𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Thursday, August 24, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Fri 25 Aug 02:52:16 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/2023/08/24/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmTcZH4zeE6SzC8S3Sqgx1X7NFfYGP2vprisQByQEW5nbx QmeHyPcfAoVduU1xVyTC25qhvMBYeDVfT7bjjzZhGC7E3k QmfXKhYcGYHZGufpdVU71ZTTo1cCovxR9GpF1HuxR4f1VH QmdoTZo8Mevtx6RZCctMfwQ2Y4ffZS4ZQ6SjUZEWNm5pRa QmZ8HUFLDLxvBHLKutyBuQ6a4TTR6hb3ZAFg3gf5MsGv4Z QmdW1PZqQK5LjoM41V2gKL2KqnHaEqwHdd4G1YYxa7JTEz QmYYePurSm8yAKEwRv17i1k4Q7ju7m4SQByFQcLC8HtY7x QmaRubG8aC9J2F4D9dmkGvjTspm5HdnsTMqDuVHGcPc8k5 QmQRTBqrhT8MUXdVEwJShtA9dbvEtZNFjWkf2QjuuactPS QmRvPmuQj51W76zvbu8EJVsufNdff2k6sLwDW4kU1Umw72 QmVsL5SjB4i4sLymC3HBZkhwBhNY5MXy27LZs9QBCDgtZo QmNdfSVvGLKtGutRooKPbAq57B9AZoPeYGGSjhD1a2fVET QmZnEb1NMj8vNm5EXH9jb8unPV3bTrZKvHcvsEczvMfMYS QmPrM5Hu5PNR7zjUmtsvqm8xkZsrE96qx4CaEuQrKFfjFd QmfR8XxBEMVs1Mue6wS1NKXYG8optDVxN7EFcGCzvD1Q9z QmbqCQ6R4NusTRm9E3YjVzj9c1FxCfEvrfqShjAZLaCyQS QmeZFBVX9fk1V5VBuSsZpDpx2dnJBatXxASzUtAm4wrZ26 QmR8687kGyLT5rdVV9a5wwcd599wytXYh8CbSBUtHMqNx6 QmVL6ny5v6haHeg8eGHJrcSY343AUa4deXjfvCw1ZDmDz6 QmWKPms4oLgJhFJZPgySVW8kBSCBHkHuEbpSJ9Hu8w899a QmYRNEXfEKgCkNrxSJTkmHBQSawGzsT7jTG9zeGBgLZpYW ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Big Blue Blues: How IBM is Betraying Red Hat Staff and the Rest of Us | Techrights ⦿ Office 365 and Google Docs Are Not the Solution to IBM Deleting LibreOffice From Red Hat and Fedora | Techrights ⦿ Politicians Should Not Use Social Control Media to Communicate to the Public and the Public Should Get News From News Sites | Techrights ⦿ Mozilla Bricking Firefox ESR Deliberately. This Code Breaks Tor Browser Too. | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 | Techrights ⦿ Almost 4 Months After IBM (Red Hat) Sacked Red Hat’s Open Source People the Site Open Source dot Com Remains Dead | Techrights ⦿ What Is the Point of the Servo Rendering Engine? | Techrights ⦿ IBM Lotus Symphony “Donation” Revisited After LibreOffice Debacle | Techrights ⦿ The Need to Get Rid of ’Secure’ (Restricted) Boot Once and for All; It Should Never Have Been Permitted in the First Place and It’s Not Secure | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/08/24/big-blue-blues/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/24/deleting-libreoffice-from-red-hat-and-fedora/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/24/do-not-use-social-control-media/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/24/firefox-esr-breaks/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/24/irc-log-230823/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/24/open-source-dot-com-remains-dead/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/24/servo-rendering-engine/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/24/symphony-debacle/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/24/uefi-problems/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/08/24/another-social-place-in-geminispace/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/24/bazzite/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/24/blocking-a-microsoft-takeover/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/24/gmid-2-0-alpha/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/24/kde-gear-23-08/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 75 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/24/big-blue-blues/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/24/big-blue-blues/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.24.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Big_Blue_Blues:_How_IBM_is_Betraying_Red_Hat_Staff_and_the_Rest_of_Us⠀✐ Posted in Free/Libre_Software, GNU/Linux, IBM, Office_Suites, Red_Hat at 1:01 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum a1935d5f99307a0862ecf511eefc9466 IBM Run by Wrong Ideology Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/ibm-latest-letdown.webm Summary: IBM is neglecting and betraying the GNU/Linux community; it’s a very big deal because IBM owns and controls Red Hat, which is the maintainer/ developer of many important packages that other distributions (not Fedora/RHEL/ derivatives) use TODAY’s first article (from me at least) was a short_bit_of_commentary regarding IBM’s_current_status — a subject often touched lately by Ryan, including_last_night. IBM’s behaviour isn’t consistent with Red Hat’s and does not match Red Hat’s values. “IBM cannot even bother compiling a decent office suite — something that one- man distro teams can certainly afford to do, so why not a company with hundreds of thousands of staff members?”As noted in the video above, Red Hat’s own ideologues have left the company if one calls Free software people “ideologues” (rather than clueless MBAs). It’s hard to get a list of who left and why, but people can tell which names vanished and where they reappeared later. That list would be quite long. Red Hat has a very severe crisis of “brain drain” and if things persist in the same awful trajectory/ies, we may never see a Fedora 40 because essential_staff was removed and many_essential_packages_become orphaned. IBM cannot even bother compiling a decent office suite — something that one-man_distro_teams_can_certainly_afford_to_do, so why not a company with hundreds of thousands of staff members? What does that tell us about IBM? █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 130 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/24/deleting-libreoffice-from-red-hat-and-fedora/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/24/deleting-libreoffice-from-red-hat-and-fedora/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.24.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Office_365_and_Google_Docs_Are_Not_the_Solution_to_IBM_Deleting_LibreOffice From_Red_Hat_and_Fedora⠀✐ Posted in Free/Libre_Software, GNU/Linux, IBM, Microsoft, Office_Suites, Red Hat at 7:39 pm by Guest Editorial Team Reprinted with permission from Ryan_Farmer O ffice 365 and Google Docs Are Not the Solution to IBM Deleting LibreOffice From Red Hat and Fedora. In fact, Office 365 and Google Docs are not a solution to anything, at all. IBM’s employees who were trolling people before they deleted the “HyperKitty” discussion claimed that affected users could just go use Microsoft Office 365 or Google Docs. This is basically the worst thing a person could do. Why? Web Applications are fully controlled by whoever runs the server they reside on. It’s amazingly worse than a non-Free set of binaries on your computer. It’s even worse than non-Free binaries with “product activation”. If you told me 20 years ago that there was going to be something worse than proprietary binaries with a leash, I would have not believed it. But it’s here. (LibreOffice doesn’t have the product activator leash. It’s Free and Open Source Software and it doesn’t ask anyone’s licensing server if you can run it!) It’s flat-out stupid to rely on an application that may not even be there tomorrow, or one you could lose access to, for any reason, including “not paying the rent” (which is too damn high). On the security front, it also means storing your documents on the server of US corporations, which may be illegal to do where you are, and letting them scan your document contents, and share them or leak them without your knowledge, which could not happen if you stored them on something you control from a program on your computer. Microsoft refers to victims of Azure as “tenants”. Some of the victims agreed to do their computing there, except for victims of State governments and corrupt corporations. I cannot do business with my own State government without giving them documents in Microsoft formats. Fortunately, LibreOffice can quack like Microsoft enough to fake my way past the government agencies. Illinois a very corrupt State (perhaps the worst in all of America) where government contracts have, since forever, gone out to whoever bribes the politicians. One Governor of Illinois, Otto Kerner, went to prison after the person he shook down for bribes (for a freeway off ramp to a horse betting track) declared it on their income taxes as a cost of doing business with the State. At various points we’ve had two Governors in prison at the same time. Rod Blagojevich (for attempting to sell Barack Obama’s vacant US Senate seat) and George Ryan (for selling Illinois Commercial Driver’s Licenses to operate 52 foot big rigs anywhere in America and Canada to people who failed the driving test). There’s plenty more corruption, and as you may imagine, not everyone who takes bribes goes to prison. Chicago is by far the dirtiest place in the entire State, and while Aldermen frequently get pinched, nobody touches the Mayors. One of the State’s dirty dealings is steering business to Microsoft. Microsoft benefits when this happens because then all 12.8 million residents in the State have to figure out a way to make something quack like Microsoft Office when it comes time to submit documents. It’s not only the State. The State exercises full control over ComEd, the electric company, which barfs out Chrome-isms on you when you try to pay your electric bill, with Azure, which has had a horrible track record on security (like most Microsoft products have). Even when it comes to private industry, there is corruption. When you send documents to FedEx to be printed, they only accept them in Microsoft formats. I even tried Open Document Format to see if it would work, and it wouldn’t. You basically have three choices. Microsoft Office, PDF, or take a picture of the document as a screenshot and save it to JPEG and hand it to their printer. All of this is ridiculous, and on top of that, FedEx tries to charge you 68 cents a page now by opting you to the most expensive paper and “Full Color” for Black & White documents. Confusingly, you have to accept this, and then upload the document, and then in the print preview, you select “Black & White” and then “Standard White” paper, which you can only select when it’s Black & White. Removing “Full Color” drops the price to 23 cents per page, then switching to “Standard White” drops it to 21 cents per page. Then you can get a FedEx Office account number for free (expect a lot of aggressive calls about how they can help your business) and put that in each time you print to drop it to 19 cents per page. That’s a bit better. Or you can just put it on a flash drive and select the settings at the printer. I go through this mainly because the cost of owning a printer is worse. (The ink.) Even if the problem of Microsoft was solved today, by Microsoft going out of business, we’d be dealing with the Microsoft Office mess forever. Their products are hardly exceptional, so they have gone to hundreds of millions of dollars worth of dirty tricks and public and private corruption to spread Microsoft Office. The problem has only ever gotten more obscene. Generally, when people had binaries of Microsoft Office on their computer, they didn’t want to pay $100 to update to a version that didn’t do anything they needed. Since Microsoft couldn’t justify (or may not have even been able to enforce it if they could) taking the binaries off your computer, they let you keep them, but they changed the formats, so that as soon as anyone opened and saved them in the new version, everyone else had to upgrade because they would open it up in their version, which may only have been one release old, and they would get broken rendering. My dad even commented on this behavior in the 1990s, when he worked for Thomson Consumer Electronics. He said they had to update everything to Office 97 (which forced you to install Internet Explorer and destabilize your computer whether you wanted to or not), and I asked why, and he said “Microsoft breaks the files as soon as anyone opens and saves them in the new format, so you have to upgrade everyone and pay for licenses.”. Then that spilled over, and before you know it there’s so many Office 97 files out there, there’s no avoiding it, then the same thing with every version since then. The problem was widely known back then, but business managers killing the company, in part by wasting money on Microsoft products (including Windows NT when IRIX workstations would be the obvious choice), didn’t personally suffer from it at the time (although many eventually got canned as the company fell apart…..you don’t need many of these people when you’ve transformed into a patent troll coasting on MP3). There were competing office suites, but few of them were any good, and even if they were, their compatibility with Microsoft was lacking. Today, we have an alternative. LibreOffice. When there finally was an open standard, OASIS OpenDocument, Microsoft sabotaged it. They bought a “standard” for their competing OOXML format from the ISO (which is corrupt), then they sabotaged the idea of open data formats for the office programs in numerous ways, the major ones being: 1. Broken OOXML filters for older versions of Microsoft Office. 2. Not implementing their own “Standard” for decades and claiming they had a “Transitional” version instead, which naturally kept changing. 3. Implemented ODF, but did so incorrectly, and had Microsoft Office crap out “Microsoftisms” into the format. This way they could continue selling Microsoft Office to governments that mandated ODF. 4. Bribing and paying off corrupt governments to use OOXML so that people like me would have to figure out how to use it even against our will, even though nobody would reimburse us for having to buy products. It’s #4 that I need LibreOffice for. I don’t want to use Microsoft Office, and I especially don’t want their shit show for the “Web”, which could disappear or be changed against my will tomorrow. I refuse to be their pawn and I refuse to pay to do it. That’s basically why I packed up and left Fedora for openSUSE, which has not orphaned their real office suite and told me I could go use a solution that may not exist at any point in time, and which wouldn’t even leave me with old binaries I could use when it does. (Microsoft Office 365 and Google Docs. Google kills so many products that people call them the Google Graveyard. If something isn’t making enough money, they take it out and shoot it and if you’ve incorporated it into your workflow, sucks to be you. It’s the same with any corporation.) The values of using, advocating, and writing open standards and solutions that used to exist at Red Hat has been taken outside and shot by IBM. It greatly irritates the people working there that haven’t been laid off when you say this, so keep saying this. If it wasn’t true, it wouldn’t visibly aggravate them. One of the ways that IBM is screwing its RHEL customers, the Fedora community, and others, is by helping Microsoft “take down” the competition, in this case LibreOffice, and then providing free advertising of Office 365, which is a trap designed to ensnare fools. People should think carefully if this is the company they want to support. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 390 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/24/do-not-use-social-control-media/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/24/do-not-use-social-control-media/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.24.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Politicians_Should_Not_Use_Social_Control_Media_to_Communicate_to_the_Public and_the_Public_Should_Get_News_From_News_Sites⠀✐ Posted in Deception at 7:55 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 05126f6af1ad451141a17a95de1d5699 Social Control Media a National Security Threat Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/outsourced-public-officials.webm Summary: Some recent stories about emergencies ought to remind us that Social Control Media poses a threat to nations and populations; we need to move away from such platforms and encourage others — including public officials — to do the same THE power of syndication via feeds (e.g. RSS) was routinely stressed here in recent years. There’s a reason why many people don’t even know what that means. As the video above explains, Instagram being used by politicians in place of official communications is an ongoing problem which has not gone away with the demise of Twitter. They just don’t_seem_to_have_learned_their_lessons from “X”. Later on they moan that private companies such as Facebook/Meta, which owns Instagram, prevent or discourage access to news sites. This recently happened in Canada. “An excessively centralised Web is actually a risk to functioning democracies and it moreover facilitates foreign/corporate interference.”The real solution to all this is to teach the public to not use or not rely on these foreign companies and instead subscribe directly to news sites or politicians’ sites. An excessively centralised Web is actually a risk to functioning democracies and it moreover facilitates foreign/corporate interference. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 445 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/24/firefox-esr-breaks/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/24/firefox-esr-breaks/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.24.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Mozilla_Bricking_Firefox_ESR_Deliberately._This_Code_Breaks_Tor_Browser Too.⠀✐ Posted in Free/Libre_Software at 8:26 pm by Guest Editorial Team Reprinted with permission from Ryan_Farmer 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Firefox_ESR_meme⦈_ The Tor Browser, currently based on Firefox ESR 102.14, hasn’t been able to play any videos for about 3 months now on most Linux distributions. So everyone using it is now completely secure from maliciously crafted videos seeking to exploit your codecs embedded in Web pages. B-) Thanks Mozilla! 😛 What seems to have happened is that they patched support for ffmpeg 4 out of Firefox and BACKPORTED it to 102 ESR for no reason, meanwhile they also didn’t add support for ffmpeg 6. (Even though ffmpeg 4 is a currently supported stable branch upstream.) Also, around the same time ffmpeg 6 landed in Fedora (close to the time I deleted Fedora and moved to openSUSE Leap KDE) and broke video playback in SeaMonkey, however I talked to the SeaMonkey developers on IRC and they quickly patched it so it can handle both versions! It was one of the last patches that went in before the current release. So now SeaMonkey has video playback with both versions, unlike any version of Firefox. Which is cool, because no matter what you do, it works. Also, SeaMonkey lets me shop at Walmart, which is broken in Firefox 115 ESR. I could check Walmart in Firefox 116, but then I’d have three versions of Firefox (or derivatives) on my computer and they would all have different annoying and serious defects. Mozilla is trying to brick things deliberately in Firefox, for no actual reason than to harass people trying to use something that’s not their latest and shittiest version yet. The SeaMonkey people are actually really nice. 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As an associate puts it, IBM used to support Linux but it seems that it was due to people in the leadership positions, specifically ones that valued money over ideology. Now there seem to be Microsofters in their place and they are dyed-in-the-wool ideologues willing to throw away billions of dollars per year just to push their rotten agenda built around their backwards and defective product line. The thread about Lotus Notes complicates matters from that time though. Twenty years ago, IBM was making money hand over fist from its Linux investments. I’d call Free Software proponents pragmatists and the money- losing, ransomware-hosting Microsofters as ideologues. ⣿⢀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣿⣶⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠐⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠃⠀⠁⠀⠄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣇⣤⡄⠀⣶⣿⣿⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢐⣄⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣤⣿⡿⠟⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣽⣿⣿⢠⠀⠘⠛⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⣵⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣼⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣷⣤⣤⣴⣧⣧⣦⣤⣤⣄⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣼⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣧⣧⣧⣤⣼⣿⣽⣾⣦⣿⡇⣷⡥⣼⣥⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡮⣤⣤⣤⡤⣥⣴⡼⣴⣦⣧⣾⣼⣼⣸⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣯⣽⣾⣾⣶⣤⣤⣤⣷⣴⣥⣷⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣴⣿⣤⣴⣴⣤⣤⣼⣷⣵⣷⣧⣖⣤⣤⣮⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣤⣤⣷⣼⣾⣦⣦⣧⣬⣥⣾⣤⣷⣶⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣛⣟⣟⣛⣛⢟⡟⢿⢻⡛⡛⡟⣻⣛⣟⣟⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣴⣭⣥⣴⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣥⣧⣴⣎⣯⣿⣬⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣟⣟⣟⣟⡛⣛⣛⣿⣿⡟⠛⣛⣟⢟⣟⡟⢛⣟⠛⡿⠟⣻⡛⠋⢛⠻⠟⡛⠟⠛⡛⢿⣿⣿⢻⠿⣿⢿⢟⡿⠟⠿⢿⢿⠟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⡿⠿⣿⢿⢿⣿⣿⢿⠻⡿⣿⡿⡟⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠿⡿⢘⡻⢿⢻⢿⣿⣿⣿⢟⣿⣿⣿⣟⣻⢻⢛⠛⣻⣛⡛⣛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣟⣻⣻⢛⣿⣻⡟⣛⣟⣿⣛⢛⣛⣟⣛⣛⣻⢛⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⡗⢸⣷⣷⣾⣾⣧⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⡻⣻⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢡⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⠀⢠⡄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣟⣱⣿⣯⣯⣯⣿⣯⣽⣿⣿⣿⣧⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣈⣸⣯⣝⣯⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣅⢀⣯⣯⣿⣽⣽⣯⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⡿⡿⢿⢿⡿⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⡿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⡿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣧⣤⣤⣤⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⠂⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣤⣤⣤⣤⡄⠀⠀⣤⣤⣤⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⡏⠉⠉⢹⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⡤⡄⢹⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠘⠛⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⢈⣿⠁⢸⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⢿⣤⡄⠀⣀⣶⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⡇⢀⣀⣀⣀⡀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢠⣤⣧⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⢨⣟⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣦⣾⣷⣿⣿⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡭⣧⣸⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⡀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣋⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣿⣿⣇⣸⣿⣿⣿⣇⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣇⣀⣀⣀⣸⣿⣿⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣯⣈⣩⣭⣿⣉⣙⣩⣁⡏⣟⣿⣟⣏⣍⣏⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣸⣹⣹⣉⣉⣉⣉⣿⣋⣹⣿⣹⣻⣻⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣟⣿⣟⣹⣩⣯⣈⣛⣁⣏⣉⣿⣧⣉⣍⣉⣉⣉⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣯⣽⣽⣁⣫⣭⣍⣫⣏⣯⣩⣯⣯⣯⣫⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣽⣽⣝⣩⣭⣯⣫⣯⣬⣫⡟⣭⣿⣯⣯⣋⣉⣯⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣍⣩⣯⢹⣽⣽⡝⣏⡉⣙⣍⣹⣝⣽⣿⣍⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⡿⢿⠿⡿⡿⣿⢿⡿⠿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣙⣉⣉⣯⣛⡏⣋⣫⢙⣛⣏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣝⣝⣏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡷⡷⡶⢶⣷⡶⡶⣿⢶⣿⢶⢶⢶⣷⡾⠿⢷⢾⠷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⠟⡿⣿⣿⠿⡿⣿⢿⠿⡷⢿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⢾⠶⢾⠾⠿⠶⡶⠾⡷⡿⢾⢷⡾⠷⠷⢶⢶⠷⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢷⠶⠾⢾⢾⠶⠷⡶⠷⣿⣾⢶⠾⣶⣿⣷⣷⣷⣾⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢾⢶⡞⡷⡿⡷⣷⡷⠿⣾⢿⠿⠿⠷⢿⠿⣾⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣷⣿⣷⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡏⠈⣿⣻⡻⣿⣛⣻⣻⣻⣛⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠉⢻⣿⣛⣟⣛⣟⣟⣟⣟⣿⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡋⠈⣟⣿⣻⣻⣟⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣷⣶⣾⣷⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣷⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 757 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/24/servo-rendering-engine/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/24/servo-rendering-engine/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.24.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ What_Is_the_Point_of_the_Servo_Rendering_Engine?⠀✐ Posted in Free/Libre_Software at 8:00 pm by Guest Editorial Team Reprinted with permission from Ryan_Farmer Y esterday, in the article about IBM_“donating”_Lotus_Symphony as they sabotage LibreOffice_and_give_Microsoft_free_advertising, most of which was still proprietary and not able to be incorporated in any open source program, I mentioned Mozilla donating Servo to the Linux Foundation after Mitchell Baker laid off many Gecko developers. At this point, I’m not sure what Servo is even there to do. It’s not the rendering engine of any Web browser. It hasn’t even been around THAT long, and already the “Rust Programmers” have decided that most of the modules are “legacy code” and will be re-written. It’s very interesting that the favored way to develop software in Rust is to declare working code that’s not even old “legacy” and rewrite it. Many of the applications I use have code that goes back into the 80s or 90s, and those are actually the best applications. The developers have actual goals for the project other than being someone’s subsidy black hole which can’t even correctly render the Acid2_test. A test designed to beat Web browsers of 2005 into conformance with (mostly) Cascading Style Sheets Level 2. Mozilla’s CEO Mitchell Baker has squandered an enormous amount of money, opportunity, and goodwill by investing in cash furnaces to replace written and working code, and dump a new programming language into their competitors’ laps. Calling Mozilla independent from Google is like saying that Belarus isn’t part of Russia. There’s this incestuous relationship where they get 90% of their money from Google and Mitchell Baker makes sure almost everything nasty and non-standard that they “propose” for Chrome makes its way into Firefox. But it’s still not enough and mainstream Web sites still give Firefox users the finger, which is why you can’t select a pickup time at Walmart and checkout with your order. In the 1990s, there was a relationship sort of like this. Microsoft was under a lot of heat from the government. Apple was on the verge of failure, so Microsoft bought $700 million worth of the company that it didn’t even want and told the government, “We have really bad competition, that has 0.7% of computer users. And these folks are fucking WEIRD man, oh and we own 31% of the shares. But they’re a competitor.” (My Uncle had a Mac. It was System 7.5.5 or something. If all you wanted to do was open a spreadsheet, it worked I guess. I played around on it messing around opening windows and checking out the screensavers, but it didn’t have any games so I got bored. When OS X came out I tried some demo computers out, but at this point it had a dock that took up most of the screen and window management didn’t work. It was hilariously even more of a usability nightmare than Windows XP.) As_Mozilla_kicks_SeaMonkey_out (possibly as a prelude to shutting down the Wiki and Bugzilla entirely and renting_something_else_from_Google), SeaMonkey has a chance to actually outlive Mozilla and Firefox. At the rate_Mozilla_is_losing_Firefox_users (which they admit to, in statistics they publish themselves), it will cease to be a viable company in between 5 and 7 years. All SeaMonkey has to do is last longer than that, and it will have outlived Facebook_Blake_and_Apple_Dave’s_Firefox_fork. (Disclaimer: I’ve always disliked Firefox. The fork didn’t even solve its ungodly, at the time, consumption of RAM. It just deleted Mail, News, IRC, and the Web Development tools. At the time I tried Phoenix 0.1, they had to rename it twice, I said “Oh what in the Hell is this?”) But Servo…..at the “Linux Foundation”. What ARE they even doing in there? For what purpose does it serve? I recently downloaded a copy and ran it, and it was pretty useless. It’s basically like trying to install ReactOS to a PC to run Windows programs. That’s about the level of Web support Servo has. I recently downloaded ReactOS to try it in a VM and I couldn’t do anything with it because there’s been an error message in it for months stating that it couldn’t find its own installer. That’s a lot of progress since 1996. There really is a ReactOS project, and apparently people do something with it, although God only knows what it is if you can’t even reliably install it in VirtualBox, but you’re better off with Wine on Linux. ReactOS “developers” gather around the dumpster fire of their borked Windows clone singing campfire songs about how much they despise Linux. This seems to be what “Rust Developers” do in relation to C and C++. Whereas you can have a working program then go back and nail your bugs in other languages, in ReactOS, I mean Rust, you can just rewrite the entire program every few years because the runtimes changed that much and get new code with more bugs. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 904 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/24/symphony-debacle/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/24/symphony-debacle/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.24.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ IBM_Lotus_Symphony_“Donation”_Revisited_After_LibreOffice_Debacle⠀✐ Posted in Free/Libre_Software, IBM, Office_Suites, OpenOffice, SUN at 3:05 am by Guest Editorial Team Reprinted with permission from Ryan_Farmer IBM Lotus Symphony Revisited After LibreOffice Debacle. More than a decade ago, IBM had its own fork of OpenOffice.org called Lotus Symphony. They made substantial changes and made those changes proprietary software. You could download the entire office suite for free, but nobody was allowed to see what IBM had done to improve it, and they didn’t contribute bug fixes from it back to OOo. After OOo was donated to the Apache Foundation by Oracle after the Sun buyout, IBM tossed them Lotus Symphony code and stopped developing it. Unfortunately, Apache OpenOffice failed to thrive and exists today sort of “in name only”, like so many other basically dead projects that accumulate at the Apache and Linux Foundations. These Foundations are basically just a hive of graft, corruption, and dead open source projects. (Mozilla gave Servo to the Linux Foundation. LOL.) The real successor to OOo that has the features people want to use is LibreOffice, which IBM recently deleted from Red Hat Enterprise Linux and orphaned in Fedora. (They told_people_to_go_use_Microsoft_Office and then deleted_the_entire_Fedora mailing_list after that when it became obvious to management that people were not happy and that the mailing list activity was starting to be reported on.) But today when I was reminiscing about being a broke high school student that needed an office suite, and ending up with Sun StarOffice 5.2 for 1 penny due to a cash register mishap at Staples (I asked them if it was okay before I bought it.), I came across this old article that escaped me while IBM was claiming to “open source” and “donate” Lotus Symphony. It appears that 3,600_files_were_never_actually_re-licensed_at_all_when_IBM “donated_it”_and_remained_the_property_of_IBM. Not only does it seem like much of the Lotus Symphony Suite never went into Apache OpenOffice, it’s unclear if any of these files were ever actually released as “open source”. If not, that’s a hell of a “donation” and makes you wonder if there’s anything IBM won’t misrepresent and lie about. The specific suspect in question is Italo Vignoli, a director of the Document Foundation and spokesperson for the LibreOffice project. His full_posting can be found on the LibreOffice marketing list. His main complaint was that the Symphony code remained inaccessible to the world as a whole; IBM, he said, did not donate anything to the community at all. This claim might come as a surprise to the casual observer. A quick search turns up Apache’s Symphony page; from there, getting the source is just a matter of a rather less quick 4GB checkout from a Subversion repository. Once one digs a little further, though, the situation becomes a bit less clear. The Apache Software Foundation releases code under the Apache license; they are, indeed, rather firm on that point. The Symphony repository, though, as checked out from svn.apache.org, contains nearly 3,600 files with the following text: * Licensed Materials – Property of IBM. * (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2003, 2011. All Rights Reserved. That, of course, is an entirely non-free license header. Interestingly, over 2,000 of those files also have headers indicating that they are distributable under the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 3). These files, in other words, contain conflicting license information but neither case (proprietary or LGPLv3) is consistent with the Apache license. So it would not be entirely surprising to see a bit of confusion over what IBM has really donated. The conflicting licenses are almost certainly an artifact of how Symphony was developed. IBM purchased the right to take the code proprietary from Sun; when IBM’s code was added to existing, LGPLv3- licensed files, the new headers were added without removing the old. Since this code has all been donated to the Foundation, clearing up the confusion should just be a matter of putting in new license headers. But that has not yet happened. What is going in here is reminiscent of the process seen when AOO first began as an Apache project. Then, too, a pile of code was donated to the Apache Software Foundation, but it did not become available under the Apache license until the first official release happened, quite some time later. In between there unfolded an obscure internal process where the Foundation examined the code, eliminated anything that it couldn’t relicense or otherwise had doubts about, and meditated on the situation in general. To an outsider, the “Apache Way” can seem like a bureaucratic way indeed. It is unsurprising to see this process unfold again with a brand new massive corporate code dump. –Jonathan Corbet (LWN) So it appears that IBM just threw some code over the wall and basked in the karma without actually freeing a lot of it, and the process that played out in the Apache Foundation was quietly, behind closed doors, pouring over code dumps and dropping whatever they couldn’t use and then keeping everyone in the dark about what is actually open source or not or can be included, without ever badmouthing a corporation. The lineage of LibreOffice goes back a long way. StarDivision, a German company, made the first releases in the mid 1980s for CP/M, and if CP/M looks rather MS-DOS like, it’s because MS-DOS is a double stolen product. First, Tim Paterson effectively copied it badly and called it “QDOS” for “Quick and Dirty Operating System”, then Bill Gates tricked him into licensing it to Microsoft for only $50,000, claiming that they needed it for a rather small client, which turned out to be IBM. QDOS was renamed MS-DOS for “Disk Operating System”, and it went on to make Microsoft a huge company. Sun came to buy StarDivision because it needed an office suite for all of Sun’s employees and it was cheaper to buy an entire company than license Microsoft Office. Also, Sun had Solaris customers, and Microsoft was never going to port it to that. Even if they did, they’re a backstabbing and unreliable business partner. Anyway, that’s where I got onboard. I needed an Office program for school had no idea what StarOffice was, but bought it for a penny. I was 16 and the version was 5.2. 23 years later, IBM dumped LibreOffice out of Fedora and RHEL and agitated me into changing operating systems because I’m still one of the users who will do his computing locally with Free Software, and_will_not_go_quietly. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1083 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/24/uefi-problems/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/24/uefi-problems/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.24.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ The_Need_to_Get_Rid_of_‘Secure’_(Restricted)_Boot_Once_and_for_All;_It_Should Never_Have_Been_Permitted_in_the_First_Place_and_It’s_Not_Secure⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Hardware, Microsoft, Security at 8:21 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum ad7f9db93d6419999b7856e7338cb09f Restricted Boot Should be Abolished Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/abolishing-uefi-secure-boot.webm Summary: UEFI did not solve any real problem for the the vast majority of computer users; instead it created new problems and we need to talk about it THIS site has devoted a lot of time (more so this past month) to sinister people who promote Microsoft schemes, but that seemingly personified an inherently technical problem. “The people that pushed UEFI on us rather than just patching BIOS are a related problem,” one reader reminded us this week. The above video revisits the ludicrous concept of ‘secure’_boot where Microsoft gets to determine what’s “secure” or some other entity pretending to be Microsoft gets to ‘legitimise’ malware by labelling it “secure” (it’s not), giving a false sense of “trust” or “safety”. “When it comes to trusting your operating system (or kernel), do not rely on Microsoft.”How many warning signs need we see before there’s a widespread demand that ‘Secure’ (Restricted) Boot gets abolished? Outsourcing the concept of trust to private corporations is a really terrible idea. In the context of the network, not the booting sequence, we’ve seen the subject partly tackled by Gemini. According to these_latest_statistics, “2255 (89.0 %) capsules are self-signed, 222 (8.8 %) use the Certificate Authority Let’s Encrypt” (and that’s DECREASING over time) because Gemini encourages using one’s own certificates and leaving them unchanged for up to a decade, relying on trust upon (or based on) first contact rather than some third party “vouching” trust. When it comes to trusting your operating system (or kernel), do not rely on Microsoft. It’s a criminal, malicious company with mules and moles in the media and various other companies. They don’t care about your security, they just seek to ensure Microsoft’s domination over computer users everywhere. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1148 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.24.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_24/08/2023:_Another_Social_Place_In_Geminispace⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 7:26 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ The_piano-playing_fish⠀⇛ We were talking a few months back on how difficult it was to use language like “fish” but not also mean the various cladistic subgroups of fish (such as horses, birds, and piano players). The gricean maxims helped but have their limits, especially in nerd circles where the gricean maxims have been eroded and it’s a race to the bottom of trying to misunderstand each other as much as possible and as “logically” as possible. Turns out there is a formal way to do it—to use a paraphyletic subset. “All fish except tetrapods” can be paraphyletically called “fish”, “all wasps except for ants and bees” can be paraphyletically called “wasps”. # ⚓ Carrots_&_Cigarettes⠀⇛ People are able to argue anything by having a different definition of words. “Cigarettes are healthy because by cigarettes I mean carrots and by healthy I mean that I buy them by the pound.” That’s no good. The cure for this is not to try to always stick to some dictionary definition and trying to demand others always use the exact same definition as you would and to hold them to what what they said would’ve meant if they were using the same definition as you would’ve used. That’s not a cure for the problem, that’s exacerbating the problem. “OMG how dare you wanna place some restrictions on cigarettes? I need them in my coleslaw!” # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_ILMPTUY_Wordo:_SEMEN⠀⇛ # ⚓ Re:_Men_Should_Not_Wear_Dresses⠀⇛ I haven’t followed this discussion, because I consider this a none issue. Everyone can wear whatever they want. # ⚓ Waterproof⠀⇛ This summer I switched from wearing regular mascara to waterproof mascara. Mascara is serious business for us redheads with pale or invisible eyebrows and eyelashes. I’m not sure how I had three children with thick, black, beautifully curled half-inch eyelashes. I was not blessed with those. Some people don’t have to worry about this, but I almost always feel better about life once I give myself visible eyebrows and eyelashes. # ⚓ NA_beer,_if_you_have_it.⠀⇛ First time posting here, just want to say how much I have loved lurking and reading everyone’s posts. I didn’t really get a chance to experience the “old net”, my version of the “old net” was the SomethingAwful Forums, which were their own brand of insanity. What I enjoy about this space right now is it’s simplicity, and the relaxed attitude that makes me feel comfortable enough to share these mundane thoughts without worrying so much about whether someone else is going to flame me in the comments. I mean, I’m sure it can happen here, but without notifications, votes, etc, I guess I just care less. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ g1_my_little_pony_winamp_/_qmmp_skin⠀⇛ these days i’ve been working on my music collection; downloading and organizing, ressurecting my ipod (and complaining it’s not compatible with gtkpod), and of course getting qmmp, because the skins make me happy. i’ve been using a very uncharacteristic skin, all pastel pink, but it’s cute and makes me happy which is always the point of customization. looks quite nice against my dark blue siphonophore wallpaper too. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Back_in_the_Saddle⠀⇛ It’s been heads down. Work on COBOL for the Gnu Compiler Collection (GCC), or `gcobol`, has been going on for almost two years. That has consumed all the energy of the COBOL team. There is a gcobol section on COBOLworx.com and a current development version of the compiler is available for Ubuntu 20.04 (and the equivalent Debian version). It generally works, passes allmost all of the interesting “NIST-85″ tests, and is worth a try. We’re turning back to GnuCOBOL since the Project recently released 3.2 with significant improvements. The binary installers for GnuCOBOL 3.2 are up on COBOLworx.com. Work on the adaptations to the debugger (`cbl-gdb`) has begun but it will be a while. So it won’t be updated for a bit. [...] We recently Released binaries for OpenLDAP Releases 2.5.15 and 2.6.5. Mostly bug fixes with a few weird “crashers”. # ⚓ Ben:_Episode_55⠀⇛ 1. 00:00:00 Introduction 2. 00:02:30 Future of the Gemcast 3. 00:26:08 Poezio vs. Profanity 4. 00:38:29 Element X and Matrix # ⚓ The_Hidden_Nexus_–_A_Social_Place_In_Gemspace⠀⇛ About 17 days ago I fixed a bug in the server hosting software I use for my Gemini servers. The moment I did that, I started working on a new CGI based Gemini capsule. I kind of hyperfixated on it lol. It’s a place where any registered user can make posts, like, repost, reply, follow other users, etc. All posts can have image embeddings too. It uses some interesting methods to create interactive form pages, as well as very comprehensive user experience settings (with more to come). All of this is done entirely within Gemini, taking its protocol to its limits for some specific things. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1369 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.24.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_24/08/2023:_More_Gaming-Focused_Distros_of_GNU/Linux_(Bazzite)⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 7:36 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Server o Graphics_Stack o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o Programming/Development # Perl_/_Raku # Python * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-13_[Older]_Linux_Weekly_Roundup #248⠀⇛ o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Machine_learning_in_finance:_history,_technologies and_outlook [Ed: Canonical is boosting Microsoft’s_propaganda mill,_Gartner]⠀⇛ Kubeflow, an open source MLOps platform can be used by firms to develop and deploy scalable ML systems. For financial institutions, ensuring the secure management of open-source software and its dependencies is critical. This holds especially true for an open source MLOps platform, where building and maintaining AI/ML-powered intelligent applications must align with stringent compliance, security, and support requirements. # ⚓ CNCF_Graduates_KEDA_Autoscaler_for_Kubernetes_Clusters⠀⇛ The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) revealed today that the Kubernetes Event-Driven Autoscaling (KEDA) project has formally graduated. o § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ AppleInsider ☛ Linux_for_Apple_Silicon_adds_first conformant_M1_GPU_driver⠀⇛ The ongoing Asahi project to bring Linux to Apple Silicon has reached a milestone, adding the first conformant GPU driver for the family of chips. The Asahi Linux project for Mac first teased plans to launch a dedicated GPU driver for Apple Silicon running Linux back in 2022. At the time, they had already reverse-engineered a prototype that was “good enough to run real graphics applications and benchmarks.” Now, in 2023, the first and only conformant OpenGL ES 3.1 GPU driver is available for Apple Silicon- based Macs. # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Linux_on_Apple_Silicon_Gets_Major_GPU_Driver Update⠀⇛ Incidentally, Apple’s own GPU drivers aren’t conformant for any standards-based graphics API, including OpenGL ES — making Asahi’s achievement all the more remarkable. # ⚓ Forbes ☛ Linux_Unlocks_Apple’s_Mac_Platform_For_Gamers⠀⇛ Mac users looking for the best gaming performance from their Apple hardware will be excited to hear about the latest OpenGL drivers meeting industry standards. What will come as a bigger shock is that the drivers do not come from Apple… instead, they come from the Linux community who use Apple’s hardware to run Linux. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ EIN Presswire ☛ SRT_Announces_Linux_Version_of_its Industry-Leading_Titan_SFTP_Server⠀⇛ South River Technologies, Inc. (SRT) today announced the release of their popular Titan SFTP Server for the Linux Platform. Available in AWS and Azure marketplaces, as well as for on-site implementations, Titan SFTP Server for Linux offers all the functionality of the Windows based product. “Over the years we’ve had numerous requests from customers wanting Linux versions of our SFTP, MFT and reverse proxy solutions and we are excited to be able meet this need,” says Michael Ryan, South River Technologies’ CEO. “Adoption of our Linux versions thus far, particularly in the AWS and Azure marketplaces, has been very strong.” o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Giving_Linux_mountd_a_‘–no-nfs- version_4′_argument_does_nothing⠀⇛ We’re long time users specifically of NFS v3, not NFS v4, and so for a long time we also did everything we could to disable NFS v4 on our NFS servers. When our NFS servers became Linux ones in 2018, one of the things we did was to run mountd with a command line option to disable NFS v4: [...] # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Want_tech_cred?_Learn_how_to_email_like_a pro⠀⇛ No, we are not joking; we’re deadly serious. There is an excellent explanation at useplaintext.email, and its URL is the “TL;DR” summary. It will tell you why to use plain text, as well as how to configure your email client to do it, and it does it all in a single page. The main way to format text online is HTML, and HTML email is as unsafe now as it was in 2004 when Network World warned against it – as The Reg did, too. HTML email is a malware vector, it enables spam, and it lays users open to phishing attacks. (Incidentally, formatting using Word is even worse.) We’ve repeatedly warned about it, but it keeps happening. Oh, by the way, HTML messages also offer a way to crack open encrypted mail, too. # ⚓ Bob Cromwell ☛ Why_HTML_E-Mail_is_Dangerous⠀⇛ HTML e-mail will guarantee that you get more spam, because of something called a “web bug”. It also puts you at much greater risk of phishing. You could just take my word for it and turn off HTML, but keep reading for the details. Let’s look at the phishing risk first. # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ We_have_a_NFS_v3_locking_problem_on our_Ubuntu_22.04_servers⠀⇛ I’ve recently written about things like finding who owns NFS v3 locks on a Linux server, breaking NFS locks on 22.04, and experimenting with NFS v4, where I mentioned in an aside that NFS v4 seemed better regarded for file locking. All of this work has been quietly motivated by it becoming obvious to us that we have some sort of NFS (v3) file locking problem on our Ubuntu 22.04 ZFS fileservers. # ⚓ Manuel Matuzovic ☛ Pros_and_cons_of_using_Shadow_DOM_and style_encapsulation⠀⇛ To my surprise, many people replied that they agreed, default to light DOM, and only opt-in when it makes sense. I’m glad because it confirmed my feeling and encouraged me to rethink and restructure some of the components I built. Shadow DOM has its justification but does not always have to be the first choice. To help you make similar decisions, I summarized my pros and cons of Shadow DOM and style encapsulation. Please note that I’m writing this from the perspective of someone who, first and foremost, cares about accessibility and well- structured, semantic HTML. For me, JavaScript is an optional add-on and not the foundation of my code. That implies that I might not have to solve the same problems as others who primarily work with JS- heavy websites. That might also explain why my list of cons is longer than the list of pros. # ⚓ Open Source For U ☛ Mastering_Processes_In_Linux:_A Comprehensive_Tutorial⠀⇛ As a Linux user, you must know how to handle processes. By understanding how to start, list, and kill processes, you can effectively manage resources and ensure smooth operations. This tutorial discusses a few commands that will help you gain valuable insights into the processes running on your Linux system. A process is an instance of a program executing on a system, and Linux provides different ways for managing processes. In this tutorial, we will explore the basics of handling processes in Linux, including starting processes, listing running processes, and killing processes. We will also discuss the concept of parent and child processes. Understanding how to handle processes is an essential skill for any Linux user. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-08-14_[Older]_How_to_Install_Wine_on Ubuntu_to_Run_Windows_Software⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-08-18_[Older]_How_to_Install_the WireGuard_VPN_Client⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-08-13_[Older]_How_to_Download_and Install_TeamViewer_on_Linux⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-17_[Older]_How_to_install PyCharm_Community_Edition_on_a_Chromebook_in_2023⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-16_[Older]_How_to_install_the Vivaldi_browser_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-16_[Older]_How_to_remove_the Linux_Container_on_a_Chromebook⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-14_[Older]_How_to_install MetaTrader5_on_a_Chromebook_with_Crossover_22⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-13_[Older]_How_to_install Blender_3.5.1_on_a_Chromebook⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-13_[Older]_How_to_install Blender_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Get_highly_rated_modern_platformers_like_A Hat_in_Time_in_this_bundle⠀⇛ Ready for a big new bundle of games? Love your modern highly rated platformers like A Hat in Time? Check out the Masterful Modern 3D Platformers on Humble Bundle. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Proton_Experimental_fixes_Rainbow_Six Extraction,_EA_App,_Immortals_of_Aveum⠀⇛ Valve released a fresh mid-week update to Proton Experimental to fix up issues across multiple games, and once again the dreaded EA App behaving badly once again. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Epic_Games’_new_exclusive_deal_gives_devs 100%_for_6_months⠀⇛ Epic Games have announced their new Epic First Run program, to entice more developers to release on their store exclusively and give developers a boost. With this we can expect to see many more developers opt to go Epic exclusive. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Denuvo_expand_their_Anti-Tamper_and_add special_Unreal_Engine_Protection⠀⇛ You all absolutely adore Denuvo right? Well it’s about to expand to offer game developers more options to add into their games so here’s what’s coming. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Cyberpunk_2077:_Phantom_Liberty_new_trailer live,_plus_big_free_update_coming⠀⇛ Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is an upcoming paid expansion for the open world game from CD PROJEKT RED. Here’s all the new details for you. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Blending_GTA_with_Deus_Ex,_Streets_of_Rogue 2_gets_a_first_trailer⠀⇛ As a big fan of the original game, I’m very excited for Streets of Rogue 2. Giving you a big unpredictable open world that combines elements of GTA, Deus Ex and various sandbox games. The first trailer was shown off during Gamescom. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Nightdive_Studios_announce_Turok_3_and_Star Wars:_Dark_Forces_remasters⠀⇛ Seems we have even more remasters on the way from Nightdive Studios, as they’ve now announced both Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered and Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ My_work_in_KDE_for_August_2023⠀⇛ I’m posting this a little bit earlier this month, because I’ll be busy until next week and won’t have a chance to finish anything. I have a lot of new features to show, and important documentation work to showcase! You can set the focal points in Tokodon as well! I really needed this feature because I post art on Mastodon, and had to use Mastodon Web because that was the only place I could set focal points. Here’s a list of features I’m working on, but are not quite finished yet. The first is Cross-account actions! This means you can interact with a post from another account, without the hassle of searching for it again and losing your place on the timeline. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Best_Linux_Gaming_Distros:_10_Shortlisted_Recommendations⠀⇛ In the past, Linux was not a viable option for gamers seeking stability and performance. However, now there are hundreds of different Linux distributions that can be used for various purposes–including gaming! Although it is not as popularized, there are some great Linux gaming distributions that provide excellent performance, stability, and flexibility. These best Linux gaming distros come with innovative drivers, software, emulators, and more to ensure a smooth gaming experience. The following gaming Linux distributions have been designed to enable users to install and play games easily. o ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Bazzite_is_a_new_Fedora-based_Linux_for_Steam Deck_and_gaming_PCs⠀⇛ Want to try something a little different? Bazzite was recently announced as a custom Fedora 38-based Linux image designed to bring the best Linux gaming to PCs and Steam Deck. The developers note it’s built from ublue-os/ main and ublue-os/nvidia using Fedora technology so you’ll get expanded hardware support and plenty of drivers included. o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ Bodhi_Linux_7.0_Released_With_Four_ISO Images⠀⇛ Bodhi Linux has a new release — version 7.0. That’s what we heard on Monday from Robert Wiley, who’s been the lead developer for the minimalist Debian-based Linux distribution since the project’s founder, Jeff Hoogland, left in 2019, evidently to become a fulltime video streamer on Twitch.tv. In the headline to Wiley’s notice, he calls Bodhi’s latest and greatest “a landmark release,” and in the opening sentence he says the release is “a momentous step forward.” That’s a lot of superlatives for a distro who’s purpose is to be minimalistic. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Daniel Pocock ☛ Yevgeny_Prigozhin,_Totalitarian_Remembrance Day_&_Debian⠀⇛ People have complained about exactly the same tactics in free, open source software projects like Debian. Volunteers simply disappear. Some little nazi adds their email address to a blacklist. Another little nazi starts a rumor about harassment. These are the tactics of cults and totalitarian regimes. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu_Pro:_Are_the_Benefits_Worth_Upgrading?⠀⇛ Ubuntu Pro comes with many advanced security features. But is that enough to convince regular users to switch to the Pro version? If you’re an Ubuntu user and are curious about its Pro version, this article will help you understand what makes Ubuntu Pro different and if it’s worth trying. We’ll look at the features in detail and give our final verdict. # ⚓ Alan Pope ☛ Only_good_vibes⠀⇛ Over the thirteen years of the Ubuntu Podcast the presenter lineup, format, duration and frequency changed here and there. In the early days, we would record a segment, have a cup of tea, and then record another one. It was a long and laborious process that took up most of a Sunday afternoon. After a little while we tweaked things and settled into our stride. Once we did, it helped us focus, and get episodes prepared and recorded with less stress. For various personal reasons, we stopped doing the show back in September 2021, and it was great to have a break from podcasting. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Market Screener ☛ Kontron_Develops_the_New_Linux_Based SecureOS_Operating_System_That_Provides_Security_and_Data Protection_for_IoT_Solutions_in_Critical_Areas⠀⇛ Kontron has developed the new Linux based SecureOS operating system that provides security and data protection for IoT solutions in critical areas. Data security is crucial for Kontron’s customers and SecureOS safeguards IoT solutions against remote control by intruders, hackers, or surveillance by third parties. Kontron is broadening its products and solutions mix and has started marketing its new SecureOS software solution against any remote interference in infrastructure projects. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ EDATEC_ED-HMI2020-101C_–_A_10.1-inch Raspberry_Pi_CM4-based_industrial_panel_PC⠀⇛ EDATEC has launched yet another Raspberry Pi CM4- based platform for industrial applications with the ED-HMI2020-101C 10.1-inch panel PC with 1280×800 resolution, 9V to 28V wide power input, and support for an optional “extended display” via an HDMI FPC cable that also carries USB/I2C signal for the touchscreen. The system comes with up to 8GB RAM, 32GB eMMC flash, Gigabit Ethernet, optional WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0, built-in stereo speakers, several other audio interfaces, as well as a 40-pin GPIO header for expansion. EDATEC says the industrial Panel PC supports Raspberry Pi OS (Desktop) 32-bit or 64-bit or Raspberry Pi OS (Lite) 32-bit or 64-bit, but the latter obviously does not make a lot of sense for a panel PC… I find it a little odd there’s no ingress protection (IP) rating for this type of hardware, as other Raspberry Pi CM4-based panel PCs such as ComfilePi CPi-C070WR4C or WIN Enterprises PL-50300 are rated IP67 (at the front). o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Raspberry_Pi-powered_drumming_booth_with multicam_recording⠀⇛ Back in 2019, Frank completed a DIY drumming booth for his son, Vik. While it did the job of reducing the noise coming through to the living room, the next part of the process was to make it a million times cooler by throwing several Raspberry Pis at it. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Helping_robot_dogs_feel_through_their_paws⠀⇛ TRACEPaw (Terrain Recognition And Contact force Estimation Paw) is a sensorized foot for robot dogs that includes all of the hardware necessary to calculate force and classify terrain. Most systems like this use direct sensor readings, such as those from force sensors. But TRACEPaw is unique in that it uses indirect data to infer this information. The actual foot is a deformable silicone hemisphere. A camera looks at that and determines the force based on the deformation it sees. In a similar way, a microphone listens to the sound of contact and uses that to judge the type of terrain, like gravel or dirt. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 8_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Robotics Software⠀⇛ Linux plays an important role in powering robots. There are many notable examples of Linux in action in the robotics world. For example Nasa’s space exploration robot K10, which can be remotely operated on planetary surfaces, runs on custom, embedded software on a dual- core Linux laptop. Another impressive robot is the humanoid robot, HOAP-1, in which RTLinux has been deployed by Fujitsu. Also worthy of a mention is the Katana Robotic arm, which comes with an embedded controlboard running Linux 2.4.25 with Xenomai Hard Real Time extensions. Linux has a good range of open source toolkits for building robotic control systems. To provide an insight into the open source software that is available, we have compiled a list of 8 of our favorite robotics software. Hopefully, there will be something of interest here for anyone who wants to conduct research in robot systems. Here’s our verdict captured in a legendary LinuxLinks- style ratings chart. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Thunderbird ☛ Thunderbird_for_Android_/_K-9_Mail: July_2023_Progress_Report⠀⇛ Since Wolf joined in February of this year, he has spent a considerable amount of time on many of the individual pieces that make up the new and improved account setup user interface. July was the month when things started coming together. For the first time we were able to test the whole flow and not just individual parts. Things were looking good. But a few small issues kept us busy and prevented us from releasing a beta version containing the new account setup. We’ve done some experiments to get a better idea of how much work it will be to switch the app to Material 3, the latest version of Google’s open-source design system. We’re now cautiously optimistic. And so the current plan is switch to Material 3 before renaming the app from K-9 Mail to Thunderbird. o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ IBM_Lotus_Symphony_“Donation” Revisited_After_LibreOffice_Debacle.⠀⇛ The real successor to OOo that has the features people want to use is LibreOffice, which IBM recently deleted from Red Hat Enterprise Linux and orphaned in Fedora. (They told people to go use Microsoft Office and then deleted the entire Fedora mailing list after that when it became obvious to management that people were not happy and that the mailing list activity was starting to be reported on.) # ⚓ How_to_Install_Language_Packs_in_LibreOffice_&_OpenOffice⠀⇛ Language packs in LibreOffice are add-ons that provide translations for the user interface, spell checker, and help files. These packs allow users to work in their native language, making the software more accessible and user-friendly. Usually, when you install LibreOffice, it installs the language pack of your system locale. For example, if your Windows/Linux/macOS is in English (USA), then the “en-us” language packs will be installed by default. However, if you want additional language packs, you need to install them manually. Here’s how. # ⚓ Fedora:_Small_Caps_in_Impress⠀⇛ Writer supports Small Caps, but Impress and drawing shapes in general never fully supported Small Caps. The option was available, and the character dialog provided a preview, but Small Caps was rendered the same as All Caps, as seen here. This has lingered for years and it’s not easy as a user to try and manually workaround with varying font sizes because underline/overline/strike- through decorations won’t link up, as seen in this example… o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Luke Plant ☛ No_one_actually_wants_simplicity⠀⇛ A lot of developers want simplicity in the same way that a lot of clients claim they want a fast website. You respond “OK, so we can remove some of these 17 Javascript trackers and other bloat that’s making your website horribly slow?” – no, apparently those are all critical business functionality. In other words, they prioritise everything over speed. And then they wonder why using their website is like rowing a boat through a lake of molasses on a cold day using nothing but a small plastic spoon. The same is often true of complexity. The real test is the question “what are you willing to sacrifice to achieve simplicity?” If the answer is “nothing”, then you don’t actually love simplicity at all, it’s your lowest priority. # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Rython_tips_and_tricks_–_Clipboard⠀⇛ Consider the following scenario: you come across a webpage containing a table, and would like to compute some basic statistics, or visualize a couple of columns from that table. A usual workflow for such a minuscule task is to (1) copy the table, (2) pasting it into Excel, (3) saving the Excel sheet, and (4) reading it into Rython. Can we not just copy the table and read it directly from the clipboard? Yes we can! # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Reconciled_down_to_the_cent_again⠀⇛ I’ve added a new data validation rule to these columns to only accept two decimal places to prevent me doing something silly like this again. # § Perl / Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ PerlMonks ☛ New_built-in_perl5.38_try/catch_syntax⠀⇛ After recently installing perl 5.38, I stumbled upon some cool improvements to Perl’s built-in try/catch syntax while watching the excellent What’s new in Perl v5.38 youtube talk, delivered by Paul “LeoNerd” Evans at TPRC 2023 Toronto. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Seth Michael Larson ☛ Reconciling_elegance_and secure-by-design_in_APIs⠀⇛ These two points are in contention for many Python projects. You could argue that the second point could be waved away with a carefully crafted security policy or placing more responsibility on users, but I think most would agree it’s preferable to preserve API design elegance for the 99% without compromising on security. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2184 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.24.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Leftover_Links_24/08/2023:_CMA_Continues_Blocking_a_Microsoft_Takeover⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 7:32 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Education o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Copyrights * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Unix Men ☛ Synergizing_Compliance_and_Computing:_Pharmaceutical Accounting_Software_on_the_Linux_Platform [Ed: Great new example of linkspam_disguised_as_‘article’_about_“linux”]⠀⇛ o ⚓ Jim Nielsen ☛ Counting_to_Ten⠀⇛ We’re sitting around the dinner table discussing what happened at school today and it leads us to the subject of counting to ten. Realizing everyone in the family can count to ten in a language unique to them at this moment in their life, we go around the table to do it (youngest to oldest). o ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ German_Courts_Are_Going_FULL_Dystopia⠀⇛ The case dates back to April 8th 2021, when Weimar District Family Court judge Christiaan Dettmar ruled that two schools in the district a) could not enforce mask mandates, b) must continue in-person classes and c) could not force pupils to test for “Covid”. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ NDTV ☛ India_Uses_NASA’s_Playbook_To_Get_Ahead_In_Space Race_With_Its_Chandrayaan-3_Mission⠀⇛ If Chandrayaan-3 succeeds, analysts expect India’s space sector to capitalise on a reputation for cost-competitive engineering. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had a budget of around just $74 million for the mission. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ India_lands_Chandrayaan-3_spacecraft_on Moon,_is_the_first_to_lunar_south_pole⠀⇛ The unmanned craft reached lunar orbit on August 5, and released the lander and rover on August 17, which descended to the Moon’s surface. Now, it has finally reached its target destination: the lunar south pole, a region covered in craters permanently shadowed from the Sun and encrusted with ice. The achievement makes India the fourth country to land on the Moon after the US, Russia, and China, and the first to land on the lunar south pole. # ⚓ James Stanley ☛ Five_interesting_things_from_the_Science Museum⠀⇛ I enjoyed a quick visit to the Science Museum at the weekend, and here are a few of the interesting things I saw. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ X-Ray_Analysis_of_Pompeii_Victims’_Bones_Suggest They_Suffocated_to_Death⠀⇛ “When their bones suffered the effects of the high temperatures caused by the pyroclastic waves and magma currents, the victims had already died, probably from inhaling toxic gasses,” said Llorenç Alapont, an archaeologist at the University of Valencia and the study’s lead author, in a university release. The ash then cooled and hardened, and the bodies buried beneath its layers decomposed, leaving only the victims’ bones. Flash forward to the late 19th century, when Italian archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli developed a technique to pour plaster into voids left in the hardened ash by the bodies’ final positions. The casts showcase details of the victims’ faces, teeth, and even preserved folds in their clothing. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ India_Becomes_the_Fourth_Country_Ever_to_Land_on the_Moon⠀⇛ The Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover touched down on the lunar surface at 8:34 a.m. ET (6:04 p.m. local time in India), adding India to a short list of countries who have been able to achieve a soft landing on the Moon. It’s now the fourth country to have landed on the Moon following the Soviet Union, the U.S., and China, and the first to land on the lunar south pole. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Where_cattle_herders’_daughters_learn_computer coding⠀⇛ Techno Friends was born, nurtured by a belief that the earlier girls start honing a skill, the better. Children as young as first grade now take part in the classes. # ⚓ Jay Little ☛ My_Career_Misery_is_in_the_Eye_of_the Beholder⠀⇛ So the long and short of my career is this: My perspective and the actions it inspired have basically created a vicious cycle that is making me miserable. This has happened because when I am presented with a problem that requires a solution of some sort (usually in the form of code), I tend to figure out what the best abstract version of that solution could be and then get to work trying to build that thing. That part isn’t the problem. That’s exactly what a professional coder is supposed to do. However the problem arises further down the line after that abstract vision is complicated, dumbed down and made less palatable because of pre-existing considerations, personal bias and conflicting opinions that tend to result in the many compromises our solutions have to endure and ingest before they can be built and unleashed upon the world. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Brickbat:_Lockdowns_Down_Under⠀⇛ The government of Victoria, Australia, has agreed to pay about $5 million (about $3.2 million U.S.) to settle a lawsuit brought by residents of Melbourne public housing who were forced into a hard 14-day COVID-19 lockdown with no warning in July 2020. Some 3,000 people may be eligible for compensation. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Internet’s_Next_Great_Power_Suck⠀⇛ All of that was before the generative-AI boom. Compared with many other things we use online, ChatGPT and its brethren are unique in their power usage. AI risks making every search, scroll, click, and purchase a bit more energy intensive as Silicon Valley rushes to stuff the technology into search engines, photo-editing software, shopping and financial and writing and customer-service assistants, and just about every other digital crevice. Compounded over nearly 5 billion [Internet] users, the toll on the climate could be enormous. “Within the near future, at least the next five years, we will see a big increase in the carbon footprint of AI,” Shaolei Ren, a computer scientist at UC Riverside, told me. Not all of the 13 experts I spoke with agreed that AI poses a major problem for the planet, but even a moderate emissions bump could be destructive. With so many of the biggest sources of emissions finally slowing as governments crack down on fossil fuels, the [Internet] was already moving in the wrong direction. Now AI threatens to push the web’s emissions to a tipping point. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Nvidia_Revenue_Doubles_on_Demand_for_A.I. Chips,_and_Could_Go_Higher⠀⇛ The Silicon Valley company’s products, called graphics processing units, or GPUs, are used to create the vast majority of A.I. systems, including the popular ChatGPT chatbot. Tech companies ranging from start-ups to the industry’s giants are fighting to get their hands on them. # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ The_End_of_“Groundhog_Day”_for_the Security_in_the_Boardroom_Discussion? [Ed: Windows TCO]⠀⇛ It’s been eight and half years since I first wrote about the need for security leadership representation in the boardroom. I then revisited the topic last year, when the SEC initially proposed amendments to its rules to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident reporting. Now, as the SEC cyber incident disclosure rules come into effect, organizations will finally be forced to seriously consider giving security leaders a seat at the table. It’s the next logical step to be able to comply with the disclosure and oversight requirements as the new guidelines detail. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Information Security Media Group, Corporation ☛ Monti Ransomware_Deploying_New_Linux_Encryptor⠀⇛ Eight in 10 web servers run on Linux. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Wednesday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (mediawiki and qt4-x11), Fedora (java-17-openjdk, linux-firmware, and python-yfinance), Red Hat (kernel, kpatch-patch, and subscription-manager), SUSE (evolution, janino, kernel, nodejs16, nodejs18, postgresql15, qt6-base, and ucode-intel), and Ubuntu (inetutils). # ⚓ The Print ☛ Laptop_containing_confidential_data_stolen_from blood_bank_of_Gurugram_hospital⠀⇛ A laptop containing confidential information was allegedly stolen from the offices of a private hospital’s blood bank, police here said on Tuesday. According to a complaint filed by Dr Sangeeta Agarwal, head of blood bank at the Fortis Memorial Research Institute, the laptop was stolen from her office on August 5. # ⚓ Irish Examiner ☛ Data_protection_breach_at_military_medical facility⠀⇛ A Defence Forces investigation is under way into another data protection breach of the military’s electronic health record system. The latest investigation centres on the alleged actions of a healthcare worker at a military medical facility. The Defence Forces has said it is the third alleged breach in relation to the electronic military medical records system Socrates in five years. # ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Lapsus$:_Court_finds_teenagers_carried_out hacking_spree⠀⇛ A court has found an 18-year-old from Oxford was a part of an international cyber-crime gang responsible for a hacking spree against major tech firms. Arion Kurtaj was a key member of the Lapsus$ group which hacked the likes of Uber, Nvidia and Rockstar Games. A court heard Kurtaj leaked clips of the unreleased Grand Theft Auto 6 game while on bail in a Travelodge hotel. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Ransomware_Attack_on_CloudNordic_paralyzes company_and_customers⠀⇛ On Friday, August 18, 2023, CloudNordic, a leading provider of cloud services, fell victim to a serious ransomware attack. The hackers took control of all systems, resulting in extensive downtime and data loss for both the company and their customers. The attack was discovered at 04:00, and since then CloudNordic’s IT experts have been working intensively to regain control. Unfortunately, it has proven impossible to recover the lost data, which means that the majority of their customers have lost all data that was stored with CloudNordic. The incident has been reported to the police. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Helsinki_and_Uusimaa_Hospital_District_confirms_data breach_by_ex-staff_member,_900_patients’_data_compromised⠀⇛ The Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) has discovered that a former employee, who served as a practical nurse within the district, breached the privacy of nearly 1,000 patients. The case was confirmed by HUS Administrative Chief Medical Officer (AVMO) Teppo Heikkilä, who said the nurse gained access to the files through the Apotti patient record system. […] On Tuesday, the Hospital District issued a statement regarding two additional suspected, but smaller, breaches. These incidents involved unauthorised access to the medical records of “several dozens or hundreds” of patients. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ FBI_Identifies_Cryptocurrency_Funds_Stolen by_DPRK⠀⇛ The FBI is warning cryptocurrency companies of recent blockchain activity connected to the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency. Over the last 24 hours, the FBI tracked cryptocurrency stolen by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) TraderTraitor- affiliated actors (also known as Lazarus Group and APT38). The FBI believes the DPRK may attempt to cash out the bitcoin worth more than $40 million dollars. # ⚓ Bloomberg ☛ SEC_Cybersecurity_Rule_Leans_on_Materiality_and Reasonableness⠀⇛ The US Securities and Exchange Commission released its final rule, effective Sept. 5, 2023, on cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident disclosure. Investors, registrants, and other market participants should take special notice of two key terms in the regulations: “materiality” and the “reasonable investor.” The SEC has deemed disclosures, cybersecurity risk management, and governance to be material to both the market and to a reasonable investor. A close look at these terms—and how the SEC and courts have interpreted them—will be a useful guide to those affected by the new rule. # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-17_[Older]_Atlassian_Releases_Security Update_for_Confluence_Server_and_Data_Center⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-17_[Older]_Cisco_Releases_Security Advisories_for_Multiple_Products⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-17_[Older]_CISA_Releases_Three_Industrial Control_Systems_Advisories⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-17_[Older]_​ICONICS_and_Mitsubishi_Electric Products⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-17_[Older]_Schneider_Electric_PowerLogic ION7400_/_PM8000_/_ION8650_/_ION8800_/_ION9000_Power_Meters⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-17_[Older]_Walchem_Intuition_9⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-16_[Older]_CISA_Adds_One_Known_Exploited Vulnerability_to_Catalog⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-16_[Older]_CISA_Releases_JCDC_Remote Monitoring_and_Management_(RMM)_Cyber_Defense_Plan⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-15_[Older]_CISA_Releases_Two_Industrial Control_Systems_Advisories⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-15_[Older]_Schneider_Electric_EcoStruxure Control_Expert,_Process_Expert,_Modicon_M340,_M580_and_M580 CPU⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-15_[Older]_​Rockwell_Automation_Armor PowerFlex⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-08-16_[Older]_Nikto_Web_Scanner:_Unveiling Vulnerabilities_and_Strengthening_Web_Security⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-13_[Older]_Don’t_Expect Quick_Fixes_in_‘Red-Teaming’_of_AI_Models._Security_Was_an Afterthought⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-15_[Older]_Latin Americans_Fall_Prey_to_More_Online_Scams_as_Cybersecurity Lags⠀⇛ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-08-15_[Older]_Air_Travel Privacy:_Is_Elon_Musk’s_Personal_Security_More_Worthy of_Protection_Than_Yours?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-08-16_[Older]_With_some_tech_savvy, you_can_disconnect_your_robot_vacuum_from_the_cloud⠀⇛ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Facebook_owner_Meta_breaks_privacy rules,_Norway_regulator_tells_court⠀⇛ The fine is valid as Meta is not respecting European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), said Hanne Inger Bjurstroem Jahren, a lawyer representing the regulator, Datatilsynet. “There is no discussion on whether the company is in violation of these rules … Today Meta breaks GDPR rules,” she told the court, speaking on the last day of a two-day hearing. # ⚓ NYOB ☛ Annual_Report_2022_out_now!⠀⇛ In 2022, noyb continued its longstanding fight for users’ right to privacy. Although the GDPR always foresaw a strong role for non-profits in this regard, we still see a lack of enforcement by data protection authorities (DPAs). That’s why our main effort in 2022 has been to push forward our nearly 800 preexisting cases, which were filed in previous years but often didn’t result in a DPA decision. This means that we have invested a lot of work in clarifying procedural issues and challenging DPAs’ inaction across Europe. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Tech_advocacy_groups_press_FTC_to investigate_Google_for_alleged_children’s_privacy violations⠀⇛ The groups are asking the FTC to use its investigative authorities to determine if Google’s behavior has violated federal children’s privacy law as well as an agreement it reached with the agency in 2019 over previous alleged violations. Documents submitted as part of the request for investigation detail research conducted independently by Fairplay that raises the possibility Google may be personalizing ads placed on videos from “made for kids” channels, potentially contradicting the tech giant’s claims it does not target children. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ US_tech_firms_offer_data protections_for_Europeans_to_comply_with_EU_big_tech rules⠀⇛ Sensitive data as defined in the DSA refers to a broad range of attributes, including sexual orientation, religion, health history and political persuasion. “Just eliminating this type of data from the profiling of users for targeted advertising is going to be a very difficult task, regardless of the size of the company,” Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna, vice president for global privacy at the Future of Privacy Forum, told CyberScoop. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ Where_Has_all_the_War_Porn_Gone?⠀⇛ For well over a decade, we were used to nightly shots on our television news of British and US forces, in heavy combat gear, storming across desert landscapes in cloud of dust or firing heavy machine guns over the top of mud walls. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “They_Fired_on_Us_Like_Rain”:_Saudis Accused_of_Killing_Hundreds_of_Ethiopian_Refugees_at_Border⠀⇛ We speak to the author of a new Human Rights Watch report that details how border guards in Saudi Arabia have killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers — many of whom are fleeing human rights abuses in Ethiopia’s Tigray region — trying to cross the Yemen-Saudi border since March 2022. The report documents Saudi border guards shooting women and children, firing explosive weapons at migrants and “executing” people at close range. Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday that it will conduct a joint investigation with the Saudi government, but Saudi Arabia has previously denied similar allegations. “I don’t have any faith that they would conduct an independent investigation on these mass killings,” says Nadia Hardman, a researcher at Human Rights Watch and the author of the report, titled “’They Fired on Us Like Rain.’” # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “It’s_Always_About_Oil”:_CIA_&_MI6_Staged Coup_in_Iran_70_Years_Ago,_Destroying_Democracy_in_Iran⠀⇛ We look at the 70th anniversary of the August 19, 1953, U.S.- and U.K-backed coup in Iran, which took place two years after Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh nationalized Iran’s oil industry that had been controlled by the company now known as British Petroleum. “If nationalization in Iran of oil was successful, this would set a terrible example to other countries where U.S. oil interests were present,” explains Ervand Abrahamian, Iranian historian and author of Oil Crisis in Iran: From Nationalism to Coup d’Etat and The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations. While the CIA has historically taken credit for Mosaddegh’s overthrow, “the British have not admitted their leading role,” notes Iranian filmmaker Taghi Amirani, whose documentary film Coup 53 uncovers the influence of MI6 agents who sought to preserve their imperial-era access to Iranian oil and pulled in the Americans by promising a “slice.” Seventy years later, says Amirani, “We are still living with the ripples of this disastrous event.” # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Trial_Opens_for_Men_Accused_of_Aiding_Plot to_Kidnap_Michigan’s_Governor⠀⇛ This week, as another presidential election approaches, what is likely the final chapter in that case is unfolding in the same rural county as the governor’s vacation home. Three men — Michael Null and William Null, who are twin brothers, and Eric Molitor — are on trial on a charge of providing material support for a terrorist act. Prosecutors said the plot had been fueled by anti- government sentiment, militia activity and anger over pandemic lockdowns. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Estonia_Plans_To_Increase_Electronic_Surveillance On_Border_With_Russia⠀⇛ [...] The board of the Estonian Police and Border Guard said the project involves the installation of six digital cameras and radar checkpoints, expanding the number of monitoring points to 15. [...] # ⚓ The Washington Post ☛ As_ISIS_affiliate_expands_in_central Africa,_escapees_recount_horrors⠀⇛ In 2017, the first documented cash transfers from the Islamic State to the ADF took place. Two years later, the Islamic State announced the debut of the Islamic State Central Africa Province affiliate, which included the ADF. The U.S. government imposed sanctions in 2021 on the ADF, calling it an Islamic State affiliate. # ⚓ Gannett ☛ ‘Loyalty_pledge’_for_Republican_debate_has candidates_vowing_fealty_to_a_criminal_defendant⠀⇛ It’s simple: If a candidate is on the stage in Milwaukee, that candidate has signed the Republican National Committee’s “loyalty pledge,” promising to support the eventual Republican presidential nominee. Agreeing to something like that when the most likely GOP nominee right now is former president and current out-on-bond criminal defendant Donald Trump should be disqualifying. After all, who in their right mind would pledge – sign their name and everything – to support a guy facing more than 90 state and federal felony charges, a guy who isn’t even attending the debate and wouldn’t sign the pledge if he were? Heck, Trump will be getting booked at a Georgia county jail on Thursday, the day after the debate, on charges he tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election! # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Islamist_militancy_at_high_levels_in_the Sahel⠀⇛ A 50% spike in fatalities linked to militant Islamist groups in the Sahel and Somalia over the past year eclipsed the previous high in 2015 when Boko Haram was at its most lethal phase according to the Africa Centre for Strategic Studies (ACSS). # ⚓ El País ☛ Attacks_by_jihadist_groups_in_Niger_intensify_in climate_of_instability_following_coup⠀⇛ Armed terrorist groups operating in Niger have intensified their attacks since the July 26 coup d’état, causing over 100 deaths, including those of around 30 military personnel, in just three weeks. One of the arguments put forward by the coup leaders for their seizure of power was the failure of the government to combat jihadist terrorism and the need for a different approach, but the policies of dialogue, community negotiation and reinsertion implemented by ousted President Mohamed Bazoum were beginning to yield results with a decrease in attacks registered in 2022 and 2023. In the three weeks following the military uprising, that dynamic appears to have been broken. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Saudi_Arabia:_Are_the_killings_of Ethiopians_systematic?⠀⇛ Hundreds, possibly even thousands, of Ethiopian migrants were allegedly shot dead or seriously injured by Saudi Arabia’s border guards between March 2022 and June 2023, according to a report by the human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW). HRW has been documenting killings of migrants at the border between Yemen and Saudi Arabia since 2014, but the past few months appear to have seen an escalation in both the numbers and types of targeted killings, the human rights organization writes in its report which was published earlier this week. # ⚓ France24 ☛ No,_this_video_doesn’t_show_Russian_ballistic missiles_in_Niger⠀⇛ A video reported to show trucks transporting Russian ballistic missiles in Niger has been widely circulating amongst West African Facebook and TikTok users since August 11. It turns out, however, that the video was filmed in the Republic of the Congo, not Niger, and shows trucks transporting storage tanks. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Michigan News ☛ Grand_Rapids_Public_Schools_moves_to_half- day_due_to_heat_and_humidity⠀⇛ Superintendent Leadriane Roby announced the schedule change Wednesday afternoon, citing soaring temperatures in the decision to release students early. “With the humidity and air temperatures in the forecast tomorrow, it will simply be too warm in some of our buildings as we move into the afternoon,” Roby said. “It’s a difficult call to make so early in the school year but when temperatures reach such high levels it raises a safety concern.” # ⚓ Interesting Engineering ☛ Too_hot_to_fly?_The_effects_of heatwaves_on_air_travel⠀⇛ Generally, aircraft may experience some performance issues above 86ºF (30ºC). More specifically, this depends on the type of aircraft. For example, a Boeing 737 can operate at a maximum air temperature of 125.6ºF (52ºC), and an Airbus A320 can operate at a maximum air temperature of 122ºF (50ºC), according to the manufacturer’s specifications. Whether a plane can fly or not doesn’t only rely on air temperature, though. Another factor to take into account is the length of the runway. As we’ve stated above, in hotter weather, aircraft engines and wings may work less efficiently, and airplanes may require more lift than usual to take off. Thus, some runways may not be long enough to allow aircraft to achieve the necessary speed (and lift) to take off, especially at higher altitudes, where the air is already less dense. In areas where hot weather is the norm (such as in the Middle East), airports are built with longer runways for this reason. # ⚓ NPR ☛ Montana_youth_climate_ruling_could_set_precedent_for future_climate_litigation⠀⇛ It marked the first time a U.S. court has ruled that “young people have a fundamental right to a climate system that is safe and stable for their lives,” said Julia Olson, chief legal counsel and executive director of Our Children’s Trust. The nonprofit law firm represented the youth in the first-of-its-kind trial. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ It’s_Getting_Too_Hot_for_Tropical_Trees to_Photosynthesize,_Scientists_Warn⠀⇛ Tropical forests are home to roughly half of known species on Earth and they play an essential role in the health and stability of the global climate. While this lush biome is known for its balmy temperatures, tropical leaves start to die off at temperatures exceeding about 46.7°C (or 116.1°F) because they can no longer perform photosynthesis, which is the basic metabolic process of converting sunlight to energy that powers plants. # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Tree_mortality_in_the_Black_Forest_on_the rise,_climate_change_is_key_driver:_Study⠀⇛ Climate impacts such as dry, hot summers reduce the growth and increase the mortality of trees in the Black Forest because they negatively influence the climatic water balance, i.e., the difference between precipitation and potential evapotranspiration. That is the central finding of a long-term study of the influence of climate and climate change on trees in the Black Forest conducted by Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Kahle and Prof. Dr. Heinrich Spiecker, who are both professors of forest growth and dendroecology at the University of Freiburg. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Solar_powered_irrigation:_A_game- changer_for_small-scale_farms_in_sub-Saharan_Africa⠀⇛ “We estimate an average discounted investment requirement of US$3 billion per year, generating potential profits of over US$5 billion per year from increased yields to smallholder farmers, as well as significant food security and energy access co-benefits,” explains Giacomo Falchetta, lead author of the study and a researcher in the Integrated Assessment and Climate Change Research Group of the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program. “Reducing the irrigation gap with cost- effective solar pumps can boost food production and improve nutrition, contributing to SDG 2 (Zero Hunger). Furthermore, surplus electricity generated by these systems could serve other energy needs, aligning with SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy).” # ⚓ Pi My Life Up ☛ Raspberry_Pi_PiPower_UPS⠀⇛ When you lose mains power, the PiPower will seamlessly switch from using mains power to its connected battery. When power finally comes back, the PiPower will switch to using mains power and begin charging its battery. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Thousands_of_Octopuses_Gather_at This_Mysterious_Spot._Now,_We_Know_Why.⠀⇛ An estimated 20,000 Muusoctopus robustus octopuses, also known as pearl octopuses, occupy this 823-acre site. While the Octopus Garden is clearly a breeding ground and nursery, scientists were initially puzzled about why such an unprecedented number of octopuses had selected this particular spot to reproduce. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Writer_making_six_figures_on_Substack_says ‘I_won’t_write_for_free_anymore’⠀⇛ The platform also shared that there are more than two million paid subscriptions to Substack writers, while its network has more than 35 million active subscriptions in total. # ⚓ BioWare_cutting_50_jobs,_restructuring_to_meet_‘changing needs’⠀⇛ Dozens of jobs are on the chopping block at BioWare, as the Edmonton-based video game developer restructures its business. In a blog post on Aug. 23, Gary McKay, the company’s general manager, said approximately 50 roles are being eliminated. “In order to meet the needs of our upcoming projects, continue to hold ourselves to the highest standard of quality, and ensure BioWare can continue to thrive in an industry that’s rapidly evolving, we must shift towards a more agile and more focused studio,” McKay said. # ⚓ Dot Esports ☛ BioWare_says_laying_off_50_employees_will ‘unlock_more_creativity’_in_upcoming_projects⠀⇛ BioWare, the video game developer most known for its RPG titles like the Mass Effect franchise, is eliminating “approximately 50 roles” to “shift towards a more focused studio,” the company’s general manager Gary McKay said in an official statement on Wednesday, Aug. 23. The mass layoffs, according to BioWare, will allow its developers to “iterate quickly” and “unlock more creativity.” The Canadian studio said the layoffs were necessary to ensure its upcoming game Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is “outstanding” and the next Mass Effect game is successful. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Why_These_Leftists_Oppose_Free_Money⠀⇛ The idea of a “basic income,” a stipend that a government provides its citizens to ensure their livelihood, is an old one, often traced back to ancient Rome and Publius Clodius Pulcher’s establishment of a regular allotment of free grain for Roman citizens. Daniel Zamora Vargas and Anton Jäger’s aim in Welfare for Markets: A Global History of Basic Income is to provide an intellectual and social history of basic income from antiquity to the present. A fundamental question emerges from their historical accounting: They show that a surprising range of people—from neoliberals (Milton Friedman), neoconservatives (Daniel Patrick Moynihan), and racist reactionaries (Charles Murray) to continental philosophers (Michel Foucault) and civil right leaders (most notably Martin Luther King Jr.)—have all embraced some version of the basic income. Indeed, the idea has proved attractive not only to certain Marxist thinkers but also to tech moguls like Mark Zuckerburg. # ⚓ Online_delivery_giant_Getir_to_lay_off_2,500_employees_in nine_countries⠀⇛ The company that saw a surge in its growth during the pandemic will slow down its operations in some of the countries it invested in. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US_Commerce_Secretary_Gina_Raimondo_to visit_China_next_week_for_talks⠀⇛ Ms Raimondo will carry a message that the US is not seeking to decouple from China. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Commerce_Secretary_Gina_Raimondo_to_Visit China_Next_Week⠀⇛ The trip by Gina Raimondo, the secretary of commerce, comes at a tense moment for the U.S.- China relationship and the Chinese economy. # ⚓ RFA ☛ US_commerce_secretary_to_visit_Beijing_next_week⠀⇛ The trip comes as the Biden administration rolls out a framework to ban certain US investments in China. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Meet_George_Chidi,_the_Journalist Subpoenaed_for_Uncovering_Secret_Meeting_of_Fake_Trump Electors⠀⇛ Former President Donald Trump has agreed to turn himself in to authorities in Georgia on Thursday to face 13 felony charges related to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. His bail is set at $200,000. Trump has now been indicted four times this year, even as he continues to dominate the Republican field for the 2024 presidential nomination. In Atlanta, we speak with independent journalist George Chidi, who helped expose the Trump campaign after witnessing a secret meeting of Republican operatives at the state Capitol in 2020. The gathering was part of a scheme to use fake electors to claim the state’s Electoral College votes for Trump despite his loss to Joe Biden. Chidi was recently subpoenaed to testify before the Fulton County grand jury in the Trump investigation but did not end up testifying. We also speak to Chidi about Atlanta’s efforts to build the massive Cop City police training complex. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US_hits_China_over_‘forced assimilation’_of_Tibetan_children⠀⇛ UN experts say one million children have been separated from their families. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Big_Tech_braces_for_roll-out_of_EU’s_Digital Services_Act⠀⇛ The EU is seen as the global leader in tech regulation, with more wide-ranging pieces of legislation – such as the Digital Markets Act and the AI Act – on the way. The bloc’s success in implementing such laws will influence the introduction of similar rules around the world. # ⚓ La Prensa Latina ☛ Panama_to_become_primary_digital connection_center_in_Latin_America⠀⇛ During the meeting, Cortizo announced the facility’s construction to house the known Digital Hub for Government Innovation and Technology, which will be a transforming milestone for Panama, as it will become one of the first buildings of its kind in the region dedicated exclusively to boosting innovation and government technology. # ⚓ VOA News ☛ Khamenei_Falsely_Paints_Islamic_Revolutionary Guard_Corps_As_‘Anti-Terrorist’_Force⠀⇛ Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Sweden and the United States have designated the IRGC as a terrorist organization. The European Union, which has sanctioned the IRGC for years over its ‘malign activities’ — designed to sow discord, manipulate public information or disrupt markets — is also considering adding the IRGC to its list of designated terrorist organizations. Established in the wake of Iran’s 1979 revolution, the IRGC is a branch of the Iranian armed forces, with its own army, navy, air force and intelligence agency. The IRGC is independent from Iran’s regular army, and is tasked with protecting the country’s Islamic system. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ What_do_readers_want_from_numbers?_Using data_well_without_getting_in_the_way_of_a_good_story⠀⇛ New research follows increased prevalence of data- driven articles post-pandemic. # § YouTube⠀➾ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-18_[Older]_YouTube’s_Algorithms Aren’t_Racist,_Judge_Says⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-17_[Older]_The_Worst_YouTube Apology_Videos_of_All_Time⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-17_[Older]_YouTube Defeats_Racial_Bias_Lawsuit_by_Black,_Hispanic_Content Creators⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-15_[Older]_YouTube_Cracks_Down_on Cancer_Quacks⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-08-15_[Older]_YouTube_will_tackle cancer_misinformation_as_part_of_its_updated_health policy⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-14_[Older]_New_Law_Forces_Parents to_Share_Cash_With_Their_‘Kidfluencers’⠀⇛ o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ US_hits_China_on_‘forced assimilation’_of_Tibetan_children;_Beijing_denounces ‘smears’⠀⇛ “These coercive policies seek to eliminate Tibet’s distinct linguistic, cultural and religious traditions among younger generations of Tibetans,” Blinken said in a statement. “We urge PRC authorities to end the coercion of Tibetan children into government-run boarding schools and to cease repressive assimilation policies, both in Tibet and throughout other parts of the PRC,” he said, referring to the People’s Republic of China. # ⚓ FAIR ☛ ‘Erasure_of_Content_Can_Be_a_Problem_for_the_Public and_for_History’⠀⇛ Janine Jackson: In the 1980s, when we at FAIR would talk about how the goals of journalism as a public service, and of information as a public good, were in conflict with those of media as a profit-driven business, we were often met with the contention that the internet was going to make that conflict meaningless, by democratizing access to information and somehow sidelining that profit motive with—technology! Well, now we’re here, and much of our lives are online. It’s where many get news and information, how we communicate and learn. But power is still power, and the advertising model that drives so much fear and favor in traditional journalism is still in effect. So, while much is different, there are still core questions to consider when you’re trying to figure out why some kinds of news or “content” is in your face, like it or not, and why some perspectives are very hard to find, and why there’s so much garbage to get through to get to any of it. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Gov’t_given_second_chance_to_ban ‘Glory_to_Hong_Kong’_protest_song⠀⇛ But in a surprise ruling late July, the High Court refused the application, saying that an injunction would not be useful and would cause “chilling effects” on free expression. The government appealed the decision, and on Wednesday judge Anthony Chan — who had presided over the denial last month — gave it the green light to be heard. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Father_Of_Executed_Iranian_Protester_Detained_As Anniversary_Of_Amini’s_Death_Nears⠀⇛ Sources close to the Karami family told Radio Farda that during the raid, not only were family members taken into custody, but all of their electronic devices, including laptops and mobile phones, were confiscated. # ⚓ Reason ☛ “Myanmar’s_Junta_Arrests_Swiss_Filmmaker,_13_Cast Members_for_Defaming_Buddhism”⠀⇛ The film, linked to in the Radio Free Asia article, is apparently this: [...] # ⚓ RFA ☛ Myanmar’s_junta_arrests_Swiss_filmmaker,_13_cast members_for_defaming_Buddhism⠀⇛ The film, titled “Don’t Expect Anything,” portrays the message that it is meaningless to worship Buddha images or pagodas, and instead it’s important to follow Buddha’s teachings. # ⚓ Frontpage Magazine ☛ Will_India_Be_Able_to_Withstand_an Islamic_Assault_from_Within?_India_first_faced_Jihad_as_far back_as_the_8th_century.⠀⇛ This is true not just in Muslim lands. In Europe, too, those who are accused of insulting Muhammad are threatened with death, a threat that Muslims sometimes manage to carry out. Think only of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists, Theo van Gogh, Lars Vilks, the staff of Jyllands-Posten, Salman Rushdie, and many others who were threatened with, or actually became the victims of, violent attacks, or were even murdered by Muslim fanatics. Even in India itself, where Muslim mobs are swift to inflict their “justice” against “blasphemers,” they are apparently unafraid of being apprehended by the police force. # ⚓ The Guardian UK ☛ When_the_music_stops:_how_the_Taliban’s fear_of_art_is_killing_Afghan_culture⠀⇛ “I knew they would not spare me, so I had to say farewell to my instruments and leave the country,” he says. Some musicians tried to sell their instruments, he adds, while others destroyed them rather than letting them fall into the hands of the Taliban. “I buried my instruments in the fields.” It was foresight that saved Farhan’s life. Some of his colleagues, such as the folk singer Fawad Andarabi, were less fortunate, murdered by the Taliban just weeks after the group seized power. Since taking over, the Taliban have imposed their rigid [sic] interpretation of Islam, restricting and even criminalising music and arts – some of the most integral aspects of Afghan culture. # ⚓ Gannett ☛ In_shooting_over_store’s_Pride_flag,_predictions of_violence_again_become_reality⠀⇛ Then, on Friday, authorities say, 27-year-old Ikeguchi shot and killed Laura Ann Carleton, a mother of nine – after shouting slurs and ripping down the Pride flag she flew outside her small store in the Cedar Glen neighborhood of Lake Arrowhead, a resort town in the mountains east of Los Angeles. Soon afterward, Ikeguchi was shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies not far from the store. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Kansas Reflector ☛ Joan_Meyer,_Marion_newspaper_owner,_gave cops_a_piece_of_her_mind._Honor_her_righteous_indignation.⠀⇛ Sure, she was many of these things, at least some of the time. But we can also see that she was a tart-tongued firebrand, not just feisty in the face of adversity but downright impassioned. The police raid may have led to Meyer’s death. It most certainly did not break her spirit or misdirect her moral compass. # ⚓ Digital First Media ☛ It’s_the_150th_anniversary_of_The Detroit_News⠀⇛ One hundred and fifty years ago, on Aug. 23, 1873, The Detroit News made a humble and low-tech debut when founder James E. Scripps rolled a few thousand copies off a small printing press in rented space on Shelby Avenue. James E. Scripps James E. Scripps Scripps envisioned a newspaper for the masses. So at a time when most other papers cost a nickel and served an elite audience, he charged just two cents for The News. He ordered his staff “to write the paper as people talk in conversation.” # ⚓ New York Times ☛ After_Kansas_Paper_Is_Raided,_Officials Are_Ordered_to_Return_What_They_Took⠀⇛ The search generated blowback from First Amendment experts, who condemned the raid and urged local law enforcement officials to return the journalists’ equipment. On Sunday, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press sent a letter to the Marion Police Department expressing concern that the raid violated federal law. The letter was signed by more than 30 newsrooms, including The New York Times, and press advocacy organizations. Joan Meyer, a co-owner of the paper, died on Saturday, the day after the raid on the home she lived in with her son, Eric Meyer, the newspaper’s publisher. Mr. Meyer said she was in shock after the raid, adding that she had trouble sleeping. Ms. Meyer, 98, refused food, and kept asking Mr. Meyer whether anyone would put an end to the clash with the authorities. She died midsentence. Mr. Meyer said the coroner had concluded that the stress of the searches was a contributing factor in her death. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ BBC ☛ Five_key_moments_in_the_crushing_of_Afghan_women’s rights⠀⇛ Two years on, these assurances have been firmly demolished by the Taliban government’s actions. The suppression of women’s rights under their rule is the harshest in the world, brought in through a relentless series of religious decrees from the Taliban leadership, and regional rulings that have been steadily imposed across Afghanistan. During each of these moments, the BBC has been on the ground speaking to Afghan girls and women – documenting grief, fear, hope and resolve as their lives and world have shrunk. # ⚓ BBC ☛ Iran’s_politicians_to_debate_hijab_laws_in_secret⠀⇛ The so-called Hijab and Chastity Bill would impose a raft of new punishments on women who fail to wear the headscarf. It was drafted in response to months of mass protests triggered by the death in custody of a woman who was accused of not wearing her hijab correctly. # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ GEO_votes_to_sign_tentative_agreement; starts_ratification_process⠀⇛ Members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization have overwhelmingly voted to support signing a tentative three-year agreement with the University of Michigan less than one week before fall term classes begin. # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ An_end_in_sight:_GEO_authorizes_bargaining team_to_agree_to_UMich_contract⠀⇛ GEO started striking on March 27 and has previously rejected five U-M contract offers. In their bargaining platform, GEO called for expanded health care for graduate student employees, including gender-affirming care as well as pay parity for those working at all three U-M campuses. The University’s latest offer made some concessions in these areas, though in discussions last night, some graduate students were unsure if the University’s final offer sufficiently met their demands. # ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ University_of_Michigan_graduate_student workers_poised_to_end_long_strike⠀⇛ Union leaders, in turn, submitted information to the university’s national accrediting body contending the university falsified student grades during the strike. The accrediting body, the Higher Learning Commission, opened a review into the issue but said in a July 28 letter that it had not found “sufficient evidence” the university had been noncompliant with the accrediting body’s rules. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ US_slaps_China_visa_curbs_for_‘forced assimilation’_in_Tibet⠀⇛ The United States is to impose visa curbs on Chinese officials suspected of “forced assimilation” of Tibetan children at state-run schools, the US State Department said in a statement on Tuesday. The new restrictions will be applied to present and former Chinese officials responsible for the execution of the education policy in Tibet, a State Department spokesperson said, who held back further details citing the US confidentiality law on visa records. Despite the resumption of diplomatic dialogue between the two countries, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called out China’s “coercive” policies that “seek to eliminate Tibet’s distinct linguistic, cultural and religious traditions among younger generations of Tibetans.” o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ Michigan_student_broadband_[Internet] access_begins_to_wane_post-pandemic⠀⇛ In the 2020-2021 school year, 95.6 percent of Michigan students surveyed by MSU researchers had some form of home internet access. A year later, it dropped to 93.2 percent, the report said. That is an “early warning sign” that pandemic gains in broadband access expansion in Michigan are “beginning to fade,” the report said. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ UK’s_handling_of_Microsoft_deal_sows_doubts over_post-Brexit_direction⠀⇛ On Tuesday it said it would stick to its original decision to block it. But it will look at a separate restructured deal put forward by Microsoft, in which Activision would divest its cloud streaming rights to a third party – France’s Ubisoft Entertainment – excluding in the European Union. The carve-out is designed to not upset a deal with Brussels for Microsoft to license content to rival cloud services. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-08-18_[Older]_Getting_Beyond Copyright⠀⇛ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-08-15_[Older]_[Guest_post]_Dua_Lipa_and Warner_Music_sued_for_copyright_infringement⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-15_[Older]_Judge Blocks_Internet_Archive_From_Sharing_Copyrighted Books⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Netflix_DVD_Is_Letting_Subscribers_Keep Their_Final_Shipment_of_DVDs⠀⇛ Netflix’s DVD subscription platform will allow subscribers to keep their final delivery of DVDs as the company prepares to close its 25-year-old service, the company announced on Monday. In April, Netflix confirmed it will be shutting down its DVD mail order option, telling existing customers in a Twitter post last week that they will receive up to 10 random discs in their final shipment. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ LaLiga_&_Telefónica_‘Live_IPTV Blocking’_Also_Targets_Millions_of_Torrents⠀⇛ Spanish football league LaLiga and and Telefónica-owned Movistar Plus+ have the authority to instruct local ISPs to block sites that allow people to view live matches for free, although which ones isn’t always clear. A blocklist published by a local media outlet recently suggests that, in addition to targeting streaming platforms, the companies are also trying to disrupt millions of torrents. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Amazon_Sues_Online_Stores_Selling Pirated_DVDs⠀⇛ Online piracy is a massive threat to Amazon but physical pirated DVDs remain a problem too. This week, the company filed a lawsuit against a group of online stores that sell pirated DVDs of key titles such as ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ and ‘The Peripheral’. While these DVDs may look real they are definitely pirated, as these series are only available on Amazon Prime. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3784 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.24.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_24/08/2023:_gmid_2.0_Alpha⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:46 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Software_Releases/Announcements * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Hey_gopherites!⠀⇛ Hey gopherites! Macro news: There were a couple of rain showers today. The air has cleared up from “smoking a whole pack of Export A cigarettes at once” to “1980s LA smog.” Down in the Kelowna area, it sounds like just under 100 houses burned. They haven’t announced how many burned in the North Shuswap. Needless to say, more rain would be great. # ⚓ Rain⠀⇛ So it rained last night. Hard. Twice. The smoke is almost gone. The rain washed almost all of the ash away. Hopefully this is the end of the fire season for us this year. # ⚓ Dreams⠀⇛ Thank you two gopher friends who wrote after my last diary entry. I missed pandemic conviviality. It was good to hear from you guys. Evy woke up last night gasping. In her dream we had to dump out some spoiled milk. To avoid being seen the three of us ducked in a cave and traversed it. When we emerged there were still people. We’d disposed of the milk, but we ducked back in, to exit by our original entrance. I jumped in the water. There was no bottom. Daughter and I were pulled down. Evy jumped in to rescue us, was also pulled down. Drowning in the dream she woke up gasping because her sinus infection migrated to her lungs. # ⚓ WhatsApp,_Restraint_Orders,_Matrix⠀⇛ Because of a silent WhatsApp group protesters use to locate MK Simha Rothman, chairman of the Constitution Committee. wherever he goes and to protest there, Now Rothman tries to appeal to Jerusalem Magistrate Court in order to issue restraint orders against 400 protesters. In addition, he wants to shut down theie WhatsApp group. # ⚓ The_Cooperative_Principle⠀⇛ When talking, most people expect that the cooperative principle is in play. “If, for example, at a particular stage I need four screws, I expect you to hand me four, rather than two or six”, as Grice put it. But four is a subset of six so giving six screws is logically complying with the request, you might object. If that’s your reaction, you might wanna read up on the cooperative principle, and try to find some applications and examples of it. # ⚓ begin.txt_(X-post)⠀⇛ Yo. This is the second (and a half) iteration of me making a blog. The first time was… something. First, I used Bash and the Neocities API. Lots of appending, and the RSS feed was.. garish to say the least. But it worked! No one ever read it though. The gist is on my Github somewhere. I should really make this project parse links and images. Like gemtext! Second time, I used webpy by Aaron Swartz (RIP.) I still *am* but just without the templates and fancy stuff. Minimalist, if you will. I figured that it’ll be easier for me to just write and add services with webpy rather than just reskinning the same website over and over. I’ll post the new code somewhere soon enough. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ 👻_DANE_Will_Set_Us_Free⠀⇛ I was digging around in the configuration of my email server (probably a separate post on that forthcoming), and kept stumbling over the many various extensions which have been made to the email protocol over the years. SPF, DMARC, MTA-STS, oh my! Most of these extensions have been bolted on top of email in the hopes of preventing spam and forgery of messages, but at this point there’s so many that I began to wonder which are actually necessary from a server admin’s point of view. So I did some research. One of these extensions is DKIM, which stands for… something. It doesn’t matter. The aim of DKIM is to prevent undesirables from spoofing the From address of an email. This is accomplished by sticking a public key in a well known DNS entry, and then signing all outgoing messages with the associated private key. Mail servers receiving email which (ostensibly) comes from your domain are expected to check that the signature on the received email matches the public key on the DNS record. # § Software Releases/Announcements⠀➾ # ⚓ gmid_2.0_first_alpha⠀⇛ It took quite some time. Last September I was thinking I would have 2.0 ready for December, and here we are. Better late than never I guess. This time I decided to do a round of public testing before releasing 2.0 itself. I decided to call this an “alpha” rather than a first RC to better convey the idea that I’m still open to change (even in incompatible ways) the new feature set before the release. It works perfectly for me, but since it’s used by other people as well I felt the need to wait a bit and gather some feedback. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3984 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.24.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_24/08/2023:_KDE_Gear_23.08_and_Ctrl_IQ_(CIQ)_Lawsuit⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:50 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva_Family o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Devices/Embedded o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Events o Programming/Development # Python # Rust * Leftovers o Hardware o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Patents # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ The BSD Now Podcast ☛ BSD_Now_521:_BSD_Summer_Reading⠀⇛ FreeBSD Status Report Q2 2023, Klara Systems Recommended Summer Reads 2023, install Kanboard on OpenBSD howto, A bit of Unix history on ‘su -’, hints for splitting commits, Live from OpenBSD in Amsterdam, and more # ⚓ Linux in the Ham Shack ☛ LHS_Episode_#513:_DragonOS_Deep Dive⠀⇛ Hello and welcome to the 513th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts review the radio-centric Linux distribution known as DragonOS. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ QEMU_8.1_Released_with_New_PipeWire_Audio Backend,_Many_Improvements⠀⇛ QEMU 8.1 open-source virtualization software is now available for download with a new PipeWire audio backend, multi-touch events for the GTK GUI, and many other changes. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Flying_Carpet:_File_transfer_between_Android, iOS,_Linux,_macOS,_and_Windows⠀⇛ Flying Carpet is a highly efficient and intuitive application that has been specifically designed to cater to the needs of individuals and businesses alike. # ⚓ Peter_Czanik:_Systemd-journald_vs._syslog-ng⠀⇛ Even if most people ask me to compare systemd- journald vs. syslog-ng, I would say that they complement each other. Systemd-journald excels at collecting local log messages, including those of various system services. The focus of syslog-ng is on central log collection and forwarding the logs to a wide variety of destinations after processing and filtering. Combining the two gives you the most flexibility. § Systemd-journald The focus of systemd-journald (from now on: journald) is local log collection. It can collect not just logs sent by applications, but it also collects service logs: messages emitted by various services started by systemd. Previously there was no standardized and easy way of collecting these messages. Another major difference is that instead of text files, logs are collected into a message journal, a database file for log files. It stores not just a date and a message, but many name-value pairs to provide extra context for the log message. These databases can be queried using the journalctl command. Recently central log collection became available for journald. Central log collection is not a built-in feature of journald, you have to install some extra utilities for journal forwarding. The collected logs can be searched and viewed using journalctl. # ⚓ Peter ‘CzP’ Czanik ☛ Peter_Czanik:_Systemd-journald_vs. syslog-ng⠀⇛ Even if most people ask me to compare systemd- journald vs. syslog-ng, I would say that they complement each other. Systemd-journald excels at collecting local log messages, including those of various system services. The focus of syslog-ng is on central log collection and forwarding the logs to a wide variety of destinations after processing and filtering. Combining the two gives you the most flexibility. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 12_Useful_Free_and_Open_Source_JavaScript_Web Frameworks⠀⇛ Our recommended free and open source JavaScript web frameworks. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Awesome_Linux_Game_Tools:_GOverlay⠀⇛ GOverlay is a GUI tool used to manage MangoHud, vkBasalt and ReplaySorcery on Linux. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Gambling_Blockers_for_Linux_Devices Explained⠀⇛ Reputable gambling operators expand their influence on users of this open-source OS and provide numerous benefits. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ MM-Wiki:_Open-source_Free_Enterprise_Wiki_with Golang⠀⇛ MM-Wiki is a lightweight software for enterprise knowledge sharing and team collaboration. It allows for quick building of a Wiki and team knowledge sharing platform. With easy deployment and user- friendly features, it helps teams create a collaborative environment for document management and information sharing. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Outerbridge:_Free_Low-code_Chain-based_Web_Apps Automation_Tool_(Open-source)⠀⇛ Outerbridge is a unique workflow automation application that offers low code/no code solutions. It is a platform that aims to integrate both on- chain and off-chain applications, making it an innovative solution in the market. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Foswiki:_Open-source_Wiki_Engine_for_Teams, Communities,_and_Enterprise⠀⇛ Foswiki is a powerful Enterprise wiki solution that offers a wide range of features which are designed to help you create, organize, and share your company’s knowledge. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ SpiderFoot:_Self-hosted_Open-source_Intelligence Automation_(OSINT)_Tool⠀⇛ SpiderFoot automates OSINT for threat intelligence and mapping your attack surface. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to Google_Photos⠀⇛ Google Photos lets you store your images in the cloud for convenient access from anywhere. What are the best open source alternatives? o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Pro Today ☛ How_To_Set_up_a_Secure_VPN_Connection_in Linux⠀⇛ This guide explains VPN installation and configuration processes on Linux systems. We demonstrate these processes for OpenVPN, ProtonVPN, and NordVPN. # ⚓ IT Pro Today ☛ The_Best_Linux_Commands:_A_Comprehensive Guide_for_All_Users⠀⇛ This guide offers explanations and examples for important Linux commands. You will learn each command’s capabilities and practical use cases. # ⚓ Optimizing_Your_Host:_Balancing_Resources_for_Optimal Virtualization_Performance⠀⇛ Virtualization has become a cornerstone technology in modern computing environments, enabling the efficient utilization of hardware resources and the isolation of multiple virtual machines (VMs) on a single physical host. # ⚓ Seamless_Installation:_Setting_Up_KVM_and_QEMU_on_Your Linux_Distribution⠀⇛ Virtualization has revolutionized the way we utilize computing resources, enabling us to run multiple operating systems on a single physical machine. Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) and Quick Emulator (QEMU) are two powerful open-source tools that provide the foundation for virtualization on Linux systems. # ⚓ Net2 ☛ 4_Ways_to_Find_Large_Files_on_Linux_and_Free_Up_Disk Space⠀⇛ Running out of disk space is a frustratingly common occurrence for Linux users. As your media libraries swell with high resolution photos, videos, and music, and your work documents pile up, available capacity can vanish before you know it. # ⚓ Resolving_Common_Hurdles:_Troubleshooting_Virtualization Support_Issues⠀⇛ Virtualization has become an integral part of modern computing, enabling the creation and management of multiple virtual environments on a single physical machine. # ⚓ Step-by-Step_Guide:_Enabling_Virtualization_Support_in_Your System_BIOS/UEFI⠀⇛ In the world of computing, virtualization has become a cornerstone technology that enables running multiple operating systems and software instances on a single physical machine. This guide walks you through the process of enabling virtualization support in your system’s BIOS or UEFI firmware. # § idroot⠀➾ # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_MongoDB_Compass_on_Ubuntu 22.04_LTS⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install MongoDB Compass on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. In the dynamic landscape of database management, MongoDB emerges as a trailblazer in the realm of NoSQL solutions. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Check_RAM_Usage_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ In the world of Linux system administration, monitoring resource usage is a fundamental practice to ensure optimal performance and prevent potential issues. Among the critical resources, RAM (Random Access Memory) plays a crucial role in the overall responsiveness and efficiency of your Ubuntu system. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Specific_Version_of_Package on_Ubuntu_Linux⠀⇛ In the realm of Ubuntu Linux, mastering package management is essential for maintaining a stable and efficient system. Often, you may encounter situations where installing a specific version of a package becomes necessary to ensure compatibility with other software or maintain a desired feature set. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Nano_Text_Editor_on AlmaLinux_9⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Nano Text Editor on AlmaLinux 9. For those of you who didn’t know, In the world of Linux, a powerful text editor is an essential tool for developers, sysadmins, and enthusiasts. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_and_Configure_OpenVPN_Server on_Debian_12⠀⇛ In our tutorial, we will install OpenVPN on a Debian 12 server and configure it to be accessible from a client machine, and create a VPN connection between them to redirect all the traffic from the client through the OpenVPN server. # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_install_Dropbox_on_Linux_Mint⠀⇛ Dropbox is one of the most popular file hosting service, that you can use to store your files in the cloud. Dropbox provides a terminal app and a GUI app that you can use on Linux Mint to transfer your files to Dropbox. # ⚓ Vitux ☛ How_to_Install_Wiki.js_on_FreeBSD_12⠀⇛ Wiki.js is an open-source, modern and powerful wiki app based on Node.js, Git, and Markdown. Wiki.js runs on the blazingly fast Node.js engine and is optimized to conserve CPU resources. # ⚓ Vitux ☛ How_to_Install_phpMyAdmin_on_FreeBSD_12.0⠀⇛ The phpMyAdmin is a free and open-source web application tool for managing the MySQL or MariaDB database. The phpMyAdmin is primarily written in PHP and allows you to manage your MySQL/MariaDB databases from the web browser. You can easily create, update, import, and export your MySQL/ MariaDB databases from one place dashboard. # ⚓ Vitux ☛ How_to_Install_Pagekit_CMS_with_Nginx_on_FreeBSD 12⠀⇛ Pagekit is a modern, intuitive, modular, and flexible open-source (MIT license) CMS built with Symfony components and Vue.js. It gives you the tools to create beautiful websites. It has a rich theme and plugin system. # ⚓ Vitux ☛ How_to_Install_ExpressionEngine_CMS_with_Nginx_on Ubuntu⠀⇛ ExpressionEngine is a flexible, feature-rich, free, open-source content management system (CMS) written in PHP. With ExpressionEngine, you can build full- featured websites, create a web app, or serve content to mobile applications. All without requiring complex programming skills. # ⚓ How_to_Install_and_Use_Xrdp_Server_(Remote_Desktop)_on Linux⠀⇛ The Xrdp server is the RDP tool (Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol) for Linux distributions. You can install it on your Linux system to connect your server or desktop over the internet. The Xrdp server lets you use the multi-channel connection through a graphical user interface (GUI). # ⚓ Vitux ☛ How_to_Install_PostgreSQL_and_pgAdmin_on_Debian⠀⇛ PostgreSQL or Postgres is a powerful high- performance object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) released under a flexible BSD-style license. PostgreSQL is well-suited for large databases and has many advanced features. pgAdmin4 is an open-source PostgreSQL management tool designed for multiple PostgreSQL database versions. # ⚓ Vitux ☛ How_to_Install_Magento_on_Debian_with_Nginx⠀⇛ Magento is a widely used Open Source e-commerce software and content management system for e- commerce websites based on the PHP Zend Framework. It uses MySQL or MariaDB as the database backend. The Magento development was started in 2008 by Varien. # ⚓ Mastering_the_fsck_Command:_Repair_Linux_File_Systems_Like a_Pro⠀⇛ The “fsck” command (which stands for “file system check“) is a Linux command-line utility used to check and repair the integrity of a file system on storage devices like HDDs or SSDs. # ⚓ Walk:_A_Lightweight_Terminal_Navigator⠀⇛ Navigating files and directories in the terminal using ls and cd commands may seem efficient but can be unproductive, especially for those immersed in them all day. # ⚓ The_Art_of_Virtualization:_Creating_and_Managing_VMs_with KVM_and_libvirt⠀⇛ Virtualization has revolutionized the way we deploy and manage applications and services. Among the many virtualization technologies available, Kernel- based Virtual Machine (KVM) stands out as a robust and efficient solution, often used in conjunction with the libvirt management toolkit. # ⚓ From_BIOS_to_Benchmarks:_A_Real-World_Hardware_Optimization Case_Study⠀⇛ Optimizing hardware performance is a critical aspect of computer science and engineering. In this tutorial, we will delve into a comprehensive case study that takes us through the journey of enhancing system performance from the basic BIOS settings to benchmarking the final results. # ⚓ Crafting_the_Ideal_Setup:_Best_Practices_for_a_Seamless Virtualization_Environment⠀⇛ In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, virtualization has emerged as a fundamental concept that revolutionizes how we utilize hardware resources. Whether you’re a software developer, IT professional, or simply an enthusiast, creating a seamless virtualization environment is crucial for maximizing efficiency, reducing costs, and ensuring optimal resource utilization. # ⚓ Unlocking_the_Potential:_Nested_Virtualization_and_Its Practical_Applications⠀⇛ Virtualization technology has revolutionized the way we utilize hardware resources, allowing multiple operating systems to run on a single physical machine. But what if you could take this concept even further? That’s where nested virtualization comes into play. # ⚓ Exploring_Modern_Processors:_Intel_VT-x_and_AMD- V_Virtualization_Technologies⠀⇛ Modern processors have evolved far beyond their initial role of performing arithmetic and logic operations. With the rise of virtualization and the need for efficient resource utilization, technologies like Intel VT-x and AMD-V have become integral features in contemporary processors. # ⚓ Unleashing_Virtualization_Power:_Understanding_CPU Virtualization_Extensions⠀⇛ Virtualization has revolutionized the IT industry by enabling the creation of virtual instances of computer systems, allowing for efficient resource utilization, isolation, and scalability. At the heart of virtualization lies CPU virtualization extensions, a crucial technology that empowers hypervisors to efficiently manage multiple virtual machines on a single physical host. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_Steam_Games_with_Native_Linux_Clients with_Draft_of_Darkness,_Whisker_Squadron:_Survivor_and Lawgivers_II_–_2023-08-23_Edition⠀⇛ Between 2023-08-16 and 2023-08-23 there were 23 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 308 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 7.5 % of total… # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Bazzite_is_a_SteamOS_Clone_That_Supports Gaming_PCs_and_the_Steam_Deck⠀⇛ The Linux community has created a clone of SteamOS 3, called Bazzite in an effort to bring the SteamOS 3 desktop experience and Linux gaming experience to desktop gaming PCs. # ⚓ 5_years_ago_Valve_released_Proton_forever_changing_Linux gaming⠀⇛ Has it really been that long? Apparently so. Valve originally announced their rebranding of Steam Play with Proton back on August 21st, 2018. Seems like a good time for a quick reflection being halfway to a decade old now. The problem: before, during and just after the original Steam Machine push developers just weren’t porting many games to Linux, and on the whole really when you look back Linux gaming was in a period of mostly stagnation. Nothing much was happening. A lot of the early porting work that came along was slowly dying off since the Steam Machines didn’t provide the boost Valve and Linux gamers were hoping for.  # ⚓ Wine_development_release_8.14_is_now_available_for_Linux FreeBSD_and_macOS⠀⇛ The Wine development release 8.14 is now available. What’s new in this release: [...] § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ * ⚓ 12_Material-Inspired_Icon_Themes_for_Your_Linux_Desktop⠀⇛ What is a Linux desktop if it ain’t filled with eye candy? * § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ KDE_Gear_23.08_Released_with_Lots_of_Goodies_for_Your Favorite_KDE_Apps⠀⇛ KDE Gear 23.08 is here to improve the Dolphin file manager with the ability to open a duplicate tab by double-clicking on it, new context menu items and keyboard shortcuts in the Split View mode, the ability to display the progress of the calculation of an item’s size in real time, the ability to show information of a selected file in the information panel, as well as the ability to hide temporary and backup files for an uncluttered view. The Okular document viewer in KDE Gear 23.08 now lets you add signature metadata like “reason” and “location” to digitally signed PDFs, as well as to add a background image behind it, a new option to choose the default scaling mode when printing PDFs, and the ability to copy an annotation’s text to the clipboard using the context menu in the annotations sidebar. o ⚓ KDE ☛ KDE_Gear_23.08⠀⇛ We create software for people, and the KDE Gear releases are the result of that. Every four months we publish new updates of a large number of KDE apps and software libraries. We create new programs to meet more of your needs, implement more features so you can adapt to an ever-changing digital world, and make our software faster, more efficient, more reliable. We also port it to more platforms so you can run it on more devices: your laptop, your game console, your phone, anywhere. Read on to find out what’s new in KDE Gear 23.08… No system is complete without a reliable file explorer. Dolphin lets you navigate your folders and files, move and copy things around, connect to servers, and in general manage everything in your storage local and remote. o ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ KDE_Gear_23.08_Released,_Kalendar_Becomes_Merkuro⠀⇛ KDE Gear is a collection of software applications developed by the KDE community for the KDE Plasma desktop environment. These cover productivity, multimedia, graphics, communication, system management, and more. Four months after the previous major release, 23.04, KDE Gear 23.08 is here, so let’s see what’s changed. * § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ o ⚓ Emmanuele_Bassi:_The Mirror⠀⇛ The GObject type system has been serving the GNOME community for more than 20 years. We have based an entire application development platform on top of the features it provides, and the rules that it enforces; we have integrated multiple programming languages on top of that, and in doing so, we expanded the scope of the GNOME platform in a myriad of directions. Unlike GTK, the GObject API hasn’t seen any major change since its introduction: aside from deprecations and little new functionality, the API is exactly the same today as it was when GLib 2.0 was released in March 2002. If you transported a GNOME developer from 2003 to 2023, they would have no problem understanding a newly written GObject class; though, they would likely appreciate the levels of boilerplate reduction, and the performance improvements that have been introduced over the years. While having a stable API last this long is definitely a positive, it also imposes a burden on maintainers and users, because any change has to be weighted against the possibility of introducing unintended regressions in code that uses undefined, or undocumented, behaviour. There’s a lot of leeway when it comes to playing games with C, and GObject has dark corners everywhere. o ⚓ Felipe_Borges:_Call_for_Mentors_and_projects_for_Outreachy December_’23_–_March_’24_cohort⠀⇛ The GNOME Foundation is interested in sponsoring up to 3 Outreachy projects for the December-March cohort. If you are interested in mentoring AND have a project idea in mind, visit GNOME:_Call_for_Outreachy_mentors_and volunteer and submit your proposal. § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ * § New Releases⠀➾ o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Kali_Linux_2023.3_Released_with_9_New_Tools_for Ethical_Hacking,_Linux_Kernel_6.3⠀⇛ Kali Linux 2023.3 is here almost three months after Kali Linux 2023.2 and it bumps the kernel from Debian Bookworm’s long-term supported Linux 6.1 LTS to Linux kernel 6.3, which, unfortunately, reached end of life in early July 2023. However, the new kernel should offer better hardware support. There are nine new tools included in the Kali Linux 2023.3 release, namely Calico, a cloud-native networking and network security tool, cri-tools, command-line and validation tools for the Kubelet Container Runtime Interface, Hubble, a network, service, and security observability for Kubernetes tool using eBPF, and ImHex, a hex editor for reverse engineers and programmers. o ⚓ Kali Linux ☛ Kali_Linux_2023.3_Release_(Internal_Infrastructure_& Kali_Autopilot)⠀⇛ Today we are delighted to introduce our latest release of Kali, 2023.3. This release blog post does not have the most features in it, as a lot of the changes have been behind-the-scenes, which brings a huge benefit to us and an indirect positive effect to you as end-users. It always goes without saying, but there are a number of new packages and tools as well as the standard updates. If you want to see what’s new for yourself download or upgrade_if_you_have_an_existing_Kali_Linux_installation. * § PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva Family⠀➾ o ⚓ OpenMandriva News ☛ OpenMandriva_ROME_23.08_(and_a_glimpse_of OMLx_5.0)⠀⇛ The OpenMandriva Team is pleased to offer new ROME 23.08 install images. These ISOs are also to be considered as upcoming OMLx 5.0 Release Candidate. A Plasma 6 Technical Preview (cooker) install media is provided as well. ROME is the rolling release designed mostly for individual users, it will receive the most up to date packages including recent security and bug fix upgrades. * § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ o ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ Britty,_LibreOffice,_OpenVPN_Update_in_Tumbleweed⠀⇛ This week’s openSUSE Tumbleweed snapshot updates remained steady and small other than the release of KDE Frameworks 5.109.0 in one of the snapshots. Daily snapshots were released this week other than the exception of one. The refreshable braille display package snapshot brltty 6.6 updated in snapshot 20230822, the introduced patches and updated the Application Programming Interface to enhance the BrlAPI service. The update addresses compatibility issues with Cython 3.0 to resolve a crash related to object finalization APIs. An update to libreoffice 7.6.0.3 brought several enhancements to include a convenient Page Number Wizard and improvements in paragraph style. The character properties from .DOCX to .ODT filename extensions were retained, and a new citation handling feature was introduced. Calc spreadsheet had fixes for conditional border color export, added support for drawing styles for shapes and comments and improved formula input. There were some enhancements for fontwork and improvement to the navigation panel for presentations with Impress and Draw. An update to the yast2-trans package update had Latvian and Catalan language updates via Weblate. * § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Rocky_Linux_backer_CIQ_rejects_lawsuit’s_claims it_was_founded_on_stolen_IP⠀⇛ A recently unsealed lawsuit filed in the US by HPC software provider Sylabs accuses rival outfit Ctrl IQ (CIQ) and its founder Greg Kurtzer of violating Sylab’s trade secrets in order to start its business, and of filing its own patents based on that technology. The federal civil case was filed in the District Court for the Northern District of California under case number 5:23-cv-00849 in February, with the judge unsealing the complaint in July. The accusations are being refuted by CIQ and Kurtzer. Sylabs is a provider of software and services for high performance compute (HPC) environments, chiefly focused around container runtime technology. Kurtzer was formerly CEO at Sylabs, but left in March 2020 to found what would become CIQ, a company focused on “enterprise, hyper- scale, cloud and HPC technologies necessary for performance-intensive workflows.” o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ IBM_shows_off_its_sense_of_humor_in_not-so- funny_letter_leak_•_The_Register⠀⇛ o ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Integrate_OpenShift_Service_Mesh_with_cert-manager_and Vault⠀⇛ Provisioning strong identities for every workload using X.509 certificates and establishing mutual TLS (mTLS) as a full stack solution for transport security without requiring any code changes is one of the many features offered out of the box by Red_Hat_OpenShift Service Mesh (based on the upstream Istio project). o ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_to_leverage_AI_to_generate_Apache_Camel_routes⠀⇛ In recent years, the integration of artificial intelligence_(AI) in various fields has sparked new possibilities and advancements. One intriguing application of AI lies in generating domain-specific language (DSL) documents. DSLs are designed to address specific domains or problem spaces (such as enterprise integration), allowing developers to express solutions in a more natural way, removing the cognitive complexity related to boilerplate code. In this article, we will delve into the idea of leveraging AI to generate Apache Camel DSL. o ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_to_migrate_a_complex_JBoss_EAP_application_to OpenShift⠀⇛ Red_Hat_OpenShift is an ideal location to re-platform Red Hat_JBoss_Enterprise_Application_Platform (JBoss EAP) workloads. We discussed this topic in previous articles, such as Why_you_should_migrate_your_Java_workloads_to OpenShift. Here’s a summary of the benefits: [...] * § Debian Family⠀➾ o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Xebian_is_the_Marie_Kondo_of_Linux_distros_– it’s_here_to_declutter⠀⇛ There are legions of Ubuntu and Debian remixes out there, but most try to add stuff to the basic distro. Xebian is a refreshing change because it’s simpler than its progenitor. Xebian is a simple Debian-based distro with the Xfce desktop. It’s easy to install, and has a pleasing, fairly minimal desktop layout, very much like that of Xubuntu – which is doubtless because one of the developers behind it, known only as Unit 193, used to be part of the Xubuntu team. The distro is based on Debian’s “unstable” branch, codenamed Sid, which means you get more current components than Debian’s standard stable releases. For instance, it comes with the latest Firefox version 116 and kernel 6.4. The project released new installation images at the start of this month – both for x86-64 and x86-32, which is unusual in 2023 – so we thought we’d take a look. o ⚓ Jo_Shields:_Retirement [Ed: Jo Shields, Microsoft mole inside Ubuntu and inside Debian (working for Microsoft salaries, pushing .NET into GNU/Linux, on "Retirement"]⠀⇛ Apparently it’s nearly four years since I last posted to my blog. Which is, to a degree, the point here. My time, and priorities, have changed over the years. And this lead me to the decision that my available time and priorities in 2023 aren’t compatible with being a Debian or Ubuntu developer, and realistically, haven’t been for years. As of earlier this month, I quit as a Debian Developer and Ubuntu MOTU. * § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ An_Open_Source_Mobile_Phone_Based_on_the_ESP32⠀⇛ As microcontrollers become ever faster and cheaper, something we’ve been expecting has been an open source smartphone based not upon a high-end chip, but on a cheap commodity one. In the electronic badge arena we’ve come pretty close, but perhaps it’s left to [Gabriel Rochet] to deliver the first one that brings everything together. His Paxo phone is now on version 4, and while the French- language website link stubbornly resists translation with Google translate, English speakers can find a description of its capabilities along with the software in a GitHub repository. The hardware is surprisingly straightforward, with a resistive touch screen and a PCB featuring power management, an ESP32 main processor, and a GSM module. The 2G connectivity may not be the fastest, or even available in your country, but otherwise the feature set looks more than reasonable for a basic mobile phone. o ⚓ Andrew Hutchings ☛ Making_Amiga_IFF_Thumbnails_Work_in_Linux⠀⇛ I was having an email conversation with Stoo Cambridge, and he mentioned that he was having trouble making his Linux machine display thumbnails of Amiga IFF/ILBM files. It turns out I have a solution for him, so I am sharing it here to help anyone else. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Linux_Fu:_The_Old_School_Terminal⠀⇛ Maybe you have a vintage old-school computer. Maybe you have a replica. Maybe you just want to run SIMH and relive the glory days of CP/M or VMS. The problem is, it looks kind of silly to have CP/M running in your beautiful X11 terminal window full of 3D animations, opacity effects, and special fonts. You could buy an old CRT monitor. That would be cool, too, because on a modern screen, you don’t get scan lines and all the crummy artifacts that go along with an electron beam and phosphor display device. Or you can grab retro-cool-term. o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ gr-lora_sdr_–_A_GNU_Radio_SDR_implementation_of_a LoRa_transceiver⠀⇛ The physical layer of the LoRa (LoRa PHY) is a proprietary standard owned by Semtech and people have been trying to reverse-engineer the LoRa standard for years with projects such as GR-LoRa, and over the year various people have taken over the works and new projects have come with the latest one being the gr-lora_sdr GNU Radio software-defined radio (SDR) implementation of a LoRa transceiver. * § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Omni-Notes:_Free_and_Powerful_Note-taking_App_For Android⠀⇛ Omni-Notes is an incredibly powerful open-source note- taking application for Android that is both smart and simple. It boasts a clean and simple Material Design interface and is packed with a plethora of smart features. o ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Qualcomm_Is_Taking_Another_Shot_at_Gaming_Chips for_Android_Handhelds_(Update)⠀⇛ Qualcomm’s Snapdragon G3x Gen 2, G2 Gen 1, and G1 Gen 1 are meant to power devices that stream games from PCs and consoles – and play Android games. o ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ Meta_is_shutting_down_Messenger_Lite_for_Android_in September_|_TechCrunch⠀⇛ o ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_for_Android_Automotive_6.5.2_is_released⠀⇛ o ⚓ XDA ☛ How_to_prevent_unwanted_tracking_with_Android’s_unknown tracker_alerts⠀⇛ o ⚓ PR Newswire ☛ RuggON_SOL_PA501_Rugged_Tablet_Now_Features_Android 12_OS_and_GMS_Certification⠀⇛ o ⚓ The Verge ☛ YouTube_tests_a_new_hum-to-search_feature_on_Android –_The_Verge⠀⇛ o ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_Auto_voice_commands_are_currently_broken_for many_users⠀⇛ o ⚓ Android Police ☛ The_best_Android_fitness_apps_to_help_you achieve_your_goals⠀⇛ o ⚓ ZDNet ☛ A_simple_idea_that_could_make_Android_more_secure_| ZDNET⠀⇛ o ⚓ GO Media ☛ How_to_Compress_Video_on_Android_Fast⠀⇛ o ⚓ Digital Trends ☛ This_new_Android_phone_impressed_me_as_soon_as_I picked_it_up_|_Digital_Trends⠀⇛ o ⚓ SlashGear ☛ Razer_Kishi_V2_Pro_Controller_For_Android_Arrives With_Xbox_Variant⠀⇛ o ⚓ Android Police ☛ New_details_emerge_on_how_Android’s_upcoming device_linking_feature_should_work⠀⇛ o ⚓ Here’s_the_Sweet_New_Google_Settings_Design_Coming_to_Android⠀⇛ o ⚓ The Gamer ☛ The_Best_Android_Games_Ever⠀⇛ § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ * ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ FOSS_Weekly_#23.34:_Ubuntu_23.10_Features,_Bodhi_Linux_7, Useful_Shortcuts_and_More⠀⇛ Several new releases this week. You also get to see what’s coming to Ubuntu 23.10 in this edition of the FOSS Weekly. * § Events⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) ☛ Linux_Plumbers_Conference:_IoT MC_CFP⠀⇛ The IoT Microconference is a forum for developers to discuss all things IoT. Topics include tools, telemetry, device drivers, and protocols in not only the Linux kernel but also Real-Time Operating Systems such as Zephyr. Since last year, there have been a number of new technical topics with significant updates. o ⚓ Collabora ☛ Ready_to_All_Systems_Go!⠀⇛ Set in the captivating city of Berlin, All Systems Go! is ready to explore foundational user-space Linux technologies after a 4-year hiatus. * § Programming/Development⠀➾ o ⚓ GNU ☛ parallel_@_Savannah:_GNU_Parallel_20230822_(‘Chandrayaan’) released_[stable]⠀⇛ GNU Parallel 20230822 (‘Chandrayaan’) has been released. It is available for download at: lbry://@GnuParallel:4 o § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Pandas_Argmax()⠀⇛ Guide on how to locate the index location of the maximum value in a DataFrame or Series using the Index.argmax(), Series.argmax, and DataFrame [‘column’].argmax. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Pandas_Add_Days_to_Date⠀⇛ Practical guide on how to add the days to the dates in Pandas by utilizing three methods – pandas.DateOffset(), pandas.timeDelta(), and pandas.to_timeDelta(). o § Rust⠀➾ # ⚓ Rust Weekly Updates ☛ This_Week_In_Rust:_This_Week_in_Rust 509⠀⇛ Hello and welcome to another issue of This Week in Rust! § Leftovers⠀➾ * ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Steam_cleaning_chewing_gum⠀⇛ Shortly after sitting down at one of my local coffee shops this morning, I heard the loud sound of a compressor, followed by clouds of steam. I looked out the window and saw this contraption: [...] This is a high-pressure steam washer, designed to remove tough grime from surfaces like concrete and tiles. I remember we had these at a plant in Singapore for removing spills, albeit at a larger scale. * § Hardware⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ This_Car_Has_Wooden_Performance⠀⇛ If you were to take a look at the car parked closest to where you are sitting, there’s an overwhelming probability that its main structural parts are made of steel. A few might be aluminium and fewer still composite materials, but by and large that’s it for automotive structures. This hasn’t stopped the inventive Russians at [Garage 54] from experimenting though, and in their latest they’ve made a car with a chassis made of wood. Not carefully sawn and assembled wooden structural components, oh no. These are wooden tree trunks and branches. o ⚓ IT Wire ☛ US_lobby_group_claims_Huawei_trying_to_get_around_US sanctions:_report⠀⇛ The Semiconductor Industry Association, an American lobby group for the sector, has leaked claims that Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies is trying to get around US sanctions by acquiring chip factories and also constructing them. * § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ o ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Pluralistic:_Supervised_AI_isn’t_(23_August 2023)⠀⇛ After Paris Marx pointed out the Ottawa article, Business Insider’s Nathan McAlone found several more howlers: https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-removes- embarrassing-offensive-ai-assisted-travel-articles-2023- 8 There was the article recommending that visitors to Montreal try “a hamburger” and went on to explain that a hamburger was a “sandwich comprised of a ground beef patty, a sliced bun of some kind, and toppings such as lettuce, tomato, cheese, etc” and that some of the best hamburgers in Montreal could be had at McDonald’s. For Anchorage, Microsoft recommended trying the local delicacy known as “seafood,” which it defined as “basically any form of sea life regarded as food by humans, prominently including fish and shellfish,” going on to say, “seafood is a versatile ingredient, so it makes sense that we eat it worldwide.” In Tokyo, visitors seeking “photo-worthy spots” were advised to “eat Wagyu beef.” There were more. Microsoft insisted that this wasn’t an issue of “unsupervised AI,” but rather “human error.” * § Security⠀➾ o ⚓ Gov Info Sec News ☛ Monti_Ransomware_Deploying_New_Linux Encryptor [Ed: This does not mean the culprit is Linux, and moreover it seems like a distraction from Windows as ransomware paradise]⠀⇛ A ransomware campaign by the recently emerged Monti ransomware group is targeting victims with a new Linux variant of its malware. The threat group is the latest in a growing number of ransomware groups finding profit in going after Linux infrastructure. [...] Monti is among an increasing number of ransomware groups that tweaked its malware infrastructure to target Linux servers and operating systems. Eight in 10 web servers run on Linux. While the number of ransomware groups using Linux variants stood at 118 in the first half quarter of 2022, it increased by fourfold in 2023, a recent report from security firm Recorded Future found. o ⚓ Martin_Thompson:_Fraud,_Abuse,_Fingerprinting,_Privacy,_and Openness⠀⇛ Fraud and abuse online are pretty serious problems. How sites manage fraud is something of a mystery to most people. Indeed, as this post will show, that’s deliberate. o § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ YouTube_Improperly_Used_Targeted_Ads_on Children’s_Videos,_Watchdogs_Say⠀⇛ One of the groups said it had used Google’s tools to run a targeted ad campaign this month on children’s channels. Google has said it did not allow such ads on videos made for children. * § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ o ⚓ RFA ☛ US_sanctions_Myanmar_junta’s_jet-fuel_suppliers⠀⇛ The sanctions are in response to the military regime’s “violent airstrikes” against civilians. o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ UN_Security_Council,_minus_China_and Russia,_condemns_Myanmar_military’s_killing_of_civilians⠀⇛ Members of the U.N. Security Council – minus China and Russia – are condemning the “unrelenting violence” and killing of civilians in Myanmar and again urging its military rulers to stop attacks, release ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and respect human rights. Thirteen of the 15 council members backed a joint statement Wednesday citing “insufficient progress” on implementing the first- ever Security Council resolution on Myanmar that was adopted last December. China and Russia, which have ties to the military that seized power from Suu Kyi’s elected civilian government in February 2021, abstained on that vote. The statement demands implementation including the immediate release of all “arbitrarily detained” prisoners and restoring democratic institutions. o § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ President_Biden_suggests_Putin_may_be behind_the_plane_crash⠀⇛ US President Joe Biden suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin may have been behind the crash of a plane near Moscow. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia’s_ambassador_to_Ukraine_comments_on Prigozhin_plane_crash⠀⇛ There is still a lot of speculation about the air crash in Russia, which could have killed the leader of the notorious mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin. In Ukraine’s media and blogger environment, this is another example that Russian leader Vladimir Putin cannot be trusted. the Latvian ambassador to Ukraine, llgvars Kļava, said in an interview to Latvian Radio on August 24. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Putin’s_Russia_is_trapped_in_genocidal denial_over_Ukrainian_independence⠀⇛ Russia’s longstanding denial of Ukrainian national identity and refusal to accept the reality of Ukrainian independence are now fueling an invasion that many view as genocidal in nature, writes Mercedes Sapuppo. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_Prigozhin_Did_in_Putin’s_Russia_Was the_Ultimate_Betrayal⠀⇛ His fate may have already been sealed. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Putin_Again_Blames_West_for_Ukraine_War_In Speech_to_BRICS_Summit⠀⇛ President Vladimir V. Putin said Russia would assume chairmanship of the group made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa next year and host a summit in the city of Kazan in October 2024. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Ukraine’s_fight_against_Russian imperialism_is_Europe’s_longest_independence_struggle⠀⇛ The war unleashed by Vladimir Putin eighteen months ago is best understood as the latest chapter in a dark saga of Russian imperial aggression against Ukraine that stretches back centuries, writes Peter Dickinson. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ What_Prigozhin’s_plane_crash_tells_us about_Putin’s_Russia⠀⇛ Atlantic Council experts share their insights on the apparent death of Wagner Group founder Yevgeniy Prigozhin. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Experts_react:_What_the_Prigozhin_plane crash_reveals_about_Putin,_the_Wagner_Group’s_future,_and_the war_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ Experts weigh in on what the mercenary leader’s apparent death will mean for the Russian state and Wagner’s operations abroad. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Wagner_boss_Prigozhin_listed_as_passenger_in_fatal plane_crash⠀⇛ Wagner boss Yevgeny_Prigozhin was listed as a passenger on a plane that crashed Wednesday in Russia’s Tver region, killing all 10 people on board, Russia’s aviation authority said. The big picture:Russian officials have not confirmed Prigozhin was killed in the crash. The mercenary boss in June led a short-lived_rebellion in what was seen as the biggest challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule since he came to power more than two decades ago. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Sārts:_Latvia_should_expect_Belarus_to_increase pressure_on_border⠀⇛ The threat to Latvia of the military mercenary group Wagner is decreasing, but it should be noted that Belarus will try to increase pressure on the border with Latvia, Director of the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence Jānis Sārts said in an interview with Latvian Television on August 24. # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ Wagner_chief_listed_among_passengers_on board_crashed_plane,_Russian_state_media⠀⇛ Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is listed among passengers on board a plane that crashed north of Moscow, according to Russian state media. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Biden_‘not_surprised’_as_Wagner_chief_Prigozhin presumed_dead_in_plane_crash⠀⇛ The head of the Wagner mercenary group, which in June attempted to topple Russia’s military leadership, was on board a plane that crashed on Wednesday, with all passengers killed, Russian officials said. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Wagner_chief_Prigozhin_on_board_crashed_plane, says_Russia’s_aviation_agency⠀⇛ The head of the Wagner group that in June attempted to topple Russia’s military leadership was on board the plane that crashed Wednesday, Russia’s aviation agency said. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Wagner_chief’s_private_plane_crashes_in_Russia, leaving_no_survivors⠀⇛ A private plane belonging to Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin crashed in Moscow’s Tver region, killing all ten people on board, the Russian emergency services said Wednesday. Russia’s aviation agency says Prigozhin was on board. Reports of the crash came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to end Russia’s occupation of the Crimea peninsula and all other areas that Moscow controls in his country. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Russian_mercenary_chief_Yevgeny_Prigozhin_dead_in plane_crash_weeks_after_thwarted_uprising_against_Moscow⠀⇛ Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of powerful Russian mercenary group Wagner, died in a plane crash on Wednesday, alongside the group’s alleged founder Dmitry Utkin. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Prigozhin’s_death_will_divert_Wagner’s_attention_away from_Baltics,_Poland_–_Lithuanian_MP⠀⇛ The internal challenges Wagner will face after the death of its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin will divert the military company’s attention away from Lithuania, believes Laurynas Kasčiūnas, conservative MP and chairman of the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defence. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Prigozhin_Presumed_Dead_After_Wagner_Plane_Crashes With_No_Survivors_North_Of_Moscow⠀⇛ A private jet belonging to the Wagner mercenary group has crashed en route to St. Petersburg from Moscow, with officials saying the company’s chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was one of 10 people on the passenger list. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Plane_Carrying_Wagner’s_Leader_Prigozhin Crashed⠀⇛ In June, Yevgueni Prigozhin, 62, led a failed military rebellion against the Kremlin. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finnish_FM_Valtonen_“not_surprised”_by_Prigozhin_air crash_reports⠀⇛ International and Russian media has reported that a private plane, believed to have been carrying Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, crashed in the Tver region of Russia on Wednesday evening. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Mercenary_leader_Prighozin_may_have_been_in fatal_plane_crash_near_Moscow⠀⇛ The crash immediately raises suspicions since the fate of the founder of the Wagner private military company has been the subject of intense speculation ever since he mounted a mutiny earlier this year. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia-Ukraine_War:_Prigozhin_Listed_as Passenger_on_Plane_That_Crashed,_Killing_All_Aboard⠀⇛ The authorities did not confirm whether the Wagner mercenary leader, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, was on board when a private jet crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday, killing 10 people. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Prigozhin,_Wagner_Leader,_Believed_to_Be on_Plane_in_Deadly_Russia_Crash⠀⇛ All 10 people on a jet linked to Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the founder of the mercenary group, were killed on Wednesday, Russian officials said. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Thursday_Briefing:_Prigozhin_Listed_Aboard Crashed_Plane⠀⇛ Also, a paralyzed woman regains her voice. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ A_bomb_or_a_missile?_Meduza_analyzes_the_early evidence_about_what_downed_Yevgeny_Prigozhin’s_plane_and apparently_killed_Russia’s_most_notorious_mercenary_leader_— Meduza⠀⇛ On Wednesday evening, people northwest of Moscow looked up and saw a plane falling out of the sky. In videos shared on social media, large hunks of metal are visible, plummeting toward Earth as smoke trails the falling objects. Judging by the sound in the footage, at least one of the aircraft’s engines is still working as it falls. Some parts of the plane, including a wing and the tail section, fall separately. A few hours later, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency confirmed that mercenary leaders Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin — the commanders of Russia’s infamous Wagner Group — were aboard the crashed aircraft. Meduza analyzes the early evidence about what caused the crash: a bomb or a missile? # ⚓ Meduza ☛ The_other_founder_In_addition_to_Yevgeny Prigozhin,_the_Tver_plane_crash_appears_to_have_killed_the man_who_gave_Wagner_Group_its_name_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On the evening of August 23, a private jet belonging to Yevgeny Prigzohin crashed in Russia’s Tver region. The country’s Emergency Services Ministry reported that 10 people died in the crash, including three crew members. According to Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, the list of passengers onboard the aircraft included Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin. Meduza briefly outlines the life of the latter, whose callsign was the inspiration for Wagner Group’s name. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘I_had_a_feeling_he’d_come_to_a_bad_end’_Kremlin insiders_react_to_the_possible_death_of_Yevgeny_Prigozhin_— Meduza⠀⇛ A private jet belonging to Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin crashed in Russia’s Tver region on Wednesday, August 23. Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency later reported that Prigozhin’s name was on the aircraft’s passenger list. According to Russian state media, at least seven bodies have been found at the crash site so far. Preliminary reports stated that there were at least 10 passengers on board, all of whom died in the crash. As of this writing, however, Prigozhin’s death or whereabouts have not been officially confirmed. To find out how Russia’s political elite are reacting to the possible death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, Meduza special correspondent Andrey Pertsev spoke to his sources close to the Kremlin. Here’s what they said. # ⚓ European Commission ☛ State_aid:_Commission_approves_€800 million_Czech_scheme_to_support_companies_facing_increased energy_costs_in_the_context_of_Russia’s_war_against_Ukraine⠀⇛ European Commission Press release Brussels, 23 Aug 2023 The European Commission has approved an approximately €800 million (CZK 19 billion) Czech scheme to support companies affected by increased energy costs in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine. # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Zelensky_hails_‘free_people’_of_Ukraine on_independence_day⠀⇛ President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday marked his country’s independence day with an address congratulating Ukrainians and praising the military personnel who are pushing back against Russian forces in the southern and eastern parts of the country. An early morning missile strike injured seven people in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, said Serhiy Lisak, governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Delivers_Independence_Day_Address_Amid Russian_Strikes⠀⇛ On Ukraine’s Independence Day, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hailed the contributions of all Ukrainians to the struggle to preserve their country’s freedom in the face of Russia’s unprovoked invasion as Moscow kept up its relentless attacks on civilian targets. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland_marks_Ukrainian_Independence_Day⠀⇛ Finnish political leaders have reaffirmed their continued support for Ukraine on the occasion of the nation’s Independence Day. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Zelensky_tells_Orpo_Ukraine_wants_Finnish_APC production_as_Finland’s_PM_visits_Kyiv⠀⇛ Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) announced Finland will soon be sending Ukraine its 18th aid package since the war began. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_Says_Ukrainian_Drones_Targeted Moscow_for_a_Sixth_Consecutive_Day⠀⇛ Drone attacks in Russian territory have become more frequent as Ukraine wages a grueling counteroffensive. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Orpo_makes_surprise_visit_to_Kyiv, detailing_new_military_aid_package⠀⇛ PRIME MINISTER Petteri Orpo (NCP) on Wednesday made a surprise visit to Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Orpo revealed the Finnish government is this week set to make a decision on the 18th military aid package to Ukraine, adding that the package will consist of heavy weaponry and ammunition and be worth about as much as the previous packages – more than 100 million euros. ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_president_arrives_in_Kyiv_for_unannounced_visit_on_Ukraine’s independence_day⠀⇛ Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday, to attend Ukraine’s Independence Day celebrations and the summit of the international Crimea Platform. ⚓ RFERL ☛ Self-Exiled_Russian_Opposition_Activist_Sentenced_To_Eight_Years_In Prison⠀⇛ A Moscow court on August 23 sentenced in absentia Maksim Kats, a self-exiled opposition activist, to eight years in prison on a charge of distributing “fake news” about Russia’s armed forces. ⚓ Latvia ☛ High_interest_in_joining_National_Guard_in_Latvia⠀⇛ Although the interest in joining the National Guard is lower than last year following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it is still high, Commander of the National Guard Kaspars Pudāns told Latvian Television on August 24. ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Biden’s_Blunder:_Three_Costly_Mistakes_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ US President Joe Biden’s policy in the war in Ukraine has been clear from the beginning: to put Ukraine in the best position “on the battlefield [to] be in the strongest possible position at the negotiating table” while being careful “not fight the third world war in Ukraine.” ⚓ Reason ☛ There_Were_No_Anti-Interventionist_Candidates_at_the_GOP_Debate⠀⇛ Only Vivek Ramaswamy and Gov. Ron DeSantis said they wouldn’t support additional aid to Ukraine. But both argued we should be more militarily engaged against China and Mexico. ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_case_for_seizing_Putin_regime_assets⠀⇛ A coordinated asset-seizure program connected to Russian aggression and atrocities can build international consensus—increasing the effectiveness of economic responses to Russia’s war, eighteen months in. ⚓ France24 ☛ Expansion_and_a_common_currency_on_agenda_at_BRICS_summit⠀⇛ Leaders of some of the developing world’s most important economies turned Wednesday to the main business of their summit in South Africa, a day after a speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the gathering an anti-Western tinge that officials had been hoping to avoid. ⚓ LRT ☛ Furnishings_to_Putin’s_yacht_delivered_via_Lithuania_–_Navalny Foundation⠀⇛ < The Alexei Navalny Foundation has published an investigation into an Estonian company’s supply of parts for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s yacht. Some refurbishments for the vessel have been delivered to Kaliningrad via Lithuania, according to the investigation. ⚓ RFERL ☛ Wagner_Chief_Prigozhin_Believed_Killed_On_Plane_That_Crashed_Near Moscow_As_Investigation_Continues⠀⇛ Investigators continued to sift through wreckage of a private jet belonging to the Wagner group early on August 24 after it crashed en route to St. Petersburg from Moscow, leaving no survivors among a passenger list believed to include the leader of the private mercenaries, Yevgeny Prigozhin. ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Mercenary_leader_Yevgeny_Prigozhin_is_presumed dead_in_a_plane_crash_outside_Moscow⠀⇛ Russia’s civil aviation agency says mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was on a plane that crashed north of Moscow, killing all 10 people aboard. Prigozhin led a brief armed rebellion against the Russian military earlier this year. Wednesday’s crash immediately raised suspicions since the fate of the founder of the Wagner private military company has been the subject of intense speculation ever since he mounted the mutiny. At the time, President Vladimir Putin denounced the rebellion as “treason” and a “stab in the back” and vowed to avenge it. But the charges against Prigozhin were soon dropped, and the Wagner chief was allowed to retreat to Belarus, while reportedly popping up in Russia from time to time. ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Putin_Doesn’t_Cook⠀⇛ Putin may burned his chef by way of Russian air defense missiles. ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Siding_with_the_executioner’:_Ukrainian_official_rebukes_Danish director_Lars_von_Trier_for_‘Russian_lives_also_matter’_Instagram_post_— Meduza⠀⇛ Oleksiy Danilov, the head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, criticized Danish director Lars von Trier Wednesday after the filmmaker made an Instagram post reading “Russian lives also matter” in response to his country’s pledge to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_drone_strike_on_school_in_Sumy_region_kills_at_least_four employees_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported Wednesday that Russian forces launched a strike on a school in Romny, a city in Ukraine’s Sumy region. According to Denys Vashchenko, the head of the district administration, four people were killed. ⚓ Quartz ☛ Why_the_BRICS_countries_are_interested_in_expanding_their membership⠀⇛ The economic bloc representing the nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) announced plans to consider membership for new countries during their annual summit. ⚓ Quartz ☛ India_is_replacing_Russia_as_a_21st-century_space_power⠀⇛ India has become the fourth nation to safely land a robotic explorer on the Moon, and the first to do so near the Moon’s south pole, a region that scientists and explorers are eyeing with deep interest. ⚓ France24 ☛ India_becomes_first_nation_to_land_spacecraft_on_Moon’s_south pole⠀⇛ India on Wednesday made history when its Chandrayaan-3 lander successfully touched down on the Moon’s south pole, thought to be a potential source for water and oxygen, days after Russia’s mission failed. ⚓ Axios ☛ India_makes_history_with_its_first_successful_Moon_landing⠀⇛ India’s Chandrayaan-3 lander successfully touched down on the surface of the Moon Wednesday, days after a Russian_lander_crashed into the lunar surface ahead of its landing attempt. Why it matters:The successful mission vaults India into a league with just a handful of other space agencies that have accomplished the hard feat of landing on the lunar surface. India has also become the first country to land in the Moon’s south polar region. ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_considers_banning_some_officials_from_travelling_to_Russia, Belarus⠀⇛ Lithuania’s National Security Commission is considering banning some Lithuanian citizens from traveling to Russia and Belarus for security reasons. ⚓ France24 ☛ Russian_air_strikes_in_northwest_Syria_kill_two_civilians,_war monitor_says⠀⇛ At least two civilians were killed when Russian air strikes hit an abandoned water pumping station in Syria’s rebel-held northwest, rescuers said Wednesday, amid a recent uptick in attacks by Damascus ally Moscow. ⚓ RFERL ☛ Georgia_Condemns_Medvedev’s_Comments_On_Annexing_Breakaway_Regions⠀⇛ Tbilisi condemned as “completely unacceptable” comments by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that the two Georgian breakaway territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia could be formally annexed by Moscow “if there are good reasons.” ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘Aren’t_You_a_Man?’:_How_Russia_Goads_Citizens_Into_the Army⠀⇛ The Times tracked several months of Russian state messaging in the Kremlin’s effort to recruit soldiers. ⚓ RFERL ☛ Chechen_Opposition_Activist_Placed_On_Russia’s_Wanted_List⠀⇛ Russian officials announced on August 23 that self-exiled Chechen opposition activist Abubakar Yangulbayev has been placed on the wanted list. ⚓ Meduza ☛ Belgorod_governor_reports_3_civilians_killed_in_drone_strike_on Russian_health_resort_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Three civilians were killed in a drone strike on a health resort in the village of Lavy in Russia’s Belgorod region. ⚓ Meduza ☛ Viktor_Afzalov_appointed_acting_head_of_Russian_Aerospace_Forces,_in place_of_still_missing_‘General_Armageddon’_Surovikin_—_Meduza⠀⇛ An informed source has confirmed to the Russian state media RIA Novosti that General of the Army Sergey Surovikin has been removed from his post as commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces. ⚓ Meduza ☛ Yevgeny_Prigozhin’s_plane_crashes_with_mercenary_leader_on_board, Russian_officials_say_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed among the passengers on a plane that crashed while en route from St. Petersburg to Moscow, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency reported on Wednesday. ⚓ Latvia ☛ Illegal_border_crossing_attempts_still_on_the_rise_in_Latvia⠀⇛ On Tuesday, August 22, officials of the State Border Guard prevented 143 people from attempting to illegally cross the border of Latvia- Belarus, the border guard said. ⚓ LRT ☛ Two_Belarusians_cut_down_Lithuanian_border_surveillance_camera_poles⠀⇛ Two individuals from Belarus have cut down camera poles observing the border from the Lithuanian side. ⚓ LRT ☛ Belarus_opposition_leader_says_no_links_with_activist_denied_asylum_in Lithuania⠀⇛ Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya says she has not had any contact or cooperated with Olga Karach, a Belarusian activist who has been refused asylum in Lithuania last week. ⚓ RFERL ☛ Prosecutor_Seeks_Prison_Term_For_Son_Of_Self-Exiled_Belarusian Opposition_Politician⠀⇛ A prosecutor asked the Minsk City Court on August 23 to sentence Artsyom Lyabedzka, the son of self-exiled Belarusian opposition politician Anatol Lyabedzka, to 3 1/2 years in prison on a charge of financing an extremist group. ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarus_Labels_Vyasna_Human_Rights_Center,_Headed_By_Nobel_Laureate, As_‘Extremist’⠀⇛ Pro-government Telegram channels in Belarus said on August 23 that the Interior Ministry has labeled Minsk-based Vyasna human rights center, its online resources, and dozens of websites linked to it as extremist. § Environment⠀➾ * § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ o ⚓ Axios ☛ What_the_electric_car_transition_really_means_for autoworkers⠀⇛ A big sticking point in contract_talks between Detroit automakers and the United Auto Workers union is the popular assertion that it takes fewer workers to manufacture electric vehicles (EVs) than conventional cars. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ CNN ☛ T-Mobile_to_lay_off_5,000_employees⠀⇛ * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Policy_memo:_How_to_sharpen_the_digital_pillar_of the_Three_Seas_Initiative⠀⇛ The Three Seas Initiative and its digital pillar currently lack the credibility needed to attract sustained investments. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Subway_reportedly_gets_a_new_suitor_in_Goldman_Sachs⠀⇛ Goldman Sachs has entered the auction for sandwich shop chain Subway, teaming with existing suitors TDR Capital and Sycamore Partners, according to Bloomberg. Why it matters:This last-minute, deep-pocketed addition could move momentum away from Atlanta-based private equity firm Roark Capital Partners, which is seeking to become one of the world’s largest_restaurant_owners. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ The_Guts_of_the_Alleged_Conspiracy:_Scott_Hall⠀⇛ While we’re all awaiting the next mugshot of a high profile charged co-conspirator, the key to understanding how all the strands of Trump’s attempt to steal the election fit together may lie with lower profile Georgia bail bondsman, Scott Hall, who was released yesterday on bail himself. The David Bossie brother-in-law had ties not just to Jeffrey Clark and the Coffee County caper, but also apparently to the effort to pressure Ruby Freeman. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ After_Her_YouTuber_Takedown,_Can_Cardi_B_Take_Down a_Twitter_Troll?⠀⇛ Cardi B threatens legal action against a Twitter user claiming they have proof of Offset cheating on her in a clip many feel was AI-generated. § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Moscow_Court_Extends_Pretrial_Detention_Of_U.S._Reporter_By Three_Months⠀⇛ The pretrial detention of U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is accused of espionage — a charge he, his employer, The Wall Street Journal, and the U.S. government have rejected — has been extended by a Moscow court for another three months. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Russian_Court_Extends_the_Pretrial_Detention_of Journalist_Evan_Gershkovich⠀⇛ A Moscow court on Thursday extended the pretrial detention of the American reporter who has denied the espionage charges he faces. The U.S. says he has been wrongfully detained. * ⚓ NYPost ☛ Moscow_court_extends_arrest_of_jailed_WSJ_reporter_Evan Gershkovich⠀⇛ Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained on espionage charges, arrived at a Moscow court Thursday for a hearing on a motion by the prosecution to extend his arrest. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ KOL419_|_Soho_Forum_Debate_vs._Corey_Deangelis:_School_Choice⠀⇛ My side went from about 10 to 23 percentage points, gaining about 13; Corey went from about 45 to 64%, gaining about 19, so he won. § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ APNIC ☛ How_APNIC_is_implementing_your_feedback_in_2023⠀⇛ APNIC is focusing on ways to work together with the community to improve products and services. § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ JUVE ☛ Agfa_files_UPC_case_against_Gucci_over_leather_product printing [Ed: The UPC is illegal and unconstitutional; this should be referred to a high court to help abolish the UPC, which JUVE was repeatedly bribed to promote]⠀⇛ Printing company Agfa has sued luxury goods brand Gucci at the Hamburg UPC local division (case ID: ACT_561734/ 2023). The case concerns Agfa’s patent EP 3 388 490, which covers a manufacturing method for embellishing natural leather with a decorative image. o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ IP_Valuation_Partners_entity,_5G_IP_Holdings, 5G_patent_challenged⠀⇛ On August 21, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S._Patent_10,813,163, owned and asserted by 5G IP Holdings LLC, an NPE and IP Valuation_Partners,_LLC entity. The ’163 patent generally relates to discontinuous reception (DRX) and utilizing slots within subframes to adapt DRX to function within the 5G frame structure. o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Adnexus_advertising_patent_challenge_granted⠀⇛ On August 18, 2023, less than a month after Unified filed an_ex_parte_reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding a substantial new question of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S._Patent_8,719,101, owned and asserted by Adnexus, Inc., an NPE. o ⚓ Public_Interest_Provisions_in_the_Advancing_America’s_Interests Act⠀⇛ This post initially appeared in the R Street Institute’s ITC Policy Project Series. The recently reintroduced Advancing America’s Interests Act (AAIA) revises the 19 U.S. Code § 1337 – Unfair practices in import trade (Section 337), which gives the International Trade Commission (ITC) patent-enforcement authority over imports. o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Aseptic_Patent_Law:_Which_Side_of Literal_do_you_Favor?⠀⇛ Steuben Food recently lost its infringement case against Shibuya Hoppmann with the district court holding (1) the doctrine of equivalents (DOE) cannot extend to cover the accused aseptic bottle filling technique and further (2) the reverse doctrine of equivalents shields the defendant against charges of literal infringement.  Steuben Foods, Inc. v. Shibuya Hoppmann Corp., No. 1:19-cv-02181-CFC, 2023 WL 2498810 (D. Del. Mar. 14, 2023) (U.S. Patent Nos. 6,209,591; 6,536,188; and 6,702,985) (Chief Judge Connolly). The case is now pending on appeal at the Federal Circuit with the successful defendant’s responsive brief due in mid-September. * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ French_Publishers_Accuse_Musk_Of_Ditching_Snippets_To Skirt_Ridiculous_French_Copyright/Neighboring_Rights_Law⠀⇛ So, yesterday we had the story of how, at Elon’s personal request, exTwitter is moving to get rid of link and snippet text in what had been known as Twitter Cards for news organizations. Musk claims that it’s for “esthetic” reasons, though in our article, we noted the uncanny timing of this decision coming just a few weeks after the French news agency AFP had sued exTwitter in France, claiming that the snippets violate France’s neighboring rights law. o ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ Current_Roster_of_TTAB_Administrative_Trademark Judges_(Corrected)⠀⇛ With the recent departure of Judge Linda A. Kuczma and the addition of Judges Thomas L. Casagrande, Wendy Boldt Cohen, and Jennifer E. Elgin, the Board’s membership now stands at twenty-eight (28) Administrative Trademark Judges. The current roster is set forth below, beginning with Chief Judge Gerard F. Rogers and then proceeding alphabetically. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 6239 ➮ Generation completed at 02:54, i.e. 115 seconds to (re)generate ⟲