Leftovers

• Harmony

  As I was prepare for a work trip last week, I found myself cleaning out my travel bag and stumbled upon a pleasant surprise—notes from my travel notebook. One note, in particular, caught my attention: a reflection from my trip to Japan earlier this year.

  During that visit, I had the privilege of exploring Sojiji Temple, one of Japan’s two main Zen Buddhist temples. While there, I witnessed a fascinating ceremony involving a woman doing calligraphy on a large sign. Intrigued but not fully understanding the significance of the event, I stood quietly, observing and listening.

  After the ceremony, the event’s MC approached me, likely noticing I was the only foreigner in attendance. She kindly asked if I understood what was happening and then took the time to explain everything in English. To my surprise, she handed me a printed English translation of her script.

• Science

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] The discovery that rewrote human evolution theory turns 50

• Career/Education

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] India: Why are young graduates still struggling to get jobs?

• Hardware

  • HowTo Geek ☛ How to Choose a CPU for Building a NAS (Network-Attached Storage) System

    So you want to build a NAS (Network-Attached Storage) device but don't know what CPU to get? If that's the case, read on and find out how to pick the right CPU for a NAS, depending on whether you'll use it exclusively as a NAS or as a multipurpose box serving multiple roles.

• Defence/Aggression

  • BIA Net ☛ 2024-11-25 [Older] Tensions rise between Turkish-backed factions, Kurdish forces in northern Syria

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-25 [Older] Israeli Strike in Syria Injures Two, Damages Bridges, State Media Says

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-24 [Older] Jordan Army Says It Thwarts Border Infiltration Across Syria, One Killed

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] Pakistan: Gunmen kill 38 on highway near Afghan border

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] Mali junta chief sacks prime minister

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] Swede duels with Putin's friend for world fencing presidency

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] Merkel recalls childhood, Putin, and Trump in new memoir

    • CBC ☛ 2024-11-25 [Older] Montreal mayor, police chief defend officers after weekend anti-NATO protest vandalism

• Environment

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-23 [Older] Australian Police Arrest Three at Climate Protest at Coal Port

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-23 [Older] COP29 closes on promise to generate 'at least' $300 billion in climate funding

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-23 [Older] COP29: Climate-vulnerable nations walk out of overtime talks

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-23 [Older] COP29 Climate Finance Deal Clinched, What Are Countries Saying?

  • TruthOut ☛ 2024-11-23 [Older] Climate Crisis Is Impeding Access to HIV Treatment in High Risk Regions

  • NL Times ☛ 2024-11-23 [Older] COP29: EU and US want to give $300 billion in climate finance

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-23 [Older] COP29 Draft Deal Would Have Rich Nations Pay $300 Billion in Climate Finance

  • Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-11-23 [Older] ASEAN’s Climate Narrative at COP29

  • Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-11-23 [Older] The GOP Is Making Headway in Shutting Down Climate Groups

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-24 [Older] Factbox-Takeaways From the COP29 Climate Summit in Azerbaijan

  • Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-11-25 [Older] Amending Heraclitus: Climate Change, CoP Remains the same

  • Renewable Energy World ☛ 2024-11-25 [Older] Here’s what to know about the new funding deal that countries agreed to at UN climate talks

  • NL Times ☛ 2024-11-24 [Older] Climate organizations disappointed by “small” sum agreed at climate summit in Baku

  • TruthOut ☛ 2024-11-22 [Older] As Summit Ends in Cop-Out, Can Social Tipping Points Change Climate Trajectory?

  • TruthOut ☛ 2024-11-22 [Older] Activists Slam COP29 Draft Climate Financing Plan as “a Great Swindle”

  • Bridge Michigan ☛ 2024-11-22 [Older] Great Lakes hold clues to climate change. Send in the robots, feds say

  • Counter Punch ☛ 2024-11-22 [Older] What’s On Deck for Climate Change?

  • University of Michigan ☛ 2024-11-22 [Older] Virtual Climate Entrepreneurial Exchange program facilitates cross cultural immersion for UMich students

  • Vox ☛ 2024-11-22 [Older] Why is it still so hard to breathe in India and Pakistan?

  • Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] The Effects of Climate Change: A Worldwide Crisis Uncovering

  • Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] US$65 Billion Needed Annually to Shield Coastal and Marine Tourism from Climate Crisis

  • TruthOut ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] COP29 Ignores Militarism, Putting Meaningful Climate Deal Out of Reach

  • CBC ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] UN climate summit nears its end with no commitment on money for developing countries

  • CBC ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] Climate disasters are fuelling a debt storm in the Caribbean. Insurance could help

  • Counter Punch ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] Climate Change and the Insurability Crisis

  • Counter Punch ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] Trump’s Outrageous Disregard for Climate Change Endangers the World

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] EU climate chief calls draft climate text 'unacceptable'

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] Will China become a leader in global climate action?

  • University of Michigan ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] Student Life VP Martino Harmon talks campus climate, sustainability and student activism in exclusive interview

  • The Local DK ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] Denmark urges countries to join ‘climate positive’ alliance at COP29

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] At UN Climate Talks, 'Sewage' Beer From Singapore Highlights Water Scarcity and Innovations

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] At UN Climate Talks, a Draft of the Deal Gives Little Clarity on Climate Cash for Developing Nations

  • Counter Punch ☛ 2024-11-20 [Older] Political and Climate Storms Rolling In: Look Homeward to Make Real Change

  • Project Censored ☛ 2024-11-20 [Older] Rethinking Media Values: Climate Crisis and Hyper-Partisan Influence in the 21st Century

  • Energy/Transportation

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] VW talks: German union demands deal before Christmas

    • BIA Net ☛ 2024-11-25 [Older] Massive explosion at oil refinery in western Turkey

    • The Age AU ☛ 2024-11-26 [Older] Blackout risk for NSW and Queensland today as heatwave stretches energy grid

    • LabX Media Group ☛ 2024-11-25 [Older] Pseudomonas Bacteria Escape Immunity by Disrupting Energy Production in Macrophages

    • Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-11-23 [Older] Why the IRA Didn’t Help Democrats

    • Counter Punch ☛ 2024-11-22 [Older] Tipping Point after Trump Victory: Why No One Can Stop the Global Energy Transition

    • Didier Stevens ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] Quickpost: The Electric Energy Consumption Of A Soundbar

    • TruthOut ☛ 2024-11-19 [Older] Diné Activist Warns Against New Uranium Mining Amid Renewed Nuclear Energy Push

  • Wildlife/Nature

    • CBC ☛ 2024-11-25 [Older] Sightings of deer wearing high-vis jacket raise questions, quips and concerns in B.C. village

• Finance

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] US charges Indian billionaire Gautam Adani in bribery case

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-20 [Older] Greece stopped by 24-hour general strike over cost of living

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-20 [Older] EU clash between worker shortages, anti-immigrant politics

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • CBC ☛ 2024-11-25 [Older] Elections chief proposes rule changes to discourage 'longest ballot' protests

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] India: How will PM Modi navigate the Adani firestorm?

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] UK: Labour Party 'colossus' John Prescott dies

  • ANF News ☛ 2024-11-24 [Older] Kurdish activist detained in Turkey with his family face deportation to Iran

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-23 [Older] Doctor at the Heart of Turkey's Newborn Baby Deaths Case Says He Was a 'Trusted' Physician

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-23 [Older] Turkey Replaces Pro-Kurdish Mayors With State Officials in Two Eastern Cities

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] Germany: Inveterate Holocaust denier Haverbeck dies at 96

  • Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-20 [Older] Fact check: ADL did not classify Christianity as 'terrorist'

    • Project Censored ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] News Literacy for Activists

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-24 [Older] Australia Withdraws a Misinformation Bill After Critics Compare It to Censorship

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-23 [Older] German leaders denounce US artist's fiery Israel speech

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • BIA Net ☛ 2024-11-25 [Older] Canadian journalist Neil Hauer denied entry to Turkey

• Civil Rights/Policing

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] Saudi Arabia: Women's sport in focus after latest HRW report

  • HRW ☛ 2024-11-20 [Older] Syria Violating World Court Order

  • Project Censored ☛ 2024-11-25 [Older] Connecting the Dots: The War on Workers Is The War Abroad

  • Project Censored ☛ 2024-11-18 [Older] Northern California School District Adds Resources for Students of Color

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • XDA ☛ 6 reasons you should (and shouldn't) run your own email server

    In a world where privacy is becoming more and more of a hot topic issue, you may have heard that running your own email server will help you reach a new level of digital independence. There are other benefits too, but it's not all good. There are both a lot of reasons to run your own email server and to not run your own email server, and these are some of the most important points to consider.

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] Google must divest Chrome to end monopoly, US regulators say

• Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-21 [Older] Why are US authorities seeking sale of Google Chrome?

• Patents

  • Software Patents

    • Computer Weekly ☛ Patent troll-busting: CNCF launches Cloud-Native Heroes Challenge [Ed: Software patents are the core issue]

      We’re all holding out for a hero, right?

      Especially in the world of open source cloud-native software application development and data science i.e. we need leaders, mavericks and people willing to break new ground in order to “create the next Twitter” (never has that expression been more apropos) and it is often those willing to really think differently that help create new communities and perhaps even workplace methodologies.

      The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) isn’t specifically trying to create the next social media phenomenon (but presumably wouldn’t complain if it did), instead it is running a series of crowdsourced “prior art” contests in which cloud-native developers can earn “swag and prizes” by helping the technology industry to defeat patent trolls.

• Trademarks

  • IP Kat ☛ 2024-11-25 [Older] Does the sale of goods in Turkey lead to exhaustion of EU trade mark rights?