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╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/02/24/epo-complicity/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/24/epo-complicity/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 02.24.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_Josef_the_Spectator⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Patents at 1:43 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇You don't need to negotiate with staff; I can accuse mothers of 'blasphemy'⦈ Summary: The EPO‘s fake chief (Josef) has done absolutely nothing to hold Benoît_Battistelli accountable and keep António_Campinos honest; he’s more than complicit and he was recently rewarded_for_this_complicity, along_with_his deputy, the_'Borg' 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Iceland_President:_The_'king'_in_'viking'_means_we_vote_for kings⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇“An_Earthquake_Would_be_Needed_for_the_Administrative 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Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ European_Council_Complicit_in_European_Patent_Office_(EPO)_Abuses⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Law, Patents at 9:11 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Answer from the European Council to MEP's_question about the EPO 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Clare Daly (GUE/NGL); CC BY-SA 2.0⦈ Summary: The EPO continues to become more of a massive liability to the reputation and functioning of the European Union (EU); tolerating the_profound_corruption of Benoît_Battistelli and António_Campinos for the sake of imposing an illegal ‘legal’ system is something we might expect from Putin’s_Russia, not Europe READERS may remember this_question which a member of the European Parliament submitted to the Council of the European Union (known as the “European Council”). Well, the answer has just been published. “It seems that the members of the European Council have failed to understand something fundamental.”Just to clarify, the European_Council is “the EU institution that defines the general political direction and priorities of the European Union”. The members_of_the_European_Council are the heads of state or government of the 27 EU member states, the European Council President and the President of the European Commission. So, what did the European Council have to say about the recent revelations concerning breaches of fundamental rights at the EPO? Not a lot it seems: The European Patent Office (EPO) is the executive body of the European Patent Organisation, an independent international organisation established by the European Patent Convention (EPC), which falls outside the institutional remit of the European Union. The EPO Administrative Council, composed of representatives of the 38 States parties to the EPC, supervises all EPO activities and related administrative matters, including human resources questions. As the Honourable Member points out, the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organisation has ultimate jurisdiction over employment matters in the EPO. It is therefore not for the Council to comment on this body’s internal matters. So that’s it then? The European Council is not prepared to comment on established breaches of fundamental rights at the EPO because – allegedly – these are “internal matters” for the EPO. “The fact that the ILOAT has “ultimate jurisdiction” over employment disputes at the EPO, doesn’t absolve the EU member states – all of which are also contracting states of the European Patent Convention – from their obligations under international law to safeguard and protect the fundamental rights of all EU citizens, including employees of the EPO.”It seems that the members of the European Council have failed to understand something fundamental. The fact that the ILOAT has “ultimate jurisdiction” over employment disputes at the EPO, doesn’t absolve the EU member states – all of which are also contracting states of the European Patent Convention – from their obligations under international law to safeguard and protect the fundamental rights of all EU citizens, including employees of the EPO. There is something seriously wrong when the representatives of the majority of those states are prepared to repeatedly endorse measures which violate fundamental rights, such as the right to freedom of association. But apparently the European Council can’t see that. Reliable sources report that the MEP who submitted the question to the European Council was not impressed by the answer that she received and there may well be a follow-up. 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We’ve decided it’s best to focus on Git and IRC, but meanwhile a lot is happening at the EPO. As noted_by_the_staff_union this morning, there’s belated coverage here about “industrial action at the EPO” and some decent early comments_like: “Well, according to Management, Quality is Quantity.” Another person has said: “It is amazing that the tenant of the 10th floor has not yet attempted to restaure the preceding situation. The EPO is held hostage by a clique of people who behave like the worth employers of the 19th century. The tenant want to extend his contract! He was called in to restaure social peace but has not done one thing in this respect! A shame on the AC!” The staff union has meanwhile translated the article into German [PDF] and French [PDF]. Similarly, the staff union produced German [PDF] and French [PDF] versions of the document discussed in the video above. As promised in the video (recorded about 2 hours earlier than this post), for the PDF-lazy we’re producing an HTML equivalent: 24 February 2022 su22012cp – 0.2.1/5.1/5.2 § EPO cases of the 133rd Session of the ILOAT: The most salient judgments⠀➾ In its 133rd Session, the Tribunal ruled on 51 cases among which 12 EPO cases. For the second time after the judgments on the unlawful strike regulations, the Tribunal ruled in Judgment 4482 that an EPO reform, “Social Democracy“, breached the fundamental right to freedom of association. Judgments 4488, 4489 and 4490 sanctioned the EPO’s institutional harassment of a former Principal Director and awarded above 250.000€ of damages in total. Judgment 4491 ordered the reinstatement of a single mother with babies (at the material time) unlawfully charged with fraud by the Investigative Unit which made an unfair and distorted analysis of the facts. This paper provides more details. GENERAL_DECISION_AND_RIGHT_TO_FREEDOM_OF_ASSOCIATION Judgment_No._4482 The right to freedom of association implies the right for staff associations to regulate their own affairs, including the election of staff representatives. The Tribunal quashed Article 6 of CA/D 2/14 introducing Article 35(5) ServRegs and Circular No.355. At the outset, the Tribunal recalled that, if in principle, a general decision cannot be challenged by a staff member unless and until an individual decision is taken adversely affecting the staff member, an implementing decision is not required in cases where the general decision has an immediate and adverse effects on individual rights. The Tribunal developed a two-part test for the receivability of a direct challenge against a general decision: (1) the existence of an individual right, (2) whether the decision has an immediate and adverse effect on this individual right. On the existence of an individual right, the Tribunal recalled that the right to associate freely, which encompasses the right to strike has long been recognized by it for officials of international organizations and is protected under Article 30 ServRegs as a term of appointment for EPO staff, thus acknowledging it as an individual right. Of importance, the Tribunal equally based this recognition on various international instruments, including the 1998 ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, the 1966 ICCPR and the 1966 ICESC. On the immediate and adverse effect on the right to associate freely, the Tribunal recalled that international organizations must refrain from interfering in the affairs of staff ===================================================================== associations or unions, which have the right to manage their own affairs, including the right to freely elect their representatives, irrespective of whether or not the associations/unions are established or operate under the organization’s staff regulations. Consequently, the Tribunal ruled that the new regime was in violation of the right of staff to freely associate. The Tribunal quashed Article 6 of CA/D 2/14 which introduced Article 35(5) ServRegs and Circular No.355 without retroactive effect – an intrusion into the powers of the Administrative Council justified by the fundamental nature of the right protected. The Tribunal ordered that former Article 35(6) ServRegs applies mutatis mutandis to the future elections of staff representatives for the Staff Committees. UNLAWFUL_DECISION_OF_TRANSFER_AND_OPINION_OF_INTERNAL_APPEAL_BODY Judgment_No._4488 Deference given to the decision of an internal appeal body on an unlawful transfer decision that did not respect the dignity of the staff member being assigned to a post that did not correspond to the same level of duties. The Tribunal set aside the impugned decision and awarded 35,000€ in moral damages. In this case, the Complainant challenged the decision to transfer her to another post. Insofar as the favorable opinion from the Internal Appeals Committee (“IAC”) was not followed by the President in the final decision, the Complainant requested the Tribunal to set aside the said decision and to award her material damages for loss of income as well as moral damages. The IAC applied the test under Judgment No. 2819, comparing the assigned duties in the newly created post with the general duties of an A6 post, and found that the level of duties assigned to the post where the Complainant was transferred did not correspond to the requirements for an A6 grade post. The IAC thus unanimously concluded that the transfer was unlawful and did not respect the Complainant’s dignity. On the EPO’s decision not to follow the unanimous recommendation of the IAC, the Tribunal found the arguments contained in the impugned decision unconvincing as the EPO is bound by its own rules. In particular, the Tribunal recalled that the report by an internal body warrants considerable deference where (1) the report involves a balanced and thoughtful analysis of the issues raised in the internal appeal, and (2) its conclusions and recommendations are justified and rational. For those reasons, the Tribunal ordered that the impugned decision be set aside, 35,000€ in moral damages and 1,000€ in costs. ARBITRARINESS_AND_PERFORMANCE_EVALUATION Judgment_No._4489 Arbitrariness in the completion of the performance management report leading to moral injury. The Tribunal awarded moral damages to the Complainant. ===================================================================== In the present case, the Complainant challenged the amount of moral damages paid to her by the EPO for the decision not to finalize her two performance management reports for 2011 and part of 2012. The Tribunal examined the approach of the Appeals Committee (“ApC”) in the present case. Notably, the Tribunal agreed with the ApC that the statutory requirements concerning management reports had not been met and that it existed a direct relationship between the Complainant’s performance management reports and the end of her contract. However, it diverged from the ApC’s reasoning, finding that the President’s refusal to sign the 2011 and 2012 reports was arbitrary. On the relief sought, the Tribunal held that the Complainant was entitled to 10,000€ in moral damages for the failure to complete the performance reports and in addition to moral damages already paid by the EPO for the President’s arbitrary decision. Moreover, the Tribunal found that the 300€ recommended by the ApC for the length of the internal proceedings failed to compensate the moral injury suffered by the Complainant, recognizing that the delay of five years “would plainly have had a deleterious effect on the Complainant” and decided to award 3,000€ in moral damages. However, regarding the claim for material damages, the Tribunal found it to be inadmissible as it had not been introduced during the internal proceedings. ABOLITION_OF_POST_AND_CONSTRUCTIVE_DISMISSAL Judgment_No._4490 Assessment of material damages in the case of an unlawful decision not to renew a contract after the abolition of a post and constructive dismissal. The Tribunal assessed the loss of future income and awarded 200,000€ in material damages and 20,000€ in moral damages. In this case, the Complainant challenged the amount of damages awarded for the unlawful decision not to renew her contract and to reinstate her in a lower-level post instead. The Tribunal found that the material damages in cases of unlawful dismissal, where reinstatement is not ordered, are “the lost future income in the position with the organisation adjusted by an assessment of whether the staff member would have remained in that position and, if not, also adjusted by future income from other employment (see Judgment 4234, consideration 10). This assessment can also be approached compendiously by assessing the value of the lost opportunity to remain in employment (see, for example, Judgment 4305, consideration 14) (consideration 12).” The Tribunal further stated that the financial effect on the Complainant of the unlawful decision should be assessed by reference to the circumstances existing at the time the decision was made. In the present case, the Tribunal considered that the Complainant’s unlawful dismissal occurred on the day of her resignation, which coincided with the date of expiry of her contract and the effective date of the abolition of her post (constructive dismissal). As such, the assessment of her damages for unlawful constructive dismissal is the same in substance as for an unlawful abolition of the post leading to an unlawful non-renewal. ===================================================================== Therefore, the Tribunal assessed the loss of future income. The Tribunal held that there was a real prospect that the Complainant’s contract would have been renewed for the period pending her retirement, had the decision been taken in good faith. The Tribunal also considered that the contract could have been lawfully not renewed and thus decided to award the Complainant 200,000€ in material damages. With regard to moral damages, the Tribunal found that, contrary to the ApC’s finding, the Complainant’s claim did not depend on proof of harassment. Indeed, as evidenced by her letter of resignation and her recent medical certificates showcasing the deterioration of her health, the unlawful decision to abolish her post and to not renew her contract had a serious and negative effect on the Complainant’s health and well-being, resulting in her resignation. The Tribunal awarded the Complainant 20.000,00€ in moral damages. STANDARD_OF_PROOF_BEYOND_REASONABLE_DOUBT_AND_DISMISSAL_FOR_SERIOUS MISCONDUCT Judgment_No._4491 The Tribunal considered that the misconduct has not been established beyond reasonable doubt. It considered that the Complainant never had the benefit of the doubt and awarded her €30,000 in moral damages. In the present case, the Complainant challenged the decision to dismiss her with immediate effect for serious misconduct and requested her reinstatement with retroactive effect and moral damages. At the outset, the Complainant being charged with fraud (and misrepresentation), the Tribunal defined it as the intention to obtain financial advantage by deception. The Tribunal therefore recalled the essential principles applicable to disciplinary proceedings: - A staff member accused of wrongdoing is presumed to be innocent and is to be given the benefit of the doubt. - The burden of proof of allegations of misconduct falls on the organization. - The organization must prove the misconduct beyond reasonable doubt. - The Tribunal will not ordinarily engage in the determination of whether the burden of proof has been met but rather will assess whether a finding of guilt beyond reasonable doubt could properly have been made. Applying these principles to the present case, the Tribunal found that the Complainant was never given the benefit of the doubt during the investigative process and the disciplinary proceedings, in particular it considered that an unfair and distorted analysis of the facts had been made. The Tribunal was not satisfied that the misconduct was proven beyond reasonable doubt. The impugned decision was set aside, and the Tribunal considered that in view of the circumstances, the reinstatement of the Complainant was appropriate and awarded her 30,000€ in moral damages and 8,000€ in costs. SUEPO Central Interesting times ahead. Notice what the ‘Stasi’ of ‘Sun King’ did to an innocent mother. That’s why such a gestapo-like regime ought not exist in the first place. In just a few years Benoît_Battistelli stained the reputation (probably irreversibly!) of an institution almost half a century old. 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It’s the first pod of Diaspora* and also the largest one. It was supposed to be the alternative to Facebook, being both Free software and federated (not the same as self-hosted but at least further decentralised). The prognosis isn’t good and current plans are to shut down the site. “Please see this post for an official update, and please follow that account for future updates,” said the pod’s operator, linking to this_update (also here). I’ll reproduce it below and respond to it. They say there’s more time before shutdown, but the plan is still more or less the same. A couple of months ago we the users were told “there is some unfortunate news to share. Feneas will be dissolved and as Joindiaspora is one of the services. JD [JoinDiaspora] will also be shut down on 1 March. This is unless we can find someone who wants to take over the service. If you think you can handle the task please contact us via [hq@feneas.org](mailto:hq@feneas.org).” Well, somebody will “take over the service”, but not for the purpose of still running it. Some people did offer to run it, but their requests were either not answered or declined. Here’s the new plan: An update on the future of JoinDiaspora.com Hello everyone. This is a message from the diaspora* Project Core Team, in collaboration with Lukas, the current administrator of JoinDiaspora. We know it’s been silent for a while, and everyone with an account on JoinDiaspora has been waiting for an update on what is going to happen with the pod in the near future. We have been busy in the background, and we now have a plan ready that we are happy to announce to everyone. It’s understandable that they checked within themselves the technical state of the pod before making promises in vain, giving false hopes. We will explain everything in more detail below, but here is a short summary of what is going to happen: On Friday, March 4th, at around 20:00 UTC, JoinDiaspora will go down for a long maintenance break. We cannot yet estimate how long this will take. We will use that time to move JoinDiaspora and its data from infrastructure maintained by Feneas to infrastructure maintained by the diaspora* Core Team. This work will not resolve existing issues with exporting account data. Our work on the export feature will start at a later time, see below. When maintenance is completed, JoinDiaspora will be available again in a limited-service mode. In this mode, you will no longer be able to read or write posts or comments. However, you will be able to manage your account, and you will be able to export your account data. So basically the site is doomed to shut down. There are reasons for it, which follow the above outline (below we use plain text, no HTML): While this will be a big task for us, you do not need to do anything right now. We know that some of you have been having trouble exporting your profile and contents, but please refrain from using scrapers or similar means to copy your data. We will make sure that everyone who wants to receive an export will have the chance to do so once maintenance of the pod has been completed. Using scrapers and other means of automated downloading at this point will only cause excessive server load that’s not conducive to our work and the system’s reliability as a whole. Why is the maintenance break and the infrastructure move required? Feneas is winding down operations, including the operation of its services. A lot of people are concerned about losing their long- standing account data, and we wanted to help out if we possible could. We want to be able to offer everyone a long grace period to download the profile archives and eventually migrate to a new pod, but we cannot do that with the current infrastructure, as the diaspora* Core Team is not in control. JoinDiaspora is a big pod, and moving all the data over to a different setup will take a long time. We cannot start this process without shutting down the pod, as the only way to guarantee full data consistency with minimal effort is to turn off the pod. We’ll also use the time to make sure that the pod is updated to the latest code version, and that the general environment is up to date. This will make our future work easier. While we will prepare as much as possible, moving the final set of data and getting the pod running on the new hosts will take some time, and we cannot make any guarantees about when the pod will be available again. Why can’t you just continue running JoinDiaspora as a full pod? We’re aware that some of you would like us to keep running JoinDiaspora as-is, and you’re not happy to learn that this is not going to happen. We feel you. JoinDiaspora is not just an old pod, it’s the oldest pod out there. JoinDiaspora started as a demo-instance, created by the original project team, and it continued its life as the most widely known pod, and one of the biggest. diaspora* looked a lot different back then. Not only was the interface completely overhauled multiple times, the internals were as well. JoinDiaspora and its data went through lots of different database concepts, database engines, code architectures, schema changes … and all of that has taken a toll. Some of the architectural changes from the past has left parts of JoinDiaspora’s internal data structures in an inconsistent state. The project team is aware of lots of small and weird bugs and inconsistencies that are specific to JoinDiaspora only, and it’s hard, if not impossible, to address them all. The older JoinDiaspora gets, the harder it becomes to maintain. There is already a set of JoinDiaspora-specific workarounds in place that allow it to work at all, and those will only grow larger over time. As a project team, we have a lot of experience with debugging the “weird edge cases” of diaspora*, and we’ve also helped a number of old pods to fix their internal data. After careful evaluation and lots of internal discussion, we concluded that “fixing” and continuing to run JoinDiaspora is not feasable [sic]. All good things must come to an end eventually, and JoinDiaspora has unfortunately reached that point. So basically it’s technical debt. And nobody can fix that now. Already, as some users have noticed, some functionality was broken and some images (even profile pictures) had gone missing. Too much complexity leads to it… Then there are some further clarifications, reproduced below as the original will go offline along with the pod. I am currently not able to export my data. What will happen to my profile? Some of you are currently unable to export your profile data. You might either see an error message, or it might look like nothing is happening at all. We are aware of this. After the infrastructure migration is completed, we will start investigating the issues with account exports. Everyone who wants a data export will get one. If you’re currently facing issues, please do not keep retrying the export over and over again. Please don’t use automated tools like scrapers to manually acquire a copy of your data. Doing so will only cause exessive server load, which only makes our work even harder. As we don’t know what’s actually causing the export issues and how we can best fix them, this work will take some time. For each export, we have to observe its progress and intervene manually if errors arise. We don’t know how long it will take, but everyone will get their account data exported. How long will I have to export my data? Our current intention is to keep JoinDiaspora running at least until the profile migration feature has been released to a stable version of diaspora* and a significant number of pods have updated to it. This will give everyone who has an account on JoinDiaspora the chance to migrate their old account to an account on a new pod. We are unable to offer a timeline or an estimate, but we will update everyone when an update is warranted. I do not consent to the diaspora* Project Team handling my profile data. If you do not consent to the project team handling your profile data as part of this migration, please head to your account settings and click the “close account” button. This will irrevocably delete your personal data. Where will you post future updates? We have created this diaspora* account, joindiaspora- sunset@pod.diaspora.software, specifically for this purpose. Any updates we have will be shared as posts via this account. You can read posts from this account even if you do not have a diaspora* account yourself by accessing this account’s public profile using this link. I have a question or concern that’s not answered here. If you start sharing with this account, it will automatically share back with you. This allows you to send private messages to this account, which we will answer as soon as possible. Alternatively, you can write an email to joindiaspora- sunset@diasporafoundation.org. Please be patient while we work on resolving this situation. We’ll do our best to help you all move smoothly to a new home of your choice, as soon as we can. I want to deeply thank the developers and the sysadmins who ran this platform for so long, usually on shoestring budget (I did contribute my share in donations). Sadly, to me, this is also a wake-up call. I’ll try to explain this patiently, even if it’s better done in a video (harder to misunderstand tone that way). Based on the initial replies, the obvious lapses are not overlooked. One person asked: “What will happen with the domain? It could be used for a general landing page for Diaspora in general. I think it would a shame if some domain grabber fetched it.” There’s this assurance: “The domain has been transferred to the project team. Even in the far future, when all users had a chance to migrate away and we finally turn off JoinDiaspora, we will continue holding that domain, and we’ll host a landing page that explains JD has been shut down and links to the project website.” “Retaining control over the Joindiaspora.Com domain name would avoid issues with poachers, squatters, or worse. That is addressed above,” said one person. The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine does come up. But it won’t be used. This is deja vu to me. The Wayback Machine was used as a sort of excuse by Evan when he threw away tons of identi.ca data as part of the ‘upgrade’, which in effect ‘killed’ the site. This situation is so frustrating because it keeps happening over and over again. It’s like nothing on the Web can last even a decade. If this pod will be shutting down after all (seems unstoppable at this point) and all they offer is help with data export, a lot will still be lost in the process. I’ve asked them, will I be able to import elsewhere? They assured me so. But where to? How long will that other pod last? Nobody knows… in the case of the Fediverse, I received assurances that one instance would last at least 5 years, but it didn’t last even two. Over time I learned from my mistakes or wrong assumptions. This is why I try to meticulously keep static copies/files of things I post (and to some degree comments I get), both in my personal site and in Techrights IRC channels. That’s the only way to keep them existing for longer than a few years. “With a paper journal or magazine or newspaper if there were a million subscribers,” an associate told me this morning, “any one of them could keep a copy of their own with each site being centralized it takes only one person to pull the plug on the million subscribers…” All this “social media” stuff has repeatedly failed when it comes to preservation because the central/single point of failure lacks a financial incentive to preserve things that many other people posted. Sometimes the data is just sold rather than preserved. “Social control media is mostly a waste of time,” our associated noted, “and the rest of it is just manipulation. Studies on Facebook usage have shown again and again that there is no safe level of exposure. However, the worst part of all is that mainstream news consider social control media a news source and government officials consider it an acceptable replacement for official channels of communication, such as web sites. Both groups mistake it for a communications medium, when it is all about manipulation. The very few that acknowledge even one of those point all appear to consider (wrongly) themselves immune to the adverse effects. Which they are not.” Well, it is too early for me and for TuxMachines to make a decision on social control media as a whole (like quitting everything), as I wish to first understand if importing to another pod is at all a possibility and which other pod can even guarantee it’ll last into 2030. I have a long, long history losing accounts (and not for being rude or doing something illegal). First I lost everything in Digg.com, then identi.ca (even link shorteners died, so many posts there linked to nothing usablr, including the ones used inside “tweets”). Then I lost 3 accounts in the “Fediverse” (mostly instance shutdowns), I_quit_using_Gab, and MINDS had me fighting a few times to get the account back. Same with Twitter; they cannot get their moderation right and eventually they always admit their mistakes. Now with Diaspora* it is the same as identi.ca (more or less). All of this hassle isn’t just time-consuming; it can be mentally draining. As our associate noted, “link shorteners have a short life span; I and others warned about them from day one. They also impose a privacy problem, an authenticity problem, and a general security problems.” “It’s all transient, social control media is the worst of the transient effects. Also see “Heart_Sutra” and Impermanence. At the moment I very seriously consider just quitting all social control media (altogether, including MINDS, Twitter etc.) because it’s an unwanted overhead and its shelf life (or lifespan) is too short to be worth an investment. People would be better off setting up a Gemini capsule, self-hosting preferably, then focusing on that for decades to come. Some people have run their Gopher sites for over 30 years and they’re still going. Those are cheap to maintain! █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1212 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/02/24/meme-patent-invasion/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/24/meme-patent-invasion/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 02.24.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_Patent_Invasion⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Law, Patents at 9:21 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇EPO Lawlessness OK; It's about money, not principles⦈ Summary: We’ve just_seen that the European Council, which includes the President_of_the_European_Commission (Miss_Ladson), is fine with violations of very fundamental rights at the EPO ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣭⣭⢫⣭⣜⣠⣽⣿⣿⢠⡄⠀⣤⡄⢤⡄⣤⣀⣤⣤⡄⢠⣤⡄⣤⣤⣀⣤⣽⡟⣿⢻⡅⣤⣤⢠⣤⣄⢣⣤⣄⠀⢀⣤⣄⢠⡄⣤⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⡂⢘⣀⣀⣋⣹ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣤⢸⣧⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⡇⢰⡟⣿⢸⣧⣿⣿⡿⣿⡇⢸⣧⡜⢿⣭⡙⢿⣭⡇⣿⣾⡇⣿⣤⠹⣯⣍⠻⣯⣍⠀⢸⡇⣿⢸⣷⣟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠉⠰⣿⡉⠉⠉⠉⢉⣽ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣤⢸⡇⠀⢻⣿⣿⡿⢸⣧⣼⡟⣿⡼⣿⡏⣿⡇⣿⣧⢸⣧⡜⢿⣽⠟⢿⣽⠇⣿⢿⡇⣿⣤⠸⣯⡿⠸⣯⡿⠀⠸⣧⡿⢸⡏⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣤⠀⣿⣧⣤⣤⣤⣼⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣷⣾⣿⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⣿⡇⠐⠂⢀⣿⠷ ⣿⣯⣽⣻⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠋⠉⠉⠉⠙⠛⠀⢸⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠤⣤⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠜⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⢈⡁⣼⣿⠁ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣟⣀⣀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡅⠀⢰⣿⡟⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⣦⡼⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣦⣀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣏⣉⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣦⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣧⡠⠀⠀⠀⣳⡇⠀⣾⣿⣧⣤ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠻⠏⠀⣀⣷⣴⠂⠀⠀⠀⢉⠟⠧⣠⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⢹⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣽⣶⠆⠀⠀⠀⢹⠿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠼⠇⣸⣿⡟⣿⣿ ⡟⠿⢷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⠀⢠⣶⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⢿⠛⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣾⣿⡟⣋⣙⣉⠀⠙⠻⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢹⠛⠓⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣷⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠉⠁⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣄⠀⢽⣿⣿⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣰⣄⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣶⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⡆⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣷⣤⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⠻⣸⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⠛⠓⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣾⣿⣯⣽⣿⣯⣭⣽⣿⣇⠀⠉⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⣿⠿⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⢀⣿⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣍⣙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⡀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣽⣿⣿⣿⠉⢰⣾⣿⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠲⢾⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣾⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣦⡔⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡿⢼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣤⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣤⣀⡀⢀⠃⠀⠉⢻⠟⠷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡼⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢤⣿⣾⠁⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⡀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠟⠉⠁⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⣾⣿⣏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠋⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣀⡀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡗⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⠀⣿⢿⠀⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡯⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿ ⣿⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⢫⣭⣝⣿⢫⣭⡅⣤⣤⡄⣠⣤⡄⣤⢻⣽⣭⣭⣽⣿⣭⣡⣤⣟⣭⣽⣻⣽⢫⣿⣭⡍⣭⣫⣽⣿⣯⣝⣭⢛⣥⣼⢫⣭⣽⣿⣯⣥⡄⣤⣤⡄⣤⢠⣄⣤⢀⡤⣤⢠⣤⣤⣤⡄⣤⠀⣬⣭⢩⣭⣍⢻ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣮⠽⢿⣍⣿⣼⣿⡇⣿⢾⡇⣿⢸⡇⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢟⣻⡿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⡇⣿⣷⣿⢸⣿⣿⡿⠇⣿⢾⡇⣿⢸⣿⣿⢸⡇⣛⢸⣿⣿⡿⠇⣿⠀⣿⡷⠘⢷⣍⢺ ⡟⠿⣿⡿⢧⣿⡼⠿⠟⠀⠿⢹⢷⠿⠾⣇⡻⠾⣧⣻⢾⣯⣿⣿⣾⣽⣏⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣹⣇⡿⡿⠿⢎⣿⠇⢻⠿⡸⠏⠿⠘⠷⠿⣵⠿⣸⣛⡿⣇⠀⠿⠸⠇⠿⠸⠏⠿⠘⠷⠿⠸⠿⠿⠇⠀⠿⠶⠿⠷⠸⠷⠟⣸ ⣧⣶⣿⣷⣶⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢛⣛⠛⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⣘ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1267 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/02/24/microsoft-hat/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/24/microsoft-hat/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 02.24.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Under_IBM_Management,_Red_Hat_Has_No_Will_to_Survive⠀✐ Posted in IBM, Microsoft, Red_Hat at 11:19 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 471c2bbca50ce3da2382eac1e5653944 Wearing Two Hats Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/redhat-hiring-from-microsoft.webm Summary: Red Hat seems to be falling_apart and now it recruits from the company least suitable as a source of workforce; this isn’t some isolated_incident but part of a long-going pattern or trend THIS morning my wife told me about this_latest_blog_post_from_Red_Hat, which for some reason wasn’t even listed in their blog’s front page (it was only in RSS feeds at the time). This reinforced two worrying things about Red Hat: 1) many management-level_people are leaving (and leaving a vacuum). 2) Red Hat is incapable of recognising its rival, so it’s bringing potentially hostile people onboard. It’s a simple vetting issue. The video above covers a lot of background (Red Hat has had the latter issue for quite some time now; over a decade for sure!) and makes it very clear that it’s not a matter or gender of race. It’s about community, technology, and so on… “As noted at the end of the video above, Red Hat now advertises its presence only in two places/sites, Microsoft LinkedIn and Microsoft GitHub. If that’s not a troubling sign, what is?”As an associate put it this morning, “businesses are not being clever by hiring microsfoters. They are not hiring talent, rather the opposite and on top of that they are bringing in their worst opponent inside their perimeter.” We’ve been increasingly critical of Red Hat over the past year, partly due to issues covered in this_wiki_page. The issues range from patent policy to attacks on our community, typically while hypocritically bringing up social issues (which the accuser is vastly more culpable of). As noted at the end of the video above, Red Hat now advertises its presence only in two places/sites, Microsoft LinkedIn and Microsoft GitHub. If that’s not a troubling sign, what is? █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1333 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/02/24/self-host-if-possible/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/24/self-host-if-possible/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 02.24.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ We_Need_to_Start_Self-Hosting_Wherever_and_Whenever_Possible⠀✐ Posted in Free/Libre_Software at 2:13 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum f5b17f3fc49d1479aa249d9127e1992b Site Increasing Gemini Focus Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/git-css-and-irc.webm Summary: The clown_computing_bubble is going to burst sooner or later, just like_social_control_media; we need to prepare for the implosion and keep information circulating TONS of stuff has happened over the past 24 hours (political issues aside; we try to abstain from touching ‘pure’ politics or purely political issues in order to stay focused). We’ve added IRC functionality (through PHP-based bots; 5 of them in total), everything was then added to Git (locally-hosted), we’ve added a way to distinguish gemini:// links (as shown in the video above), and we’ve added all site-specific PHP files to Git (WordPress and CSS files for the most part). Sooner or later we will start adding Gemini links to Daily Links, with the specified protocol shown to avoid confusion (we’ll also try not to link to social control media, as noted in a separate video today). “Some time soon we might do video tutorials on how to set up one’s Gemini capsule from scratch on one’s own computer.”The direction we’re taking may seem outlandish to some, but old hype is dying in a dumpster fire (like Facebook’s stock) and new things are emerging with a lot of promise, especially when it comes to emancipating so-called ‘netizens’. As an associate put it this evening, “self-hosting ought to be encouraged whenever possible for as long as it remains legal. Perhaps it can be kept legal if enough people (re-)gain awareness of how useful and easy it is.” Some time soon we might do video tutorials on how to set up one’s Gemini capsule from scratch on one’s own computer. To use/access Gemini be sure to get one of the_many_clients_available_for_almost_every_platform. Don’t be alarmed if there’s a complete avoidance of all social control media; we’ll still do Daily Links and all things as usual. I will be able to devote more time to Daily Links, I’m just not sure if Twitter and ‘chums’ will be part of the circulation (those are waning rapidly; some sites go offline completely). Dropping all social control media would certainly mean less traffic, but it would also means less time spent on social control media and potentially more time spent creating things in the site (videos and stuff). In the short term we plan to add more news picks, some of them from gemini://, and we’ll link a lot less to sites which_became_spammy (a growing proportion of today’s Web). █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1407 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 02.24.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_25/2/2022:_GIMP_2.99.10,_NetworkManager_1.36,_and_MythTV_32.0⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:30 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⠀➾ # ⚓ MassOS_GNU/Linux_2022.02.2_|_Completely_independent,_built from_scratch._–_Invidious⠀⇛ In this video, I am going to show an overview of MassOS GNU/Linux 2022.02.2 and some of the applications pre-installed. # ⚓ Squeezing_4½_hours_of_battery_out_of_your_Steam_Deck_will be_up_to_YOU!_–_Invidious⠀⇛ Here’s all the news that’s happened around the Steam Deck in the last week or so. It launches tomorrow. Are you excited? Gaming will forever change tomorrow with the launch of the Steam Deck. # ⚓ The_Linux_Link_Tech_Show_Episode_944⠀⇛ Joels gets his slack on proper # ⚓ BSD_Now_443:_Certified_Unix_Compliant⠀⇛ Certifying an OS Unix compliant, 2021 FreeBSD Foundation Impact Report, Netflix, Disney, and other widevine content on FreeBSD, file hashes updated for NetBSD 8.1, Playing with CD-RWs on FreeBSD, Why “process substitution” is a late feature in Unix shells, and more. # ⚓ Linux_devs_are_faster,_Sad_Steam_Deck_compat_news,_Intel ramps_up_Linux_support_–_Linux_News_–_Invidious⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux_Action_News_229⠀⇛ The Linux secret behind the new TrueNAS release, Intel acquires a major Kernel contributor and our thoughts on Podman 4.0. Plus why the Simula One VR Linux computer could be worth a serious look. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux_kernel_edges_closer_to_dropping_ReiserFS_•_The Register⠀⇛ Linux kernel developer Matthew Wilcox has proposed removing ReiserFS from the Linux kernel – a relatively rare step. This isn’t due to a problem or bug in ReiserFS: it still works fine and has plenty of features. The problem was that ReiserFS code in the kernel used some API calls that nothing else did, preventing them from being changed or enhanced. For now, one of the other ReiserFS developers has contributed a patch that removes the issue. ReiserFS has been stuck on version 3 for some fifteen years, and although there are proposals for Reiser4 and even Reiser5, development is not moving forward because its chief architect is still in prison for murdering his wife. Partly due to this lack of advancement, ReiserFS is no longer widely used. One of its main proponents, SUSE, switched to ext3, leading to debates about its future as long ago as 2008. Now, SUSE kernel developer Jan Kara is not opposing Wilcox’s idea, just proposing a slower route. # ⚓ Intel_energizes_decades-old_Linux_kernel_sub-project_•_The Register⠀⇛ Intel announced a move on Wednesday that will inject fresh energy into a Linux kernel project that started close to two decades ago – and was lacking funding and contributors. The microprocessor giant has made an under-the- radar acquisition of Linutronix, a German developer house that provides services for Linux-powered industrial systems. Intel didn’t disclose the amount it paid for Linutronix, which is also an expert in real-time Linux applications. The acquisition comes as real-time industrial applications are set to make increasing use of low- latency communication between controllers, sensors, robots and tooling, and other equipment. Most interestingly, Linutronix is described by Intel as the architect of the PREEMPT_RT patch set, which when applied and enabled makes the Linux kernel as preemptible as possible. This in turn lowers internal latencies, which is very useful for those scheduling time-sensitive software threads to complete within a given deadline (using the deadline scheduler). This in turn is useful for ensuring, for example, incoming data is processed reliably within a tight time-frame. So far, PREEMPT_RT has lacked sufficient contributors and funding for mainline kernel integration and maintenance. Though folks have been building products that use the preemption patch, they did not contribute enough funding or feedback, and as a result development slowed. Linutronix has previously noted only a handful of people maintaining PREEMPT_RT. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ NetworkManager_1.36_Released_with_Improved_WPA3_Security, 5G_NR_Modem_Support⠀⇛ Coming a little over a month after NetworkManager 1.34, the NetworkManager 1.36 release is here with new features and numerous improvements, starting with improved support for WPA3 Wi-Fi network security by enabling a new H2E (hash to element) method for generating the SAE (Simultaneous Authentication of Equals) password element. New features include support for 5G NR (New Radio) modems, support for the IWD (iNet wireless daemon) backend for Wi-Fi P2P in addition to wpa_supplicant. Users will be able to select the default Wi-Fi backend, wpa_supplicant or IWD, during build time. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ How_to_Install_Liquorix_Kernel_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS_– LinuxCapable⠀⇛ Liqourix Kernel is a free, open-source general- purpose Linux Kernel alternative to the stock kernel with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. It features custom settings and new features and is built to provide a responsive and smooth desktop experience, especially for new hardware. Liquorix Kernel is popular amongst Linux Gaming, streaming, and ultra- low latency requirements and often boasts the latest Linux Kernels, having multiple branches to choose from the stable, edge, and development. # ⚓ How_to_Install_or_Upgrade_Mesa_Drivers_on_Linux_Mint_20_– LinuxCapable⠀⇛ With the release of modern graphics cards, it’s easy to forget that before they were standard in most gaming laptops and consoles – there was Mesa. The open-source software implementation translates API specifications into vendor-specific drivers so you can use high-end applications with your PC even if it has older hardware! Most Linux distributions feature Mesa drivers, given they are free and open-source before any proprietary drivers options, however for most Linux distributions that focus on stability first, you may find your Mesa drivers needing an update when new releases support newer graphic card hardware and technologies. # ⚓ How_To_Access_Linux_Files_From_Windows_11_|_Itsubuntu.com⠀⇛ If you are using Linux and Windows on your PC or laptop om dual-booting mode then sometimes you might need to have access to the Linux files from Windows. Accessing Windows files or drive from Linux is easy as Linux has inbuilt support for it. For Windows users, there is various software available for it. Thanks to Windows Insiders preview build 20211, You will find a new feature: wsl –mountthat lets you attach a physical disk and mount inside WSL 2, and also enables you to access filesystems that aren’t natively supported by Windows (such as ext4). # ⚓ Add_Worker_Nodes_To_Amazon_EKS_Cluster_–_OSTechNix⠀⇛ In this article, we are going to learn about how to add Node Group/Worker nodes into the Amazon EKS Cluster. Before getting into this guide, refer to the below guide to learn about how to create Kubernetes Cluster (Amazon EKS) in AWS cloud. # ⚓ How_To_Enable_Randomized_MAC_Addresses_on_Android_Device⠀⇛ The first and foremost question might be pops-up in your mind after seeing the title, what are actually randomized MAC addresses on Android? Well, it’s all about your privacy. Google developers made it possible for your Android to keep your information safe and secure. However, the feature started with Android 8 till now. The randomization of MAC addresses is network-based nowadays. Le’s make things more clear. # ⚓ How_o_Install_Zulip_Chat_Server_on_Ubuntu_20.04_LTS_– idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Zulip Chat Server on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, Zulip is a free and open- source chat application used for sharing private and public messages. It provides threaded conversations efficiently and handles thousands of concurrent chat sessions and is one of the fastest- growing open-source chat servers today. 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 the step-by-step installation of the Zulip Chat Server 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_Search_For_a_File_In_Linux⠀⇛ No matter how careful you are about file management, you’ll eventually find yourself wondering where a particular document is. This is true on Mac, Windows, and even Linux. How do you search for a file in Linux? As it turns out, the operating system has some very powerful built-in tools for making file searches. Here’s what you need to know. # ⚓ How_To_Install_Xrdp_Server_On_Ubuntu_22.04_|_Remote_Desktop |_Itsubuntu.com⠀⇛ Xrdp is an open-source remote desktop protocol server that provides a graphical user interface to remote machines using RDP (Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol). xrdp works perfectly with the RDP clients: like desktop, Microsoft remote desktop client, NeutrinoRDP and FreeRDP. RDP transport is encrypted using TLS by default. # ⚓ How_To_Install_Teampass_Password_Manager_on_AlmaLinux_8_– idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Teampass Password Manager on AlmaLinux 8. For those of you who didn’t know, Teampass is an open-source password manager that helps you to store and manage all your passwords from the central location. It offers a large set of features that allows you to manage all your passwords in an organized way. You can define access rights on users to allow them to access only a given set of data. Teampass uses MariaDB as a database backend to store the password securely. 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 the step-by-step installation of the Teampass Password Manager on AlmaLinux 8. You can follow the same instructions for Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, and Rocky Linux distributions. # ⚓ How_to_Install_RPM_Packages_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS_–_Linux Shout⠀⇛ RPM Packages are native to RedHat-based Linux, however not for Debian-based. Hence, in this tutorial, we learn the steps to convert the RPM package or Deb package and install it on Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.04 LTS Linux. Ubuntu Linux is popular because its official repositories offer thousands of packages to directly install on the system. Even to make things easy this Linux developer offers GUI software Center. Well, on one the installation of Debian packages is pretty easy on Ubuntu using the APT package manager. However, that’s not possible for RPM ones. Because they are created for RedHat-based operating systems such as CentOS, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, and others. Although, we hardly require any RPM package to install on Ubuntu because most of the time software available in RPM format will also have Deb binary. Nevertheless, in some situations, we do need RPM to DEB conversion, and to perform there is an open- source tool called “Alien”. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Hiawatha_Web_Server_in_Ubuntu⠀⇛ With more users embracing cloud computing technologies, the deployment of web applications and services on the web is continuously increasing. Such web-based applications are usually at risk of security vulnerabilities depending on firewall settings and web server technologies used to run them. While a firewall issue is easy to fix, the same cannot be said about a compromised web server. This article guide recognizes Hiawatha as a reputable web server and will therefore walk us through its installation and configuration on Ubuntu 20.04 and later. # ⚓ How_to_Install_FeatherNotes_on_Debian_11_Bullseye_– LinuxCapable⠀⇛ This article recognizes Hiawatha as a reputable web server and will therefore walk us through its installation and configuration on Ubuntu 20.04 and later. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Arduino_IDE_on_Ubuntu_22.04_|_20.04_LTS_– Linux_Shout⠀⇛ Learn the steps to install Arduino IDE on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy JellyFish or 20.04 Focal Fossa to write your programming code. The Arduino IDE is a convenient development environment for the Arduino, a circuit board with a microcontroller, i.e. a kind of mini PC. This IDE – Integrated development environment includes a text editor for writing code, a message area, a text console, a toolbar with buttons for common functions, and a set of menus. We can connect connects to the Arduino board with it to upload and communicate with programs. # ⚓ How_to_Install_‘Python-Pexpect’_Module_in_Linux⠀⇛ Pexpect is a Python module that allows you to spawn child applications, manage them as well as acknowledge expected patterns in their output. In addition, it is used for automating interactive applications such as ftp, ssh, passwd just to mention a few. You can also use it to automate Linux commands, setup scripts, and Software testing. In this guide, we will demonstrate the installation of the Python-Pexpect python module in Linux. # ⚓ How_To_Install_Signal_5.33.0_On_Ubuntu_And_Other Distributions_|_Tips_On_UNIX⠀⇛ This tutorial will be helpful for beginners to download and install Signal 5.33.0 on Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Linux Mint 20.3, Fedora 35, Manjaro Linux, AlmaLinux 8, and Rocky Linux 8. Signal is a free, cross-platform application for communication purposes, it’s main aim is to protect users’ PRIVACY and is one of the best alternatives to Whatsapp messenger. With Signal messenger you can do HD Voice / Video calls, Chat, etc. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Saltstack_Master_and_Minion_on_Debian_11⠀⇛ SaltStack is a free, open-source, and Python-based automation and configuration management software. It is a command-line tool that helps you to manage your infrastructure from a central location. SoltStack is made from four components. # ⚓ How_to_install_DokuWiki_on_Ubuntu_20.04_–_NextGenTips⠀⇛ In this tutorial we are going to learn how to install DokuWiki on Ubuntu 20.04. DokuWiki is easy to use and simple open-source wiki software it that doesn’t require a database. Something that doesn’t require any storage space is something incredible. Lets highlight it more. The reason why we need this wiki software is that, it is easy to install and use, it doesn’t require specialized system requirements such as storage space, RAM, it has high language base support, its open-source and also device independent. We have other alternatives apart from DokuWiki such as: confluence, clickup, notion, xwiki, bloomfire, yext, guru and many more. # ⚓ How_to_Utilize_Python_for_Basic_Linux_System_Administration and_Networking_Tasks⠀⇛ Python is a great programming language for automating system administration tasks on Linux systems. With its wide selection of different libraries, many of them can be used to improve the efficiency of various tasks. Using the examples below, you can easily run Linux system commands, work with files and directories, perform networking tasks and automate authentication processes in just a few seconds. # ⚓ How_to_Reload_bashrc_in_Bash⠀⇛ Bash is a UNIX shell and command language that you’ll find on almost all Linux distros. First released in 1989 by Brian Fox, Bash has been the default shell for most Linux distros. The name “Bash” is actually an acronym for “Bourne Again Shell”, an intended pun of the Bourne shell it replaces. In this guide, we’ll have a quick look at bashrc and how to reload it after making any changes. # ⚓ How_to_Rename_Index_Postgres⠀⇛ This article leads to creating and renaming the index of relations. We have used PostgreSQL and Windows 10 to implement some elementary examples. # ⚓ Postgres_Setval_Sequence⠀⇛ PostgreSQL sequences are created to automatically insert or update values on function calls like Nextval, Setval, and currval functions. In this article, we will be discussing the Setval function present in the list of sequence functions. The Setval function is called in a sequence when we have to change the next value in the current sequence due to some conditions. The manual alteration in a sequence is done by the Setval function in PostgreSQL. # ⚓ PostgreSQL_Grouping_Sets⠀⇛ PostgreSQL sequences are created to automatically insert or update values on function calls. The Setval function is called in a sequence when we have to change the next value in the current sequence due to some conditions. This article will discuss Setval function present in the list of sequence functions. # ⚓ PostgreSQL_Change_Column_Type⠀⇛ You may have heard or known about SQL. Technically SQL is a language for databases that allows managing the stored information in the database using the tables by querying these tables and other related objects. Likewise, SQL, PostgreSQL also support manipulation in the databases with the help of queries. A user can easily alter data types in PostgreSQL. In this article, our main focus is to examine the concept of PostgreSQL and other relevant information related to PostgreSQL. Most importantly we will discuss how to change column type in PostgreSQL using Windows 10 with some interesting examples that will clear the concept about PostgreSQL queries. # ⚓ Make_Applications_Start_in_the_Center_of_Screen_in_Ubuntu_– It’s_FOSS⠀⇛ You might have experienced it but never paid enough attention to it. If you open an application in Ubuntu, the application window usually starts in the top left, not at the center. Is it a big deal? No, probably not. # ⚓ Ubuntu_22.04_System_Backup_and_Restore⠀⇛ The purpose of this tutorial is to show how to install Timeshift on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish and use the program to perform a backup of the system, and subsequently restore the system from that backup. Most Linux users love to customize their Linux system to their liking. If your system becomes unusable, all of this work put into customizing your system will be lost, because you have to reinstall Ubuntu and start over. Timeshift is an application that will backup your system settings and files. It does NOT backup personal files. Taking a snapshot with Timeshift will allow you to browse that snapshot any time, like you would a normal directory of files. If your system gets corrupted or goes through some undesirable change, it is easy to restore your system as it was by using Timeshift. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Roguebook_adds_a_timed_Tournament_system,_new_character DLC⠀⇛ Roguebook, the singeplayer roguelike deckbuilder from the developer of Faeria just got a big upgrade with a new Tournament system, plus a DLC character. [...] The unique treasure of Fugoro, Merchant of Wonders, is the Magic Staff: the first attack Fugoro performs each turn generates +5 power. # ⚓ Challenging_epic_RPG_adventure_‘Tails_of_Iron’_gets_Linux support_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ This is a bit of a surprise. Tails of Iron from Odd Bug Studio that released for Windows back in September 2021 just added official Linux support. An announcement went up on Steam today, with a short and sweet single-line mention of the new support. About the game: “Set in a grim land plagued by war, Tails of Iron is a hand-drawn RPG Adventure with punishingly brutal combat. As Redgi, heir to the Rat Throne, you must restore your broken Kingdom by banishing the merciless Frog Clan and their ferocious leader, Greenwart. # ⚓ Dota_2_gets_another_new_hero_with_Primal_Beast,_Techies reworked_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Dota 2 just got a pretty huge update that not only brings in a fierce new hero with Primal Beast, but finally reworks Techies in the gameplay patch too. # ⚓ A_Day_before_Launch,_The_Steam_Deck_Has_Almost_800_Games Ready_(Playable_and_Verified)_–_Boiling_Steam⠀⇛ As expected we should be reaching 1000 titles playable for the Steam Deck before the end of the month. We are now at 783 titles at the time of writing, just before the official launch scheduled for the 25th of February 2022. # ⚓ All_Hands_on_Deck:_Preparing_for_the_Steam_Deck_–_Boiling Steam⠀⇛ The end times are nigh! There is a lot of hype for a handheld Linux gaming device from Valve, that Steam Deck you’ve been hearing about. I have to admit, after being curious but not completely on board at the announcement, I find myself being swept up in the hype train. But let me temper those expectations (I prefer to be pleasantly surprised rather than disappointed) and let you know my thoughts going into the launch this Friday, as well as catching you up on the flurry of news we’ve recently covered. While I wasn’t sure at first, I did try to get a reservation as soon as I could. I managed, through dumb luck, to reserve the 256 GB model within 5-10 minutes of the reservations going live. So I’ll be the first of the Boiling Steam staff to have a Deck, and fingers crossed I’m in an early shipment to get you my impressions, hacking, and review as soon as possible. # ⚓ Steam_Deck_–_what_to_expect_for_launch_tomorrow_with_nearly 800_titles_Playable_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Apart from mass hype, what can we actually expect when the Steam Deck releases tomorrow? Here’s what’s going on. Starting at 10 AM PST / 6PM UTC, Valve will begin sending out emails to people in the first batch of reservations. So keep an eye on your emails and Steam app notifications. Once you get it, you have 72 hours to make the full purchase otherwise it goes to the next person in the queue. When this happens, the embargo on all coverage also ends. Valve said they sent out a Steam Deck to “roughly 100 media outlets” (including yours truly). So expect loads of very different takes on it. As for the Dock, Valve aren’t yet giving out more details but they did say it won’t be as early as they hoped. It will be available sometime “in late spring”. # ⚓ Musk_says_he_wants_to_install_Steam_games_in_Tesla infotainment_centers_|_Ars_Technica⠀⇛ Since Tesla first introduced in-car gaming with a 2019 port of Cuphead, the list of games available on its “Tesla Arcade” platform has slowly grown to include just under 20 games. Now, though, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has expressed interest in expanding that list of Tesla-compatible games to include the tens of thousands of titles available on the Steam gaming platform. # ⚓ Dwarf_Fortress_gets_a_roadmap,_Linux_version_included_| GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ The new Steam version of Dwarf Fortress sounds exciting, bringing in a whole new generation to the classic and they’ve finally given something of a roadmap to release. Still the same great classic game but modernised with official graphics and sound effects – hooray! Included in their post is a 6-point plan of work still to be done that includes various amounts of UI work with hotkeys and tooltips, the continued work on graphics, bug fixing, Steam Workshop support, Steam Achievements, supporting the different game modes and the confirmation of Linux and macOS builds too! # ⚓ Heroic_Games_Launcher_2.2_(plus_a_hotfix)_adds_GOG_support |_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ For the new GOG support, Heroic is able to download games using the Galaxy API (Windows and macOS) and for Linux you can use the offline installers that developers put up. It also supports DLC, you can run native Linux downloads using the Steam Runtime (requires Steam installed of course) which can fix some dependencies errors and pick languages for games that support it. # ⚓ 3.3_‘Libra’_update_out_now_for_Stellaris_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Paradox Interactive has released the 3.3 ‘Libra’ Update for Stellaris, as their “custodians” initiative continues with a dedicated team working on free updates. There’s a huge assortment of fixes available from game balance to AI adjustments. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ KFLuff_–_New_KRunner_web_shortcuts_for_development and_user_support⠀⇛ I added some KRunner web shortcuts recently to KIO (MR600, MR631), and I’d like to tell you about them since they made my life significantly easier, and they might make yours easier too if you contribute to KDE. The inclusions from MR600, namely Invent and Invent Repo, were added in KDE Frameworks 5.88, whereas the new ones from MR 631 I expect will land in 5.92. KRunner’s web shortcuts, or web runners, are very convenient once you get used to them. After enabling them, you can type something in the format “keyword: queryhere”, and your query will be immediately sent and the result shown in your browser. That is to say, if you open KRunner and type “dd: kde”, your browser will open and directly show the result of the search for “kde” in DuckDuckGo. This provides a faster workflow as you no longer need to open your browser, type the address of the search provider, wait for it to load and then search; you open krunner, type and search, loading the page once. Web shortcuts like this can be applied to virtually any website which provides a search query URL, and you can decide whether they’re separated by : or by spaces. I prefer spaces. # ⚓ The_market⠀⇛ Here is also an accelerated timelapse of the screen recording captures while making this digital painting illustration with the software Krita 5.0.2 on Kubuntu Linux. The video is 2min43 long but the original time was around 15h and it was painted on a Intuos 4 XL. o § Distributions⠀➾ # § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ MythTV_32.0_Released⠀⇛ The MythTV Team is pleased to announce the release of MythTV version v32.0 This release is the first release of the new stable branch fixes/32. # § IBM/Red Hat/Fedora⠀➾ # ⚓ Call_for_Projects_and_Mentors_for_Outreachy_May_2022 cohort_–_Fedora_Community_Blog⠀⇛ The Fedora Project is participating in the upcoming round of Outreachy. We need more project ideas and mentors! The last day to propose a project or to apply as a general mentor is March 3rd, 2022. Being a community of diverse people from various backgrounds and different walks of life, the Fedora Project has participated as a mentoring organization for Outreachy internships for years. The Outreachy program is instrumental in providing a rich experience in working with free and open- source software. Fedora is a proud participant. # ⚓ Inspecting_containerized_Python_applications_in_a cluster_|_Red_Hat_Developer⠀⇛ Container technologies that are easy to maintain, extend, ship, and run are the new de facto standard for large-scale application deployments. Thanks to cluster orchestrators such as Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift, these runnable units are deployed to clusters to provide the desired functionality on a large scale. To ensure the application is shipped in a healthy state, it is often up to developers to confirm that each runnable unit behaves as expected in the environment where it will be deployed. This article introduces Amun, a tool created and used by Project Thoth to inspect containerized Python applications. Running such inspections before deployment can reveal problems up and down the stack—including incompatibilities with dependencies, the operating system, or other parts of the environment. # ⚓ SQL_cache_stores_and_more_in_Data_Grid_8.3⠀⇛ Red Hat Data Grid is a distributed, cloud- based datastore offering very fast response times as an in-memory database. The latest version, Data Grid 8.3, features cross-site replication with more observability and two new types of SQL cache store for scaling applications with large datasets. This version also brings improved security, support for Helm charts, and a better command-line interface (CLI). This article is an overview of new features and enhancements in this latest version of Red Hat Data Grid. # ⚓ Service_providers:_The_digital_link_between industries,_society_and_enterprise_IT⠀⇛ Last year, Red Hat shared our plan to evolve our global Telecommunications, Media and Entertainment (TME) organization to better suit the needs of our partners and customers. Since then, we’ve been connecting and building within our ecosystem to deliver solutions that answer our customer’s biggest needs, one of which is helping navigate the global shift in the way services are delivered across both the TME industry and society as a whole. Industry-leading partners and connected organizations are working together with the telco ecosystem to build on each other’s innovations in new ways, working together to accelerate the pace of industry change, with a focus on building frictionless customer journeys. For example, service providers are helping banks meet the demands of customers for real-time digital services like hyper- personalization, real-time fraud detection and next-gen connectivity – while also giving the unbanked access to financial services. From mobile banking and payments, connected vehicles, public safety monitors, private 5G and more, service providers are fundamental in providing the many technologies that are driving a completely new landscape for improved societies and global transformation. # ⚓ Digital_transformation:_Do’s_and_don’ts_for_IT leaders_to_succeed_|_The_Enterprisers_Project⠀⇛ Digital transformation is an inevitable part of today’s uncertain and evolving marketplace. It applies the power of data science and marketing technology to shape your business around new possibilities. Digital transformation initiatives also help you better engage your customers and workforce, improving your ability to compete. However, leading a digital transformation initiative can be daunting. With the pandemic causing constant shifts in consumer behavior and expectations, it’s easy to make mistakes that could adversely affect your organization. If you’re also struggling to navigate the business benefits of digital transformation, here are a few do’s and don’ts to follow. # ⚓ Quickly_find_containerized_packages_built_for_IBM Power_(ppc64le)_–_IBM_Developer⠀⇛ Several years ago, the IBM Power open source ecosystem team developed a search engine called Open Source Power Availability Tool (OSPAT). The purpose of OSPAT was, and still is, to address a pain point that many developers, sellers, business partners, and other IBM Power users brought to the team: They didn’t know how to (or couldn’t) find open source packages built specifically for IBM Power. And so, OSPAT was created. In the years since we first launched OSPAT, we’ve made many enhancements to improve the user experience and to expand the search functionality and results. So, in that spirit, we are happy to announce that, by popular demand, we’ve made yet another improvement to the tool. You can now search for containerized packages! # ⚓ How_Baicells_and_Red_Hat_are_driving_connectivity_and wireless_accessibility_for_a_5G_future⠀⇛ As 5G technologies become more prevalent in propelling radio access network (RAN) capabilities, the question remains, how can this technology be made more accessible worldwide? For the past seven years, Baicells has been working to bring high-speed internet to organizations and end-users across the world, including areas lacking internet connectivity. To continue this effort, 5G technologies need a powerful open RAN ecosystem to establish broad network interoperability and provide internet in a variety of use cases. # § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Discover_SLAX,_a_Debian_Desktop_So_Tiny_on_Your Pocket⠀⇛ SLAX is a modern, lightweight desktop operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux designed to run on a USB stick. It offers all software available on Debian repository and enables you in these years to run LibreOffice or Chromium Browser in just under half a GB memory, with tens of thousands software packages available for both old and modern computers, while any other OS cannot today. That’s SLAX and we will discover it on this article. SLAX is a portable, lightweight computer operating system from Czech Republic. It is based on Debian GNU/Linux and prior to version 9, Slackware. It is developed as a hobby project for more than ten years by one person, Tomas Matejicek, and independently funded by donation via Patreon and its computer shop. # ⚓ Lightweight_Linux_distribution_Slax_rides_again_with v11.2⠀⇛ It appears that the diminutive Linux distribution Slax is not dead. It’s been a while, but version 11.2 has finally popped out. By “a while” we mean more than two years, according to the maintainer. However, it’s a welcome update, even if some of its fans might have moved on to alternatives during its hiatus. Slax is an impressively compact distribution and will boot from USB mass storage devices as well as traditional hard disks or CD/DVD media (the slots for which are disappearing from hardware faster than the once ubiquitous floppy). The distro’s homepage claims it will also run on 128MB of RAM, although a full 512MB is needed if one wants some web browser action. Chrome is, however, missing this time around (although “you can still install it with a single click or two”). # § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu_20.04.4_LTS_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_5.13 and_Mesa_21.2_from_Ubuntu_21.10⠀⇛ Released on April 23rd, 2020, the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) operating system series is a long-term supported one that will receive software and security updates for a least five years, until April 2025, on the desktop. Canonical also provides the community with up-to-date installation media every six months incorporating newer Linux kernel and Mesa graphics stacks. The Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS point release is here with Linux kernel 5.13 and Mesa 21.2.6 graphics stacks from Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri). # ⚓ Nautilus_42_Arrives_in_Ubuntu_22.04_Daily_Builds⠀⇛ Nautilus 42 was released as part of the recent GNOME 42 beta and it’s making the jump to the Jammy Jellyfish, albeit in a version that lacks the libadwaita redressing offered in the GTK4 port. Ubuntu 21.10 shipped with Nautilus 41, so Ubuntu 22.04 shipping with Nautilus 42 means there’s a larger change log than usual, with an improved file conflict UI, improved file renaming UI, and support for file search based on creation time included. # ⚓ Mir_Release_2.7.0_–_Mir_–_Ubuntu_Community_Hub⠀⇛ We are pleased to announce Mir 2.7 o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Raspberry_Pi_4_4GB/8GB_price_is_going_through_the_roof_ (over_100_Euros_in_Europe)⠀⇛ While Raspberry Pi Foundation provides a fixed price for their single board computers. before taxes and shipping, the street price may be different, and I’ve seen several reports on Twitter of the Raspberry Pi 4 with 4GB RAM now selling for over $100 due to the lack of supplies. The problem seems especially pronounced in Europe with some users reporting a price close to 120 Euros, instead of the usual 50 to 60 price range. Geizhals price comparison website did even show the Raspberry Pi 4 with 8GB RAM selling for up to 149.99 Euros (About $170) just last week, but prices have now gone down to just around 100 Euros, clearly a steal! # ⚓ Pigeon_RB700_is_a_DIN_Rail_automation_controller_with_RS- 485,_RS-232,_Ethernet,_CAN_FD,_1-WIRE,_RS-232,_and_more_–_CNX Software⠀⇛ We’re covered DIN-Rail industrial computers powered by Raspberry Pi CM4 module, but Kristech’s Pigeon RB700 automation controller may be the one with the most features so far thanks to two RS-485 ports, two Ethernet ports, CAN FD, 1-WIRE, RS-232, 12 digital inputs (8 optoisolated, 4 dry contacts), and 8 digital outputs. That’s for the common features present in all variants including RB700 Essense. The RB700 Standard model adds UPS, HDMI, analog I/Os, and TPM, while the RB700 Advance is further equipped with two M.2 sockets (for SSD and/or cellular modem) and two additional RS-232 ports. # § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Infinix_Zero_5G_to_get_Android_12_when_world_prepares for_Android_13⠀⇛ # ⚓ Oppo_Find_X5_Pro:_A_Ceramic_Android_Phone_Pairs_Up With_Impressive_Cameras_–_CNET⠀⇛ # ⚓ An_Android_Trojan_named_Xenomorph_can_target_over_56 banking,_finance_applications_/_Digital_Information World⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_7_Best_Free_Color_Palette_Generators_for Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android_Auto_sounds_like_it_could_use_a_tune-up_for many_Samsung_Galaxy_S22_users⠀⇛ # ⚓ How_to_Change_Browsers_on_Android⠀⇛ o § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ # ⚓ FreeDOS_puts_out_first_new_version_in_six_years⠀⇛ Nearly six years after its last release, FreeDOS 1.3 came out at the weekend… in case you’re feeling nostalgic for a 1980s enterprise-grade OS. DOS ain’t dead. Although the long history of MS-DOS officially ended with version 6.22 in 1994, there have long been multiple other DOS-compatible OSes out there. And unlike all the others, FreeDOS is open source, legal, legitimate, and free to use. IBM continued development on PC DOS until 2003. Big Blue still hosts downloads of the last version, PC DOS 7.1, complete with FAT32 and LBA support. Its lead developer, Vernon Brooks, has a comprehensive reference site with all you could ever need to know about DOS’s history. Digital Research’s DR-DOS was bought by Novell, sold off to Caldera, and ended up an important exhibit in the Department of Justice’s monopoly case against Microsoft in the 1990s, as The Reg covered in a six-part report at the time. Caldera released the source code to the DR DOS 7.01 kernel, but changed its mind and closed it again, so although it too is available, the legality of using it is questionable. # ⚓ PostgreSQL:_pg_back_2.1.0_released⠀⇛ pg_back is a tool that can dump all your databases to files, with the configuration of the server and roles/tablespaces definitions. # ⚓ Taskwarrior:_The_most_underrated_open-source_Task_manager⠀⇛ Taskwarrior is an open-source, free to-do/ task lists manager that works from command-line as a terminal application. Taskwarrior first release was on 3 June 2008, by Paul Beckingham, as it gained popularity over time, it gets an active open-source developer community that keeps it up to date. Despite it comes in a command-line form, it is pretty easy to learn and use in daily task tracking and management. # ⚓ Miro_Kredit:_Why_we_support_the_OSI [Ed: Miro Kredit does not seem to know who really controls the OSI; it’s_not people]⠀⇛ # § Web Browsers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Firefox_Nightly:_These_Weeks_in_Firefox:_Issue 110⠀⇛ # § FSFE⠀➾ # ⚓ FSFE_at_FOSDEM:_A_vital_Devroom,_virtual_chats,_and waffles⠀⇛ At the prominent annual conference for Free Software, FOSDEM, we exchanged opinions and chatted with people from the Free Software community. We raised awareness on wider issues that impact our movement in the Legal and Policy Devroom, co-hosted by the FSFE. Enjoy the videos from the talks and stay in touch via Matrix until the next FOSDEM. # § FSF⠀➾ # § GNU Projects⠀➾ # ⚓ Development_version:_GIMP_2.99.10 Released_– GIMP⠀⇛ GIMP 2.99.10 is once again a pretty massive step in our development plans toward GIMP 3.0. We redesigned some core concepts of GIMP (“linked layers”, item locks’ GUI, dynamics switch), substantially improve the new API further into releasable state, babl and GEGL gets crazy optimizations going on, macOS and Wayland get more love, all the while improving file formats… And more! # ⚓ GIMP_2.99.10_is_out!_New_‘Layer_set’,_‘.cur’ file_&_Improved_Wayland_Support_| UbuntuHandbook⠀⇛ The new development release for the next major 3.0 of the popular image editor, GIMP 2.99.10, is out last night! The GIMP website does not announce the release at the moment. According to the welcome dialog, the new release introduced the new ‘Layer set’ concept to replace ‘Linked layers’. It also added Microsoft Windows Cursor file format (.cur files) support, and improved support for Wayland, macOS Big Sur, as well as PSD / JPEG-XL / HEIF files. # § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ #36:_pub/sub_for_live_market_monitoring_with_R_and Redis⠀⇛ There is an saying that “you can take the boy out of the valley, but you cannot the valley out of the boy” so for those of us who spent a decade or two in finance and on trading floors, having “some” market price information available becomes second nature. And/or sometimes it is just good fun to program this. A good while back Josh posted a gist on a simple-yet-robust while loop. It (very cleverly) uses his quantmod package to access the SP500 in “real-time”. (I use quotes here because at the end of retail broadband one is not at the same market action as someone co- located in a New Jersey data center. It is however not delayed: as an index, it is not immediately tradeable as a stock, etf, or derivative may be all of which are only disseminated as delayed price information, usually by ten minutes.) I quite enjoyed the gist and used it and started tinkering with it. For example, it collects data but only saves (i.e. “persists”) it after market close. If for whatever reason one needs to restart recent history is gone. In any event, I used his code and generalized it a little and published this about a year ago as function intradayMarketMonitor() in my dang package. (See this blog post announcing it.) The chart of the left shows this in action, the chart is a snapshot from a couple of days ago when the vignettes (more on them below) were written. # ⚓ Oplà_IoT_Kit_Gets_Italian,_Spanish,_German_and_French Translations⠀⇛ A big part of the Oplà IoT Kit’s value comes from its online content. When you get the kit, one of the first tasks is to visit opla.arduino.cc, where a host of awesome resources are available. And now it’s expanding on its usefulness by adding four new languages to the content. # ⚓ Qt_Creator_7_Beta2_released⠀⇛ Qt Safe Renderer 2.0 will provide a new Monitor component for improved functional safety. # ⚓ Qt_Safe_Renderer_–_Introducing_the_Monitor⠀⇛ Qt Safe Renderer is our solution for the creation of user interfaces to safety critical systems. Available since 2017 the Qt Safe Renderer is used by multiple customers and certified for several different functional safety standards. With the upcoming version 2.0 we are introducing a new approach for validating the correct rendering of safety critical information – the Monitor. # ⚓ Qt_Installer_Framework_and_Online_Installer_4.3.0 released⠀⇛ We are happy to announce the Qt Installer Framework, Online Installer, and Maintenance Tool 4.3.0 releases today. # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ Bash_Scripting:_Arithmetic_operations⠀⇛ The need to perform basic arithmetic operations is common in all types of programming, including in Bash scripts. A Linux system has multiple ways to perform arithmetic operations, and it is up to the user to decide the best method for the scenario at hand. In this tutorial, you will learn several ways to use arithmetic operations to perform basic calculations inside of a Bash script on Linux. Check out the examples below to see how these different methods work. # ⚓ Bash_Scripting:_Execute_command_from_within_the script⠀⇛ Bash scripts are, essentially, just a series of Linux commands that have been chained together in order to accomplish something. Depending on your code, there are a few different ways to execute commands inside the script. In this tutorial, we will go over a few ways to execute commands from within a Bash script on a Linux system. # ⚓ Bash_Script:_Hello_World_Example⠀⇛ When getting started with a new scripting or programming language, such as Bash scripting on Linux, the first thing a user learns to create is a Hello World script. This serves as a basic introduction into Bash scripts, and gives you a simple idea of how a script is formatted in Bash. In this tutorial, we will take you through the steps to create your first Hello World Bash script on a Linux system. It does not matter which Linux distro you are running, and you do not need any previous experience to follow along with the steps below. Let’s get started! # § Rust⠀➾ # ⚓ This_Week_In_Rust:_This_Week_in_Rust_431⠀⇛ # ⚓ Rust_1.59.0_released_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Version 1.59.0 of the Rust language has been released. There are a number of new features, including support for inline assembly (in unsafe blocks, naturally), the ability to use tuples and slices on the left-hand side of an assignment, const generic defaults, and more. Incremental compilation is also disabled by default in this release to work around a known bug. # ⚓ Announcing_Rust_1.59.0_|_Rust_Blog⠀⇛ The Rust team has published a new version of Rust, 1.59.0. Rust is a programming language that is empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. # ⚓ Rust_compiler_ambitions_for_2022_(Inside_Rust)_ [LWN.net]⠀⇛ The Inside Rust Blog has posted the Rust compiler team’s goals for this year in the hope of encouraging others to help. o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ New_media_types_in_2022_(100%)⠀⇛ At the beginning of this year I updated a hundred of media types associated with file name extensions in the file called /etc/mime.types, distributed by the media-types package. Most changes are additions originating from recent submissions to the IANA. Amon the themes that caught my attention, there are telecommunications, computer security, commerce, healthcare and industrial automation. The vast majority of the update come from western provenance. Did the rest of the World decide to move ahead without us? * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Integrity/Availability⠀➾ # § Proprietary⠀➾ # § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ # § Privatisation/Privateering⠀➾ # § Linux Foundation⠀➾ # ⚓ IBM,_Nvidia_and_Bloomberg_tout KServe_becoming_incubation_project for_LF_AI_&_Data_Foundation⠀⇛ IBM and Bloomberg announced on Thursday that KServe is joining the LF AI & Data Foundation as its latest incubation project. KServe provides a Kubernetes Custom Resource Definition for serving machine learning models on arbitrary frameworks and underpins several IBM products, including Watson Assistant. # § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ 10_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Anti-Malware Tools⠀⇛ Security is paramount. Security involves defence in depth. Approaching security one step at a time, with consistency and rigour, you can mitigate threats, and keep intruders at bay. Intruders use a variety of different techniques in an attempt to compromise a system. For example, systems can be attacked by denial of service, cracking, intrusion, snooping (intercepting the data of another user), or viruses/worms/Trojan horses. To have a secure box, a system therefore needs a variety of defences. Anti-malware is a computer program used to prevent, detect, and remove malware. The most common types of malware include viruses, worms, trojans, ransomware, bots or botnets, adware, spyware, rootkits, fileless malware, and malvertising. This article focuses on the best anti- malware tools for Linux. We only include free and open source software. Here’s our verdict captured in a legendary LinuxLinks chart. # ⚓ Microsoft’s_Critical_Windows_Security_Tool_Is an_Epic_Fail [Ed: Microsoft is a_back_doors company, not a security company]⠀⇛ Resetting a Windows machine and deleting all the data on it can be useful for businesses or before you sell a laptop, but only if it deletes all of your user information. Apparently, Microsoft’s updated data wipe tool is doing the opposite and is actually leaving data behind. # ⚓ Security_updates_for_Thursday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (thunderbird), Fedora (php), openSUSE (jasper and thunderbird), Oracle (389-ds-base, kernel, openldap, and python-pillow), Red Hat (cyrus-sasl and samba), and SUSE (cyrus-sasl, firefox, jasper, kernel-rt, nodejs10, nodejs14, nodejs8, and thunderbird). # ⚓ Ubuntu_launches_security_fixes_for_all_versions following_recent_threats_|_TechRadar⠀⇛ Canonical has released a new major update for multiple versions of the Ubuntu OS as it looks to target more than a dozen high-severity vulnerabilities recently discovered in the Linux kernel. The new update fixes five flaws found in all supported Ubuntu releases (Impish Indri, Focal Fossa, Bionic Beaver, as well as 16.04 and 14.04). Others are affecting specific versions of the OS. # ⚓ Kali_Linux_2022.1_is_your_one-stop-shop_for penetration_testing_|_TechRepublic⠀⇛ For anyone who deals with security, penetration testing is often a necessary evil. Sometimes you cannot know what vulnerabilities lie in your systems until you intentionally try to break them. Fortunately, with the help of penetration testing, you’re not actually breaking those systems, you’re only knocking on their doors to see how possible it is to crash through. That’s why platforms like Kali Linux are so important. With pen-testing Linux distributions, you have all the tools you need to run nearly every known penetration test on your servers, desktops and network. Offensive Security recently unleashed the first iteration of Kali Linux for 2022. In this new release, dubbed simply 2022.1, you’ll find improved accessibility features, SSH compatibility for legacy protocols and more new tests to try. Let’s dig into Kali Linux 2022.1 and see if this Linux distribution should be your go-to penetration testing tool. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ #KeepItOn:_2022_elections_and_internet_shutdowns_watch⠀⇛ Throughout 2021, the #KeepItOn coalition witnessed governments in Uganda, Zambia, Russia, Niger, and the Republic of the Congo hit the kill switch during elections, disconnecting millions of people from the internet — and their civic rights. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3195 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 02.24.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_24/2/2022:_Little_About_Tech_as_Ukraine_Dominates_News⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:31 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Distributions o Devices/Embedded * Free_Software/Open_Source * Leftovers * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ I_have_the_HackenDECK_in_my_hands!_10_things_you_need_to know_about_the_UM700._–_Invidious⠀⇛ o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ Uniting_the_Linux_random-number_devices_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Blocking in the kernel’s random-number generator (RNG)—causing a process to wait for “enough” entropy to generate strong random numbers—has always been controversial. It has also led to various kinds of problems over the years, from timeouts and delays caused by misuse in user-space programs to deadlocks and other problems in the boot process. That behavior has undergone a number of changes over the last few years and it looks possible that the last vestige of the difference between merely “good” and “cryptographic-strength” random numbers may go away in some upcoming kernel version. # ⚓ Going_big_with_TCP_packets_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Like most components in the computing landscape, networking hardware has grown steadily faster over time. Indeed, today’s high-end network interfaces can often move data more quickly than the systems they are attached to can handle. The networking developers have been working for years to increase the scalability of their subsystem; one of the current projects is the BIG TCP patch set from Eric Dumazet and Coco Li. BIG TCP isn’t for everybody, but it has the potential to significantly improve networking performance in some settings. Imagine, for a second, that you are trying to keep up with a 100Gb/s network adapter. As networking developer Jesper Brouer described back in 2015, if one is using the longstanding maximum packet size of 1,538 bytes, running the interface at full speed means coping with over eight-million packets per second. At that rate, CPU has all of about 120ns to do whatever is required to handle each packet, which is not a lot of time; a single cache miss can ruin the entire processing-time budget. The situation gets better, though, if the number of packets is reduced, and that can be achieved by making packets larger. So it is unsurprising that high-performance networking installations, especially local-area networks where everything is managed as a single unit, use larger packet sizes. With proper configuration, packet sizes up to 64KB can be used, improving the situation considerably. But, in settings where data is being moved in units of megabytes or gigabytes (or more — cat videos are getting larger all the time), that still leaves the system with a lot of packets to handle. Packet counts hurt in a number of ways. There is a significant fixed overhead associated with every packet transiting a system. Each packet must find its way through the network stack, from the upper protocol layers down to the device driver for the interface (or back). More packets means more interrupts from the network adapter. The sk_buff structure (“SKB”) used to represent packets within the kernel is a large beast, since it must be able to support just about any networking feature that may be in use; that leads to significant per-packet memory use and memory-management costs. So there are good reasons to wish for the ability to move data in fewer, larger packets, at least for some types of applications. # ⚓ Remote_per-CPU_page_list_draining_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Sometimes, a kernel-patch series comes with an exciting, sexy title. Other times, the mailing lists are full of patches with titles like “remote per-cpu lists drain support”. For many, the patches associated with that title will be just as dry as the title itself. But, for those who are interested in such things — a group that includes many LWN readers — this short patch series from Nicolas Saenz Julienne gives some insight into just what is required to make the kernel’s page allocator as fast — and as robust — as developers can make it. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ 5_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Digital_Asset_Management Software⠀⇛ Digital asset management (DAM) allows organization to obtain greater value from creative digital assets like images and videos by making them easy to organize, access, catalogue, find, retrieve and distribute. Quick to deploy and easy-to-use, a centralized DAM system provides peers, employees, clients, contractors and other key stakeholders controlled access to their entire digital content library—including images, photos, creative files, video, audio, presentations, documents, and more. A DAM system streamlines and manages the content lifecycle — from creation to preservation. This software adds metadata to each content and searches for digital files easy. It can deliver content on multiple devices in various formats. It can integrate with other external tools and platforms to provide services like sending bulk data to external partners in a secure way. # ⚓ Linux_Candy:_terminal-parrot_–_party_parrot_time⠀⇛ Linux Candy is a series of articles covering interesting eye candy software. We only feature open source software in this series. Some of the programs in this series are purely cosmetic, frivolous pieces of fun. Candy at their finest. But we also include some programs that aren’t purely decorative. There’s a diverse range of programs included in this series. Programs such as eDEX-UI and Variety are actually highly practical programs. ASCIIQuarium has soothing and relaxing qualities for your desktop. Other programs included in this series (such as lolcat, cacafire) are included purely for their decorative qualities. And then there’s some really fun software that just raises a smile or two. # ⚓ 2_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Racket_Static_Site_Generators⠀⇛ LinuxLinks, like most modern websites, is dynamic in that content is stored in a database and converted into presentation-ready HTML when readers access the site. While we employ built-in server caching which creates static versions of the site, we don’t generate a full, static HTML website based on raw data and a set of templates. However, sometimes a full, static HTML website is desirable. Because HTML pages are all prebuilt, they load extremely quickly in web browsers. There are lots of other advantages of running a full, static HTML website. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ How_to_find_UUID_of_Disk_Storage_with_the_simple_command⠀⇛ Most likely, you are looking for a solution to auto-mount disk storage whenever the system gets power on instead of doing it manually. Of course, it is not feasible to mount a location every time, and what if your application or program crashes because of a missing location? So, to avoid this type of conflict, we can leverage /etc/fstab file to automount the disk, but the question is, it asks for a UUID. o § Distributions⠀➾ # ⚓ BluePup_coming_to_other_distros⠀⇛ This is good news, Jason (plinej in the forum) is getting BluePup to work in MX Linux… # § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenSSH_8.9_Released⠀⇛ A near-future release of OpenSSH will switch scp(1) from using the legacy scp/rcp protocol to using SFTP by default. Legacy scp/rcp performs wildcard expansion of remote filenames (e.g. “scp host:* .”) through the remote shell. This has the side effect of requiring double quoting of shell meta-characters in file names included on scp (1) command-lines, otherwise they could be interpreted as shell commands on the remote side. This creates one area of potential incompatibility: scp(1) when using the SFTP protocol no longer requires this finicky and brittle quoting, and attempts to use it may cause transfers to fail. We consider the removal of the need for double-quoting shell characters in file names to be a benefit and do not intend to introduce bug-compatibility for legacy scp/rcp in scp(1) when using the SFTP protocol. Another area of potential incompatibility relates to the use of remote paths relative to other user’s home directories, for example – “scp host:~user/file /tmp”. The SFTP protocol has no native way to expand a ~user path. However, sftp-server(8) in OpenSSH 8.7 and later support a protocol extension “expand-path@openssh.com” to support this. # § IBM/Red Hat/Fedora⠀➾ # ⚓ Getting_to_know_Vony_Tjiu,_country_manager_for_Red Hat_Indonesia [Ed: Red Hat hiring is poorly done. They're bringing the enemy into the company.]⠀⇛ …she served as commercial director at Microsoft Indonesia… # § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Debian_reconsiders_NEW_review⠀⇛ The Debian project is known for its commitment to free software, the effort that it puts into ensuring that its distribution is compliant with the licenses of the software it ships, and the energy it puts into discussions around that work. A recent (and ongoing) discussion started with a query about a relatively obscure aspect of the process by which new packages enter the distribution, but ended up questioning the project’s approach toward licensing and copyright issues. While no real conclusions were reached, it seems likely that the themes heard in this discussion, which relate to Debian’s role in the free-software community in general, will play a prominent part in future debates. Some background The Debian project does not hand out the right to place packages into the distribution lightly. Prospective packagers must first become Debian developers via a lengthy process that involves working with a mentor and convincing that person that the candidate firmly understands Debian’s philosophy and policies. A considerable amount of time may elapse between the initial application and the eventual invitation to throw their key into the keyring and become a proper Debian developer. Even then, though, there is an obstacle to overcome in the form of the “NEW queue”. Any new package added to the distribution — a package for a program that Debian has not previously distributed, for example — will be placed in the NEW queue for manual review prior to being accepted into the Debian repository. The review process checks that the package complies with Debian’s policies in general, that it plays well with existing packages in the repository, and that it is something that Debian can legally distribute. It is, in a sense, the final quality-control step imposed by Debian before a new package can enter the repository. # § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ 7_Things_I_Want_to_See_in_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS_[I_Know_I Won't_Get_it]⠀⇛ With Ubuntu 22.04 LTS just around the corner, we are all waiting eagerly to experience the list of features in Ubuntu 22.04 being introduced. Without a full-fledged hands-on with Ubuntu 22.04, I can’t say for certain if it is impressive. But, I do have some thoughts on the things I want to see in Ubuntu 22.04. It’s probably a bit too late to make some requests for changes, but I’d like to hope for the best! o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Pigeon_RB700_is_a_DIN_Rail_automation_controller_with_RS- 485,_RS-232,_Ethernet,_CAN_FD,_1-WIRE,_RS-232,_and_more⠀⇛ We’re covered DIN-Rail industrial computers powered by Raspberry Pi CM4 module, but Kristech’s Pigeon RB700 automation controller may be the one with the most features so far thanks to two RS-485 ports, two Ethernet ports, CAN FD, 1-WIRE, RS-232, 12 digital inputs (8 optoisolated, 4 dry contacts), and 8 digital outputs. That’s for the common features present in all variants including RB700 Essense. The RB700 Standard model adds UPS, HDMI, analog I/Os, and TPM, while the RB700 Advance is further equipped with two M.2 sockets (for SSD and/or cellular modem) and two additional RS-232 ports. # § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ ZTE_Is_The_Latest_To_Try_And_Bring_MagSafe_To Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ ZTE_to_launch_new-generation_5G_Android_TV_STB_at_MWC 2022⠀⇛ # ⚓ Getting_the_ultimate_home_entertainment_with_ZTE_Hey Google_Android_TV_STB_Series_|_Light_Reading⠀⇛ # ⚓ OnePlus_9R_gets_OxygenOS_12_Open_Beta_1_update_based on_Android_12⠀⇛ # ⚓ 10_settings_you_should_change_to_get_the_most_out_of your_Android_smartphone_|_Gadgets_Now⠀⇛ # ⚓ Is_Android_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Platform?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Earning_Money_On_The_Go_With_Your_Android_Device⠀⇛ o § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ # § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Free_&_Online:_Open_Source_101_Coming_March_29_With Great_Speakers_and_“Wow!”_Prizes⠀⇛ We’ve heard from the folks at Open Source 101, who told us the date for the single-day conference has been set, some of the speakers have already been named, and that this year’s event has been cleared for blast off on Tuesday, March 29. The bad news for folks who like their conferences up close and personal is that even though the folks behind the conference were able to present the three-day All Things Open event in October before a live and in- person audience, the current situation with the omicron variant of Covid-19 means Open Source 101 will be an online only event. # § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ 3_Top_Free_and_Open_Source_Julia_Web_Frameworks⠀⇛ One of the types of software that’s important for a web developer is the web framework. A framework “is a code library that makes a developer’s life easier when building reliable, scalable, and maintainable web applications” by providing reusable code or extensions for common operations. By saving development time, developers can concentrate on application logic rather than mundane elements. A web framework offers the developer a choice about how to solve a specific problem. By using a framework, a developer lets the framework control portions of their application. While it’s perfectly possible to code a web application without using a framework, it’s more practical to use one. # ⚓ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_#36:_pub/sub_for_live_market monitoring_with_R_and_Redis⠀⇛ There is an saying that “you can take the boy out of the valley, but you cannot the valley out of the boy” so for those of us who spent a decade or two in finance and on trading floors, having “some” market price information available becomes second nature. And/or sometimes it is just good fun to program this. A good while back Josh posted a gist on a simple-yet-robust while loop. It (very cleverly) uses his quantmod package to access the SP500 in “real-time”. (I use quotes here because at the end of retail broadband one is not at the same market action as someone co- located in a New Jersey data center. It is however not delayed: as an index, it is not immediately tradeable as a stock, etf, or derivative may be all of which are only disseminated as delayed price information, usually by ten minutes.) I quite enjoyed the gist and used it and started tinkering with it. For example, it collects data but only saves (i.e. “persists”) it after market close. If for whatever reason one needs to restart recent history is gone. In any event, I used his code and generalized it a little and published this about a year ago as function intradayMarketMonitor() in my dang package. (See this blog post announcing it.) The chart of the left shows this in action, the chart is a snapshot from a couple of days ago when the vignettes (more on them below) were written. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ The_Galaxies_Within⠀⇛ Most writers are content to write a book once; others, after publishing a first version, go back and rewrite it over and over again. Sometimes they do so out of aesthetic dissatisfaction. But there is another type of writer (let’s call them “translinguals”) who returns to a book time and again in order to rewrite it in a different language. In a way, translingual writers might be seen as their own translators, although the term doesn’t quite fit because these writers don’t simply render their original work into another language; they rewrite it in a peculiar way, creating another original. Like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, they inhabit—or, better, are inhabited by—different iterations of who they are; each version of their book represents a different self. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ ‘A_Game-Changer’:_Defying_Big_Pharma,_WHO_Expands_Vaccine Tech_Sharing⠀⇛ The World Health Organization on Wednesday announced it is expanding its mRNA technology transfer efforts to five additional countries as it works to bolster coronavirus vaccine manufacturing in the Global South, an initiative that seeks to overcome persistent obstruction from the pharmaceutical industry and rich nations. Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, Serbia, and Vietnam will be the newest recipients of mRNA vaccine technology from the WHO’s hub in Cape Town, South Africa, which has succeeded in creating an mRNA-based coronavirus vaccine modeled after Moderna’s shot—the sequence of which was reverse- engineered by Stanford University scientists and published online last year. # ⚓ John_Ioannidis_vs._the_“science_Kardashian”_and_critics_of the_Great_Barrington_Declaration⠀⇛ The other day, I wrote about a breathtakingly awful “study” by John Ioannidis, prepandemic science superstar turned booster of the Great Barrington Declaration (GBD) and unrelenting foe of anything resembling “lockdowns.” Given that my post was long even by Orac standards, I will try not to rehash (much) of it, other than to mention that my key criticism of Ioannidis’ “study” (such as it was) was that it suffered from a fatal flaw: Its author apparently didn’t realize that the “Kardashian index” that he used to portray signatories of the John Snow Memorandum (JSM), an answer to the GBD criticizing its premises and recommendations, as “science Kardashians” had always been intended as a satirical means of mocking certain scientists’ obsession with scientific publication citation metrics. Even worse, even the peer reviewers (whose reviews were published, albeit belatedly, per BMJ Open Access policy) apparently also never recognized that very same fatal flaw in the Kardashian index, thus leading me to wonder whether Ioannidis’ paper was satire like the Kardashian index, only some sort of satire too subtle for me or the peer reviewers to have recognized as satire. That’s one reason why I rather sarcastically suggested that perhaps there’s no better example of the accuracy of the satire intended by the Kardashian index than Ioannidis’ paper. # ⚓ Emergency_Workplace_Organizing_Committee_Is_Helping_Workers During_COVID⠀⇛ That’s where the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) comes in. The project was formed jointly by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) union to help non-unionized workers organize amid the life-threatening conditions of the pandemic — and beyond. Over the past two years, EWOC has helped workers across industries win through collective action in the workplace. # ⚓ Google_will_no_longer_require_US_employees_to_be_vaccinated against_COVID-19⠀⇛ “We’re not enforcing vaccination requirements as a condition of employment for US office workers at this time,” Google spokesperson Lora Lee Erickson said in a statement to The Verge after we first published this article. “We’re continuing to implement our vaccination policy requiring COVID-19 vaccinations or approved accommodations for any individuals accessing our sites, because it’s one of the most important ways we can keep our workforce safe and keep our services running.” In addition, only employees at Google’s Santa Clara County facilities will have to wear masks in the office, Erickson says. # ⚓ Google_eases_pandemic_rules_for_employees_in_the_U.S.⠀⇛ As Google prepares to bring workers back to its offices, the company is relaxing some of its Covid- 19 workplace policies, including a rule requiring U.S. employees to be vaccinated. But workers will still have to be vaccinated if they plan to use the company’s offices. In an email to San Francisco Bay Area employees last week, Google said it was easing some of its pandemic restrictions. It will no longer require employees to be tested weekly to enter its U.S. offices. Also, it will not require staff to wear masks in the office, with the exception of Santa Clara County — home to Google’s main Mountain View headquarters. Google also said it planned to restore many of its famed office amenities, such as fitness centers, cafeterias, massage services and commuter shuttles. CNBC reported the change in policies earlier. o § Integrity/Availability⠀➾ # § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ TurboTax_Maker_Intuit_Faces_Tens_of_Millions_in_Fees in_a_Groundbreaking_Legal_Battle_Over_Consumer_Fraud⠀⇛ Faced with a class-action suit filed on behalf of customers who claim they were tricked into paying to file their taxes, TurboTax-maker Intuit knocked the case down. The company insisted its customers had agreed to forego their right to take their grievances to court and were required to use the private arbitration system instead. But even as Intuit was winning in the class- action case, that very arbitration system was being weaponized against the Silicon Valley company. # ⚓ Is_Apple’s_Qualcomm_relationship_already_on_the rocks?⠀⇛ Put these three sets of claims together, and other than some confusion around timing of these self-designed 5G chips (this year or next), you see a company that is pressing forward with creating manufacturing partnerships to provide its own modems — and is prepping for any subsequent litigation with Qualcomm. # § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ The_long_road_to_a_fix_for_CVE-2021-20316_ [LWN.net]⠀⇛ Well-maintained free-software projects usually make a point of quickly fixing known security problems, and the Samba project, which provides interoperability between Windows and Unix systems, is no exception. So it is natural to wonder why the fix for CVE- 2021-20316, a symbolic-link vulnerability, was well over two years in coming. Sometimes, a security bug can be fixed with a simple tweak to the code. Other times, the fix requires a massive rewrite of much of a projects’s internal code. This particular vulnerability fell firmly into the latter category, necessitating a public rewrite of Samba’s virtual filesystem (VFS) layer to address a non-disclosed vulnerability. The story starts with a bug report from Michael Hanselmann in May 2019. When an SMB client instructs the server to create a new directory, the server must carry out a number of checks to ensure that the client is entitled to do that. Among other things, the server makes sure that the requested directory actually lies within the exported SMB share rather than being at some arbitrary location elsewhere in the server’s filesystem. Unfortunately, there is inevitably a window between when the server performs the check and when it actually creates the directory. If a malicious user is able to replace a component in the path for the new directory with a symbolic link during that window, Samba will happily follow the link and make the directory in the wrong place, with results that are generally seen as distasteful by anybody but an attacker. This is a classic time-of-check/time- of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability, of the sort that symbolic links have become notorious for. It is also a hard one to fix, especially for a system like Samba, where portability is an important concern. There is no easy, cross-platform way to query the attributes of a path in the filesystem and safely act on the result, secure in the knowledge that a malicious actor cannot change things in the middle. Still, something clearly needed to be done, so Samba developer Jeremy Allison jumped in to write a fix. The CVE number CVE-2019-10151 was duly assigned to this problem. # ⚓ Can_you_get_pwned_with_CSS?⠀⇛ I recently started to consider changing the grading criteria on Security Headers which isn’t something that happens very often. I wanted to make a change that would result in more sites achieving the highest possible grade of A+ and involved removing the penalty for use of ‘unsafe-inline’ in the style-src directive. To fully appreciate the impact of the change, I reached out to the community and did a little research myself to see what the risks of inline styles might be. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Clearview_Pitch_Deck_Says_It’s_Aiming_For A_100_Billion_Image_Database,_Restarting Sales_To_The_Private_Sector⠀⇛ Clearview AI — the facial recognition tech company so sketchy other facial recognition tech companies don’t want to be associated with it — is about to get a whole lot sketchier. Its database, which supposedly contains 10 billion images scraped from the internet, continues to expand. And, despite being sued multiple times in the US and declared actually illegal abroad, the company has expansion plans that go far beyond the government agencies it once promised to limit its sales to. # ⚓ EU_looks_to_end_data_hoarding_by companies⠀⇛ Brussels, Feb 23, 2022 -With companies reaping increasing amounts of data from consumers and firms, the EU is looking at wrestling back access to that digital information under a Data Act proposed Wednesday by the European Commission. # ⚓ The_Truth_Behind_Private_Browsing_or Incognito_Mode⠀⇛ Most browsers come with a private browsing mode that promises to safeguard your privacy. Chrome calls this feature “Incognito Mode.” But just how private is this feature? How does it work and how does it protect you? In what situations does it not protect you? o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Putin’s_Advance_Into_Ukraine_Compares_with_Saddam_Hussein’s Invasion_of_Kuwait…a_Disaster_for_Russia⠀⇛ More than thirty years later, Vladimir Putin sent his tanks and soldiers into the separatist republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, enclaves whose independence he recognised, provoking a furious response and threats of retaliation from NATO states. Putin’s actions may not provoke a wider war in the short term. Most immediately, this will depend on whether or not Russian forces press beyond the present front line and seek to expand the territory controlled by the separatist republics. # ⚓ WWII_Redux:_The_Endpoint_of_U.S._Policy,_from_Ukraine_to Taiwan⠀⇛ “This is not going to be a war of Ukraine and Russia. This is going to be a European war, a full- fledged war.” So spoke Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky just days after berating the U.S. for beating the drums of war. It is not hard to imagine how Zelensky’s words must have fallen on those European ears that were attentive.  His warning surely conjured up images of World War II when tens of millions of Europeans and Russians perished. # ⚓ Bob_Dylan_and_the_Ukraine_Crisis⠀⇛ In recent days, media coverage of a possible summit between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin has taken on almost wistful qualities, as though the horsemen of the apocalypse are already out of the barn. Fatalism is easy for the laptop warriors and blow- dried studio pundits who keep insisting on the need to get tough with “the Russians,” by which they mean the Russian government. Actual people who suffer and die in war easily become faraway abstractions. “And you never ask questions / When God’s on your side.” # ⚓ Ukraine:_US_“Diplomacy”_is_the_Problem._Can_it_Become_the Solution?⠀⇛ Reuters reports that Biden, at the urging of French president Emmanuel Macron, is willing “in principle” to hold a summit with Putin. “We are always ready for diplomacy,” says White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. Unfortunately, it’s US “diplomacy” which brought the US, Russia, Ukraine, and NATO to the current standoff. # ⚓ Paralysing_Afghanistan:_Washington’s_Regime_Change_Agenda⠀⇛ Nothing is more counter-intuitive than the effort to isolate, cripple and strangulate the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.  For all the talk about terrorism and concerns about failing regimes, the Biden Administration is doing every bit to make this regime fail and encourage the outcome it decries. Along the way, a humanitarian catastrophe is in the making. Prior to the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in August 2021, foreign aid constituted a mainstay of the economy, covering roughly three-quarters of public spending.  After August 15, an almost immediate cessation of funding took place, led by the United States, and those less than noble institutions, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.  But it did not stop there.  Billions of dollars in Afghanistan’s own funds were frozen.  (For the US alone, this amounted to $9.4 billion.) # ⚓ Ivanka_Trump_in_Talks_to_Cooperate_With_January_6 Committee⠀⇛ # ⚓ Lawmakers_Warn_Biden_He_Can’t_Unilaterally_Send_US_Troops to_Fight_Russia⠀⇛ # ⚓ US_Stokes_Tensions_With_Russia_by_Building_Military_Base 100_Miles_From_Border⠀⇛ # ⚓ Putin_announces_formal_start_of_Russia’s_invasion_in eastern_Ukraine⠀⇛ Addressing the nation in another televised speech early on Thursday morning, Moscow time, Vladimir Putin announced the start of a “special military operation” in eastern Ukraine. The Russian president said that his administration has no plans to occupy Ukraine, though he also ordered Ukrainian soldiers in the Donbas to lay down their weapons. # ⚓ US_and_Russian_Physicians_Warn_War_in_Ukraine_Risks_Global Nuclear_‘Catastrophe’⠀⇛ A renowned organization comprised of U.S. and Russian physicians warned late Tuesday that a military conflict involving the two powers in Ukraine risks a nuclear “catastrophe” that could have horrific effects on all of Europe—and potentially the entire planet. In a new statement, nuclear energy specialists joined members of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)—a coalition of medical groups that won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 for its non-proliferation work—in noting that while Ukraine does not possess nuclear weapons, it does maintain more than a dozen nuclear power reactors that could be in the line of fire should the current situation descend into all-out war. # ⚓ Lawmakers_to_Biden:_No_US_Troops_to_Fight_Russia_Without Approval_by_Congress⠀⇛ A bipartisan group of lawmakers and a coalition of anti-war groups reminded President Joe Biden on Tuesday that he is legally required to seek authorization from Congress before involving U.S. troops in any military conflict with Russia, which began moving forces of its own into eastern Ukraine earlier this week. “Americans are fed up with risking U.S. troops’ lives and spending taxpayer dollars on endless overseas wars.” # ⚓ Opinion_|_The_Cuban_Missile_Crisis_and_Ukraine⠀⇛ If President John Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev hadn’t acted against the hardline advice of their political and military advisers during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, “nearly all then-living humans might have died, and few if any now alive would have ever existed.” # ⚓ Opinion_|_Will_Crisis_in_Ukraine_Speed_Up_Germany’s Transition_to_Renewables?⠀⇛ On Tuesday, Germany’s socialist Chancellor, Olaf Scholtz, suspended the permitting process for the Nord Stream 2 methane gas pipeline that had been built to bring Siberian gas to Germany, over Russia’s declaration that two Ukrainian provinces were independent states. The $11 billion pipeline has already been constructed, but was awaiting German government permits to begin operating. It may well now be an $11 billion boondoggle. # ⚓ Donetsk_and_Luhansk_‘people’s_republics’_appeal_to_Putin for_help_‘repelling’_Ukraine⠀⇛ The de facto leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” have appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for help “repelling aggression” from Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS on Wednesday, February 23. # ⚓ Russia,_Ukraine,_and_the_New_Bipartisanship_in_Washington⠀⇛ For the people of Ukraine and Russia, Vladimir Putin’s decision to send troops into two breakaway republics in Ukraine’s far-eastern Donbas region will bring nothing but pain and suffering. Aside from any deaths and injuries that will occur—especially if Putin extends its invasion beyond the borders of the self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk republics—the move will result in severe hardship for most ordinary Russians as harsh Western sanctions take effect and considerable suffering throughout the region as energy prices mount. For the arms dealers and military hawks in Washington, however, it is a time to celebrate: Not only is the White House about to submit a record- breaking defense budget for 2023, but Democrats and Republicans in Congress—united as never before—are determined to add tens of billions of dollars for additional weapons on top of whatever astronomical figure Biden sends them. # ⚓ Any_US_Military_Involvement_in_Ukraine_Needs_Congressional Approval⠀⇛ The Biden administration continues to signal that it has no intention to involve United States forces in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Yet, as the threat of a European war escalates rapidly, so too does the risk of a chaotic turn of events that could make the dispute into much more than a fight between Russia and its embattled neighbor. Now, more than ever, said Erik Sperling, the executive director of the anti-war group Just Foreign Policy, it is vital for Congress to reaffirm its authority over any decisions regarding military action in the region. # ⚓ Nuclear_War_Risk_Rises_as_Tension_Mounts_Between_Nuclear Superpowers_over_Ukraine⠀⇛ Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to order troops into the separatist-controlled areas of Ukraine has triggered a new wave of sanctions against Russia, amid fears the situation could spiral into an all-out war. We speak with Dr. Ira Helfand, former president of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, who warns a war could lead to the use of nuclear weapons that would annihilate millions and cause total collapse of world ecosystems. “We have found it almost impossible to imagine, 30 years after the end of the Cold War, that there could be a nuclear war between the United States and Russia, but the crisis in Ukraine is putting exactly that possibility on the table again,” says Helfand. # ⚓ Perpetual_Tyranny:_Endless_Wars_Are_the_Enemy_of_Freedom⠀⇛ War is the enemy of freedom. As long as America’s politicians continue to involve us in wars that bankrupt the nation, jeopardize our servicemen and women, increase the chances of terrorism and blowback domestically, and push the nation that much closer to eventual collapse, “we the people” will find ourselves in a perpetual state of tyranny. # ⚓ Western_Media_Fall_in_Lockstep_for_Neo-Nazi_Publicity_Stunt in_Ukraine⠀⇛ When the corporate media push for war, one of their main weapons is propaganda by omission. # ⚓ France_and_its_Specter⠀⇛ In any case, Islam, though it has contributed to numerous civilizations, isn’t itself a civilization but a religion. It is the French who, in their universities and such places as the Louvre Museum, bring dozens of different civilizations, cultures and arts under the “Islamic” label. That, in turn, legitimizes those, like the Muslim Brotherhood, the Khomeinists, Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda and ISIS among others, who reduce Islam to a political ideology or even a slogan under which they pursue their quest for power. For decades, that pursuit has also benefited from the French state’s financial, political and prestige support. It was the Interior Ministry under Nicolas Sarkozy that created the French “Church” of Islam, granting its leadership to the Muslim Brotherhood. Hassan al-Banna’s grandson Tariq Ramadan was “Islamic affairs adviser” to several French governments. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ New_Report_Details_Exactly_What_Biden_Could_Do_After Declaring_‘Climate_Emergency’⠀⇛ Though the current state of the climate is a “code red for humanity,” President Joe Biden “has the tools to lead a tectonic shift” in the U.S. response to the global crisis. “This report demonstrates that the issue is not whether President Biden can make substantial progress on climate; the question is will he do so.” # ⚓ ‘Tear_This_Deal_Up’:_Outrage_as_DeJoy_Finalizes_Plan_to_Buy Gas-Guzzling_Trucks⠀⇛ Progressive lawmakers and environmentalists voiced outrage Wednesday after the U.S. Postal Service—led by Trump megadonor Louis DeJoy—finalized its plan to purchase a fleet of largely gas-powered delivery trucks, a move that flouts President Joe Biden’s proposed transition to zero-emission government vehicles. “DeJoy’s environmental review is rickety, founded on suspect calculations, and fails to meet the standards of the law.” # § Energy⠀➾ # ⚓ One_Woman’s_Quest_to_Safeguard_Federal_Funds_Meant_to Clean_up_the_Oil_and_Gas_Industry’s_Mess⠀⇛ After the Biden administration’s bipartisan infrastructure law was passed, the administration hailed the bill’s $4.7 billion package to cap orphaned oil and gas wells as a move to tackle “super-polluting methane emissions,” saying it will combat the climate crisis and create jobs. But it is possible that, without tight rules, these public funds could be spent in ways that contradict those goals — and go to the very entities that enabled these environmental messes in the first place.  Though the administration claims it will establish safeguards, currently there are no rules to compel state oil and gas regulators to use the federal funds in a way that prioritizes plugging the inactive and supposedly ownerless wells that are emitting the most methane, or even any methane at all. The law’s current implementation also offers no assurances that the new jobs promised for oil and gas industry workers will materialize, although it is a stated goal of the law.  # ⚓ In_a_Contested_Oregon_Primary_Race,_Democrats_Back Candidate_Taking_Fossil_Fuel_Money⠀⇛ Late last year, U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D- OR) announced his retirement from Oregon’s 4th District, opening up a seat that he held for more than three decades. He’s earned a reputation in Congress as a champion of transportation and climate policy: He was one of the original cosponsors of the Green New Deal in 2019, and most recently, he helped craft the bipartisan infrastructure bill that was signed into law last year, and also helped shepherd President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda through the House of Representatives, before it ran aground in the Senate. Within hours of DeFazio making his retirement public, Val Hoyle announced her intention to seek his seat. He quickly endorsed her. Hoyle served as a representative in Oregon’s legislature from 2009 to 2017 and is currently the state Labor Commissioner. She quickly consolidated the backing of powerful Democrats, with U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) endorsing her in late January. # ⚓ Forecast:_Number_of_plug-in_vehicles_to_rise_faster than_expected_in_Finland⠀⇛ The proportion of fully electric vehicles is expected to rise to 17 per cent and that of plug-in hybrids to 23 per cent of first registrations this year. The registrations of fully electric vehicles are expected to increase particularly, making up roughly one- third of first registrations in 2025 and almost two-thirds in 2030. The Finnish vehicle stock is forecast to consist of some 740,000 plug-in passenger vehicles by the end of the decade, signalling a nearly 25-per-cent increase from the 600,000 forecast last year. The slow turnover cycle of the stock – about 22 years – means that the stock will continue to include about 2.2 million combustion-engine cars in 2030. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ UN_Report_Warns_of_50%_Increase_in_Wildfires_by_2100 as_Climate_Crisis_Rages⠀⇛ Wildfires are projected to rise 30% by 2050 and 50% by the end of the century due to the fossil fuel-driven climate emergency and land-use change, and governments worldwide are not ready, according to a new United Nations-backed report that calls for overhauling public spending, with a focus on improving prevention and preparedness. “While the situation is certainly extreme, it is not yet hopeless.” o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Ross_Douthat_and_the_Great_Resignation⠀⇛ Unfortunately, it seems that no one other than Douthat is given the opportunity by major news outlets to argue that policy, rather than inevitable processes like globalization or technology, is responsible for the relative deterioration in the situation of people who do manual labor. To be clear, there are prominent columnists like, Paul Krugman at the NYT and E.J. Dionne at the WaPo, who argue for welfare state policies to reverse this deterioration, but you won’t see any pieces saying that the deterioration itself was the result of deliberate policy. This absence is striking, given how the major news outlets are perfectly comfortable giving large amounts of space to pieces based on little evidence, or that sometimes even fly in the face of the evidence that does exist. The NYT gave us an example of this with the Sunday magazine’s cover piece proclaiming “The Age of Anti-Ambition.” # ⚓ Biden’s_Real_Challenge_is_Not_Russia_or_China,_but_Poverty in_America⠀⇛ “US Economy Grew 1.7% in Fourth Quarter, Capping a Strong Year,” The New York Times reported. “US Economy Grew 5.7% in 2021, Fastest Full-Year Clip,” The Washington Post added. Reuters, Voice of America, The Financial Times, CNN, Market Watch and many others all concurred. But if that is the case, why then is US President Joe Biden’s approval rating at an all time low? And why are many Americans literally going hungry? In a national opinion poll conducted by Reuters/ Ipsos and published on February 3, only 41% of US adults approved of Biden’s performance in office. A whopping 56% disapproved. The numbers were not a complete shock as the downward trajectory of the Biden presidency has been in effect soon after he moved to the White House over a year ago. # ⚓ Why_Insider_Trading_is_Still_a_Big_Problem⠀⇛ Congress passed that law – the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, also known as the STOCK Act – in 2012 to fight insider trading among lawmakers with increased transparency. But a chorus of legislators and governance watchdogs argue that it didn’t go far enough and isn’t working. All this raises two important questions: What exactly is insider trading and what’s the big deal? # ⚓ Alabama_Residents_Overwhelmingly_Support_Union_Drive_at Amazon:_Poll⠀⇛ New polling results released Wednesday show that nearly two-thirds of Jefferson County, Alabama residents support Amazon workers forming a union. “Even in the heart of the ‘right-to-work’ U.S. South, there is amazing potential for an energized and revitalized labor movement to score major victories.” # ⚓ Opinion_|_Free_Market_Mythology_Is_a_Freedom-Killer⠀⇛ Americans love freedom…and who doesn’t? To be happy, most of us need a sense of agency and abhor the thought of Big Brother looking over our shoulder. # ⚓ Opinion_|_A_Call_for_All_Progressive_Candidates_and Officeholders_to_Embrace_a_21st_Century_Economic_Bill_of Rights⠀⇛ In his 1944 State of the Union Address, President Franklin Roosevelt articulated popular American hopes and aspirations by calling for a Second Bill of Rights—an Economic Bill of Rights for all Americans. # ⚓ Republicans’_Response_to_Taxing_the_Rich?_Tax_the_Poor.⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_Bold_New_Campaign_to_“End_Poverty_in_California”⠀⇛ This month, former Stockton, Calif., Mayor Michael Tubbs launched a campaign as bold as it is straightforward: End Poverty in California (EPIC). # ⚓ “Pick_Up_the_Pen,_Joe”:_Biden_Faces_Rising_Pressure_to Cancel_Student_Debt⠀⇛ # ⚓ “Pick_Up_the_Pen,_Joe”:_Biden_Faces_Pressure_to_Cancel Student_Debt_to_Fulfill_Campaign_Promise⠀⇛ The Debt Collective is planning an action on April 4 at the Department of Education to urge the Biden administration to fulfill a campaign promise to cancel student debt before federal student loan payments restart in May. Debt cancellation would give relief to some 45 million borrowers who owe nearly $1.8 trillion in student debt. Education should be treated as a human right and not as a commodity, says Astra Taylor, co-director of the Debt Collective. Not only has Biden failed on his campaign promises, but he has made it easier for lenders to prey on student borrowers, adds Braxton Brewington, press secretary with the Debt Collective. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Opinion_|_Why_Gerrymandering_Could_Get_Way_Worse⠀⇛ Republicans are gerrymandering themselves into entrenched minority power, unless we stop them now. # ⚓ Black_History_Month_Is_Every_Month⠀⇛ # ⚓ Veteran_Hershey’s_Workers_Lead_Union_Drive_to_Benefit_New Hires⠀⇛ Longtime workers at a Hershey’s plant in Stuart’s Draft, Virginia are leading a union drive to ensure newer employees are afforded the same benefits and working conditions they had before the candy company changed its policies in recent years—resulting in what one worker compared to prison-like conditions with little time off for many workers. “It’s known as the Hershey prison, and we get home release,” employee James Gibson told More Perfect Union, a non-profit media outlet focused on labor issues, last week. # ⚓ Republican_Politicians_in_the_West_are_Ignoring_Voters’ Conservation_Priorities⠀⇛ For the 12th year in a row, Colorado College’s State of the Rockies Project has conducted and recently released its Conservation in the West Report. As noted in their press release: “The survey polled registered voters in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Voters responded to questions concerning conservation of public lands, energy, water, wildlife, wildfire, and other pressing challenges in the Mountain West.” Unlike many polls intended to benefit one political party or the other, this one is conducted by both right-leaning and left-leaning polling firms that sought opinions across the political spectrum. Over the eight states the overwhelming majority — 69% —  expressed serious and “pessimistic” concerns for the future well-being of the natural amenities — land, air, water, and wildlife — which so many in the West have long taken for granted. # ⚓ Major_Companies_Undercut_Climate_Promises_With_GOP Donations⠀⇛ Dozens of top companies across various industries that have pledged to cut their planet-heating emissions are collectively pouring millions into electing GOP officials standing the way of climate action, an analysis revealed Wednesday. “This report should serve as an important reminder to corporations to reassess their political contribution policies.” # ⚓ ‘This_Is…_Troubling’:_Prosecutors_Leading_NY_Trump_Probe Resign⠀⇛ As former President Donald Trump signals his intention to run for reelection in 2024, people across the United States expressed alarm Wednesday after two prosecutors leading the Manhattan district attorney’s probe of his business practices suddenly resigned. “When prosecutors resign rather than go along with a new district attorney that is a sign of severe disarray internally.” # ⚓ New_Data_Shows_U.S._Government_Has_Been_Bought_For_$14 Billion⠀⇛ I’ve got it! I just remembered. It’s because both mainstream parties are owned by corporate America, stand for the same shit, and they haven’t actually been face-to-face with a regular blue-collar human being since they fathered the first of their 14 children and the surrogate mother happened to bring her boyfriend to the birth (or as the rich call it, “the human baby transfer to its rightful owners”). And sure enough, a new survey verifies that most Americans are not happy with the false choice between two political parties. The new poll from NBC News found that the Democrats and Republicans are about as popular as the horseback hemorrhoid clinic located near where I live. # ⚓ Opinion_|_Anatomy_of_Trump’s_Big_Lie⠀⇛ On November 4, 2020, a county clerk in rural northwestern Michigan inadvertently launched one of former President Donald J. Trump’s Big Lies. Six weeks later, it was embedded in a proposal that the U.S. Department of Defense seize voting machines across the country. The lie remains a central talking point in Trump’s assault on democracy. # ⚓ Opinion_|_Free_Nations_Beware:_From_the_Trumpian_Trucker Tantrum_to_Putin’s_Invasion_of_Ukraine⠀⇛ Unsurprisingly, alleged serial rapist and career criminal Donald Trump has come out in support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  # ⚓ The_GOP_Knows_That_The_Dem’s_Antitrust_Efforts_Have_A Content_Moderation_Trojan_Horse;_Why_Don’t_The_Dems?⠀⇛ Last summer, I believe we were among the first to highlight that the various antitrust bills proposed by mainly Democratic elected officials in DC included an incredibly dangerous trojan horse that would aid Republicans in their “playing the victim” desire to force websites to host their disinformation and propaganda. The key issue is that many of the bills included a bar on self- preferencing a large company’s own services against competitors. The supporters of these bills claimed it was to prevent, say, an Apple from blocking a competing mapping service while promoting Apple Maps, or Google from blocking a competing shopping service, while pushing Google’s local search results. # ⚓ Apple_Finally_Defeats_Dumb_Diverse_Emoji_Lawsuit_One_Year Later⠀⇛ Roughly a year ago, we discussed a wildly silly lawsuit brought against Apple by a company called Cub Club and an individual, Katrina Parrott. At issue were “diverse emojis”, which by now are so ubiquitous as to be commonplace. Parrott had created some emojis featuring more diverse and expansive color/skin tones. And, hey, that’s pretty cool. The problem is that, after she had a meeting with Apple about her business, Apple decided to simply incorporate diverse skin tones into its existing emojis. The traditional yellow thumbs up hand suddenly came with different coloration options. Cub Club and Parrott sued, claiming both copyright and trademark infringements. # ⚓ Protest_Song_Of_The_Week:_‘Five_Years_(Cover)’_By_Cowboy Junkies⠀⇛ The Cowboy Junkies are a Canadian alt-country band, who released their first album back in 1986. They are most known for their 1988 album “The Trinity Session,” which featured their cover of TheVelvet Underground’s “Sweet Jane.” The lo-fi classic album was recorded in a church for under $250, and it ended up selling over a million copies.While the Cowboy Junkies aren’t necessarily a political band, they have delved into socially conscious material on several occasions. For example, in 2005 they released the anti-war protest album “21st Century Blues,” which features mostly covers, along with a couple of originals. Their 2018 album All That Reckoning” also explored political themes.The band recently released their version of David Bowie’s “Five Years,” which appears on theirupcoming covers album “Songs of the Recollection.” It is due out on March 25.Bowie’s version appeared on his 1972 album “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders fromMars.” The song depicts an impending apocalyptic disaster that will destroy the earth within five years.For example, the lyric, “News guy wept and told us. Earth was really dying,” may be even more relevant today.The Cowboy Junkies produced a video, complete with visuals that contemplate the band’s mournful rendering. Earth may not literally have five years left, but their rendition is a reminder that if climate change and other social ills continue to go unchecked, time will eventually run out. # ⚓ Our_Argument_in_Court_Today:_Full_Text_of_Our_Submission⠀⇛ My appeal against imprisonment for contempt of court is to be held in Edinburgh High Court at 10.30am today. The gallery will be closed and the public excluded. Here however is the full text of the written arguments we have submitted as the basis for today’s hearing. # ⚓ The_American_Right’s_Cult_of_Victor_Orbán⠀⇛ Way back in the 1970s, during the first season of Saturday Night Live, Chevy Chase played a newscaster who, week after week, breathlessly announced, “The top story of the night: Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead!” Reminders of Franco’s demise unfailingly elicited laughter. But not all Americans were delighted to see the fascist dictator reduced to the butt of a recurring joke.1 # ⚓ The_Fidesz_candidate_campaigned_unlawfully_by_handing_out laptops_purchased_from_EU_funds_–_but_she_doesn’t_have_to_pay a_fine⠀⇛ The election committee found that it was unlawful for the Fidesz candidate to hand out laptops at a high school in her district, which were purchased within a state programme. Even though she did this within the campaign period, she was not fined, but simply told to refrain from further infringements. Translation by Andrea Horváth Kávai. # ⚓ Progressive_Democrats_Are_Gaining_Ground_in_Texas⠀⇛ Texas will hold the first primary elections of the season on March 1, providing an early look at how progressives and their policy platforms may fare in a particularly tough midterm cycle. Democrats are bracing for a possible bloodbath, with House Democrats retiring in droves as the party prepares to defend fragile majorities in both chambers. But the Democratic exodus—and the general backlash to President Biden’s first-year performance—could also open a window for a more progressive slate of candidates competing in safe blue districts. # ⚓ This_Year’s_CPAC_Promises_to_Be_a_Festival_of_Trump Worship⠀⇛ # ⚓ Rashida_Tlaib_Will_Give_Progressive_Speech_Countering Biden’s_State_of_the_Union⠀⇛ # ⚓ Londongrad:_Putin’s_Easy_Access_To_The_Tories⠀⇛ Alas for the charlatan BoJo, Vladimir Putin must be taking this in with a cynical smile. The UK has been running a “Golden Visa” scheme for wealthy foreign investors since 2008. The programme was launched by the Labour government to raise investment after the global financial crisis. A £2m/$2.7m investment in active and trading UK registered companies (and having a UK bank account) allowed an application within 5 years, decreasing to 3 years with £5m/$6.8m, or to 2 years with £10m/ $13.6m. # ⚓ No_To_Preventive_Detention:_From_Palestine,_to_Guantánamo, to_U.S._Jails!⠀⇛ According to Milena Ansari, International Advocacy Officer of Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, “In military courts, where the judges and the prosecutors are all military officers and where the laws adopted are Israeli military orders, there is no hope of any kind of justice for Palestinians. Hence their boycott of military courts and refusal to participate in its procedures highlights the lack of trust in any judicial process.” Administrative detention is an official Israeli policy, codified into law, whereby Palestinians can be arrested without a charge for so-called “security reasons.”  Detainees are held without trial and without being told about the evidence against them.  In most cases, they are simply informed that there is ‘secret evidence’ which neither they nor their lawyer can see. They are often interrogated and tortured after arrest. There is no clear or defined sentence, and all administrative detention orders are renewable indefinitely every six months. The periodic review of administrative detention orders takes place at closed hearings that do not allow the public or family members of the detainee to be present.  Often an administrative detainee is released and on their way home when an order renewing the detention is issued and they are cruelly returned to prison # ⚓ Twitter_accounts_sharing_video_from_Ukraine_are_being suspended_when_they’re_needed_most⠀⇛ As Russian troops and armored vehicles begin moving into Ukrainian territory, social media accounts sharing images and videos from the eastern Donbas and Luhansk regions have been a crucial source of information, sharing footage of Russian helicopters heading toward Crimea or tank divisions moving to the border. But as the conflict intensifies, many researchers sharing this primary material taken from social media — commonly known as open-source intelligence or OSINT — have found their Twitter accounts unexpectedly suspended. On the night of February 22nd, OSINT researcher Kyle Glen was locked out of his account for 12 hours, according to tweets from Glen and a post shared by another OSINT organization. Security analyst Oliver Alexander also claimed to have been locked out of his account twice in 24 hours. Outside of the Anglosphere, the French-language OSINT account Neurone Intelligence, Spanish- language account Mundo en Conflicto, and Brazilian OSINT account Notícias e Guerras were also affected. # ⚓ Parliament_set_to_vote_on_[YLE]_text_content_restrictions⠀⇛ The federation, which represents commercial media outlets, argued that [YLE] effectively publishes an online newspaper every day, thereby eating into the commercial news market. The complaint called on the commission to decide whether [YLE]‘s text content complied with EU state funding rules. Finland’s government therefore proposed making amendments to the Yleisradio Act in 2020, which centred around [YLE] only being allowed to publish text content if it is linked to audio or video material. The transport and communications committee has now endorsed these proposals. # ⚓ ‘Imam’_who_allegedly_called_for_Vatican’s_destruction indicted⠀⇛ The alleged wrongdoing regards Jihadi propaganda that the man alleged promoted during a spell in jail in Alessandria for a drug-related felony between the summer of 2020 and the spring of 2021. (ANSA). # ⚓ Telia,_Elisa_to_halt_broadcast_of_Russian-language_TV channels⠀⇛ Telecoms firm Telia Eesti has opted to terminate its cooperation with the local franchisee of Russian-language TV channels PBK Estonia, REN TV Estonia, NTV Mir Estonia and several other channels broadcast in Estonia. Telia competitor Elisa is doing the same. Due to the termination of the agreement, Telia TV will no longer broadcast TV channels carried by Nord Print OÜ, the local franchisee for the Russian-language channels, as of April 25, the company announced. # ⚓ Less_than_social_media:_How_hashtags_have_hindered progressive_movements_—_and_fueled_the_right⠀⇛ Real change takes time. “People don’t just cut off the king’s head,” Gal Beckerman begins “The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Rise of Radical Ideas.” Released this month by Crown, Beckerman’s new book notes that while the public is riveted by images of a newly ignited social movement — “the adrenaline, the tear gas… a man standing up to a tank” — that’s only the third act in a much longer play, most of which has already taken place offstage. Throughout history, movements that have transformed societies, overthrown governments and beheaded kings, Beckerman writes, started with a lot of talk. It just was not the sort of talk we have today. o § Misinformation/Disinformation⠀➾ # ⚓ Facebook_Fails_to_Label_Climate_Misinformation_From_‘Toxic 10′:_Analysis⠀⇛ Despite promising to fight climate misinformation, Facebook is failing to flag over half of the misleading articles shared by prominent climate change deniers, according to a new analysis out Wednesday. “Big Tech has friended Big Oil and does its dirty work of enabling the spread of disinformation about climate science.” # ⚓ Sweden_debunks_‘disinformation’_on_Muslim_child kidnappings⠀⇛ The minister for migration and integration, Anders Ygeman, told broadcaster TV4 that “lies must be met with facts.” Ygeman said Muslims and imams in Sweden had distanced themselves “from this propaganda and disinformation.” # ⚓ [Old] Sweden_launches_‘Psychological_Defence_Agency’_to counter_propaganda_from_Russia,_China_and_Iran⠀⇛ Sweden has launched a new agency dedicated to defending the country against disinformation, propaganda and psychological warfare in the latest part of its efforts to bring military and civil defence back towards Cold War levels. The official opening of the Swedish Psychological Defence Agency came on the same day that Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö accused Russia of “challenging the sovereignty of several EU member states, including Sweden and Finland” by demanding security guarantees ruling out “Nato’s further movement eastward”. # ⚓ [Old] Sweden_sets_up_Psychological_Defense_Agency_to_fight fake_news,_foreign_interference⠀⇛ The agency will aim to boost the country’s “ability to identify and counter foreign malign information influence, disinformation and other dissemination of misleading information directed at Sweden,” Hjort said. The agency will not battle those spreading false information within Sweden, instead aiming “its sole focus on foreign threat actors,” Hjort said. “Russia and China often resort to information influence activities, but we can also see new actors engaging in these activities.” # ⚓ No,_the_CDC_didn’t_“lower_standards”_for_childhood development_because_of_the_pandemic⠀⇛ A conspiracy theory being propagated by right-wing sources claims that the age-specific markers for childhood development — activities like rolling, walking, and a baby’s first words — have been quietly pushed back because of the pandemic’s deleterious effect on children. Yet although these developmental checklists were indeed updated for the first time since 2004 to make them more comprehensive, conspiracy theories that the update arose due to the pandemic constitute yet another example of social media’s ability to rapidly propagate misinformation. # ⚓ Accounts_highlighting_Russian_disinformation_improperly suspended,_Twitter_says⠀⇛ Some thought the accounts were suspended due to Russian bots mass reporting the tweets, but Twitter’s head of site integrity disputed those claims. # ⚓ Trump’s_Truth_Social_app_can’t_beat_Twitter,_but_it_doesn’t have_to⠀⇛ Judging from the rocky launch, it’s hard to imagine Facebook and Twitter are particularly worried about the competition. But while Trump’s new app is capitalizing on grievances with the big platforms, its real goal is to supplement them rather than replace them. Like talk radio or Fox News before it, the new crop of conservative-focused social networks are trying to build an alternative, not a replacement — which makes the platform’s success both easier to reach and harder to measure. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Trump’s_“Truth_Social”_Site,_Branded_as_Beacon_of_Free Speech,_Is_Banning_Users⠀⇛ # ⚓ Even_As_Trump_Relies_On_Section_230_For_Truth_Social,_He’s Claiming_In_Lawsuits_That_It’s_Unconstitutional⠀⇛ With the launch of Donald Trump’s ridiculous Truth Social offering, we’ve already noted that he’s so heavily relying on Section 230′s protections to moderate that he’s written Section 230 directly into his terms of service. However, at the same time, Trump is still fighting his monstrously stupid lawsuits against Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube for banning him in the wake of January 6th. # ⚓ Facebook_accused_of_blacklisting_OnlyFans’_rivals⠀⇛ Facebook has been accused of colluding with OnlyFans to blacklist rival adult websites in a lawsuit filed in the US. This week, BBC News revealed that OnlyFans was being sued over claims it directed a social media company to disable accounts of adult entertainers by placing their content on a terrorism database. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Hertz_Ordered_To_Tell_Court_How_Many_Thousands_Of_Renters It_Falsely_Accuses_Of_Theft_Every_Year⠀⇛ It all started with Hertz being less than helpful when a man was falsely accused of murder. Michigan resident Herbert Alford was arrested and convicted for a murder he didn’t commit. He maintained his innocence, claiming he was at the airport in Lansing, Michigan during the time the murder occurred. And he could have proven it, too, if he had just been able to produce the receipt showing he had been renting a car at Hertz twenty minutes away from the crime scene. # ⚓ How_Far_Are_We_from_Martin_Luther_King’s_Dream_of_Equal_of Opportunity?⠀⇛ In this present period, when the United States is once again retreating from the path to racial and economic justice by blocking voting rights and preventing working people from realizing their desires to form unions, it is fortifying to contemplate King’s words of optimism, sacrifice, and morality. King, as well as other Civil Rights Movement leaders, were deeply concerned about economic justice. In the book, The March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom and the Forgotten History of the Civil Rights, William P. Jones documents the considerable labor movement connections of many Civil Rights leaders. In a 1961 address to the labor organization, the AFL-CIO, King clarified what his American dream is: # ⚓ Not_a_Socialist_in_the_House⠀⇛ The last mildly liberal president was Lyndon Johnson whose Great Society was pissed away during the murder of millions of people in several contries of Southeast Asia. The now-famous AOC “electrifies crowds” in Texas, according to the Guardian (February 20, 2022). Here, however, in the Northeast, it seems that many traffic lights in metropolitan areas have at least one, and often more than one person, begging for money close by. This, begging, in the wealthiest nation state in the world that has plenty of socialism for the power elite, and in particular for military interests and the military itself. In 2007-2008, under Bush then Obama, financial interests made out like bandits while ordinary people lost out and often lost out big on big- ticket items like their homes. # ⚓ In_Minneapolis,_the_Cycle_of_Police_Violence_Continues⠀⇛ Minneapolis, Minn.—The red brick plaza surrounding the Hennepin County Government Center is no stranger to protest. When former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter was convicted of manslaughter in December, days before Christmas, the plaza was filled with activists who cried and hugged and celebrated. “Ain’t no power like the power of the people,” local activist DJ Hooker shouted into a megaphone. # ⚓ Labor_Board_Formally_Rejects_Starbucks’s_Tactic_to_Delay Union_Elections⠀⇛ # ⚓ WATCH:_Bernie_Sanders_to_Rally_With_Starbucks_Workers Seeking_Unions⠀⇛ As Starbucks workers across the United States join a unionization wave, Sen. Bernie Sanders planned a Wednesday night town hall to speak with organizers at the iconic coffee chain. Sanders (I-Vt.), who supported the nation’s first successful Starbucks union drive in New York state late last year, will host a livestream beginning at 8:00 pm ET at live.berniesanders.com and on his social media pages. # ⚓ On_Anniv._of_Ahmaud_Arbery’s_Murder,_Family_Welcomes Historic_Hate_Crime_Guilty_Verdict_for_Killers⠀⇛ We go to Georgia, where a jury has found the three white men who hunted and fatally shot unarmed Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery guilty of committing federal hate crimes, acknowledging the racial animus behind the killing. It marks the first time in Georgia’s history that there has been a conviction for a federal hate crime. Today is the anniversary of Arbery’s murder, now marked as Ahmaud Arbery Day in Georgia. We speak with Anoa Changa, editor at NewsOne and retired federal government attorney. The verdict feels like a victory for proponents of racial justice, but “it isn’t the end-all be-all that a lot of people think it is,” says Changa. “Prosecutorial misconduct and prosecutorial accountability continue to be something that organizers around the state are working on.” # ⚓ A_Mexican_woman_reported_a_sexual_assault_in_Qatar._She faces_jail,_100_lashes.⠀⇛ Paola Schietekat longs to return to the Middle East, where she loved working — until a dream job in Qatar was followed by a nightmarish ordeal that made her flee the country. # ⚓ More_than_360_million_Christians_suffer_high_levels_of persecution⠀⇛ The non-denominational organization based in the Netherlands, a country in northwestern Europe, last month presented its 2022 World Watch List (WWL) which ranks the top 50 countries where Christians experience the worst persecution for their faith. Released at the beginning of each year, the survey, covering a period from 1 October 2020 to 30 September 2021, revealed that persecution against believers in Christ, continues to rise especially in Asian and African countries and that the Coronavirus pandemic has further exacerbated discrimination. “The severity of persecution in countries on the list, demonstrated by the total points scored, has increased by more than 20% since 2014. This signifies an increased pressure in all areas of life for persecuted Christians,” the report says. # ⚓ Woman_mistakenly_jailed_for_13_days_sues_Los_Angeles, police_department⠀⇛ A California woman says she was mistaken for a person by the same name and then held in jail for 13 days, according to a federal civil rights lawsuit filed Tuesday. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Medical,_Home_Alarm_Industries_Warn_Of_Major_Outages_As AT&T_Shuts_Down_3G_Network⠀⇛ It was only 2009 that AT&T heralded its cutting edge 3G network as it unveiled the launch of the iPhone (which subsequently crashed AT&T’s cutting edge 3G network). Fast forward a little more than a decade and AT&T is preparing to shut that 3G network down, largely so it can repurpose the spectrum it utilizes for fifth-generation (5G) wireless deployments. While the number of actual wireless phone users still using this network is minimal, the network is still being heavily used as a connectivity option for some older medical devices and home alarm systems. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ Peloton_Outage_Prevents_Customers_From_Using_$2,500 Exercise_Bikes⠀⇛ Peloton hasn’t been having a great run lately. While business boomed during the pandemic, things have taken a sour turn of late on a bizarre host of fronts. In just the last month or two the company has seen an historic drop in company valuation, fired 20 percent of its workforce, shaken up its executive management team, been forced to pause treadmill and bike production due to plummeting demand, been the subject of several TV shows featuring people having heart attacks, and now has been caught up in a new scandal for trying to cover up a rust problem to avoid a recall. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ Apple_prefers_fines_to_obeying_antitrust_order,_says Vestager⠀⇛ Apple Inc. and other tech giants are opting to pay fines rather than comply with orders they don’t like, the European Union’s antitrust chief warned. “Some gatekeepers may be tempted to play for time or try to circumvent the rules,” Margrethe Vestager said in an online speech at a US awards ceremony. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ To_expunge_his_daughter’s_murder_from_the_Internet,_a father_created_an_NFT_of_the_grisly_video⠀⇛ The grisly 17-second clip was recorded by videographer Adam Ward on Aug. 26, 2015, as he and Parker were fatally shot by a disgruntled former colleague while reporting near Roanoke. Broadcast live, the horrifying footage quickly went viral, viewed millions of times on Facebook, YouTube and other sites. Six years later, it still gets tens of thousands of views, despite the efforts by Parker’s father, Andy, to eliminate the clips from the Internet. Now, Andy Parker has transformed the clip of the killings into an NFT, or non-fungible token, in a complex and potentially futile bid to claim ownership over the videos — a tactic to use copyright to force Big Tech’s hand. # ⚓ TVAddons’_Adam_Lackman_Admits_TV_Show_Piracy,_Agrees to_Pay_US$14.5m⠀⇛ In 2017, Bell Canada, TVA, Videotron, and Rogers teamed up in a lawsuit against the operator of TVAddons, the largest repository of Kodi add-ons. The legal action proved extremely controversial but now, after many twists and turns, the matter is now over. As part of a consent judgment, TVAddons’ founder has admitted liability and agreed to pay a cool US$14.5 million in damages. # ⚓ Reddit_Banned_2,625_Subreddits_For_Excessive Copyright_Infringement_in_2021⠀⇛ Reddit’s latest transparency report reveals that during 2021, Reddit removed 665,898 pieces of content following copyright infringement complaints, up 104% on the previous year. Actions against “excessive” copyright infringers also increased significantly, with Reddit permanently banning 2,813 users and 2,625 subreddits. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 5519 ➮ Generation completed at 02:44, i.e. 94 seconds to (re)generate ⟲