𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Thursday, July 27, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Fri 28 Jul 02:41:23 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/2023/07/27/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmasujSV14SYodqVBnYkSHEBvN8gzayhyNTqdBswmMDFNz QmQdvh82AWtR2RnGK2Cj3u8vJcrTMU5tjCwiAWSaAeauPB QmT3zoVAjnNMysG3AwrDjJB6E9mZMfdBiE526FeMLjsPCr QmPraPUCdTb8axjdqzL5vWQtyPGoMq9yFiK4Ts9Y1VUCRd QmVZWnLPCLb7fKQWLQQwLBSjR6D3Qc16C2XphsJwnbwkSv QmRQyyDn3YVdPRFdNbdbWEg6FYpqRDUhBXCToy8QGb2WK2 QmUcdg9LEb51ttSbMSKMeYP9ZHuLtnRvNtD1YBuGqzjHoK QmacHX3CByCabNojZpnuR5dX8yT6XtWXfvRAHjs7XHfQZT QmTMgWZM3QiAKGJJsJmho9y788jtUFsqzjZqK5nZrG55TG QmZvRQcZYoHyQyicSZuWjRQBwYyutrMTwS4djqSMMmaXQF QmZ1gW9JnXmARx2an652WNYQTikdRSm4RPwXjtLwuS92H3 QmY9A43Qrrrgy55JExrQcHgQKFPQvDo2ETjuLPLWLWJrTw QmWUKfGSVN8rdKoVnXVHZdkxor1fetpRt4rCMCSPfFrXa6 QmSufCo8QxhkseXSz9A4DBqpvcx3j8ueXX8KsbMGXVbfDQ QmVrAjTH6aiVS9U95iPeqJh6iM6oMihHG4dBt7DeBE28QY QmQngnZVk1dzuJ18yPYbuJNMW22QWBLgQsasEQdYhFwWAT QmNrmAJhhmcXzfKhjUQosRyfvSTvwfMYVfjZ4MqkEn7eRL QmU6ifthPWpZXqt24VqzmCU36LYCSKm2pro7MYG2h3fW8r Qmbd6NSmac4tnVN29mZPRuPEMqfLuCqrSWtr7h11Sr4yZV QmeF5twvgzsyE9YptKQ4BCvd9PhGX4pH96vDvGxg1Xqbqb QmYfTomUhDqyRvYTU58bdbw2GSc1GR8WZYP782k6X1swT9 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ [Meme] The EPO SLAPP Machine, Blackmailing Critics While Donning Diplomatic Immunity | Techrights ⦿ Twitter is Insolvent. Elon Musk Changes the Business Identity. | Techrights ⦿ Dražen Petrović (ILOAT): Please Withdraw Your Complaint So I Can Fake ’Productivity’ (Oh My! The Irony!) | Techrights ⦿ Martin Wilming (Hepp Wenger Ryffel AG) Exposes the Sham That is Patent ’Quality’ at the European Patent Office (EPO) | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] The Fake ’Anti-Racist’ Who Lives in a Whites-Only Area | Techrights ⦿ Our Latest Geminispace Milestone | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] ILOAT Cops or ILOAT Judges? | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 | Techrights ⦿ Microsoft’s Mass Layoffs May Accelerate Even Further Following This Week’s Bad Results (Disregard the Shameless Misreporting in Corporate Media, Controlled by Microsoft Operatives) | Techrights ⦿ Federation Is Inferior to Self-Hosting and Using RSS Feeds (or Other Syndication Formats) | Techrights ⦿ Upcoming Series: Matthew J Garrett, the Person Behind the Mask | Techrights ⦿ Windows Used to Have 100% of the Client Side in Chad. Now It’s 83% Android and 8% Windows. | Techrights ⦿ Never Work for Known Liars (People Cautioned Me About the CEO of Sirius ’Open Source’ 17 Years Ago) | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/blackmailing-critics/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/changing-the-business-identity-of-twitter/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/drazen-petrovic-modus-operandi/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/epo-inside/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/fake-anti-racists/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/geminispace-milestone/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/iloat-police-department/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/irc-log-260723/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/microsoft-accelerated-layoffs/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/self-hosting-and-federation/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/upcoming-series-mjg/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/windows-used-to-have-100-of-the-client-side-in-chad-now-its-83-android-and-8-windows/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/working-for-liars/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/communal-fragmentation/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/dumping-twitter/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/gstreamer-1-20-7/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/misusing-the-brand-open-source/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/www-drm-goofle-wide-web/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/zorin-os-16-3/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 88 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/blackmailing-critics/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/27/blackmailing-critics/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.27.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_The_EPO_SLAPP_Machine,_Blackmailing_Critics_While_Donning_Diplomatic Immunity⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Patents at 7:16 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Slap, slap, slap… from the “f**king president” (that’s how António_Campinos refers to himself, the ‘superhero’ who exploits immunity to break the law and ignore orders from international courts) 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇I_heard_you_criticised_the_EPO._Yes,_I_did._Don't_you_ever do_that_again.⦈_ Organised crime (or white-collar crime) + diplomatic immunity = EPO, Europe’s second largest institution, creating illegal and unconstitutional “courts” that are subservient to it. Welcome to monarchy. Summary: The criminals who took over the European Patent Office (EPO) have a habit of mass-mailing_people_who_write_about_the_EPO_critically in order to silence them (sometimes the EPO just bribes them instead, as we showed in the past) 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Legal letter mistake⦈ A section of the first legal letter (among 4) sent to me ⠉⢡⣤⠉⢡⡄⣤⢡⣤⡄⣤⣤⠉⣤⣤⡀⣤⣤⡍⠉⣤⢠⡄⣤⢦⡍⣤⢠⡤⠉⣠⣤⣄⣤⣤⣤⢠⡄⣤⣤⣤⣤⢠⡴⣬⢩⣭⣭⣾⡍⣭⣭⢩⣭⣭⡻⢫⣭⣭⣭⡍⣥⢠⣤⡄⡉⣬⣭⢠⣤⣤⣨⣿⣭⢻⣿⠿⠿ ⡁⢸⣿⠀⢸⡷⣿⢸⡷⠆⣿⣿⡆⣿⣾⡃⣿⢸⡇⠀⢹⣿⢹⣿⢸⡇⣿⢸⡇⠀⣿⣟⣛⣿⡷⣟⢸⡇⢸⣿⢸⣿⢸⡇⣛⢸⣿⠻⣿⣅⣿⡷⢸⣿⣿⡇⡄⣿⡇⢸⡷⣿⢸⣿⠎⠃⣿⠶⢸⡷⠿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣶⣿⣿ ⠀⠸⠿⠀⠸⠇⠿⠸⠷⠾⠿⠻⠧⠿⠼⠇⠿⠾⠇⣠⡸⠿⣈⠿⠾⣇⡿⠾⢇⣧⡻⠿⠟⠿⠇⠿⠸⠇⠸⠿⡸⠿⠸⠷⠿⠸⠿⠻⠿⠟⠿⠷⠾⠿⠿⢃⣃⠿⠇⠸⠇⠿⠸⠿⠆⠀⠿⠶⠸⠇⣀⠻⠿⠟⣰⣿⣿⣿ ⡠⠐⠂⣠⠶⡶⠖⢂⣀⣴⣶⣷⣶⣾⣿⣷⢰⣶⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠟⠛⠛⠉⣉⣉⣠⣤⣤⣴⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠀⠀⠐⠒⢳⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣷⣶⣷⣿⣿⣦⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⢈⠀⢀⣠⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠛⣋⣉⡉⠡⠤⣤⣒⣶⣾⡇⠀⠀⢸⣀⣀⣴⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠠⢶⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⡿⢋⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣀⣀⣀⣀⣬⣭⣴⣶⣶⣾⣿⣭⣭⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠋⢽⣭⣿⡇⠀⠐⣄⠀⠀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠖⢠⠛⠋⠉⠀ ⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠋⠁⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⠈⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣺⣿⠇⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠟⠛⠛⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠆⠀⠀⠀ ⠙⠿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠉⠀⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⣾⣿⣿⡿⠿⠻⠁⠻⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣭⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠘⡀⠀⠀ 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8d482ce63b7edf6a3caad6dcdd60472d Twitter Axed Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/twitter-becomes-x.webm Summary: Elon_Musk is trying to accelerate the death of Twitter*; now he’s just blatantly hijacking users’ accounts, changing the names of everything without any consultation (the police got called into Twitter’s headquarters this week), and it seems safe to predict little of that site (whatever it’s called) will be left next year; deep in debt and still losing a lot of money each month (not even counting the cost of interest on the debt), Twitter is dead man walking or insolvent (but in denial about it) THE video above mostly deals with the x.org/x.com_situation because some lawyers are (in their words!) 100% certain there are trademark disputes/ lawsuits on the way. There is also lots_of_confusion. As XRevan86 explained, “I saw a hyperlink to Twitter on a website and it made me think about how that would look like if it were “X”. Completely unclear and way too close to a button to close a pop-up advert or something.” But wait, there’s already another new scandal, which will be covered using reports in our Daily Links. Mr. Musk is now hijacking long-held Twitter handles of people, just like Freenode/Andrew_Lee_did_two_years_ago_with_IRC_channels (“Twitter’s ‘Joseon’ Moment” is what we’ve dubbed it). “Still, freenode hijacks were an order of magnitude worse,” XRevan86 asserts, due to the scale and the prospect of impostering. Remember the time Freenode flushed out the whole database, allowing people to register other people’s nicknames and channels? For those who don’t know what “Joseon” is about, read/glimpse at the following: 1. Freenode_is_Compromised 2. Freenode.net_Becomes_a_‘Reddit_Clone’_and_Freenode_IRC_is_Back_to_Old Configurations_After_Flushing_Down_Decades’_Worth_of_User/Channel_Data and_Locking/Shutting_Out_Longtime_Users 3. Joseon/Chosŏn_IRC:_Almost_5,000_Registered_Channels_(From_Interim Freenode),_But_Only_a_Few_Dozen_Channels_Have_a_Dozen_or_More_Users “Mr. Musk is now hijacking long-held Twitter handles of people…”At this point Mr. Musk is just trying to leverage Twitter to boost some of his other scams (yes, Mr. Lee did the same, he was deep_in_debt), including fakecoins. He’s trying to project his own fraudulent business outfits into a space occupied by various communities, not just businesses. “It’s probably time for the US Government to step in and investigate all this.”For those who don’t know or forgot, Mr. Lee was trying to boost IRC.com (instead of Freenode, like X instead of Twitter) and Joseon (the domain/ namespace), basically playing up his claims of grandeur (delusions of being a royal, who can assert “territory” using a bunch of fakecoins, as he had explained_to_me_in_person). It’s probably time for the US Government to step in and investigate all this. A lot of stuff gets ruined by self-serving charlatans. █ ______ * Mr. Musk has just gotten_himself_blocked_completely_in_one_of_the_world’s largest_populations (Indonesia). “Elon Musk just sabotaged one of the biggest markets for Twitter. Jakarta used to be Twitter’s #1 city worldwide, is still in the top 3 (yes, really) and the city alone contributes to more than 2% of all global posts,” as one_person_put_it. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 292 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/drazen-petrovic-modus-operandi/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/27/drazen-petrovic-modus-operandi/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.27.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Dražen_Petrović_(ILOAT):_Please_Withdraw_Your_Complaint_So_I_Can_Fake ‘Productivity’_(Oh_My!_The_Irony!)⠀✐ Posted in Courtroom, Europe, Law, Patents at 4:01 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum a4e7c1a4da93016a8edcd90c3108d0bb ILOAT Still Failing EPO Staff Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/epo-iloat-caseload.webm Summary: The International Labour Organisation’s Administrative Tribunal (ILOAT) is trying to find ways to close European Patent Office complaints without_even_dealing_with_them, basically by tricking complainants into a state of surrender or defeatism (much like Action_Fraud_in_my_case) THE European Patent Office’s (EPO) high load on ILOAT is being handled en mass by Dražen Petrović. Perhaps like a dishonest cop he’s looking for a way to “solve” many crimes by just closing_lots_of_cases,_without_resolution. The video above explains the outcome of three cases and according to a new publication from SUEPO, the EPO’s staff union, ILOAT is now attempting to do for António_Campinos what it did for Benoît_Battistelli. To make matters worse, ILOAT is failing to actually enforce its rulings. Campinos basically makes a mockery of ILOAT judges by treating their rulings as mere "suggestions_from Geneva". Here is what the EPO’s union said in yesterday’s publication (I recorded this last night, but then processed 6 videos in tandem, so it took time to publish) INTERNATIONALE GEWERKSCHAFT IM EUROPÄISCHEN PATENTAMT STAFF UNION OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE UNION SYNDICALE DE L’OFFICE EUROPEEN DES BREVETS 26 July 2023 su23033cp 0.2.1 – 5.1 § Challenging the New Career System⠀➾ § Still pending complaints⠀➾ Dear Colleagues, On 7 July 2023, the Tribunal delivered three judgments dismissing complaints against the EPO career system1 (CA/D 10/14): − Judgment 4710 rules on a complaint challenging the general decision CA/D 10/14 insofar it abolishes the seniority based step advancement; − Judgment 4711 rules on a complaint challenging the implementing decisions to abolish the seniority based step advancement; − Judgment 4712 rules on a complaint challenging the transposition of the complainant into the New Career System. As of 19 July 2023, the Tribunal has sent emails to other complainants as follows: Dear complainant, Judgments_4710,_4711_and_4712 As you may be aware, at its 136th Session, the Tribunal ruled on three complaints in which an EPO employee challenged various aspects of the new career system resulting from the Administrative Council’s decision CA/ D 10/14, including the decision to transpose him into a new job group and the abolition of automatic step advancement. These three complaints were dismissed in their entirety for the reasons set out in Judgments 4710, 4711 and 4712. Given that the subject complaint filed by you in December 2021 is largely based on pleas that are similar if not identical to those that were rejected by the Tribunal in the aforementioned judgments, it appears highly unlikely that the outcome for your complaint could be different. I therefore ask you to give careful consideration to the Tribunal’s reasoning in Judgments 4710, 4711 and 4712, which are available on the Tribunal’s website, and to let me know by Friday,_15_September_2023 whether you wish to withdraw your complaint in light of the Tribunal’s recent rulings. Your cooperation in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Yours sincerely, Dražen Petrović _______________ 1 see « ILOAT Judgments on the EPO Career System: Complaints dismissed », CSC paper of 21 July 2023 (sc23101cp) ===================================================================== SUEPO is in the process of analysing the judgments together with the legal counsels (e.g. the pleas of former A4(2) colleagues differ from the ones of the above complaints). For the time being, we advise all complainants NOT to reply to the email from the Tribunal yet. We will come back to you with detailed instructions at the beginning of September. SUEPO Central We’ll have a lot more to say about this soon. First, a meme… (due shortly) Aside from joking and a bunch of parables we’ll probably see, after employment- centric lawyers get consulted, how ILOAT will be confronted. Based upon laws, not ridicule. As pointed out in the video, ILO is the sole recourse to justice for EPO staff (outside the EPO, due to immunity) and at the same time the EPO’s membership in ILO/AT means that politicians are mislead into thinking everything is OK and staff can access a tribunal in case of employment dispute/ s. The above shows that there’s a rather farcical element to it, as we saw with the previous administrator of this Geneva-based Tribunal (he left after failing a lot of workers). That the EPO is not even obeying the rulings simply means that it’s toothless. Sometimes the EPO merely pretends to obey the rulings. Nobody is enforcing the rulings and the people who flout court rulings/orders face no consequences. As a side note, it’s curious that ILOAT is outsourcing its decisions/ proceedings to Google (USA/NSA). Seems like a severe policy issue. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 456 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/epo-inside/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/27/epo-inside/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.27.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Martin_Wilming_(Hepp_Wenger_Ryffel_AG)_Exposes_the_Sham_That_is_Patent ‘Quality’_at_the_European_Patent_Office_(EPO)⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Patents at 6:30 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇EPO_internal⦈_ Summary: Head over to this_blog_post about what goes on at the EPO, based on Martin Wilming (in case the EPO blackmails him or his employer into self- censorship*, as it very habitually does, here are the underlying documents [1, 2] and “leaks” [1, 2]) _________ * If the EPO successfully gags him (because that’s how the EPO rolls, e.g. in IP Kat and WIPR), we’ll publish a full backup copy. ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣭⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢨⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡏⡿⣻⠛⣿⠉⠉⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⡏⠉⠉⠁⠀⢰⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡟⡿⡿⣿⠛⠒⠒⠚⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠓⢲⣶⠒⠒⠚⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⢹⡟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢻⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⠷⠿⠾⠷⠤⠤⠤⠤⢤⣤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⢤⣤⣤⣼⣿⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⠤⠤⠤⠭⠿⠯⠿⠿⠿⢯⡿⠿⠧⠤⢤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣼⣧⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣭⣷⣯⣿⣿⠿⠯⠿⠿⠤⠤⠤⢤⣤⣤⣼⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣿⣿⣾⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⣿⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⢹⠹⣿⣋⡏⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣶⡶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⣶⣶⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⠒⠒⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠒⠒⠒⠒⢲⣶⠒⠒⠚⠛⠛⠛⠓⠒⠒⢲⡶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⣶⡖⠒⠒⠒⠚⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠧⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣷⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣾⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣨⣇⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣿⣇⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣯⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⣿⡋⠉⠉⠉⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⢶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⡤⠿⠦⠤⠤⠤⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣸⣇⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣏⣟⣁⣹⣍⣝⣹⣿⣽⣏⣃⣋⣽⣷⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⢿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 509 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/fake-anti-racists/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/27/fake-anti-racists/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.27.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_The_Fake_‘Anti-Racist’_Who_Lives_in_a_Whites-Only_Area⠀✐ Posted in Deception at 8:40 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Are you telling me some Irish dude on a 6-figure salary says 'nigger'; While having the audacity to label everyone a racist?⦈ Summary: Racism is a terrible thing; it’s worth paying attention to affluent racists too; they’re typically the_worst and they_provoke,_they_bait ⡏⠉⠛⠻⡿⣿⣷⣴⣿⣶⣦⠈⣉⡉⣁⣀⢁⣀⠀⣄⣠⢀⣭⣉⣀⣀⠀⣀⣁⣀⡀⣄⢀⡄⢠⣀⡀⡄⣠⣄⠀⣨⡍⣭⢩⣨⠛⣩⣍⢉⣭⡉⣭⢩⡍⣉⡝⢋⡍⣀⣀⢀⣀⣭⡍⣁⣠⠙⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇ ⡗⣶⠦⣠⣀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⣿⣷⣿⢾⣹⡷⠀⢸⡟⢸⣿⡇⣿⣿⠰⢸⡇⣿⠆⣿⢸⡇⢸⣿⣿⡇⣿⣭⠀⣿⣿⣿⢸⡷⠀⣻⣯⢸⣿⡇⣿⣿⡇⣿⠆⢸⡇⣿⣿⢸⣟⣿⡅⣿⣿⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣤⠤⠽⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢜⠛⠛⠛⠚⠛⠛⠃⠘⠃⠘⠛⣡⡛⠋⠀⠘⠃⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠋⡓⠙⠛⠢⠛⠘⠛⠘⠛⠀⠙⠛⠘⠛⡁⠛⠋⠃⠛⠃⠘⠃⠛⠛⠘⠋⠛⠃⠛⠛⠰⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿ ⣿⠂⣿⢻⣾⡏⣿⣿⢻⣼⣟⠀⣾⢹⣾⣧⣿⠀⣿⡇⠀⣿⣟⢸⢸⣟⢹⣷⣏⣷⣿⢻⣿⣿⡇⣿⡃⠸⣿⡃⣿⣇⣿⠀⣿⣧⣿⣻⠾⣿⠇⢸⣟⡃⣿⡏⣷⡏⣿⣛⢀⣟⢻⣧⣿⣿⢸⣿⡇⣿⣿⢸⣟⣿⣻⠸⣻⢸ ⣿⡇⠿⠼⠿⢧⠟⠿⠾⠻⠧⢄⠻⡼⠻⠿⠿⠰⠗⠿⠀⢿⡿⢩⠹⠇⠸⠿⠧⠿⠿⡾⠻⠿⠇⠿⠄⠰⢾⠷⠟⠿⠿⠤⠿⠿⠿⠸⠇⠿⠰⡰⢾⠿⠗⠿⠿⠀⢶⠿⠀⠙⠸⠟⠿⠿⠸⡿⠇⢿⠿⠸⠧⠿⠸⢿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣷⣶⣿⠓⣾⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣾⣻⣷⡄⢾⣿⣛⠁⠸⣷⠀⣶⠂⣠⣶⣶⣦⠘⣿⣧⣾⣧⣾⣷⣿⣿⣶⣿⡰⠰⢲⢓⡖⢰⣧⣀⣻⠀⠀⠁⡀⠔⠏⠀⠶⡖⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⡿⣋⠉⠉⠙⢿⣿⠿ ⠚⣿⣿⣿⣿⡖⡇⣿⣿⡟⠟⠛⠛⠿⣿⣏⣙⣟⣠⣯⣬⢿⣷⣸⠃⠀⠃⢰⣋⣠⣧⣤⡇⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⢿⢿⣧⣆⠀⠂⠀⣸⡿⡿⠛⠓⢴⣾⡂⠀⠤⡀⠒⢉⠙⠀⠾⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢄⡝⠓⠀⠀⢘⣿⢉ ⠲⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣷⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⢺⠙⢿⣉⡻⣏⣦⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⡗⢺⢉⠃⠛⠈⣇⣄⣼⣿⣧⡀⠈⣀⢁⡁⠊⠱⠊⠙⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠔⠸⣿⡝⠿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣯⣭ ⣀⣿⣿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⢢⣀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣷⣼⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⣴⣌⠀⠀⠉⠀⢈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣟⣹⡇⠼⢼⣤⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⣤⡶⡶⡾⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢴⣿⣿⣧⡭ ⠓⣛⠒⠒⠂⠨⣿⢿⣧⡀⠀⠀⠻⢬⣿⠁⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⣀⣝⠤⠉⠑⠂⠒⠒⠉⠀⣿⣿⡝⡞⠉⠀⠀⠸⠟⠓⠽⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢹⣿⣿⣟⣥⣾⣿⣯⠟⢙⣮⣷⣎⣉⠂⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠿⣿⡿⣆ ⣦⣿⠆⡦⡒⢣⠅⣸⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠉⠋⠀⡀⢞⣿⣿⡏⣀⣴⣿⣿⣿⡧⢀⢅⢀⠀⡀⡴⢰⣿⣿⣿⣷⣀⠀⠀⠂⠀⢆⢱⣮⣿⣷⡉⢿⠇⠙⣿⣿⣿⣻⠟⠋⠁⠀⠛⠋⠁⠀⢐⠢⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣇⣿ ⢀⣼⡠⢩⣘⡝⠭⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣟⠿⠏⢰⣷⡙⢛⣿⡯⣵⣿⡎⣇⣾⡇⢸⢺⢿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣧⡀⠀⠀⠈⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡈⠀⠰⣿⣿⣏⠎⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠿ ⢠⣸⡸⠆⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⢢⣀⡨⡉⢏⠸⣿⣷⡈⢿⣿⡎⠙⠁⢸⣿⠿⠻⠛⠋⠀⠈⠅⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣯⠷⠀⠀⠛⠙⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀ ⠛⣿⡷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠃⠀⠈⣀⡁⠈⠌⠃⠐⠛⠛⠀⡀⢈⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠺⠿⠿⠀⠀⠈⠉⠋⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈ ⠠⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠟⠀⢠⡔⣶⣶⣿⣧⢱⣸⠛⠛⠙⠙⣀⣀⣈⠄⠆⠀⠀⠀⠴⠀⠹⣆⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⡀⣀⣂⣀⡀⠀⠉⣉⢡⣤⣽⣷⠀⣸⣿⣿⡿⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀ ⠿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠛⢿⡿⣛⣥⣤⡬⠉⢉⣡⠵⠂⠀⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⢤⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣄ ⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⡹⣿⢳⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠙⠈⠛⣿⣿⣇⠁⠿⡿⢶⡄⣀⠀⠠⡖⠀⠀⠀⠇⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⢿ ⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⡿⠉⢷⠀⠀⣠⣾⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠐⣾⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣄⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣶⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⢋⣀⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢐⣏⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣶⣿⡿⠓⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣸⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⢠⡁⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠰⣿⣿⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣷⣶⣶⣦⢵⣿⣦⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣾⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⣾⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠋⠁⣾⣿⠁⣿⣿⡏⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠁⠀⢸⣿⠿⢷⣀⡀⠄⢸⣟⣁⣔⠀⠀⡀⠼⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⢛⡋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣤⣿⣿⠀⣛⡛⠀⠁ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣤⣤⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠉⠙⠛⢡⠀⣸⡤⡄⠈⠁⢀⣆⠒⠁⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠾⠁⠘⡅⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠁⠀⠠⡠⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⢀⣿⢇⡏⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⢀⣤⣤⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⡉⣩⠶⡶⠀⠀⠉⡈⠁⠀⠈⠈⢉⠀⠀⠀⣰⣶⡆⠀⠀⢀⠀⣤⠋⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠐⠲⠚⠀⣿⣿⣿⣷⢸⡟⢸⣯⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠁⣨⢿⣷⣿⣗⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⠀⠈⢋⡕⠂⣐⣂⠀⠀⠄⢀⠰⣶⠀⠁⠠⠀⣿⢿⠋⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣤⢀⠀⠀⣿⡏⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⠟⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⢀⣠⣾⣿⣶⣔⣿⢾⡀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣟⣟⣛⣿⡏⠀⠐⢃⣒⠞⢺⢥⡀⠀⠀⠈⣠⡀⣀⢤⠀⢠⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⢘⣿⡏⠀⠀⢸⡏⠀⠀⠘⢓⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠑⠀⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⡆⠀ ⠿⠟⠉⣤⡄⣬⡍⣭⣥⣥⢨⡄⣤⡅⣤⡌⢫⣭⣽⠿⣯⡍⣭⡅⣠⣤⡤⣥⣠⣤⢬⣽⢧⡄⣤⡄⣠⣬⡁⠀⣬⣭⣭⣥⣤⣤⡄⣯⣭⡝⡆⣤⣤⡄⣤⡄⣤⣤⣤⣤⣄⢠⣤⣄⢀⣠⣤⡀⣤⡄⣭⣭⣥⣬⣩⣬⢹⣤ ⢀⡀⡀⢿⣷⣿⣷⣿⢸⣿⣼⡇⣿⡇⣿⡇⢸⣿⡄⣿⣿⣧⣿⡇⣿⢿⡇⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣘⣛⢠⡄⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⡇⣿⣧⡔⠃⣿⢿⡇⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⢸⡿⣿⢸⣿⠸⠷⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢹⣿⡏⣼⣯ ⢰⣿⣿⢸⣿⡟⣿⣿⢸⣿⢹⡇⣿⡇⣿⣧⣸⣿⣤⠛⣻⡏⣿⣧⣿⢾⣷⢻⣿⡿⢸⣿⢸⡿⣿⡿⣿⣹⣿⠸⡇⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⡇⣿⣧⡄⢠⣿⢾⣷⢿⣇⣿⢿⣿⣸⣿⣿⡷⣿⣼⣿⣰⡖⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⠈⣿⠀⢛⢙ ⣿⠶⠞⠊⠉⠁⠭⠭⠌⠉⠈⠁⠉⠁⠉⠉⠭⠭⠭⠿⠯⠥⠍⠉⠉⠈⠉⠈⠭⠵⠮⠭⠍⠥⠍⠁⠉⠁⠉⠀⠀⠉⠱⠮⠍⠭⠁⠍⠉⠁⢬⠉⠈⠉⠈⠉⠁⠈⠉⠉⠁⠉⠁⠉⠁⠉⠉⠀⠉⠁⠨⠍⠘⠀⠉⠀⠀⢸ ⣿⡘⢻⡟⢣⣿⢻⣷⠀⢸⣿⠀⣼⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⡆⣿⡟⢸⣿⠀⠀⣿⡟⠛⣿⣸⣿⣿⡟⠃⣿⣿⣷⢹⣧⣿⢱⣿⣿⡆⣿⣇⣿⢸⣿⠛⠘⢸⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⢻⣷⢸⣿⣷⢰⣿⢻⣇⣿⡇⣿⡻⠷⠛⣿⡟⠸⠏⣿⡆ ⣿⡇⢸⡇⢸⣿⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⡆⣿⡟⢸⣿⠀⠀⣿⡟⠃⣿⣿⡟⣿⡟⠃⣿⣿⣷⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⡇⣿⢿⣿⢸⣿⠛⠀⣸⣧⣿⡀⢸⣿⢻⣧⣾⣧⣿⢸⣿⢨⡥⣿⡇⣽⣻⣷⠀⣿⡇⢰⡶⠿⠃ ⡿⠇⠘⠃⠈⠻⠾⠋⠀⠘⠛⠓⠛⠙⠛⠘⠛⠛⠃⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠀⠛⠛⠃⠙⠛⠃⠛⠛⠃⠛⠛⠛⣀⠛⠃⡘⠻⠟⢃⠛⠘⠛⠘⠛⠛⣀⠛⠃⠛⢃⡘⠛⠘⠛⠛⠃⠛⠋⠻⠟⠃⠛⠃⠛⠿⠛⠀⠛⠃⠘⠃⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠛⠉⠉⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠺⠛⠫⢀⠊⠀⣀⡀⠉⠻⢿⣿⠿⠿⠿⡟⠿⠿⢿⣿⠿⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⡻⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⣿⣛⣿⣥⠄⢼⠿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 573 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/geminispace-milestone/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/27/geminispace-milestone/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.27.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Our_Latest_Geminispace_Milestone⠀✐ Posted in Protocol, Site_News at 11:45 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 0e4a7bfef0923135087cb5ce24cbdf03 Geminispace Status Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/gemini-metrics-considered.webm Summary: As of this year in Geminispace, [news|gemini].tuxmachines.org is ranked highly, in relative terms, by whatever superficial ranks exist (like number of pages); but traffic-wise we also see indication of the namespace gaining traction (some days unique IPs were as high as 300 and that was not temporary); Gemini is accessed using Gemini clients but in our case it is even accessed via an http/s proxy (this went up by a lot, with around 3,000 accesses via the proxy per day) WE are gratified to say that nowadays we have days in which hundreds of people access our Gemini capsule (sometimes more than 500 unique IP addresses per day) and the sister site, Tux Machines, sees the same in its Gemini capsule. Geminispace is growing, the userbase too is expanding. As shown on the right, both capsules now have 10,000+ pages in them*. Lupa stops adding any more when it reaches 10,000. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Gemini URL count⦈ The video above speaks about the nature of Geminispace. For instance, just like on the World Wide Web, one can expect some domains to be just a single page or a few singular (or static) pages, whereas others can have millions of pages, so thousands of active capsules can be deceiving as a yardstick. What’s really important is the growth in activity, including new pages and users. The puzzling arrays of Web “standards” can be conflated with “progress” but they should be abandoned over time; as we’ll show soon (another video), Google is already strapping yet more DRM onto the Web and there’s nothing “open” about it anymore. In fact, you have to use proprietary software to access some of it. █ _____ * Techrights has almost 50,000 pages in Gemini. ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡟⢻⣿⣿⢿⡟⡟⣟⡟⡟⣿⡟⡟⣿⡟⣿⣯⡟⣿⡟⣿⣟⡟⡟⣿⡟⣿⢻⢸⣿⢹⣿⢿⣿⢻⣻⢻⣟⣟⣿⣿⣿⣾⡟⣾⢸⢹⡎⣳⡇⡏⣷⢹⣿⣿⡇⡇⣟⣸⢸⣿⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣷⣿⣷⣷⣿⣷⣷⣿⣷⣿⣷⣷⣿⣷⣿⣿⣷⣷⣿⣿⣶⣼⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣾⣾⣷⣣⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣾⣾⣾⣷⣷⣷⣷⣿⣿⣾⣾⣷⣿⣾⣾⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣟⡻⣿⡻⡿⡻⣟⡿⡿⣻⡿⣿⣛⡿⣿⢿⠿⣿⣟⢟⢿⣟⢿⢟⣿⣟⢿⣿⣟⢿⣟⢿⢟⣿⡿⣻⡿⣻⣟⢿⣻⣿⠽⣹⡻⠏⡏⠯⢻⠿⢹⣿⢹⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣯⣅⣯⣯⣧⣧⣿⣷⣧⣿⣷⣯⣯⣷⣭⣬⣶⣿⣿⣼⣼⣼⣼⣬⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣼⣽⣽⣷⣯⣧⣯⣧⣿⣭⣹⣽⣿⣭⣽⣯⣵⣯⣭⣷⣽⣽⣿⣮⣭⣿⣿⣮⣯⣽⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⡿⢿⣿⡿⣿⡿⡿⣿⠻⣿⡿⡿⡿⡿⠿⠿⣿⠿⣿⠿⡟⠿⡿⡿⠿⣿⠿⡿⡿⣿⡿⢿⡿⣿⠿⣿⣿⡟⣿⢻⣻⢻⢻⡟⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⡟⣿⢻⢻⣿⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣧⣼⣿⣿⣿⣇⣟⣳⣧⣽⣱⣗⣫⣿⣜⣟⣃⣿⣜⣷⣇⣿⣯⣛⣧⣛⣇⣿⣇⣇⣿⣧⣛⣗⣫⣟⣜⣳⣿⣧⡻⣿⣿⣿⣒⣼⣒⣽⣗⣢⣧⣛⣿⣿⣟⣣⣇⣶⣻⣘⣻⣚⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡻⡿⣛⢿⣛⢿⣟⣻⣿⡿⣿⣿⣟⣻⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣇⣹⣿⣿⣷⣷⣫⣜⣾⣙⣾⣇⣗⢗⣷⣿⣷⢗⣷⢿⣼⡾⣺⣼⢎⣿⣇⠿⣻⣿⣗⣇⠿⣿⢝⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⡿⢿⡿⠿⣿⠿⢿⣿⢿⣿⢿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣏⣹⣿⣿⣿⣝⢿⢹⣛⣛⣛⣋⡿⡇⡧⣭⣻⡯⡯⡏⣿⢽⢽⣿⣿⣼⢭⣾⣇⣧⡯⣭⢭⢹⣿⡸⡿⣸⣿⣹⣿⣿⣟⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡟⢻⣿⣿⣿⡝⣿⡝⡿⡝⡟⣽⡟⡟⣽⣿⣿⢽⣿⡝⡿⡝⣟⣽⢻⣿⣿⣿⣸⣚⣝⡏⣇⣗⣻⣟⢼⣿⢸⣿⣸⣛⢺⣿⣿⣿⢽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣷⣷⣷⣷⣷⣶⣷⣷⣿⣷⣿⣿⣷⣷⣷⣷⣷⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣾⣾⣾⣾⣷⣷⣿⣾⣾⣿⣷⣷⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣛⣿⣛⣟⢛⣿⢟⣻⣟⡻⣿⣿⡹⠟⡿⢏⣿⡿⣽⢟⢹⣿⢹⣿⢹⠹⢏⡏⣿⡟⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣯⣥⣥⣯⣭⣿⣮⣽⣯⣽⣿⣿⣭⣽⣯⣵⣿⣼⣿⣶⣼⣿⣯⣭⣾⣼⣯⣧⣭⣯⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 659 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/iloat-police-department/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/27/iloat-police-department/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.27.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_ILOAT_Cops_or_ILOAT_Judges?⠀✐ Posted in Courtroom, Europe, Law, Patents at 4:24 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Geneva, Switzerland. Where the ‘International’ Labour Organisation cooks up the appearance of law and justice. Just_like_cops,_they_get_many_things_wrong. They look at people like mere numbers. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Arrested_crusader_reaching_for_book:_Immunity,_EPO,_and Courts⦈_ Not to worry, the EPO won’t obey rulings (it will make up excuses and disregard court orders) 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇'Solved'_100_EPO_Cases;_Told_the_complainants_to_F**k_off⦈_ Just like stereotypical cops, the_very_chief_of_ILOAT_does_not_want_to_even assess_all_complaints Summary: The EPO still does not obey court rulings (even where immunity does not apply) and the notorious court in Geneva is trying to close cases without even dealing with them (at all) ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠐⣿⣗⣛⣻⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠁⣀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠱⡿⣿⣿⢟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣅⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣋⠀⣠⢪⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡁⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠚⠿⠏⠀⠀⠈⠄⠀⠀⠤⠀⠀⠉⠛⠻⠿⠉⠀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⢋⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣧⠀⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣥⣠⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣧⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠛⠟⠉⢸⢏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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Controlled_by_Microsoft_Operatives)⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Finance, Fraud, Microsoft at 6:50 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum f4465491c6ae91c46c2593e231124779 The Layoffs Show Microsoft is Tight Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/bad-results-and-miicrosoft-layoffs.webm Summary: After Microsoft disappointed both on_the_server_side and the_client side (all they boast about is buzzwords, not products) it is expected that more cuts will come, including removal of many thousands of employees (not counting temps,_contractors, and people who resign/retire never to be replaced) THE highly corrupt company from Redmond is trying to fake_"growth"_through acquisition and financial_misconduct. Feds are on the case, but they’re not powerful enough to handle organised crime of this magnitude*. Microsoft is already lobbying to remove the officials in question. Microsoft is also blackmailing_entire_nations_like_the_UK. What on Earth is this? “As noted in the above video, this month (July) was likely even worse than January. The difference is, the media barely talks about it.”We’ve already written a lot about Microsoft's_very_bad_results and the_expected_media_spin (moles in the media copy-pasting lies for Microsoft) amid lots_of_Microsoft layoffs_this_month. Fudzilla published just 2 hours ago this_piece entitled “Expect more Microsoft cuts and layoffs” 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Expect_more_Microsoft_cuts_and_layoffs⦈_ Yes, definitely. As noted in the above video, this month (July) was likely even worse than January. The difference is, the media barely talks about it. 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It deals with the growing importance is not urgency to self-host. Let Freenode, Twitter, JoinDiapora and others be cautionary tales. “The_late_Pieter_Hintjens_failed_to_self-host_his_books,” one reader told us, “even though they are only a few kB in size each. Now they are gone, even though some are more relevant than before.” “The video further discusses what happens when you self-host but at the same time you “federate” (other people’s pornography and maybe extreme speech).”Well, self-hosting may require additional work, but at least one isn’t at the mercy of some other company or a charlatan like Elon Musk. We suppose Twitter will be offline in a few years or “relaunch” with all the old material gone (to make the databases a lot “thinner” and thus cheaper to maintain). Remember what_identi.ca_did_about_a_decade_ago! The video further discusses what happens when you self-host but at the same time you “federate” (other people’s pornography and maybe extreme speech). Is that a good idea? It that safe to do? There’s this_discussion_right_now_about the_Fediverse_and_an_FBI_‘raid’. Moreover, “Stanford researchers sound alarm on Mastodon’s significant child sexual abuse material problem,” according to this Microsoft-sponsored_site, paraphrasing that “they say is rife with child sexual abuse material, known as CSAM. The researchers said in the study that the issue has become a big problem on decentralized social networks, more so than centralized networks…” “With IPFS, for instance, we only host or relay our own objects.”We’re seen it all before; they basically suggest that the government should control everything. Otherwise children will be hurt… Christine Hall has_covered_the_‘raid’_as_well (it was more of a seizure than a server_raid), stating: “The recent news that a copy of Kolektiva.social’s database was confiscated by the FBI as the result of a raid at the home of one of the organization’s administrators, should serve as a cautionary tale for activists taking advantage of Mastodon’s federated nature to form online communities. Specifically, you should should do some research into the security in place at an activist-focused server, as well as the servers privacy policies. Actually, the same advice would hold even if you were joining a server for, say, people who like knitting, but if you’re a political activist it’s even more important because law enforcement loves to keep tabs on folks whose politics fall outside the mainstream.” And this is where we generally chime in; federation is not the same as self- publishing. With IPFS, for instance, we only host or relay our own objects. This makes us less vulnerable to DMCA misuse/s and law enforcement harassing us. As soon as you “federate” you may end up hosting things you strongly dislike or, yet worse, things that are illegal where you are. You become accountable (to some extent) for what other people are doing. This does not happen when everyone self-hosts a blog or Gemlog (blog over Gemini), wherein interconnection can be done by Atom/RSS. “The centralised platforms are vastly worse.”As one person explained to us yesterday, the Fediverse is a target for such trolling so as to take it down a notch or even force the project to fall out of favor or be outright shutdown and blocked. Remember the smear campaigns in various countries about Tor. Microsofters helped spread lies and disinformation about it en masse. Now we see Microsoft-funded spam farms asserting that Fediverse means children will be harmed or, more generally, decentralised platforms are for pedophiles. The centralised platforms are vastly worse. That gravitates towards censorship giants and single points of failure. The press gave little to no coverage of Twitter’s role in blocking Erdogan’s opponents in the last election faked in Turkey. The few that did cover it dropped the topic immediately after the “results” had been posted. We will soon have a followup to elaborate on self-hosting. Since self-hosting is already important and increasingly so over time, we shall write a lot more about it in the future. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1109 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/upcoming-series-mjg/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/27/upcoming-series-mjg/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.27.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Upcoming_Series:_Matthew_J_Garrett,_the_Person_Behind_the_Mask⠀✐ Posted in Site_News at 8:28 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Matthew_J_Garrett,_the_Person_Behind_the_Mask⦈_ Summary: There will be an interesting new series starting next month, following The_Corporate_‘Cancel_Culture’_Industry, which started on the first of July; those two series are connected MANY readers of this site do not like Microsoft. They have perfectly legitimate reasons to strongly dislike Microsoft. Over the past 3.5 weeks (or almost 4 weeks) we published about 350 blog posts, many of them concerning Microsoft’s demise. But meanwhile in IRC we suffered a great deal of abuse. Get ready for a series that explains this abuse. █ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠲⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡆⠀⠀⠀⢰⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣴⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⣶⣦⣦⣤⡀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣶⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⢠⣿⡿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠈⠙⠛⠛⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⣿⣿⡄⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⣛⡚⣿⣏⠙⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠙⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⢀⣼⣿⣿⣷⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣉⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠃ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣴⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠒⠤⠤⢤⣾⣷⣶⣶⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣾⣿⡿⠟⠋⠀⠀⠀⠛⠙⠛⠋⠛⠛⠉⠃⠁ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣄⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⣐⣺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣦⣤⣄⣤⣤⣤⣤⠂⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣶⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠹⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢿⣿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣉⣿⣿⣦⡉⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣀⠈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠟⠻⠻⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡖⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢘⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠛⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠙⡑⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢨⢼⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣶⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣤⣤⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣁⣀⣀⣤⣀⣀⣀⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣥⣠⣤⣶⣶⣤⣤⣄⣀⣀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣯⡿⢿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⡏⢭⣽⡟⢩⣭⡙⣯⠁⣭⡅⢨⣽ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣽⣷⣿⣿⣷⣿⣧⣿⣇⣸⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣏⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1166 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/07/27/windows-used-to-have-100-of-the-client-side-in-chad-now-its-83-android-and-8-windows/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/27/windows-used-to-have-100-of-the-client-side-in-chad-now-its-83-android-and-8-windows/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.27.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Windows_Used_to_Have_100%_of_the_Client_Side_in_Chad._Now_It’s_83%_Android and_8%_Windows.⠀✐ Posted in Africa, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 6:00 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Welcome to Chad’s_journey_away_from_Windows: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Operating_System_Market_Share_Chad⦈_ Published, albeit "buried", less than a day ago (Windows sales are evaporating): 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Windows_sales_fell⦈_ Summary: Chad, with a population about 20 million, is dominated by Android (Linux); 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The British government was the biggest client of Sirius, so there’s an incentive to bury it all under some rug somewhere. “The British government was the biggest client of Sirius, so there’s an incentive to bury it all under some rug somewhere.”We recently made the decision to slow down a bit and issue progress reports once or twice a week. Many victims deserve to know what’s happening and what was happening since 2011 (12.5 years ago; it may have started sooner, but I hadn’t been there yet). There is no very clear outline at the moment, but we have about 10 more steps to go through and a lot of information in the pipeline. The above video mostly sums up what we covered earlier this week. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1304 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.27.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_27/07/2023:_Communal_Fragmentation,_Launching_Gaming_Sites/ Companies_in_Gemini⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 5:29 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Links 27/07/2023: Links for the day 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Politics_and_World_Events o Science o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini # Programming * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Red_Sun_(Fairbanks,_AK,_USA,_2023-07-27)⠀⇛ I read yesterday in the News-Miner that 30 new forest-fires had started recently in Alaska, due to lightning. This morning, there was enough haze that I was able to look directly at the sun without any pain or discomfort. So, I took a few photos on the way to work. o § Politics and World Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Real_Everyday_Activism⠀⇛ I encounter many people who _think_ they are doing the right thing, because it makes them feel good. They tell acquaintances to boycott Kevin Spacey after “cancelling” him because someone said something on Twitter. They yell at the old Asian guy for packing their fancy take-out in styrofoam (after paying with Venmo or Apple Pay). They buy a Tesla because it’s “green”. They get angry about the Supreme Court for undermining gay rights, even the ‘right’ to support a fascist business! [...] Avoid giving money to fascists and megacorporations. Maybe it’s convenient to venmo money to a friend or pay with paypal, but you are directly supporting a fascist billionaire. Surely you don’t want to do that. Housing costs are through the roof because of AirBNB. You don’t have to extract every bit of value out of your apartment, like some horrible capitalist you like to criticize. And you don’t have to make them richer by staying at such places. There are alternatives. “Ride sharing”. That misapproprioated term means sharing rides with friends and neighbors, not extracting money with demand-priced algrothims to maximize profit. Don’t drive. Buying an electric car and making Elon Stench another billion is not green. That “man” is responsible for more pollution and suffering by miners than anyone else I can think of. Put your money where your very large mouth is and get a used bike, the kind without a motor. Or walk. Move somewhere where you can live without a car, or as my LGBT friends like to say, “Just shut the fuck up, it’s not for you to talk about this”. Avoid ultra-capitalist startups that raise millions to extract every bit of profit from anything standing. You can live without some app that rents out your driveway while you are at work. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ National_Ripoff⠀⇛ The “numbers game” is type of illegal lottery that was common in the United States, and there are two interesting things about it. [...] The first interesting thing is the problem: if the whole thing is illegal, how do you generate a random number that everyone can trust, and without it being an obvious event for law enforcement to target? It turns out to be not that hard: the games used some well known published random number: the last digits of the balance of the US Treasury, or middle digits of the number of shares traded on a public stock exchange. So, everyone could easily agree on whether some individual had won—and in a way that was obviously fair. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Just_kinda_here⠀⇛ I’m at a conference this week, and honestly I’m just kinda here. I don’t have a lot to do and I’m uncomfortable in this environment, but I’ve reconnected with some friends I haven’t seen for a long time. I’m practicing my Byzantine music at actual church services, and it’s about 110℉ (about 43.33℃ for my eurofriends). # ⚓ Thumby_goodness⠀⇛ I was given a Thumby for Christmas. It’s a ridiculously small gameboy-style console. It’s so small that it’s hard to believe it works. It’s also hard to use because you have to press buttons with your thumbnails. There are pre-loaded games, more available on line, and a web-based IDE for writing your own in Python. I’ve started on a mine game based on one that I vaguely remember playing long ago as a coin-op. So far I can scroll around the mine (taking no notice of walls, floors, etc). It seems pretty straightforward to deal with the Thumby API. My issues have been with figuring how to implement the game concept and my lack of Python experience. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Communal_Fragmentation⠀⇛ It feels to me that the Internet is fragmenting at a surprising pace. Twitter, now rebranding to X, is losing more users by the day, as is the traditional Facebook site. Alternatives, at least nominal alternatives, are gaining more and more users: Threads, Bluesky, the invasion of Mastodon, Substack, Rumble, the list is endless. While many alternate services are still owned by major Internet companies, the individual users of separate platforms don’t communicate with each other. The result is still a splintering of the global marketplace of ideas. More and more people, beyond simply not wanting to talk to each other, now simply have no opportunity to talk to each other. I fond this so interesting because it reflects how the world largely was before the rise of mass information in the 19th and 20th centuries. Before the telegraph, the radio, the television and the computer, people did not get news from very far away. They tended to stay within their own communities, becoming deeply and intimately familiar with those they communicated with every day. Conversely, they strongly distrusted and looked down on outsiders, preferring dissociation or even persecution. # ⚓ Launching_soon!⠀⇛ My game dev company will probably one of the first to have a Gemini site. (Launching soon!) # ⚓ Favorite_Interweb_Tools⠀⇛ What are some of you guys’ favorite tools for general computer use? F.lux is great for me, along with ventoy for my USB drives. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Permissions_Mirror⠀⇛ Someone asked how to mirror the permissions and ownership from one file to another, so here’s a provisional script to do that. The question concerned OpenBSD so extended ACL and other such fancy things (such as selinux making your life hell) are not considered. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1563 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.27.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_27/07/2023:_Old_Computer_Challenge_and_Dumping_Twitter⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 11:57 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Politics_and_World_Events o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ A_couple_more_hours_of_sleep_would_be_really_nice⠀⇛ Seems like I’m back to awakening after just five hours of sleep. I mean, it’s sorta maybe kinda enough. But yawn…. It occurred to me a little while ago that it takes (someone like) a Biden to be okay with (someone like) a Biden. Okay, I’ll be fair: It occurred to me a little while ago that it takes (someone like) a Trump to be okay with (someone like) a Trump. # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_AEKLMRW_Wordo:_PODIA⠀⇛ # ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ Why_Kolektiva.social_Is_a_Cautionary_Tale for_Activists_Using_Mastodon⠀⇛ The recent news that a copy of Kolektiva.social’s database was confiscated by the FBI as the result of a raid at the home of one of the organization’s administrators, should serve as a cautionary tale for activists taking advantage of Mastodon’s federated nature to form online communities. Specifically, you should should do some research into the security in place at an activist-focused server, as well as the servers privacy policies. Actually, the same advice would hold even if you were joining a server for, say, people who like knitting, but if you’re a political activist it’s even more important because law enforcement loves to keep tabs on folks whose politics fall outside the mainstream. o § Politics and World Events⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Philosophy_of_the_Act⠀⇛ Only the first word of the Cartesian philosophy is true; it was not really possible for Descartes to say cogito **ergo sum,** but only **cogito**. The first (and last) thing that I perceive is my own act of spirit, myself perceiving. The spirit, which is life woken into self-consciousness, discovered its likeness to itself, or identity, through the act of thinking about thinking. All further perception is only an explication of this idea, which **is the** idea **par excellence.** I know that I think, that I am spiritually active, or, – since there is no other kind of activity – that I am active, but I do not know that I am. Not being, but the act, is the first and last. If we go on to an explication of this act, we find it to be threefold: the thinking, the thought- about, and the identity of these two, the “I.” “I think” means: the “I” places itself (or sets itself) before itself as another, but passes through this reflection back to itself, in the same way that the discovery of one’s own life in a mirror is something that comes from the outside. It perceives that the image in the mirror is its own. # ⚓ “Black_comrades”_against_the_Japanese_occupation⠀⇛ In the second half of the 19th century, small Korea, and formerly a frequent target of aggressive campaigns of neighboring China and Japan, became one of the main goals of Japanese colonial expansion. The Japanese power that gained strength saw Korea as its potential possession. Preparations for the colonization of Korea, however, faced certain problems, among which were the attempts of the Korean people to defend their independence, and the positions of China and the Russian Empire. However, after the Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905, Japan still managed to establish a protectorate over Korea. 22 August 1910 Korea was finally annexed to Japan and passed under the control of the Japanese governor-general. Of course, such a situation could not please the advanced part of Korean society. Moreover, in the Japanese Empire, all non-Japanese people were treated as second-rate people, and Koreans were no exception. However, since Japan was nevertheless more developed not only militarily and economically, but also culturally, a country, revolutionary ideas popular in Japan began to spread in Korea. So anarchism penetrated Korean land — an ideology that at some point became dominant in the East Asian revolutionary movement. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Getting_started_with_a_megadungeon⠀⇛ Yesterday I was trying to explain my anxieties regarding Arden Vul to my wife. This is about the megadungeon with a PDF of more than 1122 pages. It’s long. The levels are long. The rooms are long. The intro is long. The explanations are long. # ⚓ Nobody_ever_said_complicating_simple_things_would_be_easy⠀⇛ I’m one of the lucky ones whose computer came with something called a “lid”. I’ve discovered that when I cause it to become facing-ly parallel to the keyboard, I don’t have have to concern myself with the stuff you mention at all. It’s really quite miraculous. # ⚓ Old_Computer_Challenge_Epiphlogue⠀⇛ The Old Computer Challenge has concluded. I enjoyed taking on the challenge, as well as reading about everybody’s experiences in various protocols out there, gopher, gemini, irc, hypertext transfer, etc. When I first read about the challenge, I told myself that I needed to particpiate this year. I enjoy when the “smolnet” communities call for participating in shared experiences like occ, or ROOPLOCH, or christyotwisty’s monthly 5 questions, and we are able to come together as community and have fun![1][2][3] There are many things I have learned, not just from my direct involvement with my old hardware and software, but also from you people in the community. I have been keeping notes and still continue to take notes of what you all share. # ⚓ ERC_with_soju:_update⠀⇛ A couple of months ago i wrote about setting up soju on OpenBSD (it was pretty straightforward) and trying to get Emacs’ ERC working with it (shenanigans were required)… # ⚓ Thumby_app_released_🎮😸⠀⇛ I still haven’t finished the mine game that I mentioned, but I have released a music editor, TinyTunes. It’s currently the first thing listed on the Thumby Arcade, but I think that just means it’s the most recent. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Fighting_Social_Internet_Burn_Out⠀⇛ Slowly over the past year I’ve noticed I’ve not been getting the same enjoyment out of places like Mastodon that I used to. There’s a lot of goings on that might explain this, but I suspect the main culprit is myself and my changing tastes over time. Over the past year I’ve migrated Mastodon servers. I’ve made heavier use of filters to block politics, activism, and outrage porn. I’ve become quicker to block and mute people who I’m not interested in interacting with. All these things have been a help but not a cure. # ⚓ Sometimes_the_Decision_Gets_Made_for_You⠀⇛ Sometimes, a decision gets made by the restriction of the possible options to a single plausible choice. I’m done with Twitter. Locked my account, cleared my info, posted a message to the effect of the following: I won’t use a platform that doesn’t take CSE seriously, where the posting of such doesn’t earn you a ban and a report to the Feds. Left as subtext: maybe all of you can justify it to yourself, but I can’t. And maybe you didn’t know about it before, but if you see this, you’ll know about it now. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1828 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.27.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_27/07/2023:_GStreamer_1.20.7_and_Much_More⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:20 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Events o SaaS/Back_End/Databases o Programming/Development # Rust o Standards/Consortia * Leftovers o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Linux_Foundation o Security o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Patents # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ What’s_new_in_the_4K_Image_Generator_!⠀⇛ # ⚓ The BSD Now Podcast ☛ BSD_Now_517:_Huge_pfsync_rewrite⠀⇛ Linux and FreeBSD Firewalls Comparison Part 2, 27 Years with the Perfect OS, Top 20 OpenSSH Server Best Security Practices, Huge pfsync rewrite, OpenSMTPD 7.3.0p1 release, Running OpenBSD 7.3 on your laptop is really hard (not), and more o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ GStreamer:_GStreamer_1.20.7_old-stable_bug_fix_release⠀⇛ The GStreamer team is pleased to announce another bug fix release in the now old-stable 1.20 release series of your favourite cross-platform This release only contains bug fixes. It should be safe to update from 1.20.x. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ qBittorrent:_Bittorrent_client_(Free_software)⠀⇛ qBittorrent is An advanced and multi-platform BitTorrent client with a nice Qt user interface as well as a Web UI for remote control and an integrated search engine. qBittorrent aims to meet the needs of most users while using as little CPU and memory as possible. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Nulloy:_Free_Open-source_Audio_Player_(Free software)⠀⇛ Nulloy is a free open-source (OSS) Audiophile audio player. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Persepolis:_Internat_Download_Manager_(Free program)⠀⇛ Persepolis is a Download Manager & a GUI For aria2. It’s written in Python. Persepolis is a Sample of Free and open source software. It’s developed For GNU/Linux Distributions, BSDs, macOS and Microsoft Windows. You can join Persepolis contributers & Help us with developing it. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Pencil2D_Animation:_An_easy,_intuitive_tool_to make_2D_hand-drawn_animations._(Free_program)⠀⇛ Pencil2D is an easy, intuitive tool to make 2D hand-drawn animations. Pencil2D is an animation/drawing software for Windows, macOS, Linux, and FreeBSD. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ PeaZip_Free_Archiver:_Free_Zip_/_Unzip_software and_Rar_file_extractor_(Free_app)⠀⇛ PeaZip is a free file archiver utility and rar extractor for Linux [...] # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Notes:_Fast_and_beautiful_note-taking_app_written in_C++._(Free_software)⠀⇛ Notes is an open source and cross-platform note- taking app that is both beautiful and powerful. / blockquote> o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Cockpit_on_Fedora_38⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Cockpit on Fedora 38. Cockpit, a powerful web-based server management tool, revolutionizes the way administrators handle Fedora servers. Its intuitive interface simplifies complex tasks, making server administration accessible even to novices. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_SmartGit_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install SmartGit on Debian 12. Version control systems are an integral part of modern software development, and Git has become the de facto standard for managing source code. SmartGit, a powerful graphical Git client, offers an intuitive interface and advanced features that streamline your Git workflow. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_RetroArch_on_Fedora_38/37 Linux⠀⇛ RetroArch is a distinctive, open-source application designed as a frontend for emulators, game engines, and media players. It’s a robust software that brings together different gaming consoles under one interface, bridging the gap between retro and modern gaming. # ⚓ Install_Windows_11_KVM_Guest_on_Manjaro_Linux_22.1_ (Gnome)⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Install_MPV_0.36_in_Ubuntu_22.04,_23.04, 20.04_via_Ubuntu_PPA⠀⇛ MPV media player released new 0.36.0 version a few days ago. Here’s how to install it for those sticking to the classic .deb package format. MPV does not provide official packages for Ubuntu Linux. # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_update_Linux_Mint_21.2⠀⇛ Updating your system is necessary so you get the latest features, and most importantly security features that patch the security bugs that your system may have. On Linux Mint performing an update is done via two different ways, by using the terminal, or by using the Update Manager. If you # ⚓ The_Power_of_touch_Command:_Creating_and_Modifying_Files_in Linux⠀⇛ The touch command is a very common and standard command used in all UNIX/Linux based operating systems. # ⚓ RoseHosting ☛ How_to_Set_Up_System_Locale_on_AlmaLinux_9⠀⇛ The system locale or the locale setting on Linux will help us to ensure the date and time information… # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_to_Base64_Encoding_and_Decoding_via_Command- Line⠀⇛ In the realm of data transmission and storage, Base64 encoding plays a vital role. This efficient method allows us to represent binary data as ASCII characters, facilitating safe and reliable data exchange across various platforms. In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into the world of Base64 encoding and decoding using the command- line interface. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Kdenlive_on_Fedora_38/37 Linux⠀⇛ Kdenlive, short for KDE Non-Linear Video Editor, is an acclaimed open-source video editing software that has grown and improved significantly over time. It’s not only aimed at professionals but also caters to beginners in the field of video editing. # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Introduction_to_the_Node.js_reference architecture:_Testing⠀⇛ Welcome back to the Node.js reference architecture series. In this article, we’ll take a look at testing in the Node.js landscape and discuss the guidelines recommended by the Node.js reference architecture team. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Google_Chrome_on_Pop!_OS⠀⇛ Google Chrome is a top-notch web browser known for its speed, high performance, and easy-to-use interface. Thanks to features like synchronized browsing, a wide array of extensions, and robust security, it’s a favorite among many users worldwide. This guide will walk you through installing Google Chrome on Pop!_OS. # ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Safely_Remove_Windows_From_Windows-Linux Dual_Boot⠀⇛ Learn how to safely remove Windows from your dual boot system with this step-by-step guide. Uninstalling Windows allows you to free up disk space, speed up your boot time, and improve the stability of your Linux system. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_LibreWolf_Browser_on_Debian 12/11/10⠀⇛ In the age of digital surveillance and data collection, privacy has become a top concern for many internet users. One way to ensure online privacy is to use a secure and privacy-focused browser. Debian users, who traditionally rely on the Firefox browser, may find LibreWolf to be a compelling alternative. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Android_Studio_on_Pop!_OS⠀⇛ Android Studio is the official integrated development environment (IDE) for Android application development. Developed by Google, this sophisticated tool is designed to accelerate the process of creating Android applications. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ A_ultimate_guide_to_setting_up_a_vsftpd_FTP server_on_Debian⠀⇛ When you need to transfer files between computers or servers, FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a traditional, robust method to accomplish the task. In the world of FTP servers, vsftpd (which stands for “Very Secure FTP Daemon”) is an excellent choice. It is known for its speed, stability, and security features. Setting up a vsftpd FTP server on Debian not only allows for secure file transfers, but also gives you control over user access and data management. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Your_complete_guide_to_installing_Python_on Debian⠀⇛ Python is a versatile, powerful, and widely used programming language that is known for its simplicity and readability. Its diverse applications range from web development and machine learning to data analysis and automation. Installing Python on your Debian system can unlock a wealth of development opportunities. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Manage_Users_and_Groups_in_Linux⠀⇛ In any Linux system, understanding the management of users and groups is fundamental. It’s a critical part of system administration, aiding in organizing and securing a system’s resources. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ bc_Command_in_Linux_with_Examples⠀⇛ The Linux command line, also known as the terminal, is a powerful tool that gives you complete control over your system. An essential command in every Linux user’s toolkit is the bc command. It stands for Basic Calculator. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ chage_Command_in_Linux_with_Examples⠀⇛ The Linux operating system provides its users with comprehensive commands to manage and administer system-related activities. One such command is chage. The chage command, an abbreviation for “change age,” is a crucial command used to modify and manage password expiration policies for user accounts in Linux. # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_to_use_a_Python_multiprocessing_module⠀⇛ In this article, we will learn how to work with a specific Python class from the multiprocessing module, the process class. I will give you a quick overview with examples. # ⚓ Mark_J._Wielaard:_Checking_usage_of_realloc_with_Valgrind⠀⇛ Full article: Checking_usage_of_realloc_with Valgrind Summary: realloc has a surprising number of tricky corner cases to watch out for. Valgrind Memcheck will help you find various issues like using it with bad arguments, pointers that might have become invalid, and leaks of blocks that have been resized. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_Steam_Games_with_Native_Linux_Clients with_Oaken,_The_Black_Pepper_Crew,_and_Mr_Run_and_Jump_– 2023-07-26_Edition⠀⇛ Between 2023-07-19 and 2023-07-26 there were 38 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Your_First_Look_at_GNOME_45’s_Default Wallpaper⠀⇛ Wondering what the default GNOME 45 wallpaper will look like? Well, wonder no more, kid! # ⚓ GNOME ☛ Tobias_Bernard:_Rethinking_Window Management⠀⇛ Window management is one of those areas I’m fascinated with because even after 50 years, nobody’s fully cracked it yet. Ever_since_the dawn_of_time we’ve relied on the window metaphor as the primary way of multitasking on the desktop. In this metaphor, each app can spawn one or more rectangular windows, which are stacked by most recently used, and moved or resized manually. The traditional windowing system works well as long as you only have a handful of small windows, but issues emerge as soon the number and size of the windows grows. As new windows are opened, existing ones are obscured, sometimes completely hiding them from view. Or, when you open a maximized window, suddenly every other window is hidden. Over the decades, different OSes have added different tools and workflows to deal with these issues, including workspaces, taskbars, and switchers. However, the basic primitives have not changed since_the_70s and, as a result, the issues have never gone away. While most of us are used to this system and its quirks, that doesn’t mean it’s without problems. This is especially apparent when you do user research with people who are new to computing, including children and older people. Manually placing and sizing windows can be fiddly work, and requires close attention and precise motor control. It’s also what we jokingly refer to as shit_work: it is work that the user has to do, which is generated by the system itself, and has no other purpose. Most of the time you don’t care about exact window sizes and positions and just want to see the windows that you need for your current task. Often that’s just a single, maximized window. Sometimes it’s two or three windows next to each other. It’s incredibly rare that you need a dozen different overlapping windows. Yet this is what you end up with by default today, when you simply use the computer, opening apps as you need them. Messy is the default, and it’s up to you to clean it up. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ Migrating_Workloads_from_CentOS_to OpenSUSE_Leap_–_Differences_and_Similarities [Ed: From stable to unstable? Bad idea, SUSE.]⠀⇛ Whether you’re a seasoned Linux user or just starting your journey, this blog post is designed to be your go-to resource for technical guidance when transitioning from CentOS to openSUSE Leap. # ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ Multi-Tenant_Kubernetes_at Hyperscale_with_Kamaji_and_Rancher_Prime⠀⇛ Delivering Kubernetes resources efficiently and securely can be a challenge, particularly at hyperscale and at the edge. Combining CLASTIX Kamaji and Rancher Prime by SUSE gives organizations the power to optimize, secure, and manage large and diverse, multi-tenant Kubernetes landscapes. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_CPE_Quarterly Update_Q2_2023⠀⇛ This is a summary of the work done on initiatives by the CPE Team. Each quarter CPE Team together with CentOS and Fedora community representatives choose initiatives that will be being worked on in this quarter. The CPE Team is then split into multiple smaller sub-teams that will work on chosen initiatives + day to day work that needs to be done. Some of the sub-teams are continuous efforts in the team and some are created only for the initiative project. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Daniel Pocock ☛ Daniel_Pocock:_Understanding_Cardinal George_Pell_prosecution,_Institutional_abuse_&_Debian cybertorture⠀⇛ When the news appeared about Kevin_Spacey today, I couldn’t help reflecting on the similarities to the case of Cardinal Pell. Both men had a very prominent status in their profession. Both were in authority positions: Spacey was not only an actor, he was also artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London for eleven years. Pell had been Arch-Bishop of both Melbourne and Sydney at various times. In both cases, the accused had substantial wealth. [...] Thinking about the impact these thoughts have on a child’s state of mind, it is not hard to answer the question I raised at the beginning: Why did a fourteen year old boy from the choir begin using hard drugs like heroin? It could originate with any priest, even one he encountered before joining the choir and the school. Cardinal Pell may have been a red herring. Yet we see a very similar phenomena in Debian and other open source communities today. Abusers like Enrico Zini have inflicted secret punishments on various developers. At the same time, Zini tells the victims he still wants us to sing for him. Dr Norbert_Preining_shared_one_of_those_messages_in December_2018. Here is the bit about continuing to sing: All packages in which you are currently listed as maintainer or uploader will be added to your Debian Maintainer whitelist as soon as possible. Zini is telling Dr Preining: continue to work for us but you are not allowed to speak. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ OSI Blog ☛ Takeaways_from_the_“Defining_Open_AI”_community workshop [Ed: OSI is a shameless Microsoft propaganda apparatus, bribed by Microsoft for this pathetic openwashing. OSI should be shunned for selling out to GPL violation machinery.]⠀⇛ o ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ FOSS_Weekly_#23.30:_Xero_Linux,_GyroFlow_Video Editor,_RPM_on_Ubuntu,_Ventoy_Guide_and_More⠀⇛ New video on Xero Linux, first look at GyroFlow editor and the regular assortment of tips and tutorials. o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) ☛ Linux_Plumbers Conference:_Android_MC_CFP⠀⇛ The Android Microconference brings the upstream community and Android systems developers together to discuss issues and changes to the Android platform and their dependencies and interactions with the Linux  kernel, allowing for collaboration on solutions for upstream. o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ Setting_the_record_straight:_More_updates_on_a trademark_dispute⠀⇛ The PostgreSQL Community Association (PGCA) is issuing a news announcement to clarify recent comments around an ongoing trademark dispute. On 24th July 2023, Álvaro Hernández posted a blog on the Fundación PostgreSQL website regarding the PostgreSQL Core Team’s request that the website moderation team reject any submitted content linking to Fundación PostgreSQL or their events. The Core Team requested this on the advice of legal counsel, because of the ongoing legal action to invalidate PostgreSQL related trademarks registered by Fundación PostgreSQL which conflict with those held by the project (through the PostgreSQL Community Association, or PGCA). # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Postbird:_Open_source_PostgreSQL_GUI_client_(Free software)⠀⇛ Postbird is a cross-platform PostgreSQL GUI client, written in JavaScript, runs with Electron # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Canadian_Hansard_Live_Database⠀⇛ Motivation The original LiPad site provides a SQL dump that requires you to configure PostreSQL on your own laptop or server. Because some classmates asked me about it, I decided to host the database to simplify its access. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Qt ☛ Opensource_installations_currently_facing_problems⠀⇛ We are currently facing issues with open-source installations of Qt. Root cause is a bug in the latest installer. We are working on fixing the issue and there are a few ways to work around it. # § Rust⠀➾ # ⚓ Rust Weekly Updates ☛ This_Week_In_Rust:_This_Week_in Rust_505⠀⇛ Hello and welcome to another issue of This Week in Rust! o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ Let_there_be_light:_The_LiFi_standard_could illuminate_the_IoT⠀⇛ This story was originally published in my weekly newsletter on Friday July 21, 2023. You can sign up for my newsletter here.  Tired of having dozens of IoT devices competing for the same wireless airwaves as your computers, phones, and televisions? There might be a solution in the form of LiFi, or light fidelity, networks. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Global_shipments_of_foldables_seen_exceeding_100m by_2027⠀⇛ Counterpoint made the_prediction on Wednesday, the day on which Samsung released its latest two foldable devices, the clamshell-like Galaxy Z Flip 5 and the bigger Galaxy Z Fold 5, in South Korea. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ What’s_in_your_water?⠀⇛ Do you have a water filter in your home? Not to scare you, but it might be worth investing in one or at least getting your water tested for a certain class of chemical that you might have heard about: PFAS.  Short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, PFAS are cropping up almost everywhere… # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Gene_mutation_could_explain_why_some_don’t get_sick_from_COVID-19:_Study⠀⇛ A new study conducted by researchers from UC San Francisco reveals that people who contract COVID-19 but remain asymptomatic, often referred to as “super dodgers,” may have a hereditary advantage. These individuals are more than twice as likely as those who develop symptoms to carry a specific gene variation that aids in eradicating the virus. Published in Nature on July 19, 2023, the study provides the first evidence that there is a genetic basis for asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Freelancer.com_Data_Shows_Creative_Skills_Surging_as_AI Falls_Short⠀⇛ According to the Fast 50 Q2 2023 report, an analysis of over 280,000 jobs posted on Freelancer.com between April and June 2023, creative writing emerged as the fastest-growing skill. The report also indicated increased investments by businesses in marketing and on-site photography and videography. # ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Google_Sued_by_Advertisers_for_Allegedly Inflating_Video_Ad_Metrics⠀⇛ If an advertisement autoplays for a bot on a site that’s not publicly listed or indexed by search engines, does anyone see it? According to Google, people do see the ad, which has led to a purported class action against the company that claims it overcharges advertisers for the “privilege of autoplaying their advertisements into the void.” A suit filed against the Alphabet-owned company on Wednesday accuses the tech giant of misleading advertisers about its “TrueView” ad program by inflating metrics on its ads, which are allegedly displayed as muted, autoplaying videos and served on unlisted webpages in violation of promised standards. # ⚓ Associated Press ☛ Cigna_health_giant_accused_of_improperly rejecting_thousands_of_patient_claims_using_an_algorithm.⠀⇛ A federal lawsuit alleges that health insurance giant Cigna used a computer algorithm to automatically reject hundreds of thousands of patient claims without examining them individually as required by California law. The class-action lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Sacramento, says Cigna Corp. and Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co. rejected more than 300,000 payment claims in just two months last year. # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ How_to_Install_VS_Code_on_Debian_12:_A_Step-by- Step_Guide [Ed: VS Code is proprietary spyware of Microsoft. Do not install this. Try Kate instead,]⠀⇛ Learn how to install Visual Studio Code on Debian 12 effortlessly with our comprehensive guide. Enhance your coding experience today! # ⚓ VSCode_Tutorial:_Features,_Installation_Guide,_and_Top Extensions [Ed: Why on Earth are so many GNU/Linux sites helping Microsoft's siege against GNU/Linux? This should be shunned, not adopted, and Free alternatives proposed instead.]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_create_a_shortcut_on_Visual_studio_code [Ed: Again, why would "Linux" sites help Microsoft spy on GNU/Linux and shill proprietary editors when very fine Free/ libre ones exist? Microsoft's editor on GNU/Linux is proprietary, it spies, and it even says "folder" instead of directory.]⠀⇛ Are you fan of shortcuts? Did you know that on Visual studio code you can create your own shortcut? Creating a shortcut on Visual studio code, it’s really easy, and this method works on any Vscode installation, no matter the operating system. o § Linux Foundation⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ Overture_Maps_Foundation Releases_First_World-Wide_Open_Map_Dataset⠀⇛ The Overture Maps Foundation (OMF), a collaborative effort to enable current and next-generation interoperable open map products, today announced the release of its first open map dataset. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Liliputing ☛ Lilbits:_Samsung’s_new_foldables_and_AMD’s_new security_vulnerability⠀⇛ Samsung’s newest Galaxy Z foldable phones are up for pre-order. Prices start at about $1000 for the Galaxy Z Flip5 and $1800 for the Galaxy Z Fold5, although various retailers are offering free storage upgrades, gift cards, or other perks to sweeten the deal before the phones are generally available on August 11. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Ubuntu_fixes_privilege_escalation_issues_in kernel_found_by_Wiz⠀⇛ Other Linux distributions do not use the Overlay filesystem module and are hence not affected. In a_blog_post, the company’s researchers Sagi Tzadik and Shir Tamari wrote that OverlayFS had become popular along with the rise in the use of containers. “…its features enable the deployment of dynamic filesystems based on pre-built images,” they explained. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ The_banking_trojan_malware_Qakbot_is surging_again._Here’s_what_it_means_for_defenders⠀⇛ The banking trojan Qakbot has once again risen in popularity, because you just can’t keep well- designed and effective malware down. A new report from Zscaler Inc.’s threat labs provides new details about the trojan virus that has been around since 2007 stealing banking credentials from around the world.> # ⚓ QSB-091:_Windows_PV_drivers_potentially_compromised⠀⇛ We have published Qubes_Security_Bulletin_091: Windows_PV_drivers_potentially_compromised. The text of this QSB and its accompanying cryptographic signatures are reproduced below. For an explanation of this announcement and instructions for authenticating this QSB, please see the end of this announcement. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Photos:_The_Korean_War,_70_Years_After_the Armistice⠀⇛ American troops led United Nations forces to defend South Korea against the North. The war ended with a cease-fire agreement and a Korean Peninsula that is still divided. # § War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ North_Korea’s_Kim_meets_with_Russian defence_chief_Shoigu_in_Pyongyang⠀⇛ Kim Jong Un met the Russian defence minister and a high-ranking Chinese delegation in Pyongyang ahead of major Korean War anniversary celebrations, state media said Thursday, the leader’s first known foreign guests since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. # ⚓ [Repeat] Citizen Lab ☛ Not_OK_on_VK:_An_Analysis_of In-Platform_Censorship_on_Russia’s_VKontakte⠀⇛ This report examines the accessibility of certain types of content on VK (an abbreviation for “VKontakte”), a Russian social networking service, in Canada, Ukraine, and Russia. Among these countries, we found that Russia had the most limited access to VK social media content, due to the blocking of 94,942 videos, 1,569 community accounts, and 787 personal accounts in the country. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Russia_Decides_Not_To_Renew_Grain_Deal: Some_Context⠀⇛ Like the war that necessitated it, Russia’s decision not to renew the UN-Turkish brokered grain deal is bad for the world but not entirely unprovoked. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ The_Russia-Ukraine_War_and_the_Management of_Expectations⠀⇛ Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. It can’t be coincidence. In the past few days, I’ve seen articles at mainstream media outlets like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal that the much- hyped and much-delayed Ukrainian “spring” counteroffensive has stalled, and at high cost to Ukrainian troops. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Cooper_in_Politico_on_NATO’s_push to_equip_Ukraine_with_F-16s⠀⇛ # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Arctic_security_is_increasingly under_threat._Drones_can_help.⠀⇛ Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and climate change are fundamentally changing the Arctic; unmanned aircraft systems may help allies fill their security gaps in the region. # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Putin_says_Russia_will_provide_six African_countries_with_free_grain⠀⇛ Russian President Vladimir Putin told a summit with African leaders in St Petersburg on Thursday that Russia is able to replace Ukrainian grain exports to Africa, and that Moscow would be ready to start supplying free grain to six countries “in the coming months”. In Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the southeastern city of Dnipro where he discussed ammunition supplies for soldiers and air defence. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Eastern_Europe_remains_in_the_‘grey_zone’_– opinion⠀⇛ The inability of some NATO allies in the West to not see the bigger picture in Ukraine is costing lives every day. While states in the region continue to raise the alarm, many of their partners are still frozen with indecision, Dzmitry Pravatorau argues at the New Eastern Europe, partners of LRT English. # ⚓ LRT ☛ EU_adopts_new_sanctions_against_Belarus_after_a year⠀⇛ The European Union ambassadors have approved new sanctions against Belarus, introducing new restrictions on dual-use goods and aviation parts, and more sanctions against persons involved in the war in Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Italy’s_Senate_Votes_To_Recognize_Holodomor Famine_In_Ukraine_As_Genocide⠀⇛ The Italian parliament’s upper chamber, the Senate, voted on July 26 to recognize the Holodomor — the starvation of millions in Ukraine in the 1930s under Soviet leader Joseph Stalin — as genocide. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Visits_Dnipro_As_Russia_Launches More_Deadly_Strikes_On_Ukraine⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on July 27 traveled to the city of Dnipro, which has been repeatedly subjected to air attacks, as Russian forces unleashed a fresh wave of drone and missile strikes overnight on targets in Ukraine, causing civilian victims and damage. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine’s_SBU_Claims_Responsibility_For October_Crimea_Bridge_Blast⠀⇛ Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) claimed responsibility for the first time on July 26 for an explosion that badly damaged the bridge linking the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula with Russia in October 2022. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian-Ukrainian_Citizen_In_Moscow_Gets_22 Years_In_Prison_On_Sabotage_Charges⠀⇛ A Moscow court on July 26 sentenced Sergei Belavin, a Russian-Ukrainian dual citizen, to 22 years in prison on sabotage charges. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Newly_appointed_Chinese_foreign minister_Wang_Yi_talks_Ukraine_in_Turkey_on_first trip⠀⇛ Discussions included the latest situation in Ukraine as well as the global financial system. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ EU_Agrees_To_Adopt_‘Restrictive_Measures’_On Belarus_For_Its_Involvement_In_Ukraine_War⠀⇛ Ambassadors from the European Union’s 27 member states have agreed to adopt “restrictive measures” against Belarus over its assistance to Russia in Moscow’s war against Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Says_Another_Ex-Lawmaker_Is_Suspected Of_High_Treason⠀⇛ Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigations (DBR) says former lawmaker Vadym Rabinovych, who is currently out the country, is suspected of high treason. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ UK_Sanctions_on_Russian_Oligarchs Allow_Generous_Exemptions⠀⇛ Despite tough talk, Britain’s new sanctions program against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has proved shaky. Some oligarchs have received generous exemptions. Officials have at times overreached. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia-Ukraine_War:_Russia_Bombards Southern_Ukraine,_Trying_to_Keep_Ukrainian_Advance_at Bay⠀⇛ Moscow launched airstrikes and artillery barrages in the south, where U.S. officials said Ukraine had begun the main thrust of its counteroffensive. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Putin_Promises_Free_Grain_at_Africa Summit,_Aiming_to_Help_Russia’s_Image⠀⇛ At a summit for African countries, the Russian president insisted that Western hypocrisy rather than his invasion of Ukraine was to blame for disruptions in the global food supply. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_May_Have_Launched_Main Counteroffensive_Thrust,_U.S._Says⠀⇛ After holding back many of its units trained and armed by the West, Ukraine is now committing them, the officials said, but it remained unclear whether a full-scale assault was taking place. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Orders_U.S._to_Share_Evidence of_Russian_War_Crimes_With_Hague_Court⠀⇛ The step signals a major shift in American policy and ends months of resistance by Pentagon officials who feared setting a precedent that could pave the way for the court to prosecute U.S. troops. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Heat_wave_puts_over_half_of_U.S._population_under heat_alerts⠀⇛ A heat_wave that has hammered the southern U.S. for weeks expanded into the Great Plains, Midwest and Northeast on Wednesday, triggering heat alerts for over 170 million people, according to the National Weather_Service. Why it matters: The extreme heat is expected to persist over a massive swath of the country through Friday, all the while posing an immediate risk to public health. =================================================== # Heat events are the top_annual_weather- related_killer in the U.S., especially when they persist over a long period of time, as the current heat wave has in many locations. # The extreme, record-breaking heat that has recently broiled the U.S. and Europe would have been “virtually_impossible” without human-caused climate change, according to a new study published earlier this week. # The study reinforced prior_research that found that greenhouse_gas_emissions from burning fossil fuels are making extreme heat events both more likely and more severe. Threat level:Several major cities from coast to coast, including Los Angeles, Phoenix, Dallas, Louisville, New York, Washington, D.C. and Boston, were forecast to see heat indices between 85 and 105° Fahrenheit. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Chinese_automakers_want_to_sell_electric_cars across_America⠀⇛ Inexpensive electric_cars_from_China have quickly gained a toehold in Europe — and could be taking over American driveways next. Why it matters:The Biden administration is incentivizing rapid electric vehicle (EV) adoption, while also trying to reduce U.S. dependence on Chinese EV supply chains. ============================================= # Yet experts say there’s no way to meet the administration’s proposed vehicle emissions standards without low-priced EVs that everyday Americans can afford. # With today’s U.S. EV prices averaging close to $55,000, there’s a big opening at the bottom of the U.S. market for budget-priced cars from Chinese brands like BYD, Xpeng Motors and Li Auto. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland_witnesses_record-low_birthrate_amid rising_immigration_from_Ukraine,_Philippines⠀⇛ Finland’s birthrate hit an all-time low in the first half of 2023, dropping to the lowest level since 1900. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ The_U.S._and_China_build_their_economic_arsenals⠀⇛ For the next decade, U.S.-China rivalry will likely be characterized not by military struggle but by economic statecraft — using economic means to achieve geopolitical outcomes,Axios_China reporter Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian writes in her new book Beijing_Rules. Why it matters:That could create an economic arms race, with both sides struggling to create ever sharper and more innovative economic tools, and to rally ever more allies into their respective economic spheres of influence. # ⚓ Snap_stock_is_facing_a_double-digit_sell-off_after_earnings for_the_5th_straight_quarter._Here’s_why_investors_are panicking.⠀⇛ Snap is making a habit of scaring investors with earnings reports. Shares of the Snapchat parent crashed as much as 20% on Wednesday, marking the fifth consecutive quarter that the stock declined by double-digits after earnings. By midday in New York, Snap stock changed hands at about $10.10 per share. Late Tuesday, the company reported second-quarter results that beat forecasts on the top and bottom lines, but its guidance for third-quarter sales was $1.07 billion-$1.13 billion, largely below analysts’ views for $1.13 billion. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Fed_hikes_interest_rates_to_22-year_high⠀⇛ The Federal Reserve resumed its campaign of interest_rate_increases, pushing its target rate up another 0.25 percentage point to the highest level in 22 years. # ⚓ CD_Projekt_Red_cutting_100_jobs,_CEO_says_they’re ‘overstaffed’⠀⇛ Dozens of jobs are on the chopping block at CD Projekt Red (CDPR) as the video game studio restructures its business. In a blog post on July 26, CEO Adam Kiciński announced that the company eliminating approximately 100 jobs, or nine per cent of its total workforce. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Once_Wary,_Biden_to_Host_Italy’s_Meloni_at the_White_House⠀⇛ President Biden had feared the electoral victory of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party last fall would spell trouble. But she has proved to be a strong ally in the American-led effort to support Ukraine. # ⚓ Robert Reich ☛ 5_Crises_Republicans_Made_up_to_Distract YouHere_are_five…⠀⇛ ✐ 5 Crises Republicans Made up to Distract You⠀✐ Here are five totally made-up “crises” Republicans have invented to distract from the real crises facing Americans today: the growing_concentration of_wealth, the worsening_climate_crisis, and the undermining_of_our_democracy. Fake crisis #1:  Anything they claim is “woke.” Although Republicans struggle to define what “woke” even means, they’re constantly using it as a weapon to combat anything that seeks to foster tolerance and acceptance. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Tirziu_in_the_National_Interest discussing_thawing_US-China_relations⠀⇛ On July 24, Aleksandra Gadzala Tirziu and Amy K. Mitchell co-authored a National Interest piece opining that Washington’s efforts to “thaw” strained relations with Beijing is inadvertently emboldening the CCP’s coercive and malign endeavors. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ TikTok_more_popular_than_printed newspapers,_and_smartwatches_have_gone_mainstream_–_How Finns’_media_and_device_usage_has_changed_in_ten_years [Ed: A weapon directed at many minds]⠀⇛ Dagmar, a marketing agency, conducted a Digital Media Research that reveals how much people’s daily lives have changed with the evolution of media usage and devices. Few people watch television without a phone in hand, and every fourth person now sports a smartwatch on their wrist. Additionally, YouTube has grown to rival linear television in popularity. These significant changes have occurred in the last ten years, as Dagmar has been conducting its monthly Digital Media Research. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Animals_that_are_too_cute_to_be_true:_How to_detect_AI-generated_images⠀⇛ Whether it is a baby sloth hanging onto someone’s thumb, a tiny colourful peacock or baby penguins taking a selfie, these insanely cute images of animals have been shared thousands of times on social media in recent months by people unable to resist. But it turns out that all three of these images were generated by AI. We’ve written up a list of tips so that you won’t be duped just because something is wildly cute. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia’s_Online_Censorship_Has_Surged During_Ukraine_War⠀⇛ A report from Citizen Lab laid out how much online censorship has increased on one of Russia’s biggest social media sites. # ⚓ RTÜK_fines_streaming_platforms_for_violating_‘family protection_principles’⠀⇛ Several platforms, including Netflix, MUBI, and Disney+, have been affected by fines imposed due to their productions depicting LGBTI+ stories. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Don’t_Censor_RFK_Jr.⠀⇛ After its spectacular screw-ups on COVID-19 “misinformation,” the government shouldn’t be so quick to squelch dissenting voices. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Activist_Sentenced_Again_For_2009 Presidential_Campaign_Speeches⠀⇛ Ahmad Zeidabadi, a prominent Iranian political activist, has been sentenced to a year of punitive imprisonment and 50 lashes in a case he says is linked to speeches he gave during the 2009 presidential election. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Savage_Romance_Libel_Allegations_Lead_to_Severe Sanctions⠀⇛ I blogged about the underlying libel case, Tera Shanley a/k/a T.S. Joyce & Wicked Willow Press, LLC v. Robyn A. Hutchings a/k/a Terry Bolryder a/k/ a Domino Savage two months ago; here’s a quick summary of the allegations: Ms. Shanley and Ms. Hutchings both write paranormal romance fiction. Readers of such fiction gather online to discuss books… o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Girl,_11,_arrested_for_falsely_reporting_friend was_kidnapped_in_YouTube_challenge⠀⇛ An 11-year-old Florida girl was arrested Wednesday after she falsely reported that her friend was kidnaped by an armed man — a prank apparently inspired by a YouTube challenge, authorities said. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Google_trying_to_corner_browser_market,_Norwegian firm_Vivaldi_claims⠀⇛ “This means Google decides which browser is trustworthy on its own platform. I do not see how they can be expected to be impartial,” he noted. “On Windows, they would probably defer to Microsoft via the Windows Store, and on Mac, they would defer to Apple. So, we can expect that at least Edge and Safari are going to be trusted. Any other browser will be left to the good graces of those three companies.” Picalausa said it would not be possible for browser firms not to implement the specification if it was accepted. “Any browser choosing not to implement this would not be trusted and any website choosing to use this API could therefore reject users from those browsers. Google also has ways to drive adoptions by websites themselves,” he pointed out. “First, they can easily make all their properties depend on using these features, and not being able to use Google websites is a death sentence for most browsers already. “Furthermore, they could try to mandate that sites that use Google Ads use this API as well, which makes sense since the first goal is to prevent fake ad clicks. That would quickly ensure that any browser not supporting the API would be doomed.” He said that it was possible that laws in the European Union would “not allow a few companies to have a huge amount of power in deciding which browsers are allowed and which are not. There is no doubt that attesters would be under a huge amount of pressure to be as fair as possible”. However, Picalausa added, “Unfortunately, legislative and judicial machineries tend to be slow and there is no saying how much damage will be done while governments and judges are examining this. If this is allowed to move forward, it will be a hard time for the open Web and might affect smaller vendors significantly.” # ⚓ Netflix_Looks_for_Partners_Beyond_Microsoft_to_Boost_Ad- Supported_Tier⠀⇛ The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday (July 27) that “Netflix is restructuring its advertising partnership with Microsoft a year into their deal and lowering ad prices in a bid to jump-start that fledgling corner of its business,” adding that “Some Netflix executives have been frustrated that Microsoft hasn’t sold more ad inventory, some of the people familiar with the matter said. Those soft sales and the weaker than expected ad market have so far led Microsoft to pay out the maximum amount required under the guarantee it agreed to a year ago when Netflix selected the company as its partner in launching the ad business, one person familiar with the partnership said.” o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Antitrust:_Commission_opens investigation_into_possible_anticompetitive_practices_by Microsoft_regarding_Teams⠀⇛ European Commission Press release Brussels, 27 Jul 2023 The European Commission has opened a formal investigation to assess whether Microsoft may have breached EU competition rules. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ A_Setback_in_the_F.T.C.’s_Fight_Against_Big Tech [Ed: Neglects_to_mention_who_the_judge_was]⠀⇛ The agency’s failure to block a merger of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard represents the latest in a series of blows to its campaign to rein in tech giants’ economic power. # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Insulet_and_August_Debouzy_secure_PI_against Medtrum_in_Paris [Ed: EPO, which is run by criminal, is enabling embargoes wherein the accused is presumed guilty (despite EPO giving loads of fake patents, according to EPO insiders). This report comes from a propaganda arm of Team UPC, lobbying for illegal agenda.]⠀⇛ A wide-ranging battle between medical device manufacturer Insulet, and diabetes tool management company Medtrum, has reached France. On 7 July, Judicial Court of Paris declared that Medtrum’s latest models of pump bases and patch reservoirs infringe Insulet patent EP 2 438 957… # ⚓ Use_of_EPO_learning_resources_increasing_among Europe’s_universities [Ed: What can the EPO teach Europe’s universities? White-collar crimes? Why would universities allow criminals to butt in?]⠀⇛ Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” becomes latest institution to integrate the EPO’s Modular Intellectual Property Education Framework into curriculum. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ YouTube_Q2_2023_Ad_Revenue_Tops $7.66_Billion,_4.4%_Increase [Ed: "4.4% Increase", but inflation was vastly higher, so it is actually a decrease in spite of YouTube bombarding people with ads front, midway, and end]⠀⇛ Alphabet revealed its Q2 2023 financial report, showcasing a rise in YouTube ad revenue. Here’s the latest. Google has revealed that YouTube brought in $7.67 billion in ad revenue, beating Wall Street analyst estimates ($7.43 billion) for 4.4% growth compared to last year. More than 2 billion monthly users are watching its YouTube Shorts platform, ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3468 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.27.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_When_Your_Boss_is_a_Criminal_Misusing_the_Brands_‘Free_Software’_and ‘Open_Source’⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Fraud, News_Roundup at 2:55 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Tarnishing the brand, ruining trust in the brand (while boasting about me working for the company when assessing job applicants) 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Join_the_scheme_(scam)⦈_ Summary: Sirius_‘Open_Source’ basically robbed_my_colleagues_and_I_for_many years; many of us conveniently ignored a warning in the second year when they lied to us about a legally blind colleague after they_had_viciously,_abruptly suspended_her_for_no_good_reason and shut down Jabber for everyone (making up some lies and trying to prevent colleagues from talking to one another). We reckon it’s a common issue that many people can relate to as many people lie and many worked for someone like this some time in the past. We are now fully aware that we too were being lied to (in 2022 it became “normal” to lie to clients and to staff; they lied to my colleagues the same way they lied to me). My colleagues did not stop to think if they were being lied to, or worse, robbed. They threatened staff not to speak to one another, especially former staff. Many skeletons in this closet. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3507 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.27.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Leftover_Links_27/07/2023:_Google_Pushes_“Web_Integrity_API”_(DRM)_Into_the World_Wide_Web⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:24 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Linux_Foundation o Security # Privacy/Surveillance # Confidentiality o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Politics_and_World_Events o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Your_generative_AI_wouldn’t_steal_a_fleet_of cars⠀⇛ Remember that early-2000s ad campaign that equated downloading from peer-to-peer networks with car theft? The one that featured a stolen soundtrack? The shoe is on the other foot today, with large AI companies hoovering up yours and my data for their profit. o ⚓ RFA ☛ Parents,_commentators_take_aim_at_Qiqihar_officials_over deadly_school_gym_collapse⠀⇛ Officials and police focus more on ‘stability maintenance’ than taking care of bereaved families, they say. o ⚓ Kev Quirk ☛ Bring_Back_the_Humble_Forum⠀⇛ Forums, on the other hand, were just a platform that facilitated the coming together of people with similar interests. There were no followers, no boosting, no influencers and no bullshit. It was lovely. For the most part, forum users fell into a couple of buckets – people who wanted to either help others, or people who just wanted to chew the cud about a topic they’re interested in. Don’t get me wrong, forums had some of the same problems that plague the social web today. Namely trolls and idiots, but that’s par for the course for any place where a large number of people congregate. My forum experiences were almost exclusively positive. o ⚓ Reason ☛ Mom_Who_Let_Child_Play_at_a_Park_Finally_Removed_From Unfit_Parent_Registry⠀⇛ The Tucson mom found guilty of neglect for letting her 7- year-old son play at the park has finally had her name removed from Arizona’s Central Registry, a government blacklist of unfit parents that is maintained by the Department of Child Safety (DCS). While this is obviously a victory for the mom—and for common sense—the constitutional rights of countless other people are still at stake. o ⚓ David Revoy ☛ I_may_have_found_an_alternative_solution_to_my blog’s_comment_system.⠀⇛ Two days ago I decided to give up on my blog’s commenting system. I wrote about a solution that I had tried but abandoned along the way: synchronizing comments from my Mastodon account. I abandoned it because I thought that my instance automatically flushed all posts older than 30 days, and it was too ephemeral to be a long-term solution. But here is an update: I was wrong. The instance doesn’t auto delete the message and an admin on my Mastodon instance contacted me to tell me the reason: they had an accident that resulted in the loss of comments older than that date. And he assured me that they don’t plan to do it again. So, in light of this new element, I’ve decided to give my solution another try, even if it only affects the last five articles published on my blog after 25 June 2023. The solution works (you can see it in the footer of my recent posts) and I’m happy to have an alternative commenting system back here. o ⚓ Rest of World ☛ The_World’s_Last_Internet_Cafes⠀⇛ Internet cafes — cheap, accessible venues where just about anyone could explore cyberspace in its infancy — spread slowly across the world at first, and then snowballed in popularity. In the spring of 1996, Sri Lanka got its first two [Internet] cafes: the Cyber Cafe, and the Surf Board. A few months later, Kuwait’s first [Internet] cafe launched with 16 PCs. In 1999, a travel guide promised readers a list of 2,000 cafes in 113 countries. Within a couple years, it was estimated that there were more than 100 [Internet] cafes in Ghana alone. BusyInternet opened the largest [Internet] cafe in Accra, boasting 100 screens. By 2002, there were more than 200,000 licensed [Internet] cafes in China, and still more operating under the table. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Lewis_Branscomb,_Champion_of_Science Across_Fields,_Dies_at_96⠀⇛ He led scientific advances at IBM and within the federal government during a career that spanned the space race and the dawn of the internet. # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ We_can_do_more_than_one_concurrent_thing⠀⇛ How old were you when you were finally able to rub your stomach and pat your head… concurrently!? Or was it rub your head and pat your stomach? Either way, I remember a few of us getting the hang of it quickly, when others in the class struggled. My music teacher said I should be a drummer on this basis, which I now sadly regret not picking up. Maybe I need an apartment-friendly electronic set. But I digress. Some of those people who struggled with patting their knees and rubbing their elbows grew up, and entered project management, public relations, or politics. You can spot them because they claim we can’t do something because we’re doing something else. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ This_Meteorite_Left_Earth._Thousands_of Years_Later,_It_Came_Back.⠀⇛ It’s the first time we’ve ever seen this. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Webb_Space_Telescope’s_Anniversary_Image Captures_Year_of_Cosmic_Wonder⠀⇛ With a new image, NASA commemorates the first anniversary of doing science with the most powerful observatory ever sent to space. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ New_Breakthrough_Makes_Painkillers_Out_of Paper_Waste_Instead_of_Oil⠀⇛ A new kind of sustainable pharmaceuticals. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ California_Debates_Whether_Data_Science Can_Replace_Algebra_II⠀⇛ After faculty protests and a debate over racial equity, the state’s public universities reconsider whether high school students can skip a foundational course. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ In_with_a_bang:_The_James_Webb_Space_Telescope after_one_year⠀⇛ It’s pretty pictures – and so much more. The range and precision of the James Webb Space Telescope are transforming cosmological research. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_Ghosts_of_Dead_Stars_Form_a_Mysterious Alignment,_But_Why?⠀⇛ This can’t be a coincidence. # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Supporting_Open_Source_and_Open_Science in_the_EU_AI_Act⠀⇛ To be clear, we don’t think open approaches to AI development should make their use fully exempt from the Act’s requirements, and we recognize how open source AI can also make harmful uses of AI more accessible to more people. Instead, our recommendations underscore the need for a tailored, proportionate approach to open source and open science, which supports collaborative models of development of AI by a wide range of players. # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Supporting_Open_Source_and_Open_Science in_the_EU_AI_Act [PDF]⠀⇛ The AI Act holds promise to set a global precedent in regulating AI to address its risks while encouraging innovation. By supporting the blossoming open ecosystem approach to AI, the regulation has an important opportunity to further this goal through increased transparency and collaboration between stakeholders. Unfortunately, current proposals threaten to create impractical barriers to and disadvantages for contributors to this open ecosystem. The undersigned organizations represent both commercial and nonprofit stakeholders in the open source AI ecosystem. Below, we make 5 concrete suggestions for how to ensure the AI Act works for open source: [...] o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Xi’an_police_probe_agencies_amid_angry_protests_by parents_over_exam_‘immigrants’⠀⇛ Thousands of parents take to streets after an influx of students makes it harder to gain a place in senior high. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Universities_grilled_on_canned_sexual consent_campaign⠀⇛ Australian university chiefs have been grilled over scrapping a sexual consent campaign at campuses across the country. Universities Australia chief executive Catriona Jackson confirmed some of the organisation’s members, including vice-chancellors from multiple tertiary institutions, raised concerns about the campaign. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Building_The_Cheapest_MIDI_Home_Studio_From 1988⠀⇛ These days, there is a plethora of cheap hardware and software which you can use to make digital music. Back in the 1980s, though, this was still a nascent field, with new gear changing the game for musicians. In his latest video, [cTrix] puts together a guide to building a budget MIDI home studio like it’s 1988. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Recreating_The_Golden_Era_Of_Cable_TV⠀⇛ Fewer and fewer people have cable TV subscriptions these days, due to a combination of poor business practices by cable companies and the availability of alternatives to cable such as various streaming platforms. But before the rise of the Internet that enabled these alternatives, there was a short period of time where there were higher-quality channels, not too many commercials, a possibly rose-tinted sense of wonder, and where MTV actually played music. [Irish Craic Party] created this vintage cable TV network to capture this era of television history. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Wiz_Says_62%_of_AWS_Environments_Exposed_to Zenbleed_Exploitation⠀⇛ Researchers at cloud security startup Wiz are reporting that a whopping 62 percent of AWS environments may be exposed to the newly documented Zenbleed information leak vulnerability in AMD Zen 2 processors. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Workshop_Dust_Manifold_Spreads_The_Suction Around⠀⇛ Let’s say you’re doing lots of woodwork now, and you’ve expanded your workshop with a few big tools. You’re probably noticing the sawdust piling up awfully quick. It would be ideal to have some kind of collection system, but you don’t want to buy a shop vac for every tool. This simple manifold from [Well Done Tips] is the perfect solution for you. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Adding_Two_Axes_Makes_CNC_Router_More_Than_The Sum_Of_Its_Parts⠀⇛ The problem with building automated systems is that it’s hard to look at any problem and not see it in terms of possible automation solutions. Come to think of it, that’s probably less of a bug and more of a feature, but it’s easy to go overboard and automate all the things, which quickly becomes counterproductive in terms of time and money. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 3D-Printed_RC_Skid_Steer_Is_Cute_Construction Machinery_Done_Right⠀⇛ Skid steers are great fun if you get to drive one on a construction site. [ProfessorBoots] has long been a fan of the diminutive diggers, and decided to make a 3D-printed version for his own pleasure. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ India’s_rice_restrictions_could_fuel food_price_inflation,_IMF_says⠀⇛ The world lender has urged India to reverse the ban. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Report:_2.3_billion_people_lack_access_to_clean cooking_globally⠀⇛ But China, India and Indonesia halved the number of people without access to clean cooking in 12 years. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Alzheimer’s_Can_Strike_as_Young_as_30. These_Are_The_Signs_to_Watch_For.⠀⇛ It manifests differently in young people. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ These_Omega-3_tablets_will_come without_a_trace_of_fish⠀⇛ Scientists are brewing a “fish oil” without fish and hope it will catch on as consumers increasingly school companies on more sustainable products. Advanced manufacturing and science have combined at the University of Sydney where a new ingredient has been made from marine and soil bacteria. # ⚓ IFS ☛ More_Scrolling,_More_Marital_Problems⠀⇛ Smartphones and social media were supposed to bring us closer together. But the more we learn about their effects, the more we see that these tools come with a price. Research by Jean Twenge and others has shown that teens who use social media excessively are more likely to experience depression, anxiety, and sleep deprivation. Recently, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory warning that social media are causing a profound mental health crisis among America’s children. Even though most research on excessive smartphone usage focuses on teens and young adults, it does not mean that older Americans are immune to this issue. In the recent IFS teen and tech report with Jean Twenge, about 1 in 7 parents of teens (15%) said they use their phones or other digital devices “almost constantly” during conversations, meals, or family events. And there is growing evidence that our closest, most important relationships, such as our marriages and dating relationships, are suffering as a result. Using a sample of 145 adults, James Roberts and Meredith David found that “phubbing” (prioritizing one’s phone over people) among romantic partners leads to greater relationship dissatisfaction. # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ What’s_in_your_water?⠀⇛ Short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, PFAS are cropping up almost everywhere, both in the environment and in the news. The category of PFAS includes thousands of chemicals first used in the 1940s and now found in countless industries and products, such as moisturizing cosmetics, nonstick cookware, durable food packaging and waterproof clothing. When washed out of clothing or leached from landfills, these forever chemicals can linger in water and living organisms without breaking down. Their accumulation in humans and other animals is linked to an increased risk of cancer, immune damage and birth complications.xs # ⚓ New Statesman ☛ Hunger_in_Britain_is_mainstream_now⠀⇛ When visiting three foodbanks around the north-east last month, I met people with jobs who nevertheless needed regular emergency food parcels – and those relying on benefits weren’t receiving enough to live on. # ⚓ DataGeeek ☛ Understanding_the_Effect_of_Subsidies_on Agriculture_with_Neural_Networks⠀⇛ Today, subsidies are the most common method of encouraging countries to deal with global warming; but it is debatable how effective they are. For instance, agriculture subsidies cause farmers to violate forest frontier and make them responsible for 14% of global deforestation every year. Not to mention excessive use of fertilizers degrades the soil and water and eventually damages human health. # ⚓ Bronny_James_suffers_a_cardiac_arrest,_and_Elon_Musk amplifies_the_antivax_“died_suddenly”_conspiracy⠀⇛ Honestly, I had planned on not blogging today, mainly because I have an August 4 grant deadline. However, the pandemic being the pandemic and antivax conspiracy mongering being antivax conspiracy mongering (meaning that it never sleeps), I decided I had to say something about Bronny James. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ DEA_Fentanyl_Fearmonger_Anne_Milgram_Hired_A Professional_Opioid_Apologist_As_Her_Second-In-Command⠀⇛ DEA Administrator Anne Milgram’s tenure has been marked by increasingly alarmist proclamations about fentanyl, social media, fentanyl, “the children,” fentanyl, “drug dealers want to kill their customers,” and… fentanyl. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Fortune ☛ Microsoft_is_in_serious_EU_antitrust_trouble_for the_first_time_in_a_decade_and_a_half—and_this_time_it’s because_of_its_Slack_rival⠀⇛ Microsoft has mostly managed to stay in the good books of the EU’s competition regulators since the late aughts, when it received a record $1.3 billion fine in 2008 for failing to properly comply with an earlier antitrust decision about interoperability, and settled another major antitrust investigation in 2009 by giving Windows users a choice of default browser when they fired up the operating system. However, Microsoft’s cultural transformation into a supposedly less aggressive entity has recently been called into question. The company has started ignoring Outlook and Teams users’ browser choices by opening links in its Edge browser. It might soon face a British antitrust probe over contractual terms that arguably lock customers into its cloud (rival Amazon is also in those crosshairs). And now it’s under investigation by the EU antitrust directorate again. # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Microsoft_Message_Queuing Vulnerabilities_Allow_Remote_Code_Execution,_DoS Attacks⠀⇛ Cybersecurity firm Fortinet has published details on three critical- and high-severity vulnerabilities patched recently in the Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) service. Two of these flaws, tracked as CVE-2023-21554 and CVE-2023-28302, could lead to remote code execution (RCE) and denial-of-service (DoS) and were addressed by Microsoft with its April 2023 Patch Tuesday updates. No CVE identifier has been provided for the third issue. A proprietary messaging protocol, MSMQ supports communication between applications running on separate systems. It places messages that did not reach their destination in a queue and resends them as soon as the destination becomes reachable. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Dozens_of_Organizations_Targeted_by Akira_Ransomware⠀⇛ The Akira ransomware gang has compromised at least 63 organizations since March 2023, mostly focusing on small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), cybersecurity firm Arctic Wolf reports. o § Linux Foundation⠀➾ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Linux_Group_Shares_Its_First_Open_Dataset_for Creating_Real_Google_Maps_Alternatives [Ed: No connection to Linux. Misuse of the trademark.]⠀⇛ Google regularly spends billions of dollars on its mapping initiatives, like its recent return to recording street views in Germany. Other companies both big and small are working together to create a open source dataset that everyone can draw from. # ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Linux_is_consorting_with_tech_behemoths_to improve_ethernet_standards⠀⇛ Just yesterday, I was a suit-wearing Musk-eteer, deep in thoughts of “wow, what a world we live in. With artificial intelligence (AI) definitely sluiced into the public consciousness with good intentions, and the continued persistence of cloud computing trading on the thrown scrap of convenience and cost-effectiveness against the dark ‘service-as-a-service’ whims of any company comically evil enough to enter into a consortium.” o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Essel Group ☛ India:_Government_warns_of_‘Akira’_ransomware targeting_Windows_and_Linux_users [Ed: But how does that get onto "Linux"? It does not have NSA bug doors like Windows.]⠀⇛ India’s nodal agency for computer security-related threats has issued a warning to citizens and organisations about the emergence of a new ransomware called ‘Akira’. Union government’s Computer Emergency Response Team-India (CERT-In) issued the critical advisory on Monday, stating that the ransomware was targeting both Windows and Linux-based operating systems. The agency informed that the group responsible for the ransomware compromised the users via VPN services, particularly when the users had not enabled multi-factor authentication. It also hoodwinked the users through tools such as AnyDesk, WinRAR, and PC Hunter, to download benign-looking files. # ⚓ Bennett, Coleman & Company Ltd ☛ Kaspersky_Unveils Specialised_Solution_for_Linux-based_Embedded_Devices_| Technology_–_Science_News,_Times_Now [Ed: Is proprietary software from Russia trustworthy?]⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Wednesday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (amd64- microcode, gst-plugins-bad1.0, gst-plugins-base1.0, gst-plugins-good1.0, iperf3, openjdk-17, and pandoc), Fedora (389-ds-base, kitty, and thunderbird), SUSE (libqt5-qtbase, libqt5-qtsvg, mysql-connector-java, netty, netty-tcnative, openssl, openssl-1_1, openssl1, php7, python-scipy, and xmltooling), and Ubuntu (amd64-microcode, avahi, libxpm, linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.15, linux-azure-fde, linux-azure-fde-5.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.15, linux-gke, linux-gke-5.15, linux-gkeop, linux- gkeop-5.15, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-ibm, linux-intel- iotg, linux-kvm, linux-lowlatency, linux- lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-nvidia, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.15, linux-raspi, linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-ibm, linux-kvm, linux-lowlatency, linux-oracle, linux-raspi, linux- oem-5.17, linux-oem-6.0, linux-oem-6.1, openstack- trove, and python-django). # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Major_Malaysian_water_utilities_company_hit by_hackers;_Ranhill_offline;_hackers_claim_databases_and backups_deleted⠀⇛ After a period of quiet, DESORDEN Group has re- emerged as a threat to Malaysian entities, and now, it seems, to providing drinkable water to Johor (see this post from 2021 for an overview of Ranhill Utilities Berhad in the environment sector and the role of AquaSmart). # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Group-IB_founder_Ilya_Sachkov_sentenced_to 14_years_in_prison_for_high_treason⠀⇛ The Moscow City Court sentenced to 14 years in prison the founder of Group-IB Ilya Sachkov. As reports (https://lenta.ru/news/2023/07/26/ sachkovvv/) to Lenta.ru, he will serve his sentence in a strict regime colony. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Presumably_the_largest_Dutch_user_of_the Genesis_Market_arrested⠀⇛ # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Investigation_into_arms_trade_leads_to suspected_cybercriminal⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Ambulance_patient_records_system_hauled offline_for_cyber-attack_probe⠀⇛ Several UK NHS ambulance organizations have been struggling to record patient data and pass it to other providers following a cyber-attack aimed at health software company Ortivus. In a statement, the Sweden-headquartered software vendor said it was subject to a cyber-attack on July 18 which hit UK customer systems within its hosted datacenter environment. # ⚓ The Record ☛ Yamaha_confirms_cyberattack_after_multiple ransomware_gangs_claim_attacks⠀⇛ Yamaha’s Canadian music division confirmed that it recently dealt with a cyberattack after two different ransomware groups claimed to have attacked the company. The Yamaha Corporation — different from the spun- off motorcycle division — is a Japanese manufacturing giant producing musical instruments and audio equipment. It is considered the world’s largest producer of musical equipment. In a statement last Thursday, Yamaha Canada Music said it “recently encountered a cyberattack that led to unauthorized access and data theft.” # ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ North_Korean_hackers_targeting_JumpCloud mistakenly_exposed_their_IP_addresses,_researchers_say [Ed: Lots of focus on alleged IP addresses, not on the security holes and bug/back doors. Secure software does not mind which or whose IPs. It just logs attempts.]⠀⇛ Security researchers say they have high confidence that North Korean hackers were behind a recent intrusion at enterprise software company JumpCloud because of a mistake the hackers made. Mandiant, which is assisting one of JumpCloud’s affected customers, attributed the breach to hackers working for North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau, or RGB, a hacking unit that targets cryptocurrency companies and steals passwords from executives and security teams. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Facial_Recognition_Spreads_as_Tool to_Fight_Shoplifting⠀⇛ British merchants are increasingly using the technology to combat shoplifting, raising questions about its spread as artificial intelligence rapidly improves it. # ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ Why_Eero_is_going_after_the_rental property_market_with_Wi-Fi⠀⇛ As a homeowner, I take my 1 Gbps internet service for granted. I love having a fast connection, particularly because have so many connected devices. But I’ve gotten so used to it that I don’t have the perspective of others who might live in an apartment that has much slower wireless networking speeds. # ⚓ Bloomberg ☛ Rush_Health_Must_Face_Suit_Over_Health- Info_Sharing_With_Google⠀⇛ Rush System for Health must defend a proposed class action alleging it shared health information of patients using its patient portal with Google Inc. and other third parties, in breach of its contract with patients and in violation of the Illinois Eavesdropping Act. # ⚓ OpenRightsGroup ☛ South_Wales_Police_state_their_case for_using_facial_recognition⠀⇛ On 28 June, the parliamentary session’s final Senedd cross-party group (CPG) on digital rights and democracy, of which Open Rights Group (ORG) acts as secretariat, took place online with over 20 attendees tuning in to hear a follow-up to a previous group session on facial recognition technology. During the last meeting in February, we discussed the landmark ruling that found the use of facial recognition by South Wales Police breached the right to privacy under the European Convention of Human Rights. South Wales Police has since resumed use of the technology and Chief Inspector Scott Lloyd from the force addressed the CPG to explain why. He was joined by Lee Jones – Chief Executive, Police & Crime Commissioner for South Wales – and Madeleine Stone – Legal and Policy Officer, Big Brother Watch. Sarah Murphy MS chaired the meeting. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Pakistan_needs_to_press_pause_on its_data_overhaul⠀⇛ Pakistan’s government appears poised to push through onerous data regulations that will put the country’s tech industry under strain—and raise concerns for consumers. On July 26, Pakistani media reported that the country’s cabinet had approved the draft Personal Data Protection Bill 2023, signaling that parliament is likely to pass the legislation before its term ends in August. In addition, the cabinet approved the E- Safety Bill 2023, which is also expected to move through parliament in the coming days. While the data protection legislation has been in the works for several years, the sudden movement of the draft legislation has caught both industry and civil society by surprise, especially since there has been little engagement with stakeholders on the legislation in the past few weeks. # ⚓ NYOB ☛ Booking_a_Ryanair_flight_trough_an_online travel_agent_might_hold_a_nasty_surprise⠀⇛ Today, noyb filed a complaint against Ryanair. When booking through an online travel agent and not directly on its website or app, Europe’s biggest airline requires a part of its customers to go through a “verification process” involving invasive facial recognition. There is no reasonable justification for Ryanair to implement this system. Instead, it seems like the airline is willingly violating their customer’s right to data protection in order to obtain an unfair competitive advantage over alternative booking channels. # ⚓ EFF ☛ The_U.K._Government_Is_Very_Close_To_Eroding Encryption_Worldwide⠀⇛ TELL the U.K. Parliament: Don’t Break Encryption If it passes, the Online Safety Bill will be a huge step backwards for global privacy, and democracy itself. Requiring government- approved software in peoples’ messaging services is an awful precedent. If the Online Safety Bill becomes British law, the damage it causes won’t stop at the borders of the U.K.  # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ ‘Pass_It,_Pass_It,_Pass_It,_Pass_It,_Pass It,’_The_President_Says_About_A_Bill_The_GOP_Says_Will Be_Useful_To_Silence_LGBTQ_Voices⠀⇛ Well, this is not surprising, but unfortunate. With the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) to be debated in a Congressional hearing on Thursday, the White House had President Joe Biden come out and give a full throated endorsement of the horrible, dangerous, bill that will damage privacy and harm children. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Meta_fined_$20m_over_misleading data_protection_claims⠀⇛ Social media giant Meta and subsidiaries have copped $20 million in fines after an app that claimed protect personal information was found to have collected user data for commercial benefit. Onavo Protect was a free mobile app made available by Meta that provided a virtual private network service which claimed to “keep you and your data safe online” and give users “peace of mind when you browse” according to its App Store listing. # § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ [Repeat] Bruce Schneier ☛ Backdoor_in_TETRA_Police Radios⠀⇛ Seems that there is a deliberate backdoor in the twenty-year-old TErrestrial Trunked RAdio (TETRA) standard used by police forces around the world. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Researchers_Find_‘Backdoor’_in Encrypted_Police_and_Military_Radios⠀⇛ While the researchers frame their discovery as a backdoor, the organization responsible for maintaining the standard pushes back against that specific term, and says the standard was designed for export controls which determine the strength of encryption. The end result, however, are radios with traffic that can be decrypted using consumer hardware like an ordinary laptop in under a minute. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘Oppenheimer’_and_the_Siren_Song_of_World- Ending_Technology⠀⇛ The story is a warning. Will we heed it? # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Former_intelligence_chief_of_Kosovo_sentenced_to prison_for_illegal_deportation⠀⇛ Kosovo’s former intelligence chief, Driton Gashi, was convicted of “abuse of official post or authority” on Wednesday in consequence of deporting six Turkish people who had permanent residence or temporary permits unlawfully. /blockquote> # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Who_will_govern_artificial_intelligence?⠀⇛ Almost exactly 66 years ago, 22 pre-eminent scientists from 10 countries, including the United States and the Soviet Union, gathered in Pugwash, Nova Scotia, to identify the dangers that nuclear weapons posed… # ⚓ France24 ☛ Pandas:_China’s_secret_soft-power_weapon_amid growing_tensions_with_the_West⠀⇛ A French zoo will bid farewell to one of its star attractions – a 5-year-old giant panda – on Tuesday, with the bear set to participate in a breeding programme in China’s Sichuan province. Although Yuan Meng was born in France, he is Chinese property on loan to the zoo as part of China’s international “panda diplomacy” programme. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Taiwan_arrests_five_on_China_spying_charges⠀⇛ A diabolo coach is among those accused of recruiting military personnel in financial difficulties # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ China_and_Iran_Pledge_to_Deepen_Cooperation⠀⇛ The two countries look forward to deepening cooperation in areas such as the Belt and Road Initiative to generate more benefits for the two peoples. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ China_Frustrated_with_Japan’s_New_Export Rules_Against_Chip_Sector⠀⇛ Japan’s new export rules require fab tool makers to get an export license from the government before shipping them to China. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland_to_chair_international_nuclear_weapons meeting⠀⇛ Finland will serve as the chair for the preparatory meeting of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced. The first meetings of the preparatory committee will take place from 31 July to 11 August in Vienna, Austria. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Trump_Once_Condemned_the_Jan._6_ [Insurrectionists]._Now_He’s_Become_One_of_Their_Biggest Supporters⠀⇛ Now the early but commanding front-runner in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, Trump regularly downplays the violence, lionizes the [insurectionists] as patriots and spreads false claims about who was involved. He has not only vowed to pardon a “large portion” of Jan. 6 defendants if he wins a second term, but he has also fundraised for them, befriended their families and collaborated on a song that became a surprise iTunes hit. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ TikTok_is_planning_to_compete_with_Shein_and_Temu in_the_US_and_beyond⠀⇛ As a social media company, TikTok has not had to deal with warehousing, supply-chain management and after-sales service so far. To get the ball rolling, the company has been poaching Temu and Shein talent, according to the WSJ. # ⚓ The Hindu ☛ Ph.D._scholar_from_Kulgam_held_for_his_role_in recruiting_militants:_J&K_Police⠀⇛ The J&K Police on Thursday arrested a Ph.D. scholar from south Kashmir’s Kulgam for his alleged role in “motivating, funding and providing logistic support to the gullible youth of the district and adjoining areas to recruit them into terrorist ranks”. # ⚓ [Repeat] ADF ☛ What_Does_Wagner’s_Revolt_Mean_for_Africa?⠀⇛ Five days after leading a failed uprising against the Russian state, Yevgeny Prigozhin and his top Wagner Group officers sat face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin for a three-hour meeting on June 29. Despite having called his former close advisor a traitor and vowing harsh punishment, Putin reportedly gave immunity to Wagner personnel. He also agreed to let Prigozhin keep some of his vast, shadowy empire in Africa. # ⚓ ADF ☛ Mozambican_Terror_Has_Echoes_of_Boko_Haram⠀⇛ In northern Nigeria and northern Mozambique, two violent extremist groups are separated by thousands of kilometers but connected by certain characteristics. Both emerged in regions where state security was largely absent and local grievances against the government had grown. Both insurgencies preached the rejection of traditional education in favor of a radical form of Islam. Both movements are funded through the illicit economy. And, in both places, an initial heavy-handed response by the military did not stop attacks and might have helped extremist recruitment. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ World_Cup:_How_the_hijab_became tournament-ready⠀⇛ In Australia and New Zealand, Morocco’s Nouhaila Benzina could go a step further, but there is still work to be done, including in France, where the hijbab is still banned in football. At the end of June, the Council of State (Conseil d’Etat) declared the headscarf ban at football matches to be legal. The French Supreme Administrative Court ruled that the FFF’s requirement to dispense with the hijab was “appropriate and proportionate.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ More_than_a_million_more_soldiers_For_an_even bigger_army,_Russian_lawmakers_raised_the_nation’s conscription_age_ceiling_to_30_without_bumping_the_minimum age_to_21_as_promised⠀⇛ On Tuesday, the State Duma adopted both the second and third reading of legislation that will expand Russia’s age range for conscription (not to be confused with mobilization) to men between the ages of 18 and 30, effective January 1, 2024. Late last year, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced a “phased increase” in the lower age limit for conscription from 18 to 21. State Duma deputies later abandoned the idea, however, arguing that Russia’s “serious demographic situation” means the military must cast a wider net to draw enough men into the armed forces. At the same time, lawmakers raised the upper age limit by three years immediately, even though Defense Committee chairman Andrey Kartapolov said just a day earlier that the increase would be gradual. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ New_Witness_to_Malcolm_X_Assassination_Says He_Heard_Police_Ask_If_Killer_Was_“With_Us”⠀⇛ This week, a witness to the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965 revealed for the first time that he overheard a New York police officer asking if Malcolm’s assassin was “with us.” The eyewitness, Mustafa Hassan, spoke Tuesday alongside Malcolm X’s daughter Ilyasah Shabazz and civil rights attorney Ben Crump at a press conference at the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center. Democracy Now! spoke to Hassan at the press conference. He told us, “My testimony would have changed the outcome of the trial. It would have pointed the finger of guilt at the establishment.” We’re also joined on the show by Ben Crump, who calls this latest revelation “astonishing.” . # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Activists_Demand_U.S._End_Korean_War_After 70_Years_as_Biden_Admin_Ramps_Up_“Nuclear_Blackmail”⠀⇛ North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea Monday, hours after a second American nuclear- armed submarine arrived in South Korea. Meanwhile, peace activists are gathering in Washington, D.C., for a national mobilization to call on President Biden and Congress to officially end the Korean War, 70 years after the signing of the July 27, 1953, Korean Armistice that ended active military conflict. To discuss the renewed call for peace and the history of “the dirtiest war of the 20th century,” we’re joined by two guests: Bruce Cumings, professor of history at the University of Chicago and the author of several books on Korea, and Christine Ahn of the organization Women Cross DMZ and the coordinator of the campaign Korea Peace Now! Ahn calls for the U.S. government to “atone” for its role in the war by replacing the ceasefire with a peace agreement, not feeding into the peninsula’s nuclear hostilities. # § War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ LRT ☛ German_Leopard_tanks_best_meet_Lithuania’s operational_requirements_–_minister⠀⇛ When considering buying tanks, Lithuania looked into three models made by German, US, and South Korean companies, Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas said on Tuesday as Lithuania plans to sign a letter of intent to acquire German-made Leopard tanks later this week. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_strikes_port_infrastructure_in_Odesa region_again,_one_killed_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On the night of July 27, Russian troops launched a new missile strike on Odesa region, says Oleh Kiper, head of the region’s military administration. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukraine_eases_restrictions_on_athletes, allows_them_to_compete_against_Russian_and_Belarusian athletes_who_are_under_neutral_flag_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Ukrainian Ministry of Youth and Sport has issued a decree easing the ban on Ukrainian national teams participating in international competitions with athletes from Russia and Belarus. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Anti-Ukraine_‘German_PSA’_shared_by_pro- Kremlin_propagandists_features_Russian_actors_and_was reportedly_made_by_RT_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Many of Russia’s propagandists, “war correspondents,” and media outlets shared a video on Wednesday that they claimed is a political ad for a far-right political party in Germany. The clip depicts the German authorities confiscating a family’s belongings to send as aid to Ukraine. Journalists from Radio Liberty and the independent investigative outlet Agentstvo as well as fact-checker Ilya Ber, however, have determined that all of the main actors in the video are Russian and that the clip was likely filmed in Russia. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ AFU_shoots_down_Russian_missiles_over_city of_Dnipro,_Kyiv_and_Kharkiv_regions_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Ukraine’s air defenses shot down Russian cruise missiles over the city of Dnipro and the Kyiv and Kharkiv regions, said Yuriy Ignat, spokesperson for Ukraine’s Air Forces . # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Moldova_to_reduce_staff_at_Russian_embassy in_Chişinău_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Moldovan authorities have decided to reduce the staff of the Russian embassy in Chişinău to ten diplomats and 15 technical staff, the press service of the country’s foreign ministry said. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_government_finalizes_mobilization summons_form,_including_list_of_items_to_bring_and warning_about_failing_to_appear_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree Wednesday to finalize the government’s official summons form for mobilization, according to the parliament’s official weekly, Parlamentskaya Gazeta. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘You_can_always_find_a_crime_to_charge someone_with’_Russian_leftist_thinker_Boris_Kagarlitsky faces_seven_years_in_prison_for_‘justifying_terrorism.’ Meduza_spoke_with_his_daughter_about_his_arrest._— Meduza⠀⇛ On the morning of July 25, Boris Kagarlitsky, a political scientist, the editor-in-chief of the online publication Rabkor, and one of the most well-known leftist thinkers in Russia, was arrested on charges of “justifying terrorism.” Later that day, Kagarlitsky’s family found out he had been moved to Syktyvkar in the Komi Republic. There, the local FSB office opened a criminal case against him, presumably for a post he made in 2022 about the Crimean Bridge explosion. Kagarlitsky has reportedly been sent to a remand prison for a period of two months. If found guilty, he faces up to seven years in prison. Meduza spoke with his daughter Ksenia Kagarlitsky to learn more about the circumstances of his arrest. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ FSB_says_it_found_traces_of_explosives_on second_ship_traveling_from_Turkey_to_Kerch_Strait_— Meduza⠀⇛ FSB officers have identified a second foreign vessel that could have been used to deliver explosives to Ukraine, the agency claims. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukrainian_Security_Service_head_acknowledges agency’s_involvement_in_October_2022_Crimean_Bridge explosion_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Speaking at a stamp ceremony on Wednesday, Ukrainian Security Service head Vasyl Malyuk said that the explosion on the Crimean Bridge in October 2022 was “one of the implementations” carried out by the agency, according to the outlet RBC Ukraine. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Anti-war_sociologist_Boris_Kagarlitsky arrested_for_‘justifying_terrorism’_over_post_about Crimean_Bridge_explosion_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A Syktyvkar court has arrested sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky on charges that he “justified terrorism” in an online post about the 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion. According to the human rights monitoring project OVD- Info, Kagarlitsky has been sent to a remand prison for two months. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Russians_easily_dodge_visa_restrictions_for football_match_in_Latvia⠀⇛ The arrival of several citizens of the Russian Federation in Latvia for a European football match as part of an Azerbaijani team has attracted the attention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which will invite other Schengen zone member states to adopt a common approach to the matter. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Media_regulator_bans_three_more_Russian sites_in_Latvia⠀⇛ The National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) has decided to deny access to three websites maintained in Russia – wagner2022.ru, dentv.ru and yapolitic.ru. These websites disseminate propaganda, and it is in the public interest to block such information, according to NEPLP’s statement on July 27. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ ‘Latvijas_Gāze’_reportedly_investigated_by State_Security_Service⠀⇛ The State Security Service (VDD) has allegedly started an inspection to assess whether the decision of “Latvijas Gāze” shareholders to pay dividends to one of the owners – Itera Latvija – is in line with the regulation of sanctions imposed on Russia, TV3 News reported Wednesday evening. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ North_Korean_leader_Kim_Jong Un_meets_with_Russian_defense_minister_on_military cooperation⠀⇛ North Korean state media say leader Kim Jong Un has met with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu for discussions on military issues and the regional security environment. The report came Thursday as the country celebrated the 70th anniversary of an armistice that halted fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency says Kim and Shoigu had talked Wednesday in the capital, Pyongyang, and reached a consensus on unspecified “matters of mutual concern in the field of national defense and security and on the regional and international security environment.” KCNA also says Kim took Shoigu to an arms exhibition showcasing some of North Korea’s newest weapons. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Russian_Cybersecurity_Firm_Founder Jailed_for_14_Years⠀⇛ Russia has sentenced Ilya Sachkov, co-founder of the Group-IB cybersecurity firm, to 14 years in prison on treason charges. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Baltic_states_to_IOC:_Don’t_‘open_a_path’ for_Russia_and_Belarus_into_the_Olympics⠀⇛ Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania made it clear July 26 they are completely against the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes at the Olympic Games in Paris, France one year from now. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Images_Show_More_Military_Equipment_Gathered At_‘Wagner_Camp’_In_Belarus⠀⇛ Military equipment and vehicles believed to belong to the private Wagner mercenary group continue to move to a site in the village of Tsel in eastern Belarus that is believed to be a site where troops from Yevgeny Prigozhin’s company have settled after its aborted mutiny in Russia last month. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kremlin_Says_Less_Than_One-Third_Of_African Leaders_Invited_To_St._Petersburg_Summit_To_Attend⠀⇛ The Kremlin says less than one-third of the presidents invited will attend the Russia- Africa summit in St. Petersburg on July 27- 28. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Angola_and_South_Africa_Present_at_Russia- Africa_Summit⠀⇛ Millions of people depend on the Russian grains: in 2020 alone, countries on the continent, notably Egypt, Sudan, Nigeria, Tanzania, Algeria, Kenya and South Africa, spent around $4 billion to import agricultural products from Russia, according to data from the Integrated Trade Center (ITC). # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Russian_President_Meets_With_His_Egyptian Counterpart⠀⇛ Earlier on Wednesday, Putin met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and BRICS New Development Bank President Dilma Rousseff. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_And_Belarus_Not_Among_203_Countries Invited_To_Paris_Olympics⠀⇛ The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has formally invited 203 countries to compete in the 2024 Paris Games, notably excluding Russia and Belarus from the list. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea’s_Kim_Jong_Un_shows off_banned_missiles_to_Russian_defence_minister⠀⇛ The Russian minister and a Chinese delegation are in the country for the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ War_Brought_Putin_Closer_to_Africa. Now_It’s_Pushing_Them_Apart.⠀⇛ As President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia prepares to host African leaders at a summit, a collapsed grain deal and the uncertain fate of Wagner mercenaries have cast a shadow. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ North_Korea_Vows_Support_for_Moscow in_Visit_by_Russian_Delegation⠀⇛ Pyongyang vowed increased military cooperation against the United States, a common enemy, during a visit by Russia’s defense minister. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Journalists_identify_head_of_Wagner_Group_forces in_Belarus_as_46-year-old_Ukraine_native⠀⇛ On July 19, while addressing a group of fighters at a training camp near the Belarusian town of Asipovichy, Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said that a man named Sergey with the call sign “Pioneer” would become the group’s “chief in the Belarus direction.” o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Climate_change_is_responsible_for_the_intense heat,_new_study_says⠀⇛ This summer, a string of heatwaves has struck countries across the globe – in Europe, North America, and China. A new study says that climate change is very likely responsible for the unprecedented and dangerous heat # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Florida’s_Ocean_Now_Officially_the_Temperature of_a_Hot_Tub⠀⇛ All told, it’s a worrying new reality that the world is facing severe new weather patterns, heightened by climate change and turning summer into hell for both humans and marine life. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Man-made_climate_change_‘overwhelming’ contributor_to_July_heatwaves,_scientists_say⠀⇛ Human-induced climate change has played an “absolutely overwhelming” role in the extreme heatwaves that have swept across North America, Europe and China this month, according to an assessment by scientists published on Tuesday. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Painting_2%_of_Earth_White_Would_Stop Global_Warming,_Scientist_Says⠀⇛ Bright idea. # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ Climate_Education_Suffers_From_Partisan Culture_Wars⠀⇛ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Do_clean_energy_incentives_work?_One- year_effort_in_U.S._says_yes.⠀⇛ The Inflation Reduction Act passes its first year in August. The climate legislation boosted the U.S. transition to renewable energy, accelerated green domestic manufacturing, and made it more affordable for consumers to make climate-friendly purchases. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Latest_North_Korean_hack_targeting cryptocurrency_shows_troubling_evolution,_experts_say⠀⇛ Experts warn that various North Korean hacking efforts are streamlining and evolving in ways that make them more difficult to defend and detect. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ U.S._Prosecutors_Want_Sam_Bankman-Fried Arrested,_Again⠀⇛ Federal prosecutors want to once again take hold of the frizzy-haired ex-FTX head Sam Bankman-Fried and put him back in jail. Reports from inside pre-trial court hearings say the Department of Justice has had it up to here with the once-[cryptocurrency] kingpin leaking sensitive material to the press, alleging he’s trying to discredit witnesses. # ⚓ Reuters ☛ U.S._seeks_detention_of_FTX’s_Sam_Bankman- Fried_pending_trial⠀⇛ The request came after Bankman-Fried gave a New York Times reporter personal writings by Caroline Ellison, who led his [cryptocurrency] hedge fund Alameda Research and is expected to testify against him, in what prosecutors said amounted to witness tampering. # ⚓ [Old] USA ☛ FACT_SHEET:_Climate_and_Energy Implications_of_[Cryptocurrency]-Assets_in_the_United States⠀⇛ From 2018 to 2022, annualized electricity usage from global crypto-assets grew rapidly, with estimates of electricity usage doubling to quadrupling. As of August 2022, published estimates of the total global electricity usage for crypto-assets are between 120 and 240 billion kilowatt-hours per year, a range that exceeds the total annual electricity usage of many individual countries, such as Argentina or Australia. This is equivalent to 0.4% to 0.9% of annual global electricity usage, and is comparable to the annual electricity usage of all conventional data centers in the world. # ⚓ [Cryptocurrency]_Mining_is_Power-hungry._How_Can_It Be_More_Efficient?⠀⇛ All of the above make cryptocurrency mining possible, but also power-hungry. Factor in the competitive, always-on nature and you’d need to scale operations exponentially to enable concurrent processing. In short, the better your odds, the more power you’ll need. And, in some cases, the cost can outpace the reward. # ⚓ NL Times ☛ Cargo_ship_fire_could_last_for_weeks;_no- fly_zone_over_the_area⠀⇛ It is currently impossible to put out the fire onboard the cargo ship. As Edwin Granneman from the Coast Guard told NOS, “No fire-fighting efforts are underway on the ship itself, nor is water being sprayed onto the ship from the sea.” He explained this was a deliberate strategy to maintain the ship’s stability as filling it with water could cause it to tilt or capsize. Furthermore, putting out fires in electric vehicles presents its own set of challenges. Granneman outlined three potential scenarios. Firstly, the ship might sink, but every effort is being made to prevent this from happening, and, for now, the ship remains stable. The second possibility is to tow the ship to shore. “To successfully implement this, people would actually need to board the ship. Whether this is possible given the current conditions is still uncertain,” he said. The third option is to let the ship burn out, a process that, according to Granneman, could take weeks. # ⚓ India Times ☛ US_congressional_committee_set_to_weigh crypto_bills⠀⇛ Among the legislation the House Financial Services Committee is scheduled to consider is a bill that would define when a cryptocurrency is a security or a commodity and another that would establish a regime to oversee stablecoins – digital tokens typically backed by traditional assets like the US dollar. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Binance_withdraws_application_for_ [cryptocurrency]_license_in_Germany⠀⇛ Binance has withdrawn its application for a crypto license in Germany, suggesting the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange is rethinking its immediate expansion plans amid a tough regulatory stance towards the industry. German regulators had told Binance they would not grant it a [cryptocurrency] custody license, Reuters reported last month. # ⚓ India Times ☛ [Cryptocurrency]_bill_passes congressional_committee_in_victory_for_industry⠀⇛ The bill has galvanized many in the [cryptocurrency] industry, who say that with Democrats’ support, the bill could have a shot in the Senate. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Aussie-Italian_battery_supply chain_on_starting_blocks⠀⇛ A group of Melbourne-based engineers say they are in pole position in the race to develop a cheaper, safe battery that will not end up in landfill. The team at RMIT University announced on Wednesday a two-year research partnership with Italian automotive component firm Eldor Corporation to accelerate the invention. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Call_to_combat_costs_with_solar- powered_social_housing⠀⇛ Tania Thompson scratches her head when she sees sunlight covering the empty roof space on her social housing block. Underneath, most of the block’s 170 residents in inner Sydney are struggling with rising living costs, with some forgoing showers and giving up cooking on gas stovetops. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ ‘Critical_moment’_for_Australia in_ore-some_energy_race⠀⇛ Slamming new labour laws, BHP Australia’s boss has warned the country must become more competitive if we are to benefit from surging global demand for battery minerals. Australia is at a “critical moment”, BHP Australia president Geraldine Slattery told an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia event in Melbourne on Thursday. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Allkem_posts_record_production as_world_goes_electric⠀⇛ Critical minerals miner Allkem expects the lithium chemicals market to be tightly balanced this year amid the global drive to go electric. Demand conditions have been mixed over the June quarter with the market showing signs of recovery, Allkem said in a production report released to the ASX on Thursday. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Congressional_Dems_Request_DOJ_Investigation into_Big_Oil’s_Climate_Deception⠀⇛ Citing “new evidence” of Big Oil firms’ advanced knowledge of climate risks and their actions to publicly conceal these risks, Democratic members of Congress are renewing calls for the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate carbon majors for potential violations of federal law. In a letter sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday, the 20 congressional signatories, led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), compare Big Oil’s deceptive conduct to that of Big Tobacco. In 2006, major tobacco firms were convicted of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act in litigation brought by the DOJ. The letter requests that the DOJ now open an investigation into ExxonMobil, Shell, and other oil majors to “determine whether they violated RICO, consumer protection, truth in advertising, public health, or other laws.” # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Revealed:_Fossil_Fuel_Giants_Are_Using British_Influencers_to_go_Viral⠀⇛ Oil and gas supermajors including Shell and BP are using UK influencers to push false solutions to the climate crisis and manufacture a more family friendly image, DeSmog can reveal. The influencers have included a popular former BBC presenter, a polar explorer, and an exasperated father of five who needs a break and finds it in the form of BP’s rewards app. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ A_Guide_to_the_Anti-Net_Zero_Forces_in Westminster_Politics⠀⇛ The Conservative Party’s victory at last week’s Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election has been credited to an aggressive campaign against the expansion of the Mayor of London’s ultra low emissions zone (ULEZ).  In the days since, the wider net zero “agenda” has been pulled into the spotlight, with opponents of green action seeing an opportunity to capitalise on the by-election result.  # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ This_Month’s_World’s_Largest_Wind_Turbine Goes_Operational⠀⇛ A new wind turbine installed in the Taiwan Strait went online last week, as part of the Fujian offshore wind farm project by the China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG). The system is the MySE 16-260, designed by the Ming Yang Wind Power Group, one of the leading manufacturers of wind turbines in the world. The numbers are staggering, the 16MW generator is projected to provide 66 GWh (gigawatt-hours) to the power grid annually. And this is a hefty installation, with a 260 m rotor diameter ( three each 123 m blades ) sitting atop a 152 m tower. The location is both a blessing and a curse, being an area of the Pacific that experiences Beaufort level 7 winds ( near gale, whole trees in motion ) for more than 200 days per year. Understandably, the tower and support structures are beefy, designed to survive sustained winds of 287 km/h. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Most_Metal_Bird_Nests_You’ll_Ever See⠀⇛ Magpies are using anti-bird spikes for their own purposes. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘They’re_Outsmarting_Us’:_Birds Build_Nests_from_Anti-Bird_Spikes⠀⇛ Strips of sharp metal pins are meant to keep birds away from buildings. Some birds are stealing them to build their nests. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ The Washington Post ☛ Grocery_chain_Amazon_Fresh_is eliminating_hundreds_of_in-store_jobs [Ed: Company almost 200 billion dollars in debt, which owns this publisher, has more layoffs]⠀⇛ Amazon operates 44 Amazon Fresh stores in the U.S. cities including Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Naperville, Ill. The positions being cut are “zone leads” who manage sections of individual stores, according to three former Amazon Fresh employees who spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect their careers. Staff were told the cuts were part of a cost reduction plan, the people said. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ A_Good_Year’s_Pay_for_a_Good_Day’s_Work?⠀⇛ Can you imagine a president of the United States proposing a federal budget that quadruples the paychecks that go to top federal officials? Of course not. No president would dare risk wandering down that road. America’s taxpayers, our top pols understand, have a distinct aversion to seeing anyone get rich […] # ⚓ Quartz ☛ This_Amazon_Prime_Day,_online_shoppers_used_20% more_“buy_now_pay_later”_credit_than_they_did_in_2022⠀⇛ Amazon Prime Day easily made July 11 the biggest online shopping day of the year, with sales across the internet up 6% from the same day in 2022. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_to_Watch_at_the_Federal_Reserve’s July_Meeting⠀⇛ The Federal Reserve is poised to raise interest rates after pausing in June. What comes next is crucial, but don’t expect clear commitments. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Is_It_Time_For_Michigan_to_End_Emergency Takeovers_of_Local_Governments?⠀⇛ In Detroit, the past was all too present. Houses, businesses and schools that once supported nearly 2 million people sat vacant. Old debts forced city leaders into impossible choices. There was not enough money for public safety, not enough for streetlights, not enough for parks, not enough for education — not enough, period. In March 2013, an attorney named Kevyn Orr was appointed to take charge. He’d never received a vote and had never been vetted by the mayor or City Council. And yet, he assumed all the power that otherwise would be held by the mayor and council, as well as additional powers, such as the ability to unilaterally sell city assets. While local officials could attempt to veto certain decisions, the veto itself was subject to state approval. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Headcount_headaches_as_economic reality_dawns_on_execs⠀⇛ Keeping a lid on costs is top of mind for executives holding the purse strings as economic conditions sour. Cost control emerged as the highest priority of chief financial officers surveyed by Deloitte Access Economics as margins are squeezed by high inflation. # ⚓ RFA ☛ China_issues_guidelines_to_save_the_economy_–_from_Xi Jinping⠀⇛ Battered private-sector entrepreneurs say privately new 31-point guidelines are nothing but words. # ⚓ RFA ☛ North_Korea_reopens_hot_spring_resort,_but_only_the rich_and_connected_benefit⠀⇛ Admission is pricey and must be paid in foreign currency, making it a ‘pipe dream’ for most. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ US_Fed_raises_rates,_leaves_door_open to_another_hike⠀⇛ The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, citing still elevated inflation as a rationale for what is now the highest US central bank policy rate in 16 years. The rate hike, the Fed’s 11th in its last 12 meetings, set the benchmark overnight interest rate in the 5.25 per cent-5.50 per cent range, and the accompanying policy statement left the door open to another increase. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_tells_Myanmar_junta_to_‘root_out’ online_scam_groups_in_lawless_borderlands⠀⇛ Beijing is a major ally and arms supplier of Myanmar’s generals. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Unilever’s_ice_cream_sales_show_exactly_how inflation_benefited_the_consumer_goods_giant⠀⇛ # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Inflation_continues_to_fall,_reaches 4.79%_in_first_half_of_July⠀⇛ This is the lowest level seen in over two years, and appears on track with the government’s prediction that it will reach 4.7% by 2023′s end. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Is_‘friendshoring’_really_working?⠀⇛ The Biden administration has identified around 2,400 critical goods and materials that fall under its efforts to move supply chains out of China. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ China’s_Government_Offers_Love,_but Entrepreneurs_Aren’t_Buying_It⠀⇛ The government’s new 31-point guidelines meant to inspire confidence feel empty to businesspeople after a three-year clampdown and no concrete changes. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ US_Fed_raises_rates_to_highest_level in_22_years⠀⇛ The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point and Fed Chair Jerome Powell says the US economy still needed to slow and the labour market to weaken for inflation to “credibly” return to the central bank’s two per cent target. The hike, the Fed’s 11th in its last 12 meetings, set the benchmark overnight interest rate in the 5.25 per cent-5.50 per cent range, a level last seen just prior to the 2007 housing market crash and which has not been consistently exceeded for about 22 years. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Owner_of_Postecoglou’s_Tottenham indicted_in_US⠀⇛ The owner of Ange Postecoglou’s English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur, Joe Lewis, has been indicted in New York over an alleged insider trading scheme described by a prominent attorney as “brazen” and “classic corporate corruption”. “My office … has indicted Joe Lewis, the British billionaire, for orchestrating a brazen insider trading scheme,” Damian Williams, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a video release on Tuesday. # ⚓ Forbes ☛ 2023_Layoff_Tracker:_Bud_Light_Maker_Anherser- Busch_Cuts_Hundreds_Of_Jobs⠀⇛ Anheuser-Busch—the maker of Stella Artois, Budweiser and Bud Light—announced plans this week to cut hundreds of employees, amid slumping sales following right-wing blowback from its partnership with transgender social media star Dylan Mulvaney, making the brewing giant the latest U.S. company to conduct layoffs as recession fears push employers to make cuts (see Forbes’ layoff tracker from the first quarter here). # ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Singapore_Sees_Labor_Market_Cooling_Some_More in_Coming_Quarters⠀⇛ The economy added 23,700 jobs in the second quarter, down from the 33,000 in the first three months of 2023, according to advanced estimates from the Ministry of Manpower on Thursday, in signs that demand continues to ease amid headwinds in the global economy. Employment growth in the April-June period was mostly from non-residents in the construction sector amid sustained demand for housing, it said. Retrenchments moderated to 3,200 from 3,820 in the prior quarter, as manufacturing layoffs eased while the services sector took the biggest hit. Overall jobless rate rose slightly to 1.9%. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Cooling_inflation_could_keep_interest rates_on_ice⠀⇛ Australia’s inflation rate has sunk by more than expected in the latest figures, bolstering the case for keeping interest rates on hold. Inflation moderated to six per cent in the June quarter from seven per cent growth through to March. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Fiji_prime_minister_shelves_China_visit_after_falling while_looking_at_mobile_phone⠀⇛ Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka was due to leave on an official visit to China on Wednesday. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ NYT_Worries_Brazil_Goes_Too_Far_to_Fight_Far Right⠀⇛ The New York Times is traditionally soft on right- wing extremists while portraying leftist Latin American governments as authoritarian. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Beijing_taps_veteran_diplomat_Wang Yi_to_replace_absent_Qin_Gang_as_foreign_minister⠀⇛ Wang Yi this week returns as China’s foreign minister, stepping into a job he held for almost a decade in the face of the month-long absence of deposed diplomat Qin Gang. # ⚓ RFA ☛ China’s_foreign_minister_removed_from_power⠀⇛ Qin Gang’s month-long absence has been mysteriously unexplained by Chinese officials. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Embassies_find_fault_with_Cambodia’s_lopsided election⠀⇛ However, China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman offered ‘warm congratulations’ for Sunday’s vote. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Chinese_foreign_min._Qin_Gang removed_from_office_after_disappearing_from_public_eye_for_a month_–_state_media⠀⇛ China’s foreign minister Qin Gang was removed from office on Tuesday, state media reported, after disappearing from the public eye for a month with little explanation from the ruling Communist Party. # ⚓ France24 ☛ China_replaces_foreign_minister_with_predecessor amid_speculation_over_weeks-long_absence⠀⇛ China named veteran diplomat Wang Yi as its new foreign minister on Tuesday, removing former rising star Qin Gang after a mysterious one-month absence from duties barely half a year into the job. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ China_confirmed_its_missing_foreign_minister_Qin Gang_has_been_sacked_from_the_government⠀⇛ Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang, who disappeared from public appearances for a month amid a series of high-level diplomatic meetings, has officially been sacked (link in Chinese) after just seven months in the role, Chinese state media Xinhua announced today (July 25). # ⚓ HT Digital Streams Ltd ☛ ‘They_just_took_it..’:_Elon_Musk takes_over_Twitter_handle_@X’s_account_without_paying⠀⇛ Elon Musk took over the @X Twitter handle from Gene X Hwang without payment, and Hwang’s account was moved to a new handle. Twitter is facing a lawsuit for not paying at least $500 million in promised severance to laid-off employees. Musk has also not paid rent for Twitter offices. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Senators_Ask_Paul_Singer,_Leonard_Leo_for Accounting_of_Gifts_to_SCOTUS_Justices⠀⇛ Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats have sent letters to two wealthy businessmen and a major political activist requesting more information about undisclosed gifts to Supreme Court justices. The letters, sent Tuesday by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the committee chair, seek more details about an undisclosed 2008 luxury fishing vacation Justice Samuel Alito took that was reported last month by ProPublica. The letters went to three people: hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer; mortgage company owner Robin Arkley II; and Leonard Leo, a longtime leader at the Federalist Society, the powerful conservative legal group. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Alphabet’s_CFO_Ruth_Porat_got_promoted_a_brand-new role⠀⇛ Ruth Porat is stepping down as chief financial officer at Alphabet, Google’s parent company—but only to step up as president and chief investment officer. Porat has been serving as chief financial officer of Alphabet and its subsidiary Google since she joined the company in 2015. She’s the company’s longest-serving CFO, Alphabet said in its earnings press release announcing the promotion yesterday (July 25). # ⚓ New Statesman ☛ What_happens_if_the_Russian_state collapses?⠀⇛ But what if no accepted leader emerged after Putin was toppled? Ukraine’s stalled counteroffensive has induced Joe Biden to provide cluster bombs banned by over 120 states, including Britain. If Ukrainian forces nonetheless fail to break through Russian positions, a frozen conflict becomes a realistic outcome. Western support is nearing exhaustion. Munitions are running out in the midst of a cost- of-living crisis, with a manufacturing base weakened by offshoring. Deindustrialised societies cannot sustain a protracted conflict when Russia is operating as a fully fledged war economy. The pro- Putin parties of the far right that are gathering strength throughout Europe will not endorse indefinite assistance, while Biden fears facing an anti-war Republican candidate in the next presidential election. # ⚓ Robert Reich ☛ 5_Crises_Republicans_Made_up_to_Distract You⠀⇛ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Legal_experts_challenged_on_consent change_consequences⠀⇛ Legal experts will be grilled about suggestions changes to consent laws could have unintended consequences on teenagers exploring sex. After days of testimony from survivor advocates about the need for justice system reforms to protect complainants, Australia’s peak legal body will front a committee examining consent laws. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Warnings_about_spying,_hacking_threat from_Chinese_AI⠀⇛ Australia is being warned to regulate artificial intelligence before it becomes weaponised by foreign powers and becomes too much of a national security threat. In a new Australian Strategic Policy Institute report, Simeon Gilding says AI products used or created by Chinese companies can create security risks and expose Australians to spyware or hacks. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ California_Looking_To_Pass_Useful_Bill_To Teach_More_Media_Literacy_In_Schools⠀⇛ As we’ve been covering over the last few years, there’s been an almost entirely unsubstantiated moral panic over “kids and social media.” This is despite the fact that multiple large scale studies have found that way more kids have benefitted from social media than have been harmed by it. As we’ve noted time and time again, there are definitely a few examples of extreme cases of some kids who have difficulty dealing with certain aspects of the internet, but as the American Psychological Association noted in its recent report, the appropriate action here is to focus on helping those kids, rather than taking away social media from all the other kids it helps. But one other thing that the APA (and others) have put a big emphasis on is better educating kids in media and social media literacy. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Twitter_Deletes_Its_Own_Fact_Check Correcting_Elon’s_Bogus_Vaccine_Tweet⠀⇛ Twitter deleted its own label correcting unfounded, misleading speculation posted by Elon Musk, marking yet another example of the fact the free speech warrior does not, in fact, seem to care much about free speech at all. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Expert_Panel_Warns_Journalists_of Coordinated_Climate_Disinformation_Campaigns⠀⇛ This story was originally published by The Energy Mix, and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate crisis. As reporters confront sophisticated tactics aimed at obscuring the reality of climate change, knowledge is their ultimate weapon against deception, say media experts, who exposed the greenwashing influence of PR teams and emphasized the benefits of local reporting at a recent online briefing about fighting disinformation. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Democracy for the Arab World Now ☛ Saudi_Arabia:_Government Retaliates_Against_U.S._Citizen’s_Lawsuit_by_Detaining_and Prosecuting_Five_Family_Members_in_Terrorism_Court⠀⇛ The three organizations call on the Biden administration to demand the release of the Aldossari family members and end their persecution. The Biden administration should also impose the Khashoggi Ban – a policy that allows the State Department to impose visa restrictions on individuals who, acting on behalf of a foreign government, are directly engaged in serious, extraterritorial counter-dissident activities – on all Saudi officials, including judges and prosecutors, who have been participating in the extraterritorial harassment of Mr. Aldossari’s family. The organizations also call on the Saudi government to release the Aldossari family members and end the sham prosecution against them. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia’s_Online_Censorship_Has_Soared_30- Fold_During_Ukraine_War⠀⇛ What’s the difference between Russia’s [Internet] before and after the invasion of Ukraine? The answer: a thirtyfold increase in censorship. That was the finding of a report published on Wednesday by Citizen Lab, a group from the University of Toronto that studies online censorship in authoritarian countries. The new report was one of the first attempts to quantify the extent of Russian [Internet] censorship since the war began in February 2022. # ⚓ Citizen Lab ☛ Not_OK_on_VK:_An_Analysis_of_In-Platform Censorship_on_Russia’s_VKontakte⠀⇛ VK predominantly blocked access to music videos and other entertainment content in Canada, whereas, in Russia, we found VK blocked content posted by independent news organizations, as well as content related to Ukrainian and Belarusian issues, protests, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) content. In Ukraine, we discovered no content that VK blocked, though the site itself is blocked to varying extents by most Internet providers in Ukraine. # ⚓ CPJ ☛ Exiled_Cuban_journalist_Abraham_Jiménez_Enoa threatened_in_Spain⠀⇛ On Tuesday, July 25, two unidentified men with Cuban accents threatened Jiménez as he was walking home with his two-year-old son in Barcelona, according to news reports and the journalist, who spoke with CPJ by phone. # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Over_137,000_web_addresses_blocked_in_Turkey_in 2022_in_new_record⠀⇛ The Freedom of Expression Association (İFÖD) released its annual Blocked Web report for 2022, shedding light on internet censorship in Turkey. According to the report prepared by Prof. Dr. Yaman Akdeniz and Researcher Ozan Güven from Istanbul Bilgi University’s Faculty of Law, over 137,000 URLs faced access restrictions in Turkey within a year. The report provides insights into the magnitude of access restrictions imposed by various state institutions in response to their requests. # ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ The_surprising_truth_about_data-driven dictatorships⠀⇛ Enter AI: back in 2018, Yuval Harari proposed that AI would supercharge dictatorships by mining and summarizing the public mood – as captured on social media – allowing dictators to tack into serious discontent and diffuse it before it erupted into unequenchable wildfire: [...] # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Moralism_Is_Ruining_Cultural_Criticism⠀⇛ Even more insidiously, though, the logical goal of such very narrow standards could be to create artwork that is straightforward political propaganda. We’ve seen how badly that turned out for the evangelicals (and, indeed, for the Stalinists). Even if we are unlikely to face the scourge of a Leninist equivalent to VeggieTales, however, this style of criticism infantilizes its audience members by assuming they are essentially ideology-processing machines—unlike the wise commentator who somehow manages to see through the deception. # ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Russia_Sends_Cybersecurity_CEO_to_Jail for_14_Years⠀⇛ The Russian government today handed down a treason conviction and 14-year prison sentence on Iyla Sachkov, the former founder and CEO of one of Russia’s largest cybersecurity firms. Sachkov, 37, has been detained for nearly two years under charges that the Kremlin has kept classified and hidden from public view, and he joins a growing roster of former Russian cybercrime fighters who are now serving hard time for farcical treason convictions. # ⚓ CBC ☛ ‘It_could_very_well_bankrupt_us,’_says_bookseller suing_over_Texas_school_book_ban⠀⇛ Valerie Koehler says she might go out of business if her book shop is forced to comply with a new state law regulating public school literature. That’s because the law will require vendors to evaluate every book they sell, or have sold, to schools for sexually explicit content. Sellers that don’t comply would be barred from doing business with schools. Koehler, owner of the Blue Willow Bookshop in Houston, says that amounts to roughly 20 per cent of her sales. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ DEA’s_Alarmist-In-Chief_Thinks_It’s_Time_To Start_Regulating_Social_Media_Moderation_Efforts⠀⇛ If there’s one thing nearly everyone on Capitol Hill can agree on, it’s that the federal government just isn’t interfering enough with social media services. The Democrats think social media services should be regulated because they’re allowing too much hate and misinformation to spread. The Republicans think social media services should be regulated because not enough hate and misinformation is being spread. Every so often, for various reasons, lawmakers reach across the aisle and say truly stupid things about dismantling Section 230 immunity. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Reddit_Tells_Protesting_Mods_It_Will_Remove_Them If_They_Don’t_Stop,_As_Reddit’s_Subreddit_For_The_Blind_Can No_Longer_Be_Moderated_By_Blind_Users⠀⇛ As you’ll recall, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman whined about what he called the “landed gentry” among moderators of subreddits that were protesting his ridiculous extractive API changes. He insisted that perhaps things should be more democratic. In response, many subreddits took a vote on how subscribers to those subreddits wanted the mods to handle things, and many urged the moderators to continue protesting. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Police_in_Vietnam_arrest_anti-China_protester_for online_comments⠀⇛ Authorities have also confirmed the arrest of a teacher for his online criticism of the government. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Alexey_Moskalev_receives_first_letter_from daughter_Masha_since_he_was_sentenced_to_prison_for ‘discrediting’_Russian_army_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Alexey Moskalev, who was sentenced to two years in prison earlier this year for “discrediting” the Russian army, told journalists that he has received his first letter from his daughter, Masha, since he was sentenced on March 28 and then arrested several days later in Minsk. Russian independent Telegram channels and media outlets published selections from the letter, which includes a poem Masha Moskaleva composed for her father. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Czechs_Sue_Russia_Over_Lease_Payments_On_Embassy Land⠀⇛ The Czech Foreign Ministry said it filed a lawsuit against Russia for compensation of 53 million crowns ($2.44 million) over lease payments on land in Prague and other cities used by the country’s embassy. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Fighter_Jet_Strikes_Another_American_Drone Over_Syria_In_Sixth_Incident_This_Month⠀⇛ A Russian fighter jet fired flares and struck a U.S. drone over Syrian airspace on July 26, the White House confirmed. It was the sixth reported incident this month in a string of harassing maneuvers that have ratcheted up tensions. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Baltics_voice_concern_over_Russian,_Belarusian athletes_at_Paris_Olympics⠀⇛ The Baltic foreign ministers have sent a letter to the International Olympic Committee, expressing their concern about the recommendations to allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete at next year’s Olympic Games in Paris under a neutral flag. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Matt_Taibbi:_How_the_Left_Lost_Its_Mind_and_Legacy Media_Its_Audience⠀⇛ The independent journalist talks about true press freedom, the Twitter Files, Russiagate, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ Turkish_authorities_detain_5_journalists_over_tweet, 1_remains_in_custody⠀⇛ On Tuesday, July 25, Turkish police detained Arslan, a reporter for the pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya News Agency, at his house in the capital city of Ankara, in relation to an investigation by the chief prosecutor’s office in the southeastern city of Diyarbakır over allegations that the journalist was “making targets of those who were tasked to combat terrorism,” according to multiple news reports. A court ordered him to be imprisoned pending investigation. The investigation concerns a tweet Arslan posted on July 18 about the reassignments of a judge and prosecutor who are married to each other and are involved in an ongoing mass trial of journalists in Diyarbakır, according to those sources. # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Detention_of_journalists_over_report_on_judicial members_draws_international_condemnation⠀⇛ The detentions were related to an investigation into a news report about the reassignment of a prosecutor and a judge, to whom the former is married, by the Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK), involved in the recent court case of 18 journalists in Diyarbakır. Arslan had published the report and shared it on Twitter and the four other journalists had retweeted it. # ⚓ ANF News ☛ Journalist_Evrim_Kepenek_released⠀⇛ The background to the case is reports of a political trial against 18 colleagues in Amed. 15 of the accused journalists, who work for Kurdish media, were held in pre-trial detention for over a year on vague “terror charges” in what was obviously a contrived trial without charges and were released on the first day of the trial a fortnight ago. The long detention was based on the false testimony of an anonymous witness. The investigation against the journalists detained on Tuesday was triggered by Arslan’s report, which brought attention to the marriage between one of the judges overseeing the Diyarbakır-based case against 18 Kurdish media workers and the prosecutor who prepared the indictment. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Ralph_Nader:_What’s_the_Matter_with_the ‘Liberal_Press’?⠀⇛ David Ignatius, a long-time Washington Post columnist on military intelligence topics, probably never dreamed his newspaper would fill over three full pages serializing his latest work of thrilling fiction, “The Tao of Deception.” # ⚓ Court_rejects_indictment_against_arrested_journalist_Merdan Yanardağ⠀⇛ Yanardağ was remanded in custody after he criticized the prison conditions of PKK leader Öcalan. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Dyson_wins_right_to_pursue_exploitation libel_claim_versus_Channel_4_News⠀⇛ Sir James Dyson himself is no longer pursuing the case after a judge ruled his claim out. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ EFF ☛ Rights_Groups_Urge_EU’s_Thierry_Breton:_No_Internet Shutdowns_for_Hateful_Content⠀⇛ In the letter, civil society groups articulated the importance of a human-rights friendly implementation of the DSA. However, a recent French draft law on the regulation of the digital space requires browser-based website blocking, which is an unprecedented government censorship tool.The letter is here.  # ⚓ EFF ☛ Electronic_Frontier_Foundation_to_Present_Annual_EFF Awards_to_Alexandra_Asanovna_Elbakyan,_Library_Freedom Project,_and_Signal_Foundation⠀⇛ The EFF Awards recognize specific and substantial technical, social, economic, or cultural contributions in diverse fields including journalism, art, digital access, legislation, tech development, and law.  Hosted by renowned science fiction author, activist, journalist, and EFF Special Advisor Cory Doctorow, the EFF Awards ceremony will start at 6: 30 pm PT on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023 at the Regency Lodge, 1290 Sutter St. in San Francisco. Guests can register at https://eff.org/effawards. The ceremony will be recorded and video will be made available at a later date.  For the past 30 years, the EFF Awards—previously known as the Pioneer Awards—have recognized and honored key leaders in the fight for freedom and innovation online. Started when the internet was new, the Awards now reflect the fact that the online world has become both a necessity in modern life and a continually evolving set of tools for communication, organizing, creativity, and increasing human potential.  # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Why_I_Stand_in_Solidarity_With_Striking Actors_and_Writers⠀⇛ Rob Delaney: One thing for sure that we know about AI is that it is going to be used to further marginalize workers. So that’s what we’ve got to stop. Can AI do good things? It probably can. On its own, it’s not malignant, but they want to use it to not pay people for the fruits of their labor, so that’s what we’ve got to squash. AI is not necessarily bad, but it needs to be managed. We certainly can’t trust the AMPTP [the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers] to do that. It needs our help. Taj Ali Taj Ali: SAG-AFTRA’s vote was an overwhelming majority for strike action — 97.91 percent. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Disney_Seems_to_Be_Preparing_for_a_Long_Strike⠀⇛ Oh, and let’s not forget, back in June Disney already delayed almost all of its 2024 and 2025 movies because of the writers’ strike. The company was already looking ahead with a “fuck the workers” mentality. Now it’s just trickling down, and there’s no sense of how long it will continue. We’ll keep an eye on these dates to see if or when any of them move. But for now, it seems the biggest corporations are getting ready for the long haul. # ⚓ [Old] The Atlantic ☛ The_Problem_With_Counterfeit_People⠀⇛ Creating counterfeit digital people risks destroying our civilization. Democracy depends on the informed (not misinformed) consent of the governed. By allowing the most economically and politically powerful people, corporations, and governments to control our attention, these systems will control us. Counterfeit people, by distracting and confusing us and by exploiting our most irresistible fears and anxieties, will lead us into temptation and, from there, into acquiescing to our own subjugation. The counterfeit people will talk us into adopting policies and convictions that will make us vulnerable to still more manipulation. Or we will simply turn off our attention and become passive and ignorant pawns. This is a terrifying prospect. The key design innovation in the technology that makes losing control of these systems a real possibility is that, unlike nuclear bombs, these weapons can reproduce. Evolution is not restricted to living organisms, as Richard Dawkins demonstrated in 1976 in The Selfish Gene. Counterfeit people are already beginning to manipulate us into midwiving their progeny. They will learn from one another, and those that are the smartest, the fittest, will not just survive; they will multiply. The population explosion of brooms in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice has begun, and we had better hope there is a non-magical way of shutting it down. # ⚓ Rolling Stone ☛ Leaked_Texts_Show_Andrew_Tate’s_Alleged Trafficking_Tactics⠀⇛ The messages paint a lurid and often disturbing image of the process by which Tate allegedly recruited young women to do his bidding using a combination of lies, manipulation, and coercive tactics, all the while using examples of his conversations as teaching methods for his acolytes and inviting feedback from them. Tate and his brother Tristan, who also shows up in the leaked War Room chats, were arrested in Bucharest in December 2022 and detained on suspicion of sex trafficking, rape, and organized crime, and are currently on house arrest. The Tate brothers’ Bucharest compound was initially raided after an American woman and a Moldovan woman placed a call to a U.S. embassy saying they had been lured there under false pretenses and forced to create sexually explicit content online for the Tates’ financial benefit. The Tates have strongly denied these allegations. # ⚓ 37signals LLC ☛ Working_remotely_is_a_competitive_hiring advantage_again⠀⇛ As more and more companies, especially large ones, have started demanding remote workers return to the office, the competitive hiring advantage for remote-first companies is back. And it’s even bigger than before the pandemic, now that so many workers have had a taste of what life can be like when you don’t have to commute to the office. This is great news for smaller companies and startups in particular. # ⚓ Truthdig ☛ UN_Ignores_Sustainable_Farming_While Prioritizing_Big_Ag⠀⇛ This will be the second Food Systems Summit (UNFSS). The first, in 2021 was supposed to address the lack of progress towards the UN’s sustainable development goals. It was dubbed a “people’s summit” by the organisers, but caused an outcry among local producers when their calls to roll back the power of transnational corporations were cynically ignored. Corporations that dominate global food systems, such as Bayer and Nestlé, used the summit to promote greenwashing initiatives rather than address pressing problems such as food speculation and the impact of Covid-19 on world hunger. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Federal_Judge_Says_State_Troopers’_‘Kansas_Two Step’_Bullshit_Violates_The_Rights_Of_Drivers⠀⇛ For years, Kansas Highway Patrol troopers have stopped motorists on interstate highways. That’s the job. But the job became much more interesting when neighboring states legalized marijuana. Colorado led the way, with others following, but Colorado’s actions have had the most impact on the KHP. Missouri’s more recent legalization has only compounded the problem facing drivers on Kansas highways. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ McDonald’s_franchise_in_Louisiana_and_Texas_hired minors_to_work_illegally,_Labor_Department_finds⠀⇛ A McDonald’s franchise that controls 12 restaurants in metro New Orleans violated child labor laws and has hired more than 80 minors in two states, the U.S. Department of Labor said Tuesday. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Kenya_dispatch:_country_reeling_from_brutal_police response_to_anti-government_demonstrations⠀⇛ Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Senior Correspondent in Kenya. She files this dispatch from Nairobi. What exactly is a country? Is a country its people, or is a country its government? Moreover, do the laws of a country exist to serve its citizens or do they exist to serve the whims of its government? # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Chicago_PD_Sued_Over_Mass_Traffic_Stops_Of Minorities_That_Do_Almost_Nothing_To_Stop_Crime⠀⇛ The Chicago Police Department is extremely problematic, even by the extremely lax standards of US law enforcement. It has been home to a domestic black-site operation. It has been hit with reform mandates from federal courts. It has shown no interest in rooting out the worst of its officers. And it has engaged in a panoply of rights violations pretty much since its inception. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Natural_Woman⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ This_Barbie_Is_in_Crisis⠀⇛ To understand Barbie, the much-anticipated film by Greta Gerwig (Little Women, Lady Bird) based on the 64-year-old Mattel toy, you have to first understand its cosmology. Barbies and Kens (plus the discontinued Alan and Midge dolls) live in a glossy pink utopia called Barbie Land, where every day is perfect and “all problems of feminism and equal rights have been solved.” In this world, every Barbie is unique, but all share the name Barbie, like a throng of angels or a mycelial network. Barbie is the president (Issa Rae); the Supreme Court justices are all Barbie; Barbie pens Pulitzer Prize–winning journalism, delivers the mail, works construction, and performs emergency medicine. (Ken, by contrast, is ancillary: “Barbie has a great day every day,” Helen Mirren tells us in voiceover, but “Ken only has a great day if Barbie looks at him.”) # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Justice_system_‘protects_the_bad_guys’ in_rape_cases⠀⇛ Sexual violence perpetrators are exploiting loopholes in the justice system to avoid accountability and re-traumatise survivors.   But legal organisations warn against the pendulum swinging too far in the opposite direction and the potential impacts on an accused person’s right to the presumption of innocence.  # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Ben_Crump:_Florida’s_New_Curriculum, Claiming_“Benefits”_of_Slavery,_Will_Cause_“Psychological Trauma”⠀⇛ We speak with civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump about two recent cases of anti-Black racism making headlines in the United States: Florida’s new curriculum standards that teach students the “benefits” of transatlantic slavery to enslaved people, and a set of lawsuits against Northwestern University accusing the school’s athletic teams of widespread and institutionalized hazing, including physical, racial and sexual abuse. Crump is representing former Northwestern football players in one of the lawsuits. Republican presidential contender and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has doubled down on the Florida Board of Education’s new rules that require educators to teach students that enslaved Black people “developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” Crump, who says he may sue the state over the changes, notes, “It has the potential to cause serious psychological trauma to African American students, and we will not stand for it.” Meanwhile, Crump has called the cases at Northwestern the beginning of the “me too” movement for college sports. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Patrick_Lawrence:_The_US_Press,_Spooks_&_the Church_Committee⠀⇛ Nineteen fifty-three was a peculiar year for The Washington Post to question the C.I.A.’s drift into activist intrigues, writes Patrick Lawrence in this excerpt from his forthcoming book, Journalis… # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Court:_Injunction_Blocking_Florida’s_Anti-Drag Law_Applies_To_Everyone_Affected_By_It,_Not_Just_Venue_That Sued_It⠀⇛ A collective of assholes d/b/a the Florida legislature recently passed another very bad law. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Kev Quirk ☛ Bring_Back_the_Humble_Forum⠀⇛ Social media is fucking us all up. I’d love to go back to the days of forums, where there was no popularity contests, or “influencers”. ⚓ Turkey’s_leading_internet_service_provider_raises_prices_by_70%⠀⇛ Türk Telekom is the sole internet service provider with its own infrastructure, making market prices dependent on its decisions. Turkey ranks 110th in fixed broadband speed and 66th in mobile internet speed worldwide. ⚓ APNIC ☛ Event_Wrap:_VNNIC_Internet_Conference_2023⠀⇛ Pablo Hinojosa and Sunny Chendi facilitated a workshop on youth and Internet governance at the VNNIC Internet Conference 2023, held on 30 June 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ What_are_the_Well-Known_Ports?⠀⇛ The term “well-known ports” is commonplace in the field of networking, specifically relating to internet protocols. But what exactly does it mean? This article will unpack the concept of well- known ports, exploring their purpose, their functionalities, and examples of their use. ⚓ Techdirt ☛ FCC_‘Investigation’_Into_Broadband_Caps_Probably_Won’t_Amount_To Much⠀⇛ We’ve noted for decades how US broadband caps are little more than a predatory cash grab. The usage limits and overage fees have zero real technical function and don’t manage congestion. Instead they’re little more than a glorified price hike; a way for regional telecom monopolies to nickel-and-dime captive customers, charging them more money for the same service under the pretense of technical necessity. ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Congratulations!_The_US_Is_32nd_Worldwide_On_Broadband Affordability⠀⇛ I’ve spent the better part of two decades writing about how telecom monopolization (and the corruption that protects it) results in expensive, spotty, sluggish, broadband and historically terrible customer service. The cause of our substandard broadband isn’t much of a mystery, but because of these companies’ political influence, state and federal policymakers often lack the courage to do much about it. ⚓ Techdirt ☛ FCC_Launches_New_Broadband_Privacy_‘Task_Force’_So_It_Can_Pretend It_Hasn’t_Become_Useless_On_Consumer_Protection⠀⇛ We just got done noting how the FCC has spent most of the last decade under the bootheel of the telecom lobby, and in an era where all DC policy is fixated on “big tech,” (often for very good reasons) nobody much seems to care or have noticed. For four years under Trump, the FCC was little more than a rubber stamp, approving every terrible idea the industry had. ⚓ Techdirt ☛ The_Trump_FCC_Wasted_Millions_In_Broadband_Subsidies_In_A_Giant Mess_Government_Is_Still_Trying_To_Clean_Up⠀⇛ So a few weeks ago Trump FCC boss Ajit Pai came out of hiding to issue a dumb blog post about how killing net neutrality must not have been a bad idea because the internet still works. In his post, he prattles on about how secretly wonderful the U.S. broadband industry is, proving that his Trump-era decisions to lobotomize the FCC’s consumer protection authority must have been correct. ⚓ Reason ☛ Biden’s_$42_Billion_Broadband_Boondoggle⠀⇛ More than 90 percent of Americans already have access to high-speed internet. ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ CYBER:_Celebrating_the_End_of_the_Usable_Internet⠀⇛ There are more sites than ever, but they all feel completely useless. Why? ⚓ APNIC ☛ [Podcast]_About_time:_The_Swedish_national_secure_time_distribution initiative⠀⇛ How the Swedish built and operate a network service that provides a reference time source, and the problem with time. ⚓ WhichUK ☛ ‘My_TalkTalk_broadband_contract_was_cancelled_unexpectedly’⠀⇛ We help a reader after their internet was disconnected without notice ⚓ Techdirt ☛ After_FCC_Debacle,_Gigi_Sohn_Shifts_Focus_To_Challenging_Comcast, AT&T_With_Community-Built_Broadband_Networks⠀⇛ Last March, popular telecom and media reformer Gigi Sohn’s appointment to the FCC fell apart, after telecom and media giants (with the GOP’s help) waged a year long lobbying and propaganda campaign falsely framing her as a radical (The Verge has a good new interview with Sohn on what happened, in case you missed it). § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ * ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ Google’s_nightmare_“Web_Integrity_API”_wants_a_DRM gatekeeper_for_the_web⠀⇛ Google’s newest proposed web standard is… DRM? Over the weekend the Internet got wind of this proposal for a “Web Environment Integrity API. ” The explainer is authored by four Googlers, including at least one person on Chrome’s “Privacy Sandbox” team, which is responding to the death of tracking cookies by building a user-tracking ad platform right into the browser. * ⚓ TechSpot ☛ Google’s_post-cookie_world_could_turn_into_DRM_for_the_ [Internet]⠀⇛ The new proposal details “Web Environment Integrity,” which would use what sounds like Trust Tokens to ensure that the client viewing a website is a human without revealing too much about them. Google suggests the system could be an alternative to captchas and other solutions that websites utilize to block bots, online game cheaters, and other malicious actors. However, the GitHub page admits that servers could use the tokens to block visitors based on what they’re using to access a site. The result could theoretically be DRM prohibiting ad blockers, extensions, or modified operating systems. * ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Google’s_next_big_idea_for_browser_security_looks like_another_freedom_grab_to_some⠀⇛ This therefore starts to slide the web toward a time in which only authorized, officially released browsers will be accepted by websites. And since Chromium serves as the foundation of not just Google Chrome, but also Microsoft Edge, Brave, and a number of other browsers, WEI could have a broad effect on the web – if and when it gets deployed and adopted. * ⚓ Computing UK ☛ Google’s_Web_Integrity_API_branded_‘attack_on_the_open web’⠀⇛ A working draft specification for a new browser API from Google has raised outcry from the technical community about ethics, trust and adding DRM to the internet. The Web Environment Integrity API (WEI) is not a heavily promoted project – the documentation is only hosted on an employee’s personal Github account, rather than an official repo – but there are signs that Google is actively working to build the feature into Chrome now. § Monopolies⠀➾ * ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ Shein_sued_Temu._Temu_sued_Shein._The_war_over fast_fashion_is_heating_up.⠀⇛ Now Temu is striking back and accusing Shein of violating US antitrust law by forbidding suppliers from working with the newer platform. According to the court filing, Temu says Shein has asked all of its more than 8,000 manufacturers to sign exclusive agreements and “loyalty oaths” that specifically prevent them from selling on Temu. It also claims Shein is using false copyright infringement claims to try to get Temu to take down certain products that Temu sells at cheaper prices than Shein does. * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Russia:_What_Happened_with_Unity_of Invention? [Ed: Invention or patents? Not the same. Invention can be ruined by patents.]⠀⇛ Since 29.04.2023, new Russian Patent Requirements (the Requirements) have been in force. * § Trademarks⠀➾ o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Louis_Vuitton_Opposes_Trademark_Application_For_Small Family_Business_Selling_Gardening_Tools⠀⇛ If you go back and read nearly all of the posts we’ve done on luxury fashion company Louis Vuitton, you’ll see a history of a company that is about as big a pain in the ass when it comes to intellectual property bullying as you’ll find. The company often times takes it’s “protecting” of it’s IP rights, particularly trademark rights, to ridiculous extremes. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Man_Who_Sued_Over_His_Tattoo_Kinda_Appearing_On_A Cardi_B_Cover_Loses,_Pays_Legal_Fees⠀⇛ It’s crazy just how many posts we’ve done here on the subject of tattoos. But if you go and review the posts we have done on this topic, you will notice that the majority of them involve tattoo artists as the ones asserting intellectual property rights, not those who got the tattoo on their person. The subject of this post is about the latter. * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ This_new_tool_could_protect_your_pictures from_AI_manipulation⠀⇛ The tool, called PhotoGuard, works like a protective shield by altering photos in tiny ways that are invisible to the human eye but prevent them from being manipulated. If someone tries to use an editing app based on a generative AI model such as Stable Diffusion to manipulate an image that has been “immunized” by PhotoGuard, the result will look unrealistic or warped. o ⚓ Tedium ☛ A_discussion_of_the_ways_that_large_tech_companies helped_to_define_the_evolution_of_computer_typography._One_battle made_the_CEO_of_Adobe_really_mad.⠀⇛ Today in Tedium: Typography has been one of the key ways that the computer has distinguished itself from more traditional physical forms. Here’s what I mean: In the 1930s or 1940s, if you wanted to change a font on a newspaper or magazine, you had to use a completely different set of blocks of metal type, and that process of switching blocks took time. Now, it’s a matter of literally selecting an item in a menu or changing a line of your CSS code. You can do it in real time without even thinking about it. It’s pretty wild how easy it is to change a font these days considering how hard it had been previously. But the steps that got us to our typographically friendly digital world could at times be particularly painful, due to a handful of gatekeepers that put their thumbs on the scales of the market. Today’s Tedium talks type. — Ernie @ Tedium o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Legacy_Copyright_Industries_Obsession_With Infringement_Is_Pathological⠀⇛ Once again, the film studios are obsessing about something somebody wrote 12 years ago. Aside from the fact that the studios are repeating an argument they have already lost before, it is absurd for them to be wasting people’s time and money on something that was written this long ago, that may or may not have some tenuous connection to alleged copyright infringement. o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ RIAA_Urges_NTIA_to_Keep_.US_Domain_WHOIS_Info Public_to_Deter_Online_Piracy⠀⇛ The U.S. Government’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is considering whether to make it harder for the public to access information about the owners of .US domain names. This is a bad idea, according to the RIAA, which prefers the status quo. Public access to WHOIS information helps to deter piracy, the music group notes, adding that potential privacy concerns are overblown. o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Can_India’s_Cinematograph_Bill_Kill_Camcorder Piracy_&_Satisfy_the_U.S._?⠀⇛ India’s Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill was introduced in 2019. The bill contained proposals to outlaw the recording of movies in theaters and criminalize unauthorized copying. Already approved by India’s Union Cabinet, the amended proposals have now moved to parliament. Whether India has done enough to satisfy the United States remains up for debate. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Judge_Seems_(Correctly)_Skeptical_Of_AI_Copyright Lawsuit⠀⇛ Over the last few months there have been a flurry of lawsuits against AI companies, with most of them being focused on copyright claims. The site ChatGPTIsEatingTheWorld has been tracking all the lawsuits, which currently lists 11 lawsuits, seven of which are copyright claims. Five of those are from the same lawyers: Joseph Saveri and Matthew Butterick, who seem to want to corner the market on “suing AI companies for copyright.” § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ o ⚓ A_couple_more_hours_of_sleep_would_be_really_nice⠀⇛ Seems like I’m back to awakening after just five hours of sleep. I mean, it’s sorta maybe kinda enough. But yawn…. It occurred to me a little while ago that it takes (someone like) a Biden to be okay with (someone like) a Biden. Okay, I’ll be fair: It occurred to me a little while ago that it takes (someone like) a Trump to be okay with (someone like) a Trump. o ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_AEKLMRW_Wordo:_PODIA⠀⇛ o ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ Why_Kolektiva.social_Is_a_Cautionary_Tale_for Activists_Using_Mastodon⠀⇛ The recent news that a copy of Kolektiva.social’s database was confiscated by the FBI as the result of a raid at the home of one of the organization’s administrators, should serve as a cautionary tale for activists taking advantage of Mastodon’s federated nature to form online communities. Specifically, you should should do some research into the security in place at an activist-focused server, as well as the servers privacy policies. Actually, the same advice would hold even if you were joining a server for, say, people who like knitting, but if you’re a political activist it’s even more important because law enforcement loves to keep tabs on folks whose politics fall outside the mainstream. * § Politics and World Events⠀➾ o ⚓ The_Philosophy_of_the_Act⠀⇛ Only the first word of the Cartesian philosophy is true; it was not really possible for Descartes to say cogito **ergo sum,** but only **cogito**. The first (and last) thing that I perceive is my own act of spirit, myself perceiving. The spirit, which is life woken into self- consciousness, discovered its likeness to itself, or identity, through the act of thinking about thinking. All further perception is only an explication of this idea, which **is the** idea **par excellence.** I know that I think, that I am spiritually active, or, – since there is no other kind of activity – that I am active, but I do not know that I am. Not being, but the act, is the first and last. If we go on to an explication of this act, we find it to be threefold: the thinking, the thought-about, and the identity of these two, the “I.” “I think” means: the “I” places itself (or sets itself) before itself as another, but passes through this reflection back to itself, in the same way that the discovery of one’s own life in a mirror is something that comes from the outside. It perceives that the image in the mirror is its own. o ⚓ “Black_comrades”_against_the_Japanese_occupation⠀⇛ In the second half of the 19th century, small Korea, and formerly a frequent target of aggressive campaigns of neighboring China and Japan, became one of the main goals of Japanese colonial expansion. The Japanese power that gained strength saw Korea as its potential possession. Preparations for the colonization of Korea, however, faced certain problems, among which were the attempts of the Korean people to defend their independence, and the positions of China and the Russian Empire. However, after the Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905, Japan still managed to establish a protectorate over Korea. 22 August 1910 Korea was finally annexed to Japan and passed under the control of the Japanese governor-general. Of course, such a situation could not please the advanced part of Korean society. Moreover, in the Japanese Empire, all non-Japanese people were treated as second-rate people, and Koreans were no exception. However, since Japan was nevertheless more developed not only militarily and economically, but also culturally, a country, revolutionary ideas popular in Japan began to spread in Korea. So anarchism penetrated Korean land — an ideology that at some point became dominant in the East Asian revolutionary movement. * § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Getting_started_with_a_megadungeon⠀⇛ Yesterday I was trying to explain my anxieties regarding Arden Vul to my wife. This is about the megadungeon with a PDF of more than 1122 pages. It’s long. The levels are long. The rooms are long. The intro is long. The explanations are long. o ⚓ Nobody_ever_said_complicating_simple_things_would_be_easy⠀⇛ I’m one of the lucky ones whose computer came with something called a “lid”. I’ve discovered that when I cause it to become facing-ly parallel to the keyboard, I don’t have have to concern myself with the stuff you mention at all. It’s really quite miraculous. o ⚓ Old_Computer_Challenge_Epiphlogue⠀⇛ The Old Computer Challenge has concluded. I enjoyed taking on the challenge, as well as reading about everybody’s experiences in various protocols out there, gopher, gemini, irc, hypertext transfer, etc. When I first read about the challenge, I told myself that I needed to particpiate this year. I enjoy when the “smolnet” communities call for participating in shared experiences like occ, or ROOPLOCH, or christyotwisty’s monthly 5 questions, and we are able to come together as community and have fun![1][2][3] There are many things I have learned, not just from my direct involvement with my old hardware and software, but also from you people in the community. I have been keeping notes and still continue to take notes of what you all share. o ⚓ ERC_with_soju:_update⠀⇛ A couple of months ago i wrote about setting up soju on OpenBSD (it was pretty straightforward) and trying to get Emacs’ ERC working with it (shenanigans were required)… o ⚓ Thumby_app_released_🎮😸⠀⇛ I still haven’t finished the mine game that I mentioned, but I have released a music editor, TinyTunes. It’s currently the first thing listed on the Thumby Arcade, but I think that just means it’s the most recent. o § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Fighting_Social_Internet_Burn_Out⠀⇛ Slowly over the past year I’ve noticed I’ve not been getting the same enjoyment out of places like Mastodon that I used to. There’s a lot of goings on that might explain this, but I suspect the main culprit is myself and my changing tastes over time. Over the past year I’ve migrated Mastodon servers. I’ve made heavier use of filters to block politics, activism, and outrage porn. I’ve become quicker to block and mute people who I’m not interested in interacting with. All these things have been a help but not a cure. # ⚓ Sometimes_the_Decision_Gets_Made_for_You⠀⇛ Sometimes, a decision gets made by the restriction of the possible options to a single plausible choice. I’m done with Twitter. Locked my account, cleared my info, posted a message to the effect of the following: I won’t use a platform that doesn’t take CSE seriously, where the posting of such doesn’t earn you a ban and a report to the Feds. Left as subtext: maybe all of you can justify it to yourself, but I can’t. And maybe you didn’t know about it before, but if you see this, you’ll know about it now. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 7187 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 07.27.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_27/07/2023:_Zorin_OS_16.3_Released_and_Beta_of_Krita_5.2.0⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:17 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Kernel_Space o Graphics_Stack o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o Education o Openness/Sharing/Collaboration # Open_Access/Content o Programming/Development # Rust * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Selectric_Typewriter_Goes_From_Trash_Can_To_Linux Terminal_|_Hackaday⠀⇛ If there’s only lesson to be learned from [alnwlsn]’s conversion of an IBM Selectric typewriter into a serial terminal for Linux, it’s that we’ve been hanging around the wrong garbage cans. Because that’s where he found the donor machine for this project, and it wasn’t even the first one he’s come across in the trash. The best we’ve ever done is a nasty old microwave. For being a dumpster find, the Selectric II was actually in pretty decent shape. The first couple of minutes of the video after the break show not only the minimal repairs needed to get the typewriter back on its feet, but also a whirlwind tour of the remarkably complex mechanisms that turn keypresses into characters on the page. As it turns out, knowing how the mechanical linkages work is the secret behind converting the Selectric into a teletype, entirely within the original enclosure and with as few modifications to the existing mechanism as possible. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ A_Q&A_about_the_realtime_patches⠀⇛ In a session at the 2023 Real Time Linux Summit, Thomas Gleixner answered questions about the realtime feature of the kernel, its status, and the Real-Time Linux project’s plans for the future. The talk was billed as a “Q&A about PREEMPT_RT” with a caveat: “anything except printk() and documentation”. As might be guessed, the first two questions were on just those topics, but there were plenty of other questions (and answers) too. The summit was held in conjunction with the inaugural Embedded Open Source Summit in Prague, Czechia at the end of June. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Debian_looks_forward_to_2038⠀⇛ The time_t rollover is still over 14 years away, so solving it might not appear to be an urgent problem. The fact that it does not affect most 64- bit systems may also encourage complacency. But there are affected 32-bit systems on the market now, and some of them are likely to still be operating in 2038; that is especially true of embedded systems, which might prove harder to fix as the date approaches. It would be far better if these systems were prepared for 2038 at deployment time; that means solving the problem as quickly as possible. Work has been underway in the kernel for some years, and it is mostly free of year-2038 problems at this point. The GNU C Library (glibc) has also seen a considerable amount of work to allow it to handle both 32-bit and 64-bit time_t values, depending on how a program has been compiled. So the core of a Linux system is ready, but there is a lot more than that to the problem. # ⚓ LWN ☛ The_proper_time_to_split_struct_page⠀⇛ The page structure sits at the core of the kernel’s memory-management subsystem; one such structure exists for every page of installed RAM. This structure is increasingly seen as a problem, though, and phasing it out is one of the many side projects associated with the folio conversion. One step in that direction is currently meeting some pushback from memory-management developers, though, who think that some of these changes are coming too soon. The purpose of struct page is to allow the kernel to keep track of the status of each page — how it is being used, its position in a least-recently- used list, how many references to it exist, and more. The information needed varies considerably depending on how a given page is being used; a page of user-space anonymous memory is managed differently from, say, memory used for a kernel- space DMA buffer. Since page structures must be kept as small as possible — there are millions of them in a modern system, so every byte hurts — data must be stored as efficiently as possible. As a result, struct page is declared as a maze of nested unions, allowing the data fields for each usage type to be overlaid. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Stabilizing_per-VMA_locking⠀⇛ The kernel-development process routinely absorbs large changes to fundamental subsystems and still produces stable releases every nine or ten weeks. On occasion, though, the development community’s luck runs out. The per-VMA locking work that went into the 6.4 release is a case in point; it looked like a well-tested change that improved page-fault scalability. There turned out to be a few demons hiding in that code, though, that made life difficult for early adopters of the 6.4 kernel. The mmap_lock controls access to a process’s address space. If a process has a lot of things going on at the same time — a large number of threads, for example — contention for the mmap_lock can become a serious performance problem. Handling page faults, which can involve changing page-table entries or expanding a virtual memory area (VMA), has traditionally required the mmap_lock, meaning that many threads generating page faults concurrently can slow a process down. Developers have been working for years to address this problem, often pursuing one form or another of speculative page-fault handling, where the work is done without the protection of the lock. If contention occurred during the handling of a fault, the kernel would drop the work it had done before making it visible and start over. This work never got to the point of being merged, though. Eventually, Suren Baghdasaryan’s per-VMA locking work was merged instead. Since a page fault happens within a specific VMA, handling it should really only require serialized access to that one VMA rather than to the entire address space. Per-VMA locking is, thus, a finer-grained version of mmap_lock that allows for more parallelism in the execution of specific tasks. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Extensible_scheduler_class_rejected⠀⇛ The extensible scheduler class enables the creation of CPU schedulers in BPF. After the fourth version of this series was greeted with relative silence, Tejun Heo asked about the status of this work… # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.4.7⠀⇛ All users of the 6.4 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 6.4.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/ git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.4.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/ linux-s... thanks, greg k-h # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.1.42⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.15.123⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.10.188⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.4.251⠀⇛ o § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ What_is_Compiz_in_Linux⠀⇛ Today, we hear of people “distro hopping.” Some of us may be guilty of it. It’s hard to resist, trying out that new Linux distro with the new features. Even I am not immune, and I have a couple of laptops that I routinely try a new OS (or older if I’m feeling nostalgic) on. There was a time though, when distro hopping wasn’t common as there were fewer distros in the beginning days of Linux. What many of us early users did instead was to play around with different window managers. Compiz was one of those window managers, released in 2006. It is one of the oldest compositing window managers for the X Window System and it was quite advanced for its day. Window managers aren’t as popular as they once were, but Compiz is still maintained, still has remarkable performance and a large number of features. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ LinuxTechi ☛ How_to_Install_GitLab_on_Ubuntu_22.04_| 20.04⠀⇛ # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Install_Odoo_Community_Edition_in_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Odoo is a full-featured, extensible open-source ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software built using Python and PostgreSQL database for data storage. It is a suite of open-source business applications, that consists of multiple apps under various categories such as website, sales, finances, operations, manufacturing, human resource (HR), communication, marketing, and customization tools. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ 5_Ways_to_Empty_or_Delete_a_Large_File_Content_in Linux⠀⇛ Occasionally, while dealing with files in a Linux terminal, you may want to clear the content of a file without necessarily opening it using any Linux command line editors. How can this be achieved? In this article, we will go through several different ways of emptying file content with the help of some useful commands. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Resolve_“Temporary_failure_in_name resolution”_Issue⠀⇛ Sometimes when you try to ping a website, update a system or perform any task that requires an active internet connection, you may get the error message ‘temporary failure in name resolution’ on your terminal. For example, when you try to ping a website, you might bump into the error shown… # ⚓ TecMint ☛ 12_Tcpdump_Commands_–_A_Network_Sniffer_Tool⠀⇛ In our previous article, we have seen 20 Netstat Commands (netstat now replaced by ss command) to monitor or manage a Linux network. This is another ongoing series of packet sniffer tools called tcpdump. Here, we are going to show you how to install tcpdump and then we discuss and cover some useful commands with their practical examples. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Connect_Odoo_with_ONLYOFFICE_Docs_on Ubuntu⠀⇛ Odoo is an open-source business platform that comes with a vast set of productivity apps allowing you to deal with what an average company needs — sales, CRM, electronic commerce, project management, human resources, accounting, inventory, marketing, etc. The built-in Odoo marketplace makes it possible to create a highly customizable platform that can be easily adapted to any business by installing the required apps. The choice is so extensive that exploring all the available integration options might take a lot of time. # ⚓ Medium ☛ Your_First_Linux_Box!⠀⇛ If you work in IT, you may have been lucky enough to take home some hardware your company was going to donate, or recycle. Whether its a few small form factor workstations or a giant enterprise grade server, they can be a great tool for learning on your own. A similar situation is what started my homelab. My previous boss was going through his garage, and was getting rid of boxes and boxes of old IT equipment. He asked if I wanted to pick through it all before he donated it. I did exactly that, and came out with a bunch of cool stuff. One of those items was an old Lenovo workstation running Windows 7. As you know, Windows 7 is pretty old. Released in 2009, and support ended in 2020. Not something we want on our network , even if its going to be used for internal use. That leaves us 2 options: # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_List_Installed_Packages_on_Linux⠀⇛ Before installing a new package, you need to check if it’s already installed on your system. Additionally, if you are shifting to a new system, having a list of all the installed packages can save you significant time and effort. It can also facilitate you in identifying unwanted packages that you want to remove to free up some space. Here’s how to list all installed packages on various Linux distributions including Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Arch Linux, and openSUSE. # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ What_is_a_Linux_bash_script_and_how_do_you_create one?⠀⇛ Bash scripts have been around since the humble beginnings of Linux. But what are they and how do you create your first one? Find the answers to those questions here. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Patch_Linux_Server_PwnKit Vulnerability_CVE-2021-4034⠀⇛ The security of Linux servers is of paramount importance in today’s digital environment where cyber threats are constantly evolving. One such critical vulnerability requiring immediate action is the PwnKit vulnerability, identified as CVE- 2021-4034. Let’s examine the nature of this vulnerability, its potential impact on Linux servers, and most importantly, ways to effectively patch and secure your Linux server against this threat. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Fix_the_“hash_sum_mismatch”_Error_When Updating_Kali_Linux⠀⇛ It’s important to keep your system packages up-to- date because you can quickly upgrade your PC’s software and enjoy all the latest features and fixes. If you’ve encountered an error like “hash sum mismatch” on Linux, this routine task can quickly become frustrating. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Hot Hardware ☛ Watch_GTA_V_For_The_PC_Run_On_A_Modded_And Heavily_Overclocked_Nintendo_Switch⠀⇛ The event took place over at the Geekerwan YouTube channel, where the tech-tuber explains the extremely painful process of getting first Android, and then Ubuntu Linux, onto the Nintendo Switch. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ MythForce,_Baldur’s_Gate,_Neverwinter Nights_and_more_in_this_bundle⠀⇛ This seems like a game bundle not to be missed if you’re an RPG fan. Humble Bundle has teamed up with Beamdog for the RPG Legends: Baldur’s Gate & Beyond. Using the usual rating system of Deck Verified, ProtonDB and Native Linux notes to save you clicking around. Each game title is also a Steam link in case you need more info first.  # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Goodbye_free_time_I_have_discovered Timberborn⠀⇛ A city-building colony-sim where a bunch of Beavers are building a society long after us pesky humans died off is not a thing I thought I needed but Timberborn is properly great. Note: key provided by Evolve PR. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Learn_to_make_no-code_games_with_GDevelop and_Fanatical⠀⇛ Want to make games but don’t know how to code? The free and open source GDevelop is a great cross- platform tool with an events-driven system. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Team_Fortress_2_gets_another_update_with lots_of_fixes⠀⇛ With the Summer Event live until September 15th, 2023 it seems Valve still aren’t quite done updating Team Fortress 2 with the renewed popularity. Team Fortress 2 managed to smash it’s all time player record at 253,997 around 2 weeks ago, but it’s settled back down to around 100,000 now. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Armored_Core_VI_will_be_‘fully_supported’ on_Steam_Deck⠀⇛ Okay now THIS is exciting as heck. Armored Core VI Fires Of Rubicon will be “fully supported” on Steam Deck according to FromSoftware. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Ratchet_&_Clank:_Rift_Apart_is_Steam_Deck Verified_and_out_today⠀⇛ This is great to see. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart from Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software and PlayStation is out on Steam today and it’s Steam Deck Verified! o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Plasma_6_Development_Update:_Unveiling Features_Removals⠀⇛ The KDE development team is gearing up for an exciting milestone as they prepare to unveil the highly anticipated Plasma 6 desktop environment. As the successor to the widely acclaimed Plasma 5, the latest iteration promises to bring a host of new enhancements and optimizations to the KDE ecosystem. However, with progress often comes change, and to refine the user experience and streamline performance, KDE developers have announced their decision to remove certain features from Plasma 6. # ⚓ Nate Graham ☛ What_we_plan_to_remove_in_Plasma_6⠀⇛ Icons on the desktop! The minimize button! Visible Panels and docks! Just kidding, don’t have a heart attack. Well actually there are some things… just not those! The full list can be found at https:// community.kde.org/Plasma/Plasma_6#Removals, and it’s public; we’re not hiding anything! Today I wanted today provide a bit of context and explain the why, since it may not be obvious how it makes sense to remove things. So let’s go through the list… # ⚓ Krita ☛ First_Beta_for_Krita_5.2.0_Released⠀⇛ Krita 5.2.0 is a major new release, and the first of the Krita 5.2 series of releases. Especially internally, there have been huge changes and improvements. While there are a lot of important user-visible changes that will make artists’ workflow smoother, most work has been inside Krita, preparing Krita for the future. The release notes will give you all the details, but here are some highlights… # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Discover_What’s_Hot_in_GNOME_45:_Feature Highlights⠀⇛ GNOME is a free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and Unix-like operating systems. It is one of the most popular desktop environments in the world and is used by millions of people via mainstream Linux distributions such as Ubuntu and Fedora alike. The GNOME 45 release is expected to be a major update with many new features and improvements. Let’s take a look at the new improvements. # ⚓ GNOME ☛ GNOME:_Sysprof_45⠀⇛ Unfortunately I couldn’t be at GUADEC this year, but that wont stop me from demoing new things! I’ve been doing a lot of work on Sysprof now that we have semi-reliable frame unwinding on Fedora, Silverblue and GNOME OS. When I have tolling that works on the OS it makes it a lot easier to build profilers and make them useful. Additionally, we’re at a good point in GTK 4 where you can do really powerful things if you design your data models correctly. So this cycle I’ve spent time redesigning how we record and process our captured data. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ IPFire Official Blog ☛ IPFire_2.27_–_Core_Update_177_is available_for_testing⠀⇛ The next update for IPFire is available for testing! It contains more hardening features for modern processors and a large number of security fixes in third-party packages. This update comes with extended hardening for the kernel by using Indirect Branch Tracking wherever possible. This will prevent hackers to hijack functions calls and jump into injected code. This feature is currently only supported on Intel processors. In the near future, we will extend this feature to the user-space and more processor types. # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Zorin_OS_16.3_Released_with_New_Upgrade Utility,_Zorin_Connect_Improvements⠀⇛ Zorin OS 16.3 is here nine months after Zorin OS 16.2 and includes all the latest updates from the upstream Ubuntu repositories to provide those who want to deploy the latest Zorin OS 16 series on new computers with an updated live/installation media with top-notch hardware support and the most recent security patches. Apart from shipping with all the latest updates from the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS repositories, as well as an updated software selection that includes the latest and greatest LibreOffice 7.5 open-source office suite series, the Zorin OS 16.3 release comes with a cool new feature out of the box, Zorin OS Upgrader. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ There’s_more_than_one_reason_that people_used_(or_use)_CentOS⠀⇛ The news of the time interval is that Red Hat has stopped making Red Hat Enterprise Linux source code generally available, although just as with the switch to ‘CentOS Stream’ from CentOS their article doesn’t put it that way. This created difficulties for at least two CentOS replacement distributions, forcing AlmaLinux to change what they are. I don’t have much to say on this specific topic, but it has sparked a series of exchanges about, for example, the history of RHEL rebuilds (via). As it happens, I have some views on why people would want to use a free ‘clone’ (rebuild) of RHEL, as CentOS was before it became CentOS Stream, partly based on personal experience. Here are some major reasons people could want or need CentOS, at least back in the era of CentOS, before CentOS Stream became your only option from RHEL 8 onward: [...] # ⚓ Slashdot ☛ RHEL_Response_Discussed_by_SFC_Conference’s Panel_–_Including_a_New_Enterprise_Linux_Standard⠀⇛ “Red Hat themselves did not reply to our repeated requests to join us on this panel… SUSE was also invited but let us know they were unable to send someone on short notice to Portland for the panel.” One interesting audience question for the panel came from Karsten Wade, a one-time Red Hat senior community architect who left Red Hat in April after 21 years, but said he was “responsible for bringing the CentOS team onboard to Red Hat.” Wade argued that CentOS “was always doing a clean rebuild from source RPMS of their own…” So “isn’t all of this thunder doing Red Hat’s job for them, of trying to get everyone to say, ‘This thing is not the equivalent to RHEL.’” In response Jeremy Alison made a good point. “None of us here are the arbiters of whether it’s good enough of a rebuild of Red Hat Linux. The customers are the arbiters.” But this led to an audience member asking a very forward-looking question: what are the chances the community could adopt a new (and open) enterprise Linux standard that distributions could follow. AlmaLinux’s Vasquez replied, “Chances are real high… I think everyone sees that as the obvious answer. I think that’s the obvious next step. I’ll leave it at that.” And Oracle’s Wright added “to the extent that the market asks us to standardize? We’re all responsive.” o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Sparky GNU/Linux ☛ Sparky_7.0.1⠀⇛ There is an update of Sparky ISO images of the stable line 7.0.1 out there. This is a minor update, it mainly fixed an issue of the live config, which did not let you launch password reqiured application without password in live session, such as: Calamares, APTus, GParted, Gufw, etc. Now, the apps don’t need a password to be launched in live session (excluding MinimalGUI i686). As usually, all packages have been upgraded from Debian and Sparky stable repos, as of June 26, 2023, so all updates of Debian 12.1 are included. No reinstallation is required if you have Sparky 7 installed, simply keep Sparky up to date. The new iso images only fix the live session issue. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Beta News ☛ StarTech.com_launches_4-Slot_PCIe_Expansion Chassis_for_Windows,_Linux,_and_macOS [Ed: Classic marketing webspam from Brian Fagioli, pretending it's something about "Linux". It's agnostic. It's SPAM.]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ SolidRun_Unveils_1st_Fanless_AMD_Phoenix_Zen 4_PC_–_Bedrock_R7000_Edge_AI⠀⇛ SolidRun revealed today two fanless PCs built around the 8-core AMD Ryzen 7040 Series CPUs along with up to three Hailo-8 AI accelerators to provide 78 TOPS AI performance. The Bedrock R7000 Edge AI has been designed to operate in diverse commercial and industrial applications including robotics, agriculture, transportation, etc.   # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Running_A_Modern_Graphics_Card_In_A_33_MHz_PCI Slot⠀⇛ If you ever looked at a PCI to PCIe x16 adapter and wondered what’d happen if you were to stick a modern PCIe GPU in it, the answer apparently is ‘it works’ according to an attempt by [Circuit Rewind]. As long as you accept needing to supply external power with even a low-end GT 1030 card – as the PCI slot cannot provide enough power – and being limited to a single PCIe lane. This latter point isn’t so much of an issue as a single PCIe lane offers more bandwidth than the (shared) PCI bus anyway. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ STH ☛ Debian_Adds_RISC-V_as_an_Official_Architecture⠀⇛ A really great one came out on the Debian mailing list this week. RISC-V is becoming a first-class citizen on Debian. RISC-V has now been accepted as an official architecture. This is huge news for the RISC-V community. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ A_snore-no-more_device_designed_to_help_those with_sleep_apnea⠀⇛ Although many boards have microphones and can run sound recognition machine learning models, the Nicla Voice contains a Syntiant NDP120 Neural Decision Processor that is specifically designed to accelerate deep learning workloads while also decreasing the amount of power needed to do so. Apart from the board, Kumar added an Adafruit DRV2605L haptic motor driver and haptic motor as a way to wake up the user without disturbing others nearby. # ⚓ Frank Delporte ☛ Reading_the_temperature,_humidity,_and pressure_from_a_BME280_Sensor_with_Java,_Pi4J,_I2C,_SPI,_and JBang⠀⇛ To make it as easy as possible to get started with Java on the Raspberry Pi to interact with electronic components, I started a new section on the Pi4J website with JBang examples. In this tutorial, I want to show you how you can read the temperature, humidity, and pressure from a BME280 Sensor. # ⚓ Gilles Chehade ☛ Building_my_own_guitar,_part_4⠀⇛ Came back from vacation, started working on the neck but realised I really needed more tools. Luckily, I could get some that weren’t too expensive. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Nifty_3D_Printed_RC_Car⠀⇛ Once upon a time, a remote controlled (RC) car was something you’d buy at Radio Shack or your local hobby store. These days, you can print your own, complete with suspension, right at home, as this project from [Logan57] demonstrates. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ How_To_Stream_Movies_From_A_PC_To_Your_Android Phone⠀⇛ # ⚓ 10_Ways_to_Fix_Hotspot_Keeps_Turning_Off_on_Android_ [2023]⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Liontron_Rockchip_RK3588_motherboard_ships with_32GB_RAM_for_$352_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ # ⚓ Mirror UK ☛ Google_issues_important_Android_alert_to everyone_who_owns_these_older_smartphones_–_Mirror_Online⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Find_and_View_the_Clipboard_Content_on Your_Android_Phone⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Save_Any_Web_Page_or_Photo_as_a_PDF_on Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ 10_years_ago,_Google_launched_the_2nd-gen Nexus_7,_and_no_tablet_has_captured_its_magic_since⠀⇛ # ⚓ XDA ☛ Android_14_Beta_4.1_has_arrived_to_squash_loads_of bugs_on_Pixel_devices⠀⇛ # ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Android_14_Beta_4.1_fixes_quite_a_few_bugs_for the_Pixel_Fold_and_Tablet⠀⇛ # ⚓ GSM Arena ☛ Samsung_One_UI_6.0_beta_based_on_Android_14_is scheduled_to_launch_on_August_2_–_GSMArena.com_news⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] マリウス ☛ Gemini_is_Solutionism_at_its_Worst⠀⇛ While I don’t care too much about ideas and projects that I believe to be dead ends or maybe even doomed to fail eventually, a recent interaction on Superhighway84 got me to write down a few thoughts on why I believe Project Gemini is a really bad idea. # ⚓ [Old] The_Small_Web_Browser,_an_inclusive_proposal⠀⇛ Therefore, in an attempt to make an inclusive solution (rather than exclusive, as Marius thought of Gemini), I suggest a new browser, namely the Small Web Browser, with the following design requirements: [...] # ⚓ Daniel Stenberg ☛ curl_8.2.1⠀⇛ Welcome. Due to some annoying regressions in the previous release we think we owned it to everyone to do a quick patch follow-up. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ HSTS_preload_adoption_and_challenges⠀⇛ HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) is a way to signal to a web client that valid HTTPS certificates must be used when connecting to a domain. There are two main benefits to HSTS. First, it prevents a user from connecting over an unencrypted HTTP connection. Unencrypted HTTP leaks data to the network and is vulnerable to manipulation in man-in-the-middle attacks. Second, it prevents a user from connecting if the server presents an untrusted TLS certificate. Users aren’t great at deciding if a warning message about an untrusted TLS certificate is a security concern or just a misconfiguration. They don’t have the knowledge or tools to decide, and they may inadvertently allow an attack to proceed by clicking through the warning. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Update_QUIC_timers_once_per_RTT⠀⇛ In a previous post, I observed that the classic way to compute round-trip time (RTT) statistics and retransmission timers does not work well. When acknowledgements are too frequent, the correlation between successive RTT measurements causes the smoothed RTT estimate to track closely the last values, and the RTT variations to be widely underestimated. This imprecision impacts both the effectiveness of loss recovery and the implementation of delay-based congestion algorithms like BBR. I think this can be fixed by updating the variables just ‘once per RTT’. In this post, I first describe the once per RTT update algorithm, then report on promising measurements using the simulations in the Picoquic test suite. # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Tor ☛ New_Alpha_Release:_Tor_Browser_13.0a1_(Windows, macOS,_Linux)⠀⇛ Tor Browser 13.0a1 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This release updates Firefox to 115.2.0esr, including bug fixes, stability improvements and important security updates. This is a Desktop platform only release (Windows, macOS, and Linux), but Android should be available in the coming weeks. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ [Repeat] Klara ☛ Our_2023_Recommended_Summer_Reads_2023: FreeBSD_and_Linux⠀⇛ We previously discussed in our webinar The Case for OS Diversity and Independence the great deal of value, security, and flexibility to be gained from using a diversity of operating systems. To help make implementation such diversity possible, Klara has produced a set of articles that discuss the differences between Linux and FreeBSD across various subsystems. These articles aim to act as a sort of Rosetta Stone, helping experienced administrators and developers turn their skills with one of the operating systems into knowledge of the other. With summer upon us, now is a great time to read through this series and learn how you can take maximum advantage of OS diversity. # ⚓ Jakub Steiner ☛ GUADEC⠀⇛ GUADEC 2023 is underway in Riga. It’s great to see people face to face after a long time. Kicked off the first day with an ADHD trip of a talk. Rather than putting links in my slides, where nobody has the chance of actually follow, I’ve assembled them here. Enjoy! o § Openness/Sharing/Collaboration⠀➾ # § Open Access/Content⠀➾ # ⚓ Netzpolitik ☛ Shutdowns_don’t_stop_during_the weekends⠀⇛ The Internet does not forget? The opposite is the case. Huge mountains of data are lost on the internet every day. That’s why the Archive Team scours the vastness of the WWW and rescues data from extinction – around the clock and on a voluntary basis. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Reproducible_data_science_with_Nix⠀⇛ This is the first of a (hopefully) series of posts about Nix. Disclaimer: I’m a super beginner with Nix. So this series of blog posts is more akin to notes that I’m taking while learning than a super detailed tutorial. So if you’re a Nix # ⚓ Alex Ewerlöf ☛ Fallback⠀⇛ Fallback is a risk mitigation strategy for reducing the negative impact of failures in a cost-effective manner. Where failover uses the same type of solution to achieve the same outcome, fallback uses a different type of solution to maintain the essential system functionality. # ⚓ Chris Hannah ☛ What_Sort_of_Programmer_Am_I_Now?⠀⇛ Hopefully, at the end of this year of experimentation, I’ll be a bit closer to figuring out what I want to do professionally. Do I want to really focus on something new like Python or Go? Do I want to lean into Java more? Or possibly do I even try and stay working on as many technologies as I can? # ⚓ Haki Benita ☛ When_Good_Correlation_is_Not_Enough:_How outliers_can_trick_the_optimizer_into_the_wrong_plan⠀⇛ Choosing to use a block range index (BRIN) to query a field with high correlation is a no-brainer for the optimizer. The small size of the index and the field’s correlation makes BRIN an ideal choice. However, a recent event taught us that correlation can be misleading. Under some easily reproducible circumstances, a BRIN index can result in significantly slower execution even when the indexed field has very high correlation. # § Rust⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Rust_for_embedded⠀⇛ The advantages of the Rust programming language are generally well-known; memory safety is a feature that has attracted a lot of developer attention over the last few years. At the inaugural Embedded Open Source Summit (EOSS), which is an umbrella event for numerous embedded-related conferences, Martin Mosler presented on using Rust for an embedded project. In the talk, he showed how easy it is to get up and running with a Rust- based application on a RISC-V-based development board. Mosler works for Zühlke Engineering in Switzerland; both he and his company see the potential of Rust for new development, particularly for embedded projects. That is why the company supports his community work on Rust, including holding Rust meet-ups and traveling to Prague to attend EOSS and give the talk. 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