𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Monday, February 06, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Tue 7 Feb 02:42:17 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/2023/02/06/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmThRRMSiG4d7sdvoDHkbadXpGHRSSHkbwtsGvLPbspyur QmaDZvshtCDhP46R6pesPCQho7F8zSFcXbxsuDiaeB2TKS QmfUdRqNSCSboGLECVPE1C1hKCce8KKuEQUVnW4P3yMZTp QmVAMsNB9rDRDMd5dTdT7FWjucNPbV9Sf85GWD1sK6JS1s QmYZB5opwBt7v72uzq6K2EZ6sWM5oV79wVzFdq8kThb4wf QmZvsSxYDJgp5bsLr3MEwXHCgAm1aYMF8K8hPKiYkSAUX4 QmUDQpqfCd54yZUtVTP1MS4ftSbFYX5pxJd6EiK22w7vVD QmRheVwyBoWpNZy7SeG2521qpyibe47XJkYUj8i1DqEaBf QmTbEVdKr9BDpRERsQf4pzrxBWAxqYjWiz4D7tHPWP23Xr QmTzU5jib61mC1u41k5rv8ogSts3JaWyjewoajVPD5g57m QmVtrAasZaunyUmUK2Ux1CtNtbdMWCLBTYQzmeLrKKykBg QmYV3WS2gpVGuPpGL214RmMcjMk45cBmmXgM7VBxCDEv4H QmamtVaJ1jkVqwTRHeheoiVfr7r3ijZpHVWct6WE9FvhVN QmbFDooXZn997QjZY3cCKWM82PnZJjTTiaSSMufBXjiNXP QmXU8EhJFQRtv8o2V6scWUz5kebeKRmyZa6mEimNyZLPtm Qmb399zeJfbfeD2xUcMf2JDeQPEXQZXKB4r2KNpE2YN16j QmVaSG1ALmtpgw3bqUgN2o37FRRRvK92JA5SKGzkigi5Qg QmXe8bt58f7QFPCzPjfHLJEDufxCy9LYEr1x5WRuwvvwxd QmXCyRSEqZvXQpdJJgNTZ2SmscGBN8faNeNbNZcV8zoX6D QmbqEc6DR3dJD1Zez6UEB9NiyCWswQvsYE1yFxnM6ghvgG QmaVY3HqyuHpVGyMxeT4Bud2vNW78oYnx8dJCM6ZZK5ziE ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Reality Versus Fiction: EPO Insiders Versus EPO Web Site and UPC ’Churnalists’ | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Sunday, February 05, 2023 | Techrights ⦿ Taking Back Control or Seizing Autonomy Over the News Cycle (Informing People, Culling the Marketing) | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/02/06/epo-reality-versus-fiction/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/02/06/irc-log-050223/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/02/06/more-video-discussion-mobile-phones-and-microsoft/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/02/06/links-06022023-sparky-6-6/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/02/06/linux-6-2-rc7/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/02/06/many-political-issues/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 55 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/02/06/epo-reality-versus-fiction/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/02/06/epo-reality-versus-fiction/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 02.06.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Reality_Versus_Fiction:_EPO_Insiders_Versus_EPO_Web_Site_and_UPC ‘Churnalists’⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Patents at 8:53 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 393d7ab5d3511e0dbef05a5974488a71 EPO Staff, Site, and Propaganda Network Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/epo-unrest-2023.webm Summary: The “official” sources of the European Patent Office (EPO), as well as the sedated “media” that the EPO is bribing for further bias, cannot tell the truth about this very large institution; for proper examination of Europe’s largest patent office one must pursue the interpretation by longtime veterans and insiders, who are increasingly upset and abused (they’re being pressured_to grant_patents_in_violation_of_the_charter_of_the_EPO) THE VIDEO above looks at this_new_staff_presentation [PDF] from the EPO, the EPO’s shameless PR, and Kluwer Patent Blog’s current_front_page (UPC and EPO propaganda galore). “The patent courts across Europe fear they might face the same fate as that of examiners, in effect being governed and abused by unaccountable corporate actors like Battistelli, Campinos, and their German enablers.”While it’s hardly surprising that suppressed staff and anonymous comments say a lot more than so- called media (they’re openly mocking IAM, the EPO’s unofficial mouthpiece), it’s worth registering what’s actually true and what’s patently false, sometimes even criminal. Only a few days ago the staff unveiled a survey and we said that “European Patent Office Staff Votes in Favour of Freedom of Association (97% of Voters in Support)”; staff representatives at The Hague (TH/NL) issued the following statement: § [LSCTH] General Assembly The Hague January 2023 – 97% in favour of resolution to end breaches of fundamental rights at the EPO⠀➾   Dear colleagues, On January 24th, 631 colleagues from The Hague participated in the hybrid General Assembly by the Local staff Committee The Hague (LSCTH).   As a result: * a resolutionurging the Administrative Council and the President toput anend to breaches of the right to freedom of association and of the right to freedom of communication at the EPOwas put forward and received 97% supportfrom 502 respondents. * 415 colleagues responded to a poll about the Bringing Teams Togetherproject with the following results: o 60% feel negative and 34% feel resignated about the move, o 92% declare that the recent changes including the move have affected their overall wellbeing with 53% indicating that it has affected them a lot, o 84% do not trust this will be the only move in the near future and 13% do not care, o 79% have no trust in the BTT project and its implementation at all. For more information, please see slides below:    Topic Slides 1 Staff representation matters 2023: mass emails, freedom of Page 3 association, call for candidates, vote on resolution 2 Salary Adjustment Procedure Page 13 3 Bringing Teams Together Page 23 4 Q&A     We received many questions from the audience and responded to many of them during the meeting. However, if any of your queries or questions remain unanswered, please do not hesitate to contact us [...]   We thank everybody who participated. Kind regards, Take care of yourselves and your loved ones,   Your Local Staff Committee The Hague (LSCTH) The video above does not discuss financial aspects of the dispute; with Benoît Battistelli and António_Campinos it was rarely a dispute about money but about human rights. When it comes to the UPC, what’s at stake is a lot of stuff, including European_software_patents. We strongly urge EPO staff, including the union, to talk about this. The patent courts across Europe fear they might face the same fate as that of examiners, in effect being governed and abused by unaccountable corporate actors like Battistelli, Campinos, and their German enablers. It’s worth seeing the comments in Kluwer Patent Blog. 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THIS past weekend, and more so yesterday (Sunday), we hardly published anything other than Daily Links. Instead we were developing various tools, for means of gradual improvement, in order to extend our scope of coverage, investing in a chain of commands that can better serve the site’s audience. “We try to cite more and more sources over time.”Unlike s***GPT, which I discuss in the video above, a set of tools can rely on human understanding and curation, with actual sources to be cited. We try to cite more and more sources over time. Seeing that the Web is getting smaller and search engines keep getting worse (for a number of reasons), we need to more properly assess what’s published and where. Some former news sites became spamfarms and some automatically generate their “content”. Some of the media just blindly parrots lies that come from any random company, more so if_it_becomes_a_paying_“media partner”. We need to respond to that, not relay that. With the EPO coverage slowing down a bit in recent years, and given that I’m not writing much about the company I left (anymore), we want to place greater focus on tech issues, including mobile phones, “apps”, and their impact on society. At the core we’re still all about Free software, but we must look ahead at other challenges such as software_patents and various malicious companies other than Microsoft. Yes, Microsoft is becoming less relevant each year (ignore the s***GPT noise machine; it is a paid-for PR campaign, not journalism) and we’re exceedingly worried about openwashing. It’s basically extinguishing a brand long associated with Software Freedom as the “business world” wants to do things secretly, in a proprietary fashion, while calling itself “open” (I should know; I left such a company 2 months ago after it had changed for the worse). “At the core we’re still all about Free software…”At the moment we’re in a bit of a “flux”, as we abandoned graphical RSS readers and are instead processing OPML files “by hand”*; over time, we believe, this will pay off. █ _____ * Mostly parsing, editing in a text editor, and joining; nothing over- engineered or overly complex, as those would be harder to maintain in the long run. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 401 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 02.06.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_06/02/2023:_Sparky_6.6_and_IPFire_2.27_–_Core_Update_173⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 11:23 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Applications o MakeUseOf/Technical o Games * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Devices/Embedded o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o GNU_Projects o Programming/Development # Python # Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh * Leftovers o Science o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Privatisation/Privateering o Security # Integrity/Availability/Authenticity # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ “Cumulative_Ballparks”_and_All_That:_the_Colorado River_Conflict_This_Month⠀⇛ Tom Buschatzke, director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources, complained to the press last week, after the deadline had passed for a consensus agreement between the seven states that share Colorado River water along with Mexico and 30 Indian tribes “They haven’t shared with us any cumulative ballpark … I believe it’s imperative we know the ballpark at least, and eventually the specific number, because it will be less of a gap to close on the necessary reductions.” o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ 9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup:_February_5th,_2023⠀⇛ This week brought us a lot of goodies, starting with the release date and codename of the upcoming Linux Mint 21.2 release, a new major LibreOffice office suite release, and continuing with more details on System76’s Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment and the progress to porting Xfce to Wayland. KDE fans got two new releases of Plasma Mobile and KDE Gear suites and Xfce fans got their monthly roundup of app updates. There’s also great news for Linux gamers with new Steam Client and Proton releases that bring support for more games, controllers, etc. Below, you can read the hottest news of the week and access all distro and software downloads available in 9to5Linux’s Linux weekly roundup for February 5th, 2023. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Revisited:_PyRadio_–_curses_based_internet radio_player⠀⇛ We really like PyRadio. The developer has spent a lot of effort in fine-tuning the software, ironing out tons of bugs some of which used to cause the software to crash. The implementation of Radio Browser is very impressive. Great work! PyRadio now runs radio-active very close as our favourite terminal-based internet radio app. According to the ps_mem utility, PyRadio uses around 33.8MB of RAM. We tested using mpv which uses around 91.8MB of RAM. # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Wordsmith_on_the_Linux_command_line_with dict⠀⇛ As a writer, I frequently need to determine the correct spelling or definition of words. I also need to use a thesaurus to find alternate words that may have a somewhat different connotation than the one I might otherwise use. Because I frequently use the Linux command line and text-mode tools to do much of my work, it makes sense to use a command line dictionary. I really like using the command line for a number of reasons, the primary one being that it is more efficient for me. It is also far more comprehensive than any one or multiple physical paper dictionaries, could ever be. I have been using the Linux dict command for many years and I have come to depend on it. # ⚓ OMG! 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Fortunately, you can install only the components that you require, saving you disk space and RAM usage. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Install_Nessus_on_Kali_Linux⠀⇛ Vulnerability scanning is an essential aspect of modern-day cybersecurity and Nessus is a well-known tool that provides a comprehensive solution for vulnerability assessments. It is a popular choice among security professionals and enthusiasts, due to its compatibility with Windows, MacOS, and Linux. So how can you download and install Nessus on Kali, a widely-used penetration testing platform? With this step-by-step guide, you’ll be up and running with Nessus in no time, equipped to proactively identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in your network. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Change_Root_Password_in_Kali_Linux⠀⇛ A system protected by default credentials is an open invitation for adversaries to exploit. It is highly recommended that you set a custom root password for your Kali Linux machine as soon as it boots up post-installation. In this primer, you will find the easiest and swiftest way to change the root password of your Kali Linux desktop with the passwd command or, if you forgot your root password then with the GRUB bootloader. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Fix_the_SSH_“Connection_Refused”_Error on_Linux⠀⇛ SSH is a network protocol that allows you to securely access and manage a remote system over a network. While connecting to a remote machine via SSH, you might have encountered the “connection refused” error. Experiencing this issue can be frustrating especially if you are a system admin and have to perform some tasks on the remote system on an urgent basis. Let’s look at some of the possible causes of getting the SSH “connection refused” error and methods to resolve it. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ McFly_Is_the_Best_Way_to_Repeat_Linux Commands_From_Your_Bash_History⠀⇛ Every Linux user knows that the most frequently used key combination is Ctrl + R. You use it to search through your Bash history for some fragment of text you’ve previously inputted into the terminal, hitting the combo again and again until you find the command you need. Stop your keycaps from wearing out by using McFly—a neural network-powered shell history search replacement, that takes your working directory and the context of recently executed commands into account. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Access_Remote_File_Systems_From_the Linux_Terminal_With_Termscp⠀⇛ Managing files on remote servers can be tricky, especially if you shun apps that take you away from the terminal. Sure, you can use SSH and SCP to browse directories and shoot files between machines, but, while simple and elegant, these commands lack the utility of a full-fledged file manager. Termscp is a feature-rich terminal file explorer, with support for SCP, SFTP, FTP, and S3, which allows you to interact with your remote machines through a friendly Terminal User Interface and copy files effortlessly. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Use_Pastebins_From_Your_Linux_Terminal to_Share_Text_Online⠀⇛ Pastebins have been a feature of the internet since the 1990s, and are simple text repositories where you can dump large amounts of writing, code, or any other type of documentation. They’re super useful if you don’t want to clutter up other communication channels with walls of text. Traditionally, you need to create an account with a website-based service to use a pastebin, however, with pastes.sh, you can create pastes without ever leaving your terminal. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Batch_Printing_and_6_Other_Linux_Printing Tips_and_Tricks⠀⇛ You open your document, you click print, you wait. You close the document, open a new one, click print, and wait… and so on. But printing really shouldn’t be that dull. We can send bulk emails with little effort; why can’t we bulk print with the same ease? Well, if you’re using Linux, it turns out you can. Via the terminal you can issue various Linux printer commands that basically make printing far more agreeable. A host of other terminal-based printing tricks are available on Linux. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ GNOME_Boxes:_An_Easy_Way_to_Set_Up_Virtual Machines_in_Linux⠀⇛ GNOME, a popular Linux desktop environment, comes with many default apps. The GNOME desktop’s suite of built-in apps can cover a desktop user’s everyday needs. Among GNOME’s apps is Boxes, a virtualization tool that lets Linux users emulate other operating systems. With this app, you’ll be able to get virtual machines working right out of the box. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Edit_Videos_on_a_Steam_Deck⠀⇛ The Steam Deck is a great gaming device, but it’s also a full-fledged personal computer. For many of us, it may be the most powerful PC in our house. With a powerful APU meant for pushing intense graphics, the machine is also capable of rendering video at speeds that can best what many of us experience on devices with Intel-integrated graphics. So if a Steam Deck is potentially your best video- editing machine, here’s how to get set up. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Install_a_VPN_on_Your_Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛ A VPN, or virtual private network, is one of the most important tools to maintain your online privacy and security. VPNs are available for Windows, macOS, and Linux systems, as well as mobile devices. As such, you can install a VPN on your Raspberry Pi thanks to OpenVPN. This is useful for avoiding censorship, region-blocking when streaming video, and various other tasks. Here’s everything you need to know about installing a VPN on a Raspberry Pi. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Choose_the_Best_Version_of_Kodi_for Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛ Your Raspberry Pi can do a whole host of things that will take you by surprise. That little computer can run as a desktop replacement, or even a retro game station, and that’s just the beginning. One of the most popular uses is as a media center. For Raspberry Pi users, the best solution currently is Kodi. It comes in a number of different guises, so which Raspberry Pi Kodi distro should you choose? # ⚓ 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. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Vanilla_OS:_The_Ubuntu-Based_Immutable_Linux Distribution⠀⇛ Ubuntu is a popular Linux desktop distribution, but some of its design choices have been criticized lately. What if there was a friendly desktop distro based on Ubuntu but kept unwanted changes out of the core system? Vanilla OS may be what you’re looking for. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Aurélien Gâteau ☛ Pixel_Wheels_0.24.2!⠀⇛ Hope you enjoy it! * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ IPFire Official Blog ☛ IPFire_2.27_–_Core_Update_173_is available_for_testing⠀⇛ The first Core Update in 2023 is ready for testing: IPFire 2.27 – Core Update 173. It introduces support for Qualcomm’s MSM Interface (QMI), features a kernel fresh from the latest 6.1 stable series, as well as the usual plethora of package updates, security improvements and bug fixes. IPFire users running 32-bit ARM devices should note that support for this architecture will sunset on February 28, 2023, as announced previously, and are advised to migrate their installations to a hardware architecture supported by IPFire now. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_to_improve_application_security_using _FORTIFY_SOURCE=3⠀⇛ Last year I wrote about thenew_level_for _FORTIFY_SOURCEand how it promises to significantly improve application security mitigation in C/C++. In this article, I will show you how an application or library developer can get the best possible fortification results from the compiler to improve the security of applications deployed onRed_Hat Enterprise_Linux, for instance. There are shades of previous articles about GCC. But that just goes to show how compiler features tie in together to provide security protection at multiple levels, from prevention to mitigation. First, we should take a closer look at the potential impact of_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3on performance and code size of applications. ✐ The performance impact of the new fortification level⠀✐ The_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3builtin improves fortification coverage by evaluating and passing size expressions instead of the constants seen in_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2, which generates additional code and potentially more register pressure. But the impact of that additional code appears to be trivial in practice. When I compared nearly10_thousand_packagesin Fedora rawhide, I found barely any impact on code size. Some binaries grew while others shrunk, indicating a change in generated code, but there was no broad increase in code size. # ⚓ Fedora Magazine ☛ Fedora_Magazine:_Join_the_conversation⠀⇛ U.S. politician Daniel Webster described the U.S. government as, “… the people’s government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.”[1]Similarly, the Fedora Project is “a community of people working together”[2]and it is “led by contributors from across the community.” [3]In other words, “It is what you make of it.”[4] o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Sparky GNU/Linux ☛ Sparky_6.6⠀⇛ The 6th update of Sparky 6 – 6.6 is out. It is a quarterly updated point release of Sparky 6 “Po Tolo” of the stable line. Sparky 6 is based on and fully compatible with Debian 11 “Bullseye”. # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ SparkyLinux_6.6_has_been_released_and_is available_to_download_now⠀⇛ It is the sixth update to SparkyLinux, also known as “Po Tolo,” and it is powered by Debian 11 (Bullseye), which brings with it a stable, secure, and reliable experience. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ EDATEC_CM4_Industrial_–_An_Raspberry_Pi_CM4 computer_for_IIoT,_automation,_and_industrial_control⠀⇛ EDATEC CM4 Industrial is both a Raspberry Pi CM4 carrier board and a computer for industrial IoT, control, and automation that expands on the company’s CM4 Sensing and CM4 Nano solutions with more features and interfaces. The system notably offers two RS485, one RS232, three analog inputs, two digital inputs, and one relay output through terminal blocks, as well as optional WiFi, Bluetooth, and 4G LTE + GPS connectivity, and a wide DC voltage range of 8V to 36V. # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Apollo_Lake_system_integrates_up_to_6x_GbE, 2x_LAN_bypass_and_2x_SFP⠀⇛ The ICS-I370 is a fanless industrial cyber security network appliance powered by the Intel Atom E3900 CPU series. Lanner’s ICS-I370 also includes 1x M.2 B-key for LTE/5G networking, 1x M.2 E-Key for Wi-Fi connectivity and multiple storage options. # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Register_your_project_for_Coolest_Projects 2023_now⠀⇛ Young creators, it’s time to share your ideas with the world! Registration for Coolest Projects is now open. # ⚓ Old VCR ☛ Instruction_fusion_and_a_real_serial_port_for your_virtual_KIM-1:_The_Incredible_KIMplement_0.3⠀⇛ Everyone should have the retrocomputing experience of a 1976 1MHz MOS 6502 single-board computer with 1K of memory, six hex digit LEDs and a keypad. One of the earliest such systems and one of the least expensive, you program the KIM-1 in 6502 assembly language right on the keypad in hexadecimal and it’s amazing what you could do with a system that little. You could even hook up a cassette deck and an external terminal and have a full system for just a few hundred dollars; MOS Technology (and later Commodore) consequently sold a ton of them. We first experienced the KIM-1 in high school and having grown up with Commodore 64s and 128s it was like meeting their long-lost little brother. We spent the whole weekend typing in hex opcodes and learned how to bang on the hardware and make it do surprising things in a space that small. That’s the very unit in the picture, still in my possession, and over four and a half decades old it still works. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Samsung_opts_out_from_including_this_handy Android_feature_on_the_Galaxy_S23_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Millions_of_Android_phone_owners_issued_urgent warning_over_12_dangerous_apps_–_delete_them_now_|_The_US Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Samsung_Galaxy_S23_doesn’t_support_this important_Android_update_feature,_here’s_why_it_isn’t_a_deal breaker_–_Times_of_India⠀⇛ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Google_Chrome_to_get_this_important_data privacy_feature_on_Android_–_Times_of_India⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmo China ☛ Xiaomi_12T_Pro_Grabs_MIUI_14_based_on_Android 13_Update⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Poco’s_latest_phones_are_running_2021′s Android_12_in_2023⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ How_to_get_the_old_Wi-Fi_Toggle_back_on Android_12⠀⇛ # ⚓ Geeky Gadgets ☛ How_to_block_Android_Phone_calls_with_No Caller_ID_–_Geeky_Gadgets⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gadget Bridge ☛ How_to_use_your_Android_tablet_as_a_second monitor:_Top_4_methods⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ How_To_Use_An_Old_Android_Phone_As_A_Tracking Device⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Reinvent_your_release_strategy_with_an_API gateway⠀⇛ One benefit of moving to an API-based architecture is that you can iterate quickly and deploy new changes to our services. There is also the concept of traffic and routing established with an API gateway for the modernized part of the architecture. API gateway provides stages to allow you to have multiple deployed APIs behind the same gateway and is capable of in-place updates with no downtime. Using an API gateway enables you to leverage the service’s numerous API management features, such as authentication, rate throttling, observability, multiple API versioning, and stage deployment management (deploying an API in multiple stages such as dev, test, stage, and prod). Open source API gateway (Apache APISIX and Traefik) and service mesh (Istio and Linkerd) solutions are capable of doing traffic splitting and implementing functionalities like canary release and blue green deployment. With canary testing, you can make a critical examination of a new release of an API by selecting only a small portion of your user base. o ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Open_source_Transport_Tycoon_Deluxe_rename OpenTTD_v13.0_is_out_now⠀⇛ Another classic free and open source game continues getting better, with the Transport Tycoon Deluxe remake OpenTTD version 13.0 out now. A business sim where you make money by  transporting passengers and cargo via road, rail, water, and air. o ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Some_things_on_Prometheus’s_new_feature to_keep_alerts_firing_for_a_while⠀⇛ The obvious use of ‘keep_firing_for’ is to avoid having your alerts flap too much. If you set it to some non-zero value, say a minute, then if the alert condition temporarily goes away only to come back within a minute, you won’t potentially wind up notifying people that the alert went away then notify them again that it came back. I say ‘potentially’, because when you can get notified about an alert going away is normally quantized by your Alertmanager group_interval setting. This simple alert rule setting can replace more complex methods of avoiding flapping alerts, and so there are various people who will likely use it. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Surfing_The_Web_Like_It’s_1978_—_Carbonyl⠀⇛ [Fathy] gets a kick out of doing odd things with Chromium, and Carbonyl is a clever byproduct of that hobby. In this case, it’s what you get when you connect chrome’s renderer to an SVG output module and then convert that SVG to colored characters on a terminal. See, html2svg is an earlier project, taking Chromium’s Skia engine and plugging it into an SVG back-end. And once you have SVG, why not render it to the terminal? # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Mozilla’s_Abandoned_Servo_Web_Engine_is Making_a_Comeback_in_2023⠀⇛ Servo is a rust-based experimental browser engine initially developed by the research wing of Mozilla but was later delegated to The Linux Foundation as a community- maintained project. Since then, no significant development has taken place, even though the members involved have been trying to do their best. Until now. Things are looking up for Servo in 2023, as the team behind it has shared a promising roadmap. Let me take you through it. o § GNU Projects⠀➾ # ⚓ GNUnet_News:_GNUnet_0.19.3⠀⇛ This is a bugfix release for gnunet 0.19.2. Note that starting with this release, we will no longer ship a verbose ChangeLog file in the tarball. The git log serves this purpose now. ⚓ Download links ⠀⇛ # gnunet-0.19.3.tar.gz ( signature ) The GPG key used to sign is: 3D11063C10F98D14BD24D1470B0998EF86F59B6A Note that due to mirror synchronization, not all links may be functional early after the release. For direct access tryhttp: //ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnunet/ A detailed list of changes can be found in thegit log, theNEWSand thebug_tracker. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ MaskRay ☛ Function_multi-versioning⠀⇛ GCC supports some function attributes for function multi-versioning: a way for a function to have multiple implementations, each using a different set of ISA extensions. A function attribute specifies different requirements of ISA extensions. The generated program decodes the CPU model and features at run-time, and picks the most restrictive implementation which is satisfied by the CPU, assuming that the most restrictive implementation has the best performance. # ⚓ Ciprian Dorin Craciun ☛ Binary_to_text_encoding_—_state_of the_art_and_missed_opportunities⠀⇛ Setting computing history aside, some of the dinosaurs that still require them (like SMTP), and various esotericisms (like data: URI’s), not many people use such encoding schemes. There are however still a few cases where they are the proper tool, like for example: [...] # ⚓ Ciprian Dorin Craciun ☛ Another_take_on_the_binary_to_text encoding⠀⇛ This is my own take on “all token related swiss army knife tool”, that besides generating passwords / passphrases and other tokens, has this nice exchange armor / exchange dearmor sub-command that tries to put together in a unique package some of the features I’ve discussed in the mentioned article. Please note that at the moment the format is experimental, and most likely prone to backward incompatible changes! # ⚓ Vincent Bernat ☛ Fast_and_dynamic_encoding_of_Protocol Buffers_in_Go⠀⇛ I use the following code to benchmark both the decoding and encoding process. Initially, the Decode() method is a thin layer above GoFlow2 producer and stores the decoded data into the in- memory structure generated by protoc. Later, some of the data will be encoded directly during flow decoding. This is why we measure both the decoding and the encoding.2 # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Chris Warrick ☛ How_to_improve_Python_packaging,_or why_fourteen_tools_are_at_least_twelve_too_many⠀⇛ There is an area of Python that many developers have problems with. This is an area that has seen many different solutions pop up over the years, with many different opinions, wars, and attempts to solve it. Many have complained about the packaging ecosystem and tools making their lives harder. Many beginners are confused about virtual environments. But does it have to be this way? Are the current solutions to packaging problems any good? And is the organization behind most of the packaging tools and standards part of the problem itself? # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hacking_The_Python_For_Loop⠀⇛ In the early days of C, you’d occasionally see someone — probably a former Pascal programmer — write something like this: # ⚓ IT Tavern ☛ Basics_of_the_Linux_Bash_Command_History with_Examples⠀⇛ The bash command history shows the previously used commands. By default, the history is saved in memory per session and can be saved to a file for later sessions. We will explore ways to show, search and modify the history in this blog post. I use RHEL and Debian-based Linux distributions and bash in this blog post as a reference. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Equipping_Rats_With_Backpacks_To_Find_Victims_Under Rubble⠀⇛ When it comes to demining or finding victims after a disaster, dogs are well-known to aid humans by sniffing out threats and trapped humans with ease. Less well- known, but no less impressive are rats, with the African giant pouched rat being the star of the show. Recently a student at the Dutch Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e) has demonstrated how these rats can sniff out buried victims, aided by a high-tech backpack that gives them a communication link back to their human handler. o ⚓ Brr ☛ Showering_at_the_South_Pole⠀⇛ In the following section I am deliberately ignoring an advanced strategy in the shower planning toolkit. I am, of course, referring to the strategy of prolonging shower time by varying flow rate, thereby obtaining more shower- seconds while consuming the same amount of water (again, water itself is the true metered commodity here). The calculations for Advanced Showering are left as an exercise to the reader. Returning to the topic at hand: What are we to do with our precious accrued 34.3 shower seconds per day? There are a couple options to consider: o ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_has_an_accessibility_problem_–_but_does_it_need_a national_airline?⠀⇛ Entrepreneurs believe Lithuania is losing millions because of bad flight connections. The government has chosen to solve the problem with subsidies to private carriers, although setting up a national airline – like airBaltic in Latvia – is ever on the table. o ⚓ CNN ☛ Dramatic_footage_shows_man_being_pulled_from_rubble_after powerful_earthquake⠀⇛ A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has hit southern Turkey, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake’s depth is 24.1 kilometers (14.9 miles), located 23 kilometers (14.2 miles) east of Nurdagi, Gaziantep province, according to the USGS. CNN’s Jomana Karadsheh reports on the earthquake’s impact on the region. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ After_the_Quake:_Photos_from_Turkey_and_Syria⠀⇛ The deadly earthquake was felt in at least four countries, with most of the casualties and the heaviest damage reported in Turkey and Syria. o ⚓ Earthquake_destroys_only_runway_of_Hatay_Airport⠀⇛ Authorities have previously been warned that the airport would be built on a fault line. Aid and rescue flights are currently prevented from landing at the airport. o ⚓ 7.4_magnitude_earthquake_hits_southeastern_Türkiye,_at_least_284 deaths_in_10_cities⠀⇛ At least 284 were reported dead, 2.323 injured, and 1.710 buildings collapses in ten different cities, Türkiye’s vice president Fuat Oktay announced this morning. o ⚓ Quartz ☛ This_online_platform_is_helping_relief_agencies_send cash_aid_to_rural_Somalia⠀⇛ For years, Somalia has by and large suffered through droughts, famine, flooding, and sustained terrorist insurgencies that mostly harm peaceful citizens. o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘Broken_Windows_Policing’_Gave_Rise_to_SCORPION_Unit That_Killed_Tyre_Nichols⠀⇛ Broken windows policing reflects racialized assumptions about what is disorder and which communities are disorderly. o ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ An_Interview_With_Ronald_Greene’s_Mother,_Mona Hardin⠀⇛ On Wednesday, RowVaughn Wells joined the grim sorority of Black mothers who have buried their children after deadly police encounters and then pleaded for those deaths to spur reform. Parents of other victims were in attendance at the funeral — along with Vice President Kamala Harris and the Rev. Al Sharpton. Tyre Nichols, 29, was blocks away from Wells’ home when five Memphis, Tennessee, police officers pummeled him after a short foot chase in early January. He died three days later in the hospital, his face a mash of swollen flesh. The officers have been fired and charged with second-degree murder. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Dishwasher_Repair_Nightmare:_Chasing_Down_3_Faults⠀⇛ It all started with a vague error code (shown in the image above) on [nophead]’s Bosch SMS88TW01G/01 dishwasher, and it touched off a months-long repair nightmare that even involved a logic analyzer. [nophead] is normally able to handily diagnose and repair electronic appliances, but this time he had no idea what he was in for. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Jupiter_Overtakes_Saturn_as_The_Planet_With The_Most_Known_Moons⠀⇛ Moons we never knew existed. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ NASA_Rover_Encounters_Spectacular_Metal Meteorite_on_Mars⠀⇛ Fragments of our Solar System’s beginnings. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Behold_A_Microscope_That_Sees_By_Squashing Things_Into_It⠀⇛ “Look with your eyes, not your hands” is something many of us have heard while growing up, but that doesn’t apply to the touch-sensitive microscope [Steve Mould] got to play with. # ⚓ Russ Cox ☛ The_Magic_of_Sampling,_and_its_Limitations⠀⇛ Sampling turns many one-off estimations into jobs that are feasible to do by hand. For example, suppose we are considering revising an error-prone API and want to estimate how often that API is used incorrectly. If we have a way to randomly sample uses of the API (maybe grep -Rn pkg.Func . | shuffle -m 100), then manually checking 100 of them will give us an estimate that’s accurate to within 5% or so. And checking 1,000 of them, which may not take more than an hour or so if they’re easy to eyeball, improves the accuracy to 1.5% or so. Real data to decide an important question is usually well worth a small amount of manual effort. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Ikea_Clock_Gets_Wanderlust⠀⇛ We always enjoy unique clocks, and a recent 3D print from [David Kingsman] caught our eye. It converts an Ikea clock into a very unusual-looking “wandering hour” clock that uses a Geneva drive to show a very dynamic view of the current time. The concept is based on an earlier wandering clock, but [David] utilized a different mechanism. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Southern_California_Regulators_Let_Industrial Polluters_Exceed_U.S._EPA_Guidelines⠀⇛ Critics slam SoCal air regulator for adopting weak emissions rules for the potent carcinogen ethylene oxide. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ In_New_York_Times_Op-Ed,_US_Physician Blasts_‘Lucrative_System_of_For-Profit_Medicine’⠀⇛ A U.S. physician took to the op-ed pages of The New York Times on Sunday to offer a scathing condemnation of the country’s for-profit healthcare system and his profession’s historical complicity in campaigns against universal coverage. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ House_Republican_Bill_Would_Force_Massive_Cuts to_Medicare_Benefits⠀⇛ # ⚓ Connor Tumbleson ☛ Air_Quality⠀⇛ So now I’m entering the nerd phase of logging some data. I started researching “open source air monitoring”, because I’m not going to buy another enterprise piece of monitoring technology that locks out features and changes terms (cough Canary). This was some tough research in a way because all my results fell into the following buckets: [...] # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ History_in_a_cup:_hot_cocoa⠀⇛ With the arrival of the conquistadors in the 1500s, that traditional chocolate drink began to evolve to the hot cocoa we know today. Hernán Córtes brought it back to Spain on one of his expeditions, and the bitter but delicious and exotic chocolate drink quickly became an indulgence of the wealthy upper class. (As with most imported foods — still true today! — cacao beans were expensive.) The chocolate-loving Spaniards omitted the chiles, added sweetener and served the drink hot, albeit still made with water. It would be another 100 years before “hot cocoa” spread to other parts of Europe. In London, where “chocolate houses” became all the rage, milk was substituted for water, creating a richer, more palatable drink. That idea was also imported, this time from Jamaica, where the president of the London Royal College of Physicians had first encountered it. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Reuters ☛ Italy_warns_[crackers]_targeting_known_server vulnerability⠀⇛ Thousands of computer servers have been targeted by a global ransomware hacking attack targeting VMware (VMW.N) ESXi servers, Italy’s National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) said on Sunday, warning organisations to take action to protect their systems. # ⚓ Politico ☛ Ransomware_[cracking]_campaign_targets_Europe and_North_America,_Italy_warns⠀⇛ The attack targets vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi technology that were previously discovered but that still leave many organizations vulnerable to intrusion by hackers. # ⚓ SCMP ☛ Italy_warns_[crackers]_targeting_known_server vulnerability⠀⇛ Italy’s national cybersecurity agency says thousands of computer systems worldwide exposed to ransomware attack # ⚓ Italy ☛ Massive_[cracker]_attack,_Italy_also_affected: “Dozens_of_national_systems_compromised”⠀⇛ The attack targeted VMware ESXi servers. The vulnerability exploited by [crackers] has already been corrected in the past by the manufacturer but, [ACN] points out, “not all those who use the currently affected systems have solved it” and the targeted servers, if lacking the adequate corrections, “can open the doors to [crackers] busy exploiting it in these hours after the strong growth of attacks recorded over the weekend” . o § Privatisation/Privateering⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Republicans_Keep_Saying_the_Quiet_Part_Out Loud’:_Pence_Calls_for_Privatizing_Social_Security⠀⇛ Former Vice President Mike Pence, a possible 2024 presidential candidate, has voiced support for a Social Security privatization scheme that the George W. Bush administration unsuccessfully pushed nearly two decades ago. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Finland’s_Most-Wanted_Hacker_Nabbed_in France⠀⇛ Julius “Zeekill” Kivimäki, a 25-year-old Finnish man charged with extorting a local online psychotherapy practice and leaking therapy notes for more than 22,000 patients online, was arrested this week in France. A notorious hacker convicted of perpetrating tens of thousands of cybercrimes, Kivimäki had been in hiding since October 2022, when he failed to show up in court and Finland issued an international warrant for his arrest. # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ Wladimir Palant ☛ Weakening_TLS_protection,_South Korean_style⠀⇛ This is achieved by means of a protocol called Transport Layer Security (TLS). It relies on a number of trusted Certification Authorities (CAs) to issue certificates to websites. These certificates allow websites to prove their identity. When investigating South Korea’s so-called security applications I noticed that all of them add their own certification authorities that browsers have to trust. This weakens the protection provided by TLS considerably, as misusing these CAs allows impersonating any website towards a large chunk of South Korean population. This puts among other things the same banking transactions at risk that these applications are supposed to protect. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ India_push_for_digital_sovereignty risks_more_online_surveillance⠀⇛ “Digital sovereignty has roots in the intent to control, and is tied to nationalism. There are economic elements too, as data is valuable,” said Prateek Waghre, policy director at digital rights organisation Internet Freedom Foundation. “The government has more leverage with local companies, which may not have the option of not complying – and that raises the concern that they won’t stand up to surveillance requests,” he said, pointing to recent cases of local media firms being hit with lawsuits when standing up to the government. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ India’s_aircraft_carriers_key_to Indo-Pacific_strategy⠀⇛ India is preparing to relaunch its INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier after a major refit, a critical step toward fulfilling its plan to deploy two carrier battle groups as it seeks to strengthen its regional maritime power to counter China’s increasing assertiveness. The former Soviet carrier acquired from Russia will joins India’s first domestically built carrier that was launched late last year, the INS Vikrant, in undergoing outfitting and sea trials. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Drone_shot_down_in_Russia’s_Kaluga_region_— Meduza⠀⇛ A drone was shot down in a forest near the Russian city of Kaluga on Monday morning, according to Governor Vladislav Shapsha. Suburban residents reported hearing the resulting explosion. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Chris_Hedges:_Woke_Imperialism⠀⇛ Woke culture, devoid of class consciousness and a commitment to stand with the oppressed, is another tool in the arsenal of the imperial state. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Ukraine_War_in_the_Light_of_the_UN Charter⠀⇛ The war in Ukraine did not start on 24 February 2022, but already in February 2014.  The civilian population of the Donbas has endured continued shelling from Ukrainian forces since 2014, notwithstanding the Minsk Agreements.  These attacks on Lugansk and Donetsk significantly increased in January-February 2024, as reported by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine[1]. Like all wars, this war is a tragedy for all concerned, — not only for Ukrainians and Russians, but also for the continued validity of international law and the primacy of the UN Charter.  Already NATO’s military campaigns in Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Iraq in the 1990’s and early 2000’s sorely tried the authority and credibility of the United Nations as an Organization.  These military campaigns conducted outside Chapter VII of the UN Charter rendered the United Nations nearly irrelevant, because the Organization was unable to prevent the illegal use of force or mediate peace.  The unilateral actions of a number of states were never subject to accountability, not even the grave war crimes committed in Iraq and Afghanistan, as documented by Julian Assange in the Wikileaks publications. NATO countries grossly violated articles 2(3) and 2(4) of the Charter, absent any Charter justification, since article 51, which stipulates the right of self-defence does not cover pre-emptive military actions. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Ariel_Sharon,_the_Butcher_of_Lebanon, Revisited⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Nostalgia_for_the_Cuban_Missile_Crisis⠀⇛ Sixty years ago, a crowd of us young people anxiously massed around a black-and-white TV in my college student union building. The US and the USSR were in an existential standoff. The US had deployed ballistic nuclear missiles in Turkey. When the Soviets responded by placing missiles in Cuba, the US demanded their removal or face dire consequences. We all breathed an enormous collective sigh of relief when Nikita Khruschev publicly agreed to withdraw the Soviet missiles from Cuba. John F. Kennedy secretly reciprocated by removing US missiles from Turkey aimed at the Soviet Union. The whole world rejoiced. A close encounter with a war, which could have threatened civilization, had been avoided. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ A_missile_strike_in_Kharkiv_damaged_a_residential building_and_a_university,_and_wounded_five_people_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Five people were injured in a missile strike on central Kharkiv on the morning of February 5. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Governor_of_North_Ossetia_and_members_of_the_press came_under_fire_in_Zaporizhzhia_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Sergey Menyaylo, Governor of North Ossetia, came under fire by Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region while visiting “the positions of Ossetian volunteer detachments and mobilized fighters from the republic,” claims Russian state news agency TASS. A film crew from the Kremlin- controlled Channel One television network and Nizami Gadzhibalaev, TASS editor for the North Caucasus region, were also there. # ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ Former_Israeli_PM_Bennett_says_US_‘blocked’ his_attempts_at_a_Russia-Ukraine_peace_deal⠀⇛ # ⚓ VOA News ☛ Mali_Expels_UN_Mission’s_Human_Rights_Chief⠀⇛ The Malian interim government on Sunday said the head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission’s human rights division had 48 hours to leave the country as he had been declared persona non grata. # ⚓ The Economist ☛ Russia’s_technocrats_keep_funds_flowing_for Vladimir_Putin’s_war⠀⇛ Vadim’s workaround reflects a larger story, as Russia reverts to primitive means to muddle through. Tough European and American sanctions, introduced in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine last February, were supposed to isolate the Russian economy. But with only half the world observing the measures, reality was always going to be more complicated. Traders in friendly countries like Turkey, Kazakhstan, India and China now facilitate the import of the restricted goods Russia needs, for a price. By September 2022 Russian imports in dollar terms exceeded their average monthly value for 2019. And these countries also take a large share of the raw-material exports Russia once sent to Europe—at a steep discount. o § Environment⠀➾ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Oil_Lobby_Prompts_Right-Wing_Media_to Save_Whales—From_Wind_Power⠀⇛ Republicans and right-wing commentators suddenly want to save the whales—and much of the news media is buying it. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ How_Worker_Ownership_Builds_Community_Wealth and_a_More_Just_Society⠀⇛ Community wealth building initiatives are taking hold in cities across the world, strengthening worker pay, local economies and democracy. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Job_and_Hour_Growth_Soar_in_January, Unemployment_Hits_New_Half-Century_Low⠀⇛ Labor Force Participation Measures Unchanged After Adjusting for Population Controls The January jobs report was far stronger than had been predicted, with the economy adding 517,000 jobs. There was also a big increase in the length of the average workweek from 34.4 hours to 34.7 hours, which led to an extraordinary 1.2 percent rise in the index of aggregate hours. The average hourly wage increased by 10 cents, bringing the annual increase over the last three months to 4.6 percent. The overall unemployment rate fell to 3.4 percent, the lowest level since 1969. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_Progenitor_of_Inequalities—Corporate Personhood_vs._Human_Beings⠀⇛ The word “inequality” is everywhere in the media. It usually refers either to race, gender, rich vs. poor, or other differences between human beings. Absent from the public debate is the biggest perpetrator of “inequality” against human beings—the corporate entity itself. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Progenitor_of_Inequalities_–_Corporate Personhood_vs._Human_Beings⠀⇛ The word “inequality” is everywhere in the media. It usually refers either to race, gender, rich vs. poor, or other differences between human beings. Absent from the public debate is the biggest perpetrator of “inequality” against human beings – the corporate entity itself. Ever since 1886 when a U.S. Supreme Court reporter, in a headnote for the Court’s opinion, wrote that corporations possessed equal rights under the Constitution, judges and corporatist legislators have equipped corporations with an arsenal of inequitable rights. (The Constitution makes no mention whatsoever of “corporation” or “company”). # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ As_COVID-Era_Funding_Dries_Up,_Activists_Fight Austerity_in_City_Budget_Battles⠀⇛ # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Hungarian_companies_included_on blacklists_because_of_their_presence_in_Russia⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Vladimir_Putin_signs_law_allowing_deputies_not_to declare_income_publicly_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill that allows lawmakers not to declare their income publicly. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Tax_Break_for_Big_Polluters_Is_Also_Starving Public_Schools_in_Texas⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Worker_Ownership_Builds_Community_Wealth_and_a More_Just_Society⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Enormous_Limitations_of_U.S._Liberal Democracy_and_Its_Consequences:_The_Growth_Of_Fascism⠀⇛ When it looked like ultra-right-wing forces, led by former President Trump, might win the elections to the U.S. Congress on November 8, there was alarm that democracy in that country could suffer a huge setback, potentially even the disappearance of the democratic system itself. As political analyst John Nichols noted, “The November 9 election could be the last for a vanished democracy.” After the results of the elections were known, it seemed that these fears were exaggerated.  Although the extreme right – the Republican Party – won the elections in the House of Representatives, one of two legislative chambers in Congress, it lost the elections in the other, more powerful chamber, the Senate, which continues to be controlled by the Democratic Party. Hence, there was an outpouring of relief in the U.S. media (except those close to the extreme right) assuming that democracy had been saved. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Bill_Gates_Sees_‘China’s_rise’_as_‘Huge_Win For_the_World’ [Ed: A "forum in Australia" invites Jeffrey Epstein's enabler to pretend to be political expert??? Grotesque. Lioning serial criminals.]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Case_of_the_Chinese_Balloon⠀⇛ During World War I, British forces sent up hot-air balloons to spy on advancing enemy forces. In recent times, a number of countries, including the US and France, have launched data-gathering balloons. The Chinese military last year reported favorably on many uses for such balloons, including for surveillance, communication, weather information, and communication. The detection yesterday of a Chinese balloon hovering over Montana, where the US houses ICBMs, probably falls into the category of military surveillance, though the fact of the matter remains to be determined. To my mind, the US has overreacted to the discovery, postponing an important visit to Beijing by the secretary of state. Granted, a Chinese high- altitude balloon should not have been floating over US territory; as Secretary Blinken said, it violated sovereignty and international law. Still, there are mitigating circumstances, to wit: # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Patrick_Lawrence:_The_Pentagon’s_Balloon Floats_On⠀⇛ Why is the Biden regime not making serious, vigorous representations in Beijing—threatening a break in relations, diplomatic expulsions, or other such retaliation for a breach of American sovereignty—about this “spy craft?” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ It_is_Balloon!_(1)⠀⇛ This is an urgent bulletin from FOX News (2). I’m Sean HaNutty along with Fucker Gnarlson. We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to announce that Top Gun Maverick has just popped a balloon. Let’s watch it in slow motion for the 6,752nd time. Yes, that’s Top Gun up there, and you see something – it looks like a large needle – pop the balloon. Down it goes. Excuse the interruption while we set this video to the Blue Danube Waltz (3), or the last 20 minutes of Phillip Glass’s Koyaanisqatsi (4). # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Whoever_I_trust,_I_appoint’_says_Kadyrov_of_his relatives_in_Chechnya’s_government_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Chechnya Governor Ramzan Kadyrov said he finds it “funny” when he’s accused of breaking the law by giving his relatives government posts. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukrainian_media_reports_that_Defense_Minister Oleksii_Reznikov_will_resign_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Ukraine’s Minister of Defense, Oleksii Reznikov, may resign next week, writes Ukrainian Pravda, citing sources in the Office of the President, the Cabinet of Ministers, and law enforcement agencies in Ukraine. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Guatemalan_Tribunal_Bars_Leftist_Presidential Ticket_From_Ballot⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Dismissal_of_Pedro_Castillo_and_the Political_Crisis_in_Peru⠀⇛ After being besieged relentlessly throughout his 16 months in office, Pedro Castillo was removed from the presidency on December 7 by Peru’s national Congress after he announced a gutting of the institutional order. Castillo’s attempt to dissolve Congress was followed just hours later by the move to “vacate” him, the third attempt during his term, and the first successful one. Without informing Cabinet members (except for the president of the Council of Ministers and the Minister of Defense), Castillo ordered the dissolution of Congress, called for elections to create a new one with the authority to draft a new Constitution within nine months, and declared a reorganization of the justice system. He also imposed a curfew and ordered the seizure of all illegal weapons, threatening imprisonment for anyone who failed to deliver such arms to the National Police within 72 hours. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Down_With_Public-Private_Partnerships._Up With_a_Future_That_Is_Public⠀⇛ Last month, we joined more than 1000 representatives from all sectors of civil society who came together in Santiago de Chile to debate the future of – and threats to – public services the world over. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Amazon_Reports_Almost_No_Profit_and Slowing_Growth⠀⇛ A year ago, Amazon had its most profitable quarter ever, with $14.3 billion in net income. But the downshifting economy and Amazon’s own attempt to roll back expansion plans cut into its earnings this year, hacking profit back to $278 million. The reduced profit included $2.3 billion in lower valuation for its investment in the electric-truck maker Rivian. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Alphabet’s_Profit_Falls_34%_Amid_Ads Slowdown⠀⇛ On Thursday, the company posted its fourth consecutive decline in profit as it grapples with a slowdown in digital advertising. Net income plummeted 34 percent to $13.6 billion, falling short of Wall Street expectations of $15.3 billion, according to data compiled by FactSet. # ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ A_practical_example_of_the_social_construct of_race⠀⇛ It is important to make sure you aren’t discriminating against people. And it can be useful to know the demographics of people who are interacting with you. And, sure, you probably want broad enough categories which are relevant to your culture. But… Are you measuring something which meaningfully exists? # ⚓ CNBC ☛ Meta_lost_$13.7_billion_on_Reality_Labs_in_2022_as Zuckerberg’s_metaverse_bet_gets_pricier⠀⇛ Meta’s Reality Labs unit recorded a $4.28 billion operating loss in the fourth quarter, bringing its total for 2022 to $13.72 billion. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ QAnon_Is_the_Latest_American_Conspiracy Theory⠀⇛ The first act of Kevin McCarthy’s tenure as house speaker was decidedly ominous: In the early hours of January 7, 2023, he posed for a congratulatory selfie with Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a far- right GOP colleague notorious for her early professions of faith in the shape-shifting hard-right movement known as QAnon. As she has moved closer to the centers of D.C. power, Greene has downplayed her past Q affiliation, blaming it on excessive Internet engagement. But her equivocations don’t explain away her other conspiratorialist and insurrectionist sympathies. Greene has since threatened in an online meme to gun down members of the left-wing Democratic “Squad” in Congress, and she recently introduced Steve Bannon at a Young Republicans event as someone who, along with Greene herself, would have ensured that “we would have won” on January 6, in no small part because the insurrection “would have been armed.” o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ India ☛ Illegal_Screening_of_Shah_Rukh_Khan’s_Pathaan Stopped_in_Pakistan⠀⇛ The Sindh Board of Film Censor has demanded the Firework Events to cancel its shows immediately and the screenings have been stopped. Reports suggest that most of the theatres which were screening Pathaan illegally were houseful. # ⚓ Dawn Media ☛ Illegal_screening_of_Pathaan_stopped_in Sindh⠀⇛ According to the SBFC, only films certified by them are allowed for public or private viewing. “No person shall make or arrange a public or private exhibition of a film by means of cinematograph unless the film has been duly certified for public exhibition by the Board.” # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Pathaan_being_illegally_screened_in Pakistan,_Sindh_Board_of_Films_Censor_stops_screenings⠀⇛ A different report in the Pakistani daily also shared details of the screening, revealing that it was supposed to be “not HD, but really good and clear”. It added that the screen size was 8ft by 10ft, confirming that it was not a regular movie theatre screening Pathaan. In 2019, Indian filmmakers and producers decided against working with any Pakistani artists and Pakistani filmmakers made a similar decision regarding artists from India. The screening of films from each other’s countries also stopped then. # ⚓ The Express Tribune ☛ Lessons_from_the_censor_board:_Vasay Chaudhry_on_respecting_cultural_sensitivities⠀⇛ Although the reasons for the last-minute dissolution are yet to be made public. Chaudhry, who was not part of the team that reviewed the Saim Sadiq directorial, opened up to The Express Tribune about his time at the helm making “tough” calls. The 41-year-old, who has made numerous contributions to local cinema, also detailed why certain things can or cannot be allowed to be screened in Pakistan. # ⚓ Bismarck Tribune ☛ Letter:_Defeat_bills_that_aim_to_censor libraries⠀⇛ Bills SB 2123 and HB 1205 seek to censor library materials and to charge library staff with offensive books with Class B misdemeanors. Criminalizing library staffers does not advance social purposes. Libraries do not house “dirty books,” but they do feature multiple views about humans and their relationships. Library policies already allow users to object to materials and are used. # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ Nipple_ban_on_Instagram_and_Facebook reveals_how_bizarre_our_attitude_is_towards_different genders⠀⇛ Some campaigners hailed the news as a breakthrough. But there are no guarantees about what action these companies will take. It will come down to whatever best protects their interests and possibly finances, which could mean less change than people are hoping for. # ⚓ uni Harvard ☛ To_the_Editor:_Kenneth_Roth’s_Claims_Are Irresponsible_and_Warrant_Scrutiny⠀⇛ On multiple occasions, Kenneth Roth has claimed that donor-driven censorship led to Harvard’s decision to rescind his fellowship offer from the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. “If anybody was in a position to not let donors dictate,” he told The Crimson, “ — or not let donors censor — topics of academic inquiry, it would be Harvard.” Neither Roth, however, nor his most ardent supporters on campus have marshaled any evidence documenting the alleged plot by moneyed interests to censor him and hobble academic freedom. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Journalist_Veronika_Belotserkovskaya_sentenced_in absentia_to_nine_years_in_prison_for_‘disinformation’_about Russian_army_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A Moscow court has sentenced Russian journalist and food blogger Veronika Belotserkovskaya in absentia to nine years in prison for spreading “disinformation” about the Russian army. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Public_Security_Ministry_orders_detention_of controversial_academic⠀⇛ Nguyen So Lo sent books on how to improve Vietnam’s politics and economics to senior Communist Party officials. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taiwanese_monk_who_met_three_Chinese presidents_and_championed_reunification_dies⠀⇛ Hsing Yun, 95, died at a temple in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, a day after undergoing dialysis. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ After_46_Years_of_Imprisonment,_It’s_Time_to Free_Leonard_Peltier⠀⇛ Today marks Global Day of Solidarity with Leonard Peltier. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ “Revolutionary”_Housing:_How_Colleges_Aim_to Support_Formerly_Incarcerated_Students⠀⇛ On an unremarkable November morning, Jimmie Conner is hunched over his laptop at a dining table in an open-concept kitchen flooded with light. The fourth-year student at California State University, Fullerton, lives in the John Irwin House, a residence for formerly incarcerated students just over four miles from the CSUF campus. The house, in a pleasant Orange County neighborhood with a park, a reservoir, and horse stables, is furnished in a modular style. Two chairs by the fireplace sit ready for one-on-one tutoring, a cluster of ottomans nearby can accommodate a study group, and spaces to hunker down with a book or notes abound: a couch by the front door layered with pillows and blankets, a desk tucked into a corner, a fire table on the patio, and a backyard. Before living here, Conner was at a halfway house, and for the 14 years before that, he was in prison, most recently at the California Men’s Colony.1This story about Project Rebound was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Defend_the_Postal_Service,_Defend_Good_Jobs for_Black_Workers⠀⇛ Postal jobs have long been a road to the middle- class for Black Americans. The Postal Service began employing Black workers shortly after the Civil War and became a major source of good, middle-class jobs for this share of the workforce in the early 20th century. During the 1940s, civil rights advocacy, combined with wartime needs, created even more opportunities for Black postal workers. By the mid-1960s, their leadership had increased significantly, with the three biggest post offices in the country — New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles — all headed by Black postmasters. By the end of the 20th century, Black employees made up 21 percent of the U.S. postal workforce. # ⚓ RTL ☛ Iraqis_protest_after_father_kills_YouTuber_daughter⠀⇛ Another demonstrator, Lina Ali, said: “We will keep mobilising because of rising domestic violence and killings of women.” # ⚓ NBC ☛ Environmental_protests_have_a_long_history_in_the U.S._Police_had_never_killed_an_activist_—_until_now.⠀⇛ Lawyers for the family of Tortuguita, whose full name is Manuel Esteban Páez Terán, are questioning the police account of the shooting and say the GBI has not answered the family’s questions about the shooting. # ⚓ BBC ☛ Iran_protests:_Protesters_among_prisoners_pardoned_by leader⠀⇛ Authorities have portrayed the protests – which are still continuing – as foreign-backed “riots” and at times have responded with lethal force. Human rights groups say more than 500 demonstrators have been killed, including 70 minors, and around 20,000 have been arrested. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ How_You_Can_Help_Migrants_Amid_the_GOP’s Cruel_Political_Stunts⠀⇛ Last April, Governor Abbott of Texas began sending migrants from the US southern border to Washington, D.C., with Arizona joining soon after. The media attention around this program has largely quieted down, but the buses continue to come. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Pirate_IPTV:_U.S._Helped_Taiwan_Track Chinese_Pirates…..Back_to_the_U.S.⠀⇛ The suspected local head of notorious pirate box manufacturer Unblock Tech has been indicted in Taiwan. He stands accused of conspiring with Chinese partners to illegally obtain video content from 72 legal suppliers before illegally distributing it online via ‘overseas’ servers. The USDOJ got involved when servers were traced right back to the United States. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Magnitude_of_Canada’s_Piracy_Problem “Nearly_Impossible_to_Overstate”⠀⇛ The International Intellectual Property Alliance represents the interests of the movie & TV show industries, major recording labels, the videogame industry, and American publishers. In a report to the U.S. government, the IIPA says that Canada’s piracy problem is so severe, it’s “almost impossible” to overstate its magnitude. A laundry list of demands aims to put that right. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Credit/Debit_card_poll_results⠀⇛ Only 32 people voted so probably not truly representative but this is still interesting as it implies that card companies are further along with the transition than I had expected. Already there are (perhaps) more cards that are no longer embossed out there, than those that are. Furthermore, given the time to replace cards (some companies take 5+ years), perhaps no company (or very few) is making embossed cards any longer? Also of those unembossed cards, the majority already have their numbers hidden from the front of the card (at the very least). # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_DEZLQUI_Wordo:_SMOKE⠀⇛ # ⚓ Motion_picture⠀⇛ It was rather warm yesterday, for a change. I’m not sure what the high was, but but I didn’t have to bundle up. I had to head into town to run a few errands, and decided to do some video here and there along the way. In my last entry I wrote that I’ve been watching a lot of old videos of Tokyo in the 1990s, and it has motivated me to do something on my own, so yesterday I shot a few clips to get my toes wet. I am more accustomed to still photography than motion picture, and it’s an interesting change. Since I don’t have a video camera I used my iPhone, which is now a few years old but it’s okay, though it has limited zoom. # ⚓ Only_one_person_has_the_power_…⠀⇛ … to put you down. That’s only you! # ⚓ bookmarks_in_books⠀⇛ I want a better memory, to be able to recite good wholesome poems when quietly walking by myself, with no distracting tech. # ⚓ Album_#167:_Strangeways,_Here_We_Come⠀⇛ I always assumed I’d have a Smiths phase, as inevitable as a Beatles phase and a Bowie phase. It didn’t happen. This is the second smiths album to come up in my list, and now I’m fairly sure it never will. I’ve tried as hard as possible to set aside that Morrissey has become (has always been?) been a bit of an edgelord. It’s tough when that’s what he’s been famous for for longer than The Smiths existed. And maybe it’s why all the best moments of the album are the music between the lyrics – the times he lets the band shine. o § Technical⠀➾ # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ lang⠀⇛ languages are interesting because they are primarily irrelevant to computing, an implementation detail software creators handle that computers simply don’t care about. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2599 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 02.06.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_06/02/2023:_Linux_6.2_RC7_and_Fatal_Earthquake⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 3:34 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Links 06/02/2023: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o BSD o Devices/Embedded * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Chromium o Programming/Development # Rust * Leftovers o Science o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ This_Week_in_Linux_#217:_elementary_OS_7, Wine_8,_openSUSE_Codecs,_Ubuntu_and_more_Linux_news!⠀⇛ On this episode of This Week in Linux: we’ve got a new release from the WINE project, elementary OS 7 is out, we’ll get some previews for the next releases of GNOME and KDE Plasma. Plus we’ve got some news from openSUSE — Ubuntu and so much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews! # ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ Tux_in_the_Hen_House_|_LINUX Unplugged_496⠀⇛ Chris attempts to get Fedora 37 on his M1 Max MacBook Pro, while Wes and Brent try the “every distro at once” desktop. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux mailing lists ☛ Linux_6.2-rc7⠀⇛ So the 6.2 rc releases are continuing to be fairly small and controlled, to the point where normally I'd just say that this is the last rc. But since I've stated multiple times that I'll do an rc8 due to the holiday start of the release, that's what I'll do. And we do have a few regressions outstanding that Thorsten is tracking, so just as well. Nothing in here looks all that scary, and we just have smallish fixes all over the tree, in all the usual places. I think the single biggest patch is a race fix to zsmalloc, which I guess is fairly unusual, but I think that's more indicative of everything else being pretty small. We've got driver fixes (gpu, networking, sound, but a smattering of other stuff too), some core mm stuff (that zsmalloc one dominating), various selftest updates, and just random other things. The shortlog below gives the details. Linus o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Top_6_Google_Drive_Clients_for_Linux: Effortless_Access_–_Sync⠀⇛ Google Drive is one of the most popular cloud storage services available today. With the increasing number of Linux users, the demand for Google Drive clients on Linux is also growing. In this article, we will introduce you to the 6 best Google Drive clients for Linux, each with its unique features and capabilities. Whether you’re looking for an easy-to-use interface, advanced features, or robust synchronization options, you’ll find it here. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Remi_RPM_on_Rocky_Linux_EL9 or_EL8⠀⇛ REMI is a comprehensive third-party repository that offers the most recent and cutting-edge versions of PHP and its modules for RHEL-based systems. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_install_Nala_on_Ubuntu_22.04?_–_Improve APT⠀⇛ Hello, friends. In this post, you will learn how to install Nala on Ubuntu 22.04 Let’s see. Introduction Nala is a front-end for libapt-pkg. Specifically, we interface using the python-apt api. Strictly speaking, it is not a new package manager that will replace APT, but rather an improved form of APT. # ⚓ LinuxTechi ☛ Elementary_OS_7_Installation_Guide_with Screenshots⠀⇛ Hello techies, in this post, we will cover how to Install Elementary OS 7 step by step with screenshots on laptop or desktop. It is based on latest and stable Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. # ⚓ Real Linux User ☛ How_to_use_the_AI_image_upscaling_app Upscayl_on_Linux⠀⇛ AI tools are currently the talk of the town, both positively and negatively. # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ How_to_Install_Kali_Linux_in_VirtualBox_on Windows⠀⇛ Kali Linux is Debian-based Linux distribution, a powerful operating system for penetration testing, ethical hacking, and network security assessment. It is widely used by ethical hackers, security researchers, and penetration testers. It’s the ultimate “go-to” operating system for security and hacking workloads. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Kali Linux on VirtualBox on Windows. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Test_Your_Internet_Speed_from_the_Linux Terminal⠀⇛ Testing your internet speed from the Linux terminal can be useful for troubleshooting connectivity issues or for monitoring the performance of your network. The process is straightforward and requires the use of a few simple commands. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Remi_RPM_on_Rocky_Linux_EL9 or_EL8⠀⇛ REMI is a comprehensive third-party repository that offers the most recent and cutting-edge versions of PHP and its modules for RHEL-based systems. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Xfce_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or 20.04⠀⇛ The Xfce desktop environment is a popular alternative to the default GNOME desktop environment with many Linux distributions, including Ubuntu. Xfce is designed to be fast, lightweight, and highly customizable, making it an excellent choice for users who want a more efficient and personalized computing experience. # ⚓ Mark Hansen ☛ Send_Duplicacy_Backup_Notifications_with Mailgun⠀⇛ How to send schedule backup success and failure emails from Duplicacy with Mailgun # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ How_to_check_your_SSD_health_in_Ubuntu 22.04_/_Linux_Mint_21⠀⇛ This simple tutorial shows how to easily check your SSD health in Ubuntu and/or Linux Mint desktop. I’ve been running Ubuntu Linux on my old laptop for about 7 years. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ New_Release_Alert:_OpenSSH_9.2/9.2p1 Upgraded_with_Security_and_Improvements⠀⇛ OpenSSH 9.2 and 9.2p1: security fixes and other improvements were released this week, giving system administrators and users the latest in secure remote access protocols. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ M5Stack_ATOMS3_Lite_is_a_tiny_ESP32-S3_IoT controller_with_WiFi,_Bluetooth,_and_an_infrared transmitter⠀⇛ ATOMS3 Lite is the latest ESP32-S3 IoT platform from the M5Stack Atom series wireless programmable controllers, doing without the 0.85-inch display and IMU sensor  found in the ATOM S3 development kit simply using an RGB LED instead. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Robustel_R5020_Lite_5G_router_targets industrial_applications⠀⇛ Robustel R5020 Lite is an industrial 5G router with 4G LTE Cat 18 fallback, two Gigabit Ethernet ports and WiFi 5 connectivity, as well as features such as an RS232 or RS485 serial port,  wide 12-36V DC power input, and support for an extended temperature range. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Joe Brockmeier ☛ Joe_Brockmeier:_Realities_of_the_Fediverse: ActivityPub_and_Mastodon_have_room_to_improve⠀⇛ The fediverse is a grand improvement in many ways over walled gardens like Twitter, but there’splentyof room to improve. For example, federation does little good for users on a site that unexpectedly shuts down without time for users tomigrate.Today I was seeing concern that the admin in charge of mstdn.party and mstdn.plus had gone silent. These instances have thousands of users. It looks like they’ve resurfaced but were radio silent for weeks. Consider this a drill, eventually some of the instances with thousands of users will almost certainly fail without notice. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Chromium⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ New_Chrome_Version_Will_Support Nvidia_4K_Upscaling⠀⇛ RTX Video Super Resolution is ready in the stable Chrome 110 release, and Nvidia should launch an enabling driver shortly. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # § Rust⠀➾ # ⚓ Hubert Figuière ☛ Hubert_Figuière:_Implementing_i18n- format,_a_Rust_procedural_macro⠀⇛ This will relate my short learning journey in implementing a procedural macro in Rust:i18n-format. ✐ The problem⠀✐ Building Rust applications means having to deal with localization, ie allowing the UI to be translated in other languages. This is a big deal for users, and thanks to existing tooling, if you use gtk-rs and if you use therust-gtk-templateto boostrap your project you should be all set. The GNOME community has an history of caring about this and most of the infrastructure is here. However there is one sore point into this: gettext, the standard package used to handle strings localization at runtime doesn’t support Rust. For some reasonthe_patch_to_fix it_is_stuck_in_review. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Earthquake_of_magnitude_7.8_strikes_Turkey⠀⇛ A strong earthquake has hit Turkey and been felt in other parts of the Middle East and Europe. o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Almost_200_dead_in_Turkey_and_Syria_after earthquake⠀⇛ Almost 200 people have died in Turkey and Syria after an earthquake, with the death toll expected to rise. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Timeline_of_Deadly_Earthquakes_in_Turkey⠀⇛ Turkey, a hotbed of seismic activity, sits on the Anatolian Plate, which borders two major faults as it grinds northeast against Eurasia. o ⚓ Axios ☛ In_photos:_Turkey_and_Syria_respond_to_destructive earthquake⠀⇛ A powerfulearthquakestruck southeastern Turkey early Monday, killing dozens of people and wounding hundreds of others in the country and across the border inSyria, and razing many buildings. o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Powerful_quake_kills_more_than_230_people in_Turkey,_Syria⠀⇛ A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake has hit southeast Turkey and Syria, toppling buildings and sending panicked residents pouring outside in a cold winter night. More than 230 people were killed in both countries, hundreds were injured and the toll was expected to rise. o ⚓ CNN ☛ See_indoor_scene_in_Turkey_when_the_earthquake_hit⠀⇛ A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has hit southern Turkey, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake’s depth is 24.1 kilometers (14.9 miles), located 23 kilometers (14.2 miles) east of Nurdagi, Gaziantep province, according to the USGS. CNN Supervising Meteorologist Brandon Miller explains why this earthquake could be particularly devastating. o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 7.8_Magnitude_Earthquake_Shakes Central_Turkey⠀⇛ A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook central Turkey early Monday and was followed by another strong temblor o ⚓ CNN ☛ At_least_118_dead_as_7.8-magnitude_earthquake_hits_southern Turkey⠀⇛ At least 118 people were killed in two countries after one of the strongest earthquakes to hit Turkey in more than 100 years sent tremors across the region, collapsing buildings and sending residents running into the streets. o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Earthquake_of_Magnitude_7.9_Strikes Central_Turkey:_GFZ⠀⇛ o ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Top_Five_English-Language_Theatre Trailblazers⠀⇛ Read on to discover why an actor, playwright, director, artistic director and musical theatre school owner impressed us the most in 2022 o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Teenage_Girl_Dies_After_Shark_Attack_in Australian_River⠀⇛ The girl, 16, may have jumped into the water to swim with a pod of dolphins when she was attacked, the authorities said. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Chinese_scientists_successfully_clone ‘super_cows’⠀⇛ The cows are able to produce 18 metric tons of milk per year. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Planet_Almost_Exactly_Earth’s_Size_Has Been_Found_72_Light-Years_Away⠀⇛ Whoa! o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Alarming_Spread_of_Bird_Flu_Continues_as More_Species_Infected⠀⇛ “We are not fully sure why it’s happening now.” # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea_ruling_party_meeting_to address_‘urgent’_agricultural_needs⠀⇛ Experts say food insecurity has worsened amid sanctions and Covid-19 lockdowns. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Oracle_to_Invest_$1.5_Billion_in Saudi_Arabia,_Open_Data_Centre_in_Riyadh⠀⇛ Oracle Corp plans to invest $1.5 billion in Saudi Arabia in the coming years as it builds up… o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Phreaks_and_l33ts:_Inside_the_early_‘90s tech_scene_that_created_L0pht,_the_legendary_hackerspace⠀⇛ The hackers of LOpht testified before Congress and went on to shape today’s cybersecurity industry. This is the story of how it started. # ⚓ SANS ☛ ISC_Stormcast_For_Monday,_February_6th,_2023_https:/ /isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html/id=8356,_(Mon,_Feb_6th)⠀⇛ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ European_ransomware_attacks_use_old bug,_agencies_say⠀⇛ Cybersecurity agencies in Europe are warning of ransomware attacks exploiting a 2-year-old computer bug as Italy experienced widespread internet outages. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Fraudulent_“CryptoRom”_Apps_Slip_Through Apple_and_Google_App_Store_Review_Process⠀⇛ Pig Butchering, also known as Sha Zhu Pan and CryptoRom, is an ugly name for an ugly scam. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Hackers_target_Finland_in_widespread_ransomware attacks [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛ Italian news agency Ansa reported that the most affected countries in Europe have been France, Finland and Italy. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Reznikov_Out,_Budanov_In_As_Ukraine’s_Defense Minister,_Top_Lawmaker_Says⠀⇛ Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov is being replaced by General Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the country’s military intelligence agency, according to the leader of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s faction in parliament. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Balloon_Incident_Reveals_More_Than_Spying as_Competition_With_China_Intensifies⠀⇛ There is nothing new about superpowers spying on one another, even from balloons. But for pure gall, there was something different this time. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Australia_must_stand_firm_on_trade disputes_with_China⠀⇛ The Albanese government deserves credit for its handling of the China relationship. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Top_Bush_Lawyer_Admits_Guantánamo_Military Commissions_‘Doomed_From_the_Start’⠀⇛ Ted Olson — the former US solicitor-general in the George W. Bush administration who argued against basic legal rights for Guantánamo Bay prisoners and defended their indefinite detention and torture — made a stunning admission Thursday… # ⚓ CNN ☛ Ex-CIA_chief_guesses_China’s_message_with_suspected spy_balloon⠀⇛ Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta discusses China’s response to a suspected spy balloon being shot down off the East Coast of the US. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Japan’s_strategic_imperative⠀⇛ In December, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced the most ambitious expansion of military power in Japan since the creation of the country’s self-defence forces in 1954. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ SAAF_crew_member_killed_after_Oryx_hit_by gunfire_in_DRC⠀⇛ One South African Air Force (SAAF) crew member has been killed and another wounded after their Oryx transport helicopter was hit by gunfire in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Sunday 5 February. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Live:_Ukraine_calls_for_fighter_jets_as_fierce battles_rage_in_Bakhmut⠀⇛ Ukraine’s defence minister said on Sunday the reluctance of Western allies to send fighter jets would cost Ukrainian forces “more lives” as fierce fighting continued in the eastern battleground city of Bakhmut. Earlier, Germany’s prosecutor general said his office had collected “hundreds” of pieces of evidence showing war crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine, calling for an international effort to bring leaders to justice. Follow our live blog to see today’s events. All times are Paris time (GMT+1). # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Massachusetts_Police_Shoot,_Kill Woman_After_Wellness_Check⠀⇛ Police in Massachusetts say an officer shot and killed a woman with a weapon after a family member requested a wellness check # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Qatar_Sends_Envoy_To_Afghan_Capital_To_Meet_With Taliban⠀⇛ An envoy for Qatar’s foreign minister visited the Afghan capital on February 5 and met with the Taliban administration’s acting foreign minister, according to the Afghan Foreign Ministry. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Former_Iranian_President_Khatami_Joins_In_Calls_For Political_Change_Amid_Growing_Unrest⠀⇛ Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has joined opposition figure and ex-Prime Minister Mir Hossein Musavi in calls for political change as the country continues to be stricken with widespread anti-government protests. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Moscow,_Tehran_Move_Forward_On_Plans_For_Iran- Designed_Drone_Factory_in_Russia⠀⇛ Russia and Iran are moving forward on plans to establish a factory in Russia aimed at producing some 6,000 Iran-designed drones of the type Moscow has used in the Ukraine war. # ⚓ Axios ☛ House_GOP_eyes_China_spy_balloon_investigations⠀⇛ House Republicans are indicating plans to investigate the Biden administration’s response to a suspectedChinese_surveillance_balloonthat wasshot downoff the coast of South Carolina on Saturday. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Presses_Turkey_and_U.A.E._to_Weed_Out Illicit_Trade_With_Russia⠀⇛ American officials worry that commercial activities in Turkey and the United Arab Emirates could be fueling Russia’s war machine and have threatened to punish those involved. # ⚓ Emory_law_alum_denies_accusations_of_telling_witness_to mislead_Jan._6_committee,_ethics_experts_weigh_in⠀⇛ When Stefan Passantino (91L) graduated from Emory University School of Law, he had already started to make a name for himself. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ India’s_aircraft_carriers_key_to Indo-Pacific_strategy⠀⇛ India is preparing to relaunch its INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier after a major refit, a critical step toward fulfilling its plan to deploy two carrier battle groups as it seeks to strengthen its regional maritime power to counter China’s increasing assertiveness. The former Soviet carrier acquired from Russia will joins India’s first domestically built carrier that was launched late last year, the INS Vikrant, in undergoing outfitting and sea trials. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Former_Military_Ruler_Musharraf’s_Body_To_Be_Flown To_Pakistan⠀⇛ The body of Pakistan’s exiled former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who became a key U.S. ally during the “war on terror,” is expected to be repatriated on February 6. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Former_military_ruler_Musharraf’s_body to_be_flown_to_Pakistan⠀⇛ A burial is expected later on Monday. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Senior_Taiwan_opposition_leader_to visit_China_amid_continued_tensions⠀⇛ KMT deputy chairman Andrew Hsia would leave for China on Wednesday. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ In_Pro-Putin_Serbia,_Liberal- Minded_Russians_Seek_a_Home⠀⇛ About 200,000 Russians have left their homeland for Serbia since the start of the war in Ukraine o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Cold_Snap_Sets_Low_Temperature_Records_In Canada⠀⇛ In Moncton city, temperatures dropped to -28.1 C, which broke a 1917 cold weather record of -27.8 C. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Brazil_sinks_asbestos-laden_warship_in_Atlantic despite_fears_of_‘incalculable’_damage⠀⇛ Brazil on Friday sank a decommissioned aircraft carrier, the Navy announced, despite environmental groups claiming the formerly French ship was packed with toxic materials that will contaminate the ocean. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Japan’s_Daikin_Picks Manchester,_UK_as_Test_Bed_for_Green_Tech⠀⇛ Japanese industrial company Daikin has signed a deal with the northern English city of Manchester… # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland_to_extend_lifespan_of_first_nuclear plant⠀⇛ Fortum wants to keep its Loviisa facility operational until the end of 2050. # ⚓ Renewable Energy World ☛ The_grid_is_fragile._Is distributed_energy_the_answer?⠀⇛ Markets still undervalue the myriad benefits DERs provide for resiliency and decarbonization, and incumbents aren’t willingly ceding ground any time soon. Will we come to embrace DERs before it’s too late? # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Victims_to_speak_in_court_in Chasing_Horse’s_sex_abuse_case⠀⇛ Victims, detectives and federal agents are expected to speak in court Monday before a Las Vegas-area judge decides whether to grant bail to a former “Dances With Wolves” actor. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ ‘I’ve_been_locked_out_of_my_Monese_bank_account for_seven_months’⠀⇛ We offer advice on what to do if your account has been frozen # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Some_Homeless_Encampments_Can_Stay,_but the_Underlying_Issues_Remain⠀⇛ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Asian_stocks_sink_after_US_jobs_data fan_rate_hike_fears⠀⇛ Asian stock markets are lower after strong U.S. jobs data fanned fears of more interest rate hikes to cool inflation. Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul retreated. Tokyo gained. Oil prices rose. Wall Street wilted after government data showed U.S. employers hired twice as many people in January as the previous month. # ⚓ CNN ☛ Did_investors_learn_nothing_from_last_year’s_market meltdown?⠀⇛ Meme stock mania was supposed to be over, right? Guess what: It’s not. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Etla:_Finland_should_almost_triple_net migration_gains_to_44,000⠀⇛ NET MIGRATIONto Finland should be increased by almost 300 per cent to around 44,000 to stabilise the number of working-age people in the country, declares a newly published report from Etla Economic Research. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ CNN ☛ Could_this_man_replace_Putin?_Hear_Russian journalist’s_answer⠀⇛ Yevgeny Prigozhin, who leads a major mercenary force fighting in Ukraine called the Wagner Group, is rising in power, but could he replace Russian President Vladimir Putin? Russian investigative journalist Mikhail Zygar discusses with CNN anchor Erin Burnett. # ⚓ CNN ☛ Koch_network_plans_to_back_a_Republican_—_other_than Trump_—_in_2024_presidential_primary⠀⇛ The deep-pocketed network associated with billionaire Charles Koch is preparing to throw its money and weight behind a single Republican candidate in the 2024 presidential primary — in a move that could significantly reshape the GOP field. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ 47_democrats:_Hong_Kong’s_largest national_security_trial_begins,_as_200_line_up_for_public seats⠀⇛ At least 200 people have lined up outside a Hong Kong court on early Monday morning, as the trial of the city’s largest national security case against 47 democrats begins after some defendants have been detained for almost two years. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Iran_professors_forced_into_early_retirement_for criticizing_government⠀⇛ Iranian media reported Saturday the dismissal from Tehran Azad University of nine professors, allegedly as a result of expressing views critical of the Islamic Republic. This development follows recent protests by Tehran students sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, as well as new disciplinary procedures against students refusing to wear hijab. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Labor_and_PM_maintain_strong_leads_in latest_Newspoll⠀⇛ The first Newspoll of the year has delivered good news for federal Labor and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Labor has maintained its 10-point margin over the coalition on a two-party-preferred basis as parliament returns for a sitting week expected to be dominated by the economy and the referendum on an Indigenous voice. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Greens_senator_expected_to_quit_over voice_proposal⠀⇛ Victorian senator Lidia Thorpe is preparing to announce her intention to quit the Greens party and move to the cross bench. Senator Thorpe is expected to make the announcement following a partyroom meeting on the first parliamentary sitting day, where the Greens discussed their approach to the upcoming referendum on an Indigenous voice to parliament. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Biden_2024?_Most_Democrats_say_no thank_you:_AP-NORC_poll⠀⇛ A majority of Democrats now think one term is plenty for President Joe Biden, despite his insistence that he plans to seek reelection in 2024. That’s according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. It shows just 37% of Democrats say they want Biden to seek a second term, down from 52% in the weeks before last year’s midterm elections. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Sinema’s_split_from_Democrats_shows party_discord_in_Arizona⠀⇛ Democratic unity in Arizona helped the party pick up two U.S. Senate seats and the top three state offices over the last few years. But Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s estrangement and subsequent divorce from Democrats is fueling fears that discord in the state could complicate President Joe Biden’s path to reelection. It could also dim the party’s hopes for maintaining control of the Senate. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ FACT_FOCUS:_Egg_Shortage Breeds_Chicken-Feed_Conspiracies⠀⇛ Amid high egg prices, social media users are claiming that common chicken feed products are preventing their own hens from laying eggs # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Canada_sanctions_additional_54_Russian individuals_and_entities_for_spreading_propaganda_and disinformation⠀⇛ The Canadian government on Friday further amended the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations to list an additional 38 Russian individuals and 16 entities. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Mind_your_language:_Potty-mouthed Malaysian_MPs_face_$300_fines,_warns_Speaker⠀⇛ “A special committee will be formed to monitor the behaviour of MPs in Parliament. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Iran_professors_forced_into_early_retirement_for criticizing_government⠀⇛ Iranian media reported Saturday the dismissal from Tehran Azad University of nine professors, allegedly as a result of expressing views critical of the Islamic Republic. This development follows recent protests by Tehran students sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, as well as new disciplinary procedures against students refusing to wear hijab. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Pakistan_Blocks_Wikipedia_for ‘Hurting_Muslimsentiment’⠀⇛ A spokesperson for Pakistan’s media regulator says it has blocked Wikipedia for hurting Muslim sentiment by not removing allegedly blasphemous content o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ With_threats_and_intimidation,_China_coerces_Uyghurs in_Turkey_to_spy_on_each_other⠀⇛ Actions underscore the lengths to which Chinese police will go to keep tabs on Uyghurs abroad # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Pope,_Anglican,_Presbyterian_leaders_speak_out against_anti-gay_laws⠀⇛ The three Christian leaders said gay people should be welcomed by their churches, during an unprecedented joint airborne news conference returning home from South Sudan. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Myanmar_migrants_face_being_exploited_under_Thai deportation_system⠀⇛ Police bribes and harassment are part of everyday life for those who flee the war-torn country # ⚓ RFA ☛ Tens_of_thousands_of_Hong_Kongers_struggle_to_adapt to_life_in_the_UK:_survey⠀⇛ Recent migrants say they fled a political crackdown in the wake of the 2019 protest movement, some in a big hurry # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ The_UK_risks_losing_its_status_as_a_leader in_the_fight_against_slavery⠀⇛ Australia and the United Kingdom consider themselves global leaders in the modern anti- slavery movement. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Mechanical_Licensing_Collective ‘Unmatched_Royalties’_Approached_$562_Million_in_2021, Documents_Reveal⠀⇛ The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) had accumulated at least $561 million in unmatched royalties as of 2021’s end, according to tax documents reviewed by Digital Music News. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Roast_–_Sunday,_Feb_5,_2023⠀⇛ today was my first day trying some new logging software. previously, i was using the roastime software from aillio and now i’m on artisan which is open source and supports many different machines. i am excited to join the community using artisan and a free and open source data logger/ control suite. the coffees today are the rest of the kenya from the previous 1lb bag, and starting out a 5lb bag of Columbia Honey Process Aponte which will be my gift coffee for friends once i have it a bit more dialed in, plus my go-to espresso roast. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3736 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 02.06.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_06/02/2023:_Escuelas_Linux_8.0_and_Many_Political_Issues⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 9:41 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o BSD o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o Programming/Development # Perl_/_Raku # Python o Standards/Consortia * Leftovers o Science o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting 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 Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ 311:_Steam_Deck_Review_&_Our_Experiences_plus_Steam_Deck_2 News⠀⇛ # ⚓ Late_Night_Linux_–_Episode_215⠀⇛ Making Home Assistant easier to configure, scoring music with FOSS, protecting yourself against phishing, 3 very different distro releases, traffic shaping and QoS, and more. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.1.10⠀⇛ I'm announcing the release of the 6.1.10 kernel. All users of the 6.1 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 6.1.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/ git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.1.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/ linux-s... thanks, greg k-h # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.15.92⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.10.167⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.4.231⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_4.19.272⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_4.14.305⠀⇛ o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Best_Ethereum_Wallets_for_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Comprehensive guide on some of the best Ethereum wallets that you can use on your Linux and its distros such as Ubuntu that works best for you. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Split_Large_Archives_in_Linux_using_the Command_Line⠀⇛ Archives are a common way of storing and transferring multiple files in Linux. However, extensive archives can be difficult to manage and transfer, especially if they exceed a certain size limit. One solution to this problem is to split the large archives into multiple smaller files, each with a specified size limit. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ System.out.println()_Method_in_Java:_A Beginner’s_Guide⠀⇛ Java is a popular object-oriented programming language that has been widely used for developing a variety of applications, from desktop to mobile and web. One of the most basic concepts in Java programming is printing to the console. This is where the System.out.println() method comes into play. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Split_Command_in_Linux_With_Examples_(Split Large_Files)⠀⇛ The split command in Linux is a useful tool for splitting large files into smaller parts. This is useful when dealing with large files that are too big to be transferred or managed easily. # ⚓ Gary_Benson:_Using_AWS_CLI_with_IAM_users⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_balenaEtcher_on_Linux_Mint 21_or_20⠀⇛ balenaEtcher is a user-friendly and efficient tool widely used for creating bootable USB drives and SD cards and works well on Linux Mint-based distributions. Its popularity stems from its ease of use, reliability, and robust features that simplify creating bootable media. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Brave_Browser_on_Linux_Mint 21_or_20⠀⇛ Brave is a free, open-source web browser developed by Brave Software, Inc. that offers a faster, more secure, and private browsing experience compared to traditional browsers like Firefox. Whether you are browsing the web for work or leisure, Brave Browser provides the tools you need to stay protected online. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Ubuntu_Kylin_on_Ubuntu_22.04 or_20.04⠀⇛ Ubuntu Kylin is a popular Chinese-specific edition of the Ubuntu operating system that features the Kylin Desktop Environment. This unique desktop environment has been specifically designed for the needs of the Chinese community, offering a smooth and seamless computing experience. # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Manage_Systemd_Services_Using_systemctl_[With Examples]⠀⇛ All the major Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, Fedora, etc use the systemd init system today for managing and controlling various services while the system is running. In this guide, we explain the systemd commands you can use to manage systemd services using systemctl. # ⚓ Writer_and_Calc_Guides_updated_to_new_LibreOffice_7.5 release⠀⇛ The Documentation Team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the Writer Guide and Calc Guide release 7.5, narrowing the time gap between the software release date and the Guides’ release date. # ⚓ Data Swamp ☛ Introduction_to_nftables_on_Linux⠀⇛ Linux kernel has an integrated firewall named netfilter, but you manipulate it through command lines such as the good old iptables, or nftables which will eventually superseed iptables. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_Does_Text_Color_Work_in_Bootstrap?⠀⇛ The text color works in Bootstrap by using several classes, such as “text-primary”, “text-info”, “text-light”, “text-dark”, “text-danger”, and more. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Find_and_Kill_a_Zombie_Process_on Linux⠀⇛ This is on the zombie process and also the causes and the procedure to kill these processes also the ways to identify them using simple commands # ⚓ DPKG_package_Manager_–_synaptic⠀⇛ DPKG, also known as Debian Package Manager, is a package management system used in Debian and Debian-based Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and others. The package manager is responsible for managing the installation, removal, and upgrade of software packages. # ⚓ DPKG_package_Manager_–_aptitude⠀⇛ Introduction If you’re using a Linux-based operating system, you’ve probably heard of the DPKG package manager. DPKG is a powerful tool that helps you install, update, and manage packages (or software) on your system. # ⚓ Useful_Yum_Variables⠀⇛ If you’re familiar with the Linux operating system, you’ve probably heard of Yum. Yum is a package manager that makes it easy to install and manage software on your Linux machine. It’s a powerful tool that can help you automate software installations, keep your system up to date, and even resolve dependencies between packages. # ⚓ DPKG_package_Manager_–_dpkg⠀⇛ Introduction dpkg is a package manager that is used in Debian-based Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, to manage software packages. A package manager is a tool that helps you to install, remove, and manage the packages or software installed on your system. # ⚓ DPKG_package_Manager_–_apt⠀⇛ Introduction When it comes to managing packages in a Linux system, there are multiple package managers available, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. One of the most widely used package managers is apt, which is used by many popular Linux distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu, and Linux Mint. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ KDE_Plasma:_Full_Featured_Desktop That’s_Surprisingly_Easy_on_Resources⠀⇛ KDE’s Plasma desktop environment, once considered something of a resource hog, has more features than ever and is Linux’s most configurable desktop, yet it’s as easy on resources as relatively lightweight desktops such as Xfce. # ⚓ Adriaan de Groot ☛ No_FOSDEM_for_me⠀⇛ No surprise, given that I recently wrote that it was a “slow month” for my Free Software activities, that I skipped FOSDEM too. My recurring memory of the event is cold, sleet, snow, miserable weather and a cold draft across the KDE booth – and returning from the event with a hangover and recharged, nonetheless, by seeing how the whole Free Software world hangs together. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Caffeine_GNOME_Extension_Adds_Support for_Quick_Settings,_Timers⠀⇛ Older versions of the utility give you with a simple toolbar icon that you click on to enable Caffeine (to prevent your system from sleeping, or a screensaver from kicking in), and click on again to disable. But the latest version integrates with the Quick Settings menu introduced in GNOME 43. It adds a “Caffeine” pod option that, like other Quick Settings pods, you can click on to enable/disable instantly. There’s also a new sub-menu with one-click timers for 5 minutes, 10 minutes, and 30 mins, plus ‘infinite’ (which is default option) * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Escuelas_Linux_8.0_is_Now_Available⠀⇛ Esuealas Linux is a distribution aimed at the education sector, from preschool to high school, and includes a collection of educational software. This distribution can be installed on either 32-bit or 64-bit hardware and is based on Bohdi Linux. The list of pre-installed educational software is impressive, with the likes of TuxPaint, GCompris, TuxMath, Scratch, WxMaxima, Geogebra, Kalzium, and many more. Along with the educational software, you’ll also find standard packages such as LibreOffice, GIMP, Krita, Inkscape, Firefox, Chrome, Chromium, and more. o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Lightweight_Distro_LegacyOS_Released_After Nine_Years⠀⇛ The last release of Legacy OS was in 2014 and was based on Puppy Linux. It was intended to be a general-purpose lightweight distribution based on Puppy Linux with a complete set of applications, packages, media codecs, etc. The aim was to provide a complete operating system for older computers. However, the distro stopped releasing after 2014. Until now. o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ Adriaan de Groot ☛ FreeBSD_is_hiring,_too!⠀⇛ KDE_e.V. supports the KDE_community, and has a staff of people to make that happen. Your contributions make that possible. I’ve been saying that for ages. But did you know that the FreeBSD Foundation supports theFreeBSDcommunity, and works on the same basis? # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ It’s_worth_running_a_FreeBSD_or_NetBSD desktop⠀⇛ Every few months, someone asks me not how to install a FreeBSD or NetBSD desktop, but whether it’s worth doing. Michał Sapka emailed with this most recent comment: Third: could I ask for some “FreeBSD as daily driver” article? You, a co-worker and Vermaden made me very bsd-curious but there’s a lot people in the webs saying that bsd on desktop is a bad idea. That it’s a server-only use case. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ SUSE’s_Rachel_Cassidy_Honored_as_a 2023_CRN_Channel_Chief⠀⇛ CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized Rachel Cassidy, SUSE’s SVP Global Channel & Alliances on its 2023 Channel Chiefs list. Every year, CRN honors the IT channel executives who work tirelessly to advance the channel agenda and deliver successful channel partner programs and strategies through the Channel Chiefs list. The 2023 Channel Chiefs have helped their solution provider partners and customers navigate an increasingly complex landscape of interconnected challenges and shifting industry dynamics. With the innovative strategies, programs, and partnerships of these Channel Chiefs in place, the solution provider community has continued to thrive. # ⚓ Hack_Week_22:_An_Art_Project⠀⇛ Back in 2012, I received a box of eight hundred openSUSE 12.1 promo DVDs, which I then set out to distribute to local Linux users’ groups, tech conferences, other SUSE crew in Australia, and so forth. I didn’t manage to shift all 800 DVDs at the time, and I recently rediscovered the remaining three hundred and eighty four while installing some new shelves. As openSUSE 12.1 went end of life in May 2013, it seemed likely the DVDs were now useless, but I couldn’t bring myself to toss them in landfill. Instead, given last week was Hack Week, I decided to use them foran_art_project. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Thomas_Vander_Stichele:_SRE_Philosophy_With_Jennifer_Mace⠀⇛ “Even the most junior SRE on call starts having director authority.[..] There is a power in that relationship that SRE does have when they think something is in danger. And it’s a power we have to be careful not to misuse. But it’s important, because that’s our job.” # ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_CPE_Weekly_Update_– Week_5_2023⠀⇛ This is a weekly report from the CPE (Community Platform Engineering) Team. If you have any questions or feedback, please respond to this report or contact us on #redhat-cpe channel onlibera.chat. # ⚓ Richard_W.M._Jones:_Frame_pointers_–_an_important_update⠀⇛ A few days ago I posted about Fedora_38’s_frame pointer_change. I stated there that perf using only DWARF information produced inaccurate stack traces. But this isn’t true at all. After working on trying to reproduce those results (with the binutils developers who offered to help) I realised that I made a mistake on the DWARF (Fedora 37, pre-frame- pointer change) results, using: # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Streamline_creating_container_instances with_Red_Hat_OpenShift_and_Git⠀⇛ Streamline creating container instances with Red Hat OpenShift and Git # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Why_2023_is_the_time_to_consider security_automation⠀⇛ It’s no longer enough to declare security is important for your organization. If that’s true, you’re also automating as much of your posture as possible – otherwise, you’re losing ground to cybercriminals and other threats. “If security is a priority for you – it is, isn’t it? – automating that security had better be a priority as well,” says Gordon Haff, technology advocate, Red_Hat. # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ 5_ways_leaders_can_maximize_the value_of_digital_transformation⠀⇛ Technology has been growing exponentially for years,doubling_by_various_measuresevery two years. Industry experts predict digital transformation activities to exceed_3,700B_by_2030, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23.6 percent. Given this growth rate, business leaders must continuously improve leadership talent, strategic partnerships, and organizational capabilities. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ SparkyLinux_6.6_Brings_Latest_Debian_Bullseye Updates,_Linux_6.1_Kernel_Support⠀⇛ Synced with the software repositories of the Debian GNU/Linux 11.6 “Bullseye” release as of February 4th, 2023, the SparkyLinux 6.6 release is powered by Linux kernel 5.10.166 LTS, but it also offers support for the latest and greatest Linux 6.1 kernel series, which can be installed alongside Linux kernel 5.10 LTS from SparkyLinux’s unstable repos. On the other hand, the ARM images ship with Linux kernel 5.15.84. This release updates the SparkyLinux in-house built tool for creating live USB disks (sparky-live-usb- creator) with support for persistent storage. The devs note the fact that with this feature you’ll be able to use a SparkyLinux live system directly from a USB disk and save your work or installed packages on the bootable media. # ⚓ Mike_Gabriel:_Call_for_translations:_Lomiri_/_Ubuntu_Touch 20.04⠀⇛ § Prologue⠀➾ For over a year now, Fre(i)e Software GmbH (my company) is involved in Ubuntu Touch developmt. The development effort currently is handle by a mix of paid and voluntary developers/contributors under the umbrella of the UBports Foundation. We are approaching the official first release of Ubuntu Touch 20.04 with rapid pace. And, if you are a non-Englisch native speaker, we’d like to ask you for help… Read below. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Canonical_Experiences_Continued_Channel_Business Growth_and_Momentum,_Regis_Paquette_Named_2023_CRN_Channel Chief⠀⇛ CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, today named Regis Paquette, VP Global Alliances and Channels, to its 2023 Channel Chiefs list. This is Regis’ third time appearing on the list. This list identifies top IT channel vendor executives who have helped their solution provider partners and customers navigate an increasingly complex landscape of interconnected challenges and shifting industry dynamics with innovative strategies, programs, and partnerships. “I am honored to once again be included among CRN’s list of leading Channel Chiefs. Our partnerships are everything,” said Regis Paquette, Vice President Global Alliances and Channels at Canonical. “We have built out an amazing global team to address endless opportunities with distributors and VARs around the world. I look forward to continued channel and reseller program growth, and supporting our partners with additional tools for success, including new enablement resources.” # ⚓ Ubuntu Fridge ☛ The_Fridge:_Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue 773⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ubuntu News ☛ Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue_773⠀⇛ Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 773 for the week of January 29 – February 4, 2023. The full version of this issue is available here. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Canonical_joins_the_Academy_Software_Foundation⠀⇛ The publisher of Ubuntu makes a move to collaborate within the media and entertainment industry. # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Canonical_Joins_Academy_Software_Foundation_as Premier_Member⠀⇛ Canonical has joined the Academy Software Foundation to help promote and advocate for the use of open source software in the media and film industries. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ InuoMicro_G4305L8-S2_fanless_industrial_PC box_offers_eight_2.5GbE_ports_for_$203⠀⇛ InuoMicro G4305L8-S2 is a relatively inexpensive fanless industrial PC box powered by an Intel Celeron 4305U Whiskey Lake processor that offers eight 2.5GbE ports making the system suitable for firewall and other networking applications. § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ * ⚓ peppe8o ☛ Managing_the_Raspberry_PI_Undervoltage_Detected_Warning⠀⇛ Similarly to all electronic computers, the Raspberry PI computer boards need a stable power supply in order to work correctly. * ⚓ Purism ☛ Expand_the_Librem_5_Hardware_with_The_Breakout_Board⠀⇛ The breakout board for the Librem 5 is a great way for hardware hackers to add functionality to your phone. When attached, you’ll have nicely exposed programmable pins. * ⚓ Arduino ☛ A_CNC_pen_plotter_with_very_unusual_kinematics⠀⇛ The vast majority of automated, CNC-controlled machine tools utilize a kinematic motion system that is (not coincidentally) the easiest for people to wrap their heads around. This is your standard Cartesian layout, in which the tool head rides on linear rails along two or three axes. * ⚓ Arduino ☛ Arduino_Project_Hub:_Share_and_compete_in_Project_of_the Month!⠀⇛ After the successful launch of the new Project Hub at the end of last year, we are ready for a new challenge and the opportunity for you to be rewarded for your awesome work. § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ * ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ Bloatware_pushes_the_Galaxy_S23_Android_OS_to_an incredible_60GB_|_Ars_Technica⠀⇛ * ⚓ XDA ☛ Android’s_February_2023_security_update_is_now_official⠀⇛ * ⚓ XDA ☛ Android’s_new_Credential_Manager_API_aims_to_simplify_the_sign-in experience_across_apps⠀⇛ * ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_smartphones_of_2023:_What_to_look_forward_to⠀⇛ * ⚓ Android Central ☛ The_Poco_X5_Pro_comes_for_the_best_cheap_Android phones_with_near-flagship_specs_|_Android_Central⠀⇛ * ⚓ The Sun ☛ Millions_of_Android_owners_urged_to_check_bills_right_now after_‘vampire_drain’_bank_warning_|_The_Sun⠀⇛ * ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_13_February_security_patch_live,_download_Pixel OTA⠀⇛ * ⚓ India Times ☛ Realme_starts_rolling_out_Realme_UI_4.0_based_on_Android 13_for_X7_Max_5G_in_India_–_Times_of_India⠀⇛ * ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Samsung_Galaxy_S23_doesn’t_support_Android’s_Seamless Updates_feature_–_SamMobile⠀⇛ § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ * ⚓ Kev Quirk ☛ FediPoll⠀⇛ I’m going to be having some fun on the Fediverse over the next few days/weeks. If you’re comfortable doing so, please join in, as the more people who take part, the better. § What is FediPoll?⠀➾ Well, I have a fair number of followers onMastodon, around 20,000 last time I checked. So I thought it would be fun to pose some questions to the fediverse, as polls. Then I could compile the results and see what kind of wonderful folk we have on the fedi. * § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ o § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ FF_download_improved⠀⇛ Forum member Caramel suggested some improvements for the ‘firefox-skel-ask’ PET. This is in the menu at “Internet -> Download latest Firefox”. I have improved the script to be truly multi-language. The PET has been uploaded, as well as others that I was tardy in updating online: deleting pet_packages-noarch/pupradio-1.0.pet deleting pet_packages-noarch/puppy-podcast-grabber- 1.3.pet deleting pet_packages-noarch/pfind-6.3-1.pet deleting pet_packages-noarch/pburn3-3.7.18.pet deleting pet_packages-noarch/firefox-skel-ask- 20220107.pet deleting pet_packages-noarch/ desk_icon_theme_wary7orange-1.0.pet deleting pet_packages-noarch/PupControl-3.4.0.3.pet pet_packages-noarch/PupControl-3.4.0.4.pet pet_packages-noarch/desk_background_kirkstone- orange-20230124.pet pet_packages-noarch/desk_icon_theme_wary7orange- 20230124.pet pet_packages-noarch/firefox-skel-ask-20230206.pet pet_packages-noarch/firmware_linux_all_k5p15p85- 20230201.pet pet_packages-noarch/libreoffice-icons-colibre- v7.4.2-20221202.pet pet_packages-noarch/pburn3-3.7.18-1.pet pet_packages-noarch/pfind-6.3-2.pet pet_packages-noarch/puppy-podcast-grabber-1.3-1.pet pet_packages-noarch/pupradio-1.1.pet Back from holiday in Brisbane, gradually catching up with the backlog. * § Programming/Development⠀➾ o ⚓ Benny Siegert ☛ Using_Lua_from_Go⠀⇛ Last weekend, at FOSDEM 2023, I watched a Lightning Talk by Frank Vanbever titled “Lua for the Lazy C developer”. I had recently suggested at work that we should be using Lua to script the behavior of some systems which are written in Go, so the talk strongly resonated with me. Lua is an ideal scripting language for embedding into other programs because it is small and provides excellent bindings in both directions – Lua code can call native code, and vice versa. o ⚓ Daniel Stenberg ☛ A_badger_badge_for_bagder⠀⇛ Looking like this: Lots of people walked around the conference this year with sarcastic or otherwise amusing messages scrolling or blinking on them. o ⚓ Vincent Bernat ☛ Vincent_Bernat:_Fast_and_dynamic_encoding_of Protocol_Buffers_in_Go⠀⇛ Protocol_Buffersare a popular choice forserializing structured datadue to their compact size, fast processing speed, language independence, and compatibility. o ⚓ J Pieper ☛ moteus_firmware_2023-02–01⠀⇛ Partly to celebrate moteus controllers being back in stock and partly because a lot of important work has backed up, we’ve just released a new firmware version for moteus (2023-02-01) that has a little bit of something for everyone. o ⚓ Kubernetes Blog ☛ 8s.gcr.io_image_registry_will_be_frozen_from the_3rd_of_April_2023⠀⇛ o § Perl / Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ Rakulang ☛ 2023.06_Ben_Davies⠀⇛ The past week it became known to the Raku Community that Ben Davies (Kaiepi / @Mrofnet) passed away suddenly at home in the early hours of January 14, 2023 with his father Eric. Ben has worked on MoarVM, NQP and Rakudo since 2017. o § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Bubble_Sort_in_Python⠀⇛ Tutorial on how to perform the bubble sorting in Python using a logic that works by repeating the adjacent elements if they are not in the correct order. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ NumPy_Matrix_Multiplication⠀⇛ Practical tutorial on matrix multiplication with the help of NumPy library to perform the multiplication operations on a matrix in a Python application. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Generating_Random_Numbers_with_Uniform Distribution_in_Python⠀⇛ In this article, we discovered that we can easily generate random numbers from the uniform distribution using the NumPy library’s random module. * § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ o ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Stanford_startup_TranscribeGlass_seeks_to_bring ease_and_affordability_to_assistive_technology⠀⇛ Stanford student co-founds wearable augmented reality device startup that transcribes live captions for Deaf and Hard of Hearing people. § Leftovers⠀➾ * ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ Evacuations_ordered_amid_fears_of_an_explosion_as_an Ohio_train_continues_burning_days_after_derailment⠀⇛ Residents near the site of a train derailment that sparked a massive fire in East Palestine, Ohio, were urged to evacuate immediately Sunday night due to the risk of an explosion, authorities said. * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Experts_react:_How_the_world_should_respond_to_the devastating_earthquake_in_Turkey⠀⇛ How can the international community help? What will the impact be for a region already reeling from a decade-long war and refugee crisis? * ⚓ France24 ☛ Live:_Rescue_efforts_under_way_after_earthquake_kills_more than_2,300_in_Turkey_and_Syria⠀⇛ A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria early on Monday, killing more than 2,300 people as they slept, leveling buildings and sending tremors that were felt as far away as Greenland. Hours later, a second earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck the same region. Follow FRANCE 24′s liveblog for the latest developments. * ⚓ Public_buildings_collapse,_historical_buildings_damaged_in_Maraş earthquakes⠀⇛ The Latin Catholic Church in İskenderun, and the 17th century Yeni Cami mosque in Malatya are among those damaged. * ⚓ Death_toll_rises_to_over_a_thousand_in_disastrous_Maraş_earthquakes⠀⇛ At least 1.762 people lost their lives, 12.068 were injured, and 5.606 buildings collapsed. * ⚓ Schools_closed_for_one_week_after_earthquakes_hit_Türkiye⠀⇛ Minister of Education announced school closures for the whole country until February 13. * ⚓ James G ☛ Who_has_the_most_compute?⠀⇛ 1517 Fund posted an interesting_question_on_their_Twitter account… * ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Powerful_quake_rocks_Turkey_and_Syria,_kills more_than_2,300⠀⇛ A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and neighboring Syria on Monday, killing more than 2,300 people and injuring thousands more as it toppled hundreds of buildings and trapped residents under mounds of rubble or pancaked floors. * ⚓ CNN ☛ Father_weeps_over_body_of_infant_son_after_earthquake_in_Syria⠀⇛ CNN’s Scott McLean shows harrowing video on the ground in Syria after a powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, leaving thousands of people killed or injured. * ⚓ CNN ☛ Earthquake_was_one_of_the_strongest_to_hit_the_region_in_a century⠀⇛ * ⚓ CNN ☛ Meteorologist_explains_why_Turkey_earthquake_will_be_in_the record_books⠀⇛ More than 1,300 people are dead after an earthquake hit southern Turkey. CNN meteorologist Karen Maginnis explains why the region is susceptible to earthquakes and why this one is so consequential. * ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Deadly_earthquake_exacerbates_suffering_of displaced_Syrians⠀⇛ A steady stream of injured were flowing into an overwhelmed hospital in the town of Darkush, in rebel-held northwestern Syria on Monday, after a deadly earthquake struck the region. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Nepal_aircraft_that_crashed_had_no_thrust_motion_in engines_before_landing,_says_panel⠀⇛ February 07, 2023 12:22 AM The propellers of both engines went into “feather in the base leg of descending”. * ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland’s_museums_see_post-pandemic_visitor_spike⠀⇛ Around 2.5 million more people visited Finland’s museums last year than in 2021. The five most popular museums were all in Helsinki. * ⚓ YLE ☛ 1k_nurses_turned_in_their_practitioners’_permits_last_year⠀⇛ In 2022, nearly 1,000 nurses requested authorities to withdraw their licenses as they left the profession. * § Science⠀➾ o ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Photonic_fibers_to_enable_invisible,_indelible sorting_labels⠀⇛ Less than 15% of the 92 million tons of clothing and other textiles discarded annually are recycled. Woven-in labels made with inexpensive photonic fibers, developed by a team led by U-M, could change that. * § Hardware⠀➾ o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Comparing_VIC-20_and_C64_cart_sizes⠀⇛ YouTube videos and blogs don’t ever prepare me with a sense of scale. Wandering around an Osaka computer store with Clara made us realise just how gargantuan so many modern computer cases are, even ones billed as being smaller. * § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ o ⚓ France24 ☛ Britain_faces_biggest_healthcare_worker_strikes_in history_of_NHS⠀⇛ Britain faces its largest ever strike by health workers on Monday as tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers walk out in an escalating pay dispute which the health minister said would place further strain on the National Health Service (NHS). o ⚓ Quartz ☛ 3_tactics_to_stave_off_burnout_and_build_emotional transparency⠀⇛ Employees are constantly reminded of an impending recession, inflation, and continued public health concerns, which can impact_employee_mental_health. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ ‘Extinct’_Coronaviruses_Still_Thrive_in_North America,_Just_Not_in_Humans⠀⇛ The whole gang’s here. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Rare_Genetic_Disease_Appears_to_Defend_Ashkenazi Jews_Against_TB⠀⇛ A mysterious twist. * § Security⠀➾ o ⚓ SANS ☛ APIs_Used_by_Bots_to_Detect_Public_IP_address,_(Mon,_Feb 6th)⠀⇛ It may be helpful to detect these requests. Many use unique host names. This will make detecting the request in DNS logs easy even if TLS is not intercepted. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Critical_Baicells_Device_Vulnerability_Can_Expose Telecoms_Networks_to_Snooping⠀⇛ A critical vulnerability affecting wireless communications base stations from Baicells can be exploited to cause disruption or take complete control of data and voice traffic. o ⚓ Jim Nielsen ☛ The_Birth_of_“Disable_JavaScript”⠀⇛ Did you know: “Disable JavaScript” as a browser feature was born out of an exasperation with plugging security holes? I didn’t. But then I_watched_“A_Hipster_History_of CORS”and the speaker, Devdatta Akhawe, references the history of the feature as outlined in the bookJavaScript: The Definitive Guide. Security in JavaScript in those early days was WDD: whack-a-mole driven development. o ⚓ Quartz ☛ Hackers_are_using_a_critical_flaw_in_VMware_as_part_of_a ransomware_campaign_targeting_thousands_of_organizations⠀⇛ Hackers are targeting a two-year-old VMware server software vulnerability in a ransomware campaign aimed at extorting thousands of companies around the world, Italy’s National Cybersecurity Agency warned on Saturday (Feb. 4). o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ VMware_and_governments_warn_of_ransomware_attack targeting_unpatched_ESXi_servers⠀⇛ VMware Inc. and government agencies in Europe are warning users of VMware’s ESXi hypervisors today to ensure their software is up to date following the emergence of a widespread ransomware campaign targeting unpatched installs. ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ First-ever_CloudNativeSecurityCon_offers_insights_into ongoing_challenge_of_protecting_vital_architectures [Ed: This site publishes this spam just because 'Linux' Foundation pays for it; that does not promote real security]⠀⇛ After two full days of keynote presentations and track sessions, CloudNativeSecurityCon is officially in the books. ⚓ Security Week ☛ Florida_Hospital_Cancels_Procedures,_Diverts_Patients Following_Cyberattack⠀⇛ Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare was forced to cancel procedures and divert patients after taking systems offline following a Thursday night cyberattack. ⚓ Security Week ☛ VMware_ESXi_Servers_Targeted_in_Ransomware_Attack_via_Old Vulnerability⠀⇛ Unpatched and unprotected VMware ESXi servers worldwide have been targeted in a ransomware attack exploiting a vulnerability patched in 2021. ⚓ Reason ☛ Phony_cybersecurity_regulation⠀⇛ Episode 441 of the Cyberlaw Podcast * § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Dutch_Police_Read_Messages_of_Encrypted Messenger_‘Exclu’⠀⇛ After reading supposedly secure messages for five months, authorities then arrested the alleged owners and some users of Exclu. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ SecurityWeek_Analysis:_Over_450_Cybersecurity_M&A Deals_Announced_in_2022⠀⇛ More than 450 cybersecurity-related mergers and acquisitions were announced in 2022, according to an analysis conducted by SecurityWeek The postSecurityWeek_Analysis:_Over_450_Cybersecurity_M&A Deals_Announced_in_2022appeared first onSecurityWeek. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ 20_Million_Users_Impacted_by_Data_Breach_at Instant_Checkmate,_TruthFinder⠀⇛ Instant Checkmate and TruthFinder have disclosed data breaches affecting a total of more than 20 million users. § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ OSINT_in_Current_and_Future_Military_Operations⠀⇛ In recent years, the international security environment has evolved in a way that lays greater emphasis on information gathering and analysis. This is largely due to the proliferation of digital technologies and the internet, which have made it easier for individuals, organisations, and governments to access, share, and disseminate information. * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Ukrainians_are_united_in_rejection_of_any_compromise with_the_Kremlin⠀⇛ As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches the one-year mark, an overwhelming majority of Ukrainians have faith in their country’s victory and reject the idea of a compromise peace with the Kremlin, writes Mariia Zolkina. * ⚓ Defence Web ☛ SAAF_DR_Congo_death_mourned_by_UN_Secretary_General⠀⇛ United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres added his condolences to those of senior South African defence ministry and national defence force personnel on the death of a SA Air Force (SAAF) flight engineer when the Oryx he was crew on came under fire in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Sunday (5 February). * ⚓ HRW ☛ DR_Congo:_Atrocities_by_Rwanda-Backed_M23_Rebels⠀⇛ * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Deadly_Weekend_Shootings_Reflect_Persistent_Gun_Violence_in US⠀⇛ The United States has reported over 3,500 deaths from gun violence since the start of this year with more than 50 mass shootings recorded, according to Gun Violence Archive. * ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ Profiteering_from_Death⠀⇛ How much of Shell’s record US $40 billion profit was due to the Ukraine war and freezing Russia out of the market? If you apply the “excess deaths” methodology we became familiar with during covid, comparing profit against a running average of the previous five years, we get a figure of about $25 billion “excess… * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Ukrainian_Defense_Minister_Alexey_Reznikov_to_Be_Replaced⠀⇛ The reshuffle plans come in the midst of a corruption scandal around the Ministry of Defense. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ China_balloon_sparks_international_law_debate⠀⇛ The Chinese balloon that floated over US airspace last week before being shot down by a US military jet Saturday has raised questions of international law on both the US and Chinese sides. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanians_raised_€1m_in_one_hour_for_Ukraine_–_and_IT_company doubled_it⠀⇛ Lithuanians donated over one million euros in one hour for radars for Ukraine. An IT company then matched the sum. Over 6 million euros were raised during the first week of the Radarom! campaign. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Junta_shell_kills_medic_in_Myanmar’s_Sagaing_region⠀⇛ Su Mon Htet was treating wounded pro-democracy guerillas when she was hit. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Head_Of_Russia’s_Tyva_Republic_Sends_Representatives_To_Russia- Occupied_Donetsk_After_Complaints⠀⇛ The leader of Russia’s Republic of Tyva in Siberia, Vladislav Khovalyg, has sent his representatives to parts of Ukraine’s Russia-occupied Donetsk region after a group of Tyvan men mobilized to fight with the Russian armed forces invading Ukraine complained of ill treatment. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Tatar_Sociologist_Gets_Three_Days_In_Jail_On_Hatred_Charge_Over Analysis_Published_By_RFE/RL⠀⇛ A noted sociologist in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, Iskander Yasaveyev, has been sentenced to three days in jail on a charge of inciting hatred because of an analysis he wrote about Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Russia’s_Prigozhin_Challenges_Ukraine’s Zelenskiy_to_Aerial_Duel_in_Cockpit_Video⠀⇛ * ⚓ CNN ☛ Neo-Nazi_leader_and_Maryland_woman_allegedly_plotted_to ‘completely_destroy’_Baltimore,_US_Justice_Dept._says⠀⇛ * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Eastern_Ukraine_Braces_for_New_Russian_Offensive⠀⇛ The war is intensifying in a string of villages on the eastern front, where doctors struggle to handle an influx of gruesome injuries and soldiers fret about a Russian army sending waves of new conscripts. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_Attacks_Intensify_in_Eastern_Ukraine_Ahead_of Expected_Offensive⠀⇛ Russia is deploying hundreds of thousands of newly mobilized soldiers, in small groups, to probe for vulnerabilities in Ukrainian defensive lines. * ⚓ Latvia ☛ Rinkēvičs:_EU_needs_single_approach_on_frozen_Russian_assets⠀⇛ On February 6, Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, took part in the meeting of the General Affairs Council of the European Union in Brussels, which examined the priorities of the Swedish Presidency and made preparations for the special European Council on 9-10 February. * ⚓ Latvia ☛ ‘National_Bolshevik’_Beness_Aijo_stripped_of_Latvian citizenship⠀⇛ The Citizenship and Migration Affairs Office (PMLP) has decided to withdraw ‘National Bolshevik’ Beness Aijo’s Latvian citizenship, LETA reported on February 6.  In a separate case, the legitimacy of Russian billionaire Pyotr Aven’s Latvian citizenship is also being examined by one of Latvia’s security services. * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ The_Challenges_of_Hybrid_Warfare_in_Pakistan⠀⇛ Hybrid warfare refers to the use of a mixture of conventional and unconventional military tactics and techniques in order to achieve strategic objectives. This type of warfare has become increasingly prevalent in recent years and has been utilized by numerous actors, including state and non-state actors. * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Blinken’s_visit_to_China_and_Moscow’s_announcement of_the_visit_of_Xi_Jinping_to_Russia⠀⇛ The visit of Anthony Blinken US Secretary of State to China comes after the official Chinese announcement of the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Russia within the framework of the US administration’s continuation during the current year of its strategy to confront Chinese military and economic influence in the Indo-Pacific region… * ⚓ Reason ☛ By_Shooting_Down_Balloon,_the_Expensive,_Useless_F-22_Fighter Finally_Won_a_Dogfight⠀⇛ After $67 billion and more than 20 years, the F-22 finally won a dogfight against an unarmed, nearly immobile opponent. * ⚓ Reason ☛ Nothing_About_the_Chinese_Balloon_Saga_Makes_Sense⠀⇛ Plus: The French face “le wokisme,” a Tennessee “eyelash specialist license” would require 300 hours education, and more… § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ * ⚓ AccessNow ☛ Tunisia’s_government_must_open_the_Mobile_ID_black_box⠀⇛ Tunisia’s Mobile ID program is opaque and risks undermining users’ data protection and privacy. The government must share details of the program to foster trust and transparency. § Environment⠀➾ * ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Tony_Abbott_joins_leading_UK_climate_change_sceptic_think tank⠀⇛ The Global Warming Policy Foundation recently started a campaigning platform highlighting what it calls the “costs of net zero”. * § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ o ⚓ Renewable Energy World ☛ Geothermal_project_advances_in_Canada⠀⇛ The project includes a 5 MW power purchase agreement with SaskPower. o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ EU_and_G7_West_Implement_Price_Caps_on_Russian_Oil Products⠀⇛ Insurance, finance and other services for Russian oil shipments will be banned if oil sells for more than US$60 a barrel. o ⚓ CNN ☛ FTX_to_politicians:_Give_us_back_our_donations_or_we’ll_sue you⠀⇛ The new management of FTX is pressuring hundreds of politicians and political organizations to return millions of dollars donated by the crypto platform or its founders before it went bankrupt last year. o ⚓ Axios ☛ Washington_turns_hostile_on_crypto⠀⇛ A year ago, crypto successfully scraped and scrapped to get a foot in the door in Washington. But in the wake of crypto’s winter, and FTX’s_spectacular_collapse, that door has now slammed shut. Why it matters:Gaining legitimacy in Washington has been an essential part of the industry’s push into the mainstream. But a series of recent announcements from the Biden administration suggest there’s a crackdown ahead. * § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Polar_bear_in_fatal_Alaska_attack_was_in poor_health⠀⇛ Officials say a polar bear that killed a young mother and her baby Jan. 17 in western Alaska was likely an older animal in poor physical condition. However tests have come back negative for pathogens that affect the brain and cause aggressive behavior. A state wildlife veterinarian collected and examined samples from the bear’s head a day after it was killed. The results of analysis indicate it was an adult male and in poor health. Standard tests conducted on tissues are negative for rabies, toxoplasmosis, distemper and avian influenza. State and federal wildlife officials say there is no definitive explanation as to why the bear was in poor condition. o ⚓ The Revelator ☛ Newest_Flock_of_Wild_California_Condors_Faces_an Old_Threat:_Lead_Poisoning⠀⇛ As one of the world’s most endangered birds returns to its ancestral skies, partners work to eliminate a persistent threat on the ground. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Are_Making_Catfish_Hybrids_With Alligator_DNA_For_Us_to_Eat⠀⇛ Wait, what?! o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Neanderthals_Hunted_Giant_Elephants_Much_Larger Than_The_Ones_Today⠀⇛ The earliest evidence of its kind. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ NYPost ☛ Millennials’_ability,_ambition_comes_into_question_following new_polls:_‘Go_out_and_get_a_job’⠀⇛ In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, conversations around workplace burnout and mental health are coming to the forefront. * ⚓ YLE ☛ Angry_Birds_maker_Rovio_mulls_buyout_offer⠀⇛ Israel-based digital entertainment company Playtika offered to acquire Rovio at 9.05 euros per share last month. * ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Dell_lays_off_5%_of_workforce_amid_slowing_PC_demand⠀⇛ Dell Technologies Inc. disclosed in a regulatory filing today that it plans to let go about 5% of its workforce, or about 6,650 employees. * ⚓ NYPost ☛ FTX_seeking_return_of_Sam_Bankman-Fried’s_political donations⠀⇛ FTX wants that money back by Feb. 28, warning recipients that making a donation to a third-party charity “does not prevent the FTX Debtors from seeking recovery from the recipient or any subsequent transferee.” * ⚓ Engadget ☛ Dell_to_cut_roughly_6,650_jobs_as_PC_sales_drop⠀⇛ PC_shipments_are_plungingdue to a tough economy and the pandemic recovery, and that’s proving to be especially painful for Dell. The company islaying_offabout five percent of its workforce, or roughly 6,650 employees, to cope with a “challenging global economic environment.” * ⚓ France24 ☛ French_parliament_debates_pension_reform_ahead_of_new strikes,_protests⠀⇛ French President Emmanuel Macron’s government faces a crunch week of defending its contested pension reform, with fireworks expected in parliament and mass strikes and demonstrations planned on the streets. * ⚓ Danish_online_store_agrees_long-awaited_union_deal_with_drivers⠀⇛ Danish online supermarket Nemlig.com has reached an agreement for working terms for its drivers with the trade union 3F Transport. * ⚓ Danish_rail_staff_report_high_incidence_of_abuse_at_work⠀⇛ Staff on board Denmark’s trains are subjected to both physical and verbal abuse when at work, rail employees said in a survey. * ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Industrial_Union_cancels_strikes_after_deals_in chemical,_technology_industries⠀⇛ THE BOARD of the Industrial Union on Sunday showed a green light to new two-year collective bargaining agreements in the technology and parts of the chemical industry. * ⚓ LRT ☛ As_Lithuania’s_banks_enjoy_windfall_profits,_government_considers corrective_taxes⠀⇛ Lithuania’s commercial banks are making excessive profits due to interest rate hikes. The central bank governor says the windfall profits could be taxed away, while the finance minister proposes to spend the money on defence. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Rate_rise_expected_to_hit_households_hard⠀⇛ The Reserve Bank is expected to take the cash rate to its highest point in over a decade, as its past hikes start to bite households. The RBA board is widely anticipated to announce a 25 basis point rise when it meets on Tuesday, taking the cash rate to 3.35 per cent. RateCity says this […] * ⚓ Reason ☛ This_Texas_Bill_Could_Bar_Certain_Immigrants_From_Buying Property_in_the_State⠀⇛ Gov. Greg Abbott has already announced that he’d sign the bill if passed. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania’s_opposition_push_for_inquiry_into_alleged_leak_of sexual_abuse_case⠀⇛ Opposition groups in the Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, have collected signatures to set up a temporary commission to look into whether someone leaked information about an investigation against a conservative MP. * ⚓ Spiegel ☛ »Time_Out_of_Mind«-Remix:_The_new_reinvention_of_Bob_Dylan⠀⇛ With the album »Time Out of Mind« Bob Dylan catapulted himself back into the limelight in 1997. Now a remix of the album is released, showing its significance – and unleashing its full musical power. * ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ When_my_dad_was_sick,_I_started_Googling_grief. Then_I_couldn’t_escape_it.⠀⇛ I’ve always been a super-Googler, coping with uncertainty by trying to learn as much as I can about whatever might be coming. That included my father’s throat cancer. Initially I focused on the purely medical. * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ The_Netanyahu’s_return⠀⇛ A highly diverse company — Palestinians, Arab countries, retired military, the US, which has its own interests in the Middle East, and even the Israelis themselves, is opposing the most radical right-wing government in Israeli history. * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Tanks_Or_Talks_for_Peace_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ There is something quite unsettling about Joe Biden, the US president:  in a long political career, there has never been a war he didn’t like.  He voted for Bush’s Iraq war, and extended the Afghan war by multiplying US force levels.  When Vice- President, he supported Obama’s bombings in Yemen (at the behest of Saudi Arabia)… * ⚓ NYPost ☛ Israeli_troops_kill_5_Palestinian_gunmen_in_raid:_Officials⠀⇛ Israeli forces killed five Palestinian gunmen in a raid on a West Bank refugee camp on Monday, according to Israeli security officials. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_47:_Democrats_saw_legislative_majority as_‘lethal_constitutional_weapon,’_prosecutors_argue⠀⇛ Seizing a controlling majority in Hong Kong’s legislature was seen as a potential “lethal constitutional weapon” against the government, prosecutors argued in a high-profile national security case involving 47 pro-democracy figures. The closely- watched trial of 16 Hong Kong democrats who denied the charge of conspiracy to commit subversion began on Monday…. * ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Inside_reality_shifting:_the_TikTok_trend_that_took_the online_fandom_by_storm⠀⇛ If you ask the average Harry Potter fan how to visit Hogwarts, they will likely tell you to purchase a ticket to a Universal Studios Theme Park, where you can stroll through Diagon Alley, explore a real-life replica of Hogwarts castle and have a drink at the Leaky Cauldron. * ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Tiktok_competitor_and_Movie_Pass_chairman_buy_‘sleeping giant’_National_Enquirer⠀⇛ The acquirers said they want to “monetise and modernise these iconic legacy brands”. * ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ BBC_apologises_for_Today_report_suggesting_Manchester Evening_News_is_‘rammed_with_clickbait’⠀⇛ The BBC has apologised after a report on the Today programme suggested the Manchester Evening News is “just rammed with clickbait and sensationalism”. The Radio 4 discussion on 23 January was pegged on The Mill, a local journalism newsletter hosted on Substack covering the Greater Manchester area. * ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ GB_News_to_purge_‘wasteful_costs’_amid_new_target_to_be biggest_in_TV_news_by_2028⠀⇛ Chief executive Angelos Frangopoulos told staff GB News is entering “phase three” of its development. * ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Sun,_Mail_and_Mirror_publishers_to_pay_surgeon ‘substantial’_damages_over_‘facelift’_articles⠀⇛ Sultan Hassan was “seriously defamed” by articles on three publishers’ websites, the High Court heard. * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Biden_Heightens_Reelection_Rhetoric_Despite Democratic_Disarray⠀⇛ The president is sounding more like a candidate every day, but Democrats are having a hard time communicating his successes and even settling on a calendar of their own. * ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ For_2023,_U.N._Chief_Amplifies_Warnings_on Ukraine,_Climate⠀⇛ * ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ States_of_Emergency_&_the_State_of_the_Canadian Governments’_Mind⠀⇛ Ray McGinnis Canada’s Liberal government couldn’t justify invoking the Emergencies Act based on the existing definition in the legislation. So, it obtained a legal opinion to embellish parameters for declaring an emergency. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ CNN ☛ Disney_won’t_show_‘Simpsons’_episode_in_Hong_Kong_that_mentions ‘forced_labor’⠀⇛ An episode of “The Simpsons” that includes a line about “forced labor camps” in mainland China has been pulled from Disney’s streaming platform in Hong Kong. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Disney_drops_“Simpsons”_episode_in_Hong_Kong_that_mentions “forced_labor”_in_China⠀⇛ Disney removed an episode of ‘”The_Simpsons” from its streaming platform in Hong Kong that mentions “forced labor camps” in China, the Financial_Times first reported Monday and Axios has confirmed. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Salman_Rushdie_releases_new_novel_six_months_after_knife attack⠀⇛ Six months after being stabbed, British author Salman Rushdie on Tuesday publishes his new novel “Victory City”, an “epic tale” of a 14th-century woman who defies a patriarchal world to rule a city. * ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Salman_Rushdie_on_Surviving_the_Fatwa⠀⇛ In his first interview since a near-fatal knife attack in August, the novelist talks with David Remnick about his recovery, and his new novel. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ France24 ☛ Female_genital_mutilation:_‘Women_circumcise_little_girls for_men’⠀⇛ In France, nearly 125,000 women have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). The fight against this practice has led to the creation of psychological and surgical care over the last 40 years but the subject remains taboo. FRANCE 24 provides an overview of the situation on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, February 6. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Women_report_stunning_levels_of_discrimination⠀⇛ About 51% of women in marginalized racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. and four other countries said they’d experienced racism or discrimination at their current workplace, according to a new survey released last week. § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ APNIC ☛ Cloudflare_servers_don’t_own_IPs_anymore_—_so_how_do_they connect_to_the_Internet?⠀⇛ * ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ Actions_Speak_Louder_than_Words:_Ministers_Rodriguez and_Champagne_Post_Mandate_Letter_to_New_CRTC_Chair_Vicky_Eatrides⠀⇛ Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez and ISED Minister François-Philippe Champagne publicly released what amounts to a mandate_letter to new CRTC Chair Vicky Eatrides this morning. The letter contains many laudable goals and aspirations: a more timely, transparent, and inclusive commission, an emphasis on competition in telecom, and an affirmation of the importance of freedom of expression in broadcast. Yet what matters when it comes to the current government and communications issues is not what it says, but what it does. The letter may represent a tacit acknowledgement of the disaster that was the Ian Scott era – the ministers themselves note the waning public trust in the CRTC – but the problems go beyond its chair. * ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ The_Law_Bytes_Podcast,_Episode_155:_Mark_Swartz_on_the Harm_Caused_by_Canada’s_Copyright_Term_Extension⠀⇛ Many Canadians started the new year with an unwelcome surprise as they learned that Canada had extended the term of copyright by additional 20 years with no mitigation measures or efforts to limit the harmful effects of the policy. That the extension did not get much attention was seemingly by design as the government buried it in a budget implementation bill and posted no news releases on it.Mark_Swartzis a Scholarly Publishing Librarian at Queen’s University and has been an active participant in copyright reform issues for many years. § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ * ⚓ Joe Brockmeier ☛ Joe_Brockmeier:_No,_Netflix_isn’t_chopping_down_your family⠀⇛ I like Cory  Doctorow a lot, and tend to agree with him on most things, but this_screed_about_Netflix_changing_its_“family” settings_is_not_one_of_them. He drills down hard on the “family” naming and grinds his ax on a variety of things he sees as “enshittification” (I had to double-check there were two t’s) of the service in its long and winding history from physical mailer of DVDs to streaming studio. § Monopolies⠀➾ * ⚓ Reason ☛ Forum_Shopping_in_California⠀⇛ Just leave your heart, and nationwide injunction, in San Francisco. * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Amazon_Is_Now_a_‘Para-State’_Governing_Global Commerce,_Researcher_Says⠀⇛ Amazon’s influence over third-party sellers on its platform is substantial and spans continents, a new report says. * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ How_Does_One_“Use”_Flowers?⠀⇛ The inventors here used conventional plant breeding to create a new form of petunia (Calibrachoa).  WinGen first obtained a plant patent (PP23,232); followed by a utility patent that was filed as a continuation-in-part (US9313959). The claims require two components (1) a particular petal phenotype and (2) a particular genotype… o ⚓ CodeFest_on_Green_Plastics:_Finalists_announced [Ed: EPO promoting software patens with a tinge of greenwashing to distract from the EPO's crime]⠀⇛ The countdown begins to the online award ceremony on 23 February, when the winners will be revealed. o ⚓ Challenges_likely_over_BoA’s_VICO_move:_sources_|_Managing Intellectual_Property [Ed: Of course the EPO keeps breaking the law and violating constitution while nobody is held accountable for it]⠀⇛ The EPO BoA says the choice of format now rests with individual boards, sparking outrage from attorneys who say in-person hearings are the ‘gold standard’ o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Magnetar_Capital_entity_Togail_Technologies 3GPP_patent_challenged⠀⇛ On February 3, 2023, Unified filed a petition forinter partesreview (IPR) againstU.S._Patent_10,791,502, owned by Togail Technologies Ltd., anMagnetar_Capitalentity. The ’502 patent relates to error-handling procedures for system information requests in communications and has been asserted against 3GPP devices. o ⚓ JUVE ☛ Meissner_Bolte_and_Santarelli_launch_new_UPC_litigation network [Ed: JUVE takes money from pushers of illegal UPC agenda. Now they run puff pieces (SPAM) for them. This is corrupted "media".]⠀⇛ Just four months before the Unified Patent Court is set to open its doors, mixed IP firms Meissner Bolte and Santarelli have announced the launch of a new cooperation. It will function under the brand name ‘European Patent Litigators Network’ (EPLN). * § Trademarks⠀➾ o ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ Precedential_No._7:_TTAB_Reverses_Failure-to-Function Refusal_of_Lizzo’s_“100%_THAT_BITCH”_for_Clothing_Items⠀⇛ Attempts to register common slogans, internet memes, and informational material regularly hit the failure-to- function wall at the USPTO. But the Office has the burden of proof, and here its evidence fell short with regard to two refusals of the mark 100% THAT BITCH for certain clothing items, including t-shirts and baseball hats. The Board concluded that the evidence failed to show that the proposed mark is a common expression in such widespread use that it fails to function as a mark for the identified goods.In re Lizzo LLC, 23 USPQ2d 139 (TTAB 2023) [precedential] (Opinion by Judge Peter W. Cataldo). * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ The_evolution_of_hip-hop_sampling,_from_Wu-Tang_to_Ye⠀⇛ The first time I ever heard a sample in a hip-hop song was in Jay-Z and Ye’s anthem, “N—– in Paris.” Just as the song reaches its peak, a clip from Will Ferrell’s satirical “Blades of Glory” (2007) interjects with the now-classic line, “It’s provocative … it gets the people going!” o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ You_might_not_need_a_copyright_statement⠀⇛ Like an empty pair of boots, I don’t have a footer in my blog. Which means I don’t have a copyright statement. A few of you have asked if it was a sign my blog theme was broken or incomplete. o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Getty_Images_sues_Stability_AI_for_copyright_and trademark_infringement⠀⇛ Getty Images Holdings Inc. is suing Stability AI Ltd., a generative artificial intelligence startup, for allegedly misusing its stock photos. The Verge reported the case today. Getty Images’ lawsuit, which was submitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, is the second the company has brought against Stability AI. § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Personal⠀➾ o ⚓ Payment_card_psephology_💳⠀⇛ Curious stuff. But it made me think about elections. In many countries, no type of card would have overall control. Analysts would predict a coalition of “number on the front” cards would emerge, agreeing to ignore their differences on embossing. Meanwhile in the UK, the first- past-the-post voting system would mean a landslide win for embossed cards, with voters left to ponder whether tactical voting could be the only way to bring about more progressive card numbering. o ⚓ 2023_Week_5:_Status_and_Photos⠀⇛ Last week I finished reading “Flying Blind” by Peter Robison. The book details the story of the Boeing 737 MAX, a passenger airliner that suffered two fatal crashes less than two years into service, and the changing culture of Boeing from the days of “The Incredibles” that built the 747 to the shareholder value-driven philosophy of today’s executives. The author–an investigative journalist with Bloomberg–has an evident left-wing bias, but his proclivities ultimately don’t distract too much from the harrowing tale of a company that put quarterly stock reports over safety and quality assurance. If you are interested in civil aviation or business ethics, I highly recommend this book. ISBN: 9780385546492. o ⚓ Album_#168:_Sound_of_Silver⠀⇛ Reading back on my recent posts, I’ve definitely settled in to a pretty boring formula for these posts. Initially I thought it would be interesting to be upfront about how familiar I am with an artist before writing about an album, but it often feels more like a weak way of defending the opinion that I don’t think everyone needs to hear today’s album before they die. That’s not really an opinion that needs a lot of defending. The idea that there are 1001 albums that anyone needs to hear before they die is ridiculous. So I can probably cool it with the justifications. * § Technical⠀➾ o ⚓ Introduction_to_nftables_on_Linux⠀⇛ Linux kernel has an integrated firewall named netfilter, but you manipulate it through command lines such as the good old iptables, or nftables which will eventually superseed iptables. Today, I’ll share my experience in using nftables to manage my Linux home router, and my workstation. I won’t explain much in this blog post because I just want to introduce nftables and show what it looks like, and how to get started. I added comments in my configuration files, I hope it’s enough to get a grasp and make you curious to learn about nftables if you use Linux. o ⚓ Web_Browser_Clash…⠀⇛ My personal experience with the GhostPC (one day I will dedicate a gemlog to it) is doing globally well, but its very weakest points are correlated and are: the slow internet connection in conjunction with the web browser experience. So far I have been using the stock Firefox but it struggles a lot so I decided to try out a couple of alternatives. o ⚓ The_Oompapa_world⠀⇛ I believe that there are far too many blogs trying to sell us something. Often that something is the author. Those authors face the added challenges of attracting readers, guessing what they would like to read, offering exactly that and, on top of all that, selling what they want to sell them. Those authors can fear rejection, because, for them, rejection is failure. If I don’t fear rejection, if I don’t value my work at how others react to it then I am free, “as in free speech”. o ⚓ A_new_approach_to_domain_ranking⠀⇛ This is a very brief post announcing a fascinating discovery. It appears to be possible to use the cosine similarity approach powering explore2.marginalia.nu as a substitute for the link graph in an eigenvector-based ranking algorithm (i.e. PageRank). The original PageRank algorithm can be conceptualized as a simulation of where a random visitor would end up if they randomly clicked links on websites. With this model in mind, the modification replaces the link-clicking with using explore2 for navigation. o ⚓ software_minimalism⠀⇛ my computer history is long and complex. i spent a good chunk of it just hanging around various communities doing nothing but lurk. over time i got more and more into doing more and more with less and less. i got to a point where i was spending 90% of my time in the terminal, with the only time i needed out of it was to use a web browser. i’m sure you’ve noticed how crazy the internet is with all it’s java-y stuff and everything, and terminal browsers just ain’t up for most of it. the thing with software that uses less, is for some reason it breeds a level of elitism. i’ve never had a desire to be ‘elite’ just a general desire to enjoy my computing time in ever more weird ways. things get more and more close to pushing an ideology i don’t enjoy the less lines of code people use and i don’t really understand why. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. 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