𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Thursday, February 02, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Fri 3 Feb 02:41:40 GMT 2023 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈 Latest in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕 and older bulletins can be found at 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕-𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 Full IPFS index in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔 and as plain text in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔/𝒕𝒙𝒕 Gemini index for the day: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/02/02/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmVPZUaTqGbky175GBEWSbq2urm6YmShGhHYQNVmtsgyL7 QmbknBr8z72ETqFBT4rXhL1uPfXcKUcbpKNDsm6M8BcGQp QmYwA15DJvceb5pYgucvtCx6GuFr8yN7evTrenHeXn7zaa QmNULmyq8QcsE4QJxL5yBQTXMrd1mVusn37zbv7JEoPMNr QmThRRMSiG4d7sdvoDHkbadXpGHRSSHkbwtsGvLPbspyur QmaDZvshtCDhP46R6pesPCQho7F8zSFcXbxsuDiaeB2TKS QmfUdRqNSCSboGLECVPE1C1hKCce8KKuEQUVnW4P3yMZTp QmVAMsNB9rDRDMd5dTdT7FWjucNPbV9Sf85GWD1sK6JS1s QmYZB5opwBt7v72uzq6K2EZ6sWM5oV79wVzFdq8kThb4wf QmZvsSxYDJgp5bsLr3MEwXHCgAm1aYMF8K8hPKiYkSAUX4 QmUDQpqfCd54yZUtVTP1MS4ftSbFYX5pxJd6EiK22w7vVD QmRheVwyBoWpNZy7SeG2521qpyibe47XJkYUj8i1DqEaBf QmTbEVdKr9BDpRERsQf4pzrxBWAxqYjWiz4D7tHPWP23Xr QmTzU5jib61mC1u41k5rv8ogSts3JaWyjewoajVPD5g57m QmVtrAasZaunyUmUK2Ux1CtNtbdMWCLBTYQzmeLrKKykBg QmYV3WS2gpVGuPpGL214RmMcjMk45cBmmXgM7VBxCDEv4H QmamtVaJ1jkVqwTRHeheoiVfr7r3ijZpHVWct6WE9FvhVN QmbFDooXZn997QjZY3cCKWM82PnZJjTTiaSSMufBXjiNXP QmXU8EhJFQRtv8o2V6scWUz5kebeKRmyZa6mEimNyZLPtm Qmb399zeJfbfeD2xUcMf2JDeQPEXQZXKB4r2KNpE2YN16j QmVaSG1ALmtpgw3bqUgN2o37FRRRvK92JA5SKGzkigi5Qg ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Back to Focusing on Unified Patent Court (UPC) Crimes and Illegal Patent Agenda, Including the EPO’s | Techrights ⦿ European Patent Office Staff Votes in Favour of Freedom of Association (97% of Voters in Support) | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, February 01, 2023 | Techrights ⦿ Daily Links at Techrights Turn 15, Time to Give Them an Upgrade | Techrights ⦿ Linux News or Marketing Platform? | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/02/02/back-to-focusing-on-upc-crimes/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/02/02/epo-freedom-of-association/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/02/02/irc-log-010223/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/02/02/organising-tech-news/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/02/02/phoronix-ads-everywhere/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/02/02/glibc-2-37/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/02/02/kde-gear-22-12-2/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 60 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/02/02/back-to-focusing-on-upc-crimes/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/02/02/back-to-focusing-on-upc-crimes/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 02.02.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Back_to_Focusing_on_Unified_Patent_Court_(UPC)_Crimes_and_Illegal_Patent Agenda,_Including_the_EPO’s⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Europe, Law, Patents at 8:27 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Summary: The EPO’s (European Patent Office, Europe’s second-largest institution) violations of constitutions, laws and so on merit more coverage, seeing that what’s left of the “media” not only fails to cover scandalous things but is actively cheering for criminals (in exchange for money) THE END of 2021 was very, very busy. As a result, around that time I quit adding patent-, trademark-, and EPO-related stories to Daily Links. I was unable to keep up anymore. It was overwhelming. The worst thing was, over 90% of the “news” wasn’t actually factual; it was agenda-pushing cruft from litigation profiteers and patent maximalists. I started doing long videos to demonstrate what had happened to “the news”. “We saw several ‘fake news’ examples earlier this week regarding the UPC, courtesy of the usual suspects (the UPC lobbyists and their sites, looking to undermine patent justice for personal gain).”As will be noted in our next post, we’ve found a way to more efficiently assess news and thus, starting this week, we’re once again including some links of interest about the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and the EPO, which António_Campinos continues to destroy, continuing the legacy of his friend Benoît_Battistelli. There will also be many links about software patents, especially their invalidation at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), owing to inter partes reviews (IPRs) in the United States. Though European_software_patents continue to be granted, many patent courts across Europe would turn them down. That’s why criminal elements that hijacked the EPO are eager to introduce and illegal and unconstitutional kangaroo court to replace them all in one fell swoop. These people keep threatening me personally [1, 2]. We saw several ‘fake news’ examples earlier this week regarding the UPC, courtesy of the usual suspects (the UPC lobbyists and their sites, looking to undermine patent justice for personal gain). While European politicians keep lecturing Zimbabwe they fail to see that under their very own watch Europe’s largest institutions become barely less corrupt than Zimbabwe’s. What do they do about it upon reports of concern? NOTHING. This is complicity. It’s called passive corruption. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 119 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/02/02/epo-freedom-of-association/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/02/02/epo-freedom-of-association/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 02.02.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ European_Patent_Office_Staff_Votes_in_Favour_of_Freedom_of_Association_(97% of_Voters_in_Support)⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Patents at 7:58 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 8aaf46b4d4e705044ab8a73306f3ff6d EPO Staff Wants Human Contact Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/freedom-of-association-at-epo.webm Summary: The Central Staff Committee (CSC) at the EPO makes a strong case for António_Campinos to stop breaking and law and actually start obeying court orders (he’s no better than Benoît_Battistelli and he uses worse language already) THE CSC Chairman from Munich, along with the ones from The Hague, Vienna, and Berlin (the smaller EPO ‘branches’), asked the President to actually act like one. At the moment the EPO is governed by an under-qualified cabal of friends, whose role there is protected by corporate interest groups, which are happy to see the EPO operating in direct violation of its charter (like a regulatory agency that intentionally fails to regulate the industry). For us in Techrights the main issue of interest is European_software_patents (and other patent monopolies, as covered in passing in the video above), but for EPO staff there are severe human rights violations to deal with. That’s how a bunch of corrupt “managers” (it’s all nepotism) keep examiners down and blackmail them into granting European Patents in violation of the EPC, i.e. in violation of the rules that govern the Office. The EPO’s Web sites has just published propaganda again, distracting from systematic violations of the EPC. There’s an open letter circulating at the moment, stating: [CSC] Resolution on freedom of association supported by EPO staff Dear Colleagues, All EPO staff was invited to gather in General Assemblies in all four places of employment. The attached resolutions were adopted and found office-wide support of 998 EPO staff members. We would like to thank you very much for your strong support. With the resolution EPO staff urges the President - to quash Article 35(7) ServRegs so as not to prevent re-election of staff committee members, - to restore freedom of communication in the Office by executing Judgment_4551_on_mass-emails, - to restore secretarial support to staff committees and - to take into account the requests from staff and to proceed to the relevant amendments to EPO service regulations. The resolutions have been submitted to the President by open letter. Michael Kemény Chairman LSC Munich City, Haar and Brussels Jorge Raposo Chairman LSC The Hague Martin Schaller Chairman LSC Vienna Thomas Czogalla Chairman LSC Berlin The corresponding publication is mostly the same statement from 4 EPO sites. European Patent Office | 80298 MUNICH | GERMANY Mr António Campinos President of the EPO By email § OPEN LETTER⠀➾ Local Staff Committees Comités locaux du personnel Lokale Personalausschüsse centralSTCOM@epo.org Reference: sc23001bp Date: 27.01.2023 § Resolution supported by General Assemblies at all Places of Employment⠀➾ Dear Mr President, All EPO staff was invited to gather in General Assemblies in all four places of employment. The attached resolutions were adopted and found the support of 998 members of EPO staff in respective assemblies as follows: On 19.01.2023 in Munich City, Haar and Brussels supported by 97% (420 votes in favour). On 24.01.2023 in The Hague supported by 97% (485 votes in favour). On 17.01.2023 in Berlin supported by 98% (58 votes in favour). On 23.01.2023 in Vienna supported by 97% (35 votes in favour). Thereby EPO staff urges you − to quash Article 35(7) ServRegs so as not to prevent re-election of staff committee members, − to restore freedom of communication in the Office by executing Judgment 4551 on mass-emails, − to restore secretarial support to staff committees. We urge you to take into account the requests from staff and to proceed to the relevant amendments to EPO service regulations. Sincerely yours, [...] ]Annex: The four resolutions These resolutions are almost identical. Here’s the one from Munich: § RESOLUTION⠀➾ Staff of the EPO in Munich, gathered in a General Assembly, Noting that: • Since 2012, the EPO has been consistently testing the limits of employment law. • The Tribunal already sanctioned the EPO for its illegal strike regulations (Judgments 4430 to 4435), for its “Social Democracy” interference into staff representation elections (Judgment 4482), for prohibiting nominations in the Appeals Committee among all staff (Judgment 4550) and for its unlawful ban on mass-emails (Judgment 4551). Further noting that: • The EPO arbitrarily limits the term of office of staff committee members to three consecutive (re-)elections (Article 35(7) ServRegs) thus unduly limiting the right of staff to freely choose their representatives. • The EPO has not honoured its obligations to restore freedom of communication and hence not executed Judgment 4551 on mass-emails since July 2022. • The President has disbanded any secretarial support to staff committees. Express their deep disappointment that the President of the Office has not settled any of his predecessor’s breaches of the fundamental right to freedom of association on his own motion and merely waited for the Tribunal’s judgments. Urge the President: − to quash Article 35(7) ServRegs so as not to prevent re-election of staff committee members, − to restore freedom of communication in the Office by executing Judgment 4551 on mass-emails, − to restore secretarial support to staff committees. Request the Administrative Council and the President to put an end to breaches of the right to freedom of association and of the right to freedom of communication at the EPO. Munich, 19.01.2023 Well, the Administrative Council and the President are closely connected. There’s no real governance or oversight there (don’t be misled by buzzwords like “Ombuds”; they scuttled the real one!). The Administrative Council receives bribes from the President to ‘re-elect’ this President, who in turn serves_special_interests_of_patent_maximalists_instead_of_following_the_charter of_the_Office. 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It started in early 2008 (this is the oldest_log_on_record). This was the year we also started posting Daily Links (the oldest_entry_in_"News Roundup"_is_dated_January_31_2008). We’ve done that almost every day since then. “A lot has changed in 15 years and it helps to be able to go back in time to MeeGo, OpenMoko, and all sorts of other things that people completely forgot about by now.”The IRC network (or Freenode channels at the time) has been running 24/7 since them, fully logged as well. The public logs have historic value as they help show how we grew and how the community evolved over the years. We did shape many things, including the fate of Novell. The IRC logs are definitely complete. In case of connection issues (like yesterday when we finally moved to fibre-optics at home) I tried to import data from peers, either machines or people. It was more challenging albeit still doable when I was away on holiday. But arguably the most important contribution of the site is the record of news, with special focus or emphasis on GNU/Linux and Free software. A lot has changed in 15 years and it helps to be able to go back in time to MeeGo, OpenMoko, and all sorts of other things that people completely forgot about by now. We’ve posted literally millions of links in Daily Links and, to a lesser extent, in IRC. “The tools will be Free software (AGPLv3, as usual) and available in Git some time soon.”Over the past few days we’ve been working on new tools (still in early development, still not in Git) that will help us manage links or news of interest. This is a strategic area to us as it also helps with research for potential articles, videos and so on. The tools will be Free software (AGPLv3, as usual) and available in Git some time soon. For now, however, we’re gradually departing from Graphical User Interface (GUI) front endd like RSS readers. There are better ways to read, accumulate and organise the news. Tailor-made programs overcome artificial limitations of GUIs. It’s about time. Better late than never. There’s some more background to all this in the video above. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 570 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/02/02/phoronix-ads-everywhere/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/02/02/phoronix-ads-everywhere/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 02.02.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Linux_News_or_Marketing_Platform?⠀✐ Posted in Marketing at 9:19 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz This is what Phoronix looks like today (in Debian 11 with Mozilla Firefox): 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Phoronix:_Ads_everywhere⦈_ A lot of GNU/Linux users block ads and may not see this, but bear in mind this is what many people will see if you share Phoronix URLs: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Microsoft_Phoronix⦈_ Summary: Ads_everywhere: Phoronix puts them at the top, bottom, navigation bar, left, and right just to read some Microsoft junk (puff pieces about something that nobody other than Microsoft even uses); 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Maybe you want to run some at one hosting facility, some at another, and so forth. Maybe you’d like run VMs at various places, and let them talk to Docker containers and bare metal servers wherever they are. And maybe you’d like to be able to easily migrate any of these from one provider to another. There are all sorts of very complicated ways to set all this stuff up. But there’s also a simple one: Yggdrasil. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ The BSD Now Podcast ☛ 492:_Feeling_for_NetBSD⠀⇛ Writing your own operating system, Continuous Integration and Quality Assurance Update, feeling for the NetBSD community, Testing wanted: execute- only on amd64, GCC uses Modula-2 and Rust, do they work on OpenBSD, Unix is dead; long live Unix, and more o § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ Free Desktop ☛ mesa_23.0.0-rc4⠀⇛ Hi list, I'd like to announce the availability of mesa 23.0- rc4. since the last RC we've seen the addition of several blocking issues, and as such we're having another RC. Hopefully be next week we can have all of these issues resolved. Cheers, Dylan o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 26_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Music_Players⠀⇛ There’s a huge raft of free and open source music software available on the Linux platform which is both mature and sophisticated. Linux has many music tools which offer enhanced functionality and integration with internet music services. With most desktop environments having several audio players, together with cross-platform applications, integrated media players, there is a plethora of music players to choose from. Like many types of software, the selection of a favorite music player is, to some extent, dependent on personal preferences. Nevertheless, we are confident that the applications featured in this article represent the most appealing music players. All music libraries are different, and the right open source music player can make a world of difference – especially if you’ve a large collection. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Valhalla’s_Things:_How_To_Verify_Debian’s_ARM_Installer Images⠀⇛ Thanks toVagrant_on_the_debian-arm_mailing_listI’ve found that thereisa chain of verifiability for the images usually used to install Debian on ARM devices. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Install_Mate_Desktop_on_Debian_11⠀⇛ The Mate desktop is a popular and lightweight graphical user interface (GUI) for Linux systems. It provides a traditional and easy-to-use interface that can run on both high-end and low-end computers. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Recover_Linux_Grub_Boot_Loader_Password on_RHEL_9⠀⇛ Hello, friends. In this post, you will learn how to Recover Linux Grub Boot Loader Password on RHEL 9. We know that security is important, but accidents often happen, and it is possible to forget the root password of this item. # ⚓ Linux Shell Tips ☛ How_to_Install_Unity_Desktop_on_Arch Linux⠀⇛ As you may know, the classic desktop environment Unity Desktop was dropped by Canonical in favour of the GNOME desktop in 2017. # ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ How_to_install_and_use_the_Taskwarrior command-line_todo_list⠀⇛ If you want a very efficient way to keep track of your task lists from the command line, Taskwarrior is the tool to use. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ My_work_in_KDE_for_January_2023⠀⇛ This is a non-comprehensive list of all of the major work I’ve done for KDE this month of January. I think I got a lot done this month! I also was accepted as a KDE Developer near the start of the month, so I’m pretty happy about that. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ This_GNOME_Extension_Makes_the ‘Activities’_Label_More_Useful⠀⇛ It’s not useless, of course: you click the “Activities” label to enter the “activities” overview — or the ‘workspace switcher’ as I tend to call it. But most of us (empirically speaking; I did a survey and you did take part) tend to enter the workspace switcher/activities overview by tapping the super key. Anyhow, there’s a new GNOME extension out called Replace Activities Label that —deploy your faux shocked faces now— replaces the ‘Activities’ label with something a little more useful. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Elementary_OS_7_is_now_available_and_it’s_the_same old_desktop_goodness⠀⇛ The newly released seventh iteration of the popular Elementary OS is as impressive as you’d expect. o § Arch Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Say_Goodbye_Xubuntu,_Welcome_Archcraft_Linux⠀⇛ This is purely from my experience using Linux Distros. I’m using Xubuntu from version 18.04, until 22.04. 2 upgrades(18.04 to 20.04, 20.04 to 22.04). I feel disappointed with the full upgrade, which always has errors and trouble. The worst is some error icon display problem from 20.04 to 22.04. 2 upgrades(18.04 to 20.04, 20.04 to 22.04). I feel disappointed with the full upgrade, which always has errors and trouble. The worst is some error icon display problem from 20.04 to 22.04. I’m a fan of the LTS version of Ubuntu. But the upgrade is useless. Because the error that appears has not been able to get a solution, even though I have tried browsing the relevant forums to find a solution to the problem. # ⚓ ArchLinux ☛ Call_for_participation:_Git_packaging_POC⠀⇛ Hi everyone! Levente and I have been busy preparing a test environment for the new git package workflow, which is going to replace the svn repository. To test the new git package setup install `devtools-git-poc` from the [community] repository and use the new `pkgctl` utility. Please check each time if there is a new upgrade before playing around. The goal of the testing is to figure out UX issues, bugs and larger issues that would need to be dealt with before a git migration can happen. It's therefor very important that people sit down and play around … § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ * ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ 4_ways_to_transform_customer_service_in enterprise_IT⠀⇛ * ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ 4_articles_CIOs_should_read_about_open_source_in 2023⠀⇛ § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ * ⚓ Linux Mint ☛ Monthly_News_–_January_2023⠀⇛ Thank you for your donations and for your support. As we mentioned last month, following the release of Linux Mint 21.1, the donations for December were at an all-time high. Many thanks to all the people who support our project. § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ * ⚓ CNX Software ☛ FOSSBot_open_design_3D_printed_educational_robot_is_made with_Raspberry_Pi_and_off-the-shelf_parts⠀⇛ FOSSBot is an “open design” 3D printed educational robot comprised of a Raspberry Pi SBC and various off-the-shelf modules, as well as open-source software that can be used for education purposes. The FOSSBot DIY robot has been developed by the Harokopio University of Athens and the Greek Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) community, and builds upon the “GSOC 2019 – A DIY robot kit for educators” with the main goal being to have a platform to “familiarize teachers with modern education models based on the S.T.E.A.M approach. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics)”. * ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Qualcomm-based_Open-Q_2290CS_and_4290CS_SIPs_target industrial_IoT_and_machine_vision_applications⠀⇛ Latronics has just unveiled two new System-in-Packages (SiP) with the entry-level Open-Q 2290CS SIP based on Qualcomm QCS2290 quad-core Cortex-A53 processor designed for industrial IoT applications and safety vehicle equipment control, and the pin-compatible, mid-range Open-Q 4290CS SIP based on Qualcomm QCS4290 octa-core Kryo 260 CPU for applications requiring artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities. § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ * ⚓ Purism ☛ Try_AweSIM_with_Your_Own_Pre-Configured_Librem_USA_phone⠀⇛ Get 30 days of AweSIM free with a new Librem 5 USA phone. Use the coupon code TRYAWESIM after you opt-in to the AweSIM plan. A special pairing that gives you ultimate peace of mind as soon as you unbox! Ensure that your personal data is secure, and not sold to third parties. * ⚓ Arduino ☛ Arduino_Day_turns_10,_but_you_are_a_10!⠀⇛ Tune in on March 25th and celebrate 10 years of Arduino Day with us! This year marks the 10th anniversary of Arduino Day – and what a great milestone to celebrate together. * ⚓ Jeff Geerling ☛ The_Rock_5_B_is_not_a_Raspberry_Pi_killer—yet⠀⇛ Radxa’s Rock 5 model B is an ARM single board computer that’s3x fasterthan a Raspberry Pi. And that’s just the 8-core CPU—with PCI Express Gen 3 x4 (the Pi has Gen 2 x1), storage is7x faster! I got over 3 GB/sec with a KIOXIA XG6 NVMe SSD. § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ * ⚓ Nokia Power User ☛ Nokia_X30_–_Nokia_G60_get_new_Camera_feature_& Android_12_build_with_January_Security_update_–_Nokiapoweruser⠀⇛ * ⚓ Android Police ☛ Android_13_QPR2_Beta_3_preps_some_smart_changes_for how_you_choose_wallpapers⠀⇛ * ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Android_13_QPR2_Beta_3_is_now_available_for_Pixel_devices –_PhoneArena⠀⇛ * ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ How_to_Sign_a_PDF_Document_on_Android_–_Make_Tech Easier⠀⇛ * ⚓ CNET ☛ Samsung_Galaxy_S23_Specs_vs._Google_Pixel_7:_Android_Phones Compared_–_CNET⠀⇛ * ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ No_Permission_to_Enable_Voice_Typing_on_Android?_Here’s How_to_Fix_It⠀⇛ * ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ What_it’s_like_to_use_Matter_on_Google_Home_for_Android⠀⇛ * ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Qualcomm-based_Open-Q_2290CS_and_4290CS_SIPs_target industrial_IoT_and_machine_vision_applications_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ * § FSF⠀➾ o ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_Blogs:_January_GNU_Spotlight_with_Amin_Bandali: Nineteen_new_GNU_releases!⠀⇛ o ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_Events:_Free_Software_Directory_meeting_on_IRC:_Friday, February_24,_starting_at_12:00_EST_(17:00_UTC)⠀⇛ Join the FSF and friends on Friday, February 24, from 12: 00 to 15:00 EST (17:00 to 20:00 UTC) to help improve the Free Software Directory. o ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_Events:_Free_Software_Directory_meeting_on_IRC:_Friday, February_17,_starting_at_12:00_EST_(17:00_UTC)⠀⇛ Join the FSF and friends on Friday, February 17, from 12: 00 to 15:00 EST (17:00 to 20:00 UTC) to help improve the Free Software Directory. o ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_Events:_Free_Software_Directory_meeting_on_IRC:_Friday, February_10,_starting_at_12:00_EST_(17:00_UTC)⠀⇛ Join the FSF and friends on Friday, February 10, from 12: 00 to 15:00 EST (17:00 to 20:00 UTC) to help improve the Free Software Directory. * § Programming/Development⠀➾ o ⚓ Glibc_2.37⠀⇛ o ⚓ Go_1.20_Release_Notes_–_The_Go_Programming_Language⠀⇛ The latest Go release, version 1.20, arrives six months after Go 1.19. Most of its changes are in the implementation of the toolchain, runtime, and libraries. As always, the release maintains the Go 1 promise of compatibility. We expect almost all Go programs to continue to compile and run as before. o ⚓ Daniel Stenberg ☛ curl’s_use_of_many_CI_services [Ed: Daniel outsourced curl to proprietary compiler controlled by the NSA and Microsoft. Nothing to brag about here.]⠀⇛ In the beginning and for many years, the curl project used no CI services at all. It instead used a distributed build and test systems where volunteers ran machines that pulled the latest code repeatedly, built curl, ran the tests and reported back the results to a central server. o ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_RInside_0.2.18_on_CRAN: Maintenance⠀⇛ A new release 0.2.18 ofRInsidearrived onCRANand inDebiantoday. This is the first release in ten months since the 0.2.17 release. § Leftovers⠀➾ * § Science⠀➾ o ⚓ Jeff Geerling ☛ Removing_RF_interference_from_a_cell_phone_from audio_recording⠀⇛ Thinking I could just use the nice feature of the Wireless Go II’s built-in recording, I grabbed the track off the body pack itself—but found that it, too, had the RFI sound, meaning the iPhone’s interference made it into the mic circuit itself, not just the wireless mic signal to my camera! I tried Final Cut Pro’s built-in voice isolation, and that helped mute the noise between speech, but during speech it was omnipresent. * § Education⠀➾ o ⚓ Medical_School_withdraws_from_U.S._News_annual_rankings⠀⇛ The Medical School has announced it will no longer participate in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of medical schools. The magazine’s criteria to rank medical schools has long been a concern at U-M. o ⚓ Reason ☛ Robert_Pondiscio:_Why_Our_Kids_Can’t_Read⠀⇛ A former teacher says there are bigger problems in K-12 education than CRT and wokeness—and that school choice may not fix them. o ⚓ NCAC ☛ New_library_collection_policy_at_McKinney_(Texas) Independent_School_District_cause_for_concern⠀⇛ The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) has written to McKinney Independent School District in McKinney, Texas, concerning a recent change to district policy.  The District has amended Board Policy EFB Local to exclude books from school libraries that contain material that appeals to “the prurient interest of a minor in sex, nudity, or excretion” * § Hardware⠀➾ o ⚓ Engadget ☛ Sony_has_now_shipped_over_32.1_million_PS5s_following blockbuster_holiday_sales⠀⇛ * § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ A_two-day_wait_for_a_bed_in_Malaysian government_hospitals⠀⇛ With the emergency department at some Malaysian government hospitals bursting at their seams, some doctors have said that the wait for beds can stretch to two days or more. o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_firms_rejecting_Covid-positive customers_could_breach_anti-discrimination_law,_watchdog_says⠀⇛ Restaurants and clinics that refuse to serve people testing positive for Covid-19 could breach Hong Kong’s anti-discrimination law, the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) has said. Speaking on an RTHK radio show on Thursday morning, EOC chairperson Ricky Chu said the Disability Discrimination Ordinance protects people with infectious o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Thick_haze_blankets_Bangkok_as_air_pollution hits_unhealthy_levels⠀⇛ Unsafe levels of dust are expected to last until Friday. o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia_number_one_in_Europe_for_household_booze spending⠀⇛ While it’s sometimes nice to be number one in Europe, this may not be one of those times. Fresh statistics published February 1 by Eurostat are likely to lead to a hangover. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_Pandemic_Never_Ended,_WHO_Warns⠀⇛ o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Fungal_Pathogens_May_Be_Adapting_Dangerously_to Global_Warming⠀⇛ * § Security⠀➾ o ⚓ PowerDNS ☛ PowerDNS_Recursor_4.8.2_Released⠀⇛ We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.2. This release is a maintenance release, fixing some issues, in particular: Please refer to the change log for the 4.8.2 release for additional details. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Ransomware_Leads_to_Nantucket_Public_Schools Shutdown [Ed: Microsoft shutting down schools?]⠀⇛ Nantucket’s public schools shut its doors to students and teachers after a data encryption and extortion attack on its computer systems. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ 30k_Internet-Exposed_QNAP_NAS_Devices_Affected_by Recent_Vulnerability⠀⇛ Censys finds 30,000 internet-exposed QNAP appliances that are likely affected by a recently disclosed critical code injection vulnerability. o ⚓ Fedora Magazine ☛ Fedora_Magazine:_Automatically_decrypt_your disk_using_TPM2⠀⇛ This article demonstrates how to configure clevis and systemd-cryptenroll using a Trusted Platform Module 2 chip to automatically decrypt your LUKS-encrypted partitions at boot. o ⚓ APNIC ☛ Slammer:_20_years_after⠀⇛ Guest Post: Where were you when SQL Slammer nearly broke the Internet? Could it happen again? o ⚓ APNIC ☛ [Podcast]_Is_my_Internet_Down?⠀⇛ Measuring Internet outages with Google Trends. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Malicious_NPM,_PyPI_Packages_Stealing_User Information⠀⇛ Security researchers are warning of a new wave of malicious NPM and PyPI packages designed to steal user information and download additional payloads. o ⚓ Anders Borch ☛ Sandboxed_NPM⠀⇛ I recently started a new project, and all the anxiety around someone running peacenotwar or other similar malicious code which would simply wipe my computer is coming up again. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ 98%_of_Firms_Have_a_Supply_Chain_Relationship That_Has_Been_Breached:_Analysis⠀⇛ A new report found that 98% of organizations have a relationship with a third party that has been breached, while more than 50% have an indirect relationship with more than 200 fourth parties that have been breached. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Dutch,_European_Hospitals_‘Hit_by_Pro-Russian Hackers’⠀⇛ Dutch cyber authorities said several hospital websites in the Netherlands and Europe were likely targeted by a pro- Kremlin hacking group because of their countries’ support for Ukraine. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ VMware_Confirms_Exploit_Code_Released_for Critical_vRealize_Logging_Vulnerabilities⠀⇛ VMware confirms the publication of exploit code and urged VMware vRealize Log Insight users to implement mitigations immediately. o ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Microsoft_tells_users_to_patch_–_even_if_it_breaks their_systems⠀⇛ From time to time, people from Microsoft come up with stupid takes to divert attention from the fact that the products put out by their company are full of security holes. The tech world is chock-full of spin and Microsoft is not reluctant to indulge in it. o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Infamous_North_Korean_hacking_group_Lazarus targets_research_organizations⠀⇛ A new campaign from the infamous North Korean hacking group Lazarus has been found to be actively targeting public and private sector research organizations, the medical research and energy sector and their supply chain. o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Splunk_and_Rivian_cut_jobs_amid_biggest_layoffs since_the_end_of_the_dot-com_bubble⠀⇛ Data analytics firm Splunk Inc. and electric car maker Rivian Automotive Inc. announced layoffs today amid what is shaping up to be the biggest job cuts in the tech industry since the end of the dot-com bubble in the early 2000s. o § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Snap’s_pandemic_stock_gains_have_been_completely erased⠀⇛ Snap Inc. posted another rough quarter of financial results on January 31, showing that its advertising challenges are far from over. The Snapchat parent company, whose stock hit an all-time high of $83 per share in September 2021, has seen its share price plummet in recent months. * § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ o ⚓ YLE ☛ MP_Harkimo_to_HS:_Russian_cooperation_was_“mistake”⠀⇛ Hjallis Harkimo sold the Helsinki arena to Russian- Finnish businessmen Gennadi Timchenko and Roman Rotenberg in 2013 for 35 millions euros. o ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Marin:_Appointment_of_premier’s_security_policy advisor_likely_to_be_postponed⠀⇛ The office of the prime minister has been preparing to set up the advisory position, but the notion has come under heavy criticism from the office of the president, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Defence Command of the Finnish Defence Forces. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ Myanmar_dispatch:_two_years_after_the_military_coup, Myanmar_people_stage_a_‘silent_strike’⠀⇛ Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.peared first onJURIST_– News. o ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Report_from_1945_holds_lessons_for_defence strategic_review_team⠀⇛ What defence forces should Australia maintain at a time of strategic uncertainty and rapid technological change? o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Ukrainian_SMEs_hold_the_key_to_the_country’s economic_revival⠀⇛ There is still no end in sight to the Russian invasion of Ukraine but the international community must not delay efforts to revive Ukraine’s economy by supporting the country’s vibrant SME sector. o ⚓ YLE ☛ Turkish_Foreign_Minister:_We_will_stick_to_our_Nato demands,_even_if_security_situation_deteriorates⠀⇛ Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu also said Wednesday that a separate application by Finland would be evaluated more positively than would Sweden’s. o ⚓ CNN ☛ CNN_goes_into_the_trenches_with_Ukrainian_troops_fighting Russian_soldiers⠀⇛ CNN’s Fred Pleitgen gets a firsthand look at how Ukrainian troops are fighting against Russian soldiers in the eastern part of Ukraine. o ⚓ CNN ☛ Fighting_Wagner_is_like_a_‘zombie_movie’_says_Ukrainian soldier⠀⇛ null o ⚓ ADF ☛ Burkina_Faso_Inches_Closer_to_Wagner_Mercenaries⠀⇛ ADF STAFF As it seeks to expand its presence in the Sahel region, Russia appears to be following the same playbook in Burkina Faso that it used to embed itself into Mali’s security apparatus. o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Group_of_Ukrainian_criminals_tried_to_enter_Latvia: Border_Guard⠀⇛ On January 30, a group of 14 Ukrainian nationals at the border inspection post of Grebneva was refused entry to Latvia. Border guards found during checks that these men have committed crimes in Ukraine and may not have received their punishment, Latvian Television reported on January 31. o ⚓ AntiWar ☛ The_Legacy_of_George_W._Bush_and_His_Torturers⠀⇛ In the days and months following the attacks of 9/11, the government laid the blame for orchestrating the attacks on Osama bin Ladin. o ⚓ AntiWar ☛ The_US_Is_Making_Billions_Being_Warlords_in_Yemen⠀⇛ One of Biden’s promises during his presidential campaign was to immediately move to end all support for the Saudi- led coalition’s war in Yemen. o ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Has_the_War_in_Ukraine_Reached_Its_Climax?⠀⇛ On January 25, the US announced that it would send 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. The M1 Abrams is the US’ primary battle tank and is among the most advanced and powerful tanks in the world. o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ America’s_Exceptionalism_in_Mass-Shooting_and Its_Culture_of_Rugged_Individualism⠀⇛ Amid an unrelenting surge of gun massacres, many have wondered why the United States- the world’s leading country in mass shootings over the last century, is more prone to mass shootings than any other country. o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Russia_restored_Syrian_air_base_for_joint use⠀⇛ Russia and Syria have restored the ‘Al-Jarrah’ military air base in Syria’s north to be jointly used, Russia’s Defence Ministry said. “Russian and Syrian military personnel restored the destroyed al-Jarrah airfield,” the ministry said on the Telegram messaging. o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ NATO_tanks_for_Ukraine_provoke_contradictions in_the_alliance⠀⇛ After a drawn-out back and forth between Ukraine, the U.S. and European NATO countries, the first deliveries of Western-made tanks for the Ukrainian military have been announced, informs MSN. * § Environment⠀➾ o ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Denmark_soaks_through_wettest_January_in_over 150_years⠀⇛ Historical dating back to 1874 data shows that winters in Denmark are becoming, not only wetter, but warmer as well o ⚓ Axios ☛ Deadly_ice_storm_coats_roads,_airport_runways_from_Dallas to_Memphis_as_power_outages_mount⠀⇛ Ice storm warnings are in effect for 12 million people across large portions of Texas, including the Dallas-Ft. Worth metro area, western Tennessee, northern Mississippi and much of Arkansas. o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Women_and_Climate_Change_in_South_Asia⠀⇛ Over the past decade, climate change has emerged as a major non-traditional security threat that demands an urgent response. South Asia has been identified as particularly susceptible to the impacts of climate change according to the sixth assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). o § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Exxon’s_record_$56_billion_profit_has_renewed_the White_House’s_outrage_at_oil_companies⠀⇛ ExxonMobil raked in $55.7 billion in annual profits, shattering a 2008 record of $45 billion and setting a new goalpost for American and European fossil fuel companies. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland_consumed_10%_more_coal_last_year_compared_to 2021⠀⇛ Use of the fossil fuel increased during 2022 due to the energy crisis, but consumption has long been in decline. # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Mexico_shuts_down_solar_geoengineering projects⠀⇛ Mexico will shut down solar geoengineering projects in the country following an unauthorized experiment carried out in Baja California Sur. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_ministry_says_businesses_are_responsible for_increased_Russian_LPG_imports⠀⇛ Following a recent report by Reuters that the Baltic countries have doubled their purchases of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from Russia in the past year, Lithuania’s Ministry of Energy assures that the country’s energy infrastructure is not used for such imports. o § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Rare_bee_sighted_in_Denmark_following_an absence_of_50_years⠀⇛ For the first time in more than 50 years, two specimens of the vulsed mask bee – which gets its name because of a bulge (tumor) around the chest # ⚓ The Local SE ☛ How_jellyfish_in_Gothenburg’s_archipelago reveal_impact_of_climate_change⠀⇛ A global increase in jellyfish sparked by climate change is impacting communities in the Gothenburg archipelago, with local restaurants and fishing reporting the effects. * § Finance⠀➾ o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Half_a_Million_British_Workers_Strike_Over_Pay⠀⇛ Over the last year, Britain has seen record-high inflation, while wages have failed to keep up. Since last summer, Britain has been in the grip of a wave of strikes. o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ French_Unions_Call_for_New_Strikes_Over_Pension Reforms⠀⇛ The controversial reform would progressively raise the legal retirement age by three months yearly, from 62 to 64 by 2030. o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Brexit_Deals_Blow_to_UK_Economy,_Says_Expert⠀⇛ Iain Begg described Brexit’s effect on the British economy as “incremental, small, bit by bit, drip by drip,” but mainly negative. o ⚓ Quartz ☛ Hundreds_of_thousands_of_UK_workers_will_strike_in response_to_new_labor_law⠀⇛ Workers from across the UK’s public sector will walk out en masse on Feb. 1. o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Meta_announces_huge_share_buyback_and_efficiency plans_and_its_stock_soars [Ed: Meta embezzlement. FAKING its worth to enrich dumb investors.]⠀⇛ Shares of Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms Inc. soared in extended trading today as the company revealed the impact of recent cost-cutting measures it has implemented. It also guided for higher revenue in the coming quarter than what analysts had forecast, while promising more share buybacks and further improvements in operational efficiency. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Assessing_Political_Spin_in_the_Debt_Ceiling Fight⠀⇛ Republicans have wrongly suggested that President Biden and his party are solely responsible for the situation, while Democrats have overstated former President Donald J. Trump’s role. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_and_McCarthy_Discuss_Debt_Limit_as Financial_Crisis_Looms⠀⇛ The meeting, which did not appear to yield a breakthrough, highlighted the differences between the White House and the Republicans who now control the House. o ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Finland’s_house_prices_fell_2.5%,_sales decreased_38%_in_December⠀⇛ The data indicates that the prices of old dwellings in housing companies declined by 2.5 per cent year-on-year and 0.2 per cent month-on-month in December 2022, translating to a year-on-year decline of three per cent for the period between October and December. * § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ o ⚓ Axios ☛ The_fractious_GOP_is_consolidating_around_a_“protect_the children”_platform_for_2024⠀⇛ o ⚓ Consulate-General_of_Germany_in_Istanbul_closed_today_‘for security_reasons’⠀⇛ The decision followed those made by the Consulate- Generals of Great Britain and the Netherlands in İstanbul, both of which are temporarily closed, and warnings that “risk of terror attacks” could follow the Qur’an burning demonstrations in Sweden and Denmark. o ⚓ Let’s_BeReal:_Two_takes_on_social_media_realism⠀⇛ The French social media app, BeReal, took the world by storm shortly after its 2020 launch. The app’s tagline, “Your friends for real,” was inspired by Founder Alexis Barreyat’s mission to solve the problem of influencers’ lives not being as glamorous or accessible as portrayed online. o ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Important_reminder_for_voters:_Almost_one million_Finns_receive_a_notification_of_their_right_to_vote_in general_elections_electronically⠀⇛ Already nearly one million voters will receive a notification of their right to vote in general elections electronically this year. The notification comes electronically to all those entitled to vote who use Suomi.fi Messages. However, not all recipients of an electronic notification remember or notice that they receive the notification electronically. * § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ o ⚓ OpenRightsGroup ☛ Councils_against_data_discrimination⠀⇛ Data discrimination occurs when individuals or groups are treated unfairly because of characteristics or traits identified through the collection and analysis of their data. This can take many forms, such as denying individuals access to certain services or opportunities because of their race, gender, age, or other personal characteristics. o ⚓ ACLU ☛ Making_Black_History,_Building_Black_Futures⠀⇛ As we honor leaders in Black history this month, the battles they lead for civil rights may seem like relics of a past era. But there is more progress to be made to achieve systemic equality for Black people, particularly in the realm of voting rights, economic justice, housing, and education; as well as ending police brutality and eradicating racism and discrimination in the criminal legal system. Those battles continue under the leadership of Black activists, lawmakers, athletes, actors, and others — many working side by side with the ACLU — who are pursuing true equality to this day. This year, we’re recognizing both. o ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ 100_Plates_event_celebrates_MLK_Week_with_lunch and_group_discussion⠀⇛ The MLK commemorative committee celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.’s mission to achieve a “beloved community” with a lunch and discussion.  “He believed there were three barriers to achieving a beloved community,” said Shana Lee, assistant dean of students and director of parents and families engagement. * § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ o ⚓ Reason ☛ Review:_‘How_Sex_Changed_the_Internet_and_the_Internet Changed_Sex’⠀⇛ Samantha Cole’s book is marred by vague animosity toward tech companies. o ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ “This_Law_Will_Be_One_of_Scapegoating_All_Those Who_Do_Not_Fit_Into_What_Our_Bureaucrats_Think_Canada_Should_Be”: Bill_C-11_is_Back_with_Stunning_Rebuke_From_Senator_David_Adams Richards⠀⇛ Senator David Adams Richards, an acclaimed Canadian author who has won Governor-General Awards for both fiction and non-fiction as well as a Giller Prize, provided the most memorable Senate speech for the ill- fated Bill C-10,stating_on_the_Senate_floorin June 2021 that “I don’t think this bill needs amendments; I think, however, it needs a stake through the heart.” * § Monopolies⠀➾ o § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Pfizer_is_expecting_its_covid_windfall_to_end_in 2023 [Ed: Stealing public money using patents on products that do not even work as advertised and not properly tested either]⠀⇛ Then covid happened, and for the pharmaceutical companies that came up with vaccines against it, in particular Pfizer and Moderna, it was a bonanza. Billions of people globally needed one—no, two; actually, three; or four!—shots. # ⚓ Tell_us_your_views_on_the_latest_EPC_and_PCT-EPO_Guidelines [Ed: EPO keeps violation the EPC with impunity while pretending to harvest "input" about it (that's about optics, not substance)]⠀⇛ Users have until 4 April 2023 to provide their input on the Guidelines published today. # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Cancelling_a_Patent_Claim⠀⇛ The pending case ofJump Rope Systems v. Coulter Venturesis fascinating to me as someone who teaches both property and civil procedure. The basic questions: (1) As an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding draws to a close – toward cancellation – at what point are the claims no longer enforceable? (2) What is the effect of cancellation, in particular, is it like canceling a magazine subscription where the former subscriber isn’t off the hook for past-due bills; or, is it like an annulment – anAbInitioExtinguishment?  The case also (3) raises a straight-up due process challenge to the IPR system. o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ White_House_Pushes_Legislation Targeting_‘The_Huge_Service_Fees_That_Companies_Like Ticketmaster_Slap_Onto_Tickets’⠀⇛ In November, the day after Live Nation reported its “highest quarterly attendance ever,” the White House pledged to crack down on “processing fees on concert tickets.” # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Biden_Administration_Lists_Largest Content_Piracy_Hubs_—_RIAA_Responds⠀⇛ Biden Administration releases the annual list of the largest content piracy hubs affecting the US — RIAA responds. The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released its annual Notorious Markets Report, highlighting the importance of enforcing copyright in the continuously worrying trends in online piracy. § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Technical⠀➾ o ⚓ 48656C6C6F2C20776F726C64210A⠀⇛ The clever trick here is to place a string somewhere that can be executed by a CPU but just before that string place a call to somewhere else, and in that call the return address (the next instruction after the call, or here also a string) is popped and used as the address to print via write. o ⚓ RE:_StackSmith:_I_got_a_new_tablet⠀⇛ I currently own a Pine64 RockPro64 and a Quartz64. I recently bought the 7 inch LCD display with the Playbox enclosure and Wifi/Bluetooth module. This would enable me to turn either the RockPro64 or Quartz64 into a tablet. The current OS options available for RockPro64 are a stock Android 9 rom, postmarketOS with various UI options, or I could run Manjaro ARM and install Plasma Mobile. For the Quartz64, the only OS options currently available are a development version of an Android 11 ROM or Manjaro ARM. It would be really nice if LineageOS supported these devices but that does not appear to be in their future plans. I ran LineageOS on my previous tablet, which was a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 (Wifi version), but it died abou a year ago. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2002 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 02.02.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_02/02/2023:_KDE_Gear_22.12.2_and_LibreOffice_7.5⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:40 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Server o Audiocasts/Shows o Graphics_Stack o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Devices/Embedded o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Tor o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o Programming/Development * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Patents # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Politics o Technical # Internet/Gemini * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Electra_Reborn⠀⇛ Last night, January 30, 2023, Turner Classical Movies Channel showed Electra, the tragic play of Euripides from the 1962 black and white film production by the Greek filmmaker Michael Cacoyannis. The first time I saw this unforgettable film-play was at the National Gallery in Washington, DC, on December 11, 1999. o ⚓ Shadowproof ☛ Should_The_Left_Embrace_Preparedness_Culture?⠀⇛ A few days after a massive power outage in North Carolina in early December, Margaret Killjoy shared a thread on preparedness in response to the outages. Alongside the usual emergency supplies like extra water, batteries, medicine, heat sources, and food, Killjoy noted something not usually included in preparedness toolkits: “organize against the far right so that they are less capable of shooting up power stations.” Killjoy, an author and musician who lives in the mountains of West Virginia, hosts the anarchist prepping podcast Live Like The World Is Dying. Since its creation just before the pandemic began, it has grown into a valuable and widely-accessed resource for people wondering how to deal with any number of emergencies in their communities. o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 8_Things_You_Should_Never_Do_After_Installing Linux⠀⇛ At some point in your Linux journey, you may have found yourself scouring the internet for things to do after installing Linux. While it’s essential to know what you should do after booting Linux for the first time, knowing what not to do is more important to avoid wrecking your newly set up system. Let’s look at some common things you should steer clear of when using your new Linux installation. These tips are helpful for all Linux users, irrespective of their expertise. # ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ Quick_10_Question_Linux_Desktop_Quiz⠀⇛ Since February is Linux Desktop Environment Month here at FOSS Force, we figured what better way to get the ball rolling than with a fun quiz to test your knowledge of Linux DEs. It’s down-and-dirty — kind of like a pop quiz — and because we believe in privacy, nothing is going on your permanent record. Have fun, and good luck! # ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ A_Beginners’_Guide_to_Linux_Desktops⠀⇛ No wonder people find that the process of moving to Linux is a little daunting. Around every corner there’s a new choice for you to make, starting with the decision to give Linux a try. For a Mac user who want’s to move to Windows, there aren’t any choices because there’s only one Windows (you might have to choose between Windows 10 or 11, but Microsoft pretty much makes that decision for you, based on the capabilities of your hardware). For a Windows user who wants to switch to Mac, not only is there only one MacOS, but it also will only run on Mac hardware (well, if you’re a real whiz- kid and have a lot of coding chops, you can probably get MacOS to run on anything, but this article is for mere mortals). o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Future_of_Linux_Jobs_in_the_Age_of_Automation⠀⇛ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ Linux_Action_News_278⠀⇛ A lot happened in the free desktop world this week, we cover the impressive releases, changes, and surprises. o § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ Collabora ☛ Exploring_Rust_for_Vulkan_drivers,_part_1⠀⇛ Over the course of the last decade, Rust has emerged as a new programming language for writing safe low-level code. This blog post is the first in a series exploring the area of using Rust to write Mesa Vulkan drivers. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 9_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Pixel_Art Editors⠀⇛ Pixel art is sometimes associated with sprites. They are the images in 2D games that represent the various objects in a game like your player character, monsters, items, etc. Nowadays, pixel art is still popular in games and as an artform in and of itself, despite realistic 3D graphics. The barrier to entry for pixel art is less steep than painted or 3D graphics, making it a welcome option for indie game developers. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ TecMint ☛ Understanding_The_/etc/mtab_File_in_Linux System⠀⇛ In this article, we will explore the /etc/mtab file on a Linux system and understand the various parameters and directives included therein. What is /etc/mtab File in Linux The /etc/mtab file is a file # ⚓ ID Root ☛ Mastering_the_Netstat_Command_on_Linux⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will discuss your mastering the netstat command on Linux. Netstat is one of the most versatile and powerful tools in a Linux administrator’s arsenal. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Minikube_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Minikube on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. # ⚓ A_.git_directory_template⠀⇛ Git is a powerful tool for managing and tracking code changes, but it can be difficult to set up and organize, especially for large and complex projects. One way to make this process easier is to use a .git directory template. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Set_up_base_configurations_for_Ansible automation_controller_using_GitLab_CI⠀⇛ Set up base configurations for Ansible automation controller using GitLab CI # ⚓ Docker_Containers_Introduction⠀⇛ Docker is a powerful platform that enables developers to easily create, deploy, and run applications in containers. Containers are lightweight, portable, and self-sufficient units that allow developers to package their applications and all of their dependencies together, making it easy to run them on any system. # ⚓ Docker:_Listing_and_searching_for_an_image⠀⇛ Docker is a powerful tool that allows developers to easily create, deploy, and run applications in a containerized environment. One of the most important parts of working with Docker is managing images. In this article, we will take a look at how to list and search for images in Docker. # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ How_to_Install_VMware_Workstation_Player_on Fedora⠀⇛ Get the most out of your Fedora’s virtualization capabilities by installing VMware Workstation Player. Learn how here! # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Install_Mate_Desktop_on_Debian_11⠀⇛ The Mate desktop is a popular and lightweight graphical user interface (GUI) for Linux systems. It provides a traditional and easy-to-use interface that can run on both high-end and low-end computers. If you’re looking to install the Mate desktop on Debian 11, this guide will walk you through the process step by step. # ⚓ Docker:_Pulling_an_image⠀⇛ Introduction Docker is a platform that allows developers to easily create, deploy, and run applications in containers. A container is a lightweight, standalone, executable package that includes everything needed to run a piece of software, including the code, runtime, system tools, libraries, and settings. # ⚓ Listing_docker_image⠀⇛ Docker images are the backbone of containerization. They are essentially snapshots of a specific environment, including the operating system, application, and dependencies. They can be used to deploy containers on any machine that has Docker installed, making them a convenient and efficient way to manage and distribute applications. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_Steam_Games_with_Native_Linux_Clients_– 2023-02-01_Edition⠀⇛ Between 2023-01-25 and 2023-02-01 there were 30 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 269 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 11.2 % of total… # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Sports_management_/_visual_novel_mash-up Roller_Drama_is_out_now⠀⇛ I don’t play many visual novels (mostly a whole zero) but I do love when games sprinkle it in with other things like the sports management game Roller Drama. The game is certainly inspired and looks a lot like Roller Derby but it’s not a simulator of it, and the actual gameplay is quite different according to the developer. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Zoom_Platform,_a_store_aimed_at_‘Generation X’_adds_more_Linux_support⠀⇛ One I’ve been meaning to point out for a while now is Zoom Platform. A games store that tries to appeal to “Generation X” with both new and classic games, DRM-free and they’re continuing to build up their Linux support. # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Learn_Basic_by_coding_a_game⠀⇛ Writing the same application in multiple languages is a great way to learn new ways to program. Most programming languages have certain things in common, such as: These concepts are the basis of most programming languages. Once you understand them, you can start figuring the rest out. Programming languages usually share some similarities. Once you know one programming language, you can learn the basics of another by recognizing its differences. Practicing with a standard program is a good way of learning a new language. It allows you to focus on the language, not the program’s logic. I’m doing that in this article series using a “guess the number” program, in which the computer picks a number between one and 100 and asks you to guess it. The program loops until you guess the number correctly. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Heroic_Games_Launcher_2.6.0_out_now_adding auto_updates,_new_theme⠀⇛ Heroic Games Launcher continues advancing letting you manage your games from GOG, Epic Games and more on Linux, Steam Deck, macOS and Windows. Easily my favourite launcher next to Steam. In case you missed it, be sure to check out my recent interview with the creator. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Dwarf_Fortress_made_over_$7_million_in January⠀⇛ Something that’s completely deserved of course. The Dwarf Fortress developers shared that the game made over $7,230,000 in January. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ New_Humble_Bundle_celebrates_Black_Creators and_Characters⠀⇛ To go along with Black History Month, the folks at Humble Bundle have put up a bundle of games to celebrate Black Creators and Characters. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ KDE_Gear_22.12.2_Released_with Improvements_to_Dolphin,_Elisa,_and_Spectacle⠀⇛ The KDE Project released today KDE Gear 22.12.2 as the second maintenance update to the latest KDE Gear 22.12 open-source software suite for the KDE Plasma desktop environment and other projects bringing various minor improvements to some of your favorite KDE apps. KDE Gear 22.12.2 is here almost a month after the first point release, KDE Gear 22.12.1, to further improve the Dolphin file manager by forcing type-ahead to no longer inappropriately enter Selection Mode when one of the typed characters is a space. # ⚓ KDE ☛ KDE_Gear_22.12.2⠀⇛ Over 120 individual programs plus dozens of programmer libraries and feature plugins are released simultaneously as part of KDE Gear. Today they all get new bugfix source releases with updated translations, including… * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ New_Slax_Releases_Make_Persistent_Changes_Up_to_10 Times_Faster_with_DynFileFS⠀⇛ Slax 15.0.1 and Slax 11.6.0 are now available based on Slackware-current and Debian GNU/Linux 11.6 “Bullseye” respectively. The biggest change in these releases is the use of the newest DynFileFS FUSE file system for dynamically-enlarged files to store persistent changes on the bootable media. DynFileFS is written by Tomas Matejicek himself, but the new release received a performance boost, and thanks to the use of a new file format, promises up to 10 times faster persistent changes, especially when storing a lot of data on the persistent disk. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Fedora_now_has_frame_pointers⠀⇛ Fedora now has frame pointers. I don’t want to dwell on the how of this, it was a somewhat controversial decision and you can read all about it here. But I do want to say a bit about the why, and how it makes performance analysis so much easier. Recently we’ve been looking at a performance problem in qemu. To try to understand this I’ve been looking at FlameGraphs all day, like this one… # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ 3_improvements_to_the_OpenShift_4.12_developer experience⠀⇛ Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 provides several enhancements based on customer requests and usability improvements to theRed_Hat OpenShiftconsole. # ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_Fedora_Code_of Conduct_Report_2022⠀⇛ We publish a summary report ofCode_of_Conduct activity_each_year. This provides transparency to the community. It also shows that we takeour_Code of_Conductseriously. In 2022, warnings and moderations increased over the previous year, with a slight reduction in total reports. [...] While the number of warnings and moderations in 2022 increased over 2021, we did not issue any suspensions or bans. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ ECS_LIVA_Q3H_mini_PC_targets_video conferencing_with_HDMI_output_and_input_ports⠀⇛ ECS LIVA Q3H is a pocket-sized mini PC with a Jasper Lake mini PC and the company says it is especially suited to video conferencing applications thanks to HDMI output and input ports enabling users to connect it with a guest PC and easily add it to a meeting. # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Mini_PC_features_4x_2.5GbE_ports_and supports_AES-NI⠀⇛ The VP2420 Vault Pro from Protectli is a fanless Mini-PC based on the Celeron J6412 Intel processor. The device includes an 8GB eMMC module, 1x M.2 2280 slot, dual displays, Wi-Fi and LTE support. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Cheap_Kitchen_Scale_Learns_To_Speak_JSON_With ESP32⠀⇛ Smart kitchen appliances are expensive, and more often than not, your usage data goes to whichever company operates the inevitable cloud service. Meanwhile the cheap ones contain substantially the same components without the smarts, so surely a hardware hacker can add a microcontroller to a cheap appliance for a bit of smart home technology without the privacy issues? It’s something [Liore] has done with an Amazon Basics kitchen scale, removing the electronics and wiring up an ESP32 to the load cell instead. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ S23_Ultra_vs._Pixel_7_Pro:_Battle_of_the_best Androids_[Video]⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ People_are_only_just_realizing_there’s_an_Android setting_that_makes_notifications_less_annoying_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ PC Mag ☛ Samsung_Galaxy_S23_Ultra_vs._Google_Pixel_7_Pro: Which_Android_Flagship_Should_You_Buy?_|_PCMag⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ This_is_how_Android_13′s_custom_lock screen_shortcuts_will_work⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ What’s_new_in_Android_13_QPR2_Beta_3⠀⇛ # ⚓ India ☛ OnePlus_Forced_To_Pause_Android_13_Update_For_These Users:_Here’s_Why⠀⇛ # ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ It’s_Time_to_Stop_Using_Three-Button Navigation_on_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Google_and_Samsung_team_up_for_Android- based_Extended_Reality_headsets⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Tor⠀➾ # ⚓ Tor ☛ Arti_1.1.1_is_released:_Groundwork_for_onion services⠀⇛ Arti is our ongoing project to create an next-generation Tor client in Rust. In late November, we released Arti 1.1.0. Now we’re announcing the next release in its series, Arti 1.1.1. Since our last release, our primary focus has been preparation for onion service support in Arti. To that end, we’ve broken the work down into a bunch of tickets, designed our major internal APIs, and started to work on the lower-level features. There’s nothing you can use here yet, but the work is coming! # ⚓ Tor ☛ 2022_Fundraising_Results:_thank_you!⠀⇛ Every year, the Tor Project asks our community for financial support during October, November, and December. We do this because we’re a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and your help keeps Tor free for everyone to use. In the new year, we aim to publish clear and transparent results of our fundraising—that’s what this post is all about. First, everyone in our community deserves a big THANK YOU for supporting the Tor Project during the campaign. Together, you raised $367,674 to power privacy online! Additionally please help us thank the Friends of Tor who provided the generous match during the campaign—Aspiration, Jon Callas, Craig Newmark, Wendy Seltzer, and several anonymous supporters. o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ LibreOffice_7.5_Open-Source_Office_Suite Officially_Released,_This_Is_What’s_New⠀⇛ The Document Foundation released today the LibreOffice 7.5 open-source, free, and cross- platform office suite for all supported platforms, including GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows, to offer users new features and numerous improvements. After almost six months of development, the LibreOffice 7.5 office suite is here to introduce major improvements to dark mode support, new application and MIME-type icons that are more colorful and vibrant than ever, an improved version of the Single Toolbar UI with context-aware controls, as well as support for the Start Centre to filter documents by type. # ⚓ The_Document_Foundation_announces_LibreOffice_7.5 Community⠀⇛ LibreOffice 7.5 Community, the new major release of the volunteer-supported free office suite for desktop productivity, is immediately available from https://www.libreoffice.org/download for Windows (Intel/AMD and ARM processors), macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel processors), and Linux. # ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ LibreOffice_7.5_has_Arrived_and_is_Loaded with_New_Features_and_Improvements⠀⇛ LibreOffice is the favorite office suite for many Linux users. With the newest release, version 7.5, there are plenty of new features and even some visual refreshing that has gone into the software. One of the most obvious changes comes by way of a new icon set that is more colorful and vibrant. As well, if you use LibreOffice on a touch-based device, zoom and rotate finally function via multi- touch gestures. And although you won’t find major changes to the UI, the subtle changes help to make LibreOffice more modern and professional feeling. # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ LibreOffice_7.5_Unveils_Stunning_New_App_Icons and_Cool_Features⠀⇛ LibreOffice 7.5 community edition is here with many feature upgrades and new app icons. The previous major release version 7.4 bought in better ‘interoperability’ with Microsoft’s proprietary file formats and further solidified LibreOffice as one of the best open-source alternatives to Microsoft Office on Linux. And now, a new release is here with a lot in store. Let’s take a look at what this has to offer. # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ LibreOffice_7.5_Released_with_New_Icons,_PDF Export_Options_+_More⠀⇛ This update arrives on schedule, six months after the LibreOffice 7.4 release, which was notable release for doubling-down on the suite’s compatibility with Microsoft Office files. In LibreOffice 7.5 devs further that work, deliver a sizeable set of fixes, and furnish the app with powerful new features. LibreOffice 7.5 is the result of 144 contributors chipping in to do their bit. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Qt ☛ Desktop_and_Mobile_Application_Development_Trends_in 2023⠀⇛ With January done and dusted, we wanted to take a look at the year ahead and discuss some of the hottest trends of 2023 for desktop and mobile app development, as whether you’re a seasoned developer or just about to set up your new app, it’s always good to stay up-to-date with trends to ensure your apps are interesting, user-friendly, and keep up with the competition. # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_we_added_support_for_the_C++23_assume_feature in_GCC⠀⇛ For the past few years, I have been working on Project Ranger, a new infrastructure in GCC that determines value ranges of variables inC_and C++programs. This article discusses how Ranger supports the newassumefeature of the C++23 standard, which helps programmers optimize programs. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ The Nation ☛ A_Translator_in_Tokyo,_or:_A_Language_Love_Story⠀⇛ The history of literary translation, as the critic Lawrence Venuti once memorably put it, is one of invisibility. In the struggle between foreignizing and domesticating a text—between reminding the reader of the original’s fundamental difference versus creating the illusion that it was written in the reader’s own language—domestication has reigned, especially in the English-speaking world. The best translations in the eyes of critics and publishers are innocuous and transparent, never betraying their status as derivative of some foreign original. And translators have long been themselves invisible, mentioned in passing by reviewers for their “elegant” or “faithful” or sometimes “wooden” or “archaic” rendering, and expected to sign over ownership of their work to the author and publisher of the original. Think of the Arabic, French, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Norwegian, or Japanese books you’ve read. Do you know who translated your editions of The Second Sex, My Struggle, or The Tale of Genji? o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Not_A_Pot,_Not_An_Encoder:_Exploring_Synchros_For Rotational_Sensing⠀⇛ We’re all familiar with getting feedback from a rotating shaft, for which we usually employ a potentiometer or encoder. But there’s another device that, while less well-known, has some advantages that just might make it worth figuring out how to include it in hobbyist projects: the synchro. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Let’s_Make_SCPI_More_Helpful⠀⇛ The SCPI (Standards Command for Programmable Instruments) protocol is exceptionally popular in lab and workspace tools, letting you configure and fetch data from oscilloscopes and lab scales alike in a standardized way. However, when interfacing with a SCPI device, you need to use a programming guide document if you want to know the commands for any of the inevitably extended features; essentially, SCPI isn’t as human-friendly as you might want. [MisterHW] argues that SCPI could use more discoverability by proposing a HELP? command. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Want_Better_0402_Reflow?_Consider_These_Footprints!⠀⇛ Assembling with a stencil is just that much more convenient – it’s a huge timesaver, and your components no longer need to be individually touched with a soldering iron for as many times as they have pads. Plus, it usually goes silky smooth, the process is a joy to witness, and the PCB looks fantastic afterwards! However, sometimes components won’t magically snap into place, and each mis-aligned resistor on a freshly assembled board means extra time spent reflowing the component manually, as well as potential for silent failures later on. In an effort to get the overall failure rate down, you will find yourself tweaking seemingly insignificant parameters, and [Worthington Assembly] proposes that you reconsider your 0402 and 0201 footprints. o ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “All_That_Breathes”:_Oscar-Nominated_Doc_About Brothers_Saving_Birds_Amid_Delhi’s_Ecological_Collapse⠀⇛ We speak with filmmaker Shaunak Sen about his Oscar- nominated documentary, “All That Breathes,” which follows two self-taught brothers who rescue black kite birds suffering from air pollution in New Delhi. The brothers, Nadeem and Saud, have saved about 25,000 black kites from the dirty air in India’s capital over the last 15 years. “When you live in the city of Delhi, you’re almost always preoccupied with the air,” says Sen, who explains why he centered the film on the brothers and purposely stayed away from obvious environmental and political messages. “The idea is to open the conversation and not close it,” he says. “All That Breathes” became the only film ever to win the best documentary prize at both the Sundance and Cannes film festivals last year. o ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Rapunzel’s_rapport_says_it_all:_we’re_all panto-lovers_at_heart⠀⇛ o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Endurance_test:_How_Sri_Lanka’s_batik_artists_keep the_craft_alive⠀⇛ Keeping a traditional craft alive in modern times often requires creativity and perseverance. Sri Lanka’s loyal batik artisans have both. o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ 14_km_of_electrical_cable_stolen_from_CDMX Metro_in_2022⠀⇛ Metro Director Guillermo Calderón is blaming organized crime for the theft of 14.5 km of the cable from the subway’s tracks over last year. o ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Films_My_Father_Loves:_In_spite_of_everything, ‘Life_is_Beautiful’⠀⇛ Through a father-son film about fascist Italy, columnist Allan Lopez remarks on his own relationship with his father and life. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Scientists_Want_to_Create_New_‘Quantum Light’_With_Mind-Bending_Powers⠀⇛ Quantum light would let us peer into atoms like never before, paving a way to solve longstanding mysteries in materials physics. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Ron_DeSantis’_Attack_on_African_American Studies_Is_Part_of_His_Larger_Goal:_To_Destroy_Public Education⠀⇛ As a Black girl growing up in Philadelphia, I was fortunate that my late father, a history teacher, taught my sisters and me (and his students) about the important role our enslaved ancestors and other Black people have played in the struggle and progress that has made America what it is today. All of the educators I know understand that an accurate, well-rounded and inclusive education – one where every student sees themselves and others – fosters joy in learning and a deep understanding of the beauty and complexity of our full American story. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ As_Universities_Submit_to_Neoliberalism_and Fascism,_Workers_Must_Fight_Back⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ DeSantis_Wants_to_Defund_Florida_Colleges_That Have_Programs_on_Diversity⠀⇛ o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ ChipWhisperer_Adapter_Helps_Reverse-Engineer_A Controversial_Game_Cartridge⠀⇛ The ChipWhisperer has been a breakthrough in hobbyist use of power analysis and glitching attacks on embedded hardware. If you own one, you surely have seen the IDC and SMA sockets on it – usable for connecting custom breakouts housing a chip you’re currently probing. Today, [MAVProxyUser] brings us a ChipWhisperer adapter for STM32F446ZEJx, which comes in a UFBGA144 package – and the adapter has quite a backstory to it. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ AMD_reveal_prices_and_availability_for Ryzen_7000X3D_CPU_series⠀⇛ AMD has now revealed how much you can expect to be poorer by when picking up one of the new 7000X3D CPUs, along with release dates. The details were announced on Twitter and are: o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Hungarians_do_not_want_to_eat_insects, says_Minister_of_Agriculture⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ WHO_Pandemic_Treaty_Draft_Provides_‘Glimmer of_Hope,’_Say_Health_Justice_Advocates⠀⇛ As a draft of the World Health Organization’s pandemic treaty circulated Wednesday, human rights champions praised the text as a welcome departure from the corporate-friendly intellectual property regime that has constrained the global supply of lifesaving medical tools and worsened preventable suffering throughout the coronavirus pandemic. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘End_the_Scam’:_Democrats_Unveil_Bill_to Change_Name_of_Medicare_Advantage⠀⇛ In an effort to crack down on the misleading practices of Medicare Advantage providers, Democratic Reps. Mark Pocan, Ro Khanna, and Jan Schakowsky reintroduced legislation Tuesday that would ban private insurers from using the “Medicare” label in the names of their health plans. # ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Germany’s_Dirty_Push_for_More_Coal Mining_and_the_Recent_Murder_of_Forest_Defender_Manuel “Tortuguita”_Teran_–_The_Project_Censored_Show⠀⇛ “You Don’t Miss Your Water Till Your Well Runs Dry” – by Rising Appalachia # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ US_Spends_Most_on_Health_Care_of_Rich_Countries But_Has_Worst_Life_Expectancy⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Biden’s_Ending_of_the_Covid_Emergency_Is_a Public_Health_Disaster⠀⇛ Many of the pieces I have written about the Covid pandemic over the past three years have been about what Presidents Trump and Biden didn’t do: the missed opportunities that cost thousands of lives, led to millions of unnecessary infections, and left many with lingering complications in the form of long Covid. # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Occupational_therapist_adds_custom_touch_to patients’_hand_splints⠀⇛ Augusta Simmons, a board-certified hand therapist, has been fitting patients with splints for over 25 years, the past six at the Northville Health Center. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Planting_More_Trees_in_Cities_Would_Save Thousands_of_Lives,_Scientists_Say⠀⇛ A matter of life and death. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ My_husband_suffered_a_traumatic_brain_injury_after he_tried_to_do_a_backflip_at_our_wedding⠀⇛ A bride has revealed how her husband suffered a traumatic brain injury on the night of their wedding reception. # ⚓ The Scientist ☛ Why_Some_HPV_Infections_Carry_More_Cervical Cancer_Risk⠀⇛ Where and how human papillomavirus integrates itself into the human genome steers the infection’s clinical outcomes, finds a large, multifaceted study. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Inside_UnitedHealth’s_Effort_to_Deny_Coverage for_a_Patient’s_Care⠀⇛ In May 2021, a nurse at UnitedHealthcare called a colleague to share some welcome news about a problem the two had been grappling with for weeks. United provided the health insurance plan for students at Penn State University. It was a large and potentially lucrative account: lots of young, healthy students paying premiums in, not too many huge medical reimbursements going out. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Lawmakers_Pledge_to_Fight_for_Action_on Stillbirths⠀⇛ More than 20,000 pregnancies in the U.S. annually end in stillbirth — the death of an expected child at 20 weeks or more — an alarming figure that exceeds infant mortality and is 15 times the number of babies who died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, in 2020. As many as 1 in 4 stillbirths may be preventable, experts say; the figure is even higher as a baby’s due date draws closer. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Leaders_Across_Africa_Pledge_to_End_AIDS_in Children_by_2030⠀⇛ Declaring the fight against HIV and AIDS infections in children “winnable,” public health officials from across Africa on Wednesday convened in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania to discuss the steps needed from policymakers and the healthcare sector to eradicate pediatric cases by 2030. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Flaw_in_Cisco_Industrial_Appliances_Allows Malicious_Code_to_Persist_Across_Reboots⠀⇛ Cisco this week announced patches for a high- severity command injection vulnerability allowing malicious code to persist across reboots. # ⚓ USCERT ☛ Cisco_Releases_Security_Advisories_for_Multiple Products⠀⇛ Cisco released security updates for vulnerabilities affecting multiple products. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ UK_Car_Retailer_Arnold_Clark_Hit_by Ransomware⠀⇛ Arnold Clark, one of Europe’s largest car companies, was targeted in a cyberattack, with the Play ransomware group claiming to have stolen gigabytes of information # ⚓ Port Swigger ☛ Truffle_Security_relaunches_XSS_Hunter_tool with_new_features⠀⇛ Popular hacking aid resurrected following end-of- life announcement # ⚓ USCERT ☛ Drupal_Releases_Security_Update_to_Address_a Vulnerability_in_Apigee_Edge⠀⇛ Drupal released a security update to address a vulnerability affecting the Apigee Edge module for Drupal 9.x. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass access authorization or disclose sensitive information. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ AccessNow ☛ European_Parliament_takes_important_step to_protect_privacy_and_freedom_of_expression_in political_ads_legislation⠀⇛ Access Now welcomes the European Parliament’s position on the Regulation on political ads, but calls for stronger protective language. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ CYBER:_Iran’s_AI-Powered Surveillance_State⠀⇛ In Iran, the state is using AI and facial recognition technology to enforce draconian laws. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ ShotSpotter_Employees_Not_Only_Have_The Power_To_Alter_Gunshot_Reports,_But_Do_It_Nearly_10%_Of The_Time⠀⇛ What’s being presented by ShotSpotter as good news for people who feel they’ve been wrongly accused, doesn’t actually appear to be all that comforting. # ⚓ EFF ☛ Civil_Society_Organizations_Call_on_the House Of_Lords_to_Protect Private_Messaging_in_the_Online Safety_Bill⠀⇛ As we’ve said before, undermining protections for end-to-end encryption would make UK businesses and individuals less safe online, including the very groups that the Online Safety Bill intends to protect. Criminals, rogue employees, domestic abusers, and authoritarian governments are just some of the bad actors that will eagerly exploit backdoors like those proposed by the Online Safety Bill. Proposals like this threaten a basic human right: our right to have a private conversation. # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ James_Comer’s_Dick_Pics_Hearing_Just Became_an_Alleged_Stolen_Laptop_Hearing⠀⇛ By sending letters to virtually all channels via which the “Hunter Biden” “laptop” was disseminated, his lawyer Abbe Lowell has changed the significance of the hearing that James Comer has scheduled about it next week. # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ DOJ_Charges_James_Gordon_Meek_with Transporting_Child_Sexual_Assault_Material⠀⇛ An arrest affidavit describes that James Gordon Meek’s home was searched in April 2022 in conjunction with a CSAM investigation. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Moldova_Foreign_Ministry_expresses_alarm_at Lavrov’s_threatening_insinuations_about_Moldova_as_new_‘anti- Russia’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ In an interview to Russia Today CEO Dmitry Kiselev, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the West “has got its sights” on Moldova as a country that might “follow Ukraine’s path” by turning into an “anti-Russia.” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ An_Evidence-Based_Look_at_Mass_Shooters_in the_US⠀⇛ The US has become a shooting gallery (New York Times, January 24, 2023). Here is a list of mass shootings in the US since the 1920s. Mass shootings involve 3 or 4 deaths and often additional injuries among survivors. The list is quite telling, and the list makes the shootout at the OK Corral look like child’s play and there is absolutely no intent of any kind of humor involved here! The US frontier or West is one place where machismo and guns (“Gun Sellers’ Message to Americans: Man Up,” New York Times, June 22, 2022) were turned into national ideals. It is no longer adequate to list the endless mass gun shootings in the US and pass them off to an unbridled Second Amendment frenzy, fascists in the streets, or bald- face machismo. No other so-called “developed” nation comes close to the mass shooting deaths in the streets, buildings, and other places in the US. We are nonpareil in that respect. Besides the mass shooting at the University of Texas, the so-called tower shooting in 1966 in which 15 people were killed, mass shootings got limited attention, besides the initial shock, until the massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado. In that scene of mass murder, bullying was one reason given for that school massacre. Charles Whitman, the University of Texas tower gunman, had a host of issues leading to that massacre, including domestic violence, a contributing factor in many mass shootings. Whitman was shot and killed by two police officers. Many mass shooters place themselves in situations where the police will kill them after their heinous acts of mass murder, or like Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook Elementary School, take their own lives. Suicide is a recurring theme in mass shootings. Like Adam Lanza, decades later in Newtown, Connecticut, Whitman would kill his mother, and also his wife, before his shooting spree at the university. Reportedly, he wanted to spare his mother and wife the fallout from the school shooting. Whitman’s history of domestic violence may have factored into the murder of his mother and wife before the massacre at the University of Texas. Schools and other places where the public gathers such as churches and synagogues, shopping malls, a music venue, and a movie theater seem to be the places of choice for lethal gunmen/ shooters. The onslaught of mass murder by those with many motives has moved with the swiftness of the Niagara River over Niagara Falls. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Palestinians_Are_Not_Liars:_Confronting_the Violence_of_Media_Delegitimization⠀⇛ On January 19, during one of its raids in the Occupied West Bank, the Israeli military arrested a Palestinian journalist, Abdul Muhsen Shalaldeh, near the town of Al-Khalil (Hebron). This is just the latest of a staggering number of violations against Palestinian journalists, and  against freedom of expression. A few days earlier, the head of the Palestinian Journalist Syndicate (PJS), Naser Abu Baker, shared some tragic numbers during a press conference in Ramallah. “Fifty-five reporters have been killed, either by Israeli fire or bombardment since 2000,” he said. Hundreds more were wounded, arrested or detained. Although shocking, much of this reality is censored in mainstream media. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Patrick_Lawrence:_The_Pathology_of_Ukrainian Nationalism⠀⇛ What kind of people are these? I asked as I considered, in my previous commentary, the bottomless corruption and cynical theft that have lately bubbled to the surface in Ukraine. What kind of polity is this? What kind of country is Ukraine? To advance this line of inquiry […] # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Transneft_spokesman_reports_Ukrainian_‘shelling attempt’_on_Bryansk_oil_pipeline_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Igor Demin, the spokesman for Transneft, a state- owned Russian oil pipeline operator, has told TASS about a Ukrainian “shelling attempt” on a pumping station in the Bryansk region. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Ukraine’s_Tank_Problem⠀⇛ It seems to be a case of little provision for so much supposed effect. The debates, the squabbles, the to-and-fro about supplying Ukraine with tanks from Western arsenals has served to confirm one thing: this is an ever-broadening war between the West against Russia with Ukraine an experimental proxy convinced it will win through. Efforts to limit the deepening conflict continue to be seen as the quailing sentiments of appeasers, the wobbly types who find democracy a less than lovable thing. So far, promises have been made to ship the US M1A2 Abrams, Germany’s Leopard 2 and the UK’s Challenger. Others have alluded to doing the same thing – including France regarding its Leclerc tanks – but tardiness fills the ranks, and logistics will make the provision of such weapons a long affair. Re-export licenses will have to be issued, notably regarding the Leopard 2; training Ukrainian tank crews will also need to be undertaken. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Can_the_Military-Industrial_Complex_Be Tamed?⠀⇛ My name is Bill Astore and I’m a card-carrying member of the military-industrial complex (MIC). Sure, I hung up my military uniform for the last time in 2005. Since 2007, I’ve been writing articles for TomDispatch focused largely on critiquing that same MIC and America’s permanent war economy. I’ve written against this country’s wasteful and unwise wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, its costly and disastrous weapons systems, and its undemocratic embrace of warriors and militarism. Nevertheless, I remain a lieutenant colonel, if a retired one. I still have my military ID card, if only to get on bases, and I still tend to say “we” when I talk about my fellow soldiers, Marines, sailors, and airmen (and our “guardians,” too, now that we have a Space Force). # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ New_Pentagon_Rules_Keep_Many_Military_Court Records_Secret⠀⇛ In 2016, Congress passed a law that was supposed to make the military justice system more transparent, instructing the U.S. military’s six branches to give the public broader access to court records. Seven years later, the Department of Defense has finally issued guidelines for how the services should comply with the law, but they fall far short of the transparency lawmakers intended. Caroline Krass, general counsel for the Defense Department, told officials from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard and Space Force in a memorandum last month that they could mostly continue doing what they have been for years: keep many court records secret from the public. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ War_Racketeers_Won’t_Reform_Themselves⠀⇛ My name is Bill Astore and I’m a card-carrying member of the military-industrial complex (MIC). # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Barrett_Strong_Wrote_America’s_Most_Urgent Anti-War_Song⠀⇛ When Bruce Springsteen updated his set list at the end of his extended 1985 tour, he added what he would later refer to as “one of the greatest anti- war songs ever written.” At a moment when millions of Americans were afraid that the Reagan administration’s deadly interventions in Central America could eventually see US troops sent to the region, Springsteen would pause toward the close of his marathon concerts and declare, as he did at the Los Angeles Coliseum on September 30 of that year:1 # ⚓ CNN ☛ Russian_missile_strike_sends_terrified_civilians scrambling_to_find_shelter⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ NATO_press_South_Korea_to_provide_arms to_Ukraine⠀⇛ NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged South Korea to provide military support to Ukraine, saying the country is in urgent need of ammunition, stresses “The Wall Street Journal”. Mr. Stoltenberg met with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_initiates_Baltic_appeal_to_bar_Russian athletes_from_Paris_Olympics⠀⇛ Lithuania’s minister for sports is initiating an appeal, to be joined by the other Baltic countries, asking the International Olympic Committee to not allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to take part in the 2024 Olympic Games. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ I_Will_Fight_the_Forgetting_of_Homs, Syria⠀⇛ Homs was the capital of the Syrian revolution. Now it is a footnote, but not to me. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Philippines_grants_US_access_to_more_military_sites amid_tensions_over_Taiwan⠀⇛ The 2 sides announced the move at a meeting between their defense chiefs. # ⚓ Spiegel ☛ Accusations_of_Colonialist_Thinking:_Ukrainians Angered_By_Messages_from_Russian_Opposition_Leader_Navalny⠀⇛ Alexei Navalny has been opposing the war and the Kremlin from prison. But many Ukrainians distrust him. They accuse the Russian opposition leader and other dissident figures of exploiting their suffering for their own gain. # ⚓ Site36 ☛ ATM_bombers_in_Germany:_Successes_against_„Audi gang“⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukrainian_Finance_Ministry_says_Kyiv_will_need_$3 billion_per_month_in_foreign_assistance_throughout_2023_— Meduza⠀⇛ Ukrainian Deputy Finance Minister Olga Zykova said Thursday that the country will need approximately $3 billion of international financing per month throughout 2023, the ministry’s press service reported. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Modern_weaponry_should_protect_ordinary_Russians’ What_speechwriters_are_planning_for_Vladimir_Putin’s_overdue Federal_Assembly_address_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian president is required by law to address parliament at least once a year, but Vladimir Putin has shirked that rule twice: first in 2017 and again in 2022. What was supposed to be the 2017 address was eventually delivered in March 2018, but the president’s 2022 speech still hasn’t happened. Last month, journalist Farida Rustamova reported that the president’s speechwriters were still working on the address, and shortly after, two Russian state news outlets reported that it will likely take place in late February. Now, Meduza special correspondent Andrey Pertsev has learned from sources close to the Putin administration what the president is likely to say when he finally addresses lawmakers. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Atlanta’s_“Cop_City”_Moves_Ahead_After Police_Kill_1_Protester_&_Charge_19_with_Domestic_Terrorism⠀⇛ Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens announced Tuesday that a proposed $90 million police training facility known as “Cop City” is moving forward, despite growing opposition and the police killing of a forest defender. Just weeks ago, law enforcement officers — including a SWAT team — were violently evicting protesters who had occupied a wooded area outside the center, when they shot and killed a longtime activist and charged 19 with domestic terrorism. The activists have been camping out in Weelaunee Forest for months to prevent its destruction. Mayor Dickens vowed to address their concerns, but protesters have vowed that Cop City will not be built. We speak with investigative reporter Alleen Brown, who says the “flimsy” domestic terrorism charges appear to be part of a strategy to undermine the protest movement rather than respond to an actual threat to public safety. “These charges may not be meant to stick. Perhaps instead it’s meant to send a message,” she says. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ What_the_Charges_Against_the_Cops_Who_Killed Tyre_Nichols_Really_Mean⠀⇛ The five officers who beat Tyre Nichols to death have been charged by the state of Tennessee with murder in the second degree. Perhaps because of the race of the officers, we have been spared the usual mewling from the copaganda brigades arguing that the officers did nothing wrong and shouldn’t be charged with any crime. But there has been some debate about whether the cops have been charged with the right crime. That discussion has been complicated by the fact that the legal definitions of various criminal homicides—manslaughter, murder, and the various degrees of each—don’t always match up with our colloquial understanding of these terms. “Murder in the first degree” sounds more murder-y than “murder in the second degree,” while “voluntary manslaughter” sounds like a fancy lawyer trick to help murderers escape accountability. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “No_More”:_At_Tyre_Nichols_Funeral,_VP Harris,_Rev._Sharpton_Join_Family,_Demand_Police Accountability⠀⇛ We air excerpts from the funeral of Tyre Nichols, whose death on January 10 after a brutal police beating sparked protests across the country. “On the night of January 7, my brother was robbed of his life, his passions and his talents — but not his light,” said Nichols’s sister Keyana Dixon. We also feature remarks from Reverend Al Sharpton and Vice President Kamala Harris. “This violent act was not in pursuit of public safety,” said Harris. “It was not in the interest of keeping the public safe, because, one must ask: Was not it in the interest of keeping the public safe that Tyre Nichols would be with us today?” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Tyre_Nichols⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Cops!⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ As_Mourners_Gather_for_Tyre_Nichols’s_Funeral, Calls_Grow_for_Abolition⠀⇛ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Howard_Prof._Justin_Hansford_&_Abolitionist Andrea_Ritchie_on_Tyre_Nichols_&_Calls_for_No_More_Police⠀⇛ Mourners gathered in Memphis, Tennessee, Wednesday for the funeral of Tyre Nichols, who died on January 10, three days after being severely beaten by five police officers following a traffic stop near his home. The funeral will be held at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church. Expected attendees include Vice President Kamala Harris and relatives of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, two other Black Americans who were killed by police violence. We discuss national responses to police violence and calls to abolish the police with two guests. Justin Hansford is a professor at Howard University School of Law and the founder and executive director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center. Hansford is also the first American nominated and elected to the United Nations Permanent Forum for People of African Descent. Andrea Ritchie is a lawyer and organizer who has worked on policing and criminalization issues for over 30 years. Ritchie is the author of several books, including, most recently, “No More Police: A Case for Abolition,” co-authored with Mariame Kaba. # ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ Suspicions_of_state_security_set-up_in Germany’s_far-right_‘coup’⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ At_least_three_killed_by_Russian_missile_strike_on Kramatorsk_apartment_building_—_Meduza⠀⇛ At least three people died and at least 18 were injured as a result of a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Wednesday evening, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service. Eight people were reportedly hospitalized. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ FL_GOP_Bills_Would_End_Requirement_for_Unanimous Juries_on_Death_Penalty⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Talented_and_reliable’:_Ramzan_Kadyrov’s_26-year- old_nephew_appointed_Chechnya_vice_premier_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Khamzat Kadyrov, Chechnya Governor Ramzan Kadyrov’s 26-year-old nephew, has been appointed deputy prime minister for private property and real estate in Chechnya. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kyiv_calls_on_Georgia_to_‘stop_tormenting’ imprisoned_ex-president_Mikheil_Saakashvili_and_return_him_to Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has called on the Republic of Georgia to return the imprisoned politician Mikheil Saakashvili to Ukraine. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Biden_Administration_Expected_to_Approve_a “Climate_Disaster_in_Waiting”⠀⇛ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Radioactive_capsule_site_in_WA_cleared of_contamination⠀⇛ Authorities say no contamination has been detected at the site where a tiny radioactive capsule was discovered in outback WA. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Croatia_to_pay_$235_million_in damages_to_Hungarian_oil_giant_MOL⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Shell_Is_Richer_Because_We’re Poorer’:_UK_Oil_Giant_Sees_Record_$40_Billion_Profit⠀⇛ The London-based oil giant Shell reported Thursday that its profits more than doubled in 2022 to a record $40 billion as households across Europe struggled to heat their homes, a crisis that campaigners blamed on the fossil fuel industry’s price gouging. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ UK_Minister_Steve_Baker_Receives_£10k_from Chair_of_Tufton_St._Climate_Denial_Group⠀⇛ A minister in Rishi Sunak’s government who has been a fierce opponent of climate action received £10,000 from the chair of the UK’s main climate science denial group last month. Wycombe MP Steve Baker stepped down as a trustee of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) in September, when then Prime Minister Liz Truss made him Minister of State for Northern Ireland – a post he still holds under Rishi Sunak, Truss’s replacement. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ China’s_New_100_MPH_Train_Runs_On_Hydrogen And_Supercaps⠀⇛ Electric cars are very much en vogue right now, as the world tries to clean up on emissions and transition to a more sustainable future. However, these vehicles require huge batteries as it is. For heavier- duty applications like trucks and trains, batteries simply won’t cut the mustard. # ⚓ Axios ☛ U.S._Permian_Basin_oil_production_—_and profits_—_have_surged⠀⇛ Production in the oil-and-gas-rich Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico hit records recently, juicing oil company profits and easing energy supply worries. # ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ Busting_three_myths_about materials_and_renewable_energy⠀⇛ This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. No piece of media shaped me more than the mid-2000s TV show MythBusters.  In the show, a band of special- effects pros tested out myths from TV shows or popular knowledge, like: Can a… # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ The_overjustification_effect⠀⇛ Richard Bartle recently talked on a “Crypto Circle” panel in the UK, which to my disappointment wasn’t about cryptography.Nobody_heeded_his_warnings, which sounds about right for those drunk on blockchain KoolAid, or turpentine, or whatever they drink. His comment about play-to-earn games introduced a new phenomena to me: [T]he psychological phenomenon known as the overjustification effect means that if people are doing something for an intrinsic reward and you start giving them extrinsic rewards for it, they lose their intrinsic motivation. Imagine if you were reading a book and were paid for every page you read: after a while, you’d be reading pages because you wanted paying, not because of the content. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Copy_And_Paste_Lithium_Battery Protection⠀⇛ Lithium batteries have, nearly single- handedly, ushered in the era of the electric car, as well as battery energy storage of grid power and plenty of other technological advances not possible with older battery chemistries. There’s just one major downside: these lithium cells can be extremely finicky. If you’re adding one to your own project you’ll have to be extremely careful to treat them exactly how they are designed to be treated using something like this boilerplate battery protection circuit created by [DIY GUY Chris]. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Wildfire_Destruction_in_The_Western US_Has_Doubled_in_Just_10_Years⠀⇛ Our fingerprints are all over this. # ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Possible_solutions_for_resolving conflicts_between_wildlife_and_farmers_living_in conservation_areas⠀⇛ Historically, the question of how conflicts between wildlife and farmers can be resolved has never had appropriate answers concerning conflicts of cohabitation between wildlife and farmers living in conservation areas. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Massive_Climate_Disaster’:_Groups Demand_Biden_Reverse_Course_on_Willow_Project⠀⇛ The Biden administration’s Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday published an environmental assessment that recommends partial approval of a major drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope, prompting a flurry of calls for the Interior Department to reject the plan outright and prevent any additional fossil fuel extraction in the region. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Advocates_Cheer_Reintroduction_of Bill_to_‘Restore_Critical_Protections’_to_Alaskan Arctic⠀⇛ Indigenous, climate, and conservation advocates on Wednesday welcomed the reintroduction of congressional legislation to restore protections and prevent fossil fuel development in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Consequences_of_Brexit_Are_Surfacing_as_UK_Faces Severe_Labor_Shortages⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Battle_Over_Budget_a_Great_Moment_to Envision_a_Better,_More_Equally_Prosperous_Nation⠀⇛ The State of the Union address and the forthcoming President’s budget are opportunities for the President to lay out a vision of the country we want to be and the policy changes that will help us get there. We are in a period of divided government and deep differences along party lines. Large-scale legislative change this year is unlikely in most areas. But to plot a course for the future, we must continue to grapple with the bigger questions about the nation we want to become. # ⚓ Reason ☛ National_Conservatives_Can’t_Find_a_Good_Excuse for_Viktor_Orbán’s_Inflation_Disaster⠀⇛ Hungary’s inflation hits 24.5 percent—the highest in the European Union—and Orbán’s price controls aren’t helping. # ⚓ The Local SE ☛ Income_inequality_in_Sweden_higher_than_at any_time_in_nearly_50_years⠀⇛ Income inequality in Sweden rose sharply in 2021, hitting the highest level since records began nearly 50 years ago, according to a report from the country’s statistics agency. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Analysis_Warns_‘Deep’_Spending_Cuts_Pushed by_GOP_Would_Severely_Harm_Key_Programs⠀⇛ After a private meeting with President Joe Biden on Wednesday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reiterated his support for steep federal spending cuts as part of any deal to raise the debt ceiling, upholding his commitment to the far-right Republicans who threatened to deny him the top leadership post. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ What_to_Expect_in_the_January_Jobs_Report⠀⇛ Most of the data going into the new year suggest that the economy and the labor market are still looking very healthy. The big question in the January report will be whether the labor market has settled into a place where job and wage growth are both slow enough to be consistent with the Fed’s 2 percent inflation target. Arguably, we were already there with the December report, but given how erratic the month-to-month changes can be, and the large revisions to prior months’ data, another month of data will be very useful in establishing the case. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ 750_Temple_University_Graduate_Workers_Walk_Off the_Job⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Enough_Is_Enough’:_UK_Workers_Launch Largest_Coordinated_Strike_in_More_Than_a_Decade⠀⇛ With organizers saying it’s entirely within the power of the United Kingdom’s Conservative government to ensure public sector employees are paid fairly, roughly half a million workers walked out on Wednesday in the country’s largest coordinated strike in more than a decade. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Warren_Calls_For_‘Landing_the_Plane_Not Crashing_It’_After_Fed_Hikes_Rate_Despite_Cooling_Inflation⠀⇛ Progressive economists and advocates on Wednesday blasted the U.S. Federal Reserve for hiking the federal funds rate an eighth consecutive time despite fears of a recession and impacts on working people. # ⚓ IBM Old Timer ☛ Are_Business_Schools_to_Blame_for_Wage Stagnation?⠀⇛ Several weeks ago I listened to a very interesting podcast, Are MBAs to Blame for Wage Stagnation, with Freakonomics Radio host, Stephen Dubner and MIT economist Daron Acemoglu. # ⚓ Breach Media ☛ PM_Trudeau,_there’s_nothing_‘innovative’ about_privatized_health_care⠀⇛ Private clinics have already failed to improve medical care across Canada, but don’t expect our politicians or pundits to admit it # ⚓ CNN ☛ Chelsea_just_spent_$600_million_on_transfers._Is_that even_allowed?⠀⇛ By all accounts Arsenal was very much in the running to sign Ukrainian superstar Mykhailo Mudryk during the January transfer window. As the current Premier League leader, the 22-year-old forward had the potential to be a pivotal addition in the title race. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Encouraging_Economic_Signs⠀⇛ New data suggests a promising possibility for the economy — that the U.S. avoids big job losses. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ OP:_Finland_to_tip_into_a_mild_recession in_2023⠀⇛ THE FINNISH ECONOMY will slide into a recession this year despite the alleviation of concerns about the energy crisis, predicts OP Financial Group. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Australia_chooses_to_honor_Aboriginal_peoples instead_of_the_British_monarchy_in_its_new_$5_bill⠀⇛ Australia’s new $5 banknote won’t feature Britain’s new king. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ CFPB_Praised_for_Proposed_Crackdown_on ‘Exploitative’_Credit_Card_Late_Fees⠀⇛ The Biden administration on Wednesday was widely praised for unveiling proposed regulatory changes that could save American families up to $9 billion a year by cracking down on unfair credit card late fees from U.S. banks. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Black_Taxpayers_Are_at_Least_3_Times_More_Likely to_Face_Audits⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Brazen_store_theft_on_the_rise_in_Western Australia⠀⇛ Fed-up store owners say they are taking matters into their own hands after a string of recent robberies. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Activists_Slam_‘Compromise’_Proposal_for Georgia’s_Cop_City⠀⇛ As Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond announced Tuesday that construction of the $90 million, 85-acre police and fire training center known as “Cop City” will proceed under what Dickens called a “compromise,” critics of the project had a resounding message: “Defend the Atlanta Forest. Stop Cop City.” # ⚓ FAIR ☛ Independent_Media_Need_You_to_Get_the_Word_Out_on Social_Media⠀⇛ “Liking” a post on social media might not seem like a high-impact action. But nonprofit media groups actually depend a great deal on their readers’ online engagement. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Progressives_Condemn_GOP_Effort_to_Oust Omar_From_House_Panel_as_McCarthy_Plans_‘Shameful’_Vote⠀⇛ Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and her progressive allies are denouncing the Republican effort to oust her from a key House panel as early as Thursday. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Watch:_Twitter_Files_&_the_Death_of Russiagate⠀⇛ Matt Taibbi joins CN Live! to discuss the implications of his Twitter Files revelations, including his latest on Hamilton 68 and its fatal blow to the Russiagate narrative. With Chris Hedges and John Kiriakou. Watch the replay. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘Freedom’⠀⇛ Can Oppressed People Ever Truly Be­ Free In America? # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ CELAC_Summit_Offers_Proposals,_Amid Divisions_and_Dissent⠀⇛ The 7th Summit Meeting of the Community of Latin and America States (CELAC) took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina on January 23. In their Declaration, representatives of 33 member nations, including 14 presidents, paid homage to integration, unity, and “political economic, social, and cultural diversity among member states.” They agreed “by consensus” to an all- embracing set of proposals and statements, 100 in all, and to 11 “special statements” on the situations of particular countries. As is usual, host-country president Alberto Fernández made arrangements and set the agenda. The one-day meeting included closed- door discussions and brief presentations by representatives of the various country. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Let’s_not_cling_to_dogma’:_Federation_Council speaker_suggests_freeze_on_state_budget_regulation_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko encouraged the senators to consider a freeze on enforcing Russia’s state budget and purchasing regulations until the end of the “special military operation” in Ukraine. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Petersburg_police_confiscate_anti-war_posters_the day_after_exhibit_opens_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On January 31 in St. Petersburg, an exhibit of Yelena Osipova’s work opened in the offices of a branch of the Yabloko political party. The exhibit displayed the 77-year-old artist and activists’s anti-war posters. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Science_research_and_development_suffer_as_10K Russian_companies_face_international_sanctions_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The number of Russian companies that came under international sanctions has doubled in 2022, reports Kommersant, citing data from Kontur.Prizma, a Russian analytics company. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ News_avoidance?_We’re_not_seeing_it,_say Sky_News_bosses_after_bumper_2022⠀⇛ Sky News averaged 9.9 million cross-platform users per day in 2022, up 13% year-on-year. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ How_Google_has_downgraded_importance_of news_websites_in_search_results⠀⇛ Data from SEO experts Sistrix reveals big losses for news domains in organic search in 2022. # ⚓ Matthew Garrett ☛ Matthew_Garrett:_Blocking_free_API_access to_Twitter_doesn’t_stop_abuse⠀⇛ Twitter will block free API access. This prevents anyone who has written interesting bot accounts, integrations, or tooling from accessing Twitter without paying for it. A whole number of fascinating accounts will cease functioning, people will no longer be able to use tools that interact with Twitter, and anyone using a free service to do things like find Twitter mutuals who have moved to Mastodon or to cross-post between Twitter and other services will be blocked.There’s a cynical interpretation to this, which is that despite firing 75% of the workforce Twitter is still not profitable and Elon is desperate to not have Twitter go bust and also not to have to tank even more of his Tesla stock to achieve that. But let’s go with the less cynical interpretation, which is that API access to Twitter is something that enables bot accounts that make things worse for everyone. Except, well, why would a hostile bot account do that? # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Senator_Calls_on_Apple_and_Google_to_Ban TikTok_in_App_Stores⠀⇛ Michael F. Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, cited national security, adding to bipartisan pressure on the Chinese-owned video app. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Spain_and_Morocco_renew_ties_with migration,_business_deals⠀⇛ The governments of Spain and Morocco have signed deals on managing migration and boosting Spanish investment in Morocco. They were among 20 agreements reached at wide-ranging meetings aimed at turning the page on diplomatic tensions linked to the disputed Western Sahara. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez applauded what he described as a trust-building step Thursday. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Trump’s_New_Platform_Goes_Attack_Mode_on Schools⠀⇛ Welcome to the 2024 GOP primaries. In a video recently released by Donald Trump outlining his education policy plan for his presidential campaign, he appears bathed in darkness and flanked on either side by sagging American flags. “Our public schools have been taken over by the radical left maniacs,” he brays. “Here is my plan to save American education, restore power to American parents.” He pledges that when he returns to the presidency he’ll cut funding for any educational institution “pushing critical race theory, gender ideology, or other inappropriate gender, racial, or political content onto our children.” He goes on to promise Justice and Education department prosecutions of “any school district that has engaged in race-based discrimination,” especially against Asian Americans, in a frontal attack on the already endangered practice of affirmative action. He declares his intentions “to find and remove the radical zealots and Marxists who have infiltrated the federal Department of Education.” His vows include assurances to “keep men out of women’s sports,” “certify teachers who embrace patriotic values,” dismantle “the costly divisive and unnecessary diversity equity and inclusion bureaucracy,” and establish “a parental bill of rights.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Disorder_In_the_House:_Frauds,_Dimwits_and Grenades_‘R_Us⠀⇛ House GOPers just turned their first Oversight hearing into bad performance art by raving about Biden’s (really Trump’s) COVID crimes to kick off their reign of grievance, paranoia and crackpot misinformation: Antifa = fascists, insurgents = ethicists, COVID masks = Taliban, Hunter Biden. They’ll get a good boost from veteran, defense contractor, teargas peddler and new Florida Rep. Cory Mills – “Soldier. Conservative. Outsider.” Fascist – who gave them a dummy grenade to urge, “Let’s come together and get to work.” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Biden_Wielding_DNC_to_Guard_Against Progressive_Challenge⠀⇛ 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. New polling underscores why Biden is so eager to bump New Hampshire from the first-in-the-nation spot that it has held for more than 100 years. In the state, “two-thirds of likely Democratic primary voters don’t want President Joe Biden to seek re- election,” the UNH Survey Center found. “Biden is statistically tied with several 2020 rivals, including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, all of whom are more personally popular than Biden among likely Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire.” # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Kevin_McCarthy_Appoints_3_Election_Deniers_to the_House_Ethics_Committee⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_US_House_Is_Not_Controlled_by_a_Bunch of_GOP_Crazies⠀⇛ An old political saying notes that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing. However, given the proliferation of today’s goofball culture wars and fanatical right-wing phobias, that truism should be updated to say: Evil swarms when power-hungry leaders unleash the crazies. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Our_Democracy_Is_More_Fragile_Than_We_Would Like_to_Think⠀⇛ Americans tuning into the television news on January 8 eyed a disturbingly recognizable scene. In an “eerily familiar” moment of “déjà vu,” just two years and two days after the January 6 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 labeled “the first major international imitation of our Capitol riot” seemed to be taking place. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_Debate_Democratic_Party_Should_Have_Had About_the_Iraq_War_20_Years_Ago⠀⇛ Twenty years ago this month, the U.S. was rushing headlong into war with Iraq—a war that has proven to be one of the most fatal and consequential travesties in modern American history. What follows is the story of how one congressman and I tried and failed to get the Democratic Party on record opposing that war. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Szijjártó:_What_the_US_ambassador_thinks is_completely_irrelevant⠀⇛ # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Hungarian_state_responsible_for_Syrian refugee’s_death_–_ECHR_rules⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Be_careful_what_you_wish_for_Ukraine’s_State Security_Service_raids_multiple_officials’_homes_and discovers_evidence_of_corruption,_including_hand-written dreams_of_mink_coats_and_more_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On January 31, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned about upcoming “staffing changes” in the Ukrainian government. The following day, Ukraine’s State Security Service and other law-enforcement agencies conducted a series of searches targeting prominent officials and businesspeople suspected of corruption. Among their discoveries were “manifesting” wish lists — and loads of embezzled money. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Federal_Court_Says_Election_Disinformation Isn’t_Protected_Speech⠀⇛ This is some bad looking precedent here. Everyone is right to be concerned about election disinformation, especially if that disinformation is intended to keep certain people from voting, but historically, it has been public officials facing criminal charges for voter suppression, rather than toxic Twitter trolls. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Sochi_woman_charged_with_’Nazi_or_extremist symbolism’_for_posting_‘Glory_to_Ukraine’_in_Korean_on WhatsApp_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A 38-year-old woman in Sochi has been charged with displaying “Nazi symbolism or symbols of extremist organizations,” a misdemeanor under Russian law, for posting a Korean-language status update on WhatsApp, according to multiple Russian Telegram channels. The status reportedly translated to “Glory to Ukraine.” # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Financial_Times_Sets_Up_Mastodon_Server, Realizes_Laws_Exist_(Which_It_Was_Already_Subject_To),_Pulls Down_Mastodon_Server⠀⇛ Here’s a weird one. With the rapid pickup of Mastodon and other ActivityPub-powered federated social media, there has been some movement among those in the media to make better use of the platform themselves. For example, most recently, the German news giant Heise announced it was setting up its own Mastodon server, where it will serve up its own content, and also offer accounts to any of the company’s employees, should they choose to use them. Medium, the publication tool, has similarly set up its own Mastodon server as well. At some point, Techdirt is going to do that as well, though we’ve been waiting while a bunch of new developments and platforms are being built before committing to a specific plan. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ CFL_Decides_To_Shut_Down_Cool_YouTube_Channel Promoting_Its_Product_For_Free⠀⇛ For sports fans in general, one of the great benefits of social media sites, particularly Twitter, has been the way highlights are shared across those platforms, both by individuals and, more commonly, by the leagues and teams themselves. Both Major League Baseball (MLB) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) have been particularly good at this, filling up timelines with amazing highlights nearly as they happen. It’s been great for promoting both products, with MLB’s Advanced Media division really driving more people to the sport with this sort of content. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ What’s_Driving_‘Irregular’_Cuban_Emigration to_the_United_States?⠀⇛ In 2022, an unprecedented number of Cubans arrived in the United States through irregular, or ‘illegal’ channels. Historically the United States has encouraged and weaponised Cuban emigration. Cuban migrants fuel US propaganda about the failure of socialism and about political persecution and the lack of freedom and human rights on the island. However, it is an issue which can spiral out of control, forcing US administrations into dialogue with the Cuban government in the past. The current surge is creating political problems for President Biden as his opponents exploit the issue for electoral gain. As a result, in January 2023 the administration introduced legislation that it hopes will halt the wave of ‘illegal’ Cuban entrants and that threatens to undermine the blanket privileges granted to Cubans in the United States. However, until the United States alleviates the punishing blockade that is suffocating the Cuban people, economic hardship will continue to drive Cuban emigration. The United States’ policy towards Cuban migrants is characterised by paradox and contradictions. In 2022, over 313,000 Cubans arrived in the United States, most of them without visas and entering from Mexico. This is more than double the previous peak of Cuban migration during the Mariel Boatlift of 1980. They were admitted after claiming asylum. However, these are economic migrants. Once settled, like many of the Cubans who preceded them, most will return to the island when possible to visit their families without the slightest fear of retribution from Cuban authorities. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ UN_Human_Rights_Expert_to_Conduct_First- Ever_Visit_to_Guantánamo_Bay_Prison⠀⇛ For the first time ever, a United Nations human rights and counterterrorism expert will visit the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a U.N. office announced Wednesday. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Will_New_Leadership_Make_the_UAW_Labor’s Vanguard_Once_Again?⠀⇛ The last time the United Automobile Workers had a truly contested election for union president, the radical sociologist C. Wright Mills was there to celebrate a new force in American life. Progressive ideas and the union-made intellectuals who advanced them, he observed, were coming “in live contact with power.” That was in 1947, when Walter Reuther and his caucus won control of every top office in a million-member union that Reuther, a former socialist, proclaimed “the vanguard in America.” # ⚓ Site36 ☛ Catalan_spycop_with_sexual_relations,_case_reminds on_Mark_Kennedy⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ For_Mixed-Status_Students,_Immigration_Reform Is_the_Only_Hope⠀⇛ Since Daymieri Ariciel Narvaez was a child, she wanted was to help her parents live without fear. As the daughter of undocumented immigrants, she dreamed of enrolling in the military so that they could obtain a green card and no longer be at risk of deportation. “I was always afraid that I wouldn’t find my parents when I got home.”1 # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Standoff_at_NYC_Hotel:_Asylum_Seekers Protest_Relocation_&_Demand_Their_Right_to_Shelter_in_City⠀⇛ Since last spring, nearly 42,000 asylum seekers have arrived in New York City, many sent to the state on buses against their will. The city says it has opened 77 emergency shelters and four Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers, but asylum seekers say the city has dragged its feet on providing job permits and permanent and humane housing. Many are now peacefully protesting outside a hotel not far from Times Square, where they were living for weeks until city officials suddenly evicted them over the weekend to move them to a remote warehouse facility in Brooklyn that contains 1,000 cots and lacks heating. Mutual aid organizers have rallied with the asylum seekers and vowed to fight the evictions. For more, we’re joined by Josh Goldfein, a staff attorney for the Legal Aid Society’s Homeless Rights Project, and Desiree Joy Frías, a community organizer with South Bronx Mutual Aid. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Leigh_Goodmark_on_“Imperfect_Victims”_and_the Need_for_Abolition_Feminism⠀⇛ Leigh Goodmark is a lawyer and advocate for incarcerated survivors of gender-based violence. She began her legal career by representing domestic violence victims and arguing for swift and harsh intervention. But she says her clients—and the system itself—showed her how ineffective these criminal interventions are. Now, she argues the opposite—that the criminal legal system fails to decrease or deter gender-based violence and punishes the victims of that violence. She is the director of the Gender Violence Clinic at the University of Maryland’s Carey Law School and is frequently called upon by the media to contextualize criminal cases in which survivors of violence are prosecuted for acts of survival, such as Tracy McCarter, whose charges were eventually dropped. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_suspends_applications_for_biometric passports_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s official government services portal, Gosuslugi, announced Thursday that the government has temporarily stopped accepting applications for biometric foreign passports. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Deference_to_Religion_Has_No_Place_in_Higher Education⠀⇛ I had never heard of Hamline, a small private liberal arts university in St. Paul, Minn., until it burst into the headlines after a fracas over a picture of the Prophet Muhammad. In brief, Erika López Prater, an adjunct professor of art history, showed a celebrated 14th-century Persian miniature in her online class, having prepared her students ahead of time. Prater warned them in the syllabus that pictures of holy personages, including Muhammad, would be shown. (No one complained, she says.) She introduced the class by talking about the history of such images, which some but not all Muslims regard as blasphemous, and inviting anyone who didn’t want to see it to turn off their video. No one did, but after class, Aram Wedatalla, a business major and head of the Muslim Student Association, complained to the administration. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Cord_Cutting_Is_Hitting_Comcast_Harder_Than Ever⠀⇛ For a while there, everybody’s least favorite cable company, Comcast, was weathering the cord cutting revolution fairly well. The company’s losses on the cable TV side could simply be recouped over on its broadband side, where a monopoly protected it from having to actually, you know, try. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Four_policy_proposals_up_for_community_discussion at_APNIC_55⠀⇛ Have your say on the policy proposals up for discussion at the APNIC 55 OPM. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Dynamic_IP_Deals_entity_AuthWallet financial_transactions_patent_held_invalid⠀⇛ On January 31, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Authwallet, LLC holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,292,852 unpatentable. Owned by AuthWallet, LLC, an NPE and subsidiary of Dynamic IP Deals, the ’852 generally relates to transaction processing services. It has been asserted against CitiGroup, Square, American Express, Starbucks, and Nordstrom. # ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ EPO_consultation_on_EPC_and_PCT- EPO_Guidelines [Ed: As expected, this blog relays EPO propaganda for criminals who hijacked the EPO and try to maintain the illusion that they follow the rules]⠀⇛ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ DoNotPay_Promotes_Itself_As_Helping_You Get_Out_Of_Subscriptions,_But_Keeps_Charging_Customers After_Telling_Them_Their_Own_Accounts_Are_Closed⠀⇛ We’ve been writing a bunch lately about DoNotPay, the massively hyped up “AI lawyer” run by Stanford dropout* Joshua Browder. Again, the company has received a ton of publicity regarding its “robot lawyer,” often from some of the publicity stunts that Browder pulls. Again, I think the underlying concept of using technology to help people solve problems is a good one. And that can include helping them to get better access to useful information that was, historically, kept behind expensive legal gates. # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ CC’s_#BetterSharing_Collection_| February:_Sharing_Brightens_The_Future⠀⇛ Each month throughout 2023, we will be spotlighting a different CC-licensed illustration from the collection on our social media headers and the CC blog. For February, we’re excited to showcase “Sharing Brightens The Future” by Bulgarian illustrator and graphic designer, Teo Georgiev. The piece, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, was inspired by a quote from Biyanto Rebin, an open knowledge advocate and Indonesian Wikipedian: # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Volunteer_to_Help_Shape_CC’s Global_Summit_in_Mexico_City⠀⇛ You’ve heard the exciting news that the 2023 CC Global Summit will be in Mexico City? Now you have the opportunity to volunteer to join the committees  that will help shape the program and evaluate applications for participant scholarships. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Top_Russian_Official_Thanks_Pirates For_Enabling_Access_to_‘Enemy’_Content⠀⇛ Former Russian President Dimitry Medvedev used Telegram yesterday to thank pirates who developed programs to enable access to “expensive intellectual products” owned by Russia’s enemies. In future, everything from movies to industrial software will be pirated, Medvedev said.. All that remains is the adoption of the rules. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ U.S._Identifies_Top_Pirate_Sites_and Other_‘Notorious_Markets’⠀⇛ The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has published its annual list of the largest piracy websites and other “notorious markets.” This year’s overview includes usual suspects The Pirate Bay, FMovies, and Rapidgator, but several IPTV services and even hosting companies are mentioned as well. The USTR hopes that by highlighting the threats, platform operators or foreign authorities will take action. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ That’s_A_Wrap_On_The_Public_Domain_Game Jam!_Check_Out_All_The_Great_Entries⠀⇛ At the beginning of the year, we kicked off the latest edition of our annual public domain game jam, Gaming Like It’s 1927! Last night, the jam came to a close, with a few submissions sneaking in right before the deadline and bringing us to a total of 20 entries this year. We’ve only just begun digging into the many games that were submitted, but we can already tell it’s a great lineup. There are entries from plenty of new designers as well as returning winners who created incredible games in past years, and games drawing on all kinds of newly public domain works ranging from big names like the film Metropolis to truly obscure deep cuts, like a 1927 article on homing pigeons from an ornithology magazine. You can (and should!) check out all the submissions over on Itch. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ kessoku_band⠀⇛ Yeah I watched another anime and now I’m here tk rate the album of the anime band. I would be talking about bocchi the anime except I feel like I still haven’t know the anime well enough to talk about it in the way I wanted to. # ⚓ Get_Busy_Writing_Your_Thesis_or_Get_Busy_Dying⠀⇛ I’ve been chugging away at my thesis, sort of, in the sense that I feel like I’ve been treading water the entire time and have done absolutely nothing. In spite of this, my advisor thinks we’re making great progress! We’re almost done, he says. I struggle to believe this, but he’s driving this bus, so I guess he’s right? My brain has difficulty with viewing tasks in terms of smaller chunks, I think, and as a result it seems to think about things in binary. I have not completely finished this task, so it is not done. Progress is an illusion. Oddly enough, this sort of thing doesn’t lead to increased procrastination on my part (I do procrastinate sometimes, but not for this reason). I actually wonder if my workflow contributes to my inability to recognize when I’ve accomplished something. # ⚓ Wise_debit_card_and_corporate_green_washing⠀⇛ I am not totally against this product. Physical cards are still needed by many consumers and perhaps some of these changes help but seriously Wise just make this your one physical card offering, and give up on your non-”green” (but actually green in colour) card. As a side note, I do sort of like the no PAN printed on the card idea. Not for the green aspect but from an improved security perspective. Why are we still printing credit card numbers on all our cards? If you need the numbers you can get them from your bank’s website or app, store them in your browser and/or your password manager, or even write them down on a note you keep in a safe place at home. Or if you use Google or Apple Pay, your mobile device has the number as well. # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_UCINOSB_Wordo:_STOUP⠀⇛ # ⚓ Running_the_first_session⠀⇛ This is yet another page for Knives. I really want to structure the game into a handful of pages for players, ideally less than ten, plus a lot of how to run a game for referees. I guess I was motivated by my writing in German about how to run Dungeons (2022-12-26 Das Megadungeon Pamphlet). That’s why I posted a bunch of “advice” pages. # ⚓ fantasynamegenerators⠀⇛ I am a huge fan of fantasynamegenerators.com. I use it for so many different things. It’s obviously helpful with worldbuilding and fantasy/sci-fi writing, but I also use it for fake business names to practice logo design with, or for coming up with interesting sci-fi items to 3d model. Anyways, that’s not the point of the post. The point is that I was just looking through their list of generators and was so pleased to see that they have a “clown names” generator and a “clown names (evil)” generator. I just think that’s great. o § Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ When_the_EU_wanted_to_own_all_computers⠀⇛ Just found out that the EU commission proposal I wrote about last May is still underway. Their desire to monitor 100% of all communication is understandable, it’s for a good cause, but the only way to do that technically is if the are the admin user on every single computer (because otherwise people can still chat over Omemo, PGP, Matrix, or SSH+talk). So no more passwords, SSL certs, bank login, no more free operating systems, no more Jitsi or SSH or HTTPS. This law literally breaks all computing and the entire Internet. Which, if that’s what they really intend to do, they should just say so explicitly. The EU anti–all-computers-ever law. I can kind of see the appeal but I doubt business & politicians would, if they really understood that that was the ramifications. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ hey_look_i’m_famous⠀⇛ Hey look, somebody much smarter than I am wrote a detailed blog post about a random toot I wrote in thirty seconds with no though… # ⚓ When_they_didn’t_just_leave_it_in_the_ground_out_of_the goodness_of_their_own_hearts⠀⇛ Today I encountered a new argument: that since people living in that paradigm are seeing the everyday result of direct self-rule they learn to take responsibility for the outcomes of one’s decisions, and because of this inherent tendency, we don’t need a plan beyond liberation. [...] It’s not enough, though. I’m worried that there might still be malicious actors, and that the potential for resource gain is a strong motivator for exploiting externalities (such as drilling & burning fossils), that these two issues are stronger than the inherent tendency towards responsibility can handle. It’s been my own lived experience with ancom and alternative structures time and time again that someone outside wrecks it or finds a way to exploit it. Facebook and Apple cannibalizing free software into path dependency services is a well-known example. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ activity_pub⠀⇛ I’m wanting to run my own activity pub server. but I really don’t want to run mastodon, or pleroma, or whatever. so I’m writing my own bullshit. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 4971 ➮ Generation completed at 02:42, i.e. 50 seconds to (re)generate ⟲