Linux is free and open-source, this has emanated from the low total cost of ownership of a Linux system, compared to other operating systems.
Although Linux operating systems (distributions) are not entirely doing well on desktop computers, they are commanding the stats when it comes to powering servers, mainframe computers as well as supercomputers in data centers around the world.
Torc has acquired Codealike to provide cloud-native application developers in its network with data that improves their skillsets. Torc CEO Mike Morris says Codealike complements other tools that Torc provides, including access to a community of more than 10,000 cloud-native application developers that take on assignments listed...
Linux is great and it's great that we have all the documentation we have however there's a trend over on the BSD side which I really wish caught on more on Linux
This week’s episode of Destination Linux, we will be discussing building an automated home, the open source way. Then we discuss an alternative to ChatGPT that is currently in the works and it's open source. Plus, we have our tips/tricks and software picks.
On this week's episode, special guest Héctor Prieto joins Josepha in a discussion about phase three and why it's more than collaborative editing.
Listen now (66 min) | Tech News, Listener Questions, & Other Nerdy Stuff.
Although Converseen has been available as a Flatpak package for a few months now, it finally now has a series of updates that bring it up to par with the corresponding AppImage and Snap packages in terms of features.
Pitivi 2023.03 has been in development for the past nine months, superseding the Pitivi 2022.06 release, but it doesn’t look like it’s a big update as it only adds a couple of new features and smaller improvements.
For example, Pitivi 2023.03 makes audio waveforms more precise when you look at them and implements automatic seeking to the start of the timeline when starting playback while the playhead is at the end to save you a click.
Hello, friends. In this post, you will learn how to get the latest stable version of GNOME Web on Linux. What is GNOME Web? According to the project's website, Web is the web browser for the GNOME desktop and for elementary OS, based on the popular WebKit engine.
There were many reasons I decided to leave WordPress.
One of the things that various open source Git repositories are doing is changing their main branch from being called 'master' to being called 'main'. As a consumer of their repository, this is generally an easy switch for me to deal with; some day, I will do a 'git pull', get a report that there's a new 'main' branch but there's no upstream 'master', and then I'll do 'git checkout main' and I'm all good. However, with some repositories I have my own local changes, which I handle through Git rebasing. Recently I had to go through a 'master' to 'main' switch on such a repository, so I'm writing down what I did for later use.
MySQL is one of the most popular open-source relational database management systems used by developers worldwide. However, with its popularity comes a significant risk of security threats such as SQL injection attacks.
It's not advisable to install an older version of a package on your computer, but what can we do when the latest build removes the feature that we want?
Securing your MySQL database is crucial for protecting sensitive data and preventing unauthorized access.
TensorFlow is an excellent tool for developers looking to create and train advanced models in the field of machine learning.
If you intend to restore only one or a few schemas from a PostgreSQL backup file, you can use the pg_restore command, which is used for restoring a particular PostgreSQL database from an archive created by pg_dump in non-plain-text formats.
In this guide, we will show how to restore a particular schema from a PostgreSQL database backup file using the pg_restore command-line tool.
Android Debug Bridge (adb) is the most used command-line tool that enables communication between a personal computer and a connected Android-powered device or emulator instance over a USB cable or TCP/IP (wirelessly).
It supports various device actions such as networking, scripting, installing and debugging apps, and file transfer. It also provides access to a Unix shell that can be used to run a variety of Linux commands on a device.
In our previous tutorial, we discussed how to install XCP-ng server. Before deploying our first VM, let us get familiar with XCP-ng configuration menu. Allow me to give you a screenshot tour to get started with XCP-ng Management Console.
Privacy…we all crave it, right? Whether it's personal space from loved ones or a colleague's prying eyes, we all value it.€
But when it comes to the internet, you can never be careful. Who knows how many eyes are feasting on your search history or previous video watches?€
One of the quite common errors while installing packages on Ubuntu is the “Held broken packages” error, which can be solved very easily with this guide..
Ever wondered how far we have come in terms of Steam Deck support for the Top 100 Most played games on Steam? Well, look no further, we have the answer. It’s going to be split in two parts.
Ah hell, going to say goodbye to any free time I had for the next month. Halls of Torment has sucked me right in being a blend of retro Diablo and Vampire Survivors.
The internet is currently buzzing about mentions of Left 4 Dead 3 appearing in files for the upcoming Counter-Strike 2. So apparently Valve can count to 3€ — not the 3 the majority of their fans will want I imagine but still, why is it there at all in a huge upgrade for CS:GO?
Hellgineers takes the idea of Bridge Constructor and gives it a devilish spin, available now with Native Linux support. The interesting bit about this one is that it was made with the versatile€ PICO-8 fantasy console.
Now available in Early Access, if you're looking for a roguelite dungeon crawler take a look at Netherguild.
There we go, we fixed the little annoyance. I really don't understand why the good ole menu is such a nuisance on the classic, conventional desktop. Now, we also need to remember that the Plasma desktop is highly consistent and extremely customizable. So you can easily change anything you like. But the defaults should be more desktopy, even if they are somewhat less visually pleasing so to speak. Minimalism only works for glass displays and people without a real task at hand.
Have you ever run a Windows update, only to have it fail and render your desktop unusable? Many have, which is one of the reasons why some Linux distributions take great pains to ensure it never occurs on the open source operating system.
Some developers take this to the next level by using atomic updates, which means every time you go to update the operating system, it is guaranteed to succeed. Should an update fail, the system will automatically roll back the upgrade so everything continues working.
In this article, we will demonstrate how to deploy a complex Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform application using the datasources feature pack to deploy the required drivers and configuration to connect to a PostgreSQL database. The datasources feature pack for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) and JBoss EAP XP makes it easy to configure JBoss EAP with JDBC drivers and data sources for various databases such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and PostgreSQL.
Please join us at the next regular Open NeuroFedora team meeting on Monday 27 March at 1300 UTC. The meeting is a public meeting, and open for everyone to attend. You can join us over: [...]
Vanilla OS is a new Linux distribution with a single version behind it, released late last year. However, the non-traditional approach in its development has drawn much attention from the Linux community. So here’s a quick rundown of what it is all about.
The distro is an immutable operating system, which means that core parts of the system are locked down to prevent unwanted changes and corruption from third-party applications or faulty updates. Strongly oriented towards the GNOME desktop environment, as you can already guess from its name, Vanilla OS aims to offer the best vanilla GNOME experience.
System hardening means locking down a system and reducing its attack surface: removing unnecessary software packages, securing default values to the tightest possible settings and configuring the system to only run what you explicitly require.
Let’s take an example from daily life. A jewellery store and a grocery shop are located next to each other, but of course, you would expect that the jewellery store has much beefier bars and stronger locks that are shut when the shop is closed for the night as the contents are more valuable. In this case, the jewellery shop building has been hardened to protect precious products and deter thieves.
We can take a very similar approach to computer systems too. When software such as an operating system is published, anyone can download it and use it for playing games, running an online bank, and everything in between. But for running the bank, we need to take some additional precautions to harden the system above and beyond the default configuration.
Hardening a system aims to decrease its exposure in order to make it more difficult to hack, and to lessen the potential collateral damage in the event of a compromise.
Firstly, about USB "gen1" and "gen2"...
USB gen1 versus gen2
I posted about buying a 4TB SSD and putting it into a USB gen1 caddy, then doing a complete OpenEmbedded compile:
https://bkhome.org/news/202303/oe-compile-1662-packages-in-1-day-16-hours-and-15-minutes.html
...very surprised with how fast it was, but noted that a gen2 caddy will probably be even faster.
The terms "usb3.0", "usb3.1" and "usb3.2" just muddy the waters. All that we need to know, is the USB interface "gen1", "gen2" or "gen2x2", as these latter specify the speed; 500MB/sec, 1,000MB/sec or 2,000MB/sec.
Although gen1 seems an ok match for the SATA SSD, I thought that throughput might be improved with a gen2 caddy, so bought one of these, Simplecom SE229: [...]
congatec will provide a Linux BSP for the Arm Cortex-A72 cores, as well as support for Wind River VxWorks, RTOS, and QNX for the Cortex-R5 real-time cores. The TDA4VM processor also happens to be found in the Beaglebone AI-64 SBC so besides support from congatec directly, there should be public resources to help with development too. Congatec also offers two SMARC carrier boards for evaluation and early-stage software development: conga-SMC1/SMARC-ARM and conga-SEVAL.
It’s pretty hard to find differences between TDA4VM and DRA829J since the processors are virtually identical except for a few small differences as noted on TI forums...
The world of mechanical engineering is full of interesting and ingenious mechanisms. The Geneva drive, for example, translates rotary motion into intermittent ticking — perfect for a wristwatch or clock. With a clever mechanism, one can reduce the need for complicated control electronics.
An affordable alternative to ChatGPT? And, open-source? Looks like we're joining the open-source race against ChatGPT.
HackerBox is a monthly subscription that combines and delivers various dev kits aimed at hobbyists and students. This month’s HackerBox is based on the wardriver.uk platform and it features two ESP32-WROOM-32U modules, one GSM modem, a MicroSD card, an OLED display and many other components.
A: Start small and work your way up to bigger and more complex things. Test and calibration prints are a great way to get to know your printer’s capabilities and limitations, but if you find that uninteresting and want to be designing and printing your own things, then try tackling one difficult thing at a time, instead of trying to throw it into a single design. I also recommend reading up on the basics/theory of 3D printing before diving in too far, particularly since there are some amazing, very easy-to-digest primers out there. I highly recommend Billie Ruben’s guides.
I’ve used hardware-backed OpenPGP keys since 2006 when I imported newly generated rsa1024 subkeys to a FSFE Fellowship card. This worked well for several years, and I recall buying more ZeitControl cards for multi-machine usage and backup purposes. As a side note, I recall being unsatisfied with the weak 1024-bit RSA subkeys at the time – my primary key was a somewhat stronger 1280-bit RSA key created back in 2002 — but OpenPGP cards at the time didn’t support more than 1024 bit RSA, and were (and still often are) also limited to power-of-two RSA key sizes which I dislike.
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In December 2022 I bought a new laptop and setup a FST-01SZ with my Ed25519 key, and while I have taken a vacation from Debian, I continue to extend the expiration period on the old RSA3744-key in case I will ever have to use it again, so the overall OpenPGP setup was still sub-optimal. Having two valid OpenPGP keys at the same time causes people to use both for email encryption (leading me to have to use both devices), and the WKD Key Discovery protocol doesn’t like two valid keys either. At FOSDEM’23 I ran into Andre Heinecke at GnuPG and I couldn’t help complain about how complex and unsatisfying all OpenPGP-related matters were, and he mildly ignored my rant and asked why I didn’t put the master key on another smartcard. The comment sunk in when I came home, and recently I connected all the dots and this post is a summary of what I did to move my offline OpenPGP master key to a Nitrokey Start.
GnuCash is a powerful and flexible accounting tool that can be used for small business invoicing and accounting. It has a number of features that make it particularly well-suited for this purpose, including the ability to track expenses and income, generate reports, and manage invoices. Additionally, GnuCash is free and open source, which makes it accessible to small businesses with limited resources. In this article, I discuss the features of GnuCash that make it easy for you to get started using it in your own small business.
I began using GnuCash a number of years ago for my personal finances but found it could also function as a useful tool for my small business too. I'd been using a proprietary solution for much of the life of my business. I grew tired of being forced to upgrade periodically to get access to my invoices and statements for my small business. Moving to GnuCash gave me the ability to integrate my small business accounting with my personal finances without sacrificing any features.
Twitter Inc. is attempting to identify the person who leaked parts of its proprietary source code after it was discovered to have been shared on GitHub for at least three months.
Twitter is itching to find out who has leaked part of its code.
Parts of a Twitter code used to run the social network were leaked online, the company said in a court filing first reported by the New York Times on Sunday.
Driving the news: Twitter said in a Friday filing with the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California against GitHub, a Microsoft-owned software collaboration platform, that the leak included the "[p]roprietary source code for Twitter's platform and internal tools."
Note: The examples in this post will be React-specific, but the core idea extends to most JS-based component libraries.
Benchmarking is the process of measuring and comparing the performance of different programs, tools, or configurations in order to identify which one is the most efficient for a specific task. It is a critical step in software development that can help developers identify performance bottlenecks and improve the overall performance of their applications.
In this post I create a square matrix and then convert it to a data.frame (2,000 rows by 2,000 columns) and then saved it as a gz compressed csv file. The benchmark compares different R packages and functions, including base R, data.table, vroom, and readr, and measures their relative speeds based on the time it takes to read in the .csv.gz file.
Well, nREPL was never meant to be a “real REPL”. It was meant to be a REPL server that makes it easy for people to build development tools (e.g. Clojure editor plugins) upon. And framing requests and responses makes a huge difference there. Sure, it might look appealing to be relying only on eval for everything, but you still need to be able to process whatever you got from eval. It’s also pretty handy to be able to match requests and responses that originated from them.
Python is a versatile and powerful programming language, known for its readability and ease of use. As a programmer, learning new coding techniques and best practices is essential for growth and skill development.
ChatOps is a collaboration model that connects people, processes, tools, and automation into a transparent workflow. Mattermost is an open source, self-hosted messaging platform that enables organizations to communicate securely, effectively, and efficiently. It's a great open source alternative to Slack, Discord, and other proprietary messaging platforms. This article outlines the steps to create a ChatOps bot on Mattermost, including the necessary code examples and explanations.
Prerequisites
Before starting, ensure that you have access to a Mattermost server, have Python installed, and have installed the Mattermost Python driver using pip.
Keeping track of time proved to be a nearly impossible task for people in Lebanon over the weekend.
Two government leaders delayed the time change so Muslims would not have to break their daytime fast an hour later during Ramadan. But after a firestorm ensued, they backtracked.
On Monday, March 27, in Ogre, a man has been run over by a train at the Jaunogre railway station, the State Police representative Līna Bagdone told Latvian Radio.
Ukraine, with far more pressing needs, plans to rebuild the colossal Mriya cargo plane, a symbol of pride that was destroyed last year in a battle for its airfield.
Investigators looking for the cause of a deadly explosion that leveled part of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory are facing an even more difficult task as they comb through wreckage that was picked apart and moved around during the weekend search for victims and survivors. Seven people were killed and several others wounded in the powerful blast at the R.M Palmer Co. plant in West Reading (REHD'-ing). With the recovery effort now over, attention turned to identifying the cause. Authorities say that task is even more complicated because heavy equipment was used to pick apart the wreckage.
With talk of quiet quitters and pressure on employers to create a space where we can bring our whole selves to work, work is still work. Some of it’s great. Much of it can feel meaningless.
Failure to meet water and toilet needs and lack of disinfection amid insect density increase the risk of an outbreak in the region, according to the Turkish Medical Association.
Traditionally, an org chart is represented as a tree. You start at the top with the root of the tree, probably the CEO. And then everything comes down from there hierarchically.
It doesn't have to be that way, though! We can imagine other topologies for companies which would work differently. Let's challenge assumptions one by one and see where we end up.
Lines will be getting longer for free breakfast and lunch at New Mexico public schools. Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed legislation to provide free school meals to all students regardless of family income. The bill cleared the Legislature during the recent 60-day session. New Mexico and several other states are looking to fill the gap as federal pandemic-era benefit programs lapse and as food prices strain family budgets. Lawmakers set aside more than $22 million in the state budget to help pay for the program. Some say more money will be needed to bankroll the effort over time.
The squabble had been brewing for weeks in the K-12 charter school in Leon County, Fla., after students in a sixth-grade art history class were taught about the Renaissance. Alongside the Michelangelo sculpture, the lesson included images of the paintings "The Creation of Adam" and "Birth of Venus."
In a tweet, Florence Mayor Dario Nardella said he would "personally invite" the American educator to the city, home of the statue, to "give her recognition on behalf of the city," adding that "art is civilization and whoever teaches it deserves respect." Confusing art with pornography is "ridiculous," Nardella wrote.
The board of the Tallahassee Classical School pressured Principal Hope Carrasquilla to resign last week after an image of the David was shown to a sixth-grade art class. The school has a policy requiring parents to be notified in advance about “controversial” topics being taught.
The incredulous Italian response highlighted how the U.S. culture wars are often perceived in Europe, where despite a rise in right-wing sentiment and governance, the Renaissance and its masterpieces, even its naked ones, are generally free of controversy. Sunday’s front page of the Italian daily publication Corriere della Sera featured a cartoon by its leading satirist depicting David with his genitals covered by an image of Uncle Sam and the word “Shame.”
She was recently going through her stack of important reminders when she found a note she had written at least a year ago. Ms. Smith said she remembered thinking at the time that she should rewrite the note so it would be discernible but never got around to it.
Struggling to decipher it, she posted a photo of the note in a Reddit community where thousands have sought help to decode messy handwriting.
“Teaching cursive in our schools not only has a historical significance but it also promotes discipline, and patience as students learn to form each individual letter and then connect them in words,” said Grand Rapids Catholic Schools Assistant Superintendent Sarah Grey, over email. “It forces students to slow down and be intentional about what they are writing, and encourages them to do it beautifully.”
Cursive handwriting is a foundational skill for students, Grey added, and teaching it allows students to improve their reading and writing skills.
The global competition to attract semiconductor companies is expected to cost Berlin billions. Some wonder if it’s a good use of money.
I ruffled through my legacy parts box, and found this amazing (and dusty!) ISA Acer MIO-400 KF Multi-IO card. Rather than needing separate cards for printer ports, serial, game ports, floppy drives, and IDE controllers, this integrated them all into one card, with jumpers on the board to tune their settings and enable/disable specific functions: [...]
Today, I shipped the physical rewards for the Devotion and Corrosion Kickstarter. These books arrived at my house a couple days after I opened sponsorships on the mail book. Unfortunately, in those intervening days I caught covid. (Zero stars, recommend catching distemper or cercospora leaf rot instead.)
Hong Kong’s Covid-19 epidemic has ended, a government advisor has said, adding that there was “no need to worry” even in the event of a rebound.
The number of calls to drug-related emergencies has increased significantly in Latvia. New synthetic opioids, which are more dangerous to users, are rapidly spreading to the Latvian market, and overdose is often fatal, Latvian Radio reported March 27.
The Environmental Commission of the Megalopolis restricted vehicle usage on Sunday due to high levels of ozone particles.
The state’s Democratic governor signed a bill expanding the health insurance program for low-income people days after the measure cleared the Republican-controlled legislature.
A Canadian Pacific train derailed in rural North Dakota Sunday night and spilled hazardous materials. But local authorities and the railroad said there is no threat to public safety. There were no injuries or fire associated with the derailment, which occurred in a rural area outside Wyndmere. Several hundred people live in that town about 60 miles southwest of Fargo. Canadian Pacific spokesperson Andy Cummings said 31 of the 70 cars on the train left the tracks around 11:15 p.m. Sunday. Four cars carrying liquid asphalt and two filled with ethylene glycol spilled part of their loads. But there are no waterways near where the derailment happened and the chemicals were contained at the site. Cummings said the railroad believes a broken rail caused the derailment.
North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has signed a Medicaid expansion law that was a decade in the making. Cooper celebrated on Monday the passage of expansion legislation from the Republican-controlled General Assembly with the bill-signing ceremony at the Executive Mansion. Cooper has wanted expansion for years, but Republicans came around to the idea recently. North Carolina has been among 11 states who haven’t accepted expansion. Cooper isn't thrilled with a provision in the bill that requiring the legislature to pass a separate state budget law first for expansion to be implemented. The governor said the law will be the "working families bill of the decade” once implemented.
Much has changed.
Infections reported across 16 US states so far.
This could change things.
Data: Apptopia; Chart: Axios Visuals
The standoff between the U.S. government and TikTok underscores a growing problem for policymakers: Chinese apps are booming in America, but most U.S. apps aren't able to operate in China.
Why it matters: Mobile apps are one of the most powerful vectors for expanding trade and exporting soft power, given how widely accessible they are, how much time is spent on them, and how little regulatory oversight there is online.
Social media companies are increasingly being blamed for historically high rates of depression, suicidality and other mental health issues in youths. And now, states and local governments are increasingly pursuing legislation and legal action.
Driving the news: Utah just passed a law limiting social media for minors and school districts in Seattle and San Mateo County, California, are suing leading platforms, charging they're delivering harmful content to kids.
- It comes just as Congress ratcheted up pressure for a ban on TikTok for, among other things, the harmful impact it's had on kids.
- The Biden administration's surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, weighed in last month, telling CNN that age 13 is "too early" for kids to join social media.
"Multiple juries are in. They're all reaching the same conclusion," Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist at New York University Stern School of Business told the Financial Times. "When social media or high-speed internet came in, [studies] all find the same story which is mental health plummets, especially for girls."
- Multiple studies — including some of the companies' own internal research —have linked social media use with increased depression among teens.
- A December report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate which focused on TikTok found the platform began recommending eating disorder and self-harm content to new teen accounts within eight minutes of use.
- Research published by the American Psychological Association last month found teens and young adults who cut social media use by 50% for a few weeks saw significant improvement in how they felt about both their weight and their overall appearance compared with their peers.
The big picture: There are nearly 150 product liability lawsuits filed in the U.S. against the social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube, per the Financial Times.
I have set myself a challenge to use greyscale mode on my phone for a week. My goal is to reduce usage of my phone and stop procrastinating to the degree that I have been over the last few days. If the experience proves valuable, I shall leave greyscale mode enabled. I will report back in a week to share my progress.
The conflict between providers’ obligations to provide the best care and private equity investors’ insatiable appetites for maximized [returns] provides is clear. “You can’t serve two masters,” a doctor who previously worked for private equity-owned U.S. Dermatology Partners toldBloomberg. “You can’t serve patients and investors.”
Microsoft Israel is set to lay off dozens of employees as part of the global cutbacks in the company, Calcalist has learned. Microsoft announced in January that it is laying off 10,000 workers, but this will be the first time that cyber team members in Israel will also be fired.
The local R&D center is headed by Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft Corporation, General Manager of Israel R&D Center and CTO of Microsoft Security. The center employs around 2,700 people, with around half of them working in cybersecurity.
Using the information gathered through testing -- both by myself and with others asking questions -- I refined my information architecture, changed the prompts sent to accompany queries, and made other changes to help improve the quality of answers. The architecture of how this bot is built is outside of the scope of this post. Rather, I would like to focus on some interesting results both I and the people who tested the bot have observed. I list the common themes in bullet point form below.
Long time readers will remember that I resigned from the Google AMP Advisory Committee having been a long time critic of the project.
We’ve all seen the non-stop stream of news from OpenAI. First we see GPT-4, where you have the announcement on Tuesday morning and you basically have thousands of companies launched by sundown.
And then we see chatgpt plugins drop, which are basically ways of implementing entire businesses as plugins! This is what I said when Brockman dropped the web search plugin.
Whilst Microsoft is fixing the embedded files feature in OneNote I decided to abuse a whole other feature. Embedded URLs. Turns out this is something they may also have to fix.
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In my previous blogpost I described how OneNote is being abused in order to deliver a malicious URL. In response to this attack, helpnetsecurity recently reported that Microsoft is planning to release a fix for the issue in April this year. Currently, it’s still unknown what this fix will look like, but from helpnetsecurity’s post, it seems like Microsoft’s fix will focus on the OneNote embedded file feature.
During my testing, I discovered that there is another way to abuse OneNote to deliver malware: Using URLs. The idea is similar to how Threat Actors are already abusing URLs in HTML pages or PDFs. Where the user is presented with a fake warning or image to click on which would open the URL in their browser and loads a phishing page.
I watch what Dima (dimkr in the forum) is doing on woof-CE with great interest. In particular, the steps that he has implemented to enhance security for applications running as user 'spot'.
See his summary here:
Microsoft says it has evidence that Russian APT actors were exploiting a nasty Outlook zero-day as far back as April 2022, upping the stakes on organizations to start hunting for signs of compromise.
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The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-23397, was flagged in the ‘already exploited’ category when Redmond shipped a fix earlier this month and Microsoft’s incident responders have pinned the attacks on Russian government-level hackers targeting organizations in Europe.
One of the outcomes of war in the modern age is that it can lead to a new class of destructive tools in the hands of cyber threat actors.
BEC attacks, an attack method that involves fraud enabled by social engineering, are not new. A report in September found that one-third of all cyberattacks now involve BEC, but typically, such attacks aim to steal money. The FBI warning details that those behind the attacks are now also targeting tangible goods.
According to a March 24 announcement by the FBI, criminal actors are impersonating the email domains of legitimate companies to initiate the bulk purchase of goods from vendors across the U.S. The email messages sent to vendors appear to come from known sources of business, which vendors assume are legitimate business transactions, so they fulfill the purchase orders for distribution.
An impressive array of hacks were demonstrated at the first day of the Pwn2Own conference in Vancouver: [...]
To date, the United States has identified devices associated with 50 U.S. personnel in ten countries across several continents that are confirmed or suspected of being targeted with spyware, a senior administration official told CyberScoop during a press call Monday. The official did not rule out additional instances and said that investigations are ongoing.
In examining the issue, the White House found that “commercial spyware vendors were aggressively marketing, seeking to make inroads across the U.S.’s many law enforcement and intelligence components, sometimes obfuscating their business ties and practices,” according to a senior administration official.
A review of the websites of more than 3,500 companies, organizations and government entities by the Toronto-based company Feroot Security found that so-called tracking pixels from the TikTok parent company were present in 30 U.S. state-government websites across 27 states, including some where the app has been banned from state networks and devices. Feroot collected the data in January and February of this year.
The presence of that code means that U.S. state governments around the country are inadvertently [sic] participating in a data-collection effort for a foreign-owned company, one that senior Biden administration officials and lawmakers of both parties have said could be harmful to U.S. national security and the privacy of Americans.
Canadian cybersecurity company Feroot Security found at least 27 state government websites have web-tracking code placed by Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd., which runs TikTok, according to an exclusive report from The Wall Street Journal.
The report — which surveyed more than 3,500 companies, organizations and government entities in January and February — is the latest to reveal how the US unknowingly shares data with subsidiaries of the Chinese Communist Party.
While tracking pixels - or web beacons - are typically used for collecting data to better target audiences with relevant ads, concerns have been raised about the information collected and how it may be used by the Chinese company and other entities in the country.
According to a new report from a cybersecurity company, more than two dozen state governments have placed web-tracking code made by TikTok parent ByteDance Ltd. on official websites.
The newly-launched Protect My Face campaign gives residents of the Brussels region of Belgium the opportunity to oppose mass facial recognition. EDRi applauds this initiative which demands that the Brussels Parliament ban these intrusive and discriminatory practices.
The Brussels Privacy Hub is proud to announce its 2023 Summer Academy for Global Privacy Law, after 7 years of successful editions.
The president signed an executive order seeking to limit deployment of a tool that has been abused by autocracies — and some democracies — to spy on dissidents, human rights activists and journalists.
President Joe Biden signed an executive order today banning government agencies from using commercial spyware deemed to present a national security risk to the United States.
The United States on Tuesday opens its second Summit for Democracy with its eyes firmly on the rest of the world, seeking a united front against authoritarianism as Russia attacks Ukraine and as China launches a diplomatic offensive.
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles Monday, South Korea's military said, the latest in its flurry of weapons tests in recent weeks.
The administration says it is seeking to avoid a wider war with Iran and its proxies while protecting U.S. personnel from attacks.
The rapporteurs filed the complaint with the United States on Jan. 11 but kept it confidential until this weekend. Washington has yet to respond.
The lead investigator and the prosecutor did not consider that conditions were met for the suspect to be held in remand.
Turkey is expected to vote on Finland's alliance membership as early as this week.
The delivery of Leopard 2 battle tanks from Germany and Challenger 2 tanks from Britain comes as Ukraine prepares for an expected spring offensive.
It's time for an 'emergency call' to address the worst situation he has seen in four decades of soldiering, reasons Henrik Lyhne
The arrangement enables the Nordic countries' militaries to train together while using the same types of weapons and ammunition.
The Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, plus Poland and Ukraine have released a statement clearly laying down their opposition to allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in Olympic competition.
From Monday, March 27, in Liepāja, on the promenade at the end of Celtnieku street, the destroyed T-72B tank€ of the Russian occupation forces in Ukraine is on view to the general public.
Russia's attack on Ukraine has topicalized refugee issues in Latvia once again. In the past, many Latvians were also€ forced to flee their homes due to hostilities. The exhibition "Refugee Paths"€ opened in March displays items Latvians had taken with them when fleeing and tells the stories of Latvian refugees from 1944 onward, Latvian Radio reported on March 25.
Putin badly miscalculated, the US often claims, and his invasion of Ukraine has made NATO stronger and more united than ever. "He thought NATO would fracture and divide. Instead, NATO is more united and more unified than ever – than ever before," Biden said on February 21.
Originally posted at TomDispatch. Just in case you were wondering where your tax dollars went in this century, consider the American war, now 20 years old, in Iraq (and after 2014 in Syria as well).
Danger: President Joe Biden’s sophomores running U.S. foreign policy today live in a dream world on the verge of becoming a nightmare. The nightmare – military confrontation with both Russia and China – now looms. It is scary enough that Biden seems to be out of it.
As the war in Ukraine grinds on with no end in sight, it is increasingly important to understand what drives Russia.
The research found that the benefits from Finland's green transition would outweigh any economic negatives caused by climate change.
The government and the Greens have both declared victory after long negotiations about key climate policy. What really changed? And what is a safeguard mechanism anyway?
Sany has set out its ambitions to create a comprehensive hydrogen industry chain covering green production, storage, transportation and refuelling equipment.
Gentari has signed Memorandum of Understanding’s (MoU) with Tata Motors, MoEVing Urban Technology and Gati KWE.
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today sued Binance and its founding Chief Executive Officer Changpeng Zhao, as well as former Chief Compliance Officer Samuel Lim. The CFTC is the agency responsible for regulating the derivatives market.
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) is suing Binance, alleging that the popular crypto exchange illegally sold crypto derivatives—for currencies including bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, tether, and binance USD— to retail investors.
In Latvia, the price of band 95 gasoline has decreased to the level seen before Russia's invasion of Ukraine last February, according to LETA's information March 27.
California lawmakers have approved the nation's first penalty for price gouging at the pump. The state Assembly passed a bill on Monday that would empower state regulators to punish oil companies for profiting from price spikes. The bill now heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has said he will sign it into law. The bill is in response to a price spike last year that saw the average price for a gallon of gasoline hit $6.44 in California. The oil industry says the bill will decrease supply and cause prices to increase. The bill also requires oil companies to disclose more data on their pricing.
In 2021, there was a substantial increase in the number of electric passenger vehicles in the€ EU€ compared with 2020 (+76%), and Latvia's growth rate in that regard was close to the EU average (+75%), according to Eurostat data published March 24.
From June, customers will be able to determine the true extent of what they owe
"We have situational awareness - cameras on the side, front and stern of the ship," the captain explains. "It can decide whether to change its path because something is in the way."
The captain's job will move onto dry-land, to a remote operation centre more than 80km (50 miles) away, where several ships could potentially be monitored at the same time. If necessary, humans will be able to intervene by sending commands to alter the speed and course.
Both in academia and the maritime industry as a whole, cybersecurity is a hot concern. Recently, a collaborative team taught a brand-new cyber security course at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Lesund. A new course titled "Maritime digital security" has just been added to NTNU in Lesund's maritime industry program.
Participants in the workshop have studied digital risks for the past two months. They have conducted a realistic practice run of a cyber attack on a ship in motion and evaluated the risk of current digital threats. The main emphasis is on resilience development and risk management of cyberattacks.
With dimensions of 1160*560*860MM, an 800MM wheelbase, a 590MM seat height, and a curb weight of 81.5 pounds (37 kg), the M One that was unveiled is described as a casual mini moped. The vehicle is powered by a 48V20Ah lithium battery pack and has a hub motor with a 400W rated power and a 1KW maximum output power. The battery has a 1-kilowatt-hour capacity, and the vehicle's top cruising distance is 60 miles (100 kilometers).
When Covid-19 arrived three years ago, most transit passengers stopped riding, shrinking transportation agencies’ fare revenues. Today, ridership remains far below pre-pandemic levels. Unless they can quickly find new sources of funding, big transit systems will be forced to drastically curtail service, which would drive away still more passengers and place those systems in an even deeper financial hole.
Scientists are naming a rare species of beetle in honor of former California Gov. Jerry Brown after finding one at his ranch
While live bees can be used as a deterrent to keep elephants away from farms, a new technology fills in for cases where a buzz without the sting is preferable.
The world is facing an imminent€ water crisis.
The state is “mostly but not completely” out of a drought, Gov. Gavin Newsom says.
The arrests come amid ongoing friction between the governor and legislative leaders over taxes as Hochul over a progressive push to raise income taxes on the wealthy.
Expert urges government to prioritise affordable housing for young people in the university towns
Even though consumer confidence figures are low, they are trending upwards.
Today I got a letter from my bank in an email. They said I could get a fairly good (4.75%) rate on an 11 month no-penalty CD.
One of the largest public transportation walkouts in decades was intended to give unions leverage as they seek raises to keep pace with rising inflation.
Data: ICI, FactSet; Chart: Axios Visuals
Over the last couple of weeks, cash crowded into U.S. money market funds at the fastest clip since the COVID crisis hit.
Why it matters: The flow of dollars to money market funds for safekeeping highlights the anxiety that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank introduced into the financial system.
The collapse of Credit Suisse and its regulator-orchestrated purchase by UBS has many questioning Switzerland’s future as a global financial capital. But two recent reports suggest the country in fact has been losing its edge as a center for international business for at least the past decade.
Silicon Valley Bank was a "textbook case of mismanagement," the Federal Reserve's top banking regulator will tell lawmakers this week — one key reason for the bank's failure.
Why it matters: The Fed official is among the regulators set to appear before Congress for the first hearing related to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, which sparked panic about the financial system's health.
As JPMorgan's ties to Jeffrey Epstein are being scrutinized in court, Whitney Webb reveals how the same powerful players who brought Epstein to prominence were largely responsible for the rise of JPMorgan CEO, Jamie Dimon.
Despite the best efforts of financial authorities following the most recent banking crisis, selloffs of bank shares and capital contingent bonds have persisted. After the sale of Credit Suisse, the most poignant example of investor concerns is the market pressure on Deutsche Bank (DB).
The movie's based on a book published in 1902 that people have adapted into more than a dozen movies. And we'd never read it or seen any of the films before, but I presume that a big part of the appeal is that you also get to fantasize: how would you solve this puzzle?
As Leonard pointed out: the first thing to do, perhaps, ought to be to hire professional assistance: experts who could research and advise you on how to do this. But then of course the problem reduces to: what ought those experts suggest?
Adding to crises like the pandemic, recent stress in the banking system is a new threat to world growth, experts at the organization said.
Two weeks after the bank failed, the fallout has hit the start-up market as investors pull back further and fear has risen.
Lyft has been slow to bounce back from early pandemic problems even as the business of its much bigger rival, Uber, has improved.
The FDIC has approved the sale of Silicon Valley Bank to First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Bank stocks have been largely on the rise since the announcement of the acquisition, “but uncertainty is high,” said IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.
2023 isn’t the first layoffs we’ve seen. We can point to plenty of times when cutting staff was the probable option, if not the popular one.
A buyer is scooping up parts of Silicon Valley Bank, whose collapse earlier this month marked the second-largest bank failure in US history.
First Citizens Bank, a major financial institution with more than $100 billion in assets under management, has agreed to acquire Silicon Valley Bridge Bank. The transaction was announced this morning. Silicon Valley Bridge Bank is the entity to which regulators moved the assets of Silicon Valley Bank following the latter company’s collapse this month.
Latvijas Banka (LB), the central bank of Latvia, has released its first "sustainability disclosures report", outlining€ its efforts to promote sustainable development and addressing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues.
Data published on March 27 by the Central Statistical Bureau show that in€ February€ 2023, compared to February€ 2022, the level of construction costs in Latvia increased by 14.3€ %.
First Citizens BancShares of Raleigh, N.C. has agreed to buy the commercial banking business of Silicon Valley Bank, which recently collapsed and was seized by the U.S. government.
Why it matters: This is a step toward stabilizing America's regional banking sector, after a month of tumult.
A survey from Specops Software showed that 41 per cent of businesses are still not providing adequate cybersecurity training and new research from Hornetsecurity stated 33 per cent of businesses not are not offering cybersecurity awareness training to remote staff.
Trest insisted the lack of security hygiene measures is "one of the most common reasons why cybercriminals gain access to business-critical systems in the first place." He added that with humans fronting company defences, "the key to reducing cyber threats and mitigating human risk is by prioritising and investing in the right security awareness training."
The leak saw excerpts of Twitter’s source code — the programming that powers the Twitter platform and its internal tools — posted to the online software repository GitHub, according to a court filing Friday by a Twitter attorney. The files were posted by a pseudonymous GitHub user, identified only by the handle FreeSpeechEnthusiast. The account was created on Jan. 3 and does not appear to have posted any other material besides the Twitter code.
Some U.S. lawmakers are calling on the government to ban the app, alleging it could be used for sweeping data collection, content censorship and harm to children's mental health.
According to the ministry, Wang told Cook that China unwaveringly supports high-level opening-up of rules, regulations, management, standards, and other systems.
He Lifeng’s long career in government has spanned the extremes of China’s approach, from the early embrace of small business in the 1980s to today’s tighter state control.
China has made significant efforts to curry favor with Utah lawmakers, The Associated Press reports. As a result, state officials have delayed legislation and nixed resolutions that would have conveyed displeasure with the Chinese government.
Though his visit is not official, it is nonetheless significant and may offer clues to political calculations on both sides of the increasingly tense Taiwan Strait.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he would delay plans to overhaul the judiciary after mass protests and work stoppages thrust Israel into widespread civil unrest.
Protests in both countries against religious-based rule have won in their own way.
What’s next for Israel and its relations with the world? Our experts offer their insight.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government contends the Supreme Court has unchecked power, but critics of the proposal say it goes too far.
Israel has learned some unhealthy habits from the United States.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said he was delaying his coalition's judicial overhaul legislation after mass protests and a general strike that affected much of the country.
Facing closure, the HDP will compete in the elections under the Green Left Party.
"Lifting of the articles that ban the use of Kurdish, and making legislation in favor of Kurdish will be what I will work for," says Zana Farqînî who applied to Green Left Party to be a candidate for MP in the May 14 elections.
Sometimes it seems like billionaires can dominate our lives—or at least the news. A mystery in US tax data, however, suggests at least one super-wealthy individual flew under the radar until the very end.
The Saeima should not rush the amendments to the Law on Public Electronic Media, which provides for the merger of Latvian€ Radio and Latvian€ Television as of January 1, 2024, Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš€ (New Unity) wrote€ on Twitter Monday, February 27. LSM is also a part of the public media framework.
The grand jury investigating a hush-money case against the former president met again on Monday, but the timing of any potential indictment remained unclear.
The ambassador of France in Ankara was summoned to the Foreign Ministry where he was told that Ankara strongly denounces the Senate of France to host YPG members and to award them medals of honor.
In a weeklong trip to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia, the vice president will face a balancing act as she tries to foster a collaborative U.S. relationship.
A foundation laid during the groundbreaking ceremony of a new state hospital in the quake-hit province of Hatay was removed a day later. The cement poured during a live television broadcast was not intended for construction.
For now, the creditors committee is simply requesting more information on Mountain Way from Free Speech Systems and Jones; in the future, though, the scheme could lead to serious headaches for Jones and the company.
The Infowars conspiracy broadcaster Alex Jones, who faces more than $1.4 billion in legal damages for defaming the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims, has devised a new way to taunt them: wriggling out of paying them the money they are owed.
Automattic (WordPress.com) refuses to say what led to the ban, but it’s quite obvious through my history of posts about Apple’s censorship, proprietary software, the Microsoft Stabber, etc. that there are probably outfits that would rather that I just go away and not come back.
Automattic says that there’s no robot going around killing blogs without human review, but beyond this, I have no idea and I’ll never be able to prove anything.
Access to Ekà Ÿi Sözlük has been blocked for over a month now.
The demonstration took place in front of the Turkish embassy on Sunday, and was attended by less than 100 people.
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Although the right to demonstrate in Finland is enshrined in the constitution, the Criminal Code prohibits defamation.
Aside from the Erdogan effigy, police said the demonstration passed off peacefully and was allowed to continue after it was removed.
Yle TV1 will host a series of minority language election discussions this week, beginning on Monday at 3pm with a show in Easy Finnish. The English language discussion will be broadcast on Thursday at 3pm.
A group of people attempted to attack those who gathered outside of the home of the theologian who had been attacked. The police detained the journalist filming the incident.
Police arrested Singh after a first information report was filed earlier that day by the Ratia Sadar police station in the state’s Fatehabad district, which opened an investigation into Singh and an unnamed journalist based on a complaint by the son of a local official, according to those sources and a copy of the report reviewed by CPJ.
The police arrested Fatehabad-based TV journalist Jaspal Singh after booking him under Section 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, Sections 384 (extortion) and 500 (defamation) of the IPC and various sections of the SC/ST Act on the complaint of BJP MLA from Ratia Lakshman Napa’s son Sumit Kumar on Saturday.
Anthony J. Broadwater spent 16 years in prison after being wrongly convicted in the assault in Syracuse, N.Y., which Ms. Sebold, a well-known novelist, described in her memoir “Lucky.”
31 December 2023 the new date by which applications need to be received
Thanks to legislation signed by President Carter in 1980, a Christian group rooted in faith and compassion has hosted thousands of refugees in rural Georgia.
In part five of her series, Christina Whiteley shares tips on immigration requirements if you decide to make Mexico your new home.
At rallies across the country, community members have been chanting “Sí, se puede!” to demand that the U.S. fulfill its moral obligation to undocumented immigrants by expanding their access to life-saving medical care, job-loss benefits, driver’s licenses, and much more. However, this political advocacy — critical to our democracy’s debate about our immigration policies — could constitute a crime under federal law.
A 14-year-old child was hospitalized after being beaten by officers in the Kurdish-majority city.
This issue brief describes cross-cutting themes, a proposed theory of change, and recommendations that emerged from the Atlantic Council and US Department of State expert convening, “Future of Women and Work in South Asia” on how to foster cross-sectoral collaboration and catalyze knowledge sharing to support women’s economic empowerment in South Asia.
The influence of Itamar Ben-Gvir, a rising far-right lawmaker, was underscored when he said he would agree to a delay of the divisive judicial overhaul.
Israel’s prime minister, who has long thrived by pitting one force against another, is caught between his far-right coalition and public anger over the government’s plan to weaken the judiciary.
In 2021, a 17-year-old boy in the Netherlands was arrested for inciting of riots. The boy had called for people to come to Utrecht with fireworks as a protest against the corona policy and the fireworks ban. The boy received a so-called "online area ban" from the municipality, even though the mayor does not have a legal basis for such an order. He was no longer allowed to make statements online that could lead to disorder in the city. Local rules do not provide majors the authority to curtail the freedom of expression as prevention, online or otherwise.
The defense minister refuted the allegations that there was a new refugee influx from syria to Turkey after the February earthquakes.
It was claimed that Yñlmaz Ekinci committed suicide by hanging himself on an iron part of the door in the cell which is 1 meter and 20 cm high from the floor. Ekinci's then-prison mate is now a witness in the case over Ekinci's death.
Workers of Mata Automotive, a firm manufacturing parts for high-end car brands such as Bentley and Jaguar, demand improved working conditions and a 25 percent additional pay rise.
His release ended more than two and a half years of captivity, during which he was tried on terrorism charges and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Artificial light emitted from buildings, streetlights, and reflected from satellite constellations are making the night sky brighter for earth-bound skywatchers. The Milky Way was visible to pretty much everyone less than 100 years ago, but is now drowned out by human-made light to most, according to the International Dark Sky Association.
Light pollution is actively destroying our ability to see the stars. Many Indigenous traditions and knowledge systems around the world are based on the stars, and the peoples’ ability to observe and interpret stellar positions and properties is of critical importance for daily life and cultural continuity. The erasure of the night sky acts to erase Indigenous connection to the stars, acting as a form of ongoing cultural and ecological genocide. Efforts to reduce, minimise, or eliminate light pollution are being achieved with varying degrees of success, but urban expansion, poor lighting design, and the increased use of blue-light emitting LEDs as a cost-effective solution is worsening problems related to human health, wildlife, and astronomical heritage for the benefit of capitalistic economic growth. We provide a brief overview of the issue, illustrating some of the important connections that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia maintain with the stars, as well as the impact growing light pollution has on this ancient knowledge. We propose a transdisciplinary approach to solving these issues, using a foundation based on Indigenous philosophies and decolonising methodologies.
Now, a group of scientists and other space stakeholders is working to preserve these stories. The Satellite Communications (SATCON) workshop, which is organized by the National Science Foundation and the American Astronomical Society, aims to mitigate satellites’ effects on our sky-viewing experiences.
Aparna Venkatesan, a cosmologist at the University of San Francisco, served as a co-chair at the 2021 event. While she and her colleagues sought to consult Indigenous scientists on sustainable space practices, they acknowledged that it wasn’t an all-encompassing discussion. “Everyone who spoke at the meeting was very clear that they were not speaking for their whole tribe, or for all sovereign tribes and nations or just the U.S. alone,” says Venkatesan.
She sees space as an ancestral global commons, as described in her 2020 article published in Nature Astronomy. But the task of regulating space is a complicated one. Astronomers and entrepreneurs should be careful not to appropriate Indigenous perspectives to serve their bottom line, she adds.
Each of these companies is taking to the skies to increase internet access across the globe. But even if they deliver on this, sky gazers — and especially Indigenous peoples — are left to wonder: at what cost?
The manufacturers, who tended to carry out their transactions in the same carpark, signalled their presence to business partners, including the Dutch duo, by placing a bottle of Cocio on the roof of their car.
The NSK were able to find out about this by cracking encrypted messages sent and received by the drug-importing Dutchmen and their colleagues.
APNIC conducted RPKI training at APAN 55, held from 13 to 17 March 2023 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
A summary of the outcomes of the 2023 APNIC EC election.
The 220-million worth procurement for food supply for the Latvian National Armed Forces (NBS), which is under suspicion of unfair practices, has not undergone the safety checks needed, Latvian Television's De Facto reported on March 27.
BioNTech is over covid. Or looking past it, at least, planning to invest the company’s pandemic windfall into the development of oncology products.
Bill C-18, the online news bill whose foundation is mandated payments for links, has unsurprisingly sparked reaction from Google and Facebook that raises the possibility of stopping linking to Canadian news. In an act of obvious retribution, the government responded to the companies response with a motion from Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage Chris Bittle that demanded a wide range of internal and external documents dating back years and even looped in the private correspondence of companies, NGOs, journalists and potentially of thousands of Canadians.
The non-profit claims its book scanning and distribution qualifies as fair use because its digital lending scheme is "transformative" – which conveys a different meaning than the original – and non-commercial. These are among the factors considered when assessing whether the fair use defense can be applied.
It also asserts that the goals of the "first sale doctrine" – which allows the purchaser of a copyrighted work to sell, display or otherwise dispose of that particular copy without seeking permission from the copyright holder – support its controlled lending of digitized purchased books.
I'm a little bit late with my update this month. It's been a pretty crazy month to be quite honest, so this is a slightly longer entry than usual.
I'll start with the good news. First off, I've got a new job (yay!). It's at a nearby prominent heritage site, which is a really big deal for me and has pretty much been my main goal since graduating from Uni in 2021. I'm so beyond excited and can't wait to start next month. Plus, I'm finally leaving my current job which is uh...worse than ever, to be quite honest. I won't go into it too much but let’s just say that place is a sinking ship and I can't be out of there soon enough. They're not even planning on hiring a replacement for me. They're just expecting everyone else to work harder and pick up the slack - like what?
This book was written over 50 years ago by Gary Allen, and while it was written from a US centric point of view I still found it an interesting take on what happens in the world.
When reading books (or, listening in this case) I try to have an open mind and find what might be applicable or relevant to my world and life.
You know...I'm becoming myself again.
Just once in life I would like to get involved in a super heated "duck season", "'wabbit season" style argument with someone where I manage to pull it off and get my way by, in the heat of the moment, reversing position to trick the other person into also reversing their position.
* Gemini (Primer) links can be opened using Gemini software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter.