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Then we discuss pipewire and the future of Linux Audio. Plus, we have our tips/tricks and software picks. All this and more coming up right now on Destination Linux to keep those penguins marching! # ⚓ 324:_Wayland,_The_Future_Of_Linux_But_When?⠀⇛ FULL SHOW NOTES ►► https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/ destination-linux/dl-324/ o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.15.113⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.1.30⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.3.4⠀⇛ I’m announcing the release of the 6.3.4 kernel. All users of the 6.3 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 6.3.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.3.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/ linux-s… thanks, greg k-h o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Meet_Inkscape’s_New_About_Screen_Artist⠀⇛ Inkscape 1.3 is due to be released this summer. For each major release, we host a contest for artists who compete to have their artwork displayed on Inkscape’s About Screen. Overall, there were 54 entries submitted for the 1.3 About Screen. The Inkscape community voted, and the 5 remaining entries were then subjected to a second round of votes by the Inkscape contributors. This year was a close contest, with numerous high quality entries! The winner of the 2023 Inkscape 1.3 About Screen Contest is Denis Kuznetsky with his illustration “Isometric Madness”. Each time we hold an About Screen Contest, we interview the winner and share the conversation with the Inkscape community. Read what our winning artist, Denis, had to say below. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Top_20_essential_Linux_applications_you_should install⠀⇛ Linux is known for its robustness, security, and the vast array of software available for it. But with such a wide range of applications, it can be challenging to decide which ones to install. If you’re a Linux user looking for software that can enhance your productivity, improve system performance, or manage multimedia files, we’ve got you covered. In this article, we’ve handpicked the top 20 must- have applications for Linux users, providing a mix of well-known favourites and hidden gems. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 10_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Color_Pickers⠀⇛ To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 10 high quality color pickers. # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Microsoft_Edge_Redesign_Hits_Dev_Builds_for Linux [Ed: OMGLinux (sister site of OMG Ubuntu) boosting Microsoft proprietary spyware that steals all the passwords of all users without even asking for consent. Bad optics, Joey. Bad advice.]⠀⇛ Microsoft Edge (dev) on Ubuntu 23.04 # ⚓ Daniel Stenberg ☛ curl_8.1.1_lets_do_this⠀⇛ Only 6 days since the previous release we are again here with a curl release. It turned out 8.1.0 had some rather nasty regressions that we felt were urgent enough to warrant another round on the dance floor. So here goes curl 8.1.1. A bugfix release. # ⚓ Announcing_Istio_1.16.5⠀⇛ This release note describes what’s different between Istio 1.16.4 and 1.16.5. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Allow/Restrict_Access_by_IP_Address in_NGINX⠀⇛ For secure and better-control web access in NGINX, you can allow and restrict certain IP address, ranges, subdomains, & URLs in the NGINX configuration. The NGINX web server provides you with a range of configurations to secure your web server, web application, etc.  Including the control of user access based on the IP address. # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ How_to_Stress_Test_CPU_in_Linux⠀⇛ Want to stress test your CPU in Linux? Here’s how you can do it effortlessly. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_rm⠀⇛ This article spotlights alternative tools to rm, a command that removes files or directories. # ⚓ Installing_GStreamer_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or_20.04_LTS_Linux⠀⇛ GStreamer is a framework for developers dealing in multimedia applications. Because this framework helps in creating multimedia apps and pipelines for audio and video processing. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ Fix_“host_key_has_just_been_changed”_error_on SSH⠀⇛ Hello, friends. Working with SSH is essential as a sysadmin. That’s why some errors can give you many headaches, but eventually, they have a pretty simple solution. Today, for example, you will learn how to fix “host key has just been changed” error on SSH. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Permanently_Disable_Swap_Partition_in Linux⠀⇛ The swap partition or swap file in a Linux operating system acts as a temporary storage area on the hard drive, which the system uses when the physical memory (RAM) is full. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Decoding_$?:_The_Heart_of_Error_Handling_in_Bash Scripting⠀⇛ Bash, the Bourne Again SHell, is one of the most widely used shell scripting languages due to its compatibility with Unix and Linux systems. It offers a host of built-in functions and variables that make scripting more efficient and less error- prone. One such variable is `$?`, an integral part of error handling in Bash scripting. # ⚓ Gary_Benson:_Which_uninstalled_package_provides_a_file?⠀⇛ $ apt-file find guestmount guestmount: /usr/bin/guestmount guestmount: /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/ guestmount guestmount: /usr/share/doc/guestmount/ changelog.Debian.gz guestmount: /usr/share/doc/guestmount/copyright guestmount: /usr/share/man/ja/man1/guestmount.1.gz guestmount: /usr/share/man/man1/guestmount.1.gz guestmount: /usr/share/man/uk/man1/guestmount.1.gz # ⚓ Craig_Small:_Devices_with_cgroup_v2⠀⇛ Docker and other container systems by default restrict access to devices on the host. They used to do this with cgroups with the cgroup v1 system, however, the second version of cgroups removed this controller and the man page says: Cgroup v2 device controller has no interface files and is implemented on top of cgroup BPF. # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ Missing_Extensions_Option_in_GNOME_Tweaks Tool⠀⇛ Not able to find an extension setting or option in the GNOME Tweaks tool in GNOME 40 or later? # ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ LHB_Linux_Digest_#23.07:_gz_log_files, Self-hosting,_Memory_Probing_and_More⠀⇛ A new dedicated self hosting corner along with the regular Linux tips and tutorials. # ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ Linux_command_to_quit_SSH_connection⠀⇛ # ⚓ Seamless_Deployments:_Launching_and_Updating_Applications in_Kubernetes⠀⇛ Introduction Kubernetes has emerged as the go-to platform for container orchestration, and it has gained widespread popularity due to its ability to automate application deployment, scaling, and management. Kubernetes provides a highly modular architecture that allows developers to build containerized applications that can be deployed across various cloud environments with ease. # ⚓ Navigating_Kubernetes:_A_Comprehensive_Guide_to Understanding_Helm⠀⇛ Introduction In today’s fast-paced software development environment, businesses require a reliable, scalable, and efficient platform to manage their applications. Kubernetes has emerged as a leading solution for container orchestration and management. It is an open-source platform that enables users to deploy, scale, and manage containerized applications seamlessly. # ⚓ Pushing_Boundaries:_Exploring_Advanced_Kubernetes Capabilities⠀⇛ Introduction Kubernetes has quickly become the go- to platform for managing containerized applications in modern software development. It offers a powerful and flexible solution to automate the deployment, scaling, and management of applications. # ⚓ Charting_Success:_Creating_Custom_Helm_Charts_for Kubernetes⠀⇛ Introduction Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration platform that automates the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It provides a powerful toolset for managing complex distributed systems, but configuring it can be challenging. This is where Helm charts come in. # ⚓ Cluster_Capacity:_Making_Informed_Choices_and_Effective Management⠀⇛ The Importance of Cluster Capacity Cluster capacity refers to the ability of a group of entities, such as machines, people, or systems, to work together in an efficient and effective way. It involves managing the resources within a cluster to ensure that they are being used optimally. # ⚓ Linux Journal ☛ Using_the_Linux_Cat_Command_to_Manage_Files and_Directories⠀⇛ In the realm of Linux command-line tools, few commands are as versatile and widely used as cat. This article dives deep into the capabilities of the Linux cat command, merging insights from multiple sources to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of its usage. From basic file manipulation to concatenation and text processing, we will explore the numerous possibilities offered by this command. Understanding the Basics of the cat Command The cat command, short for “concatenate,” is a powerful tool for working with files in Linux. With its simple syntax and intuitive functionality, it is a must-know command for any Linux user. Let’s start by examining the basic usage and some of its core features. # ⚓ LinuxTechi ☛ How_to_Install_Ansible_AWX_on_Kubernetes Cluster⠀⇛ In this post, we will show you how to install Ansible AWX on Kubernetes (k8s) cluster step by step. Ansible AWX is a powerful open-source tool for managing and automating IT infrastructure. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Setting_Up_an_SFTP_Server_on_CentOS/RHEL Systems⠀⇛ Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) is a protocol that provides a secure and reliable mechanism for accessing, transferring, and managing files on remote systems over an SSH connection. # ⚓ Jonathan Dowland ☛ Jonathan_Dowland:_neovim_plugins_and distributions⠀⇛ I’ve been watching the neovim community for a while and what seems like a cambrian explosion of plugins emerging. A few weeks back I decided to spend most of a “day of learning” on investigating some of the plugins and technologies that I’d read about: Language_Server_Protocol, TreeSitter, neorg (a grandiose organiser plugin), etc. It didn’t go so well. I spent most of my time fighting version incompatibilities or tracing through scant documentation or code to figure out what plugin was incompatible with which other. # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Moving_to_ansible_facts['distribution']⠀⇛ I always add conditions to my Ansible playbooks to check the target OS and distribution. Until recently I did this: [...] * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Bodhi_Linux_7.0_Beta_is_Ready_for_You_to Test⠀⇛ The latest iteration of the Bohdi Linux distribution is now available for those who want to experience what’s in store and for testing purposes. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ InterDigital_video_codec_patent challenged_in_reexam⠀⇛ On May 16, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S._Patent 8,085,845, owned by InterDigital_VC_Holdings. The ’845 patent relates generally to hybrid video coding in a single block and has been designated as essential to SISVEL’s_AV1_patent_pool. # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Cabinet_Netter_proves_design_patent_valid_after disputing_Wayback_Machine_evidence⠀⇛ Cabinet Netter has successfully challenged the Japan Patent Office after it questioned the novelty of a filed design patent, belonging to Ascendence Flight Technologies, which covers a new hybrid aeroplane. Using evidence from online internet archive the Wayback Machine, the Japan Patent Office said the patent was not novel based on the alleged filing date. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Fedora_Plans_to_Drop_X11_Support_in_Plasma_6 Completely⠀⇛ For years, one of the most hotly debated topics on the Linux desktop has been the replacement of the X11 protocol with Wayland. Moreover, despite popular belief that X11 is already too old and that Wayland is the way to go, X11 is generally still supported in all Linux distributions for various reasons. However, the Fedora KDE Plasma spin developers have plans to take a significant move by dropping support for X11 entirely following the release of Plasma 6, which is currently in early development. Here are their main arguments behind this decision. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ iW-RainboW-G55M_is_an_OSM-LF_compliant module_based_on_TI_AM62A_Cortex-A53_processor⠀⇛ The company provides support for Linux on the Cortex-A53 cores and FreeRTOS for the Cortex-R5F cores. The TI AM62A module appears to be pin-to-pin compatible with the earlier iW-RainboW-G50M OSM- L system-on-module and as such works with the same carrier board that offers dual gigabit Ethernet, two CAN headers, one USB 2.0 OTG port, two USB 2.0 host port, a microSD card, audio in and out jacks, a MIPI CSI connector, an RS232, and a full function UART. There may be some differences in terms of the exact features due to the differences between NXP i.MX 93 and Texas Instruments AM62A processors. iWave Systems also provides hardware and software documentation, and a Linux 5.10.153 or higher BSP, but every document is only available after leaving your email and getting manually approved by a company’s representative including the product brochure! o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Arduino ☛ This_robotic_dispenser_will_tell_you_if_you forget_to_take_your_pills⠀⇛ Many types of medications (such as anti-depressants like SSRIs) can have a very negative effect if they aren’t taken on a regular basis. Even taking them a few hours late can harm a person’s mood and cause physical discomfort. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ 12_Things_You_Should_Stop_Doing_On_Your_Android Phone_Immediately⠀⇛ # ⚓ Business Insider ☛ Samsung_Galaxy_Watch5_Pro_Review:_Best Smartwatch_for_Samsung_Phones⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ How_to_set_up_and_use_Emergency_SOS_on Android_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Google_reveals_how_to_fix_Android_‘storage nightmare’_with_simple_tricks_–_long_list_will_save_you_|_The US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ Wallpaper_Wednesday:_Android_wallpapers 2023-05-24_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Android_owners_are_just_noticing_a_hidden_feature that_makes_sharing_Wi-Fi_with_pals_so_much_easier_|_The_US Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ GO Media ☛ How_to_Block_YouTube_Ads_on_Your_Android_TV⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ How_to_share_your_location_on_Android_– Android_Authority⠀⇛ # ⚓ Geeky Gadgets ☛ How_to_factory_reset_an_Android_Phone_– Geeky_Gadgets⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ How_to_stop_your_games_and_apps_from crashing_on_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Data_Stealing_Malware_Discovered_in_Popular Android_Screen_Recorder_App⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gadgets Now ☛ android:_iQoo_launches_its_first_Android tablet_iQoo_Pad:_Here’s_what_it_offers⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Google_will_pay_you_for_finding_bugs_in its_first-party_Android_apps⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Firefox_115_Will_Let_You_Open_Links_or Search_with_Middle-Click_on_New_Tab_Button⠀⇛ This new feature will enable middle-click paste of your clipboard’s contents, whether it’s an URL or plain text, on the New Tab button. So middle-clicking on the New Tab button will open whatever is in your clipboard, no matter from where the content (URL or text) was copied (that means it can be from any of your apps). As you can imagine, this will save you some time as you won’t have to first open a new tab and then paste the URL or text you copied on your clipboard. The copied text will be opened with your default search provider, as expected. # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ This_is_Thunderbird_Email_Client’s_Brand New_Logo⠀⇛ The Thunderbird project is in rude health of late. It’s bagged a big boost in funding thanks to donation drives, got an official Android app, and showcased a major UI redesign that has a lot of people, myself included, super stoked. With the project now thriving Thunderbird’s Project Manager, Ryan Sipes, has revealed a brand new icon for the app that they say “properly represents this revitalization”. And here it is… o § Openness/Sharing/Collaboration⠀➾ # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ The_tragedy_of_the_commons⠀⇛ In 2018, Ann Arbor voters approved a charter amendment to develop a city-owned surface parking lot in the middle of downtown into an “urban park and civic center commons.” o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Remove_Special_Characters_From_String Python⠀⇛ To remove special characters from a string the “regular expressions”, “looping”, “join (), and filter()” methods, and the “replace ()” method are used in Python. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_Compile()_Function⠀⇛ The “compile()” function in Python is a built-in function that is utilized to compile Python code into “bytecode” by accepting several parameters. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Matplotlib_Pie_Chart⠀⇛ To create a pie chart in Python, the “matplotlib” library’s “pie()” function can be used along with the multiple required parameters. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Copy_a_File_in_Python⠀⇛ To copy a file various methods are used in Python such as “shutil.copyfile”, “shutil.copy()”, “read()” with “write()” and “shutil.copyfileobj()”. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ NumPy_Inverse⠀⇛ The “numpy.linalg.inv()” function of the “numpy.linalg” module is utilized to compute the inverse of the given nonsingular matrix. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_Next()_Function⠀⇛ The Python “next()” function iterates over an iterable object and returns the next item from the iterable and stops with the exception when no items are left. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_Sorted_Reverse⠀⇛ The “sorted()” function is used to sort the strings, lists, tuples, etc. in ascending or descending order or based on single or multiple “key” parameter values. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_Remove_all_Instances_From_List⠀⇛ To remove all instances from the input string in Python, the “remove()”,  “filter()”, and “list comprehension” methods are used. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_Finds_the_String_in_the_File_and Print⠀⇛ The “built-in file” operations, “regular expressions”, “read()” and “readlines()” methods are used to find a string in a file and print it in Python. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Overwrite_a_file_in_Python⠀⇛ Python has several methods for overwriting files such as the “write()” method, the “truncate()” method, the mode “w”, “shutil” module, or the “os” module, etc. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_string_comparison⠀⇛ To compare strings in Python, various methods such as the “Comparison Operators” or the “is” and “is not” operators are used. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Matplotlib_Vertical_Line⠀⇛ To create single or multiple vertical lines and spans on your plots various methods such as “axvline()”, “vlines()”, and “ax.axvspan ()” are used in Python. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Pandas_to_records⠀⇛ The Pandas “to_records()” method converts a DataFrame to a NumPy record array, which can be exported to other applications. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ List_Files_in_a_Directory_Python⠀⇛ To list files in a directory in Python, apply the “os.listdir()”, “glob.glob()”, “os.walk ()”, “scandir()” functions or the “pathlib.Path.glob()” method. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_Dictionaries⠀⇛ Python “dictionaries” are a flexible data structure used in a broad range of applications and can be created via “curly braces {}” or “dict()” function. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Denzel_Curry_lights_up_Frost_Festival_with_fluid rhythms_and_immersive_energy⠀⇛ This Saturday was Stanford Concert Network’s annual Frost Fest. The night was packed with engaging, stylistically diverse and satisfying performances that did not disappoint, writes Sarayu Pai. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Madeleine_McCann_Disappearance:_Portugal Searches_for_Missing_Girl⠀⇛ The case of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann, who disappeared while vacationing with her family in Portugal, has drawn international attention for years. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Madeleine_McCann_Case:_Here’s_What_We_Know⠀⇛ A new search in Portugal has brought the case of the British girl, missing since 2007, back to the headlines. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_First_10_Words_of_the_African_American English_Dictionary_Are_In⠀⇛ An exclusive look at a dictionary consisting entirely of words created or reinvented by Black people. (Don’t worry: All three variants of “bussin” are included.) o ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘Time_Shelter,’_by_Georgi_Gospodinov,_Wins International_Booker_Prize⠀⇛ Georgi Gospodinov’s acclaimed satire, translated by Angela Rodel, is the first Bulgarian novel to win the prestigious award. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ As_Migration_to_U.K._Soars,_Britain_Targets Visas_for_Students’_Kin⠀⇛ The government, which has been mostly focused on asylum seekers crossing the English Channel, is now turning to limiting some pathways for legal migrants. o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Ohai,_feels_weird_being_back⠀⇛ Thanks to all of you who reached out; I’ll admit I took Jim’s passing, and some others in the extended family, pretty hard. I’ve lost important people in my life many times, but never a close friend like that. I’ve also had the flu which hasn’t helped! My sister put it best when she said that by continuing to use his moral compass, and writing posts as though they were directed at him, he’s still influencing the world. I really like that. As I said in my farewell post, I’m still thinking of ways to remember him in a more permanent and fitting way. For now, I’ve added him to the dedications section of the About page. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ This_prolific_Mexican_inventor_was_also once_Public_Enemy_No._1⠀⇛ Victor Ochoa pioneered early flight and renewable electricity and was a friend of Teddy Roosevelt. He was also an enemy of the Mexican state. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Signs_of_Monster_Stars_10,000_Times_Our Sun’s_Mass_Found_at_The_Dawn_of_Time⠀⇛ Here be dragons. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Alien_Hands_And_Walking_Corpses_Among_Some of_The_World’s_Rarest_Mental_Conditions⠀⇛ Strange but true. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Giant_Spot_Is_Crossing_The_Sun_And_You Don’t_Even_Need_a_Telescope_to_See_It⠀⇛ Break out those fancy eclipse glasses! # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ U-M_launches_institute_to_accelerate_quantum research,_education⠀⇛ U-M will invest $55 million to launch a multidisciplinary Quantum Research Institute and recruit up to eight new faculty members with expertise in quantum. # ⚓ U-M_only_U.S._university_helping_build_massive_telescope⠀⇛ The Extremely Large Telescope — the largest optical telescope ever built — could change everything we know about the universe, and U-M is the only U.S. university involved in building it. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_Forest_Floor_Makes_a_Faint_Sound,_If You_Listen_Close⠀⇛ A hidden world. # ⚓ Axios ☛ NASA_return_to_the_Moon_could_be_imperiled_by politics⠀⇛ NASA’s flagship programto get people back to the Moon is at risk in the debate over the country’s budget. Why it matters: The Artemis program has survived two presidential administrations and has bipartisan support in Congress. =================================================== # Both administrations have worked to reduce the political risk of the multibillion- dollarprogram, awarding multiple contracts to commercial companies in multiple states and partnering with international space agencies. What’s happening: Efforts to insulate Artemis from possible cuts, delays and cancellation arefacinga major test with the current budget fight on Capitol Hill. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ NASA_found_the_Japanese_Moon_lander_that_crashed into_the_Moon⠀⇛ ispace’s attempt to become the first private company to safely land a robot on the Moon left a mark: A NASA space telescope orbiting Earth’s nearest neighbor in space spotted the impact of the vehicle on the lunar surface. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ USB4_docking_station_support_up_to_five_4K displays_with_120_Hz_refresh_rate⠀⇛ Action Star Technology, a Taiwanese OEM/ODM of USB productivity solutions part of Qisba (BenQ group), has unveiled its USB4 penta-4K120 docking station at Computex 2023 with support for up to five 4K displays at a refresh rate of up to 120 Hz. The docking station is based on Synaptics chips, and besides support for up to five 4K displays, it can also handle up to three 8K displays at 60+ Hz, and offers Ethernet, audio, and 10 Gbps USB 3.2 interfaces. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Ford_Pledges_to_Include_AM_Radio_in Every_Upcoming_Vehicle⠀⇛ Ford pledges to include AM radio in every upcoming vehicle, with software updates to include it in recent vehicles, following pressure from lawmakers. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Dell_and_Nvidia_debut_Project_Helix_to speed_up_on-premises_generative_AI_software [Ed: Dell- sponsored puff pieces dressed up as "HEY HI" (AI) nonsense...]⠀⇛ Dell Technologies Inc. and Nvidia Corp. today detailed Project Helix, a joint initiative designed to help companies run generative artificial intelligence software in their own on-premises data centers. The initiative has produced a series of offerings dubbed validated designs. ⚓ Ghacks ☛ SanDisk_confirms_major_issues_with_Extreme_SSDs⠀⇛ Reports about SanDisk Extreme and Extreme Pro drives becoming unreadable out of the blue have started about 4 months ago. SanDisk has now responded to an inquiry by Ars Technica, stating that it is aware of the issue and plans to release a firmware fix for some affected models “soon”. ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ Lunduke’s_History_of_Computers_–_Volume_3⠀⇛ DRM-Free PDF is now ready for download! § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ * ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Mexico’s_farmers_seek_government_help_as_grain prices_fall⠀⇛ Farmers across Mexico have called on the government to take action, as the industry faces making significant losses on this year’s harvest. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Food_shortage_spreads_in_North_Korea,_with_some_starving_farmers unable_to_work⠀⇛ Desperate families flee by boat to South Korea to escape hardship. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ South_Carolina_ready_to_renew_abortion_ban around_6_weeks_of_pregnancy_after_Senate_vote⠀⇛ The South Carolina Senate has approved a bill that would ban most abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy, sending the bill to the governor who has promised to sign it. The proposal passed on Tuesday restores the ban South Carolina had in place when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. That ban was overturned by the state’s highest court because it violated the state Constitution’s right to privacy. Republicans have been searching for an answer to that ruling because it left abortion legal through 22 weeks of pregnancy and sharply increased the number of abortions taking place in South Carolina as most other Southern states enacted stricter laws. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ South_Carolina_Senate_Passes_6-Week_Abortion_Ban⠀⇛ The legislation, which faced a filibuster led by five women senators, now heads to the governor who has said he will sign it. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Here_are_all_of_the_abortion_debates_happening this_week_in_US_courts_and_statehouses⠀⇛ Lawmakers in South Carolina have passed an abortion ban while a judge in Montana was weighing restrictions there. Those are the latest developments in the shifting landscape of law since the U.S. Supreme Court last year overturned Roe v. Wade and the nationwide right to abortion. Nebraska on Monday adopted a 12- week ban just weeks after stricter ones narrowly failed in the conservative-dominated state. Last week, North Carolina lawmakers last week overrode the Democratic governor’s veto of a ban on abortion after the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Meanwhile, a federal court is deciding whether to uphold a judge’s ruling rescinding approval for a drug used for abortion. The pill, mifepristone, remains on the market for now. * ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Significant_decrease_in_reimbursed_private_doctor visits_through_Kela_in_April_2023⠀⇛ In April 2023, the number of individuals receiving reimbursements for private doctor visits through Kela (The Social Insurance Institution of Finland) decreased by 80,000 compared to March. The reduction in private medical fees and the elimination of reimbursements for examinations and treatment may have had some impact on the utilization of services. This article explores the implications of these changes and the broader context of private healthcare services in Finland. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Surgeon_General_Warns_That_Social_Media_May_Harm Children_and_Adolescents⠀⇛ The report by Dr. Vivek Murthy cited a “profound risk of harm” to adolescent mental health and urged families to set limits and governments to set tougher standards for use. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_History_of_U.S._Surgeon_General_Warnings:_Smoking, TV,_Safer_Sex_and_More⠀⇛ Public advisories from the nation’s top doctor are infrequent, but sometimes become turning points in American life. * ⚓ Hatay’s_new_hospital_inaugurated_by_Erdoğan_remains_largely unfinished⠀⇛ The new Defne State Hospital, ostensibly completed within 60 days, still has construction works that potentially endanger public health, a delegation from medical organizations reports. * ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Zig-Zag_Cuts_Heal_Differently_to_Straight_Incisions, And_Now_We_Know_Why⠀⇛ Not all cuts are the same. * ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Common_Fungus_Evolved_to_Grow_20,000_Times_Bigger_in Just_a_Few_Years⠀⇛ A beast of a yeast. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ An_African_Country_Faces_Challenges_to_Protect_Girls From_HPV⠀⇛ Almost all cervical cancer deaths now occur in developing countries. Tanzania is trying to inoculate girls against the virus that causes the disease — nearly 20 years after rich countries began offering the shot. * ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Flesh-Eating_Bacteria_Seem_to_Thrive_on_Plastic_And Seaweed_Blooms⠀⇛ This could come back to bite us. * ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Toxic_Fragments_of_Bacteria_Leaking_From_The_Gut_May Drive_Weight_Gain⠀⇛ A new culprit behind obesity. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ CDC_investigating_salmonella_outbreak_in_6 states_linked_to_Papa_Murphy’s_cookie_dough⠀⇛ The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other agencies are investigating reports of 18 salmonella infections linked to Papa Murphy’s cookie dough. The CDC said Tuesday that interviews with sick people show that raw cookie dough sold at Papa Murphy’s Take ‘N’ Bake pizza stores may be contaminated. The CDC says people have been sickened in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, California and Missouri. Two people have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. The number of sick people is likely higher than the number reported, and could extend to other states. People who have Papa Murphy’s raw chocolate chip cookie dough and s’more bars dough should throw it away. § Proprietary⠀➾ * ⚓ Microsoft_is_forcing_you_to_upgrade_Windows_10 [Ed: Microsoft understaffed amid mass layoffs; it cannot maintain the codebases.]⠀⇛ Microsoft will soon be automatically updating anyone running old versions of Windows 10 to 22H2, with everything else unsupported come June 13. * ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Microsoft_365_hit_by_new_outage_causing connectivity_issues⠀⇛ Microsoft is investigating service issues preventing users from accessing their Microsoft 365 accounts and blocking access to installed apps. * ⚓ Ghacks ☛ Microsoft_struggles_to_find_solutions_to_Windows_11_problems⠀⇛ Windows 11 has been plagued by a range of issues, leaving both users and the tech giant grappling for solutions. Recent reports reveal that Microsoft has acknowledged the existence of certain problems within Windows 11 that it is currently unable to rectify. These issues have affected users of Windows 11 as well as those still using Windows 10, leading to frustration and uncertainty about the future of Microsoft’s operating systems. * ⚓ IT Jungle ☛ Update_On_Critical_Security_Vulnerability_In_PowerVM⠀⇛ Earlier_this_week, we told you about a very serious security vulnerability in the PowerVM hypervisor when running on Power9 and Power10 systems. IBM found the vulnerability itself and immediately set about to patch the vulnerability, which it revealed on May 17 along with patches to firmware in systems that are managed by the Hardware Management Console, or HMC. § Security⠀➾ * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Digital_security_in_Indonesia_remains_a_work_in progress⠀⇛ Islamic bank’s recent data breach shows that more needs to be done to beef up online defences. * § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ o ⚓ Quartz ☛ Meta_sold_Giphy_at_a_$262_million_loss⠀⇛ Three years after Facebook parent company Meta bought Giphy for $315 million, it’s selling the GIF search engine to Shutterstock for just $53 million, a $262 million loss on the deal. o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Meta_sells_Giphy_to_Shutterstock_at_huge_loss following_antitrust_ruling⠀⇛ Meta Platforms Inc. today said it has agreed to sell Giphy Inc. to Shutterstock Inc. at a huge loss after it was ordered to divest the company on competition grounds. Meta, then known as Facebook, acquired Giphy, the startup behind the GIF animated image sharing platform of the same name, in May 2020 for $315 million. ⚓ JURIST ☛ Ireland_issue_€1.2B_fine_against_Meta_Ireland_for_violating_EU_data protection_law⠀⇛ Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced the conclusion of its inquiry into Meta Ireland, issuing the Facebook parent company with a €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) fine. DPC ordered Meta to stop transferring Facebook users’ data from Europe to the US. ⚓ Quartz ☛ Meta_has_a_$11_billion_reason_not_to_leave_the_EU⠀⇛ Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) for sending European citizens’ personal data to the US in violation of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the EU’s sweeping data privacy law. ⚓ NYPost ☛ High_profile_Quebec_cold_case_of_teen_rape_and_murder_cracked_after nearly_50_years⠀⇛ With the help of DNA evidence, police in Longueuil, Quebec identified Franklin Maywood Romine as the murderer of teenager Sharron Prior in 1975 in the Montreal suburb. ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Alastair_Campbell_tells_Mirror_group_hacking_trial_he_was targeted_by_private_investigators⠀⇛ The ex-No 10 comms chief accused Piers Morgan of “two-faced conduct” while editing the Mirror. § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ * ⚓ France24 ☛ Syria’s_Assad_should_be_put_on_trial,_says_French_foreign minister⠀⇛ Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be put on trial following “hundreds of thousands of deaths” and “chemical arms use” during the country’s civil war, the French foreign minister said on Tuesday. * ⚓ AntiWar ☛ It’s_a_Bad_Idea_for_Biden_to_Broker_Saudi-Israeli Normalization⠀⇛ Reprinted with permission from the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft The Biden administration is reportedly planning to pursue a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia before the end of this year. According to Axios, President Biden will seek to work out the deal before the election campaign “consumes” his agenda. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Navy_Steps_Up_Efforts_to_Curb_Iran’s_Ship Seizures_in_Strait_of_Hormuz⠀⇛ The United States is increasing patrols in the busy shipping lanes, where Iranian forces have taken two internationally flagged tankers in recent weeks. * ⚓ The Strategist ☛ When_wars_are_fought_in_cities,_nobody_wins⠀⇛ On 29 April 2023, Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health reported that the death toll from clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces had risen to 528, with thousands injured. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Remembering_Uvalde_children’s_joy_one_year_after_shooting⠀⇛ In Uvalde, reminders of the mass shooting at Robb_Elementary School— and the town’s_resolve in the face of tragedy — remain one year later. Details: Crosses surround the bright blue fountain in a downtown square. Friends_and_family have left notes for their loved ones in English and Spanish, recalling yearbook signatures. Dried flowers cover the ground. * ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ AMLO_responds_to_reports_a_senior_official_was victim_of_espionage⠀⇛ The N.Y. Times reported that Pegasus spyware has been used against Deputy Interior Minister Alejandro Encinas, and implicated the military. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Mexican_President_Said_He_Told_Ally_Not_to_Worry_About Being_Spied_On⠀⇛ The leader acknowledged that he had been told the government’s top human rights official was targeted by spyware, but sought to downplay the surveillance on Tuesday. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Mental_health_help_on_standby_for_Uvalde_a_year_after shooting⠀⇛ More Uvalde_familiesare in need of mental health support as the trauma of the school shooting intensifies for some people one year after the_tragedy. What’s happening:About 2,000 Uvalde residents have sought mental health support from the Ecumenical Center since the shooting, and the organization saw increase of about 20% in the number of people reaching out as the one-year mark approached, CEO Mary Beth Fisk tells Axios. * ⚓ The Strategist ☛ How_the_Quad_can_become_more_than_an_anti-China grouping⠀⇛ To be strategically successful, the Quad needs buy-in from the rest of the Indo-Pacific region, notably from Southeast Asia. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan_tour_operators_eager_for_rebound_in_cross- strait_tourism,_but_travellers_are_wary⠀⇛ Taiwanese say they will ‘wait and see’ how the political situation unfolds before deciding on a holiday in China. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Korea_space_race_heats_up_with_North_and_South planning_launches⠀⇛ The North is upgrading its space centre to accommodate the increased demands of leader Kim Jong Un. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Japan_won’t_join_Nato,_but_local_office_considered, PM_Kishida_says⠀⇛ Mr Kishida made these comments at a Parliament session on Wednesday. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Turkish_drone_strike_kills_several_Yazidi_fighters_in_Iraq⠀⇛ A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq on Tuesday killed three Yazidi fighters affiliated with the rebel Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK), security officials in the autonomous Kurdish region said. * ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ The_War_on_Reality_(Revisited)⠀⇛ CJ hopkins Reality isn’t what it used to be. It never really was, but that’s another story. This one isn’t about reality per se. It’s about the War on Reality, the one we’re in the middle of, the war that started when the War on Terror was cancelled in the Summer of 2016. * ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ Man_pleads_guilty_for_failure_to_stop_in_crash_that killed_a_Kent_student⠀⇛ Timothy Michael Brind Jr. of Atwater pleaded guilty to failure to stop in a 2022 accident that killed Kent State student Colin Pho. Brind was charged with the third-degree felony before the Portage County Court of Common Pleas Wednesday. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Senators_Promote_Closer_Serbia-Kosovo_Ties_In_Balkans Visit⠀⇛ Two U.S. senators on May 23 said they hope that European Union- backed negotiations between Kosovo and Serbia can achieve results this year in resolving the dispute between the two countries and normalizing their relations. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Taliban_Mulls_Guidelines_For_Letting_Female_NGO_Staff_Resume Work⠀⇛ Jan Egeland, the secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, said on May 23 that key Taliban officials told him in meetings that they are close to finalizing guidelines that will allow Afghan women to resume working for nongovernmental organizations. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan_says_last_wartime_‘comfort_woman’_has_died at_92⠀⇛ More than 200,000 women were sexually enslaved by Japan’s military during World War II. * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ East_African_Countries_Start_Training_of_Rapid_Reaction Forces⠀⇛ Soldiers from Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda take part in the training. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_Women_Are_Giving_Birth_Amid_Chaos_in_Sudan⠀⇛ War in the northeast African nation has forced pregnant women to drive “through hell” to reach the dwindling number of hospitals and clinics, or turn to overworked midwives to give birth at home. * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Somali_Military_Officers_Train_to_Improve_Maritime_Security⠀⇛ The coastline has often been exploited by illegal fishing and smugglers, and a well-trained and equipped navy is needed to ensure that the country can fully benefit from the blue economy. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Walmart_to_pay_California_$500,000_in_settlement over_sale_of_brass_knuckles⠀⇛ Walmart will pay half a million dollars in civil penalties to the state of California over allegations that it was selling and allowing third-party vendors to sell brass knuckles on its website. State Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the settlement on Tuesday. Brass knuckles are illegal weapons in many states, including California. Bonta says investigators found approximately 250 products that could be classified as brass knuckles on Walmart’s website, 60% of which were sold directly by the company. Walmart said it didn’t violate any state laws but believed a settlement was in everyone’s best interest. § Environment⠀➾ * ⚓ France24 ☛ Climate_scientists_flee_Twitter_as_hostility_surges following_Musk’s_takeover⠀⇛ Scientists suffering insults and mass-spam are abandoning Twitter for alternative social networks as hostile climate- change denialism surges on the platform following Elon Musk’s takeover. * ⚓ France24 ☛ French_ban_on_short-haul_flights_comes_into_effect_in_push for_climate-friendly_train_travel⠀⇛ France on Tuesday formally banned domestic flights on short routes that can be covered by train in less than two-and-a-half hours — a move aimed at reducing airline emissions that has also irked the industry. * ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘Go_to_hell,_Shell’:_More_than_100_climate_activists_storm annual_shareholder_meeting⠀⇛ British oil and gas giant Shell faced a stormy shareholders’ gathering Tuesday, as environmental protesters hit out over its pledge to tackle carbon emissions. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Climate_fix_‘impossible_alone_and_possible together’⠀⇛ Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes’ tech firm Atlassian has issued a guide to help like-minded companies reduce their carbon footprint. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Asia_water,_energy_supplies_at_risk_as_climate_woes mount,_research_shows⠀⇛ Rivers including the Ganges, the Yangtze, the Mekong and the Salweenis are vulnerable to climate risk. * ⚓ YLE ☛ Orpo:_Climate,_immigration_now_central_focus_of_government negotiations⠀⇛ The four parties aiming to form Finland’s next coalition government have been locked in negotiations since 2 May, but immigration and climate policy are considered two of the most divisive topics. * ⚓ YLE ☛ Police_release_Elokapina_climate_activists,_probe_into_protest continues⠀⇛ A group of 38 demonstrators were detained on Monday following a protest outside the forestry firm UPM’s pulp mill near the city of Kouvola. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Phoenix_Blackout_in_Heat_Wave_Would_Overwhelm Hospitals,_Study_Warns⠀⇛ New research warns that nearly 800,000 residents would need emergency medical care for heat stroke and other illnesses in an extended power failure. Other cities are also at risk. * ⚓ Axios ☛ New_study_finds_nearly_2_billion_at_risk_from_“dangerous heat”⠀⇛ Absent new, more ambitious climate policies, the world is headed for a magnitude of climate_change that would put about 2 billion people at risk of extreme heat by the end of the century, a new_study finds. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Can_the_oil_industry_help_address_climate_change?_Saudi Arabia_says_yes.⠀⇛ The effort to abate climate change has a new player: Saudi Arabia. Yet some doubt the world’s second-largest oil producer will strike the right balance between current needs and future necessities. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Energy_Dept._rejects_$200M_grant_to_battery maker_after_GOP_criticism_over_alleged_ties_to_China⠀⇛ The Biden administration has canceled plans to award a $200 million grant to a U.S. battery manufacturer amid criticism from Republican lawmakers over the company’s alleged ties to China. Texas-based Microvast was one of 20 companies to win preliminary grants totaling $2.8 billion to boost domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles. The company is building a battery plant in Tennessee and was in talks with the Energy Department for a $200 million grant funded through the 2021 infrastructure law. A spokeswoman for Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm confirmed Tuesday that negotiations with Microvast were canceled but did not offer a specific reason. * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Big_food_and_fashion_companies_are_setting_science-based nature_targets_for_the_first_time⠀⇛ Seventeen companies have signed up to a pilot project to set the first- ever science-based nature targets (SBNTs), so as to halt and reverse the impact of industrialization on biodiversity and the natural environment. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ In_Sweden,_recycled_fabrics_turn_old_clothes_into_new fashion⠀⇛ To address the fashion industry’s rampant waste problem, innovators are processing old clothes into brand-new textiles. * § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Mining_ready_to_ride_biggest_boom_with climate_in_mind⠀⇛ Mining leaders are confident they can ride the clean energy boom and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a global survey. KPMG Global Mining Leader Trevor Hart is in Perth for the AFR Mining Summit where mining giants and minnows are chasing funding and supply deals. o ⚓ H2 View ☛ DOE_announces_nearly_$42m_in_funding_for_US_clean hydrogen_projects⠀⇛ The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $42m in funding for 22 clean hydrogen projects in 14 different states. o ⚓ RFA ☛ US_sanctions_North_Korean_crypto_operations⠀⇛ Besides stealing cryptocurrency, Pyongyang allegedly has tech specialists ‘fraudulently’ working remote jobs. o ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Treasury_Department_sanctions_entities_tied_to North_Korean_IT_scams,_hacking⠀⇛ North Korea’s use of malicious cyber activity to evade international sanctions has become a growing problem for U.S. national security. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Mountain_of_FTX_Evidence:_Emails,_Chat_Logs, Code_and_a_Notebook⠀⇛ Prosecutors investigating Sam Bankman-Fried, the cryptocurrency exchange’s founder, have accumulated more than six million pages of documents and other records. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Six_Security_Personnel_Killed_In_Suspected_Militant Attack_On_Hungarian-Owned_Energy_Facility_In_Pakistan⠀⇛ Four policemen and two private security guards were killed in an attack by dozens of gunmen on a Hungarian- owned gas and oil extraction facility in northwestern Pakistan, officials said on May 23. o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Electric_car_popularity_on_the_rise_in_Latvia⠀⇛ Over the past two years, electric car numbers have increased – the sector has had the fastest growth ever. The number of electric car charging points is therefore also increasing. Several experts addressed by Latvian Radio on May 24 said that the number of charging networks is optimal, while some say Latvia is lagging behind. * § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_Montreal_Protocol_Turned_Out_to_Have_an Amazing_World-Changing_Side_Effect⠀⇛ The best climate treaty we’ve ever had. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Orcas_Are_Sinking_Boats_Off_The_Coast_of_Europe And_We_Have_No_Idea_Why⠀⇛ Is it just a fad? o ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Doerr_School_announces_greenhouse_gas_removal_as its_first_focus_area⠀⇛ While many in the school consider the removal of greenhouse gasses an essential part of mitigating the effects of climate change, critics worry that the school’s first Flagship Destination is too closely tied to the interests of the oil and gas industry. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Billie_Eilish,_H.E.R.,_Lenny_Kravitz,_Jon Batiste_will_Headline_Global_Citizen’s_‘Power_Our_Planet:_Live_in Paris’_Festival⠀⇛ Global Citizen’s ‘Power Our Planet: Live in Paris’ festival has announced headliners including Lenny Kravitz, Billie Eilish, H.E.R., and Jon Batiste.  The festival is happening on June 22 in Paris at the Champ de Mars to raise awareness and call on world, business, and philanthropic leaders to take a stand against global inequality and climate… o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Damage_control:_How_the_World_Bank_reformed_and Brazil_curbs_illegal_gold⠀⇛ Progress roundup: Efforts to protect people with less power include Brazil’s testing to identify illegal gold, and the World Bank’s 30-year-old reforms. * § Overpopulation⠀➾ o ⚓ JURIST ☛ Aid_agencies_call_for_international_aid_for_Horn_of Africa_emergency⠀⇛ Multiple global and local aid agencies called for $7 billion full funding for the UN response to food emergencies in the Horn of Africa Tuesday, ahead of Wednesday’s Horn of Africa High Level Pledging Conference. o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ UNICEF:_+_7_Million_Malnourished_Children_in_Horn_of Africa⠀⇛ “The crisis in the Horn has been devastating for children” o ⚓ Quartz ☛ Arizona,_California,_and_Nevada_agreed_to_use_less_water to_save_the_Colorado_River⠀⇛ Three of the seven US states that benefit from the Colorado River have agreed to use less water to help preserve the natural resource. o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Western_states_strike_a_deal_to_conserve_water_from Colorado_River⠀⇛ Arizona, California, and Nevada agree to significantly cut their water use from the drought-stricken Colorado River in exchange for money from the federal government. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ AMLO:_government_could_buy_Citibanamex_if_Grupo México_pulls_out⠀⇛ Following rumors of Grupo México changing its mind about purchasing the bank, President López Obrador said he’d consider a government buyout. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Turkey’s_Next_President_Will_Win_an_Economy_in_Peril⠀⇛ A surge in government spending before the election this month and pressure on the country’s currency could hit the economy in coming months, experts say. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_Bank_calls_on_lenders_to_offer_fixed-rate_mortgages⠀⇛ Lithuania’s central bank has proposed to oblige commercial banks and other lenders to offer people fixed interest rates on their mortgages for at least five years. The move comes in response to sky-rocketing repayment sums, as most lenders in Lithuania only offer variable-rate mortgages. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Lessons_From_a_Renters’_Utopia⠀⇛ Worldwide, housing has become a nightmare of expense and speculation. What did Vienna do right? * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ A_victory_in_Europe_for_clean_governance⠀⇛ Three years after mass anti-graft protests in Bulgaria, the EU’s poorest state may have new leaders dedicated to honesty and transparency. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Sarajevo_Police_Detain_Former_Mayor_On_Charges_Of_Abuse_Of Office,_Forgery⠀⇛ Police in the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina have detained the former mayor of Sarajevo and current ambassador to Qatar on criminal charges of abuse of office, forgery, and other related offenses, the prosecutor’s office confirmed to RFE/RL. * ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ The_nature_of_unaffordable_living_in_Ann_Arbor⠀⇛ Initially moving to Ann Arbor in August of 2021, I was blind to the inner workings of the housing market. As a freshman living in the dorms, I didn’t have to worry about finding off-campus housing. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Congress_braces_for_grueling_week_as_debt_deadline_nears⠀⇛ House leadership in both parties is advising members that they could be kept in session into Memorial Day weekend or be called back to vote mid-way through recess next week. Why it matters:Treasury Secretary Janet_Yellen tripled down Monday on her warning that the U.S. could hit the debt ceiling “X-date” as soon as June 1. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Debt_ceiling_talks_grind_on,_but_Republicans_say there’s_a_‘lack_of_urgency’_from_White_House⠀⇛ Debt ceiling talks showed few signs of outward progress as negotiators for President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are trading more budget-cutting ideas. Republicans warn there’s a “lack of urgency” at the White House to resolve the budget standoff in time to avert a potentially chaotic federal default. Democrats say Republicans are responsible for the holdup. Failure to strike a deal would be unprecedented, and certain to throw U.S. financial markets into turmoil, inflicting economic pain on households at home and abroad. Negotiators are trying to strike a budget deal to lower spending in exchange for a vote to raise the borrowing limit. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ McCarthy_Faces_Balancing_Act_on_Debt_Ceiling_Deal⠀⇛ With right-wing Republicans all but certain to oppose any bipartisan compromise, the speaker has a narrow path to push one through the closely divided House. * ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Shutdown_or_Not,_the_Police_State_Will_Continue_to Flourish⠀⇛ John Whitehead “There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men.” Ludwig von Mises Once again, the police state is up to its old tricks, stoking tensions over whether or not the government is forced to shut down, even partially, due to a default on the national debt. * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Public_tech_bank:_A_newer_deal⠀⇛ The failure of Silicon Valley Bank sent shockwaves throughout the tech and banking sector. The bank had played a pivotal role with venture capitalists, tech companies, and—in a lofty sense—America’s new ideas. * ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_US_debt_ceiling_fight_is_a_short-term_phenomenon_for markets⠀⇛ * ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_US_Treasury_may_have_to_break_the_law_to_keep_the_world’s richest_nation_from_default [Ed: "Richest" only based on totally fictional measures, including yardsticks like BOGUS valuations (companies that rake in billions in losses and are estimated to be "worth" many billions) while the population racks up 50 trillion dollars in debt]⠀⇛ Congress is putting US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in a tough_spot. * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Argentina’s_new_2,000_peso-note_honors_a_suspected_Nazi sympathizer⠀⇛ Argentina has introduced a new peso banknote as it battles soaring levels of inflation. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_ferry_firms_‘caught_off_guard’_when gov’t_revealed_their_request_for_fare_hikes_of_up_to_100%⠀⇛ Proposed ferry fare hikes of up to 100 per cent were preliminary, and operators are still in negotiations with the government, representatives from two ferry firms told an Islands District Council meeting on Monday. * ⚓ Latvia ☛ Producer_prices_up_11.3%_on_year_in_Latvia⠀⇛ Data published on May 23 by the Central Statistical Bureau show that in April 2023, compared to April 2022, the level of producer prices in the Latvian industry increased by 11.3%. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ PM_to_meet_Modi_at_Kirribilli_after_huge_welcome⠀⇛ Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to welcome his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to Admiralty House ahead of official talks. Mr Albanese and Governor-General David Hurley will meet with Mr Modi at Kirribilli ahead of bilateral talks on Wednesday morning. * ⚓ MAY_24:_Countdown_to_Turkey_runoff_vote:_Delayed_swearing-in_of parliament_sparks_speculations⠀⇛ As President Erdoğan and his rival Kılıçdaroğlu gear up for the runoff vote on May 28, we bring you updates on the aftermath of the parliamentary and presidential elections, along with the developments leading up to the decisive second round. * ⚓ Circassians_on_159th_anniversary_of_Tsitsekun:_‘The_name_of_this_is genocide’⠀⇛ The Circassians in Turkey held commemoration ceremonies in Kefken and in Ankara on May 21, the 159th anniversary of the Tsitsekun. * ⚓ Ancestral_Alliance_breaks_up:_Responses_to_Oğan’s_support_for_Erdoğan⠀⇛ Ümit Özdağ, the president of the Victory Party in the alliance, is going to make his own announcement today at 13:00 pm. * ⚓ Vote_cast_on_behalf_of_intensive_care_patient_in_Çorum⠀⇛ The CHP chairperson in Çorum announced that a vote was illegitimately cast on behalf of a person who was in intensive care at the time of the May 14 election and that they will pursue court action related to the fraud. * ⚓ Kılıçdaroğlu:_‘US_dollar_will_be_30_lira_if_they_win’⠀⇛ Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu asked the voters to “take their decision for the economy” in the video he posted today. * ⚓ Imam_inviting_people_to_take_arms_was_suspended_from_duty⠀⇛ The Directorate of Religious Affairs suspended the imam of the Cebeci Mosque in Sultangazi, İstanbul, who, during a Friday praying, invited the community to take arms on May 28 night, in the second round of the presidential elections. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ron_DeSantis_to_Announce_2024_Presidential_Run_With Elon_Musk_on_Twitter⠀⇛ Adding a twist to the beginning of his presidential campaign, the Florida governor is expected to appear on a live audio conversation with Mr. Musk, the social platform’s owner, on Wednesday evening. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Trump_challenger_DeSantis_to_enter_2024_race_in_Twitter event_with_Musk⠀⇛ Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, whose impassioned battles over pandemic lockdowns and divisive cultural issues have endeared him to conservatives, will announce on Wednesday he is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, placing him on a collision course with former President Donald Trump. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Senegal_prosecutor_calls_for_10-year_jail_term_for opposition_leader_Sonko⠀⇛ The trial of Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on rape charges adjourned early Wednesday, with the prosecutor calling for a 10-year jail term in a case that has sparked tensions in the West African country. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Senegal’s_opposition_leader_Sonko_fails_to_show_up_at_high- stakes_rape_trial⠀⇛ A Senegalese court on Tuesday resumed the trial of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on rape charges, but he failed for the second time running to attend the high-stakes proceedings. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Relative_calm_in_Sudan_as_ceasefire_brings_some_respite_from fighting⠀⇛ Artillery fire could be heard in parts of Khartoum and warplanes flew overhead on Tuesday, residents said, though an internationally monitored ceasefire appeared to have brought some respite from heavy fighting in the Sudanese capital. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Sudan’s_ceasefire_in_danger_as_fighting_continues_in Khartoum⠀⇛ Artillery fire could be heard in parts of Khartoum and warplanes flew overhead on Tuesday, residents said, raising fears that intense fighting would erupt and shatter Sudanese hopes raised by an internationally-monitored ceasefire. * ⚓ ADF ☛ Sudan_Conflict_Threatens_to_Ensnare_Neighbors⠀⇛ As fighting continues in Sudan, it is not just the Sudanese people who are fearful for their future. The entire region is anxiously watching the developments. * ⚓ ADF ☛ Sudan’s_Warring_Parties_Fight_to_Control_Information⠀⇛ Nearly a year before hostilities broke out between Sudan’s rival generals, a private jet touched down at an airfield in Khartoum. Members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) met the plane during its brief visit. On board, according to reports, was a package of high-end surveillance technology known as Predator. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Chief_Justice_Says_Supreme_Court_Is_Working_to_Address Ethics_Questions⠀⇛ In remarks at an awards ceremony, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. also addressed heckling at law schools and security for members of the court. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Trump_Lawyers_Seek_Meeting_With_Garland_Over_Special Counsel_Inquiries⠀⇛ Two lawyers for the former president asserted that he was being treated unfairly in the investigations into his handling of classified documents and his efforts to remain in power. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Good_News_on_Unemployment_for_Black_Americans⠀⇛ And another reason, in case you needed one, that policymakers should avoid a gratuitous recession. * § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ o ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ From_the_Community_|_Thought_police_or_moral integrity?⠀⇛ “There is a line; there are people Stanford will not associate with,” writes computer science and electrical engineering professor Philip Levis. “Perhaps Ms. Mercer and Mr. Murdoch are close to the line. Perhaps they are far. We won’t know unless we debate the matter and consider the facts.” o ⚓ Reason ☛ Brickbat:_But_I_Read_It_On_the_Internet⠀⇛ Rep. Linda Sanchez (D–Calif.) clearly thought she had a “gotcha” moment during a hearing of the the House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Sanchez asked FBI whistleblower Marcus Allen if his Twitter account was @MarcusA97050645. “That is absolutely not my account, ma’am,” Allen said. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Cadwalladr_seeks_Supreme_Court_ruling_over_‘chilling’ Arron_Banks_£1m_costs_order⠀⇛ Observer reporter ready to take case to European Court of Human Rights if necessary. * ⚓ Breach Media ☛ The_RCMP_suppresses_honest_reporting_about_colonialism⠀⇛ When journalists document the efforts of Indigenous land defenders, the RCMP obstructs and arrests them * ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Spotify_Issues_Statement_on_Removal_of_Mohammed Assaf_Song,_“Ana_Dammi_Falastini”⠀⇛ After the patriotic Palestinian song “Ana Dammi Falastini” (My Blood is Palestinian) was removed from streaming serv § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ New York Times ☛ With_Pardon_of_Roman_Protasevich,_Belarus_Fuels_a_Tale of_Betrayal⠀⇛ Roman Protasevich became a symbol of the struggle for democracy when Belarus forced down a plane and arrested him. Now it has pardoned him, and former allies say he has turned on them. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Indigenous_voice_an_‘unknown_risk’:_ex-PM Morrison⠀⇛ Former prime minister Scott Morrison has used a rare speech in parliament to oppose the upcoming Indigenous voice referendum. Mr Morrison said the proposal was “ill-defined” and would create constitutional risk in enshrining an Indigenous voice to parliament and executive government. * ⚓ Latvia ☛ Media_watchdog_fines_news_portal_for_alleged_word_misuse⠀⇛ The National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) has decided to impose an administrative penalty of €8,500 on the Internet news portal tvnet.lv for the alleged misuse of the word “deportation”, according to LETA’s information on May 23. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Software_engineer_who_photographed_US_landmarks for_possible_attacks_gets_12_years_in_prison⠀⇛ A New Jersey software developer who prosecutors say once photographed landmarks in New York, Boston and Washington, D.C., for possible terrorist attacks has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Federal Judge Paul G. Gardephe says it seems Alexei Saab is no longer a danger or likely to commit crimes. Saab was sentenced on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. A jury last year rejected a charge of providing material support for a terrorist group, convicting Saab of receiving military- type training from Hezbollah’s Islamic Jihad Organization. Gardephe said Saab has become a model prisoner since his 2019 arrest. * ⚓ Reason ☛ Florida’s_Restrictions_on_Property_Purchases_by_Chinese Citizens_Hark_Back_to_a_Dark_History_of_Xenophobia⠀⇛ In a federal lawsuit on behalf of legal U.S. residents from China, the ACLU argues that “Florida’s New Alien Land Law” is unconstitutional. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ China_citizens_challenge_Florida_law_restricting_foreign nationals_from_purchasing_property⠀⇛ A group of Chinese citizens who live in Florida, along with a real estate firm that serves clients of Chinese descent, filed a lawsuit Monday challenging a Florida law that imposes restrictions on some foreign nationals and businesses from buying property in the state. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Rights_attorney_Yu_Wensheng,_wife_Xu_Yan_‘could_be_at_risk_of torture’_after_arrest⠀⇛ Authorities also step up pressure on lawyers who might represent the couple, their friends say. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Hong_Kong_court_dismisses_Jimmy_Lai’s_challenge_to_ban_on representation_by_British_lawyer⠀⇛ A Hong Kong court has dismissed an attempt by jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai to overturn a decision barring his British lawyer from representing him in an upcoming trial under the national security law. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Justice_Sec:_Those_found_not_guilty_under security_law_at_Hong_Kong_High_Court_could_be_detained_again_if_gov’t appeals⠀⇛ People acquitted under the Beijing-imposed national security law at Hong Kong’s High Court could be remanded if the government appeals their exoneration, the city’s justice minister has said. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Bill_to_Force_Texas_Public_Schools_to_Display_Ten Commandments_Fails⠀⇛ A Republican effort to bring religion into classrooms faltered, though lawmakers were poised to allow chaplains to act as school counselors. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ ‘What_are_they_afraid_of?’:_Hong_Kong_justice minister_questions_public_concern_over_passing_of_city’s_own_security law⠀⇛ Hong Kong will balance the protection of national security with upholding human rights when legislating the city’s own security law, the justice chief has said. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Thousands_of_Hong_Kongers_cancel_organ_donation,_prompting_order for_police_probe⠀⇛ Move appears driven by concern about plan to integrate the system with mainland China * ⚓ RFA ☛ China_makes_getting_a_tourist_visa_to_Tibet_tougher_for_foreign visitors_in_Nepal⠀⇛ New rules require in-person interviews and fingerprinting. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Primary_1_pupil_in_China_dies_after_being_hit_by teacher’s_car_in_school⠀⇛ The male teacher, who is in his 20s, is assisting the police with investigations. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Vietnamese_prisoner_of_conscience_accuses_jailers_of_giving_him contaminated_water⠀⇛ Nguyen Van Duc Do experienced abdominal pain and had diarrhea. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ PM_welcomes_India’s_Modi_but_human_rights_calls persist⠀⇛ Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed the finalisation of a new migration pact with India as he hosts his counterpart Narendra Modi for bilateral talks. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Activists_Say_Iran’s_‘Eye_Victims’_Under_Government_Pressure With_Arrests⠀⇛ Two Iranian protesters known as “eye victims” have been arrested in what rights activists say is a campaign by authorities to silence those who have been shot in the face by security agents during months of unrest. * ⚓ Internet Freedom Foundation ☛ The_impending_EU_AI_Act_and_its_potential effect_on_India’s_AI_Policy⠀⇛ The EU AI Act is moving forward swiftly. What does this mean for India? § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ APNIC ☛ Failed_expectations⠀⇛ What can be learned from the failures and successes of technology deployment? * ⚓ APNIC ☛ Network_design:_Dual_ISP,_DMZ,_and_the_network_edge_—_Part_2⠀⇛ Guest Post: Network designing for the edge — a detailed look at high level edge connection including BGP guidance. § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Musician_Maria_Schneider_Cannot_Certify_a Class_Action_Against_YouTube,_Judge_Rules⠀⇛ On Monday, YouTube gained a small victory in the ongoing battle against Schneider’s infringement claims. Attorneys for Schneider had urged Judge Donato to let the case proceed as a class action, but Donato ruled, “Copyright claims are poor candidates for class-action treatment.” In the long-running David vs. Goliath courtroom confrontation, Goliath scored another win. o ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Local_titles_aim_to_safeguard_£40m_public_notice income_with_new_online_portal⠀⇛ The Google News Initiative-funded portal officially went live on Monday. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2641 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.25.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_25/05/2023:_Mesa_23.1.1_and_Debian_Reunion⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:32 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Graphics_Stack o Instructionals/Technical o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers o Programming/Development # Rust * Leftovers o Science o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression 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 # Patents # Software_Patents # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Technical * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Mesa_23.1.1_Improves_VA-API/H.264_Decoding_for Firefox_on_Fedora_37,_Fixes_Bugs⠀⇛ Mesa 23.1.1 is here packed with many fixes for various of its open-source graphics drivers, improving VA-API / H.264 decoding with the Mozilla Firefox web browser on Fedora Linux 37 systems with an AMD Radeon RX 6600 graphics card, as well as VA- API video output on AMD Radeon RX 6600 GPUs. This first Mesa 23.1 point release also improves support for several video games, such as Assassin’s Creed Valhalla for RADV (Radeon Vulkan Driver), Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege for ANV (Intel Vulkan Driver), Pixel Game Maker MV, MS Flight Simulator and Battlefield 1-5 on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX GPU with RADV. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Kifarunix ☛ Step-by-Step_Guide:_Kubernetes_Monitoring_with Prometheus_and_Grafana⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will provide you with a step by step guide on Kubernetes monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana. Being able to monitor a Kubernetes cluster is fundamental in ensuring the health of the cluster, performance and scalability. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Scarlett_Gately_Moore:_KDE_Gear_23.04.1_Snaps Released!_Snapcraft_updates_and_more.⠀⇛ I have completed the 23.04.1 KDE Gear applications release for snaps! With this release comes several new KDE Snaps! * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Jonathan_Carter:_Debian_Reunion_MiniDebConf_2022⠀⇛ It wouldn’t be inaccurate to say that I’ve had a lot on my plate in the last few years, and that I have a *huge* backlog of little tasks to finish. Just last week, I finally got to all my keysigning from DebConf22. This week, I’m at MiniDebConf Germany in Hamburg. It’s the second time I’m here! And it’s great already. Last year I drafted a blog entry, but never got around to publishing it. So, in order to mentally tick off yet another thing, here follows a somewhat imperfect (I had to delete a lot of short-hand because I didn’t know what it means anymore), but at least published post about my activities from a year ago. This week (well, last year) I attended my first ever in-person MiniDebConf_and_MiniDebCamp_in Hamburg,_Germany. The last time I was in Germany was 7 years ago for DebConf15 (or at time of publishing, actually, last year… for this same event). o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Apply_Real-Time_Audio_Effects_on_Ubuntu_with Easy_Effects⠀⇛ As you may infer from the name, PulseEffects was built around and designed for PulseAudio. Most major Linux distributions have switched from PulseAudio to PipeWire for their audio handling. Enter Easy Effects, a successor to PulseEffects that sports a modern GTK4 interface, and an expanded set of features that enable to function as a powerful audio effects processor for PipeWire applications. It offers an equalizer, limiter, and compressor (among others) and a built-in spectrum analyser. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ ARIES_FIVEberry_–_A_Community_RISC-V_SBC powered_by_Renesas_RZ/Five_processor⠀⇛ ARIES Embedded will provide a Yocto Linux BSP for the board and says it’s well-suited for entry-class social infrastructure gateway control and industrial gateway control. The company highlights the system-on-module offers a parallel LCD interface, a MIPI CSI camera input, and two CAN-FD interfaces, but their description of the 40-pin GPIO header is as clear as mud with two I2C and “GPIOs”, so I’m not sure whether all those can be accessed on the GPIO header, or only a subset as listed in the specifications. One of the reasons for the limited level of detail is that the FIVEberry RISC-V SBC will only be available in Q3 2023 at a yet-to-be-determined price. More details may be found on the product page. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Purism ☛ Librem_5_Product_Report_and_Roadmap_for_2023⠀⇛ It has been some time since we last published a global product report for the Librem 5 phone. This is not because of slowing down our development effort, it is the opposite. We have been very busy and we have made substantial progress during the last few months. We have been listening to our customers and realized that while most of what we had initially planed to implement for the Librem 5, in PureOS, and for the Librem line in general was already there, it was just missing the finishes that make a coherent and polished experience. Therefore, we decided to reorganize our development goals toward putting all the pieces together and polishing the default experience of the Librem devices. Convenience is critical for wider adoption and easier use. A few years ago I made a blog post saying that Purism’s design would comply with the Ethical Design Manifesto from Ind.ie and this is still the case. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Enabling_automated_pipeline_maintenance_with_edge AI⠀⇛ Pipelines are integral to our modern way of life, as they enable the fast transportation of water and energy between central providers and the eventual consumers of that resource. However, the presence of cracks from mechanical or corrosive stress can lead to leaks, and thus waste of product or even potentially dangerous situations. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Android_14_Beta_2.1_is_here_to_fix_some_of the_worst_remaining_bugs⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_14_Beta_2.1_rolling_out_with_many Pixel_bug_fixes⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ HBO_Max_rebranding_renders_dedicated button_on_Android_TV_remotes_useless⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Make_Your_Android_Phone’s_Battery_Last_Longer With_This_Google_Clock_Trick⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Android_owners_must_delete_three_apps_now_or_your account_could_be_BANNED_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ People_are_just_realizing_Android_‘six_tap’_trick can_save_you_from_‘empty_bank’_nightmare_–_it’s_too_good_to ignore_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Google_warns_billions_of_three_Android_settings you_must_NEVER_switch_off_if_you_want_to_avoid_bank-emptying criminals_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ What_is_the_Android_security_–_privacy_hub?_The_Android_13 feature_explained⠀⇛ # ⚓ Do_this_before_you_ever_throw_that_old_Android_phone_away_| Fox_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ Business Insider ☛ Best_Android_Phones_in_2023⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ Motorola_Edge+_(2023)_Review:_Android_Flagship Phone_Greatness_With_One_Major_Flaw⠀⇛ # ⚓ Top_9_Ways_to_Fix_Android_TV_Stuck_on_Loading_Screen_– Guiding_Tech⠀⇛ # ⚓ WCCF Tech ☛ It_Only_Takes_A_$15_Circuit_Board_To_Bypass_An Android_Smartphone’s_Fingerprint_Security,_According_To Researchers⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ How_do_I_enable_wireless_charging_on_my Android_phone?⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # ⚓ Daniel Stenberg ☛ Polhemsrådet⠀⇛ I was invited, and I have accepted, to become a member of Polhemsrådet, the “Polhem Council”, that works for the Polhem Prize nomination committee and serves to appoint the award winners. I consider it a great honor to get to serve on this board. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Phoenix_Player:_Beautiful_Open-source_Audio Player_with_Flutter⠀⇛ The Phoenix Project is a free open-source beautiful audio player for Android and iOS built with Flutter and Dart. * Beautiful glassmorphism design * Lyrics * No data collected * Cut, fade and set ringtone * A flashlight-visualizer * Share now-playing * Ad-free * Wallpapers from artwork # § Rust⠀➾ # ⚓ Rust Weekly Updates ☛ This_Week_In_Rust:_This_Week_in Rust_496⠀⇛ Hello and welcome to another issue of This Week in Rust! * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ Tina_Turner,_resilient_singer_hailed_as_the ‘Queen_of_Rock_and_Roll,’_dies_at_83⠀⇛ Tina Turner, the dynamic rock and soul singer who rose from humble beginnings and overcame a notoriously abusive marriage to become one of the most popular female artists of all time, has died, according to a post on her verified Facebook page. o ⚓ Quartz ☛ Target’s_Pride_collection_is_the_latest_casualty_of increasing_intolerance⠀⇛ Target is pulling some Pride collection products off its shelves after some customers made their homophobic feelings known. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ We_May’ve_Detected_A_Rare_‘Missing_Link’ Black_Hole_in_Our_Own_Celestial_Backyard⠀⇛ Hello there. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Brain_and_Spine_Implants_Allow_Paralyzed Man_to_Walk_Naturally_Again⠀⇛ In a new study, researchers describe a device that connects the intentions of a paralyzed patient to his physical movements. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Simply_Feeling_Hungry_Might_Be_Enough_to Slow_Down_The_Aging_Process⠀⇛ No need to starve after all. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Brain_And_Spine_Implants_Restore_Movement in_a_Man_Paralyzed_by_an_Accident⠀⇛ Turning thought into action. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Paralyzed_man_walks_for_first_time_in_over a_decade_with_electronic_brain_implants⠀⇛ A 40-year-old Dutch man who was paralyzed in a cycling accident in China in 2011 has walked again thanks to a brain-machine interface. ⚓ Latvia ☛ Farmers_uncertain_about_survival_after_spring_frosts⠀⇛ Farmers, especially fruit and berry growers, are currently in a difficult situation because the damage caused by the frost has severely damaged farms. The Latvian Agricultural Cooperative Association meets with fruit and berry producers on Wednesday to discuss the impact of the devastating frost of spring. ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_Reality_of_Hallucinations_Is_More_Complex_Than_You_Might Think⠀⇛ They’re not always about distress. ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Older_adults_use_patient_portals,_but_access_and_attitudes vary⠀⇛ Far more older adults these days log on to secure websites or apps to connect with their health information or have a virtual health care appointment, compared with five years ago, a new poll shows. ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Women_more_likely_to_die_following_heart_attack_than_men: Study⠀⇛ According to findingspresented at Heart Failure 2023, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), women are more than twice as likely as males to die following a heart attack. “Women of all ages who experience a myocardial infarction are at particularly high risk of a poor prognosis,” said study author Dr Mariana Martinho of Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal. ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Over_half_a_million_wound_care_sessions_annually_in_the_HUS area⠀⇛ The overall healthcare costs associated with wound care are comparable to the costs of treating obesity or cancer. By implementing a tiered approach to wound care and enhancing expertise in the field, it is possible to optimize the allocation of resources and reduce the prevalence of wounds. Approximately one percent of individuals over the age of 50 suffer from chronic, poorly healing wounds. ⚓ France24 ☛ Paralysed_man_walks_again_thanks_to_thought-controlled_implants⠀⇛ A paralysed man has regained the ability to walk smoothly using only his thoughts for the first time, researchers said on Wednesday, thanks to two implants that restored communication between brain and spinal cord. ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_patients_to_get_priority_for_locally_donated organs_under_cross-border_scheme,_medic_says⠀⇛ Organ transplant waiting lists will not be shared between Hong Kong and China, and only organs which cannot be allocated locally will undergo cross-border matching, an expert said on Wednesday after the government announced local hospitals would be integrated into the national China Organ Transplant Response System. § Proprietary⠀➾ * ⚓ India Times ☛ Microsoft’s_healthcare_AI_division_Nuance_Communications announced_job_cuts⠀⇛ Microsoft-owned LinkedIn recently announced job cuts. Now another Micorosft arm is preparing to lay off employees. Microsoft-acquired Nuance Communications, the speech recognition company is planning to lay off employees. * ⚓ Verizon_to_Customer_Service_Reps:_Layoffs_Are_Coming⠀⇛ There seems to be no end in sight for mass tech layoffs, as Verizon reportedly told a bunch of their customer service employees that layoffs were all but certain to hit their company next. If you’ve still got a job in tech, you’re one of the lucky ones. Companies like Meta, Google, and Microsoft have led the way in firing more than 100,000 tech employees this year alone, and it’s clearly going to get worse before it gets better. * ⚓ Meta_Announces_Another_Round_Of_Layoffs⠀⇛ Layoffs have become a common trend in the tech industry these past few months, with major tech companies like Microsoft, Twitter and Amazon all falling under the pressure. Facebook’s parent company, Meta Inc. was also not immune to this trend. Meta announced the first layoff in November last year, which saw 11000 jobs cut off, it also laid off another 4000 employees in April but now Meta is conducting another round of layoffs, which it announced on Wednesday, would affect another 6000 employees. According to the tech company, these cuts are part of the company’s so-called “Year of Efficiency”, which Meta hopes to massively restructure itself to reduce cost and flatten the organization structure. § Security⠀➾ * § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Australia_calls_out_China_for_cyber espionage⠀⇛ A cyber expert has warned China could be using sophisticated cyber malware to infiltrate critical systems in Australia and shut them down in the event of a war.  Australia joined Five Eyes partners in outing China as being behind a cluster of cyber attacks targeting critical infrastructure in the United States. o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Emails_Show_SpaceX_Bungled_Elon_Musk’s_Private Jet_Privacy⠀⇛ FOIA docs reveal that SpaceX enrolled Elon Musk’s jet in a federal program to prevent tracking, failed to implement it properly, then asked for help during the @ElonJet meltdown. o ⚓ Fabio_Alessandro_Locati:_EU_EDPB_vs._Irish_DPC_vs._Meta Platforms⠀⇛ The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has evaluated the legality of Facebook’s (now Meta Platforms) data transfer for over 10 years. In those 10 years, we have seen the Irish DPC trying to avoid ruling on the matter multiple times and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) forcing them to do it. We now have a final ruling on the matter, which is unfavorable to Meta. § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US,_South_Korea_start_live-fire_drills_set_to_anger Pyongyang⠀⇛ South Korea and the US are marking the 70th anniversary of an alliance forged during the Korean War. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Student’s_hand_gets_hacked_off_by_attacker_in_China during_a_live_stream⠀⇛ Another student was also attacked and suffered injuries on the back. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China’s_new_ambassador_arrives_in_US_as superpowers_face_‘severe_challenges’⠀⇛ China’s new ambassador to the United States has arrived in the country, vowing to shoulder the “heavy responsibility” of a superpower relationship that is “facing severe challenges”. Xie Feng, a career diplomat with extensive experience in Washington, arrived in New York on Tuesday, Beijing’s embassy in the US said in a statement. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Capitol_rioter_who_rested_feet_on_desk_in_Pelosi’s_office sentenced_to_over_4_years_in_prison⠀⇛ The Arkansas_man_photographed with his feet on a desk inside then-House Speaker Nancy_Pelosi’s office during the Capitol riot was sentenced to four-and-a-half-years in prison on Wednesday. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Capitol_rioter_photographed_propping_feet_on desk_in_Pelosi’s_office_sentenced_to_over_4_years⠀⇛ An Arkansas man who propped his feet on a desk in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office in a widely circulated photo from the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced Wednesday to more than four years in prison. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper said Richard “Bigo” Barnett became one of the faces of the Jan. 6 riot, and at times he seemed to enjoy the notoriety that came with the media attention and social media following he amassed. Barnett, a retired firefighter from Gravette, Arkansas, was convicted at trial on eight counts, including felony charges of civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Third_time’s_the_charm:_South_Korea_set_for Thursday_launch_of_homegrown_space_rocket_Nuri⠀⇛ Wednesday’s launch was scuttled due to faults in a system that controls a helium tank. * ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ US_Treasury_sanctions_four_North_Korean_entities engaged_in_malicious_cyber_activities⠀⇛ The U.S. Department of Treasury has sanctioned four North Korean organizations, as well as one individual, for engaging in malicious cyber activities. Officials announced the move on Tuesday. Additionally, the Treasury Department detailed that South Korea has also sanctioned the organizations and individual in question. ⚓ France24 ☛ Clashes_between_rival_factions_in_Sudan’s_capital_undermine fragile_ceasefire_deal⠀⇛ Clashes between rival military factions broke out on Wednesday in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, residents said, threatening to shatter a fragile ceasefire designed to allow for the delivery of aid and create conditions for a more lasting truce. ⚓ Defence Web ☛ ISS:_Could_UN_funding_for_AU_peace_missions_become_the_norm?⠀⇛ The African Union (AU) and its regional economic communities have deployed about 27 peace support operations in Africa since the 2000s. These missions have faced various challenges, including the absence of a guiding political strategy, an over-reliance on military-heavy deployments and a lack of multidimensional capabilities and skills. ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Biden_picks_history-making_Air_Force_fighter_pilot_to serve_as_next_Joint_Chiefs_chairman⠀⇛ President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that he is tapping Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr., a history-making fighter pilot with deep knowledge of China, to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Brown’s confirmation would mean that, for the first time, both the Pentagon’s top military and civilian positions would be held by African Americans. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the first Black Pentagon chief, has been in the job since the beginning of the administration. If confirmed by the Senate, Brown would replace Army Gen. Mark Milley, whose term ends in October, as the nation’s next top military officer. ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_US_needs_to_be_proactive_in_order_to_break_its escalatory_cycle_with_Iran⠀⇛ Here we go again. On March 23, Iran-backed Iraqi militias launched a drone attack that killed an American contractor and wounded another, as well as twenty-four US military personnel. ⚓ European Commission ☛ Recorded_remarks_by_Commissioner_Lenarčič_at_the_Senior Officials_Meeting_for_the_people_of_Sudan⠀⇛ European Commission Speech Brussels, 24 May 2023 Ladies and gentlemen, We meet today at a moment of urgent crisis for the people of Sudan. § Environment⠀➾ * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ As_Typhoon_Mawar_hit,_these_identical_twin meteorologists_kept_Guam_informed⠀⇛ Guam residents facing down the strongest typhoon to hit their remote U.S. Pacific island territory in decades had identical twin meteorologists helping them get ready and stay safe this week. The National Weather Service’s Guam office employs Landon Aydlett as its warning coordination meteorologist. His brother Brandon Aydlett is the science and operations officer. The 41- year-olds tag-teamed Facebook live broadcasts watched by thousands as Typhoon Mawar approached. Landon Aydlett said Thursday morning that working with his brother is like working with his best friend. He says they never planned to work together but the jobs fell in their laps and they followed their heart and passion for the work. * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Horn_of_Africa_to_Experience_Dry_June-September_Weather⠀⇛ In the coming months, the frequency and intensity of the rains will decrease significantly in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda, South Sudan, and Sudan. * ⚓ European Commission ☛ Intervention_by_Commissioner_Lenarčič_at_the High-level_Pledging_Event_for_the_Humanitarian_Response_in_the_Horn_of Africa⠀⇛ European Commission Speech Brussels, 24 May 2023 It is true the EU is a major donor in the horn of Africa region. Drawing attention to crises early on and acting swiftly to help people in need. * ⚓ European Commission ☛ Recorded_remarks_by_Commissioner_Lenarčič_at_the Senior_Officials_Meeting_for_the_people_of_Sudan⠀⇛ European Commission Speech Brussels, 24 May 2023 Ladies and gentlemen, We meet today at a moment of urgent crisis for the people of Sudan. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ SA_urged_to_bid_for_UN_climate_change_conference⠀⇛ South Australia’s peak business group says the state should look to host the world’s leading conference on climate change to push its green credentials. * ⚓ France24 ☛ German_police_carry_out_nationwide_raids_against_Last Generation_climate_activists⠀⇛ German police on Wednesday carried out raids across seven states targeting climate activists of the “Letzte Generation” (Last Generation) group, which has sparked controversy with protesters glueing themselves to roads to block traffic. * ⚓ Reason ☛ Will_We_Ever_Get_an_SEC_Climate_Disclosure_Rule?⠀⇛ The Securities & Exchange Commission again delays issuing a controversial anticipated rule. * ⚓ European Commission ☛ Video_Recorded_Keynote_Speech_by_EVP_Timmermans for_the_FES_Just_Climate_Annual_Flagship_Conference_on_24-05-2023⠀⇛ European Commission Speech Brussels, 24 May 2023 Climate change and biodiversity loss will remain the defining challenges of our lifetime. They affect everyone. With the European Green Deal, we are showing that it’s possible. The EU has made emissions reductions an irreversible legal obligation. We have an opportunity to do better. * § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia’s_power_distribution_rates_will_jump_in_July⠀⇛ As of July 1 this year, electricity distribution and transmission tariffs will rise in Latvia, which will affect all users, according to information by the Public Utilities Commission (SPRK) on May 24. o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Power_bills_to_surge_by_nearly_25pct_for thousands⠀⇛ Power bills will surge by nearly 25 per cent for thousands of Australian households under a new ceiling electricity price set by the energy regulator. The default market offer, determined by the Australian Energy Regulator, determines the maximum price retailers can charge customers in NSW, South Australia and southeast Queensland. o ⚓ LRT ☛ Brussels_calls_on_Lithuania_to_scrap_energy_subsidies, strengthen_healthcare⠀⇛ The European Commission recommends that Lithuania scrap energy subsidies, strengthen primary health care, improve social services, and reduce dependence on fossil fuels and energy imports. o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvians_keen_to_recycle_old_tires⠀⇛ In 2025, Latvia and other European Union (EU) Member States will have to collect for recycling 90% of the volume of tires sold on the market. Until the end of May, tires can be disposed of free of charge in four locations where they will further be recycled, Latvian Television reported Wednesday. o ⚓ Quartz ☛ Unsurprisingly,_Chevron’s_carbon_offsets_are_mostly junk⠀⇛ New research published Wednesday (May 24) by Corporate Accountability, a nonprofit corporate watchdog, has found that 93% of Chevron’s carbon offset programs between 2020 and 2022 have not led to reductions of greenhouse gas emissions. o ⚓ H2 View ☛ Bio_Friends_selects_Prime_Plasma’s_hydrogen_production technology_for_Korean_refuelling_stations⠀⇛ Prime Plasma has applied for a US patent to produce clean hydrogen. * § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Can_50_tons_of_dinosaur_fossils_help_hatch paleontology_in_Niger?⠀⇛ Landlocked Niger is home to stunning dinosaur fossils. Scientists aim not only to find them but also to build homegrown research expertise. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Asian_stocks_sink_on_US_debt_ceiling_jitters⠀⇛ Asian shares fell to a two-month low on Thursday, and the US dollar rose as the impasse in negotiations to raise the US debt ceiling kept investors wary of risky assets due to the hit the global economy will take if the US government defaults. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Free_loans_from_Commbank⠀⇛ Michael talks about Commbank’s dodgy dealings with corporate cops and senior journos in order to collude to take down bank victims advocates. * ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ New_Max_Planck_center_generates_knowledge_to understand_root_causes_of_inequality⠀⇛ The University of Helsinki, in collaboration with the German Max Planck Foundation, has established a research center focused on studying health from the perspective of social inequality. The center will commence its operations at the beginning of July. The research center enables cutting-edge population-based studies on health, with the aim of influencing society as a whole. * ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Inflation_slows_to_6%_in_first_half_of_May⠀⇛ The latest numbers show that overall consumer prices fell 0.32% in the first half of the month compared to the second half of April. * ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Inflation_drops_sharply_to_8.7%_–_but_can_any_savings_rate beat_it?⠀⇛ Slower rises in energy bills helped ease inflation, but food prices continue to soar § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ Breach Media ☛ To_beat_a_bold_right_wing_in_Alberta,_Rachel_Notley_bets on_timidity⠀⇛ The Alberta NDP is walking a tightrope by trying to appeal to both conservative and progressive voters * ⚓ Hatay’s_new_hospital_inaugurated_by_Erdoğan_largely_unfinished⠀⇛ The new Defne State Hospital, ostensibly completed within 60 days, still has construction works that potentially endanger public health, a delegation from medical organizations reports. * ⚓ MAY_24:_Countdown_to_Turkey_runoff:_Kılıçdaroğlu_walks_tight_line between_Kurdish,_ultranationalist_support⠀⇛ As incumbent Erdoğan and rival Kılıçdaroğlu prepare for the decisive round of the presidential race, we bring you post- parliamentary updates and developments leading to May 28′s runoff. * ⚓ Anti-migration_leader_endorses_Kılıçdaroğlu_in_Turkey’s_presidential runoff_vote⠀⇛ After days of negotiations, Ümit Özdağ has declared support for the opposition candidate against incumbent President Erdoğan. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Turkish_anti-immigrant_party_leader_endorses_Erdogan challenger_Kilicdaroglu⠀⇛ Turkey’s anti-immigrant Victory Party leader endorsed opposition presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu on Wednesday, potentially boosting the challenger as he aims to make up ground and defeat President Tayyip Erdogan in Sunday’s runoff election. * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Kroenig_and_Ashford_debate_the_implications_of Turkey’s_elections⠀⇛ On May 19, Foreign Policy published its biweekly “It’s Debatable” column featuring Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig and Emma Ashford assessing the latest news in international affairs. * ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ China’s_“summer_Davos”_2023⠀⇛ Next month the World Economic Forum will be hosting its “Summer Davos” in Tianjin, China. Described as the “Annual Meeting of the New Champions”, this has been an important yearly WEF event since 2010, always hosted somewhere in China. * ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Australia_needs_to_be_clear-eyed_about_India relationship_after_Modi_visit⠀⇛ An Australian official once told me that Australians struggle to think beyond the American-led Anglosphere and alliance. There might have been some hyperbole in that remark. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_failed_to_sway_outcome_of_Canada’s_last_2 elections,_top_Ottawa_official_finds⠀⇛ By Michel Comte China sought to interfere in Canada’s last two elections but failed to sway the outcomes, a top official reviewing allegations of vote meddling said Tuesday. * ⚓ Reason ☛ The_Republican_Primary_Consensus_for_Sending_the_Military_Into Mexico⠀⇛ Presidential contender Tim Scott, who announced recently, says he will use “the world’s greatest military to fight these terrorists” south of the border. He’s not alone. * ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Mexico_to_offer_temporary_work_visas_to_Central American_migrants⠀⇛ The president said the new visa program meets the workforce needs of his flagship projects and will help slow migration to the United States. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ New York Times ☛ China_Ramps_Up_Culture_Crackdown,_Canceling_Music_and Comedy_Shows⠀⇛ Performances across the country were canceled last week after Beijing began investigating a stand-up comedian. * ⚓ Latvia ☛ Media_ethics_body_criticizes_penalty_over_word_misuse⠀⇛ The Latvian Media Ethics Council said in a statement on May 24 that the decision of the National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) to fine the Tvnet.lv portal for alleged misuse of the word ‘deportation’ is “disproportionate, undemocratic and bureaucratic”. § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ The_Fight_To_Free_Julian_Assange,_with_Kevin Gosztola⠀⇛ Uncover the truth behind Julian Assange’s detainment and the US government’s escalating attacks on WikiLeaks in this eye- opening interview with Kevin Gosztola, shedding light on the invaluable information exposed by WikiLeaks and the potential collapse of a secretive system. * ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Why_Masha_Gessen_Resigned_from_the_PEN_America_Board⠀⇛ A conversation about balancing free-speech commitments in an era of war. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ Quartz ☛ 1_in_2_workers_are_bullied._Here’s_what_to_do_if_that’s_you⠀⇛ One in two workers are affected by workplace bullying. The negative impacts range from depression to suicidal tendencies. So, why aren’t more people talking about it? * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Chinese_citizens_are_suing_the_state_of_Florida_for_barring them_from_buying_homes⠀⇛ A group of Chinese citizens are suing the state of Florida over a new law that restricts their ability to buy property in the state. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Swatch_dares_Malaysia_to_confiscate_rainbows_after Pride_watches_raid⠀⇛ The public spat is likely to spark renewed concern about the government’s commitment to minority rights. * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Swatch_is_defending_its_rainbow_watches_against_Malaysia’s LGBTQ_censorship⠀⇛ Malaysian authorities raided 11 Swatch stores on May 13 and 14, seizing rainbow watches from the company’s Pride collection amid the country’s growing crackdown on LGBTQ expression… * ⚓ RFA ☛ Hong_Kong_leader_slams_Cathay_Pacific_over_treatment_of_mainland Chinese_passengers⠀⇛ Flight attendants fired after they commented about passengers who don’t speak English or Cantonese * ⚓ RFA ☛ US_House_panel_urges_further_action_Uyghur_forced_labor⠀⇛ Select Committee on China also tells Congress to more urgently prepare for a Taiwan conflict. * ⚓ EDRI ☛ Chaos_Communication_Camp_2023⠀⇛ Chaos Communication Camp is the Chaos Computer Club’s (CCC) quadrennial hacker meeting and open-air hack party, now in Mildenberg for the third time. * ⚓ EDRI ☛ AMA_(Ask_Me_Anything):_responsible_data_and_social_justice edition⠀⇛ On Thursday, June 1, The Engine Room is hosting its first ever video-conference AMA (ask me – us – anything)! From 5-6pm CET, members of the team will gather in a video conference to answer your questions about responsible data. * ⚓ ACLU ☛ It’s_Time_for_Congress_to_Update_Our_Genetic_Nondiscrimination Law⠀⇛ The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) was enacted in 2008 to protect Americans from being widely discriminated against by a then new technology: genetic testing. The law was written after genetic discrimination emerged in the 1970s. At the time, programs to screen and identify genetic carriers of sickle cell anemia, a disease which afflicts many Black Americans, were being mandated by states. These mandated screening programs targeted Black people, perpetuating racial bias and stigmatization. Congress acted to make this genetic discrimination illegal. But now, GINA is 15 years old and needs to be updated to reflect a new threat of abuse of biological information — epigenetic discrimination. Because the law was written before many modern advances in the field of genetics, it is unclear whether its protections will extend to the novel types of information that will soon be generated from millions of Americans. § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Netflix’s_password_sharing_crackdown_has_arrived_in_the_US_and another_100-odd_countries⠀⇛ Netflix’s password sharing crackdown is swiftly making its way around the world. § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ PTAB_Finds_Patentee_Breached_Duty_of Candor_During_IPR_But_in_Doing_So_Conflates_Rule_56_and_IPR_Candor Rules⠀⇛ In a single decision issued by several panels, the Board held that the patentee had failed to act in good faith by, boiled down, intentionally withholding material test data that was inconsistent with the arguments it was making in favor of patentability of both original and proposed substitute claims. The case is Spectrum Solutions LLC v. Longhorn Vaccines & Diagnostics LLC, IPR2021-00847 (Patent 8,084,443 B2), IPR2021-00850 (Patent 8,293,467 B2), IPR2021-00854 (Patent 8,669,240 B2), IPR2021-00857 (Patent 9,212,399 B2), IPR2021-00860 (Patent 9,683,256 B2) (May 3, 2023). o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Guest_Post:_Margo_Bagley,_The Diversity_Pilots_Initiative [Ed: Disguising monopoly as "Diversity"]⠀⇛ This post is the first in a series relating to the Diversity Pilots Initiative, a project co-organized by Professors Bagley & Chien together with personnel from the USPTO that seeks to advance inclusive innovation through rigorous research. The first blog in the series is here and resources from the first conference of the initiative are available here. Below, Professor Bagley introduces herself, the project, and the series. – Jason Rantanen o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Aeritas_wireless_purchasing_patent_affirmed invalid_in_ex_parte_appeal⠀⇛ On May 11, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) affirmed the Examiner’s final rejection of all claims of U.S._Patent_9,390,435, owned and asserted by Aeritas, LLC. The ‘435 patent relates to using a mobile device to make online purchases based on received notifications related to products or services of interest based on the location of the mobile device and other notification criteria. The patent had been asserted in over 20 litigations but all cases have been terminated. o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ SoftBank_entity,_Neo_Wireless,_prior_art found⠀⇛ Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on four patents owned by Neo Wireless, LLC, an NPE and SoftBank entity. We would also like to thank the dozens of other high- quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ The_USPTO_Needs_Your_Input_Now_–_Help_Fight NPEs⠀⇛ You can help support our economy, reduce wasteful NPE litigation, and stop the assertion of bad patents. All it takes is a few minutes of your time.   The USPTO has issued a set of proposed_rules, nearly all of which will make it harder for everyone, including Unified, to challenge bad patents. o ⚓ JUVE ☛ Top_litigation_firms_in_Austria_2023 [Ed: Webspam or spamfarm disguised as true endorsement; this is what JUVE became.]⠀⇛ o ⚓ JUVE ☛ Top_filing_and_litigation_firms_in_Austria_2023 [Ed: SPAM]⠀⇛ o ⚓ JUVE ☛ Top_filing_firms_in_Austria_2023 [Ed: SPAM]⠀⇛ o ⚓ JUVE ☛ Video:_JUVE_Patent’s_Austria_ranking_2023 [Ed: More UPC propaganda; this site is bribed by Team UPC.]⠀⇛ In JUVE Patent’s Austria ranking 2023, Mathieu Klos presents the latest developments in the Austrian patent market. JUVE Patent’s Austria ranking 2023: an overview With the launch of the Unified Patent Court imminent, the Austrian patent community is both enthusiastic and apprehensive. * § Software Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ GEVC_video_codec_patent_revoked_by_EPO⠀⇛ On May 23, 2023, the European Patent Office revoked all claims of EP_3151566_B1, owned by GE_Video_Compression, LLC. The EP ’566 patent is part of a family purportedly essential to HEVC and part of the Access_Advance patent pool. This filing is a part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in its SEP_Video_Codec_Zone. * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘Simply_the_best’:_Tributes_pour_in_for_Tina_Turner after_death_of_music_legend⠀⇛ A collection of tributes that poured in Wednesday from musicians, actors and athletes following the death of musical superstar Tina Turner. o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Tributes_for_Tina_Turner,_the_global_music superstar,_after_her_death_at_83⠀⇛ From Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger to NBA legend Magic Johnson, many paid tribute to music superstar Tina Turner following her death on Wednesday. The “What’s Love Got to Do With It” singer died at the age of 83 after a long illness in her home in Küsnacht near Zurich. Jagger says he’s saddened after hearing about the passing of his friend Turner, who he performed with in 1985. Johnson posted a photo on Twitter with him Turner calling the singer one of his favorite artists of all time. Erykah Badu called Turner a “cultural icon,” while both former President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden also paid tribute to the late superstar. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Despite_Vinyl’s_Resurgence,_CD_Baby_Is Exiting_the_Physical_Distribution_Game_and_Closing_Its_Warehouse⠀⇛ Following an October layoff round and an April reorganization within its Downtown parent, CD Baby is getting out of the physical distribution game. o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Artificial_intelligence_homework_trend_spreads_in Latvian_schools⠀⇛ Once, teachers worried that parents were doing homework instead of children. Now, in both primary and secondary schools, more and more pupils are submitting to teachers their artificial intelligence compositions – writings, essays, and reviews. The trend is new but spreads rapidly, Latvian Radio reported May 25. § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Technical⠀➾ o ⚓ I_can’t_think_of_a_title⠀⇛ somewhat: created account, posted once, commented on a post or two, responded to a couple surveys, noted a couple “like” notifications. I can find my way around. o ⚓ ed⠀⇛ All this enthusiasm about newsgroups has brought me back to `tin`. Back in the early days, when I got an account at the computer centre of our university, when I learned about email and Usenet, I used tin to read the news. This was before I learned about Emacs. I guess at the time I was still using vi? Or whatever they used as the standard editor back then? [...] It’s not so bad, actually! I even managed to write sections of the buffer to a new file, and run `fmt` on it. It’s not perfect because when I read the formatted file, the lines get appended at the end of the buffer instead of being inserted at the current line. There are still workflows to work out! 😄 o ⚓ re:Six_years_of_gopher⠀⇛ Really enjoyed solderpunk’s 6 year post[1]. He called it “naval gazing” (I was an early slashdotter too my friend!), but I didn’t find it self-absorbed at all; I mean, not more than I would expect from someone’s personal journal/log. That’s the point of the journal, I think! And it’s a pleasure to read what other people are doing and thinking. At least, that’s how I view it. So thanks, solderpunk! The time really has flown on gopher and pubnix. o ⚓ terminal_applications⠀⇛ i finally found an rss reader i like, newsboat! i’ve been looking for a bunch of basic tools i can use from my terminal, and an rss reader is up there on the list of importance. i’ve been learning how to use vim for the past couple months and i feel like i’m getting there, but i’m nowhere close to power user. i also want to move to using smol.pub and midnight.pub solely from the terminal (which i can do now, because i’ve added the feeds to my reader). let me know if you’ve got any other tools i should check out! =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4087 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.25.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_25/05/2023:_On_Profit_and_Desire_for_Gemini⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:01 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Gemini*_and_Gopher # Personal # Technical # Internet/Gemini # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ # § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ It_could_have_been_so_simple⠀⇛ # ⚓ April/May_Update⠀⇛ Fell a bit behind with updating this journal, so I thought I should write up a small entry. There’s been some good things and some bad this past month. I should probably start with the bad news. I mentioned a few months ago that one of our beloved family cats was very ill. She was finally put down last week. I’m still processing the whole thing, so I don’t think I’m quite ready to talk too much about it just yet. I think I will be writing something up about her soon, and perhaps making a page on the site for her. # ⚓ churning_The_Midnight_toil⠀⇛ I keep coming back here. Daily. Odd. I <3 M.p, and the folks here, but I keep coming back to say this and that when I don’t have “a lot” to say. Even life updates – for those I keep up with through e-mail, they know what’s going on with me, my future move to another part of Missouri, etc., and even that is a “wait on the USPS” game right now (until tomorrow? Or Friday?). I asked the Webmaster of W.a to delete my old blogs from there, on Discuss.write.as, and I doubt he’ll comply. I doubt he’ll acknowledge such a request, because I am not a fire hydrant in NYC to snap a photo of with a vintage camera. I also opened/closed a Mastodon acct today. The toxicity of the Mastodon TL “feed” (it’s layout, some statuses there) flooded into my brain as if I had taken a half-step back from the firehose of debauchery of Twitter, proving to me that; yes, when one walks away from a true addiction, every step away is only as good as the next step further away from it. # ⚓ Experience_Does_Not_Require_a_Dualist_Explanation⠀⇛ Chalmers begins by making an important distinction between awareness and experience as different things which are both often referred to as consciousness. He calls awareness and related aspects of consciousness the “easy problems:” the ability to control our behavior, observe, react, and focus our attention. These are all things which we might not understand fully right now, but which we can reasonably expect to eventually understand through the empirical methods already available to us. # § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ On_Profit⠀⇛ Others may experience that megacorps are unprofitable–too much stress, and not worshiping money may find that which remains–a paycheck, or the fearful climbing–isn’t much a draw. Worse, megacorps create work in IT even if you avoid their wares–oh, yeah, Microsoft does that, you need to twiddle these options so Excel is less likely to corrupt your data; or, oh, yeah, Chrome does that, they WONTFIX, try another browser when you see that error. Splash damage, as it were. Perhaps with appropriate regulatory scrutiny or some actual competition for a change there would be remedies for or more alternatives to such? # ⚓ Violence⠀⇛ Today I saw @gherhartd@ludosphere.fr working on an anti-violence manifesto for games. He said he intended it for the people he played with or for the imaginary designers of the games he’d like to play. I am conflicted. I used to be firmly in the camp of violence is fun precisely because my life and the lives of the people are around me appears practically free violence. # ⚓ dithering_photos⠀⇛ I made a short z-shell script to apply dithering to input pictures. The whole thing started when Skyjake on geminispace.org pointed me to the low-tech magazine the other day. The low-tech magazine operates a solar powered server to host a version of the magazine, fully willing to let it go offline when there is a longer spell of bad weather. One of the many things they do to preserve energy is to convert their pictures to four gray values, dither it for more pleasant looks and apply a tint. What I do in my script is inspired by, but different to their final results. I started out to see for myself how big the file size difference actually is but then thought I might one day turn this into something useful. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ My_Desire_for_Gemini⠀⇛ Recently there has been a big stir about a new service on Gemini called Geminispace^. Almost everything that can be said about the service can be said, so while I do have some thoughts about it, I won’t belabor any points here. Instead, I found myself reflecting this evening on the protocol and what it means to me. My attraction to Gemini largely stems from its ease of deployment relative to Web sites and other Internet services. Provisioning public access is usually the hardest part: otherwise, all one needs is a certificate, a ready-to-run server package, and an open port. I know Gopher is even easier to set up and manage, but Gemini’s ability to provide user authentication gives it enough power for my use cases. # ⚓ 23K04_the_beach_that_makes_you_old⠀⇛ okay so i’ve got a lot of stuff to talk about but I know i’m going to have trouble elaborating on concepts if I just braindump here. So i’ll just wrote about one thing, and then I can write about the other stuff tomorrow. That way I can also get the satisfaction of publishing more frequent logs! # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Dory:_a_Misfin_protocol_library_in_Rust⠀⇛ I’m intrigued enough by the spec that I started working on a Rust crate which implements the spec. It’s early days, but the goal is to implement the spec in such a way that it can be used either by a standalone Misfin server or as part of a larger Gemini (or other smallweb) application. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4333 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 05.25.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_25/05/2023:_IBM_as_Leading_Wayland_Pusher⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 11:01 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Audiocasts/Shows o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva_Family o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o Openness/Sharing/Collaboration # Open_Access/Content o Programming/Development # Python * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Pseudo-Open_Source # Openwashing o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation 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/`utrality o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Linux_Fu:_Making_Progress⠀⇛ The computer world looks different from behind a TeleType or other hardcopy terminal. Things that tend to annoy people about Unix or Linux these days were perfectly great when you were printing everything the computer said to you. Consider the brevity of most basic commands. When you copy a file, for example, it doesn’t really tell you much other than it returns you to the prompt when it is done. If you are on a modern computer working with normal-sized files locally, not a big deal. But if you are over a slow network or with huge files, it would be nice to have a progress bar. Sure, you could write your own version of copy, but wouldn’t it be nice to have some more generic options? o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ Sick_of_Microsoft?_How_to_Make_the_Switch_From_Windows_to Linux⠀⇛ Microsoft has made the switch to Windows 11, but if you are sick of embedded advertisements, constant updates, data collection, and rising hardware requirements, we don’t blame you. There is a very real possibility your Windows 10 machine can’t even upgrade to the next iteration of Windows, so what are you supposed to do? If you have ever considered making the jump to a different operating system, now is the perfect time. But if you don’t want to pay more for a Mac, it’s important to remember that you are not stuck with the Windows-macOS binary or even have to settle for the browser-based Chrome OS. Instead, with a little patience and some command line acumen, you can turn to the world of Linux. Despite what you may think, it’s easier to make the jump than you may think. Here’s how to install a Linux distro and then download and manage apps to get you started. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ Linux_Out_Loud_64:_Linux_Workflow⠀⇛ This week, Linux Out Loud chats about our Linux workflow. Welcome to episode 64 of Linux Out Loud. We fired up our mics, connected those headphones as we searched the community for themes to expound upon. We kept the banter friendly, the conversation somewhat on topic, and had fun doing it. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ 1½_Topics:_realtime_throttling_and_user-space adaptive_spinning⠀⇛ The Linux CPU scheduler will let realtime tasks hog the CPU to the exclusion of everything else — except when it doesn’t. At the 2023 Open Source Summit North America, Joel Fernandes covered the problems with the kernel’s realtime throttling mechanism and a couple of potential solutions. As a bonus, since the room was unscheduled for the following slot, attendees were treated to a spontaneous session on adaptive spinning in user space run by André Almeida. # The_2023_LSFMM+BPF_Summit: the first set of reports from the annual gathering of storage, filesystem, memory-management, and BPF developers. Sessions written up so far include: # A_storage-standards_update: an overview of what is coming in the storage area, with a focus on CXL 3.0. # Peer-to-peer_DMA: transferring data directly between NVMe devices. # The_state_of_the_page_in_2023: an update on the project to use folios everywhere and, eventually, reduce struct page to a single pointer. # Reconsidering_the_direct-map_fragmentation_problem: for years, kernel developers have worried about the performance impacts of breaking up the kernel’s direct map. Perhaps that worry was misplaced. # Memory-management_changes_for_CXL: a discussion of suggested changes to enable better management of CXL- attached memory. # The_future_of_memory_tiering: there is a lot of interest in tiered-memory systems, but a lot of implementation questions remain. # Live_migration_of_virtual_machines_over_CXL. Using CXL shared-memory pools to move VMs with no gap in service. # Memory_overcommit_in_containerized_environments: helping virtual-machine managers get memory to the right places. # User-space_control_of_memory_management: another proposed mechanism to allow user space to make memory- management decisions. # A_2023_DAMON_update: an overview of recent enhancements to the DAMON user-space memory-management tool and a look forward to what is coming next. # High-granularity_mappings_for_huge_pages: a technique for using huge pages while suffering less internal fragmentation. # Computational_storage: a new NVMe feature for offloading computation on data to NVMe devices of various kinds. # FUSE_passthrough_for_file_I/O: optimizing Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) for “passthrough” filesystems. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Beebom ☛ 10_Best_Linux_Text_Editors_in_2023 [Ed: Terrible list as it starts with proprietary spyware of Microsoft - - something GNU/Linux users must learn to avoid]⠀⇛ A large population of Linux users are primarily software developers, enthusiasts, and people who are just getting started with Linux. One of the most popular apps for everyone on Linux is a text editor. Now, Windows comes with Notepad and other third-party text editors, and so does Linux. The difference is, because Linux is not very popular, the text editors on the platform are not very well recognized. Hence, in this article, let’s look at some of the 10 best text editors on Linux. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 8_Useful_Bluetooth_Tools_for_Linux⠀⇛ We recommend a variety of different Bluetooth tools besides BlueZ, the official implementation of the Bluetooth protocol stack. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Machine_Learning_in_Linux:_Spleeter_–_source separation_library⠀⇛ Spleeter is a source separation library with pre- trained models written in Python. It’s free and open source software. # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ FOSS_Weekly_#23.21:_Pip_Issue,_CPU_Stress Testing_and_More_Linux_Stuff⠀⇛ Changes to Pip mechanism, stress testing CPU and other Linux tips and tutorials in this edition of FOSS Weekly. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Jim Nielsen ☛ Single_Line_Comments_in_CSS⠀⇛ Brad Frost noted on Twitter how he recently made a website with plain HTML, CSS, JS, etc., and found himself missing some of the ergonomics from Sass. Having mostly abandoned Sass on personal projects, I was curious what he felt was missing. # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Encryption_for_stream_based protocols_versus_‘RPC’_protocols⠀⇛ In my views on protocols and encryption, I called SMTP and IMAP ‘stream based protocols’ without really explaining what I meant and why this mattered (and why NFS v3 isn’t really one, even though it’s also transported over TCP). While writing a comment on that entry I came to a realization about this in the context of encryption. The short version is that stream based protocols have context, or equivalently that a specific connection for such a protocol has state, state that’s not explicitly specified in each of the messages that are exchanged over the connection (but instead established from the sequence of messages). # ⚓ Net2 ☛ How_to_Install_Microsoft_Teams_on_Ubuntu_22.04 [Ed: This is Microsoft's proprietary spyware; don't help GNU/Linux users install that, teach them how to bypass it]⠀⇛ In today’s diverse workplace, Microsoft Teams has become an invaluable tool for seamless communication and effective collaboration. While commonly associated with Windows and macOS, Ubuntu users have also recognized the power and versatility of this platform. # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Fix_VMware_Could_Not_Connect ‘Ethernet_0’_to_Virtual_Network_‘/dev/vmnet8’⠀⇛ # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_set_up_a_DHCP_server_on_Debian_11⠀⇛ Hello, friends. In this post, you will learn how to set up a DHCP server on Debian 11. The process is simple; however, many options depend on the needs of the network. # ⚓ Popsicle_–_Multiple_USB_File_Flasher_for_Linux⠀⇛ Popsicle is a free and open-source USB file flasher for parallelly flashing multiple USB devices. It has a simple, themeable user interface with a straightforward # ⚓ How_to_start_XAMPP_in_Ubuntu_using_the_command_line?⠀⇛ XAMPP is a local server environment that is useful for developers or anyone who want to test some web application locally, either to develop further or experience it before using it in production. It offers a complete LAMP stack that includes Apache, MySQL, PHP, and Perl. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Etherpad_on_AlmaLinux_9⠀⇛ Etherpad is a free and open-source alternative to Google Docs and Zoho Writer services. Etherpad is a collaborative and real-time text editor for your team, it’s accessible from anywhere at any time because Etherpad is a web-based text editor. # ⚓ Untangling_the_Web:_Grasping_the_Kubernetes_Networking Model⠀⇛ Introduction Kubernetes has become the go-to platform for deploying and managing containerized applications at scale. Originally developed by Google, Kubernetes has been adopted by major organizations like Microsoft, IBM and Red Hat as a vital component of their cloud infrastructures. # ⚓ Streamlined_Connectivity:_Exploring_Kubernetes_Networking Solutions⠀⇛ Introduction Kubernetes is a powerful container orchestration system that can help organizations achieve greater efficiency and scalability in their application development processes. However, managing the networking infrastructure of a Kubernetes cluster can be challenging, particularly as the size and complexity of the cluster grows. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Elasticsearch,_Fluentd_and Kibana_(EFK)_Logging_Stack_on_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ Log monitoring and analysis is an essential part of server or container infrastructure and is useful when handling complex applications. One of the popular logging solutions is the Elasticsearch, Fluentd, and Kibana (EFK) stack. # ⚓ LinuxTuto ☛ How_to_Install_CodeIgniter_on_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ CodeIgniter is a fast, lightweight, and open-source PHP framework used for developing web applications. # ⚓ Balancing_Act:_Exploring_Load_Balancing_Options_in Kubernetes⠀⇛ Introduction As more and more applications are deployed as microservices, Kubernetes has become a popular choice for container orchestration. One of the key features of Kubernetes is its ability to automatically load balance traffic between multiple instances of an application. # ⚓ Custom_Solutions:_Crafting_Your_Own_CNI_Plugin_for Kubernetes⠀⇛ Introduction Kubernetes has emerged as the most popular container orchestration platform, providing a scalable and reliable infrastructure for deploying and managing containerized applications. One of the essential components of Kubernetes is its networking model, which enables the communication between different pods, services, and nodes in a cluster. # ⚓ Mastering_Helm:_Effective_Usage_in_Your_Kubernetes Environment⠀⇛ Introduction Kubernetes is a powerful container orchestration platform that enables the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. Helm is a tool that adds another layer of functionality on top of Kubernetes by providing an efficient way to package, deploy, and manage applications in your Kubernetes environment. # ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ Understanding_Linux_File_And_Directory Permissions_–_A_Detailed_Guide⠀⇛ Gain a deeper understanding of Linux file and directory permissions. Master the chmod command in Linux to change file and directory permissions with our comprehensive guide. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Court_Allows_Gamers’_Amended_Suit_To_Block Microsoft,_Activision_Deal_To_Go_Forward⠀⇛ While we’ve talked a great deal now about Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, most of the focus has been on how three major regulatory bodies are handling approving, or not, the purchase. But those regulatory bodies are not the only ones challenging the purchase. A small group of gamers filed their own private suit to block the acquisition, arguing that they would be negatively impacted if it were approved. That was earlier this year and the judge dismissed the suit, stating that the plaintiffs had not provided enough specific evidence of harm in its complaint to allow the suit to move forward. However, the court also provided the plaintiffs with the ability to re-file the suit and told them what the court would be looking for in an amended complaint. # ⚓ Giz China ☛ Google_is_testing_Steam_games_on_Chromebooks with_Intel_N100/N200_chips_–_Gizchina.com⠀⇛ Google is testing Steam games for entry-level Intel Alder Lake N100/N200 Chromebooks in alpha. Chromebooks require specific hardware to provide a quality experience for Steam games, and not all Chromebooks are compatible with Steam. For the initial launch, Google has prepared a list of 100 Steam games they have tested on various Chromebooks. However, Steam on ChromeOS is currently only in beta testing, so there may be some issues while Google is still improving the experience. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Halls_of_Torment_is_out_in_Early_Access_–_a great_fusion_of_Diablo_and_Vampire_Survivors⠀⇛ What do you get if you combine classic Diablo with Vampire Survivors? Well one developer decided to show you with an unholy combination in Halls of Torment. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Exil_is_a_post_apocalyptic_fusion_of_Hollow Knight_&_Cuphead⠀⇛ Hollow Knight and Cuphead fused together in a post apocalyptic setting? Yes please. Exil not only sounds good but it looks the part too. It will also have full Linux support. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ This_Unity_to_Godot_importer_has_me_a little_excited⠀⇛ There’s a lot to be interested and excited about when it comes to Godot Engine, the free and open source game engine and now Unity game devs may want to keep watch. Shared on Twitter, which seems to have raised the eyebrows of and excited many developers, is a new project that aims to let you import Unity projects into Godot.  # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Comet_is_an_open_source_implementation_of GOG_Galaxy_SDK_that_needs_testing⠀⇛ One sticking issue with GOG currently is GOG Galaxy, and how it has no support for Linux. Now the Comet project aims to bridge the gap. # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_Steam_Games_with_Native_Linux_Clients with_Pawperty_Damage,_Butterflies_and_Erra:_Exordium_–_2023- 05-24_Edition⠀⇛ Between 2023-05-17 and 2023-05-24 there were 36 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 312 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 11.5 % of total… o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # ⚓ Ricardo García ☛ What_is_the_X.Org_Foundation,_anyway?⠀⇛ A few weeks ago the annual X.Org Foundation Board of Directors election took place. The Board of Directors has 8 members at any given moment, and members are elected for 2-year terms. Instead of renewing the whole board every 2 years, half the board is renewed every year. Foundation members, which must apply for or renew membership every year, are the electorate in the process. Their main duty is voting in board elections and occasionally voting in other changes proposed by the board. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva Family⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Mageia_9_Beta_2_is_Available_for_Testing⠀⇛ A new beta build of Mageia 9 is available for testing. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Business Wire ☛ Red_Hat_Simplifies_Management_for_Red_Hat Enterprise_Linux_Across_the_Hybrid_Cloud⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 5_Reasons_to_Use_Flatpak_to_Install_Software on_Linux⠀⇛ You’re probably familiar with the frustration that comes with software that just won’t install. Unfortunately, this is something that almost every Linux user has encountered once or twice—and that’s where application distributors like Flatpak come in handy. Here are some of the best advantages you can enjoy when installing Linux software with Flatpak. # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Fedora_Plans_to_Drop_X11_Support_in_Plasma_6 Completely⠀⇛ The Fedora KDE Plasma spin will boldly move to go all-in on Wayland, dropping X11 when Plasma 6 comes out. Here’s why. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ HDR_and_Colour_Management_for_AMD_/_Steam Deck_and_KDE_Plasma_coming_along⠀⇛ With all the work going on right now to get Linux to properly support HDR, another patch set has landed to hopefully get some of it hooked up. This is the second attempt, after the first Request For Comments was sent in April. # ⚓ Hans_de_Goede:_Fedora_IPU6_camera_support_now_available_in rpmfusion-nonfree⠀⇛ InstallationI am happy to announce that Intel’s IPU6 camera stack has been packaged in rpmfusion and now can be installed under Fedora 37 and newer with a single `dnf install` command. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Sparky GNU/Linux ☛ Sparky_Conky_Manager_0.2.0⠀⇛ The Sparky Conky Manager updated up to version 0.2.0. What is Sparky Conky Manager? Sparky Conky Manager is a small, Yad based tool which lets you launch or stop Conky and edit its configuration file. This version features 4 more Conky configs, alongside to the Sparky’s default one, to be launched via the GUI tool. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Web Pro News ☛ Linux_Distro_Reviews:_Kubuntu⠀⇛ Kubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distros, especially among those running the KDE desktop environment (DE), and for good reason. Kubuntu is often described as the “just works” distro, earning a solid reputation for reliability and stability. # ⚓ Web Pro News ☛ Linux_Distro_Reviews:_KDE_Neon⠀⇛ KDE Neon is the official KDE distro and one of the more unusual Linux distros, especially among those based on Ubuntu. # ⚓ Business Wire ☛ Corent_Announces_Support_for_Azure_Linux Container_Host_for_Azure_Kubernetes_Service_(AKS) [Ed: Microsofters using "Ubuntu" to promote Microsoft]⠀⇛ …add Azure Linux node pools to existing Ubuntu clusters, or migrate your Ubuntu nodes to Azure Linux nodes. # ⚓ Corent_Announces_Support_for_Azure_Linux_Container_Host_for Azure_Kubernetes_Service_(AKS) [Ed: Attacking GNU/Linux on behalf of Microsoft]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Virtualization ☛ Ubuntu_23.04_‘Lunar_Lobster’_First_Look [Ed: From Microsoft site]⠀⇛ Last month, I wrote an article on the release of Ubuntu 23.04 (aka Lunar Lobster). After going through the release notes and its press release, there were a few new features that I wanted to investigate further: its new installer (Flutter); its new desktop environment (GNOME 44); and its support for Azure Active Directory (AAD) for logon authentication. To get a better idea of how well these new features functioned, I worked with it a bit. # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ Which_Ubuntu_Flavor_Should_You_Choose⠀⇛ If you are a fan of Ubuntu but not a fan of Gnome, what can you do? You should know that you are not stuck using the Gnome version of Ubuntu. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_at_OSCAfest_2023⠀⇛ The Open Source Community Africa Festival (OSCAFEST) is a prestigious yearly conference that garners a significant turnout of students, developers, designers, and corporate entities. It encompasses an array of talks, workshops, and initiatives aimed at promoting the growth of open source culture, contribution, development, community, etc., across the continent. This year’s event will take place in the incredible city of Lagos, Nigeria on June 15-17th. Canonical is a proud sponsor of OSCAfest and will be providing several workshops this year: # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_Blog:_Collaboration,_openness_and partnership:_key_themes_from_this_year’s_WomenTech_Global Conference⠀⇛ From 9 to 12 May this year, people from 165 countries gathered virtually for the Women in Tech Global Conference. The conference is the flagship event of the WomenTech Network, a community for women in tech worldwide. Canonical was a gold event sponsor, and several team members participated as keynote speakers, networking hosts and attendees. When looking at the agenda in the weeks leading up to the conference, the number of speakers and sessions listed already hinted at the appetite for networking with a community of women, underrepresented groups and their allies in tech, science and engineering. A spirit of collaboration was palpable throughout the event, with close to 12,500 attendees participating across time zones. Participants’ willingness to share lessons learned and mistakes made gave many presentations a refreshing sense of authenticity. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Isn’t_it_About_Time_for_a_Standard_RTOS_API?⠀⇛ There is a seemingly endless number of RTOSes used with embedded MCUs, most of which have their own proprietary functionally as well as a unique API. Some of the APIs are good, and some not quite as good. In reality, the delta between a good and less-good RTOS API is quite small — most RTOS APIs will do the trick. As I look back on my last 30+ years, I’ve come to realize propriety RTOS APIs have had and continue to have a profound negative impact on embedded development and on our industry as a whole. # ⚓ Centerm_launches_new_products_Q7_Smart_POS_and_B70_Linux POS_in_Seamless_2023⠀⇛ Recently, Centerm, a core subsidiary of Star-net Group(SZ.002396), launched new products Q7 smart POS and B70 Linux POS in Seamless 2023. Its booth no. is 20, Sheikh Saeed Halls 1 – 3 & Trade Arena, DWTC. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Snagboot_is_an_open-source_cross-vendor recovery_tool_for_embedded_targets⠀⇛ Bootlin has just released the Snagboot open-source recovery tool for embedded platforms designed to work with multiple vendors, and currently STMicro STM32MP1, Microchip SAMA5, NXP i.MX6/7/8, Texas Instruments AM335x and AM62x, and Allwinner “sunxi” processors are supported. Silicon vendors usually provide firmware flashing tools, some closed-source binaries, that only work with their hardware. So if you work on STM32MP1 you’d use STM32CubeProgrammer, while SAM-BA is the tool for Microchip processors, NXP i.MX SoC relies on UUU, and if you’ve ever worked on Allwinner processors you’re probably family with sunxi-fel. Bootlin aims to replace all those with the Snagboot recovery tool. # ⚓ ROS Industrial ☛ ROS-Industrial_celebrates_10_years_of uniting_researchers_and_industry_to_solve_industrial automation_challenges_with_open-source_software⠀⇛ Things started to change when the Robot Operating System (ROS) – an open-source software platform founded in 2007 by Willow Garage, the Stanford AI Laboratory, and Open Robotics – started reappearing in research papers. ROS helped open the door to R&D scalability across industry and academia, enabling a means to abstract robotics hardware, while also bringing a modularity and notion of abstraction and reproducibility to the robotic research space. # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ AntSDR_E200_features_ZYNQ_FPGA_and_AD936x chipsets⠀⇛ CrowdSupply featured today the new AntSDR E200 software-defined radio (SDR) educational platform optimized for applications involving Wi-Fi, GSM, LTE and other wireless solutions. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Sort_up_to_280_coins_per_minute_with_this_3D- printed_machine⠀⇛ The bulk of the device is comprised of the drum which has many round slots placed around its inner circumference that coins can travel within. It is set at an angle that matches the stationary underside, and this is necessary because the coins should only fall through when the drum reaches the top half of its cycle. Since each coin denomination is slightly bigger or smaller, the series of rectangular slots have varying sizes to separate the denominations, and every drop is picked up by an infrared distance sensor when it detects a change in light levels caused by the passing coin. # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Monitoring_glaciers_in_Peru,_Nepal,_and India_with_Raspberry_Pi_cameras⠀⇛ Fast forward to now, and Liam and his colleagues Duncan Quincey and Mark Smith have published their full findings: Evaluation of low-cost Raspberry Pi sensors for structure-from-motion reconstructions of glacier calving fronts. They’ve also showcased their affordable Raspberry Pi-based setup at an international climate summit in Peru, and encouraged local and national governments to adopt this kind of glacial monitoring to help them adapt to climate change challenges. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Leaving_Apple_&_Google_–_Murena_&_/e/OS_roadmap_for_2023 and_beyond⠀⇛ This year marks the 5th year since I started the / e/OS project! And we have gone from a few articles about the inital intention to a smartphone OS and a private cloud used by tens of thousands of users. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # ⚓ Daniel Stenberg ☛ curl_user_survey_2023⠀⇛ For widely used, widely distributed open source project such as curl, we often have little to no relation at all with our users and therefore it is hard to get feedback and learn what works and what is less good. Our best and primary way is thus simply to ask users every year how they use curl. # ⚓ Tor ☛ New_Alpha_Release:_Tor_Browser_12.5a6_(Android, Windows,_macOS,_Linux)⠀⇛ Tor Browser 12.5a6 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This release updates Firefox 102.11.0esr, including bug fixes, stability improvements and important security updates. There were no Android-specific security updates to backport from the Firefox 113 release. # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Thunderbird ☛ Mozilla_Thunderbird:_Introducing_The Brand_New_Thunderbird_Logo!⠀⇛ Hello Thunderbird Family! After nearly 20 years, we are thrilled to share a completely redesigned Thunderbird logo that honors our history and vital connection to Mozilla, while carrying us forward into the next 20 years. It’s no secret that after many years of being viewed as stagnant, Thunderbird is enjoying a resurgence. Our project is thriving with a renewed sense of purpose, and we see an invigorating energy bubbling up from our users, our community of contributors, and our core team.  Just like the software, the current Thunderbird logo has seen small, iterative improvements throughout the last 20 years. But now the software is evolving into something more modern (while retaining its powerful customization) and we believe it deserves a fresh logo that properly represents this revitalization.  But you should never forget your roots, which is why we asked Jon_Hicks, the creator of the original Firefox and Thunderbird logos, to re-imagine his iconic design in light of Thunderbird’s exciting future.  o § Openness/Sharing/Collaboration⠀➾ # § Open Access/Content⠀➾ # ⚓ Jon Udell ☛ When_the_rubber_duck_talks_back⠀⇛ Here was the problem. The pre-release version of the plugin consolidated pagination for many tables in one place. That was a good thing, but the downside was that there was only one Steampipe table which represented what should have been many of them. So you could say select * from mastodon_timeline but then you had qualify with where timeline = ‘home’ or where timeline = ‘local’ and so on. For a user of the plugin this was awkward, you’d rather say select * from mastodon_timeline_home or select * from mastodon_timeline_local, and reserve the where clause for more specific purposes. The v1 plugin made separate tables, but duplicated the pagination logic on a per- table basis. It worked, and was good enough to ship the plugin in time to demo at FediForum, but it obviously needed improvement. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_Get_File_Size_from_System⠀⇛ There are several ways to get the file size in Python such as using the “os.path.getsize ()”, “os.stat()”, or “pathlib.Path().stat()” method. # ⚓ Jussi Pakkanen ☛ Advanced_dependency_management_and building_Python_wheels_with_Meson⠀⇛ Everything here uses only Meson. There are no external dependency managers, unix userland emulators or special terminals that you have to use. In theory this could work on macOS too, but the code is implemented in C++23 and Apple’s toolchain is too old to support it. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ dupeGuru:_Fine_and_Remove_Duplicated_Files in_Any_System⠀⇛ dupeGuru is a cross-platform (Linux, OS X, Windows) GUI tool to find duplicate files in a system. It’s written mostly in Python 3 and has the peculiarity of using multiple GUI toolkits, all using the same core Python code. On OS X, the UI layer is written in Objective-C… # ⚓ LWN ☛ Faster_CPython_at_PyCon,_part_two⠀⇛ In part one of the tale, Brandt Bucher looked specifically at the CPython optimizations that went into Python 3.11 as part of the Faster CPython project. More of that work will be appearing in future Python versions, but on day two of PyCon 2023 in Salt Lake City, Utah, Mark Shannon provided an overall picture of CPython optimizations, including efforts made over the last decade or more, with an eye toward the other areas that have been optimized, such as the memory layout for the internal C data structures of the interpreter. He also described some additional optimization techniques that will be used in Python 3.12 and beyond. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Own_More_Than_One_‘Scope?_You’ve_Got_Nothing_On_This Guy!⠀⇛ We’re guessing that quite a few of our readers have a surprising amount of redundant test gear, and we ourselves have to admit that more than one instrument adorns our benches. But we are mere dilettantes, amateurs if you will, compared to [Volke Kloke]. He’s got 350 of them in his average American home, and we have to say, among them are some beauties. o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Paranoia_Strikes_Deep:_Our_Loss_Of_A_Peaceful Commons⠀⇛ Jordan Neely was a (black) “normal nerdy kid” who loved street performing as Michael Jackson; after he “lost it” from seeing his mother murdered, he became an unhoused, under-served, mentally ill man whose distress one day was so discomfiting that (big, white) Daniel Penny – who “love(s) all people” – saw fit to choke him to death on the floor of a subway car. In a stand-your-ground country of fear and rage and self-appointed judge, jury and executioner, thus do we become “a people without empathy.” o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Automatic_Coin_Sorter_Brings_Order_To_Your_Coin_Jar⠀⇛ Few things hold as much promise as the old coin jar. Unfortunately, what’s generally promised is tedium, as one faces the prospect of manually sorting, counting, and rolling the accumulated change of cash transactions past. Unless, of course, you’ve got a fancy automatic coin sorter like this one. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 3D_Printing_Bio-Inspired_Microphone_Designs_Based_On Moth_Ears⠀⇛ If many millions of years of evolution is good for anything, it is to develop microscopic structures that perform astounding tasks, such as the marvelous biology of insects. One of these structures are the ears of the lesser wax moth (Achroia grisella), whose mating behavior involves ultrasonic mating calls. These can attract the bats which hunt them, leading to these moths having evolved directional hearing that can pinpoint not only a potential mate, but also bat calling sound. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Glass_Robot_From_A_Solarpunk_Future⠀⇛ You may have heard of a heart of glass or have a glass jaw, but have you ever seen a glass robot? o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Small_Study_Reveals_How_to_Measure_Chronic Pain_Using_Brain_Signals⠀⇛ It’s an objective view into the brain. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ How_to_get_absentee_students_their_diploma? Add_lots_of_caring.⠀⇛ Facing chronic absenteeism, how are high schools helping students cross the graduation finish line? Often, it comes down to three words: connection, flexibility, and relevance. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Thursday’s_papers:_Russian_immigrants,_munitions boom,_digital_diplomas⠀⇛ For the first time this year, new upper- secondary school graduates will now receive an electronic diploma, which can be downloaded free of charge online. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Patrick_Lawrence:_John_Durham_and_the_Burying of_American_History⠀⇛ There are certain things I do not quite get since Special Counsel John Durham’s report on the epically corrupt conduct of Donald Trump’s enemies during the 2016 election campaigns went to Congress last week. Many things, actually. For all the ground Durham covers in his 306–page report, I […] o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ 4Square Media Pty Ltd ☛ Lenovo_Slash_Headcount_As_Profits Slump_72%_In_The_Last_Quarter_–_channelnews⠀⇛ Days after releasing one of the most innovative notebooks ever released by a PC Company, Lenovo Group has moved to slash their workforce after reporting that net profit of the world’s largest personal-computer maker dropped 72% off the back of a 24% fall in revenues in the last quarter. Between five and nine percent of the Companies head count is set to be retrenched including staff in Australia, where the business is still looking for a new CEO following the promotion of former local CEO Matt Codrington. Net profits for the quarter slumped to US$114 million while revenue fell 24% to $12.635 billion. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ AMD_Radeon_RX_7600_announced_for_$269_with 8GB_VRAM⠀⇛ Even with all the talk about 8GB VRAM simply not being enough now for all the new games coming out, we’re still seeing multiple launches with it. Now with the AMD Radeon RX 7600 priced at $269. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Adding_Variometer_Functionality_To_A_GPS⠀⇛ Flying a glider, or similarly piloting a paraglider or hang glider, can all be pathways into aviation with a lower barrier of entry than powered flight. Sacrificing one’s engine does generate a few complexities, but can be rewarding as the pilot searches for various means of increasing altitude like ridge soaring or thermaling. You’ll need a special instrument called a variometer to know just how much altitude you’re gaining though, like this one which is built into commercially-available handheld GPS units. # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ The_enforceability_of_boilerplate⠀⇛ If you haven’t been watching the controversy surrounding Asus recently, the company’s high end AMD motherboards have been implicated in a series of catastrophic CPU failures. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Battery_Bot_Makes_Sure_Cordless_Tool_Packs_Are Always_Topped_Up⠀⇛ There was a time not that long ago when every tool was cordless. But now, cordless power tools have proliferated to the point where the mere thought of using a plain old wrist-twisting screwdriver is enough to trigger a bout of sympathetic repetitive injury. And the only thing worse than that is to discover that the batteries for your tools are all dead. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ ‘Fever’_cases_spread_in_North_Korea,_but_hard_to_say if_it’s_COVID⠀⇛ A possible second wave of virus could delay reopening of vital trade with China. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Vending_machines_in_Japan_evolving_with advanced_tech⠀⇛ Contactless vending machines grew popular during the Covid-19 pandemic, with some of them incorporating AI. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Study:_Problematic_social_media_use_threatens children’s_sleep⠀⇛ The topic of children using mobile phones in schools is on the agenda in government talks this month. # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ How_to_get_rid_of_fruit_flies_and_stop_them coming_back⠀⇛ We reveal the common fruit fly mistakes you could be making – and what to do instead # ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_to_Know_About_Limiting_Your_Child’s Screen_Time⠀⇛ In a 19-page report, Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy said on Tuesday that while social media offered some benefits to younger people, including the ability to connect with communities, it also exposed them to potential harms, such as cyberbullying and content that promotes eating disorders, self-harm and other destructive behavior. Social media also hurts exercise, sleep and other activities, he said. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Microsoft’s_Nuance_Communications_prepares_for_layoffs_in healthcare_AI_division⠀⇛ Layoffs are underway at Nuance Communications, the speech-recognition company acquired by Microsoft for $19.7 billion, as the company directs its attention towards its healthcare business. According to the Boston Globe, Nuance CEO Mark Benjamin informed employees about the job cuts through an internal memo, without providing specific details regarding the number of affected staff members or departments. # ⚓ The Business Journals ☛ Microsoft_reportedly_faces_employee backlash_over_raises,_layoffs⠀⇛ Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) is facing criticism from employees over its decision to forego salary increases for full-time workers this year, according to Business Insider. The Redmond tech giant told employees on May 10 that it wouldn’t give raises or increase its budget for bonuses and stock awards, according to an email from CEO Satya Nadella. The same day, Microsoft disclosed in a filing with Washington state that it was laying off 158 workers at its Redmond headquarters, after completing its 10,000-employee companywide workforce reduction between January and March. # ⚓ Microsoft’s_AI_Ethics_Team_Have_All_Been_Let_Go⠀⇛ There seems to be news from the AI world every single day. It’s often confusing and almost always super technical, so I’ve been assuming (or at least hoping) that some folks with ethics were keeping tabs on everything from the inside. # ⚓ NVIDIA Corporation ☛ NVIDIA_and_Microsoft_Drive_Innovation for_Windows_PCs_in_New_Era_of_Generative_AI [Ed: This illustrates how WSL is in fact an attack on GNU/Linux]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Sam_Altman_Wants_The_Government_To_Build_Him_A Moat⠀⇛ For my final post of last year, I wrote about the many reasons to be optimistic about a better future, one of which was that we were seeing the crumbling of some large, bureaucratic (enshittified) companies, and new competitive upstarts pushing the boundaries. One of those areas was in the artificial intelligence space. As I noted in that piece, a few years ago, if you spoke to anyone about AI, the widespread assumption was that there were only four companies who could possibly even have a chance to lead the AI revolution, as (we were told) it required so much data, and so much computing power, that only Google, Meta, Amazon or Microsoft could possibly compete. # ⚓ NPR ☛ Ron_DeSantis_debuts_presidential_bid_in_a_glitch- ridden_Twitter_‘disaster’⠀⇛ Its staff has been whittled down to just about 10% of what it was before Musk’s acquisition, following mass layoffs and hundreds of others quitting. Outages have become far more common. Overall system bugginess has also become the norm for many users. # ⚓ Scott Feeney ☛ It’s_time_to_leave_Twitter⠀⇛ Note: I wrote the following post on November 4, 2022, the day I deleted my Twitter account, but decided not to publish it. It seemed unnecessary because there was already a huge wave of migration off Twitter. Unfortunately, lots of people I know have stayed on, too, and seem in denial about what Twitter now is. Charlie Warzel’s piece, Twitter Is a Far-Right Social Network, made me reread this draft and realize it’s only become truer in the past half year. I still prefer Mastodon and compatible fediverse services, but Bluesky, despite its issues, is now another less-bad alternative. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Twitter_Is_a_Far-Right_Social_Network⠀⇛ In December, I argued that if we are to judge Musk strictly by his actions as Twitter’s owner, it is accurate to call him a far-right activist. As a public figure, he has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to the right’s culture war against progressivism—which he refers to as “the woke mind virus”—and his $44 billion Twitter purchase can easily be seen as an explicitly political act to advance this specific ideology. Now the site itself has unquestionably transformed under his leadership into an alternative social-media platform—one that offers a haven to far-right influencers and advances the interests, prejudices, and conspiracy theories of the right wing of American politics. # ⚓ El País ☛ Ron_DeSantis_suffers_technical_problems_while launching_campaign_with_Elon_Musk_on_Twitter⠀⇛ At first, Musk launched the Twitter Space from his account, but it never worked properly. After just over 21 minutes, the broadcast was cut off. Those who stayed tuned to that link would not have been able to hear the candidate. David Sacks, who was acting as moderator, opened another broadcast and after another three minutes, for those who found out that the initial link was not valid and went to the new one, the rebroadcast was available. # ⚓ Rolling Stone ☛ DeSantis’_Twitter_Campaign_Launch_Was_a Glitch-Filled_Disaster⠀⇛ Later in the botched event, Musk seemed to be discussing technical issues with the broadcast. “So just to simplify this, we’re just going to use—” he said at one point, the audio then shutting off. He commented that there were “just so many people” on the call, and that Twitter was “reallocating” server resources to deal with the exceptionally large audience. As the troubleshooting continued for 20 minutes, instrumental music occasionally played. # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Researchers_Spot_APTs_Targeting_Small Business_MSPs⠀⇛ Proofpoint warns that APT actors linked to Russia, Iran and North Korea are increasingly targeting small- and medium-sized businesses. # ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ China_state-sponsored_actor_carries_out ‘attack’_on_US_critical_infrastructure,_Microsoft_says [Ed: Microsoft_puts_back_doors_in_everything_and_then blames_China]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Microsoft_Catches_Chinese_.Gov Hackers_in_Guam_Critical_Infrastructure_Orgs [Ed: Microsoft itself is the problem; stop treating Microsoft as the expert and people who use the holes as the biggest problem.]⠀⇛ Microsoft says it has caught Chinese government hackers siphoning data from critical infrastructure organizations in Guam, a U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Chinese_Malware_Hits_Systems_on Guam._Is_Taiwan_the_Real_Target?⠀⇛ China has never acknowledged [breaking] into American networks, even in the biggest example of all: the theft of security clearance files of roughly 22 million Americans — including six million sets of fingerprints — from the Office of Personnel Management during the Obama administration. That exfiltration of data took the better part of a year, and resulted in an agreement between President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping that resulted in a brief decline in malicious Chinese cyberactivity. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Chinese-linked_hackers_target critical_infrastructure_in_US_and_Guam⠀⇛ “States conduct long-term intrusions into critical infrastructure to prepare for possible conflict, because it may simply be too late to gain access when conflict arises,” said John Hultquist, the chief analyst at Mandiant Intelligence at Google Cloud, noting that “preparation does not mean that attacks are inevitable.” o § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ # § Openwashing⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Democratizing_AI_with_open-source_language models [Ed: Openwashing and surveillance all-in-one]⠀⇛ Meta trained LLaMA on publicly available data sets, such as Wikipedia and Common Crawl. The code to run LLaMA is GPLv3-licensed, but to obtain the full weights of the model, users were required to fill out a form and agree to a “non-commercial bespoke license”. Moreover, Meta proved to be quite selective in granting access. But within a week, the weights were leaked on BitTorrent, and LLaMA kickstarted the development of a lot of derivatives. Stanford University introduced Alpaca 7B, based on the LLaMA model with seven billion parameters and supplemented with instructions based on OpenAI’s text-davinci-003 model of the GPT-3.5 family. Both the data set and the model were released under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license and thus do not permit commercial use. One reason for this is that OpenAI’s terms of use disallow the development of models that compete with OpenAI. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Qt ☛ Security_Advisory:_Qt_Network⠀⇛ Qt Network incorrectly parses the strict-transport- security (HSTS) header, allowing unencrypted connections to be established, even when explicitly prohibited by the server. This happens if the case used for this header does not matching directly. Unencrypted connections are susceptible to man-in- the-middle attacks. Those connections could be established by using URLs with the http instead of the https scheme. With HSTS, the https scheme must be used regardless. # ⚓ Open Source For U ☛ Vulnerability_Testing_Using_Kali Linux⠀⇛ Kali Linux is a popular distribution of Linux, most famously used in the field of cybersecurity. This article is about vulnerability testing using Kali Linux. We go through how to install the uniscan vulnerability scanner, and then test the vulnerabilities of a website using this tool. Vulnerability testing is basically a software approach to test a system and evaluate the risks that are there in the system function, in order to take measures to mitigate and prevent these from actually happening. Now let us get started. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Wednesday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (libssh and sofia-sip), Fedora (cups-filters, dokuwiki, qt5-qtbase, and vim), Oracle (git, python-pip, and python3-setuptools), Red Hat (git, kernel, kpatch- patch, rh-git227-git, and sudo), SUSE (openvswitch, rmt-server, and texlive), and Ubuntu (binutils, cinder, cloud-init, firefox, golang-1.13, Jhead, liblouis, ncurses, node-json-schema, node-xmldom, nova, python-glance-store, python-os-brick, and runc). # ⚓ PyPI_was_subpoenaed⠀⇛ In March and April 2023, the Python Software Foundation (PSF) received three (3) subpoenas for PyPI user data. All three subpoenas were issued by the United States Department of Justice. The PSF was not provided with context on the legal circumstances surrounding these subpoenas. In total, user data related to five (5) PyPI usernames were requested. # ⚓ LWN ☛ PyPI_was_subpoenaed⠀⇛ It is, it seems, a week of Python Package Index (PyPI) news. On the PyPI blog, Director of Infrastructure at the Python Software Foundation (PSF), Ee Durbin, has posted an admirably detailed description of the organization’s response to three subpoenas it received for PyPI user information in March and April. The requests for information were quite broad and the PSF did produce the requested material (to the extent possible), which involved five PyPI user accounts, under the advice of counsel. # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Microsoft:_Notorious_FIN7_hackers return_in_Clop_ransomware_attacks [Ed: Microsoft is the security culprit and Windows is full of holes. The Microsoft sites try to paint Microsoft as security champion. That's an outrageous lie.]⠀⇛ “Financially motivated cybercriminal group Sangria Tempest (ELBRUS, FIN7) has come out of a long period of inactivity,” the company said in a series of tweets from the Microsoft Security Intelligence Twitter account. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ NYS_settles_charges_against_PracticeFirst stemming_from_2020_ransomware_incident [Ed: 95% of the time ransomware means Windows]⠀⇛ In July 2021, Professional Business Systems, Inc. d/b/a Practicefirst Medical Management Solutions and PBS Medcode Corp., a medical management company that processes data for health care providers, issued a press release about a hacking incident that occurred in December 2020. As DataBreaches noted at the time, it appeared that they likely paid ransom because one line in their statement was, “The actor who took the copy has advised that the Information is destroyed and was not shared.” # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Cuba_ransomware_claims_cyberattack_on Philadelphia_Inquirer [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛ The Cuba ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for this month’s cyberattack on The Philadelphia Inquirer, which temporarily disrupted the newspaper’s distribution and disrupted some business operations. The Philadelphia Inquirer is Philadelphia’s largest (by circulation) newspaper. It is the third-longest continuously operating daily newspaper in the U.S., founded in 1829, and it has won 20 Pulitzer Prizes for its journalistic excellence. # ⚓ Dorchester_school’s_IT_system_struck_by_cyber_attack [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛ A Dorchester school’s been hit by a cyber attack, with hackers demanding a ransom. The Thomas Hardye School’s IT systems and website went down on Sunday night (21st May) with the problem discovered before lessons started on Monday morning. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Apria_Healthcare_notifies_1.2_million patients_of_hacking_incidents_in_2019_and_2021⠀⇛ HIPAA requires that covered entities notify HHS and affected patients of a reportable breach within 60 calendar days of discovery of a breach. Exceptions are made if law enforcement asks an entity to delay notification so as not to interfere with an investigation, but such requests are infrequent. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Inside_How_TikTok_Shares_User_Data⠀⇛ Employees of the Chinese-owned video app have regularly posted user information on a messaging and collaboration tool called Lark, according to internal documents. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Montana_vs._TikTok:_State’s $10,00-a-Day_Fine_Stands_as_Attorney_General_Digs_In⠀⇛ Montana is the first state in the United States to ban TikTok. It will fine tech giants $10,000 a day for keeping the app available for those in the state. Now the state’s attorney general weighs in. Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed the first state-wide ban on TikTok into law last week. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_digital_authority_pushes_DPI_tools and_IP_geolocation_to_surveil_Internet_traffic_— Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development has presented a policy paper on the country’s communications sector and a strategy for its development in 2024–2035, Forbes Russia reports. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Heritage_Foundation_Says_That_Of_Course GOP_Will_Use_KOSA_To_Censor_LGBTQ_Content⠀⇛ We’ve talked a lot about KOSA, the “Kids Online Safety Act” that has massive bipartisan support in Congress. The latest version was introduced with 26 Senators as sponsors or co-sponsors. We’ve explained over and over again how the bill is unconstitutional and will actually do a lot to harm kids. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Prigozhin_Forecasts_Disaster_if_Russia Does_Not_Move_Into_Total_War_Footing⠀⇛ Yevgeny Prigozhin has been ramping up pressure on Russia’s military leadership and extending his criticism to the country’s moneyed elites. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Preliminary_probe_finds_evidence_dozens_of_Navy conscripts_treated_inappropriately⠀⇛ The suspected offences include abuse of authority, service offence, illegal threats, assault and minor assault. # ⚓ ANF News ☛ Yazidis_in_Europe_condemn_the_international silence_on_attacks_against_Shengal_and_Maxmur⠀⇛ The statement continued: “Although the Iraqi central government seems to be responsible for the recent escalation in the Maxmur refugee camp, the main force behind the attacks is Erdogan and his local collaborators. The attempt to turn the Maxmur camp, which is under the auspices of the United Nations Refugee Committee, into an open prison clearly shows that the UN is under the influence of expansionist and aggressive forces in the region. The increasing attacks against the Yazidi community in Shengal and the frequent resettlement of pro- ISIS people in the region aim at completely removing the Yazidi community from the region.” # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia_urges_China_not_to_help_Russia_pursue_its war⠀⇛ Pelšs also “called on China to exercise its influence as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council” to help end Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and “urged against giving any assistance to Russia – neither in the military sector nor in the circumvention of sanctions.” # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Iran_is_using_its_cyber_capabilities_to kidnap_its_foes_in_the_real_world⠀⇛ The Islamic Republic has been steadily improving and sharpening its cyber warfare, cyber espionage, and electronic sabotage abilities, staging complex operations that, while not always successful, show what experts in the field describe as devious inventiveness. In addition to its nuclear ambitions, its refining of missile technologies, and cultivation of armed ideologically motivated proxy paramilitary groups, Iran’s electronic warfare and intelligence operations are emerging as yet another worry about the country’s international posture. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We_need_to_take_a_page_from_North_Korea’s_book’ Evgeny_Prigozhin_speaks_even_more_frankly_than_usual_in_new 77-minute_interview_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On May 24, pro-Kremlin political strategist Konstantin Dolgov released an extensive interview with Wagner paramilitary cartel head Evgeny Prigozhin in which the tycoon, in Dolgov’s words, answered “all the tough questions.” Over the course of the 77-minute conversation, Prigozhin criticizes the Russian Defense Ministry, describes his relationship to Russia’s elites, and gives his prediction for what the future of the war will hold. Meduza has translated some of the most notable quotes from the interview. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_Defense_Ministry_says_Ukrainian_naval drones_attacked_Russian_ship_in_Black_Sea_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s Defense Ministry said that Ukrainian naval drones attacked the Ivan Khurs ship, a part of the Black Sea Fleet, on the morning of May 24. According to the ministry, the ship was not damaged and all three drones that carried out the attack were destroyed. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ St._Petersburg’s_historic_Kresty_Prison_building up_for_sale_—_Meduza⠀⇛ St. Petersburg’s historic Kresty jailhouse, built in the 19th century and notorious for the many political prisoners who had been kept there, is reportedly up for sale. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Kissinger_at_100:_New_War_Crimes_Revealed in_Secret_Cambodia_Bombing_That_Set_Stage_for_Forever_Wars⠀⇛ A bombshell new investigation from The Intercept reveals that former U.S. national security adviser and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was responsible for even more civilian deaths during the U.S. war in Cambodia than was previously known. The revelations add to a violent résumé that ranges from Latin America to Southeast Asia, where Kissinger presided over brutal U.S. military interventions to put down communist revolt and to develop U.S. influence around the world. While survivors and family members of these deadly campaigns continue to grieve, Kissinger celebrates his 100th birthday this week. “This adds to the list of killings and crimes that Henry Kissinger should, even at this very late date in his life, be asked to answer for,” says The Intercept’s Nick Turse, author of the new investigation, “Kissinger’s Killing Fields.” We also speak with Yale University’s Greg Grandin, author of Kissinger’s Shadow: The Long Reach of America’s Most Controversial Statesman. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Limits_of_Saudi_Normalization_With Israel⠀⇛ The Biden administration is devoting what energy the State Department has aside from the effort to defend Ukraine to achieving diplomatic normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Chris_Hedges_on_Weapons_to_Ukraine,_Military Buildup_to_China_and_Pentagon_Spending⠀⇛ The war in Ukraine is well into its second year, and the United States is insistent on pumping billions more into the quagmire that has already seen thousands of lives lost and millions displaced. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_War_in_Ukraine_Was_Provoked—and_Why_That Matters_to_Achieve_Peace⠀⇛ By recognizing that the question of NATO enlargement is at the center of this war, we understand why U.S. weaponry will not end this war. Only diplomatic efforts can do that. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ State_Duma_considers_banning_Russians_with_access to_state_secrets_from_travel_abroad_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s State Duma has passed in first reading a bill on restricting the right to foreign travel for people with access to state secrets. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin’s_tactic_of_inaction_could_backfire_at_home Russia’s_restless_political_class_could_soon_run_out_of patience_with_the_president’s_passive_approach_—_Meduza⠀⇛ In recent months, Vladimir Putin has so rarely discussed strategic issues that it might give the impression he’s not interested in the future at all. Political scientist Tatiana Stanovaya suggests that behind Putin’s silence is the expectation that external foreign policy dynamics will change in his favor, which would allow him to go back to discussing the Kremlin’s strategic goals. While we shouldn’t call the Russian president’s expectations completely unfounded, it’s possible that Russia’s political class could soon lose their patience with Putin’s passive approach. With Carnegie Politika’s permission, Meduza is publishing Tatiana Stanovaya’s article in full. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Jeffrey_Sachs:_Bipartisan_Support_of_War, from_Iraq_to_Ukraine,_Is_Helping_Fuel_U.S._Debt_Crisis⠀⇛ The United States faces a default on its debt in early June if a deal on the debt ceiling is not reached between the Biden administration and Republicans in Congress before then. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is pushing for sweeping budget cuts and new work requirements for recipients of government programs, including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and SNAP. Notably, however, neither Republicans nor Democrats are proposing cuts to one of the biggest drivers of the nation’s debt: the massive U.S. military budget. “We’ve got to get this military-industrial lobby under control, but it’s hard to do, because it’s a bipartisan affair,” says our guest, economist Jeffrey Sachs, whose recent article is headlined “America’s Wars and the US Debt Crisis.” # § War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Evgeny_Prigozhin_claims_10,000_Russian convicts_died_in_Wagner_Group’s_Bakhmut_operation_— Meduza⠀⇛ In an interview with the pro-Kremlin political consultant Konstantin Dolgov, Evgeny Prigozhin gave his estimate of Wagner Group’s casualties in the Bakhmut operation. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ FSB_arrests_defense_facility_engineer_for allegedly_working_with_Ukrainian_intelligence_— Meduza⠀⇛ A design engineer at a defense and industrial facility in Rostov-on-Don was arrested on suspicion of working with the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate, claims the Russian FSB. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Starbucks_and_Unilever_are_sourcing_tea_from plantations_linked_to_rights_abuse⠀⇛ The global tea industry has had its hands full with the economic implications of the Ukraine war. But hidden away is another problem it needs to handle: rights abuse in plantations. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Ukrainian_refugee_flow_across_Latvian_border continues⠀⇛ Asylum seekers from Ukraine continue to cross the Latvian border. The border inspection post to Grebneva also operates a border information point where the involvement of young volunteers is currently urgently needed. The situation is exacerbated by the need to provide assistance to citizens of other countries, Latgale Television reported on May 24. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ British_Warmongering_Is_Driving_Europe Towards_Catastrophe_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky made an unexpected trip to Britain last week on a whistle-stop tour of European capitals, pleading for more powerful and longer-range weapons to use in his war against Russia.  What was hard to ignore once again was the extent to which the UK is playing an outsize role in Ukraine. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Biden_Picks_New_NSA_head,_Key_to Support_of_Ukraine,_Defense_of_US_Elections⠀⇛ U.S. President Joe Biden has picked a new NSA and Cyber Command leader to oversee America’s cyber warfare and defense. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Why_Western_fighter_jets_are critical_to_Ukraine’s_success—and_how_Australia_could help⠀⇛ US President Joe Biden’s decision on 19 May to help facilitate Ukraine’s efforts to procure advanced fourth-generation fighter aircraft was a significant shift in America’s posture. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Pro-Kyiv_Russian_group_says_it_‘didn’t lose_a_single_soldier’_in_cross-border_raids_on Belgorod⠀⇛ FRANCE 24 spoke to exiled Russian opposition figure Ilya Ponomarev, the political representative of the Freedom of Russia Legion. This Ukraine-based paramilitary group of Russian volunteers has been involved in cross-border incursions into Russia’s Belgorod region in the past last few days. Ponomarev claimed the pro-Ukrainian, anti- Putin group “didn’t lose a single soldier” and is successfully making progress inside Russia. Ultimately, “our guys will be in Moscow and Putin will not be in the Kremlin,” he predicted. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Russian_border_region_Belgorod_targeted_by overnight_drone_attacks,_says_official⠀⇛ A Russian official in the southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine said Wednesday that the territory was targeted by numerous drones overnight, following an armed incursion into the territory from Ukraine. The news comes after the state TASS news agency cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying that Russia would achieve all its goals in Ukraine via its “special military operation” or through other means. Read our live blog to see how all the day’s events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2). # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Russia_launches_‘terror’_investigation following_attacks_in_region_bordering_Ukraine⠀⇛ Russian authorities on Tuesday announced an investigation into attacks in the Belgorod region, bordering Ukraine, as Moscow’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine continues into its second year. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Ireland_eyes_floating_hotels_to house_asylum_seekers⠀⇛ Ireland is planning to tender for floating hotels and ships to house asylum seekers, the government says, as it struggles to accommodate an unprecedented number of arrivals amid a years-long housing crisis. Close to 100,000 people fleeing the war in Ukraine and other conflicts have arrived in Ireland in the last year, a 25-fold increase… # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Germany_Reportedly_To_Buy_Leopard_Tanks, Howitzers_To_Make_Up_For_Ukraine_Supplies⠀⇛ Germany will buy 18 Leopard 2 tanks and 12 self-propelled howitzers to replenish stocks depleted by deliveries to Ukraine, a member of the parliamentary budget committee that approved the purchase on May 24 told Reuters. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Norway_Says_It_Will_Help_Train_Ukrainian Pilots_On_F-16_Jets⠀⇛ Norway will support training programs for Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets, Norwegian Defense Minister Bjoern Arild Gram said on May 24 # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Orthodox_Church_Of_Ukraine_Approves_Calendar Switch_In_Widening_Diversion_From_Russia⠀⇛ In another sign of the widening fissure between the main Orthodox churches in Ukraine and Russia over the Kremlin’s war against its neighbor, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) has approved a switch to the revised Julian calendar, a move that will move Christmas forward to December 25. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Self-Proclaimed_Commander_Of_Russia_Incursion Calls_Raid_A_‘Test_Of_Strength’⠀⇛ Denys Nikitin (aka Kapustin), a self- proclaimed commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps, said the cross-border incursion from Ukraine into Russia was a “test of strength” by the group along with allied fighters of the group calling itself Freedom of Russia Legion. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Five_Foreign_Nationals_To_Be_Tried_In Absentia_In_Russia_For_Joining_Ukrainian_Armed_Forces⠀⇛ Russia’s Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don said on May 24 that five foreign nationals will be tried for joining Ukraine’s armed forces fighting against Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Japan_To_Provide_100_Military_Vehicles_To Ukraine⠀⇛ Japan held a ceremony on May 24 marking its planned donation of about 100 military vehicles to Ukraine, as Tokyo seeks to provide equipment that can be of broader military use than its earlier shipments of helmets and hazmat suits. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Germany_To_Help_Boost_NATO’s_Eastern_Flank_In Ukraine,_President_Tells_Romania⠀⇛ Germany will make further contributions to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank in response to the ongoing war in Ukraine, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in Romania on May 24. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Stoltenberg_Says_Ukraine_Joining_NATO_During War_‘Not_On_The_Agenda’⠀⇛ NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Ukraine’s accession to the Western military alliance will not happen while the war is going on but that the membership path is there for the future. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Russia’s_Belgorod_Suffers_New_Drone Attack⠀⇛ On Monday, Ukrainian saboteurs supported by armored vehicles also launched a raid against this region which is north of the border with Ukraine. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ In_shadow_of_Ukraine_war,_Latvia_turns wary_eye_on_local_Russians⠀⇛ Since the Ukraine invasion, Russian speakers in Latvia are being wrongly stigmatized wholesale as pro-Moscow, deepening mistrust among ethnic Latvians. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ For_Ukrainians_in_a_Russia-tied_church, war_brings_a_crisis_of_faith⠀⇛ For its sheer destructiveness and unpredictability, war challenges faith. In Ukraine’s conflict, the fault lines cut directly through a religion that for centuries was synonymous with identity. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Fresh_From_Attack_on_Russian_Soil, Raiders_Taunt_the_Kremlin⠀⇛ The cross-border raid by Russian fighters based in Ukraine appeared intended in part to force Moscow to divert its soldiers from the battlefield. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukrainians_Were_Likely_Behind Kremlin_Drone_Attack,_U.S._Officials_Say⠀⇛ American spy agencies do not know exactly who carried out the attack this month, but suggest it was part of a series of covert operations orchestrated by Ukraine’s security services. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Pro-Ukraine_Fighters_Behind_Cross- Border_Attack_Pledge_More_to_Come⠀⇛ Military analysts suggested that the two-day incursion was aimed at forcing Russia to divert troops from the front in southeastern Ukraine and embarrassing the Russian government. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Battle_for_Bakhmut_Is_Over. What’s_Next_for_Russia?⠀⇛ Seizing the city took 10 months and untold lives. Most likely, analysts say, Russia’s exhausted forces will settle into a defensive crouch, preparing for Ukraine’s counteroffensive. # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Remarks_by_Executive_Vice- President_Dombrovskis_at_the_press_conference_on_the 2023_European_Semester_Spring_Package⠀⇛ European Commission Speech Brussels, 24 May 2023 Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Journey_to_St._Petersburg,_Moscow,_and Crimea⠀⇛ At the end of April of this year, the two of us ventured together to Russia. We went with the purpose of fact-finding and also to make a point that we do not believe that Russia should be isolated from the world through sanctions and travel bans. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Russia’s_‘data glasnost’_didn’t last_long._Here’s_how_to_tell_whether_sanctions_are working.⠀⇛ Economic data is still coming out of Russia, and Russian Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina and other financial elites have been pushing for making even more data available. But that’s changing. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Massive_U.S._Aircraft_Carrier_Sails_Into_Oslo For_NATO_Exercises,_Angering_Russia⠀⇛ The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, sailed into Oslo on May 24, a first for such a U.S. ship, in a show of NATO force at a time of heightened tension between NATO and Russia. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Date_Set_For_Trial_Of_Siberian_Missile Scientist_Charged_With_High_Treason⠀⇛ Anatoly Maslov, the first of three Russian hypersonic missile scientists from the Siberian city of Novosibirsk to be charged with treason, will go on trial on June 1, the St. Petersburg City Court said. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Another_Crimean_Tatar_Activist_Gets_Lengthy Prison_Term_in_Russia_On_Terrorism_Charges⠀⇛ A court in Russia’s southwestern city of Rostov-on-Don has sentenced another Crimean Tatar activist to 18 years in prison on terrorism charges. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Zelensky_advisor_says_Ukraine’s counteroffensive_has_already_begun_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Volodymyr Zelensky’s communications advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said in a new interview with the Italian TV channel RAI that Ukrainian troops have already begun their counteroffensive. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian-installed_authorities_in_Crimea report_overnight_drone_attacks_on_peninsula_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Moscow-installed head of the Russian authorities in annexed Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhoyev, said on Telegram that the city came under attack by drones on Wednesday night but that air defenses downed the weapons. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Evgeny_Prigozhin_announces_start_of_Wagner Group’s_withdrawal_from_Bakhmut_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Evgeny Prigozhin’s press service has published a new video in which the Wagner Group head announces the start of the paramilitary cartel’s withdrawal from Bakhmut. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Novaya_Gazeta_Europe_publishes_account_by anonymous_participant_in_Belgorod_raid_—_Meduza⠀⇛ One of the participants in the May 22 raid on Russia’s Belgorod region told Novaya Gazeta Europe the story of the incursion in his own words. The source did not share his name with Novaya Gazeta Europe, and he also declined to say which group he was with (both the Freedom of Russian legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps, groups of Russian nationals who fight for Ukraine, said they participated in the raid). He specified only that he is a citizen of Russia. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘They’re_stationed_in_front_like_targets’ Russia_is_sending_untrained_conscripts_to_defend_its border_in_Belgorod_—_Meduza⠀⇛ At the start of September 2022, the Russian authorities began sending conscripts in large numbers to the country’s Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine. Technically, the young men are stationed “outside of the conflict zone,” as is required by law. In reality, however, they spend their days digging trenches and hiding from shellfire in dugouts, according to journalists from the independent outlet 7×7. The conscripts’ relatives have filed official complaints with the Defense Ministry and even held protests calling for the authorities to “pull their sons out” of the border area; officials have responded by threatening to prosecute the relatives and retaliate against the conscripts themselves. Meduza summarizes 7×7’s investigation. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_fossil_fuel_industry_owes_at_least_$23.2 trillion_in_reparations_for_climate_change⠀⇛ A new study by the environmental research group One Earth estimates the world’s top fossil fuel companies have emitted around 36% of all global emissions since 1988. That amounts to 403,092 metric tons of CO2 emissions, based on the group’s 2023 analysis that builds on the Carbon Majors 2018 data set. The aim of the study is to provide, for the first time, a methodology to quantify the economic impacts of individual companies’ damage to the climate. Estimates for the reparations are conservative, as they do not take into account factors including lives and livelihoods lost, species extinction, and biodiversity loss. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ ‘Time_is_not_on_our_side’_—_Islands_urge climate_action⠀⇛ Tuvalu, a small island state in the Pacific, is facing disaster due to rising sea levels. The island nation’s special envoy told DW there could be “total inundation” of the island within the century. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Vantaa_approves_tram_project⠀⇛ The discussion at the council meeting on Monday evening lasted for more than five hours. # ⚓ YLE ☛ €2.3b_Danish_investment_in_Finnish_wind energy⠀⇛ The level of wind power production in Finland has been rising at a rapid pace. Last year, wind-generated power on the market increased from 3,200 megawatts at the beginning of January to 5,200 megawatts by the end of the year. So far this year, it has gone up by yet another 500 MW. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ Our_Addiction_to_Online_Shopping_Is Poisoning_These_Neighborhoods⠀⇛ # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Record-breaking_50,000_people immigrated_to_Finland_in_2022⠀⇛ A RECORD-BREAKING 49,998 people immigrated to Finland in 2022, according_to_Statistics Finland. The total represents an increase of 14,000–21,000 from previous years, an increase that may be partly attributable to the scrapping of entry restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, Johannes Hirvelä, the director of development at the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri), stated to STT on Wednesday. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Meta_will_start_laying_off_THOUSANDS_of_workers_next_week in_fresh_round_of_mass_cuts_during_Mark_Zuckerberg’s_‘year_of efficiency’⠀⇛ Meta is slashing thousands more jobs next week in the third round layoffs as billionaire owner Mark Zuckerberg keeps his promise to make 2023 a ‘year of efficiency’ for the firm. The parent company of Facebook and Instagram announced the latest cuts in a question and answer session with employees on Thursday. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Free_loans_from_Commbank⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Facebook_owner_Meta_slashes_business_teams_in final_round_of_layoffs⠀⇛ Meta Platforms Inc, owner of Facebook, slashed jobs across its business and operations units on Wednesday as it carried out its last batch of a three-part round of layoffs, part of a plan announced in March to eliminate 10,000 roles. Dozens of employees working in teams such as marketing, site security, enterprise engineering, program management, content strategy and corporate communications took to LinkedIn to announce that they were laid off. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Minnesota_Passes_Right_to_Repair⠀⇛ The Minnesota law is part of an omnibus bill and state legislators added the portions about repair to it on May 17. The new law will go into effect on July 1, 2024 and covers all electronics except video game consoles, cars, medical devices, cybersecurity tools, and farm and construction equipment. # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Extension_of_the_date_of applicability_of_the_RED_delegated_act_on_cybersecurity, privacy_and_protection_from_fraud⠀⇛ This draft act is open for feedback for 4 weeks. Feedback will be taken into account for finalising this initiative. Feedback received will be published on this site and therefore must adhere to the feedback rules. # ⚓ Vox ☛ Ron_DeSantis’s_very_online_and_very_disastrous_2024 campaign_announcement⠀⇛ To put it mildly, it was a disaster. The audio feed cut in and out, users were continually kicked off the app, and, for the first 20 minutes, all anyone could hear was feedback, wait music, and occasional crosstalk as Sacks and Musk tried to figure out just what was going on. It was chaos and anarchy. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Elon_Musk’s_Event_With_Ron_DeSantis Exposes_Twitter’s_Weaknesses⠀⇛ Instead, the event began with more than 20 minutes of technical glitches, hot mic moments and drowned- out and half-said conversations before the livestream abruptly cut out. Minutes later, the livestream restarted as hundreds of thousands of listeners tried to tune in. Mr. DeSantis had not said a word at that point. # ⚓ Gannett ☛ Florida_Gov._Ron_DeSantis’_presidential announcement_on_Twitter_plagued_by_technical_problems⠀⇛ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign got off to a rocky start Wednesday when his announcement event on Twitter was plagued by technical difficulties, which persisted for more than 20 minutes before the governor was able to deliver his speech and participate in a question- and-answer session. # ⚓ The Hill ☛ Five_takeaways_from_Ron_DeSantis’s_glitch-ridden campaign_launch⠀⇛ It was beset with technical difficulties from the start. Many users reported being unable to log onto the event, and those who did had to struggle with audio that was interrupted, garbled, or dropped out entirely. For those who were able to listen live, the event turned into a cringe-fest. # ⚓ The Hill ☛ Air_Force_general_selected_to_lead_NSA,_Cyber Command⠀⇛ President Biden has nominated Air Force Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh to serve as the new head of the NSA and the U.S. Cyber Command, according to an Air Force notice seen by Politico. If confirmed, Haugh will replace Gen. Paul Nakasone, the current leader of the NSA and the U.S. Cyber Command. Haugh currently serves as the deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ EU_Commissioner:_Hungary_not_even_close to_the_finish_line_on_EU_money⠀⇛ Hungary is not even close to the finish line on EU money, according to the EU’s budget commissioner, Johannes Hahn, Euronews reports. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ European_Commission_gives_green_light_to Paks_II_contract_modification⠀⇛ The European Commission has approved the amendment to the contracts for the construction of the new units of Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant, which will allow the acceleration of the Paks investment, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó announced on his Facebook page. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Conciliation_on_education_bill_a political_puppet_show_according_to_opposition_leader⠀⇛ Ferenc Gelencsér, president of Momentum said at a joint press conference of the parties and the teachers’ trade unions after Wednesday’s conciliation on the status law, which was convened by Interior Minister Sándor Pintér half an hour before the student protests last Friday. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Corporate_Media_Ignores_True_‘Crisis_of Democracy’_in_Israel:_That_It_Isn’t_One⠀⇛ What mainstream outlets just can’t seem to see that is so glaringly obvious. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Elon_Musk_displaces_Rupert_Murdoch,_Fox_News_to_be king_of_conservative_media⠀⇛ Elon_Musk has displaced Rupert Murdoch and Fox News as the king of conservative media in recent weeks. Why it matters: Fox News used to be the place where conservatives went to break news. But the right- wing_ecosystem has turned on the network, leaving Twitter as the center of media gravity for the Republican Party just as the 2024 election heats up. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Dissecting_the_Durham_Report⠀⇛ Join Reason on YouTube Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern with Eli Lake to discuss what the Durham report tells us about the FBI, the media and U.S. politics. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Fact_check:_Turkey’s_Erdogan_shows false_Kilicdaroglu_video⠀⇛ Research by DW’s fact-checking team in cooperation with DW’s Turkish service shows that the video at the campaign rally was manipulated by combining two separate videos with totally different backgrounds and content. This video presented by Erdogan comes after experts warned of increased manipulation on Turkish social media ahead of the election. # ⚓ Rolling Stone ☛ ‘It’s_Disgusting’:_Rosalía_Fires_Back at_Artist_Who_Shared_Photoshopped_Nude_Photos_of_Her⠀⇛ According to screengrabs circulating on social media, Reyes, or someone with access to his Instagram account, shared the photographs on his Stories. They appeared to be altered versions of photos Rosalía had originally taken and shared of herself. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Public_Criticism_Might_Be_the_Best_Way_to Reform_the_Supreme_Court⠀⇛ In past instances of public criticism, the court has occasionally changed its ways. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Vietnamese_activist_known_as_‘Onion_Bae’_sentenced_to 5_½_years_in_prison⠀⇛ He was convicted of propaganda under Article 117 of the country’s Penal Code, which carries a minimum sentence of five years and a maximum of 12, after being found guilty of criticizing the government online. Bui, 39, who ran a beef noodle stall in Danang, achieved notoriety in 2021 after posting an online video mimicking the Turkish chef Nusret Gökçe, known as “Salt Bae.” # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Arizona_Judge_Overturns_Incredibly_Stupid Restraining_Order_Against_A_Journalist_Who_Dared_To_Knock_On A_Politician’s_Door⠀⇛ For a brief moment of time, a judge in Arizona conspired with a vindictive politician to pretend the First Amendment didn’t exist. Senator Wendy Rogers — who was censured by the state senate last year for stating her political opponents should be hanged — took litigious offense at the methods deployed by journalist Camryn Sanchez, who covers the state senate for the Arizona Capitol Times. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ The_Stupidity_Of_Making_Porn_Filters_Mandatory On_Mobile_Devices_(And_Other_Musings_On_Reality)⠀⇛ Lawmakers in the Alabama state legislature have voted for a bill that would require parental controls and NSFW content filters to be enabled on every phone and tablet sold in the state. House Bill (HB) 298, or the Protection of Minors from Unfiltered Devices Act, cleared the state House with an overwhelming 70-8 vote, with two dozen members abstaining from voting, last week. Now in the Senate, HB 298 is seeing success after the bill’s sole sponsor, state Rep. Chris Sells, failed in some previous legislative sessions to push this legislation to approval. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Jesse_Singal:_How_To_Stay_Honest_While_Doing Journalism⠀⇛ The Blocked & Reported cohost talks about cancel culture, activism vs. truth, and why he quit Twitter. # ⚓ EFF ☛ To_Save_the_News,_We_Must_Shatter_Ad-Tech⠀⇛ Once, tech platforms promised that “behavioral advertising” would be a bonanza for both media companies and their tech partners. Rather than paying commissioned salespeople to convince firms to place ads based on a publication’s reputation and readership, media companies would run ads placed by the winners of a slew of split-second auctions, each time a user moved from one page to another.  These auctions would offer up the user, not the content, to an array of bidders representing different advertisers: “What am I bid for the right to show an ad to a depressed, 19 year old male Kansas City Art Institute sophomore who has recently searched for car loans and also shopped for incontinence pads?” In an eyeblink, every ad- slot on the page would be filled with ads purchased at a premium by advertisers anxious to reach that specific user. And that user will like it! They will be grateful for the process and all the “highly relevant” advertisements it dangled under their nose. Such an arrangement has numerous moving parts. The “ad-tech stack” includes [...] o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ ‘The_Digital_Gulag’:_Kremlin’s_new_technology to_control_Russia⠀⇛ Russian activists face escalating government scrutiny through digital surveillance, social media monitoring, and facial recognition systems. President Vladimir Putin’s administration utilizes technology to control and censor citizens. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Scholars_Say_Ancient_Icon_Will_Be_Damaged If_Transferred_To_Orthodox_Church⠀⇛ Russian scholars have urged Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova not to transfer the ancient Holy Trinity icon by medieval painter Andrei Rublev from Moscow’s state-run Tretyakov Gallery Arts Museum to the Russian Orthodox Church’s premises, saying the artifact will be damaged during the process. # ⚓ NBC ☛ 95-year-old_Australian_woman_dies_after_police_shoot her_with_stun_gun⠀⇛ Clare Nowland, who had dementia, had been hospitalized in Coma in New South Wales state since her skull was fractured when she fell on May 17 after Constable Kristian White shocked her with a stun gun. # ⚓ Hollywood Reporter ☛ As_Writers_Strike,_AI_Could_Covertly Cross_the_Picket_Line⠀⇛ Once again, a strike is happening during a period of widespread economic uncertainty spurred by inflation, concerns of a recession, and mass layoffs in media and entertainment. But this time around, there’s a twist: the ascension of generative artificial intelligence. If half the internet can be tricked by an AI-created Drake and The Weeknd collab, could that same tech write scripts and enable studios to create more content for less money? # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Freedom⠀⇛ # ⚓ Shadowproof ☛ Protest_Song_Of_The_Week:_‘La_Banda_Más Chingón_en_Wyoming’_By_No-No_Boy_Featuring_Mariachi_Los Broncos⠀⇛ No-No Boy released their debut album “1942” in 2018, but it has since evolved primarily into a Saporiti project. Saporiti followed it up in 2021 with the album “1975,” which featured considerable vocal, musical, and production contributions from Emilia Halvorsen. The album title referred to the year Saigon fell.Similar to “1942,” Saporiti explored his own family heritage and connected that heritage to the. experiences of those in WWII Japanese internment camps. He linked this history to modern-day immigrant detention centers and refugee camps. # ⚓ EFF ☛ Congress_Must_Exercise_Caution_in_AI_Regulation⠀⇛ Congress should be paying attention to AI technologies. Many are tools with extraordinary potential. They can help users distill large volumes of information, manage numerous tasks more efficiently, and change how we work – for good and for ill, depending on where you sit. Influential corporate and government actors recognize the ability of AI to redistribute power in ways they can’t control, which is one reason so many are seeking Congressional intervention now. But Congress should regulate with extreme caution, if at all, and focus on use of the tools rather than the tools themselves. If policymakers are worried about privacy, they should pass a strong privacy law. If they are worried about law enforcement abuse of face recognition, they should restrict that use. And so on. Above all, they must reject the binary thinking that AI technologies are going to lead to either C-3PO or the Terminator. Unfortunately, policymakers seem more inclined to move fast and break things. o § Internet Policy/`utrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Biden_Tries_Again:_Picks_Anna_Gomez_For_Long- Empty_FCC_Spot⠀⇛ By now we’ve talked at length about the hot mess that has been the Biden administration’s attempt to properly staff the FCC. After an inexplicable 8 month delay, the Biden administration picked popular consumer advocate Gigi Sohn for the spot. But a relentless, often homophobic, multi-year smear campaign by telecom/media giants and their GOP allies scuttled Sohn’s chances. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ CBC ☛ Peloton_rebrands_in_bid_to_be_known_as_‘more_than_a bike_company’⠀⇛ The company rolled out new pricing for tiered membership that ranges from $12.99 US to $24 US per month, and said that its app now offers the largest number of free classes since its launch in June 2018. # ⚓ CBC ☛ Netflix_to_start_charging_U.S._customers_an_extra_$8 for_sharing_account_outside_the_house⠀⇛ In an email to its 70 million U.S. customers on Tuesday, Netflix said it will limit viewership of its programming to people living in the same household. Those who subscribe to Netflix’s standard or premium plans — which cost $15.50 US to $20 US per month — will be able to allow another person living outside their household to use their password for an additional $8 per month, a $2 discount from the company’s standard stand-alone plan. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Poll:_Illegal_streaming_on_the_rise_in_Nordic countries⠀⇛ A new survey finds that nearly half of 15-24 year olds have engaged in some form of content piracy. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Sharp_Rise_in_Piracy_Rates_Across Sweden,_Denmark,_Finland_&_Norway⠀⇛ A Mediavision survey reports a sharp rise in piracy rates across the Nordic region. Movie and TV show consumption, whether streamed or downloaded, is up in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway. The largest number of pirates can be found in Sweden, where a quarter of 15 to 74-year-olds pirate content, levels last seen in 2016. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ European_Commission_Calls_for_Pirate Site_Blocking_Around_the_Globe⠀⇛ The European Commission has published its biannual list of foreign countries with problematic copyright policies. One of the highlighted issues is a lack of pirate site blocking, which is seen as an effective enforcement measure. Interestingly, the EU doesn’t mention the United States, which is arguably the most significant country yet to implement an effective site-blocking regime. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Games_Showcase:_One_Minute_Chess⠀⇛ It’s a game you almost certainly know. Let me tell you about it. By “one minute chess” I mean the standard game, but with about the fastest time control that’s playable: one minute on the clock. Total. For all of your moves. It’s a variant I discovered at Uni, and it makes the game fast, furious and a little bit insane. I’ve only played it online, I don’t know if it’s feasible on a physical board. # ⚓ Let’s_Play_The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Tears_of_the_Kingdom⠀⇛ Gameplay spoilers for Tears of the Kingdom start on Day ≤1, and plot spoilers start on Day 1. The introduction, right below, has minor gameplay spoilers for Breath of the Wild, the previous game. You should also expect even more plot and/or gameplay spoilers for BotW later on. # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_ABCFTKI_Wordo:_LUPUS⠀⇛ # ⚓ In_the_Land_of_Invented_Names⠀⇛ In Ursula K. Le Guin’s “A Wizard of Earthsea”, names are power. The child-wizard Duny is given his true name, Ged, by his mentor Ogion. But thereafter he adopts the name Sparrowhawk, a self-selected name which acts as a shield, preventing a wizard from being seen and known as he truly is. The first time I remember using a name for myself that wasn’t my given one was at a jamboree in the early 90s. The tuck shop had facilities for making nametags. When I decided what I wanted to be called, I went with what some of the other campers called me. The name short-lived. Based on my appearance. I don’t think I’ve been called that before or after. But it was my first experience trying on a name that didn’t, in a legal or societal sense, belong to me. What is it? Doesn’t matter, it’s gone. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 7431 ➮ Generation completed at 02:43, i.e. 20 seconds to (re)generate ⟲