𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Wednesday, July 05, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Thu 6 Jul 02:41:31 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/2023/07/05/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmULKvdAgewdAzGe22EQPmsD3uf44ifZk587Suzux2M78x QmbU6uy7eb2ejuEjVCuS75qW5mk5yiMguUF1wcaQYbVFBo QmXaJW6QMqJq3d2sPWiF1w3VNSxL4CXLTUjhspExEcWiJD QmVA4areAp8qhYxiNP5xuAYP83kX1fn7tWWmJvxaWquq8J QmRyhoXTRTi8YW7CtExFvbr65rgt7JY42ZP3MRbbovwL3m QmddDk6ru1Xvhx7AoixftMd2k6JQxCSGDz5RQJU1jEA7He QmV5ySVbmsP2AeAH68yDVmHFJ6KcMVMruqJAzPTAzNqJfj QmSBYQMq3U3o2DqjVUykcjzrDpcMq8mJ2sTiaAxLdSqjqD QmWDDCNUM7rLDPCJqkf4WR2tKJf5sJB1pYz1fvptXTMkMz QmSb4wbrNoFc4AnaEeBd7tr1JD291WtpvqU5v5VSMTwKUm QmYfFEzPVWoWdeQrLsMcbAYpFzWgeMPCbaPfRAZzF28QtZ QmYJMkthNjEmDoeTS1ZnvM6uZGXVe7N7RWiaZ3M9c9sjLK QmWC5nc2zme8oc7V87AHBm275wreXXD6G6YWhNk2pX7S4N QmeNoHJkarTENUDHE3tyzk5Uw87Ezhnh5bscpLEmYcfkG3 QmQNqcXVdpFC7Dy1DDQNn6VG8aNg8SYE5D3tagLkWN6VNc QmNcDtLguMnK6g2P9hYgUDXrhhkWJauNyaAHHFFDBBEXiT QmXEv7xmL12nNzPyzyX1xntQdGhbhi2NHbGMiM8QGRqe2X Qmd2N8zDJWjp1k8G8TZ9qkezZ3tVCy71nCH2uyEyqhvqKk QmQxBbguP5tP2oBvgaJ3SpY8WB38S8QkDiymH11684Gxyk QmQfkFUURdpavnA99kkEeuKvv2spgSRSBNZsuGWjxSj6TA QmQDXpSwwXa8x3aFUiEVyBQGoPdoAurwhwkZqevtRM9J8J ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ BTT (Bringing Teams Together) Loathed by Staff of the EPO | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] EPO Reforming Itself to Death (of the European Patent Convention) | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] Racing Towards Minimum Wage | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, July 04, 2023 | Techrights ⦿ Judging by What Happened to the European Patent Office (EPO) Workplace This Year, As Before, EPO Management Might be Intentionally Vandalising the Workplace | Techrights ⦿ European Patent Office is Struggling With Recruitment (Maddening Corruption Turns Out to Lead to That) | Techrights ⦿ The Corporate ’Cancel Culture’ Industry — Part IV: Hit Pieces and Public Shaming as Bargaining Cards | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/07/05/btt-bringing-teams-together/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/05/death-of-the-european-patent-convention/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/05/epo-salaries/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/05/irc-log-040723/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/05/judging-by-what-happened-to-the-european-patent-office-epo-workplace-this-year-as-before-epo-management-might-be-intentionally-vandalising-the-workplace/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/05/off-putting-corruption/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/05/on-hit-pieces/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/07/05/firefox-115/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/05/pgadmin-4-v7-4/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/05/twitter-death-spiral/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 67 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/07/05/btt-bringing-teams-together/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/05/btt-bringing-teams-together/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.05.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ BTT_(Bringing_Teams_Together)_Loathed_by_Staff_of_the_EPO⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Patents at 8:40 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz New document from then Staff Union of the European Patent Office (SUEPO) Summary: The sabotage/demolition job of Benoît_Battistelli is continued by António_Campinos, who is “finishing the job” of Battistelli (the second term, which he bribed all the voters for, started 4 days ago) LESS THAN A WEEK AGO the staff union of the EPO (SUEPO) published a document about BTT, which was also mentioned here yesterday and covered earlier_today_as a_video. We intend to record a video about the document below very shortly, but here is the text in isolation without any further commentary from us (except it seems like a big mistake to feed all the messages to Microsoft, in spite of known privacy abuses and ongoing lawsuits): 29 June 2023 su23008hp § Issues with BTT – more than just teething problems⠀➾ § “It is a mess. Somebody will get a bonus for it. Business as usual.”1⠀➾ Dear SUEPO Members, dear colleagues, BTT (Bringing Teams Together) is now in full swing, with a large majority of our colleagues already in their new (for-a-day) locations, and the echoes we get are not exactly positive. The administration is not planning on asking staff what they think about the entire exercise, so we did a short poll with SUEPO The Hague. Some 350 colleagues responded in short notice and provided a whole host of comments in that survey, and we want to summarise some of its findings here. ChatGPT’s take on the comments received All strung together, the comments from the survey amount for 21 pages of disheartening reading – the level of disengagement, estrangement and disappointment with the EPO is concerning. We thought of asking ChatGPT to summarise all this text, and after being fed the survey comments as input and being asked to provide a 1-paragraph summary, the result was the following: The implementation of the “Bringing our Teams Together” (BTT) project has resulted in employees feeling ostracized and undervalued as they are forced out of their offices. The project fails to deliver on its promise of individual accommodation and damages office culture and team cohesion. Communication and implementation are chaotic, leading to a loss of trust and morale. The project promotes a two-class society and remote work, undermining team unity and creating a sense of disconnection from the office. Management’s handling of the project is seen as incompetent and lacking consideration for staff well-being. Overall, the BTT project is viewed as a misguided waste of time, impacting attendance and work quality, and failing to achieve its objectives. It fosters division, discrimination, and frustration among _____ 1 An illustrative one of the many comments received in the survey ===================================================================== employees while sacrificing their well-being and working conditions for cost-saving purposes. The administration’s tactics and disregard for employees’ interests are condemned, reflecting a negative atmosphere and undermining performance. The project is deemed unnecessary, divisive, and detrimental to the long-term interests of the EPO. It captures remarkably well the feeling one gets when reading through the comments. We tried to extract some bullet points from the survey comments and boiled it down to 6 pages worth, which (it takes a bit of searching) even hosts some – albeit very few – positive comments. Some statistics The survey enquired about the room distribution policy, where about 50% of the respondents are now in a ‘Workplace for the day’ setup, with slightly less than 40% reporting a single allocated workplace and some 10% reporting a shared-space allocated workplace. The room allocation policy gives a very mixed picture. Despite promises to that effect – and several CSC publications reminding the administration2, only 1 in 3 respondents state that their team used the “3 days/week on site” as a rule: in 20% at least 4 or even 5 days on site were required to get an allocated workplace, and more worryingly in close to 30% of the replies it seems that the allocation policy was unknown or seemingly random. 3% of the respondents state that there were no allocated workplaces in their team – and in only 2% of the cases there seems to have been a team discussion, with the team preferences leading the allocation policy. Far away from the stated aims. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Impact_on_staff:_Negative,_Positive,_Neutral, Don’t_know_/_indifferent,_(empty)⦈_ When asked whether they intended to work more, or less, from the EPO offices, some 40% indicated their intention was to work less / as little as possible from the EPO, about 30% intended to work more / as much as possible from the office with the remainder not intending to change their habits, or unsure yet (3%). _____ 2 CSC Publications of 13-03-2023, 13-02-2023, 30-01-2023, 13-01-2023, 08-12-2023, 25-11-2023 on BTT ===================================================================== Remarkably, when asked whether they thought the impact on staff would be positive / negative / neutral – and when asked similarly whether the impact on the EPO (as an organisation) would be positive / negative / neutral, respondents replied strongly in the negative. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Impact_on_the_EPO:_Negative,_Positive,_Neutral, Don’t_know_/_indifferent,_(empty)⦈_ 2 out of 3 respondents feel that the impact of BTT on staff is negative, only 5% sees a positive impact; 3 out of 4 respondents feel that the impact of BTT on the EPO is negative, with only 6% seeing a positive impact. This means that even the people that got an allocated workplace, even the ones that intend to work more from the EPO, see a negative impact on themselves, their colleagues, and this organisation. It seems the administration could not have been more wrong with the implementation of this project. 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Summary: Based on the feedback from EPO staff [1, 2], the way things are going there will be no EPO left; the_most_experienced_and_valuable_workers_are leaving_in_droves ⣶⡶⣦⢠⡔⣤⣤⢢⣶⣴⣦⢶⢦⣦⡔⡖⣴⢲⡔⣦⢢⢴⣤⣶⢢⣤⡖⣦⣤⡢⣤⣤⢠⡔⣤⣤⢠⡄⣤⣤⢠⣤⡄⠀⣤⣤⣤⣤⢠⣤⢠⣤⢠⣤⠀⣤⣤⣠⣤⡀⣤⣤⢠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⢠⣤⢠⣤⡄⣠⣤⠀⠀ ⣿⣧⣿⢾⡇⣿⣿⢸⣿⢿⣿⢸⢸⣿⡇⡇⣿⢸⡇⣿⣿⢸⡷⢾⢸⡷⣯⣿⢺⡇⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣭⢸⡇⣿⣿⢸⡯⣭⢠⢸⡇⣿⠶⣼⣹⣼⡿⣿⣿⠀⢸⡇⣿⢸⡇⣿⣭⢸⡷⠀⣿⢸⣿⣿⢸⡷⢸⣿⡇⣭⣾⠃⠀ ⣿⣿⣟⣘⣣⣟⣻⣼⣛⣜⣻⣾⣼⣛⣷⣧⣛⣛⣣⣛⣜⣛⣛⣿⣜⣛⣫⣟⣘⣃⡛⠛⡘⢃⣛⣛⣘⣃⣃⣛⣬⣛⣛⣾⣜⣣⣛⣛⡛⠙⠛⠃⠃⠛⠀⠘⠃⠙⠛⠁⠛⠛⠘⠛⠃⠛⠘⠛⠛⠘⠛⠘⠛⠃⠛⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢁⠾⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣗⠀⢀⣤⡀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⡴⠟⠛⠛⢦⡐⢻⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡗⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⡴⠛⢷⡄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣀⡀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠉⠁⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣦⣬⣭⣿⣿⡟⠉⠀⡊⣀⣀⠉⠻⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⢪⣺⠋⠈⣿⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠤⣴⣿⣿⣿⣶⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⣙⠻⣿⡿⠇⣠⡴⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢡⣾⣿⣮⣏⠀⠀⠉⠁⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡞⠛⠿⣿⣿⣷⣶⡄⠀⢴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠟⠛⠋⠉⠉⠁⠸⣿⣿⠀⠾⣿⣯⣭⣛⠃⠀⠈⡻⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠋⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀⠈⠉⠋⠛⠞⠀⢀⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣻⣿⣿⣿⣶⡄⠁⠀⠀⢐⣹⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣟⣩⣍⣁⣤⡴⠟⠟⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⡀⣀⢀⣀⢀⣀⣀⣀⡀⣀⣀⡀⣀⢀⡀⣀⡀⠀⣀⢀⡀⠙⣛⣛⠫⢃⡈⣀⢀⣀⡀⠀⠀⣀⣀⠀⣀⡀⣀⣀⡀⣀⡀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⣀⣀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⢿⣸⣿⢹⡏⠀⠈⣿⠁⣿⢸⡇⣿⡇⠀⣿⢸⡇⠀⣿⠻⠃⢸⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣀⣸⣿⠻⢸⡿⣇⣿⣿⡇⣿⡅⣿⣭⣿⣿⡇⠀⢿⣍⠘⣿⠇⢿⣭⡈⣿⠁⣿⣥⣿⣷⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠿⠇⠿⠇⠿⠻⠿⠿⠸⠇⠀⠀⠿⠀⠿⠸⠷⠿⠷⠀⠻⠼⠇⠀⠿⠿⣣⡸⠏⠿⠸⠿⠟⠀⠘⠿⠿⠸⠟⠿⠿⠿⠇⠿⠶⠿⠶⠿⠿⠇⠀⠿⠿⠀⠿⠀⠿⠼⠃⠿⠀⠿⠶⠿⠹⠻⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠿⠿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⠿⠿⠷⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⠴⠾⠿⠿⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 389 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/07/05/epo-salaries/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/05/epo-salaries/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.05.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_Racing_Towards_Minimum_Wage⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Patents at 8:17 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Even as_patent_examiners. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Welcome_to_EPO,_just_sign_here._Does_this_cover_rent?⦈_ Summary: The typical EPO salary is being severely lowered; the Office wants to replace suitably-qualified and experienced staff with a bunch of drones (rubber-stamping patent applications) and years ago it was shown that some EPO salaries (for positions in The Hague) were not even enough to pay rent there (for a single person), so maybe the Office wishes to offer bunk beds at the office/barracks ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣶⣌⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠊⡛⣩⣻⣿⣷⣬⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡟⡟⢻⢻⠛⣛⢹⡏⡍⠋⢡⢹⠀⠃⠸⠀⣺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣾⣿⣿⣾⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛ ⣿⣿⣇⠀⡌⢸⠀⢼⠘⢇⠉⣹⣘⣠⣄⣄⣠⣦⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠁⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣶⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⠿⢻⠛⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⠀⡀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣀⣤⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣽⡿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣷⢶⢿⠿⠿⠻⡟⢛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣹⣿⠀⢘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 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gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/05/judging-by-what-happened-to-the-european-patent-office-epo-workplace-this-year-as-before-epo-management-might-be-intentionally-vandalising-the-workplace/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.05.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Judging_by_What_Happened_to_the_European_Patent_Office_(EPO)_Workplace_This Year,_As_Before,_EPO_Management_Might_be_Intentionally_Vandalising_the Workplace⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Patents at 6:38 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 3ec1cfaae875dab8b9600530ce3e58ed Sabotaging the Workplace Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/destroying-epo-worker-morale.webm Summary: Workforce of the European Patent Office (EPO) is up_in_arms over so- called ‘reforms’ that feel like deliberate punishment that curtails actual work, reduces productivity, and results in much worse quality of work THE STAFF of the EPO has long pointed out that Benoît_Battistelli made the EPO a far less attractive workplace like it was his actual objective to do so. António_Campinos, a French friend of Battistelli (for well over a decade), is just doing the same thing. Days ago, July 1st, marked 5 years or one term since one saboteur passed the baton to the next saboteur. This second saboteur even bribed all the voters to give him another 5 years in charge. Corruption has become the normal. Crime is to be expected. Look no further than what the European Union did only days ago regarding the Unified Patent Court. This isn’t a legal system but an illegal system, which is being shoehorned with help from bribed media (like JUVE) and infiltrated publishers. The video above mostly focuses on the many different ways in which the workplace got worse. We plan to publish a lot more about the EPO until the end of this week. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 632 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/07/05/off-putting-corruption/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/05/off-putting-corruption/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.05.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ European_Patent_Office_is_Struggling_With_Recruitment_(Maddening_Corruption Turns_Out_to_Lead_to_That)⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Patents at 7:49 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Spread_the_word,_yes_but_transparently_and_honestly⦈_ Summary: The Staff Union of the European Patent Office says it’s “not a secret that the Office has been struggling in attracting talent” TODAY we share a recent document, dated a week ago. The document speaks of recruitment woes at Europe’s second-largest and previously-prestigious institution, the EPO (as a side note, Sirius_‘Open_Source’ cannot recruit anyone because of the crimes; evidence of this crisis will be shown later this year). “It is well-sourced in the sense that claims have extensive documentation that back those claims.”The paper was issued by the LBDH committee, containing many self-referential (SUEPO, the union) links and some intranet links. It is well- sourced in the sense that claims have extensive documentation that can back those claims. 28 June 2023 su23007hp § Spread the word, yes but transparently and honestly⠀➾ The Office has announced on the intranet a new wave of recruitment and has called on your help in spreading the word across your network. It is not a secret that the Office has been struggling in attracting talent and surely can benefit from your help on this aspect. We believe that for a successful and long-lasting working relationship, it is important to be transparent and honest from the very beginning. When spreading the word to your network, we therefore encourage you to help the Office in their endeavor by adding all the information the Office has omitted in the call for candidates: - You can inform your network of how the EPO has the power to change the employment contract (i.e. codex service regulations) at will and does not hesitate to use that power to the detriment of staff while generally ignoring the input of social partners; - You may wish to remind your network that SUEPO has needed to win legal battles in front of the ILOAT to uphold the rights to strike, to freedom of association and freedom of communication1; - You can also talk about the slow career that lies ahead of them, the reduction of benefits and the ever increasing production pressure. In particular, you can highlight the D&I policies in place for female applicants which systematically penalizes their career progression especially when they have children. You can point them to the statistics highlighting how women have been discriminated against for years with regards to career progression. Additionally, you can indicate how the new education and childcare reform contributes to increase inequality in the Office; - You can point to the suboptimal working conditions: hot desking, production pressure, micro- or erratic management, etc..; - You can describe how the Office resembles more than ever a factory production line, which is endangering patent quality; - And finally, you can mention how abusive some managers can be. The employment conditions are still good enough to attract talented colleagues and it is important that they are fully informed of what they are signing up for. The EPO on the other hand, would do well to look into how to keep these colleagues onboard once the “honeymoon period” is over and how to improve employment conditions so as to reach their recruitment targets. Your LBDH committee ____ 1 SUEPO has filed an application for execution for the ILOAT judgment on mass emails to be actually implemented – to be followed… In the next few posts we’ll publish some more EPO material, including videos. It seems increasingly clear that instead of curbing or undoing the damage done by Benoît_Battistelli (from 2010 to 2018) António_Campinos intends to carry on doing damage in his second term, which he basically bought (he bribed all the voters). His second term, another 5 years, started 4 days ago. Around the same time he bought himself the second term he quickly proceeded to crush the staff some more and pushed for a lot more European_software_patents, which are basically illegal (hence they created a fake and illegal kangaroo court known as “UPC”). In case it’s not obvious, today’s EPO is a den of corruption and crime. Some people become very rich from corruption and crime and the_European_Union_does not_just_tolerate_this_but_actively_participates_in_it_now. 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Basically, a bunch of people who had long attempted to overthrow Torvalds (for rejecting their_code/agenda; they never_stopped) liaised with some co-called ‘journalists’, who in turn put pressure on the Linux_Foundation by public shaming. Some more pertinent details were illuminated in prior parts 1, 2, 3] and later today or tomorrow we hope to finish this part of the series (about Torvalds) and then move on to parts about other Free software personalities. “If readers can suggest more examples of ‘Cancel Culture’ in the community of hacking (as in coding), let us know so we can cover it.”We’re a bit tight in time at the moment because there’s a lot we want to publish before Friday’s decision about the EPO‘s NO-Career System and rumours suggest the Microsoft layoffs might start as early as next Monday. If readers can suggest more examples of ‘Cancel Culture’ in the community of hacking (as in coding), let us know so we can cover it. █ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠩⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠏⢩⠿⠿⢿⡿⠿⠉⠿⠿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠏⡿⠿⠿⠯⠍⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⣈⣀⣀⣀⣈⣀⣀⣀⣘⣢⠀⣾⣀⣀⣀⣀⣂⠀⠂⣀⣃⣀⣁⣀⣀⣒⡆⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡆⢰⡾⢉⡉⢿⡿⠉⡁⠸⠉⡉⢻⣿⣉⡉⣿⣿⠀⡉⢙⠉⠉⠁⢈⠉⢉⡁⢈⡉⠛⠉⠉⠁⢈⣿⡇⠈⢉⠉⠇⢈⠉⢿⡏⠉⠉⠋⢉⠉⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣸⣧⣘⣃⣼⣧⣀⣃⣠⣈⣃⣸⣿⣀⣂⣿⣿⣀⣇⣀⣀⣀⣀⣘⣀⣙⣁⣸⣇⣀⣀⣀⣄⣘⣿⠇⢀⣘⣁⣄⣘⣁⣼⣇⣈⣁⣀⣸⣀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣧⣀⣞⣻⣛⣟⣻⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⡟⢻⣿⡟⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣀⠒⠁⣶⠄⠀⣤⠀⡆⠀⠀⠀⠁⢴⠀⡇⣶⠀⠁⠒⢸⣿⠁⣶⠈⠀⣶⣿⣇⡐⠊⢰⡆⠁⢰⡆⣴⠈⠀⠂⠀⠀⡆⢰⡆⡇⢸⢰⡆⢀⠐⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣤⣤⣷⣤⣴⣤⣿⣤⣧⣴⣤⣤⣦⣤⣴⣧⣿⣤⣷⣤⣼⣿⣧⣤⣼⣤⣿⣿⣧⣤⣴⣤⣤⣧⣼⣧⣿⣤⣦⣤⣴⣤⣤⣼⣧⣧⣼⣼⣧⡀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⠛⠛⡿⠛⠻⡟⠛⢻⠛⠛⠛⠛⢛⣿⠋⠙⠟⠛⢻⣿⠟⠛⢻⠛⠛⠛⡟⠛⣿⠛⠛⠿⠛⠛⣿⠻⠟⢻⠛⠛⠛⠘⠉⠛⠛⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⡇⢸⡇⣄⠀⠀⡀⠀⢸⠀⡇⠐⠂⢈⣿⡇⠘⡀⠛⢸⣿⠒⠀⡁⠀⠀⣆⠀⣼⣿⠘⠃⣀⢰⣿⣿⡀⢠⡀⢠⠀⣿⢸⡀⠃⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣟⣛⣛⣛⣀⣜⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⠛⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⠀⠠⠉⣤⡀⠀⣠⠀⡄⠈⠠⠀⠀⢠⠀⡄⠈⡇⡇⣤⠈⠁⠄⢠⣿⠀⣤⢀⡄⠉⠠⠀⠁⣠⠀⡄⣤⠀⠁⣤⠈⠀⣤⠘⠀⡇⣠⠀⡇⠤⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣤⣤⣦⣤⣤⣤⣿⣤⣧⣴⣤⣤⣥⣤⣤⣧⣤⣧⣧⣿⣤⠁⠀⠈⣿⣤⣿⣼⣧⣤⣤⣤⣤⣿⣤⣧⣤⣤⣦⣤⣴⣤⣿⣤⣤⣧⣿⣤⠃⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⠛⠛⡟⠛⠻⡟⠛⠛⠛⡟⢻⣿⠙⠛⢿⠛⠛⡟⠛⠉⣿⡟⠙⠋⠛⠛⡏⡟⠛⠛⠟⠛⠛⠛⠛⢻⣿⠛⠛⡏⠛⠻⡟⠛⠻⡟⣿⠛⠋⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⡇⢸⡇⠉⠉⠀⡇⣿⠀⡆⢀⣼⣿⠸⠇⠈⠉⠀⠀⠺⠀⣿⣇⠸⠇⣾⠀⡇⡇⢸⡇⡄⠈⠰⠦⠈⢹⡏⠉⠀⠀⠸⠀⡀⠿⠀⡇⠿⠀⡀⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣁⣼⣿⡿⢿⠿⡿⢿⠿⡿⢿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣈⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⠀⣭⢨⡍⠙⠩⠉⠉⢩⠉⡍⢹⣿⣿⠉⠏⠙⢉⠀⡍⢹⠀⠋⣭⡅⢨⡍⣿⡇⢈⡍⠹⠭⠍⡏⣩⡍⢩⠉⡍⠙⠉⠭⣿⡅⢨⠀⣩⠉⠉⠭⢹⢸⠉⣩⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣀⣉⣸⣇⣰⣀⣀⣀⣸⣀⣇⡀⢨⣿⣇⣠⣆⣸⣀⣧⣸⣀⣆⣉⣁⣸⣇⣿⣇⣸⣇⣀⣀⣁⣇⣿⣇⣸⣀⣇⣈⣁⣀⣿⣇⣈⣀⣿⣀⣄⣀⣸⣸⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣽⣭⣯⣽⣭⣯⣽⣭⣯⣽⣭⣯⣽⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⡿⠿⠿⡿⢿⡿⠟⠻⠿⠿⢿⠛⠏⢹⠿⠿⣿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣶⠀⠀⠀⠰⠆⠀⠸⠇⡆⠰⠂⠠⢰⠀⠆⢸⠰⠆⢀⢰⡆⠸⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠶⡿⠶⠶⠆⠰⠶⠿⠶⠶⠿⠶⠶⠶⠾⠶⠶⠾⠶⠶⠿⠾⠷⠶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 875 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.05.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_05/07/2023:_Tellico_3.5.1_and_Firefox_115⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 3:29 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Desktop_Environments/WMs # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o BSD o Gentoo_Family o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Open_Hardware/Modding * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o Programming/Development # Perl_/_Raku * Leftovers o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies # Patents * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Machine_Learning_in_Linux:_Argos_Translate_is an_Offline_Translation_Library⠀⇛ Argos Translate is state of the art neural machine translation software. It’s written in Python and published under an open source license. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Install_Elasticsearch_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Elasticsearch is a popular search and analytics engine that can be used for multiple applications including endpoint security and AI/ML research. Let’s take a look at how you can install Elasticsearch on your Ubuntu system in a few easy- to-follow steps. # ⚓ Beebom ☛ How_to_Create_a_User_in_Linux_|_Beebom⠀⇛ Creating users is one of the most fundamental tasks in Linux. System admins have to constantly manage users as the company’s size grows or shrinks. Or maybe you want to add a user in Linux to allow one of your family members to use your computer and prevent them from accessing your personal data. Whatever the case may be, in this guide, let’s look at how to create a user in Linux. There are two ways to create a new Linux user and we have explained both using examples. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Bash_Script_to_Call_a_Function_and_Get_Return⠀⇛ Bash scripting is a powerful tool for automating tasks and creating complex workflows in the Linux environment. One of the key features of bash scripting is the ability to define and call functions. # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Using_ls_Command_in_Linux⠀⇛ ls is one of the simplest and most frequently used commands is Linux. Learn to use it effectively in this tutorial. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_PostgreSQL_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install PostgreSQL on Debian 12. For those of you who didn’t know, PostgreSQL is an open-source relational database management system, that is widely used in modern web development due to its scalability, extensibility, and robustness. # ⚓ Major Hayden ☛ Add_CloudFront_CDN_to_a_Ghost_blog⠀⇛ Adding an AWS CloudFront CDN distribution to a Ghost blog improves response times on an already fast blogging platform and increases security along the way. ⚡ o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ A_Wild_‘Bedtime_Mode’_for_GNOME_Desktop Appears⠀⇛ Modern versions of Android come with a ‘bedtime mode‘ that, when configured, will turn the screen greyscale at night. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ Beta News ☛ Linux-based_Fatdog64-814_debuts_as_the_final release_of_the_800_series⠀⇛ Today, the folks behind the lightweight Fatdog64 Linux distribution announce the release of the final version in the 800 series, Fatdog64-814. The developers confirmed that no further releases are planned for this series. However, that’s far from the end of the road for Fatdog64 — the project will continue to innovate and evolve with a brand-new base, the 900 series. Taking a closer look at the updates from the previous version, Fatdog64-814 incorporates Linux-5.19.17, known for its low- latency, 1000Hz, dynamic preemption. o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ MWL ☛ June’s_Jerryrigged_Sausage⠀⇛ (This post went to Patronizers at the beginning of June, and the public at the beginning of July.) Hi folks! BSDCan dominated this month. It was good. It wasn’t the biggest con we’ve had, but for the first year back it was nice. A handful of folks said they wouldn’t attend because the pandemic is … Continue_reading_“June’s_Jerryrigged_Sausage” o § Gentoo Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Gentoo ☛ [Gentoo]_Week_5_–_Modernization_of_Portage⠀⇛ I wanted to work on the dependency resolution system of portage. It is a scary codebase and so  Sam suggested I start with bugs related to the dependency resolution system. We decided on bug  528836. The bug is relatively simple (though it took me relatively long time to understand). In gentoo, there are virtual packages. If multiple packages can provide the same functionality / library,  then there is a virtual package that depends on either one of them. Any package needing  that functionality / library can depend on the virtual package and not worry about the specifics. The  problem in this bug is that a package has two dependencies (let’s say) and one depends on a  package and the other depends on the corresponding virtual package. Now portage tries to emerge  both sides of the virtual package, which leads to conflicts. Ideally, the ebuild maintainers should  have made both dependencies depend on the virtual package rather than the actual, but nonetheless portage should have been able to figure it. The first task was to reproduce the bug in a gentoo  system. # ⚓ Gentoo ☛ Week_5_Report,_Automated_Gentoo_System_Updater⠀⇛ Week started off by receiving some feedback from the community in the forums. Here are some nice ideas that community have suggested to implement: [...] Parser has turned out to be much harder than I anticipated. First of all, I had to make some changes to both Python and Bash code to create simpler log output, which reduced number of if/else statements in the parser. Secondly, there were some motivation issues. It was a bit hard to focus on the parser, because a much better approach is to add machine readable output from Portage instead of parsing logs. I talked to my mentor about it and we decided to continue working on the parser, mainly because modifying Portage in any significant way take waay too much time. § Plans for Week 6 On week 6 the plan is to add error parsing and comprehension to the parser. This means I will have to find some different ways to cause Portage to break, and then try to make parser understand the errors that have occurred. Should be really fun! After that is done, I can focus on using this information to create nice-looking update reports. # ⚓ Gentoo ☛ Weekly_report_5,_LLVM_libc⠀⇛ Hey! This week I’ve spent most of my time figuring out how to bootstrap a LLVM cross compiler toolchain targeting a hosted Linux environment. I have also resolved the wint_t issue from last week. Both of these things took way longer than expected, but I also learned a lot more than expected so it was worth it. I’ll start with discussing the LLVM cross compiler setup. My initial idea on how to bootstrap a toolchain was to simply specify LLVM_TARGETS for the target architecture when building LLVM, then compile compiler-rt for the target triple, and then the libc. This is indeed true, but the official cross compilation instructions tells you to specify a sysroot where the libc is already built, and that’s not possible when bootstrapping from scratch. As the compiler-rt cross compilation documentation only tells you to use an already set up sysroot, which I didn’t have, I had to try my way forward. This actually took me a few days, and I did things like trying to bootstrap with a barebones build of compiler-rt, mixing in some GCC things, and a lot of hacks. I then studied mussel for a while until finding out about headers-only “builds” for glibc and musl. It turns out that the only thing compiler-rt needs the sysroot for is libc headers, and those can be generated without a functioning compiler for both musl and glibc. This is done by setting CC=true to pass all the configure tests and then run ‘make headers-install‘ (for musl) into a temporary install directory to generate the headers needed for bootstrapping compiler-rt. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Slashdot ☛ After_RHEL_7′s_EOL,_Red_Hat_Will_Offer_a_4-Year ‘Extended_Life_Cycle_Support’_Add-On⠀⇛ End-of-life for Red Hat 7 is scheduled to happen in one year. Thursday Red Hat announced an add-on option for four more years of “extended support” for RHEL 7… # ⚓ Slashdot ☛ Defying_Red_Hat,_Rocky_Linux_and_AlmaLinux_Vow to_Continue_RHEL-Compatible_Updates⠀⇛ Red Hat argued that they “do not find value in a RHEL rebuild.” Rocky Linux dismissed this view as “narrow-minded,” and RHEL-derived AlmaLinux even responded with specific examples, also noting its contributions to the RHEL and CentOS communities. AlmaLinux’s community manager wrote “When executed properly, downstream rebuilds provide tremendous value and are a tremendous asset to upstream projects.” # ⚓ LWN ☛ Brockmeier:_Red_Hat_and_the_Clone_Wars_III:_The_dawn of_CentOS⠀⇛ Joe “Zonker” Brockmeier has been a part of the Linux community for decades; he is now using that experience to write a series on “Red Hat and the Clone Wars”. The first two episodes were Red Hat and the Clone Wars and A history of the early 2000s Linux landscape; the latest is The dawn of CentOS.. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Peppermint_OS_Ditches_the_Sweet_Logo_and_Gets a_Major_Makeover_with_Debian_12_‘Bookworm’⠀⇛ The Peppermint OS team has announced the release of the latest version of their Debian-based distribution, integrating the highly anticipated Debian 12 “Bookworm”. This rebase brings a refreshed and simplified experience to users, with changes in branding and adjustments to the welcome screen, among other enhancements. One of the major changes in this release is a shift in branding. The Peppermint OS team has updated their branding, signalling a departure from the classic Peppermint look. # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ New_Peppermint_OS_Release_Based_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ A new version of Peppermint OS is available to download based on Debian 12. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_‘Apt_News’_Feature_Coming_to_GUI Software_Updater⠀⇛ If you thought you wouldn’t be bothered by Ubuntu’s (mildly annoying) apt “awareness” feature or Ubuntu Pro updates as you don’t use the command line, bad news. Ubuntu will start showing apt news and Ubuntu Pro updates in the Software Updater app on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS later and above in the coming months. To be fair, neither feature is meritless. # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Which_Ubuntu_flavor_is_best_suited_for_you?⠀⇛ We’ve reviewed all of the Ubuntu flavors and have come up with a simple guide to help you decide which distribution might best suit your needs. # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Xubuntu_is_a_highly_configurable_Linux_desktop_that can_be_tweaked_to_your_heart’s_content⠀⇛ If you like to tinker with your desktop, bending it to meet your exact needs, Xubuntu might be the ideal operating system for you. # ⚓ Ubuntu Fridge ☛ The_Fridge:_Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue 794⠀⇛ Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 794 for the week of June 25 – July 1, 2023. The full version of this issue is available here. # ⚓ Ubuntu News ☛ Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue_794⠀⇛ Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 794 for the week of June 25 – July 1, 2023. The full version of this issue is available here. # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Ubuntu_Unity_relives_Canonical’s_creativity_and brings_back_one_of_the_best_UIs⠀⇛ The Unity desktop might not have been everyone’s cup of tea, but some people loved it. Now, this official Ubuntu flavor puts the Unity desktop front and center. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ ESPboy_Turned_Into_Functional_Walkie-Talkie⠀⇛ The ESPBoy was first built as a hackable open- source game engine and handheld console for educational purposes. However, it’s also a platform that can readily support all kinds of other uses. You can even turn the humble handheld device into a working walkie talkie. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Picopad_Is_A_New_Open_Source_Game_Console⠀⇛ Microcontrollers are so powerful these days that you can build color handheld games with them that match or exceed what you’d ever get on the Game Boys and Game Gears of yesteryear. The Picopad aims to offer just this, in an open-source hackable format that’s friendly to experimenters. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ MangoPi_RISC-V_router_will_support_dual_GbE, dual_USB_2.0,_CAN_bus,_RS485,_and_more⠀⇛ MangoPi is working on the first RISC-V router I’ve seen, based on the ArtInChip D213ECV 64-bit RISC- V processor with 256MB SPI NAND flash, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, two USB 2.0 ports, MIPI DSI+touch connector,  support for CAN Bus and RS485, and expansion through a 22-pin GPIO header. Routers used to be mostly based on MIPS processors, then Arm processors took over, and maybe RISC-V is next, as MangoPi has just unveiled photos of the first RISC-V router on Twitter, and leaked some tidbits of information over the last two weeks or so on the social media platform. MangoPi RISC-V router specifications (preliminary): SoC – ArtInChip D213ECV 64-bit RISC-V (RV64IMAFDC) processor System Memory – Not specified, but there should be on-chip RAM, as there’s no footprint for a RAM chip on the PCB. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Never_Lose_Your_Work_Again:_Enabling_Autosave_in_LibreOffice_Made Easy⠀⇛ Autosave is a crucial feature that automatically saves your document at regular intervals, reducing the risk of losing your work due to unexpected power outages, system crashes, or any other unforeseen circumstances. By enabling autosave, you can rest assured that your progress is continuously saved, allowing you to focus on your tasks without the worry of losing important data. In this article, we will walk you through the step-by- step process of enabling autosave in LibreOffice & OpenOffice, ensuring that your valuable work is automatically saved at regular intervals. o ⚓ Rlang ☛ Mentoring_&_training_program_for_Scientific_Open_Source Champions⠀⇛ o ⚓ Tellico_3.5.1_Released⠀⇛ Tellico 3.5.1 is_available, with a few new features. § Improvements and Bug Fixes⠀➾ # Added support for using OPDS catalogs as data sources (Bug_468698). # Added support for reading images from data urls. # Added support to save entry template config for custom collections. # Fixed including the Image Grid template in the package. o ⚓ Medevel ☛ 20_Open-search_Self-hosted_Web_and_Document_Search Engine_Solutions⠀⇛ An open-source self-hosted search engine is a search engine that can be hosted on a server and used by an organization to search its own data. o ⚓ Medevel ☛ OpenBlocks_is_Free_Self-hosted_Low-code/_No-Code_RAD IDE_For_Enterprise_and_Agencies⠀⇛ OpenBlocks is an innovative platform that allows users to create applications with minimal coding knowledge. With OpenBlocks, users can easily develop and deploy applications using a low-code or no-code approach. o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Voici_Generates_Static_Websites_from_Jupyter Notebooks⠀⇛ Voici is an exceptional tool that offers a unique way of generating static dashboards from Jupyter Notebooks. Notably, it can replace Voilà with ease. This is because it provides and supports most of Voilà’s configuration options and commands, while also offering some unique features of its own. o ⚓ Medevel ☛ 21_Open-source_Business_Intelligence_(BI)_Dashboards⠀⇛ Business Intelligence, commonly known as BI, is the process of collecting, analyzing, and presenting data to make informed business decisions. BI helps organizations to transform their raw data into meaningful insights that can drive their business strategies. o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Lightdash:_Is_an_Open-source_Business_Intelligence_(BI) Dashboard⠀⇛ Lightdash instantly turns your dbt project into a full- stack BI platform. Analysts write metrics and Lightdash enables self-serve for the entire business. o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Urungi:_Open-source_Business_Intelligence_and_Reporting tool_for_SQL_Database_Engines⠀⇛ Urungi is a powerful tool that is designed to help you easily create and manage statistics and dashboards, no matter where your data comes from. With Urungi, you can take advantage of a range of features that will help you get the most out of your data. To begin with, o ⚓ Medevel ☛ CBoard_Is_an_Open-source_Self-hosted_Business intelligence_Reporting_and_Dashboard⠀⇛ CBoard is a highly versatile analysis platform that provides a plethora of features to users who are looking to improve their data analysis capabilities. o ⚓ Medevel ☛ 16_Open-source_Free_Flutter_Dashboard_and_Admin_Panel Templates⠀⇛ Flutter is an open-source mobile application development framework created by Google. It allows developers to build high-performance, fully customizable, and visually appealing applications for both Android and iOS platforms. Flutter Dashboard is an admin panel or back-end interface for managing and controlling the application’s data and functionality. o ⚓ Medevel ☛ 10_Free_and_Open-source_Generative_Programming_Art Tools⠀⇛ Programming Art is a form of art that involves the creation of visual and interactive designs using programming languages. It combines the principles of programming with the aesthetics of visual design. Programming Art can be used to create animations, visualizations, generative art, and interactive installations. o ⚓ Medevel ☛ 25_Open-source_Free_Landing_Page_Templates⠀⇛ A landing page is a standalone web page that serves as an entry point for a website or a particular section of a website. o ⚓ Medevel ☛ 32_Open-source_Dashboard_Projects_To_Kick-start_Your Next_Project⠀⇛ When you are looking to build an app, dashboard creation can be a time-consuming process. However, there are many open-source dashboard projects available that can save you time and effort. These projects offer a variety of options for building informative, feature-rich, and enterprise-grade apps. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ Behind_the_Screen:_Browser_History, Cookies,_and_Caches⠀⇛ Every web browser meticulously records your online activities to optimize your browsing experience. This functionality is why you can swiftly navigate to your frequently visited online shopping site or encounter an advertisement about your favorite holiday destination on social media. # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Firefox_115⠀⇛ In January 2023, Microsoft ended support for Windows 7 and Windows 8. As a consequence, this is the last version of Firefox that users on those operating systems will receive. Users on Windows 7 and Windows 8 will automatically be migrated to the ESR 115 version of Firefox so that they continue to receive important security updates. Visit this Firefox support article for more information. Similarly, this is the last major version of Firefox that will support Apple macOS 10.12, 10.13, and 10.14. Users on those operating systems will be migrated to the ESR 115 version of Firefox so that they continue to receive important updates. Visit this Firefox support article for more information. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Firefox_115_released⠀⇛ Version 115 of the Firefox browser has been released. New features include support for hardware video decoding on Intel GPUs on Linux and a new “close” option on the tab- manager dropdown. This release is also the end of the line for Windows 7 and 8 support, and for macOS 10.12, 10.13, and 10.14 support as well. # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Firefox_115_Brings_Intel_GPUs’_Video Decoding_to_Linux⠀⇛ Hardware video decoding for Intel GPUs on Linux and Tab Manager close buttons are among the new features of the just-released Firefox 115. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # § Perl / Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ Rakulang ☛ 2023.27_Revising_RakuDoc⠀⇛ Richard Hainsworth kicks off the Pod6 to RakuDoc standardisation process in “Revising RakuDoc“, a follow-up of the discussions at the Raku Core Summit. Summary: currently a small team of developers (among whom is Damian Conway) is working on a beta-version of RakuDoc standard that will be available for discussion on August 1st. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_watermelons_grow_in_popularity⠀⇛ As Latvian climate has changed over the last decade, the cultivation of watermelons and melons has not only turned into a hobby level for many but is also grown on fields for trade, Zemgale television reported on July 3. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Apple_reportedly_scales_back_Vision_Pro production_because_of_design_complexity [Ed: No, because it does not sell.]⠀⇛ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Google_testing_block_on_YouTube_users_who_have ad-blocking_software⠀⇛ As can be seen from a screenshot posted on Reddit [above], a warning appears that the video player will be blocked after three videos. And in smaller text, the warning graphic says: “It looks like you may be using an ad-blocker. Video playback will be blocked unless YouTube is allowlisted or the ad blocker is disabled. “Ads allow YouTube to stay free for billions of users worldwide. You can go ad-free with YouTube Premium, and creators can still get paid from your subscription.” According to an Australian resident who subscribes to YouTube Premium, the cost is $22.99 per month for a family pack. # ⚓ Pokemon_Go_Players_Claim_Niantic_Sending_Mixed_Signals_With Campfire’s_Team_Up_Feature [Ed: Layoffs in progress]⠀⇛ Just last week, Niantic released a new mobile app that is supposed to act as a companion to Pokemon Go. However, fans feel confused about the actual direction of the Campfire app, as the game was designed to help players get in touch with other players that are looking to participate in raids, as many purchase Remote Battle Raid passes and then don’t get the opportunity to use them. # ⚓ So_far,_Halo_Infinite_has_lost_98_percent_of_its_users_on Steam⠀⇛ Halo Infinite has persoed so far the majority of its Steam users: at the start the game had a total of 272,586 users, but that number has dropped to just 5,023 users in recent days. 343 Industries admitted to the lack of quality in Halo Infinite, indicating signs of improvement, which, however, appear tardy to say the least. He started the game slowly and with little conviction. I numbers Today’s events leave a bitter taste in the mouth with respect to an experience that had the potential to be very successful at the start, only to stumble into a lengthy series of errors. # ⚓ Tech_Giants_Layoffs_Continue:_Google_,_Alphabet,_Amazon, Microsoft_Among_Hardest_Hit⠀⇛ in May, Microsoft announced layoffs of 158 employees from its headquarters in Redmond, Washington. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Deloitte_probe_into_Optus_attack_will_be released…_when???⠀⇛ In_March_this_year, when iTWire asked Optus about the probe, the company said “…we’re expecting the findings of the investigation to be available in late May”. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Researchers_warn_unpatched_Fortinet firewalls_are_exposed_to_critical_vulnerability⠀⇛ Security researchers at Bishop Fox LLC Friday issued a warning that hundreds of thousands of Fortinet Inc. firewalls remain vulnerable to attack because they weren’t patched following the disclosure of a critical vulnerability in June. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Hacking_crew_targeting_states_over transition_bans_claims_cyberattack_hitting_global_satellite systems⠀⇛ A group that previously hacked Fort Worth, Texas, claimed a cyberattack that affected Halliburton, Shell, Helix Energy and Oceaneering. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Tuesday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (ghostscript), Fedora (apache-ivy, chromium, golang-github-schollz-croc, golang-github-schollz- mnemonicode, and webkitgtk), SUSE (amazon-ecs-init, dnsdist, libcap, python-tornado, terraform, and xmltooling), and Ubuntu (imagemagick, openldap, php7.4, php8.1, and screen). # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ 340,000+_Fortinet_firewalls_wide_open_to flaw_–_report_•_The_Register⠀⇛ More than 338,000 FortiGate firewalls are still unpatched and vulnerable to CVE-2023-27997, a critical bug Fortinet fixed last month that’s being exploited in the wild. This is according to infosec outfit Bishop Fox, which has developed an example exploit for achieving remote code execution via the hole. Successful exploitation of the pre-authentication vulnerability can allow an intruder to take over the network equipment. Bishop Fox warned: “You should patch yours now.” # ⚓ SWI ☛ Data_leak_affects_425,000_Swiss_Abroad_–_SWI swissinfo.ch⠀⇛ In mid-May, a stolen data set appeared on the darknet. The content was information about subscribers to Swiss Review.This is a federal government magazine that keeps Swiss citizens abroad up to date on developments in their home country. The data set is comprehensive. It currently contains over 425,000 addresses, 40% of which are postal and 60% email addresses. Anyone who is registered in Switzerland as a citizen resident abroad automatically receives Swiss Review – either by email or by post. According to the foreign ministry, only 330,000 of the 800,000 Swiss Abroad do not receive Swiss Review – among them, Italian- speaking Swiss. […] But how could this have happened? Put simply, the 425,000 addresses of the Swiss Abroad are by- products of a blackmail attack on two Swiss publishing houses, the NZZ publishing group and CH Media. The two publishers’ digital infrastructures are networked with each other. # ⚓ Notice_of_apology:_Email_containing_current_student information_mistakenly_sent_to_currently_enrolled_students_| Tokyo_Tech_News_|_Tokyo_Institute_of_Technology⠀⇛ A file containing personal information of currently enrolled Tokyo Tech students was attached mistakenly to an email sent on the afternoon of June 28 to presently enrolled regular-course students. The email in question was an announcement regarding the Career Consultation Session hosted by the Student Support Center’s Student Success Support Section at Tokyo Tech. The attached file, which is used to set up destination email addresses for students, contained personal information of approximately 10,000 currently enrolled Tokyo Tech students, including their names and email addresses. Due to erroneous operation of the Web System for Students and Faculty, the file was sent unintendedly to currently enrolled students with valid email addresses. Although the file did not include residing addresses or dates of birth, Tokyo Tech is making every effort to keep the contents of the file private in the interest of protecting our students. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ One_of_the_scariest_podcasts_ever….⠀⇛ Remember last year when we were all reporting on how Conti had crippled Costa Rica with a ransomware attack and was suggesting the people overthrow the government to get one in place that would pay them? What if that was actually what Conti was trying to test on behalf of Russia or other powers — whether they could overthrow a government by decimating it with a massive ransomware attack? And if they could cripple Costa Rica and leave it vulnerable, what about other Latin American countries? # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Imagine360_discovers_that_two_of_its_file- sharing_platforms_were_hit_within_days_of_each_other.⠀⇛ With all the big attacks on third-party vendors, it’s not surprising that some entities are reporting two or more breaches in a short period of time. Imagine360, LLC, is a self-funded health plan for employers. On or around January 30, Imagine360 identified unusual activity within Citrix, its third-party file-sharing platform. Imagine360 terminated access to the platform, reset passwords, and confirmed the security of its own environment. It also began its own internal investigation to determine the scope of the breach. Days later, on or about February 3, 2023, Fortra, who owns the GoAnywhere platform that Imagine 360 also used for file-sharing, notified Imagine360 of the GoAnywhere breach. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ NYOB ☛ CJEU_declares_Meta/Facebook’s_GDPR_approach largely_illegal⠀⇛ CJEU declares Meta/Facebook’s GDPR approach largely illegal In today’s decision, the CJEU declared Meta/ Facebook’s GDPR approach largely illegal – similar to noyb’s previous litigation before the EDPB leading to a fine of € 390 million. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Moldova_Shootout_Suspect_Dies_In_Custody,_Airport Security_Probed⠀⇛ A man accused of killing two security officials in a shootout last week at Moldova’s main airport died of multiple gunshot wounds on July 3, as authorities in the ex-Soviet state ordered an enquiry into beefing up airport security. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Unprecedented_scale:_12,000_officers,_troops_to ensure_security_during_NATO_summit_in_Vilnius⠀⇛ Up to 12,000 officers and soldiers will be responsible for security during the NATO summit in Vilnius next week, according to Paulius Nemira, the first deputy director of the Dignitary Protection Service. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Pacific_treaties_must_be_built_with_care and_nurtured_once_they’re_in_place⠀⇛ Security agreements are an increasingly hot topic in the Pacific as Australia, the US, China and New Zealand seek broad arrangements across the region. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Speech_of_EVP_Timmermans_at_Tsinghua University_in_China_on_the_global_Climate_and_Biodiversity crises⠀⇛ European Commission Speech Beijing, 03 Jul 2023 We are observing all over the place the effects of global warming, and such events are unfortunately likely to increase in frequency and severity. We need to act in a way that our action could become a universal law. Europe and China should act. We’re both benefiting from fair, multilateral global. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Thailand’s_Koh_Samui_grapples_with water_shortage_due_to_lack_of_rain_and_increased_demand⠀⇛ The island is said to have enough local fresh water supplies for residents for less than 30 days. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Did_a_Study_Say_Scientists_‘Failed_For Decades’_to_Share_Climate_Risks?_Here’s_The_Truth⠀⇛ We’re going to stop you there… # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Climate_Activists_Protested_in_Front_of_the Florence_Baptistery⠀⇛ Members of the Ultima Generazione organization poured the sauce on themselves and unfurled a banner in front of Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Climate_Change:_UK_Had_Hottest_June_on_Record since_1884⠀⇛ The Met Office confirmed that 2022 was UK’s warmest year on record, with the average annual temperature higher than 10 degrees Celsius for the first time. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ World_hits_record_land,_sea temperatures_as_climate_change_fuels_2023_extremes⠀⇛ There is now a 66% likelihood the annual mean will cross the 1.5 deg C threshold for a whole year. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Canada_Offers_Lesson_in_the_Economic_Toll of_Climate_Change⠀⇛ Wildfires are hurting many industries and could strain households across Canada, one of many countries reckoning with the impact of extreme weather. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ EU_climate_chief_concerned_over_expansion of_China’s_coal_industry⠀⇛ The European Union’s climate chief on Monday expressed concern over the expansion of China’s coal industry, with the building of new coal-fired plants. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ EU_climate_chief_concerned_as China_expands_coal_plants⠀⇛ The European Union’s climate chief has expressed concern over the expansion of China’s coal industry with the building of new coal-fired plants. At a conference in Beijing, Frans Timmermans said while China was forging ahead with plans to expand its use of renewable resources such as wind and solar energy, the country has also been constructing an ever-growing number of coal-fired plants in the past few years. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Oil_and_Gas_Lobbying_Threatens California’s_Game-Changing_Climate_Bills⠀⇛ Legislation aims to shine a light on corporate climate pollution and carbon offsets. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Deep_sea_mining_permits_may_be coming_soon._What_are_they_and_what_might_happen?⠀⇛ The United Nations body that regulates the world’s ocean floor is preparing to resume negotiations that could open the international seabed for mining, including for materials vital for the green energy transition. Negotiations within the International Seabed Authority are approaching a critical point since it will soon need to begin accepting applications for mining permits. Environmental activists and researchers worry about the potential impact of mining on sparsely researched marine ecosystems and habitats of the deep sea. Here’s a look at deep sea mining, its importance and why environmental activists are raising concerns. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Asian_stocks_dip_as_investors_seek rates_clarity⠀⇛ Most Asian stocks have fallen while the United States dollar and oil steadied as investors held safe ranges awaiting more clues on whether central banks will continue their aggressive interest rate hikes. Market conditions were also subdued heading into the US Independence Day public holiday on Tuesday, with most of Wall Street closed. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_Tuna-Obsessed_Tunisia,_a_Favorite_Food Becomes_a_Lot_Less_Affordable⠀⇛ Tunisians put canned tuna on pizza, pastries and pretty much everything else. Don’t even ask for a tuna-free sandwich. But inflation risks turning an everyday essential into a luxury out of reach. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Meta_to_launch_Twitter-style microblogging_app_Threads⠀⇛ Meta Platforms plans to launch a microblogging app, Threads, days after Twitter executive chair Elon Musk announced a temporary cap on how many posts users can read on the social media site. Threads, Instagram’s text-based conversation app, is expected to be released on Thursday and will allow users to follow the accounts they follow on the photo-sharing platform and keep the same username, a listing on Apple’s App Store showed. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Meta_Unveils_‘Threads’_App_to_Take_on Twitter⠀⇛ Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, teased a new app called Threads that is set to take on Twitter for real-time digital conversations. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Meta_platforms_set_to_launch_Twitter_rival Threads⠀⇛ Meta Platforms plans to launch a microblogging app, Threads, days after Twitter executive chair Elon Musk announced a temporary cap on how many posts users can read on the social media site. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Elon_Musk_has_made_Twitter_CEO_Linda_Yaccarino’s job_even_harder⠀⇛ Just over a month into Linda_Yaccarino’s_stint_as Twitter’s_CEO, Elon Musk is already undermining her role publicly. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Twitter_temporarily_limiting_the_number_of tweets_read_per_day,_says_Elon_Musk [Ed: Instead of "says Elon Musk" maybe check what's true and report facts]⠀⇛ Twitter is limiting how many tweets per day various accounts can read, to discourage “extreme levels” of data scraping and system manipulation, Executive Chair Elon Musk said in a post on the social media platform on Saturday. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ DeSantis_Uses_L.G.B.T.Q_Issues_to_Attack Trump_in_Twitter_Video⠀⇛ The Florida governor sought to contrast his record opposing gay and transgender rights in a video highlighting comments made by the former president during the 2016 campaign — but has gotten some pushback. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Twitter_says_users_must_be_verified_to access_TweetDeck⠀⇛ Twitter users will soon need to be verified to use TweetDeck, the social media company says. The change will take effect in 30 days, the company said in a tweet on Monday. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ An_anti-Trump_video_shared_by_the DeSantis_campaign_is_‘homophobic,’_says_a_conservative_LGBT group⠀⇛ A prominent group that represents LGBT conservatives says a video shared by Ron DeSantis′ presidential campaign that slams rival Donald Trump for his past support of gay and transgender people “ventured into homophobic territory.” The video was shared on Twitter on Friday, the last day of June’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month. The video features footage of Trump at the Republican National Convention in 2016 saying he would “do everything in my power to protect our LGBTQ citizens.” The video later shifts from its Trump focus to promoting headlines saying that DeSantis as Florida governor signed “the most extreme slate of anti-trans laws in modern history” and a “draconian anti-trans bathroom bill.” # ⚓ JURIST ☛ India’s_Karnataka_High_Court_dismisses_Twitter petition_and_imposes_fine⠀⇛ The Indian High Court of Karnataka dismissed Twitter’s petition against the Central government’s blocking orders on Friday and imposed a ₹5 million rupees fine on the microblogging platform. The judgement comes almost a year after Twitter filed a petition in July of last year and was delivered by the single-judge bench of Justice Dixit. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ As_Twitter’s_woes_continue,_Meta_looks_set to_launch_a_new_competitor⠀⇛ # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Elon_Musk’s_rate_limits_on_Twitter_send_Bluesky’s traffic_to_record_high⠀⇛ Musk imposed the rate limits because of “extreme levels” of data scraping and system manipulation, saying that Twitter was “getting data pillaged so much that it was degrading the user experience!” # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Australian_firm_sues_Twitter_for_$901k for_not_paying_bills⠀⇛ Facilitate Corp is seeking payments from Twitter for work done in four countries, including Singapore. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Elon_Musk_Really_Broke_Twitter_This_Time⠀⇛ The social network has never seen chaos quite like this. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Former_Hong_Kong_legislators_charged_with separatism_under_National_Security_Law⠀⇛ Hong Kong authorities on Monday brought charges under its 2020 National Security Law against eight activists, accusing them of advocating separation from China. Former Hong Kong legislators Dennis Kwok and Ted Hui are among those sought by authorities. Police released brief summaries of the allegations against each activist.  o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Vietnam_bans_‘Barbie’_movie_over_controversial South_China_Sea_map⠀⇛ Vietnam has banned Warner Bros’ highly-anticipated film “Barbie” from domestic distribution over a scene featuring a map that shows China’s unilaterally claimed territory in the South China Sea, state media reported on Monday. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Vietnam_banned_the_Barbie_movie_because_of_a dispute_in_the_South_China_Sea⠀⇛ The Barbie movie won’t make it to Vietnam’s silver screens, apparently due to a scene starring the nine-dot_line_map_that_depicts_China’s_claims to disputed waters in the South China sea. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Hong_Kong_police_engage_in_a_Dark_Ages hunt_for_exiles⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s national security police celebrated the third anniversary of the draconian national security law by issuing arrest warrants for eight exiled activists, two of whom are in Australia. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Hong_Kong_leader_says_8_pro-democracy_activists who_now_live_in_the_West_‘will_be_pursued_for_life’⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s leader said Tuesday said eight pro- democracy activists will be pursued for life for alleged national security offenses # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Hong_Kong_police_offer_rewards_for arrests_of_8_pro-democracy_activists_who_live_abroad⠀⇛ Hong Kong police have offered rewards for information leading to the arrests of eight pro- democracy activists who went into exile abroad and are accused of violating the territory’s harsh National Security Law. The $127,600 rewards are the first for alleged violators of the law enacted in 2020, though more than 260 people have been arrested under the law. Some of the eight suspects named in the arrest warrants are former lawmakers in Hong Kong. They live in the U.S., Britain, Canada and Australia after being accused of other crimes. Britain said it would not tolerate the attempt to intimidate people standing up for democracy. A U.S. official condemned the issuance of what it called an international bounty for the activists. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ They_will_‘live_in_fear’:_Hong Kong’s_John_Lee_invites_‘anyone’_to_help_police_arrest_wanted overseas_democrats⠀⇛ “Anyone,” including friends and family members, can receive the bounty for facilitating the arrests of the eight democrats wanted by the national security police, Chief Executive John Lee has said. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_national_security_police issue_HK$1_million_bounty_each_for_8_self-exiled_activists⠀⇛ Hong Kong national security police have issued arrest warrants for eight self-exiled activists, including former lawmakers Ted Hui and Dennis Kwok. The Force also offered HK$1 million for each of the wanted people. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Japanese_journalist_who_covered_the 2019_protests_denied_entry_to_Hong_Kong_–_reports⠀⇛ A Japanese journalist known for his coverage of Hong Kong’s protests was barred from entering the city days before the 26th anniversary of its Handover to China, according to various Japanese news outlets. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kyrgyz_Constitutional_Court_Legalizes_Matronymic Names_Following_Activist’s_Battle⠀⇛ Kyrgyz activist Altyn Kapalova wrote on Facebook on July 2 that the Constitutional Court had ordered the government to legalize matronymic names following her long-running battle to allow children to choose to use their mother’s name instead of their father’s as part of their full legal names. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ Reuters ☛ Exclusive:_Microsoft_faces_EU_antitrust_probe after_remedies_fall_short,_sources_say⠀⇛ Microsoft, which has been fined 2.2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in the previous decade for practices in breach of EU competition rules, including tying or bundling two or more products… # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Report:_EU_expected_to_launch_new_antitrust investigation_into_Microsoft_–_SiliconANGLE⠀⇛ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Microsoft_Has_Reportedly_Sold_Just_21 Million_Xbox_Series_X_and_S_Consoles [Ed: In_short,_XBox_as_a business_may_not_be_viable_anymore]⠀⇛ Microsoft’s 21m Xbox Series X and S sales pale in comparison to rival numbers. # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Bird_&_Bird_expands_patent_partnership_in Dublin [Ed: Bird & Bird and Team UPC bribe JUVE not just to promote utterly illegal agenda but also to post outright spam as if it is news. JUVE jumped the shark years ago and become a fervent proponent of white- collar crime.]⠀⇛ # ⚓ MyEPO_Portfolio_–_completion_of_second_pilot_phase and_a_step_closer_towards_a_fully_digitalised_patent grant_procedure [Ed: This is illegal. As staff of the EPO has pointed out in publications, this is a violation of the EPC. EPO has become an outlaw organisation, operating in a vacuum for multinationals and patent sharks.]⠀⇛ New features and services simplify workflows and pave the way to a truly interactive user experience. # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Building_a_Better_BOTOX®? PGR_and_Enablement⠀⇛ Medytox, Inc. has appealed a decision made by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board regarding a post-grant review proceeding under the new Pilot Program. Medytox’s motion to amend the claim language, which aimed to substitute claims 19–27 of U.S. Patent No. 10,143,728 (‘728 patent), was denied by the Board for lack of enablement. Additionally, Medytox questions the Board’s Pilot Program regarding motion to amend practice and procedures under the Administrative Procedure Act. In Medytox v. Galderma, 2022-1165, — F.4th — (Fed. Cir. Jun. 27, 2023), Judge Reyna (joined by Judges Dyk and Stark) affirmed the Board’s determinations involving claim construction, enablement, arbitrary and capricious behavior under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Nokia_and_Apple_renew_‘multi-year’_5G_patent licensing_agreement [Ed: Nokia is a patent parasite and the parasites are building walls. JUVE, a propaganda platform of patent sharks and people who break the law, covers this in a shallow manner.]⠀⇛ In signing a new licence agreement starting from January 2024, Nokia and Apple have extended a previous agreement which is set to expire at the end of this year. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2461 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.05.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_05/07/2023:_pgAdmin_4_v7.4_and_Kiwi_TCMS_12.5⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 7:21 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Devices/Embedded * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Events o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o SaaS/Back_End/Databases o Content_Management_Systems_(CMS) o Programming/Development # Python * Leftovers o Science o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Finance o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies # Patents # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ MakuluLinux_A.I_coder.⠀⇛ # ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ Destination_Linux_330:_Opening_Your_AI’s_to Open_Assistant⠀⇛ This week’s episode of Destination Linux, we follow up on some feedback about Red Hat’s RHEL and CentOS changes. We also discuss an open-source alternative to ChatGPT and Google Bard called Open Assistant and then we take a look at some AI integrations with the Linux desktop and ONLYOFFICE. # ⚓ 330:_Opening_Your_AI’s_to_Open_Assistant⠀⇛ FULL SHOW NOTES ►► https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/ destination-linux/dl-330/ # ⚓ mintCast Podcast ☛ mintCast_415.5_–_Out_There_Somewhere⠀⇛ In our Innards section, we get all cloudy We also have some feedback! In “Check This Out” a new app to trim, crop, and mirror/flip videos on linux. Also: Diablo build for modern operating systems! Download o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ Collabora ☛ Kernel_6.4:_More_work_on_MediaTek,_Rockchip, and_power_supply⠀⇛ Released last week, Linux kernel 6.4 brings new features such as support for Intel LAM, user events for tracing, and the ability for the machine keyrings used for Machine Owner Keys to store only CA-enforced keys. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ 8_Google_Analytics_Alternatives_That_You Can_Switch_To⠀⇛ It is not that complicated to switch away from Google Analytics with these options. You can opt for a free self-hosted one or go for a paid one as per your requirements. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 8_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Terminal-Based News_Aggregators⠀⇛ A news aggregator is software which collect news, weblog posts, and other information. We recommend the best terminal-based news aggregators. # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Display_Animated_ASCII_Birthday_Wish_in_Linux Terminal_🎂⠀⇛ Make the special occasion for your loved ones even more special by creating an ASCII birthday animation in the Linux terminal. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ Connecting_Your_Raspberry_Pi_to_Wi-Fi:_A_How- To⠀⇛ # ⚓ Layman_overlay_manager_in_Gentoo_Linux_superseded_by eselect_module⠀⇛ Last week, when upgrading the world packages on my machines running Gentoo Linux, I noticed that the package for the Layman overlay manager app-portage/ layman is masked for removal # ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ Easy_Steps_to_Update_Your_Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Disable_a_Network_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛ Practical guide on the complete information on how to disable the network interface on Rocky Linux 9 to connect with the network and communicate with no breach. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Hide_Files_on_Android⠀⇛ On Android phones, you can hide files and folders by adding a dot(.) before their names or using the .NOMEDIA extension. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_jq_–_JSON processor⠀⇛ This article spotlights alternative tools to jq, a command-line JSON processor. # ⚓ Configure_PXE_Boot_Server_for_Rocky_Linux_9_Kickstart Installation⠀⇛ Preparing to migrate homelab infrastructure from Rocky 8 to Rocky 9. Pre-requisites We are using our existing PXE boot homelab server in this article. All commands to be run on the PXE boot server. Download and Create Rocky Linux 9 FTP Installation Media Download the DVD version of Rocky Linux 9 ISO image. # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ How_to_Customize_the_GDM_Sessions_List⠀⇛ Have you ever installed a new Linux window manager or desktop environment, only to find that it doesn’t show up on the Sessions list in GDM? Have you ever wanted to remove items from that list? How about create a new list item so that you can boot into a custom desktop environment? It sounds like it should be simple, but many people are surprised by the fact that this small task is actually a bit tricky, and there’s very little documentation to help. We show you how to resolve that with a quick and simple guide to editing your GDM Sessions menu. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Get_Weather_Widget_on_Android⠀⇛ Weather Widgets in Android are applications that provide information about the current weather conditions and forecasts directly on the home screen. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Find_MAC_Address_on_Android⠀⇛ You can find the MAC address from the settings of your phone. Follow this step-by-step guide. # ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ How_to_install_RealVNC_viewer_on_Linux⠀⇛ # ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ How_to_check_Raspberry_Pi_RAM_size_and usage⠀⇛ # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_reset_root_password_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ Sometimes remembering all the passwords, it’s impossible, especially if you are a Linux Sys Admin who has to maintain a lot of servers. Loosing access to root, means loosing ability to do your job, managing servers, installing applications, updating etc. However, If you have forgotten the password of # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_To_Configure_PureFTPd_To_Accept_TLS Sessions_On_Debian⠀⇛ How To Configure PureFTPd To Accept TLS Sessions On Debian Linux. FTP is a very insecure protocol because all passwords and all data are transferred in clear text. By using TLS, the whole communication can be encrypted, thus making FTP much more secure. This article explains how to configure PureFTPd to accept TLS sessions on a Debian server. # ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ How_to_check_Raspberry_Pi_model⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Duf_Disk_Usage_Utility_on Debian_12/11/10⠀⇛ In today’s fast-paced technological landscape, efficient disk management is essential. Duf, an acronym for Disk Usage/Free Utility, is an advanced command-line tool that stands out for its convenience and rich set of features. # ⚓ LinuxTuto ☛ How_to_Install_Craft_CMS_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ Craft CMS is a popular content management system (CMS) that allows users to create and manage websites and digital experiences. # ⚓ Install_Win11_as_Virtualbox_7_Guest_on_Ubuntu_22.04_and SparkyLinux_7⠀⇛ # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Neofetch_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Neofetch on Debian 12. For those of you who didn’t know, Neofetch is a powerful command line utility that displays system information in a visually appealing manner. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Delete_Pages_and_Post_in_WordPress⠀⇛ To remove posts, open “All Posts” option from “Posts” menu. Choose the post and hit the “Trash” option. Similarly, you can remove pages from “All Pages” option. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Delete_Downloads_in_Android⠀⇛ You can delete downloads on Android by going into the File Explorer option and finding the Downloads folder. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Access_WordPress_Dashboard⠀⇛ To access WordPress dashboard, first, start the local server manager, open the “http://localhost// wp-login.php” Url, and log in to WordPress. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_Steam_Games_with_Native_Linux_Clients with_Penguin_with_a_Pumpgun,_and_Love_Shore_–_2023-07-05 Edition⠀⇛ Between 2023-06-28 and 2023-07-05 there were 14 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Volker Krause ☛ May/June_in_KDE_PIM⠀⇛ Work on the transition to Qt 6 and KDE Frameworks 6 continues at full steam, with the first release based on that still expected for later this year. Since the branching has been clean of all Qt 5 compatibility code and adapted to ongoing KDE Frameworks changes. While there are still issues to be sorted out, in particular when running in a full Plasma 6 session, this is already in use as a daily driver for some people. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ GNOME_45_Alpha_Is_Now_Available_for Public_Testing,_Here’s_What’s_New⠀⇛ The alpha version of the GNOME 45 desktop environment brings new apps including the Tecla keyboard layout viewer and Snapshot for taking pictures and videos on mobile devices, as well as GTK4/libadwaita ports of the Baobab (Disk Analyzer) and GNOME Font Viewer apps. Many interesting changes are around the GNOME Control Panel (Settings) app, which now lets you close dialogs using the Esc key, improves accessibility, improves panel activation and searching, improves support for RTL (Right- to-Left) languages, as well as numerous bug fixes. # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ GNOME_Podcasts_0.6_Released,_Ported_to GTK4⠀⇛ Grab yer earphones ‘cos a brand-new version of the GNOME Podcasts is out — and it’s been ported to use GTK4/libadwaita! Not familiar with this app? * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Nitrux_2.9.0_Now_Includes_an_Upgrade_Tool_and More⠀⇛ The developers of the Nitrux distribution have created a new Nitrux Upgrade Tool System for easier upgrades and rollbacks. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ Linux_and_the_Planet_Mercury⠀⇛ Since Linux began more than 30 years ago, it has been instrumental in space and planetary research.  There is truly a connection between Linux, space research, and the solar system.  Let’s start with the planet closest to the Sun – Mercury. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Rocky_Linux_outlines_ways_to_legally_obtain_Red Hat_source_code⠀⇛ In a_blog_post titled “Keeping open source open”, the Rocky Linux project said it now had two options for obtaining RHEL source code: through UBI container images and through pay-per-use public cloud instances. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ The_Red_Hat_Drama_Is_Highlighting_Open Source_Software’s_Growing_Pains⠀⇛ Recent moves by the open-source software company Red Hat point at a growing divide between commercial Linux users and the noncommercial community that supports them. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Amlogic_C302X,_C305X,_and_C308X_Arm_SoCs target_Smart_IP_cameras⠀⇛ Amlogic C302X and C305X are dual-core Arm Cortex- A35 processors, while the C308X is a dual-core Cortex-A55 processor with all SoCs designed for Smart IP cameras with the integration of an AI accelerator up to 4 TOPS, and 1080p30 H.264/H.265 video encoding. I was first informed about Amlogic C302/C305/C308 SoCs for Smart cameras as far back as June 2019, or about four years ago, but there wasn’t enough information to write anything about those at the time. But I’m now seeing more details about the camera SoCs, now named C302X, C305X, and C308X, so it’s a good time to have a closer look. Amlogic C302X Amlogic does not have a product page for this model, so I need to rely on a recent commit in the Linux Kernel mainline list to extra some information. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Lennart_Poettering:_ASG!_2023_CfP_Closes_Soon [Ed: The voice of Microsoft, attacking Linux from the moment the first process spawns]⠀⇛ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Cloudbooklet ☛ Mozilla_Releases_Firefox_115_with_New Features_and_Security_Updates⠀⇛ Discover the most recent improvements and learn how to upgrade to Firefox 115 for an even better surfing experience. # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Firefox_115_Released_with_Intel_GPU Video_Decoding_on_Linux⠀⇛ A brand new version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser is rolling out — and it’s a real doozy. Linux users with Intel GPUs will be THRILLED to hear that Mozilla Firefox 115 finally supports hardware video decoding by default. Most devices with Intel graphics hardware will benefit from the feature which is, as I’m sure you’ve already assumed, powered by the open-source Video Acceleration API (VA-API). Those on devices lacking platform support for H264 video decoding will benefit from a fallback to Cisco’s OpenH264 plugin when playing compatible content in this release and up. # ⚓ Tor ☛ New_Release:_Tor_Browser_12.5.1⠀⇛ Tor Browser 12.5.1 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This release updates Firefox to 102.13.0esr, including bug fixes, stability improvements and important security updates. There were no Android-specific security updates to backport from the Firefox 115 release. # ⚓ Firefox_Nightly:_The_Firefox_Unleashed_–_These_Weeks in_Firefox:_Issue_141⠀⇛ # ⚓ Martin_Stransky:_No_one_fights_alone._A_guide_to_your first_Firefox_patch_on_Linux.⠀⇛ Have you ever hit an annoying Firefox bug and want to fix it? You’re right here. Firefox is a great open source project with many volunteer contributors, large community and any patches and help is very welcome. This post aims to help you with your first patch to Firefox and become an active Firefox contributor. ✐ Get and build Firefox sources⠀✐ First of all you need to get Firefox sources and build themon Linux. Ubuntu is a natural choice of many but I use Fedora as it’s Wayland leading distro and I’m also Red Hat employee. It doesn’t matter much because Firefox installs its own build environment. Firefox development happens on nightly which is the latest up-to-date sources and all changes goes there. For start you need mercurial package installed. o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ pgAdmin_4_v7.4_Released⠀⇛ The pgAdmin Development Team is pleased to announce pgAdmin 4 version 7.4. This release of pgAdmin 4 includes 16 bug fixes and new features. For more details please see the release_notes. o § Content Management Systems (CMS)⠀➾ # ⚓ Kiwi_TCMS:_Kiwi_TCMS_12.5⠀⇛ o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ KDAB ☛ Object_Ownership⠀⇛ Last_time we touched upon object lifetime and today we wrap up the basics with a bit of a spicy topic of object ownership. We covered the lifetime quirks, and we found out that manual memory management can be a nightmare, even if we new and delete in the correct order. There must be something better than that. Well, there is but it comes with its own can of worms. ✐ Structured cleanup⠀✐ Since we know the rules of new and delete, namely new allocates and delete destroys, we never really cared about who is responsible for the object. This caused a lot of confusion in the past. For instance, some API codes from Win32 return strings that should be LocalFree()d, like FormatMessage or GetEnvironmentStrings. POSIX, on the other hand, has strdup as a common example of you should free it yourself. This model is confusing because you may have a lot of return statements, before which you should always call free or delete, depending on the operation. However, we have RAII since the very beginning of C++, which adds constructors and destructors. So, in 1998 resourceful people decided to add auto_ptr to the standard. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Count_the_Number_of_Rows_of SQLite_Table_in_Python?⠀⇛ SQLite users can use Python to create and manipulate SQLite databases, such as counting the rows in a table. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ Understanding_the_Python_For_Loop:_A Beginners_Guide⠀⇛ Python, renowned for its simplicity and readability, offers a plethora of control flow structures that facilitate the creation of diverse programs. Among these structures, the ‘for’ loop holds a significant place due to its versatility and widespread usage in repetitive tasks. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Swing_Music_is_a_Web-Based_Self-hosted Music_Player_written_in_Python⠀⇛ Swing Music bills itself as a cooler Spotify. That caught my attention. Unlike Spotify, it’s not a streaming service. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Meteor-Like_‘Shooting_Stars’_Discovered_in The_Sun’s_Atmosphere⠀⇛ Whoa. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Study:_Maternal_deaths_widespread_beyond_the South⠀⇛ Maternal_mortality_rates more than doubled in the U.S. between 1999 and 2019 with states in the Midwest and Great Plains accounting for significant increases along with the South, according to a JAMAstudythat provides the first state-level breakdowns by ethnic group. Driving the news:American Indians and Alaska Natives had the biggest increases, particularly in states in the middle of the country where such inequities “had not been previously highlighted,” researchers wrote. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ A_US_judge_found_free_speech_violations_in_the government’s_contacts_with_social_media_sites⠀⇛ A US federal judge has barred a handful of Biden administration agencies and officials from contacting social media sites about moderating posts protected by the First Amendment. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ US_court_blocks_govt_from_leaning_on_social_media companies⠀⇛ An order issued by Judge Terry Doughty of the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana said some government agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services and the FBI, were banned from getting in touch with social media companies for “the purpose of urging, encouraging, pressuring, or inducing in any manner the removal, deletion, suppression, or reduction of content containing protected free speech”. The injunction, issued on American Independence Day, is preliminary and comes in response to a suit filed by the attorneys-general of Louisiana and Missouri. Republicans have long accused social media companies of censoring right-wing critics, while Democrats assert that platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have failed to act on misinformation and hate speech, which at times leads to violence. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Judge_rules_White_House_overstepped_with social_media_COVID_messaging⠀⇛ A judge on Tuesday prohibited several federal agencies and officials of the Biden administration from working with social media companies in response to a lawsuit alleging the government overstepped in efforts to quell hesitations about COVID-19 vaccines. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Judge_limits_Biden_officials’_contact_with_social media_companies_in_First_Amendment_case⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Federal_Officials_Hatch_a_Three-Pronged Defense_Against_Another_‘Tripledemic’ [Ed: Have clinical trials for all three been completed so far? Or have quality assurance measures been phased out in the age of "emergency" and compulsory patents?]⠀⇛ This fall, Americans will be urged to get shots against the flu, Covid and, if they’re older, R.S.V. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Three_Vaccines_for_Fall:_What_You_Need_to Know [Ed: Mixing well-tested vaccines with experimental ones]⠀⇛ Here’s who should get the flu, Covid and R.S.V. vaccines, and when. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Firefox_115_Patches_High-Severity_Use- After-Free_Vulnerabilities⠀⇛ Mozilla has released Firefox 115 to the stable channel with patches for two high-severity use- after-free vulnerabilities. # ⚓ Lee Yingtong Li ☛ Extracting_TOTP_keys_from_a_proprietary Android_2FA_app⠀⇛ This is an analysis of an early 2010s proprietary Android-based two-factor authentication (2FA) application for a particular cloud service provider – à la Okta, or Microsoft Authenticator. This particular cloud service has been publicly criticised for not supporting industry standard 2FA algorithms such as time-based one-time password (TOTP). Interestingly, many such proprietary 2FA applications internally use TOTP; for example, Okta. In such cases, extracting the TOTP shared secret key enables 2FA tokens to be generated from standard TOTP software. This 2FA application turned out to be no exception. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Japan’s_Nagoya_Port_Suspends_Cargo Operations_Following_Ransomware_Attack [Ed: It's probably Microsoft Windows]⠀⇛ Japan’s Port of Nagoya this week suspended cargo loading and unloading operations following a ransomware attack. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Exploited_Solar_Power_Product_Vulnerability Could_Expose_Energy_Organizations_to_Attacks⠀⇛ An actively exploited vulnerability in the Contec SolarView solar power monitoring product can expose hundreds of energy organizations to attacks. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Ransomware_Criminals_Are_Dumping_Kids’ Private_Files_Online_After_School_Hacks⠀⇛ Ransomware gangs are targeting schools, stealing confidential documents and then dumping them online. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Sweden_Orders_Four_Companies_to_Stop Using_Google_Tool⠀⇛ Sweden has ordered four companies to stop using a Google tool that measures and analyses web traffic as doing so transfers personal data to the United States, fining one company the equivalent of more than $1.1 million. \ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ EU_Court_Deals_Blow_to_Meta_in_German Data_Case⠀⇛ Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp may need to overhaul how they collect the data of users in Europe after the top EU court ruled against Meta. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Hong_Kong_pro-democracy_activists_who_fled abroad_will_be_‘pursued_for_life’⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s leader said Tuesday that eight pro- democracy activists who now live in the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia will be pursued for life for alleged national security offenses, dismissing criticism that the move to have them arrested was a dangerous precedent. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ National_security:_4_men_arrested_by Hong_Kong_police_over_alleged_support_of_activists_abroad⠀⇛ Hong Kong police arrested four men on Wednesday for allegedly supporting people living abroad who “endanger national security”, according to a statement. The arrests came two days after authorities announced million-dollar bounties for the capture of eight prominent pro-democracy activists living overseas. The eight include former pro-democracy lawmakers, activists and a unionist. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_security_chief_slams_Wall St_Journal_criticism_of_int’l_arrest_warrants,_as_Interpol say_no_‘Red_Notice’_received⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s security minister has slammed the Wall Street Journal as having “extreme political bias and double standards,” following an editorial that criticised China reluctance to recognise international boundaries. Meanwhile, the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) says it has not received an “Red Notice” from Hong Kong, nor can it act over political offences. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_security_chief_lashes_out at_‘wanted’_self-exiled_activists,_claims_Nathan_Law_a ‘modern_day_traitor’⠀⇛ Hongkongers should see the “true colours” of the eight wanted democrats, security chief Chris Tang has said, adding that one of them – activist Nathan Law – was a “modern-day Chinese traitor” and a cowardly “turtle hiding inside its shell.” # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Hong_Kong_pro-democracy_radio_station_closed_down under_National_Security_Law⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s pro-democracy online radio station Citizens’ Radio aired their final broadcast on Friday, with the founder expressing hardships under “dangerous” political environment. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ China_warns_Australia_to_hand_over activist_‘fugitives’⠀⇛ China has warned Australia against giving a safe haven to “fugitives” after Hong Kong police issued arrest warrants for two Australian-based activists. Hong Kong authorities have offered $HK1 million ($191,000) bounties for the arrest of eight overseas-based activists after accusing them of national security offences following a crackdown on political dissent. # § War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_volunteer_convoy_goes_to_warzone villages⠀⇛ Latvian volunteers, businesses and individuals keep contributing to Ukraine’s fight against the aggressor country Russia. Volunteers have just visited the liberated villages with food for more than 2,000 people, Latvian Television reported on July 4. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Ukraine,_Russia_accuse_each other_of_planning_to_attack_Europe’s_biggest_nuclear plant⠀⇛ Ukraine and Russia are accusing each other of planning to attack one of the world’s largest nuclear power plants. But neither side provided evidence to support their claims of an imminent threat to the facility in southeastern Ukraine that is occupied by Russian troops. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been a focus of concern since Moscow’s forces took control of it and its staff in the early stages of the war. Russia and Ukraine have regularly traded blame over shelling near the plant that caused power outages. The six reactors are shut down, but the plant still needs power and qualified staff to run crucial cooling systems and other safety features. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Ben_&_Jerry’s_owner_slammed_for_doing business_in_Russia_in_wake_of_July_4_‘indigenous’ tweet⠀⇛ While Ben & Jerry’s stirs controversy over its July 4 tweet calling on the US to return “stolen indigenous land,” its corporate parent is facing criticism over its refusal to cut business ties with Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Ben_and_Jerry’s_ugly_4th_of_July_tweet_shows why_woke_brands_fail⠀⇛ The Fourth of July: a time for barbecues, baseball, fireworks and … woke tweeting? # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Ukraine’s_survival_is_crucial_for everyone’s_security⠀⇛ The criticism of Australia’s recent package of assistance to Ukraine was justified. It managed to give a perception of a middling power’s apathy, rather than a regional power’s ambition. # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_IAEA_demands_more_access_to Zaporizhzhia_plant_as_Russia,_Ukraine_trade_claims_of sabotage⠀⇛ The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Wednesday called for additional access to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine to “confirm the absence of mines or explosives at the site”. Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of planning to sabotage the site, raising alarm over risks of a radioactive disaster at Europe’s largest nuclear plant. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Russia_says_700,000_Ukraine_children_brought to_Russia_during_war⠀⇛ Grigory Karasin, head of Russia’s upper parliamentary house, stated Sunday on his Telegram channel that over 700,000 Ukrainian children had been “given refuge” in Russia. # ⚓ LRT ☛ President_Nausėda:_Ukraine_will_get_‘quite_a lot’_in_Vilnius,_but_not_all_it_wants_–_interview⠀⇛ Despite intense discussions among NATO countries, the forthcoming Vilnius summit will manage to agree on commitments to Ukraine that will not disappoint the country fighting Russian invasion, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda says. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Former_NATO_official:_declarations_of_unity_at Vilnius_summit_are_bullshit_–_interview⠀⇛ NATO’s deterrence is not working because it did not prevent Moscow from attacking Ukraine, and statements by Joe Biden and other leaders that the alliance would not intervene directly were an absolute mistake, argues Dr Stefanie Babst, who worked for NATO for 20 years and served as assistant secretary general for public diplomacy from 2006-2012. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_wouldn’t_veto_NATO_summit_declaration even_if_it’s_unsatisfactory_–_official⠀⇛ Even if Lithuania is not happy with the NATO summit declaration on Ukraine’s membership, it will not veto the document because it would look bad, presidential adviser Asta Skaisgirytė says. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukrainian_Police_Investigate_Explosion_In Kyiv_Court⠀⇛ Police are investigating an explosion at a district court in Kyiv that officials say may have been caused by a man who detonated a device after arriving for a hearing. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ IAEA_Experts_At_Zaporizhzhya_Nuclear_Plant Request_Additional_Access_To_Confirm_No_Explosives Present⠀⇛ The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on July 5 called for additional access to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine to confirm there are no mines or explosives at the site after Ukraine and Russia accused each other of planning provocations. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Georgia_Condemns_Ukraine_For_Its_Protests Over_Health_Of_Former_President_Saakashvili⠀⇛ Georgia’s Foreign Ministry criticized Ukraine on July 4 for urging the Georgian ambassador to return to Tbilisi for consultations over the poor health of imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili, who is also a Ukrainian citizen. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Planning_‘Dangerous_Provocations’_At Nuclear_Plant,_Zelenskiy_Claims_In_Call_With_Macron⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on July 4 repeated his warning that Russia is planning “dangerous provocations” at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukrainian_Military_Reports_Heavy_Fighting_In East_As_Russia_Accuses_Kyiv_Of_Attacking_Border Region⠀⇛ Heavy fighting continues in the Bakhmut, Lyman, Avdiyivka, and Maryinka areas in the Donetsk region, the General Staff of Ukraine’s military reported on July 5, adding that there had been 40 combat clashes in the area during the previous 24 hours. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Looks_Forward_To_More_‘Fruitful Cooperation’_After_NATO_Chief’s_Mandate_Extended⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg during a telephone call on July 4 that he looks forward to “continuing our fruitful cooperation” after Stoltenberg’s contract to lead the military alliance was extended by one year. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Grain-Carrying_Ships_To_Leave_the_Black_Sea by_July_17:_Russia⠀⇛ The 2022 Black Sea Initiative has turned into “purely commercial exports of Ukrainian food to ‘well-fed’ countries,” the Russian diplomacy says. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ US,_UK,_France_Are_Financing_a_Terrorist Regime:_Zakharova [Ed: Russia is projecting again]⠀⇛ The Russian diplomat pointed out that the drone attack on Moscow is a case of international terrorism since Ukraine commits these attacks with weapons supplied by the West. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Russia:_5_Ukrainian_Drones_Attack_in_Moscow Is_Intl_Terrorism [Ed: Invading a country is not "Terrorism"?]⠀⇛ “…no injuries have been reported…” # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Estonian_PM_Says_NATO_Membership_Is_The_‘Only Security_Guarantee’_For_Ukraine,_But_Rules_Out_Offer While_Fighting_Continues⠀⇛ Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas on July 4 said that NATO membership “is the only security guarantee” for Ukraine and said it is important that NATO member countries agree during their upcoming summit in Vilnius on “practical steps” on how Ukraine gets into the alliance. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Expected_To_Visit_Sofia_On_Same_Day As_Parliamentary_Vote_On_Ukraine’s_Membership_In_NATO⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will visit Bulgaria on July 6, according to Bulgarian media reports confirmed by RFE/RL. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Italy_Freezes_Russian_Oligarchs’_Assets_Worth $2.5_Billion⠀⇛ Italy has frozen Russian oligarchs’ assets valued at around 2 billion euros ($2.5 billion) following the invasion of Ukraine last year, the country’s central bank said on July 4. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Multilateral_Man_Is_More_Powerful_Than Putin_Realized⠀⇛ Unelected bureaucrats get a bad rap. But some do an essential job. # ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Ukraine,_Russia_accuse each_other_of_planning_to_attack_Europe’s_biggest nuclear_plant⠀⇛ Ukraine and Russia are accusing each other of planning to attack one of the world’s largest nuclear power plants. But neither side provided evidence to support their claims of an imminent threat to the facility in southeastern Ukraine that is occupied by Russian troops. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been a focus of concern since Moscow’s forces took control of it and its staff in the early stages of the war. Russia and Ukraine have regularly traded blame over shelling near the plant that caused power outages. The six reactors are shut down, but the plant still needs power and qualified staff to run crucial cooling systems and other safety features. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Russia-Ukraine_War_Changed_This Finland_Company_Forever⠀⇛ Nokian Tyres of Finland made 80 percent of its tires in Russia, where energy was cheap. After losing billions, it prioritized political security over business efficiency. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Zelensky_says_Russian_military_placed ‘objects_resembling_explosives’_at_Zaporizhzhia_nuclear power_plant_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky says that the Russian military has placed “objects resembling explosives” on the roof of several power units of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Tensions_Surge_Around_Zaporizhzhia Nuclear_Plant⠀⇛ Ukraine and Russia accused each other of plotting attacks at the facility, though some analysts have said that the immediate risks to the plant remained low. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_discusses_using_‘corridor’_through recently_annexed_Ukrainian_regions_to_address_traffic jam_at_Crimean_Bridge_—_Meduza⠀⇛ In a conference call with members of the government, Russian president Vladimir Putin discussed the traffic jams at the Crimean Bridge, reports Interfax. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Rabbi’s_Brush_With_Danger_in_Ukraine Went_Viral⠀⇛ A video put a fresh spotlight on the chief rabbi of Ukraine, whose renown predates his humanitarian efforts since Russia’s full- scale invasion. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Glenn_Greenwald:_John_Mearsheimer_on_US Power_&_Darkness_Ahead_for_Ukraine⠀⇛ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia_continues_enhanced_monitoring_of Belarus_border⠀⇛ The possible location of the Russian mercenary group Wagner in Belarus raises many questions and also forces Latvia to keep an eye on the border, the President of Latvia and the head of the National Security Council, Egils Levits, told Latvian Television on July 4. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Captured_Russian_Soldier’s_Story: ‘They_Just_Sent_Us_to_Die’⠀⇛ An inmate hoped to start over with a clean slate by fighting in Ukraine. Instead, he was confronted by the drudgery of trench work and the terror of battle. “You’re going in as meat,” he said he was told. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Russian_journalist_and_lawyer_beaten_in Chechnya:_‘The_investigation_will_no_doubt_be unsuccessful’⠀⇛ On the morning of July 4, Elena Milashina, a journalist with the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and Alexandre Nemov, a lawyer, were beaten on their way to a trial in Grozny, Chechnya. Images document the extreme violence of the attack. According to the Crew Against Torture, a Russian human rights organisation that is supporting the two victims, the attackers may be linked to authorities in the Chechen Republic. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Belarus_dispatch:_Belarusians_fearful_as terms_of_Wagner’s_Lukashenka-brokered_relocation_to their_country_remain_unclear⠀⇛ Belarusian law students enrolled at European Humanities University are filing reports with JURIST on current circumstances in Belarus under the constitutionally-disputed presidency of Alexander Lukashenka. Katsiaryna Vasilionak files this dispatch from Vilnius, Lithuania.  During the period of June 23-24, the private military company Wagner, headed by Prigozhin, attempted an armed rebellion in Russia. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Prigozhin_media_group_closes_following leader’s_exile_from_Russia⠀⇛ Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin’s media company Patriot Media Group announced its closure Saturday in the continuing aftermath of Prigozhin’s brief march towards Moscow, which saw him exiled from Russia.  # ⚓ LRT ☛ Europe_said_Baltics_were_right_about_Russia, but_is_ignoring_us_again,_says_Lithuania’s_former president⠀⇛ NATO has failed to deter Russia and the West is still living in a completely “different time” than Moscow, which has mobilised its entire society and industry for war, says former Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Why_the_Wagner_Group’s_mutiny_is_Xi_Jinping’s worst_nightmare⠀⇛ Nobody turned up to defend Moscow or Putin, and the same scenario would play out in China. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Chief_Of_Russia’s_Yandex_Faces_Court_Case_For Gay_‘Propaganda’⠀⇛ The chief executive of the Nasdaq-listed Internet company Yandex faces prosecution in a Russian court for alleged offenses under the country’s so-called gay “propaganda” law, a notice on the court’s website said on July 5. # ⚓ Spiegel ☛ Putin’s_Vassal:_Belarus_in_the_Inner- Russian_Power_Struggle⠀⇛ Alexander Lukashenko managed to shine as a mediator in Putin’s conflict with the Wagner Group. That triumph, though, should not obscure the fact that the Belarusian ruler is nothing more than a vassal of Moscow. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Putin_Ally_Appointed_To_Head_Russia’s_TASS News_Agency⠀⇛ Russian President Vladimir Putin’s former election spokesman has been appointed to run the state news agency TASS, according to a government order published on July 5. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ SCO_Summit:_Russia_and_China_Reject Economic_Protectionism⠀⇛ Chinese President Xi requested that the SCO countries “maintain the right direction and enhance their solidarity and mutual trust.” # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Shanghai_Cooperation_Organization Formalizes_Iran’s_Membership⠀⇛ Currently, the SCO has nine members: Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Iran. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finnish_bank_allowed_oligarch_Rotenberg_to withdraw_funds_just_before_sanctions_took_effect⠀⇛ Rotenberg was allowed to withdraw his funds in April 2022, after promising not to transfer them to Russia or Belarus. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Putin,_Xi_and_Modi_Meet_for_Shanghai Summit,_Each_Focused_on_Own_Issues⠀⇛ At a virtual summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the leaders of Russia, China and India each focused on their own driving issues. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin’s_envoy_wants_provosts_fired_at universities_without_‘patriotic_movements’_on_campus_— Meduza⠀⇛ President Putin’s envoy to Russia’s Far East, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev, met with students at Far Eastern Federal University on Wednesday and declared that institutions of higher learning nationwide should organize “patriotic movements” on campus. Any school without one of these projects, he argued, should fire its curriculum provost and hire one who will rectify the situation.  # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Prominent_Russian_Journalist_Injured in_Attack_in_Chechnya⠀⇛ Elena Milashina, known for her work on human rights, was assaulted along with Alexander Nemov, a lawyer. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_shelling_of_Kharkiv_region_injures more_than_40_people_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russian shelling of the city of Pervomaiskyi in the Kharkiv region injured at least 31 people, including nine children, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported on July 4.  # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Putin_Scrambles_to_Reinforce_His Defenses_After_Wagner_Mutiny⠀⇛ Long focused on security, the Russian president is rewarding loyalty among the ruling elite and showering his most important constituency — the men with guns — with cash. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Manufacturing_sector_continues_its_slump⠀⇛ “Demand is trending to about 2019 levels, accounting for inflation. The COVID-driven demand has moderated.” # ⚓ Axios ☛ The_Northeast_is_losing_out_to_America’s_new economic_hotspots⠀⇛ The switch happened during peak COVID. There’s no sign it’ll reverse. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ New_Jersey_Files_Complaint_Against_Judge Who_Made_Thirst_Trap_TikToks_in_His_Judge_Robe⠀⇛ A Superior Court judge is being investigated for making profane TikToks in judicial clothing. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Bids_to_Overturn_Apple_App_Store Antitrust_Decision_Rejected_by_Ninth_Circuit_Court_of Appeals⠀⇛ Apple and Epic Games failed to convince the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its ruling in an antitrust dispute over Apple’s App Store. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Report:_EU_expected_to_launch_new_antitrust investigation_into_Microsoft⠀⇛ Microsoft Corp. could find itself the target of a new antitrust investigation in Europe after talks with regulators aimed at averting such a move broke down, Reuters reported Monday. ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Class-Action_Lawsuit_for_Scraping_Data_without_Permission⠀⇛ I have mixed feelings about this class-action_lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming that it “scraped 300 billion words from the internet” without either registering as a data broker or obtaining consent. On the one hand, I want this to be a protected fair use of public data. On the other hand, I want us all to_be_compensated for our uniquely human ability to generate language. ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Beware_of_fake_Microsoft_‘spyware_alert’_pop-ups_on_your_computer⠀⇛ Tech support scam claims your device has been compromised by a virus * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ DynaIP_entity_WirelessWerx_IP_location_tracking patent_reexam_granted⠀⇛ On July 3, 2023, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S._Patent_7,317,927 owned by WirelessWerx IP LLC, an NPE and Dynamic_IP_Deals_LLC entity. * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Exclusive:_Mick_Jagger_and_Keith_Richards Move_to_Dismiss_‘Living_in_a_Ghost_Town’_Lawsuit⠀⇛ The Rolling Stones have filed a ‘Motion to Dismiss’ the copyright infringement lawsuit by Spanish songwriter Sergio Garcia Fernandez. The legal filing outlines several reasons for dismissal, including Plaintiff’s choice of improper venue, failure to state a claim, and lack of personal jurisdiction over a Europe-based rights management company. o ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ Ask_Rodriguez_Anything:_My_Ten_Questions_for Heritage_Minister_Pablo_Rodriguez_on_Bill_C-18⠀⇛ Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has scheduled a press_conference for later today to answer questions on the legislative mess that is Bill C-18. With Meta and Google announcing that they will block_news_sharing_and links on their platforms before the law takes effect, the Canadian media sector stands to lose millions of dollars with lost links, the cancellation_of_dozens_of_existing deals, and a bill that might not generate any new revenues. § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ o ⚓ Read:_Mutual_Aid_by_Dean_Spade⠀⇛ This is certainly worth a read. Or you can tell me to go fuck myself and just wait for the government to fix all ills. o ⚓ The_Primitive_Playhouse⠀⇛ I’ve been wanting to experiment with lifeways that don’t require modern infrastructure, like electricity or plumbing. Something in between tent camping and a “normal” modern house. How would I move, store, and heat water? Keep myself warm in the winter and cool in the summer? Clean my body in the absence of a shower? Light my way without electric lights? Store and cook food? I ‘know’ some of these things from reading, but there’s a difference between knowing and doing the deed day in and day out. Someday I’d like to commit to that kind of lifestyle, but it’d be nice to figure out the some of the friction points before I do so. o ⚓ 2023_mid_year_update⠀⇛ It has been some time since I wrote here or on my blog and truth be told I want to change that. But at the same time, the first half of the year was busy, both with work and life. Moving away from Paris took time and (too) many trips to finalize. After 3 months, we’re finally settling nicely :). I’m currently sitting in a spot I don’t often use in our new apartment writing this post on a (very) old laptop. This is part of a new experiment I’m doing to see if I can train my brain to be focus on writing on specific setup. More on this later if that experiment is worth sharing. The move also made me do some (more or less) temporary changes on my homelab, as I explained in a [previous gemlog entry]. I first decided which selfhosted services where mandatory to be online during the move (eg: rss feed reader, blog, capsule, …) and migrated them to someone else computer (aka the cloud). Other services where shutdown, including of course all domotics related stuff. * § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ o § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Quick_recipe,_compiling_PostgREST⠀⇛ I use a similar recipe for building PostgREST on Linux. # ⚓ Quick_recipe,_compiling_Pandoc⠀⇛ These are my quick notes for compiling Pandoc on a M1 Mac Mini. I use a similar recipe for building Pandoc on Linux (NOTE: the challenges with libiconv and Mac Ports’ libiconv below if you get a build error). =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4170 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.05.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_05/07/2023:_Twitter_Death_Spiral,_CLAs_Cautioned_Against⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:39 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o BSD o SUSE/OpenSUSE 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 Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o Licensing_/_Legal o Programming/Development # Python # Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh * Leftovers o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Overpopulation o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Patents # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ TecMint ☛ 24_Funniest_Commands_to_Try_in_the_Linux Terminal⠀⇛ Linux has a rich collection of commands, and while many of them are powerful and useful for various tasks, there are also some funny and whimsical commands that you can try out for amusement. You might be aware of the command ls command, which is used frequently to view the contents of a directory but because of miss-typing sometimes you would result in ‘sl‘. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ 40_Must-Have_Free_Open_Source_Applications_for 2023⠀⇛ It is time to share a list of the best free and open-source software I found during the year 2023. Some of these programs may not be new in that they weren’t released for the first time in 2023, but they are new and have been helpful to me. It is in the spirit of sharing that I’m writing this article hoping you find some of these programs useful as well. To begin, you may want to search for the program using your distribution’s package manager, like so: # ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Effortlessly_Monitor_Your_Internet Traffic_Using_Sniffnet_Network_Monitoring_Tool_In_Linux_And Unix⠀⇛ Whether you’re a Networking administrator, an IT professional, or an individual, understanding and managing your Internet traffic is essential for optimizing performance, ensuring security, and maintaining control over your online activities. With Sniffnet Network Monitoring Tool, you can effortlessly track and analyze your data flow, gaining valuable insights into your network’s behavior. From visualizing bandwidth consumption to detecting potential security threats, Sniffnet provides a complete solution that empowers you to take charge of your online experience. In this guide, we will discuss what is Sniffnet, and its features, how to install Sniffnet in Linux and Unix, and finally how to monitor your Internet traffic using Sniffnet. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Manuel Matuzovic ☛ the_article_element_and_screen_readers⠀⇛ I wanted to know how and if common screen readers expose the
element. Here are my results: [...] # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Software_best_practices_for_networkers⠀⇛ In classical networking, we are used to the opposite of this. It’s typical for networking teams to discuss almost every aspect of network design, such as a hostname formatting schema or IP address allocation rules and so on, until they can repeat those rules blindfolded. The reason is that with infrastructure design and deployment we implicitly weigh our time and effort differently than with software development. # ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Shell_Built-in_Commands⠀⇛ In Linux, there are commands and then there are shell built-ins. Linux purists refrain from calling them commands or shell built-in commands. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Skullgirls_got_review-bombed_on_Steam_after some_art_changes⠀⇛ Skullgirls 2nd Encore from Hidden Variable Studios and Autumn Games is having some community issues lately, with it getting review-bombed after a recent update. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Quantum:_Recharged_from_Atari_gets_a_new trailer⠀⇛ Ahead of the upcoming release of Quantum: Recharged, the latest in the series of retro remakes from Atari and SneakyBox, a new trailer is live now. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Building_a_Retro_Linux_Gaming_Computer_Part 29:_The_Odyssey⠀⇛ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Humble_Choice_for_July_2023_has_The_Outer Worlds,_TemTem,_Yakuza_4_Remastered⠀⇛ The latest Humble Choice seems to have a pretty nice set of headline games, so here’s what to expect for July 2023 and what compatibility you’ll see on Steam Deck and desktop Linux. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Morrowind_modern_game_engine_OpenMW_0.48_is readying_to_release⠀⇛ OpenMW is a modern free and open source game engine for Morrowind, and it’s really getting close to a release of version 0.48 now with another Release Candidate ready for more testing. The whole point of OpenMW is to get Morrowind working nicely on modern platforms, with a whole bunch of improvements to how it looks and feels. # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Best_Steam_Deck_Games_Released_in_the_Past Week_with_Sumire_and_A_Story_Beside_–_2023-07-02_Edition⠀⇛ Between 2023-06-25 and 2023-07-02 there were 108 new games validated for the Steam Deck. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Get_a_free_copy_of_Prey_with_Prime_Gaming⠀⇛ Want another free game? If you have Amazon Prime you can now claim a free copy of Prey from Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks with their GOG partnership. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Character-driven_tactical_RPG_‘Arcadian Atlas’_releasing_July_27th⠀⇛ If you love your turn-based tactical RPGs with an interesting story to follow, anything perhaps like Final Fantasy Tactics and the like you’ll want to take a look at Arcadian Atlas. The team just recently announced that it’s going to release on July 27th, this is along with Native Linux support following their Kickstarter back in 2016. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Happy_Birthday_to_GamingOnLinux_–_14_years old_today⠀⇛ You may have noticed the website acting up a little lately, well that’s because it’s well into its teens now. Happy Birthday to GamingOnLinux, the tiny little site I thought no one would visit but here we are 14 years later. Now we see around a million visitors a month, and I still can’t quite believe it. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Command_&_Conquer_–_Combined_Arms_–_the huge_OpenRA_mod_adds_more_missions⠀⇛ Easily one of my favourite game packs made with OpenRA is Command & Conquer – Combined Arms, bundling together the Allies, Soviets, Nod, GDI and the Scrin. A new release is out in v0.91 expanding the content a fair bit. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Half-Life_Alyx_NoVR_continues_to_impress and_evolve⠀⇛ Half-Life Alyx NoVR is really coming together and a fresh update is out now to make the experience even better for those without a VR kit. I will say that it’s still one of my favourite experiences ever in gaming with the Valve Index, but given how Half- Life is a much loved series, more people deserve to be able to play it. These modders are a dedicated bunch that’s for sure! # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Samurai_Survivors_gets_Steam_Deck_Verified with_gamepad_improvements⠀⇛ Samurai Survivors is another in the somewhat long list now of bullet-hell horde styled games, that exploded thanks to Vampire Survivors. It has Linux support and now it’s Steam Deck Verified too. Released back in April, I’m not sure how I entirely missed it given my absolute love of these simple games that really sucker you in.  # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ 7_Days_to_Die_gets_another_huge_overhaul_in Alpha_21⠀⇛ 7 Days to Die has surged in popularity thanks to a huge new upgrade coming amount, with developer The Fun Pimps bringing some pretty surprising stuff to the game. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ GNOME ☛ Endless_OS’s_privacy-preserving_metrics system⠀⇛ Endless OS contains an optional anonymous telemetry system, where installations of the OS collect usage data and periodically send it back to us at Endless OS Foundation. Although the system is open-source, has existed in various forms for close to a decade, and individual pieces of it are documented, I don’t think we’ve ever written much about how it all fits together. So here I will try to correct that by describing the current incarnation of this system in its entirety, and why we have it. Let’s stare directly at the elephant in the room: usage metrics – telemetry, analytics, or whatever other terms one might like to use – is something that free software community members are often opposed to, with some good justification. A lot has changed in the 10 years since the first commit on this project in September 2013. The Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal and other similar events have raised public awareness of the potential for abuse of personal data, and there have been massive regulatory improvements in this space, too. Of course, I have my own opinions about data collection, which you can probably guess from my having spent most of my adult life working on free software! When I joined Endless, I wasn’t comfortable with previous incarnations of our metrics system, but after it was reworked into the form described below, I am confident that it strikes a good balance. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ Undeadly ☛ [CFT]_sec(4)_for_Route_Based_IPSec_VPNs⠀⇛ A new tool for creating flexible, route based site to site virtual private networks (site-to-site VPNs) is entering its call for testing phase on OpenBSD-current. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ Submitting_Talks,_Attending_Conferences_Embody Open_Source,_Power_of_Sharing⠀⇛ Staying up-to-date with the latest trends, tools and industry knowledge is crucial for open-source developers and IT professionals like system administrators. Online resources provide valuable information, but there is no substitute for the immersive and collaborative experience of attending conferences. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ LXD_Containers_Project_Goes_under_Canonical’s Wing⠀⇛ In recent years, using containers has revolutionized the whole software industry’s approach to building software. Nowadays, technologies like Docker and Podman have become the industry standard. However, the ability to run Linux containers using LXC/LXD has been supported as a core feature of Linux since 2008. # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ The_LXD_Project_Finds_a_New_Home_at_Canonical⠀⇛ Canonical has taken complete control of the LXD project and will now manage everything related to it. Even though they have been involved since the inception of LXD, they have now decided to take a more direct approach. Many organizations seem to be tightening their grip on open-source projects. Even Red Hat did something similar recently. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Meet_Canonical_at_PEARC23⠀⇛ With PEARC23 just around the corner, now is a great time to get in touch with Canonical on all things HPC. Meet our team at the conference in Portland, Oregon on 23-27 July.  o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Nitrogen8M_Plus_boast_NXP_processor_w/_2.3 TOPS_NPU⠀⇛ The Nitrogen8M Plus SMARC from Laird Connectivity is a high-performance embedded computing module featuring a Quad-core Arm-A53 along with a 2.3 TOPS NPU for machine learning inference and onboard Image Signal Processor (ISP). The product page indicates that the Nitrogen8M Plus features the NXP i.MX 8M Plus with the following architecture: [...] o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Old VCR ☛ RIP,_Don_Lancaster⠀⇛ Heard earlier this week that Don Lancaster, best known to us retrocomputing denizens as the man who developed the TV Typewriter, died at the age of 83 on June 7. That’s my copy of one of his classic books (after the TV Typewriter Cookbook) for building a TVT 6 5/8 on anything with a 6800 bus like the 6502 and, yes, the 6800. This was a CPU- driven display that uses lines on the address bus to control the image: you lost 36K out of your addressing range as any address stored to or read there would be passed to the display interface, but gained an entire viewing screen in exchange. Even a barebones 1K KIM-1 could display a 32×16 text screen at $0200 to $03ff and it could be built out of just a handful of chips: [...] # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ The_Foenix_F256k_retrocomputer⠀⇛ This looks like an awesome machine, but not only for its design and technical capabilities, but what it represents. This is my attempt to explain why, followed by a review of Jan Beta’s… review! # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Set_sail_in_the_Pico-powered_‘Roboat’⠀⇛ Disclaimer: the Roboat is tiny, so only mice will be able to physically set sail. You could enjoy it vicariously by watching the sailing mouse, but Roboat can most definitely not hold your weight. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Amazon_Echo_becomes_charming_animatronic_robot⠀⇛ There is no shame in taking advantage of a voice assistant device, like an Amazon Echo with Alexa. Those devices are useful and can add real convenience to your life. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ You_have_3_ways_to_meet_Massimo_Banzi_in_the UK!⠀⇛ Massimo Banzi and the Arduino Pro team will be crossing the Channel soon for a short tour of Southern England, touching base with long-time partners and meeting many new Arduino fans! # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Arduino_Offers_Up_Two_New_Uno_Boards⠀⇛ Arduino’s latest boards retain the same Uno form factor but upgrade the CPU and provide Wi-Fi and Bluetooth access via an ESP32-S3 co-processor # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Predicting_soccer_matches_with_ML_on_the_UNO_R4 Minima⠀⇛ Based on the Renesas RA4M1 microcontroller, the new Arduino UNO R4 boasts 16x the RAM, 8x the flash, and a much faster CPU compared to the previous UNO R3. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Ghacks ☛ As_Twitter_stumbles,_Mastodon_launches_improved Android_app⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ What_are_Google’s_best_and_worst_rated_Android apps_on_Play_Store⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Use_Google_Calendar_on_Android_TV⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ How_to_fix_the_green_line_issue_on_your Android_phone’s_screen⠀⇛ # ⚓ How_to_Set_Up_a_Passkey_for_Google_Account_on_Android_– Guiding_Tech⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ No_one_will_be_able_to_buy_Google’s ADT-4_Android_TV_box⠀⇛ # ⚓ Moto_G_5G_(2022)_starts_getting_Android_13_update!⠀⇛ # ⚓ Mirror UK ☛ Galaxy_S23_gets_a_new_Android_rival_and_it’s_on sale_for_£200_less_than_Samsung_–_Mirror_Online⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmo China ☛ ColorOS_14_Fold_based_on_Android_14_to release_soon⠀⇛ # ⚓ Notebook Check ☛ Umidigi_Active_T1_rugged_Android_tablet coming_soon_packing_a_15,000_mAh_battery_with_three_charging options_–_NotebookCheck.net_News⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Web_servers_should_refuse_requests for_random,_unnecessary_URLs⠀⇛ PS: Security scanners and other tools could adopt various heuristics to detect this sort of situation and reduce false positives, but ultimately they’re only heuristics, which means they’ll always be incomplete and sometimes may be wrong. Dealing with this in the web server is the better way. # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Firefox_116_Beta_Brings_Quick_Actions_in Address_Bar,_Improves_Wayland_Support⠀⇛ Initially planned for Firefox 114, the Cookie Banner Reduction and Quick Actions in address bar features are once again present in the beta version of Firefox 116. Both features are implemented in the Privacy & Security panel in Firefox’s Settings. Cookie Banner Reduction is disabled by default, but, when enabled, it tries to automatically reject cookie requests on cookie banners on supported websites. On the other hand, the Quick Actions feature is enabled by default and will let you perform various actions directly from the comfort of the address bar. o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ Welcome_Michael_Weghorn,_new_Developer_at_TDF⠀⇛ I am from Germany, and have been living in Munich since moving here for my studies in computer science about 12 years ago. I am a free and open source software enthusiast. Before coming to TDF, I was working for the City (administration) of Munich, first being part of their Linux client team – and since 2018 with the main focus on LibreOffice development. I am also a member of the LibreOffice Engineering Steering Committee (ESC). Besides my involvement in LibreOffice, I have also contributed a few changes to other open source projects – mostly fixes for issues that I ran into myself as a user. The possibility to do this is certainly one of the many benefits of open source software. Besides being an open source software developer, I’m involved in a Christian church and like meeting friends, sports and reading. o § Licensing / Legal⠀➾ # ⚓ Drew DeVault ☛ Seriously,_don’t_sign_a_CLA⠀⇛ A contributor license agreement, or CLA, usually (but not always) includes an important clause: a copyright assignment. These agreements are provided by upstream maintainers to contributors to open source software projects, and they demand a signature before the contributor’s work is incorporated into the upstream project. The copyright assignment clause that is usually included serves to offer the upstream maintainers more rights over the contributor’s work than the contributor was offered by upstream, generally in the form of ownership or effective ownership over the contributor’s copyright and the right to license it in any manner they choose in the future, including proprietary distributions. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Fast_expansion_of_a_polynomial_with_R⠀⇛ In this previous post, this previous post, and this previous post, I showed how to expand a polynomial with symbolic parameters. In the first two posts, I used the R package caracas, a wrapper of SymPy, and in the third post I used Julia. Now I’ve found a pure R solution, with the help of the spray package, and it is very fast. That’s what I’m going to demonstrate here, with the same example I treated with Julia. # ⚓ Adolfo Ochagavía ☛ The_magic_of_dependency_resolution⠀⇛ Dependency resolution is something programmers usually take for granted. Be it cargo, npm, or whatever package manager you use, no one is actually surprised when this black-box figures out, all by itself, the specific set of packages that should be installed. # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Fast_expansion_of_a_polynomial_with_R_–_part_2⠀⇛ In the previous post, I showed how to expand a polynomial with symbolic parameters with the help of the spray package. As I said, it has one problem: it doesn’t preserve the rational numbers in the polynomial expression. I’m going to provide a solution here which overcomes this problem, with the help of the Ryacas package. In fact I provide a solution with the packages Ryacas and partitions, and then I improve it with the help of the spray package. # ⚓ Matt Keeter ☛ Efficiently_updating_implicit_in-order forests⠀⇛ And you may ask yourself: how do I efficiently compute a range aggregation on this data, e.g. finding the max value for indices 1 through 4? # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Our_Python_fileserver management_code_has_been_quite_durable_over_the_years⠀⇛ At this point we’ve been running our ZFS based NFS fileserver environment for about fifteen years, starting with Solaris 10 and evolving over time to the current Ubuntu 22.04 based servers. Over that time we’ve managed the various iterations of the same basic thing primarily through a local set of programs (all with names starting in ‘san’, despite the fact that we don’t have a SAN any more). These programs have always been written in Python. They started out as Python 2 programs on Solaris and then OmniOS, and were moved to Python 3 when we moved to our Linux based fileservers. Naturally, we have version control history for the Python code of these tools that goes all the way back to the first versions in 2008. # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ Earthly ☛ Shell_Scripting_with_sleep:_Using_Delays Strategically⠀⇛ There are all kinds of use cases for the sleep command, including helping you with alarms, timing user output, or simulating delays when testing software. It can also help when coordinating multiple services. In this article, you’ll learn more about the sleep command, how it works, and what you can do with it. You’ll also learn about a few alternatives for when its functionality isn’t quite what you need. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Futurism ☛ People_Are_Spinning_Up_Low-Effort_Content_Farms_Using AI⠀⇛ Low-quality, AI-generated content farms designed to rake in cash via programmatic advertising revenue are cropping up at an alarming rate. And unfortunately, according to a new report by misinformation tracking company NewsGuard, their business model is working. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ UCLA_Declined_To_Hire_a_Professor_After_Students Denounced_His_Mild_DEI_Criticism⠀⇛ The students’ issue with Inbar? In an episode of his podcast Two Psychologists Four Beers, Inbar mildly criticized diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) statements as used by university administrations to screen potential hires. He described DEI statements as compelled speech and empty “value signaling.” “It is not clear what good they do,” said Inbar. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Hypocrisy_of_Mandatory_Diversity Statements⠀⇛ The lawsuit compares the DEI-statement requirement to Red Scare–era loyalty oaths that asked people to affirm that they were not members of the Communist Party. It calls the statements “a thinly veiled attempt to ensure dogmatic conformity throughout the university system.” o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Cheap_Ham_Radio_Improves_The_Low_End_UI_If_Not The_RF⠀⇛ There was a time when buying a new radio was something many hams could never afford to do. Then came the super cheap — and super controversial — VHF and UHF radios from China. But as they say, you get what you pay for. The often oddly named handhelds like Baofeng and Wouxun are sometimes odd to work with and may have questionable RF outputs. A new radio has a less tongue-twisting English name and many improved features for about $50 — the Talkpod A36Plus and [Josh] shows us how they work in a video that you can see below. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Dusty_Boat_Anchor_Back_From_The_Brink⠀⇛ Many of us will have found dusty forgotten pieces of electronics and nursed them back to health, but we were captivated by [Don]’s tale of electronic revival. Instead of perhaps a forgotten computer or television, his barn find was a Heathkit linear amplifier for radio amateurs. In that huge box underneath an impressive layer of grime were a pair of huge tubes, along with all the power supply components to give them the 2 kV they need. It should have been good for a kilowatt when new, can it be made to go on air again? o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Vox ☛ What_could_cause_a_malaria_comeback_in_the_US_—_and what_could_stop_it⠀⇛ The last spate of local malaria transmission in the US took place 20 years ago. Now circumstances are different: These cases are happening amid rising rates of other insect-borne infections nationwide, and smack in the middle of a heat and wildfire wave that together make climate change’s health risks undeniable. It’s reasonable to wonder whether the US is at risk for becoming a malaria hot spot again. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Cendyne Naga ☛ Help_a_friend_scam_on_Telegram⠀⇛ A new scam is going around on Telegram! One that preys on your friends and then you. It is in fact, a worm. An automated attack that takes over your account with the objective to spread and take over more accounts. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ No_open_door_for_India’s_tech_workers_in any_UK_trade_deal_•_The_Register⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ You’ve_patched_right?_’340K+_Fortinet firewalls’_wide_open_to_critical_security_bug⠀⇛ More than 338,000 FortiGate firewalls are still unpatched and vulnerable to CVE-2023-27997, a critical bug Fortinet fixed last month that’s being exploited in the wild. This is according to infosec outfit Bishop Fox, which has developed an example exploit for achieving remote code execution via the hole. Successful exploitation of the pre-authentication vulnerability can allow an intruder to take over the network equipment. Bishop Fox warned: “You should patch yours now.” # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ New Statesman ☛ “Outdated”_IT_and_digital_skills_gap hinder_NHS_digital_transformation,_say_MPs⠀⇛ Cross-party MPs in the Health and Social Care Committee published a report today entitled Digital Transformation in the NHS, which looked at barriers for the national health service to achieve its “top priority” of digitally transforming its operations. The report features conclusions based on several oral sessions held during the inquiry period, which launched in May 2022 and looked at the current use of digital technology, as well as exploring what needed to change in the NHS to deliver improvements for patients. The committee also looked at the digital transformation of health and records, interoperability across primary, secondary and social care, and legacy IT systems in the health service. Digital health inequalities, and how to educate patients on the potential benefits of digital healthcare, were also discussed. o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Sweden_orders_four_companies_to_stop using_Google_tool⠀⇛ Sweden’s privacy protection agency, the IMY, said it had examined the use of Google Analytics by the firms following a complaint by the Austrian data privacy group noyb (none of your business) which has filed dozens of complaints against Google across Europe. [NOYB] asserted that the use of Google Analytics for web statistics by the companies resulted in the transfer of European data to the United States in violation of the EU’s data protection regulation, the GDPR. # ⚓ NYOB ☛ CJEU_declares_Meta’s_GDPR_approach_illegal.⠀⇛ The GDPR allows for six legal basis to process personal data. In the case Meta v Bundeskartellamt, the CJEU has today ruled on all of them – further clarifying the interpretation of the GDPR. The CJEU has largely closed the doors for Meta to use personal data beyond what is strictly necessary to provide the core products (such as messaging or sharing content) – all other processing (like advertisement and sharing personal data) requires freely given and fair consent by users. This first statement is based on the live stream of the judgment and the press release of the CJEU and will be updated once the full text of the judgment is available. # ⚓ Patrick Breyer ☛ Data_protection_enforcement_must strengthen_citizens’_rights,_not_weaken_them!⠀⇛ “My data must belong to myself – this is the central power balance question in the information age. However, the enforcement of data protection law against global internet corporations suffers from procrastination and industry-friendliness, especially in Ireland. We urgently need to take action here. However, the EU Commission does not want to introduce deadlines to speed up proceedings. Reducing the participation rights of victims of data protection violations and scandals is not an acceptable way to speed up proceedings! We need enforcement reform to strengthen citizens’ rights against corporations, not to weaken them.” # ⚓ EDRI ☛ Despite_warning_from_lawyers,_EU_governments push_for_mass_surveillance_of_our_digital_private lives⠀⇛ In the Council of the EU – the forum in which representatives from each of the EU’s twenty- seven Member States come together to discuss and negotiate on EU laws and policies – a clear split has emerged between those countries that want to protect human rights and the security of digital communications on the one hand, and those who are gambling it away on the false promise of a quick technological solution on the other. # ⚓ DroidGazzette ☛ Google_privacy_policy_lets_the company_train_AI_on_your_data⠀⇛ Google has had a policy in place for some time now that allows the company to collect data from its users and use that data for “business purposes.” That includes for “research and development,” which has long included for building out and improving Google Translate. Now, in the latest update to its policy, Google is including its AI models in what it can use data from you for. That also includes using the data to train Bard and Cloud AI “products.” # ⚓ NYOB ☛ GDPR_Procedures_Regulation:_Commission Proposal_is_an_attack_on_users’_rights_in_GDPR procedures⠀⇛ Today the EU Justice Commissioner Reynders has issued a proposal to fix the (lack of) cooperation between some Data Protection Authorities (DPAs). Currently the GDPR only tells DPAs to cooperate, but lacks the details about how this cooperation should work. Unfortunately, the Commission proposal seems to be technically and materially flawed and rather strips citizens of existing rights than ensuring their enforcement. Ideally, a new Regulation could follow established high level principles for cross-country procedures – leading to less interference with national procedures and more legal certainty. # ⚓ Patrick Breyer ☛ ECJ_ruling_on_Meta_browsing_records: Breakthrough_for_online_privacy⠀⇛ Pirate Party MEP Patrick Breyer, who has sued in court for more than 10 years against the clickstream logging, celebrates today’s ECJ ruling against the U.S. Internet company Meta as a breakthrough for online privacy: [...] # ⚓ India Times ☛ Twitter_says_it_limited_usage_to eliminate_bots,_bad_actors⠀⇛ According to the social media company, it temporarily limited usage so “it could detect and eliminate bots and other bad actors that are harming the platform.” It added that if the company would have given ana advance notice on these actions, the bots or bad actor would have altered their behaviour to evade detection. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Judge_blocks_US_officials_from_contacting social_media_firms⠀⇛ The judge’s order, first reported by the Washington Post, puts limits on some executive agencies, including the department of health and human services and the FBI. They can not talk to social media companies for “the purpose of urging, encouraging, pressuring, or inducing in any manner the removal, deletion, suppression, or reduction of content containing protected free speech” under the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to the US Constitution. The judge said warnings about risks to national security and criminal activity would be allowed. # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ French_cop,_who_shot_dead_teen_Nahel, gets_€1m_in_donations:_Report⠀⇛ Donations for the family of a French policeman, who shot dead 17-year-old Nahel M last week (June 27), topped more than €1 million ((£860,000) on Monday. The amount was way more than what the victim’s kin received, totaling less than €200,000, The Guardian reported. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Nearly_1_million_sought_asylum_in_the_EU in_2022_—_report⠀⇛ The agency said there were 996,000 applications last year, 53% more than in 2021. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ The_Businesses_of_the_Wagner_Group_in_Africa⠀⇛ A Sudanese political expert tells Anadolu Agency “Not even the Russian government controls them,” a passerby comments. “What shall we do now? This shows that this army is uncontrollable, that is very dangerous for us.”. According to him, in Africa, the Wagner group operates where there are raw materials, and controls the business. In the span of a few years, the Wagner group has established itself in various African countries in crisis, including Mali. It is said that the military government would have been willing to pay 10 million dollars a month to these mercenaries. But the regime is currently affected by international sanctions. Money is tight and Mali incurred debts to the Wager group. Various sources, however, give indications that the group has gained access to various gold mines in the country. # ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ Leaked_documents_reveal_Reuters_helped overthrow_Egyptian_democracy⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Happy_Anti-Imperialist_Fourth_of_July⠀⇛ The United States began in revolt against empire, answering the call of Thomas Paine: “O ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!” o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Neritam ☛ World’s_fossil_fuel_subsidies_surged_to_$1 trillion_after_Ukraine_invasion⠀⇛ Global fossil-fuel subsidies doubled last year to $1.1 trillion, by far the highest number ever recorded, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency, or IEA. The surge in financial support for oil and gas was largely a response to the energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine, which caused many countries to abruptly reconsider their dependence on Russian fossil fuel reserves. Experts say the subsidies could be difficult to unwind, if consumers become accustomed to having a cushion against high prices. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Threat_of_drying_up_looms_over_Turkey’s second-largest_freshwater_lake,_warns_MP⠀⇛ In addition to agricultural irrigation, water from Lake Eğirdir is also used to meet the drinking water needs of the city center. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Remarks_by_Commissioner_Breton:_Here are_the_first_7_potential_“Gatekeepers”_under_the_EU_Digital Markets_Act⠀⇛ These companies have a market size that impacts the internal market (annual turnover in Europe of at least €7.5 billion in the last three financial years or fair market value of at least €75 billion in the last financial year and operations in at least 3 Member States) and have served more than 45 million monthly active end users and more than 10 000 yearly active business users in the EU during the last three years on a number of core platform services, such as search engines, social networking services and operating systems. We will now check their submissions and designate the gatekeepers for specific platform services by 6 September (within 45 working days from their submission). # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Biden_Administration_Tells_Car_Companies to_Ignore_Right_to_Repair_Law_People_Overwhelmingly_Voted For⠀⇛ The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s letter is a huge blow to consumers’ rights and is a puzzling move considering that President Biden and his administration have repeatedly championed the right to repair and have specifically stated that they do not believe that right to repair laws pose cybersecurity concerns. # ⚓ Chris Hannah ☛ Premature_thoughts_on_Threads⠀⇛ You may (or may not) have noticed the impending arrival of Facebook Meta Instagram’s new social app. Well, it’s now officially coming out on the 6th of July, and it’s called Threads. The main rumour was that this new app would support ActivityPub, which is an open protocol that Mastodon is based on. This has led to all sorts of reactions. From people completely opposed to anything from Meta connecting to the Fediverse, and wanting to block it from their instance. To people that are excited about the potential of the new users that it would bring to the degenerated social network world. # ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ Process_Failures:_What_the_Raptors_Losing Fred_VanVleet_Teaches_About_Bill_C-18⠀⇛ Evan Scrimshaw, who writes an engaging Substack primarily focused on Canadian politics, posted an interesting piece over the holiday weekend that linked the Toronto Raptors failure to resign guard Fred VanVleet and the reaction to Google and Facebook’s announcement that they plan to block news sharing or links as a result of Bill C-18. I liked the piece and it got me thinking about the parallels, leading to this post. Scrimshaw argues that the public commentary on both developments featured similar “I told you so’s”: those that argue the Raptors should have traded VanVleet at the trade deadline rather than risk losing him for nothing and those who now argue that Bill C-18 would invariably lead to Google and Facebook blocking news sharing or links. He makes the case that it is too early to conclude anything with respect to Bill C-18 and that the Internet companies and government are merely engaged in a very public negotiation that could well result in either or both seeking a compromise before the law takes effect. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ CBC ☛ ‘Draconian’_[Internet]_shutdowns_in_parts_of_India mean_Canadians_can’t_contact_family._And_it’s_happened before⠀⇛ Manipur is the latest addition to a long list of [Internet] shutdowns in India. According to Access Now, an [Internet] advocacy watchdog, India has topped the yearly count of [Internet] shutdowns across the world for five straight years. Since 2018, India has shut down the [Internet] more often than any other country in the world. One Access Now estimate says India was responsible for the most shutdowns in 2022 — with 84 out of 187 global shutdowns. # ⚓ The Telegraph UK ☛ Salman_Rushdie_says_government_should stay_out_of_the_arts_after_opera_row⠀⇛ He called on arts professionals to resist such changes and “fight against it – and win”. It is understood several cities are being considered for the ENO’s new home, including Hull, Newcastle, Birmingham, Nottingham, Truro and Manchester. The Government has been accused of “cultural vandalism” over its approach to arts funding after diverting millions of pounds from some of the country’s most cherished venues, such as the National Theatre and Royal Opera House. # ⚓ uni Middle Tennessee State ☛ Salman_Rushdie,_Cheryl_Strayed among_endorsers_of_anti-censorship_effort⠀⇛ With book bannings surging nationwide over the past two years, the library and publishing associations are urging “all members of the book community” to affirm their commitment to the June 1953 declaration, which includes such propositions as, “It is in the public interest for publishers and librarians to make available the widest diversity of views and expressions, including those that are unorthodox, unpopular, or considered dangerous by the majority.” # ⚓ The Independent UK ☛ Sir_Salman_Rushdie_and_Prima_Facie among_winners_of_South_Bank_Sky_Arts_Awards⠀⇛ Khomeini issued a decree the following year calling for the writer’s death, forcing the author into hiding – although he had been travelling freely for years before last summer’s stabbing. # ⚓ Free Press Journal ☛ 72_Hoorain_Director_Sanjay_Puran_Singh Chauhan_Gets_Death_Threats,_Mother_Receives_Rape_Threat⠀⇛ Filmmaker Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan, who is gearing up for the release of his upcoming film, 72 Hoorain, has been on the receiving end of incessant hate and threats. And trolls have now hit a new low as the filmmaker has received a barrage of death threats and abusive messages on his social media handle. Not just him, but his mother too received rape threats from haters. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Masked_assailants_attack_a journalist_and_a_lawyer_in_Russia’s_Chechnya_province⠀⇛ Just outside the airport, their vehicle was blocked by several cars and they were beaten by several unidentified masked assailants, who put guns to their heads and broke their equipment. # ⚓ [Repeat] Hong Kong Free Press ☛ They_will_‘live_in_fear’: Hong_Kong’s_John_Lee_invites_‘anyone’_to_help_police_arrest wanted_overseas_democrats⠀⇛ The move gave police sweeping new powers, alarming democrats, civil society groups and trade partners, as such laws have been used broadly to silence and punish dissidents in China. However, the authorities say it has restored stability and peace to the city. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Western_countries_decry_Hong_Kong’s nat._sec._arrest_warrants,_as_leader_John_Lee_defends_law’s extraterritorial_reach⠀⇛ British foreign minister James Cleverly said the UK government “will not tolerate any attempts by China to intimidate and silence individuals in the UK and overseas,” and “strongly [objected]” to the national security law. In a statement on Monday, the US State Department condemned the bounties, calling the extraterritorial application of the national security law a “dangerous precedent” for human rights and fundamental freedoms. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Hong_Kong_warrants_spark_fears_of_widening_‘long-arm’ political_enforcement_by_China⠀⇛ Dozens of rights groups on Tuesday called on governments to suspend any remaining extradition treaties with China and Hong Kong after the city’s government issued arrest warrants and bounties for eight prominent figures in the overseas democracy movement on Monday, vowing to pursue them for the rest of their lives. “We urge governments to suspend the remaining extradition treaties that exist between democracies and the Hong Kong and Chinese governments and work towards coordinating an Interpol early warning system to protect Hong Kongers and other dissidents abroad,” an open letter dated July 4 and signed by more than 50 Hong Kong-linked civil society groups around the world said. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Russian_Journalist_and_Lawyer_Assaulted_in Chechnya⠀⇛ Both officials arrived Tuesday in Chechnya to attend the trial of Zarema Musayeva, the mother of two activists who have defied Chechen authorities. Outside the airport, their vehicle was blocked by several cars, and they were attacked by unidentified masked assailants who beat them with batons, pointed guns at their heads, and smashed their equipment. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_U.S._ambassador_to_Russia_meets_with detained_WSJ_reporter.⠀⇛ Based in Russia for almost six years, Mr. Gershkovich was first detained on March 29 during a reporting trip to the central Russian city of Yekaterinburg. Thursday would be his 100th day in detention. If convicted on the espionage charges, for which Russian prosecutors have offered no evidence, Mr. Gershkovich could face 20 years in a penal colony. # ⚓ ANF News ☛ Aygül:_Journalists_in_Turkey_and_Kurdistan_risk their_lives⠀⇛ Sinan Aygül, an investigative journalist who specializes in exposing corruption in the AKP municipality of Tatvan in the province of Bitlis, was the victim of a violent attack after his feature was published. Thanks to clear surveillance camera footage and massive public pressure, the attackers, Yücel Baysal, Tatvan mayor’s bodyguard, and police officer Engin Kaplan were arrested. They are accused of intentional bodily harm using a weapon. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ ANF News ☛ Taliban_orders_beauty_parlours_across Afghanistan_to_shut_within_a_month⠀⇛ Since the handover of power to the Taliban in August 2021, the Islamist terrorist group has issued more than 60 decrees prohibiting women from attending secondary schools and universities, for example, and from working in public sectors and for NGOs. They are no longer allowed to visit public parks, play sports or move around the country without a male escort. Women are forced into forced marriages and child marriages by the Taliban. Women’s rights activists are persecuted, imprisoned, tortured and abducted. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Taliban_Bans_Women’s_Beauty_Salons_In_Afghanistan⠀⇛ The Taliban is banning women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan, a government spokesman said on July 4. It’s the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls, following edicts barring them from education, public spaces, and most forms of employment. [...] # ⚓ CBC ☛ Education_assistant_with_racy_OnlyFans_account_fired for_what_employer_calls_‘egregious’_conduct⠀⇛ MacDonald said she and her union have put in for a grievance. Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 561 did not immediately respond to CBC News’ request for comment Monday. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ The_Taliban_Ban_Women’s_Beauty Salons_in_Afghanistan⠀⇛ The ministry-issued letter, dated June 24, says it conveys a verbal order from the supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada. The ban targets the capital, Kabul, and all provinces, and gives salons throughout the country a month’s notice to wind down their businesses. After that period, they must close and submit a report about their closure. The letter doesn’t give reasons for the ban. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ US_Supreme_Rules_Against_Native_American_Tribe’s Water_Rights⠀⇛ In the dispute between the Navajo Nation and the Arizona Department of the Interior, the tribe was asking the federal government to assess the tribe’s water rights along the Colorado River and help create a plan to develop them for the 170,000 tribal members who live there. Instead, a 5-4 ruling released June 22, with conservative, Republican-appointed justices in the majority, said that the federal government “isn’t responsible for such actions” and “the treaties between the U.S. and the tribe didn’t explicitly require it,” the Colorado Sun reported. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ VMware,_AMD,_Samsung_and_RISC-V_push_for confidential_computing_standards⠀⇛ Confidential computing is designed to protect applications and their data from theft or tampering by protecting them inside a secure enclave, or trusted execution environment (TEE). This uses hardware-based security mechanisms to prevent access from everything outside the enclave, including the host operating system and any other application code. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ VMware,_Other_Tech_Giants_Announce_Push_for Confidential_Computing_Standards⠀⇛ In a push for the adoption of confidential computing, the open source [sic] Certifier Framework provides a standardized, platform- agnostic API for building and operating confidential computing applications, which is paired with a policy evaluation server, the Certifier Service. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ EU_antitrust_team_closer_to_full-blown Microsoft_probe,_say_sources⠀⇛ A spokesperson at the European Commission said in an emailed statement: “We have received several complaints regarding Microsoft, including one by Slack about Microsoft’s conduct in relation to its Teams product, which we are assessing based on our standard procedures.” The EC refused to comment further at this time. # ⚓ DroidGazzette ☛ Apple,_Google_confirm_new_EU_‘gatekeeper’ law_applies_to_them⠀⇛ To qualify as a gatekeeper under the EU’s definition, companies must have more 45 million active users monthly. They must also have at least a 75 billion euro market capitalization. # ⚓ AppleInsider ☛ Apple,_Google_confirm_new_EU_‘gatekeeper’ law_applies_to_them⠀⇛ If companies are confirmed to be gatekeepers, the DMA’s rules will require many changes by Apple. The company will, for instance, have to allow both third-party app stores and therefore also side- loading of apps on iPhones. Apple will also have to allow developers to use third-party payment systems, rather than be required to use Apple’s one. Users will have to be able to abandon Siri in favor of an alternative voice assistant, too. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Amazon,_Google,_Apple,_Meta,_Microsoft_say they_meet_EU_gatekeeper_threshold⠀⇛ Under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) which came into force last November, companies with more than 45 million monthly active users and a €75 billion market capitalisation are considered gatekeepers providing a core platform service. Samsung and TikTok owner ByteDance also said they meet the EU thresholds, Breton said. # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ DroidGazzette ☛ Apple_Leak_Reveals_Disappointing MacBook_Pro_Details⠀⇛ Update: Sunday July 2nd: While production on the next Apple Silicon chip is cited as the reason for the delay, it may have an unintended joys consequence. Apple is working hard to push its mixed reality system to developers and consumers. Part of that will be bringing elements of the various operating systems closer together in hardware and software. This leads to a newly published Apple patent called “Visual Object Receptacle”: Jack Purcher reports: “While the patent figures look very outdated at this point in time, remember that this is a utility patent and not a design patent. So Apple’s patent figures simply convey the basic concepts of a 3D interface and not one that will be the end product. With Apple Vision Pro having been introduced, we’re now able to see Apple’s vision of a true 3D interface for a headset. Bringing some form of it to a future version of macOS could very well materialize in the future, hence Apple’s update.” # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Billboard_Reportedly Disqualifies_Song_Downloads_Sold_on_Artists’_Websites⠀⇛ In May 2023, Billboard made changes to how ‘fan packs’ count for album charts this summer. The new combinations of merch and albums must be a sweatshirt with an LP or a t-shirt with a CD or other physical album—with no bundled inclusives like tickets, meet-or-greet opportunities, or other non-tangible benefits like video game items or NFTs. The fan pack combo cannot be a physical merch item with a digital download—that does not count toward the charts. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ ACE_Hits_Hundreds_of_Pirate_Streaming Sites_By_Shutting_Down_2Embed⠀⇛ The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has booked a major victory by shutting down 2Embed, a popular video piracy library. The ‘piracy as a service’ vendor provided movies and series to hundreds of streaming sites, many of which have yet to recover. Meanwhile, the anti-piracy group is working with Vietnamese authorities to target other large piracy players in the region. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Zoro.to:_World’s_Largest_Pirate_Site Suddenly_“Acquired”_&_Rebranded⠀⇛ With over 205 million visits per month, Zoro.to is almost certainly the world’s largest pirate site. During the next 24 hours alone, over six million people are expected to view the streaming platform but, for those that do, a surprise awaits. During the past few hours, Zoro.to began redirecting to a new domain with the site now sporting all-new branding. A staff member reports that the site has been “acquired” by a new team and everybody needs to calm down. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Why_I_ended_up_making_my_own_mattress⠀⇛ Turns out this is not trivial, at least in the US. In the US mattresses are required to have a fire- retardant material, that is either not-organic or wool (wool is not vegan). My partner called a company and asked if they could make us a mattress without wool and they told her they would require a doctor’s note (!) for that. # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_SEILOPB_Wordo:_SPURT⠀⇛ # ⚓ Genesis_9:1-7:_God’s_Blessing_on_Noah’s_Family⠀⇛ Sadly, in a fallen and cursed world, animals can be very dangerous, and their purposes often come into conflict with man’s needs. The general reality that animals are afraid of man, and try to avoid him, serves to reduce the aggressiveness of animals, which would assist man in the re-settlement of the earth, where he would often find himself out- numbered by the local animal population. This would also assist man in domesticating animals, even many that are, physically speaking, stronger and more powerful than himself. # ⚓ Fire_Retardants_are_not_a_legal_requirement⠀⇛ I am not sure where this came from. It may have been the case, although I doubt it. More likely — businesses got sued for making cheap plastic childrens’ sleepwear and mattresses that went up in flames, and, the cheapest way to fix that may be to soak the fabric in Tetrabromobisphenol A. If anything, there is legislation to remove flame retardants from sleepware and mattresses! # ⚓ Species_grade_giving_a_fuck⠀⇛ You mean like the ability to lie, cheat, steal, kill, war, stockpile wealth so others can suffer and die without, etc…? Or did you mean things that so small a minority of the species are capable of doing/creating as to be negligent relative to the endless ongoing deluge of the aforementioned? o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Gemcast_Episode_48⠀⇛ * Hosting XMPP for your family * Konpeito Going Down * Bubble =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 6005 ➮ Generation completed at 02:42, i.e. 86 seconds to (re)generate ⟲