many of the praises I see of libraries emphasise that “It’s not just books anymore!” I certainly don’t think that it’s a bad thing that they are expanding their offerings—why shouldn’t the ideas of sharing and public access apply to music, movies, video games, etc. But I do enjoy the books. # ⚓ Things_Better_Left_Alone_and_the_Adventurer_RPG_arrived⠀⇛ My copies of “Things Better Left Alone” and the “Adventurer RPG” Player Guide and Dungeon Guide arrived today from Pacesetter Games. # ⚓ Plant_Identification_Practice⠀⇛ I’ve been practicing recording plant characteristics, using the terminology from an old book by Harrington[1]. So far, I have been focused mostly on the leaf characteristics. During one lunch break, I studied one tree with the following leaf characteristics: o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Ban_scanners_IPs_from_OpenSMTP_logs⠀⇛ If you are an OpenBSD running an OpenSMTP email server, you may want to ban IPs used by bots trying to bruteforce logins. OpenBSD doesn’t have fail2ban available in packages, and sshguard isn’t extensible enough to support the multiline log format used by OpenSMTP. Here is a short script that looks for authentication failures in `/var/mail/maillog` and will add the IPs into the PF table `bot` after too many failed login. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Reducing_Scope_Creep⠀⇛ One of the reasons I created this blog/ capsule (other than the opportunity to work with the Gemini protocol, text format, and Geminispace) was to encourage me to write more often. I started off well, but slowed down considerably three months or so ago. While there are several reasons for that, I’ve decided to I concentrate on writing short articles for this blog/capsule and relegate the longer articles for my other blog. I hope this will encourage me to write more. We’ll see. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 7500 ➮ Generation completed at 02:44, i.e. 48 seconds to (re)generate ⟲