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http://techrights.org/videos/now-pensions-stonewalling-again.webm Summary: The “Pensiongate” of Sirius_‘Open_Source’ (the company which embezzled/robbed many workers for years) helps reveal the awful state of British pension providers, which are in effect enabling the embezzlement to carry on while lying to their clients THE video above shows how in the company NOW: Pensions “customer” “support” staff is basically just a ‘shield’, making it virtually impossible to speak to people who can progress/resolve things. In a very Kafkaesque fashion they try to pass me from one person to another person without actually making any real progress. No apologies, no information, no reaction. “The recording above was made only after months of frustration and a waste of money, not just time.”As it turns out this week, it_can_be_more_or_less_the same_in_the_United_States, so it seems like a global issue, a universal pattern. The recording above was made only after months of frustration and a waste of money, not just time. NOW: Pensions lied_to_me_repeatedly; they already_have_a history_of_misconduct and judging by the quality of their service (or disservice) they might go under again — as they did before (until some other company bought them). As per British_law, there are cases where pensions can be redeemed early, with up to 55% tax in case of ‘unauthorised withdrawals’ (before age 55). But advisors are spreading misinformation for their own benefit/interests. It also seems clear that redeeming depositors’ money is made incredibly hard. That’s a design flaw, an intentional barrier. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 242 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/03/16/sirius-open-source-fraud/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/03/16/sirius-open-source-fraud/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.16.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Skyfall_for_Sirius_‘Open_Source’:_A_Second_Pension_Provider_Starts_to Investigate_Serious_(Sirius)_Abuses⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Fraud, Free/Libre_Software at 9:39 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 9dcf3def0c8beb1a166c52b5ded8b299 Chatting to the Pension Boss About Sirius Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/now-pensions-boss-escalation.webm Summary: Further to yesterday's_update on Sirius_‘Open_Source’ and its “Pensiongate” we can gladly report some progress following escalation to management; this is about tech and “Open Source” employees facing abuse at work, even subjected to crimes THE Sirius series isn’t quite over and we expect a lot more to be published about the pensions. Expect this to spill over to April as well. When I started the series in December I didn’t know how deep the rabbit hole would go; it pains me to know that myself and my colleagues got robbed. Our solid plan to publish some EPO documents (earlier today) have thus been delayed somewhat; today we’ve instead devoted a lot of time to Sirius coverage. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Skyfall's upload image⦈ The gist of the video above is (it mended up a bit like a podcast of the pension fund’s manager and myself), they now reckon they failed to provide a good service, they recognise the severity of the matter, and things will — or at least should — be progressing a lot faster from now on. The saddest thing in all this is (there is a lot), it look me almost 3 hours on the phone (I pay for these calls) to finally get to the boss and we’ve already lost about 3 months while Sirius was hiding itself and hiding what’s left of it. This really should have progressed months ago, but NOW: Pensions was uncooperative and unattentive. Since January it kept lying to me and to my wife, who has a plan there too. █ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠈⠉⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⢠⣤⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡆⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠈⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⠾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠇⠀⣴⡄⣌⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣤⣤⣤⢄⣤⣶⣒⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⢭⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⠄⢸⣾⣿⠹⣿⣌⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢟⣽⠿⣫⡭⣹⣿⣿⢻⣯⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣝⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⡤⠶⠚⠉⠉⠀⠀⠴⣣⢞⡿⣡⣴⠚⠷⣿⣿⣉⢾⣿⣿⣜⣿⣿⣿⣽⡿⠟⢹⣝⡿⣿⣿⣿⣮⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⠀⠘⡋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣾⣻⣿⣾⡖⠙⠟⣃⣈⣭⣷⣶⣦⠐⠛⢹⣿⣿⡅⣀⣯⣿⠈⠛⠪⠻⣿⣿⣷⡹⣿⣿⣿⣿⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣤⣶⡖⠀⠀⠐⠛⠁⣠⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠙⠻⠛⢀⣴⣾⣿⣿⠿⠟⠛⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⡀⠀⢿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠛⠷⢹⣿⣿⣿⡄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢀⣶⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠟⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣘⠿⢛⣷⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⣾⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⢠⣴⣶⠆⠀⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡠⠊⠀⠀⣰⣥⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢀⣼⣿⣿⠄⢠⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⢀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⢧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢱⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⡟⢀⣾⣿⣿⣷⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢣⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢣⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⠀⠈⠙⠿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⣠⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⡿⣱⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⢀⣄⠀⢠⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⢟⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣤⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⡿⣫⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣴⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣨⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⢉⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣷⣿⣶⣬⡓⢦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⢬⡄⠂⠉⠉⢽⠛⠿⢿⢿⡿⠿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠆⠈⠓⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠈⠀⠉⠃⠁⢽⠔⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢿⡿⠃⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⢀⣾⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠛⠙⠛⠿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠀⠀⠸⠀⠀⠀⡆⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣀⣼⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣏⡩⠀⠀⢸⣧⡞⠀⠀⠘⢧⣰⠏⠀⠀⣿⣛⡃⠀⠀⢠⣧⠀⠀⠳⣿⠀⢲⣤⣅⣸⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣌⣽⠳⡀⢸⡏⢷⡄⠀⠀⠸⡇⠀⠀⠀⣿⠉⠁⠀⢠⠿⠾⣇⠀⠈⣿⠤⠄⠀⠀⢾⣤⡤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⣤⢨⢀⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⠀⣀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡉⠈⢁⠁⠀⢀⡀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⡈⡍⠀⣉⠀⠀⠀⠨⠀⠈⠁⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠉⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠐⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠈⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⠐⠐⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 334 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.16.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_16/03/2023:_OpenSSH_9.3_Released_and_WordPress_6.2_Release_Candidate_2, Lapdock_News⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 9:02 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Content_Management_Systems_(CMS) o Education o Programming/Development * Leftovers o Science o Education o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Software_Patents # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Politics o Technical # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ SimulIDE_–_The_Free_Electronic_Workbench Software⠀⇛ Simulide is a free/open source electronic workbench software, that is, a real-time circuit simulator with PIC, AVR and Arduino simulation. It is suitable for hobbyist and student in electronic engineering. It is available for GNU/Linux, Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) and MacOS. It reached version 1.0.0 release candidate III on Wednesday, 12 October 2022. Here at Ubuntu Buzz we want to convey the message to all to try, use and, if you can, join the development. Happy studying! # ⚓ Android Police ☛ The_best_open_source_alternatives_to Google_Calendar⠀⇛ If you’re worried about your digital privacy, you probably know that using Google apps is not ideal. Although the tech giant has taken steps to give people more choices about the data they share, it still has a lot of work to do. Fortunately, open source apps can help you keep your data secure, as none of your data within the app can be tracked or shared without your knowledge. Google Calendar is an excellent calendar app. Still, there are plenty of open source alternatives available for Android. If you’re willing to sacrifice some functionality, these apps should fulfill most of your calendar needs. If you’ve just picked up a new Android phone, install one immediately to keep your data secure. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Peter_Czanik:_Syslog-ng_101,_part_11:_Enriching_log messages⠀⇛ This is the eleventh part of my syslog-ng tutorial. Last time, we learned about message parsing using syslog-ng. Today, we learn about enriching log messages. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_Enable_BBR_on_CentOS_Stream_9?⠀⇛ Hello, friends. We already know that many home servers are deployed with CentOS 9. So by enabling BBR you will be able to get better bandwidth usage and thus improve their speed. Let’s get started. What is BBR? BBR (Bottleneck Bandwidth and RTT) is a congestion control algorithm written by Google software engineers. # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Manually_Install_GNOME_Extensions From_a_ZIP_File_on_Any_GNOME⠀⇛ Not able to install or use GNOME Shell Integration on your browser? Then don’t dwell too much because you can also manually install extensions from a zip file using the following steps: After installing a fresh distribution/operating system, we all customize the system according to our preferences. # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Install_and_Use_WhatsApp_Client_in Linux⠀⇛ Looking for a WhatsApp client application similar to the Signal desktop client? Then you should try “WhatsApp for Linux,” which is not an official client but does all the most important things to connect with users. # ⚓ Net2 ☛ How_to_fix_Bluetooth_connection_issues_on_Ubuntu 22.04⠀⇛ In this guide, we will walk you through the steps to solve Bluetooth connectivity on Ubuntu 22.04 issues step by step. Whether you’re struggling to pair your devices, experiencing problems connecting, or dealing with annoying disconnections, we’ll share some troubleshooting techniques that will help you fix common Bluetooth issues on your Ubuntu system. # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ A_tutorial_on_Middleware_Automation_Collections⠀⇛ Getting up to speed with Ansible_Middleware Collections is easy, and installing the Red_Hat Ansible_Automation_Platform only requires a few steps. This tutorial demonstrates six steps to configure a WildFly instance using Ansible by preparing a local machine with the necessary tooling and then deploying an instance of WildFly using the WildFly collection provided by the Ansible Middleware. § Step 1: Install Ansible Automation Platform First, let’s get Ansible Automation Platforminstalled on the control node. A control node is a machine from which we will push the configurations to the managed nodes/hosts. Managed nodes are the ones we would like to configure and they can be defined under inventory. You can install AnsibleAutomation Platform using your preferred method. Refer to the installing_Ansible documentation for details. # ⚓ How_To_Reset_Kali_Linux_Password_in_2023_(The_Easiest Way)⠀⇛ As you already know Kali is an open-source, Debian- based Linux distribution that was previously known as BackTrack. It aims for advanced penetration testing and security auditing. If you have forgotten your root password and want to reset Kali Linux password this is the best tutorial. # ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Ping_Sweep_Using_nmap_on_Linux⠀⇛ Ping sweep is the ability to ping multiple devices at once. This can be a lifesaver when looking at which devices are up from the stack of machines while troubleshooting. # ⚓ Linux Cloud VPS ☛ Sign_up_for_a_LinuxCloudVPS_today⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Grafana on AlmaLinux 9 OS. # ⚓ Linux Cloud VPS ☛ Sign_up_for_a_LinuxCloudVPS_today⠀⇛ Moodle is an open-source platform for online learning. It is a Learning Management System used by educational institutions that enable them to create online courses, training, learning and assignments. Originally, Moodle was known as an acronym for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Moodle on AlmaLinux 9. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Install_Firefox_on_RHEL_and_Debian Systems⠀⇛ In most modern Linux distributions, the latest version of Firefox has been already installed from the default distribution package manager and configured as the default browser. In this article, we will explain other ways of installing the latest version of Firefox on RHEL- based distributions such as CentOS Stream, Fedora, Rocky, and AlmaLinux and Debian-based distributions such as Ubuntu and Linux Mint.Table of Contents11. Install Firefox Using Package Manager2. Install Firefox Using Flatpak3. Install Firefox Using Snap4. Install Firefox from Source in LinuxUninstall Firefox from Linux System o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Positech Games ☛ Speeding_up_my_game_from_59fps_to_228 fps.⠀⇛ I recently saw a comment online that the ‘polls’ screen in Democracy 4 was horribly slow for a particular player. This worried me, because I pride myself in writing fast code, and optimizing to a low min spec. The last thing I want to hear is that my game seems to be performing badly for someone. I thus went to work on improving it. This involved about 15 mins looking at the code, about an hour musing, while trying to sleep, and about 20 mins coding the next day, plus an hour or more of testing, and profiling. Here is what I did, and how I did it. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ The_frantic_Unrailed!_gets_a_big_free underwater_update⠀⇛ Trains underwater? It’s happening. The frantic and hilarious Unrailed! just got a big free content upgrade. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Proton_Experimental_fixes_up_Wo_Long: Fallen_Dynasty,_BloodRayne,_Prototype⠀⇛ Valve have put out a fresh update for Proton Experimental for Steam Deck and Linux Desktop, bringing more compatibility for Windows games. Here’s all the latest and how to switch to it. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Steam_Deck_OS_3.4.6_out_now_with_DOOM Eternal_Ray_Tracing⠀⇛ Valve has now promoted the recent Steam Deck OS Preview to Stable, giving all Steam Deck owners an updated graphics driver that brings Ray Tracing for DOOM Eternal. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Sci-fi_submarine_sim_Barotrauma_floats_out of_Early_Access⠀⇛ Barotrauma, a game that’s about exploring the ocean on Jupiter’s moon Europa, where many horrors wait below the surface of the water. A game that can go from gentle hums to chaos at any moment, it certainly something if you manage to gather a few people together. It does also have a single-player mode too. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Lancer_Tactics_announced_adapting_the tabletop_roleplaying_game⠀⇛ Love your mechs? Lancer Tactics was announced recently, as a video game adaption of the popular crowdfunded tabletop roleplaying game. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Marble_It_Up!_gets_Native_Linux_support_in Beta⠀⇛ Up for a challenge? Marble-rolling platformer Marble It Up! just recently gained Native Linux support in a Beta. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ IPFire Official Blog ☛ IPFire_2.27_–_Core_Update_174_is available_for_testing⠀⇛ The next Core Update is ready for testing: IPFire 2.27 – Core Update 174. It is a traditional spring clean release which updates major parts of the core system and comes with a large number of bug fixes throughout. This update also comes with a number of security patches in Apache, cURL and more, but none of them have been assessed as being exploitable on IPFire. Nevertheless, we intend to bring those updates to all of our users as soon as possible, and encourage speedy installation of Core Update 174 after its testing phase has been completed successfully. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Beta News ☛ Fedora_Linux_38_Beta_ready_for_testing⠀⇛ Fedora 38 is finally available for download… in Beta. Yes, the pre-release version of the Linux- based operating system can be installed now, but keep in mind, it is mostly intended for testing. Remember, folks, it is never wise to run an early version of a Linux distribution on your main machine due to bugs and potential data loss. If you understand the risks and decide to give the operating system a go, you will be treated to some exciting things, such as the GNOME 44 desktop environment and improvements to the rpm package manager. A full changelog can be seen here. # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Fedora_38_Beta_is_Now_Available_to_Download⠀⇛ Fedora 38 beta is available to download ahead of a planned stable release in late April. # ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ Fedora_Linux_38_Beta_Released⠀⇛ The beta version of the upcoming Fedora Linux 38 operating system is now available for download. Fedora Linux 38 Beta is powered by the latest Linux 6.2 kernel and it features  GNOME 44 Release Candidate desktop environment. # ⚓ What_Is_Fedora_Linux_Good_For?⠀⇛ Fedora won “Most Memorable Booth” at the So Cal Linux Expo 20x. I’ve had multiple people ask me why and if we had some kind of gimmick. To be fair, we did have excellent swag this year and a great crew of people at the booth, but in my opinion, it was our enthusiastic community of users who made it truly exceptional. This year, instead of asking overly generic questions like “Do you use Fedora?” and “Have you tried Kinoite or Silverblue yet?”, I decided to ask “What’s something fun or interesting you’re doing with Fedora these days?” and the answers very much did not disappoint. # ⚓ Marcin Juszkiewicz ☛ Another_Apple_product_at_home⠀⇛ Laptop boots to U-Boot. Then Grub is loaded and then it was Fedora Linux 37 system with custom kernel and some modifications. So far there is no installer support — mostly due to Apple partitioning and how boot selection is done. I will not go with what works and what does not as it is work in progress all the time. Asahi Linux project has “Feature Support” wiki page for it. Spent some time on customizing system to have encrypted /home partition, boot progress instead of kernel output etc. Then copied some settings and data. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ 9_Ubuntu_23.04_(Lunar_Lobster)_Features_We Spotted_So_Far⠀⇛ Ubuntu 23.04 is due for release next month. It is not a Long-Term Support version. So, not everyone needs this upgrade. Whether you want to upgrade or not, it is always exciting to check out the upcoming features, right? Let us take a look at them. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ The_Lunar_Lobster_has_landed_ahead_of_Ubuntu 23.04⠀⇛ The legacy Ubuntu Desktop installer is beginning its descent this year to be replaced by Subiquity, a new installer that aligns the desktop and server codebases alongside a refined first time user experience. Finally, the desktop environment will soon complete its transition to GNOME 44 to ensure good health and usability improvements for all users. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ ROCK3_Model_C_board_starts_at_$39.00⠀⇛ The Rock 3 Model C is another single board computer powered by the Rockchip RK3566 with 0.8 TOPs NPU. Radxa’s new SBC supports up to 8GB RAM, 128GB eMMC and it can be powered with PoE HATs. [...] The ethernet port supports PoE (Power-over- Ethernet), with an additional PoE HAT. Radxa also mentions that this board is mechanically compatible with “many of the existing Raspberry Pi 4 accessories”. The Getting Started page indicates that the Rock 3 Model C can boot up from the eMMC module or from a microSD card. The Downloads page currently lists images (Pre-release) for Debian Bullseye and Ubuntu Server 20.04. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ ROCK_3C_SBC_–_A_$39+_Raspberry_Pi_3 lookalike_with_Rockchip_RK3566_AI_SoC,_M.2_NVMe_SSD_support⠀⇛ o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Purism ☛ Desktop_Apps_on_the_Lapdock⠀⇛ The Librem 5 and Librem 5 USA is our pocket-sized computer running nearly the exact software as our Librem 14 Laptop. Some desktop applications don’t yet adapt to the Librem 5 screen, but with a Lapdock Kit you can run a full suite of desktop applications like on the Librem 14. Let’s look at some of the full-sized desktop software you can run today on the Librem 5 attached to a Lapdock or external monitor. For visual artists Visual artists will be happy to find helpful tools tucked away in our software repos. For instance, Krita and GIMP are both powerful painting and image manipulation programs. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Can_You_Daily_Drive_a_Purism_Librem_5:_Is Mobile_Linux_Ready?⠀⇛ The Librem 5 by Purism is a smartphone powered by the Linux kernel. Is it good enough to replace Android or iOS as a daily driver smartphone? Is Purism’s Librem 5 usable as your daily phone? If you’ve grown accustomed to the apps available in the Play Store or Apple App Store, then the answer is no. Purism’s device simply doesn’t offer that type of experience. But there are many people looking for something different. They’re not asking if the Librem 5 can beat Android or iOS at being Android or iOS. They’re asking whether the Librem 5 is actually usable as a phone, period. And, well, yes, but also no. It depends. # ⚓ Ken Shirriff ☛ Reverse-engineering_the_multiplication algorithm_in_the_Intel_8086_processor⠀⇛ In this blog post, I explain the multiplication process inside the 8086, analyze the microcode that it used, and discuss the hardware circuitry that helped it out.3 My analysis is based on reverse- engineering the 8086 from die photos. The die photo below shows the chip under a microscope. I’ve labeled the key functional blocks; the ones that are important to this post are darker. At the left, the ALU (Arithmetic/Logic Unit) performs the arithmetic operations at the heart of multiplication: addition and shifts. Multiplication also uses a few other hardware features: the X register, the F1 flag, and a loop counter. The microcode ROM at the lower right controls the process. # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ How_was_your_Pi_Day?⠀⇛ Greetings. I trust you had a splendid March 14th or, if you’re one of us, Pi Day, yesterday. Yes, we know it doesn’t really work unless you use the American date format, but for one day a year, we’re glad our friends across the pond put the day and the month the wrong way round. Just for the one day. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ James_Bruton’s_robot_centipede_of_many_legs⠀⇛ Bruton built this centipede robot as a scaled-down prototype, as he plans to construct a ridable version sometime in the future. This robot, which is still quite large, let him test the unusual walking mechanisms. The robot has five segments, each of which contains two pairs of legs. The mathematicians among you will have deduced that that equals 20 individual legs. But the legs don’t operate independently. In fact, all 20 of those legs are connected mechanically. Each segment has a drive shaft that moves its legs through gears and linkages, and universal joints connect the drive shafts between segments. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Smart_bedside_mat_won’t_let_you_snooze_your alarm⠀⇛ This is a small mat designed to sit by the user’s bed. When the alarm goes off in the morning, the user must get out of bed and stand on that mat for five to 10 seconds. Until they do so, the alarm will continue blaring. Snooze is not an option here and the simple act of getting out of bed and standing up should be enough for most people to shake the sleep off, ensuring that they won’t fall back asleep. Best of all, this is affordable and easy to build. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Gadget Bridge ☛ Best_ways_to_Recover_Deleted_Videos_from_an Android_Phone?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ 5_best_free_games_like_GTA_Vice_City_for Android_in_2023⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Urgent_security_warning_for_Android_users_over ‘dangerous’_new_bug_that’s_spread_across_the_world_|_The Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ Is_Google_Playing_it_Safe_with_Android_14?_Here’s_Why_That Could_Be_a_Problem_|_NextPit⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Android_13_QPR3_tests_a_bouncy_new_popup for_the_Pixel_Launcher⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_13_QPR3_Beta_1_rolling_out_to_Pixel phones⠀⇛ # ⚓ XDA ☛ Android_13_QPR3_Beta_1_is_rolling_out_to_Pixel devices⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Android_13_QPR3_Beta_1_is_out_now_with_our first_look_at_the_June_Pixel_Feature_Drop⠀⇛ # ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ PUBG_Mobile_latest_2.5_update_download_link for_all_Android_devices_(2023)⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_bloatware_comes_under_fire_in_India⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ How_to_back_up_your_SMS_text_messages_on Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ How_to_Fix_Android_Connected_to_WiFi_but_No_Internet_Error_ [2023]_–_TechPP⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ MoonRay:_DreamWorks’_Open-Source_Gift_to_the_Animation Community⠀⇛ Animation has become an increasingly popular and important medium in the entertainment industry and other fields, such as education and marketing. As technology advances, so does the complexity and sophistication of animation software. DreamWorks Animation is a name that needs no further introduction. Founded in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen, the company has created some animation masterpieces, including Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, etc. Today, however, will be remembered as a more special day in the memories of all animation artists. Why? Because DreamWorks Animation, a major player in the industry, has made a significant move by releasing its in-house developed animation software, MoonRay, available to the public as an open-source project. o ⚓ OpenSSH ☛ OpenSSH_9.3_was_released_on_2023-03-15.⠀⇛ This release contains fixes for a security problem and a memory safety problem. The memory safety problem is not believed to be exploitable, but we report most network- reachable memory faults as security bugs. o ⚓ OpenSSH ☛ Announce:_OpenSSH_9.3_released⠀⇛ New features * ssh-keygen(1), ssh-keyscan(1): accept - Ohashalg=sha1|sha256 when outputting SSHFP fingerprints to allow algorithm selection. bz3493 * sshd(8): add a `sshd -G` option that parses and prints the effective configuration without attempting to load private keys and perform other checks. This allows usage of the option before keys have been generated and for configuration evaluation and verification by unprivileged users. o ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ How_I_returned_to_open_source_after_facing grief⠀⇛ Returning to the open source community after a period of grief can be challenging. It’s also an opportunity to reconnect with something you are passionate about and make a positive impact in the world. In time, you’ll find that you’re able to pick up where you left off, and re- engage with the community once again. Initially, it may take some time to get back to the rhythm of contributing. It helps to schedule some time in your calendar for open source work. It can be weekly/bi- weekly, depending on your availability. Remember, every contribution counts, and that is the beauty of the open source world. This trick will help you to get into a regular routine. o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Benefits_of_Using_Open_Source_Knowledge_Base_+_Top Tools⠀⇛ Want to build an open source knowledge base? Learn everything about this solution, its pros and cons, including tools to use with our article. o ⚓ Alex Ellis ☛ Docker_is_deleting_Open_Source_organisations_–_what you_need_to_know⠀⇛ Why is this a problem? Paid team plans cost 420USD per year (paid monthly) Many open source projects including ones I maintain have published images to the Docker Hub for years Docker’s Open Source program is hostile and out of touch o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ This_is_my_first_post_backed_up_to_Codeberg⠀⇛ If you’re reading this, it means my blog source (mmm, sauce) backup has successfully migrated to Codeberg. I’ll update my source namespace references and other links in the coming days. o § Content Management Systems (CMS)⠀➾ # ⚓ WordPress ☛ WordPress_6.2_Release_Candidate_2⠀⇛ WordPress 6.2 Release Candidate 2 is now available for download and testing. This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission- critical websites. Instead, it is recommended that you test RC2 on a test server and site. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Paolo Melchiorre ☛ PyCon_Italia_2023_PyCon_Italia_2023 logo⠀⇛ Keeping in mind the Pythonic principle that “simple is better than complex” we’ll see how to create a web map with the Python based web framework Django using its GeoDjango module, storing geographic data in your local database on which to run geospatial queries. # ⚓ Pierre Equoy ☛ Quick_tests_using_the_Python_interpreter⠀⇛ One thing I love about Python is how it can be used to very quickly prototype or try stuff thanks to its interactive interpreter, also often called REPL.1 In this article, I’ll show you how I use it to run quick tests and verify assumptions. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Daniel Lemire ☛ Runtime_asserts_are_not_free⠀⇛ One might object that you can choose to only enable assertions for the debug version of your binary… but this choice is subject to debate. Compilers like GCC or clang (LLVM) do not deactivate asserts when compiling with optimizations. Some package maintainers require all asserts to remain in the release binary. # ⚓ Abin Simon ☛ Splitting_and_joining_using_tree-sitter⠀⇛ You can use this to split/join arguments in a function definition or call into multiple lines or split/join items in a json doc. You might think it is a simple job that a “split by comma” can do, but you would be wrong. What if you have a , in a string argument or if one of the arguments is a function that has arguments inside it or a list within a list. What if the user just puts a lot of empty newlines in between? The package function deals with all of this by letting things built by smarter people (tree-sitter) deal with it. We just ask it to get us the list of arguments which we arrange how it supposed to be. # ⚓ Container Journal ☛ Software_Architecture_in_a_Cloud-Native World⠀⇛ What exactly do software architects do? When you think of a software architect, you think of a primarily technical position within the development organization. In many people’s minds, a software architect is just a title applied to the most senior developers working on a project. After all, if you are * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Ebrard_launches_campaign_to_defend_Mexico’s reputation_in_US⠀⇛ As U.S. Republicans call for using troops against Mexican cartels, the SRE told its U.S. diplomats to challenge narratives about Mexico. o ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Artists_present_their_contributions_to_the Globalization_Exhibition⠀⇛ Deep Transformation Network – Artists and Creatives Group,hosted by Christina Conklin and Michele Guieu Tuesday, March 21, 2023.12:00 pm  to 1:15 pm PST – OnlineTHE LINK TO THE EVENT IS HERE. You will access the zoom link.  o ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ What’s_Next_for_Earth_Art_Call:_Economic Relocalization⠀⇛ What’s Next for Earth is a participative art project on Instagram that invites artists to respond to a bi-monthly topic, reflecting on the human predicament. An online exhibition will be on view on this website and on the the What’s Next for Earth’s website.  o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Huge_Fin_Whale_With_Severe_Scoliosis_Was_Filmed Swimming_Off_Spanish_Coast⠀⇛ It’s more common than you’d think. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Blueprint_of_a_Quantum_Wormhole_Teleporter_Could Point_to_Deeper_Physics⠀⇛ Buckle up. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Hans-Dieter Hiep ☛ Correctness_of_Two_Sorting_Algorithms⠀⇛ We had a look at two sorting algorithms: gnome sort and bozosort. The purpose of a sorting algorithm is to operate on an array and rearrange its elements in order. The two algorithms presented are not the most efficient sorting algorithms, but that is not of our concern: instead, we will look at them from the perspective of their correctness. The main questions answered in this article are: What is the (intuitive) argument of correctness of these algorithms? How to write down a proof outline for these algorithms? o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Jerry_Falwell_Jr._sues_Liberty_University,_claims school_owes_him_$8.5M_in_retirement_funds⠀⇛ Falwell Jr. left Liberty in August 2020 after Giancarlo Granda, a young Miami pool boy who later became the Falwell family’s business partner, said he had a years-long sexual relationship with Falwell Jr.’s wife. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ PM_Kariņš:_teachers’_strike_would_change_nothing⠀⇛ A possible strike by the teachers’ unions will not change anything, because more money will not be found to increase teachers’ salaries, said Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš (New Unity party) in an interview on Latvian Television’s “Morning Panorama” program March 15. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Ohio_AG_files_lawsuit_against_Norfolk_Southern over_East_Palestine_train_derailment⠀⇛ Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Tuesday filed a complaint against Norfolk Southern over the February 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The complaint contains 58 counts for relief under numerous state and federal environmental laws. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ New_Drug_Counteracts_Intoxication,_Rapidly Sobers_Up_Drunk_Mice⠀⇛ Drunk mice are a real problem. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Psych_Studies_Attract_A_Certain_Kind_of Volunteer_Which_Could_Be_Skewing_Results⠀⇛ “It needs to be taken seriously.” # ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Close_to_a_fifth_suffering_from_long-term COVID_effects_in_Denmark⠀⇛ According to both Coop and Sailing Group, hand sanitiser sales have dipped to pre-pandemic levels again, even though many people vowed to change their hygiene habits forever in light of corona. “It underlines that we forget quickly. It shows how much it takes for us to change our habits. Two years of hand sanitiser was not enough,” Professor Michael Bang Petersen, the leader of the HOPE project, which studied the behaviour of Danes during the pandemic, told DR. Even though the virus seems far away, more than 100 Danes are testing positive every day, and more than 8,000 Danish citizens have died because of the pandemic. [...] “It is unbearable that so many good goods are going up in smoke. During the pandemic, we shopped in bulk – too much,” Peter Westermann, a SF councillor, told TV2 Kosmopol. It was thought better to destroy the pallets because they were costing between 6,000 and 10,000 kroner every day in insurance – an annual cost of 4 million. Destroying the 6,988 pallets will cost between 5.6 and 7.7 million kroner. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Environmental_Protection_Agency_proposes_to limit_‘forever_chemicals’_in_drinking_water⠀⇛ The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tuesday proposed a regulation to limit the amount of six different per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. The regulation would set the maximum contaminant level at 4 parts per trillion for any individual PFAS or mixture of multiple PFAS. # ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Stanford_scientists_fight_cancer_with_cancer in_new_study⠀⇛ In a study of a new form of cancer vaccination, Stanford researchers show that cancer cells can be reprogrammed into cells that stimulate the immune system to fight the disease. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ COVID-19_Could_Be_Robbing_People_of_Their Ability_to_Recognize_Faces⠀⇛ “Faces are like water in my head.” o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Fintech_startup_Stripe_integrating_OpenAI’s new_GPT-4_AI⠀⇛ OpenAI will also use Stripe’s payment processing engine to charge its users, including for its ChatGPT Plus subscription, as well as to buy credits for the DALL-E image-generation product, according to Stripe. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ SANS ☛ Microsoft_March_2023_Patch_Tuesday,_(Tue,_Mar_14th) [Ed: The latest bug doors are ready to install]⠀⇛ This month we got patches for 76 vulnerabilities. Of these, 9 are critical and 2 are already being exploited, according to Microsoft. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Microsoft_releases_80_patches,_including_two_for exploited_zero-days⠀⇛ Microsoft has warned users of two zero-day vulnerabilities that have been exploited as it issued a total of 80 patches on its monthly Patch Tuesday. Four of these vulnerabilities were assigned by GitHub, the security firm Tenable pointed out. Tenable’s senior staff research engineer Satnam Narang said of the remaining 76 fixes, nine were rated critical, 66 rated important and one was rated moderate. # ⚓ The Stack ☛ Critical_Microsoft_Outlook/365_bug_CVE-2023- 23397_under_attack⠀⇛ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_government_agrees_cyber-security_strategy until_2026⠀⇛ March 14, saw the Latvian government approved the draft “Latvian cyber security strategy 2023-2026″ developed by the Ministry of Defense, which defines the main directions of action of national cyber security policy and identifies future challenges. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Patrick Breyer ☛ e-ID:_Decentralised_storage_and right_to_anonymity_are_additional_Pirate_successes_in final_trilogue_mandate⠀⇛ On Thursday, the European Parliament is expected to formally adopt its final position on the European Electronic Identity (e-ID), before going into trilogue negotiations with the Council of the European Union. In addition to privacy successes in the leading industry Committee, Pirate Party MEPs were able to implement additional data protection safeguards into the final text via the Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE). Most importantly the content of a user’s identity wallet, which may include sensitive medical data, payment data or criminal records, would be stored on the user’s device only unless they explicitly choose that an external cloud copy should be kept. The text also protects the right to use digital services anonymously by providing that digital services should be provided without electronic identification or authentication where reasonably possible. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Policy,_Guns_and_Money:_Diving_into_the AUKUS_submarine_announcement⠀⇛ After the long-awaited AUKUS submarine announcement, ASPI director Bec Shrimpton and senior analyst Malcolm Davis give their views on the decisions unveiled in San Diego this week. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ The_Urbanity_of_Evil:_20_Years_After_the_Invasion of_Iraq⠀⇛ Vast quantities of lies from top US government officials led up to the Iraq invasion. Now, marking its 20th anniversary, the same media outlets that eagerly boosted those lies are offering retrospectives. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Is_a_Chinese_Invasion_of_Taiwan_Imminent?⠀⇛ Originally posted at TomDispatch. News flash! Ten thousand Marines and other U.S. troops recently invaded southern California and captured Twentynine Palms in the Mojave Desert — 1,200 square miles of desert seized! Oh, wait, my mistake! # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Australian_SSNs_will_open_up_opportunities for_advanced_undersea_operations⠀⇛ The announcement of the agreed pathway for Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) under the AUKUS deal provides clarity about how and when Australia will have this important capability. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Advances_in_detection_technology_could render_AUKUS_submarines_useless_by_2050⠀⇛ Speaking at a summit in San Diego on Monday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a decades-long strategy to deliver the most costly defence project in Australia’s history. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ What’s_next_for_the_US-UK-Australia submarine_partnership?⠀⇛ Dive into the details of the AUKUS submarine partnership just announced in San Diego by US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_claims_military_drone_downed_by_Russian_fighter over_Black_Sea_was_legally_flying_in_international_airspace⠀⇛ The US military Tuesday announced a Russian fighter jet collided with and downed a US drone over the Black Sea. The US claims Russia downed the drone in international airspace while it was acting in accordance with international law. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ France_provides_VAB_armoured_vehicles_to Benin⠀⇛ France has delivered a first batch of VAB armoured vehicles to the Beninese Armed Forces, which will use them for counter-terrorism and other security tasks. The eight ex-French vehicles were handed over in Cotonou on 20 January by Marc Vizy, the Ambassador of France to Benin. # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Lesseps,_The_Suez_Canal_And_Some Takeaways⠀⇛ Anyone could be forgiven for not having heard of Ferdinand de Lesseps — a French engineer, he was obsessed with shortening travel distances to enhance commerce, among other things.  But a case can be made that he extended British rule in India by nearly a century.  Is this a wild exaggeration?  Judge for yourself. # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Debates_about_Islamic_reform_loom_larger as_Ramadan_approaches⠀⇛ Reform of Islamic jurisprudence was the elephant in the room when two prominent Saudi clerics recently clashed publicly on whether apostasy was punishable with death under Islamic law. The debate’s timing on a Saudi state-controlled, artsy entertainment channel, Rotana Khalijiya, suggested as much. # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ RAND_Corp._report:_“U.S._Policy_and_the trajectory_of_the_Russia-Ukraine_conflict”⠀⇛ Analysts in the United States are saying increasingly that the ‘conflict in Ukraine should be resolved through negotiations.’ Nevertheless, RAND is issuing another report calling for a settlement. They understand that the Ukrainian side, with all the support of the West, began to lose heavily. # ⚓ France24 ☛ FRANCE_24_concludes_audit_of_four_journalists from_its_Arabic_language_service⠀⇛ Following the audit that authenticated the posts, FRANCE 24 notified the production company which employs Joëlle Maroun in Lebanon that the channel is ending all collaboration with this journalist because of the intolerant messages posted on her personal accounts, which are the antithesis of the values defended by the international channel and are criminally reprehensible. FRANCE 24 will also file a complaint against her for the damage done to the channel’s reputation and to the professionalism of its newsroom. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg_Is_Calling_on_All_of_Us_to Work_to_Avert_Nuclear_War⠀⇛ The legendary whistleblower has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ New Hampshire Public Radio ☛ Why_a_cookie_recipe_made_this NH_Girl_Scout_go_rogue⠀⇛ “So, palm oil causes 2 percent of major deforestation and climate change,” Sophia said, reciting from memory what she found through online research and books. “Because of palm oil, 1,000 to 5,000 orangutans are killed every year. There are also ties to child labor, human trafficking, and slavery in the harvesting of palm fruit.” # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ East_Palestine_Derailment_‘Foreseeable and_Preventable,’_Ohio_Attorney_General_Lawsuit_Alleges⠀⇛ Freight rail workers across the industry have been sounding the alarm for years that safety practices have become secondary to profits, as Motherboard has previously reported. Car inspections which could detect mechanical malfunctions that cause derailments have been reduced to save time and money. After company notices started prioritizing efficiency, speed, and reduced dwell time ahead of safety, some Norfolk Southern workers adopted a new mock slogan for the company: “Safety Fourth.” # ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ White_House_Climate_Advisor_Ali_Zaidi_calls for_optimism_amid_Willow_Project_approval [Ed: Criminal calls for "optimism" after robbing the bank. So why rob the bank?]⠀⇛ President Biden’s National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi joined former U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu in a conversation on job growth, the administration’s goals and approval of the Willow Project at Stanford on Monday. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ First_Footage_of_Giant_London-Sized_Iceberg Reveals_Its_Breathtaking_Scale⠀⇛ And it’s even bigger underneath. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_energy_and_climate_challenge: How_Europe_can_achieve_decarbonization⠀⇛ The Atlantic Council proudly co-hosted with the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) “A Grand Bargain for Europe’s energy and climate challenge,” a workshop on the European Union’s energy and climate policy from a geopolitical perspective. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Harmonizing_hydrogen_ambitions_and realities⠀⇛ Hydrogen’s chemical properties determine its most optimal uses. Policymakers should orient deployment toward areas in which hydrogen makes the most sense as a tool for decarbonization and away from areas in which it does not. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Stung_by_Russian_manipulation_of_power markets,_the_EU_plans_to_triple_renewables_by_2030⠀⇛ In the wake of a year when consumer energy prices across Europe skyrocketed, making it difficult for some people to heat their homes or cook, the European Commission today announced a new power market plan with ambitious targets: phase out gas, the fossil fuel that underpins much of the bloc’s power production… # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Apes_Making_Themselves_Dizzy_Could Show_How_We_Evolved_The_Urge_To_Lose_Control⠀⇛ This is wild. # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ The_World’s_Dams_Are_Filling_Up_—_But Not_With_Water⠀⇛ o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Bailouts_Should_Not_Be_the_Norm⠀⇛ During the pandemic, the U.S. mortgage market avoided collapse without any bailouts. Here’s how. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ UK_workers_are_going_head_to_head_with_the government⠀⇛ UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will announce_his_spring budget on Wednesday (March 15), delivering a speech amid a week of strikes across Britain’s health, education, and transport sectors. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ These_are_the_countries_with_the_biggest_gender wage_gaps⠀⇛ The Covid-19 pandemic set_back decades of progress towards gender equality, according to a report by the International Labour Organization. On average, the report says, women are currently paid 20%_less than men globally. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ A_California_court_voted_to_uphold_Proposition_22 in_a_win_for_Uber_and_Lyft⠀⇛ A California appeals court ruled on Monday (March 13) that companies like Uber, Lyft, and Doordash can classify their gig workers as independent contractors under Proposition 22, a ballot initiative state voters passed in 2020. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Salary_transparency_alone_won’t_close_the_pay gap⠀⇛ A growing number of US states and localities have laws mandating pay transparency, with requirements varying from state to state. Beginning in 2021, Colorado required all companies to include a salary range and benefits on their job listings. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Inflation_slowed_in_February⁠—another_reason_for the_Fed_to_slow_rate_hikes⠀⇛ US consumer prices rose by 0.4% from January to February, while the year-on-year rise in prices dropped from 6.4% in January to 6% in February, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Inflation_Isn’t_Going_Away⠀⇛ Prices rose by 0.4 percent in February and core inflation was up 0.5 percent, the third consecutive month that it has increased. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Chuck_Schumer_gives_donations_linked_to_Silicon Valley_Bank_to_charity⠀⇛ Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has rid himself of political contributions tied to the failed Silicon Valley Bank, giving the campaign funds to charity, according to multiple reports on Tuesday. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Stripe_Raises_New_Funding_That_Values_It at_$50_Billion⠀⇛ The start-up, which provides payment processing software to companies including Amazon, raised $6.5 billion in its new financing from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund and Thrive Capital. Stripe, which said it didn’t need the money to run its business, plans to use the funding to help employees sell their company shares and cover the taxes related to their stock compensation. # ⚓ NPR ☛ For_40_years,_Silicon_Valley_Bank_was_a_tech_industry icon._It_collapsed_in_just_days⠀⇛ The bank’s collapse has had a unique impact on the area, said San José State University Assistant Professor Matthew Faulkner. The school is roughly 10 miles from the bank’s headquarters in Santa Clara. # ⚓ Johan Halse ☛ Ha_ha⠀⇛ I’d never heard of Silicon Valley Bank before it exploded in a shower of pretty sparks last week. Amazingly, upon just hearing the name my brain made a bunch of associations that proved to be mostly correct ‒ it WAS indeed a nasty cross-section of Wall Street and Sand Hill Road, thoroughly infested with both their money and their questionable politics. The whole fracas is obviously going to shake out badly for me and my programmer brethren in the trenches, these things always do, but that’s for my dreary future: now is a time for drinking, giggling, and gloating. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Covid-19:_China_lifts_sweeping_visa curbs_on_foreigners_in_place_for_3_years⠀⇛ China will once again start issuing a range of visas to foreigners as of Wednesday, the country’s foreign ministry said, in a major easing of travel restrictions in place since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. The move marks the latest step towards reopening China to the outside world, as Beijing breaks with the strict […] # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ EU_criticism_of_Chow_Hang-tung conviction_sparks_condemnation_from_Hong_Kong_and_Beijing⠀⇛ A European Union spokesperson’s criticism of the conviction of three Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists has “scandalised” the city’s judicial system, the Hong Kong government and the Commissioner’s Office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong have said. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Meta_Queues_Up_10,000_More_Layoffs, Dropping_NFTs_As_Focus⠀⇛ Meta has announced an additional round of 10,000 layoffs and a pivot away from NFTs. CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote the move is one to streamline the company in terms of efficiency. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Meta_to_let_go_10,000_employees_in_new round_of_job_cuts⠀⇛ Four months after laying off 13% of its workforce, Meta Platforms Inc. today announced plans to let go 10,000 more employees and scrap 5,000 job postings. The layoffs will be carried out in phases. In the first phase, which will begin later this week, Meta plans make job cuts at its recruiting organization. ⚓ Quartz ☛ Meta_announced_another_10,000_layoffs_as_part_of_its_“year_of efficiency”⠀⇛ Meta announced another round of layoffs affecting about 10,000 employees, or about 13% of its global workforce, on Tuesday (March 14). CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the downsizing in an update to the company’s “year of efficiency” plan, a blueprint for making Meta more profitable amid a squeeze in the tech industry. ⚓ Quartz ☛ Meta’s_“year_of_efficiency”_means_job_cuts,_less_metaverse,_and_more generative_AI⠀⇛ Mark Zuckerberg has started delivering on his promise to make 2023 a “year of efficiency.” ⚓ AntiWar ☛ House_Democrats_Attack_Messengers_in_‘Politicization_of_Government’ Hearing⠀⇛ I often joke that I survived Washington because I had low expectations, but last week’s hearing of the House Weaponization of the Federal Government subcommittee would have tested the lowest of my low expectations. ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ China’s_Loongson_Faces_Overwhelming_Obstacles_Due_to_U.S. Restrictions⠀⇛ Unlike some other Chinese companies that use Arm and x86 instruction set architectures controlled by Western companies, Loongson’s CPUs rely on the company’s proprietary LoongArch ISA, which is backwards compatible with the MIPS architecture. As a result, it is impossible for the U.S. government to cut Loongson’s access to the latest CPU technologies. But Loongson uses American electronic design automation (EDA) software to develop its processors, whereas its manufacturing partner SMIC uses wafer fab equipment that originates in the U.S. ⚓ Security Week ☛ Rapid7_Buys_Anti-Ransomware_Firm_Minerva_Labs_for_$38 Million⠀⇛ The Boston-based Rapid7 said it spent $38 million in cash [sic] and stock to snap up Minerva Labs, an early-stage startup that raised $7.5 million venture capital funding. ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Learning_from_Silicon_Valley_Bank’s_apologists⠀⇛ Here’s a terrible reason to support the SVB bailout: because if we let all the tech companies who did business with it fail, you might not be able to get into your house anymore after your smart-lock fails because the cloud service it depends on cuts off the startup that made it because their bank account went up in a puff of smoke: https://www.wired.com/story/silicon-valley-bank-collapse-fallout/ Look, if you think the fact that my Internet of Shit door-lock failed because the company that designed it made no plan to let me into my house if they went out of business would make me sympathetic to that company, you are out of your fucking mind. If that happened to me, it would make me want to tear the lock out of my door, hunt down the CEO of the company that made it, set the lock on fire, and throw it through their front window. ⚓ The Wall Street Journal ☛ U.S._Threatens_Ban_if_TikTok’s_Chinese_Owners_Don’t Sell_Stakes⠀⇛ The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., or Cfius—a multiagency federal task force that oversees national security risks in cross-border investments—made the sale demand recently, the people said. TikTok executives have said that 60% of ByteDance shares are owned by global investors, 20% by employees and 20% by its founders, though the founders’ shares carry outsize voting rights, as is common with tech companies. The company was founded in Beijing in 2012 by Zhang Yiming, ByteDance Chief Executive Liang Rubo and others. ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ ‘Nobody_is_Safe’:_In_Wild_Hacking_Spree,_[Crackers] Accessed_Federal_Law_Enforcement_Database⠀⇛ Ceraolo previously provided Motherboard with details on the underground SIM swapping community, where hackers hijack phone numbers to steal victims’ cryptocurrency or their valuable social media handles. One 2020 article focused on how SIM swappers phished telecom company employees to access internal tools; another showed that SIM swappers had escalated from bribing employees to using remote desktop software to gain direct access to T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint tools. ⚓ India Times ☛ UAE_spy_chief’s_firm_buys_into_ByteDance_at_$220-billion value⠀⇛ ByteDance Ltd. was valued at around $220 billion in a recent private- market investment by Abu Dhabi AI firm G42, a significant discount to the $300 billion that TikTok’s owner set during a recent share buyback program. G42, controlled by United Arab Emirates royal Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, acquired a $100 million-plus stake from existing investors in recent months through its 42XFund, people with knowledge of the deal said. Another fund bought into ByteDance at $225 billion shortly after, one of the people said, asking not to be identified describing non-public information. ⚓ EDRI ☛ Who_does_the_EU_legislator_listen_to,_if_it_isn’t_the_experts?⠀⇛ Take, for example, the proposal of the European Commission on how to combat child sexual abuse. There are inherent risks in the proposal; not only will the proposed measures be barely effective, they will also have very harmful side-effects. They will also undermine the privacy of everyone’s communications, which is harmful for everyone, including the children and youngsters that lawmakers want to protect in the first place. But if these aren’t the right measures, then what are? Because sexual abuse of children and youngsters is a serious problem. This calls even more urgently for measures that are proven effective and legally sound, preferably without any negative side-effects. We are not experts in fighting child sexual abuse. Thankfully, we don’t have to be. There are plenty of experts out there, including in the Netherlands. We should listen to these experts if we want to know what needs to be done. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ EDRI ☛ Iran:_Digital_spaces_of_protest_and_control⠀⇛ The report illustrates how digitally-mediated assemblies can be controlled, surveilled, or banned in an environment of censorship, for example through abusing content moderation, VPN blocking and detention of journalists. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Lawmaker_Regina_Ip_says_Instagram_memes_were ‘embarrassing,_careless_mistake’⠀⇛ A series of four “Hell No Hong Kong” memes posted to lawmaker Regina Ip’s Instagram account were shared in error, she has told HKFP. The now-deleted graphics showed cut-outs of the Executive Council convenor in floral settings, in an apparent parody of the city’s “Hello Hong Kong” tourism reboot campaign. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_activist_to_face_trial_over unauthorised_display_of_posters_at_street_booth⠀⇛ A member of the League of Social Democrats – one of Hong Kong’s last remaining active pro-democracy groups – will face trial with two others in July for allegedly displaying posters without government permission last May. * ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ The_Censorship_Industrial_Complex⠀⇛ CJ Hopkins I think something is seriously wrong with my brain. Yesterday, I hallucinated that Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger testified before a subcommittee of the US House of Representatives about the Censorship Industrial Complex, i.e., the US arm of the global official propaganda and disinformation apparatus that has been waging an all-out war… § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ CPJ ☛ Maldives_parliament_considers_amendment_restricting_journalists’ coverage_of_elections⠀⇛ The proposed amendment would not permit freelance or foreign journalists to report from those sites. The amendment will be reviewed by a parliamentary committee before coming to a vote, Naif told CPJ. The Maldives’ next presidential election is set for September. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_concerned_about_human_rights_violations_committed_through use_of_counter-terrorism_technologies⠀⇛ The UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Counter-Terrorism, Fionnuala Aoláin, Tuesday expressed concern that digital technologies used to combat terrorism contribute to human rights violations around the world. * ⚓ PHR ☛ Even_Before_Earthquake,_Sexual_and_Reproductive_Health_Access_in Syria_Marred_by_Conflict:_Report⠀⇛ As we mark 12 years of the Syrian conflict, a new report documents how targeted violence against health care personnel and infrastructure has impeded vital sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care, resulting in far-reaching tolls on the health and wellbeing of women, girls, and health care professionals. T * ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Andrew_Jackson’s_Face_is_a_Meme_for_White_Supremacy⠀⇛ Andrew Jackson’s 256th birthday is March 15, 2023. In recognition, we are posting this excerpt from Clarence Lusane’s new book, Twenty Dollars and Change: Harriet Tubman and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice and Democracy. In the book, Lusane argues that not only should Harriet Tubman’s face replace Jackson’s on the front of the US $20, her vision of abolitionist democracy should replace Jackson’s racist patriarchal model. Negro Fort was a garrison that was abandoned by the British during the War of 1812 and subsequently became a refuge for people who escaped slavery, Native Americans, and free blacks. Located near what is now Sumatra, Florida, at the time it was an area that was outside the United States and became one of many autonomous maroon territories. Negro Fort—originally called Fort Magazine by the British—was left fully armed when the British fled in 1815. People on the run from their white enslavers came from as far away as Virginia, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Andrew Jackson’s role in the brutal seizure of the fort in July 1816 would be one of the signature campaigns that built his military fame and ultimately propelled him to the White House. § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ * ⚓ PC World ☛ HP_printers_still_block_third-party_ink._These_models_have_a workaround⠀⇛ HP doesn’t make clear which printers use the dynamic security feature, which is what Reddit users became infuriated about — HP apparently had permitted the use of third-party ink on the OfficeJet 7740 and the OfficeJet Pro 6970, then cracked down. But HP does list some printers which can be upgraded via a firmware update to eliminate the block on third-party ink. * ⚓ TechSpot ☛ HP_keeps_updating_its_printers_to_block_third-party_ink cartridges⠀⇛ New, official ink cartridges are expensive, so introducing a feature that prevents HP printer owners from buying discounted third-party ink isn’t going earn the company a lot of goodwill. HP has already paid out millions in settlement fees after class-action lawsuits were brought by consumer groups and users accusing the firm of “underhanded” tactics and anti-competitive behavior. The most recent of these was a $1.35 million payout to customers in four European countries. * ⚓ Ghacks ☛ HP_is_preventing_printer_users_from_using_third-party_ink⠀⇛ The release notes for a firmware update for HP Officejet 6950, 6960, Pro 6960, Pro 6970 and another one HP DeskJet/Ink Advantage 2700, both mention that the software enables Dynamic Security on the printers. So it is possible this problem began then. A way to prevent this issue would be unplugging the printer from the internet to prevent automatic firmware updates. Of course, this would not be possible if you have a HP+ printer, since the cloud-based service also requires an HP account to be logged in to use the printer. * ⚓ LifeSavvy Media ☛ HP_Blocks_Affordable_Ink_Cartridges_to_Make_a_Quick Buck⠀⇛ Modern HP printers use something called “dynamic security” to detect and block unofficial ink carts. Third-party manufacturers often find ways to get around this DRM, and as a result, many HP customers grow accustomed to unofficial ink. But HP can update a printer’s dynamic security to patch workarounds. And this is where the problem lies—customers will spend months or years using unofficial ink carts, only to turn on their printer one day and see “Non-HP Chip Detected.” HP’s website mentions that this may occur, though customers are never warned ahead of time. § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Software Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Anuradha_Weeraman:_US-11604662-B2 [Ed: Planet Debian is airing this self-promotional SOFTWARE PATENTS propaganda. This is antithetical to the project. What's to brag about? A patent/ monopoly on maths? One that courts might squash only after lots of money gets spent on lawyer? Maybe the employer will offload this patent to a patent troll that proceeds to suing GNU/Linux developers and users.]⠀⇛ I’m happy to announce, that after a long wait, patent US- 11604662-B2 has been issued. I want to thank and recognize my co-inventors, Div Prakash and Subin George, who I’m privileged to be on paper with. The effort that led to this work involved a group of engineers, many phone calls, some nerve-wracking presentations, culminating in a fantastic hackathon- winning outcome for a young and talented team, which I was proud to be a part of and privileged to lead. * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ Cultus_Arborum:_A_Descriptive_Account_of Phallic_Tree_Worship_(1890)⠀⇛ Offering hundreds of examples from religious history, this book was part of a larger Phallic Series of treatises by Hargrave Jennings. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Copyright_Means_You_May_Need_Permission_To_Post_Photos Of_Your_Own_Home_Online⠀⇛ The photographer explained that he had given permission for his photos – of tulips, apparently – to be used for a wallpaper. But he had only given permission for the use of the photo as wallpaper, and claimed that further permission to display his image was required if a photo of it were put online. Unfortunately the Cologne Regional Court agreed with this interpretation. It’s a ruling that could have important ramifications for anyone taking pictures of furnished rooms, as the Pinsent Masons post explains: the ruling is not only relevant in relation to photo wallpapers, but could also be extended to other furnishing items that create an atmosphere, such as pictures, sculptures or designer furniture. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Mick_Jagger_&_Keith_Richards_Sued_for Alleged_Copyright_Infringement_Over_‘Living_in_a_Ghost_Town’⠀⇛ Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have been hit with a copyright lawsuit alleging that their 2020 single, “Living in a Ghost Town,” uses material from two little- known songs by another artist. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Garth_Brooks_Explains_Why_His_Music_Still Isn’t_on_Spotify_or_Apple_Music_—_But_Has_Been_on_Amazon_Music_for Years⠀⇛ When it comes to streaming holdouts, Garth Brooks ranks as one of the biggest. But why has Garth steadfastly refused to allow his music on Spotify and Apple Music while exclusively licensing Amazon Music? o ⚓ Reason ☛ Ayn_Rand_Would_Hate_the_New_Spotify_Video_Feed⠀⇛ Turning every streaming service into TikTok is bad for the internet. It’ll be disastrous for music. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Pythagoras_Music_Fund_Invests_in_Frank Sinatra_Classics_With_Reportedly_€10_Million_Barton_Music Acquisition⠀⇛ The Netherlands’ Pythagoras Music Fund has officially announced the acquisition of Barton Music’s publishing catalog, which includes the rights to songs popularized by Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Nat King Cole, and several others. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Metallica_Purchases_Entire_70,000-Square- Foot_Record_Pressing_Plant_Amid_Vinyl_Resurgence⠀⇛ After reaching a substantial number of new fans with a Stranger Things placement last year – and as vinyl’s nearly two-decade-long commercial resurgence continues – Metallica has officially purchased an entire record pressing plant. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Judge_Rules_on_Musical_Evidence_Exclusions_— Including_a_Live_‘Medley’_of_‘Let’s_Get_It_On’_and_‘Thinking_Out Loud’_—_in_Ed_Sheeran_Infringement_Suit⠀⇛ Ahead of an infringement trial involving “Thinking Out Loud” creator Ed Sheeran and the estate of “Let’s Get It On” co-writer Ed Townsend, a federal court has ruled that the plaintiffs cannot stage a live performance of the latter song. § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Personal⠀➾ o ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_ELMXPTN_Wordo:_SMILE⠀⇛ o ⚓ I_am_spent⠀⇛ About over-extending, Spain and the wonders of stack machines. This place has been quiet. I am completely and utterly spent. Haven’t been this tired in years. I took a break from working on my self hosting setup now that it is mostly functional — not complete! — and mostly stable. I also haven’t really worked on getting myself off the cloud in two weeks. I believe I have cleared and deleted two google accounts since I last spoke about it here and certainly I have requested deletion of a bunch more online accounts. But there is more to do. I’ll pick this up again once we’re back from our vacation. o ⚓ Winter_Birch_&_Spruce_Scenery_2013-03-15_(Fairbanks,_AK,_USA)⠀⇛ There is a little recreational road near my work, which leads to the river. During my lunch break, I took a little walk and snapped a few photos of the scenery, particularly focusing on the birch trees. Well, to be honest, I’m rather new to the study of trees, so I wasn’t really 100% certain what kind of trees those ones are. But at present the only trees I know anything about are paper birch, spruce, balsam poplar (cottonwood), alder, and aspen, and they didn’t fit what I know about the other four, so I figured they must be birch. It was not convenient, due to the snow, to get a closer look at the bark and branches. * § Politics⠀➾ o ⚓ Able_(wo)man’s_burden⠀⇛ The answer from the site’s mostly left-leaning, mostly millenial male audience surprised me. These folks are typically quite enthusiastic of arguments in favor of public transport. But here, the response were of two kinds: 1. We should move women like her into communal living. 2. A person with dementia shouldn’t be allowed to walk alone, because they could get lost and die. * § Technical⠀➾ o ⚓ Following_Indie_Games_–_OpenBSD_Edition⠀⇛ I want to share some of my methods that help me to accomplish my goal to not miss out on interesting new indie games that can run on OpenBSD. There are several components to this that I am going to elaborate more on in the rest of the text. First of all, in order to know what’s new, I need to be well aware of what is not new (“Keeping Track of What Is Already Known”). Then I need sources that inform me regularly of upcoming or newly released games. Related, but not exactly the same is the goal of closing gaps in my awareness of games that have already been released. I need ways to get more information about the games’ engine information to screen if there is even a potential of running it on OpenBSD. Last, but not least, I need a way to keep an eye on games of interest until I can more definitely evaluate if they may be runnable on OpenBSD. o § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ A_bank_for_useful_BASH_scripts⠀⇛ I made a repo for useful bash scripts that can come handy in daily usage or for learning purposes. I will continue to push more scripts as I write more. I hope that others will contribute their own clever scripts and maybe in the future this repo becomes a bank of shell scripts in one place. # ⚓ ChatGPT_gets_very_confused_when_you_give_it_something similar_to_monty_hall⠀⇛ I show you three closed doors, two of which have a car behind them and one of which has a donkey. You pick a door and I open a different door revealing a donkey. I then give you the option to change your decision. If you want to win a car, should you switch doors? Yes, you should switch doors. The probability of winning a car by initially choosing one of the three doors is 1/3. After one of the doors with a donkey behind it is revealed, the probability of winning the car by switching to the other closed door is 2/3, which is twice as likely as the initial probability of 1/3. This is because, when you first made your choice, the car was behind one of the doors you didn’t pick, and the host revealed one of those doors. So, by switching to the other unopened door, you have a higher chance of winning the car. This probability paradox is known as the Monty Hall problem, and switching doors is the optimal strategy to increase your chances of winning the car. Alex Wennerberg Are you sure that your probabilities are correct? =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2534 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.16.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_16/03/2023:_OpenSSL_3.1_Released,_10,000_More_Staff_Cut_in_Facebook, and_Windows_Loses_10%_in_Speed⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 1:23 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Devices/Embedded * Leftovers o Science o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Privatisation/Privateering o Security o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Patents * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Drop-in_replacements_for_Core_Utilities⠀⇛ The GNU Core Utilities or coreutils is a package of GNU software containing implementations for many of the basic tools, such as cat, ls, and rm, which are used on Unix-like operating systems. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Install_Audacious_4.3_On_Ubuntu_/_Linux_Mint⠀⇛ In this article, we’ll show you how to install Audacious 4.3 on Ubuntu or Linux Mint system, step by step. Audacious is a free and open-source audio player for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. It is known for its lightweight, customizable, and user-friendly interface, making it a favorite among Linux users who prefer a simple and straightforward music player. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Bmon_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or 20.04⠀⇛ BMON is a lightweight and powerful network monitoring tool that provides real-time network usage information. It is designed for Linux and Unix systems and is available in the default repositories of many Linux distributions. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_PHPUnit_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or 20.04⠀⇛ PHP Unit is a widely-used testing framework for PHP developers that helps them ensure the reliability and functionality of their code. It allows developers to write automated tests that check for errors and issues in their code, ensuring that their applications work as intended. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Mixxx_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or 20.04⠀⇛ Mixxx is an open-source DJ software that allows users to mix tracks, create playlists, and control their music in real time. It is a free and powerful tool for DJs, hobbyists, and professionals. Mixxx is designed to be user-friendly and intuitive, making it accessible to anyone who wants to start DJing. # ⚓ LinuxTuto ☛ How_to_Install_Magento_2.4.6_on_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ Magento is an open-source e-commerce platform that allows businesses to create and manage their online stores. # ⚓ Scan_your_Local_Area_Network_with_Ning⠀⇛ # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Sharing_files_between_Linux_Mint_and_Windows⠀⇛ Sharing files between two operating systems can be pretty tricky at times. While Linux Mint and Windows use different file systems, several methods are still available to share files between them. In this article, we will provide step-by-step instructions on transferring files using Samba, a widely-used file-sharing protocol that allows Windows and Linux systems to communicate with each other. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Use_Find_Command_in_Linux⠀⇛ Linux is a powerful and versatile operating system, providing users with a wide range of commands to perform tasks efficiently. One of the essential tools in the Linux toolbox is the find command, which allows users to search for files and directories based on various criteria such as name, extension, size, modification date, and more. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ Python_Input_Functions:_Concepts_and Examples⠀⇛ Python is one of the most popular programming languages in the world, and it is widely used for developing software applications, games, and web applications. One of the fundamental concepts in Python programming is the Input function, which is used for accepting input from users. # ⚓ How_to_install_Apache_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛ The Apache HTTP server is one of the most popular Web servers in the world. It is an open-source application that runs on any Linux server and is completely free to install. It is, used to handle requests and deliver static/dynamic content. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_MakeMKV_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or 20.04⠀⇛ MakeMKV is a powerful and popular software application that enables users to easily convert physical media, such as DVDs and Blu-ray discs, into digital video files. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_TeXworks_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or 20.04⠀⇛ TeXworks is a free, open-source, cross-platform LaTeX editor designed to streamline the creation of professional documents using the LaTeX typesetting system. Inspired by the simplicity of TeXShop, a popular editor for Mac users, TeXworks aims to provide an intuitive and user-friendly interface for beginners while offering advanced features for experienced users. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ Tar_Command_in_Linux:_Create_a_Folder Archive⠀⇛ Creating folders and archiving files are essential when managing data in Linux environments. One popular method for achieving this is the TAR command, which stands for Tape Archive. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Upgrade_to_Fedora_38_from_Fedora 37⠀⇛ Fedora 38 is the latest release of the popular Linux distribution, bringing significant updates to enhance its robustness, security, and ease of use. Notable changes in this release include initial Unified Kernel support, live media modernization with a shorter shutdown timer, and Ruby and PHP version updates. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_FreeTube_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or 20.04⠀⇛ FreeTube is a free and open-source desktop application that allows users to watch, browse, and download videos from various video hosting websites without being tracked or monitored. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_Steam_Games_with_Native_Linux_Clients with_Barotrauma_and_Terraformers_–_2023-03-15_Edition⠀⇛ Between 2023-03-08 and 2023-03-15 there were 36 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Call_of_the_Sea,_Free_Right_Now_on_the_Epic Games_Store,_and_Working_Fine_on_Linux_with_Heroic⠀⇛ Another week, another game that’s free to grab on the Epic Games Store. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Tested:_Default_Windows_VBS_Setting_Slows Games_Up_to_10%,_Even_on_RTX_4090 [Ed: So move to GNU/ Linux]⠀⇛ With Windows 11 (and possibly 10) now enabling VBS by default, we ran some tests to see how much it’s impacting performance with the RTX 4090 on a Core i9-13900K. Here are the results of our testing. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ AppImage_Installer_for_EasyOS⠀⇛ I have created an installer for AppImages. Still needs more work, but basically working. The first window is a tabbed-list of AppImages: …the tick in the second column means the AppImage is already installed. Bottom-left of the window is a help button; here it is: o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ 4_data_challenges_for_CIOs⠀⇛ # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Our_top_8_favorite_Raspberry_Pi articles⠀⇛ # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ 3_creative_ways_to_retain_IT talent⠀⇛ # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ How_the_democratization_of_AI impacts_enterprise_IT⠀⇛ o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Tinker_V [Ed: ASUS has embraced RISC-V]⠀⇛ The first RISC-V single-board computer (SBC) from ASUS IoT embraces open-source architecture to expand options for industrial IoT developer community # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Canonical_announces_Ubuntu_Core_compatible_with SystemReady_IR_Systems,_highlights_OS_security_with_PSA Certified_Level_1_achievement⠀⇛ Ubuntu Core, Arm SystemReady and PSA Certified are transforming how the industry think about connected edge devices, security and device compatibility. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_Blog:_Canonical_teams_up_with_MediaTek_to optimise_Ubuntu_for_IoT_innovations⠀⇛ 14 March 2023, Embedded World, Nuremberg: Canonical today announced the first Ubuntu images optimised for MediaTek’s Genio 1200 System on Chip (SoC). The solution spurs AI innovation for enterprises, startups, emerging brands and leading ODMs in diverse markets. By partnering to enable Ubuntu on the Genio platform, MediaTek and Canonical will make it easier for developers, innovators and the embedded community to take advantage of this power- efficient, high-performance IoT SoC. The collaboration ensures developers and enterprises can create reliable and secure devices, benefiting from up to 10 years of enterprise-grade Ubuntu support, security updates, and anywhere, anytime connectivity. Devices built on the MediaTek Genio platform and Ubuntu enjoy reliable and efficient over-the-air updates, enabling the next generation of secure, open and extensible IoT devices. The industrial-grade images are available for Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu Core 22. New images will be announced soon for Ubuntu desktop. MediaTek and Canonical will jointly provide enterprise-class hardware and software support, and offer long-term security maintenance for 10 years, enabling partners and customers to focus on their core applications and accelerate time-to-market.  § Empower vision-based AI workloads for edge devices MediaTek Genio is a complete platform stack with powerful chipsets, open platform software development kits (SDKs) and comprehensive developer resources and tools for consumer, enterprise and industrial applications with vision and voice edge processing.  * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Arrests_related_to_Turkey_earthquakes_rise_to_279⠀⇛ Nearly 100 of the arrested people are contractors while 50 suspects have been found to be dead. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ This_Dress_Survived_for_More_Than_Three Centuries_at_the_Bottom_of_the_Sea⠀⇛ Divers found an almost perfectly preserved dress in the remains of a ship that sank off the Netherlands in the 1600s. Researchers are trying to figure out who owned the garment. # ⚓ The Scientist ☛ Gut_Bacteria_Help_T_Cells_Heal_Muscle: Study⠀⇛ Regulatory T cells in the colon travel to muscles to promote wound healing in mice, raising questions about how antibiotics may impact injury recovery. # ⚓ Hillel Wayne ☛ That_Time_Indiana_Almost_Made_π_3.2⠀⇛ I originally ran this on my newsletter last year but I like it way too much to let it rot in the archives. Enjoy! Happy Pi Day!1 To celebrate I want to get away from software for a bit and talk about something special. You may have heard the story that the Indiana legislature tried to change the value of π, to something like 3 or 4 or 3.15 or something like that. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Nearly_2200_dangerous_products_removed from_European_market_in_2022,_according_to_Safety_Gate system⠀⇛ Last year, nearly 2,200 dangerous products were reported to the Safety Gate system from European markets, according to the European Commission. Safety Gate aims to transmit information about dangerous products found on EU markets so that they can be effectively removed. In Finland, 79 notifications were made, which included toys, clothing, personal protective equipment, and electrical appliances. The most common risks found in the notifications were chemical risk, the risk of choking on small parts, electric shock, and external injuries. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Dell’s_US_Product_Line_Rumored_to_Cut_All Chinese_Ties_by_2027⠀⇛ Dell will start to remove Chinese ICs from products starting in 2025, says a new report, moving steadily to cut all Chinese manufacturing from US- sold products by 2027. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ New_US_Sanctions_Against_China’s_Chip Sector_May_Set_it_Back_by_a_Decade⠀⇛ SMIC will have problems making chips using sub-40nm nodes if the U.S. imposes new sanctions against China. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ “Entirely_avoidable”:_Ohio_AG_sues_Norfolk_Southern over_East_Palestine_train_derailment⠀⇛ Ohio is suing Norfolk_Southernover last month’s East Palestine train derailment, calling it “entirely avoidable,” state Attorney General Dave Yost announced Tuesday. # ⚓ UN:_Black_Sea_Grain_Initiative_should_continue⠀⇛ United Nations underlined that the continuation of the agreement signed in İstanbul in July 2022, between Turkey, Ukraine, Russia, and the UN was very important for global food security. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ EPA_to_Finally_Limit_Toxic_‘Forever Chemicals’_Widespread_in_Drinking_Water⠀⇛ Almost everybody tested by the CDC has toxic PFAS in their blood. Now, the EPA has proposed the first limits for drinking water. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ 60,000_Australians_sign_up_for_Victoria_sick_pay guarantee_program⠀⇛ The Australian state of Victoria Monday revealed that over 60,000 individuals signed up for its pilot Sick Pay Guarantee scheme since its launch on March 14, 2022. To date, the state has paid out over one million hours of sick and carer’s pay. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ EPA_to_Restrict_Toxic_PFAS_Chemicals_in Drinking_Water⠀⇛ The government will strictly limit in drinking water two chemicals that are ubiquitous in modern society but are linked to a range of health effects. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Chinese_hoarding_flu_pills_with_online sales_surging_100-fold⠀⇛ The rush for medicine underscores the high levels of anxiety in China. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Dogs_Living_in_Chernobyl_Have_Adapted with_DNA_Mutations,_Study_Suggests⠀⇛ The population of dogs thriving in the Exclusion Zone have mutated genes pertaining to DNA repair and immune response. # ⚓ ADF ☛ Six_West_African_Countries_Account_for_20%_of_World’s Illegally_Caught_Fish⠀⇛ ADF STAFF About 20% of illegally caught fish worldwide comes from waters near The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal and Sierra Leone, according to a new report by news organization Investigative Journalism Reportika (Ij-Reportika). Most of the fish are caught by vessels from China… o § Privatisation/Privateering⠀➾ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ NSW_treasurer_rules_out_any_sale_of Sydney_Water⠀⇛ NSW Treasurer Matt Kean insists Sydney Water won’t be sold off despite leaked documents revealing the government had sought advice on the sale of the utility as it looked to fund infrastructure projects. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenSSL ☛ OpenSSL_3.1_Final_Release⠀⇛ We are pleased to announce that the forthcoming OpenSSL 3.1 release is to be made available on 14th March 2023. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ What’s_next_in_gun_control?_Biden_to_sign executive_order.⠀⇛ President Biden is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday aiming to increase the number of background checks to buy guns. The order also includes promoting safer storage and ensuring U.S. law enforcement gains from last summer’s bipartisan law. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Are_US_military_drills_in_Asia-Pacific_a_veiled attempt_to_curb_Chinese_power?⠀⇛ Recent US military activity in the Asia-Pacific is on the rise, including drills in the Philippines and South Korea as well as a submarine deal struck between the US and Australia. China has, meanwhile, accused the US of encircling the country. FRANCE 24 speaks with an expert to shed light on the mounting tensions. # ⚓ Axios ☛ “Mexico_is_safer”_than_the_U.S.,_Mexican_President López_Obrador_says⠀⇛ Mexico’s President Andrés_Manuel_López_Obrador denounced Monday U.S. travel warnings and American news reports of violence in his country as a smear against his administration, per_AP. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ China_Has_Better_Hypersonic_Missiles Than_Russia_and_Can_Strike_U.S._Bases,_Official_Says⠀⇛ In testimony before Congress, a Pentagon scientist laid out the threat of Beijing’s hypersonic weapons. # ⚓ The Local SE ☛ ‘Increased_chance_that_Finland_joins_NATO before_Sweden’:_PM⠀⇛ Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Tuesday the likelihood that Finland would join NATO before Sweden had “increased” as Stockholm’s bid continues to face stiff opposition from Ankara. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Hungary_To_Delay_Vote_On_NATO_Membership_For Sweden,_Finland⠀⇛ A long-delayed vote in Hungary’s parliament on ratifying the NATO accession bids of Sweden and Finland will likely be postponed again following a proposal from a senior government official. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Congo_cease-fire:_Displaced_residents_long_for normalcy⠀⇛ Twenty years of fighting in eastern Congo has forced more than 5 million people from their homes. Local residents are cautious about a cease-fire signed last week. # ⚓ CNN ☛ Analysis:_The_two_biggest_2024_Republican_names_would mean_bad_news_for_Ukraine⠀⇛ Russia might be bogged down in its vicious onslaught on Ukraine, but President Vladimir Putin is winning big elsewhere — in the Republican presidential primary. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ What_the_Saudi-Iran_Deal_Means_for_the_Middle East⠀⇛ Brokered by China, the agreement between the two regional rivals reflects shifting economic—and ideological—alignments. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Ex-Saudi_intelligence_chief_‘hopes’_deal_with Iran_will_be_game-changer_for_region⠀⇛ FRANCE 24 spoke to the former head of Saudi intelligence, Turki al-Faisal, following the announcement that Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations. The prince expressed hope that last week’s China-brokered deal will be a game-changer for the region, mentioning Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and especially Yemen, where a deadly conflict has resulted in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The former ambassador to the US and UK also explained why China was “the logical partner” in making the deal happen. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Ukraine_thanks_Lithuania_for_naming_Wagner_terrorist organisation⠀⇛ Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian president’s office, has thanked the Lithuanian parliament for recognising Russia’s Wagner mercenary group as a terrorist organisation. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_designates_Russia’s_Wagner_as_terrorist organisation⠀⇛ Lithuania’s Seimas on Tuesday unanimously recognised Wagner, a private Russian military company, as a terrorist organisation. # ⚓ LRT ☛ If_Berlin_is_serious_about_defence,_it_needs_to deploy_brigade_to_Lithuania_–_interview⠀⇛ German brigade needs to be permanently deployed in Lithuania if Germany wants to be the pillar of NATO’s Eastern flank defence, Nico Lange, senior fellow at the Munich Security Conference, said in an interview with LRT.lt. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_extends_state_of_emergency_in_border areas⠀⇛ Lithuanian Seimas on Tuesday extended the state of emergency on the country’s borders with Russia and Belarus until May 2. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Romanian_minister_in_Vilnius_proposes_sanctions_for attempts_to_destabilise_Moldova⠀⇛ Bucharest has proposed sanctions to combat Russia’s attempts to destabilise the country, Romania Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu said in Vilnius on Monday after meeting with his Lithuanian counterpart, Gabrielius Landsbergis. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ As_U.S._steps_back_from_Middle_East,_China steps_in⠀⇛ China has brokered a diplomatic rapprochement between rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia, illustrating Beijing’s growing clout in the Middle East. # ⚓ Axios ☛ With_Iran-Saudi_deal,_Beijing_aims_to_bring_its friends_closer_together⠀⇛ By brokering a deal between Iran_and_Saudi_Arabia, China is trying to ensure two of its most important partners in the Middle East get along so Beijing can achieve its economic and political goals, experts say. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Says_Russian_Fighter_Jet_Hit_American Drone_Over_Black_Sea⠀⇛ The incident was the first known physical contact between the two militaries since the war in Ukraine began last year. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Russian_jet_collides_with_U.S._drone_over_Black Sea⠀⇛ A Russian jet crashed into a U.S. drone above the Black_Sea on Tuesday, forcing the U.S. to bring the drone down. # ⚓ ADF ☛ Escalating_Tensions_Risk_Return_to_Civil_War_in Mali⠀⇛ ADF STAFF Tension is escalating in northern Mali, where a fragile peace plan is teetering on the verge of collapse. # ⚓ CNN ☛ Ukrainian_sniper_on_killing_Russians:_‘Can’t think…you_just_act’⠀⇛ CNN’s Erin Burnett speaks with Ukrainian soldier Roman Trokhymets about his experience fighting against Russians near Bakhmut. # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ US_Air_Force_drone_and_Russia_jet_collide⠀⇛ The Pentagon has declined to say whether it will attempt to recover a US Air Force drone after it collided with a Russian fighter jet. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Latest_missile_launches_help_train_for fire_assault_to_be_carried_out_‘any_time’,_says_North_Korea⠀⇛ The firing of the missiles come as 11-day joint drills between South Korean and US forces are under way # ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ US_says_Russian_warplane_hits American_drone_over_Black_Sea⠀⇛ The U.S. military says a Russian warplane struck the propeller of a U.S. drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday, causing American forces to bring the unmanned aircraft down in international waters. The U.S. European Command says two Russian Su-27 fighter jets “conducted an unsafe and unprofessional intercept” of the MQ-9 drone in international airspace over the Black Sea. The State Department calls it a “brazen violation of international law.” Moscow says the U.S. drone maneuvered sharply and crashed into water following an encounter with Russian fighter jets scrambled to intercept it near Crimea, but insists its warplanes didn’t fire their weapons or hit the drone. # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ China_responds_to_Australia’s_nuclear_powered submarines_deal_with_stark_warning⠀⇛ China declares Australia on ‘dangerous path’ after AUKUS submarines deal sealed. # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Islands_in_the_scheme:_Fiji_signals_support for_AUKUS_subs⠀⇛ Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made sure to stop over in Fiji on his return from the AUKUS launch for some ceremonial kava. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Australia_PM_visits_Fiji_to_discuss nuclear_submarines,_regional_security⠀⇛ Anthony Albanese met with Fijian PM Sitiveni Rabuka on Wednesday. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ True_Liberation_Eludes_Kherson_as_Russian Shelling_Intensifies_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ Months after Ukrainian forces pushed out Russian occupiers, the city of Kherson remains very much a war zone. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ron_DeSantis’s_Ukraine_Stance_Angers G.O.P._Hawks⠀⇛ The Florida governor, who joined Donald Trump in declaring that defending Ukraine from Russia was not a vital interest, drew swift condemnations from establishment Republicans. # ⚓ Axios ☛ U.S._dominates_global_arms_sales,_with_Russia falling_far_behind⠀⇛ Data: SIPRI; Map: Madison Dong/Axios Visuals U.S. dominance in the global weapons trade increased dramatically over the past five years, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Issues_Executive_Order_to_Strengthen_Background_Checks for_Guns⠀⇛ President Biden announced a handful of steps designed to improve enforcement of existing gun laws during a trip to Monterey Park, Calif., the site of a mass shooting in January. ⚓ Axios ☛ Biden_takes_executive_action_on_background_checks_for_guns⠀⇛ President Biden is signing a gun control executive order on Tuesday that the administration says will get the country “as close to universal background checks as possible without additional legislation.” Why it matters:It builds on the bipartisan_legislation Biden signed into law last June, but requires the attorney general to get involved through a wonky process of redefining which firearms dealers are required to run background checks. § Environment⠀➾ * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Brazil’s_Lula_vows_to_legalize_Indigenous_lands_amid rising_conflicts⠀⇛ Brazil’s President Lula expressed support for creating new territories for Indigenous communities on his first trip to Indigenous land in the Amazon rainforest. Former President Bolsonaro did not demarcate any Indigenous land during his administration. * ⚓ Axios ☛ “Potent”_atmospheric_river_hits_California_with_heavy_rain_and flooding_as_thousands_evacuate⠀⇛ The latest atmospheric_river to lash California has unleashed more historic rainfall, heavy snow and flash flooding across the state — as forecasters warn the worst was yet to come on Wednesday. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Death_toll_from_Cyclone_Freddy_tops_200_in_Malawi_and Mozambique⠀⇛ The death toll from Cyclone Freddy in Malawi and Mozambique passed 200 on Tuesday after the record-breaking storm triggered floods and landslips in its second strike on Africa in less than three weeks. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Destructive_record-breaking_cyclone_batters_Malawi, Mozambique_twice⠀⇛ Cyclone Freddy, the longest-lasting most powerful cyclone on record, is responsible for the deaths of more than 190 people in southern Africa. The powerful seaborne storm made landfall twice over the weekend in Malawi and Mozambique. * ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Wege_lecturer_Mary_Robinson_ties_climate_crisis_to injustice⠀⇛ Addressing the world’s climate crisis requires a people- centered approach that elevates positive climate work and connects climate change with injustice, Mary Robinson said during the Peter M. Wege Lecture on Sustainability. * § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Electricity_prices_to_soar_by_20_per_cent_in_some states⠀⇛ Power company customers in three states face a major hike in their bills. o ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Harakka:_Finland_not_prepared_to_revisit_EU_ban on_combustion-engine_vehicles⠀⇛ MINISTER of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka (SDP) says Finland appreciates Germany’s concerns about the ban on new combustion-engine vehicles that was approved by the European Parliament in February. It is not, however, in the common interest of the 27- country bloc to make a last-minute U-turn, according to Harakka. o ⚓ H2 View ☛ Water_supply_secured_for_green_hydrogen_project_in Western_Australia⠀⇛ Frontier Energy has signed a binding agreement securing water supply for a planned green hydrogen project in Western Australia. * § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ o ⚓ Dolphin_Park_in_Marmaris_closed_permanently⠀⇛ Five dolphins died earlier in the center and it is now revealed that two surviving dolphins were secretly transferred to another dolphin park in Antalya. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Gender_equality_as_a_source_of_economic_renewal⠀⇛ Sri Lanka’s many upheavals last year have led to new financial discipline and measures to uplift women, delighting foreign creditors and perhaps setting a model for the global debt crisis. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Minns_baulks_on_nurses’_pay_in_NSW_leaders debate⠀⇛ NSW Labor leader Chris Minns has dodged guaranteeing larger pay rises for teachers, police and nurses while sparring with Premier Dominic Perrottet over NIMBYs, children’s futures and groceries. * ⚓ France24 ☛ France_faces_fresh_round_of_strikes_over_highly_contested pension_reforms⠀⇛ France faces another day of strikes on Wednesday over highly contested pension reforms which President Emmanuel Macron appears on the verge of pushing through despite months of protests. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Are_banks_–_and_your_money_–_safe?_Five_questions.⠀⇛ The failure of two U.S. banks in recent days poses a test of confidence – and of regulatory reassurance – at a time when the economy is already challenged by inflation and rising interest rates. * ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Residents_outraged_after_council_pushes_through controversial_‘bin_tax’⠀⇛ Residents living in Melbourne’s inner suburbs are outraged after the City of Yarra voted in favour of a controversial bin tax. * ⚓ The Local SE ☛ Sweden’s_central_bank_‘still_planning_to_raise_interest rates_in_April’⠀⇛ The governor of Sweden’s Riksbank central bank has told MPs he still intends to raise rates by at least 0.25 percentage points in April, despite the failure of several banks in the US. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Independents_call_out_old_age_homeless_crisis⠀⇛ They’re a group often left out of the housing crisis conversation, but many older Australians are finding themselves homeless at a time in their lives when stability is most important. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ ‘No_reward’:_Push_to_end_older-age_homeless crisis⠀⇛ They’re a group often left out of the housing crisis conversation, but many older Australians are finding themselves homeless at a time in their lives when stability is most important. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Recession_fears_in_New_Zealand_as_GDP_figures loom⠀⇛ Worsening forecasts have prompted New Zealand economists to revise down their expectations for the Kiwi economy, ahead of GDP figures being released. Market sentiment is for Stats NZ to reveal a mild contraction in Q4 2022 when the government body releases data on Thursday. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Inflation,_slowing_demand_increase_risks_for business⠀⇛ Business-to-business trade payment defaults have surged as firms struggle with cash flow under challenging conditions. CreditorWatch’s monthly business risk report shows payment defaults lifted 30 per cent in the 12 months to February and credit enquiries soared by 102 per cent. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ After_Days_of_Panic,_Midsize_Banks_See_Stocks_Rise⠀⇛ Regional bank leaders offered jittery customers everything from a personal cellphone number to a video chat with Mitt Romney. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Inflation_is_proving_sticky,_CPI_report_confirms⠀⇛ Inflation is proving stickier than it appeared not long ago. That was further confirmed in Tuesday morning’s consumer_price index_report. Driving the news: Inflation is no longer trending down, as in the second half of 2022. Rather, it’s holding at an uncomfortably high level, with underlying details showing persistent pressures. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Political_Finger-Pointing_Behind_Bank_Collapses and_Train_Derailments⠀⇛ As two news events — banking turmoil and a train derailment — became flash points in America’s culture wars, conservative presidential hopefuls and media voices pounced. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Garbage_Piles_Up_in_Protest_Against_France’s_Pension Change⠀⇛ A bill raising the retirement age for most workers by two years, to 64, is expected to become law this week, despite widespread protest, including a strike by garbage workers in Paris and elsewhere. * ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Inflation_on_the_rise_in_Finland:_a_long_battle_to tame_prices_ahead,_warns_chief_economist⠀⇛ Inflation rates in Finland have risen again in February, following a brief slowdown in January, according to the latest consumer price index from Statistics Finland. The country’s inflation rate was 8.8%, with prices increasing worryingly across both goods and services. The chief economist of the Central Chamber of Commerce, Jukka Appelqvist, warns that a stable and low inflation rate is unlikely to happen in the near future. The prolonged tight monetary policy and rising interest rates could lead to a deeper recession than anticipated. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Macron_Faces_Pivotal_Week_in_His_Attempt_to_Change France_at_Its_Core⠀⇛ Huge crowds are again expected to protest President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age before a decisive vote that could redefine his nation and his legacy. * ⚓ Axios ☛ “Standby”_apartments_offer_cheap_rent_with_sudden_departures⠀⇛ A fully furnished apartment in a great city for $1,295 per month — 33% below the_national_median — with no lease, no security deposit and all utilities included. Sound too good to be true? * ⚓ Axios ☛ Lawmakers_target_child_labor_laws_to_ease_worker_shortage⠀⇛ Legislators in multiple states are invoking a widespread_labor shortage to push bills that would weaken long-standing child labor laws. Why it matters:Some bills go beyond expanding eligibility or working hours for run-of-the-mill teen jobs. They’d make it easier for kids to fill physically demanding roles at potentially hazardous work sites. * ⚓ CNN ☛ Argentina’s_inflation_tops_100%_for_the_first_time_since_1991⠀⇛ Argentina’s yearly inflation rate rose past 100% for the first time in three decades, according to new figures released by the country’s statistical body INDEC, as the government struggles to control rising prices. * ⚓ CNN ☛ Billionaire_behind_rise_of_7-Eleven_dies⠀⇛ Masatoshi Ito, the Japanese billionaire who turned 7-Eleven convenience stores into a global empire, has died aged 98, closing the chapter on one of Asia’s most storied retail entrepreneurs. * ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Scaled-Back_Benefits_for_a_Silicon_Valley_Recession⠀⇛ The annual conference is moving from Maui to the Metaverse—an equally exotic locale! And we’re discontinuing fertility assistance, but that went without saying, right? § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Meta,_Facebook’s_Parent,_to_Lay_Off_Another_10,000 Workers⠀⇛ It would be the tech company’s second round of cuts since November. Mark Zuckerberg, its chief executive, has declared 2023 the “year of efficiency.” * ⚓ France24 ☛ Meta_to_cut_10,000_staff_as_CEO_Zuckerberg_cites_‘humbling’ 2022⠀⇛ Facebook owner Meta announced a fresh wave of job cuts on Tuesday, part of what CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the company’s “year of efficiency” as the US tech sector continues to downsize. * ⚓ CNN ☛ Meta_plans_to_lay_off_another_10,000_employees⠀⇛ Facebook-parent Meta plans to lay off another 10,000 workers, marking the second round of significant job cuts for the tech giant in four months. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Once_important_diaspora_centre,_Lithuanian_community_in_Chicago is_shrinking⠀⇛ For more than a century, Chicago has remained one of the most important centres of the Lithuanian diaspora. However, the Lithuanian community there is slowly shrinking. * ⚓ LRT ☛ ‘Needed_but_overdue’:_MPs_want_Communist_Party_of_Lithuania labelled_criminal_organisation⠀⇛ The ruling conservatives want the Communist Party of Lithuania to be recognised as a criminal organisation. The proposal is needed but overdue, according to historians. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_president_pledges_support_for_Georgia_to_join_EU⠀⇛ Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda and his Georgian counterpart Salome Zourabichvili on Tuesday discussed the implementation of reforms in Georgia and Lithuania’s support for the country’s bid to join the EU. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Qatargate_Is_a_Warning_to_Europe⠀⇛ The bloc’s vulnerability to corruption has been dramatically exposed. * ⚓ The Local SE ☛ LISTEN:_How_the_Sweden_Democrats_are_flirting_with_the extreme_right,_Part_2⠀⇛ In this bonus edition of the podcast we hear more from guest Jonathan Leman on how the far-right Sweden Democrats have grown more radical over the past four years. * ⚓ The Local SE ☛ Democracies_like_Sweden_and_Taiwan_‘should_support_each other’⠀⇛ In the latest of our interviews with international envoys, we catch up with Klement Gu, Taiwan’s representative to Sweden, about his impressions of Sweden, healthy trade ties, and how Sweden can support Taiwan amid tensions with China. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarusian_KGB_Adds_Russian_National_Sofia_Sapega_To_Terrorist Registry⠀⇛ Sofia Sapega, a Russian citizen who is serving a six-year prison term in Belarus on charges related to the civil disturbances that followed a disputed 2020 presidential election, has been added to the Belarusian KGB’s registry of terrorists. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Navalny_Punishment_Cell_Set_Up_On_Paris_Square_To_Illustrate Treatment_Of_Kremlin_Critic⠀⇛ A replica of the concrete punishment cell that Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny is periodically placed in has been unveiled on a square in Paris. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Putin_Dismisses_Reports_That_Ukrainians_Carried_Out_Nord_Stream Pipeline_Blasts⠀⇛ Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed as “complete nonsense” allegations that pro-Ukrainian activists with no ties to the state could be behind the explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Nearly_10,000_Bago_region_residents_forced_to_flee_ahead_of_junta raids⠀⇛ Villagers say there have been casualties after troops shelled their homes. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Duma_OKs_Bill_On_Punishment_For_‘Discrediting’_Russian Forces⠀⇛ The Russian parliament’s lower chamber has approved a bill expanding Russia’s wartime censorship measures to include punishment for anyone considered to have discredited “volunteer” forces such as so-called private military groups involved in Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Journalists_Protest_Possible_Criminalization_Of_Defamation_In Republika_Srpska⠀⇛ Bosnian Serb journalists have staged a spontaneous demonstration outside the parliament of Republika Srpska in Banja Luka against amendments being debated by lawmakers that would criminalize defamation in the media of the Serbian entity of Bosnia-Herzegovina. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Radical_Groups_In_Georgia_Burn_EU_Flag,_Demand_Referendum_On ‘Foreign_Agents’_Law⠀⇛ Activists from two radical political groups in Georgia, Alt- Info and Conservative Movement, burned a European Union flag near the Georgian parliament and removed an EU flag from a flag pole next to the building on March 14. * ⚓ Academic_under_investigation_over_‘earthquake’_remarks_during_class⠀⇛ The academic criticized the government’s response to the earthquakes during an online class. * ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Roger_Waters_fights_back_against_cancel_culture_and defends_freedom_of_speech⠀⇛ Former Pink Floyd bassist and singer, Roger Waters, has taken legal action against proposed concert cancellations in Frankfurt and Munich. The Hessian State Government and the Magistrate of the City of Frankfurt had announced their intention to cancel Waters’ concert, which was scheduled to take place on 28 May at Festhalle in Frankfurt. Meanwhile, a motion was introduced in the Munich City Council to cancel the concert scheduled for 21 May 2023, at the Munich Olympiahalle. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ No_cross-dressing,_blackout_dates_among_stricter rules_mooted_for_concerts_in_Malaysia⠀⇛ PUTRAJAYA – Male foreign artistes are not allowed to “cross- dress” or dress up like women when performing in Malaysia, according to new government guidelines on concerts and live shows. * ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Photographer_Who_Saw_the_Brutality_and_the_Fragility of_Authoritarianism⠀⇛ Fifty years ago, Augusto Pinochet staged a violent coup in Chile. Evandro Teixeira went to the capital and captured startling images of soldiers, protesters, and the funeral procession of Pablo Neruda. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Polish_court_convicts_activist_for_providing_abortion_pills to_pregnant_women⠀⇛ Polish activist Justyna Wydrzynska was on Tuesday found guilty of supplying a pregnant woman with abortion pills in the Catholic country, her NGO said, in Poland’s first such case. * ⚓ ACLU ☛ No_One_Should_Face_the_Death_Penalty_for_Accessing_Health_Care⠀⇛ It was one of the first things anti-abortion politicians bellowed in the immediate backlash to Roe v. Wadebeing overturned: Women won’t face prosecution for seeking an abortion. They said it because they know that punishing people for making the best decisions for themselves is deeply unpopular. And yet, less than a year later, they are introducing bills that would do exactly that — bills that would allow prosecutors to send women to jail for ending their pregnancies. We know this is a strategy they’re using to push the envelope and experiment with how big the backlash will be. If we’ve learned anything over the last several decades in the fight for reproductive freedom, it’s that we should watch what politicians do, not what they say. Unfortunately, their actions reveal the cruel reality they want to force on all of us. It’s clear as day that these politicians want to create a world where making decisions about your own body is a crime. * ⚓ New Yorker ☛ DeSantis_to_Replace_Disney_World_with_“Dilbert”_Theme Park⠀⇛ The new theme park will attract “millions of Americans deprived of their favorite comic strip by the left-wing media Reich,” the Florida governor said. * ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Childless_employees_face_discrimination_in_vacation planning,_finds_study⠀⇛ A recent study conducted by Finnish associations, Simpukka ry and Vapaaehtoisesti Lapsettomat ry, has found that childless employees face discrimination in vacation planning, work shift scheduling, and career advancement. According to the study, vacation plans and work shift schedules tend to prioritize the preferences of employees with children. Childless employees are expected to be more flexible and are subjected to career advancement discrimination. * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ eBay_Finally_Has_Its_First_Worker_Union_in_27 Years⠀⇛ Workers at TCGPlayer, the trading card marketplace bought by eBay in 2022, voted to unionize on Friday. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Several_Injured_After_Clashes_Between_Pakistan_Police, Supporters_Of_Former_Prime_Minister⠀⇛ Followers of Pakistan’s main political party, Pakistan Tehrik- e Insaf (PTI), clashed with police on March 14 outside the residence of party chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan in eastern Lahore after police arrived to arrest Khan. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Israel_special_committee_approves_bill_restricting_ability_to declare_prime_minister_incompetent⠀⇛ The Israeli Special Committee on Amendments to Basic Law Monday approved a first reading of a bill that would only allow the Prime Minister to be declared incompetent on the grounds of physical or mental incapacity. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ FBI_reports_11.6_percent_increase_in_hate_crimes_across_US⠀⇛ The FBI Monday released new hate crime statistics which showed an 11.6 percent rise in hate crimes from 2020 to 2021. A transition to a new reporting system meant that there was an initial decrease in data recorded in the FBI’s annual report. § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ Submission_to_the_UNESCO_Consultation_on_Draft_2.0_of_the_Guidelines for_Regulating_Digital_Platforms⠀⇛ Access Now’s submission to the third UNESCO consultation on draft 2.0 of the Guidelines for Regulating Digital Platforms. § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Stipulated_Judgment_must_be Unambiguous;_and_the_Canon_of_Common_Sense_Claim_Construction⠀⇛ AlterWAN sued Amazon for patent infringement back in 2019, asserting two patents claiming claiming wide-area- network improvements. US8595478 and US9015471.  As the case moved forward, the district court issued a claim construction that favored Amazon. o ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ The_other_“saisie”_:_the_saisie conservatoire_in_France_to_recover_evidence_for_foreign proceedings⠀⇛ Many readers of this blog are familiar with the French saisie-contrefaçon, which consists of the seizure of allegedly infringing products and all related documents, but requires a writ of summons within one month of the saisie (e.g., here). =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4089 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.16.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_16/03/2023:_War_Escalations_and_More⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 2:13 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Applications * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Arch_Family o Debian_Family o Devices/Embedded o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Events * Leftovers o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ System76’s_Meerkat_Mini_Linux_PC_Now_Ships_with 12th_Gen_Intel_Core_i_CPUs⠀⇛ Yes, System76 even sells a mini PC and the latest variant can be configured with 10th, 11th, or 12th Gen Intel Core i Series processors with up to 12 cores and 16 threads and up to Intel Iris Xe graphics on the 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1260P CPU, which also offers up to 4.7 GHz clock speeds. Other 12th Gen Intel Core i Series processors include the Intel Core i3-1220P with 10 cores and 12 threads and up to 4.4 GHz clock speeds, as well as Intel Core i5-1240P with 12 cores and 16 threads and up to 4.4 GHz clock speeds. However, only the i5-1240P and i7-1260P CPUs have Intel Iris Xe graphics as the i3-1220P CPU feature Intel UHD graphics. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 13_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Hex Editors⠀⇛ Hex editors are often used for debugging and reverse engineering binary communication protocols. They can also review files with an unknown file format, reviewing program memory dumps, and hex comparison. Hex editors can help you remove watermarks or other data that is hidden within a file. Hex editors are a favorite tool of game modding communities. If you use a text editor to open a binary file, you will see large amounts of incomprehensible information, seemingly random accented characters, and long lines overflowing with text. Editing or saving a binary file in a text editor will corrupt the file. We feature our recommended hex editors. They are all free and open source software. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Arch Family⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Best_GUI_Package_Managers_for_Arch_Linux⠀⇛ Arch Linux is one of the most popular and widely used Linux distributions among advanced users and developers due to its customizability, flexibility, and bleeding-edge features. Due to its minimalist design, the primary way to install the software in Arch Linux is via command line interface (CLI) using the terminal. But not everyone is comfortable using the terminal. A graphical user interface (GUI) based package manager is a must-have utility for those. There are several options available. Let’s explore some of the popular ones. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Tor ☛ Built_With_a_Purpose:_Puppet_in_Debian⠀⇛ At the Tor Project, we’re always on the lookout for opportunities to contribute back to the communities around the platforms and tools we depend on to keep the lights on. Puppet and Debian are two such projects, so we’re happy to announce that the upcoming Debian stable release, codename bookworm, will deliver an up-to-date suite of Puppet software thanks to the efforts of the Tor Project! A year ago, TPA (AKA Tor Project sysadmin Team) started planning an upgrade of our fleet of nearly 100 Debian machines to the latest stable release, bullseye. One item of concern was that not only were the Puppet packages in Debian bullseye already nearly end-of-life (version 5.5), but the PuppetDB package was also now missing entirely from the distribution. At this point it seemed the only feasible option would be to migrate our entire Puppet infrastructure to the vendor-supplied packages. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Notebook Check ☛ Radxa_ROCK_3_Model_C:_New_single-board computer_debuts_from_US$39⠀⇛ Radxa has launched the ROCK 3 Model C, a single- board computer (SBC) powered by the Rockchip RK3566, an SoC with four ARM Cortex-A55 CPU cores clocked at 1.6 GHz, a Mali-G52 GPU and an NPU that is capable of delivering up to 0.8 TOPS of AI performance. Radxa complements the Rockchip RK3566 with LPDDR4 RAM, which will be available in 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB and 8 GB flavours. While the SBC lacks built-in storage, it has a microSD card reader, an M.2 2230 slot and an optional eMMC module. Additionally, the ROCK 3 Model C has a 40-pin GPIO header, Gigabit Ethernet with optional PoE and an HDMI 2.0 port, among other I/O. For reference, although the SBC has four USB Type-A ports, only one supports the USB 3.0 standard. Moreover, the 85 x 56 mm board supports Android 11, Radxa Debian, Debian Bullseye and Ubuntu Server 20.04. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Adds_Second_Laptop_Monitor⠀⇛ If you have a cheap laptop and you realize you can’t connect a second monitor to it, what do you do? Well, if you are [Pierre Couy], you grab a Raspberry Pi and put together a virtual screen solution. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Waze_Android_Auto_Freezing_or_Not_Working:_How_to_Fix?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Android_14_will_let_you_know_when_your battery_is_super_low⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Everything_new_in_Android_13_QPR3_Beta_1_ [Gallery]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Giz China ☛ Hurry_up:_65_Paid_Android_Apps_are_now_Free_to download!⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Scrcpy_screen_mirroring_tool_finally supports_your_smartphone’s_audio_output⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ The_Best_Android_Widgets_For_Tracking_Stock Prices⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ Why_Your_Android_Phone_Screen_Won’t_Rotate,_And How_To_Fix_It⠀⇛ # ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ How_to_Video_Call_on_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Some_popular_Galaxy_devices_won’t_get_One_UI 6.0_(Android_14)_–_SamMobile⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Google_is_killing_a_product_for_good_that sparked_controversy_10_years_ago⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ Despite_What_You’ve_Heard,_Open_Source_101 Isn’t_Just_for_Newbies⠀⇛ If you live within driving distance of Charlotte, North Carolina and don’t have any plans for next Thursday (that’s March 23), you might want to make plans to attend Open Source 101 2023. It’s a single day conference, meaning that if you’re coming from Raleigh, Greensboro, or Asheville you won’t have to stay away from home overnight. Don’t let the fact that it’s being billed as an “introduction to open source” event keep you away. By my way of thinking, if you’re like most of us, there are probably plenty of aspects to open source that are not generally in your everyday wheelhouse. Here’s your chance to do some catching up in these areas, without needing to have a whole lot of knowledge when walking in the door. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Voice_Without_Sound⠀⇛ Voice recognition is becoming more and more common, but anyone who’s ever used a smart device can attest that they aren’t exactly fool-proof. They can activate seemingly at random, don’t activate when called or, most annoyingly, completely fail to understand the voice commands. Thankfully, researchers from the University of Tokyo are looking to improve the performance of devices like these by attempting to use them without any spoken voice at all. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Retrotechtacular:_Military_Graphics_In_The_1960s⠀⇛ While you might think the military doesn’t have a sense of humor with names. Take the AN/MSQ-19 “automated tactical operations central” for example. (Video, embedded below.) But then, when you find out that the truck-sized computer at the heart of it was MOBIDIC — yes, that’s pronounced Moby Dick — you know someone had a good chuckle somewhere. The video below was a promotional video from the early 1960s, and although it shows the unit in operation, it was most likely a mockup and not fully functional. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Making_Campuses_Platforms_for_Labor Renewal⠀⇛ # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ EP_delegation_report_on_media,_education and_culture_in_Hungary_expresses_serious_concerns_– Népszava⠀⇛ o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Spin_Up_To_Speed_With_This_Stroboscope⠀⇛ A stroboscope is not the most common tool, and while they can be purchased fairly inexpensively from various online stores, they are straightforward enough tools that plenty of us could build our own mostly from parts laying around. The basic idea is to shine a flashing light on a spinning object, and when it appears stationary the stroboscope will indicate the rotational speed. There are a few specialty parts that might not be in everyone’s parts drawers, though, and [John] shows us the ins-and-outs of his own DIY stroboscope. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Wooden_ITX_PC_Case_Smacks_Of_Sophistication⠀⇛ Computer cases have come a long way from the ugly beige boxes of the early 2000s. Still, if it was going to sit on his desk, [MXC Builds] wanted something with a little more class. His custom Ironbark ITX PC seems to fit the aesthetic nicely. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ E-Paper_Wall_Paper⠀⇛ Just like the clock clock of old, there’s something magical about a giant wall of smaller pieces working together to make a larger version of that thing. The E-Paper Wall 2.0 by [Aaron Christophel] is no exception as it has now upgraded from 2.9″ to 7.4″ screens. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Unconventional_Computing_Laboratory_Grows_Its Own_Electronics⠀⇛ While some might say we’re living in a cyberpunk future already, one technology that’s conspicuously absent is wetware. The Unconventional Computing Laboratory is working to change that. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ How_It_Feels_to_Be_Hungry⠀⇛ My long-dead father used to say, “Every human being deserves to taste a piece of cake.” Though at the time his words meant little to me, as I grew older I realized both what they meant, symbolically speaking, and the grim reality they disguised so charmingly. That saying of his arose from a basic reality of our lives then — the eternal scarcity of food in our household, just as in so many other homes in New York City’s South Bronx where I grew up. This was during the 1940s and 1950s, but hunger still haunts millions of American households more than three-quarters of a century later. In our South Bronx apartment, given the lack of food, there was no breakfast. It was simply a missing meal, so my sisters, brother, and I never expected it. Lunch was usually a sandwich and sometimes a can of juice, though none of us used the whole can. We knew enough to just put a little juice in our glass and then fill it with water. Dinner, which one of my sisters called the “real food,” would invariably be cheap and starchy servings meant to fill us. There wasn’t any cooked fish, salad, or fresh fruit. Rarely was anything left over. Most of our neighbors faced similar food scarcity and many suffered physical problems at relatively young ages: dizziness, fatigue, loss of strength, and other maladies, including asthma and diabetes. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘The_Last_Thing_We_Need’:_Critics_Decry_US Government’s_OK_of_$31_Billion_Railroad_Merger⠀⇛ U.S. federal regulators on Wednesday approved the first major railroad merger in more than two decades, a move that follows the East Palestine rail disaster and that critics warned would reduce competition, raise prices, cost jobs, and threaten safety. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Take_the_pills_you’re_given’_How_Russia’s_prison system_prevents_inmates_with_HIV_from_getting_the_treatment they_need_to_survive_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Feral_Hogs_Threaten_Agriculture_and Human_Health_–_Validated_Independent_News⠀⇛ In addition to causing an estimated $2.5 billion in damage to agriculture crops, livestock, pastures, and forests each year, National Geographic reported, feral swine also carry diseases that “could potentially spread to people,” including leptospirosis, toxoplasmosis, brucellosis, swine influenza, salmonella, hepatitis, and pathogenic E. coli. These pathogens can have serious impacts on human health. Leptospirosis, for example, can cause kidney damage, meningitis, liver failure, respiratory distress, and death if left untreated, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Everyone_Has_the_Right_to_Food⠀⇛ My long-dead father used to say, “Every human being deserves to taste a piece of cake.” Though at the time his words meant little to me, as I grew older I realized both what they meant, symbolically speaking, and the grim reality they disguised so charmingly. That saying of his arose from a basic reality of our lives then—the eternal scarcity of food in our household, just as in so many other homes in New York City’s South Bronx where I grew up. This was during the 1940s and 1950s, but hunger still haunts millions of American households more than three-quarters of a century later. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Microsoft_Patch_Tuesday,_March_2023 Edition⠀⇛ Microsoft on Tuesday released updates to quash at least 74 security bugs in its Windows operating systems and software. Two of those flaws are already being actively attacked, including an especially severe weakness in Microsoft Outlook that can be exploited without any user interaction. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Texas_Deputy_Sued_For_Privacy_Violations After_Live_Streaming_A_Traffic_Stop_On_TikTok⠀⇛ I don’t know, maybe don’t do this? # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ WhatsApp_Tells_UK_Government_It’s_Still Not_Willing_To_Undermine_Its_Encryption⠀⇛ The UK government is entertaining even more plans to undermine (or actually outlaw) end- to-end encryption. And it’s not gaining any support from the multiple services (and multiple people) these efforts would harm. # ⚓ Papers Please ☛ TSA_confirms_plans_to_mandate_mug shots_for_domestic_air_travel⠀⇛ In an on-stage interview yesterday at South By Southwest by a reporter for the Dallas Morning News, the head of the US Transportation Security Administration made explicit that the TSA plans to make collection of biometric data  mandatory for airline travel: According to a report in today’s edition of the newspaper by Alexandra Skores on the statements by TSA Administrator David Pekoske: Mandatory mugshots for all airline passengers have been part of the TSA’s road map since at least 2018, despite objections such as those raised by the ACLU and the Identity Project. # ⚓ EFF ☛ Tell_the_UK’s_House_of_Lords:_Protect_End-to- End_Encryption_in_the_Online_Safety_Bill⠀⇛ End-to-end encryption ensures that governments, tech companies, social media platforms, and other groups cannot view or access our private messages, the pictures we share with family and friends, or our bank account details. This is a universal right, and one that is a particularly vital protection for the most vulnerable in society—such as children or human rights defenders who rely on private messaging to do their jobs in hostile environments. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ War:_Still_Not_Healthy_for_Children⠀⇛ If you’re old enough to remember the slogan “War is Not Healthy for Children and Other Living Things,” then you’re old enough to remember that activists for peace can end a war. The phrase was popular during the Vietnam war, and a massive antiwar movement compelled the United States to negotiate an end. Fifty years later, the world needs antiwar activists more than ever: due to the aggravations of global climate change coupled with an increasing threat of nuclear missiles, a future war could easily become an extinction level event. The Vietnam-era peace movement used nonviolent tactics, and demonstrations were large. On October 15, 1969, an estimated two million people joined peace demonstrations around the United States. More people participated on November 15, 1969, when half-a-million demonstrators flooded Washington, D.C., while simultaneously more than a quarter million gathered in San Francisco and millions more protested around the world. If enough people work together for the cause of peace, they can be successful, and the world is in desperate need of another success now. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_Selling_of_the_Iraq_War_Involved_Mass Gullibility_Atop_Mass_Hysteria⠀⇛ Twenty years after the United States under the administration of George W. Bush invaded Iraq, it is undeniable that the war was one of the biggest blunders in the history of U.S. foreign policy. The war was entirely one of choice; Iraq was not posing any significant threat to the United States and U.S. interests. The costs were huge. Estimates by academic experts of the war’s long-term monetary cost to the United States —covering everything from bullets to medical care for disabled veterans — are on the order of two to three trillion dollars. # ⚓ Site36 ☛ The_Bundeswehr_flies_the_world’s_largest_drones over_the_Black_Sea._When_will_the_first_one_crash?⠀⇛ Germany is the largest contributor to five Nato „Global Hawk“ drones in Sicily. The military alliance has been using them to monitor its „eastern flank“ for two years. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Cop_City_Protestor_Manuel_‘Tortuguita’_Terán’s Independent_Autopsy_Finds_His_Hands_Were_Raised_at_Time_of Death⠀⇛ The family of Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Esteban Paez Terán held a press conference Monday morning outside the Historic DeKalb Courthouse to release the full autopsy of Tortuguita and to discuss the lawsuit the family filed this week against the City of Atlanta under the Georgia Open Records […] # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Silent_in_Ukraine:_Weapons_Perpetuate,_Do Not_End_Wars⠀⇛ As is the case of long wars, the warring parties and their affiliated media in the Russia-Ukraine conflict have painted each other using uncompromising language, making it nearly impossible to offer an unbiased view of the ongoing tragedy that has killed, wounded and expelled millions. While it is understandable that wars of such horror and near complete disregard of the most basic human rights often heighten our sense of what we consider to be moral and just, parties involved and invested in such conflicts often manipulate morality for political and geopolitical reasons. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Uranium_Weapons_Residues_in_UK_Air_Samples Have_Been_Measured_Since_the_Ukraine_War,_Why_is_Google Suppressing_the_Evidence?⠀⇛ Since Fukushima in 2011 there has been a revolution in the scientific understanding of the relation between radiation exposures and subsequent cancer and leukemia. But you would be hard put to find anything about this on Google, which has, over the same period of time as it has increasingly excluded any real news about what is going on in the real world, systematically erased, excluded, airbrushed and spun the news in a way that was common the Soviet Union from Stalin to Brezhnev. This is the era of “fake news”. Much of the work on the radiation risk model has been carried out by me and my colleagues in the European Committee on Radiation Risk (ECRR). By 2023, last year, my increasing personal scientific credibility had enabled me to publish in the scientific peer-review literature 5 papers which showed clearly that the legally defined exposure levels, based on the risk model of the International Commission of Radiological Protection (ICRP) was in error by a factor of upwards of 10,000-fold. In the latest 2023 paper this means that owing to the power of the nuclear military complex more than 300 million people have died from  cancer caused by the fallout from the 1960s atmospheric testing. This is the cancer epidemic which began in the 1980s, and which every one of you reading this article will have experienced. You might have thought that this was news, since it was based on scientific peer-reviewed publications. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Polish_authorities_arrest_six_people_for_alleged spying_in_connection_with_cameras_found_at_key_railway junctions_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Polish security agents have arrested six people on suspicion of spying for Russian, the Polish radio station RMF FM reported on Thursday. # ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ Sweet_Rockall⠀⇛ A recurring row has broken out over the island of Rockall, an uninhabited rock in the Atlantic whose ownership is disputed between the UK and Ireland. The Scottish government, under whose jurisdiction Rockall falls, has banned Irish vessels which traditionally fish there from doing so. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Is_a_Chinese_Invasion_of_Taiwan_Imminent?⠀⇛ Is China really on the verge of invading the island of Taiwan, as so many top American officials seem to believe? If the answer is “yes” and the U.S. intervenes on Taiwan’s side — as President Biden has sworn it would — we could find ourselves in a major-power conflict, possibly even a nuclear one, in the not-too-distant future. Even if confined to Asia and fought with conventional weaponry alone — no sure thing — such a conflict would still result in human and economic damage on a far greater scale than observed in Ukraine today. But what if the answer is “no,” which seems at least as likely? Wouldn’t that pave the way for the U.S. to work with its friends and allies, no less than with China itself, to reduce tensions in the region and possibly open a space for the launching of peaceful negotiations between Taiwan and the mainland? If nothing else, it would eliminate the need to boost the Pentagon budget by many billions of dollars annually, as now advocated by China hawks in Congress. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Blood_Does_Not_Wash_Away_Blood⠀⇛ The extraordinary March 10, 2023 announcement that China’s top diplomat, Mr. Wang Yi, helped broker a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran suggests that major powers can benefit from believing that, as Albert Camus once put it, “words are more powerful than munitions.” This concept was also acknowledged by General Mark Milley, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff who said on January 20th, 2023, that he believes Russia’s war in Ukraine will conclude with negotiations rather than on the battlefield. In November of 2022, asked about prospects for diplomacy in Ukraine, Milley noted that the early refusal to negotiate in World War One compounded human suffering and led to millions more casualties. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ After_Brutal_Assault,_Yanis_Varoufakis Urges_Progressives_to_Focus_on_‘What_Really_Matters’⠀⇛ Recovering from a brutal assault that left him with a broken nose and cheekbone, leftist Greek lawmaker Yanis Varoufakis on Tuesday urged progressives “not get distracted” from the railway accident that killed 57 people last month or the neoliberal “privatize everything doctrine” he blames for the disaster. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_Not-So-Winding_Road_from_Iraq_to Ukraine⠀⇛ March 19th marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. and British invasion of Iraq. This seminal event in the short history of the 21st century not only continues to plague Iraqi society to this day, but it also looms large over the current crisis in Ukraine, making it impossible for most of the Global South to see the war in Ukraine through the same prism as U.S. and Western politicians. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Okinawa_Governor_Meets_AOC_and_Others_in_DC Over_Burden_of_US_Military_Bases⠀⇛ Denny Tamaki, the recently re-elected Governor of Okinawa, traveled to DC for a weeklong trip to lobby lawmakers and officials to reduce the disproportionate burden of US military bases in Okinawa, which hosts over 70% of US military presence in Japan. The Governor met with leading US officials including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other lawmakers and aides, as well as government officials, diplomats, and academics, to discuss the critical issues pertaining to the US bases and stress the need for diplomacy to ease tensions with China. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Iraq_War_Costs_Could_Hit_Nearly_$3_Trillion by_2050:_Report⠀⇛ As the 20th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq approaches, a leading research institute on Wednesday said that “the total costs of the war in Iraq and Syria are expected to exceed half a million human lives and $2.89 trillion” by 2050. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ War_Reparations_Demanded_20_Years_After_US Invasion_of_Iraq⠀⇛ Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the George W. Bush administration’s illegal invasion of Iraq this weekend, the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights on Wednesday renewed its call for reparations “for those harmed as a result of the U.S.’s unlawful act of aggression in its cruel, senseless, and baseless war-for-profit.” # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Dennis_Kucinich:_Iraq_Plus_20_–_Lies_as Weapons_of_Mass_Destruction⠀⇛ Part One: The Script for the Lead-Up to War # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ US_and_NATO_Allies_Were_Responsible_for_Nearly 65%_of_Global_Arms_Exports_in_2018-22⠀⇛ The US share in global arms exports increased from 33% to 40% in 2018-22, and its ally France, the third-largest exporter of weapons, was also a significant beneficiary, with its share increasing from roughly 7.1% to 11%. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Regional_conscription_officials_send_out_summonses ‘to_check_data’_on_draft-eligible_men_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Conscription officials in at least three Russian regions — Lipetsk, Penza, and Voronezh — have started mailing summonses to local draft-eligible men. This has been confirmed by the regional authorities. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_comedian_Danila_Poperechny_says_Uzbek authorities_turned_off_his_mic_whenever_he_spoke_about Ukraine_or_Putin_at_Tashkent_show_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russian standup comedian Danila Poperechny said that the organizers of a show he performed in Tashkent on Tuesday censored his set by turning off the microphone “when the joke or the topic even tangentially touched on the current agenda,” referring to the war in Ukraine and other issues that are politically sensitive in Russia. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Because_the_U.S._says_so_–_$368 Billion_for_subs!⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ US,_UK,_Australia_Unveil_AUKUS_Nuclear-Powered Submarine_Deal⠀⇛ Monday, the US, Britain, and Australia unveiled their plans to develop nuclear-powered submarines under AUKUS, a military pact the three countries signed in September 2021 to coordinate on advanced military technology against China. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Russia-US_Drone_Encounter_Is_“an_Incendiary Development,”_Says_Jeremy_Scahill⠀⇛ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ The_Nord_Stream_Bombing:_Jeremy_Scahill_on Why_U.S._Remains_Most_Likely_Culprit_in_Pipeline_Sabotage⠀⇛ Questions continue to swirl about who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines in September. Last month, the legendary investigative journalist Seymour Hersh reported the sabotage was carried out by the U.S. Navy with remotely triggered explosives during NATO exercises. The U.S. has denied the claim. We speak to The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill about his latest article, “Conflicting Reports Thicken Nord Stream Bombing Plot.” # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Jeremy_Scahill_on_Growing_Proxy_War_Between U.S._and_Russia_&_Downing_of_U.S._Drone_in_Black_Sea⠀⇛ A U.S. drone crashed in international waters Tuesday after being intercepted by Russian fighter jets over the Black Sea. According to U.S. officials, one of the Russian warplanes collided with the MQ-9 Reaper drone and damaged its propeller, but Russia denies the aircraft made contact. The incident occurred about 75 miles southwest of Crimea and marks another blow to relations between the two nuclear-armed powers. Jeremy Scahill, senior correspondent for The Intercept, describes the drone encounter as “an incendiary development” in the U.S. proxy war against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. “This is a vehicle of war, and it doesn’t have to have missiles on it to be part of a system that makes the U.S. a combatant in this war,” says Scahill. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Asked_About_Regime_Change_in_Russia,_Trump_Calls for_One_in_the_US_Instead⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ March_To_Iraq_War,_20_Years_Later:_March 15,_2003⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Former_Yekaterinburg_Mayor_Evgeny_Roizman_arrested on_charges_of_disseminating_extremist_material_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Yekaterinburg police have arrested the city’s former mayor, Evgeny Roizman, on charges of disseminating extremist material, the Telegram channel It’s My City reported on Thursday, citing Roizman’s ex-wife, Yulia Kruteeva, and his lawyer, Vladislav Idamzhapov. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Mexico’s_Missing:_100,000+_Cases_Unsolved as_Leaked_Military_Docs_Shed_New_Light_on_Ayotzinapa_43⠀⇛ As news of missing Americans in Mexico dominates headlines, tens of thousands of Mexicans remain missing in cases that have gone unsolved — some of them for decades. This includes the 2014 case of 43 young men from the Ayotzinapa teachers’ college who were attacked and forcibly disappeared. Senior analyst at the National Security Archive Kate Doyle joins us with new details about what happened in Ayotzinapa, drawn from the 4 million emails and records stolen from the Mexican Defense Ministry by an anonymous collective of hackers known as “Guacamaya.” Doyle co-produced the After Ayotzinapa podcast with Reveal as part of the NSA’s ongoing work on this case. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Pipeline_operator_Transneft_reports_finding explosive_devices_near_a_pumping_station_on_the_Druzhba pipeline_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Two explosive devices were discovered in the Bryansk region, at a pumping station on the Druzhba oil pipeline, Igor Demin, a spokesperson for the pipeline operator Transneft, told TASS. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ A_Presumption_Of_Secrecy:_Defying_Sunshine In_Government⠀⇛ o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Project Censored ☛ New_College_Textbooks_Include_Less_About Climate_Change_Than_in_Previous_Editions_–_Validated Independent_News⠀⇛ The study, conducted by faculty and student researchers at North Carolina State, examined 57 college biology textbooks published between 1970 and 2019. The amount of content devoted to climate change increased until the 2010s when it began to drop to an average of three pages per book. According to the study, “The number of research publications between 1970 and 2019 has grown exponentially, but the proportion of textbook coverage has decreased from one textbook sentence per 200 scientific publications to one textbook sentence per 1,100 scientific publications.” # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Indigenous_Group_Fighting_Emissions_Cap_Quietly Supported_by_Top_Canadian_Oil_Company⠀⇛ A national Indigenous group is fighting a proposed federal limit on oil and gas sector emissions by arguing it will harm First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities.  But the group has a powerful non-Indigenous ally, according to corporate documents from Canada’s second-largest oil and gas producer.  # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Groups_Sue_to_Block_Biden-Approved_Willow Oil_Project_in_Alaska⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Sacred_Native_American_Indian Territory⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Obscene_Invention_of_California Capitalism⠀⇛ When gold was found in the American River in 1848, a brand-new world was born—one that thrust Northern California into the perpetual spotlight, and one in which the market’s insatiable appetite for “innovation” solidified, however ironically, the region’s loyalty to draconian conceptions of racial order. The miners are, in effect, still here—their wash pans have just become iPhones—and still doing their part to uphold a long-standing tradition of the American West: overpromising and under-delivering, all while devouring obscene amounts of global assets in the process. In Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World, journalist Malcolm Harris sets out to identify the origins of Silicon Valley’s doctrine of abundance and rigorously traces its technocratic lineage all the way back to the Golden State’s early opportunists.1 # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Willow_Project:_A_Carbon_Bomb_is Exploding_in_the_Arctic_of_Alaska⠀⇛ Karlin Nageak Itchoak, senior director for Alaska at the non-profit Wilderness Society, is very much against the $ 8 billion petroleum extraction Willow Project. The Willow Project is in a 25-million acre-park of largely pristine wilderness in the Arctic of Alaska. The official name of this beautiful land is the National Petroleum Reserve. Imagine giving such a name to this planetary paradise of wildlife and indigenous societies! The Willow Project is supposed to produce 180,000 barrels of petroleum per day, which represents 1.5 percent of all US oil production. Building the transportation and mining infrastructure for extracting petroleum from this vast territory will do irreparable damage to ecosystems and wildlife in Alaska. It will also inflict deleterious harm on the planet by telling the world the United States will continue its petroleum business as usual. Besides, an active Willow Project will nullify all the promises President Joe Biden made for fighting climate change. Biden will then look no better than Donald Trump or other presidents in the pocket of the petrochemical industry. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Green_Groups_Sue_to_Fight_Biden Approval_of_‘Illegal’_Willow_Project⠀⇛ Environmental groups filed two separate lawsuits on Tuesday and Wednesday to fight the Biden administration’s decision to approve a massive fossil fuel drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope, a step that opened the door to hundreds of millions of tons of additional planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Promise_Breakers’:_Report_Exposes Rich_Nations_Failing_to_End_Fossil_Fuel_Financing⠀⇛ A report released Wednesday by Oil Change International reveals that while the Glasgow Statement is already shifting billions of dollars from fossil fuels to clean energy around the world, some rich nations are still failing to live up to promises made under the 2021 agreement. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Destiny_of_Humans,_Nature_and Grizzlies_are_Linked⠀⇛ Enos Mills first called for protection of grizzly bears in his 1919 book “The Grizzly,” as he watched them being exterminated for Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and California. Not until 1973 would the U.S. pass the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In 1975, with less than a thousand grizzlies remaining mostly around Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks, the lower 48 grizzlies were listed as protected under the ESA. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Bank_Collapses:_Yes,_It’s_a_Taxpayer Bailout⠀⇛ US president Joe Biden “stresses that Silicon Valley Bank is not getting a bailout,” The Hill reported on March 13. “[N]o losses will be borne by the taxpayers,” he said of the federal government’s decision to cover depositor losses in excess of  $250,000.  “Instead, the money will come from the fees that banks pay into the Deposit Insurance Fund.” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Answer_to_the_Silicon_Valley_Bank Bailout:_Federal_Reserve_Banking⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Warren_and_Porter_Lead_SVB_Act_to_Repeal Trump-Era_Bank_Deregulation_Law⠀⇛ Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Katie Porter unveiled legislation Tuesday to repeal the section of a Trump-era law that weakened regulations for banks with between $50 billion to $250 billion in assets, a move that experts and lawmakers have blamed for the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the resulting turmoil. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Talking_Down_the_Billionaires_Suffering From_‘Excessive_Wealth_Disorder’⠀⇛ A mid-pandemic survey from Pew found that 55 percent of Americans have no opinion on whether billionaires – whose wealth doubled during the pandemic – are good or bad for the United States. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Dems_Push_Biden_DOJ_to_Probe_Possible ‘Criminal’_Violations_by_Silicon_Valley_Bank_Execs⠀⇛ Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal demanded Tuesday that the Biden Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission investigate whether Silicon Valley Bank executives “violated civil or criminal law” in the lead-up to the firm’s collapse, which sent shockwaves through the entire U.S. financial system. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘This_Is_Scary’:_Financial_Industry_Panic Spreads_as_Credit_Suisse_Teeters⠀⇛ A vanishingly short period of relief in U.S. and global markets was shattered Wednesday after the scandal-plagued Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse announced that its auditor identified “material weakness” in its financial reporting and the firm’s largest investor—the Saudi National Bank—said it wouldn’t inject more cash to bolster the company. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Warren_Introduces_Bill_to_Repeal_2018_Dodd-Frank Rollback_in_Wake_of_Bank_Crisis⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Silicon_Valley_Bank_Collapse_Offers_a_Primer_on How_Elite_Power_Preserves_Wealth⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Why_Is_Larry_Summers_So_Obsessed_With_Tech Bros?⠀⇛ For the past two years, former Treasury secretary Larry Summers has begged, berated, and bullied federal policy-makers to suck as much wealth as possible, as fast as possible, out of the economy. He just never meant, you know, his wealth or his friends’ wealth. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Lobbyists_“Bought_Sinema’s_Vote”_That_Resulted in_Bank_Collapse,_Gallego_Says⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_Finance_Ministry_to_impose_a_one-time_tax on_all_large_companies_except_oil_and_coal_concerns_— Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian Ministry of Finance wants to collect a one-time tax (a so-called windfall tax) from all companies. However, Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Sazonov, says that oil and coal companies, as well as small and mid-sized businesses and companies with net profits under 1 billion rubles (around 13 million USD), will be exempt. # ⚓ FAIR ☛ ‘Let’s_Target_Job_Creation_to_These_Forgotten_Places and_People’⠀⇛ Janine Jackson interviewed CEPR’s Algernon Austin about race and unemployment for the March 10, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Court_Makes_It_Clear:_Government_Submissions_To Twitter_Flagging_Program_Do_Not_Violate_The_1st_Amendment⠀⇛ There’s been a lot of discussion of late, especially because of the various Twitter Files, regarding where the line is between governments simply flagging content for social media websites to vet against their own policies as compared to unconstitutional and impermissible suppression of speech in violation of the 1st Amendment. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Oklahoma_GOP_Blocks_Bill_That_Would_Ban_Corporal Punishment_of_Disabled_Students⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Europe’s_new_‘Iron_Lady’_The_steady_rise_and future_potential_of_Estonian_Prime_Minister_Kaja_Kallas_— Meduza⠀⇛ In Estonia’s parliamentary election earlier this month, the ruling Reform Party claimed a landslide victory, while its chairwoman, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, won re-election with the highest vote count in the country’s history. The 45-year-old former lawyer’s decisive win came despite the fact that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has hit Estonia’s economy harder than that of any other E.U. country. From a political standpoint, this means the country is likely to maintain its current course, which embraces active support for Ukraine, an uncompromising stance towards the Kremlin, and close coordination with the E.U. Kallas is the face of this course, and her political star has risen not just at home but across Europe in the year since Russia launched its full-scale war. According to some, she’s destined for a future in international politics — perhaps even as the secretary general of NATO. Meduza tells Kallas’s story. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ ‘To_be_Hungarian_is_a_duty,_to_be_worthy of_our_kind’_–_Orbán⠀⇛ # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ EP:_Szijjártó’s_visit_to_Minsk_in February_contradicts_EU_policy⠀⇛ o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ When_the_Book-Burners_Come_to_Your_Town⠀⇛ Not so long ago, book burnings were considered a festive group activity by assorted right-wing zealots. Today, though, burning seems so old- fashioned and, well… crude. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Techdirt_Podcast_Episode_347:_Why_Is_Congress_So Wrong_About_Section_230?⠀⇛ Misunderstandings (honest or otherwise) about Section 230 abound — across the political spectrum and, of course, in Congress. Each side believes weakening or eliminating the law will achieve its own distinct goals, and both sides are wrong. Following the most recent (but far from the first) very frustrating congressional hearing about Section 230, this week we’re joined by TechFreedom’s Free Speech Counsel Ari Cohn for a discussion about why and how congress constantly gets Section 230 so wrong. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Prosecution_petitions_Moscow_court_to_arrest former_Meduza_publisher_in_absentia_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The prosecution has petitioned a Moscow court to arrest the former Meduza publisher Ilya Krasilshchik in absentia. The media executive has been charged with “spreading fakes” about the Russian army under the new Russian law against military disinformation. # ⚓ Don’t Extradite Assange ☛ Stella_Assange_in_Rome_and Bologna,_Italy⠀⇛ The Faculty of Political Science of the Sapienza University of Rome was packed with students addressed by Stella Assange, MEP Sabrina Pignedoli, Prof. Maria Cristina Marchetti and Prof. Alessandro Guerra. # ⚓ Don’t Extradite Assange ☛ Thessaloniki_Documentary_Festival and_Athens_Ithaka_screening_with_Stella_Assange⠀⇛ The screening of “Ithaca – The battle for the release of Julian Assange” kicked off at the Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival ini crowded room, including the Secretary of MeRA25 Yanis Varoufakis. # ⚓ Project Censored ☛ March_2023_Newsletter_–_Censored Notebook⠀⇛ On March 7th, the Censored Press celebrated the publication of Kevin Gosztola’s Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case Against Julian Assange. You can listen to Gosztola’s book launch conversation with Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, guest hosted by Mickey Huff, at The Dissenter, and you can watch Mickey’s interview with Kevin about Guilty of Journalism on The Project Censored Show by visiting the Project’s YouTube channel. # ⚓ EFF ☛ The_Aftermath_of_Ola_Bini’s_Unanimous_Acquittal_by Ecuadorian_Court⠀⇛ But more than a month after the ruling, we continue to see the pattern of delays surrounding the case again. The oral sentence stated in January’s hearing has yet to be published in written form, and the precautionary measures against Bini remain in force. Despite his acquittal, the security expert still can’t leave Ecuador, use his bank accounts, or get back any of several of his devices seized in 2019. In the meantime, the Prosecutor’s Office and Ecuador’s National Telecommunications Corporation (CNT) have already shown their intention to appeal once they receive the formal notification of the sentence. Bini himself has stressed the precursory nature of the ruling. He said it was the first time an Ecuadorian court had analyzed the issue of access to a computer system and, more importantly, resisted setting a broad interpretation of unauthorized access that would seriously endanger the beneficial work of security researchers and the vital role they play for our privacy and security across information systems. The court didn’t fall for the prosecutor’s flawed claims that merely connecting to a server that asks for a username could entail an access without authorization to such a system. Conversely, the three-judge tribunal unanimously agreed that there was no evidence that Ola Bini had committed any crime. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Honduran_Activists_Are_Protesting_“State_of Emergency”_That_Suspends_Civil_Rights⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Nearly_400_Rights_Groups_Demand_Biden Permanently_End_Family_Detention⠀⇛ Nearly 400 immigration justice and other advocacy groups on Wednesday added their voices to the call for President Joe Biden to reject family detention, amid reports that the White House is considering a revival of the practice that was used by the Trump and Obama administrations—despite the fact that it subjected thousands of families to numerous abuses and trauma. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Labor_Celebrates_as_Michigan_Senate_Votes to_Overturn_‘Right-to-Work’_Law⠀⇛ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Museums_and_Universities_Pledge_to_Return Native_American_Remains⠀⇛ Until this year, the University of Kentucky’s William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology had never returned any of the more than 4,500 Native American human remains in its collections. That is about to change. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ ACLU_Sues_US_for_Using_Military-Grade Helicopters_to_Quell_George_Floyd_Protests⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Polish_activist_convicted_for_providing_abortion pills_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A Warsaw court sentenced activist Justyna Wydrzynska to eight months of community service on Tuesday for allegedly abetting an illegal abortion, the first time such a case has gone to court in Poland, according to BBC News Russian. # ⚓ Site36 ☛ Report_in_Germany_accuses_police_of_„direct brutality“_at_protest_in_Lützerath⠀⇛ The police actions around Lützerath two months ago violated the freedom of assembly on several levels, write 14 observers from the Constitutional Rights Committee in a detailed report on the eviction of the brown coal village. They see a fundamental problem in the police monopoly on the use of force. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Catastrophic”:_Trump-Appointed_Judge_in Texas_May_Restrict_Abortion_Pill_Mifepristone_Nationwide⠀⇛ We look at today’s hearing by a federal judge in Texas who could restrict medication abortions throughout the United States and revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s two-decade-old approval of mifepristone, the abortion medication used in a majority of pregnancy terminations across the country. The Trump-appointed judge has ruled against the Biden administration in numerous cases and is widely expected to favor the anti-abortion side in the case, though an appeal of any ruling is all but certain. Amy Littlefield, The Nation’s abortion access correspondent, says that while medication abortions are still possible without mifepristone, it can be less effective and more painful. “We’re talking about imposing suffering on medication abortion patients across the country,” Littlefield says. # ⚓ Project Censored ☛ “Cyber_Misogyny”_on_the_Rise_During COVID-19_Pandemic_–_Validated_Independent_News⠀⇛ In a 2015, Nicole Etherington, then an advanced PhD candidate at the University of Western Ontario, coined the term cyber misogyny to describe “the various forms of gendered hatred, harassment, and abusive behavior targeted at women and girls via the internet.” Etherington’s 2015 brief defining the topic described the internet as a “new frontier for misogynistic hate, harassment, and abuse” and detailed some of its real-world consequences, including psychological distress, public humiliation, identity theft, job loss, and suicide. (Dr. Etherington is now a Senior Research Associate in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.) # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Protecting_Survivors_of_Human_Trafficking_in New_York⠀⇛ At an undisclosed location in Flushing, Queens, sits the windowless office of the Garden of Hope, an abuse treatment center tending to a largely Chinese-speaking community of women. It counts survivors of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, and teenage dating violence among its attendees, many of them immigrants. Four counselors form the Garden’s human trafficking division, which looks after victims of the underground networks of New York City. # ⚓ Shadowproof ☛ Protest_Song_Of_The_Week:_‘We_Were_Here’_By Aysanabee⠀⇛ Originally published at Ongoing History of Protest MusicBorn Evan Pang, Aysanabee is a Canadian Indigenous multi-instrumentalist, producer, and singer-songwriter. He is Oji-Cree and began creating music under his mother’s maiden name in order to reclaim his family name. Aysanabee’s mother gave him the last name Pang because she felt that a non-Indigenous name would make it easier to find employment. His 2022 debut album “Watin” was named after his grandfather. His grandfather was renamed from Watin to “Walter” by the McIntosh Residential School in northwestern Ontario that he was forced to attend. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Congress_Lets_The_FCC’s_Spectrum_Auction Authority_Lapse_For_No_Good_Reason⠀⇛ Last week, Congress failed to shake off corruption and buckled to a telecom industry’ smear campaign to scuttle the nomination of Gigi Sohn to the FCC. This week, the government body shifted from corruption to ordinary incompetence, after it failed to renew the FCC’s Spectrum Auction authority for no coherent reason. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Sanders_Says_“Much_More”_Must_Be_Done_After Insulin_Maker_Announces_Price_Cuts⠀⇛ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Microsoft_Inks_2_More_CoD_Multiplatform_Deals With_Game_Streaming_Services⠀⇛ Microsoft continues to make moves to get its purchase of Activision Blizzard past the various regulatory bodies that have voiced their concerns. While there are plenty of signs that the EU regulators are getting ready to approve the deal, there is still the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the States to get past. Microsoft’s strategy for getting over those hurdles has been very clear: ink as many decade-long deals to put the Call of Duty franchise on as many platforms as possible to show regulators that they aren’t planning on bringing games to exclusivity. Microsoft already has a deal in place for this with Nintendo and a proposed deal for it with Sony, which has been the main private objector to this purchase to begin with. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Authorities_Arrested_‘Leaders’_of Prolific_Piracy_Release_Group_EVO⠀⇛ EVO, a P2P release group responsible for many high-profile movie screener leaks, mysteriously disappeared late last year. Anti-piracy coalition ACE now confirms that it identified the leaders of the EVO group around the same time. Several people were arrested and ACE is now collaborating with Portuguese authorities in an ongoing investigation. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Operation_404:_11_Arrests,_Hundreds of_Pirate_Sites,_Apps_&_Domains_Blocked⠀⇛ Brazilian authorities are reporting a new wave of action as part of anti-piracy initiative ‘Operation 404′. With support from the UK’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit, MPA Latin America, and the Entertainment Software Association, 200 illegal streaming and gaming sites,128 domains and 63 music apps are reported blocked. Raids on locations across Brazil led to 11 arrests. # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Calling_All_Copyright_Advocates: CC_Copyright_Platform_Now_Accepting_Funding_Proposals⠀⇛ The Creative Commons Copyright Platform is a collaborative space for people who are interested in copyright policy issues. We work in a transparent, professional, ethical and public manner to undertake projects and activities aimed at fulfilling agreed-upon, collaboratively developed goals and principles.  * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Crazy_CDDA_Moment⠀⇛ Bridges are a tricky thing to wire up aright, so sometimes you’ll see “bridges to nowhere” in Cataclysm: Daring Driving Ahead, as in real life…presumably the procgen has less pork. As it turns out you can drive over the gap if you don’t mind some damage to the vehicle. I suck at driving and managed to hit one more set of guard rails than was necessary; good thing I don’t know how to drive in real life? # ⚓ Right_think,_different_think?⠀⇛ I am writing this today because of something that’s been heavily on my mind lately. Beliefs can divide and kill. Having “correct” doctrines is not necessarily an indicator of life transformed by the Holy Spirit. As I observe the Christian world of the United States today, it’s quite fascinating to think about some Christians’ willingness to choose LGBTQ+ issues as the hill they’re going to die on, just as they chose issues such as the defense of segregation and slavery in the past. As in the past, denominations and churches engage in acrimonious fights over matters such as ordinations of LGBTQ+ ministers and whether to include non- binary and trans persons into the life of the church. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Downloading_Demos_with_steamctl⠀⇛ steamctl is a neat tool to download Steam games on platforms that don’t have their own steam client, like OpenBSD. Usually, you download games you own this way… =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 5813 ➮ Generation completed at 02:41, i.e. 31 seconds to (re)generate ⟲