𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Sunday, August 13, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Mon 14 Aug 02:40:53 BST 2023 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈 Latest in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕 and older bulletins can be found at 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕-𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 Full IPFS index in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔 and as plain text in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔/𝒕𝒙𝒕 Gemini index for the day: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/13/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmU6ifthPWpZXqt24VqzmCU36LYCSKm2pro7MYG2h3fW8r Qmbd6NSmac4tnVN29mZPRuPEMqfLuCqrSWtr7h11Sr4yZV QmeF5twvgzsyE9YptKQ4BCvd9PhGX4pH96vDvGxg1Xqbqb QmYfTomUhDqyRvYTU58bdbw2GSc1GR8WZYP782k6X1swT9 QmegDwUnvgnwipCDf5XAG7f4WpM7tz9ZGEZmfFHumn998K QmcF86aU48wkENPcvkMG3Uvpdn2Zh3Ww591VESr7YyFB1z QmcKPHU5NdTy1sxr6zGBobDe7GDZ5panELSpSzmu2S8xvU QmWef8vtcFeiv9B2BmB2WtBwMqLq2kDfzWm5aQkKdgkCHW QmSERS83Ghpc2tvtjtSx1QuX63sSxDgJ4UDR3Xx4DCBamw QmUE5jyXyq8QeUTZvMZG2nE2AuQzLwVopuJsLSXE8fWgpy Qmf3QVyPA8xsQqXgQeE5Tw2LE7vuKa1Y9spx36dsNNUSsB QmTcZH4zeE6SzC8S3Sqgx1X7NFfYGP2vprisQByQEW5nbx QmeHyPcfAoVduU1xVyTC25qhvMBYeDVfT7bjjzZhGC7E3k QmfXKhYcGYHZGufpdVU71ZTTo1cCovxR9GpF1HuxR4f1VH QmdoTZo8Mevtx6RZCctMfwQ2Y4ffZS4ZQ6SjUZEWNm5pRa QmZ8HUFLDLxvBHLKutyBuQ6a4TTR6hb3ZAFg3gf5MsGv4Z QmdW1PZqQK5LjoM41V2gKL2KqnHaEqwHdd4G1YYxa7JTEz QmYYePurSm8yAKEwRv17i1k4Q7ju7m4SQByFQcLC8HtY7x QmaRubG8aC9J2F4D9dmkGvjTspm5HdnsTMqDuVHGcPc8k5 QmQRTBqrhT8MUXdVEwJShtA9dbvEtZNFjWkf2QjuuactPS QmRvPmuQj51W76zvbu8EJVsufNdff2k6sLwDW4kU1Umw72 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Discussion About The Cyber Show, New Programme by Helen Plews, Andy Farnell, and Edward Nevard | Techrights ⦿ The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Needs to Find Its Gutsy Attitude Again | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 12, 2023 | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] If RHEL Becomes More Like Proprietary UNIX, Forking Will Follow | Techrights ⦿ Taking It Easy at the ’HQ’ of Techrights | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/08/13/cyber-show-new-programme/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/13/fsf-guts/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/13/irc-log-120823/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/13/rhel-and-unix/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/13/taking-it-easy/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/08/13/abuse-culture/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/13/browsing-gemini-with-lynx/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/13/late-stage-music-player/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/13/microsoft-cortana/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/13/window-maker-live-0-95-9-0/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 63 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/13/cyber-show-new-programme/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/13/cyber-show-new-programme/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.13.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Discussion_About_The_Cyber_Show,_New_Programme_by_Helen_Plews,_Andy_Farnell, and_Edward_Nevard⠀✐ Posted in Free/Libre_Software, Security at 3:52 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 685371dc6211b4675e045c536e9fc0b1 Introduction to Cyber | Show Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/cyber-show-intro.webm Summary: The Cyber Show (C|S), run by a crew of veterans who protest_the_status quo_in_the_digital_realm, had its official_launch_party a fortnight ago and today we speak about what it’s all about (thus far) OUR recent recommendation_of_The_Cyber_Show got much-wanted attention and the show has published a number of more episodes [1, 2] since we first learned about it (here’s the_latest_episode). I’m still listening to the remaining episodes (there aren’t many) and I like what I hear. “The Cyber Show (C|S) is still relatively young; we hope it’ll catch on and keep producing new material concerning computer-related anxiety, computing freedom, privacy, security and so on.”Today I wanted to quickly revisit the topic and play a short portion from the show. We feel like in terms of the issues and the overall stance there’s some considerable overlap between them and Techrights. The Cyber Show (C|S) is still relatively young; we hope it’ll catch on and keep producing new material concerning computer-related anxiety, computing freedom, privacy, security and so on. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 113 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/13/fsf-guts/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/13/fsf-guts/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.13.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ The_Free_Software_Foundation_(FSF)_Needs_to_Find_Its_Gutsy_Attitude_Again⠀✐ Posted in DRM, Free/Libre_Software, FSF, GNU/Linux, Google, GPL, IBM, Red_Hat at 8:25 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Welcome to GPLv3, by Richard Stallman (announcing_the_release_in_2007): http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Welcome-to-GPLv3- WNknNScP0tg.webm Summary: We’re still hoping that the FSF will explain its stance on GPL dodges such as IBM’s, but that’s unlikely to happen anymore It has now been about 2 months since IBM bypassed the GPL’s obligations in order to sell more of RHEL. The FSF said it would issue a statement on this matter, but it never did. Why? Fear? It did, however, in two of its Web sites (FSF and DBD), issue a_statement_on_Google's_WEI. So what is going on? “The FSF needs to become more outspoken, not less outspoken.”Is IBM above criticism now? Or does the FSF fully support what happened with RHEL? For over a decade we've_not_been_reluctant_or_shy_to_criticise_certain_things about_the_Free_Software_Foundation, including when it dodged_the_Ukraine question. The FSF needs to become more outspoken, not less outspoken. Be revolutionary, not stagnant. It should make allies with communities, not patrons (corporations). My former employer, Sirius_‘Open_Source’, was a multi- year sponsor of the FSF and look how_that_turned_out. I’ve got plenty left to say on this topic, but it’s connected to Matthew_J_Garrett, the Coke_Fly doing bios while doxing people and defaming people. Today’s FSF should probably “rub corporations the wrong way” rather than brush shoulders with corporations. Otherwise, others will do it. The FSF isn’t feeble, just a little timid. This worsened after several coup attempts, but the FSF should rise again like a Phoenix, not rest_on_its_laurels. █ “Writing non-free software is not an ethically legitimate activity, so if people who do this run into trouble, that’s good! 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If the programme controls the users, and the developer controls the programme, then the programme is an instrument of unjust power.”” –Richard Stallman ⡀⠀⠐⠔⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⢿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⠠⢿⠃⢘⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣠⣭⣭⣭⣭⣙⣛⡛⠻⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⢀⣠⣤⣄⠀⠀⠛⠻⠟⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢃⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡛⠿⢿⣷⣶⣬⣍⡛⠿⣿⡟⡛⠛⠻⡻⠛⠛⠉⠛⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⡿⠛⠛⠿⠀⠀⠾⠛⢶⡄⠈⢉⡻⠿⠛⢛⣛⣿⣿⡇⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣹⠹⢻⠿⣿⣷⣦⣮⡏⠛⠟⣿⣷⣦⣀⠀⣤⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣭⣽⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠖⠀⠀⠀⣾⣦⣦⣒⣾⣶⣦⣾⣿⣄⣠⣉⣛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣥⣳⣽⢽⡻⠿⢶⣧⣧⣎⣍⣙⢻⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣮⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠈⢿⣿⣋⠛⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⠽⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣖⣏⣉⡟⠟⠿⣷⣦⣧⣁⣩⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠉⠓⠤⠀⠀⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⣋⣿⠄⠀⠈⣫⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⢈⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣬⣺⣩⡙⣿⡿⣶⣾⣷⣦⣉⢛⢻⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⢀⣄⠸⡆⠀⠀⠀⠰⠾⠿⠿⠿⢆⣹⣿⣿⠟⣡⡴⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣥⣏⡍⣟⡛⠾⣷⣦⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⡸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⢀⠀⠀⠺⡿⡃⣳⡄⠀⠀⢲⢶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⠿⠧⣶⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣷⣦⣍⣙⠻⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣋⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⢛⣞⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⡐⠁⠠⠀⠀⢁⣼⣿⣦⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⢛⣿⡉⠀⠊⠊⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡶⠀⠈⠉⠉⢩⣿⣯⣭⣭⣵⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠨⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠰⣠⡀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⠍⠄⠀⠈⢀⠀⠡⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠁⠀⠀⠀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⠉⣓⠀⠀⠚⠯⢛⣿⣷⡛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠠⠗⡾⢷⣶⣤⡀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠂⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⡿⢟⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢙⠍⣋⣁⣴⣁⡇⠀⠀⠃⢩⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⣿⣿⡿⡿⠟⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠽⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⢠⠀⠀⠄⢹⣶⣵⣾⣿⣿⣿⣽⡜⠀⠀⠀⠐⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⠿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢐⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⠉⠻⢿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠁⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷ ⠘⠛⠑⠂⢦⣑⣸⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢻⣿⣧⣀⣀⣀⣀⣘⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠐⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⡿⣿⣏⡢⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠛⠻⠛⠻⠿⢿⢿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣯⣁⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⡽⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⠅⢫⢿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢾⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣽⣿⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡻⠉⠙⠛⠛⢛⡛⠿⠿⠿⠷⠶⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣀⡀⠐⠀⠀⠀⢀⡈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣶⣷⣿⣿⡿⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⠿⢿⣿⣿⡷⡷⣶⣶⣦⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⢀⣠⣀⣨⠿⣿⣿⠛⠿⠛⠛⠛⠻⠿⠿⠦⠀⠀⠀⠀⣶⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠴⠝⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⢀⣠⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⣹⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣶⣶⣷⣶⣦⣤⣤⣤⣄⠀⢀⣀⣀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠙⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠴⢶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣭⠀ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠻⢿⣭⣿⠭⠀⠘⠛⠛⠻⠿⠿⠿⠶⠶⣶⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣤⣀⣀⣀⣈⡈⡉⠉⠉⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠖⣚⡿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣤⣦⣤⢰⣤⣤⣤⣤⣄⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠙⠛⠛⠛⠻⠿⠿⠇⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣿⣏⠉⠉⢻⣿⣤⡆⠸⠿⠿⠿⠶⢶⣶⣶⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⡆⠋⠉⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⣷⣤⣴⣶⣤⣤⣄⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⣀⣀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣀⡾⠏⢨⡏⢉⠛⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⢀⣀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠙⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⢛⠛⢠⣿⣿⡷⠶⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠘⠛⠻⠿⠿⠿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣁⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⢶⣶⡖⢠⣿⣿⣯⣤⣤⣠⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠉⠙⠛⠛⠛⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⠉⢩⣭⣭⣭⣍⣉⣉⣁⣉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠙⠛⠛⠛⠋⠉⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⢩⣭⣄⡀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣶⡆⠀⠀⢰⣴⣶⣶⣤⡄⠀⢀⣴⣶⣶⣶⡄⠀⢀⣴⣶⣾⣯⣍⠉⠛⣿⡟⠛⠛⠿⢿⣿⠿⠶⢶⣶⠀⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣄⣶⣶⣶⣴⡆⠀⣿⣿⠁⠐⣶⣾⠿⢿⣿⡿⣾⣶⣶⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⡿⢻⣿⡄⠀⢸⣿⣇⣨⣿⡟⠀⢸⣿⣦⣄⣀⠀⠀⣿⡟⠁⠀⠉⣿⡇⠐⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⣻⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⡄⠀⠈⢿⣿⠉⠙⠛⣿⣿⣀⣀⡀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀⠈⣿⣷⣾⣿⣥⣤⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⣷⣴⣿⣷⡀⢸⣿⡏⠙⢻⣷⡀⠀⠉⠉⠛⣿⡧⠀⣿⣧⠀⠀⢠⣿⡇⠠⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⡀⠀⣸⣿⠅⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⣿⣟⠉⠙⠁⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣯⠉⠉⠉⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⠿⠀⠈⠙⠿⠧⠸⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠀⠸⠿⢶⡾⠟⠃⠀⠘⠻⠷⠿⠿⠋⠀⠐⠿⠿⠿⠿⠷⠘⠻⠿⡿⠿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠿⠿⠀⠀⠀⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠀⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠀⠿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣤⣤⣀⡀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⢀⣀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣄⣀⡀⠀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⣀⣀⡀⠀⢀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡏⠉⢻⣿⠀⣿⣿⠉⢻⣿⡇⠀⣾⡿⠋⠉⢻⣿⡆⠀⣿⡏⠉⢻⣿⡆⢸⣿⠉⢹⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⡏⠉⠉⠁⠈⠉⢻⣿⠉⠉⠁⣸⣿⢿⣷⠀⠀⢸⣿⡏⠙⣿⣷⠈⢻⣷⣤⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡷⢶⡿⠟⠀⣿⣿⠿⣿⣯⡀⠸⣿⣇⠀⠀⢠⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣶⡿⠟⠁⢸⣿⠿⣿⣿⡁⠀⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⡟⠿⠻⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⢠⣿⣏⣸⣿⣧⠀⢸⣿⡿⣿⣿⡁⠀⠀⢹⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠘⣿⣷⠀⠹⣿⣶⣴⣾⡿⠁⠐⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠀⠈⢻⣿⡀⣻⣿⠀⢸⣿⣷⣶⣶⡆⠀⠀⢸⣿⠁⢀⣿⡟⠙⠋⢹⣿⡄⢸⣿⡇⠈⢿⣿⡄⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 381 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/13/taking-it-easy/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/13/taking-it-easy/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.13.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Taking_It_Easy_at_the_‘HQ’_of_Techrights⠀✐ Posted in Site_News at 10:44 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 0883c1e987fccb57497aa6bf43f974e8 Multi-headed on the Cheap Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/computer-setup-summer-2023.webm Summary: Today… something a little different; I’m talking about how I use my computers ‘at work’ (home) and how we get stuff done even when there’s online abuse THE video above shows how I manage various tasks (this year it’s different). The Techrights monitoring, for instance, helps ensure decent uptime and quick response time in case of unforeseen incidents. Our uptime has been nearly perfect for months, even when cyberattacks were attempted. The uptime is way above 99% and we can improve this even further (maybe 99.9%). Recently there were unsuccessful attempts to disrupt our publication, our community, and our morale. Such attempts aren’t unprecedented, but this time a lot of crimes were committed against myself, my wife, and others. The short story is that someone who had severe burnout last year (and took a “break” from work at the end of last year, according to himself, citing “burnout”) and who now lives in dire conditions in a forest doing crack-cocaine while talking about his own death (publicly in Mastodon/Fediverse) and sending parcels without return address (from the UK!) has gone completely bonkers. He has done this for years and it’s escalating this year. He persists while sending many subtle death threats (such threats are not “jokes”) and talking about himself as a third person. He resorted to “pranks” like saying he phoned my ISP to disconnect my line so I cannot reach the police and probably launched several DDOS attacks against our server (probable attribution is possible based on the timing; this happened at least 3 times this past week), impacting many sites that reside there on the server. And that’s aside from hate crimes, doxing, etc. He’s beyond sanity. And he is now engaging in deliberate fabrication, creating fake blogs for women that don’t exist, making allegations against me (while claiming to be these fictional women), on top of the online death threats (perhaps he thinks it’s “funny”). This sick obsession was meant to intimidate me, but the suffering seems to be self-inflicted, impacting the abuser. To the point of increasing levels of insanity. It almost seems like he’s obviously — albeit not literally– never sleeping, just doing a lot of drugs and having all the time in the world for petty harassment with over 100 sockpuppets (different accounts, created from an anonymisation network), with all this abuse going months back (primarily but not only from his sockpuppets; sometimes he’d do it directly from his real name account). Well, doxing against two people is against British law (two crimes), there seem to be as many as 3 cybercrimes committed, and the list grows longer and longer each day. Offering cocaine in Internet Chat Relay (IRC, our network) constitutes several potential criminal cases in the US, even just mere possession of it. There are also hate crimes, promoting/offering pedophilia, 2 criminal cases associated with attacking servers in the US (many victims), civil issues like cyberstalking plus defamation, and sending letters from the UK (or sending people to one’s doorstep) to lie and issue veiled threats. With about 500 pieces of evidence we’ve collected it can take a long time for an outsider to examine it all, but we’ve kept a detailed record of all these events. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 467 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.13.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_13/08/2023:_KDE_Development_Report,_Debian’s_Abuse_Culture⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:03 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Server o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o SUSE/OpenSUSE 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 # Mozilla o SaaS/Back_End/Databases o Education o Programming/Development * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ TechTarget ☛ Docker_vs._VMs:_Is_the_VM_all_that_bad?⠀⇛ Docker containers and VMs are needed to build and maintain software. Docker is used to deploy and scale apps, while VMs are more resource-intensive and can support separate environments. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Oracle_Cloud_Native_Environment:_Modules_and_Components Releases⠀⇛ This blog entry provides updated releases information related to modules/components included in each Oracle Cloud Native Environment (OCNE) release. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 10_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Typing Tutors⠀⇛ Typing tutor software teaches fast and accurate typing through a system of informative lessons and progress tracking. We think it is important that learning should be fun, so we have included some typing games in this feature. To provide an insight into the quality of software available, we have compiled a list of 10 useful typing tutors. Hopefully there will be something of interest for anyone looking to improve their typing skills. Here’s our verdict on the software. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ How_to_Work_with_Variables_in_Bash⠀⇛ Want to take your Linux command-line skills to the next level? Here’s everything you need to know to start working with variables. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Install_and_Use_GNU_nano_to_Edit_Files on_Linux⠀⇛ If you’re starting your Linux journey, creating and editing files is one of the critical things you’ll be doing, especially if you’re planning to get your hands dirty with shell scripting. One of the most common command-line text editors on Linux is GNU nano, which comes pre-installed on most modern Linux distros. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Install_WordPress_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ WordPress is a comprehensive content management system (CMS) powering a lot of the websites that you visit daily. If you’d like to get started developing WordPress websites but are not ready to pay for a server on the cloud, you can run and host your WordPress site locally on your PC. Here’s everything you need to know about installing WordPress on Linux. # ⚓ How_to_Disable_IPv6_on_RHEL_using_grubby⠀⇛ In computing, there are two types of IP addresses, IPv4 and IPv6. IPv6 offers a much larger addressing scheme than IPv4. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Distributing_configuration_and_control_of_WiFiMon hardware_probes⠀⇛ Guest Post: Improving WiFiMon’s configuration and control of WHPs. [...] Communication between the WAS and the underlying WHPs is possible via the Salt infrastructure management tool. Salt establishes application layer communication among devices, therefore enabling WiFiMon administrators to control and reconfigure WHPs, such as modifying measurement intervals, without physically connecting to them. Moreover, WiFiMon takes advantage of important features provided by Salt. Specifically, by relying on the ZeroMQ message broker, Salt is scalable and allows for reconfiguring the available WHPs in parallel regardless of their total number. # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Getting_my_backup_Internet connection_through_BlueTooth_on_Linux⠀⇛ Suppose, not entirely hypothetically, that your normal DSL Internet connection is down (for example, because the local phone company did something to your line and hasn’t fixed it yet), and you need to get Internet by tethering your Linux desktop machine to your smartphone. The easiest way to do this is to be using a modern Linux desktop along with NetworkManager and so on; at that point you can basically click through the various GUIs to connect to your phone’s hotspot through wifi, a direct USB connection, or BlueTooth, depending on what you have available. This will handle joining the phone’s ad-hoc wifi network, pairing over USB and/or BlueTooth, and all of the other setup you need. However, I don’t use a modern Linux desktop. # ⚓ Jeff Sandberg ☛ Tailwind,_and_the_death_of_web craftsmanship⠀⇛ Tailwind started out as a particularly good set of Utility CSS classes. It was notable for being heavily configurable from day one. Its class names were reasonable, and it established certain useful conventions regarding sizing, color systems (very similar to that of Material Design), and lots of other common base settings. Some of these were “borrowed” from old libraries like Bootstrap, others were just created out of the need to buy- into utility CSS wholesale. Early versions of tailwind were horrifically heavy and slow. You’d have to ship megabytes of CSS, for a page that might have a half dozen styled “things” on it. And it was rightly lambasted for this. Utility classes were supposed to make things easier, faster, more convenient, and shipping a JPG worth of unused CSS was not in line with that. Tailwind eventually fixed this, with a generator approach, which would scan your codebase, pull out tailwind classes, and only put them in the generated CSS output. This also let tailwind grow the ability to have arbitrary values, without having to update a configuration file. Now you could do bg-[#ffccff] for a pinkish background, without having to add it to your color scheme. Useful, but dangerous too. Tailwind even sprouted component libraries, built atop tailwind. The tailwind devs have one, called TailwindUI, and there’s an open-source one called Daisy. # ⚓ Alin Panaitiu ☛ The_complex_simplicity_of_my_static websites⠀⇛ So many people obsess over the size of their JS or CSS, but fail to realize that the bulk of their page is unnecessarily large and not well compressed images. Of course, I was one of those people. # ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ Dark_Mode_and_Marginal_Benefit⠀⇛ Dark mode is now everywhere (this blog has it). It’s both accessibility-driven and aesthetically pleasing. But it often isn’t the highest benefit feature (and rarely, if ever, a feature that leads to product-market-fit). # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Visual_Studio_Code_on_Debian_12 [Ed: This is proprietary software or spyware of Microsoft. Consider using Free alternatives such as Kate.]⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Visual Studio Code on Debian 12. Visual Studio Code (VS Code) has emerged as the code editor of choice for developers around the world. Its versatility, rich feature set, and active community make it an invaluable tool for streamlining coding workflows. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_to_Use_Dig_Command_on_Linux⠀⇛ In the dynamic realm of network troubleshooting, the dig command emerges as a stalwart ally, wielding the power to unravel the intricacies of the domain name system (DNS). For Linux aficionados and seasoned system administrators alike, wielding the dig command with finesse can unlock a world of insights and resolutions. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_KDE_Plasma_Desktop_on_Fedora_38⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install KDE Plasma Desktop on Fedora 38. For those of you who didn’t know, KDE Plasma is a powerful, customizable, and user-friendly desktop environment that offers a seamless computing experience. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Webmin_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Webmin on Debian 12. For those of you who didn’t know, Webmin, a versatile web-based system administration tool, redefines the way Linux servers are managed. With its graphical interface, even those without a profound command-line understanding can comfortably navigate complex administrative tasks. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Matomo_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Matomo on Debian 12. Matomo, a powerful web analytics platform, stands out for its privacy- focused approach. By self-hosting Matomo on your Debian 12 server, you retain complete control over your data, ensuring compliance with data protection regulations. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ Sudo_Privileges_in_Arch_Linux:_Add,_Delete, and_Manage_Users⠀⇛ Managing user permissions is a cornerstone of system administration. In Arch Linux, this is no different. Ensuring the right users have the appropriate permissions is crucial for the security and functionality of your system. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Nate Graham ☛ How_all_this_icon_stuff_is_going_to work_in_Plasma_6⠀⇛ Today I want to discuss in detail our plans for icon theming in Plasma 6. It will be rather technical, but may be of interest if you’re a user, developer, or theme author who wants to know what (if anything) you’ll have to do differently for Plasma 6. Let’s start by briefly reviewing the way FreeDesktop-compatible icon themes work. Icons in icon themes are named with standardized names, like edit-copy. A list of standard names can be found here. When an app wants the icon for a “Copy” action, it uses the API of its toolkit to ask for a themed icon named edit-copy. In Qt, this you use QIcon::fromTheme(). If an icon isn’t found by its name, the implementation is required to chop off the last word and try again. So if an app asks for edit-copy-path and an icon with that name isn’t found in the icon theme, it will look for edit-copy and return that instead. Icons can also come in multiple sizes, so that each icon can be optimized for being displayed at different sizes. There’s more to it than that, but it’s enough for now. Over time, icon themes started doing something interesting: they changed the visual styling between sizes! For example in many icon themes, the symbolic monochrome style is used for icons’ 16px and 22/24px versions, and a full-color style is used for the 32px and larger versions. Breeze is one such icon theme. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Ibiblio ☛ Why_We_Love_FreeDOS:_Stories_from_developers_and_users about_why_we_love_FreeDOS [PDF]⠀⇛ This book is available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY- SA 4.0) Produced using LibreOffice o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ Network World ☛ Red_Hat_rivals_form_Open_Enterprise_Linux Association⠀⇛ Three of Red Hat’s chief enterprise Linux competitors are banding together to create an alternative to Red Hat-based software, after the company made changes to its terms of use earlier this summer, making it more difficult to access its source code. Oracle, SUSE, and CIQ, in a joint statement issued Thursday, said that the new Open Enterprise Linux Association will “encourage the development” of Linux distributions compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux by providing free access to source code. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ [Repeat] 9to5Linux ☛ Debian_Systems_Now_Patched_Against “Downfall”_and_“INCEPTION”_CPU_Flaws⠀⇛ 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. Affecting both Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye” and Debian GNU/Linux 12 “Bookworm” systems, this vulnerability allows a user to access and steal data from other users on the same computer. # ⚓ Daniel Pocock ☛ Debian_History_Harassment_&_Abuse_culture evolution⠀⇛ There are over 70,000 messages on debian-private. They have gradually been emerging over IPFS. As more evidence appears, it will be added in the appropriate place below. Please bookmark this page and check back from time to time to see what has been added. Follow the independent Debian.News site to keep abreast of Debian disclosures that may impact you. Thought exercise: at what point did Debian turn into a cult? # ⚓ Kentaro_Hayashi:_How_to_setup_DMARC_policy_for_subdomain_on debian.net⠀⇛ For setting up subdomain on debian.net, we usually use LDAP Gateway. [1] db.debian.org # ⚓ Diziet ☛ Ian_Jackson:_Private_posts⠀⇛ I have started to make private posts, accessible only to my Dreamwidth access list. # ⚓ Sandro_Tosi:_Mastodon_hook_for_dput-ng⠀⇛ If you use dput-ng, you may be familiar with the Twitter_hook that tweets a message when uploading a package. A similar hook is now_available for Mastodon too; if interested, give it a try and comment on the MR o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ The Hindu ☛ Why_is_India’s_Defence_Ministry_ditching Microsoft_Windows_for_Ubuntu-based_Maya_OS⠀⇛ India’s Defence Ministry is ditching Microsoft Windows for Ubuntu-based Maya which has been developed by Indian government agencies within six months, and is aimed at preventing malware attacks by cybercriminals o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Blackberry_Pi_Puts_Desktop_Linux_in_Your Pocket⠀⇛ Let’s face it — Android wasn’t what most of us had in mind when we imagined having Linux running on our phones. While there’s a (relatively) familiar kernel hiding at the core of Google’s mobile operating system, the rest of the environment is alien enough that you can’t run Linux software on it without jumping through some hoops. While that’s fine for most folks, there remains a sizable group of users who still dream of a mobile device that can run a full Linux operating system without any compromises. Judging by the work put into the Blackberry Pi, we’re willing to bet that [IMBalENce] falls into that camp. The custom handheld combines the Raspberry Pi Zero, a 320×240 LCD, and the BBQ20KBD keyboard from Solder Party with a 2500 mAh LiPo pouch cell and associated charging circuitry. Optionally, it also supports modules such as the Raspberry Pi Camera, a Real-Time-Clock, a ADS1015 ADC to read the battery voltage, and even a USB hub — although you can’t have all the goodies installed at once as it draws too much current. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Powers_Friendly_Companion Robot⠀⇛ This Raspberry Pi companion robot locomotes with bipedal legs and has integrated AI for advanced image processing. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Ken Shirriff ☛ Tracing_the_roots_of_the_8086_instruction set_to_the_Datapoint_2200_minicomputer⠀⇛ The Intel 8086 processor started the x86 architecture that is still extensively used today. The 8086 has some quirky characteristics: it is little-endian, has a parity flag, and uses explicit I/O instructions instead of just memory-mapped I/O. It has four 16-bit registers that can be split into 8-bit registers, but only one that can be used for memory indexing. Surprisingly, the reason for these characteristics and more is compatibility with a computer dating back before the creation of the microprocessor: the Datapoint 2200, a minicomputer with a processor built out of TTL chips. In this blog post, I’ll look in detail at how the Datapoint 2200 led to the architecture of Intel’s modern processors, step by step through the 8008, 8080, and 8086 processors. # ⚓ Old VCR ☛ Cracking_DesignWare’s_The_Grammar_Examiner_on_the C64⠀⇛ So in this post we’ll explore the loader routine, decrypt and extract it, figure out how the copy protection is implemented and work around it, and then pull out the payload it reads for a faster start. While we’re at it, let’s look briefly at the program itself, an interesting example of Forth programming “in the large” on 1980′s home computers. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Giz China ☛ YouTube_rolls_out_enhanced_bitrate_for_1080p_HD video_on_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ 5_Android_apps_you_shouldn’t_miss_this week_–_Android_Apps_Weekly⠀⇛ # ⚓ XDA ☛ How_to_get_Google’s_Pixel-exclusive_emoji_wallpapers on_any_Android_phone⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gadget Bridge ☛ How_to_Schedule_WhatsApp_Messages_on Android?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Weekend_poll:_How_often_do_you_use_apps_in multi-window_mode_on_Android?⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ Android_Auto_Wireless:_How_To_Tell_If_Your Phone_And_Car_Are_Compatible⠀⇛ # ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Android_14_will_allow_users_to_take_away_an app’s_permission_to_send_them_full-screen_ads_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ Google_Enhances_Android_14_OS_Cellular_Network_Security_| nextpit⠀⇛ # ⚓ Giz China ☛ Are_You_Being_Tracked?_This_New_Android_14 Feature_Has_the_Answer_–_Gizchina.com⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Julia Evans ☛ Notes_on_using_a_single-person_Mastodon_server⠀⇛ I started using Mastodon back in November, and it’s the Twitter alternative where I’ve been spending most of my time recently, mostly because the Fediverse is where a lot of the Linux nerds seem to be right now. I’ve found Mastodon quite a bit more confusing than Twitter because it’s a distributed system, so here are a few technical things I’ve learned about it over the last 10 months. I’ll mostly talk about what using a single- person server has been like for me, as well as a couple of notes about the API, DMs and ActivityPub. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Tor ☛ New_Alpha_Release:_Tor_Browser_13.0a2_(Android, Windows,_macOS,_Linux)⠀⇛ Tor Browser 13.0a2 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This release updates Firefox to 115.1.0esr, including bug fixes, stability improvements and important security updates. We also backported the Android-specific security updates from Firefox 116. o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ Dan Slimmon ☛ Squeeze_the_hell_out_of_the_system_you_have⠀⇛ Either way, everyone had to agree: we’d outgrown our old, naïve implementation. Onward and upward! We can do hard things! In situations like this, presented with a dazzling array of next-generation architecture options that can be built to last us through the decade, it’s easy to forget what our goal was: to get database performance under control. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Inside_the_Black_Hat_network_operations center,_volunteers_work_in_geek_heaven⠀⇛ With more than 20,000 conference attendees spending the best part of a week attending classes to hone security skills, and talks about the latest exploits, you’d expect the network to be under constant assault. Attacks do happen, but as one of the NOC crew explained to The Register, not as often as you might think. “It’s very different than most environments, because when you look at the environments that you have, there’s something to protect,” said Dave Glover, who works by day on the RSA Netwitness Platform. “You need to protect your cloud assets, maybe text databases, files, blah, blah, blah. “Here, there’s nothing. There’s nothing to really protect outside of the registration network.” # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Black_Hat_USA_2023_–_Announcements Summary⠀⇛ Hundreds of companies and organizations showcased their cybersecurity products and services this week at the 2023 edition of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. To help cut through the clutter, the SecurityWeek team is publishing a digest summarizing some of the announcements made by vendors at Black Hat USA 2023, including new products and services, updates to existing offerings, reports, and other initiatives. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Report_from_Black_Hat:_Many_questions,_few answers_as_cybersecurity_world_confronts_AI_threats⠀⇛ Experienced whitewater rafting practitioners know that when they reach a bend in the river and hear the sound of crashing water but can’t see what’s ahead, it’s a good time to pull to the nearest bank and scout the course. Amid the current explosion of generative artificial intelligence use cases, the cybersecurity industry is having its whitewater moment. That moment was on full display during the Black Hat 2023 gathering of cybersecurity researchers in Las Vegas this week. Multiple presenters spoke about the rapidly changing AI landscape in terms characterized more by questions than answers. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Thorsten Ball ☛ Programming_in_a_Well-Tested_System⠀⇛ If a system is easy to test, it’s usually easy to work with — easy to extend, easy to debug, easy to refactor. Maybe because adding tests is a form of extending, debugging, and refactoring a system. # ⚓ Chris Coyier ☛ Need_to_chuck_a_quick_SVG_drawing_into_some content?⠀⇛ Here are some options. # ⚓ Harald Sitter ☛ resvg_for_SVGs_in_Qt⠀⇛ People keep lamenting how lackluster Qt’s SVG renderer is. It leads to poorly rendered icons and wallpapers and it mostly only implements the SVG Tiny specification. As a weekend project I put together a resvg based image handler replacement. It was super easy because resvg is amazing! # ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_RcppArmadillo 0.12.6.1.0_on_CRAN:_New_Upstream⠀⇛ …widely used by (currently) 1092 other packages on CRAN, downloaded 30.1 million times (per the partial logs from the cloud mirrors of CRAN), and the CSDA_paper (preprint_/_vignette) by Conrad and myself has been cited 545 times according This release brings bugfix upstream release 12.6.1. Conrad release 12.6.0 when CRAN went on summer break. I rolled it up ran the full reverse- depenency check against the now more than 1000 packages. And usage from one those revealed a corner-case bug (of not always ‘flattening’ memory for sparse matrices to zero values) so 12.6.1 followed. This is what was uploaded today. And as I prepared it earlier in the week as CRAN reopened, Conrad released a new 12.6.2. However, its changes are only concerned with settings for Armadillo- internal use of its random number generators (RNGs). And as RcppArmadillo connects Armadillo to the RNGs provided by R, the upgrade does not affect R users at all. However it is available in the github repo, in the Rcpp drap repo and at r- universe. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1254 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.13.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_13/08/2023:_Browsing_Gemini_with_Lynx⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 7:51 pm 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⠀➾ # ⚓ Simplicity_4_—_Eyecare⠀⇛ Applying eye drops every hour the analog way. Some time ago I had to deal with a health issue regarding my eyes. This involved applying two kinds of eye drops regularly: once every hour and once every three hours. If both are due, wait 15 minutes between them. Of course everyone else would just charge their timer app on their smartphone and be done with it, right? Except, I do not have such a newfangled contraption. So other means had to make due. # ⚓ Our_“Twenty_Questions”_houserules⠀⇛ Twenty questions is a game where one person things of something secret and the other person has twenty yes-or-no questions to narrow down who it can be and finally guess it. “Is the person alive today?” “Yes.” That sort of thing. The way we play it these days, it’s almost more like a puzzle or co-op experience because of the first rule, which is that the person who came up with the secret should aim for something that will be discovered by question number 17 or thereabouts. If they find the secret a lot sooner, you came up with a too easy secret, and if they don’t find the answer within 20 questions, you came up with a too difficult secret. For that reason, you obviously should pick something that you believe they are aware of. # ⚓ Two_down,_two_to_go⠀⇛ This morning a little bit before 09:00 I got another PREP notification that it was going to rain. Within a few minutes it did start raining, and then suddenly the skies opened up and it came down with a ferocity I don’t think I’ve ever experienced before. It was so bad we could barely see out the windows, but within a few minutes it stopped and for the rest of the day the sun was out. Of course after it stopped raining the humidity went over 85%. # ⚓ Mountain_Day⠀⇛ Friday was a national holiday in Japan – Mountain Day – and this coming week is Obon (or Bon?) and so I’m on vacation. As is the rest of the nation; my SO and I hit the road yesterday, and the roads were crowded in places. It was my first time in an EV, which was interesting. The navigation system (what’s it called in the West, a satnav?) was functional, but only that. I’m used to pinching and swiping but this system didn’t have that feature, and the UI’s response to button and screen taps was slow. # ⚓ Brussels_restaurant_recommendations_🍽️⠀⇛ They bring you four courses, no choice, but they upsell extras. The staff were enthusiastic but disorganised. The food was small amounts of intense flavours. They have a sommelier (fancy!) who’s equally as loquatious about canned beer as he is about wine. Don’t sit inside unless you want loud music; outside in the square is pleasant. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Earned_my_Terraform_certification_but_not_for_a_good reason⠀⇛ This is a bit of a rant, I just need to vent. I work as a Platform Engineer, and I use Terraform daily for deploying infrastructure in Azure/AWS and writing modules. The problem is my current place of employment; they have a very unique take on Terraform design that goes against many, scrap that, all documented best practices. This is a “design” decision they have actively chosen. # ⚓ open_source⠀⇛ yesterday was the day when hashi decided that it didn’t need the open source community which helped build it. hashi has decided to switch from mpl 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⠀➾ # ⚓ Browsing_Gemini_with_Lynx_at_portal.mozz.us⠀⇛ A couple of years ago, I posted on the Lynx mailing list about adding Gemini support to the browser.[1] That’s never happened. It’s too bad, because Lynx supports a *lot* of protocols: gopher, http(s), telnet, ftp, nntp, wais, finger… the list goes on.[2] I like Lynx a lot and I want it to be my go- to browser in the terminal for Gopher, Gemini, and the web. So in the absence of built-in Gemini support, I browse Gemini sites through Michael Lazar’s great SmolNet Portal at portal.mozz.us. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1431 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.13.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_12/08/2023:_Using_the_Librem_5_and_Late_Stage_Music_Player⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 11:13 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Religion o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ the_marathon_of_the_past_months⠀⇛ gee it’s been a while. i’ve been meaning to share my running progress on here more diligently than this. the past two months demanded a lot from me. i haven’t gotten to practice running a lot. even if i did, i don’t think i would’ve been able to track my progress and share my thoughts on it. but i’ll start off with some good news first. i started running because i wanted to run a small marathon at the end of june. it was 4.7k and i had about two months to prep as someone who never ran before. my goal was a pace below 6 mins per km. i absolutely crushed that goal. i finished with a final time of 25:17 which translates to 5:22 per km. that’s my fastest pace to date. i ended up in the top 20% with my final time which is still beyond me. # ⚓ Old_Friend,_New_Lover⠀⇛ There is something in me that wants to grow a long beard and disappear into the forest. There is someone in me who wants to merge with another through some emotional transfer. Can these desires be cycled in synchrony with the realities? # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_ZDIRWYA_Wordo:_CLOWN⠀⇛ # ⚓ EDH_101⠀⇛ I was talking to a guy on mtgzone who doesn’t like EDH. I used to have the same problem. It used to feel like it was full of invisible and unwritten rules that all contradicted each other. Getting bullied if cards are too strong or too weak. Casual EDH, that is: as you point out, competitive EDH doesn’t have the same problem. o § Religion⠀➾ # ⚓ August_13,_2023_–_Eleventh_Sunday_After_Pentecost_(G)⠀⇛ God in His holy place; God Who maketh men of one mind to dwell in a house: He shall give power and strength to His people. (Psalm) Let God arise and let His enemies be scattered: and let them that hate Him flee from before His face. Glory be to the Father. God in His holy place… [...] Almighty and everlasting God, Who in the abundance of Thy kindness art wont to go beyond our merits and our prayers: pour down Thy mercy on us: forgive us aught whereof our conscious is afraid, and grant us all we dare not ask in prayer. Through our Lord. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ So_I_built_a_HRNG_–_how_do_I_know_if_it’s_any_good?⠀⇛ Out of curiosity, and to use up some of my big bunch of quad op amps, I decided to build a hardware random number generator. It is comprised of 16 individual 12V-Zener-Diode noise generators, which feed into 8 comparators to generate 8 output bits at once. Those 8 bits can be sampled as a single byte by a microcontroller and then sent over UART to a PC. The principle is based on the Lampert circuit, where two uncorrelated noise sources are fed into a single comparator, to avoid biasing problems due to a shifting operating point in the Zener noise sources. # ⚓ phones,_queueing_theory_and_a_software_project⠀⇛ It seems evident to me that if everybody keeps buying a new phone every three years, there are going to be some problems. Running out of certain metals is one that’s on the horizon, and most people reading this will already be familiar with the growing global problem of e-waste. So I consider it more or less a responsibility to use my devices for as long as possible. In particular: I’m currently still using my first smartphone, an iPhone 5s that I got in 2015. Unfortunately, I’m seeing some signs that I might not be able to keep that up for much longer. By all accounts, iOS 12 has received its last update and will likely be designated end-of-life later this year, and with it the 5s. That electronic devices have an “end of life” is one of those things… if only it wasn’t the norm for software to always become bigger and more demanding. # ⚓ Using_the_Librem_5_–_Review⠀⇛ I am an iOS developer for a Fortune 500 company. I taught myself and started developing iPhone apps in 2009. I later joined the mobile team of the company in 2010. So I have been using and programming the iPhone from the beginning. Apple opened up development and the AppStore for the iPhone in 2008. While I liked the iPhone for what it was, I remember telling my boss in 2010, “What I really want is an iPhone that I could plug into a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, and it would give me a full OS X desktop” (later renamed macOS). He told me that the technology to use a phone as a full desktop exists, but that companies were not marketing it. I don’t remember if he said why, but I can imagine that it is because companies like Apple want to sell you both a Mac *and* a phone. There is no economic incentive to give you an “all in one” device. # ⚓ Late_Stage_Music_Player⠀⇛ Granted I do not much listen to music these years—or too much if I’m obsessing over something like the second section of a Menuet, but that’s not really what most would call listening to music. If I want some background noise there is the “music player” # ⚓ Thinkin’_About_A_Cyberdeck⠀⇛ So this is a pie-in-the-sky project I’m not going to pursue for a long time (if I ever do), but I’m sure you could make a really neat cyberdeck in the style of ’80s microcomputers using an AVR. “But they’re microcontrollers not microprocessros, and Harvard architecture to boot!” you might say, but they *can* easily self-program though their “bootloader” mechanism. So the bootloader could be like a “system ROM” running BASIC or Forth or an assembler or whatever, and then the rest of flash could be dedicated to the user’s programs (which nicely get persisted through power cycles, unlike most microcomputers!). If you want to get really elaborate maybe have separate ATTiny’s abstracting the display and keyboard handling so the main AVR can deal exclusively with user code, but even the ATMega328 can probably handle all that just fine. And of course there’d have some way of storing programs and data outside of the internal flash, probably an SD card or CompactFlash. # ⚓ Random_generators_on_wiki_pages⠀⇛ # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Hai_să_campăm!⠀⇛ This camping trip has been a lot of fun and a lot of work. It’s been forever since I’ve slept in a tent, and using Gemini over low- bandwidth connections just feels right. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1667 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.13.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_Leftover_13/08/2023:_Microsoft_Cortana’s_Death⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:14 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Pseudo-Open_Source # Openwashing o Security # Privacy/Surveillance # Confidentiality o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Copyrights * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Chris Hannah ☛ Celebrating_Offline_Tech⠀⇛ Maybe it’s just because my own opinions have been changing recently, but I get the feeling that there seems to be a general resurgence of analogue over digital. Film photography is having a moment, so are mechanical watches it seems, and the act of writing in a physical notebook also seems to be growing in recent years. That’s in no way a definitive list, but it’s just a few things I’ve noticed. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ What_the_Webb_Space_Telescope_Will_Show_Us Next⠀⇛ The astrophysicist Jane Rigby talks about the beauty of space, the possibility of life on other planets, and how the Webb sees hidden parts of the universe. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Blinded_With_Science⠀⇛ So the room-temperature superconductor was a super disappointment, but even though the claims didn’t stand up in the end, the even better news is that real science was done. A paper making extraordinary claims came out, the procedure to make LK-99 was followed in multiple labs around the world, and then it was tested. It didn’t turn out to conduct particularly well at all. After a couple weeks of global superconductor frenzy, everything is back to normal again. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Society for Scholarly Publshing ☛ Experience_Graduate School_with_this_PhD_Simulator⠀⇛ Mianzhi Wang, a graduate of a doctoral program in electrical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis has created an old-school text-style simulator for the graduate school experience. Make wise choices, and you can indeed graduate. While the engineering aspect of the creator’s experience tends to emphasize conference papers more than was prevalent in my own biomedical PhD, it’s not that far off. Getting my simulated PhD took a bit longer though than my real life one (not that much longer, unfortunately). Try it for yourself at the link below: [...] # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Afghan_universities_ready_to_readmit women_but_not_until_Taliban_leader_says_it’s_ok,_official says⠀⇛ The Taliban barred women from campuses last December, triggering global outrage. Girls had been banned from school beyond sixth grade soon after the Taliban returned to power in August 2021. Afghanistan is the only country in the world with bans on female education. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Inside_A_Cordless_Soldering_Station⠀⇛ There was a time when soldering stations were unusual in hobby labs. These days, inexpensive stations are everywhere. [Kerry Wong] looks at the TS1C station, which is tiny and cordless. As he points out, cordless irons are not new, but modern battery technology has made them much more practical. However, this iron doesn’t actually have a battery. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Bench_Power_Supply_Turned_Realistic_Flight_Sim Panel⠀⇛ Flight simulator software has been available for about as long as desktop PCs have been a thing, but modern incarnations such as 2020’s Microsoft Flight Simulator have really raised the bar — not only graphically, but in terms of interactivity. There’s a dizzying array of switches and buttons that you can fiddle with in your aircraft’s virtual cockpit, but doing it with the same keyboard that you use to hammer out code or write Hackaday articles doesn’t do much for immersion. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Opening_A_Curta_—_With_Great_Care⠀⇛ We’ve always admired Curta mechanical calculators, and would be very hesitant to dismantle one. But [Janus Cycle] did just that — and succeeded. A friend sent him a Curta Model 2 calculator that was frozen up. Just opening the case involved percussive force to remove a retaining pin, and once inside he discovered the main shaft had been slightly bent. No doubt this calculator had suffered a drop at some point in the past. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Modern_Demo_For_A_Casio_PB-700_Pocket_Computer Plotter⠀⇛ [Fred] has a Casio PB-700 pocket calculator / computer, complete with the companion docking station featuring a four-color pen plotter, model FA-10, and a microcassette tape recorder, model CM- 1. He really wanted to see what this plotter could do, but there were no demos that he could find. So despite only having one working pen, [Fred] took matters into his own hands and proceeded to make his own. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Texas_questions_rights_of_a_fetus after_a_prison_guard_who_had_a_stillborn_baby_sues⠀⇛ The state of Texas is questioning the legal rights of an “unborn child” in arguing against a lawsuit brought by a state prison guard who says she had a stillborn baby because of working conditions. She says prison officials refused to let her leave work for more than two hours after she began feeling intense pains that she believed were signs of early labor. The argument from the Texas attorney general’s office appears to be in tension with positions it has previously taken in defending state laws. The agency did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Its claims came in court filings arguing against a federal lawsuit brough last year by Salia Issa. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_the_Supreme_Court’s_Decision_to_Hear the_Purdue_Pharma_Case_Means⠀⇛ A federal appeals court had signed off on a deal that would shield members of the wealthy Sackler family from lawsuits in exchange for billions for those harmed by the opioid epidemic. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Supreme_Court_Pauses_Purdue_Pharma_Opioid Settlement_Pending_Review⠀⇛ A federal appeals court had signed off on the agreement, which would shield members of the wealthy Sackler family from opioid-related lawsuits in exchange for billions to resolve thousands of claims. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Philippines_may_extend_reduced_import tariffs_on_rice,_other_commodities⠀⇛ Supply side challenges include a potential limit on rice shipments from Vietnam. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Driverless_taxis_gain_ground_in_San Francisco⠀⇛ The CPUC session drew commenters from all sides of the issue, with some calling robotaxis unsafe menaces while others lauded them as solutions to everything from climate change to road rage. Driverless cars have gotten stuck in the middle of roads, blocked bus lanes or even interfered in police or firefighter operations. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Journal_of_Free_Speech_Law:_“Where’s_the_Liability in_Harmful_AI_Speech?,”_by_…⠀⇛ We examine three liability regimes, tying them to common examples of red-teamed model behaviors: defamation, speech integral to criminal conduct, and wrongful death. We find that any Section 230 immunity analysis or downstream liability analysis is intimately wrapped up in the technical details of algorithm design. And there are many roadblocks to truly finding models (and their associated parties) liable for generated speech. # ⚓ Journal of Free Speech Law ☛ Where’s_the_liability_in harmful_AI_speech? [PDF]⠀⇛ ChatGPT “hallucinates.”1 That is, it often generates text that makes factual claims that are untrue and perhaps never even appear in its training data. It can get math problems wrong. It can get dates wrong. But it can also make things up. It makes up sources that don’t exist, as one lawyer found out to their chagrin when they cited nonexistent cases in a legal brief.2 It makes up quotes. And it can make up false claims that hurt people. Ask it what crimes a particular person has committed or been accused of, and ChatGPT might get it right, truthfully saying, for instance, that Richard Nixon was accused of destroying evidence to hide a burglary committed by his campaign, or truthfully saying that it is unaware of any accusations against a person. But it will also sometimes tell a false story about a crime. ChatGPT 3.5 (but not 4.0), for instance, says that one of us (Lemley) has been accused and indeed found liable for misappropriating trade secrets. (He hasn’t.) Others have falsely been accused by ChatGPT of sexual harassment.3 # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Cloud_vs._on-premises_showdown:_The_future battlefield_for_generative_AI_dominance⠀⇛ The data from enterprise customers is clear but conflicted: While 94% of customers say they’re spending more on artificial intelligence this year, they’re doing so with budget constraints that will steal from other initiatives. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_Digital_Development_Ministry_prohibits employees_using_Apple_devices_for_professional_purposes_— Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development, Communications, and Mass Media has barred its employees from using Apple smartphones and tablets in any professional capacity, reports Interfax, citing ministry head Maxut Shadayev. # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Microsoft_shuts_down_Cortana_app_on_Windows 11⠀⇛ Microsoft has shut down its Cortana app for Windows 11. A new update is rolling out for Cortana that simply disables the digital assistant three years after Microsoft also discontinued its Cortana apps for iOS and Android. If you attempt to launch Cortana on Windows 11 you’ll now be met with a notice about how the app is deprecated and a link to a support article on the change. Microsoft is now planning to end support for Cortana in Teams mobile, Microsoft Teams Display, and Microsoft Teams Rooms “in the fall of 2023.” Surprisingly, Cortana inside Outlook mobile “will continue to be available,” according to Microsoft. # ⚓ Windows Latest ☛ Microsoft_just_killed_the_Cortana_app_on Windows_11_in_favour_of_AI⠀⇛ Microsoft has finally killed Cortana on Windows 11 – its Windows Phone-era assistant that debuted on desktop with Windows 10. Cortana app was the tech giant’s response to Siri in 2014, and Microsoft published a series of advertisements targeting Apple’s powerful assistant. # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] CNN ☛ A_ransomware_attack_is_hitting_schools, businesses_and_government_agencies._Here’s_what_you should_know⠀⇛ A growing number of businesses, universities and government agencies have been [compromised] in a global cyberattack by Russian cybercriminals and are now working to understand how much data was compromised. While the scope of the attack is not yet fully known, officials at the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said Thursday that “several federal agencies… have experienced intrusions” and suggested a number of businesses could be impacted as well. Separately, state agencies said late Thursday that millions of people in Louisiana and Oregon had their data compromised in a security breach. The states did not blame anyone in particular for the hack but federal officials have attributed a broader hacking campaign using the same software vulnerability to a Russian ransomware gang that calls itself Clop. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ At_Black_Hat,_getting_past_enterprise cybersecurity_‘Oh_sh*t!’_moments⠀⇛ On the one hand, cybersecurity’s popularity is understandable. Bad actors continue to innovate, and threats continue to proliferate. The cybersecurity needs of organizations continue to multiply as a result. On the other hand, why haven’t the vendors gotten a handle on cybersecurity by now? After all, they’ve been working on the problem for years. Given the expanding exhibit floor at Black Hat, there appears to be no shortage of cybersecurity vendors ready to address the problem. o § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ # § Openwashing⠀➾ # ⚓ TechTarget ☛ HashiCorp_open_source_change_targets competitors [Ed: Openwashing traps by a Microsoft proxy of sorts]⠀⇛ HashiCorp moves to a business source license for all its future product releases that prohibits use for commercial purposes, renewing questions about open core business models. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Windows_ransomware_thrives_in_APJ_with_LockBit leading_the_way⠀⇛ The golden age of Windows ransomware appears to be here, judging by the statistics provided by content delivery network Akamai in its latest State of the Internet report that spans the period from October 2021 to the end of May 2023. # ⚓ XSAs_released_on_2023-08-08⠀⇛ The Xen_Project has released one or more Xen security_advisories_(XSAs). # ⚓ QSB-093:_Transient_execution_vulnerabilities_in_AMD_and Intel_CPUs_(CVE-2023-20569/XSA-434,_CVE-2022-40982/XSA-435)⠀⇛ We have published Qubes_Security_Bulletin_093: Transient_execution_vulnerabilities_in_AMD_and Intel_CPUs_(CVE-2023-20569/XSA-434,_CVE-2022-40982/ XSA-435). The text of this QSB and its accompanying cryptographic signatures are reproduced below. For an explanation of this announcement and instructions for authenticating this QSB, please see the end of this announcement. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Intel’s_Arc_Alchemist_GPUs_Have_Hidden Security_Flaws⠀⇛ Intel Arc A770 and A750 vulnerabilities allow authenticated users to enable denial of service or information disclosure. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Intel_Addresses_80_Firmware,_Software Vulnerabilities⠀⇛ Intel has addressed 80 vulnerabilities affecting its products, including 18 high-severity privilege escalation and DoS flaws. # ⚓ TechTarget ☛ Google_unveils_‘Downfall’_attacks, vulnerability_in_Intel_chips ⠀⇛ Google researcher Daniel Moghimi first reported CVE-2022-40982 and the resulting data leak attacks to Intel in August 2022, but it’s taken nearly 12 months to disclose the flaw. # ⚓ Computing UK ☛ Intel_‘Downfall’_bug_exposes_keys,_passwords and_other_confidential_data⠀⇛ A microcode update has been released to address the issue # ⚓ Security Week ☛ In_Other_News:_macOS_Security_Reports, Keyboard_Spying,_VPN_Vulnerabilities⠀⇛ Weekly cybersecurity news roundup that provides a summary of noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar for the week of August 7, 2023. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Northern_Ireland’s_Top_Police_Officer Apologizes_for_‘Industrial_Scale’_Data_Breach⠀⇛ Northern Ireland’s top police officer apologized for what he described as an “industrial scale” data breach in which the personal information of more than 10,000 officers and staff was released to the public. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ MoustachedBouncer:_Foreign_Embassies_in Belarus_Likely_Targeted_via_ISPs⠀⇛ MoustachedBouncer is a cyberespionage group that targets foreign diplomats in Belarus via ISP adversary-in-the-middle attacks. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ A_new_White_House_order_is_taking_aim_at investment_in_Chinese_tech._How_will_it_actually_work?⠀⇛ A new executive order restricting outbound investment seeks to address narrow national security threats posed to the United States by China. . # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_US_plans_to_clamp_down_on_American_investment in_Chinese_tech⠀⇛ The White House is set_to_unveil restrictions on US investment in sensitive Chinese technology, Reuters reported, in an effort to limit the flow of US capital and know-how to China. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ CISA_Warns_Organizations_of_Exploited Vulnerability_Affecting_.NET,_Visual_Studio⠀⇛ CISA has added CVE-2023-38180, a zero-day vulnerability affecting .NET and Visual Studio, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ SAP_Patches_Critical_Vulnerability_in PowerDesigner_Product⠀⇛ SAP has fixed over a dozen new vulnerabilities with its Patch Tuesday updates, including a critical flaw in its PowerDesigner product. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Five_arrested_in_Poland_for_running bulletproof_hosting_service_for_cybercrime_gangs_—_Europol⠀⇛ This week, the Polish Central Cybercrime Bureau (Centralne Biuro Zwalczania Cyberprzestępczości) under the supervision of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Katowice (Prokuratura Regionalna w Katowicach) took action against LolekHosted.net, a bulletproof hosting service used by criminals to launch cyber-attacks across the world. # ⚓ Ransomware_attack_continues_to_disrupt_two_Connecticut hospital_systems⠀⇛ A ransomware attack continued to disrupt some services Friday at two Connecticut health care systems owned by Prospect Medical Holdings. Eastern Connecticut Health Network, which operates Manchester Memorial Hospital and Rockville General Hospital in Vernon, and Waterbury Health, which operates Waterbury Hospital, reported on their websites Friday that some services and locations continued to be temporarily closed nearly a week after their parent company reported being hit by a ransomware attack. # ⚓ Cumbria_Police_admits_huge_data_breach_as_names_and salaries_of_staff_published_online⠀⇛ Another police force has admitted a data breach after the names and salaries of all its staff were accidentally published online. Cumbria Police said that on March 6 it found out information about pay and allowances had been uploaded on its website following a “human error”. The force’s admission comes after an “industrial scale breach of data” in Northern Ireland this week which saw some details of around 10,000 officers and staff published online for a number of hours. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Florida_Healthy_Kids_notified_by_Maximus_of MOVEit_breach⠀⇛ Florida Healthy Kids is a state-created entity that provides health and dental insurance for Florida children aged 5-18. On Friday, they joined the unhappy ranks of those affected by the MOVEit breach that has affected more than 600 organizations already. In this case, it was their vendor, Maximus, who issued the notification. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ India_Passes_Data_Protection Legislation_in_Parliament._Critics_Fear_Privacy Violation⠀⇛ Indian lawmakers approved a data protection legislation that “seeks to better regulate big tech firms and penalize companies for data breaches” as several groups expressed concern over citizens’ privacy rights. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Zoom_clarifies_terms_of_service_after customer_outcry⠀⇛ Zoom said Friday it was further updating its terms of service to make clearer that it won’t use customer conversations and other data to train its own or third party AI systems. Why it matters: Customers have come to rely on Zoom for a wide range of internal and external meetings and changes the company made to its terms earlier this year had stoked_fears that sensitive information could be exposed. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Eight_Months_Pregnant_and_Arrested After_False_Facial_Recognition_Match⠀⇛ Porsha Woodruff thought the police who showed up at her door to arrest her for carjacking were joking. She is the first woman known to be wrongfully accused as a result of facial recognition technology. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Iraq_to_Unblock_Telegram App_as_Platform_Responded_to_Security_Requirements_- Statement⠀⇛ The ministry said in a statement the decision to lift the ban came after “the company that owns the platform responded to the requirements of the security authorities that called on the company to disclose the entities that leaked citizens’ data.” # § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Veilid:_A_secure_peer-to-peer network_for_apps_that_flips_off_the_surveillance economy⠀⇛ Unlike Tor, Veilid doesn’t run exit nodes. Each node in the Veilid network is equal, and if the NSA wanted to snoop on Veilid users like it does on Tor users, the Feds would have to monitor the entire network, which hopefully won’t be feasible, even for the No Such Agency. Rioux described it as “like Tor and IPFS had sex and produced this thing.” o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Survivors_of_Oppenheimer’s_Trinity_Test_Are Still_Fighting_for_Justice_and_Recognition⠀⇛ Nearly 80 years after the first atomic test in New Mexico, a consortium of “downwinders” are documenting the bomb’s impact on their community and organizing for restitution. # ⚓ CBC ☛ 6_dead,_dozens_rescued_after_migrant_boat_capsizes_in English_Channel⠀⇛ French authorities have noted a marked increase in attempted crossings to Britain # ⚓ SSRN ☛ The_Sweep_and_Force_of_Section_Three⠀⇛ Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment forbids holding office by former office holders who then participate in insurrection or rebellion. Because of a range of misperceptions and mistaken assumptions, Section Three’s full legal consequences have not been appreciated or enforced. This article corrects those mistakes by setting forth the full sweep and force of Section Three. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Conservative_Case_Emerges_to_Disqualify Trump_for_Role_on_Jan._6⠀⇛ “When we started out, neither of us was sure what the answer was,” Professor Baude said. “People were talking about this provision of the Constitution. We thought: ‘We’re constitutional scholars, and this is an important constitutional question. We ought to figure out what’s really going on here.’ And the more we dug into it, the more we realized that we had something to add.” He summarized the article’s conclusion: “Donald Trump cannot be president — cannot run for president, cannot become president, cannot hold office — unless two-thirds of Congress decides to grant him amnesty for his conduct on Jan. 6.” # ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ I_Endorse_Darren_Bailey_For Congress_in_Illinois’_12th_Congressional_District⠀⇛ Matthew Garrett in TechRights (before his ban) called himself “Snowball”, allegedly as a reference to Animal Farm. Yes, I have read Animal Farm, and it describes perfectly what’s going on in Illinois. Emergency Decrees. Democrat Inner Party members with FOID cards shooting back at THEIR carjackers. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Indiana_Law_Lets_Cops_Push_Bystanders_Back_25 Feet._A_New_Lawsuit_Says_It’s_Unconstitutional.⠀⇛ The law makes it harder to record and observe police activity. # ⚓ [Older] YLE ☛ Helsinki_court_hands_street_gang_leader_8- year_prison_term⠀⇛ A total of 18 suspected gang members were on trial in the case, 12 of whom also received suspended prison sentences. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Beyond_Niger:_How_ECOWAS_Became_a_Tool_for Western_Imperialism⠀⇛ Niger is shaping up to be the surprising frontline of the new Cold War. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Niger_May_be_the_Next_US_Proxy_War⠀⇛ People who recall how the United States and its NATO partners (along with their propaganda mouthpieces in the news media) generated public support for a proxy war in Ukraine may be experiencing a sense of déjà vu.  # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Cousin_Of_Jailed_Former_Kazakh_Security_Chief Sentenced_To_10_Years_In_Prison⠀⇛ A cousin of the jailed former head of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee (KNB) has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of bribery and embezzlement amid President Qasym- Zhomart Toqaev’s crackdown on predecessor Nursultan Nazarbaev’s allies. # § War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_sent_additional_forces_to_Belarus border,_numbers_undisclosed_–_PM⠀⇛ Lithuania has also sent additional forces to the Belarusian border, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has said following Poland’s announcement earlier this week of plans to deploy 2,000 additional troops to reinforce security on its eastern border with the neighbouring country. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Poland_Plans_To_Send_Up_To_10,000_Soldiers_To Border_With_Belarus⠀⇛ Poland is planning to move up to 10,000 additional troops to the border with Belarus to support the Border Guard, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on August 10. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Belarusians_no_longer_welcome_in_Lithuania?⠀⇛ Three years ago, Lithuania welcomed thousands of Belarusians fleeing repressions at home. Now that their residence permits are up for renewal, they find the atmosphere much more hostile. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Potential_aggression_on_Latvian-Belarusian border_observed⠀⇛ Surveillance by the State Border Guard shows possible aggression on the border, but border guards, along with other services, are prepared to protect the border, the Chief of Border Guard Guntis Pujāts said in an interview to Latvian Radio on August 3. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Wagner_‘takes_up_positions’_near_Polish, Lithuanian_borders,_says_president⠀⇛ On Thursday, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda met with Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on the Polish side of the so-called Suwalki Gap, where they stressed the two countries were closely monitoring the movements of Wagner mercenaries in Belarus. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_Defense_Minister_and_head_of Rosatom_State_Nuclear_Energy_Corporation_examine_arctic testing_grounds_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and the head of the Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation Alexey Likhachev toured Russia’s Central Testing Grounds on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, says a Defense Ministry press release.  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Odesa_officially_opens_beaches_for_the_first time_since_beginning_of_the_war_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On August 12, six Odesa beaches officially opened for swimming, reports regional governor Oleh Kiper. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Seymour_Hersh:_Harold_Pinter_Had_It Right⠀⇛ Lessons in Western self-sabotage from the Ukraine War. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Biden_Asks_Congress_for_Additional_$24 Billion_to_Spend_on_Ukraine_War⠀⇛ The White House lumped the Ukraine funds in with $12 billion for domestic disaster relief and $4 billion for border security # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_reports_repelling_multiple_rocket attacks_on_the_Crimean_Bridge_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On August 12, Ukraine’s Armed Forces (AFU) attacked the Crimean Bridge twice, say the Russian authorities. Sergey Aksyonov, governor of Russian-annexed Crimea, says that two rockets were shot down during the initial attack. Later on August 12, Aksyonov reported that an additional rocket was shot down during a second attack on the bridge. Russia’s Defense Ministry has reported that the Russian military shot down two S-200 guided anti-aircraft missiles that had been converted into strike weapons. The ministry said that the missiles were intercepted in the air and destroyed without damage or casualties. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_Defense_Ministry:_20_drones attacked_Crimea_overnight_—_Meduza⠀⇛ 20 drones attacked annexed Crimea overnight on August 12, reports Russia’s Defense Ministry. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Foreign_national_arrested_in_St._Petersburg for_allegedly_planning_to_commit_arson_at_military enlistment_office_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A St. Petersburg court has ordered the arrest of a foreign national, Davronbek Yuldoshev, in connection with attempting a terrorist attack, reports the court’s press service.  # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Winter_is_coming:_Is_Ukraine’s power_grid_ready_for_new_Russian_attacks?⠀⇛ Last winter, Russia launched a six-month bombing campaign to methodically destroy Ukraine’s civilian energy infrastructure. With a new winter heating season now fast approaching, is Ukraine prepared for a repeat? # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Ukrainian_drone_over_Russian region_of_Belgorod_shot_down,_states_the_Kremlin⠀⇛ Russian air defence systems destroyed a Ukraine-launched unmanned aerial vehicle over Belgorod, which is north of the Ukraine border, early on Sunday morning, the Kremlin has reported. Russia’s defence ministry said that there had been no casualties or damage caused by the attack, but these reports could not be independently verified. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Ukraine_tried_to_hit_Crimea_bridge_with missile_attack,_says_Russia⠀⇛ Russia’s defence ministry said Saturday that Ukraine tried to strike the Crimea bridge over the Kerch Strait with S-200 missiles, but that there were no casualties or damage. The ministry said earlier today that Russian forces had destroyed 20 Ukrainian drones launched onto the Moscow-annexed peninsula, also with no casualties or damage. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Why_it_is_not_just_Putin’s_war:_the_collective responsibility_of_Russians_–_opinion⠀⇛ While Ukraine continues to occupy a regular spot in news reporting, western outlets and politicians still overlook the main reason for the war. In order to make sure such a conflict cannot happen again in the future, we must understand the deep-rooted societal norms that allowed Russia to invade in the first place. Lesia Ogryzko at Ukraine’s Center for Defence Strategies think tank, writes for the New Eastern Europe magazine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Five_Ukrainian_Civilians,_Including_A_Small Child,_Killed_In_Russian_Shelling_Incidents⠀⇛ Several civilians were killed by Russian shelling in southern Ukraine as fighting continued in both the south and the east of the country, Ukrainian authorities reported on August 13. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kyiv_Reports_At_Least_500_Children_Killed Since_Russian_Invasion⠀⇛ At least 500 children have been killed and over 1,000 injured since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Ukraine’s Prosecutor-General’s Office reported on August 13. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Appeals_To_Ukraine’s_Partners_To Send_Demining_Equipment⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on August 12 said Ukraine needs more demining equipment and the ability to manufacture such equipment itself. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Odesa_Officially_Opens_Six_Beaches_For_First Time_Since_Russia’s_Full-Scale_Invasion⠀⇛ Authorities in Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of Odesa have announced that they are opening six beaches for swimming for the first time since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ At_Least_Two_Killed_In_Russian_Strikes_In Ukraine_As_Crimean_Peninsula,_Bridge_Reportedly Targeted⠀⇛ At least two people were killed in Russian military strikes in Ukraine on August 12 as Moscow said Ukraine had sent drones to attack Crimea and fired missiles at the bridge connecting the peninsula to Russia. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Without_F-16s,_Ukraine’s Counteroffensive_Is_Missing_a_Key_Piece⠀⇛ Most military experts doubt that they would have, and say that Kyiv can still prevail without them. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_Threatens_Retaliation_Over Attacks_on_Key_Crimean_Bridge⠀⇛ The Kerch Strait Bridge is a critical strategic asset that allows Moscow to move troops and equipment from Russia to Crimea and from there to the front lines in Ukraine. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Makes_Progress_in_Its Counteroffensive⠀⇛ Troops advanced 10 to 12 miles along two main lines of attack in Kyiv’s drive to reach the southern coast and sever Russian supply lines, while explosions echoed at the vital Kerch Strait Bridge. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Zelensky_Called_Him_a_Criminal._Now Ukraine_Calls_Him_for_Guns_and_Ammo.⠀⇛ In its hunt for weapons, Ukraine has rolled back anticorruption rules and turned to people once seen as relics of an anything- goes era. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Fighter_Jet_On_Training_Mission Crashes_In_Kaliningrad,_Killing_Two_Pilots⠀⇛ A Russian fighter jet crashed on August 12 in Russia’s Kaliningrad region during a training mission, killing the two pilots on board, the Russian Defense Ministry said. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Polish_minister_says reinforcement_at_the_border_with_Belarus_is_due_to hostile_rhetoric_and_actions⠀⇛ Poland’s defense minister says his country has increased the number of troops protecting its border with Belarus as a deterrent amid “destabilizing” actions by its pro-Russian neighbor. Mariusz Blaszczak met in Jarylowka, in eastern Poland, on Saturday with some of the troops recently deployed close to the Belarus border. He insisted that the increased military presence is purely a deterrent move, not a hostile act, as Minsk and Moscow are claiming. Blaszczak said this week that up to 10,000 Polish Army and Territorial Defense troops will be stationed on the border. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Congress_may_let_private_jet_owners_like_Elon_Musk block_flight_info⠀⇛ Elon Musk and other private jet owners may soon be able to stop the public from learning about their flights, thanks to the FAA reauthorization bill recently passed by the House. Why it matters: Such information has proven useful to journalists and other researchers — but some plane owners, including Musk, have argued that it can pose a security risk. =================================================== The big picture:Private plane information has long been public record. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ [Older]_Give_Journalists_What_They_Need_To Hold_Big_Tech_Accountable⠀⇛ Why the European Union’s ambitious new rules should be tweaked to allow journalists to access Big Tech data. # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ ‘Flush_it_into_the_public_domain’:_Why_so_few councils_publish_interactions_with_developers⠀⇛ o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland_to_start_seeing_climate_lawsuits,_experts say⠀⇛ A climate case brought forward by two NGOs last year may have marked a watershed moment in the history of environmental litigation in Finland, according to environmental experts. # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ “Climate_Change”_is_Turning_Our_Planet_into Hell_on_Earth⠀⇛ If this all sounds too familiar, it is. We’ve been through this scenario with 9/11. We’ve been through it with Covid. The minute the government starts talking about a state of emergency is the minute we can expect to start losing more of our freedoms. The amount of tracking and surveillance we are under is becoming absurd. One wonders how much worse it can get. A lot worse. As the disasters multiply, the closer we get to the 2024 presidential election, the harder the governmental boot will push down upon our heads. Apparently, July 4 was the hottest day on Earth in as many as 125,000 years, breaking a record that was set the day before. Wow. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ What_does_extreme_heat_mean_for_the Mediterranean_Sea?⠀⇛ In a warming world, marine creatures are in danger of suffocating. Gases like oxygen and carbon dioxide dissolve better at colder temperatures, so that means the warmer the water, the less oxygen is available to breathe. Conversely, higher temperatures also cause an increase in metabolism, which in turn means animals have to breathe even more than usual, said Diego Kersting, a marine scientist with Spain’s National Research Council (CSIC). That combination also heightens the risk of death by starvation for marine life. # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Antarctica_risks_‘cascades_of_extreme events’_as_Earth_warms,_study_says⠀⇛ The study concludes that Antarctica is likely to face considerable stress and damage in the coming decades. Twelve countries including the U.K., U.S., India and China pledged to preserve the continent’s fragile environment through the Antarctic Treaty in 1959. The study says some countries risk breaching the terms of this agreement without urgent action to reduce emissions. “Nations must understand that by continuing to explore, extract and burn fossil fuels anywhere in the world, the environment of Antarctica will become ever more affected in ways inconsistent with their pledge,” lead author Martin Siegert, a professor at the University of Exeter, said in a statement Tuesday. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Flash_droughts:_How_climate_change_contributes to_Hawaii’s_wildfires⠀⇛ Several dangerous conditions have combined to make the Maui wildfires especially destructive. Climate change is increasing the likelihood of more extreme weather events like this one, experts say. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Green_Groups_Slam_Biden_Admin_for_Awarding_$1 Billion_to_‘Unproven’_Carbon_Capture_Projects⠀⇛ “Fossil fuel interests see a clear benefit in promoting direct air capture as a means to preserve the dominance of dirty fossil fuels,” said one advocate. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Liquid_Metal_Battery_Goes_Into Production⠀⇛ The news is rife with claims of the next great thing in clean energy generation, but most of these technologies never make it to production. Whether that’s due to cost issues, production, or scalability, we’re often teased with industry breakthroughs that never come to fruition. Multi-layered solar panels, wave and tidal energy, and hydrogen fuel cells are all things that are real but can’t seem to break through and overtake other lower cost, simpler, and proven technologies. One that seems to be bucking this trend is the liquid metal battery, which startup Ambri is putting into service on the electrical grid next year. # ⚓ Positech Games ☛ Fourth_site_visit_to_the_solar farm⠀⇛ 2 days ago we took our fourth trip up to the farm to take a look at the site. Its over 400 miles a day of driving to do the round trip, so not something done lightly. Luckily this time we had arranged to be there when it was super-sunny, which is always a nicer way to visit a solar farm. Sun might mean no mud, but it doesn’t change the fact that this is a farm full of grazing sheep. 2 days later and I still have not got all of the sheep crap off my boots. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Mysoltrk_is_a_low-cost_solar_panel_tracking system⠀⇛ While a solar panel mounted to the top of a roof, lamp post, or the side of a building will produce power, it is nowhere near optimal for achieving the maximum efficiency possible. To get better results, panels are often mounted to pivots and linear actuators/ servo motors that continually move to always face the sun. But as Fulvio points out, these motors can be heavy and require extra batteries to function, which is what inspired him to create the mysoltrk to address this shortcoming. Fulvio built his “reinvented” tracker to be small, solid, and sturdy enough to survive outdoors on a balcony or any other space-constrained area like a garden. # ⚓ Interesting Engineering ☛ Texas’_205_mph_high-speed rail_cuts_Dallas-Houston_to_90_mins⠀⇛ This ambitious project aims to bridge two of the United States’ largest metropolitan areas through a 240-mile route that promises to cut travel time to under 90 minutes. # ⚓ Amtrak ☛ Texas_Central_and_Amtrak_Seek_to_Explore High-Speed_Rail_Service_Opportunities_between_Dallas and_Houston⠀⇛ Texas Central and Amtrak have submitted applications to several federal programs in connection with further study and design work for the potential Dallas to Houston segment, including the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure Safety and Improvements (CRISI) grant program, the Corridor Identification and Development program, and the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail (FSP-National) grant program. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ FTX_[cryptocurrency]-clown_Sam Bankman-Fried_couldn’t_even_do_house_arrest._Now_he’s in_jail⠀⇛ On Friday, at a hearing in New York City, Judge Lewis Kaplan revoked SBF’s bail based on American prosecutors’ concern that SBF was trying to tamper with the pending trial by sharing personal writings stored in Google Docs from Caroline Ellison, former CEO of FTX-affiliated Alameda Research and a former romantic partner, with the New York Times. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Revealed:_Petrochemical_Exec_and_Major Conservative_Donor_Has_Russian_Business_Link⠀⇛ The Conservative Party received a £2 million donation in March from a petrochemicals executive whose business interests include a Russian textiles plant, DeSmog can reveal. Amit Lohia, dubbed the “Prince of Polyester” by Forbes, made the donation on 29 March – the second largest amount handed to the party so far this year. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_vows_to_step_up patrols_against_improper_use_of_bright_light_for fishing⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s marine authorities have vowed to stepped up actions against the improper use of bright light for fishing activities, as an environmental NGO urged the government to consider imposing heavier penalties including revoking fishing boat licenses. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Coral_Bleaching_Across_Caribbean_Raises Fears_of_‘Catastrophic_Mortality’_of_Reefs_Worldwide⠀⇛ “This will only get worse until there is a global reduction in greenhouse gas emissions,” said one expert. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Paris’s_Pere_Lachaise_cemetery_goes greener_amid_effort_to_‘re-naturalise’⠀⇛ The Pere Lachaise in Paris, the most visited cemetery in the world thanks to celebrities buried there, is welcoming crowds back after years of Covid restrictions with a back-to- nature setting that helps them keep cool in the summer heat. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ UN_Warns_Of_Cut_To_Food_Aid_To_Afghans_Amid Funding_Shortages⠀⇛ The UN World Food Program (WFP) has warned that without urgent funding, it will be forced to cut food aid to millions of Afghans grappling with hunger and food insecurity. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_human_rights_chief_warns_Iraq_water crisis_may_affect_other_countries_in_the_region⠀⇛ Water scarcity has been a long-standing issue in Iraq due to climate change and government mismanagement. Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported about Iraq’s water shortage in 2019, citing government mismanagement as one of the major reasons for the full-blown crisis in 2018. The series of mismanagement include poor management of upstream water sources, inadequate regulation of pollution and sewage, and chronic neglect and mismanagement of water infrastructure. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Venezuela_Wins_Lawsuit_in_Portugal_and_Recovers Seized_Assets⠀⇛ The money held in Novo Banco was ordered to be delivered and immediately returned to the Venezuelan Government. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Wages_and_jobs_on_economic_agenda_for the_week⠀⇛ The economic spotlight this week will be on wage growth and jobs. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release its wage price index on Tuesday. # ⚓ Insight Hungary ☛ Hungary_used_its_veto_to_protect Belarusian_oligarch_from_EU_sanctions⠀⇛ Hungary used its veto to shelter Belarusian oligarch Alexander Moshensky from EU sanctions. Iceland also used its lobbying efforts for the businessman with close ties to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Euractiv reports. Moshensky’s assets include prominent food manufacturers Santa Bremor and Savushkin Produkt which are mainly known for their fish and caviar products The “fish king” of Belarus has enjoyed diplomatic and business relations with Iceland for over two decades now.  In 2006, Moshensky became the country’s honorary consul in Belarus. # ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ My_Ex_Texted_Me_About_An_Emergency Meeting_on_the_Seattle_Housing_Market._(Going_Down_the Toilet.)⠀⇛ My Ex Texted Me About An Emergency Meeting on the Seattle Housing Market. (Going Down the Toilet.) My ex, John, texted me about an emergency meeting. He works as a real estate agent in the Seattle, Washington area. He says his bosses are panicking because “luxury” tenants are not paying up, they’re having to start evicting people who were seen as a “very safe bet”, and the number of new leases they’re signing is down by 2/3rds. # ⚓ Axios ☛ WeWork’s_stumbling,_but_“wave_of_demand”_supports co-working⠀⇛ WeWork may have “substantial_doubt” about its long- term survival, but one thing appears clear: The iconic co-working company’s woes don’t extend into the sector at large. Driving the news: This week, WeWork shook investors by declaring it may have to file for bankruptcy — a ignominious fall from grace for a company once valued at $47 billion. # ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Pluralistic:_Paying_consumer_debts_is basically_optional_in_the_United_States_(12_August_2023)⠀⇛ Paying consumer debts is basically optional in the United States (permalink) The vast majority of America’s debt collection targets $500-2,000 credit card debts. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Justice_Clarence_Thomas’s_$267,230_RV_and the_Friend_Who_Financed_It⠀⇛ The vehicle is a key part of the justice’s just- folks persona. It’s also a luxury motor coach that was funded by someone else’s money. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Why_is_Alphabet’s_$118_billion_cash_pile posing_a_new_problem_for_the_tech_giant?⠀⇛ Alphabet has stepped up buybacks and expanded its repurchase authorization to $70 billion in April. But last quarter, the firm spent $15 billion on its own shares, barely half of the cash it brought in. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ How_Liberal_Comedians_Became_Lap_Dogs_for_the Establishment⠀⇛ The fusion of politics, news, and entertainment has given prominence to comics like Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, and Bill Maher… o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Malaysia_bans_Swatch_‘LGBTQ’_watches; owners,_sellers_face_up_to_3_years_in_jail⠀⇛ August 10, 2023 5:30 PM Under Malaysian law, such a ban can be issued if it jeopardises public order, morality or security. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ The_1975_Faces_$2.5_Million_Legal Action_from_Malaysian_Festival_Organizer_Over_Alleged_Breach of_Contract⠀⇛ Future Sound Asia, the company behind Malaysia’s Good Vibes Festival, is reportedly preparing to take legal action against The 1975 unless the group coughs up over £2 million (currently $2.54 million) in allegedly owed damages during the coming days. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Wealthy_Teenager,_a_5-Star_Hotel_and_a Bizarre_Defamation_Fight⠀⇛ A teenager turned away by a bar in one of Manhattan’s fanciest hotels started a campaign to sully its reputation, a lawsuit says. The hotel is suing him for defamation. # ⚓ Sparrow Media ☛ Civil_Society_Organizations_and_Experts Sign_Open_Letter_to_Stand_Against_Elon_Musk’s_Efforts_to Silence_Independent_Researchers⠀⇛ CCDH research shows hate proliferating on “X” under musk; The Sparrow Project joins over 60 organizations and experts worldwide to stand with CCDH # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarusian_Singer_Who_Refused_Lukashenka Scholarship_Handed_Parole-Like_Sentence⠀⇛ Belarusian singer Patrytsia Svitsina, who in 2020 refused to accept a scholarship from authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka, citing her “moral principles,” has been handed a parole-like sentence on a charge of “actively participating in actions that blatantly disrupt social order.” # ⚓ [Repeat] 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!⠀⇛ Today in Tedium: In the past, I’ve been effusive of my praise of CNET, a news outlet that (along with Wired) pioneered digital journalism, for one specific reason: Its archives have been kept safe from meddling. It is one of the most in-depth archives of news that we have from the early years of the internet, and it is arguably of the most important flavor—day-to-day, standard issue news content. But its ownership picture has changed in recent years, with the media holding company Red Ventures purchasing it (and its subsidiaries, most notably ZDNet, which hasn’t been attached to Ziff Davis for more than 20 years) for $500 million back in 2020. Red Ventures has made some controversial moves with the CNET property, most infamously bringing AI into the mix, but the latest move was like a dagger to the heart: Gizmodo revealed that the company was actively culling its utterly massive archives for search-engine optimization reasons. I’ve talked about killing sites before, but in today’s Tedium, let’s talk culling, and why it’s often just as bad. — Ernie @ Tedium # ⚓ Reason ☛ A_Louisiana_Man_Was_Jailed_for_Criticizing_Police. A_Federal_Court_Wasn’t_Having_It.⠀⇛ The sole arrest pertaining to Krentel’s demise was that of a man who criticized the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office’s (STPSO) slow-going investigation of the case, which remains unsolved. If that sounds unconstitutional, it’s because it is: On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit confirmed that Jerry Rogers Jr.’s suit against Sheriff Randy Smith, Chief Danny Culpeper, and Sgt. Keith Canizaro may proceed, as they violated clearly established law when they arrested him for his speech. # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Time_warp,_again:_Rocky_Horror_is_unchanged after_50_years_–_but_that’s_how_we_like_it⠀⇛ Rocky Horror is so much of its time, right down to Frank-N-Furter’s startlingly aggressive eduction Janet and Brad, I’m surprised those forces that have banished so many cultural artefacts of a bygone age haven’t taker the laser gun to the show and the movie, which is bursting with “triggering” material (ironically, a certain Australian actor had his career ended for throwing himself too enthusiastically into his role). However, unlike West Side Story, which has come under assail for what some consider its retrograde elements, Rocky Horror has long been a part of indie/outsider culture, right down the midnight screenings that still take place around the world. Could you really make politically correct a show which is beloved because it is a slap in the face of mainstream culture? It would make no sense. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Bangladesh_to_replace_criticized_digital_security law⠀⇛ The still-effective DSA contains offenses and punishments for electronic communications, including information and data spreading as well as receiving. For example, Section 28 of the act, regarding the publication and broadcast of information in any electronic format hurting one’s religious values, carries a penalty of up to five years in jail maximum. Section 29, the transmission of defamatory information, carries a penalty of up to three years imprisonment. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ CPJ_deeply_disturbed_by_police_raid_on_Kansas newspaper⠀⇛ “This kind of action by police – which we sadly see with growing frequency worldwide – has a chilling effect on journalism and on democracy more broadly,” said Ginsberg. “The actions of the police and the judiciary in this case must be thoroughly and swiftly investigated.” # ⚓ Gannett ☛ Police_conduct_‘chilling’_raid_of_Kansas newspaper,_publisher’s_home_seizing_computers,_phones⠀⇛ Police in a central Kansas town raided the local newspaper’s office Friday and seized computers and employees’ personal cellphones – an action that advocates say violates federal laws protecting the media. Law enforcement officers with the Marion (Kan.) Police Department and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office on Friday took the Marion County Record’s computer file server, other computers and phones, along with other equipment, the Record reported. # ⚓ Marion County Record ☛ UPDATED:_Illegal_raids_contribute_to death_of_newspaper_co-owner⠀⇛ They refused to say when the items, necessary for publishing next week’s issue of the Record, might be returned. The newspaper has obtained equipment to ensure publication and is working to re-create material for the paper. Legal experts contacted by the Record termed the raid unheard of in America and reminiscent of what occurs in totalitarian regimes and the Third World. The Record is expected to file a federal suit against the City of Marion and those involved in the search, which legal experts contacted were unanimous in saying violated multiple state and federal laws, including the U.S. Constitution, and multiple court rulings. # ⚓ The Daily Beast ☛ Kansas_Newspaper_Says_Its_Co-Owner_Has Died_After_Being_Traumatized_by_Police_Raid⠀⇛ A Kansas newspaper whose offices were raided by an entire police department on Friday says its 98- year-old co-owner has now died after she was left “stressed beyond her limits.” # ⚓ The Independent UK ☛ Press_freedom_groups_blast_police_raid of_Kansas_newspaper_office:_‘Everyone_involved_should_be ashamed’⠀⇛ “Based on the reporting so far, the police raid of the Marion County Record on Friday appears to have violated federal law, the First Amendment, and basic human decency,” according to a statement from Seth Stern, director of advocacy for Freedom of the Press Foundation. # ⚓ Kansas Reflector ☛ Police_stage_‘chilling’_raid_on_Marion County_newspaper,_seizing_computers,_records_and_cellphones⠀⇛ Meyer, whose father worked at the newspaper from 1948 until he retired, bought the Marion County Record in 1998, preventing a sale to a corporate newspaper chain. As a journalism professor in Illinois, Meyer said, he had graduate students from Egypt who talked about how people would come into the newspaper office and seize everything so they couldn’t publish. Those students presented a scholarly paper at a conference in Toronto about what it has done to journalism there. “That’s basically what they’re trying to do here,” Meyer said. “The intervention is just like that repressive government of Egypt. I didn’t think it could happen in America.” o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Introduction_of_3_new_bills_in_India’s_Parliament aim_to_overhaul_colonial-era_criminal_codes⠀⇛ India Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah presented three landmark bills in India’s Parliament on Friday. The three bills would significantly shift Indian criminal law away from British colonial-era laws. The first of the three newly introduced bill was the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which seeks to replace the Indian Penal Code of 1860. # ⚓ EFF ☛ Dissecting_the_UN_Cybercrime_Convention’s_Threat_to Coders’_Rights_at_DEFCON⠀⇛ The proposed UN Cybercrime Convention could empower tyrants, shatter security, and harm political and social activists, journalists, security researchers, whistleblowers, and millions more around the world for decades to come, we told a packed house at DEFCON in Las Vegas on Thursday – but it’s not too late to stop this bad treaty from being adopted. Delegations from Member States as well as observers from civil society will convene August 21 at UN Headquarters in New York City for a two-week negotiation session on the convention’s “zero draft.” The zero draft is the first full text, the result of State-led negotiations that began in February 2022. EFF will be there again this month to lobby Member States and provide expert opinion to ensure the protection of your rights.  If the Member States can’t reach total consensus on the text, it could go to a vote by the Member State governments in which a two-thirds majority would be required for adoption. A concluding session is scheduled for early next year in New York City. At DEFCON, we highlighted the foremost dangers posed by the zero draft, and the direction in which negotiations seem to be headed. The proposed treaty features five chapters: criminalization, or the categorization of acts deemed a crime under this treaty; domestic and cross-border spying powers, for example, the powers and limits to conduct surveillance both within their borders and across international boundaries; and two additional chapters on technical cooperation and proactive measures. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ World_Bank_Not_to_Finance_in_Uganda_Because_of Anti-LGBTI_Law⠀⇛ The World Bank insists that the law undermines the institution’s efforts to democratize access to development, as “inclusion and non-discrimination are at the core (…) Our goal is to protect sexual and gender minorities from discrimination and exclusion in the projects we finance. These measures are under discussion with the authorities”, to which he adds that until laws guaranteeing these rights are passed, public financing will not continue on their part. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ [Older]_How_the_Hollywood_Shutdown_Will Affect_Los_Angeles⠀⇛ With actors and screenwriters on strike, Hollywood is shut down for the foreseeable future. Los Angeles isn’t a pure company town, but the industry is inextricable from the city in many ways. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ [Older]_Strike_Prevents_Actors_From Promoting_Films_at_Premieres_or_Festivals⠀⇛ While on strike, actors are barred from publicizing any studio projects they’ve appeared in. Their absence could affect movie theaters and the festival circuit. # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ GEO_to_respond_to_contract_offer_by_Aug._10 following_membership_vote⠀⇛ The University of Michigan offered the Graduate Employees’ Organization its fifth contract proposal, including a signed promise to continue the Rackham Plan through 2026, on Aug. 2. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Lesser-Known_Writers’_Strikes⠀⇛ The James Patterson-ghostwriter strike of 2003, and other labor disputes that are threatening to curtail access to new cultural content. # ⚓ NPR ☛ Opinion:_The_Taliban_is_cracking_down_on_music,_and joy⠀⇛ The Taliban, who shot their way to power in Afghanistan two years ago, have thrown women out of their jobs, banished them from sports, and banned girls above the age of twelve from going to school. They have also banned video games, foreign films, and music as “idolatrous.” And now, they have begun to burn musical instruments. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Google_Warns_Against_‘Content_Pruning’_As_CNET_Deletes Pages_To_Improve_SEO⠀⇛ CNET deleted thousands of old articles to improve the sites performance in Google Search results, adding to the controversy brought on by its latest editorial strategy — layoffs and experiments with articles written by artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. Archived copies of CNET’s author pages show that the company deleted small batches of articles prior to the second half of July, but then increased the pace, Gizmodo learned. A CNET representative confirmed to Gizmodo that the company culled stories, but declined to share exactly how many stories it took down. The world typically thinks of online content as something that lives forever, but that is not necessarily true — at least not at CNET. And it’s all in the name of better search engine optimization (SEO) to improve performance and ranking on Google, Microsoft Bing, and other search engines. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] arXiv ☛ One_Glitch_to_Rule_Them_All:_Fault_Injection Attacks_Against_AMD’s_Secure_Encrypted_Virtualization⠀⇛ AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) offers protection mechanisms for virtual machines in untrusted environments through memory and register encryption. To separate security-sensitive operations from software executing on the main x86 cores, SEV leverages the AMD Secure Processor (AMD- SP). This paper introduces a new approach to attack SEV-protected virtual machines (VMs) by targeting the AMD-SP. We present a voltage glitching attack that allows an attacker to execute custom payloads on the AMD-SPs of all microarchitectures that support SEV currently on the market (Zen 1, Zen 2, and Zen 3). The presented methods allow us to deploy a custom SEV firmware on the AMD-SP, which enables an adversary to decrypt a VM’s memory. Furthermore, using our approach, we can extract endorsement keys of SEV-enabled CPUs, which allows us to fake attestation reports or to pose as a valid target for VM migration without requiring physical access to the target host. Moreover, we reverse-engineered the Versioned Chip Endorsement Key (VCEK) mechanism introduced with SEV Secure Nested Paging (SEV-SNP). The VCEK binds the endorsement keys to the firmware version of TCB components relevant for SEV. Building on the ability to extract the endorsement keys, we show how to derive valid VCEKs for arbitrary firmware versions. With our findings, we prove that SEV cannot adequately protect confidential data in cloud environments from insider attackers, such as rogue administrators, on currently available CPUs. # ⚓ World Wide Web Consortium ☛ Web_Environment_Integrity_has no_standing_at_W3C;_understanding_new_W3C_work⠀⇛ For a few weeks now we have been hearing concern in the Web community in regard to Web Environment Integrity, and are asked more and more about it. Our silence is due to the fact that the Web Environment Integrity API is not being worked on in W3C, nor has there been any submission to W3C for W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG) review. In the rest of this article, I want to take the opportunity to explain generally how new work is brought to the World Wide Web Consortium, and how several W3C work groups coordinate what we call “horizontal review”. This review and other safeguards we have in place, transcends a particular technology by focusing on aspects that impact people and the Web: Web accessibility, architecture, internationalization, privacy, and security. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Judge_denies_HP’s_plea_to_throw_out_all- in-one_printer_lockdown_lawsuit⠀⇛ HP all-in-one printer owners, upset that their devices wouldn’t scan or fax when low on ink, were handed a partial win in a northern California court this week after a judge denied HP’s motion to dismiss their suit. The plaintiffs argued in their amended class action complaint [PDF] that HP withheld vital information by including software in its all-in-one printer/ scanner/fax machines that disabled non-printing functions when out of ink and not telling buyers that was the case. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Live_Nation_Faces_Class_Action Investor_Lawsuit_Over_Anti-Competitive_Business_Practices⠀⇛ Live Nation faces a class action investor lawsuit as several law firms investigate whether the live events giant lied to investors by failing to disclose anti-competitive business practices. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Record_Labels_Hit_Internet_Archive With_New_$400m+_Copyright_Lawsuit⠀⇛ Record labels including UMG, Capitol and Sony have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in the United States targeting Internet Archive and founder Brewster Kale, among others. Filed in Manhattan federal court late Friday, the complaint alleges infringement of 2,749 works, recorded by deceased artists, including Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3799 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.13.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_13/08/2023:_New_Linux_RC,_Window_Maker_Live_0.95.9-0,_and_Many_Strike Actions⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 7:54 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Programming/Development # Perl_/_Raku # Python # Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh * Leftovers o Science o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality_(A_Tad_Dated) o Monopolies # Patents * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ The TLLTS Podcast ☛ 2023-08-10_[Older]_The_Linux_Link_Tech Show_Episode_1014⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-09_[Older]_FLOSS_Weekly_744:_A_Chill_Pirate_Lawyer –_Damien_Riehl,_Open_Source_and_Legal_Rights⠀⇛ # ⚓ mintCast Podcast ☛ mintCast_418_–_In_Memoriam:_Kevin Mitnick⠀⇛ First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, Fedora Asahi Remix debuts, Wine 8.13 releases, Debian makes RISC-V official, Inkscape 1.3 released, Canonical seizes LXD maintenance, Google will start deleting inactive accounts in December, Google does something “dangerous” to chromium, ChromeOS splits browser from OS, Derrick Wong leaves XFS, # ⚓ 2023-08-10_[Older]_Enterprise_Linux_Security_Episode_71_– Internet_DRM⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-12_New_CPU_flaws,_Plasma_6_&_GNOME_45,_SUSE_& Oracle_team_up:_Linux_&_Open_Source_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-12_MX_Linux_23_Out_Now!_Why_is_MX_Ranked_#1_From The_Last_FIVE_YEARS?_(UNDISPUTED)⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-12_Basic_Linux_Concepts_–_What_Is_A_“Distro”?⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-12_NVIDIAs_New_Open_Source_Vulkan_Driver_Is_Here⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-11_The_Steam_Deck_is_FINALLY_coming_to_retail_in NORTH_AMERICA⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-11_PCLinuxOS_2023.07_overview_|_The_Boomer Distribution⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-10_[Older]_How_to_install_Godot_game_engine_on Debian_12⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-10_[Older]_Debian_12.0.0_“Bookworm”_Quick_Overview #shorts⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-10_[Older]_Chrome_OS_Becomes_Less_Of_A_Meme Operating_System⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-10_[Older]_First_Look_At_Rhino_Linux_With_The Unicorn_Desktop⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-09_[Older]_Linus_Torvalds_Is_Sick_Of_AMD’s_fTPM Nonsense⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-09_[Older]_FLATPAK_EXPLAINED:_Theming,_permissions, command_line,_browser_installs…⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-08_[Older]_Vim:_The_Most_Important_Text_Editor_On Linux⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-08_[Older]_Qtile_Is_My_New_(Old)_Window_Manager⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-08_[Older]_How_to_install_Sublime_Text_on_Debian 12⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-07_[Older]_How_to_install_MX_Linux_23⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-07_[Older]_The_WORST_Chat_Application_Ever Created!!⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-07_[Older]_How_to_install_Minetest_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-06_[Older]_Rethinking_The_Ubuntu_Linux_Desktop Installer⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-06_[Older]_How_to_install_Inkscape_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-06_[Older]_ChromeOS_becomes_a_Linux_distro,_GNOME Activities_changes,_Mint_21.3:_Linux_&_Open_Source_News⠀⇛ o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.5-rc6_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ So apart from the regularly scheduled hardware mitigation patches, everything looks fairly normal. And I guess the hw mitigation is to be considered normal too, apart from the inevitable fixup patches it then causes because the embargo keeps us from testing it widely and keeps it from all our public automation. Sigh. We have a fair number of other random fixes in here too, but nothing that stands out to me. I guess the one-liner that just disables irq use for the usual PC TPM device might be more noticeable than most, in that it hopefully puts that whole sad saga behind us. But even that is not going to be noticeable in any other way than "we no longer have to fight the endless reports of irq storms on some laptops". Knock wood. And we have all the usual small fixes for architectures, networking, drivers, and selftests. Shortlog appended with the details - scrolling through them gives a good flavor of the kinds of things that have been going on. Linus o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Updating_Recommended_Linux_Software:_Our Plans⠀⇛ We share our plans regarding updates to our recommended free and open source Linux software. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_less⠀⇛ This article spotlights alternative tools to less. All of the tools are free and open source and sport a command-line interface. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_compress⠀⇛ This article spotlights alternative tools to compress, a utility that reduces the size of files. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ SANS ☛ DShield_Sensor_Monitoring_with_a_Docker_ELK_Stack_ [Guest_Diary],_(Sat,_Aug_12th)⠀⇛ Using an ELK (elasticsearch logstash kibana) or Elastic Stack is a great way to get a high-level view of what is being seen with your DShield [1] honeypot. For those who don’t already have a dedicated ELK stack or are just looking for a way to monitor your honeypot from a separate device (in my case, I didn’t want to put more holes in my internal firewall), follow this step-by-step guide to get up and running quickly. First of we need to get logs from the honeypot configured to use an ELK beat, if you want a great guide on collecting all the logs see this diary [2] posted on the ISC page. This is an ELK (Elasticsearch Logstash Kibana) stack that is setup to monitor logs from a DShield honeypot. # ⚓ The New Stack ☛ Deploy_Etherpad_for_an_In-House_Alternative to_Google_Docs⠀⇛ If your developers (or any team in your business) need to make use of an in-house solution to house things # ⚓ APNIC ☛ QUIC_timers_don’t_work_well⠀⇛ Guest Post: What’s wrong with RFC 9002? # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Measuring_NXDOMAIN_responses⠀⇛ Answering difficult questions about NXDOMAIN responses on recursive resolvers. # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ New_PPA_for_Installing_Audio_Recorder_in Ubuntu_23.04_|_23.10⠀⇛ For those who want to install the simple Audio Recorder application in Ubuntu 23.04 and next Ubuntu 23.10, here’s new Ubuntu PPA. Audio Recorder is a free open-source GTK3 audio recording application for Linux. It has a stupid simple user interface, while can record any sound from your computer. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_a_Non-Breaking_Hyphen_in_HTML?⠀⇛ The non-breaking hyphen can be utilized inside the HTML tag using HTML codes of “‑”, HEX codes of “‑”, or using CSS code of “\2011”. # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_Install_KDE_Plasma_on_Debian_12 “Bookworm”⠀⇛ KDE Plasma is a desktop environment built by KDE, it is one of the most popular Desktop environments that you can use on Linux. # ⚓ Efficiency_Unleashed:_Streamlining_Operations_with Ansible’s_Task_Serialization_Techniques⠀⇛ As businesses grow, their IT infrastructure can become complex and difficult to manage. The process of configuring, deploying, and maintaining servers and applications can be time-consuming and prone to errors. # ⚓ Demystifying_Debugging_Code_Execution_in_Ansible: Techniques_for_Effective_Troubleshooting_and_Error Resolution⠀⇛ # ⚓ Mastering_Module_Development:_A_Guide_to_Extending Ansible’s_Functionality⠀⇛ # ⚓ Unleashing_the_Power_of_Plugins:_Building_Custom_Features in_Ansible⠀⇛ # ⚓ Harnessing_Dynamic_Inventory_Plugins:_Deep_Dive_into Dynamic_Infrastructure_Management_with_Ansible⠀⇛ # ⚓ Becoming_an_Ansible_Contributor:_How_to_Contribute_and Shape_the_Future_of_Automation⠀⇛ # ⚓ Seamless_Upgrades:_Mastering_In-Place_Upgrades_with Ansible⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scaling_Made_Easy:_Expanding_and_Contracting_with_Ansible’s Dynamic_Infrastructure_Management⠀⇛ # ⚓ Accelerating_Development:_Failing_Fast_with_Ansible_for Efficient_Troubleshooting⠀⇛ # ⚓ Smooth_Transitions:_Minimizing_Disruptions_with_Ansible’s Zero-Downtime_Deployment_Strategies⠀⇛ * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ Window_Maker_Live_0.95.9-0⠀⇛ WINDOW MAKER LIVE 0.95.9-0 WHAT IS NEW SINCE THE LAST RELEASE? This release is based on stable Debian/Bookworm version 12.1. The current Window Maker 0.95.9 is used as default window manager and exclusive desktop session option. The additional xfce4 desktop session option was removed. Selected components and utilities of xfce4, mate, and lxqt were seamlessly integrated with Window Maker. A Fail-safe mode session option was added for troubleshooting needs. The gtk3 widget libraries have been recompiled with the gtk3-classic patches from https://github.com/ lah7/gtk3-classic The login manager is now lightdm instead of the former wmlive-gdm. The default web browsers are Pale Moon and Surf. As mail messaging client Claws-Mail has been chosen. Most wmlive-specific scripts have been localized using machine translation for about 17 of the most common European languages used worldwide. All wmlive specific components have been modularized as separate packages and are available via https:// wmlive.rumbero.org/repo/ to provide future upgrades and bug fixes via the apt package management. These packages are also installable on compatible Debian systems. The default init system is now systemd instead of sysvinit. As it turned out, systemd has become the defacto standard init system over time, and trying to circumvent and replace it with sysvinit while maintaining the same levels of functionality has become increasingly difficult and laborious. The very same sources used to create this ISO image are available in /usr/local/src/wmlive-bookworm- 0.95.9.tar.xz on this system. These sources can be used to either recreate the current ISO image, but using the most recent package versions downloaded during the process from official Debian mirrors. Or they can be modified to produce a tailor made ISO image according to the user's own wishes and requirements. KNOWN ISSUES: * Dialogs of the main wmlive scripts and menus are machine translated and language content is with unknown quality. Please provide corrections for the machine translated texts via mail to wmlive@rumbero.org and help enhancing internationalization. CREDENTIALS FOR THE LIVE SESSION The user account for the live session is named 'user' and its password is 'live'. When installing the system to disk, this generic user account will disappear and be replaced by one of your own defintion. SOME WORDS OF CAUTION Before you start to install wmlive to disk, please be aware of the following constraints: * Both the i386 and the amd64 variants boot and install on UEFI based machines and also older BIOS based computers and laptops. * If using an USB stick instead of a DVD-R for installation, please don't even think of using something like 'unetbootin' or 'Universal-USB-Installer' or similar tools to create a bootable USB stick from the wmlive ISO image. These tools are designed to unpack and copy the ISO contents to the USB stick and thus actually break the wmlive ISO's functionality. The wmlive ISO images are isohybrid images containing an embedded partition table. To work as intended, they need to be dumped in raw form to a USB stick. This is the preferred way of using the provided ISO images. In Linux you would use one of these commands (the # sign represents the shell prompt) to write an ISO to a USB pendrive: # dd if=wmlivebookworm_0.95.9-0_amd64.iso of=/ dev/sdx bs=2048 status=progress or # cat wmlive-bookworm_0.95.9-0_i386.iso > / dev/sdx Replace /dev/sdx with the device file name of your actual USB stick. BE CAREFUL: This process will completely erase it, there is no way back. So better be very careful to not overwrite the wrong storage drive! If running in Windows, you can use the dd mode of the excellent 'rufus' utility which is included on the ISO image in the top level tools folder. * The standard installation procedure is designed for offline installation, so no network configuration will be created during the installation stage. Network configuration will later be managed exclusively by NetworkManager on the running system after successful installation to disk. Alternatively, if you choose the expert mode installation menu entry, all possible installation options will become available. If you find any issue, fault, or simply have any idea for improvement, please don't hesitate to send a mail to 'wmlive@rumbero.org' to share your thoughts. We need your feedback to widen our own perspective! Enjoy Window Maker Live! # ⚓ Alpine_3.15.10,_3.16.7,_3.17.5_and_3.18.3_released⠀⇛ The Alpine Linux project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of new stable releases: # 3.15.10 # 3.16.7 # 3.17.5 # 3.18.3 Those releases include security fixes for openssl: # CVE-2023-2975 # CVE-2023-3446 # CVE-2023-3817 # ⚓ Snal_1.29_is_out⠀⇛ # ⚓ Please_welcome_/e/OS_1.13!⠀⇛ We are proud to deliver the /e/OS 1.13. Enjoy all the new features and improvements it embeds! We embedded some improvements! App lounge – Categories allows to discover way more apps. If users have to use a Google account, they’re advised to use a Google account without any important data. Account added via Calendar can be used within a couple of minute. Translations – Gallery, Music, Advanced Privacy. Software updates – We merged bug fixes and security updates from LineageOS 19.1 source code. FP4 Firmware – Bumped firmware with the May update (FP4.SP29.B.069.20230510).Third-Party App support: we addressed some issues with in-app Maps display; we resolved an issue with a large number of markers on the map; we addressed some issues about network location o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Scans_Fridge_for_Food_and Recommends_Recipes⠀⇛ Simon is using a Raspberry Pi to scan his refrigerator for ingredients and recommend recipes based on what’s inside. # ⚓ FSFE ☛ 2023-08-07_[Older]_Unleash_the_potential_of_your phone:_Rooting_your_device_does_not_void_its_warranty⠀⇛ o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ SparkFun Electronics ☛ 2023-08-11_[Older]_LTE_GNSS, MicroMod,_and_You!⠀⇛ # ⚓ SparkFun Electronics ☛ 2023-08-10_[Older]_SparkFun_Joins Silicon_Labs_and_Elektor_For_Matter_Webinar⠀⇛ o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ 5_Of_The_Best_Apps_To_Watch_Free_Movies_On Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ Waze_Vs._Google_Maps:_The_Best_Navigation_App For_Android_Auto⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Does_Turning_Your_Android_Phone_Off_Protect You_From_Malware?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ What_Happens_if_You_Don’t_Sign_In_to_a_Google Account_on_Android?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Giz China ☛ Lost_Your_Android_Password?_Here’s_How_to Unlock_It⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ How_To_Uninstall_Apps_On_Android_Auto⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Ugoos_AM8_Plus_–_A_true_8K_TV_box_powered_by Amlogic_S928X-J_processor⠀⇛ Ugoos AM8 Plus is a true 8K TV box based on Amlogic S928X-J penta-core Cortex-A76/A55 processor with Dolby Vision and Dolby Audio support that should become available in the next few weeks or months. If you search for an 8K TV box on the web, you’ll find plenty of listings for 4K TV boxes incapable of 8K video output, but Ugoos AM8 Plus will be a true 8K TV box capable of both video playback and output up to 8Kp60 thanks to the Amlogic S928X processor which we previously found announced in IPTV/OTT devices for operators from SDMC and SEI Robotics, as well as more recently in an 8K TV box board. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Satori:_HTML/_CSS_to_SVG_Converter⠀⇛ Enlightened library to convert HTML and CSS to SVG # ⚓ Evan Hahn ☛ How_to_set_the_(deprecated)_valign_attribute with_JavaScript⠀⇛ Recently, I wanted to set the deprecated_valign attribute using JavaScript. (I wouldn’t normally do this, but I was working on a_code_golfing challenge.) # ⚓ New_update:_Advanced_Bash-Scripting_Guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Reproducible_data_science_with_Nix,_part_4_—_So long,_{renv}_and_Docker,_and_thanks_for_all_the_fish⠀⇛ For this blog post, I also made a youtube video that goes over roughly the same ideas, but the blog post is more detailed as I explain the contents of default.nix files, which I don’t do in the video. # § Perl / Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-08-08_[Older]_Perl_Weekly_Challenge_229: Lexicographic_Order⠀⇛ # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-08-08_[Older]_Perl_Weekly_Challenge_229: Two_out_of_Three⠀⇛ # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-08-07_[Older]_Foswiki-2.1.8_has_been released⠀⇛ # ⚓ DEV Community ☛ 2023-08-07_[Older]_Elizabeth Mattijsen:_Syntactic_Changes_(Part_3_of_3)⠀⇛ # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Understanding_Case_Sensitivity_in_Python⠀⇛ Python, one of the most widely-used programming languages, is known for its simplicity and readability. However, as is the case with many languages, it possesses unique characteristics that both novices and seasoned programmers should comprehend. One such characteristic is case sensitivity. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Performance_Optimization_with_Pylint_in Python⠀⇛ Performance optimization in Python is crucial for writing efficient code, especially when building large-scale applications. While Pylint is primarily known as a tool for checking the conformity of Python code against coding standards, it also provides some useful hints that can potentially optimize performance. # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ What_is_Fish_(Friendly_Interactive SHell)?⠀⇛ Fish, or the “Friendly Interactive SHell”, is a Unix shell designed with an emphasis on user-friendliness and interactive use. It was introduced in 2005 and has since gained a following due to its unique features, helpful defaults, and focus on a pleasant user experience * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ France24 ☛ Tony_Parker_brings_international_flair_to_NBA_Hall_of Fame_enshrinement⠀⇛ Fans waved a German flag and chanted Dirk Nowitzki’s name when he walked the red carpet into Symphony Hall on Saturday night for the Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony. In his acceptance speech, the former Dallas big man told his parents, “Danke.” o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-08-10_[Older]_Is_there_new_physics beyond_the_Standard_Model_of_particle_physics?_Our_finding will_help_settle_the_question⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-08-09_[Older]_The_new_technology that_is_making_cars_easier_for_criminals_to_steal,_or_crash⠀⇛ o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-08-10_[Older]_How_drugs_can_warp your_sense_of_time⠀⇛ # ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-08-11_[Older]_Greens_call_for Inglorious_12th_to_be_cancelled_after_avian_influenza discovery⠀⇛ o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-08_[Older]_Amazon_Removes_AI-Generated Books_That_Spoofed_an_Author’s_Byline⠀⇛ o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-08-11_[Older]_America’s_original_hacking supergroup_creates_a_free_framework_to_improve_app_security⠀⇛ # ⚓ Daniel Aleksandersen ☛ 2023-08-08_[Older]_The_trouble_with decommissioning_a_used_FIDO_security_key⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-08_[Older]_Adobe_Releases_Security_Updates for_Multiple_Products⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-08_[Older]_Fortinet_Releases_Security_Update for_FortiOS⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-08_[Older]_Microsoft_Releases_August_2023 Security_Updates⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-10_[Older]_CISA_Releases_Twelve_Industrial Control_Systems_Advisories⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-10_[Older]_​Siemens_Solid_Edge,_JT2Go,_and Teamcenter_Visualization⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-10_[Older]_Siemens_Parasolid_Installer⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-10_[Older]_​Siemens_JT_Open,_JT_Utilities, and_Parasolid⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-10_[Older]_​Siemens_Software_Center⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-10_[Older]_Siemens_RUGGEDCOM_CROSSBOW⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-10_[Older]_Siemens_Parasolid_and_Teamcenter Visualization⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-10_[Older]_​Resource_Allocation_in_Siemens RUGGEDCOM⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-10_[Older]_Siemens_OpenSSL_RSA_Decryption_in SIMATIC⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-10_[Older]_​Siemens_Solid_Edge_SE2023⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-10_[Older]_Network_Mirroring_in_Siemens RUGGEDCOM⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-09_[Older]_CISA_Adds_One_Known_Exploited Vulnerability_to_Catalog⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-08_[Older]_CISA_Releases_Two_Industrial Control_Systems_Advisories⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-08_[Older]_​Schneider_Electric_IGSS⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-08_[Older]_​Hitachi_Energy_RTU500_series⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-07_[Older]_CISA_Adds_One_Known_Exploited Vulnerability_to_Catalog⠀⇛ o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-08-08_[Older]_The_West’s_Double Standards_in_the_Armenian_Crisis⠀⇛ # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-08-08_[Older]_Military_Spending_Is Soaring,_Even_as_Food_Insecurity_Reaches_New_Heights⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-08-06_[Older]_Xi_Jinping’s_vision of_China’s_national_security⠀⇛ # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Bosnia_and_Herzegovina:_Statement_by High_Representative/Vice-President_Borrell_and_Commissioner Várhelyi_on_the_28th_anniversary_of_the_Srebrenica_genocide⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Western_Balkan_Leaders_Meet_In_Tirana_Ahead_Of October_Summit_On_EU_Membership_Bids⠀⇛ EU Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi said that the European Union is committed to the rapid implementation of the region’s growth strategy after meeting in Tirana on July 17 with top government officials from five Balkan countries that want to become members of the EU. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ A_guide_to_Australia’s_planned_strike missiles⠀⇛ Australia is planning to acquire a remarkable variety of strike missiles—weapons designed to hit distant surface targets. They will differ in capabilities and will variously be carried by aircraft, ships and trucks. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-08-11_[Older]_What_are_the_current opportunities_and_threats_facing_environmental_security?⠀⇛ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-08-05_[Older]_UK Government_announces_plans_to_bolster_energy_security and_embrace_renewables_amid_global_turmoil⠀⇛ # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-08-08_[Older]_The evolutionary_reasons_humans_love_pets_–_and_nine benefits_of_having_one⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-08-07_[Older]_How_some_fish learned_to_hide_behind_others_to_hunt_–_new_research⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-06_[Older] Protesters_Oppose_Petrobras_Oil_Exploration_Plan_at Mouth_of_Amazon_River⠀⇛ o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-10_[Older]_Analysis- Despite_‘Weak’_Accord,_Amazon_Summit_Bolsters_Call_for_Rich to_Pay_Up⠀⇛ o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Journal_of_Free_Speech_Law:_“Generative_Artificial Intelligence_and_Trade_Secrecy,”_by_Prof._David_S._Levine⠀⇛ Just published, in our symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Speech; more articles from the symposium coming in the next few days. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Journal_of_Free_Speech_Law:_My_“Large_Libel Models?_Liability_for_AI_Output”⠀⇛ 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⠀➾ # ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-08-10_[Older]_Violence_against_Indigenous_People Overshadows_Amazon_Summit⠀⇛ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Political_activist_dies_under_police_detention_in Argentina⠀⇛ Facundo Molares, an independent photojournalist and committed left-wing activist associated with the now-defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), died Thursday when he suffered a heart attack while in police custody. The incident occurred during his participation in protests organized by various left-wing factions as a prelude to the national primary elections. # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-08-12_Drug_Decriminalization Policies_Work_—_With_Properly_Funded_Treatment_Services⠀⇛ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Refugee_photographers_fight_to_raise_awareness about_plight_of_Rohingya_in_Bangladesh⠀⇛ A number of talented photographers who are also residents of the world’s largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, in southeastern Bangladesh, are using their art to raise awareness about the plight of their people, the Rohingya. They are currently trying to raise awareness about malnutrition in the camps – a result of stricter rationing as the World Food Programme has lost resources. # ⚓ Axios ☛ UPS_workers_got_themselves_a_deal⠀⇛ UPS_workers are celebrating the deal their union reached with the company on Tuesday as the biggest win in a generation. Why it matters:The tentative five-year agreement between UPS and the Teamsters union representing more than 340,000 workers averted what would’ve been the biggest strike in decades. It will likely embolden unionized workers around the country to dig in their heels and demand higher wages and better benefits. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ UPS_avoided_a_major_strike_as_Teamsters_tout “historic_deal”⠀⇛ United Parcel Service (UPS) workers—represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters—have announced a “historic” new_contract_agreement with the delivery giant. The tentative five-year deal, reached just days before the existing contract was set to expire, averts the possibility of a major strike next month. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Italy_rail_strike_strands_commuters and_tourists_in_sweltering_weather_at_height_of_tourism season⠀⇛ A train strike across Italy has stranded workers and tourists alike on a sweltering weekday at the peak of high tourism season. The strike on Thursday even affected some high-speed lines that are usually guaranteed during Italy’s frequent transport stoppages. Transport Minister Matteo Salvini signed a decree ordering the two-day strike be cut in half. But even that truncated stoppage forced the cancellation of service up and down the peninsula. At Milan’s main rail station, for example, eight of 20 scheduled Trenitalia trains scheduled between 10:30-11:30 a.m. were canceled. # ⚓ YLE ☛ [Old]_Consumer_watchdog_orders_ticket_refunds_after bus_strike⠀⇛ Bus firms in some cities declined to refund customers who had purchased monthly tickets when service was disrupted. They have now been told to compensate customers affected. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ As_Hollywood_Strikes_Roll_On,_Viewers Catch_Up_With_a_TV_Glut⠀⇛ After years of being inundated with new shows, some are using a pause in production to finally watch all the stuff they missed when it came out. # ⚓ RFA ☛ [Old]_Myanmar_military_arrests_10_workers_for_garment factory_strikes⠀⇛ The detained include 2 members of a banned union. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ [Old]_US_Delivery_Truck_Drivers’_Nationwide Strike_Imminent:_The_Hill⠀⇛ The UPS Teamsters gave UPS a one-week notice to “exchange a stronger economic proposal” to over 340,000 employees of the shipping company. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ [Old]_Hollywood_actors_extend_contract_talks, temporarily_averting_strike⠀⇛ The agreement gives the two sides more time to work out a deal and prevent a work stoppage that would have added to ongoing labor strife in Hollywood. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ [Old]_Southern_California_Hotel_Workers_Strike for_Higher_Pay⠀⇛ “…the strike is expected to last four days until the holiday concludes…” # ⚓ New York Times ☛ [Old]_How_Elba_Makes_a_Living_Wage⠀⇛ We’re covering a hotel strike in Los Angeles, extreme heat and an Alzheimer’s drug. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ [Old]_UPS_workers_resumed_practicing_for_a_strike after_negotiations_broke_down⠀⇛ UPS workers in Gardena, California, were picketing yesterday (July 6)—but the strike hasn’t started yet. It’s a practice protest. Teamsters, the union representing over 340,000 United Parcel Service (UPS) workers whose contract is due to expire on July 31, is in a deadlock with the shipping and delivery service. # ⚓ [Old]_Procurement_Services_preparing_for_potential_UPS strike⠀⇛ With the possibility of a UPS labor strike, Procurement Services is taking steps to minimize potential disruptions to U-M’s inbound and outbound shipping operations. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ [Old]_A_UPS_Strike_Would_Be_a_Mistake_— and_an_Avoidable_One⠀⇛ The Teamsters and management have surprisingly strong ties. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ [Old]_Teachers_in_England_Stage_Second_Strike This_Week⠀⇛ Members of the National Education Union returned to the picket lines and staged local demonstrations following a previous walkout on Wednesday. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ [Old]_Barristers_in_Ireland_are_set_to_strike_over Criminal_Legal_Aid_fees⠀⇛ Irish barristers have scheduled another in a series of protests regarding pay in relation to Criminal Legal Aid cases. The campaign, entitled “A Celebration of Failure 2” will take place outside the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin on July 14. # ⚓ [Old]_Over_2,400_municipal_workers_in_İstanbul’s_Kadıköy_go on_strike⠀⇛ The workers demand improvements in their wages, equal status with other public employees, and reduction in tax deductions. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ [Old]_Why_Are_Hollywood_Actors_Striking? Here’s_What_to_Know⠀⇛ Here’s why Hollywood is facing its first industrywide shutdown in more than 60 years, and what it could mean for your favorite shows. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ [Old]_Fran_Drescher_Takes_Center_Stage_as the_Actors’_Union_Leader⠀⇛ Fran Drescher, who became a household name for her role on a 1990s sitcom, is now president of the union going on strike. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ [Old]_Hollywood_actors_vote_to_join_writers_in strike_after_talks_stall⠀⇛ After discussions stalled between union leadership and the industry’s major employers, the actors guild voted on Thursday to go on strike. The actors join Hollywood’s writers, who have been on strike for two months, in the first joint strike in six decades. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ [Old]_Hollywood_Actors_Unite_to_Go_on_Strike After_Decades⠀⇛ It’s the first time that Hollywood witnessed two industry-wide strikes at the same time since 1960 and is also the first actors’ strike since 1980. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ [Old]_In_Hollywood,_the_Strikes_Are_Just Part_of_the_Problem⠀⇛ The entertainment industry is trying to figure out the economics of streaming. It’s also facing angst over a tech-powered future and fighting to stay culturally dominant. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ [Old]_Actors’_Strike_Won’t_Halt_39 Independent_Projects,_SAG-AFTRA_Says⠀⇛ SAG-AFTRA confirmed the productions had no ties to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents big studios. More exemptions could follow. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ [Old]_In_Hollywood_Strike,_Actors_and Studios_Are_‘Far_Apart’_on_Key_Issues⠀⇛ The actors’ union and the organization that bargains on behalf of the studios traded statements underscoring how much work needs to be done to reach an agreement. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ [Old]_Hollywood_Directors_Stand_Apart_From Actors’_and_Writers’_Strikes⠀⇛ Their union agreed to a deal with the studios last month. With actors and writers on strike, the industry is shut down anyway. # ⚓ France24 ☛ [Old]_Senegalese_opponent_Sonko_says_he_has started_hunger_strike_over_arrest⠀⇛ Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko said Sunday he had started a hunger strike from custody after being arrested this week. # ⚓ [Old]_Sputnik_employees_will_go_on_strike⠀⇛ The Journalists Union of Turkey has decided to go on strike at Sputnik in the following days if they are not able to reach an agreement with the employer of the agency. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Cab_Drivers_Strike_Leaves_5_Dead_in_South Africa⠀⇛ On Tuesday, South African Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga ordered the immediate release of the cabs and minibuses seized by the Cape Town City Council and declared that the legislation had been “wrongly executed and applied,” according to media reports. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ [Old]_South_Africa_minibus_taxi_strike_ends_after deadly_protests⠀⇛ Five people were killed amidst a protest and labor strike by taxi drivers in South Africa over new vehicle impoundment regulations. The strike officially ended Thursday. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality (A Tad Dated)⠀➾ # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Event_Wrap:_PacNOG_31⠀⇛ APNIC actively participated at PacNOG 31, held from 26 to 30 June in Port Vila, Vanuatu. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Updating_APNIC’s_governance_structure⠀⇛ The APNIC Executive Council has announced several improvements to APNIC’s governance structure. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Event_Wrap:_IPv6_Community_Event⠀⇛ Tuan Nguyen gave an update of IPv6 capability in Tonga at the IPv6 Community Event, held on 8 June 2023 in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Delegated_domain_verification⠀⇛ Guest Post: When it comes to managing TLS certificates, one often-overlooked aspect is delegated domain verification. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Event_Wrap:_btNOG_10⠀⇛ APNIC presented on IPv6 and SD-WAN and conducted an IPv6 workshop at btNOG 10, held from 5 to 9 June 2023 in Paro, Bhutan. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Privacy_and_networking:_Part_6_—_Essential questions_for_privacy_best_practices⠀⇛ Guest Post: What are some best practices network operators can follow to reduce their risk? # ⚓ APNIC ☛ [Podcast]_Content_vs_carriage⠀⇛ On the eternal tension between content and carriage, with a new twist. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Event_Wrap:_PhNOG_2023⠀⇛ Shane Hermoso helped moderate the first PhNOG BoF at PhNOG 2023, held from 10 to 14 July in Makati, Philippines. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ DNSOP_at_IETF_117⠀⇛ An extensive summary of activity in the DNS Operations Working Group. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ IEPG_at_IETF_117⠀⇛ Tweaking BGP, RPKI, HBH extension headers, and more. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Event_Wrap:_npNOG_8⠀⇛ Chimi Dorji presented on the status of IPv6 in the South Asian region and Nepal at npNOG 8, held from 18 to 23 June in Kathmandu, Nepal. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-08-07_[Older]_Amazon_will_reportedly_meet with_the_FTC_ahead_of_potential_antitrust_lawsuit⠀⇛ # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-08-07_[Older]_Newly_Unionized Amazon_Delivery_Drivers_Say_the_Company_Is_Hiding_Behind Subcontractors⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-08-10_[Older]_Amazon_is_reportedly_cutting most_of_its_in-house_clothing_brands⠀⇛ # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-08-11_[Older]_Bad_cases_make_bad_law: Has_DABUS_“the_AI_inventor”_actually_invented_anything? 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