𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Tuesday, June 27, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Wed 28 Jun 02:40:40 BST 2023 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈 Latest in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕 and older bulletins can be found at 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕-𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 Full IPFS index in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔 and as plain text in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔/𝒕𝒙𝒕 Gemini index for the day: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/27/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): Qmeen883ygmQMHbp93hmHemdGxVyMFxA4S53EVjPiTWthi QmVNZn5iUAX3aPAv7HkWkFu62pfUrdMpir2azRzEovePS6 QmPFUHRdtmHpE4Xv4jkqvqQNM1a6no5H9G1YEt2Gvzxec8 Qmant3zp3heMe62vMAH53HjdZtBRr2cAjjgfp9qmFcwtHa QmUTVkvVBnRMgRNw5nHQhBMThzzVCc47dwA4SrqQuc982D QmcZbfP8dvpkTpUyJUVYKdHL6swtNo7WWN85RqPGaMHwhQ QmWBGQqZ4Jz95dLe9RNobqwN83vwgnBVTt3FLZ16PhtwBd QmRNgfMHUPhvtoQxtPkY9N9mUiqenbwM6Qn6jGnr9DxsqW QmULKvdAgewdAzGe22EQPmsD3uf44ifZk587Suzux2M78x QmbU6uy7eb2ejuEjVCuS75qW5mk5yiMguUF1wcaQYbVFBo QmXaJW6QMqJq3d2sPWiF1w3VNSxL4CXLTUjhspExEcWiJD QmVA4areAp8qhYxiNP5xuAYP83kX1fn7tWWmJvxaWquq8J QmRyhoXTRTi8YW7CtExFvbr65rgt7JY42ZP3MRbbovwL3m QmddDk6ru1Xvhx7AoixftMd2k6JQxCSGDz5RQJU1jEA7He QmV5ySVbmsP2AeAH68yDVmHFJ6KcMVMruqJAzPTAzNqJfj QmSBYQMq3U3o2DqjVUykcjzrDpcMq8mJ2sTiaAxLdSqjqD QmWDDCNUM7rLDPCJqkf4WR2tKJf5sJB1pYz1fvptXTMkMz QmSb4wbrNoFc4AnaEeBd7tr1JD291WtpvqU5v5VSMTwKUm QmYfFEzPVWoWdeQrLsMcbAYpFzWgeMPCbaPfRAZzF28QtZ QmYJMkthNjEmDoeTS1ZnvM6uZGXVe7N7RWiaZ3M9c9sjLK QmWC5nc2zme8oc7V87AHBm275wreXXD6G6YWhNk2pX7S4N ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ On Top of Setting Up Kangaroo Courts for Patents, EPO is Working to Drive Out the Best Patent Examiners to Lower Quality and Grant More Fake (Invalid) European Patents Which Kangaroos Can Then Endorse | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Monday, June 26, 2023 | Techrights ⦿ Free Software Communities Make Red Bait (IBM), Google, Microsoft (GAFAM) and Others Obsolete, But They’re Fighting Back Viciously and Mercilessly | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] Vladimir Putin’s Cousin From Germany | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/06/27/epo-senior-staff-getting-crushed/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/27/irc-log-260623/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/27/the-global-empire-strikes-back/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/27/vladimir-putin-and-upc/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/06/27/gemini-communities/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/27/gentoo-improvements/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/27/graphics-work/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/27/leadership-and-management/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 59 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/27/epo-senior-staff-getting-crushed/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/27/epo-senior-staff-getting-crushed/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.27.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ On_Top_of_Setting_Up_Kangaroo_Courts_for_Patents,_EPO_is_Working_to_Drive_Out the_Best_Patent_Examiners_to_Lower_Quality_and_Grant_More_Fake_(Invalid) European_Patents_Which_Kangaroos_Can_Then_Endorse⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Law, Patents at 3:24 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 56c971a85392caf423543fede16522bd EPO Against Work Experience Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/epo-senior-staff-getting-crushed.webm Summary: The European Patent Office (EPO) is going down the drain because the best workers are being driven out to make way for obedient, inexperienced rubber-stamping scabs — all this in direct_violation_of_the_European_Patent Convention_(EPC), which turns 50 later this year; this is a catastrophe in the making, overshadowed only by illegal and unconstitutional fake ‘courts’ set up by the very same coup plotters and lobbyists (even bribed “media” like JUVE) The systematic abuse of the EPO, led by Benoît_Battistelli‘s friend António Campinos, is taking another step further as experienced_examiners_are_being driven_out, with the expected_outcome_of_worse_patent_quality and mental_health crisis; the management promotes illegal European_software_patents, knowing they might end up being handled_by_an_illegal_kangaroo_court. “What does the European Commission think of a patent office bribing publishers to cover up corruption?”The Local Staff Committee Munich (LSCMN) has some new publication. SUEPO also has some new representatives, more than a dozen of them in fact [1 [PDF], 2 [PDF]], and there are some overlaps between the two groups (staff representatives and union representatives). Well, they now point_out [PDF] that the Office is going to run out of suitably trained and experienced patent examiners. To quote the representatives’ message to staff: § The fate of an ageing workforce at the EPO⠀➾ Dear colleagues, When reading the communication campaigns of the EPO, one would think the EPO is an employer treating its employees with respect and fulfilling its duty of care. However, the current policies are focusing on productivity as the main (sole) criterion for appreciating staff with unrealistic production expectations in many cases. Such policies do not take into account the facts of life (e.g. health problems) and even worsen them with production corridors affecting in particular the ageing workforce. Those among the ageing workforce who are considered, regardless of their condition, as performing below the expectations of their corridor are currently being singled out by line managers. In this paper, we explain that instead of chasing out ageing employees, the EPO should rather invest into its workforce and be up to the standards it pretends to have in its communication campaigns. Sincerely yours The Local Staff Committee Munich – LSCMN Here’s the full publication, which is discussed in the video at the top: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇The_fate_of_an_ageing_workforce_at_the_EPO: “Building_a_workplace_where_everyone_feels_welcome,_respected_and where_everybody_can_bring_their_authentic_self”_-_“Corporate_social responsibility”_“Leave_no-one_behind”_-“International_women’s_day”_- “Shadowing_day”_“International_day_of_people_with_a_disability”_- “Women’s_network”_-_“The_rainbow_group”_“The_special_needs_network”⦈_ Reading these quotes you would think the EPO is an employer treating its employees with respect and fulfilling its duty of care. However, the current policies are focusing on productivity as the main (sole) criterion for appreciating staff with unrealistic production expectations in many cases. Such policies do not take into account the facts of life (e.g. health problems) and even worsen them with production corridors affecting in particular the ageing workforce. In addition to that, other issues come into play: - working digitally in general - new IT tools that are frequently updated - high pace of procedural changes - sedentary work causing physical problems, such as eye or back trouble - concentration issues Those among the ageing workforce who are considered, regardless of their condition, as performing below the expectations of their corridor are currently being singled out by line managers. They are regularly forced to attend meetings with the team manager, director, often HR partner and even sometimes principal director. The pretext for these meetings is: “We are here to help you reach your goals” But the real reason is to make it clear to him or her that: “Your production/productivity is too low” “You are not doing enough according to your grade and experience” “You are being unfair towards the younger colleagues in the team because they do more for less money” “You are lowering the team’s production figures” Which may then be followed by: “This low production/productivity could lead to the initiation of the incompetence procedure” And even: “Maybe you should consider working part time” “Maybe it is time to retire” Such a procedure is experienced as institutional harassment forcing employees to retire or even resign. By focusing solely on productivity aspects, the EPO is actually ignoring the specific competencies of each employee in its workforce. Ageing employees accumulate significant knowledge over the years and are a precious asset for training purposes and decision making. Instead of chasing out ageing employees, the EPO should rather invest into its workforce and be up to the standards it pretends to have in its communication campaigns. Sincerely yours The Local Staff Committee Munich Speaking of “communication campaigns”, how much did the EPO bribe the media last year for mindless puff pieces in what’s left of the “press”? What does the European Commission think of a patent office bribing publishers to cover up corruption? 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Brigade Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/brics-ddos-and-rms.webm Summary: Companies like IBM have quit_pretending_to_care_about_communities and about_"Open_Source" (to them, the communities of volunteers are just slaves and Microsoft_is_a_strategic_ally, just_like_the_global_empire); we need to pave a path towards freedom from monopolies — all of them! THE battle is on. The gloves are off. The monopolists took off their gloves. They’re infiltrating_the_kernel via the corrupt Linux_Foundation and they’re trolling_the_community_in_all_sorts_of_ways, patent trolling aside. They keep calling us names, they say we’re unruly, and they try to domesticate us while they're_bombing_people_for_fun_and_profit. Even in recent years they still try to 'finish_Hitler's_job' and then they impose some Code_of_Censorship_to silence/quell/ban_dissent. Who do these C-suite millionaires think they are? How gullible do they think geeks are? “How gullible do they think geeks are?”As we noted this morning, GNU/Linux_is growing_in_large_countries_with_almost_half_of_the_world's_population. Not DRM and Steam stuff, let alone ChromeOS (spyware/GAFAM), but real GNU/Linux with truly free (libre) software. People got_tired_of_social_control_media and software (spyware/malware) that controls the users. They want to be in control of their lives, and moreover in_control_of_their_digital_devices (which they paid for). “Leaving Red Hat is harder than leaving Novell, but it’s a step in the right direction.”We’re seeing somewhat of a mutiny this month, and that mutiny isn’t in Russia. A bunch of billionaires have deployed their “tactical nukes” in an effort to make several more billions and it is backfiring; they’re calling people who use_GNU/Linux_without_paying_Red_Bait_(IBM) “freeloaders” (yes, it has_come_to_that! From the people did hatchet jobs and ran campaigns of defamation against the father of GNU/Linux [1, 2], whose operating system project turns_40_in_a_few_months). “Much of IBM’s actions appear to be maneuvering to beat Microsoft to decommodifying Linux as per the_Halloween_Documents,” an associate of ours noted. “Jeff Geerling’s posts,” the associate added, are relevant as he “also stated clearly what IBM is up to and his personal countermeasures, in three posts.” (See links above; the remaining parts are [1, 2]) We say, bring it on! Go ahead and try slanderous personal attacks (we shall cover this_topic in a series next month). There were also Distributed_Denial_of Service_(DDoS)_attacks_which_lasted_two_days_and_are_hard_to_attribute_to_any one_person/company. We’re meanwhile encouraging readers to say goodbye to Red Hat (Red Hat’s latest statement only worsens things), however gradually. Leaving Red Hat is harder than leaving Novell, but it’s a step in the right direction. Don’t fall for IBM’s Red Bait, it’s not free and it’ll get worse over time. There’s no goodwill there. The mask slipped, the gloves came off, and IBM is prioritising its partnership with Microsoft over the community, whose work it long exploited for profit. To these companies, this isn’t about making the world a better place, it’s just about making money. █ “Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it – their shareholders would revolt at anything less.” –Aaron Swartz ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 535 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/27/vladimir-putin-and-upc/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/27/vladimir-putin-and-upc/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.27.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_Vladimir_Putin’s_Cousin_From_Germany⠀✐ Posted in Courtroom, Europe, Law, Patents at 3:51 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Neither of those things can be considered legally true, but guess what they did yesterday. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Ursula von der leyen: To pass the UPC we pretend UK is in EU and UK ratified UPC⦈ Summary: The European Commission (and Union) now actively participates in the EPO‘s crimes; after ignoring corruption for over a decade the EU will share the liability, with dictators_replacing_democracy under false pretenses (breaking the law — even violating constitutions — in the name of “protecting” the law) ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠹⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⡀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣁⡀⢀⣈⣁⣀⣀⣀⠀⠉⠛⢿⣿⡄⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠛⢡⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⡄⠀⢻⣧⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡗⠀⢸⣿⣿⠯⠭⣿⣿⡏⠭⠿⢿⣿⡂⢀⠿⡇⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠒⣾⣿⣷⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣧⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣞⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣗⡀⠀⠀⡄⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⠾⢿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣯⣉⣽⣿⡿⠊⠀⣀⣠⣷⡆⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠁⠀⠀⠠⠶⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⢹⡿⡇⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡿⠋⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢦⡀⠀⠀⠘⠁⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠛⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣦⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⡌⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣄⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠙⣿⡿⠿⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣟⣛⣛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣛⢻⣿⡿⣿⡿⡿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣧⣉⣛⣡⣿⣟⣺⣜⣟⣿⣇⣷⣳⠹⠮⢻⢼⢺⣷⣶⡖⣚⢹⢹⢻⣿⢹⣯⡟⡟⢿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣦⣴⡖⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢛⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣾⣾⣿⣿⣮⣽⣭⣿⣾⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠶⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠏⠈⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⢻⣿⡿⡿⣿⡿⣏⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡄⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣿⣿⡝⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⢴⣾⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠙⠛⠦⠬⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡿⠳⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣆⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 598 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.27.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_27/06/2023:_Gemini_Communities_and_errno⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 1:43 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini # Programming * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ mary_louise_pratt,_toward_a_speech_act_theory_of_literary discourse⠀⇛ it is one thing for the poet, or even the poet- critic, to claim that his art exists in a universe of its own and bears no relation to the society in which he and his readers live. it is quite another for the literary analyst to unquestioningly accept such a view as the basis for a theory of literature. the poet’s declaration that he no longer wishes his work to be associated with ‘society’ or ‘reality’ or ‘commerce’ or ‘the masses’ is hardly grounds for the critic to decide that the associations have in fact ceased to exist or ceased to pertain to the critical enterprise. mary louise pratt, toward a speech act theory of literary discourse # ⚓ 2023_Week_24/25:_Status_and_Photos⠀⇛ I have a few items in the works for Rob’s Gemini Capsule, mainly a new math article and some CGI projects. However, I’ve stalled on them in the last few months, as pressures from real life have been taking up most of my time and energy. As a result, I’ve primarily been updating my log on the capsule and little else. I hope that’ll change soon. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Installing_Ethernet⠀⇛ My house used to be connected to Comcast before we switched over to a local fiber ISP. This switch has happened years ago and the house was outfitted with coax back in the Comcast days. Of course now, there is no use for Coax. The local antenna stations are not great and we don’t have cable coming in either. So I figured that I would replace our existing coax with ethernet. We have three coax ports. One in the basement that goes outside along the wall. And two in the house that share the same wall across two floors. The basement port was very easy to replace as I just had to poke the ethernet out the wall and re-enter into the boiler room—where the networking is located. # ⚓ hottail_—_tail_-f_with_a_heat-map⠀⇛ I am a big fan of log files. As I develop and test, and deploy code, logs provide invaluable information for debugging and improving (and sometimes, understanding) the system. While watching logs with ‘tail -f’ works pretty well, I would _really_ like to see a heat-mapped view of a log. By that I mean colorized lines which start hot and slowly cool — allowing me to instantly see if anything happened recently, as well as the relative age of entries — at a glance! I assumed that anything I can think someone has already done — the world is now big enough for that. But it appears that no one has, in this case. There are many ways to colorize a log based on its content, but not time-based.a # ⚓ Finishing_the_BITX40_Case⠀⇛ Last time I had powered up the front panel to test the radio, and were just about to try some power filter components to get rid of the “tuning clicks”. I experimented and found that the clicks went away with a 56 Ω series and 33 µF parallel low pass filter added to the Raduino power input. I went with a 330 µF capacitor to have some extra margin. Next I soldered shielded cables to the volume knob, the audio out jack and the and microphone in jack. The “mono” cable used for the jacks was quite nice to work with. The “stereo” cable used for the volume knob was a bit bulky. I didn’t have a crimp tool for the Molex KK connectors used on the BITX main board, so I soldered the wires into the pins (I had bought a lot of them). I continued with a red-black twin cable for the power and a short run of RG316 coax for the VFO. # ⚓ The_Semi-Ultimate_ATRAC_Encoding_Comparison⠀⇛ In which I present samples of ATRAC1 and ATRAC3 audio compressed using various methods, so you can both compare different ATRAC encoders as well as the different ATRAC versions and bitrates. # ⚓ Backups_of_RK3588_TRM_and_Datasheet_(on_the_decentralized web)⠀⇛ My plan of running language models on my RK3588 board failed because the official SDK segfaults with the simplest of examples. Nothing I can do until Rockchip fixes it. In the mean time, me and my friend cam across the RK3588(S) Technical Reference Manuals on GitHub (not linked in the hope that Rockchip will not spend time to take it down). We decided to look into it and see if we can build our own drivers and SDK. I also made backups of the datasheets and TRMs in case they get taken down. # ⚓ re:_Installing_Ethernet⠀⇛ ttocsneb wrote about their plans to run Ethernet through the house. Running wire through the wall is a complete pain! I’ve heard a chain is a great way to pull calbe from the attic up, and I’ve used cable fishing lines before for smaller jobs. Even used speaker wire for a recent project haha. I got lucky in my house that the phone jacks found in each room were actually wired with Cat5e, all going to a central location in the basement. Was easy enough to replace with RJ45 keystone jacks. I did have to run new cable through to the garage for my PoE security cameras though. Went up through from the basement, through a joist and terminated with 2 keystone jacks. I still have to run one to the back patio though, and I’ve been dreading that job. Will probably have to drill through my siding and exterior wall to run the cable into the basement. I hate making permament changes ‘ya know? # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ ✍_Gemtext_enhancements…⠀⇛ I believe I found a method to make tables and ordered list in GemText without any major changes. I will post my take on this subject ASAP! # ⚓ gemini_feed’⠀⇛ I’m looking for a protocol description of ‘gemlog’ and ‘gemini feed’. Can anyone point me to links? (I am studiously avoiding the word ‘definitive’ here intentionally) 🤔 # ⚓ 2023-W26:_Locrian.zone⠀⇛ Locrian.zone has a “Friday link roundup”, which initially piqued my interest in the capsule. The “Friday link roundup” has links of interesting things from multiple protocols. # ⚓ Gemini,_the_Devil’s_Advocate⠀⇛ People who write Gemini software, like myself, are occasionally annoyed by the incompleteness and ambiguousness in the spec. But oh man it is so, so, so much more comfy to write Gemini software than nearly any other network protocol ecosystem. Maybe IRC comes close but even then Gemini beats it in brevity. Folks have been repeating variations of the above five criticisms since at least I joined the Gemini community nearly four years ago. In 2021 some of these had some merit, and I had my own specific complaints about Gemini born from actually writing software for it (URLs were still the wrong choice vs IRIs, TLS was still the wrong choice vs a custom noise channel, etc), but it is becoming increasingly obvious now that all the people who criticise Gemini on rational and objective merits have an egg on their face. # ⚓ On_communities,_centralization_and_capitalism⠀⇛ I recently watched a YouTube video talking about the demise of a website called Tumblr (well, demise… the place is still working, but its current numbers make it a very low traffic place), how the NSFW content there made it what it was, how it turned into a very queer friendly place and how ads, revenue and the subsequent companies that owned it didn’t want to do any with that content… and that was it. # ⚓ My_(third)_first_gemlog_entry⠀⇛ The FIRST first was on gemlog.blue, which I quickly left after realizing it was completely unmoderated. The SECOND first was on smol.pub, which is a lovely place with a great dev, but over time I came to decide I wanted to keep my gemlog here on my capsule and maintain it myself. # ⚓ Re:_The_Devil’s_Advocate⠀⇛ I’m a relative newcomer here I guess. This capsule’s first post is dated from March 5th of last year. I had a capsule up for a few months the previous summer but had a pretty bad hardware failure with data loss. Gemini was pretty much exactly what I was wanting for the past twenty years really. I missed the start of the internet, as I didn’t even have a computer until the turn of the millenium, but once I did get started I had just enough time to realize the potential of the web and start learning html before Web2.0 came along and began to slowly swallow as much of the open web as possible under corporate umbrellas. I always felt cheated for having missed out on those earliest years of the web. More to the point, I absolutely hated the change from thousands of interlinked island nations to everyone having a little studio apartment on a few big corporate servers. By the time I had my own blog it was so difficult for anyone to find it that it really was like shouting into the void. I hated everything about SEO and Adsense and social media features creaping into every space that they didn’t fit. Gemini, with a spec that was actively designed to make it next to immpossible to extend, gamify, track and advertise immediately resonated with me. I didn’t know if anyone would read my capsule, but it still felt like the place I should be. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Interleaved_2D_Notation_for_Concatenative Programming⠀⇛ A really cool 2D concatenative programming language. There’s even an online IDE for it. # ⚓ errno⠀⇛ errno is a global variable; anything can change it within a process. errno may also remain unchanged across who knows how much code, until it emerges with some non-zero value. This can be surprising, especially as the abstractions pile up and errno emerges from who knows where. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 940 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.27.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_27/06/2023:_Gentoo_Improvements,_Jeff_Geerling_is_Done_With_Red_Bait_ (IBM)⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:20 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Gentoo_Family o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o Education o Programming/Development # Perl_/_Raku # Python # R * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Linux_Foundation o Security # Integrity/Availability/Authenticity # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Over/population o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ UNIX_vs_Linux:_How_Are_They_Different?⠀⇛ UNIX is a powerful multi-user operating system (OS) that defined how we do computing for more than 40 years. It provided a lot of features and abstractions that we take for granted today. This includes the idea of files being an uninterpreted sequence of bytes as well as the notion of a hierarchical file system. This article will show you some of the differences between the original UNIX OS and its modern spiritual successor: Linux. Further, it will also show you a brief rundown on both the history and notable features of each system. o ⚓ LinuxInsider ☛ Tech_Talent_Trend:_Hiring_Eased,_Upskilling_in Limelight [Ed: Strange article for site called "Linux Insider"]⠀⇛ >As global economic uncertainty impacts tech hiring strategies, upskilling emerges as a critical response. Training and certifications become essential, eclipsing traditional hiring practices in the quest for qualified tech talent. o ⚓ Linux_Format_304⠀⇛ Control your A.I. at home! We bring artificial intelligence to you running on your own hardware. Control a chatbot, test auto translations and create your own A.I. artwork we get you up and running with the code and training models you need. PLUS: Backup Linux … o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ Destination_Linux_329:_Outrage_Alert:_Red_Hat Changes_CentOS_Again!⠀⇛ This week’s episode of Destination Linux, we discuss some exciting updates from System76 about their new COSMIC desktop. Then we take a look at the latest Enterprise Linux news from Red Hat and why there’s so much drama around it. Plus, we have our tips/tricks and software picks. # ⚓ 329:_Outrage_Alert:_Red_Hat_Changes_CentOS_Again!⠀⇛ FULL SHOW NOTES ►► https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/ destination-linux/dl-329/ # ⚓ Late_Night_Linux_–_Episode_235⠀⇛ The pros and cons of working on open source software, streaming your Android screen to desktop Linux, a Hacker News alternative, stabilizing video, an ESP32-based open hardware watch, a ludicrously expensive router, quickly cropping and rotating videos, Joe and Félim troll each other, and more. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ FOSS_Yeah:_GNU_Linux-libre_Kernel_6.4 Released⠀⇛ Hot on the heels of the Linux kernel 6.4 release is this FOSS-friendly fork that forgoes non-free code, firmware, modules, and other binary blobs. The Linux-libre kernel also nixes the ability to load proprietary kernel modules (assuming you wanted to). # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Linux_kernel_6.4_is_out_now⠀⇛ Linus Torvalds has announced the release of the Linux kernel 6.4 and with it, lots and lots of new features and fixes. # ⚓ Bootlin ☛ New_training_course:_Embedded_Linux_Audio⠀⇛ We are very happy to announce the availability of a new training course in our portfolio: Embedded Linux audio. # ⚓ Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) ☛ Linux_Plumbers Conference:_The_Ideal_Microconference_Topic_Session⠀⇛ The Linux Plumbers’ microconference is a three and a half hour session focused on one general focus area. It can be on Android, power management, tracing, real-time or any of the other many subsystems in the Linux ecosystem. These sessions are broken up into smaller topics that are highly focused work meetings with the goal of accomplishing something during the brief discussions that happen during that time. A topic session ranges from 15 to 30 minutes in length, where no more than half the time is a presentation to bring everyone in the room (or online) up to speed about the issues that need to be discussed, and the rest of the time is spent on brainstorming ideas with the audience on how to accomplish solving the problems at hand. The problem does not need to be solved in this short time, but when time is up, the audience should understand what is at stake well enough to be productive offline in mailing lists and chat rooms. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Blender_3.6_LTS_Adds_Light_Trees_Support_on_AMD GPUs,_HW_Ray-Tracing_on_Intel_Arc⠀⇛ Blender 3.6 comes about three months after the Blender 3.5 release and it looks to be a long-term supported (LTS) series that will receive support for two years with regular updates that introduce bug fixes and stability improvements. The first long-term support release of the 3.x series was Blender 3.3 LTS, which will be supported until September 2024. Highlights of Blender 3.6 LTS include a new add-on to easily create VDM brushes, support for importing and exporting the legacy 3DS format, support for light trees on AMD GPUs, hardware ray-tracing acceleration for Intel Arc and Data Center GPUs, as well as support for simulations on geometry nodes. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ Updated:_22_Best_Terminal_Emulators_for_Linux Desktop_in_2023⠀⇛ A terminal emulator is a computer program that reproduces a video terminal within some other display structure. In other words, the terminal emulator has the ability to make a dumb machine appear like a client computer networked to the server. The terminal emulator allows an end-user to access the console as well as its applications such as text user interface and command-line interface. # ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ Linux_For_Students:_Must-Have_Apps_for Effective_Education⠀⇛ Even if you are totally new to the Linux operating system and do not know about its educational capabilities, it must be noted that it is one of the safest, most expandable, and fully functional operating systems. # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Search_the_Web_Faster_in_GNOME_Shell_with_this Extension⠀⇛ GNOME Shell’s overview means you’re never more than a super key press away from launching apps, opening folders, checking timezones, copying emoji, and more. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Bankist_Is_Web-based_Virtual_Banking_Showcase⠀⇛ Bankist is an open-source virtual banking experience that provides all the necessary features of a real bank and more. It is a sleek and modern online banking application that showcases the developer’s expertise in DOM (Document Object Model) manipulation and user interaction as a skilled web developer. # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Light-weight_replacement_for_sudo⠀⇛ I posted a couple of days ago, taken out the ‘sudo’ package and just using ‘su’: https://bkhome.org/news/202306/goodbye-sudo- package.html On reflection, that has various limitations and potential issues, so had a rethink and came up with something else, that does not use ‘su’. Starting from the beginning, a script, say /usr/sbin/ bootmanager now has this at the beginning: [...] o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ LinuxTechi ☛ How_to_Install_PHP_8_on_RHEL_8_/_Rocky_Linux_8 /_CentOS_8⠀⇛ PHP 8, the latest major release of the popular server-side scripting language, comes with numerous exciting features and performance enhancements. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ Cheat_–_The_Ultimate_Linux_Commands_Cheat_Sheet for_Beginners_and_Administrators⠀⇛ # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_FFmpeg_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install FFmpeg on Debian 12. Video and multimedia processing has become an essential part of modern applications and platforms. FFmpeg, a powerful open-source software, enables users to manipulate, convert, and stream audio and video files with ease. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_MariaDB_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install MariaDB on Debian 12. For those of you who didn’t know, MariaDB is a robust and widely-used open- source database management system. Offering high performance, scalability, and advanced features, it has become a popular choice for developers and enterprises alike. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ 15_things_to_do_after_installing_Pop!_OS⠀⇛ Pop!_OS, a Linux distribution developed by System76, is praised for its sleek user interface and compatibility with hardware. While the initial installation process is simple and user-friendly, there’s much more you can do to tailor the system to your needs. By performing several essential tasks after installation, you can ensure optimal performance, enhance security, and make the most out of your user experience. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Chkrootkit_on_Debian_12/11/ 10⠀⇛ This article introduces you to an essential security tool, Chkrootkit, and how to install it on Debian-based systems such as Debian 12 Bookworm, Debian 11 Bullseye, and Debian 10 Buster. Chkrootkit is a valuable asset for system administrators and security professionals alike. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Google_Earth_on_Debian_12/ 11/10⠀⇛ Google Earth, a tool that feels almost magical, allows users to explore the world from the comfort of their homes. # ⚓ LinuxStans ☛ Basic_Bash_(CLI)_Cheat_Sheet⠀⇛ This Bash cheat sheet provides a quick reference guide to commonly used commands in the Bash shell. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced user, this cheat sheet will help you navigate the Linux command line and perform various tasks efficiently. You can also download a high quality printable version of this cheat sheet below. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Setting_Up_Startup_and_Shutdown_Scripts_in Ubuntu⠀⇛ One of the powerful features of the Linux operating system is the ability to control your system’s behavior by running scripts at startup, shutdown, or reboot. This article serves as a practical guide to setting up these scripts in Ubuntu Linux. From automating routine tasks to initializing services, the potential use cases are virtually limitless. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_GCC_on_Linux_Mint_21/20⠀⇛ The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is an indispensable toolset for developers, which comprises compilers for various programming languages. This guide is geared towards demonstrating how to install GCC on Linux Mint 21 or the older supported Linux Mint 20 release. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Ristretto_Image_Viewer_on Fedora_Linux⠀⇛ The landscape of image viewers for Linux is teeming with an assortment of choices. Ristretto stands tall among them, catering predominantly to users who prize speed and simplicity. This nifty tool is known for its lightweight nature and rapid performance, making it an ideal selection for Fedora Linux users. # ⚓ How_to_Configure_Veritas_Cluster_Server_8_in_RHEL⠀⇛ In the previous article, we have demonstrated how to install Veritas Cluster Server 8.0 in RHEL 8.8. This is continuation of the previous article. # ⚓ nixCraft ☛ How_to_view_the_open_file_limit_for_a_Linux process⠀⇛ Do you need to view the open file limit for a Linux process? Try “limits” files in /proc/${PID} directory with its process ID (PID) or ulimit command or prlimit command to see the open file limit for a Linux process. # ⚓ Tim Bray ☛ Pixel_7_RAW_vs_JPG⠀⇛ Back in 2019, when I had a Pixel 2, I compared the Google Android camera app’s RAW (specifically DNG) files against its JPGs, and was left with little temptation to save the DNG files. I just repeated the experiment with my brand-new Pixel 7 and the results are more complicated. Multiple reviewers have pointed out that the P7 has a really damn good camera/app combo and, well yeah, no point me pounding that drum. It’s scary good. # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Let’s_Encrypt’s_interesting certificate_issuance_error⠀⇛ During the incident, Let’s Encrypt issued a number of TLS certificates where the precertificate and issued certificate weren’t identical. These TLS certificates didn’t pass browser CT checking and also implied a technical compliance failure that made them improper as TLS certificates (see Andrew Ayer’s explanation). As explained by Let’s Encrypt, one factor in this failure is that Let’s Encrypt constructed the issued certificate completely separately from the precertificate, rather than by taking the precertificate and manipulating it. The reason for this decision is, well, let me quote Let’s Encrypt directly (without the embedded links, sorry, see the comment itself: [...] # ⚓ Tao Security Blog ☛ Key_Network_Questions⠀⇛ I wrote this on 7 December 2018 but never published it until today. The following are the “key network questions” which “would answer many key questions about [a] network, without having to access a third party log repository. This data is derived from mining Zeek log data as it is created, rather than storing and querying Zeek logs in a third party repository.” # ⚓ Earthly ☛ A_Practical_Guide_to_the_Linux_Uniq_Command⠀⇛ The uniq command is a useful tool in Linux that helps you find unique lines of text inside a file or from standard output. It filters out all repeated lines, leaving only the unique lines of text in an output. This can be helpful when you’re working with large text files and need to quickly identify distinct lines of text and easily eliminate duplicates to streamline your text- processing tasks. The aim of this guide is to help you discover the different applications and choices offered by the uniq command, with the goal of incorporating it into your daily toolset. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ 5_Best_Tools_to_Find_and_Remove_Duplicate_Files in_Linux⠀⇛ Organizing your home directory or even system can be particularly hard if you have the habit of downloading all kinds of stuff from the internet using your download managers. Often you may find you have downloaded the same mp3, pdf, and epub (and all kinds of other file extensions) and copied it to different directories. This may cause your directories to become cluttered with all kinds of useless duplicated stuff. # ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Add,_Delete,_And_Grant_Sudo_Privileges To_Users_In_Debian_12⠀⇛ In Debian, managing user privileges and administrative access is crucial for maintaining a secure and efficient system. By granting users the ability to execute administrative tasks without relying on the root account, you can enhance security, control access to sensitive operations, and maintain an audit trail of user activity. This detailed guide walks you through the steps to add, delete, and grant sudo privileges to users in Debian Linux. # ⚓ Unix Men ☛ What_Is_/Opt_In_Linux?_(The_Ultimate_Guide)⠀⇛ In Linux, the “/opt” directory is a standard directory in the file system hierarchy. It is typically used for installing optional or add-on software packages that are not part of the core operating system. As you might have guessed by now, “opt” stands for “optional.”   # ⚓ Unix Men ☛ Guide_To_Download_Debian_10:_A_Quick_and_Easy Guide⠀⇛ Debian 10, better known as Buster, is an LTS version of the distro that will receive support till 2024.  In this brief guide, we will walk you through downloading and installing the distro on your machine.  o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Redout_2_Review_on_Linux_and_the_Steam Deck⠀⇛ Remember Wipe-out? If you were alive and gaming in the 90s, this was a legendary title. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Get_a_free_copy_of_RPG_card_battler_Ancient Enemy_in_the_GOG_Summer_Sale_2023⠀⇛ Ready for another free game? Yes another! Ancient Enemy is the latest giveaway on GOG and it should work just fine on Linux with Wine / Proton. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Micro-strategy_and_base_building_game Kingdom_Eighties_is_out_now⠀⇛ Kingdom Eighties is at least the 4th game in the series and it’s a bit of a standalone spin-off, with a rather different setting compared with previous entries. While the previous games were all set hundreds of years ago, this brings things up a bit more recent since it’s set in the 80s. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Top-down_paper-folding_puzzle_adventure Paper_Trail_talks_up_Steam_Deck_support⠀⇛ Need more games for your Steam Deck or desktop Linux with Proton? Paper Trail looks very sweet and the developers are clearly big Steam Deck fans. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ The_King’s_Campaign_will_be_playable_on Steam_Deck_and_Linux_desktop_at_release⠀⇛ The King’s Campaign from Reverie World Studios and Bad Logic Studios is releasing July 13th, and they’ve recently detailed work to improve it on Steam Deck. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Gears_5_gets_updated_to_improve_Steam_Deck support⠀⇛ Gears 5 from The Coalition and Xbox Game Studios recently had an update that should make it work better on Steam Deck with Proton. Really nice to see another Xbox published title look to improve things! # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ The_latest_Volcanoids_update_looks electrifying⠀⇛ Volcanoids is pretty great and a game I keep going back to with each major update, and it looks like they’re going to sucker me right in again. A co-op survival game that replaces a static base with a big moving drill-ship – what’s not to love? * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Get_a_Sneak_Peek_at_Bodhi_Linux_7.0:_RC_Now_Open_for Testing⠀⇛ The anticipated release of Bodhi Linux 7.0 is now closer to the final release. This lightweight and elegant distribution, known for its Ubuntu LTS base, aims to enhance the user experience with improved performance and security features. After months of dedicated development, the Bodhi Linux team is excited to gather valuable feedback and suggestions from users to refine and polish the final product. o § Gentoo Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Gentoo ☛ Week_4_–_Modernization_of_Portage⠀⇛ § Week 4 – Modernization of Portage Another week of GSOC. Days run really fast. This again was a productive week. The first half was  towards understanding the unit tests for portage and the second half was towards solving a bug. § Testing in portage Tests are one of the most important components of any software. Portage being no exception  employs unit tests for testing. Till now, I did not bother to look into the tests. We have a bash scriptruntests. I run it and I watch for things to succeed. Sam felt that I needed to have a bit more  understanding of the tests, for various reasons. So, I started looking into the tests. [...] § Bug 528836 From day one, I wanted to work on the dependency resolution system of portage. But it is obviously not a simple job and so Sam advised to get familiar with the algorithm by fixing bugs related to that. Sam chose me a bug to fix and it is 528836. The problem is that two conflicting packages are pulled in when only should have been pulled. The bug was not reproduceable with the current state of portage and the ebuild repository. There were a few hurdles along the way, but finally, we were able to reproduce the bug by restoring portage and the ebuild repository to 2017. We are not yet sure if the bug is due to portage or some misconfiguration in the ebuild repository.  We will continue to work on it and I will keep you posted. § Next week’s plan The next week’s plan will be to write tests for this bug to make sure it doesn’t happen again. We  will also try to squeeze in a few more quality of life changes if time permits. # ⚓ Gentoo ☛ Weekly_report_4,_LLVM_libc⠀⇛ Hello! This is a combined report for both week 3 and 4. In these two weeks I’ve fixed several issues in LLVM libc, but quite a lot of time has also been spent purely learning things. I will start by going over what I’ve learned, and then refer to related issues. To start with I have gotten quite comfortable with CVise, how to use it and general tricks about writing the test script for determining whether the issue is still there after reducing a source file. For example, I had an issue about a the print format macro PRId64 not being defined on LLVM libc This caused an error that looked like this: [...] o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Jeff Geerling ☛ I’m_done_with_Red_Hat_(Enterprise_Linux)⠀⇛ The community of CentOS users—myself included—were labeled as ‘freeloaders’, using the work of the almighty Red Hat corporation, without contributing anything back. Don’t mind all the open source developers, Linux kernel contributors, and software devs who used CentOS for testing and building their software. Also ignore the fact that Red Hat builds their product on top of Linux, which they didn’t build and don’t own. I almost wrote off Red Hat back then. It felt like someone stuck a knife in my back. This past week, Red Hat took that knife and twisted it hard, when they published this blog post. Let there be no mistake: this was meant to destroy the distributions the community built to replace what Red Hat took away. # ⚓ Joe Brockmeier ☛ Joe_Brockmeier:_Red_Hat_and_the_Clone_Wars II:_A_history_of_the_early_2000s_Linux_landscape⠀⇛ After Saturday’s_post I wanted to take a step back and talk about some history that many have either forgotten or weren’t familiar with in the first place. Some may remember it quite well, but haven’t quite gotten the lessons right the first time around. Let’s talk about Red Hat Linux and the early days of Red Hat Enterprise Linux before it was even called that. § Red Hat sets the standard My Linux journey started with Slackware Linux in 1996, completely by accident. By that I mean that I had never heard of Linux or sought it out, until I stumbled on a 4-CD set and decided I wanted to learn more. I was studying English lit and Communications/Journalism at a state school in the northeast corner of Missouri. Nobody I knew cared much about computers beyond games or running Word to write their papers. It was literally years before I met someone else who was an avid Linux user. It was a surprise to learn, a bit later, that Slackware was a Linux and that many distributions existed. As I learned more and more about Linux, though, something became clear: Red Hat was the popular choice. Red Hat was the Coca-Cola of Linux, even before its IPO in mid-1999. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Integration_of_Red_Hat_services_with_HPE GreenLake_offers_optimization_at_the_edge [Ed: With “hpediscover” in the URL, what we have here is a site that takes bribes both from Red Hat and from HP to make mindless puff pieces, not journalism⠀⇛ Last year, during HPE Discover 2022, Red Hat Enterprise Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. announced a plan to combine services on HPE GreenLake, including OpenShift, Ansible and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. # ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Nobara_Project_Releases_New_Version_of_its Modified_Fedora_Distribution⠀⇛ For those who use Linux for gaming, streaming, and content creation, this distribution could be a great fit. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Early_access_to_the_LXD_graphical_user_interface⠀⇛ Early access to LXD graphical user interface is now available. # ⚓ Ubuntu News ☛ Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue_793⠀⇛ Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 793 for the week of June 18 – 24, 2023. The full version of this issue is available here. # ⚓ Ubuntu Fridge ☛ The_Fridge:_Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue 793⠀⇛ # ⚓ Lukas_Märdian:_Netplan_0.106.1_stable_release⠀⇛ We are happy to announce that Netplan_0.106.1 is available for download on Ubuntu Mantic Minotaur and Debian testing. This release includes some improvements in our documentation and CI infrastructure and a number of bug fixes. § What’s new in Netplan 0.106.1? # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Kubuntu_shows_off_how_reliable_and_user-friendly KDE_Plasma_really_is⠀⇛ Kubuntu is the official KDE spin of the Ubuntu classic desktop that gives users a fantastic operating system and proves how rock solid the KDE Plasma UI is. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Koodo_Reader_–_all-in-one_ebook_reader⠀⇛ Koodo Reader is an all-in-one ebook reader that can help you better manage and study your ebooks. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Arduino_UNO_R4_Minima_and_WiFi_boards launched_for_$20_and_$27.50⠀⇛ Arduino UNO R4 Minima and WiFi boards powered by a Renesas RA4M1 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F microcontroller and equipped with an optional ESP32-S3 WiFI & BLE module are now available for respectively $20 (18 Euros) and $27.50 (25 Euros) on the Arduino store. The Arduino UNO R4 Renesas RA4M1 board was initially unveiled during Arduino Day with most details, but not everything as the company had hidden one part of the board which we now know is for a 12×8 LED matrix and a Qwiic connector for expansion present on the UNO R4 WiFi only. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Arduino’s_newest_chip_offers_faster performance_and_more_memory⠀⇛ Chipmaker Arduino s.r.l. today introduced a new microcontroller board, the Uno R4, that offers significantly higher performance than its previous- generation hardware. Switzerland-based Arduino is a major maker of microcontroller boards. Those are miniature computers that take the form of a compact chip measuring a few inches across. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Olimex_ESP32-C6-EVB_supports_WiFi_6,_BLE, Zigbee,_comes_with_four_relays,_four_opto-isolated_inputs⠀⇛ Olimex ESP32-C6-EVB is an open-source hardware board based on an ESP32-C6 wireless module with 2.4 GHz WiFi 6, Bluetooth LE, and Zigbee connectivity, and offering four relays and four opto-isolated inputs, as well as further expansion via two UEXT connector. So far we had a limited amount of third- party ESP32-C6 boards, with Espressif making their own module and development board available in January, and 01Space launching a tiny ESP32-C6 board in April, a time when a lot of software work was still needed.  But the ESP-IDF v5.1 with ESP32- C6 support is nearing release (now RC2), and the Olimex board may mark the start of greater availability of ESP32-C6 hardware with stable/ usable firmware. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Camera_Module:_Still_image capture⠀⇛ In The MagPi #129 we introduced libcamera-still which allows us to capture still images. But it also has many more options controlling how it captures images, and the file formats and available image encoders. We’ll discover some of those in this tutorial. For now, we shall continue to assume that you have your keyboard and a monitor plugged directly into your Raspberry Pi. # ⚓ SparkFun Electronics ☛ Introducing_the_Arduino_UNO_R4!⠀⇛ Mark June 26th as an auspicious day, because Arduino has announced their new UNO R4! SparkFun is pleased to help bring you these two new boards, as well as a new kit built to support these two new boards, the UNO R4 WiFi and the UNO R4 Minima. The Arduino UNO R4 is the next generation of Arduino, and each version packed with new features and improvements that make it the most powerful and versatile Arduino yet. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ UNO_R4:_The_new_dimension_of_making⠀⇛ The fourth version of the iconic, beloved UNO adds a whole new dimension to the world of DIY and making revolutionized by the simple 8-bit microcontroller over a decade ago. Take your maker potential to new heights: UNO R4 has a speedy 32- bit Arm® Cortex®-M4 and offers a 16-fold increase in memory, as well as more connectors and connectivity options than ever – in two variants: UNO R4 Minima and UNO R4 WiFi. # ⚓ Olimex ☛ AgonLight2-HvIO_is_open_source_hardware_board which_adds_4_SSR_outputs_and_4_optoisolated_inputs_to AgonLight2_Retro_Z80_computer⠀⇛ AgonLight2 is small Z80 computer with plenty of RAM (512KB) and running BBC Basic. Beside the fancy graphics and easy to use it also has GPIO port available which allows different peripherals to be connected. We already blogged about the AgonLight2- Proto board which allows you to experiment and add external circuits to AgonLight2, now we present our next AgonLight2 board: AgonLight2-HvIO. # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Arduino_launches_UNO_R4_board_with_Wi-Fi connectivity⠀⇛ The Arduino UNO R4 Wi-Fi is the newest addition to the UNO board lineup, combining a 32-bit Renesas microcontroller with the ESP32-S3 Wi-Fi module. This board introduces advanced features, expanded memory and it’s compatible with most shields and accessories designed for the UNO form-factor. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ You’ll_be_able_to_use_your_Zim_phone_number_in foreign_countries_without_breaking_the_bank_soon⠀⇛ You may have heard the news, the governments of Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana will remove mobile roaming charges for their citizens starting in August. We asked the Postal and Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) how true this was and they confirmed that they are working towards that goal but it might not be ironed out by August as is being reported. So, now that we know it is happening, what is roaming and why should we care? # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Google_Pixel_Fold_Review:_Foldable_Phones Are_Improving⠀⇛ Google’s new $1,800 gadget proves that phones with bendable screens are something people might want. Now they just need to get cheaper. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Mozilla_Open_Policy_&_Advocacy_Blog: France’s_browser-based_website_blocking_proposal_will set_a_disastrous_precedent_for_the_open_internet⠀⇛ In a well-intentioned yet dangerous move to fight online fraud, France is on the verge of forcing browsers to create a dystopian technical capability. Article 3 (para II and III) of the SREN_Bill would force browser providers to create the means to mandatorily block websites present on a government provided list encoded into the software. Such a move will overturn decades of established content moderation norms and provide a playbook for authoritarian governments that will easily negate the existence of censorship circumvention tools. While motivated by a legitimate concern, this move to block websites directly within the browser would be disastrous for the open internet and disproportionate to the goals of the legal proposal – fighting fraud. It will also set a worrying precedent and create technical capabilities that other regimes will leverage for far more nefarious purposes. Leveraging existing malware and phishing protection offerings rather than replacing them with government provided, device level block-lists is a far better route to achieve the goals of the legislation. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ [Repeat] APNIC ☛ Event_Wrap:_35th_Annual_FIRST_Conference⠀⇛ APNIC participated in the 35th Annual FIRST Conference, held from 4 to 9 June in Montreal, Canada. # ⚓ EDRI ☛ Call_for_Participants:_“Exposing_the_Invisible” Summer_Workshops⠀⇛ This workshop series addresses journalists, activists, artists, researchers, citizen investigators, and others conducting research and investigations in the public interest. # ⚓ EDRI ☛ Virtual_School_on_Internet_Governance⠀⇛ Registrations are open for the Virtual School on Internet Governance. The format of this online course is a massive open online course (MOOC), with the goal of networking with peers across the world. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Buttondown ☛ Maybe_Software_Engineers_could_learn_something from_Linguistics⠀⇛ Alloy is a formal specification language I use a lot. In Alloy, ≈all data is either an atom or a relation between atoms. [...] Unlike most languages, Alloy has two notions of subtyping: a type (or “signature”) can be extended, which is exclusive, or they can be in, which are stackable. In this example, the source can be generic, a database, or a file, but not all three. # ⚓ Thorsten Ball ☛ Cadence_of_Code⠀⇛ Typing out a lot of other people’s code – that I did. Whenever I follow a book that contains code and it’s a book I truly want to learn from, I type out the code while following along. No copy & pasting. I’ve done it this way ever since I started programming and learning from books. Not sure exactly why, maybe because copy & pasting always had a smell to it? Maybe it felt like skipping the actual work when you don’t type it out? When I read Zed Shaw’s Learn C The Hard Way years and years ago, I got confirmation that I’m not alone with this. In the introduction Zed sets some rules for following along: [...] # ⚓ Nikita Prokopov ☛ A_case_for_ClojureScript_2.0⠀⇛ I was complaining the other day about the ergonomics of ClojureScript and realized an interesting thing. # ⚓ Brian Callahan ☛ GCC_–enable-languages=all_on_OpenBSD⠀⇛ It cannot be overstated just how successful GCC has been since its introduction over 35 years ago. What I’m interested in exploring today is if we can build all of these frontends for OpenBSD. If we can, I would like to explore their usability on OpenBSD. I am using amd64 but I believe arm64 and perhaps even riscv64 would also be OK, but alas I don’t have any RISC-V machines and my paltry Raspberry Pi 3B+ isn’t all that healthy anymore. # § Perl / Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ DEV Community ☛ dBASE:_Parsing_a_Binary_File_Format With_Raku⠀⇛ Text files, images, videos and anything you can store in a computer have a thing in common: all of them are stored as binary data. We make sense of what a sequence of binary data refers to purely based on how we interpret the binary data, and whether it conforms to what we expect it to be. If some chunk of binary data holds any meaning, we can tell it apart from another chunk by using a binary format specification, which describes how some binary data ought to be interpreted. For example, in the dBASE specification the first 32 bytes make up the header, which contains information such as date of last update, number of records in the database file, etc. Every binary file format you can imagine has a specification, and when such a specification isn’t available to someone interested on decoding a binary file format, then they must reverse engineer it. # ⚓ Rakulang ☛ Rakudo_Weekly_2023.26_Pretty_Damn_Cool⠀⇛ Out of the blue Felix Knorr has written a very nice blog post about how the Raku Programming Language is pretty damn cool for them, describing Raku as a language that mixes Bash and Python (/r/rakulang, HackerNews, lobste.rs comments). # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Seaborn_Swarmplot⠀⇛ In Python, the Seaborn “swarmplot()” method is used to draw a non-overlapping scatter graph that includes one of the variables as a categorical variable. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_String_rindex()_Method⠀⇛ In Python, the “string.rindex()” method is used to get the highest index of the specified substring inside the input string. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Find_a_Substring_in_Python?⠀⇛ In Python, regular expressions, in operator, find(), and index() methods are pre-defined techniques that are used to find substrings from the large string. # § R⠀➾ # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Visualization_in_R:_Unleashing_the_Power_of the_abline()_Function⠀⇛ Welcome to the world of data visualization in R! In this blog post, we will explore the abline() function, a versatile tool that allows you to add straight lines to your plots effortlessly. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced R programmer, mastering abline() will empower you to create more informative and visually appealing graphs. So, let’s dive in! # ⚓ Rlang ☛ R_for_Predictive_Modeling_and_Data Visualization_in_Turkey⠀⇛ Mustafa Cavus, organizer of the Eskisehir R User Group, in Turkey, discussed the diverse and thriving R community in Eskisehir. He shared the details of a 4-day event hosted by the group, which covered beginner-level talks and advanced topics for expert users. He also shared some useful techniques for hosting successful events. # ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_digest_0.6.32 on_CRAN:_CRC32C_and_AES_Updates⠀⇛ Release 0.6.32 of the digest package arrived at CRAN this morning, and will be uploaded to Debian as digest creates hash digests of arbitrary R objects (using the md5, sha-1, sha-256, sha- 512, crc32, xxhash32, xxhash64, murmur32, spookyhash, blake3, and crc32c algorithms) permitting easy comparison of R language objects. It is a mature and widely-used (with 58.3 million downloads just on the partial cloud mirrors of CRAN which keep logs) as many tasks may involve caching of objects for which it provides convenient general-purpose hash key generation to quickly identify the various objects. # ⚓ Rlang ☛ %dofuture%_–_a_Better_foreach() Parallelization_Operator_than_%dopar%⠀⇛ # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Order_Constraints_in_Bayes_Models_(with brms)⠀⇛ * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Chicago_business_executive_and philanthropist_Jim_Crown_killed_in_Colorado_racetrack_crash⠀⇛ Jim Crown, an executive and philanthropist who recently announced an effort to rally other Chicago business leaders to help fight violent crime, has died in a car crash on a racing track in Colorado. He was 70. The Pitkin County coroner’s office says Crown, a grandson of industrialist Henry Crown and the CEO of Henry Crown & Co., was involved in a single-vehicle accident Sunday at the Aspen Motorsports Park in Woody Creek. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that financier Lester Crown said his son’s race car hit a wall while going around a curve. Earlier this month, Jim Crown said he and other Chicago corporate leaders were committed to finding jobs for as many as 10,000 young men. o ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ When_wealthy_adventurers_take_huge risks,_who_should_pay_for_rescue_attempts?⠀⇛ In the past, government agencies have typically taken on the cost of such searches, even when rich people pay thousands of dollars for questionable activities. o ⚓ MWL ☛ Rat_Pancakes⠀⇛ We had pancakes for dinner last night, with a side of baked bacon. When one cooks, good manners dictate you make enough for everyone in the house. On a related note, the rats can be bribed to go home. Okay, mostly bribed. o ⚓ YLE ☛ Helsinki_Airport_allows_2_litres_of_liquids_in_carry-on luggage⠀⇛ The facility’s new baggage scanners are only used at a “very limited” number of European and US airports, Finland’s airport operator says. o ⚓ YLE ☛ Everyman’s_Rights_gets_gender_neutral_overhaul,_now Everyone’s_Rights⠀⇛ Finland’s natural resource management firm Metsähallitus is now using the gender-neutral term “Everyone’s Rights” in its communications in an effort to use more inclusive language. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Mystery_Human_Relative_Appears_to_Have_Been Butchered_And_Eaten_1.45_Million_Years_Ago⠀⇛ But… by whom? # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ NSF_provides_$18M_to_advance_materials research_at_U-M⠀⇛ More efficient computing and recyclable rigid plastics are two projects to be undertaken by a new materials research science and engineering center at U-M. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ This_Is_Mars_in_Ultraviolet,_And_It’s_Never Looked_More_Alien⠀⇛ Lavender haze? # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ 25-Year_Search_For_The_Source_of Consciousness_Ends_–_And_Neuroscience_Lost_This_One⠀⇛ Philosopher 1, neurologist 0. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Astronomers_Have_Discovered_an_Outlandish New_Way_to_Destroy_Stars⠀⇛ Star death in spectacular fashion. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Two_Weeks_Ago,_The_BMI_Was_Quietly_Wound Back_as_The_‘Go-To’_Weight_Measure_in_The_US⠀⇛ An obesity expert explains what that means. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ New_Hair_Loss_Drug_Approved:_Restores_80% of_Hair_Loss_In_Some_Alopecia_Patients⠀⇛ The earlier it’s started, the better. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ JWST_Discovers_Crucial_Carbon_Molecule_in The_Orion_Nebula⠀⇛ This could be how life is born. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ We_Have_a_New_Clue_About_What_Wiped_Out_The Megalodon_–_It_May_Have_Been_Warm_Blooded⠀⇛ o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ ANF News ☛ Nagihan_Akarsel’s_project_completed:_Library, Archive_and_Research_Center_opens_in_Sulaymaniyah⠀⇛ Journalist and academic Nagihan Akarsel was assassinated on 4 October 2022 in Sulaymaniyah. She was renowned for her tireless dedication to feminist scholarship and women’s journalism. She was a member of the Jineoloji Research Center and Jineology Magazine Editor. The project Akarsel was working on, the Kurdish Women’s Library, Archive and Research Center, was opened in Sulaymaniyah on Saturday. # ⚓ 37signals LLC ☛ Wisdom_is_not_what_you_know⠀⇛ The hallmark of great wisdom is not what you know, but what you know and can put to use. The globe is full of learned idiots, unable or incapable of following the wisdom they have accumulated. There’s no prize for a closet full of axioms or insights, if you leave it all in there, and venture philosophically naked into the world. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Test_results_reveal_falling_teen_scores. What’s_the_solution?⠀⇛ More test results, this time for 13-year-olds, show declines in U.S. reading and math skills – underscoring the uphill battle toward post-pandemic academic recovery. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Boy_sent_to_martial_arts_club_in_China dies_a_day_after_enrolment,_three_people_arrested⠀⇛ The eight-year-old was allegedly beaten and left for dead by a trainer. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Supreme_Court_declines_to_hear_case_on_charter school’s_skirt_mandate⠀⇛ The US Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a case asking whether a North Carolina charter school mandating girls wear skirts should be held to the same standard as public schools, which does not permit such a practice. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Double_Education_of_My_Twins’_Chinese School⠀⇛ The President of China compared moral education to buttons on clothes. The girls’ buttons were wrong from the start, but they learned the more valuable lessons that two systems can impart. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ What_Broadcom’s_latest_Wi-Fi_7_chips_tell us_about_the_IoT⠀⇛ Broadcom’s claim to fame before it became a chip and software conglomerate was that it was able to integrate multiple radios on a single chip. This integration led to energy and cost savings and propelled the adoption of multi-radio technologies into more devices. After all, if a hardware designer could easily put Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in their device, why not add both? # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Demand_for_Data_Centers_Is_Soaring⠀⇛ The need for data centers has soared, fueled by remote work and the growth of high-speed streaming. But finding the necessary land and energy can be a challenge. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ MeArm_3.0:_The_Pocket-Sized_Robot_Arm⠀⇛ We all might dream of having an industrial robot arm at our disposal, complete with working controller that doesn’t need constant maintenance and replacement parts, and which is able to help us with other projects with only a minimum of coding or instruction. That’s a pipe dream for most of us, as without a large space, sufficient funding, or unlimited amounts of troubleshooting time we’ll almost always have to look for something smaller and simpler. Perhaps something even as small as this pocket-sized robotic arm. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Dancing_cyborgs:_Japanese_researchers develop_robot_arms_to_‘unlock_creativity’⠀⇛ A team at The University of Tokyo is developing a series of technologies rooted in the idea of “jizai”. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_airport_downtown_check-in service_to_resume_after_years-long_Covid_hiatus⠀⇛ Hong Kong airport’s downtown check-in service is set to resume following a three-year-long Covid- induced suspension. “The In-town Check-in (ITCI) service at Hong Kong and Kowloon stations is jointly provided by airline operators /ground handling entities,” an MTRC spokesperson told HKFP on Tuesday. # ⚓ Dr._Rashid_Buttar_had_been_sick_for_a_long_time_before_he “died_suddenly”⠀⇛ Back in May, I wrote about how Dr. Rashid Buttar, one of the first antivax quacks whom I ever encountered after starting my blog, had “died suddenly” at age 57. Given that the entire antivax conspiracy theory that it is COVID-19 vaccines that are causing waves of younger (and, of course, healthy) people to “die suddenly” of clots, cardiac arrest, and the like, Dr. Buttar’s unfortunate demise presented them with a problem. He had never taken a COVID-19 vaccine of any sort, either mRNA- based variety made by Pfizer and Moderna that is the usual focus of the “died suddenly” conspiracy theory or other kinds. So how could Dr. Buttar’s admirers explain his unexpected sudden demise if such unexpected and sudden demises almost never happened before COVID-19 vaccines were unleashed upon the world? (Their narrative.) # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ An_Ancient_Guide_to_the_Good_Life⠀⇛ The Nicomachean Ethics is an unexampled work by a paragon of classical thought. How does it hold up as a self-help manual? # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Get_Your_Leafy_Meats⠀⇛ Some of us jokingly refer to our hobbies as “mad science,” but [Justin] from The Thought Emporium could be one Igor away from living up to the jibe. The latest project to come out of the YouTube channel, video also after the break, outlines a map for creating an artificial organism in their new lab. The purpose is to test how far a citizen scientist can push the boundary of bioengineering. The stated goal is to create a swimming entity with a skeleton. The Thought Emporium also has a neuron project in the works, hinting at a potential crossover. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ In_coffee-crazy_Arab_Gulf,_a_pricey_pursuit for_the_perfect_pot⠀⇛ In the Gulf Arab states, where preparing and serving Arabic coffee to guests is sometimes a daylong ritual, the right pot can carry a luxury price tag. It’s a price many Saudis are happy to pay. # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Mexico_implements_50%_tariff_on_white corn_imports⠀⇛ Mexico is mostly self-sufficient in white corn production, but the tariff could affect the trade dispute with the U.S. over GM corn. # ⚓ European Commission ☛ €430_million_of_EU_funds_to_support the_EU_agricultural_sector⠀⇛ European Commission Press release Brussels, 26 Jun 2023 The Commission proposes to mobilise additional EU funding for EU farmers impacted by adverse climatic events, high input costs, and diverse market and trade related issues. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Bombing_Mexican_Cartels_Won’t_Stop_Fentanyl⠀⇛ A Republican-sponsored resolution would authorize the president to “use all necessary and appropriate force” against foreigners involved in fentanyl trafficking. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Montreal_has_worst_air_of_any_major_city_as wildfires_rage,_according_to_monitor⠀⇛ Forest fires in Canada left Montreal blanketed with smog on Sunday, giving it the worst air quality of any major city in the world, according to a pollution monitor. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Domestic_outbreak_of_African_swine_fever_detected in_Latvia⠀⇛ The first outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) for domestic pigs was detected in Latvia this year in the Stradi parish of Gulbene municipality. All 100 pigs in the holding will be slaughtered, the Food and Veterinary Service (PVD) said on June 27. # ⚓ France24 ☛ UN_officials_warn_of_impact_on_Horn_of_Africa_if Black_Sea_grain_deal_ends⠀⇛ An end to the Black Sea grains deal would hit the Horn of Africa hard, aid officials said on Monday, warning that another hike in food prices would add to the tens of millions of people facing hunger. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Belgium_struggles_to_combat_booming_drug_trade in_port_city_of_Antwerp⠀⇛ A record 110 tonnes of cocaine were seized in the Belgian port of Antwerp in 2022. The city is now the main gateway into Europe for the drug, which largely comes from South America concealed in fruit shipments. Faced with this trafficking epidemic, Belgian authorities have recruited almost 100 extra customs officers and invested in new scanning equipment. The illegal trade has resulted in ballooning cocaine consumption in Antwerp and security problems beyond the region. Belgium’s justice system is overwhelmed – even the justice minister himself has received kidnapping threats from suspected traffickers. Our correspondent reports. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Malaria_cases_in_Texas_and_Florida are_the_first_US_spread_since_2003,_CDC_says⠀⇛ Five cases of malaria have been detected in the U.S. in the last two months. That marks the first time there’s been local spread in in 20 years. A health alert from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says four cases were detected in Florida and one in Texas. Infected people can suffer fever, chills and flu-like illness. They also can develop severe complications and die if they are not treated. Health officials are warning doctors — especially in southern states — to be aware of the possibility of infection and think about how to access the first-line treatment for severe malaria in the United States. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Arizona_governor_signs_executive_order_to_protect abortion_rights⠀⇛ Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs announced an executive order on Friday that protects abortion rights within the state one year after the Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization decision. Abortion is generally legal before 15 weeks in Arizona under a law passed by former Governor Doug Ducey. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Cancer-Drug_Shortage_Is_Different⠀⇛ Fourteen crucial chemotherapies are currently in shortage. Why does this keep happening? # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Food_prices_impacting_people’s_mental_and physical_health,_Which?_finds⠀⇛ Soaring costs are also having a detrimental effect on shoppers’ sleep and diet # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Mental_health_in_spotlight_in_Hong_Kong after_killing_of_Abby_Choi_and_other_violent_attacks⠀⇛ A severe shortage of care workers is complicating efforts to address the problem. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Call_of_the_Rewild:_Restoring_Ecological Health_to_the_Emerald_Isle⠀⇛ Centuries of overgrazing and deforestation have eliminated most native flora in Ireland, creating what ecologists see as a man-made desert in places. A growing “rewilding” push aims to change that. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Australian_farming_prices_almost double_in_three_years⠀⇛ Farmland prices have almost doubled over the past three years, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences. The average per-hectare price for broadacre farmland rose by 93 per cent from 2020 to 2023. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ CISA_Says_Critical_Zyxel_NAS_Vulnerability Exploited_in_Attacks⠀⇛ The Taiwanese device manufacturer published an advisory last week to warn customers that its NAS326, NAS540 and NAS542 devices, specifically ones running firmware version 5.21 and earlier, are impacted by a critical vulnerability. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-27992, can be exploited for arbitrary command injection without authentication. # ⚓ Cybergeeks ☛ A_technical_analysis_of_the_SALTWATER_backdoor used_in_Barracuda_0-day_vulnerability_(CVE-2023-2868) exploitation⠀⇛ SALTWATER is a backdoor that has been used in the exploitation of the Barracuda 0-day vulnerability CVE-2023-2868. It is a module for the Barracuda SMTP daemon called bsmtpd. The malware hooked the recv, send, and close functions using an open- source hooking library called funchook. The following functionalities are implemented: execute arbitrary commands, download and upload files, proxy functionality, and tunneling functionality. # ⚓ The Verge ☛ AI_is_killing_the_old_web,_and_the_new_web struggles_to_be_born⠀⇛ The problem, in extremely broad strokes, is this. Years ago, the web used to be a place where individuals made things. They made homepages, forums, and mailing lists, and a small bit of money with it. Then companies decided they could do things better. They created slick and feature-rich platforms and threw their doors open for anyone to join. They put boxes in front of us, and we filled those boxes with text and images, and people came to see the content of those boxes. The companies chased scale, because once enough people gather anywhere, there’s usually a way to make money off them. But AI changes these assumptions. Given money and compute, AI systems — particularly the generative models currently in vogue — scale effortlessly. They produce text and images in abundance, and soon, music and video, too. Their output can potentially overrun or outcompete the platforms we rely on for news, information, and entertainment. But the quality of these systems is often poor, and they’re built in a way that is parasitical on the web today. These models are trained on strata of data laid down during the last web-age, which they recreate imperfectly. Companies scrape information from the open web and refine it into machine-generated content that’s cheap to generate but less reliable. This product then competes for attention with the platforms and people that came before them. Sites and users are reckoning with these changes, trying to decide how to adapt and if they even can. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Generative_AI_or_AI-Related_Content Accounted_for_1.7_Billion_YouTube_Views_Last_Year⠀⇛ YouTube just released its annual Culture & Trends Report with some interesting takeaways on fandom, generative AI, and the death of monoculture. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ CYBER:_The_Increasingly_Violent_Discord Servers_Where_Kids_Flaunt_Their_Crimes⠀⇛ Inside ‘The Comm,’ a series of Discord servers where kids post about their life of crime. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ YouTube_Announces_AI-Powered_Language Dubbing_at_Zero_Cost⠀⇛ YouTube is testing a new AI-powered tool to help make dubbing videos in non-English languages even easier—and at no cost.  YouTube teamed up with dubbing service Aloud, which is in turn a part of Google’s in-house incubator Area 120. # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Attorney_sues_Microsoft_for_$1.75M, claiming_his_email_has_been_useless_since_May⠀⇛ In the complaint [PDF] – first filed in New York state but later moved to the Southern District of New York – David M Schlachter asks for $750,000 in damages and $1 million in punitive damages. He alleges that he lost access to his Microsoft business email account in May, but that the software giant failed to extricate him from a verification loop that was preventing him from getting into his account, which he says he pays for via a monthly subscription. The problem started, according to the attorney’s complaint, when he tried to log in on May 10, and the system asked him for his “2 step verification.” Schlachter describes being caught in an “error code 500121″ loop and provides a screenshot in the complaint. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Dragos_hits_Mandiant_claims_about_new malware_COSMICENERGY_for_six⠀⇛ - Operators should reach out to vendors to see if software packages include MS SQL. - Operators should ensure they have network monitoring in place, watch for xp_cmdshell alerts and, out of an abundance of caution, audit their MS SQL Servers. [...] Mandiant’s post appeared to be keen to associate COSMICENERGY with Russia, while Dragos, which has a policy of not associating threats with any country, kept to its own code. Back in 2020, the Israeli security firm Claroty claimed to have fixed a flaw in the Siemens Digsi 4 protocol, saying that the protocol was the same as that exploited by the malware known as Industroyer in 2016. Industroyer is claimed to have been used to attack the power grid in Ukraine on 17 December 2016. There is, however, no unanimity in this claim; as iTWire reported in 2017, researchers from Slovakian security firm ESET were cautious about concluding that Industroyer was really used in the Ukraine attack. All that ESET committed to at the time was that their researchers had found malware — it was they who coined the name Industroyer — which could have done exactly what happened to the power grid in Ukraine. The capital, Kiev, was without power for an hour. A previous attack in 2015, also in December, knocked out the power in about 250,000 houses in various regions of Ukraine. o § Linux Foundation⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ Yocto_Project_Welcomes_Exein as_a_Platinum_Member,_Announces_Extended_LTS_Release_Plan_and One-Day_Technical_Summit⠀⇛ The Yocto Project, an open source collaborative initiative helping developers create custom Linux- based systems, has evolved significantly over the last 12 years to meet the requirements of its community. The project continues to lead in build system technology with field advances in build reproducibility, software license management, SBOM compliance and binary artifact reuse. In an effort to support the community, The Yocto Project announced the first Long Term Support (LTS) release in October 2020. Today, we are delighted to announce that we are expanding the LTS release and extending the lifecycle from 2 to 4 years as standard. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Kevin_Fenzi:_A_story_of_a_Distributed_Denial_Of_service⠀⇛ We had a DDoS hit our DNS servers a few weeks ago, so I thought I would write up what happened for anyone interested. First, a bit of background: Why do we ( Fedora Infrastructure ) run DNS servers? Well, we run them to provide users resolution of our domains. It’s worth noting that we don’t provide recursive servers that will answer queries for any domain, but just authoritative servers for the domains we manage. Doing this allows us to quickly update things (which we depend on to take proxy servers in and out of rotation) as well as make sure we have dnssec working and other configuration. If we were setting this up these days, we might very well go with a trusted 3rd party provider, but we predate those really existing and for the most part it’s worked fine for us. We have a number of DNS servers, 2 of them in our main IAD2 datacenter and the rest spread out to various other places we have presence. # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Commission_welcomes_political agreement_on_new_rules_to_boost_cybersecurity_in_EU institutions,_bodies,_offices_and_agencies⠀⇛ European Commission Press release Brussels, 26 Jun 2023 The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on the Regulation proposed by the Commission laying down measures for a high common level of cybersecurity at the institutions. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Hackers_steal_personal_information on_thousands_of_pilot_applicants_at_American_and_Southwest⠀⇛ Hackers gained personal information about thousands of people who applied to become pilots at American and Southwest airlines. The airlines say there was a breach at a Texas company called Pilot Credentials, which the airlines used in their recruitment efforts. About 5,700 applicants to American and 3,000 at Southwest are affected. The airlines say hackers gained access in late April to names and birth dates, as well as Social Security, passport and driver and pilot license numbers of applicants for pilot and cadet jobs. The airlines notified those people last week. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ American_Airlines,_Southwest_Airlines Impacted_by_Data_Breach_at_Third-Party_Provider⠀⇛ The personal information of American Airlines and Southwest Airlines pilots was exposed in a data breach at a third-party services provider. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Fortinet_Patches_Critical_RCE_Vulnerability in_FortiNAC⠀⇛ Fortinet releases patches for a critical FortiNAC vulnerability leading to remote code execution without authentication. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Remotely_Exploitable_DoS_Vulnerabilities Patched_in_BIND⠀⇛ The latest BIND updates address three high- severity, remotely exploitable vulnerabilities leading to denial-of-service (DoS). # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Domain_Name_System_is_once_again_front_and center_for_exploits_and_security_policy⠀⇛ Two recent events are once again bringing the internet’s foundational Domain Name System into the news, and not in a good way. The first event involving the DNS last week was a warning from the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency issued on Friday for version 9 of the Berkeley Internet Name Domain, or BIND. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ British_Twitter_Hacker_Sentenced_to_Prison in_US⠀⇛ UK national Joseph James O’Connor was sentenced to five years in a US prison for hacking into Twitter accounts and stealing cryptocurrency. # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Commonwealth_Bank_services_slowly_returning after_nearly_10-hour_outage⠀⇛ “Our call centres and branches are experiencing high volumes of customer inquiries at the moment due to these service issues and there may be longer than usual wait times. Commonwealth bank has been down since 6:30am. They have just now made it that I can transfer and sent this lovely memo re potentially paying them a fee, for the broken service, that I already pay them fees for to be working ? Thankfully I predominantly use CASH 4 this reason! pic.twitter.com/ IT2TV021Pd — ⭐️Daisy (@LnpTruthLibrary) June 26,_2023 “We will provide real-time information here on our service updates page as we know more. Please check back here to stay updated. “We thank customers for their patience and ask our customers to please be mindful of the wellbeing of our people as they continue to serve our customers.” # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ [Repeat] Digital Music News ☛ American_TikTok_Creator Data_Is_Being_Stored_In_China,_TikTok_Finally_Admits⠀⇛ The ByteDance-owned company is the world’s fastest growing social media app. But in a letter on Thursday, TikTok admitted that certain creator data is stored on servers in China. The news follows public scrutiny into TikTok and its data storage practices, as well as its Chinese ownership and business laws that require CCP stewardship for Chinese owned companies. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Malaysia_warns_of_malicious_‘Pink WhatsApp’_app_which_causes_users_to_lose_control_of their_devices⠀⇛ Mumbai police have also issued a public warning about the malware. # ⚓ EFF ☛ VICTORY!_Maine_Increases_Transparency_and Accountability_for_its_Fusion_Center⠀⇛ This bill comes after a years-long concerted effort by Maine activists and concerned citizens who have been fighting for accountability in how MIAC collects, shares, and utilizes information about Mainers. In June 2021, a bill that would have defunded the fusion center entirely passed 88-54 out of the Maine House of Representatives before being defeated in the state senate. Fusion centers are yet another unnecessary cog in the surveillance state—and one that serves the intrusive function of coordinating surveillance activities and sharing information between federal law enforcement, the national security surveillance apparatus, and local and state police, with little to no oversight. Across the United States, there are at least 78 fusion centers that were formed by the Department of Homeland Security in the wake of the War on Terror and the rise of post-9/11 mass surveillance. Since their creation, fusion centers have been hammered by politicians, academics, and civil society groups for their ineffectiveness, dysfunction, mission creep, and unregulated tendency to veer into policing political views. As scholar Brendan McQuade wrote in his book Pacifying the Homeland: Intelligence Fusion and Mass Supervision: “On paper, fusion centers have the potential to organize dramatic surveillance powers. In practice however, what happens at fusion centers is circumscribed by the politics of law enforcement. The tremendous resources being invested in counterterrorism and the formation of interagency intelligence centers are complicated by organization complexity and jurisdictional rivalries. The result is not a revolutionary shift in policing but the creation of uneven, conflictive, and often dysfunctional intelligence-sharing systems.” # ⚓ Papers Please ☛ 9th_Circuit_rejects_TSA_claim_of impunity_for_checkpoint_staff_who_rape_travelers⠀⇛ Last December, we attended and reported on oral argument before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a case in which the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) argued that TSA checkpoint staff have absolute immunity from lawsuits for assault, even sexual assault or rape, committed against travelers they are “screening”. We’re pleased to report that today the 9th Circuit panel of judges rejected the TSA’s claim of impunity. The three judges found unanimously that the Federal Tort Clams Act (FTCA) allows lawsuits against the TSA for damages caused by checkpoint staff who assault travelers. The 9th Circuit thus joins every other Circuit Court of Appeals (the 3rd, 4th, and 8th) to have addressed this issue in a published opinion. The case decided today by the 9th Circuit will now return to the U.S. District Court in Las Vegas for much-belated consideration of the claim against the TSA and its officers. The precedent set by today’s decision will apply throughout the 9th Circuit, the largest of the Federal judicial circuits, including all of the states on the West Coast. # ⚓ OpenRightsGroup ☛ Online_Safety_Bill:_Civil_society organisations_urge_UK_to_protect_global_digital security_and_safeguard_private_communication⠀⇛ Open letter to the UK government from over 80 national and international civil society organisations, academics and cyberexperts raising concerns about the serious threat to the security of private and encrypted messaging posed by the Online Safety Bill. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Former_Ukrainian_Official,_Associate_Handed_10-Year Prison_Terms_In_Case_Of_Deadly_Acid_Attack⠀⇛ A court in Kyiv has sentenced the former head of the regional council in the southern region of Kherson, Vladyslav Manher, and a former aide to a regional lawmaker, Oleksiy Levin, to 10 years in prison each in the high-profile case of a deadly attack on anti-corruption activist Kateryna Handzyuk. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Making_Japan’s_defence_spending sustainable⠀⇛ One of the highlights in Japan’s three national security documents released on 16 December 2022—the national security strategy, the national defence strategy and the defence build-up plan—is the commitment to increase defence spending. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Military_interventions_have_failed_to_end DRC’s_conflict_–_what’s_gone_wrong⠀⇛ For 30 years, the Democratic Republic of Congo has suffered from communal violence, armed conflict and insecurity. Diverse actors have tried to stop it but conflict has intensified, particularly in the eastern provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu, Ituri and Tanganyika. Regular armed forces and non-state armed groups have been involved in the violence # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Mexico:_130_Guatemalan_Migrants_in_Cargo_Truck Rescued⠀⇛ “…among the rescued were 19 unaccompanied minors…” # ⚓ France24 ☛ Social_democrats_to_go_head-to-head_in Guatemala’s_August_election_runoff⠀⇛ A former first lady and the son of an ex-president – both social democrats – will go head-to-head in Guatemala’s August runoff after no candidate secured enough votes to win Sunday’s first round of presidential elections. # ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘I_thought_I_wouldn’t_survive’:_Civilians beaten,_taken_hostage_by_Sudan_militia⠀⇛ There have been many reports from Sudan that fighters with the militia group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been taking over people’s homes, using them as bases as they continue their battles with the Sudanese armed forces. Videos have been circulating online documenting the RSF brutalising civilians in their own homes, beating them or taking them hostage. We spoke to someone who narrowly survived being taken hostage by a group of RSF fighters in his own home. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Washington’s_Resurgent_Military_Presence_in_the Philippines_Provokes_China⠀⇛ When the last U.S. troops left the Philippines in the early 1990s, the prevailing assumption was that an extremely close military relationship between Washington and Manila would be just another relic of the Cold War. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Taiwan_residents_warned_against stepping_into_political_‘minefield’_when_visiting_Hong_Kong in_updated_guidelines⠀⇛ Taiwan residents have been warned against “accidentally stepping into a minefield” and being arrested under Hong Kong’s national security law while travelling to the city by the self-ruled island’s authorities. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Specter_of_war_in_Taiwan_puts_Philippine_islanders_on edge⠀⇛ The Batanes chain could be key terrain should China invade Taiwan, analysts say. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Malaysia_charges_Thais_with_human_trafficking_over 2015_mass_graves_discovery⠀⇛ Bangkok, for the first time, extradited Thai citizens to show its commitment to ending human smuggling. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Security_Situation_in_Easter_DRC_Continues_to Deteriorate:_UN⠀⇛ The M23 still controls a large part of the Masisi and Rutshuru territories as well as the movement of people and goods in those areas. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_offers_closer_military cooperation_with_Vietnam⠀⇛ Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu said the security of the Asia-Pacific region was facing challenges. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ New_Bulgarian_PM_Pledges_Increased_Security_For Defense_Industry_Following_Second_Arms_Depot_Fire⠀⇛ New Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov, whose government assumed power three weeks ago, has pledged increased support and better security for the country’s defense industry following a second serious fire in less than a year at a private arms company. # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ FBI_Entrapment_Schemes:_Creating_Criminals in_Order_to_Arrest_Them⠀⇛ “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.” Friedrich Nietzsche We’re not dealing with a government that exists to serve its people, protect their liberties and ensure their happiness. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ As_Guatemala’s_voters_signal_a_left turn,_great_powers_are_watching_closely⠀⇛ The outcome of Guatemala’s presidential runoff election this August could reshape the geopolitical map of the Western Hemisphere. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Bulker_Nyon_boarded_by_pirates_off_West Africa⠀⇛ The bulk carrier Nyon is the latest ship to have been attacked by West African pirates after being boarded by four armed men on 22 June. # ⚓ European Commission ☛ European_Defence_Fund:_EU_to_invest €832_million_in_41_ambitious_defence_industrial_projects⠀⇛ European Commission Press release Brussels, 26 Jun 2023 Today, the Commission announced the results of the 2022 calls for proposals under the European Defence Fund (EDF) amounting to €832 million of EU funding in support of 41 joint defence research and development projects across the EU. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ More_Than_1,000_Afghan_Civilians_Killed_In_Violence Since_August_2021,_UN_Says⠀⇛ More than a thousand Afghan civilians have been killed in bombings and other violence since foreign forces left and the Taliban took over in 2021, according to a report by the UN’s mission to the country released on June 27. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Wagner_group_mercenaries_in_Africa:_why_there hasn’t_been_any_effective_opposition_to_drive_them_out⠀⇛ It is easy to understand what African rulers see in the mercenary group Wagner. Its fighters can be deployed quickly. It brings sophisticated arms with it and can apply force speedily and ruthlessly. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Meet_the_women_helping_rape_victims_recover dignity_in_Congo’s_conflicts⠀⇛ In eastern DRC, women activists are helping survivors of sexual violence. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Gunman_from_deadly_Colorado_Springs_LGBTQ+ nightclub_shooting_pleads_guilty⠀⇛ Anderson Lee Aldrich, the gunman who killed five during an attack on an LGBTQIA+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, pleaded guilty in court Monday to five counts of murder, 46 counts of attempted murder and no contest to two bias- motivated crimes. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Club_Q_attacker_sentenced_to_over_2,000_years_in prison_for_mass_shooting_in_Colorado⠀⇛ The shooter who killed_five_people and wounded 17 others at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to November’s attack on Monday. Driving the news:Anderson_Lee_Aldrich received five consecutive life sentences in a state court without the possibility of parole for the mass_shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs and was sentenced to a further 2,208 years in prison over attempted murder charges. # ⚓ Shadowproof ☛ Rebuilding_A_Life_After_Years_In_A_Cage⠀⇛ This article was funded by the Marvel Cooke Fellowship. Read more about this reporting project and make a contribution to fund our fellowship budget. Exhausted, I grudgingly open my eyes and pat my blanket as I awkwardly search for my phone. I open Twitter to see that my account has blown up. As I search my DMs to read the comments of support, a warm calming feeling covers me. My eyes well up in tears as I read one comment in particular. “We are better with you here.”  # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Iran_Holds_Talks_With_Europe_on_Nuclear_Deal Revival:_Kanaani⠀⇛ The U.S. withdrew from the JCPOA deal in 2018 and reimposed sanctions on Iran. In response, Iran reduced its nuclear commitments under the agreement. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ EU_Adds_Seven_Iranian_Officials_To_Sanctions_List Over_‘Serious’_Rights_Violations⠀⇛ The European Council has approved a ninth package of sanctions on an additional seven individuals it says are responsible for “serious human rights violations” in Iran. # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ The_Milley_Tape:_“Bring_Some_Cokes_in Please!”⠀⇛ The recording of Trump attacking Mark Milley with a stolen Iran document includes damning details not included in the indictment. # ⚓ Axios ☛ McCarthy_threatens_Attorney_General_Garland_with impeachment_inquiry⠀⇛ House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is threatening to open an impeachment inquiry into Attorney General Merrick Garland over the Justice Department’s investigation into Hunter_Biden. Why it matters:It’s a significant escalation of tensions as congressional Republicans rail against what_they_argue_is_a_“sweetheart”_plea_deal for the president’s son. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Audio_of_Trump_Suggests_He_Discussed Classified_Iran_Document:_Listen_Now⠀⇛ A recording of a meeting in 2021 in which the former president described a sensitive document in front of him appears to contradict his recent assertion that the material was just news clippings. # ⚓ Axios ☛ “This_is_secret”:_CNN_obtains_audio_of_Trump’s_2021 meeting_about_military_documents⠀⇛ CNN released exclusive audio on Monday seeming to show former President_Trump discussing sensitive documents during a 2021 meeting in Bedminster, New Jersey. Why it matters:The two-minute audio recording could hold key evidence in Trump’s_indictment over his handling of classified information after he left the White House. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Paul_Yoon_on_the_Korean_War’s_Aftershocks⠀⇛ The author discusses “Valley of the Moon,” his story from the latest issue of the magazine. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Japan_reinstates_South_Korea_to_white list_of_preferred_trading_partners⠀⇛ The nations have moved to resolve issues tied to Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean peninsula. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Junta_arrests_51_people_for_alleged_dollar,_gold speculation⠀⇛ The move follows a spike in the price of both in Myanmar. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Authorities_Arrest_Tajik_Activist_At Dushanbe’s_Request⠀⇛ Russian authorities have arrested Tajik activist Junaidullo Khudoyorov at Tajikistan’s request, his brother told RFE/RL on June 25, adding that the activist may face illegal incarceration and arbitrary prosecution if extradited to Dushanbe. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Anti-Putin_Yakut_Shaman_Transferred_To_Less Restrictive_Psychiatric_Clinic⠀⇛ A court in Russia’s Far East has decided to transfer to a less restrictive psychiatric clinic a Yakut shaman who became known across the country for his attempts to march to Moscow to drive President Vladimir Putin out of the Kremlin. # ⚓ NPR ☛ For_election_workers,_Trump’s_lies_have_meant threats,_harassment_and_a_poisoned_dog⠀⇛ “Election officials have been under siege,” says David Becker, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Election Innovation and Research. “They’ve been threatened, abused and harassed for nearly three years now and it’s getting worse.” The Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin in May warning that perceptions of the next presidential race could mobilize individuals to commit violence. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ The_potent_cyber_adversary_threatening to_further_inflame_Iranian_politics⠀⇛ “We’ve observed multiple cyber groups in action,” said Nariman Gharib, a U.K.-based Iranian opposition activist and independent cyber espionage investigator. “One focuses on human rights, unmasking the darker side of the regime, while another specializes in cyber operations, exposing the regime’s cyber tactics. There’s also a group dedicated to sabotage. They execute their task with efficiency in executing disruptive attacks and [GhyamSarnegouni] is that group.” Indeed, the latest hack claimed by GhyamSarnegouni involving highly sensitive government documents takes the role that hackers and hacktivists are playing in Iran’s internal politics to a new level, experts say, given the depth of information accessed, which touches on aspects of not only the office of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, and correspondence related to multiple sensitive agencies. # § War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ LRT ☛ Germany’s_decision_on_brigade_deployment_in Lithuania_not_change_of_position,_says_Pistorius⠀⇛ The decision on permanent deployment of a German brigade in Lithuania is not a change of Berlin’s position, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said in Lithuania on Monday. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Berlin_ready_to_permanently_deploy_brigade_in Lithuania_–_German_minister⠀⇛ Germany is ready to permanently deploy a brigade in Lithuania, says German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, who is visiting Vilnius on Monday. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Germany_to_Station_4,000_Soldiers_in Lithuania⠀⇛ The current NATO multinational battle group deployed in the Lithuanian town of Rukla has around 1,600 personnel, approximately half of whom are German. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Germany_To_Station_4,000_Troops_In_Lithuania To_Shore_Up_NATO_Flank⠀⇛ Germany plans to station an additional 4,000 soldiers in NATO ally Lithuania to help secure the alliance’s eastern flank, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on June 26. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Belarus_reportedly_begins_building_camps_for Wagner_Group_fighters_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Independent Russian publication Verstka reports that Belarus has started building camps for Wagner Group fighters. The camps will be located in the Mogilev region of Belarus, approximately 200 kilometers (124 miles) from the border with Ukraine, and will be able to accommodate 8,000 fighters. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Pressure_for_more_vehicles_to_be added_to_Ukraine_aid⠀⇛ Ukraine is hopeful Australia’s latest round of military support isn’t the last, with armoured vehicles still high on the wish list.  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Australia would provide an additional $110 million in assistance with a package including 70 military vehicles, ammunition and $10m for a humanitarian fund. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Report:_Prigozhin_Remains_Under_Investigation For_Mutiny⠀⇛ Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin remains under investigation by the Federal Security Service (FSB) on suspicion of organizing an armed mutiny, the Kommersant newspaper reported # ⚓ Spiegel ☛ Prigozhin’s_Insurgency:_The_War_Putin Wanted_Now_Threatens_His_Rule⠀⇛ Dictatorships seem stable up until the moment they no longer are. After the failed uprising of the Wagner troops, Vladimir Putin’s system is looking wobbly. Suddenly, a Russia without him is conceivable. # ⚓ Spiegel ☛ Yevgeny_Prigozhin:_Wagner_Uprising_Likely to_Have_Far-Reaching_Consequences⠀⇛ Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin quickly brought his uprising to an end on Sunday. But not before inflicting a deep humiliation on Russian President Vladimir Putin. There will almost certainly be consequences. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Stash_of_fake_documents,_cash,_and unidentified_powder_found_at_Prigozhin’s_St._Petersburg office_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On June 24, when Wagner forces were still en route to Moscow, the news publication Fontanka wrote that the authorities raided founder Yevgeny Prigozhin’s office in St. Petersburg (reportedly located at the Trezzini Hotel). Reporters say officials recovered the following items: # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Prigozhin’s_plane_reportedly_arrives_in Belarus_—_Meduza⠀⇛ An Embraer Legacy 600 business jet with the tail number RA-02795, which is believed to belong to Yevgeny Prigozhin, landed at the Machulishchy Air Base near Minsk at 7:40 a.m. local time, according to the independent monitoring group Belaruski Hajun. # ⚓ Spiegel ☛ German_Reactions_to_Chaos_in_Russia:_‘We Have_To_Look_Each_Other_Deep_in_the_Eyes_in_NATO’⠀⇛ Before Saturday’s uprising in Russia unraveled, Western intelligence thought the Wagner Group might be able to reach Moscow – and believed that Putin had left the city. Hours later, Western politicians were wondering how to exploit the weakness shown by the Russian leader. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Putin_Thanks_Russians_After_Wagner_Group’s Attempted_Uprising⠀⇛ The president confirmed the agreement reached on Saturday under which Wagner members who wish to do so can leave for Belarus, return home, or re-enlist in the Russian army. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ What_Russia’s_Whirlwind_Crisis_Could Mean_for_Putin⠀⇛ Atlantic writers explain how to make sense of the weekend’s events. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ What_Is_Putin_Worth_to_China?⠀⇛ In standing by Russia’s embattled strongman, Chinese leader Xi Jinping signals just how high a priority he has made of undermining the power of the West. # ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Putin_says_the_aborted rebellion_played_into_the_hands_of_Russia’s_enemies⠀⇛ The rebellion by armed mercenaries lasted less than 24 hours and was the gravest threat yet to Putin’s authority. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Prigozhin_Showed_Russians_That_They Might_Have_a_Choice⠀⇛ This weekend, the country saw someone other than Putin act politically and—even more important—wield force. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ [SATIRE]_Kari_Lake_Declares_Herself_New Leader_of_the_Wagner_Group⠀⇛ The former TV anchorwoman warned Russian state media against questioning her claim to the Wagner helm. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Border_Guard_reports_business_as_usual_during aborted_Russian_coup⠀⇛ While the situation has calmed down in Russia, Finland’s Border Guard is closely monitoring any developments. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finnish_minister:_Coup_attempt_to_impact Russians’_views_on_their_leadership⠀⇛ Finland’s border with Russia is calm and both civil and state agencies are closely monitoring the situation, according to foreign affairs minister Elina Valtonen. # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Done_Cookin’:_Putin’s_Chef_Moves_to Belarus_[UPDATE-1]⠀⇛ If you have a bead on what transpired in Russia from Friday through Saturday, you’re ahead of most folks. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Prigozhin’s_Wagner_Rebellion_Came_as His_Power_Faded⠀⇛ Whatever the Wagner uprising says about Vladimir Putin’s hold on the Kremlin, it is also the story of a mercurial mercenary leader’s growing desperation. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Mutiny_That_Showed_the_Stress_on Putin’s_System_of_Rule⠀⇛ A member of Russia’s elite marched on his rivals, with a mercenary army at his back, suggesting that Vladimir V. Putin’s grip over a coalition of powerful figures may be more brittle than it appeared. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Putin’s_Creation:_History_of_Russia’s Mercenary_Wagner_Group_&_Its_Leader_Yevgeny_Prigozhin⠀⇛ As part of our roundtable discussion, we speak with political science professor Kimberly Marten, expert on the Wagner Group, who says this weekend’s mutiny by the mercenary group and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is part of a game of “smoke and mirrors” between Russian power players. She details Prigozhin’s long history as “Putin’s servant” and says Wagner “is not really a private military group,” but has a long history of being contracted by the Russian state. “We’re just at the beginning of what’s going to happen, but neither Prighozin nor Putin came out looking very good,” says Marten. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Putin,_Prigozhin,_and_Russia’s_Future⠀⇛ The last tumultuous days bring to mind an old Russian anecdote: What’s the difference between an optimist and a pessimist? A pessimist knows that however bad things are in Russia, they can always get worse. Soon after the news broke, a Russian friend e- mailed me, “What I’m most concerned about is Russia in chaos with nukes, and someone worse than Putin coming to power.” # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Prigozhin_Claims_He_Wasn’t_Trying_to Overthrow_Putin⠀⇛ The Kremlin had said an investigation into Yevgeny V. Prigozhin’s role in the brief uprising against Russia’s military command was dropped, but Russian news media reports say the case remains open. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ FSB_reportedly_still_investigating_Prigozhin in_connection_with_‘organizing_armed_rebellion’_charges —_Meduza⠀⇛ Investigators from Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) are still investigating Yevgeny Prigozhin in connection with the felony case for “organizing an armed rebellion” that the agency opened against him on June 23, according to the Russian newspaper Kommersant. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘The_peacemaker_of_Slavic_civilization’ Lukashenko_gets_the_hero’s_treatment_from_Belarusian_ (and_Russian)_propagandists_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On the evening of June 24, Wagner Group forces ended their ‘justice march‘ towards Moscow. According to official statements from the Russian and Belarusian authorities, this was the result of negotiations between Yevgeny Prigozhin and Alexander Lukashenko — a figure nobody expected to serve as a key player in the rebellion’s outcome. Journalists from the independent Belarusian outlet Zerkalo spent the following day watching state television to see how their country’s propaganda news channels would cover the perplexing saga. Meduza is publishing an abridged translation of their report. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Former_presidential_aide_Vladislav_Surkov urges_Russian_authorities_to_steer_clear_of_private military_companies_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russian politician and former presidential aide Vladislav Surkov has urged the Russian authorities not to pass a law that would allow the state to regulate private military companies (PMCs) like Wagner Group and other similar formations, saying it would be better for the authorities to steer clear of any association with private armies. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We_know_the_vast_majority_of_Wagner fighters_are_patriots’:_In_another_short_speech,_Putin condemned_Prigozhin’s_rebellion_while_letting participants_off_the_hook_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Vladimir Putin made his second emergency national address in as many days tonight. He denounced the armed rebellion led by Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin, but did not mention the group’s leader by name. Putin said the insurrection’s leaders “betrayed their country, their people, and those who were drawn into the crime. They lied to them and drove them to death under gunfire to shoot at their own.” The president also said that he believes many members of Wagner Group are patriots and that he plans to honor his promise to allow rebellion participants to sign contracts with Russia’s regular Armed Forces, go home to their families, or “leave for Belarus,” where Prigozhin will reportedly be exiled. Meduza is sharing a full translation of Putin’s speech. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Don’t_interfere_with_Wagner’:_A_rundown_of what_happened_in_Rostov-on-Don_during_Wagner’s_day-long occupation_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On June 24, Wagner Group entered Rostov-on- Don and occupied the center of the city, apparently without a fight. Some residents headed to the center cheering for the mercenaries, while others tried to leave the city, creating backups on the highways and at the train station. Local police were conspicuously absent from the city while Wagner troops took selfies with residents and Prigozhin met with Russian officials at the Southern Military District headquarters. Local law enforcement later said they’d been told to wait for orders from Moscow. Here’s what we know so far about the short-lived occupation.  # ⚓ New York Times ☛ After_Prigozhin’s_Uprising, Yesterday’s_Putin_Is_Gone⠀⇛ He survived a brief revolt, but the cracks in his system are now evident. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Wagner_recruitment_centers_reopen_in Novosibirsk,_Tyumen_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Wagner Group recruiting centers have resumed operations in Novosibirsk. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We_gave_a_master_class’:_Prigozhin’s_first public_statement_since_Wagner_Group’s_24-hour_rebellion —_Meduza⠀⇛ On Monday afternoon, Yevgeny Prigozhin released his first public statement since he called off Wagner Group’s march towards Moscow on Saturday. In English, Meduza has summarized the main points from the 11-minute audio clip. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Vladimir_Putin_will_make_a_‘series_of important_announcements’_later_tonight,_says_Kremlin spokesman_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Vladimir Putin will make a “series of important announcements” later tonight, says Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Vladimir_Putin_addresses_the_nation_again, issuing_another_condemnation_of_the_Wagner_insurrection and_confirming_his_Belarus-exile_offer_—_Meduza⠀⇛ For the second time in two days, Vladimir Putin made an emergency national address, denouncing the armed rebellion staged by members of the Wagner mercenary group. Without mentioning the aborted rebellion’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Putin said the insurrection’s leaders “betrayed their country, their people, and those who were drawn into the crime. They lied to them and drove them to death under gunfire to shoot at their own.” # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Mutiny_in_Russia:_Nina_Khrushcheva_on How_the_Wagner_Revolt_Exposes_Putin’s_Weakness⠀⇛ We speak with Nina Khrushcheva in Moscow after an extraordinary weekend that saw the most significant challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s leadership since the beginning of his invasion of Ukraine 16 months ago. On Friday, the head of the powerful Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, accused the Russian military of attacking his forces and began a march on Moscow — but the revolt quickly fizzled out. By Saturday, Wagner troops had returned to base, and Prigozhin had agreed to exile in Belarus, while Putin denounced the episode as “treason.” Khrushcheva, a professor of international affairs at the New School and the great-granddaughter of former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, says that while Putin has reasserted his control over the state for now, the episode “didn’t really show him in the strong light.” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ When_Russia_Shook_the_World,_American Cable_News_Stumbled⠀⇛ “This is serious,” tweeted Michael McFaul, a former US ambassador to Russia, a little before 5 pm on Friday. He was talking about the dramatic events unfolding in Russia that day, as private mercenary forces loyal to Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin rolled out of Ukraine and headed toward Moscow on a so-called “March for Justice.” Prigozhin’s bombastic pronouncements and the rapid progress of his troops proved to be so serious, in fact, that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military commanders were deploying tanks to defend the capital city of one of the world’s two foremost nuclear powers. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Putin’s_War_Comes_Home⠀⇛ Vladimir Putin styles himself as a student of history, frequently justifying his actions with lectures on the lessons and legacies of the past. He defended his invasion of Ukraine not just with references to recent disputes Russia had with its neighbor but also claims of proprietorship dating back to the time of the czars, and complaints about the alleged national betrayals of Vladimir Lenin and Nikita Khrushchev. When faced with a mutiny of mercenaries led by the Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, Putin instinctively started talking about the Russian Revolution of 1917. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Interior_Minister:_Latvian_eastern_border needs_‘improvements’⠀⇛ The border infrastructure between Latvia and Russia will need improvements, Interior Minister Māris Kučinskis (United List) said in an interview with Latvian Radio on June 27. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia_suspends_all_visa_applications_from Russia⠀⇛ Due to the unpredictable development of Russian internal political events, the acceptance of all types of visa applications from Russian citizens has been suspended from June 26, 2023, at Latvian diplomatic and consular missions abroad, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Monday. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Michael_McFaul_Makes_the_Case_for_Reaching out_to_the_“Russian_Diaspora”⠀⇛ A leading US expert on Russia advocates outreach to Putin’s Russian opponents and encouraging emigration from Russia. The best way to encourage Russians to leave is to allow more of them to come to the West. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Anticlimactic_End_to_Wagner_Group’s_Armed Rebellion_in_Russia⠀⇛ Plus: Florida drag law ruled unconstitutional, Meta cancels Canadian news posts, and more… # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_urges_citizens_not_to_travel_to Russia,_Belarus⠀⇛ In response to the recent Wagner mercenary group’s aborted mutiny in Russia, Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry has once again reminded of its recommendations for Lithuanian citizens not to travel to Russia and Belarus. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_to_step_up_intelligence_as_Russia sends_Wagner_leader_to_Belarus⠀⇛ The Lithuanian State Defence Council agreed to devote more intelligence capabilities to assessing the situation in Belarus, President Gitanas Nausėda said on Sunday. # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Will_Russia’s_break_with_the_West be_permanent?⠀⇛ Nearly sixteen months into the war, ordinary Russians harbor substantial and most likely enduring anger and resentment toward the West. In the later decades of the Soviet Union, the government largely failed to convince Soviet citizens of an implacably hostile West and, in the 1980s, the barriers between the Soviet Union and the West were weakening. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_Wagner_Group_pays_fighters_twice_as_much as_the_Russian_military⠀⇛ Russian private military contractor Wagner Group has been in business with the Kremlin for almost a decade now. As the mercenary unit became more prominent on the battleground in Ukraine, so did its chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s criticism of Russia’s military leadership. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Biden_calls_mutiny_a_‘struggle within_the_Russian_system’_and_says_US_and_NATO_played no_part⠀⇛ President Joe Biden says the United States and NATO had no involvement in the short- lived insurrection in Russia by the Wagner mercenary force. Biden says it’s “too early” to assess the impact on the war in neighboring Ukraine. Biden said Monday that he spoke to allies over the weekend and they are all in sync in working to ensure that they give Russian President Vladimir Putin “no excuse to blame this on the West.” Biden said the action by the Wagner Group “was part of a struggle within the Russian system.” Biden also spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the weekend and plans to do so again soon. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Who_Is_National_Security_Adviser_Jake Sullivan,_the_Man_Running_US_Foreign_Policy⠀⇛ National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan is arguably the key person driving US foreign policy. He was mentored by Hillary Clinton with regime changes in Honduras, Libya and Syria. He was the link between Nuland and Biden during the 2014 coup in Ukraine. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ A_very_Russian_revolution⠀⇛ As the world was distracted by an episode of Russian drama complete with the betrayal of a once-loyal servant, armed mutiny and panic at the court of a tsar, Ukraine was being shelled. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ How_Ukraine_can_pin_down_Russia_in Crimea_without_a_land_campaign⠀⇛ Many analysts believe Ukraine must liberate Crimea in order to win the war, but it could be possible to render the peninsula strategically irrelevant for Russia without launching a major land campaign, writes John B. Barranco. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Five_steps_toward_Ukrainian victory_and_a_lasting_peace_with_Russia⠀⇛ Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk offers his five-step vision for the decisive defeat of Russia’s Ukraine invasion and a genuinely sustainable peace in Eastern Europe. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Wagner_Group_to_hand_over_military equipment_to_Russian_army,_defence_ministry_says⠀⇛ Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group is preparing to hand over heavy military equipment to the country’s regular armed forces, the defence ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The mercenary group launched a failed rebellion on Saturday that brought armed troops within 200 km of Moscow. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Putin_says_Wagner_mutineers_can_join Russian_army_or_‘go_to_Belarus’⠀⇛ Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the nation about Wagner’s aborted rebellion on Monday, thanking soldiers and mercenaries for avoiding bloodshed and stating that Wagner mutineers could either join the army or “go to Belarus”. Earlier, the mercenary group’s chief Yevgeny Prigozhin defended his actions in an audio statement, claiming he did not aim to overthrow the leadership of Russia but to “avoid the destruction of Wagner”. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Marathon_from_Kyiv_to_Vilnius_aims_to_mobilise support_for_Ukraine’s_membership_in_NATO⠀⇛ Thirty-three runners are carrying a flag from the frontline in eastern Ukraine to the NATO summit in Vilnius. # ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘Defending_the_country’:_The_Japanese volunteer_fighting_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ Thousands of volunteers from dozens of nations have joined Ukraine’s military since the start of the Russian invasion in February 2022, but only a handful are from Japan – a country that has adhered to the principle of national pacifism since the end of World War II. But Yuya Motomura, a 45-year-old mahjong parlour manager, is among the few heading to the front lines. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Amsterdam’s_Hermitage_Museum_Changes_Name, Rebrands_After_Cutting_Russian_Ties⠀⇛ The Hermitage Amsterdam art museum has been renamed one year after it severed ties with Russia’s State Hermitage museum over Moscow’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ In_Video_Address,_Ukraine’s_Zelenskiy_Upbeat On_Progress_Of_Counteroffensive⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was upbeat about his military’s progress during his daily video address late on June 26, calling it a “happy day.” # ⚓ LRT ☛ All_allies_realise_that_Ukraine_will_become NATO_member_–_Stoltenberg_in_Lithuania⠀⇛ NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who is visiting Lithuania, says the alliance will support Ukraine for as long as necessary. “We are sending a message to Putin that he will not win the war,” he told LRT TV. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Hands_Out_Awards_To_Ukrainian Troops_On_Front_Line⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on June 26 handed out awards and posed for selfies with troops who are along the front line in Ukraine, saying it was an honor to be with them and shake their hands. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ New_Bulgarian_Government_Approves_Military Aid_For_Ukraine⠀⇛ The Bulgarian government has approved a new military aid package for Ukraine, the press service of the Council of Ministers announced on June 26. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Yashin_Warns_Czech_President_That_His Comments_On_Monitoring_Russians_Play_Into_Putin’s Hands⠀⇛ Jailed anti-Kremlin politician Ilya Yashin, addressing recent comments by Czech President Petr Pavel that Russians in the West should be monitored, said any such attempt would only play into President Vladimir Putin’s hands. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Keeps_Up_Weapons_Shipments_To_Ukraine With_New_$500_Million_Package⠀⇛ The United States plans to announce as soon as June 27 a new military aid package for Ukraine worth up to $500 million, keeping up U.S. resolve to help Ukraine against Russia as Moscow deals with an abortive mutiny by some of its soldiers. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Australia_To_Provide_More_Armored_Vehicles_To Ukraine⠀⇛ The Australian government will provide a new $73.5 million package to Ukraine, including 70 military vehicles to defend against Russia’s invasion, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on June 26. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ In_Address_To_Nation,_Putin_Says_Wagner Soldiers_Who_Took_Part_In_Revolt_Can_Join_The_Army_Or Go_To_Belarus⠀⇛ In an address to the nation on June 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Wagner mercenary fighters who took part in the revolt over the weekend can either join the Russian Army or go to Belarus. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ EU_Approves_€3.5_Billion_Increase_in_Funds for_Ukraine⠀⇛ This is the second time the EU has agreed to increase the EPF since the start of the conflict in Ukraine. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Prigozhin’s_Loss_Is_Ukraine’s_Gain⠀⇛ Without Russia’s single most effective fighting force, Putin will have to rely wholly on the country’s weakened military. # ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Biden_calls_mutiny_a ‘struggle_within_the_Russian_system’_and_says_US_and NATO_played_no_part⠀⇛ Biden says it’s “too early” to assess the impact on the war in neighboring Ukraine. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Wagner_mercenary_revolt:_Could_it_help Ukraine?⠀⇛ The Wagner mercenary revolt could cause cracks in Russian leadership and demoralize Russian troops. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ How_truth_bombs_for_Russians_may_end_the war⠀⇛ A popular Russian commander bursts the lies that justified the invasion of Ukraine. Despite his failed mutiny and exile, his truth-telling may ricochet in the war trenches. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Visibly_Angry_Putin_Stresses Failure_of_Wagner_Revolt⠀⇛ The Russian president made brief public remarks on Monday, his first since the end of the short-lived rebellion by the Wagner mercenary group and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin. # ⚓ Axios ☛ How_the_Wagner_rebellion_inside_Russia affects_the_war_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ Wagner boss Yevgeny_Prigozhin’s_unexpected offensiveinto the Russian interior may breathe new life into the counteroffensive across the border in Ukraine. The big picture: Ukraine’s forces have made only gradual progress so far in attacking well-defended Russian positions in the south and east of Ukraine. Wagner mercenaries, meanwhile, took control of the major Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and seemed to face little resistance as they covered three- quarters of the roughly 600 miles from there to Moscow. ============================================= On the one hand:The short-lived uprising in Russia doesn’t appear to have left any major gaps for Ukraine to exploit. Wagner forces were not playing a major role in Russia’s defenses, and the mutiny_appears_to_have ended without Russian units being pulled out of Ukraine to help repel it, analysts say. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Putin_says_organizers_of_Wagner_rebellion “will_be_brought_to_justice”⠀⇛ Russian President Vladimir_Putin declared in a televised address on Monday that the organizers of a “rebellion” over the weekend would be “brought to justice,” though he did not name Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin directly. Why it matters: The Kremlin announced this weekend that Prigozhin would be allowed to go into exile_in_neighboring_Belarus as part of a deal to end his push toward Moscow, but Putin’s comments suggest the oligarch-turned- warlord could still be punished. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Wagner_boss_claims_he_wasn’t_trying_to overthrow_Russian_government⠀⇛ The Wagner Group’s short-lived rebellion over the weekend was not intended to overthrow the Russian government, Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed in his first remarks since the uprising ended. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ View_from_Kyiv:_What_Does_the_Wagner Revolt_Mean_for_Ukraine,_Mali,_Sudan,_Syria_&_Beyond?⠀⇛ As we continue to look at the fallout of this weekend’s mutiny in Russia by Wagner mercenary troops, we go to Kyiv to speak with Ukrainian political scientist and historian Denis Pilash, who notes that despite infighting inside Russia, the military still carried out devastating strikes across Ukraine. He adds that the Wagner revolt still shattered an illusion of consensus inside Russia. “The myth of civility — one of the pillars of Putin’s regime — has eroded completely,” says Pilash. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Putin_Says_Russia_Is_United_Behind Him,_After_Ending_Wagner_Rebellion⠀⇛ President Vladimir V. Putin spoke angrily of those who want “Russians to fight each other,” but his former ally, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, said the mutiny he led was not a coup attempt. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_Ukraine’s_Counteroffensive_Is Off_to_a_Slow,_Bloody_Start⠀⇛ The Ukrainian Army is encountering an array of challenges that has complicated the early stages of its counteroffensive, especially the large swaths of minefields. But its leaders are urging patience, insisting the main push is yet to come. # ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ All_aboard_the_gravy_train:_an independent_audit_of_US_funding_for_Ukraine⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Dmitry_Medvedev_absent_from_Putin’s_meeting with_top_security_officials_—_Meduza⠀⇛ After Vladimir Putin’s brief speech to the nation on Monday night, he held a meeting with the heads of Russia’s security agencies to discuss the aftermath of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s weekend rebellion. The outlet Verstka has noted that according to the Kremlin’s official site, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev was not one of the attendees. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Says_the_U.S._and_Allies_Had ‘Nothing_to_Do_With’_Wagner_Rebellion_in_Russia⠀⇛ Western nations agreed on a conference call not to let President Vladimir Putin of Russia blame them for the short-lived uprising, the American president said. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Prigozhin_and_the_Long_and_Infamous History_of_Failed_Russian_Rebellions⠀⇛ Putin may emerge weakened, strengthened or vindictive. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_and_Putin_Have_Dueling Messages_on_the_Mutiny_in_Russia⠀⇛ The White House concluded that it had to get ahead of any argument by Vladimir V. Putin that the uprising was serving the interests of Russia’s adversaries. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Britain_criticised_for_slow_implementation_of climate_commitments⠀⇛ The UK government’s advisory body on tackling climate change on Tuesday voiced concern at the slow pace of the transition to clean energy, warning time was running out to meet its goals. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Climate,_environmental_change_puts_90% of_world’s_marine_food_at_risk:_Study⠀⇛ Overproduction in the industry destroyed wetland habitats and caused significant environmental damage. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ US_Government_Urges_Court_to_Dismiss_Federal_Youth Climate_Lawsuit⠀⇛ The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a federal district court in Oregon to put an end to the landmark constitutional youth climate lawsuit Juliana v. United States after the court reactivated the litigation earlier this month. The case, which was originally filed in 2015 and alleges constitutional violations stemming from the federal government’s ongoing support of climate- destabilizing fossil fuels, had nearly made it to trial twice before. But after the Obama administration failed in the government’s initial bid to get the case dismissed, unprecedented legal tactics deployed by the Trump administration derailed the proceedings and a federal appeals court eventually dismissed the case in January 2020.  # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ World’s_mining_minds_drill_down_on critical_minerals⠀⇛ Australia can supply the world with minerals critical to curbing climate change, balanced with the need to mine sustainably and trade fairly. More than 3500 delegates have gathered in Brisbane for the World Mining Congress of scientists, researchers, company executives and diplomats being held in Australia for the first time. # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Nuevo_León_to_end_school_year_early_due to_heat_wave⠀⇛ Mandatory classes will end on June 29 in the interests of students’ health, as extreme temperatures continue to affect the state. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Sweden_just_scrapped_their_“Renewable Energy_Targets”._Here’s_why.⠀⇛ Moving forward, the debate will be about “net zero via renewables” vs “net zero via nuclear”, without ever questioning whether we need to go “net zero” at all, or if it’s even physically possible to do so. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ John_B._Goodenough,_100,_Dies; Nobel-Winning_Creator_of_the_Lithium-Ion_Battery⠀⇛ Until the announcement of his selection as a Nobel laureate, Dr. Goodenough was relatively unknown beyond scientific and academic circles and the commercial titans who exploited his work. He achieved his laboratory breakthrough in 1980 at the University of Oxford, where he created a battery that has populated the planet with smartphones, laptop and tablet computers, lifesaving medical devices like cardiac defibrillators, and clean, quiet plug-in vehicles, including many Teslas, that can be driven on long trips, lessen the impact of climate change and might someday replace gasoline-powered cars and trucks. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Lithium-ion_battery_co-inventor_John Goodenough_dead_at_100⠀⇛ Lithium-ion battery co-inventor Dr John Goodenough has died at the age of 100, his employer, the University of Texas at Austin, announced on Monday, describing him as “a dedicated public servant, a sought-after mentor and a brilliant yet humble inventor”. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Goodenough,_lithium_battery_co- creator,_dies_aged_100⠀⇛ John Goodenough, who shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work developing the lithium-ion battery that transformed technology with rechargeable power for devices ranging from mobile phones, computers, and pacemakers to electric cars, has died at 100, the University of Texas says. Goodenough died on Sunday at an assisted living facility in Austin, the university announced.  # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ New_York_City_drivers_to_pay extra_tolls_as_part_of_first-in-the-nation_effort_to reduce_congestion⠀⇛ Drivers in New York City will be charged extra in tolls to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street as part of a long-stalled congestion pricing plan. The first-in-the- nation plan is part of an effort to reduce congestion, improve air quality, and raise funds for the city’s public transit system. It will bring New York City in line with places like London and Singapore, which have implemented similar programs. A spokesperson for Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday that the congestion pricing plan cleared its final federal hurdle after getting approved by the Federal Highway Administration. The program is expected to begin in spring of 2024. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Years_later,_the_Marshals_Service is_still_looking_for_help_with_seized_ [cryptocurrency]⠀⇛ “As the seizure and forfeiture of cryptocurrency has become commonplace, the USMS has sought to create a contract with private industry, just as it does with nearly all other asset types,” a spokesperson for the DOJ’s Asset Forfeiture Division told FedScoop. “Currently there is no private company that manages USMS’s cryptocurrency portfolio.” # ⚓ [Old] RFERL ☛ The_Bitcoin_Bite:_Iran_Says_Power_Grid Hit_By_Cryptocurrency-Mining_Surge⠀⇛ Rajabi said electricity consumption in the Iranian month of Khordad, ending on June 21, increased by 7 percent, and that a large part of the hike was the result of digital-mining activities that involved high-powered computers. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron_vows_to_double_transport_funding_to shore_up_Marseille’s_infrastructure⠀⇛ French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday he would double state funding for upgrading transport in the country’s troubled second city Marseille, where 23 have been killed in drug gang turf wars so far this year. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Richard_Ravitch,_Rescuer_of_the Subways_and_New_York’s_Finances,_Dies_at_89⠀⇛ He helped New York City avoid bankruptcy in the mid-1970s, ran the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and later served as lieutenant governor. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ US_offshore_wind’s_growing_pains: Permitting_and_cost_inflation⠀⇛ The United States has a nascent offshore wind strategy that requires approving new projects and catalyzing investment into the sector. Two major issues are constraining US offshore wind deployment: challenges in securing permits and cost inflation. How fast the US offshore wind market matures will depend in part on whether the country quickly learns from others who have more developed offshore wind sectors. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Israel_prime_minister_orders_temporary_halt to_Golan_Heights_wind_turbine_construction_after_Druze protests⠀⇛ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday ordered a temporary halt to the construction of a wind turbine project that became the subject of controversy and conflict between the government and the Druze population in the Golan Heights. # ⚓ Matt_Brown:_Designing_a_PCBA_friendly_CO2_monitor⠀⇛ co2mon.nz currently uses monitors based on Oliver Seiler’s open_source_design which I am personally building. This post describes my exploration of how to achieve production of a CO2 monitor that could enable the growth of co2mon.nz. § Goals Primarily I want to design a CO2 monitor which allows the majority of the production process to be outsourced. In particular, the PCB should be able to be assembled in an automated fashion (PCBA). # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Aussies_struggling_on_utility bills,_say_Salvos⠀⇛ More than half of financially vulnerable Australians cannot afford to pay utility bills on time, new Salvation Army research has found, as cost of living pressures continue to mount nationwide. The survey found 64 per cent of those polled did not have enough money to pay bills on time, while 51 per cent had hardship plans with energy providers. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ ‘Dare_to_say_mining_is_ok’_and dig_in_for_global_change⠀⇛ Companies and governments are vying for enough critical minerals to accelerate the world’s energy transformation but community trust is stuck in the slow lane. The industry is at a defining moment, Minerals Council of Australia CEO Tania Constable told an international forum in Brisbane. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Formation_Flying_Does_More_Than_Look Good⠀⇛ Seeing airplanes fly in formation is an exciting experience at something like an air show, where demonstrations of a pilot’s skill and aircraft technology are on full display. But there are other reasons for aircraft to fly in formation as well. [Peter] has been exploring the idea that formation flight can also improve efficiency, and has been looking specifically at things like formation flight of UAVs or drones with this flight planning algorithm. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Tree_Loss_Increases_in_Crucial Tropical_Forests⠀⇛ Deforestation rates appear “headed in the wrong direction” despite international pledges to halt destruction, according to an annual assessment. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Brace_Yourself:_Canada’s_Wildfires_Are Only_Intensifying⠀⇛ Canada is facing the most treacherous wildfire season in its history, and as the smoky skies blanketing Ottawa this past weekend have proven, it’s only going to intensify as the summer continues. Little fires everywhere have manifested into big catastrophes throughout the country, and the effects have been felt in the United States. But those most affected by the wildfires—primarily Indigenous people—are being completely overlooked as some Canadian politicians seek to downplay not only the current devastation but also the likelihood of future extreme weather events caused by a warming planet. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Florida_is_now_in_the_midst_of_three different_quarantines…_over_snails⠀⇛ Florida is on high alert for snails. The state government designated part of southeastern Broward county a “quarantine and treatment area” after a giant African land snail, a highly invasive species of mollusk, was spotted north of Miami earlier this month. # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ Species_Spotlight:_The_West_African Slender-Snouted_Crocodile⠀⇛ # ⚓ France24 ☛ A_football_pitch_of_carbon-absorbing tropical_forest_is_lost_every_five_seconds⠀⇛ Earth lost an area of carbon-absorbing rainforest larger than Switzerland or the Netherlands in 2022, most of it destroyed to make way for cattle and commodity crops, an analysis of satellite data released Tuesday revealed. # § Over/population⠀➾ # ⚓ [Repeat] New York Times ☛ Here’s_a_Look_at_the_Water Crises_That_Might_Be_Coming_to_You_Soon⠀⇛ Now, its most profound threat is water, in its many terrible incarnations: drought, deluge, cyclones, saltwater. All are aggravated to varying degrees by climate change, and all are forcing millions of people to do whatever they can to keep their heads above it. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Law_change_makes_everyone_a_year or_two_younger_in_South_Korea⠀⇛ South Koreans used to be referred to as one to two years older because time spent in the womb is counted. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ How_to_find_student_loan_information_before payments_resume⠀⇛ With student loan interests set to_resume_in_the coming_months, borrowers will need to prepare to make payments. State of play: It’s been more than three years since millions of borrowers have had to make payments on their student loans. Servicers may have changed in that time and portal logins may have been forgotten. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Deputy_Chairman_Of_Tajikistan’s_Oriyonbank Suspected_Abducted⠀⇛ The Tajik Prosecutor-General’s Office said on June 26 that it had launched a probe into the suspected abduction of Shuhrat Ismatulloev, the deputy chairman of one of the Central Asian nation’s leading banks. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Aust_shares_break_four-day_losing streak_as_miners_rise⠀⇛ The Australian share market has bounced back from four straight days of losses, driven by iron ore miners and the big four banks. At lunchtime AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ ASX200 index was up 46.5 points, or 0.66 per cent, to 7,125.2, while the broader All Ordinaries was up 42.2 points, or 0.58 per cent, to 7,306.3. # ⚓ Breach Media ☛ She_won._Now_what_can_Olivia_Chow_do_for Toronto?⠀⇛ How the city’s next mayor could push better transit, more affordable housing and climate action # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Olivia_Chow_Elected_New_Mayor_of_Toronto⠀⇛ As the leader of Toronto, once considered an affordable model city, Ms. Chow will be tested by the same issues confronting other hubs trying to recover from the pandemic. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ China’s_growth_projected_to_hit_5_pct target_–_Li⠀⇛ China’s economic growth is expected to reach the annual target of around 5 per cent, with a higher second quarter, Premier Li Qiang has told delegates at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin. As factory output slows amid weak external and domestic demand, Li said: “We will launch more practical and effective measures in expanding the potential of domestic demand, activating market vitality, promoting coordinated development… and promoting high-level opening to the outside world.” # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Etla:_Finnish_economy_to_grow_“regrettably slowly”_in_coming_decades⠀⇛ PRODUCTIVITY in Finland will increase at an average annual rate of 1.1 per cent for the next two decades, forecasts Etla Economic Research. Economic and productivity growth could both exceed the forecast due to the positive effects of investments in the green transition and developments such as the recent accession to Nato and the re-shoring of manufacturing operations to Europe and the US. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Etla:_20_years_slow_growth_ahead_for_Finland⠀⇛ The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (Etla) pointed to Finland’s Nato membership, a stable business climate and a push to bring manufacturing back to the West may help counter Finland’s predicted slow growth. # ⚓ Axios ☛ The_next_president’s_$4_trillion_problem⠀⇛ Whoever is in the White House in 2025 will quickly face a series of legislative deadlines with impossible price tags: $3.6 trillion in tax cuts and $350 billion in Affordable_Care_Act subsidies are expiring — and that’s afterthe debt_limit will need to be addressed again. Why it matters:The deadlines could force political horse-trading of epic proportions. Alternatively, gridlock or alarm over the nation’s debt may lead to Americans seeing higher taxes and fewer benefits. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Labour_shortages,_high_costs_hitting manufacturing_hard⠀⇛ Workforce shortages continue to plague manufacturing businesses, even as the slowing economy and the influx of migrants take the edge off the competitive labour market. The monthly business survey by Westpac and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry released on Tuesday revealed ongoing tightness in the labour market. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Ish Sookun ☛ AFRINIC_Community_Discuss_list’s_broken moderation⠀⇛ On 24 June 2022, the former CEO of AFRINIC, Eddy Kayihura, announced a temporary moderation of the Community Discuss mailing list, mentioning the AFRINIC Code of Conduct issues. The temporary moderation lasted for three days. Then, on 27 June 2002, Eddy Kayihura sent an email to explain that because the mailing list was getting out control with members violing the Code of Conduct, the Community Discuss mailing list will be moderated until further notice. He mentioned that all emails will be archived on https:// lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss- unmoderated. Only emails that are approved by the moderators will be received by the recipients of the mailing list and the emails will be archived at https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/ community-discuss. Eddy Kayihura mentioned that the moderation will be carried out based on advice from the Governance Committee. There was no mentioned about the Board of Directors being involved in the decision to moderated the mailing list. It appeared solely the former CEO’s decision to do so. On 4 November 2022, Eddy Kayihura’s contract with AFRINIC expired and with the Board of Directors not having quorum, his contract could not be renewed. # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Indonesia_suspends_visa-free policy,_travellers_to_Bali_now_have_to_pay⠀⇛ The affected nations were previously counted in the group of 169 countries eligible for visa-free visits, as outlined in Presidential Regulation Number 21 of 2016, along with 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) nations. The only countries exempted from this rule are those 10 nations from the ASEAN, i.e. Brunei, Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Unlocking_economic_development_in_Latin America_and_the_Caribbean:_Five_opportunities_for_private- sector_leadership_and_partnership⠀⇛ To sustain the ongoing recovery against short-term headwinds and boost inclusive, productive, and sustainable development in the long term, governments cannot, and should not, act alone. In this context, the Atlantic Council is providing timelier-than-ever insights to highlight the critical role of the private sector in supporting growth and improving lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Cambodia_parliament_amends_election_law_to penalize_citizens_who_boycott_July_election⠀⇛ The National Assembly of Cambodia amended on Friday their election laws to impose criminal liability on citizens who disrupt the election in  July. Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia Samdech Krolahom Sar Kheng stated that the amendment stipulates individuals must vote in order to be eligible to run for office. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Pakistani_Army_Sacks_Officers_Over_Attacks_On Military_Bases_By_Imran_Khan_Supporters⠀⇛ Pakistan’s army has sacked three senior officers for failing to prevent violent attacks on military assets by supporter of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who were protesting his arrest, the army’s spokesman said on June 26. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Pakistan’s_Military_Fires_Top_Commanders Over_Imran_Khan_Protests⠀⇛ They were among 18 officers disciplined for their handling of protests by supporters of Imran Khan, a former prime minister, sending a message that support for him would not be tolerated in the ranks. # ⚓ Axios ☛ NBC_News_poll:_Kamala_Harris_hits_record_low_for_VP net_favorability⠀⇛ 49% of registered voters have a negative view of Vice President Kamala_Harris, compared to 32% with a positive view, per a new NBC News poll. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Add_Elon’s_Buddy_Larry_Ellison_To_The_Creditors List_Of_Those_That_Twitter_Is_Refusing_To_Pay⠀⇛ We already knew that Twitter had stopped paying its cloud computing bills from Google and Amazon as Elon continues his “pursuit of profitability” that he himself destroyed in Twitter (remember, Twitter was profitable in 16 of the previous 20 quarters before Elon took over at a much higher run rate, before Elon drove away somewhere around half of the advertising revenue of the company while simultaneously saddling it with massive debt). I may not be a massively successful business man, but I’m having trouble with the business logic of driving away half of revenue for no clear reason, while increasing the company’s expenses through unnecessary debt financing, combined with trying to make up the difference by breaching contracts left and right. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Twitter_Employees_Sue_Twitter_After_The_Bonuses They_Were_Promised_If_They_Stuck_Around_Were_Not_Given⠀⇛ Elon Musk sure has a way of fucking over anyone who trusts him. A bunch of current and former employees, including some who agreed to stick around at Twitter with the explicit promise that they would receive the bonuses they were owed, are suing Twitter saying that those bonuses were never given (story found via Jon Brodkin over at Ars). # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Sierra_Leone_Electoral_Commission_slow_to_publish polling_station_results_amid_electoral_tensions⠀⇛ The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) released partial election results Monday from the country’s national elections on Saturday. The results tallied a large lead by incumbent President Julius Maada Bio over his main challenger, Dr. Samura Kamara. Multiple election observers expressed concerns on Sunday about the integrity of Sierra Leone’s national elections. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Judge_Denies_Request_to_Seal_Witness_List in_Trump_Documents_Case⠀⇛ The order by Judge Aileen Cannon means the identities of some or all of the Justice Department’s 84 potential witnesses in the case against the former president could become public. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Ralph_Nader:_The_Surging_Arrogance_of Corporatism⠀⇛ By Ralph Nader / Nader.org Most heads of giant corporations are drunk with their own power. These corporate CEOs push the envelope in ways that harm defenseless people. They believe they can get away with anything, and they do, with few exceptions. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Federal_Judge_Blocks_South_Dakota_County’s Attempt_To_Silence_Ballot_Petitioners_The_Government_Doesn’t Like⠀⇛ Full disclosure time, Techdirt peeps! I am a resident of this state. And, as such, I am painfully familiar with the governor’s pro-Trump performativeness, as well as the state legislature’s general disdain for the people it serves. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ 5_Takeaways_From_the_Greek_Election⠀⇛ Voters seemed to embrace Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s approach to the economy and tough stance on migration, and were less concerned about revelations of spying on the opposition. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Why_Hundreds_Drowned_Off_the_Coast_of_Greece⠀⇛ The tragedy of the Adriana comes amid renewed anti- immigrant sentiment in Europe. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ ‘Not_up_to_govts_to_decide’:_Chinese Premier_Li_Qiang_dismisses_calls_for_de-risking⠀⇛ The remark at a World Economic Forum meeting came amid growing momentum in Europe to reduce dependency on China. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Chinese_Premier_Li_Meets_With_WTO_Director Okonjo-Iweala⠀⇛ “China stands ready to work with all parties to support multilateralism and free trade,” Li said. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Survey:_Nearly_half_in_Finland_think_new_government will_fall_before_term_is_up⠀⇛ A political science professor says the results show that people’s faith in the government’s longevity is not very strong. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Alternative_for_Germany_Party_Wins_Control of_a_District⠀⇛ The election victory was a breakthrough for the Alternative for Germany party: It gained a majority in a district, albeit a tiny one, and will have bureaucratic authority over it. # ⚓ Site36 ☛ Postings_in_right-wing_police_chat_groups_in Germany_often_go_without_prosecution⠀⇛ # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Toxic_ideas_online_are_spreading and_growing_through_the_use_of_irony,_analysis_shows⠀⇛ The study was carried out by Farhan Samanani, from University College London and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity; Susannah Crockford from the University of Exeter; Daniel M. Knight, from the University of St. Andrews; Craig Stensrud from the University of British Columbia; Girish Daswani from the University of Toronto; Marc Tuters, from the University of Amsterdam and visual artist Io Chaviara, from the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences of Athens. The research team examined the use of irony across varied groups, including Black American abolitionist literature; contemporary BlackLivesMatter activism in Ghana; the so-called alt-right; the veneration of the Greek socialist party PASOK; and the gun-loving, millenarian Boogaloo Bois. # ⚓ The Washington Post ☛ These_academics_studied falsehoods_spread_by_Trump._Now_the_GOP_wants answers.⠀⇛ The push caps years of pressure from conservative activists who have harangued such academics online and in person and filed open-records requests to obtain the correspondence of those working at public universities. The researchers who have been targeted study the online spread of disinformation, including falsehoods that have been accelerated by former president and candidate Donald Trump and other Republican politicians. Jordan has argued that content removals urged by some in the government have suppressed legitimate theories on vaccine risks and the covid-19 origins as well as news stories wrongly suspected of being part of foreign disinformation campaigns. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Republican_Rep._Jim_Jordan_Issues Sweeping_Information_Requests_to_Universities Researching_Disinformation⠀⇛ The letters are the latest effort by a House subcommittee set up in January to investigate how the federal government, working with social media companies, has allegedly been “weaponized” to silence conservative and right-wing voices. So far, the committee’s investigations have amplified a variety of dubious, outright false and highly misleading Republican grievances with law enforcement, many of them espoused by former President Donald Trump. Committee members have cited supposed abuses that include the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago, its investigations of Jan. 6 rioters and the Biden administration’s purported use of executive powers to shut down conservative viewpoints on social media. # ⚓ Esquire ☛ Rep._Jim_Jordan_Wants_Answers_On_Why Disinformation_Experts_Have_Been_Studying Disinformation⠀⇛ Yes, a committee of the United States House of Representatives is working in tandem with The Stupidest Man On The Internet (copyright Wonkette). That is where the Republican Party is today. It’s not only working the sewers, it’s setting up housekeeping there. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Don’t_Replace_News_Editors_With_AI⠀⇛ What’s more, editors maintain the quality of information delivered to the public by mitigating the propagation of biased viewpoints and limiting the spread of misinformation, which is particularly vital in the current digital age. AI is highly unreliable o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Battle_against_book_bans:_Librarians strategize_at_annual_conference⠀⇛ Book bans and how to fight them are a major focus of this year’s ALA conference. The conference is being held in Chicago. On June 12, Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law a bill that he says will make Illinois the first state in the nation to outlaw book bans. Illinois public libraries that restrict or ban materials because of “partisan or doctrinal” disapproval will be ineligible for state funding as of Jan. 1, 2024, when the new law goes into effect. “We are not saying that every book should be in every single library,” said Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, who is also the state librarian and was the driving force behind the legislation. “What this law does is it says, let’s trust our experience and education of our librarians to decide what books should be in circulation.” # ⚓ RFA ☛ Police_harassing_woman_who_danced_for_Tiananmen massacre_anniversary⠀⇛ Huang Zhihong, who goes by the username Poinsettia, is suffering from deteriorating mental health amid constant surveillance by police in the southern province of Guangdong, said her friend Wang Zhihua, who now lives in New York and who recently spoke with her via video call. In the video, Huang is dressed in black and performs a graceful “hand dance” to a mournful background track. A couple of times during the dance, her hands form the hand signals – often used by street vendors and in regular conversation – to denote the numbers 6 and 4, a reference to the date of the June 4, 1989, massacre of unarmed civilians by the People’s Liberation Army with machine guns and tanks. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Film_censorship_law_does_not_apply to_gov’t,_Hong_Kong_censor_says_after_police_publicity_movie shown_without_vetting⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s film censorship law does not apply to government screenings, the city’s censorship authority has said after local media reported that a police publicity film was screened at police headquarters despite not having gone through the official vetting process. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_pro-democracy_pirate_radio to_stop_broadcasting_after_founder_says_station_bank_account ‘locked’⠀⇛ “It has been difficult for the programme to invite guests in the face of the free-fall changes of the political situation, red lines, and perilous situation after the Umbrella and anti-extradition bill movements,” the post read. “Recently, [Citizens’ Radio’s] bank account was even ‘locked,’ and we can only afford rent until August, after that we could not continue.” # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Lawyer_Flees_Country_After_Her_Client,_An Anti-War_Activist,_Dies_In_Custody⠀⇛ Lawyer Irina Gak has left Russia for an unspecified country after her client, anti-war activist Anatoly Beryozikov, died while in custody, the OVD-Info rights group said on June 26. [...] # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Russia_Could_Unblock_Pirate_Sites_If_They Agree_to_Censor_Their_Catalogs⠀⇛ More than 16 months into a war the Kremlin anticipated would be over in roughly three days, authorities in Russia continue to come up with ‘innovative’ ideas to limit the severity of the damage inflicted on its own entertainment sector. The latest plan is to start unblocking thousands of pirate sites but only if they comply with a set of stringent conditions they already ignore. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Chris_Hedges_Report:_‘Twitter_Files’ Journalist_Matt_Taibbi_Claims_IRS_and_FBI_Retaliation⠀⇛ Ever since his ‘Twitter Files’ revelations exposed censorship collusion between social media giants and the FBI-led Foreign Influence Task Force, the journalist has found himself under IRS investigation. # ⚓ HRW_denounces_Turkey’s_bans_on_Pride_celebrations_as flagrant_human_rights_violation⠀⇛ Over 160 people have been detained during recent Pride parades as anti-LGBT rhetoric by officials surges. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Chinese_court_jails_prominent_government_critic_for 4½_years_after_secret_trial⠀⇛ Xie Wenfei is sentenced on public order charges after a long incommunicado detention # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_will_‘comply’_with_China’s patriotic_education_requirements_under_proposed_law,_leader John_Lee_says⠀⇛ Hong Kong will “comply” with mainland China’s “patriotic education law,” Chief Executive John Lee has said after a bill aimed at helping citizens enhance their sense of national identity was tabled to China’s legislature. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Former_1989_student_leader_kicked_out_of_Beijing, told_to_live_in_rural_birthplace⠀⇛ State security police warn Ji Feng’s friends not to meet with him # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_nat._security_police arrests_man_over_‘seditious’_pro-independence_messages_on social_media⠀⇛ Hong Kong national security police have arrested a 63-year-old man over alleged “seditious messages,” including calls for the city’s independence, on social media. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ National_Union_of_Journalists_membership down_21%_in_decade⠀⇛ The union’s most recent return, for 2022, puts it at 24,528 members, of whom 20,722 pay. 2020 was the only year during that decade in which total membership did not decrease. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ How_The_Philadelphia_Inquirer_hopes_to ‘bend_the_curve’_on_its_print_decline⠀⇛ The city paper committed a team of ten to a year of revamping its print infrastructure. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ International_journalist_group_raises_info_access issues_with_Baltic_states⠀⇛ International journalist group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published a new report which it says identifies loopholes and weakness in the law in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with regard to journalists’ access to official information. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Stand_News_trial:_Unnecessary_to prove_Hong_Kong_editors’_seditious_intent,_prosecution argues⠀⇛ Chung Pui-kuen, former chief editor of Stand News, and Patrick Lam, former acting editor of the outlet, stand accused of conspiring to publish seditious publications along with the outlet’s parent company, Best Pencil Limited. # ⚓ Turkey_dismisses_‘bribery_talks’_claims_surrounding President_Erdoğan’s_son⠀⇛ Reuters reported allegations of Bilal Erdoğan’s involvement in discussions regarding potential bribery with an international company. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ California’s_Journalism_Protection_Act_Is_An Unconstitutional_Clusterfuck_Of_Terrible_Lawmaking⠀⇛ The California legislature is competing with states like Florida and Texas to see who can pass laws that will be more devastating to the Internet. California’s latest entry into this Internet death- spiral is the California Journalism Protection Act (CJPA, AB 886). CJPA has passed the California Assembly and is pending in the California Senate. # ⚓ Journalist_Mehmet_Yetim_detained_following_coverage_of child_abuse⠀⇛ “What I have done is to practice my profession in order to protect the rights of an innocent child,” the journalist has said. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Vox ☛ The_woman_who_would_be_the_Cherokee_voice_in Congress⠀⇛ Cherokee people and their tribal government, Teehee believes, should have always had a seat at the table where these decisions were made: The very treaty that saw her ancestors forced off their lands almost 200 years ago also promised Cherokee people a non-voting delegate seat in the US House. Now, the Cherokee Nation and Teehee — who was appointed to the job by the tribe’s leaders — are mounting an aggressive campaign to see that promise fulfilled. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Searching_Tibetan_monasteries,_China_requires_monks to_renounce_ties_to_Dalai_Lama⠀⇛ The Dalai Lama is widely regarded by Chinese leaders as a separatist intent on splitting Tibet, a formerly independent nation that was invaded and incorporated into China by force in 1950, from Beijing’s control. The Dalai Lama, who now lives in exile in India, says only that he seeks a greater autonomy for Tibet as a part of China, with guaranteed protections for Tibet’s language, culture and religion. # ⚓ Gray Media Group ☛ Judge_rules_in_Summit’s_favor_to_survey private_land,_landowners_plan_to_appeal⠀⇛ Some landowners, however, are resisting the project due to threats of eminent domain being utilized. These landowners have argued that they have the right to deny Summit Carbon Solutions surveyors access to their property under both the South Dakota and U.S. constitutions. The basis of the argument is that a carbon pipeline is not a “common carrier” pipeline. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Amazon_Delivery_Drivers_Picket_Two California_Warehouses⠀⇛ A group of Amazon delivery drivers and dispatchers in Palmdale, California went on strike for a second time on Saturday to demand that Amazon recognize and bargain with their union. The picket lines then extended to a second Amazon warehouse in San Bernardino on Sunday, making this the first multi- day strike at an Amazon facility in the U.S., and the first such strike to extend its reach, according to a Teamsters spokesperson. # ⚓ ‘The_patriarchy_of_things’_in_women’s_prisons_in_Turkey⠀⇛ Çiğdem Mater makes a contribution to Rebekka Endler’s book, “The Patriarchy of Things: On a world unsuitable for women,” from the most populated women’s prison in Turkey. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Peg_Yorkin,_feminist_leader_and philanthropist,_dies_at_96⠀⇛ Peg Yorkin, who donated $10 million to the feminist foundation she co-founded and pushed to bring the most common method of abortion to the United States, has died. Yorkin died Sunday night after a long illness, her daughter Nicole Yorkin said. Peg Yorkin was 96. Yorkin was chair of the Feminist Majority Foundation, an organization she founded with Eleanor Smeal in 1987. The national group is dedicated to women’s equality, reproductive health and non-violence. In 1991, Yorkin gave $10 million to the foundation, with millions of it earmarked toward efforts to bring the French abortion pill mifepristone into the U.S. She also worked to get more women elected to state legislatures and Congress. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ One_Year_After_Dobbs,_Abortion_Access Dangerously_Limited_as_Support_for_Abortion_Spikes Nationwide⠀⇛ Saturday marked the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that saw the conservative majority overturn Roe v. Wade and end the federal right to abortion. Abortion rights activists rallied in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere across the country to demand access to reproductive healthcare. In the year since the ruling, more than a dozen states have passed new abortion bans, and about 25 million women of childbearing age now live under tighter restrictions than before the court intervened. However, thanks to grassroots organizing efforts and underground abortion networks, “Abortions are still happening in every state in the country every day,” says Amy Littlefield, abortion access correspondent for The Nation. Littlefield discusses how abortion activists are working to continue providing care, as well as what to expect from the anti-abortion movement as it seeks to further restrict reproductive rights. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Without_Apology:_Abortion_in_Literature⠀⇛ In 1994, when I was 10, my most reliable babysitter—a hexagonal television set with two antennae—introduced me to the concept of abortion. My cousins and I sat on the couch—our legs, clammy in the Miami heat, stuck to the plastic-covered furniture. There we watched the 1987 film Dirty Dancing. Even then, I understood the 1960s American class markers: the summer holiday resort, the pleasant cabins around a pristine lake, the employees serving the wealthy guests. But the scene I remember most was when Penny, a dance instructor, sat on the kitchen floor at night in tears and realized she had gotten into “trouble.”1 “Trouble for what?” I wondered. My older cousins explained: Penny was pregnant, and an unplanned birth was the worst tragedy. It might have been less of a problem for the wealthy guests, but for someone like Penny, it could be life-threatening. The film is set in 1963, a decade before Roe v. Wade. Penny can’t afford to terminate the pregnancy or hold Robbie, the womanizer from Yale who impregnated her, accountable. She has to rely on the goodwill of her childhood friend and coworker, Johnny Castle, and a guest, Frances. Penny finally gets an abortion, but viewers learn that the doctor botched the procedure, and she barely survives.2 # ⚓ ACLU ☛ It_Took_Me_12_Years_to_Get_Out_of_My Conservatorship._Now_I’m_Finally_Free.⠀⇛ My name is Marie Bergum. When I turned 18, my dad and stepmom got a guardianship over me. I didn’t want to have a guardianship, I wanted to keep learning and making my own choices. But my parents said that because I have an intellectual disability, I had to be in a guardianship, or a conservatorship as it’s called in California. The court agreed, and took away my rights. In the guardianship, I couldn’t make my own choices. My guardians stopped me from doing a lot of things I wanted. It was like being behind bars. I felt trapped. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Philippine_police_rescue_over_1,000 alleged_trafficking_victims,_including_Singaporeans⠀⇛ The alleged victims had accepted jobs posted on Facebook to work as “assistants in online gaming”. # ⚓ Earthquake-hit_municipality_faces_backlash_over_shelter removal_decision⠀⇛ A mayor in the southern province of Hatay clarified that an official letter declaring makeshift tents, containers, and prefabricated structures in public spaces illegal is not as strict as it seems. # ⚓ Journalist_Merdan_Yanardağ_detained_after_criticizing confinement_of_PKK_leader⠀⇛ Shortly before his detention, the journalist told bianet that “I did not praise Öcalan but cricitized the AKP’s hypocrisy.” # ⚓ Unable_to_visit_son_in_prison_for_five_years⠀⇛ Convicted to 11 years and 9 months of imprisonment, Zennure Şahinkaya’s son should have been released on probation in October 2022. His right was denied on grounds of disciplinary punishment, and he cannot continue his graduate or postgraduate studies that he is entitled to. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Maine_dispatch:_advocates_for_migrant_workers_on dairy_farms_rally_for_rights⠀⇛ JURIST staffer Pitasanna Shanmugathas attended the rally described in this dispatch. On Saturday, over 100 individuals assembled in Portland, Maine, to show their solidarity with the rights of migrant workers. The Milk with Dignity campaign, advocating for farm workers in New England, called upon Hannaford Supermarkets, an American retail chain, to take action. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_real_impact_of_Joe_Biden’s_$42_billion broadband_fund_will_come_in_2026⠀⇛ Washington’s response began in 2021, when Congress approved more than $42 billion in grants for states to expand high-speed internet to areas without access, as part of $65 billion in broadband spending. Two years later, president Joe Biden’s administration has announced funding for the project. “High-speed internet is no longer a luxury—it is necessary for Americans to do their jobs, to participate equally in school, access health care, and to stay connected with family and friends,” the White House said in a press statement on Monday (June 26). # ⚓ [Old] BuzzFeed Inc ☛ The_Book_Of_Broken_Promises:_$400 Billion_Broadband_Scandal_And_Free_The_Net⠀⇛ By the end of 2014, America will have been charged about $400 billion by the local phone incumbents, Verizon, AT&T and CenturyLink, for a fiber optic future that never showed up. And though it varies by state, counting the taxes, fees and surcharges that you have paid every month (many of these fees are actually revenues to the company or taxes on the company that you paid), it comes to about $4000-$5000.00 per household from 1992-2014, and that’s the low number. You were also charged about nine times to wire the schools and libraries via state and federal plans designed to help the phone and cable companies. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ amaysim_says_no_changes_to_plan_prices,_5G_access at_no_extra_cost⠀⇛ amaysim chief Renee Garner said: “At amaysim we strive to provide affordable mobile freedom to our customers. Given the current economic climate, we are thrilled to be able to bring even more value to our customers by way of fast 5G and the elevated experience benefits of this latest network tech. “Most 5G market offerings are currently out of reach for many Aussies because they come with a premium price tag. We’ve ditched that constraint by offering exceptional 5G network access on our Unlimited plans $30 and above, at no extra cost. “As always our customers are our number one priority and 5G access is just another reason why we think every Aussie should make a break for amaysim and take advantage of affordable mobile plans with generous data inclusions and a whole lot of customer love.” # ⚓ RTE ☛ Statement_from_the_Board_of_RTÉ⠀⇛ “We acknowledge receipt this morning of correspondence from Dee Forbes confirming her resignation as Director General with immediate effect. We note the contents of her accompanying statement. Representatives of the RTÉ Board and Executive will be attending the Joint Oireachtas Committee and Public Accounts Committee this week.” # ⚓ RTE ☛ Statement_by_the_RTÉ_Board_–_June_26,_2023⠀⇛ RTÉ is acutely aware that the issues that were communicated by the RTÉ Board in its statement last Thursday have raised profound questions. The public, public representatives and RTÉ staff want to know what happened, how it happened and who is accountable. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ White_House_Declares_Broadband_an_Essential Utility,_Pledges_to_End_Digital_Divide_by_2030⠀⇛ During a White House event on Monday, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris provided important details about the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, a $42.5-billion federal-funding initiative in support of affordable high-speed internet access. The BEAD program, administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in the Department of Commerce, is designed to fund deployment of robust broadband infrastructure in largely rural areas of the country that don’t have adequate high-speed internet service. # ⚓ RIPE ☛ Unveiling_the_RIPE_NCC’s_Quarterly_Progress_and Insight_Reports⠀⇛ I have been working on developing a framework for my quarterly update series. The objective of this series is to provide valuable insights to our community, ensuring they are well-informed about our activities, progress, and decision-making processes. Through these reports, we aim to foster transparency, engagement, and continuous improvement. Here’s a brief overview of what you can expect from each report. # ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Telecel_now_down_to_0.5%_voice_market_share, likely_making_41c/user/month⠀⇛ Telecel lives, miraculously, and today we get to peek into its inner workings and see how it is staving off death. It’s been years since we last saw positive news regarding the smallest mobile network operator in the country and yet it still stands. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ U.S._to_Invest_$42_Billion_in_Universal Internet_Access⠀⇛ President Biden announced plans to spend $42 billion on the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program by 2030. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ US_Broadband_Monopolies_Once_Again_Push_Idea That_Tech_Giants_Should_Pay_Them_Billions_For_No_Reason⠀⇛ We’ve noted several times how European telecom giants have somehow convinced European policymakers that technology giants like Netflix and Google should annually give them billions of dollars… for no coherent reason. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ State_of_DNS_rebinding_in_2023⠀⇛ Guest Post: How to mitigate and prevent DNS rebinding attacks. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Netflix_Tests_Killing_Off_Its_‘Basic’ Subscription⠀⇛ Netflix announced that Canadian users will no longer have access to its cheapest streaming subscription tier that doesn’t include ads. Netflix’s help page now notes Canadians looking to get Netflix or switch plans will no longer have access to the $9.99 Basic option. Their choices now are to accept ads into their Netflix and chill sessions, or they can pay an extra $6.50 per month. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Sony_Hurts_Its_Case_Against_Microsoft_Part_1:_No Next-Gen_Console_Information_For_Activision⠀⇛ The saga of Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard continues. The two biggest remaining hurdles over which Microsoft has to jump to get the deal over the finish line at this point are in the UK with the CMA and in America with the FTC. While Microsoft appeals the CMA’s refusal to allow the deal to move forward, the FTC’s suit is just getting started. We’re just starting to see the content of depositions and hearings at this point and two pretty significant developments have come out of them, neither of them being a particularly good look for Sony. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Amazon_to_start_using_bodegas,_small_businesses_to deliver_packages⠀⇛ Amazon plans to tap thousands of U.S. small businesses, from bodegas to florists, to deliver its packages by the end of the year, Axios is first to report. Driving the news:Amazon on Monday will start actively recruiting existing small businesses in 23 states including Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, and Washington. # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Legal_action_against_Amazon⠀⇛ In late 2022, I posted that I canceled my Amazon account: https://bkhome.org/news/202210/have-cancelled- amazon-account.html I had an awful experience, getting signed up with Prime membership without realizing, and then unable to cancel it. Well, it turns out that I am not the only one experiencing that difficulty with Prime: [...] # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ What_is_in_the_Final Rejections:_Eligibility⠀⇛ Though there have been some improvements, initial office actions regularly require a fair amount clean-up and fine-tuning. This process often includes rectifying typographical errors and clarifying loose claim language. It’s also common for the examiner to misconstrue aspects of the invention.  However, by the time the final rejection stage is reached, these issues are usually addressed, and the lines of difference are more clearly drawn.  So, for my study here, I decided to look solely at final office actions and ask the question of what percentage of these involve eligibility rejections. # ⚓ JUVE ☛ UPC_Administrative_Committee_approves_Milan for_third_central_division [Ed: JUVE is a sponsored propaganda outlet of Team UPC, gleefully cheering crimes and illegal agenda again]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Advancing_quality_through_dialogue [Ed: No, EPO actively assaults not only patent quality but also legality and validity. Any day that the EU does not crack down on the EPO's crime is a growing impending cost to the EU. EPO is, at this stage, basically organised crime.]⠀⇛ Meetings with stakeholders touch upon quality, digital transformation and the Unitary Patent # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Unified_Submits_Comments_on_ANPRM That_Would_Restrict_PTAB_Access_and_Promote_NPE Litigation⠀⇛ On June 20, 2023, Unified Patents submitted its comments to the USPTO’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPRM”) regarding proposed changes to PTAB practice. # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog_Test:_Is_BILT_Confusable_With BUILT_TO_INSPIRE_for_Non-metal_Mailboxes?⠀⇛ The USPTO refused to register the mark BILT for “non-metal mailboxes, excluding office products,” finding confusion likely with the registered mark BUILT TO INSPIRE for, inter alia, “non-metal mailboxes.” Because the goods overlap, a lesser degree of similarity between the marks is necessary to support a Section 2(d) refusal. But what about the marks? Applicant argued that the term “built” is a weak formative, and further that the marks differ in appearance, sound, connotation, and commercial impression. How do you think this came out? In_re Architectural_Mailboxes,_LLC, Serial No. 90581763 (June 23, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Jonathan Hudis). # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Streaming_Fraud_Is_a_Serious Problem_—_Distributor_Too_Lost_Wants_to_Stamp_It_Out With_Strict_Identity_Verification⠀⇛ With multiple verification checkpoints and information requirements throughout the platform, Too Lost has deployed AI-powered Veriff, a state-of-the-art KYC compliance technology, for identity verification. The move aims to safeguard labels and artists from streaming fraud— potentially putting an end to the rampant industry-wide problem. # ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ The_Law_Bytes_Podcast,_Episode_172: Marc_Edge_on_Bill_C-18_and_the_Postmedia_Effect⠀⇛ Bill C-18 passed the House and Senate and received royal assent last week, leading Meta to confirm that it will be blocking news sharing on its Facebook and Instagram platforms given the economic costs and uncertainty with the law. Meanwhile Google is reportedly in discussions with the government about whether regulations might be crafted in a way to avoid a similar outcome. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Z-Library_Releases_Tor-Enabled Desktop_Launcher_to_Improve_‘Accessibility’⠀⇛ Pirate ebook repository Z-Library has released a dedicated desktop application that should make it easier to access the site going forward. The service is at the center of a criminal crackdown and has lost hundreds of domain names, which in part triggered the development of this new software. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Supreme_Court_Refuses_to_Hear Genius’_‘Stolen_Lyrics’_Case_Against_Google_and LyricFind⠀⇛ About 16 months after an appellate court ruled in favor of Google and lyrics platform LyricFind as part of a lawsuit levied by competing lyrics database Genius, the Supreme Court has refused a request to hear the case. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 6461 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.27.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_27/06/2023:_Graphics_Work_and_Face-Saving_Red_Bait_(IBM)_Spin⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 2:14 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Kernel_Space o Graphics_Stack o Instructionals/Technical * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Open_Hardware/Modding * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Programming/Development # Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh * Leftovers o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Linux_Kernel_6.4_Released:_Embracing_Apple_M2, New_Hardware,_and_More_Rust_Code⠀⇛ Another Linux Kernel release is here! This comes just months after the release of Linux Kernel 6.3, right on schedule. This release offers many improvements, such as initial Apple M2 silicon support, storage enhancements, better sensor monitoring, and more. Even though this is not a major upgrade for regular users, it caters to a specific group of users who want to take advantage of the better hardware/ software support on offer. o § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Open-Source_NVIDIA_Vulkan_Driver_NVK_Now Supports_Older_GPUs,_New_Extensions⠀⇛ Development on NVK kicked off almost nine months ago and it looks like the open-source NVIDIA Vulkan driver is getting more mature and in a pretty decent state for Linux gaming. Since then, NVK gained support for older, pre- Turing NVIDIA graphics cards from the Maxwell and Kepler series, support for geometry, tessellation, and transform feedback to support modern video games, as well as better support for the DXVK Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10, and D3D11 for Linux / Wine. # ⚓ Tomeu_Vizoso:_Etnaviv_NPU_update_3:_Deeper_into_the convolution_units⠀⇛ What two weeks! § Programming of the convolution units Taking from where I left at the last_update, I made progress in understanding the format of the buffer that contains the weights and biases. The bit of knowledge that made a difference was realising that the format is optimized so that each NN core can efficiently access the portion of it that it needs, without having to do any parsing or decoding. Knowing that also helped in guessing what some fields in the parameter structure are for. With that, I  was able to correctly run a convolution on a small matrix with arbitrary weights and biases. The biggest roadblock in this area currently is understanding how I need to program the output unit in the NN so the output data is in the desired scale. There are a series of fields that influence how the output values are processed before being placed in the output buffer, and I don’t really know how they work yet. They are called post_shift and post_mult and the first correlates moderately (r=0.78) to the quantization scale of the output. I know that the post_shift field does what it says, to the right, but to understand what value I need in each situation I feel I need to understand better how the hardware works and what could be the initial values at the end of the convolution and before the output unit. I will be reading a bunch of research papers about NN-accelerating silicon in the summer. That said, replacing the OpenCL kernels in TensorFlow Lite’s GPU delegate that do convolutions with the fixed units turned out to be a worse idea than I initially thought. This is because that delegate is completely oriented towards float-first hardware such as GPUs and this accelerator is integer only. A consequence of this is that TFLite inserts a dequantize operation at the start of the graph and a quantize at the end, to match the desired intput and output formats of a fully quantized model while feeding floats to the GPU. We need integers, so would be having to quantize after TFLite’s dequantization and vice versa. Also, the other operations in the graph expect floats as well… This is certainly the wrong path to take for performance in a bandwidth-constrained device as all embedded boards are, so I had to go back to the drawing board. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Installing_Google_Chrome_on_Ubuntu:_A_Comprehensive_Guide⠀⇛ Ubuntu is a popular operating system used by millions of users across the world. While it comes with a pre-installed web browser, many users prefer using Google Chrome for its speed, security, and functionality. In this article, we will discuss how to Install Google Chrome on Ubuntu. # ⚓ Beebom ☛ How_to_Find_Large_Files_in_Linux_|_Beebom⠀⇛ One of the most common problems we all face with our systems is identifying large files that take up precious disk space. Whether you are a seasoned Linux user or a beginner, efficiently managing disk space is a necessary skill everyone should know. In this article, we will discuss different methods to find large files in your Linux system to help you recover valuable disk space. # ⚓ How_to_Add_Borders_in_LibreOffice_and_OpenOffice_Writer⠀⇛ Borders in a document can improve your document’s readability and overall aesthetics. It applies to both online and physical printed documents. LibreOffice and OpenOffice Writer provide simple tools for adding borders to various elements within your documents. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ Forbes ☛ Patch_Work,_SUSE_Stitches_Tighter_Digital Infrastructure_Threads⠀⇛ Technology has layers. A lot like the ogre’s onion analogy in Shrek, technology comes in layers because we have an upper front-end user interface layer, a middleware connectivity layer and a lower substrate back-end, all of which must function in beautiful harmony if we are to enjoy apps the way we want them. We can classify technology stacks into tiers that extend beyond those three basic forms, but you get the point i.e. the modern digital stack is a fabric of interlaced services, functions, computing resources and threads. It’s not hard to extend the fabric analogy further, when we need to fix tears, breaks, misconfigurations and frailties in our IT systems today, we talk about ‘patching’ with application code designed to remediate, update and obviate the risk of an IT service becoming further degraded, less function or (at worst) compromized from a security perspective. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Red_Hat’s_commitment_to_open_source:_A response_to_the_git.centos.org_changes⠀⇛ I spent a lot of time walking this weekend thinking about the reaction from our industry to my last blog post. We’ve been called evil; I was called an IBM exec who was installed to turn Red Hat closed source — and that’s only the “nice” stuff. So let’s clear things up. # ⚓ Slashdot ☛ Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_Sources_Will_Now_Be Available_To_Paying_Customers_Only_–_Slashdot⠀⇛ “CentOS Stream will now be the sole repository for public RHEL-related source code releases…” Red Hat posted this week on its blog, arguing that “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.” Long-time Slashdot reader slack_justyb notes this means patches and changes will now hit CentOS Stream before actually hitting RHEL, which “will make it difficult for other distributions such as Alma Linux, Rocky Linux, and Oracle Linux to provide assured binary compatibility as their only source now will be ahead of what RHEL is actually using.” # ⚓ Web Pro News ☛ AlmaLinux_Responds_to_Red_Hat_Going_Closed- Source⠀⇛ AlmaLinux has weighed in on Red Hat’s controversial decision to restrict access to its source code, saying the community distro will need to come up with “a new solution.” Red Hat riled the Linux community with news that it would restrict access to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) source code to paying customers. The news immediately cast doubt on Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux, two community enterprise distros that offer 1:1 compatibility with RHEL. Rocky Linux quickly posted a message reassuring users that everything would continue on and that customers would not be impacted by Red Hat’s change. AlmaLinux has similarly weighed in, although the organization is taking a measured approach. Writing for the AlmaLinux OS Foundation, Board Chair benny Vasquez highlighted what many others have noted, namely that the RHEL license appears to prohibit “re-publishing sources acquired through the customer portal,” likely eliminating the possibility of simply acquiring an RHEL license and using it to maintain AlmaLinux. # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Red_Hat_Boosts_Free_Developers_Subscription_to 240_Systems⠀⇛ Red Hat has quietly expanded the number of entitlements in the Developer Subscription for Individuals program from 16 to 240. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Individual Developer Subscription is an initiative launched by Red Hat in February 2021, two months after the company discontinued the existence of CentOS. The goal is clear – to give CentOS users a free alternative to migrate their systems to RHEL. After signing up in the Red Hat Customer Portal, the program allows you to freely download, install, and register Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Then you can freely use it and receive updates for it. # ⚓ LWN ☛ McGrath:_Red_Hat’s_commitment_to_open_source⠀⇛ Red Hat’s Mike McGrath responds to the many criticisms aimed at the company since it changed its policy regarding RHEL source code. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Project_Cottonwood_SBC_Promises_Double Raspberry_Pi_4′s_Performance⠀⇛ Libre Computer teases a new board designed to beat the highest-end Raspberry Pi. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Pico_Tamagotchi_is_The Perfect_Virtual_Pal⠀⇛ Kevin McAleer has programmed a Tamagotchi-like project called the Picotamachibi that uses the Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Libreboot_Open-Source_BIOS/UEFI_Replacement_Gets Support_for_New_Hardware⠀⇛ After almost a year of hard work, Libreboot 20230625 is out now as a hefty update that introduces support for new mainboards for both laptops and desktops, including HP EliteBook 2570p, HP 8300 USDT, and Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L, which was removed from previous Libreboot versions. While the devs are still working on improving hardware support, Libreboot currently works well on Acer G43T-AM3, Apple iMac 5,2, Intel D510MO and D410PT desktop motherboards, as well as on Apple MacBook1,1 and MacBook2,1, Dell Latitude E6400, HP EliteBook 2560p, and HP EliteBook Folio 9470m. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Jungle ☛ Making_Git_Part_of_Your_Modernization Strategy⠀⇛ Maybe the most important part of your IBM i modernization strategy should be modernizing the tools you are using to develop and maintain your applications. Most of the application development world has moved to tools centered around using Git for version control. There is no reason IBM i developers cannot do the same thing. IBM is solidly behind this strategy with their new Merlin product and most of the change management vendors have some kind of Git integration. # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Creating_Progress_Bar_in_Bash⠀⇛ As a system administrator, developer, or tech enthusiast, you will often find yourself interacting with Bash or another Unix shell. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Using_Pipe_(|)_Operator_in_Bash⠀⇛ Bash scripting is an integral part of managing and working on Unix-like systems, and the pipe operator (|) is an incredibly powerful tool in the Bash scripting toolkit. Despite its simple appearance, it’s a cornerstone of efficient command line operations, streamlining processes and enabling complex data manipulation. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ International_Center_for_9/11_Justice_releases trailer_for_‘Peace,_War_and_9/11’⠀⇛ We at the International Center for 9/11 Justice are thrilled to announce the release of the official trailer for Peace, War and 9/11. o ⚓ Major Hayden ☛ Engineering_through_layoffs⠀⇛ Layoffs create traumatic times for many. Find ways to break through the frustration and pain. For those that stay, your ability to influence the business can grow. 🪴 [...] In my experience, some of the decisions are made based on data that you can’t see at a publicly traded company. Sometimes a company sheds employees simply because everyone in their market sector is doing it and they’re looking for a temporary bump in the stock price. And then there are those situations where a company chooses to end a product line or project. These decisions are often made at a high level within the company and done in such a way to avoid any type of employment-related lawsuits. That brings me to my next topic. o ⚓ Axios ☛ Titanic_sub_tragedy_stokes_fears_for_space_tourism⠀⇛ The catastrophic_implosion of a submersible near the wreckage of the Titanic is a sobering moment for another extreme and risky tourism industry: private human spaceflight. Why it matters: It’s not a matter of if, but when a deadly accident will rock the commercial human spaceflight industry, experts say. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Flying_Submarine_Documentary_Is_A_Story_Of_Defied Assumptions⠀⇛ Donald Reid had a passion for applying himself to challenging problems, and in many ways his life’s work was that of developing a prototype submersible aircraft — or flying submarine — for which his son Bruce was a test pilot. [Jesse Moody] brought to our attention a fantastic documentary he created (with a short teaser trailer here) in which he interviews Bruce, and in the process teaches us all about a story that spanned decades and formed an important part of aviation history. Bruce experienced his share of hair-raising moments while testing the craft, but still has all of his fingers and limbs. Still, in his own words, “you wouldn’t be doing that kind of testing today!” o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ World_Bank:_110_Mln_USD_Loan_to_Enhance Philippines_Education⠀⇛ “…the program will concentrate on enhancing literacy, numeracy, and socio-emotional skills…” o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ An_Interview_With_Adam_Smith_(No,_Not_That_One)⠀⇛ The so-called father of capitalism was not available for comment, so we talked to another economist, Adam C. Smith. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Gadgets_and_Gizmos_That_Inspired_Adam_Smith⠀⇛ Smith appreciated the beauty and allure of intricate systems. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Automate_Away_The_Drudgery_Of_CNC Manufacturing⠀⇛ One of the keys to making money with manufacturing is to find something that you can make a lot of. Most small manufacturers have one or two “bread and butter” items that can be cranked out in quantity, which of course has a quality all its own. The problem with that approach, though, is that it runs the risk of being boring. And what better way to avoid that than by automating your high-volume job, with something like this automated  CNC work cell? # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_More_Conspicuous_Computer_Assistant⠀⇛ Back in the last century, especially in the ’40s to the ’60s, one of the major home decor trends was to install various home appliances, like the television or stereo, into its own piece of furniture. These were usually bulky, awkward, and incredibly heavy. And, since real life inspires art, most of the futuristic sci-fi technology we saw in movies and TV of the time was similarly conspicuous and physical. Not so with modern technology, though, where the trend now is to hide it out of the way and forget it exists. But [dermbrian] wanted some of his modern technology to have some of the mid-century visibility aesthetic so he made some modifications to his Amazon Echo. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hydrogels_For_Bioelectronic_Interfaces⠀⇛ Interfacing biological and electrical systems has traditionally been done with metal electrodes, but something flexible can be more biocompatible. One possible option is 3D-printed bioelectric hydrogels. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia_among_EU_leaders_in_some_areas_of_organic farming⠀⇛ The area used for organic agricultural production in the EU continues to increase, according to Eurostat data published June 22. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ No_more_needles?_A_daily_pill_may work_as_well_as_Wegovy_shots_to_treat_obesity⠀⇛ Losing significant amounts of weight may soon be as easy as taking a daily pill. New research released Sunday shows high-dose oral versions of the medication in the blockbuster drugs Ozepmic and Wegovy may work as well as the popular injections — even in hard-to-treat people with diabetes. Drugmaker Novo Nordisk said it intends to seek approval for a weight-loss pill in the U.S. later this year. The company didn’t say how much the new pills would cost or how widely available they’ll be. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ No_toxic_gases_detected_after_train carrying_hazardous_material_plunged_into_Yellowstone_River⠀⇛ Crews are testing the water and air quality along a stretch of the Yellowstone River where train cars carrying hazardous materials fell into the waterway following a bridge collapse. Seven cars carrying hot asphalt and molten sulfur fell into the rushing river Saturday morning in a rural area near the town of Columbus. The extent of the danger posed to the river isn’t known, but a spokesperson for the train’s operator, Montana Rail Link, says modeling suggests that the substances aren’t likely to move very far downstream. The Environmental Protection Agency says toxic gases haven’t been detected in the air. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_strawberries_predicted_to_be_pricey_this year⠀⇛ Strawberry growers picked the first harvest right before Midsummer. This is much later than last year, when strawberries grown in open areas could be purchased by the beginning of June. Strawberry yields will be lower and prices higher than last year, Latvian Radio reported on June 26. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Train_Loaded_With_Toxic_Chemicals_Falls_Into_a River_in_Montana⠀⇛ Initial assessment indicates compromised rail cars contained molten sulfur and asphalt. Both substances solidify rapidly when exposed to cooler temperatures. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ It’s_Abortion,_Stupid⠀⇛ Buoyed by the midterms, Democrats believe reproductive rights remain one of the most powerful campaign weapons in their arsenal. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Indonesia_police_probe_drug_regulators over_cough_syrup⠀⇛ >No one at BPOM has been accused of wrongdoing. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Vast_Lake_Has_Captivated_California Where_Farms_Stood_a_Year_Ago⠀⇛ Tulare Lake re-emerged after intense storms battered the state this winter, and will likely remain in the Central Valley for months — and maybe years — to come. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_NYC,_Some_People_Forced_Into Psychiatric_Wards_Find_Homes⠀⇛ A contentious New York City policy to send more mentally ill homeless people to hospitals has helped some move into permanent homes. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Big_Dairy_Is_Milking_California_Dry⠀⇛ A Small Town Fights Back Against Dairy Expansion. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Monday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (bind9 and owslib), Fedora (dav1d, dotnet6.0, dotnet7.0, mingw-dbus, vim, and wabt), and SUSE (cloud-init and golang-github-vpenso- prometheus_slurm_exporter). # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Artists,_Venues_Join_Growing Call_to_Ban_Facial_Recognition_at_Shows⠀⇛ Over 100 artists and 25 venues have joined a pledge to ban facial recognition at their shows and concerts.  o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ WaPo’s_First_Amendment_Blindness:_When Exploiting_a_Media_Figure’s_Phone_Gets_Reported_as “Cautious”⠀⇛ Among the investigative steps WaPo treated as “cautious” in its 8,000 word story purporting to describe the January 6 investigation was the arrest of Owen Shroyer and the exploitation of his phone. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Death_and_Displacement_Return_to_Darfur⠀⇛ The violent conflict in Sudan is expanding quickly. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Seymour_Hersh:_The_Book_I_Never_Gave_Dan Ellsberg⠀⇛ On Stephen Wright’s Vietnam War novel ‘Meditations in Green’ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Islamic_State_Claims_Killing_Of_Sikh_Man_In Pakistan’s_Northwest⠀⇛ Gunmen shot and killed a member of Pakistan’s minority Sikh community in an overnight attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar, police said on June 25. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Local_dealers_decry_influx_of_illegal_Chinese_traders to_Myanmar_jade_town⠀⇛ Chinese are overtaking the market in Kachin state, driving some out of business # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Armenian_Foreign_Minister_Departs_For_Washington For_Talks_With_Azerbaijani_Counterpart⠀⇛ Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on June 25 departed for Washington, where he will meet with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Jeyhun Bayramo, to discuss bilateral relations that will likely focus on the Armenian-backed breakaway region of Nagorno- Karabakh. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ New_Fire_Breaks_Out_At_Gebrev_Arms_Depot_In_Eastern Bulgaria⠀⇛ A new, powerful fire broke out in a storage room at Bulgarian arms dealer Emilian Gebrev’s EMCO arms company in Karnobat, eastern Bulgaria, the manufacturer told RFE/RL on June 25. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Sudan_Welcomes_UN_Rights_Chief_Condemning Paramilitary_Forces⠀⇛ The country has been the scene of deadly armed clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the RSF since April 15. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ 13_trips_in_first_year:_President Marcos’_world_tour⠀⇛ Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has travelled to 10 countries within his first year in office. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Looming_showdown?_Proxy_war_exposes cracks_in_Marcos-Duterte_alliance [Ed: Corrupt dictators, corrupt families. What an embarrassment.]⠀⇛ President Marcos’ strongest ally Sara Duterte could also be the biggest threat to his presidency. # § War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ The_beginning_of_the_end_for Putin?⠀⇛ Danish physicist Nils Bohr once said, ‘Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.’ The insurrection launched by Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin on Saturday lasted a little over 24 hours. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Vilnius_urges_beefed_up_NATO_if_Prigozhin_in Belarus⠀⇛ On Sunday, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda warned that if Belarus is to host Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, then NATO must strengthen its eastern flank. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_hopes_US_troops_will_stay_permanently –_foreign_minister⠀⇛ Vilnius hopes that US troops will remain permanently in the country, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Friday after meeting with a delegation of US senators visiting Lithuania. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Vilnius_Urges_Beefed-Up_NATO_If_Prigozhin_In Belarus⠀⇛ Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on June 25 warned that if Belarus is to host Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, then NATO must strengthen its eastern flank. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Moscow_authorities_lift_counterterrorism restrictions_imposed_during_Wagner_Group_rebellion_— Meduza⠀⇛ The “counterterrorism operation regime” that was declared in Moscow and the Moscow region in response to Yevgeny Prigozhin’s revolt on June 24 has reportedly been lifted. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Tērbatas_Street_in_Rīga_to_get_‘green infrastructure’⠀⇛ In Rīga, Tērbatas Street, it is planned to install and try out green infrastructure solutions – covering walls and roofs with various plants, as well as setting up rain gardens to allow people to cool off during the hot summer days, Latvian Television reported on June 25. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_Texas,_Heat_That_Can_Make_You_Faint⠀⇛ Soaring temperatures above 100 degrees are expected to linger across much of the state well into the coming week. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ HS:_Finnish_government_set_to_cut_income tax_especially_for_high-income_earners⠀⇛ THE ADJUSTMENTS to income taxation set forth in the government programme will result in the greatest cuts for high-income earners, indicate a provisional_calculation made for Helsingin Sanomat by Mikael Kirkko-Jaakkola, the chief economist at the Taxpayers’ Association of Finland. The calculation is based on not only the measures laid out in the government programme but also the underlying data published by the Ministry of Finance. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ House,_Senate_committees_approve 2024_NDAA,_including_5.2%_pay_raise⠀⇛ The House and Senate Armed Services Committees each finished their work on their respective versions of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act last week. Both bills include a 5.2% military pay raise, the largest since 2002. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ International_financial_crime_watchdog_adds Croatia,_Cameroon,_and_Vietnam_to_watch_list⠀⇛ The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decided it its third regular plenary meeting on Friday to add Croatia to its “grey list,” along with Cameroon and Vietnam. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ 56-year-old_‘gaokao_holdout’_fails_to make_the_cut_for_27th_time⠀⇛ Mr Liang Shi, a self-made millionaire, hopes to earn a place at top-tier Sichuan University. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ruble_hits_15-month_low_against_dollar_after Wagner_Group_revolt_—_Meduza⠀⇛ When the Moscow Exchange opened on Monday morning, the value of the ruble fell to 87 against the dollar for the first time since March 29, 2022, and the exchange rate with the euro hit 95 rubles. # ⚓ Forbes ☛ 2023_Layoff_Tracker:_KPMG,_Goldman_Sachs Reportedly_Cutting_Hundreds⠀⇛ Goldman Sachs is reportedly slashing 125 managing directors in the firm’s latest round of job cuts over the past 12 months, while big-four accounting firm KPMG laid out plans to slash 5% of its workforce, making them the latest major U.S. companies to conduct layoffs this year, following major cuts this month at Ford, Uber, Oracle, Grubhub and Spotify (see Forbes’ layoff tracker from the first quarter here). o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_reinstates_ban_on_research_funding_for_projects in_Israel_occupied_West_Bank⠀⇛ According to the Israeli news site Walla, the US State Department has reinstated a ban on US government research funding going to support research projects conducted in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Trump_returns_to_Michigan_with_hopes of_repeating_the_battleground_success_he_found_in_2016⠀⇛ Donald Trump is looking to reclaim territory in Michigan that helped propel him to the White House but slipped from his grasp four years later. The former president spoke Sunday evening in suburban Detroit. That’s where he lost ground between 2016 and 2020 and would need to win it back if he becomes the 2024 Republican nominee. Michigan, along with Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, flipped in 2016 to put Trump in the White House but then went for Democrat Joe Biden four years later. Trump spoke at Oakland County GOP’s Lincoln Day Dinner, where he was honored by the party as its “Man of the Decade.” # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Guatemala_Voters_Cast_Ballots_in Contentious_Election⠀⇛ The election in the Central American nation is marked by the exclusion of top candidates and calls to crack down on violent crime. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Tunisia_prosecutor_blocks_release_of_opposition leader⠀⇛ A public prosecutor in Tunisia on Friday appealed the decision to release opposition figure Chaima Issa from prison, according to local news. As a result, Issa was not able to leave prison on Friday. Issa’s lawyer told local news that the decision came after a counter order was given to the public prosecutor. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Top_25_US_newspaper_circulations:_Largest print_titles_fall_14%_in_year_to_March_2023⠀⇛ The biggest print titles in the US continue to shed circulation in 2023. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Behind_the_Scenes_of_Justice_Alito’s Unprecedented_Wall_Street_Journal_Pre-buttal⠀⇛ Around midday on Friday, June 16, ProPublica reporters Justin Elliott and Josh Kaplan sent an email to Patricia McCabe, the Supreme Court’s spokesperson, with questions for Justice Samuel Alito about a forthcoming story on his fishing trip to Alaska with a hedge fund billionaire. We set a deadline of the following Tuesday at noon for a response. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Congress_members_introduce_resolutions_to expunge_Trump_impeachments⠀⇛ Members of the US House of Representatives introduced two resolutions on Friday, H.Res.547  and H.Res.538, that would expunge the impeachments of former President Donald Trump. Trump is the third US president to be impeached and the only president to be impeached twice. If passed, both resolutions would expunge Trump’s impeachments as if they had not […] # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Trump_Steers_Campaign_Donations_Into_PAC That_Covers_His_Legal_Fees⠀⇛ A previously unnoticed change in Donald Trump’s online fund-raising appeals allows him to divert a sizable chunk of his 2024 contributions to a group that has spent millions to cover his legal fees. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Trump_Campaigns_in_Michigan,_a Battleground_That’s_Tinted_Blue⠀⇛ With their party out of power, some Republicans in the state are worried that the former president could cost Michigan its status as a swing state. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ It’s_Not_Too_Late_for_the_Republican Party⠀⇛ The G.O.P. needs to have the reckoning with Trump that it vainly hoped would never be necessary. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ India_and_the_US_gear_up_for_strategic competition⠀⇛ Last week, Indian Prime Minister Modi and US President Joe Biden declared that the partnership between their countries ‘spans the seas to the stars’. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ PM_brushes_off_voice_poll_as_‘yes’ campaign_ramps_up⠀⇛ Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has brushed off polling showing a fall in support for the ‘yes’ vote for the Indigenous voice referendum. The latest Newspoll released on Sunday showed the ‘no’ vote at 47 per cent and the ‘yes’ side on 43 per cent. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ ‘Yes’_campaign_launches_funding_blitz for_voice_events⠀⇛ Community organisations hosting events in support of an Indigenous voice to parliament will have access to a freshly-launched fund to help cover costs.  It’s part of an effort to shift the voice debate away from politicians and into communities after federal parliament passed legislation to allow a referendum to take place.  # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Greece:_Landslide_Victory_for_Conservative_New Democracy_Party⠀⇛ The turnout in Sunday’s elections was only 52.75%. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ UN_Commission_Addresses_Organized_Crime_in_Sahel Region⠀⇛ Armed violence continues to severely affect Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, the Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger, and Senegal. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Zimbabwean_President_Launches_Campaign_for_2nd Term⠀⇛ Eleven presidential candidates have been cleared by the electoral authorities to contest in this year’s elections. # ⚓ YLE ☛ HS:_Helsinki_deputy_mayor_caught_spray_painting graffiti⠀⇛ Paavo Arhinmkäki (Left) said that he thought there would be no trains on Midsummer Eve. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Mitsotakis_leads_Greek_conservative_party_to victory,_second_term⠀⇛ Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of the conservative New Democracy party, won a second four-year term as prime minister of Greece. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Greece_Election:_Kyriakos_Mitsotakis Claims_‘Strong_Mandate’_With_Win⠀⇛ His party’s election victory comes as the country experiences strong economic growth, with voters seemingly willing to look past scandals and disasters that have tarnished his government. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Arnon_Milchan_Testifies_in_Benjamin Netanyahu’s_Corruption_Trial⠀⇛ Arnon Milchan, a movie mogul, billionaire spy and old friend of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, is a key witness. He gave the Netanyahus gifts, he said, sometimes at their request. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Taiwan_Faces_a_#MeToo_Wave,_Set_Off_by_a Netflix_Hit⠀⇛ A torrent of sexual harassment accusations has prompted questions about the state of women’s rights on an island democracy that has long been one of Asia’s most progressive places. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Meet_the_Indigenous_Women_Taking_on_Corruption in_Guatemala’s_Elections⠀⇛ Indigenous women are challenging the country’s powerful elites in the elections on 25 June # ⚓ 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. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ I_Shouldn’t_Have_to_Accept_Being_in Deepfake_Porn⠀⇛ Because I was in the public eye, somebody synthesized explicit videos of me. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Development_at_risk_from_‘anti- mining_misinformation’⠀⇛ The world cannot afford for Australia to delay development as a critical minerals supplier, an international mining conference has been told. Calling out “misinformation”, federal opposition resources spokeswoman Susan McDonald warned delegates that the future of the sector is at risk if anti- mining sentiment is allowed to flourish. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Civil_rights_icon_James_Meredith, 90,_falls_at_Mississippi_event_but_has_no_visible_injuries⠀⇛ Civil rights icon James Meredith fell outside the Mississippi Capitol at an event marking his 90th birthday. He suffered no visible injuries. Meredith tumbled forward onto a portable lectern that also toppled Sunday as he appeared before some 200 people. Those around him scrambled to help him into a wheelchair. A person close to the family said Meredith was doing better later Sunday and resting at home. White mobs rioted in 1962 when Meredith enrolled as the first Black student at the University of Mississippi. In 1966, a white man shot and wounded Meredith as he marched in the state to promote Black voting rights. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Myanmar_junta_says_failing_to_halt surge_in_drug_trafficking⠀⇛ Piles of drugs were torched to mark International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Thai_police,_military_prepare_for_mass protests_if_Pita’s_bid_to_be_PM_is_thwarted⠀⇛ Mr Pita will need a majority of the votes from 750 MPs and senators to be elected prime minister. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Competition_Tribunal_comfirms_ACCC folly_on_Telstra_and_TPG_deal_–_what’s_the_scam?⠀⇛ The Australian Competition Tribunal has backed the ACCC’s decision to block the deal between telcos Telstra and TPG to share regional infrastructure. It is another blow for mobile coverage in the bush, so what’s the scam? The scam is the enduring travesty of Australia’s telecommunications policy – or rather, lack thereof. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 7750 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.27.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_27/06/2023:_The_Gemini_PDA,_Leadership_and_Management⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:10 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Personal/Opinions * Technology_and_Free_Software o Internet/Gemini o Programming * § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ o ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_GILURSO_Wordo:_GEOID⠀⇛ o ⚓ On_the_Cusp_of_Summer⠀⇛ There’s summer, and then there’s _summer_ – that point at which, regardless of what the season says, regardless of what the weather’s been, it feels like something’s changed, and a new season begins. For me, that’s always been July. My partner is a teacher, and has the summer months off. So for her, summer is Summer Vacation, July and August, and for me it’s taken on that meaning as well. In school, and then in university, I kept this schedule too, so as I met my partner in university and have been with her since, I’ve never really known anything different. I can’t really defend it in any meaningful way, but summer begins in July. o ⚓ All_signs_point_to_her⠀⇛ o ⚓ Tree/Shrub_TBD⠀⇛ Yesterday (2023-06-26) this little (shrub? tree?) caught my eye. * § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ o ⚓ ReactOS,_or:_The_Thinkpad_lives!⠀⇛ With the friendly help of my local electronic waste disposal service i got a new mainboard for my old Thinkpad R60 that has died a while ago (i wrote about it in another post)… so, its back in the land of the living and it comes near the point where we have to ask the “Ship of Theseus” question 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇;-)⦈ Now i am at the point where i have not only one but TWO usable fairly (for my circumstances) daily driver capable computers, so what to do with the Thinkpad? I could simply go back and install OpenBSD on it like i had for the most time of having it in my posession, but that somehow feels a bit too… “normal” o ⚓ The_Gemini_PDA_and_Time-capsule_Computing⠀⇛ I write this log on a Planet Computers Gemini PDA. Released in 2018, the Gemini PDA is a small UMPC aesthetically based on the Psion Series 5 from the late 1990s. It was the first PDA released by Planet Computers and came in WiFi and 4G models–the latter can make telephone calls and use cellular data to connect to the Internet. The PDA was primarily designed to run Android and is based on an SoC for Android phones, but it can also run Debian, Kali Linux or Sailfish. It can also dual-boot between any of these. o ⚓ Leadership_and_Management⠀⇛ I’m in my 40s and a good majority of my life has revolved around being or becoming a technical expert. In school I was the nerdy kid in the 90s that just kept my head down, had a few friends, and grew to love computers. I took my computer to LAN parties, and usually did my work to the best of my abilities. I wasn’t the top of my class, I was in the middle, and I wasn’t an outcast, I was just there. I blended in, and I wasn’t part of any popular crowds. I was kind and friendly, and of course joked with my friends and was angsty just like the rest of the teenagers there, but most of all, my primary focus in school was to learn, and so that’s what I did. Whether I was learning the things my teachers needed me to was another story, but I was driven to learn because I didn’t like not knowing things and above all, failing. o ⚓ Games_Showcase:_Baba_Is_You⠀⇛ “Baba is you” is a sliding blocks puzzle game—yawn. Where the rules are encoded as blocks on the board—wait, what? o ⚓ Getting_the_width_of_the_current_monitor_in_Emacs⠀⇛ If you have virtual workspaces on macOS and you use the emacs function display-pixel-width it will give the combined with of ALL the monitors you are using. You are better off using (caddr (frame-monitor-attribute ‘geometry)), since frame-monitor-attribute gets the specified attribute from the monitor which the current frame is actually on. BTW: The function frame-monitor- attributes returns all the monitor attributes. The function display-monitor-attributes-list returns the attributes for ALL the monitors you are using. o § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ The_always_something_of_software⠀⇛ A while back I wrote a Lua script called ‘gemlink’ leveraging ‘gemget’ to fetch the content of a given argument-specified Gemini URL, processing/ formatting links so they stand out a bit more to me. I then created another called “gemlink-all” that reads all lines of stdin, running “gemlink” against all such links, facilitating getting the content of numerous Gemini documents into a single file, should I feel like having a bit of a quote- and-comment fest. o § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Useless_things?_➰🗿🤏⠀⇛ I like making software things that may not quite be useless, but only get used by me. I like making whatever I have a whim to make. I don’t have to care about what anyone else wants or needs. # ⚓ Re:_Interleaved_2D_Notation_for_Concatenative_Programming⠀⇛ I am always curious about structure editors, and ways to represent structured data, especially code. So I was pretty curious about this post and the provided links to the pdf file and a web IDE. However, I think this is one is totally pointless (like most attempts at 2d/graphical programming paradigms). The beauty of concatenative languages such as Forth is that the arguments precede the operation dynamically/temporally, and can therefore be decoupled. Arguments can come from anywhere as long as they get pushed onto the stack — at any time prior to the execution of this particular instruction! This is crucial, as that is how we concatenate. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 7946 ➮ Generation completed at 02:41, i.e. 57 seconds to (re)generate ⟲