𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Friday, July 07, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Sat 8 Jul 02:40:40 BST 2023 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈 Latest in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕 and older bulletins can be found at 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕-𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 Full IPFS index in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔 and as plain text in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔/𝒕𝒙𝒕 Gemini index for the day: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/07/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmbU6uy7eb2ejuEjVCuS75qW5mk5yiMguUF1wcaQYbVFBo QmXaJW6QMqJq3d2sPWiF1w3VNSxL4CXLTUjhspExEcWiJD QmVA4areAp8qhYxiNP5xuAYP83kX1fn7tWWmJvxaWquq8J QmRyhoXTRTi8YW7CtExFvbr65rgt7JY42ZP3MRbbovwL3m QmddDk6ru1Xvhx7AoixftMd2k6JQxCSGDz5RQJU1jEA7He QmV5ySVbmsP2AeAH68yDVmHFJ6KcMVMruqJAzPTAzNqJfj QmSBYQMq3U3o2DqjVUykcjzrDpcMq8mJ2sTiaAxLdSqjqD QmWDDCNUM7rLDPCJqkf4WR2tKJf5sJB1pYz1fvptXTMkMz QmSb4wbrNoFc4AnaEeBd7tr1JD291WtpvqU5v5VSMTwKUm QmYfFEzPVWoWdeQrLsMcbAYpFzWgeMPCbaPfRAZzF28QtZ QmYJMkthNjEmDoeTS1ZnvM6uZGXVe7N7RWiaZ3M9c9sjLK QmWC5nc2zme8oc7V87AHBm275wreXXD6G6YWhNk2pX7S4N QmeNoHJkarTENUDHE3tyzk5Uw87Ezhnh5bscpLEmYcfkG3 QmQNqcXVdpFC7Dy1DDQNn6VG8aNg8SYE5D3tagLkWN6VNc QmNcDtLguMnK6g2P9hYgUDXrhhkWJauNyaAHHFFDBBEXiT QmXEv7xmL12nNzPyzyX1xntQdGhbhi2NHbGMiM8QGRqe2X Qmd2N8zDJWjp1k8G8TZ9qkezZ3tVCy71nCH2uyEyqhvqKk QmQxBbguP5tP2oBvgaJ3SpY8WB38S8QkDiymH11684Gxyk QmQfkFUURdpavnA99kkEeuKvv2spgSRSBNZsuGWjxSj6TA QmQDXpSwwXa8x3aFUiEVyBQGoPdoAurwhwkZqevtRM9J8J QmT4urppYGV6wtQk91Ds3deT7SsQ3AKuYf3VN37VvNk2qR ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ How We’ve Leveraged RSS Feeds to Curate News and Research/Survey News Sites for Articles | Techrights ⦿ What Facebook’s Founder Said About Facebook’s Users (Language Warning, Mark Zuckerberg’s Own Words) | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Thursday, July 06, 2023 | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] Microsoft Executives Likely Departing in Connection With Impending Layoffs | Techrights ⦿ Social Control Media is Bad and the Solution is to Reject All of It | Techrights ⦿ The Corporate ’Cancel Culture’ Industry — Part VI: Examples of GNU and Linux Luminaries Targeted by Mobs | Techrights ⦿ 10 Years in Yemen: From Windows Monopoly to Windows ’Niche’ | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/07/07/curating-news/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/07/facebook-founder-private-communications/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/07/irc-log-060723/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/07/meme-microsoft-executives-likely-departing-in-connection-with-impending-layoffs/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/07/reject-social-control-media/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/07/the-corporate-cancel-industry-is-large/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/07/yemen-is-android/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/07/07/easyos-5-4-6/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/07/false-flag-ops-coming/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/07/more-twitter-problems/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/07/old-computer-challenge-v3/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 68 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/07/07/curating-news/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/07/curating-news/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.07.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ How_We’ve_Leveraged_RSS_Feeds_to_Curate_News_and_Research/Survey_News_Sites for_Articles⠀✐ Posted in Site_News at 7:35 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 193481ce73c3098cd7c6d5731fe65ab8 Power Usage of Syndication Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/rss-force-multipliers.webm Summary: When it comes to actual news on the World Wide Web, it has become a Soddom and Gomorrah of plagiarised/computer-generated text, misinformation, disinformation, and outright spam; but with a little work it’s possible to squeeze out the signal from the noise and this video explains what we use THE changes we’re making to our workflow and the Free software developed for the workflow (see our_Git_repository on_Gemini) can help us do the same tasks as before, except a lot more quickly and sometimes exhaustively. It has already made us far more efficient this year, freeing up time for tasks other than Daily Links. The video above focuses on some of the more recent changes, which include colour-coding for themes and topics. At the core of these pipelines we have RSS feeds (or Atom) and there’s more processing done to cull/remove the chaff. The Web of 2023 is nothing like it was in 2013 or in 2003. There’s not much journalism left in it and even distro reviews are quite rare. This means that a lot more curation is required to meet similar standards and keep up with substantial news. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 119 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/07/07/facebook-founder-private-communications/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/07/facebook-founder-private-communications/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.07.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ What_Facebook’s_Founder_Said_About_Facebook’s_Users_(Language_Warning,_Mark Zuckerberg’s_Own_Words)⠀✐ Posted in Deception at 1:39 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Quotes’_source. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Mark_Zuckerberg_Gru_Meme:_i’m_going_to_fuck_them,_probably in_the_ear,_they_“trust_me”,_dumb_fucks⦈_ Summary: It’s a good time to remind people how Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) views other human beings, based on internal communications of his ⠛⠉⣁⣠⠴⠒⠀⣠⠾⠛⠁⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠋⢉⣀⡤⠔⠒⢉⡴⠞⠋⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠚⠛⠉⢀⣠⠖⠋⠁⢀⠤⠂⠁⠀⠀⣀⠤⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠶⠛⠋⠁⣀⡤⠚⠉⠀⡀⠔⠈⠀⠀⢀⡠⠄⠂⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠠⠐⠈⡛⡦⢀⠴⠊⠁⠀⢀⠠⠒⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡠⠂⡠⠊⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠄⠂⠙⣳⠄⡠⠖⠉⠀⠀⡀⠔⠂⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠔⢀⠔⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠠⡰⣘⠴⠊⠁⠀⡀⠐⠈⡠⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡴⢋⡤⠊⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢤⢆⡣⠖⠉⠀⢀⠀⠀⢁⠔⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⠖⣁⠔⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠄⠊⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡠⠊⠀⣰⣶⣶⣦⡤⡶⣫⡴⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⡄⠀⡠⠔⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠔⣡⣿⣤⣴⣀⣠⣴⢞⣥⠞⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡠⠊⠀⠀⣀⣿⣛⣿⣻⡇⠿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠔⠁⢠⣿⣻⣟⣿⣃⣿⡿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⡠⢊⣤⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⡿⠿⣿⡿⣠⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠔⠁⠀⠀⠈⣿⡿⢿⣿⠟⠋⢀⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡿⢿⠿⣿⢿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠊⠀⢿⣿⠃⢀⣴⣻⣿⠿⠿⡟⠀⠉⠁⣠⣀⢰⣆⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⡆⢁⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠠⣴⣿⠻⣛⡏⠀⢀⠈⠉⢠⣄⡀⣶⡀⠀⢸⡇⣼⠈⡆⠇⠇⢸⠀⡇⡆⠀⡎⣾⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⡿⡒⠁⠈⠻⣿⣃⡸⠁⠁⠀⠰⠿⠿⣯⣉⠠⠀⣿⡿⡿⠿⢿⠿⡿⢿⢿⡿⡿⡿⣿⡏⡁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠈⠛⠄⠞⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠺⠿⢯⣍⣁⠄⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⢻⢻⣿⣾⣶⣷⣿⢉ 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Local_copy | CID (IPFS): ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 305 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/07/07/meme-microsoft-executives-likely-departing-in-connection-with-impending-layoffs/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/07/meme-microsoft-executives-likely-departing-in-connection-with-impending-layoffs/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.07.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_Microsoft_Executives_Likely_Departing_in_Connection_With_Impending Layoffs⠀✐ Posted in Microsoft at 7:21 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Days ago: Gurdeep_Pall_Knows_What’s_Coming_(to_Microsoft) (he is more than 10 years away from retirement age) 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Pall_and_layoffs:_If_the_rumours_are_true,_we're_also_just one_business_day_away_from_mass_layoffs_at_Microsoft_(another_big_wave)⦈_ Summary: We can now see that an article published four hours ago says “Microsoft cut costs through layoffs on this project [of Pall] and its current development is not known, The Information reported.” It doesn’t sound like he’s “retiring” of his own volition; Microsoft is cutting entire teams, projects, and even managers. ⣿⣿⠛⡛⠛⢻⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⣿⣶⣦⣄⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⡿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣛⡛⠛⢻⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⠯⣭⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣥⣹⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣶⣷⠒⠚⢲⡖⠒⢲⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣆⠙⢿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠀⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣷⢂⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣧⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣧⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿ ⣿⠉⢩⠉⠙⠉⠉⢹⠉⡉⢹⢉⠉⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠘⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣧⣼⠟⢋⡍⠘⠉⠔⣭⡙⠿⣾⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣵⣾⣓⣿⣭⣿⣷⢞⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣹⣉⣉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣷⣀⠙⠻⣀⠀⣈⣛⣁⣴⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠋⠉⠉⢙⠛⠉⠁⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣬⣽⡿⣾⡾⣯⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿ ⣿⣟⣀⣈⣀⣧⣈⣀⣸⣀⣈⣀⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⣸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⡴⠀⢦⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠞⠿⣒⣷⡆⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿ ⣘⣀⣆⣀⣄⣇⣸⣀⣀⣄⣀⣠⣀⣶⣿⣿⠟⠁⠀⠉⢻⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⣾⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⡟⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣦⣤⣶⣶⣯⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿ ⠻⠥⢤⣼⣤⣤⣼⣤⣤⣧⣤⢤⣼⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠈⡏⢿⣿⣿⠿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⢀⡤⡰⣄⣀⠀⠀⢻⣄⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⢸⣿⠟⠋⠉⠀⠉⡙⣛⡛⢛⡛⠛⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠻⢧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⣷⠀⣿⣧⠑⠌⠀⠀⠀⠠⢄⣃⡀⣀⣀⣙⢷⡄⠀⢿⣶⣄⢀⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⢸⠁⠀⠀⡀⠄⠀⠉⠉⠛⠻⢿⣧⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢁⠘⠄⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠀⣿⣿⣾⣧⣥⡀⠀⠈⢶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠈⣧⡀⠈⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠋⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿ 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to Twitter, but many of those are just another Twitter; perhaps the best way forward is to leave all those social control networks behind because there’s more to life than pursuing recognition through mostly meaningless and utterly worthless digital “likes”; those evaporate years later and nobody truly cares about them (nobody on his or her deathbed will regret not getting more “likes”, symbolising neither accuracy nor any other merit) THE slug of the video above is quitting-rather-than-changing-social-control- media because we really ought to collectively quit what’s toxic rather than hop from one toxin to the next toxin. Social Control Media is inherently bad (it’s modern-age sharecropping) and there seems to be solidified_consensus_about_this in_Geminispace. Many people simply lost sight of what the Internet should have all along been about and, for a period of time, actually was about. Addictive behaviours or “gamification” can cloud people’s judgement and many people nowadays think or feel like they actually need some presence in sites they don’t control. Surely we can do better than that, can’t we? “Why not take advantage of these crises to explore digital independence?”In the video above I don’t focus on my personal journey but instead leap to the conclusion that “social” [sic] “media” [sic] is generally a complete waste of time. To make matters worse, it’s very volatile or temporary. It’s subjected to many changes, including change of mission, ownership etc. It’s just so temporal and precarious. What you join today isn’t what it’ll be next year or in 5 years. To make matters worse, you won’t be a participant in agenda-setting or direction of such platforms. Even those who self-host some federated instance will sooner or later be forced to get on with the show, adapting to changes — both desirable or repellent — in other instances (or pods in the case of Diaspora). Facebook is trying to take advantage of severe crises in Twitter (see links below), but do people really want Mark Zuckerberg as their patron and master? Why not take advantage of these crises to explore digital independence? It’s definitely doable and it pays off in the long run. Many politicians and newsrooms lost their power with the demise of Twitter. Let them eat_crow. They put themselves in the mess because of mindless outsourcing, lacking foresight or reason. Moving like a drone or a zombie from one platform perceived to be “hot” (many users/bots) to a “hotter” platform may leave people subjected to Chinese crackers/weapons. Get off the drug, stop looking for stronger drugs. █ Related/contextual items from the news: 1. ⚓ Meta_Introduces_‘Threads’_Because_It_Wants_In_on_the_Twitter_Exodus⠀⇛ Mark Zuckerberg, otherwise known as the Musk of Meta, evidently wants some of the ex-Twitter users that Elon has been shedding from Twitter to join the fun on Instagram. Last weekend was tough for users of Twitter. Not surprisingly, this has led to another mini-exodus from the platform, with Mastodon reporting that more than 300,000 new users signed up over the weekend. The steady stream of users away from Twitter has evidently caught Meta’s attention, because they’re releasing Threads, a new mobile app that makes Instagram more Twitter-like. 2. ⚓ The_reason_behind_Twitter’s_tweet_reading_limits:_Elon_Musk_can’t_pay bills,_is_cutting_costs⠀⇛ Elon Musk can’t pay, or rather is not willing to pay a lot of the bills that running Twitter accrues. That may be one of the reasons why Twitter has set a limit on reading tweets, and why he wants only Twitter Blue users to have access to TweetDeck… 3. ⚓ Twitter_imposes_limits_on_tweets_you_can_see_per_day_as_Instagram’s rival_platform_gets_ready_to_launch⠀⇛ In case you missed it, here is what has been happening, Twitter introduced limits to the number of tweets users can see daily. 4. ⚓ Meta’s_Twitter-Killer_‘Threads’_Coming_July_6⠀⇛ Meta is all set to launch its Twitter killer, Threads, available now for pre-download on the iOS App Store, with a release date of July 6 for iOS and Android. 5. ⚓ Lost_your_blue_check?_Here_are_5_Twitter_alternatives_that_won’t_let you_down⠀⇛ If you’re fed up with Twitter’s rigid rules and verification system, there are Twitter alternatives that can meet your social networking demands while also allowing more flexibility and enjoyment. 6. ⚓ How_Twitter_Rate_Limit_Exceeded_Affects_Your_Twitter_Experience⠀⇛ Twitter rate limits how many tweets you can view daily to stop data scraping. Find out how this impacts you and what other platforms you can use. 7. ⚓ TweetDeck_–_Powerful_Twitter_Dashboard_Now_Only_for_Verified_Users⠀⇛ Learn why you should verify your TweetDeck account right now. Verification protects your account from spam and abuse while also making you appear trustworthy to other users. 8. ⚓ As_Twitter’s_woes_continue,_Meta_looks_set_to_launch_a_new_competitor called_ThreadsTwitter_now_wants_you_to_pay_to_use_TweetDeck⠀⇛ Twitter is going to stop offering its web-based TweetDeck service for free, delivering a huge blow to users who relied on the platform for social media comparative analysis and content monitoring. 9. ⚓ A_list_of_the_social_media_sites_trying_to_compete_with_Twitter⠀⇛ As Elon Musk’s antics on Twitter continue_to_wreak_havoc, some users have chosen to find refuge on alternative social media networks. 10. ⚓ Game_on_as_Meta_launches_‘Twitter_killer’_Threads_app⠀⇛ Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg is set to deliver a blow to Elon Musk as the tech billionaires’ rivalry goes live with the launch of Instagram’s much-anticipated Threads platform, a clone of Twitter. Analysts said investors were salivating over the possibility Threads’ ties to Instagram might give it a built-in user base and advertising apparatus that could siphon ad dollars from Twitter as its new CEO tries to revive the microblogging company’s struggling business. 11. ⚓ Zuckerberg_takes_on_Musk_as_Meta_launches_Threads_app⠀⇛ With Twitter already on the ropes, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg has delivered another blow to Elon Musk, ramping up the tech billionaires’ rivalry with the launch of Instagram’s much- anticipated companion service Threads, a challenger to Twitter. “Let’s do this. Welcome to Threads,” Zuckerberg wrote on Thursday in his first post on the app, along with a fire emoji.  12. ⚓ Special_Episode:_Meta’s_Twitter_Rival_Arrives,_with_Adam_Mosseri⠀⇛ Instagram Threads — it’s like Twitter, except it’s not run by Elon Musk. 13. ⚓ Threads:_What_to_Know_About_Instagram’s_‘Twitter_Killer’_App⠀⇛ Here’s what to know about Instagram’s new app for public conversations and how it differs from Twitter. 14. ⚓ How_Musk_and_Biden_Are_Changing_the_Media⠀⇛ This unlikely tag team has helped kill the demand and the means for journalists to brand themselves. 15. ⚓ Meta_launches_Twitter_rival_Threads_but_faces_delays_in_Europe_over privacy_concerns⠀⇛ Facebook behemoth Meta officially launched Threads, its text- based rival to Twitter, on Wednesday, with more than five million sign-ups in the first few hours – but its release in Europe has been delayed over data privacy concerns. 16. ⚓ Game_on:_Meta_takes_on_Twitter_with_new_Instagram_Threads⠀⇛ Meta Platforms Inc. today launched Threads, a microblogging and messaging app linked to Instagram that’s set to take on the increasingly troubled Elon Musk-owned Twitter Inc. Threads is being pitched as “Instagram’s text-based conversation app. 17. ⚓ Threads_feels_just_like_Twitter—and_not_always_in_a_good_way⠀⇛ As a Twitter addict, I’ve been worried by Elon Musk. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 611 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/07/07/the-corporate-cancel-industry-is-large/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/07/the-corporate-cancel-industry-is-large/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.07.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ The_Corporate_‘Cancel_Culture’_Industry_—_Part_VI:_Examples_of_GNU_and_Linux Luminaries_Targeted_by_Mobs⠀✐ Posted in Deception, GNU/Linux, Kernel at 1:24 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Series parts: * Sceptical_of_Cancel_Artists_in_Corporate_Press * Upcoming_New_Series:_The_Corporate_‘Cancel_Culture’_Industry * The_Corporate_‘Cancel_Culture’_Industry_—_Part_I:_Somebody_Wants_to_be Your_‘Buddy’ * The_Corporate_‘Cancel_Culture’_Industry_—_Part_II:_People_Who_Defamed Linus_Torvalds_Say_Torvalds_Was_“Grateful”_for_It * The_Corporate_‘Cancel_Culture’_Industry_—_Part_III:_Non-Technical_People Trying_to_Ruin_the_Lives_of_the_Geeks * The_Corporate_‘Cancel_Culture’_Industry_—_Part_IV:_Hit_Pieces_and_Public Shaming_as_Bargaining_Cards * The_Corporate_‘Cancel_Culture’_Industry_—_Part_V:_Hit_Piece_Gone_Wrong? * YOU ARE HERE ☞ Examples of GNU and Linux Luminaries Targeted by Mobs 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Linus_Torvalds_and_Daniel_Pocock⦈_ Debian also has its share of ‘canceled’ people Summary: Voicing concerns about bad code or unethical conduct (by large corporations that sponsor a project) can cause forced resignations, public shaming, or even overt banishment; a Code_of_Censorship is usually being leveraged_to_justify_this immoral silencing of conscientious whistleblowers, including project founders/leaders THIS series has thus far focused on Linux, the Linux_Foundation, and Linus Torvalds (attempts_to_'cancel'_him_predate_2018). Along the way it also mentioned Richard Stallman, who in principle supports the free speech rights of Eric Raymond. For those who don’t know, Mr. Raymond was basically banned by the very organisation that he co-founded. As another notable example, and in no way resembling the mindset of Mr. Raymond, we have Theodore Ts’o (Ted). We don’t want to repeat false or trumped-up accusations, but let’s just say that this input_from_Mr._Ts’o shows him defensive of Torvalds in the face of the mobs. Three years ago I took a screenshot of it: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Theodore Ts'o on CoC⦈ Notice how they’ve utilised secret mailing lists (such as debian-private) to do their lynching. So much for transparency. “Notice how they’ve utilised secret mailing lists (such as debian-private) to do their lynching. So much for transparency.”So remember that those cancel mobs don’t quite work out in the open; they often operate behind people’s backs. When we published this in 2020 Torvalds responded in an article that quoted him. Either way, the practice is more widespread than people care to recognise, partly because much of the politicking happens behind the scenes, never to be seen by the general public. It’s something we must all take into account. With corrupt ‘journalists’ (phonies and imposters) it can become one heck of a jungle out there. Be sceptical of media funded by GAFAM and IBM. Its objective or its ‘product’ is not informing readers. 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⣷⠆⣇⢄⢄⡅⢌⠆⠀⡀⢩⢁⣠⣨⢠⣠⢀⣈⡐⣠⣡⠀⠀⢀⢡⢀⡅⢄⡕⣅⠐⣖⢄⢀⠠⢀⠌⡄⣀⣠⡐⣈⣬⡨⣈⢬⣈⢤⣱⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭ ⣟⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⡛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⡛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⡛⣛⣛⡛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⡛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛ ⡦⠶⣆⡶⠦⠂⠐⢄⢀⠀⠰⠲⠶⠠⠰⢶⠲⠶⠠⠰⠀⠔⠔⠠⠶⠠⠖⠔⠠⠶⠇⠄⠤⠆⠀⠤⠒⠂⢀⠠⠠⠲⠶⠰⠦⡠⠰⠶⠔⠄⠀⠷⠔⠄⠖⠶⠦⠔⠖⠤⠆⠴⠆⠀⠸⠦⠀⠀⠰⠰⠠⠠⠲⠶⠴⠢⠶⠶ ⣧⣽⣇⣅⣥⣄⡤⣤⣅⣬⣬⣥⣥⣰⣠⣌⣬⣬⣭⣠⣠⣀⣈⣤⣤⣍⣭⣤⣤⣕⣝⣅⡤⣍⣭⣅⣤⣤⣨⣥⣤⠤⣠⣨⣭⣠⣤⣠⣔⣀⣭⣈⣄⣀⣅⣅⣭⣥⣕⣥⣮⣅⣄⣨⣅⣬⣅⣤⣸⣤⣨⣭⣬⣠⣠⣭⣭⣭ ⣇⣒⣂⣂⣐⣀⣴⣒⣒⣖⣀⣐⣺⣘⣂⣀⣒⣂⣀⣔⣲⣀⣀⣴⣀⣒⣀⣐⣂⣚⣂⣒⣲⣂⣼⣒⣂⣐⣆⣐⣐⣔⣐⣐⣒⣂⣀⣐⣀⣀⣲⣀⣐⣀⣂⣄⣀⣂⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒ ⡯⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭ ⣇⣓⣆⣒⣂⣄⢀⣖⣂⣄⢠⡂⢐⡂⣀⢊⣐⣔⣂⣠⢐⣒⣀⢔⡒⣀⣀⣦⣒⣂⣒⣀⣀⢂⣐⣖⣆⣐⢃⣂⣐⣐⣀⣠⢪⣐⣂⣀⣒⡀⣄⣀⡄⡒⡚⣀⣐⣁⣂⣒⣂⡄⡒⣃⣠⣀⣀⣀⣐⣀⣐⣐⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒ ⡇⠬⠤⠄⠤⠦⠤⠬⡥⠤⠬⠥⠤⠠⠬⠤⠤⠦⠬⠤⠤⠤⠤⠴⠤⠭⠤⠄⠭⠤⠄⠤⠄⠬⠥⠤⠬⠤⠤⠄⠤⠤⠤⠭⢤⠤⠴⠤⠭⠤⠤⠥⠤⠤⠤⠤⣄⠭⠦⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠬⢥⠤⠤⠥⠬⠤⠤⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭ ⣇⣅⣙⣃⣃⣀⣆⣇⣀⣸⣃⣀⣀⣀⣠⢈⣎⣨⣛⢁⣀⢀⣟⣊⣂⡛⣀⣁⣆⣛⡇⣝⣃⢄⣀⡐⣃⣀⣘⡃⢀⣐⢨⣸⣜⣢⢠⣠⣰⣛⣐⣀⡛⢀⠛⣀⣄⣁⣅⣃⣅⣘⣃⢠⣄⣠⣰⢺⣻⣃⣸⢸⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛ ⡇⠔⢤⠦⠶⠦⠄⠤⡤⡴⠆⠤⡴⠴⠴⠴⠶⠶⠠⡤⠤⢬⢠⠶⠤⠤⠤⠤⢦⠴⠤⠆⠦⠄⡶⡧⠤⠴⢶⠶⠴⡦⠤⠦⠤⠤⠴⢶⠴⠶⠶⡤⠦⢦⠦⠾⠶⡤⡶⡆⠤⢦⠤⢤⠤⢴⢶⠤⠴⠶⡶⠴⠦⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶ ⣧⣥⣌⣬⣥⣤⡬⣥⣤⣄⣠⣤⣬⣧⣬⢬⢬⣤⣿⣤⣤⢭⣤⣤⣤⣤⣥⣯⣥⣧⣥⣥⡥⣥⢤⣬⣥⣥⣤⣤⣭⣤⣬⣭⣬⣮⣽⣤⣤⣤⢽⣤⣤⡤⣤⣥⣤⣥⣤⣍⣭⣥⣤⣼⡧⣄⣄⣤⣬⣬⣤⣤⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭ ⣇⡄⣐⠢⣄⣀⢒⣒⡄⡀⡐⣂⣀⣒⢔⣐⢐⢒⡠⠄⣒⢀⣀⣀⢀⢒⣀⣒⣂⢂⣂⣂⡢⡆⠂⢂⣐⣂⢀⢀⣄⡒⠂⠀⣂⣀⢔⣀⡒⣒⣠⡀⡒⠂⡂⣆⣀⣠⠂⢚⡂⠀⣐⡐⣃⣀⢐⡒⢒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒ ⣧⠥⠄⠬⠦⠤⠬⠭⠤⠥⠤⠬⠭⠤⠬⠬⠤⠤⠤⠤⠭⠤⠤⠭⠤⠤⠦⠭⠥⠥⠤⠥⠤⠥⠤⠥⠬⠥⠤⠤⠤⠬⠬⠬⠬⠭⠬⠤⠤⠭⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠭⠥⠥⠭⠥⠤⠤⠤⠬⠥⠤⠤⠤⠬⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭ ⣷⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⠒⣒⡒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒ ⡯⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠥⠤⠭⠬⠤⠤⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 753 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/07/07/yemen-is-android/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/07/yemen-is-android/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.07.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ 10_Years_in_Yemen:_From_Windows_Monopoly_to_Windows_‘Niche’⠀✐ Posted in Asia, Google, Microsoft, Windows at 12:48 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇10-year_Yemen_Operating_System_Market_Share⦈_ Summary: Looking at July_2013_–_July_2023, a 10-year range, it seems clear Android has taken over the relatively large* (but poor) Yemen; Windows is down to about 8.5% (it_was_99%_in_2019) ______ * Yemen’s population size is somewhere between Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, at nearly_35_million (Canada, the world’s second-largest by area, is 38,786,894). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⢿⣿⣿⣿⠄⠐⢖⢸⠂⡲⡆⡗⢰⠒⢴⢰⢰⢰⢰⠒⡆⡗⢰⠶⢰⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⠀⢈⠁⠈⣁⢉⠁⡉⣀⠉⡀⡁⡀⡁⠈⠀⠁⠉⠀⠁⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠤⠤⠄⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⡿⠋⠀⠀⠈⠚⠀⠒⠐⠃⠃⠓⠂⠒⠃⠃⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠤⠤⠴⠤⠠⠴⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢆⠀⠠⠀⠄⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⡄⠀⠄⠄⠤⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⡀⠀⢀⠀⠀⢀⠀⡀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⢀⠀⠀⠀⢀⢀⢀⡀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⢀⠂⠀⠈⠀⠔⠢⠀⠀⠀⠅⢠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⡇⠀⠀⢸⠀⠌⠀⠓⢰⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢊⠀⠀⢐⢀⠌⠐⡒⢒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 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Let’s take a look at some of the best options. Choosing the right file system for your computer can be a difficult process. It’s easy to wonder: why do file systems matter at all? Is there a specific file system that works best for installing Linux? As it turns out, there are two file systems that stand out as the best general-purpose options for installing Linux. o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ Djalel Oukid ☛ The_New_Generation_of_the_InfinityBook_16 Pro_Linux_Laptop_is_Available_for_Pre-Order⠀⇛ Building upon the success of its predecessors, the InfinityBook 16 Pro Gen8, from TUXEDO Computers, combines sleek design, top-notch performance, and advanced capabilities to deliver an outstanding user experience. In this blog post, we will explore the key features of this powerhouse laptop that make it a compelling choice for Linux professionals and enthusiasts alike. # ⚓ Unix Men ☛ 7_Linux_Software_Trends_To_Watch_In_2023-2024⠀⇛ The stability of Linux is one of the main advantages. The system is known for its reliability and durability, compared to some other operating systems. It’s designed for use with a wide variety of hardware, from personal computers to servers, that can handle massive amounts of work and do not experience crashes or other problems. [...] You can expect to see further improvements in your favorite Linux desktop applications such as GNOME, KDE and Cinnamon in 2023-2024. It is expected that more flexible settings will be available for personalization and a smoother, cleaner look in GNOME. More improvements to the overall performance of your desktop environment and greater compatibility with Wayland’s display server will be introduced when GNOME 42 is released. On the other hand, KDE Plasma is known to offer a wide range of customization options. With new widgets and plugins, we’re going to have even more room for customization by the year 2024. Efficiency, device integration and privacy are going to continue to be emphasized by KDE. In addition, the Wayland display server integration will ensure a smooth rendering of graphics and platform stability. o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ Top_Six_Linux_Distributions_for_Your_Data Center⠀⇛ Linux powers the enterprise. From the cloud to containers and to the backbone of your network, Linux is there working tirelessly to keep your business humming. Whether you use Linux in your AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or your on-premise data center, you use Linux. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Awesome_Linux_Game_Tools:_libstrangle_–_frame rate_limiter⠀⇛ libstrangle is a Linux utility that lets you cap the FPS of a game. It’s free and open source software written in C. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Luckysheet_(Univer):_Open-source_Web-based Spreadsheet_Editor⠀⇛ Univer is an open source collaborative solution, which aims to empower the collaboration capability into all systems. 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But you made it here, so let’s run through a number of ways that you can get comfortable and up to speed fairly quickly. # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ How_to_pipe_the_output_of_one_command_to_another_in Linux_|_ZDNET⠀⇛ If you’re new to Linux, you’re probably hesitant to use the command line. When you finally realize the power of the CLI, you’ll discover it has a lot of cool tricks up its sleeve — including this one. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ “Fixing”_WiFi_6_on_Linux_in_Alder_Lake- N_mini_PCs_(Intel_N95,_N100,_Core_i3-N300…)⠀⇛ It’s not an isolated issue, as one person commented WiFi 6 and Bluetooth were not working in Linux on a Beelink mini PC with the N100 in an article about the T9 Plus, and I found out many people complained about the lack of Linux drivers for the AX101 on Intel community forums. They also left various solutions some of which work, some don’t. If you are using Ubuntu or Debian, the easiest way seems to update the kernel to the latest Linux 6.4 as follows… Hopefully, the latest iwlwifi drivers will further improve support for AX101 WiFi and Bluetooth module and will be officially released on the Intel website (Note the AX101 is currently missing). Linux 6.5 may ship with an updated version, meaning it may be good revisiting the issue around the end of August when the latest kernel is expected to be released, besides monitoring the Intel website for new drivers… # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Secure_Nginx_with_Let’s_Encrypt_on Debian_12/11/10⠀⇛ In the dynamic landscape of web technology, security is paramount. Ensuring that your web server is secure is not only vital for your peace of mind but also for the trust and safety of your users. This guide zeroes in on securing your Debian Nginx Server installation with a free Let’s Encrypt Certificate. # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_install_Nitrux_Linux_Distro⠀⇛ Nitrux is a new Linux distro that is based on Debian, and it uses KDE Plasma as desktop environment. Nitrux also comes with a new Desktop called NX Desktop, which is a customized desktop based on Plasma. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_OpenJDK_21_on_Manjaro Linux⠀⇛ OpenJDK 21 is set to be a game-changer in the Java landscape when it launches on September 19, 2023. It is the upcoming long-term support (LTS) release of Oracle’s standard Java implementation and brings many features to improve the Java development experience. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_ExifTool_on_Ubuntu_22.04- 20.04⠀⇛ In today’s fast-paced technological environment, working with metadata is essential for various purposes, including image organization and data analysis. Enter ExifTool, a robust and versatile command-line application written in Perl that allows you to read, write, and edit metadata in various files. # ⚓ Kali Linux ☛ Pip_install_and_Python’s_externally_managed⠀⇛ TL;DR: pip install is on the way out. Installing Python packages must be done via APT, aka. Kali Linux’s package manager. Python packages coming from other sources should be installed in virtual environments. Long story below. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ Using_Systemctl_to_List_Linux_Services_for Systemd⠀⇛ In the Linux operating system, services are programs that operate in the background. These services can be initiated either on-demand or during the system boot process. As a Linux user or developer, you will interact with various services such as web servers, SSH, or cron. # ⚓ Kickstart_Neovim_on_Linux⠀⇛ Kickstart.nvim is a starter configuration for Neovim that is small, single-file and well- documented. You can use it as a starting point to create your custom configuration. # ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ How_To_Install_the_Epic_Games_Launcher_On Linux⠀⇛ Want to play Epic games on Linux, there this blog will help you for it. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Push_to_GitLab⠀⇛ To push changes into the GitLab, move to the local repository> list content> set the remote URL> run the “git push ” command. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Install_and_Use_SQLite_on_Rocky_Linux 9⠀⇛ Practical tutorial on the methods to install and use SQLite on Rocky Linux 9 to provide an efficient, reliable, fast solution for various database requirements. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Install_and_Use_Docker_on_Rocky_Linux 9⠀⇛ Practical guide on the ways to install and use the Docker on Rocky Linux 9 to enable an efficient application development, testing, and deployment processes. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ 20_Useful_‘apt-get’_Commands_for_Ubuntu_Package Management⠀⇛ The post 20_Useful_‘apt-get’_Commands_for_Ubuntu Package_Management first appeared on Tecmint:_Linux Howtos,_Tutorials_&_Guides . The apt-get command was the primary package management command used in Debian-based Linux distributions prior to the introduction of the apt command. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ WCCF Tech ☛ AMD_CPUs_Retain_Dominance_On_Linux_Platforms, Trails_Behind_Intel_in_Windows_OS⠀⇛ According to the statistics released by Steam’s Hardware Survey for the month of June, the share of AMD CPUs in Linux systems has increased by around 7.6%, reaching a total of 67.15% share. Intel comes behind AMD in Linux, with a market share of 32.84%. Well, the reason behind the inclination of Linux consumers towards AMD is the company’s commitment to open-source technologies. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ KDE_Gear_23.04.3_Is_Out_as_the_Last Update_in_the_Series_to_Fix_More_Bugs⠀⇛ Coming a month after KDE Gear 23.04.2, the KDE Gear 23.04.3 release is here to improve the Gwenview image viewer so that it no longer crashes when opening RAW image files in the NEF (Nikon) format, fix a few issues with reminders in the Kalendar app, as well as to fix board position in portrait mode in the KReversi app. KDE Gear 23.04.3 also improves the Falkon web browser with a new option in Preferences to allow you to set the default search engine by default, add an icon for boat/ferry reservations in Itinerary’s calendar, and add support for one-page booking PDFs and improve the handling of Flixbus train tickets in the KItinerary library. # ⚓ KDE ☛ KDE_Gear_23.04.3⠀⇛ Over 120 individual programs plus dozens of programmer libraries and feature plugins are released simultaneously as part of KDE Gear. Today they all get new bugfix source releases with updated translations, including… # ⚓ KDE_e.V._to_wind_down_the_KDE_League⠀⇛ KDE e.V. makes it known that the KDE League is to be wound down and dissolved. Remaining assets of the League are to be transferred to KDE e.V. Interested parties are invited to comment. KDE e.V., the legal entity representing the KDE community, and KDE League, Inc. (the “League”) are about to enter into an agreement to wind down and dissolve the League and transfer all of its remaining liquid assets (after paying the costs of dissolution) to KDE e.V. # ⚓ libQuotient_version_0.8_released⠀⇛ I’m excited to announce the release of version 0.8 of libQuotient, the Qt library for building software using Matrix. § This release brings to you # Generated documentation, browsable at quotient-im.github.io/libQuotient/ # Coinstallability of Qt5 and Qt6 builds # Various stability improvements # Updated Matrix APIs # ⚓ Adriaan de Groot ☛ Qt_Commercial_License⠀⇛ It should be said occasionally: the Qt Commercial License is terrible. It might not be all that expensive, but it’s rather clunky for device creation, and most importantly, comes with a “Prohibited Combination” definition that says “any effort to use .. Licensed Software with any software created with .. Open Source Qt”. I certainly can’t interpret that in any other way than “there is a tremendous amount of valuable Open Source software, developed entirely independently, like KDE Frameworks, Kirigami, libQuotient, .. and you can’t use it.” It really drives home the negative value of a Qt Commercial License. – Which is why I’m glad I care only about the Open Source bits. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ EasyOS_Kirkstone-series_version_5.4.6 released⠀⇛ Version 5.4.5 was released on June 30: https://bkhome.org/news/202306/easyos-kirkstone- series-version-545.html Newcomers are recommended to read the 5.4 announcement: Various fixes since 5.4.5, see release notes: https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/ kirkstone/2023/5.4.6/release-notes.htm o § PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva Family⠀➾ # ⚓ PCLOS Official ☛ PCLinuxOS:_APT,_RPM,_Synaptic_update⠀⇛ When you see this while updating through Synaptic, press the close button, relaunch Synaptic and you will be fine. You must perform this update before the end of the month or you will lose you ability to update your installation. # ⚓ PCLOS Official ☛ The_following_kernels_are_available_for PCLinuxOS⠀⇛ stable: 6.4.2 2023-07-05 stable: 6.3.12 2023-07-05 longterm: 6.1.38 2023-07-05 longterm: 5.15.120 2023-07-05 longterm: 5.10.186 2023-06-28 longterm: 5.4.249 2023-06-28 o § Arch Family⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Immutable_Distro_blendOS_3_Now_Officially Available_Based_on_Arch_Linux⠀⇛ blendOS 3 is here to enhance its ability to run other GNU/Linux distributions inside blendOS via Distrobox/Podman by adding support for a total of 9 distros, including Arch Linux, AlmaLinux OS, Crystal Linux, Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora Linux, Kali Linux, Neurodebian Bookworm, Rocky Linux, and Ubuntu Linux. Another major new feature in blendOS 3 is support for no less than 7 desktop environments, including KDE Plasma, GNOME, Xfce, LXQt, Cinnamon, MATE, and Deepin, and the ability to easily and instantaneously switch between them with system track. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Fedora_considers_“privacy-preserving”_telemetry_ [LWN.net] [Ed: "Telemetry" = we give you some software but still control it remotely, will pull data out of it (by default, as many people do not change these defaults). It's not truly yours, we remotely observe its usage. What next? Remote activation? CASM detection? Paywalls? When a Free software developer says he or she needs "telemetry" from you, walk away. There's rarely a real need for this, except vanity or exercising power over you.]⠀⇛ The Fedora project is considering a Fedora 40 change proposal to add limited, opt-out telemetry to the workstation edition. The proposal is detailed; it is clear that the developers involved understand that this will be a hard sell in that community. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Two_new_Linux_desktops,_one_with_deep roots,_come_to_Debian_•_The_Register⠀⇛ Maybe the DBUS developers have a point: desktops are like buses… you wait for ages, then two of them come along at once: Lomiri on Debian, and GSDE, the GNUstep Desktop Environment. Both the new offerings focus on Debian for now, although that may well change in time, and although both are quite different to more mainstream offerings, they each have roots in tech that’s been around for some time. Lomiri is the now cross- platform desktop environment that was formerly called Unity 8, which Canonical cancelled in 2017. As we covered back in February, Lomiri’s Ubuntu dependencies – and trademarks – have been cleaned up. Along with changing its name, now it’s much more cross-platform, but we must confess that we missed the full significance of what lead developer Marius Gripsård told us at the time: [...] o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_Plans_to_Ditch_its_‘Minimal’_Install Option⠀⇛ When selected during initial install Ubuntu’s ‘minimal install’ gives users a complete, fully- functioning Ubuntu system with fewer pre-installed apps. The exact same ISO also delivers a ‘full installation’ mode stacked with swathe of software – this is the default, recommended option. So having added a feature that users like Ubuntu is now, umm, thinking about removing it. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Adriaan de Groot ☛ RISC-V_Pinout⠀⇛ There are two RISC-V computers on my desk – photos eventually – and they are moving towards “just work” state, but they do occasionally swerve back into the default state of single-board-computers everywhere: there’s a serial port and you’re gonna like it. From work a few years back with all the Pine64 boards, I have a handful of USB-to-serial converters (and just ordered another one from Pine as a backup), but getting the pins right is always a pain. I’ve considered wiring up better connectors, but never really gotten around to it. As a stop-gap, I’m going to post (possibly for my own benefit as a backup easy-to-find resource) pinouts for the StarFive VisionFive V2 and the Pine64 Star64 boards. Now that I’ve written this down, I can finally remember “6=GND, 8=TX, 10=RX”. # ⚓ Purism ☛ PureBoot_Framebuffer_Boot_Support⠀⇛ The latest release of PureBoot, Release 27, now boots memtest86+, Debian netinst, and other OSes that rely on framebuffer output! We worked with the Heads team to implement this change upstream, and it is now in our latest release. Update your firmware with our update instructions! If you’ve ever tried to boot from PureBoot, and the system seemed to hang after “Starting the new kernel”, this was often the cause.  The OS was booting, but it couldn’t display anything. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ This_recycling_bin_sorts_waste_using_audio classification⠀⇛ Although a large percentage of our trash can be recycled, only a small percentage actually makes it to the proper facility due, in part, to being improperly sorted. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ VBox_is_like_an_AI-powered_Pandora_boombox⠀⇛ Discovering new music is difficult, making it a frustrating experience for both listeners and services. Identifying what one person liked about a specific song is a challenge when music is so subjective. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Dual_Raspberry_Pi_RP2040s_Power_Split Ergonomic_Keyboard⠀⇛ Fingerpunch has made a beautiful set of PCBs for custom split ergonomic keyboards that rely on dual RP2040 processors. # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Bringing_computing_education_research_to_a new_global_audience⠀⇛ We invited Global Clubs Partners to calls with our researchers to discuss new findings about computing education in primary schools. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 2023_Cyberdeck_Challenge:_Reviving_The_First Notebook_Computer⠀⇛ At first sight upon seeing [Don]’s HX2023 cyberdeck project one might be sad at the destruction of a retrocomputer, but in fact its classic Epson shell comes from a pile of spare parts left after restoring many other of the classic HX20 notebook computers to working order. The result stays true to the original but gives us so much more in the shape of a Raspberry Pi, and it’s worth cracking it open to see what components make this happen. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ LuckFox_Core3566_–_A_Raspberry_Pi_Compute Module_4_alternative_that_sells_for_$24_and_up⠀⇛ We’ve already seen Rockchip RK3566 system-on- modules that follow the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 with the likes of Pine64 SOQuartz and Radxa CM3. But there’s at least one more Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 alternative based on the RK3566 SoC with the LuckFox Core3566 going for as little as $23.99. I found out about the new module after checking out the upcoming Orange Pi Compute Module 4 (another CM4 alternative based on RK3566), and the LuckFox Core3566 is offered with 2GB or 4GB RAM, an optional 32GB eMMC flash, and an optional WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0 module. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Micro_RP2040_is_a_tiny_Raspberry_Pi_RP2040 module_with_a_USB_Type-C_port,_28_castellated_&_through holes⠀⇛ SB Components’ Micro RP2040 is a tiny module based on the Raspberry Pi RP2040 Arm microcontroller with up to 23 GPIOs and a USB Type-C port for easy powering and programming. Ever since the Raspberry Pi RP2040 dual-core Arm Cortex-M0+ microcontroller was released, companies have been making tiny modules based on it. Some come with a USB Type- C port such as the Pimoroni Tiny 2040 and the Adafruit QT Py RP2040 boards, while others focused on providing a smaller form factor for soldering only with design such as the RP2040 Stamp or the minuscule 12x12mm Femto module. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Stray_Companion_Cosplay_Plays Music_and_Makes_Faces⠀⇛ Dawn DuPriest has created a Raspberry Pi-powered companion cosplay that plays music with RFID chips and makes faces. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Weed_Burning_Robot_Protects Your_Garden⠀⇛ Nathan from NathanBuildsDIY is using a Raspberry Pi to control unwanted weeds with the power of the sun. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Radiation_Monitor_Goes Wireless_With_Pico_W⠀⇛ Sboger is using a Raspberry Pi Pico W to remotely monitor radiation and outputs the current readings in real-time. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Libre Arts ☛ LibreArts_Weekly_recap_—_3_July_2023⠀⇛ Been away for family reasons, hence missing the previous updates and being slightly late with this one. Post highlights: new releases of darktable, Blender, BlenderBIM, Flowblade, Ardour. o § Content Management Systems (CMS)⠀➾ # ⚓ WordPress ☛ WordPress_6.3_Beta_3⠀⇛ WordPress 6.3 Beta 3 is now ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it is recommended that you test Beta 3 on a test server and site. o § GNU Projects⠀➾ # ⚓ GNU_Health:_The_importance_of_Health_Informatics_in_Kenya_– Cirugía_Solidaria_and_GNU_Health⠀⇛ The team from Cirugía Solidaria has completed another successful campaign in the African continent. The project took place in the hospital of Maragua, in Muranga county, Kenya. Dr. Victor López, from Cirugía Solidaria, describes the experiences during the seven day mission: “In our latest project in Maragua, Kenya, we had 406 patient evaluations, and 142 of these patients underwent surgery. Some relevant information on the surgical procedures were 32 pediatric surgeries, 22 goiter, 11 cervical masses and 13 oncological surgeries. In addition, we detected 36 patients with cancer that were referred to the Kenya National Cancer Registry for treatment and followup.” o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Implement_Non-Blocking_IO_with_the Select_Function_in_C⠀⇛ Practical guide on how to implement non-blocking IO with the “select” function in C and its basic usage using a programming example to explain its application. # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Electron_ignores_suid_on_binaries⠀⇛ Oh ! Balena Etcher is an Electron-based app. I posted that have removed it from the AppImage Installer: https://bkhome.org/news/202306/goodbye-balena- etcher-appimage.html However, still experimenting with it, some error messages on the terminal at startup. Then I made an awful discovery: [...] # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Package_udisks2_compiled_in_OE⠀⇛ I was investigating the Dolphin file manager flatpak, as Federico has reported that it has many limitations. One major limitation is that it cannot access any drive partitions. It looks like the ‘udisks2′ package is required. A very long time ago, I took a look at udisks, and decided that I didn’t want anything to do with it. But it looks like KDE apps want it. OK, so I embarked on the journey of compiling it in OpenEmbedded/Yocto …several hours later, got it done. # ⚓ Firefox_Developer_Experience:_Firefox_DevTools_Newsletter_— 115⠀⇛ Developer Tools help developers write and debug websites on Firefox. This newsletter gives an overview of the work we’ve done as part of the Firefox 115 Nightly release cycle. # § Rust⠀➾ # ⚓ Rust Weekly Updates ☛ This_Week_In_Rust:_This_Week_in Rust_502⠀⇛ Hello and welcome to another issue of This Week in Rust! * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Coffee_chatter_about_urbanism⠀⇛ You hear some… things sitting at a coffee shop. Today’s very loud conversation concerned real estate: The houses down there are insane LAUGHS. If I can’t drive there, what’s the point? LAUGHS. Build another damn freeway and more houses, stop faffing about. It’s important I hear stuff like this; it gives me valuable perspective I otherwise lack in my comfy bubble of sustainable urban planning and public transport. I have this caricature of a suburbanite in my head that earnestly believes “one more lane, bro”… but they do exist. The conversation shifted soon after, but the bulk of what they discussed concerned traffic, a hatred of apartments, and the sky-high cost of living in Australia right now. A few times I felt like they were on the verge of an epiphany, but then they went to hating on buses and trains for the “people [who travel] on them”. (Not wanting to take public transport because of “gross poor people” is one of the reasons I gave up giving someone adjacent to the family any of my attention. Leaving aside the fact investment bankers with expensive watches share my train to Wynyard each morning, what a horrible thing to think about your fellow human beings. Public transport is wonderful precisely because it helps everyone. And frankly, my experiences with them have been near universally nicer than entitled arses who equate morals with money… and then show themselves as having none of the former). o ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ Walmart_Can’t_Balance_a_Tire_Due_to_Air from_Canada⠀⇛ Walmart Can’t Balance a Tire Due to Air from Canada I’ve got another car problem. A wheel weight came off and my right front tire is now imbalanced causing a slight wobble on acceleration sometimes. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Diabolic_Drive_is_a_penetration_testing_USB key_with_64GB_storage,_ESP8266_and_ATmega32U4 microcontrollers⠀⇛ Diabolic Drive may look like a 64GB USB flash drive and show as such when you insert it into your computer, but it’s actually a wireless keystroke injection tool with a Microchip ATmega32U4 8-bit AVR microcontroller and an Espressif Systems ESP8266 WiFi SoC. Egypt-based UNIT 72784 says their cyber security tool enables Red Teaming – the practice of rigorously identifying an attack path to breach a device’s security – as it behaves like a flash drive while being able to deploy keyboard strokes wirelessly through the ESP8266 WiFi MCU. Diabolic Drive specifications: MCUs Microchip ATmega32U4 microcontroller @ 16 MHz (5V) acting as a Serial Bridge Espressif Systems ESP8266EX microcontroller @ 160 MHZ (3.3V) with WiFi 4 support ATmega32U4 and ESP8266 are connected via Serial and I2C protocols thanks to an LDO regulator. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 3D_Audio_Imaging_With_A_Phased_Array Microphone⠀⇛ Remember the scene from Blade Runner, where Deckard puts a photograph into a Photo Inspector? The virtual camera can pan and move around the captured scene, pulling out impossible details. It seems that [Ben Wang] discovered how to make that particular trick a reality, but with audio instead of video. The secret sauce isn’t a sophisticated microphone, but a whole bunch of really simple ones. In this case, it’s 192 of them, arranged on long PCBs working as the spokes of a wall-art wheel. Quite the conversation piece. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ An_ESP32-S3_board_for_vending_machines_with RS485,_microSD_card_slot,_optional_cellular_mPCIe_module⠀⇛ LILYGO T-Vending is an ESP32-S3 WiFi and Bluetooth IoT board designed for vending machines with an RS485 terminal block, a microSD card slot, and support for an optional cellular mPCIe module. As I understand the board is connected to the vending machine through the RS485 terminal block to control vend motors (potentially via an additional board to control multiple motors) and a 10-pin connector for power (12V/24V), signals to/from a coin mechanism and other parts. The board also adds a Grove connector and an unpopulated 12-pin GPIO header for expansion. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Probably_The_Cheapest_Lens_You_Will_Ever_Use⠀⇛ Photographic enthusiasts will invariably amass an extensive collection of lenses, and in their communities there are near-mythical and sought- after lenses that change hands for incredible prices. It’s probably the oldest photographic adage though, that the best camera in the world is the one in your hand when the scene presents itself, and probably one of the simplest cameras in the world remains the disposable film camera. Their tiny plastic lenses are not in the same league as the pricey ones, but can they be used by a more serious photographer? [Volzo] set out to find out. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Return_of_the_revenge_of_“no_saline_placebo_RCTs”_for childhood_vaccines⠀⇛ Here we go again with the old antivax “no saline placebo” trope. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Halo_Infinite_has_lost_98%_of_its_peak_Steam_player_count_– OnMSFT.com⠀⇛ It has certainly been a rocky road for 343 Industries’ most recent effort to revitalize the iconic Halo franchise. At present, the game’s player count on Steam is at around 6,000. Which is about 2% of its all-time peak on that platform of 256,000 concurrent players. This according to Steam Chartz. While this data isn’t necessarily representative of how Halo Infinite is doing on PC at large, or on Xbox, it is telling that the launch of season 4: Infection has done little to reignite interest in the open world FPS among Steam players. Recent data shared on Reddit indicated that the game has barely remained in the top 200 games list on Steam. # ⚓ Firstpost ☛ The_reason_behind_Twitter’s_tweet_reading limits:_Elon_Musk_can’t_pay_bills,_is_cutting_costs⠀⇛ Elon Musk can’t pay, or rather is not willing to pay a lot of the bills that running Twitter accrues. That may be one of the reasons why Twitter has set a limit on reading tweets, and why he wants only Twitter Blue users to have access to TweetDeck… # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Microsoft_no_longer_in_top_3_for_UK technology_services_•_The_Register⠀⇛ o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ HWL_Ebsworth_working_to_address_effects_of attack:_cyber_czar⠀⇛ HWL Ebsworth was hit by the Alphv ransomware gang earlier this year. The attackers released the first lot of stolen data, including passport copies and other documents, on the dark web on 2 June. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Embedded_IoT_security:_Helping_vendors_in_the design_process⠀⇛ Guest Post: New vendor guide for embedding IoT security. # ⚓ Reproducible_Builds:_Reproducible_Builds_Summit_2023_in Hamburg⠀⇛ We are glad to announce the upcoming Reproducible Builds Summit, set to take place from October 31st to November 2nd, 2023, in the vibrant city of Hamburg, Germany. This year, we are thrilled to host the seventh edition of this exciting event following the success of previous summits in various iconic locations around the world, including Venice (2022), Marrakesh (2019), Paris (2018), Berlin (2017), Berlin (2016) Athens (2015). If you’re excited about joining us this year, please make sure to read the_event_page_which_has more_details_about_the_event_and_location. As in previous years, we will be sending invitations to all those who attended our previous summit events or expressed interest to do so. However also without receiving such a personal invitation please do email_the_organizers and we will find a way to accommodate you. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ School_Decides_To_Harden_Security_By_Giving EVERYONE_The_Same_Password⠀⇛ Cyber security. It’s complicated. # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ New_StackRot_Linux_kernel_flaw_allows privilege_escalation [Ed: Bad for shared-user machines in particular. Notice how Microsoft-connected sites make it seem like the sky is falling when Linux has a privilege escalation bug, but when Microsoft has remotely-accessed bug doors, it's really not such a big deal because maybe in a few months Microsoft will bother plugging it (after millions of servers already got compromised).]⠀⇛ Technical information has emerged for a serious vulnerability affecting multiple Linux kernel versions that could be triggered with “minimal capabilities.” The security issue is being referred to as StackRot (CVE-2023-3269) and can be used to compromise the kernel and elevate privileges. # ⚓ Duo ☛ StackRot_Flaw_Bug_Fixed_in_Linux_Kernel_|_Decipher [Ed: Before it was even exploited]⠀⇛ A new bug in the Linux kernel (CVE-2023-3269) known as StackRot has been fixed in versions 6.1-6.4. # ⚓ Rekoobe_Malware_Used_by_Chinese_Hacker_Group_Attack_Linux system [Ed: This is not about Linux, it's about something else that happens to be happening at a higher level.]⠀⇛ Mostly targets obsolete Linux servers or are in service with inappropriate settings and also involved in supply chain attacks. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Thursday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (golang-yaml.v2, kernel, and mediawiki), Fedora (kernel and picocli), SUSE (bind and python- sqlparse), and Ubuntu (cpdb-libs). # ⚓ ALM ☛ If_Kirkland_&_Ellis_Can’t_Avoid_Cyberattacks,_Who Can?_|_The_American_Lawyer [Ed: Bill Gates' dad.]⠀⇛ Kirkland and Am Law 50 peers K&L Gates and Proskauer Rose are among the latest victims of a sweeping cyber breach. “It proves that nobody is immune” said Zach Olsen president of communications firm Infinite Global. # ⚓ Tacoma News Tribune ☛ Details_emerging_about_2018_TPCHD database_hack._Pierce_records_among_those_affected⠀⇛ The new interim leader for the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department started her role with news about a 5-year-old data breach the department says it learned about just last month. TPCHD’s Cindan Gizzi announced the news immediately after being appointed the department’s interim director during Wednesday’s Tacoma-Pierce County’s Board of Health meeting. TPCHD provided further details to The News Tribune after the meeting in response to questions. # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Police_arrest_suspect_linked_to notorius_OPERA1ER_cybercrime_gang [Ed: Microsoft Windows gets you in trouble]⠀⇛ Law enforcement has detained a suspect believed to be a key member of the OPERA1ER cybercrime group, which has targeted mobile banking services and financial institutions in malware, phishing, and Business Email Compromise (BEC) campaigns. The gang, also known as NX$M$, DESKTOP Group, and Common Raven, is suspected of having stolen between $11 million and $30 million over the last four years in more than 30 attacks spanning 15 countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. [...] Researchers at Symantec also found links between OPERA1ER and a cybercriminals group they track as Bluebottle that used a signed Windows driver in attacks against at least three banks in French- speaking African countries. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Mozambican_terror_group_is_strikingly_similar to_Nigeria’s_deadly_Boko_Haram⠀⇛ Terrorism is a global problem affecting many countries. Until 2017, however, southern Africa was largely spared from this phenomenon. The bloody conflict sparked by Ansar al-Sunna in northern Mozambique has since changed the region’s security landscape. # ⚓ RFA ☛ India_sells_arms_to_junta_while_claiming_concern_over crisis_in_Myanmar⠀⇛ Observers say such sales abet junta war crimes and suppliers should be held accountable. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ India,_the_US_and_the_global_balance_of power⠀⇛ When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with US President Joe Biden in the White House last month, many observers saw the makings of an evolving alliance against China. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_State_Department_releases_report_on_US withdrawal_from_Afghanistan⠀⇛ The US State Department released 24 pages of its 85-page After Action Review (AAR) report Friday on the controversial US withdrawal from Afghanistan. The remaining 61 pages of the report are still classified. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Blinken_underscores_‘urgency’_of_UN-backed multinational_force_to_aid_Haiti⠀⇛ Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday reiterated US support for an international force to help stabilize Haiti, agreeing with Prime Minister Ariel Henry on the “urgency” for such a UN- authorized operation, but again not offering to lead it. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_lawyers’_group_to investigate_allegations_against_member_wanted_by_national security_police⠀⇛ A Hong Kong lawyers’ group has said it is investigating allegations related to one of its members who is among the eight overseas activists wanted by national security police. # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Sochi_hosts_UN_conference_to_guarantee “indivisible_biosecurity”_in_fight_against_“infectious threats”⠀⇛ On June 22-23, 2023, Sochi (that’s in Russia for my fellow Americans) hosted the fourth international conference “Global Biosecurity Challenges: Problems and Solutions”, one of several global initiatives organized around the UN’s Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Four_Countries_Sue_for_Answers_Over Airline_Downed_by_Iran’s_Missiles⠀⇛ In 2020, Iranian missiles struck a Ukraine Airlines flight, killing all 176 people on board. Four countries have filed suit in The Hague demanding a credible account and full compensation. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ The_US’s_antipathy_towards_free_trade could_leave_Australia_in_the_lurch⠀⇛ Speeches by top trade officials last month highlight the rift that has opened up between the US and Australia on trade policy, and the implications for national security. # § War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Russian_missile_attack_on_Lviv,_Ukraine, kills_4_people_and_wounds_more⠀⇛ Multiple people were killed or wounded Thursday in the largest attack on Lviv’s civilian infrastructure since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, destroying entire floors of a residential building that was struck and leaving the streets below covered in rubble. Four were killed and nine others injured, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported Thursday, as emergency service workers searched in the debris for more people trapped. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Governing_a_post-Western_world⠀⇛ When NATO leaders descend on Vilnius for next week’s annual summit, they will demonstrate that the organisation, newly united behind support for Ukraine, is far from ‘brain dead’ [...] # ⚓ France24 ☛ Russian_TV_shows_wig_collection,_souvenir sledge_hammers_seized_in_raid_on_Prigozhin_residence⠀⇛ Russian state TV on Wednesday launched a fierce attack on Yevgeny Prigozhin, the exiled mercenary leader of an aborted armed mutiny last month, and said an investigation into what had happened was still being vigorously pursued. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Novaya_Gazeta_Journalist_Diagnosed_With_Brain Injury,_Multiple_Fractures_After_Attack_In_Chechnya⠀⇛ Russian investigators have opened a criminal probe into an attack on award-winning journalist Elena Milashina, who was badly beaten in Chechnya on July 4 along with lawyer, Aleksandr Nemov, while the two were on a business trip to the Caucasus region. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Here’s_the_‘concrete’_path_for Ukraine_to_join_NATO⠀⇛ The upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius should establish a High Level Group to design a roadmap for Ukraine’s fast-track membership. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ ISS:_Africa’s_Ukraine-Russia_mediation needed_a_clearer_AU_footprint⠀⇛ Food, fertiliser and fuel are among the reasons Africa needs the Russia-Ukraine war to end quickly. With Africa becoming an arena for geopolitical competition, the June mission of seven African countries to Ukraine and Russia was important, and represented a sea-change in continental diplomacy on non- African security crises. # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Lukashenko_says_Wagner_chief Prigozhin_is_in_Russia,_not_in_Belarus⠀⇛ The head of the Wagner mercenary group is no longer in Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko told reporters on Thursday, adding that Yevgeny Prigozhin is currently in St Petersburg. Earlier, a Russian missile attack killed at least four people in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, with rescuers searching through the debris of an apartment building for survivors and casualties. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_awards_senior_Ukrainian_officials_on Statehood_Day⠀⇛ President Gitanas Nausėda on Thursday awarded almost eighty Lithuanian and foreign citizens with orders and medals. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_And_Russia_Should_Stop_Using_Cluster Bombs,_Human_Rights_Watch_Says⠀⇛ Both Russian and Ukrainian forces have used cluster munitions that have killed Ukrainian civilians, Human Rights Watch said in a report on July 6. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Missile_Attack_On_Lviv_Kills_Four; Zelenskiy_Chides_West’s_Foot-Dragging_On_Crucial Weapons⠀⇛ The death toll from a Russian missile attack on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv climbed to four, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported on July 6. Another nine were injured. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukrainian_Man_Dies_After_Detonating_Device Inside_Kyiv_Court⠀⇛ A man who detonated an explosive device on July 5 inside a district court in Kyiv was killed by the explosion and two members of a rapid-response security unit were injured, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_missile_strike_kills_four people_in_Lviv.⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Strikes_Makiivka,_Igniting_a Huge_Blast_in_Russian-Occupied_City⠀⇛ Ukrainian and Russian officials differed on whether a military or civilian area had been struck. Earlier in the war, Russia lost dozens of soldiers, if not hundreds, in a strike on the city. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Explosions_in_Lviv_in_Western Ukraine_Injure_at_Least_4⠀⇛ The city’s mayor said an apartment building had been damaged and that the number of casualties was expected to increase. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Russia_Says_Ukrainian_Drone_Attacks_on Moscow_‘Not_Possible’_Without_US_Support⠀⇛ The Russian military said it downed several drones that attacked Moscow. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Zelensky_Said_He_Warned_U.S._of_Slow Ukraine_Counteroffensive_Amid_Wait_for_Arms⠀⇛ Ukraine’s president said he had wanted to start the military push sooner, in an interview with CNN. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ US_releases_video_of_Russian fighter_jets_harrassing_American_drones_over_Syria⠀⇛ The U.S. Air Force says Russian fighter jets flew dangerously close to several U.S. drone aircraft over Syria on Wednesday, setting off flares and forcing the MQ-9 Reapers to take evasive maneuvers. U.S. Air Forces Central released a video of the encounter, showing a Russian SU-35 fighter closing in on a Reaper, and later showed a number of the so-called parachute flares moving into the drone’s flight path. The flares are attached to parachutes. Army Gen. Erik Kurilla, head of U.S. Central Command, says Russia’s violation of ongoing efforts to clear the airspace over Syria “increases the risk of escalation or miscalculation.” # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Raid_of_Wagner_boss_Yevgeny_Prigozhin’s_home turned_up_sledgehammers_allegedly_used_to_kill traitors⠀⇛ Russian forces’ June raid of since-exiled Wagner mercenary group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s home turned up an extensive collection of wigs and sledgehammers reportedly used to slaughter traitors, it was revealed Wednesday. Photos of the possessions were shared by Russian state media after Prigozhin this week retrieved his weapons cache, millions of dollars in cash and gold bars that were also confiscated during the June 24 search of his luxurious St. Petersburg estate. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Navalny_Raps_‘Nonsense’_Evidence_Presented_At His_Trial,_Earning_Laughs_In_Courtroom⠀⇛ Jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny tweeted on July 5 that lyrics from popular Russian hip-hop artist Morgenshtern have been entered as evidence in his current closed-door trial in which he faces an additional three decades in prison on charges of “extremism.” # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_hosts_Russian_warships_that passed_by_Taiwan,_Japan⠀⇛ The two frigates – Gromkiy and Sovershenniy – made port at the financial hub of Shanghai on Wednesday. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Half-naked_in_Moscow,_demanding_their rights’_How_Russian_pro-war_activists_began_targeting K-pop_fans_for_their_‘pro-Western’_dances_—_Meduza⠀⇛ In late spring, an unlikely subculture found itself the latest target of attacks by Russian pro-war activists: amateur K-pop dancers. Aggressive war supporters disrupted filming sessions of videos by women’s K-pop dance cover groups on Moscow’s Nikolskaya Street three times in May alone, including one incident in which the attackers broke the dancers’ camera equipment and one in which a man physically assaulted a dancer. Nikolskaya is the city’s most popular site for K-pop dances, but fans of the genre have become fearful about performing there. Alya Kachalova, a journalist for the independent outlet Novaya Vkladka, looked into the attacks. Meduza is publishing an abridged translation of her report. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘A_blessing_and_a_long-term_curse’: Economist_Nouriel_Roubini_on_Russia’s_dependence_on fossil_fuels_and_the_prospects_of_nuclear_war_— Meduza⠀⇛ Can a “new” Cold War between China and the U.S. turn nuclear? Will other authoritarian regimes follow Russia’s lead in openly waging wars to resolve territorial disputes? How have sanctions impacted Russian oligarchs? To answer these and other questions, Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar spoke with the American economist Nouriel Roubini, a professor at the NYU Stern School of Business, who served as a senior economist in the Council of Economic Advisers during U.S. President Bill Clinton’s administration, and predicted the 2008 financial crisis. The interview was released on Zygar’s YouTube channel. Meduza is publishing an abridged summary of the conversation. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Private_detective_charged_with_treason_in Moscow_has_reported_links_to_Russia’s_leaked-data_black market,_which_investigative_journalists_use_to_track FSB_agents_and_more_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The 46-year-old man a Moscow court jailed earlier this week on treason charges reportedly worked in Crimea as a private detective and was apparently involved in trafficking leaked personal data.  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_Transport_Ministry_proposes_fees_in case_of_airline_bankruptcy_or_emergency_cancellations, meaning_high_ticket_prices_to_come_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Kommersant reports that the Russian Ministry of Transport is again considering the idea of an additional fee for passengers when booking tickets to create a “reserve fund to support passengers” in case airlines go bankrupt. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_authorities_open_criminal_case_into attack_on_journalist_Elena_Milashina_and_lawyer Alexander_Nemov_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case into the attack by masked assailants on Novaya Gazeta journalist Elena Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov in Chechnya on Tuesday. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ German_customs_to_stop_private_cars_with Russian_license_plates_at_the_border_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The German authorities will now regard traveling in a private car from Russia to Germany as grounds for arrest, reports Russian state broadcaster RBC, citing official customs statements. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_authorities_report_shelling_in_Kursk and_Belgorod_regions_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, said on Telegram that the border town of Valuiki was hit by shelling in the early hours of July 5. “The air defense system went off, but there is destruction on the ground,” Gladkov wrote, adding that two private residences and five cars were badly damaged. Residents were reportedly unharmed. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Yandex_general_director_hit_with_misdemeanor charge_for_‘LGBT_propaganda’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian authorities have opened a misdemeanor case against Yandex General Director Artyom Savinovsky for allegedly distributing “LGBT propaganda” among minors, the independent outlet Mediazona reported on Wednesday, citing the Moscow City Court database. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Apologies_for_the_details’:_The_latest_on the_brutal_attack_against_journalist_Elena_Milashina and_lawyer_Alexander_Nemov_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On the morning of July 4, journalist Elena Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov were attacked by masked men in Chechnya, where they had flown to attend the sentencing of Zarema Musaeva, the mother of human rights activist Abubakar Yangulbayev and the alleged co-founder of the Chechen opposition movement Adat, Ibrahim Yangulbayev. More than 24 hours later, the Russian Investigative Committee has still not announced any criminal proceedings in connection with the attack, despite numerous Russian officials demanding an investigation. Milashina and Nemov were transported from Chechnya to Beslan before being flown in a private jet to Moscow’s Botkinskaya Hospital. The flight was paid for by “private individuals.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘It’s_not_me_who_needs_to_leave’:_We_asked some_of_our_readers_who_left_Russia_during_the_war_and came_back_why_they_returned._Here’s_what_they_said._— Meduza⠀⇛ Some Russian residents who left the country because of the war have returned home after a brief exile. Meduza asked readers who’ve done just that, whether they thought it was the right decision — and asked them to tell us how Russia has changed over the past year and a half. We received hundreds of letters in response, and are publishing some here. We believe these letters are an important record, and we hope they’ll be informative for those working to end the war, trying to change the ruling regime in Russia, and wondering how to deal with people whose minds may never be changed. o § Environment⠀➾ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Forget_toilet_paper_—_try_no food,_fuel_or_medicine._Why_Canberra_needs_to_act_on fuel_security⠀⇛ Fuel storage tanks aren’t “sexy” but it is high time the Federal government spent as much attention to them as, say, a nuclear submarine or an F-35. Australia is running low on gas. Rex Patrick explains.  Remember the pandemic when (unnecessary) panic buying meant you couldn’t get toilet paper? Now imagine a situation far, far worse; no fuel, no medicine, no food. Even a minor conflict in Asia could cause the latter, but the Federal government appears too busy buying $368B submarines to do much about it. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Robert Reich ☛ How_the_Super_Rich_Are_Killing_Social Security⠀⇛ Here’s the real reason Social Security is in danger that nobody’s talking about. It’s not just because too many boomers like me are retiring. It’s because of inequality. Now, I don’t want to alarm you. Social Security is still helping us oldies enjoy our golden years — but only for so long. Social Security is one of the most popular and successful government programs ever created, not only helping retirees — but it’s also keeping 26 million_people_out_of_poverty. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_central_bank_president:_economy_will_be fragile_this_year⠀⇛ Although Latvia’s economy is quite resilient, the labor market is rather strong and unemployment rates are very low, overall the economy will be very fragile this year, the Latvian central bank (Bank of Latvia) President Mārtiņš Kazāks said in an interview on Latvian Television July 6. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Ecuador_President:_Illegal_Operation_in_Galapagos Islands⠀⇛ The journalist of the independent YouTube platform program “Hoja De Ruta” activated the debate on the alleged exchange of individuals from the Galapagos Islands # ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ Meta_Introduces_‘Threads’_Because_It_Wants In_on_the_Twitter_Exodus⠀⇛ Mark Zuckerberg, otherwise known as the Musk of Meta, evidently wants some of the ex-Twitter users that Elon has been shedding from Twitter to join the fun on Instagram. Last weekend was tough for users of Twitter. Not surprisingly, this has led to another mini-exodus from the platform, with Mastodon reporting that more than 300,000 new users signed up over the weekend. The steady stream of users away from Twitter has evidently caught Meta’s attention, because they’re releasing Threads, a new mobile app that makes Instagram more Twitter-like. # ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Twitter_imposes_limits_on_tweets_you_can_see_per day_as_Instagram’s_rival_platform_gets_ready_to_launch⠀⇛ In case you missed it, here is what has been happening, Twitter introduced limits to the number of tweets users can see daily. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Meta’s_Twitter-Killer_‘Threads’_Coming July_6⠀⇛ Meta is all set to launch its Twitter killer, Threads, available now for pre-download on the iOS App Store, with a release date of July 6 for iOS and Android. # ⚓ Cloudbooklet ☛ Lost_your_blue_check?_Here_are_5_Twitter alternatives_that_won’t_let_you_down⠀⇛ If you’re fed up with Twitter’s rigid rules and verification system, there are Twitter alternatives that can meet your social networking demands while also allowing more flexibility and enjoyment. # ⚓ Cloudbooklet ☛ How_Twitter_Rate_Limit_Exceeded_Affects_Your Twitter_Experience⠀⇛ Twitter rate limits how many tweets you can view daily to stop data scraping. Find out how this impacts you and what other platforms you can use. # ⚓ Cloudbooklet ☛ TweetDeck_–_Powerful_Twitter_Dashboard_Now Only_for_Verified_Users⠀⇛ Learn why you should verify your TweetDeck account right now. Verification protects your account from spam and abuse while also making you appear trustworthy to other users. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ As_Twitter’s_woes_continue,_Meta_looks_set to_launch_a_new_competitor_called_Threads⠀⇛ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Twitter_now_wants_you_to_pay_to_use_TweetDeck⠀⇛ Twitter is going to stop offering its web-based TweetDeck service for free, delivering a huge blow to users who relied on the platform for social media comparative analysis and content monitoring. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ A_list_of_the_social_media_sites_trying_to_compete with_Twitter⠀⇛ As Elon Musk’s antics on Twitter continue to wreak havoc, some users have chosen to find refuge on alternative social media networks. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Game_on_as_Meta_launches_‘Twitter killer’_Threads_app⠀⇛ Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg is set to deliver a blow to Elon Musk as the tech billionaires’ rivalry goes live with the launch of Instagram’s much- anticipated Threads platform, a clone of Twitter. Analysts said investors were salivating over the possibility Threads’ ties to Instagram might give it a built-in user base and advertising apparatus that could siphon ad dollars from Twitter as its new CEO tries to revive the microblogging company’s struggling business. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Zuckerberg_takes_on_Musk_as_Meta launches_Threads_app⠀⇛ With Twitter already on the ropes, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg has delivered another blow to Elon Musk, ramping up the tech billionaires’ rivalry with the launch of Instagram’s much-anticipated companion service Threads, a challenger to Twitter. “Let’s do this. Welcome to Threads,” Zuckerberg wrote on Thursday in his first post on the app, along with a fire emoji.  # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Special_Episode:_Meta’s_Twitter_Rival Arrives,_with_Adam_Mosseri⠀⇛ Instagram Threads — it’s like Twitter, except it’s not run by Elon Musk. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Threads:_What_to_Know_About_Instagram’s ‘Twitter_Killer’_App⠀⇛ Here’s what to know about Instagram’s new app for public conversations and how it differs from Twitter. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ How_Musk_and_Biden_Are_Changing_the_Media⠀⇛ This unlikely tag team has helped kill the demand and the means for journalists to brand themselves. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Meta_launches_Twitter_rival_Threads_but_faces delays_in_Europe_over_privacy_concerns⠀⇛ Facebook behemoth Meta officially launched Threads, its text-based rival to Twitter, on Wednesday, with more than five million sign-ups in the first few hours – but its release in Europe has been delayed over data privacy concerns. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Game_on:_Meta_takes_on_Twitter_with_new Instagram_Threads⠀⇛ Meta Platforms Inc. today launched Threads, a microblogging and messaging app linked to Instagram that’s set to take on the increasingly troubled Elon Musk-owned Twitter Inc. Threads is being pitched as “Instagram’s text-based conversation app. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Threads_feels_just_like_Twitter—and_not_always_in a_good_way⠀⇛ As a Twitter addict, I’ve been worried by Elon Musk. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ ALM ☛ Law_Against_Secretly_Recording_Public_Conversations Is_Unconstitutional,_Ninth_Circuit_Rules_|_National_Law Journal⠀⇛ A dissenting judge cited deepfake concerns in criticizing the First Amendment ruling. # ⚓ ACLU ☛ The_Historic_New_Law_Protecting_Fairness_for Pregnant_Workers⠀⇛ Today marks a historic moment in the lives of our nation’s pregnant workers: after more than a decade of_advocacy on Capitol Hill, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), signed by President Biden in December 2022, goes into effect. PWFA mandates “reasonable accommodations” for pregnant workers unless providing them would impose an “undue hardship” on their employer. For millions of U.S. workers, the new law promises to assure they no longer will have to choose between their paycheck and a healthy pregnancy. Pregnancy is a normal condition of employment; more than 80_percent_of_all_working_women will have at least one child during their lives. But existing legal protections have been glaringly insufficient for workers whose duties may conflict with pregnancy’s physical realities — such as cashiers (prolonged standing), nurses (repetitive heavy lifting), custodians (exposure to chemicals), and firefighters (battling potentially lethal blazes). Under the Pregnancy_Discrimination_Act_(PDA), enacted in 1978, pregnant workers have been entitled to temporary job modifications only if their employer provides them to others “similar in their ability or inability to work.” That language long has been used to deny needed “accommodations” to pregnant workers, on the grounds that favored non-pregnant colleagues are insufficiently “similar.” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ When_Teens_Send_Nudes⠀⇛ At 13, Bianca stood a little over 5-foot-3 and had long brown hair. So did another girl at her private middle school in San Francisco. While they were both in class one day in 2013, a staff member entered the classroom, walked over to Bianca, took her school-issued iPad, and left. Later, the eighth grader was told to report to the principal’s office, and everyone watched her go. Apparently, the other girl had sent a naked photo of herself to a boy in the class, “and the person who received that, their mom saw, thought it was me, and reported it to the middle school head,” says Bianca (a pseudonym for privacy reasons), who is now a senior in college. Bianca was upset, but she was also brazen, sometimes jumping on her bike and riding home in the middle of the school day. She did just that, and no one called her departure a suspension. Her parents believed her, but it felt like they were the only ones, even though the picture wasn’t on her iPad. Bianca’s classmates started to look at her differently. The fallout had only just begun. Professor Joris Van Ouytsel contributed extensive information and health educator Christopher Pepper provided consultation for this article. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ Kubernetes Blog ☛ Confidential_Kubernetes:_Use_Confidential Virtual_Machines_and_Enclaves_to_improve_your_cluster security [Ed: "Confidential Computing aims to primarily solve the problem of protecting data" is false. It's about misplacing trust while outsourcing sensitive data.]⠀⇛ In this blog post, we will introduce the concept of Confidential Computing (CC) to improve any computing environment’s security and privacy properties. Further, we will show how the Cloud- Native ecosystem, particularly Kubernetes, can benefit from the new compute paradigm. Confidential Computing is a concept that has been introduced previously in the cloud-native world. The Confidential Computing Consortium (CCC) is a project community in the Linux Foundation that already worked on Defining and Enabling Confidential Computing. In the Whitepaper, they provide a great motivation for the use of Confidential Computing: Confidential Computing aims to primarily solve the problem of protecting data in use by introducing a hardware-enforced Trusted Execution Environment (TEE). # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Spotify_Cuts_Off_Existing_App_Store Subscribers_As_Ongoing_Feud_With_Apple_Continues⠀⇛ Spotify is cutting off existing App Store subscribers as the platform no longer accepts Apple’s billing service as a valid form of payment, even for legacy customers. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ IFPower_Qi_/_wireless_charging patent_challenged⠀⇛ On June 30, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding againstU.S. Patent_7,298,361, owned and asserted by IFPower Co., Ltd. The ’361 patent generally relates to a non-contact inductance circuit for a power source, e.g., for use in wireless charging devices. The patent is currently being asserted against products that are Qi- compatible and/or implement the Qi_standard from Apple and Samsung. # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ DynaIP_entity_WirelessWerx_IP geotracking_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. # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Claim_Preclusion_Across Infringement_Types⠀⇛ The court’s decision here makes two important res judicata holdings that favor patent holders: (1) a final judgment as to claims of literal infringement do not preclude the patentee from later suing the same party for inducing infringement since “an induced infringement claim rests on evidence and elements beyond those required by direct infringement;” (2) res judicata cannot bar a patentee from filing a lawsuit against  a defendant’s actions occurred after the first lawsuit began. This is true even (as here) when the original lawsuit was largely declaratory in nature; the later actions involved the same set of operative facts; and the patentee arguably had notice of the upcoming actions during the first lawsuit. # ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Deteriorating_patent_quality: EPO_under_fire,_management_is_not_impressed⠀⇛ The EPO management has been under increasing criticism for its perceived lack of attention for the deteriorating quality of EPO patents. The subject was put on the agenda prominently last year in October by the Industry Patent Quality Charter (IPQC), a group representing a series of major and smaller international corporations… # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Call_of_Duty_Cheat_Defendants Disappear_off_Map,_Four_Respawn⠀⇛ An Activision lawsuit alleging copyright infringement offenses against a group of alleged Call of Duty cheat makers has transformed from complex and controversial to somewhat chaotic. In February 2023, two of the EngineOwning defendants settled with the plaintiffs for a total of $3m and, shortly after, other defendants were partially successful in a motion to dismiss. Then, for reasons unknown, they stopped communicating with their own attorneys. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ ‘Copyright_Troll’_On_Route_to_File Record_Number_of_Piracy_Lawsuits_This_Year⠀⇛ Major Hollywood studios mostly tackle piracy by going after the major suppliers, including pirate streaming platforms. Adult entertainment company Strike 3 Holdings prefers a different approach; it tracks individual pirates and holds them responsible in court. With over 1600 lawsuits in the first half of this year, the company is on schedule to break its own record. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Google_and_Meta_have_made_6,773 grants_to_news_publishers:_What_are_they_up_to?⠀⇛ An academic has analysed Google and Facebook’s payments to news publishers. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Canada’s_Online_News_Act:_The_Fallout Continues,_As_Google_Will_Block_News_Links,_Other Support_Programs⠀⇛ This isn’t a huge surprise, as they’d already suggested they would do this, but Google has announced officially that it will block news links in Canada to avoid having to pay to send traffic to Canadian news sources. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3143 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.07.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_07/07/2023:_False_Flag_Ops_Coming_and_Email_Blocked_Again⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:38 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini # Programming * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Words_Have_No_Toolmarks⠀⇛ Words live and travel independently of the medium they are created in in a unique way. If you look at other forms of art: a sculpture is made of a particular material and is inseparable from that. Drawing makes use of all kinds pigments and dyes and pixels that set apart an oil painting from a watercolor from a digital drawing. The properties of those substances are apparent in the image. Music—has hundreds of different instruments. # ⚓ False_Flag_Ops_Coming…⠀⇛ Locrian noticed the story linked below. A probably fake hyperliberal Twitter account inciting 130,000 unsuspecting followers, inviting mockery from conservatives for saying vile and racist things like >no Black person will be able to succeed in a merit-based system In my personal experience, a lot of hair-triggered people are ready to become willing subjects of mockery. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Email_Blocked_Again⠀⇛ This time from AT&T. Sigh. At least they were responsive to my email and removed the block within a week. Still, there is zero reason to block my little mail server and this just exposes the problems with email blacklists. They can’t possibly get all of the spammers, and are frequently prone to false-positives. My prior commentary: # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ gemcast_Episode_49⠀⇛ # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ 7zip⠀⇛ =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3240 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.07.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_07/07/2023:_More_Twitter_Problems,_Fedora_Criticised_Too⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 10:01 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Graphics_Stack o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o BSD o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers o Education o FSF o Programming/Development # Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh * Leftovers o Education o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation 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 * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ [Repeat] The Register UK ☛ Two_new_Linux_desktops_–_one with_deep_roots_–_come_to_Debian⠀⇛ Maybe the DBUS developers have a point: desktops are like buses… you wait for ages, then two of them come along at once: Lomiri on Debian, and GSDE, the GNUstep Desktop Environment. o § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Wayland_Support_for_Budgie_Desktop_Looks Bright,_Even_for_Budgie_10⠀⇛ At the moment of writing, the Budgie desktop environment doesn’t support Wayland. Last year, Joshua teased us with a “Wayland-focused development” for the Budgie 11 series, saying that “Budgie 11 will be developed with Wayland in mind, with it being the primary method of using Budgie 11.” But Budgie 11 is nowhere near completion and no release date is set in stone yet. However, with Budgie 10 series being actively maintained, Joshua Strobl talks now about the possibility of it getting Wayland support sooner than you might think. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to Microsoft_Edge⠀⇛ This series looks at the best free and open source alternatives to products and services offered by Microsoft. Microsoft Edge is a proprietary cross-platform web browser. It is a Chromium-based browser with Blink and V8 engines. Edge is available for Linux but it’s proprietary software. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Tavern ☛ URL_explained_–_The_Fundamentals⠀⇛ In this post, I’ll try to explain the syntax and use of an URL and the difference between URI, URL, URN, and URC. # ⚓ SparkFun Electronics ☛ Extending_the_Reach_of_Data Logging⠀⇛ SparkFun has long offered embedded products that focus on logging information from a connected system or sensor. These ready-to-use products enabled rapid data logging of a connected device to a local storage (SD card) or to an attached serial device, while delivering a low-power, flexible data logging solution that required minimal configuration and no firmware development effort. Later versions also added the capability for automatic device recognition, delivering a true, plug-and-play data logging solution. # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Basic_NFS_v4_seems_to_just_work_(so far)_on_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ Part of the reason it worked this transparently is that the client and the server both had our standard /etc/resolv.conf and had their hostnames in a standard format (and have fully qualified domain names in the same subdomain). My understanding is that this matters because for ‘sec=sys’, NFS v4 clients and servers need to agree on a NFS v4 domain name to insure that login ‘fred’ on the client is the same as login ‘fred’ on the server. This ‘domain name’ can be set explicitly in idmapd.conf(5), but if you don’t do this it’s derived from the DNS domain names of the hosts involved. In a production deployment, we’d probably want to set this specifically in idmapd.conf just to avoid problems. # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Still_NAT’ing_with_IPv6⠀⇛ Things are different with IPv6. I learned that ISPs typically delegate you an entire /48 range of addresses, from which your router DHCP’s to your local machines. This negates the need for NAT and port forwarding, because every end point is globally routable. # ⚓ Filippo Valsorda ☛ I_want_XAES-256-GCM/11⠀⇛ In 2023, the way to use AES is AES-GCM. Anything else is very unlikely to make sense. We might not like that, we might wish OCB hadn’t been patented, but with hardware support in most processors these days GCM is both faster than the alternatives, ubiquitous, and just tolerable to implement. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Awesome_Linux_Game_Tools:_gpu-screen- recorder-gtk⠀⇛ Awesome Linux Game Tools is a series of reviews showcasing the finest tools for Linux gamers. When we want to capture a video of our desktop, our thoughts always turn towards OBS Studio, open source software for video recording and live streaming. OBS Studio may seem very unfriendly at first, but it’s generally regarded as a must-have for streamers. With Linux, there are always other open source alternatives. gpu-screen-recorder-gtk is a GTK frontend for GPU Screen Recorder. It’s billed as a screen recorder that minimizes system performance by recording using the GPU only. It also claims to be the fastest screen recording tool for Linux. That’s a bold claim indeed and piqued our senses. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ GNOME_Shell_45_Improves_Built-In_Screen Recorder,_Removes_the_App_Menu_Indicator⠀⇛ The alpha version of GNOME Shell 45 comes with several improvements to the built-in screen recorder by implementing a fallback mechanism for GStreamer pipelines and fixing some issues, an improved Background Apps menu in Quick Settings, improved calendar styling, and a complete GTK4 port. In addition, GNOME Shell 45 adds color-scheme setting support for the default stylesheet, adds support for user-defined names in the Bluetooth menu in Quick Settings, and adds support for icons for ornaments in pop-up menus. # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ GNOME’s_Phosh_0.29_Mobile_UI_Adds Lockscreen_Notifications_for_Ongoing_Calls⠀⇛ Phosh 0.29 is here to implement lockscreen notifications about ongoing calls and improves the lockscreen notifications to take more vertical space. It also adds the ability to suspend your session from the system menu (if enabled using enable-suspend), and adds audio device selection and details in the Settings app. On top of that, Phosh 0.29 uses animations with automatic High Contrast mode to indicate what is happening on the device, implements the ability to automatically avoid device notches when device information is available, and adds fades-out system modal dialogs. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ Implementing_a_system_call_for_OpenBSD⠀⇛ TL;DR: I found a printed copy of an assignment I had to do in 2005 back when I was a student to implement a system call for OpenBSD and Linux. I lost the original LaTeX file so I decided to rewrite it so I have a digital copy. The article originally covered loadable kernel modules (LKM) which is no longer a thing in OpenBSD, I trimmed that part. I also trimmed the Linux part because I didn’t care about it back then and did the minimum to pass 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇;-)⦈ This article is translated from French. # ⚓ Undeadly ☛ Major_pfsync(4)_Rewrite_Has_Been_Committed⠀⇛ The major pfsync(4) rewrite on which we recently reported has been committed to -current by David Gwynne (dlg@). o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ Tumbleweed_Boosts_GNOME,_MariaDB_with_Updates⠀⇛ A week of five openSUSE Tumbleweed snapshots brought crucial updates for key packages like GNOME, MariaDB, transactional-update and others. The rolling release distribution showcased its commitment to providing users with the latest enhancements and bug fixes while ensuring users benefit from improved functionalities and better performance. MariaDB is the most recent package to benefit from a new major version in the rolling release as snapshot 20230705 provided users with new features; the 11.0.2 version provides a new option that is enabled by default and improves the accuracy of the optimizer’s estimations for hash-join operations. The package also fixes some optimizer crashes and resolves the accidental disabling of some InnoDB monitors, which should now be enabled by default. Both Indonesian and Finnish translations were made in the yast2-trans update and yast2-network 4.6.5 fixes a typo when writing the wireless channel. An update to python-argcomplete 3.1.1 improves logic for user installation and enhances compatibility with Python 3.7. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Fedora_40_Aims_for_“Privacy-Preserving”_Data Collection_to_Enhance_User_Experience⠀⇛ The Red Hat Display Systems Team, which oversees the development of the Fedora desktop, has presented a proposal to introduce a “privacy- preserving” data collection feature for Fedora 40. This initiative aims to gather limited, anonymous usage metrics of Fedora Workstation in order to enhance the overall user experience. # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Fedora_40_Plans_to_Trample_User_Privacy_with Telemetry_Integration⠀⇛ I’m not sure what’s going on in the heads of the Red Hatters anymore, but all indications are that they’re doing whatever it takes to win this year’s “most controversial” decision award. After causing an earthquake in the Linux community last month by putting the future of Rocky and Alma at stake by limiting access to source code, their backed Linux distribution Fedora is now coming out with a new, highly controversial proposal. # ⚓ IT Pro ☛ Fedora_Workstation_devs_face_community_backlash over_plans_to_collect_telemetry_data⠀⇛ The team behind Linux distro Fedora has proposed the collection of telemetry data to improve services, sparking anger across its user community. Described as “privacy-preserving Telemetry for Fedora Workstation”, the proposal from the Red Hat Display Systems Team would enable the collection of anonymous Fedora Workstation usage metrics. # ⚓ Fedora Magazine ☛ Contribute_at_the_Fedora_Linux_Test_Week for_Kernel_6.4⠀⇛ The kernel team is working on final integration for Linux kernel 6.4. This version was just recently released, and will arrive soon in Fedora Linux. As a result, the Fedora Linux kernel and QA teams have organized a test week from Sunday, July 09, 2023 to Sunday, July 16, 2023. The wiki page in this article contains links to the test images you’ll need to participate. Please continue reading for details. A test week is an event where anyone can help ensure changes in Fedora Linux work well in an upcoming release. Fedora community members often participate, and the public is welcome at these events. If you’ve never contributed before, this is a perfect way to get started. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Rockchip_dev_kit_comes_with_2x_GbE_and_Wi- Fi/BT_5.0_support⠀⇛ The Youyeetoo YY3568 is a development board based on the Rockchip RK3568 quad-core 64-bit processor. This embedded product offers a range of versatile features, including a SATA 3.0 interface, a CSI connector, and support for multiple displays. At the heart of the youyeetoo YY3568 System-on- Module is the Rockchip RK3568 System-on-Chip with 22nm lithography process and ARM v8.2 architecture. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ DingsALot_robot_bellringer⠀⇛ David Ray at Cyber City Circuits designed DingsALot over Christmas a few years ago. It’s a choir of bells powered by Raspberry Pi that sings any song the conductor plays on an attached keyboard. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Red Pixels Ventures Ltd ☛ How_to_Configure_and_Mute_Threads Notifications_on_Your_Android_Smartphone_|_Gadgets_360⠀⇛ # ⚓ TechRadar ☛ The_year_so_far_in_Android_phones:_the_best launches_and_what’s_coming_next_|_TechRadar⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ Android_phone_hits_24GB_of_RAM,_as_much_as_a 13-inch_MacBook_Pro_|_Ars_Technica⠀⇛ # ⚓ India ☛ Google_Fixes_3_Most_Actively_Exploited_Bugs_On Android:_All_Details_–_News18⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Android_owners_are_just_realizing_common_mistake ruins_your_photos_–_three_hacks_save_you_from_‘image nightmare’_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Billions_of_Android_users_urged_to_delete_‘money stealing’_apps_immediately_from_phones_as_they_silently_drain your_bank_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Urgent_Android_warning_to_fix_‘critical’_Google danger_that_lets_hacker_enter_your_phone_‘even_if_you_don’t do_anything’_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ 10_Of_The_Best_Arcade_Games_On_Android_To_Play In_2023⠀⇛ # ⚓ Digital Trends ☛ Honor’s_new_Android_phone_has_a_feature we’ve_never_seen_before_|_Digital_Trends⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Should_you_buy_a_cheap_Android_tablet_on Prime_Day?⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Ali Reza Hayati ☛ Move_people_to_free_software⠀⇛ The plan to support ActivityPub is good news. However, the app is proprietary and it will be privacy-violating. The app is not available in the Europe due to the EU’s strict privacy regulations. That’s how dangerous it is for people’s privacy. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ The_mere_‘presence’_of_an_URL_on_a web_server_is_not_a_good_signal⠀⇛ There are a variety of situations where you (in the sense of programs and systems) want to know if a web server supports something or is under someone’s control. One traditional way is to require the publication of specific URLs on the web server, often URLs with partially random names. The simplest way to implement this is to simply require the URL to exist and be accessible, which is to say that fetching it returns a HTTP 200 response. However, in light of web server implementations which will return HTTP 200 responses for any URL, or at least many of them, this simple check is clearly not sufficient in practice. The mere ‘presence’ of a URL on a web server proves very little. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ MWL ☛ First_BSDCan_Operations_Team_Meeting⠀⇛ I’ve just sent an email everyone who volunteered to help make BSDCan 2024 happen. I suspect some of you have not received that email. If you haven’t seen it, please check your spam folder. We need to start organizing now to make 2024 go smoothly. Mostly smoothly. o § FSF⠀➾ # ⚓ FSF ☛ Working_together_for_free_software_licensing⠀⇛ Our copyright & licensing associate Craig Topham is working together with free software developers, lawyers, and volunteers to help the community with licensing questions, finding hardware that respects your freedom, and keeping the public informed of interesting free software projects out there. In this article, Topham shares some of the accomplishments the Licensing and Compliance Lab achieved during the last six months. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Sudo_and_signal_propagation⠀⇛ I had remarked a few months ago I was surprised the sudo project has over 12,000 commits. Now I am no longer surprised. Behind a rather simple interface (from the common use case perspective) lies a mountain of complexity. That being said, I’m still quite surprised it took over 40 years for this surprising and undocumented behavior to be fixed. # ⚓ Remy Van Elst ☛ Drawing_a_Circle_in_Qt_QML_three_different ways⠀⇛ Qt has no Circle built in to QML as a basic type, as for example the Rectangle or the Button control. This post shows you how to get a Circle in QML, from the most basic method (a Rectangle with a radius of 180) to more advanced methods, using the Canvas JavaScript API (which allows us to draw a partially filled Circle, for a Pie Chart) and a c++ control based on QQuickPaintedItem. I wanted to experiment with the Canvas QML control and the QQuickPaintedItem C++ interface to get a better understanding of Qt and QML drawing interfaces, this post reflects that journey including showing your grouped QML properties exposed from C++. # ⚓ Daniel Lemire ☛ Having_fun_with_string_literal_suffixes_in C++⠀⇛ The C++11 standard introduced user-defined string suffixes. It also added regular expressions to the C++ language as a standard feature. I wanted to have fun and see whether we could combine these features. # ⚓ Daniel Janus ☛ Learning_to_learn_Rust⠀⇛ I’m enjoying a two-month sabbatical this summer. It’s been great so far! I’ve used almost half of the time to cycle through the entire Great Britain and let my body work physically and my mind rest (usually, the opposite is true). And now that I’m back, I’ve switched focus to a few personal projects that I have really wanted to work on for a while but never found time. # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ [Older] Writing_shell_scripts_in_Nushell⠀⇛ Using Nushell as an actual terminal shell is all good and well but I think a more interesting use case is to use it to write scripts. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Chris Hannah ☛ Is_this_how_writing_styles_begin?⠀⇛ But I’m now becoming of the opinion, that seeing as this is a personal blog, my writing should mirror the way I think and talk. I’m not creating legal documents, marketing material, or a school textbook, this blog is about me, so it should probably sound like me too. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ It’s_time_to_leave_the_library⠀⇛ The stereotypical college experience involves curling up in the library with copious amounts of coffee and homework. However, the University of Michigan’s Hatcher Graduate and Shapiro Undergraduate libraries get old pretty quickly, and during midterms and finals, they are packed with students desperately trying to cram in some last- minute studying or finish up the last few paragraphs of an essay. During my freshman year, I made it my personal mission to avoid studying in the libraries as much as possible. Below are my expert tips on the best campus study spots for any occasion. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Google_Isn’t_Grad_School⠀⇛ Some of what people see is straight-up fake news—predatory attempts to swindle consumers. But much of the bad advice on the web actually originates in a psychological phenomenon called “the illusion of explanatory depth.” Understanding this illusion can make you a better consumer of knowledge, as well as less likely to promote bad information yourself. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ CNN ☛ Airline_passenger_finds_plane_floor_soaked_in_blood⠀⇛ “[The incident] was two flights before ours, so in Boston the clean-up didn’t happen. The plane returned to Paris, this bloody, dirty, sh**ty plane. And we got on it. That means other passengers were also exposed to it. I think they endangered their passengers’ wellbeing. “I started to ask, ‘How do you not check? What are the protocols for biohazards?’ I couldn’t get them to tell me. It was as if there were none.” Air France confirmed to CNN that the liquid appears to be blood and feces. When asked about their procedure for deep-cleaning biohazardous waste on board, they said that “specific products are used.” [...] “Incidents happen – we’re human, we bleed – but once that plane lands, you’ve got to clean the aircraft. It’s egregious that it didn’t happen.” # ⚓ Axios ☛ Study:_“Forever_chemicals”_detected_in_nearly_half of_U.S._tap_water⠀⇛ “Millions of people have been drinking a toxic forever chemical linked to cancer all their lives and are only discovering it today,” Scott Faber, the senior vice president for government affairs at the Environmental Working Group, told the Washington Post Thursday. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Zombie_Twitter_Has_Arrived⠀⇛ Threads is here. It’s Twitter, but on Instagram. If that makes sense to you, we’re sorry, and also, you are the target audience for Threads: people who like to publish text posts on the internet but say they have ~worries~ (with tildes, just like that) about Elon Musk, the billionaire-king who now owns the bird app. Threads might bring excitement, even hope to those who have benefited from posting short bits of online text to the world—journalists, influencers, white nationalists, #brands, et al. But those feelings may be misguided. Social media cannot become good again, because we will not let it evolve. It can merely live and die over and over, like a zombie. # ⚓ Newsweek ☛ Woman_Charged_Nearly_$30,000_for_Uber_Ride_on Vacation⠀⇛ Adams said her bank told her she needed to contact Uber to get the charge reversed, but she said that proved difficult. “There was barely any customer service and I was only getting pre-generated messages back.” # ⚓ The Telegraph UK ☛ AI_girlfriend_‘told_crossbow_intruder_to kill_Queen_Elizabeth_II_at_Windsor_Castle’⠀⇛ An intruder who broke into the grounds of Windsor Castle armed with a crossbow intending to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II was encouraged by his artificial intelligence (AI) girlfriend, a court has heard. Jaswant Singh Chail discussed his plot with a computer-programmed chatbot, with which he believed he was in a “sexual relationship”. # ⚓ Chris Hannah ☛ Day_1_with_Threads⠀⇛ However, as much as I wasn’t planning on replacing either of my Mastodon or Twitter use with Threads, I’m still left a bit disappointed by the launch. I’m now doubting whether I’ll be using it at all. Sure, it’s just a 1.0, but it’s still a massively subpar experience. # ⚓ Lionel Dricot ☛ Stop_Trying_to_Make_Social_Networks Succeed⠀⇛ The problem is that we all see our little bubble and generalise what we observe as universal. We have a hard time understanding Mastodon ? Mastodon will never succeed, it will be for a niche. A few of our favourite web stars goes to Bluesky ? Bluesky is the future, everybody will be there. That’s not how it works. That’s not how it ever worked. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ You_Can’t_Look_at_Porn_on_Any_Reddit Third-Party_App_Now⠀⇛ In response, Reddit administrators—paid employees of the company—removed mods from their own subreddits and left many of the protesting subs without any mods; subreddits without moderators are eventually banned if they’re left without mods for a significant amount of time. # ⚓ DroidGazzette ☛ Microsoft_puts_out_Outlook_fire,_says everything’s_fine_with_Teams_malware_flaw⠀⇛ Microsoft is having a rough week with troubles including an Outlook.com bug that prevented some email users from searching their messages for several hours on Thursday, and a Teams flaw that allows people to send phishing emails and malware to other Teams users. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Microsoft_puts_out_Outlook_fire,_says everything’s_fine_with_Teams_malware_flaw⠀⇛ Developed by a US Army red teamer called Octoberfest7, TeamsPhisher is a Python-based automated attack that lets users send phishing messages with malicious attachments to external Teams users. It builds on earlier work including research published by Jumpsec red teamers Max Corbridge and Tom Ellson last month. The two found a weakness in the latest version of Teams that can be exploited to bypass security controls and send files — specifically malware — to any organization that uses Teams. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Recent_modifications_in_Twitter_pose_problems for_users,_pave_way_for_competition:_Analysts⠀⇛ “If we’re going to be rate-limited based on view count, why am I forced to view accounts I blocked?,” another user tweeted. # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Why_ransomware_groups_are_targeting Indian_pharma_companies_and_the_healthcare_sector; ClearMedi_allegedly_hacked⠀⇛ The current news involving India is even worse than Ms Tripathi may know. Threat actors called 8Base have listed ClearMedi Health” on their leak site and Telegram channel. “We have a large number of files. For demonstration, some of them are presented here. The entire amount of data has already been uploaded to the site, enjoy!”, they wrote. # ⚓ Why_ransomware_groups_are_targeting_pharma_companies and_the_healthcare_sector⠀⇛ The Russia-linked ransomware group LockBit has claimed accountability for the cyberattack and published portions of the data it allegedly stole. LockBit’s dark web leak site has leaked 50 percent of the data, and the rest is up for sale. “Granules India is a company that does not know what cybersecurity and data protection are. During the pen test [penetration test] of its corporate network, we found more than 10 critical vulnerabilities that allowed access to its private data. Moreover, this company refused to protect the data of its employees, customers, partners, and investors in a case where it could and should have done so,” said a note put out by the ransomware group on the dark web. o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ BBC ☛ Currys_boss:_Smart_speaker_sales_have_fallen off_a_cliff_–_BBC_News [Ed: those are microphones, not speakers, and they transmit not to the user but the police etc.]⠀⇛ Sales of appliances and electronics drop as customers struggle with cost of living, retailer says. # ⚓ No_Instagram_Threads_app_in_the_EU:_Irish_DPC_says Meta’s_new_Twitter_rival_won’t_be_launched_here⠀⇛ However, it is understood that the DPC has not actively blocked the service. Instead, the tech giant has not yet prepared the service for a European launch outside the UK, which is not fully governed by GDPR or EU privacy rules. Sources close to Meta said that the tech giant has refrained from rolling the service out in the EU because of what the company believes is a lack of clarity contained in the EU’s Digital Markets Act. Under the Act, companies such as Meta become “gatekeepers”, with restrictions on how they mingle users’ personal data. # ⚓ Le Monde ☛ France_set_to_allow_police_to_spy_through phones⠀⇛ French police should be able to spy on suspects by remotely activating the camera, microphone and GPS of their phones and other devices, lawmakers agreed late on Wednesday, July 5. Part of a wider justice reform bill, the spying provision has been attacked by both the left and rights defenders as an authoritarian snoopers’ charter, though Justice Minister Éric Dupond-Moretti insists it would affect only “dozens of cases a year.” Covering laptops, cars and other connected objects as well as phones, the measure would allow the geolocation of suspects in crimes punishable by at least five years’ jail. Devices could also be remotely activated to record sound and images of people suspected of terror offenses, as well as delinquency and organized crime. # ⚓ India Today ☛ France_set_to_allow_police_to_spy_on suspects_through_phones,_laptops⠀⇛ The provisions “raise serious concerns over infringements of fundamental liberties,” digital rights group La Quadrature du Net wrote in a May statement. It cited the “right to security, right to a private life and to private correspondence” and “the right to come and go freely”, calling the proposal part of a “slide into heavy-handed security”. # ⚓ RFI ☛ France_set_to_allow_police_to_spy_on_suspects through_remote_phone_access⠀⇛ During a parliamentary debate late on Wednesday, MPs in President Emmanuel Macron’s camp inserted an amendment limiting the use of remote spying to “when justified by the nature and seriousness of the crime” and “for a strictly proportional duration”. # ⚓ French_Legislation_Grants_Police_Power_to_Remotely Activate_Mobile_Device_Cameras_and_Microphones,_Access to_Geolocation_Data_for_Surveillance⠀⇛ Aside from surveillance, the Minister of the Interior in France announced on Sunday the country will restrict [Internet] access in “certain” neighborhoods as the violence continues across the country. According to the Ministry of the Interior, the restrictions are meant to prevent the use of social media and other platforms to organize violent activities. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ French_MPs_urge_TikTok_ban_ultimatum⠀⇛ French MPs on Thursday called on the government to ban video-sharing platform TikTok unless it clarifies its links to China, days after the government blamed social media for fuelling recent riots. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Drake_Becomes_the_Latest_Artist_to_Get Pelted_by_a_Phone_Onstage⠀⇛ The recent “trend” of hitting performers with objects began when singer Bebe Rexha was hit in the face with a cell phone mid-performance. Rexha shared photos after the injury, for which she got a black eye and required stitches. A 27-year-old concertgoer was arrested and charged with assault after the New York City performance. # ⚓ Sydney Morning Herald ☛ Adele_slams_fans_for_throwing objects,_sparking_debate_over_crowd_behaviour⠀⇛ “There’s a whole generation of fans who are going to live events for the first time, and they might be unsure how to act appropriately,” Dr Whiting told this masthead. “A lot of them have grown up experiencing live music virtually, through YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, and don’t realise how much their behaviour impacts others.” # ⚓ India Times ☛ ByteDance_launches_new_music_streaming service_in_Brazil,_Indonesia⠀⇛ Media reports late last year said ByteDance was planning an expansion into more countries of its music streaming service, a market currently led by companies like Spotify. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Mozambican_terror_group_is_strikingly_similar to_Nigeria’s_deadly_Boko_Haram⠀⇛ Ansar al-Sunna, also called Al-Shabaab Mozambique, is an Islamic extremist movement which has gained prominence in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province. Despite military intervention by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and Rwanda since 2021, the bloody insurgency is far from quelled. The group’s goals and operations, and the challenges it poses, are similar to those of the most feared terrorist groups in other African countries. These are in particular Al Shabaab in Somalia and Boko Haram in Nigeria. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Frances_Haugen_knew_it_was_time_to_blow_the whistle_at_Facebook⠀⇛ Under the influence of unfettered algorithms, she writes, Facebook and its properties had become a hotbed of misinformation, a “spark plug” for political outcry. It stirred and stoked user outrage; it devastated teen girls’ mental health; it amplified inflammatory content later linked to ethnic violence and religious riots. It allowed human traffickers and drug cartels and armed militias to organize on its platforms. It batted away employees ringing alarm bells. “Facebook, just like the Big Tobacco companies before it, had known the toxic truth of its poison,” Haugen writes, “and still fed it to us.” o § Environment⠀➾ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_Tom_Brady’s_Crypto_Ambitions Collided_With_Reality⠀⇛ His money was also at stake. As part of an endorsement agreement Mr. Brady signed in 2021, FTX had paid him $30 million, a deal that consisted almost entirely of FTX stock, three people with knowledge of the contract said. Mr. Brady’s wife at the time, the supermodel Gisele Bündchen, was paid $18 million in FTX stock, one of the people said. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Tesla_starts_to_lay_off_some_workers_at_China factory⠀⇛ The layoffs were first reported by a local online news portal, Deep Analysis, on Thursday, which said that less than 1,000 workers were employed on the factory’s two battery production lines. # ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ Trudeau_Likens_Bill_C-18_Battle_To_World War_Two_Fight_for_Democracy_as_Government_Suspends_Meta Advertising_(But_Not_Liberal_Party_Ads)⠀⇛ If it were truly comparable to a world war, then surely the Liberal Party (joined by the NDP) would not continue to advertise on the platform. Yet since the 2021 election call, the party alone has run approximately 11,000 ads on Facebook and Instagram. That is separate from individual MPs, who have also run hundreds of ads. The Meta Ad Library provides ample evidence of how reliant the party has been on social media. For example, since the start of the year, Anna Gainey ran over 500 ads as part of her by-election campaign in Quebec. David Hilderley, who was a candidate in the Oxford by-election, ran approximately 180 ads on Facebook during the same timeframe. # ⚓ 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. Rodriguez has been flailing for a response in recent days with mounting doubts about the government’s strategy and its seeming failure to anticipate this reaction. He will be joined by MPs from the NDP and Bloc, who were supportive of the legislation during the committee process and joined forces to cut off debate and defeat potential amendments that would have address the concerns regarding mandated payments for linking. There are no shortage of questions that require answering and I’ve identified my ten on Bill C-18 below. # ⚓ [Repeat] The Register UK ☛ Microsoft_drops_out_of_top_three for_UK_software_and_IT_services⠀⇛ This is according to customer spending figures compiled by venerable analyst TechMarketView (TMV), which showed the local market grew by 12.2 percent in the 12 months to £67.7 billion ($86.15 billion), its fastest rate in more than a decade. # ⚓ Patrick Breyer ☛ Open_landmark_court_proceedings_up_to public_debate_and_participation!⠀⇛ Breyer explains: „In landmark cases with far- reaching implications, the public has a right to know and debate our governments’ and institutions’ positions. In a democracy and where press freedom reigns the powerful can be held accountable. Transparency builds trust in times of the EU and the Court experiencing a crisis of acceptance. In the same vein civil society representing general interests needs to have a say before landmark decisions are made.“ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Keir_Starmer’s_Special_Relationship_With_the Murdoch_Press⠀⇛ As England and Wales’ senior public prosecutor, Keir Starmer accepted more hospitality from Rupert Murdoch-owned newspapers than the rest of the British press combined, indicating his current cultivation of the Murdoch media is a long-term project. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Why_Does_the_U.S._Copyright_Office_Require_Libraries to_Lie_to_Users_about_Their_Fair_Use_Rights?_They_Won’t Say.⠀⇛ How much does this disinformation end up constraining patrons’ exercise of their full rights under the law? It’s impossible to know, of course. But as a profession that sees itself at the vanguard of the fight against both mis- and disinformation, it certainly should rankle us that we’ve been drafted into a disinformation campaign that affects so many information seekers so directly. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_app_promoting_pro- democracy_businesses_vanishes_after_arrests_linked_to_self- exiled_activists⠀⇛ An app that promoted businesses sympathetic to Hong Kong’s 2019 protests appeared to have vanished from online platforms and app stores in the city, after local media reported that five people arrested by national security police on Wednesday and Thursday were linked to its operations. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_press_freedom_index_dips further_as_journalists_say_they_are_hesitant_to_criticise Beijing⠀⇛ The press freedom ranking representing journalists’ views stood at 25.7 this year, down from 26.2 last year. It marked the fourth consecutive year the index had fallen. Meanwhile, the press freedom ranking as rated by the public was 41.4, down from 42 the previous year. # ⚓ ANF News ☛ CFWIJ:_Kurdish_women_journalists_are_targeted most_by_the_Turkish_government⠀⇛ According to the report, 100 women journalists spent the first quarter of 2023 behind bars, 24 women journalists physically attacked and 23 women journalists legally harassed. The women journalists behind bars include 28 in Iran, 19 in Turkey, 15 in China, 9 in Belarus, 8 in Myanmar, 4 in Egypt, 3 in Russia, 3 in Vietnam, 2 in Ethiopia, 2 in Somalia, 1 in Laos, 1 in Syria, 1 in Hong Kong, 1 in the Philippines, 1 in Burundi, 1 in Palestine and 1 in Saudi Arabia. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ ABC ☛ LA_County_sheriff_calls_video_of_deputy_tackling woman_‘disturbing,’_opens_inquiry⠀⇛ The Los Angeles County sheriff says a bystander’s cellphone footage showing a deputy violently tackling a woman while she filmed a man being handcuffed, then pepper-spraying her in the face, is “disturbing,” and community groups on Wednesday called for the department’s new chief to hold his agency accountable. # ⚓ [Old] New Yorker ☛ The_L.A._County_Sheriff’s_Deputy-Gang Crisis⠀⇛ Deputy gangs, or “subgroups,” with names like the Grim Reapers, the Regulators, and the Vikings, have plagued the sheriff’s department for fifty years. Members have been accused of serious breaches of department policy and violations of constitutional rights, of terrorizing the public and harassing their fellow-deputies, and of retaliating against whistle-blowers. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Dalai_Lama_celebrates_88th_birthday,_expects_to_live to_100⠀⇛ Tibetans say they have the right to do so according to their Buddhist belief in the principle of rebirth. They believe the Dalai Lama chooses the body into which he is reincarnated, a process that has occurred 13 times since 1391, when the first Dalai Lama was born. But China, which annexed Tibet in 1951 and maintains a tight rein on the western autonomous region, says only Beijing can select the next spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, as stated in Chinese law. The Chinese government intends to appoint a pro- Beijing puppet leader in place of the Dalai Lama after he dies, giving it an opportunity to firm up its control of the region, according to a report issued in 2022 by the International Tibet Network, a global coalition of Tibet-related groups. # ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Stanford_graduate_workers_unionize⠀⇛ In a landslide vote, 94% of Stanford’s graduate worker voters said ‘yes’ to being represented by the Stanford Graduate Workers Union (SGWU), according to an email announcement on Thursday. The final vote count was 1639 to 108, with a turnout rate of just over half. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) certification of the results will cement the Stanford Graduate Workers Union (SGWU), affiliated with the United Electrical Workers (UE), as the official representative of eligible graduate students in collective bargaining with the University. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ MWL ☛ Notes_on_Amazon_Killing_Electronic_Subscriptions⠀⇛ Why did Amazon stop supporting subscriptions? To force subscribers to sign up for Kindle Unlimited, and to pay magazines less for their content. Amazon has recently made several changes that make them less friendly to readers and publishers alike. While I have chosen to reject their electronic publishing deal for new nonfiction titles, I don’t condemn other publishers for succumbing. Amazon has monopoly and monopsony power. The magazine has decided that they’d rather take a fifty percent reduction in income than lose everything. I’m certain I’ve lost money by not having OpenBSD Mastery: Filesystems available in the Kindle store, and I will lose still more by not having Run Your Own Mail Server in there–but the alternative is unacceptable. Amazon’s goal is to reduce the price of writing to almost nothing, and will continue increasing the pressure on creators until we capitulate or leave. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ Indian-American_Microsoft_exec_who_helped_build_Windows, Skype_to_resign [Ed: A_bad_sign_of_things_to_come]⠀⇛ Indian-American Gurdeep Pall, a corporate vice president at Microsoft, who helped build and promote Windows, Skype and Bing, intends to retire from the company in September, a media report said. https://www.dtnext.in/news/business/indian- american-microsoft-exec-who-helped-build-windows- skype-to-resign-722771 # ⚓ Reuters ☛ Exclusive:_Microsoft_faces_EU_antitrust_probe after_remedies_fall_short,_sources_say [Ed: If the rumours are true, we're also just one business day away from mass layoffs at Microsoft (another big wave)]⠀⇛ 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 together, found itself in the EU crosshairs after a complaint by Salesforce-owned (CRM.N) workspace messaging app Slack in 2020. Microsoft added Teams to Office 365 in 2017 for free, with the app eventually replacing Skype for Business. Slack alleged that its rival had unfairly integrated workplace chat and video app Teams into its Office product. The company did not respond to a request for comment on Monday. # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ VOA News ☛ Beijing_Steals_American_Technology,_Claims US_Response_is_Attack_on_China’s_Economy⠀⇛ In fact, 80% of all economic espionage cases by the U.S. Justice Department pursued as of 2021 involved China’s illegal economic activities. The FBI estimates that Chinese theft of trade secrets, counterfeit goods and pirated software costs the U.S. economy between $225 billion and $600 billion annually. # ⚓ [Old] Los Angeles Times ☛ How_Piracy_Opens_Doors_for Windows⠀⇛ The proliferation of pirated [sic] copies nevertheless establishes Microsoft products — particularly Windows and Office — as the software standard. As economies mature and flourish and people and companies begin buying legitimate versions, they usually buy Microsoft because most others already use it. It’s called the network effect. “The first dose is free,” said Hal Varian, a professor of information management at UC Berkeley, facetiously comparing Microsoft’s anti-piracy policy to street-corner marketing of illicit drugs. “Once you start using a product, you keep using it.” # ⚓ [Old] CNET ☛ Gates,_Buffett_a_bit_bearish⠀⇛ Gates shed some light on his own hard-nosed business philosophy. “Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but people don’t pay for the software,” he said. “Someday they will, though. As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They’ll get sort of addicted, and then we’ll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade.” # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Portugal’s_Shameful_Approach_To Implementing_The_EU_Copyright_Directive⠀⇛ The depressing tale of how the European Union passed copyright’s worst new law, the EU Copyright Directive, occupies some 36 pages in Walled Culture the book (digital versions available free). The main legislation was finalized over four years ago, but countries are still grappling with the problem of implementing its sometimes contradictory requirements in national laws. One of the latest to join the EU Copyright Directive club is Portugal. A Twitter thread from the non-profit digital rights group D3 – Defesa dos Direitos Digitais explains how the new law implementing the directive was passed in just about the worst possible way (translations of tweets by DeepL). # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Class-Action_Lawsuit_for_Scraping Data_without_Permission⠀⇛ This is the same idea that Ted Chiang wrote about: that ChatGPT is a “blurry JPEG of all the text on the Web.” But the paper includes the math that proves the claim. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Io9_Staff_Horrified_as_Site_Publishes Error-Filled_AI_Generated_Garbage⠀⇛ G/O Media’s foray into AI-generated content marks the latest of big media companies forcing their unwilling publications — CNET, Buzzfeed, and Insider, to name a notable few — into adopting the controversial technology. Worse yet, in many instances, these pivots have been preceded or accompanied by large layoffs. # ⚓ arXiv ☛ The_Curse_of_Recursion:_Training_on_Generated Data_Makes_Models_Forget⠀⇛ Stable Diffusion revolutionised image creation from descriptive text. GPT-2, GPT-3 (.5) and GPT-4 demonstrated astonishing performance across a variety of language tasks. ChatGPT introduced such language models to the general public. It is now clear that large language models (LLMs) are here to stay, and will bring about drastic change in the whole ecosystem of online text and images. In this paper we consider what the future might hold. What will happen to GPT- {n} once LLMs contribute much of the language found online? We find that use of model- generated content in training causes irreversible defects in the resulting models, where tails of the original content distribution disappear. We refer to this effect as Model Collapse and show that it can occur in Variational Autoencoders, Gaussian Mixture Models and LLMs. We build theoretical intuition behind the phenomenon and portray its ubiquity amongst all learned generative models. We demonstrate that it has to be taken seriously if we are to sustain the benefits of training from large-scale data scraped from the web. Indeed, the value of data collected about genuine human interactions with systems will be increasingly valuable in the presence of content generated by LLMs in data crawled from the Internet. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Legalizing_All_Movie_Piracy_Bad_For Russia,_Media_Giants_Inform_Parliament⠀⇛ A bill submitted to the Russian parliament that would allow Western movies, TV shows and other content to be copied and distributed without permission from rightsholders, faces opposition. In a letter to the State Duma, TV companies and legal streaming services say that driving people to pirate sites will hurt rightsholders overseas and at home. Of course, they also have a plan. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Turner_Classic_Movies_Airs_a_Film With_‘Pirated’_Subtitles⠀⇛ Turner Classic Movies is an invaluable institution for many film aficionados. The same is true for the private BitTorrent tracker Karagarga, which archives tens of thousands of films, many of which are not available through legal channels. While the latter operates without permission from rightsholders, it made a surprise appearance on Turner’s service recently in the form of ‘pirated’ subtitles. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4850 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.07.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_07/07/2023:_’80s_Style_and_Old_Computer_Challenge_V3⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 9:53 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ MC’s_log:_National_day,_Concert,_Stockholm_marathon,_Summer plans,_“Technological_Futures:_A_Letter_to_the_Smolnet”,_MC going_to_the_US,_Visiting_Karlstad_University,_Tapering_off Mirtazapine.⠀⇛ Ferris Bueller’s day off seems to have been on June 5. I took the day off, as appropriate. June 6 is the national day of Sweden, a national holiday. I spent it slightly hungover after having attended a concert with Covenant the night before. [...] I spent most of the long weekend with stomach trouble. The usual IBS thing, I think. Dammit. I slept a couple of hours during the day on Friday and Saturday and spent most of the rest of the time reading “Harrow the Ninth”, Tamsyn Muir’s wonderful followup to the hilarious “Gideon the Ninth”. Necromantic sword lesbians in space! Chaos Communication Camp, Chaos Computer Club’s summer camp, is coming up this year. I’ve never been to one of the summer camps, but as you know I’m a regular at the winter conferences. Apparently some people would like to see me go to CCCamp. I’m not sure yet. I seem to have missed the last opportunity to get tickets because I hesitated so much… # ⚓ Dismissing_Dismissing⠀⇛ Do you think you’re the type to dismiss? Dismiss… thoughts, feelings, hobbies, people, work, education. Literally anything. The Problems. I would say I came to that realization recently, but it wasn’t *new* information… It never was, when you’re too self aware for your own good! But that’s the problem too. You *think* you’re self aware, but still don’t even realize… you’ve dismissed that you’re dismissing SO much, so much that you got it locked in the subconscious. Behind some foggy wall you cant even bear to swim through after over two decades of living. # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_ACIMNOP_Wordo:_BONER⠀⇛ o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Vis:_Vim_Improved,_on_Steroids⠀⇛ Ok it’s a clickbait. But hey, you might as well keep reading now! I’ve been using vis[0] as my main editor for a few years now, and decided to make this post to bring attention onto it. But first, let’s have some context. # ⚓ A_viral_left-wing_Twitter_account_may_have_been_fake_all along⠀⇛ I mean, it’s obvious to anyone who’s paying attention when someone’s faking this kind of thing. But some people don’t want to pay attention. Some people just want to be angry. # ⚓ ’80s_Style⠀⇛ https://80.style/ is apparently done in a 1980s style. The apparently is because the site is broken in w3m, and displays nothing but a blank page. Rumor has it CSS is used. A look with ftp(1) shows JavaScript and some shouty caps. # ⚓ Storing_Markdown_image_description_as_EXIF⠀⇛ I wrote a simple assistant for my blog that extracts the description of images from the Markdown source of a post, and embeds it as EXIF in the file. This way, when the blog post gets announced to Mastodon they should have ALT texts automatically populated. # ⚓ The_Old_Computer_Challenge_V3⠀⇛ There have been a number of phosts I have read about people getting ready for version 3 of solene’s old computer challenge [1], which takes place from July 10th – 16th. I think want to play. There is a Sun Sparc Ultra 10 in my garage that needs to be rebuilt. It was originally disassembled to be installed in a rackmounted server case since the original case wasn’t in great shape. That rackmount case was repurposed for a different project and the parts have been sitting in a box the whole time. I still have the old case, which has turned an ugly, aging plastic color and is a little worse for wear. I think I want to use this machine for the challenge. I’ll have to get’er goin’ if I am to go the gettin’ on July 10th. Hopefully it ain’t b0rq’d. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 5017 ➮ Generation completed at 02:42, i.e. 100 seconds to (re)generate ⟲