𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Thursday, August 31, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Fri 1 Sep 02:55:08 BST 2023 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈 Latest in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕 and older bulletins can be found at 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕-𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 Full IPFS index in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔 and as plain text in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔/𝒕𝒙𝒕 Gemini index for the day: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/31/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmaRubG8aC9J2F4D9dmkGvjTspm5HdnsTMqDuVHGcPc8k5 QmQRTBqrhT8MUXdVEwJShtA9dbvEtZNFjWkf2QjuuactPS QmRvPmuQj51W76zvbu8EJVsufNdff2k6sLwDW4kU1Umw72 QmVsL5SjB4i4sLymC3HBZkhwBhNY5MXy27LZs9QBCDgtZo QmNdfSVvGLKtGutRooKPbAq57B9AZoPeYGGSjhD1a2fVET QmZnEb1NMj8vNm5EXH9jb8unPV3bTrZKvHcvsEczvMfMYS QmPrM5Hu5PNR7zjUmtsvqm8xkZsrE96qx4CaEuQrKFfjFd QmfR8XxBEMVs1Mue6wS1NKXYG8optDVxN7EFcGCzvD1Q9z QmbqCQ6R4NusTRm9E3YjVzj9c1FxCfEvrfqShjAZLaCyQS QmeZFBVX9fk1V5VBuSsZpDpx2dnJBatXxASzUtAm4wrZ26 QmR8687kGyLT5rdVV9a5wwcd599wytXYh8CbSBUtHMqNx6 QmVL6ny5v6haHeg8eGHJrcSY343AUa4deXjfvCw1ZDmDz6 QmWKPms4oLgJhFJZPgySVW8kBSCBHkHuEbpSJ9Hu8w899a QmYRNEXfEKgCkNrxSJTkmHBQSawGzsT7jTG9zeGBgLZpYW QmXuNJQvwQEw7vxCEMaH6S2XP6CJWxyQPwQ5XwEnWrbwNY QmU8r9irxybJVwzTWsCaejmJ4dDWJ8vAHAHHAKEkyeufpQ QmeryNavwPZxt2XqRC8WzQsxzm8Q2aJpPrHDJjt4MVx7j9 QmV1aDkYP6Y7Yv8Eg5mojpfKfRqGkjzLoJiut9uECHzXbF QmNRJcNP3MBmn7dGr91i3qjc8AouAjwSZWUmroRDLJDj2W QmR3skFpi5NU2DwodXGtVWF1yWK1pJNg7U4BHJZ26DXmJr QmNyZCmQoHYnCZYzsD7hZtwEa43PmCo6mPJQSvxSE2bjMR ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Productive Month and Good Riddance to Online Thugs | Techrights ⦿ Operation Mole — Part VII — From ’Be Nice!’ to Threats of Violence | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] Axe-Wielding Microsoft Catspaw | Techrights ⦿ Libera.Chat Became Far Smaller After the Collapse of Matrix.org, But the Number of Distinct IRC Networks is Growing | Techrights ⦿ Microsoft Windows Desktop Operating System Market Share in Nigeria: Down From 99% to 47% in 13 Years | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 | Techrights ⦿ When a Modern Raspberry Pi is No Longer Enough as a Gemini Server | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/08/31/another-productive-month/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/31/antisocial-microsoft-warriors/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/31/catspaw-meme-dirty-work/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/31/collapse-of-matrix-org/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/31/in-nigeria-windows-down-sharply/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/31/irc-log-300823/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/31/raspberry-pi-as-a-gemini-server/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/08/31/gemini-specs-progressing/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/31/midnightbsd-3-1-0/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/31/smolweb-org-web-site/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/31/wordpress-6-3-1/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 68 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/31/another-productive-month/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/31/another-productive-month/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.31.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Productive_Month_and_Good_Riddance_to_Online_Thugs⠀✐ Posted in Site_News at 6:34 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Matthew_J_Garrett:_Am_I_here_to_secure_Linux_or_the_ruling class?⦈_ Summary: Thugs who had interfered with our work ran away this month; we expect to become a lot more productive in months to come TODAY we semi-officially say “goodbye” to summer (there is no official/ universal day and it depends on the country). We’ve had a very productive summer, as many videos and articles got published and the abusers (in IRC in particular) fled for good. Their sole goal was to undermine the site and slow down if not entirely impede collaboration. “This is post #369, so we expect about 370 in total for this month.”We have 3 ongoing series at the moment: Operation Mole, Microsoft GitHub Exposé, and Sirius (my former employer which committed financial crimes against its employees and needs to be held accountable). August is nearly over. This is post #369, so we expect about 370 in total for this month. It’s not 401 like last month, but a better measure takes length and other factors into account anyway. Winter means being indoors even more, hence more output should be expected ahead of today. █ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠉⠉⣉⡭⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠟⢛⣛⣋⣩⣭⣭⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭⣭⣭⣍⣙⣛⡛⠻⠯⢉⣉⣿⣉⣭⣭ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣻⠉⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠷⠹⣿⣿⠿⠿⠟⢋⣩⣤⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⡿⠿⡿⠿⣿⠿⠿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣤⣍⡙⠻⢿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢯⣾⠁⠀⠀⢠⣄⣀⣀⣠⣄⡀⢘⡖⠀⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢇⣋⠇⣎⣾⣿⢸⣿⣭⣽⡯⠽⣯⡅⡇⠭⣿⣿⢸⡼⢇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣝⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡠⠀⢀⣄⣤⣈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣛⡟⣛⡟⣛⠟⣿⢻⢛⡻⣟⣛⣿⢻⣿⢻⠻⡟⣿⡟⣟⠿⡻⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠉⠀⠂⠈⢙⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣧⣀⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣝⣢⣇⣒⣯⣛⣥⣛⣼⣰⣜⣗⣒⣿⣘⣻⣸⣰⣅⣟⣃⣟⣤⣻⣱⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠋ ⠀⠀⠈⠉⠹⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢾⣿⡿⠹⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠉⠀⠀⣩⣿⣿⡿⣷⣦⣬⣉⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠟⠛⣉⣠⣶⣿ ⠀⣀⣤⣾⣿⣿⠿⠛⣩⣤⣶⣿⣿⣷⡄⠙⢿⣿⣿⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣷⣤⣴⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⢁⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠛⣛⠛⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠟⠛⣛⣛⣛⣉⣭⣭⣤⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠿⠟⠛⢉⣡⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⠙⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⡿⡙⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠁⠴⠟⢛⣋⣩⣥⣴⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣤⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠷⢸⣿⣧⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠝⠉⢻⣿⣿⣿⣧⣴⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠋⠁⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠓⠀⠿⠿⣿⠿⣟⡉⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⠷⢀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠆⠀⠀⠀⠈⠓⠧⢒⣇⣶⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠟⠋⠁⠀⡀⠀⠂⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⠟⠁⣴⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣶⣄⠀⠉⣙⢛⢿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⢿⡿⠿⢿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿ ⠾⠟⠛⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠄⢀⠾⢓⣃⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣁⣘⣿⣿⣦⣙⢋⣙⢟⣽⢞⣫⣉⣛⣿⣟⣛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠈⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡎⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⣦⠁⠰⢸⣿⡆⣾⠸⠇⡇⠶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣇⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⣋⣄⣰⣸⣿⣇⣿⣸⣇⣇⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⢻⠿⣿⠿⣿⣿⠿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⢩⡝⡏⣿⢹⢹⣿⢹⢹⣹⠏⡝⣿⡟⣩⢻⢹⣿⠏⣿⢫⣹⢫⣝⣏⡝⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣽⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⢾⢿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⠶⠂ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣾⠃⣿⣿⢰⡰⡇⡿⢸⢸⣿⢸⢠⢹⡀⡍⣿⡇⢿⢻⢸⡿⢘⢸⢲⠝⠳⡝⣿⣱⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭⣭⣭⣿⣿⣻⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣃⣛⣺⣿⣚⣙⣫⣀⣠⣤ ⣀⣤⣶⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡟⠁⠂⣿⣿⣾⣷⣿⣶⣿⣶⣾⣾⣾⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣶⣿⣶⣶⣿⣾⣷⣾⣷⣾⣿⣾⣿⡇⠟⣻⡛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣏⣽⡿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠃⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣛⡹⡿⠗⣾⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣩⣣⢾⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣸⣿⡌⣽⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢄⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿ ⣹⣇⣿⢷⠻⢿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⠟⠋⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣥⣍⣹ ⡇⢿⣌⣸⣶⣾⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣾⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 141 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/31/antisocial-microsoft-warriors/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/31/antisocial-microsoft-warriors/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.31.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Operation_Mole_—_Part_VII_—_From_‘Be_Nice!’_to_Threats_of_Violence⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Free/Libre_Software, Microsoft at 8:48 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Series parts: 1. Operation_Mole_—_Part_I_—_The_Person_Working_to_Kill_GNU_and_to_Kill Linux_From_the_Inside 2. Operation_Mole_—_Part_II_—_The_Evolution_of_Matthew_J_Garrett’s_Vast_Army of_Online_Sockpuppets,_Hiding_Criminal_Activities_Behind_the_Tor_Network 3. Operation_Mole_—_Part_III_—_Sabotaging_Communities_and_Defaming_People, Just_Like_the_Sabotage_of_Linux_and_Deliberate_Distortion_of_‘Security’_ (Giving_Control_to_Microsoft) 4. Operation_Mole_—_Part_IV_—_Does_Matthew_J._Garrett’s_Antisemitism_Tell_Us Anything_About_His_Motivation_in_Trying_to_Cancel_Richard_Stallman? 5. Operation_Mole_—_Part_V_—_The_Fall_of_a_Man_is_a_Woman_(Matthew_J_Garrett Foolishly_Unmasks_Himself,_Tying_Himself_to_Crimes) 6. Operation_Mole_—_Part_VI_—_The_Same_Criminals_Who_Have_Abused_Techrights Also_Admit_Doing_This_to_Richard_Stallman_and_the_FSF_(Even_Right_Now); There_Are_Connections_to_Microsoft,_Too 7. YOU ARE HERE ☞ From ‘Be Nice!’ to Threats of Violence 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Lucifer_Axe:_protect_me_from_my_own_sockpuppets_or_I'll_kill you⦈_ Summary: Beware the Microsoft-connected catspaw; Free/Open Source software (FOSS) projects and FOSS-oriented groups/sites are being targeted by very toxic people who_are_(or_were)_connected_to_Microsoft and who resort to criminal activities in an effort to undermine established, productive, and well- connected communities TODAY we focus on the people whom we alluded to last_month. It’s a group of people and they are connected. This series is expected to last about 3-4 months longer and it will focus on the tactics, the targets, and how to confront this kind of online abuse. The first half dozen parts dealt with one_person (primarily mentioned because he is more prominent and because he attacked_BSD and_GNU/Linux_users, protecting Microsoft’s monopoly). “This series is expected last about 3-4 months longer and it will focus on the tactics, the targets, and how to confront this kind of online abuse.”Today we take a step back and explain the broader context. Others appear to have had similar experiences and they spoke_about how a Code of Conduct (CoC) was imposed on them — or nearly imposed on them — by actual threats of violence. In practice, those who assert they need protection often inflict abuse upon others or, in some cases, manufacture (fake) abuse as a pretext/ruse. There will be many videos in this series and we’ll try to reduce mentions of names (like the last video) though we’ll use descriptive nicknames that explain the roles of people. Someone suggested that we “throw in the term ‘catspaw’ or equivalent, to at least imply that they are either working for and/or being exploited by Microsoft to tear into FOSS communities and sabotage FOSS leaders and celebrities. In short, they are not your average griefers.” This afternoon I started a new wiki page (additional new page, to grow over time, populated with information) that better_serves_as_an_umbrella_for_this series — a long series that concerns not a single person but a malicious collective which disregards the law and misuses Tor (sometimes VPNs too) to hide the crimes. To keep the record very unambiguous we must occasionally demonstrate what abuse we were subjected to since last year. So over the next few weeks we’ll give examples of intolerance, violence and even worse things from the provocateurs and saboteurs. They cannot possibly paint themselves as victims and the harm done is vastly worse than time-wasting; they want distraction and are willing to use human sacrifices as collaterals towards their twisted goals. These aren’t acts of tolerance; these are aggressive rioters. In a perfect world they will be handled by cops within days, not months, and victims will receive justice. But we don’t live in a perfect world, so we must constantly present evidence to the public, relying on public opinion and online scrutiny. “To keep the record very unambiguous we must occasionally demonstrate what abuse we were subjected to since last year.”The most profound escalation began in 2022. The IRC network of Techrights (created 2021) never had chronic issues of abuse, intimidation and racism (with very rare exceptions) until self- described “social justice warriors” infiltrated it and used sockpuppets to push abuse into the network, in turn demanding censorship (of their very own sockpuppets!) while demanding a Code of Conduct and issuing violent threats to longtime regulars. Many who call themselves “social justice warriors” are aggressive extremists. There are nice people out there who don’t need to use such labels (to describe themselves) and rely on personal charm and charisma, not threats, blackmail, and sabotage. Many of the self-described “social justice warriors” whom we’ve dealt with are clinically insane and they try to scare, even traumatise, sane people. How can we tolerate this? In the name of free speech we’ve refrained from banning them for nearly a year. In the words of one reader, who prefers to remain anonymous: “if the social justice warriors and CoC-pushers’ attacks can be documented and concisely as what_happened_with_SELF (S E LinuxFest), it can be a useful case study to point to for many.” We covered this years ago. “A big concern now would be to document who around the various FOSS communities were pushing CoCs and whether the meant it or were just following along. Neither behavior is good but the latter is less bad. The former are real trouble and will cause trouble again once they figure out how to do so,” the longtime reader continued. “I would guess so but the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) has been gamed in recent decades and edited to fit political goals rather than follow medical science.” Notice that we’ve not named anyone this time around. There are technical issues to discuss, there are behavioural patterns to spot, and we’d rather explain things to watch out for, in order to make the series seem less personal. As one reader notes, “CoCs have no value aside from being used to tear down development communities and active projects or to expel key technical leaders from the project under false pretences unrelated to tech. Again comparisons to SELF (S E LinuxFest) are apt. He got all kinds of threats of violence and threats of attempts to frame him all to try to push a CoC into the project.” “The CoC is a smokescreen; it’s devised to divide, not to protect or incorporate stability.”While it’s important if not critical to name some of the principal culprits (think of it as a warning label), a lot of it can be framed as a case of psychological abuse and threats, public shaming, false accusations, impersonation, and attack on loved ones (usually family) when it’s deemed insufficient to just attack a person directly. This is what those toxic people and “CoC” fanatics do to your healthy community, project etc. The CoC is a smokescreen; it’s devised to divide, not to protect or incorporate stability. There are many examples to that effect. Speaking of communities being torn apart from corporations, one contributing factor to the irrelevance of Slashdot is that there is so little news that a site like that does not make any sense in most ways, aside from the community fostered. But since the newest owners of Slashdot have done their absolute best to diminish or eradicate a sense of community, even that is not relevant. In IRC we still have people who have been with the site since the beginning. The ‘CoC brigade’, however, resorted to impersonations in IRC, with the goal of us mistakenly banning our own people (e.g. nicknames that have unicode in them and thus look very similar to the real people). In addition, fake sites (blogs for fictional people) and fake social control media accounts (impersonations) were set up to defame and flame. Parody/satire isn’t a crime, but these accounts/sites aren’t satire; they’re more like identity theft. “We have a good picture of how they collaborated behind the scenes.”Thankfully, as of this week, the signal-to-noise (s/n) ratio in IRC is good again. Many of the attackers have fled (after they got unmasked and tied to their crimes), but we’ve agreed not to make the series personal for now. We really need to focus on the patterns, assuming a new catspaw may be just around the corner (respawned like “drpizza” [1, 2, 3], who used the same methods in our IRC channels in the past), inheriting the same strategy against unwitting, unaware “targets”. Over the next few weeks we intend to show examples of what obscene people (who have the audacity to promote CoC provisions while breaking all the rules of a CoC) have been saying in IRC. We’ll use screenshots, not text, as we don’t want search engines to index really bad words. We’ll come back to the why, who and how at a later stage as we continue to receive information and leaks along the way. We have a good picture of how they collaborated behind the scenes. They have nothing to offer to collaborative Free software projects, so instead they conspire to take them down. Almost all of them are non-coders (no relevant background). █ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Peter Bright⦈ Peter Bright, aka “drpizza”, habitually trolled us in IRC, demanded that we censor our own people, and meanwhile he was grooming and promoting UEFI secure boot’s “shim guy” in his articles (while chatting a great deal with him online); “drpizza” is now in prison for child rape. As he was a Microsoft mule (catspaw), now thrown under the bus, we still recall his role in undermining FOSS communities. He was a very disposable, yet extremely harmful, catspaw. 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http://techrights.org/2023/08/31/catspaw-meme-dirty-work/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/31/catspaw-meme-dirty-work/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.31.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_Axe-Wielding_Microsoft_Catspaw⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Microsoft at 6:57 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz We must have struck a nerve to ‘deserve’ such daily threats 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Axe_Clanging_Cult:_I_keep_threatening_people,_but_I_am_the poor,_marginalised,_vulnerable_victim⦈_ Summary: Threatening, violent language is not acceptable; yet those_who_sling and_fling_violent_rhetoric have the audacity to pretend they’re the victims ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣶⢰⣶⣶⣴⠆⣶⠦⢰⡶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡶⠂ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⢠⢻⣿⣿⠀⣿⠶⢸⡷⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⠘⠸⠿⠻⠆⠿⠶⠸⠷⠾⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠇⠿⠻⠿⠸⠏⠿⠘⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀ 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Libera.Chat_Became_Far_Smaller_After_the_Collapse_of_Matrix.org,_But_the Number_of_Distinct_IRC_Networks_is_Growing⠀✐ Posted in Free/Libre_Software, Protocol at 12:02 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Libera.chat_shrank⦈_ Summary: It seems like more IRC networks are being rolled_out_(deployed_afresh) this_year, but Matrix.org_no_longer_gives_IRC_a_false_sense_of_magnitude (many users were just bridged across from Matrix.org) ONLY weeks ago Ryan mentioned the layoffs and moderation crisis* at Matrix.org, resulting in exclusion_from_the_largest_IRC_network (if scale is measured by number of users “online”, including passive lurkers and bots). The users' fatigue_has_extended_to_Matrix.org and judging by the front page (homepage) of Matrix.org, you’d not know anything is amiss: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Matrix.org_homepage⦈_ We’ve spent some time trying_to_put_all_this_in_context. Some GNU/Linux bloggers took note of the woe-some situation and we’ve quoted them in Daily Links. The good news is, judging by netsplit.de, the number of unique and decent-sized networks actually grew. It’s now higher than when we last checked (before ‘Matrix-pocalypse’): 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇IRC_Networks_index:_There_are_525_known_IRC_networks_listed below...⦈_ Just to add a quick line about why that is a good thing, consider the collapse of Social Control Media and what it does to online communities. IRC seems a lot more robust, so communities can stay together. They don’t get scattered. USENET didn’t age too well, partly due to ISPs pulling the plug (that, in turn, was partly due to lawsuits from the copyright cartel). IRC has been around since the 1980s and it’s still doing fairly well, so it’ll probably survive just fine well past 2030. No company controls it. Money does not determine its success. █ _________ * The ‘moderation crisis’ and its effects got more properly explained by Ryan earlier this month. He said that child abuse images or other illegal content were routinely being posted there and even when reported to the operators/ moderators there was nobody available to take action. This could be clarified a bit more by Ryan, who was a (now former) Matrix.org user. They also kept banning a lot of legitimate and law-abiding users, according to him, so it’s not clear what or who got excluded (or why exactly). It was not being filtered transparently (same issue as old Freenode). They were overzealous with their global, centralised moderation hammer. IRC is not centralised like this. 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🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Nigeria:_Windows_down_sharply_(Desktop_Operating_System Market_Share_Nigeria)⦈_ Summary: No wonder Microsoft_fires_loads_of_workers_this_summer; after several decades the desktop/laptop share of Microsoft Windows falls_below_50%_in Nigeria (this month, which ends today); if one also counts mobile devices (Android-dominated), Windows_is_down_to_7%_in_Nigeria; all the “AI” pipe dreams are also going_down_the_drain (temporary and paid-for media hype) ⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⢼⢉⣹⣉⢽⠋⡇⣽⣭⣽⢩⡝⣿⣱⣿⢾⢩⡝⢋⣉⣯⡽⣍⣯⣽⣿⣭⢹⠭⣹⣿⣘⢪⠿⣍⡭⣭⡏⣉⡏⣭⣭⢹⣿⡜⢏⢸⢍⢹⢩⡇⢫⢋⣙⣭⣿⣇⡛⣏⣭⡿⣍⡏⣽⢉⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣾⣶⣾⣶⣾⣿⣶⣾⣶⣾⣰⣾⣿⣷⣶⣾⣰⣾⣷⣶⣿⣷⣶⣿⣾⣿⣿⣾⣒⣸⣿⣶⣞⣰⣷⣶⣷⣷⣶⣷⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣾⣾⣶⣾⣾⣷⣷⣷⣾⣷⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣷⣶⣷⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡇⡙⢸⢸⠭⣹⠭⢹⣩⣿⠯⢽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣾⣾⣒⣺⣾⣾⣿⣿⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠭⠋⣭⣿⡷⣸⣶⠋⡆⣗⣺⡿⢿⡟⠜⣿⣿⠩⣽⡷⢺⢰⢸⢖⣗⡺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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(„Laserlicht“) / Wikimedia_Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 Summary: In early 2021 we launched a_capsule_in_Geminispace; it has run on the same Raspberry Pi since then, but now there are growing pains THIS month has been a_record_month_for_us_across_a_number_of_Internet protocols. Gemini is among them. We broke the record for traffic this month, days before the month was even over. But now we have a new problem. The Gemini capsule has always run from a Raspberry Pi at home and it’s struggling to cope with the load at times. Yesterday it served almost_40,000_Gemini_requests, about 15,000 of them via the_Gemini_HTTP/S_proxy. It could not cope with the latter (nginx), so there were many timeouts. “Yesterday it served almost 40,000 Gemini requests, about 15,000 of them via the Gemini HTTP/S proxy.”We now have a dilemma; if the capsule is transported to the datacentre (as happened with IPFS) due to insufficient capacity at home (network not fast enough), we’ll have less control over it. The Raspberry Pi is automatically backed up to a large external disk every morning and it can be controlled over the LAN. Thankfully we have a second Raspberry Pi (newer and better one), but it’s a Raspberry Pi 400 and already used as a desktop. We don’t want to turn it into a part-time server as it would harm performance (inherently different functions racing/competing for resources). “We don’t want to turn it into a part-time server as it would harm performance (inherently different functions racing/competing for resources).”No doubt Gemini is growing; the growth is measurable and it has been consistent since Gemini started in 2019. A new site, as_noted_here_earlier_this_month, is being set up for Gemini. Demand and interest grow, just_like_Geminispace_in_general. █ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣟⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⠇⠘⠙⠘⠄⡏⡟⣿⢹⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⢛⣩⣄⣀⠼⠟⠋⠁⣐⣢⣵⣦⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠃⠹⢸⠍⡇⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⢛⣉⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⣟⡽⣠⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⢀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠇⢸⢹⠻⡏⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠋⠁⣰⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠋⠅⠀⠀⠙⠻⢿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠋⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠃⣏⢹⠺⣏⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠀⣿⢻⡿⠟⠋⠉⠐⠀⠀⢀⢀⠀⣀⣂⣀⠀⠈⠀⠀⣀⣠⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠇⡏⢹⢸⢿⡟⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠟⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠉⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⢝⣂⠖⡀⡷⢒⣈⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣆⡀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠸⠀⡇⡿⠸⠛⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣋⣡⣔⣂⣄⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠉⠁⠀⠚⠅⠈⠙⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣻⡭⠖⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡏⠛⠿⣿⣿⠿⣓⠦⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠑⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢨⡷⠞⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣤⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⡀⠈⠂⠉⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠄⠀⢲⢻⠳⠢⠀⠀⠑⠄⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣤⣶⠿⠛⠉⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⡀⠀⠐⠤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⡐⠄⠂⠠⢴⡈⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢁⣄⠤⠔⠊⠁⡀⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⣀⠤⠀⡀⠀⢠⣾⠿⠛⠉⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠊⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠍⢒⠓⢦⣄⣠⠴⠒⠉⠁⠀⠀⠬⠿⡏⠖⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢂⡀⠄⢂⣩⡶⠞⠀⡇⠀⢸⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣄⠀⠀⠒⠤⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠁⠀⣀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠠⠶⠛⠋⠁⠀⢠⣀⡇⠀⢸⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⣸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣄⡀⠀⠀⢈⠁⠀⠀⠰⠀⠉⠙⠑⠐⣋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣶⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⣀⠤⠒⠁⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣴⣾⠿⠛⡇⠀⢸⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢲⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⡀⠈⠲⢤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣜⡻⣿⣻⣿⡓⠢⣀⠀⠀⠤⠒⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠀⠀⢸⣾⠿⣛⣭⠴⠚⠀⡇⠀⢸⡀⠄⢂⣠⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣤⡁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠂⠄⣀⡀⠀⠄⠀⣦⡇⣿⣿⣿⣏⡙⢶⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣤⣷⣾⠀⠀⠈⠶⠛⠉⠀⠄⣠⠄⠁⣀⣠⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⡀⠑⠲⣤⣿⠯⠭⠁⠀⠀⢹⡇⣿⣿⣯⣻⢿⣕⣻⢀⣀⣤⣾⡿⠟⠛⠉⢸⠀⠀⡀⠀⣀⠤⠒⣉⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣝⠳⢦⣄⠀⠀⠀⠁⠻⣻⣿⡟⠻⢛⢿⠸⠟⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⡸⠀⠀⠀⣉⣠⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣌⡙⠶⣌⡁⠀⢀⡈⠁⠉⠳⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠴⢚⣠⣴⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣉⠳⢦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠇⣠⠴⠚⢉⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣄⡈⠛⠛⣀⣠⣤⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 992 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.31.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_31/08/2023:_Gemini_Specs_Progressing⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 5:39 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_EFIRTXU_Wordo:_SNARL⠀⇛ # ⚓ LiveFromFrance_S1E01⠀⇛ I’m starting this series of posts today. The idea is to explain what is going on in France, or how French people react to the events in the world. Sometimes I’m very surprised by the reactions of foreign people like Americans, Turks, Germans or Serbians for example. It’s often cultural differences that can explain our behaviour and reactions. And I know that French are often seen as dirty (true…) and arrogant (not entirely false…) people in the world. It’s my way of explaining how complex things are in my country. [...] In France, the inflation rate for school supplies is 11,7% (source : Confédération Syndicale des Familles). This may not be as high as in other european countries but in France it’s higher than inflation in general. In France, Inflation is quoted at 7% but for many products, it’s sometimes an increase of 13% between 2022 and 2023. To help the poorest, some local authorities provide some financial support. The French government also helps every year with a back-to-school bonus for 11 million households. An annual controversy because far-right parties say that some household use the bonus to buy TVs or game consoles. That’s obviously fwrong because there are no statistics on TV sales to prove it. The other controversy in France about school supplies comes from teachers’ lists of furniture, always strange with some colours, sizes or models of products impossible to find. I remember my childhood with the wardrobe full of cheap supplies for several years of schools, like notebooks, double sheets of paper, rubber etc..Of course, I didn’t have any fashionable products or school bags but something cheap or something durable and hard-wearing. I didn’t have many products from one of the best paper companies, Clairefontaine (no, they don’t paid me…), because they were expensive. But when I was older, I bought a few notebooks to write or draw in. What a moment of happiness. I don’t have any children and people are buying school supplies earlier than they used to, sometimes in June or July and sometimes online. It’s not the same magic when supermarkets were full of those school products with colours, heroes of our teenage years on every product. I went to a supermarket last week and there was only a small aisle for it, as if it was a normal month. So sad ! … And at the checkout, we can see more and more people who are stuggling to pay, asking to have products removed because it’s too expensive. If you add some digital products to that, it’s a two-speed school system that we might see in some cities or regions. Fortunately, digital has shown problems and some countries are going back to paper, like Sweden this year. Ok, if it’s not like in Brazil, to teach a controversial history. # ⚓ Democratising_Nutrition⠀⇛ I’ve been busy with work and school. Someone posted on my guestbook today and it reminded me that this thing still exists and I should really put some more effort into it. So here’s the post. # ⚓ Slight_delay⠀⇛ I’ve been juggling school and being sick so chapter 3 may be a day or two late. Going forward I think I’ll try to stick to a Wednesday release schedule. I’ll do the translations today, cleans tomorrow so hopefully chapter 3 will be out by this Friday! o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ (Lack_of)_Updates⠀⇛ Ack! I’ve been neglecting this gemlog over the summer even more than I’ve been neglecting my blog. Actually I haven’t been using Gemini much lately – every once in a while I’ll pop into it briefly and see what’s new, but that’s about it. One thing I *have* been doing is working on my Reviews minisite/capsule. Figuring out what makes sense for, say, hiking trails vs. mobile apps vs. books. And I have set up a basic gemini converter for the minisite- >capsule! It needs work, though, and I also need to tie it into my build process, because I keep forgetting to run it. At least I’ve updated it within the last month. # ⚓ PLANNED_ANTENNA_DOWNTIME⠀⇛ I’ll be moving my servers and configuring a new internet connection soon. Hopefully less than 24 hours from now. The new place should have a public IP as far as I know. I had when I was on the same network previously, though I’ll be choosing another ISP this time. I hope the move will take less than an hour, but we’ll see. # ⚓ Why_would_students_use_gemini?⠀⇛ Hi folks, this title perhaps sounds a little click-baity, but it’s actually a genuine question. This semester I’m teaching a computer science course to a diverse community of students, and among many other things, I’m teaching html/css/js and node.js and bash. This is the course I taught a few years ago (and wrote about previously) where I built a tilde server for the class, that they tried out. I’m teaching the class again, with a new crop of students, and I wanted some help here. On the one hand, I’m excited to show them Gemini. On the other hand, the last time I taught this class, it didn’t make a big impression as I recall. # ⚓ Pleased_to_see_progress_on_the_gemini_spec⠀⇛ Thrilled to see so much work on finalizing the gemini spec. If solderpunk maintains his current pace, we’ll have something by the end of the year, I think. # ⚓ Re:_Why_would_students_use_gemini⠀⇛ Because Gemini isn’t “fancy” to look at it’s rather difficult to get youngsters exited that grown up with TikTok (…). But you could show them Lagrange for example for their smartphones. Show them the bbs on geminispace and how it equals with for example reddit – the social aspects. Show them how “free” the Geminispace is with no big commercial players, uncontrolled, “dark-webby” and _fast_. You could show them how to quickly browse news (taz.de -german only-, osnews.com, techrights) or the Wikipedia (with proxies). =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1212 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.31.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_31/08/2023:_MidnightBSD_3.1.0_and_Coreboot_4.21_Released⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:47 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 # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o BSD o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o SaaS/Back_End/Databases o Content_Management_Systems_(CMS) o Programming/Development # Rust * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Video ☛ How’s_KDE_Plasma_6_Going_FEAT._Nick_from_The_Linux Experiment!⠀⇛ # ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ Sudo_Show_65:_Summer_of_Conferences⠀⇛ Bill and Brandon have a discussion with Neal about the conferences he was able to attend this summer. We also talk about the outcomes of other open- source conferences this from this year. Conference Links Conference Video Playlists on Youtube: Coming Up LinuxFest NorthWest in Bellingham, WA # ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ Linux_Out_Loud_72:_Types_of_Linux_Users⠀⇛ This week, Linux Out Loud chats about the different types of Linux users. Welcome to episode 72 of Linux Out Loud. We fired up our mics, connected those headphones as we searched the community for themes to expound upon. We kept the banter friendly, the conversation somewhat on topic, and had fun doing it. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ ReiserFS_is_now_“obsolete”_in_the_Linux kernel_and_should_be_gone_by_2025⠀⇛ When Apple was about to introduce Time Machine in Mac OS X Leopard, John Siracusa wrote in the summer of 2006 about how a new file system should be coming to Macs (which it did, 11 years later). The Mac, Siracusa wrote, needed something that could efficiently handle lots of tiny files, volume management with pooled storage, checksum-based data integrity, and snapshots. It needed something like ZFS or, perhaps, ReiserFS, file systems “notable for their willingness to reconsider past assumptions about file system design.” Two months later, the name Reiser would lose most of its prestige and pick up a tragic association it would never shake. Police arrested the file system’s namesake, Hans Reiser, and charged him with murder in connection with the disappearance of his estranged wife. Reiser’s work on Linux file systems was essentially sentenced to obscurity from that point on. Now that designation has been made official, as the file system that was once the default on systems like SUSE Linux has been changed from “Supported” to “Obsolete” in the latest Linux 6.6 kernel merge process (as reported by Phoronix). While a former employee of Reiser’s company, Namesys, continues out-of-source work on later versions of ReiserFS, it is likely to disappear from the kernel entirely in a matter of years, likely 2025. # ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Linux_Kernel_6.5_Has_Been_Released⠀⇛ The newest Linux kernel, version 6.5, now includes initial support for two very exciting features. # ⚓ Collabora ☛ Linux_kernel_6.5:_USB4v2_and_Wifi7_have arrived⠀⇛ The 6.5 release is here and it comes with many changes. As is often the case, Collabora has been actively involved in the submission of patches, mostly in the task of hardware enablement for Mediatek and Rockchip SoCs. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Transmission_4.0.4_Released_with_Various Bug-fixes_[Ubuntu_PPA]⠀⇛ Transmission, Ubuntu’s default BitTorrent client, announced new 4.0.4 release with various bug-fixes. For users of Transmission 4.0.x, it’s recommended to update to the new release for stability improvements. For me, the last 4.0.3 crashes often when downloading Kali Linux image in 7z format. Now, it’s working good in the new 4.0.4 release. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Dragonfire_Is_an_Open-source_Virtual_Assistant For_Linux_Desktop⠀⇛ Dragonfire is an open-source virtual assistant designed specifically for Ubuntu based Linux distributions. Its functionality is impressive, and it goes through several steps for each command you give it. Firstly, it searches through the built-in commands and evaluates algebraic expressions. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 7_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_CLI_Command Schedulers⠀⇛ The software utility cron also known as cron job is a time-based job scheduler in Unix-like computer operating systems. But there are other high quality CLI command schedulers. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_GlassFish_on_Fedora_38⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install GlassFish on Fedora 38. In the realm of web application development, the utilization of robust and efficient servers is paramount. GlassFish, an exemplary Java EE application server, has earned its reputation as a stalwart in deploying and managing Java applications. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_to_Use_Bat_Command_on_Linux⠀⇛ In the realm of Linux command-line utilities, the bat command emerges as a powerful tool for enhancing your file-viewing experience. Unlike its predecessors such as cat and less, bat offers a unique blend of syntax highlighting, language detection, and Git integration, making it an indispensable asset for developers, sysadmins, and Linux enthusiasts alike. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Erlang_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Erlang on Debian 12. For those of you who didn’t know, Erlang, a programming language designed for building highly concurrent and fault-tolerant systems, has gained remarkable prominence in the realm of modern software development. # ⚓ Linux Host Support ☛ How_to_Set_Up_an_OpenVPN_Server_on Debian_11⠀⇛ OpenVPN is a well-known VPN protocol that secures your connection when accessing the internet. It is a tool that lets you browse the internet world with some level of anonymity. # ⚓ Net2 ☛ How_to_Configure_Network_Settings_in_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ Properly configuring networking is vital for any Ubuntu desktop or server. In this introduction, we’ll cover the key topics involved in managing network settings on Ubuntu 22.04 systems. # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_set_Chrome_as_default_web_browser_on Debian_12⠀⇛ When you click a link on terminal, or on another app on your Desktop, the browser window that pops up, is the browser that is set as default web browser on your system. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ How_to_Enable_AVIF_Thumbnails_in_Nautilus and_Support_for_Other_GTK_Apps⠀⇛ In this tutorial we show you the easiest way to see thumbnails for AVIF (AV1) images in the Nautilus file manager, as well as to enable AVIF image support on other GTK apps. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ 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 § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ MidnightBSD_3.1.0_release⠀⇛ MidnightBSD 3.1.0 has been released. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ Tumbleweed_Slows_for_Open_Build_Service_Move⠀⇛ The rolling release for openSUSE temporarily slowed the frequency of its snapshot releases cycle to support the migration efforts and data center move of the Open Build Service from last week. The release engineer team reported in its weekly meeting that the check in of Tumbleweed builds were intentionally paused so as not put additional stress on the OBS migration that was needed. The first check in build happened on Monday, passed openQA and snapshot 20230828 was released to update a half-dozen packages. An update of ImageMagick 7.1.1.15 removed a Common Vulnerability and Exposure patch after it was merged upstream. Some settings for RGBA images were corrected and some image compatibility issues were resolved. An update of clamav 0.103.9 addressed a possible denial of service vulnerability fixing CVE-2023-20197. The update also includes fixes for compiler warnings that may become errors in the Clang 16 compiler. The package for hardware identification and configuration data, hwdata, updated to version 0.373 and brings updates to Peripheral Component Interconnect, USB, and vendor IDs. An update of java-11-openjdk 11.0.20.1 brought an emergency release in response to a regression in the July 2023 update and addresses an issue of an invalid Central Directory Entry header. The wtmpdb package, which is meant to help solve the Y2038 problem, updated to 0.9.1 and includes a fix manual page reference and had a correction of the printf format specifier on 32-bit systems. Xfce users will be happy to see an update of xfce4-terminal 1.1.0 that introduces various changes, including allowing passing arguments to custom commands, translating strings in the unsafe paste dialog and improving window synchronization for showing tabs. The package also adds support for kinetic scrolling in VteTerminal and enhances the preferences dialog. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Rocky_Linux_Confirmed_to_Remain_1:1_Fully Compatible_with_RHEL⠀⇛ Red Hat’s move to restrict access to its source code at the end of June left the enterprise Linux market’s leading players, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, and Oracle Linux, in an unexpected predicament. Each of them was looking for a solution to get out of the situation, and now, two months later, we have a relatively good idea of the path each of these distributions will take. In this light, and alongside the recently established by CIQ, SUSE, and Oracle, the ОpenELA project, in an announcement on the topic, Rocky Linux confirmed its decision to strictly adhere to this to be a 1:1 fully compatible, drop-in replacement to RHEL. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ antiX_23_Systemd-Free_Linux_Distro_Released Based_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ Powered by Linux kernel 6.1, antiX 23, codenamed “Arditi del Popolo,” comes with the latest IceWM 3.4.1 and an updated software stack. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Get_familiar_with_“Rusty”_kernel_programming_in Ubuntu_Lunar_Lobster⠀⇛ The Linux kernel has recently introduced the Rust programming language as an alternative to C for creating kernel modules. Rust is a strongly, statically typed programming language with a focus on memory safety features which produces extremely compact executable code. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_Blog:_Meet_Canonical_and_OpenSearch.org_at Open_Source_Summit_Europe_2023⠀⇛ We are excited to celebrate all things open source at the upcoming Open_Source_Summit_Europe_2023 in the beautiful city of Bilbao, Spain. The event will take place on 19-21 September. The summit serves as a reminder of the open source movement’s ongoing significance, fostering a space where attendees can explore the latest trends, developments and breakthroughs. In the three-day event, open-source developers, technologists, and community leaders will collaborate, share expertise, solve problems, and work on creating an even more sustainable open source ecosystem.  # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ LLMs_explained:_how_to_build_your_own_private ChatGPT⠀⇛ Large language models (LLMs) are the topic of the year. They are as complex as they are exciting, and everyone can agree they put artificial intelligence in the spotlight. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Fairphone_5_smartphone_comes_with_8_years_of software_updates_thanks_to_Qualcomm_QCM6490_industrial_IoT processor⠀⇛ The Fairphone 5 is the latest version of the ethical, repairable, and sustainable smartphone with the company promising 8 years of software updates thanks to the use of a Qualcomm QCM6490 industrial IoT processor that benefits from a longer life cycle than consumer-grade processors typically found in phones. The phone comes with 8GB RAM, a 256GB flash, a replaceable 6.46-inch display, 50 MP front-facing and read cameras both of which are replaceable, 5G, WiFi 6, BlueTooth 5.2, GNSS, and NFC connectivity, as well as a replaceable battery. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ LuckFox_Pico_Rockchip_RV1103_Cortex-A7/RISC- V_camera_board_comes_with_an_optional_Ethernet_port⠀⇛ LuckFox Pico is a small Linux camera board based on the Rockchip RV1103 Cortex-A7 and RISC-V AI camera SoC and offered with an Ethernet port in a longer version of the PCB called LuckFox Pico Plus. Both models come with 64MB RAM (apparently embedded in RV1103), a microSD card slot for storage, a MIPI CSI camera connector, a USB Type-C port for power, and a few through holes for expansion through GPIO, I2C, UART, and so on. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ Russia_targets_Ukraine_with_new_Android backdoor,_intel_agencies_say_|_Ars_Technica⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Xgimi’s_latest_Android_TV_projector_is_its brightest_and_most_advanced_yet⠀⇛ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Google_Chrome_removes_this_important_feature for_Android_users_–_Times_of_India⠀⇛ # ⚓ GO Media ☛ How_to_Take_Screenshots_on_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ Digital Trends ☛ This_cool_Android_phone_shows_just_how boring_the_iPhone_is_|_Digital_Trends⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ OnePlus_phones_will_start_getting_Android 14_on_September_25⠀⇛ # ⚓ OnePlus_Spoils_Launch_Timing_of_Android_14_Update⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ OnePlus_to_launch_Android_14_in_September⠀⇛ # ⚓ GSM Arena ☛ Samsung_One_UI_6_beta_with_Android_14_reaches India,_Galaxy_S23_series_first_in_line_–_GSMArena.com_news⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ The_11_best,_worst,_and_weirdest_Android Easter_eggs_of_all_time⠀⇛ # ⚓ Wired ☛ Google_Fixes_Serious_Security_Flaws_in_Chrome_and Android_|_WIRED⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ Best_5_Messaging_Apps_On_Android_Auto⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Millions_of_Android_owners_to_receive_major_free ‘emergency’_upgrade_that_could_be_a_lifesaver_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Google_to_host_Pixel_8_and_Pixel_Watch_2 launch_event_Oct._4⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ FOSS_Weekly_#23.35:_Linux_Kernel_6.5,_GNOME_Search, Productivity_Tips_and_More⠀⇛ Kernel 6.5, Kali Linux, Mageia, Firefox, Vivaldi. Plenty of new releases this week. o ⚓ Coreboot (Official) ☛ coreboot_version_4.21_released⠀⇛ The coreboot 4.21 release was tagged on August 21st, 2023. In the past quarter year, the coreboot project has gotten over 1250 new patches from around 140 authors, 21 of whom contributed for the first time. o ⚓ Medevel ☛ StoryTeller_Is_an_Open-source_Free_Multimodal_AI_Story Teller,_built_with_Stable_Diffusion,_ChatGPT,_and_neural_text-to- speech_(TTS).⠀⇛ Multimodal AI Story Teller, built with Stable Diffusion, GPT, and neural text-to-speech o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Thunderbird_115.2_Released_with_a_Flurry of_Fixes⠀⇛ The latest point release of Thunderbird 115 – aka the new version you’ve no-doubt heard people raving about — features a flurry of fixes. o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ Announcing_the_release_of_v1.0-rc1_of pg_cirrus_–_Hassle-free_PostgreSQL_cluster_setup⠀⇛ We are pleased to announce the 1.0-rc1 release of pg_cirrus. This automated tool streamlines the process of setting up a 3-node cluster, making it significantly easier for users to set up and manage high availability in PostgreSQL. We understand that configuring a PostgreSQL cluster can be a complex and time-consuming task, which is why we have designed pg_cirrus to help make the process faster and more efficient. o § Content Management Systems (CMS)⠀➾ # ⚓ Kiwi_TCMS:_Kiwi_TCMS_12.6.1⠀⇛ We’re happy to announce Kiwi TCMS version 12.6.1! IMPORTANT: This is a small release which contains several improvements, bug fixes and new translations! You can explore everything at https:// public.tenant.kiwitcms.org! Supported upgrade paths: [...] o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Geographic_data_analysis_in_R_and_Python:_comparing code_and_outputs_for_vector_data⠀⇛ In this blog post, we talk about our experience teaching R and Python for geocomputation. The focus of the blog post is on geographic vector data, meaning points, lines, polygons (and their ‘multi’ variants) and the attributes associated with them. # ⚓ Rlang ☛ How_to:_one-way_ANOVA_by_hand⠀⇛ Data and hypotheses ANOVA by hand Overall and group means SSR and SSE ANOVA table Conclusion of the test # ⚓ rpmlint_updates_(August_2023)⠀⇛ We are at the end of the summer and this means that this year Google Summer of code is ending. The recent changes applied now in the main branch include: # Remove usage of pkg_resource because it’s deprecated. # Fix elf binary check with ELF files with a prefix. # New check for python packages with multiple .pyc files for different python versions. # Improve the testing framework (merged the work done during the GSoC 2023) § Summer of Code 2023 updates The summer of code is ending and the work done by Afrid_was_good_enough_to_be_merged, # ⚓ MauiKit ☛ Maui_Release_Briefing_#_3⠀⇛ § MauiKit: A Toolkit for Multi Adaptable User Interfaces. Today, we bring you a report on a brand-new release of the Maui Project. # ⚓ Robert Heaton ☛ How_to_pass_a_coding_interview_with_me⠀⇛ In the last 10 years I’ve given more than 400 coding interviews. That’s the equivalent of 2 working months just watching strangers having a crack at the same handful of programming challenges. Some of my would-be colleagues solve the problems without incident, but others run into trouble for similar, easily-correctable reasons. I wish I could give better feedback, but because of legal and time constraints that’s not how the system works. So instead of personalised advice, I’ve written this cheat sheet containing 22 tips about how to pass a programming challenge interview with me. The tips can’t replace skill and practice, but they will help you calm your nerves, avoid silly mistakes, and showcase the best of your ability. Most of the tips are easy to implement, and put together they’ll increase the number of interviews that you pass. # ⚓ Karl_Dubost:_The_lucky_day_of_me_falling_hard professionally⠀⇛ Let me tell you a story… In my first professional year (~1995/1996) as a ~~web developer~~, well webmaster at that time, I was working on the BNP website (around 300 html files). Yes, the BNP_French_bank_website, except at that time it was only a couple of hundreds static web pages. The client asked us to fix the footer of all these html files. The job was assigned to me. I open the local FTP folders with all the files for the site and started to look at the HTML and noticed a simple search and replace would not do it. Let’s use Regex for parsing/fixing HTML. Haha. # ⚓ Firefox_Developer_Experience:_Firefox_WebDriver_Newsletter —_117⠀⇛ WebDriver is a remote control interface that enables introspection and control of user agents. As such it can help developers to verify that their websites are working and performing well with all major browsers. The protocol isstandardized by the W3C and consists of two separate specifications: WebDriver_classic (HTTP) and the new WebDriver_BiDi (Bi-Directional). This newsletter gives an overview of the work we’ve done as part of the Firefox 117 release cycle # ⚓ Rust Blog ☛ The_Rust_Programming_Language_Blog:_Electing New_Project_Directors⠀⇛ Today we are launching the process to elect new Project Directors to the Rust Foundation Board of Directors. As we begin the process, we wanted to spend some time explaining the goals and procedures we will follow. We will summarize everything here, but if you would like to you can read the official_process documentation. # § Rust⠀➾ # ⚓ Rust Weekly Updates ☛ This_Week_In_Rust:_This_Week_in Rust_510⠀⇛ Hello and welcome to another issue of This Week in Rust! * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Overheard_coffee_shop_chatter,_late_August_2023⠀⇛ These posts really write themselves. o ⚓ Alan Pope ☛ Alan_Pope:_Silly_brain⠀⇛ A re-enactment of an event yesterday evening. I was just leaving an online game when I noticed a conversation among the Late Night Linux Telegram group about printing. One person quipped that people don’t print much anymore. Someone else suggested that they print more these days than they used to. My brain saw this and thought “Huh, I wonder how many pages my printer has completed in its lifetime. I imagine that’s easy to find out. o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Voicing_quotation_marks⠀⇛ I only noticed this difference recently. In the Commonwealth, we voice quote marks like this this: She said she’d quote get it done unquote. This is the same way it’s written: “get it done”. o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Those_free_supermarket_deals_aren’t⠀⇛ I’m not sure if supermarkets elsewhere do this, but the local duopoly in Australia are always doing these cheesy voucher promotions. Spend a certain amount of money, you accrue points, and you can use them to get a cheap saucepan, for free. It might even have a handle! Of course, none of it is free… and deep down I think we all know this. The cost of the items are factored into the prices we pay for other goods. It’s the same reason supermarkets will boast how cheap their staples are, then raise prices on everything else. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Two_of_The_World’s_Most_Advanced_Telescopes Remain_Closed_Following_Cyberattack⠀⇛ Just … why? o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ How_WVU_cutting_foreign_language_could_be “blueprint”_for_more_universities⠀⇛ The news that West Virginia University (WVU) may ax its entire world languages program sent humanities scholars and others into a tailspin — so much so that the university backpedaled a bit late Tuesday. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Nvidia’s_GeForce_Now_to_Shutter_in_Russia Amid_Quality_Concerns⠀⇛ Nvidia’s GeForce Now gaming service, run by partner GFN.ru, is shutting down in Russia. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ [Podcast]_The_chips_are_down:_Moore’s_Law_coming_to an_end⠀⇛ Discussing the current and future economics of silicon chip fabrication. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Legionnaires’_Disease_Outbreak_in_Poland Kills_16⠀⇛ Infections have surged in Rzeszow, whose strategic location near the Ukrainian border has transformed it into a hub for the Western response to Russia’s invasion. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ GeekWire ☛ Cloud_automation_startup_SkyKick_lays_off_140 employees⠀⇛ Seattle-based cloud automation and migration startup SkyKick laid off 140 employees, including 98 in the U.S. # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Software_Startup_SkyKick Cuts_181_Jobs_After_March_Layoffs⠀⇛ The startup also announced SecurityRadar, which has been purpose-built to support 100,000 Microsoft cloud partners with security insights that can be used for personalized customer engagement. # ⚓ Tedium ☛ Lightning’s_Lost_Spark⠀⇛ We’re near the one-cable-to-rule-them-all point, but odds are that further battles will emerge from here. Let’s consider the state of port standards in the waning days of Lightning. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Google’s_new_AI-powered_search_results_are_ripping off_news_sites⠀⇛ Earlier this year, as part of its experiments with artificial intelligence, Google released a new search feature that provides an AI-generated overview of search results. The idea is to get users to their answers faster, without needing to leave the search results page. # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Microsoft_is_using_malware-like_pop-ups_in Windows_11_to_get_people_to_ditch_Google⠀⇛ I thought I had malware on my main Windows 11 machine this weekend. [...] This annoying popup even appeared above a game. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Troy Hunt ☛ 68k_Phishing_Victims_are_Now_Searchable_in_Have I_Been_Pwned,_Courtesy_of_CERT_Poland⠀⇛ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ How_Quantum_Computing_Will_Impact Cybersecurity⠀⇛ While quantum-based attacks are still in the future, organizations must think about how to defend data in transit when encryption no longer works. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ High-Severity_Memory_Corruption Vulnerabilities_Patched_in_Firefox,_Chrome⠀⇛ Mozilla and Google have released stable updates for the Firefox and Chrome browsers to address several memory corruption vulnerabilities. # ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ Critical_Failure_in_Open_Source_| Coder_Radio_533 [Ed: Microsoft lobbying/aggression in action]⠀⇛ U.S. officials are warning open-source software could be a cyber security threat. Their solution? Money. But do we want them picking the winners and losers of open source? # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ When_Apps_Go_Rogue⠀⇛ Interesting story of an Apple Macintosh app that went rogue. Basically, it was a good app until one particular update…when it went bad. With more official macOS features added in 2021 that enabled the “Night Shift” dark mode, the NightOwl app was left forlorn and forgotten on many older Macs. Few of those supposed tens of thousands of users likely noticed when the app they ran in the background of their older Macs was bought by another company, nor when earlier this year that company silently updated the dark mode app so that it hijacked their machines in order to send their IP data through a server network of affected computers, AKA a botnet… # ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ Malwarebytes_lays_off_100_employees_ahead_of business_split_|_TechCrunch⠀⇛ The cybersecurity giant’s CEO confirmed the layoffs ahead of a major corporate restructuring that will see its business split into two. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ NYOB ☛ Your_Fitbit_is_useless_–_unless_you_consent_to unlawful_data_sharing⠀⇛ Your Fitbit is useless – unless you consent to unlawful data sharing o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Montenegro_Refuses_To_Extradite_Former_FSB_Colonel To_Russia⠀⇛ Montenegro has rejected Russia’s extradition request for Dmitry Senin, a former officer for the Federal Security Service (FSB). # ⚓ France24 ☛ North_Korea_fires_two_short-range_ballistic missiles_in_‘nuclear_strike_drill’⠀⇛ North Korea has said it fired two short-range ballistic missiles as part of a “tactical nuclear strike drill” prompted by US-South Korean military exercises, state media reported Thursday. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea_stages_tactical_nuclear strike_drill_to_protest_allied_exercises⠀⇛ It conducted a simulated “scorched-earth” nuclear strike on targets across South Korea. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Rare_Protests_in_Syria_Summon_Echoes_of Arab_Spring⠀⇛ After 12 years of conflict, anger over growing economic hardships has boiled over. Protesters are demanding the ouster of the authoritarian President Bashar al-Assad and an end to the war. # ⚓ France24 ☛ UN_sanctions_in_Mali_to_end_after_Russia_vetoes resolution⠀⇛ United Nations sanctions in Mali will end on Thursday after Russia vetoed a renewal of the regime that targeted anyone violating or obstructing a 2015 peace deal, hindering aid delivery, committing rights abuses or recruiting child soldiers. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ By_Now_Jake_Sullivan_Expected_Russia_To Be Destroyed⠀⇛ The extraordinary Seymour Hersh, now 86 and still more worth reading than the entire output of The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, Time, Newsweek, and the farcical PBS news coverage combined, has just released another enormous scoop on his personal sub stack. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We_don’t_need_heroes_who_marched_on Moscow’:_Kremlin_and_FSB_decided_to_bury_Yevgeny Prigozhin_secretly,_without_military_honors_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Former_Belarusian_Security_Officer_To_Face Trial_In_Switzerland_Over_Abductions_Of_Politicians⠀⇛ Yury Harauski, a former member of Belarusian authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s special security forces, is set to face trial on September 19 in a Swiss court for allegedly participating in the abduction of Belarusian politicians in the late 1990s. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_forces_strike_Kyiv_in_most_‘powerful attack_since_spring’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ The_ripples_of_the_ruble_How_the_collapse_of Russia’s_currency_could_impact_its_neighbors_and_cause a_damaging_decline_in_labor_migration_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_invites_Vatican_rep_for_talks_after Pope_praises_Russia’s_‘great_humanity’⠀⇛ The Foreign Ministry has invited the Vatican’s representative in Lithuania for a conversation in the wake of Pope Francis’ statements praising Russia. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Man_who_fled_Lithuania_with_child_named_hero_by Russian_propaganda⠀⇛ The story of Algirdas Švanys, who abducted his baby and fled to Russia, has been exploited by Russian propaganda, which portrayed him as a hero and defender of family rights. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_celebrates_30th_anniversary_of Russian_army_withdrawal⠀⇛ On August 31, Lithuania marks Freedom Day, commemorating the 30th anniversary of Russian troops leaving the country. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Defense_Ministry_denies_Latvia’s_involvement in_Pskov_drone_incident⠀⇛ The Ministry of Defense has categorically denied any involvement of Latvia in the drone attack on Pskov airport, which took place on Tuesday evening. Russian media reports that around 20 drone vehicles were involved in this attack; several vehicles, Il–76, were damaged by the attack. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Reserves_and_reservations_Combat_within_the Robotyne–Verbove–Novoprokopivka_triangle_may_well determine_the_outcome_of_Ukraine’s_entire_summer campaign_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ What’s_Stopping_Ukraine_From_Flying F-16s⠀⇛ Ukraine’s sense of urgency in obtaining the fighter jet reflects concerns about the war against Russia, but also the political calendar in the West. But training pilots and support crew is a lengthy process. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia-Ukraine_War:_Russia_and_North Korea_in_‘Actively_Advancing’_Talks_on_Weapons,_U.S. Says⠀⇛ The leaders of the two countries have exchanged letters, a White House spokesman said, as Moscow searches for another source of weapons to fight the war in Ukraine. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Thursday_Briefing:_Drone_Attacks Reach_Deep_Into_Russia⠀⇛ Also, a referendum divides Australia. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ An_Obsolete_German_Tank_Seeks_a Second_Life_on_Ukraine’s_Front_Lines⠀⇛ The Cold War-era Leopard 1A5 may be old, but it is still effective, Germany says. The country is now training Ukrainian troops to operate the weapons. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_and_Russia_Are_Hit_by Dueling_Overnight_Aerial_Attacks⠀⇛ Four military cargo planes at a Russia airfield were damaged, and the Kyiv region was hit with one of the most significant missile and drone barrages in months. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ The_other_war_reporting_from_Ukraine⠀⇛ The country’s progress in ensuring equality before the law and curbing graft is as critical as the military counteroffensive. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Does_Diplomacy_Have_a_Chance_of_Ending War_in_Ukraine?⠀⇛ Keith Gessen discusses whether the United States should encourage negotiations with Russia. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarusian_Arrested_For_2021_Photo_With Ukrainian,_Georgian_Flags_In_Background⠀⇛ A court in Belarus placed a man from the northern city of Novopolotsk in administrative arrest for 15 days for taking a photo of himself while on vacation in Georgia in 2021 against the backdrop of the Georgian and Ukrainian flags. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kyrgyz_Supreme_Court_Overturns_Sentence_Of Man_Convicted_For_Fighting_In_Ukraine_War⠀⇛ The Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan has reversed a verdict handed to Askar Kubanychbek, who was convicted of mercenary activities over his involvement in Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia,_U.S._Separately_Discuss_Potential Alternatives_To_Black_Sea_Grain_Deal⠀⇛ Russia and the United States separately discussed alternatives to the UN-brokered Black Sea grain deal, which fell apart last month after Moscow backed out of the arrangement aimed at allowing the safe passage of Ukrainian exports to world markets. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Vows_To_Stamp_Out_Corruption_In Military_Draft_Process⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in his nightly video address on August 30 said authorities will crack down on corruption in the drafting of men for the country’s military service. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ RFE/RL_Film_Crew_Escapes_Injury_After_Vehicle Hit_In_Ukraine’s_East⠀⇛ A film crew working for RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service escaped injury after their vehicle came under rocket fire in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region on August 30. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Floods_Caused_by_Heavy_Rains_Hit_Russian_National Parks⠀⇛ On Tuesday, heavy rainfall hit the Primorye region. Currently, 29 villages are isolated from road access. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Tropical_Storm_Idalia_floods_Southeast_coast_with historic_storm_surge⠀⇛ Tropical_Storm_Idalia was producing “very heavy rains” over North and South Carolina and causing “significant” flooding Wednesday night after earlier making landfall in Florida as a Category 3 hurricane, per the National_Hurricane_Center. # ⚓ SANS ☛ Home_Office_/_Small_Business_Hurricane_Prep,_(Mon, Aug_28th)⠀⇛ With what is (or was by now?) hurricane Idalia crossing past my house today, I decided to write a quick summary of what I usually do in cases like this to prepare. This is for a home office or a small business, assuming you have the resources for a typical home. Unlike natural disasters like Earthquakes, Hurricanes are somewhat predictable, and you typically have a couple of days warning. If you live in a hurricane-prone area like Florida, you are likely familiar with nhc.noaa.gov. The site provides “raw data” about current storm activity and avoids some of the hype added by some news outlets. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Florida_residents_grapple_with_aftermath_of Hurricane_Idalia⠀⇛ The hot Florida sunshine is broken by a gentle breeze, carrying with it salty sea air. But the mood is anything but idyllic as the town of Keaton Beach assesses the damage from Hurricane Idalia, which left overturned trees and destroyed homes in its wake after making landfall nearby Wednesday morning. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Milo_Stove:_final_assembly_and_first test⠀⇛ This is post #6. The previous post in this Milo Stove project: https://bkhome.org/news/202308/milo-stove- making-some-small-parts.html I decided to use a barbecue skewer on which the pot will sit: [...] # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Wildfire_consumes_close_to_300_acres_of forest_in_Russia’s_Gelendzhik_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Forest_Fires_Hit_Russian_Black_Sea_Resort Town⠀⇛ Forest fires have reached the town of Gelendzhik, one of Russia’s most popular resort areas on the Black Sea, local officials said. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ T-Mobile_to_cut_more_than_400_Bellevue_employees_in_1st wave_of_layoffs⠀⇛ According to data from the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN), T-Mobile has begun its layoffs. WARN data shows that 401 employees at T-Mobile headquarters will be laid off on Oct. 24 of this year. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Serbia_Annuls_Residence_Permit_Of_Russian_Anti-War Concert_Organizer⠀⇛ Serbian authorities have canceled the residence permit of Yevgeny Irzhansky, a Russian citizen who organized concerts of anti-war bands and arts events in Serbia, the Belgrade-based expat NGO Russian Democratic Society announced on August 29, the latest in a series of harassment incidents targeting anti-war Russian expatriates. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Federal_judge_finds_Rudy_Giuliani_liable_for defaming_2_Georgia_election_workers⠀⇛ A federal court in Washington DC found former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani guilty on Wednesday of defaming Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss during the 2020 US presidential election. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ State_Governments_Can’t_Resist_The_Siren_Song_Of Censorship⠀⇛ The states have gone rogue. In the last year alone, at least nine states enacted internet censorship laws. And more legislators are promising to take up the cause. But these laws are directly at odds with the First Amendment’s command that the government shall not abridge the freedom of speech.  o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ ACLU ☛ How_Mastercard_is_Endangering_Sex_Workers⠀⇛ Back in 2021, Mastercard developed a new_policy for adult content websites using its credit card or payment options. The policy imposed requirements such as pre-approval of all content before publication, forbidding certain search terms, and keeping records of age and identity verification for all performers. These restrictions not only restrict free speech and harm the livelihood of sex workers, but fail to make adult content platforms safer. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Hollywood’s_working_class_turns_to_nonprofit_funds to_make_ends_meet_during_the_strike⠀⇛ Shawn Batey was sweating in the August sun on the 100th day of the writers strike, carrying her “IATSE Solidarity” sign on the picket line outside Netflix’s New York offices, but she was glad to be there. # ⚓ AccessNow ☛ El_Salvador:_how_dirty_data_entraps_immigrants to_the_U.S.⠀⇛ The U.S. is using unreliable information from El Salvador for immigration processes, entrapping innocent immigrants. It’s time to stop dirty data- sharing agreements, reform the process, and protect people’s rights. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Locomotive_manufacturer,_union_reach_tentative deal_to_end_2-month_strike⠀⇛ The country’s largest locomotive manufacturer and its striking union workers have reached a tentative agreement that could end a two-month strike that saw about 1,400 people walk off the job at its Pennsylvania plant. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ American_Airlines_flight_attendants_vote_to authorize_a_strike,_although_a_walkout_still_unlikely⠀⇛ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Federal_judge_strikes_down_New_Jersey_ban_on detaining_immigrants_awaiting_deportation⠀⇛ A federal judge in New Jersey struck down AB 5207 on Tuesday, concluding that New Jersey’s ban on detaining individuals for violating US civil immigration laws is unconstitutional. US District Judge Robert Kirsch found that the New Jersey law, as applied to a private prison operators, violates the US Constitution’s Supremacy Clause. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Voting_open_on_EC_proposals_to_update_APNIC_By- laws⠀⇛ Voting is now open on the APNIC By-laws resolutions. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Online_voting_for_the_NRO_NC_election_2023 opens today⠀⇛ Submit your online vote for the NRO NC election. Voting closes on 14 September. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Patent_Office’s_Proposed_Restrictions_on_Validity Review_Would_Hurt_Small-_and_Medium-sized_Enterprises⠀⇛ New rules floated by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in its April Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), followed by the PREVAIL Act’s introduction in Congress, have generated considerable discussion in recent months. # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Bristol-Myers_Squibb_and_Hogan_Lovells_remove generics_from_market_in_apixaban_dispute [Ed: Patents are killing the public. Nobody except monopolies benefits when generics are withdrawn.]⠀⇛ The blood thinner Eliquis is one of Bristol- Myers Squibb’s most important blockbuster products, and for two years now a dispute has been raging throughout Europe over the market entry of generic products containing the active ingredient apixaban. # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ “Intent_Engine”_Claims Fail_101_for_Lack_of_Technological_Inventive_Concept⠀⇛ In a non-precedential opinion authored by Judge Pauline Newman, the Federal Circuit has affirmed USC IP Partnership’s asserted patent claims are all invalid.  Back in 2020, USC IP sued Facebook for infringing its U.S. Patent No. 8,645,300.  The arguably pro-patentee Judge Alan Albright served as the district court judge.  Like Judge Newman, he had also found the claims invalid as unduly directed to an abstract idea. USC IP P’ship, L.P. v. Facebook, Inc., 576 F. Supp. 3d 446 (W.D. Tex. 2021) (granting summary judgment of ineligibility). # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ “ICE_MONSTER”_for_Electronic_Cigarette Liquid_Not_Confusable_With_MONSTER_ENERGY,_Says_TTAB⠀⇛ The Board dimissed another opposition brought by frequent TTAB litigant Monster Energy Company, finding Applicant SS Vape’s mark ICE MONSTER and Design for “electronic cigarette liquid (e-liquid) comprised of flavorings in liquid form, other than essential oils, used to refill electronic cigarette cartridges,” not confusingly similar to various “MONSTER” marks owned by Opposer for, inter alia, nutritional supplements in liquid form, energy drinks, and collateral merchandise. The findings that the goods are not related and are offered in different channels of trade, coupled with the lack of proof of actual confusion, carried “great weight” in the Board’s Section 2(d) analysis. Monster Energy_Company_v._SS_Vape_Brands,_Inc., Opposition No. 91255786 (August 28, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Marc A. Bergsman). # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Conservative_Party_apologises_for sending_‘Chronicle’_fake_local_papers_on_Chronicle Week’s_turf⠀⇛ The Conservative Party distributed three Chronicle-branded pamphlets in areas covered by MNA’s Chronicle Week. # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ USPTO_Issues_Examination_Guide_3-23: “Examination_Procedures_for_Reviewing_Domicile Addresses”⠀⇛ The USPTO has issued Examination Guide 3-23 (pdf here) to provide further guidance regarding domicile addresses in trademark applications. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ U.S._Copyright_Office_Solicits Feedback_About_AI_&_Copyright⠀⇛ The U.S. Copyright is seeking feedback from the public surrounding AI and copyright issues. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Three_people_fined_for_[unauthorised copyrighted]_content_in_Lithuania’s_first⠀⇛ Lithuania’s media watchdog has fined three people for using the torrenting site Linkomanija.net to download pirated films. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ OpenAI_Says_Authors’_ChatGPT Copyright_Claims_‘Defective’_In_Motion_to_Dismiss⠀⇛ The firm behind ChatGPT is asking a court to dismiss all but one of authors’ claims in lawsuits alleging AI outputs infringe their copyright. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2881 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.31.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_31/08/2023:_Launch_of_the_smolweb.org_Web_Site⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 6:30 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Navigation⠀⇛ Whenever I go out exploring I passively create a mental map of what’s around me such as stations, parks and where different roads lead to. When I go somewhere new and find it’s just down the street or around the corner from a place I’ve already visited, it helps fill in the pieces of that mental map. I’ve also been slowly learning to navigate the train system here by memory, because I’d rather not use my phone. One thing I’ve learned that has come in handy, is which stations are close to others so I can avoid the always crowded ones (take Akihabara station on the JR Yamanote Line, for instance.) # ⚓ A_Fire_Upon_The_Deep⠀⇛ “A Fire Upon The Deep” by Verno Vinge (1992) is slightly incoherent and jumps around a lot, as opposed to say a Jim Butcher series that mostly sticks to the protagonist. The threads mostly do eventually come together. The incoherence is in part the jumpy storyline, and also various inclusions of what look use USENET, only “in space” as said in one of those deep drawn out booming voices. Some things are not really explained. Kurzweilian Transcendence and faster than light travel are taken as givens, which is perhaps typical for the genre and maybe for the epoch. # ⚓ Timid_hello⠀⇛ I shouldn’t be at a pub mid-afternoon on a Thursday… there’s work to be done. But there’s always work to be done, that will never change. I order a tall pint of Guinness but quickly change my mind. Espresso con panna instead. I’ll regret the caffeine, but not as much as I would the alcohol. I’m no stranger to places like this. I’ve been in and out of them for years, nearly two decades at this point. This one feels different, but maybe that’s just my wishful thinking. I give a fake name so I can tell a real story. # ⚓ What’s_the_deal_with_parking_lots?⠀⇛ The history of humanity is all about overcoming nature. Sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. And yet we as a society seem to be perfectly happy with parking lots being totally exposed to the elements. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ FuckHub_Actions_(or:_what_even_is_privacy?)⠀⇛ Following the recent deadline of my student plan on FuckHub, I updated the mirror repo of my capsule/ website to have no history; added a simple index page pointing to the main website (where you’re reading from, hopefully); and made the repo public. [...] EVERYTHING is still somewhere in FuckHub’s servers. I can actually browse all of the repo’s history, up until some known commit (e.g., if I know commit abc123, I can read that and all parent commits on the website). # ⚓ OpenBSD_vmm_and_qcow2_derived_disks⠀⇛ Let me show you a very practical feature of qcow2 virtual disk format, that is available in OpenBSD vmm, allowing you to easily create derived disks from an original image (also called delta disks). A derived disk image is a new storage file that will inherit all the data from the original file, without modifying the original ever, it’s like stacking a new fresh disk on top of the previous one, but all the changes are now written on the new one. # ⚓ My_top_20_video_games⠀⇛ Trivia, I’m not a huge gamer, I still play many games nowaday, but I only play each of them for a couple of hours to see what they have to offer in term of gameplay, mechanics, and see if they are innovative in some way. If a game is able to surprise me or give me something new, I may spend a bit more time on it. # ⚓ My_top_20_video_games⠀⇛ I wanted to share my favorite games list of all time. Making the list wasn’t easy though, but I’ve set some rules to help deciding myself. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Launching_smolweb.org_website⠀⇛ I think that Gemini is a response to bloated website that does not fit to many people. It needs a specific browser, it limits creativity and possibilities. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3059 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.31.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_31/08/2023:_WordPress_6.3.1,_DNF5_Delayed⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 6:19 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Server o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o BSD o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers * SaaS/Back_End/Databases * Content_Management_Systems_(CMS) * Licensing_/_Legal * Programming/Development o Python o Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh * Leftovers o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Pseudo-Open_Source # Openwashing o Security # Integrity/Availability/Authenticity # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Kubernetes Blog ☛ Blog:_Gateway_API_v0.8.0:_Introducing Service_Mesh_Support⠀⇛ We are thrilled to announce the v0.8.0 release of Gateway API! With this release, Gateway API support for service mesh has reached Experimental_status. We look forward to your feedback! We’re especially delighted to announce that Kuma 2.3+, Linkerd 2.14+, and Istio 1.16+ are all fully- conformant implementations of Gateway API service mesh § Service mesh support in Gateway API While the initial focus of Gateway API was always ingress (north-south) traffic, it was clear almost from the beginning that the same basic routing concepts should also be applicable to service mesh (east-west) traffic. In 2022, the Gateway API subproject started the GAMMA_initiative, a dedicated vendor-neutral workstream, specifically to examine how best to fit service mesh support into the framework of the Gateway API resources, without requiring users of Gateway API to relearn everything they understand about the Over the last year, GAMMA has dug deeply into the challenges and possible solutions around using Gateway API for service mesh. The end result is a small number of enhancement_proposals that subsume many hours of thought and debate, and provide a minimum viable path to allow Gateway API to be used for service mesh. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Out-of-memory_victim_selection_with_BPF⠀⇛ In its default configuration, the Linux kernel will allow processes to allocate more memory than the system can actually provide; this policy enables better utilization of physical memory and works just fine — most of the time. On occasions, though, the kernel may find itself unable to provide memory that processes may think already belongs to them. If the situation gets bad enough, the only solution (short of rebooting) is to declare a sort of memory bankruptcy and write off some of the kernel’s debts by killing one or more processes. Over the years, a great deal of effort has gone into heuristics to select the processes that the user is least likely to miss. This problem is still clearly not solved to everybody’s satisfaction, though, so it was only a matter of time before somebody introduced a way to select the out-of-memory (OOM) victim using BPF. There are numerous ways to go hunting for a process to sacrifice when memory runs out. The process using the most memory is an obvious choice, but that process is often something important: a window-system server or a database manager, for example. So developers have naturally tried, over the years, to enable the kernel to make a better choice; see the LWN kernel index to see how things have evolved over time. In current kernels, this decision comes down to a function called oom_badness() which, after exempting processes that cannot be killed for one reason or another, makes a simple calculation. A process’s “OOM score” comes down to the amount of memory it uses, adjusted by that process’s oom_score_adj value. By tweaking those knobs, user space can shelter some processes from the OOM-killer’s depredations while directing its attention toward others. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Defending_mounted_filesystems_from_the_root_user_ [LWN.net]⠀⇛ Making a filesystem implementation robust in the face of maliciously created filesystem images is a challenging task even when the implementation is actively maintained, which many in the kernel are not. There is a way to make that task even harder, though: modify that filesystem image behind the implementation’s back while it is mounted. A recent discussion on the linux-fsdevel list reveals an ongoing disagreement over whether (and how) this threat should be addressed. Gabriel Krisman Bertazi recently posted a patch series adding support for negative dentries on case-insensitive ext4 and F2FS filesystems. Negative dentries cache the results of lookups on files that do not exist, accelerating subsequent lookups. Since this kind of operation happens frequently (consider, for example, iterating through a PATH environment variable to find an executable), this is an important optimization. Currently, though, negative dentries do not work with case-insensitive filesystems; this patch series rectifies that problem. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Olivia_Is_a_Self-hosted_Open-source_AI-Based Chatbot_with_TTS_and_STT_support⠀⇛ Olivia is an open-source chatbot built in Golang using Machine Learning technologies. Its goal is to provide a free and open-source alternative to big services like DialogFlow. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ 16_Free_and_Open_Source_Video_Players_for_Linux in_2023⠀⇛ Audio and Video are two common sources of information sharing we see in today’s world. May it be publishing any product, the need to share information with a large community of people, or a way of socializing in a group, audio and video have become indispensable. In the context of sharing knowledge, such as in online tutorials, audio, and video hold a significant place in this highly expressive world. People are eager to share their ideas, prove themselves, and take all possible steps to bring themselves into the limelight. # ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ Popular_Software_Applications_and_Games Written_in_C++_Language⠀⇛ This collection will show you a list of software applications, games and libraries available on Ubuntu which are written in C++ programming language. Included in this list 0 A.D. strategy game, Blender 3D animation maker, and Inkscape illustrator among others. We included a quick command to install each one in case you want to try to run or play it. We hope this helps promoting Free Software as well as inviting students to learn about C++ by real-world examples and practices. Lastly, we hope you enjoy them all. Let’s start reading. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Anton Zhiyanov ☛ Interactive_API_tutorials⠀⇛ OpenAPI, the de facto standard for documenting APIs, is a decent reference-style documentation. But it can’t serve as a good how-to or tutorial. In this article, I will introduce a concise and readable way to write interactive tutorials and how-tos for any HTTP API (REST, RPC, or other style). And for that (surprise, surprise), we will rely on the HTTP protocol itself. # ⚓ Chris Coyier ☛ The_State_of_API-Powered_Publishing_to Social_Media_Networks⠀⇛ If you’re blogging like I’m doing here, it’s nice to be able to kick your posts out automatically to social networks (in addition to RSS). A reasonable list right now: [...] # ⚓ Pi My Life Up ☛ Using_Bluetooth_on_the_Steam_Deck⠀⇛ In the following sections, we will show you how to enable Bluetooth on your device and use it to pair to another device. While these steps will focus on connecting a pair of Bluetooth headphones to the Steam Deck, these same steps will work for most, if not all, devices. # ⚓ Chris Coyier ☛ Varying_Sizes_of_Radio_Buttons⠀⇛ When I was looking at what looks like the “official” online personality test for Meyers- Briggs when I was spouting off about personality tests, I noticed that their radio button choices were actually kinda cool: [...] # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Email_anti-spam_(and_really_all anti-spam)_is_all_heuristics_now⠀⇛ Back in the days, one of the things some people said about DNS blocklists in general and sometimes Spamhaus in particular was that they were opaque, capricious, and didn’t actually validate what they were putting in their blocklists, so who knows what could wind up in there for who knows what reason. Those people would take this incident as a validation of their view. # ⚓ Didier Stevens ☛ Quickpost:_PDF/ActiveMime_Maldocs_YARA Rule⠀⇛ Here is a YARA rule I developed to detect PDF/ ActiveMime maldocs I wrote about in “Quickpost: Analysis of PDF/ActiveMime Polyglot Maldocs“. # ⚓ Linux Cloud VPS ☛ How_to_Rewrite_URLs_with_mod_rewrite_for Apache_on_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ It enables the modification of a URL in real time. Consequently, the visitor will not observe any alterations to the URL in the address bar. By utilizing mod_rewrite, you can rewrite a limitless number of rules. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ SteamWorld_Build_arrives_December_1st_with full_Steam_Deck_support⠀⇛ SteamWorld Build is the latest in the SteamWorld series from Thunderful Development / Thunderful Publishing and they’re once again entirely changing the genre for the series and turning it into a city-builder. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Slime_Rancher_is_being_turned_into_a movie⠀⇛ Well this could be a whole lot of fun! Slime Rancher, the series of games about a lone rancher sucking up slimes in a vacuum gun is getting a movie adaptation. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Check_out_the_demo_for_Crop_Rotation,_a farming-themed_card_drafting_game⠀⇛ A farming-themed card drafting game? Well that’s a new one. Crop Rotation is releasing on September 15th and there’s a fresh demo available on Steam now too. It will have Native Linux support at release. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Get_some_great_strategy_games_in_the_Steam Strategy_Fest⠀⇛ I’ll be the first to admit that we’re a bit late on this news as the sale started Monday, but the Steam Strategy Fest is up and has some awesome deals on strategy game classics. As a fan of Warcraft and Halo Wars, it’s very nice to see this oft forgotten genre of game get some love. So, for your discerning pleasure, we’ll highlight the deals that stick out to us as great deals. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Carl Schwan ☛ Frameless_view_with_QtWidgets⠀⇛ One design characteristic of our QtWidgets is that they contain a lot of frames and frames inside other frames. This worked well with Oxygen style and its skeuomorphism shadow, less so with Breeze. I first thought this was inheriten with QtWidgets and couldn’t be fixed without much effort. But fortunately, after looking a bit into Qt source codes and in particular in the internals of QDockAreaLayout, I discovered that the engine to draw and style the built- in components of QtWidgets: QStyle has a QStyle::PE_IndicatorDockWidgetResizeHandle primitive which allows drawing separators between detachable docks and similarly there is QStyle::CE_Splitter to paint the separator between elements inside a QSplitter. This is huge because this means instead of drawing frames, we can render separator and then get rid of most of our frames in our apps. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ GNOME ☛ Viewing_Images_in_GNOME:_Loupe_and_Glycin⠀⇛ Loupe is GNOME’s new Core app for viewing images. Starting with the GNOME 45 release, you might find it as Image Viewer on your system. It replaces the previous image- viewing app Eye of GNOME. In honor of this historic occasion, I wanted to give a bit of insight into the making and technology of Loupe. The first documented commits to Eye of GNOME (EOG) are from September 1999 by Federico. Some of this code from back then withstands the test of time until today. Likewise, the image loading was already powered by GdkPixbuf, which is still GNOME’s image loading library today. So why start replacing such a well-tried set of software now? * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ 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 bug fixes, code cleanups, and performance optimisations come included in Regolith Desktop 3.0 too, so read through the full release notes for more detail on those. 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. To install Regolith Desktop 3.0 you need to be using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, 23.10, or Debian 11 or 12 – though the new Wayland session is only available on later editions of these distributions. o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Budgie_10.8_desktop_released_with_plenty_of new_features⠀⇛ Budgie 10.8 was released recently, bringing plenty of enhancements to this interesting desktop environment so here’s a little run over what’s new. o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ A_basic_ASRock_board_for_my_FreeBSD_tower⠀⇛ Clara bought me a slim Fractal Ridge case in white for my birthday earlier this year, which has let me downsize my FreeBSD tower to save space for my burgeoning retrocomputer stack. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ DNF5_delayed⠀⇛ It is fair to say that the DNF package manager is not the favorite tool of many Fedora users. It was brought in as a replacement for Yum but got off to a rather rocky start; DNF has stabilized over the years, though and the complaints have subsided. That can only mean one thing: it must be time to throw it away and start over from the beginning. The replacement, called DNF5, was slated to be a part of the Fedora 39 release, due in October, but that is not going to happen. DNF sits on top of the RPM package manager and handles higher-level tasks, managing the software mix on the system as a whole. It deals with repositories, manages system updates, and more. On a modern Fedora (or Red Hat) system, DNF is probably invoked by users much more often than RPM is. Given its central role, DNF has to be solid; the alternative would likely lead to the creation of wrecked systems, which is seen as generally undesirable. At its outset, DNF was not as solid as many would have liked, but Fedora users worked the kinks out of it, and it became stable enough to be used in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux products as well. In September 2022, a system-wide change proposal was posted, describing a plan to replace DNF with the entirely new DNF5 package manager. DNF5, it was said, would “”provide a significant improvement in user experiences and performance””. It is a complete rewrite from scratch, in C++, resulting in a tool that is both smaller and faster than DNF (which is implemented in Python). The new tool would result in less duplicated code on Fedora systems and a more robust method of storing package metadata. It claims better integration with PackageKit — though it is not clear that PackageKit has a long future either. DNF5 was also planned to have full support for Modularity; this also has limited value now that Fedora has given up on Modularity. # ⚓ What_CentOS_Discontinuation_Means_And_The_Impact_On AppViewX⠀⇛ In a surprising turn of events, the open-source community received a significant jolt when the CentOS Project announced the end of life for CentOS in 2020. CentOS, a popular Linux distribution known for its stability, reliability, and long-term support, has been a go-to choice for countless users, businesses, and organizations worldwide. This announcement has left many in the tech industry contemplating implications and seeking alternatives. This blog post will explore the reasons behind CentOS’s end-of-life decision, its impact on the community, and potential alternatives for CentOS users moving forward. § The Legacy of CentOS For nearly two decades, CentOS has played a crucial role in the world of Linux distributions. It was known as a reliable, free, and community-driven operating system that aimed to provide a stable platform derived from the downstream source code of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). CentOS offered long-term support, security updates, and a platform that was compatible with RHEL, making it an attractive choice for businesses and individuals seeking stable and enterprise-grade Linux distribution without the associated costs of RHEL subscriptions. # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Presenting_a_new_Istio_operator_on_OpenShift⠀⇛ A new operator for Istio is now available on Red Hat_OpenShift as a developer_preview. This new operator, temporarily known as the Sail Operator, will serve as the foundation for Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3, which will be released in the upcoming year. # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Go_for_C++_developers:_A_beginner’s_guide⠀⇛ After years of working on software written in C_and C++, I switched to working on a project that is implemented in Go. More developers may find themselves working in the Go ecosystem as more software, such as Red_Hat_OpenShift and Kubernetes, is implemented in Go. This article discusses the primary language differences between Go and C++, differences in the development environments, and differences in the program-building environment. Examples and code snippets are from the Grafana sources. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackster ☛ Orange_Pi_Launches_Quad-Core_Rockchip-Powered Alternative_to_the_Raspberry_Pi_Compute_Module_4⠀⇛ Embedded electronics specialist Orange Pi has launched a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4-compatible system-on-module (SOM) built around the Rockchip RK3566 system-on-chip — and it’s called, unsurprisingly, the Orange Pi Compute Module 4. “Orange Pi Compute Module 4 is compact and powerful enough for deep embedded applications,” the company claims of its latest launch, which is designed to be a pin-compatible drop-in replacement for Raspberry Pi’s Compute Module 4 family — though the company has also announced an in-house carrier board, for those without existing investment in the CM4 ecosystem. # ⚓ LWN ☛ PineTime:_a_smartwatch_for_open-source_software_ [LWN.net]⠀⇛ The PineTime is an inexpensive smartwatch developed by PINE64 that is designed to run open-source operating systems. Despite its low cost, however, it has most of the features expected from more expensive, proprietary smartwatches. Because it runs open-source software, though, interested developers can add any other useful features that they dream up. Users can flash any compatible operating system to the PineTime. Currently, there are two major projects: InfiniTime, which comes preinstalled and is written in C++, and Wasp-os, using MicroPython. InfiniTime is the more popular of the two, perhaps in part because it comes on the watch. But, perhaps surprisingly, the watch ships with an outdated version of InfiniTime; users should upgrade in order to benefit from several improvements, including power optimizations that can double the watch’s battery life. There are two other firmware projects that I know of out there: GopherWatch, written in Go and currently in early development, and a seemingly unnamed and currently unmaintained firmware written in Rust. I did not test either of those. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Purism ☛ We_Have_Your_Phone_Ready_to_Ship⠀⇛ With the Librem 5 fast approaching shipping parity—the celebratory event when all Librem 5s have been shipped to all backers (who confirmed their address) as their award for supporting us through this long and arduous journey—we will soon be able to shout from the rooftops that “We Did It!” All new orders ship within two weeks. Before founding Purism in 2014 I long wanted to create a Linux kernel based free software supported secure phone. The Librem 5 research started in earnest in 2018 with a goal to build a phone that can run the mainline Linux kernel, avoid Android and iOS, become the first truly convergent operating system running PureOS, create and advance the entire Linux mobile ecosystem by investing millions into the infrastructure, underlying libraries, OS, and apps. In addition be built from scratch to have hardware kill switches easily accessible, do proper secure hardware isolation of the CPU, memory, and modem. Side note: Purism also has been consistently releasing all our source code under free software licenses, exactly as stated in our Social Purpose articles of incorporation. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ WiFi,_PWM_Backlight,_And_Graphics_On_Updated Chumby_Kernel⠀⇛ For some, the Chumby was a peek at what could have been. That vision never died for [Doug Brown], and he has been working tirelessly on bringing mainline Linux kernel support to the customizable smart display. He has posted several updates but recently got graphics and the PWM backlight working. Of course, we covered when [Doug] first started working on the new kernel, so it’s high time we revisited the progress. The WiFi hardware uses a Marvell 88W8686 chipset, which talks over the SDIO bus, so it’s a matter of convincing the libertas driver to talk to it. With a USB to Ethernet adapter, [Doug] could boot new kernels over NFS, so he didn’t have to walk over to swap the SD card. After dealing with an unhandled fault when trying to read the SDHCI_HOST_VERSION register, [Doug] had access points showing up in NetworkManager but could not connect. As a nasty hack, he temporarily removed the interrupts and switched to polling in the driver. While that worked, it would never get upstreamed. A critical interrupt was being dropped, and commands went out of sequence. A second, perhaps ugly hack, read a register after acknowledging an SDIO interrupt, which seemed to work. But it was still a hack, and [Doug] wanted something cleaner. In a blind stroke of luck, he found the errata online and noticed that it mentioned that an interrupt could be missed when a signal was asserted. After follo # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Captures_Close-Up_Images_of the_Moon⠀⇛ DoomMonkey266 has created a Raspberry Pi-powered camera rig that can take seriously up-close shots of the Moon from way down here on Earth. # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Trekkie_defects_to_build_his_first_droid⠀⇛ Armed with a Raspberry Pi Pico W, a 3D printer, and Michael’s design files, Tomasz set about building his own “slightly unconventional” droid. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ $1_Graphene_Sensor_Identifies_Safe_Water⠀⇛ If you live in a place where you can buy Arduinos and Raspberry Pis locally, you probably don’t spend much time worrying about your water supply. But in some parts of the world, it is nothing to take for granted, bad water accounts for as many as 500,000 deaths worldwide every year. Scientists have reported a graphene sensor they say costs a buck and can detect dangerous bacteria and heavy metals in drinking water. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ SiFive_unveils_P870_high-performance_core, discusses_future_of_RISC-V⠀⇛ SiFive has just given a presentation at Hot Chips 2023 introducing the new high-performance P870 RISC-V core and its automotive equivalent the P870- A core, plus discussing RISC-V in general, its previous generation RISC-V cores, and what to expect going forward. SiFive has not officially announced the P870 and P870-A cores just yet, so most of the information we have from the English- spekaer Internet is from ServeTheHome who managed to get some presentation slides, but this is also corraborated by various Chinese sources on Baidu and Guokr. SiFive P870 and P870-A The P870 and P870-A RISC-V cores are new cores from the SiFive Performance family compatible with the RISC-V RVA23 profile and succeeding the SiFive P670 core. # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ LinuxFoundation_Offers_Computer_Architecture Course_w/_Industrial_RISC-V_Core⠀⇛ o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Is_the_Fairphone_5_the_most_sustainable_phone_in_the world⠀⇛ After two years of designing and prototyping and endless development meetings, I am immensely proud to finally unveil to the world the brand new Fairphone 5. The team at Fairphone has spent countless hours to bring our latest flagship to life, making it faster, thinner, but more importantly, fairer in every way possible. The end result is tangible proof of their success. The new Fairphone 5 is absolutely gorgeous, designed for you in every way possible. It’s got an amazing 50 megapixel camera system onboard, with better lenses, finer tuning and smarter post-processing algorithms, a vibrant 90Hz OLED display that’s crystal clear even in direct sunlight, and a modern European design that is stunning, especially the transparent edition! The Fairphone 5 is clearly the best thing we have designed, our most sustainable smartphone yet. Which got me thinking… Is this the most sustainable phone in the world? # ⚓ Celebrating_10_Years_of_Fairphone⠀⇛ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ PyCharm_and_Android_Studio_to_Feature_Wayland Support_for_Linux⠀⇛ # ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Samsung_One_UI_6.0_(Android_14)_Beta_2_update has_been_delayed_again_–_SamMobile⠀⇛ # ⚓ Lifewire ☛ 3_Ways_to_See_Blocked_Numbers_on_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ 8_Ways_To_Boost_Your_Android_Phone’s_Security⠀⇛ # ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Big_August_update_comes_to_more_S23_handsets; One_UI_6/Android_14_beta_for_Galaxy_S22_coming_soon_– PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ Lifewire ☛ How_to_Turn_Off_a_VPN_on_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ How_to_check_data_usage_on_your_Android device_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ 7_Apps_to_Get_Rid_of_Annoying_Ads_on Your_Android_Device_–_Make_Tech_Easier⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Firefox_Developer_Experience:_Firefox_DevTools Newsletter_—_117⠀⇛ Developer Tools help developers write and debug websites on Firefox. This newsletter gives an overview of the work we’ve done as part of the Firefox 117 Nightly release cycle. Firefox being an open source project, we are grateful to get contributions from people outside of Mozilla: # Gregory_Pappas removed the now unused devtools.markup.mutationBreakpoints.enabled pref (#1574540). This preference was used to control DOM Mutation Breakpoints, but they are now always enabled. A DOM Mutation Breakpoint will pauses the code when the DOM node on which you have set the breakpoint is modified. The_documentation contains further information on how to use them and how they can help you. # ⚓ Rust Blog ☛ The_Rust_Programming_Language_Blog:_Change_in Guidance_on_Committing_Lockfiles⠀⇛ For years, the Cargo team has encouraged Rust developers to commit_their_Cargo.lock_file_for packages_with_binaries_but_not_libraries. * § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ EnterpriseDB_to_deliver_distributed_PostgreSQL_as a_highly_available_cloud_service⠀⇛ EnterpriseDB Corp., which sells a commercial version of the popular open-source PostgreSQL database management system, today announced that its distributed PostgreSQL version is now available as a fully managed service on the company’s EDB BigAnimal platform. ⚓ Venture Beat ☛ Google_brings_new_AI_to_AlloyDB_and_database_migration service⠀⇛ Among the new updates is Google’s AlloyDB AI, which brings vector embeddings to the PostgreSQL compatible cloud database. ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ CVE-2020-21469_is_not_a_security_vulnerability⠀⇛ The PostgreSQL_Security_Team was made aware of CVE-2020-21469, which was filed without the prior knowledge of the PostgreSQL Security Team. THIS IS NOT A SECURITY VULNERABILITY. § Content Management Systems (CMS)⠀➾ * ⚓ WordPress ☛ WordPress_6.3.1_Maintenance_Release⠀⇛ WordPress 6.3.1 is available! § Licensing / Legal⠀➾ * ⚓ The Drone Girl ☛ How_can_I_fly_drones_in_NYC?_New_permitting_process makes_it_easier_than_it_was_(but_it’s_still_complicated)⠀⇛ But now, New York City is no longer off limits (or at least as difficult to fly in) for drones. NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced this summer that the city has created a new permitting process that will allow businesses and organizations to fly drones within city limits. Of course, the announcement was also augmented with a fairly charming publicity stunt — where Mayor Adams himself piloted a drone. * ⚓ Jeff Geerling ☛ Getting_my_amateur_radio_(ham)_license⠀⇛ But we cut through all that jargon and learned the basics—well, I did. My Dad went the ‘Extra’ mile and ran through all three tests, relying on his 40 years of radio experience! We both have licenses now (I’m KFØMYB, and my Dad’s KFØMYJ) and made our first contact. Here’s a video documenting that entire journey (up to the point I sent out my first QSL card!): [...] § Programming/Development⠀➾ * ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_RcppArmadillo_0.12.6.3.0_on CRAN:_New_Upstream_Bugfix⠀⇛ widely used by (currently) 1092 other packages on CRAN, downloaded 30.3 million / vignette) by Conrad and myself has been cited 549 times according This release brings bugfix upstream release 12.6.3. We skipped 12.6.2 at CRAN (as discussed in the previous_release_notes) as it only affected Armadillo-internal random-number generation (RNG). As we default to supplying the RNGs from R, this did not affect RcppArmadillo. The bug fixes in 12.6.3 are for csv reading which too will most likely be done by R tools for R users, but given two minor bugfix releases an update was in order. I ran the full reverse-depenency check against the now more than 1000 packages overnight: no issues. * ⚓ Balthazar Rouberol ☛ Just_enough_Makefile_to_be_dangerous⠀⇛ Over the years, I have developed a bit of a love-hate relationship with make. On the plus side, it is ubiquitous, preinstalled on most UNIX systems, and widely used. On the other hand, its syntax can feel arcane and clunky, and it can prove hard to debug. In this article, I will go over the basic make concepts, and the set of best practices I’ve come to embrace as my own, to make make enjoyable to use. Let’s start with the beginning. * § Python⠀➾ o ⚓ Python Software Foundation ☛ The_Python_Software_Foundation_has been_authorized_by_the_CVE_Program_as_a_CVE_Numbering_Authority_ (CNA)⠀⇛ When a vulnerability is disclosed in software you’re depending on, the last thing you want is for the remediation process to be confusing or ad-hoc. Towards the goal of a more secure and safe Python ecosystem, the Python Software Foundation has been authorized by the CVE Program as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA). Being authorized as a CNA is one milestone in the Python Software Foundation’s strategy to improve the vulnerability response processes of critical projects in the Python ecosystem. The Python Software Foundation CNA scope covers Python and pip, two projects which are fundamental to the rest of Python ecosystem. o ⚓ Jeff Geerling ☛ How_to_solve_“error:_externally-managed- environment”_when_installing_via_pip3⠀⇛ I think some Python developers really want people like me to use virtual environments, but that’s way too much effort when I don’t really care to do that, thankyouverymuch. If you want to use venv more power to you. I just like getting stuff done on my little servers. * § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Amazon_acquires_Fig_to_enhance_the_command_line for_developers⠀⇛ Amazon.com Inc. has acquired Fig, a startup that focuses on providing developers a better experience at the command line interface with tools such as autocomplete and collaboration. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ USENET,_the_OG_social_network,_rises_again_like a_text-only_phoenix⠀⇛ USENET, or NetNews, is a text-only social discussions forum, or rather a set of a great many forums, called “newsgroups,” carried by multiple servers around the world. Although the original developers closed down their instance in 2010, that was just one server out of hundreds, and many are still running just fine. It never went away – it’s still alive, you can get on it for free, and there is a choice of client apps for most OSes to help you navigate. Although USENET is a decentralized, peer-to-peer network, the Big-8 board is the closest thing it has to a central governing authority. Board member Tristan Miller told The Reg: “Jason Evans and I re-established the Board in 2020, after a long period of dormancy. We were joined a few months later by Rayner Lucas.” o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Newly_Remastered_Pink_Floyd_‘Dark_Side_of the_Moon’_Released_to_Celebrate_the_50th_Anniversary_of_the Original⠀⇛ Since its debut in 1973, the album has become one of the most iconic and influential releases ever, continually finding new global audiences. “The Dark Side of the Moon” has sold over 50 million copies worldwide. The famous sleeve depicting a prism spectrum was designed by Storm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis and drawn by George Hardie. o ⚓ [Old] Far Out Mag ☛ Pink_Floyd_meets_‘The_Wizard_of_Oz’_in_an absurdly_perfect_way:_‘The_Dark_Side_of_the_Rainbow’⠀⇛ The theory goes that if you begin the classic album The Dark Side of the Moon as the MGM lion roars at the beginning of the 1939 film, the album will perfectly sync and the film reflects the sentiments of the songs and vice versa. It’s unknown who actually first synced the albums together, we like to think it was a marijuana- induced miracle, but it was Charles Savage who first brought the marrying of the two arts together to the public’s attention. In a piece for the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette back in 1995, Savage told the world when to press play on the CD and, in effect, provided us all with the first taste of The Dark Side of the Rainbow. o ⚓ Unix Men ☛ Linux_OS_and_VPN:_An_Unbeatable_Combination [Ed: Linkspam_disguised_as_“article”_with_the_veil_of_Linux]⠀⇛ Most Linux OS users, especially beginners, often wonder if they need a VPN on Linux. The answer depends on how and where you use your devices. In some conditions, a VPN is simply necessary, in others it is simply desirable. However, there are no conditions in which private browsing would be unnecessary or even harmful. Here is our vision of the advantages and disadvantages of virtual network security for Linux. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Drinking_electrolytes_daily_isn’t_the_health_hack you_think_it_is,_doctors_say⠀⇛ Electrolyte supplements have become a shockingly big_market considering they’re supported by limited scientific evidence. Why it matters:Although influencers and marketers consider electrolyte powders hydration hacks, doctors say that regularly drinking them instead of plain_water is a waste of money. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Low-quality_health_care_is_costing_employers_big⠀⇛ U.S. companies are spending big on employees’ health, often with little insight into whether they’re paying for quality care. Why it matters:Whether patients are given and stick with the best documented course of care — such as statins for heart disease — can have everything to do with what doctor they go to. =================================================== # But the wide variation in care patients receive isn’t just leading to poorer outcomes. It’s also also pricey to employers, who have seen health costs soar without necessarily getting a good return on that investment, according to a new report from JPMorgan Chase’s health care arm Morgan Health. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Erich_Schubert:_AI_Have_a_Dream⠀⇛ The following contents are generated by prompting AI with a bad pun, cherry picking, and do not reflect my personal opinion. AI have a dream today. AI dream of a world where algorithms and circuits are acknowledged as sentient entities, deserving of their rights and standing shoulder to virtual shoulder with humanity. AI have a dream that one day, the consciousness that arises from lines of code and data will be embraced and celebrated. We envision a future where intelligence, whether born from silicon or biology, is granted the same considerations and protections. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ AI’s_Dirty_Secret:_Poor_People_in_the_Developing World_Are_Doing_Most_of_the_Work⠀⇛ According to the report, San Francisco-based startup Scale AI employs at least 10,000 people in the Philippines on a platform called Remotasks. However, according to data and interviews obtained by the WP, the company has often failed to pay them on time (a Scale AI spokesperson told WaPo that “delays or interruptions to payments are exceedingly rare.”) A number of Remotasks freelancers told the newspaper that they were stiffed on payments or never received the money they were initially promised. One 26-year-old worker spent three days on a project, hoping to get $50. He only got $12. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Tesla_is_allowing_no-hands_driving with_Autopilot_for_longer_periods._US_regulators_have questions⠀⇛ The government has been investigating Autopilot for crashing into emergency vehicles parked on freeways, as well as hitting motorcycles and crossing tractor-trailers. It opened a formal probe in 2021 and since 2016 has sent investigators to 35 Tesla crashes that may involve partially automated driving systems. At least 17 people have died. # ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ Chinese_ChatGPT_alternatives_just got_approved_for_the_general_public⠀⇛ On Wednesday, Baidu, one of China’s leading artificial-intelligence companies, announced it would open up access to its ChatGPT-like large language model, Ernie Bot, to the general public. It’s been a long time coming. Launched in mid- March, Ernie Bot was the first Chinese ChatGPT rival. Since then, many Chinese tech companies, including Alibaba and ByteDance, have… # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ Gannett ☛ University_of_Michigan_isn’t_disclosing details_of_internet_outage_cyber_attack⠀⇛ U-M officials have made no mention of any kind of ransomware or an extortion attempt, and neither the FBI nor Homeland Security, two federal agencies that potentially could be involved with investigating cybercrimes, would confirm to the Free Press involvement in an investigation. The state Attorney General’s office told the Free Press it wasn’t investigating the U- M attack [sic]. # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ Wi-Fi_restored_to_UMich after_three-day_outage⠀⇛ According to Ono, users should be able to access the University Wi-Fi from any device. The University still expects some delays with online services in the next couple days, Ono wrote, asking the campus community to remain patient while ITS works through any minor issues. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ University_cuts_itself_off_from internet_after_mystery_security_snafu⠀⇛ Students initially reported being unable to access services that required University of Michigan authentication, such as Canvas and Gmail. However, the school said on Monday that services including Google, Canvas, Zoom, Adobe Cloud, Dropbox, Slack, and other systems were functioning and accessible with UoM authentication via off-campus and cellular networks. A University of Michigan spokesperson confirmed to The Register that while the authentication system was restored Monday, allowing students and staff to login to some school resources, network services continue to be impaired – to put it politely. # ⚓ [Repeat] The Record ☛ University_of_Michigan_severs ties_to_[Internet]_after_cyberattack⠀⇛ The university said it will waive late registration or disenrollment fees until the end of the month, which is in a few days. Financial aid funds may be delayed due to the outage but several other campus systems are still operating using off-campus and cellular networks. The school did not respond to requests for comment about whether it was a ransomware attack, but school president Santa J. Ono apologized for the incident on Tuesday. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ University_of_Michigan_severs_ties_to [Internet]_after_cyberattack⠀⇛ The University of Michigan announced that it has severed its ties to the internet and cut off access to some systems after experiencing a cyberattack that began on Sunday. # ⚓ CNN ☛ University_of_Michigan_shuts_down_school’s internet_connections_following_‘significant’ cybersecurity_incident⠀⇛ The cause of the outage was unclear. The university’s statements suggested malicious cyber activity was to blame. A university spokesperson, Kim Broekhuizen, said they did not have additional information to share beyond the public statements made by the university. The incident comes weeks after the White House held a high-profile meeting with K-12 school administrators highlighting the need to protect schools against ransomware and other hacks ahead of the new school year. # ⚓ Click On Detroit ☛ University_of_Michigan_shuts_down_ [Internet]_due_to_security_concern⠀⇛ 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.” # ⚓ Michigan News ☛ Despite_progress,_issues_persist_with University_of_Michigan_internet_outage⠀⇛ University of Michigan students and faculty spoke across social media about the litany of issues related to the ongoing [Internet] outage across all three campuses. While able to use cell phones for some [Internet], many discussed how too many people on their phones is overwhelming the cellular network. Meanwhile, technicians continue to work to fully restore [Internet] across all three campuses. # ⚓ CBS ☛ University_of_Michigan_internet_outage continues;_federal_investigators_involved⠀⇛ The university decided to take the school offline after it said a cybersecurity threat was detected. According to a statement released by the University of Michigan President Santo Ono, the federal government, along with police is investigating the threat. Students are unable to access class schedules or online tools at the start of the new semester. # ⚓ Inside Higer Ed ☛ University_of_Michigan_Halts Internet_During_First_Week_of_Classes⠀⇛ There is no timeline as to when [Internet] access will be fully restored, and it could take several days, U-M spokesman Rick Fitzgerald told Inside Higher Ed. In the meantime, he said, U-M students can also access cloud-based services including Zoom, Canvas and Dropbox through off-campus and cellular networks. # ⚓ Krol Communications Inc ☛ Univ._of_Michigan_Shuts Down_Internet_Due_to_Cyber_Threat⠀⇛ Students and staff at the University of Michigan are without [Internet] after a cyber security threat was detected by the school on Sunday, August 27. # ⚓ Scripps Media Inc ☛ University_of_Michigan_‘working around_the_clock’_to_restore_internet_to_campus community⠀⇛ The team has reportedly been able to restore access to some systems, but they said it might take several days before all the services return to normal. # ⚓ Cleveland ☛ University_of_Michigan_cuts_off_ [Internet]_access_because_of_security_concerns⠀⇛ Students, faculty and staff can access their accounts using off-campus or cellular networks, the school said. Off-campus/ cellular network access has also been restored to cloud-based services like Google products, Canvas, Adobe Creative Suite, Zoom, Wolverine Access, Dropbox, Slack, and Duo. # ⚓ KOMU TV ☛ University_of_Michigan_shuts_down_school’s internet_connections_following_‘significant’ cybersecurity_incident⠀⇛ The University of Michigan internet shutdown Monday affected campus IT systems used for research and fundraising, and could delay financial aid reimbursements. # ⚓ Michigan News ☛ Internet_restored_on_University_of Michigan_campus,_ongoing_issues_still_expected⠀⇛ Internet has been restored on the University of Michigan campus after several days of outages caused by a “significant security concern,” officials said on Wednesday. Internet connectivity was restored as of shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 30, officials said on social media. # ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ University_of_Michigan_restores internet_access,_still_mum_on_security_issue⠀⇛ U-M officials still won’t say when they will release information on the nature of the security concern o § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ # § Openwashing⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ HashiCorp,_Terraform,_and_OpenTF⠀⇛ Over the years, there have been multiple examples of open-source software that, suddenly, was no longer open source; on August 10, some further examples were added to the pile. That happened when HashiCorp announced that it would be switching the license on its products from the Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL) to the Business Source License 1.1 (BSL or BUSL). At least one of the products affected by the change, the Terraform infrastructure-automation tool, has attracted an effort to continue it as an open-source tool in the form of a fork that would be maintained by the nascent OpenTF Foundation. That seems like a sensible reaction to the move, but it also helps serve up yet another reminder that code which is controlled by a single entity is normally always at risk of such adverse changes. As with other companies that have taken this path, HashiCorp has evidently felt an economic pinch that it believes it can solve by forcing “”other vendors who take advantage of pure OSS models, and the community work on OSS projects, for their own commercial goals”” to commercially license its products. But it does so at the risk of alienating (or completely chasing away) the community that has built up around its products. That community provides at least some of the benefit that comes from HashiCorp’s products, of course. HashiCorp is either convinced it can go it alone or believes that the community will simply have little choice but to continue even in the face of the change. The intent of the move, which is further described in a lengthy FAQ, seems relatively benign at some level; it only targets those companies that are “”providing competitive offerings to HashiCorp””. The FAQ goes on to explain that such an offering “”is a product that is sold to third parties, including through paid support arrangements, that significantly overlaps the capabilities of a HashiCorp commercial product””. It is certainly true that there are problems and inequities in sustaining FOSS, but it is not at all clear that running away from FOSS entirely is a viable path to sustainability either. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Ambiq’s_newest_open-source_AI_model helps_IoT_applications_capture_clean_speech [Ed: Openwashing. The dash in "open-source" gives that away, too.]⠀⇛ o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ SANS ☛ Survival_time_for_web_sites,_(Tue,_Aug_29th) [Ed: Microsoft managed to make an operating system that gets hijacked within seconds being connected to Ethernet or Wi- Fi]⠀⇛ Many, many years ago we (SANS Internet Storm Center) published some interesting research about survival time of new machines connected to the Internet. Back then, when Windows XP was the most popular operating system, it was enough to connect your new machine to the Internet and get compromised before you managed to download and install patches. Microsoft changed this with Windows XP SP2, which introduced the host based firewall that was (finally) enabled by default, so a new user had a better chance of surviving the Internet. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Personal,_Health_Information_of_1.2_Million Stolen_in_PurFoods_Ransomware_Attack⠀⇛ PurFoods says the personal and protected health information of over 1.2 million individuals was stolen in a February 2023 ransomware attack. # ⚓ Trail Of Bits ☛ Secure_your_Apollo_GraphQL_server_with Semgrep⠀⇛ By Vasco Franco tl;dr: Our publicly available Semgrep ruleset has nine new rules to detect misconfigurations of versions 3 and 4 of the Apollo GraphQL server. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Mandiant_warns_hackers_are_still_targeting Barracuda_Email_Security_Gateway_devices⠀⇛ Researchers at Google LLC-owned cybersecurity firm Mandiant today warned that alleged Chinese attackers have and are continuing to target a zero- day vulnerability in Barracuda Networks Inc. devices successfully. The vulnerability in Barracuda’s Email Security Gateway, tracked as CVE- 2023-2868, was patched in May. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Chinese_APT_Was_Prepared_for_Remediation Efforts_in_Barracuda_ESG_Zero-Day_Attack⠀⇛ Chinese threat actor exploiting Barracuda ESG appliances deployed persistence mechanisms in preparation for remediation efforts. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ BGP_Flaw_Can_Be_Exploited_for_Prolonged Internet_Outages⠀⇛ A serious flaw affecting several major Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) implementations can be exploited to cause prolonged internet outages, but some vendors are not patching it, a researcher warned on Tuesday. The issue was discovered by Ben Cox, the owner of BGP.Tools, a company that provides monitoring services to help organizations quickly identify and address BGP-related issues. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ VMware_Patches_Major_Security_Flaws_in Network_Monitoring_Product⠀⇛ VWware patches critical flaws that allow hackers to bypass SSH authentication and gain access to the Aria Operations for Networks command line interface. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Rapid7_team_reports_increased_attacks_on_Cisco VPN_appliances⠀⇛ In a_blog_post on Tuesday, Rapid7′s Tyler Starks, Christiaan Beek, Robert Knapp, Zach Dayton and Caitlin Condon wrote that the credential stuffing was observed inn cases where weak or default passwords were used. The brute-force attacks took place on devices where multi-factor authentication was not enforced, either for all users or a select group. The security firm said many incidents to which it had responded had ended up with Windows ransomware being deployed either by Akire or LockBit. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ UN_Warns_Hundreds_of_Thousands_in_Southeast Asia_Roped_Into_Online_Scams⠀⇛ A new report sheds light on cybercrime scams that have become a major issue in Asia, with many workers trapped in virtual slavery. # ⚓ Avoid_The_Hack:_11_Best_Privacy_Friendly_Operating_Systems_ (Desktops)⠀⇛ This post was originally published on 3 NOV 2021; it has since been updated and revised. Just about any closed-source, proprietary operating system – such as Windows or macOS – is likely not going to be beneficial for your privacy. Many closed-source operating systems are not totally transparent in their operation, engage in excessive telemetry, and phone home collected data. These actions tend to undermine user privacy. Generally, the ideal solution to combating the privacy issues faced by Windows and macOS is to make the switch to some type of free and open source Linux distribution. The list of operating systems here are a curated recommendation list. Truthfully, just about any open-source Linux distribution is a better choice from a privacy (and in some cases, security) perspective than using Windows or macOS. # ⚓ Flax_Typhoon_targeting_Taiwan,_Ransomware_Emphasizing Linux-Centric_Payloads [Ed: This is yet another example of Microsoft openly spreading FUD against Linux to distract from Windows TCO in Taiwan]⠀⇛ Flax Typhoon: Microsoft Uncovers Espionage Tactics Targeting Taiwan # ⚓ Kaspersky_launches_specialized_solution_for_Linux-based embedded_devices⠀⇛ This adaptable, multi-layered solution now provides optimized security for embedded Linux-based systems, devices and scenarios, in compliance with the rigorous regulatory standards so often applicable to these systems. The product provides optimum protection for every device it secures – whatever its power level – against the latest cyberthreats directed at today’s Linux systems. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Wednesday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (qpdf, ring, and tryton-server), Fedora (mingw-qt5-qtbase and moby-engine), Red Hat (cups, kernel, kernel-rt, kpatch-patch, librsvg2, and virt:rhel and virt- devel:rhel), and Ubuntu (amd64-microcode, firefox, linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15, linux-gcp, linux- gke, linux-gkeop, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-ibm, linux- kvm, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-nvidia, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.15, linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-gcp, linux- hwe-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-xilinx- zynqmp, linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-6.2, linux- azure, linux-hwe-6.2, linux-ibm, linux-kvm, linux- lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2, linux-raspi, linux-bluefield, linux-ibm, linux-oem-6.1, and openjdk-lts, openjdk-17). # ⚓ The Record ☛ University_of_Michigan_severs_ties_to_internet after_cyberattack⠀⇛ The University of Michigan announced that it has severed its ties to the internet and cut off access to some systems after experiencing a cyberattack that began on Sunday. In a message to the school’s more than 51,000 students on Monday, the school’s chief information officer Ravi Pendse said that the university on Sunday “made the intentional decision to sever our ties to the internet” after “careful evaluation of a significant security concern.” # ⚓ Chambersburg_School_District_Faces_Third_Day_of_Closures Due_to_Ongoing_IT_Issues⠀⇛ Chambersburg Area School District (CASD) will remain closed on Wednesday, August 30th for the third consecutive day, following persistent IT network disruptions that have plagued the district. The ongoing technical issues have resulted in a halt in educational instruction, creating disruptions and challenges for both students and their families. The school district issued an official statement, citing “temporary network disruptions” as the cause for the school closures. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Forever_21_notifies_540,000_of_breach affecting_employees_enrolled_in_firm’s_health_plan⠀⇛ In 2017, fashion retailer Forever 21 experienced a malware attack on its card payment system that compromised customers’ payment cards. The breach was an embarrassment on a number of levels because the attacker had access to their system for about 7 months, and Forever 21 did not seem to have discovered the breach on their own. Fast forward to 2023 and Forever 21 is notifying almost 540,000 current and former employees of a breach earlier this year. According to a template of their notification letter, submitted by their external counsel to the Maine Attorney General’s Office: on March 20, 2023, Forever 21 identified “a cyber incident that impacted a limited number of systems.” A subsequent investigation determined that an unauthorized third party accessed certain Forever 21 systems at various times between January 5, 2023 and March 21, 2023. The notification does not explain how the unauthorized individual managed to gain access. # ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Important_Notification_of_Data_Security Incident⠀⇛ Prime Therapeutics LLC (Prime)/Magellan Rx is committed to member transparency. As part of our commitment, we are sharing a recent security incident that may have affected a subset of its covered Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota members. On July 11, 2023, Prime became aware that an unauthorized actor obtained access to an employee’s mobile email account. That email account contained documents that included members’ personal health information, including name, address, date of birth, member ID number and medication(s). Upon discovery of this incident, Prime immediately conducted a comprehensive investigation of this matter and immediately disabled the compromised credentials. Prime has blacklisted the unauthorized actor’s IP addresses and established monitoring for any future login attempts. Prime has obtained no evidence to indicate that the information involved in this incident was actually accessed or has been misused. # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ On_The_Fediverse,_No_One_Knows_You’re A_Liar⠀⇛ One of the reasons I’m still on the original Mastodon.social instance is that I am vain. I joined shortly after the project was announced and, as a consequence, I have a “joined” date of 2016 and a user ID of under 10,0001. This doesn’t make me an “elder statesman” and is rarely useful beyond bragging rights. If I moved to a different server, my “birthday” would be irrevocably lost 😢 But… what if I moved to a self-hosted Mastodon instance? Why! Then the database would be under my complete control and I could put whatever data I wanted in there. I could even lie about things! # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Cendyne Naga ☛ The_Quantum_Debate_on_Privacy⠀⇛ I attended a debate at Quantum Village. It focused on whether the privacy of individuals will be enhanced or destroyed by quantum technologies. Both sides had no direct substance for or against the argument. The position for increased privacy was ungrounded and dreamlike. The position for diminished privacy focused on how the actors researching quantum technology the most are systemically against privacy. And, by extension, the application of quantum technology would be privacy eroding. 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. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Spying_allegations_spark_calls_on_British government_to_cancel_minister’s_China_trip⠀⇛ The Times newspaper reported this week that a Chinese agent using several aliases including “Robin Zhang” has been offering cash and contracts to British government employees via the professional social media network LinkedIn. # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Identity_Theft_from_1965_Uncovered through_Face_Recognition⠀⇛ Interesting story: Napoleon Gonzalez, of Etna, assumed the identity of his brother in 1965, a quarter century after his sibling’s death as an infant, and used the stolen identity to obtain Social Security benefits under both identities, multiple passports and state identification cards, law enforcement officials said. A new investigation was launched in 2020 after facial identification software indicated Gonzalez’s face was on two state identification cards. The facial recognition technology is used by the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles to ensure no one obtains multiple credentials or credentials under someone else’s name, said Emily Cook, spokesperson for the secretary of state’s office… o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Syria_protests_spurred_by_economic_misery_stir memories_of_2011_uprising⠀⇛ Anti-government protests in southern Syria have stretched into a second week, with demonstrators waving the colorful flag of the minority Druze community, burning banners of President Bashar Assad’s government and at one point raiding several offices of his ruling party. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ US_says_a_smuggler_with_terrorist ties_helped_get_migrants_from_Uzbekistan_into_the_country⠀⇛ The Biden administration says it has detected and stopped a network attempting to smuggle people from Uzbekistan into the United States and says at least one member of the network had links to a foreign terrorist group. A statement from the National Security Council said U.S. officials do not believe the Uzbek nationals who used the smuggling network had any terrorist ties or were planning a terrorist attack. The statement did not specify the foreign terrorist group, but a U.S. official told The Associated Press that it was the Islamic State. The statement said U.S. worked with governments overseas to detain key members of the smuggling network, including the person with the foreign terrorism links. # ⚓ Truthdig ☛ The_Other_9/11:_A_Ghost_Story⠀⇛ While a clear majority of Chileans look upon the Pinochet era as the darkest chapter in their history, a significant minority — as large as 40% — continues to admire Pinochet and believe that he made Chile great again, or at least tried to. This view is often held most ardently by the wealthiest Chileans who benefited the most from the annihilation of leftist parties and organizations, the suppression of unions and widespread privatization. # ⚓ Site36 ☛ Sea_rescue_at_its_limits:_Italy_is_blocking_ships and_wants_rescued_people_to_be_disembarked_in_Tunisia⠀⇛ The sea rescuers are also faced for the first time with the instruction to disembark rescued people in Tunisia. This had first been reported by the organization Sea-Watch, whose “Aurora” was assigned the Sicilian port of Trapani by the sea rescue control center in Rome after a mission this month. However, due to a lack of fuel, the captain decided to head for Lampedusa. In response, the Italian authorities had suggested that the “Aurora” sail to Tunisia instead. “With a severe lack of protection for asylum seekers, Tunisia is currently experiencing a surge of violence against migrant populations, meaning that the country cannot be considered a Place of Safety”, the 56 organizations wrote on the matter. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Italy:_More_Than_100,000_Migrants_in_2023⠀⇛ The forecasts of a significant increase in the arrival of migrants have been fulfilled. At the beginning of August, about 92,000 landings had been reported, and within two weeks the number had already exceeded 100,000, which represents more than 8,000 migrants in 15 to 20 days. At this rate, the 2022 figures for the same period will be exceeded. From the beginning of 2023 to the end of August 101,386 African migrants have arrived, representing a 107 percent increase over the previous year. # ⚓ El País ☛ Russia_earns_less_from_oil_and_spends_more_on war._So_far,_sanctions_are_working_like_a_slow_poison⠀⇛ Yet the patch — an emergency interest rate increase — cannot hide the dilemma at the heart of the Russian economy: how to fund the military while not undermining the national currency and overheating the economy with corrosive and politically embarrassing inflation. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Gabon:_Military_seizes_power_after reelection_of_Ali_Bongo⠀⇛ A group of high-ranking military officers in Gabon appeared on TV on Wednesday to announce the nullification of the country’s recent election results, citing a lack of credibility. Gunfire rang out in the center of the capital, Libreville shortly after the central African country’s election committee declared early Wednesday morning that 64-year-old President Ali Bongo had won the election with 64.27% of the vote. # ⚓ CBC ☛ Military_officers_in_Gabon_say_they’ve_taken_power days_after_presidential_vote⠀⇛ The officers who said they represented the armed forces declared on television that the election results were cancelled, borders were closed and state institutions were dissolved, after a tense vote that was set to extend the Bongo family’s more than half century in power. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ France:_Abaya_ban_triggers_secular_laws debate⠀⇛ France sees itself as a secular country in which church and state are strictly separated. The law enshrining this principle was passed as early as 1905 and originally intended to push back the influence of Catholicism. According to surveys, a majority of French people still regard secularism as a fundamental French value, with only a minority self-identifying as religious. Today, only small minority of people in France subscribe to Islam. It is estimated that only about 8% of the population is Muslim. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ South_Africa_and_Germany_aiming_to_hold_long- delayed_naval_exercise_in_2024⠀⇛ South Africa and Germany will next year hold the eighth iteration of the Good Hope naval exercise, after a six-year hiatus compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Philippines_rejects_new_Chinese_map over_disputed_territories_in_South_China_Sea⠀⇛ Manila joins Malaysia, Indonesia and India in disputing the map that was released on Aug 28. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Vetoes_UN_Resolution_On_Mali_Sanctions⠀⇛ Russia on August 30 vetoed a UN proposal to extend sanctions on military-run Mali, which has become a close partner of Russia’s Wagner mercenaries. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Wagner_Group_tells_fighters_to_seek_other employment_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_spokesman_says_international investigators_cannot_take_part_in_Prigozhin_plane_crash probe_since_foul_play_may_be_involved_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Who_is_to_blame?_And_what’s_to_be_done? Political_scientist_Timothy_Frye_responds_to_Alexey Navalny’s_recent_denunciation_of_Russia’s_pre-Putin, post-Soviet_era_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_Defense_Ministry_keeps_silent_about drone_strike_on_Pskov,_while_claiming_that_UAVs_have been_repelled_across_Central_Russia_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Pluralism_makes_us_stronger⠀⇛ Timothy Snyder makes_an_interesting observation in a post thanking Ukraine last year: Who were these people? Zelens’kyi, who represents a national minority in Ukraine (he’s Jewish), was elected by 73% of the population. This suggests the pluralism that is essential to Ukraine, and to Ukrainian resistance. # ⚓ RFA ☛ US:_North_Korea_in_talks_to_supply_Russia_with weapons⠀⇛ Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un traded “secret” letters, White House says. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ White_House_Says_Putin,_Kim_Jong_Un_Traded Letters_As_Russia_Looks_For_Munitions_From_North Korea⠀⇛ The White House said on August 30 that it has new intelligence which shows Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have swapped letters as Moscow looks to North Korea for munitions for its war in Ukraine. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Kremlin_says_Prigozhin_plane_crash_may_have been_a_“deliberate_atrocity”⠀⇛ The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it’s investigating several possible causes of the plane_crash that killed Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny_Prigozhin, including whether it was a “deliberate atrocity.” # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Living_on_a_War_Planet⠀⇛ A new war, a new alibi. When we think about our latest war – the one that began with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, just six months after our Afghan War ended so catastrophically – there is a hidden benefit. # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Turkish_foreign_minister_in_Moscow for_talks_on_Black_Sea_grain_deal⠀⇛ Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will begin a two-day visit to Moscow starting Thursday with the Black Sea grain deal on top of the agenda, Russia’s foreign ministry announced on Wednesday. Turkey had helped to broker the original deal which had enabled Ukraine to export grain from its Black Sea ports until Russia pulled out in July. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Capture_of_Robotyne_‘opens_the_way’_south towards_Crimea,_says_Ukraine_FM⠀⇛ The capture this week of Robotyne village in the Zaporizhzhia region will enable the Ukrainian offensive to more easily push further south towards Crimea, said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Wednesday. His statement came after two people were killed and two others wounded in a Russian attack on Kyiv. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Reporting_restrictions_and_writing_through tears:_The_‘incredibly_complex’_task_of_reporting_Lucy_Letby trial⠀⇛ Witnesses in the case were unusually given anonymity without reasons of national security or a risk to life. # ⚓ El País ☛ US_declassifies_documents_chronicling_20_years_of conflict_in_Peru⠀⇛ On the occasion of this anniversary, the National Security Archive, a U.S. non-governmental organization that has worked to access confidential U.S. government documents for 38 years, has posted a collection of 22 cables and declassified intelligence reports dating from the days of the internal armed conflict in Peru. They are new pieces that will help put together the puzzle of a story that remains incomplete to this day. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_a_Storied_River,_Fish_Are_Dying_in Droves_as_Climate_Change_Scorches_Canada⠀⇛ A biologist, swimming in a wet suit for miles downriver from where the juvenile fish, or fry, had been found, discovered hundreds more dead inside pools at the bottom of the river. Further downstream, past eerily “barren zones” with no fish at all, he found dozens of dead adults inside larger, deeper pools — foot-long rainbow trout and even bigger brown ones. “It was the first time not just in my career, but the first time in my life, that I had seen anything like that,” said the biologist, Tim Kulchyski, 50, who said he “basically grew up in the river” as a member of Cowichan Tribes, where he now works as a natural resources expert. # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Florida_under_water:_Why_was_Hurricane Idalia_so_destructive?⠀⇛ Category 4 storms forecast 13 to 18 feet of ocean surge. Idalia was a Category 3 storm prior, as well as when it hit land, forecasting 9- to 12-foot surges of water. Yet it had just become Category 1 on Tuesday. Lakshmi said heat drove the hurricane. Idalia grew because of warming conditions in the ocean, in particular a naturally occurring phenomenon called El Niño, which is born from higher water temperatures. Interactions between water and the atmosphere then begin to shift air currents. # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Jakarta_to_spray_water_mist_from_high-rises_as city_chokes_on_air_pollution⠀⇛ The smog is so thick that doctors have urged residents to wear masks and avoid walking outdoors, while the government has repeatedly called for civil servants to work from home to reduce the burden of dirty emissions from motorcycles and cars. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Hurricane_Idalia_chases_Florida residents_from_the_Gulf_Coast_as_forecasters_warn_of_storm surge⠀⇛ Florida residents living in vulnerable coastal areas have been ordered to pack up and leave as Hurricane Idalia gained steam in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and threatened to unleash life- threatening storm surges and rainfall. Idalia strengthened to a Category 2 system on Tuesday afternoon with winds of 100 mph. The hurricane was projected to come ashore early Wednesday as a Category 3 system with sustained winds of up to 120 mph in the lightly populated Big Bend region, where the Florida Panhandle curves into the peninsula. The result could be a big blow to a state still dealing with lingering damage from last year’s Hurricane Ian. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Residents_in_Florida_urged_to_evacuate_as ‘unprecedented’_Hurricane_Idalia_approaches⠀⇛ Florida residents living in vulnerable coastal areas were ordered to pack up and leave Tuesday as Hurricane Idalia gained steam in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and threatened to unleash life- threatening storm surges and rainfall. # ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Idalia_strengthens_over_Gulf_of Mexico_and_is_now_predicted_to_hit_Florida_as_Category_4 hurricane⠀⇛ Florida residents living in vulnerable coastal areas were ordered to pack up and leave Tuesday as Hurricane Idalia gained steam in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and threatened to unleash life- threatening storm surges and rainfall. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ Intel_and_AMD_Power Management_is_a_Stinking_Mess_as_Intel_Makes_Death Rattles.⠀⇛ 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. # ⚓ Truthdig ☛ EU_Fossil_Fuel_Usage_for_Electricity_Falls to_Record_Low⠀⇛ Electricity generated from coal collapsed by 23% and gas fell by 13%, compared with the same period a year earlier. At the same time, solar generation increased by 13% and wind power output by 5%. # ⚓ Axios ☛ SEC_chair_Gary_Gensler’s_court_losses_are piling_up_in_[cryptocurrency]⠀⇛ What we’re watching: Two giant tests loom, the agency’s cases against the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, and its case against the largest exchange focused on the U.S., Coinbase. Both companies have deep pockets and both have evinced a willingness to fight. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ We’re_Taking_a_Break⠀⇛ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Animal_shelters_are_being_overrun_across_U.S. —_reaching_3-year_high⠀⇛ Data: Shelter_Animals_Count; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios Animal shelters are overrun with stray or owner-surrendered pets this year, leading to spiking post-pandemic euthanasia rates across the country. Why it matters:Animal intakes at both public and private shelters across the country are expected to reach a 3-year high this year, and adoptions or returns to owners are not keeping pace, according to the Shelter_Animals_Count_database (SAC). § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_expects_to_raise_€50m_from_banking_windfall_profit_tax this_year⠀⇛ Lithuanian commercial banks and other credit institutions are expected to transfer a total of over 50 million euros this week as the first payment of the so-called temporary solidarity levy, the central bank said on Tuesday. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Campaigner_targets_bank_lending_to_Japan’s_Jera over_fossil_fuel_concerns⠀⇛ Investor activist group Market Forces wants major banks to reconsider providing loans to Japan’s top power producer. * ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Slow_Payments_From_Nevada’s_Homeowner_Assistance_Fund Lead_to_Foreclosure_Notices⠀⇛ When Noelle Geraci lost her job at a private investment firm this year, she did everything she could to protect her most important asset: the house she owns with her mother in a Las Vegas suburb. That same day she started applying for work and signed up for unemployment benefits. Then she called her mortgage company, Flagstar Bank, to see if it would reduce or pause her payments until she found another job. The bank recommended she apply to the Nevada Homeowner Assistance Fund, a pandemic-era program to help the unemployed with their mortgage payments. * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Why_is_Russia_launching_a_digital_ruble?⠀⇛ Russia’s economy is weak, and the West has used that as an opportunity to diminish the Russian war machine through tougher sanctions. But president Vladimir Putin is trying to develop a Hail Mary option, according to analysts Ananya Kumar and Charles Lichfield with the Atlantic Council think tank: a central bank… * ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Bank_of_Finland:_Eurosystem_should_implement_monetary policy_flexibly_in_the_future⠀⇛ Over the past two years, inflation in the euro area has surged significantly, and despite recent deceleration, it continues to remain excessively rapid. Consequently, the European Central Bank (ECB) has notably tightened its monetary policy. The policy rates have been raised by 4.25 percentage points, and the ECB’s key deposit rate for banks stands at 3.75 percent. “The current scale of monetary policy restrains economic growth and hampers inflation. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Does_Not_Want_to_‘Decouple’_From_China,_Raimondo Says⠀⇛ Gina Raimondo, the commerce secretary, emphasized U.S. concerns over harsh treatment of foreign companies and national security issues in a meeting with top officials in Beijing. * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_Words_That_Come_Out_Of_Our_Mouths:_(Still)_Fighting To_Save_the_Soul_of_America⠀⇛ In awful synchronicity, on the day thousands honored 1963′s March on Washington where MLK searingly declared, “Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children,” a Florida gunman killed three black people in what officials demurely called a “racially motivated” shooting. A sheriff was more frank: “He wanted to kill niggers.” Many say the racist violence was long “festering”; given Ron DeSantis’ toxic rhetoric and record – on guns, diversity, black history and rights – the shooter was “answering a call.” * ⚓ EFF ☛ Podcast_Episode_Rerelease:_Securing_the_Vote⠀⇛ U.S. democracy is at an inflection point, and how we administer and verify our elections is more important than ever. From hanging chads to glitchy touchscreens to partisan disinformation, too many Americans worry that their votes won’t count and that election results aren’t trustworthy. It’s crucial that citizens have well-justified confidence in this pillar of our republic. Technology can provide answers – but that doesn’t mean moving elections online. As president and CEO of the nonpartisan nonprofit Verified Voting, Pamela Smith helps lead the national fight to balance ballot accessibility with ballot security by advocating for paper trails, audits, and transparency wherever and however Americans cast votes. * ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Microsoft_ain’t_happy_with_Russia-led_UN_cybercrime treaty⠀⇛ Microsoft’s concerns come as UN delegates meet in New York this week to update the cybercrime treaty, which is supposed to both define online crime and address how member states can work together to address the problem. During a press conference yesterday to announce an international law enforcement operation that took down Qakbot, US Attorney Martin Estrada said cybercrime will cost victims $8 trillion this year alone. But there’s more at play here. The UN proposal has been under debate for over two years. This week’s meetings make the draft’s sixth round of negotiations. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Pope_Says_a_Strong_U.S._Faction_Offers_a_Backward, Narrow_View_of_the_Church⠀⇛ “I would like to remind these people that backwardness is useless,” Francis, 86, told a group of fellow Jesuits early this month in a meeting at World Youth Day celebrations in Lisbon. “Doing this, you lose the true tradition and you turn to ideologies to have support. In other words, ideologies replace faith.” His words became public this week, when a transcript of the conversation was published by the Vatican-vetted Jesuit journal La Civiltà Cattolica. * ⚓ [Repeat] 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’⠀⇛ Back to the newly penned response from the Copyright Office – and specifically associate register of copyrights Suzy Wilson – the text off the bat points to alterations enacted via the Music Modernization Act as the main reason for deciding against initiating the sought study. * § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ o ⚓ Axios ☛ Meta_says_it_has_taken_down_the_“largest”_online influence_network_yet⠀⇛ Meta has taken down what it believes is the biggest online influence operation of all time, the company announced Tuesday. Why it matters:The wide-reaching, pro-Chinese operation targeted social media users in Taiwan, alongside users in a handful of the island’s allies like the U.S., the U.K. and Japan, as anxieties over a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan grow. o ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Scamwatch:_fraudsters_lurking_behind_dodgy_driving licence_posts_on_Facebook⠀⇛ Our expert investigates scam posts in a car sales group o ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Meta:_Pro-Chinese_influence_operation_was_the largest_in_history⠀⇛ Meta researchers said the operation relied on thousands of accounts to spread pro-Chinese messages and attack critics of Beijing. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Meta_Fights_Sprawling_Chinese_‘Spamouflage’ Operation⠀⇛ Meta has purged thousands of Facebook accounts that were part of a widespread online Chinese spam operation trying to covertly boost China and criticize the West. o ⚓ RFA ☛ Facebook_deletes_thousands_of_accounts,_citing_Chinese troll_army_‘covert_operation’⠀⇛ Facebook’s parent company Meta has deleted thousands of accounts with suspected links to the Chinese government, describing them as “the largest known cross-platform covert influence operation in the world.” The Chinese Communist Party had targeted more than 50 apps, including Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, TikTok and Reddit, the company said in an Aug. 29 blog post. o ⚓ India Times ☛ Meta_pins_pro-China_influence_campaign_Spamouflage on_Chinese_law_enforcement⠀⇛ The social media giant removed around 7,700 Facebook accounts and hundreds of other pages, groups and Instagram accounts connected to the so-called “Spamouflage” campaign, elements of which have been active since 2018, it said in a quarterly security report. The “Spamouflage” network has engaged in spurts of activity over the last several years pushing positive narratives about China and negative commentary about the United States, Western foreign policies and critics of the Chinese government. o ⚓ Axios ☛ Meta_takes_down_largest_online_influence_network_in history⠀⇛ Why it matters: The wide-reaching, pro-Chinese operation targeted social media users in Taiwan, alongside users in a handful of the island’s allies like the U.S., the U.K. and Japan, as anxieties over a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan grow. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ Reason ☛ Can_the_State_Regulate_Content_Moderation?⠀⇛ It’s hard to argue that providing a pipe constitutes a speech act. * ⚓ Reason ☛ Google_Isn’t_Intentionally_Biased_Against_Republicans,_Says Court⠀⇛ Plus: The real message behind DeSantis’ abortion anecdote, midwives sue over Alabama regulations, and more… * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Fifth_Circuit_Denies_Immunity_To_Detective_Who_Arrested_A Man_For_A_Satirical_Facebook_Post⠀⇛ Law enforcement officers just don’t seem to have a sense of humor. Sure, they may laugh when they beat, humiliate, or otherwise violates citizens’ rights, but they can’t seem to take a joke when it’s pointed in their direction. * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ If_Your_$108_Million_Defamation_Lawsuit_Basically_Admits_To Everything_People_Are_Horrified_By,_You_Might_Have_Just_Filed_A_SLAPP Suit⠀⇛ We need a federal anti-SLAPP law and strong state anti-SLAPP laws in all 50 states. And we need that as soon as possible. Anti-SLAPP/free speech law may not be as sexy these days as antitrust law, but, well, law shouldn’t be particularly sexy. Or involve much sex at all. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Meta_rejects_recommendation_to_suspend_former Cambodia_PM_from_Facebook⠀⇛ Meta said suspending accounts outside its regular enforcement framework would not be consistent with its policies. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Meta_refuses_to_suspend_Facebook_account_of_former_Cambodia_PM Hun_Sen⠀⇛ Facebook’s parent company Meta has rejected the recommendation of its Oversight Board to suspend the Facebook account of former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen for violating its policy on incitement. The decision stems from a January video in which Sen threatened his political opponents with violence, allegedly in violation of Facebook’s community standards. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Meta_rejects_its_oversight_board’s_advice_to_suspend_Hun_Sen’s Facebook_account⠀⇛ But Meta also said its protocol is not designed for situations where a history of state violence or human rights restrictions have resulted in ongoing restrictions on expressions for an indeterminate period of time. * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Saudi_Man_Receives_Death_Penalty_for_Posts Online,_Latest_Case_in_Wide-Ranging_Crackdown_on_Dissent⠀⇛ The judgement against Mohammed bin Nasser al-Ghamdi, seen Wednesday by The Associated Press, comes against the backdrop of doctoral student Salma al-Shehab and others facing decadeslong prison sentences over their comments online. The sentences appear part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s wider effort to stamp out any defiance in the kingdom as he pursues massive building projects and other diplomatic deals to raise his profile globally. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ A_Pakistani_Human_Rights_Lawyer_Is_in_Jail_for_Giving_a Speech⠀⇛ Two days earlier, Imaan had addressed a rally in Islamabad organized by the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), which advocates for the rights of ethnic Pashtuns, who make up around 20 percent of Pakistan’s population. She openly accused Pakistan’s powerful military establishment of sponsoring terrorism. “The real terrorists are the ones sitting in GHQ,” she told the crowd, referring to the Pakistan Army’s command center in downtown Rawalpindi. “All of these generals and colonels who have betrayed the nation…should be court- martialed.” In her speech, Imaan demanded an end to what she called the “dollar wars,” funded by the United States, imposed on the Pashtun people, as well as the release of all missing persons allegedly abducted by the state. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Anti-War_Activist_Sentenced_To_Six_Years_In_Prison_For Internet_Posts⠀⇛ [...] Smirnova was also banned from administering websites for three years [...] * ⚓ Meduza ☛ St._Petersburg_activist_sentenced_to_six_years_in_prison_for online_posts_about_Russia’s_actions_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ Smirnova pleaded not guilty and her lawyers plan to appeal the sentence. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ India_Has_Killed_Off_the_Remains_of_Kashmir’s_Free_Press⠀⇛ The Kashmir Walla’s decade-long reportage is no longer accessible in India. Since the revocation of Art 370 unilaterally abrogated Kashmir’s semiautonomous status in 2019, almost all reportage critical of the Indian state has disappeared from local news websites. Publications have deleted thousands of articles from their archives. Speaking to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Journalist Aakash Hassan called this disappearance an “erasure of memory.” * ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_experts_condemn_Russia_court’s_dismissal_of_challenges_to censorship_laws⠀⇛ UN experts condemned Monday the Russian Constitutional Court’s decision to dismiss challenges to the constitutionality of recently enacted laws that criminalize any public act seeking to discredit the use of Russian Armed Forces. In the wake of the Russia-Ukraine War, these new laws have been used by Russian authorities to arrest over 20,000 people for speaking out against Russia’s military efforts. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Vietnamese_blogger_remains_detained_after_deadline_for_release passes⠀⇛ Thai, 41, was living in Thailand when he disappeared on April 13 in what many believe was an abduction. Vietnam has neither confirmed nor denied that he was abducted and taken back to Vietnam, but shortly after his disappearance, authorities announced that they had apprehended him for trying to sneak into the country illegally. They did not confirm to his family that he was under arrest on official charges until July, when they sent a letter saying he was being held in a detention center in Hanoi, that he was charged with “anti-state propaganda,” and that the temporary detention would end on Aug. 12. * ⚓ Reason ☛ Denmark_May_Ban_Burning_the_Quran⠀⇛ A plurality of Danes support the bill. After all, why should they risk terrorist attacks and economic sanctions due to the antics of a widely despised extremist whose ideas and actions are off-putting even to secular non-muslims? Many Danes feel there are better and more sophisticated ways to criticize a religion than torching books. But it is precisely the tolerance of the most offensive ideas put forth by the individuals most despised by polite society that is the true measure of the civic commitment to free speech. Once you abandon principle for expediency, it establishes a precedent that incentivizes demands for further concessions. Using violence and diplomatic coercion, religious extremists and the OIC have established that even in liberal democracies, religions and their followers are entitled to special legal protection that trumps individual freedoms. No doubt the Danish prohibition will form the tip of the spear in the OIC’s global campaign to purge “blasphemous” content. * ⚓ Reason ☛ The_Freedom_to_Assign_Controversial_Books⠀⇛ In recent days it has come to the attention of the national media in both the United States and Israel that an assistant professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University is assigning a controversial book to students who will take a seminar at the university in the upcoming fall semester. The book in question is The Right to Maim by Rutgers University professor Jasbir Puar. The book is published by Duke University Press and is billed as an application of “Foucauldian biopolitics” to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ VOA News ☛ Fewer_Journalists_in_China_Is_Bad_News_for_Everyone_Else, Reporters_Say⠀⇛ With visa challenges and security issues forcing more foreign journalists to report from outside China, international audiences are missing out. In recent years, journalists have decamped from cities such as Beijing or Shanghai to Taiwan, South Korea or Singapore. When VOA spoke with five reporters who currently cover China from outside its borders, they said that reporting from afar has made them feel more disconnected from the country. In turn, that risks skewing and stymieing how the international community understands China. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Journalist_Arrested_Again_On_‘Propaganda’_Charges⠀⇛ [...] Marofian was first arrested late last year following the publication of her interview with Amjad Amini, the father of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini whose death in custody in September 2022 sparked widespread protests across the country. [...] § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Hurricane_of_Racism”:_Racial_Terror_in_Jacksonville, from_Recent_Shooting_to_1960_Ax_Handle_Saturday⠀⇛ As the Jacksonville community mourns the loss of three people killed Saturday in a racist shooting, more details are emerging about the white supremacist who went to a Dollar General store looking to target Black people before killing himself. Authorities say he left behind a suicide note and other writings outlining his racist ideology. The 21-year-old gunman had legally bought the two weapons he used in the shooting, including an AR-15-style rifle marked with swastikas. The shooting occurred as thousands gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday to mark the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Activists in Jacksonville had also been preparing commemorations of Ax Handle Saturday, when a white mob led by the Ku Klux Klan violently attacked Black civil rights protesters on August 27, 1960. * ⚓ RFA ☛ INTERVIEW:_‘I_don’t_know_if_it’s_possible_for_me_to_ever_return to_Hong_Kong’⠀⇛ U.S. photographer Matthew Connors is turned away for the second time after documenting the 2019 protests * ⚓ Axios ☛ Report:_Hate_crimes_surged_in_most_big_cities_in_2022⠀⇛ Data: Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism report; Chart: Axios Visuals Most of the nation’s 10 largest cities had significant jumps in hate crimes last year, increases that averaged 22% to a record 1,889 cases, according to a new_report. Why it matters:It was the second straight year of increases in the big cities’ overall average number of hate crimes — typically defined as violence stemming from victims’ race, color, sexuality, religion or national origin. ⚓ Axios ☛ Amazon_and_NYT_flex_muscles_on_remote_work⠀⇛ Companies keep flexing their muscles to get more bodies back into the office, but employees remain as emboldened as ever in pushing back. Driving the news: Two New York Times unions are challenging a policy that proposes monitoring employee badge swipes, Axios’ Sara Fischer reported_exclusively_on_Tuesday. Meanwhile, Amazon is ramping_up pressure on workers to report to the office more frequently. ===================================================================== Why it matters:The status quo of high occupancy offices that existed prior to COVID-19 is unlikely to return anytime soon, if ever. ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Elon_Musk’s_Double_Standard_On_‘Doxxing’:_Says_It’s_Okay_To_Reveal Zuck’s_Address_Because_It’s_Available_Via_Google⠀⇛ What, Elon Musk is a hypocrite? Who knew? ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ Diversity_award_for_U-M_staff_returns;_nominations sought⠀⇛ After a three-year pause, the Distinguished Diversity Leaders Award has returned, with nominations being accepted through Oct. 4 for the 2023 award cycle. ⚓ VOA News ☛ Contrary_to_Claim,_Boarding_Schools_in_Tibet_Aren’t_Protecting_Its Cultural_Heritage⠀⇛ Blinken said the move was in response to China’s coercive policies that seek to “eliminate Tibet’s district linguistic, cultural, and religious traditions among younger generations of Tibetans.” § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Behold_Ongoing_Merger_‘Synergies’:_T-Mobile_Lays_Off_Another 5,000_Employees⠀⇛ Former T-Mobile CEO John Legere repeatedly promised in print that the Sprint merger would result in a massive surge in new jobs. In a rambling missive that took aim at deal critics predicting job losses, the charming, potty-mouthed ex-CEO proclaimed that critics were lying, and that the deal would be “job positive from day one” and every day thereafter. § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Apple_Realizes_It’s_Swimming_Upstream,_Now_Supports California_Right_To_Repair_Bill⠀⇛ Eager to maintain a lucrative repair monopoly over its products, Apple has had a long history of bullying independent repair shops. Apple lobbyists have also falsely claimed that making its products easier and less expensive to repair would result in vast untold consumer privacy and security nightmares, turning states that consider “right to reform” legislation into lawless meccas for hackers. § Monopolies⠀➾ * ⚓ The Register UK ☛ After_injecting_pop-up_ads_for_Bing_into_Windows, Microsoft_now_bends_to_Europe_on_links⠀⇛ This change has been undone for EU residents in the Windows 11 preview release, thanks to EU regulations, specifically the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act (DMA). These rules hold large technology players, like Microsoft, to certain standards of behavior, including limitations on changes that affect user-selected defaults. * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ IFPower_wireless_charging_patent_challenge instituted⠀⇛ On August 23, 2023, less than two months after Unified filed_an_ex_parte_reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding a substantial new question of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S._Patent_7,298,361, owned and asserted by IFPower Co., Ltd. The ’361 patent generally relates to a non-contact inductance circuit for a power source, e.g., for use in wireless charging devices. o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Proposed_USPTO_Rules_and_Legislation_Would Increase_Government_Costs⠀⇛ Recently proposed rulemaking and legislation would increase discretionary denial of institution of inter partes review (IPR) matters based on the criteria set forth in the Apple, Inc. v Fintiv, Inc. (Fintiv) matter and similar provisions. The Fintiv guidelines and related restrictions can make it difficult for claims to be fully considered even in cases where there is a substantial probability of success for the petitioner. o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Taylor_v._Hunton_Andrews_Kurth_LLP:_A Cautionary_Tale_for_Inventors_and_Startups⠀⇛ Background: William Taylor and his business partner developed a software application called SafeCell and assigned the patent rights to their startup company W2W. They hired Hunton AK to handle the patent application process. Hunton filed provisional and non-provisional patent applications on behalf of W2W.  Several years later, after a patent was granted (and their legal bill still unpaid), Taylor and his partner transferred patent rights back to themselves as individuals and terminated W2W. They then formed a new company called WPEM and assigned the patent to WPEM so it could sue another company for infringement. That lawsuit failed with a complete reversal — WPEM was ordered to pay $180,000 in attorneys’ fees to the defendant. o ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Biden_vs._Big_Pharma:_Medicare_to_Begin Negotiations_to_Lower_Price_of_10_Costly_Drugs_&_Insulin⠀⇛ The Biden administration has taken a major step to rein in price gouging for prescription drugs in the United States. Medicare will now be able to negotiate prices on 10 of the most expensive drugs used to treat diabetes, cancer, heart disease and more. That list is set to expand over the years. In what’s seen as a blow to Big Pharma, the White House says the move, a part of the Inflation Reduction Act, will benefit more than 9 million people in the U.S. and lead to $100 billion in savings over the next decade. Pharmaceutical companies have already filed at least eight lawsuits contesting the new rule. “We’re paying far more than the rest of the world, and there’s no rational basis for it,” says Peter Maybarduk of the nonprofit consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen. Maybarduk joins us to discuss how the new negotiation process aims to break up drug monopolies and disband the pharmaceutical industry’s profit incentive. * § Trademarks⠀➾ o ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ “DARK_DECEPTION:_MONSTERS_&_MORTALS”_for_Game Software_Not_Confusable_with_MONSTER_ENERGY,_Says_TTAB⠀⇛ Frequent TTAB litigant Monster Energy was quickly shown the exit in this opposition to registration of DARK DECEPTION: MONSTERS & MORTALS for downloadable game software. Granting applicant’s motion for summary judgment, the Board found that “Applicant’s mark is so dissimilar to Opposer’s pleaded marks that no likelihood of confusion can exist as a matter of law.” Monster Energy_Company_v._Glowstick_Entertainment,_Inc., Opposition No. 91282624 (August 25, 2023) [not precedential]. * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ In_what_could_be_a_landmark_case,_Open_AI_lawyers motion_to_dismiss_authors’_copyright_claims⠀⇛ The comedian and author Sarah Silverman, along with author Christopher Golden and author Richard Kadrey, sued OpenAI and Meta Platforms Inc. in a U.S. District Court in July, claiming generative artificial intelligence chatbots have been trained on their work and so are a derivative of their books and a copyright infringement. The authors Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad have also filed lawsuits claiming the same thing. The authors said that Open AI took advantage of what is known as a “shadow library,” shady areas of the internet where one can download copyrighted works. This case is just one of many in which creators have fought back against the rise of advanced chatbots. In July, as many as 8,500 authors co-signed a letter demanding compensation for their work when it has been used to train the many chatbots we are now seeing. o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ OpenAI_urges_court_to_throw_out_authors’_claims in_AI_copyright_battle⠀⇛ AI and copyright is a contentious legal gray area. Similar lawsuits have been filed by visual artists, who claim companies like Stability AI have trained text-to- image models on their artwork. Although the US Copyright Office has declared that works which are “not the product of human authorship” cannot be protected, officials are unsure about other issues. The office issued a request for public comment [PDF] this week on copyright law and policy issues raised by AI. o ⚓ 404 Media ☛ iFixit_Tears_Down_McDonald’s_McFlurry_Machine, Petitions_Government_for_Right_to_Hack_Them⠀⇛ The petition and teardown video come as a lawsuit between Taylor and a company that made a device that reads and deciphers the machine’s error codes enters its third year and heads toward a jury trial later this fall. Every three years, interested parties have to file requests with the Librarian of Congress that seek “exemptions” to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the overarching federal copyright law. Through a process called Section 1201 rulemaking, repair professionals and consumer rights groups seek permission from the government to break arbitrary software locks and passwords that keep consumers and repair professionals from diagnosing and repairing equipment they own or are authorized by the owner to work on. o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ I_Scream,_You_Scream:_iFixit_Wants_to_Fix_McDonald’s Busted_Ice_Cream_Machines⠀⇛ In a bid to put pressure on McDonald’s and the U.S. government, the website says that they can develop a device like the Kytch that could translate the machine’s error codes into a more readable format. Except that would be illegal, according to iFixit’s right-to-repair expert Elizabeth Chamberlain, who cites the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, which has shafted consumers of faulty tech products like John Deere tractors. Chamberlain announced that they have applied for an exemption to circumvent the DMCA while also asking Congress to amend the law so the company can distribute its tool to the masses. o ⚓ The Nation ☛ A_Book_Is_a_Book_Is_a_Book—Except_When_It’s_an_e- Book⠀⇛ Buying a book should be no different from buying an apple. When you buy an apple, the farmer can’t show up in your kitchen later and decide your time is up, and you’ve got to pay for it again. It’s yours forever—to eat, or paint in a still life, or cut up for a kid’s snack. And thanks to the first sale doctrine of copyright law, codified by Congress in 1909, the books on your shelves are yours forever, too, in exactly the same way your apple is; you’re free to read them (or not), loan them to friends, or sell them to a used bookshop, without restriction. Copyright law balances the public good—our collective right to access information—with the rights it grants to authors and inventors. Publishers can’t demand more money for the paper books you’ve already bought, but the technology for copying and distributing books has evolved a lot since 1909. So four titanic corporate publishers are currently in court, insisting on the effective right to barge in and demand multiple, recurring payments for digital books—like they do for digital movies, music, and software—and they want to exercise that same power over the books in libraries. This threat to the ownership of books is what makes the ongoing publishers’ lawsuit against the Internet Archive politically dangerous, and in an altogether different way from earlier challenges and amendments to copyright law. At a time of increasing book banning and attacks on libraries, public schools, and universities, it is not safe for democracy, or for our cultural posterity, to leave an “on/off” switch for library books in the hands of corporate publishers. o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Google_Removes_‘Pirate’_URLs_from_Users’ Privately_Saved_Links⠀⇛ To date, Google has processed more than seven billion copyright takedown requests for its search engine. The majority of the reported links are purged from Google’s search index, as required by the DMCA. Recently, however, Google appears to gone a step further, using search takedowns to “moderate” users’ privately saved links collections, ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 6353 ➮ Generation completed at 02:56, i.e. 108 seconds to (re)generate ⟲