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This alteration will give you access to both complete operating systems running simultaneously so you can move between them with a keyboard shortcut. You may already use the “Crostini” partition to run individual Linux apps alongside ChromeOS. That method forces users to rely mainly on the command line without the added functionality a full Linux desktop environment offers. So installing a complete Linux distribution — desktop and all — may be a better option for you. A few years ago, I played around with a halfway measure to run a KDE desktop on a Chromebook within the Crostini environment. That method, however, was buggy. 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So in this post you will learn how to do it both from the graphical interface and from the terminal. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_TaskBoard_on_CentOS_Stream_9_/ Rocky_Linux_9/_AlmaLinux_9⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install TaskBoard on CentOS / AlmaLinux/ RockyLinux systems. TaskBoard is a free and open source used in track keeping of important tasks to be done. TaskBoard enables one create unlimited projects and boards to keep track of tasks to be done. It is easily customizable. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_Install_Terraform_on_Ubuntu_20.04_|_22.04 LTS⠀⇛ In this guide, we will show you how to install Terraform in Ubuntu systems. HashiCorp Terraform is an infrastructure as code tool that lets you define both cloud and on-prem resources in human-readable configuration files that you can version, reuse, and share. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_Thunderbird_Mail_on_CentOS_9/ Rocky_Linux_9/_Alma_Linux_9⠀⇛ In this guide, we will install Thunderbird Mail on CentOS / Alma Linux & Rocky Linux systems. Mozilla Thunderbird is a free and open-source cross- platform email client, personal information manager, news client, RSS and chat client developed by the Mozilla Foundation and operated by subsidiary MZLA Technologies Corporation. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_Netdata_Agent_on_AlmaLinux_9⠀⇛ In this guide, we will show you how to install Netdata Agent on AlmaLinux 9 Netdata is an open source tool designed to collect real-time metrics, such as CPU usage, disk activity, bandwidth usage, website visits, etc., and then display them in live, easy-to-interpret charts. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_Terraform_on_CentOS_9_/_Rocky Linux_9_/_Alma_Linux_9⠀⇛ In this guide, we will show you how to install Terraform in CentOS, Alma Linux and Rocky Linux. HashiCorp Terraform is an infrastructure as code tool that lets you define both cloud and on-prem resources in human-readable configuration files that you can version, reuse, and share. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ 3_NES_Emulators_to_Play_Old_NES_Games_on Linux⠀⇛ A quick look at 3 NES Emulators to play old NES games in Linux. Also, we provide an Installation guide and features. If you want to play the old retro games such as Super Mario, Pokemon, etc in the latest Ubuntu, Linux Mint versions, there are plenty of emulators available. # ⚓ Godot Engine ☛ Godot_XR_update_–_January_2023⠀⇛ Updates on various things XR in Godot as per January 2023. New Godot XR Tools, new documentation for Godot 4, new supported renderers and devices. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ SteamDeck:_Become_Printer⠀⇛ Wonderful things happen when we read the documentation. For instance, we’ve all seen a Raspberry Pi work as an Ethernet adapter over USB, or a ESP32-S2 presenting as a storage device. Well, [parkerlreed] has made his Steam Deck work as a USB printer after reading the Linux kernel docs on the USB gadget configuration, and all it took was some C code and a BIOS setting change. # ⚓ Idiomdrottning ☛ Memory_vs_Reason⠀⇛ I’ve always relied more on memory than reason—I remember a chess club game back when I was new and lost every game and had no idea what I was doing, except… there was this one game that was pretty memorable. I was playing black and I had asked a friend what opening my opponent liked. Queen’s Gambit. So I sit down the night before and memorize several branches of the Berlin defense. Just jam them into medium term memory, it’d be forgotten a week later, just “cramming for the test”. Come game day and sure enough, guy is playing D4 and I go into the Berlin. Remember, I had lost every single game at that club up to that point. But. He is playing right into the trunk of what I had memorized, I’m making my replies right away, playing as fast as it were blitz while we’re in an hour-long ladder game, and he is pondering every move weighing them carefully. Friends take me aside and say “you’ve got to play slower” but I keep on jamming because every single move is according to script. Now, I have no idea what I’m doing or the purpose of the moves. Back then, I didn’t understand positioning or development or prophylactic moves (a.k.a. reverse sente). But, while the opening tree I had learned had many branches that were short detours, he kept playing straight into the longest branch every single move. This was decades ago before the engines (pros used “Fritz” but I was relegated to commentary such as “black should be stronger here”. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ System76′s_Upcoming_COSMIC_Desktop_is_Gearing Up_With_Big_Changes⠀⇛ The developers of Pop!_OS started working on their Rust-based desktop environment ‘COSMIC’ back in 2021. The goal was to make something familiar to what you already get with Pop!_OS but provide you with a faster and more extensible desktop environment. System76 also chose not to release Pop!_OS 22.10 to focus on its development. Not to forget, one of our community contributors gave an early build a try, which looked pretty promising. # ⚓ Systemd 76 ☛ More_On_COSMIC_DE_To_Kick_Off_2023!⠀⇛ For those of you who don’t know, System76 is moving the feel and front-end functionality of Pop!_OS to a faster codebase, giving you a familiar, but snappier, experience. And I’m here to update you all on the new features and designs the System76 team is building along the way. Once we have a date for you to try out this new desktop environment in a public alpha, I’ll give you that too 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:)⦈ * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ 10_Lightweight_Linux_Distributions_for_your_Old Hardware_in_2023 [Ed: Old but updated for the year]⠀⇛ We highlight a list of 10 lightweight Linux Distributions ideal for your older PC in 2023. We give you their features and what makes them perfect for reviving older hardware. We believe that you should not throw away any hardware, especially PC and its components. Ideally, well-designed software should always run on any hardware. o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ elementary_OS_7_“Horus”:_A_List_of_Best Features⠀⇛ Iam sure you are excited to try out the shiny new elementary OS 7 “Horus”, which was released recently. This release is coming after more than a year of developments. The elementary OS project underwent a leadership change during this entire period, and many events happened. Let’s take a look at the best feature of this release. o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ Dan Langille ☛ R730-01⠀⇛ There will be more drives. These aren’t necessarily the drives to be used. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ Tumbleweed_Snapshots_Update_Mesa,_Remmina, More⠀⇛ Several snapshots have updated in openSUSE Tumbleweed before and during Hack Week. Leading up to FOSDEM, more packages are arriving, but this blog will give a small overview of the snapshots that have arrived since the last Tumbleweed blog. Three packages landed in the 20230130 snapshot. One of those packages was C library libHX 4.10. The package plugged a memory leak in the formatter and provided some multiplatform-directory handling. A Python Package Index that implements a text object that escapes characters, so it is safe to use in HTML and XML was updated. This python-MarkupSafe package updated to version 2.1.2 provides a striptags addition that does not strip tags containing newlines. An update of yast2-trans in the snapshot added multiple translations to include several for Macedonian and Georgian languages. o § Slackware Family⠀➾ # ⚓ TuMFatig ☛ Install_Slackware_Linux_with_Full_Disk_Ecryption on_a_UEFI_system⠀⇛ On some previous post, I installed Slackware Linux on a ThinkPad T460s . This was my first time back on Slackware for a long time and, after reading and experimenting, it seems to me that there is a better / smarter / simpler way to install Slackware using FDE on an UEFI system. There seem to be a very cleavage point when adressing the need to encrypt the /boot partition. Long story short, keeping /boot unencrypted lets your computer opened to various attacks. I looked at how various distributions were configuring FDE. And it seems this point is half religious and half a software issue ; mostly around what Grub can or can’t do. Distributions like Fedora or Linux Mint configure FDE while keeping /boot unencrypted. Arch Linux documents three or four ways to achieve FDE ; some with, some without encrypted /boot. Pop!OS and Manjaro offer a complete encrypted system ; although using different bootloaders. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Oracle_cozies_up_to_IBM,_adds_Red_Hat Enterprise_Linux⠀⇛ Oracle may offer its own Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) compatible operating system, but clearly not all public cloud developers are happy with the company’s “Unbreakable” kernel and would prefer the real thing. On Tuesday the two companies announced a joint agreement to offer RHEL and support as an image on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Until recently Oracle Linux has been the only modern RHEL-compatible operating system available on the platform. Oracle does offer images for CentOS 6, 7, and 8, which up until the release of CentOS 9 was essentially a community supported build of the community operating system. But, with Red Hat’s decision to transition CentOS to an upstream variant, many have migrated to alternatives like Rocky or Alma Linux which are based on RHEL’s source code. # ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ Red_Hat_Beds_With_Oracle_in_New_Cloud Deal⠀⇛ Red Hat on Tuesday announced that it’s partnered with Oracle to bring Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Although this doesn’t surprise me at all, 10 years ago this is something I absolutely wouldn’t expect to see. # ⚓ Building_flatpaks_and_Freedesktop_SDK_from_scratch⠀⇛ Flatpak applications are based on runtimes such asKDEorGnomeRuntimes. Both of these runtimes are actually based onFreedesktop_SDKwhich contains essential libraries and services such as Wayland or D-Bus. # ⚓ Caolán_McNamara:_Firefox,_VA-API_and_NVIDIA_on_Fedora_37⠀⇛ Some time ago I got borrowed NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 from my employer (Red Hat) and I finally managed to put it to a workstation instead of my own AMD RX 6600 XT. # ⚓ Kevin_Fenzi:_error:_rpmdbNextIterator:_skipping_in_Fedora 38+⠀⇛ I’ve seen this question enough times recently to decide to just write up a blog post on it and point people here. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Junichi_Uekawa:_February.⠀⇛ February. Working through crosvm dependencies and found that cargo-debstatus does not dump all dependencies; seems like it skips over optional ones. Haven’t tracked down what is going on yet but at least it seems like crosvm does not have all dependencies and can’t build yet. # ⚓ Paul_Wise:_FLOSS_Activities_January_2023⠀⇛ o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Neowin ☛ Linux_Mint_21.2_will_be_known_as_“Victoria”,_due at_the_end_of_June⠀⇛ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Linux_Mint_21.2_Code_Name_Announced,_Arriving on_June_2023⠀⇛ In the January 23 monthly update, the Mint team announced that the upcoming release of Linux Mint 21.2 code name would be “Victoria”. This aligns with the female-centric names in alphabetical order for each Mint release (the prior one was 21.1 “Vera”). In addition, a few details emerge about the new features and enhancements of this upcoming release which is planned on June 2023. Here’s what ot expect. # ⚓ Ghacks ☛ Ubuntu_Pro_is_now_available:_here_is_what_you_need to_know⠀⇛ Ubuntu Pro, a subscription-based version of Ubuntu that offers ten years of security updates and optional support, is now available publicly. Originally launched in October 2022, Ubuntu Pro entered general availability on January 26, 2023. Ubuntu Pro is available for the Long Term Support releases Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS at the time of writing. Ubuntu Pro is free for personal use on up to 5 machines. The limit is raised to 50 for official Ubuntu community members. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Winlink_E850-96Board_SBC_is_powered_by Samsung_Exynos_850_Octa-core_Cortex-A55_SoC⠀⇛ The Winlink E850-96Board currently supports Android 10 (AOSP) with Linux 4.14 kernel and LittleKernel bootloader, but we are promised Android 13 support with Linux 5.4.kernel in the future, and Linux distributions are shown as TBD. The obvious reasons for Android support and the relatively outdated Linux kernel are that the mobile processor is used in various smartphones such as the Samsung Galaxy A21s or Galaxy A04s, and it was first announced in 2020. While the company claims “full compliance” with the Linaro 96Boards CE Extended standard, and the board is most likely compliant, it’s interesting to note they have not placed the Ethernet RJ45 port in one of the recommended locations, but instead in the free-for-all zone. Software and hardware documentation is currently limited, but you can still find instructions to get the Android image and build everything from source on the 96Boards website. The price of the board will be disappointing to many, as the Winlink E850-96Board sells for $399 on PlusFour, a Korean company set up to make and distribute 96Boards SBCs and accessories. The SBC should probably be viewed as a development board suitable for companies planning to create IoT or Smart Home devices based on the Exynos 850 processor, as few people will select this board for integration into their personal project(s), and Android app developers can purchase a cheaper Exynos 850 phone. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ XGO_2_–_A_Raspberry_Pi_CM4_based_robot_dog with_an_arm_(Crowdfunding)⠀⇛ XGO 2 is a desktop robot dog using the Raspberry Pi CM4 as its brain, the ESP32 as the motor controller for the four legs and an additional robotic arm that allows the quadruped robot to grab objects. An evolution of the XGO mini robot dog with a Kendryte K210 RISC-V AI processor, the XGO 2 robot offers 12 degrees of freedom and the more powerful Raspberry CM4 model enables faster AI edge computing applications, as well as features such as omnidirectional movement, six-dimensional posture control, posture stability, and multiple motion gaits. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ STM32Cube.AI_Developer_Cloud_generates_AI workloads_for_STM32_microcontrollers⠀⇛ STMicroelectronics has just announced the STM32Cube.AI Developer Cloud opening access to a suite of online AI development tools for the STM32 microcontrollers (MCUs) allowing developers to generate, optimize, and benchmark AI working on the company’s 32-bit Arm microcontrollers. # ⚓ KDAB ☛ KDAB_at_Embedded_World_2023⠀⇛ We will have a great show for you this year at our booth in Hall 4-302 at Embedded World 2023. As every year, we will present our latest demos, showcasing outstanding performance on cost- effective hardware featuring Qt, C++, Slint, Rust and Flutter. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ FOSDEM_2023_schedule_–_Open-source_Embedded, Mobile,_IoT,_Arm,_RISC-V,_etc…_projects⠀⇛ After two years of taking place exclusively online, FOSDEM 2023 is back in Brussels, Belgium with thousands expected to attend the 2023 version of the “Free and Open Source Developers’ European Meeting” both onsite and online. FOSDEM 2023 will take place on February 4-5 with 776 speakers, 762 events, and 63 tracks. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] Simson Garfinkel ☛ NeXTCube_Serial_Number_AA001032⠀⇛ When NeXT announced that the first NeXT Cube was made of cast magnesium, I am sure that I was not the only person who imagined what fun could be had by setting it ablaze. Of course, at more than seven thousand dollars each, I doubted that anybody would ever actually carry out the experiment. Anyway, during the fall of 1991, I interviewed Rich Page, NeXT’s then vice-president for hardware, for an article which we later ran in NeXTWORLD Extra. At the time, I asked Mr. Page if he could get me an empty NeXT Cube case for the purpose of having such a burning. Page smiled and said that he thought something could be arranged. A few days later, he called me up and said that I could pick up an empty cube at NeXT’s Freemont factory. # ⚓ J Pieper ☛ Resistive_heater_dummy_load⠀⇛ While testing moteus controllers, it is often necessary to experiment with high power conditions. For short durations, any decent sized brushless motor can work, as the windings have a non-zero thermal mass and take a little bit to warm up. However, when testing at high power for extended duration, it can be hard to find a way to get rid of all output energy. Even blowing a fan directly onto a motor only gets you so far when you are trying to get rid of 1kW. # ⚓ Ken Shirriff ☛ Understanding_the_x86′s_Decimal_Adjust_after Addition_(DAA)_instruction⠀⇛ I’ve been looking at the DAA machine instruction on x86 processors, a special instruction for binary- coded decimal arithmetic. Intel’s manuals document each instruction in detail, but the DAA description doesn’t make much sense. I ran an extensive assembly-language test of DAA on a real machine to determine exactly how the instruction behaves. In this blog post, I explain how the instruction works, in case anyone wants a better understanding. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Google_TV_got_itself_an_Android_widget._Sort of._–_PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ Why_you_need_to_delete_3_apps_right_now_if_you_have_an Android_|_Fox_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ Computer World ☛ 5_hidden_settings_for_a_smarter_Google Assistant_Android_experience_|_Computerworld⠀⇛ # ⚓ India Times ☛ OnePlus_confirms_to_offer_four_years_of Android_updates,_5_years_of_security_updates_for_OnePlus_11_– Times_of_India⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Google_Maps_could_get_an_ingenious_Android Automotive_feature_for_your_EV⠀⇛ # ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Google_Meet_on_Android_may_soon_allow_you_to listen_to_YouTube_music_in_a_group_call_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Samsung_Galaxy_A13_gets_Android_13_update_in the_US_–_SamMobile⠀⇛ # ⚓ Express ☛ Samsung’s_Galaxy_S23_may_have_big_advantage_over its_Android_rivals_|_Express.co.uk⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Is_It_Safe_to_Disable_Android_System Intelligence?⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Libre Arts ☛ Introducing_Mayo⠀⇛ So you have a 3D design file and you only need to view it, you don’t like the idea of launching an entire 3D CAD program like FreeCAD, and you are on Linux. What do you do? o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ Subject:_pgDay_Paris_2023_—_Schedule Published⠀⇛ We are excited to announce that we have published the schedule for this year’s pgDay Paris. The 2023 edition of the popular PostgreSQL conference will be held on March 23, 2023 in the French capital. We’ve had so much interest that this year, we have two tracks of talks and are proposing various training sessions on March 22. All of the talks will be in English, and you can choose training sessions in French or English. # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ pg_ivm_1.5_released⠀⇛ IVM Development Group is pleased to announce the release ofpg_ivm_1.5. Changes since the v1.4 release include [...] # Add CTE support (Yugo Nagata) Simple CTEs (WITH queries) which do not contain aggregates or DISTINCT are supported similarly to simple sub-queries. o § Content Management Systems (CMS)⠀➾ # ⚓ WordPress ☛ People_of_WordPress:_Daniel_Kossmann⠀⇛ Daniel’s adventure into WordPress began in 2009 when he needed a way to publish and share articles on films. From that small spark, he now enjoys an interesting and varied career in Brazil and beyond, and an ever-expanding community network. Following WordPress and its new features fascinates Daniel and he is always looking for ways to share what it has to offer with others. His initial focus on WordPress for content publishing soon became a wider appreciation of the platform’s capacity for building communities and careers. Daniel has served as a community organizer for seven years in Curitiba, Brazil and co-organized four annual WordPress Translation Day events in the city. Community building initiatives, like these, bring in new volunteers and help spur on local user groups. Now working as a software engineer manager, Daniel maintains his interest in supporting the WordPress community through a newsletter in Brazilian Portuguese. # ⚓ Andre Franca ☛ Website_version_4.0⠀⇛ For the fourth time, I decided it was time to go static again. I still don’t post frequently, so I can’t justify my wish to manage content I don’t produce in a more “powerful” way. Also, I found out that I can simply write using any editor I like and push it to the web when I’m at my computer and have time available. And that is okay after all. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ 12_Free_Static_Gallery_Generator,_Convert_Photo Folders_to_Websites⠀⇛ Static website generators are outstanding tools that allow you to create a quick website in no time, without the need to worry about database setup or even complex server configuration. Static Gallery Generators are basically the same thing, with a little twist, It aids photographers to create a creative, interactive o § GNU Projects⠀➾ # ⚓ GNU ☛ health_@_Savannah:_GNU_Health_Federation_community server_updated⠀⇛ Dear community The GNU Health federation community server (federation.gnuhealth.org) has been updated! These are some of the main improvements: - NGINX and WSGI: The Hospital Management component instance is now running behind uWSGI and NGINX. - HMIS 4.2 Release Candidate 2: We are very close to HMIS 4.2 stable. This pre-release version will help us to test the upcoming features and find bugs before the release. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:)⦈ - Secure connection: You can test the demo web client using TLS. Please check the demo database section on the GNUHealth Wikibooks. - Thalamus, the GNU Health Federation message and authentication server still runs on Gunicorn, also using https. More info and resources: # Wikibooks: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/ GNU_Health # GNUHealth documentation portal: https:// www.gnuhealth.org/docs/ # Mastodon:  https://mastodon.social/@gnuhealth # Matrix: https://app.element.io/#/room/ #gnuhealth-space:matrix.org Happy and healthy hacking! Luis o § Licensing / Legal⠀➾ # ⚓ Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky ☛ Does_technology_have_a_right_to exist?_(No.)⠀⇛ This was manifest recently in Heather Meeker’s article “Is Copyright Eating AI?”. In it, she argues that we need clear legal rules that “neural networks, and the outputs they produce, are not presumed to be copies of the data used to train them” (emphasis mine) or else we’ll kill the industry and stifle innovation. Specifically, she believes that generative AI in particular is at risk of being brought down by copyright lawsuits. And let’s be clear: she isn’t just arguing that this is the consequence if there’s not such a legal rule. She’s arguing clearly that it would be good if the legal rule existed, saying “let’s hope this nascent field doesn’t sink”. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Antipope ☛ An_AI_app_walks_into_a_writers_room⠀⇛ Third use case: ChatGPT is currently trained on an English language text corpus. It would be very interesting to see what it could do by way of translation with a sufficiently large input corpus of translated texts—like the huge trove of EU and UN documents that Google Translate was trained on. # ⚓ Jack Kelly ☛ Monoids_in_the_Category_of…⠀⇛ The meme words have become an annoying blot on the fringes of the Haskell universe. Learning resources don’t mention it, the core Haskell community doesn’t like it because it adds little and spooks newcomers, and it’s completely unnecessary to understand it if you just want to write Haskell code. But it is interesting, and it pops up in enough cross-language programming communities that there’s still a lot of curiosity about the meme words. I wrote an explanation on reddit recently, it became my highest-voted comment overnight, and someone said that it deserved its own blog post. This is that post. This is not a monad tutorial. You do not need to read this, especially if you’re new to Haskell. Do something more useful with your time. But if you will not be satisfied until you understand the meme words, let’s proceed. I’ll assume knowledge of categories, functors, and natural transformations. # ⚓ Chris ☛ Poor_Man’s_Logistic_Regression⠀⇛ We own a B2B online store, and we want to boost conversion rates by improving our search functionality. We a/b test with a SaaS provider, giving us results11 On the first row are sessions that went to the SaaS provider. On the second row are sessions that went to our existing solution. The first column are sessions that lead to a purchase, and the second column those that did not.: [...] # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Tips_for_organising_your_R_code⠀⇛ Keeping your R code organised is not as straightforward as one might think. Just think about the libraries, variables, functions, and many more. All these objects can be defined and later rewritten, some might get obsolete during the process. This process is proven to be even more crucial when you are part of a larger group of engineers, and scientists, who collaborate with you. # ⚓ Rlang ☛ December_2022:_“Top_40”_New_CRAN_Packages⠀⇛ One hundred sixteen new packages stuck to CRAN in December 2022. Here are my “Top 40” selections in thirteen categories: Computational Methods, Data, Ecology, Epidemiology, Genomics, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Medicine, Networks, Signal Processing, Statistics, Utilities, and Visualization. # ⚓ Daniel Lemire ☛ Move_or_copy_your_strings?_Possible performance_impacts⠀⇛ You sometimes want to add a string to an existing data structure. For example, the C++17 template ‘std::optional’ may be used to represent a possible string value. You may copy it there, as this code would often do… # ⚓ MaskRay ☛ All_about_UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer⠀⇛ UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer (UBSan) is an undefined behavior detector for C/C++. It consists of code instrumentation and a runtime. Both components have multiple independent implementations. Clang implemented the first instrumentations in 2009-12, initially named -fcatch-undefined- behavior. In 2012 -fsanitize=undefined was added and -fcatch-undefined-behavior was removed. GCC 4.9 implemented -fsanitize=undefined in 2013-08. The runtime used by Clang lives in llvm-project/ compiler-rt/lib/ubsan. GCC from time to time syncs its downstream fork of the sanitizers part of compiler-rt (libsanitizer). The end of the article lists some alternative runtime implementations. # ⚓ Phil Eaton ☛ Lessons_learned_streaming_building_a_Scheme- like_interpreter_in_Go⠀⇛ I wanted to practice making coding videos so I did a four-part series on writing a basic Scheme-like language (minus macros and arrays and tons of stuff). I picked this simple topic because I wanted a low- stakes way to learn what I did not know about making videos. Here was the end result (nothing crazy): [...] # ⚓ Jack Kelly ☛ Deriving_Simple_Recursive_Functions⠀⇛ I used to teach Haskell to first-year university students, and many of them struggled to write their first recursive functions. It really isn’t obvious why you can solve a problem using the function you’re in the process of defining, and many students have difficulty making that leap. There is no shame in this. I remember taking a long time to grok proof-by-induction, which has a similar conceptual hurdle: how can you use a statement to prove itself? # ⚓ Git_Templates⠀⇛ Git is a powerful tool for managing and tracking changes in code projects. However, as projects grow and become more complex, it can be difficult to keep everything organized and make sure that everyone is on the same page. This is where Git templates come in. # ⚓ Git:_Querying_the_existing_configuration⠀⇛ Git is a powerful tool for managing code and collaborating with others. One of the most important things when working with Git is understanding how to query the existing configuration. # ⚓ Git:_Configuration_targets⠀⇛ Git is a powerful and versatile tool for managing and tracking code changes. One of the key features of Git is its ability to configure various settings and options at different levels, depending on your needs. # ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ 10_comics_about_Linux_and_programming_and stuff.⠀⇛ I have a disease where I can’t stop telling Linux jokes. Doctor says it’s terminal. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ droppy,_The_Self-hosted_File_Storage_development has_ceased⠀⇛ droppy is a self-hosted file storage server with a web interface and capabilities to edit files and view media directly in the browser. It is particularly well-suited to be run on low-end hardware like the Raspberry Pi. Features * Responsive, scalable HTML5 interface * Real-time updates of file system changes * Directory and… # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Developing_the_Hello,_Word!_Program_in_Python⠀⇛ Welcome to the world of programming! If you’re just starting out, you’re probably eager to dive in and start creating your own programs. o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ Jussi Pakkanen ☛ Jussi_Pakkanen:_PDF_with_font_subsetting and_a_look_in_the_future⠀⇛ After several days of head scratching, debugging and despair I finally got font subsetting working in PDF. The text renders correctly in Okular, goes througg Ghostscript without errors and even passes an online PDF validator I found. But not Acrobat Reader, which chokes on it completely and refuses to show anything. Sigh. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ TruthOut ☛ BuzzFeed’s_AI-Produced_Content_Experiment_Is_a_Glimpse Into_a_Bleak_Future⠀⇛ o ⚓ [Repeat] The Register UK ☛ What_is_Google_doing_with_its_open source_teams?⠀⇛ For example, Chris DiBona, who founded Google’s OSPO 18 years ago, was let go. As was Jeremy Allison, co-creator of Samba and Google engineer; Cat Allman, former Program Manager for Developer EcoSystems; and Dave Lester, a new hire who was taking ownership of Google’s open source security initiatives. These are not the people anyone in their right mind, or HR container, would want to fire. They are open source movers and shakers. In open source leadership circles, they’re people everyone knows and are happy to work with. What the hell, Google? o ⚓ Buttondown ☛ Tag_Systems⠀⇛ I’ve tried to write a blog post on tag systems for years now. Literally years, I think I first started drafting it out in 2018 or so? The problem is that there’s just so much to them, so many different approaches and models and concerns that trying to be comprehensive and rigorous is an exercise in madness. So screw it. These are my noncomprehensive, poorly- researched thoughts on tag systems, thrown on the newsletter. This is not about implementation of tag systems, just their design. o ⚓ Quillette ☛ Death_on_Demand:_Cautionary_Tales_from_Canada⠀⇛ MAiD is generating plenty of other collateral damage, too. Some relatives are anguished when they learn that their parents, siblings, or even adult children had requested or received MAiD, and no one ever told them. (Authorities say that privacy laws prevent them from disclosing this information.) We also know that some people who have received approval for MAiD end up torturing themselves about whether to go through with it, scheduling and de-scheduling death dates as they weigh the misery of their existence against the prospect of personal annihilation. For many of these people, their primary form of suffering isn’t physical. It’s social and psychological: feelings of loneliness, boredom, helplessness, and depression. Are those sufficient reasons to indulge a wish for state-assisted death? The implications of loosening the MAiD regime’s eligibility rules frighten me profoundly. Canada, like the rest of the world, is full of people who are sad, isolated, and/or disabled. Sooner or later, you and I may well be among their ranks (if you aren’t already), along with many of the people we love. Of course, we want to control our fates. But there is something unsettlingly overeager about those stepping forward to expand the reach of this ghoulish (to many) form of medical therapy. Do we really want to be treated—and to treat others—as if humans were disposable? What happens when passing bouts of loneliness and sadness really are all that are formally required for a state- assisted death, with care providers casually offering to sign a depressed patient’s death warrant after he or she has completed a short form on a clipboard? o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Frank_Kunert’s_ès_Cuisine_Photographic_Art⠀⇛ It’s bizarre. Recently, I have been waking dream-like fantasies where I am trapped in a room, often the kitchen, horror-roaring voices assailing me, with no exit or escape feeling I’m about to be grabbed by invisible hands, and decide to jump, and dive into the kitchen floor, and go through the floor, which turns to water, and I’m underwater swimming, down my driveway, up my street, car passing over me, and up an access road to the highway, which is empty and, as I pop my head up on to road, turns to a whitewater, and I ride the water down the steep hill to a place called Midland, now lost beneath a flood. Dream over. It’s a repeating dream. And I’ve wondered if there is something wrong with me. Somehow my disappearance from the scene in a dream relates to my recent reading and exploration of Frank Kunert’s latest book of ‘disruptive’ art photography, Carpe Diem. Like his previous books, Lifestyle (2018), Wonderland (2018), and Topsy Turvy World (2008), Kunert’s new book of images has a weird, almost undine, consciousness to it. Though each image implies the presence of humanity — staircases, furniture, place settings, off-ramps, springboards, etc. — there are no people. Replacing people are readers of the book who wear the image as a dream mask for however many moments they sit there perusing the photo. And the photo is of a carefully constructed 3D model of a set. You might recall the scaled world your weird uncle made in his garage where his model train ran through, tenderness in the details of the countryside, structures and the works of humans featured with humans themselves absented, a peaceable kingdom by the sea, if the king were autistic. o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Setting_tech_expectations⠀⇛ It sounds obvious when spelled out like this, but one of the most valuable lessons I’ve ever learned was that our expectations can so often colour our views of a situation. It’s not universally applicable: you can’t force an expectation of feeling great if you haven’t slept for three days. But having reasonable expectations, especially for tech, can help you cope with issues. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Driverless_Buses_Take_To_The_Road_In_Scotland⠀⇛ Scotland! It’s the land of tartans, haggis, and surprisingly-warm kilts. It’s also ground zero for the first trial of full-sized driverless buses in the United Kingdom. o ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Tampere_saw_population_grow_by_almost_5,000_in 2022⠀⇛ THE POPULATION of Tampere grew last year by 4,837 people to 249,060, driven by migration gains. o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Recycling_plant_fire_in_Tijuana_sends_thick smoke_across_border⠀⇛ The blaze followed a reported explosion at a carboard recycling plant on Saturday and has spread to the assets of seven other businesses. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Adafruit ☛ Solving_the_Riddle_of_Roman_Concrete⠀⇛ The engineering wonders of ancient Rome are widely known and much of their impressive construction was held together with a formulation of concrete. Structures like the Pantheon, built in A.D. 128 and featuring the the world’s biggest unreinforced concrete dome, remain intact today, as do ancient Roman aqueducts, still delivering water. # ⚓ Cendyne Naga ☛ How_to_use_HKDF_to_derive_new_keys⠀⇛ In this article, “misuse” has a specific meaning: a cryptographic tool is not delivering all intended security properties because it is not used correctly. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ How_teachers_in_France_are_shifting_focus_to build_a_confident_society⠀⇛ In France, strict classrooms are giving way to ones where feelings are discussed more openly. How might that shift change student experiences – and French society? # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ DeSantis_Targets_Diversity_Programs, Tenured_Professors_in_‘Unhinged’​_Attack_on_Higher_Ed⠀⇛ Taking aim yet again at higher education, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday proposed sweeping changes to the state’s university system, including banning state funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and critical race theory education, as well as forcing tenured professors to undergo reviews at any time. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Bullying_Librarians_Is_for_Know-Nothings⠀⇛ Voters filing out of a library in west Michigan last year were proud to show off their “I voted” stickers. Ironically, most of them had just voted to defund the library itself. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Skills_gap_among_ICT_talent_expected_to ‘intensify’_over_year_ahead:_NetApp⠀⇛ While the Federal Government and the local tech sector have a shared commitment to achieve 1.2 million tech jobs in Australia by 2030, the skills gap among ICT talent is expected to intensify over the coming year, according to Mathew Hurford, NetApp ANZ VP and Managing Director. # ⚓ RTL ☛ Libraries_offer_novel_‘warm_space’_for_hard-up Britons⠀⇛ As Britain endures a cost-of-living crisis, public libraries and other community hubs are providing “warm spaces” for vulnerable members of society to stay safe and access free food this winter. # ⚓ Business Insider ☛ Alec_Baldwin_skipped_a_mandatory firearms_safety_training_for_‘Rust’_and_was_on_the_phone_with his_family_during_a_private,_on-set_session,_prosecutors allege⠀⇛ The documents allege Gutierrez-Reed then scheduled a private, on-set, hour-long session with Baldwin, but the session ended up only being 30 minutes in length because “Baldwin was distracted and talking on his cell phone to his family during the training,” Guiterrez-Reed told prosecutors. “The on-set and limited time of training does not comport to industry standards,” prosecutors said, adding “Baldwin’s failure to ensure minimum standards were met is considered reckless in the industry.” # ⚓ People Magazine ☛ Alec_Baldwin_Seemed_‘Distracted,’_Missed Required_Firearm_Training_Prior_to_Shooting:_Prosecutors⠀⇛ In the district attorney’s office’s special investigator Robert Shilling’s probable cause filing, he writes that Baldwin “was not present for required firearms training prior to the commencement of filming.” The filing pointed out that Gutierrez-Reed said in her deposition that Baldwin had “limited training in firearms and how to check his own firearm as to whether it was unloaded or loaded.” Gutierrez-Reed also said, per the documents, that Baldwin did attend a 30-minute training session but appeared “distracted and talking on his cell phone to his family during the training.” o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ NPR ☛ These_combat_vets_want_to_help_you_design_the_perfect engagement_ring⠀⇛ They call their company Wove. They can’t send multiple diamond rings in the mail — the insurance bill would be crippling. But with 3D printing, they make inexpensive models people can see, and feel, and then revise, before buying the real thing. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ DIY_Adjustable_Wrench?_Nuts!⠀⇛ What do you do if you want a tiny little adjustable wrench? If you’re [my mechanics] you build your own. Where do you get the stock metal? Well, he started with an M20 nut. A few milling operations, a torch, some pliers, and work with a vice resulted in a nice metal blank just the right size to make each part of the wrench, including a new nut for the adjustment. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_New_Analog_And_CRT_Neck_Board_For_The MacIntosh_SE⠀⇛ Keeping a 35-year old system like the MacIntosh SE and its successor, the SE/30, up and running requires the occasional replacement parts. As an all-in-one system, the analog board that provides the power for not only the system but also the 9″ (23 cm) built-in CRT is a common failure location, whether it is due to damaged traces, broken parts or worse. For this purpose [Kay Koba] designed a replacement analog board, providing it with a BOM of replacement components. This also includes the neck board, which is the part that the CRT itself connects to. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Find_SWD_Points_Quickly,_No_Extra_Hardware Needed⠀⇛ Say you’re tinkering with a smart device powered by a CPU that uses Serial Wire Debug (SWD), but doesn’t mark the testpoints. Finding SWD on a board — how hard could it be? With [Aaron Christophel]’s method, you can find the SWD interface on a PCB within a few minutes’ time. All you need is two needles, a known-to-be-ground connection, an SWD dongle of some kind, and a computer with an audio output. What’s best — you could easily transfer the gist of this method to other programming interface types! # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ KiCanvas_Helps_Teach_And_Share_KiCad_Projects_In Browsers⠀⇛ KiCad is undeniably the hacker favourite when it comes to PCB design, and we’ve built a large amount of infrastructure around it – plugins, integrations, exporters, viewers, and much more. Now, [Stargirl Flowers] is working on what we could call a web viewer for KiCad files – though calling the KiCanvas project a “KiCad viewer” would be an understatement, given everything it aims to let you do. It will help you do exciting things like copy- pasting circuits between KiCad and browser windows, embed circuits into your blog and show component properties/part numbers interactively, and of course, it will work as a standalone online viewer for KiCad files! # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Netherlands_and_Japan_Said_to_Join_U.S._in Curbing_China’s_Access_to_Chip_Tech⠀⇛ A new agreement is expected to expand the reach of U.S. technology restrictions on China issued last year. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Handmade_GPS_Tracker_Keeps_An_Eye_On_Adventurous Cats⠀⇛ One of the most convenient things about having cats is their independent lifestyle: most are happy to enjoy themselves outside all day, only coming back home when it’s time for dinner and a nap. What your cat gets up to during the day remains a mystery, unless you fit it with a GPS collar. When [Sahas Chitlange] went searching for a GPS tracker for his beloved Pumpkin, he found that none were exactly to his liking: too slow, too big, or simply unreliable. This led him to design and build his own, called Find My Cat. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Canada_dispatch:_British_Columbia_decriminalizes possession_of_small_amounts_of_several_‘hard’_drugs⠀⇛ Canadian law students are reporting for JURIST on national and international developments in and affecting Canada. Mélanie Cantin is JURIST’s Chief Correspondent for Canada and a 2L at the University of Ottawa. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Hong_Kong_bans_CBD,_forcing businesses_to_shut_or_revamp⠀⇛ Hong Kong has banned CBD as a “dangerous drug” and imposed harsh penalties for its possession, forcing fledging businesses to shut down or revamp. Supporters say CBD, derived from the cannabis plant, can help relieve stress and inflammation without getting its users high, unlike its more famous cousin THC, the psychoactive ingredient of marijuana which has long been illegal in Hong Kong. CBD was once legal in the city, and cafes and shops selling CBD-infused products were popular among young people. With the ban, CBD-related businesses have closed down while others have struggled to remodel their businesses. Consumers dumped what they saw as a cure for their ailments into special collection boxes set up around the city. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Cannabis_compound_CBD_now_banned_in Hong_Kong_–_7-year_jail_term_for_possession_to_match_meth, cocaine⠀⇛ Hong Kong has banned cannabidiol, or CBD, adding the cannabis compound to a list of criminalised drugs including heroin and cocaine as of Wednesday. The ban involves the addition of CBD to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, joining over 200 substances listed in the ordinance, among them fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, ketamine and methamphetamine. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong’s_John_Lee_opposes investigation_into_gov’t_Covid_response;_masks_to_stay_until after_‘winter_surge’⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s leader John Lee has said he does not think the city should set up an independent inquiry into the government’s Covid-19 response, a suggestion first raised by health experts who said a thorough probe would help improve the handling of any future pandemics. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ High-Fat_Diets_May_Break_The_Brain’s Ability_to_Regulate_Calories⠀⇛ Messing with your head. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Ultra-Processed_Food_May_Exacerbate Cognitive_Decline,_New_Studies_Show⠀⇛ A neuroscientist explains what we know. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Drought_Profiteers’_Under_Fire_as_Wall Street_Targets_Colorado_River_Water⠀⇛ Financial speculators are buying and selling rights to the Colorado River’s dwindling water resources in a bid to profit as historic drought conditions intensified by the fossil fuel-driven climate crisis lead to worsening scarcity. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ The Hill ☛ Russian-backed_[crackers]_actively_targeting_US health_care_sector,_HHS_warns⠀⇛ The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned on Monday that pro-Russian hacktivist group Killnet is actively targeting the U.S. healthcare industry with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. # ⚓ Troy Patterson ☛ Using_ChatGPT_to_Create_Multiple_Choice Questions_to_Put_into_Moodle⠀⇛ This is a tutorial on having ChatGPT write questions to be imported into Moodle using the GIFT format. I’m going to use BBEdit as my text editor, but you can use a different one. The free version of BBEdit should do everything in these steps (* NOTE: Google Docs won’t work for the Regular Expression Find and Replace (Step 3). Microsoft Word will.) # ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ ChatGPT_doing_things_it’s_not supposed_to.⠀⇛ # ⚓ NL Times ☛ Pro-Russian_hackers_Killnet_behind_Groningen hospital_cyberattack⠀⇛ Only the UMCG website is down. According to the hospital, the website with the medical records of UMCG patients has not been compromised. Patients can still view their medical history, operations, medicines, and appointments. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ JD_Sports_hit_by_cyber-attack_that_accessed 10m_customers’_data⠀⇛ Mark Sweney reports: The fashion retailer JD Sports said the personal and financial information of 10 million customers was potentially accessed by hackers in a cyber-attack. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Atlantic_General_Hospital_experiences ransomware_event [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛ Sarah Ash reports: Atlantic General Hospital experienced what’s being called a ransomware event Monday afternoon. A hospital spokesperson told 47 ABC that the cause of the disruption is being investigated. Network outages did occur but we’re told patient interruption was limited. The hospital Emergency Room is continuing to receive and treat patients and will continue to service elective surgeries and other outpatient procedures. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Ca:_Qulliq_Energy_stops_short_of_labelling cyberattack_another_Nunavut_ransomware_incident⠀⇛ CBC reports: The Qulliq Energy Corp. says it was locked out of its data in January’s cyberattack, but stopped short of calling it a ransomware attack. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Reality_check:_Is_ChatGPT_really_the next_big_cybersecurity_threat? [Ed: Self-promotional Microsoft propaganda/charm offensive campaigns]⠀⇛ ChatGPT isn’t a malware-writing savant and much of the hype around it obscures just how much expertise is required to output quality code. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Russia’s_cyberwar_against_Ukraine_offers vital_lessons_for_the_West [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛ Ukraine’s experience in countering Russian cyber warfare can provide valuable lessons while offering a glimpse into a future where wars will be waged both by conventional means and increasingly in the borderless realm of cyberspace. # ⚓ USCERT ☛ CISA_Releases_One_Industrial_Control_Systems Advisory⠀⇛ Original release date: January 31, 2023 CISA released one Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisory on January 31, 2023. This advisory provides timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Microsoft’s_Verified_Publisher_Status Abused_in_Email_Theft_Campaign⠀⇛ Microsoft and Proofpoint are warning organizations that use cloud services about a recent consent phishing attack that abused Microsoft’s ‘verified publisher’ status. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Critical_QNAP_Vulnerability_Leads_to_Code Injection⠀⇛ QNAP warns users of a critical vulnerability that allows attackers to inject malicious code on NAS devices. # ⚓ CubicleNate ☛ Ad-Blocking_and_Why_You_Should⠀⇛ You are being constantly tracked, surreptitiously, through the web. Various sites are tracking you with the intent of selling you products or selling your information. It’s one thing if a website inquires basic information when you are visiting, it is another thing when a website stalks you across the internet. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Google_Fi_suffers_data_breach_following_T- Mobile_hack⠀⇛ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Variety ☛ Eva_Green_‘Humiliated’_After_Private WhatsApp_Messages_‘Exposed’_in_Court⠀⇛ As part of the discovery process, numerous communications between Green and other individuals – including her agent, Charles Collier of Tavistock Wood, and the film’s writer and director Dan Pringle – were disclosed, in which Green admits she was “very direct.” Among them are missives in which Green calls Sherborne “arseholes” and “sad little people” and describes one of the producers on the project, Jake Seal, as “evil” and “the devil.” She also referred to the crew at production facility Black Hanger Studios as “shitty peasants.” On Monday, the court heard that Green had described the failing project as a “B-shitty-movie”. As part of a lengthy cross examination, White Lantern’s lawyer, Max Mallin KC, asked Green whether she was “accustomed to lying in text messages,” to which Green responded that she has a “very direct” manner, before adding: “I was not expecting to have my WhatsApp messages exposed in court. It’s already very humiliating.” # ⚓ EFF ☛ EFF_Files_Amicus_Briefs_in_Two_Important Geofence_Search_Warrant_Cases⠀⇛ The two cases are People v. Meza, in the California Court of Appeal, and United States v. Chatrie, in the federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. In each case, the defendant is challenging the police use of a surveillance tool we’ve written about before called a “geofence warrant.” In both cases, the lower courts denied motions to suppress. In Chatrie, however, the district court issued a lengthy opinion holding the geofence warrant was unconstitutional before ruling that police relied on the warrant in “good faith” and therefore the evidence from their search was admissible. Unlike traditional warrants for electronic records, a geofence warrant doesn’t start with a particular suspect or even a device or account; instead police request data on every device in a given geographic area during a designated time period, regardless of whether the device owner has any connection to the crime under investigation. Google has said that for each warrant, it must search its entire database of users’ location history information—data on hundreds of millions of users. The data Google provides to police in response to a geofence warrant has the potential to be very precise—much more precise than cell site location information, for example. It allows Google to determine where a user was at a given date and time, sometimes to within twenty meters or less. Google can even determine a user’s elevation and establish what floor of a building that user may have been on. As the lower court noted in Chatrie last summer, Google’s database “appears to be the most sweeping, granular, and comprehensive tool—to a significant degree—when it comes to collecting and storing location data.” At the same time, however, Google does not guarantee accuracy. Google’s goal is to accurately infer a user’s location within a certain radius a bare 68% of the time. This creates the possibility of both false positives and false negatives—people could be implicated for a crime when they were nowhere near the scene, or the actual perpetrator might not be included at all in the data Google provides to police. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Madison_Square_Garden’s_Facial Recognition-Enabled_Bans_Now_Being_Targeted_By Legislators,_State_AG⠀⇛ Late last year, it was revealed that MSG Entertainment (the owner of several New York entertainment venues, including the titular Madison Square Garden) was using its facial recognition tech to, in essence, blacklist its owner’s enemies. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ How_Police_Use_Public-Private Partnerships_to_Spy_on_Americans⠀⇛ In this age of ubiquitous surveillance, there are no private lives: everything is public. Surveillance cameras mounted on utility poles, traffic lights, businesses, and homes. License plate readers. Ring doorbells. GPS devices. Dash cameras. Drones. Store security cameras. Geofencing and geotracking. FitBits. Alexa. Internet-connected devices. # ⚓ EFF ☛ Two_Steps_Forward,_One_Step_Back_on_Vaccine Privacy_in_New_York⠀⇛ The original bill would have protected people from having their information misused by private companies, the government, or other entities that wish to track their movements or use their private medical information to punish or discriminate against them. It also would have expressly prohibited immunity information from being shared with immigration agencies seeking to deport someone, or with child services seeking to take away their children. Finally, it would have required those asking for immunity information to accept an analog credential, such as a paper record. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the bill into law at the end of December. Unfortunately, she amended the bill the legislature passed to weaken some of its provisions on data sharing. New Yorkers are better off with this law on the books. But it’s disappointing to see signing amendments that run counter to the heart of the bill: that public health requires public trust. We should never worry that seeking health care, especially for something as routine as a vaccine, will land us in legal trouble. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Surveillance_and_the_Loneliness_of_the Long-Distance_Trucker⠀⇛ A new book shows how electronic tracking systems have failed to make trucking safer. But they have helped companies spy on their workers. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Government_monitoring_of_Covid-19 policy_media_critics_revealed⠀⇛ Toby Young, Talkradio’s Julia Hartley-Brewer and Mail on Sunday’s Peter Hitchens were among those monitored. # ⚓ EDRI ☛ Under_surveillance:_(mis)use_of_technologies in_emergency_responses⠀⇛ In the months following the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than half the world’s countries enacted emergency measures. Within this broader context, we have seen a rapid scaling up of governments’ use of technologies to enable widespread surveillance. How has this impacted civil society groups globally? # ⚓ Engadget ☛ EU_vows_to_get_tougher_on_Big_Tech_privacy violations⠀⇛ The European Union iseager_to_crack_downon Big Tech’s alleged privacy abuses, but the reliance on individual countries to enforce General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules has led to lengthy cases with punishments that arefrequently_modest. # ⚓ Danish_speed_camera_warning_app_to_be_switched_off⠀⇛ The Fartkontrol.nu app, which warns motorists about upcoming speed checks on roads, is to be switched off at the end of January. # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ DOJ_Has_Spent_Five_Months_Trying_to Access_Scott_Perry’s_Phone⠀⇛ In addition to all the difficulties created by the 25 subjects or witnesses in the January 6 investigation, DOJ has been fighting for five months to access Scott Perry’s phone. # ⚓ EDRI ☛ Member_States_want_internet_service_providers to_do_the_impossible_in_the_fight_against_child_sexual abuse⠀⇛ In May 2022, the European Commission presented its proposal for a Regulation to combat child sexual abuse (CSA) online. The proposal contains a number of privacy intrusive provisions, including obligations for platforms to indiscriminately scan the private communications of all users (dubbed ”chat control”). There are also blocking obligations for internet services providers (ISPs), which is the focus of this article. # ⚓ EDRI ☛ Phone_unlocking_vs_biometric_mass surveillance:_what’s_the_difference?⠀⇛ Facial recognition is one of the most hotly- debated topics in the European Union’s (EU) Artificial Intelligence Act. Lawmakers are more aware than ever of the risks posed by automated surveillance systems which pervasively track our faces – as well as our bodies and movements – across time and place. This can amount to biometric mass surveillance (BMS), which undermines our anonymity and freedom, and weaponises our faces and bodies against us. The article explores the types of biometric technology and their implications. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Elite”_Police_Units_Face_More_Scrutiny_as Memphis_SCORPION_Unit_Disbanded_over_Tyre_Nichols_Death⠀⇛ Memphis police have revealed a sixth and a seventh officer have been placed on administrative leave in addition to the five fired officers over the death of Tyre Nichols, after Nichols was brutally beaten at a traffic stop. On Saturday, Memphis disbanded the police unit responsible for the killing, known as SCORPION, which stood for “Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhood.” We look more closely at these so-called special police units in cities nationwide that operate with little oversight with investigative reporter Radley Balko, author of “Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces” and of the criminal justice newsletter, The Watch. His opinion piece for The New York Times is headlined “Tyre Nichols’s Death Proves Yet Again That ‘Elite’ Police Units Are a Disaster.” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ How_America’s_Insurrectionists_Crossed_the Rubicon_of_History⠀⇛ Americans tuning into the television news on January 8th eyed a disturbingly recognizable scene. In an “eerily familiar” moment of “déjà vu,” just two years and two days after the January 6th Capitol insurrection in Washington, D.C., a mob of thousands stormed government buildings in the capital city of another country — Brazil. In Brasilia, what New York Times columnist Ross Douthat ominously labelled “the first major international imitation of our Capitol riot” seemed to be taking place. As the optics suggested, there were parallels indeed, underscoring a previously underappreciated fragility in our democratic framework: the period of transition between presidencies. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Cops_Lynched_Tyre_Nichols_Because_They_Knew They_Could⠀⇛ The race of a cop is “cop.” Nobody should have needed to see a video of five Black cops lynching Tyre Nichols to figure that out. Nichols was beaten to death by Black cops (five of whom have been charged with murder); Tasered by a white cop who encouraged the beating (who has been suspended but still not charged); and abandoned by people with a duty to render aid (three Memphis first responders have been relieved of duty) as he slumped, dying of injuries, for 23 minutes until an ambulance showed up on the scene. A goddamn rainbow coalition of “cops” killed that man. Then, a police force made up of a diverse group of people whose forebears were enslavers, slaves, and slave catchers took to the streets in riot gear and armored personnel carriers to keep Memphis “safe” from people who wanted to protest the brutality of those cops. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Killing_of_Tyre_Nichols_and_the_Issue_of Race⠀⇛ The case dispatches several assumptions associated with police reform. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_FM_says_all_EU_countries_should_expel Russian_ambassadors⠀⇛ Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis says he sees no point in EU member states having Russian ambassadors in their countries. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ US_thinking_of_further_tightening_export_curbs_on Huawei:_report⠀⇛ It cited “people familiar with the matter” as saying Washington was looking at adjusting its licensing policy to achieve this end, but that no final decision had been made. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ US_Government_Stops_Export_Licenses_to Huawei⠀⇛ U.S. administration imposes total export ban on Huawei. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_Pours_Fighters_Into_Battle_for Bakhmut⠀⇛ Part of Moscow’s strategy appears to be overwhelming Ukrainian defenses with waves of soldiers as it tries to gain its first significant victory in months. # ⚓ Site36 ☛ Armed_hypocrisy_with_Aija_Kalnaja,_in_line_with the_values_of_the_EU⠀⇛ Misconducts are „pactices of the Past“, Frontex reported after Aija Kalnaja took over as interim director in the autumn. # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Mr_Janusz_Wojciechowski_takes_part_in mission_to_Kyiv_with_College_of_European_Commissioners.⠀⇛ European Commission Event Kyiv, 27 Jan 2023 Mr Janusz Wojciechowski takes part in mission to Kyiv with College of European Commissioners. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Egyptian_President_visits_India_to_elevate bilateral_relations,_including_defence_ties⠀⇛ Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi touched down in New Delhi on 24 January for a three-day state visit focused on elevating the relationship to the level of strategic partnership between Egypt and India, in an effort to ramp up defence, political, energy and economic ties. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Live:_Russia_not_complying_with_last_remaining nuclear_treaty_amid_Ukraine_war,_US_says⠀⇛ The US said Tuesday that Russia was not complying with New START, the last remaining arms control treaty between the world’s two main nuclear powers, as tensions soar over the Ukraine war. Follow FRANCE 24’s live coverage of today’s developments on the war in Ukraine. All times are in Paris time (GMT+1). # ⚓ CNN ☛ Opinion:_Why_some_African_nations_are_greeting_Russia with_open_arms⠀⇛ Russia seems to be outmaneuvering the United States in Africa. In recent days, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov underscored that stark reality as he wined and dined his way through a tour of four African capitals. # ⚓ Axios ☛ U.S._charges_4_more_suspects_in_Haitian_President Jovenel_Moïse’s_assassination⠀⇛ Four men were extradited to the U.S. and charged for their alleged involvement in the assassination of former HaitianPresident_Jovenel_Moïse, the Department of Justiceannouncedon Tuesday. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ 12-year-old_boy_shot_inside_lobby_of_NYC_apartment building⠀⇛ The preteen suffered a gunshot wound to the left shoulder around 9:20, the NYPD said. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Some_things_are_more_important_than_justice’ Trial_lawyer_Ivan_Pavlov_talks_about_the_state_of_Russia’s judiciary_and_how_treason_cases_are_tried_in_the_country_— Meduza⠀⇛ Ivan Pavlov is a defense attorney specializing in crimes against the state. Since the 1990s, he has defended Russians charged with treason, espionage, and disclosing state secrets. In 2015, he founded Team29, an advocacy group for the right to access government information. The state’s resistance to Pavlov’s initiative eventually forced the group to close. Next, Ivan Pavlov and his colleagues established a new advocacy organization, Department One, this time with the mission of helping defendants in non-public trials, where secrecy enables all kinds of manipulations by the prosecution. While representing Ivan Safronov in a recent high-profile treason case, Pavlov himself was arrested and charged with violating the investigation’s secrecy. In September 2021, he emigrated to the Republic of Georgia. Deutsche Welle columnist Konstantin Eggert spoke with Pavlov in Tbilisi, asking him about Russia’s judiciary, his client’s 22-year prison sentence, the people who work in the FSB, and the lustration that could come to Russia, should the Putin regime collapse. With DW’s and Konstantin Eggert’s permission, Anna Razumnaya summarizes Ivan Pavlov’s remarks from an interview that originally appeared on Deutsche Welle’s Russian-language YouTube channel. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_prison_population_stops_shrinking_after record_drop_due_to_Wagner_Group_recruitment_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s federal penitentiary service (“FSIN”) has published a new report on the country’s prison population. According to the agency’s figures, the number of Russia’s incarcerated people has finally stabilized, after a record drop registered last November. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Alexey_Navalny:_‘Russia’s_prison_system_is_just like_the_Soviet_Gulag,_only_with_a_chapel_in_every_zone’_— Meduza⠀⇛ Alexey Navalny, the imprisoned opposition politician serving a sentence in Russia’s Vladimir Region, writes that he is struck by the memoirs of Anatoly Marchenko, a Soviet-era dissident whose experience of the Gulag mirrors Navalny’s own life in the penal colony. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Tyre_Nichols’s_Police_Murder_and_the Pathologizing_of_Blackness⠀⇛ On January 7, 2023, five Black Memphis police officers brutally beat 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, a Black man, during a traffic stop. Nichols was hospitalized after the coordinated assault, and died three days later. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_Prosecutor_General_says_more_than_9,000 illegally_mobilized_soldiers_have_been_sent_back_home_— Meduza⠀⇛ Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov said during a meeting with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that more than 9,000 soldiers who were illegally mobilized have now been sent home, including some who were unqualified to serve in the military due to health issues. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Ukraine_War_and_International_Law⠀⇛ The Ukraine War has provided a challenging time for the nations of the world and, particularly, for international law. Since antiquity, far-sighted thinkers have worked on developing rules of behavior among nations in connection with war, diplomacy, economic relations, human rights, international crime, global communications, and the environment. Defined as international law, this “law of nations” is based on treaties or, in some cases, international custom. Some of the best-known of these international legal norms are outlined in the United Nations Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Geneva Conventions. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ I’m_a_Card-Carrying_Member_of_the_Military- Industrial_Complex_and_Here_Is_the_Unpleasant_Truth⠀⇛ My name is Bill Astore and I’m a card-carrying member of the military-industrial complex (MIC). # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin’s_decree_simplifies_implementing_terrorism alerts_across_Russia_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree that simplifies implementing terrorist threat alerts across Russia’s regions. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ What_Was_That_Biden_Said_About_Ending_the War?⠀⇛ Commentators speculate how the American president’s promise – endorsed by the country as enthusiastically as Zelensky himself– of M1 Abram tanks to Ukraine will affect the war that grinds on in Ukraine. Many assume that gifts of fighter jets will follow shortly. What disturbs me is the semantics of Biden’s announcement of the gift, rationalized and neatly summed up, by “We all want an end to this war.” I wonder if Joe Biden is aware that his statement comes in the week that marks 50 years since the inglorious end of the U.S. war in Vietnam, (noted more widely in the foreign press than in the U.S.) How many times and for how many years did Americans and perhaps their Vietnamese quislings hear that kind of heroic talk about victory there? Similar assurances from military leaders and politicians were offered in subsequent wars. Remember Afghanistan where American military forces likewise abandoned the noble cause, although that took two decades to prove unworkable, and humiliating as well. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Pentagon’s_Perpetual_Crisis_Machine⠀⇛ Given President Biden’s decision to send 31 of its top-ranked M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, it is clear that the Pentagon has decided to escalate its war against Russia. Biden’s decision was followed by Germany’s decision to deliver 14 Leopard 2 A6 tanks to Ukraine. I’ll guarantee you there isn’t a Russian alive who doesn’t know about the time in the 1940s when Germany sent its tanks deep into Russia, killed millions of Russians, and almost succeeded in conquering the country. If the increasing pressure that the Pentagon is putting on Russia does not result in a nuclear war between the United States and Russia, the advocates of this highly dangerous interventionist and escalatory strategy will later exclaim, “You see, we told you that there was never a risk of nuclear war.” But what’s interesting about the Pentagon’s strategy is that if it does result in nuclear war, there won’t be anyone around to point out how wrongheaded it was. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Chinese_photographer_displays_rare_photos_of_2008 crackdown_in_Tibet_capital_Lhasa⠀⇛ In March 2018, the Tibetan regional capital Lhasa was seething with protests over long standing grievances about harsh Chinese rule in the Himalayan region. By October the city had recorded several hundred such protests, which were met by a heavy Chinese crackdown that Tibetan sources say claimed as many as 400 lives. Sympathy demonstrations were held around the world, including some that interrupted the Olympic torch relay in European capitals for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. # ⚓ CBC ☛ Yazidis_plead_with_Canada_not_to_repatriate_[sic] ISIS_members⠀⇛ The looming return of alleged ISIS members to Canada has brought trauma, worry and fear to people who were invited to Canada as a safe haven after the terrorist group all but destroyed their ancient community in northern Iraq. # ⚓ RAIR Foundation ☛ London:_In_Response_to_Quran_Burnings_in Denmark_and_Sweden,_Allahu_Akbar_Shouting_Muslims_Seize Control_of_Streets,_Burn_Flags,_Declare_Supremacy⠀⇛ In response to the Qur’an burnings in Sweden and Denmark, angry Muslims protested outside Sweden’s London embassy in the United Kingdom. They turned the Embassy into a Masjid for the day. They took turns burning the Danish flag while chanting the Islamic battle cry, Alluha Akbar, and screaming the controversial adhan (call to prayer). Then, in a show of force, the Islamic supremacists seized control of London streets to show the world they had conquered another western city: [...] # ⚓ NL Times ☛ Netherlands_got_most_asylum_applications_since 2015_last_year⠀⇛ The number of people applying for asylum in the Netherlands increased sharply last year. There were 35,535 first asylum applications, the highest number since 2015. Compared to 2021, the number of applications increased by 43.6 percent. Applications have decreased slightly since September. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] FlightAware ☛ Do_you_want_to_build_your_own FlightAware_PiAware_ADS-B_Ground_Station?⠀⇛ You can now build and run your own ADS-B ground station that can be installed anywhere and receive real-time data directly from airplanes on your computer. Your ground station can run FlightAware’s PiAware software to track flights within 100-300 miles (line of sight, range depending on antenna installation) and will automatically feed data to FlightAware. You can track flights directly off your PiAware device or via FlightAware.com. As a thank you from FlightAware, users sending ADS- B data receive the following: [...] o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ BBC ☛ Missing_radioactive_capsule_found_in_Australia⠀⇛ The capsule was found when a vehicle equipped with specialist equipment, which was travelling at 70 km/h, detected radiation, officials said. Portable detection equipment was then used to locate the capsule, which was found about 2 metres from the side of the road, they added. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ AI_Study_Warns_World_Could_Hit_2℃_Within Decades—Even_With_Emissions_Cuts⠀⇛ Even with ambitious action to reduce planet-heating emissions, the world could pass the two key temperature thresholds of the Paris climate agreement in the coming decades, according to new research that relied on artificial intelligence. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ DeSantis_Screeching_“Resiliency”_Won’t_Save Florida_From_Climate_Catastrophe⠀⇛ Florida is crazy about resiliency. The word is everywhere, because hurricanes, rising seas, erosion, disappearing beaches and downtowns flooding on sunny days are everywhere. The elected need to look like they’re doing something about it. So here comes resiliency. It’s got toughness, machismo, lilt. The syllables surf off the tongue with just enough self-importance for a word coined in mid-17th century England that our right honorable Gov. DeSantis thinks it’ll power Florida through the catastrophes of the 21st. He’s plastering the word everywhere like wonder whitewash. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_Battle_of_Lützerath_Marks_Beginning_of a_New_Stage_for_Global_Climate_Movement⠀⇛ In early January 2023, in a tiny village in western Germany, tens of thousands of climate justice activists faced off against thousands of police in a showdown over the fate of the fossil industry in central Europe. The gigantic mobilization of means to secure the destruction of a village and the expansion of one of the world’s largest open-pit coal mines—Garzweiler—in the center of Europe marks a new historical moment. To consider what happened in Lützerath as a defeat of the movement is to misunderstand history. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Sky-High_Gas_Prices_Handed_Exxon_a_Record $6_Million_in_Profit_Per_Hour_in_2022⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Miami’s_Mayor_Went_All_In_on Cryptocurrency._His_Constituents_Suffered.⠀⇛ # ⚓ NPR ☛ Exxon_announced_record_earnings._It’s_bound_to renew_scrutiny_of_Big_Oil⠀⇛ The high profits have also revived perennial conversations about how much profit is too much profit for an oil company — especially as urgency over the need to slow climate change is mounting around the world. Exxon’s blockbuster earnings, announced Monday, will likely lead to more political pressure from the White House. Last year President Biden called out Exxon for making “more money than God.” # ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Danish_police_to_use_electric cars⠀⇛ Ten electric patrol cars will become part of the police’s regular fleet, it has been confirmed. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Calls_for_Windfall_Tax_Grow_as ExxonMobil_Smashes_Big_Oil_Profit_Record_With_$56 Billion_Haul⠀⇛ As ExxonMobil on Tuesday joined other U.S. oil companies in reporting record 2022 earnings amid rising gas prices, consumer and climate advocates renewed calls for a Big Oil windfall profits tax. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Exxon_and_Chevron_Are_Absolutely_Killing_It (Profits,_the_Planet)⠀⇛ If by some miracle you had a great 2022, you’re not alone. At least two of the world’s biggest oil corporations thoroughly rocked last year. In fact, for ExxonMobil and Chevron, 2022 wasn’t just a good year—it was the best one ever. # ⚓ CNN ☛ ‘Pool_of_misery’:_Constant_blackouts_push_South Africa_to_the_brink⠀⇛ Car crashes, opportunistic criminals, rotting food, decomposing bodies, bankrupt businesses, and water shortages. Welcome to life under South Africa’s power blackouts. # ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ Yes,_we_have_enough_materials to_power_the_world_with_renewable_energy⠀⇛ Powering the world with renewable energy will take a lot of raw materials. The good news is, when it comes to aluminum, steel, and rare-earth metals, there’s plenty to go around, according to a new analysis. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Administration_Expected_to_Endorse Limited_Drilling_in_Alaska_Project⠀⇛ An environmental review expected soon would effectively signal that the Willow project proceed, according to people familiar with the report. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘A_New_Day_for_Bristol_Bay’_as_EPA Blocks_Pebble_Mine_in_Alaska⠀⇛ Environmental advocates in Alaska and across the United States on Tuesday applauded what one Indigenous campaigner called “historic progress” in the fight to protect Bristol Bay’s ecosystems from the developers of Pebble Mine, a proposed open-pit copper and gold mine that would have led to the dumping of waste in the world’s largest sockeye salmon run. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Stop_Drilling_and_Start_Paying’: Greenpeace_Activists_Occupy_Shell_Oil_Platform⠀⇛ In an effort to call attention to the company’s planet-wrecking drilling projects, several Greenpeace International campaigners on Tuesday boarded and occupied a Shell- contracted platform in the Atlantic Ocean as it headed toward a major oil and gas field in the U.K. North Sea. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Scientists_Launch_Project_to_‘De- Extinct’_the_Dodo,_Reintroduce_to_Natural_Habitat⠀⇛ Scientists and Colossal Biosciences want to reverse-engineer and “de-extinct” the iconic bird centuries after it was wiped out. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ Overpopulation ☛ Linking_population_growth_and biodiversity_loss:_a_new_bibliography⠀⇛ Excessive and growing human numbers are a leading cause of decreasing biodiversity in many parts of the world. In researching a paper on this topic last year, we became aware of the large amount of good scientific work recently published on it. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Europe’s_water_crisis_–_could_Lithuania_become water-exporting_country?⠀⇛ Scientists have estimated that Europe loses around 84 gigatons of water every year due to climate change. This signals a freshwater crisis, says Gintaras Valiuškevičius, a hydrology professor at Vilnius University (VU). According to him, many EU countries draw a large part of water for drinking and domestic use from surface sources, including rivers, lakes, and ponds. Such water usually requires additional treatment. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ FAIR ☛ Goldilocks_Wants_to_Eat_the_Poor⠀⇛ The 19th century English fable Goldilocks tells the story of a young girl who breaks into the home of three bears and eats their porridge. Luckily, they have three different bowls ready for consumption: One is too hot. One is too cold. The other is just right. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Tech_layoff_watch:_PayPal,_Workday_and HubSpot_cut_staff_amid_slowing_economy⠀⇛ PayPal Holdings Inc., Workday Inc. and HubSpot Inc. are the latest tech companies to announce layoffs as firms large and small attempt to cut costs to deal with a slowing economy. PayPal leads the list, announcing that it plans to lay off 2,000 employees or about 7% of its workforce. ⚓ New York Times ☛ Brexit_Turns_3._Why_Is_No_One_Wearing_a_Party_Hat?⠀⇛ The divorce between Britain and the European Union has become the dark thread that, to many, explains why Britain is suffering more than its neighbors. ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Global_economy_proves_resilient_as_IMF_predicts_growth_in_2023⠀⇛ The International Monetary Fund has a positive outlook for the global economy. It expects 2.9% in growth this year as the world shows surprising resilience in the face of high inflation, elevated interest rates, and the ongoing war in Ukraine. ⚓ teleSUR ☛ French_Streets_Flooded_With_Over_800,000_Protesters⠀⇛ “After having worked all our lives, not only do we want to survive on our pensions, but to live on them for quite some time,” union leader Martinez stated. ⚓ France24 ☛ France_sees_bigger_crowds_on_second_strike_day_against_Macron pension_reforms⠀⇛ French protesters launched a new push Tuesday to pressure President Emmanuel Macron into dropping a pension reform plan, with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets in bigger crowds than those seen on the previous day of rallies on January 19. ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ “Citizens’_Insurrection”:_Huge_Protests_in_France_Aim_to_Kill Macron_Pension_Plan⠀⇛ Hundreds of thousands of enraged workers across France walked off the job and hit the streets Tuesday to protest President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular plan to raise the nation’s official retirement age from 62 to 64. ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘Not_just_about_pensions’:_French_protesters_see_threat_to_social justice_in_Macron’s_reform⠀⇛ Huge crowds marched across France on Tuesday in a new round of protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age, signalling the opposition’s success in framing the pension debate as part of a broader battle against an economic platform they perceive as unfair. ⚓ Engadget ☛ PayPal_is_laying_off_2,000_employees⠀⇛ PayPal is about to become the latest tech company to lay off a substantial part of its workforce. ⚓ Engadget ☛ 343_is_reportedly_‘starting_from_scratch’_on_Halo_development after_layoffs⠀⇛ The 343 team is understood to be using Unreal for an unannounced game, nicknamed “Tatanka,” developed with the help of long-time ally Certain Affinity. ⚓ CNN ☛ Chinese_cities_are_struggling_to_pay_their_bills_as_‘hidden_debts’ soar⠀⇛ Three years of strict pandemic controls in China and a real estate crash have drained local government coffers, leaving authorities across the country struggling with mountains of debt. The problem has gotten so extreme that some cities are now unable to provide basic services, and the risk of default is rising. ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Pakistan’s_elite_and_the_current_economic_crisis⠀⇛ Former Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail in a media interview made some very interesting points. While Ismail lashed out at his successor and current Finance Minister Ishaq Dar saying that the latter’s Anti International Monetary Fund (IMF) approach was one of the key reasons behind the current economic crisis in Pakistan. ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Vietnam’s_economy_shows_signs_of_revival⠀⇛ In 2022, the geopolitical tensions caused by the war in Ukraine, slowing growth in the Chinese economy and sharp rises in energy and food prices led to a significantly higher inflationary outlook globally. ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ So_You_Wanna_Reduce_the_Debt?_Tax_the_Wealthy_Like_We_Used To⠀⇛ The dire warnings of fiscal hawks are once again darkening the skies of official Washington, demanding that the $31 trillion federal debt be reduced and government spending curtailed (thereby giving cover to Republican efforts to hold America hostage by refusing to raise the debt ceiling). ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ White_House_Insists_Debt_Default_Won’t_Be_Negotiated_as McCarthy_Says_He_Is_‘Coming_to_Negotiate’⠀⇛ “Raising the debt ceiling is not a negotiation; it is an obligation of this country and its leaders to avoid economic chaos.” ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Marxist_Economist_Richard_Wolff_on_How_the_Debt_Ceiling Benefits_the_Rich_&_Powerful⠀⇛ As House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden prepare for their first face-to-face meeting this week to discuss raising the debt ceiling, we speak with Marxist economist Richard Wolff about why the limit on the federal government’s borrowing lets politicians avoid making hard choices about taxing the wealthy. House Republicans are pushing for major spending cuts as part of any deal to raise the federal government’s $31.4 trillion borrowing limit. “It’s 99% theatrics,” says Wolff, professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of The New School. Wolff also discusses the economic impact of the Ukraine war. ⚓ TruthOut ☛ The_Debt_Ceiling_Benefits_the_Rich_and_Powerful,_Says_Economist Richard_Wolff⠀⇛ ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ As_Fed_Meets,_Experts_Tell_Powell_to_Stop_‘Needlessly Threatening_Jobs’⠀⇛ As the Federal Reserve kicked off its first policy meeting of the new year on Tuesday, economists and progressive advocates reiterated their now-familiar call for the central bank to stop raising interest rates amid growing evidence that hiring, wage growth, and inflation are slowing significantly. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ The Hill ☛ Workday_cuts_hundreds_of_jobs⠀⇛ The company told employees in a message on Tuesday that it decided to restructure and realign some teams across the company, leading to the layoffs, the majority of which will be those working on product and technology, according to a copy of the message from the Securities and Exchange Commission. * ⚓ The Hill ☛ PayPal_laying_off_2,000_employees⠀⇛ CEO and President Dan Schulman wrote in a message to employees shared on the company website that while PayPal made “substantial progress” in restructuring its cost structure and prioritizing its allocation of resources, more work needs to be done. He said the downsizing will occur within the next few weeks, and that some organizations in the company will be “impacted more than others.” * ⚓ World Wide Web Consortium ☛ W3C_re-launched_as_a_public-interest_non- profit_organization⠀⇛ The World Wide Web Consortium began the year 2023 by forming a new public-interest non-profit organization. The new entity preserves our member-driven approach, existing worldwide outreach and cooperation while allowing for additional partners around the world beyond Europe and Asia. The new organization also preserves the core process and mission of the Consortium to shepherd the web, by developing open web standards as a single global organization with contributions from W3C Members, staff, and the international community. * ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ The_real_scandal_is_overclassification⠀⇛ Thousands of American bureaucrats have unilaterally classified tens of millions of unremarkable documents without any legitimate basis for shielding them from public view. Meanwhile, millions of people have “Top Secret clearance” and can view these documents, making a mockery of their supposed secrecy. * ⚓ NPR ☛ The_CEO_of_TikTok_will_testify_before_Congress_amid_security concerns_about_the_app⠀⇛ The committee alleged the app is linked to the Chinese Communist Party, and said in a statement, “Americans deserve to know how these actions impact their privacy and data security, as well as what actions TikTok is taking to keep our kids safe from online and offline harms.” * ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Long,_Bitter_History_of_Globalism⠀⇛ Historians often interpret the history of Europe between the two world wars as an epochal struggle between emergent and entrenched systems of governance: communism versus fascism, democracy versus dictatorship. Yet in her new book, Against the World: Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars, Tara Zahra offers a different frame for grasping the interwar period. Zahra, a professor of Eastern European history at the University of Chicago, sees these years as a mass political reaction to the advent of a truly globalized world and the consequences of a global economy (and the interwar depression) that affected the lives of millions. * ⚓ TruthOut ☛ GOP_Oversight_Chair_Plans_to_Investigate_Biden’s_Docs_Case But_Not_Trump’s⠀⇛ * ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘An_especially_dangerous_criminal’_The_story_of_Vasyl Ovsienko,_who_spent_more_than_13_years_in_Soviet_prisons_for_using_the Ukrainian_language_—_Meduza⠀⇛ * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Lithuanian_Foreign_Minister_calls_on_EU_countries_to_expel Russian_ambassadors_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis called on other EU member states to expel their Russian ambassadors on Wednesday, saying that in most cases, Russia’s diplomatic missions are “not diplomatic institutions but propaganda institutions” that “cover up war crimes” and “promote a program of genocide,” according to the Lithuanian news outlet Delfi. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Britain’s_Winter_of_Discontent⠀⇛ Every Thursday at 8 pm during the spring of 2020, British people would emerge from lockdown for a few brief minutes and make some noise. Some of us bashed pots and pans, others cheered and whooped, others simply clapped. This display of national gratitude was for our “essential workers”—nurses, bus and train drivers, teachers and sanitation and Deliveroo workers—who had to do their jobs so that society could function. With Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles (as they all were then) joining in, we clearly weren’t all clapping for the same thing. * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ As_Expected,_Twitter’s_New_Trust_&_Safety_Rules_Are_‘Elon’s Whims’⠀⇛ Have you noticed that everything that Elon Musk insisted was “bad” about the old Twitter (often incorrectly) are things… he’s now doing himself, but in even more ridiculous ways? He insisted that Twitter was run by people who were promoting ideological political views. Yet… it was Elon Musk (not old Twitter management) who publicly insisted people should vote for one party in the midterm elections. He insisted that Twitter unfairly blocked accounts based on made up rationale. Yet it was Elon Musk who started making up nonsense rules to ban people who annoyed him. He insisted that “shadowbanning” was bad, but his stated solution to content moderation policies… is the same exact thing he claims (falsely) is “shadowbanning.” * ⚓ The Nation ☛ What_the_Attacks_on_New_Mexico_Democrats_Say_About_Being_a Woman_in_Politics⠀⇛ On December 4, Adriann Barboa, the Bernalillo County commissioner, returned home from buying Christmas lights, and what she saw terrified her: Her front door was riddled with bullet holes. Only hours earlier she’d been playing with her grandchild behind that door. Police said a person had shot eight times into her home. It was sheer luck that she and her family were away. She told me that she asked herself in that moment, Why would somebody do this? “I immediately thought,” she said, “it must be because of one of two things: my position as a commissioner or because of the work I’ve done on abortion access.” * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Ted_Cruz_Goes_After_‘Woke’_Microsoft_Over_Xbox_Power_Saving Settings_Update⠀⇛ If you haven’t been living under a rock for the past couple of years, you will be familiar with the concept of the anti-“woke” culture war the Republican Party grows and farms for its own purposes. This isn’t to say there aren’t real cultural conflicts we need to work out as a country, but that doesn’t change the simple fact that much of what you hear about in the press is specifically cultivated by one party or another to generate headlines and outrage for the purposes of votes and campaign contributions. * ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Danger_Ahead:_Angry_Republicans⠀⇛ If there’s a symbol of the Republican Party today, it’s heralded replicant Rep. George Santos of New York, known resume creator. If that, indeed, is his real name. He’s right out of the 1982 cult dystopian movie “Blade Runner,” starring Harrison Ford. You can’t tell by Santos’ eyes because he wears black horn-rimmed glasses. It’s the eyes that have it for identifying replicants. * ⚓ Engadget ☛ Twitter_is_killing_off_co-authored_tweets_after_less_than_a year⠀⇛ “We’re still looking for ways to implement this feature moving forward,” Twitter said. So, it could return at some point. * ⚓ New Yorker ☛ When_Americans_Lost_Faith_in_the News⠀⇛ Half a century ago, most of the public said they trusted the news media. Today, most say they don’t. What happened to the power of the press? * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Saving_democracy_by_shielding_judges⠀⇛ From Lebanon to Hong Kong, leaders see judicial independence – and civic equality before the law – as essential. * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Nearly_80%_of_Voters_in_George_Santos’_NY_District_Say He_Should_Resign:_Poll⠀⇛ Close to 80% of voters in GOP Rep. George Santos’ New York congressional district want him to resign—including 71% of Republicans—according to a poll published Tuesday, the same day the serial liar temporarily stepped down from his House committee assignments. * ⚓ TruthOut ☛ 78_Percent_of_George_Santos’s_Constituents_Want_Him_to Resign,_Poll_Finds⠀⇛ * ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Brussels_hits_the_Hungarian_government_on_a_very sensitive_point_with_the_Horizon_program⠀⇛ * ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ The_latest_from_Arte_Weekly:_Turkey_may_sabotage Sweden’s_NATO_membership_over_Kurds,_while_the_EU_approves_certain insects_as_food⠀⇛ * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Incredibly,_Facebook_Is_Still_Figuring_Out_That_Content Moderation_At_Scale_Is_Impossible_To_Do_Well⠀⇛ For years now, I’ve talked about the impossibility of doing content moderation well at scale. I know that execs at various tech companies often point to my article on this, and that includes top executives at Meta, who have cited my work on this issue. But it still amazes me when those companies act as if it’s not true, and there’s some simple solution to all of the moderation troubles they face. The WSJ recently had a fascinating article about how Facebook thought that by simply silencing political opinions, they’d solve a bunch of their moderation problems. Turns out: it didn’t work. At all. * ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Kyiv_to_Hungarian_ambassador:_‘Anti-Ukrainian rhetoric’_must_stop!⠀⇛ * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Biden_Intervention_in_Democratic_Primaries_Is_a_Show_of Weakness⠀⇛ When the Democratic National Committee convenes its winter meeting on Thursday in Philadelphia, a key agenda item will be rubber-stamping Joe Biden’s manipulation of next year’s presidential primaries. There’ll be speeches galore, including one by Biden as a prelude to his expected announcement that he’ll seek a second term. The gathering will exude confidence, at least in public. But if Biden were truly confident that Democratic voters want him to be the 2024 nominee, he wouldn’t have intervened in the DNC’s scheduling of early primaries. * ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Manhattan_DA_Impanels_Grand_Jury_Over_Trump’s_Payments_to Stormy_Daniels⠀⇛ * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Bernie_Sanders_to_the_DNC:_Ban_Super_PAC_Money_in_All Democratic_Primary_Races⠀⇛ Ahead of the Democratic National Committee’s annual Winter Meeting in Philadelphia, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday called on the party to end super PAC spending in primary races, saying the Democrats should take the event as an opportunity to show their commitment to protecting democracy. * § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ GOP_Belatedly_Realizes_Its_Embrace_Of_Propaganda_And Conspiracy_Results_In_Bizarre_And_Unpopular_Candidates⠀⇛ Frustrated by factual reality, science, and an independent press, the GOP and its wealthy backers have spent the better part of forty years building an alternative reality propaganda machine across AM radio, local broadcasting (with the help of Sinclair Broadcasting), fake “pink slime” local newspapers, cable news (OANN, Newsmax, Fox), and now the Internet. o ⚓ Reason ☛ Hulu’s_1619_Project_Docuseries_Peddles_False_History⠀⇛ The first episode paints an enslaver, plantation master, and Royalist autocrat as a leading and even celebrated agent of emancipation. o ⚓ AntiWar ☛ The_Real_Disinformation_Was_the_‘Russia_Disinformation’ Hoax⠀⇛ Thanks to the latest release of the “Twitter Files,” we now know without a doubt that the entire “Russia disinformation” racket was a massive disinformation campaign to undermine US elections and perhaps even push “regime change” inside the United States after Donald Trump was elected president in 2016. Here is some background. o ⚓ EDRI ☛ Panel:_how_can_the_EU_fight_(partisan)_disinformation_and hate_speech_and_protect_media_freedom_and_human_rights?⠀⇛ In the last years, the relationship between the media and trust in democratic institutions has received increasingly attention. In two roundtables the panellists will discuss legal instruments, and recommendations in the context of media freedom and human rights on digital platforms. o ⚓ EDRI ☛ European_Parliament_approves_a_timid_online_political advertising_proposal⠀⇛ Tomorrow, 2 February, the European Parliament will vote on the regulation on the transparency and targeting of political advertising proposal in plenary. Although this regulation intended to restrict the use of personal data to target online political advertisements, important proposals to tackle the root causes of data-driven vote manipulation were watered down during the discussion in the Parliament. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ Meduza ☛ A_window_into_Yandex’s_censorship_A_source_code_leak_reveals how_Russia’s_top_tech_company_protects_Putin’s_image_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Last week, Russian Internet giant Yandex suffered a major source code leak when an unknown user (likely a former employee) published parts of the company’s internal repository online. The leaked code provides new insight into the inner workings of Russia’s largest search engine, which has faced growing criticism in recent years for cooperating with the Kremlin. Among other things, the breach confirmed that Yandex has censored image and video search results to prevent the Z symbol and images of Putin from appearing in contexts that might embarrass the Russian authorities. Meduza explains how. * ⚓ Wired ☛ The_Flight_Tracker_That_Powered_@ElonJet_Just_Took_a_Left Turn⠀⇛ The standard the exchange relies on, Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), is becoming increasingly ubiquitous and is mandated by the FAA. It’s that standard that has made ADS-B Exchange so reviled by Musk and the Sauds. Plane owners who wish to hide their flight paths from the general public can submit a request to the FAA, which can require that downstream users of their feeds, like FlightRadar24 and FlightAware, suppress that information. Because ADS-B is transmitted without encryption, directly from the planes themselves, that kind of censorship isn’t possible. ADS-B Exchange’s administrators pride themselves on never hiding flight data. James Stanford, one of ADS-B Exchange’s senior administrators, told WIRED their website has been used to track gold smugglers and kidnappers, and it has been threatened by billionaires and warlords who aren’t keen on having their private jets tracked. * ⚓ JETNET ☛ JETNET_Acquires_ADS-B_Exchange⠀⇛ Founded in 2016 by Dan Streufert, ADS-B Exchange aggregates approximately 750,000 messages per second worldwide via receivers hosted by aviation enthusiasts around the world. The acquisition of ADS-B Exchange will enable JETNET to expand its flight data solutions with real-time information. * ⚓ Drew DeVault ☛ Should_private_platforms_engage_in_censorship?⠀⇛ Private service providers are entitled to do business with whom they please, or not to. Occasionally, a platform will take advantage of this to deny service to a particular entity on any number of grounds, often igniting a flood of debate online regarding whether or not censorship in this form is just. Recently, CloudFlare pulled the plug on a certain forum devoted to the coordinated harassment of its victims. Earlier examples include the same service blocking a far-right imageboard, or Namecheap cancelling service for a neo-Nazi news site. * ⚓ Express ☛ Iran_poised_to_execute_pregnant_woman_for_burning_picture_of founder_Ayatollah_Khomeini⠀⇛ More than 500 people have been killed in an Iranian government crackdown since the start of the protests, with in excess of 18,000 arrested – including pregnant women. Zahra Nabizadeh was six months pregnant when she was detained on January 18 in the town of Mahabad, in West Azerbaijan province, Hengaw, a Norway-based group which monitors rights violations in Iran’s Kurdish regions, has reported. * ⚓ Hindu Post ☛ How_NY_Times_negates_persecution_of_Hindus,_even_in_its coverage_of_Pakistan’s_draconian_blasphemy_laws⠀⇛ Per census data Hindus comprise the largest religious minority in Pakistan: 2.14% vs 1.27% for Christians. And face non-stop persecution & hostility from private and State actors for their faith along with attacks on Hindu temples and loss of sacred spaces. Hate against “idol-worship” & fake blasphemy charges against Pakistani Hindus are common. In 2019, a Hindu school principal was accused of blasphemy by a Muslim student simply for being asked about incomplete homework. Community-wide attacks followed. * ⚓ PJ Media ☛ A_UN_Body_Has_Condemned_the_Burning_of_a_Qur’an_in_Sweden. Here’s_Why_It_Shouldn’t_Have.⠀⇛ Book burning is an ugly business; in America is generally associated with Nazis standing gleefully before bonfires of forbidden books. Still, the freedom of expression is the freedom of expression, and if someone wants to burn a copy of Mein Kampf or The Catcher in the Rye or the Bible, that’s his business. When it comes to the Qur’an, however, suddenly the most stalwart exponents of the freedom of expression start talking about how much we need to curtail that freedom in order to respect the rights of others. It’s all happening again in connection with the burning of a Qur’an in Sweden on Friday. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranians_Use_Sadeh_Festival_To_Protest_Against_Lack_Of Freedoms⠀⇛ Protesters in Tehran’s Ekbatan neighborhood celebrated the Sadeh festival by lighting huge fires, saying they showed the depth of their anger toward the government’s intrusion on their freedoms and chanted “death to the dictator,” a reference to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Similar scenes were repeated in the Iranian cities of Yazd, Kerman, Shiraz, Kermanshah, Kerman, and Mashhad. * ⚓ The Epoch Times ☛ Hollywood_Is_Beijing’s_Lap_Dog⠀⇛ If Hollywood had a spine, it would be made of money. After all, the film industry has always been about money and power. Filmmakers, writers, and actors have always been at the mercy of a cluster of people at the top in Hollywood who decided which actor or which film would get the opportunity to make money at the box office. That’s still the case, but the only difference now is that those powerbrokers are from Beijing rather than Beverly Hills, and it’s not just about money anymore. Yes, the old adage, “money is power” still applies in La-La Land, and the studios will do anything for it, including selling out their country and serving the largest slave state on the planet. § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Prosecution_requests_9-year_sentence_for_journalist_Alexander Nevzorov,_charged_with_spreading_‘fakes’_for_criticizing_Ukraine_invasion —_Meduza⠀⇛ The prosecution is seeking to sentence the Russian journalist Alexander Nevzorov to nine years in a penal colony, for allegedly spreading “fake news” about the Ukraine invasion. * ⚓ CBC ☛ Postmedia_to_lay_off_11%_of_editorial_staff,_sources_say⠀⇛ In an audio recording of the meeting obtained by The Canadian Press, Gerry Nott, acting senior vice-president of editorial content, said the cuts would affect all of the company’s publications with the exception of Brunswick News and Postmedia Editorial Services, which have already been downsized. * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Nordic_Unions_to_Quit_Global_Journalists’ Body_IFJ,_Citing_‘Corruptive_Activity’⠀⇛ The Nordic members accused the IFJ of longstanding undemocratic practices, unethical finances and of allowing the Russian state media representatives to continue as members. “We call this corruptive activity,” Hanne Aho, the chairwoman of the Union of Journalists in Finland, told Reuters, adding the four Nordic unions would resign from the IFJ on Tuesday. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ DagHammarskjöld ☛ Do_we_weep_or_rejoice?_The_75th_Anniversary_of_the Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights⠀⇛ Like all anniversaries, this one rightfully calls for reflection. Does the track record of the United Nations’ work on human rights make this a moment to weep or rejoice? History shows that the human rights pillar, perhaps more than any other area of the organisation’s work, has struggled with issues of politicisation, legitimacy and underfunding. At the same time, it has generated some of its most transformative advances leading to increased recognition and enjoyment of human rights around the world. Weeping and rejoicing it seems. But most importantly, rekindling of the 1948 spirit to reset and carry on. * ⚓ India Times ☛ Apple_workplace_rules_violate_U.S._labor_law,_agency finds⠀⇛ The National Labor Relations Board will issue a complaint targeting the policies and claiming Apple executives made comments that stymied worker organizing unless the company settles first, an agency official said on Monday in an email reviewed by Reuters. The official had sent the email to Ashley Gjovik, a former Apple senior engineering manager who filed complaints against the company in 2021. * ⚓ Medforth ☛ Authorities_in_North_Rhine-Westphalia_have_closed_a_Muslim halal_slaughterhouse_near_Cologne,_Germany⠀⇛ “The animal cruelty in the slaughterhouse can hardly be put into words, it is certainly among the worst I have ever seen,” says Jan Peifer, Chairman of the Board of the German Animal Welfare Office. The main accusation, however, is that there was repeated slaughter without anaesthesia. The sheep were brutally pushed to the ground and their throats were cut without prior anaesthesia. The slaughter of animals without anaesthesia is generally prohibited in Germany and is only possible in some federal states with an exceptional permit. However, the slaughterhouse does not have such an exemption. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Restaurant_Shut_Down_After_Woman_Sings_At_Opening⠀⇛ The latest incident was sparked by a video published on social media showing a female singer performing at the opening ceremony of a new restaurant in Mahshahr, in the southwestern province of Khuzestan. After the video went viral and was praised by Iranian social- media users, Farshad Kazemi, the police chief in Mahshahr, announced the restaurant had been sealed shut because of the performance. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ Cops_Lynched_Tyre_Nichols_Because_They_Knew_They_Could⠀⇛ Cops do not exist to stop crime (see Uvalde) or solve crime (a 2020 report found that police arrests lead to convictions in only 2 percent of major crimes). They exist to arrest people. One might hope that they’re arresting criminals or suspected criminals, but it’s important to remember that the very institution of local policing can trace its roots directly back to the old slave patrols and slave catchers of the antebellum South. Studies show that even when a massive influx of cops into a city leads to a small reduction in major crimes like homicide, it comes with an explosion of arrests for petty, victimless crimes, and, of course, increased brutality against Black people. The police are institutionally designed to be predators: Capturing (and if need be, killing) their targets is the primary way they justify their continued existence. Police are judged everywhere based on their numbers of arrests, the number of people they catch. And like all predators, they tend to target the weakest among us. * ⚓ NBC ☛ Texas_police_chief_is_put_on_leave_after_a_raid_that_targeted_the wrong_home_and_an_innocent_teen⠀⇛ The teenager who was being sought does not live at that home and was later cleared of any involvement in the slaying, officials said. * ⚓ Salon ☛ Reporters_expose_how_police_use_“junk_science”_forensic techniques_to_arrest_innocent_people⠀⇛ Junk science can spread a lot of different ways, but there are some common patterns in how it spreads across forensics and law enforcement. * ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Asylum_Seekers_Refuse_to_Leave_Manhattan_Hotel,_Citing Inhumane_Conditions_at_Brooklyn_Shelter⠀⇛ In New York, asylum seekers are continuing to protest outside a Manhattan hotel where they’d been living for weeks, after city officials suddenly evicted them over the weekend to move them to a remote camp in Brooklyn with a thousand cots and no heat. We hear from migrants and activists fighting the eviction. * ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ USA_Pipe_Dreams:_a_Response⠀⇛ We read with stupefaction the recent declarations of the head of the Southern Command of the USA Armed Forces, General Laura Richardson to the Atlantic Council think tank about the Latin American region. In language devoid of any obfuscation, she quite openly said what is well known, that Washington’s foreign policy in the region is exclusively based on its interest in its resources, not its people. As Orinoco Tribune reported, she stated: No word about establishing friendly relationships, about facing together shared problems of poverty, about encouraging social development, fighting environmental degradation, or drug trafficking. No “good neighbour” niceties.  It is almost funny, if it wasn’t so ominous. Let us not forget that according to a UN study, more than 40% of armed conflicts of the last 60 years were linked to natural resources.[2]  And with looming environmental disasters, increasing scarcity and competition,  the pillage of natural resources and ensuing environmental deterioration can only get worse. * ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Say_No_to_Expanding_the_Death_Penalty⠀⇛ Republican leaders have a death penalty problem. During a time when researchers called 2022 the “year of the botched execution” and when several states have had to place a moratorium on executions amidst failed protocols, several Republic leaders are seeking to expand capital punishment. It is no surprise that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is pro- death penalty. DeSantis has put himself on the national map by echoing if not extending many of Donald Trump’s most repressive measures. * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Wife_of_Chief_Justice_Causes_Latest_Ethics_Concerns_at US_Supreme_Court⠀⇛ Fresh calls for federal lawmakers to pass new ethics rules for the U.S. Supreme Court mounted after The New York Times on Tuesday revealed that a former colleague of Chief Justice John Roberts’ wife raised concerns to Congress and the U.S. Department of Justice. * ⚓ TruthOut ☛ A_Victory_for_Abolitionists:_ICE-Run_Immigration_Prison Shuts_Down_Today⠀⇛ * ⚓ TruthOut ☛ 1,300_Social_Justice_Groups_Demand_Atlanta_Mayor_Resign_Over Tortuguita’s_Death⠀⇛ * ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Arizona_Congressman_Andy_Biggs_Eulogizes_Racist_Former_State Lawmaker⠀⇛ * ⚓ EDRI ☛ The_UK_will_treat_online_images_of_immigrants_crossing_the Channel_as_a_criminal_offence⠀⇛ On 17 January, the United Kingdom (UK) government announced that online platforms will have to proactively remove images of immigrants crossing the Channel in small boats under a new amendment to be tabled to the Online Safety Bill. The announcement, intended to bolster the UK’s hostile immigration policy, has been met with concern among the British public and charities working with people on the move. * ⚓ EDRI ☛ EDRi-gram,_1_February_2023⠀⇛ In this first EDRigram edition of 2023, we want to take a look back at what we collectively achieved in 2022. Together, we mobilised people and organisations in key moments and continued to strengthen our network and to contribute to the design of a decolonising programme for the field. We are also exploring why the European Commission’s blocking obligations for internet services providers in the context of addressing the spread of child sexual abuse material online are impossible. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Thai_police_apologise_after_Taiwanese_actress ‘extortion’_case⠀⇛ Seven police officers have also been transferred and charged with dereliction of duty. * ⚓ Denmark_to_grant_asylum_to_all_women_and_girls_from_Afghanistan⠀⇛ Denmark’s immigration authority will now grant asylum to women and girls from Afghanistan because of their gender alone. * ⚓ The Local SE ☛ Politics_in_Sweden:_The_migration_paradigm_shift_we_need isn’t_the_one_we’re_getting⠀⇛ Malfunctioning bureaucracy at the Migration Agency is the single biggest hurdle to Sweden’s ability to attract international talent – and yet it receives shockingly little attention in the political debate, writes The Local’s editor Emma Löfgren. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Filings_reveal_Starbucks_paid_over_$11M_to_former_legal_chief amid_unionization_efforts⠀⇛ The Starbucks Corporation Monday disclosed in US Securities and Exchange Commission filings that former General Counsel Rachel Gonzalez’s pay amounted to nearly $11.7 million in 2022, including $7.1 million in severance pay. * ⚓ Engadget ☛ The_DOJ_is_looking_into_Tesla’s_Autopilot_and_Full_Self- Driving_claims⠀⇛ The rumors of Teslafacing_a_Justice_Department investigationwere true. The EV designer hasconfirmedin an SEC filing that the DOJ has requested documents linked to Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) features. * ⚓ The Nation ☛ RIP_Repro_Rights⠀⇛ * ⚓ ACLU ☛ What_it’s_Like_to_Fight_for_Abortion_Rights,_Post-Roe⠀⇛ It was exactly one year ago, on the 49th anniversary of Roe, amid an unprecedented surge of anti-abortion attacks sweeping through state legislatures in the run-up to the Dobbs decision. As abortion rights activists were gearing up for the decision, more and more people who had abortions were sharing their stories publicly, hoping to lessen the stigma of abortion as a strategy to fight back. § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ EFF ☛ Setting_the_Record_Straight:_EFF_Statement_in_Support_of_FCC Nominee_Gigi_Sohn⠀⇛ First, we’ve seen some outlandish headlines about EFF’s 2020 recognition of Danielle Blunt, a leader in the technology policy space and advocate for sex workers, because she is a professional dominatrix. Ms. Blunt is one of the co-founders of Hacking//Hustling, a collective of sex workers and others working at the intersection of tech and social justice to interrupt state surveillance and violence facilitated by technology. Through that work, Ms. Blunt is an expert on the impacts of the censorship law FOSTA-SESTA, and on how content moderation affects the movement work of sex workers and activists. No one is more aware of the way that the power imbalances of the real world permeate online, and is more poised to act, than she is. Second, much has been made about EFF’s strong and continued opposition to FOSTA-SESTA. These attacks take the claims of FOSTA-SESTA’s proponents at face value—that it was a good and useful measure to take against sex trafficking when all evidence points to the contrary. Our opposition to FOSTA-SESTA was and remains based on the facts: It will not stop sex trafficking and will instead make stopping it harder. At the same time, the law puts a wide range of online expression at risk and we are always, unapologetically, against the criminalization and chilling of legal speech. Third, despite what its supporters claim, the EARN IT Act is a surveillance bill that would have a devastating impact on privacy, security, and free speech. If Congress passes this disastrous bill, it may become too legally risky for companies to offer encryption services. This bill treats every internet user as a potential criminal, and subjects all our communications to mass scanning. We are pleased that Congress has rejected it twice already. * ⚓ India Times ☛ EU_studying_whether_Big_Tech_should_pay_network_costs⠀⇛ The tech giants say the idea is equivalent to an internet traffic tax that could interfere with Europe’s net neutrality rules treating all users equally. The commission’s query is part of a 19-page document the EU executive drafted before it proposes legislation. * ⚓ EFF ☛ The_FCC_Broadband_Maps:_Meet_the_New_Maps,_Same_as_the_Old_Maps⠀⇛ The problems have also been raised by states, local government, and community organizations, who have filed challenges to the FCC over these inaccuracies. It is now up to the FCC and NTIA to fix the map, and time is of the essence: the Biden administration is set to confirm how the money will be spent by the summer as part of its Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. Overreliance on internet service providers (ISPs) to report service locations and service availability is a recurring problem. ISPs have no incentive to accurately report, and in fact, have every incentive to overreport, because misinforming the government has never carried a heavy penalty. These same ISPs then use these faulty broadband maps – which are built on their bad data – to challenge and try to prevent would-be competitors from building infrastructure into areas that are underserved or unserved. The FCC, recognizing this concern, created a challenge process through which government entities as well as individuals are able to challenge the ISPs over their service location and service availability. Setting aside the issues with the challenge process and the obvious discrepancy that is pitting an average consumer or small government agencies against well- resourced ISPs, these challenges only allow a glimpse of the true scope of the map’s inaccuracies. * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Starry’s_Broadband_Ambitions_Fall_Apart,_Lays_Off_More Employees⠀⇛ You might recall that Aereo founder Chaitanya Kanojia’s attempt to disrupt the TV industry ran face-first into an army of broadcaster lawyers and a notably ugly ruling by the Supreme Court. Undaunted, Kanojia returned with a new plan to try and disrupt the broken U.S. broadband industry. * ⚓ Internet Freedom Foundation ☛ Legislative_Brief_on_Digital_Rights_for Budget_Session_2023⠀⇛ Our legislative brief on digital rights for the Budget Session 2023 highlights some of the focus areas within the larger issues of digital rights, online content regulation, platform governance and free speech, data protection, etc. that call for extensive deliberation in the Houses of Parliament. * ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ “Ongoing_Concerns”:_U.S._Objections_to_Canadian_Digital Policies_Spreads_to_the_Senate⠀⇛ U.S. concerns with Canadian digital policy continues to mount with both the U.S. Administration and Senators from both parties raising fears of discrimination. U.S. pressure seems likely to grow as the issue emerges as a major irritant in the bi-lateral trade relationship with Canada’s most important trading partner. With U.S. President Joe Biden scheduled to visit Ottawa later this winter, it seems likely that digital policy – particularly a * ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ The_Law_Bytes_Podcast,_Episode_154:_The_House_is_Back_– A_Preview_of_Canadian_Digital_Policy_as_Parliament_Resumes⠀⇛ The House of Commons and Senate return from a lengthy break this week and will likely run until late June with the occasional week or two off. Digital policy may not attract top line attention, but it has emerged as one of the government’s most active issues. This week’sLaw § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ * ⚓ The Local SE ☛ Spotify_posts_net_loss_of_430_million_euros_–_but_beats expectations⠀⇛ Swedish music streaming giant Spotify reports deepening losses, but for the first time climbed past 200 million paying subscribers. * ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Netflix’s_Password_Sharing_Cash_Grab_Finally_Arrives_In_The States⠀⇛ After years of saying password sharing wasn’t really a big deal and was akin to free advertising, Netflix recently announced it would be cracking down on password sharing. It started with a new trial in the global south where users were nagged until they paid an additional fee if they shared their password with users outside of their home. § Monopolies⠀➾ * ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Report_Details_How_US_Policy_Devastated_Small_Dairy Farms_and_Boosted_Corporate_Monopolies⠀⇛ Food & Water Watch on Tuesday released an analysis of the U.S. dairy farming industry—the climate and food justice group’s third in-depth report on the economic costs of food monopolies—revealing how corporate consolidation has helped push small family farms out of business over the past two decades, while worsening the climate emergency. * ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Deregulation_and_the_Law_of_Unintended_Consequences⠀⇛ Montanans have already had a very brutal lesson in deregulation and its unintended consequences. The great idea of the Legislature in the late ’90s was to deregulate our utilities under the “free market” theory that competition would lead to lower prices. HAHAHA! We went from the lowest cost power in the region to the highest — and the rip-off continues to this day, decades later. Comes now Governor Gianforte’s ongoing effort to “reduce red tape” — which is simply deregulation of industry under another name. Moreover, they have pulled the wool over the eyes of the populace by saying the goal is to create more “affordable housing.” * ⚓ CCIA ☛ Lays_of_the_Land:_Tracking_State_Legislative_Efforts⠀⇛ DisCo recently released three posts outlining the current content moderation, data privacy, and competition landscapes, highlighting a number of states that have proposed legislation on these topics. As state legislative sessions kicked off in January, these topics are already producing additional proposals and we anticipate this will continue throughout 2023. * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Pfizer’s_Record-Shattering_$100_Billion_in Revenue_Denounced_as_‘Sickening’⠀⇛ The U.S.-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer reported Tuesday that it brought in a record-breaking $100.3 billion in revenue in 2022 and $31.4 billion in profit, sums that campaigners decried as “sickening” in the face of an ongoing pandemic and persistent inequities in coronavirus vaccine access. o ⚓ JUVE ☛ Novartis_and_Freshfields_win_PIs_against_eight_generics companies_in_fingolimod_battle [Ed: Novartis attacks public health using patents, helped by criminals who run the EPO]⠀⇛ In a dispute spanning numerous European countries, Novartis is fighting to enforce EP 29 59 894. * § Software Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Stupid_Patent_Of_The_Month:_Digital_Verification Systems_Patents_E-Signatures⠀⇛ Patent trolls make patents, and argue over them. They don’t have to ever make the thing described in their patents, if it’s even possible to determine what those things are. Instead, they generate legal threats and waste the time and money of companies that do do these things. * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Pornhub_Risks_Losing_Its_Domain_Name_in_Bizarre Piracy_Lawsuit⠀⇛ Pornhub sister company MG Premium is embroiled in a lawsuit that puts the pornhub.com domain at risk. The company, which is part of the MindGeek imperium, sued the tube site Goodporn for massive copyright infringement. However, Goodporn turned the tables by claiming that it owns the rights, citing a previously signed agreement that MindGeek dismisses as fraudulent. o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Pirate_Site_Admin_Convicted_After_Five_Years, Another_Acquitted,_Site_Lives_On⠀⇛ Following a legal process of more than five years, a court in Lithuania has handed down its verdict against two alleged operators of streaming portal Filmai. After being found guilty, one man was sentenced to fines and a confiscation order of 200,000 euros. The second man was acquitted. Meanwhile, Film.ai is still online and remains one of the most popular sites in the country. § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Personal⠀➾ o ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_ADFIYNM_Wordo:_SCENE⠀⇛ * § Technical⠀➾ o ⚓ terminal_emulators⠀⇛ I want one that has sixel support but also lets me make up my own regexes to match parts of the terminal’s output and make those sections clickable and then passable to an external program. o ⚓ How_Would_You_Feel_If_Google_Indexed_the_Gemini_Space?⠀⇛ If Google would start supporting the Gemini protocol and indexing the Gemini space, presumely to make better SERPs for users of the Gemini space available, would you feel bad about it? There couldn’t be any advertisement and tracking on Google’s Gemtext SERPs, obviously. So, no harm done. Would you feel bad if the Gemini space’s content would be available on Google’s SERPs on the WWW, but linking to Gemini pages? It surely would spread the word and allow for more users to know about and experience the Gemini verse and the slow web. But there would be advertisement and tracking on Google’s HTML SERPs, obviously. So, harm done, but showing a way out. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ The Scientist ☛ Mitochondrial_Metabolism_Dictates_Neurons’ Growth_Rate⠀⇛ Altering the rate of respiration in mitochondria changes how fast neurons grow, making mouse neurons grow more like human ones and vice versa, a study finds. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4623 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 02.01.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_01/02/2023:_Security_Problems,_Unrest,_and_More⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 9:36 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Graphics_Stack o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o BSD o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Events o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o Programming/Development o Standards/Consortia * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security * Defence/Aggression * Environment o Energy/Transportation o Wildlife/Nature * Finance * AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics * Censorship/Free_Speech * Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press * Civil_Rights/Policing * Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) * Monopolies o Software_Patents o Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Gemini o Technical # Internet/Gemini # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ 49:_From_the_Ashes⠀⇛ This week, Linux Out Loud chats about open-source projects rising from the ashes. Welcome to episode 49 of Linux Out Loud. We fired up our mics, connected those headphones as we searched the community for themes to expound upon. We kept the banter friendly, the conversation somewhat on topic, and had fun doing it. # ⚓ mintCast Podcast ☛ 404.5_–_2022_Distro_Rundown⠀⇛ This week in our Innards, We do a rundown of our favorite distros of 2022 In “Check This Out” we talk about a graphical tool Londoner shared that makes light work of scheduling a shutdown or reboot. Moss shares his experience with the Flatpak of a favorite game of his; and we share an article postulating the death of Unix. Download o § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ Mike_Blumenkrantz:_Fastlink⠀⇛ I previously wrote a post talking about some optimization work that’s been done with RADV to improve fast-link performance. As promised, that wasn’t the end of the story. Today’s post will be a bit different, however, as I’ll be assuming all the graphics experts in the audience are already well- versed in all the topics I’m covering. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ Best_Linux_Software_for_Kids:_Apps, Distros,_and_Games⠀⇛ Linux is a very powerful operating system, which is why it powers most of the servers on the Internet. While this OS may not have a reputation for popular games such as FIFA or PES, it offers the best educational software and games for kids. These are eight of the best Linux educational software to keep your kids ahead of the game. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ How_to_Enable_Minimize_button_in Elementary_OS_7_App_Windows⠀⇛ Elementary OS 7 is based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. It was released on Tuesday with many improvements on its core applications as well as desktop experience. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_WP-CLI_on_Linux_for WordPress⠀⇛ Managing a WordPress website can be a time- consuming and complex task. From updating plugins and themes to creating backups and managing databases, many tasks must be performed regularly to keep your website running smoothly. This is where WP-CLI comes in. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Running_a_Crontab_as_www-data_User_in_Linux⠀⇛ In a Linux system, the cron daemon is used to execute scheduled commands or scripts. By default, cron jobs run as the root user. However, sometimes it is necessary to run cron jobs as a non-root user, such as the www-data user. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ A_Quick_Reference_Guide_to_Uptime_Command_in Linux⠀⇛ The uptime command in Linux is a simple utility that displays the system uptime or the amount of time that the system has been running since its last reboot. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Install_Duplicity_on_Ubuntu:_A_Quick_and_Easy Guide⠀⇛ Backing up data is one of the most critical duties for a system admin. As such, one must be well- versed in software that can ease data backing up. Not only must an admin be aware of data backing, but also, as an individual, you must be able to back up your data without struggle. One of the most renowned backup tools that will help you do this is Duplicity. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_renew_Let’s_Encrypt_certificate_on Ubuntu⠀⇛ Access to a reliable and secure online environment is no longer a luxury. Nothing seems impossible now that the internet connects all corners of the globe. The internet and its numerous protocols have spurred the creation of e-learning, video conferencing, gaming, and other platforms that link people from all over the world. Regardless of how much we laud the internet, its legitimacy is meaningless without security. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_To_Install_Wine_from_Source_Code_on_Debian- based_System⠀⇛ As an avid user of Windows programs, you might have found that at times you need to use a particular program on your Ubuntu system. # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ Silencing_the_Noise:_A_Guide_to_Redirecting Output_to_/dev/null_in_Linux⠀⇛ If the unnecessary output of your script bothers you, dump it to /dev/null. While developing a script to automate a task, you might find that the output is printed even though it actually doesn’t require it at all, and because of this, your terminal becomes crowded with unneeded text. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Discourse_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Discourse on Rocky Linux 9. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Zeek_Network_Security_Monitor_on Ubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Zeek Network Security Monitor on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, Zeek, formerly known as Bro, is a free and open-source software network security monitor. # ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ Download_elementary_OS_7,_Verify_Its_Checksum, and_Install_It_on_Computer⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ How_To_Make_Course_Marketing_Flyer_with LibreOffice_Writer⠀⇛ This tutorial will help you create course marketing using LibreOffice Writer. This can also be used for other marketing purposes such as culinary and medical. We have already prepared the pictures and text and you can download them then try the exercises at home step by step to achieve the final product. We make this as avid users of Ubuntu and fans of Canonical. Happy writing! # ⚓ [Fixed]_bash:_add-apt-repository:_command_not_found⠀⇛ If you get the message “bash: add-apt-repository: command not found” while trying to use the add-apt- repository command in Ubuntu, it means that the software-properties-common package that has this command is not installed on your system. In this tutorial, we will show you how to fix this error by installing the software-properties-common package. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Install_and_Set_Up_Headless_Linux_Server⠀⇛ A vast majority of Linux users are familiar with a Linux desktop PC which provides a graphical environment with which you can interact with the system. However, unlike a Linux desktop, a headless server is an operating system that runs without a GUI (Graphical User Environment). It is installed on hardware that is not connected to any peripheral device such as a monitor, keyboard, or mouse during its operation (although these are required during the initial setup). # ⚓ [Fixed]_Http_Error_Uploading_Image_to_WordPress⠀⇛ “HTTP Error when uploading image to WordPress” is a common issue faced by many WordPress users. This error message appears when you try to upload an image to your WordPress site and can be frustrating as it prevents you from adding images to your posts or pages. The good news is that there are several methods you can use to resolve this issue. In this article, we will discuss some of the most common reasons for the “HTTP Error” message and provide step-by-step instructions on how to fix it. By the end of this tutorial, you should have a clear understanding of how to resolve this error and successfully upload images to your WordPress site. # ⚓ useradd_Vs._adduser⠀⇛ Linux is a popular open-source operating system that runs on a variety of hardware platforms, including desktops, servers, and smartphones. One of the key features of Linux is the command-line interface (CLI), which allows users to perform a wide range of tasks using text-based commands. In this article, we’ll discuss the two commonly used commands for managing users in Linux, useradd and adduser. While they perform similar functions, they have some important differences that are important to understand. useradd is a standard Linux command that is used to create new user accounts. It is available in all popular distributions of Linux, including Red Hat, Fedora, and Debian. The syntax for the useradd command is straightforward and easy to use. For example, to create a new user account with the username “sandy”, you would use the following command: This will create a new user account with the default settings, including the default home directory, shell, and group. To customize the user account, you can use additional options with the useradd command. For example, to specify a different home directory, you can use the - d option:useradd -d /home/sandy sandy o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Big_new_Stable_Update_for_Steam_Deck_and Desktop_Steam⠀⇛ Valve has today released a major update for the Steam client on Steam Deck and for Desktop users too. There’s absolutely masses new including small new features, along with plenty of bug fixes to make the experience smoother overall, as usual a whole bunch of it is shared between Desktop and Steam Deck. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ These_were_the_most_popular_Steam_Deck games_for_January_2023⠀⇛ Valve has done their monthly thing, giving out a list of what was the most played games on Steam Deck through January 2023. Yes it’s already February, no I can’t believe it either. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Ubisoft_just_broke_their_games_on_Linux desktop_and_Steam_Deck⠀⇛ Update 21:17: Looks like Proton developers have updated the “bleeding-edge” Beta for Proton Experimental, that works around the issue. Note: using it can cause other issues, the Beta doesn’t have a lot of testing, you’ve been warned. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Proton_Hotfix_improves_Dead_Space,_Proton Experimental_tweak_for_Tiny_Tina’s_Wonderland⠀⇛ In addition to the below, Valve did another Proton Experimental update after some recent Ubisoft Connect breakage I highlighted that includes: # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ The_Legend_of_Zelda:_A_Link_to_the_Past gets_a_reverse-engineered_clone⠀⇛ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, the 1991 classic from Nintendo has been reverse-engineered to bring it natively to more platforms. Nintendo are no doubt warming up their lawyers. Available on GitHub under the MIT license, it notes the game is fully playable from start to finish and it does need the original ROM for the resources, so it doesn’t include the copyrighted assets. # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Latest_Steam_Client_Update_Enables_New_Big Picture_Mode_by_Default,_Adds_Linux_Fixes⠀⇛ The biggest change in the new Steam Client update is the enablement of the new Big Picture mode, the one that resembles Steam Deck‘s UI, by default. So, after this update, say goodbye to the old Big Picture mode and welcome the new and fancy one on your Steam for Linux client. Those who don’t like the new Big Picture mode will still be able to access the old one by using the - oldbigpicture command-line option. However, Valve noted the fact that the old Big Picture mode will be removed for good in a future update. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Budgie_10.7_sounds_like_a_great_desktop_to use_on_Linux⠀⇛ Budgie 10.7 is out now, refreshing many parts of this Linux desktop environment to improve the UI across many parts. Originally created for the Solus Linux distribution, nowadays it lives as an independent project and continues to impress. # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Xfce’s_Apps_Update_for_January_2023:_New Releases_of_Thunar,_Xfce_Panel,_and_Whisker_Menu⠀⇛ The January 2023 issue of my exclusive “Xfce’s Apps Update” monthly roundup is here to inform fans of the lightweight Xfce desktop environment about the latest releases of their favorite Xfce apps, plugins, tools, and more. January 2023 was quite busy for the Xfce developers as they kicked off the development cycle of the next major release of the desktop environment, Xfce 4.20, which will finally bring Wayland support. As expected, the Xfce 4.20 development cycle takes place under the Xfce 4.19 umbrella, and several components are already available for early adopters. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ elementary_OS_7_‘Horus’_is_out_now_with major_AppCenter_upgrades⠀⇛ elementary OS, probably one of the absolutely slickest looking Linux distributions around, has released version 7 with some major upgrades. o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ SANS ☛ DShield_Honeypot_Setup_with_pfSense,_(Tue,_Jan 31st)⠀⇛ I recently decided to update my home router and thought it was a great opportunity to dig into using pfSense # ⚓ Klara ☛ OpenZFS_–_Auditing_for_Storage_Performance⠀⇛ OpenZFS and storage in general is a complex and important part of any project’s architecture. It should be planned thoughtfully and ideally, ahead of time! In this article, we’ll talk about how to understand, measure, and plan for your storage performance needs. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Set_up_GitLab_CI_and_GitLab_Runner_to configure_Ansible_automation_controller⠀⇛ # ⚓ Venture Beat ☛ Red_Hat_gives_an_ARM_up_to_OpenShift Kubernetes_operations⠀⇛ Red Hat announced the general availability of OpenShift 4.12, bringing new capabilities to its hybrid cloud application delivery platform. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Sparky GNU/Linux ☛ Sparky_news_2023/01⠀⇛ The 1st monthly Sparky project and donate report of the 2023… # ⚓ Simon Josefsson ☛ Simon_Josefsson:_Apt_Archive Transparency:_debdistdiff_&_apt-canary⠀⇛ I’ve always found the operation of apt software package repositories to be a mystery. There appears to be a lack of transparency into which people have access to important apt package repositories out there, how the automatic non-human update mechanism is implemented, and what changes are published. # ⚓ Jonathan_McDowell:_Enabling_retrogaming_with_Kodi_on Debian⠀⇛ For some reason my son has started to be really into watching playthroughs of Mario and similar games on Youtube. I don’t understand the appeal, but it’s less distracting as background than Paw Patrol, so I’m not complaining. He’s not quite at the stage he’s ready to play the games himself, but it’s coming. So I figured it would be neat to sort out some retrogaming bits ready for when that happens. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 8_Discontinued_Ubuntu_Features_and_Products You_May_Have_Missed⠀⇛  Ubuntu has been around since 2004. During that time, Canonical has experimented with a number of Ubuntu-specific features and Ubuntu-related products. Some are still around, while others have faded with time. Here are some nuggets of Ubuntu’s past to tickle your nostalgia. Some no longer serve a purpose. Others may make you yearn for what could have been. # ⚓ Julian Andres Klode ☛ Julian_Andres_Klode:_Ubuntu_2022v1 secure_boot_key_rotation_and_friends⠀⇛ This is the story of the currently progressing changes to secure boot on Ubuntu and the history of how we got to where we are. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Multipass_1.11_brings_enhanced_performance_for Linux_on_Mac_and_Windows_|_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Multipass 1.11 is here! This release has some particularly interesting features that we’ve been wanting to ship for a while now. We’re excited to share them with you! o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Arduino_Plant_Watering_Kit_combines_Nano RP2040_Connect_with_moisture_sensor_and_submersible_pump⠀⇛ Arduino Plant Watering Kit content: Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect board (ABX00053) with Raspberry Pi RP2040 MCU, ESP32 module for WiFi, and Bluetooth LE connectivity. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Fresh_Android_13_Beta_Build_Hits_Pixel_Phones⠀⇛ # ⚓ XDA ☛ Android_13_QPR2_Beta_3_is_now_available_for_Google Pixel_smartphones⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Android_13_QPR2_Beta_3_has_arrived_for Google_Pixel_phones⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_13_QPR2_Beta_3_now_available_for_Pixel phones⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Samsung_making_XR_device_powered_by_Android and_Qualcomm⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ People_are_only_just_realizing_there’s_an_Android feature_that_makes_getting_deliveries_so_much_easier_|_The_US Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Six_fake_Android_apps_to_be_aware_of_or_risk losing_thousands_from_your_bank_account_|_The_Sun⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ A_guide_to_fuzzy_queries_with_Apache ShardingSphere⠀⇛ Apache ShardingSphere is an open source distributed database and an ecosystem users and developers need for their databases to provide a customized and cloud-native experience. Its latest release contains many new features, including data encryption integrated with existing SQL workflows. Most importantly, it allows fuzzy queries of the encrypted data. o ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ What’s_your_community_thinking_pattern?⠀⇛ This article is the second and final part of a discussion of the research by Dave Logan, Bob King, and Halee Fischer-Wright.  If you haven’t read the first part yet, you can do so here. These researchers defined five cultural thinking patterns in communities. In part one, I explained the first three of five thinking patterns. These communities are 20-150 people. I also suggested the responsibilities of an introducer-in-chief. This environmental thinking also refers to how the group behaves and how members talk to each other. To the researchers, each pattern has a identifying perspective: In this article, I continue with their impressions of community thinking pattern #4 and conclude with thinking pattern #5 (the most optimistic). o ⚓ Purism ☛ The_Danger_of_Focusing_on_Specs⠀⇛ Many years ago I was a sysadmin for a medium-sized tech company, and a fringe benefit of that role was getting first choice at stacks of “obsolete” computers that were about to be thrown away. They say that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and that is even truer when the first man ran Windows, but you run Linux. It has long been known among the Linux community that a Windows computer that was “too slow to use” and about to be thrown away, could be transformed into a brand new computer simply by installing Linux on it. While my Windows-using colleagues were replacing computers every two or three years as they grew slower and slower with age, I found my Linux-using friends and myself were often using the same hardware (even second-hand hardware) for at least twice as long. Even when I replaced hardware with something new, I found that the old hardware still performed, for the most part, as well as it did when I started using it. The hardware specs didn’t matter nearly as much as the software that ran on it. Even today, many people still fall into the trap of relying solely on specs to gauge whether hardware is “fast” or “slow” and forgetting the giant role software has to play in performance. Both hardware and software companies incentivize this mentality, as it means more frequent sales for hardware vendors, and customers who are more likely to blame their “old” hardware than bloated software for poor performance. In this article I will discuss some of the consequences that come when you only assess hardware by specs. o ⚓ Call_for_Community-Led_Tracks_at_FOSSY⠀⇛ We’re looking for organizers who can give us a really good idea of what we can expect from their track. The description should give a detailed explanation of the topic, ideally along with some of the issues you expect to cover. Example talks you expect, what kind of audience are you aiming for, and how this topic fits into the larger FOSS ecosystem are good things to mention. o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ PGConf.BE_2023:_Call_for_Papers_&_Sponsors⠀⇛ Announcing the Belgian PostgreSQL Conference PGConf.be_2023is the third Belgian PostgreSQL conference in Haasrode, Leuven. The conference will take place onMay 12th, 2023. Registration for the conference will be opened later. TheCall_for_Papersis open until March 30th. Submit your talks by mail with the subject ‘I love Elephants’. The Call for Sponsors is open onpgconf.be See you in Leuven in May! # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ PostgreSQL_Conference_Germany_2023⠀⇛ PGConf.de 2023 is the next iteration of the German PostgreSQL Conference. It takes place in the “Haus der Technik” in Essen. https://2023.pgconf.de/ The conference will take place on June 27th, 2023. Registration for the conference will be possible well in advance. Talks will be in German or English language. Tickets must be purchased online. For sponsors, we have put together a package that includes among other things, a number of free tickets. The Call for Papers is open now:www.postgresql.eu/ events/pgconfde2023/callforpapers/ Note that this event takes place in the same week asSwiss_PGDay_2023. As a speaker you should be able to travel from one conference to the other in the day between the two conferences. See you in Essen in June 2023! o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Mozilla:_How_to_talk_to_kids_about_the news⠀⇛ As the father of a teenager, I find myself worrying – and not just about their grades and how quickly they’re growing up. Dating? Driver’s permit? I’m not ready for this! I also worry about how my child, through the internet, is experiencing the world at a much quicker pace than I did. o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ OnlyOffice_Desktop_Editors_7.3.0 Released!_Native_Dialogs_&_Better_Flatpak/Snap_Support⠀⇛ OnlyOffice announced the new 7.3.0 release for its desktop editors office suite one day ago. For Linux users, the new release now use native dialog windows (e.g., file manager and print). o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Godot Engine ☛ Dev_snapshot:_Godot_4.0_beta_17⠀⇛ We’re now just days away from the Release Candidate, working at full capacity on finalizing as many of the remaining high priority issues as we can. This beta adds audio blending in AnimationTree, fixes GDScript typed arrays, and refactors high quality texture import to enable ASTC support. # ⚓ Daniel Lemire ☛ Serializing_IPs_quickly_in_C++⠀⇛ On the Internet, we often use 32-bit addresses which we serialize as strings such as 192.128.0.1. The string corresponds to the Integer address 0xc0800001 (3229614081 in decimal). How might you serialize, go from the integer to the string, efficiently in C++? o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ H2 View ☛ Norwegian_consortium_targets_maritime_hydrogen value_chain⠀⇛ A new Norwegian consortium has set sights on developing a complete hydrogen value chain for the maritime sector. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ Who_gets_to_be_a_tech_entrepreneur_in China?⠀⇛ We live in an age where the concept of being an entrepreneur is increasingly broad. It’s often hard to slot occupations—hosting a podcast, driving for Uber, even having an OnlyFans account—into the traditional definitions of employment vs. entrepreneurship. Of course, this is not a strictly Western phenomenon; it’s happening all over the world. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Gripping_like_geckos:_Stanford_lab_develops the_world’s_“stickiest_non-sticky”_material⠀⇛ Stanford’s Biomimetics and Dexterous Manipulation Lab has developed a dry adhesive tape inspired by gecko feet. The adhesive was recently featured in an informational video on the popular YouTube channel Veritasium. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Did_Ron_DeSantis_Really_Just_Change_the_AP_African American_Studies_Curriculum?⠀⇛ The College Board says these changes were already in the works. But even if that’s true, they may have just opened a new front in the culture wars. # ⚓ Reason ☛ After_Repeatedly_Opposing_Marijuana_Banking Reform,_Cory_Booker_Says_It_Is_Urgently_Needed⠀⇛ The senator bemoans the “cannabis crisis” he helped maintain by blocking the SAFE Banking Act. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Intel_lowers_manager_and_executive_pay after_earnings_miss⠀⇛ Intel Corp. is cutting the base pay of some managers and its executive team as part of an effort to lower expenses by up to $10 billion annually. ⚓ David Revoy ☛ My_tablet_history_log:_a_listing_of_all_the_tablet_I_tested since_2002_(update:_2023)⠀⇛ This article details my experience with all the graphic tablets I used since 2002. This article started a decade ago and receives constant updates and new paragraph along the years of practise ⚓ The Next Platform ☛ Datacenter_And_Xilinx_Power_Through_In_Q4_And_Beyond_For AMD⠀⇛ Imagine, if you will, how troublesome AMD’s chip business would be at the end of 2022 had it not decided way back in 2015 to re-enter the datacenter with its Epyc processors. § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Golf_tournament_on_China’s_Hainan_Island cancelled_over_‘ongoing_Covid-related_matters’⠀⇛ The Blue Bay LPGA tournament in China has been cancelled for the third time in four years because of “ongoing Covid-related matters”, tour organisers said Wednesday. * ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Coronavirus_Fact-Check_#17:_Masks_STILL_Don’t_Work⠀⇛ Both the US and UK have seen the (attempted) re-introduction of facemask mandates amid “surging Covid cases” in the New Year. * ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Pluralistic:_Johnson_and_Johnson’s_bankruptcy_gambit fails_(01_Feb_2023)⠀⇛ The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has foiled Johnson & Johnson’s plan to use a bankruptcy scam called the Texas Two- Step to escape paying 40,000 women who were injured when the pharma giant sold them asbestos-tainted talcum powder to dust over their vulvas, leading to gruesome cancers… * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Johnson_and_Johnson_bankruptcy_strategy_rejected_in_talcum powder_lawsuit⠀⇛ The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Monday ruled against Johnson and Johnson’s (J&J) attempt to resolve its multi-billion dollar litigation over claims that its talcum- based powders were carcinogenic. * ⚓ Covid-19:_Denmark_decides_against_additional_booster_this_winter⠀⇛ No additional booster vaccination against Covid-19 will be offered this winter, the Danish Health Authority confirmed on Wednesday. § Security⠀➾ * ⚓ Port Swigger ☛ Researcher_drops_Lexmark_RCE_zero-day_rather_than_sell vuln_‘for_peanuts’⠀⇛ Printer exploit chain could be weaponized to fully compromise more than 100 models * ⚓ SequoiaPGP ☛ Happy_SHA1_Rejection_Day⠀⇛ Today is the day Sequoia’sStandardPolicystarts rejecting SHA1- based signatures by default. This change will affect existing programs based on Sequoia, as the SHA1 deprecation has been committed to and baked into the code three years ago. Therefore, all programs usingsequoia-openpgpversion 0.15 and up will now reject SHA1-based signatures by default. * ⚓ USCERT ☛ VMware_Releases_Security_Update_for_VMware_vRealize Operations⠀⇛ Original release date: February 1, 2023 VMware released a security update that addresses a cross-site request forgery bypass vulnerability affecting VMware vRealize Operations. A malicious user could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. * ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Vulnerabilities_could_let_hackers_remotely_shut_down EV_chargers,_steal_electricity⠀⇛ The emerging market’s uneven response to fix the flaws suggests cybersecurity could be a growing concern in electric car charging networks. * ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ GitHub_revokes_code_signing_certificates_stolen_in repo_hack⠀⇛ GitHub says unknown attackers have stolen encrypted code- signing certificates for its Desktop and Atom applications after gaining access to some of its development and release planning repositories. So far, GitHub has found no evidence that the password- protected certificates (one Apple Developer ID certificate and two Digicert code signing certificates used for Windows apps) were used for malicious purposes. “On December 6, 2022, repositories from our atom, desktop, and other deprecated Github-owned organizations were cloned by a compromised Personal Access Token (PAT) associated with a machine account,” GitHub said. “Once detected on December 7, 2022, our team immediately revoked the compromised credentials and began investigating potential impact to customers and internal systems. None of the affected repositories contained customer data.” * ⚓ SANS ☛ Detecting_(Malicious)_OneNote_Files,_(Wed,_Feb_1st) [Ed: Everything Microsoft touches becomes a security problem]⠀⇛ * ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Passwords_Are_Terrible_(Surprising_No_One)⠀⇛ This is the result of a security audit: [...] In the first 90 minutes of testing, auditors cracked the hashes for 16 percent of the department’s user accounts… * ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ GoodRx_will_settle_claim_it_shared_sensitive_health data_with_advertisers⠀⇛ The telehealth and discount drug provider promised health data would remain confidential and then allowed it to be used for targeted ads. * ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ FTC_Enforcement_Action_to_Bar_GoodRx_from_Sharing Consumers’_Sensitive_Health_Info_for_Advertising⠀⇛ The Federal Trade Commission has taken enforcement action for the first time under its Health Breach Notification Rule against the telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx Holdings Inc., for failing to notify consumers and others of its unauthorized disclosures of consumers’ personal health information to Facebook, Google, and other companies. o ⚓ Internet Freedom Foundation ☛ Supreme_Court_directs_WhatsApp_to allow_users_to_continue_using_WhatsApp_without_accepting_its_2021 Privacy_Policy⠀⇛ WhatsApp’s 2016 and 2021 privacy policy have been the subject of a long standing court challenge before the Delhi High Court. Today, the petition has been heard after 4 months. o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Meta_Is_Spending_More_Than_$1_Billion_per_Month_on_the Metaverse⠀⇛ o ⚓ CNET ☛ After_Mass_Layoffs,_Zuckerberg_Says_Meta_Focused_On Efficiency_–_CNET⠀⇛ The social media giant’s top priorities include the metaverse and artificial intelligence. o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Elon_Musk_Sets_Account_to_Private_in_Latest_Twitter Experiment⠀⇛ o ⚓ AccessNow ☛ Two_years_of_dangerous_occupation:_international community_must_protect_rights_in_Myanmar⠀⇛ After two years of a violent coup in Myanmar, the international community must condemn the junta’s abuses and surveillance infrastructure. o ⚓ AccessNow ☛ Resist_Myanmar’s_digital_coup:_International community_must_dismantle_military_dictatorship_—_or_reap repercussions⠀⇛ International community must dismantle military dictatorship, resist the coup, and push back against surveillance in Myanmar. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ Oil_companies_continue_operating_in_Myanmar_despite human_rights_abuses_and_sanctions⠀⇛ A human rights agency reported Wednesday that some of the world’s largest energy providers continue operating in Myanmar after the military’s attempted coup. The Myanmar military junta staged a coup in February 2021, and has killed thousands of citizens since taking power. § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ * ⚓ RFA ☛ US_defense_chief_visits_troops,_discusses_anti-terror_cooperation in_Philippines⠀⇛ Lloyd Austin III is expected to meet with his Filipino counterpart to discuss South China Sea concerns. * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Russia_Is_Refusing_to_Let_the_US_Inspect_Its_Nukes, Officials_Say⠀⇛ Russia is violating its last remaining nuclear treaty with the US as the war in Ukraine drags on, State Department officials said. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Under_the_gun_in_Myanmar⠀⇛ Life has gone from bad to horrific for many in the country since the military’s February 2021 coup. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Bulgarian_Parliament_Passes_Resolution_Declaring_Soviet-Era Famine_Genocide⠀⇛ The Bulgarian National Assembly has approved legislation declaring the 1932-33 famine caused by the policies of the Soviet government led by Joseph Stalin a genocide. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Baltics_are_too_reliant_on_US_for_security,_warns_former_French leader⠀⇛ Some European countries, notably the Baltics and the Scandinavians, may be too reliant on the United States for their security, François Hollande, former president of France, said in an interview for Politico. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Moscow_declares_Lithuania-based_Free_Russia_Forum_‘undesirable’⠀⇛ The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has declared the activities of the Lithuania-based Free Russia Forum as undesirable within the territory of Russia, according to the statement on the prosecution service’s website. * ⚓ LRT ☛ What_are_Lithuania’s_goals_and_chances_for_NATO’s_Vilnius Summit?⠀⇛ Preparations are in full swing for what will undoubtedly be the most important event for Lithuania this year: the NATO Summit in July. Vilnius, which will host the leaders of the world’s most powerful military bloc, has set itself ambitious goals. But security experts interviewed by LRT stress that although Lithuania is organising the summit, this does not * ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Meeting_of_37_States_on_UN_nuclear_ban_treaty_underway⠀⇛ The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Deputy Minister, Alvin Botes, on Monday, opened the African Regional Seminar on the Universalisation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which is currently underway in Pretoria. * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Ukraine_war’s_first_anniversary_and_beyond⠀⇛ The first anniversary of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine falls on February 24. The Russian strategy of attrition war has not yet produced the desired political outcome but has been a success nonetheless, writes Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer M.K. Bhadrakumar. * ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ US_says_Russia_is_violating_key_nuclear_arms_control agreement⠀⇛ CNN — Russia is violating a key nuclear arms control agreement with the United States and continuing to refuse to allow inspections of its nuclear facilities, a State Department spokesperson said Tuesday. “Russia is not complying with its obligation under the New START Treaty to facilitate inspection activities on its territory…” * ⚓ France24 ☛ Mourners_call_for_end_to_police_brutality_at_Tyre_Nichols funeral_in_Memphis⠀⇛ The relatives of Black people killed by police in cities across the United States came to Tyre Nichols’ funeral in a Memphis church on Wednesday to offer comfort to the family of the Black 29-year-old, who was fatally beaten by officers last month. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Pope_Francis_excoriates_‘brutal_atrocities’_in_DR_Congo⠀⇛ Pope Francis on Wednesday slammed “brutal atrocities, which bring shame upon all humanity” in eastern DR Congo, after hearing testimony from victims of the conflict in the capital Kinshasa. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Live:_Ukraine_lauds_French_gift_of_radar_system_as_‘cherry on_the_cake’⠀⇛ Ukraine’s defence minister said Wednesday that Ukrainian lives will be saved by a sophisticated air-defence radar that France is supplying and which is powerful enough to spot incoming missiles and exploding drones in the skies over all of Ukraine’s capital and its surrounding region. Follow FRANCE 24’s liveblog for all the latest developments. All times are in Paris time (GMT+1). * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Police_Brutality_in_US_Violates_Human_Rights,_Says_Cuban_FM⠀⇛ Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez on Tuesday said that law enforcement brutality is one of the most serious and systematic violations of human rights in the United States. § Environment⠀➾ * ⚓ NYPost ☛ Underwater_volcano_erupts_in_Vanuatu⠀⇛ The East Epi volcano erupted on Wednesday for the first time since 2004. * § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Tesla_Lost_$140_Million_on_Elon_Musk’s_Bitcoin_Bet_Last Year⠀⇛ o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ UK_government_introduces_plans_to_regulate_crypto industry_‘robustly’⠀⇛ The United Kingdom’s government has detailed what it calls “robust” plans to regulate the crypto industry, with new rules surrounding trading platforms, market abuse, lending and tokens. o ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Australia_must_boost_investment_to_ensure strategic_fuel_security⠀⇛ Ten years ago, retired Air Vice-Marshal John Blackburn released a landmark study that revealed the fragile state of Australia’s liquid-fuel security. * § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ o ⚓ The Scientist ☛ Geneticists_Light_Up_Debate_on_Salmon Conservation⠀⇛ Splitting Chinook salmon into two groups based on their DNA could aid conservation efforts. But some researchers argue that this would be a misuse of the data. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ Danish_government_accused_of_breaking_promises_on_tax_cuts⠀⇛ Critics of the Danish government say it is failing to meet promises on tax cuts made in the coalition policy agreement because of a plan to apply a special tax to energy firms and use it to assist individuals struggling with high living costs. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ France_protest_draws_millions_opposing_increased_pension_age⠀⇛ Protests broke out across France Tuesday in the latest backlash against France’s reform plan to raise the country’s retirement age from 62 to 64. According to the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), a federation of trade unions in France, approximately 2.8 million people demonstrated across the country. * ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘We_need_money_now’:_UK_teachers,_civil_servants_join biggest_strike_in_decade⠀⇛ Up to half a million British teachers, civil servants, and train drivers walked out over pay in the largest coordinated strike action for a decade on Wednesday, with unions threatening more disruption as the government digs its heels in over pay demands. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Pension_reform_poses_biggest_challenge_to_Macron’s_legacy_as a_reformer⠀⇛ A feeling of déjà-vu pervaded the French capital on Monday as hundreds of thousands of protesters unfurled their posters nationwide and strikes paralysed public transport in opposition to the government’s announced pension reform. The proposed changes are a cornerstone of Macron’s reform agenda but are also a high-stakes test of his reputation as a reformer. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Social_media_‘challenge’_blamed_for_young_students’ intoxication⠀⇛ Cofepris issued a warning about a viral game called “the last one to fall asleep wins” where participants take a prescription tranquilizer. * § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ This_TikToker_Is_Highlighting_Horrifying Conditions_in_NYC_Public_Housing⠀⇛ “Some of the worst that I have seen has been here,” Kwajo Tweneboa said on a visit to New York City. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ How_the_Supreme_Court_ruling_on_Section_230 could_end_Reddit_as_we_know_it⠀⇛ When the Supreme Court hears a landmark case on Section 230 later in February, all eyes will be on the biggest players in tech—Meta, Google, Twitter, YouTube. * ⚓ Engadget ☛ Twitter_opens_public_appeals_for_suspended_accounts⠀⇛ “Account suspension will be reserved for severe or ongoing, repeat violations of our policies.” Twitter added that appeals would be “evaluated under our new criteria for reinstatement.” But it didn’t elaborate on what that criteria would be, or how long the process might take. The company says it expects to receive a “high volume” of requests and that reinstated requests are expected to “follow our * ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Incentivizing_Censorship:_A_Snitch_in_Every_Skull⠀⇛ Helen Buyniski An informational iron curtain is coming down across the West, and its architects are determined to make examples out of those who refuse to pick a side. * ⚓ AccessNow ☛ After_years_in_the_dark,_Tigray_is_slowly_coming_back online⠀⇛ For many, the years-long shutdown in Tigray continues, and those regaining access are largely struggling with slow speeds and limited 2G services. § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ BDG_Media_shutters_revived_Gawker_and_lays_off_8%_of staff⠀⇛ The company’s CEO said it cannot “push millions of dollars into a pre-monetisation product”. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Transparency_International_releases_2022_corruption_index⠀⇛ Transparency International (TI) Tuesday released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index, a comprehensive measure of corruption throughout the world. TI is a global NGO made up of legal experts and businesspeople who report on the levels of corruption throughout the world’s governments. * ⚓ HRW ☛ South_Korea_Cancels_Plans_to_Update_Definition_of_Rape⠀⇛ * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Filings_reveal_Starbucks_paid_over_$11M_to_former_legal_chief amid_unionization_efforts⠀⇛ The Starbucks Corporation Monday disclosed in US Securities and Exchange Commission filings that former General Counsel Rachel Gonzalez’s pay amounted to nearly $11.7 million in 2022, including $7.1 million in severance pay. § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ * ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Spotify_Posts_Record_User_Growth_—_And_An Increased_Operating_Loss_—_In_Q4_2022_Earnings_Report⠀⇛ Spotify stock (NYSE: SPOT) has surged after the Stockholm- headquartered company disclosed that it had added a record high of 33 million users during Q4 2022 – including about 10 million subscribers. The audio entertainment service, which laid off approximately 6% of its employees earlier in January, posted the fourth-quarter financials today. * ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Everyone’s_Confused_About_Netflix’s_New_Password_Sharing Restrictions⠀⇛ As much as Netflix account holders were dreading the day the company finally cracked down on password sharing, the streaming giant’s first taste of what it has in store for users was both confusing and concerning. § Monopolies⠀➾ * ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Court_reportedly_rejects_FTC_request_to_block_Meta’s Within_Unlimited_acquisition⠀⇛ A federal court has reportedly rejected a request from regulators to block Meta Platform Inc.’s proposed acquisition of Within Unlimited Inc. for $400 million.  Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal reported the development today. * ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ NTIA_Offers_Blueprint_for_Mobile_App_Competition_in Line_with_Public_Knowledge’s_Recommendations⠀⇛ New report finds that the current mobile app store model harms users and software developers while restraining digital competition. * § Software Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Open_source_rules_engine_for_patent prosecution,_PATCEPTA,_kick_off_on_Feb_9⠀⇛ Patcepta is a new open source rules engine for improving patent prosecution and management through automation. o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ IP_Edge_entity_Invincible_IP_cloud_computing patent_likely_invalid⠀⇛ On January 27, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified againstU.S._Patent_9,635,134, owned and asserted by Invincible IP LLC, anIP_Edgeentity. * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ John_H._White’s_Photographs_of_Black Chicago_for_DOCUMERICA_(1973–74)⠀⇛ As part of the DOCUAMERICA project, which sought to produce a visual record of the 1970s US, John H. White took stunning photographs of Black Chicago. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Folk_D&D⠀⇛ o § Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Gemini_and_Google⠀⇛ My guess is that out of these three scenarios, Google would be least like to implement the first, precisely because it’s the most difficult to monetize. I see them playing out the second scenario to test their ability to scrape Geminispace, and were they to implement Gemini search as a full feature, they would probably opt for the third scenario, at least to start with. The second scenario is most likely to me if Google were ever to implement Gemini support in Chrome. While implementing such a feature would surely increase engagement with Gemini by several orders of magnitude, it would not be a healthy phenomenon for Geminispace as it current exists. More people–especially more people who treat the Internet flippantly–means more scammers and spammers, less meaningful and productive discourse, more bot abuse, greater potential for organized harassment or DDOS attacks, and massive strain on an infrastructure largely built on small, independent capsules. # ⚓ year-review⠀⇛ Created the Spookbench site and this Gopherhole, also managed to NOT abandon them after a month. I find writing to be very soothing, should do it even more often in 2023. # ⚓ A_Tour_of_Gemspace⠀⇛ HTTP and HTML have been powering the internet for the last 50 years. If you have used a web browser you have used them, knowningly or not. HTTP is the protocol which transfers data between your browser and the web server, and HTML is the file format used to render web pages. Together, along with JS and CSS, they form the foundation of the modern internet. # ⚓ Added_a_Ton_of_Phlogs⠀⇛ Sorry for the spam on the Comitium feed, I added a ton of Phlogs because I want to read more Gopher content. # ⚓ What_I_am_doing_in_the_2023?⠀⇛ In January I had my first Gopher anniversary, so I’m here for one year! o § Technical⠀➾ # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ SSL_certs⠀⇛ It looks like the SSL cert for midnight.pub is expired. Hopefully ~m15o is aware of it. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ How_to_Learn_Rust⠀⇛ I have been a Go developer since even before Go 1.0 was released. I was immediately taken by the simple but useful type system, strong standard library, concurrency primitives, and minimal feature-set of the language. It reminded me greatly of Erlang in those respects, with the added bonus of compiling to a binary on virtually any platform. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. 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