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█▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.30.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_Brute_With_an_Axe_Making_Tacit_Threats_(and_Fails_to_Understand_the Rule_of_Law,_As_Usual)⠀✐ Posted in GNU/Linux, Law at 3:48 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Ima_come_and_SMASH_your_server!!!_Oh,_wait,_the_sites_are_in another_continent⦈_ Summary: Matthew_J_Garrett, a serial_(and_now_full-time)_defamer who attacked BSD_and_GNU/Linux_users, continues making empty and legally-invalid_threats against sites and hosts that expose his really bad and sometimes illegal* behaviour _____ * Garrett is currently being investigated by the United Kingdom Cyber Crime Unit after numerous reports of crimes. ⠀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⢄⣤⡤⣄⡀⢀⣤⣤⣤⣤⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⡿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠀⢤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⢇⣿⣿⠽⢗⣩⡍⣾⡙⢿⣧⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠇⢀⠘⠀⣿⢱⡸⠉⠉⠹⢻⢛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠛⠿⠟⢎⡾⢧⣮⠟⠛⠛⢷⡅⢧⡫⣮⢻⡀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⡟⠟⡟⠷⣷⠿⣬⣦⣤⣇⣠⣸⣐⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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08.30.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Microsoft_Blames_Windows_11_“Unsupported_Processor”_Error_Screens_on_Hardware Makers;_Interferes_With_Full_Screen_Apps_Demanding_You_Use_Edge⠀✐ Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, OpenSUSE, Windows at 12:31 am by Guest Editorial Team Reprinted with permission from Ryan_Farmer. Microsoft blames the recent Windows 11 updates that results in an “Unsupported Processor” Blue Screen of Death on hardware makers. I’m not really sure that much needs to be said about this. Linux computers don’t do this suddenly after an update. But if you use Windows 11, your “supported computer” (which are only really most of them build after 2018) could_become_“unsupported” as quickly as you install the mandatory patch update that month. You can’t ever really be sure of what’s in the updates. There’s one of them, it’s really huge, and you can’t assess the risks or pick it apart. One day, it could just kill your operating system and Microsoft will tell you to go talk to someone who cares. They’re not going to fix it. I keep hearing Windows is “supported”. By whom? They could fix this bug, by removing the almost totally fake “processor check”, but they won’t. Wow, that’s such an amazing operating system! And if that’s not bad enough, let’s just make this a double-feature. Microsoft really doesn’t want you to use another Web browser. It will harass you even for searching for one. It will harass you while you are on another browser maker’s Web site trying to download one. Then after you install it and go to 27 different places making it the default, it will sometimes ignore it, and try to steal the defaults back, forcing you to start over. But then if you manage to set the default browser, you_will_start_getting notifications,_on_your_desktop, from Microsoft, that you’ve made “a bad choice” and “you need to reconsider” (essentially). This is the kind of thing the US v. Microsoft trial was about, they’ve even gotten in trouble in Europe, but they won’t stop. These notifications are appearing even when you have a full screen application or video game running. Why use Windows? Did you sign up to be harassed and heckled? Do you like this? Using openSUSE Leap doesn’t feel like I’m at a huge risk of waking up to a broken computer. They give me security patches here and there when they need to, an updated kernel now and then. But the churn is minimal. People don’t actually need all these updates, or shouldn’t, to just run a computer. So why does Windows get hundreds of MB of broken updates every month and then forcibly install them on you, and then make you play Reboot Russian Roulette where you get to pray it comes back up and hasn’t hosed anything? Have you ever wondered what’s in them? █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 351 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/30/x86-power-management/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/30/x86-power-management/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.30.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Intel_and_AMD_Power_Management_is_a_Stinking_Mess_as_Intel_Makes_Death Rattles⠀✐ Posted in Hardware at 7:35 pm by Guest Editorial Team Reprinted with permission from Ryan_Farmer. There’s simply no other way to describe it. Even if you turn on all of the power management the hardware is capable of, it’s not terrific. The x86 processors are known for being brute force energy hogs. Buying x86 processors and expecting good power management is like trying to hypermile a Chevy Suburban. (As big as a house and half as aerodynamic.) There’s just so far you can take it. The other architectures usually have better power management because people are using them on cell phones where they’re going to be really mad if the thing kills out 5 times a day. This is essentially why Intel had no luck with mobile processors. The things that it makes are simply too broken and full of bugs to actually work properly if you’re going to run out of power at some point. Sure, x86 has power management. Really, really terrible power management. It’s almost like an afterthought. And thanks to Intel’s incompetence you risk data corruption and system crashes if you turn the wrong part of it on, and thanks to the “design” of modern Intel chips being more like SoCs, you need all or basically all of it on or else the one thing that isn’t powering down does a horrific amount of damage to the overall consumption of the system. Intel and AMD power management and ACPI (which is full of Microsoft-isms and is the x86 power management and device description system of the PC) are so bad that Microsoft doesn’t even stop to figure them out on Windows. It just turns parts off and you have to live with 3-4 hour battery life on a computer that could theoretically get 6-8 hours. To get any decent amount of runtime you pretty much have to run Linux, and override it all to turn on and figure out if it actually corrupts anything or causes the system to become unstable. I’ve been lucky with my two Lenovo laptops that turning it all on at boot with the powertop –autotune systemd service on Linux just happens to work and doesn’t appear to screw anything up. Nevertheless, I think it should be embarrassing that Microsoft and Intel and AMD talk about “designing chips for Windows” where something as basic as good power management doesn’t even work on Windows, and rather than investigating it, they declared that you bought it and they’re not going to make more money off you soon, so have fun with broken power management, on the chip designed for Windows, under Windows. Hell, you’re lucky if this thing even continues booting at all and doesn’t suddenly start_crashing_and_saying_“Unsupported_Processor” because you installed a Windows update. The recent Windows “Unsupported Processor” incident actually does happen once in a while, and Microsoft expects users to install newer UEFI firmware that may never come to keep getting Windows updates. I never update my system firmware unless it’s doing something horrific because Linux doesn’t block you from installing operating system updates and throw bizarre panic errors if it worked okay to begin with, and system firmware updates gone wrong can mean a working computer becomes a dead one. So throwing it in the user’s lap just means that they risk a broken computer, trying to make Windows operable again. Microsoft absolutely should be responsible and work around whatever the error is, because Windows worked on these systems before the update. So what the hell did they put in there, and why does it make a previously working computer “Unsupported”? The owner of the machine didn’t do something wrong. Microsoft, Intel, and their OEM screwed up and now the user gets to suffer. As for Intel, oh Intel…. Bailout Biden gave them billions_of_dollars_to_expand production in America with the “Chips and Science Act”, which is totally not at all like Communism. No sir, not one bit. If it was Communism, then perhaps the government officials would expect to see new factories going up instead of thousands of layoffs [1] [2] [3]….(and a cafeteria_stabbing). Oh, and since they lost the Apple contract, because their chips are too bad for even Apple (who dabbled with AMD chips internally and then called it on x86 and moved to ARM), the_cuts_affected_Intel’s_GPU_division_too, so expect performance of integrated GPUs to flatline after anything they already have in the pipeline. Recently, Biden signed an executive order to limit Chinese access to all this Intel junk. Last year, Intel said that the Chinese didn’t currently (in 2022) have anything that overtook the raw performance of the Intel chips, but they_almost_certainly will_within_4_years. As another disaster at Intel recently unfolded, Chinese regulators blocked Intel’s $5.4 billion dollar acquisition of Tower Semiconductor, causing Intel to_have_to_pay_$353_million_for_breach_of_contract_and_walk_away_with_nothing. Intel is a comically badly managed company and they and Microsoft deserve to die on the same hill. (The Microsoft layoffs and hiring freezes continue, but Roy Schestowitz has covered this angle well enough, I think.) You add all this up, and I mean, it’s not an emergency but I do want off x86 and onto something that runs Linux on ARM eventually. Raspberry_Pi Imager seems to have_a_Flatpak for non-Ubuntu users to create SD cards with various OS software and game emulators for the thing, and I think I could tolerate deploying this to crank out some OS images if I decide to pick one up. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 523 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/30/xenophobia-nytimes/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/30/xenophobia-nytimes/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.30.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Xenophobia_and_Misinformation_in_New_York_Times⠀✐ Posted in Deception at 12:50 am by Guest Editorial Team Reprinted with permission from Ryan_Farmer. Entire Front Page of New York Times Nonsense About “China Failing”. The entire front page of the New York Times as of August 29, 2023 is about “China failing.” This is called projection. “She Rose From Poverty as China Prospered. Then It Made Her Poor Again.” -New York Times Headline The United States was prospering, at one point. Most people living in it today would say they miss how things were 20 years ago. I’ve been personally wiped out by “recessions”, hyperinflation, and “enemy action” (the government, directly) and I don’t personally feel like I’ll ever truly recover. My country has abandoned me. ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ “Mr Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: ‘Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action’.”⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ -Goldfinger (James Bond) There’s also another one from a Sean Connery movie, which many suspect was an “unofficial James Bond”. General Hummel (Ed Harris): “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” Thomas Jefferson. John Mason (Sean Connery): “Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious,” according to Oscar Wilde. *Hummel punches Mason* John Mason: Thank you for making my point. -The Rock, 1996 “U.S. Commerce Secretary Meets With China’s Economic Czar Amid Tensions” -NY Times Headline America crumbles while it likes to pretend it can tell China what to do. I believe the British found themselves at this point in the 1980s when Margaret Thatcher traveled to China to tell them how they would be “extending the lease” on Hong Kong. There was a point where the New York Times was a legitimate publication, hard- hitting, journalistic integrity, publishing even leaked US Government classified documents and standing up to authoritarians. These days? It’s just CNN with a paywall. Also, a KrugmanBot3000. Very reliable for spitting out anti-Chinese propaganda. I guess the government is still working on Liberty_Prime. All this “China failing, China failing, no trouble in America, no siree Bob!” stuff would go down easier except… America is failed. Its own military recruits, young ones, die of drugs. After a failed cover-up attempt by the US government, word got out that the US Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois has been having soldiers drop dead like flies due to fentanyl and other crap. “Fentanyl_takes_lives_at_the_Navy’s_boot_camp_base”, reads the Yahoo! News article, from Navy Times. Original_article. Archive.org_Mirror. Archive_Today_Mirror. As America grapples with a fentanyl crisis, multiple junior sailors have died from the drug aboard the base that houses the Navy’s boot camp in recent years, and investigators have been probing efforts to smuggle drugs onto the installation, including through the U.S. mail system, since at least 2020, according to records obtained by Navy Times. Two other sailors are facing criminal charges in connection to one of those deaths, records show. […] Those substances include fentanyl, cocaine and the opioids hydrocodone and oxycodone, as well as the hallucinogen LSD, Xanax and THC, the psychoactive component in marijuana. These incidents and sailor deaths, which the Navy has not publicized and which have not been reported before, raise questions about how young sailors have been able to use and distribute drugs there. -Navy Times This is obviously the stuff of the very robust America, not the very obviously “failing” ZOMGCOMMUNIST RED China. 😛 The media narrative of China’s situation is very much exaggerated, and our own dirty laundry is always either not talked about, or squirreled away with their henchmen at the modern New York Times and similar “mainstream” sources. Look, people say the mass media in the US isn’t credible, because it isn’t. The people running these psyop campaigns made “fake news” a “Trumpism” so they can always have a red herring. Most people in the US join the military because of lack of social mobility. It’s that, a job at McDonalds (at least until they can work with IBM to automate the place, albeit IBM_is_so_incompetent_they_haven’t_had_much_luck_so far), or prison. The Republicans sued to stop Biden’s student loan forgiveness because they ADMIT that the GI Bill is one of the few reasons people go into the military. When the only way to go to college free is to join a gang of war criminals, and perhaps be ordered to murder people and blow up their home, that’s certainly some country, isn’t it? Who has China done this to? It wasn’t China that attacked Vietnam. It wasn’t China that invaded Iraq. The fact that the American military is getting people to join up who are in their teenage years and already so done with everything they’re dabbling in hard drugs and killing themselves shows the state of rot going on. Past generations had the world by the balls when they were 18. Now it’s over before it begins thanks to crooks and liars having been in charge of America for so long. Maybe old Bonehead Joe can have Kamala set up a commission to study this or something. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 728 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.30.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_30/08/2023:_Spincare_Vinyl_Cleaner_and_Back_in_a_TUI_World⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:43 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Education⠀⇛ This is not a new practice; the Prussian education system has been widely imitated. When done right it offers free schooling for poor citizens. The “curriculum inculcates a strong national identity” which could yield civic pride, or may promote exciting world wars against terrible and/or inferior foreigners, or exciting problems with internal outgroups (those with the wrong skin color, wrong orientation, wrong age, wrong wealth, …). The schooling is efficient and does reduce illiteracy. And if the population is going up, lots, you may need to stack ‘em deep and teach ‘em cheap. “Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling” by John Taylor Gatto (1992) points out problems of the Prussian model as implemented in some parts of America, and one can probably find other critiques. I probably need to re-read it, as it’s been a few years. # ⚓ Birch_Shrubs_(publ._2023-08-30)⠀⇛ I believe this is the same thing as what I had identified earlier as Resin Birch (Betula glandulosa) but am doubting this identification now. Looking again at the sketches in my book (“Alaska Trees and Shrubs”, 2nd ed., Viereck et al, pg. 150.), the leaves do not look the same. I’m thinking it must be some kind of birch, though. The double-toothed featured of the leaves looks similar to the sketches of Western Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera), but that does not grow in the interior, and is not a shrub. The leaf is similar to the sketches of Sitka Alder (Alnus sinuata) which is a shrub, but it is not supposed to be growing in Fairbanks, and also the twig description doesn’t match. As to the twigs, there appears to be some similarity with Siberia Alder (“Hairless, smooth, dark brownish-red, with many light dots”) but the leaves are very different. # ⚓ 🎵_Spincare_Vinyl_Cleaner⠀⇛ We moved house, again, last month. Hopefully for the last time as we’re now “proud” home-owners… which also means we’re skint, staring down the barrel of a never ending list of DIY jobs, and all our boxes are out of storage. Including my Vinyl. It’s been a long time since I’ve had my Vinyl out. They’ve been in storage for at least 6 years, and it’s closer to 10 since I regularly mixed with them. To make it up to them, I decided to show them the love; I’m going to replace any knackered inners, get some proper plastic outer sleeves, and give them all a damn good clean. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Switching_to_Iceraven⠀⇛ I’m switching my default Android browser from Chrome to Iceraven. I appreciate how snappy the UI and add-on features are (thanks to Firefox Fenix), and the security features are impressive. # ⚓ Back_in_a_TUI_world⠀⇛ In my desire to simplify and lighten my internet, I’m looking at some of the lesser known ‘corners’ of the web like sdf.org and all the tilde sites. It’s also a non-commercial approach to the internet, a place where sharing is more important than making money. But for someone like me, a former Apple fan and Graphical User Interface (GUI) user, it’s not easy because it uses SSH, Unix command lines and Text-based User Interface (TUI). I’m not completely stupid and I have memories of command lines, especially in bash (I sometimes write some scripts for myself or for work), but in the era of mouse and keyboard it seems very anachronistic to me. I had old (bad??) souvenirs from VI and Man, but for my first trip into this world I had to use PiCo (Pine Composer) or Nano. Not very powerful, but I managed to do what I wanted. I’m just thinking about the fans of the touch user interface (not another TUI ??!) with just a keyboard and that black and white window, ha ha. And I’m also thinking of fans of CLI who just want to work with a keyboard. I’m open-minded, so I’m always thinking of the different users, trying my site with Lynx (a text browser) or with Firefox or Opera mobile. I discovered the SDF.og bulletin board, which reminds me of the old BBS or the French Minitel. It’s quite easy to learn. But when I had to use Mutt as a mail client, it was not so easy for the first few minutes. After a few aborted attempts, I managed to send an email to the poor sdf users who were trying to help me discover this “dark” world. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 886 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.30.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_30/08/2023:_Calamares_Releases_and_Portfolio_1.0.0⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:48 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o BSD o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Events o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o GNU_Projects o Programming/Development # Python * Leftovers * Censorship/Free_Speech * Civil_Rights/Policing * Monopolies o Trademarks o Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Destination_Linux_337:_Birthday_Presents_and_Bad Transitions⠀⇛ SHOW NOTES ►► https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/ destination-linux/dl-337/ # ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ Destination_Linux_337:_Birthday_Presents_and Bad_Transitions⠀⇛ On this episode of Destination Linux (337), we discuss a piece of Linux hardware that’s got all of us drooling. Then we’re going to discuss some changes coming to KDE that will finally make Michael happy. And we have a special birthday to celebrate. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.4.13⠀⇛ I'm announcing the release of the 6.4.13 kernel. All users of the 6.4 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 6.4.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/ git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.4.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/ linux-s... thanks, greg k-h # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.1.50⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.15.129⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.10.193⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.4.255⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_4.19.293⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_4.14.324⠀⇛ o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Machine_Learning_in_Linux:_ImaginAIry_– Pythonic_generation_of_images⠀⇛ Our Machine Learning in Linux series focuses on apps that make it easy to experiment with machine learning. All the apps covered in the series can be self-hosted. ImaginAIry is Python-based software for generating Stable Diffusion images. It’s primarily designed for the command-line but there’s a web frontend in development. This is free and open source software. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 6_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_GUI_Command Schedulers⠀⇛ The software utility cron also known as cron job is a time-based job scheduler in Unix-like computer operating systems. # ⚓ Tor ☛ New_Release:_Tor_Browser_12.5.3⠀⇛ Tor Browser 12.5.3 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This release updates Firefox to 102.15.0esr, including bug fixes, stability improvements and important security updates. We also backported the Android-specific security updates from Firefox 117. # ⚓ ScummVM ☛ ScummVM_announces_affiliate_program_with_ZOOM- Platform.com⠀⇛ We are pleased to announce an affiliate partnership with ZOOM-Platform, a supplier of DRM-free games. If you use a link from this website (or from our Wiki), the ScummVM project will receive a small amount of money to be used for web hosting and other expenses. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Create_Live_Linux_Mint_USB⠀⇛ Seamlessly create a live USB with Linux Mint on Windows and Linux by following this guide. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Power_Tab_Editor_on_Ubuntu_22.04 LTS⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Power Tab Editor on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Power Tab Editor is a music notation software specialized in creating guitar and bass tablatures, as well as sheet music with detailed playback capabilities. # ⚓ Peter ‘CzP’ Czanik ☛ Developing_a_syslog-ng_configuration⠀⇛ This year I started publishing a syslog-ng tutorial series both on my blog and on YouTube: https:// peter.czanik.hu/posts/syslog-ng-tutorial-toc/ And while the series was praised as the best possible introduction to syslog-ng, viewers also mentioned that one interesting element is missing from it: namely, it does not tell users how to develop a syslog-ng configuration. # ⚓ Peter_Czanik:_Developing_a_syslog-ng_configuration⠀⇛ This year I started publishing a syslog-ng tutorial series both on my blog and on YouTube: https:// peter.czanik.hu/posts/syslog-ng-tutorial-toc/ And while the series was praised as the best possible introduction to syslog-ng, viewers also mentioned that one interesting element is missing from it: namely, it does not tell users how to develop a syslog-ng configuration. # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_make_Linux_terminal_transparent⠀⇛ Like everything else on Linux, terminal can also be customized to fit your preferences. To change the design of terminal, you don’t have to download an extension or theme to do it. # ⚓ OSNote ☛ Oracle_Linux_7_Minimal_Server_installieren⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we show you how to install the latest version of Oracle Linux 7 on a dedicated hardware server or on a private virtual machine by using the DVD ISO image or a bootable Oracle Linux USB. # ⚓ OSNote ☛ Install_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_Desktop⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will learn how to install the latest graphical version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 on a dedicated hardware server or on a virtual machine in a private or public cloud using the DVD ISO image or a bootable RHEL USB. # ⚓ Vitux ☛ How_to_Install_Apache_Guacamole_via_Docker_on Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ Apache Guacamole is a free and open-source remote desktop gateway that allows you to connect to your computer/server remotely using different protocols such as SSH, RDP, and VNC. Apache Guacamole is maintained by Apache Software Foundation, and licensed with Apache License 2.0. # ⚓ Fixing_Mirror_List_Error_in_Arch_and_Manjaro⠀⇛ If you’re in a rush and want to fix this problem quickly, just run the below command: However, I recommend you read the entire article to understand the main reason for this issue and become an informed Linux user. # ⚓ A_Beginner’s_Guide_to_Using_the_Shutdown_Command_in_Linux⠀⇛ Don’t you want to see the screen of your Linux machine? Either you don’t work anymore? # ⚓ Linux Journal ☛ How_to_Set_or_Modify_the_Path_Variable_in Linux⠀⇛ The Linux command line is a powerful tool that gives you complete control over your system. But to unleash its full potential, you must understand the environment in which it operates. One crucial component of this environment is the PATH variable. It’s like a guide that directs the system to where it can find the programs you’re asking it to run. In this article, we will delve into what the PATH variable is, why it’s important, and how to modify it to suit your needs. # ⚓ Reverse_Engineering_UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer_(UBScan)⠀⇛ While working on the Oracle Ksplice team, we have to adapt our code base to handle new features either in the Linux Kernel or user space programs so that we can continue to provide live patching to our customers. One of those features was UBSan (UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer) and the idea of this blog post is to share the investigation work that has been done as part of adding support for it in Ksplice for the Linux kernel. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Adriaan de Groot ☛ Calamares_Releases_(3.2.62_and 3.3.0-alpha3)⠀⇛ After a long pause, there are two new Calamares releases. Calamares is a Linux System Installer, and I was the maintainer for five years before resigning that role. Nobody has stepped up to take the role over, although Anke and Evan contribute regularly helping users and adding bits and pieces. So, I got some prodding to do new releases and did so. § Translation Updates There is a 3.2.62 release, dating back to april 2023. That was the very last 3.2 series release, and just picked up translations from Transifex. After that, translations were switched to the 3.3 branch. Since there are no real 3.3 releases yet, there is little testing of the translation workflow yet. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ KDE_Plasma_6_gets_double-click_to open_by_default_and_other_improvements⠀⇛ Something that has proven to be quite divisive in the Linux community for KDE Plasma users is single or double-click to open something, as Plasma 6 will default to double-click. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ GNOME ☛ Martín_Abente_Lahaye:_Portfolio_1.0.0⠀⇛ I am happy to announce the release of Portfolio 1.0.0! This new release is the first step in the modernization process to GTK 4 and Libadwaita. It’s also a continuation to my efforts of bringing a minimalist file manager to the mobile Linux community, with a few important bug fixes. As a starting point for the modernization process, this new version of Portfolio preserves the exact same design, in a GTK 4 flavor. A few reasons for that. First, although I wish everyone was distributing applications using Flatpak, I want to reduce friction for the mobile Linux distributions, by sticking to currently available APIs. Second, I want to spend more time experimenting with newer Libadwaita widgets, specially with the ones from the upcoming 1.4 release, as these could require redesigning a few aspects of Portfolio’s graphical interface. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ antiX_23_Systemd-Free_Linux_Distro_Released Based_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ AntiX Linux is a lightweight, Debian-based distribution that is fast and suitable for older hardware and modern systems. It is known for its minimal resource usage and ability to run on computers with limited RAM and processing power. Relying on the lightweight IceWM for its flagship desktop environment, antiX is an excellent choice for all advanced Linux users looking for a systemd- free Linux distribution to tailor to their needs. Released ten months after the previous 22 version, antiX 23 brings some exciting changes, so let’s look at them. # ⚓ Beta News ☛ Debian-based_antiX-23_(Arditi_del_Popolo)_is the_Systemd-free_Linux_experience_of_your_dreams⠀⇛ If you’re one to favor choice, versatility, and independence from the systemd behemoth, then you’re in for a treat. Say hello to antiX-23 (Arditi del Popolo), a new release based on Debian Bookworm that stands as a powerful testament to the open- source community’s flexibility. With its myriad flavors and options, this Linux distro invites you to experience computing on your own terms. The new release adds some in-house spices like zzzFM/IceWM as the default desktop and the IceWM Control Centre. Plus, the Onboard virtual keyboard and magnus screen magnifier are now standard. o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ Meet_the_2023_FreeBSD_Google_Summer_of_Code Students:_Aymeric_Wibo⠀⇛ The FreeBSD Project is proud to have participated in the Google Summer of Code program since its inception in 2005. As we near the completion of the 2023 season, the Foundation asked a few of our GSoC students to share more about themselves and their experience working with the Project. # ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ Meet_the_2023_FreeBSD_Google_Summer_of_Code Students:_Sudhanshu_Mohan_Kashyap⠀⇛ The FreeBSD Project is proud to have participated in the Google Summer of Code program since its inception in 2005. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Andrew_Cater:_20230828_–_OMGWTFBBQ_–_Breakfast_is_happening more_or_less⠀⇛  And nothing changes: rediscovered from past Andrew at his first Cambridge BBQ and almost the first blog post here: [...] # ⚓ Andrew_Cater:_Building_a_mirror_of_various_Red_Hat_oriented “stuff”⠀⇛ § Building a mirror for rpm-based distributions. I’ve already described in brief how I built a mirror that currently mirrors Debian and Ubuntu on a daily basis. That was relatively straightforward given that I know how to install Debian and configure a basic system without a GUI and the ftpsync scripts are well maintained, I can pull some archives and get one pushed to me such that I’ve always got up to date copies of Debian and Ubuntu. I wanted to do something similar using Rocky Linux to pull in archives for Almalinux, Rocky Linux, CentOS, CentOS Stream and (optionally) Fedora. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_Blog:_Closing_the_Gap:_Ubuntu_Pro_in_the AWS_Shared_Responsibility_Model⠀⇛ Explore Ubuntu Pro’s role in the AWS Shared Responsibility Model plus walk through a real-world example to install your own Mastodon server on Ubuntu Pro Deploying your application on a public cloud offers numerous benefits, including improved time to market, elastic capacity, and improved baseline security compared to on-premises solutions. However, this does not guarantee better security coverage for your application and data. For this reason, the major cloud providers provide a Shared Responsibility Model, which outlines the distribution of security responsibilities between the cloud service provider and its customers. In this blog post we will examine the synergy between Ubuntu Pro and the AWS Shared Responsibility Model. We will then present a practical example by installing a Mastodon Server to illustrate how Ubuntu Pro’s features effectively safeguard your application. # ⚓ Alan Pope ☛ Alan_Pope:_Why_use_Microsoft_Edge_on_Linux [Ed: From Canonical Snap to shilling proprietary spyware and password stealer of Microsoft/NSA]⠀⇛ Yesterday, I wrote a little about the applications I’ve seen crash on my Ubuntu Linux laptop over the last six months. Some people questioned why I use Microsoft Edge as my primary web browser on Ubuntu. I thought I’d write up why, and how a couple of the built-in features are appealing to me. # ⚓ Step-by-Step_Guide:_How_to_Install_Chrome_in_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Google Chrome is a web browser, most used widely in the world. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_Blog:_How_New_Mexico_State_University accelerates_compliant_federal_research_with_Ubuntu⠀⇛ When the stakes are high and national security is on the line, every decision matters. Just ask the team at New Mexico State University’s Physical Science Laboratory (PSL). Founded back in 1946 to support the United States’ space and rocket programs, PSL has been on the leading edge of defence-oriented applied science for over seven decades. But when the Department of Defense (DoD) rolled out new cybersecurity guidelines, PSL found itself at a crossroads. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Android_Auto_10.3_Stable_Version_is_Now_Available⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Ugoos_AM8_–_A_true_8K_TV_box_powered_by Amlogic_S928X-J_processor_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ China-Linked_BadBazaar_Android_Spyware Targeting_Signal_and_Telegram_Users⠀⇛ # ⚓ Giz China ☛ First_Samsung_Galaxy_Devices_to_Receive_One_UI 6_–_Gizchina.com⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ Wallpaper_Wednesday:_Android_wallpapers 2023-08-30_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Bootlin ☛ Feedback_from_ELCE_2023:_selection_of_talks_#3⠀⇛ As we reported in a previous blog post, almost the entire Bootlin engineering team was at the Embedded Linux Conference Europe in Prague in June. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Mike_Hommey:_Hacking_the_ELF_format_for_Firefox,_12 years_later_;_doing_better_with_less⠀⇛ (I haven’t posted a lot in the past couple years, except for git-cinnabar announcements. This is going to be a long one, hold tight) This is quite the cryptic title, isn’t it? What is this all about? ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) is a file format used for binary files (e.g. executables, shared libraries, object files, and even core dumps) on some Unix systems (Linux, Solaris, BSD, etc.). A little over 12 years ago, I wrote a blog post about improving_libxul_startup_I/ O_by_hacking_the_ELF_format. For context, libxul is the shared library, shipped with Firefox, that contains most of its code. o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ Announcing_the_Fourth_Edition_of_the_LibreOffice_Latin America_Conference⠀⇛ Latin America is a growing area for free and open source software. The Latin American LibreOffice community announces the Fourth LibreOffice Latin America Congress, to be held at the Faculty of Engineering of the UNAM, Mexico City, on November 9th (Thursday) and 10th (Friday). o § GNU Projects⠀➾ # ⚓ GNU ☛ coreutils_@_Savannah:_coreutils-9.4_released_ [stable]⠀⇛ This is to announce coreutils-9.4, a stable release. This is a stabilization release coming about 19 weeks after the 9.3 release. See the NEWS below for a summary of changes. There have been 162 commits by 10 people in the 19 weeks since 9.3.   Andreas Schwab (1)      Jim Meyering (1)   Bernhard Voelker (3)    Paul Eggert (60)   Bruno Haible (11)       Pádraig Brady (80)   Dragan Simic (3)        Sylvestre Ledru (2)   Jaroslav Skarvada (1)   Ville Skyttä (1) Pádraig [on behalf of the coreutils maintainers] Here is the GNU coreutils home page:     http://gnu.org/s/coreutils/   http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/ ?p=coreutils.git;a=shortlog;h=v9.4 or run this command from a git-cloned coreutils directory:   git shortlog v9.3..v9.4   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils- 9.4.tar.gz   (15MB)   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils- 9.4.tar.xz   (5.8MB)   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils- 9.4.tar.gz.sig   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils- 9.4.tar.xz.sig   7dce42b8657e333ce38971d4ee512c4313b8f633  coreutils-9.4.tar.gz   X2ANkJOXOwr+JTk9m8GMRPIjJlf0yg2V6jHHAutmtzk=  coreutils-9.4.tar.gz   7effa305c3f4bc0d40d79f1854515ebf5f688a18  coreutils-9.4.tar.xz   6mE6TPRGEjJukXIBu7zfvTAd4h/8O1m25cB+BAsnXlI=  coreutils-9.4.tar.xz from coreutils-9.2 or OpenBSD’s cksum since 2007.   gpg –verify coreutils-9.4.tar.gz.sig   pub   rsa4096/0xDF6FD971306037D9 2011-09-23 [SC]         Key fingerprint = 6C37 DC12 121A 5006 BC1D  B804 DF6F D971 3060 37D9   uid                   [ unknown] Pádraig Brady   uid                   [ unknown] Pádraig Brady   gpg –locate-external-key P@draigBrady.com   gpg –recv-keys DF6FD971306037D9   wget -q -O- ‘https://savannah.gnu.org/project/ release-gpgkeys.php?group=coreutils&download=1′ | gpg –import -   gpg –keyring gnu-keyring.gpg –verify coreutils- 9.4.tar.gz.sig   Automake 1.16.5   Gnulib v0.1-6658-gbb5bb43a1e   Bison 3.8.2 * Noteworthy changes in release 9.4 (2023-08-29) [stable]   On GNU/Linux s390x and alpha, programs like ‘cp’ and ‘ls’ no longer   fail on files with inode numbers that do not fit into 32 bits.   [This bug was present in "the beginning".]   ‘b2sum –check’ will no longer read unallocated memory when   presented with malformed checksum lines.   [bug introduced in coreutils-9.2]   ‘cp –parents’ again succeeds when preserving mode for absolute directories.   Previously it would have failed with a “No such file or directory” error.   [bug introduced in coreutils-9.1]   ‘cp –sparse=never’ will avoid copy-on-write (reflinking) and copy offloading,   to ensure no holes present in the destination copy.   [bug introduced in coreutils-9.0]   cksum again diagnoses read errors in its default CRC32 mode.   ‘cksum –check’ now ensures filenames with a leading backslash character   are escaped appropriately in the status output.   This also applies to the standalone checksumming utilities.   [bug introduced in coreutils-8.25]   dd again supports more than two multipliers for numbers.   Previously numbers of the form ’1024x1024x32′ gave “invalid number” errors.   factor, numfmt, and tsort now diagnose read errors on the input.   ‘install –strip’ now supports installing to files with a leading hyphen.   Previously such file names would have caused the strip process to fail.   ls now shows symlinks specified on the command line that can’t be traversed.   Previously a “Too many levels of symbolic links” diagnostic was given.   pinky, uptime, users, and who no longer misbehave on 32-bit GNU/Linux   platforms like x86 and ARM where time_t was historically 32 bits.   Also see the new –enable-systemd option mentioned below.   ‘pr –length=1 –double-space’ no longer enters an infinite loop.   shred again operates on Solaris when built for 64 bits.   Previously it would have exited with a “getrandom: Invalid argument” error.   tac now handles short reads on its input.  Previously it may have exited   erroneously, especially with large input files with no separators.   ‘uptime’ no longer incorrectly prints “0 users” on OpenBSD,   and is being built again on FreeBSD and Haiku.   [bugs introduced in coreutils-9.2]   ‘wc -l’ and ‘cksum’ no longer crash with an “Illegal instruction” error   on x86 Linux kernels that disable XSAVE YMM.  This was seen on Xen VMs.   ‘cp -v’ and ‘mv -v’ will no longer output a message for each file skipped   due to -i, or -u.  Instead they only output this information with –debug.   I.e., ‘cp -u -v’ etc. will have the same verbosity as before coreutils-9.3.   ‘cksum -b’ no longer prints base64-encoded checksums.  Rather that   short option is reserved to better support emulation of the standalone   checksum utilities with cksum.   ‘mv dir x’ now complains differently if x/dir is a nonempty directory.   Previously it said “mv: cannot move ‘dir’ to ‘x/ dir’: Directory not empty”,   where it was unclear whether ‘dir’ or ‘x/dir’ was the problem.   Now it says “mv: cannot overwrite ‘x/dir’: Directory not empty”.   Similarly for other renames where the destination must be the problem.   [problem introduced in coreutils-6.0] ** Improvements   cp, mv, and install now avoid copy_file_range on linux kernels before 5.3   irrespective of which kernel version coreutils is built against,   reinstating that behavior from coreutils-9.0.   comm, cut, join, od, and uniq will now exit immediately upon receiving a   write error, which is significant when reading large / unbounded inputs.   split now uses more tuned access patterns for its potentially large input.   This was seen to improve throughput by 5% when reading from SSD.   split now supports a configurable $TMPDIR for handling any temporary files.   tac now falls back to ‘/tmp’ if a configured $TMPDIR is unavailable.   ‘who -a’ now displays the boot time on Alpine Linux, OpenBSD,   Cygwin, Haiku, and some Android distributions   ‘uptime’ now succeeds on some Android distributions, and now counts   VM saved/sleep time on GNU (Linux, Hurd, kFreeBSD), NetBSD, OpenBSD,   Minix, and Cygwin.   On GNU/Linux platforms where utmp-format files have 32-bit timestamps,   pinky, uptime, and who can now work for times after the year 2038,   so long as systemd is installed, you configure with a new, experimental   option –enable-systemd, and you use the programs without file arguments.   (For example, with systemd ‘who /var/log/wtmp’ does not work because   systemd does not support the equivalent of /var/ log/wtmp.) o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ SciPy_T-Test⠀⇛ The “ttest_ind()”, “ttest_1samp()”, and “ttest_rel()” methods of the “scipy.stats” module perform one sample, two samples or paired sample t-test in Python. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_String_oct()_Function⠀⇛ The “oct()” function is used in Python to convert/transform the decimal, binary and hexadecimal values into octal values. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ The_“Bring_Me_a_Rock”_phenomenon⠀⇛ Jonathan_Becher This phenomenon happens when a manager cannot or will not communicate their goals clearly and succinctly. Subordinates repeatedly try to fulfill their manager’s expectations through multiple attempts of bringing them a rock (i.e., proposal, product, process, etc.). Each time, the rock isn’t quite right – with the manager producing another requirement. Eventually, the manager becomes satisfied or the subordinates wearily give up. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ How_can_schools_dig_out_from_a_generation’s worth_of_lost_math_progress?⠀⇛ Sluggish growth in math scores for U.S. students began long before the pandemic, but the problem has snowballed into an education crisis. # ⚓ LRT ☛ More_Lithuanian_teachers_mull_joining_strike_action⠀⇛ Five years ago, striking teachers occupied parts of the Education Ministry building and stayed there for several weeks. With the start of the new school year fast approaching, the teachers are again looking at industrial action to address staffing issues and low wages. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Germany_Averts_Train_Strikes_as_Union_Accepts Arbitration⠀⇛ After more than half a year of wage disputes, the parties have agreed on the proposal submitted by independent arbitrators at the end of July. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ Unlocking_the_value_of_supply_chain data_across_industries [Ed: The issue is a lack of demand, not supply chain faff; the media controlled by the likes of Microsoft recalls COVID-19 to blame a rotting economy.]⠀⇛ The product shortages and supply-chain delays of the global covid-19 pandemic are still fresh memories. Consumers and industry are concerned that the next geopolitical climate event may have a similar impact. Against a backdrop of evolving regulations, these conditions mean manufacturers want to be prepared against short supplies, concerned customers, and weakened margins. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ ‘Like_Snoop_Dogg’s_living_room’: Smell_of_pot_wafts_over_notorious_U.S._Open_court⠀⇛ It’s legal in New York for adults 21 and older to possess cannabis, and they can smoke or vape it wherever smoking tobacco is allowed. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Don’t_Bring_Back_COVID_Authoritarianism⠀⇛ People should be free to choose how cautious to be. Mask mandates, lockdowns, and closing schools won’t stop the virus. # ⚓ Reason ☛ A_Ruling_Against_a_Man_Arrested_for_a_COVID-19 Joke_Highlights_the_Influence_of_a_Pernicious_Analogy⠀⇛ A federal judge compared Waylon Bailey’s Facebook jest to “falsely shouting fire in a theatre.” # ⚓ Reason ☛ Study:_Sweden’s_‘Laissez_Faire’_Pandemic_Policies Paid_Off [Ed: Misses the point that Sweden became a burden on neighbouring countries' hospitals]⠀⇛ The Scandinavian country suffered fewer excess deaths and far less economic and social damage than other rich countries that had more restrictive pandemic policies. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Microsoft_joins_a_growing_chorus_of organizations_criticizing_a_UN_cybercrime_treaty [Ed: Microsoft_itself_is_by_far_the_biggest_security_abuser/ culprit,_enabler_of_breaches]⠀⇛ Critics say the draft version of the global treaty backed by China and Russia could be used to persecute security researchers and activists. # ⚓ Multiple_Severe,_Remotely_Exploitable_Chromium_Vulns Fixed⠀⇛ Multiple severe, remotely exploitable security vulnerabilities have been found in Chromium, including out-of-bounds memory access in V8, CSS, and Fonts ( CVE-2023-4427 , CVE-2023-4428 , and CVE-2023-4431 ), and use after frees in Loader and Vulkan ( CVE-2023-4429 and CVE-2023-4430 ). Because of the serious threat these bugs pose to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of impacted systems and their ease of exploitation, they have all received a National Vulnerability Database severity rating of ”High”. # ⚓ Critical_PHP_Info_Disclosure,_Code_Execution_Bugs_Fixed⠀⇛ Two major security vulnerabilities were recently discovered in PHP. It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain XML files ( CVE-2023- 3823 ) and certain PHAR files ( CVE-2023-3824 ). Due to their ease of exploitation and the severe threat that these issues pose to impacted systems, these vulnerabilities have been rated by the National Vulnerability Database as High-Severity and Critical, respectively. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ New_‘MMRat’_Android_Trojan_Targeting_Users in_Southeast_Asia⠀⇛ The newly identified MMRat Android trojan has been targeting users in Southeast Asia to remotely control devices and perform bank fraud. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ FBI_and_European_partners_seize major_malware_network_in_blow_to_global_cybercrime⠀⇛ U.S. officials say the FBI and its partners in Europe infiltrated and seized control of a major malware network that was used for more than 15 years to commit a gamut of online crimes including crippling ransomware attacks. They then remotely removed its malicious software agent — known as Qakbot — from thousands of infected computers. The operation was announced Tuesday in Los Angeles, where U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said the criminal network had facilitated about 40 ransomware attacks alone over 18 months that officials said Qakbot administrators about $58 million. “Nearly ever sector of the economy has been victimized by Qakbot,” he said. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Qakbot_Botnet_Disrupted_in_Operation_‘Duck Hunt’⠀⇛ U.S. law enforcement announce the disruption of the notorious Qakbot cybercrime operation and the release of an auto-disinfection tool to 700,000 infected machines. # ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ U.S._Hacks_QakBot,_Quietly_Removes Botnet_Infections⠀⇛ The U.S. government today announced a coordinated crackdown against QakBot, a complex malware family used by multiple cybercrime groups to lay the groundwork for ransomware infections. The international law enforcement operation involved seizing control over the botnet’s online infrastructure, and quietly removing the Qakbot malware from tens of thousands of infected Microsoft Windows computer systems. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Multinational_task_force_takes_down prolific_Qakbot_malware_and_botnet_operation⠀⇛ A multinational task force headed by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Dutch Police has taken down Qakbot, a prolific malware and botnet operation that was named in May the most successful malware family reaching inboxes. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ North_Korea_Lazarus_Group_beefs_up_its malware_attacks_once_again⠀⇛ A group of North Korean hackers group continues to threaten networks and businesses around the world, now with ever more sophisticated new attacks. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ FBI,_DOJ_disrupt_massive_Qakbot_botnet connected_to_millions_of_dollars_in_ransomware_losses⠀⇛ “Operation Duck Hunt” also included authorities in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania, Latvia and the U.K. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ How_to_Treat_Right-Wing_Violence_in_the_U.S.⠀⇛ Does the far-right extremism of the Trump era represent an eternal pattern in American politics or a new one? # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Was_Putin_Really_Serious_About_the_Minsk Accords?⠀⇛ The trouble started in 2014. A US supported coup took out the democratically elected Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, with his eastern base, and replaced him with a West leaning president who was handpicked by the US. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Moscow_Court_Rejects_Pretrial_Release_For Putin_Critic_Igor_Girkin⠀⇛ A Moscow court rejected a bid for the pretrial release of Igor Girkin, the former leader of Russia-backed separatists in Ukraine and the latest one-time Kremlin favorite finding himself in peril after criticizing President Vladimir Putin’s sputtering war effort in Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ ‘It’s_Very_Clear_What_Happened’:_White_House Suggests_Kremlin_Behind_Prigozhin’s_Death⠀⇛ The White House on August 29 came close to declaring that the Kremlin was responsible for the death of Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed in a mysterious plane crash last week. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Vatican_Tries_to_Clarify_Pope Francis’_Remarks_on_Russia⠀⇛ The Holy See sought to calm an outcry over comments that some critics said were too close to President Vladimir Putin’s justifications for invading Ukraine. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kremlin_spokesman_says_Putin_will_not_attend Prigozhin’s_funeral_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ BBC’s_Russian_service:_Putin’s_secret_decree awarded_state_Order_of_Merit_to_Yevgeny_Prigozhin_for serving_dinner_at_G8_summit_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Private_funeral_held_for_Wagner’s Prigozhin_in_St_Petersburg⠀⇛ The funeral of Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed in a plane crash last week, was held privately on Tuesday at a cemetery on the outskirts of his hometown St Petersburg, his press service said. The farewell to Prigozhin came as Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba meets French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna in Paris. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Poland,_Baltics_demand_that_Wagner_leave Belarus,_plan_for_full_border_closure⠀⇛ Poland and two Baltic states will close their borders with Belarus entirely if a “critical incident” involving Wagner mercenaries takes place, the Polish interior minister said on Monday (28 August), amid rising tensions on NATO’s eastern flank. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Prigozhin_is_Buried_Behind_Closed_Doors_in Saint_Petersburg⠀⇛ The Wagner Group Commander’s funeral took place in great secrecy and without the journalists knowing the exact place of burial. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Rumors_and_Misdirection_Keep_Crowds Away_From_Prigozhin_Burial⠀⇛ The burial of the Wagner mercenary group boss, two months after his mutiny, was shrouded in misinformation, preventing a public display of support the Kremlin did not want to see. # ⚓ ADF ☛ U.N.:_Wagner_Group_Systematically_Targets Malian_Women_to_Spread_Terror⠀⇛ A woman who lives in Moura, a town in central Mali’s restive Mopti region, recalled the horrors inflicted on her when Malian soldiers and Russian Wagner Group mercenaries launched a five-day assault in March 2022. After days of slaughtering men, the Malian troops and Wagner fighters turned their attention to Moura’s women. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ A_‘special_funeral_operation’_How_St. Petersburg_officials,_police,_and_Wagner_mercenaries kept_the_media’s_eyes_off_Yevgeny_Prigozhin’s_funeral_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kyiv_Targeted_By_Massive,_Deadly_Attack_As Ukraine_Launches_Drone_Strikes_On_Russia⠀⇛ Kyiv was targeted overnight by one of the most powerful Russian drone and missile strike in months, which killed and wounded civilians, as regional officials in Russia reported what they said was the largest Ukrainian drone attack since the start of the war. # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Ukraine_says_air_defences_repelled most_‘powerful_attack_since_spring’_on_Kyiv⠀⇛ Two people were killed and two others wounded in an attack on Kyiv on Wednesday morning, Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram, as debris from targets destroyed by air defences fell on several buildings in the Ukrainian capital. The news comes after Russian officials said Ukrainian drones swept across Russia in overnight attacks that destroyed military aircraft and disrupted air traffic. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments. All times are Paris time (GMT+2). # ⚓ LRT ☛ Russia-ties_scandal_rocks_Estonia⠀⇛ The husband of Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has continued doing business in Russia. With the country being one of the loudest Ukraine supporters, critics say the scandal damages not only the reputation of Kallas, but also of Estonia as a whole. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Finland_Counted_Its_Bomb_Shelters_And_Found 50,500_Of_Them⠀⇛ Finland has finished inventorying its existing bomb shelters in a government effort prompted by neighboring Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year and found it has 50,500 of them, its Interior Ministry said on August 29. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Says_It_Receives_Bodies_Of_84_Fallen Soldiers_From_Russian_Authorities⠀⇛ Ukrainian authorities on August 29 said that Russia has handed over the bodies of 84 Ukrainian soldiers killed in action. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia’s_Embassy_In_South_Africa_Posts,_Then Deletes_Map_Showing_Crimea_As_Part_Of_Ukraine⠀⇛ Russia’s embassy in South Africa shared a map in a social media post that shows Crimea as part of Ukraine. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ US_Sends_a_$250_Million_Military_Aid Package_to_Ukraine⠀⇛ The package includes AIM-9M missiles for air defense, mine detection systems, and Javelin missiles. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Case_for_Negotiating_with_Russia⠀⇛ Samuel Charap is asking Ukraine and its allies to consider how much worse the war could get. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ For_this_Ukrainian_veteran,_why_Russians fight_is_still_a_puzzle⠀⇛ Resilience or stubbornness? It’s a matter of perspective. We talk to a Ukrainian artillery commander, a veteran of the yearslong conflict between Russia and Ukraine, during a break from the war. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Isolated_from_West,_Russia_looks_to Africa_as_land_of_opportunity⠀⇛ Shunned by the West over its war in Ukraine, Russia is looking to Africa to find new international partners. And, lacking colonial history on the continent, Moscow is finding a more welcoming audience. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia-Ukraine_War:_Ukraine_Steps_Up Evacuation_Calls_as_Russia_Attacks_in_Northeast⠀⇛ Only 1,400 people out of 11,000 have left the Kupiansk area since regional authorities issued evacuation orders this month, Ukrainian officials say. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Merchant_Ship’s_Perilous_Black_Sea Passage_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ Ukraine’s Danube River ports have become key arteries for grain exports. But threats from Russia and costly delays have made some shippers rethink their operations in the Black Sea. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ With_Multiple_Battles,_Russia_and Ukraine_Puzzle_Over_Where_to_Put_Troops⠀⇛ Russians are advancing in the Northeast, toward Kupiansk, while Ukraine presses its offensive in the South, each hoping to force the other to redeploy its forces. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kiss_the_cook_Financial_records_show_that the_war_in_Ukraine_has_meant_great_business_for_the Russian_military’s_clothing_and_food_suppliers_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ More_than_400_miles_away_Major_fire_and damaged_warplanes_reported_at_Russian_airfield_in Pskov,_far_from_Ukrainian_border_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_authorities_impose_new_rules_for small_aircraft_in_Moscow_suburbs_after_local_residents repeatedly_mistake_planes_for_Ukrainian_drones_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Russia_charges_former_US_consulate contractor_with_high_treason⠀⇛ The Federal Security Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation announced a high treason charge on Monday against Robert Shonov, a former US consulate contract employee in Moscow. High treason carries a possible sentence of 12 to 20 years’ imprisonment. The charge falls under Article 275 of Russia’s Criminal Code. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Helicopter_belonging_to_FSB_crashes_in Russia’s_Chelyabinsk_region,_killing_all_onboard_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ LRT ☛ German_parts_for_Russian_military_drones transit_Lithuania_–_media⠀⇛ A dual German-Russian national has been arrested for shipping parts to be used in Russian Orlan-10 military drones, the Spiegel magazine reported on Tuesday. Some of the equipment worth 750,000 euros was shipped via Dubai and Lithuania. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_makes_every_effort_to_return_baby ‘abducted’_by_father_from_Russia⠀⇛ Lithuania’s authorities are making every effort to bring back home a baby girl who was taken by her father to Russia’s Kaliningrad, according to the prime minister. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Putin_Will_Not_Attend_the_Funeral for_Yevgeny_Prigozhin,_the_Wagner_Chief⠀⇛ Details about the funeral for Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died in a plane crash last week along with nine other people, were murky. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Three_Dead_After_FSB_Helicopter_Crashes_In Russia⠀⇛ At least three people died when a helicopter from Russia’s Federal Security Service crashed on August 29 in the Chelyabinsk region in the Far East of the country. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Video_Of_Jailed_U.S._Citizen_Paul_Whelan_Is ‘Reassuring,’_White_House_Says⠀⇛ The White House on August 29 said it was reassuring to see video footage of U.S. citizen Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine jailed in Russia over what the United States calls bogus espionage charges, and called on Moscow to release him immediately. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Czech_Republic_Investigating_Raiffeisen Bank’s_Continued_Russia_Activities⠀⇛ The Czech Republic has launched an investigation against Raiffeisen Bank International due to its activities in Russia, Czech TV reported on August 29. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Wednesday’s_papers:_Racism_debate,_Russian visas_and_basketball_woe⠀⇛ The government is expected to publish a statement on racism this autumn. But does it agree what racism is? # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Investigative_Journalists_Sentenced To_11_Years_In_Prison_In_Absentia⠀⇛ The Basmanny district court in Moscow has sentenced Ruslan Leviyev, the founder of the Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT), and journalist Maikl Naki to 11 years in prison each in absentia. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Paul_Whelan,_American_Imprisoned_in Russia,_Is_Seen_in_a_New_Video⠀⇛ In footage posted by the state-owned network RT, he is shown in several settings, including in a cafeteria. Mr. Whelan has been largely out of sight since he was convicted by a Russian court in 2020. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Extends_Pretrial_Detention_For_Former Worker_At_U.S._Consulate⠀⇛ A Moscow court has extended for three months the pretrial detention of a former employee of a U.S. consulate in Russia who is being held on charges of illegally collaborating with foreigners in an action condemned by the United States. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Germany_Arrests_Man_Accused_Of_Exporting Electronic_Components_For_Drones_To_Russia⠀⇛ A German-Russian dual citizen has been arrested in Germany on allegations of violating the country’s foreign trade law multiple times by exporting electronic components to a company in Russia involved in the production of military materiel and accessories/ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘It_wasn’t_written_by_Navalny!’_Russian opposition_politician_Alexey_Navalny_responds_to_those skeptical_he_writes_his_own_posts_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Shelling_in_Russia’s_Bryansk_region_leaves several_civilians_dead_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_adds_Chechen_human_rights_lawyer Abubakar_Yangulbayev_to_‘terrorists_and_extremists’ list_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia-Belarus_border_fence_construction_to be_accelerated⠀⇛ On Tuesday, 29 August, the government tasked the responsible parties with speeding up infrastructure building on the Latvia–Belarus border, Latvian Television reports. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Major_Hurricane_Idalia_set_to_hit_Florida’s_Big Bend_coast_as_Category_4_storm⠀⇛ Idalia rapidly intensified into a Category 3 major hurricane Wednesday as it moved over record-warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico as conditions continued to deteriorate across Florida. Threat level:“SHELTER IN PLACE!” said the National Weather Service’s Tampa Bay office online early Wednesday, noting the hurricane was strengthening ahead of its expected landfall as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm on Florida’s Big Bend coast Wednesday morning. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Storms_in_Lithuania:_10,000_lightning_strikes overnight,_new_storm_expected_on_Wednesday⠀⇛ The first wave of gusty winds and thunderstorms struck Lithuania last night, with clouds and intense thunderstorms moving across the country from the south. Forecasters expect a second round of storms on Wednesday, with the first heavy precipitation after midday. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ China’s_post-reform_era_has_arrived_— and_its future_is_unclear [Ed: Wall Street propaganda rag deflecting from its domestic crisis]⠀⇛ The period of economic and political opening that transformed China over the past 50 years is now over, a growing number of experts say. What the next 50 years will look like isn’t yet clear. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Soaring_global_debt_unlikely_to_reverse⠀⇛ Staggeringly high_government_debt_levels around the globe may stick — a huge shift from previous years that could come despite the warnings of economic damage this dynamic may cause. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ TikTok’s_U.S._Future_Still_in_Limbo_as Raimondo_Visits_China⠀⇛ Gina Raimondo, who is in China this week, has said banning TikTok could “lose every voter under 35, forever.” o ⚓ RFA ☛ North_Korea_brings_home_around_700_of_its_workers_from China_and_Russia⠀⇛ They are the first to return since the start of the pandemic three years ago. * § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ o ⚓ EFF ☛ ISPs_Should_Not_Police_Online_Speech—No_Matter_How_Awful_It Is.⠀⇛ Tier 1 ISPs play a unique role in the internet “stack,” because numerous other service providers depend on Tier 1 companies to serve their customers. As a result, Tier 1 providers can be especially powerful chokepoints—given their reach, their content policies can affect large swaths of the web. At the same time given their distant relationship to speakers, Tier 1 ISPs have little if any context to make good decisions about their speech. At EFF, we have long represented and assisted people from around the world—and across various political spectrums—facing censorship. That experience tells us that one of the most dangerous types of censorship happens at the site of a unique imbalance of power in the structures of the internet: when an internet service is both necessary for the web to function and simultaneously has no meaningful alternatives. That’s why EFF has long argued that we must “protect the stack” by saying no to infrastructure providers policing internet content. We’ve warned that endorsing censorship in one context can (and does) come back to bite us all when, inevitably, that same approach is used in another context. Pressure on basic infrastructure, as a tactic, will be re-used, inevitably, against unjustly marginalized speakers and forums. It already is.   So we were concerned when we started hearing from multiple sources that Hurricane Electric, a Tier 1 ISP, is interfering with traffic. Confirmation of the details has been difficult, in part because Hurricane itself has refused to respond to our queries, but it appears that the company is partially denying service to a direct customer, a provider called Crunchbits, in order to disrupt traffic to a site that is several steps away in the stack. And it is justifying that action because activity on the site reportedly violates Hurricane’s “acceptable use policy”—even though Hurricane has no direct relationship with that site. Hurricane argues that the policy requires its direct customers to police their customers as well as themselves. * § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ o ⚓ Axios ☛ Scoop:_NYT_unions_file_cease-and-desist_letters_to management_over_return-to-office_policies⠀⇛ Two of the New York Times’ unions have sent cease-and- desist letters to management over its new_policies that will see the Times monitoring its workers’ return to office via badge swipes, sources told Axios. Why it matters: Despite reaching a historic_contract agreement with the union that represents most of its editorial workers in May, the company’s management continues to face a slew of contentious labor issues. * § Monopolies⠀➾ o § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ ‘The_Day_Before’_To_Become_‘Dayworld’_After Trademark_Opposition_From_Calendar_App_Maker⠀⇛ I swear, with some of the trademark stories we cover, it ends up feeling like we should have Yakety Sax playing on loop in the background for the readers. That’s certainly my sense when it comes to The Day Before‘s trademark struggles as of late. o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Public_Knowledge_Petitions_Copyright Office_for_DMCA_Exemption_for_Ice_Cream_Machines⠀⇛ Public Knowledge, iFixit ask the Copyright Office to allow people to repair commercial equipment, including soft serve ice cream machines like McDonald’s. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Nine_Months_Later,_Freeplay_Music_and CNN_Have_Settled_Their_Multimillion-Dollar_Copyright Infringement_Showdown⠀⇛ In late November of 2022, Freeplay Music filed an over $17 million copyright infringement lawsuit against CNN, alleging the unauthorized use of about 115 works in some 280 of the network’s segments. # ⚓ Tedium ☛ Not_All_Music⠀⇛ Trying to determine exactly why Bryan Adams no longer has a presence in the all-encompassing music industry database AllMusic. # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Rina_Pantalony_—_Open_Culture_VOICES, Season_2_Episode_22⠀⇛ Open Culture VOICES is a series of short videos that highlight the benefits and barriers of open culture as well as inspiration and advice on the subject of opening up cultural heritage. Rina Pantalony is the Dirctor of Copyright Services at Columbia University and is also on the advisory board of OCEAN, the Open Copyright Education Advisory Netowrk which advocates for open licensing around the world. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ How_The_Lack_Of_Copyright_For_AI-Generated_Works Actually_Works_To_Writers/Actors_Advantage_In_Strike Negotiations⠀⇛ We’ve talked a lot about questions regarding AI and copyright over the last few years, highlighting repeatedly that AI-created works cannot be covered by copyrights. No matter how many times we’ve pointed this out, some are still trying, and it was nice to see yet another court (not the first) again say that AI-created works get no copyright at all just recently. # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ How_CC_Will_Advance_Open_Licensing Understanding_Within_25_California_Community_Colleges⠀⇛ “Creative Commons likes to say we put the open in open educational resources,” Jennryn Wetzler, Creative Commons Director of Learning and Training shared. “We have six different licenses and two public domain tools that enable creators to legally share their copyrighted content much more flexibly than traditional, ‘all rights reserved’ copyright. They’re applied to over 2.5 billion works online and enable sharing, enable adaptation, and remix — and so much innovation and learning.” # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Copyright_Office_Declines_To_Revisit the_Section_115_Compulsory_License_—_‘It_Would_Be_Premature at_This_Time_To_Engage_in_a_New_Study’⠀⇛ In late June, singer-songwriter and copyright- reform activist George Johnson urged the Copyright Office to initiate a study concerning the repeal of the Section 115 compulsory license. Now, the Office, citing changes already implemented under the MMA, has expressed the belief that a new inquiry would be “premature.” ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2704 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.30.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_30/08/2023:_90′s_Kids_Trackball_and_Sleuthing_an_Old_Phone⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 9:01 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Politics_and_World_Events o Technology_and_Free_Software # Programming * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Invega_withdrawal_and_other_things⠀⇛ It has been 24 days that I’ve been on 4.5 mg of Invega. No noticeable withdrawal effects today. Other than the “benign” paranoia that is constantly present in my mind and which I don’t think will ever go away, I haven’t had any episodes of the panicky paranoia aside from that one day last week. My cognition feels basically the same as it did on the higher dose. I had panicky paranoia episodes on that too. My mood seems stable today. I have been feeling sad and lonely/socially alienated intermittently. This seems to be an outcome of social anxiety and rejection sensitivity. The other day I made a minor mistake on a public GitHub repository and felt stupid/ terrible about it, and my brain probably made a bigger deal out of it than it actually was (catastrophizing). # ⚓ Biggest_Fear_(breadcrumbs)⠀⇛ > And my biggest fear is that we’re going to just continue with business as usual until we have a collapse of biodiversity and life on this planet. And actually, my biggest, biggest fear is that we’re going to do that and we’re going to continue living and we’re going to live in this dead world. We’re going to find some way to engineer ourselves to the point that we can live — survive, but we’re going to survive without all of the beauty and all of the life around us. # ⚓ The_hypocrisy_of_Australia’s_Net_Zero_policy_ (breadcrumbs)⠀⇛ An unbroken canopy of ancient eucalypts rides over the ridges of the Atherton Tablelands and disappears into the horizon. Queensland’s wet, tropical ecosystem is like nowhere else on Earth, the sacred remnants of the ancient Gondwanan forest that covered Australia before it separated from Antarctica 100 million years ago. Chalumbin Forest survived the axes of Queensland’s early settlers with its ancient ecosystem virtually intact. Yet a brutal reckoning with modernity could be just months away. “They’re going to put the windmills in there, aren’t they?” said Tommy, my Aboriginal guide, as we looked down at the forest from a secluded bluff. “They want to really rip this whole country up.” # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_EJNOYUR_Wordo:_MEDIC⠀⇛ # ⚓ Hot_Dogs_and_Découpé⠀⇛ Had a great time out last night with my partner and a couple of friends. We went to a little brew pub, its interior done up sort of kitschy island/beach style. Games stacked up in the corner. Had a couple of drinks, a couple of fancy hot dogs. Chatted and played a couple of games of 31. I was out first the first time, almost won the second. Received a really nice handmade mug from our friends as my birthday present, which I’ll cherish: she made it in her pottery class, and it’s a smaller one, maybe roughly teacup sized? A little larger? Meant for smaller drinks. Seems like it’ll be perfect for my little Moka pot. This morning I woke up and it’s downright cool. The kitchen window covered completely in dew; I was just wearing a t-shirt and was shivering when I let the dogs out to pee. It feels like a fall morning. We were supposed to have a hot week, and that’s just sort of vanished. o § Politics and World Events⠀➾ # ⚓ 90′s_Kids_Trackball_(Microsoft_EasyBall)⠀⇛ This was a trackball aimed at kids, it’s very easy to use and only has one button. The ball itself is a bit squeaky but I’ll open it up and have a look if we can grease it up a bit. Seller just wanted to get rid of it, only cost me €2. Which is a steal in my book! In my last post I wrote about getting my Win95 desktop back up and running to test this trackball on, while I did get it up and running, I ran into a problem with the PCI VGA card (S3 Trio64v+) where lines would appear on-screen when attempting to use resolutions above 640×480 (all I wanted was 800×600). So that one has been moved to the ‘fix-it’ pile. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Sleuthing_an_Old_Phone⠀⇛ I’ve owned and used nine different mobile phones in my life so far. I remember every one of them too; I even maintain a list of them here on my capsule. That list contains some supplementary information as well, specifically when I began using each phone, when I stopped using them, and what carrier I used them with. I was able to find date information well after the fact by using various clues, such as when a photo was taken with the device. That supplementary list, however, is incomplete. There is one phone I owned for which I don’t have a started-using date–indeed, I have very little evidence that I ever owned it at all. That phone is the second phone I owned: the LG CU515. The CU515 was a major upgrade from the Nokia 6030 I started out with. It was my first flip phone; it had a camera; it had expandable storage; it could set custom ringtones and SMS tones. everyone in my family had owned a camera flip phone by then except me, and I was thrilled to join the camera phone club. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ LLMs_for_research⠀⇛ Pretty much everyone has dabbled with LLMs by now, and most have found it nigh-unusable. My own experience of it is like working with a very, very dumb and lazy research assistant who’s only saving grace is that they can justify any of their half-assed answers. It’s a profoundly frustrating contact. But if you need an idiot, it might be the right thing. In research, we tend to outsource tasks to strangers. Typically, this is either annotation—we get people to read some text and extract some information—or participation in studies—the tasks are part of an experimental protocol to illuminate something. Strangers are pretty much anyone. We don’t expect any special skill or knowledge, except basic linguistic habilities. Want to know if people are talking about covid-19? If the text in your corpus are about a conspiracy or another? Some LLMs can do just fine. # ⚓ CGI_scripts:_simple_vs_easy⠀⇛ This post is a follow-up on the previous announcement of gmid 2.0 dropping CGI script support. I felt that I had to explain more accurately why I decided to drop that feature and what are the options available and what I can try to do before finalizing the release. # ⚓ Go-C_interop_memory_leak⠀⇛ Wrote a program at $JOB that, for each frame obtained from a camera, tries to scan barcodes. The purpose was to replace a handful of libraries not compatible with Node.js v18[^0]. The Node.js controller program spawns this other program (camera- streamer), passing some static parameters as program arguments, and otherwise communicating through stdin/stdout. It’s a simple solution and I’m pretty happy with it [^1]. We wanted something compiled and relatively fast (though almost anything would be better than JS), and with good C interop because of the libs we used underneath. We chose Go. It’s an annoying language, but I can’t say it was a bad choice in the end. Message passing in Go is (almost) a gift from Joe Armstrong himself (if it wasn’t so dumbbed down), and makes concurrency super easy (though not reliable)! # ⚓ gmid_and_CGI⠀⇛ So the next version of gmid will drop CGI support. This caused a complaint on the #gemini IRC channel. The problem is that CGI support is pretty trivial to add, something like… =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2982 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.30.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_30/08/2023:_New_Firefox,_Chrome_Woes_(Sync_is_Spyware)⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 9:10 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o BSD o PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva_Family o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Chromium # Mozilla o Licensing_/_Legal o Programming/Development o Standards/Consortia * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ TecMint ☛ 12_Best_Media_Server_Software_for_Linux_in_2023⠀⇛ A media server is simply a specialized file server or computer system for storing media (digital videos/movies, audio/music, and images) that can be accessed over a network. In order to set up a media server, you need computer hardware (or perhaps a cloud server) as well as software that enables you to organize your media files and makes it easier to stream and/or share them with friends and family. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ Techstrong Group ☛ ‘Scrum_==_Cancer’_¦_Plus:_Linux_6.5 Ships⠀⇛ Many of the changes in 6.5 are enabling performance and throughput improvements. While there’s not much that’s huge and flashy this time around, the perf gains might make 6.5 worth looking into. # ⚓ Fudzilla ☛ Torvalds_releases_Linux_6.5_kernel_series⠀⇛ Linus Torvalds announced today the release of the Linux 6.5 kernel series as a major update with several new features, better hardware support, and other changes. The Linux kernel 6.5 has features like MIDI 2.0 support in ALSA, ACPI support for the RISC- V architecture, Landlock support for UML (User-Mode Linux), better support for AMD “Zen” systems, as well as user-space support for the ARMv8.8 memcpy/ memset instructions. Linux 6.5 supports Intel TPMI (Topology Aware Register and PM Capsule Interface) for the power capping subsystem and a TPMI interface driver for Intel RAPL, and the “runnable boosting” feature in the EAS balancer to improve CPU utilization for specific workloads. # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Linux_6.5_kernel_arrives_with_exciting_new features⠀⇛ Back in July, Linus Torvalds was worried the next update of the Linux kernel might be “one of those releases that may drag out” because most of Europe goes on vacation during August. It turns out that his worries were for nothing — and the new release has arrived: “Nothing particularly odd or scary happened this last week, so there is no excuse to delay the 6.5 release,” announced Torvalds on 27 August. [...] To that end, he encourages developers to give “this final release one last round of testing.” So, before you get too wrapped up in building new releases on top of Linux 6.5, developers would be wise to check out the new kernel carefully before deploying it. Some of the developers who are likely to be eager to build on the new release include those working on Linux distros, such as Arch, who often leap at the latest releases, and those working on the upcoming Ubuntu 23.10, whose developers plan on using Linux 6.5. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Linux_kernel_6.5_released⠀⇛ Here it is, on August 27th the latest work by a great many developers was released with Linus Torvalds announcing the Linux kernel 6.5. From the release announcement: o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Neowin ☛ qBittorrent_4.5.5_/_4.6.0_RC2⠀⇛ The qBittorrent project aims to provide a Free Software alternative to µtorrent. qBittorrent is an advanced and multi-platform BitTorrent client with a nice user interface as well as a Web UI for remote control and an integrated search engine. qBittorrent aims to meet the needs of most users while using as little CPU and memory as possible. qBittorrent is a truly Open Source project, and as such, anyone can and should contribute to it. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Install_and_Run_Linux_on_an_Apple Silicon_Mac⠀⇛ Many developers and security experts love using Linux for various reasons. It’s free and open source, and the customizability is extensive. However, modern Macs have transitioned to Apple silicon chips, and you may want to install and run Linux on them. We’ll show you the two ways of installing Linux on your Apple silicon Mac using Parallels Desktop and UTM. # ⚓ Pi My Life Up ☛ Setting_up_Firefly_3_on_a_Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛ Firefly 3 is an open-source and free personal finance manager that can be installed on your Raspberry Pi. This software lets you track your expenses and income without relying on a cloud service. # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ How_to_kill_a_process_in_Linux⠀⇛ Sometimes a process or application can cause problems on a Linux machine. When that happens, you’ll need to know how to kill the wayward process. # ⚓ Linux Buzz ☛ How_to_Install_PHP_8_on_Debian_12_Step-by- Step⠀⇛ This guide explores various ways of installing PHP 8 on Debian 12, codenamed Bookworm, which is the latest Debian release. # ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Find_Linux_Desktop_Screen_Resolution From_Command_Line⠀⇛ Curious about your Linux desktop’s screen resolution? Wondering how to find it using simple commands? Look no further! In this guide, we’ll walk you through the easy steps to find your Linux desktop screen resolution right from the command line. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Install_Universal_Media_Server_to_Stream Media_to_Any_Devices⠀⇛ Universal Media Server (UMS) is a cross-platform and free DLNA-compliant, HTTP(s) PnP Media server, which provides a number of capabilities such as sharing multimedia files such as images, videos, and audio between modern devices such as game consoles, smart TVs, Blu-ray players, Roku devices, and smartphones. UMS was originally based on a PS3 Media Server in order to ensure greater stability and file compatibility. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Patch_2_for_Baldur’s_Gate_3_coming_with ‘major_performance_improvements’⠀⇛ Larian only just released a MASSIVE patch for Baldur’s Gate 3, and another is being planned out to come with some “major performance improvements” which sounds exciting – especially for Steam Deck players. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Schizollama_from_Chaosmonger_Studio_is_a blazing-fast_run_and_gun_game⠀⇛ Chaosmonger Studio sure are busy. After releasing ENCODYA and Clunky Hero, then announcing Soul Tolerance and Three Minutes To Eight they’ve now announced a fifth game. It’s called Schizollama and it looks ridiculous. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Check_out_the_demo_for_upcoming_action_RPG Drova_–_Forsaken_Kin⠀⇛ Drova – Forsaken Kin is an upcoming action RPG from Just2D and Deck13, inspired by the allure of Celtic mythology. There’s also a fresh demo out to try. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Dev_of_Shadow_Tactics,_Desperados_III, Shadow_Gambit:_The_Cursed_Crew_shutting_down⠀⇛ Well this is certainly unexpected. Mimimi Games developer of games including Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, Desperados III and the recently launched Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew will be closing up. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Steam_Deck_OS_3.4.9_Beta_gets_a_GPU_fix_for an_upcoming_game⠀⇛ Here’s something interesting for you. Valve released a fresh upgrade for the Steam Deck OS now in Beta, including a fix for an upcoming game. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Daggerfall_Unity_adds_exclusive_in-game books_by_the_original_lead_designer⠀⇛ The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall continues living on with Daggerfall Unity, an open source recreation of Daggerfall in the Unity engine and a new release just rolled out with Daggerfall Unity 0.15.4 Beta. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ KDE_Plasma’s_KRunner_is_a_handy_tool:_How_and why_you_should_be_using_it⠀⇛ KDE Plasma is exactly what you would expect from a desktop. It contains all the pieces and parts any Windows user has come to know and depend on. It includes a taskbar, system tray, clickable desktop icons, a desktop menu, and all of the usual items that help make interacting with your computer a breeze. Of course, KDE Plasma has a few more tricks up its sleeve than Windows. One such trick is called KRunner. # ⚓ Neowin ☛ Kdenlive_23.08.0⠀⇛ Kdenlive is an acronym for KDE Non-Linear Video Editor. It works on GNU/Linux, Windows and BSD. Through the MLT framework, Kdenlive integrates many plugin effects for video and sound processing or creation. Furthermore Kdenlive brings a powerful titling tool, a DVD authoring (menus) solution, and can then be used as a complete studio for video creation. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ XDA ☛ What_is_Kali_Linux?_Everything_to_know_about_the_popular Linux_distro⠀⇛ If you’re disillusioned with Windows, Linux is probably the top alternative. While it has been around since the 90s, you might not have used any of its implementations or distributions (distros). Kali Linux is one such popular distro used primarily for cybersecurity. It might not be geared toward the average Linux user, but if you’re a professional penetration tester or studying cybersecurity with an aim to get certified, Kali Linux is one of the best tools available. People are attracted to Linux thanks to its stability, security, and open-source nature. Unlike mainstream operating systems like Windows, Linux is much faster, too, simply because it’s more lightweight. However, you don’t access Linux with just “Linux.” Distros are specific implementations of the Linux kernel, and these are what people use when they talk about installing Linux. Kali Linux itself is derived from Debian, one of the oldest and most popular Linux distros. It was initially designed in 2013 for penetration testing and security analysis. Like most distros, it’s an open-source project. It’s developed and maintained by Offensive Security, and for the purposes of keeping it secure, only the packages signed off by the development team are officially approved. This is partly the reason the average Linux user might prefer Ubuntu, Linux Mint, or other distros instead. o ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Rhino_Linux_2023.2_Brings_Fully_Functional_LUKS_Disk Encryption⠀⇛ Rhino Linux is a new distribution based on the Ubuntu development branch but, unlike it, relies on the rolling release model. The developers have worked hard on its first releases to fix issues with the distribution to make it as attractive and seamless as possible for new Linux users. In this light, just three weeks after its first stable release, Rhino Linux 2023.1, we already have the second one released, so let’s see what improvements it brings us. Powered by the latest and greatest Linux kernel, 6.5, this release focuses mainly on improving the desktop environment’s performance and providing reliable disk encryption. One main issue in the distribution’s initial stable release was that LUKS did not work as expected. Fortunately, this is now in the past, as Rhino Linux 2023.2 comes with fixes for this, and you can now install your system with disk encryption. o ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Regolith_Desktop_3.0_Released_with_Initial_Wayland Support⠀⇛ This update to the keyboard-driven, tiling desktop environment also introduces an alpha-quality Wayland- based session based on the Sway compositor (though this is only available if using the DE on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and above, or Debian Bookworm). An assortment of other bug fixes, code cleanups, and performance optimizations are included in Regolith Desktop 3.0 too, so read through the full release notes if you need more information. Upgrading from an earlier version of Regolith? There are a few changes to be aware if. The directory for config files has changed, as have Xresrouce key names. Refer to the Regolith 3.0 migration guide for more information. o ⚓ Hari Rana ☛ Misconceptions_About_Immutable_Distributions⠀⇛ I find that many Linux users have a misconception about immutable distributions without knowing what it actually is. There is a lot of misinformation and generalization in the Internet about immutable distributions being “locked down”, “inflexible”, etc., when we could argue the same with many traditional distributions. In this article, we’ll look at what makes an immutable distribution, the concept of an immutable distribution versus implementations, misconceptions about immutable distributions (both pro and con), and why they exist in the first place. o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ FreeBSD_can_now_boot_in_25_milliseconds⠀⇛ Replacing a sort algorithm in the FreeBSD kernel has improved its boot speed by a factor of 100 or more… and although it’s aimed at a micro-VM, the gains should benefit everyone. o § PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva Family⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Mageia_9_Released_With_Linux_Kernel_6.4_and PulseAudio_Support⠀⇛ What started as a fork of Mandriva Linux, now has grown into a fully-fledged independent Linux distro. Started back in 2010, Mageia has come a long way since. It is now a stable and secure operating system for desktop/server use that gets regular updates. With a recent announcement, Mageia 9 was introduced with plenty of key improvements. Allow me to take you through those. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ XDA ☛ What_is_Fedora_Everything_you_need_to_know_about_this popular_Linux_Distro⠀⇛ Although Linux is often considered Windows’ greatest rival, there’s not a single definitive Linux operating system. Rather, there is a complex environment of several Linux-based OSes to choose from. For Linux users who prioritize professional software with the latest features, Fedora is the premiere Linux OS, and it’s primarily used for workstations, servers, and more. Here’s everything you need to know about Fedora. If you’re not super familiar with Linux, you might think it’s just like Windows except open source, but that’s not exactly correct. Instead, there are lots of Linux-based operating systems out there, and they can be completely different from each other. Linux-based operating systems are distributions, or distros, of Linux. And they distribute the Linux kernel, which is what defines a Linux OS as a Linux OS. The kernel is essentially the core of the operating system, but it’s mostly under the hood and not something you interact with directly. It’s the job of the distribution to add a front-end on top of the kernel so that users have something to actually use besides a basic command line terminal. Ever since its initial release two decades ago, Fedora has been maintained by the Fedora Project, which has received open-source contributions from both the community as a whole as well as Red Hat, one of IBM’s subsidiaries. There are five editions of Fedora: Workstation, Silverblue, Server, IoT (Internet of Things), and CoreOS. Plus, there are some purpose-specific versions via the Fedora Labs bundles. Fedora is also an upstream distro, or a distro that other Linux OSes take and use as a foundation. Notably, Fedora is the upstream distro of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ AlmaLinux_Goes_Its_Way,_Adds_Two_New Repositories⠀⇛ At the end of June, the announcement regarding limiting access to RHEL’s source code shocked the enterprise Linux niche to its core, putting the industry’s leading names in a delicate situation. While CIQ, Oracle, and SUSE joined forces in the recently formed Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA) to guarantee Enterprise Linux’s safe and predictable future, AlmaLinux chose a different course. The distro has decided to shift its focus from this to being 1:1 compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux in favor of achieving Application Binary Interface (ABI) compatibility. In this regard, AlmaLinux has announced the addition of two new repositories, Testing and Synergy, which mark a significant milestone in AlmaLinux’s goal to stay only ABI compatible with RHEL. # ⚓ IT Pro ☛ AlmaLinux_chair_confirms_foundation_was_never approached_to_be_a_part_of_the_OpenELA⠀⇛ # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Persistent_volume_support_with_peer- pods:_A_technical_deep_dive⠀⇛ Our previous blog discussed the persistent volume challenges with peer-pods and how to resolve them. It also introduced using the CSI wrapper as a potential solution to the persistent volume usage challenges with peer-pods.  This post dives deeper into the various components that make up the persistent volume solution in peer-pods. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Red_Hat_Satellite_6.12.5_has_been released⠀⇛ We are pleased to announce that Red Hat Satellite 6.12.5 is generally available as of August 28th, 2023. Red Hat Satellite is an infrastructure management solution designed to provision and maintain any Red Hat Enterprise Linux infrastructure – physical, virtual, cloud, and edge environments. Satellite streamlines provisioning, patching, and other repetitive system management tasks to increase efficiency while keeping systems more secure, available, and compliant. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Emmabuntüs_Debian_Edition_5_Is_Here_Based_on Debian_GNU/Linux_12.1⠀⇛ Coming almost two years after Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 4, the Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 5 release is based on the Debian GNU/Linux 12.1 “Bookworm” operating system and it’s powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.1 LTS kernel series, which is a major bump from Linux 5.10 LTS used in the previous release. Emmabuntüs DE 5 sticks to using a dual desktop setup with Xfce being the primary graphical environment for the live session and LXQt remaining the alternative for those who want even a lighter desktop environment. This release ships with Xfce 4.18.1 and LXQt 1.2.0 by default. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackster ☛ The_Commodore_Is_Keeping_Up_with_Linux,_as_a Clever_RISC-V_Hack_Brings_Support_to_the_Commodore_64⠀⇛ Developer Onno Kortmann has brought Linux to a device few would have imagined capable of running it: the eight-bit Commodore 64, released nearly a decade before Linus Torvalds’ groundbreaking kernel. “‘But does it run Linux?’ can now be finally and affirmatively answered for the Commodore C64,” Kortmann writes of his work. “There is a catch (rather: a couple) of course: it runs extremely slowly and it needs a RAM Expansion Unit (REU), as there is no chance to fit it all into just 64KiB.” # ⚓ 10_IoT_Operating_Systems_You_Should_Know_About_in_2023⠀⇛ IoT operating systems are software platforms that run on internet-connected devices, enabling them to communicate, process, and store data. IoT operating systems are different from traditional operating systems in that they are designed to be lightweight, scalable, secure, and compatible with various hardware and protocols. This article will introduce you to 10 IoT operating systems you should know about in 2023. [...] Tizen is an open-source, Linux-based operating system that supports various devices, such as smartphones, smart TVs, wearables, smart home appliances, and automotive systems. Tizen offers rich features and services, such as web and native application development frameworks, security modules, device management tools, and cloud integration. The Tizen Association, a consortium of industry leaders such as Samsung, Intel, Huawei, and LG, backs Tizen. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Right-to-Repair_Advocates_Tore_Down_a McFlurry_Machine_to_Show_it’s_Actually_Easy_to_Fix⠀⇛ If you want a McFlurry, there’s about a one-in-four chance that the machine making it is broken. The problem is so common that there’s a website that tracks it and an FTC investigation asking hard questions about ice cream. To find out what the hell is going on, repair website and right-to- repair advocates iFixit got hold of one of the McFlurry machines and tore it down to figure out what makes the ice cream machine so difficult to repair. “This smells like a right-to-repair issue, and it turns out it is,” iFixit Teardown Tech Shahram Mokhtari said in the video. So what’s wrong with the machines? The short answer is Software. “This ice cream machine is not a complicated piece of equipment, but the downtime that it suffers is well in excess of what’s acceptable for industrial equipment.” # ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ Raspberry_Pi_400_Personal Computer?⠀⇛ Anyway, my point is, that with less software bloat, you can get away with running a small computer. # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ PiBoy_Mini:_just_add_a_Raspberry_Pi_and you’ve_got_a_handheld_retro_gaming_system⠀⇛ Retro gaming is a massively popular Raspberry Pi application, and while loading your favourite old video games onto an SD card is pretty straightforward, building the physical shell of a gaming system can be daunting for those of us without 3D printers or design skills of any kind. PiBoy Mini bridges that gap by providing partially- assembled devices to their customers. The rest is BYORP: bring your own Raspberry Pi. # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Get_ready_for_Moonhack_2023:_Bringing_space down_to_Earth⠀⇛ Registration for Moonhack 2023 is open. In this free, global coding event, young people can create projects focused on space and innovation. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ XDA ☛ Why_this_Android_Auto_dongle_is_a_must-have_when going_back_to_work⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ Fairphone_5_sets_a_new_standard_with_8-10 years_of_Android_support_|_Ars_Technica⠀⇛ # ⚓ Digital Trends ☛ This_is_one_of_the_most_important_new Android_phones_of_2023_|_Digital_Trends⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Millions_of_Android_owners_receive_huge_free ‘tracker’_upgrade_that_instantly_makes_devices_safer_from thieves_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ How_to_organize_your_Android_apps⠀⇛ # ⚓ 7NEWS ☛ Meta_announces_the_end_of_Messenger_Lite_for Android_users_|_7NEWS⠀⇛ # ⚓ How_to_Install_the_Android_14_Beta_on_Your_Samsung_Galaxy_| nextpit⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ The_10_Best_Android_Phones_Of_2023⠀⇛ # ⚓ Lifewire ☛ TCL’s_Latest_Android_Phones_Boast_Paper-Like Screens_That_Go_Easy_on_Your_Eyes⠀⇛ # ⚓ Indian Express ☛ How_to_automatically_get_new_wallpapers from_Bing_on_your_Android_phone_|_Technology_News_–_The Indian_Express⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ How_to_set_up_multiple_users_on_your_Android device_–_The_Verge⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Central ☛ Nothing’s_first_wearable_may_have_your favorite_cheap_Android_smartwatch_in_its_sights_|_Android Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ TechRadar ☛ Google’s_Pixels_could_soon_have_best-in-class Android_updates_again_|_TechRadar⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ghacks ☛ Why_did_Android_Auto_disappeared_all_of_a sudden?⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Undeadly ☛ Keystroke_timing_obfuscation_added_to_ssh(1)⠀⇛ This utilises a pair of new extensions to the SSH protocol: [...] o ⚓ Buttondown ☛ My_painful,_futile_quest_for_programmable_slideshow animations⠀⇛ I wanted a slideshow software with programmable animations. I got suffering instead. o ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Speech_Note_Transcribes_Voice_to_Text_on_Linux⠀⇛ Speech Note use OpenAI’s Whisper and a stack of other open-source libraries, voice engines, and other doohickeys to perform its transliterative magic. It supports Speech to Text (i.e you speak, it types), Text to Speech (i.e. you type, it speaks), and machine translation to translate text/speech from one language to another. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Chromium⠀➾ # ⚓ Wladimir Palant ☛ Chrome_Sync_privacy_is_still_very bad⠀⇛ Five years ago I wrote an article about the shortcomings of Chrome Sync (as well as a minor issue with Firefox Sync). Now Chrome Sync has seen many improvements since then. So time seems right for me to revisit it and to see whether it respects your privacy now. Spoiler: No, it doesn’t. It improved, but that’s an improvement from outright horrible to merely very bad. The good news: today you can use Chrome Sync in a way that preserves your privacy. Google however isn’t interested in helping you figure out how to do it. # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Firefox_117_Released_With_Minor_(And_I Mean_Minor)_Changes⠀⇛ But don’t get excited about its arrival, okay? Given the rapid release cadence this browser uses the days of blockbuster, feature-packed Firefox updates are long gone. We still get ace new features, but we get them in dribs and drabs, spread out over the course of a year, rather than in a single blockbuster update. Which is why updates like Firefox 117 seem unexciting (though to be clear: I’m not saying unexciting is a bad thing, lest anyone jumps me down in the comments). Case in point? # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Protect_your_information_with_email_masks now_available_in_Firefox⠀⇛ Earlier this year, we announced that we were testing a new way for Firefox Relay users to access their email masks directly from Firefox. Today, we’re taking it to the next level and rolling this feature over the next couple of weeks out to millions of Firefox Account users in Firefox. Signing up for a Firefox Account is free and has its advantages, and it now includes access to email protection with Firefox Relay.   o § Licensing / Legal⠀➾ # ⚓ Peter Eisentraut ☛ All_kinds_of_licenses⠀⇛ After the recent news that HashiCorp has changed the licenses of its hitherto-open-source products, I thought it would be a good time to take a look at the licenses that have sprung up around PostgreSQL and adjacent and related communities, since quite a bit has changed there recently, and it’s hard to keep track. # ⚓ Tom MacWright ☛ Open_charter_companies_and_relicensing⠀⇛ But what sparked this particular bit of thinking was Sid Sijbrandij’s response: “HashiCorp switching to BSL shows a need for open charter companies”. Now, Sijbrandij is the cofounder of GitLab, which is at the time of this writing a 7 billion dollar market cap public company which is built on MIT- licensed open source software. He knows what he’s talking about. I, on the other hand, am not a lawyer like Kyle or a billionaire like Sij. But I’ve been interested in the business of open source since high school (fun fact, I wrote my International Baccalaureate thesis on the subject), and have seen the lifecycle of one of the open core companies, and I would like to roll the idea around for a little bit. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Undeadly ☛ Game_of_Trees_0.92_released⠀⇛ Version 0.92 of Game of Trees has been released (and the port updated): [...] # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Go_1.22′s_(likely)_new reflect.TypeFor()_generic_function⠀⇛ I’m always interested to see what the Go developers are doing with generic types in the standard library. One such development I’ve noticed recently is a new generic function in the ‘reflect’ package, reflect.TypeFor(); this will likely appear as part of Go 1.22. What TypeFor() does is relatively straightforward; it returns the reflect.Type of its type, which you can then use either for further reflection or to compare it to some other type (which you will likely have obtained through reflection). # ⚓ James G ☛ Brainstorming_a_syntax_for_a_word_usage_query language⠀⇛ This weekend I experimented with using word surprisals — given a corpus of text, how “surprising” is it that a given word appears — for text prediction. I ended up with a neat context- aware autocomplete tool that, given a blog post, will recommend how to complete a word. I made a user interface that lets you press the tab key to accept a suggestion. o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ Wi-Fi_7_Support_Limited_to_Windows_11,_Linux,_and_ChromeOS: Windows_10_will_be_Incompatible⠀⇛ A recently disclosed Intel document has provided insights regarding the compatibility of the IEEE 802.11be standard, commonly referred to as Wi-Fi 7. According to this document, Windows 11, Linux, and ChromeOS are the only operating systems that will support Wi-Fi 7. Windows 10 is notably absent from this compatibility list, and this absence is corroborated by information from the source, chi11eddog, who confirmed the lack of a certified driver for Wi-Fi 7 on Windows 10. This suggests that users of older systems may encounter challenges if they plan to adopt the new WLAN standard. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4004 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.30.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Leftover_Links_30/08/2023:_RIP,_Ueda_San⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 9:07 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Education o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Linux_Foundation o Security # Integrity/Availability/Authenticity # Privacy/Surveillance # Confidentiality o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies # Copyrights * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Zip_it_up:_The_zipper’s_130-year_history⠀⇛ When serial production of the mechanism started, the US military became one of its first bulk buyers, integrating zippers into the troops’ clothing and gear during World War I. It wasn’t until the late 1930s that the invention finally revolutionized fashion. o ⚓ El País ☛ Netflix_is_giving_DVDs_away_to_its_last_mail_delivery customers⠀⇛ Netflix is getting ready to end its DVD home delivery service in the United States, 25 years after it started. This line of business generated $145.7 million in revenue last year, with just over a million DVD-by-mail subscribers. As a final gesture of appreciation, those customers can keep the latest DVDs they rented and enter for a chance to win another 10 free DVDs. o ⚓ Herman Õunapuu ☛ Why_you_might_not_want_to_publicly_self-host_a Wikipedia_clone⠀⇛ I have a specific e-mail address set up so that readers of my blog can reach out to me no matter where they see my post. I knew about the risk of spam, but receiving genuine feedback and questions is something I appreciate a lot and I’m willing to mark everything else as spam if needed. What I did not expect was the amount of spam that originates from my self-hosted copy of Wikipedia, or that they’d use the e-mail that is present on the main ounapuu.ee domain. o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Website_linked_to_contract_cheating_enlists_TikTok influencers⠀⇛ University of NSW said that three in four cases of contract cheating in 2021 were linked to the website, while the University of Sydney says it was facing increased reports of cheating through the website. o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Where_Did_Our_Public_Toilets_Go?⠀⇛ You may not expect it, with video titles like “Come Pee With Me in Bloomingdale’s,” but Siegel is performing a vital public service. There are currently just over 1,000 public toilets in New York City—and per one report, only two of those are open 24/7. And while New York is the most notoriously bathroom-deficient city in America, it’s hardly unrepresentative. A 2021 report found the United States has only eight public toilets per 100,000 people. Iceland has 56. The lack of public restrooms in the United States isn’t just an inconvenience. It’s a sign of America’s failure to invest in communal necessities for the collective good. But progressive leaders at the local level have the power to change that. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Scientists_Discovered_Something_We’ve Never_Seen_on_the_Sun,_and_It_Could_Explain_a_Lot⠀⇛ Newly-discovered “picoflares” could solve longstanding mysteries about solar winds. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea’s_teachers_to_be_allowed_to remove_disruptive_students,_ban_phones⠀⇛ New class policy set to take effect on Sept 1 was adopted in the wake of a teacher who committed suicide. # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ Temporary_[Internet]_outage_on_all U-M_campuses⠀⇛ Sunday afternoon, after careful evaluation of a significant security concern, we made the intentional decision to sever our ties to the internet. We took this action to provide our information technology teams the space required to address the issue in the safest possible manner. # ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ University_of_Michigan_[Internet]_still out,_no_details_on_security_concern⠀⇛ University of Michigan continues to restore online access after it shut down school [Internet] services Sunday afternoon U-M has said little about the nature of the “significant security concern” that prompted the [Internet] shut off # ⚓ Digital First Media ☛ With_[Internet]_still_out,_UM investigates_what_one_Regent_describes_as_‘targeted_attack’⠀⇛ The University of Michigan was grappling with a second day without internet on Tuesday, a situation that an expert called “highly unusual” as UM and federal officials continued to investigate a cybersecurity threat that led to the disruption. # ⚓ Gannett ☛ University_of_Michigan_[Internet]_outage_now under_investigation,_president_confirms⠀⇛ The disruption, in its third day, directly affects nearly 120,000 people at all three campuses, including about 65,000 students and 54,000 faculty and staff, and indirectly affects even more people as U-M seeks to solve the problem. # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ Starting_college_in_the_dark: UMich_campus_gets_through_first_day_of_class_with_no_ [Internet]⠀⇛ U-M students and faculty on all three campuses began the fall 2023 semester without access to any of the University’s Wi-Fi networks or online resources linked to the University such as Canvas, Google Workspace and Wolverine Access. The outage was first reported Sunday afternoon by Information and Technology Services at 1:43 p.m. and is not expected to be completely restored for several days. Though the specific cause of the outage has not been announced, an ITS update sent to the campus community at 1:50 p.m. said the University made the decision to intentionally take U- M services offline in response to a “significant security concern.” “The team is working around the clock and already has restored access to some systems,” the update said. “That said, it may be several days before all online services return to their normal levels.” # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ Important_IT_outage_update⠀⇛ Our Information and Technology Services teams, working together with leading cybersecurity service providers, are working tirelessly to resolve this disruption and I want to personally thank them for their dedication to this critical effort. Already they have restored an impressive array of online tools that are accessible and functional through off-campus internet connections. The investigative work into the security issue continues. As noted in Monday’s message to the community, our U-M Division of Public Safety and Security and federal law enforcement partners are involved in this investigation. # ⚓ Society for Scholarly Publshing ☛ Guest_Post_—_The_Paradox of_Hyperspecialization_and_Interdisciplinary_Research⠀⇛ Earlier this month I wrote about academia’s versatility demand and the pressure on researchers to master diverse skills. In that post, I examined the changes taking place and the need to adapt and put innovation before anything else. A pivotal aspect of these transformations that has emerged — the rise of interdisciplinary research, has created something of a paradox. We are now in an age where interdisciplinary research is key, but also an age of hyperspecialization. Tasks that were previously handled by one person are now broken down into more distinct specialized components done by several people. How does the shift to interdisciplinary research reshape the very foundation of how knowledge is generated and applied across various fields and what do the different stakeholders in academia need to do to balance the depth of specialized knowledge with the breadth of interdisciplinary understanding? o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ South_Koreans_Rally_Against_Japan’s_Nuclear Wastewater_Dumping⠀⇛ The protest came after Japan started discharging the first batch of radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant on Thursday. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea_says_Japan_should immediately_halt_Fukushima_water_release_-KCNA⠀⇛ North Korea said on Thursday Japan should immediately halt the release of wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, state media reported, hours after Japan began releasing treated water into the Pacific Ocean. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea’s_‘sea_women’_fear Fukushima_discharge_will_end_marine_trade⠀⇛ The ocean is like a “mother’s embrace”, says Kim Jung-ja, a South Korean who free-dives without oxygen, wearing a black wet suit, mask and fins to pick by hand abalone, sea cucumber and other marine life that she takes to market. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Treated_water_is_complicating_Japan_and South_Korea’s_new_friendship⠀⇛ Japan’s plan has triggered some backlash in the region. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Protesters_arrested_outside_Japan_embassy_in_South Korea_over_nuclear_waste_dumping⠀⇛ South Korean police on Thursday arrested a large number of protesters demonstrating outside the Japanese embassy against the Japanese government’s dumping of treated radioactive water into the ocean. Japan has faced harsh criticism from many neighboring countries over this decision despite the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) support. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Seoul_ropes_in_catering_firms_to promote_seafood_consumption,_amid_fears_over_Fukushima_water release⠀⇛ More Korean seafood will be served at South Korean companies. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ South_Korea_police_arrest_14_Fukushima_protesters seeking_to_enter_Japan_embassy⠀⇛ The protest came the day Japan began releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked power plant into the Pacific Ocean, a polarising move that prompted fresh, fierce criticism from around the region. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korean_police_arrest_16_Fukushima protesters_seeking_to_enter_Japan_embassy⠀⇛ The group reached the eighth floor of the embassy and hung banners condemning the release. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea_President_Yoon_has_seafood lunch_amid_concerns_over_Japan’s_Fukushima_water_release⠀⇛ The presidential office cafeteria also had raw fish on the lunch menu for its staff. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Air_Pollution_Now_A_Major_Risk_To_Life_Expectancy In_South_Asia,_Says_Study⠀⇛ Rising air pollution can cut life expectancy by more than five years per person in South Asia, one of the world’s most polluted regions, according to a report published on August 29 which flagged the growing burden of hazardous air on health. [...] # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Why_is_fentanyl_so_deadly?⠀⇛ More than 70,000 people died in 2021 alone as a result of fentanyl use in the USA. It is highly addictive. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Dedoimedo ☛ Microsoft_Edge_is_starting_to_annoy_me_big time⠀⇛ This is another example of the “modern” Web, the scourge of intelligence and good experience. Thus, there be a question. What am I going to do? The choice is not easy. Whatever Chromium-based browser I pick for my secondary option, there will be a compromise. Google will not annoy or prompt you, they will simply introduce features into Chrome without even asking. But at least you will have a quieter workflow. I am not keen on some of the other options, because I find them too busy for my taste, and it seems that Edge is heading that way. I could use Chromium, as is, and perhaps that will be my next option. But it seems I ought to stop using Edge altogether, and uninstall it from my Linux machines, the same way I do on my Windows boxen. But I’m sure I will find something new and fresh to annoy me soon, because that’s what the Web is all about since around 2013 or so. Well, I should be grateful to have been there at the beginning, when the net was still somewhat chaotic and pristine, and it wasn’t the lowest common denominator of corporate greed. Bye bye. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ A_Robotaxi_Experiment⠀⇛ Driverless taxis have arrived on the streets of San Francisco. The self-driving car companies Cruise and Waymo got the green light to expand their robotaxi fleets in the city earlier this month. The cars’ arrival was met with creative protests, curiosity, and long waitlists to take a ride. I spoke with Caroline Mimbs Nyce, an Atlantic writer covering technology, about her trip to San Francisco to give the robotaxis a try. # ⚓ Drew DeVault ☛ AI_crap⠀⇛ What will happen to AI is boring old capitalism. Its staying power will come in the form of replacing competent, expensive humans with crappy, cheap robots. LLMs are a pretty good advance over Markov chains, and stable diffusion can generate images which are only somewhat uncanny with sufficient manipulation of the prompt. Mediocre programmers will use GitHub Copilot to write trivial code and boilerplate for them (trivial code is tautologically uninteresting), and ML will probably remain useful for writing cover letters for you. Self-driving cars might show up Any Day Now™, which is going to be great for sci-fi enthusiasts and technocrats, but much worse in every respect than, say, building more trains. # ⚓ Teleport ☛ How_we_improved_SSH_connection_times_by_up_to 40%⠀⇛ SSH was designed to provide secure remote access to machines, not for service-to-service communication. The protocol was designed to ensure that the connection is secured, that both parties are verified and the user is authenticated before any data is exchanged. This helps achieve two of the fundamental pillars of security: confidentiality and integrity. However, these security guarantees come at the expense of initial connection latency. Each SSH connection is required to complete the SSH handshake before the connection is available. # ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ The_Contrarian_Strategy_of_OpenAI⠀⇛ So, what exactly has OpenAI done differently? Expanding on Altman’s comments and adding a few others. # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Airlines_urged_to_assist stranded_passengers_amid_UK_Air_Traffic_Control_failure fallout⠀⇛ Approximately a quarter of a million passengers were ensnared in the chaos that unfolded during the bank holiday, when a technical malfunction at National Air Traffic Services (Nats), the organisation responsible for overseeing UK air traffic control systems, severely curtailed both take-offs and landings for a duration of around four hours. The disruption manifested as almost 1,600 flights across various UK airports were cancelled on Monday. o § Linux Foundation⠀➾ # ⚓ In_Memory_Of_Ueda_San⠀⇛ The funeral of Ueda San of Sony took place yesterday. Many of us have known him for many years. Some of us have known him for a little while. Others, perhaps, have only recently heard of him. One important thing to know about Ueda San is that he built the open source community in Japan alongside others such as Hashimoto San, Eto San, Shibata San and the rest of the “old guard.” Building the open source community in Japan was not easy. Previously, companies operated in silos, and it was a radical idea to throw open the doors and allow engineers to mix and mingle. There was risk, there was fear, and there was the stubborn tide of habit. It takes an iron will to change an entire industry. Ueda San was extremely kind and gentle, but he would not yield on the importance of open collaboration. He knew the value it gave to people, to business and to society. Ueda San really believed in community and collaboration. He was tireless in promoting it, and he insisted that more and more people should be educated in its value. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Rest_in_peace_Satoru_Ueda⠀⇛ [Satoru Ueda] The OpenChain site carries the sad news of the passing of Satoru Ueda. Your editor first met Ueda San at the 2007 Linux Foundation Japan Symposium, where a small group of dedicated developers and managers was working hard to bring open-source development practices to the country. Ueda San was always a strong advocate for this cause and deserves much credit for the success of Linux and open source in Japan. He was also always a warm and welcoming person; he will be much missed. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Tuesday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (flask- security and opendmarc), Fedora (qemu), Oracle (rust and rust-toolset:ol8), Red Hat (cups and libxml2), Scientific Linux (cups), SUSE (ca- certificates-mozilla, chromium, clamav, freetype2, haproxy, nodejs12, procps, and vim), and Ubuntu (faad2, json-c, libqb, linux, linux-aws, linux-lts- xenial, linux-gcp-5.15, linux-gke, linux-gke-5.15, linux-gkeop, linux-gkeop-5.15, and linux-gke, linux-ibm-5.4). # ⚓ How_hacker_stole_R600K_from_Eastern_Cape_schools⠀⇛ Last week, the Specialised Commercial Crime Court of East London, Eastern Cape, handed down a prison sentence of three years to a hacker who stole just under R600 000 from the province’s education department. The crime took place in 2013, when Bruce Owen, in his thirties at the time, broke into the inner workings of the Eastern Cape Department of Education’s Basic Accounting System and used it to make payments into his own bank accounts. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Developing:_Hospital_Sisters_Health_System and_Prevea_Health_hit_by_cyberattack⠀⇛ Yesterday, DataBreaches received a phone call from an employee at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The employee was asking if we knew anything about a cyberattack on Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) and stated that everything had been down for two days but the employees were not really being given information other than some assurance by the hospital that no personal information had been compromised. # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ Ben Jojo ☛ Grave_flaws_in_BGP_Error_handling⠀⇛ This attack is not even a one-off “hit-and- run”, as the “bad” route is still stored in the peer router; when the session restarts the victim router will reset again the moment the route with the crafted payload is transmitted again. This has the potential to cause prolonged internet or peering outages. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ EDRI ☛ Is_this_the_most_criticised_draft_EU_law_of all_time?⠀⇛ The proposed EU ‘Regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse‘ (2022) (CSA Regulation, or CSAR) has raised concerns that it is incompatible with EU fundamental rights and case law – perhaps more so than any other EU law in recent memory. Whilst all stakeholders agree on the importance of the aim to protect children, all formal legal and technical assessments have concluded that the proposed measures could amount to disproportionate violations of everyone’s privacy, personal data and free expression online, and rely on technically infeasible or dangerous measures. Read on to see how a wide range of stakeholders, including child protection experts, survivors of CSA, police, national governments, UN officials, companies, NGOs and others have warned that the proposed measures are misguided and could do more harm than good. # ⚓ EDRI ☛ CSA_Regulation_Document_Pool⠀⇛ In this document pool we list articles, documents, updates and news about the proposed EU ‘Regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse‘ (2022/ 0155(COD)) (2022), which we refer to as the ‘CSA Regulation’ or ‘CSAR’. We approach this legislative proposal from a digital human rights perspective, including by analysing issues of mass surveillance, upload filters & online anonymity. # ⚓ New Statesman ☛ You_can_thank_Boris_Johnson_for Ulez⠀⇛ Try as Johnson might (and he definitely tries) to draw a distinction between his original central London Ulez plan and Khan’s outer-city expansion, it is unclear how making a poor Londoner “pay £12.50 just to drive their car a few hundred yards in one direction rather than another” for the sake of cleaner air for all was fine when he suggested it in 2015, but morally reprehensible in 2023. The concept hasn’t changed, just the boundaries. # § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ More_UK_cops’_names_and_photos exposed_in_supplier_breach⠀⇛ According to The Sun, which first reported on the breach, all 47,000 staff members and police officers – including senior officials, undercover and counter-terrorism cops, and officers assigned to guard the royal family – were exposed. # ⚓ Cendyne Naga ☛ Privacy_of_Web_PKI_Revocation⠀⇛ I attended a presentation at the Crypto and Privacy Village, where Matthew McPherrin presents on the various mechanisms Certificate Authorities expose to clients to clarify whether a certificate is revoked or not, and the privacy implications of those mechanisms. Matthew elaborated on Certificate Revocation Lists, Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP), OCSP stapling, and a superior alternative: short lived certificates. The privacy implications center around feeding the Certificate Authority unnecessary data on client behaviors as they verify whether a certificate is revoked or not. This talk summary is part of my DEF CON 31 series. The talks this year have sufficient depth to be shared independently and are separated for easier consumption. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Certifiably_vulnerable:_Using_Certificate Transparency_logs_for_target_reconnaissance⠀⇛ While being able to monitor maliciously- issued certificates is a good thing, publicly logging all certificates unfortunately exposes more data than one might like. Since each certificate is pushed again to the log upon every renewal, an adversary can gauge whether a website is being actively maintained, and hence whether it has been kept up-to-date with the latest security patches. This inspires the question — can CT logs be used for target reconnaissance? o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Cyber_scams_keep_North_Korean_missiles_flying⠀⇛ A team of hackers enables Kim Jong Un’s strategic ambitions, despite international sanctions. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea’s_frantic_space_launch_pace brings_advances_–_and_setbacks⠀⇛ North Korea appears to have made progress in its space program, despite a second rocket failure on Thursday, but its unusually quick launch pace may be causing problems, analysts said. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea,_US_and_Japan_‘strongly condemn’_North_Korea_launch⠀⇛ South Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin and his U.S. and Japan counterparts on Thursday “strongly condemned” a North Korean rocket launch which they said was a ballistic missile disguised as a space rocket, South Korea’s foreign ministry said on Thursday. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ North_Korea’s_2nd_Satellite_Launch_Fails to_Reach_Orbit⠀⇛ The ​rocket failure was an embarrassment for the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, who badly needed a morale booster for his people. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Violent_crime_is_rising_in_North_Korea_amid_food shortages⠀⇛ Police seem unable to stem increase, and residents say underlying causes are not addressed. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ South_Koreans_Rally_Against_Joint_Military_Drill With_US⠀⇛ The Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise was scheduled to continue until August 31. # ⚓ France24 ☛ North_Korea_says_second_attempt_to_launch_spy satellite_failed⠀⇛ North Korea said its second attempt to put a spy satellite into orbit failed on Thursday, three months after the first one crashed into the ocean. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Over_200_suspects_arrested_for_writing online_murder_threats_in_South_Korea,_govt_to_seek_damages⠀⇛ This comes amid the increasing violent crimes targeting random people in the country. # ⚓ India Times ☛ TikTok’s_US_future_still_in_limbo_as_commerce secretary_visits_China⠀⇛ The administration has been stymied by how to deal with TikTok even as intelligence officials have warned that it poses a national security threat. The app has been barred on government devices federally and in more than two dozen states, its CEO was grilled before Congress in March and lawmakers have proposed legislation that would make it easier for the White House to ban tech companies owned by “foreign adversaries” such as China. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ France_to_Ban_Full-Length_Muslim_Robes_in Public_Schools⠀⇛ Mr. Attal said attacks on the principle of laïcité — France’s version of secularism, which guarantees freedom of conscience but also the neutrality of the state and of some public spaces — had “increased considerably” in French schools. “When you enter a classroom, you should not be able to distinguish or identify the students’ religion by looking at them,” Mr. Attal told the TF1 television channel on Sunday. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Migrants_entered_US_with_help_of_smuggler_who_has ties_to_ISIS:_report⠀⇛ It was only later that the FBI learned of a smuggling network helping Uzbeks into the US — which involved at least one individual with ties to ISIS. # ⚓ CNN ☛ Exclusive:_Smuggler_with_ties_to_ISIS_helped_migrants enter_US_from_Mexico,_raising_alarm_bells_across_government⠀⇛ The incident kicked off a flurry of urgent meetings among top national security and administration officials at a time when Republicans have hammered Biden on the security of the southern border heading into the 2024 campaign. Staff on key congressional committees have been informed of the incident, according to two sources familiar with the matter. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Trump_trials:_What_counts_as_protected_free speech?⠀⇛ Many legal analysts are skeptical this approach will work in a courtroom. There is no First Amendment right to engage in a conspiracy to break the law, and Mr. Trump has been charged with urging others to take illegal actions. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Fourteenth_Amendment_Fantasy⠀⇛ Consider the scenario in which Section 3 is invoked against Trump in 2024. Although he has won the Republican nomination, Democratic secretaries of state in key states refuse to place his name on their ballots, as a person who engaged in insurrection against the United States. With Trump’s name deleted from some swing-state ballots, President Joe Biden is easily reelected. But only kind of reelected. How in the world are Republicans likely to react to such an outcome? Will any of them regard such a victory as legitimate? The rage and chaos that would follow are beyond imagining. # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ France_move_to_ban_abaya robes_from_state_schools⠀⇛ “Schools of the Republic are built on very strong values and principles, especially laïcité… I have decided that the abaya could no longer be worn in schools,” he declared. The Education Minister ignored those who contested the ban, as he continued to express his beliefs, saying: “Secularism means the freedom to emancipate oneself through school.” He further describes the abaya as “a religious gesture, aimed at testing the resistance of the republic toward the secular sanctuary that school must be”. # ⚓ El País ☛ Conservatives_are_on_a_mission_to_dismantle_the US_government_and_replace_it_with_Trump’s_vision⠀⇛ The unprecedented effort is being orchestrated with dozens of right-flank organizations, many new to Washington, and represents a changed approach from conservatives, who traditionally have sought to limit the federal government by cutting federal taxes and slashing federal spending. Instead, Trump-era conservatives want to gut the “administrative state” from within, by ousting federal employees they believe are standing in the way of the president’s agenda and replacing them with like-minded officials more eager to fulfill a new executive’s approach to governing. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ American Oversight ☛ Co-Defendants_and_Unindicted_Co- Conspirators:_What_Public_Records_Reveal_About_Trump_Allies’ Election_Denial_Activities⠀⇛ While those five co-conspirators were not charged in the Justice Department’s indictment, they were among the 19 charged in Georgia. The Georgia indictment also mentions 30 unindicted, unnamed co- conspirators. Outlets such as CNN and the Washington Post have closely reviewed clues in the indictment to determine some of their identities. Several of Trump’s allies who were active in his schemes to overturn the election — including those named as well as those speculated to have been mentioned — didn’t cease their efforts to undermine democracy after the fake-electors plot failed or even after President Joe Biden took office. American Oversight has been investigating the ongoing election denial movement and its threats to democracy, and has uncovered thousands of pages of public records that shed light on the movement’s activities after the 2020 election. Below, we take a look at a number of those allies and the records we have obtained that provide details about their work, from the immediate post-election hunt for evidence of widespread fraud to partisan election investigations, alleged voting machine breaches, and ongoing efforts to erode trust in democracy. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Climate_change_set_to_worsen_snow_shortages_on Europe’s_ski_slopes,_says_study⠀⇛ Even if the world caps global heating at the Paris climate treaty target of 1.5 degrees Celsius — a very big if — a third of the continent’s 2,234 resorts would still be highly vulnerable to snow scarcity, they reported in the journal Nature Climate Change. # ⚓ Associated Press ☛ Study_suggests_global_warming_set_to worsen_snow_shortages_on_Europe’s_ski_slopes⠀⇛ With the rise in global temperatures already flirting with the target limit of 1.5 degrees under the 2015 Paris climate accord, and a higher climb seemingly inevitable, the researchers analyzed the impact on more than 2,200 ski resorts across 28 European countries. The research evaluated changes in snow cover across a range of increases in temperature: 53% of ski resorts in Europe would face “very high risk of insufficient snow” at a rise of 2 degree Celsius. Nearly all — 98% — would face that level of risk if the 4-degree bar is surpassed. # ⚓ RFI ☛ Climate_poses_‘high_risk’_for_Europe’s_ski_resorts⠀⇛ The study looked at how resorts across Europe — from the British Isles to Turkey, and from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean basin — would be affected by different levels of global heating: 1.5C, 2C, 3C and 4C. Earth’s surface has, on average, already warmed 1.2C, amplifying extreme weather across the globe. From the Rocky Mountains to the Alps, ski resorts — especially those at or below 1,500 metres (5,000 feet) — already experience foreshortening skiing seasons and declining ski conditions, with snow sometimes replaced by rain. # ⚓ ABC ☛ More_than_half_of_European_ski_resorts_facing_‘very high_risk’_from_climate_change,_study_finds⠀⇛ Global temperatures sit at 1.2C above pre- industrial levels and an analysis from Carbon Brief shows the world will reach 2C of warming between 2038 and 2072 if emissions remain close to current levels. The study’s lead author, Samuel Morin from France’s National Centre for Meteorological Research, said the modelling accounted for geography, elevation and regional differences. # ⚓ Bert Hubert ☛ Atmospheric_absorption,_spectra,_units_and code:_companion_page_to_the_global_warming_explanation_post⠀⇛ On this page we’ll delve into the exciting subject of atmospheric absorption, spectra and the units used. We’ll also look at the code and databases behind the many graphs on the other page. # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Capitalist_Greed_Fueled_the_Catastrophic Hawaii_Wildfires⠀⇛ The fires are typical of the increasingly extreme weather events being driven by climate change. But climate is only part of the story — the long history of business-driven destruction of Maui’s historic wetlands and public utilities’ refusal to invest in safe energy infrastructure is also to blame. The Lever’s news editor, Lucy Dean Stockton, spoke with Kaniela Ing, a former Hawaii state representative and now national director of the Green New Deal Network, about how capitalists have destroyed Hawaii’s natural environment from the early twentieth century on, helping fuel the disastrous wildfires we’re seeing now. # ⚓ Truthdig ☛ What_Climate_Democracy_Looks_Like⠀⇛ By a vote of six-to-four, Ecuador voted “Yes” and became the first oil producing country to keep a large field untapped by popular vote. The state oil company now has one year to decommission and remove all infrastructure in the famous bioreserve. The 50,000-odd daily barrels currently pumped out of Yasuní may be a drop in the global oil bucket — Saudi Arabia produces 12 million barrels a day — but staunching the flow is not purely symbolic. Production at Yasuní represents more than 10% of tiny Ecuador’s total oil production; ending it will impact the country’s foreign reserves and degrade the country’s once-stellar reputation within the rapacious global oil industry. In choosing this, Ecuadoreans have declared other things supreme. Deconstructing the derricks protects a 50,000-acre ecosystem in the western Amazon watershed that is known as “the most biodiverse place on Earth.” At the equatorial borderland of the Andean foothills and the Amazon basin, Yasuní contains 10% of the rapidly declining number of species on Earth. It is also home to two of the largest remaining “uncontacted” tribes living in voluntary isolation. Locking its oil beneath the soil will stop an estimated 345 million tons of CO2 from releasing into an already carbon-clogged atmosphere. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Idiomdrottning ☛ Energy_rationing⠀⇛ Here’s what I would’ve wanted: Energy is rationed. Everyone gets the same amount. You can’t sell it (it’s cap without trade) but you can work together in collectives and coops to pool your allotment. The rations are separate for fossil-derived energy and renewable energy, with an awareness that renewable doesn’t mean infinite since there’s a bandwidth issue. The fossil rations rapidly decrease. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Seoul_to_subsidise_egg_freezing for_Korean_women⠀⇛ This will be for 300 women between 20 and 49 years old, and have resided in Seoul for over six months. # ⚓ [Repeat] Scoop News Group ☛ Presidential_council recommends_launching_a_Department_of_Water_to_confront cyberthreats,_climate_change⠀⇛ The National Infrastructure Advisory Council, a group of 30 executives and leaders from the public and private sector that advises the president on infrastructure risks, approved the draft document that aimed at helping the largely publicly owned water sector. # ⚓ Overpopulation ☛ What_you_should_know_–_but_didn’t know_to_ask_–_about_overshoot_and_the_‘population question’⠀⇛ A rather unsettling premise of the piece is that the human eco-predicament is, in many respects, wholly ‘natural’, the product of human evolutionary success gone awry. Innate expansionist behaviours that were advantageous in Paleolithic (pre- agricultural) environments have become maladaptive in today’s globalized industrialized environment. Why is this significant? Because society seems unwilling to recognize that H. sapiens is a still- evolving species subject to the same natural laws and forces affecting the evolution of all living organisms. It is entirely conceivable for modern civilization to be ‘selected out’ by an increasingly hostile environment of our own making. Policies and programs that attempt to ‘fix’ overshoot without attempting to override humanity’s now destructive expansionist tendencies are doomed to fail. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ China_cuts_interest_rates,_pledges_credit_support_for small_companies⠀⇛ Moves to boost sagging economy unlikely to fuel genuine recovery, analysts say. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Tipping_culture_sparks_controversy among_South_Koreans⠀⇛ Some businesses’ requests for tips have led to complaints from people unfamiliar with the practice. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ 1.26m_South_Korean_young_people unemployed,_over_half_hold_college_degrees⠀⇛ The number of young people not attending school or college with employment experience is 3.94 million. # ⚓ RFA ☛ To_make_extra_money,_North_Koreans_pay_big_bribes_for gold_refinery_jobs⠀⇛ Stolen gold and other metals are sold to donju, entrepreneurs engaged in smuggling. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Frozen_Iranian_Assets_Reportedly_Transferred_To Swiss_Central_Bank⠀⇛ Iranian assets that had been frozen in South Korea were transferred to Switzerland’s central bank last week for exchange and transfer to Iran, South Korean media reported on August 21. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Laos_to_send_another_2,000_workers_to_South_Korean factories_or_higher-paying_jobs⠀⇛ Several thousand Laotians already do seasonal agricultural work in the country. # ⚓ Layoffs_Are_Out,_‘Reassignment’_Is_In:_A_New_Trend? [Ed: No, it is an HR trick, one step away from "redundancies"; same with forcing people back into the office in defiance of common sense]⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Xi_Arrives_in_South_Africa_for_BRICS_Summit_and State_Visit⠀⇛ During his time in South Africa, Xi will also co- chair the China-Africa Leaders’ Dialogue with the South African President. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ German_Business_Leaders_Against_Decoupling_From China⠀⇛ “China has been Germany’s largest trading partner for seven years,” said the manager of the German- Chinese Business Association. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korean_coastguard_arrests_man_who arrived_by_jet_ski_from_China⠀⇛ The Chinese man was wearing a helmet and life vest, and was travelling on a 1800-cc jet ski. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Case_involving_man_jailed_in mainland_China_over_role_in_speedboat_escape_bid_set_to_be heard_in_Hong_Kong_court⠀⇛ A case involving a Hong Kong protester jailed in mainland China has been scheduled to be mentioned in the city’s District Court on Wednesday, three years after he was caught while allegedly attempting to flee to Taiwan. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Biden’s_‘historic’_Asia_summit_confronts_an old_foe:_History⠀⇛ A summit between the U.S., Japan, and South Korea sought to institutionalize the trilateral relationship. But it’s battling several sources of distrust: in Asia of U.S. staying power, in China of the three allies, and in South Korea of Japan. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_fines_US_firm_Mintz_$2m_for ‘unapproved’_work,_after_raiding_its_Beijing_office⠀⇛ China said firm had carried out “foreign-related statistical investigations” without approvals. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Xi_heads_to_Johannesburg_to_rally_the_Global_South⠀⇛ More than 40 country representatives to attend BRICS in the shadow of Japan-Korea show of unity with U.S. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Shadowy_Tech_Goons_Want_to_Build_a_New_City_in California._What_Could_Go_Wrong?⠀⇛ The New York Times reports that a mysterious company called Flannery Associates has spent over $800 million hoovering up massive amounts of farm land in the Solano County region. The company has been procuring Bay Area land parcels for close to five years and has now amassed some 52,000 acres (or 22,000 hectares). The land grabs, which stretch from Fairfield to Rio Vista, have understandably worried locals and government officials, who—for years—were kept in the dark about who exactly was buying up this land or what the buyers planned to do with it. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Where_Tech_Investors_Are_Buying_Up_Land, Locals_Are_Worried⠀⇛ Solano County’s rural roots are still front and center in an area where a company backed by tech industry billionaires has been buying up land to create what they imagine to be a city of the future. That company, Flannery Associates, has committed roughly $900 million to secure thousands of acres of farmland, court documents show. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Facebook_Rejects_Its_Own_Supreme_Court’s_Order_to Ban_Cambodia’s_Ex-Prime_Minister⠀⇛ Meta has rejected its own Oversight Board’s recommendation to immediately suspend the Facebook and Instagram accounts of Cambodia’s former Prime Minister Hun Sen, an authoritarian dictator who refers to political dissidents as dogs and has been accused of using Meta’s platforms to incite violence. The decision marks a stark divergence from the Oversight Board, which was created in 2018 as a Meta-funded, independent check on the company’s most sensitive politically fraught content moderation decision. Recommendations aside, the Cambodia case proves that the buck for political content on Facebook and Instagram ultimately still stops with Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Meta’s_‘Biggest_Single_Takedown’ Removes_Chinese_Influence_Campaign⠀⇛ The posts were part of a Chinese influence campaign that stands out as the largest such operation to date, researchers at Meta said in a report on Tuesday. The effort, which the company said had started with Chinese law enforcement and was discovered in 2019, was aimed at advancing China’s interests and discrediting its adversaries, such as the United States, Meta said. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Meta_removes_thousands_of_accounts linked_to_Chinese_government_propaganda_campaign⠀⇛ The company said that not only Facebook and Instagram had been infiltrated, but so was Twitter –now X – Reddit, TikTok, YouTube, Medium, Substack and Tumblr. In total, the campaign covered at least 50 different apps. The articles and information appeared mostly in English but were also translated into Greek, German, Russian, Italian, Turkish and many more languages. The campaign could be linked to an older campaign Meta named Spamouflage, as well as to Chinese law enforcement. # ⚓ BW Businessworld Media Pvt Ltd ☛ X_Reverses_Policy_On Political_Advertising_Ahead_Of_2024_Presidential Election⠀⇛ Despite these efforts, X continues to face criticism similar to other social media platforms for its handling of misleading or false content during significant elections. This has sparked discussions about the company’s readiness for the US presidential election. One notable concern arises from X’s prior workforce reduction, which included employees who had worked on trust and safety. The company’s ability to ensure a secure and accurate platform for the upcoming election has raised questions among critics. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Twitter_lifts_ban_on_political_ads, reversing_policy_to_stop_misinformation⠀⇛ Musk slashed staffing after buying Twitter, raising concerns about its ability to moderate content and reliably function. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Twitter_Removes_Its_‘No_Political_Ads’ Policy_Ahead_of_the_2024_Election⠀⇛ After cutting the majority of employees whose responsibility it was to remove and moderate false or misleading information, Gita Johar, a Columbia University business professor who studied misinformation on Twitter, told NBC News that Twitter’s decision risks turning the site into a “free-for-all with rumors, conspiracy theories and falsehoods taking hold on the platform and in people’s imagination.” # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_New_York_Times_Tries_to_Lie_About Ukraine_Without_Lying⠀⇛ My concern is not that there aren’t actually lots of people who do sympathize with Putin and — in perfect agreement with the Times’ with-us-or-against-us attitude — believe they must take his side against that of the United States. My concern is that basic facts about the war should not be banned by yelling “Putin!” and that a preference for peace, compromise, and avoidance of nuclear apocalypse should not be twisted into supposed support for whichever side of a war a newspaper opposes. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Toyota_blamed_a_glitch_for_a_stoppage affecting_a_third_of_global_production⠀⇛ Toyota apologized for the problem and said it was investigating the cause, though it ruled out a cyberattack. # ⚓ Reuters ☛ Toyota_to_restart_Japan_production_on Wednesday_after_system_failure⠀⇛ Toyota will resume operations at 25 production lines of a dozen plants in its home market from Wednesday morning and add the final two plants from the afternoon, it said. The company continues to investigate the cause of the glitch [sic], which it said was not due to a cyberattack and prevented it from ordering components. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ ACLU ☛ Meet_Mary_Wood,_a_Teacher_Resisting_Censorship⠀⇛ In the past year, Mary Wood has gone through an ordeal that’s increasingly familiar to teachers, librarians, and school administrators across the country: She is being targeted by activists who want to censor what books are in libraries and what discussions happen in classrooms. Mary is an English teacher at Chapin High School in Chapin, South Carolina. As originally reported in The State, she assigned Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me,” a nonfiction book about the Black experience in the United States, as part of a lesson plan on research and argumentation in her advanced placement class. District officials ordered her to stop teaching the book. They alleged that it violated a state budget proviso that forbids a broad range of subject matter involving race and history. # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Anti-war_activists_in_Russia could_spend_15_years_in_prison⠀⇛ The human rights experts revealed: “The law has no other objective than silencing critical expression in relation to the war in Ukraine. The legislation is a drastic step in a long string of measures over the years restricting freedom of expression and media freedom, and further shrinking civic space in the Russian Federation.” Shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February, the law that criminalised those speaking against the Russian Army was put in place in an attempt to unite the country. # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Thailand’s_Conservative_Old_Guard_Has Snuffed_Out_the_Popular_Demand_for_Change⠀⇛ This turn of events raises a fundamental question: Can Thailand’s progressive movement genuinely place its trust in the idea of working through the existing political system? While developments in Thai politics will continue to unfold, it is now natural to suspect that conservative groups may have strategically shaped the election process in order to portray the results as a reflection of public desires. In reality, however, the outcome, which is now slipping from the grasp of the MFP, has ended up serving as an endorsement of the party’s preconceived agenda. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ A_judge_told_Kansas_authorities_to destroy_electronic_copies_of_newspaper’s_files_taken_during raid⠀⇛ Kansas authorities must destroy all electronic copies they made of a small newspaper’s files when police raided its office this month, a judge ordered Tuesday, nearly two weeks after computers and cellphones seized in the search were returned. The Aug. 11 searches of the Marion County Record’s office and the homes of its publisher and a City Council member have been sharply criticized, putting Marion, a central Kansas town of about 1,900 people, at the center of a debate over the press protections offered by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Hong_Kong_delays_Jimmy_Lai_trial_as_police_question woman_linked_to_exiled_lawmaker⠀⇛ Democrats say there is now scant difference between Hong Kong’s judicial system and that of mainland China # ⚓ RFA ☛ Family_celebrates_as_Lao_man_who_lost_contact_while working_in_Malaysia_returns_home⠀⇛ Relatives feared he had died, but a rubber plantation co-worker and the Lao embassy put them back in touch. # ⚓ Kansas Reflector ☛ Kaw_Nation_reclaims_prayer_rock exhibited_for_nearly_100_years_in_honor_of_white_settlers⠀⇛ A bronze plaque affixed to the stone in 1929 at Robinson Park paid tribute to immigrants of the 1850s who professed a dedication to freedom while venturing “into a wilderness, suffered hardships and faced dangers and death to found this state in righteousness.” The monument celebrating the city’s founders, including abolitionists, but neglected to acknowledge eradication and removal of the Kaw Nation from land upon which the Sacred Red Rock was located nor did the text recognize spiritual harm done when the stone was uprooted from confluence of the Shunganunga Creek and Kansas River near Tecumseh. On Tuesday, Pepper Henry marked unconditional return of the 24-ton boulder to the Kaw Nation and preparations to transport Iⁿ‘zhúje‘waxóbe to a memorial park in Council Grove. The prayer stone, which could be equated to a church structure, was recently removed from its base in a Lawrence park ahead of the journey. The stone was scheduled to be moved Wednesday to land owned by the tribe since 2002. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_abrupt_shutdown_of_a_34-year-old_furniture company_left_more_than_500_workers_jobless⠀⇛ “Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams has recently and unexpectedly learned that we are unable to continue business operations,” read a sign taped on the factory gate in Taylorsville, North Carolina, as Taylorsville Times reported on Saturday (Aug. 26). Workers were asked not to report to work from Monday (Aug. 28) onwards. # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ In_Michigan,_Progressives_Are_Finally Rolling_Back_Right-Wing_Anti-Labor_Laws⠀⇛ Earlier this year, Democrats in Michigan’s state legislature broke with Democratic Party norms by actually using their elected offices to push through a suite of significant pro-worker legislation. This included rolling back the right- to-work law that Michigan passed in 2012, making Michigan the first state in more than fifty years to do so. Joey Andrews, elected to the state house in 2022 to represent District 38 in southwestern Michigan, championed the repeal of right to work and other pro-union policies, like restoring teachers’ bargaining rights. Jacobin’s Nick French spoke with Andrews about Michigan Democrats’ recent legislative record, the relationship between labor and the Democratic Party, and the current moment in working-class politics more broadly. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ Microsoft_Blames_Windows_11 “Unsupported_Processor”_Error_Screens_on_Hardware_Makers; Interferes_With_Full_Screen_Apps_Demanding_You_Use_Edge.⠀⇛ It will harass you even for searching for one. It will harass you while you are on another browser maker’s Web site trying to download one. Then after you install it and go to 27 different places making it the default, it will sometimes ignore it, and try to steal the defaults back, forcing you to start over. But then if you manage to set the default browser, you will start getting notifications, on your desktop, from Microsoft, that you’ve made “a bad choice” and “you need to reconsider” (essentially). This is the kind of thing the US v. Microsoft trial was about, they’ve even gotten in trouble in Europe, but they won’t stop. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Putin’s_Cinema_Fund_Rejects_Movie Piracy,_Fuming_Cinema_Boss_Demands_Barbie⠀⇛ In Russia, where various factions are in disagreement over the best way to permit piracy of Hollywood movies, new wildcards have entered the equation. The government- backed Cinema Fund says piracy carries “reputational risks” and that would be “inappropriate” right now. A furious cinema chief has accused the fund and government of protecting Western copyright holders. He says that Russia needs pirated copies of Barbie in cinemas, sooner rather than later. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ OpenAI_Asks_Court_to_Dismiss_Authors’ Copyright_Infringement_Claims⠀⇛ Several authors including comedian Sarah Silverman are suing OpenAI for using pirated copies of their books to train language models. This unauthorized use gives rise to several copyright infringement claims and also violates the DMCA, they argue. OpenAI disagrees and this week asked the California federal court to dismiss all claims but one. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Premier_League_Declares_War_on_IPTV Piracy_From_Behind_a_Paywall⠀⇛ Expense and restricted access to live matches drive some Premier League fans towards piracy. Optimists believe this can be fixed; get rid of the 3pm blackout and be realistic on what regular fans can afford. By announcing its plan to crack down even harder on piracy, via a paywalled article published in the Financial Times, the Premier League’s messaging could hardly be more symbolic. # ⚓ Gannett ☛ Eminem_tells_GOP_candidate_Vivek_Ramaswamy to_stop_using_his_music_on_the_campaign_trail⠀⇛ Music licenser BMI sent a letter to a Ramaswamy campaign lawyer that says Eminem’s works are no longer part of a music licensing agreement following a request from Eminem, according to the Daily Mail. # ⚓ Rlang ☛ TidyTuesday_35:_Exploring_Fair_Use_Cases⠀⇛ Today’s TidyTuesday concerns US copyright law. Fair use is the right to use copyrighted materials in some instances. Fair use law isn’t always clear, and there is often litigation to decide whether something is fair use. This week’s TidyTuesday uses a data set created by web scraping to get information about federal court cases on fair use. 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