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Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Techrights:_Best_Viewed_in_Gemini⠀✐ Posted in Protocol, Site_News at 3:43 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇A_gemini_meme⦈_ Summary: After several iterations and improvements we believe that Techrights followers can leverage_Gemini without losing anything except perhaps images (though there are detailed textual descriptions of the images) ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠉⠉⠙⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠉⠉⠙⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⠛⠛⠋⠉⠛⠛⠻⠟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠋⠉⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠠⣀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠃⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠇⠀⠀⠀⠘⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⡄⠀⠀⠀⠁⠐⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⡄⠀⠀⡀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠨⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣤⣤⣤⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣄⣀⣁⣀⣀⣀⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣁⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠛⠿⢿⠿⡿⣿⣿⣿⢿⢿⠟⠉⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ An_Exciting_Year_For_Us⠀✐ Posted in Site_News at 5:43 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 0ea4240fe8f5869f6bb01d44c1c71855 Plans and Status Updates Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/techrights-status-2023-plans.webm Summary: We’ve decided to do a quick video in which I explain what we’re planning to cover this year; we’ve devoted a lot of energy to researching/ covering Microsoft’s many waves of mass layoffs and there’s also a breakthrough in our investigation of Sirius_‘Open_Source’, plus escalation regarding criminal_activities LAST month we smashed our all-time_record_for_number_of_blog_posts_per_month and we’re nowadays juggling with or entertaining many topics, themes, and protocols (the Web is one of several). Last month we wrote_a_lot_about Microsoft_layoffs (it was mayhem over there and it's_certainly_not_over). We’ve not been covering the EPO much so far this month, as instead we’re focusing on a number of other emergent topics. The video above explains what we’ve been up to and what’s coming next. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 200 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/12/fedora-and-code-of-conduct/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/12/fedora-and-code-of-conduct/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.12.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Libera_Chat_is_a_Toxic_Troll_Farm._Bonus:_Code_of_Conduct_Ticket_Filed Regarding_Fedora_Moderator_“Khaytsus”.⠀✐ Posted in GNU/Linux, IBM, Red_Hat at 3:49 am by Guest Editorial Team Reprinted with permission from Ryan_Farmer Libera Chat Is a Toxic Troll Farm Full of Corrupt Moderators That Don’t Apply Their Own Code of Conduct to Each Other. I think it’s funny that our resident troll on Techrights IRC gave me an alternative name for Libera. “Liberia” is the result of a series of coups and civil wars and has had a history of corruption and problems with rampant illiteracy. That’s an adequate description of Libera Chat. Freenode wasn’t this bad before the alleged crown prince (of Korea, or so he says, although I doubt either the regime of North or South Korea is going to give him a participation trophy anytime soon). It’s important to note that toxic individuals operating a troll farm and excluding themselves from their own Code of Conduct only applies to “Liberia” Chat. Their ban makes no difference anywhere else even if they could ultimately enforce it somehow. That’s one reason why they want to replace IRC with something else. Then they can forcibly ban you from EVERY room on the service, because it’s all centralized, even if the room moderators don’t approve. Authoritarians always want ultimate power and the last say on every decision. So basically, “Liberia Chat” only has control of their own stinking corrupt network, and nothing else. If this was Discord, I could lose everything just because of one jerk, somewhere. While it’s unfortunate that some people are on “Liberia” Chat and subject to the whim of some jerk that represents Red Hat and commits online harassment in their name. For what it’s worth, I filed a Code of Conduct violation report against Khaytsus (Walter Francis). We’ll see if that goes anywhere. MinceR on TechRights said expect total silence from IBM Red Hat about the online_campaign_of_harassment_and_abuse_committed_by their_moderator. The accusations against Khaytsus include: 1. Derogatory Comments: Making derogatory and insulting comments towards another individual, including statements such as “Wow man, lay off the meth,” “Seek help. Serious real medical help,” “Seriously, you need help,” and “Something has slid off your cracker.” 2. Harassment: Engaging in behavior that implies drug abuse and mental illness, which could be considered harassment. 3. Code of Conduct Violations: Violating the Fedora Code of Conduct by committing infractions such as making personal attacks, instigating conflict, engaging in public harassment, and making exclusionary statements. 4. Online Abuse: Engaging in online harassment and bullying in the context of representing Fedora and Red Hat. 5. Banning and Cover-Up: Banning the accuser and arranging a network-wide ban (k-line) to conceal their misconduct. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 295 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/12/geekwire-microsoft-money/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/12/geekwire-microsoft-money/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.12.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ GeekWire,_Home_of_Longtime_Microsoft_Propagandists_and_Source_Burners,_Admits Taking_Money_From_Microsoft⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Finance, Microsoft at 3:22 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Todd_Bishop's_Microsoft_money⦈_ Summary: Everywhere Todd_Bishop goes the Microsoft bribes follow (just like his last employer, which had also amassed Microsoft bribes); this was published yesterday about their “INDEPENDENT [sic] COVERAGE” 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(ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/12/on-our-presence-in-geminispace/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/12/on-our-presence-in-geminispace/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.12.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Summer’s_Update_on_Gemini’s_Growth_and_Our_Presence_in_Geminispace⠀✐ Posted in Protocol, Site_News at 4:22 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum a62de28effe95ed740c37305884409ac Gemini is Still Blooming Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/gemini-latest-summer-2023.webm Summary: Gemini Protocol is becoming veryimportant to us; as it turns out, the same is true for the broader Gemini_community, which continues to grow this year (the founder of Gemini is also active again and publishes_updates regularly) THE video above explains that we’ve not made many articles about Gemini this year. That’s because Gemini is doing fine and barely needs advocacy (or awareness campaigns) anymore. It just keeps growing. Our Gemini capsule has grown to the point where it has nearly 50,000 pages and in the past week it served about 200,000 pages (in Tux_Machines that’s another ~50,000 this past week). Even if we ever gave up on the Web or the Web went down in some fiery glory (it_seems_like_SEO/SPAM_“geniuses”_do_a_fine_job ruining_it_already!) we’d still have incentive to produce a lot of stories. The next video (after this) will give an ourline on how we’ve leveraged several other protocols on the Net. “Gemini is vastly easier than today’s “modern” Web, it’s just more scarcely known or recognised.”Gopher is still going and some examples are shown in the video above. Some of our readers are ardent Gemini users and only follow Techrights over gemini:// (self-hosted from my office), which is great news. We do everything we can to ensure privacy and uptime (there has been no downtime for several months already). We invite more people to join Gemini, either as users or authors. Gemini is vastly easier than today’s “modern” Web, it’s just more scarcely known or recognised. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 527 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/12/reddit-breaks-seamonkey-rendering/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/12/reddit-breaks-seamonkey-rendering/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.12.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Conde_Nasty_Rolls_Out_Updated_Reddit_and_Breaks_SeaMonkey_Rendering⠀✐ Posted in GNU/Linux, OpenSUSE at 3:40 am by Guest Editorial Team Reprinted with permission from Ryan_Farmer We call them (Conde Nast) “Conde Nasty” at TechRights for a number of reasons. This includes employing Peter_Bright,_AKA,_DrPizza at Ars Technica (which we call “Arse Technica”), who posted glowing articles about Microsoft and then was convicted for trying to rape children (he confessed that he’d done so before to the undercover cop). Before he was arrested, DrPizza trolled TechRights and tried to convince Roy Schestowitz to ban me. Now Pizza/Not-So-Bright is in the federal penitentiary. Microsoft only affiliates itself with utter monsters, like Not-So-Bright and Joseph_Cantrell,_the_Nazi who is now up on attempted murder in Washington, after stabbing a fellow Microsoft employee numerous times, as well as several rapists (like Jeremy_Soule) and a strangler_(Alex_Graveley). I had to do the series on Cantrell because the media tried to protect Microsoft by burying it. Anyway, Peter Not-So-Bright’s articles are still up and bringing in ad money. Maybe Conde Nasty even deposits Not-So-Bright’s royalties in his prison commissary fund so he can get Bubba some lube. They never took it down, they continue to profit from this monster. They just renamed everything “Ars Technica Guest Author” or something. In TechRights, we joke (perhaps somewhat inappropriately, but he’s in prison where just about most everyone who affiliates with Microsoft should be for some reason or another in this author’s opinion) about Microsoft Peter. He told the undercover cop that he wanted to give the children “just the tip”, so that’s an inside joke now whenever we discuss tipping at a restaurant or something. Anyway, Reddit is also owned by Conde Nast(y). Reddit has a gigantic problem with underage illegal pornography. They don’t give a shit because they have safe harbor as long as they delete it, eventually, once they become aware. Reddit has been caught using nasty_fingerprinting_javascripts_that_even_look for_security_vulnerabilities_in_Web_browsers. Why? Who knows? "haha jit go brrrrr" -Reddit fingerprinting script But now they’ve gone and done it. They deployed some new code on their main site that breaks in SeaMonkey. Look at this shit! 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇New_Reddit⦈_ See what I have to put up with to browse around without the latest Chromeisms in Firefox? Fortunately Old Reddit still works, so you replace www with old and hit enter. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Old_Reddit⦈_ Most people think New Reddit is hideous, slow, and annoying anyway. Someone wrote an extension for Firefox called Old_Reddit_Redirect which also suppresses the EU cookie nag. (I suppress them in general with ublock-origin.) It works in Firefox, but not in SeaMonkey. But if you don’t post there anyway, you can also use libreddit proxies, at least if you can find one that isn’t rate limited. I can definitely see why they’re having so many PR problems. Get an “app”? I assume you mean for an iPhone *barf*. Sorry Charlie, this fish ain’t gettin’ hooked. Anyway, I’m trying to figure out if OpenSUSE is worth migrating to these days given the IBM behavior, letting Fedora fall apart, letting their moderators commit hate speech, etc. Red Hat isn’t half the company it used to be. 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When you’re not nice to idiots who make “Modern” stuff, like “Diarrhea Code”, they pretty much just ban you from everything. It’s “bad” to be opposed to bloated Web sites that stick out a sign saying you’re not welcome here because they’ve made a mess and it only works in Firefox and Chromium. The reason I call code meant for Chromium “Diarrhea Code” is because it reminds me of what happens to a toilet bowl after you had too much Taco Bell and Mountain Dew. Stuff goes flying everywhere, it’s nasty, it makes the paint peel off the walls. It makes the buttons melt off your shirt. And you can’t wait to get rid of it. 20 years ago people began to push for what the Web is now. Binary blobs that run untrustworthy applications in your browser, too much JavaScript, HTML files that are several MB long and impossible to read that call out to this. And they criticized people like me for writing clean, readable, markup, which was parsed, displayed, and presented to the user, over dial up modems, in a matter of seconds. In 1999, you could right-click on my site and read the entire source code of the page. You didn’t have to take my word as to what was in there. I couldn’t have hidden much in there if I wanted to. HTML 3 and 4 were clean and readable by humans. People said the situation where browsers would “forgive” slightly bogus tag use or the occasional typo (which I checked for) was “unacceptable” and now you have Microsoft Azure pumping_in_stuff_that’s_barely_even_code_when_you_try_to pay_your_electric_bill_with_ComEd, and Chrome, Firefox, and Edge happily try to make sense of tens of megabytes of that. Today in the GNOME room I was somewhat horrified to learn that you can make a Firefox .desktop that can handle mailto: with a Webmail “provider”. I responded, Webmail *barf* They all have different interfaces. Piles of JavaScript, their spam filtering is not uniformly effective, and they almost always have ads and tracking scripts, or at least whitespace where the ads are supposed to go. Consider SeaMonkey Mail. Now if you do load Outlook in Firefox, it tries to register itself to handle mailto: *rolls eyes* with a banner that pops up. Also, I have to lie to Google about my SeaMonkey UA with a pref to make it think I’m Thunderbird, even though the underlying Mail code IS FROM THUNDERBIRD. Jamie Zawinski’s “Law of Software Envelopment” said that all programs expand until they can read email. Giving mail so some garbage Web browser, which is made to run “Diarrhea Code” is only about the worst way you could expand something to read email. Email belongs in a reader that supports POP3 and IMAP. Email should be text- only. Sylpheed is a good Email program, but I doubt it could even handle GMail because of the entire OAuth debacle and needing to load a Web page to handle that, which sniffs to see if you’re “on the list” of allegedly secure “apps”, like Thunderbird, which just_rewrote_the_entire_GUI. Someone_already_wrote_why_WASMs_are_terrible_for_security. They have introduced an entire unique set of CVEs (listed in the monthly Mozilla patch updates, WASMs are roughly 10% of the attack footprint of the entire Firefox browser!) that will never stop, and they’re on by default in Tor Browser. If you use a Web browser to handle your mail, eventually what they’re probably going to do is just rewrite the entire “Web” thing into_a_WASM_blob which is so much worse than “Diarrhea Code”. It won’t even be markup and scripts anymore. Just a binary program you can run it like it is, and none of your extensions (NoScript, ublock-origin, etc.) can act on the elements as they come in. WASM is part of the Google trap to destroy the Open Web. Widevine (Web DRM…I turn it off) and WASM are_the_warm_up_band_for_WEI. And why wouldn’t you trust some skeevy porn or bittorrent site to send a WASM your way? After all, Windows is a *very secure* operating system because you can just trust the operating system company that already has 95% of the total malware to make sure that WASMs can’t do any harm. 😛 And Mozilla can *obviously* make sure they stay in the “sandbox”. *LOL* Even when they do stay in the browser sandbox, they can still do a lot of damage. They can spy on the user. They can mine crypto. Crypto Miners that load in Web pages boasted that they were early adopters of WASM and they could use the victim’s phone or laptop to mine “Monero” at “70% of the speed of a native program”. Turn it off. Security Posers talking about “threat models” and “Secure Boot” in the firmware are just absolutely laughable in light of all of the new threats the same people, and the companies that handle them, stuff into everything. This is worse than ActiveX and Internet Explorer. At least all you had to do to stay safe from that was find some other browser. Now all Mozilla does is blind copy things from Google. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 950 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.12.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_12/08/2023:_Moving_to_Emacs_and_Discovering_the_PSP_in_2023⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:11 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Dostoevsky’s_The_Idiot⠀⇛ There’s a little thrift shop not far from my house, and every once in a while I stop by. This weekend, they had a few shopping carts full of books just inside the door, ten for a dollar. I rummaged through and selected a few for myself and my family members, then texted a friend about the Warhammer and military books that were sitting in there. # ⚓ re:…the_maxim_of_Arkham_(luxferre)⠀⇛ My neighbor has been having issue with his icloud account recently. He’s an older gentleman, and he somehow linked up a landline number (which is really an IP phone) with his icloud account, then proceeded to lose his password. Now he can’t reset his password, because they want to verify the account with a text message to the landline. If you try to start the process, it bounces you back-and- forth between his two Apple devices, never getting anywhere. # ⚓ Carmina⠀⇛ Listening to Radio BOB! via DAB+. The first work week is in the books and I’m a bit tired although I did not manage to do a lot of work, rather I had to do a lot of support and had plenty of meetings. Summer made a long-awaited comeback today, it was slightly over 30 °C on the balcony. # ⚓ My_best_guess_at_a_climate_solution⠀⇛ No more extracting oil, coal, or gas. # ⚓ Shoes:_the_unknown_resource⠀⇛ One way to play exploration games like D&D is as a resource game. Spells, HP, food, water, and light. But there’s one resource I rarely see other DMs talk about. [...] Now, I don’t think they meant for this to apply in the dungeon or in cities, but we’ve been playing it that way and it’s been pretty fun, it makes the days go by and it make finding a good camp really important. It’s just something extra to add to your game if you wanna. If you don’t, that’s fine too! o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ I_converted_a_coworker_to_the_church_of_emacs⠀⇛ It seems i accidentaly converted a coworker to the church of emacs… well it was a couple of months ago when she told me how much stuff she does note on paper and that her desk is cluttered and she is drowning in too much information. Well… i just mentioned that there is something called org-mode, gave her a few links to youtube videos and helped her set up an emacs with some basic quality of life settings. # ⚓ MIDI_pitch_wheel_change⠀⇛ MIDI has a pitch_wheel_change event that may do things, and the things done may vary by playback device, which suggests writing some tests scripts to delve into how this event works. # ⚓ Discovering_the_PSP_in_2023⠀⇛ My wife and I were going through some of her old things at her parents’ place and we made some interesting finds. She managed to track down her childhood Game Boy Advance SP along with all its games. A replacement battery was all it took to get it back up and running. I think she even managed to finish a couple of the games she could never beat as a kid. I thought about ordering a flash cart for it too but it looks like the good ones that people often recommend are so expensive that it’d be cheaper to buy a modern retro handheld and emulate. # ⚓ Why_I_think_TUI_music_players_don’t_suck⠀⇛ I don’t know why or how he installed it, but the way I do, I never got into any problems with whatsoever. It could be the way he tries to install it, my only guess would be he might build it from source. Maybe some build dependencies are missing then? I’ve never had any issues with it on anything GNU/Linux, whether it is a Fedora, Ubuntu or Arch Linux. And it is usually just an aptitude install or pacman -S away. # ⚓ open_source⠀⇛ yesterday was the day when hashi decided that it didn’t need the open source community which built it. hashi has decided to switch from mpl2 to busl. busl is not open source, it reverts to open source after 4 years. this is unfortunate, to start, it’s a security risk. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ One_small_step_for_a_boy⠀⇛ Just wanted to say hi. I think I’m not going to proxy content from http to gemini and vice versa, I think it is just not worth it. Gemini has always been an alternative and not a replacement, so it makes sense to just put a link to the web when I feel like. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1138 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.12.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_12/08/2023:_Microsoft_Under_Fire_for_Massive_Breach,_Fedora_Has_Staff Shortage⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:40 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Desktop_Environments/WMs # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Open_Hardware/Modding * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o Programming/Development # Python # Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh # Rust * Leftovers o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Linux_Foundation o Security o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights/Music * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ 8_Best_BitTorrent_Clients_for_Linux_in_2023⠀⇛ We recently published an article on the best cloud torrent service providers for readers who enjoy operating from the cloud so check it out if you haven’t. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_rename⠀⇛ This article spotlights alternative tools to rename, software that renames the specified files by replacing the first occurrence of expression in their name by replacement. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ BetBlocker_Linux_App_vs._GamStop_Blocker⠀⇛ Among the new tools that allow players to control their behaviour and adhere to Responsible Gambling rules are BetBlocker for Linux users and GamStop. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_date⠀⇛ This article spotlights alternative tools to date, a utility that prints or sets the system date and time. # ⚓ Petter Reinholdtsen ☛ Petter_Reinholdtsen:_Invidious_add-on for_Kodi_20⠀⇛ I still enjoy Kodi and LibreELEC as my multimedia center at home. Sadly two of the services I really would like to use from within Kodi are not easily available. The most wanted add-on would be one making The_Internet_Archive available, and it has not_been_working for many years. The second most wanted add-on is one using the_Invidious_privacy enhanced_Youtube_frontent. A plugin for this has been partly working, but not been kept up to date in the Kodi add-on repository, and its upstream seem to have given it up in April this year, when the git repository was closed. A few days ago I got tired of this sad state of affairs and decided to have_a_go_at_improving_the_Invidious_add-on. As Google_has_already_attacked the Invidious concept, so it need all the support if can get. My small contribution here is to improve the service status on Kodi. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ 22_Open-source_Free_VoIP_and_Sip_Servers⠀⇛ A VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) server is a computer system that enables voice communications over the internet. It converts analog audio signals into digital data packets and transmits them over the internet. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ 20_Open-source_Self-hosted_Inventory_and Warehouse_Solutions_(2023)⠀⇛ Inventory and storage management software is a type of software system that helps businesses manage their inventory levels, storage locations and delivery process. This type of software is useful for businesses that have a large inventory and multiple storage locations. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ 14_Open-source_Free_Non-destructive_Photo_Editors For_Photographers⠀⇛ What is a Non-Destructive Photo Editor? A non-destructive photo editor is a type of photo editing software that allows you to make edits to your images without permanently affecting the original file. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ How_to_Mount_an_AWS_S3_Bucket_Locally_on_Linux_Using Mountpoint⠀⇛ The day has finally come. Mountpoint for Amazon S3 is now generally available. Probably the most anticipated headline since ChatGPT. Mountpoint for AWS S3 Mountpoint for AWS S3 is a high-throughput open source file client for mounting an Amazon S3 bucket as a local file system on Linux. # ⚓ How_to_Install_and_Use_Docker_in_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ Docker stands out as one of the most popular technologies for running containers, which can be thought of as lightweight virtual machines. # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ How_to_Install_Thunderbird_115_via_PPA_in Ubuntu_22.04_|_23.04⠀⇛ Can’t wait to try out the new Thunderbird 115, but hate Snap and Flatpak packages? Here’s how to install it from Ubuntu PPA! Thunderbird 115 is a new major release series with refined look and feel. It now uses GNOME CSD style header bar instead of the old title-bar. /blockquote> # ⚓ Compute_newest_kernel_version_from_Makefile_on_Torvalds’ git_repository⠀⇛ $ curl -s -o - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ torvalds/linux/master/Makefile | head -n5 | grep - E '\ \=\ [0-9]{1,}' | cut -d' ' -f3 | tr '\n' '.' | sed -e "s/\.$//" # ⚓ A_Beginner’s_Guide_to_Changing_File_Permissions_in_Linux⠀⇛ Efficiently managing file permissions is an essential aspect of maintaining robust access control and ensuring top-notch security within Linux systems. # ⚓ How_to_Install_and_Use_Flutter_on_Linux⠀⇛ Flutter is an open-source UI software development kit (not a programming language) that leverages the Dart programming language for application development. Google developed this tool to empower developers to build natively compiled applications for mobile, web, and desktop from a single codebase. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ Guide_to_Install_Matomo_Web_Analytics_on AlmaLinux_9⠀⇛ Matomo, formerly Piwik, is free and open-source web analytics software that can track website visits and display reports for data and audience analysis. The following tutorial shows you how to install Matomo web analytics on AlmaLinux 9 server. I will install Matomo with the Httpd web server, PHP, and MariaDB database. I will also secure Matomo with SSL/TLS certificates via Letsencrypt. # ⚓ Linux_User_Management:_Adding_Users_to_Groups_Made_Simple⠀⇛ Do You have added a user in wrong group, and want to add in right group? # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Use_Split_Screen_in_Ubuntu_to_View_Multiple Application_Windows_at_Once⠀⇛ The split screen feature in GNOME gives your productivity a tiny boost by saving the time you spend in switching between applications. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_GDB_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install GDB on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. GNU Debugger, commonly known as GDB, is an essential tool for software developers. It helps identify and resolve bugs, enabling smoother code execution. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_GlusterFS_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install GlusterFS on Rocky Linux 9. For those of you who didn’t know, In the ever-expanding digital landscape, data management has become a crucial aspect of modern businesses and enterprises. Managing massive amounts of data efficiently, ensuring high availability, and scalability are paramount for seamless operations. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ The_kill_Command_in_Linux:_Detailed_Guide with_Examples⠀⇛ Linux, a robust and versatile operating system, provides users with the “kill command in Linux” to expertly manage and control processes. This article delves deep into its intricacies, offering a structured, example-rich, and guide to mastering this essential command. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_balenaEtcher_on_Pop!_OS⠀⇛ In the realm of open-source software, BalenaEtcher stands out as a powerful, user-friendly tool designed to burn images to SD cards and USB drives. It’s a cross-platform application, meaning it’s compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux. # ⚓ How_to_Change_the_Default_Port_of_SSH_in_Linux?⠀⇛ Securing your Linux server is of paramount importance, and one effective step is to modify the default port used by SSH (Secure Shell) for remote access. Changing the default port adds an extra layer of security by making it less predictable for potential attackers. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the process of changing the default SSH port on a Linux system. Step 1: Connect to Your Server Before making any changes, ensure you are logged in to your Linux server with administrative privileges. # ⚓ OSNote ☛ How_to_Install_Python_Django_Framework_on_Ubuntu 22.04⠀⇛ Django is a free and open-source Python-based web framework for building complex and scalable applications. I will cover three different ways of installing Django and how to create the first Django project. # ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Use_Pbcopy_And_Pbpaste_Commands_On Linux⠀⇛ Discover how to replicate macOS pbcopy and pbpaste commands functionality in Linux using Xclip and Xsel programs. # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_Install_and_Use_KDE_Connect_on_Linux Mint⠀⇛ KDE Connect is an open source app that allows you to share files between your phone and your computer. It also allows you to remote control your computer from your phone. Want to use your phone as a touchpad for your computer? Or want to turn off your computer using # ⚓ Vitux ☛ How_to_Install_Magento_eCommerce_Software_on_Ubuntu 22.04⠀⇛ Magento is an open-source and well know eCommerce platform written in PHP. Magento is a robust and powerful eCommerce solution that use by more than 240.000 merchants worldwide. Initially, Magento is created as a fork of osCommerce in 2007, and in May 2018 Magento is acquired by Adobe Inc and become Adobe eCommerce. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Import_Deb-Multimedia_PPA_on_Debian 13/12/11/10⠀⇛ In the vast ecosystem of Debian, the deb- multimedia.org repository stands as a pivotal resource for multimedia enthusiasts. This guide will demonstrate how to import the deb-multimedia PPA on Debian Sid, Debian 13 Trixie, Debian 12 Bookworm, Debian 11 Bullseye, or Debian 10 Buster. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ What_is_TMPFS_in_Linux?_From_Basics_to Advanced_Use_Cases⠀⇛ Linux, a cornerstone of many modern systems, boasts a myriad of features designed to optimize system performance. Among these features is TMPFS, a temporary filesystem. But what exactly is TMPFS, and how can it be a game-changer for your system? Let’s embark on this journey of understanding. # ⚓ Level_Up_Your_Linux_Expertise:_Creating_Users_via_the ‘adduser’_Command⠀⇛ Use of adduser Command in Linux Description of adduser Command in Linux # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_create_a_secure_SFTP_server_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ For those running the versatile Ubuntu operating system, setting up an SFTP server can prove to be both efficient and secure. In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into the steps necessary to establish an SFTP server on Ubuntu, offering an organized way to transfer files without compromising on security. # ⚓ Connecting_Globally:_A_Step-by-Step_Guide_to_Install_Skype on_Ubuntu [Ed: There's hardly ever a reason to use this Microsoft spyware in 2023. Better avoided.]⠀⇛ Do you know about skype? o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # ⚓ System76 ☛ Customizing_COSMIC:_Theming_and_Applications⠀⇛ It’s Back to School season, so grab yourself a brand new discounted computer and let’s get back to COSMIC class! Our new, not yet released Rust-based desktop environment for Pop!_OS and other Linux distros is filling out with some essential systems that cater the DE to both users and developers alike. Customization is one of our main focuses for COSMIC, and was a huge focus for us in August, too. One of our objectives early on was to provide an easy and meaningful way to personalize your desktop’s appearance. In order to build customization into the foundation of COSMIC DE, we needed to make sure the design system was themeable. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ Sam_Thursfield:_GUADEC_2023⠀⇛ I was lucky enough to attend the 2023 edition of GUADEC in Riga, Latvia. In a way GUADEC is more fun each year because each time I know more people, have more things to talk about, and also it’s 4 years since my last in-person GNOME event so this one was particularly special. Where else can you have in-depth conversations about the future of GObject, for example? (The future sounds interesting, by the way). * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Oracle,_SUSE,_and_CIQ_go_after_Red_Hat_with_the Open_Enterprise_Linux_Association⠀⇛ Three of Red Hat’s rivals are taking on Red Hat Enterprise Linux with their new Open Enterprise Linux source code repository. Here’s why this is a big deal. # ⚓ SDx Central ☛ Open_Enterprise_Linux_Association_takes_aim at_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux⠀⇛ A new group has formed this week known as the Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA) and it’s taking direct aim at IBM‘s Red Hat business unit. OpenELA was formed by a group of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) software clone vendors including CIQ, Oracle and SUSE. The clones are not happy and they’re now joining forces to do something about their dissatisfaction. For the last several months, there has been significant disruption in the Linux open source software world, with enterprise Linux vendor Red Hat changing some of its terms, making it somewhat more difficult for others to simply clone and replicate RHEL. With the new OpenELA organization, the goal is for the clone vendors to come together in common cause to help each other in various ways to build RHEL clones. # ⚓ InfoWorld ☛ Suse,_Oracle,_CIQ_join_forces_to_fuel_RHEL- compatible_Linux_distros⠀⇛ Responding to Red Hat’s recent changes to Linux source availability, Suse, Oracle, and CIQ have partnered to form a trade association to encourage the development of Linux distributions compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The companies on August 10 announced their intent to form the Open Enterprise Linux Association, or OpenELA. CIQ, Oracle, and Suse are collaborating to deliver source code, tools, and systems through the organization. “With OpenELA, CIQ, Oracle, and Suse join forces with the open source community to ensure a stable and resilient future for both upstream and downstream communities to leverage Enterprise Linux,” said CIQ CEO Gregory Kurtzer in a prepared statement. # ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ Linux_is_more_relevant_than_ever_– A_conversation_with_Vojtech_Pavlik_on_the_future_of Enterprise_Linux⠀⇛ Cloud native, edge, security, and AI is where innovation happens today. Next week, Linux will be 32 years old. Is Linux with all its flavours a dinosaur, or can it play a vital role in a cloud native world? # ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ CentOS_Alternatives:_Migrating Workloads_From_CentOS_To_OpenSUSE_Leap_–_Migrating_your webserver⠀⇛   Introduction In this blog post we will show an example of how to migrate your Apache web server running on CentOS to openSUSE Leap, all while keeping downtime to a minimum. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Kevin_Fenzi:_Flock_to_Fedora_in_Cork,_IE_(2023)⠀⇛ Just got back from our first in person flock since 2019 and it was amazing. I thought I’d share my journey and thoughts from it here in longer form. I did do some prep work the previous week in that I tried to make sure as best as I could that infrastructure and releng stuff was stable and wouldn’t need any interventions from me, which mostly worked out in the end, with only some releng work (starting mass signing of f40 in prep for branching this coming week) and some troubles with the matrix/irc bridge (which I can’t do much about aside from letting people know). # ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_Job_Posting:_Fedora Operations_Architect⠀⇛ Red Hat is hiring for a new full-time role supporting the Fedora Project. # ⚓ Fedora Magazine ☛ Fedora_Magazine:_Contribute_during_the DNF5,_GNOME_45,_and_i18n_test_days⠀⇛ Fedora test days are events where anyone can help make sure changes in Fedora Linux work well in an upcoming release. Fedora community members often participate, and the public is welcome at these events. If you’ve never contributed to Fedora Linux before, this is a perfect way to get started. There are four test periods in the upcoming weeks: # ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_CPE_Weekly_update_– Week_32_2023⠀⇛ This is a weekly report from the CPE (Community Platform Engineering) Team. If you have any questions or feedback, please respond to this report or contact us on #redhat-cpe channel on libera.chat. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Debian_Disguised_Work:_David_Graeber,_village_wives_& Debian_Outreachy_internships⠀⇛ David Graeber’s book Debt:_The_First_5000_Years takes a fascinating look at obligations between people and communities in many different cultures. One of the most colourful stories is in Chapter 6, under the title Games with Sex and Death She waits for an opportune moment and slips off at night to an enemy village, where she asks for sanctuary. This is always possible: all villages have their traditional enemies. Neither would an enemy village refuse a woman who came to them in such a situation. They would immediately declare her “wife of the village,” who all men living there would then be obliged to protect. When a whole group of Albanian women were trafficked_to_DebConf19_and_seated_with_former Debian_leader_Chris_Lamb_for_the_dinner, why did nobody else object or express jealousy? Graeber’s book goes on, explaining how young men acquire wives in communal organizations. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Stephane_Graber:_A_month_later⠀⇛ It’s now been a whole month since I_left_Canonical and started working as an independent! This has been quite the month, both professionally and personally! In no particular order, this included, setting up a new business, dealing with a somewhat last minute datacenter move (thankfully just one floor down), doing some initial sponsored work, helping out with a LXD fork, selling a house and caring for a sick cat (now all back to normal). Given everything that’s been happening, I thought I’d use the opportunity to write down some details on the most relevant things I’ve been doing and what to expect moving forward. # ⚓ Neowin ☛ Ubuntu_22.04.3_LTS_is_out_now⠀⇛ Canonical has released Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS. With this update, Canonical has released a new ISO image so if you perform a clean install, you’ll have all the latest updates installed straight away. # ⚓ Ubuntu News ☛ Ubuntu_22.04.3_LTS_released⠀⇛ The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS (Long-Term Support) for its Desktop, Server, and Cloud products, as well as other flavours of Ubuntu with long-term support. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Orange_Digital_Signage⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ myCobot_Pro_600_Raspberry_Pi_4-based_robot arm_supports_600mm_working_range,_up_to_2kg_payload⠀⇛ Elephant Robotics has launched its most advanced 6 DoF robot arm so far with the myCobot Pro 600 equipped with a Raspberry Pi 4 SBC, offering a maximum 600mm working range and support for up to 2kg payloads. We’ve covered Elephant Robotics’ myCobot robotic arms based on Raspberry Pi 4, ESP32, Jetson Nano, or Arduino previously, even reviewed the myCobot 280 Pi using both Python and visual programming, and the new Raspberry Pi 4- based myCobot Pro 600 provides about the same features but its much larger design enables it to be used on larger areas and handles heavier objects. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Dedoimedo ☛ Firefox,_Noscript,_jerky_video_playback_– Solution⠀⇛ I really like Noscript, and I use it everywhere I can. But I am a bit baffled by the “hidden” settings, and the fact it can make life a bit more difficult for ordinary users, even nerds if they don’t really suspect that there are options that can’t be changed through the UI. I guess the solution would be to expose this, including the relevant explanation and rationale for the default state, so the users can make the right decision. In my case, it was a matter of temporarily allowing WebGL, before toggling the option back after I’ve done watching the videos. Hopefully, you will find this tutorial useful. I will keep on playing with Noscript, as seemingly there’s always another layer of optimization that can be introduced into the everyday browsing workflow. Well, we’re done, see ya. # ⚓ Firefox_Nightly:_Unboxing_More_DevTools_Powers,_and Reusable_Delights_–_These_Weeks_in_Firefox:_Issue_144⠀⇛ § Highlights Several Developer Tools updates landed thanks to the DevTools team and fellow contributors. # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Mozilla_Open_Policy_&_Advocacy_Blog: Mozilla_Supports_Updates_to_the_Health_Breach Notification_Rule⠀⇛ Privacy is in our DNA at Mozilla, from our privacy-enhancing products to our support for laws and regulations that enshrine privacy for all. In line with our foundational principle that individual privacy and security on the web should never be treated as optional, we have supported a range of US action_on_privacy, including bipartisan Federal_privacy_legislative_proposals and the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) Commercial Surveillance_and_Data_Security_ANPR. # ⚓ Firefox_Nightly:_A_View_to_a_Better,_Faster_Web_– These_Weeks_in_Firefox:_Issue_143⠀⇛ o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ What_is_the_LibreOffice_digital_signature_feature and_how_do_you_use_it⠀⇛ In this modern age of hacks, scams, and identity theft, it’s always a good thing to help those you collaborate with to know that the document they’ve received is actually from you. Or maybe you simply need to send a document to someone and you want to be certain they can trust the document and the sender. That’s why tools like LibreOffice include the ability to add a digital signature. Once you’ve added a digital signature to a document, a banner will appear, clearly indicating the document has been signed and even allowing the user to view the signature. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Seaborn_Color_Palette⠀⇛ The “seaborn.color_palette()” function of the “Seaborn” module in Python is used to retrieve the list of colors or continuous colormap. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Pandas_Add_Column_with_Default_Values⠀⇛ The “df[ ]” operator, “DataFrame.assign()”, and “DataFrame.insert()” methods are used to add a column with default values in Pandas DataFrame. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Tkinter_Fonts⠀⇛ “TkFont” class is part of the “tkinter” module and enables the creation and management of “fonts” for text display in GUIs. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_Calendar_Module⠀⇛ In Python, the “calendar” module provides various methods and classes for dealing with the month, day, and year of the specified calendar. # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Various_Ways_to_Increment_or Decrement_Counters_in_Bash⠀⇛ Working with loops in bash? Here are various ways of incrementing and decrementing counters. # § Rust⠀➾ # ⚓ Bisco ☛ Birger_Schacht:_Another_round_of_rust⠀⇛ A couple of weeks ago I had to undergo surgery, because one of my kidneys malfunctioned. Everything went well and I’m on my way to recovery. Luckily the most recent local heat wave was over just shortly after I got home, which made being stuck at home a little easier (not sure yet when I’ll be allowed to do sports again, I miss my climbing gym…). At first I did not have that much energy to do computer stuff, but after a week or so I was able to sit in front of the screen for short amounts of time and I started to get into writing Rust code again. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ The_longest_word_you_can_type_on_the_first_row⠀⇛ I grew up thinking typewriter was the longest English word one could type on the first row of letters on a QWERTY keyboard. I remember being told this was by design for typewriter demonstrations, then someone telling me it was an urban legend, then someone else saying it was true. Here comes the proverbial posterior prognostication: but… what if the premise of this discussion wasn’t true at all? What if you could type an even longer word on this first row? o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Distracted_drivers_at_a_meta_level⠀⇛ Futurity published an article yesterday on a recent University of Missouri study, which I found quite interesting: Focus_on_choice_may_get_drivers_to_quit_texting The findings also indicate that reactance—or the resistance to being persuaded or controlled—played a paradoxical role in texting-and-driving prevention. When individuals were primed to experience reactance and exhibited initial resistance to prevention messages, researchers found death awareness effectively reduced those individuals’ resistance and positively influenced their behavior. In other words, people behave more responsibly when they feel they have agency over their decisions. I’d be interested to see the accident rates in my Australian state of New South Wales after they introduced mandatory phone lockouts for all young drivers. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ PC World ☛ Windows_11’s_Cortana_is_dead,_and_it’s_you_who will_pull_the_plug⠀⇛ Microsoft began deprecating the Cortana app within the Windows Insider program just a short time ago — that’s programmer-speak for “getting rid of,” just like “layoff” or “workforce reduction” is HR-speak for the same thing. You can still open the Cortana app on Windows 11, but be careful. On the top of the app you may notice that Cortana has an update available. If you ignore the update (for now), Cortana should continue to work as she’s supposed to for the time being. But if you apply the update, you’ll essentially kill Cortana. o § Linux Foundation⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ Lessons_from_Maintainers_of the_World’s_Most_Critical_Software [Ed: Linux mentioned not even once, only "LF"]⠀⇛ When Norbert De Langen inherited the maintainership of Storybook.js, he thought the best approach was to actively design himself out of his role. This would mean bringing in as many good contributors as possible. So he undertook heroic measures. De Langen sent a meeting scheduling link requesting to speak in person to anyone who emailed him with a suggestion or question about the project code. De Langen met with over 200 people using this method during the project’s first year. He estimates that nearly 20% of those he met with later became repeat contributors to Storybook, including many core contributors. With this effort, De Langen boosted his contributor pool and significantly reduced his coding burdens, making his maintainership more manageable. # ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ Open_Mainframe_Project Celebrates_Major_Technical_Milestone_with_the_5-Year Anniversary_of_Zowe [Ed: IBM openwashing, a pandora's box of patents]⠀⇛ The Open Mainframe Project, an open source initiative that enables collaboration across the mainframe community to develop shared tool sets and resources, announced today that Zowe will mark its 5-year anniversary this month. Zowe, an open source software framework for the mainframe that strengthens integration with modern enterprise applications, will celebrate the milestone by bringing the community together for Zowe Day at SHARE New Orleans on August 14. # ⚓ The_Linux_Foundation_Announces_Keynote_Speakers_for_Open Source_Summit_Europe_2023 [Ed: None from Microsoft, for a (good) change]⠀⇛ The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced the keynote speakers for Open Source Summit Europe, taking place September 19-21 at the Euskalduna Conference Centre in Bilbao, Spain. The full event schedule is available here. # ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ The_Linux_Foundation Announces_Keynote_Speakers_for_Open_Source_Summit_Europe 2023⠀⇛ The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced the keynote speakers for Open Source Summit Europe, taking place September 19-21 at the Euskalduna Conference Centre in Bilbao, Spain. The full event schedule is available here. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ US_cyber_body_to_review_cloud_computing safety,_Microsoft_breach⠀⇛ -A U.S. cyber safety body will review issues relating to cloud-based identity and authentication infrastructure that will include an assessment of a recent Microsoft breach that led to the theft of emails from U.S. government agencies, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Friday. The review by the Cyber Safety Review Board will look at the malicious targeting of cloud computing environments, the DHS said in a statement. “Organizations of all kinds are increasingly reliant on cloud computing to deliver services to the American people, which makes it imperative that we understand the vulnerabilities of that technology,” DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in the statement. # ⚓ Computing UK ☛ UK_cybersecurity_firm_NCC_makes_second_round of_job_cuts_this_year⠀⇛ NCC Group, a UK cybersecurity firm with more than 14,000 customers, has confirmed it more staff are to lose their jobs, after it cut 125 roles in February. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ This_week_in_global_cybercrime:_twin takedowns_by_Interpol_and_FBI⠀⇛ The evidence that cybercrime has gone global was doubly reinforced this week with news of two independent takedowns of criminals behind the 16shop and Lolek Hosting operations, both used as sources of automated tools for various malware attacks. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Intel’s_Downfall_Mitigations_Drop Performance_Up_to_39%,_Tests_Show⠀⇛ Linux publication Phoronix evaluates the performance impact of Downfall mitigations on different Intel processors. # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ AMD_and_Intel_CPU_security_bugs_bring_Linux_patches [Ed: They make it sound like the issue is Linux rather than utterly defective chips]⠀⇛ Two new chip vulnerabilities, AMD Inception and Intel Downfall, forced Torvalds to push out Linux security fixes. # ⚓ SANS ☛ Show_me_All_Your_Windows!,_(Fri,_Aug_11th)⠀⇛ # ⚓ Freexian_Collaborators:_Debian_Contributions:_PTS_tracker, DebConf23_Bursary,_and_more!_(by_Utkarsh_Gupta)⠀⇛ Contributing_to_Debian is part of Freexian’s mission. This article covers the latest achievements of Freexian and their collaborators. All of this is made possible by organizations subscribing to our Long_Term_Support_contracts and consulting_services. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ New_Zealand_says_it_is_aware_of_China- linked_intelligence_activity_in_country⠀⇛ A report also highlighted “foreign interference” activity from Iran and Russia. # § War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Russia_and_Ukraine_trade aerial_attacks_as_Zelenskyy_makes_another_move_against corruption⠀⇛ Ukrainian officials say Russia fired missiles at western Ukraine that killed an 8-year-old boy. The child died Friday in a region of Ukraine located about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the Polish border. However, local officials in Kyiv say Ukrainian air defenses frustrated Russia’s daylight attack on the capital. Russian officials say drones targeted Moscow for a third straight day but didn’t cause significant damage. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the firing of the heads of all regional military draft boards as part of his crackdown on corruption since the outbreak of Russia’s war in Ukraine more than 17 months ago. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ The_Global_South_Stands_Up⠀⇛ As Ukraine’s counteroffensive and chances of winning the war begin to show signs of falling apart, and the realization that, eventually, Ukraine will end the war only through negotiations begins to dawn, Kiev has begun a campaign of conferences to court the neutral global south, or what Russia now calls the global majority… # ⚓ PHR ☛ A_Horrific_Milestone:_More_Than_1,000_Attacks on_Health_Care_in_Ukraine_Since_Russia’s_Full-scale Invasion⠀⇛ Today Ukraine marks the grim milestone of more than 1,000 attacks on health care workers and infrastructure since Russia’s full-scale invasion began 17 months ago, according to documentation and monitoring by human rights and humanitarian organizations. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ New_report_highlights_evidence_of escalating_Russian_genocide_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ A new international report has identified evidence that Russia’s campaign of genocide in Ukraine is escalating as the full-scale invasion of the country approaches the one- and-a-half-year mark, writes Kristina Hook. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Russian_War_Report:_Co-founder_of Russia’s_most_popular_search_engine_condemns_war_in Ukraine⠀⇛ A co-founder of Yandex, Russia’s primary search engine, issued a public statement of opposition to the war in Ukraine and acknowledging his “share of responsibility.” # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ F-16_delays_leave_Ukraine_exposed to_deadly_Russian_air_superiority⠀⇛ A clear commitment to send Ukraine a fleet of F-16s would do much to repair the damage to Western credibility caused by earlier delays. Crucially, it could also save countless Ukrainian lives, writes Olivia Yanchik. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Satellite_hack_on_eve_of_Ukraine war_was_a_coordinated,_multi-pronged_assault⠀⇛ The satellite hack that took the world by storm was more complex than initially thought, according to a Viasat executive. # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Zelensky_fires_heads_of_military enlistment_in_all_Ukrainian_regions⠀⇛ President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Friday that the heads of all Ukraine’s regional military recruitment centers were being dismissed from their jobs amid concerns about corruption. The mass sacking came as Ukraine urged civilians near the northeastern front line to evacuate on Thursday as Russia ramped up an assault to capture territory already seized once during the conflict. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2). # ⚓ France24 ☛ Ukraine_says_situation_in_northeast ‘difficult_but_under_control’⠀⇛ Ukraine on Thursday said the situation on the northeastern front line near the town of Kupiansk was “difficult but under control” after an uptick in Russian attacks on the settlement. Earlier in the day, local authorities urged vulnerable residents to leave the area. Read our liveblog to see how the day’s events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2). # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_To_Dismiss_All_Heads_Of_Regional Military_Recruitment_Offices_Amid_Corruption_Concerns⠀⇛ All the heads of Ukraine’s regional military recruitment centers will be dismissed, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced on August 11, amid concerns about corruption. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Journalist_Aleksandr_Nevzorov_Fined_In_Russia Over_RFE/RL_Interview⠀⇛ A court has ordered one of Russia’s most prominent TV journalists, Aleksandr Nevzorov, who fled Russia in March 2022, to pay 20,000 rubles ($205) for “extremist” thoughts he expressed in his interview with RFE/RL’s Belarus Service and on his YouTube channel about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Women_In_Russian-Occupied_Crimea_Fined_For Dancing_To_Ukrainian_Song⠀⇛ A court in occupied Crimea has imposed a 15,000-ruble ($152) fine on three young women for dancing to a song by a Ukrainian singer. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Explosions_Heard_In_Kyiv_Amid_Deadly_Russian Strikes_In_Ukraine,_As_Moscow_Says_Drone_Downed_Near Moscow⠀⇛ Explosions were heard above Kyiv and Russian air strikes killed more civilians, including a small child, as Russia said it downed a drone west of Moscow amid reports of two Russian airports closing temporarily for a suspected drone flight. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Ukraine_Starts_Mandatory_Evacuation_From Kupyansk_City⠀⇛ In recent weeks, Russian forces have intensified attempts to break through Ukrainian front lines east of the Oskil River. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukrainians_in_Kupiansk_Fear_a_Second Russian_Occupation⠀⇛ The torture rooms in the battered Ukrainian city of Kupiansk have been empty for months. But Moscow’s advancing forces are just five miles away. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_Influencer_Ksenia_Sobchak_on the_War:_Resistance_Is_Futile,_So_Find_Ways_to_Cope⠀⇛ Ksenia Sobchak, one of the best known media figures still in Russia, says her fatalistic stance just reflects a grim reality. Some liberals call her a Kremlin stooge, while hawks see her as disloyal. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia-Ukraine_War:_Zelensky_Cracks Down_on_Corruption_in_Military_Recruitment⠀⇛ President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine dismissed all the directors of regional military recruitment centers, saying that the system “should be run by people who know exactly what war is.” # ⚓ Axios ☛ Biden_asks_Congress_for_billions_more_in Ukraine_funding⠀⇛ President Biden is unveiling a request to Congress for $24 billion in supplemental funding_for_Ukraine and other international needs. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian-Occupied_Nuclear_Plant_In_Ukraine Reconnected_To_Main_Power_Line,_Averting_Possible Blackout⠀⇛ Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant has been reconnected to its main external power line, state-owned power generating company Enerhoatom said on August 11, averting what officials said was a possible blackout. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Russia_launches_moon_lander_in_race_to find_water_on_moon⠀⇛ Russia launched its first moon-landing spacecraft in 47 years on Thursday, in a bid to be the first power to make a soft landing on the lunar south pole, a region believed to hold coveted deposits of water ice. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Launches_Lunar_Lander_In_Race_To_Find Water_On_Moon⠀⇛ Russia launched its first moon-landing spacecraft in 47 years on August 11 in a bid to be the first country to make a soft landing on the lunar south pole, a region believed to hold coveted pockets of water ice. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia’s_Luna-25_Mission_Launches_to the_Moon⠀⇛ The Luna-25 mission, years in the making, will try to put a robotic lander near the moon’s south pole. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Russia_Will_Launch_Its_First Mission_to_the_Moon_in_Decades_Tomorrow⠀⇛ Russia hasn’t landed anything on the moon in nearly 50 years, and will make an attempt on Friday. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ In_His_First_Public_Statement_After_Latest Conviction,_Navalny_Slams_‘Those_Who_Lost_Russia’s Historic_Chance’⠀⇛ In his first public statement after his latest trial that ended with a conviction and a 19-year sentence on extremism charges last week, Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny lashed out at Russia’s post-Soviet ruling class, saying, “I fiercely, madly hate all those who sold, drank away, wasted the historic chance our country had at the beginning of the 1990s.” # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Charges_Against_82-Year-Old_Writer_Of Discrediting_Russian_Army_Dropped⠀⇛ A court in the Russian city of Perm has dropped all charges against 82-year-old writer Aleksandr Nikonov, the writer’s lawyer said on August 10. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Microsoft_Suspends_Extending_Licenses_For Companies_in_Russia⠀⇛ U.S. software giant Microsoft will not renew licenses for Russian companies from September 30, the U.S. company said in a letter sent to Telecom Daily Agency in Russia on August 11. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Photos_of_the_Week:_Foam_Party,_Pet Dryer,_Hummingbird_Care⠀⇛ Mountain-bike racing in Scotland, flooding in Northern Europe, missile strikes in Ukraine, wildfire damage in Hawaii, a rubber-duck derby in Chicago, and much more # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Yandex_Founder_Calls_Russia’s_War_In Ukraine_‘Barbaric’⠀⇛ Arkady Volozh is only the second sanctioned Russian businessman to take an unequivocal public position against the invasion. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Seeks_$24_Billion_More_for Ukraine_in_Test_of_Bipartisan_Support⠀⇛ The aid request is the first by the president since Republicans took over the House, and some party leaders have expressed opposition to spending more to help Ukraine beat back Russian forces. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Biden’s_$20_billion_Ukraine_request_sets stage_for_GOP_showdown⠀⇛ President Biden’s requestfor $20 billion in additional funding for Ukrainehas teed up the first major test of the anti-interventionist sentiment coursing through the GOP — with real-world implications for Kyiv’s existential war. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Wagner_Group_Is_Always_Ready_for a_Coup⠀⇛ The ouster of Mohamed Bazoum by Niger’s military presents an important opportunity to Russia’s Wagner group. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ In_Niger,_military_takes_control,_with Moscow_in_the_wings⠀⇛ Washington’s hope of combating Islamists in Niger more by social and economic means than with military force suffered a setback with last month’s coup. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ More_evacuations_considered_in Norway_where_the_level_in_swollen_rivers_continues_to_rise⠀⇛ Authorities are on standby to evacuate more people in southeastern Norway, where huge amounts of water, littered with broken trees, debris and trash, are thundering down the usually serene rivers after days of torrential rain. The level of water in swollen rivers and lakes continued to grow Friday despite two days of dry but overcast weather, flooding abandoned houses, coating cars in mud and swamping camping sites. In one of the most affected places where a river running through a town had gone over its banks, authorities were thinking about moving more people downstream out of fear of landslides. Norway’s prime minister and king were planning to visit affected sites. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Photos:_Deadly_Wildfires_Sweep_Across Maui⠀⇛ Early images from the disaster in Lahaina, Hawaii o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_Tries_to_Bolster_Ruble_as_Inflation Adds_to_Economic_Woes⠀⇛ The central bank in Moscow took steps to counter the currency’s slide, but the war and resulting sanctions have put intense pressure on the economy. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Tajik_Minister_Says_Two_Former_Top_Police_Officers Involved_In_Banker’s_Disappearance⠀⇛ Tajik Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda has said that two former top police officials were involved in the disappearance in June of Shuhrat Ismatulloev, the deputy chairman of one of the Centra Asian country’s leading banks. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Iran_Awaits_Release_of_Its_Assets_Held_in_Korean Banks⠀⇛ The Persian nation has funds worth over US$7 billion in ROK’s two banks, which refuse to process them for fear of possible U.S. penalties. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ “Like_fatter_Tony_Soprano”_Attending_the Arraignment_and_“Effect[ing]”_Liz_Harrington’s_Pregnancy⠀⇛ It’s not, just, that DOJ has to try the former President in at least two venues. It’s that the entire criminal gang is gambling that if they just get beyond the election, any and all lies can be excused in a wave of pardons like Trump used to escape his Russian exposure. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Normalisation_of_racism_in_Finnish politics_a_concern_for_non-discrimination_ombudsman⠀⇛ NON-DISCRIMINATION Ombudsman Kristina Stenman is concerned about the risk of normalisation of hate speech and racism in Finnish politics. Stenman on Tuesday offered her analysis of the current situation to the government task force that is drafting a statement for promoting equality and non-discrimination in response to revelations about racist statements and writings by senior members of the Finns Party. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Speaking_of_Asia_Podcast:_Asia_without Shinzo_Abe⠀⇛ A conversation with the foreign policy speech- writer of Japan’s longest serving post-War Prime Minister. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ NOT_REAL_NEWS:_A_look_at_what didn’t_happen_this_week⠀⇛ Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Dominion Voting Systems didn’t contribute $2 million to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. A Facebook hoax about a supposed serial killer on the loose is using the mugshot of an alleged murderer who has been in jail since 2018. A video clip of President Joe Biden on MSNBC was altered to appear that he spoke incoherently for more than a minute. A video of partygoers at a Kyiv beach doesn’t prove the war in Ukraine is fake; the city is far from the epicenter of the war. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Journal_of_Free_Speech_Law:_“Bots_Behaving_Badly: A_Products_Liability_Approach_to_Chatbot-Generated Defamation,”⠀⇛ by Prof. Nina Brown, just published in our symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Speech; more articles from the symposium coming in the next few days. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Review:_The_Peculiar_Politics_of_Killer_Mike⠀⇛ The rapper is a Bernie Sanders supporter who speaks out about gun rights and free speech. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Journal_of_Free_Speech_Law:_“Authorbots,”_by Profs._Derek_E._Bambauer_&_Mihai_Surdeanu⠀⇛ The article is here; here is the Introduction: ChatGPT has exploded into the popular consciousness in recent months, and the hype and concerns about the program have only grown louder with the release of GPT-4, a more powerful version of the software. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Journal_of_Free_Speech_Law:_“Section_230_Won’t Protect_ChatGPT,”_by_Prof._Matt_Perault⠀⇛ Just published, in our symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Speech; more articles from the symposium coming in the next few days. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Chechen_Diaspora_Rallies_In_Zurich_To_Prevent Deportation_Of_Hunger-Striking_Kadyrov_Critic⠀⇛ Several members of the Chechen diaspora in Switzerland on August 9 held a protest outside a deportation center in Zurich calling on the Swiss authorities not to deport to Russia a Chechen refugee who has been on hunger strike for almost two months. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Hollywood_Must_Change—But_How?⠀⇛ Join Reason on YouTube Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion about the Hollywood strikes with television writer and political commentator Rob Long. # ⚓ ACLU ☛ Visualizing_the_Racial_Wealth_Gap⠀⇛ Systemic inequities and barriers keep people of color from achieving economic security through employment, education, and homeownership, resulting in racial disparities in wealth and income. These disparities are the consequence of ongoing discrimination, structural inequality, and biases across our institutions. They continue to emerge in new forms of technology — including artificial intelligence and algorithmic risk assessment tools — that influence nearly every facet of life. The confluence of these inequities has created a massive, persistent racial wealth gap in the United States. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Germans_dominate_list_of_newly_appointed technical_judges [Ed: JUVE, a bribed propaganda mill of Team UPC (promoting illegal and unconstitutional kangaroo courts with corrupt judges), is still at it]⠀⇛ Experienced experts from patent offices and patent courts feature heavily on the list of 21 new technical judges at the UPC. # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ $6,000_for_Patent_Armory_patents prior_art⠀⇛ Unified has added 3 new PATROLL contests, with a $2,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by Patent Armory, Inc., an NPE. The contests will end on October 1, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below. # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Shamoon_v._Resideo: Obviousness_affirmed [Ed: Fake patents aplenty]⠀⇛ Shamoon v. Resideo Technologies, Inc., No. 2021-1813 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 8, 2023) (opinion by Judge Newman; joined by Judges Reyna, and Cunningham) (non-precedential) Charles Shamoon is the inventor and owner of U.S. Patent No. 8,064,935. The patent relates to a remote access system that allows users to monitor and control “environmental devices” like alarm and HVAC systems in their home using a base control unit and a remote unit.  Resideo challenged the patent in a pair of IPR petitions, and the PTAB eventually found the challenged  claims unpatentable as obvious over a combination of two/three prior art references. On appeal, the Federal Circuit affirmed and rejected Shamoon’s three challenges. # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_State-Media_Group_Applies_For_Ekho Moskvy_Name,_Logo⠀⇛ One of Russia’s longtime leading independent sources of news, which closed last year amid growing pressure from the Kremlin, is now facing the prospect of seeing its brand snatched up by Russian state-controlled media. # § Copyrights/Music⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ 50_years_of_hip-hop:_Made_in_New_York,_now_a global_sensation⠀⇛ Data: Chartmetric, Billboard, Axios research; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals Today marks 50 years since the birth of hip-hop — a relatively short trip from its inception at a small party in the Bronx to one of the most popular and influential genres in the world. Driving the news:In New_York_City and across the country this weekend, concerts and celebrations are being held to mark the milestone. ⚓ Axios ☛ How_Latinos_helped_shape_the_multi-billion_dollar_hip-hop_industry⠀⇛ On Friday, hip-hop will celebrate 50 years since its birth, and Latinos have been there every step of the way. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2947 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.12.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_12/08/2023:_Firefox_116_on_POWER,_FSF_Board_Candidate_Discussions_in Second_Round⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 1:34 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Server o Graphics_Stack o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family 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 o SaaS/Back_End/Databases o Education o FSF o Programming/Development # Python * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ India’s_Defense_Services_Are_Switching_to_GNU/Linux⠀⇛ However, the attacks in and of themselves are less of a problem than the fact that a large, and increasing, number of them are successful against that aging legacy desktop operating system. For India to pull this off successfully, they must study how their opponent has maneuvered over the years against GNU/Linux deployments and in particular look at case studies like Kerala, Munich, Lower Saxony, Vaasa, and Turku. India’s opponent in this move has had many programmes, years ago one was EDGI, and a long standing mandate that “under NO circumstances lose against Linux”. # ⚓ MS Poweruser ☛ India’s_Defence_Ministry_to_ditch_Windows for_homegrown_Ubuntu-based_Maya_OS⠀⇛ India’s Defence Ministry is planning to replace Microsoft Windows with a new operating system called Maya in all its internet-connected computers, as part of a major overhaul of its cybersecurity system. The move is a response to the growing threat of malware and ransomware attacks, which have become more frequent and severe in recent times, targeting the country’s critical infrastructure and defence systems. The idea of Maya OS was conceived in 2021 after India faced several cyberattacks from foreign actors that targeted its critical infrastructure and defence systems. The Defence Ministry decided to create its own operating system that would be more secure and reliable than Microsoft Windows. # ⚓ India ☛ Desi_Maya_OS:_‘Safer’_Ubuntu_Wins_As_India_Says_NO To_Microsoft_Windows⠀⇛ It’s free. It’s safer. And no more annoying Windows updates! The Indian government is looking to replace the Windows operating system on computers used in the Defence Ministry with a new indigenous operating system called Maya OS. Having a new operating system (OS), that too for the government is a challenge but the Ministry claims that Maya OS is being introduced to thwart cyber threats and also reduce the dependence on OS made by global tech companies, like Microsoft. Not to forget, Maya OS is free, so, the government will no longer have to spend on getting genuine Windows licences or pay for expensive Microsoft Word and other services. o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ IDrive_Compute⠀⇛ Each server uses NVMe storage, and you can outfit one with a Linux distribution, such as AlmaLinux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Rocky Linux, and Ubuntu. Like Digital Ocean, IDrive lacks the Windows Server operating system. Check out AWS or Google Cloud Platform if you need that OS. o § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ Mike_Blumenkrantz:_Dumber⠀⇛ § It’s Not Maintenance5 I just got back from lunch and have to work off some cals, and that means it’s time for another big lift on the blog. Today’s topic: how dumb can a driver’s compiler stack be? As I outlined in the previous post, zink’s compiler stack is about to get a whole lot dumber for various reasons. But what exactly does that look like? Lesser bloggers would simply link_to_the_MR and say “figure it out”. Here at SGC, however, I put in the extra effort so my readers can comprehend all the stringy awfulness that goes into each individual graphical sausage that this triangle factory is pumping out. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 10_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Neovim_GUIs⠀⇛ To use Neovim, you can use the program in a terminal emulator. Alternatively, there’s the option of using a third party GUI designed for Neovim. Neither Vim nor Neovim were built for beauty. However, many users prefer a graphical interface combined with the power of Neo(vim). One interesting aspect of Neovim’s RPC support is that developers can create new front-ends for Neovim that are outside of the terminal. This article seems to highlight the best free and open source front-ends for Neovim. We make the following recommendations captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-style chart. The vast majority of the software featured in this article is cross- platform. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 6_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Mail_Notification Tools⠀⇛ Email is arguably one of the most popular and useful functions of a Linux system. Fortunately, there is a wide selection of free email software available on the Linux platform which is stable, feature laden, and ideal for personal and business environments. A mail notification tool lets you know when new emails are received. A prominent feature of these tools is the non-obtrusive passive notification about important emails which will let you concentrate on your work and avoid unnecessary interruptions. When all you want to do is be notified when you have a new e-mail message the last thing you want is software chugging along in the background using up valuable system memory. Fortunately, the programs are lightweight in nature. We make the following recommendations captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-style chart. All of the programs are free and open source goodness. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Benjamin John Hardill ☛ Network_Booting_Rapberry_Pi⠀⇛ There are a couple of solutions these days with anything newer than a Pi 3 you can boot from a USB drive or totally from the network. You can configure the boot device and order using the raspi-config tool, under Advanced -> Boot Order. # ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Various_Ways_to_Increment_or_Decrement Counters_in_Bash⠀⇛ Incrementing/decrementing is mostly used in a loop where the user has instructed the script/program to increase/decrease value based on the given condition. # ⚓ budgie-desktop_>=_10.7.2-6_update_requires_manual intervention⠀⇛ When upgrading from budgie-desktop 10.7.2-5 to 10.7.2-6, the package mutter43 must be replaced with magpie-wm, which currently depends on mutter. As mutter43 conflicts with mutter, manual intervention is required to complete the upgrade. # ⚓ Parabola_GNU/Linux-libre:_[From_Arch]:_budgie-desktop_>= 10.7.2-6_update_requires_manual_intervention⠀⇛ # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Enable_Collaboration_on_Drupal_with ONLYOFFICE_Docs_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ If you feel like building your own website or blog, you can always find a professional developer who could get this done for you in the shortest possible time. However, it might be much more exciting and challenging to create something on your own. Modern software tools make the process of website creation simple, and even average Linux users with no deep technical background are able to do that. # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ How_to_Create_Your_Own_VPN_in_Linux_With OpenVPN⠀⇛ Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to hide your online data transmissions and enhance your security while browsing the Internet from public places. Many online service providers offer both free and paid VPN options for you to use. However, even the best paid plans can be unreliable or slow at times. Here we’ll discuss how you can use OpenVPN to create a secure connection on a Linux machine. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ The_Perfect_Server_–_Debian_12_(Bookworm) with_Apache,_BIND,_Dovecot,_PureFTPD_and_ISPConfig_3.2⠀⇛ This tutorial shows how to prepare a Debian 12 server (with Apache2, BIND, Dovecot) to install ISPConfig 3.2. The web hosting control panel ISPConfig 3 allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache web server, Postfix mail server, Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server, MySQL, BIND nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Linux_Permissions_Demystified:_SUID,_SGID_& Sticky_Bit⠀⇛ Meta (160 characters): Dive into Linux permissions: Understand the intricacies of SUID, SGID, and the sticky bit. Enhance your system’s security and functionality with these tools. Introduction: In the vast universe of Linux, permissions play a pivotal role, governing who can do what with files and directories. While regular permissions (read, write, execute) are straightforward, advanced permissions like SUID, SGID, and the sticky bit are vital tools that can enhance, or in some cases, jeopardize your system’s security. # ⚓ SSH_Permission_Denied_(publickey)_Solved:_Troubleshooting and_Fixes⠀⇛ Encountering the “SSH Permission Denied (publickey)” error while trying to connect to a remote server can be frustrating. This error typically occurs when the SSH server doesn’t recognize your public key or when your local SSH client is unable to authenticate using the provided key. In this guide, we’ll walk you through troubleshooting steps and solutions to resolve the “SSH Permission Denied (publickey)” error. Step 1: Verify Your Public Key Ensure that you are using the correct public key for authentication. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Throw_FreeCAD_Some_Curves⠀⇛ [Mango Jelly] got a question from someone trying to model a phone box with a complex curved roof. We have to admit that when we saw it, we knew it would be hard to model well. Naturally, there are several ways it could be one, but [Mango Jelly] used the curves workbench in FreeCAD to produce a wireframe of the shape, and you can see how that works in the video below. # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_fix_“/var/lib/pacman/db.lock”_error_on Arch_Linux⠀⇛ I was trying to install firefox today on my Arch Linux machine, and I couldn’t do it because of the error ” Failed to init transaction (unable to lock database)” . # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Identify_a_Bash_Script_is_Sourced_or Executed_Directly⠀⇛ Bash scripting is a powerful tool that developers can leverage to automate tasks on Unix and Linux systems. One common use-case is to source a script in another script, allowing the sharing of variables and functions between them. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Remove_(Delete)_PPA_from_Ubuntu_Linux⠀⇛ If you’ve been using Ubuntu for a while, you’re probably familiar with the term PPA, which stands for Personal Package Archive. PPAs are a great way to install and update software that isn’t available in the official Ubuntu repositories. # ⚓ How_to_Install_and_Use_Scala_on_Linux⠀⇛ Scala (stand as “Scalable Language“) is a general- purpose programming language built on the Java virtual machine that combines functional programming and object-oriented programming language paradigms. # ⚓ Deploying_virtio-win-0.1.229-1.noarch.rpm_on_Arch_Linux Distributions_(Manjaro,_ArcoLinux,_EndeavourOS)⠀⇛ # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_GCC_on_AlmaLinux_9⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install GCC on AlmaLinux 9. For those of you who didn’t know, GCC, developed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF), is a collection of compilers for various programming languages, including C, C++, and Fortran. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_InfluxDB_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install InfluxDB on Debian 12. InfluxDB, the powerful open- source time-series database, has emerged as a go-to solution for managing high-frequency data streams in various domains. From monitoring system performance to handling Internet of Things (IoT) data, InfluxDB provides a robust foundation for real-time analytics. # ⚓ Viewing_Test_Automation_as_a_Software_Project:_A_Jenkins Perspective⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_Power_of_Visualization_in_Jenkins_Workflow_Management⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_Role_of_Conventions_in_Streamlining_Jenkins_Processes⠀⇛ # ⚓ Navigating_the_Expanding_Landscape_of_Jenkins_Test Frameworks_and_Commercial_Choices⠀⇛ # ⚓ Addressing_the_Issue_of_Starving_QA/Integration_Servers_in Jenkins⠀⇛ # ⚓ Keeping_Up_with_Jenkins:_A_Guide_to_Reading_and Understanding_the_Change_Log⠀⇛ # ⚓ Minimizing_Human_Bottlenecks_in_Jenkins:_Strategies_and Best_Practices⠀⇛ # ⚓ Efficient_Jenkins_Workflows:_The_Benefits_of_Offsetting Work_to_Jenkins_Nodes⠀⇛ # ⚓ Avoiding_Groupthink_in_Jenkins:_Ensuring_Individual_Input in_Collective_Decisions⠀⇛ # ⚓ Building_Jenkins_Expertise:_The_Importance_of_Training_and Community⠀⇛ # ⚓ OSNote ☛ Install_and_configure_Rainloop_Webmail_in_Debian⠀⇛ In this guide, you will learn how to install and configure the latest version of Rainloop Webmail in Debian to retrieve emails from popular email services such as Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and Microsoft Outlook. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Talospace ☛ Tonight’s_game_on_OpenPOWER:_Doom64EX_and Doom64EX-Plus⠀⇛ However, unlike most of the re-creations we’ve talked about before, there’s no getting around it: if you’re not playing the remaster you’ll need an N64 ROM. And that’s all I’m going to say about that. If you have the N64 cartridge and a dump of it, play Doom64EX (it can’t play the remaster); if you bought the remaster and have the data files, play EX-Plus (it can’t play the original). # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Humble_has_a_new_bundle_with_Jupiter_Hell, Coromon,_Songs_of_Conquest⠀⇛ Now this is a tasty looking bundle full of tactical goodies! The Take Your Turn & RPGs Bundle is live and it has a really nice set of games to pick up. One not to be missed. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Escape_Simulator_is_getting_a_free_Portal cross-over_DLC⠀⇛ Pine Studio have announced that their popular puzzle game Escape Simulator is getting a Valve- approved Portal themed free DLC with Escape Simulator: Portal Escape Chamber. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Proton_Experimental_fixes_Street_Fighter_6 and_disables_NVAPI_for_Rachet_&_Clank⠀⇛ A small update for Proton Experimental launched on August 10th for Steam Deck and desktop Linux to fix issues with two problematic games. Valve launched a bigger update only a day ago so this is just cleaning up more issues. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Fanatical_has_Play_On_The_Go_Summer_Bundle for_Steam_Deck⠀⇛ Fanatical is currently doing their own special Summer Sale with new bundle launches like the Play On The Go Bundle – Summer Edition, a free game and lots of discounts. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Survival_horror_deck-builder_Draft_of Darkness_launches_August_23rd⠀⇛ Blending together survival, horror, a deck builder and roguelike dungeon exploration – Draft of Darkness has a little bit of everything. Currently in Early Access the developer has now announced it will launch in full on August 23rd. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Celebrate_QuakeCon_and_Quake_II_Remastered with_this_Steam_Sale⠀⇛ Earlier we reported about how id Software and Nightdive Studios had come together once more to remaster Quake II for a new generation and shadow dropped it at QuakeCon. Well, that was only one part of the festivities as id and Bethesda have put a bunch of their hit games on sale to celebrate QuakeCon, with games from Doom to Hi-Fi Rush receiving discounts. # ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ Recommended_Games_on_Debian_12_Bookworm⠀⇛ We collected ten games you can play on Debian 12 Bookworm GNU/Linux. They are all native games provided by Debian themselves and they are free software. You can immediately install and play these games by following command lines we provided under each one below. As a premiere bonus, we can also learn a lot of lessons about free software community so you can spread education about free software by playing with students at your school or friends at your office. Now choose your game and let’s play! We often mention the term ‘free software’ in this article. When we talk about free software, we do not mean price, but we mean freedom, meaning the user is free, that the user have the full rights to control the software (thus, the game) both individually and socially. This meaning aligns with Debian principles. See Free Software Definition. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Nate Graham ☛ This_week_in_KDE:_Plasma_6_development continues⠀⇛ Much bugfixing happened this week, and as a result, the number of open issues only rose by 2 compared to last week. In addition, feature work and planned UI changes are in development and getting merged! More 1st-party widgets and System Tray icons are now always monochrome and symbolic no matter the thickness of the Panel they live on, even if there are colorful icons at large sizes. This includes the Trash, Folder, and Minimize All widgets and KTeaTime’s System Tray icon. # ⚓ Volker Krause ☛ OpenID_Connect/OAuth2_with_KDE’s Gitlab⠀⇛ With KDE’s contributor account management moving from the deprecated identity.kde.org and my.kde.org systems to Gitlab as the central identity provider we need to adapt all applications requiring a login to use OpenID Connect/OAuth2 for authentication. While that is largely done for the web-based ones, native client applications remain a challenge. Before we start: This is not a definitive guide on how to set things up properly. It is rather my current understanding on how things could be done, and a request for review/ feedback by people with more experience on this subject. # ⚓ Scarlett_Gately_Moore:_KDE:_Post_Akademy_Snap_Wrap_Up and_Future⠀⇛ It has been a very busy couple of weeks in the KDE snap world! Here is a rundown of what has been done: [...] # ⚓ Timothée Ravier ☛ Timothée_Ravier:_Testing_latest_KDE software,_from_Apps_to_the_Plasma_desktop⠀⇛ Software has bugs! One way to find bugs is to have users test changes. To make that possible, we need to deliver pre-release versions of our software in a way that is accessible to our users which are usually not developers. Remember that even as a developer, you are always the user of someone else’s project. The technology stack is now so complex that it is mostly impossible to understand every single projects included in a modern desktop environment, even if it is fully open source. Testing pre-release software also has to be reasonably safe regarding user’s data, as it’s often not practical to ask users to backup everything all the time and testing a small fix for an application should not have your entire system crash. # ⚓ Timothée Ravier ☛ Timothée_Ravier:_Introducing Kinoite_Nightly_(and_Kinoite_Beta)⠀⇛ Update: Kinoite Nightly & Beta images are temporarily paused while we work on making Kinoite image with Plasma 6 content available. As announced during the Fedora_Kinoite_“Hello World!” (slides) last year at the Fedora 35 release party, one of the goals for Fedora Kinoite is to make it easier for everyone to try and test the latest KDE Plasma desktop and Apps, without having packaging, compiler or development knowledge. We are now much closer to that goal with the introduction of Kinoite Nightly, an unofficial variant of Fedora Kinoite based on stable Fedora plus nightly packages for KDE software (Plasma desktop and a base set of apps). Alonside Kinoite Nightly, we are also introducing Kinoite Beta, which is also an unofficial variant of Fedora Kinoite, also based on stable Fedora but with KDE Plasma Beta packages. This variant is based on fresh release of KDE_Plasma_5.27_Beta. While the Nightly variant will be built daily and will always be available, the Beta variant will only be built and available during KDE Plasma Beta testing phases. # ⚓ Timothée Ravier ☛ Testing_latest_KDE_software,_from Apps_to_the_Plasma_desktop⠀⇛ This is the transcript of the_talk_I_gave_at Akademy_2023. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ This Week in GNOME ☛ This_Week_in_GNOME/Felix_Häcker: #108_Sandboxed_Images⠀⇛ Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from August 04 to August 11. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Oracle,_SUSE_and_CIQ_launch_Open_Enterprise Linux_Association_to_target_Red_Hat⠀⇛ SUSE SA, Oracle Corp. and Ctrl IQ Inc. announced Thursday the formation of a new industry alliance forming the Open Enterprise Linux Association, OpenELA, a new organization that aims to encourage the development of distributions compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. # ⚓ Dominique Leuenberger ☛ openSUSE_Tumbleweed_–_Review_of_the week_2023/32⠀⇛ Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers, At least over here where I live, the last few days we had slightly less summery time and more rain – and bad weather means more work in front of the screen. The same thing likely happened to other contributors, looking at the things we passed through staging or are still there. This week has seen 7 snapshots (0804..0810). The most relevant changes during this week were: # openSSL 3.1.2 # Linux kernel 6.4.8 & 6.4.9 # Libvirt 9.6.0 # Perl 5.38 (incl all perl modules rebuilt) # LibreOffice 7.6.0.1 & 7.6.0.2 # QEmu 8.0.4 # ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ Join_SUSE_at_Google_Next_2023 August_29_–_31,_2023_in_San_Francisco_–_Booth_#1625⠀⇛ Google Next 2023 is a showcase of inspiration, innovation and education and SUSE is excited to be a Velocity sponsor at this event. We’re eager to hear the great keynotes, learn about Google’s latest innovations, share ideas and network with you. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Fedora_Infrastructure_Status:_Fedora_Copr_outage_–_updating servers⠀⇛ This outage impacts the Fedora_Copr_Frontend. # ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ Libera_Chat_Is_a_Toxic_Troll_Farm. Bonus:_Code_of_Conduct_Ticket_Filed_Regarding_Fedora Moderator_“Khaytsus”.⠀⇛ Libera Chat Is a Toxic Troll Farm Full of Corrupt Moderators That Don’t Apply Their Own Code of Conduct to Each Other. # ⚓ SDx Central ☛ Red_Hat_describes_how_open_source_and infrastructure_at_scale_drive_genAI [Ed: Openwashing and HEY HI buzzwords salad. Also failing to disclose that Red Hat has been paying this publisher for all those puff pieces, which Red Hat Official ☛ it_later_links_to.⠀⇛ Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is an exciting technology on its own, but the way access to large-scale infrastructure has changed is the real story, according to Red Hat‘s Sherard Griffin, senior director of engineering for AI services. AI technology has been around for a while, but the infrastructure needed to run complicated AI workloads has finally caught up, Griffin told SDxCentral. “Generative AI is not about AI in its own right, in terms of what it’s doing with generative AI. But it’s thinking about how it’s now so readily accessible,” he said. “To me, that’s the exciting part.” # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Find_your_top_tasks_on_the_new_Red_Hat OpenShift_Service_on_AWS_learning_hub⠀⇛ Interested in Red Hat OpenShift Service on Amazon Web Services (ROSA) but not sure where to start? Our new ROSA learning hub page may be just the thing you need. This hub page speaks to the various stages of adopting and utilizing a managed Red Hat OpenShift service running natively on AWS. From high-level learning, to procedural walkthroughs about deploying workloads, there are several avenues for a user to find what they need. # ⚓ Dark Reading ☛ Kubernetes_and_the_Software_Supply_Chain⠀⇛ The ability of organizations to gain value from Kubernetes — and, more broadly, cloud-native technology — is being hampered by concerns around security. One of the biggest concerns reflects one of the industry’s biggest current challenges: securing the software supply chain. Red Hat’s “2023 State of Kubernetes Report” found that Kubernetes security is in question at some companies. Based on a survey of DevOps, engineering, and security professionals from around the globe, the report finds that 67% of respondents have delayed or slowed deployment due to Kubernetes security concerns, 37% have experienced revenue or customer loss due to a container/Kubernetes security incident, and 38% cite security as a top concern with container and Kubernetes strategies. # ⚓ Video ☛ Chris_Wright_Talks_OpenShift_AI⠀⇛ o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Debian_Systems_Now_Patched_Against_“Downfall” and_“INCEPTION”_CPU_Flaws⠀⇛ The Debian Project released today updated kernel and intel-microcode packages for all supported Debian GNU/Linux releases to address the recently disclosed “Downfall” vulnerability affecting Intel CPUs, as well as the “INCEPTION” hardware vulnerability affecting AMD Zen CPUs. Discovered by Daniel Moghimi, “Downfall” (a.k.a. CVE-2022-40982) is a GDS (Gather Data Sampling) hardware vulnerability that allows unprivileged speculative access to data that was previously stored in vector registers. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Linux_Mint_planning_new_‘EDGE’_ISO,_plus Linux_Mint_21.3_due_in_December⠀⇛ There’s some interesting plans ahead coming from the Linux Mint team including a new EDGE ISO for running Mint on newer hardware, info on the next Linux Mint release and their concerns with Ubuntu and Snap. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Texas_Instruments_LaunchPad_taps_Arm_Cortex- M0+_processor⠀⇛ The LP‑MSPM0L1306 is a Texas Instruments Launchpad based on a 32-bit Arm Cortex M0+ microcontroller. The evaluation module includes an onboard debug probe, thermistor, light sensor, among other features. # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Low-cost_dev_platform_features_Lattice_ICE40 FPGA⠀⇛ The UPduino v3.1 is an affordable development platform that showcases the capabilities of the Lattice ICE40 Ultra Plus 5K FPGA. This device is also fully compatible with the open-source graphical design tool, IceStudio. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ MainsailOS:_A_Raspberry_Pi_OS_based_distribution for_3D_Printers.⠀⇛ MainsailOS is an exceptionally user-friendly and efficient Raspberry Pi OS-based distribution that has been specifically designed to cater to the needs of 3D printer enthusiasts. This feature- packed distribution is equipped with a web-based interface that enables you to manage and control your 3D printer with ease. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ SmoothStream:_Webcam_and_PiCamera_Streaming_over the_Network_with_Python⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Chart_confirms_higher_level_of_Raspberry_Pi restocks⠀⇛ Earlier this month, we noted that Raspberry Pi supplies were improving mostly from tweets from Eben Upton who provided data about shipped boards since the beginning of the year. But there are also third-party data that confirm this since RPILocator provides statistics for restocks of Raspberry Pi hardware from approved resellers. The chart below shows weekly data of restocks since January 2022 until today, and we can clearly see a jump in restocks in recent weeks, especially for the Raspberry Pi 4, so there’s no need to steal old boards from discarded scooters anymore 😉 The ramp- up really started on week 25 (June 19-25) and peaked on week 28 (July 10-16) possibly to fill back orders, and restocks have been going down in recent weeks but still at a higher level than previously. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Arduino ☛ UNO_R4_Stars:_Meet_Monica_Rikic⠀⇛ Rikic has also already developed a new project leveraging the UNO R4 Minima variant: “It’s a weird machine that generates infinite classical music, in collaboration with Rodo. Visitors at the Palau de la Musica can modify the output as they get closer to the installation, speak or even sing to it.” # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ How_to_build_a_laser_range_finder⠀⇛ Why use an ordinary measuring tape when you can measure things with a laser? If there is ever an opportunity to incorporate lasers in everyday activities, we must take it. Here, Hesam Moshiri shows you how to build your own laser ranger finder using our RP2040 chip. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Used_To_Hijack_Casino_Card Shuffler⠀⇛ Gambling is big business, and a casino’s revenue will make the highest of high-stakes bets on the floor look like peanuts. Therefore, casinos implement rigorous procedures and processes, to make sure there is no cheating by customers. However, compared with computers, some security researchers reckon gambling regulations and security technologies are “a bit out of date.” and this leads to interested parties fabricating its own proof of concept tools, using the Raspberry Pi Zero. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Lo-Fi_ESP32-S3_board_features_LoRa_module for_low-power_long-range_connectivity_(Crowdfunding)⠀⇛ SB Components’ Lo-Fi is an ESP32-S3 board equipped with a LoRa module for low-power long-range connectivity, and the company has also introduced two LoRa USB dongles with either Type-A or Type- C connectors. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Coin_cell-powered_boards_provide_an_easy_way to_test_USB-C_cables⠀⇛ The A2C caberQU and C2C caberQU boards enable the quick and easy testing of respectively USB-A to USB-C and USB-C to USB-C cables without external hardware. Powered by a CR2032 coin cell battery, the boards apply a voltage to all pins of a cable and measure which ones are connected to the other end. The results can be visualized immediately through various LEDS on the board. The C2C caberQU board comes with a dedicated LED for each of the 24 USB pins and the shield, and it’s possible to test the USB Type-C to USB Type-C cable in several different modes: USB 2.0/1.1 USB Power Delivery USB 3.0/3.1/3.2 Alternate Mode Debug Accessory Mode Audio Adapter Accessory Mode The A2C caberQU board has fewer pins and LEDS for testing USB-A to USB- C cables specifically, but it works the same way. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Android_14_will_feature_a_new_way_to combat_full-screen_ads⠀⇛ # ⚓ 7NEWS ☛ Android_apps_with_2.5_million_downloads_displaying ads_with_display_off_|_7NEWS⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Emulate_Your_Favorite_Sega_Dreamcast Games_on_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ GO Media ☛ Your_Android_Can_Now_Detect_AirTags_Tracking You⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ One_UI_6:_Everything_new_in_the_Samsung Android_14_beta⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ FOSS_Week_in_Review:_Window_Maker_Live_Adopts Systemd,_New_Tails_on_the_Down_Low,_and_Google-Free_/e/OS⠀⇛ While most of the world bakes under the hottest temperatures since people have been keeping track of such things, in my part of the world we’re having one of the mildest summers in memory, which has followed what was also one of the mildest winters I’ve experienced in these parts. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that this doesn’t mean a shoe is about to drop. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # ⚓ Talospace ☛ Firefox_116_on_POWER⠀⇛ Firefox 116 is out with user interface improvements (notably a sidebar switcher), faster HTTP/ 2 uploads, and some initial UI rework for changes to how recently closed tabs are handled. [...] # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Browsers_barely_care_what_HTTP status_code_your_web_pages_are_served_with⠀⇛ Back when I wrote an entry on issues around the HTTP status code for a web server’s default front page, I said in passing that the HTTP status code mostly doesn’t matter to browsers. More exactly, the status code for a web page mostly doesn’t matter to people looking at web pages in a browser (this has come up before). This is well known in some circles and probably surprising in others. # ⚓ [Repeat] Dedoimedo ☛ Firefox,_Noscript,_jerky_video playback_–_Solution⠀⇛ If you’re using Firefox (as you should), then you also may want to consider Noscript (as you should), for it helps transform the Javascript jungle that is the modern Web into something more pristine and palatable. But, the problem is, Noscript can be a little tricky to configure for normies, and it does take some understanding to utilize effectively. Then, there could be odd bugs. Like the one I will describe right now. I wanted to play a video in Firefox. One of them streaming services. Find an episode of something you like, watch it. Of course, beforehand, I enabled scripts on the streaming service domain, all of the necessary and required bits and pieces. And the playback started just fine … except, every 10 seconds or so, there would be this jerky effect, like a couple of frames dropping. Or perhaps networking buffering. Weird. Well, I decided I could not let it be, and started exploring and investigating. Long story short, the pathfinding led me to Noscript. After me, people. o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Some_problems_with_‘first_name’_and ‘last_name’_fields_in_data⠀⇛ First off, not everyone has only two names plus possibly an unimportant ‘middle’ name that you can omit without them caring too much. Some people may have more than two or three names, all of which are important, and some people may not have two names. Providing only two fields forces people to squeeze their name into those fields, in some split that may or may not work and correspond to what you want. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Hacker_vs._machine_at_DEF_CON:_Thousands of_security_researchers_vie_to_outsmart_AI_in_Las_Vegas⠀⇛ Over the next four days, more than 3,000 hackers will descend upon a conference hall at DEF CON and try to break into leading generative artificial intelligence systems. Attendees of the annual hacking conference in Las Vegas will have 50 minutes each at one of 156 laptops to deceive, probe and steal information from AI chatbots, in the largest-ever public exercise aimed at discovering the security weaknesses of large language models. # ⚓ Troy Patterson ☛ Tech_In_Education⠀⇛ I’ve long been using Technology in education. I was an early adopter. I clearly remember having one of the first WiFi access points in our district (an Apple “UFO”). I integrated Technology into my classes early on. The students were highly motivated, novelty of technology was high. At the time, I was teaching in a lock-up facility for teenagers. The students had lots of challenges. It was a great place to learn to teach. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ The_5_Best_VPNs_for_the_Back_to_School_2023 Season⠀⇛ School IT departments typically monitor activity on the campus WiFi, so you might hear from them if you’re a criminal who torrents movies, TV shows, and music, for example. Some colleges also prohibit a certain class of unscrupulous websites and video platforms. Here at Gizmodo, we love rules, so we recommend that you steer clear of VPNs so the spies at your college can watch for this kind of behavior. o § FSF⠀➾ # ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_News:_Happening_now:_The_second_round_of_FSF board_candidate_discussions⠀⇛ o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Daniel Lemire ☛ Transcoding_UTF-8_strings_to_Latin_1 strings_at_12_GB/s_using_AVX-512⠀⇛ Most strings online are Unicode strings in the UTF- 8 format. Other systems (e.g., Java, Microsoft) might prefer UTF-16. However, Latin 1 is still a common encoding (e.g., within JavaScript runtimes). Its relationship with Unicode is simple: Latin 1 includes the first 256 Unicode characters. It is rich enough to convert most of the standard European languages. If something is stored in Latin 1, it can be encoded using Unicode. The reverse is obviously false. Nevertheless, let us assume that you have a Unicode string in UTF-8 that you want to quickly transcode to Latin 1. # ⚓ Rlang ☛ pmax()_and_pmin():_Finding_the_Parallel_Maximum_and Minimum_in_R⠀⇛ Title: Unleashing the Power of pmax() and pmin() Functions in R Introduction: In the realm of data manipulation and analysis, R stands tall as a versatile programming language. Among its plethora of functions, pmax() and pmin() shine as unsung heroes that can greatly simplify your coding experience. These functions allow you to effortlessly find the element-wise maximum and minimum values across vectors in R, providing an elegant solution to a common programming challenge. In this blog post, we’ll dive into the syntax and explore real-world examples that showcase the true potential of pmax() and pmin(). # ⚓ [Old] Patrick McKenzie ☛ Falsehoods_Programmers_Believe About_Names⠀⇛ I have lived in Japan for several years, programming in a professional capacity, and I have broken many systems by the simple expedient of being introduced into them. (Most people call me Patrick McKenzie, but I’ll acknowledge as correct any of six different “full” names, any many systems I deal with will accept precisely none of them.) Similarly, I’ve worked with Big Freaking Enterprises which, by dint of doing business globally, have theoretically designed their systems to allow all names to work in them. I have never seen a computer system which handles names properly and doubt one exists, anywhere. # ⚓ Xe’s Blog ☛ Introducing_nixexpr:_Nix_expressions_for JavaScript⠀⇛ As a regular reminder, it is a bad idea to give me ideas. Today’s bad idea is brought to you by managerial nerd sniping, insomnia, and the letter “Q”. At a high level: writing complicated data structures in JavaScript kinda sucks. Here’s an example of the kinds of things that I’ve been writing as I go down the ElasticSearch_tour-de- insanite: # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Python_from…import_Statement⠀⇛ Python, with its expansive library of modules and packages, offers a variety of functionalities. To access these functionalities in your code, you’ll often need to incorporate them using the import statement. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4256 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.12.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Leftover_Links_12/08/2023:_More_Microsoft_Security_Breaches⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:46 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Linux_Foundation o Security # Integrity/Availability/Authenticity # Privacy/Surveillance # Confidentiality o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Ku-Go:_The_World_War_II_Death_Ray⠀⇛ Historians may note that World War II was the last great “movie war.” In those days, you could do many things that are impossible today, yet make for great movie drama. You can’t sneak a fleet of ships across the oceans anymore. Nor could you dig tunnels right under your captor’s nose. Another defining factor is that it doesn’t seem we seek out superweapons anymore. o ⚓ Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky ☛ Fiction_as_a_lens_into_technological change⠀⇛ But we don’t often see these two together in close proximity. The creation and the disruption are spaced out in time and distance, so the creators of new technology need not grapple with the disruption viscerally. Software developers at Airbnb and Uber sit behind 4K monitors and sling code into the world, while hotel workers, neighbors, and taxi drivers deal with the real-world consequences, unseen by their disruptors. And the changes that take longer, that slowly put people out of work, we struggle to connect to the real-world changes since the creation and disruption are so spread out. The original developers of the newsfeed on Facebook surely did not anticipate the… disruption… to democracy and journalism that would have come from it over a decade later. o ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ Weeknotes:_fin._(So_what_did_I_accomplish?)⠀⇛ I hate being introspective. But I’m told it’s good for me. A few months ago, I handed in my notice to Cabinet Office. And now I’m no longer a Civil Servant. It’s hard to sum up those 2,462 days. Every day brought new challenges. I saw my work presented to the highest offices in the land, discussed on the nightly news, cancelled due to General Elections, and implemented across the nation. I represented my country across the world, helped protect it from attacks both digital and biological, and tried to speak a little truth to power. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Little_Bit_Of_Science_History_Repeating_Itself: Boyle’s_List⠀⇛ In a recent blog post, [Benjamin Breen] makes an interesting case that 2023 might go down in history as the start of a scientific revolution, and that’s even if LK-99 turns out to be a dud. He points to several biomedical, quantum computing, and nuclear fusion news items this year as proof. o ⚓ Axios ☛ DraftKings_CEO_calls_pro_athletes_caught_gambling_a “small_number_of_bad_actors”⠀⇛ Sports betting is back in the spotlight following ESPN’s giant_deal with Penn Gaming. Shortly before that transaction was announced, Axios spoke with DraftKings CEO Jason Robins, whose company is solidly in second place for market share (behind FanDuel) and whose share price has climbed over 150% so far this year. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Roscosmos_euphoric_as_Russia_sends_first_mission to_Moon_in_nearly_50_years._Luna-25_lander_to_reach_lunar south_pole_by_August_21._—_Meduza⠀⇛ The first lunar mission in Russia’s post-Soviet history was launched at 2:10 a.m. Moscow time (just after midnight GMT) today, from the Vostochny spaceport in the Russian Far East. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hackaday_Prize_2023:_Circuit_Scout_Lends_A_Hand_ (Or_Two)_For_Troubleshooting⠀⇛ Troubleshooting a circuit is easy, right? All you need is a couple of hands to hold the probes, another hand to twiddle the knobs, a pair of eyes to look at the schematic, another pair to look at the circuit board, and, for fancy work, X-ray vision to see through the board so you know what pads to probe. It’s child’s play! # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Weather_Station_With_Distributed_Sensors⠀⇛ Building a weather station is a fairly common project that plenty of us have taken on, and for good reason. They can be built around virtually any microcontroller or full-scale computer, can have as many or few sensors as needed, and range from simple, straightforward projects to more complex systems capable of doing things like sending data off to weather services like Weather Underground. This weather station features a few innovations we don’t often see, though, with a modular and wireless design that makes it versatile and easy to scale up or down as needed. # ⚓ India Times ☛ SoftBank-owned_Arm_courts_Big_Tech_interest in_its_IPO⠀⇛ Arm has been in talks with about 10 companies, including Amazon.com, Intel, Alphabet and Nvidia, about investments ahead of its IPO. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Drive-thru_mania_pushes_chains_to_rethink restaurants⠀⇛ The_future_of_fast_foodis already here with AI already taking orders and the first “underground delivery system” on the way. Why it matters:The push for more efficient drive- thrus at some of the country’s biggest chains reflects massive consumer demand for quicker service. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Delta_Air_Lines_passenger_settlement_offers refunds_to_some_customers_affected_by_COVID_cancelations⠀⇛ The lawsuit also accused the Atlanta-based Delta of not delivering refunds in a timely manner. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ ‘I_feel_like_I_have_Ebola’:_Hong Kong_mpox_patient_warns_fear_of_enforced_isolation_may_stop people_reporting_infections⠀⇛ When Covid-19 was at its worst in Hong Kong, a palpable fear pervaded the city: people were afraid not only of the virus, but of being forced into isolation. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ American_Suicides_Reached_All-Time_High_Last Year,_CDC_Data_Shows⠀⇛ Suicides have risen in the United States for the second straight year, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. In 2022, there were nearly 50,000 estimated deaths attributed to suicide in the U.S. An increase in suicide was found across most demographics, but numbers did decline for Native Americans as well as people between the ages of 10 to 24. # ⚓ CDC ☛ Suicide_Data_and_Statistics⠀⇛ # ⚓ Digital First Media ☛ UM_nurses_seek_metal_detectors_after gun_incident_as_more_hospitals_battle_violence⠀⇛ The rate for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work resulting from intentional injury by other person in the private health care and social assistance industry was 10.4 per 10,000 full-time workers in 2019, up from 6.4 in 2011. This is nearly five times higher than in overall private industry, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Microplastics_found_in_human_hearts_for_first time,_alarming_new_study_finds⠀⇛ The alarming find was made by a team of scientists from Beijing Anzhen Hospital in China, who analyzed the heart tissue of 15 patients who underwent cardiovascular surgery, according to the study published by the American Chemical Society. # ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ The_Sacklers_woulda_gotten_away_with_it_if it_wasn’t_for_those_darned_meddling_feds⠀⇛ The saga of the Sacklers, a multigenerational billionaire crime family of mass-murdering dope- peddlers, is an enraging parable about how the wealthy, the courts, and sadistic high-powered lawyers collude to destroy the lives of millions, profit handsomely, and evade justice. But there’s an unexpected twist to this tale. After the Sacklers procured a sham bankruptcy that denied their victims the right to sue while leaving their fortune largely intact, the Supreme Court – yes, this Supreme Court – saw through the scam and froze the process, pending a full hearing: [...] # ⚓ NPR ☛ An_eating_disorders_chatbot_offered_dieting_advice, raising_fears_about_AI_in_health⠀⇛ Maxwell shared her concerns on social media, helping launch an online controversy which led NEDA to announce on May 30 that it was indefinitely disabling Tessa. Patients, families, doctors and other experts on eating disorders were left stunned and bewildered about how a chatbot designed to help people with eating disorders could end up dispensing diet tips instead. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] Macworld ☛ Apple’s_vendor_specs_listed_for_Michigan ed_initiative⠀⇛ “I have been teaching various computer classes or computer related classes since 1994,” Randall said. “For the past four years, I have been teaching in labs that have been operating Windows 3.1, 95 and 98. For these years, I have been hearing from a few other teachers, but mostly from IT professionals, that Windows is very powerful. To be honest, I haven’t seen it. As a teacher, all the of the multimedia applications that I have run seem to operate best on a Mac.” # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Before_a_Bot_Steals_Your_Job,_It_Will_Steal Your_Name⠀⇛ As generative AI continues to advance, expect a deluge of new human-named bots in the coming years, Suresh Venkatasubramanian, a computer-science professor at Brown University, told me. The names are yet another way to make bots seem more believable and real. “There’s a difference between what you expect from a ‘help assistant’ versus a bot named Tessa,” Katy Steinmetz, the creative and project director of the naming agency Catchword, told me. These names can have a malicious effect, but in other instances, they are simply annoying or mundane—a marketing ploy for companies to try to influence how you think about their products. The future of AI may or may not involve a bot taking your job, but it will very likely involve one taking your name. # ⚓ NPR ☛ California_allows_robo-taxis_to_expand_and_emergency responders_aren’t_happy⠀⇛ On Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission, or CPUC, voted 3-1 to let self-driving car companies expand their programs and start charging passengers like taxis. The build-up before the Commission’s vote Thursday was tense. Public comment lasted more than six hours. Much of that testimony was about how autonomous vehicles have impeded emergency operations in the city. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Journal_of_Free_Speech_Law:_“An_AI’s_Picture Paints_a_Thousand_Lies:_Designating_Responsibility_for_Visual Libel,”⠀⇛ Two decades later, the technology to construct such scenes has gone from a feat of amazing cinematographic wizardry to common internet filler. Kendrick Lamar used deepfake technology to morph his image into that of “O.J. Simpson, Kanye West, Jussie Smollett, Will Smith, Kobe Bryant, and Nipsey Hussle.” In March 2023, a photograph of “Pope Francis wearing a big white Balenciaga-style puffer jacket” became an internet staple. Unsurprisingly, synthetic media has also been used for military disinformation. In the Russian war against Ukraine, a video depicting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordering Ukrainian troops to lay down their arms and surrender appeared both on social media and broadcast briefly on Ukrainian news. Some synthetic content has already found commercial adoptions such as the replacement of South Korean news anchor Kim Joo-Ha with a synthetic look-alike on South Korean television channel MBN, or one company’s introduction of internet influencer Lil Miquela, an alleged nineteen-year-old, as their spokesperson. In reality, Miquela is an entirely artificial avatar created by AI media agency Brud. She has over 3 million Instagram followers and has participated in brand campaigns since 2016. She is expected to earn Brud in excess of $1 million in the coming year for her sponsored posts. # ⚓ Alex Ewerlöf ☛ Introducing_My_Upcoming_Book_About Reliability_Engineering_Mindset⠀⇛ Instead of repeating the technical details which are one Google or ChatGPT query away, this book tries to build a more timeless mental model and attitude towards reliability. The idea is to take you from knowing nothing about service levels to using them as a tool to measure and improve reliability. # ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ Llama/Unix⠀⇛ Llama was developed with the R&D budget of Meta. Like Unix, it was first generally accessible to the academic community. Now, it’s more permissively licensed for commercial use (although there are still restrictions). Is Llama Unix? If so, then what will be the Linux of Llama? A fully permissive license and truly open-source development (maybe with its own BDFL — Benevolent Dictator for Life). # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Tech_advocacy_groups_want_a_zero-trust framework_to_protect_the_public_from_AI⠀⇛ The framework is a response to a bevy of suggested frameworks by private companies on responsible AI use and regulation as well as more general efforts from Congress and the White House. Last month, top AI companies including Google, Amazon, Meta, and Open AI agreed to voluntary safety commitments that included allowing independent security experts to test their systems. But authors of the “Zero Trust AI Governance” framework say that the solutions the private sector have volunteered aren’t enough and the frameworks they put forth “forestall action with lengthy processes, hinge on overly complex and hard-to- enforce regimes and foist the burden of accountability onto those who have already suffered harm.” # ⚓ Tedium ☛ In_The_Age_Of_Culling⠀⇛ Discussing the dumb thing CNET did in an effort to please the Google Gods: Don’t cull old news content to improve your SEO ranking. That’s your history! # ⚓ Neowin ☛ Microsoft_SQL_Server_2022_preview_mode_is_avaiable for_RHEL_9_and_Ubuntu_22.04 [Ed: This is not really a port, it is DrawBridge, and it's proprietary software from a company that attacks Linux. Avoid.]⠀⇛ The preview mode for SQL Server 2022 is only available in its Evaluation edition, which last for 180 days that started on July 27. It now supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9 and Ubuntu 22.04. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Lost_in_translation:_Microsoft_forced_to_pull update_due_to_language_issue⠀⇛ Microsoft has been forced to pull an update it issued as part of its August Patch Tuesday after it was found that the patch in question, meant to fix a spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server, would not install properly on non-English systems. # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Microsoft_Exchange_updates_pulled_after breaking_non-English_installs⠀⇛ Microsoft has pulled Microsoft Exchange Server’s August security updates from Windows Update after finding they break Exchange on non-English installs. # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Microsoft:_Codesys_PLC_bugs_could be_exploited_to_‘shut_down_power_plants’⠀⇛ Fifteen bugs in Codesys’ industrial control systems software could be exploited to shut down power plants or steal information from critical infrastructure environments, experts have claimed. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Cyber_Safety_Review_Board_to analyze_cloud_security_in_wake_of_Microsoft_[breach]⠀⇛ The Cyber Safety Review Board — a public/ private entity established via presidential executive order in 2021 in the wake of the SolarWinds breach and launched in early 2022 — will review the incident as part of a broader look at the “malicious targeting of cloud computing environments” and “focus on approaches government, industry, and Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) should employ to strengthen identity management and authentication in the cloud,” the agency said in a statement. The operation [breaching] top U.S. officials’ emails, announced in July but detected in June by security staff at the U.S. State Department, spurred heavy criticism of Microsoft, particularly because evidence of the breach was only apparent if customers paid for a premium logging tier. Microsoft has since announced that customers will have access to expanded logging and storage capability at no additional cost. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ US_cyber_safety_board_to_investigate cloud_security_and_[Microsoft]_Exchange_Online_breach⠀⇛ The Cyber Safety Review Board has launched an investigation into the cybersecurity threats facing cloud service providers. The probe by the CSRB was first reported by Bloomberg late Thursday and confirmed today. ⚓ Security Week ☛ Microsoft_Discloses_Codesys_Flaws_Allowing_Shutdown_of Industrial_Operations,_Spying⠀⇛ Over a dozen Codesys vulnerabilities discovered by Microsoft researchers can be exploited to shut down industrial processes or deploy backdoors. § Linux Foundation⠀➾ * ⚓ PR Newswire ☛ The_Linux_Foundation_Announces_Keynote_Speakers_for_Open Source_Summit_Europe_2023⠀⇛ Open Source Summit is a global conference that hosts a collection of microconferences, mini-summits, and co-located events for the open source community. Developers, technologists, and community leaders unite at Open Source Summit every year in North America, Europe, and Asia to collaborate, innovate, and help advance a sustainable open source ecosystem. § Security⠀➾ * ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Friday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (intel-microcode, kernel, and php-dompdf), Fedora (linux-firmware, OpenImageIO, and php), Oracle (aardvark-dns, kernel, linux-firmware, python- flask, and python-werkzeug), SUSE (container-suseconnect, go1.19, gstreamer-plugins-bad, gstreamer-plugins-base, gstreamer-plugins-good, java-11-openjdk, kernel-firmware, kubernetes1.24, openssl-1_1, poppler, python-scipy, qatengine, ucode-intel, util-linux, and vim), and Ubuntu (dotnet6, dotnet7, php-dompdf, and velocity-tools). * ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ CISA:_Review_Of_The_Attacks_Associated_with_Lapsus$_And Related_Threat_Groups_Report⠀⇛ Beginning in late 2021 and continuing late into 2022, a globally active, extortion-focused cyber threat actor group attacked dozens of well-known companies and government agencies around the world. It penetrated corporate networks, stole source code, demanded payments while rarely following up, lodged political messages in shadowy online forums, and swiftly moved on to its next targets. The cyberattacks were not the work of a nation-state actor, nor did they always involve particularly complex or advanced tooling or methods. Yet the attacks were consistently effective against some of the most well-resourced and well-defended companies in the world. These headline-grabbing incidents were perpetrated by a loosely organized threat actor group known as Lapsus$. Lapsus$ exploited systemic ecosystem weaknesses to infiltrate and extort organizations, sometimes appearing to do so for nothing more than attention and public notoriety. * ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ HHS_HC3:_Multi-Factor_Authentication_&_Smishing⠀⇛ HHS Health Center Cybersecurity Center (HC3) has published a new informational handout and guidance on multi-factor authentication (MFA) and smishing. It includes statistics and suggestions for dealing with common obstacles to implementation. * ⚓ CBC ☛ Nearly_1.5_million_affected_by_data_breach_at_Alberta_Dental Service_Corporation⠀⇛ A significant data breach has compromised the personal information of about 1.47 million Albertans, the Alberta Dental Service Corporation said Thursday. In a statement, ADSC said certain data from public dental benefits programs it administers for the provincial government was implicated in a recent cybersecurity breach. ADSC learned it was the victim of a ransomware attack and called in cybersecurity experts to assist with containment, remediation, and to conduct a comprehensive forensic investigation into the nature and extent of the incident. * ⚓ CT:_New_Haven_Board_of_Education_victim_of_$6_million_cyber_theft⠀⇛ The city of New Haven suffered a $6 million theft in a cyber attack earlier this year it was announced Thursday. To date, law enforcement officials have recovered over half the money. Officials said the cyber attack targeted the Board of Education’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer in what was described as a “business email compromise.” Thieves got access to the CEO’s email in late May. In June, they made six successful and one failed attempts to steal money by watching conversations and inserting themselves in the discussion to steal money. * ⚓ Notorious_phishing_platform_shut_down,_arrests_in_international_police operation⠀⇛ A notorious ‘phishing-as-a-service’ (PaaS) platform known as ‘16shop’ has been shut down in a global investigation coordinated by INTERPOL, with Indonesian authorities arresting its operator and one of its facilitators, with another arrested in Japan. The three arrests, which concluded with actions against a suspect last month, was made possible due to the intensive intelligence-sharing between the INTERPOL General Secretariat’s cybercrime directorate, national law enforcement in Indonesia, Japan and the United States and private sector partners including Cyber Defense Institute, Group-IB, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 and Trend Micro, with added support from Cybertoolbelt. The PaaS platform sold ‘phishing kits’ to hackers seeking to defraud Internet users through email scams where victims typically receive an email with a pdf file or link that redirects to a site requesting the victims’ credit card or other personally identifiable information. This information is then stolen and used to extract money from the victims. Phishing is considered the most prevalent cyber threat in the world, and it is estimated that up to 90 per cent of data breaches are linked to successful phishing attacks, making it a major source of stolen credentials and information. * ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ White_House_National_Cyber_Director_requests feedback_on_open-source_software_security⠀⇛ Last week, the White House said it would launch a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency competition focused on using artificial intelligence to fix bugs created, in particular, by open-source software. * ⚓ Tech Times ☛ US_Government_Launches_Cyber_Contest_to_Harness_AI_for National_Security⠀⇛ The White House launched a multimillion-dollar cyber contest to use artificial intelligence (AI) to detect and fix security vulnerabilities in the U.S. government’s digital infrastructure in response to hackers’ growing use of AI. * ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Say_Hello_to_Downfall,_Another_Data-Leaking_Security Hole_in_Several_Years_of_Intel_Chips⠀⇛ [BLACK HAT] Googlers have lately found not one but two more security vulnerabilities in Intel and AMD processors that can be exploited to steal sensitive data from a vulnerable computer’s memory. * ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ The_Inability_to_Simultaneously_Verify_Sentience, Location,_and_Identity⠀⇛ Really interesting “systematization of knowledge” paper: [...] * ⚓ IT Wire ☛ UK_electoral_body_breached_through_Microsoft_Exchange_Server: claim⠀⇛ An unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server appears to have been the entry point for the attackers who breached the systems of the UK Electoral Commission, a fact disclosed by the agency on Wednesday 10 months after it was spotted. * ⚓ Google ☛ Protecting_Chrome_Traffic_with_Hybrid_Kyber_KEM⠀⇛ Teams across Google are working hard to prepare the web for the migration to quantum-resistant cryptography. * § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ o ⚓ Futurism ☛ CAPTCHAs_are_officially_over.⠀⇛ As detailed in a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper, the researchers found that despite CAPTCHAs having “evolved in terms of sophistication and diversity” over roughly two decades, techniques to “defeat or bypass CAPTCHAs” have also vastly improved. “If left unchecked, bots can perform these nefarious actions at scale,” the paper reads. o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Want_to_pwn_a_satellite?_Turns_out_it’s surprisingly_easy⠀⇛ In a presentation at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, Johannes Willbold, a PhD student at Germany’s Ruhr University Bochum, explained he had been investigating the security of satellites. He studied three types of orbital machinery and found that many were utterly defenseless against remote takeover because they lack the most basic security systems. o ⚓ Johannes Willbold ☛ Space_Odyssey:_An_Experimental_Software Security_Analysis_of_Satellites⠀⇛ Abstract—Satellites are an essential aspect of our modern society and have contributed significantly to the way we live today, most notable through modern telecommunications, global positioning, and Earth observation. In recent years, and especially in the wake of the New Space Era, the number of satellite deployments has seen explosive growth. Despite its critical importance, little academic research has been conducted on satellite security and, in particular, on the security of onboard firmware. This lack likely stems from by now outdated assumptions on achieving security by obscurity, effectively preventing meaningful research on satellite firmware. In this paper, we first provide a taxonomy of threats against satellite firmware. We then conduct an experimental security analysis of three real-world satellite firmware images. We base our analysis on a set of real-world attacker models and find several security- critical vulnerabilities in all analyzed firmware images. The results of our experimental security assessment show that modern in-orbit satellites suffer from different software security vulnerabilities and often a lack of proper access protection mechanisms. They also underline the need to overcome prevailing but obsolete assumptions. To substantiate our observations, we also performed a survey of 19 professional satellite developers to obtain a comprehensive picture of the satellite security landscape. * § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Pornhub_Sues_Texas_Over_Age_Verification_Law⠀⇛ In the complaint, the plaintiffs write that the act employs “the least effective and yet also the most restrictive means of accomplishing Texas’ stated purpose of allegedly protecting minors,” and that minors can easily use VPNs or Tor; on-device content filtering would be a better method of restricting access to porn for children, they write. “But such far more effective and far less restrictive means don’t really matter to Texas, whose true aim is not to protect minors but to squelch constitutionally protected free speech that the State disfavors.” o ⚓ Interesting Engineering ☛ Driverless_cars_can_now_operate_24/7_in San_Francisco⠀⇛ Previously, both firms were only allowed to offer their services under certain conditions. Cruise was authorized to provide fared passenger service in limited areas of San Francisco from 10 pm to 6 am without the presence of a safety driver and non-fared passenger service throughout San Francisco at any time without the presence of a safety driver. o ⚓ The San Fancisco Standard ☛ San_Franciscans_Are_Having_Sex_in Robotaxis,_and_Nobody_Is_Talking_About_It⠀⇛ How much can you get away with in an autonomous vehicle if they’re effectively window-covered hotel rooms on wheels full of cameras that never stop recording? “It was really funny because [the Cruise] got quite hot and fogged up to the point that the windshield was completely fogged over—in any other context, in any other vehicle, that would be an actual problem,” Alex said. Unfortunately for the debaucherous among us, robotaxi companies currently use pretty extensive camera surveillance inside and outside of their cars. o ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ China’s_surveillance_cameras_with_‘Skin_Color Analytics’_raise_concerns:_Report⠀⇛ Dahua’s ICC Open Platform guide for “human body characteristics” includes “skin colour/complexion,” according to the report. In what Dahua calls a “data dictionary,” the company says that the “skin colour types” that Dahua analytic tools would target are “yellow,” “black,” and “white.” VOA Mandarin verified this on Dahua’s Chinese website, VOA reported. * § Confidentiality⠀➾ o ⚓ Max Levchin ☛ Shamir_Secret_Sharing⠀⇛ The key in question decrypts PayPal’s master payment credential table – also known as the giant store of credit card and bank account numbers. Without access to payment credentials, PayPal doesn’t really have a business per se, seeing how we are supposed to facilitate payments, and that’s really hard to do if we no longer have access to the 100+ million credit card numbers our users added over the last year of insane growth. This is the story of a catastrophic software bug I briefly introduced into the PayPal codebase that almost cost us the company (or so it seemed, in the moment.) I’ve told this story a handful of times, always swearing the listeners to secrecy, and surprisingly it does not appear to have ever been written down before. 20+ years since the incident, it now appears instructive and a little funny, rather than merely extremely embarrassing. § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ * ⚓ India Times ☛ TikTok_videos_responsible_for_online_harassment_and physical_attacks,_claim_Ethiopia’s_LGBTQ+_community⠀⇛ In Ethiopia, homosexual acts are punishable by up to 15 years in prison. The East African country whose population of close to 120 million is split between Christianity and Islam is largely conservative, and while LGBTQ+ people have long suffered abuse, activists say the hostility has reached a new level. “TikTok is being used to incite violence,” said Bahiru Shewaye, cofounder of House of Guramayle. Bahiru said several videos have been reported to TikTok but “we are still waiting for them to take action.” * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Why_Putin’s_Russia_cannot_accept_its_borders⠀⇛ To understand Russia’s current obsession with Ukraine, it is important to recognize that Russia was never a state in the common usage of the term. Unlike the modern Turkish state that emerged from the Ottoman Empire, or Great Britain, which acquired and lost an empire, Russia never had an identity separate from empire. As British historian Geoffrey Hosking observed, “Britain had an empire, but Russia was an empire.” * ⚓ ABC ☛ Thousands_evacuated_in_Polish_town_after_builder_uncovers_WWII bomb⠀⇛ World War II bombs are still regularly found during earthworks in Poland, which was the site of heavy fighting * ⚓ RFERL ☛ The_Azadi_Briefing:_Taliban,_Pakistan_Continue_To_Wrangle_Over Militants⠀⇛ The decree is part of the Taliban’s response to Islamabad’s accusations that Afghan fighters are involved in attacks on Pakistani forces by the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other jihadist groups who shelter inside Afghanistan. * ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ How_to_reach_Gen_Z_on_Tiktok:_Six_of_the_best_pages publishers_can_learn_from⠀⇛ More young people now get news from social media than they do from publishers themselves, according to research from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Further research by Ofcom reveals one in three 16–24-year olds in the UK use Tiktok to access news [sic]. * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Indiana_Man_Indicted_in_Threats_Made_to Michigan_Municipal_Clerk_Following_2020_Election⠀⇛ Andrew Nickels, of Carmel, a suburb of Indianapolis, appeared Friday in federal court in Detroit on one count of making a threatening interstate communication, the U.S. Justice Department said in a release. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ BBC_News_Russian:_Russian_officer_flees_to_Lithuania_and requests_political_asylum_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Ivan Korolev, a lieutenant in the Russian armed forces, illegally crossed the border into Lithuania and requested political asylum, reports BBC News Russian, who Korolev himself contacted. * ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘Cruel_and_inhumane’:_The_US-Mexico_floating_border_is equipped_with_‘circular_saws’⠀⇛ Videos shared on social media on August 8 provide a closer look at the floating border barrier installed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and aimed at keeping illegal migrants from entering the US. These controversial installations, near which a body was recently found, are equipped with spiky metal discs manufactured by Cochrane Global. * ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘They_effectively_stop_the_economy’:_Deadly_protests_erupt over_Cape_Town_taxi_strike⠀⇛ Violence has erupted all around Cape Town following last week’s announcement of a disruptive taxi strike against new local legislation allowing authorities to impound irregular vehicles. In the absence of this critical mode of transportation, commuters living in nearby townships have been left stranded – an issue that has primarily impacted Cape Town’s Black residents. * § War in Ukraine⠀➾ o ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Russia_destroys_20_Ukrainian_drones_over Crimea,_defence_ministry_says⠀⇛ Russian forces destroyed 20 Ukrainian drones launched onto the Crimean Peninsula early on Saturday, Russia’s defence ministry said. There were no casualties and no damage as a result of the attempted attack, the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app. It was not immediately clear what was targeted in the reported attacks on the Russian-annexed peninsula. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Zelensky_fires_heads_of_military_enlistment_in_all Ukrainian_regions⠀⇛ President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Friday that the heads of all Ukraine’s regional military recruitment centres were being dismissed from their jobs amid concerns about corruption. The mass sacking came as Ukraine urged civilians near the northeastern front line to evacuate on Thursday as Russia ramped up an assault to capture territory already seized once during the conflict. o ⚓ LRT ☛ ‘We_pay_taxes,_but_can’t_get_loans’_–_Ukrainian_businesses in_Lithuania_struggle_to_expand⠀⇛ Ukrainians in Lithuania complain that they have no way to develop their businesses because banks refuse to give them loans and government support is limited. o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Free_Boris_Kagarlitsky_—_Katrina_vanden_Heuvel⠀⇛ o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Veteran_CIA_Analyst_on_Russia_Ray_McGovern_Has_Never Been_More_Scared_of_Nuclear_Catastrophe⠀⇛ McGovern, who briefed seven US presidents, gives a frightening dose of reality for the direction the world is heading. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Woman_Killed_In_Russian_Strike_In_Ukraine’s_Kharkiv_As Crimea_Reportedly_Targeted_By_Drones⠀⇛ Russia’s military continued to bombard a besieged town in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region as Moscow reported drones had targeted occupied Crimea. o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ NATO_Training_Leaves_Ukrainian_Troops ‘Underprepared’_for_War⠀⇛ Western instructors don’t understand the kind of war or enemy that we’re fighting, say Ukrainian soldiers o ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘A_feeling_of_flames_all_around_me’_Russia’s_new_law banning_gender_changes_has_made_life_unbearable_for_many_trans people_—_but_emigration_isn’t_easy_—_Meduza⠀⇛ o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Video_shows_injured_Russian_soldiers_lying_on_tarmac after_flight_delayed_due_to_Moscow_drone_attack_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Multiple Telegram channels shared a video Friday in which a Russian soldier at a military airfield in the Rostov region complains that numerous injured soldiers, including some who are unable to walk, were left waiting on the tarmac after their flight to Moscow was postponed due to a drone attack on the city. o ⚓ Meduza ☛ BBC_and_Mediazona_confirm_30,003_Russian_soldiers_killed in_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Journalists from BBC News Russian and the independent outlet Mediazona, working with a team of volunteers, have used open sources to confirm the identities of 30,003 Russian soldiers who have died in the full-scale war against Ukraine. o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Containing_Lukashenko_In_an_effort_to_keep_Belarus_out of_the_war_with_Russia,_Kyiv_may_encourage_the_rise_of_right-wing opposition_in_Minsk_—_Meduza⠀⇛ When the Russian military invaded Ukraine in February 2022, this was done partly from Belarusian territory. By late March, however, those troops retreated back across the Belarusian border, and Minsk has since been a relatively demure partner to Russia, leaving warfare to Moscow while Belarus itself struggled to regain its economic balance, threatened by the collapse of oil export to Ukraine. Meduza’s special correspondent Elizaveta Antonova traces the precarious history of Ukraine’s efforts to keep Belarus out of the war, and how Kyiv’s pragmatic choice of allies has led Ukraine to encourage the right-wing forces opposing Belarus’s current president Alexander Lukashenko, rather than establish ties with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s democratic government-in-exile. o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Three_women_in_Crimea_fined_and_forced_to_apologize_for dancing_to_song_by_Ukrainian_singer_Verka_Serduchka_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A Russian-controlled court in the Crimean city of Alushta has fined three women for “discrediting” the Russian army and forced them to apologize after they publicly danced to a song by Ukrainian comedian and singer Verka Serduchka. o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Eight-year-old_boy_killed_in_Russian_missile_attack_on Ukraine’s_Ivano-Frankivsk_region_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On the morning of August 11, Russia carried out a military strike on Ukraine’s Ivano-Frankivsk region, reported the regional head Svitlana Onyshchuk. She said that several people were injured and one child was killed in the attack. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Courts_Write_Off_Debts_Of_Prisoners_Recruited_To Fight_In_Ukraine⠀⇛ Russia’s bailiff service has issued data on debt-relief granted to former Russian inmates who served in the Storm Z unit in the war in Ukraine. o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ The_Ukrainian_cafe_serving_soldiers_free_food_and motherly_love⠀⇛ Nataliia Bilovol’s cafe is not a normal pit stop. She and her team serve up 2,500 free meals a day and loving motherly care to Ukrainian soldiers. o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Residents_of_village_in_occupied_Kherson_region_to_stop receiving_insulin_unless_they_obtain_Russian_passport_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Alexander Dudka, the Russian-appointed head of the village of Lazurne in the annexed part of the Kherson region, said that village residents without Russian passports will not be given medicine “purchased from the Russian budget.” This was reported by the Telegram channel Sirena. o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Fixed-wing_UAV_blows_up_in_western_Moscow_near_bridge over_Moskva_River._Intimidated_locals_share_footage_of_aftermath._— Meduza⠀⇛ Muscovites heard a blast near the Zhivopisny Bridge over the Moskva River this morning, when a UAV flying from the direction of Istra, a western suburb of the Russian capital, blew up in the area, shedding remnants over a local park. o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Zelensky_fires_military_enlistment_chiefs_in_all Ukrainian_regions_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Volodymyr Zelensky announced Friday that the heads of all of Ukraine’s regional military enlistment offices have been dismissed. o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ US-Ukraine_space_project_taught_resilience, innovation._Why_it’s_over.⠀⇛ A fruitful decadelong program of U.S.-Ukrainian cooperation in space has ended, a victim of Russia’s war against Ukraine and other forces. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Fires_Top_Military_Enlistment_Officers After_Bribery_Scandal⠀⇛ President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was removing all 24 regional recruitment chiefs, as corrupt draft evasion schemes put the confidence of the public and Ukraine’s Western backers at risk. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Debris_From_Downed_Missile_Fell_on_Kyiv_Hospital Grounds,_Ukraine_Says⠀⇛ The Ukrainian Air Force said that three other missiles were aimed at military airfields in the western part of the country. o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_citizen_Petr_Aven_slapped_with_U.S._sanctions⠀⇛ Russian businessman Petr Aven – who holds a Latvian passport – was among four high-profile figures targeted by fresh sanctions from Washington August 11. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Washington_Adds_Founders_Of_Russia’s_Alfa-Bank_To Sanctions_List⠀⇛ The U.S. Treasury Department has added Russian tycoons Mikhail Fridman and Pyotr Aven — founders of Alfa-Bank — to the sanctions list. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ If_Your_Country_Is_Falling_Apart,_the_Wagner Group_Will_Be_There⠀⇛ The ouster of Mohamed Bazoum by Niger’s military presents an important opportunity to Russia’s Wagner group. § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ * ⚓ FAIR ☛ Vox’s_Student_Loan_‘Expert’_Is_Paid_by_Debt_Collectors⠀⇛ That Carey’s job is funded by corporations that stand to lose so much from Biden’s cancellation of federal student loans deserves a disclosure from Vox. Instead, the closest readers get is Casey noting that when asked for comment, a loan cancellation activist told him to “shill for student loan companies elsewhere”—followed by his ludicrous rebuttal that student loan companies “haven’t made federal student loans since 2010.” * ⚓ EFF ☛ Federal_Judge_Upholds_Arizonans’_Right_to_Record_the_Police⠀⇛ A coalition of news organizations and the ACLU of Arizona sued state and county government officials in federal court arguing that the law was unconstitutional. EFF filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs in the district court.   We are happy to report that the court in the case, Arizona Broadcasters Association v. Mayes, recently entered a stipulated permanent injunction in favor of the plaintiffs, pursuant to a settlement between the parties. The order prevents Arizona government officials from enforcing the law. The court’s order includes strong language in favor of the right to record the police. The order declares that the law violates the First Amendment because “there is a clearly established right to record law enforcement officers engaged in the exercise of their official duties in public places.” This conclusion reflects Ninth Circuit precedent (of which Arizona is a member), as well as that of several other circuits. * ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Unauthorized_Disclosure:_Micah_Herskind⠀⇛ § Environment⠀➾ * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Wildfires_in_Maui_prove_once_again_that_the_world_must face_the_dawn_of_the_“pyrocene.”⠀⇛ You might think those conditions would have been alleviated by Dora: Hurricanes usually mean water, and wet things do not burn as easily. But even this dynamic is shifting. An investigation by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa found that 2018’s Hurricane Lane brought both fire and rain to Hawaii at the same time, complicating the emergency response—dry and windy conditions spread the fire on the edges of the storm, while elsewhere, rainfall led to landslides. In 2020, researchers pointed out that Lane was only one of three documented cases of a hurricane worsening wildfire risk. With Dora, we likely have a fourth. * ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Corporate_Lobbyists_Are_Fighting_Heat_and_Wildfire Protections_for_Workers⠀⇛ Fossil fuel and corporate lobbying groups blocking action on climate change are also fighting labor protections meant to safeguard workers from its intensifying effects. As record-high temperatures kill the workers who grow our food, deliver our packages, and build our homes, industry lobbying has stalled heat safety measures in Congress and at least six states, according to a Lever review. * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Maui’s_Deadly_Wildfires_Burn_Through_Lahaina_–_It’s_a Reminder_of_the_Growing_Risk_to_Communities_That_Once_Seemed Safe⠀⇛ * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Hoax!⠀⇛ * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Typhoon_Khanun_Kills_At_Least_Three_In_Russia’s_Far_East⠀⇛ Typhoon Khanun has caused floods in seven districts and left at least three people dead in Russia’s Far Eastern region of Primorye. * ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “We’re_Living_the_Climate_Emergency”:_Native_Hawaiian Kaniela_Ing_on_Fires,_Colonialism_&_Banyan_Tree⠀⇛ We speak with Kaniela Ing, national director of the Green New Deal Network and seventh-generation Kanaka Maoli, Native Hawaiian, about the impact of this week’s devastating wildfires and their relationship to climate change. The catastrophic fires have destroyed nearly all buildings in the historic section of Lahaina, which once served as the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom. What is now being described as the worst natural disaster in Hawaii’s history was created by conditions such as dry vegetation, hurricane-level winds and developers redirecting water and building over wetlands, which are directly related to the climate crisis. “Anyone in power who denies climate change, to me, are the arsonists here,” says Ing. “We’re living the climate emergency.” * ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Unprecedented”:_Fire_Expert_Says_Climate_&_Native Vegetation_Changes_Fueled_Explosive_Maui_Wildfires⠀⇛ We speak to a fire scientist about how the climate emergency fueled this week’s historic wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui. “This is something that is absolutely unprecedented,” says Clay Trauernicht, a professor in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, where he focuses on wildland fire management in Hawaii and the Pacific. He explains how colonial landscape changes to the islands — prioritizing monocrop agriculture and land use for tourism — paired with the worsening atmospheric effects of climate change have set the conditions that sparked the devastating wildfires and allowed them to rage indiscriminately. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Two_dead,_16_missing_in_Xi’an_mudslide⠀⇛ The mudslide, which also damaged two residences, was caused by torrential rain. * § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ California_Lets_Self-Driving_Taxis_Loose_In_San Francisco_All_Day_and_Night⠀⇛ After a grinding more-than-six-hour meeting late Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission agreed to allow self-driving cars courtesy of General Motors and Google to go out at all hours of the day and night throughout San Francisco. The commission voted 3- to-1 in favor of the measure. Now, robotaxi companies Cruise and Waymo are allowed everywhere they please within San Francisco city limits, without a safety driver present. Previously, Cruise was limited to specific areas of the city from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. without a safety driver present, but was allowed out any time with a driver present. Waymo was similarly allowed fared passenger service everywhere with a safety driver. o ⚓ Scott Feeney ☛ Bikes_and_public_transit_mean_freedom⠀⇛ For the supposed freedom of driving to be real, there would need to be only a few people with cars. If only 1 in 50 city dwellers had cars, there would be enough space for parking. Traffic wouldn’t back up. It would offer a big advantage over everyone else in getting around (provided that everyone else was prevented by law, custom, or the threat of violence from getting in the way). But as soon as car ownership becomes widespread, that’s gone. The cars overwhelm the space. It’s a geometry problem. It’s why 50 years ago, André Gorz observed that “the car is a luxury good. And the essence of luxury is that it cannot be democratized. If everyone can have luxury, no one gets any advantages from it.” By coincidence, that same year, 1973, San Francisco passed its Transit First policy. o ⚓ Axios ☛ FTX_founder_Sam_Bankman-Fried_jailed⠀⇛ Sam_Bankman-Fried, founder and former CEO of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, is headed to jail after his bail was revoked. Driving the news: The judge listed a series of ways that Bankman-Fried toed the limits of his bail conditions during the hearing Friday afternoon in explaining his decision. o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Judge_Throws_Bankman-Fried_Back_in_Jail⠀⇛ According to reports coming from inside the courtroom, Kaplan told the court that it was probable Bankman-Fried had tried to “tamper with witnesses at least twice.” The ex-FTX CEO was remanded to federal custody, where he is slated to remain until his trial date, currently set for Oct. 2. It’s currently unclear where he will be held, but Inner City Press reported he could either be going to Putnam County Correctional Facility or MDC-Brooklyn. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Sam_Bankman-Fried_Sent_to_Jail_After_Judge Revokes_Bail⠀⇛ Mr. Bankman-Fried, 31, had been under house arrest at his parents’ home in Palo Alto, Calif., since he was arrested in December on fraud charges stemming from FTX’s implosion. But at a hearing on Friday, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of Federal District Court in Manhattan said that arrangement would have to end, after prosecutors argued that Mr. Bankman-Fried had twice tried to interfere with witnesses in the case, including by giving documents to reporters. o ⚓ El País ☛ FTX_founder_Sam_Bankman-Fried_jailed_in_New_York;_judge says_crypto_mogul_tampered_with_witnesses⠀⇛ FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sent to jail Friday to await trial after a bail hearing for the fallen cryptocurrency wiz left a judge convinced that he had repeatedly tried to influence witnesses against him. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ordered Bankman- Fried’s bail revoked after prosecutors said he’d tried to harass a key witness in his fraud case last month when he showed a journalist her private writings and in January when he reached out to the general counsel for FTX with an encrypted communication. o ⚓ CBC ☛ U.S._judge_revokes_Sam_Bankman-Fried’s_bail,_saying_FTX founder_tampered_with_witnesses⠀⇛ Kaplan said there was probable cause to believe Bankman- Fried had tried to “tamper with witnesses at least twice” since his December arrest, most recently by showing a journalist the private writings of a former girlfriend and key witness against him and in January when he reached out to FTX’s general counsel with an encrypted communication. o ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Atlantic_Joins_Forces_With_PBS⠀⇛ The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, is the new moderator of the PBS program Washington Week, which will now be called Washington Week With The Atlantic. I talked with Jeff about this new partnership, which launches tomorrow night on PBS at 8 p.m. ET. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Solar_Boat_Makes_Waves⠀⇛ The two best days in a boat owner’s life are the day they buy it, and the day they sell it. At least, that’s the common saying among people who actually spend money to buy a boat. [saveitforparts], on the other hand, looks like he’s going to have many more great days on this boat than that since he cobbled it together nearly for free, and he won’t even need to purchase any fuel for it since it runs on solar power. o ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Energy_Dept._Announces_$1.2_Billion_to_Advance Controversial_Climate_Technology⠀⇛ The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that a subsidiary of U.S.-based oil company Occidental Petroleum will receive a grant to develop a commercial- scale direct air capture (DAC) facility in southern Texas.  It is one of two DAC projects selected under a $1.2 billion federal program to scale up DAC, which the Energy Department has called the “world’s largest investment in engineered carbon removal in history.” o ⚓ DeSmog ☛ MPs_Gifted_£4,200_Tennis_Tickets_by_Oil_Giant_BP⠀⇛ BP donated tennis tickets worth a total of more than £4,200 to a government minister and two MPs, parliamentary records reveal.  The oil and gas supermajor, which recorded bumper profits of £22 billion last year, gifted Wimbledon tickets to Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, and Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy Paul Scully, worth £1,500 and £1,560 respectively.  * § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ o ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ As_Fires_Destroy_Native_Hawaiian_Archive_in_Maui, Mutual_Aid_Efforts_Are_Launched_to_Help_Lahaina⠀⇛ In Lahaina, the area in west Maui that is of historical importance to Indigenous people, entire neighborhoods were wiped out by this week’s historic wildfires, including the Na ‘Aikane o Maui Cultural Center, which had a massive archive that was lost to the flames. We are joined by Noelani Ahia, a Kanaka Maoli activist, who describes the community’s reaction to the destruction of Indigenous cultural documents, art and artifacts. “In the blink of an eye, it was burned to the ground, and all of those things were lost,” says Ahia. She also describes mutual aid efforts now underway and notes, “T​he people on the ground know what the community needs.” o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Voyage_of_the_Damned⠀⇛ Aid to Maui victims and their pets can be sent to the Hawaii Community Foundation and Maui Humane Society. o ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “We’re_Not_Going_to_Die_This_Way”:_Father Describes_Jumping_into_Ocean_with_5_Kids_to_Escape_Maui_Fire⠀⇛ From Maui, we hear from a survivor of Hawaii’s historic wildfires, which have taken at least 55 lives to date. Vixay Phonxaylinkham, a resident of California, was on vacation with his wife and five children when they had to jump into the ocean to escape the raging fires and floated on a piece of wood for hours. “We stuck together. We held on. We’re not going to die this way. We’re here. We’re alive,” said Phonxaylinkham. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ Björn Wärmedal ☛ BORROW_MONEY_FOR_FREE_(If_You_Already_Have_Them)⠀⇛ I set some money aside in funds each month, but I also have a savings account that I keep at about €5,000. I call it my buffer account. This is where I borrow money from when I need it. I can repay the loan at any rate I want, and there is no interest or late fees. In a way I am my own bank for the purpose of payday loans. * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Retrotechtacular:_Building_The_First_Computers_For_Banking⠀⇛ If you’ve ever wondered where the term “banker’s hours” came from, look back to the booming post-war economy of 1950s America. That’s when banks were deluged with so many checks, each of which had to be reconciled by hand, that they had to shut their doors at 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon, just to have a hope of getting all the work done at a reasonable time. It was time-consuming, laborious, error-prone work that didn’t scale well, and something had to be done about it. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_bailiffs_reportedly_canceling_debts_of_former prisoners_fighting_in_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russian bailiffs have begun canceling the debts of former prisoners fighting in Ukraine as part of Defense Ministry units, the independent outlet Verstka reported on Friday, citing Federal Bailiff Service files. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ South_Africa_Supports_Iran’s_Entry_Into_BRICS⠀⇛ Iran is one of more than 20 countries formally seeking to join the economic bloc currently comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. * ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Departed_Vice_exec_Katie_Drummond_named_Wired’s_global editorial_director⠀⇛ The appointment comes the week after Drummond and three other senior executives left Vice following the company’s acquisition out of bankruptcy by a consortium of its lenders. Wired parent company Condé Nast said Drummond will be responsible “for overseeing the vision and content across all platforms… in addition to leading editorial teams in Italy, Japan, Mexico, the UK and US”. * ⚓ [Repeat] DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ Libera_Chat_Is_a_Toxic_Troll_Farm. Bonus:_Code_of_Conduct_Ticket_Filed_Regarding_Fedora_Moderator “Khaytsus”.⠀⇛ It’s important to note that toxic individuals operating a troll farm and excluding themselves from their own Code of Conduct only applies to “Liberia” Chat. Their ban makes no difference anywhere else even if they could ultimately enforce it somehow. That’s one reason why they want to replace IRC with something else. Then they can forcibly ban you from EVERY room on the service, because it’s all centralized, even if the room moderators don’t approve. Authoritarians always want ultimate power and the last say on every decision. * ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ Why_Is_Meta_Blocking_All_News_Links?_Because_Bill_C-18 Covers_All_News_Outlets⠀⇛ Blocking of news links on Facebook and Instagram in Canada has becomes increasingly widespread in recent days, leading to a growing number of public comments from media outlets and reporters expressing surprise or shock about the scope of the link blocking. Indeed, outlets with blocked links include university student newspapers, radio stations, and foreign news outlets. While there may have been some errors (Facebook has a page to seek review of any blocked link decision), the inclusion of a very wide range of Canadian and foreign news outlets is no accident. Rather, it reflects the government’s Bill C-18 approach, which effectively covers all news outlets worldwide whose links are accessed in Canada. The Canadian government could have adopted a more targeted approach – for example, limiting the scope to news links from those news outlets eligible to negotiate agreements with Internet platforms under the law – but it instead went for the broadest possible approach that includes foreign news outlets with little or no connection to Canada. * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Russia_Will_Launch_Its_First_Mission_to_the_Moon_in Decades_Tomorrow⠀⇛ Luna-25 is due to lift off on Friday from Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East, just a few weeks after India launched its lunar lander, Chandrayaan-3, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in the Bay of Bengal. Advertisement Both missions will try to land on the Moon’s south pole on, or around, August 23. It’s not yet clear which nation will get to the lunar surface first. * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ A_Story_We_Shouldn’t_Forget:_On_Nixon,_Trump_and_the Perils_of_Pardoning_the_Unpardonable⠀⇛ This week marked almost 50 years since Richard Nixon tersely gave up the presidency after he was charged with obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and other offenses likely familiar to a mouthy, crooked real estate developer who later wrote the disgraced leader he was nonetheless “a great man.” When Nixon was pardoned for his crimes, many say the action paved the way for the deplorable fan and wannabe tyrant now deemed somehow both far lesser yet more pernicious than Tricky Dick ever was. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Activist_Gets_Six_Years_In_Prison_On_Charge_Of Distributing_Fake_News_About_Armed_Forces⠀⇛ A court in the city of Mytishchi near Moscow sentenced environmental activist Aleksandr Bakhtin to six years in prison on August 11 on a charge of distributing fake news about the Russian armed forces. * ⚓ NPR ☛ The_plot_thickens:_The_battle_over_books_comes_at_a_cost⠀⇛ It’s something of a “new normal” here — as it is around the nation. No longer are just books under fire, but also the library administrators, teachers and long-beloved librarians who are defending them. They’re being shouted down by parents, vilified on billboards, reported to the police, and trolled online, leaving many fearing for their safety. “I had an actual death threat,” says Livingston Parish school librarian Amanda Jones, her voice breaking as she recalls one particular post: “We know where you work + live….u have a LARGE target on ur back. Click… Click… See you soon.” * ⚓ [Old] Stella Novus ☛ History_Erased:_The_6_Most_Heartbreaking Archaeological_Destructions⠀⇛ Unfortunately, after the Taliban took control of the region, they decided the Buddhas had to go. Their reasoning? They considered the statues to be idolatrous and a violation of their strict interpretation of Islamic law. Demolition began on 2 March 2001. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Regime_Concerned_Start_Of_New_School_Year_Could_Spark Fresh_Protests_On_Anniversary_Of_Mahsa_Amini’s_Death⠀⇛ Subsequently, student councils across Iran reported an uptick in the number of “telephone summons” for students likely to stage protests. In some instances, when students failed to respond, security forces reached out to their families. * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Politico’s_Weird_Celebration_Of_1st_Amendment_Violations When_It_Comes_To_Adult_Content⠀⇛ Here on Techdirt we’ve chronicled the rise of a bunch of terrible age verification laws, including many focused specifically on adult content. We’ve also highlighted how MindGeek, the company behind a bunch of largest adult content sites, including Pornhub, have started geoblocking entire states in response to these problematic laws, while the Free Speech Coalition has been suing to get these laws tossed out as unconstitutional. * ⚓ EFF ☛ The_U.S._Government_Wants_To_Control_Online_Speech_to_“Protect Kids”⠀⇛ KOSA is fundamentally a censorship bill. Politicians are justifying it by harping on something we all know—that there’s content online that’s inappropriate for kids. But instead of letting tricky questions about what online content is appropriate at what age be decided by parents and families, politicians are stepping in to override us.  * ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘I_can’t_stand_the_goat,_but_I_hate_those_who_let_it_get_the cabbage’_After_receiving_a_19-year_prison_sentence,_Alexey_Navalny_lays into_the_liberal_opposition_and_independent_media_for_legitimizing_the regime_they_should_have_resisted_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Alexey Navalny, the opposition politician sentenced to 19 years in prison last week, has released his first extended piece of writing since the trial, expressing a deep disappointment with the past two decades of democratic politics in Russia. We’re publishing the full English text of Navalny’s essay that first appeared on his website under the title “My Fear and Loathing.” * ⚓ Reason ☛ Journal_of_Free_Speech_Law:_“The_European_Liability_Regime_For Large_Language_Models”⠀⇛ “Is It a Platform? Is It a Search Engine? It’s Chat GPT!,” by Prof. Beatriz Botero Arcila, just published in our symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Speech; more articles from the symposium coming in the next few days. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Federal_judge_warns_Trump’s_right_to_free_speech_“not absolute”⠀⇛ The federal judge overseeing the case involving former President_Trump’s alleged efforts to subvert_2020_election results agreed Friday to the defense’s proposal for a more limited scope of the protective order, but argued that Trump’s right to free speech is “not absolute,” according to multiple reports. > § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ CPJ ☛ Taliban_intelligence_agents_detain_three_journalists_on_claims they_reported_for_exiled_media⠀⇛ On Thursday, August 10, officials from the General Directorate of Intelligence, the Taliban’s intelligence agency, stormed the office of the independent Killid radio station in Jalalabad city, in eastern Nangarhar province, and detained its manager Faqirzai and reporter Saleh, according to the non-profit Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC)and a journalist with knowledge of the situation who spoke to CPJ on the condition of anonymity, citing fear of retaliation by the Taliban. Separately, also on Thursday, Taliban intelligence operatives entered offices of the independent Uranus TV network in Kunduz city in northern Afghanistan and detained Hasib Hassas, a journalist at the independent radio Salam Watandar, according to the AFJC and another journalist who spoke with CPJ anonymously due to fear of Taliban reprisal. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Journalist_group_changes_its_name_to_the Indigenous_Journalists_Association_to_be_more_inclusive⠀⇛ The group that was founded in 1983 and now includes more than 950 members, mostly in the U.S., announced the name change at its annual conference in Winnipeg, Canada. The decision was made after Indigenous members voted 89-55 in favor of the name change. About 400 Indigenous members were eligible to vote. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Afghan_Media_Groups_Decry_Taliban_Arrests_Of_Journalists⠀⇛ “Such unprincipled arrests can be considered as pressure on journalists,” said NAI, an Afghan media advocacy group, in a statement on August 11. “If such arrests continue, they will create an atmosphere of fear for journalists and make freedom of expression and access to information in Afghanistan a serious challenge.” § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Celebrity_hair,_makeup_and_nail_stylists:_How the_Hollywood_strikes_have_affected_glam_squads⠀⇛ A world of hair, makeup and manicurists have been idled by the Hollywood strikes at a time when they were still rebuilding from the covid shutdowns. And many don’t have a Plan B. In more than a dozen interviews with The Associated Press, many fear they’ll lose their homes and health insurance. They’re not alone as the writers and actors strikes drag on. The entertainment industry has hundreds of journeyman job descriptions impacted by the strikes, from script supervisors to costume designers. Says one Los Angeles-based hair stylist: “Hair is what I love. There’s really nothing else.” * ⚓ Gannett ☛ University_of_Michigan_Graduate_Employees_Organization rejects_latest_contract_proposal⠀⇛ Several of the union’s concerns were still not met in the university’s latest proposal, said Amir Fleischmann, GEO contract committee chair, prior to the Friday meeting. Voting took place in person and online. With nearly 500 GEO members in attendance during a membership meeting Thursday night and almost 1,000 total votes cast, “it was a pretty clear, decisive margin. … We voted that the Aug. 2 offer was not good enough, that we needed a little bit more.” * ⚓ Pimoroni ☛ Plundered!⠀⇛ Our Sheffield warehouse was plundered in the dead of night, and the thieves made off with a good haul of stuff. While we’ll be circumspect about the details, we can say they were pretty professional how they went about getting in and used some basic but effective ninja skills to exfiltrate the wares. Once the alarms tripped, the police were on-scene within minutes, but the tea-leaves had vanished into the night. While we’ve mostly tidied up from the ordeal, it’s a bunch of stress and extra things to do that no one needs. I think that’s the feel of the last few years for most people though! * ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Hollywood_Writers_and_Actors_Are_Striking_to_Make Globalization_Work_for_Them⠀⇛ Writers and actors are also on edge because of the threat poised by studio deployment of artificial intelligence. The writers fear it will degrade the script-making process while many actors worry that AI has the potential to capture and manipulate an actor’s image, thus threatening an Orwellian future unless the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) wins a set of well- defined guardrails protecting their personae. * ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Taliban’s_treatment_of_women_is_a_crime against_humanity,_says_ex-UK_PM_Gordon_Brown⠀⇛ Gordon Brown, the former prime minister of the UK and the UN’s special envoy for global education, has called the Taliban’s attack on women’s rights and lives a “crime against humanity.” Brown slammed the Taliban during an interview with BBC Radio 4 on Thursday. He spoke at length about the kind of restrictions and exclusions women in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan have been forced to endure. The Taliban has put several restrictions on women since it took over Afghanistan in August 2021. Most of its diktats target women and their presence in public life. * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Lawsuit:_Deputy_Tried_To_Shoot_‘Charging’_Pomeranian,_Shot Woman_On_Porch_Instead⠀⇛ Cops love shooting dogs almost more than they like casually violating constitutional rights. Even the DOJ called cop-on-dog violence an “epidemic.” * ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Some_WI_Lawmakers_Have_Changed_Their_Minds_About_Letting Undocumented_Immigrants_Drive⠀⇛ When Judy Kalepp became the municipal court judge in Abbotsford, Wisconsin, more than a decade ago, she was shocked to see how many Latinos were ticketed for driving without a license. She asked herself: Couldn’t they just get licensed and stop breaking the law? Then she got to know some of the drivers, mostly Mexican immigrants who lived and worked in the community. Despite not speaking Spanish, she was able to communicate with many of them and learn that they were undocumented and prohibited by state law from getting driver’s licenses. * ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ LA_Housing_Department_Demands_Residential_Hotels_Stop Renting_Rooms_to_Tourists⠀⇛ The Los Angeles Housing Department has sent warning letters to the owners of 17 buildings meant for low-cost housing, demanding that they stop renting rooms to tourists in violation of city law. * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Appeals_Court_Says_A_Cop_Can_Violate_Another_Cop’s_Rights_By [Squints_At_Ruling]_Shooting_At_The_Other_Cop⠀⇛ It’s a fact: You can violate a government employee’s rights while being a government employee. Sure, it’s more tricky than violating rights as a government employee (when targeting non- government employees), but it can still be done. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Can_a_White_Curator_Do_Justice_to_African_Art?⠀⇛ The New Orleans Museum of Art generated a storm of controversy when it announced on Instagram its recent hire of Amanda M. Maples as its new curator of African art. Why? Maples is white. Responses fell along two lines: demanding shared ancestry between artworks and those who curate them, and demanding racial representation in a predominantly Black city. (New Orleans’s population is 59 percent Black.) * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Why_Does_This_Racist_Keep_Getting_Silicon_Valley_Money?⠀⇛ In recent years it’s been difficult to keep track of all the pundits or policy wonks on the American right who turn out to have secret—and often not-so-secret—lives as white supremacist provocateurs. This was certainly true during the Trump administrations, which had a weakness for appointing racist figures such as Sebastian Gorka and Darren Beattie. This was also true of nearly a dozen staffers associated with Tucker Carlson and his former show at Fox News. And it now applies to staffers and influencers in the circles around the presidential campaigns of both Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis. These stories sometimes—although not invariably—end with the racist staffer being fired. * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Coalition_Demands_North_Carolina_Lawmakers_‘Cease_and Desist’_From_Attacks_on_the_Poor⠀⇛ * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Please,_Please_Stop_Blaming_“Progressives”_for_Donald Trump’s_Fascism⠀⇛ I am not sitting at my desk drinking from a Judge Tanya Chutkan coffee mug while a votive candle to special counsel Jack Smith burns on my coffee table. I own neither; it’s not my way.* * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ As_Amazon_Kills_Off_Most_Of_Its_House_Brands,_Perhaps_Its Supposed_Anti-Competitive_Access_To_Data…_Didn’t_Actually_Help_It Compete?⠀⇛ Three years ago we had the CEO of Jungle Scout, Greg Mercer, on our podcast, to debunk the claim that Amazon was unfairly competing with third party sellers in the Amazon marketplace. It’s become somewhat accepted wisdom that Amazon is engaged in some sort of predatory behavior, looking at what products sell well with data that only it has, and then coming in with competing products that undercut those sellers. § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ Jan Schaumann ☛ TLD_Domain_Count_Stats⠀⇛ You can find links to the graphs for all of the TLDs for which I could find data here; there’s also a page with all TLDs sorted by domain count. The scripts as well as the individual data and HTML files are also pushed to this GitHub repository. * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ ‘Max’_Loses_Millions_Of_Streaming_Subs_After_Ongoing_Merger Incompetence_Bonanza⠀⇛ We’ve documented in detail how the series of mergers (AT&T—>Time Warner—>Discovery) that created the Warner Brothers Discovery entertainment empire may just be one of the most destructive, pointless, and incompetently managed “business” transactions in modern media history. * ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ Conde_Nasty_Rolls_Out_Updated_Reddit_and Breaks_SeaMonkey_Rendering⠀⇛ Conde Nasty Rolls Out Updated Reddit and Breaks SeaMonkey Rendering. We call them (Conde Nast) “Conde Nasty” at TechRights for a number of reasons. § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Microsoft_Continues_About_Face_On_‘Right_To_Repair,’_Makes Its_Hardware_Easier_To_Fix⠀⇛ Microsoft has long been one of several companies that attempted to monopolize repair in a bid for profit, particularly when it has come to the company’s game consoles. But in recent years the company appears to have realized that with state and federal lawmakers and regulators cracking down on this behavior, it might be smart to stop swimming upstream when it comes to “right to repair.” § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Shifting_Arguments_at_the_PTAB⠀⇛ The Federal Circuit’s new decision in Rembrandt Diagnostics, LP v. Alere, Inc., 2021-1796 (Fed. Cir. Aug 11, 2023) complements the court’s recent decision in Axonics, Inc. v. Medtronic, Inc., 2022-1532 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 7, 2023). Ordinarily, an IPR petitioner must stick to the arguments and reasoning that it sets forth in the original petition.  These two cases take a contrary position and permit the petitioner to shift as late as the  final reply brief. The court permits these changes only if responsive to new arguments by the patentee and sufficiently linked to previously raised arguments. * § Trademarks⠀➾ o ⚓ India Times ☛ Google_can’t_claim_safe_harbour_if_use_of trademarks_in_Ads_Programme_violates_trade_mark:_Delhi_HC⠀⇛ The Delhi High Court has held that global search giant Google cannot avail of protection under the safe harbour clause of the Information Technology Act, 2000, if it uses a trademark as a keyword in its advertisement program. It will also be held liable for trademark infringement in such cases, the court added. o ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog_Test:_Is_“S!MPLY”_for_EVA_FOOTWEAR_Confusable With_“SIMPLY”_for_Dresses,_Jumpsuits,_and_Rompers?⠀⇛ The USPTO refused to register the proposed mark S!MPLY for “Footwear, primarily made of ethylene-vinyl acetate; Slip-on shoes, primarily made of ethylene-vinyl acetate,” finding confusion likely with the registered mark SIMPLY for “Dresses; Jumpsuits; Rompers.” Applicant Simply Southern argued that its mark, when said aloud,”is literally: ‘s, exclamation point, m, ply (or p-l-y).” As to the goods, it asserted that there was no evidence that dresses, jumpsuits, or rompers are made with ethylene- vinyl acetate. How do you think this appeal came out? In re_Simply_Southern_Holdings,_LLC, Serial No. 90728560 (August 3, 2023) [not precedential] [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Thomas Shaw). * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Google_Wants_AI_Scraping_to_Be_‘Fair_Use.’_Will That_Fly_in_Court?⠀⇛ What do you think would happen if I tried this? I stroll into a bank and see a wad of cash within arm’s reach behind an unoccupied teller window. I grab the dough and start walking out the door with it when a police officer, very rudely, stops me. “I’m entitled to take this money,” I say. “Because nobody at the bank told me not to.” If you think my defense is implausible, then you don’t work for Google. This week, the search giant said that it wants to change copyright laws so that it can grab any content it wants from the Internet, use it as training data for its AI products, and argue “fair use” if anyone objects to the plagiarism stew Google’s cooking up. Google’s figleaf to copyright holders: they’ll find a way to let you opt-out. o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ IP_Address_Blocking_Banned_After_Anti-Piracy Court_Order_Hit_Cloudflare⠀⇛ In 2022, rightsholders obtained permission in Austria to block several pirate site domains and a list of IP addresses that actually belonged to Cloudflare. ISPs had no choice but to comply with the court’s instructions which took out countless Cloudflare customers in Austria. According to reviews conducted by local telecoms regulator TKK, the IP address blocking violated net neutrality regulations and will no longer be allowed. o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Z-Library_Petitions_U.S._and_Argentina_to_Cease ‘Illegal’_Criminal_Prosecution⠀⇛ Z-Library has launched a petition calling on the U.S. Attorney General and Argentina’s Minister of Foreign Affairs to stop the criminal prosecution, labeling it as illegal. The shadow library asks its supporters to sign a petition which stresses that the site is essential to ensure freedom of information and the progress of science. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Guinness_World_Records_Did_An_Automated_Copyright Strike_Oopsie_On_YouTubers⠀⇛ This is and will keep happening. As complicated a landscape as copyright law is, the idea of automating the policing of copyright infringement without creating all kinds of collateral damage is simply absurd. Our pages are absolutely brimming with example after example of all kinds of entities issuing copyright claims and strikes on all kinds of platforms in error, with the blame always being laid at the feet of the copyright “bots” that screwed up. Apparently the wider world is okay with this kind of collateral damage clown show, since it sure doesn’t appear to be changing. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 6524 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.12.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_12/08/2023:_TUI_and_IBM/Lenovo⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:43 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Science o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_CLNOSUY_Wordo:_SKIRT⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gazing_back_from_“The_Universe_Next_Door”⠀⇛ Maybe it’s dumb to try to review a 40-year old book that has already had thousands of other readers & commenters weighing in but here we go! And I’m not talking about the contemporary Robert Anton Wilson classic by the same name that was published at around the same time. Nope, the book I just read was Jim Sire’s The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog. He is a Christian theist who lays out his own worldview and then does brief forays into other worldviews for contrast. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Occam’s_Turtles_All_the_Way⠀⇛ And the standard non-theist/​pantheist/​atheist/ ​polytheist answer is, of course, “who created that creator? And the creator of that creator?” Ultimately it becomes a matter of semantics. Theists define “creation” as the subset of what exists and what’s there that excludes the theistic God and the entire realm of that God, labeling that excluded part as “transcendent”. I’m not onboard with that definition. By cosmos I wanna refer to the whole shebang, not just a subset. Theism, to my mind, diminishes God so much. Shrinks the idea down from something that encompasses all to this tiny li’l superhero flying around. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Re:_TUI_music_players⠀⇛ Yeah, that’s just facts. Most TUI things are bad. CLI is where it’s at. mpc, for example, is a good basis for shell scripts & automation. I love it. And since it’s for mpd, you can still connect it to a GUI or TUI app also, to get the best of both worlds. He also thinks that a conf file full of comments, including commented-out defaults, is bad. That’s also a good point. With a good editor it’s easy to hide away all comments or to navigate a huge file, ostensibly making the advantages of having those comments outweigh the drawbacks, but not everyone has that and starting from a blank file can often be a lot easier. # ⚓ Games_I’ve_played_on_my_brother’s_PSP_back_then⠀⇛ I’ve never had a PSP myself, but my brother had. He is really one of those guys who has always been into Sony. I think it must have been back in 2007. My dad bought me my first computer a few years ago for christmas and it has been the time when we have got our first internet connection at home. An usb UMTS modem with EDGE/HSPA+ support, 8 mbit/s and a limited data plan of 1.5 gigs a month. Not much but enough to download some demos and funny videos for my brother’s PSP every now and then. I’ve even built him a wiki of his favorite wrestlers (Jeff Hardy, The Hardy Boys, CM Punk, Edge) from WWE/ Smackdown. # ⚓ My_last_ThinkPad⠀⇛ I’ve been a ThinkPad user for more than a decade now. I’ve enjoyed many of them, some for the better, some for the worse. But at the end of they day they all had something in common. I’m sorry for the clickbait, but Kai Hendry inspired me to use the same title for my own post. And I’m with him, this is probably my last ThinkPad, for sure. # ⚓ The_$50_ThinkCentre_M600/M700_tiny_series⠀⇛ A few weeks ago, a friend from a local hackerspace told me about them becoming so cheap the first time. A lot of them are currently being sold from many ebay sellers in Germany. The price? Approximately EUR 50,- The ThinkCentre tiny series is the ultra small form factor (USFF) computer sold by Lenovo, while others, such as HP calls them mini or Dell who came up with micro. They are as small as a book but have nearly the same performance as their desktop brothers and sisters. At least when it comes to office work. I’ve got the M700 tiny which sits right next to my ISP router and I hardly ever notice. They are silent, reliable and just do their job. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Emphasis_On⠀⇛ Still interested in the question of Gemtext and emphasis, I figured I’d gather some data. [...] But as there’s very little support for it, the more important question is: why? To see if data would help answer that, I sampled three sources to check for use of emphasis: news articles on the web, Gemlog entries, and Phlog (Gopher log) entries. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. 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