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schestowitz-TRdone lots of maintenance, housekeeping, backups. I hope for a better weekend than today... there was more to it than the network issues and it resulted in me falling behind a bit. At least I kept healthy and sober, had a mild migraine earlier.Oct 02 00:21
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Techrights-secone of the RSS feeds is returning many randomish external links.Oct 02 07:52
Techrights-secthe content is ok but it throws a wrench in the scraping heuristics.Oct 02 07:52
Techrights-secrouter maintenanceOct 02 07:52
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Techrights-secThe RSS feed causing the trouble was https://climatenewsnetwork.net/feed/                              Oct 02 10:03
Techrights-secIt has apparently moved and been renamed https://www.theenergymix.com/feed/                            Oct 02 10:03
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Empty reply from server ( status 0 @ https://climatenewsnetwork.net/feed/ )Oct 02 10:03
Techrights-secIt has its own material as before, but it throws in random external                                    Oct 02 10:03
Techrights-seclinks.  I'm not sure what to do about those.Oct 02 10:03
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 520 @ https://www.theenergymix.com/feed/ )Oct 02 10:03
Techrights-seccommit 7e612f3fad97b42e63697c1302eeb0f0f987f5aaOct 02 10:03
Techrights-secpartially addresses the problem but it is not worth crafting a new XPath                               Oct 02 10:03
Techrights-secfor each site unless there is a high probability of a return visit in the futu^future  Oct 02 10:03
schestowitz-TRI forgot to reconnect, but then realised it was not connected. Because I was about to ask about exactly this -- that feedOct 02 10:03
schestowitz-TRmy guess is, their site was languishing so they gave away readers to some allies of theirsOct 02 10:04
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schestowitz-TRI see the latest 3 changes nowOct 02 10:07
Techrights-secI can add more XPaths but the return on effort is only there if Oct 02 10:17
Techrights-secEnergyMix keeps pointing to the same sites.  Oct 02 10:17
schestowitz-TRI'm trying to assess how legit a site it is, it could be a front group of something/someoneOct 02 10:18
schestowitz-TRLiked SpikedOct 02 10:18
Techrights-secYes,.  Should it be removed?Oct 02 10:19
schestowitz-TRif it's justa  reposter, then no value to itOct 02 10:19
Techrights-secOk. I'll zap it.Oct 02 10:20
schestowitz-TRin the past I regretted linking to some sites that wound up attacking us. TruthDig towards the end sort of defected and then collapsed.Oct 02 10:20
Techrights-secOk. I'll zap it.Oct 02 10:24
Techrights-sec$ git log -1 | sed -n '1p;$p'Oct 02 10:24
Techrights-seccommit b168d975530f65aa6a5b6416f7ba4260fcc895d1Oct 02 10:24
Techrights-sec    TheEnergyMix, formerly ClimateNewsNetwork may be questionable: removedOct 02 10:24
schestowitz-TRjudging by style and posting volume, it's not a mere rebrand, it's different people whom we know nothing about. I did not know about this site until this morning.Oct 02 10:25
Techrights-secSpeaking of attacks, various individuals known for attacking JulianOct 02 10:25
Techrights-secAssange have failed to make public retractions of earlier lies.  Not evenOct 02 10:25
Techrights-secsmall poorly worded apologies have been made.Oct 02 10:25
schestowitz"Idiots can be defeated but they never admit it." Richard StallmanOct 02 10:26
schestowitz-TRsome of those same people incited RMS against Assange at some pointOct 02 10:26
Techrights-secI don't think it turned up until today.Oct 02 10:27
Techrights-secThe script does not keep error logs though, so it may have been yesterday,Oct 02 10:27
Techrights-secon Oct 1st.Oct 02 10:27
schestowitz-TRGenerally speaking, there is no lack of SITES to follow. There is a lack of CREDIBLE and CONSISTENT ones that we can safely predict won't sell out.Oct 02 10:28
Techrights-sec"""Oct 02 10:29
Techrights-sec published by Energy Mix Productions Inc., a Canadian non-profit that promotes community awareness of, eOct 02 10:29
Techrights-secngagement in, and action on climate change, energy, and the shift off carbon. Were headquartered on uncOct 02 10:29
Techrights-seceded Algonquin Anishnaabe territory, also known as Ottawa. We respect the sovereignty of the many IndigeOct 02 10:29
Techrights-secnous peoples and communities on whose land our work takes place.Oct 02 10:29
Techrights-sec"""Oct 02 10:29
Techrights-secUnfortunately very true.Oct 02 10:29
schestowitz-TRthe name of the site could be suggestive of secret ownership by a firm that sells "altrernative" "renweable" "green" "sustainable" "ethical" energyOct 02 10:29
Techrights-sechttps://www.theenergymix.com/partners/Oct 02 10:31
Techrights-secYes these things are difficult to investigate any more.  Records used ot beOct 02 10:31
Techrights-secmore readily available.Oct 02 10:31
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 520 @ https://www.theenergymix.com/partners/ )Oct 02 10:31
schestowitz-TRsomtimes I check IRS. CommonDreams still seems clean to me. BTW, I am about to publish a video about OSI.Oct 02 10:31
Techrights-secThe OSI used to be good but ...Oct 02 10:32
schestowitz-TRwant to check my draft and enhance?Oct 02 10:33
schestowitzhttps://www.theenergymix.com/2021/09/30/bc-hydro-announces-190-million-to-shift-buildings-vehicles-off-natural-gas/ Oct 02 10:34
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 520 @ https://www.theenergymix.com/2021/09/30/bc-hydro-announces-190-million-to-shift-buildings-vehicles-off-natural-gas/ )Oct 02 10:34
schestowitz-TRalmost like an adOct 02 10:34
schestowitzI've just identified a couple more 'suspect' ones and removed themOct 02 10:36
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Techrights-secIs the draft in the queue?Oct 02 10:37
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schestowitz-TRdraft added, I've closed the tab to avoid conflictsOct 02 10:37
schestowitz-TRre vaccines, I am assessing for myself efficacy, as does my brother. I'm not jumping the line for something made fo fast and if the recipes change, then they have to go through approval all over again (and likely in a hurry)Oct 02 10:43
schestowitz-TRit's a big market, maybe trillions for 10 years, so I can see why they rush to marketOct 02 10:43
Techrights-secWhoever is first to market gains a temporary defacto monopoly.Oct 02 10:45
Techrights-secackOct 02 10:45
Techrights-secbe sure to push to GitOct 02 10:45
Techrights-secif relevantOct 02 10:45
Techrights-secokOct 02 10:45
Techrights-secIt might be important to mention the pre-corporate origins of OSIOct 02 10:45
Techrights-secA little clarification about who Stefano is would be good.Oct 02 10:45
Techrights-secA line about OSI's traditional and current and expected roles woud help.Oct 02 10:45
schestowitz-TRwordpress already has built-in version control, which is decent for this purposeOct 02 10:46
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