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Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun Support Coming to OpenRA. More Thoughts on Retro Gaming, Corporate Disruption Tactics. Support for most of the old Westwood Studios games is in OpenRA, a Free and Open Source project to recreate these old video game engines. (If you want the latest version, it’s available_in_AppImage_or_Flatpak.) If you don’t already have the ISO or disc of an original game, the OpenRA program can pull most of the assets (other than music and cutscenes) from previously released freeware versions of the games. Most of what you need can be acquired with a disc of Command & Conquer: The First Decade and one of Dune 2000. Like the others, Tiberian Sun was also released as freeware by EA, which acquired Westwood (unfortunately) and continued the Dune and C&C series (with far less effort). I don’t know whether the freeware version of Tiberian Sun has the cut-scenes or not. They got some bigger name actors, such as James Earl Jones and Michael Biehn, to play various roles. They had a behind-the-scenes with both of them on the set on the original Tiberian Sun game disc, which I got for Christmas one year in the 90s. I got a lot of good stuff for Christmas in the 90s, like Star Trek: Starfleet Command, Fallout, the Westwood Studios series… And the amazing thing about the games was that you have to remember, it was the 90s, computers were slow. Media codecs that could do anything were not abundant. So a lot of these games ended up being good despite the platform limitations, because they would make their own media codecs and ship them on-disk for music and cut-scenes, and they would get around the CPU and memory limitations by using isomorphic game engines because true 3d on a game that size would really limit the number of copies they could sell, and code optimization was absolutely vital or it still wasn’t going to work at all. There were still a lot of real programmers in the 90s that became obsessive about writing good code because the computers back then were unforgiving of bloatware. There simply wasn’t a place to put bad code because it wouldn’t fit. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, a Nintendo 64 port to the PC, was a fairly advanced game for the time. To make the N64 version of it actually work, they even ended up re-writing the sound drivers because the ones that Nintendo shipped in their SDK were taking up too much space and couldn’t handle high quality sound. Then they had other game developers coming to them licensing it, so they had to name it something as a product. “MoSys” It was just a wild time to be a PC or a Nintendo 64 gamer, especially with the more advanced stuff, which ended up needing a 3dfx graphics card, or the Memory Expansion Pak for the N64. When I went back to run Rogue Squadron on my laptop, under Linux, I found that RetroArch could run it, but the N64 core that ran everything else find immediately brought RetroArch to the ground, and I had to bring in a different core and assign it to running Rogue Squadron (and Perfect Dark, Star Wars Episode One: Racer, and Star Wars: Battle for Naboo, I later found.). Why use the N64 version? Well, because the PC version needed Windows and 3dfx. I don’t know how to set up something like this in Wine. The 3dfx cards didn’t use a standard graphics library (so basically Vulkan before it was cool). They saw how bloated OpenGL was and how expensive it would be to do it in hardware, and they also saw how laughable Direct3D was, and decided to make a “GL-like” that simply tossed everything that wasn’t useful for gaming. And you know what? It worked! I think one of the things that made games fun was programmers being limited by the hardware and having to go back to see how they could fit it in anyway. Once you weed out the crap programmers that way, games just have a lot less bugs, don’t they? These newer titles from Bethesda, especially under Microsoft, are just terrible. Because they sprawl and can’t actually be debugged if you want a product out in time. Then the “community” becomes GULAG labor because they see that the game is too broken to actually play, and the “done thing” ends up being to go in, as a player, and become an expert in patching it as far as it will go, then applying “mods” that some other people wrote (without being paid by the company selling the title) that fix ~50,000 other bugs that nobody was going to pay to have resolved before the thing went out. It becomes no fun when you see a game like The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion and you end up spending more time hacking the game than you do playing the game, and their later titles suffer from this even more. Especially after Microsoft bought them, and instead of fixing bugs, they added more in the process of harassing Linux users with Wine or Proton. Thanks to the hard work of people who go back and redo video game engines (or even write new ones), we will always have “something” to do, regardless of how terrible “Microsoft Bethesda”, or “EA Westwood”, or “Microsoft Activision” actually get. I think this whole “post-corporate thing” is what big game companies are afraid of. That people will find out, or even re-discover, that the old stuff is better than the new stuff. So they’re very litigious, right? Companies like Nintendo and Rockstar are very litigious, and Microsoft sabotages too. In the case of Nintendo and Rockstar, they have lawyers sending out DMCA letters to tear emulation projects and fan games apart, and with Microsoft they do nasty things like that Fallout: New Vegas mod where they kept hiring people working on it, then once it started listing, I think they probably had someone to go in and sneak that batch of freaky perverted sex stuff into the game so nobody would dare open it up and touch it again. Nobody will ever prove the pervert was from Microsoft, or paid by them, but hiring people to kill the project wasn’t working because someone would just come along and replace them. This is how communities work. So a rather “fortunate” spider came along. “Total coincidence” I’m sure. 😛 Microsoft disrupts communities. They recently sent a “strike team” full of Internet trolls to try to disrupt Techrights with sockpuppets spewing crap in the IRC channel, and illegal DDoS attacks on the servers. We eventually had to introduce a plug-in for the IRC server to disable access from Tor Exit Nodes to stop the abuse. I’ve never seen Nintendo or Sony due anything this reprehensible, but lawyer attacks using the DMCA are bad enough. Like I said, it’s sabotage. Their new products are so bad (due to the lack of optimization and bug fixing) that they actually devote more time to disrupting the community with lawyers, criminals, and smut. In the particular case of OpenRA, I doubt EA can or would do something like this. The game content is not open source, but they previously released it as redistributable freeware, and the game engines don’t use any EA code. Besides, if they didn’t want it out there, why make it “freeware”? Towing the Windows binaries over into Wine works. What game engine re-creations do offer is the ability to bypass Wine and some crusty old Windows binaries and fix bugs and use modern APIs. Once code is portable and doesn’t float around in a proprietary Windows binary anymore, anyone interested can simply recompile it to work on non-x86 systems, like Linux on ARM, and then you’ll be playing 90s PC games on your Raspberry Pi or something in new engines without digging into whether you can tie in bochs or something to run old x86 binaries for Windows 98. And unlike Microsoft Windows, Linux has a future on ARM because Windows spent decades digging its own grave even deeper with tons of proprietary x86 crap. Nobody who is dead, out-of-business, or no longer interested in proprietary software can fix it. So Windows on ARM has this insurmountable chicken-and-the-egg issue, and Intel has already threatened that it won’t go down quietly. They threatened to sue Microsoft if there’s an x86 translator that has anything patented in it. Going forward, more games that are just Free and Open Source Software to begin with is one solution. The corporate types can only send lawyers out to attack people if it was “theirs” to begin with. I’ll be keeping an eye out for Tiberian Sun though. That was definitely the most ambitious title before the Westwood buyout. These corporate mergers of smaller game studios has never added anything of value for video game players. It’s only led to stagnation. Now Microsoft, which has made a series of disastrous and fruitless expensive mergers (like Nokia and Skype) and has laid off tens of thousands of people, brings you “Microsoft Activision” (and more layoffs). You can’t rely on these companies for anything. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 313 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/09/01/debian-12-kde/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/09/01/debian-12-kde/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 09.01.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Debian_12_KDE_Deployment:_A_Better_Experience_on_My_Laptops⠀✐ Posted in Debian, Free/Libre_Software, GNU/Linux, Review at 8:22 am by Guest Editorial Team Reprinted with permission from Ryan_Farmer. I decided to deploy Debian 12 KDE on my old Yoga 900 ISK2 and ended up deploying it to the ThinkBook 15 ITL Gen2 later. The Yoga is a battlewagon. What can I say? I’ve had this thing since I filed an antitrust complaint against Lenovo and got the settlement to make them knock it off with the Linux lockout in 2016 and it’s been going ever since then. Since it’s a backup system, I can use it to explore other Linux distributions that I want to know more about. The ThinkBook 15 ITL Gen2 is about 4 years newer and a lot faster. For most of the things I do with my computers, Debian 12 is very fast and responsive on both systems. I got Debian 11 installed on this ThinkBook in 2020 and it worked pretty well, except I ended up backporting too many things to get Fallout 4 and some other games running well. In the end I gave up on it because I was running a “FrankenDebian” with backported kernel, custom Mesa, a custom Wine build I threw just Fallout 4 into, and even ended up having to cherry pick new firmware for my WiFi to get it to stop crashing. I ended up sticking Fedora on it. Not because I wanted to but because it always has newer components. Well, that didn’t work out so well, leading to a whole series of posts on everything wrong with Fedora and IBM. Then I went to openSUSE Leap 15.5, that lasted a couple weeks. I think it’s a good distribution, but then I started reading more about SUSE ALP, which is some sort of “container-focused” SELinux-toting thing that is apparently going to take a wrecking ball to Leap in another year or two, and it just sounded to me like either vaporware or Fedora “Silverblue” with extra steps. (Read-only file systems and OS images. Yuck!) The whole idea of making the / read-only and deploying containers, all-or- nothing OS images, and snapshots, and basically forcing the user to deploy Flatpaks is something I want no part of. Had I read about ALP some more I might have never installed openSUSE to begin with. Not helping their case was some chatter on Reddit from the lead developer who can’t even find anyone who wants to volunteer for this, so the only thing they may end up getting from SUSE is the base system ALP that you don’t even get much software for. And nobody will detail how you’re supposed to run this thing as a desktop user. At least YaST is a known factor. This morning I got bored and rolled out Debian 12 KDE on it from the Live USB stick I made using Balena_Etcher, which is a disk imaging tool available in an AppImage (download and double-click) or native RPM and DEB packages. AppImages are self-contained and you just shut it off after you make an image. So if you’re going to be dragging this thing around and want to use the same binary, the AppImage is the way to do it. Frankly, I don’t know and I don’t care about other methods of making a disk image with a graphical program, because Etcher has always worked and you double-click on a thing and press a few buttons and it doesn’t do anything truly stupid with your disk image. Starting the Debian 12 KDE Live Image. I was somewhat perplexed to see that the Live environment for the KDE version did not appear to have a graphical setup tool, so I had to turn the computer off and back on again with the “Novo” button (I’ll explain this more later.), and select Start Installer, or something to that effect. A dedicated installation program walked me through the steps. First off, let it never be said that Linux has a file system shortage. There were numerous options. Debian 12 even still supports IBM’s old JFS file system, should you want to use it for whatever reason. I don’t really get into odd file systems because you never know what they’ll do with them later when the kernel.org maintainers don’t feel like handling it anymore and the maintainer disappears. (In the case of ReiserFS, it will be removed soon. IBM JFS has been in mothball mode with one guy patching it now and then, for years. No plans that I know of to get rid of it yet.) If you want to use Guided Partitioning and take over the entire disk, and put everything under / (which is the most sensible option for a desktop user that doesn’t want to be burdened by advanced file system management later), Debian will deploy the system to the Ext4 file system and it will create a small SWAP partition. Since I don’t want SWAP, I was going to have to back up and do manual partitioning anyway. So I went back and selected Manual partitioning, and told it to wipe the data out of the vfat “ESP” (EFI System Partitions use Microsoft FAT32…..meth is a terrible drug). From there, I told it to reformat the BtrFS partition that openSUSE had made anyway, and mount it on /. Much to my surprise, instead of asking me about subvoluming, the installer proceeded to copy files over and then prompt me to reboot. It turns out that Debian actually has a bug on the installer about not offering to create BtrFS subvolumes. You can take a step back and open a console if you want to hack your way into creating some and then the installer will deploy the OS using the subvolumes, but that’s more work than I was willing to go into for subvolumes. Laptop users really have little use for BtrFS subvolumes anyway, which are essentially logical partitions, which make it easier to snapshot certain parts of the system. For desktop users with an 8 TB hard disk, file system snapshots might be prudent, especially if you use some crackpot distribution like Fedora that’s constantly bringing in barely-tested new packages that could bring in all sorts of horrible surprises, but if you’re using a long term stable distribution that has a solid reputation for not shoving out broken packages on top of you and having the distribution upgrades fail between versions, snapshots are probably going to be a bizarre and unnecessary thing on a laptop. Laptops have small SSDs these days. Generally 256-512 GB, maybe 1 TB if you’re really lucky, and the mounting space snapshotting requires and the fact that I’ve never used them in the past and have never needed them since 1998 makes me not really want to go back and set up subvoluming anyway if it’s going to be any extra work. The short version is: Unless you care about snapshots, this is more of a quirk of Debian at the moment than something that actually matters to you. The feature of BtrFS that’s actually interesting to me is file system compression. Ext4 is a fine and reliable file system, and if you have plenty of space you can just roll it out and never think of it again, but uncompressed programs start taking their toll on SSD storage quickly, as do all of the extra writes. While the problem isn’t as severe as it is on Windows, which is huge and comes with with Microsoft’s 1993 file system whose disk tools frequently corrupt it more by trying to fix it, and whose file system compression is inefficient and stupid, once you start throwing Flatpaks (a “universal”, if somewhat bloated Linux application system) into the mix, and/or have several Web browsers, you’ll definitely want compression. Thanks to BtrFS’s driver being smart enough to not stand there trying to stupidly compress files that are already compressed, like Microsoft NTFS does, you can opportunistically compress files without incurring a steep performance drag if the file is not going to shrink much. Like compressed music, JPEGs, or video game assets. So if you never touch snapshots or are willing to take the long way around to get subvolumes, you probably want BtrFS for its compression feature. I ended up setting things up when I got logged into KDE later and brought up a console. Debian has btrfs-compsize to make sure the compression has been applied and then I use btrfs filesystem defragment -r -v -czstd / to compress everything else after I modify /etc/fstab to add compress=zstd:1 to the mount options for the BtrFS partition. Other than the one giant BtrFS volume that I later set up compression on, I just made the EFI System Partition of the recommended size. Again, FAT32. Yuck. I chose not to use a SWAP partition because I planned to set up ZRam swap later on. Debian’s installer prompted me with a “Are you really sure you want no SWAP?” style message….LOL Logging in and using the system. Setting up Wine for Windows programs. Under KDE in Debian 12, Wayland is the default display system for KWin. I’m still not a huge fan of it, but trying out Fallout 4 under Wine on KWin/ Wayland in Debian 12 on my newer laptop shows that performance seems to be a lot better than openSUSE 15.5 Leap, and Debian 12 appears to actually come with functional media codecs from the Live image now, as all my media files play for the first time on Debian without having to install an unofficial software repository. So the sound in Fallout 4 was working in Wine (8.0 Stable) without having to stop and figure things out. Which was refreshing. The game also wasn’t crashing under Wayland during my 20 minutes or so, so far, of messing around, although at this point I know what graphics options make it terribly unstable. You can get away with high quality graphics settings, except for things like “God Rays” which it always seems to want to turn back on, rain occlusion, and a few other things. It’s possible that Wayland and KWin are not getting along well at all on openSUSE Leap for some other reason, although I plan to return to X11 simply because it is still smoother and allows me to run the game at my native screen resolution. Installing just the “wine” package only seems to bring in wine64. It’s likely I did not notice this with Fallout 4 because it’s an x86-64 program anyway. (This would have left me in a bizarre situation where foobar2000 2.0 “x64” would have worked, but nothing in the Free Encoders Pack would have, because they’re all 32-bit binaries. Except you could just put 64-bit Windows binaries in there for encoders and it would totally work.) When I ran winecfg, it printed to the terminal that wine32 is missing and I should install it. Likely, Fallout 4 worked because it’s x86-64. It’s odd that Debian splits Wine up this way when most distributions assume you’ll want 32- bit Windows programs working too. When I typed the entire command it gave me to enable multiarch to get wine32, I got an error that something was holding the lock on Apt, but splitting it to a three part sudo dpkg –add-architecture i386 then sudo apt update then sudo apt install wine32 worked. Debian is a pure x86-64 OS and unless you start installing 32-bit x86 crap (mostly Windows software), it’ll stay that way. Unfortunately, wine32 brought in over 1.1 GB of installed files. However, BtrFS was able to compress them back down to a few hundred MB. The x86-64 CPUs can all run 32-bit x86 software, but late in the cycle of the x86 Macs, Apple took the compatibility libraries away and ruined a bunch of software. 🙂 This is a variation on that, except that Debian, like most Linux distributions, lets you put them back and keep using the older software. One more small issue with wine in Debian is that it does not install wine- binfmt, which you will need to install with Apt to register as a handler of Windows programs as a “foreign binary type”. The package description says Debian avoids depending on this because of security concerns with potentially running Windows malware by mistake. It’s very important that if you run Windows programs, to be sure of what they are, and to scan them for malware with something like the VirusTotal Web site or ClamAV, a Free and Open Source anti- (Windows) virus program for *nix systems. Here’s_a_tutorial. (Worth noting that clamscan doesn’t need root permission if all you want to do with it is scan and remove potential Windows viruses you’ve flung into your / home directory.) It’s worth pointing out that Windows viruses typically expect to find themselves running on Windows. However, it is theoretically possible they could be ransomware and actually manage to encrypt your documents or something, or be aware of Wine users. So the decision by Debian has some security merit, for sure. Be very careful with Windows software because a significant portion of it does something malicious. Setting up power management. These laptops almost_never_have_good_power_management_out_of_the_box. Fortunately, you can fix a lot of this by enabling powertop as a system service. sudo systemctl enable powertop.service && sudo systemctl start powertop.service No need to reboot. It should come on automatically every time you boot the computer and tune your laptop for ideal power management. Setting up ZRam swap. This one was pretty easy. Have apt install systemd-zram-generator and then using sudo, open nano /etc/systemd/zram-generator.conf and find “[zram0]“. Underneath that add the line add zram-fraction = 1.00 and exit and save, and reboot. cat /proc/swaps should show you a /dev/zram0 with a size of your entire RAM, and how much is in use. There’s debate on what the fraction should be. However, Fedora defaulted to all of RAM and I never had a problem related to this. The overhead is very small. 1 MB of RAM used per GB unless and until something gets paged out, so you’d be saving MB of RAM at best by setting it lower, but with ZStandard compression, I’ve observed that the stuff that ends up in the compressed swap device shrinks by 60-70% sometimes. So it saves more than it costs. Software selection under Debian 12. In KDE, the Plasma Discover actually has AppStream Data and can offer the user 2,006 programs, which is the most effort I’ve seen by a distribution to actually make Plasma Discover (and presumably GNOME Software) be a viable package installer. Debian also has no support for Flatpaks out of the box, and seems to have a lot of the software I want in its own native package format. Fewer Linux distributions are committing to support their own native packages so it’s good that Flatpak is optional and the user is not heavily pressured to use it. Later on, I suspect Backports of newer software will be available, but as of this writing, there doesn’t seem to be a Bullseye Backports repository for Apt. What’s an operating system without games? Debian 12 appears to have games. A lot of Free and Open Source ones and even Retroarch is here. Not even terribly far behind the latest available version as I write this. Plasma Discover tells me there’s 427 programs in this category as Debian packages (and possibly more that are not listed in Discover because they don’t have AppStream Data). All of the usual Free and Open Source games are here, including (obviously) many Doom engines. Except….not the GZDoom one I always use. So, we will be installing Flatpak for a few things after all. I’m certainly glad though, again, that unlike Fedora, Debian is far from abandoning their native packaging format. I installed synaptic (to get Synaptic Package Manager). It looks a bit….odd, in KDE, but it will show you what packages are available in Apt but don’t have AppStream Data for Plasma Discover/GNOME Software. As expected, there are a lot more packages listed here. It’s a shame that they didn’t install it in the KDE desktop version of Debian since I doubt there will ever be all packages listed, for any distribution, in Appstream Data format. I was skeptical about “Appstream Data” from the start because it’s been many years now and you still need an actual package manager to tell you what’s available aside from some rather superficial sampling of really popular software that someone has displayed in some dumb “store”-like program. Discussions about earlier Debian releases suggested that Synaptic wouldn’t install anything due to limitations imposed by Wayland on graphical applications and root access. However, it worked for me to install Extreme Tux Racer, so they must have found a way around this problem. Setting up Flatpak with Flathub in Debian KDE. Flatpaks are “universal” Linux programs. They can be very large since they have to depend on other flatpaks for “platform libraries”, which is why you may not want to use them sparingly, if at all. Unlike some other distributions, Debian only comes set up to use the Apt package manager and Debian packages, the native format, so you would need to add support for Flatpak yourself. It’s not difficult. It’s also possible to list and remove all flatpaks later and then run flatpak remove –unused, remove the Flatpak Debian packages and their dependencies with Apt, and then clean up any remaining Flatpak mess on your system (such as the hidden .var directory in your home directory). That would get you back to a “clean” Apt-only system pretty fast. The Flathub instructions seem to only acknowledge GNOME users, of course. 😛 If you want Flatpak support in KDE, the relevant packages to install with Apt are: flatpak kde-config-flatpak plasma-discover-backend-flatpak Then once you have them, you command flatpak to fetch the Flathub repo: flatpak remote-add –if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/ flathub.flatpakrepo (You may be prompted to enter your administrative password to add the Flathub repository.) Restart your KDE session if you don’t see Flatpaks in Plasma Discover or installed Flatpaks don’t appear in your Applications Menu. I had trouble getting Discover to see any Flatpaks until I installed one using flatpak install lagrange (the Gemini/Gopher browser) in konsole. The kde-config-flatpak package adds a Flatpak permissions page to “Applications” in the System Settings program in KDE, so you don’t actually need Flatseal to manage Flatpak application permissions. After setting up Flatpak, Plasma Discover now lists 3,699 graphical applications and 831 of those are games. So we’ve essentially doubled the available software packages. I admit I have not looked over them all. Many seem to be emulators for other computers and retro consoles, which interests me. I also noticed that someone had cloned Space Cadet Pinball, which used to be included with Windows but was dropped when Microsoft looked through the source code provided by the vendor and couldn’t figure out how to get the ball to stop falling out of the pinball machine when they recompiled it for x86-64, so they gave up and deleted it, according to Raymond Chen. The clone seems to be a fairly accurate remake. (Running the old 32-bit Pinball binary on 64-bit Windows worked, so they could have just thrown that in. Raymond Chen didn’t touch on why they didn’t.) Plasma Discover offers Snaps. Snaps are a competing software packaging format to Flatpak. I recommend not using this at all. The gist of it is. There’s only one source of applications. Canonical, the company that makes Ubuntu (out of Debian) runs the server and won’t tell anyone else how to make a package repository. They claim it’s universal, but it’s not. I’ve had problems getting Snaps to run just because I was on Kubuntu, which is Ubuntu with KDE instead of GNOME. GZDoom in Snap on Kubuntu complained that I was not using GNOME. Since they don’t work right on other destop environments on Ubuntu, they expect me to believe they will work right on other distributions with non-GNOME desktop environments? Also, there are multiple confirmed cases where Canonical allowed malware (cryptocurrency miners) into the Snap Store. When I had a Reddit account and Alan Pope worked at Canonical, I had previously argued with him that their policies invited malware. He played it off. When it happened, he played it off some more and even argued that they shouldn’t be responsible for removing the applications from affected systems! He told me they had no mechanism for that. I asked what about pushing out an empty Snap that claimed to be an update and wiped the malware that way. He disappeared. Later they promoted malware, including a lot of proprietary Microsoft programs that pretty much violate your privacy every way imaginable and bundle adware, such as Microsoft Edge. The Windows browser so bad they have to resort to harassment to get people to give up and use it. See: [1] [2] [3] Microsoft also ported their usual, awful,_security_standards_to_Linux. Unfortunately, a lot of this proprietary junk ended up in Flatpak too. That does mean that either one you add to Debian, there will be a listing for “Microsoft Edge” in your Plasma Discover/GNOME Software. While GNOME Software is overall so much more terrible than Plasma Discover, it does have one setting that I could not find anywhere in Plasma Discover. “Hide Proprietary Software.” So if you add Flatpaks or Snaps (eww) look at the “License” before you install it. It may not be Free Software. Microsoft isn’t even the one packaging Edge, just like Vivaldi, Chrome, Brave, and Opera aren’t official either. They’re some sort of “We dumped the binaries out and put them in a Flatpak.” thing, which means someone is doing free work for Microsoft to advertise Edge and trick users into thinking they found a Web browser, not a giant piece of malware. It’s really sad that large companies have unpaid moles doing grunt work to get them more users to exploit. I could see putting Brave in there since that’s at least under an open source license, but Edge? LOL Come on! Flathub claims that Microsoft Edge was downloaded a million times. I don’t buy it. I think most Windows users would delete it if they could. The only browsers which do have an official Flatpak are Firefox and its cleaned up (of_Mozilla’s_Firefox_junk) fork, LibreWolf, which I install. Setting up KDE: All the usual little things. I had to set it to never suspend the session when plugged-in, tap to click for the touchpad, clicking on files and icons selects them (never did like single-click), messing around with the themes, and if you are planning to use KWin on Wayland, setting X11 applications to be scaled by the system instead of themselves is better, although they may look slightly fuzzy they’ll at least be the right size. Also, I like to set KDE to start with an empty session instead of opening the programs I had running. Other oddities of note. Debian isn’t like other distributions which do not want you poking around in the root account, so if you make a password for root during install, the user account you make for yourself won’t have sudo (administrative user) access. To fix this, you can log in as root and adduser sudo and restart the computer. However, if you leave the root password blank, you’ll be in the sudoers file. Also, Debian on my newer system, the ThinkBook 15 ITL Gen2, alarmed me by saying it was missing a firmware file for my computer. I was able to figure out it was talking about the sound firmware and that it would be available by installing a package later. However, when I rebooted and logged into KDE, the sound worked. This might have been pulled in when I configured Apt during setup. It’s a good idea to use the “deb.debian.org” instead of a mirror, because this will redirect you to a working mirror instead of placing a specific mirror in your /etc/apt/ sources.list and possibly leaving you without a software source sometime in the future. Even though sound worked, it was too quiet out of my laptop’s speaker until I clicked on the volume applet in the system tray and selected “Raise Maximum Volume”. At 150% it’s loud enough. GNOME had this problem on Fedora. When I went to check my “Time/Date” settings, the option to have the system automatically set the clock was grayed out. I looked up the resolution and apparently Debian does not install systemd- timesyncd by default. Telling apt to install systemd-timesyncd and closing and re-opening the “Time/ Date” settings checked the box and it appears to be working. Firefox ESR (perhaps other browsers based on it) uses xwayland under Wayland and then gets scaled strangely. To fix it, create the file .bash_profile in your home folder (nano ~/.bash_profile) and add the line export MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 and hit ctrl+x and hit y to save. Log out and back in and this will force Firefox to use Wayland. (No harm if you switch to X11 sometimes because once it fails to use Wayland, it will use X11.) Overall impression. Debian 12 continues to be easier to install and use than previous versions. Although I feel that some of these “rough edges” could be, and should be, sanded down, at least I figured out how to fix everything I ran into quickly enough. Although Debian has a reputation for stability, it does not have the same “hand holding” and “very refined setup” that some other distributions do. If all you want to do is whack your way through default setup options and have an ideal desktop, well, I’m sorry to say you’ll be disappointed, but if you know kind of what you’re doing, it will get you close enough to figure it the rest of the way out at least. In some ways, setting up and administering a Debian system is quite easy as they don’t inflict all of their own bureaucratic decisions on top of you. I can set up my system and never use a “security module” like SELinux, which Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux have. Why do I want that? SELinux is NSA-written (which a recent patch to Linux removed all references to), but that aside it’s just so terrible to write policies for that even if you sort of know what you’re doing, you’ll get things wrong. Fedora is bumping the selinux-policy package all the time and it’s usually because they find that something isn’t working right so they throw another policy package at you and try again. The millionth time is the charm, you know. 20 years ago, SELinux was so horrible that most users turned it off, and Red Hat “solved the problem” by not even attempting to “secure” most of the system with it, because it meant watching your entire machine get killed by “security policies”. If you want to set up SELinux, good for you. When it breaks, good for you. I don’t want it! I spent a lot of years on Fedora having to shut this particular pile of crap up over everything, including running Wine programs. Early on, when it was unbearable, I just unlabeled the file system to turn off SELinux. Note: I saw some scroll by saying there was no policy for Tomoyo loaded. I might play around with that. I’d rather have a Linux Security Module from a Japanese phone company than the US NSA, which backdoors everything to help it make people all over the world vulnerable to being spied on by the United States government. If you want to use an “immutable file system”, good for you. Tell me how fun bringing in thousands of packages in a “OS update image” where one or two of them always misbehave somehow (Fedora) works out. I like installing software that doesn’t _require_ Flatpak or else makes me use some weird RPM overlay followed by a reboot. Debian adds more software in its own packaging all the time. IBM tossed out LibreOffice, which one-person distributions have. And there are “Expert installs.” of Debian that have a concept of “Minimal system”, and other distributions are losing this and turning into something more like Windows where they have no idea what components even depend on what other components. I would say there’s more right with Debian than there is wrong with it. Conceptually. I can also see how approaching it could be daunting for users who are not computer experts. My first run-in with Debian was in the late 90s as a teenager and I got a vendor CD that was so broken you couldn’t install a working system if you wanted to. It’s why I chose Mandrake_Linux as my first daily driver. Why can I move between distributions easily? Well, part of that is the SSD, isn’t it? It forces me to put space hogs (Pigs in SPAAAAAACE!) on my backup drive anyway, so there’s really not a lot to do except merge all files to be backed up onto the HDD since most of the files are already going there to begin with, and then move everything over to the new operating system. The only thing that really bothers me is that I have to keep a fine-tipped mechanical pencil around for this because Lenovo made the Novo button (which you have to use on Lenovo laptops in order to get to the boot options to bring up the installer stick) really really incredibly tiny, to the point it’s almost impossible to find anything in the house small enough to press it with. It’s almost like they don’t want you to kill Windows. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1095 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/09/01/desktop-operating-system-market-share-in-indonesia/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/09/01/desktop-operating-system-market-share-in-indonesia/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 09.01.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Big_Gains_This_Past_Summer_for_GNU/Linux_in_Indonesia⠀✐ Posted in Asia, GNU/Linux at 12:32 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz More than doubled in half a year? 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G“oogle Shows Why it Has Too Much Power Over the Web By Dropping JPEG-XL Support.” More Firefox Musings Google continues to show why_it_has_too_much_power_over_the_Web. The JPEG image format is very old. It dates back to 1992. The reason people are still using it is almost entirely due to software patent messes on newer formats. Every time someone wants to do better, a “patent pool” forms to sue people in the ground if they actually use it, and support withers. While I understand that Microsoft now has a patent that could describe something JPEG-XL does, and that is alarming, Google itself appears to have prior art. I don’t use anything newer than 1992 JPEG myself because you can never be sure how it will be handled client-side if you try something else. Other Free Software formats tend to produce larger files. Apple, for its part, says it will implement JPEG-XL anyway in the iPhones. We’ll see what Google does if people start posting them to the Web anyway. Potentially, caching servers could otherwise use them but only if you’re using a Safari user agent. We’ve seen this before with JPEG2000. There are too many image formats out there that are not clearly different enough from each other. I even have some WebP photos because it’s all I could get a Web server to give me. Now Google is walking away from that, and I’ll undoubtedly have some “AV1F”s at some point too. One of the problems with all these “even better than JPEG” formats is the patents, but another is the support, like when you try to send off to Walmart’s photo lab for prints. My spouse’s damned iPhone shoots to HEIF files, which are cumbersome to store in an authentic JPEG standard to send to be developed. Quite often there is even additional file data which is parsed out, making the thing look a bit worse than if he had a device, like Android, which shoots to JPEG to begin with. I’m getting real sick of all these damn Google image formats. I was really hoping JPEG-XL would come about and be the de-facto standard for the next 30 years or so. But it looks like we’re in for an endless bout of Google codecs that last 3- 5 years before they’re onto something else. They never stop and support what they do. At the first chance they get, they will ditch it and run. Google sucks. They (and Apple) are causing the very proliferation of pointlessly different formats they accuse JPEG-XL of. Google is making new formats almost faster than rabbits can reproduce. Frequently, and without much thought. The only advantage Firefox-type browsers (Gecko) have left, now that they carry almost no clout with Web developers, due to the spyware and much inferior Google Chrome and Edge, is that Mozilla hasn’t managed to shoot themselves in the foot for the last time by neutering the WebExtensions the way Chrome does, which is about to get even worse with ManifestV3. Google only considers Google. To Hell with everyone else. Chrome’s extensions support was designed to be as good as it had to be to kill Firefox, and now that that’s done, they spring the trap and neuter privacy and ad-blocking extensions. Essentially the only reason left to run a Gecko browser is this, but Firefox has so much built-in spyware and adware, I’ve moved everything to LibreWolf to stop the insanity. There’s so much garbage in Firefox (and most browsers) now that it almost defies documenting how to set it up, and even if you do, they’ll just change the GUI again, so it’s almost pointless. At least with the fork, the LibreWolf developers can stay current with all the garbage that Mitchell Baker adds to Mozilla Firefox to pad her paychecks while the company dies and fires people who were doing useful work. Unfortunately, Mozilla’s other damage to the Web, being a flunky of Google’s decisions (like the JPEG-XL one) are harder to fix with a fork few people use. Pale Moon added JPEG-XL, which is odd. 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at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/09/01/linux-foundation-perception-management/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 09.01.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Linux_Foundation®_(and_Linux.com)_as_Perception_Management⠀✐ Posted in Site_News at 8:53 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz The reality: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇women-linux-com⦈_ Linux.com’s front page right now: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇men-speakers⦈_ Summary: It would be commendable if someone managed to get more women involved in STEM (no sarcasm here); maybe the Linux_Foundation thinks it has a solution to this ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢶⣮⠚⠀⠀⠀⢠⣤⣤⠀⣀⢡⣤⣤⡀⠐⠀⠐⠂⠠⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠀⠂⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠋⠉⠸⠿⠿⠙⣿⣷⣷⣦⣄⣤⣤⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀ ⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠐⠒⠒⠃⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠒⠒⠒⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠓⠒⠒⠂⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠓⠒⠒⠐⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠓⠂⠚⠓⠒⠒⠀⠂ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 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http://techrights.org/2023/09/01/microsoft-shaping-perceptions-through-osi/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/09/01/microsoft-shaping-perceptions-through-osi/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 09.01.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Another_Microsoft-Controlled_‘Global_Conversation’_About_“Open_Source_AI”, Courtesy_of_the_Openwashing_Initiative,_OSI⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Free/Libre_Software, GPL, Microsoft, OSI at 10:48 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz A day ago: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Microsoft_shaping_perceptions_through_OSI⦈_ Whose agenda? Who’s there? 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇OSI_+_Microsoft⦈_ Who’s paying? 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Microsoft_propaganda_at_OSI⦈_ Summary: The liars and shills working_on_behalf_of_Microsoft, salaried_by Microsoft_through_the_OSI, carry on controlling perceptions about “AI” while Microsoft uses it as a cover for mass plagiarism. Today’s OSI totally lacks credibility and its Board is infiltrated by a Microsoft employee [1, 2] who is a close friend of Matthew_J_Garrett. It takes bribes from Microsoft to lobby for Microsoft, helping Microsoft against class_action_lawsuits_for_GPL violations, i.e. the very opposite of the OSI’s mission. Mary Hardy (CELA) from Microsoft is in there, as usual. Their latest_“debate” — like previous ones — is manned by Microsoft and sponsored by Microsoft. ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⢟⣽⣿⣿⣿⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡏⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⢛⣻⢟⢛⢿⣻⣿⡻⣛⣿⢿⢻⣿⢻⣿⣿⢿⡻⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢻⣿⢿⣻⣿⣿⣿⡿⣻⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢯⣻⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣷⡻⣿⣻⣗⣿⢟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡇⣿⢾⣿⣽⢹⣹⣽⢹⣽⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣿⣟⣿⢻⢸⣽⢽⢹⢸⣿⢽⣝⣿⢻⢹⣽⡽⣿⢻⣽⢹⣏⣿⢽⢹⢹⣿⣯⡯⡏⣿⣿⡿⡏⡇⣿⢛⣽⢻⢹⢿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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It is specially designed to store copies of data in multiple locations to deliver speedy access. It’s a distributed SQL database built on the transactional and key-value store. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_install_and_use_WebStorm_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ The prowess of WebStorm as an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is hard to contest. Especially for web developers, it offers a bouquet of features, from intelligent coding assistance to seamless version control integration. If you’re an Ubuntu user, integrating this powerful tool into your workflow can elevate your coding endeavors manifold. # ⚓ Stacer_–_The_Linux_System_Optimizer_You’ve_Been_Waiting For⠀⇛ System optimizer apps are quite the thing on platforms such as Windows and Android. # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ How_to_Install_Urbit_in_Linux⠀⇛ Urbit is a cloud-based operating system (OS) that aims to create a decentralized space for content creation and socialization. Unlike a traditional OS, Urbit works by bootstrapping from an existing Linux distribution. This makes it easy to use and approachable even for novice users. This article will guide you through the process of installing Urbit on Ubuntu. # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ How_to_Transfer_file_between_VirtualBox VM_&_Host_without_Shared_Folders⠀⇛ Shared Folders feature does not work for your OS in VirtualBox Virtual Machine? Here’s a quick workaround to transfer files between host and VMs. VirtualBox has port forwarding feature that allows to access a service or an app running in VM from the host or even the internet. # § howtoforge⠀➾ # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Terraform_on_Ubuntu Server_22.04⠀⇛ Terraform is an open-source infrastructure automation tool that allows you to deploy and manage hundreds of servers via a command-line interface. This tutorial will explain how to install Terraform on Ubuntu 22.04. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Zabbix_Monitoring_Tool on_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ Zabbix is a powerful open-source monitoring solution to monitor IT infrastructure. With Zabbix, you can monitor various IT components, including networks, servers, virtual machines, and cloud services. # § idroot⠀➾ # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Fix_“Sudo_Command_Not_Found”_on Linux⠀⇛ In the realm of Linux systems administration, the “sudo” command stands as an essential tool, enabling users to execute commands with elevated privileges. However, encountering the dreaded “sudo command not found” error can be a perplexing and frustrating experience. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Cockpit_on_AlmaLinux_9⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Cockpit on AlmaLinux 9. In the ever- evolving landscape of IT management, the effective administration of servers is a critical pillar for business success. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Timeshift_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Timeshift on Debian 12. In the ever- evolving world of technology, ensuring the stability and security of your digital assets is paramount. System backups and restoration are the foundation of this stability, acting as a safety net against unexpected data loss or system failures. # ⚓ Adam_Young:_Building_a_Kernel_RPM_with_the_Built-in Makefile_target⠀⇛ Note that you need to have a .config file that will be included in the build. It will also use the Version as specified in your Makefile. Then run make rpm-pkg Which will use the RPM build infra set up for your user to put the rpm in $HOME/rpmbuild/ # ⚓ Linux Questions ☛ linux_on_Commodore_C64⠀⇛ # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Jellyfin_Media_Server_on Debian_12⠀⇛ Jellyfin is free software for building a media server. It lets you collect, manage, and stream your media files from multiple devices or clients. Jellyfin is a free and self-hosted application that can be installed on your server, so you can create your own media server in your local environment, such as at home, and then allow multiple clients and devices to access all your media files. # ⚓ David Revoy ☛ How_to_customise_a_USB_numeric_keypad_under GNU/Linux?⠀⇛ Something that relaxes me after hours of painting or drawing is doing DIY projects. It’s always very rewarding for me to hack, repair or customise existing hardware. Today I’m going to show you how I turned a cheap USB numeric keypad (also known as a numeric keypad, number pad, numpad, 10-key…) into a pad that I use for my digital painting shortcuts when I’m using my display pen tablet or when I’m painting on the go with my laptop. I bought this from a local computer shop for just 5€, a very good deal as this type of device usually sells for between 13€ and 30€. The build quality is a little bulky, the cable is thin and of poor quality, but in the shop I noticed that the keys felt good to press and weren’t too noisy (they weren’t even in sealed boxes). At this price, it wasn’t much of a risk to try it out on a DIY project. In this tutorial, I’ll describe what commands and steps I used to create this project: remap the key on Linux, and paint the keys. # ⚓ Pi My Life Up ☛ How_to_List_Users_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Listing users on Ubuntu is useful for discovering who or what is currently running on your system. In Linux and Ubuntu, not every user is used by an actual person. Users are also used for applications to run under. Over the following sections, you will learn various ways to list users on the Ubuntu operating system. Each of these methods has its pros and cons, so use what you find easiest. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Bringing_Windows_to_Pop!_OS:_A_guide_to_using Wine⠀⇛ There’s a certain allure to Pop!_OS’s robust nature, but what if you’re missing some of your favorite Windows applications? Enter ‘Wine’ – a compatibility layer capable of running Windows apps seamlessly on Linux distributions, including Pop!_OS. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Getting_Started_With_GNU_Debugger_on_Linux:_A Crash_Course⠀⇛ Debugging is an indispensable skill for programmers and security researchers. Having a strong grasp of debugging allows you to understand an executable on a lower level and catch any lurking errors. The GNU debugger or, GDB, is a timeless debugging tool that has been relied upon by programmers for years now. Here’s how to use GDB on Linux. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Data Swamp ☛ 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. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Steam_Deck_OS_3.4.9_released_with_GPU_fix for_Starfield⠀⇛ As I speculated previously when Steam Deck OS 3.4.9 went into Preview, Valve has now released it as a Stable update for all Steam Deck owners for Starfield. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Embracer_closes_Volition_developer_of Freespace,_Red_Faction,_Saints_Row⠀⇛ Well, there goes another big industry name. Embracer Group, who currently own a stupidly vast portfolio of developers and publisher has shut down Volition. # ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Play_The_Classic_Snake_Game_In_Linux Terminal⠀⇛ Snake is a classic game that has been enjoyed by people of all ages for decades. This simple game is easy to learn but difficult to master, making it a challenge that players of all skill levels can enjoy. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles:_Shredder’s Revenge_–_Dimension_Shellshock_DLC_is_out_now⠀⇛ Native Linux beat-’em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge received its Dimension Shellshock DLC on August 31st, with discounts available for both the DLC and the base game. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Proton_Experimental_update_has_newly playable_games_and_fixes_Ship_of_Fools⠀⇛ Valve released a new upgrade for Proton Experimental for Steam Deck and desktop Linux on August 31st with a few additions, here’s what’s new. Quite a small one but as always, all fixes are appreciated to get more games into a playable state even when the developers have long since stopped updating their games. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ HoloCure_is_a_Vampire_Survivors_clone that’s_free,_really_cute_and_surprisingly_fun⠀⇛ I will admit, I know basically nothing about Hololive, VTubers or anything like that and yet I’m now completely sucked in by the free fan game HoloCure – Save the Fans! This is a Vampire Survivors clone made for fans of Hololive, but don’t let that dissuade you, it’s also a surprisingly great game to kill some time with. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Halls_of_Torment_adds_new_characters,_new stage,_‘Agony_Mode’_and_much_more⠀⇛ Well, there goes basically all of my free time. Halls of Torment blends together retro Diablo with Vampire Survivors and it was already horribly addictive and now I fear I’m going to be sucked in again. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Pro_wrestling_and_RPG_fantasy_collide_in WrestleQuest_out_now⠀⇛ Love wrestling? Well the new release of WrestleQuest might be what you need. A blend of sweet pixel-art with pro wrestling and fantasy elements. Coming from Mega Cat Studios and Skybound Games it has Native Linux support and it’s Steam Deck Playable. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ New_update_for_Dota_2_might_pull_me_back in,_with_new_reporting_and_matchmaking⠀⇛ It finally seems like it might be time for me to put another 500 hours into Dota 2, as Valve has given the game quite an interesting upgrade for The Summer Client Update. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ GNOME_45_Packs_in_Exciting_Upgrades: Here’s_What’s_New⠀⇛ Every major GNOME release is exciting to me. You can always expect UI-focused changes, feature improvements, and updates to the core apps. GNOME 44 introduced some interesting abilities like being able to check running background apps, thumbnail view in the file chooser, and more. The GNOME 45 release is scheduled for September 20, but the feature set can already be seen in its beta version. So, let us look at what you can expect with GNOME 45. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Reviews⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Mageia_9_Review:_A_Refreshed_Linux Experience⠀⇛ We review the latest Mageia 9 release with its new features, upgrades and performance. Mageia stands out for its elegant simplicity and unique approach that sets it apart from the typical Debian or Fedora bases. o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ Data Swamp ☛ 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. This allows interesting use cases such as using a golden image to provide a base template, like a fresh OpenBSD install, or create a temporary disks to try changes without harming to original file (and without having to backup a potentially huge file). This is NOT OpenBSD specific, it’s a feature of the qcow2 format, so while this guide is using OpenBSD as an example, this will work wherever qcow2 can be used. # ⚓ OpenBSD ☛ LibReSSL_3.8.1_Released⠀⇛ We have released LibreSSL 3.8.1, which will be arriving in the LibreSSL directory of your local OpenBSD mirror soon. This is a development release for the 3.8.x branch, so we appreciate early testing and feedback. It includes the following changes: [...] # ⚓ Data Swamp ☛ OpenBSD_vmm_and_qcow2_derived_disks⠀⇛ Introduction 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. o § Arch Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Journal ☛ The_Arch_Decision:_Evaluating_If_a_Leap From_Manjaro_to_EndeavourOS_Is_Right_for_You⠀⇛ In the expansive universe of Linux distributions, the choice of which one to use can be overwhelming. Among the galaxies of options, two Arch-based stars have shone increasingly brightly: Manjaro and EndeavourOS. Both are rooted in the Arch Linux ecosystem, yet they cater to different kinds of users and offer unique experiences. If you’re currently a Manjaro user contemplating the switch to EndeavourOS, this article aims to help you make an informed decision. Choosing between Manjaro and EndeavourOS boils down to what you need and what you’re comfortable with. If you prefer a system that is ready-to-go with a safety net of added features and stability, Manjaro is your go-to choice. However, if you enjoy diving deep into system customization and getting updates as quickly as possible, EndeavourOS is the way to go. Choosing a Linux distribution is a personal journey. We encourage you to try both Manjaro and EndeavourOS to see which fits your needs and preferences best. Got any experiences or tips to share? We’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ insideHPC ☛ Linux_Open_Source_Guru_Greg_Kurtzer_on_Red_Hat and_the_RHEL_Source_Code_Controversy⠀⇛ The Linux open source controversy was kicked off in late June when Red Hat announced changes in access to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) source code. We discussed this in an earlier episode of this podcast, Sorting through the Linux Source Uproar — Red Hat Sets off a Firestorm, with special guest and HPC software analyst Joe Landman. We’ve also spoken with Greg Kurtzer of CIQ and Mike McGrath of Red Hat for their conflicting perspectives on this issue. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Red_Hat_and_Google_Cloud_deepen collaboration_on_OpenShift,_Ansible_and_Data_Science solutions [Ed: Red Hat-sponsored puff piece]⠀⇛ Red Hat Inc. was names Google LLC’s “Partner of the Year for Infrastructure” during the 2023 Google Cloud Partner Summit. The award recognizes the two companies’ close collaboration in developing and delivering open-source solutions that help organizations build and run hybrid and multicloud applications. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Arduino ☛ This_wearable_device_uses_air_to_provide directions⠀⇛ Most people today rely on technology to navigate through the world. That is practical thanks to the reliability of modern GPS. But receiving directions can be difficult for people with certain disabilities. People who are blind, for instance, cannot look at a map on a smartphone. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Logic_Analyzers:_Tapping_Into_Raspberry_Pi Secrets⠀⇛ Today, I’d like to highlight a tool that brings your hacking skills to a whole new level, and does that without breaking the bank – in fact, given just how much debugging time you can save, how many fun pursuits you can unlock, and the numerous features you can add, this might be one of the cheapest tools you will get. Whether it’s debugging weird problems, optimizing your code, probing around a gadget you’re reverse-engineering, or maybe trying to understand someone’s open-source library, you are likely missing out a lot if you don’t have a logic analyzer on hand! # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Emulating_X86_On_Apple’s_AARCH64_X64_Emulator⠀⇛ You might know [Evan Martin] as the developer of retrowin32. It’s a Windows and x86 emulator designed to run on a Mac or on the web. He’s recently been exploring how to run 32-bit x86 binaries on the AArch64 (aka ARM64) architecture. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Five_Eyes_Report:_New_Russian_Malware Targeting_Ukrainian_Military_Android_Devices⠀⇛ The new malware, named Infamous Chisel, is actually a collection of components designed to provide persistent backdoor access to compromised Android devices over the Tor network, and enable the attackers to collect and exfiltrate data. The campaign has been linked to the threat actor known as Sandstorm, which was previously connected to Russia’s GRU foreign military intelligence agency. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Kremlin-backed_Sandworm_strikes_Android devices_with_data-stealing_Infamous_Chisel⠀⇛ Russia’s Sandworm crew is using an Android malware strain dubbed Infamous Chisel to remotely access Ukrainian soldiers’ devices, monitor network traffic, access files, and steal sensitive information, according to a Five Eyes report published Thursday. The Sandworm gang, which Western government agencies have previously linked to Russia’s GRU military intelligence unit, was behind a series of attacks leading up to the bloody invasion of neighboring Ukraine. They’ve continued infecting that country and its allies’ computers with data wipers, info-stealers, ransomware, and other malicious code ever since. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ ‘Five_Eyes’_nations_release_technical details_of_Sandworm_malware_‘Infamous_Chisel’⠀⇛ Russia is pivoting from disruptive cyberattacks to more targeted operations aimed at giving it an advantage on the Ukrainian battlefield. # ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ 4_Android_Browsers_That_Support_Extensions⠀⇛ # ⚓ Lifewire ☛ How_to_See_Blocked_Numbers_on_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ India Times ☛ You_Can_Join_Any_Android_App’s_Beta_Programme Even_If_It’s_Full:_Here’s_How⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Sony_Xperia_5_V_is_the_compact_flagship Android_phone_enthusiasts_always_wanted⠀⇛ # ⚓ Business Insider ☛ Russia_Hackers_Infilitrated_Ukraine Battlefield_Devices:_Intel⠀⇛ # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Russian_State-Backed_‘Infamous_Chisel’ Android_Malware_Targets_Ukrainian_Military⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ New_SBC_powered_by_Allwinner_T507- H_processor⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ When_is_Android_14_coming_out_and_will_my_phone receive_the_free_upgrade?_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ One_UI_6/Android_14_Beta_2_starts_to_roll_out to_the_Galaxy_S23_series_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Google_Photos_starts_adding_support_for Android_14′s_upcoming_Ultra_HDR_format⠀⇛ # ⚓ GSM Arena ☛ OnePlus_11_gets_Android_14_on_September_25_– GSMArena.com_news⠀⇛ # ⚓ Notebook Check ☛ AGM_Mobile_Pad_P1_launches_as_brand-first waterproof_Android_13_tablet_with_optional_4G/LTE_– NotebookCheck.net_News⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ SSLH ☛ sslh_v2.0_released⠀⇛ sslh-v2.0.0 is now available from the usual sources: [...] o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ DBLab_3.4:_new_name,_SE_installer,_and_lots_of improvements⠀⇛ DBLab Engine version 3.4, an open-source tool for PostgreSQL thin cloning and database branching, has been released with numerous improvements. Rapid, cost-effective cloning and branching are extremely valuable when you need to enhance the development process. DBLab Engine can handle numerous independent clones of your database on a single machine, so each engineer or automated process can work with their own database created within seconds without additional expenses. This enables testing of any changes and optimization concepts, whether manually or in CI/CD pipelines, as well as validating all the concepts suggested by ChatGPT or another LLM. This effectively addresses the issue of LLM hallucinations. § New name: DBLab Engine The new name for the Database Lab Engine is “DBLab Engine”. Updates are currently underway across our materials to reflect this change. To align with this change, we have introduced specific domains for the product: dblab.dev and dblab.sh. For ease of access, we have established the following short URLs: [...] o § GNU Projects⠀➾ # ⚓ GNU ☛ wget2-2.1.0_released⠀⇛ Hi, we are happy to announce the release 2.1.0 of GNU Wget2. Wget2 is the successor of GNU Wget, a file and recursive website downloader. Designed and written from scratch it wraps around libwget, that provides the basic functions needed by a web client. Wget2 works multi-threaded and uses many features to allow fast operation. In many cases Wget2 downloads much faster than Wget due to HTTP2, HTTP compression, parallel connections, use of If- Modified-Since HTTP header and more. Wget2 has several new command-line options, see the wiki page for a list and comparison with Wget. Wget will be maintained further. The idea is that breaking changes and new functionalities go into Wget2 / libwget. Except for WARC and FTP, Wget2 is a drop-in replacement for Wget in most cases. Of course there may be subtle differences, so make sure to test well before replacing Wget by Wget2. GNU Wget2 is licensed under GPLv3+. Libwget is licensed under LGPLv3+. **Noteworthy changes since the last release (see also the NEWS file):** * New option --follow-sitemaps * New option --dane (cert validation via DNS) * Implement --check-certificate=quiet * Support proxies on non-default ports * Added CIDR support for no_proxy (IPv4 and IPv6) * Improve recursive RSS/Atom processing * Improve default cert/bundle paths for Windows * Improve Windows and MSVC compatibility * Use CONNECT for https_proxy * Add decoding numeric XML entities * Improve OpenSSL code * Improve WolfSSL code * Improve the progress bar * New function wget_xml_decode_entities_inline() * Support compilation of wget.h from C++ * Handle comments in robots.txt correctly * Fix parsing HTMP/XML entities in URLs from HTML/XML * Fix use-after-free when updating blacklist entries * Don't try setting file timestamps on ttys * Fix arguments parsing for --filter-urls * Fix removing fragments when converting links * Fix duplicate downloads for Link headers with rel=duplicate * Fix segmentation fault (NULL dereference when no HTTP header has been received) * Change arguments of wget_iri_compare to const * Fix memory leak in wget_hashmap_clear() * Extend network error messages with hostname and IP address * Fix status code for 5xx errors * Fix issue in wget_buffer_trim() * Improve tests, documentation, building o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ John D Cook ☛ First_time_seeing_a_rare_event⠀⇛ Suppose you’ve been monitoring a rare event for a long time, then you see your first occurrence on the Nth observation. Now what would you say about the event’s probability? For example, suppose you’re wondering whether dogs ever have two tails. You observe thousands of dogs and never see two tails. But then you see a dog with two tails? Now what can you say about the probability of dogs having two tails? It’s certainly not zero. We’ll first look at the case of 0 successes out of N trials then look at the case of 1 success out of N trials. # ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_for_MCUs_2.5.1_LTS_Released⠀⇛ Qt for MCUs 2.5.1 LTS (Long-Term Support) has been released and is available for download. As a patch release, Qt for MCUs 2.5.1 LTS provides bug fixes and other improvements, and maintains source compatibility with Qt for MCUs 2.5.x. # ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_Online_Installer_and_Qt_Installer_Framework_4.6.1 Released⠀⇛ # ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_Safe_Renderer_2.1.0_Beta1_Released⠀⇛ We have released Qt Safe Renderer 2.1.0 Beta1 for commercial license holders today. The release provides a snapshot of upcoming QSR 2.1.0 features: # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ AI_Assistant_Translates_Your_Every_Request For_The_Command_Line⠀⇛ If you don’t live on the command line, it can be easy to forget the exact syntax of commands. It often leaves you running to the “/?” or “–help” switches, or else a quick Google search to find the proper incantations. Shell-AI is a machine-learning assistant that could change all that by helping you find the proper command for the job, right on the command line! # ⚓ JT ☛ The_case_for_Nushell⠀⇛ Recently, I had a chat with some of my friends about Nushell and why they stuck with traditional shells like bash/zsh or the “new” hotness like fish rather than using Nushell. After chatting with them, my brain kept bubbling away at the state of how folks were using their terminals and the end result is this blog post. In this post, I make the case for really taking a hard look at Nushell and also for generally asking the question: “can the state of shells be improved enough to overcome the inertia of sticking to what you know?” ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2807 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 09.01.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Leftover_Links_01/09/2023:_University_of_Michigan_Pays_Massive_Price_for Using_Microsoft⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:25 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Super_NES_Cartridge_Pulls_A_Sneaky,_Plays_Minecraft⠀⇛ Sometimes it’s the little touches and details that make a project. That’s certainly the case with [Franklinstein]’s Super Nintendo (SNES) Cartridge Hard Drive. It might only be an enclosure for a solid-state hard drive with a USB interface, but the attention to detail is what really makes it worth checking out. o ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ U.S._Aquifers_Are_Running_Dry,_Posing_Major Threat_to_Drinking_Water_Supply⠀⇛ A major New York Times investigation reveals how the United States’ aquifers are becoming severely depleted due to overuse in part from huge industrial farms and sprawling cities. The Times reports that Kansas corn yields are plummeting due to a lack of water, there is not enough water to support the construction of new homes in parts of Phoenix, Arizona, and rivers across the country are drying up as aquifers are being drained far faster than they are refilling. “It can take millions of years to fill an aquifer, but they can be depleted in 50 years,” says Warigia Bowman, director of sustainable energy and natural resources law at the University of Tulsa College of Law. “All coastal regions in the United States are really being threatened by groundwater and aquifer problems.” o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ New_study_sheds_light_on_plant’s_genetic memory_transmission⠀⇛ Beyond the fundamental DNA code, organisms also transmit chemical cues that instruct cells on gene utilization. This transmission, known as epigenetic inheritance, is particularly prevalent in plants. The implications of significant findings in this realm extend to agriculture, food security, and environmental preservation. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Jim Nielsen ☛ Book_Notes:_“Out_of_the_Software_Crisis”_by Baldur_Bjarnason⠀⇛ But alas, there’s no time. So it will have to suffice to say: I enjoyed the book, here are a few excerpts I want to note for future reference. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Aalto_University_plans_to_cut_English_language teaching⠀⇛ These changes are being made in response to a complaint filed by students at the university in October 2021, which criticised the dominance of Englishlanguage instruction. The complaint was particularly focused on finance studies and pointed out that these were not available in Finnish or Swedish at the master’s level. It also highlighted that the Bachelor of Finance degree was no longer primarily taught in Finnish or Swedish. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Taliban_stop_women_scholars_from_studying in_Dubai⠀⇛ Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor is a successful Dubai businessman who has granted scholarships to some 100 Afghan women to continue their studies in the United Arab Emirates. However, the Taliban have barred women in Afghanistan from attending university. Some scholarship recipients planned to fly from Kabul to Dubai last week to study abroad, where Al Habtoor would have welcomed them. But the Taliban refused to allow the young women to leave shortly before their scheduled departure. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ ‘A_huge_issue’:_US_colleges_work_to_shore_up student_math_skills⠀⇛ At many universities, engineering and biology majors are struggling to grasp fractions and exponents. As more students are placed in pre- college math, professors blame the pandemic. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 3D_Printed_Engine_Gets_Carburetor⠀⇛ 3D printed materials have come a long way in the last decade or so as printers have become more and more mainstream. Printers can use all kinds of different plastics with varying physical characteristics, and there are even printers now for other materials like concrete and metal. But even staying within the realm of the plastic printer can do a lot of jobs you might not expect. [Camden Bowen] recently 3D printed a single-piston engine which nearly worked, and is back with some improvements to it thanks to a small carburetor. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ PC_GPU_Sales_Up_11%_in_Q2,_But_Remain Slower_Than_Last_Year⠀⇛ Intel continues to dominate the GPU market as AMD regains some share from Nvidia in Q2 2023. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_Neo6502_Is_A_Credit-Card_Sized_Retro Computer⠀⇛ The venerable MOS Technology 6502 turned up in all kinds of computers and other digital equipment over the years. Typically, it was clocked fairly slow and had limited resources, but that was just how things used to be. Today, the 6502 can run at an altogether quicker pace, and the Neo6502 was the board built to take it there. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ An_Unexpected_Appearance_Of_An_Iconic_Motorola Chip⠀⇛ Generally when you crack open a cheap car-to-USB charger unit that came with some widget, you do not expect to find anything amazing inside. That’s why it was such a surprise to [Big Clive] when said car USB charger revealed a blast from the past in the form of an MC34063. This is a switching regulator that supports buck, boost and inverting topologies, but perhaps it most notable feature is that it was first produced by Motorola in the early 1980s. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Makes_Lower_Drug_Prices_a Centerpiece_of_His_2024_Campaign⠀⇛ President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act allows Medicare to negotiate some drug prices, a change that the pharmaceutical industry and Republicans have opposed for decades. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Administration_Unveils_First_Drugs for_Medicare_Price_Negotiations⠀⇛ The price negotiation program, established by Democrats as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, is projected to save the government tens of billions of dollars in the coming years. # ⚓ Vox ☛ Marijuana_could_be_classified_as_a_lower-risk_drug. Here’s_what_that_means.⠀⇛ HHS’s recommendation, which was based on a review by the Food and Drug Administration, comes as marijuana remains illegal at the federal level, even as 23 states have legalized the use of recreational marijuana and 38 states have approved access to medical marijuana. The DEA hasn’t signaled how it will respond to the HHS recommendation. But if it does reschedule the drug, marijuana businesses are among those most likely to benefit. That’s because rescheduling would likely mean access to federal financial benefits meant to help businesses, including tax breaks that marijuana companies currently aren’t able to use. # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Cannabis_detrimental_to teens,_pregnant_women_and_mentally_ill_people:_study⠀⇛ The findings of the review were published by the BMJ Medical Journal on Wednesday. The umbrella review was conducted by an international team of experts. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Biden_admin_announces_first_10_drugs_facing Medicare_price_negotiation [Ed: Why not mention the word "patent" even once?]⠀⇛ The blood-thinners Eliquis and Xarelto are among the 10 prescription medicines the Biden administration will seek lower Medicare prices for as part of a new program allowing the government to negotiate drug prices for America’s seniors. Why it matters: The administration’s landmark announcement Tuesday detailed the first-ever set of drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations, a longtime_Democratic_priority included in last year’s Inflation Reduction Act over drug companies’ fervent objections. # ⚓ Diziet ☛ Conferences_take_note:_the_pandemic_is_not_over⠀⇛ Many people seem to be pretending that the pandemic is over. It isn’t. People are still getting Covid, becoming sick, and even in some cases becoming disabled. People’s plans are still being disrupted. Vulnerable people are still hiding. Conference organisers: please make robust Covid policies, publish them early, and enforce them. And, clearly set expectations for your attendees. Attendees: please don’t be the superspreader. # ⚓ European Commission ☛ COVID-19:_Commission_authorises adapted_COVID-19_vaccine_for_Member_States’_autumn vaccination_campaigns_*⠀⇛ European Commission Press release Brussels, 01 Sep 2023 The Commission has authorised the Comirnaty XBB.1.5-adapted COVID-19 vaccine, developed by BioNTech-Pfizer. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Public_freakouts,_burnout,_and_bullying_are_all here_to_stay⠀⇛ Concertgoers throwing_things_at_performers, people talking on their cell phones through movies, tourists defacing historical landmarks in pursuit of the perfect selfie — the first truly post- pandemic summer has shown the bad behaviors unleashed during the stress of COVID aren’t slowing down. Why it matters:A mix of worsening mental health and decaying societal connections, both exacerbated by the pandemic, may be driving this trend in rude behavior that could extend far beyond COVID’s upheaval, mental health experts told Axios. Though other factors are also at play, they said. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Omicron_was_the_deadliest_pandemic_wave_for_cancer patients⠀⇛ The Omicron wave of the pandemic was the deadliest for cancer patients, reinforcing how much high-risk individuals can succumb to COVID-19 strains that pose less severe threats to the rest of the population, according to research in JAMA_Oncology # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Experts_Worry_That_AI-Generated_Books_About Mushroom_Foraging_Will_Get_Someone_Killed⠀⇛ That’s not much of a stretch. Some types of mushrooms are extremely poisonous, and as far as hobbies go, fungi foraging can be a dangerous pastime. Generative AI is known to get its facts wrong. What happens when a non-expert looking for a quick cash grab publishes an AI-generated fungi guide, and a piece of bad information — be it outright wrong or even just a little too vague — finds its way onto the pages? “There are hundreds of poisonous fungi in North America and several that are deadly,” Sigrid Jakob, president of the New York Mycological Society, told 404′s Samantha Cole. “They can look similar to popular edible species.” “A poor description in a book,” Jakob added, “can mislead someone to eat a poisonous mushroom.” # ⚓ BBC ☛ Brain_fog_after_Covid_linked_to_blood_clots_–_study_– BBC_News⠀⇛ A UK study links two proteins in the blood of hospital patients to thinking and memory problems. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ How_Health_Insurers_Have_Made_Appealing Denials_So_Complicated⠀⇛ Have you ever had a health care claim denied by your insurer? Ever tried to appeal it? Did you wind up confused, frustrated, exhausted, defeated? I’ve been a health care reporter for more than 40 years. And when I tried to figure out how to appeal insurance denials, I wound up the same way. And I didn’t even try to file an actual appeal. # ⚓ Axios ☛ “Doomsday”_seed_vaults_are_on_the_rise_as_a response_to_climate_change⠀⇛ “Doomsday” seed vaults are becoming an increasingly popular tool in the race to insure global crop and agricultural production against the damaging impacts of climate change. Why it matters: In an era of simultaneous climate disasters, long-term solutions that bolster the future of food supply are gaining momentum among governments, scientists and small-scale farmers. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ NYPost ☛ AI-generated_Trump_rap_song_mocking_latest_arrest tops_iTunes_chart:_‘My_mugshot_worth_a_billi’⠀⇛ “Out on bail, out on bail. I won’t see inside a cell,” the eerily-accurate AI-generated voice chants. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ A_Deep_Dive_Into_the_World_of_AI_Voice Cloning⠀⇛ AI voice cloning, or voice synthesis, leverages sophisticated machine learning algorithms to recreate a specific human voice. To accomplish this voice recreation, algorithms are trained using vast volumes of the target voice data, honing in on unique aspects such as tone, pace, accent, and more nuanced vocal idiosyncrasies. # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ DataTech Digital Inc ☛ UMinn_sued,_accused_of_taking insufficient_action_to_prevent_data_breach⠀⇛ A lawsuit filed on behalf of a former student and former employee at the University of Minnesota accuses the university of not doing enough to protect personal information from a recent data breach. Attorneys for the two plaintiffs said in the lawsuit filed in federal court Friday that the university “was fully capable of preventing” the breach, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Wednesday. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Thursday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (firefox-esr, json-c, opendmarc, and otrs2), Red Hat (java-1.8.0-ibm and kpatch-patch), Scientific Linux (kernel), Slackware (mozilla), SUSE (haproxy, php7, vim, and xen), and Ubuntu (elfutils, frr, and linux-gcp, linux-starfive). # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ One_month_later,_Ranhill_still_hasn’t_fully recovered_from_cyberattack⠀⇛ More than one month later, it appears that Ranhill has still been unable to fully recover. DataBreaches previously reported complaints on Facebook about the payment app not working. It still isn’t working, and Ranhill does not even reply Facebook to customers who are frustrated and complaining about the inability to pay, as a “Wake up, Ranhill” message posted a few days ago suggests. Another customer complains because they have not received their bills for the past three months and can’t get them because the website is (still) down. # ⚓ Data_breach_could_affect_more_than_100,000_in_Pima_County⠀⇛ More than 100,000 Pima County residents could be affected by a nationwide data breach that affected the company that handled COVID-19 case investigations and contact tracing here, officials say. The company, Maximus Health Services Inc., notified the county earlier this month that data stolen from a breach of Progress Software Corporation’s MOVEit Transfer application in May included information on about 110,000 Tucson area residents, a news release from the county health department said. # ⚓ [Repeat] DataTech Digital Inc ☛ UMinn_sued,_accused_of taking_insufficient_action_to_prevent_data_breach [Ed: Windows TCO]⠀⇛ The FBI and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are investigating. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Geoff Dittberner, who studied at the university and worked as a government relations office assistant there; and Mary Wint, who worked as a university nutrition educator for about 20 years and was a patient of its health care system. Attorneys are seeking class-action status. # ⚓ Singing_River_Health_System_still_recovering_from_recent cyberattack⠀⇛ Surgeries delayed, prescriptions needing to be written by hand, and some patients being transferred to other hospitals. These are all affects of the recent cyberattack at Singing River Health System. “We still deliver great patient care,” said Dr. Randy Roth, Singing River Chief Medical Officer. “It’s a little bit slower. For us guys with the gray hair, we’re back to paper. We’re practicing like we did in 2011, 12, before we got on EPIC.” EPIC is Singing River’s medical record system. The system that was hacked. # ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ LogicMonitor_customers_who_didn’t_change default_passwords_were_hit_by_hackers⠀⇛ Some customers of the network security company LogicMonitor have been hacked due to the use of default passwords, TechCrunch has learned. The incident is due to the fact that, until recently, LogicMonitor was assigning customers default — and weak — passwords such as “Welcome@” plus a short number, according to a source at a company that was impacted by the incident, and who asked to remain anonymous as they were not authorized to speak to the press. # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ Q&A_about_internet_issues_for employees [Ed: The issue is that the university had its whole system/infrastructure breached/paralysed, not “internet [sic] issues for employees”; way to distract from Microsoft saboteurs who should be held accountable for bringing in the back-doored mess]⠀⇛ Questions and answers to some key questions for U- M faculty and staff. # ⚓ U._Michigan_restores_campus_internet_after_cyberattack disrupts_first_week_of_classes [Ed: Well, "cyberattack" just means complete, catastrophic breach, but they don't want to admit it]⠀⇛ The University of Michigan announced it has restored internet to its three campuses after a cyberattack over the weekend. [...] University leaders opted to shut down [Internet] access and many of its online services after detecting a “significant security concern” on Sunday, just ahead of the fall semester’s first week of classes. The university also noted that it was working with cybersecurity consultants and federal law enforcement agencies. # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ Q&A:_Monthly_payroll_to_be_paid_on time,_and_other_issues [Ed: Microsoft TCO]⠀⇛ Questions and answers to some key questions for U- M faculty and staff. # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ Internet_service_restored_to_all U-M_campuses [Ed: They do not bother explaining what happened and who was held accountable]⠀⇛ Internet connectivity and WiFi has been restored on all U-M campuses. Users should be able to connect as normal from any device. While some issues are expected in the short term with select U-M systems and services, they should be resolved over the next several days. Any service interruptions will be posted on the ITS status page. Please contact the Service Center for technical assistance if needed. Q&A: Monthly payroll to be paid on time, and other issues # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ CSG_holds_first_meeting_of_the semester_amid_campus-wide_internet_outage [Ed: Central Student Government affected by Microsoft TCO]⠀⇛ The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government convened Tuesday evening in the Michigan Union to discuss the campus Wi-Fi outage and various resolutions. While CSG is usually hybrid, their first meeting of the fall semester was held entirely in person due to the lack of internet. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ ‘Earth_Estries’_Cyberespionage_Group Targets_Government,_Tech_Sectors⠀⇛ Earth Estries, a cyberspy group possibly linked to China, has targeted governments and tech firms in the US, Germany, South Africa and Asia.  # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Healthcare_Organizations_Hit_by Cyberattacks_Last_Year_Reported_Big_Impact,_Costs⠀⇛ Roughly 78% of the healthcare organizations in North America, South America, the APAC region, and Europe experienced a cyberattack over the past year, according to a new report. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Recent_Juniper_Flaws_Chained_in_Attacks Following_PoC_Exploit_Publication⠀⇛ Four recent vulnerabilities in the J-Web component of Junos OS have started being chained in malicious attacks after PoC exploit code was published. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ DreamBus_Botnet_Exploiting_RocketMQ Vulnerability_to_Delivery_Cryptocurrency_Miner⠀⇛ The DreamBus botnet has resurfaced and it has been exploiting a recently patched Apache RocketMQ vulnerability to deliver a Monero miner. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ DOE_launches_cyber_contest_to_benefit rural_utilities⠀⇛ A Department of Energy contest aims to help under- resourced rural utilities beef up their cybersecurity defenses. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Africa_cyber_threats_exposed⠀⇛ That digital insecurity and cyber threats in Africa are real was forcibly brought to light by a joint Interpol/Afripol operation across 25 of the continent’s 54 countries. The four-month Africa Cyber Surge II operation focused on identifying cybercriminals and compromised infrastructure. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ The_Protecting_Kids_On_Social_Media_Act_Is A_Terrible_Alternative_To_KOSA⠀⇛ We have covered the Protecting Kids On Social Media Act a few times, when it was first introduced back in April, where we highlighted how it was both unconstitutional and the rationale behind it was not supported by any actual evidence, and then again just recently when Senator Chris Murphy (one of the bill’s co-sponsors) wrote a ridiculously confused op-ed for the NY Times, claiming it was necessary because kids these days get too many music recommendations and no longer could discover new music on their own. # ⚓ [Repeat] NYOB ☛ Your_Fitbit_is_useless_–_unless_you consent_to_unlawful_data_sharing⠀⇛ No way around the transfer of personal data. When creating an account with Fitbit, European users are obliged to “agree to the transfer of their data to the United States and other countries with different data protection laws”. This means, that their data could end up in any country around the globe that does not have the same privacy protections as the EU. In other words: Fitbit forces its users to consent to sharing sensitive data without providing them with clear information about possible implications or the specific countries their data goes to. This results in a consent that is neither free, informed or specific – which means that the consent clearly doesn’t meet the GDPR’s requirements. # ⚓ The Verge ☛ IBM_promised_to_back_off_facial recognition_—_then_it_signed_a_$69.8_million_contract to_provide_it⠀⇛ Despite these announcements, last month, IBM signed a $69.8 million (£54.7 million) contract with the British government to develop a national biometrics platform that will offer a facial recognition function to immigration and law enforcement officials, according to documents reviewed by The Verge and Liberty Investigates, an investigative journalism unit in the UK. A contract notice for the Home Office Biometrics Matcher Platform outlines how the project initially involves developing a fingerprint matching capability, while later stages introduce facial recognition for immigration purposes — described as “an enabler for strategic facial matching for law enforcement.” The final stage of the project is described as delivery of a “facial matching for law enforcement use-case.” # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Twitter,_now_X,_will_begin collecting_users’_biometric_data⠀⇛ Elon Musk’s X Corp., the company formerly known as Twitter, released an updated privacy policy stating that it will start seeking user consent to collect biometric data for “safety, security and identification purposes.” The policy, which takes effect Sept. 29, follows intense scrutiny over X’s lack of account authentication and rampant fraud across the platform. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Twitter_says_it_may_harvest biometric,_employment_data_from_users,_per_privacy policy⠀⇛ As August and summer in the northern hemisphere draw to a close, Elon Musk’s Twitter is making several changes to its platform, including a privacy policy update noting that it plans to begin collecting biometric data and employment information from the people still using the site, if provided. The website’s latest privacy policy, set to go into effect on September 29, adds both types of data to the “information we collect” category, neither of which are present in the current policy that’ll be superseded come the end of next month. # ⚓ Alan Pope ☛ Alan_Pope:_ZeroTier_is_my_personal_VPN⠀⇛ Back in July, Martin introduced us to ZeroTier on the Linux_Matters podcast, episode_8. He detailed why he’s using the tool and how. Worth a listen. Per their website, ZeroTier “lets you build modern, secure multi-point virtualized networks of almost any type. From robust peer-to-peer networking to multi-cloud mesh infrastructure, we enable global connectivity with the simplicity of a local network.” o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_man_sentenced_to_2-month detention_in_psychiatric_hospital_over_inciting_random killings_online⠀⇛ A man who praised the suspect of a double murder in a Hong Kong shopping mall has been sentenced to two months of detention in a psychiatric hospital, after he pleaded guilty to inciting others to wound. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Israel_dispatch:_do_Arab_lives_matter?⠀⇛ Israeli law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting Israel. This dispatch is from Mayan Lawent, a law student in the Buchmann Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University and a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Israel.   # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ In_Syria,_new_economic_protests_take_an_anti- government_turn⠀⇛ In the government-controlled province of Sweida, the heartland of Syria’s Druze, protests that were initially driven by surging inflation quickly shifted focus, with marchers calling for the fall of the Assad government. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Military_Coup_in_Gabon_Seen_as_Part_of Broader_Revolt_Against_France_&_Neo-Colonialism_in_Africa⠀⇛ Military leaders in Gabon seized power on Wednesday shortly after reigning President Ali Bongo had been named the winner of last week’s contested election. Bongo and his family have led the country for close to 60 years, during which they have been accused of enriching themselves at the expense of the country. The military junta announced General Brice Oligui Nguema would serve as transitional leader in what is the latest military coup in a former French colony, joining recent power shifts in Niger, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Chad. “The independence of Gabon has never been real,” says Thomas Deltombe, French journalist and expert on the French African empire. “I think we might be witnessing a second independence, a new decolonization process.” We also speak with Daniel Mengara, a professor of French and Francophone studies and founder of the exiled opposition movement Bongo Must Leave, which he continues to head. “This is a rare opportunity for the Gabonese people to engage in national dialogue,” says Mengara, who warns that the intentions of the coup leaders are still unclear. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Palau,_United_States_expand_maritime_security arrangements_after_Chinese_incursions⠀⇛ The new agreement allows the U.S. to enforce regulations in Palau’s waters without a Paluan officer present. # ⚓ YLE ☛ IL:_Supo_blocked_Purra’s_choice_for_media_advisor role_due_to_China_links⠀⇛ The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo) highlighted a number of issues during the preferred candidate’s security check, including his partner’s former Chinese nationality. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Jacksonville_Shooting:_Rep._Maxwell_Frost Blasts_DeSantis_for_Pushing_Bigotry_&_Ignoring_Gun_Violence⠀⇛ Congressmember Maxwell Frost of Florida says this weekend’s shooting in Jacksonville, carried out by a white supremacist who targeted Black people at a dollar store, did not happen in isolation. He points to Republican efforts to loosen gun laws and racist rhetoric from party leaders as part of the problem of far-right violence. “All of these things are connected,” says Frost, who also applauded people for booing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at a prayer vigil in Jacksonville. “In moments like these, we have to stand strong on ensuring that leaders who contributed to the problem can’t use our communities as campaign stops.” # ⚓ JURIST ☛ North_Carolina_campus_shooting_that_killed_faculty member_reignites_student_calls_for_stricter_gun_laws⠀⇛ Local police announced Monday that an active shooter on the University of North Carolina’s (UNC) Chapel Hill campus shot and killed a faculty member. Active shooter alerts and sirens caused students, staff and faculty members at the famed southern US university to barricade themselves into classrooms and offices Monday afternoon. > # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Switzerland_indicts_former_Algeria_defense minister_for_war_crimes_and_crimes_against_humanity⠀⇛ Switzerland’s Office of the Attorney General (OAG) announced Tuesday that it has formally charged former Algerian defense minister Khaled Nezzar in relation to war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the Algerian Civil War. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ US_Army_Brags_About_Plans_to_Mount_Rifle_on Robot_Dog⠀⇛ First reported earlier this month by the intelligence service Janes, the Army’s desire to slap a weapon on one of Ghost Robotics’ Vision 60 Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle (Q-UGV) — which is robotics manufacturing-speak for a competitor to Boston Dynamics’ infamous robodog used by the likes of the New York Police Department — seemed to be softly confirmed by a spokesperson Military.com talked to. # ⚓ Janes ☛ US_Army_experimenting_with_weaponised_Q-UGV_for infantry⠀⇛ The Ghost Robotics-made Vision 60 Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle (Q-UGV) is currently being integrated with different sensors to see how well it can perform reconnaissance and other missions, Bhavanjot Singh, senior scientific technical manager for autonomy and automation for armaments systems at Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), told Janes on 26 July. However, the service is exploring integrating the robot with a Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW), a new Sig Sauer XM7 Rifle, he said during a reception for lawmakers where the robot was displayed. # ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ ‘Obama’s_man_in_Africa’:_under_house_arrest as_popular_coup_rocks_Gabon⠀⇛ # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Switzerland_Follows_EU_With_New_Sanctions Against_Belarus⠀⇛ The Federal Council of Switzerland adopted further sanctions against Belarus on August 30 to align it with the measures taken by the European Union. # ⚓ LRT ☛ ‘Red_Army_go_home’:_how_Lithuania_expelled Russian_troops_30_years_ago⠀⇛ Initially, there were negotiations not only on troop withdrawal but also a political condemnation of the occupation. Russia demanded proof of the economic damage caused by the occupation, and the Lithuanians were quick to come up with estimates. When the Russians saw the numbers, they did not want to talk about it anymore. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Putin’s_Russia_must_not_be_allowed to_normalize_nuclear_blackmail⠀⇛ Much of Russia’s nuclear saber-rattling has been deliberately ambiguous in nature and highly choreographed for maximum impact. In the first days of the war, Putin very publicly announced that he was placing his country’s nuclear forces on special alert, while warning that anyone who attempted to interfere with the Russian invasion of Ukraine would face consequences on a scale “you have never seen in your history.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘I_won’t_abandon_my_state’:_Zelensky_commits to_running_for_president_if_there’s_a_wartime_election —_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Blogger_Andrey_Kurshin_arrested_in_Moscow_on suspicion_of_spreading_‘fakes’_about_Russian_army_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Prominent_Buryatia_activist_who_was_arrested for_‘striking’_policemen_with_ballpoint_pen_sentenced to_nearly_three_years_in_prison_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_Volunteer_Corps_claims responsibility_for_attack_on_military_airfield_in Russia’s_Kursk_region_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Two_Ukrainian_military_helicopters_crash_in Donetsk_region,_killing_six_pilots_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ FSB_says_two_‘Ukrainian_saboteurs’_killed and_five_arrested_in_Russia’s_Bryansk_region_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Doorstep_by_Commissioner_Olivér Várhelyi_at_the_informal_meeting_of_Foreign_Affairs Ministers_(Gymnich)_in_Toledo⠀⇛ We are here today to discuss our further support to Ukraine. # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Factsheet_on_EU-Ukraine Solidarity_Lanes_Joint_Coordination_Platform⠀⇛ European Commission Factsheet Brussels, 01 Sep 2023 Factsheet on EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes Joint Coordination Platform Factsheet EU-Ukraine Joint Coordination Platform # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Target_hit_700_kilometers_away!’_Zelensky celebrates_Ukraine’s_defense_industry,_possibly_hinting at_Russia’s_Pskov_airport_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Vladimir_Putin_to_give_open_lesson_as_part of_Russia’s_mandatory_patriotism_class_on_September_1_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We_wanted_what’s_best,_but_it_turned_out_as always’_In_this_very_brief_history_of_the_ruble, historian_Ekaterina_Pravilova_explains_how_Russia’s national_currency_got_coopted_by_the_state’s_autocratic and_imperial_ambitions_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Iran_and_targeted_human_rights sanctions_update:_Providing_military_equipment_to_Iran security_forces_and_Russia⠀⇛ The UK and Canada designated Iranian individuals and entities for the provision of military supplies to Russia and Iranian security forces. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Russian_War_Report:_Russia_deploys revamped_cruise_missile_warship⠀⇛ Russia has deployed one of its biggest warships, which serves as a cruise missile launch platform, from a Black Sea port. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Indonesia’s_economy_will_surpass Russia’s_sooner_than_expected._Here’s_what_that_says about_the_global_economy.⠀⇛ In 2026, Indonesia is expected to surpass Russia to become the world’s sixth largest economy # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ The_five-domains_update⠀⇛ Sea state The Russian and Chinese navies held a joint patrol exercise last month involving manoeuvres near the US Pacific coast. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Pope_visits_Mongolia_for_first_time_amid strained_relations_with_China,_Russia⠀⇛ Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia on Friday morning on a visit to encourage one of the world’s smallest and newest Catholic communities. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Pope_arrives_in_Mongolia,_sends message_of_‘unity_and_peace’_to_China⠀⇛ September 01, 2023 4:35 PM The papal visit is seen as a strategic move to improve Vatican ties to Beijing and Moscow. # ⚓ LRT ☛ LRT_English_Newsletter:_Escape_to_Russia⠀⇛ LRT English Newsletter – September 1, 2023. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Court_rules_in_favour_of_Russian_national denied_Lithuanian_residence_over_‘national_security’⠀⇛ Having worked in a Russian prison is not a sufficient reason to be deemed a threat to national security, a court in Vilnius decided in a case of Russian national who has been denied a residence permit. # ⚓ RFA ☛ US_issues_sanctions_over_North_Korean_missile program⠀⇛ A North Korean and a Russian national have been sanctioned following Pyongyang’s Aug. 23 failed satellite launch. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_National_Granted_Asylum_In_Bulgaria After_Being_Rejected_Earlier⠀⇛ Bulgaria will allow a Russian national to stay in the country, after earlier rejecting three asylum requests. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kazakh_Aviation_Authorities_Warn_Of_Threat_To Flight_Safety_In_Russia⠀⇛ The Russian Defense Ministry has repeatedly confirmed drone attacks that have affected flights at Russian airports. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Russia_Vetoes_Renewal_of_Mali_Sanctions Regime⠀⇛ To be adopted, a UN Security Council resolution needs no veto from Britain, China, France, Russia, and the U.S. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_renewal_of_sanctions_on_Mali_fails_after Russia_veto⠀⇛ The UN sanctions on Mali are set to end Thursday after the Security Council failed to renew them. In August 2022, the UN renewed its travel ban and asset freeze on some individuals in the West African nation resulting from political unrest in 2015. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Pope_Visits_Mongolia,_With_an_Eye_on Russia_and_China⠀⇛ The pontiff arrived Friday on a trip that the Vatican said was meant to encourage the fewer than 1,500 Catholics there. But it also brings him close to two great powers that have vexed him. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ With_Robotyne_Recaptured,_Ukraine Takes_Next_Step_in_Counteroffensive⠀⇛ After penetrating Russian defenses to retake the village of Robotyne, Ukrainian forces have pushed the fight a few miles east, but formidable obstacles lie ahead. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Textbooks_for_Russian_High_Schoolers Try_to_Justify_Ukraine_War⠀⇛ The textbooks, which cover Russian history from 1945 to present, also reimagine the brutality of Joseph Stalin’s policies. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ As_Ukraine’s_Fight_Falters,_It_Gets Even_Harder_to_Talk_About_Negotiations⠀⇛ Discussion of a negotiated Plan B, should Ukraine fail to win a total victory, has become more unseemly than ever and is now nearly a taboo, say those who have tried. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ UN_chief_sends_Russia_bid_to revive_Black_Sea_grain_deal⠀⇛ United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday that he had sent Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov \”a set of concrete proposals\” aimed at reviving a deal that allowed the safe export of Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US_lawmaker_says_Washington_has ‘obligation’_to_fulfil_military_sales_backlog_to Taiwan⠀⇛ Taiwan has complained of delays to US weapon deliveries as manufacturers turned supplies to Ukraine. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Attacks_on_Pskov_Area_Not_to_Go_Unanswered: Zakharova⠀⇛ She pointed out that Ukraine would not have been able to hit targets deep inside the Russian territory without satellite data obtained from the West. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Over_20,000_Ukrainian_Troops_Get_Training in_UK⠀⇛ Launched in the summer of 2022, Operation Interflex is a UK-led international training program for Ukrainian recruits. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Russia_is_losing_in_Ukraine_but winning_in_Georgia⠀⇛ If Putin is able to reassert Russian dominance over Georgia while continuing to occupy 20% of the country, he will be encouraged to believe that a similar outcome will eventually prove possible in Ukraine, writes Giorgi Kandelaki. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Says_Ukraine_Has_Developed_A_Long- Range_Weapon,_A_Day_After_A_Strike_Deep_Inside_Russia⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says his country has developed a weapon that hit a target 700 kilometers away, in an apparent reference to the previous day’s strike on an airport in western Russia. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Turkish_Foreign_Minister_Stresses_Importance Of_Reviving_Grain_Deal_In_Meeting_With_Lavrov⠀⇛ Turkey’s foreign minister has emphasized how important reviving the Black Sea Grain Initiative is to global food security during a meeting in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Three_Wounded_In_Russian_Missile_Strike_In Central_Ukraine_As_More_Drone_Attacks_Reported_In Russia⠀⇛ Three people were wounded in a Russian missile attack in central Ukraine as Russia reported more drone attacks early on September 1, including near Moscow and a nuclear power plant as Ukraine’s military said its counteroffensive was continuing in the country’s east and south. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_to_build_school_in_Ukraine’s_Bucha⠀⇛ Lithuania will build a school in Bucha and invest 18 million euros in the reconstruction of educational infrastructure in the Ukrainian town. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ UN_Chief_Sends_Russia_New_Proposals_To_Revive Black_Sea_Grain_Deal_But_Moscow_Isn’t_Satisfied⠀⇛ United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent Russia a new proposal aimed at getting grain and fertilizer to international markets in hopes of reviving a deal that allowed Ukraine to ship almost 33,000 tons of grain at a time of growing global hunger. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Ready_To_Store_And_Re-Export_Gas_To EU_This_Winter,_Operator_Says⠀⇛ Ukraine is ready to store and re-export European gas for the 2023/2024 winter, the country’s gas transmission operator said. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ British_Defense_Giant_BAE_Sets_Up_Base_In Ukraine⠀⇛ “BAE Systems…has established a local legal entity and signed agreements with the Ukrainian government to ramp up the company’s support to Ukraine’s armed forces and to explore the supply of light guns to Ukraine,” the company said a statement. # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Russian_missile_hits_central Ukraine_as_Moscow_reports_drone_attacks⠀⇛ Russian forces struck a private enterprise with a long-range cruise missile overnight in the central Ukrainian region of Vinnytsia, causing an unspecified number of injuries, the local governor said Friday. Earlier, Russian officials said a drone attack damaged a building in a southwestern town near the Kursk nuclear power station. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Prigozhin’s_Right-Hand_Man_In_Wagner_Buried Quietly_Near_Moscow⠀⇛ The co-founder and military commander of the Russian mercenary group Wagner was buried near Moscow on August 31, after dying in an unexplained plane crash that also killed his boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin. # ⚓ France24 ☛ What_do_we_know_about_the_videos_allegedly showing_‘destroyed’_Wagner_cemeteries?⠀⇛ A few days after the plane crash that killed Russian oligarch and head of the Wagner private military company Yevgeny Prigozhin, two videos emerged online showing the destruction of cemeteries for Wagner mercenaries – or so social media users claimed. Some people are saying that this destruction is part of a Russian campaign to erase any sign of the powerful Wagner Group in Russia after Prigozhin led a short-lived rebellion against the country’s military leadership. Our research currently shows no link between what is happening in the cemeteries and the plane crash. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Wagner_Group’s_second-in-command_buried quietly_near_Moscow⠀⇛ Dmitry Utkin, cofounder and military commander of the Wagner Group, was buried Thursday in a quiet ceremony at a military cemetery near Moscow after dying in a plane crash that also killed his boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin. The ceremony came as Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow for talks in a bid to revive the Black Sea grain deal. # ⚓ Fidan,_Lavrov_discuss_revival_of_Ukraine_grain_deal⠀⇛ The top diplomats evaluated the efforts to revive the deal, as well as discussing an alternative plan proposed by Putin. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia-Ukraine_War:_Putin_and Erdogan_Will_Meet_Next_Week,_Kremlin_Says⠀⇛ The Kremlin’s spokesman said the leaders of Russia and Turkey will hold talks in Sochi on Monday. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Putin_rebounds_at_home,_but_global ambitions_stymied⠀⇛ Vladimir Putin has strengthened his domestic position in the wake of a June mercenary mutiny, but Russia’s overall geopolitical standing is falling. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Chile:_The_Secrets_the_US_Government_Continues to_Hide⠀⇛ But Nixon had access to far more detailed and dramatic intelligence. A special CIA “CRITIC”—Critical Advance Intelligence Cable—that would have been distributed on an urgent basis to the highest levels of the White House on September 10, provided concrete reporting on the date, time, and place of the planned coup; another top secret CIA memo that reached the White House the morning of September 11 contained an urgent request from “a key officer in the military group planning overthrow President Allende” who asked “if the U.S. Government would come to the aid of the Chilean military if the situation became difficult.” How the president of the United States responded to that request is one of the details of the history of the coup that remain unknown. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Breach Media ☛ A_group_of_B.C._towns_want_to_sue_Big_Oil over_the_climate_crisis⠀⇛ It was a sunny afternoon on the aptly-named Sunshine Coast in B.C., when residents Dawn Allen and Alaya Boisvert approached the Gibsons town council in their chamber. It was late winter and, for nearly a year prior, Allen and Boisvert had spent long hours in Zoom meetings. They had collected petition signatures at fairs, farmers markets, and outside grocery stores. They had trudged door to door, through stifling heat waves, asking their neighbours to back them. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ As_Idalia_Threatens_Florida,_It’s_Time_to Hold_Big_Oil_Accountable_for_Climate_Disasters⠀⇛ The threats posed this week to Florida by Hurricane Idalia are just the latest in a string of extreme weather and disasters exacerbated by the climate crisis this summer. July was the hottest month on record, within the hottest year on record – a year that has been marked by deadly and tragic disasters ranging from the devastating wildfires in Maui, a searing heat wave across much of Europe and United States, and record flooding in Italy, Cuba, Brazil, India and beyond. Meanwhile, the fossil fuel industry has continued to drive up prices and rake in massive profits, all while walking back their own climate commitments. Just this week, ExxonMobil announced that it predicted the world would fail to meet its 2050 climate targets, while taking no responsibility for its own role in the failure. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Australia_settles_climate_lawsuit_over systemic_risks_to_sovereign_bonds⠀⇛ Under the terms of the settlement, the government will have to issue a notice saying its sovereign bonds carry climate-related risks. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Scientist_Peter_Kalmus:_The_Hurricanes, Floods_&_Fires_of_2023_Are_Just_the_Beginning_of_Climate Emergency⠀⇛ As Hurricane Idalia left a wake of destruction Wednesday, President Joe Biden said, “I don’t think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis anymore.” Climate activist and scientist Peter Kalmus calls for Biden to declare a climate emergency in order to unleash the government’s ability to transition away from fossil fuels. “The public just doesn’t understand, in my opinion, what a deep emergency we are in,” says Kalmus. “This is the merest beginning of what we’re going to see in coming years.” Kalmus blasts the fossil fuel industry for manipulating politics through campaign contributions, and GOP presidential candidates for misleading the public about climate science. “As a parent, as a citizen and as a scientist, I find it appalling and disgusting,” declares Kalmus. “I can’t mince words anymore.” # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Hurricane_Idalia_is_yet_another_test_of America’s_aging_power_infrastructure⠀⇛ By the numbers: The average U.S. electricity customer experienced 7.3 hours of power outages in 2021 — down from 8.2 hours in 2020, but more than double 2013′s rate. That’s per the latest available data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, an agency within the Department of Energy. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Marathon_Refinery_Fire_Illustrates_How Industry_Goes_Quiet_During_a_Crisis⠀⇛ Thick black smoke billowed and flames rose from two chemical storage tanks at the Marathon Petroleum refinery between Reserve and Garyville, Louisiana, on Friday. Geraldine Watkins saw the towers of smoke through the passenger seat window of a car that morning, while she was on her way to a court hearing about whether another tract of land in St. John the Baptist Parish, where Garyville is located, would be zoned for heavy industrial use. Despite the alarming view, no community-wide alarms had sounded when a naphtha leak started a fire at the refinery earlier that morning. While parish officials declared a mandatory evacuation for all residents within two miles of the refinery, including two nearby schools, DeSmog’s Julie Dermansky got inside the two-mile evacuation zone across the river from the plant without encountering a road block. Cars continued to pass by the facility and workers at the neighboring Cargill plant stood on the Mississippi River levee and recorded the scene live on Facebook for more than an hour. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hoverboard_Turned_Into_Bonkers_Omniwheeled Bike⠀⇛ Segways stunned the world when they first hit the market in 2001. Hoverboards then terrified the world with nasty accidents and surprise fires. [James Bruton] loves hoverboards regardless, and set out on a mighty upgrade regime turning the ride-on toy into a giant omniwheeled bicycle. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finnish_court_rejects_appeal_by_taxi_firm’s Russian_owner⠀⇛ Finland’s Data Protection Ombudsman earlier this month ordered taxi service Yango, owned by Russian tech giant Yandex, to stop transferring and processing customer’s personal data in Russia. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ A_Three_Seas_Chamber_of_Commerce could_enhance_energy_diversification_across_Central_and Eastern_Europe⠀⇛ The Three Seas Initiative (3SI) Summit in Bucharest takes place next week. To catalyze investment and diversify away from Russian energy, the summit should establish a Three Seas Chamber of Commerce, capable of sustaining progress and unleashing the region’s full potential. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Egypt:_Last_Unit_of_Nuclear_Power_Plant Allowed_to_Be_Built⠀⇛ The program is based on an agreement between Egypt and Russia that entered into force in December 2017, with the building of 4 reactor units, each with a capacity of 1,200 megawatts, at a total construction cost of 28.75 billion U.S. dollars. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ Futurism ☛ The_Death_Toll_From_Climate_Change_Will_Be Catastrophic,_Scientists_Say⠀⇛ This somber analysis was arrived at by researchers in Canada and Austria who analyzed 180 studies on climate change and mortality, as laid out in a new paper published in the journal Energies. From the analysis, they converged on a “1000-ton rule,” which means for every 1,000 tons of fossil fuel burned, a person dies. Calculating with this rule in mind, the researchers concluded that roughly 1 billion people will die if the planet warms up to 2 degrees celsius or higher by 2100. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Americans_are_saving_less,_earning_less_—_but spending_more [Ed: Debt crisis growing. It'll implode very badly.]⠀⇛ Americans saw income_growth that slowed to a crawl in July, but their spending rate decidedly did not. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Swedish_payments_major_Klarna_hits_monthly profitability_ahead_of_target_as_losses_shrink⠀⇛ Swedish payments group Klarna Bank reported on Thursday a much smaller six-month operating loss than a year earlier and said it had reached profitability on a monthly basis ahead of target. The January-June operating loss at the privately held (BNPL) fintech, which last made a full-year profit in 2018, was 2.01 billion crowns ($185 million) against a year-earlier loss of 6.17 billion crowns. # ⚓ Daniel Miessler ☛ Why_and_How_I_Believe_We’ll_Attain_AGI_by 2025-2028⠀⇛ I have a strong intuition about how we’ll achieve both AGI and consciousness in machines. Keep in mind: it’s just an intuition. And I’m not a triple Ph.D. in AI or anything. But I don’t think I—nor anyone else—has anything solid to stand on with this stuff, so intuition / hypothesis is what you’ll get here. So what that throat-clearing out of the way, let’s get into it. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Parisians_Want_to_Bring_Their_Neighbors Closer_Together._But_First,_Cheese.⠀⇛ A grass-roots movement aims to recast urban living in Paris and other cities around the world through a hyperlocal prism of neighborliness. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ UK_Replaces_Defense_Secretary_Ben_Wallace With_Grant_Shapps⠀⇛ Mr. Wallace, a former soldier, had come to symbolize Britain’s steadfast support for Ukraine in the war against Russia. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Mongolian_woman_eager_to_welcome_Pope Francis_keeps_up_tea-spilling_tradition⠀⇛ Perlimaa Gavaadandov offers a tribute to the sky by splashing a cup of freshly boiled milk tea just outside her yurt on the edge of Mongolia’s grasslands, following an age-old tradition. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Pope_arrives_on_first_visit_to Mongolia_as_Vatican_relations_with_Russia_and_China_remain strained⠀⇛ Pope Francis has arrived in Mongolia on a visit to encourage one of the world’s smallest and newest Catholic communities. It’s the first time a pope has visited the landlocked Asian country and comes at a time when the Vatican’s relations with Mongolia’s two powerful neighbors, Russia and China, are once again strained. Francis arrived in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar on Friday morning after an overnight flight passing through Chinese airspace. That gave the pontiff a rare opportunity to send a note of greetings to President Xi Jinping. Following a welcoming ceremony, Francis planned to rest for the remainder of the day. His official program begins Saturday and lasts through Monday. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Denmark_joins_Lithuania-led_cyber_rapid_response force⠀⇛ The cyber rapid response team will consist of nationally delegated experts from Croatia, Estonia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Belgium, Slovenia, and Denmark. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Cybersecurity_compliance:_What_companies need_to_know_about_the_new_SEC_rules⠀⇛ The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently updated its rules on cyber risk management, governance and incident disclosure. The new rules will take effect in December 2023. Given that the guidelines have only been out for a month, how are companies responding to its stipulations so far, and what major challenges are they facing on that path? # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Clarence_Thomas_Filing_Acknowledges_Harlan Crow_Real_Estate_Deal,_Private_Jet_Travel⠀⇛ Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for the first time acknowledged that he should have reported selling real estate to billionaire political donor Harlan Crow in 2014, a transaction revealed by ProPublica earlier this year. Writing in his annual financial disclosure form, Thomas said that he “inadvertently failed to realize” that the deal needed to be publicly disclosed. In the form, which was made public Thursday after he’d received an extension on the filing deadline, Thomas also disclosed receiving three private jet trips last year from Crow. ProPublica reported on two of those trips. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Elon_Musk’s_X_lifts_ban_on_political_ads, reversing_Twitter_policy_on_halting_misinformation⠀⇛ Elon Musk on Tuesday lifted a ban on political ads put in place at Twitter to thwart misinformation before the billionaire bought the platform now called X. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Books_To_Boots:_Critics_Say_New_Russian History_Textbook_Is_Propaganda,_Preparation_For_War⠀⇛ Critics say the new textbook has little to do with history but rather is a return to Soviet-style practices of ideological indoctrination aimed at youths who could soon find themselves drafted into the military. With some exceptions, boys become eligible for one year of mandatory service when they reach the age of 18. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Can_a_Controversial_User_Really_Get_Kicked_off_the Internet?⠀⇛ In theory, yes; in practice, perhaps soon. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran_Bans_Weightlifter_For_Life_After_Photo_Shows Him_With_Israeli_Rival⠀⇛ Iran on August 30 banned weightlifter Mustafa Radschaie Langrudi for life, claiming he acted “contrary to the ideals of the Islamic republic” when a photo of him by a medals stand showed him together with an athlete from Israel. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_pro-democracy_singer jailed_for_2_years_and_2_months_over_sedition_and_money- laundering_charges⠀⇛ Yuen’s online posts, the magistrate said, were taunts and mockery aimed at inciting citizen’s “scorn” towards the Hong Kong government and the legal system. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Texas_Ruling_Shows_You_Can’t_Regulate_Online Pornography_Like_A_Public_Health_Crisis⠀⇛ A Texas federal district judge granted a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of a controversial age verification law set to enter force September 1. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Culture_Ministry_official_says_Barbie_and Oppenheimer_movies_do_not_promote_Russia’s_‘traditional spiritual_and_moral_values’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Ministry_Rejects_Move_To_Allow_Showing_Of Blockbusters_Barbie_And_Oppenheimer⠀⇛ Russia’s Culture Ministry said blockbuster films Barbie and Oppenheimer do not meet the traditional and moral values of Russia and therefore has rejected an appeal by lawmaker Vladislav Davankov to issue the movies with “compulsory” licenses for products from “unfriendly countries.” # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Court_Says_Texas’_Adult_Content_Age_Verification Law_Clearly_Violates_The_1st_Amendment⠀⇛ One down, many more to go. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarus_Sentences_Journalist_To_3_1/2_Years_In Prison_For_‘Extremism’⠀⇛ A court in Belarus has sentenced journalist Larysa Shchyrakova to 3 1/2 years in prison after finding her guilty of “facilitating extremist activities” and “discrediting” Belarus as a crackdown on dissent by the country’s authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka continues. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Comedian_Who_Opposes_Ukraine_War_Says Kazakhstan_Is_Blocking_His_Concerts⠀⇛ Russian comedian and TV presenter Maksim Galkin, who has been vocal in his criticism of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine, says Kazakh authorities have been blocking his plans to try and hold concerts in the Central Asian nation for “some fictitious reasons.” o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Prosecutors_dismiss_journalist’s_complaint against_radical_Islamist_threats⠀⇛ The threats were related to a video that Gönültaş reported on in May 2022, in which a woman allegedly affiliated with ISIS threatened those who did not want sharia with a knife in her hand. The woman was detained in a house raid targeting suspected ISIS members. Gönültaş, a journalist who specializes in ISIS and refugee issues, said she received threats from members of the radical Islamist group Tevhid after this report. # ⚓ PBS ☛ Kansas_reporter_files_federal_lawsuit_against_police chief_who_raided_her_newspaper’s_office⠀⇛ Deb Gruver believes Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody violated her constitutional rights when he abruptly snatched her personal cellphone out of her hands during a search where officers also seized computers from the Marion County Record’s office, according to the lawsuit. That Aug. 11 search and two others conducted at the homes of the newspaper’s publisher and a City Council member have thrust the town into the center of a debate over the press protections in the First Amendment. # ⚓ Kansas Reflector ☛ Kansas_reporter_sues_Marion_police chief,_alleging_retaliation_in_newsroom_raid⠀⇛ As Gruver read the search warrant, she told Cody she needed to call her publisher and editor, Eric Meyer. The police chief, who was ostensibly investigating another reporter’s computer use, snatched the phone out of Gruver’s hand. The scene is recounted in a lawsuit Gruver filed Wednesday in federal court that says Cody had no legal basis for taking her personal cellphone. She is seeking damages for “emotional distress, mental anguish and physical injury” as a result of Cody’s “malicious and recklessly indifferent violation” of her First Amendment free press rights and Fourth Amendment rights against unlawful search and seizure. “Although I brought this suit in my own name, I’m standing up for journalists across the country,” Gruver said. “It is our constitutional right to do this job without fear of harassment or retribution, and our constitutional rights are always worth fighting for.” # ⚓ CPJ ☛ Haitian_radio_journalist’s_home_destroyed_in_arson attack⠀⇛ On August 23, unidentified armed individuals set fire to Pierre’s home and several other houses in the Carrefour-Feuilles neighborhood of Port-au- Prince, according to the journalist, who spoke to CPJ, and his employer, the local independent broadcaster Radio Télé Galaxie. The journalist and his family were able to escape the home unharmed. # ⚓ CPJ ☛ Two_exiled_Russian_journalists_sentenced_to_11_years for_disseminating_‘fake’_news_on_Ukraine_war⠀⇛ On Tuesday, August 29, the Basmanny Court in Moscow sentenced Leviev, founder of the Russian independent investigative project Conflict Intelligence Team, and Nacke, a Lithuania-based video blogger, to 11 years each in a penal colony for distributing “fake” information about the Russian military. Leviev was also issued a five- year ban on managing a website, and Nacke was given a four-year ban, Nacke told CPJ via messaging app. # ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Time_to_Take_Away_Fox’s_Broadcast Licenses_–_Dispatches_from_Project_Censored:_On_Media_and Politics⠀⇛ Although stripping an established TV station of its broadcast license may seem like an extreme measure, the Fox Corporation’s record of malfeasance and its repeated betrayal of the public trust justifies the action in this case. Indeed, an argument can be made that the FCC should take away every single one of the corporation’s broadcast licenses. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ The_Scottish_Gestapo⠀⇛ On 28 July a gender critical woman demonstrator, Julie Marshall, was “punched in the face” by a political opponent in Aberdeen. The man who struck her was questioned and issued with a police caution not to punch people. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Kansas_State_Police_Tell_Court_It’s_Too_Much_To Ask_For_Troopers_To_Respect_The_Constitution⠀⇛ Given enough time and attention, informal parlance just becomes… parlance. And so it is for the Kansas State Police. For years, troopers have evaded the Constitution and applicable Supreme Court decisions to make the Fourth Amendment irrelevant. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ President_Biden:_Don’t_Give_Wall_Street Control_of_Our_Public_Water_Systems⠀⇛ This week, President Biden’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council issued a report recommending the privatization of the nation’s water systems. The chair of the advisory council is the CEO of Global Infrastructure Partners, an infrastructure investment bank with an estimated $100 billion in assets under management that targets energy, transportation, digital and water infrastructure. The report recommends, among other things, that the federal government “[r]emove barriers to privatization, concessions, and other nontraditional models of funding community water systems,” and open up all federal grant programs to support privatized utilities. # ⚓ Site36 ☛ German_police_under_critique_for_training_mass murderers_in_Saudi_Arabia⠀⇛ Under a 2009 “security agreement” between the German government and Riyadh, the German Federal Police trained thousands of officers from security agencies in Saudi Arabia. As such, it may have played a larger role in human rights abuses than previously known. This is according to new research by the ARD magazine “Monitor“. Last week, Human Rights Watch (HRW) had confirmed in a study that Saudi officials had shot dead hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers since last year as they tried to cross the Yemeni- Saudi border. Artillery weapons had also been used in the process. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Afghan_Woman_Who_Fled_Taliban_Dies_After_Fall_From Building_In_Islamabad⠀⇛ Officials in Islamabad say a 22-year-old Afghan refugee woman identified as Mariam, died after allegedly jumping from the fifth floor of a building on August 31. [...] # ⚓ RFERL ☛ ‘Illogical_And_Inhumane’:_Taliban’s_Ban_On_Women Entering_National_Park_Sparks_Widespread_Anger⠀⇛ The ban is seen as the latest attempt to erase Afghan women from public life. Since seizing power in 2021, the Taliban has banned women from education and most forms of employment and imposed strict limitations on their freedom of movement and appearances. # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ US_Government_Sued_For_Hiding_Information On_Afghan_Refugees_In_Detention_Camps⠀⇛ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Entertainment_PR_firms_take_major_hit_amid Hollywood_strike⠀⇛ Entertainment public relations professionals are caught in the middle of Hollywood’s current labor battle. Why it matters:Entertainment publicity is at a standstill, and mid-sized PR firms are taking bigger financial hits than they did during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. =================================================== State of play:Unlike COVID-19 — during which clients could Zoom into talkshow interviews or shoot creative content on their iPhones — talent promotion is at a complete halt. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Are_California’s_New_‘Woke’_DEI_College_Standards Illegal?⠀⇛ Join Reason on YouTube at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion about a lawsuit against California Community Colleges’ new DEI standards with FIRE attorney Jessie Appleby and the plaintiff o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ A_Banana_Puts_The_Final_Nail_In_The_Coffin_Of_5G Hype⠀⇛ We’ve long noted how 5G wireless is more of an evolution than a revolution. Yes, it results in faster, better networks, but it’s not a technology that’s truly transformative. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Australian_Government,_Of_All_Places,_Says_Age Verification_Is_A_Privacy_&_Security_Nightmare⠀⇛ In the past I’ve sometimes described Australia as the land where internet policy is completely upside down. Rather than having a system that protects intermediaries from liability for third party content, Australia went the opposite direction. Rather than recognizing that a search engine merely links to content and isn’t responsible for the content at those links, Australia has said that search engines can be held liable for what they link to. Rather than protect the free expression of people on the internet who criticize the rich and powerful, Australia has extremely problematic defamation laws that result in regular SLAPP suits and suppression of speech. Rather than embrace encryption that protects everyone’s privacy and security, Australia requires companies to break encryption, insisting only criminals use it. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Diving_Into_Starlink’s_User_Terminal_Firmware⠀⇛ The average Starlink user probably doesn’t spend a lot of time thinking about their hardware after getting the dish aligned and wiring run. To security researchers, however, it’s another fascinating device to tinker with as they reverse- engineer the firmware and try to both find out what makes it tick, as well as how to break it. This is essentially the subject of [Carlo Ramponi]’s article over at Quarkslab as he digs into the firmware architecture and potential weaknesses in its internal communication. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Official:_Microsoft_unbundles_Teams_in Europe⠀⇛ Microsoft has blinked first in its dispute with the EU over bundling Teams with Microsoft 365 and Office 365, and will now allow European customers to buy the two software suites without it. It also pledged to make it easier for rival meeting tools to work with the two suites. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Microsoft_to_unbundle_Teams_from_Office_in Europe_amid_antitrust_probe⠀⇛ Microsoft currently sells Teams as part of its Microsoft 365 software bundle, which includes the Office productivity suite. Three years ago, Salesforce Inc.’s Slack unit filed a complaint over the practice in the European Union. Germany-based videoconferencing provider Alfaview submitted a similar complaint in early July. The concerns raised by Microsoft’s rivals prompted the European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, to launch an antitrust probe into the matter. The commission believes that the fact Teams is bundled with Office may give the former service an unfair “distribution advantage” over competitors. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Microsoft_to_unbundle_Teams_from_Office_in bid_to_allay_EU_antitrust_concerns⠀⇛ Microsoft’s preliminary concessions failed to address concerns. # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Major_Sports_Leagues_Want_‘Instantaneous’ Site_Blocking,_ISPs_To_Be_Real_Time_Copyright_Police⠀⇛ Back in May of this year, the USPTO put out a request for public comments from interested parties in how to modernize its policies and/ or copyright law to combat counterfeiting and online piracy. The world’s easiest prediction would have been that the copyright industries would request more stringent copyright rules and heavier and faster policing of copyright by literally anyone other than those from the copyright industries. That they did so is simply par for the course. # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Italy_IP_law_revision_allows_new_coexistence of_national_and_unitary_patents [Ed: No, unitary patents are illegal and unconstitutional. This is systemic corruption wherein they try to legalise their crimes post hoc.]⠀⇛ Following several months of deliberation, the Italian goverment has made several revisions to its Industrial Property Code (IIPC) with the support of the Italian Trademark and Patent Office (UIBM). # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Arm_wrestles_assembly_language guru’s_domains_away_citing_trademark_issues⠀⇛ “I wrote my thesis about Arm security features and exploit mitigations for Arm’s internal use, [have] given internal presentations, keynoted their conference, advocated for them, visited them at their HQ in Cambridge – all without compensation because I wanted this to be a mutually beneficial relationship instead of a gig.” Markstedter, who runs the Arm programming training’n’tutorial outfit Azeria Labs, therefore asked Arm what all the fuss was about – only to meet radio silence. Then, on Monday, blogs and websites owned and operated by Markstedter were taken down by her hosting provider after it received another cease and desist letter. These websites included: [...] # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ TTAB_Posts_September_2023_Hearing Schedule⠀⇛ The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee- Tee-Ā-Bee) has scheduled nine oral hearings for the month of September 2023. Seven of the hearings will be held via video conference; two will be “In Person,” as indicated below. Briefs and other papers for each case may be found at TTABVUE via the links provided. # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ Precedential_No._23:_As_Used_on Applicant’s_Specimen,_Depiction_of_Computer_Game Character_Fails_to_Function_as_a_Trademark⠀⇛ The Board upheld a refusal to register the mark shown below, for video and computer game software, finding that the proposed mark fails to function as a source indicator for the identified goods. Reviewing Applicant Stallard’s webpage specimen of use, the Board concluded that “prospective consumers viewing the proposed mark on the webpage would have no reason to think that the cropped image of Maria’s head identifies the source of the goods.” In_re_Joseph_A._Stallard, Serial No. 97115036 (August 28, 2023) [precedential] (Opinion by Judge Thomas V. Shaw). # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Paramount_DMCAs_‘Star_Trek’_Fan_Project, Apparently_Deaf_To_The_History_Of_‘Star_Trek’⠀⇛ Of all the things we cover here at Techdirt, content producers going legal on pure fan- made productions that amount to fans expressing their fandom will always be the most befuddling for me. All the more so when it comes to content that was essentially kept alive by this same sort of fan-made work. Take the Star Trek franchise, for instance. Viacom/CBS and Paramount has gone after fan- made works playing off of the franchise for years and years. Even Paramount’s release of guidelines by which fans could create fan films served mostly as a giant middle finger to the fandom, so stringent were the rules. This apparently represents the owners of Star Trek‘s IP being completely deaf to the history of Star Trek and the internet and what the fans have meant to the franchise. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Lithuania’s_Media_Watchdog_Issues First-Ever_‘Fines’_to_Torrenting_Movie_Pirates⠀⇛ Since the summer, the Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania (LRTK) has had the legal authority to fine online pirates. This week, the media watchdog announced that it has used its newly gained power to fine three users of popular private torrent site Linkomanija.net, which appears to be actively monitored. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Govts._Must_‘Encourage_or_Compel’ Internet_Companies_to_Fight_Piracy⠀⇛ A massive coalition of major rightsholders says governments must encourage or even compel companies doing business on the internet to collaborate in the fight against piracy. The USPTO submission from the IIPA coalition contains direct criticism of ICANN on domains and Cloudflare by implication; the U.S. government must stop pirate sites from using reverse proxy services, IIPA says. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ ChatGPT_Developer_OpenAI_Moves To_Dismiss_Majority_of_Sarah_Silverman_Lawsuit,_Says Claims_‘Misconceive_the_Scope_of_Copyright’⠀⇛ Beginning with the suit’s second claim, OpenAI in its dismissal motion expressed the belief that the plaintiffs had failed to describe the direct infringement, right and ability to supervise the alleged infringement, and direct financial interest required to demonstrate vicarious infringement. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ We_all_scream_for_ice_cream_–_so why_are_McDonald’s_machines_always_broken?⠀⇛ In reality, what might be a simple fix is obfuscated behind “passwords and cryptic error messages,” and control of these is what forms the bulk of the manufacturer’s revenues through pricey callouts. But bypassing such software locks is a no-no under the US’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). So, in the name of sweaty punters who might visit the golden arches in the hope of a frozen treat but are turned away by an ashen- faced crew member, iFixit and IP law non- profit Public Knowledge are soft serving the US Copyright Office with a petition [PDF] to “expand the repair exemption for consumer electronic devices to include commercial industrial equipment.” # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ U.S._Copyright_Office_launches study_on_the_impacts_of_generative_AI_on_copyright law⠀⇛ The Copyright Office claims that it will use this information to “analyze the current state of the law, identify unresolved issues and evaluate potential areas for congressional action,” according to the office’s website. The inquiry includes questions that the office has about generative AI but welcomes comments that are outside of those pertaining to the specific questions. These include inquiries about the public’s view on copyrighted generative AI work, research that is relevant to the study’s purposes, perspectives on whether open-source AI models raise unique considerations and others. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Scientologists_Tell_Feds_They_Don’t_Want Randos_Repairing_Their_E-Meters⠀⇛ The letter is dated Aug. 10 and was sent to the U.S. Copyright Office to contest the renewal of an exemption of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act allowing people to hack into consumer device software for the purpose of maintenance or repair. This refers to Section 1201 of the DMCA, also the “anti- circumvention” provisions that have allowed tech companies, tractor makers, and more to restrict users from repairing devices dependent on software. In 2021, The U.S. Copyright Office changed the rules allowing users to fix far more of their own software- enabled devices. # ⚓ 404 Media ☛ Scientologists_Ask_Federal_Government_to Restrict_Right_to_Repair⠀⇛ Author Services Inc., a group “representing the literary, theatrical, and musical works of L. Ron Hubbard,” told the U.S. Copyright Office that it opposes the renewal of an exemption to Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that makes it legal for consumers to hack their personal electronics for the purposes of repair. This exemption to copyright law is needed because many electronics manufacturers put arbitrary software locks, Digital Rights Management systems, or other technological prevention measures that stop consumers from diagnosing or repairing devices unless they are authorized to do so. Special exemptions to copyright law make it legal for farmers to hack past John Deere’s DRM to fix their tractors, consumers to use software tools to help them repair certain parts of game consoles, or use third-party software to circumvent repair locks on printers, air conditioners, laptops, etc. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Google_hit_with_copyright_lawsuit_by Danish_online_job-search_rival⠀⇛ Alphabet’s Google was hit with a lawsuit on Thursday by Danish online job-search rival Jobindex, a year after the latter complained to EU antitrust regulators that the US tech giant unfairly favoured its own job-search service. The Danish Media Association on behalf of Jobindex sued Google at a Danish court alleging copyright violations. # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Exploring_Preference_Signals_for AI_Training⠀⇛ What’s more, our engagement revealed that people were motivated to share not merely to serve their own individual interests, but rather because of a sense of societal interest. Many wanted to support and expand the body of knowledge and creativity that people could access and build upon — that is, the commons. Creativity depends on a thriving commons, and expanding choice was a means to that end. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ ChatGPT_Developer_OpenAI_Moves To_Dismiss_Majority_of_Sarah_Silverman_Lawsuit,_Says Claims_‘Misconceive_the_Scope_of_Copyright’⠀⇛ Last month, Sarah Silverman (who wrote 2010’s The Bedwetter) joined multiple other authors in suing OpenAI for allegedly training ChatGPT on copyrighted writing without authorization. Now, the defendant entity has moved to dismiss the majority of the suit. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 5431 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 09.01.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_02/09/2023:_Unhealthy_Technology_and_No_Longer_Streaming⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:22 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini # Programming * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Trying_to_cope_with_the_fear_of_death⠀⇛ If a thing never ends, or changes it becomes un- special. Fully experience the special thing while you can. After it ends, keep the memories alive if you wish. Memories can be revived with similar experiences, but one cannot cross the same river twice. A person doesn’t know what they’ve completely forgotten. # ⚓ Mushrooms,_Dragonflies,_Sandbar_Willow⠀⇛ I’m glad to see that, since the yard has some pretty thick thatch build-up, and the landlord doesn’t seem to be planning to aerate or anything. Maybe the mushrooms will help decompose some of that. We are under a flood warning today, since heavy rains north of here are causing the Tanana to overflow its banks in places. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ What’s_a_healthy_relationship_to_technology⠀⇛ The question is there in the title and I don’t really have an answer myself: what *is* a healthy relationship to new tech? These days I feel like I see every new development that comes out of the tech sector in terms of “okay, how is this going to be used for more extraction, more exploitation?” or “oh this seems fun…so what’s the catch? how am I going to get screwed later?” Was it always like this and when I was young I just didn’t notice or are things actually getting worse? Were there people who looked at the proliferation of radio a century and change ago and thought “ah, this is going to fuck us over”? # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ I’m_No_Longer_Streaming⠀⇛ This blog post will be quite short. I just finished my last stream on Twitch tonight. I do not intend to stream after this point. There are quite a few reasons that I won’t necessarily go into for why I prefer to not stream, but it will be nice having 1 less account to worry about. My last subscription (which was gifted to me, so I will wait until the sub runs out so I don’t feel like I wasted someone else’s $5) runs out on September 25th, so I will file for account deletion when that subscription expires. My Twitch account is not following any other Twitch accounts now and I set things up so no one can gift a sub to me for an account I am not following. # ⚓ Creating_an_atom_feed_file_to_submit_to_antenna⠀⇛ I recently considered submitting articles to antenna but since I am not using a gemlog format but just create random files. I thoght I needed to reformat my files but it is mentioned on the antenna site that you can use an atom feed file instead. I tried that and at first failed to understand what is actually accessed and after some fiddling I noticed that if the atom file is submitted, the information in the file is used and the actual article files are not even accessed by the tool. # ⚓ Hello,_world⠀⇛ Haigh. I’ve been on Gemini for years but thís BBS seems ideal for a personal gemlog, so I hope to post more often and more coherently 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:)⦈ I have a few capsules and a different gemlog for Linux notes and technical stuff. I’m mainly interested in human rights, equality, minorities, indigenous rights, environment and wildlife. # ⚓ RPoD_ideas⠀⇛ I am going to be experimenting with docker and containerized gophernicus. I also really like the idea of GeGoBi as a gemini server, putting this in docker shouldn’t be difficult. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ recutils_exploration⠀⇛ Tomasino [posted about recutils][1], I have been intrigued. In my [2022-06-06 phlog post] [2], I stated I had an idea to generate my gophermaps via a recutils database. This wasn’t such a new idea for me, back in 2017 this gopherhole was run on a “CMS” system I wrote in C that fed from a MySQL database. This was overkill, and of course, ended up being a pain in the ass. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 5620 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 09.01.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_01/09/2023:_LXD_5.17_and_Wget2_2.1⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:17 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Politics_and_World_Events o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini # Programming * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ The_only_help_I_got_for_it.⠀⇛ Louis was doing good the other day, almost human- like still. So we walk out to Dr. Chin’s to see what work he’s got. Says he’ll give us forty if we take some bags of oats over to Aiyaz’s mill. So we hitch up his horse and wagon, load it up. Folks’d always laugh at Chin for running horse and wagons like its old times. But now them folks can’t afford the e’trics, and there’s hardly a gas truck anywhere to be got by now. I guess Chin gets last laugh on that. So Louis and I are going along with the wagon and Shirley, that’s Chin’s mare, the older one. And the road is bad. Gumbo and deep puddles all through, wherever it’s not washed out. Rain finally came last week. So we’re going along about an hour, and we get into one puddle so deep, the mud’s up to Shirley’s hocks and she won’t move. Louis and me undo the harness and get alongside to encourage her. # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_AWCEHLB_Wordo:_PORKS⠀⇛ # ⚓ Depth_and_Surface⠀⇛ A couple weeks ago I finished Fawn Parker’s “What We Both Know”, a very good novel that is not a happy read. It’s narrated by the daughter of Baby Davidson, a CanLit darling. His mind is going. He has dementia. And as he worsens, as his daughter first helps with, then takes over his memoirs, the family’s awful secrets are slowly revealed. o § Politics and World Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Degrees_of_democracy⠀⇛ Jonas Staal is a self-described propaganda artist. In his recent book he mentions the widespread assumption that democratic societies have no propaganda. Typically we would associate propaganda with authoritarian states and assume that it has nothing to do in a democracy where the press holds power to account and there is some reasonable level of transparency. Staal also refers to propaganda as the performance of power. Being in power means, among other things, being able to shape public perceptions. The cognitive dissonance resulting from the myth that there is no propaganda in a democracy may be resolved by claiming that the propaganda we see all around us implies that, in fact, we do not live in a democracy. But there is another solution if we admit that democracy can be realised to varying degrees. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Program_your_computer_(addendum)⠀⇛ It’s great to hear that my last post resonated [1] with a few other people. Maybe there’s hope yet! 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:)⦈ Before the dust settles, I want to add a few clarifying remarks. Reading through my post now I realise that I never explicitly defined what I meant by “program”. This word is usually taken to mean writing code in some text editor, IDE or what have you, in some programming language or other. With this narrow interpretation in mind, the post might come off sounding a bit gatekeepy. # ⚓ Yggdrasil⠀⇛ When I moved my capsule from self-hosting to EC2, I gave up a static IP address for my residence and changed my jsreed5.org domain to point to AWS. As I have a home server designed for deploying and managing VMs, this change also meant I was giving up the ability to spin up new servers on the fly and configure them to run Internet-facing services. Now I have only one EC2 instance in AWS, and if I want more, I have to pay a monthly cost for each one. The decision to move from self-hosting to AWS was a financial one: I saved quite a bit of money each month by changing my home ISP plan from a business account to a residential account. But beyond the ability to self-host, I lost other functionality that I use quite often: using SFTP to move files to and from my NAS, kicking off backup and download jobs on my home connection, and so on. [...] I use Debian and Fedora at home, and my EC2 instance runs Amazon Linux. There are Yggdrasil packages for Debian and Fedora, but I prefer to build it from source on all my systems, since I already use other tools written in Go and Go is easy to run portably. [...] IPv6 addresses are somewhat cumbersome, so I maintain a list of the Yggdrasil addresses of all my nodes. I could certainly mitigate this through a hosts file or local DNS settings, but I’m too lazy to do that. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Solderpunk’s_gemlog_–_Announcing_ROOPHLOCH_2023⠀⇛ Ahoy, smolneteers! September really does seem to be recurring on an annual basis. It’s happened five whole times now! Deeply mysterious. Once again, the time for ROOPHLOCH is upon us. For those who came in late, the Remote Outdoor Off-Grid Phlogging Challenge, or ROOPHLOCH, is a smolnet community ritual I have organised each September since 2019. Originally a Gopher-only phenomenon, this is the first year I am also announcing it on Gemini, since last year’s edition got some Gemini participation anyway and nobody seemed upset by it, so what the hey, the more the merrier. The essential idea is that you should make a phlog and/or gemlog post sometime between September 1st and September 30th (inclusive, in your local timezone), under the following conditions: you need to make your post without being inside any kind of permanent, non-natural shelter (e.g. be outdoors, or in a cave, or in a tent, not in a building, not even a log cabin. Do yurts count? Nobody has tried it yet) and the device you post from should not be plugged into a wall for any reason – get your electrons and your packets some other way! Once you’ve done this, email solderpunk@posteo.net to let me know the URL of your post. At the end of the month, I will post a roundup of everybody who participated. # ⚓ re:_why_would_students_use_gemini?⠀⇛ i discovered and started visiting gemini early 2022, and started my capsule sometime in april that year (my first microlog entry was 28/04, shortly before my 21st bday). before that, i was already a keeper of a personal website for a while (since 2020 maybe?) and hovering around smolweb and alternative internet spaces (hell, my capsule is hosted by yesterweb). [...] but the thing is (at least to me) that gemini presents itself as a blank slate, a way to enter somewhere without baggage. and somewhere with freedom to create without pressures of algorithms, clout, blowing up etc etc. it’s the same draw of personal websites, except less technically demanding (gemtext’s learning curve is essentially flat, and i can’t even think of writing html on a phone. i do hate using phones though). # ⚓ Re:_Why_would_students_use_Gemini?⠀⇛ The best part of the smolnet is that content is king. We blog, post code and recipes, create simple services for social interaction. Every page we go to has a single purpose, sharing content with no noise. The initial Internet was like this too. Content for content’s sake. Pretty soon after this initial Internet people wanted to monetize content. Sadly the “best” solution was banner ads. Turn physical real estate in your content into billboards. With dynamic content came dynamic ads. Suddenly you could flood your content with monetization and businesses started up where their primary task was making money while serving up some small bit of content. That’s when content lost it’s privileged role. Today we are seeing content producers trying to find a happy middle ground with monetization while corporations seem to be going crazy. Bloggers and podcasters get sponsors, patreon and money through services like YouTube. But the TikTok generation doesn’t always understand why so many services are “free”. Your personal information is sold while you’re actively targeted by marketing. The “algorithms” of these services aren’t there to find like minded individuals. They exist to find the best way to monetize the content you consume. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Weird_Shell_Arithmetic⠀⇛ Portability might vary here; these assume ksh on OpenBSD 7.3. [...] Probably the FOO=’1+2′ and similar forms are undefined behavior, and hopefully never show up unexpectedly in a shell script of yours that is trying to math. (I’d sooner switch to some other language.) =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 5929 ➮ Generation completed at 02:55, i.e. 119 seconds to (re)generate ⟲