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The EPO‘s Web site has said nothing for a long time, instead touting Germany’s approval of illegal and unconstitutional patent courts in clear defiance of the Vienna convention. Here’s what life is like for EPO insiders: § All hands on deck! Management back to production line due to unrealistic targets⠀➾ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇All_hands_on_deck!⦈_ Dear colleagues,   We wish to warmly welcome our line management back to the production line!   Indeed, due to the EPO having set targets that are unrealistic considering the dwindling staff numbers from under-recruitment[1] the following measures have been taken:   - project-involvement of examiners has been halted for them to return to full Search & Examination; - team managers will have their management time budget reduced from 30% to 20% from mid-2023 at a time when the Bringing Teams Together project will be requiring more of their involvement; - directors are being trained to give academies to newcomers and will also be asked to produce search and examination; -…   And this is not to mention the unabated – often double digit – target increases, the reduced time budget given for opposition work, the pressure put on sick or fragile staff to come back to the production line, etc… The new measures are likely to provide a short-term solution and look like a rather desperate attempt to get all hands on deck to keep the sinking ship afloat.   The following questions come to mind: * how will relentless target increases help to improve patent quality which seems to be a recurring topic for the  users of the EPO[2] ? * why is the EPO not recruiting more: o is it because it is unable to due to an unattractive work package? o or is it because our productivity is supposed to jump up when we start using AI tools to do Search, Examination, Opposition and Formalities work? If this is the case, when exactly are such tools going to be fully functional?  * how come the time of line managers can suddenly be freed up in order for them to join the production line: o is it because their management activities were not taking up their working time, meaning this actually represented unused overhead staff costs? o or will managers have to do search, examination and opposition on their personal time?  * how are these solutions in any way going to be sustainable in terms of keeping the workload under control in the medium and long term?  * will being in an examining division with one’s hierarchical superiors not be a conflict of interest? In other terms: will examiners who are supposed to double check the work of their director (or even COO?) – who have decision power on many aspects of their professional lives, and who are pushing ever increasing targets – not have an incentive to turn a blind eye to non-compliances? [...] ===================================================================== [1] See also “Depletion of the Workforce: Failure to recruit under the current administration”, CSC, 20.02.2023 [2] Focus on quality over quantity, in-house urge EPO, ManagingIP, 08.12.2022, Concerns_about_deteriorating_patent_quality_at_the_EPO, Kluwer Patent, 11.02.2023 This is a long-in-the-making crisis that the union has warned about for years. Are EPO stakeholders and EU politicians paying any attention? Are large political parties in German rewarded financially to look the other way? They now try to usher in an ever bigger travesty in the patent court system. Making a travesty to cover up another travesty is a sort of “Ponzi scheme” in the legal deficit sense. 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A talk scheduled one day after his 70th birthday! 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇rms-2023-talk⦈_ Summary: 5 of the things that will hopefully change over the next 5 years; today we give a short list Free Software (or free-as-in-freedom projects) faces all sorts of obstacles. Those obstacles change a little over time, as new brands, companies, and trends (or cargo cults) emerge. Today we’d like to name just a few of them. The list will change over time and there this_crude_(in-progress)_graphical_overview_in our_wiki. So without further ado, let’s begin. § Software Patents⠀➾ “Some prefer to keep their code secret, usually because the code is ugly, messy, and unappealing.”Copyrights cover code. This has gone on for nearly half a century and it is not likely to change (if it does, it will be condemned as “plagiarism” — which is exactly what Microsoft seeks to achieve with GitHub/ Copilot). There is no need for any patents on algorithms. Ask almost any software developer, either proprietary oR not, and the answer will be the same. Coders don’t want patents on their code. Copyrights are sufficient. For some, reciprocity in changes (copyleft) is sought and for others it’s about attribution. Some prefer to keep their code secret, usually because the code is ugly, messy, and unappealing. Nobody would wish to reuse it anyhow. § GitHub (and Other Centralised, Proprietary Code Forges)⠀➾ GitHub is by far the worst thing that happened to Free software in recent years, even before Microsoft took this whole thing, exploited the newly- acquired control to harm the competition, and then laid off a lot of the staff (because there’s no money in it). Useful alternatives to Microsoft GitHub: * GitLab * Codeberg * Gitea * GNU_Savannah * GitBucket * Gogs (self-hosting) * Sourcehut In our case, we_locally_host_Git and we wrote our front end for the_Gemini Protocol. § Centralisation of ‘Trust’⠀➾ Human beings who lack a sense of morality are trying to tell our geek buddies that Microsoft controlling the boot sequence (and many other things) is “OK” for GNU/Linux and for BSD. They’re self-serving liars whom we should learn to ignore, irrespective of their passive-aggressive bullying (and playing the “victim card”). We’ve_covered_this_subject_extensively_since_2012. The following year, in 2013, Edward Snowden unleashed lots of NSA leaks onto the media and — by extension — onto the world. As a result, many Web sites frantically rushed to adopt HTTPS (to appease perceived public demand). On the surface this may sound like fantastic news, but there were caveats. For instance, it was soon made known that certificates would be rendered free, with action from the Linux_Foundation before Microsoft et al got deeply involved. The founder of this initiative died last year and what happened in recent years wasn’t his fault. His intentions were good, but this would open a new can of worms — a can nobody in the media wants to speak about frankly. In our experience, people who speak about these issues are subjected to smears and false equivalences (like “antivaxers”). “The following year, in 2013, Edward Snowden unleashed lots of NSA leaks onto the media and — by extension — onto the world.”So let’s put in very simple terms what the issue we deal with here entails: Let’s Encrypt (LE, controlled by the so-called ‘Linux’ Foundation, i.e. monopolies and raiders of the Commons) is not security but mostly another increase/increment to the existing (very steep compared to Gemini/Gopher) entry barrier. If security was the true goal, it would be implemented differently. At the moment it compels people everywhere in the world, even non-technical folks, to rely on misleading Web browsers that impose US hegemony (scaring users if not outright obstructing/ blocking them for disobedience), it makes self-hosting extra hard (in turn begetting further centralisation, i.e. censorship and surveillance against everyone), and for people who blog less than once every 3 months it makes no sense to rotate certificates every 3 month or pay annual fees to GoDaddy et al. Reliance on GoDaddy in in itself a security and safety risk, as GoDaddy can go for years without telling staff and clients that it suffered a serious security breach. GoDaddy isn’t the only one. Outsourcing “trust” is generally “risky business”. LE is the wrong way to solve a real problem, or a solution to a problem not Internet users were having but rich censors and media magnates had. It also makes hosting more expensive (support-related tickets ultimately increase). “Let’s Encrypt was a good step but only one step in a direction,” an associate explains today. “Unfortunately Mozilla and Google have headed that off by preventing self-signed certificates.” Because it’s “free” to be in the CAs everyone must do this now, right? ‘Democratisation’ is the fasionable buzzword (even crackers can get a free LE certificate and seem “legit”). No excuses to not support this ‘trust cartel’, which will one day be weaponised for political censorship of Web sites (through mass revocations; some people already viciously push to do this to Russian sites; it would be a slippery slope breeding distrust and suspicion of CAs’ true motivation/purpose). Maybe we’ll elaborate some other day… § Buzzwords Pandemic⠀➾ “Now they pretend that people need not search for authoritative Web sites and reputable pages on the Web, and all this because of the alleged sophistication of lousy chatbots — neither new nor innovative but Microsoft pays the media for a massive hype campaign during mass layoffs.”Buzzwords need to be replaced with substance. In the case of the EPO, we already see how “HEY HI” (“AI”) gets misused to grant loads of European_software_patents. And to borrow the above example of GitHub/Copilot, we see how mass violation of the GPL (copyleft) is facilitated, rendering compliance/enforcement virtually impossible. This is intentional. Outside the domain of code, some developers and Web sites seek to strip both attribution and licensing from various creative works, ranging from videos/multimedia to art and literature. There are many legal cases already (more than we care to count) dealing with this ‘pandemic’ of plagriarism-spun- as-HEY-HI (the OSI even took bribes from Microsoft to help promote this malicious spin). Here is the_source_code_aspect, “but the same applies to all the works it is used to rip off,” an associate explains. “Each violation is a violation and due a large fine independently of any other violations.” Call a spade “spade” and call plagiarism what it is, not “HEY HI”. It’s already shoehorned into other agendas, software patents being just one example (as noted before). Now they pretend that people need not search for authoritative Web sites and reputable pages on the Web, and all this because of the alleged sophistication of lousy chatbots — neither new nor innovative but Microsoft pays the media for a massive hype campaign during mass layoffs. “LOOK OVA’ THERE!” § Attack on the Internet⠀➾ “The policymakers are in the pockets of several cabals of companies (different sectors), so one way to bypass their demands is to take the Net out of the hands of any particular companies.”There is an “ongoing net neutrality” disinformation campaign, an associate says, taking stock of “news” sites (conflict of interest!) helping the cable companies (often the same companies that own these reporters). They’re embracing the disingenuous and misleading labels for opposition to net neutrality and these are lousy attempts at double- billing (if not triple-billing). The articles latch onto hate towards G.A.F.A.M. and frame that as a fight wherein those who support net neutrality are in fact defending Microsoft and Google (nothing could be further from the truth). There are several ongoing attempts to decentralise the Net (IPFS is one notable effort) and we thankfully see more activity in Gemini this week — some of which praises GNUnet as well. The policymakers are in the pockets of several cabals of companies (different sectors), so one way to bypass their demands is to take the Net out of the hands of any particular companies. The water supplier does not regulate how you use the water that you consume, right? it doesn’t even know how you use it. The topology of the Net needs to change. It ought to be more peer-to-peer-like. 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The longer the uptime, the better it is for your server’s performance and reliability. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Cockpit_on_Fedora_37⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Cockpit on Fedora 37. For those of you who didn’t know, Cockpit is a web-based graphical user interface (GUI) for Linux servers. # ⚓ Kifarunix ☛ How_to_Setup_a_Local_CA_Server_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ How do I set up a local certificate authority server on Linux? Well, in this tutorial you will learn how to setup a Local CA Server on Ubuntu. You might want to setup a Local CA server for various reasons including to issue private certificates for your users and applications. # ⚓ LinuxBuz ☛ 5_Best_GMod_Server_Hosting_in_2023_|_Garry’s_Mod Server_Hosting [Ed: Might be spammy, hard to tell]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Idiomdrottning ☛ The_unbearable_quirkiness_of_Linux_group permissions⠀⇛ All of the following interaction was as the user sandra with ellen% being the prompt (hostname + percent sign, zsh’s default). I’m in the dialout group. /tmp is sticky but that doesn’t seem to matter here, as you’ll see. # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Universities_are_often_environments with_distributed_accounts_and_identities⠀⇛ Another issue is that a university wide account is sometimes too powerful of a thing. If there is an outside professor or researcher visiting one department for a month, the university as a whole may not want to issue them an account that will give them central email, enroll them in various things the university is licensed for, and so on. And then when they leave at the end of the month, the university may want to deactivate the account but the department may not, because the department wants to foster an ongoing relationship with that person. # ⚓ Dignited ☛ Top_10_Basic_Linux_Commands_for_Absolute Beginners⠀⇛ Linux is a popular operating system used by programmers, developers, and system administrators around the world. While it may seem intimidating to beginners, mastering the basic Linux commands can help you navigate through the system with ease. In this article, we will discuss the top 10 basic Linux commands for absolute beginners, and provide you with a clear understanding of their purpose and how to use them. Linux is an open-source operating system that offers a wealth of possibilities and flexibility for users. But for beginners, navigating through the terminal and using command-line tools can be a bit intimidating. # ⚓ HiR ☛ Running_a_Kubernetes_Cluster_with_OpenBSD_VMM⠀⇛ Kubernetes relies on Linux containers and cgroups, so you can’t run Kubernetes or even docker containers directly on OpenBSD, but Alpine Linux runs great under OpenBSD’s VMM hypervisor. Alpine shares a lot of the same ideologies as OpenBSD, and it has become a favorite in the Linux container ecosystem. # ⚓ Dignited ☛ How_to_Add_Subtitles_to_a_Movie_Permanently Using_VLC_Media⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ How_to_install_Chromatic_Scale Generator_on_a_Chromebook⠀⇛ # ⚓ AddictiveTips ☛ How_to_run_the_Arch_Linux_AUR_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Enable_Restricted_Guest_Session Support_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Ubuntu doesn’t have an option for a guest session, but a workaround can add this functionality to your PC. This method lets other users use your PC while keeping your data and settings safe. Whether you’re a home user, a business owner, or an IT administrator, setting up the option for a guest session will come in handy at some point. So let’s look at how you can enable a guest session on Ubuntu. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Milliwatt_Of_DOOM⠀⇛ The seminal 1993 first-person shooter from id Software, DOOM, has become well-known as a test of small computer platforms. We’ve seen it on embedded systems far and wide, but we doubt we’ve ever seen it consume as little power as it does on a specialized neural network processor. The chip in question is a Syntiant NDP200, and it’s designed to be the always-on component listening for the wake word or other trigger in an AI-enabled IoT device. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ TUXEDO_OS_2_Released_with_KDE_Plasma_5.27,_Linux 6.1⠀⇛ A new version of TUXEDO OS has been released. TUXEDO OS is primarily (though not exclusively) designed for owners of TUXEDO Computers laptops and PCs. The latest release, TUXEDO OS 2, is (surprise) the second major update to the Kubuntu-based distro, following last year’s debut release. Users get to enjoy the latest KDE Plasma 5.27 release (back ported from KDE neon) riding atop Linux kernel 6.1, with Mesa 22.3.6, PipeWire 0.3.66, and Mozilla Firefox 110 along for the ride. Also included are the latest versions of both KDE Frameworks (v5.103) and KDE Gear (v22.12.2). In all, some of the latest open source tech atop a dependable Ubuntu-based base. o § Reviews⠀➾ # ⚓ Distro Watch ☛ Review:_elementary_OS_7.0⠀⇛ Because elementary OS 7′s focus is on relatively unskilled new Linux users, most people who have been using Linux for a while are probably not going to be interested in the distribution. That includes users who prefer so-called easy-to-use distributions such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint, or Pop!_OS, mainly because of the distribution’s almost total reliance on Flatpaks for software packaging. This release also has some rough edges that need to be refined, which isn’t necessarily surprising since this first of the 7.x series was developed during a time when the elementary project was going through turmoil. Hopefully, most of these issues will be gone by the time version 7.1 is released, likely later this year. However, if they get the installer fixed so that the OS can be easily installed alongside an existing OS by a novice user, this release might be just the thing for not only for those new to Linux, but for casual users in general who just want to use a computer for fun or work, without having to understand what’s going on under the hood. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Red_Hat_and_Arm_collaborate_to_deliver more_energy_efficient_5G_and_vRAN_solutions⠀⇛ With the continued evolution of 5G, RAN and now virtualized RAN (vRAN), modern networks are increasingly relying on software-defined architecture and cloud-native technologies. This requires streamlining the deployment and management of applications across different environments. The transition to 5G often results in higher electricity consumption from increased site density and sub-optimal use of the underlying resources. As a result, service providers are beginning to explore new ways to improve energy efficiency and reduce their environmental impact, such as optimizing network design and operations with energy-efficient hardware, and implementing power and thermal management techniques.  Sustainable computing is a multidimensional challenge across all industries, with service providers keen to reduce power consumption and support sustainability goals, particularly in regards to the RAN. According to a Red Hat- sponsored sustainability study, RAN is responsible for 75% of a service provider’s total power consumption. Adopting more energy efficient compute technologies will reduce power consumption and help service providers meet environmental impact standards set by governing bodies without losing key network functionalities.  # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Private_5G_Networking:_How_Red_Hat_and partners_are_driving_deeper_value⠀⇛ Private 5G networking is on the rise. Why? The emergence of edge computing in recent years coupled with macroeconomic trends are pushing service providers to rethink the way they operate networks and enable applications for faster results, improved connectivity and efficiency. From new use cases in Industry 4.0 manufacturing to smart infrastructure to the cloudification of radio access networks (RAN), service providers want the flexibility and autonomy offered by private 5G networks to embrace new innovations.  For service providers, private 5G networks offer an opportunity to play a more leading role within an enterprise’s critical business operations providing a platform that hosts the private network in addition to business applications that can run at the edge. This reduces the footprint, increases flexibility and manageability of the network while lowering the total cost of ownership. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ How_the_Kepler_project_is_working_to advance_environmentally-conscious_efforts⠀⇛ For many, the term “sustainability” evokes images of reusable water bottles, paper straws and household compost bins. Or perhaps you envision “reduce, reuse, recycle” posters and canvas tote bags at your local farmer’s market–but maybe not data centers, right? As sustainability has become a cornerstone of many government policies, enterprise initiatives and consumer trends, tech leaders have been hard at work building technologies dedicated to helping users monitor how their software usage might drive energy consumption. In recent years, the rapid growth in workloads handled by data centers has resulted in greater energy usage, increasing 10-30% per year, and accounting for 1-1.5% of global energy consumption, as reported by the International Energy Agency. In order for enterprises to make a meaningful environmental impact, it has become critical for IT leaders to take a harder look at the efficiency of their equipment and the tools they use to evaluate the sustainability of their data centers1. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_Devs_Working_on_New_‘Mini’_ISO⠀⇛ While there’s nothing to download or test (yet – that I’m aware of) a good overview of the project was shared on the Ubuntu developer mailing list at the weekend. Interestingly, the effort is being headed up by Dan Bungert, the maintainer of Subiquity, which is the tech underpinning Ubuntu’s new Flutter-based installer). “The ubuntu-mini-iso is a small bootable iso that can be either downloaded and used on a CD/USB-drive or even via UEFI HTTP that brings up a dynamic TUI menu of what Ubuntu images you want to download/ install to your target system,” Canonical’s Lukasz Zemczak explains. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Ubuntu_Flavors_to_Stop_Supporting_Flatpak: Here’s_How_to_Enable_It⠀⇛ On February 21, 2023, Philipp Kewisch, Community Engineering Manager at Canonical announced on the Ubuntu Discourse Forum that the approved flavors would no longer come with Flatpak support by default. Alluding to “fragmentation”, Kewisch continued: [...] o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ SDMC_DV9286_8K_TV_box_runs_Android_13_on Amlogic_S928X_processor_for_OTT/IPTV_deployments⠀⇛ SDMC DV9286 is an 8K TV box for operators running Android 13 TV OS on an Amlogic S928X octa-core Cortex-A76/A55 processor with 4GB to 8GB RAM, WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity, an HDMI 2.1a port, and 8K AV1, H.265, VP9 video decoding support. We had started to see 8K TV boxes based on the Amlogic S928X processor at IBC 2022 last September, but with few details. SDMC DV9286 announcement brings a few more details such as the GPU used in S928X and which version of Android will be used. # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ ESP32_based_device_includes_1.28”_TFT_with Touch_capability⠀⇛ Makerfabs recently launched a compact board integrating the ESP32-S3 microcontroller along with a round LCD with capacitive touch. This product also includes a MicroSD slot for storage, a 3.7V battery connector and two Mabee connectors for I/ O expansion. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Jon Udell ☛ Mapping_people_and_tags_on_Mastodon⠀⇛ In Mastodon relationship graphs I showed how to use Steampipe to map Mastodon network neighborhoods. When I use the word map here, I’m channeling Denis Wood’s The Power of Maps: Every map shows this — but not that, and every map shows what it shows this way — but not the other way. o ⚓ Connor Tumbleson ☛ Pi-hole:_5_years_later⠀⇛ I took a risky jump and did a in-place upgrade from Stretch to Buster to Bullseye. So now that I was up to date on my operating system I could resume my upgrades on the Pi-hole. Once done I completed the upgrades from Pi- hole 5.11 to 5.18: [...] o ⚓ Didier Stevens ☛ Update:_oledump.py_Version_0.0.72⠀⇛ This update brings a new plugin to analyze MSI files: plugin_msi_info o ⚓ Libre Arts ☛ Weekly_recap_—_26_February_2023⠀⇛ Week highlights: new release of darktable and Zrythm, new WIP features in Krita, new AVL drumkit, Blender changes release schedule with the 4.x. series. Less software news, more artworks this time. § GIMP Not much going on in the main development branch, but CmykStudent is as active as ever in Git branches and the merge requests section. They rewrote old GIMP’s code to import ACO palette files to use babl. As the result, GIMP can now handle ACO file where colors are defined in CIE LAB. There’s also further progress with importing SwatchBooker files. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ How_much_of_AI’s_recent_success_is_due_to the_Forer_Effect?⠀⇛ This is the Barnum Effect – sometimes called “Forer Statements” – when people read generic statements they often believe them to be highly personal. # ⚓ New Statesman ☛ ChatGPT_and_the_death_of_the_author:_AI- powered_chatbots_are_not_only_exploiting_human_creativity_but rapidly_eroding_it.⠀⇛ The data comes from everybody who has contributed to the common knowledge of humanity, and everyone who is on the internet. We are each, in a small way, an author – perhaps more aptly, a ghostwriter – of ChatGPT. All this information has been collected and re-interpreted in a way that the intentions and subjectivity of any one individual have disappeared from the final product. ChatGPT uses a “large language model” (LLM) that, by learning patterns in data, can itself generate text; it is a sort of mechanical author who operates by leveraging and destroying all other authors at one and the same time. # ⚓ Wesley Moore ☛ Debugging_a_Docker_Core_Dump⠀⇛ On my main machine I use an excellent cross- platform tool called Docuum that automatically cleans up unused docker images. This allows me to use Docker without the need to periodically wonder why I’m out of disk space, run docker system prune and recover half my disk. # ⚓ New Statesman ☛ AI_porn_will_never_be_sexy⠀⇛ Beyond questioning AI’s future autonomy and whether that bodes the end of humanity, much of the conversation surrounding AI has been about how people can use AI for their own horniness. On Twitter images of voluptuous AI-generated women have repeatedly made the rounds, supposedly highlighting just how real and attractive they can look. In some cases the sentiment even appears to be that they are even more appealing than non-AI images of women. “Apparently this picture and others are going viral on socials because women are SEETHING and debating whether these girls are AI generated,” one user tweeted alongside a picture of what appears to be four blonde quadruplet women in lingerie. “It’s so over,” the same account later tweeted alongside four other AI-generated photos of women in lingerie and bikinis. # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Asymptotic_Statistics_in_Non-Sparse_Networks⠀⇛ Exchangeable arrays have been studied since the late 70’s (Aldous (1983), Kallenberg (2005)). Eagleson and Weber (1978) and Silverman (1976) establish Strong Law of Large Numbers and Central Limit Theorems for such arrays. Because non-sparse networks and multiway clustering are related to exchangeable arrays, they have received recent attention in statistics and econometrics (Davezies, D’Haultfœuille, and Guyonvarch (2018), Davezies, D’Haultfœuille, and Guyonvarch (2021), Menzel (2018)). We focus below on non-sparse networks and present uniformity results at the basis of the asymptotic normality of many nonlinear estimators. We also show the general validity of a bootstrap scheme adapted to such data. # § Perl / Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ Perl ☛ Ordering_Your_Tests⠀⇛ By default, the test actions of both ExtUtils::MakeMaker and Module::Build test t/ *.t in lexicographic order (a.k.a. ASCIIbetical order). Under this default, some Perl module authors who want tests performed in a given order have resorted to numbering tests: t/01_basic.t, t/10_functional.t, and so on. My personal preference is to take the lexicographic ordering into consideration when naming test files: t/basic.t through t/ whole_thing.t. But the price of this choice is a certain number of contrived test names, and even the occasional thesaurus lookup. o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ An_open_standard_threatens_to_disrupt_the cloistered_world_of_wireless_networking⠀⇛ The Open RAN specification, which the O-RAN Alliance introduced in 2018 and now maintains, is a reference architecture for a set of interoperable hardware, software and interfaces that can be built from off-the-shelf hardware. Supporters say it could have the same impact on the telecommunications industry that Unix and TCP/IP had on the data center in the 1990s when open standards disrupted the proprietary – and highly profitable – domain of a few large equipment makers, brought prices crashing down and changed the economics of data processing. The Alliance will be out in force at MWC 2023, the former Mobile World Congress event, in Barcelona this week with an assortment of technical sessions and addresses by some major wireless carriers and businesses building compatible products. (SiliconANGLE and its mobile video studio theCUBE will be onsite to report and analyze the news and interview top executives and experts.) A RAN is the radio element of a cellular network. It links wireless devices to transceivers and ultimately to the core network that connects to the internet. RANs are typically installed in each of the cells that make up a cellular network. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Joe Brockmeier ☛ Joe_Brockmeier:_Tab_sweep:_eFanzines,_data privacy,_playlists_between_two_artists⠀⇛ Been a lazy Sunday of doing some light pre-Spring cleaning/organizing and quality time with the cats. Here’s a few interesting sites, articles, and such that have been idling in tabs for a little while. § Two on data privacy The Markup has_an_article_about_how_grocers,_specifically Kroger,_are_harvesting_and_selling_data_about_you_to advertisers_and_such. “Many grocers systematically infer information about you from your purchases and “enrich” the personal information you provide with additional data from third-party brokers, potentially including your race, ethnicity, age, finances, employment, and online activities. Some of them even track your precise movements in stores. They then analyze all this data about you and sell it to consumer brands eager to use it to precisely target you with advertising and otherwise improve their sales efforts.” This isn’t exactly new info, but it’s worth reading to see the amount of data they’re collecting about you as part of “loyalty programs” and using the data not just to sell you things, but to resell. In a sane society this practice would be flat-out illegal or at least heavily, deeply regulated. This includes in-store cameras, Bluetooth tracking, GPS, unique identifiers w/loyalty prorgrams, etc. o ⚓ RTL ☛ Top_Africa_film_festival_opens_in_jihadist-hit_Burkina⠀⇛ The president of FESPACO’s organising committee, Fidele Aymar Tamini, said the festival’s 28th edition would embrace the theme of “African cinemas and peace cultures” in the context of the crisis. The prime minister of neighbouring Mali, the festival’s guest country of honour which is also grappling with a bloody jihadist insurgency, said culture had an “avant- garde role to play in the peace process”. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Teaching_A_Robot_To_Hallucinate⠀⇛ Training robots to execute tasks in the real world requires data — the more, the better. The problem is that creating these datasets takes a lot of time and effort, and methods don’t scale well. That’s where Robot Learning with Semantically Imagined Experience (ROSIE) comes in. o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Radical_Senate:_James_Abourezk_of_South Dakota⠀⇛ James Abourezk, who represented South Dakota from 1973 to 1979, breathed life into issue after issue. He represent the Iranian government for a time and remarkably tried to broker an agreement over the hostage crisis which might have saved Jimmy Carter’s presidency and dramatically altered history, but Carter turned it down, see below. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ CNN ☛ Archaeologists_find_5,000-year-old_tavern_—_including food_remains_—_in_Iraq⠀⇛ They initially found themselves in the open courtyard space, an area that was difficult to excavate, being “open and exposed to the outdoors,” Reed Goodman, an archaeologist from the University of Pennsylvania, told CNN. After returning to the mysterious courtyard a few months later, in fall 2022, field director Sara Pizzimenti, from the University of Pisa, broadened the trench. The team then discovered the industrial-sized oven, a moisture-wicking ancient “fridge,” to keep food cool, and dozens of conical bowls, many containing fish remains, revealing the purpose of the courtyard to be an outdoor dining area. # ⚓ DroidGazzette ☛ Researchers_Synthesize_Mysterious_Exotic Baryon⠀⇛ Scientists at Osaka University were part of a particle accelerator experiment that produced an exotic and highly unstable particle, and determined its mass. This could contribute to a better understanding of the inner workings of ultra-dense neutron stars. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Why_America_Demonizes_its_Public-School Teachers⠀⇛ Evaluating teachers on their students’ performance is an issue that has elicited much comment over more than a decade. In essence, this view assumes that if students aren’t learning, the fault lies squarely with their teachers alone. While the logic of this view seems compelling at first, a moment’s reflection shows that it ignores several factors over which teachers have no control, factors that have an enormous influence on students’ ability or willingness to learn, or if they are able and willing, a multiplicity of distractions get in the way. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan_says_‘Fab_4′_chip_group_held first_senior_officials_meeting⠀⇛ The semiconductor shortage thrust chip powerhouse Taiwan into the spotlight. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Loving_Look_Inside_Vacuum_Fluorescent Displays⠀⇛ Everyone knows we’re big fans of displays that differ from the plain old flat-panel LCDs that seem to adorn most devices these days. It’s a bit boring when the front panel of your widget is the same thing you stare at hour after hour while using your phone. Give us the chunky, blocky goodness of a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) any day of the week for visual interest and retro appeal. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Rubber_Bands_And_O-Rings_Give_3D_Prints_Some Stretch⠀⇛ Sometimes it would be helpful if a 3D printed object could stretch & bend. Flexible filament like TPU is one option, but [NagyBig] designed a simple bracelet to ask: how about embedding rubber bands or o-rings into the print itself? # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ DIY_Tool_Makes_Wrapping_Wiring_Harnesses_A Breeze⠀⇛ If you’re making a lot of wiring harnesses, wrapping them can become a bit of a drag. [Well Done Tips] wanted to make this process easier and built a wiring harness wrapping machine. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_Last_Meccano_Factory_Is_To_Close._Will_We Miss_It?⠀⇛ If we were to talk to engineers about the childhood toys which most inspired them, it’s likely that the older among them would mention either Meccano or Erector Set. These similar construction toys using metal components originated independently around the turn of the 20th century in both Britain and America, and eventually became part of the same company. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Food_shortage:_Some supermarkets_stop_selling_turnips_after_Tory_minister_urged people_to_eat_them⠀⇛ # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Britain’s_Economic_Model_Is_Crumbling, but_Its_Politicians_Don’t_Want_to_Face_Reality⠀⇛ # ⚓ NL Times ☛ Health_care_staff_shortages_could_become_a problem_in_the_coming_coronavirus_wave⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Macau_ends_outdoor_mask_mandate_as Covid-19_situation_stabilises,_HK_may_follow⠀⇛ Masks are still required for visitors to medical institutions and elderly homes or on public transport. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Gambling_Hub_Macau_Drops_COVID Mask_Mandate_for_Most_Locations⠀⇛ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ North_Korea_holds_rare_meeting_on farming_amid_food_shortage⠀⇛ North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un presided over a major political conference dedicated to improving the farming sector. The meeting held Sunday comes as outside experts have assessed the country’s chronic food insecurity as worsening. North Korea’s official media said Monday that members of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Committee reviewed last year’s work under state goals to accomplish “rural revolution in the new era.” The report said the committee will meet for at least another day as members debate unspecified “urgent tasks” involving economic development. # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ The_Queensland_woman_who_changed_how_WHO_saw the_pandemic⠀⇛ An internationally renowned Queensland air-quality expert has warned we have not learned a key lesson from the pandemic. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ The_Department_of_Energy_Now_Believes_a_Lab_Leak is_the_Most_Likely_Origin_of_Covid-19⠀⇛ The Department of Energy now assesses that the Covid-19 pandemic most likely began as the result of a leak from a government laboratory, the Wall Street Journal reports. # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ US_Energy_Department_assesses_Covid-19 likely_resulted_from_lab_leak,_furthering_US_intel_divide over_virus_origin⠀⇛ CNN — The US Department of Energy has assessed that the Covid-19 pandemic most likely came from a laboratory leak in China, according to a newly updated classified intelligence report. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Our_Reliance_on_Fossil_Fuels_and_Plastic Caused_the_East_Palestine_Disaster⠀⇛ Last December, I testified in the US Senate at its first-ever public hearing about plastics. I called for a 50 percent reduction in the nation’s production of plastics over the next decade. That was immediately met with criticism by the plastics and chemical lobbyists. These lobbyists are not the ones living in East Palestine, Ohio, where a train derailment spewed dangerous chemicals into the air, soil, and water. They’re not the ones living in neighborhoods next to railroad tracks. They’re not the ones facing health risks from plastic production plants in their backyards every single day. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Instead_of_Stuck_in_Court_or_on_Some_Future Ballot,_Legal_Marijuana_Should_Be_On_DeSantis’s_Desk_ASAP⠀⇛ For the “privilege” of using medical marijuana without being arrested, about one of every 25 Floridians pays the state government $75 per year for a special identification card, and up to another $200 for periodic visits to a small sub-set of authorized doctors who can prescribe the common plant for a limited number of ailments. Put a different way, just getting permission to use a common plant for medical purposes is a quarter- billion-dollar per year industry in the Sunshine State. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ YouTube_is_testing_a_’1080p_Premium’_playback option [Ed: Like Facebook and Twitter, YouTube will become less free. There will be "premium" options, urging people to pay subscription fees.]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ Microsoft_mistakenly_offered_Windows_11_upgrades to_users_with_unsupported_PCs [Ed: Months ago the market share of Vista 11 was 2.6%. Microsoft is nervous.]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Microsoft_Admits_Pushing_Windows_11 Upgrade_Offers_to_Ineligible_PCs [Ed: Microsoft realises Windows is a burning platform that's rapidly losing market share while GNU/Linux continues to grow.]⠀⇛ Microsoft has admitted that ineligible devices were being offered Windows 11 upgrades. Those that accepted the upgrade invite couldn’t complete the process. # ⚓ India Times ☛ microsoft_windows_11:_Microsoft_accidently releases_Windows_11_upgrade_to_ineligible_PCs_–_The_Economic Times [iophk: Canonical ought to be making hay with these mistakes]⠀⇛ Microsoft said the issue was resolved and it might take 24 to 48 hours to propagate to all affected devices. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Open Source Security (Audio Show) ☛ Josh_Bressers:_Episode 364_–_Using_SBOMs_is_hard⠀⇛ Josh and Kurt talk about SBOMs. Quite a bit has happened in the world of SBOMs in the last year or so. There are going to be different types of SBOMs, like build, source, or runtime. Each will tell us different things depending on what we need to know. We also cover some of the community efforts happening around SBOMs. They’re still not easy to use, but it’s better better. # ⚓ Bloomberg ☛ Ex-ASML_Employee_Accused_of_Data_Theft_Is_Being Probed_for_Ties_to_China⠀⇛ Investigators are looking at potential ties between the Chinese government and an ex-employee accused of stealing data from ASML Holding NV — a company critical to producing the world’s most advanced computer chips. # ⚓ Support_for_Istio_1.15_ends_on_March_28th,_2023⠀⇛ According to Istio’s support_policy, minor releases like 1.15 are supported until six weeks after the N+2 minor release (1.17 in this case). Istio_1.17 was_released_on_February_14th, and support for 1.15 will end on March 28th, 2023. At that point we will stop back-porting fixes for security issues and critical bugs to 1.15, so we encourage you to upgrade to the latest version of Istio (1.17.1). If you don’t do this you may put yourself in the position of having to do a major upgrade on a short timeframe to pick up a critical fix. We care about you and your clusters, so please be kind to yourself and upgrade. # ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ When_Low-Tech_Hacks_Cause_High-Impact Breaches⠀⇛ Web hosting giant GoDaddy made headlines this month when it disclosed that a multi-year breach allowed intruders to steal company source code, siphon customer and employee login credentials, and foist malware on customer websites. Media coverage understandably focused on GoDaddy’s admission that it suffered three different cyberattacks over as many years at the hands of the same hacking group.  But it’s worth revisiting how this group typically got in to targeted companies: By calling employees and tricking them into navigating to a phishing website. # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ SANS ☛ Phishing_Again_and_Again⠀⇛ # ⚓ NPR ☛ A_sci-fi_magazine_has_cut_off_submissions_after a_flood_of_AI-generated_stories⠀⇛ “It was increasing at such a rate that we figured that by the end of the month, we would have double the number of submissions we normally have. And that the rate it had been growing from previous months, we were concerned that we had to do something to stop it.” # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ overnment Media Executive Group LLC ☛ GSA_not_tapping data_on_unauthorized_access_attempts_at_federal facilities,_report_says⠀⇛ The General Services Administration is failing to act on data linked to access cards used to enter federal facilities, according to a new oversight report. A two-year audit conducted between 2020 and 2022 revealed over 32,000 failed access attempts at GSA-managed facilities, the Office of Inspector General report said, possibly indicating attempts to gain unauthorized access to information technology systems and secure federal facilities. The IG report also found that GSA was not evaluating the data collected from access cards “to identify and assess the risks to its personnel and federal property,” despite federal guidance recommending agencies monitor access card activity as part of their risk assessment and oversight processes. GSA operates 132 sites across the country with active access card readers that allow federal personnel with the appropriate permissions to use their card and gain access to certain facilities. Data from all GSA access cards in use is added into the agency’s Enterprise Physical Access Control System database, which can provide insights about card usage, access attempts and more. # ⚓ ALM ☛ 6_Class_Actions:_Lawyers_Across_the_Country Move_Quickly_After_Hospital_Data_Breach_|_New_Jersey Law_Journal⠀⇛ One of the difficulties with respect to a healthcare provider is that you can have set policies and procedures in place that are best practices and still be the victim of a breach cybersecurity attorney Elizabeth Litten of Fox Rothschild said. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ More_Australians_being_targeted for_espionage,_warns_spy_chief⠀⇛ Foreign countries have sought to lure information from people, including government officials, journalists and bankers. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Apple_to_focus_on_tracking_menstrual cycle_for_women’s_health⠀⇛ In recent years, wearable devices have been widely used for activity tracking and monitoring of health. Apple is focusing on tracking mental health, walking steadiness features, and tracking menstrual cycles said Dr Sumbul Desai at BioAsia 2023. # § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ SANS ☛ Crypto_Inside_a_Browser⠀⇛ Recently I discoved “Web OpenSSL” on CrypTool: a WebAssembly implementation of OpenSSL. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Life_and_Death_of_a_Ukrainian Photographer⠀⇛ Maksym Levin started documenting war “to become famous.” After seeing conflict up close, his motivations shifted. # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Russian_woman_allegedly_murdered_in_Sydney⠀⇛ A young globe-trotting Russian woman who found herself living in Australia is now the centre of a murder investigation. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ A_parallel_terrain:_Public-private defense_of_the_Ukrainian_information_environment⠀⇛ Examining and mitigating the risks related to the involvement of private technology companies in the war in Ukraine is crucial and looking forward, the United States government must also examine the same questions with regard to its own security and defense: [...] # ⚓ Jerusalem Post ☛ Iran_paper_urges_kidnapping_of_German diplomats_in_Tehran⠀⇛ The news organization controlled by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei urged on Wednesday that the Iranian authorities seize and prosecute German diplomats in Tehran in response to Berlin’s expulsion of two Iranian diplomats. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ He_Survived_the_Trade_Center_Bombing._‘I Always_Knew_They’d_Be_Back.’⠀⇛ Thirty years ago today, terrorists left a bomb weighing more than a half-ton in a rented van parked beneath the World Trade Center, a workplace for tens of thousands. Its smoldering fuse took about 12 minutes to close the gap between the everyday and the horrific. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ At_Least_58_Dead_After_Migrant_Boat_Breaks Apart_Near_Italian_Coast⠀⇛ At least 58 migrants died when their overcrowded wooden boat smashed into rocky reefs and broke apart off southern Italy before dawn on Sunday, the Italian coast guard said. Survivors reportedly indicated that dozens more could be missing. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ At_Least_58_Dead_After_Migrant_Boat_Breaks_Apart Near_Italian_Coast⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_Republican’s_Grand_Immigration_Con Job⠀⇛ Kevin McCarthy just came back from a press trip to our southern border, full of talk about how bad the Biden administration is doing with asylum and immigration. Today, another group of House Republicans are “holding a hearing” at the Mexican border. If you watch Fox “News” you know all about it. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Dozens_of_migrants_found_drowned_off Italian_coast⠀⇛ The boat took off from Turkey and was believed to be carrying over 170 migrants when it ran into trouble in the Ionian sea at dawn, according to UN bodies. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration therefore expected the death toll to climb, they said in a joint statement # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ A_Dangerous_Fishing_Expedition:_The_Select Committee_on_China⠀⇛ Riled up against China, GOP congressmembers have long felt that Washington’s new cold war needed a special venue. So as soon as the baton passed to Republicans in the House, they set up a select committee on China. This is majority leader Kevin “Trump’s the Man” McCarthy’s baby, and if […] # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Draftees_from_Irkutsk_appeal_to_Putin_for_help: ‘Command_told_us_directly_that_we_are_expendable.’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Mobilized soldiers from Russia’s Irkutsk region recorded a video appeal to Vladimir Putin, asking him to “deal with lawless and criminal orders from command.” The news outlet Lyudi Baikala published the video. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Croatia_to_send_Ukraine_14_Mi-8_helicopters_— Meduza⠀⇛ Croatia is prepared to send 14 Mi-8 transport helicopters to Ukraine, says a source for the Croatian publication Jutarnji list. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Activists_in_Belarus_report_that_partisans sabotaged_a_Russian_military_airplane_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Several explosions occurred at a military airfield in Machulishchy, Belarus, around 12 kilometers (about 7.5 miles) outside of Minsk, reports BYPOL, an organization of former law enforcement employees in Belarus who work against the current government. Initially, BYPOL activists wrote that the explosions damaged a Russian military transport plane and snow removal equipment. The cause of the explosions was not specified in the first reports. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Ukraine_and_The_Tunnel_at_the_End_of_the Light⠀⇛ “Light at the end of the tunnel” was an iconic phrase used by the warmongers who kept the U.S. in Vietnam long after the War had been lost. The implication was that insiders could see through the fog of war and know that things were getting better. It was a lie. # ⚓ YLE ☛ 1,000_march_in_Helsinki_to_demand_peace_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ “There are Ukrainians, Russians and Finns here, and it seems that some foreign tourists have also joined,” an organiser told Yle. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Hungarian_approval_of_Finnish_Nato_bid_delayed_yet again⠀⇛ The Hungarian parliament will not vote on Finland’s and Sweden’s applications until late March, an official said. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Poland’s_Ukrainian_rehabilitation⠀⇛ Russia’s war against Ukraine has been reshaping European politics. # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Ms._Stella_Kyriakides_holds_a videoconference_call_with_the_Ukrainian_Minister_of_Health_Mr Viktor_Liashko⠀⇛ European Commission Meeting Brussels, 24 Feb 2023 Ms. Stella Kyriakides holds a videoconference call with the Ukrainian Minister of Health Mr Viktor Liashko # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Children_of_War⠀⇛ The War on Terror and the Battle for Young Minds. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_20th_Anniversary_of_the_Sociocide_of Iraq_by_Bush/Cheney⠀⇛ I wrote the following column ten years ago. Note the absence of any accountability or regret by Bush, Cheney and their co-war criminals. Ten years ago [now 20 years ago, on March 19, 2003] George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, as war criminals, launched the sociocide of the people of Iraq – replete with embedded television and newspaper reporters chronicling the invasion through the Bush lens. That illegal war of aggression was, of course, based on recognized lies, propaganda and cover-ups that duped or co-opted leading news institutions such as the New York Times and the Washington Post. # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ March_To_Iraq_War,_20_Years_Later:_February 26,_2003⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Zelensky:_Return_Crimea_and_peace_will_be_restored —_Meduza⠀⇛ President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky published a Telegram post marking the anniversary of a rally that took place at the Crimean parliament building in Simferopol in 2014, where pro-Ukrainian activists opposed Crimea separating from Ukraine. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Global_South_Refuses_Pressure_to_Side With_the_West_on_Russia⠀⇛ At the G20 meeting in Bengaluru, India, the United States arrived with a simple brief. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said at the February 2023 summit that the G20 countries must condemn Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and they must adhere to U.S. sanctions against Russia. However, it became clear that India, the chair of the G20, was not willing to conform to the U.S. agenda. Indian officials said that the G20 is not a political meeting, but a meeting to discuss economic issues. They contested the use of the word “war” to describe the invasion, preferring to describe it as a “crisis” and a “challenge.” France and Germany have rejected this draft if it does not condemn Russia. Just as in Indonesia during the previous year’s summit, the 2023 G20 leaders are once again ignoring the pressure from the West to isolate Russia, with the large developing countries (Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and South Africa) unwilling to budge from their practical view that isolation of Russia is endangering the world. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Fire_In_Kyiv_Warehouse_Extinguished_With_Help_Of Robot⠀⇛ The emergency service in Kyiv reported that a fire in a warehouse in the Podilskiy district has been extinguished. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Over_600,000_Germans_sign_petition_to_end heavy_weapons_delivery_to_Ukraine_as_10,000_demonstrate_in Berlin_for_peace⠀⇛ More than 600,000 Germans signed a petition two weeks ago, calling for an end to heavy weapons delivery to Ukraine, and urging Chancellor Olaf Scholz to lead diplomatic efforts for a cease-fire and peace negotiations. The petition, co-authored by Left Party lawmaker Sahra Wagenknecht and feminist author Alice Schwarzer, gathered 607,000 signatures as of Thursday on change.org website. # ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Other_voices:_NATO_sure_should spend_more_on_defense [Ed: When it comes to killing, the sky is the limit?]⠀⇛ Russia’s invasion should have jolted the West out of its welfare-state reverie. # ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ No_consequences,_no_support: Harding_teachers_flagged_school_violence_long_before_fatal stabbing⠀⇛ The Pioneer Press granted anonymity to five Harding teachers who wanted to talk about school safety but say they feared reprisal. # ⚓ The Local SE ☛ Could_Sweden’s_‘unique’_Gripen_fighters_help Ukraine?⠀⇛ The Swedish JAS Gripen fighter jet is one of the planes Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has asked for to “close the sky” and protect Ukraine from Russian air and missile attacks. In this article, Loukas Christodoulou looks at how suitable they are for the job. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ European_Union_agrees_for_new_sanctions against_Russia_on_war_anniversary⠀⇛ The European Union on Friday, the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, agreed to a new round of sanctions against Moscow, Deutsche Welle (DW) reported. This comes as the tenth sanction package to be adopted by the EU member states. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ NZ_professor_among_three_hostages released_after_week-long_abduction_in_Papua_New_Guinea⠀⇛ A group of archaeology researchers were taken hostage last Sunday by men demanding a cash ransom. # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Aussie_hostage_released_in_PNG⠀⇛ An Australian professor has been released in Papua New Guinea more than a week after he was kidnapped. # ⚓ [Old]_Fake_news_in_Kiev_heralds_cruel_April_–_Indian Punchline⠀⇛ o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Here’s_how_plastic_upcycling_can_close carbon_cycle⠀⇛ Used face masks, supermarket bags, and food packaging all hold an abundance of potentially usable raw materials. Yet, producing more of these single-use plastics has proven to be considerably less expensive than recovering and recycling them. Used face masks, supermarket bags, and food packaging all contain a wealth of potentially usable raw materials. # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Stand-off_over_federal_government’s_climate plan_intensifying⠀⇛ A stand-off over the federal government’s climate plan is intensifying as the Greens refuse to back the policy in its current form. # ⚓ Norway ☛ Air_pollution_made_an_impression_on_Monet_and other_19th_century_painters⠀⇛ The 19th century landscape paintings hanging in London’s Tate Britain museum looked awfully familiar to climate physicist Anna Lea Albright. Artist Joseph Mallord William Turner’s signature way of shrouding his vistas in fog and smoke reminded Albright of her own research tracking air pollution. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ We_Face_a_Climate_Abyss,_But_There_Are_Sparks_of Hope,_Robert_Pollin_Says⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ A_Looming_El_Niño_Could_Give_Us_a_Preview_of Life_at_1.5C_of_Warming⠀⇛ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Supply_chain_expert_urges_UK retailers_to_utilise_modern_technology_solutions_amid_weather crisis⠀⇛ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Michigan_power_crews_work, California_recovers_after_storms⠀⇛ Some Michigan residents faced a fourth straight day without power as crews worked to restore electricity to more than 165,000 homes and businesses in the Detroit area after last week’s ice storm. In hard-hit southeastern Michigan, the state’s two main utilities — DTE Energy and Consumers Energy — reported about 165,000 homes and businesses without power Sunday evening. Wednesday’s ice storm coated lines and trees with a half an inch of ice or more. California, meanwhile, was getting a brief break Sunday from a powerful weekend storm that left Los Angeles area rivers swollen to dangerous levels and brought snow to low-lying areas. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ New_Report:_coal_and_gas emissions_“set_to_soar”_under_Safeguard_Mechanism⠀⇛ The government has “significantly underestimated” coal and gas emissions in its Safeguard Mechanism to curb big carbon polluters, according to new analysis by Climate Analytics. Callum Foote reports. A new report by Climate Analytics has found that emissions from the LNG and coal industries in Australia would continue to increase by 2030, not fall, and this would be driven by the unlimited availability of cheap carbon offsets. There is a significant chance this availability would also enable new gas and coal developments which do not presently exist. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ As_US_Reengages_Maduro,_Oil_Giants_Earn Deals_—_and_Venezuelans_Protest⠀⇛ # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Don’t_Look_Up_and_Animal_Liberation⠀⇛ When Don’t Look Up came out, many film critics didn’t seem to get it, or, more generously, didn’t like what it had to offer. The New York Times called it “frantic, strident and obvious.” Rolling Stone said it was a “bomb of a movie, all inchoate rage and flailing limbs.” The film has a 56 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which is not good. As an animal activist, I found it extremely relatable, both when the movie first came to Netflix and on my most recent rewatch. The plot centers on a group of scientists trying to raise the alarm about an approaching comet. It was intended to bring to mind climate change. But the film could be about any issue which the public, and more importantly, the government, finds too unbearable to acknowledge. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Threats_to_the_Grizzly’s_Fragile Recovery_are_Expanding⠀⇛ As the number of grizzly bears has grown, so has interest in removing them from protection of the Endangered Species Act.   It’s too soon. Despite the truth of more bears, some lingering trends have potential to put their still-tentative recovery in reverse.  # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Desperate_for_Babies,_China_Races_to Undo_an_Era_of_Birth_Limits._Is_It_Too_Late?⠀⇛ “The fundamental problem is not that people cannot have children, but that they cannot afford it,” said Lu Yi, a 26-year-old nurse in Sichuan, the province that recently lifted birth limits. She added that she would need to earn at least double her current monthly salary of 8,000 yuan, or about $1,200, to even consider having children. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Is_China_better_placed_than_the_US_to survive_an_economic_split?⠀⇛ The United States was sharply critical of Germany’s energy dependence on Russia, imposing sanctions on the construction of pipelines carrying Russian gas beneath the Baltic Sea to Germany (if not, as a now-refuted report by … # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Washington_Post_Is_Coming_for_Your Retirement_Benefits⠀⇛ The Washington Post favors cuts over human welfare. Exactly the kind of perspective Bezos deemed well worth putting his money behind. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Rise_of_the_Consultant_Governing Class⠀⇛ They have become the outsourcing mandarins, consultancy companies which have served to degrade expertise in the public sector while diminishing the quality of services.  Along the way, they have charged astronomical fees in giving repeatedly flawed advice.  Consultants, packaged as all wise gurus, have become the great confidence tricksters. Embracing the inner voodoo of consultancy had the effect of discouraging in-house contributions and solutions within government and the broader economy.  The result was a strange plea to those outside the public sector, resulting in what can only be described accurately as the consultacracy. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Meaning_of_Sustainability⠀⇛ I remember sometimes in 1980, the last year of the Jimmy Carter administration, when a couple of economists from the US Department of agriculture visited a few of my colleagues at the US Environmental Protection Agency. They wanted to discuss the costs of transforming conventional agriculture to sustainable farming. # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Barcelona’s_financial_crisis deepens_after_Europa_League_disaster⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ It’s_Time_for_the_Wealthy_to_Pay_Their_Fair Share_Into_Social_Security⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Upcoming_Cuts_to_Emergency_SNAP_Benefits Threaten_Food_Security_in_Rural_America⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Jimmy_Carter:_a_man_of_humanity⠀⇛ Former Democratic US President Jimmy Carter, who is spending the last stage of his life in home hospice care at the age of 98, will be most remembered not only for his humanity and humility… # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Vice-President_Schinas_receives_Mr Chuck_Robbins,_CISCO_CEO⠀⇛ European Commission Meeting Brussels, 24 Feb 2023 Vice-President Schinas receives Mr Chuck Robbins, CISCO CEO # ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_Latest_Round_of_Job_Cuts,_Twitter_Is Said_to_Lay_Off_at_Least_200_Employees⠀⇛ Twitter laid off at least 200 of its employees on Saturday night, three people familiar with the matter said, or about 10 percent of the roughly 2,000 who were still working for the company. Elon Musk, who acquired the social media platform in October, has steadily pared back its work force from about 7,500 employees as he has sought to reduce costs. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Corruption_no_longer_dividing_line_between_Western and_Eastern_Europe⠀⇛ In a timely twist of fate, we now learn that the EU’s buttoned-up bureaucrats are not as squeaky clean as they make themselves out to be. Greek MEP Eva Kaili, also a European Parliament vice- president, was caught red-handed by Belgian authorities with bags of cash stashed away in her house, along with four other ex-officials also supposedly in on the scheme. It turns out that the “unidentified Gulf state” involved was indeed Qatar – a sheikhdom that is no stranger to blank cheque diplomacy and getting influential figures to do their bidding. Whether this was just a case of quid pro quo gone wrong is anyone’s guess. In many ways, FIFA was Qatar’s gateway drug to the upper echelons of the European Union. Switzerland, where football’s governing body happens to be headquartered, is considered the gold standard insofar as upholding ethics and morals is concerned. The fact that the Qataris managed to sway FIFA’s vote in their favour for the World Cup hosting rights via backchannel wheeling and dealing may well have rendered senior EU politicians fair game in their eyes. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Google_layoffs_not_based_on_performance: Sacked_Indian_employee⠀⇛ Earlier, Jennifer Vaden Barth, a creative Strategist at Google, said that the “layoff impacted very talented and highly rated professionals”. Barth, who had worked at Google for 15 years said that “layoffs hit women particularly hard, especially women over 40″. # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Cybersecurity_to_get_national_supervisor_in wake_of_[crack]_attacks⠀⇛ The government will announce the new post – the coordinator for cyber security – on Monday when it assembles business and government leaders for a meeting that aims to step up defences in corporate and public systems. The new co-ordinator, who is yet to be named, will be backed by a National Office for Cyber Security within the Department of Home Affairs to co- ordinate work across the government. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Karachi_Kaleidoscope⠀⇛ My 72 hours in Karachi have been really crazy. Dashing from pillar to post trying to squeeze in visits to relatives and friends alongside interviews of 2 feminist activist-artists for my unfolding book project on Queer Pakistani Performativities, and a third with the first Black Pakistani woman elected to parliamentary office for the major political party in the province of Sindh, the PPP or Pakistan People’s Party; chatting with my friend’s driver (who has been kindly transporting me hither n thither), about the economic meltdown that is making it almost impossible for the working classes to make ends meet; to being invited to dine in style at Karachi’s poshest restaurants and homes— all of this has reminded me yet again, how paradoxical and class-riven a place is Pakistan. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Utah_Siblings_Use_TikTok_to_Fight_“Parental Alienation”_Order⠀⇛ Two siblings in Utah have barricaded themselves in a bedroom at their mother’s home in defiance of a judge’s order to return to the custody of their father, despite state child welfare investigators determining that he had sexually abused the children. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Three_Reasons_(Other_Than_Age)_Why_Joe Biden_Should_Not_Run_Again_For_President⠀⇛ Joe Biden’s recent performance in the State of the Union message delivered to the U.S. Congress is being hailed as the start of his campaign for reelection as President in 2024. Nevertheless, the best thing that Biden could do right now would be to announce that he will not be a candidate, thus inaugurating an open contest for the Democratic nomination. According to a new poll, 63% of U.S. Democrats think that Biden should not run again, and the reason cited by virtually all of them is his advanced age (80) or characteristics related to age (halting speech, for example). These seem to me the least important reasons for Biden to decline to run again. In fact, the cavalier ageism of many people who would not dream of opposing someone’s candidacy on the basis of race or gender is contemptible. Three factors seem far more important: the advantages of an open fight for the nomination, Biden’s deficit of charisma, and, most important, his uncritical commitment to a bellicose, imperialist foreign policy. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ ‘America_is_Not_a_Racist_Country’:_How Nikki_Haley_Became_Israel’s_Candidate_for_the_White_House⠀⇛ Though it has been argued that the so-called American dream is long dead, Nikki Haley is proof that the dream is still alive. Unfortunately, the ‘dream’ is hers alone. Until recently, a close confidante of former US President Donald Trump and his pro-Israel circle, Haley wants to be the next United States president. On February 14, she officially declared her candidacy and, starting February next year, she will be officially competing against her former bosses in the Republican primaries. # ⚓ Fortune ☛ Elon_Musk_fires_more_Twitter_staff,_including loyalists⠀⇛ # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ The_Biden_Administration_Staved_Off Russia’s_First_Round_of_InfoWar_on_Ukraine,_But_How about_the_Second?⠀⇛ # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Your_Dumb_Little_Advertising_Tricks Won’t_Work_on_Me⠀⇛ Wow, can you believe all these features? Designed in the U.S.A.? Eco-friendly? And look at this packaging! Solid. Solid try, but no! # ⚓ Salon ☛ Fox_News_texts_reveal_the_truth:_The_Big_Lie was_a_con_—_that_the_viewers_were_in_on⠀⇛ In another text chain, the two, along with fellow host Sean Hannity, discussed getting a reporter fired for tweeting out the fact that there was no evidence of voter fraud. (The host eventually took down the tweet.) The documents also show extensive chatter from Fox executives indicating that they knew Biden had won, even as they encouraged the Big Lie on-air. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Amazon_Removes_Books_From_Kindle_Unlimited After_They_Appear_on_Pirate_Sites⠀⇛ Several independent publishers have had their books removed from Kindle Unlimited because they breached an exclusivity agreement with Amazon. The actions of the book giant are covered by the mutually agreed terms. However, in many cases, it’s not the authors who breached the agreement, but pirate sites who copied them, as pirates do. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ 2_Malaysian_teens_arrested_over_viral TikTok_rant_about_questions_on_S’pore_in_history_exam⠀⇛ A group of human rights lawyers condemned what it said was the heavy-handed way the boys were treated. # ⚓ The Telegraph UK ☛ George_Orwell’s_chilling_prediction_has come_true_–_it’s_time_to_make_a_stand⠀⇛ What is it about the past that some young people find unbearable? After all, no one is expecting them to live through it. Indeed, some of us who did find the present infinitely worse. The vandalism of Roald Dahl’s writings for children by “sensitivity readers” to make them “suitable”, has brought the wickedness of rewriting, or eliminating, the past and evidence of it to the forefront of our discourse. It would also have Dahl (with whom I once spent an evening: shrinking violet he was not) turning in his grave. Sadly, it goes far beyond children’s books, and indeed books generally: films, statues, television programmes, indeed, whole historical ideas must now be modified to please ill-educated and inexperienced tyros, if they are allowed into the public arena at all. Are we really so delicate? Why tolerate this lunacy? # ⚓ ANF News ☛ Istanbul_police_attack_demonstration_against government’s_response_to_earthquake⠀⇛ “It is not the earthquake, but a corrupt and profit-oriented order that is to blame for the death of the people” was roughly the motto of the meeting that was to take place at the harbour in the district of Kadıköy to issue a public press statement. The police were deployed with a large contingent and practically sealed off all entrances. However, most of the members of the crisis coordination managed to get to Khalkedon Square, where the police encircled the participants at several points. Demonstrators responded by chanting “Government, resign!” # ⚓ ANF News ☛ 25_journalists_killed,_14_attacked,_4_detained in_earthquake⠀⇛ The Amed (tr. Diyarbakır) based organisation is outraged that even after a disaster like the 6 February series of earthquakes, the Turkish authorities continue their “war on the free press” and alarmingly deteriorate the working conditions of media professionals. The accusations against the government range from intimidation and harassment to physical violence, arrests and arbitrary investigations, to digital persecution aimed at preventing critical reporting on the state’s failures in the aftermath of the earthquakes. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Iran_releases_Spanish_woman_jailed_over Amini_protests⠀⇛ A Spanish woman imprisoned in Iran for three months on espionage charges after she was arrested during anti-government protests has been released, Spain’s government said Sunday. Ana Baneira Suarez was 24 years old when she was arrested, the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) revealed at the time. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran_Releases_Spanish_Woman_After_Three_Months_In Jail_Over_Protests⠀⇛ A Spanish woman imprisoned in Iran since November on espionage charges after she was arrested during anti-government protests in November has been released, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on February 26. [...] # ⚓ Reuters ☛ Iran_releases_Spanish_woman_after_three_months_in jail_over_protests⠀⇛ Iran, which has blamed “foreign adversaries” for protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in morality police custody. In September, Tehran said nine Europeans had been arrested for their involvement in the protests. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Erdoğan_Is_Getting_Desperate⠀⇛ When I learned last month that Turkey had placed a $500,000 bounty on my head, part of me was flattered. Turkey has targeted me for years because I have used my platform as a professional basketball player to denounce its strongman, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. His regime has revoked my passport, filed 12 lawsuits against me, and put my name on Interpol’s “Red Notice” list. It has come after my family too. The government raided my home in Turkey and imprisoned my father. It also seems to have gotten my brother fired from his basketball team and prevented my sister from finding a job. I was pretty sure I had been a headache for Erdoğan—the $500,000 was proof. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_activist_arrested,_charged_with “discrediting”_the_army_after_a_one-man_anti-war_protest⠀⇛ According to human rights defense group OVD-Info, the basis of the latest case against the activist was a one-man anti-war picket that he held on February 24, 2023, the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. At his solo action, he held a sign that read “I’m sorry, Ukraine.” o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Don’t_prosecute_Assange,_who_sought_to_shine_light⠀⇛ Prosecuting Assange for newsgathering or publishing sets a precedent that can be used against all media outlets. This would criminalize standard journalistic practices. Media outlets need to join together to defend the right to publish. Major outlets like The New York Times, Der Spiegel, LeMonde, El Pais and The Guardian have spoken up: “Publishing is not a crime.” They have been joined by a wide array of human rights, press freedom and civil liberties groups who have condemned the prosecution of Assange. # ⚓ The Telegraph UK ☛ How_Putin_killed_the_romance_of_radio⠀⇛ The cost of keeping AM services running has surged since Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, which sent global energy prices soaring. Climbing electricity costs have forced some stations to reassess whether they really need AM channels anymore. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Politico_‘nearly_doubles’_size_of_London bureau_in_a_month_with_plans_to_triple_it⠀⇛ Politico Europe deputy editor-in-chief Kate Day, who heads the news organisation in Westminster, told an audience in London’s County Hall on Tuesday: “Back in December we had 18 journalists in London. We’re now at 32, I think — I lose track a little bit. We badly need new offices.” # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Chris_Hedges:_The_Trump-Russia_Saga_and_the Death_Spiral_of_American_Journalism⠀⇛ The media caters to a particular demographic, telling that demographic what it already believes — even when it is unverified or false. This pandering defines the coverage of the Trump-Russia saga. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Why_is_Assange_in_Jail_and_Not_Seymour Hersh?⠀⇛ On February 7, Seymour Hersh – arguably the most credible investigative journalist of our era – published a bombshell exposé revealing that the United States was guilty of blowing up the Nord Stream II undersea pipeline that was supposed to deliver natural gas from Russia to the Federal Republic of Germany. Hersh’s revelations were based entirely on classified information leaked to him by a member of the government with first-hand knowledge of the planning and implementation of the attack on the pipeline – a member of the government who clearly broke the law by violating his fiduciary duty not to reveal classified information to an unauthorized source. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Federal_police_to_blitz_foreign_interference in_multicultural_communities⠀⇛ In a campaign to begin on Monday, the AFP will ramp up its fight against foreign interference operations in Australia’s multicultural communities. # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ Students_celebrate_Beta_Israeli_Shabbat on_campus [Ed: "D & I" puff pieces]⠀⇛ Hillel, Black United Students and the Center of Pan-African Culture celebrated a Shabbat Friday focusing on Beta Israeli culture welcome to anyone. Student contributors decorated the multipurpose room in Oscar Ritchie Hall with pictures and biographies of influential Beta Israelis on every table. They also gave every student a pamphlet with facts about the community,… # ⚓ PJ Media ☛ If_a_Christian_Had_Said_This_About_Muslims, Would_the_Media_Be_This_Blasé?⠀⇛ Consequently, Kamel declares that “those Jews will be annihilated in that war, and they will never rise again.” He reminds his congregation that Muhammad told his followers during a battle to shoot arrows at the enemy when that enemy got close enough, and adds: “This hadith [report] encourages shooting, using any available means – be it using arrows, like in ancient times, or bullets, rockets, grenades, like in modern times, or any other means, because shooting is one of the elements of force that Allah ordered. [Allah] said: ‘Prepare for them whatever force and steeds of war you can.’” Kamel thus issued a clear warning, and the local authorities and media should be paying attention. # ⚓ MEMRI ☛ Indian_Islamic_Cleric_Shabbir_Ahmed_Siddiqui: Whoever_Permits_Women_To_Run_In_Elections_Is_‘Rebelling Against_Islam’⠀⇛ Speaking in the Indian city of Ahmedabad, Indian Islamic cleric Shabbir Ahmed Siddiqui, who is the imam of Jama Masjid in Ahmedabad, said that “Whoever gives [election] tickets to Muslim women is rebelling against Islam… This will weaken our religion.” Siddiqui argued that women should be forbidden from participating in elections on the same grounds that they are forbidden from attending mosques.[1] Siddiqui made the comments in an interview uploaded to the YouTube channel of The Indian Express daily.[2] # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Teenagers_arrested_across_Russia_following_an arranged_brawl_in_a_Moscow_shopping_mall_—_Meduza⠀⇛ In cities across Russia, for at least the second day in a row, police have been arresting teenagers who are allegedly part of a new youth subculture called PMC Redan, inspired by the Japanese manga series Hunter x Hunter. The teenagers are allegedly planning mass fights. Publication Baza reports arrests in St. Petersburg, Kursk, Novosibirsk, and Kazan. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Big_Tech_‘Fair_Share’_Debate_Set to_Dominate_Barcelona_Mobile_Meet⠀⇛ # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Florian Müller ☛ Nokia_asserting_patents_against high-volume_smartphone_maker_Vivo_in_five_countries_ (China,_India,_Indonesia,_Malaysia,_Germany)_but_no resolution_in_sight⠀⇛ # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Nokia_changes_iconic_logo_for_the first_time_in_60_years_to_mark_strategy_shift⠀⇛ The new logo comprises five different shapes forming the word NOKIA. The iconic blue color of the old logo has been dropped for a range of colours depending on the use. “There was the association to smartphones and nowadays we are a business technology company,” Chief Executive Pekka Lundmark told Reuters in an interview. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Spring_planting⠀⇛ After several weeks of weird on and off snow, I think it’s finally starting to look spring-ish in Colorado! (I say until the inevitable March snowstorm happens) I’ve begun to wake my plants up for spring, so they’re slowly getting juiced up with fertilizer again. I moved two of my begonias (the angel wing, referred to as Judas Priest, and the black mamba, referred to as Limp Bizkit) into bigger pots because Judas Priest was choking itself to death and Limp Bizkit has gotten big enough to tip itself over if even breathed on the wrong way. Which I have done. # ⚓ Moon_gazing_2023-02-26_Evening_(Fairbanks,_AK,_USA)⠀⇛ The first quarter moon looked like an worthy target, so I decided to do some moon gazing, starting about 8pm. I focused mainly on the southern half, along the terminator line. # ⚓ Hey_there⠀⇛ I came across this forum after surfing the web… It is very cool to see people who want the old web back!! After making a gemini cap, I decided to make a forum account here… # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_ACXGHNE_Wordo:_NAVVY⠀⇛ o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Thinking_About_Pratical_Web3.0_and_GNUNet_as Infrastructure⠀⇛ The title is gonna make people reading this from Gemini mad. Saw that a mile away. But hear me out. I just came back from g0v hackathon and decentralizing and Web3 has been a huge topic there. Heck even the Ministry of Digital Affairs joined discussion. That got me thinking. What can Web3 really do better than existing architectures? What is the value proposition? That led me thinking about my recent dive into GNUNet and rethinking about it’s capabilities. # ⚓ Why_it’s_OK_that_PGP_sucks⠀⇛ Don’t get me wrong; if you’re in a position to make email encryption work better, please keep up the good work. It’s just that if you’ve heard the cool kids say “I have such-and-such super supreme secure cipher app, that’s what people should use for communication, and email shall be insecure”, I’m like… what I hear is someone saying “I’ve got locks on my house so I don’t need to wear pants in public”. It’s kind of a non-sequiteur. Of course we want secure email. A couple of really good things have happened since the era of PGP. Remember, PGP preceded SSL and TLS (and with them HTTPS). It was released in 1991 when an email was less secure than a postcard. Everyone could read everything, and spoof as anyone. These days, we have DKIM to fight against tampering and spoofing (this also helps against “efail” type attacks, and against mitm), and we have TSL encryption between client and server and between server and server. # ⚓ Pinetime_First_Impressions⠀⇛ I ordered a Pinetime smartwatch a couple weeks ago and it finally came on Friday. Here’s some of my first impressions so far, which I hope might be useful to someone seeing as how most of the videos and articles you find out there are at least a year old and it looks like the software has come a long way since then. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3077 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 02.27.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_27/02/2023:_New_IPFire_Release_and_New_Product_From_Planet_Computers⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 9:39 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Audiocasts/Shows o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o WINE_or_Emulation o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Events o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o GNU_Projects o Programming/Development # Perl_/_Raku # Python * Leftovers o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies # Patents # Trademarks * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ Planet_Computers_hits_the_desktop_with_a_line_of touchscreen_Linux_computers⠀⇛ Planet Computers turned heads when it arrived on the scene almost exactly five years ago. The London-based hardware startup was banking on a bit of nostalgia for the days of tactile mobile keyboards, as it attempted to drag the PDA kicking and screaming into the 21st century with the Gemini. 2020’s Astro Slide 5G followed in a similar vein, spurring on a highly successful crowdfunding campaign, in spite of being launched at the beginning of the pandemic. Today, the firm hit MWC in Barcelona with, somewhat ironically, a non-mobile device. Planet is launching a line of ARM-powered Linux desktop PCs. The new XR line is being pushed as the “first-ever out-of-the-box Linux mini desktop experience,” meaning that the end user has to do little to get the Ubuntu boxes up and running. o ⚓ Liliputing ☛ PlanetPC_XR_is_a_Linux_mini_PC_with_a_touchscreen display_and_ARM_processor_(crowdfunding)⠀⇛ Planet Computers makes smartphones that look like pocket computers thanks to their QWERTY keyboards that are (just barely) big enough for touch typing. And they function like pocket computers thanks to support for both Android and Linux software. Now the UK-based company is branching out by launching a line of compact desktop computers. The PlanetPC XR series mini PCs feature ARM-based processors from Rockchip, color touchscreen displays on the front, and Ubuntu Linux software. They’re expected to ship in September, 2023 and they’re up for pre-order from the Planet Computers website or you can reserve one for a lower price by backing the PlanetPC XR Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign. o ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Linux_Around_The_World:_Malta⠀⇛ We cover user groups that are running in Malta. This article forms part of our Linux Around The World series. o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ Linux_Weekly_Roundup_#224⠀⇛ Hope you are well? We had an amazing week in the world of Linux releases with Linux Lite 6.4 RC1, Mageia OS 9 Beta1, TUXEDO OS 2, Redcore Linux 2301, Clear Linux 37980, Ubuntu 22.04.2 (and it’s falvors), Manjaro Linux 22.0.4, openSUSE 15.5 Beta, and Neptune OS 7.9 Beta1. # ⚓ All Things Linux ☛ Hello_2023:_Current_Setup_and_State_of Affairs⠀⇛ It’s been a while since I posted anything original here. Testing various distros eventually loses its appeal and we settle on one or a mix of distributions. I’m not really using Slackware anymore except very occasionally in the form of Alien’s LiveSlak on a USB stick and experimenting with Porteus. Slax also once again has a version based on Slack but I find Porteus the better choice these days if a system working around modules is what you want. All this is toying around though. My day to day work is done on a mixture of MX Linux KDE, and for a while prior to that AntiX, and Linux Mint. Yes, the one with systemd. Simply due to the fact that it is the one distribution that I tried that managed to set up the Nvidia driver without further fiddling and work correctly with my hybrid graphics laptop to allow for some advanced Steam gaming. The other reason would be that it is the one distribution where Cinnamon really shines in combination with the Mint tools. If not for that I’ld be going Plasma only. This combo has proven to be more than adequate to deal with anything I throw at it and is a great production setup. As a side note, I’m still confused about the difference between AntiX and MX Fluxbox and if there is any. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ ‘velopers_Choose_Snap_|_LINUX Unplugged_499_|_Jupiter_Broadcasting⠀⇛ Ubuntu makes its anti-Flatpak stance official, while KDE and GNOME team up to turn Flathub into a universal Linux app store. # ⚓ Video ☛ How_to_install_Moshi_Moshi_Rewritten_Desktop_on Linux_Lite_6.2_–_Invidious⠀⇛ In this video, we are looking at how to install Moshi Moshi Rewritten Desktop on Linux Lite 6.2. # ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ The_True_History_of_vi⠀⇛ How a broken pascal compiler, a 300 baud modem, and a 1970s terminal helped create the (in)famous text editor. # ⚓ CubicleNate ☛ Linux_Saloon_|_25_Feb_2023_|_CentOS_Stream 9⠀⇛ This Linux Saloon was very education in the realm of all things relating to CentOS, Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the way they all interact. Without question I learned a lot. # ⚓ GNU World Order (Audio Show) ☛ GNU_World_Order_501⠀⇛ **pim-data-exporter** , **pim-sieve-editor** , **pim-common** , **plasma- browser-integration** , **plasma-desktop** , **plasma-disks** , **plasma- firewall** from the Slackware **kde** package set. shasum - a256=681c5da2567f7fca584530d4d72499e1e58a7f189e5b697aa5ed7b956590ca70 # ⚓ Video ☛ Rise_Of_A_New_Kind_Of_Linux_Package_Manager_– Invidious⠀⇛ No longer do we just have the tradional kind of package manager or even the Flatpak & Snap kind where it’s sort of a mini set of dependencies inside your regular distro, now we are starting to see the rise of a new kind of “package manager” one based on distrobox. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Machine_Learning_in_Linux:_Coqui_STT_–_deep- learning_toolkit_for_training_and_deploying_speech-to-text models⠀⇛ We used to recommend DeepSpeech as the finest open- source Speech-To-Text engine. They released models capable of transcribing lectures, conversations, television and radio shows, and other live streams with “human accuracy”. Sadly, DeepSpeech is no longer maintained. Fortunately, there are other solutions. Coqui STT (STT) is a deep-learning toolkit for training and deploying speech-to-text models. This is free and open source software. # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Hardware_Acceleration_Coming_to_Qt_Web_Browser ‘Falkon’⠀⇛ Users of the Falkon web browser will soon be able to take advantage of hardware acceleration when using the browser on Linux. # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ The_Unofficial_Spotify_App_for_Linux_is_Back from_the_Dead⠀⇛ Spotify Premium subscribers on Linux will be pleased to hear that they (once again) have an alternative to the official Linux client. # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ PeaZip_9.1_File_Archiver_Brings_Usability Improvements⠀⇛ PeaZip is a free and open-source, cross-platform file archiver utility for Windows, Linux, and macOS that supports a wide range of file formats, including ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, and many others. It allows users to compress and decompress files and folders, create and extract encrypted archives, and split and join large files. The app includes a powerful file manager, allowing users to browse and edit the contents of archives without having to extract them first. Furthermore, one of the unique features of PeaZip is its ability to create self-extracting archives, which are executable files that can automatically extract their contents when run. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Linux_app_depot_Flathub_may_turn_into paid-software_store⠀⇛ The GNOME and KDE organizations are working on a proposal to crowdsource a big change in Flathub: to make it an app store for Linux – including for paid software. The proposal appears on the GitHub page of the Plaintext Group. This is an initiative of Schmidt Futures – an NGO backed by former Alphabet chair Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy which is also funding AI research. The proposal’s authors are quite big names in their own right too: GNOME president Robert McQueen, former GNOME executive director and Debian project leader Neil McGovern, and KDE president Aleix Pol. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Solve_“error:_required_key_missing_from keyring”_In_Arch_Linux,_EndeavourOS,_Manjaro_Linux⠀⇛ This brief tutorial explains how to solve “error: required key missing from keyring” in Arch Linux, EndeavourOS and Manjaro Linux. # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ NixOS_Series_#2:_How_to_Install_NixOS_on_a Virtual_Machine?⠀⇛ Want to try NixOS? Get started by installing it on a virtual machine. # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ How_to_install_Moshi_Moshi_Rewritten Desktop_on_Linux_Lite_6.2⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ How_to_install_Pizza_Tower_Demo_on_a Chromebook⠀⇛ # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_set_up_a_VPN_on_Linux_Mint⠀⇛ In this article, we will guide you through setting up a VPN on Linux Mint step-by-step. Irrespective of whether you are a beginner or an experienced user, it provides you with all the information you need to get started with a VPN connection on Linux Mint. OpenVPN is a free VPN service for secure remote access to your server/machine. Learn how to set it up on an Ubuntu server. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Ubuntu_troubleshooting:_Tips_and_tricks_for solving_common_issues⠀⇛ Ubuntu is a popular Linux distribution, but like any operating system, it can encounter issues that can be frustrating for users. In this article, we’ll provide some useful tips and tricks for troubleshooting common issues on Ubuntu. Whether you’re a new user or an experienced Ubuntu user, these tips can help you solve problems and keep your system running smoothly. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Installing_and_using_Snap_packages_on_Linux Mint⠀⇛ Installing software on Linux Mint can be a challenge for new users. However, Snap packages offer an easier way to install and update applications. This article provides a step-by-step guide for installing and using Snap packages on Linux Mint, making the process accessible to users of all levels. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Configure_Nginx_Location_Regex Blocks⠀⇛ Nginx is a powerful web server that can handle high traffic with ease. One of its key features is the ability to use location blocks to route requests to specific server blocks or upstream servers. Location blocks use prefix matching by default, but Nginx also supports regex matching. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ Nmap_Commands_for_Beginners:_Simple Scanning_Tips⠀⇛ Nmap, also known as Network Mapper, is a popular open-source tool for network exploration and security auditing. It allows users to scan and map networks, identify open ports and services, and detect potential vulnerabilities. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Nginx_Mainline_on_Debian_11 or_10⠀⇛ The default repository may not be sufficient for Debian users who require a more up-to-date version of Nginx. While the stable version provides tested and stable releases, it may not have the latest features and performance improvements. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_View_Nginx_Logs_in_the_Linux_Command Terminal⠀⇛ Nginx is a popular web server that powers most of the internet. However, even the most reliable servers can experience issues or security threats. Therefore, monitoring server logs to identify issues, optimize server performance, and prevent security breaches is essential. Nginx logs provide valuable insights into server activity, user behavior, and errors encountered. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Firefox_Browser_on_Manjaro Linux⠀⇛ Firefox is a free, open-source web browser that has existed since 2002. Developed by the Mozilla Corporation, Firefox is known for its fast browsing speed, customizable interface, and robust security features. With its easy-to-use interface and wide range of features, Firefox has become one of the most popular web browsers in the world. o § WINE or Emulation⠀➾ # ⚓ ScummVM ☛ ScummVM_2.7.0:_The_Real_Slim_Shader⠀⇛ May I have your attention, please? May I have your attention, please? We are proud to announce the first release of the year 2023. Please welcome ScummVM 2.7.0 – “The Real Slim Shader”. § New games Once again, the number of available games increased substantially thanks to new engines, as well as incredible improvements across older engines. With ScummVM 2.7.0, we officially announce support for the following games: # Soldier Boyz # Obsidian # Pink Panther: Passport to Peril # Pink Panther: Hokus Pokus Pink # Adibou 2 “Environment”, “Read/Count 4 & 5″ and “Read/Count 6 & 7″ # Driller/Space Station Oblivion # Halls of the Dead: Faery Tale Adventure II # Chop Suey, Eastern Mind, and 16 other Director 3 and Director 4 titles o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Best_Steam_Deck_Games_Released_in_the_Past Week_with_Melatonin,_Shaolin_vs_Wutang,_and_Tails:_The Backbone_Preludes_–_2023-02-26_Edition⠀⇛ Between 2023-02-19 and 2023-02-26 there were 64 new games validated for the Steam Deck. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ You_Can_Now_Install_KDE_Plasma_5.27_LTS on_Kubuntu_22.10,_Here’s_How⠀⇛ Kubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu) was released last year on October 20th with the KDE Plasma 5.25.5 desktop environment, but it quickly received the KDE Plasma 5.26 update a few days after its official release. Now that KDE Plasma 5.27 is out and it’s also an LTS (Long-Term Support) series, it’s time to update your Kubuntu 22.10 systems once again to enjoy the best Plasma desktop experience to date, thanks to the Kubuntu Backports PPA effort by developer Rik Mills. # ⚓ My_work_in_KDE_for_February_2023⠀⇛ ✐ New Gamepad KCM⠀✐ The Joystick KCM is pretty bad shape right now, for numerous reasons: # What the heck is a joystick? # What is the purpose of this KCM if I can’t even configure anything? # Why is it telling me about device paths? # What’s up with all of the tables? # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ Felipe_Borges:_GSoC_2023:_GNOME_Foundation_has_been accepted_as_a_mentoring_org!⠀⇛ < We are glad to announce that once again the GNOME Foundation will be part of Google Summer_of_Code. We are interested in onboarding new contributors that are passionate about GNOME and motivated to become long term GNOME developers! * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Djalel Oukid ☛ TUXEDO_OS_2_is_out_of_the_incubator_with_more features_than_promised!⠀⇛ In previous articles, I reviewed the first version of TUXEDO OS and highlighted the promises made by TUXEDOComputers regarding the second version.At the end of the last week, TUXEDOComputers announced the release of TUXEDO OS 2, after three continuous months of development, with improvements and updates that exceeded promises. o ⚓ LinuxInsider ☛ How_Puppy_Linux_Saved_the_Day⠀⇛ FossaPup is well worth a try. It is a fun way to learn about Linux. Plus, it offers an interesting alternative to traditional Linux OSes. The Puppy Linux line has many in-house applications such as Pburn, PuppyPhone, Find’N’Run, Take a Gif, Uextract, Packit, Dunst-config, Picom-gtk, Transtray, and Janky Bluetooth. The Puppy Package Manager (PPM) provides a mix of puppy-specific .pet files and Ubuntu Focal-Fossa packages. Besides the USB method, you can install this distro two ways onto the hard drive. The Puppy Universal Installer offers to do a full install which uses the entire hard drive partition. The other is a frugal install, which installs only several main Puppy files in a 4FS file extension. With frugal installations, Puppy automatically saves all changes to the Puppy save file during the computing session and when you shut down the OS. A handy feature lets you set up multiple save files depending on your needs, so you can load different Puppy Linux configurations in one place rather than maintaining various Puppy sticks. o ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ Seven_Big_GNU/Linux_Distro_Releases_You_Can_Expect 2023⠀⇛ This collection article highlights upcoming release schedules of Big Five GNU/Linux distributions can be expected in 2023 from February. This includes Debian, Deepin, Fedora, Mageia, openSUSE, Trisquel and Ubuntu. We want to spread the information and news to all readers so, for the users, they can wait for distro they love coming this year and for contributors, they can join and help with the development. All in all, along with this, to each GNU/Linux Project mentioned you can subscribe to the news, read the announcement and sources, as well as further you can download, test the alpha or beta ISO images available and help report bugs. Happy reading! o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ The_power_of_SFSget_and_Easy_Containers⠀⇛ There is lots of documentation, and SFSget and Easy Containers have a tutorial page: https://easyos.org/user/using-easy-containers.html …which I see does need a bit of updating. For example, although apps run as “crippled root” in a container, there is now the option of running as user “spot”. There is quite a lot of documentation, but it can be tedious to trawl through. And if you are a newcomer to EasyOS, some features might not be apparent. o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ IPFire Official Blog ☛ IPFire_2.27_–_Core_Update_173 released⠀⇛ The first Core Update in 2023 has been released: IPFire 2.27 – Core Update 173. It introduces support for 4G and 5G modems that use the QMI interface, 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 at the end of this month, and are advised to migrate their installations to a hardware architecture supported by IPFire now. Consequently, this will be the last update released for this architecture. # ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ The_Open_Source_Firewall_–_IPFire_2.27_–_Core Update_173_Released:_What’s_New?⠀⇛ Get ready to experience the best of IPFire 2.27 – Core Update 173! Not only is this update introducing support for 4G and 5G modems that utilize the QMI interface, but also includes a kernel freshly picked from 6.1’s stable series as well as an array of package updates, security enhancements, and bug fixes so you can be sure your device is always up-to-date with the latest improvements! The final update for 32-bit ARM devices running IPFire is being released at the end of this month. It’s time to migrate your installations over to a supported hardware architecture if you haven’t already done so; otherwise, you risk missing out on important updates and features! # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ IPFire_Hardened_Linux_Firewall_Distro_Is_Now Powered_by_Linux_Kernel_6.1_LTS⠀⇛ Powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.1 LTS kernel series, IPFire 2.27 Core Update 173 is here to introduce support for the QMI (Qualcomm MSM Interface) a proprietary interface and the ability to interact with 4G and 5G modems that use the QMI interface. The new Linux 6.1 LTS kernel brings improved hardware support and security improvements for IPFire users, such as Landlock support, protection against direct memory access via malicious PCI devices on AArch64 (ARM64) systems, protection against cold boot attacks by allowing the firmware to wipe all memory when rebooting, and much more. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ NeuroFedora ☛ The_NeuroFedora_Blog:_Next_Open_NeuroFedora meeting:_27_February_1300_UTC⠀⇛ # ⚓ Fabio_Alessandro_Locati:_Red_Hat_Certified_Specialist_in Containers⠀⇛ Last week, I completed the Red Hat EX188 exam, which allowed me to become Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers. I think that Red Hat has been able to improve the quality of its exams over time. Newer exams tend to have better explanations of the required tasks. It could also be that this feeling is partially due to my increasing familiarity with those kinds of exercises. This exam is very new; in fact, I believe it was released at the beginning of the year, and this is by far the more user-friendly Red Hat exam I’ve ever done. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Official:_Lomiri_desktop_now_runs_on Debian⠀⇛ Some significant news about what was Canonical’s next-gen desktop: it now works well enough on Debian to be its developer’s “daily driver.” The news was quietly announced on Twitter by UBPorts “creator and main developer” Marius Gripsgård. This is quite momentous in its way for several reasons. Firstly, that it’s running on a desktop OS on a laptop, not on some kind of phone OS, which is the context in which we normally talk about Lomiri. Second, as we also mentioned in that story, it’s running on the Mir 2 display server… which is significant, because the stack is not running on Ubuntu. # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Armbian_23.02_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6.1 LTS,_Initial_Debian_Bookworm_Support⠀⇛ Armbian 23.02 is here two and a half months after Armbian 22.11 and introduces support for the long- term supported Linux 6.1 LTS kernel series, as well as initial support for the upcoming Debian GNU/ Linux 12 “Bookworm” and Ubuntu 23.04 (Lunar Lobster) operating systems. It also brings various improvements for several boards, including the Orange Pi R1 Plus LTS, ROCK Pi S, Rockchip64 NanoPI NEO3, ROCK Pi 4, Raspberry Pi 3, NanoPi R2S, and Banana Pi BPI-M2 Pro. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ A_140MB_Mini_Ubuntu_ISO_is_in_Works⠀⇛ A mini-ISO is a minimal image that needs an active internet connection to download all the required packages to install a distro. Ubuntu used to have an unofficial one in the past, but it was discontinued a few years back. But now, it might be making an official comeback. # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Canonical_Partners_with_Intel_to_Support_4th Gen_Intel_Xeon_Scalable_CPUs_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ After announcing the general availability of Ubuntu Pro and the real-time Ubuntu kernel for its long- term supported Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) operating system series, Canonical now says that it fully supports Intel’s innovative new 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with Intel vRAN Boost hardware platform family. Canonical says that this will unlock the potential of open-source software for mobile network operators who want to build modern, scalable, power-efficient, and cost-effective 5G networks, as well as ensure 6G network readiness and also enable the deployment of innovative new services thanks to the implementation of a virtualized Open RAN architecture. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_Blog:_Canonical_announces_support_for_the 4th_Gen_Intel_Xeon_Scalable_processors_with_Intel_vRAN Boost⠀⇛ ✐ Reliable, high-speed connectivity unlocked for 5G radio networks⠀✐ [Barcelona, Spain, 27 February 2023] –Canonical is proud to announce full support for Intel’s innovative new 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with Intel vRAN Boost hardware platform family on Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS, delivering immediate compatibility with the advanced embedded silicon-based accelerators and a host of other improvements in the platform. With the integration of the Ubuntu real-time kernel, customers can immediately benefit from the power of Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS and drive their Open RAN architectures to meet the ever-increasing demand for fast and reliable connectivity in the modern mobile network landscape. Unlocking the potential of open-source software for mobile networks The use of open-source operating systems and applications in mobile networks brings numerous benefits to telecommunications companies. These technologies support innovation, modernisation, scalability and cost-effectiveness, and drive advancements in domains like OpenRAN architectures. Open-source software also ensures transparency and collaboration in the development of network solutions, which accelerates the deployment of new services for mobile network subscribers.  # ⚓ Flatpaks_and_Kubuntu⠀⇛ Kubuntu is and has always been “Ubuntu” combined with the greatest software from the KDE Community. Prior to 23.04 and aligned with Debian packaging, Flatpak and Snap package sources were included as installable options with each source requiring its own set of commands and repositories. However, enabling both sources caused confusion with new users (and *Ubuntu support groups) as the user was unsure about several issues including which or how their packages were installed; the proper place to report issues; and/or how to remove them. As a result, Canonical, Ubuntu’s parent company, and the Ubuntu Technical Board have chosen to support Snaps only upon initial install. # ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Ubuntu_No_Longer_Shipping_with_Flatpak⠀⇛ Anyone who has followed the rise of universal package managers like Snap and Flatpak is fully aware of the difference between the two technologies and how one is more distribution agnostic than the other. I’m talking about Snap, which is driven by Canonical and happens to be the company behind Ubuntu. Both Snap and Flatpak are great methods for installing software, especially proprietary applications that do not have ports to the more traditional package managers like apt and dnf. Snap and Flatpak make the installation of tools like Spotify, Slack, and Skype considerably easier. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Phone Apps ☛ New_apps_of_LinuxPhoneApps.org,_Q4/2022 –_400!⠀⇛ It’s almost March, and here, finally, is the post about the apps that have been added in the last quarter of 2022. # ⚓ Linux On Mobile ☛ Weekly_GNU-like_Mobile_Linux_Update_(8/ 2023):_Snapdragon_845_improvements_and_usage_reports⠀⇛ Don’t worry, there’s more: Reports by NemoMobile and Maui, an easier way to playback DRM content on 64-bit ARM on Manjaro and Arch, plus the usual weekly guests. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Oppo_releases_first_foldable_smartphone_for Australian_market⠀⇛ Priced at $1499, the smartphone claims to have the biggest cover screen of any foldable, a battery that lasts on average for a day and SUPERVOOC flash charging. “Empowered by world-class hardware, a flagship camera system with a Sony IMX890 sensor, the incredibly powerful and super efficient 4nm MediaTek Dimensity 9000+, ultra-fast dual-SIM 5G connectivity, and best-in-class charging speeds, Find N2 Flip marks the start of a new chapter for OPPO’s foldable product portfolio and the flip phone segment on the whole,” # ⚓ 9_Sweet_New_Features_are_Coming_to_Your_Android_Phone⠀⇛ # ⚓ Neowin ☛ Google_announces_a_bunch_of_new_Android_features ahead_of_MWC_2023_–_Neowin⠀⇛ # ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Google_announces_a_few_new_cool_features_for Android_and_Wear_OS_at_MWC_2023_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Google_Keep’s_new_Android_widget_makes_it easier_to_check_off_items_on_your_to-do_list_–_The_Verge⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNET ☛ Google’s_Latest_Android_Feature_Drop_Brings Productivity_Boosts_and_Customization_–_CNET⠀⇛ # ⚓ Digital Trends ☛ Google_just_announced_9_new_features_for your_Android_phone_|_Digital_Trends⠀⇛ # ⚓ Tom’s Guide ☛ Honor_Magic5_Pro_wants_to_take_on_the_top Android_phones_—_here’s_how_it_can_|_Tom’s_Guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ Chrome_for_Android_Is_Adding_a_Much-Needed Zoom_Feature⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Android_owners_are_just_realizing_hidden_button makes_it_harder_to_make_worst_‘texting_fail’_–_it’s_so_easy to_switch_on_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ Express ☛ Motorola’s_rollable_phone_fixes_massive_issue with_big_Android_devices_|_Express.co.uk⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_is_getting_eSIM_transfer_soon⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Headlines ☛ Realme_Pad_X_Review:_A_Compelling Android_Alternative_To_Base_iPad⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gadgets Now ☛ 6_smartphones_powered_by_Android’s_most powerful_processor_available_in_India_|_Gadgets_Now⠀⇛ # ⚓ Mashable ☛ Android_just_dropped_9_new_features,_including emoji_combinations_and_Chrome_zoom_|_Mashable⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Headlines ☛ Samsung_–_others_are_committing_to longer_Android_update_support⠀⇛ # ⚓ TheHinduBusinessLine ☛ Gmail_gets_two-pane_view_on_Android foldables_–_The_Hindu_BusinessLine⠀⇛ # ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ Google_announces_new_features_for_Android_and Wear_OS_|_TechCrunch⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Google’s_celebrating_an_early_spring_with new_Android_and_Wear_OS_features⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Millions_of_Android_phone_owners_warned_over_’4 flags’_alert_–_never_ignore_them_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ TechRadar ☛ Qualcomm’s_satellite_text_messaging_just_became the_next_big_Android_phone_feature_|_TechRadar⠀⇛ # ⚓ Qualcomm_working_on_satellite_messaging_for_Android_phones –_TechCentral⠀⇛ # ⚓ Reuters ☛ Qualcomm,_Android_phone_makers_developing satellite_messaging_feature_|_Reuters⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ 8K_AI_embedded_computer_gets_4K_HDMI_input, WiFi_6,_dual_GbE_interfaces,_and_more_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ # ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ How_to_use_and_customize_Quick_Settings_on your_Android_phone⠀⇛ # ⚓ Geeky Gadgets ☛ How_to_screen_record_on_Android_–_Geeky Gadgets⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ MIUI_14:_Here’s_every_Xiaomi_device_confirmed to_get_Android_13⠀⇛ # ⚓ postmarketOS_//_v22.12_SP1:_The_One_With_A_Photo_Of_A Librem_5_Taking_A_Photo_Of_A_Librem_5_Taking_A_Photo⠀⇛ With the first service pack for v22.12 you can now reliably take photos of that melting snow chicken/ monster in your garden with a Librem 5! Thanks to new Phosh related upgrades, it’s also possible to use a bunch of cool widgets on the lockscreen. Enable them in Phosh Mobile Settings, lock your phone and swipe to the left. And there it is, your calendar or emergency contact information or whatever you have configured! And there’s more, find the detailed changelog below. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ FSFE ☛ FOSDEM_2023:_check_our_talks!⠀⇛ Whether you missed FOSDEM or didn’t have time to attend all of our sessions, don’t worry! Have a look at all our sessions from the last edition and learn, deepen your knowledge, and improve your Free Software skills. It was great to see many of you in Brussels at FOSDEM! At this edition, which took place on the first weekend of February, we had the chance to meet in person, exchange opinions and have fruitful discussions with the Free Software community. We also had the chance to give several talks, the recordings of which are already available for everyone to watch. # ⚓ Getting_back_to_speed⠀⇛ The end of 2022 and beginning of 2023 has not been much to cheer about, but life goes on and it is time to do some fun stuff, and I’ve got some lined up that just might involve you. First of all, foss-north is back as a physical event. The 2023 event will be the 8th (9th if you consider that we had two events back in 2020 in hope of COVID to be over after the summer) and it will be the 5th physical event. Last time around, in 2019, we peaked the number of speakers, community projects and visitors, so I hope that we can continue that trend and make it even bigger this year. If you want to participate as a speaker the Call for Paper is still open for another week, so feel free to join in. We’re also looking for projects for the community day as well as sponsors and visitors. Tickets will be made available during March. o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ Learn_LibreOffice:_Conditional_Formatting_Using_Cell Formula_in_LibreOffice_Calc⠀⇛ The conditional formatting module in LibreOffice is a little advanced and requires adding various custom conditions. It’s comprehensive and should suffice for complex formatting for large volumes of data. In this article, I will show you how to apply similar formatting with minimal effort using cell formula without using the conditional formatting feature of LibreOffice. Let’s explain with an example of student data and their marks. o § GNU Projects⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ GIMP_2.10.34_Released_with_More_Features Backported_from_the_Upcoming_GIMP_3.0⠀⇛ Coming more than seven months after GIMP 2.10.32, the GIMP 2.10.34 is here to backport more new features from the upcoming and highly anticipated GIMP 3.0 release. These include a template selector in the resize dialog, the ability to show symmetry dockable contents when no images are opened to improve discoverability, high bit depth precision export for RAW files, as well as a new eye icon header to the item tree views to improve visibility. # ⚓ GNU ☛ make_@_Savannah:_GNU_Make_4.4.1_Released!⠀⇛ The next stable version of GNU Make, version 4.4.1, has been released and is available for download from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/?C=M;O=D Please see the NEWS file that comes with the GNU Make distribution for details on user-visible changes. # ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_Events:_Free_Software_Directory_meeting_on_IRC: Friday,_March_03,_starting_at_12:00_EST_(17:00_UTC)⠀⇛ Join the FSF and friends on Friday, March 03, from 12:00 to 15:00 EST (17:00 to 20:00 UTC) to help improve the Free Software Directory. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Adam_Young:_Vector_Multiplication_in_ARM64_assembly⠀⇛ Lets start with the basics: we can multiply the cells two vectors in C code and disassemble the resulting binary. This is a trivial operation of multiplying each cell in the first vector by the corresponding cell in the second vector. It is not a cross product. This will be a naive implementation, but it should get us started. # ⚓ Adam_Young:_Agile_is_not_agile⠀⇛ Based on previous experiences, I would be hard pressed to join a team that has Scrum masters. I expect that my previous experience was extreme, but not outside expectations for an organization that felt the need to officially embrace Agile(tm) and the concept of agile practitioners as part of the development process. It has been a bit over a year, and my frustration at the process has had a bit of time to settle, but I still feel my virtual hackles rise up when I think about the process. # ⚓ Jussi Pakkanen ☛ Jussi_Pakkanen:_Unit_testing_PDF generation⠀⇛ How would you test PDF generation? This turns out to be unexpectedly difficult because you need to check that the files are both syntactically and semantically valid. The former could be tested with existing PDF validators and converters but the latter is more difficult. If you, say, try to render a red square, the end result should be that the PDF command stream has two commands, a re command and an f command. # ⚓ Tomas_Tomecek:_Let_junior_engineers_speak⠀⇛ ✐ Scenario⠀✐ Imagine a team meeting. It is attended by a diverse group: folks of different experience, skills, age, background, culture, work title, and time on the team. I experienced hundreds of such meetings in my career. These meetings are usually dominated by: [...] # § Perl / Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ Perl ☛ TWC_205:_Exclusive_Third_Or_First⠀⇛ # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Installation_guide_and_setting_up Python’s_own_IDLE_IDE_in_Ubuntu_and_other_distros⠀⇛ IDLE (Integrated Development and Learning Environment) is a Python IDE, written in Python language itself and usually gets installed in Windows as part of Python installation. It is ideal for beginners and straightforward to use. For those who are learning Python, such as students, it can be a good IDE to start with. All Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, come with Python pre-installed. Even if you manually upgrade or install Python versions, the IDLE IDE doesn’t come with that. You have to install it manually. Here’s how. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Pair_that_smashed_Guinness_handbiking_record fall_for_Mexico⠀⇛ Fresh off breaking a world record, Michiel Desmet and Chiara Maffina are continuing their journey a bit longer with a tour through Mexico. o ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Meet_Samara_Joy:_The_artist_bringing_1930s_jazz_to the_2020s⠀⇛ For Samara Joy, music runs in her blood. Her paternal grandparents founded The Savettes, a gospel group originating in Philadelphia. Her father was a famous bassist who toured with famed gospel artist, Andrae Crouch. o ⚓ Ali Reza Hayati ☛ Captain,_it’s_Wednesday⠀⇛ I’ve been watching West Wing for past weeks and it I just ended. It was amazing. It’s one of those shows for me that I feel I’m actually living with the characters. One of those shows that if I see the character on the streets, I won’t remember them by their real name but by […] o ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_New_5.2-Magnitude_Earthquake_Strikes_Turkey⠀⇛ The latest temblor, measuring 5.2 in magnitude, shook parts of the same area stricken by a far stronger quake on Feb. 6 that killed more than 50,000 people in the country and in neighboring Syria. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ I_Went_to_Syria,_the_Country_That_Remade_Our World,_and_This_Is_What_I_Saw⠀⇛ We have abandoned the Syrian people to biblical devastation. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Dying_Children_and_Frozen_Flocks_in Afghanistan’s_Bitter_Winter_of_Crisis⠀⇛ Hundreds have died in plunging temperatures, and malnutrition has been rampant as the Taliban government’s ban on female workers has hampered international aid. o ⚓ Football_clubs,_MPs_announce_support_for_government_after_fans’ earthquake_protests⠀⇛ Politicians from the ruling bloc canceled their club memberships. The football team of President Erdoğan’s hometown, Rize, described the protests as “cries of septic rats.” o ⚓ CNN ☛ Turkish_soccer_fans_throw_stuffed_animals_on_the_field, vent_dissatisfaction_with_government_quake_response⠀⇛ In a show of support for children impacted by the earthquake in Turkey, soccer fans threw stuffed animals onto the pitch during a match between Beşiktaş and Antalyaspor on Sunday. o ⚓ Ministry:_28_countries_set_up_field_hospitals_in_Türkiye’s_quake- hit_regions⠀⇛ Foreign countries have sent more than 130,000 tents and over 29,000 power generators to Türkiye since February 6, according to the Foreign Ministry. o ⚓ Türkiye’s_oldest_university_hospital_halting_services_due_to earthquake_safety_concerns⠀⇛ The move will affect about 4,500 students, with most of the services at the Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine being stopped. o ⚓ Police_beat_earthquake_survivor_outside_of_his_house,_accusing him_of_theft⠀⇛ A man who is on trial for theft wanted to check out the damage in his building in Hatay after the massive earthquakes. Checking his criminal record, the police implicated and beat him. o ⚓ Distribution_of_aid_collected_in_the_Netherlands_for_earthquakes is_not_transparent⠀⇛ SHO of Netherlands invited the people of the country to send money to Giro 555 account for solidarity with Türkiye and Syria immediately after the February 6 earthquakes using public service ads and posters. o ⚓ One_killed,_69_injured_in_magnitude_5.6_earthquake_in_eastern Türkiye⠀⇛ Malatya is one of the 11 provinces affected by the massive double earthquake on February 6. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ To_Tap_Federal_Funds,_Chip_Makers_Will Need_to_Provide_Child_Care⠀⇛ The move seeks to help more women join the work force as industry leaders complain of labor shortages. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Open_sesame!⠀⇛ Used in everything from bread to sweets to an international roster of dishes, there’s a culinary world to open up with this underrated seed. # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Over_1_billion_in_43_nations_at_risk amid_cholera_outbreaks⠀⇛ A global surge of cholera cases has put one billion people in 43 countries at risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) cautioned this week.Three countries, this week alone, have reported outbreaks, WHOcholera team leader Philippe Barboza told reporters at a press conference on Friday. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ When_can_Hongkongers_stop_wearing masks?⠀⇛ This is a question that keeps cropping up in Hong Kong, which is currently one of the last places in the world where universal mask wearing in all public settings is compulsory. Universal masking has been one of the most recognisable features of public life in Hong Kong in the last three years. # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ 4_ways_to_save_money_on_fruit_and_veg⠀⇛ Plus details of what’s happening with fruit and veg shortages # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Flu_cases_surge_in_China,_leaving antivirals_in_short_supply⠀⇛ A spike in flu cases is fuelling a shortage of antivirals at Chinese pharmacies, with empty shelves reminiscent of the drug frenzy triggered by the explosive Covid-19 outbreak that accompanied the country’s reopening. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Why_millions_on_Medicaid_may_lose_coverage_this year⠀⇛ Millions of people who rely on Medicaid_coverage may be removed from the program over the next year. The big picture:Under the COVID public health emergency, the federal government required state Medicaid_agencies to provide coverage, even if an individual’s eligibility changed. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea’s_Kim_convenes_meeting_to improve_economy_amid_fears_of_food_shortages⠀⇛ Food insecurity has worsened in the isolated nation amid sanctions and Covid-19 lockdowns. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ North_Korea_Holds_Rare_Meeting on_Farming_Amid_Food_Shortage⠀⇛ North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un presided over a major political conference dedicated to improving the farming sector # ⚓ CNN ☛ US_ambassador_calls_on_China_to_be_‘more_honest’ about_Covid_origins⠀⇛ US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns said Monday that China will have to “be more honest about what happened three years ago in Wuhan with the origin of the Covid-19 crisis” if the US and China are going to be able to work together. # ⚓ CNN ☛ New_assessment_on_the_origins_of_Covid-19_adds_to_the confusion⠀⇛ “We want to know what led to this, so we can hopefully try and prevent something similar from happening in the future.” # ⚓ The Wall Street Journal ☛ Lab_Leak_Most_Likely_Origin_of Covid-19_Pandemic,_Energy_Department_Now_Says⠀⇛ U.S. agency’s revised assessment is based on new intelligence # ⚓ Axios ☛ New_COVID_lab_leak_assessment_reignites_furor_over pandemic_origins⠀⇛ A new U.S. government assessment that COVID-19 likely originated from a lab leak in China has ignited yet another round of political furor around the issue, adding to many Republicans’ anger over how the pandemic was handled even as many scientists remain convinced the virus most likely originated naturally. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Kids_could_soon_fall_off_Medicaid_rolls⠀⇛ Almost 7 million children and teens are at risk of losing their health coverage when the public health emergency ends, new estimates from the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute show. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Hong_Kong_may_scrap_mask_mandate_by early_March⠀⇛ Hong Kong last week extended mask regulations by two weeks to March 8. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Viruses_in_Cambodian_bird_flu_cases identified_as_endemic_clade⠀⇛ The viruses have preliminarily been identified as H5 clade 2.3.2.1c, which has circulated in Cambodia for years. # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Fancy_a_Tassie_tiger_teriyaki?_Food_tech revolution_to_change_the_menu⠀⇛ Start-ups are developing an appetite for far- reaching technological innovations that will change what we eat and, they hope, help save the planet. # ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ Michigan_outraged_toxic_waste_from_Ohio derailment_shipped_to_Belleville⠀⇛ o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Dish_Network_services_remain_offline_today following_suspected_cyberattack⠀⇛ Satellite television provider Dish Network Corp. continues to suffer a wide range of outages today after it was hit by a suspected cyberattack. The outage was first detected on Thursday morning, ⚓ The Wall Street Journal ☛ Hackers_Extort_Less_Money,_Are_Laid_Off_as_New Tactics_Thwart_More_Ransomware_Attacks⠀⇛ Extortion payments from ransomware, a hacking scourge that has crippled hospitals, schools and public infrastructure, fell significantly last year, according to federal officials, cybersecurity analysts and blockchain firms. After ballooning for years, the amount of money being paid to ransomware criminals dropped in 2022, as did the odds that a victim would pay the criminals who installed the ransomware. With ransomware, hackers lock up a victim’s computer network, encrypting hard drives until victims pay. § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ * ⚓ NYPost ☛ 30_years_ago,_the_FBI_might_have_had_its_biggest_bomb:_the World_Trade_Center_attack⠀⇛ Politicians solemnly marked the anniversary, but dignitaries made no mention of the FBI’s role in that disaster. * ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Nord_Stream_explosions_severely_impacted_maritime life_–_report⠀⇛ Local cod and porpoise populations severely under threat due to the blast * ⚓ Axios ☛ New_details_point_to_CIA_role_in_Nelson_Mandela’s_1962_arrest⠀⇛ New details being published Monday by TIME.com appear to strengthen claims that the CIA helped South Africa’s racist regime capture anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela in 1962. Why it matters:The report adds to evidence that President John F. Kennedy’s administration played a role in Mandela’s arrest at a time when U.S. officials were coming to grips with an increasingly intense civil rights movement in America. * ⚓ CNN ☛ EU_sanctions_Wagner_subsidiary_in_Sudan_after_CNN_investigation into_gold_exploitation⠀⇛ The European Union has sanctioned a Russian national and the subsidiary of Russia’s Wagner Group in Sudan, Meroe Gold, for facilitating the exploitation of Sudan’s gold wealth, after a CNN investigation into the group’s activities last July. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_NATO_Minnow_Reels_From_Cyberattacks_Linked_to_Iran⠀⇛ Albania has been the target of repeated digital assaults believed to be linked to its sheltering of an Iranian dissident group on its soil. * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_value_of_Biden’s_visit_to_Ukraine_depends_on_the speed_and_scale_of_what_follows⠀⇛ This isn’t a time for half-hearted measures. Now, the United States and its allies must recognize the existential stakes of the conflict and step up accordingly. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Israeli_settlers_rampage_after_deadly_Palestinian_attack_in West_Bank⠀⇛ Scores of Israeli settlers went on a violent rampage in the northern West Bank late Sunday, setting dozens of cars and homes on fire after two settlers were killed by a Palestinian gunman. Palestinian medics said one man was killed and four others were badly wounded in what appeared to be the worst outburst of settler violence in decades. * ⚓ France24 ☛ More_than_50_migrants_die_after_shipwreck_near_southern Italy⠀⇛ An accident involving an overloaded migrant boat that collided with reefs and broke apart near the southern Italian city of Crotone on Sunday has killed 59 people, the mayor said. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron_to_outline_France’s_revamped_Africa_policy_ahead_of four-nation_trip⠀⇛ President Emmanuel Macron is to outline on Monday France’s new strategy for Africa, where anti-French sentiment is running high in some of its former colonies. * ⚓ France24 ☛ War_in_Ukraine_‘stems_from_the_Orange_Revolution,_a humiliating_ordeal_for_Putin’⠀⇛ One year into the war that Russia launched against Ukraine, FRANCE 24 takes a closer look at the anti-Western rhetoric President Vladimir Putin used to justify the conflict, which is rooted in events in the early 2000s, according to historian Françoise Thom, an expert on post-Communist Russia. * ⚓ RFA ☛ INTERVIEW:_‘Freedom_is_worth_dying_for;_Ukrainians_are_able_to express_this_fully’⠀⇛ Hong Kong journalist Kaoru Ng has been filming from the front lines of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Leaders_Of_Serbia_And_Kosovo_Due_For_A_Meeting_In_Brussels About_Plan_To_Put_Relations_On_A_Normal_Footing⠀⇛ The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo are due to hold talks on February 27 in Brussels, where an agreement to normalize relations between the two Balkan nations will be at the top of the agenda. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Evicted_Yangon_residents_pushing_to_return_face_threats⠀⇛ Soldiers wielding guns and thugs with swords have warned desperate locals not to protest * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Putin_Too_Confident_He_Can_Grind_Down_Ukraine,_Says_CIA Director⠀⇛ CIA Director William Burns says that Russian President Vladimir Putin is being “too confident” in his military’s ability to grind Ukraine into submission. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Latushka_Quits_Belarus_Coordination_Council_So_The_Opposition Won’t_Have_‘Two_Voices’⠀⇛ One of Belarus’s leading opposition figures in exile, Paval Latushka, has announced he is quitting the presidium of the Coordination Council to avoid encouraging any change of strategy that could include dialogue with strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s regime or a softening of sanctions. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Renews_Warning_To_China_About_Providing_Lethal_Weapons_To Russia_For_War_In_Ukraine⠀⇛ The United States warned again on February 26 that there will be “real costs” if China provides lethal military assistance to Russia for use in its war in Ukraine. * ⚓ The Age AU ☛ The_Vietnam_pilot_who_used_his_helicopter_to_push_a_boat away_from_enemy_fire⠀⇛ Jim Buchanan was involved in a rescue operation after the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne was in collision with the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in 1969. § Environment⠀➾ * ⚓ Axios ☛ California_faces_another_blizzard_as_severe_storms_hit_the Plains⠀⇛ California is facing more extreme weather, while the powerful winter system that had earlier triggered record rainfall, heavy snow and flooding in the Golden State was threatening the Plains with powerful winds and tornadoes Sunday night. * § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Push_for_Universal_Energy_Access:_Joining Hands_to_Accelerate_the_Pace_of_Electrification_in_Africa⠀⇛ A presidential roundtable on the side-lines of the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union has called for the acceleration of financing for energy access in Africa with clear targets and steps for ensuring the achievement of universal energy access by 2030. o ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ iPhone’s_new_feature_charges_phone_slowly_when_the grid_uses_‘dirty’_energy_like_Hwange_coal_energy⠀⇛ I do not know where you stand on the whole climate crisis issue. There seem to be two camps and they won’t allow anyone to straddle the line. o ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Ecco_headquarters_vandalised_to_mark anniversary_of_Russia’s_invasion_of_Ukraine⠀⇛ Danish shoe manufacturer paying the price for not withdrawing from invader o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ $1m_an_hour:_War,_BHP_deal_drive_energy_giant_to record_profit⠀⇛ A bigger and more global Woodside has posted an annual profit of nearly $10 billion after swallowing BHP’s petroleum assets and benefiting from Europe scrambling for non-Russian gas supplies. o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Chinese_mini_electric_vehicles_amazingly_cheap⠀⇛ I mentioned in a recent post about “The Electric Viking” videos on YouTube — an Australian guy who posts about electric vehicles, battery technology, car companies, and anything else related. He posted about tiny EVs in China selling for under US$6,000, so I hunted around for further information. Lots of promotional material online, but I wanted to see a video that shows them in use; the daily experience. I found this great video; a Canadian guy who visited a factory to see them being made, and he got to drive one: [...] * § Overpopulation⠀➾ o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ More_Korean_women_think_marriage,_childbirth unneccessary:_Survey⠀⇛ There is a growing trend of women defying the expectations of traditional gender roles in Korean society. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ China,_Needing_Babies,_Eases_Limits_on_Births [Ed: No, China does not need babies; it's overpopulated. This is propaganda.]⠀⇛ A number of new incentives encouraging people to have children highlight the challenges China faces in trying to boost its declining birthrate. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Currency_war⠀⇛ The recent rise in the value of the U.S. dollar against the Iranian rial has come against the backdrop of renewed efforts by many non-Western countries to reduce U.S. financial hegemony over international institutions. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Currency_Plunges_To_New_Lows_Amid_Unrest,_International Isolation⠀⇛ Iran’s currency fell to another record low against the U.S. dollar on the unofficial market on February 26, amid the country’s increasing isolation over its disputed nuclear program, human rights violations, and the supply of drones to Russia. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Supreme_Court_to_Take_Up_Case_on_Fate_of_Consumer Watchdog⠀⇛ A decision against the bureau could cast doubt on every rule and enforcement action the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has taken. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Student_Loan_Case_Before_Supreme_Court_Poses_Pressing Question:_Who_Can_Sue?⠀⇛ Prompted by a 2007 decision giving states “special solicitude,” partisan challenges to federal programs from coalitions of state attorneys general have surged. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden’s_Student_Loan_Forgiveness_Plan:_Your_Questions, Answered⠀⇛ President Biden’s move means the student loan balances of millions of people could fall by as much as $20,000. This F.A.Q. explains how it will work. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Used_car_market_flashing_inflation_warning⠀⇛ Understanding the rising risks that inflation will be more persistent than seemed likely just a couple of months ago takes looking at what’s going on in the used car market. o Used car prices have fallen each month from July through January, pulling down inflation. But new signals from wholesale auctions show that the trend may reverse. Why it matters:Used cars are just one of many types of durable goods that benefited from stabilizing supplies in the second half of 2022. But they are not poised to play the same role in 2023, because supply chains can only heal once. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Rents_exploding_in_regional_and_inner-city locations⠀⇛ Rents have been surging nationwide but some regions have been hit harder than others, with average rents lifting by nearly 50 per cent annually in one Australian town. New Proptrack data shows regional suburbs have recorded the sharpest growth in house rents over 12 months due to low vacancy rates and high demand. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ War_of_words_over_NSW_land_tax_expansion⠀⇛ An election promise from the NSW premier to expand his signature housing affordability policy has sparked a war of words with the opposition labelling it a forever tax. * ⚓ The Age AU ☛ ASX_falls_as_inflation_fears_force_Wall_Street_to_its knees⠀⇛ Australian shares have started the week weaker after Wall Street slumped, sparked by another cold reminder in the US that inflation remains hotter than hoped. * ⚓ YLE ☛ Talks_resume_as_port_workers’_strike_enters_12th_day,_hampers exports_and_mail_deliveries⠀⇛ There is growing pressure to reach a deal, as the strike has nearly halted exports and imports through Finland’s ports. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Inflation_and_recession_jitters_haven’t_quelled_Americans’ spending⠀⇛ Data: Bureau of Economic Analysis via FRED; Chart: Axios Visuals Here’s a hint about why inflation remained stubbornly high in January: Americans’ spending accelerated, after a few months of trending down. Driving the news: Personal consumption expenditures data, out Friday, shows that even after adjusting for inflation, spending rose 1.1% in January from the month before. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Bargaining_Items⠀⇛ Ankara is paying great attention to the security problems germinating in the southern borders of Turkey. This issue has become especially important for Turkey, given that it is on the eve of its presidential and parliamentary elections, which are to be held in June this year. * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Cultural_Heritage_of_Pakistan_and_its_Impact_on Economy⠀⇛ Cultural heritage has huge importance for a country’s development.  It provides economical gains, protects a state’s identity, and pride, and reminds people of their common history and progress. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Hopes_grow_for_deal_on_N._Ireland_protocol_as_EU’s_Von_der Leyen_to_meet_Sunak⠀⇛ British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen will meet in the UK on Monday to discuss changes to the post-Brexit Northern Ireland protocol, they said in a joint statement, raising hopes a deal can be reached. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_Is_the_Northern_Ireland_Protocol?_The_Brexit_Deal Changes,_Explained⠀⇛ Britain and the European Union have long clashed over post- Brexit rules known as the Northern Ireland protocol. Here’s what to know about the renegotiated agreement. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_Is_the_Northern_Ireland_Protocol?_The_Brexit_Deal Changes,_Explained⠀⇛ Britain and the European Union have long clashed over post- Brexit rules known as the Northern Ireland protocol. Here’s what to know about the renegotiated agreement. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Rishi_Sunak_Nears_U.K.-E.U._Deal_on_Brexit’s_Northern Ireland_Protocol⠀⇛ Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to meet on Monday in Britain with the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to work out the final details. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Live:_NATO_taking_part_in_Ukraine_conflict_with_arms supplies,_says_Putin⠀⇛ Russian President Vladimir Putin accused NATO members on Sunday of taking part in the Ukraine conflict by donating arms to the country and said the West planned to break up Russia. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments. * ⚓ CNN ☛ EU_and_UK_strike_new_deal_over_post-Brexit_trade_rules_in Northern_Ireland⠀⇛ King Charles III is set to meet the European Commission president on Monday as Britain and the EU work to finally reach an agreement on trade rules in Northern Ireland — a thorny and sensitive issue that has fueled post-Brexit tensions in Europe and on the island of Ireland. * ⚓ CNN ☛ Nigerian_election_results_trickle_in_as_Peter_Obi_lands_surprise win_in_Lagos⠀⇛ Nigeria’s third force candidate Peter Obi has won Lagos State, according to results announced from the state’s collation center. * ⚓ Engadget ☛ Twitter_has_reportedly_laid_off_product_manager_Esther Crawford⠀⇛ * ⚓ CNN ☛ New_York_Times:_Twitter_lays_off_another_10%_of_staff⠀⇛ Twitter’s massive job cuts continued this weekend, as the company cut about 10% of its remaining staff, according to a report in the New York Times. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_Latest_Round_of_Job_Cuts,_Twitter_Is_Said_to_Lay Off_at_Least_200_Employees⠀⇛ The social media platform now has a work force of less than 2,000, down from 7,500 when Elon Musk took it over in October. * § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_Election_Denialism_Might_Cost_Fox_News_$1.6 Billion⠀⇛ The media company faces a defamation lawsuit from the voting machine maker Dominion, which accuses it of spreading conspiracy theories it knew to be wrong. o ⚓ CBC ☛ No_more_clumpy_lipgloss:_How_TikTok’s_‘deinfluencing’_trend became_a_marketing_tactic⠀⇛ § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Roald_Dahl:_The_first_man_down_the_memory_hole⠀⇛ Kit Knightly The first shocking censorship of 2023 dropped last week. As covered by CJ Hopkins in his most recent column, Roald Dahl’s publishers have hired a team of “sensitivity readers”, in order to edit the next edition of Dahl’s books to remove outdated language. * ⚓ Reason ☛ Probing_the_Limits_of_Speech_or_Debate_Clause_Privilege_for Perry_and_Pence⠀⇛ The January 6 invistigations have renewed interest in this somewhat obscure constitutional provision and the scope of its protections. * ⚓ Reason ☛ The_Vice-President_and_the_Speech_or_Debate_Clause⠀⇛ Prof. Glenn Reynolds (Tennessee, Instapundit) has an item on his Substack about the Vice President Mike Pence / Speech or Debate Clause controversy, based on a Northwestern University Law Review article that he wrote on the Vice President’s role in 2008. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_student_jailed_under_national_security law_seeks_to_challenge_5-year_sentence_at_city’s_top_court⠀⇛ A Hong Kong university student jailed for five years under the national security law will take his case to the city’s top court. Lui Sai-yu, who pleaded guilty to inciting secession, is seeking to challenge a lower court’s decision after it denied him a one-third jail term reduction despite his guilty plea. N * ⚓ NCAC ☛ NCAC_monitors_fate_of_The_Cooper_Union’s_Vkhutemas_exhibition⠀⇛ Photo Caption: Flickr user Vincent Desjardins via Creative Commons license The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) continues to monitor the fate of the Cooper Union’s exhibition titled Vkhutemas: Laboratory of the Avant-Garde, 1920-1930. * ⚓ CNN ☛ Elon_Musk_tweets_support_for_‘Dilbert’_creator_after_racist tirade⠀⇛ Elon Musk defended “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams after hundreds of newspapers stopped printing the comic strip because of Adams’ recent racist comments. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ NYPost ☛ Austin_civil_rights_director_resigns_after_employees_file complaints_about_workplace_mistreatment:_report⠀⇛ Carol Johnson reportedly submitted her resignation this week, several months after multiple city employees filed complaints about alleged workplace mistreatment. * ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ One_Dane_in_two_against_raising_abortion_limit⠀⇛ A recent eOpinion survey carried out for DR shows that 48 percent of Danes believe the abortion limit should not be raised. Less than a third believe that it should. The abortion debate had long lain dormant in Denmark, and * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Child_Labor_Today⠀⇛ A Times exposé has revealed that young teenagers work long shifts, sometimes for nationally known brands. What can be done? * ⚓ NYPost ☛ Arrest_warrant_issued_for_Kodak_Black_after_rapper_fails_drug test⠀⇛ Rapper Kodak Black is wanted in Florida after a judge issued a warrant for his arrest Thursday after he failed a court-ordered drug test while awaiting a drug trafficking trial, according to court records. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Amnesty_International:_South_Sudan_authorities_must_reveal whereabouts_of_detained_government_critic⠀⇛ Amnesty International Saturday called on South Sudanese authorities to clarify the fate and whereabouts of detained South Sudanese government critic, Morris Mabior Awikjok Bak. * ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Constitutional_Law_Committee_suspends_work_on reforming_Sami_Parliament_act⠀⇛ THE ACT on the Sami Parliament will not be reformed this electoral term. The Finnish Parliament’s Constitutional Law Committee on Friday voted nine for and seven against suspending its work to draft a statement on the bill, effectively postponing the long-awaited reform until at least the next electoral term. * ⚓ CPJ ☛ CPJ,_rights_groups_call_on_Bangladesh_to_cease_harassment_of Rozina_Islam_in_public_letter⠀⇛ § Monopolies⠀➾ * ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Guest_Post_by_Profs._Masur_&_Ouellette: Public_Use_Without_the_Public_Using⠀⇛ What is it that makes a use “public” for purposes of the public use bar? Does it matter whether the person doing the using is a member of the public, as opposed to the inventor? Or does it matter whether the use is itself in public, as opposed to taking place in secret behind closed doors? As it turns out, the answer to both questions is “yes,” but the questions are not as distinct from one another as that formulation might make it seem. Instead, the issue of who is doing the using turns out to affect where and how that use must occur if it is to be public use. * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ A_new_European_patent_landscape_(5):_just two_more_days! [Ed: Team UPC is trying to usher in a totally illegal system, which will be challenged by countries for its illegality]⠀⇛ In June 2023 the European patent landscape will see one of the most dramatic changes in decades with the introduction of the Unitary Patent (UP) and the opening of Unified Patent Court (UPC). o ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Sunrise_period_Unified_Patent_Court_starts_1 March_9:00_ECT_2023 [Ed: It will be squashed for being illegal and unconstitutional]⠀⇛ The UPC has published practical information on the upcoming launch of the so-called Sunrise period. o ⚓ Florian Müller ☛ Chinese_network_infrastructure_maker_Datang_sues Samsung_over_six_4G_standard-essential_patents_in_Fuzhou Intermediate_People’s_Court⠀⇛ * § Trademarks⠀➾ o ⚓ CNN ☛ Nokia_redesigns_iconic_logo_to_remind_the_world_it’s_not_a phone_company_anymore⠀⇛ Nokia redesigned its logo for the first time in decades to distance itself from its public image as a phone company. o ⚓ Engadget ☛ This_is_Nokia’s_new_logo⠀⇛ § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Personal⠀➾ o ⚓ Hello_Pub!⠀⇛ I figured after reading a bunch of posts here, I should introduce myself and maybe make some friends on the way! You can call me Wasabi, Stan works too if you want! I’m a french junior developer who’s very curious about tons of subjects, so when I come across something worth exploring, it’s my objective to explore it, and for the past few days, I wanted to explore Midnight Pub! o ⚓ Sparse_Life⠀⇛ Currently, not working outside the home. No, not doing any remote work from home. I am simply being a house hubby. We’re in an apartment. I keep it clean, doing a bit of something daily toward that ends. Maintain our dishes’ cleanliness. Sweep, vacuum the floors, dust, mop, tidy a cat liter box, take our dog to potty. o ⚓ Mistborn⠀⇛ Brandon Sanderson recently released a new novel in the ‘Mistborn’ series; it’s the 7th in the whole series and the 4th (and, I believe Brandon has said, final?) in its era. I read all these a few years back, but had forgotten all but the most high level plot points and the general setting. As is my habit when new entries arise in my favorite series, I have been re-reading them all before jumping into the new one. I plowed right through the first two, but as is also my habit, lost momentum after several weeks of voracious concentration on one particular hobby. o ⚓ Climate_Action?⠀⇛ Perhaps I’m getting a bit crazy, or perhaps a bit desparate. Though I’m definitely a fish out of water when it comes to social media I’ve taken to sloganeering on Mastodon in an effort to influence somebody, anybody who might scroll by. Will it make any difference? I believe the answer is “yes”, if enough people care and begin speaking out. * § Technical⠀➾ o ⚓ How_to_transfer_files_between_devices⠀⇛ I use multiple devices and I need to copy files between them. I mainly transfer the files with ssh/scp/sftp, rsync, samba/cifs, web and ftp servers. o ⚓ Installing_opensnitch_in_Debian_(Buster_and_newer)⠀⇛ Opensnitch is an application level firewall, it shows connections made by applications and helps protecting privacy. It is clone of Littesnitch for macOS (paid app, there is a free alternative o § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ glex⠀⇛ Glex is a simple SRE-based lexer/tokenizer designed to be a good match for the acetone parser. Glex is a macro. As arguments, you give it any amount of pairs of SRE and tags. The macro returns a procedure that can take a single rope, any amount of strings (they’ll be concatenated), or nothing (in case it’ll read from the current input port.) # ⚓ An_adapter_between_irregex_and_ropes⠀⇛ This Chicken Scheme extension, rope-irregex, provides two chunkers for irregex’s chunked API compatible with ropes from the ropes egg. One is called rope-chunker, which is directly compatible with ropes, and the other saves a lot of CPU memory, it’s called flat-chunker, and you get a rope->flat to wrap your rope with. # ⚓ A_glex/acetone_example⠀⇛ [Glex] is such a limited and clueless lexer that has zero idea about context, and acetone is such an strange and weird parser that doesn’t look anything like a traditional BNF string rewriting parser. At first glance they look like they’d be beyond useless. So here’s a worked example. # ⚓ use_of_$var_in_POSIX_shell_code_considered_harmful⠀⇛ That is, `cmd $var` in a POSIX shell is actually something like (command (glob (split var))) in a sane language. The extra quotes `cmd “$var”` give you the simpler and probably what you expected (command var). A sensible default in POSIX sh code is to always put in the double quotes. ZSH is not a POSIX shell and does not exhibit this glorious footgun, by default. A fine manual to read might be zshexpn(1), or you can mash tab at various points to see a completion list, assuming the completion system is enabled. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 5556 ➮ Generation completed at 02:43, i.e. 39 seconds to (re)generate ⟲