𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Tuesday, March 30, 2021 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Wed 31 Mar 02:40:00 BST 2021 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈 Latest in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕 and older bulletins can be found at 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕-𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 Full IPFS index in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔 and as plain text in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔/𝒕𝒙𝒕 Gemini index for the day: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/30/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmdoZcf4iwb2ztjbdiuYHAC9yqNAxqjJ7bLxyu4mWe3eir Qmeh8C9MD58oRRQTZMdxXzz1fPnkNNkZLDGMUBXUZtfYcA QmQwVB9CHJEF8FeK5qE4nVrEt3T4j18queqDGsX1tco7Hu QmbvjnjBPkV9NuX5KzgE4i1MMMvJAtyqXZsxGtid1PSaxN QmR4biofPhoiD3JC7c8mnGqxWSMBkqoxwCBZQ7dT7pthDc QmSA9tsJUQyqpRRdqkKF9RwzKJcTetjDtoCFf54WRpJzdT QmVcJzDwydxRsdrBEoE7ieprrcQgWHRfbAN6LkeYP2GLno QmeMCTKga6Gc9Jauun7YUupAZBj2asqir5j5Y383skr2HP QmUDkM7S8nKeCBcqjF1J1WqKQhBeUg6ckirMnvYYYSEhmL QmVNPxQExEpP4QSgXf39aZaHYfBr16sxUbpV5A8n6o6iuu QmeCsgPX6MV7CCyh4KFweWk65cHTCRdXoUejp7pgQtgiDm QmT3sD7E4z8nzK4tqDm2iAN9rdEQRN2TVetcsYVJtzXw35 QmcjYkx6RyxNc5KYfdiGaUwzwwhudtPJqbH7quCKBTzTmq QmcJTEQCo8C8PEPNccnTtTEqmNWXL5T6wt4cJy2Qi8V24R QmdquhaPfSFCNiLgWpAfp5btpG4xZqsEDiYTUJWmRYbRCb QmQMpGMtduZUgPB6kM5gaAJFCrTTq9uAF7BwwvGhHbhabU QmZKx5MdRst26pF2CyyKi12vx2w2fEiBPxuFKUtWVa8fRW QmeqRbrWZSa9SLLj5WbbtfaaVc1tSLAcgaXD3g25i4ZJAp QmWJUrDJ8Cf9hRZ5fafvtT2j91xgpVXyaC9dSViC9Se3Gs QmPo4ULvpZ9dRioy8uexm42ZvGeU7Y6hfXiMwoKgdmsZLL QmQ1yCXoPDRwKojz9SgfepgmHfpLF28G5JZAArDw23jAfs ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Coming Up in April: Exposing More EPO Crimes and Advocating Software Freedom | Techrights ⦿ Why the Fate of an RMS-Led Free Software Foundation Matters to You Even If You’re Not So Technical | Techrights ⦿ The Anti-FSF Mob Has a Severe Anger Management and Hate Problem | Techrights ⦿ IBM Presidents Teaching the FSF About Morality | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Monday, March 29, 2021 | Techrights ⦿ A Look at Lagrange, the Most Beautiful Gemini Client | Techrights ⦿ Richard Stallman on Privacy Abuses | Techrights ⦿ Social Injustice | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2021/03/30/april-surprises/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/03/30/freesw-matters-to-you/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/03/30/hateful-anti-fsf-mob/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/03/30/ibm-immorality/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/03/30/irc-log-290321/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/03/30/lagrange-review/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/03/30/rms-on-privacy-abuses/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/03/30/social-injustice/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2021/03/30/almalinux-8-3/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/03/30/links-3032021-freebsd-13-0-rc4-kodachi-8-3/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 69 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2021/03/30/april-surprises/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/30/april-surprises/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.30.21⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ ✐ Coming_Up_in_April:_Exposing_More_EPO_Crimes_and_Advocating_Software Freedom⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Free/Libre_Software, Patents at 9:40 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Rusty German Helmet⦈ Summary: We’ve posted nearly 30,000 blog posts and we have very promising series and reports coming up A MAJOR scandal regarding Dr. Ernst from the EPO will hopefully be exposed in Techrights next month. Work is underway on this series. Dr. Ernst was an enabler of Benoît_Battistelli (his corruption and crimes) and now he does the same for António_Campinos, a pusher of totally illegal European_software patents. They attack_their_own_courts too, so there’s no oversight at all. Dr. Ernst is the type of classic SS Officer, just following the orders of his Dear Fuhrer. He morever can_be_held_responsible_for_the_EQE_blunder (Croatian flavour, not the_e-EQE_blunder). “Some time later this week we will have posted our 30,000th blog post.”“Back in 2018,” a reader recalled, “Techrights was publicising calls for Ernst to “step down with immediate effect”.” That didn’t happen. “Instead,” the reader notes, “although he was already pushing 65, he got awarded a cushy post-retirement job with a five-year contract as an EPO Vice- President. Who says it doesn’t pay to break the law?” 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Work liberates⦈ On matters of technology, we’ve recently managed to post two batches (sometimes even three!) of Daily Links each day. Software Freedom (SF) is still a focus of ours. At the moment the media rebels against SF (and FSF, RMS etc.) because many technology giants are struggling. They claim to be doing well, but whistleblowers tell entirely different stories. Some of them leak information to us. Some report this to authorities, in conjunction (sometimes the authorities themselves are compromised and lack the incentive to investigate, prosecute etc.), and some time soon we’ll write more about the Ponzi scheme that is IBM. It’s a dying company (see some of the threads here) and it is resorting to truly abusive projects and contracts, not just patent blackmail. They bombard the media with stuff like “embRACE” and “Tech for Good” just to distract and confuse the masses (indirection and misdirection of focus). Some time later this week we will have posted our 30,000th blog post. 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You’re_Not_So_Technical⠀✐ Posted in Free/Libre_Software, FSF, GNU/Linux at 10:22 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Freedom Software = Freedom in Society 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Stallman and Assange in focus⦈ Summary: Richard Stallman (RMS) is under malicious attacks which intentionally misrepresent his views; these attacks are collective attacks on society and its ability to control computing (rather than be controlled by computing behemoths) AT this moment the corporate media (IBM- and Microsoft-funded) is trying to tell you that RMS eats babies or something… a lot of the accusations are phony, outright false. Be sure to check if you’re being misled into thinking that RMS said or believed something. Critical skills (scepticism) help here; track down the source, e.g. supposed_'support'_of_Epstein or some_sign_on_his_door. “This means better alignment with its original mission and goals. Earlier this week RMS told me that the FSF does not rely heavily on corporate patrons and many people online have expressed support for the FSF; some donated to it especially because RMS is back.”Truly sincere Free software supporters (not concern-trolling_experts looking to bury the FSF) have reasonably mature or well-developed critical skills; this is why so_many_people_have_signed_a_letter in_support_of_an_RMS-led_FSF (we_expect_him_to_become_President_soon; this was the plan all along, even before the vote). Almost 4,500 people (not proprietary software companies) have signed this petition of support and people who opposed RMS leave the FSF (some_knives_have_come_out). This means better alignment with its original mission and goals. Earlier this week RMS told me that the FSF does not rely heavily on corporate patrons and many people online have expressed support for the FSF; some donated to it especially because RMS is back. My wife and I are among them. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Assange on privacy⦈ I’ve decided to write a concise (one- paragraph) and un-technical explanation of why this matters to every person, even the ordinary person who is not a programmer. With nontechnical language as priority: Free software liberates society, collectively, from shackles of companies that dominate software and exercise unjust control over the population using that software. Abuses of power range from censorship to surveillance. Nations’ sovereignty depends on these nations’ ability to control their destiny; it is sometimes referred to as self-determination. Attacks on the software’s “freedom” aren’t new; in the 1980s there was ridicule (infeasibility), later there were infiltration (or brain-drain) attempts, then patent aggression and even acquisition of projects through platforms (e.g. GitHub). The thirst for corporate power, backed financially by the world’s biggest armies, isn’t about emancipating or servicing computer users. It’s about controlling them — by means of unparalleled coercion that only increases over time. RMS represents concepts and messages that cause great discomfort (moral and financial) to those who have long enjoyed power over billions of people all around the world. 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Free/Libre_Software, FSF, GNU/Linux at 8:12 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link http://techrights.org/videos/be-nice.webm Summary: The people who set up the anti-FSF petition (a_very_loud_minority bolstered by crooked_media) need to sort out their own manners and foul language issues before they lecture the FSF and its founder on those things THE thing about manners is, nobody has a monopoly on that. The same is true for “ethics” (which can be subjective in a lot of ways; morality of meat-eating, for instance, is overlooked by so many). Those who claim to be the undisputed kings of “diversity” and “inclusion” have, in my experience, often alienated minority groups and women. These marginalised (in the context of technology) groups just don’t feel like those preachers of “tolerance” speak for them; instead they serve to annoy and falsely accuse people of “intolerance”, sometimes based on distortions and false pretences. Richard Stallman would be the latest target of many. He may not be the perfect scapegoat, but what the mob (boosted by corporate media) accused him of is greatly exaggerated if not outright_false. “The problem in the community isn’t Stallman’s political blog but a bunch of trolls looking to engineer controversy and create leadership vacuums.”The above video is a relatively polite rant about a new (hours-old) blog post from the person who attacked_Richard_Stallman_just_weeks_ago (even before the latest phony ‘scandal’ — the so-called ‘scandal’ of merely returning to the institution he founded almost 36 years ago) and attempted to distort_the definition_of_Open_Source_or_Software_Freedom. These concern-trolling opportunists who never wrote a single line of code aren’t saying anything about their_sponsors_profiting_from_abuse_of_privacy; nor do they speak about the abhorrent_patent_policy which harms not only Free software developers but programmers in general. We thus must conclude that those people are merely parasites inside the community, pretending to care about the very same thing they attack. They try to shun our charismatic leaders, they issue truly nasty threats (bordering on being a campaign of cyberbullying), and then they lecture us on “being nice…” The problem in the community isn’t Stallman’s political blog but a bunch of trolls looking to engineer controversy and create leadership vacuums. We know who stands to benefit — them and their sponsors (proprietary software and surveillance companies). █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 390 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2021/03/30/ibm-immorality/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/30/ibm-immorality/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.30.21⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ ✐ IBM_Presidents_Teaching_the_FSF_About_Morality⠀✐ Posted in Deception, IBM, Red_Hat at 10:47 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇President_at_IBM_Jim_Whitehurst/allowhurst_and_Founder_of IBM_Thomas_Watson⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Four years after Hitler rose to power⦈ Summary: Racist and sexist IBM is in NO position to lecture the FSF about morality; banning words won't_undo the past, which is becoming_the_present again ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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█▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.30.21⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ ✐ A_Look_at_Lagrange,_the_Most_Beautiful_Gemini_Client⠀✐ Posted in Free/Libre_Software at 6:04 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link http://techrights.org/videos/lagrange.webm Summary: A quick video review or a journey with Lagrange, probably the best software for accessing and navigating Gemini space WHENEVER I hear of “Lagrange” I assume Joseph-Louis_Lagrange, but Lagrange is actually a Gemini client/browser. Since Joseph-Louis Lagrange was also an astronomer it fits neatly into the space theme (capsules, Gemini, Moonlander and so on). 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Lagrange Gemini Client⦈ Today, for the first time, I’ve had the opportunity of taking Lagrange for a spin, or a space voyage. I’ve already tried more than half a dozen Gemini clients and this is by far the most powerful one, albeit it takes up quite a bit of RAM. A bigger complaint about it is the packaging format (or “installer” as some might call it). That will be largely a thing of the past once major GNU/Linux distributions add it to repositories (probably inevitable given the rapid expansion of Gemini space). Here is Lagrange_on_Flathub. The video above shows it ‘in action’ or in flight. It crashed after about 10 minutes, maybe due to a conflict with the WM/ Compositor or some bug in Lagrange itself. 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I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” ― Malcolm X⦈ Summary: Anger is being misdirected and we know who stands to benefit VENGEANCE outrageous Hate is contagious For scapegoats voracious For facts there’s impatience Monopolisers galore Countless abuses to explore Rotten to the core There’s always more and more Mailing list exposed To say it you’re not supposed Guilt transposed The bearded man must be deposed Facts matter not The crime was naught A kick in the butt A punch in the gut Monopolisers rejoice The bearded man has no voice Riding their Rolls-Royce While their mob makes noise █ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠟⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⡀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠇⢠⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣀⣀⣀⠀⢀⣀⡀⣀⡀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⣀⣀⠀⣀⣀⠀⣀⡀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⢀⣀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡞⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠛⣛⡛⡻⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠘⡧⠬⠀⡏⠀⠑⠸⡄⠸⡇⢹⣀⠷⠈⣇⢸⠁⠀⣃⢸⡀⠸⡌⠀⠆⠀⠁⠠⠂⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣤⣀⡀⣀⣀⣤⣿⣥⣁⣀⢀⣴⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠽⠤⠴⠙⠢⠤⠂⠧⠄⠿⠬⠧⠑⠤⠼⠌⠓⠤⠼⠠⠧⠀⠇⠄⠸⠠⠘⠠⠔⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠫⠀⠞⠈⠴⠘⠺⠀⠫⠀⠧⠸⠂⠹⠀⠖⠀⠞⠀⠧⠘⠁⠀⠡⠘⠇⠘⠀⠉⠀⠃⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⠿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠿⢻⣿⣋⣭⣭⣭⣥⣭⣬⣥⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠒⢰⠐⢠⢠⢄⠀⠄⠠⠄⡤⠄⢰⢠⠤⡄⡄⡆⡇⡄⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣩⣭⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⢧⠀⠄⢠⡄⡆⡆⣄⠀⢰⢰⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⡀⡈⠁⠈⠈⠉⡀⠉⠈⠁⠉⡀⠈⠉⠁⠉⢁⠉⠁⠁⢹⣿⣿⣝⠛⠻⠛⠛⠛⠋⣡⣿⣿⡏⠙⢿⣿⣿⡻⠿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠈⡈⡁⠉⡉⠉⠀⢈⡈⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠇⠁⠏⠏⠄⠸⠑⠽⠸⠁⠀⡏⠮⠸⠫⠋⠸⠸⠁⠟⢺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠂⠏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡧⠟⠊⠝⢿⣿⣿⣿⣅⡎⠇⠀⠇⠧⠀⠇⠻⠀⠸⠸⠱⠹⠁⠸⠹⠸⠁⠸⠷⠨⡍⠽⠇⠇⠏⠦⠻⠹⠠⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⡆⠆⡠⡠⠀⠀⢄⠀⢲⠄⡀⡀⡀⡀⡀⢄⢀⢀⠀⣴⢔⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⡀⡘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡄⢠⠀⠀⡄⢙⣿⣿⣿⡧⡖⡠⡀⡠⡠⡀⡠⡠⢀⢄⢠⠄⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠁⠁⠀⠈⠈⠀⠈⠀⠐⠁⠁⠁⠁⠋⠈⠈⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⡃⠧⢡⣀⣻⣿⡟⠁⠊⠘⠀⠘⠈⠀⢹⣿⠉⠃⠁⠑⠁⠁⠑⠀⠁⠁⠈⠊⠐⠁⠃⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⣴⣰⢲⢰⣸⠀⢀⡆⣦⠀⢰⡄⣆⡦⣂⢸⢰⠀⣸⠈⣻⣛⡟⠓⡟⢇⡆⡞⠛⢳⢯⢸⢲⢰⡢⣦⡖⡤⢰⡆⣟⠀⢠⡆⡆⡆⣆⡇⠐⡔⡄⡗⡆⣴⣸⡀⣶⠰⡀⣦⢆⡖⠀⣇⡆⣶⢰⣲⢰⡤⣘⣆⢇⢠⡆ ⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⢀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠏⠇⠯⠏⠯⠽⠸⠷⠹⠥⠥⠫⠹⠂⠀⠿⠸⠇⠀⠿⠄⠘⠾⠂⠯⠖⠽⠸⠸⠓⠄⠉⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⡟⣧⡰⢹⠀⢐⣒⣆⠀⡇⢠⡖⠲⢀⡔⢲⡄⢸⡇⢲⡔⣦⠐⣆⠀⠀⠈⢻⣔⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠠⠧⠙⠁⠼⠄⠺⠄⠿⠠⠧⠘⠧⠴⠈⠧⠼⠃⠼⠇⠼⠇⠿⠤⠿⠀⠀⠤⠅⠽⠦⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 834 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.30.21⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ ✐ Links_31/3/2021:_AlmaLinux_8.3_and_SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Micro_5.0⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 6:26 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Distributions o Devices/Embedded * Free_Software/Open_Source * Leftovers * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ The_End_of_LBRY_and_Odysee?⠀⇛ SEC is coming after LBRY and other Cryptos… this isn’t good for the decentralized web! # ⚓ FSF:_War_Of_The_Richard_Stallman_Open_Letters⠀⇛ I thought I should do one final video on Richard Stallman and FSF drama to wrap it up, today we’re covering the 2 open letters that have spawned in response along with the following statements made by the FSF. # ⚓ Josh_Bressers:_Episode_264_–_DevSecOps_with_GitLab’s_Mark Loveless⠀⇛ Josh and Kurt talk to Mark Loveless from GitLab. We touch on DevSecOps, what GitLab is doing, threat modeling, and the time Mark tested positive for TNT at the airport. It’s a great conversation. # ⚓ Building_a_YT_channel_on_open-source_software_–_Video Workflow⠀⇛ I’m breaking down the video workflow and open- source tools that I’ve used to build my channel. # ⚓ Manjaro_ARM_on_the_Raspberry_Pi_400⠀⇛ I’ve been wanting to play around with my Raspberry Pi 400 again, so I decided to install Manjaro on it. In this video, I review Manjaro ARM (MATE edition) running on the Pi 400. # ⚓ Video:_GNOME_40_on_Fedora_34_beta⠀⇛ Jay from LearnLinuxTV on YouTube does a pretty good job showing off GNOME 40. Enjoy. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ Intel_IGC_Network_Driver_Queues_XDP_Support_For_Linux 5.13⠀⇛ The Intel IGC network driver (not to be confused with their other IGC, the Intel Graphics Compiler) that supports their Gigabit/2.5G Ethernet devices has support for the Express Data Path (XDP) with the upcoming Linux 5.13 cycle. Linux XDP “eXpress Data Path” allows for hooking in eBPF programs at a lower-level to the driver for packet processing and any editing of the packet data. While Intel’s drivers for their enterprise network hardware has already supported XDP, the IGC driver has not supported XDP until now for this high performance data path. See this Red Hat blog post for more background details on XDP. # ⚓ Intel’s_Bus_Lock_Detection_Might_Be_Ready_For_The_Mainline Linux_Kernel_–_Phoronix⠀⇛ For longer than the past year Intel engineers have been working on wiring up the Linux kernel support to handle split lock detection and bus lock detection. Back in Linux 5.7 the split lock detection landed for warning or even killing the offending software should a split lock occur due to the significant performance impact and possible denial of service. Now it’s looking like the bus lock detection code could be ready for mainline. After the split lock detection code was merged, Intel engineers turned their focus to bus lock detection for Linux. Again, important due to the performance penalties and possible denial of service implications. Bus locks can disrupt the performance to other CPU cores and are much slower than an atomic operation happening within a cache line. Like the split lock detection, the bus lock detection relies upon the CPU being able to notify the kernel when a user instruction acquires a bus lock. # ⚓ Linux_5.13_To_Enable_The_Keyboard/Touchpad_Of_Newer Microsoft_Surface_Laptops⠀⇛ The quest of improving the Microsoft Surface laptop support under Linux continues. With Linux 5.13 there is going to be not only the Surface DTX driver but another new Surface driver queued up is “surface-hid” that will allow supporting the keyboard and touchpad on newer Surface devices. Currently with newer Microsoft Surface devices like the Surface Laptop 3 and Surface Book 3 the keyboard and touchpad are not supported when running the mainline kernel… There have been out- of-tree patches / DKMS modules but finally with Linux 5.13 there should be the support with the mainline kernel now that the surface-hid driver has made it into HID’s “-next” branch ahead of the Linux 5.13 merge window opening in April. # § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ Tens_of_Nvidia_Tegra_devices_now_run_mainline_Linux thanks_to_the_“grate”_project⠀⇛ Nvidia chips and the Linux community have not always been known for a friendly attitude between each other. In a famous talk by Linus Torvalds, which may appear slightly too offensive to be reported directly, the Linux creator defined it “the single worst company [they had] ever dealt with”. While the situation has become increasingly better in the last years, so that (proprietary) drivers are shipped for most new Nvidia cards, the stigma of Nvidia as being an incompatible company with the open source philosophy still burdens the company. What concerns this post, however, is rather a coincidence than anything related to Nvidia supporting Linux or not. Before the age of Snapdragons, more or less between 2011 and 2013, Nvidia Tegra chips were the leading “high-end” series for phones and tablets, satisfying both mobile gamers and casual users. This brought to this class of relatively fast and efficient processors (usually grouped as Tegra 1, 2, 3 and 4) being adopted by many devices, especially Android tablets, including the famous ASUS “Transformer” series of laptop-aspiring, keyboard-equipped machines, as well as most Acer tablets and phones, higher-end Samsung tablets and many others. The big news is that support has finally landed, thanks to very hard work by the #tegra IRC members, with developers such as David “okias” Heidelberg, Dmitry “digetx” Osipenko and many others working regularly to port first the main Tegra SoCs to mainline Linux, then many of the internal peripheral or devices, up to a point of near-complete support. # ⚓ Lilbits:_Rocket_Lake-S,_Piunara_Raspberry_Pi_CM4 carrier_board,_and_Linux_for_old_NVIDIA_Tegra_devices⠀⇛ In other news, the Piunara carrier board for the Raspberry Pi 4 we told you about a few months ago is up for pre-order through a crowdfunding campaign and should ship in June, Google Maps is picking up new features this year, a bunch of old Android tablets with NVIDIA Tegra chips can now run mainline Linux (if you don’t need 3D graphics) and Verizon has confirmed that its 3G network has less than two years to live. # ⚓ System76_Updates_Pop_OS_With_Full_Support_For_Radeon RX_6000_Series⠀⇛ More than 4 months ago, AMD’s Radeon RX 6800 series launched, and I wrote an enthusiastic Windows-based review here at Forbes. Team Red had finally, triumphantly entered the high- end GPU market and was competing head-to-head with Nvidia. The in-house reference designs were also beautifully built, so that didn’t hurt my recommendation. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Best_email_client_for_Linux_2021⠀⇛ While web-based email has become the norm and can be accessed from any web browser, many users prefer a native email client. On Windows, you have applications like Microsoft Outlook and Thunderbird. On Android or iOS, there are clients like Nine and K-9 Mail. But what about Linux? Hundreds of native email clients for Linux have come and gone, and only a few offer comparable features to Windows native clients. But one of the great things about Linux is that most applications are available for free, forever, so you can try them all out to find the best email client for Linux for your needs. There is also a more diverse range of email clients for the Linux desktop than you’ll find on Windows. When developers don’t like something about a piece of software written on Linux, they often make their own version and release it free to the world. This has resulted in some unique email clients that you might find suit you better than the usual suspects, and which may yet rank among the best email providers. # ⚓ Ticker_Is_A_Terminal_Stock_Watcher_And_Position_Tracker_ (With_Cryptocurrency_Support)⠀⇛ Ticker is a terminal stock ticker with live updates and position tracking, available for Linux, macOS and Microsoft Windows. Besides quotes, Ticker also supports any cryptocurrency that’s available via Yahoo Finance / CoinMarketCap. The tool features live stock price quotes, and the ability to track the value of your stock positions with support for pre and post market price quotes, as well as multiple cost basis lots. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ 7_Ways_to_Get_Command_Line_Help_on_Linux⠀⇛ Learning new things can be overwhelming and the Linux terminal is no exception. When it comes to mastering the command-line terminal, the key is to understand the underlying concepts rather than memorizing commands. Most commands in Linux are well documented and to really understand them well all you need is the command terminal itself. This guide takes a look at some of the most important Linux commands that will help you to get help on Linux Commands from the command-line and to enhance your learning on your way to mastering Linux commands. # ⚓ DKF_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE_AND_AT=0x054F00_?⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_Paddy’s_Day_bug⠀⇛ Last Sunday, I got a message from a coworker and a good friend, Dhaval, that his Fedora laptop was stuck during the boot process. His work laptop, also running Fedora, also failed to boot. I checked my work laptop and personal laptop, and both of them rebooted just fine, so we then started going through the normal troubleshooting process on his work laptop. [...] I decided to compare the startup systemd services in my laptop compared to his. After going through multiple services, I noticed that raid-check.timer was set to start on Dhaval’s laptop, but wasn’t setup on mine. # ⚓ How_to_Install_SpiderFoot_Security_Scanner_on_Ubuntu 20.04⠀⇛ Spiderfoot is a free and open-source vulnerability testing tool that helps you to reduce attacks by hackers. It is used to analyze vulnerabilities and malicious functions on Linux servers. It is a cross-platform software tool that supports Linux and Windows machines and can be collaborated with GitHub. It is written in Python and uses SQLite as a database backend. It provides a web-based interface to perform penetration testing for more than one target simultaneously through a web browser. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Spiderfoot on Ubuntu 20.04 server. # ⚓ Easily_Install_Golang_In_Linux_Using_Update-golang_Script⠀⇛ Installing Go programming language in Linux is no big deal. It will only take a few minutes to install and configure Go language. Good thing is it is now even easier to install Golang in Linux using Update-golang script. Update-golang is a shell script to easily fetch and install latest Golang versions with minimum user interaction. Anyone can now easily install a stable Go release on their Linux machine with the help of this script. Everything is automated! Just run this script and sit back. # ⚓ How_to_uninstall_Linux_apps_from_your_Chromebook⠀⇛ Linux on Chrome OS has come a long way since we first discovered the project that would bring containers to Chromebooks nearly four years ago. In that time, Google has brought a stable method to deliver a plethora of Linux applications to the Chrome operating system without the need for hacky workarounds that compromise the integrity and security of the platform. Crostini, a.k.a. Linux apps on Chrome OS, isn’t perfect and there are still some pieces missing to make the experience 100% viable but there’s no question that it has added to the overall value of the Chrome OS ecosystem. I personally believe that the Chrome OS team has stumbled upon what could be the future of computing that could leverage containers and Plugin VMs to give users access to any software they need all through the portal that is Chrome OS. # ⚓ How_To_Install_LibreOffice_on_Manjaro_20_–_idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install LibreOffice on Manjaro 20. For those of you who didn’t know, LibreOffice is a powerful office suite including word processing and the creation of spreadsheets, slideshows, and databases. It is the open-sourced version of the earlier StarOffice. LibreOffice available in 115 languages and even used by millions of people all around the world. The latest LibreOffice 8 is available to download and mount on the Linux system. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step-by- step installation of the LibreOffice open-source and free office suite on a Manjaro 20 (Nibia). # ⚓ Emmanuel_Kasper:_Manually_install_a_single_node_Kubernetes cluster_on_Debian⠀⇛ Debian has work-in-progress packages for Kubernetes, which work well enough enough for a testing and learning environement. Bootstraping a cluster with the kubeadm deployer with these packages is not that hard, and is similar to the upstream kubeadm documentation # ⚓ Adam_Young:_Merging_root_and_home_filesystems⠀⇛ Yocto takes up a lot of space when it builds. If the /home partition is 30 GB or smaller, I am going to fill it up. The systems I get provisioned from Beaker are routinely splitting their disks between / and /home. These are both logical volumes in the same volume group. This is easy to merge. # ⚓ Easily_Install_Golang_In_Linux_Using_Update-golang_Script⠀⇛ Installing Go programming language in Linux is no big deal. It will only take a few minutes to install and configure Go language. Good thing is it is now even easier to install Golang in Linux using Update-golang script. Update-golang is a shell script to easily fetch and install latest Golang versions with minimum user interaction. Anyone can now easily install a stable Go release on their Linux machine with the help of this script. Everything is automated! Just run this script and sit back. # ⚓ How_to_Fix_the_“No_Space_Left_on_Device”_Error_on_Linux_– Make_Tech_Easier⠀⇛ Most of the time, Linux is pretty specific with its error messages. “This didn’t work – try installing this package.” However, there’s one in particular that really doesn’t help me very much: “No space left on device.” What causes that? I thought I had 2 TB of storage, how can it be full? Where do I start looking? Today, we’ll be walking you through all of that in our guide on how to fix the “No space left on device” error on Linux. # ⚓ Running_do__scripts_from_yocto⠀⇛ I wanted to see how my work had diverged from the standdrad Raspberry Pi build. Specifically, the image creation stage is failing in my work. I can run the script in the original (upstream) version by doing thing following. # ⚓ Using_KDC_Proxy_to_authenticate_users_–_Luc_de_Louw’s Blog⠀⇛ How to authenticate users with Kerberos when port 88 is not available in a DMZ? Use an HTTPS server as a proxy. IPA comes with an integrated KDC Proxy and it’s simple to make use of it. A typical use case is a cross-domain trust with AD, where the Linux clients are not allowed to directly talk to AD because of firewall and/or security policy restrictions. Another use-case is where clients in a DMZ are not allowed to directly communicate via Kerberos to an IPA or AD server. # ⚓ CyberPanel_makes_one-click_installing_of_web-hosted_apps and_services_simple_–_TechRepublic⠀⇛ If you’re looking for a replacement for cPanel, CyberPanel might be exactly what you need. Jack Wallen shows you how easy this tool is to deploy. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Release_candidate:_Godot_3.3_RC_7⠀⇛ In case you missed the recent news, we decided to change our versioning for Godot 3.x and rename the upcoming version 3.2.4 to Godot 3.3, thereby starting a new stable branch. Check the dedicated blog post for details. This 7th Release Candidate fixes a number of regressions which had been introduced since 3.2.3. Nearly all critical regressions have now been fixed, so we should be able to release Godot 3.3 stable in the near future. # ⚓ Amnesia:_Rebirth_gets_an_adventure_mode_for_more_thrill_and less_heart_attacks⠀⇛ Amnesia: Rebirth the latest entry in the Amnesia series from Frictional Games receives a mode that lets you experience the game with a little less threat. Much like they did with SOMA, this mode is for people who want to play through and focus more on the story and puzzles than needing spare pants handing for scary bits. “The game still has its very serious theme and sometimes unnerving ambiance, but the new mode feels a lot more like an Indiana Jones type of adventure in places where it would otherwise be more of a horror experience,” explains Fredrik Olsson, Creative Lead on Amnesia: Rebirth. # ⚓ How_to_install_Toontown_Rewritten_on_Ubuntu_20.04⠀⇛ In this video, we are looking at how to install Toontown Rewritten on Ubuntu 20.04. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ KDE_Plasma_5.18.7,_Bugfix_Release_for_March⠀⇛ Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5, versioned 5.18.7. Plasma 5.18 was released in February 2020 with many feature refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ GNOME_Software_Center_Loads_50%_Faster_in_GNOME_40⠀⇛ GNOME 40 was an exciting release and many users still haven’t tried it out because you can only get it with Fedora 34 beta or by trying GNOME OS. Of course, you can experiment with it when it pops up in the default repositories, but I’ll recommend you to wait for distributions to test and push it with an update. Even though we discussed a lot of good things about GNOME 40 release, there are still a few things worth appreciating. # ⚓ GTK_4.2_Released_With_NGL_Renderer_By_Default⠀⇛ GTK 4.2 is out today as the newest stable release of this open-source toolkit and incorporates bug fixes and other improvements as a result of feedback from developers working on transitioning from GTK3 to GTK4. Most exciting with GTK 4.2 is its new “NGL” OpenGL renderer being the default across Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms. The NGL renderer is the default across those major platforms while the old OpenGL renderer is still being maintained for the time being and can be enabled via an environment variable override (GSK_RENDERER=gl) for helping to weed out any remaining issues with NGL. # ⚓ Felipe_Borges:_Student_applications_for_Google_Summer of_Code_2021_are_now_open!⠀⇛ It’s that time of the year when we see an influx of students interested in Google Summer of Code. Some students may need some pointers to where to get started. I would like to ask GNOME contributors to be patient with the student’s questions and help them find where to get started. o § Distributions⠀➾ # ⚓ Unix_team_created_Plan_9⠀⇛ Forward-thinking boffins at Bell Labs created another flavour of Unix which was designed to fit in a distributed world. Dubbed Plan 9 it was created in the 1980s by a group led by Rob Pike and Unix co-creators Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie According to Nokia Bell Labs, the cunning plan was to build an operating system that would fit an increasingly distributed world and cleanly and elegantly. The plan was not to build directly on the Unix foundation but to implement a new design from scratch. # § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ Proxmox_Mail_Gateway_6.4_released⠀⇛ Enterprise software developer Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH (“Proxmox” or the “Company”) has released Proxmox Mail Gateway 6.4, the latest version of its open-source email security solution. Proxmox Mail Gateway is a complete operating system based on Debian Buster 10.9, but using Linux kernel 5.4.106, which is under long term support (LTS) status. The anti-spam and anti-virus filtering solution from Proxmox functions as a full featured mail proxy, that is deployed between the firewall and the internal mail server. It protects organizations against threats, such as spam, viruses, Trojans, and phishing emails. # ⚓ Proxmox_Mail_Gateway_6.4_Released_With_Important Improvements⠀⇛ Enterprise software developer Proxmox Server Solutions has released Proxmox Mail Gateway 6.4, the latest version of its open-source email security solution. The release introduces GUI improvements as well as improved functionality. Proxmox Mail Gateway is the leading open- source email security solution. It helping you to protect your mail server against all email threats the moment they emerge. In short, it protects your mail server from spam, viruses, trojans, and phishing emails. In addition to, it makes email security and filtering simple to manage. The web-based management interface allows you to setup and maintain even a complex mail setup with ease. Proxmox Mail Gateway is a complete operating system based on Debian Buster 10.9, but using LTS Linux kernel 5.4. # § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ GSoC_Reports:_Make_system(3),_popen(3)_and_popenve(3) use_posix_spawn(3)_internally_(Final_report)⠀⇛ This is my second and final report for the Google Summer of Code project I am working on for NetBSD. # § Screenshots/Screencasts⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenMandriva_Lx_4.2_overview_Promo_#Shorts⠀⇛ A promo for the OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 Overview video For the full video https://youtu.be/ Q9jkZoO8mvo The OpenMandriva distribution is a full-featured Linux desktop and server, sponsored by the OpenMandriva Association. It was based on ROSA, a Russian Linux distribution project which forked Mandriva Linux in 2012, incorporating many of Mandriva’s original tools and utilities and adding in-house enhancements. # § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Micro_5.0_is_Generally Available⠀⇛ Today, we’re proud to announce the release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 – an ultra- reliable, lightweight operating system purpose built for edge computing. # ⚓ SUSE_and_Rancher_Together_at_SUSECON_for_the_First Time_–_Join_Us!⠀⇛ # § IBM/Red Hat/Fedora⠀➾ # ⚓ CloudLinux_Launches_AlmaLinux,_CentOS_Linux_clone⠀⇛ The first of the next generation of the Red Hat CentOS Linux clones, CloudLinux’s AlmaLinux, is here. # ⚓ AlmaLinux_8.3,_Forever_Free_CentOS_Replacement Released⠀⇛ AlmaLinux project issues first stable release of CentOS replacement. AlmaLinux is an open- source, community-driven project that intends to fill the gap left by the demise of the CentOS stable release. If you missed the news, AlmaLinux OS is a 1: 1 binary compatible fork of RHEL 8. It is built by the creators of the established CloudLinux OS. CloudLinux has committed a $1 million dollars annual endowment to support the project. AlmaLinux announced the launch of the first stable release during a live stream earlier today. So, after about 4 months since the decision to steer CentOS in a different path, you now have a 1:1 binary compatible drop-in replacement, with a very long support timeframe. CloudLinux has committed to supporting AlmaLinux OS until 2029, including stable and thoroughly tested updates and security patches. # ⚓ Systemd_248_Released_With_System_Extension_Images Feature,_More_TPM2/FIDO2_Integration⠀⇛ After the release candidate phase kicked off last month, systemd 248 is now officially available as the newest feature release for this dominant Linux init system and service manager. # ⚓ The_NeuroFedora_Blog:_Next_Open_NeuroFedora_meeting: 29_March_1400_UTC⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ben_Cotton:_Projects_shouldn’t_write_their_own_tools [Ed: Fedora making_excuses_for_outsourcing_to Microsoft’s_proprietary_software as if security incidents don’t happen there! They_do.]⠀⇛ Over the weekend, the PHP project learned that its git server had been compromised. Attackers inserted malicious code into the repo. This is very bad. As a result, the project moved development to GitHub. It’s easy to say that open source projects should run their own infrastructure. It’s harder to do that successfully. The challenges compound when you add in writing the infrastructure applications. I understand the appeal. It’s zero-price (to write; you still need the hardware to run it). Bespoke software meets your needs exactly. And it can be a fun diversion from the main thing you’re working on: who doesn’t like going to chase a shiny for a little bit? Of course, there’s always the matter of “the thing you wanted didn’t exist when you started the project.” PHP’s first release predates the launch of GitHub by 13 years. It’s 10 years older than git, even. Of course, this means that at some point PHP moved from some other version control system to Git. That also means they could have moved from their homegrown platform to GitHub. I understand why they’d want to avoid the pain of making that switch, but sometimes it’s worthwhile. Writing secure and reliable infrastructure is hard. For most projects, the effort and risk of writing their own tooling isn’t worth the benefit. If the core mission of your project isn’t the production of infrastructure applications, don’t write it. # ⚓ Security_and_management_improvements_in_Red_Hat_JBoss Enterprise_Application_Platform_7.4_Beta⠀⇛ The Beta release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 is now available. This release has been made in preparation for the general availability (GA) release later in 2021, and contains a number of new features and enhancements. This article offers a summary of the most important improvements and illustrates an easy way to get started with JBoss EAP. # ⚓ 6_actionable_steps_to_becoming_an_open_leader⠀⇛ One of the most common challenges of open leadership is implementing its practices. If you speak to leaders about open behaviors, you will see their eyes glaze over. They know leaders should establish trust and be more transparent and collaborative with their teams. The question is not whether they should do these things, but how? Leaders want to know the actionable steps to becoming an open leader. Becoming an open leader is not an overnight process. To help you get started, here are six open practices that every leader can begin implementing right now. # ⚓ rpminspect-1.4_released⠀⇛ rpminspect 1.4 is now available. This is primarily a bug fix release since the 1.3.1 release earlier in the month. The objective for this release was imroved CI, test coverage, and stability. # § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ No_More_Ubuntu!_Nitrux_Linux_Ditches_Ubuntu_and_Opts Debian_as_Base⠀⇛ You probably know Nitrux Linux as an Ubuntu- based distro but with a different take. However, with the latest Nitrux Linux 1.3.9 release announcement, looks like it is now based on Debian and not Ubuntu anymore. Let’s take a look at the release highlights. # ⚓ Challenging_times_for_Freexian_(1/4)⠀⇛ Freexian’s success means that we have resources to invest into Debian projects. Plainly offering money has not worked so far, so I am looking to hire a “project manager” whose work would be to help spend that money in useful ways. At the same time, Freexian needs to adapt to cope with the growth: with new employees, with new infrastructure and a new offering. I want to give an idea of where we are headed, to try to inspire persons that share our values and our desire to improve Debian. Read on if you are interested. [...] When I created Freexian, it was out of a desire to be paid to work on Debian, and to be able to contribute during work time to the project that was so important to me. That goal has been met a long time ago. But ultimately what I strive to achieve for Debian is not entirely aligned with the work that Freexian’s customers are requesting. That’s why, in the “long term projects” of Freexian, I always kept “find a business model that can fund the Debian projects that I would like to do”, as well as “if that model works for me, build something so that other can benefit from it too”. The first occasion to experiment something appeared when Debian discussed Long Term Support and when I stepped up to setup a commercial offer to pay Debian contributors. # § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu_21.04_(Hirsute_Hippo)_Testing_Week_Kicks_Off on_April_1st_for_All_Flavors⠀⇛ Since the Ubuntu devs decided to drop the alpha milestones from their development cycle a few years ago, they had to find a way for the community to test upcoming releases and report bugs, so they come up with the Ubuntu Testing Week initiative, which is optional for the Ubuntu flavors. During the six-month development cycle of a new Ubuntu release, there are two or three Ubuntu Testing Weeks taking place at monthly intervals. For the Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) cycle, all flavors (official and unofficial) will be participating in the last Ubuntu Testing Week from April 1st to April 7th. # ⚓ Emmanuel_Kasper:_Playing_with_cri-o,_a_container runtime_built_for_Kubernetes⠀⇛ Kubernetes is moving away from docker to alternative container engines presenting a smaller core having just the functionality needed. # ⚓ Ubuntu_Blog:_Windows_containers_on_Kubernetes_with MicroK8s⠀⇛ For the Linux-based part of a hybrid Kubernetes cluster, MicroK8s is a compelling choice. MicroK8s is a minimal implementation of Kubernetes which can run on the average laptop, yet has production grade features. It’s great for offline development, prototyping and testing, and if required you can also get professional support for it through Ubuntu Advantage. # ⚓ Ubuntu_in_the_wild_–_30th_of_March_2021⠀⇛ The Ubuntu in the wild blog post ropes in the latest highlights about Ubuntu and Canonical around the world on a bi-weekly basis. It is a summary of all the things that made us feel proud to be part of this journey. What do you think of it? o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Tiny,_dual-GbE_Raspberry_Pi_CM4_carrier_sells_for $30⠀⇛ DFRobot’s $30, 66 x 55mm “Compute Module 4 IoT Router Carrier Board Mini” extends the Raspberry Pi CM4 with 2x GbE, 2x Type-C, microSD, and 26-pin GPIO. Earlier this month, we saw the first dual- Ethernet carrier boards for the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 in Seeed’s Dual Gigabit Ethernet Carrier Board (2x GbE) and Mcuzone Raspberry Pi CM4-4G IO (GbE and 10/100). Now DFRobot has opened $30 pre-orders for a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 IoT Router Carrier Board Mini with dual GbE ports. At 66 x 55mm, the board is even smaller than the 75 x 64mm, $45 Seeed carrier. # ⚓ Open-spec_Piunora_and_MirkoPC_carriers_for_RPi_CM4 feature_M.2_for_NVMe⠀⇛ Diodes Delight has launched a $39 “Piunora” carrier for the Raspberry Pi CM4 with Arduino, ADC, and Qwiic expansion, and Mirko Electronics is prepping a “MirkoPC” carrier with dual HDMI and a DAC. Lately, it seems, most of the interesting embedded Linux news has been about carrier boards for the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. This morning we covered DFRobot’s tiny, $30 Compute Module 4 IoT Router Carrier Board Mini with dual GbE ports. Here we look at the Arduino-like Piunora board, which just went live on Crowd Supply, plus an upcoming MirkoPC CM4 carrier board. Jeff Geerling recently dropped a YouTube video that used a Mirko Electronics MirkoPC prototype to demonstrate beta code released by the Raspberry Pi Foundation to enable booting from NVMe (see farther below). # ⚓ WM1302_LoRaWAN_gateway_mini_PCIe_module_works_over SPI_or_USB⠀⇛ o § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ # ⚓ [Older]_Open_Source_Enshrines_the_Wrong_Privilege⠀⇛ The story of Free Software starts with an individual (later revealed as abusive), who was frustrated at not being able to access software on a printer so that he could alter it’s behaviour. This has been extended to the idea that Free Software “grants people control over their own lives and software”. This however, is not correct. What Free Software licenses protect is that individuals with time, resources, specialised technical knowledge and social standing have the possibility to alter that software’s behaviour. When we consider that the majority of the world are not developers or software engineers, what is it that our Free Software is doing to protect and support these individuals? Should we truly expect individuals who are linguists, authors, scientists, retail staff, or social workers to be able to “alter the software to fix their own problems”? Even as technical experts, we are frustrated when someone closes an issue with “PR’s welcome”. Imagine how these other people feel when they can’t even express or report the problem in the first place or get told they aren’t good enough, or that “they can fix it themselves if they want”. This attitude also discounts the subject matter knowledge required to alter or contribute to any piece of software however. I may be a Senior Software Engineer, but I lack the knowledge and time to contribute to Gnome for example. Even with these “freedoms” I lack the ability to “control” the software on my own system. [...] As individual communities we can advance the state of software and how we act socially so that future projects and users are in a better place. No software exists in a vacuum, all software exists to support people. We need to always keep in mind the effects our software has on others. # § Web Browsers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Making_your_Data_Work_for_you_with_Mozilla Rally⠀⇛ Every week brings new reports of data leaks, privacy violations, rampant misinformation, or discriminatory AIs. It’s frustrating, because we have so little insight into how major technology companies shape our online experiences. We also don’t understand the extent of data that online companies collect from us. Without meaningful transparency, we will never address the roots of these problems. # ⚓ The_correct_spelling_is_Tor⠀⇛ The correct spelling is Tor, not TOR or any other variations. Please use the correct spelling of the project. # ⚓ Introducing_Daryl_Alexsy⠀⇛ Please join us to welcome Daryl Alexsy to he Customer Experience team! Daryl is a Senior User Experience Designer who will be helping SUMO as well as the MDN team. Please, say hi to Daryl! # § CMS⠀➾ # ⚓ WordPress_So_you_want_to_make_block_patterns?⠀⇛ If you’ve ever built something for the WordPress block editor — a theme or a plugin — you may have also heard about block patterns. Looking at the patterns that come bundled with WordPress, I thought it would be nice to dedicate to them a short post. They’re pretty nice, useful shortcuts when you know them, but there’s a good chance you may not know what they are or why you might want to use them. # § FSFE⠀➾ # ⚓ FSFE_launches_the_Router_Freedom_Activity_Package⠀⇛ In the context of reform of telecommunication laws, EU member states are currently implementing legislation with direct impact on Router Freedom. The FSFE has launched an activity package for organisations and individuals to raise awareness and empower them to advocate for users’ device sovereignty in their countries. Router Freedom is the right that consumers of any Internet Service Provider (ISP) have to choose and use a private modem and router instead of equipment that the ISP provides. Since 2013, the Free Software Foundation Europe has been successfully engaged with Router Freedom, promoting end-users’ freedom to choose and use their own terminal equipment – first in Germany as a precedence, and now in many European countries. In the context of reform of telecommunications law, a new set of rules has been adopted by the European Union which will directly impact Router Freedom on the 27 EU member states. The FSFE has been following closely the developments and actively taken part on consultation initiatives on the European level and also in legislative processes countries which are ahead in adopting such rules, as Austria, Germany and Greece. # § FSF⠀➾ # ⚓ Statement_from_the_FSF_board_of_directors_meeting_on March_29,_2021⠀⇛ Some of our colleagues in the FSF have decided to resign. We are grateful for the good work they have done for so long, and we will miss them. We regret losing them; we regret the situation that has motivated them to leave. # ⚓ Management_team_members_resigning⠀⇛ As members of FSF management, we have decided to resign, with specific end dates to be determined. We believe in the importance of the FSF’s mission and feel a new team will be better placed to implement recent changes in governance. Free software and copyleft are critical issues of our time, and the FSF is, and should continue to be, the organization leading this movement. FSF staff have our utmost respect, support, and appreciation, and it has been a privilege to work with you all. Our team’s mutual goal is to ensure a smooth transition while supporting the necessary renovation of the foundation’s governance. # ⚓ Molly_de_Blanc,_arrest_and_prosecution_for cyberbullying⠀⇛ Molly de Blanc has recently started a vile “petition” asking people to harass a volunteer, Richard Stallman. That is not a petition. As the vendetta is all about one person, it is cyberbullying. Vilification. Harassment. Violation of the law, state and federal. Github logs show Molly and her buddies spent all weekend on this. Can you think of any other industry where this behavior takes place? These logs suggest a sociopath is at work. Somerville police badge You can make a petition to arrest and prosecute Molly de Blanc using this web form provided by the Somerville police department. Post this link or your own text. # § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Custom_machine_stand_‘lets_you_know’_if_drill_bits aren’t_stored_properly⠀⇛ YouTuber Cranktown City recently acquired a new milling machine/drill press, and needed somewhere sturdy to place it. Rather than buying something, he went to work making a nice custom stand with a drawer on top and space for a toolbox below that. To help keep things organized, this top drawer features a 3D-printed drill index with an interesting trick. In addition to providing storage for the drill bits, it “encourages” you to put them back. Each drill cavity has a small switch, all of which are daisy-chained together. The switch signal is fed to an Arduino Nano, which reads high when all drills are present, and low if one or more is missing. If one is missing for too long, it triggers a sound module that insults him into proper organization, and lights up a strip of LEDs as an extra reminder. # ⚓ Why_I_Chose_Passion_Over_Money_and_Declined_a_Huge Job_Offer⠀⇛ I recently switched jobs. And during my long journey of finding a new one, I was offered way more money than I had anticipated for a role that I was not as passionate about. I wish I could say that it was an easy no for me. But it was not. I wanted to say no. But instead, I kept asking myself, “Am I really going to do this?” I even talked to quite a few close friends about my decision. And everybody, including my parents, told me that I was insane to decline that big offer. But I did it anyway. I ended up choosing passion over money. # ⚓ GO_Programming_–_DNS_Server_–_Blocker/Forwarder⠀⇛ I haven’t posted much GO related code on this blog before as I am more of a fan of C, Python, Java/JS, etc. I initially found its syntax to be a bit harder to read due to the variable typing being placed after the variable name. It can make it harder to track and understand if the variable you’re looking at is a: mutable or immutable, pointer or constant, array or singular, referenced or dereferenced, local or global, etc. It does combine a lot of power that you would typically find in a more structured language (like Java) along with being flexibile and relaxed (like Python). # ⚓ Big_O_Notation_Examples_–_Time_Complexity_and Algorithm_Efficiency_Explained⠀⇛ Time complexity analysis helps us determine how much more time our algorithm needs to solve a bigger problem. In this article, I will explain what Big O notation means in time complexity analysis. We’ll look at three different algorithms for checking if a number is prime, and we’ll use Big O notation to analyze the time complexity of these algorithms. # ⚓ Colin_King:_A_C_for-loop_Gotcha⠀⇛ The C infinite for-loop gotcha is one of the less frequent issues I find with static analysis, but I feel it is worth documenting because it is obscure but easy to do. # ⚓ A_DevOps_guide_to_documentation_|_Opensource.com⠀⇛ DevOps is challenging technical documentation norms like at no other time in IT history. From automation to increased delivery velocity to dismantling the waterfall software development lifecycle model, these all spell the need for making dramatic changes to business and the philosophy of technical documentation. Here are some ways DevOps is influencing technical documentation. # ⚓ Tend_your_Git_garden_with_Git_Bonsai⠀⇛ If you are like me, your git repository checkouts have a tendency to accumulate lots of branches over time. Git Bonsai is a command line tool to help you clean this bush. # ⚓ Creating_Advanced_HMIs_&_User_Experiences_for_NXP i.MX_RT1170⠀⇛ For some time now, the challenges of developing advanced human machine interfaces (HMIs) for embedded platforms has centered around translating the design vision to code, and then deploying that code to hardware platforms that meet the cost sensitivities of the market. The trend on user preferences around HMI, spanning across all industries, is tied to the benchmark most of us carry right in our pocket daily – the smartphone. When a user is met with a screen, it is an almost automatic expectation that the experience be the same as on their smartphone, regardless of what is under the hood. This can be an extreme challenge for cost sensitive markets where the budget for differentiation is low. Consumer markets are showing increased interest in advanced user interface technologies that can be effective at putting yourself ahead of the competition. Regardless of your market’s cost sensitivity, a premium user experience should not require a higher complexity and cost in your Bill of Materials (BOM). NXP™ Semiconductor’s recent release of the i.MX RT1170 crossover microcontroller (MCU) ushers in the era of GHz performance, and when paired with the complete software technology, enables an exceptional user experience at a cost suited to markets across many industries. # ⚓ Qt_Design_Studio_2.1_Beta2_released⠀⇛ Qt Design Studio is a UI design and development tool that enables designers and developers to rapidly prototype and create beautiful experiences. Both designers and developers use Qt Design Studio and this makes collaboration between the two a lot simpler and more streamlined. To get an overview, you should watch this video. Please have a look at the Beta blog post a for a summary of what is new and improved in Qt Design Studio 2.1. For detailed information about Qt Design Studio, visit the online documentation page. # ⚓ Thomas_Fitzsimmons:_Quickly_Start_a_Common_Lisp Script⠀⇛ So you want to write a utility script, and you want to write it in Common Lisp. I created a template Common Lisp script called start.lisp. It’s meant to be renamed and hacked up but it provides a starting point for a new Common Lisp script, with some utility libraries included. # ⚓ Advanced_Mach_Try⠀⇛ Following up last week’s post on some mach try fundamentals, I figured it would be worth posting some actual concrete tips and tricks. So without further ado, here are some things you can do with ./mach try you may not have known about in rapid fire format. # ⚓ How_to_Model_an_Epidemic_with_R⠀⇛ Epidemiology has never been more topical. It is the scientific study of how health and disease affects populations, including infectious diseases such as COVID-19. Key to understanding the spread of such diseases is the practice of epidemic modeling. This involves building quantitative models to describe and forecast the spread of disease. The classical approach to epidemic modeling is to use a type of mathematical model known as a “compartmental model”. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Python_For_Loop_–_For_i_in_Range_Example⠀⇛ As discussed in Python’s documentation, for loops work slightly differently than they do in languages such as JavaScript or C. A for loop sets the iterator variable to each value in a provided list, array, or string and repeats the code in the body of the for loop for each value of the iterator variable. In the example below, we use a for loop to print every number in our array. # ⚓ Access_Python_package_index_JSON_APIs_with requests⠀⇛ PyPI, the Python package index, provides a JSON API for information about its packages. This is essentially a machine-readable source of the same kind of data you can access while browsing the website. For example, as a human, I can head to the NumPy project page in my browser, click around, and see which versions there are, what files are available, and things like release dates and which Python versions are supported… * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Arm_v9:_First_New_Architecture_in_a_Decade_Doubles_Down_on AI_and_Security⠀⇛ Arm has launched a major architecture revision, Arm v9, which provides additional features for security, confidential computing and AI as well as boosting overall performance. Arm said it expects v9 to deliver more than 30% performance uplift in the next two mobile and infrastructure generations. AI features, thus far most typically available with GPUs, will be available across the company’s GPUs, CPUs, and NPUs. # ⚓ Arm’s_v9_Architecture_Explains_Why_Nvidia_Needs_To_Buy_It⠀⇛ Many of us have been wracking our brains why Nvidia would spend a fortune – a whopping $40 billion – to acquire Arm Holdings, a chip architecture licensing company that generates on the order of $2 billion in sales – since the deal was rumored back in July 2020. As we sat and listened to the Arm Vision Day rollout of the Arm V9 architecture, which will define processors ranging from tiny embedded controllers in IoT device all the way up to massive CPUs in the datacenter, we may have figured it out. # ⚓ Arm_launches_v9_architecture_–_Arm⠀⇛ Today, Arm introduced the Arm®v9 architecture in response to the global demand for ubiquitous specialized processing with increasingly capable security and artificial intelligence (AI). Armv9 is the first new Arm architecture in a decade, building on the success of Armv8 which today drives the best performance-per-watt everywhere computing happens. # ⚓ Armv9:_The_Future_of_Specialized_Compute⠀⇛ One year ago, as Arm’s global workforce began adjusting to remote working, we knew that technology would be key to weathering the storm. Across the complex data-driven networks supporting all areas of the business world, we saw how technology enabled us to keep communicating and collaborating. The sudden switch to a digital-first life for Arm’s 7,000 people was almost seamless, and we were all able to keep pushing our design and engineering efforts without much interruption. Looking back, I’m hugely grateful for the resilience of our people, and our partners. Now, as we think about a return to working together face- to-face, we’re once again considering how technology can speed our path back to shared physical workspaces. # ⚓ Arm_Announces_ARMv9_Architecture_With_SVE2⠀⇛ ARMv9 is introducing the Arm Confidential Compute Architecture (CCA) for confidential computing with dynamically created “Realms”, Scalable Vector Extensions 2 (SVE2) for greater machine learning performance and digital signal processing capabilities, and other improvements over ARMv8. o § Health/Nutrition⠀➾ # ⚓ Memorandum_of_Support_for_the_New_York_Health_Act_(A6058/ S5474)_|_Howie_Hawkins_for_our_Future⠀⇛ The Green Party of Onondaga County supports the New York Health Act (A6058/S5474) because it will guarantee all medically necessary services to every resident, including vision, dental, hearing, reproductive health, drug treatment, mental health, and long-term care. The Green Party of Onondaga County currently has 1,045 enrolled members. Green candidates have received countywide votes of between about 5,000 and 10,000 in recent elections. Because the NY Health Act provides medical services through public provision and free to patients at the point of delivery, it removes the financial barriers to healthcare that make so many New Yorkers forgo health care in order to pay for rent, food, utilities, and other basic needs. The need for this kind of universal healthcare plan has been underscored over the last year by the covid pandemic, which has hit hardest among low- income people and low-wage workers in essential industries who are disproportionately Black, Latino, Indigenous, and Asian. The Green Party of Onondaga County urges the adoption of the NY Health Act as a public safety and public health measure as well as the most economically efficient way to deliver health care to all who need it. o § Integrity/Availability⠀➾ # § Proprietary⠀➾ # § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ # § Privatisation/Privateering⠀➾ # § Linux Foundation⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Linux_Foundation_Announces Hosting_of_AsyncAPI⠀⇛ The Linux Foundation announced today that it would host the AsyncAPI Initiative. It will provide a forum where individuals and organizations can advance AsyncAPI and nurture collaboration in a neutral platform that can support the growth that AsyncAPI is experiencing. # ⚓ Linux_Foundation_To_Host_AsyncAPI Initiative⠀⇛ The Linux Foundation has announced it will host the AsyncAPI Initiative. AsyncAPI is a specification and a suite of open source tools that work with asynchronous APIs and event-driven architectures. # ⚓ Linux_Foundation_Will_Host_AsyncAPI to_Support_Growth_and_Collaboration for_Industry’s_Fastest-Growing_API Spec⠀⇛ The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced it will host the AsyncAPI Initiative. AsyncAPI is a specification and a suite of open source tools that work with asynchronous APIs and event-driven architectures. It is the fastest-growing API specification according to a recent developer survey, tripling in production usage from 2019 to 2020. # ⚓ Linux_Foundation_Will_Host_AsyncAPI to_Support_Growth_and_Collaboration for_Industry’s_Fastest-Growing_API Spec⠀⇛ # § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Security_updates_for_Tuesday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (lxml), Fedora (openssl, pdfbox, rpm, and rubygem-kramdown), openSUSE (eclipse), Oracle (flatpak and openssl), Red Hat (curl, kernel, kpatch-patch, mariadb, nss-softokn, openssl, perl, and tomcat), and SUSE (firefox, ovmf, and tar). # ⚓ Customers_in_the_middle_of_security_vs_UX battle⠀⇛ In 2019, the Internet Society found that two-thirds of people thought smart applications were “creepy” in the way they collect data, while a majority didn’t know how to make their devices more secure. There is a gap in people’s understanding around how security features within smart applications work and the extent of risk users may face. The importance of this has amplified with the shift to remote work and now, more than ever, it is vital that users feel comfortable with, and have knowledge of, the security features within the technology they are using. It is essential, therefore, that software providers offer secure platforms that can alleviate user concern. The challenge, however, is to ensure that this does not come at the expense of user experience (UX). We all understand how frustrating it can be entering multiple passwords and completing captcha questions, so while these features offer a more secure platform, multi-factor authentication security can compromise the experience of the end user. The challenge, therefore, is to find the happy compromise – where the operating system (OS) is both secure and easy to use. # ⚓ Josh_Bressers:_It’s_time_to_fix_CVE⠀⇛ The late, great, John Lewis is well known for a quote about getting into trouble. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. It’s time to start some good trouble. Anyone who knows me, reads this blog, or follows me on Twitter, is well aware I have been a proponent of CVE Identifiers for a very long time. I once assigned CVE IDs to most open source security vulnerabilities. I’ve helped more than one company and project adopt CVE IDs for their advisories. I encourage anyone who will listen to adopt CVE IDs. I’ve even talked about it on the podcast many times. I also think it’s become clear that the generic term “CVE” and “Vulnerability” now have the same meaning. This is a convenient collision because the world needs a universal identifier for security issues. We don’t have to invent a new one. But it’s also important we don’t let our current universal identifier continue to fall behind. For the last few years I’ve been bothered by the CVE project as it stands under MITRE, but it took time figure out why. CVE IDs under MITRE have stalled out, in a time when we are seeing unprecedented growth in the cybersecurity space. If you aren’t growing but the world around you is, you are actually shrinking. The realty is CVE IDs should be more important than ever, but they’re just not. The number of CVE IDs isn’t growing, it’s been flat for the last few years. Security scanners and related vendors such as GitHub, Snyk, Whitesource, and Anchore are exploding in popularity and instead of being focused on CVE IDs, they’re all creating their own identifiers because getting CVE IDs often isn’t worth the trouble. As a consumer of this information, it’s unpleasant dealing with all these IDs. If nothing is done it’s likely CVE IDs won’t matter at all in a few years because they will be an inconsequential niche identifier. It’s again time for the Distributed Weakness Filing project to step in and help keep CVE IDs relevant. # ⚓ What_lies_after_LTS?_Two_years_of_Ubuntu_14.04 in_ESM⠀⇛ Two years ago, we launched the Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) phase of Ubuntu 14.04, providing access to CVE patches through an Ubuntu Advantage for Infrastructure free or paid subscription. This phase extended the lifecycle of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, released in April 2014, from the standard, five years of an LTS release to a total of eight years, ending in April 2022. During the ESM phase we release security fixes for high and critical priority vulnerabilities for the most commonly used packages in the Ubuntu main and restricted archives. In this post, I would like to review and share our experience from the past two years of maintaining this release To date, in the lifecycle of Ubuntu 14.04 ESM we published 238 Ubuntu Security Notices (USN), covering 574 CVEs ranging from high-low in priority. The ensuing security updates, protected from vulnerabilities with impacts ranging from remote code execution and privilege escalation, to CPU hardware vulnerabilities. Our average time of resolving high-priority CVEs, was 14 days. # ⚓ Six_steps_to_managing_SSH_Key_Sprawl_in_multi- cloud_operations⠀⇛ o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Patents⠀➾ # § Software Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Aprese_patent_challenged⠀⇛ On March 26, 2021, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,207,924, owned by Aprese Systems Texas, LLC. The ‘924 patent relates generally to management of applications and/or services based on contextual information. It has been asserted against Toyota. View district court litigations by Aprese. Unified is represented by Cono Carrano and Ryan Stronczer of Akin Gump and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Michelle Aspen. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2844 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.30.21⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ ✐ Links_30/3/2021:_FreeBSD_13.0_RC4,_Kodachi_8.3⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:58 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Distributions o Devices/Embedded * Free_Software/Open_Source * Leftovers * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux_Release_Roundup_#21.13:_GNOME_40,_Manjaro_21.0,_Fedora_34 and_More_New_Releases⠀⇛ GNOME 40 is finally here after months of testing and fixing, it has been equipped with a lot of major improvements such as, a revamped Activities Overview screen, improved Workspaces, a Horizontal Dock and more. o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Best_Economy_Linux_Hosting_with_cPanel⠀⇛ If you take the time to build a website, chances are you will want the world to see it. That’s where web hosting comes in. Web hosting makes it possible for everyone on the internet to see your website. Web hosting is the space you buy on a web server that stores your website files. Most web hosting companies operate using the Linux OS. Linux web hosting supports everything you need or want in your website, from WordPress blogs to online stores and more. You don’t need to know too much about Linux to use Linux hosting. Linux hosting gives users access to cPanel, a very popular control panel that helps you manage your websites in any browser. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Late_Night_Linux_–_Episode_118⠀⇛ Stallman is back and ruffling feathers, PHP moves to GitHub, AMP might be on its way out, Audacity’s latest update gives us pause, Fairphone delivers an unlikely update, online events, and more. # ⚓ Destination_Linux_#219:_All_About_Those_Betas:_Fedora_34, PinePhone,_Ubuntu_Testing_Week_Interview⠀⇛ This week’s episode of Destination Linux is all about those Betas! We have Yousuf Philips of Xubuntu joining us to discuss Ubuntu Testing Week. We’re also going to be discussing the Beta release of Fedora Linux 34, with an inside scoop of the i3 Spin for Fedora. The new Pinephone Beta edition is ready for pre-orders. Plus we’ve also got our famous tips, tricks and software picks. All of this and so much more this week on Destination Linux. So whether you’re brand new to Linux and open source or a guru of sudo. This is the podcast for you. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenZFS_2.1-rc1_Released_With_Distributed_Spare_RAID “dRAID”_–_Phoronix⠀⇛ The first release candidate of the forthcoming OpenZFS 2.1 file-system for Linux and FreeBSD systems is now available for testing. Compared to the OpenZFS 2.0 release at the end of November, OpenZFS 2.1 is a much smaller feature release but still with a few significant changes. First up, OpenZFS 2.1 is bringing a new feature called Distributed Spare RAID (dRAID). OpenZFS’ Distributed Spare RAID is described as a “pool configuration [that] allows all dRAID vdevs to participate when rebuilding to a distributed hot spare device. This can substantially reduce the total time required to restore full parity to pool with a failed device.” In tests by the developers they found dRAID needed 25% less time to resilver compared to a traditional hot spare. OpenZFS 2.1 will allow a dRAID pool to be created using the new “draid” top-level type. This Distributed Spare RAID feature has been in the works for more than one year. # ⚓ Linus_Torvalds_on_Intel_And_AMDs_New_Approaches_To Interrupt_And_Exception_Handling_–_And_Microkernels⠀⇛ AMD and Intel are both working on new standards for handling interrupts and exceptions on x86-64 processors. AMD is proposing a set of new “Supervisor Entry” extensions as a band-aid to the current interrupt descriptor table event handling system. Intel wants to throw that whole legacy system away and start over with a fundamentally different “Flexible Return and Event Delivery” (FRED) system. Linux-architect Linus Torvalds weighted in on the merits of both approaches a few weeks ago. [...] AMD proposes several new processor instructions that would replace the old SYSCALL and SYSRET instructions with new “Enhanced SYSCALL” (ESC) instruction and new “Enhanced SYSRET” behavior when SYSRET is called following a “Enhanced SYSCALL”. The “Template:AMD 57115.pdf” document is just 18 pages long, 13 if you discount the “License Agreement” drivel and the front cover on the first five pages. It has some psudo-code illustrating how their new enhanced SYSCALL would work. # ⚓ Patched_Linux_bugs_nix_Spectre_mitigations⠀⇛ Two Linux bugs patched this month could allow hackers to sidestep mitigations for the infamous Spectre vulnerability. “If left unpatched, the vulnerabilities mean that existing Spectre protections will not be sufficient to prevent some exploitation techniques,” wrote Symantec in a blog post. Spectre is a flaw in speculative execution in Intel, ARM and AMD processors that first came to light in 2018. The vulnerability could ultimately reveal the contents of memory. # § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ NVIDIA_Now_Allows_GeForce_GPU_Pass-Through_For Windows_VMs_On_Linux_–_Phoronix⠀⇛ Along with today’s NVIDIA 465 series Linux beta an exciting shift at the company is they are now supporting accelerated GPU access by VMs with their GeForce consumer GPUs. Moving forward NVIDIA is now supporting GeForce GPU passthrough for Windows virtual machines running from a Linux host. This is a big win for those wanting to run Windows games from within a virtual machine while maintaining your Linux host/desktop and are using a GeForce graphics card. NVIDIA previously did not support this GPU passthrough for their GeForce graphics cards but that is now being supported. # ⚓ NVIDIA_465.19.01_Linux_Beta_Driver_Released_– Phoronix⠀⇛ While looking forward to the NVIDIA 470 series Linux driver for Wayland support improvements, before getting there NVIDIA is first introducing the 465 driver series. Today marks the first publicly available NVIDIA 465 Linux driver beta. # ⚓ NVIDIA_releases_the_465.19.01_Beta_driver_for_Linux, looks_like_more_Wayland_work_coming⠀⇛ Get ready to do some more testing NVIDIA users, as a fresh Beta just went up for their mainline Linux drivers with 465.19.01 now available. This is a Beta for a future stable release, so unlike the separate Vulkan Beta branch, this is actually targeting normal desktop users. What does this bring? A slightly refreshed nvidia-settings application, one that is “more consistent about displaying layout controls which are only applicable for some displays or GPUs connected to the system”. [...] In other NVIDIA news for Linux, their developer James Jones sent in a work-in- progress merge request to the Mesa git to enable the loading of alternative GBM backends. Looks like this is even more work coming in towards their improved Wayland and XWayland support for a future driver. # ⚓ The_Most_Exciting_Open-Source_Graphics_Driver_News From_Q1’2021⠀⇛ Mesa this quarter saw the release of Mesa 21.0 with many OpenGL and Vulkan improvements, a lot of work continues building up around the Zink OpenGL-on-Vulkan implementation, Lavapipe continued advancing for software-based Vulkan, Intel and AMD continued with their stellar open-source hardware support, and performance optimizations in Mesa and lower down the stack are seemingly never-ending. # ⚓ Linux_5.11.11⠀⇛ I'm announcing the release of the 5.11.11 kernel. All users of the 5.11 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 5.11.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/ git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-5.11.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/ stable/linux-s... thanks, greg k-h # ⚓ Linux_5.10.27⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux_5.4.109⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux_4.19.184⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux_4.14.228⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux_4.9.264⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux_4.4.264⠀⇛ o § Benchmarks⠀➾ # ⚓ Intel_Core_i5_11600K_+_Core_i9_11900K_Linux_Performance Across_~400_Benchmarks⠀⇛ Today’s the day that we can finally talk about the performance of Intel’s “Rocket Lake” processors under Linux. The past several weeks we have been extensively testing the Core i5 11600K and Core i9 11900K processors under Linux. Here is a look at the very exciting Gen12 Xe Graphics performance out of these new desktop CPUs, the Linux gaming performance, and then over 300 other benchmarks looking at the CPU/system performance of the i5- 11600K / i9-11900K processors against the prior generation Comet Lake parts and the AMD Ryzen 5000 series competition. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ 5_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Encrypted_FUSE-Based_File Systems⠀⇛ The importance of security should never be underestimated. The consequences of losing data can be disastrous for any organization. For example, the loss of a single unencrypted laptop may have huge repercussions. This could include breaching data protection legislation with the risk of a significant fine, a loss in the confidence of an organization, as well as the risk that sensitive data may fall into the hands of a competitor or third party with malicious intent. Disk encryption is one method to help minimize the risks by preventing unauthorized access to data storage, to ensure safe information exchanges, safeguard against data leakage, and manage compliance. This form of security is useful for any computer that holds personal information, not only laptops. Disk encryption uses disk encryption software to encrypt the entire hard disk. The onus is therefore not on the user to determine what data should be encrypted, or to remember to manually encrypt files. By encrypting the entire disk, temporary files, which may reveal important confidential data, are also protected. Security is enhanced further when disk encryption is combined with filesystem-level encryption. Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) is a software interface for Unix and Unix-like computer operating systems that lets non-privileged users create their own file systems without editing kernel code. This is achieved by running file system code in user space while the FUSE module provides only a “bridge” to the actual kernel interfaces. Here’s our verdict on the popular encrypted FUSE- based file systems. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ How_To_Install_Zip_and_Unzip_on_Linux_–_idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Zip and Unzip on a Linux system. For those of you who didn’t know, Zip is a command-line utility tool used for compressing files and folders. Compression of files & folders enables faster and more efficient transfer, storage, and emailing of files and folders. On the other hand, unzip is a utility tool that helps you decompress files and folders. Both zip and unzip package contains programs to create a compressed file in Linux. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step-by- step installation of the Zip and Unzip packages on Linux. # ⚓ How_To_Install_osTicket_on_CentOS_8_–_idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install osTicket on CentOS 8. For those of you who didn’t know, os-Ticket is a widely-used and trusted open source support ticket system. It seamlessly routes inquiries created via email, web-forms, and phone calls into a simple, easy-to-use, multi-user, web- based customer support platform and generally used for Help Desk services. osTicket is a powerful alternative to a commercial ticketing system available in the market. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step-by- step installation of the osTicket commercial ticketing system on a CentOS 8. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Nextcloud_With_Docker_[Beginner's_Guide]⠀⇛ Nextcloud is the perfect solution for a self-hosted Google Drive or Dropbox alternative. I am not going to tell you why you should use Nextcloud. Instead, I am going to show you how to install Nextcloud server with Docker containers. The tutorial uses Ngnix reverse proxy set up so that you can deploy your Nextcloud instance with SSL. This way, your Nextcloud deployment URL will be using HTTPS and you’ll be transferring files securely. Towards the end of the tutorial, I’ll share some tips for Linode cloud users for reducing the effort on Nextcloud deployment. # ⚓ How_to_create_Ubuntu_21.04_Hirsute_Hippo_Bootable_USb drive⠀⇛ There are a couple of good tools available to flash USB drives and make them bootable for installing various kinds of operating systems. Such as Rufus, Etcher, Universal USB creator, Ubuntu Startup Disk creator, and more… You can see our full list of best bootable USB creators. However, some of them only available for Windows while others are for Linux or macOS. Whereas Balena Etcher is the one that is not only cross-platform, which means it is available for Windows, Linux, and macOS but also offers good performance. It supports ISO and IMG image files. Here, we will use Balena Ethcer to create Ubuntu 21.04 bootable Pen drive. # ⚓ How_to_try_Gnome_40_OS_on_Ubuntu_20.04_using_Virtual Machine⠀⇛ # ⚓ GIMP_Image_Editor_2.10.24_Available_to_Install_in_Ubuntu 20.04_&_Higher_|_UbuntuHandbook⠀⇛ Before the next major GIMP 3.0, a new maintenance update for the 2.10 series GIMP 2.10.24 now is available to install. Though it’s not officially announced at the moment of writing, GIMP has provided the 2.10.24 source tarball & Windows exe for downloading in its website. And both the Flathub repository and unofficial Ubuntu PPA have updated the packages for the new release. # ⚓ HOWTO_backdoor_curl_|_daniel.haxx.se⠀⇛ I’ve previously blogged about the possible backdoor threat to curl. This post might be a little repeat but also a refresh and renewed take on the subject several years later, in the shadow of the recent PHP backdoor commits of March 28, 2021. Nowadays, “supply chain attacks” is a hot topic. Since you didn’t read that PHP link: an unknown project outsider managed to push a commit into the PHP master source code repository with a change (made to look as if done by two project regulars) that obviously inserted a backdoor that could execute custom code when a client tickled a modified server the right way. # ⚓ How_to_Generate_Self-Signed_SSL_Certificates_using OpenSSL⠀⇛ Ideally, SSL certificates are issued by publicly trusted certificate authorities (e.g. Let’s Encrypt, Comodo, Verisign) to provide authentication and encryption on the internet. However, you could obtain an SSL certificate without going through a third-party certificate authority — this is what is referred to as a self- signed certificate. This tutorial describes how to generate a self- signed SSL certificate by using OpenSSL in Linux. OpenSSL is an open-source software library used to implement secure communications on the Internet. # ⚓ How_to_install_and_use_pandoc_in_Fedora/CentOS⠀⇛ Pandoc is a Haskell library for converting from one markup format to another, and a command-line tool that uses this library.If you need to convert files from one markup format into another, pandoc is your swiss-army knife In this article, we will show you how to install and use pandoc in Fedora/Centos. # ⚓ How_To_Install_RavenDB_on_Ubuntu_20.04_LTS_–_idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install RavenDB on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, RavenDB is a NoSQL database manager written in C#. With a RavenDB database, you can set up a NoSQL data architecture or add a NoSQL layer to your current relational database. RavenDB supports multiple databases, sharding, or partitioning the data across multiple servers. It has the ability to handle hundreds or thousands of databases on the same instance. RavenDB uses JSON to store documents and does not requires a schema to be declared and enables developers to work with data more naturally. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step-by- step installation of the RavenDB on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 18.04, 16.04, and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint. # ⚓ APT_Command_in_Linux_–_A_Definitive_Guide⠀⇛ APT also know as the “Advanced Package Tool” is a package management tool for Debian-based distributions including, Ubuntu, Debian and Linux Mint. It is used for installing, removing, updating and managing packages on Debian-based operating systems. The APT command is introduced in a newer version of Ubuntu 18.04/20.04, Debian 10 and Linux Mint 20. It replaces the older utility called apt- get. However, apt-get utility is also compatible with a newer version of Ubuntu and Debian. # ⚓ Creating_a_backup_of_data_stored_in_a_Linux_virtual machine⠀⇛ In this article, I cover what I’ve learned about backing up data stored in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) virtual machine (VM). During my first year of working with Linux, I had the idea of backing up data on a Linux VM deployed in the cloud. Backing up data is a major business issue. With an increasing number of cyber threats, user errors, and system failures, your data is not safe. Backing up data prevents the loss of important files and folders when there is a security breach, accidental deletion, or in the event of a system failure. Individuals and small-to-medium-sized businesses can backup data to external hard discs, or to backup servers, but for large enterprises where the amount of data is huge (Petabyte scale), data backup is complex and is often done, at least partially, on some form of cloud architecture. # ⚓ Exploring_the_differences_between_sudo and_su_commands_in Linux_|_Enable_Sysadmin⠀⇛ If you’re confused about what su and sudo commands do for you, this brief guide will help you sort them out. # ⚓ Internet_routing_can_now_vary_based_on_things_you_wouldn’t expect⠀⇛ For myself, my lesson learned from this is that if I’m trying to check out the network path to some outside place, I should use ‘traceroute -T -p 443′ (or the applicable port, but HTTPS is the most likely). Once HTTP/3 becomes common, I’ll potentially also want to check with UDP port 443 (although that gets complicated fast). Plain ping and traceroute are not as trustworthy as they used to be any more. # ⚓ Create_a_bootable_USB_drive_from_a_Linux_ISO_image_– PragmaticLinux⠀⇛ So you want to install Linux on your PC. You eagerly downloaded the ISO image of your Linux distribution of choice. You realize your PC did not come with a CD or DVD drive anymore. No problem, because you found out that your PC can also boot directly from a USB drive. But how do you create a bootable USB drive from the downloaded Linux ISO image? Grab your USB drive, a beverage of choice and read on, as that is exactly the question I’ll answer in this article. # ⚓ Linux:_replace_text_string_in_file_[Guide]⠀⇛ Editing text files on Linux by hand can be tedious. That’s why it’s good to know how to replace text strings in files using the command line quickly. If you’re new to Linux and don’t know how to do it, we can help! Follow along as we show you how to replace a text string in a file on Linux! # ⚓ How_to_install_FNF_TankMan_Test_by_SaneBear_on_a Chromebook⠀⇛ Today we are looking at how to install FNF TankMan Test by SaneBear, a fan-game, on a Chromebook. Please follow the video/audio guide as a tutorial where we explain the process step by step and use the commands below. If you have any questions, please contact us via a YouTube comment and we would be happy to assist you! # ⚓ How_To_Install_GNS3_on_Ubuntu_20.04_LTS_–_idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install GNS3 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, GNS3 (Graphical Network Simulator-3) is an open-source, free Network software emulator that is used by thousands of network professionals to emulate, design, build, configure, test, and troubleshoot the virtual and real complex networks. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step-by- step installation of the GNS3 on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 18.04, 16.04, and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint. # ⚓ How_to_use_range_and_sequence_expression_in_bash⠀⇛ When you are writing a bash script, there are situations where you need to generate a sequence of numbers or strings. One common use of such sequence data is for loop iteration. When you iterate over a range of numbers, the range may be defined in many different ways (e.g., [0, 1, 2,..., 99, 100], [50, 55, 60,..., 75, 80], [10, 9, 8,..., 1, 0], etc). Loop iteration may not be just over a range of numbers. You may need to iterate over a sequence of strings with particular patterns (e.g., incrementing filenames; img001.jpg, img002.jpg, img003.jpg). For this type of loop control, you need to be able to generate a sequence of numbers and/or strings flexibly. While you can use a dedicated tool like seq to generate a range of numbers, it is really not necessary to add such external dependency in your bash script when bash itself provides a powerful built-in range function called brace expansion. In this tutorial, let’s find out how to generate a sequence of data in bash using brace exapansion and what are useful brace expansion examples. # ⚓ How_to_Verify_a_Server_for_TLS_Support_on_Linux⠀⇛ TLS is an acronym for Transport Layer Security. TLS facilitates secure communication between computers on the Internet. As of this writing, TLS 1.3 is the latest version. This tutorial explains how you can check which versions of TLS your server or website supports from a Linux system, as well as the encryption algorithm (Cipher) that is being used. # ⚓ How_to_Play_DVDs_on_Fedora_Linux_[Quick_Tip]_–_It’s_FOSS⠀⇛ Why do you see this error? Because the manufacturers of DVDs encrypt their disks using a Digital Rights Management system named Content Scramble System. You can get around it by installing the required software library. Videolan, creators of the VLC player, introduced a project named libdvdcss to get around this issue. According to its page, libdvdcss is a “simple library designed for accessing DVDs like a block device without having to bother about the decryption”. As an individual, you may use this software library and no company or FBI should be coming after you as an individual but Fedora or other distribution would avoid including it by default to avoid possible legal troubles at an organization level. Due to this legal reason, this library is not available in the Fedora repos. However, it is available on RPMFusion. You can only install it via the command line, but the instructions are simple. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Eggcelerate!_is_an_egg_and_spoon_race_with_cars_and_it’s hilarious⠀⇛ A bit of Easter silliness released today with Eggcelerate!, a pretty hilarious time-trial racer that’s basically an egg and spoon race with a car. Yup, it’s as ridiculous as it sounds but it’s also thoroughly entertaining. The developer provided us with a key and it’s been a total joy to play through. Does exactly what you expect it to: allow you to blow off a little steam in a simple but effective setting. Drive around tracks with cars that have some dubious handling and try to keep an egg from cracking on the ground. Very hard not to smile and laugh while playing it. Top marks for all the jokes and puns when you inevitably fail and crack it good on the floor. # ⚓ Open-world_single-player_2D_space_game_Starsector_has_a_big story_expansion⠀⇛ Starsector, originally named Starfarer, is an absolutely brilliant top-down 2D open-world space game that’s been going for years and a huge new release is finally out. The gameplay carefully mixes together RPG mechanics, open-world exploration, tactical and exciting space combat with lots of ship and weapon variety and economics. # ⚓ Cyberpunk_looter-shooter_Danger_Scavenger_is_out_now_with Linux_support⠀⇛ Danger Scavenger is a flashy run and gun looter- shooter from developer Star Drifters, it just recently left Early Access and with that came full Linux support. Note: key provided by the developer. What is it? Danger Scavenger is a thoroughly intense cyberpunk-themed shooter, that puts you up against ruthless enemies controlled by the soulless AI. No dungeon crawling here though, it’s a “skyline crawler” so you get to see the sights of the brutal future. # ⚓ Good_Idea:_As_Video_Game_Preservation_Often_Falls_To_Fan Groups,_Release_Every_Game’s_Source_Code⠀⇛ When it comes to the video game industry, there has been some recent recognition that copyright laws and the ways that publishers utilize them have hampered the ability to preserve this sort of art. In the olden days of a decade or so ago, the challenges around preserving video games centered around both the publisher’s unwillingness to allow a group access to source code to preserve a game and the deterioration of physical game media. But in these modern times, this has changed. Now, the challenges are the publisher copyright question… and that same publisher’s ability to simply stop supporting the online resources modern games and platforms require to run. Given the ongoing war on emulators by the likes of Nintendo and a rather insane industry stance that preservation is trumped by copyright concerns, there is a very real risk of losing the ability to preserve video game history at all. # ⚓ Jazz-punk_adventure_Don’t_Forget_Me_releases_on_April_20⠀⇛ Developer The Moon Pirates has confirmed that their point and click adventure Don’t Forget Me releases on April 20 with full Linux support and it looks awesome. “Inspired by Her Story and The Red Strings Club, Don’t Forget Me combines classic adventure gameplay with an intricate puzzle system designed to test your observation and deduction skills. Enter the minds of patients, assign keywords to explore their memories, and decipher your knowledge of their history to reveal their secrets.” # ⚓ Looks_like_Narita_Boy_from_Studio_Koba_will_now_not_be supported_on_Linux⠀⇛ Studio Koba crowdfunded the impressive looking pixel-art action platformer back in 2017, along with a very clear advertisement of Linux support but that’s no longer happening. During their Kickstarter campaign that pulled in €160,946, they fully confirmed Linux support and it still has a fancy Linux logo on it even now. Their official website also listed Linux as a platform, as can be seen here but that was updated to remove mentions of Linux just recently. # ⚓ Terraria_makes_modding_even_easier_with_Steam_Workshop support⠀⇛ Need to spice up your Terraria a little? It’s now easier than ever, if you have it on Steam that is, as Steam Workshop support is now hooked up with the latest upgrade. This was planned for some time now but we didn’t exactly know when they would do it, and then just like that on March 29 it was all put live. “That’s right – at long last, we are able to provide an easy-to-use system and location for Terrarians everywhere to showcase their creative energies in all new ways. Starting today, everyone will be able to create, upload, share, download, and play a variety of types of game modifications within the vanilla Terraria game. Let’s break down the new toys at your disposal!” o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ KDE_Plasma_5.18.7_LTS_Released_with_Better_Support for_Qt_5.12_and_Recent_Mesa_Stacks⠀⇛ Released last year in February, KDE Plasma 5.18 is the current LTS branch of the popular desktop environment used by numerous GNU/ Linux distribution, and it is supported with maintenance updates for about one and a half years after its initial release. Some distros prefer to stick to an LTS branch of a major software as it is supposed to offer better stability and reliability. KDE Plasma 5.18.7 LTS is here six months after the previous update, KDE Plasma 5.18.6, and brings a handful of bug fixes. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ GTK_4.2.0⠀⇛ GTK 4.2.0 is now available for download in the usual places. This release is the result of the initial round of feedback from the application developers porting their projects to GTK4, so it mostly consists of bug fixes and improvements to the API—but we also added new features, like a new GL renderer; various improvements in how the toolkit handles Compose and dead key sequences; build system improvements for compiling GTK on Windows and macOS; and a whole new API reference, generated from the same introspection data that language bindings also consume. For more information, you can check the previous blog post about the 4.1 development cycle. # ⚓ Cyberbully_Molly_de_Blanc:_Helping [Ed: Be nice? You’re_attacking_people,_defaming_them,_calling_for blood_and_collective_punishment_over_a_lie_you spread.]⠀⇛ Above all, just be nice. Be nice. It’s basically the best thing you can do for free software. o § Distributions⠀➾ # § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ Kodachi_8.3_The_Secure_OS⠀⇛ Linux Kodachi operating system is based on Ubuntu 18.04.5 it will provide you with a secure, anti-forensic, and anonymous operating system considering all features that a person who is concerned about privacy would need to have in order to be secure. Kodachi is very easy to use all you have to do is boot it up on your PC via USB drive then you should have a fully running operating system with established VPN connection + Connection established + service running. No setup or knowledge is required from your side its all been automated for you. The entire OS is functional from your temporary memory RAM so once you shut it down no trace is left behind all your activities are wiped out. # § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ FreeBSD_13.0-RC4_Now_Available⠀⇛ The fourth RC build of the 13.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available. Installation images are available for: o 13.0-RC4 amd64 GENERIC o 13.0-RC4 i386 GENERIC o 13.0-RC4 powerpc GENERIC o 13.0-RC4 powerpc64 GENERIC64 o 13.0-RC4 powerpc64le GENERIC64LE o 13.0-RC4 powerpcspe MPC85XXSPE o 13.0-RC4 armv6 RPI-B o 13.0-RC4 armv7 GENERICSD o 13.0-RC4 aarch64 GENERIC o 13.0-RC4 aarch64 RPI o 13.0-RC4 aarch64 PINE64 o 13.0-RC4 aarch64 PINE64-LTS o 13.0-RC4 aarch64 PINEBOOK o 13.0-RC4 aarch64 ROCK64 o 13.0-RC4 aarch64 ROCKPRO64 o 13.0-RC4 riscv64 GENERIC o 13.0-RC4 riscv64 GENERICSD Note regarding arm SD card images: For convenience for those without console access to the system, a freebsd user with a password of freebsd is available by default for ssh(1) access. Additionally, the root user password is set to root. It is strongly recommended to change the password for both users after gaining access to the system. Installer images and memory stick images are available here: https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/ ISO-IMAGES/13.0/ The image checksums follow at the end of this e-mail. If you notice problems you can report them through the Bugzilla PR system or on the -stable mailing list. If you would like to use Git to do a source based update of an existing system, use the "releng/13.0" branch. A summary of changes since 13.0-RC3 includes: o A fix affecting scripted installations has been addressed. o Several POWERPC fixes have been included. o A memory leak in NETMAP_REQ_PORT_INFO_GET has been fixed. o An issue with local-unbound and some IPv6 deployment has been fixed. o Historical output range from random(9) has been restored to previous behavior. o OpenSSL has been updated to version 1.1.1k. o A fix for validation of RDNSS options has been addressed. o Other miscellaneous items have been addressed. A list of changes since 12.2-RELEASE is available in the releng/13.0 release notes: https://www.freebsd.org/releases/13.0R/ relnotes.html Please note, the release notes page is not yet complete, and will be updated on an ongoing basis as the 13.0- RELEASE cycle progresses. === Virtual Machine Disk Images === VM disk images are available for the amd64, i386, and aarch64 architectures. Disk images may be downloaded from the following URL (or any of the FreeBSD download mirrors): https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/VM- IMAGES/13.0-RC4/ The partition layout is: ~ 16 kB - freebsd-boot GPT partition type (bootfs GPT label) ~ 1 GB - freebsd-swap GPT partition type (swapfs GPT label) ~ 20 GB - freebsd-ufs GPT partition type (rootfs GPT label) The disk images are available in QCOW2, VHD, VMDK, and raw disk image formats. The image download size is approximately 135 MB and 165 MB respectively (amd64/i386), decompressing to a 21 GB sparse image. Note regarding arm64/aarch64 virtual machine images: a modified QEMU EFI loader file is needed for qemu-system-aarch64 to be able to boot the virtual machine images. See this page for more information: https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm64/QEMU To boot the VM image, run: % qemu-system-aarch64 -m 4096M -cpu cortex-a57 -M virt \ -bios QEMU_EFI.fd -serial telnet:: 4444,server -nographic \ -drive if=none,file=VMDISK,id=hd0 \ -device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0 \ -device virtio-net-device,netdev=net0 \ -netdev user,id=net0 Be sure to replace "VMDISK" with the path to the virtual machine image. # ⚓ FreeBSD_13.0-RC4_Released_With_POWER_Fixes,_Other Bugs_Addressed⠀⇛ Last week saw FreeBSD 13.0-RC3 released as an “extra” build due to the fallout from the last minute WireGuard situation. Due to other bugs, FreeBSD 13.0-RC4 was issued today rather than going for the final release. FreeBSD 13.0-RC4 is now the second unplanned/ as-needed release candidate ahead of the big FreeBSD 13.0 debut. FreeBSD 13.0-RC4 fixes an issue with scripted installations and also has several PowerPC fixes. FreeBSD 13.0-RC4 is also rounded out by a NETMAP memory leak fix, an issue with lock-unbound and some IPv6 deployments, updated to OpenSSL 1.1.1k over its recent security issues, and other various bug fixes. # § Screenshots/Screencasts⠀➾ # ⚓ A_Quick_Look_At_Manjaro_21.0_“Ornara”_Xfce⠀⇛ Manjaro just had big release so I thought I should take a look at one of their main editions (xfce). Manjaro has always been one of my favorite Linux distributions. In fact, long-time viewers of the channel will remember that I ran Manjaro on my production machine for over a year at one point. # § IBM/Red Hat/Fedora⠀➾ # ⚓ How_Rocky_Linux_Aims_to_Fill_the_Gap_Left_by_Red Hat’s_CentOS_Setback⠀⇛ Gregory Kurtzer, the founder of CentOS, started the Rocky Linux project in December 2020. His goal is to fill the gap created by Red Hat when they announced a change in direction for CentOS Linux. This shift, from a stable operating system to a stream for testing pre-release code, left many organizations without a Linux distribution that suits their needs. Kurtzer originally founded the Caos Linux project, which the CentOS Project was born out of in 2003. InfoQ interviewed him about Rocky Linux and the goals for the project going forward. # ⚓ First_Look_at_Fedora_Linux’s_New_i3_Spin:_Heaven_for Tiling_WM_Fans⠀⇛ The i3 WM has been in Fedora Linux’s software repositories for some years now, so if you wanted to use the Red Hat sponsored distribution with the i3 tiling window manager, you had to install it on top of an existing flavor, such as Xfce, LXQt, LXDE, MATE, etc. But, with the upcoming Fedora Linux 34 release, due out in late April 2021, that will no longer be the case. Fedora Linux is getting its own, dedicated i3 spin featuring a pre-configured i3 tiling window manager by default. # ⚓ First_stable_release_of_CentOS_replacement_AlmaLinux OS_now_available⠀⇛ CloudLinux announced the general availability of AlmaLinux OS, the open source enterprise- grade Linux distribution created as a replacement for CentOS. The new operating system is released in a stable version and is ready for production workloads. The company also announced the formation of a non-profit organization that will take over responsibility for managing the AlmaLinux project going forward. CloudLinux has committed a $1 million dollars annual endowment to support the project. The AlmaLinux project named Jack Aboutboul as community manager of AlmaLinux. He brings more than 20 years of experience in open source communities as a participant, manager and evangelist, including nearly 10 years as a community engineer with the Fedora project while working at Red Hat as a community architect. # ⚓ AlmaLinux_gets_a_stable_release_and_a_foundation⠀⇛ Today, AlmaLinux makes available the code for the stable release (a replacement for CentOS). At the same time, the company behind the initiative CloudLinux is putting AlmaLinux in the hands of the community establishing a foundation and naming noted open source advocate Simon Phipps to the governing board. # ⚓ AlmaLinux_OS_Sees_First_Stable_Release_as_a_Drop-In Replacement_for_CentOS_Linux_8⠀⇛ About four months ago, when Red Hat announced that it’ll put an end to the CentOS Linux 8 operating system series at the end of 2021, focusing on CentOS Stream 8, several developers started working on CentOS Linux replacements. One of these is AlmaLinux OS, developed by the creators of CloudLinux OS, a popular Linux distribution based on CentOS Linux and marketed to shared hosting providers. It aims to be a 1:1 binary compatible drop-in replacement for CentOS Linux that’s forever- free, open-source, and enterprise-ready, with a very long support timeframe. # ⚓ Fedora_Council_March_2021_meeting⠀⇛ In a normal year, the Fedora Council would have held a one-day meeting in Brno the day after DevConf.CZ. Since this isn’t a normal year, we held a half day virtual face-to-face earlier this month. Unlike the longer November meeting, this meeting focused on catching up on a few things instead of larger strategy planning. As usual, the minutes have been fed to Zodbot. # § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Parrot_OS_4.11:_Secure_Parrot_with_KDE_Plasma,_Mate and_Linux_5.10⠀⇛ All updates to the Debian test repository, including the upcoming Debian 11 (“Bulsey”), until March 2021 and already included in the new version 4.11, include the latest version of the desktop and the basic computer kernel Linux 5.10 LTS. The change to Linux 5.11 is immediate. Parrot OS 4.11 with Mate 1.24.1 (Image: Parrot Protection) Desktop and shell based Matte desktop environment The latest version is 1.24.1, a fork of the Gnome 2 created in 2011, and optionally KTE Plasma 5.20.5, which comes with Debian 11 In addition to the latest updates to the new Linux kernel and Debian 11 (“Bulsey”), Click OS 4.11 includes a number of updated software packages for its security and penetration testing. Additionally, the system is offered as a replacement for the completely redesigned XFS Desktop 4.16. # ⚓ Parrot_OS,_A_Security_Focused_Linux_Distro_Released v4.11⠀⇛ Parrot OS is a free and open source GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian Testing. It is designed for security experts, developers and privacy aware people. The new version 4.11 on this security focused Linux distro includes many important updates to make the distribution more reliable and more secure. Parrot OS 4.11 comes with its own arsenal of penetration testing and security-related tools. It is developed by a team of security experts, Linux enthusiasts, and open source developers. # ⚓ Detecting_At-Risk_Software_Infrastructure⠀⇛ In the paper—coauthored with Benjamin Mako Hill—we describe a general approach for detecting “underproduced” software infrastructure that consists of five steps: (1) identifying a body of digital infrastructure (like a code repository); (2) identifying a measure of quality (like the time to takes to fix bugs); (3) identifying a measure of importance (like install base); (4) specifying a hypothesized relationship linking quality and importance if quality and importance are in perfect alignment; and (5) quantifying deviation from this theoretical baseline to find relative underproduction. To show how our method works in practice, we applied the technique to an important collection of FLOSS infrastructure: 21,902 packages in the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. Although there are many ways to measure quality, we used a measure of how quickly Debian maintainers have historically dealt with 461,656 bugs that have been filed over the last three decades. To measure importance, we used data from Debian’s Popularity Contest opt-in survey. After some statistical machinations that are documented in our paper, the result was an estimate of relative underproduction for the 21,902 packages in Debian we looked at. One of our key findings is that underproduction is very common in Debian. By our estimates, at least 4,327 packages in Debian are underproduced. As you can see in the list of the “most underproduced” packages—again, as estimated using just one more measure—many of the most at risk packages are associated with the desktop and windowing environments where there are many users but also many extremely tricky integration-related bugs. # ⚓ Nitrux_Linux_Is_Now_Based_on_Debian,_Latest_Release Adds_KDE_Plasma_Goodies⠀⇛ The Nitrux 1.3.9 release isn’t your usual monthly updated installation image, but the distro’s first ISO built using a Debian rootfs! Yes, that’s right, Nitrux Linux is no longer based on the Ubuntu/KDE neon rootfs and no longer uses the software repositories from Devuan GNU/Linux. While Nitrux is now a Debian GNU/Linux-based distro, this major change applies only to new installations. Existing Nitrux Linux users will continue to receive updates from the previous Ubuntu/KDE neon/Devuan base. # ⚓ Nitrux_1.3.9_is_available_to_download⠀⇛ We are pleased to announce the launch of Nitrux 1.3.9. This new version brings together the latest software updates, bug fixes, performance improvements, and ready- to-use hardware support. Nitrux 1.3.9 is available for immediate download. # § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Kubuntu_General_News:_Kubuntu_21.04_Testing_Week⠀⇛ We’re delighted to announce that we’re participating in another ‘Ubuntu Testing Week’ from April 1st to April 7th with other flavours in the Ubuntu family. On April 1st, the beta version of Kubuntu 21.04 ‘Hirsute Hippo’ will be released after freezing all new changes to its features, user interface, and documentation. Between April 1st and the final release on April 22nd, all efforts by the Kubuntu team and community should be focused on ISO testing, reporting bugs, fixing bugs, and translations right up to final release. On social media, please use the #UbuntuTestingWeek hashtag if you write about your testing or want to spread the word about the event to your followers. Testers can visit the ISO tracker and read bug reporting tutorials. You can test without changing your system by running it in a VM (Virtual Machine) with software like VMWare Player, VirtualBox (apt install). Or run Hirsute from USB, SD Card, or DVD to test on your hardware. There are a variety of ways that you can help test the release, including trying out the various live session and installation test cases from the ISO tracker. If you find a bug, you’ll need a Launchpad account to file it against the package the app is bundled in, which you can find by asking around on the IRC/Telegram/Matrix Kubuntu channels or the user mail list. # ⚓ Ubuntu_Fridge_|_Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue_676⠀⇛ Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 676 for the week of March 21 – 27, 2021. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Graphic_routines_for_Raspberry_Pi_Pico_screens⠀⇛ # § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ A_new_advanced_Android_malware_posing_as_system update⠀⇛ # ⚓ An_Android_app_calling_itself_“System_Update”_is unmasked_as_malware_by_a_security_company_– NotebookCheck.net_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ New_Android_Malware_Poses_as_Security_Update_to_Take Control_of_Devices_|_PCMag⠀⇛ # ⚓ Latest_Android_malware_presents_itself_as_a_fake ‘System_Update’_–_Android_Community⠀⇛ # ⚓ This_Android_malware_hides_as_a_System_Update_app_to spy_on_you_|_ZDNet⠀⇛ # ⚓ New_Android_Malware_Disguises_Itself_As_A_System Update_|_Ubergizmo⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android_malware_bug_disguised_as_system_update_is dangerous_–_Gearbrain⠀⇛ # ⚓ Beware_of_this_newly_discovered_Android_spyware_that pretends_to_be_a_system_update_|_TechSpot⠀⇛ # ⚓ New_Android_spyware_disguises_as_a_system_update_– 9to5Google⠀⇛ # ⚓ ‘System_Update’_Android_App_Is_Dangerous_Malware⠀⇛ # ⚓ This_new_Android_malware_is_so_devious_–_BGR⠀⇛ # ⚓ This_Android_malware_disguises_as_System_Update application_to_steal_user_data_–_The_Financial Express⠀⇛ # ⚓ Galaxy_A21s_receives_Android_11_early,_Galaxy_A51 gets_One_UI_3.1_–_GSMArena.com_news⠀⇛ # ⚓ This_Android_launcher_with_a_cult_following_now supports_Android_11_|_Tom’s_Guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ 11_of_the_best_and_most_useful_Android_widgets_you can_get⠀⇛ # ⚓ Best_email_client_for_Android_2021_|_ITProPortal⠀⇛ # ⚓ Chrome_on_Android_will_soon_install_PWAs_like_Android apps_–_SlashGear⠀⇛ # ⚓ Nokia’s_Android-based_feature_phone_still_in_works and_it_may_be_meant_for_India_–_Technology_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ Exclusive:_The_most_popular_Android_VPN_apps_might just_surprise_you_|_TechRadar⠀⇛ # ⚓ Cerence_Drive_Adds_Android_Automotive_Compatibility_– Voicebot.ai⠀⇛ # ⚓ Google_Maps_is_getting_these_big_upgrades_Android_and iPhone_users_will_love_|_T3⠀⇛ # ⚓ Google’s_Area_120_incubator_releases_a_powerful_AI document_scanner_for_Android_–_The_Verge⠀⇛ # ⚓ What_the_hell_is_happening_with_Android_One?_| Computerworld⠀⇛ # ⚓ Anker_Nebula_Solar_projectors_with_Android_TV_are_up to_$120_off⠀⇛ # ⚓ Technicolor_Android_TV_set-top_deployments_cross_10M mark_|_Light_Reading⠀⇛ # ⚓ New_T-Mobile_&_Google_Deal_Explained:_What_It_Means For_Android_Users⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android_Auto_expands_to_36_more_countries_mainly_in Europe_–_9to5Google⠀⇛ # ⚓ Firefly_Station_P2_mini_PC_runs_Android_or_Linux⠀⇛ If you’re in the market for a mini PC capable of running both Linux and Android operating systems you may be interested in the new Firefly Station P2 which will soon be launching and features a Rockchip RK3568 processor. The mini PC is powered by a quad-core 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A55 processor supported by Mali- G52 graphics and capable of accepting up to 8GB of RAM and features on-board eMMC storage with expansion slots for M.2 and SATA III storage if preferred. Other features include support for WiFi 6, dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, and the mini PC has two antenna connectors to improve connectivity when needed. Firefly lists the Station P2 as compatible with Android 11 and Ubuntu 18.04 software and you can learn more from the promotional video embedded below. # ⚓ Android_Ready_SE_Alliance_Will_Boost_Security_On Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ Xiaomi’s_Mi_Smart_Projector_2_Pro_has_Android_TV_and 120″_projection_size⠀⇛ # ⚓ T-Mobile_is_betting_big_on_Google’s_Android_services: RCS,_YouTube_TV,_Pixel,_and_more_–_The_Verge⠀⇛ # ⚓ Mi_Smart_Projector_2_Pro_can_turn_your_wall_in_an Android_TV⠀⇛ # ⚓ Best_Free_Fire_sensitivity_for_quick_reflexes_on Android_devices:_Step-by-step_beginner’s_guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ How_to_manage_Bluetooth_settings_on_Android_10_| AndroidGuys⠀⇛ # ⚓ Galaxy_A21s_receives_Android_11_early,_Galaxy_A51 gets_One_UI_3.1_–_GSMArena.com_news⠀⇛ # ⚓ Realme_X7_Pro_will_get_awaited_Android_11_update_as early_as_April,_Realme_UI_2.0_rollout_roadmap_released –_Technology_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ Qualcomm_may_launch_a_Nintendo_Switch-Like_Android gaming_console⠀⇛ # ⚓ Report:_The_average_smartphone_storage_crossed_100GB in_2020⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2_Ways_to_Customize_Status_Bar_on_Your_Android Smartphone_–_Gadgets_To_Use⠀⇛ # ⚓ Google’s_Android_12_preview_lands_another_update⠀⇛ # ⚓ Redmi_Note_9_Pro_5G_receives_Android_11_update_– Gizchina.com⠀⇛ # ⚓ Lawnchair_11_just_launched_with_Android_11_support_— what_you_need_to_know_|_Tom’s_Guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ Google_Photos_for_Android_getting_advanced_video editor_–_9to5Google⠀⇛ # ⚓ Verizon_Stream_TV_is_a_decent_Android_TV_streamer: Review_–_9to5Google⠀⇛ o § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ # § Web Browsers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Thunderbird_now_Integrates_with_Encrypted_Email Service_‘Mailfence’_–_It’s_FOSS_News⠀⇛ Thunderbird is a popular open-source desktop email client. While it offers several useful features to help you keep your emails private and secure, using it with an encrypted email service would be an absolute bliss, right? Well, in a recent announcement, Thunderbird announced a partnership with Mailfence, which happens to be one of the best secure email services. If you have a Mailfence account (or want to create one), you can manage that using Thunderbird’s integration. # ⚓ Latest_Mozilla_VPN_features_keep_your_data safe⠀⇛ Today, we’re launching two new features to give you an added layer of protection with our trusted Mozilla VPN service. Mozilla has a reputation for building products that help you keep your information safe. These new features will help users do the following… If you’re someone who keeps our Mozilla VPN service off and prefers to manually turn it on yourself, this feature will help you out. We’ll notify you when you’ve joined a network that is not password protected or has weak encryptions. By just clicking on the notification you can turn the Mozilla VPN service on, giving you an added layer of protection ensuring every conversation you have is encrypted over the network. This feature is available on Windows, Linux and Mac platforms. # § Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ SD_Times_news_digest:_PHP_moves_to_GitHub,_OSI’s statement_on_Stallman,_and_Ian_Kelling_joins_FSF_board of_directors⠀⇛ In its ongoing effort to improve governance at the Free Software Foundation (FSF), the foundation’s union staff selected senior systems administrator Ian Kelling to the newly created seats on the board of directors and voting members. “This is an important step in the FSF’s effort to recognize and support new leadership, to connect that leadership to the community, to improve transparency and accountability, and to build trust. There is still considerable work to be done, and that work will continue,” Geoffrey Knauth, the FSF president wrote in a post. Kat Walsh has announced her resignation from the board. # ⚓ Richard_Stallman’s_return_to_the_FSF_is_going_to_cost it⠀⇛ It looks like that if the Free Software Foundation wants to keep Richard Stallman on board it is going to lose a lot of support. For those who came in late, Stallman left the Foundation after he supported his chum Marvin Minsky’s, who happened to be a friend with sex pest Jeffrey Epstein and was believed to be involved in his sex trafficking antics. There are two letters circulating – one opposing Richard Stallman’s return to the FSF and one supporting it. # § FSF⠀➾ # § GNU Projects⠀➾ # ⚓ Mike_Gran:_Guile_Potluck_2021_Part_1:_Genshou and_Anguish⠀⇛ Guile Potluck 2021 was an event where hackers got to advertise their exciting new projects. It wrapped up a few weeks ago, and at that time I was my intention to blog my way through the entrants right away. Well, I have not been expedient on that front. I’m so very sorry it has taken me so long to get back to Guile Potluck 2021. Somewhere between family, kids, the day job, actually working on Guile, and the vague depression that quarantine seems to instill in me, it all got away from me. [...] I am excited to see someone exercise Guile’s PEG parser, which is both powerful and under-utilized. # § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] How_to_debug_Elixir/Erlang_compiler performance⠀⇛ Recently someone opened up an issue on Gettext saying compilation of Gettext modules got slower in Erlang/OTP 23. In this article, we are going to explore how I have debugged this problem and the three separate pull requests sent to the Erlang/OTP repository to improve compiler performance. # ⚓ Rails_waves_goodbye_to_mimemagic,_welcomes_Marcel_to fix_GPL_MIME_drama⠀⇛ The maintainers of Rails, a Ruby-based framework for making web apps, have released three new versions to resolve a software licensing conflict that surfaced last week. A Rails component called Active Storage included a dependency called mimemagic, which turned out to have been distributed under the wrong license. The mimemagic software library provided a component of Rails called Active Storage with mime type data – used to identify file formats – and was initially distributed under an MIT license. But mimemagic has a dependency of its own called shared-mime-info that is distributed under the GPLv2 license. Under the terms of the GPLv2 license, mimemagic should have been GPLv2 licensed as well. When the author mimemagic learned of the error, he withdrew the previous MIT-licensed version of his code, breaking many app build processes, and issued new versions under GPLv2. # ⚓ Learn_CSS_Flexbox_by_Building_5_Responsive_Layouts⠀⇛ # ⚓ What_is_JavaScript?_A_Definition_of_the_JS Programming_Language⠀⇛ JavaScript is a dynamic programming language that’s used for web development, in web applications, for game development, and lots more. It allows you to implement dynamic features on web pages that cannot be done with only HTML and CSS. # ⚓ How_to_Add_Localization_(l10n)_to_Your_React_App_with react-i18next⠀⇛ When you add localization to a website you’re making it available in multiple languages. This tutorial aims to teach you how to do that to a small react app using react- i18next. # § Perl/Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ Pawel_bbkr_Pabian:_Asynchronous,_parallel_and… dead._My_Perl_6_daily_bread.⠀⇛ I love Perl 6 asynchronous features. They are so easy to use and can give instant boost by changing few lines of code that I got addicted to them. I became asynchronous junkie. And finally overdosed. Here is my story… # ⚓ Switch_lots_of_things_on_at_once⠀⇛ * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Opinion_|_Every_Person_With_a_Conscience_Is_a_Revolutionary Waiting_to_Be_Born⠀⇛ Revolutionaries sees the potential in human beings—they see our world’s potential to become something vastly better than it is today. A revolutionary is, of course, someone who wants to overthrow the existing order. We need such people. The current order is unsustainable. It is destroying the planet and creating inequality so severe that society is becoming unstable. It’s an engine for human misery on a massive scale. o ⚓ Hostage_Situation⠀⇛ o ⚓ Opinion_|_That_Ship_She_Has_Sailed⠀⇛ o ⚓ The_Madness_and_Malady_of_Management_Studies⠀⇛ More than Fayol, it was the snake oil salesman Frederick Taylor who shaped our perception of management. To further legitimise an administration’s rule over workers, une idée fixe of Management Studies became a handy ideology backing anti-democratic authoritarianism, at least academically. Management gained even more legitimacy as the crypto-scholarly subject of Management Studies became part of business schools associated with universities. With that, Management Studies conjured up the hallucination of being similar to real academic subjects like geology, mathematics, philosophy and sociology. Much of this occurred even though many believe that most management research is rubbish. Others say it simply is bullshit, as Spicer writes in his Business Bullshit . o ⚓ Law_Firm_Hoping_To_Add_Legal_Losses_To_Plaintiffs’_Gambling Losses_By_Suing_Google,_Apple_Over_Casino_Apps⠀⇛ There’s a new cottage industry of Section 230 lawsuits springing up from the law offices of Tycko & Zavareei in Washington, DC (with the assistance of Pearson, Simon & Warshaw of California, the state where the lawsuits are being filed). o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science_Round-Up:_Danish_researchers_solve_decade-old problem_to_deduce_the_fastest_possible_route⠀⇛ For decades, mathematicians have been trying to find a method to calculate as quickly as possible the shortest route between two points. The day has come, thanks to the research team, when “our algorithm solves the whole shortest-path problem, within the time the algorithm is about looking at every single connection in the entire network once”. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Louvre’s_collections_are_online_so_I_curated_some_good paintings_for_you⠀⇛ The Louvre’s terms of use for their photos indicate that I can’t repost them from their site, and I would strongly prefer not to start a fresh fight with the French. Instead, I will describe a sampling of paintings for you and let you make the decision as to whether you’ll click through and marvel at them yourself. # ⚓ Online_Art⠀⇛ For those of you interested in online art collections, I am a follower, here is a newly established free, online displayed collection from the Louvre: Below link takes you through to more detail and to the collection. o § Health/Nutrition⠀➾ # ⚓ Universal_Health_Care_is_a_Popular_Idea_in_America,_So_Why Does_Biden_Seem_Intent_on_Enriching_Private_Insurance Companies?⠀⇛ The American Rescue Plan includes tens of billions of taxpayer dollars to substantially lower premiums for insurance options purchased through the ACA health exchanges. Additionally, it covers 100 percent of the cost of COBRA coverage for those who have been laid off during the pandemic. Even the New York Times characterized it with the headline, “Private Insurance Wins in Democrats’ First Try at Expanding Health Coverage.” Dr. Paul Song, co-chair of the Campaign for a Healthy California, and board member of Physicians for a National Health Program, explained to me in an interview that, “that’s money that’s just going to the private insurance industry.” He asked, “why not say to anyone who lost their job during the pandemic and lost their health care coverage, that you would automatically be enrolled in Medicare until you found your new job?” Such a move would cost significantly fewer taxpayer dollars but would have boosted the arguments in favor of a Medicare for All program, which centrist Democrats like Biden have vehemently railed against for years. Ironically, insurance industry loyalists cite high costs as central to their opposition to Medicare for All. # ⚓ Ready_or_not_How_the_coronavirus_pandemic_closed_borders and_made_Russia_a_‘big_country’_for_domestic_tourism⠀⇛ One year ago, in March 2020, countries around the world began closing their borders. Russia did so on March 18. In terms of the number of people crossing state borders to vacation and sightsee, year one of the COVID-19 pandemic saw world travel reduced to levels last seen in the late 1980s. And Russia has experienced a lot of domestic changes too. With the help of aerospace columnist Anastasia Dagaeva, Meduza’s “Ideas” section editor Maxim Trudolyubov studied the current degree of movement around the world and found that the coronavirus pandemic put Russian society in an unfamiliar position — one of insularity typical of the “big countries” for domestic tourism, like the United States and China. That said, in terms of infrastructure and its political system, Russia wasn’t ready for this development. # ⚓ Medicare-for-All_Could_Save_My_Life⠀⇛ In 2010, I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, an incurable blood cancer that affects the bone marrow and makes it harder for my body to fight infections. Before I was diagnosed, I was an average 30-something guy who went to the gym and ate right. Today, after 11 years with this disease, I’m still fighting for my life. I’m fortunate to have amazing doctors and nurses who are doing everything they can to make sure I live long enough to celebrate more anniversaries with my wife. Last year, my doctor found a drug that worked far better than expected on my cancer — sending it into remission for the first time ever. # ⚓ US_EPA_Ignores_Data_on_Pesticide_Classification_–_Validated Independent_News⠀⇛ The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) claimed that an EPA report from February 4, 2020 used fraudulent data to downgrade the carcinogenic classification of Telone. In 1985, the National Toxicology Program found Telone caused lung and bladder tumors in rats and mice. The EPA classified Telone as a “probable human carcinogen” that same year and again in 1996, 2000, and 2005. Similarly, the CDC in the state of California and the National Toxicology Program have repeatedly found that Telone is a “likely human carcinogen.” PEER claims the EPA omitted the full name (1,3-dichloropropene) during their assessment. This omission allowed over 80 peer-reviewed reports showing the carcinogenic effects of Telone to be ignored, including a 2015 peer-reviewed study that linked Telone to DNA damage in rats. PEER also claims that in 2020, the EPA appointed members to its Cancer Assessment Review Committee (CARC) who did not understand how to assess Telone’s effects. PEER executive director and former EPA Enforcement Attorney, Tim Whitehouse said “this flawed finding puts both the public and applicators of the fumigant at needless risk.” A spokesperson for the EPA responded saying “EPA stands behind its career scientists and will follow the science and law in accordance with the Biden-Harris administration’s executive orders and other directives in reviewing all of the agency’s actions issued under the previous administration to ensure that they protect public health and the environment.” # ⚓ Colorado’s_‘MeatOut_Day’_Has_Started_a_Meat_War⠀⇛ Polis is not the first major politician to promote this message to eat less meat; he joins governors and mayors in 40 additional states and cities who have signed similar proclamations in recent years. Originally conceived in 1985 as the “Great American Meatout” by the Farm Animal Rights Movement, an animal welfare nonprofit based in Bethesda, Maryland, to protest a U.S. Senate resolution proclaiming National Meat week, MeatOut Day has been proclaimed by state and national governments around the globe. “Removing animal products from our diets reduces the risk of various ailments, including heart disease, [high blood] pressure, stroke, various cancers, and diabetes; and… a plant-based diet helps protect the environment by reducing our carbon footprint, preserving forests, grasslands and wildlife habitats, and reduces pollution of waterways,” said Polis in his proclamation. # ⚓ CDC_Director_Warns_of_‘Impending_Doom’_as_Covid_Cases_Rise Across_US⠀⇛ “We have so much to look forward to, so much promise and potential of where we are and so much reason for hope, but right now I’m scared.” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a pandemic task force briefing Monday that she feels a sense of “impending doom” as she watches Covid-19 cases rise across the country in the wake of state leaders’ premature moves to relax or completely lift coronavirus-related restrictions. # ⚓ Pfizer_Bullies_South_American_Governments_over_COVID Vaccine_–_Validated_Independent_News⠀⇛ As discussed in the BIJ report, officials from Argentina and another unnamed Latin American country have stated that Pfizer’s negotiators demanded legal immunity from any civil claims that could be filed by a citizen who experiences adverse effects to the vaccine. Regardless, officials from the unnamed country still had much to say on the negotiations, calling Pfizer’s demands “high-level bullying.” In their negotiations with Argentina and Brazil, Pfizer had asked that sovereign assets, such as military bases and embassy buildings, be used as collateral for any legal cost that could come in the future. While this is a fairly typical practice from pharmaceutical companies who administer vaccines during an epidemic, government officials in these Latin American countries feel that Pfizer’s demands have gone far beyond that of other vaccine companies. Pfizer’s demands would include legal immunity for its own acts of negligence, fraud, or malice. This would mean if Pfizer makes errors in the vaccine, they would not be held accountable. # ⚓ Now_‘Do_It,’_Progressives_Demand_as_Biden_Weighs_Support for_Lifting_Covid_Vaccine_Patents⠀⇛ “Vaccines must be treated as public goods available at affordable prices, available for all,” said South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Under pressure from a growing chorus of Democratic lawmakers and progressive advocacy groups, President Joe Biden is reportedly considering throwing U.S. support behind an India and South Africa-let effort to temporarily waive patent protections for coronavirus vaccines—a move that would allow for a massive scale-up of global production and distribution. # ⚓ “I’m_Scared”_—_CDC_Director_Warns_of_New_Possible_COVID Surge⠀⇛ Rochelle Walensky, director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is deeply concerned about the climbing rate of daily COVID-19 diagnoses — enough to make her feel “scared.” # ⚓ Smoking_Will_Disappear_Within_A_Generation,_Experts_Say⠀⇛ Philip Morris, for instance, signaled last summer that cigarette sales may grind to a complete halt. “I am convinced it is possible to completely end cigarette sales in many countries within 10 to 15 years,” CEO Andre Calantzopoulos wrote in a sustainability report at the time. The company is now hard at work switching its consumers over to smoke-free products. Its target: 40 million adult smokers to switch by 2025. # ⚓ Green_spaces_aren’t_just_for_nature_–_they_boost_our_mental health_too⠀⇛ Our late arrival into cities might help explain our affinity with nature and green spaces. In 1984, biologist Edward O. Wilson made this connection explicit with his “biophilia” hypothesis. His idea was that the environment in which humans evolved has shaped our brain, priming it to respond positively to cues that would have enhanced survival for our ancestors, such as trees, savannah, lakes and waterways. This, Wilson argued, is why being in nature makes us feel good. Whether that is the reason or not, the past few years have seen an explosion of research finding concrete links between increased exposure to nature and not just improved physical health, but better mental health, too. Mental health issues are estimated to account for as much as a third of all years lived with disability, and account for around 13 per cent of disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) lost, similar to the toll of cardiovascular disease and circulatory disorders. # ⚓ It_might_as_well_be_winter_all_year_long⠀⇛ If you want bright evenings, wake up an hour later. If you want bright mornings, wake up an hour earlier. Just leave me out of it. Changing the time twice a year had a purpose, and some drawbacks. Being one hour off has less of those drawbacks, but no purpose. o § Integrity/Availability⠀➾ # § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Windows_MedusaLocker_ransomware_likely_used_in_Nine attack_for_profit⠀⇛ The network attack on Nine Entertainment, made public on Sunday, appears to have been carried out by unknown miscreants using a strain of Windows ransomware known as MedusaLocker which was discovered back in 2019. # ⚓ SolarWinds_[crackers]_accessed_emails_from_U.S. Department_of_Homeland_Security⠀⇛ [Attackers] suspected of working for Russia got access to an email account belonging to the former head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which is responsible for cybersecurity, in the SolarWinds [attack], the Associated Press reported here on Monday. The AP report said the intelligence value of the [cracking] of Chad Wolf, the former acting secretary of the DHS, and of email accounts belonging to officials in the department’s cybersecurity staff, was not publicly known. # § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ # § Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub)⠀➾ # ⚓ PHP_Repository_Moves_to_GitHub_After_its Git_Server_Was_Hacked⠀⇛ PHP’s Git server was compromised and now the repository has been moved to GitHub. # ⚓ iTWire_–_PHP_shifts_to_GitHub_after malicious_commits_to_own_git_server⠀⇛ # § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Microsoft_warns_even_patched_Exchange_servers can_still_be_attacked⠀⇛ Microsoft’s analysis of the series of attacks that exploit the now-fixed zero-day vulnerabilities on Exchange servers reveals that the threat doesn’t end simply by applying patches. Chinese state-sponsored threat actor Hafnium was blamed for being the first to exploit the vulnerabilities known as ProxyLogon vulnerabilities. Utilities such as Microsoft’s one-click tool has helped ensure that over 90% servers, several at small business that lack dedicated IT and security teams, have now plugged the vulnerabilities. However, the threat is far from over. “Many of the compromised systems have not yet received a secondary action, such as human-operated ransomware attacks or data exfiltration, indicating attackers could be establishing and keeping their access for potential later actions,” the company warned. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ New_York_rolls_out_COVID-19_passports based_on_IBM_blockchain_technology⠀⇛ Excelsior Pass is described as similar to a mobile airline boarding pass in that individuals will be able either to print out their pass or to store it in their smartphones using the app. Every business or venue can scan the pass using the QR code via a companion app to verify the COVID-19 negative results or proof of vaccination. # ⚓ State_of_Surveillance:_Online_Safety_Bill captures_the_bad_stuff_but_Commissioner’s powers_too_broad⠀⇛ While the powers are broad, so too is the scope of the content and services to which they apply. The Commissioner can order the removal of content categorised as Class 1 or Class 2 material, which, at its lowest, corresponds to anything deemed R18+ or above in the National Classification Code. This captures any sexual content, violent or not, or content that is “unsuitable for a minor to see”. These provisions apply to social media platforms as well as “relevant electronic” and “designated [Internet]” services, including email, SMS, instant messaging, online gaming or any service that allows users to access material using the [Internet]. # ⚓ Biden_administration_looks_to_organize ‘vaccine_passport’_development⠀⇛ The Biden administration is working on plans for how to manage credentials that would let people prove they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19, The Washington Post reported. Often referred to as “vaccine passports,” these credentials could be displayed on free smartphone apps or printed. Many companies say they’ll ask for proof of vaccination before letting people attend concerts or travel. # ⚓ Attach_Strings_To_Data_Collection_To Combat_Surveillance_Capitalism,_Experts Suggest⠀⇛ Laws addressing how much data can be collected should be among new regulations that must ensure data collection from big technology companies doesn’t harm Americans, according to a March 17 panel of academics at the South by Southwest conference. The era of corporate self- regulation is now up, said Marietje Schaake of the Standford University Cyber Policy Center and panelist at SXSW conference discussing the “techno- democratic” approach to Big Tech, including what to do about surveillance capitalism. Surveillance capitalism is an economic system centered on commodifying personal data with the core purpose of profit- making. # ⚓ T-Mobile_Cuts_Its_Own_TV_Cord,_Moves_to Partner_With_YouTube_TV⠀⇛ T-Mobile US Inc. will shut down its TVision live-TV service and offer Google’s YouTube TV at a promotional discount, ending a three-year effort to create a disruptive alternative to cable. Customers “don’t want more streaming services — they want help buying and navigating the services that already exist,” T- Mobile Chief Executive Officer Mike Sievert wrote in a blog post Monday. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Real_Danger_of_the_Pentagon’s_New_Indo-Pacific_Plan⠀⇛ With the US already ranking first in military spending worldwide and holding more than 290 military bases in the Asia-Pacific region alone, this aggressive buildup is being proposed at the most financially precarious moment in US history. According to the Congressional Budget Office report released this month, federal debt is projected to reach 102% of GDP by the end of 2021 before surpassing its historical high of 107% in 2031 and going on to nearly double to 202% by 2051. According to Doug Bandow, “Uncle Sam is headed toward insolvency.” How can the Biden administration sell such an expensive foreign policy proposal to the American public in these economically depressed times? By publicly stoking moral outrage and militarism in the US–as well as throughout the Asia-Pacific region–in the name of launching a crusade ostensibly in defense of human rights. This strategy was on full display when Secretary of State Blinken echoed bipartisan political rhetoric about the “Chinese threat” during his visit to Asia last week. In a stream of condescending self- righteousness, he unleashed a deluge of recrimination against China and North Korea while pontificating on American exceptionalism. # ⚓ How_Can_Biden_End_Our_Forever_Wars?_Here’s_a_Road_Map.⠀⇛ In the first two months of Joe Biden’s presidency, you could feel the country holding its breath. Sheltered in place, hidden behind masks, unsure about whether to trust in a safe-from-pandemic future, we are nonetheless beginning to open our eyes collectively. As part of this reemergence, a wider array of issues—those beyond Covid-19—are once again starting to enter public consciousness. Domestically, attempts to repress (or preserve) voting rights have been consuming activists and dominating headlines, along with this country’s missing infrastructure and a need to raise the minimum wage. The foreign affairs agenda isn’t far behind. From rising great-power rivalries, notably with China and Russia, to cyberattacks like the Solarwinds hack that affected agencies across the government, to the question of whether American troops will leave Afghanistan, a growing number of issues loom for the administration, Congress, and the public in the months to come. On the domestic front, the response to the new administration (and especially its $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill) has been a collective sigh of relief—as well as much praise, as well as fierce partisan Republican attacks—when it comes to the reform agenda being put in place domestically. In the realm of foreign affairs, however, criticism has been swift and harsh, owing to several early administration actions. # ⚓ The_NRA_Can’t_Stop_Gun_Safety_Legislation_This_Time⠀⇛ It’s become an all-too-familiar routine in America: A mass shooting in a public place that shakes our collective consciousness is quickly followed by thoughts and prayers, media attention, and calls to action. Then days go by, the news passes, and nothing changes in Congress. That ends now. This year is different. Not only did the American people send the strongest gun-sense trifecta in history to Washington, but the once- feared National Rifle Association is now desperately trying to stay relevant as its money and power run dry in Washington. # ⚓ The_President_Has_Not_Ended_the_War_on_Yemen;_Congress_Must Do_So⠀⇛ The Democratic Party Platform of 2020 commits to ending the war on Yemen. But Congress has yet to act since the veto threat disappeared along with Trump. And every day that the war goes unended means more horrific death and suffering — from violence, starvation, and disease. # ⚓ Myanmar:_Death_Toll_Rising⠀⇛ Myanmar is unusual. A real backwater for decades, it’s hotly strategic in the context of the China- India rivalry. Geopolitical pressures abound. Chinese and Russian ambassadors visited Min Aung Hlaing, the coup leader and head of the Tatmadaw, just before the putsch. It is widely suspected that China gave the green light to ensure a totally pliant regime in Myanmar. China is prioritizing their influence in nations bordering India. Yet the situation is nonetheless remarkable in its characteristics. A nation’s armed forces is attempting to subjugate an entire population. It’s not as if there are factions to play off. All are opposed. In 60 years, no one in the country has seen such unity among the ethnic armies. Those taking part in anti-anti-coup activities are Shanghaied army veterans whose pensions are dividends from Tatmadaw-owned companies; the generals can cut off anyone who disobeys. It might as well be called forced labour, because that’s what it is. You can even see the echo of it in raw footage. NCOs or police lieutenants pushing their men forward, pointing out targets for them to aim at. # ⚓ Whistleblowers_Challenge_Official_Narrative_on_Syrian Chemical_Weapons_Attacks_–_Validated_Independent_News⠀⇛ The central whistleblower is Dr. Brendan Whelan, a 16-year veteran member of the OPCW. Aaron Maté from The Grayzone reports that Whelan was part of the Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) that investigated Douma for traces of chemical weapons. Whelan has since revealed that the initial reports from the OPCW deviated from the FFM’s original findings. He argued that there was no direct evidence of chemicals being used on the attack’s victims. To support his claims, he cited reports from official NATO-member state toxicologists who found major inconsistencies with the reported cause of death being chlorine gas exposure— finding no evidence of alternative chemicals used on victims. Whelan, upset by the disregard and censorship of his team’s compelling findings, protested the matter by emailing higher up executives in the OPCW. Ultimately, Whelan’s dissent was met with his emails being both deleted from the servers and dismissed due to fears that his evidence may bolster a “pro-Russian narrative”. Whelan was then dismissed from the core Douma team and scheduled to leave the organization in early September of 2018. These events seriously called into question the legitimacy of claims about use of chemical weapons in the Douma attack, raising the possibility of it being purposefully staged. # ⚓ Faced_with_ICC_Investigation,_Apartheid_Israel_Asserts Moral_Superiority_Over_The_Victims_of_Its_Terror⠀⇛ Israel’s army chief of staff, General Aviv Kochavi, recently commented on the International Criminal Court (ICC) decision to investigate Israel for war crimes. In his speech, General Kochavi said: # ⚓ Opinion_|_America’s_Long_Wars_Are_Losers:_No_Bang,_No Whimper,_No_Victory⠀⇛ The siege of ancient Troy, which lasted a decade, inspired Homer to write the Iliad. Although the American war in Afghanistan has now gone on almost twice as long, don’t expect it to be memorialized in an epic poem. Ours is the cause of freedom. We’ve defeated freedom’s enemies before, and we will defeat them again… [W]e know our cause is just and our ultimate victory is assured… My fellow Americans, let’s roll.” # ⚓ In_Alarmist_Turn,_NATO_Is_Increasingly_Positioning_Itself in_Opposition_to_China⠀⇛ During the March 23-24 meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) council, Anthony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, encouraged NATO members to join the U.S. in viewing China as an economic and security threat to the U.S. as well as to NATO countries, thereby expanding NATO’s areas of focus to include the Pacific. This is a dangerous move that must be challenged. # ⚓ Drone_Operator_Sues_North_Carolina_Over_Its_First Amendment-Violating_Surveyor_Licensing_Laws⠀⇛ It’s always a problem when a private citizen starts horning in on the government’s racket. The government has plenty of rackets and likes them to stay in their possession, undisturbed and unthreatened. # ⚓ Months_After_LAPD_Officers_Attacked_A_Journalist, Prosecutors_Are_Trying_To_Charge_The_Journalist_For_Failing To_Disperse⠀⇛ Cops have been using protests against police violence to engage in police violence against journalists. The addition of federal cops to the heated mix in Portland, Oregon made this worse. The new cops amped it up so much journalists had to seek a protective order telling cops to stop doing things they knew they shouldn’t be doing, like targeting journalists with things like pepper spray and rubber bullets. # ⚓ Islamic_State_group_claims_control_of_northern_Mozambique town_of_Palma⠀⇛ The jihadist group’s claim came after thousands of survivors of coordinated jihadist attacks in the town fled on boats to the provincial capital, Pemba, according to sources in the city. International aid agency sources said between 6,000 and 10,000 people are waiting to be evacuated to safety following the raid on Palma that began last Wednesday. # ⚓ Islamic_State_Claims_Attack_Killed_55_in_Mozambique⠀⇛ Attacks that killed 55 people in the northern Mozambique town of Palma have reportedly been claimed by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) via its Amaq news agency. The area is worth billions of dollars in investments on a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project by Total, a French multinational. # ⚓ Islamic_State_Claims_Dayslong_Attack_on_Mozambique_Town⠀⇛ On Sunday, Mozambique officials said they were fighting the rebels in several locations to regain control of the town. Islamist insurgents began a coordinated attack last Wednesday on the town, which is about 10 kilometers from a multinational gas project run by oil majors, including French energy company Total. Agence France-Presse reported Monday that the town was all but deserted after thousands of people fled the fighting. # ⚓ Mozambique:_Dozens_dead_after_militant_assault_on_Palma⠀⇛ The town and beaches are strewn with bodies “with heads and without”, according to Col Lionel Dyke, whose private security firm, Dyck Advisory Group, is contracted by the Mozambique police in the area. The armed group is reported to have taken control of Palma, but those claims are hard to verify amid a communications blackout. # ⚓ Briton_among_the_dead_in_Islamists’_five-day_assault_on_gas city_in_Mozambique⠀⇛ Survivors said the man was a passenger in a convoy of vehicles that had attempted to escape Amarula Lodge in Palma, northern Mozambique, as the jihadists closed in. # ⚓ Mozambique_insurgency:_Islamist_militants_‘ambush_workers fleeing_hotel’⠀⇛ Human Rights Watch said that witnesses described seeing “bodies on the streets and residents fleeing after the… fighters fired indiscriminately at people and buildings”. Northern Mozambique has been torn apart by an insurgency since 2017. # ⚓ Fears_grow_for_British_man_missing_after_Islamist_massacre in_Mozambique⠀⇛ On Sunday night, around 1,400 survivors of the attack arrived in the provincial capital, Pemba, after being evacuated by boat. Witnesses had earlier spoke of Islamists going on the rampage in the town, leaving beheaded corpses on the streets. Helicopters from the Dyck Advisory Group, a South African mercenary firm hired by the Mozambican government to fight the Islamists, have braved gunfire from the militants to fly rescue sorties of both foreigners and locals, some of them hiding in the bush. DAG is already thought to have rescued around 50 people. # ⚓ Newlywed_suicide_bombers_identified_in_Indonesia_church attack⠀⇛ Two suicide bombers who attacked an Indonesian cathedral on Palm Sunday were newlyweds who joined a pro-Islamic State extremist group, police said Monday, as they arrested others suspected in the plot. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Twitter:_Calling_Boulder_jihadi_Ahmad_Al_Issa_a_‘white Christian_terrorist’_doesn’t_violate_misinformation policies⠀⇛ Twitter has sunk to yet another new low. Twitter has become a perpetrator of misinformation and a key propaganda outlet for the red-green axis, but targets and censors those who expose the global jihad, as well as the advance of Marxism in the West. On Twitter, falsely smearing Christians is acceptable, but telling the truth about jihadists is not. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Half_a_billion_people_may_face_heat_of_56°C_by_2100⠀⇛ Take today’s heat, apply mathematical logic and consider a murderously hot future, 56°C by 2100, for hundreds of millions. # ⚓ ‘Vraie_Loi_Climat!’:_Tens_of_Thousands_March_in_France_to Demand_Much_Stronger_Climate_Law⠀⇛ French President Emannuel Macron, said one demonstrator, “is going backwards—he’s performing a moonwalk, he’s an artist who pretends to go forward but in fact he’s only going backwards.” Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Paris and other cities on Sunday to demand the French government deliver much more far-reaching action on climate than exhibited in a new piece of legislation now under consideration in the nation’s parliament. # ⚓ Progressives_Unveil_$10_Trillion_Green_Infrastructure, Climate_Justice_Bill⠀⇛ Congressional progressives on Monday unveiled a new bill to invest $10 trillion in renewable energy, green infrastructure and climate justice initiatives over the next decade. The Transform, Heal and Renew by Investing in a Vibrant Economy (THRIVE) Act, counters President Joe Biden’s yet- to-be-unveiled $4 trillion infrastructure package. # ⚓ San_Carlos_Apache_Lose_Land_to_Big_Copper_–_Validated Independent_News⠀⇛ The NDAA became law earlier this year, however, the land transfer has yet to happen. As a last-resort, Apache people led by Wendsler Nosie Sr. and his coalition Apache Stronghold took to the courts, filing a lawsuit that aimed to repeal section 3003. However, on February 13, 2021, Phoenix Judge Steven Logan ruled that the lawsuit had no standing as Oak Flat was “not a sovereign nation.” If the 9th Circuit in San Francisco upholds Judge Logan’s decision, this sacred land reservation will be destroyed for the sake of corporate interests. # ⚓ No_right_to_rock_the_vote_Scientists_in_Siberia_decide_to conceal_pollution_research_ahead_of_September’s_elections, fearing_a_‘political_bombshell’⠀⇛ The Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SO RAN) recently decided to withhold public access to new research on atmospheric and soil pollution in cities throughout the region, according to journalists at Taiga.info who obtained streamed footage of the conference where scientists shared their findings. The academy later hid the video on YouTube, after several senior Presidium members cited political concerns about influencing election outcomes this fall. # ⚓ Opinion_|_If_the_US_Wants_to_Tackle_the_Climate_Crisis Equitably,_It_Should_Support_UNRWA_in_Gaza⠀⇛ Climate equity has no borders, and in the Gaza Strip, the primary force mitigating these devastating consequences and protecting and ensuring the wellness of the most vulnerable—Palestine refugees—is UNRWA. Through  his climate plan, President Joe Biden has signaled to the world that the United States not only wishes to be a global leader in addressing the damaging effects of the climate crisis, but that the response must be equitable, acknowledging that those most deeply impacted are often also the most impoverished and vulnerable. Climate justice is a global issue, and it is in American interests to pay attention to what is happening beyond our borders. # § Energy⠀➾ # ⚓ Understanding_the_Fossil_Fuel_Industry’s_Legacy_of White_Supremacy⠀⇛ The firm was alluding to an October tweet by Tabuchi that she’d “been thinking a lot about fossil fuels and white supremacy recently,” noting that nearly every oil industry official she’d encountered as a reporter was white and male. ExxonMobil complained the tweet was a “baseless claim alleging industry links to white supremacy,” and Tabuchi later deleted it. But according to University of Notre Dame historian Darren Douchuk, Tabuchi’s tweet reflected something real. # ⚓ Finnish_Nuclear_Company_Fired_Whistleblower_Over Safety_Concerns⠀⇛ The Fennovoima nuclear firm’s parent company, Voimaosakeyhtiö SF (VSF), fired one of its executives because he expressed safety concerns to the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK). VSF admitted this to Yle after initially denying it. # ⚓ Navies_must_reduce_their_carbon_emissions_in_the_face of_climate_change⠀⇛ The Royal New Zealand Navy recently launched its own journal, which aims to build the service’s professionalism and ‘engage and exchange views with all those who have an interest in naval and maritime affairs’. The most eye-catching contribution in the inaugural edition is by the RNZN’s chief naval architect, Chris Howard, with the provocative title ‘Toward a zero carbon navy’. It’s a fascinating read. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Reclaiming_Abandoned_Mines:_Turning_Coal_Country’s Toxic_Legacy_Into_Assets⠀⇛ o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Minimum_Wage_Would_Be_$44_Today_If_It_Had_Increased_at_Same Rate_as_Wall_St._Bonuses:_Analysis⠀⇛ “Since 1985, the average Wall Street bonus has increased 1,217%, from $13,970 to $184,000 in 2020.” A new analysis released Monday by the Institute for Policy Studies shows that the U.S. federal minimum wage would currently be just over $44 an hour—more than six times higher than the current wage floor—if it had increased at the same rate as Wall Street employee bonuses between 1985 and 2020. # ⚓ Blaming_the_Homeless_for_San_Francisco’s_Homelessness Crisis_–_Validated_Independent_News⠀⇛ Shaw focuses on HSH’s Adult Coordinated Entry program (ACE), which is intended to help homeless individuals navigate through the system to fill vacancies through San Francisco’s nonprofit master lease single room occupancy housing, which would provide permanent supportive housing for these individuals. However, bureaucratic roadblocks in the implementation of ACE have worked to prevent homeless individuals from receiving housing units, creating a glut of vacancies that should be available for housing the unhoused. HSH identifies a number of reasons for the problem. HSH claims that housing providers place significant barriers, including document requirements and an extensive leasing process. In addition, HSH points to a high number of units in supportive housing buildings that are currently “offline,” or unavailable. The mechanisms for tracking vacancies in supportive housing are inadequate, and clients already housed in shelter-in-place hotels are refusing offers for ACE housing units. # ⚓ Bowman_Blames_Decades_of_US_Capitalism,_Imperialism_for Flow_of_Asylum-Seekers⠀⇛ “The best we can do is implement a 21st century Marshall Plan and help to rebuild Central America in the same ways that we have destroyed it.” New York Democratic Congressman Jamaal Bowman appeared on CNN’s “Inside Politics” Sunday evening and said decades of U.S. imperialism and capitalist interests in Central America are largely responsible for those now seeking asylum at the nation’s southern border. # ⚓ Capitalism_Without_Accountability_Is_at_Root_of_Suez_Canal Shipping_Crisis,_Says_Scholar_Laleh_Khalili⠀⇛ A Suez Canal service firm now says the huge container ship blocking the canal has been refloated and is on the move. The 200,000-ton ship, the Ever Given, got stuck on March 23, blocking one of the world’s most important trade routes, which is used for about 12% of all global trade. The impact of the canal shutdown has raised new questions about global trade practices, including the reliance on massive cargo ships, the conditions of workers on the vessels, and environmental degradation. “As years have gone by, the ships have gotten bigger and bigger and bigger,” says Laleh Khalili, professor of international politics at Queen Mary University of London. She notes that it was an earlier closure of the canal, during the Suez Crisis in the 1950s, that led shipping companies to build ever larger “megaships” like the Ever Given. # ⚓ ‘Getting_Nervous’?_Bezos_Told_Amazon_Execs_to_Hit_Back_at Critics_Amid_Historic_Union_Drive⠀⇛ “He’s afraid that if Amazon workers in Alabama vote to unionize, it’ll give workers all over America the courage to take on his greed and win economic justice.” With the closely watched and potentially seismic union election at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama nearing an end, new reporting indicates that CEO Jeff Bezos was the driving force behind a recent effort by company representatives to stave off progressive critiques of the corporation’s well-documented maltreatment of employees. # ⚓ Report_Reveals_Large_Landlords’_Profits_During_Coronavirus Pandemic⠀⇛ The new analysis came on the same day that the CDC extended the federal eviction moratorium—which has protected around 20 million households during the pandemic—through June 30. Although many large landlords have complained that the federal eviction moratorium—which on Monday was extended through the end of June—harms them financially, an analysis published by CBS MoneyWatch revealed that major property owners have largely realized profits, some of them massive, during the coronavirus pandemic.  o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Belarus_opens_terrorism_case_against_exiled_opposition leader_Svetlana_Tikhanovskaya⠀⇛ The Belarusian Attorney General’s Office has opened a criminal case against exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya (Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya) for allegedly preparing terrorist acts. Former Belarusian law enforcement officers belonging to Warsaw-based the organization By_Pol have also been charged in the case. # ⚓ Top_Navalny_aide_Ivan_Zhdanov_reports_his_father’s_arrest on_criminal_charges⠀⇛ On Monday, March 29, Ivan Zhdanov, the director of Alexey Navalny’s anti-corruption non-profit, wrote on Facebook that a criminal case had been opened against his 66-year-old father, Yuri. # ⚓ Culture_of_Violence⠀⇛ Which is to say, when it comes to cultures, here in the USA, we’re lucky enough to be able to take our pick. Even a cursory scan of history reveals that we have a vast variety of options. # ⚓ Representative_of_prison_watchdog_group_accuses_Navalny_of feigning_health_problems⠀⇛ The deputy head of a prison watchdog group in the Vladimir Region has accused imprisoned opposition politician Alexey Navalny of faking his health problems. # ⚓ In_Georgia,_Republican_Dumbness_Whets_Democrats’_Thirst_for Victory⠀⇛ Among the bill’s dumbest provisions: Making it a crime to “give, offer to give, or participate in the giving of … food and drink” to someone waiting in line to vote. How dumb is that? # ⚓ ‘Revolutionary_Moment’:_Biden_White_House_Announces_Major Boost_for_Offshore_Wind⠀⇛ “As our country faces the interlocking challenges of a global pandemic, economic downturn, racial injustice, and the climate crisis, we must transition to a brighter future for everyone.” Climate action groups and ocean defenders issued strong praise Monday after the Biden administration announced its intention to boost the nation’s offshore wind capacity with a number of steps including preparing forfede leases in an area off the coasts of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. # ⚓ Navalny_accused_of_repeatedly_violating_prison_rules_during first_two_weeks_in_Pokrov_penal_colony⠀⇛ During his two weeks in custody in Pokrov’s Penal Colony No. 2 (IK-2), opposition politician Alexey Navalny has received six reprimands for violating prison rules, according to a post published on his Facebook page on his behalf on Monday, March 29. # ⚓ As_Biden_Prepares_to_Unveil_Infrastructure_Plan, Progressives_Push_$10_Trillion_Investment⠀⇛ “The THRIVE Act is the agenda that establishes the pillars for economic renewal in our country,” says Sen. Ed Markey. With President Joe Biden set to start unveiling his two-part infrastructure plan later this week, congressional progressives on Monday officially announced their proposal to invest $10 trillion over the next decade in renewable energy, green buildings, and environmental justice initiatives while creating over 15 million well-paying union jobs. # ⚓ Schumer_Digs_Up_Obscure_Budget_Rule_That_Could_Allow_Dems to_Bypass_Filibuster⠀⇛ The filibuster rule in the Senate threatens to curtail a number of legislative priorities for Democrats and President Joe Biden — but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) may have found a loophole to move some bills forward. # ⚓ Opinion_|_President_Biden_Must_Fire_Andrew_Saul_and_David Black_Immediately_for_Sabotaging_Social_Security⠀⇛ Just because a new president is in the White House doesn’t mean these two holdovers have stopped acting as Donald Trump’s agents. President Harry S. Truman famously had a sign on his desk that read “the buck stops here.” If Andrew Saul, the man Donald Trump put in charge of the Social Security Administration (SSA), had a sign on his desk, it would say “it’s never my fault.”  # ⚓ Georgia_Hit_With_Pair_of_Lawsuits_Over_Sweeping_Voter Suppression_Law⠀⇛ “The Georgia NAACP will continue to fight until every voter is able to freely and confidently participate in democracy,” vowed the state president. Two voting rights coalitions have filed separate lawsuits against a sweeping voter suppression law approved last week by Georgia Republicans that critics say “constitutes intentional discrimination” in violation of the U.S. constitution. # ⚓ Noam_Chomsky:_Biden’s_Foreign_Policy_Is_Largely Indistinguishable_From_Trump’s⠀⇛ President Joe Biden’s domestic policies, especially on the economic front, are quite encouraging, offering plenty of hope for a better future. The same, however, cannot be said about the administration’s foreign policy agenda, as Noam Chomsky’s penetrating insights and astute analysis reveal in this exclusive interview for Truthout. Chomsky is a world-famous public intellectual, Institute Professor Emeritus at MIT and Laureate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona. # ⚓ As_Union_Drive_Heated_Up,_Jeff_Bezos_Orchestrated_Twitter War_on_Bernie_Sanders⠀⇛ Last week, the official Amazon News Twitter account fired off several tweets criticizing Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Elizabeth Warren (D- Massachusetts), and it turns out those tweets were on order from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos himself. # ⚓ Opinion_|_Neoliberalism_Is_a_Killer⠀⇛ Biden’s recent characterization of Putin applies to this dominant ideology as well. The presidents who control more than 90 percent of the world’s nuclear arsenal had a bit of a spat the other day. Though the exchange ended indecisively it serve to highlight important moral issues in both foreign and domestic policy. In an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, President Joe Biden—asked to characterize his Russian counterpart—labeled him “a killer.” Soon thereafter President Vladimir Putin shot back with a comment to the effect of takes one to know one. # ⚓ Across_the_Country,_Republican_Legislatures_Are_Keeping Trump’s_Agenda_Alive⠀⇛ GOP state lawmakers across the country are pushing a tidal wave of anti-progressive bills addressing cracking down on voting, protesting, pandemic management, Medicaid expansion, and transgender protections. # ⚓ Opinion_|_Republicans_Fabricate_“Crisis”_of_Violent Immigrants_Crossing_the_Border⠀⇛ The “surge” has been fabricated by Republicans in order to stoke fear—and, not incidentally, to justify changes in laws they say are necessary to prevent non-citizens from voting. Republicans are outraged—outraged!—at the surge of migrants at the southern border. The House minority leader, Kevin McCarthy, declares it a “crisis … created by the presidential policies of this new administration.” The Arizona congressman Andy Biggs claims “we go through some periods where we have these surges, but right now is probably the most dramatic that I’ve seen at the border in my lifetime.” # ⚓ Trump_Could_Face_Defamation_Lawsuit_From_Dominion,_Company Lawyer_Says⠀⇛ An attorney for Dominion Voting Systems suggested over the weekend that the company may take legal action against former President Donald Trump for falsely claiming that it helped now-President Joe Biden win the 2020 election race. # ⚓ Republicans_Can’t_Figure_Out_How_to_Get_People_to_Dislike the_For_the_People_Act⠀⇛ Republicans are concerned that the Democrats’ voting rights bill is too popular, according to a leaked call between a senior policy adviser to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) and members of prominent conservative groups. # ⚓ What_Bernie_Sanders_Taught_Democrats_About_Labor Solidarity⠀⇛ When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker attacked labor unions a decade ago, tens of thousands of workers rallied in defense of the right to organize and collectively bargain. While many national Democrats were cautious about jumping into the fight, Bernie Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont, went all in with the workers and their unions. “This is part of the concerted attack on the middle class and working families of this country by the very wealthiest people in America,” warned Sanders in 2011. Ripping into Walker, Ohio Governor John Kasich, and other anti-union Republicans, Sanders declared, “These guys want to return us to the 1920s when working people had virtually no rights to organize or to earn a decent living.” # ⚓ The_Port_Huron_Statement⠀⇛ The Port Huron Statement is short and direct. Here’s a link to the text. This excellent article by Louis Menand suggests there are two main influences. John Dewey’s focus on participatory democracy as a moral force is one. The other is C. Wright Mills, primarily The Power Elite, written in 1956. The Port Huron Statement opens with a discussion of values, then turns to critiques of education, politics, and the economy. This post focuses on values. [1] o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Appeals_Court_Actually_Explores_‘Good_Faith’_Issue_In_A Section_230_Case_(Spoiler_Alert:_It_Still_Protects_Moderation Choices)⠀⇛ Over the last couple years of a near constant flow of mis- and disinformation all about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, one element that has popped up a lot (including in our comments) especially among angry Trumpists, is that because Section (c)(2)(A) of the law has a “good faith” qualifier, it means that websites that moderate need to show they did so with “good faith.” Many seem to (falsely) assume that this is a big gotcha, and they can get past the 230 immunity barrier by litigating over whether or not a particular moderation choice was done in “good faith.” However, as we’ve explained, only one small part of the law — (c)(2)(A) mentions “good faith.” It’s this part: o § Freedom of Information/Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Pope_Francis_Conveys_a_Message_To_Julian_Assange⠀⇛ Pope Francis sent a personal message to Julian Assange, his partner Stella Moris revealed on Monday as the press freedom activist remains in a maximum-security prison in the U.K. trying to avoid extradition to the U.S. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Our_Biggest_Tax_Evaders_have_been_Living_High_on_the_Hog⠀⇛ So we’re learning from a new surge of scholarship and research from academics, activists, and veteran tax attorneys. Our richest aren’t just paying a smaller share of their income and wealth in taxes than average Americans. Many of our rich, the data show, are barely paying any tax at all. How could this be? The simplest reason: Budget and staffing cuts, report researchers at the Syracuse University TRAC project, have left the IRS “incapable of fairly and effectively auditing” the over 637,000 Americans who last year pocketed incomes over a sweet $1 million. # ⚓ Abolition_Is_a_Collective_Vision:_An_Interview_With_Mariame Kaba⠀⇛ Long before becoming a published writer, Mariame Kaba had already left an imprint on contemporary prison abolitionist thought. Raised in New York by a father who was a former Guinean independence fighter and a mother who took part in what some might now call mutual aid, Kaba moved to Chicago to pursue an education and stayed to organize with sexual violence survivors, young people, and formerly incarcerated people. As the founder of Project NIA, which works to end young people’s incarceration, and as an organizer of the Chicago Torture Justice Memorials reparations campaign, Kaba helped make Chicago a hub for abolitionist organizing. 1 In the past decade or so, Kaba has also become increasingly well-known as a writer. On her widely read blog, Prison Culture , in articles published in venues like The New York Times, and through interviews with abolitionist thinkers, Kaba has argued that prisons do not end violence; they simply concentrate it among the most marginalized members of society. As a result, both survivors of interpersonal harm and state harm concerned with ending violence ought to support prison abolition, the ongoing movement to end surveillance, police, and prisons and to produce alternative modes of providing justice. 2 # ⚓ UN_and_US_Remain_Unaccountable_for_Civil_Unrest_in_Haiti_– Validated_Independent_News⠀⇛ On February 7, 2021, protests in Haiti resulted in the arrest of more than twenty people, including a judge and a detective in the national police force. The protest was directed at the Haitian president, Jovenel Moïse, whom they accuse of ignoring public sovereignty in the country. The 2020 presidential elections were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This enabled Moïse to remain in power, which angered citizens. Since last year, as civil unrest grew, the rate of kidnappings has risen at an alarming rate, according to a United Nations document, reaching a 200 percent increase between January 1st and May 31st in 2020. For many Haitians, the common denominator behind the crisis is the United States and United Nations’ involvement in Haiti whom they view as having destabilized the Haitian government for decades. For many citizens, a dictator is now running their country and they are being policed by police squads brought in from other countries. # ⚓ The_Worst_Attack_on_Voting_Rights_Since_Jim_Crow⠀⇛ Expanded voting by mail, no-excuse absentee voting, curbside voting, and early voting made the ballot box more accessible. But now, Republican lawmakers in 43 states are introducing hundreds of restrictive “voting rights” bills to roll back these measures. In my home state of Georgia, Republicans have introduced a package of restrictive bills to increase red tape, roll back voting rights, and silence the voices of millions of voters. These attacks are unmistakably in response to the state’s record voter turnout to elect President Joe Biden and Senators Rafael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. # ⚓ Robin_D.G._Kelley_on_Derek_Chauvin_Murder_Trial, Reparations_in_Evanston_&_Cornel_West_Tenure_Fight⠀⇛ As opening statements begin in Minneapolis for the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, we speak with UCLA historian and author Robin D.G. Kelley, who says a guilty verdict alone would not represent justice for George Floyd. “The real victory would be to end policing as we know it, to end qualified immunity, to end the conditions that enabled Derek Chauvin to take George Floyd’s life and his colleagues to kind of stand there and watch,” says Kelley. # ⚓ Robin_D.G._Kelley:_Amazon_Union_Drive_Builds_on_Decades_of Black_Radical_Labor_Activism_in_Alabama⠀⇛ As thousands of Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, decide whether to form the company’s first union, historian Robin D.G. Kelley says it could be a watershed moment for labor organizing in the United States. “This is definitely the most significant labor struggle of the 21st century, no doubt,” he says. “The South has been the epicenter of the country’s most radical democratic movements, which is why it’s completely unsurprising that Bessemer, Alabama, would be the place where you’d have a renewed labor movement.” # ⚓ ‘Just_Look_at_the_Torture_Video,’_Says_George_Floyd’s Family_Lawyer_as_Chauvin_Trial_Begins⠀⇛ “America, the whole world is watching. Do we really have equality and justice for all?” With George Floyd’s family and attorney, members of the media, and protesters gathered outside the courthouse, the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin—who stands accused of murdering the unarmed Black man last May—began Monday with opening statements from the prosecution and defense. # ⚓ Torturing_the_Scapegoat⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_Chauvin_Trial_Matters,_But_Real_Victory_Would_Mean Divestment_From_Policing⠀⇛ As opening statements begin in Minneapolis for the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, we speak with UCLA historian and author Robin D.G. Kelley, who says a guilty verdict alone would not represent justice for George Floyd. “The real victory would be to end policing as we know it, to end qualified immunity, to end the conditions that enabled Derek Chauvin to take George Floyd’s life and his colleagues to kind of stand there and watch,” says Kelley. # ⚓ “The_Ball_Was_Dropped_by_All”:_How_Cops_Got_More_Than $400,000_in_Unlawful_Sick_Day_Payouts⠀⇛ In 2010, New Jersey lawmakers wanted to put a stop to the six-figure payouts police officers and other public employees could get by cashing in their unused sick days at retirement. They capped the sellbacks at $15,000 for anyone hired after the law took effect. Six years later, Vernon Township, a small town in northern New Jersey, changed its police contract to allow officers to cash in their sick days annually, in addition to at retirement. Over the years 2017 and 2018, officers hired after the 2010 law took effect were paid more than $13,000, according to town payroll records. # ⚓ Jerusalem_Declaration_on_Antisemitism⠀⇛ The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism is a tool to identify, confront and raise awareness about antisemitism as it manifests in countries around the world today # ⚓ Women_in_Turkey_rally_against_Erdogan_decision_to_exit domestic_violence_treaty⠀⇛ World Health Organization data shows 38% of women in Turkey are subject to violence from a partner in their lifetime, compared with 25% in Europe. Estimates of femicide rates in Turkey, for which there are no official figures, have roughly tripled over the last 10 years, according to a monitoring group. So far this year 87 women have been murdered by men or died under suspicious circumstances, it said. # ⚓ Jennifer_Bates_on_Organizing_Amazon’s_Alabama_Union_Drive and_Taking_on_Jeff_Bezos⠀⇛ A few months later, Bates and a few of her coworkers reached out to the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Stores Union, and in November they announced their intention to make the 5,800 employees in Bessemer the first Amazon workforce to unionize. The campaign has received national media attention, drawn nods of approval from celebrities and politicians (including President Biden), and ignited a new conversation around the exploitation of the working class in an era of rampant inequality. (Meanwhile, Amazon’s profits have nearly doubled as the pandemic has ravaged the country.) If the Bessemer employees vote to unionize this week, it will mark one of the biggest victories in the modern labor movement’s history, and set the stage for other Amazon workforces around the nation to take similar action. # ⚓ Voter_Suppression_Is_Violence⠀⇛ Yes, “violence” is a fitting term for S.B. 202, and not merely because it criminalizes the distribution of food and water to those voters waiting in Georgia’s traditionally interminable lines. In the essay published in The New York Times shortly after his death, the late John Lewis deemed voting to be “the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society.” I would agree, but there first needs to be a democratic society. Republicans understand better than most the threat that equal voting rights pose to their political survival, and neither they nor their supporters are responding with nonviolence to Joe Biden’s election and the Democratic takeover of the U.S. Senate. The deadly January 6th Capitol attack was merely the first salvo. The next one is here, in the form of S.B. 202, as well as bills like the one Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed earlier this month, cutting her state’s early voting period and closing the polls one hour earlier on Election Day. New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice has counted more than 250 bills like those proposed this year alone, in 43 states. # ⚓ “Eat_the_Buddha”:_Why_Tibetans_Are_Setting_Themselves_on Fire?⠀⇛ Did the self-immolators achieve something? They made more difficult for foreigners, including journalists, to visit Ngaba, where Demick reports the presence of 50,000 Chinese security personnel watching a population of 15,000 in the city and 73,000 in the county. Demick believes that the international embarrassment caused by the self- immolations did achieve some good results. Immigration of Han Chinese to Ngaba County was slowed down, and plans for a water diversion that would have dried up the Ngaku River and caused what the locals described as an ecological catastrophe have been cancelled. On the other hand, nothing stops the repression of Tibetan identity and culture. In March 2020, Ngaba #3 Primary School switched its language of instruction from Tibetan to Chinese. And in 2019, students from all schools were required to participate in a musical competition where they were expected to “express their infinite love for the CCP.” In the end, Ngaba County is not better than North Korea. “The level of fear among Tibetans is comparable to what I’ve seen in North Korea,” Demick concludes. # ⚓ Mainstream_Media_is_Erasing_Middle_Eastern_Christians_| Opinion⠀⇛ The Christians of the “Muslim world” take little solace in being portrayed as outsiders in the region they’ve inhabited since before the time of Christianity. Nor are they particularly delighted at their portrayal as a homogenous entity of “Iraqi Christians”—a reductionist mischaracterization of a diverse community that was propounded by Ba’athist and later Kurdish authorities to enforce the assimilation and disappearance of their distinct ethnic and cultural identities. # ⚓ Nike_condemned_for_putting_hijab_on_Iranian_mathematician who_chose_not_to_wear_one⠀⇛ ike has been condemned for depicting a celebrated mathematician in a hijab, despite the fact she chose not wear the garment while she was alive. Maryam Mirzakhani, who died of breast cancer in 2017, was the only woman to date to have won the Fields Medal, one of the highest awards in the field of mathematics. She left Iran after graduating university in 1999 and moved to the US, where she chose not cover her hair. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Wireless_Industry_Eyes_Nontransparent_‘Trust_Score’_To Determine_Who_Can_Market_Via_Text_Message⠀⇛ Though text messaging is starting to look somewhat archaic in the WhatsApp era, it’s still the most effective way for political campaigns and nonprofits to reach their target audience, in part because 90 percent of text messages are read within 3 minutes. But the collision between wanting to allow these organizations to market their candidates and campaigns — and protecting consumers from an ever-steady array of scammers, spoofers, and text messaging spammers — has proven to be a cumbersome dance of dysfunction. # ⚓ The_Law_Bytes_Podcast,_Episode_82:_Jonathan_Curtis_on_the CRTC’s_Push_to_Block_Botnets⠀⇛ Credits: Kaspersky, What is a Botnet? # ⚓ Universal_Internet_Access,_But_Few_Willing_To_Pay_Taxes_For It:_Study⠀⇛ A key reason [Internet] has been considered to be as important as basic utilities is that fact that approximately 21 million people lack [Internet] access in the country, with some estimating it’s double that. Even if Americans think [Internet] access should be a right for all citizens, the study points out that not everyone agrees it should be at high speeds. Ninety five percent believed [Internet] access was a right, but only 87 percent thought high-speed [Internet] access was a right. # ⚓ Facebook_and_Google_Fund_Subsea_Cables_to_Link_Singapore_to U.S.⠀⇛ Connecting Singapore to Indonesia and North America, the projects will be done in collaboration with local partners including XL Axiata Tbk PT and Singapore-based Keppel Corp. The pair of transpacific conduits, which Facebook says will expand capacity across the ocean by 70%, come in the wake of a similar project linking Hong Kong to the U.S. getting canceled in August following objections from the Trump administration. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ U.S._Abandons_Four-Year_Antitrust_Battle_Against_Qualcomm⠀⇛ The decision formally ends litigation that began in January 2017 when the FTC, in the closing days of the Obama administration, sued Qualcomm. The agency won at trial but the decision was reversed by a three-judge panel on the U.S. appeals court in San Francisco, which found Qualcomm’s aggressive competition didn’t amount to illegal behavior and credited the company for its “disruptive role” in cellular service. The full court declined to reconsider the decision. FTC Acting Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, who wasn’t on the commission when the lawsuit was filed, said in a statement that although she agreed with the trial court decision that Qualcomm violated antitrust laws, the FTC is facing “significant headwinds” in trying to overturn the appeals court ruling. # ⚓ Amazon_started_a_Twitter_war_because_Jeff_Bezos_was pissed⠀⇛ Recode has learned that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos expressed dissatisfaction in recent weeks that company officials weren’t more aggressive in how they pushed back against criticisms of the company that he and other leaders deem inaccurate or misleading. What followed was a series of snarky and aggressive tweets that ended up fueling their own media cycles. The timing was likely not coincidental. Bezos and other Amazon leaders are on edge as the company is facing the largest union election in its history at its Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse. Election results will be tallied early this week, and Amazon officials understand that if a majority of the employees vote to unionize, it could set off a chain reaction at other facilities — potentially forcing the e-commerce giant to overhaul how it manages its hundreds of thousands of front-line US workers. # ⚓ FOSS_Patents:_Will_the_FTC/DOJ_divide_over_antitrust enforcement_against_standard-essential_patent_abuse_persist under_President_Biden?⠀⇛ Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission’s Acting Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter issued a statement on the fact that the FTC did not file a petition for writ of certiorari (Supreme Court review) in the Qualcomm case. On the decision itself I had already commented a few days ago, with a particular emphasis on the fact that Qualcomm’s lawyers are now representing Epic Games against Apple and Google. The FTC’s press release is now the first high- profile statement by a federal government agency on standard-essential patent (SEP) matters since President Biden took office, deserving a closer look. I totally agree with Mrs. Slaughter that the agency’s “staff did an exceptional job presenting the case” at the trial stage. And it’s a good thing to give Judge Lucy H. Koh credit. It obviously looks strange that the trial court agreed with the FTC all the way (except for a duty-to-deal theory that the FTC didn’t defend on appeal) while the appeals court reversed everything it could and vacated the remainder (the FRAND contract interpretation) as moot. Judge Koh deserved better. The Trump presidency was really bad for her. She had already been nominated to the Ninth Circuit, but her confirmation got derailed by the 2016 presidential election. And then the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, under Trump appointee Antitrust Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim, fought hard against her ruling–and against the FTC. It’s often easy to be wise after the event, but if there’s only one aspect of trial management that Judge Koh could have done better in retrospect, it’s that she could have allocated more time to a discussion of the law with counsel. This was a complex case with multiple claims and theories. After all the witnesses had been heard, some more extensive back-and-forth between judge and counsel, partly in writing perhaps, might have helped to reach more solid conclusions–maybe the same result in the end, even on the duty to deal (for a component-level license), but on a more appeals- proof basis. Instead, the parties were basically just viewed as delivery boys: they had to present the facts, but the judge thought she knew all about the law. Then, I also sometimes disagreed with Judge Koh in the Apple-Samsung context (as did the appeals court, the Fedreal Circuit in that case), but all in all she is and remains an impressive judge especially on technology industry issues. # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Ocado_and_Autostore_expand_robot-assisted_technology war_to_Europe⠀⇛ Ocado, a UK-based supplier of automated grocery warehouses, has filed patent infringement suits against Autostore in Norway, Poland and Germany. Ocado is accusing three Autostore companies of infringing its property rights. Autostore uses “cube-storage automation” that involves storage bins stacked vertically in a grid, allowing robots positioned at the top to retrieve the bins when needed. Ocado has developed a system where robots move around a vertical grid, which it calls a “Smart Platform.” In Germany, the UK company sued the Norwegian manufacturer of automated storage and retail systems on the basis of three utility models. Ocado filed two suits in Mannheim (case ID: 2 O 27/21 and 7 O 36/21). Two proceedings are also pending in Munich (case IDs 7 O 3904/21 and 7 O 3905/21). In both courts, the property rights are identical. # ⚓ Industry_Coalition_Supports_Continued_Efforts_to Oppose_Waiver_Proposal [Ed: Greedy corporations want to kill people with COVID-19 just to protect their patent monopolies; it remains to be seen how many millions will die needlessly for monopoly profits]⠀⇛ Earlier today, a group of fifteen industry and trade organizations sent a letter to five members of the Biden Administration, to express their strong support for the Administration’s work to leverage international mechanisms to help address COVID-19 and also for the Administration’s continued efforts to oppose “a problematic proposal at the World Trade Organization to waive IP global protections,” which would “remov[e] patent, industrial designs, copyright, and trade secret protection for any products and services so long as they can be tied to COVID-19.” The letter’s signatories included the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), Incubate Coalition, Latino Coalition, National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC), National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), National Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE), Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA), Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), U.S. Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Council for International Business (USCIB), and U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce (USPAACC). The coalition’s letter was addressed to Gina M. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce; Katherine C. Tai, U.S. Trade Representative; Brian Deese, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy; Jeffrey Zients, Coordinator of the COVID-19 Response and Counselor to the President; and Jacob Sullivan, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. # ⚓ New_PatentlyO_Law_Journal_Article:_Covid-19 Pandemic’s_Impact_on_the_U.S._Patent_System_Through November_2020⠀⇛ The Covid-19 pandemic has had and continues to have a major impact on people and countries across the globe. The pandemic has not only affected people, it has affected many facets of life including the economy. The United States government has passed two measures in an effort to address the issues Covid has introduced. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provided $2.2 trillion in economic stimulus. Both the CARES Act and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have provided relief to stakeholders with regard to patents and applications. This essay examines patent abandonment rates and application rates to determine if they can shed light on how the Covid-19 pandemic affected innovation. While the results show temporary perturbations, the pandemic has had minimal effect on overall trends. This may suggest that abandonment rates and application rates may be surprisingly resistant to economic downturns or that the measurements are simply not good proxies for innovation. Part II of this paper describes the data available from the USPTO and the methods used to work with the data. Part III examines the data as well as offer theories about the results obtained from the data. # § Software Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Stupid_Patent_of_the_Month:_Telehealth_Robots Say_Goodbye⠀⇛ The term “telehealth” includes any way of using electronic information and telecommunications technology to provide or administer healthcare and services related to health care, like electronic recordkeeping. It’s broader than “telemedicine,” which refers only to ways of using telecommunications to replace clinical care, like videoconferencing can. Both have become increasingly essential in the wake of COVID-19. According to one recently- published study, telemedicine services grew by more than 1000% in March and more than 4000% in April of 2020. Although people are going to doctors in person again, the demand for telemedicine is still expected to grow. Though the urgent need for telehealth is relatively new, the ability to make and use it is not. Our government has been developing and deploying these technologies for more than sixty years with early projects through the U.S. Space Program, including one involving the Tohono O’odham Indian Nation that demonstrated the feasibility of providing medical care via telecommunication in the 1970s.  With so many pioneering advances in the past, it should be challenging to get new telehealth patents today. It should be even more challenging since the Supreme Court’s 2014 decision in Alice v. CLS Bank that generic computer technology cannot make an abstract idea eligible for patent protection. Unfortunately, our latest Stupid Patent of the Month shows the Patent Office is not doing its job. Instead of granting patents on new and useful inventions, it is rubber-stamping applications on anything under the sun without regard for the requirements of patent law or needs of the public during the present health crisis. # ⚓ Context_Directions_patent_challenged⠀⇛ On March 26, 2021, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,142,791, owned by Context Directions, LLC, which is affiliated with Jeffrey Gross. The ‘791 patent relates to the use of hierarchical sensor groups in mobile devices. It has been asserted against Samsung and LG in district court. View district court litigations by Context Directions. Unified is represented by in-house counsel Michelle Aspen and Ashraf Fawzy. # ⚓ Judge_Albright’s_popularity_among_patent trolls:_an_unsustainable_situation_for_the Western_District_of_Texas_and_the_Austin_area economy⠀⇛ ValueWalk, a website for financial investors, mentioned a potential scientific explanation for why trees don’t grow to the sky: “[T]heir height is limited by their ability to pull water from the roots to the leaves.” Gravity is a reality not only in biology, but also in patent litigation. Even in Waco, TX, gravity is a force. The patent docket of the Western District of Texas has grown eight-fold in only about two years. As Lex Machina reports, 793 new patent infringement cases were assigned to Judge Alan D. Albright of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas in the year 2020–19.5% of all U.S. patent cases filed that year, and more than three times as many as to Judge J. Rodney Gilstrap in the Eastern District of Texas. For example, eight patent complaints were filed yesterday with Judge Albright’s court, versus 18 in all other (roughly 100) federal judiciary districts combined. A local newspaper article quotes Judge Albright as saying that “[t]here is nothing [he] enjoy[s] more than working on patent cases” (he was a patent litigator before being appointed to the bench) because “the lawyers are exceptional and the issues before me are always intellectually challenging.” And he feels “unbelievably lucky” about this institutionalized excess. The recent record patent damages verdict in VLSI v. Intel ($2.175 billion) may attract even more patent holders to the Western District. Whether it’s Caltech suing Microsoft or a newly-founded patent assertion entity claiming Samsung infringes its LED patents, they all contribute to the Western District’s “market leadership” because they seek windfall profits from Judge Albright’s exceedingly patentee- friendly rules and decisions. # ⚓ Sound_View_’860_patent_challenged⠀⇛ On March 30, 2021, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,135,860, owned by Sound View Innovations, LLC. The ‘860 patent relates to data processing that transforms web content into a format suitable for display by a client device, and has been asserted against Facebook. View district court litigations by Sound View. Unified is represented by in-house counsel Ellyar Barazesh, Ashraf Fawzy, and Jessica L.A. Marks. To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on PAIR, go to https://portal.uspto.gov/pair/ PublicPair, enter 90/014,713, and click on the “Image File Wrapper” tab. # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ EUTM_data:_Unilever_and_Philips_reveal_filing strategy_shifts⠀⇛ In the first in a series of exclusive data- led articles, Managing IP speaks to Philips, Unilever and others about their long-term strategies for EU trademark filing # ⚓ Sow_what?_Peppa_Pig_splits_opinion_on_China_well- known_marks⠀⇛ Despite victory for entertainment company eOne, brands still have a high bar to clear when proving well-known trademark status, say counsel # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Yes,_Music_Streaming_Platforms_Heavily_Favor_Major Label_Artists_—_Now_There’s_a_Study_to_Prove_It⠀⇛ Boston-headquartered antitrust-policy platform Competition Policy International (CPI) addressed the subject with a roughly 5,700-word report, entitled “Music Streaming: Is It a Level Playing Field?” And as initially mentioned, the study explored the advantages that today’s top streaming services present to artists who are signed to major labels, with an emphasis on the industry-leading Spotify. Worth noting at the outset is that the inquiry focused specifically on the UK streaming market – possibly due to recent investigations into per-stream royalty rates as well as criticism from high-profile British artists. But the core takeaways presumably hold true for artists in the U.S. and other major music industries. # ⚓ TuneIn_Infringed_Labels’_Copyrights,_Court_of_Appeal Rules⠀⇛ US-based streaming audio service TuneIn has failed in its bid to have a High Court judgment overturned in the UK. The Court of Appeal found in favor of plaintiffs Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group, ruling that when TuneIn facilitated access to radio stations unlicensed for use in the UK, the aggregator service breached the labels’ copyrights. # ⚓ British_MP’s_Old_Domain_Name_Targeted_in_Million Dollar_Piracy_Lawsuit⠀⇛ Media giant ABS-CBN has filed a new lawsuit accusing several websites of offering pirated copies of its movies and TV-shows. One of the mentioned domain names, craigwhittakermp.co.uk, was previously used and promoted by British Member of Parliament Craig Whittaker. The new owner turned it into a pirate site and faces millions of dollars in damages. # ⚓ Book_Review:_Copinger_&_Skone_James_on_Copyright⠀⇛ Each section contextualises the application of copyright as well as discussing key issues and challenges, including the impact of the COVID pandemic, such as the inclusion of pandemic-specific contract clauses. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 7306 ➮ Generation completed at 02:41, i.e. 77 seconds to (re)generate ⟲