𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Friday, August 04, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Sat 5 Aug 02:42:58 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/2023/08/04/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmTMgWZM3QiAKGJJsJmho9y788jtUFsqzjZqK5nZrG55TG QmZvRQcZYoHyQyicSZuWjRQBwYyutrMTwS4djqSMMmaXQF QmZ1gW9JnXmARx2an652WNYQTikdRSm4RPwXjtLwuS92H3 QmY9A43Qrrrgy55JExrQcHgQKFPQvDo2ETjuLPLWLWJrTw QmWUKfGSVN8rdKoVnXVHZdkxor1fetpRt4rCMCSPfFrXa6 QmSufCo8QxhkseXSz9A4DBqpvcx3j8ueXX8KsbMGXVbfDQ QmVrAjTH6aiVS9U95iPeqJh6iM6oMihHG4dBt7DeBE28QY QmQngnZVk1dzuJ18yPYbuJNMW22QWBLgQsasEQdYhFwWAT QmNrmAJhhmcXzfKhjUQosRyfvSTvwfMYVfjZ4MqkEn7eRL QmU6ifthPWpZXqt24VqzmCU36LYCSKm2pro7MYG2h3fW8r Qmbd6NSmac4tnVN29mZPRuPEMqfLuCqrSWtr7h11Sr4yZV QmeF5twvgzsyE9YptKQ4BCvd9PhGX4pH96vDvGxg1Xqbqb QmYfTomUhDqyRvYTU58bdbw2GSc1GR8WZYP782k6X1swT9 QmegDwUnvgnwipCDf5XAG7f4WpM7tz9ZGEZmfFHumn998K QmcF86aU48wkENPcvkMG3Uvpdn2Zh3Ww591VESr7YyFB1z QmcKPHU5NdTy1sxr6zGBobDe7GDZ5panELSpSzmu2S8xvU QmWef8vtcFeiv9B2BmB2WtBwMqLq2kDfzWm5aQkKdgkCHW QmSERS83Ghpc2tvtjtSx1QuX63sSxDgJ4UDR3Xx4DCBamw QmUE5jyXyq8QeUTZvMZG2nE2AuQzLwVopuJsLSXE8fWgpy Qmf3QVyPA8xsQqXgQeE5Tw2LE7vuKa1Y9spx36dsNNUSsB QmTcZH4zeE6SzC8S3Sqgx1X7NFfYGP2vprisQByQEW5nbx ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Operation Mole — Part I — The Person Working to Kill GNU and to Kill Linux From the Inside | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Thursday, August 03, 2023 | Techrights ⦿ In the State of Washington Microsoft is Doing a ’Staff Bloodbath’ | Techrights ⦿ Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) From Google Causes Widespread Backlash | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] Split Personality | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/08/04/gnu-and-linux-mole/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/04/irc-log-030823/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/04/microsoft-staff-bloodbath/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/04/posts-about-gulag-web-drm-uproar/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/04/split-personality/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/08/04/freebsd-minimum-desktop-guide/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/04/kde-neon-experimental/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/04/uefi-security-chaos-again/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 61 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/04/gnu-and-linux-mole/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/04/gnu-and-linux-mole/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.04.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Operation_Mole_—_Part_I_—_The_Person_Working_to_Kill_GNU_and_to_Kill_Linux From_the_Inside⠀✐ Posted in Deception, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Security at 1:43 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Series parts: 1. YOU ARE HERE ☞ The Person Working to Kill GNU and to Kill Linux From the Inside 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Matthew_J_Garrett:_Am_I_here_to_secure_Linux_or_the_ruling class?⦈_ Summary: Today, a fine Friday, we start a series about years of online abuse against GNU/Linux luminaries and Free software hacktivists; we expect it to go on for about 3 months TODAY we finally start the series that we promised_a_week_ago. The series will last about 3 months and will focus primarily on Matthew_J_Garrett, who attacked BSD_and_GNU/Linux_users mostly by means of entryism, defamation, mobbing, and blackmail. Above all, however, by technical means. The online_abuse must stop. It is systemic and sociopathic in nature. “The online abuse must stop.”There are also personal victims, not just collective harm to users. Last month we did_a_series_about_the_campaign to compel the Linux_Foundation to informally suspend the founder of Linux. The same was later_done_to_the_father_of_GNU_and_the_FSF, mostly by blackmailing the FSF. There are many other personal victims, but we won’t be focusing on all of them. “There are many other personal victims, but we won’t be focusing on all of them.”The series will contain strong language in screenshots, but the words used in the series itself will be clean, formal, and polite. We simply present the facts. The world deserves to understand what we’re dealing with in order to overcome an obstacle. After each part or most parts we expect to also produce a video with additional information. The conclusion of the series is expected some time in late fall (autumn) or wintertime. The next part will speak of netiquette and begin shedding light on what’s happening. At this very moment Garrett has at least 4 users (3 of them sockpuppets) simultaneously in our IRC network. He knew this series would come, so he wants to spy on everything and everyone. He is really that desperate. 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gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/04/microsoft-staff-bloodbath/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.04.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ In_the_State_of_Washington_Microsoft_is_Doing_a_‘Staff_Bloodbath’⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Microsoft at 3:48 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Seattle: Microsoft’s_Latest_Redmond_Layoffs_Exposed_in_WARN_Act_Disclosures_ (About_3,000_Already_Laid_Off_in_Seattle_Alone) (that was May, many more have been laid of since, based on WARN notices) Redmond: Microsoft,_Based_in_Redmond,_is_‘Exiting’_Redmond_Amid_Layoffs_and Other_Troubles_(Updatedx2) Bellevue: (now/new) 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Microsoft's_Bellevue_workforce_dwindles_as_leases_lapse, records_show⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Microsoft_head_cut⦈_ Notice the numbers… down from 9,300 employees to 4,400 (in just one place, not the whole state) Summary: Whatever really happens in Washington, it seems perfectly clear Microsoft grossly understates the_number_of_layoffs_this_year, just 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gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/04/posts-about-gulag-web-drm-uproar/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.04.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Digital_Restrictions_Management_(DRM)_From_Google_Causes_Widespread Backlash⠀✐ Posted in DRM, Free/Libre_Software, Google, Microsoft, Standard at 2:37 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum c00cf174f95c50ab7ed8251239b0dfe4 Chrome is a Threat Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/chrome-web-woes.webm Summary: A followup to the_Chrome_DRM_information_from_the_other_day is presented today as a video and some more links, plus the views of various Techrights people/readers LAST MONTH we wrote about Google’s attack on the Open Web [1, 2], to use this term, “open”, very loosely. The Web had already been attacked by DRM several years prior and Mozilla went along with it, as did the W3C, the World_Wide_Web Consortium. We then reposted_the_FSF's_statement_on_this_matter. The subject was brought up in the LibrePlanet mailing lists (“Speculations_about_WEI” and some_replies) and lots of blogs, so at least we’re seeing widespread backlash. “Attestation” (as they call it) prevents modification of the source or use of modified source programs or perhaps even just compilation on one’s own. It clearly violates the First Freedom, which says: “The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.” “The Web had already been attacked by DRM several years prior and Mozilla went along with it, as did the W3C…”Chromium, however, is_under_the_3-Clause_BSD license. Nothing wrong, eh? Nonetheless, the “attestation” violates software freedom even if it does not violate Chromium’s license per se. The video above moreover explains that Chrome and other ‘finished’ browsers are proprietary software. So there’s a bit of openwashing going on, not even counting the DRM. To borrow the words of a reader, the latest iteration turns the Web browser into a VM for unsafe “web apps” outside the control or influence of the ostensible owner. One blogger compared the future of the Web to VNC. There were many_others. At least in technical circles, including high-profile YouTube channels, this became a very big deal. It’s doing a lot of harm to Google’s reputation. “Google engineers want to make using Free Software (near) impossible,” one person told us, “starting with custom software.” “To borrow the words of a reader, the latest iteration turns the Web browser into a VM for unsafe “web apps” outside the control or influence of the ostensible owner.”“Using a free browser is now more important than ever,” one person wrote. To which MinceR responded with, “if only they existed for the “modern” web…” “It’s getting some attention,” said another person, “but will there be action of the right kind and quantity to prevent and not just postpone the cancer? Are there any serious non-Google browsers? Is it even possible to make one, even setting aside the question of the JavaScript VM? Firefox, due to Baker, is a Google browser. Follow the money.” Consider the analysis_published_some_years ago about the near impossibility of creating a browser from scratch any more. There are many_comments_about_it_in LWN and there’s a_more_recent_analysis, last updated 1.5 months ago. Google is moaning that it cannot make money with YouTube on the Web, so it is trying to change the Web (or Web browsers), not YouTube. “Google owns the client side of the market,” one reader asserts, as “between Chrome/Chromium and Android that’s close enough to 100% not to matter” whether other browsers still work. “They also more or less own the protocol (HTTP/3) and that is an even more serious matter.” “Google is moaning that it cannot make money with YouTube on the Web, so it is trying to change the Web (or Web browsers), not YouTube.”“With Chrome,” the reader has since added, the YouTuber “Brodie is 100% correct, contacting legislators is the only possible mitigation at this point.” “HTTP/3 is a severe problem especially since it uses UDP so as to push the processing further up the stack into the client software. Also WEI seems to be a move further away from the web as a client-server architecture and deeper into misusing the Web browser as a shoddy, insecure VM to run inefficient, bloated “web apps” of unknown provenance.” “The WWW won’t die, it will be killed outright by the likes of Microsoft and google The corpse won’t go away to leave us in peace though, it will continue as a zombie which all will be forced to interact with using proprietary browsers on proprietary operating systems as prerequisites for dealing with governments and banks and other services.” “Having a herd of people whine into social control media will affect nothing. Pooling money and hiring lobbyists to represent the issues is how things get done.” “Maybe the “dark Web” became a suitable name for the World Wide Web we already have.”“Risky Biz News wants to install Google Widevine [or at least] RB’s newsletter (which is not self-hosted) or the subcontractor (substack) which is hosting it are pushing DRM via Widevine.” “One more thing about Google and the problems it makes, much of that might be the result of the toxic people and work culture intentionally imported from Microsoft into Google about 15+ years ago. The managers see programmers and high-tech staff as fungible commodities; they are anything but, especially if they are the kind of human stains that have passed through Redmond.” We’ll probably be hearing a lot more about it in months to come. Maybe the “dark Web” became a suitable name for the World Wide Web we already have. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 521 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/04/split-personality/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/04/split-personality/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.04.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_Split_Personality⠀✐ Posted in Deception at 1:59 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇monkeybusiness,_monkeybusi,_elusive_woman,_mjg59⦈_ Summary: With four simultaneous sockpuppets/usernames of as now you just know that Matthew_J_Garrett must be a crackhead ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⡿⠀⢸⣿⣟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⡈⢿⡯⢽⣮⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠈⠽⣟⡛ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣏⢀⣴⣾⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡠⢳⠀⠀⢠⡀⠀⠑⠘⣮⣧⣈⢣⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣻⡇⠀⠀⠀⣦⠀⠇⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⡼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣷⢠⠀⠂⣈⣷⣸⣄⠀⣻⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⡀⠀⠀⢀⠇⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⡯⣿⣿⣽⡿⠋⣡⡾⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣧⢠⡀⡇⣻⠉⣿⣾⡀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⡿⠋⣽⣿⠿⡂⢰⡿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠈⠘⡇⠸⣿⡄⡙⠜⣧⣿⣿⣿⠿⡿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣾⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⣼⠟⠡⡰⣥⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠰⣾⣆⠣⣠⣻⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣟⡈⣲⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢨⡽⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢀⣀⣴⣶⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⠀⠹⣿⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢀⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢀⣠⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣷⣄⢛⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⣢⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢊⠻⣿⣿⠇⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣔⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⢀⠎⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣾⣴⠙⢿⡄⠀⠈⢿⣿⣾⢟⡁⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⡉⠁⠀⠈⠙⢄⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡷⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣤⣴⣾⣷⣷⣦⠀⠀⠀⠰⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡔⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⣸⣿⣿⣟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡌⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡲⢄⠐⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠯⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⡀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⡞⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⢡⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⣁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⡀⠀⠽⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣴⣶⡕⠦⠭⣦⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣤⣴⣶⣶⣶⣤⣄⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣣⣤⡀⠀⠈⢳⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠈⠙⠋⠁⠀⠀⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣷⣬⣙⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢃⡈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣤⡀⢸⡇⢠⣾⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣤⣀⡀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣬⣙⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣧⣾⣿⣿⡟⣤⣄⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣤⡀⠀⠙⠻⣿⡿⠿⣿⣀⠈⠻⣦⣠⠂⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⢼⣿⣿⠇⠉⠉⠀⠈⠛⠛⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣋⣭⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠉⠛⠾⣈⠻⣆⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⡟⠚⠛⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠈⠉⠙⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠐⠓⠠⠀⣾⡾⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢶⣶⣤⣤⣤⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣗⣦⢖⡠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⡿⠖⠀⣀⡀⡀⠀⠀⠀⣼⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠟⠛⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣀⣨⣻⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⡷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡟⣻⡍⠀⣀⣾⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠋⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢉⣛⣿⣿⣿ ⣋⣷⠷⣱⠅⡞⠛⠾⢿⢿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⡠⣲⣲⣾⣽⣯⣹⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣥⢀⡀⣀⣔⣠⣾⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣽⣷⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣠⣦⣔⣮⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣃⣻⡷⣿⡾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣽⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡶⣄⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠠⠄⣂⣉⣀⣀⣀⢀⠀⢀⢠⣀⣠⣠⣤⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣟⢻⣹⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⠤⠀⠀⠀⢂⣠⣬⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 578 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.04.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_04/08/2023:_Gemini_Client_Preferences_and_FreeBSD_Minimum Desktop_Guide⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:49 pm 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⠀➾ # ⚓ Heaviest_Of_Them_All⠀⇛ Alas, the fate was sealed And ’twas decided that he ought to live in peril And to roam in vain For an eternity unknown Until his undoing cometh. And to be forgotten both above and under the earth. Thus was decided for him And thus it shall be … # ⚓ Head_in_Pisces⠀⇛ Her cracked lips are leaking. Both eyes still work, but cannot grasp the damage. The skeletal fingers tip-toe from her shoulder up the neck, looking for the point of impact. There it is, a screwdriver through the throat, barely missed the trachea. The hand grabs the handle. “What the fuck are you doing?!” The shattered blade exclaims through a flooded speaker in its hilt. She spits into her other hand. Oily blue mixed with blood reflecting the hot orange light of antique lightbulbs in the ceiling. “Don’t fucking pull it out, stop!” # ⚓ The_Moments_We_Feel_Alive⠀⇛ When I was a kid, I’d sometimes have the clarity to realize how truly meaningful or special a moment was. Once, a friend from a previous town had come to visit for the summer. We spent the days in the woods, exploring or building forts, and the nights inside playing PlayStation. I knew the summer would be over in the blink of an eye, my friend would return to his town and I might never see him again. But I had a trick. It’s going to sound odd, but I would squeeze my tear ducts with my thumb and pointer finger and massage them. Yes it’s strange, but this would give me a moment of clarity, a moment where I felt truly in the moment, instead of being swept away by time. I would feel my mind clear, the weight of life lifted from my head. I’d do this often, trying to remember moments like that summer. # ⚓ As_the_evening_comes_to_a_close⠀⇛ But for a few unavoidable exceptions, if something doesn’t load in elinks, I consider it not worth my time. There are plenty of good reads in Gemini, and simple personal websites some of those authors create. Ain’t got time to watch a page load, jump around so that I wind up clicking on the wrong links, suddenly displays an overlay or popup requiring a click to make it go away, etc. # ⚓ Taking_time_off⠀⇛ So I kind of have August off? And it’s flipping wild, tbh, because I don’t think I’ve ever intentionally taken more than a couple of days off at a time in my life. # ⚓ Do_I_know_how_to_be_happy?⠀⇛ I think one of the cruelest things anyone has ever said to me was a decade ago when I was dating someone who had spent a lot of time telling me I needed to open up, needed to learn to rely on them, &c. and then when I was talking about how hard shit was in grad school they got quiet and said # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_ADEFITX_Wordo:_CONEY⠀⇛ # ⚓ Midnight_Poll_I⠀⇛ It’s not that I stopped having dreams. But I stopped remembering them. Perhaps they weren’t so special anymore. Maybe it’s because I became busier with life, and at the end of the day I was too tired to keep thinking, let alone remember. # ⚓ I_wish_there_were_more_garbage_in_this_world⠀⇛ Oh my gosh, how I loved “Garbage 2.0″! Kinda makes me wonder if we might have some favorite bands/albums in common, given you’re almost exactly a generation younger than me, but I was a huge fan of much 1990s music. This is, I never had anyone my own age to communicate with about it, because most people my age are often insanely stuck up about the music of “our” times/day. I rarely whip out the CDs anymore, so I’ve forgotten a lot of band, album, and song names. And it’s not *just* because I’m lazy, having been coddled by Alexa so quickly playing what I want/ need with little to no fuss. But it’s that we’re generally too busy doing things requiring focus to have great songs trying to kidnap that focus. I’m not nearly as capable of doing things to music as I thought I used to be. o § Politics and World Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Re:_Cost_of_the_Right_Thing⠀⇛ France I recall being pretty car centric but there were plenty of walkable areas, and often good public transportation options. “The United States is a unique outlier” when it comes to car- slaughter, and public transportation generally ranges from “lol” to “no”. Or, let’s play granny frogger on that six-lane stroad! How bad varies by location; a tourist from Florida was quite happy that those sitting in cars were not actively trying to murder him on his bicycle; we were chatting at some intersection in Seattle, maybe it was the Elliot and Western mess, in the usual car exhaust with all the usual noise pollution. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Fingering_vending_machines⠀⇛ This section was absent in the original RFC (RFC742, from dec. 1977), which was an incredibly succinct document. It was, however, present in both RFC1194 and RFC1196 (both from late 1990), with a slight variation on the final sentence: Vending machines should NEVER NEVER EVER eat requests. Or money. # ⚓ FreeBSD_minimum_desktop_guide⠀⇛ I’m not going to cover the installation process, but it is worth noting you might want to add your user to groups ‘wheel operator video’. The few services I use by default are local_unbound, powerd and ntpd. local_unbound caches dns requests and needs no configuration, powerd adjusts cpu frequency as is needed and enables hibernation and suspending, ntpd makes your clock synced. Once it’s installed, I get the handbook from the post-installation menu. One benefit is that this will also set up pkg and save you 10 seconds, when you install packages for the first time. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Joining_a_google_group_(?)_from_a_non-google_email⠀⇛ I recently had the displeasure of needing to join a (non-usenet) google group. Google doesn’t make this easy to find anymore, but they do allow you to subscribe from a non- google account. # ⚓ My_Gemini_Client_Preferences⠀⇛ The ideal would be to have an actual SOCKS5 interface built-in to the client, like the Firefox Web browser has. I haven’t yet come across a gemini client that has SOCKS5 support. So, I’ve had to use torsocks. The tricky part is torsocks doesn’t work well with all clients. In particular, Lagrange has this problem where, if I try to run it on top of torsocks, the feed reader occasionally crashes and causes the whole application to freeze up. At one point, I actually patched Lagrange to disable the feed runner from running, but I found it was easier just to delete all my feeds from the Lagrange feed reader, and load the feeds up using my gmisub aggregator instance. But if the client had proper SOCKS5 support, I wouldn’t have to deal with torsocks at all. # ⚓ It’s_feeling_like_one_of_those_quoting_kinds_of days⠀⇛ I’m glad I don’t. I’m merely an occasionally humble user of it for giving me a fast path to efficiently putting easily nicely rendered text in others-accessible places where the quality of others in somewhat the same space seemingly defies Sturgeon’s Law on a regular basis. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 866 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.04.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_04/08/2023:_KDE_Neon_Experimental_and_GNU/Linux_Grows_Again_on_Laptops/ Desktops⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 1:03 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o Programming/Development # Python * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Linux_continues_hitting_above_3%_desktop user_share_on_Statcounter⠀⇛ Another month down and we can see that the Linux desktop user share is continuing to rise and not just on the recent Steam Survey. While we have Linux hitting close to 2% and above macOS on the Steam Survey for the first time, it’s nice to see it continuing to rise elsewhere too! o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ IT World CA ☛ Linux_Kernel_6.5_RC4_released_with_328 commits⠀⇛ Linus Torvalds has released the fourth release candidate for Linux Kernel 6.5, which includes 328 commits. This is the third time in a row that the rc4 release of the Linux kernel has had exactly 328 commits. Torvalds has described this as a “weird numerological coincidence.” In addition to the 328 commits, Linux Kernel 6.5 RC4 also includes support for Alibaba’s T-Head TH1520 RISC-V SoCs, work to enable CXL pooled memory tech, Wi-Fi 7 enhancements, and more. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Soft-reboot_in_systemd_254_sounds_a_lot like_Windows’_Fast_Startup [Ed: Windows users reboot a lot. GNU/Linux don't. They seldom need to.]⠀⇛ Version 254 of systemd marks the 115th release of this ever-growing init system for Linux. Expect to see it in the autumn releases of Ubuntu and Fedora, and in Arch and openSUSE Tumbleweed sooner. This version brings at least one fairly significant user-facing change that may even be noticed by people who never interact with their init system in any way: faster system reboots. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 6_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Graphical Port_Scanners⠀⇛ Port scanning is a popular technique used by attackers to find services that they may be able to compromise. A port scan assists the attacker in finding which ports are available. The scan sends a message to each port, with the response indicating whether the port is used and can therefore be probed further for weaknesses. There are a variety of different forms of scanning which include TCP, SYN, UDP, ACK, Window, and FIN scanning. However, port scanning has many legitimate uses such as network inventory and the verification of the security of a network. Port scanners therefore represent an important tool for users and system administrators to verify the security policies of their computers and network. Here’s our verdict on the best graphical port scanners. The software are frontends for Nmap. We only include free and open source software here. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 8_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Terminal- Based_Port_Scanners⠀⇛ However, port scanning has many legitimate uses such as network inventory and the verification of the security of a network. Port scanners therefore represent an important tool for users and system administrators to verify the security policies of their computers and network. Linux has a good range of port scanners that help administrators identify and rectify weaknesses in a system. To provide an insight into the software that is available, we have compiled a list of 8 terminal-based port scanners. Here’s our verdict. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to Apple_Archive_Utility⠀⇛ In 2020, Apple began the Apple silicon transition, using self-designed, 64-bit ARM-based Apple M1 processors on new Mac computers. Maybe it’s the perfect time to move away from the proprietary world of Apple, and embrace the open source Linux scene. Archive Utility creates and decompresses .zip files and other compressed files. It provides several options for you to have more control over file compression and expansion on Mac. Archive Utility is proprietary software and not available for Linux. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives. # ⚓ Unix Men ☛ Enhance_your_photos_with_great_photo_editors_for Mac,_Windows_10,_Linux⠀⇛ Are you a Linux or Mac or Windows 10 user who’s been searching for the ultimate photo editor to uplift your images? Your search ends here! We’ve rounded up our premier selection of photo editors for Linux, along with top choices for Mac photo editor and Windows 10 photo software. It doesn’t matter if you’re a seasoned professional photographer or simply enjoy capturing the beauty around you as a pastime, access to robust editing tools is crucial to lift your images a notch higher. In this article, we’ll delve into some of the supreme options ready for download. So, take a moment, have your favourite drink at hand, and let’s journey into the universe of photo editing! o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ What_do_<,_<<_and_<<<_mean_in_Linux?⠀⇛ Don’t they look like redirection indicators (> and >>)? # ⚓ How_To_Install_And_Run_Linux_On_A_Chromebook⠀⇛ Before installing Linux on your Chromebook, there are a few important steps you need to take to ensure a smooth and successful installation process. # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ How_to_Install_New_Fonts_in_Ubuntu_and_Other Linux⠀⇛ If you’re an Ubuntu or any other Linux distribution user, you know how important fonts are for enhancing the visual appeal of your system and applications. For example, if you are customizing your GNOME desktop, the fonts play an important role in giving the desired look to your desktop. Installing new fonts can give your computer a fresh look and feel, making your creative endeavours even more captivating. In this guide, we’ll walk you through installing new fonts on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions, ensuring your desktop stands out with personalized typography. Here’s how. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Baldur’s_Gate_3_out_now_and_works_on_Steam Deck_and_desktop_Linux⠀⇛ For those interested in the latest big RPG from Larian Studios, here’s my quick initial report on Baldur’s Gate 3 running on Steam Deck and desktop Linux. Keep in mind this is just some initial testing thoughts – it’s a very big game. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Force_Feedback_Steering_Wheel_Made_From_Power Drill⠀⇛ When it comes to controllers for racing games, there is perhaps no better option than a force feedback steering wheel. With a built-in motor to push against the wheel at exactly the right times, they can realistically mimic the behavior of a steering wheel from a real car. The only major downside is cost, with controllers often reaching many hundreds of dollars. [Jason] thought it shouldn’t be that hard to build one from a few spare parts though and went about building this prototype force feedback steering wheel for himself. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Warhammer_40,000:_Gladius_devs_new_game ZEPHON_has_a_demo_up⠀⇛ ZEPHON is the upcoming strategy game from Proxy Studios who created Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War and Pandora: First Contact. For a limited time you can check out the first demo for ZEPHON. It has full Native Linux support just like their previous games too! # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ It’s_Snake,_In_A_QR_Code,_But_Smaller⠀⇛ We’re not sure that many of you have recognised the need in your life for an x86 machine code program encoded into a QR code, but following on from someone else work [donno2048] has created a super- tiny Snake clone in assembly which comes in at only 85 bytes long. It fits far better in a QR code than the previous effort, but perhaps more useful is a web page demo which runs an in-browser DOS compatibility library. We followed the compilation instructions and got it running on our Manjaro installation, with the result of a somewhat unplayable but recognisable Snake, we’re guessing because it was written for a slower platform. The web version is more usable, and allows us to investigate its operation more thoroughly. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Kingdom_Come,_The_Ascent,_Oblivion,_Rain World_+_more_in_Fanatical’s_Platinum_Collection⠀⇛ Oh now this looks like it has some good picks for you. Fanatical have launched their latest build it yourself Platinum Collection bundle full of games. You can pick between 3 games for £9.99, 5 for $14.99 and 7 for £19.99. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Age_of_Empires_III:_Definitive_Edition_gets a_free_starter_edition⠀⇛ Oh how I do love a good RTS. Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition now has a special free starter edition available on Steam. From my own testing, it works great on desktop Linux with Proton too. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ More_retro_goodies_coming_in_the_Toaplan Arcade_Shoot_‘Em_Up_Collection_Vol.2⠀⇛ Ready for another blast from the past? After the success of the first set, Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.2 has been announced from Bitwave Games and Toaplan. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ First-person_co-op_dungeon_crawler_‘Barony’ has_major_upgrade_and_Steam_Deck_Verified⠀⇛ Barony from developer Turning Wheel LLC recently had quite a lovely big upgrade, and thanks to that it’s also now Steam Deck Verified with the Native Linux version available. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Challenging_survival_city-builder_Landnama is_out_now⠀⇛ Landnama from developer Sonderland scratches a very weird itch as it mixes exploration, survival and city-building into one and it’s quite a challenge too. Note: the developer sent me a key. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Voxel_Doom_II_is_out_now_for_GZDoom⠀⇛ Spice up your next play-through of Doom II with the new Voxel Doom II mod now available, bringing with it fancy new monster models. Voxel Doom II is the follow up to 2022′s award-winning Voxel Doom. This is a new graphics mod that replaces all monsters, weapons, props and items with fully 3d voxel models. It replaces all monsters from both Doom and Doom II. # ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ Linux_surpasses_the_Mac_among_Steam_gamers⠀⇛ Apple’s macOS has been the second most popular operating system on the Steam game distribution platform for a long time, but that has now changed. Linux has surpassed macOS for the number two spot, according to Steam’s July user hardware survey. Steam regularly asks its users to give an anonymized look at their hardware, and the company makes the information it gathers available each month. # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Breaking_Barriers:_Linux_Outranks_macOS_on_the Steam_Platform⠀⇛ Historically, Linux has been regarded primarily as an operating system for servers, developers, and tech enthusiasts, with gaming as an afterthought. Compatibility issues, limited game libraries, and a lack of support from major game developers marred its reputation. However, in recent years, Linux’s gaming capabilities have radically transformed. Efforts to create gaming-specific distributions and advancements in compatibility layers like Proton, developed by Valve, have paved the way for more games to run smoothly on Linux systems. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Nate Graham ☛ August_Plasma_6_progress_update⠀⇛ About 6 weeks ago, I posted a tentative roadmap for Plasma 6. I wanted to give everyone an update on how things have gone since then! So where are we? I previously explained that we were somewhere in between “clean up the code” and “Implement planned features and changes”–stages 3 and 4. I predicted that stage 3 code cleanup would mostly be done by early August. I’m happy to report that my prediction appears to have been pretty accurate! As of today, almost all of the planned Plasma 6 code porting tasks have been completed. Only one major one remains: porting everything away from DataEngines. But everything else is done, including the following projects… # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ KDE_Plasma_6_Dev_Update:_From_Cleanup_to Takeoff⠀⇛ In a recent update from the KDE development team, significant progress has been made on the anticipated KDE Plasma 6. The development process, led by the diligent KDE developers, has seen remarkable headway over the past few weeks, transitioning from the code cleanup phase to the exciting stages of implementing planned features and enhancements. # ⚓ Announcing_KDE_Neon_Experimental⠀⇛ With Neon unstable’s Plasma 6 packages bubbling along nicely, it was decided that all new KF6 based apps should be based in the freshly repurposed Experimental archive. Experimental builds on Unstable but nicely segregates the pre-alpha KF6 apps from the more stable Plasma 6 desktop. A new package, neon-settings-experimental has been made which installs neon- experimental.list to point to the experimental archive and 99-jammy-overrides- experimental which adds a pin to make the experimental archive package always be installed. All packages in experimental are versioned the same as in unstable, which means it’s a competition of who has the highest packaging suffix. However the aforementioned pin ensures that the KF6 based experimental package always wins even if it means a downgrade (in timestamp version numbers). So don’t be scared if apt tells you it will be downgrading packages because really you are upgrading! # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Mini_Text:_GTK4_Text_Editor_with Uncomplicated_Brilliance⠀⇛ In text editor space, simplicity and efficiency are often cherished qualities. Meet Mini Text, the latest addition to the list of lightweight text editors, is designed to cater to your basic text editing needs while boasting an incredibly low memory footprint. Whether you’re jotting down quick notes, copying and pasting code snippets, or need a distraction-free platform to express your thoughts, Mini Text is your go-to solution. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Middleweight_champ_MX_Linux_23_delivers knockout_punch⠀⇛ The MX Linux project has rolled out a new major release, based on Debian 12, and is on its way to becoming our favorite distro. Around this time last year, MX Linux was new to us, as we said when we looked at version 21.2. Now at version 23, its developers describe it as a middleweight distro. Don’t be misled, though: while it doesn’t go out of its way to be stripped down or minimalist, it’s as rich and feature-complete as any desktop distro out there. The principal difference between MX and other Debian remixes which seek to improve on the base OS, such as Linux Mint Debian Edition or siduction, is that MX is a member of the shortlist of distros that don’t use the systemd init system. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ Fedora_Partners_With_Asahi_to_Port_Linux_to Apple’s_Arm_Silicon⠀⇛ Red Hat’s community Linux distribution, Fedora, and Asahi Linux, a project that’s been working to develop a reverse engineered port for running Linux on hardware using Apple’s Arm-based silicon, announced on Wednesday that they’ve developed a working relationship, and that going forward Asahi’s flagship distribution will be called Fedora Asahi Remix. That’s a change from the Asahi Arch Linux ARM Remix, which has been Asahi’s flagship distro for the last year or so. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Paint_the_Mythical_Minotaur:_Ubuntu_23.10 Wallpaper_Competition_is_LIVE!⠀⇛ Get ready to wield your creative brush strokes because the much-anticipated Ubuntu 23.10 “Mantic Minotaur” Wallpaper Competition is officially live! Ubuntu fans, developers, and art lovers are invited to contribute their imaginative masterpieces to become a part of the upcoming Ubuntu 23.10 release, slated for October 12, 2023. # ⚓ How_to_Fix_Ubuntu_Ping_Not_Found_Error⠀⇛ Ping is a simple but useful utility that can help you quickly identify network issues. If you’re suffering from high ping, for example, then it can cause issues when streaming media or gaming. The ping utility is usually installed with your OS, but there are times when this may not happen, or the utility may get removed. If this is the case on Ubuntu, you’ll see an Ubuntu ping not found error message. You won’t be able to use ping until you fix it. Thankfully, you should be able to get ping up and running in a matter of moments. Here’s what to do if ping isn’t found on Ubuntu. # ⚓ IT Pro ☛ Ubuntu_shifts_to_four-week_update_cycle⠀⇛ Critical fixes will also come every two weeks, mitigating the issues involved with releasing prompt patches on the old three-week cadence # ⚓ Elektrobit,_NXP_Semiconductors_Collaborate⠀⇛ “The new NXP S32G3 is ideal for next-generation architectures, and we are happy to extend its capabilities with our broad line of AUTOSAR- compliant software, as well as our new EB corbos Linux – built on Ubuntu solution,” said Michael Robertson, vice president, head of products and strategy, Elektrobit. # ⚓ UBports ☛ Ubuntu_Touch_OTA-2_Focal_Release⠀⇛ Ubuntu Touch is the privacy and freedom-respecting mobile operating system by UBports. Today we are extremely happy to announce the release of Ubuntu Touch OTA-2 our 2nd stable update to the new 20.04 system! OTA-2 will become available for the following supported Ubuntu Touch devices over the next days… o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ GroupGets_officially_launches_Core-V_DevKit with_RISC-V_MCU⠀⇛ The open-source Core-V MCU development kit, created by OPENHW, has been launched today on GroupGets. The kit incorporates a 32-bit CV32E40P open-source RISC-V core, the ArticPro eFPGA from QuickLogic, and Espressif’s AWS IoT EspressLink module for Wi- Fi connectivity. OpenHW specified that the Core-V MCU features the CV32E40P processor (previously known as the RI5CY) which is a 32 RISC-V core with four-stage pipeline that implements the RV32IM[F]C RISC-V instruction extensions. To accelerate AI/ML applications, the Core-V also features the low-cost QuickLogic’s ArticPro eFPGA. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ CORE-V_MCU_Devkit_features_open-source_32- bit_RISC-V_core,_Amazon_AWS_IoT_connectivity,_Mikrobus expansion,_VGA_camera⠀⇛ # ⚓ Dan Langille ☛ Home_Assistant_–_moving_from_the_HA_Greeneye integration_to_hacs-greeneye-monitor⠀⇛ I started using Home Assistant (HA) for graphing the power consumption of my house. Many months before venturing down that road, I bought a Greeneye Monitor (GEM). A current transformer has been installed on each circuit in my breaker box (see the photos near the bottom of this album). I chose HA for that. I first trying installing from FreeBSD packages into a FreeBSD jail, but then reluctantly abandoned that approach in favor of running HA natively in bhyve. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ The_8BitDo_Retro_Mechanical_Keyboard_looks awesome⠀⇛ While their software for programming it only officially supports Windows and Android, the 8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard sure does look awesome. I need this. Supporting connecting up via USB, Wireless 2.4G and Bluetooth it has a range of options for whatever way you wish to use it. # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ GroupGets_officially_launches_Core-V_DevKit with_RISC-V_MCU⠀⇛ The open-source Core-V MCU development kit, created by OPENHW, has been launched today on GroupGets. The kit incorporates a 32-bit CV32E40P open-source RISC-V core, the ArticPro eFPGA from QuickLogic, and Espressif’s AWS IoT EspressLink module for Wi- Fi connectivity. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Introducing_support_for_the_new_Nano_ESP32_board in_Arduino_Cloud⠀⇛ Great news for Arduino enthusiasts! The new Nano ESP32, just released on July 17th, is now officially supported by the Arduino Cloud. This powerful combo brings MicroPython and IoT capabilities right to your fingertips, simplifying all your smart device projects. The Nano ESP32‘s native MicroPython support empowers you to code in Python effortlessly. It opens up a world of possibilities for all skill levels, from simple scripts to complex IoT applications. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Open-Source_Cell_Phone_Based_On_ESP32⠀⇛ Over the past decade or so, smartphones have exploded in popularity and seamlessly integrated themselves into nearly every aspect of most people’s lives. Although that comes with a few downsides as well, with plenty of people feeling that the smart phone makes it a little too easy to waste time and looking to switch to something simpler, like an older-style flip phone. If this style of phone is more your speed, take a look at this DIY cell phone which takes care of everything a phone really needs to do. (Google Translate from French) # ⚓ Ivan Kuleshov ☛ Mac_mini_with_Power_over_Ethernet⠀⇛ Below I’ll talk about the project, I think you can replicate it, but I don’t think you’ll want to. Keep in mind it’s quite time-consuming. Something can go wrong at every step. You will void the warranty on your Mac mini. So it’s your responsibility. It was an experiment, a test of skills, a topic for discussion, and just a hardware-hacking project # ⚓ Andrew Hutchings ☛ Amiga_4000_Restoration_x2:_Part_1⠀⇛ Due to a series of strange events, I have ended up with not one, but two Amiga 4000s in the last few weeks. They are both in need of very different restorations. I hope that I can get at least one complete machine out of them, and then sell the other one. I don’t have room for two in my collection, and it will help recoup the costs. # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ How_to_emulate_an_Atari_ST_from_inside⠀⇛ Like the Commodore Amiga, the Atari ST was an iconic home computer, offering many people their first glimpse of the 16-bit digital world. After almost 40 years, it’s still an engaging design, although the internal hardware may need a few repairs and upgrades to fit in with the modern standards. In this article, you’ll see how to replace the internal electronics of an Atari-ST with a Raspberry Pi, while retaining the original keyboard. None of the changes performed require modifications to the original case or to the circuitry of the Atari, making the process completely reversible in the future. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Jumperless_breadboard_makes_prototyping_a breeze⠀⇛ Most makers start their initial electronics prototypes on a breadboard, which is great for quickly setting up temporary circuits. But forming the connections requires jumper wires and even a basic project quickly becomes a rats’ nest of wiring that is difficult to manage. Tracking down issues within that tangle of wires is a massive headache, which is why Architeuthis Flux designed this jumperless breadboard to make prototyping a breeze. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ This_app_lets_you_play_PC_games_on_your Android_phone⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Shortwave’s_Google_Inbox_successor_is_now available_on_Android_–_The_Verge⠀⇛ # ⚓ Computer World ☛ The_best_calendar_apps_for_Android_| Computerworld⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ Your_Android_phone_could_soon_auto-zoom into_QR_codes_for_scanning⠀⇛ # ⚓ Extreme Tech ☛ Google’s_‘Privacy_Sandbox’_Ad_Features_Are Rolling_Out_on_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ Top_4_Remote_Desktop_Apps_For_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ Top_11_Ways_to_Fix_Android_Phone_Hangs_Up_As_Soon_As_I_Dial –_Guiding_Tech⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Chrome_for_Android_red_arrow_bug_prompting beta_update⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Thunderbird_115.1_Released_with_Bug Fixes_&_UI_Buffs⠀⇛ To keep things ticking over nicely a scheduled update to the open source email client is rolling out. The update brings a bunch of bug fixes to bear, plus a couple of minor UI tweaks. Thunderbird 115.1 hides the Quick Filter bar by default. I think this gives the e-mail client (in whatever layout you’re using) a sleeker presentation. Still it’s only hidden by default not removed; the Quick Filter bar is still included and you can show/hide it with a mouse click or a key press. # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Making_trustworthy_chatbots_to_support women_plagued_by_violence_and_abuse⠀⇛ Gender-based violence (GBV) is a global pandemic that affects one in three women in their lifetime. Kwanele Bringing Women Justice, one of the winning startups at Mozilla’s Responsible AI Challenge, wants to help survivors of abuse in South Africa by giving women and children an easy-to-use tool to report and successfully prosecute crimes involving gender-based violence.  # ⚓ Replicate_PWAs_on_Firefox⠀⇛ Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) work seamlessly on Chrome and are often lightweight clones of their desktop counterparts based on JS frameworks like Electron. If you’ve used Chrome — some websites prompt you to install their web app. PWAs on Chrome have features such as: service workers for offline capabilities, responsive design, and push notifications. (Firefox is not far behind!) infact, Firefox uses Google’s servers to push notifications to android- users. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ SICP ☛ Type_safety,_undefined_behaviour,_and_us⠀⇛ There appears to be a shift towards programming languages that improve safety by providing an expressive type system, automatic memory management, and no gaps in the specification that lead to “undefined behaviour”. If your program is consistent with the logic of the programming language specification, then it compiles and executes the behaviour you would understand from the source code and the language documentation. If any of that isn’t true, then your program doesn’t compile: there are no gaps for not-quite-consistent programs to fall through, that get detected later when the program is running. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Seth Michael Larson ☛ Quirks_of_Python_package versioning⠀⇛ Python package versions seem simple on the surface because we’re used to seeing the common and well-defined version schemes like SemVer (1.2.3) or CalVer (2023.6.1) and occasionally a pre-release suffix (1.2.3pre1). But Python package versioning can get much more complicated than that! 🤯 ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1792 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.04.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Leftover_Links_04/08/2023:_10_Years_of_Let’s_Encrypt,_UEFI_Security_Chaos Again⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:55 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Linux_Foundation o Security # Privacy # Confidentiality o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Actress_Irina_Miroshnichenko_Dies_At_81⠀⇛ Irina Miroshnichenko, a popular actress in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and ’80s, has died in a Moscow hospital, local media reported, citing her friends and colleagues on August 3. o ⚓ Riccardo Mori ☛ Helvetica_12⠀⇛ A good default font should stand the test of time for decades, if not a literal lifetime. — Yes, generally speaking this is true. But we are talking about computer fonts designed mainly for display work. What worked well on computer displays from 20 or 30 years ago may not work as well on current displays, especially considering just how much their technology has evolved over the past three decades. What once was the entire screen of a Macintosh computer, it’s now as big as a postage stamp on the much bigger, much denser displays we use today. I don’t think Microsoft is “chasing fleeting fashion rather than timeless style”. They have realised that Calibri, while still being a nice font for its intended purpose, may not be the optimal choice for current displays. For me, it makes sense that, as technology evolves, certain elements that go with it have to evolve as well. o ⚓ James G ☛ Help_Build_the_Social_Web⠀⇛ The biggest way you can participate in the social web is to start a personal website! Write about what interests you. On this blog, I have interviewed coffee professionals around the UK, written about moments that have brought me joy, and shared my thoughts on the web. The only limit is your creativity. And indeed you can design your site as you want, too! Make it yours. Personal websites are by no means islands. With tools like social readers (of which RSS readers are a part), you can follow your favourite websites. On the average day, I see commentary on news stories from a writer whose work I appreciate, posts about coffee, random Tweet- length musings from other people, and more. I can even like and comment on posts! You can share your posts with other people on social media, too! Join the IndieWeb and tell us you made a website! o ⚓ Josh Justice ☛ More_Personal_Computing⠀⇛ Ever since I did a research project on Smalltalk and HyperCard, I’ve been trying to figure out what my interests are when it comes to computing. It seems like there are a number of threads, but I think there are parallels. Here are some of the main threads: [...] o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_UCLA_Students_Who_Live_in_Their_Cars⠀⇛ Nearly 20,000 Angelenos live in RVs, vans, or cars, a 55 percent increase over when the count first started, in 2016. As the housing shortage deepens, thousands more will likely be forced into this lifestyle. Many of these people do not have the mental-health or substance-abuse issues eagerly trotted out to dismiss the homelessness crisis. A significant minority have jobs—they’re people who stock shelves or install drywall but simply can’t afford a home. Like most Angelenos, I was repulsed by the homelessness crisis, vehicular or otherwise. Early in the summer of 2021, I temporarily joined the 20,000. Amid COVID-19 lockdowns, I was paying half of my income for a bedroom in a shared student apartment furnished like a doctor’s office waiting room. My lease was set to expire, and I had to travel for work, anyway. Moving into my Prius seemed like the best bad option. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Students_claim_move_to_shut_history_centre library_at_JNU⠀⇛ The students have said the CHS library is not only a collection of history books, but also acts as a documentation centre. The library is known to have around 18,000 books, hundreds of PhD theses and journals as part of its collection. “Books preserved in the library are as old as 150 years. It is an asset for the future generation of scholars,” the statement added. The students urged “the academic community to show solidarity in the fight against the appropriation of the CHS library”. They have also claimed that this is not an isolated event, and in the past, too, the university has closed down several libraries and reading rooms. “The library of School of Languages has been locked out since 2019 and an attempt to close the reading room in School of International Studies has also been made in the past,” the statement pointed out. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Apple_sales_slump_continues,_amid_big AI_spend⠀⇛ Apple has forecast a sales slump will continue into the current quarter, as the tech giant makes a massive investment in artificial intelligence research and development. Apple shares dropped about 2 per cent after the company predicted what could be the fourth quarter in a row of declining sales. Weaker than expected sales of Apple’s most famous device, the iPhone, underwhelmed investors. Executives said iPhone sales would improve in the fourth quarter, but did not say how much. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Apple_III_Slows_Down_To_Smell_The_Roses⠀⇛ The most collectible items in the realm of vintage computers often weren’t the most popular of their era. Quite the opposite, in fact. Generally the more desireable systems were market failures when they first launched, and are now sought out because of a newly-appreciated quirk or simply because the fact that they weren’t widely accepted means there’s fewer of them. One of the retro computers falling into this category is the Apple III, which had fundamental hardware issues upon launch leading to a large recall and its overall commercial failure. [Ted] is trying to bring one of these devices back to life, though, by slowing its clock speed down to a crawl. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Better_3D_Prints,_Courtesy_Of_A_Simple_Mass- Produced_Bracket⠀⇛ On the “hack/not-a-hack” scale, a 3D printed bracket for aluminum extrusions is — well, a little boring. Such connectors are nothing you couldn’t buy, and even if you insisted on printing them instead, Printables and Thingiverse are full of ready-to-use designs. So why would you waste your precious time and effort rolling your own? # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Old_Film_Camera_Modified_For_Different Chemistry⠀⇛ While most photographers have moved on to digital cameras with their numerous benefits, there are a few artists out there still taking pictures with film. While film is among the more well-known analog photographic methods available, there are chemically simpler ways of taking pictures available for those willing to experiment a little bit. Cyanotype photography is one of these methods, and as [JGJMatt] shows, it only takes a few commonly available chemicals, some paper, and a slightly modified box camera to get started. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Up_to_40%_of_all_Arm_servers_are_deployed in_China⠀⇛ It isn’t too hard to understand why Arm-based systems might be doing so well in China. Although the vast majority of servers are still running on x86 chips from AMD and Intel, these are manufactured by US companies and it is becoming more difficult for Chinese companies to obtain advanced chips because of Washington’s trade restrictions. By contrast, the Arm architecture is available for license by chipmakers around the world, including many in China such as Alibaba and Huawei, which may make it a more palatable option for companies there. # ⚓ [Old] Long_live_netbooks!⠀⇛ This post is going to be in two parts: first I want to talk about the netbook I got in 2010 and how it turned out to be useful in 2022. The second part is going to be a list of steps I took to set it up after re-installing OpenBSD on it. # ⚓ [Repeat] Ruben Schade ☛ ATX_bracket_for_the_Cooler_Master NR200P⠀⇛ The Cooler Master NR200 and NR200P are fun mini-ITX cases that support SFX power supplies by default. I’ve since moved to a Fractal Ridge, but I’m repurposing mine for a friend. I remembered reading it supported ATX power supplies with the removal of a top fan too, but I couldn’t figure out how. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Moscow_to_give_Africa_more_unproven “vaccines”_that_nobody_wants_or_needs⠀⇛ The Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, held in St. Petersburg at the end of July, was by all accounts a smashing success. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_pro-democracy_union members_fined_HK$6,000_over_Covid-19_supplies_street_booth⠀⇛ Four members of a Hong Kong pro-democracy union have been fined HK$6,000 each after being found guilty of breaching Covid-19 gathering rules three years ago. Tsang Ho-yuen, Yung Ka-man, Wong Chun-yu and May Lam, of the Construction Site Workers General Union, appeared before a judge on Thursday after pleading not guilty earlier. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ One_Gross_Habit_Could_Increase_Your_Risk_of Catching_COVID-19⠀⇛ Another reason to keep your fingers clear from your face. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Cats_to_Be_Given_Anti-COVID_Pills_After Deadly_Feline_Outbreak_in_Cyprus⠀⇛ Thousands have already succumbed. # ⚓ Gannett ☛ World_telling_Russia_to_‘stop_using_food_as_a weapon_of_war,’_Blinken_says:_Live_updates⠀⇛ Since withdrawing from the yearlong deal in mid- July, Russia has not only resumed its blockade of the Black Sea but also attacked Ukraine’s shipping infrastructure, destroying about 180,000 metric tons of grain and helping drive up prices of wheat and other agricultural products. # ⚓ Chris Hannah ☛ The_More_Social_Networks_There_Are_the_Less I_Want_to_Use_Them⠀⇛ I’ve fund that right now, I’m more interested in people in the real world than on the [Internet]. That’s not a dig at anyone I’ve talked to online. But it doesn’t replace talking to people in the physical world. I think the reason why I’m preferring to write for my blog over social media, is that it’s a more biased relationship. It allows me to collect my thoughts, and then express them in whatever form I feel fits the content and context. And then if people want to reply in any way, they can do so via email, Mastodon, X, etc. But, at a slower pace, and also in any which way they feel relevant. # ⚓ The Drone Girl ☛ Zipline_dives_into_healthcare_drone deliveries_—_and_they’re_in_the_U.S.⠀⇛ Zipline and OhioHealth this week announced a partnership where Zipline’s fully electric drone delivery service would integrate into OhioHealth’s network to bring prescriptions directly to patients’ homes, as well as to move lab samples and supplies between OhioHealth facilities. # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Gustavo_Rivera:_“I_Want_to_Destroy Health_Insurance_Companies’_Business_Model”⠀⇛ New York State Senator Gustavo Rivera talks to Jacobin about his proposed state-level single-payer health care bill, why covering undocumented immigrants is crucial, and the state of progressive politics in New York. # ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Unregulated_PFAS_Harming_Native_American Community_in_Michigan_–_Validated_Independent_News⠀⇛ PFAS chemicals have contaminated the groundwater throughout Michigan, affecting some 230 sites, including military bases, landfills, and airports. PFAS are polyfluorinated plastics used in products such as fire retardants, lubricants, and coatings like Scotchgard and Teflon. Scientists have linked PFAS exposure to an array of illnesses, including cancers, immune system suppression, elevated cholesterol, and decreased infant and fetal growth. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] Simon Willison ☛ We_need_to_tell_people_ChatGPT_will lie_to_them,_not_debate_linguistics⠀⇛ ChatGPT lies to people. This is a serious bug that has so far resisted all attempts at a fix. We need to prioritize helping people understand this, not debating the most precise terminology to use to describe it. We accidentally invented computers that can lie to us. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ The_government_is_struggling_to_track its_AI._And_that’s_a_problem.⠀⇛ Regulating AI is a cornerstone of the current administration’s agenda, but the push to figure out where the federal government was using the technology began before President Joe Biden took office. In the final weeks of the Trump administration, the White House published an executive order calling on federal agencies to report all current and planned uses of AI and publish those results. The goal, according to Executive Order 13960, was to document how the U.S. government is using AI and establish principles for the technology. More than two years later, the process of actually developing these inventories hasn’t gone smoothly. Unlike other government AI initiatives such as the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights and the National Institute for Science and Technology’s Risk Management Framework, the 2020 executive order carries the force of law and has terms that require compliance, argues Christie Lawrence, an affiliate at Stanford’s RegLab. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Twitter_Gives_Verified_Users_Option_to_Hide_Their Checkmark_of_Shame⠀⇛ Early on Tuesday, Twitter added a note about the “Hide your blue tick” toggle on the platform’s verification help page. This makes it so the blue checkmark no longer appears next to accounts’ profile pages or their posts. The site still notes that using Blue features could still identify you as a paid subscriber and that some features may not be available at all while the mark is hidden. The feature is available in the users’ Profile customization tab in account settings. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Troll_Impersonates_Twitter_CEO_Linda_Yaccarino After_She_Changed_Her_Username⠀⇛ Elon Musk announced he was changing Twitter’s name to X In the last week of July, reflecting the billionaire’s life-long obsession with the letter, which is a very normal thing for an adult man to have. To celebrate, CEO Linda Yaccarino, whom Musk appointed in May, changed her username from @lindayaccs to @lindayaX. An enterprising troll snatched up @lindayaccs, impersonating Yaccarino with a handle one letter off from her old one. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_Can_You_Do_When_A.I._Lies_About You?⠀⇛ Artificial intelligence’s struggles with accuracy are now well documented. The list of falsehoods and fabrications produced by the technology includes fake legal decisions that disrupted a court case, a pseudo-historical image of a 20-foot-tall monster standing next to two humans, even sham scientific papers. In its first public demonstration, Google’s Bard chatbot flubbed a question about the James Webb Space Telescope. The harm is often minimal, involving easily disproved hallucinatory hiccups. Sometimes, however, the technology creates and spreads fiction about specific people that threatens their reputations and leaves them with few options for protection or recourse. Many of the companies behind the technology have made changes in recent months to improve the accuracy of artificial intelligence, but some of the problems persist. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ We’re_in_the_OWASP-makes-list-of- security-bug-types_phase_with_LLM_chatbots⠀⇛ The OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Model Applications is a project that catalogs the most common security pitfalls so that developers, data scientists, and security experts can better understand the complexities of dealing with LLMs in their code. # ⚓ SparkFun Electronics ☛ What_is_Machine_Learning?⠀⇛ Welcome to part one of our series on machine learning. In this installment, you’ll learn about what ML is, the basics of how it works, and all the different types and models of ML. See real world applications of ML models and how you can get involved! # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ The_Need_for_Trustworthy_AI⠀⇛ As a security expert and data scientist, we believe that people who come to rely on these AIs will have to trust them implicitly to navigate daily life. That means they will need to be sure the AIs aren’t secretly working for someone else. Across the internet, devices and services that seem to work for you already secretly work against you. Smart TVs spy on you. Phone apps collect and sell your data. Many apps and websites manipulate you through dark patterns, design elements that deliberately mislead, coerce or deceive website visitors. This is surveillance capitalism, and AI is shaping up to be part of it. # ⚓ Simon Willison ☛ Catching_up_on_the_weird_world_of_LLMs⠀⇛ I gave a talk on Sunday at North Bay Python where I attempted to summarize the last few years of development in the space of LLMs—Large Language Models, the technology behind tools like ChatGPT, Google Bard and Llama 2. My goal was to help people who haven’t been completely immersed in this space catch up to what’s been going on. I cover a lot of ground: What they are, what you can use them for, what you can build on them, how they’re trained and some of the many challenges involved in using them safely, effectively and ethically. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ IBM_and_NASA_open-source_foundation_AI model_for_analyzing_satellite_data⠀⇛ IBM says the new model is designed to help researchers identify areas in the continental U.S. that may be at risk of flooding and wildfire. According to the company, the model can analyze geospatial data up to four times faster than state- of-the-art neural networks. It also takes less data to train. # ⚓ Union_pressures_Google_amid_mass_alleged_‘retaliatory layoffs’_of_AI_staff⠀⇛ The Alphabet Workers Union has filed a complaint to the US Labor Board alleging retaliatory layoffs of staff attempting to unionise. The Union’s Unfair Labor Practice charge was filed against Accenture and Google after they mass laid off employees who stated their intent to unionise back in early June of this year. Both companies laid off over 80 employees who worked on Google Help and Bard whilst subcontracted through Accenture on 6 July. According to the Union, over 70% of eligible workers had signed union authorisation cards by the time a union election with the National Labour Relations Board had been called. Tahlia Kirk, general writer at Google and a member of the Alphabet Workers Union, has pointed out the cognitive dissonance allegedly shown by the company. # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Russia’s_Cozy_Bear_is_back_and hitting_Microsoft_Teams_to_phish_top_targets⠀⇛ “In some cases, the actor attempts to add a device to the organization as a managed device via Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory), likely an attempt to circumvent conditional access policies configured to restrict access to specific resources to managed devices only,” Microsoft’s threat intel team explained. # ⚓ The Philadelphia Inquirer ☛ Crozer_Health’s_computer systems_were_knocked_offline_Thursday_by_a_ransomware attack⠀⇛ Computer systems at Delaware County’s Crozer Health were offline Thursday after a [successful] ransomware attack on the health system’s owner, Prospect Medical Holdings Inc., the company said. # ⚓ AppleInsider ☛ Microsoft_dumps_Cortana_leaving_Siri as_one_of_the_last_smart_assistants⠀⇛ Siri appears to be the last smart assistant standing as Microsoft quietly sunsets Cortana in Windows, but this may be a meaningless victory given the rise of AI-based chatbots. Cortana’s death has been a long time coming. Microsoft began removing support for Cortana on mobile in 2021 and is now killing it off on Windows as well. o § Linux Foundation⠀➾ # ⚓ PR Newswire ☛ The_Linux_Foundation_Announces_Schedule_for WasmCon_2023 [Ed: Linux Foundation is attacking the open Web]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Computer Weekly ☛ 3-D_content_leaders_align_under_Linux Foundation_JDF [Ed: Adrian Bridgwater is a stenographer of 'Linux' Foundation and he threatens people who point out he's a Microsoft apologist too]⠀⇛ Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk and Nvidia have worked with the Joint Development Foundation (JDF), an affiliate of the Linux Foundation, to now announce the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD). Presumably pronounced Ah-Oh-You-Ess-Dee (rather than “aouzed”) this alliance seeks to promote the standardisation, development, evolution and growth of Pixar’s Universal Scene Description technology. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ CISA_Calls_Urgent_Attention_to_UEFI_Attack Surfaces_–_SecurityWeek⠀⇛ The US government’s cybersecurity agency describes UEFI as “critical attack surface” that requires urgent security attention. [...] “UEFI is a critical attack surface. Attackers have a clear value proposition for targeting UEFI software,” the agency said in a call-to-action penned by CISA technical advisor Jonathan Spring and vulnerability management director Sandra Radesky. Noting that UEFI code represents a compilation of several components (security and platform initializers, drivers, bootloaders, power management interface, etc.), the agency warned that security defects expose computer systems to stealthy attacks that maintain persistence. # ⚓ CISA ☛ A_Call_to_Action:_Bolster_UEFI_Cybersecurity_Now⠀⇛ Attackers have a clear value proposition for targeting UEFI software. UEFI is a compilation of several components (security and platform initializers, drivers, bootloaders, power management interface, etc.) so what attackers achieve depends on which phase and what element of UEFI they are able to subvert. But every attack involves some kind of persistence. # ⚓ [Old] CSO ☛ New_vulnerabilities_mean_it’s_time_to_review server_BMC_interfaces⠀⇛ BMCs are specialized microcontrollers that have their own firmware and operating system, dedicated memory, power, and network ports. They are used for out-of-band management of servers when their primary operating systems are shut down. BMCs are essentially smaller computers that run inside servers and allow administrators to perform maintenance tasks remotely like reinstalling operating systems, restarting servers when they are no longer unresponsive, deploying firmware updates, and so on. This is also sometimes referred to as lights out management. Security researchers have warned about security issues in BMC implementations and the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification they used for at least a decade. Vulnerabilities included hardcoded credentials and users, misconfigurations, weak or absent encryption, as well as code bugs like buffer overflows. Even though these management interfaces should operate on isolated network segments, hundreds of thousands have been found exposed to the internet over the years. # ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ How_Malicious_Android_Apps_Slip_Into Disguise⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Thursday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (linux- 5.10), Red Hat (.NET 6.0 and iperf3), Slackware (openssl), SUSE (kernel, mariadb, poppler, and python-Django), and Ubuntu (gst-plugins-base1.0, gst-plugins-good1.0, maradns, openjdk-20, and vim). # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Parents,_students_are_baffled_by_letters confirming_Crown_Point_school_network_breach_months_ago⠀⇛ Megan Hickey reports that there is finally a notification letter, of sorts, to parents about a network breach in November. In April, Indiana media had been reporting that the parents and community still had not been told what had happened. # ⚓ Proposed_Second_Amendment_to_NYDFS_Cybersecurity Regulations:_Comments_Due_August_14⠀⇛ Following up on the recent release by the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) of an updated proposed second amendment to its “first-in- the-nation” Cybersecurity Regulation, 23 NYCRR Part 500 (proposed second amendment released June 28, 2023), it is not too late for companies to submit comments on the most recent version of the proposed changes from NYDFS. Comments are due by 5:00 p.m. ET on August 14. # ⚓ ECHN_hospitals_slowly_recovering,_other_facilities_closed due_to_suspected_cyberattack⠀⇛ A cyberattack is suspected to have caused a systemwide IT problem that is forcing the Eastern Connecticut Health Network (ECHN) to divert patients from its hospital emergency rooms, according to ECHN. [...] The issue is affecting the ERs at both Manchester Memorial Hospital and Rockville General Hospital. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Husband_and_Wife_Plead_Guilty_to_Money Laundering_Conspiracy_Involving_the_Hack_and_Theft_of Billions_in_Cryptocurrency⠀⇛ There’s an update to the case involving the arrest of a married couple charged with laundering $4.5 billion in cryptocurrency stolen from Bitifinex in 2016. Ilya Lichtenstein, 35, and Heather Morgan, 33, from New York City pleaded guilty today to money laundering conspiracies arising from the hack and theft of approximately 120,000 bitcoin from Bitfinex, a global cryptocurrency exchange. # § Privacy⠀➾ # ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ Veriff_BIPA_Lawsuit Settlement_Checks_Will_Arrive_Shortly_(Uphold_ [Cryptocurrency]_Exchange_and_Brave_Browser_Users Victimized)⠀⇛ I got an email yesterday morning from the administrator of the Class Action Lawsuit against Veriff saying that my settlement check should arrive tomorrow. The Illinois Biometric Privacy Information Act has been scoring some large settlements. # ⚓ Welcome_to_tails.net!⠀⇛ After 14 years using a subdomain of boum.org, we finally found a new home that will be easier for everybody to remember and type. Tails will become easier to find by the people who need it the most. # ⚓ EDRI ☛ Digital_ID_–_civil_society_demands_protection of_Users⠀⇛ One single app to rent a hotel room, prove your age, your educational, financial or health certificates, or to access digital public and private services? Sounds convenient? Well, it is. But if done wrong, it will be equally easy for corporations, authorities or even bad actors to create highly detailed profiles about yourself – spanning a vast area of your everyday life – or abuse this treasure of sensitive personal information in other ways. We therefore urge policy makers in an open letter with 24 civil rights orgs, academics and research institutions to include the essential privacy and non-discrimination safeguards as well as proper protection against malicious actors. Will the decision makers take care of their citizens and protect their sensitive data or will we end up with one of the biggest panopticons ever? The final decision is just about to be made in the crucial trilogue negotiations (between European Parliament, Council/Member States and Commission). # ⚓ EFF ☛ Celebrating_Ten_Years_of_Encrypting_the_Web with_Let’s_Encrypt⠀⇛ There was one big obstacle: to deploy HTTPS and protect a website, the people running that website needed to buy and install a certificate from a certificate authority. Price was a big barrier to getting more websites on HTTPS, but the complexity of installing certificates was an even bigger one.   In 2013, the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) was founded, which would soon become the home of Let’s Encrypt, a certificate authority founded to help encrypt the Web. Let’s Encrypt was radical in that it provided certificates for free to anyone with a website. Let’s Encrypt also introduced a way to automate away the risk and drudgery of manually issuing and installing certificates. With the new ACME protocol, anyone with a website could run software (like EFF’s Certbot) that combined the steps of getting a certificate and correctly installing it.  In the time since, Let’s Encrypt and Certbot have been a huge success, with over 250 million active certificates protecting hundreds of millions of websites. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ FBI_Investigation_Into_Mysterious_NSO Spyware_Purchase_Reveals_It_Was_The_FBI_Doing_The Mysterious_Purchasing⠀⇛ As information started to leak out from the… everywhere about NSO Group’s secondhand contribution to surveillance abuses all over the world, the world (except for the worst of NSO’s customers) began taking action. Even the government that facilitated many of NSO’s sales to human rights violators decided it might be time to toss a few restrictions on the Israel-based malware merchant founded by former Israeli intelligence officers. # § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Cult_of_the_Dead_Cow_Wants_to_Save_Internet Privacy_with_a_New_Encryption_Protocol⠀⇛ According to Cult members, Veilid is “an open-source, peer-to-peer, mobile-first networked application framework, with a flagship secure messaging application named VeilidChat.” Application frameworks of this sort are flexible software packages that can be iterated on and changed by infusing new code into them. Developers who want to create new programs with the same privacy protections will be able to build off of Veilid’s open source structures. # ⚓ Veilid_Framework⠀⇛ We built Veilid because when the Internet was young and new, we viewed it as an endless open realm of possibility. Instead, the Internet we know now has been heavily commercialized, with users and their data being the most sought-after commodity. The only ways to opt-out of becoming the product for billionaires to exploit are either too technical for the average user, or to simply not go online. We don’t believe that is fair, we still haven’t given up our dream for the entire Internet to be free and accessible to everyone without trading privacy to use it. We believe that people should be able to build relationships, learn, create, and build online without being monetized. With Veilid, the user is in control, in a way that is approachable and friendly to everyone, regardless of technical ability. We want to give the world the Internet we should have had all along. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ NIST_appoints_G._Nagesh_Rao_as_deputy director_of_Manufacturing_Extension_Partnership⠀⇛ Rao moves to NIST from another Department of Commerce division, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), where he was chief information officer. The Manufacturing Extension Partnership is a public-private partnership that acts as an intermediary between the standards bureau and small and medium-sized manufacturers. It has centers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ We_Are_Still_a_Long_Way_From_Justice_for Donald_Trump⠀⇛ We live in a deranged and deranging time, and Trump is a symptom, not the cause, but he’s certainly making everything worse. That’s why I’ve found it hard to be jubilant over Trump’s four indictments, at long last, relating to his role in the January 6 insurrection. Even as Trump is set to appear for his staggering third criminal arraignment Thursday afternoon, this time in Washington, D.C., I’m not readying the champagne. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ The_five-domains_update⠀⇛ Sea state Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that the Russian Navy will receive 30 new combat ships of various classes later this year. # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ The_Elements_of_Offense_in_the_Trump January_6_Indictment⠀⇛ Here, in abbreviated form, is what the elements of the offense are for the four charged crimes, which is what the jury will be given to judge the former President’s crimes. DOJ will need to prove that Trump entered into three parallel conspiracies with his alleged co-conspirators, then show that they attempted to: Use deceit to undermine the Electoral College Act Prevent the certification of the Electoral votes on January 6 Prevent the Biden voters votes in swing states from being counted # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Two_U.S._Navy_Sailors_Charged_With_Helping China⠀⇛ Two Navy sailors in Southern California were arrested and accused of providing military secrets and sensitive information to Chinese intelligence officers, according to a pair of federal indictments unsealed on Thursday. # ⚓ Gannett ☛ ‘Cash_over_country’:_Navy_sailors_arrested, accused_of_passing_US_military_info_to_China⠀⇛ In two separate cases announced together, the Department of Justice said 22-year-old sailor Jinchao Wei, also known as Patrick Wei, was charged with espionage and arrested on Wednesday. And 26- year-old Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao, also known as Thomas Zhao, was charged with receiving bribes in exchange for transmitting information to a Chinese intelligence officer. “These individuals stand accused of violating the commitments they made to protect the United States and betraying the public trust, to the benefit of the (People’s Republic of China) government,” Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen said in a news release Thursday. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Two_US_Navy_sailors_arrested_on_China spying_charges⠀⇛ The Navy servicemembers are accused of providing Chinese intelligence with sensitive information, including detailed technical manuals for warships and their weapons systems. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Two_Trump_Sycophants_Charged_With_Manipulating Michigan_Voting_Machines⠀⇛ A failed state attorney general candidate endorsed by Donald Trump and a former Republican Michigan state representative have been criminally charged with attempting to tamper with voting machines, according to charging documents first spotted by The Detroit News. The criminal charges against the two Trump allies follow a nearly year-long investigation into voting machine tampering and dropped just hours after the former president himself was indicted on felony charges for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. All in all, August 1 was a rough day for the Trump- aligned right wing. # ⚓ Vox ☛ There_is_no_First_Amendment_right_to_overturn_an election⠀⇛ There are at least two reasons Trump’s alleged actions are not protected speech. One is that Smith repeatedly accuses Trump of pressuring other government officials to commit criminal acts of election fraud, and it is well established that soliciting another individual to commit a crime is not protected by the First Amendment. As the Supreme Court held in United States v. Williams (2008), “offers to engage in illegal transactions are categorically excluded from First Amendment protection.” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ This_Is_How_Trump_Becomes_a_Dictator⠀⇛ But Trump’s rhetoric is not just the revenge fantasy of someone under multiple indictments, nor is it merely a cynical harnessing of right-wing bloodthirst. As president, Trump didn’t have a problem with the existence of a so-called deep state; his problem was a deep state he didn’t control. Consider the case of Rudy Giuliani, his two goons, and Ukraine. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Michigan_politicians_charged_with_felonies_for tampering_with_voting_machines⠀⇛ Michigan is not the only state to investigate suspected election interference. In March 2022, a Colorado county clerk was indicted for tampering with election information. In January 2022, Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis requested the impanelment of a special grant jury to investigate attempts to disrupt the administration of the 2020 election in that state. It is expected that Willis will soon announce an indictment against Trump related to this investigation. # ⚓ New Statesman ☛ North_Sea_licences_tell_big_oil_we’re_not serious_about_net_zero⠀⇛ The Climate Change Committee (CCC) – an independent, non-departmental statutory body formed to advise the government on these matters – recognised that the impact of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine meant it was reasonable for Britain to extract maximum gas in the short term. Price volatility brought about by the invasion wreaked havoc on household’s and businesses’ bills. But the CCC also warned against long-term expansion of North Sea oil extraction and urged that the UK’s present production must be carried out with the lowest emissions possible. # ⚓ ANF News ☛ Yazidi_people_visit_mass_graves_in_Herdan⠀⇛ The statement read by TAJÊ member Kinê Xidir said: “Our people were massacred 9 years ago by ISIS and with the cooperation of the Barzani family. They wanted to destroy the Yazidi people and empty Shengal. Our people resisted and did not allow the enemy to achieve their aim. We call on all our people not to forget this dark day for us and to protect our martyrs. There is the blood of our martyrs in every inch of this land. We promise that we will not give up on the cause of our martyrs who died on this road.” # ⚓ [Repeat] New York Times ☛ Pastor_or_Traitor?_Ukrainians Shun_a_Church_Seen_as_a_Kremlin_Tool.⠀⇛ The village parishioners’ decision to oust their priest reflects a broader push within Ukraine to reduce the influence of an Orthodox church that answers to Moscow. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Amnesty_International_report_reveals_alleged_war crimes_in_Sudan⠀⇛ In its recommendations, AI calls on “regional and international powers, notably members of the UN Security Council and UN Human Rights Council as well as state parties to the ICC, to take concrete measures to respond to the scale and urgency of the Sudan conflict.” The report mirrors previous warnings from international organizations regarding widespread sexual violence, massive population displacement and rampant human rights abuses. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Evacuation_of_Europeans_From_Niger_Begins⠀⇛ Moscow called for “dialogue” to avoid “a deterioration of the situation” in Niger following the coup d’état. “We think it is urgent to organize a national dialogue to restore civil peace and ensure law and order,” said the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Never_Again”:_Pittsburgh_Synagogue_Shooter Sentenced_to_Die._Jews_Against_the_Death_Penalty_Respond⠀⇛ A federal jury has sentenced to death the gunman who killed 11 worshipers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in the deadliest act of antisemitism in U.S. history. Robert Bowers was found guilty of federal hate crimes for the 2018 massacre. This is the first time federal prosecutors have successfully sought the death penalty under the Biden administration, which has imposed a moratorium on executions. We are joined by Cantor Michael Zoosman, co-founder of L’Chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty. “For ‘never again’ to have any meaning, it must also mean never again to state-sponsored murder of defenseless prisoners who are otherwise no longer a threat, safely behind bars,” says Zoosman. “This is a lesson that 21st century Judaism should share with the world.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ National_security_official_credits_Ukrainian military_and_Security_Service_with_both_Crimean_Bridge explosions_—_Meduza⠀⇛ During a live TV broadcast, Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, acknowledged the role of Ukraine’s secret services in the October 2022 and July 2023 explosions on the Russian-built Crimean Bridge. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kaluga_governor_says_6_combat_drones_were_shot down_in_Moscow-adjacent_region_overnight._Another_UAV reportedly_downed_late_this_morning._—_Meduza⠀⇛ Writing on Telegram, the governor of Russia’s Kaluga region Vladislav Shapsha reported that six UAVs had been shot down by air defense systems in his region overnight. According to the official, no damage or casualties resulted from the alleged drone attack. # ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Israeli_Occupation_Forces_Attack Hospital,_Kill_Palestinian_Civilians_in_Jenin_– Uncategorized⠀⇛ Although there have been disputes between the peoples of Israel and Palestine for decades, this particular attack led to the death of twelve Palestinians, including five civilian children. It also caused injury to more than 120 others. By using armed drones and helicopter gunships, IOF destroyed much of the infrastructure in the area, displacing nearly 4,000 Palestinians. Though many Palestinians needed assistance in the aftermath, the Israeli government denied ambulances access to the wounded. The IOF likely violated the Fourth Geneva Convention by firing teargas into the Khalil Suleiman hospital. Attacking civilian hospitals is a distinct war crime. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Scott_Ritter:_The_Executioner’s_Lament⠀⇛ While the world focuses on the trials and travails of the scientists who invented the atomic bomb, little attention is paid to the hard positions taken by the nuclear executioners, the men called u… # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Israel_Expanded_an_Apartheid_Law_Last_Week._No One_Is_Talking_About_It⠀⇛ Israel broadened a racist law that allows communities to exclude non-Jews based on “social and cultural cohesion.” Whereas judicial overhaul laws have caused an uproar, this passed with… # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Suspect_in_Idaho_student_stabbings says_he_was_out_for_a_solo_drive_around_the_time_of_the slayings⠀⇛ Attorneys for the man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death last year say he was on a long drive by himself around the time of the slayings. His attorneys said in documents filed Wednesday that witnesses may be able to testify he wasn’t at the scene of the crime. Bryan Kohberger is charged with four counts of murder in connection with the deaths at a rental house near the Moscow, Idaho, campus last November. His attorneys say it’s too soon to reveal details about witnesses because they’re still reviewing evidence. State law requires defendants to declare if they will present an alibi. # § War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_West_must_back_Ukraine_and Turkey_to_counter_Russia’s_attempts_to_control_the Black_Sea⠀⇛ Russia’s efforts to gain control in the Black Sea need to be challenged. Here’s how Ukraine and Turkey can push back with the West’s help. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Russian_Orthodox_leader_Patriarch Kirill’s_unholy_war_against_Ukraine⠀⇛ Russia’s Unholy War: Russian Orthodox Church leader Patriarch Kirill has provided the ideological justification for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and Russian efforts to eliminate Ukrainian national identity. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Verdict_Expected_in_Latest_Trial_of Russian_Opposition_Leader_Navalny⠀⇛ Aleksei A. Navalny, who is already in prison, is facing charges of supporting “extremism” that could extend his sentence by two decades. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ ‘Moscow_House’_in_Rīga_loses_signage⠀⇛ “Moscow House” (Maskavas nams) sign has been removed from the front of the building on Marijas Street 7, LETA reported on August 3. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Russian_War_Report:_Drones_target central_Moscow_skyscrapers⠀⇛ Drone strikes hit central Moscow this week killing none but damaging a skyscraper. Meanwhile, TGStat has restricted access to a Telegram channel that tracks Russian casualties. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ ISS:_From_Russia,_with_little_to_show for_it⠀⇛ Russian President Vladimir Putin was hoping for a record turnout of African leaders at the second Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg last week to show the West he wasn’t isolated after all. He didn’t quite pull that off. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ SA_Navy_Chief_visits_Russia,_promotes BRICS_alliance⠀⇛ Chief of the South African Navy, Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, has visited Russia for the country’s annual Navy Day event in St Petersburg. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Lady_R_judicial_inquiry_report_ready for_Ramaphosa⠀⇛ South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa will, his spokesman has it, “consume” the report of the judicial commission of inquiry into Russian cargo vessel Lady R before deciding on “actions to be followed”. This is as per a Presidency statement attributed to Vincent Magwenya. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Latvia_to_ask_thousands_of_Russian_citizens_to leave_the_country⠀⇛ Up to 6,000 of Russian citizens in Latvia are expected to receive official notices next month asking them to leave the country, according to Ingmārs Līdaka, head of the parliament’s Commission on Citizenship, Migration and Public Mobilisation. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Brussels_welcomes_Baltic_deal_to_speed_up decoupling_from_Russian_power_grid⠀⇛ On Thursday, the European Commission welcomed the three Baltic countries’ agreement to synchronise their electricity grids with the continental European system by February 2025. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Putin_Reportedly_Signed_Record_Number_Of Secret_Decrees_Last_Month⠀⇛ Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a record number of secret decrees last month. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia’s_Navalny_Expects_‘Stalinist’ Sentencing_After_Verdict_On_Extremism_Charges⠀⇛ A verdict is expected on August 4 in the extremism trial of jailed Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, who is already serving a nine-year prison sentence on embezzlement charges that he and his allies say are politically motivated. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Georgia_Bans_Export,_Reexport_Of_Cars_From U.S.,_EU_To_Russia_And_Belarus⠀⇛ Georgia’s Finance Ministry on August 2 said the exporting and reexporting of U.S. cars to Russia and Belarus was banned as of August 1. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kyrgyzstan_Sends_Note_To_Moscow_On_Taxi Driver_Beaten_In_Russia⠀⇛ Kyrgyzstan’s Foreign Ministry says its embassy in Moscow has sent a note to Russia’s Foreign Ministry over the beating of a Kyrgyz citizen working there as a taxi driver. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Places_Norway_On_List_Of_Countries ‘Unfriendly’_To_Its_Diplomats⠀⇛ Russia has addded Norway to its list of countries that have committed “unfriendly” acts against Russian diplomatic and consular missions abroad. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Reuters:_Russian_army_recruitment_ads_appear online_in_Kazakhstan_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Residents of Kazakhstan have noticed Russian army recruitment ads appearing online, writes Reuters. The ads offer those who sign a contract with the Russian army an immediate payment of $5300, a monthly payment of at least 190,000 rubles ($2018), and extra benefits that were not disclosed. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘This_is_the_world_Putin_wants_to_live_in’: BBC_News_Russia_tells_the_story_of_how_Moscow’s diplomacy_apparatus_deteriorated_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Nearly a year and a half after the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, why hasn’t diplomacy managed to stop the bloodshed? Journalists from BBC News Russia sought to answer this question by talking to analysts and former government employees from both Russia and the U.S. What emerged was a story of Russian diplomats increasingly seeking to please Putin as the Russian leader himself became ever more convinced of the power of brute force and the irrelevance of diplomacy. Meduza shares an English-language summary of the report. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Man_reportedly_detonates_airsoft_grenade near_Moscow_City_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A man detonated a training grenade near the Russian capital’s Moscow City commercial district on Thursday, multiple Telegram channels reported. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘People_are_more_willing_to_help_residents of_Shebekino_than_refugees_from_Donbas’_How_Ukrainian refugees_and_Russians_displaced_from_the_border_regions resettle_in_Belgorod_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian refugees and Russians living along the border have relocated to the Russian city of Belgorod and the surrounding areas. Both groups have found it challenging to find temporary shelters, receive payments from the government, and start new lives. Independent outlet Verstka spoke to those who chose to resettle in Belgorod to understand the similarities and differences in their experiences. Meduza in English is sharing an abridged translation of the story. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘By_imprisoning_hundreds,_Putin_is_trying_to terrorize_millions’:_Anticipating_a_harsh_new_court verdict,_Alexey_Navalny_speaks_about_the_importance_of resisting_fear_—_the_main_instrument_of_Putin’s_regime —_Meduza⠀⇛ Alexey Navalny, a key figure of the anti- Putin opposition in Russia, is awaiting a new court sentence, due to be announced on Friday, August 4. The new charges of extremist activity threaten the politician with a 20-year sentence, in addition to the nine-year prison term he is currently serving in a penal colony outside of the city of Vladimir. Instead of bringing Navalny to a courthouse, the Russian authorities arranged to try him right at the penitentiary. Although the trial has been closed to the press, Navalny has published an extended blog post, anticipating the sentence and its intended chilling effect on the Russian opposition. Ahead of the verdict, Navalny urges his supporters not to give in to fear in the face of Putin’s calculus of intimidation. Meduza has translated the main part of Navalny’s letter to the opposition, abridging the final part containing the politician’s acknowledgements. # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Russia’s_illegal_war_of aggression_against_Ukraine:_EU_agrees_to_extend_the scope_of_sanctions_on_Belarus_to_fight_circumvention⠀⇛ European Commission Press release Brussels, 04 Aug 2023 The European Commission welcomes today’s adoption by the Council of further targeted restrictive measures arising from Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, and in response to Belarus’s involvement in the aggression. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Russia_accuses_Ukraine_of_attacking_Black Sea_navy_base_and_Crimea_with_drones⠀⇛ The attack on Novorossiysk is the first time a commercial Russian port has been targeted in the 18-month war. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Agricultural_obstacles_may complicate_Ukraine’s_path_toward_EU_membership⠀⇛ Ukraine continues to pursue EU integration even as the country defends itself against Russian invasion, but there are signs that some EU member states are not yet ready to integrate Ukraine’s powerful agricultural sector. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Russia_is_targeting_Ukrainian national_identity_with_attacks_on_heritage_sites⠀⇛ The Russian bombing of Odesa’s main Orthodox church in July was the latest in long line of attacks on Ukrainian heritage sites that indicate a deliberate campaign to erase Ukrainian cultural identity, writes Mercedes Sapuppo. # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Russia_says_it_thwarted_Ukraine drone_attack_on_Black_Sea_port_of_Novorossiysk⠀⇛ Russia’s defence ministry said early on Friday that it had thwarted an overnight drone attack by Ukraine on Novorossiysk, a Russian naval base on the Black Sea. This incident did not result in any casualties or damage, reported the RIA news agency, citing regional governor Veniamin Kondratyev. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Four_big_geopolitical_tests_the European_Union_faces_this_year⠀⇛ From Ukraine to artificial intelligence, the second half of 2023 poses major tests that will reveal the realities of the EU’s geopolitical aspirations.   # ⚓ France24 ☛ Protesters_in_Georgia_drive_away_Russian cruise_ship,_allege_violent_police_response⠀⇛ After two days of demonstrations, protesters in Georgia forced out the Russian cruise ship Astoria Grande, which had been docked at a Black Sea port in the southwest of the country. Police responded by using force on protesters, who cited their disapproval of the cruise ship’s passengers’ views on Russian policies in Ukraine and Georgia. According to our Observer, the clashes highlight a disparity between the Georgian government and the population’s stance on Russia. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Poland_‘positive’_about_easing_Ukrainian_grain transit_to_Baltic_states⠀⇛ Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki was positive about moving customs checks for Ukrainian grain from the Polish border to ports in the Baltic states, according to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda who is currently on a visit to Poland. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Black_Sea_Naval_Base,_Occupied_Crimea Attacked_By_Drones,_Russia_Says,_As_‘Cruel’_Fighting Under_Way_In_East⠀⇛ Drone attacks on Russia’s largest naval base in the Black Sea and on illegally annexed Crimea were repelled overnight, but prompted a temporary halt of ship movement in one of Russia’s major commercial ports, the military and Moscow-installed authorities said on August 4. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ World_Must_Tell_Russia_To_Stop_‘Blackmail’ Involving_Ukrainian_Grain,_Blinken_Tells_UN⠀⇛ U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on August 3 took aim at Russia in a speech to the UN Security Council in New York, accusing Moscow of “blackmail” over its recent withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ EU_Extends_Sanctions_On_Belarus_Over_Its Support_For_Russia’s_War_In_Ukraine⠀⇛ The European Union announced on August 3 the extension of sanctions against Belarus due to its support for Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Moscow_Fines_Apple_For_Failing_To_Remove Information_About_Invasion_Of_Ukraine⠀⇛ A court in Moscow has fined Apple for failing to remove information related to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Interfax reported. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Russia_Thwarts_New_Ukrainian_Attack_in Kaluga_Region⠀⇛ The six drones, which were shot down less than 125 miles from Moscow, were presumably targeting civilian targets in the Russian capital. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Lawyer_Says_Case_Materials_Against_Former Russian-Backed_Commander_Girkin_Classified_As_‘Top Secret’⠀⇛ The lawyer for the arrested ex-leader of Kremlin-backed separatists in Ukraine, Igor Girkin (aka Strelkov), says the materials of his client’s case have been classified as “top secret.” # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Poland_Warns_Of_Wagner_Buildup_In_Belarus⠀⇛ Poland has warned that a growing presence of mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner private military firm in Belarus is aimed at destabilizing NATO’s eastern flank amid the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ As_Ukrainians_slog_through_minefields, what_they_need_most_is_time⠀⇛ In the best of circumstances, advancing through minefields while minimizing losses is time-consuming for armies. As Ukraine struggles to expel Russia, it hopes not to exhaust its allies’ patience. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Glory_to_Ukraine’s_cultural_muses⠀⇛ The country’s embrace of its cultural qualities helps deny a victory to Russia, which has attempted to claim that a unique culture and national dignity don’t even exist. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ After_Ukraine’s_Kakhovka_Dam Disaster,_a_Hunt_for_Ancient_Treasures⠀⇛ After the Kakhovka dam was blown up in June, the reservoir above it quickly drained, revealing a bonanza of artifacts that has electrified Ukrainian archaeologists. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia-Ukraine_War:_Russian_Warship Damaged_in_Ukrainian_Drone_Attack⠀⇛ Moscow said Ukraine used drones to strike Novorossiysk, a Black Sea naval and shipping hub, and a port in occupied Crimea. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia’s_Pro-War_Bloggers_Are Suddenly_Sniping_Among_Themselves⠀⇛ A new tone has set in among the uninhibited military bloggers, whose support for the invasion has given them unusual powers to speak out. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital First Media ☛ How_John_Dingell_helped_arm_the_NRA⠀⇛ The files of Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress, were donated to the University of Michigan but remained off-limits for nearly eight years. They were made available in May, five months after the Times began pressing for their release. # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Judge_Orders_Former_Fox_News_Reporter_To Reveal_Confidential_Source⠀⇛ o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] Deforestation_around_the_Panama_Canal⠀⇛ In Panama’s healthy rainforest, rainwater saturates the soil, then feeds the streams supplying Gatún Lake. In the last few decades, however, logging and slash-and-burn agriculture have claimed half of the surrounding rainforest. Deforested land cannot absorb the region’s heavy tropical rains; the excess water floods Gatún Dam and flows out to sea. The floodwaters also fill the lake with sediment. Dredging the lake bottom has restored its storage capacity, but also forced local residents to filter the lake water or rely on bottled drinking water. The drought of 1990-91 gave Panamanians a taste of what can happen without adequate water in Gatún Lake. Canal operators had to limit trips through the canal to just 30 a day. A growing number of Panamanians have expressed concern over the canal’s viability if deforestation continues. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Panama_Canal_foresees_its_income falling_after_shipping_limited_due_to_a_drought⠀⇛ The watershed also supplies freshwater to Panama City, home to about half the country’s population of 4 million. # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Digging_into_the_benefits_of_landfill mining⠀⇛ Research in the International Journal of Environmental Engineering reveals details of the first successful, large-scale landfill mining project in Andalusia, Spain. Landfill mining is an emerging approach for the remediation of old waste sites. It allows for the reuse of valuable materials, such as plastics and metals that may have been dumped before recycling facilities were widely available. The process might also allow an entire brownfield site to be remediated sufficiently for development or even rewilding. # ⚓ Science News ☛ Climate_change_puts_children’s_health_at risk_now_and_in_the_future⠀⇛ Children’s ongoing development from the fetal period through adolescence is one reason that they are particularly vulnerable to health harms from climate-related effects on the environment, says environmental health scientist Frederica Perera of Columbia University. She founded the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health in 1998. Science News talked with Perera about climate change and children’s health and well-being, the disparities in terms of who is at highest risk and why these early harms endanger health throughout life. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Lights_off_for_incandescents:_Edison bulbs_ruled_a_relic_of_the_past⠀⇛ Yet by the time Aug. 1 rolled around, the critics had gone quiet, possibly because companies and consumers have already started voting for better lighting efficiency with their wallets. Here’s what you need to know. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Oil_prices_are_moving_up⠀⇛ Data: FactSet; Chart: Axios Visuals Oil prices are moving up — they surged 17% in July, and analysts are now seriously talking about $100 oil again. Why it matters:It’s a sign the market is feeling more optimistic about the economy — with recession fears abating. =============================================================================== * It also means more_upward_pressure at the pump, and on inflation more generally: A little summer agita for U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Zoom in:The dynamics are simple. Oil prices are rising because demand forecasts are growing, thanks to the improving economic outlook — while supply is shrinking. ⚓ [Repeat] Ruben Schade ☛ Ride_sharing_and_autonomous_vehicles_cause_traffic⠀⇛ This is what city planners are referring to when discussing induced demand, and it’s proof that building car infrastructure in a growing city never solves traffic, it only contributes to it. What’s that line about the angry motorist who doesn’t realise they are traffic? Cars will always have a place in urban areas, but fancier car allocation, regardless of fuel source or operator, won’t drive us out of our current problems. ⚓ Futurism ☛ Tesla_Sued_for_Exaggerating_Battery_Range⠀⇛ “Had Tesla honestly advertised its electric vehicle ranges, consumers either would not have purchased Tesla model vehicles, or else would have paid substantially less for them,” the lawsuit states. While it’s still unclear if the proposed suit will ever get class action status, it could be a considerable legal battle for the Elon Musk-led company, considering it would cover all Tesla drivers in California who bought a Model 3, S, X, or Y. ⚓ Reuters ☛ Tesla_faces_California_class_action_on_its_EV_range_claims⠀⇛ Reuters also reported that about a decade ago Tesla had decided to write algorithms for its in-dash range meter that would show drivers “rosy” projections for the distance the car could travel on a full battery, according to a source. The directive to present the optimistic range estimates came from Tesla CEO Elon Musk, this person said. Reuters could not determine whether Tesla still uses algorithms that boost range estimates. ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Leading_Think_Tank_Met_With_Minister_Over_North_Sea_Energy_While Funded_by_Fossil_Fuel_Interests⠀⇛ Policy Exchange, one of Westminster’s most prominent think tanks, engaged in a high-level influencing campaign over the UK’s North Sea oil and gas policies while being funded by fossil fuel interests, DeSmog can reveal. The North Sea Transition Deal announced by the government in March 2021 set a net zero target for the basin but allowed for the continued exploration of oil and gas. ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Oil_and_Gas_Leaders_to_Make_‘Net_Zero’_Pitch_at_World_Petroleum Congress⠀⇛ The 24th World Petroleum Congress is taking place this year in Calgary, Alberta, from Sept. 17 to 21. In response to looming questions about decarbonization, this year’s event is titled “Energy Transition: The Path to Net Zero.” ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_State_Of_High_Speed_Rail,_And_A_Look_To_Tomorrow⠀⇛ In the 21st century, the global transportation landscape is in shift. Politicians, engineers, and planners all want to move more people, more quickly, more cleanly. Amid the frenzy of innovative harebrained ideas, high-speed rail travel has surged to the forefront. It’s a quiet achiever, and a reliable solution for efficient, sustainable, and swift intercity and intercountry transit. § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ * ⚓ The Revelator ☛ Three_Ways_Congress_Could_Act_to_Protect_Imperiled Wildlife⠀⇛ * ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Flagship_UN_Food_Systems_Summit_Accused_of_‘Selling_the Corporate_and_Industrial_Project’⠀⇛ Indigenous peoples, smallholder farmers and academics have claimed that a UN summit focused on the future of agriculture helped to entrench corporate control over the global food system. The UN’s Food Systems Summit “Stocktaking Moment” (“FSS+2”), held last week, came as countries look to slash agriculture’s climate footprint in the runup to the COP28 summit in December. § Overpopulation⠀➾ * ⚓ [Old] Green Party UK ☛ Green_Party_announces_Earth_Overshoot_action plan⠀⇛ Today marks Earth Overshoot Day, the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. However, the UK’s overshoot day has already passed – it fell on19th May [1]. In a week when the government has made a series of measures which will make the overshoot even worse, the Green Party has launched an ‘Earth Overshoot Day action plan’ to help move the UK date as late as possible. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ Salesforce_Implements_Additional_Job_Cuts_in_Ireland_as_Part_of Profitability_Focus:_What’s_Going_On?⠀⇛ The recent layoffs affected sales and customer success employees in Ireland, with about 50 roles impacted, Bloomberg reports. The company stated that this move was part of an ongoing effort to ensure appropriate resource allocation. * ⚓ HackerOne_lays_off_12%_workforce_as_‘one-time_event’⠀⇛ * ⚓ Daily Dot ☛ ‘Am_I_fired_lol?’:_Walmart_worker_says_his_shifts_were abruptly_removed_and_he_got_locked_out_of_Workday⠀⇛ During the great layoff of 2023 where throngs of tech workers employed by massive corporations like Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and others, it seemed like it was the norm for folks to find out they were fired in inhumane ways. And by “inhumane,” we mean a complete lack of initial human interaction: Folks would try to boot up their laptop, or would be working diligently on their employer-issued device only to be logged out and have difficulty gaining access to their workplace resources. Much has been written about the “cold” and “impersonal” ways in which tech workers have been laid off, but it would appear that folks who work in brick-and-mortar retail locations are experiencing the similar log-in-issue fears that remote employees are. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ NDTV ☛ Survey_To_Determine_If_Gyanvapi_Mosque_Was_Built_Over_Temple Resumes⠀⇛ Varanasi: The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) has resumed its survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi to determine if it was built over a Hindu temple. The mosque committee has challenged the survey in the Supreme Court. Here are 10 points on this big story: [...] * ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ DICE_Reportedly_Lays_Off_30+_Creative_and Marketing_Employees,_Plans_To_Work_With_Additional_Freelancers⠀⇛ Notwithstanding the redundancies, DICE, which expanded into Germany 14 months ago and brought on former Hulu social media and digital strategy exec Katie Soo as chief business officer in February of 2023, indicated in remarks to TheTicketingBusinessNews that it intends to keep on making “’strategic hires that will drive forward’” company-wide growth. Needless to say, DICE is hardly alone in announcing layoffs, which have reached music industry companies including Spotify, Utopia, Sonos, Downtown, Universal Music’s Motown Records, Warner Music, and a number of others to this point in 2023. * ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Social_media_is_overtaking_traditional channels_for_UK_SMEs’_revenue_generation⠀⇛ A study reveals that 28 per cent of UK small businesses are now making more money through social media than from any other channel, while 21 per cent worry about lacking digital skills. * ⚓ NDTV ☛ Explained:_What_Government’s_Ban_On_Import_Of_Laptops,_Computers Means_For_Customers⠀⇛ The central government on Thursday imposed restrictions on import of laptops, tablets, all-in-one personal computers and ultra-small computers and servers with immediate effect. Any entity or company planning to bring laptops and computers for sale in India will now have to seek permission or license from the government for their inbound shipments. The notification in this regard was issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT). The restrictions have been imposed under HSN Code 8471 on seven categories of electronic gadgets. * ⚓ Reuters ☛ India_mandates_licensing_for_laptop,_tablet_imports_in_blow to_Apple,_Samsung⠀⇛ India’s electronics imports, which include laptops, tablets and personal computers, stood at $19.7 billion in the April to June period, up 6.25% year-on-year. Research firm Counterpoint estimates India’s laptop and personal computer market to be worth $8 billion annually, with two third of those imported. * ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Out_of_nowhere,_India_requires_PC_and_server_makers to_get_an_import_license⠀⇛ No explanation has been offered for the change, but there’s on obvious candidate: the nation’s “Make In India” push, and accompanying subsidy programs, reflect policy to turn the nation into a tech manufacturing powerhouse. The argument goes that a local presence helps system builders to serve the burgeoning local market better and at the same time diversify their operations to reduce concentration of activities in China. * ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ Common_Sense_and_Heat_Pumps⠀⇛ In discussing government proposals to effectively enforce a mass public switch to heat pumps for home heating rather than gas boilers, I venture into an area where I have no expertise. I therefore intend to set out a series of numbered propositions which appear to me incontrovertible. * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Matt_Taibbi:_Campaign_2024,_Officially_Chaos⠀⇛ America enters an unprecedented political unknown, and our leaders appear helpless to find a way out. * ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Military_Personnel_Using_Lurid_Social_Media_Tactics to_Target_Gen_Z_Recruits_–_Validated_Independent_News⠀⇛ Many of Lujan’s posts are sensual videos that downplay her actual responsibilities as a soldier. Truth in recruitment activist Rosa del Duca, a veteran, told MintPress she was surprised that the military was letting Lujan post ‘unprofessional’ content in uniform. Lujan’s social media recruitment campaign takes place as Army enlistment numbers have dipped 25 percent below target. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_says_all_Russian_officials_should_drive_domestic vehicles,_a_policy_backed_by_Boris_Nemtsov_26_years_ago_—_Meduza⠀⇛ At a meeting with manufacturing executives on Thursday, Vladimir Putin said that “all of the country’s officials should drive domestic vehicles.” A recording of the statement was published on Telegram. * § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ o ⚓ Light Blue Touchpaper ☛ How_to_Spread_Disinformation_with Unicode⠀⇛ There are many different ways to represent the same text in Unicode. We’ve previously exploited this encoding- visualization gap to craft imperceptible adversarial examples against text-based machine learning systems and invisible vulnerabilities in source code. In our latest paper, we demonstrate another attack that exploits the same technique to target Google Search, Bing’s GPT-4-powered chatbot, and other text-based information retrieval systems. o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Glenn_Greenwald:_Wikipedia_Co-Founder_Calls Wikipedia_“Most_Biased_Encyclopedia”⠀⇛ Co-founder of Wikipedia Larry Sanger describes the downfall of the once community-ran, neutral, encyclopedia, Wikipedia, into a mouthpiece for the establishment. o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ TikTok_in_talks_to_gain_Indonesian_payments licence [Ed: Indonesia banned X/Twitter. Now China is stepping in.]⠀⇛ Indonesia accounted for nearly US$52 billion (S$69.8 billion) worth of e-commerce transactions in 2022. o ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ What_in_the_World_Is_Happening_on_TikTok_Live?⠀⇛ The app’s livestreaming section has turned into a huge business as users pay for quick hits of cheap, personalized (and frequently bizarre) entertainment. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Center_for_Countering_Digital_Hate_Vows_to_Keep Monitoring_Hate_Speech_on_X_Despite_Elon_Musk_Lawsuit⠀⇛ After the Center for Countering Digital Hate reported that hate speech has soared on the website formerly known as Twitter, now rebranded as “X,” Elon Musk responded by filing a lawsuit against the center over the research, calling the group “evil” and its CEO Imran Ahmed a “rat.” X accuses the watchdog group of unlawfully accessing data to “falsely claim it had statistical support showing the platform is overwhelmed with harmful content.” This comes as Musk has laid off about 80% of the workforce at X, including a large number of content moderators, and shut down its Trust and Safety Council. “When there is hate and disinformation being algorithmically amplified into billions of timelines, it’s perfectly right that people that oppose the spread, the production and distribution of hate seek to research it and seek to put that out into the public sphere,” says Ahmed. While Musk calls himself a “free speech absolutist,” silencing critics is his “go-to tactic to avoid accountability,” says Nora Benavidez, senior counsel and director of Digital Justice and Civil Rights at Free Press. * ⚓ France24 ☛ RFI_and_FRANCE_24_condemn_the_suspension_of_their_broadcasts in_Niger⠀⇛ This incident follows previous cases of censorship faced by RFI and FRANCE 24 in Mali and Burkina Faso in recent months. The group reaffirms its steadfast commitment to the freedom of information, and the safety of its journalists. In Niger, RFI operates through 7 FM relay stations, in addition to shortwave broadcasts of its programs in French, Hausa, and Fulfulde, as well as several satellites (free-to-air on SES 5, Eutelsat 16 A, and SES 4 satellites). A network of 44 partner radios also broadcasts their programs in French, Hausa, and Fulfulde. * ⚓ CPJ ☛ Niger_blocks_RFI_and_France_24_in_wake_of_coup⠀⇛ The blocking of RFI and France 24, which are subsidiaries of the French government-owned France Médias Monde, began Thursday, August 3, according to Mariama Soumana, a journalist based in Niger who spoke to CPJ via messaging app, and a report by the privately owned Jeune Afrique news site. * ⚓ [Repeat] RFERL ☛ Russian_Sentenced_To_Three_Years_For_Anti-War_Comments On_Social_Media⠀⇛ [...] The Telegram channel of the political association Novosibirsk 2020 reported the sentencing on August 2. [...] * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ By_Making_Its_Porn_Age_Verification_Law_A_‘Bounty’_Law,_Utah Able_To_Deflect_Challenge_To_The_Law’s_Validity⠀⇛ Over the last few years, as we’ve seen state legislatures and governors focusing on culture war legislating, rather than sensible policy legislating, one thing that’s become popular — kicked off by Texas’s anti-abortion law, but gladly embraced by Democrats as well — is the idea of trying to avoid judicial scrutiny by taking enforcement out of the government’s hands, but creating a “bounty” program with a private right of action. * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Russia_Fines_Wikipedia_and_Apple_for Spreading_‘False_Information’_About_Ukraine_Conflict⠀⇛ A justice of the peace in a magistrate’s court, which handles administrative violations and low-level criminal cases, fined the Wikimedia Foundation 3 million rubles ($33,000) for retaining material on Russian-language Wikipedia pages that violated a law against discrediting Russia’s military and spreading false[sic] information about the Ukraine conflict, the Interfax news agency reported. * ⚓ DroidGazzette ☛ Russia_fines_Apple,_Wikipedia_for_leaving_up_content_it doesn’t_like_about_Ukraine_war_–_POLITICO⠀⇛ This is the first time Apple has been fined for this offense, Russian media reported, while Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, has been fined numerous times. In April, the company was reportedly fined for the seventh time for not deleting what it said was “banned content” related to the Russian military. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Teenager_Gets_Six_Years_In_Prison_On_Treason_Charges⠀⇛ [...] Berdyugin took part in anti-war rallies and signed several petitions in Novosibirsk demanding an end to Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine launched in February 2022. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Satirist_Reportedly_Detained_By_Security_Agents_After Home_Searched⠀⇛ Buri went missing on July 31 after visiting the IRGC Intelligence Office in Abadan to retrieve his mobile phone after it was confiscated during a raid on his home by plainclothes officers, according to social-media reports. Since his disappearance, he has reportedly been unable to contact his family. Several prominent public figures have been summoned by the police or arrested in recent months, with officials warning women to respect the hijab law. * ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ The_Persecution_of_Azat_Miftakhov_Is_Designed_to Silence_Russia’s_Left⠀⇛ Russian anarchist Azat Miftakhov is spending his fifth year in jail for “hooliganism” — and now faces being framed on fake terrorism charges. His persecution is part of the Russian state’s campaign to intimidate the Left and silence opposition to the war. * ⚓ CPJ ☛ Taliban_shuts_down_Afghan_broadcaster_Hamisha_Bahar_over_mixed- gender_journalism_training⠀⇛ Taliban authorities must stop their relentless crackdown on the media in Afghanistan and allow private broadcaster Hamisha Bahar Radio and TV to continue its work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Congress_Is_Pushing_An_Online_Safety_Bill_Supported By_Anti-LGBTQ_Groups⠀⇛ Last week, the Senate Commerce Committee advanced the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bipartisan bill that lawmakers say is intended to stop online platforms from targeting and recommending harmful content to minors. On paper, the bill sounds like a necessary pushback against big tech platforms like Facebook and TikTok, which use algorithmic recommendation to show content users are most likely to engage with. * ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ WI’s_Dairy_Industry_Relies_on_Undocumented_Immigrants. The_State_Won’t_Let_Them_Legally_Drive.⠀⇛ Central Wisconsin’s Clark County is home to more dairy farms than any other county in the state, which bills itself as America’s Dairyland. Its identity is so tied to the dairy industry that a 16-foot-tall, black-and-white talking Holstein stands outside downtown Neillsville, the county seat. To corral the cows, milk them and clear their manure at these dairy farms — the dirty, dangerous work that makes this multibillion-dollar industry go — farm owners here and across Wisconsin rely on a labor force that they know is largely undocumented. * ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Israel-Linked_Group_Attempts_to_Censor_Pro- Palestinian_Artists_on_Spotify_–_Validated_Independent_News⠀⇛ We Believe in Israel launched a campaign earlier in 2023 for Spotify to remove several Arabic songs that allegedly targeted Israel. The campaign was the first step in a larger plan.  Luke Akehurst, director of We Believe in Israel, has cited Spotify’s ability respond to complaints of  “public disgust,” and has called on Spotify to do the same regarding Palestinian and pro- Palestinian voices hosted on the service. We Believe in Israel has also been accused of acting to remove one of pop artist Mohammad Assaf’s songs in part of its ongoing attempt to ‘cleanse’ the platform. The group complains that Spotify is promoting violence by allowing these artists to post their music using the service. * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ City_Officials_Tried_To_Force_Wikimedia_To_Remove_Truthful, But_Unflattering,_Content_From_Its_Wiki_Page⠀⇛ The best Streisanding is the Streisanding you give yourself, as the adage goes. The adage is even enshrined at Wikipedia, where it points to the creator of the term: Mike Masnick. Perhaps you’ve heard of him. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_activist_who_posted_names_of_Ukrainian_cities_on storefront_sentenced_to_1.5_years_in_prison_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A court in Russia’s Leningrad region has sentenced activist Dmitry Skurikhin to 1.5 years in prison for repeatedly “discrediting” the Russian army, the Telegram channel Sota reported on Thursday. The case was launched in response to a sign he made that read “Forgive us, Ukraine.” * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Moscow_court_fines_Apple_for_failing_to_delete_apps_and podcasts_about_war_in_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A Moscow judge has fined Apple 400,000 rubles ($4,250) for failing to delete apps and podcasts containing “false information” about Russia’s “special military operation” as well as materials “aimed at engaging minors in illegal activities for the purpose of destabilizing the political situation in Russia.” § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Five_journalists_face_prison_sentences_for_protesting colleagues’_arrests⠀⇛ During the demonstration, the journalists aimed to voice their support for their fellow journalists who had been detained in two separate investigations targeting Kurdish-focused media outlets. However, before the protest could even begin, the journalists were taken into custody. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ Digital First Media ☛ Striking_UM_graduate_instructors_get_new_offer, tight_deadline_as_fall_classes_loom⠀⇛ The graduate student workers are asking for “a livable wage,” better health and child care benefits, and more protections against sexual harassment. The minimum full-time equivalent salary for graduate student instructors on the Ann Arbor campus was $24,055 per term in the 2022-23 academic year, but only one was actually employed full-time as an instructor. Most graduate student instructors work half of the full-time equivalent and spend the rest of the time doing research and service work, the union says. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ The_US_wants_Kenya_to_lead_a_force_in_Haiti_with 1,000_police._Watchdogs_say_they’ll_export_abuse⠀⇛ The United States is praising Kenya’s interest in leading a multinational force in Haiti. But weeks ago, the U.S. openly warned Kenyan police officers against violent abuses. Now 1,000 of those police officers might head to Haiti to take on gang warfare. Kenya’s police have long been accused by rights groups of killings and torture. That includes gunning down civilians during Kenya’s COVID-19 curfew and fatally shooting more than 30 people during protests in July. A Human Rights Watch researcher says local watchdogs are concerned about Kenya “exporting its abusive police to other parts of the world.” * ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ FBI_&_Colorado_Springs_Police_Sued_for_Targeting_& Spying_on_Racial_Justice_Protesters⠀⇛ The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado has sued the FBI, the Colorado Springs Police Department and local officers for illegally spying on local activist Jacqueline “Jax” Armendariz Unzueta and the Chinook Center, a community organizing hub in Colorado Springs. “This was one of the worst moments of my life,” says Unzueta, who describes the investigation by law enforcement as “incredibly invasive.” The lawsuit accuses the agencies of “unconstitutional and invasive search and seizure of the phones, computers, devices, and private chats of people and groups whose message the Colorado Springs Police Department dislikes.” This comes after revelations the FBI had infiltrated the Chinook Center by sending an undercover police detective named April Rogers to volunteer at the center in 2020, first exposed by the investigative reporter Trevor Aaronson, who writes for The Intercept and created the Alphabet Boys podcast. “For more than a year, she was undercover for the FBI,” says Aaronson, who reports the officer, who used the name Chelsie, surveilled the Chinook Center and unsuccessfully attempted to entrap local activists in gun-running conspiracies. This was part of a broader FBI effort to infiltrate racial justice and left-wing groups in Colorado after the police killing of George Floyd. * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ AP_Psychology_Effectively_Banned_in_Florida_Over_Lesson on_Sexual_Orientation,_Gender_Identity⠀⇛ The Republican-controlled Florida Board of Education on Thursday effectively banned Advanced Placement Psychology by notifying school district superintendents that teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity—key subjects in college- level psychology curricula—is prohibited under the state’s so- called “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” law. * ⚓ Site36 ☛ European_police_actions_on_English_Channel:_German_authorities prevent_“human_smuggling”_from_the_EU⠀⇛ * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Black_Refuge_and_the_Novel_of_Ideas:_A_Conversation_With Maya_Binyam⠀⇛ Maya Binyam’s Hangman is one of those rare things in contemporary literature—a novel of ideas, in which the exploration of ethical and political questions animates and shapes the story itself. The novel’s narrative is deceptively simple on its surface: A man returns to an unnamed country after two decades in America to reconnect with his sickly brother; shenanigans ensue. But as it unfurls, it becomes clear that Binyam’s elliptical story and style are stretching language in an attempt to depict refuge and safety for Black diasporic peoples as something that is made impossible by settler colonialism, enslavement, the international-aid industrial complex, and the drive to accumulate and hoard inordinate amounts of wealth. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_Economic_Development_Ministry_shifts_employees_to remote_work_until_September_1_after_office_hit_in_Moscow_City_drone attacks_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s Economic Development Ministry will require its employees to work remotely until September 1, the newspaper Kommersant reported on Thursday, citing a copy of an order issued by Economic Minister Maxim Reshetnikov. * ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ A_Utah_Therapist_Built_a_Reputation_for_Helping_Gay Latter-day_Saints._These_Men_Say_He_Sexually_Abused_Them.⠀⇛ Andrew was feeling crushed by the cultural expectation to get married. Twenty-two years old, he had just returned from a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was attending a singles’ ward in Provo, Utah — a local congregation of unmarried college students. * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Sexual_Violence_is_a_Pervasive_Threat_for_Female_Farm Workers_–_Here’s_How_the_US_Could_Reduce_Their Risk⠀⇛ * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Report_Details_‘Shocking_Pattern’_of_Abuse_by_US_Agents_at Mexico_Border⠀⇛ “The lack of accountability is so widespread that it helps cement in place a culture that enables human rights violations. The abuses keep coming because impunity is so likely.” * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Forever_War’s_Forever_Legacy⠀⇛ Shutting Down Gitmo Is Hardly the Last Step. * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Post-Conviction_Review_Could_Correct_Three-Strike_Law Injustices⠀⇛ Incorporating newer research about post-adolescent brain development would help those sentenced under outdated, racist policies. § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ Eric Pauley ☛ DScope:_A_Cloud-Native_Internet_Telescope⠀⇛ Data from Internet telescopes that monitor routed but unused IP address space has been the basis for myriad insights on malicious, unwanted, and unexpected behavior. However, service migration to cloud infrastructure and the increasing scarcity of IPv4 address space present serious challenges to traditional Internet telescopes. [...] * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Telecom_Activists_Aren’t_Impressed_By_The_FCC’s_‘Nutrition Label’_For_Broadband⠀⇛ For the better part of the decade, the generally feckless FCC has been trying to require that broadband ISPs be a little more honest about broadband fees and limits at the point of sale. So they cooked up the idea of a “nutrition label for broadband,” detailing all of the little caveats and restrictions (real world speeds, caps, bizarre fees) ISPs now impose on your broadband line. Kind of like this: § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Claim_Construction_Order_Sets_Stage for_Moderna_v._Pfizer_Vaccine_Patent_Showdown [Ed: Patents that kill people. It's all about greed and graft, not public health.]⠀⇛ Moderna filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pfizer and BioNTech in August 2022, alleging that the defendants COVID-19 vaccine infringes three patents related to Moderna’s mRNA vaccine technology.  United States Patent Nos. 10,898,574, 10,702,600, and 10,933,127. The lawsuit centers around two key components of Moderna’s mRNA platform that it claims Pfizer copied – the use of modified nucleosides like 1- methylpseudouridine and the encoding of a full-length coronavirus spike protein. Moderna asserts that it pioneered these innovations years before the COVID-19 pandemic and patented them between 2011-2016. The complaint alleges Pfizer and BioNTech initially tested different vaccine designs but ultimately chose to copy Moderna’s approach, despite being aware of Moderna’s patents. In the lawsuit, Moderna is seeking monetary damages for patent infringement but not injunctive relief taht would remove the Pfizer vaccine from the market. Although Moderna pledged not to enforce its COVID-19 patents during the pandemic, it signaled in March 2022 that expected companies to respect its intellectual [sic] property [sic] rights [sic] going forward. * § Trademarks⠀➾ o ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog_Test:_How_Did_These_Three_Likelihood_of Confusion_Cases_Come_Out?⠀⇛ Here are three recent likelihood of confusion cases: one opposition and two ex parte appeals. Keeping in mind that the strength of the cited (or pleaded) mark is an important factor in the Board’s Section 2(d) determination, how do you think they came out? Answers will be found in the first comment. In_re_Bushnell_Inc., Serial No. 90501168 (July 28, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Marc A. Bergsman). [Section 2(d) refusal of WINGMAN for “portable audio speakers, excluding cases; wireless speakers, excluding cases” in view of the identical mark registered for “cell phone cases”]. * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ David Rosenthal ☛ Video_Game_History⠀⇛ Arguably, video games have become the most important entertainment medium. 2022 US video game revenue topped $85B, compared with global movie industry revenue of $76.7B. Game history is thus an essential resource for scholars of culture, but the industry’s copyright paranoia means they have little access to it. o ⚓ Quartz ☛ AFP_is_suing_Elon_Musk’s_X_for_refusing_to_discuss potential_payment_for_news_content⠀⇛ The legal action, for which AFP seeking an urgent injunction before the Judicial Court of Paris, stems from X’s alleged non-compliance with a law France enacted in July 2019, called “neighbouring rights,” which compels large online platforms to open talks with publishers seeking remuneration for news. o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ DataCamp:_Pirate_IPTV_“Scam_Judgment”_Worth Millions_Aimed_to_“Terrorize”_Hosting_Companies⠀⇛ In an extraordinary filing at an Illinois court this week, a pirate IPTV-related lawsuit filed by DISH Network last year was slammed by hosting company defendant, DataCamp. After informing the court DISH has no standing to sue in a copyright case, DataCamp claimed that DISH tried to force the company into an agreement to create a ‘False Public Judgment’ for tens of millions of dollars. That document would be used to “terrorize” other hosting companies, DataCamp said. o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Pirate_Site_Not_Impressed_by_Global_DNS_Blocking Order⠀⇛ Sony Music’s legal efforts have produced a major breakthrough. As the result of a German blocking order, DNS provider Quad9 now blocks global access to music piracy site CannaPower. The operator of the site doesn’t appear to be impressed so far, noting that it doesn’t really hurt traffic. “They will never get us down,” the operator says, adding that moving to the Tor network remains an option as well. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ French_News_Agency_Sues_ex-Twitter_For_Not_Paying Snippet_Tax⠀⇛ The lawsuits against Elon Musk’s ex-Twitter continue to pile up, but here’s one where the law itself is ridiculous and unjust. As you’ll recall, the EU Copyright Directive included a link or snippet tax for news (which they call a “neighboring right”) similar to the link taxes we’ve discussed in Australia and Canada. The main difference here was that the “tax” was for including snippets (the short summaries or clips) of news. Of course, since the EU’s was a directive, it was left to the member countries to implement their own version, which has mostly been a mess. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Preservation_Fail:_Hasbro_Wants_Old_‘Transformers’ Games_Re-Released,_Except_Activision_Might_Have_Lost_Them⠀⇛ And here we go again. we’ve been talking about how copyright has gotten in the way of cultural preservation generally for a while, and more specifically lately when it comes to the video game industry. The way this problem manifests itself is quite simple: video game publishers support the games they release for some period of time and then they stop. When they stop, depending on the type of game, it can make that game unavailable for legitimate purchase or use, either because the game is disappeared from retail and online stores, or because the servers needed to make them operational are taken offline. Meanwhile, copyright law prevents individuals and, in some cases, institutions from preserving and making those games available to the public, a la a library or museum would. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Triller_Confirms_Sony_Music_Copyright Infringement_Suit_Settlement_—_Universal_Music_Litigation Continues⠀⇛ Back in April, a court ordered Triller to pay Sony Music Entertainment (SME) about $4.6 million over the allegedly unauthorized use of the major label’s music. o ⚓ NYPost ☛ Passenger_finds_‘genius’_way_to_be_VIP_in_economy_class in_viral_TikTok⠀⇛ A passenger has gone to extreme lengths to create a VIP section in economy — and while many have labelled it “genius” others have concerns about it. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 4676 ➮ Generation completed at 02:44, i.e. 70 seconds to (re)generate ⟲