𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Friday, June 02, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Sat 3 Jun 02:40:21 BST 2023 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈 Latest in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕 and older bulletins can be found at 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕-𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 Full IPFS index in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔 and as plain text in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔/𝒕𝒙𝒕 Gemini index for the day: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/02/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmPA2gUGrxUHnaSzGwZTa6xsWZRMKqETbvrMmtiNZtJvDA QmXunK1VfrszdbZV3eLVtiEztrbpHXotzsSs5FidJqHzYd QmPUbf7suaQniw1646dasmSY6bnK39TXxEV8ULg4u7at86 QmPtdTJXoyGAiBp24ch57o9jAzqAfro8Lh2BcCMZEYztSi QmcpSETydPVbunSXmzCVgzuCQ777DRLwnusWHKNSEvS1vV QmPsoAJFgURJZUxZU7m4mBwyBHMrJKTzEY7Ma4Rcmn1bTt QmaeGXiDDeQqLVHkcfuYJsMR5gkG2KfL8obZ3e39wo9X89 QmRej75aRh5cQjV4EkpTtNhGCL4Ea8gLTYE6afRU4AT8SA QmXJbVjMgJLV5E7dFhoZEBSRNCRpMoAYeiQ2x94WwVCAE3 QmZNHM6zwJz4HumZeNxKEckXrmY5Mn2R47Zf2ejRtHj763 QmdikaRip3RgsHbg5S4LuJvPizfJB7fh2rKp7uQ8dhxicC QmQu3g2B85BK7JwmQzcr2cd7XoDdiF92Gy9xcxqS6sf27G QmUA66kgebedAfGsk5HFXX1YCuCWp2J51StBuNVvAvFwwS QmYBPCcUR7ecniepZDK6iEaWqzEdVWvK9GovhnZadXHtW8 QmX2VFCGCawxbCCUo2h1FKvHmTmxLRFAdDLmVDjFaZoLpw QmZvsFGYejJBRSfHJCJnfiQSAYT7vSYedcFM42LEMExSWJ Qmb9Xu74tUcPjn3QGo5Fa3AwL3ztbkpEBnKFQZLo52iezG QmfRee4g2eUJ1bSuzF43wq39KNtfrFY8yoMStiZawbg6Yy QmSuhsieojQeGih3gkSZPmVjZEEXjEMkAfqPeayF5neUu4 Qmd7SnTCKdRk6z5fGiMR5m9PSXaMAqxaggGeXGRG7qpq2Z QmXgYbZi532xVNhDLj3CwBGXcgr7iwcqm9khzt2M5sKvZ9 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ The Developing World Abandons Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux at All-Time Highs on Desktops/Laptops | Techrights ⦿ Geminispace/GemText/Gemini Protocol Turn 4 on June 20th | Techrights ⦿ Our IRC at 15th Anniversary | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Thursday, June 01, 2023 | Techrights ⦿ Linux Foundation ’Research’ Has a New Report and Of Course It Uses Only Proprietary Software | Techrights ⦿ HMRC Does Not Care About Tax Fraud Committed by UK Government Contractor, Sirius ’Open Source’ | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/06/02/developing-world-no-windows/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/02/gemini-protocol-anniversary/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/02/irc-community-turns-15/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/02/irc-log-010623/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/02/linux-foundation-powered-by-proprietary-software/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/02/tax-fraud-ignored/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/06/02/arti-1-1-5-and-sql2023/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/02/elive-retrowave-stable/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/02/flying-high-with-gemini/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/02/rust-1-70-0/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/02/vimwiki-revisited/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 66 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/02/developing-world-no-windows/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/02/developing-world-no-windows/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.02.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ The_Developing_World_Abandons_Microsoft_Windows,_GNU/Linux_at_All-Time_Highs on_Desktops/Laptops⠀✐ Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Search, Windows at 8:01 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Windows down to 11% in Africa: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Operating_System_Market_Share_Africa⦈_ Summary: Microsoft, with 80_billion_dollars_in_longterm_debt and endless layoffs, is losing the monopolies; the media doesn’t mention this, but some publicly-accessible data helps demonstrate that THE MEDIA is in a truly terrible shape, but we can say here what the media is mostly ignoring, maybe because it’s considered “advertisers-unfriendly”. We’re now in the month of June. The numbers_from_African_are_quite_telling (Android, which includes Linux, approaches 80% market share), GNU/Linux + KDE + DRM (SteamOS/Steam Deck) means that gamers_are_flocking_to_GNU/Linux (Microsoft's_grip_on_gamers_is_slipping), GNU/Linux apparently_rises_to_14% market_share_in_India, and worldwide GNU/Linux is estimated_at_3%_now (an all- time high by this firm’s yardstick; it had issues with unclassified data in recent months). The news must be very displeasing to Microsoft, which is_laying off_a_lot_of_staff_every_month_this_year. Since all this “HEY HI” (AI) hype in the media started back in January (Microsoft SPAM, paid-for chaff that distracts from layoffs) the market_share_of_Bing_fell and continues_to_fall. “Microsoft is run by thugs and criminals, so wasn’t this blackmail expected?”Reportedly, as_of_today, Microsoft is blackmailing the UK over the decision of CMA. Microsoft_is_run_by_thugs_and_criminals, so wasn’t this blackmail expected? █ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣷⡾⣯⣽⢉⡏⣍⣹⢸⡏⡍⣫⣹⣷⣺⢟⣏⣭⣏⣹⣭⣭⣿⣏⢯⣏⣹⢩⠘⣍⣹⣽⣧⡺⢨⠹⡉⣯⢋⣹⣟⡸⣭⣩⠘⣭⣉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡷⠾⢿⣚⢗⣗⣗⣾⣷⣷⠷⠬⢼⣓⢞⣝⡗⣷⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣷⣾⣾⣾⣾⣾⣾⣷⣾⣾⣾⣶⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣵⣶⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣾⣶⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⠛⠛⢻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢠⣬⣭⡙⣋⡙⡿⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣦⣬⣤⣍⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡌⠻⠛⢋⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣯⣭⣭⢨⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⡀⣬⣭⣥⣤⣌⡉⢭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⡭⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡌⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⠉⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⡿⠿⢿⠸⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠉⠀⠀⠉⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠟⠻⠿⠛⠿⠿⠿⠇⠄⠋⠉⠄⠇⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣷⣷⣾⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠿⠛⠛⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⠿⠀⠈⠁⣄⣩⠙⣿⠁⣿⣿⣿⣧⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⣿⣧⠄⠀⠀⢸⣿⠄⢲⠀⠃⠄⡆⠾⠰⠎⠀⢈⠀⠀⠀⠆⠆⠂⠀⠈⢰⣾⣿⠟⣉⣉⣡⣄⣴⣼⣷⣾⣿⣿⣧⣀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠿⣿⠟⠃⣰⣴⠐⠹⢰⣾⣴⣶⣿⣿⣇⢀⡀⢠⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣏⣉⣙⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣤⣄⣀⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⡄⠉⢰⠆⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣀⣿⣄⡄⠹⠿⢀⣁⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠛⠃⡈⢿⣿⡿⠿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣼⣿⣦⡈⣈⣤⣥⣦⣴⣷⣾⣿⣌⣤⣶⣆⣴⣤⠘⠟⢻⣿⣿⠏⣰⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⡿⠿⢿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢋⣉⣁⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⣠⠘⠟⣉⣴⣿⡀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣷⣶⣶⢰⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⠶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡶⢶⣶⠶⢂⣤⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡆⣒⣒⣲⣒⣖⣶⣦⣶⣲⣂⣶⣲⣠⣴⣲⣶⣶⢸⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⣠⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠈⠁⠴⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⢿⢿⣿⠿⢿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⠆⣠⣐⡐⠒⠶⠖⠶⠶⠒⠒⠂⣶⣾⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⢿⢟⣛⣛⣛⣡⣾⣿⣷⡘⠟⠛⠛⠛⠁⡀⠐⠶⠤⠀⠤⠀⠙⠋⠑⠶⠉⠉⠙⢉⡙⠉⠤⠀⠶⠾⠦⠄⠉⠁⠀⠀⠁⠚⠀⠬⠴⠤⠉⠡⠾⠟⢋⠛⠛⢷⠚⢊⡙⠛⠂⡆⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣛⡛⠈⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠉⠈⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⣀⣁⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣈⣁⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠈⠉⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⣼⣿⣿⡟⢱⣿⣿⣿⠟⢠⣿⣿⣿⠋⣶⣿⣿⡿⠁⣼⣿⣿⡟⢰⣼⣿⣿⠟⢠⣿⣿⣿⠋⣮⣿⣿⡿⠃⣼⣿⣿⡟⢱⣼⣿⣿⠟⢀⣿⣿⣿⠋⣸⣿⣿⡿⠃⣸⣿⣿⡟⠁⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢋⣾⣿⣿⡟⢡⣾⣿⣿⠟⣱⣿⣿⣿⠋⣱⣿⣿⣿⠋⣾⣿⣿⡟⢉⣾⣿⣿⡟⢱⣿⣿⣿⠋⣱⣿⣿⣿⠋⣼⣿⣿⡿⢉⣾⣿⣿⡟⢡⣿⣿⣿⠏⣱⣿⣿⣿⠋⣴⣿⣿⡿⢉⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠾⡿⠿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢷⢿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⠿⡿⢿⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⠿⠿⣷⡿⢿⠿⣿⢿⣿⠿⣿⣿⠾⡿⠿⡿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣷⣿⠿⡿⢿⡷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣾⣿⣶⣾⣶⣶⣿⣷⣷⣷⣶⣶⣾⣶⣾⣿⣾⣾⣾⣷⣿⣷⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣷⣷⣷⣶⣷⣿⣷⣶⣿⣶⣶⣾⣴⣷⣶⣦⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 148 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/02/gemini-protocol-anniversary/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/02/gemini-protocol-anniversary/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.02.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Geminispace/GemText/Gemini_Protocol_Turn_4_on_June_20th⠀✐ Posted in Free/Libre_Software, Protocol at 6:43 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 772086c48dd8461dd3fc670be6475b45 Gemini Growing and How I Use It Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/gemini-turning-4.webm Summary: Gemini_is_turning_4_this_month (on the 20th, according_to_the_founder) and I thought I’d do a spontaneous video about how I use Gemini, why_it's_so good, and why it’s still growing (Stéphane Bortzmeyer fixed the broken cron job — or equivalent of it — a day or two after I_had_mentioned_the_issue) THE Geminispace.org_domain has a new subsite (as of days ago), a month ago we started_posting_Gemini_Daily_Links_1-3_times_per_day, and the number of capsules grows at a healthy pace. Later this month Gemini Protocol officially turns 4. “Many of us in Techrights are surfing Geminispace (not the site, the GemText capsules) and it’s getting better all the time.”We adopted Gemini Protocol about 2.5 years ago and we haven’t looked back. In April we served about half a million requests over Gemini Protocol and the monthly average is about 400,000. Many of us in Techrights are surfing Geminispace (not the site, the GemText capsules) and it’s getting better all the time. It’s a pretty darn good substitute for the bloated Web, drawing_the_ire_of_Web_hackers, who find it too hard to simply ignore Gemini. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 198 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/02/irc-community-turns-15/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/02/irc-community-turns-15/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.02.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Our_IRC_at_15th_Anniversary⠀✐ Posted in Site_News at 5:27 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 57f27b19c575a30fda9749b60077c9c2 TechRights (TR) or BoycottNovell (BN) IRC Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/irc-15-years.webm Summary: So our IRC community turns 15 today (sort of) and I’ve decided to do a video reflecting on the fact that some of the same people are still there after 15 years THE collapse of Freenode happened about 2 years ago. Sure, how time flies… We’ve thankfully made our way out of there and most of the “important” people came over to our own network (yes, we lost or shed off some participants, but that’s the cost of relying on a third party like Freenode for 13 years!). “In hindsight, if we made it through 15 years, then why not 15 years more?”As the video above notes, aside from the roots of the community (genesis story), we’ve managed to log every single day since then (every hour, too, owing to collaboration and coordination among peers) and we’ve managed to defeat very aggressive trolling/sabotage/vandalism campaigns. The worst trolling was around 2009. The logs are now in IPFS and in Gemini as well, so it’s virtually impossible to issue a complete takedown request against them. For a period of time we delayed the release of logs in order to protect sources. I first used IRC almost 30 years ago and IRC_is_still_going_strong. It predates the World Wide Web and can outlive/outlast the World Wide Web. IRC is vital to us and to many other projects. The community came to depend on it. As it turns out, Chris_Lamb (later a Debian Project Leader) joined_us_on_the first_day_and_said (it’s buried_many_pages_in_the_distant_past), “Pray, please inform me what is currently happening in this communications medium?” In hindsight, if we made it through 15 years, then why not 15 years more? █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 262 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/02/irc-log-010623/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/02/irc-log-010623/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.02.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ IRC_Proceedings:_Thursday,_June_01,_2023⠀✐ Posted in IRC_Logs at 2:24 am by Needs Sunlight Also available via the Gemini protocol at: * gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-010623.gmi * gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-010623.gmi * 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═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/02/linux-foundation-powered-by-proprietary-software/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/02/linux-foundation-powered-by-proprietary-software/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.02.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Linux_Foundation_‘Research’_Has_a_New_Report_and_Of_Course_It_Uses_Only Proprietary_Software⠀✐ Posted in Deception, GNU/Linux at 6:20 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Proprietary_software_runs_this_Linux_Foundation_Web_site!⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Linux_Foundation_loves_Adobe⦈_ Summary: The Linux_Foundation has a new report, promoted by Clickfraud Spamnil and others; of course they’re rejecting Free software, they’re just riding the “Linux” brand and speak of “Open Source” (which they reject themselves) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 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═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/02/tax-fraud-ignored/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/02/tax-fraud-ignored/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.02.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ HMRC_Does_Not_Care_About_Tax_Fraud_Committed_by_UK_Government_Contractor, Sirius_‘Open_Source’⠀✐ Posted in Fraud, Free/Libre_Software at 5:55 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Like_CIA_people,_who_run_over_British_people_in_the_UK_and_then_run_away_to_the US (to be protected by their regime) 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Sirius_staff;_Haha,_it's_OK,_the_government_knows_me,_they will_protect_me⦈_ The man above ran away to the US, where he runs the company Sirius_‘Open Source’_Inc. 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═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.02.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_02/06/2023:_Arti_1.1.5_and_SQL:2023⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 11:58 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Instructionals/Technical o Games * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o BSD o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o SaaS/Back_End/Databases o Education o Programming/Development # Python * Leftovers o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Pseudo-Open_Source # Openwashing o Linux_Foundation o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o 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When this comes up, there is a common pattern that you can use to temporarily capture the data for later use. To summarize this pattern, it’s to save the information in an associative array that’s indexed by the thread id to create a per-thread variable. If you have more than one piece of information to save, you use more than one associative array. # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Using_config_files_for_SSH⠀⇛ In today’s installment of things you already know, unless you don’t, I’m talking about config files for SSH. I did a video call with a client recently who didn’t know these existed, and it made his day. Rather than remembering which usernames, key files, ports, and hostnames you need for each machine, you can stash them in an SSH config file. Remote orchestration tools like Ansible can also use hosts defined in this, making managing fleets of servers infinitely easier. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_List_All_Running_Services_Under_Systemd_in Linux⠀⇛ Linux systems provide a variety of system services (such as process management, login, syslog, cron, etc.) and network services (such as remote login, e-mail, printers, web hosting, data storage, file transfer, domain name resolution (using DNS), dynamic IP address assignment (using DHCP), and much more). Technically, a service is a process or group of processes (commonly known as daemons) running continuously in the background, waiting for requests to come in (especially from clients). # ⚓ LinuxTechi ☛ How_to_Install_Nagios_on_Rocky_Linux_9_/_Alma Linux_9⠀⇛ Formerly known as Nagios, Nagios Core is a free, open-source, and powerful network monitoring tool that allows you to monitor servers and applications on your network. You can monitor both Linux and Windows servers as well as running applications. # ⚓ RoseHosting ☛ How_to_Install_PrestaShop_on_Debian_11⠀⇛ PrestaShop is a free, open-source e-commerce platform that allows users to create and manage their online store. # ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ How_to_host_multiple_websites_on_Linux_with Apache⠀⇛ In this guide from TechRepublic Premium we’re going to explore the various things you can do with a Linux server. We won’t leave out any steps, so you won’t have to refer to another tutorial to complete the process. # ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ How_to_deploy_an_application_with Kubernetes⠀⇛ If you want to deploy applications into a Kubernetes cluster, be warned — it’s not the easiest task. There are a lot of moving pieces that go into these scalable containers. # ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ How_to_Suspend_and_Resume_Processes_in Linux_[Quick_Tip]⠀⇛ Learn how to suspend a running process in the Linux command line. Also learn how to resume a stopped process. Have you ever encountered a situation where you have to suspend an ongoing task as you have more important tasks to execute and want to resume the previous task later? # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Telegram_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Telegram on Rocky Linux 9. For those of you who didn’t know, Telegram is a cloud-based messaging application with end-to-end encryption that allows users to send messages, files, photos, and videos securely. # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Install_Windows_11_as_Guest_in_Ubuntu_using virt-manager_(KVM/Qemu/libvirt)⠀⇛ If you are planning to get rid of Windows completely but want to access Windows-specific applications while being in Ubuntu, then it’s easier to try it out in a virtual machine. Although there are many virtualization applications, we will use the powerful virt-manager application for this guide. After the end of this guide, you will be able to install Windows 11 in Linux Mint or Ubuntu. # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Share_Folder_Between_Windows_Guest_and_Linux Host_in_KVM_using_virtiofs_[Complete_guide]⠀⇛ When you are trying to create a shared folder using Windows Guest and Linux host, it’s a little difficult and complex process. Because both the operating system works differently and a lot of configuration is needed. Here’s a detailed tutorial on how to do it. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ ELDEN_RING_tops_the_Steam_Deck_most_played for_May_2023⠀⇛ Once again, ELDEN RING has managed to become the number 1 most played game on Steam Deck, after hovering close to it over the last couple of months. Here’s the top 20 most played on Steam Deck for May 2023. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ itch.io_is_hosting_another_big_Queer_Games Bundle_for_Pride_Month⠀⇛ It’s LGBT Pride Month which means there’s another big bundle of games available in the Queer Games Bundle now on itch.io. Featuring 466 different items from 293 creators it’s filled full with games, physical games, assets, soundtracks and more. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ AirJet_from_Frore_Systems_could_be_great cooling_for_a_Steam_Deck_2⠀⇛ If there’s one thing I truly want from a Steam Deck 2 aside from the usual performance related upgrades, it would be better cooling and less noise. Perhaps the new AirJet from Frore Systems is what Valve could use. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Proton_Experimental_update_fixes_“many” games_on_Steam_Deck_and_desktop_Linux⠀⇛ Valve has put out a small update to Proton Experimental, which should fix many games due to a regression that was hiding away. With this release they’ve updated the included version of DXVK, which is what does the Direct 3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan translation for Windows games on Steam Deck and desktop Linux. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Steam_Deck_OS_update_brings_graphics_driver fixes_–_ready_up_for_SteamOS_3.5⠀⇛ Valve has now released two small graphics driver updates for Steam Deck OS (SteamOS) 3.4.8, which means the Preview update channel is now ready for a big update to drop. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Humble_has_an_awesome_metroidvania_bundle not_to_be_missed⠀⇛ Humble Bundle just released their latest bundle and phew, if you like metroidvania styled game this is a cracking good deal overall not to be missed. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ Data Swamp ☛ Backport_OpenBSD_7.3_pkg_add_enhancement⠀⇛ Recently, OpenBSD package manager received a huge speed boost when updating packages, but it’s currently only working in -current due to an issue. Fortunately, espie@ fixed it for the next release, I tried it and it’s safe to fix yourself. It will be available in the 7.4 release, but for 7.3 users, here is how to apply the change. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ Major_QEMU_Version_Lands_in_Tumbleweed⠀⇛ The openSUSE Conference did not slow down openSUSE Tumbleweed snapshots from frequently being released this week. Three snapshots have been released since last Friday when the conference began and a new major version of QEMU arrived just days after the conference. # ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ Open_House_in_Prague_to_Showcases_Culture, Innovations⠀⇛ Members of the Geekos community are inviting technology enthusiasts, students, potential candidates, and anyone interested in open source, openSUSE and Linux to an Open House event in SUSE’s Prague office on June 7 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The purpose of the event is to provide attendees with an exclusive opportunity to gain insight into open-source companies like SUSE and projects like openSUSE; organizers aim to share the unique culture of the two, and exhibit the exceptional work being done by the organizations. Participants will have the chance to interact with SUSE employees and openSUSE members as well as explore the office space, and learn more about the innovative projects being developed. # ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ openSUSE.Asia_Summit_2023_Logo_Competition Announcement⠀⇛ Today is the launch of our logo competition for the openSUSE.Asia Summit 2023. A logo is an integral part of the openSUSE.Asia Summit experience. As you have seen, the previous openSUSE.Asia Summits have their unique logos that reflect the communities where the Summit took place. In line with tradition, we have a logo contest to have a great logo for this year’s summit. The openSUSE.Asia Summit will be held this year in Chongqing, China, details are available here. The competition is now open. It will close on 16 July 2023. The organizers will send a “Geeko Mystery Box” as a reward for the best designed logo. # ⚓ Request_Page_Redesign_–_Maintenance_Action_Types⠀⇛ After a while keeping working on the request page redesign, we are glad to come back to you with two new request types: maintenance incident requests and maintenance release requests. The request redesign is part of the beta program. We started the redesign of the request workflow in August 2022. Then, in September 2022, we focused on the support of multi-action submit requests. # ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ Unlock_the_Path_to_SQL_Server Container_Modernization_with_Rancher_and_DH2i [Ed: SUSE is promoting proprietary Microsoft software that does not even run natively in GNU/Linux]⠀⇛ SUSE guest blog authored by: Don Boxley, Co-Founder and CEO, DX2i SQL Server holds an organization’s most business-critical data assets. Therefore, maximum uptime and security are among the top priorities for the IT teams that manage them. However, industry pressures have these IT pros adding another imperative task to their to-do list: SQL Server modernization. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ 897:_Satisfying_a_Growth_Appetite_|_Bobby_Leibrock,_CFO, Red_Hat_Software⠀⇛ Last October, when it was announced that Bobby Leibrock would become the next CFO of IBM subsidiary Red Hat, finance team members no doubt understood that the open-source developer was coronating not just any IBM veteran but a strategic finance executive who for years had been entrenched along the front lines of IBM’s software acquisition activities. # ⚓ Finextra Research ☛ Data:_creating_a_million-dollar opportunity_for_banks [Ed: Red Hat puff piece or news?]⠀⇛ In conversation with Finextra, Red Hat’s Hector Arias, Bruno Domingues and Monica Sasso highlighted that banks have been leveraging technology and collaborating with organisations outside of the financial services sector for decades, but difficulties emerge because traditional organisations are unable to keep pace with their new competitors’ management of data and an inability to realise the million-dollar opportunity that data presents. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Datacenters_And_Sustainability⠀⇛ # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Edge_computing_unbounded:_A_look_at_how new_organizations_are_using_edge_computing_as_competitive differentiation [Ed: Buzzwords campaign from Red Hat, little substance. Have any engineers remained at the company?]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Performance_tracing_of_Podman_using eBPF⠀⇛ Performance tracing is an essential process that involves the collection, analysis and interpretation of system data. The primary objective of performance tracing is to identify bottlenecks, diagnose problems and optimize performance to ensure that systems operate within their limits. The following example serves as an introduction to the broader concept of performance tracing only. There are various technologies available to facilitate performance tracing and selecting the right one is critical. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Application-driven_analytics:_How_to embed_analytics_in_applications_using_OpenShift_and_MongoDB Atlas⠀⇛ Organizations generate a vast amount of data on a daily basis, and understanding it all is becoming increasingly difficult. To gain a competitive edge, companies need to harness the power of analytics to gain insights from their data. One of the most effective ways to do this is through application- driven analytics. # ⚓ Dell_infrastructure_can_now_be_managed_via_Red_Hat OpenShift_under_new_“APEX”_offering⠀⇛ Red Hat customers will be able to configure and manage Dell infrastructure through the OpenShift user interface, under a deepening agreement between the two announced at Dell Technologies World in Las Vegas that aims to make it easier to configure hybrid cloud environments to run containerised workloads on. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Lowest_paid_workers_to_get_wage_lift above_inflation⠀⇛ Australia’s lowest paid workers are in line for a wage boost big enough to outrun the soaring cost of living. Starting next month, workers on the minimum wage will get an 8.6 per cent wage rise – $1.85 extra an hour – following the Fair Work Commission’s national wage case decision on Friday. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Linux_Mint_21.2_with_Cinnamon_5.8_Is_Getting Support_for_Gestures⠀⇛ Linux Mint 21.2 is the second update in the Linux Mint 21 series, which is based on the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) operating system series, and it was initially slated for release on June 2023. This release will come with the usual Cinnamon, Xfce, and MATE desktop environments, which have been updated to Cinnamon 5.8 for the flagship edition, as well as Xfce 4.18 and MATE 1.26. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Business_benefits_of_artificial_intelligence_in retail⠀⇛ The retail industry is going through a period of major upheaval. AI is transforming the landscape at a rapid pace. Grand View Research evaluated the market value at USD 5.79 billion in 2021 and this is expected to grow at a 23.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2022 to 2030. For retailers, this translates into a need to adapt to an entirely new paradigm of customer expectations.  As customers continue to become more discerning and margins shrink, to remain profitable, retailers are looking towards accelerated digital transformation and new technologies that can improve efficiency and enable differentiation. Innovation is taking many forms, such as virtual dressing rooms, IoT adoption, improved support for mobile e-commerce and, perhaps most crucially of all, artificial intelligence. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Digilent_showcases_new_Analog_Discovery_3 USB-oscilloscope_and_multi-function_instrument⠀⇛ The global distributor Digilent recently announced that the new Analog Discovery 3 test instrument will arrive in June and it will still be supported by the free software Waveforms which is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux. # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Introducing_Code_Clubs_in_eastern_India: 32,000_more_young_digital_makers⠀⇛ Working with Mo School Abhiyan, we have trained 1000 teachers in Odisha to increase access to computer science education through Code Clubs. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Flexible_Actuator_Flaps_For_100,000,000_Cycles Without_Failure⠀⇛ Flexible PCBs are super-useful things, but they can have a limited fatigue life. [Carl Bugeja] has been using them to create flexible actuators, though, and he’s getting an amazing 100,000,000 cycles out of them after some rigorous development. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Orange_Pi_800_Keyboard_PC_gets_128GB_flash storage⠀⇛ The Orange Pi 800 keyboard PC, launched as an alternative to the Raspberry Pi 400 last year with a Rockchip RK3399 hexa-core Cortex-A72/A53 processor and 4GB RAM, has gotten an upgrade to 128GB of eMMC flash instead of just 64GB. The keyboard PC still comes with HDMI 2.0 and VGA video outputs, built-in speakers and microphone, Gigabit Ethernet and WiFi 5 connectivity, a few USB ports, and a 78-key QWERTY keyboard, plus a 26-GPIO connector accessible without opening the device. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Neritam ☛ How_CIA_Agents_Covertly_Steal_Data_From_Hacked Smartphones_(Without_Internet)⠀⇛ WikiLeaks has today published the 16th batch of its ongoing Vault 7 leak, this time instead of revealing new malware or hacking tool, the whistleblower organisation has unveiled how CIA operatives stealthy collect and forward stolen data from compromised smartphones. # ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ Oppo_Find_N2_review:_Beautiful_hardware_that Android_just_can’t_deal_with_|_Ars_Technica⠀⇛ # ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Samsung_phones_could_get_detailed_battery health_stats_with_Android_14_update_–_SamMobile⠀⇛ # ⚓ Tom’s Guide ☛ 7_Android_upgrades_coming_to_your_phone_right now_as_Google_rolls_out_latest_feature_drop_|_Tom’s_Guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ How_to_use_Bedtime_mode_on_Android_|_Trusted_Reviews⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Khadas_VIM4_Amlogic_A311D2_SBC_gets_3.2_TOPS NPU_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ David Revoy ☛ My_solution_for_Mobile_digital-painting_on_GNU/ Linux⠀⇛ I just posted a new video with my solutions for mobile digital painting on GNU/Linux! It’s not sponsored, about a refurbished 5 y/o hardware, and relatively low budget. 🙂 o ⚓ Tor ☛ Arti_1.1.5_is_released:_Onion_Services,_RPC,_and_a_security patch⠀⇛ Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor client in Rust. Now we’re announcing the latest release, Arti 1.1.5. In the past months, our efforts have been divided between onion services and work on a new RPC API (a successor to C Tor’s “control port”) that will give applications a safe and powerful way to work with Arti without having to write their code in Rust or link Arti as a library (unless they want to). o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Advancing_the_future_of_the_internet_with the_‘Photoshop_of_software’ [Ed: Mozilla has shifted from making a browser to making worthless junk about buzzwords and worse]⠀⇛ More than ever, we need a movement to ensure the internet remains a force for good. The Mozilla Internet Ecosystem (MIECO) program fuels this movement by supporting people who are looking to advance a more human-centered internet. With MIECO, Mozilla is looking to foster a new era of internet innovation that moves away from “fast and breaking things” and into a more purposeful, collaborative effort that includes voices and perspectives from many different companies and organizations. # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Announcing_Mozilla’s_‘Responsible_AI Challenge’_top_prize_winners⠀⇛ When we relaunched the Mozilla Builders program last March, we unveiled our Responsible AI Challenge — a one-day, in- person event designed to inspire and encourage a community of builders working on trustworthy AI products and solutions — essentially a call to builders and technologists all over the world to create trustworthy AI solutions.We are delighted to announce the prize winners of our Responsible AI Challenge, who demonstrated their ingenuity, innovation, and proficiency in developing human-centered and trustworthy AI applications and solutions. # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Mozilla_Ventures_Invests_in_Fiddler, Fueling_Better_AI_Trust [Ed: Mozilla wasting money (from Google) and buzzwords and nonsense]⠀⇛ The investment will help Fiddler scale its AI Observability Platform  o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ Peter Eisentraut ☛ SQL:2023_is_out⠀⇛ The news today is that SQL:2023, the new version of the SQL standard, has been published by ISO.w o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Jeff Geerling ☛ Tireless_volunteers_are_the_lifeblood_of community⠀⇛ Communities with life in them—a kind of ‘infectious enthusiasm’—are so because of a small set of passionate volunteers who give time, love, and individual attention to the group. Meeting Mary Beth reminded me of a few individuals in other communities (Drupal, Ansible, Kubernetes, Raspberry Pi) with similar qualities. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Chris ☛ Parallel_Agile:_Interesting_Idea_–_Does_It_Work?⠀⇛ Parallel Agile11 Parallel Agile promises to teach nine women to produce a baby in a month. Or, if you’re really in a hurry, 27 women in 10 days. Or any other combination that suits your specific staffing/time demands. You might guess that I’m a bit skeptical of the results, but it’s co-authored by Boehm. I have to give it a chance. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Earthly ☛ Abstract_Base_Classes_in_Python⠀⇛ Abstract Base Classes (ABCs) offer a solution to these limitations by allowing us to define a set of common methods and attributes that must be implemented by any class that inherits from the ABC. This ensures that objects of different classes can be used interchangeably in our code and provides a way to catch errors at runtime through type checking. ABCs also promote code reuse and modularity by enforcing consistency across their subclasses. They ensure consistent behavior in subclasses and enable objects of different classes to be used interchangeably. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Daniel Lemire ☛ Peak_credentialism⠀⇛ How much is a degree from a prestigious university worth? The answer is a bit difficult to answer because there are many cofounding factors: people from the connected class (folks that ‘know people’) tend to attend the most prestigious universities, and they also tend to do well professionally. It is likely that highly connected people do well no matter what. Sorting it out is difficult, but we should remember that the objective of an employer is often to hire the most qualified person. The credentials are only an approximation. In jobs where it is easy to identify the highly productive individuals, you would expect that credentials would have less value. # ⚓ 37signals LLC ☛ When_promotions_become_punishment⠀⇛ This is one of the key reasons to pursue minimalist management. By setting up processes that handle much of the mechanics of reporting, and clearly reveals someone’s progress for all to see, as well as distributing the human elements, like mentorship, you can reap much of the benefit of letting senior people provide parts of the management work without the dreaded promotion into management per se. # ⚓ 37signals LLC ☛ Start_them_in_the_deep_end⠀⇛ This doesn’t mean leaving them all alone to figure out the culture, the work, and the people by themselves, mind you. Nobody hits the ground running, and everyone needs guidance and mentorship to thrive in a new situation. But it does mean that the context in which you offer that assistance ought to be real as quickly as possible. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Protests_for_education_reform_to_be_held in_fifteen_Hungarian_towns_on_Thursday⠀⇛ On the 1st of June, protests will be held in fifteen Hungarian cities to once again demonstrate for education and against the introduction of the status law. The event, entitled “Let us breathe!”, is organised by Áron Molnár “noÁr” and the Tanítanék Movement. According to them, o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hackaday_Prize_2023:_Building_A_Relay_ALU⠀⇛ There’s much truth in the advice that, to truly understand something, you need to build it yourself from the ground up. That’s the idea behind [Christian]’s entry for the Re-engineering Education category of the 2023 Hackaday Prize. Built as an educational demonstrator, this is a complete arithmetic-logic unit (ALU) using discrete relays — and not high-density types either — these are the big honking clear-cased kind. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Realtek_WiFi_7_and_WiFi_6_roadmap_for routers_and_clients⠀⇛ We’ve just written about Realtek 5 Gbps Ethernet chips, but the company also has some roadmaps for WiFi 6 and WiFi 7 router chips, and a WiFi 7 client module demonstrated at COMPUTEX 2023. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Old_Clock_Transformed_Into_Mesmerizing_Light Display⠀⇛ It’s easy to find a cheap clock at any dollar store that will manage to tell the time, but chances are that the plastic-fantastic construction won’t do you any aesthetic favors. Fear not, though, for [ROBO HUB]’s upcycled design turns a humble clock into a mesmerizing horological display of beauty. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Commodore_64_Web_Server_Brings_8-Bit_Into_The Future⠀⇛ These days, most webservers are big hefty rackmount rigs with roaring fans in giant datacenters. [naDDan]’s webserver is altogether more humble, as it runs on a single Commodore 64.  # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ IR_Camera_Is_Excellent_Hacking_Platform⠀⇛ While there have been hiccups here and there, the general trend of electronics is to decrease in cost or increase in performance. This can be seen in fairly obvious ways like more powerful and affordable computers but it also often means that more powerful software can be used in other devices without needing expensive hardware to support it. [Manawyrm] and [Toble_Miner] found this was true of a particular inexpensive thermal camera that ships with Linux installed on it, and found that this platform was nearly perfect for tinkering with and adding plenty of other features to turn it into a much more capable tool. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Watch_Out_SiC,_Diamond_Power_Semiconductors_Are Coming_For_You!⠀⇛ The vast majority of semiconductors products we use every day are primarily constructed on a silicon process, using wafers of pure silicon. But whilst the economics are known, and processes mature, there are still some weaknesses. Especially for power applications. gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) are materials that have seen an explosion in uses in the power space, driven especially by an increase in electric vehicle sales and other high-power/high-voltage systems such as solar arrays. But, SiC is expensive and very energy intensive. It looks like diamond substrates could become much more common if the work by Diamfab takes off. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ It’s_Not_“Unreasonable”_to_Want_to_Change_Our Rotten_Health_Care_System⠀⇛ # ⚓ NPR ☛ One_mom_takes_on_YouTube_over_deadly_social_media blackout_challenge⠀⇛ Griffin is one of an estimated 1,385 children known to have died from the blackout challenge, according to a nonprofit called Erik’s Cause, which was founded by Judy Rogg, whose son also died from a choking game. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ EU_and_US_to_prepare_and_push_for_global_AI ‘code_of_conduct’⠀⇛ After talks with EU officials in Sweden, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the Western partners felt the “fierce urgency” to act following the emergence of the technology, in which China has been a growing force. The voluntary code “would be open to all like- minded countries,” Blinken told reporters. “There’s almost always a gap when new technologies emerge,” Blinken said, with “the time it takes for governments and institutions to figure out how to legislate or regulate.” European Commission Vice President Margrethe Vestager added that a draft would be put forward “within weeks.” # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ On_the_Catastrophic_Risk_of_AI⠀⇛ I actually don’t think that AI poses a risk to human extinction. I think it poses a similar risk to pandemics and nuclear war—which is to say, a risk worth taking seriously, but not something to panic over. Which is what I thought the statement said. # ⚓ The Economist ☛ The_AI_boom_has_turbocharged_Nvidia’s fortunes._Can_it_hold_its_position?⠀⇛ Nvidia’s other strength is its software. CUDA, its ai platform, is popular with programmers and runs only on the company’s chips. By, for instance, giving free access to its chips and software to some AI researchers, the firm focused on encouraging developers to use its software long before its competitors set out to woo them. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Apple’s_App_Store_generated_US$1.1_trillion revenue_in_2022⠀⇛ It is estimated that of that App Store developers generated US$910 billion in total billings and sales from the sale of physical goods and services, US$109 billion from in-app advertising and US$104 billion for digital goods and services. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Artificial_Intelligence_“Godfathers”_Call for_Regulation_as_Rights_Groups_Warn_AI_Encodes_Oppression⠀⇛ We host a roundtable discussion with three experts in artificial intelligence on growing concerns over the technology’s potential dangers. Yoshua Bengio, known as one of the three “godfathers of AI,” is a professor at the University of Montreal and founder and scientific director at Mila–Quebec AI Institute. Bengio is also a signatory of the Future of Life Institute open letter calling for a pause on large AI experiments. He is joined on Democracy Now! by Tawana Petty, the director of policy and advocacy at the Algorithmic Justice League, an organization dedicated to raising awareness about the harms of AI, particularly its encoding of racism, sexism and other forms of oppression, and by Max Tegmark, a professor at MIT and president of the Future of Life Institute, which aims to address the existential risk of AI upon humanity. o § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ # § Openwashing⠀➾ # ⚓ Andreiw Marble ☛ Software_licenses_masquerading_as open_source⠀⇛ I’m normally pretty laid back when it comes to terminology, but there’s been a lot of liberties taken with calling things Open Source in the machine learning community recently. Here I mention a few of the different licenses, draw a clear line between open source and hangers-on that are using the terminology, and try and explain why it’s important to call out the difference. Companies are free to choose how they license their software, but should not be giving the impression that they’re contributing unencumbered open source tools to the community if they’re not. o § Linux Foundation⠀➾ # ⚓ Unix Men ☛ Exploring_the_Power_of_Tracker_Applications_on Android:_Leveraging_the_Linux_Foundation⠀⇛ Welcome to the world of tracker applications on the Android operating system.  A tracker application, in its simplest form, is a software program designed to monitor and track specific activities or data on a device. In this article, we will delve into the fascinating realm of tracker apps, their increasing popularity, and the underlying connection between Android and the Linux foundation. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Linux_Foundation_and_friends_back_RISC- V_software_ecosystem_•_The_Register [Ed: GAFAM by proxy]⠀⇛ o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Ask_Fitis,_the_Bear:_Real_Crooks_Sign Their_Malware⠀⇛ Code-signing certificates are supposed to help authenticate the identity of software publishers, and provide cryptographic assurance that a signed piece of software has not been altered or tampered with. Both of these qualities make stolen or ill- gotten code-signing certificates attractive to cybercriminal groups, who prize their ability to add stealth and longevity to malicious software. This post is a deep dive on “Megatraffer,” a veteran Russian hacker who has practically cornered the underground market for malware focused code- signing certificates since 2015. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ CBC ☛ Meta_launches_paid_verification_system_for Canadian_users⠀⇛ Similar to Twitter, Meta already verifies certain high-profile users or organizations, and the new service is not expected to bring any immediate changes to accounts that are already verified that way. But that may change. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ UK_Government_Official_Offers_Up Nonsensical_Defense_Of_Criminalizing_End-To-End Encryption⠀⇛ Since its inception, the UK’s latest attempt to directly regulate the internet has been a disaster. Once dubbed the “Online Harms Bill,” it has since been rebranded to make it appear less harmful to the internet. The bill hasn’t gotten any better, but it does have a less alarmist name, even if everyone pushing hard for its passage tends to align themselves with alarmists. # ⚓ EFF ☛ The_Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Court_Has Made_a_Mockery_of_the_Constitutional_Right_to_Privacy⠀⇛ The FISC order is replete with problems. It describes the government’s repeated, widespread violations—over a seven-year period—of procedures for searching its databases of internet communications involving Americans, all without a warrant. These searches included especially sensitive people and groups, including donors to a political campaign. And it shows the FISC giving the FBI all-but-endless do-overs, each time proclaiming that the executive branch has made “promising” steps toward compliance with procedures that are largely left up to government attorneys to design. Perhaps most shocking, however, is the court’s analysis of how the Fourth Amendment should apply to the FBI’s “backdoor searches” of Americans’ communications. These searches occur when the FBI queries Section 702 data that was ostensibly collected for foreign intelligence purposes without a warrant but includes a person on U.S. soil in the communication. Although the court acknowledged that the volume of Americans’ private communications collected using Section 702 is “substantial in the aggregate,” and that the FBI routinely searches these communications without a warrant for routine matters, it held that the government’s oft-broken safeguards are consistent with the Fourth Amendment and “adequately guard against error and abuse.” When EFF writes that Section 702 and similar programs have created a “broad national security exception to the Constitution,” this is what we mean. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Hackers_Release_Iranian_Documents_Revealing_New Details_Of_Azerbaijani_Embassy_Attack⠀⇛ A hacking group has released a batch of what it claims are classified Iranian government documents, some of which revealed new details of an attack early this year on the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ AI-Controlled_Drone_Goes_Rogue,_‘Kills’ Human_Operator_in_USAF_Simulated_Test⠀⇛ The Air Force’s Chief of AI Test and Operations said “it killed the operator because that person was keeping it from accomplishing its objective.” # ⚓ The Drone Girl ☛ Ukrainian_forces_to_receive_hundreds_of drones_this_month⠀⇛ Puerto Rico-based military drone and technology giant Red Cat is set to fulfill a purchase order this month consisting of 200 long-range, high-speed FPV (first-person view) drones to Ukrainian drone pilots engaged in conflict with Russia. # ⚓ El País ☛ Seven_of_the_nine_thresholds_that_allow_for_human life_on_earth_have_already_been_crossed⠀⇛ ”Seven of the nine indicators that we’ve been evaluating are outside the fair and safe space. We can also see that there’s a window [of opportunity], meaning that a transformation that recovers said safe space is still possible. But it requires transformations and very, very rapid action. And it will not be enough to simply decarbonize the global energy system.”How to do it? Zafra, from BC3, discusses what this challenge entails: “Human well-being cannot exist without the earth’s system. Reconciling the well-being of all people fairly within the limits of the [global ecosystem] involves asking ourselves what well- being really is: what and how much we need to feel good, how much we are willing to harm other people and living beings to achieve [our goals]… we need to carry out broad social processes at all scales that allow for inclusive and just transformations to tackle the climate and biodiversity crisis.” # ⚓ The North Lines IN ☛ No_Infiltration_Of_Taliban_Fighters Into_Kashmir_After_Fall_Of_Kabul,_Says_GoC_Chinar_Corps⠀⇛ General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Chinar Corps Lieutenant General A D S Aujla also said that due to the ongoing internal crisis in Pakistan, there are no major worries regarding Kashmir but the armed forces have to remain alert to thwart any attempts to push in infiltrators, narcotics or weapons. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ German_police_swoop_on_‘Islamic_State’ finance_network⠀⇛ The men and women, mostly of German nationality, were detained on suspicion of supporting a terrorist organization. They allegedly belonged to an international network that solicited financial donations for IS in Syria using platforms that included Telegram. They subsequently transferred the money to the group or its intermediaries. # ⚓ ANF News ☛ Police_try_to_force_university_student_to_become a_spy⠀⇛ A few days after banners were hung by the Kaldirac Movement to mark Ibrahim Kaypakkaya’s anniversary of death on 18 May in 10 different locations in Istanbul, a reader of the magazine and Yıldız Technical University student Oğuzhan Kul, was harassed and forced to become spy on behalf of police by people who introduced themselves as police officers. Oğuzhan Kul spoke to ANF about the harassment of the police and its reasons. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Democrats_Want_Trump?_They’re_Out_of_Their Minds.⠀⇛ And yet some Democrats are again rejoicing at the prospect of Trump as his party’s pick. They reason that he was an unproven entity before but is a proven catastrophe now and that his troubles with the law, troubles with reality, egomania and megalomania make him an easier opponent for President Biden, who beat him once already, than Gov. Ron DeSantis, Senator Tim Scott or another Republican aspirant would be. Perhaps they’re right. But if they’re wrong? The stakes of a second Trump term are much, much too high to wager on his weakness and hope for his nomination. The way I size up the situation, any Republican nominee has a decent shot at the presidency: There are enough Americans who faithfully vote Republican, lean Republican or are open to a Republican that under sufficiently favorable circumstances, the party’s candidate wins. And the circumstances in November 2024 are neither predictable nor controllable — just as they weren’t in November 2016. If Trump is in the running, Trump is in the running. # ⚓ Site36 ☛ Sea-Eye_faces_punishment:_Ship_registered_in Germany_had_to_rescue_in_two_distress_situations⠀⇛ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Former_soldier’s_towering_presence absent_judgement_day⠀⇛ Ben Roberts-Smith was a towering figure and permanent fixture throughout his marathon defamation trial, attending court almost every day. But the hulking former special forces soldier was nowhere to be seen on judgment day. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Media_herald_Roberts-Smith_finding critical_for_justice⠀⇛ Publishers have heralded a historic win in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial as vindication and a “critical step for justice”. After an 11-month deliberation, Justice Anthony Besanko found The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times had successfully proved their allegations the Victoria Cross recipient committed war crimes. # ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ From_Simp_to_Soldier:_How_the_Military_is Using_E-Girls_To_Recruit_Gen_Z_Into_Service⠀⇛ Alan Macleod reveals the new unconventional recruitment strategy being deployed by the US military: using psyop specialists disguised as E- girls to combat dismal recruitment numbers among a war-weary Generation Z. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Wars_We_Don’t_(Care_to)_See⠀⇛ Aggression Made Easy. # ⚓ The_Slow_Ethnic_Cleansing_of_Ein_Samiya’s_Bedouin Community⠀⇛ Israeli settlers and military systematically made life unbearable for the Bedouin community living in the West Bank’s Ein Samiya region. On May 22 they were forced to leave their lands and were displaced for the fourth time since 1969. # § War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Evgeny,_you_don’t_understand’:_Kadyrov- allied_Chechen_leaders_unite_in_criticizing_Prigozhin for_‘yelling_and_screaming’_about_army_problems_— Meduza⠀⇛ Responding to Evgeny Prigozhin’s remarks about the Chechen battalion Akhmat, State Duma Deputy Adam Delimkhanov (an ethnic Chechen allied with the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov) recorded a Telegram video message to Prigozhin, telling him to tone down his statements about the military in general and Akhmat in particular. # ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ Father_of_Gonzalo_Lira,_American jailed_in_Ukraine,_speaks_out_against_“political imprisonment”⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_public_services_portal_offers_users free_access_to_pro-invasion_poetry_collection_— Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian government’s public services portal, Gosuslugi, has sent users a message offering them free access to a book called “PoemZ of the Russian Summer.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kursk_governor_says_‘several_Ukrainian drones’_shot_down_in_region_overnight_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Kursk Governor Roman Starovoit reported that “several Ukrainian drones” were downed by air defenses near the regional capital on Thursday night. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ U.S._announces_countermeasures_in_response to_Russia’s_violation_of_New_START_nuclear_arms_control treaty_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The U.S. State Department announced that it has “adopted countermeasures in response to the Russian Federation’s ongoing violation of the New START Treaty,” a nuclear arms reduction agreement between the U.S. and Russia.  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Evgeny_Prigozhin_visits_nationalist_writer and_politician_Zakhar_Prilepin_in_hospital_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Wagner Group founder Evgeny Prigozhin visited the nationalist writer and politician Zakhar Prilepin in a hospital in Nizhny Novgorod. Prigozhin stopped in Nizhny Novgorod after travelling to Yekaterinburg, Vladivostok, and Novosibirsk. Prilepin has been in the hospital since May, when he was the target of an assassination attempt. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We’re_in_Shebekino_under_Ukrainian_fire’: Videos_from_shelled_town_in_Russia’s_Belgorod_region_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Chaos_in_Shebekino:_What_we_know_about_the latest_raid_into_Russia’s_Belgorod_region_by_pro- Ukrainian_militias_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) and the Freedom of Russia Legion announced Thursday morning that they were conducting a new raid into Russia’s Belgorod region. The two pro- Ukrainian militia groups have carried out multiple armed incursions into Russia from Ukraine in recent months. In videos posted to Telegram, the RDK said its fighters were at the border and were approaching the “outskirts of Shebekino,” a town in the Belgorod region, while the Freedom of Russian Legion said they were also at the border and would soon enter Russian territory “to bring freedom, peace, and calm.” # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Patrick_Lawrence:_The_War_We’re_Finally Allowed_to_See⠀⇛ Let us consider the following paragraphs, which appear in the May 29 edition of The New Yorker:   While Tynda and his team were fighting from the trench, long and powerful fusillades had issued from another Ukrainian position, on a hilltop behind them. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_schools_purchase_drones_for_training schoolkids_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Schools in several Russian regions have been purchasing “training drones” and other equipment needed to teach children to pilot drones. Independent news outlet iStories found the purchase contracts on a public records site. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Belgorod_governor_reports_dormitory_on_fire after_shelling_attack_on_Shebekino_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported that the village of Shebekino came under fire from a Grad multiple rocket launcher system on Thursday. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_Presidential_Administrative Directorate_building_bomb_shelter_at_Moscow_hospital used_by_top_officials_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian Presidential Administrative Directorate is planning to build a new bomb shelter on the territory of Moscow’s Central Clinical Hospital, according to documents that have appeared on Russia’s public procurements portal. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Get_me_a_passport,_then_I’ll_tell_you_what I_know’_How_a_former_United_Russia_lawmaker_wound_up_on Moscow’s_‘foreign_agents’_list_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s Justice Ministry made an unlikely addition to its “foreign agents” list last week: former lawmaker Magomed Gadzhiyev, who once represented the ruling United Russia party in the State Duma. Besides being one of the deputies who voted for the original “foreign agents” law in 2012, Gadzhiyev has supported a number of the Kremlin’s other initiatives, including the annexation of Crimea and the “Yarovaya Package” (legislation that requires telecoms to store six months of clients’ calling and texting records and Internet history — and to share the data with police, no questions asked). Gadzhiyev served a total of three terms in Russia’s federal parliament. After Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year, Gadzhiyev expressed support for the war and sent humanitarian aid convoys to the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics.” Meduza special correspondent Andrey Pertsev explains how such a loyal figure became a “foreign agent.” o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ [Repeat] YLE ☛ Veteran_political_reporter_criticises ‘secrecy’_in_government_formation_talks⠀⇛ The ongoing negotiations aimed at forming Finland’s next government are unprecedented in terms of the level of secrecy surrounding them, veteran political journalist Unto Hämäläinen told Yle TV1′s A-Studio current affairs programme on Monday evening. “We don’t really know anything about the events of the past month. These are the most secretive government negotiations ever,” Hämäläinen said, adding that he was puzzled as to the reasons why the talks have been conducted in such a clandestine way. The negotiations entered their fifth week on Monday. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Two_Decades_Later,_We_Still_Know_Too_Little About_the_Government’s_Torture_Program⠀⇛ Despite fervid attempts to keep that blindfold in place, the search has not been in vain. On the contrary, over these last two decades, its layers have slowly worn away, thread by thread, revealing, if not the full picture of those medieval-style practices, then a damning set of facts and images relating to torture, American-style, in this century. Cumulatively, investigative journalism, government reports, and the testimony of witnesses have revealed a fuller picture of the places, people, nightmarish techniques, and results of that program. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Iceland_Is_a_Magnet_for_Tourists._Its First_Lady_Has_Some_Advice_for_Them.⠀⇛ The boom in tourism — which Ms. Reid says has brought opportunities as well as challenges — is a change that she has both witnessed and participated in. In 2016, when her husband was elected president, she was the editor of the in-flight magazine for Icelandair. Three years later, as first lady, she took on a paid position to promote the country’s exports and champion Iceland as a tourist destination. She published a book last year — part travelogue, part memoir, part feminist history of Iceland — and continues to run the writers’ retreat that she founded with a colleague. I sat down with Ms. Reid in the presidential residence, and in our hourlong conversation, she talked about the best way for visitors to meet Icelanders and what she thinks of the term “overtourism.” # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Regulator_comes_clean_with_carbon credit_data_release⠀⇛ Previously secret data has been released by the Clean Energy Regulator after questions were raised about the integrity of methods used to generate carbon credits. The Carbon Estimation Area (CEA) data was issued on Friday, as recommended by a recent review of Australia’s carbon credit scheme and after a law change allowed the release. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ CBC ☛ I_love_my_electric_car_but_I_didn’t_realize_my life_would_revolve_around_charging_it⠀⇛ Around the second year, the quest for charging started to become more frustrating than enjoyable. Significantly more people were driving EVs, which was encouraging. But this also meant that the chargers in my neighbourhood were almost always unavailable unless I got there before 7 a.m. or after 10 p.m. After repeated incidents of disappointment, I stopped checking the availability online beforehand. The charger that showed as “available” online was often taken by the time I got there. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Rio_Grande_LNG’s_Developer_Led_Ghostwriting Campaign_to_Get_Federal_Approval⠀⇛ In March, a man named David Irizarry wrote a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in support of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project to be built in Brownsville, Texas. The Rio Grande LNG project (RGLNG), estimated to cost more than $11 billion, would be the largest private sector investment in Texas’ history. But it was awaiting a key decision from FERC. “As you know, the US appeals court of the DC circuit rejected all but two of the claims put forward by opponents of RGLNG related to RGLNG’s FERC order,” Irizarry wrote. Irizarry is not in the gas business, nor does he deal with energy policy. As the chief executive of the Valley Regional Medical Center, a medical system serving Brownsville and the Rio Grande Valley, his letter displayed an unusually fluent understanding of the ins and outs of the federal gas permitting process. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ New_offshore_gas_up_in_the_air as_acreage_access_stalls⠀⇛ Prospects for the release of new areas of offshore gas exploration under federal Labor remain unclear, according to testimony at federal budget hearings. Coalition resources spokeswoman Susan McDonald quizzed the federal government over ongoing uncertainty for consumers and the industry, with supply still a pressing issue for the domestic gas market and prices rising. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ West_Virginia_Governor’s_Coal_Empire Sued_by_the_Federal_Government_—_Again⠀⇛ Federal authorities sued West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s business empire on Wednesday, seeking $7.6 million in unpaid environmental fines and overdue fees. The move adds to Justice’s growing legal and debt problems and comes just a month into his campaign for the U.S. Senate. Justice Department lawyers filed the suit to collect fines assessed by the Interior Department against 13 companies for strip mining violations that “pose health and safety risks or threaten environmental harm” to neighboring communities. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Books_You_Should_Read:_Red_Team_Blues⠀⇛ Martin Hench really likes playing on the Red Team — being on the attack. He’s a financial geek, understands cryptocurrency, understands how money is moved around to keep it hidden, and is really good at mining data from social media. He puts those skills together as a forensic accountant. Put simply, Martin finds money that people want hidden. Against his better judgment, Marty does the job of a lifetime, and makes an absolute mint. But that job had hair, and he’s got to live through the aftermath. It turns out, that might just be a challenge, as three separate groups want a piece of him. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Singaporean_bus_driver_pleads_not guilty_to_misuse_of_subsidised_diesel_in_Johor_Bahru⠀⇛ Diesel, like sugar and chicken, is a controlled good in Malaysia. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ We_Asked_an_AI_Chatbot_How_to_Fight the_Extinction_Crisis [Ed: Chatbots are a waste of time. Don't bother making 'articles' with this crap. Chatbots are worthless.]⠀⇛ # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ The Economist ☛ Global_fertility_has_collapsed,_with profound_economic_consequences⠀⇛ In the roughly 250 years since the Industrial Revolution the world’s population, like its wealth, has exploded. Before the end of this century, however, the number of people on the planet could shrink for the first time since the Black Death. The root cause is not a surge in deaths, but a slump in births. Across much of the world the fertility rate, the average number of births per woman, is collapsing. Although the trend may be familiar, its extent and its consequences are not. Even as artificial intelligence (ai) leads to surging optimism in some quarters, the baby bust hangs over the future of the world economy. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Industrial_umpire_set_to_unveil minimum_wage_rise⠀⇛ Millions of Australians on award and minimum wages are set to find out how much more they will be paid. But economists warn a too-generous rise could add to pressure on the Reserve Bank to push up interest rates next week. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Airbnb_sues_New_York_City_over_short- term_rental_rules⠀⇛ Airbnb has sued New York City over rules the company says impose arbitrary restrictions that would greatly reduce the local supply of short-term rentals. A 2022 ordinance, which the city plans to begin enforcing next month, would require owners to register with the mayor’s office, disclose who else lives in the property, and promise to comply with zoning, construction and maintenance ordinances. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Ellen_Brown:_Another_Look_at_the_Financial Transactions_Tax⠀⇛ A small financial transactions tax could correct a number of maladies in our economic system, from the federal debt crisis to the widening wealth divide to the rampant financialization of the economy, while eliminating taxes on income and sales. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Have_Shine_Justice_and_PwC_overstated the_assets_of_the_law_firm?⠀⇛ Callum Foote has dusted off the accounting standards (AASB) and discovered that Shine Justice and its auditors PwC may not be meeting their obligations as a company listed on the ASX and as auditors, respectively. Foote has therefore offered assistance to the Audit and Risk Committee of the Shine Board of Directors. His investigation concludes with some free staff training tips for PwC which ought to complement the firm’s newly avowed enthusiasm in the fields of integrity training and compliance.  In accounting, auditing and tax consulting, standards are vital. Professional and ethical standards promote exemplary levels of professionalism and ethical behaviour thereby maximising the integrity of the accounting profession. While accounting and auditing standards facilitate investor confidence in the Australian economy including its capital markets. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Turning_His_Back_on_Student_Debtors”: Biden’s_Debt_Deal_Ends_Freeze_on_Loan_Payments_for_Millions⠀⇛ Advocates for student debt relief are raising the alarm over a controversial part of the bipartisan deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling that would end the freeze on student loan repayments by the end of August. The moratorium has been in place since 2020. Meanwhile, the fate of the Biden administration’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student debt for borrowers is going to be decided by the Supreme Court, where it is likely to face skepticism from the conservative majority. “This is President Biden turning his back on student debtors,” says Braxton Brewington, press secretary of the Debt Collective. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ US,_Taiwan_sign_trade_deal_despite China’s_opposition⠀⇛ The United States has signed a trade agreement with Taiwan despite opposition from China, which claims the self-ruled island democracy as part of its territory. The two governments say the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade will strengthen commercial relations by improving customs, investment and other regulation. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Students_dive_into_pockets_to_beat HECS_interest_rise⠀⇛ University students raced to fork out more money to pay off their student debts to try to beat a deadline for a rise in HECS interest. More than three million Australians have been slugged with a 7.1 per cent rise in their HECS debts after indexation was applied on Thursday. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ US_Congress_approves_debt-limit suspension_bill⠀⇛ The US Senate has passed bipartisan legislation backed by President Joe Biden that lifts the government’s $US31.4 ($A47.7) trillion debt ceiling, averting what would have been a first-ever default. The Senate voted 63-36 to approve the bill that was passed on Wednesday by the House of Representatives, as lawmakers raced against the clock following months of partisan bickering between Democrats and Republicans. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ US_Senate_set_to_pass_debt_limit suspension_bill⠀⇛ The US Senate is on track to pass a bill to lift the government’s $US31.4 ($A47.7) trillion debt ceiling in a late sitting. Democratic majority leader Chuck Schumer said: “We are avoiding default tonight.” # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Home_buyer_borrowing_sinks_2.9_per cent_in_April⠀⇛ Home buyer lending has dropped off again as higher interest rates continue to suppress demand for housing. The 2.9 per cent monthly fall in new home commitments followed a 5.3 per cent uptick in housing-related borrowing in March. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Students_paying_more_to_beat_HECS interest_deadline⠀⇛ A surge of students are forking out more money to pay off their student debts to beat the deadline for a rise in HECS interest. More than three million Australians were slugged with a 7.1 per cent rise in their HECS debts, after indexation was applied.  o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] Bruce Schneier ☛ Rethinking_Democracy_for_the_Age_of AI⠀⇛ This text is the transcript from a keynote speech delivered during the RSA Conference in San Francisco on April 25, 2023. There is a lot written about technology’s threats to democracy. Polarization. Artificial intelligence. The concentration of wealth and power. I have a more general story: The political and economic systems of governance that were created in the mid-18th century are poorly suited for the 21st century. They don’t align incentives well. And they are being hacked too effectively. # ⚓ Computer World ☛ EU_officials_to_meet_OpenAI_CEO_again_in June_over_AI_laws⠀⇛ The meeting, which is most likely to take place in San Francisco, will see Breton seek a roadmap for implementation of EU’s AI regulations that are expected to come into effect in 2026, the news report cited unnamed EU officials as saying. # ⚓ Robert Reich ☛ The_Hard_Hat_Riot:_A_Forgotten_Flashpoint_in America’s_Culture_Wars⠀⇛ # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Orbán:_I_prayed_hard_for_Erdoğan’s victory⠀⇛ The real victims of the Russian-Ukrainian war are those whose family members are dying because the front line “spares neither God nor man”, thus began Viktor Orbán’s semi-regular Friday statement on Kossuth Rádió. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Judit_Varga:_EP_vote_on_Hungarian presidency_of_EU_Council_completely_unnecessary⠀⇛ According to Fidesz MEP Balázs Hidvéghi, it is a gross violation of the EU treaties in force that an EP resolution adopted today would “deprive” Hungary of the EU Council presidency due next year (the text questions whether Hungary could credibly lead the EU co-decision-making body representing the member states). # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ A_Hungarian_company_supplied_gas cylinders_to_the_Russian_army_even_after_the_war_had_begun⠀⇛ Although the Hungarian company Aluminárugyár Zrt. says that it no longer has any economic relations with the Moscow-based Ruszball, which manufactures and supplies the Russian army with combat equipment, including inflatable tanks, it still supplied gas cylinders to the company months after the outbreak of the war, in the summer of 2022, Szabad Európa writes. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ EP_votes_to_question_Hungary’s_ability_to credibly_hold_EU_Council_presidency⠀⇛ The European Parliament (EP) adopted its new resolution on Hungary by a large majority of 442 votes to 144, with 33 abstentions. According to the document, which has no legal consequences, “as a result of the government’s systemic actions, the state of rule of law in Hungary has been deteriorating for years”. This has not been properly addressed and, in addition, many new issues continue to arise. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Australia-Singapore_ties_crucial_to regional_security⠀⇛ Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Singapore can be a trusted partner to maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific amid growing tensions in the region. The prime minister visited Singapore on Friday where he met with acting prime minister Lawrence Wong, announcing three climate-related initiatives. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Hootsuite_head:_‘Thomas_Edison_would_have been_an_awesome_social_media_marketer’⠀⇛ Billy Jones joins us for an in depth chat about social media and more. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Democratic_Party_Can_Work_With Influencers_In_a_Way_That_Actually_Relates_to_Young People⠀⇛ The [Internet] is no longer what it once was. Novel, I know. Where we used to use the internet to seek out information, friends, family, or public figures, now, hours and hours of carefully selected Amazon hauls, lip syncs, and babies cuddling puppies are spoon- fed to us by the all-knowing algorithms behind every app on your phone. But these algorithms aren’t just giving us incredibly catchy, quotable memes. They’re also spreading fake news and pushing us further into echo chambers, calcifying our political views and influencing the names we check off at the ballot box. # ⚓ BBC ☛ Ukraine_war:_Teens_used_to_report_Russian propaganda⠀⇛ While Russia’s notorious Wagner mercenaries have been at the forefront of fighting in Ukraine’s ravaged eastern town of Bakhmut, a close associate of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has been involved in another battle – for the hearts and minds of people in occupied areas behind the front lines. # ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ Troubling_questions_surround_BBC ‘disinformation_correspondent’_Marianna_Spring⠀⇛ o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Texas_Age_Verification_Bill_Would_Plaster_Health Warnings_On_Porn_Sites⠀⇛ Just when we didn’t think the state of Texas could get any more wacko on tech policy, this latest bill really suggests otherwise. House Bill 1181 is an age verification measure that is similar to what we’ve seen in the state legislatures across other red U.S. states. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Yekaterinburg_court_fines_local_Memorial_branch more_than_$3,000_for_online_posts_by_unrelated_group_— Meduza⠀⇛ A Yekaterinburg court has reportedly fined the local branch of the human rights organization Memorial 300,000 rubles ($3,700) on charges of “discrediting” the Russian army, the newspaper Kommersant has reported, citing the group’s director, Alexey Mosin. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Publisher_Drops_Author_After_TikTok_Backlash_and GoodReads_Review_Bombing⠀⇛ But a Tuesday update to her comments indicates the reviewer’s opinion of Stusek soon soured: “EDIT: the author is now attacking me on tik tok for not giving her a 5 star review(it was a 4) 😭😭😭😭 giving her a 1 just for her attitude! I didn’t think the book was bad but her attitude certainly is!” Stusek responded to Kebartas on TikTok: “I had a perfect 5 star average till this bitch came up. She said, ‘The ending was kind of predictable.’ Yeah, well, it’s my life, not a fucking murder mystery. ‘But other than that, it was incredible,’ so you just gave me four stars?” The video attacking Kebartas’ review no longer appears on Stusek’s TikTok profile, removed for violating TikTok’s community guidelines, according to screenshots and Stusek herself. # ⚓ ANF News ☛ Journalist_denied_treatment_for_speaking Kurdish⠀⇛ After the discussion, the soldiers handcuffed the journalist and prevented him from being examined. The soldiers took the journalist back to the prison after keeping him waiting in the hospital yard for hours. # ⚓ Scientific American ☛ Why_Google’s_Supreme_Court_Case_Could Rattle_the_Internet⠀⇛ On Tuesday the Supreme Court began hearing arguments in a case called Gonzalez v. Google, which questions whether tech giants can be held legally responsible for content promoted by their algorithms. The case targets a cornerstone of today’s Internet: Section 230, a statute that protects online platforms from liability for content produced by others. If the Supreme Court weakens the law, platforms may need to revise or eliminate the recommendation algorithms that govern their feeds. And if the Court scraps the law entirely, it will leave tech companies more vulnerable to lawsuits based on user content. “If there are no protections for user-generated content, I don’t think it’s hyperbolic to say that this is probably the end of social media,” says Hany Farid, a computer scientist at the University of California, Berkeley. Social platforms, such as Twitter and YouTube, rely heavily on two things: content created by users and recommendation algorithms that promote the content most likely to capture other users’ attention and keep them on the platform as long as possible. The Court’s verdict could make either or both strategies more dangerous for tech companies. # ⚓ Netblocks ☛ Social_media_restricted_in_Senegal_amid political_unrest⠀⇛ NetBlocks metrics confirm the restriction of Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, Telegram and other social media platforms in Senegal on 1 June 2023. The measure comes amid widespread protests over the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. # ⚓ Quillette ☛ Campus_Speech_and_Compromised_Safety⠀⇛ As universities try desperately to serve two masters (knowledge production; diversity and inclusion), they will increasingly end up sanctioning speech that should be protected. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Justice_Ministry_declares_Navalny’s_Anti- Corruption_Foundation_‘undesirable’_organization_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s Justice Ministry has included Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation on its list of “undesirable” organizations, reports Telegram channel Ostorozhno, Novosti. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ A_win_for_journalism._But_Ben_Roberts- Smith_is_still_at_large._What’s_the_scam?⠀⇛ Justice Anthony Besanko found that Chris Masters and Nick Mackenzies and their publishers were substantially reporting the truth about Ben Roberts-Smith. It is a win for quality investigative journalism, but will we now see criminal charges against the former soldier? Defending defamation cases in Australia is hard. The law favours the defamed, the truth defence a high bar to hurdle. Especially when the litigant is backed by a billionaire. The court has yet to decide on who will pay for it all, and, of course, Roberts-Smith may well appeal. No doubt his chief financial backer, Kerry Stokes, will have a say in that decision. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ El País ☛ Invisible,_persecuted_and_in_exile:_How journalists_are_resisting_in_Central_America⠀⇛ Three journalists from Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala provide a first-person account of what it’s like to continue reporting on reality despite the authoritarian onslaught in the region and the criminalization of their work # ⚓ El País ☛ Has_objectivity_in_media_died_(if_it_ever existed)?⠀⇛ Lippmann asked reporters not to serve any cause “no matter how worthy.” Instead, he proposed applying scientific methods to professionalize the media, which, until that point, had been openly partisan. His proposal was so successful that the ideal of objectivity became the center of American newsrooms. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Meta_Warns_That_It_Will_Remove_News_From Facebook_&_Instagram_In_California,_Rather_Than_Pay_Buffy Wicks’_Bribes⠀⇛ We’ve written a few times about California’s “Journalism Protection Act” (CJPA) from state Rep. Buffy Wicks, and many times about the terrible concept of such link taxes. Unfortunately, it looks like California’s bill is moving forward, with buy- in from the big media orgs and their journalists that will get the free pay offs from such an unconstitutional link tax. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Report:_FBI_Reopens_Assange_Investigation⠀⇛ An Australian newspaper reported Thursday the F.B.I. sought to question Julian Assange’s former ghostwriter in London as the U.S. continues a probe that resulted in an indictment three years ago of the imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Former_National-Bolshevik_activist_Roman_Popkov charged_with_organizing_Vladlen_Tatarsky_assassination_— Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s Investigative Committee is charging the journalist Roman Popkov with organizing the terrorist attack that killed the pro-Kremlin war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in St. Petersburg on April 2. # ⚓ Supreme_Risk:_An_Interactive_Guide_to_Rights_the_Supreme Court_Could_Take_Away⠀⇛ Most rights are based in statute, but dozens — such as rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings — are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn and that current justices have questioned some aspect of. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ [Repeat] RFA ☛ Tibetans_in_western_China_ordered_to_vacate land_for_hydropower_dam_construction⠀⇛ Authorities in Lingya village, about an hour’s drive from Rebgong, issued the order on May 23, requiring seven villages in the region to move so the Chinese government can begin the first phase of construction 10 days after the notice’s issue date, said a Tibetan from Rebgong who now lives in exile. “The land that is being confiscated by the Chinese government is farmland, which is the livelihood of Tibetans,” said the source who declined to be identified so as to speak freely about the situation. “The authorities have warned the Tibetans to not show any kind of condemnation.” # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Ex-Test_spinner_MacGill_vindicated_in intimidation_case⠀⇛ Former Test cricketer Stuart MacGill has claimed an emotional court victory after a judge dismissed intimidation charges against him. MacGill, 52, was accused of stalking and verbally intimidating his friend’s former fiancee Samantha Ford on a Sydney street and at a nearby pub on February 1, 2022. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_White_House_Cannot_Ignore_the_Islamophobic Watchlist—It_Must_End⠀⇛ This whole nightmare of a list might be defensible if it made us safer, but it doesn’t. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ A_World_Inside_Out⠀⇛ Before Katherine Dunn published her celebrated novel Geek Love in 1989, she was a struggling single parent in Portland, Ore., paying rent by serving hash browns, painting houses, and pouring beers at a biker bar, where she became adept at breaking up knife fights. If this lean time was a prelude of sorts, it also came after an important chapter in her life had ended: the wide-open years of the late 1960s and early ’70s, when Dunn had dropped out of Reed College to go vagabonding around the world. More an observer of the era’s revolutionary energies than a participant, she had also become a writer during this period, penning two slim, savage novels about recalcitrant misfits—Attic and Truck—that were snapped up by a publishing industry seeking voices who could speak for a generation of dropouts. But by the time Dunn had moved back to Portland, the era’s youth movements had largely dissipated, as had interest in her first literary efforts. Her relationship with her son’s father had ended around the same time that the new novel she was working on—set at a fictional version of Reed in the ’60s—was rejected by her publisher. In the late ’70s, the sum of these disappointments left Dunn living in a tiny studio apartment, where her young son slept in the closet. It was in these years that she started working on Geek Love. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ I_Was_Vermont’s_Democratic_Nominee_for Governor._I_Have_A_Grave_Warning_for_My_Party.⠀⇛ In 2022, I was Vermont’s Democratic nominee for governor. I am a proud member of my party and a fiercely devoted citizen of my state. But now, I am publicly pleading with the party that chose me as its standard-bearer last year to step back from the brink of making one of the biggest crises in our state even worse. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Stoking_the_Fires_of_Racism⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘Behavior_of_a_Fascist_Police_State’:_Legal Aid_Organizers_Arrested_After_Backing_Cop_City_Protesters⠀⇛ “Bailing out protestors who exercise their constitutionally protected rights is simply not a crime,” said one civil rights defender. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Watchdog_Says_Iran_Executed_At_Least_142_People_In May,_Calls_For_International_Pressure⠀⇛ Iran Human Rights (IHR) says at least 142 people were executed in Iran in May, the highest monthly total in eight years, amid a brutal crackdown on dissent that the Norway-based watchdog says is aimed at spreading “societal fear.” o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ EDRI ☛ Commission_launches_[Internet]_fee_consultation_full of_biased_questions⠀⇛ The European Commission’s “exploratory questionnaire” about the so-called Sending Party Pays idea—or “fair share” as the telecom lobbyists call it—is full of biased questions and misunderstandings of how the internet works. For over a decade, large global telecom corporations and internet providers have been lobbying for an internet fee in which content providers like Netflix, Youtube and public broadcasters would pay the telecoms industry for letting their online content flow through their networks. It looks like the Commission has heard them, despite such an internet fee having been consistently rejected by governments, legislators, and regulators across the EU and around the world. EDRi has therefore responded to this questionnaire in line with the quasi unanimous criticism by experts: Nothing has changed in the past 12 years that would merit a direct payment scheme where telecom corporations get paid twice for the same service: first by consumers who pay for their internet connection at home, and then by content providers who make online content available to those consumers. # ⚓ Broadband Breakfast ☛ Tribes_Must_Be_Ready_to_Challenge State_Broadband_Maps:_Tribal_Ready⠀⇛ Tribal governments need to be prepared to approach the state with a data-driven argument about what coverage data is not included in the state map and what changes need to be made, said Valandra. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Governor_Newsom_Desperately_Begs_NetChoice_To Drop_Its_Lawsuit_Over_Unconstitutional_AADC_Bill⠀⇛ We’ve written a lot about AB 2273, California’s Age Appropriate Design Code (AADC) that requires websites with users in California to try to determine the ages of all their visitors, write up dozens of reports on potential harms, and then seek to mitigate those harms. I’ve written about why it’s literally impossible to comply with the law. We’ve had posts on how it conflicts with privacy laws and how it’s a radical experimentation on children (ironically, the drafters of the bill insist that they’re trying to stop experimentation on children). o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ ‘Right_To_Repair’_Reform_Passes_CA_State_Senate, 38-0⠀⇛ Reform efforts aimed at making it easier and more affordable to repair technology you bought and paid for continue to see progress. California’s SB 244 this week passed in the California State Senate with a vote of 38-0, a notable retort to the lobbyists that had been trying to kill the bill: # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Only_8%_Of_Netflix_Password_Moochers_Plan_To_Pay For_Their_Own_Subscription⠀⇛ Netflix’s new password sharing crackdown is a dumb cash grab. It’s unnecessary, confusing, risks annoying subscribers, duplicates existing monetization efforts (Netflix already forces you to pay for higher tiers of service if you want simultaneous streams), contradicts years of Netflix’s stated position on the issue, comes on the heels of other price hikes, and the company’s projections of how much money it stands to make don’t appear rooted in reality. * § Monopolies⠀➾ o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Activision_Appeals_CMA_Ruling_On_Its_Activision Acquisition,_Calling_It_‘Irrational’⠀⇛ Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard plods along with a drip of news coming out every so often. For those of you with your pencils and scorecards ready, the current state is: the FTC has sued to stop the deal in the States, the EU has given its approval for the purchase to move forward, and the UK’s CMA blocked the purchase outright. o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ VOA News ☛ Meta_Threatens_to_Block_News_Content_in California_in_Potential_Blow_to_Press_Freedom⠀⇛ Meta on Wednesday threatened to block all news articles on Facebook and Instagram in California if state lawmakers move forward with a bill that would tax the tech company for news content. The California Journalism Preservation Act would tax the advertising profits that platforms like Meta and Google make from distributing news articles. About 70% of the money collected would then go to support newsrooms around the state. Meta has warned it will pull news links from Facebook and Instagram entirely if the bill is passed. # ⚓ The Toronto Star ☛ ‘Business_would_be_over’:_Canada’s_news publishers_say_ban_by_Google_and_Facebook_would_devastate them⠀⇛ Canadian news publishers have shed new light on how journalism in Canada could be harmed if big tech platforms make good on their threats to block the posting of their content, should Ottawa’s online news bill pass unchanged. Jeff Elgie, the CEO of community news company Village Media, told senators studying the bill that Google and Facebook generate more than 50 per cent of his digital company’s web traffic. “If that traffic was lost, the business would be over,” said Elgie, whose company owns 25 local news publications across Ontario. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ RARBG_Shutdown_is_a_Major_Blow_to_the Pirate_Ecosystem⠀⇛ The surprise shutdown of torrent site RARBG and its tracker came as a shock to millions of users and the knock-on effects are already being felt elsewhere in the piracy ecosystem. Other torrent sites are seeing a slowdown in fresh content, automated download apps are starting to throw up errors, and many of the largest streaming sites are missing a key source of content. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ ISP’s_Dynamic_Injunction_Fears_Fail_to Prevent_Lookmovie_&_Flixtor_Blocking⠀⇛ While many ISPs in Europe were initially opposed to pirate site-blocking measures, anti-censorship and free-flow of information ideals have long since given way to resignation and, in some cases, full cooperation. In the Netherlands, ISP KPN went up against BREIN recently, citing concerns over its application for a shape-shifting dynamic injunction. KPN couldn’t prevent Lookmovie and Flixtor from being blocked but the discussion was one worth having. # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ CC’s_#BetterSharing_Collection_|_June: Share_Freely,_Openly,_Like_We_Share_Air⠀⇛ Each month throughout 2023, we will be spotlighting a different CC-licensed illustration from the collection on our social media headers and the CC blog. For June, we’re excited to showcase “Share Freely, Openly, Like We Share Air” by Hust Wilson. The piece, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, was inspired by a quote from David Moinina Sengeh, Education Minister and Chief Innovation Officer of Sierra Leone and TED Senior Fellow: ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3251 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.02.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_02/06/2023:_Elive_‘Retrowave’_Stable_and_Microsoft’s_Half_a_Billion Dollar_Fine_for_LinkeIn_Surveillance_in_Europe⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 7:29 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Audiocasts/Shows o Applications o Instructionals/Technical * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Programming/Development # Python * Leftovers o Science o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Pseudo-Open_Source # Lock-in o Linux_Foundation o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ TUXEDO_Gemini_Linux_Laptops_Get_Raptor_Lake CPUs,_NVIDIA_RTX_4070_GPUs⠀⇛ Featuring three variants with 15.6-inch, 16-inch, and 17.3-inch 16:10 LED-Backlight displays with up to an impressive 240 Hz Hz refresh rate and up to 2560×1440 pixels resolution, the 2nd Gen TUXEDO Gemini Linux laptops support Advanced Optimus for automatically driving the display through the NVIDIA GPU for best performance. They also feature G-SYNC for synchronizing refresh rates to the graphics card’s rendered frames to avoid screen tearing and nearly full sRGB coverage (95 to 99%). All three display variants of the TUXEDO Gemini series feature non-glare displays that are perfect for gaming. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ The BSD Now Podcast ☛ BSD_Now_509:_Dot_File_Naming⠀⇛ Leveraging OpenZFS to Build Your Own Storage Appliance, Install OpenBSD as a VM, Set up your own CalDAV and CardDAV servers on OpenBSD, display basic computer information using DMI table decoder, Gpart CheatSheet, Rob Pike on the Origin of Unix Dot File Names, and more # ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ Linux_Action_News_295⠀⇛ How the recent XFS bug was squashed, insights into why Microsoft built their own Linux from scratch, and recent attacks on Archive.org. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to Apple_Books⠀⇛ Apple Books is an e-book reading and store application. It primarily receives EPUB content from the Apple Books store, but users can also add their own EPUB and Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Apple Books is proprietary software and not available for Linux. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives. # ⚓ Top_Tools_Every_System_Administrator_Must_Have⠀⇛ As a system administrator, your job involves managing and maintaining the IT infrastructure of an organization. You are responsible for ensuring that the network, servers, and applications are running smoothly, and any issues that arise are resolved promptly. To accomplish this, you need the right set of tools in your arsenal. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Before_lawmakers_regulate_AI,_they_must_define it—and_that_isn’t_easy⠀⇛ Regulators around the world are hammering out how to regulate artificial intelligence. Thefast- moving, nebulous technology is hard to define, presenting a hurdle for lawmakers. # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ YouTube-DL_Update_button_fixed⠀⇛ Alfons reported that the “Update” button in the YouTube downloader (see Internet menu), which downloads the latest ‘youtube-dl’ script, doesn’t work. Thanks for reporting that, it is fixed. It is a PET package, in the ‘noarch’ repository, now ‘youtubedl-gui-0.4.3.pet’, not yet uploaded. Anyway, it will be in the next release of Easy. # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Quickly_Create_Cool_ASCII_Text_Art_on_Linux Using_This_App⠀⇛ Looking for a quick and easy way to turn short snippets of text into large (and undisputedly cool) ASCII banners? Check out Calligraphy, which hit Flathub this week. # ⚓ Karel_Zak:_util-linux_v2.39:_Improved_Mount_Interface_and Exciting_Updates⠀⇛ This release comes with dramatic changes, and the most noticeable change is the support for a new kernel mount API in libmount. The classic mount(2) system call has been with us since the early days of Linux. This interface is quite simple: you specify the source, target, filesystem options, mount flags, and ask the kernel to do the job. Unfortunately, the interface is too simplistic. These days, attaching a filesystem requires multiple steps, and it’s important for userspace to assist in these steps and receive feedback from the kernel after each one. # ⚓ IT Pro Today ☛ The_Best_Linux_File_Managers_for_Managing Your_Files⠀⇛ Learn about selecting file managers for Linux operating systems. [...] Linux file managers facilitate the management of files and folders, allowing users to navigate and access the content of their filesystem. Users can browse directories in the filesystem, view file hierarchies, and perform operations on files and folders. Some file manager come with unique features, such as network communication for file transfer or web browsing capabilities. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 11_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Web_Photo Gallery_Solutions⠀⇛ To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 11 of the most useful open source web photo gallery software. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_sed⠀⇛ This article spotlights alternative open source tools to sed, a stream editor for filtering and transforming text. # ⚓ Linux Journal ☛ Illuminating_Your_Console:_Enhancing_Your Linux_Command_Line_Experience_with_ccat⠀⇛ § Introducing ccat ccat stands for “colorized cat.” It’s a simple yet powerful tool that, like the traditional cat command, reads files sequentially, writing them to standard output. However, the ccat command adds a visual advantage – color-coding. It makes your command-line experience more user-friendly, improving the readability and understanding of your code. ✐ Installing ccat⠀✐ Before diving in, you need to ensure you have ccat installed on your system. This process varies based on the Linux distribution you’re using, but here are the most common methods: For Ubuntu, Debian, and derivatives, the process begins by downloading the latest .deb package from the official ccat GitHub repository, which can be found at: https://github.com/jingweno/ccat. After downloading the package, you can install it using the dpkg command: [...] # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ What_Is_the_CAT_Command_in_Linux_and_How to_Use_It⠀⇛ The cat command is Linux’s most basic way of combining files together. It’s short for conCATenation, but there’s more to this than just copy-pasting one file next to the other. § Basic Format for the CAT Command This is how you normally use the cat command: [...] o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_install_Google_Earth_on_Ubuntu_20.04_| 22.04_LTS⠀⇛ Google Earth is a popular mapping and geographical exploration application that allows users to explore the Earth’s surface and various locations using satellite imagery, aerial photography, and 3D models. Although Google Earth is primarily designed for Windows and macOS, it is possible to install and run it on Ubuntu as well. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_install_Evolution_–_Email_client_on Ubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛ Evolution is a powerful and feature-rich email client for Linux systems, providing a comprehensive set of tools for managing your email, calendar, tasks, and contacts. # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Automate_your_Quarkus_deployment_using_Ansible⠀⇛ In this article, we’ll explain how to use Ansible to build and deploy a Quarkus_application. Quarkus is an exciting, lightweight Java development framework designed for cloud and Kubernetes deployments, and Red_Hat_Ansible Automation_Platform  is one of the most popular automation tools and a star product from Red Hat. § Set up your Ansible environment Before discussing how to automate a Quarkus application deployment using Ansible, we need to ensure the prerequisites are in place. First, you have to install Ansible on your development environment. On a Fedora or a Red_Hat_Enterprise Linux machine, this is achieved easily utilizing the dnf_package_manager: [...] # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_install_Clementine-Music_Player_on_Ubuntu 22.04_LTS⠀⇛ Clementine is a popular and versatile music player for Linux systems, offering a range of features and a user-friendly interface. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_install_and_configure_Pitivi_on_Ubuntu 22.04_LTS⠀⇛ Pitivi is a popular open-source non-linear video editor that provides users with a user-friendly and intuitive interface to create and edit videos. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ NGINX_Location_Directives:_A_Comprehensive Guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Increase_Request_Timeout_in_NGINX with_Examples⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ Python_Functions_Data_Types,_Parameters, Return:_A_Comprehensive_Guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Use_DNF_Command_in_Linux⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Google_Earth_on_Ubuntu_22.04 |_20.04⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Google_Web_Designer_on Ubuntu_22.04_|_20.04⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_qView_on_Ubuntu_22.04_| 20.04⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Wireshark_on_Ubuntu_22.04_| 20.04⠀⇛ * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ MkLinux:_The_delightfully_weird_PowerPC_Mac_Linux Distro_of_the_1990s⠀⇛ Co-Developed by Apple, with Linux running as a user-mode task. Seriously. o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ Elive_‘Retrowave’_Stable_is_released!⠀⇛ The Elive Team is pleased to announce the special stable release, featuring a synthwave-inspired appearance. This special version of Elive has undergone rigorous testing for months to ensure a strong stability and updated drivers. Many optimizations and improvements have been made to keep the system lightweight and efficient. The installer also includes an option to switch back to the default designs if you prefer them. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Holger_Levsen:_20230601-developers-reference-translations⠀⇛ I’ve just uploaded developers-reference 12.19, bringing the German translation status back to 100% complete, thanks to Carsten Schoenert. Some other translations however could use some updates: [...] # ⚓ Russell Coker ☛ Russell_Coker:_Do_Desktop_Computers_Make Sense?⠀⇛ ✐ Laptop vs Desktop Price⠀✐ Currently the smaller and cheaper USB-C docks start at about $25 and Dell has a new Vostro with 8G of RAM and 2*USB-C ports for $788. That gives a bit over $800 for a laptop and dock vs $795 for the cheapest Dell desktop which also has 8G of RAM. For every way of buying laptops and desktops (EG buying from Officeworks, buying on ebay, etc) the prices for laptops and desktops seem very similar. For all those comparisons the desktop will typically have a faster CPU and more options for PCIe cards, larger storage, etc. But if you don’t want to expand storage beyond the affordable 4TB NVMe/SSD devices, don’t need to add PCIe cards, and don’t need much CPU power then a laptop will do well. For the vast majority of the computer work I do my Thinkpad Carbon X1 Gen1 (from 2012) had plenty of CPU power. If someone who’s not an expert in PC hardware was to buy a computer of a given age then laptops probably aren’t more expensive than desktops even disregarding the fact that a laptop works without the need to purchase a monitor, a keyboard, or a mouse. I can get regular desktop PCs for almost nothing and get parts to upgrade them very cheaply but most people can’t do that. I can also get a decent second-hand laptop and USB-C dock for well under $400. § Servers and Gaming Systems For people doing serious programming or other compute or IO intensive tasks some variation on the server theme is the best option. That may be something more like the servers used by the r/ homelab people than the corporate servers, or it might be something in the cloud, but a server is a server. If you are going to have a home server that’s a tower PC then it makes sense to put a monitor on it and use it as a workstation. If your server makes so much noise that you can’t spend much time in the same room or if it’s hosted elsewhere then using a laptop to access it makes sense. Desktop computers for PC gaming makes sense as no- one seems to be making laptops with moderately powerful GPUs. The most powerful GPUs draw 150W which is more than most laptop PSUs can supply and even if a laptop PSU could supply that much there would be the issue of cooling. The Steam_Deck_[1] and the Nintendo_Switch_[2] can both work with USB- C docks. The PlayStation_5_[3] has a 350W PSU and doesn’t support video over USB-C. The Steam Deck can do 8K resolution at 60Hz or 4K at 120Hz but presumably the newer Steam games will need a desktop PC with a more powerful GPU to properly use such resolutions. # ⚓ Sparky GNU/Linux ☛ Sparky_news_2023/05⠀⇛ The 5th monthly Sparky project and donate report of the 2023… o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Linux_Mint_Adds_Support_for_Touchpad Gestures⠀⇛ Well, you’re in luck. Gesture support is coming to Cinnamon 5.8, Linux Mint says its latest monthly update. They don’t say an awful lot more about it than that, explaining… o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Montana Linux ☛ Video:_Handy_scripts_for_the_MiSTer_FPGA⠀⇛ Video: Handy scripts for the MiSTer FPGA # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ OpenEmbedded_version_4.0.10_revision- 2_compile⠀⇛ I posted about Kirkstone 4.0.8 compile on March 23: https://bkhome.org/news/202303/openembedded- version-408-revision-1-compile.html In May this year, 4.0.10 was released, see OE/Yocto releases schedule: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Releases So downloaded 4.0.10 and did a complete OE recompile. Didn’t time it this time, as was asleep when it finished, but it took roughly 1 day (24 hours) and 15 hours. Hardly worth the trouble, as not much has changed since 4.0.8: [...] o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Guide ☛ Over_400_million_infected_with_Android spyware_—_delete_these_apps_right_now_|_Tom’s_Guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ Google_Wallet_for_Android_now_supports digital_IDs_|_Ars_Technica⠀⇛ # ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ Google_Wallet_Is_Getting_an_Upgrade_on_Android Phones⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_Auto_could_bring_weather_back_to_all⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Set_Up_Partner_Sharing_in_Google Photos_on_Android⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ FOSS_Weekly_#23.22:_Immutable_Ubuntu_Edition,_Face Unlock_and_More_Linux_Stuff⠀⇛ Seems like Ubuntu is gearing up for an immutable desktop variant in 2024. Other than that, stream full HD with Netflix on Linux. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Adriaan de Groot ☛ Default_parameters_and_virtual_(C++20)⠀⇛ I was messing around with some code that implements a widget hierarchy today, and bumped into some interesting edge cases of virtual functions. Parameters with a default value behave in an unexpected way. Here is a vastly simplified code snippet: [...] # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ 6_Best_Python_IDE(s)_and_Code_Editor(s) [Ed: A list that starts with Proprietary Spyware of Microsoft... that is NOT even made for Python specifically]⠀⇛ * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Dutch_milk_bread_and_spreads⠀⇛ Clara and I are going through a bit of a Dutch obsession at the moment, from art, infrastructure, language, history, and food. This has only been reinforced from watching channels like Not Just Bikes, and from conversing with the few lovely Dutch readers among you who’ve found my ramblings and have reached out to say hallo. It’s a shame that my last name is just as unfortunate in Dutch as it is in German, though arguably it’s just as fitting. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Florida_teen_wins_Scripps_National_Spelling_Bee with_“psammophile”⠀⇛ Florida teen Dev_Shah has won the 95th Scripps National_Spelling_Bee Thursday night after a nail- biting final with 11 other spellers. Driving the news:The 14-year-old from Largo’s winning word was “psammophile,” a noun defined as an organism that prefers or thrives in sandy areas. =================================================== The prize: $50,000 cash, a commemorative medal, the coveted Scripps Cup and a lifetime of bragging rights. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ PHR ☛ 2022_Marks_Most_Violent_Year_Against_Health_Workers and_Facilities_in_Conflicts_in_the_Last_Decade:_Report⠀⇛ A new report published by the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) documents 1,989 attacks and threats against health care facilities and personnel across 32 countries and territories in armed conflict and situations of political violence throughout 2022. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Doctors_and_Patients_Strike_Back_Against_Hospital Monopolies⠀⇛ South Carolina will now only require a certificate of need for long-term care facilities, opening the health care market to smaller providers. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Don’t_Avoid_Romance⠀⇛ Nothing is healthier or more happy-making than loving attachment. Don’t deprive yourself. # ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ UGS_discusses_physical_wellness, neighborhood_identity,_health_advocacy⠀⇛ The 25th Undergraduate Senate had their fourth and last meeting of the 2022-2023 academic year on Tuesday. The senators discussed eliminating fees associated with physical wellness courses and reforming campus healthcare to better meet student needs. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Dairy_sales_revenue_exceeds_one_billion euros_on_Finnish_dairy_farms_–_emphasis_on_responsibility_in dairy_production⠀⇛ On June 1st, World Milk Day is celebrated worldwide. In terms of the vitality of Finnish rural areas, the country’s 4,500 dairy farms play a significant role. Last year, dairy sales revenue on these farms exceeded the one-billion-euro mark. The dairy industry considers responsibility as a long- term key factor for success, with animal welfare being one of its most important components. As an example of implemented responsibility initiatives, the globally unique cattle healthcare monitoring system, Naseva, covers over 95% of dairy farms. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Discovering_the_future_of_healthcare⠀⇛ Helsinki is soon hosting the Radical Health Festival Helsinki, an entirely new event for those interested in shaping the future of healthcare. The event aims to inspire radical steps for a healthy future with thought-provoking and interdisciplinary ideas. Radical Health Festival Helsinki 2023 will be held from June 12th to June 14th at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre, bringing together policymakers, health professionals, innovators, and health enthusiasts from around the world. # ⚓ U-M_Health’s_food-composting_benefits_spread_across_area⠀⇛ Since launching in 2016, U-M Health’s food- composting initiative has not only steadily increased over time to avoid landfill wastes, but also benefited the broader community through local partnerships. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Allina_Health_System_in_Minnesota_Cuts_Off Patients_With_Medical_Debt⠀⇛ Doctors at the Allina Health System, a wealthy nonprofit in the Midwest, aren’t allowed to see poor patients or children with too many unpaid medical bills. # ⚓ YLE ☛ HBL:_Government_formation_negotiators_discussed healthcare_workers’_right_to_refuse_abortions⠀⇛ The issue would be one way, according to the paper, for the Christian Democrats to gain a foothold in an eventual government programme. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Online_Ads_Are_About_to_Get_Even_Worse⠀⇛ Big Tech is struggling to evolve beyond a flawed model, and generative AI isn’t helping. o § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ # § Lock-in⠀➾ # ⚓ Download_Official_Samsung_Odin_v4_1.2.1_for_Linux⠀⇛ If you are a Samsung Galaxy owner looking to upgrade your device’s firmware, you can easily do that using the Odin Flash Tool. But wait, are you a Linux user and feeling left out of the loop because Odin is not available for Linux? o § Linux Foundation⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ Stand_up_for_Open_Source Software_Patent_Defense⠀⇛ The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is considering rules that will help patent trolls, raise patent litigation expenses, and increase the volume of patent litigation overall. We have seen open source targeting by patent trolls many times, including a direct lawsuit against the Gnome Foundation in 2019. You can help support our open source ecosystem, reduce wasteful litigation by non-practicing entities (NPEs), and stop the assertion of bad patents. All it takes is a few minutes of your time. The volume of comments is important – please share this with your friends and colleagues who want to protect open source software from patent attacks. # ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ Linux_Foundation_Research Finds_Open_Source_Crucial_to_Realizing_Full_Potential_of Microgrids [Ed: Linux_Foundation_speaks_of_Open_Source_while this_report_in_fact_rejects_it]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ Energy_Sector_in_Midst_of Major_Transformation,_With_76%_of_Utilities_Implementing Digitalization_Plans,_and_64%_Using_Open_Source_to_Accelerate Innovation⠀⇛ o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Mobile_Latvian_passport_bureau_on_tour_in Canada⠀⇛ Latvians resident in Canada will be able to take advantage of a ‘mobile passport station’ in June for the issuance of passports and eID cards. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ China_Investing_in_Open-Source Intelligence_Collection_on_the_U.S.⠀⇛ A new report outlines Chinese efforts to mine public information from the Pentagon, think tanks and private companies to gain insight on the American military. # ⚓ Neowin ☛ Microsoft_says_it_may_pay_a_$425_million fine_over_alleged_Linkedin_privacy_violations⠀⇛ Microsoft may have to pay a pretty hefty fine to settle a case involving its Linkedin subsidiary. The company said this week that the fine could be as much as $425 million which will be noted in the current second quarter of 2023. Reuters reports that in a statement, a Microsoft spokesperson said the charge is due to an investigation by the Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC). That inquiry was started way back in 2018, as the Ireland- based regulator looked into reports that the Linkedin business social network violated Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) with targeted advertising. # ⚓ Meta_Cutting_Another_1,200-Plus_Jobs_In_Bay_Area, LA⠀⇛ Meta is making further cuts to its workforce. The tech giant plans to cut approximately 1,200 jobs across California. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Meta_orders_workers_back_to_office_3_days per_week_after_layoffs⠀⇛ Facebook parent Meta is ordering most of its employees to work on site at least three days per week beginning this fall. # ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Mark_Zuckerberg_Mandates_Meta_Employees Return_to_the_Office_Three_Days_a_Week⠀⇛ Meta announced it is requiring employees to come back to the office at least three days a week starting on September 5. The company clarified that employees working in remote positions are exempt from the hybrid work requirement. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Former_New_Mexico_political_candidate_indicted over_shootings_targeting_elected_officials⠀⇛ A federal grand jury indicted former New Mexico House candidate Solomon Peña for his alleged involvement in shootings from December 2022 to January 2023 which targeted four elected officials’ homes in documents unsealed Wednesday. # ⚓ Stoltenberg_to_visit_Ankara_for_Sweden’s_NATO_membership⠀⇛ The Secretary General of NATO has announced that he will be visiting Turkey and said that he is sure that Sweden’s NATO membership will be ratified soon. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ West_African_countries_show_how_decades_of working_together_build_peace,_and_stop_wars_breaking_out⠀⇛ Africa is often portrayed as a continent ravaged by war, terrorism, poverty and political instability. But over the past five decades few violent conflicts have occurred between states. In Europe, for comparison, there have been more than 25 inter- state conflicts since 1945. # ⚓ France24 ☛ East_African_leaders_agree_to_extend_troop deployment_in_eastern_DR_Congo⠀⇛ East Africa’s leaders have agreed to extend until September the mandate of a regional military force deployed to quell violence in the strife-torn east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ When_Spain_Sounds_Like_France_(and_France_Sounds Like_China)⠀⇛ In April, French President Emmanuel Macron emerged from three days of meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing sounding as comfortable talking to Beijing as he does talking to Washington. # ⚓ RFA ☛ North_Korea_forces_exhausted_soldier-laborers_to_keep daily_diary⠀⇛ Party reviews their diary entries every week and punishes those deemed ‘insincere’ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea_slaps_sanctions_on_North’s hacking_group_after_failed_satellite_launch⠀⇛ South Korea says the hacking group, Kimsuky, was involved in the North’s latest satellite launch attempt. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US_calls_for_UN_meeting_on_North Korea’s_attempted_satellite_launch⠀⇛ A satellite launch by North Korea failed, with the booster and payload plunging into the sea. o § Environment⠀➾ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Popocatépetl_activity_level_has diminished⠀⇛ The volcano’s activity level has lessened compared to last week, although the alert level remains at Yellow Phase 3. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Southern_China_sizzles_in_high temperatures,_stressing_power_grids⠀⇛ In the next three days, most of southern China is expected to be hit by temperatures of more than 35 deg C. # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ AMLO_says_deal_reached_with_Grupo México_over_seized_railway⠀⇛ In the reported deal, the government will extend a different concession’s lifespan and the company will end a suit over a Maya Train contract. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Woman_walking_on_California beach_finds_ancient_mastodon_tooth⠀⇛ A woman taking a Memorial Day weekend stroll on a California beach found something unusual sticking out of the sand: a tooth from an ancient mastodon. Jennifer Schuh found the foot-long tooth on Friday on Rio Del Mar State Beach on California’s central coast. But Schuh wasn’t sure what she had found so she posted photos on Facebook, hoping someone could identify the strange object. Wayne Thompson of the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History determined it was a mastodon tooth and went to the beach but couldn’t find it. On Tuesday, Jim Smith of Aptos heard about the missing tooth. He told the museum he had picked it up while jogging and has donated it to the museum. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Unprecedented_wildfires_in_Nova_Scotia continue_to_grow,_150_houses_destroyed⠀⇛ The largest wildfires ever recorded in Canada’s Atlantic Coast province of Nova Scotia continued to grow Thursday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of more people and prompting air quality warnings in U.S. regions as far south as Virginia and Maryland. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Canada’s_Nova_Scotia_Ask_For_External_Help Due_to_Ongoing_Fires⠀⇛ “…we will take all the support we can get” # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Unique_Albino_Panda_Spotted_in_China, Sans_Eye_Mask⠀⇛ We almost didn’t recognise you! o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Elon_Musk_is_accused_again_of_Dogecoin_insider trading⠀⇛ Elon Musk is facing fresh accusations of insider trading in a lawsuit filed by cryptocurrency investors, who say the Tesla CEO and Twitter owner used his influence to manipulate the price of Dogecoin. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Statistics_Finland:_Inflation_rate_slows_in_May⠀⇛ The prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages increased the most last month, according to the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices published by Statistics Finland on Thursday. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ The_Man_Who_Knows_What_the_World’s Richest_People_Want_(and_How_To_Get_It)⠀⇛ Rey Flemings has become one of the premiere fixers for the global elite. More than that, though, he gives the rich a place to admit what they can’t say publicly: that they need help finding happiness. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Jordan’s_crown_prince_weds_scion_of Saudi_family_in_ceremony_packed_with_stars_and_symbolism⠀⇛ Jordan’s crown prince has married the scion of a prominent Saudi family in a palace celebration attended by royals and other VIPs from around the world. Massive crowds gathered in a mood of excitement across the kingdom, as the young Hashemite royal was presented to a global audience. The marriage of Crown Prince Hussein and Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif has drawn a star-studded list headlined by Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate. But it also holds deep significance for the region. It emphasizes continuity in an Arab state prized for its stability and refreshes the monarchy’s image after a bitter palace feud. It also could even help Jordan forge a strategic bond with its oil-rich neighbor, Saudi Arabia. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Jordan’s_crown_prince_marries_scion_of_prominent Saudi_family_in_deepening_of_regional_ties⠀⇛ Jordan’s crown prince married the scion of a prominent Saudi family on Thursday in a palace ceremony attended by royals and other VIPs from around the world, as massive crowds gathered across the kingdom to celebrate the region’s newest power couple. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Imposes_Sanctions_on_Warring_Sudanese Factions⠀⇛ The measures came a day after Sudan’s military pulled out of peace talks in the Saudi city of Jeddah that aimed to stop the fighting. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Life_Along_Israel’s_Separation_Wall⠀⇛ The photographer Ofir Berman captures two entangled realities. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Canada_special_rapporteur_on_election_interference rejects_Commons_call_to_step_down⠀⇛ Canadian MPs passed a non-binding motion Wednesday calling on special rapporteur David Johnston to step aside from his role investigating allegations of foreign interference in Canadian elections, which Johnston quickly rejected. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ BRICS_Foreign_Affairs_Ministers_Meet_in_South Africa⠀⇛ Among other things, the participants are expected to deal with operational aspects of the BRICS presidential summit that will take place in August. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Protests_Erupt_in_Senegal_After_Opposition Leader_Is_Sentenced_to_Prison⠀⇛ At least one person died in clashes after Ousmane Sonko, a strong rival to the president, was sentenced in absentia to two years in a trial that many Senegalese considered politically motivated. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Eusebius_McKaiser,_Acerbic_South_African Political_Analyst,_Dies_at_44⠀⇛ Adamantly progressive, openly gay and politically fearless, he cast a sharp eye on the country’s post-apartheid politics and culture. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Twitter’s_head_of_trust_and_safety_says_she_has resigned⠀⇛ Twitter’s head of trust and safety, Ella Irwin, told Reuters on Thursday that she has resigned from the social media company, which has faced criticism for lax protections against harmful content since billionaire Elon Musk acquired it in October. # ⚓ Twitter’s_head_of_trust_and_safety_resigns,_becoming_the 2nd_person_to_quit_the_role_following_Elon_Musk’s_takeover⠀⇛ Twitter’s head of trust and safety, Ella Irwin, says she’s resigned from the company. Irwin confirmed the news to Reuters after Fortune’s Kylie Robison reported that Irwin’s Slack had been deactivated, citing a screenshot. Musk, who was recently in China for his first visit to the country in three years, has not posted about the news. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Musk_wraps_up_two-day_China_visit_aimed_at boosting_Tesla_sales⠀⇛ A private jet belonging to Tesla CEO Elon Musk departed Shanghai on Thursday, Chinese flight- tracking data showed, as the tycoon wraps up a visit to China that has seen him express hopes to expand business in the world’s largest market for electric vehicles. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Chinese_fans_welcome_‘Comrade_Musk’ as_Tesla_chief_completes_whistlestop_tour⠀⇛ Lavish meals, gushing praise and memes about “Comrade Musk” — China showered the Tesla CEO with admiration during his whistlestop tour of the country this week. The mercurial magnate is a controversial figure in the West but widely admired in China, where Tesla’s electric vehicles have become a staple of middle-class urban life. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ India_opposition_leader_Rahul_Gandhi takes_a_dig_at_Modi_over_China_in_US_visit⠀⇛ Mr Gandhi also criticised Mr Modi over India’s religious polarisation. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ China_Wants_to_Set_the_Terms_of_Any_‘Thaw’ With_the_U.S.⠀⇛ China has pushed to set the terms of its re- engagement with the Biden administration, rebuffing a request for a defense meeting while urging Washington to drop sanctions. # ⚓ RFA ☛ China_pressures_Myanmar_to_proceed_on_port_project amid_community_concerns⠀⇛ Residents of the area, mostly fishermen, say their livelihoods will be wiped out. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Philippines,_Japan,_US_coast_guards_kick_off_first trilateral_sea_exercises⠀⇛ The current drills also follow an announcement by Manila and Tokyo that they would boost defense ties. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Cambodian_opposition_leader’s_brief_visit_to_Malaysia sets_off_Hun_Sen⠀⇛ Malaysia said Sam Rainsy didn’t visit the prime minister during a stopover on his way back to France. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ New_details_of_Jeffrey_Epstein’s death_and_the_frantic_aftermath_revealed_in_records_obtained by_AP⠀⇛ The Associated Press has obtained more than 4,000 pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s jail suicide from the federal Bureau of Prisons under the Freedom of Information Act. They include a detailed psychological reconstruction of the events leading to Epstein’s suicide, as well as his health history, internal agency reports, emails and memos and other records. The documents obtained Thursday provide the most complete accounting of Epstein’s detention and death, and its chaotic aftermath. The records help to dispel the many conspiracy theories surrounding Epstein’s suicide, underscoring how fundamental failings at the Bureau of Prisons — including severe staffing shortages and employees cutting corners — contributed to Epstein’s death. # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ The_Voice_referendum_in_Australia⠀⇛ There will be a national referendum in Australia later this year, for a change to the Australian Constitution, to formerly recognize the prior inhabitants of this land. They used to be known as Aboriginals, now they are “First Nations” people in the media. The Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) is pro-Voice, despite supposing to be impartial, at least that’s how they come across to me. The current Australian Federal Government is putting up information that is also pro-Voice, again, that’s how it seems to me. Here is the Govt info site: [...] o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Zimbabwe_passes_‘draconian’_law_banning criticism_of_government⠀⇛ Zimbabwe’s parliament approved a controversial law that ostensibly promotes patriotism but has been condemned by the opposition as a “draconian” attempt to stifle dissent ahead of national elections. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Jailed_dissident_calls_on_Chinese_people_to_fast_on June_4_massacre_anniversary⠀⇛ Xu Zhiyong, who called on Communist Party leader Xi Jinping to step down, issues the plea from his prison cell. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Worst_country_in_Europe_in_consumption_freedoms:_Turkey enters_the_Nanny_State_Index_at_number_one⠀⇛ Turkey was included for the first time in the Nanny State Index announced each year by the European Policy Information Center (EPICENTER) and has been rated as the worst country in alcohol, tobacco, e- cigarette, fast-food, and soft drink categories. The basic reason is the high taxes. # ⚓ Hearing_of_dozens_in_Boğaziçi_Pride_trial_marks_Turkey’s Pride_Month_start⠀⇛ During the last day of marathon hearings involving 70 students participating in last year’s Boğaziçi Pride, İstanbul’s Police Chief faced again allegations of employing excessive violence. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Canyon_Spectral_ON⠀⇛ When we moved to the Lake District, I bought myself a Scott Scale hardtail mountain bike. It was the tail-end of Covid; bikes were rare because of broken supply chains and in demand because we all got fat during lockdown. It cost a bloody fortune. Penrith’s local bike shop, Aragon, had nothing in with no new supplies in sight, and a grand seemed like a hell of a lot of money to drop on a hobby I wasn’t sure I’d stick with. But I did stick with it, and now I’m generally out once or twice a week, whatever the weather. # ⚓ Mini_daily_solo_bike_game⠀⇛ This is a short write-up of a mini ‘game’ I play on my bike every day. Game might be pushing the word too far. I guess it’s more like a challenge or diversion. I also didn’t invent this but I unfortunately don’t remember where I learned it, possibly in an old bike zine or on a blog or something. # ⚓ Approximately_Daily⠀⇛ CircaDian means, approximately, “approximately daily”, which is only approximately correct so far, because I’ve been posting exactly daily. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4673 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.02.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_02/06/2023:_Flying_High_With_Gemini_and_Gogios_Released⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 1:05 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Internet/Gemini # Announcements # Programming * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Commentators_📢⠀⇛ …so I watched that race. This was the era of Prost, Mansell and Lauda, and the new boy was Senna. Some big names there. But the nostagia for me was Murray Walker commentating. He was a big part of why I started watching. At one point in the race the rain got into his TV monitors, and he could only see the pit straight outside the commentary box. But he still had plenty to say, and still made it exciting. He was a huge enthusiast, and conveyed that to the audience. # ⚓ Say_hello_to_yard_work_Thursday⠀⇛ Transplanted a large hosta, filled a delineated- but-without-stone area out front with mulch, swept a bunch of maple seeds from lawn-chair-inhabited spaces, watered a bunch of stuff, put tools away, and awaiting one end of the backyard becoming sufficiently soaked that I can move the sprinkler and hop in the shower. # ⚓ 2.7k_in_14:46⠀⇛ i decided to switch up my route. since my goal is to run a 5k in under 30 minutes by the end of the month, i planned a 5k route through the nearby park. with every run from this point forward, my goal is to run as long as possible. today’s goal was to hit the 3k mark at least. everything else would be a cherry on top. however, there’s good and bad news about today’s run. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Caller_ID_and_scams_☎⠀⇛ I don’t know much about telephony, but I’ve seen caller ID explained like this. If you make a call from a telephone (mobile or fixed) then the phone company knows the number you are calling from and can send it to the person you’re calling. If your call passes between phone companies, they don’t validate the caller ID because they trust each other. But phone calls can also originate from the internet, and when such a call crosses into the plain old telephone system, there’s the same lack of validation. So you can claim to be calling from any number you like. # ⚓ 5_years_with_a_personal_wiki_(vimwiki)⠀⇛ I began using vimwiki in fall 2018, inspired by a number of wikis I’d experienced over the years, but not by the ‘digital gardens’ movement so much as the morphing website-portfolio-artist-site-as-wiki by artist Auriea Harvey. Each time I visited it sprouted new pages or took on different forms and page flows. Directories, stubs, image galleries, linkpages: like a 90s web wonderland. In the last few years as she’s been more widely exhibited her site has become more less and less the wild wiki of yore. Might need to revisit it with the Internet Archive’s wayback machine: https://web.archive.org/ web/20190327062229/http://auriea.org/Auriea # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Flying_High_With_Gemini⠀⇛ So here I am on an airplane flying from Istanbul to Los Angeles. I thought it would be fun to take the opportunity to post on Gemini while I’m thousands of feet in the air. Bubble is the most convenient way to do so on my phone, although I could get out my laptop I can’t be bothered. The flight came with some form of free WiFi, which is a shock to me because last year they wanted to charge an arm and a leg for it. The terms of service seem to have gotten a lot better, with lower cost packages back down to what I remember them being 10 years ago, and a longer duration of use, I think. (The flight is 12 hours and I have 24 hours of service.) # § Announcements⠀➾ # ⚓ KISS_server_monitoring_with_Gogios⠀⇛ Gogios is a minimalistic and easy-to-use monitoring tool I programmed in Google Go designed specifically for small-scale self- hosted servers and virtual machines. The primary purpose of Gogios is to monitor my personal server infrastructure for `foo.zone`, my MTAs, my authoritative DNS servers, my NextCloud, Wallabag and Anki sync server installations, etc. With compatibility with the Nagios Check API, Gogios offers a simple yet effective solution for users looking to monitor a limited number of resources. In theory, Gogios scales to a couple of thousand checks, though. In this blog post, we’ll explore Gogios’ features, configuration, and use cases to help you determine if it’s the proper monitoring solution for your needs, too. [...] Gogios is a lightweight and straightforward monitoring tool that is perfect for small- scale environments. With its compatibility with the Nagios Check API, email notifications, and CRON-based scheduling, Gogios offers an easy-to-use solution for those looking to monitor a limited number of resources. I personally use it to execute around 500 checks on my personal server infrastructure. I am very happy with this solution. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Music_of_the_Spheres⠀⇛ An orbital simulator can be put to productive (?) use in the production of music. Perhaps the tau (or (* 2 pi))† has been divided into some number of sectors around something being orbited, maybe 0 to 15 degrees maps to 0, 16 to 30 maps to 1, etc., depending on where the satellite is. depending on where the satellite is. The mapped numbers can then be used to index into a scale, which means you’ll need the intervals of the scale–say, pentatonic minor–and a bit of code to get a MIDI pitch number from the mapped orbit numbers. And some bounds checking, because write-it-in-a-hurry art code never has bugs, and ambitus is a thing. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4884 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.02.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_02/06/2023:_NixOS_23.05_and_Rust_1.70.0⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 1:10 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Audiocasts/Shows o Kernel_Space o Instructionals/Technical o Desktop_Environments/WMs # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Programming/Development # Rust * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Pseudo-Open_Source # Openwashing o Security # Integrity/Availability/Authenticity # Privacy/Surveillance # Confidentiality o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ System76 ☛ The_Galago_Pro’s_Latest_Upgrades_Make_it_the Highest_Performing_Ultraportable_System76_Laptop⠀⇛ The new Galago Pro will feature the latest 13th Gen Intel CPU, including the i5-13500H and i7-13700H H- class processors, alongside integrated Intel graphics and a faster 144Hz screen. This marks a significant move for the Galago Pro as it is the first time the laptop will feature an H-class CPU. The new Galago Pro raises the bar with enhanced specifications, boasting 2 more cores (14 vs 12), up to 4 additional threads, a higher max clock speed (5.0 GHz vs 4.7 GHz), and larger cache at 24MB vs 18MB. These improvements catapult the Galago Pro to the forefront of the Ultraportable laptop line, delivering unparalleled power and efficiency for seamless multitasking in an H class, lightweight beauty. # ⚓ Liliputing ☛ System76_Galago_Pro_Linux_Laptop_now_available with_up_to_Core_i7-13700H⠀⇛ The latest System76 Galago Pro is a 3.2 pound laptop with a 14.1 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel, 144 Hz matte display as well as Thunderbolt 4, HDMI, and Gigabit Ethernet ports. Available now with support for up to a 13th-gen Intel Core i7-13700H processor with 14 cores and 20 threads, it’s also the first member of the Galago Pro family to feature a 45-watt Core H-series processor. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ This_Week_in_Linux_224:_KDE_Plasma_6,_COSMIC Desktop,_CodeWeavers,_Lutris,_Arch_Linux_&_More_Linux_News⠀⇛ On this episode of This Week in Linux, we got some news about the upcoming desktop environments of KDE Plasma 6 and COSMIC desktop from System76. Then we take a look a the news of CodeWeavers changing their company structure and the changes from Arch Linux. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ Sunsetting_buffer_heads: nobody likes the venerable buffer- head data structure, but getting rid of it is not an easy task.⠀⇛ # ⚓ A_development-process_discussion: trying to come to grips, again, with the problems of maintainer overload and frustrated contributors.⠀⇛ # ⚓ FUSE_and_io_uring: an effort to use io_uring in FUSE to improve performance.⠀⇛ # ⚓ Fanotify_and_hierarchical_storage_management: fanotify can be used for HSM, but some additions would make it better; meanwhile, there are some deadlocks and races that need to be addressed.⠀⇛ # ⚓ Monitoring_mount_operations: discussion on the needs for monitoring mount and unmount activity in the system.⠀⇛ # ⚓ Page_aging_with_hardware_counters: can the kernel’s understanding of memory access patterns be usefully improved with hardware assistance?⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_intersection_of_lazy_RCU_and_memory_reclaim: a discussion of the memory-management implications of the lazy RCU mechanism.⠀⇛ # ⚓ Memory_passthrough_for_virtual_machines: an effort to improve the efficiency of memory management in virtualized workloads.⠀⇛ # ⚓ Phyr:_a_potential_scatterlist_replacement: working toward a better representation of DMA operations in both the CPU and device spaces.⠀⇛ # ⚓ Fighting_the_zombie-memcg_invasion: memory control groups have long presented memory-management problems of their own. This session explored the current difficulties and how they might be fixed.⠀⇛ # ⚓ Toward_a_swap_abstraction_layer: a proposal to bring some much-needed structure to the swap subsystem.⠀⇛ # ⚓ A_slab_allocator_(removal)_update: what is being done to reduce the number of slab allocators in the kernel.⠀⇛ # ⚓ Reliable_user-space_stack_traces_with_SFrame: a derivative of the kernel’s ORC format may provide a more efficient way to reliably produce user-space stack traces.⠀⇛ # ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ The_Linux_Foundation_Europe_launches_RISE,_the RISC-V_Software_Ecosystem_project [Ed: I's rather revealing that Microsoft propagandist Frederic Lardinois is pushing this. This isn't about freedom. 'Linux' Foundation is about undermining communities and sometimes about adding back doors, surveillance, outsourcing to Microsoft etc.]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Collabora ☛ USB_3.0_preliminary_support_in_U-boot_for_Radxa Rock-5B⠀⇛ A while back I presented USB 2.0 host support that was added to U-boot for the Radxa Rock-5B RK3588 Rockchip board. This time, USB 3.0 was added with support for the host and gadget. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ AddictiveTips ☛ How_to_easily_backup_Flatpak_apps_on Linux⠀⇛ Flatpaks are used a lot these days on Linux, but a lot of them don’t have a system to back up configuration files. So, if you move to a new Linux installation, you’ll have to re-configure all of your Flatpak apps. Thankfully, a program like JdFlatpakSnapshot exists. With this program, a Linux user can back up their Flatpak configuration files in the form of a compressed snapshot for safekeeping. In this guide, we’ll show you how to create Flatpak app snapshots with JdFlatpakSnapshot. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Is_GNOME_Shell_Getting_an_Official_Light Theme?⠀⇛ Support for a light theme in GNOME Shell was merged upstream this week — though before anyone panic, I must stress it won’t be shipping as the default option… * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ NixOS_23.05_released_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ A new version of NixOS, which is a Linux distribution based on the Nix package manager, has been released: NixOS 23.05 is now available. The release notes list numerous updates, including Nix 2.13, Linux 6.1, glibc 2.37, Cinnamon 5.6, GNOME 44, and KDE Plasma 5.27. # ⚓ NixOS_23.05_released⠀⇛ The 23.05 release was made possible due to the efforts of 1867 contributors, who authored 36566 commits since the previous release. Our thanks go the contributors who also take care of the continued stability and security of our stable release. NixOS is already known as the most up to date distribution while also being the distribution with the most packages. This release saw 16240 new packages and 13524 updated packages in Nixpkgs. We also removed 13466 packages in an effort to keep the package set maintainable and secure. In addition to packages the NixOS distribution also features modules and tests that make it what it is. This release brought 282 new modules and removed 183. In that process we added 2882 options and removed 728. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Three_insights_you_might_have_missed_from Red_Hat_Summit [Ed: It's a bit of a scandal that Red Hat - - like Microsoft and 'Linux' Foundation -- is literally buying articles about itself from this faux 'publisher']⠀⇛ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ The_rise_of_artificial_intelligence:_How language_models_and_NLP_are_transforming_industries [Ed: More "artificial intelligence" chaff from Red Hat, namedropping Microsoft proprietary spyware, and funded by Red Hat. This is corroding journalism. It's basically paid-for spam/cruft.]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Intel,_Dell_and_Red_Hat_unite_to_power_AI and_edge_computing_revolution [Ed: The 'rhsummit' in the URL tells people that Red Hat paid for this puff piece about itself, with "AI" and "edge computing revolution" varnish thrown in for spammy purposes; why are publishers turning their sites into corporate spamfarms]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Edge_computing:_A_supercharger_for automating_industrial_operations [Ed: Buzzwords spam from Red Hat, sponsored by Red Hat, to promote Red Hat. This isn't journalism.]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Achieving_resilient_cloud_architecture:_The key_to_elasticity_and_scalability [Ed: More Red Hat spam, "clown computing" staged interview, sponsored by the company it is about]⠀⇛ o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ An_All-Snap_Version_of_Ubuntu_is_In_The Works⠀⇛ Along with the standard deb version of the open- source operating system, Canonical will release an- all snap version. # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Canonical:_We_Are_Excited_to_Explore_the_Idea of_a_Fully_Containerized,_Immutable_Ubuntu_Desktop⠀⇛ Canonical says that it’s excited to explore the idea of a fully containerized and immutable Ubuntu desktop in the near future. # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Snap-based_Immutable_Ubuntu_Desktop_to_Come With_24.04_LTS!⠀⇛ Canonical’s Snap packaging system has been the center of many controversies in the Linux world since its inception back in 2014. There are two sides to it, one side supports Snaps due to its ease of use, and the other side isn’t a fan of Canonical’s closed-source approach to it. And this upcoming move by them is just going to stir the pot even more. # ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ A_Snap-based,_containerized_Ubuntu_desktop could_be_offered_in_2024_|_Ars_Technica⠀⇛ Ubuntu published a blog post about its Ubuntu Core desktop work after this Ars Technica post was published. Noting that Snaps “are a little famous for having some rough edges on the desktop,” Product Manager Oliver Smith writes that, “ [n]evertheless, we are excited to explore the idea of a fully containerised [UK sic] desktop, where each component is immutable and isolated.” Ubuntu, Smith writes, has been “steadily improving” desktop snaps, and, “in due course, when we think the entire system can be delivered this way,” a desktop Core version will be offered. Ubuntu’s post suggests that a Core-based desktop would allow for “secure boot, recovery states and hardware backed encryption,” experiments “with alternative desktop environment snaps,” and opting in to certain kernel channels, such as those with the latest NVIDIA drivers. Original post follows.] Ubuntu Core has existed since 2014, providing a fully containerized, immutable Linux distribution aimed at Internet of Things (IoT) and edge computing applications. Each piece of the system contains all the dependencies it requires, and just enough of its own tiny Linux architecture, that applications are largely sandboxed from one another, providing better security and, in theory, stability and ease of upgrades and rollbacks. # ⚓ Web Pro News ☛ An_Immutable_All-Snap_Ubuntu_Desktop_Is Coming_Next_Year⠀⇛ Ubuntu plans to release an all-snap immutable version of Ubuntu for the desktop, a move that could be a turning point for the Linux distro. Canonical and its Ubuntu have done more to popularize Linux than virtually any other Linux distro, making the open source operating system accessible to the masses. In recent years, however, the company has made a number of decisions that have alienated users, none as much as snaps. Snaps are Ubuntu’s universal package format, designed to work across all distros, including Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, openSUSE, and more — all without requiring developers to build their apps for the specific distro they’re targeting. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Milk-V_Unveils_RISC-V_Raspberry_Pi Alternative:_Milk-V_Mars⠀⇛ The middle board in a trio of RISC-V Raspberry Pi alternatives finally gets a name and a spec sheet, but no price. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ CNET ☛ Google_Drops_New_Features_for_Android_and_Wear_OS: Here_Are_The_Details_–_CNET⠀⇛ # ⚓ GO Media ☛ This_Android_Malware_Was_Downloaded_Over_420 Million_Times⠀⇛ # ⚓ TechRadar ☛ This_dangerous_malware_spoofs_top_Android_apps to_infect_your_device_–_here’s_how_to_stay_safe_|_TechRadar⠀⇛ # ⚓ Tom’s Guide ☛ Google_announces_Android_feature_drop_right before_WWDC_—_here’s_the_full_list_|_Tom’s_Guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Google_launches_a_fresh_fleet_of_features across_Android_phones_and_watches⠀⇛ # ⚓ Lifewire ☛ Google_Announces_7_Android_Features_Like_New Widgets_and_Shortcuts⠀⇛ # ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ 10_Mistakes_New_Android_Users_Make⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Orange_Pi_800_Keyboard_PC_gets_128GB_flash storage_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software_–_May_2023⠀⇛ Here are the latest updates to our compilation of recommended software. Open source software at its finest. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Rlang ☛ CRAN_Task_Views:_The_next_generation⠀⇛ New arXiv working paper on the relaunch of the CRAN Task View Initiative providing better infrastructure and workflows for proposing and maintaining CRAN Task Views and fostering interactions with the R community. # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Demystifying_Regular_Expressions:_A_Programmer’s Guide_for_Beginners⠀⇛ Regular expressions, often abbreviated as regex, are powerful tools used in programming to match and manipulate text patterns. # ⚓ Evan Hahn ☛ How_to_compute_the_distance_between_two Cartesian_points_in_JavaScript⠀⇛ Given two Cartesian coordinates, here’s how you compute the distance between them: [...] # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ The_Difference_Between_Git_Reset_–soft,_–mixed, and_–hard⠀⇛ Git is one of the most popular Version Control Systems (VCS) currently in use, and it provides a wide range of commands to manage and manipulate the history of your codebase. Understanding these commands and their subtleties can significantly improve your efficiency and the way you work with a codebase. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Understanding_the_Staging_Area_in_Git’s Workflow⠀⇛ Git, the popular distributed version control system, introduces a unique feature in its workflow known as the “staging area” or “index”. This intermediate space acts as a preparatory area for commits, providing developers with fine-grained control over their version history. # § Rust⠀➾ # ⚓ Rust Blog ☛ Announcing_Rust_1.70.0_|_Rust_Blog⠀⇛ The Rust team is happy to announce a new version of Rust, 1.70.0. Rust is a programming language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Rust_1.70.0_released⠀⇛ Version 1.70.0 of the Rust language is out. Changes include enabling the “sparse” protocol for Cargo, a couple of new types for the initialization of shared data, and more. “”You should see substantially improved performance when fetching information from the crates.io index.”” * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ YLE ☛ HS:_Collapsed_Espoo_bridge_not_assembled_in_line_with manufacturer_instructions⠀⇛ The temporary footbridge gave way earlier this month, injuring 24 people, most of whom were eighth grade teenagers on a school trip. o ⚓ YLE ☛ It’s_crazy,_it’s_mural!_Finnish_city_plans_Käärijä tribute⠀⇛ The Cha Cha Cha star’s home city of Vantaa is planning a large wall mural to mark the rapper’s Eurovision achievements. o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ A_Medieval_Comedy_Act_Has_Been_Discovered_in First-Ever_Find,_Researcher_Says⠀⇛ With jokes about drinking and killer rabbits, the incredible discovery shows tropes of British humor stretch back centuries. o ⚓ Jay Little ☛ Caveat_Emptor_–_Nightdive_Studios,_System_Shock_and Crowdfunding_Risk⠀⇛ Back in 2016, a younger and mildly more optimistic Jay heard about a Kickstarter Campaign for a remake of the classic title, System Shock. Young Jay had fond memories of the original and immediately pledged $30 to help turn the dream into reality. Expected delivery was in December of 2017. Actual delivery for some was yesterday: May 30th, 2023. o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Top_AWS_data_center_executive_Chris_Vonderhaar departs⠀⇛ Chris Vonderhaar, the executive who oversaw Amazon Web Services Inc.’s data center network for the past four and a half years, has left the company. The news was first reported by GeekWire on Tuesday. AWS parent Amazon.com Inc. confirmed the development later that day. * § Science⠀➾ o ⚓ New York Times ☛ NASA_UFO_Panels_Says_It’s_Pushing_U.S._To Collect_Better_Data⠀⇛ A task force has not found any evidence that unidentified anomalous phenomena represent signs of extraterrestrial visits. o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Mysterious_Metallic_Orbs_Flying_‘All_Over_the World,’_Pentagon_Says_at_NASA_UFO_Panel⠀⇛ Key takeaways from the first public meeting of NASA’s Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena independent study team. * § Education⠀➾ o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Mississippi_Schools_Are_Offering_Lessons_for America_on_Education⠀⇛ The state shows that poverty is no excuse for failing to teach kids to read. * § Hardware⠀➾ o ⚓ What_is_a_Motion_Sensor_Light_and_How_Does_It_Work?⠀⇛ Many of us have experienced their presence near hands- free sinks at bathrooms and near the automatic sliding doors of storefronts, malls and restaurants. You may have turned one on as a dimmable light switch to detect occupancy inside a room, shop, or commercial building. We have a guide on how to make one with Raspberry Pi to design your own home security system. Let’s find out everything there is about motion sensor lights, how to install one, and how they work to trigger a response when they detect the presence of a human or pet. * § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ UN_Allocates_18_Mln_USD_to_Address_Food_Security_in Yemen⠀⇛ “…to provide aid to an estimated 80% of the population…” o ⚓ YLE ☛ Helsinki_intravenous_drug_users_in_grip_of_HIV_epidemic, support_centre_says⠀⇛ There has been a significant increase in the number of drug users contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) over the past three years, the Hivpoint organisation says. o ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ DNR:_Legislature_must_decide_if Boundary_Waters_should_get_more_nonferrous_mining_protections⠀⇛ In a news release, the agency said the rules were “largely protective” of the wilderness but could be bolstered to better protect the BWCAW from light and sound pollution. o ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Rising_rates_of_binge_drinking,_high-risk_behavior among_students,_survey_shows⠀⇛ According to Stanford’s most recent “Alcohol and Drug Use Survey” results, students have reported increased rates of engaging in high-risk behaviors surrounding substances compared to 2019. A majority of students disagree with the University’s current policies on drugs and alcohol. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ Owners_of_Purdue_pharmaceutical_company_win_immunity from_all_civil_legal_claims⠀⇛ The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled on Tuesday that the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, shall be granted immunity from current and future civil legal claims in exchange for a $6 billion settlement. This settlement will go towards efforts to help those suffering from opioid addiction. o ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ “Cool_the_Mark_Out”:_How_the_media_minimizes_Covid vaccine_injuries⠀⇛ Dennis Riches via Propaganda in Focus I regard consensus science as an extremely pernicious development that ought to be stopped cold in its tracks. Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.K._Government_Refuses_to_Give_Boris_Johnson’s Texts_to_Covid_Inquiry⠀⇛ A panel examining how Britain handled the pandemic wants copies of the former prime minister’s text messages, but the government is taking the matter to court. * § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ o § Openwashing⠀➾ # ⚓ Venture Beat ☛ Want_to_easily_deploy_an_open-source_LLM? Anyscale’s_Aviary_project_takes_flight⠀⇛ Aviary today launches its new open-source Aviary project to help simplify open-source large language model (LLM) deployment. * § Security⠀➾ o ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Thursday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (libwebp, openssl, sssd, and texlive-bin), Fedora (bitcoin-core, editorconfig, edk2, mod_auth_openidc, pypy, pypy3.9, python3.10, and python3.8), Red Hat (kernel, openssl, pcs, pki-core:10.6, and qatzip), SUSE (chromium, ImageMagick, openssl-1_1, and tiff), and Ubuntu (cups, libvirt, and linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15, linux- azure, linux-azure-5.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.15, linux-gke, linux-gke-5.15, linux-gkeop, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-hwe-5.19, linux-ibm, linux-kvm, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-oracle, linux-oracle- 5.15, linux-raspi). o ⚓ SANS ☛ Your_Business_Data_and_Machine_Learning_at_Risk:_Attacks Against_Apache_NiFi,_(Tue,_May_30th)⠀⇛ A dataset used for machine learning may arrive in one format [...] but to conveniently use it for training, it must be converted to JSON or inserted into a database. The features are not just attractive to machine learning, but many business processes require similar functionality. o ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Southeast_Asian_hacking_crew_racks_up_victims, rapidly_expands_criminal_campaign⠀⇛ A group called “Dark Pink” is likely based in Southeast Asia and shows signs of development and ongoing activity, researchers say. o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ New_Rezilion_Smart_Fix_offers_guidance_to patching_vulnerable_components [Ed: Yet another company that sells "patches as a disservice"]⠀⇛ DevSecOps automation tools startup Rezilion Inc. today announced a new feature called Smart Fix that offers critical guidance for users to understand the most strategic upgrade to fix vulnerable components. ⚓ Help Net Security ☛ Kali_Linux_2023.2_released:_New_tools,_a_pre-built_Hyper- V_image,_a_new_audio_stack,_and_more! [Ed: Cladded with Microsoft spam/ads and pushing this as a Microsoft proprietary thing, with back doors (Hyper-V)]⠀⇛ Offensive Security has released Kali Linux 2023.2, the latest version of its popular penetration testing and digital forensics platform. ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Another_hospital_hit_by_ransomware:_Mission_Community Hospital⠀⇛ On Wednesday, RansomHouse threat actors claimed responsibility for the attack and provided a number of files as proof. They claim to have downloaded 2.5 TB of data. [...] There is no statement or notice about any incident or breach on the hospital’s website. DataBreaches has sent an inquiry asking them about the claimed attack and their response to date. This post will be updated if a reply is received or more information becomes available. ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Barracuda_zero-day_abused_since_2022_to_drop_new_malware, steal_data⠀⇛ Network and email security firm Barracuda today revealed that a recently patched zero-day vulnerability had been exploited for at least seven months to backdoor customers’ Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances with custom malware and steal data. The company says an ongoing investigation found that the bug (tracked as CVE-2023-2868) was first exploited in October 2022 to gain access to “a subset of ESG appliances” and deploy backdoors designed to provide the attackers with persistent access to the compromised systems. ⚓ Dark Reading ☛ Yet_Another_Toyota_Cloud_Data_Breach_Jeopardizes_Thousands_of Customers [Ed: When the car collects far too much data about you (for no good reason of benefit to you)]⠀⇛ Toyota Motor Corp. today announced its discovery of yet another data breach — this time, two misconfigured cloud services were found leaking 260,000 car owners’ personal information over a seven-year period. This discovery comes after the car manufacturer conducted an investigation of its cloud features in the wake of announcing earlier in the month that the data of 2.15 million customers was available for over 10 years to anyone on the Internet, also due to a misconfigured cloud bucket. ⚓ Radiology_practice_suffers_‘significant’_cyberattack⠀⇛ An Oregon radiology practice suffered a “significant” cyberattack over the Memorial Day weekend, according to published reports. Medford Radiology Group has retained a team of computer forensics experts to help aid in its response. The 75-year-old practice also has alerted partner organizations such as the Asante and Providence hospital systems after learning of the incident on May 26. “We are utilizing all available resources to offer radiology services and patient care to the extent possible while our experts and the Medford team work as quickly as possible to fully restore operations,” the practice said in a statement shared with local media outlets. ⚓ BlackByte_attacks_City_of_Augusta,_GA_and_demands_a_ransom_of_$2_million [Ed: Windows TCO, see screenshot]⠀⇛ In this article we will not only address the part relating to the attack carried out by BlackByte on the IT systems of the City of Augusta, the theft of tens of GB of data or the real amount of the ransom requested by the ransomware group. Above all, we will tell about the negligence and errors committed by a high-level employee of the IT department and his poor management and security of the data of the employees and citizens of the American city, but above all of his lack of supervision * § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Maryland_License_Plates_Now_Inadvertently Advertising_Filipino_Online_Casino⠀⇛ A URL on the license plates of 800,000 Maryland cars now redirects to an online casino based in the Philippines. * § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ FTC_Orders_Ring_to_Pay_$5.8_Million_in_Refunds For_Surveilling_Customers,_Failing_to_Stop_Hackers⠀⇛ Ring previously allowed any employee to access customer’s private videos and failed to implement basic security mechanisms. Security issues raised by the FTC are ones Motherboard found during a 2019 hacking spree. o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_‘Work_Tinder’_aims_to_match_employers_and_young people⠀⇛ A similar tool to a dating app is intended to reduce youth unemployment. For three weeks, young people have been able to meet with companies for a 15-minute interview on a new digital platform called “Work Tinder” (Darba Tinderis). For the time being, the project has a high level of youth activity, but the participation of entrepreneurs is less inspiring, Latvian Radio reported May 31. o ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ The_economy_is_stalling_the_adoption_of_the_smart home [Ed: Good riddance, "smart" (spy) home, a yuppie Utopia for insecure dummies]⠀⇛ oncerns about the economy and anemic home sales are a potential problem for the smart home, according to conversations I had with attendees at the Parks Associates Connections smart home event in Dallas this week. * § Confidentiality⠀➾ o ⚓ SCMP ☛ Hong_Kong_privacy_watchdog_warns_data_management_firm_over possible_exposure_of_credit_histories_of_180,000_people⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog has threatened to take legal action against a data management firm for failing to protect the credit histories of about 180,000 people from unauthorised access. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data on Thursday said it received a complaint in December 2021 from an individual who found his credit data stored in a database called TE Credit Reference System had been accessed by eight money lending companies without his consent. § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Afghanistan_dispatch:_international_terror_groups_have_found_a home_in_Taliban_territory⠀⇛ Law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_records_over_4,000_cyber_attacks_in_2022⠀⇛ Lithuania recorded more than 4,000 cyber attacks in 2022, according to the Defence Ministry’s National Cyber Security Report published on Wednesday. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Jack_Teixeira_Should_Have_Been_Stopped_Again_and_Again⠀⇛ How did the worst leak in a decade take almost a year to be detected? * ⚓ RFERL ☛ EU_Intensifies_Effort_To_Calm_Crisis_In_North_Kosovo_As_Serb Protesters_Rally⠀⇛ European Union officials met on May 31 with Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti in Bratislava as part of international efforts to end a crisis in Kosovo that for days has drawn ethnic-Serb demonstrators into the streets of northern towns in the former province of Serbia. * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Adaptability,_liquidity_key_to_Qantas_resilience: Joyce⠀⇛ Qantas boss Alan Joyce says future pandemics, cyber attacks and global conflict still pose a threat to the airline industry as he prepares to depart the company after 15 years in the cockpit. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Gunmen_Kill_Soldier_In_Attack_On_Polio_Workers_In_Pakistan⠀⇛ Gunmen killed one soldier and wounded another on May 31 when they opened fire on security forces escorting a team of polio workers during a door-to-door inoculation campaign in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold near the Afghan border, police said. * ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Chinese_Hacking_of_US_Critical_Infrastructure [Ed: Schneier gas become a Microsoft parrot; Guam should dump Microsoft]⠀⇛ Everyone is writing about an interagency_and_international report on Chinese hacking of US critical infrastructure. Lots of interesting details about how the group, called Volt Typhoon, accesses target networks and evades detection. * ⚓ YLE ☛ Swedish_police_evacuate_flight_to_Finland_following_“joke”_bomb threat⠀⇛ A plane passenger at Stockholm Arlanda Airport first claimed there was a bomb on board, later saying the threat was a “joke”. * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Everything_You_Ever_Needed_to_Know_About_Hypersonic Missiles⠀⇛ The “unstoppable” weapons have been making a lot of headlines, but the truth is complicated. * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ ‘The_Comm’:_The_Group_Linked_to_a_Nationwide Swatting_Rampage⠀⇛ Court records and Telegram message reveal the FBI’s investigation into a cybercrime gang called “the Comm” and a subgroup named “ACG.” Members are allegedly linked to a nationwide wave of swattings that targeted schools and universities. * ⚓ AntiWar ☛ One_Hundred_Years_of_Kissinger⠀⇛ As Henry Kissinger celebrated his 100th year birthday, during this Memorial weekend, mainstream media lauded his brilliance and lifetime of achievement. Predictably ignored, were the literally thousands of Cambodian, Laotian and Vietnamese children, whose chance to reach adulthood was cruelly severed by Kissinger- promoted airstrikes. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Myanmar_troops_torch_Sagaing_region_village_a_second_time⠀⇛ Other communities also burned, forcing thousands to flee. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Guards_beat_prison_inmates_to_death_in_Myanmar’s_Bago_region, sources_say⠀⇛ The prisoners were accused of feeding information to a People’s Defense Force. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_to_reinstate_checks_on_borders_with_Poland,_Latvia_for NATO_summit⠀⇛ Lithuania will reinstate internal Schengen border controls before, during, and after the NATO summit in Vilnius. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kyrgyz_Prosecutor-General’s_Office_Requests_Permission_To Prosecute_Opposition_Leader⠀⇛ The Kyrgyz Prosecutor-General’s Office on May 31 formally asked lawmakers to allow the prosecution of the leader of the opposition Butun (United) Kyrgyzstan party over alleged attempts to seize power. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Hague_Panel_Rejects_Appeal_By_Milosevic_Spymasters,_Lengthens Prison_Sentences⠀⇛ A panel of UN judges on May 31 have rejected the appeals by two former Serbian intelligence officers against their convictions two years ago for murder, crimes against humanity, and other offenses in western Bosnia during the 1992-95 war there, and expanded their sentences in the process. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ EU_Places_Sanctions_On_Seven_For_Destabilizing_Moldova,_Doubles Macroeconomic_Support⠀⇛ The European Union has announced sanctions on seven individuals accused of destabilizing actions against Moldova and that it was doubling its grant of macroeconomic support to 290 million euros ($310 million). * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Sudanese_Army_Suspends_Ceasefire_Talks_With_Rebel_Forces⠀⇛ The Army closed the Al-Fatihab bridge linking Khartoum and Omdurman, while warplanes were flying over the area. * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Sudan:_Clashes_Continue_Even_After_Ceasefire_Extended⠀⇛ “The army hasn’t used its full deadly power, but it will be forced to do so…” * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ IAEA_Chief:_Situation_at_Zaporizhzhia_NP_Plant_Dangerous⠀⇛ “Military activities continue in the region and may well increase very considerably in the near future” * ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Third_Person_Now_Charged_in_2002_Murder_of_Run-DMC Star_Jam_Master_Jay⠀⇛ A third man has now been charged in the murder of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay — the latest development in a case long thought cold. Federal prosecutors in New York filed an indictment Tuesday charging 49-year-old Jay Bryant in the 2002 shooting death of Jason Mizell, better known as Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay. * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Time_to_double_down:_ICC_arrest_warrants_in_Libya are_a_great_start_but_Libyans_deserve_more⠀⇛ While these ICC arrest warrants may be the accountability spark Libya desperately needs, the country will require more to be uprooted. * ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Defence_strategic_review_comes_up_short_on_airpower⠀⇛ When examining the public version of the defence strategic review, it’s important to remember that it’s an unclassified version of a classified document and we’re not seeing the full picture. * § War in Ukraine⠀➾ o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ What’s_so_bad_about_mercenaries?⠀⇛ Host and Nonresident Senior Fellow Alia Brahimi speaks with the philosopher Professor Tony Coady about the key characteristics of mercenaries, the Geneva Conventions, and more. o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_government_approves_3_million_euros_in_aid_for Chernihiv,_Ukraine⠀⇛ On June 1, 2023, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposals prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Latvia’s involvement in the reconstruction of Ukraine in 2023, setting out specific support measures for the reconstruction of Chernihiv Oblast. o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_Saeima:_Ukraine_must_be_accepted_into_NATO⠀⇛ The Saeima urges NATO to take a decision on inviting Ukraine to participate in the alliance and to formulate specific tasks for the rapid integration of Ukraine into the alliance, the Saeima Press Service said on June 1. o ⚓ AntiWar ☛ The_Compulsion_To_Intervene⠀⇛ Originally posted at TomDispatch. Allow me to come clean: I worry every time Max Boot vents enthusiastically about a prospective military action. Whenever that Washington Post columnist professes optimism about some upcoming bloodletting, misfortune tends to follow. o ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Tonight’s_Movie_at_90_Seconds_to_Midnight:_Fail Safe⠀⇛ With the war in Ukraine raging, and Putin threatening to use nuclear weapons, the world is moving ever closer to complete annihilation. o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ How_the_United_States_and_Poland_can_use_this moment_to_reshape_transatlantic_security⠀⇛ Poland and the United States must keep Ukraine front and center, maintain transatlantic unity, and champion democratic values. Our Warsaw Week charted a way forward. o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Russian_War_Report:_Moscow_is_on_edge_after the_latest_drone_attack⠀⇛ Drone strikes in Moscow have the Kremlin on high alert. In Georgia, the pro-Russia Prime Minister blamed NATO for Russian invasion of Ukraine. o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_fight_against_courtroom_corruption continues_in_wartime_Ukraine⠀⇛ Despite the existential challenges created by Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine continues to make progress toward the reform of the country’s deeply discredited judicial system, writes Olena Halushka. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ Ukraine_dispatch:_drone_strikes_on_Moscow_send_a_signal to_the_Kremlin⠀⇛ Ukrainian law students and young lawyers are reporting for JURIST on developments in and affecting Ukraine. This dispatch is from Yulii Kozub, a law student from Taras Shevchenko National University in Kyiv. He files this from Vienna.   On Tuesday, May 30, there was a mass aerial drone strike on Moscow. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_It_Takes_to_Protect_Kyiv_From_Russian Bombardment⠀⇛ Russian air attacks on Kyiv have come in relentless waves. Yet very little has penetrated the patched- together but increasingly sophisticated air defense network. Here’s why. o ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_Seimas_confers_award_on_Ukraine’s_parliament chair⠀⇛ Ruslan Stefanchuk, chairman of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada, was presented with an Aleksandras Stulginskis Star, an award established by the Lithuanian parliament, at a ceremony on Thursday. o ⚓ LRT ☛ Rally_held_outside_Russian_embassy_in_Vilnius_in_protest_of Ukrainian_children_abductions⠀⇛ Several dozen people rallied outside the Russian Embassy in Vilnius to protest the abduction of Ukrainian children. o ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ Ukraine,_Human_Rights,_and_International_Law, with_Alfred_de_Zayas⠀⇛ “If You Indict Putin, Make Sure Joe Biden Is With Him” – Alfred de Zayas on Ukraine and International Law o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Memorial_Rights_Group_Branch_In_Yekaterinburg_Fined_For ‘Discrediting’_Russian_Armed_Forces⠀⇛ A court in Russia’s Urals city of Yekaterinburg on June 1 fined a local branch of the Memorial human rights group 300,000 rubles ($3,700) for allegedly discrediting Russia’s armed forces involved in Moscow’s ongoing unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Reiterates_That_Ukraine_Is_Ready_To_Join_NATO As_Russian_Strike_Kills_Child,_Two_Others_In_Kyiv⠀⇛ President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has asked NATO for a “clear” decision on Ukraine’s future with the Western military alliance as another wave of air strikes on Kyiv killed at least three people, including one child, who were shut out of an air-raid shelter. o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Ukrainian_Conflict_Has_Far-Reaching_Negative_Impact: Italy’s_CB⠀⇛ Besides increasing interest rates, the war has generated loss of purchasing power, reduced consumption, and deterioration in working conditions. o ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ No_Comment:_The_Biden_White_House_Doesn’t_Know When_to_Keep_Quiet_–_The_Atlantic⠀⇛ The Biden administration undermines its cause with strategically witless statements. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine’s_Future_Ties_to_NATO_Are_Main_Topic_as Western_Nations_Meet⠀⇛ The question of how to guarantee Ukrainian security loomed over a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Norway and a gathering of European leaders in Moldova. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_Missiles_Kill_3_in_Kyiv,_Including Mother_and_9-Year-Old_Girl⠀⇛ They were among three people killed in a Russian missile attack, officials said. Ukraine opened an investigation, as Russians described shelling and evacuations in border regions. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_Strikes_Kyiv,_Killing_3_in_Another_Early Morning_Attack⠀⇛ Russia has recently increased the pace and intensity of its strikes on the Ukrainian capital. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Zelensky_Pushes_for_EU_and_NATO_Membership_at Meeting_in_Moldova⠀⇛ “This year is for decisions,” President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said at the European Political Community gathering, which sought to showcase Western solidarity amid the Kremlin’s war. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ NATO_Monitors_Moldova’s_Skies_As_European_Leaders Gather⠀⇛ NATO will monitor the skies over Moldova as more than 40 European leaders attend a summit close to Ukraine’s borders to show support for both countries as Kyiv prepares a counteroffensive against Russia’s invasion. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Lawmakers_Support_International_Tribunal_To Prosecute_Crimes_Of_Aggression_In_Ukraine⠀⇛ U.S. lawmakers and a top U.S. diplomat expressed support on May 31 for the creation of an international tribunal separate from the International Criminal Court (ICC) to try crimes of aggression that have taken place during the war in Ukraine. o ⚓ LRT ☛ Goya’s_war_etchings_from_Ukraine_national_museum_come_on display_in_Vilnius⠀⇛ Vilnius Picture Gallery hosts yet another exhibition in collaboration between the Lithuanian National Museum of Art and the Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Ukraine. This time, the exhibition features two cycles of engravings by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. o ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘We_can’t_trust_them’:_Anti-Russia_sentiment_grows_in Finland⠀⇛ Finland shares a 1,300-kilometre border with Russia. During the Cold War and until recently, its so-called “Finlandisation” doctrine meant neutrality, but the war in Ukraine has changed everything. Today, Finland is on its guard. Anti-Russian sentiment runs strong among the population, which has not forgotten the country’s previous armed conflicts with Moscow, as FRANCE 24’s team on the ground reports. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Three_people_including_a_child_killed_in_fresh_aerial assault_on_Kyiv⠀⇛ Three people including a child were killed in a Russian missile strike on Kyiv early on Thursday, Ukrainian officials said. Ten people were injured in the strike. Follow our live blog for the latest developments on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2). o ⚓ France24 ☛ Zelensky_presses_case_for_Ukraine’s_membership_in NATO,_EU_at_Moldova_summit⠀⇛ President Volodymyr Zelensky pressed his case for Ukraine to be part of the NATO military alliance as he joined European leaders on Thursday in Moldova ahead of an expected counter-offensive against Russia’s invasion. o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ China_stands_to_gain_from_a_weakened_Russia. The_West_should_prepare_now.⠀⇛ A protracted war of attrition in Ukraine serves Beijing’s interests in that it will lead to the long-term weakening of Russia, thereby fundamentally shifting the Sino- Russian power balance in China’s favor. § Environment⠀➾ * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Antarctic_Treaty_Consultative_Meeting_Kicks_Off_in_Helsinki⠀⇛ The most critical issues on the agenda include climate change and its impacts on Antarctica. * ⚓ YLE ☛ Statistics_Finland:_Emissions_down_by_4%_in_2022⠀⇛ Efforts to decrease logging and the move away from natural gas contributed to the decline in emissions, according to the agency. * § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ o ⚓ H2 View ☛ US_team_develops_cobalt-based_catalyst_that_could ‘remove_cost_bottleneck_for_clean_hydrogen_production’⠀⇛ A team led by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has developed a low-cost cobalt-based catalyst to be used to produce hydrogen from water electrolysis. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Europe_Frets_U.S._Battery_Factory_Subsidies_Will Hurt,_Not_Help⠀⇛ The European Union is trying to assemble the building blocks to produce electric cars, but subsidies are luring companies to the United States. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ $528_Billion_Nuclear_Cleanup_Plan_at_Hanford Site_in_Jeopardy⠀⇛ A $528 billion plan to clean up 54 million gallons of radioactive bomb-making waste may never be achieved. Government negotiators are looking for a compromise. o ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_extends_gas_compensation,_scraps_electricity subsidies_for_households [Ed: Lithuania has what's known as "energy poverty"... people so poor that they cannot afford to keep their body temperature at healthy levels]⠀⇛ On Wednesday, the Lithuanian government backed a proposal to extend the existing natural gas price compensation for households for the second half of the year, but scrapped the state subsidies for electricity. o ⚓ H2 View ☛ ZervoAvia_and_Birmingham_Airport_to_explore_on-site hydrogen_production⠀⇛ ZeroAvia and Birmingham Airport (BHX) have expanded their partnership to explore on-site renewable hydrogen production at the UK airport. * § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ o ⚓ IDA ☛ Protected:_Nightscape_#112_· June_2023⠀⇛ * § Overpopulation⠀➾ o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Breakthrough_Colorado_River_plan:_The_benefits_and limits⠀⇛ With the Colorado River in near crisis, and talks on water use gridlocked, Arizona, California, and Nevada recently agreed to cut use. Their proposal shows progress, but has limits. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Homeownership_declines_across_EU_as_young_adults_find themselves_locked_out_of_the_market⠀⇛ Homeownership rates in the European Union (EU) have experienced a notable decline between 2012 and 2020, driven primarily by the decreasing ownership among young adults and low-income groups. This trend has resulted in an increase in the reliance on private rentals among the 20-29 age group, leading to housing insecurity and adequacy issues. A comprehensive report by Eurofound, titled “Unaffordable_and_Inadequate_Housing_in Europe,” sheds light on the housing problems faced by EU citizens, identifies affected population groups, analyzes relevant policies, and provides policy recommendations to improve the situation. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Vote_on_the_Debt_Deal⠀⇛ Also, uninsurable climate risks. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Debt_ceiling_bill_clears_Senate,_heads_to_Biden’s_desk⠀⇛ The Senate passed a bill Thursday to raise_the_debt_ceiling into 2025 and cut the deficit, sending the bill to President Biden’s desk. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ State_Farm_Stops_Offering_Insurance_in_California⠀⇛ The largest insurer in California said it would stop offering new coverage. It’s part of a broader trend of companies pulling back from dangerous areas. * ⚓ YLE ☛ S-Bank_to_acquire_Handelsbanken’s_private_customer_ops_in Finland⠀⇛ The deal also includes the acquisition of Handelsbanken’s asset management and investment services operations, according to S- Bank. * ⚓ YLE ☛ Nordea:_Housing_market_to_recover_in_coming_months⠀⇛ “We will have to wait until next year for a significant increase in prices,” Nordea economist Juho Kostiainen said. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Teens_or_immigrants:_Who_should_fill_US_jobs?⠀⇛ A tight labor market means many teen summer workers have secured more hours and better pay. Meanwhile, states are considering a variety of proposals to expand teens’ roles in the workplace, a move critics worry will erode hard-won protections for minors. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Four_Questions_About_the_Biden-McCarthy_Debt_Ceiling Deal⠀⇛ There is no obvious question about the country’s fiscal future that the Republican Party’s current policies propose an answer to. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ House_Passes_Debt_Ceiling_Bill_in_Bipartisan_Vote_to Avert_Default⠀⇛ An overwhelming bipartisan coalition pushed through the compromise struck by Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden, even as lawmakers in both parties signaled displeasure with the plan. * ⚓ YLE ☛ Online_grocery_firm_Oda_shutting_down_in_Finland_after_one_year⠀⇛ The Norwegian company plans to continue offering its logistics services to other firms in Finland. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Indignity_of_Grocery_Shopping⠀⇛ In her latest work to be translated into English, Annie Ernaux examines the malaise of the modern supermarket. * ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Mortgage_rates_rise_as_lenders_pull_hundreds_of_deals⠀⇛ Nearly 800 mortgage products taken off market within a week * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Shine_Justice_to_offload_heavy_finance_costs_onto pelvic_mesh_victims?⠀⇛ Johnson & Johnson pelvic mesh victims have expressed dismay at efforts by their law firm, Shine Justice, to stiff them with extortionate finance costs. Callum Foote investigates. * ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ C3_AI_shares_plummet_on_lower-than-expected_outlook⠀⇛ Shares in C3 AI Inc. plummeted over 20% in late trading after the artificial intelligence software developer missed on its outlook at the midpoint, despite otherwise solid figures in its latest earnings report. ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Republicans_Don’t_Really_Want_to_Cut_Spending⠀⇛ GOP leaders are starting to recognize that what the government funds is more popular than they like to claim. ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Work_Requirements_Just_Won’t_Die⠀⇛ The debt-ceiling deal rests on a cruel and ineffective policy. ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania’s_GDP_down_2.5%_in_first_quarter_–_estimate [Ed: Wait till they also account for inflation. Then it's down like 20 percent!!]⠀⇛ Lithuania’s real gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of this year amounted to 16 billion euros at current prices, down 2.5 percent compared to the same time last year, Statistics Lithuania said in its second estimate. ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Denel_bailouts_total_R9_billion_over_four_years⠀⇛ Further evidence of the drain Denel is on the public purse comes from Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan replying to a Parliamentary question. ⚓ CNN ☛ Job_site_ZipRecruiter_cutting_20%_of_its_staff⠀⇛ Fewer employers looking for workers means 270 employees at job search site ZipRecruiter will soon be out of a job. The company is cutting 20% of its staff by the end of this month, the company disclosed in a filing late Wednesday. “This action was taken in response to current market conditions and after reducing other discretionary expenses, with a view toward driving long-term efficiency,” according to the filing. The company had previously said it is experiencing a “typical softness in jobs posting” in January, but sounded other alarms about a slowing in the labor market. Its first quarter revenue fell 19% from a year earlier and it forecast that its revenue in the current quarter would be down nearly 30% from the second quarter of 2022. The job search site still projects adjusted earnings that are roughly the same for this year as last year, although it said to do so it would “respond to our environment quickly” by “increasing our focus on profitability during times of decreased demand from employers.” ⚓ Job_site_ZipRecruiter_cutting_20%_of_its_staff⠀⇛ ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Okta_and_CrowdStrike_shares_plunge_on_broader_macroeconomic concerns⠀⇛ Shares in both Okta Inc. and CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. plunged in late trading today despite both companies beating expectations in their quarterly earnings, revenue and outlook, as investors have become skittish amid broader macroeconomic concerns. ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Semi-Retirees_Know_the_Key_to_Work-Life_Balance⠀⇛ More and more older adults are working—in large part because they want to. ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ House_OKs_debt_ceiling_bill_to_avoid_default, sends_Biden-McCarthy_deal_to_Senate⠀⇛ The hard-fought deal pleased few, but lawmakers assessed it was better than the alternative — a devastating economic upheaval if Congress failed to act. ⚓ Quartz ☛ China_is_back_on_global_business_leaders’_map⠀⇛ China’s crackdown_on_technology_firms and covid lockdowns had cooled foreign companies’ enthusiasm for doing business in the country. Recent high-profile visits from global leaders signal a change is afoot. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Macau_faces_further_restrictions_as_city’s national_security_law_expanded⠀⇛ Macau’s new national security law took effect on Tuesday, imposing wider restrictions on political opposition and civil society in the Chinese city. The gambling hub has a separate legal system from the Chinese mainland, largely based on Portuguese law, and national security legislation was first enacted in 2009. * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Chinese_media_are_celebrating_Elon_Musk’s_Beijing_visit_as_a much-needed_vote_of_confidence⠀⇛ Western companies are increasingly cognizant—and wary—of the risks of doing business in China, especially after recent high- profile raids targeting foreign consultancies. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Trump_Was_Taped_Discussing_Sensitive_Document_He_Had After_Leaving_Office⠀⇛ Federal prosecutors obtained the recording as part of their investigation into the former president’s handling of classified documents. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_Angela_Paxton_Could_Help_Decide_the_Fate_of_Her Embattled_Husband,_Ken_Paxton⠀⇛ In Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial this summer, 31 state senators will decide whether to permanently remove him as Texas attorney general. One is his wife. * ⚓ The Strategist ☛ If_Trump_returns⠀⇛ As the 2024 US presidential primary campaign season begins, the most likely final contest is a rematch between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Aide_fired_by_George_Santos_says_he_got_his_job after_sending_money_to_Republican’s_deputy⠀⇛ A man who briefly worked as an aide to U.S. Rep. George Santos has told House investigators he got his job after sending a series of payments to one of the Republican’s top deputies. Derek Myers worked briefly as a legislative assistant to Santos. After he was let go, he accused Santos of sexual harassment. Myers told staff of a House subcommittee Wednesday that when he was trying to get Santos to hire him in January, he sent at least six $150 payments to Vish Burra, the Republican’s director of operations. Myers said he sent the money unsolicited because he believed Burra wasn’t getting paid at the time and couldn’t afford food. But he said he also hoped it might help him get a job. Burra declined to comment. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Texas_Governor_Names_Interim_Attorney_General_After Paxton_Impeachment⠀⇛ Gov. Greg Abbott chose John Scott, a former deputy attorney general, to head the office while Attorney General Ken Paxton faces impeachment charges. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Politics_of_Delusion_Have_Taken_Hold⠀⇛ The irrational element of partisan hostility has seemingly created a political culture resistant to correction or reform. * ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Who_are_the_UK’s_national_newspaper_editors? [Ed: People appointed to serve power, under the guise of exposing power]⠀⇛ An up-to-date page so you can keep track of all the UK’s national newspaper editors. * ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Survey:_Half_of_newsrooms_already_‘actively_working’ with_generative_AI [Ed: No wonder quality of "news" is declining so much; it's spew of words or a soup of buzzwords. Management is to blame for it. Actual journalists oppose this trash (they can see how poor this is), promoted by Microsoft and Microsoft-sponsored fake 'journalists'. So a lot more news sites will die if clueless managers outsource the writing to bots; see CNET for a cautionary tale. People won't stick around to read through machine-generated spew.]⠀⇛ The WAN-IFRA survey indicated it is management, rather than individual journalists, driving adoption. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_tables_District_Council_overhaul_bill, accuses_ex-councillors_of_‘swindling’_votes_in_2019_election⠀⇛ The Hong Kong government has officially tabled a bill for overhauling the District Council, as an official accused former councillors of “swindling” votes in the 2019 election by inciting hatred towards the government amid the anti- extradition bill unrest. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_ex-District_Council_candidate_among_6 convicted_of_rioting_over_2019_protest_in_Central⠀⇛ Six people – including two teachers, a social work student, and a then-District Council election candidate – have been convicted of rioting in relation to a protest in Central on November 12, 2019. Three others were acquitted of the same charge, according to local media reports. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kosovo_Olympic_Committee_Seeks_IOC_Disciplinary_Proceedings Against_Djokovic⠀⇛ Kosovo Olympic authorities have asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to open disciplinary proceedings against Novak Djokovic, accusing him of stirring up political tensions by saying “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia” at the French Open. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Myanmar_dispatch:_‘Our_voices_are_getting_killed’⠀⇛ Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.  Don’t say it. Don’t do it. Don’t show it. Don’t post it. Don’t speak about it. Don’t show any expressions. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_busker_cleared_of_organising_banned gathering_after_court_casts_doubt_on_accuracy_of_police_testimony⠀⇛ A Hong Kong pro-democracy busker has been acquitted of organising a prohibited group gathering after the judge cast doubt over the reliability of a police officer’s testimony. Oliver Ma appeared at Eastern Magistrates Court on Tuesday afternoon wearing a light-blue collared shirt. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Entrepreneurs:_Promote_workplace_agreements,_curb illegal_strikes⠀⇛ Strengthening Finland’s economic growth is crucial for the health of public finances. Therefore, the Finnish Entrepreneurs propose numerous actions in their growth program that would allow companies to take more risks and foster growth. The government program should promote local agreements in workplaces, limit political and illegal strikes, and reform unemployment and social security to make work more profitable. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Self-repair_as_prelude_to_reparations⠀⇛ California’s coming debate on reparations can build on lessons from other places that struggle with healing the legacy of racial and other abuse. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ ‘Past_Lives’_looks_at_childhood_love,_and_what_we_leave behind⠀⇛ What do past choices mean for future relationships? Celine Song’s graceful debut, “Past Lives,” offers emotional complexity as it explores what connects people over time. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_DEI_Industry_Needs_to_Check_Its_Privilege⠀⇛ The worst of the industry is expensive and runs from useless to counterproductive. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Car_passengers_in_Lithuania_to_be_fined_for_drinking_alcohol⠀⇛ The police will start fining car passengers for carrying open containers of alcohol, according to Ramūnas Matonis, spokesperson for the Police Department. * ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Bougainville’s_people_are_being_left_in_the_dark⠀⇛ An engaged and informed community is important for governance, development and an effective democracy at any time, but that’s especially so in Bougainville right now. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Diversity_without_affirmative_action?_Colleges_weigh_the options.⠀⇛ In states with affirmative-action bans, colleges have tried many strategies to achieve diversity, with no clear solution. Now, as the Supreme Court considers the fate of affirmative action, colleges nationwide may soon face the same test. * ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Umbrella_terms_and_microlabels_are_the_language_of inclusion⠀⇛ As much as conservatives love to pooh-pooh the gender and sexual identities that come into awareness every so often, they sure seem to love coming up with new names for the LGBTQ+ community such as “skittles” or the “alphabet mafia.” * ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Voice_to_hit_road_as_first_vote_gets_wheels spinning⠀⇛ Supporters of the Indigenous voice say the rubber can hit the road now the lower house has voted to set up the referendum. Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney said the push for the voice was entering a new phase as the campaign got into full swing. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Drugged_rape_allegations_at_Rammstein_concert_raise_doubts_about Lithuanian_authorities’_ability_to_respond⠀⇛ Amid allegations that a fan may have been drugged and raped during a Rammstein concert in Vilnius, Lithuanian police say that officers may not have enough experience how to deal with such reports. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Unlikely_ally?_Nevada’s_GOP_governor_protects_abortion patients.⠀⇛ In a cross-party move, Nevada governor Joe Lombardo became one of few Republican governors to sign a bill protecting out-of- state abortion patients and in-state providers on Tuesday. Mr. Lombardo said he would respect the will of voters. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Nevada_governor_signs_abortion_protections_into_law⠀⇛ Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo approved Senate Bill (SB) 131 Tuesday, becoming one of the first Republican governors to enshrine legal protections for out-of-state abortion patients and in-state providers. The legislation codifies Executive Order (EO) 2022-08 which was issued by Nevada’s former Governor Steve Sisolak last year. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Oklahoma_Supreme_Court_Rules_New_Abortion_Bans Unconstitutional⠀⇛ An older law still prohibits most abortions in the state, but it is less strict about exceptions for medical emergencies. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Oklahoma_top_court_strikes_down_abortion_bans⠀⇛ The Oklahoma Supreme Court Wednesday struck down two abortion bans as unconstitutional, but abortion remains illegal in the state. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Conservatives_Complain_Chick-fil-A_Has_‘Gone_Woke’ Over_D.E.I.⠀⇛ The fast-food chain, once a darling of conservatives, has joined other corporations in pursuing diversity, equity and inclusion policies, prompting some on the right to accuse it of going “woke.” * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Danny_Masterson_convicted_of_2_counts_of_rape, ‘That_’70s_Show’_actor_faces_30_years_to_life⠀⇛ Jurors have found “That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson guilty of two out of three counts of rape and could get 30 years to life in prison. The jury reached the verdict Wednesday in a Los Angeles courtroom, where Masterson was led out in handcuffs. It was the second trial for the 47-year-old actor, after a jury deadlocked in his first. Masterson has been convicted of raping two women at his home between 2001 and 2003. Prosecutors say he drugged the women so he could assault them, then used his prominence in the Church of Scientology to avoid consequences for decades. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kazakh_Activists_Cancel_Event_On_Political_Persecution_After Detentions⠀⇛ Activists in Kazakhstan have cancelled a planned parade on May 31 to mark the Day of Remembrance of Political Persecution, saying police had detained several of their colleagues and created other impediments to holding the event. § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Telecel_might_be_struggling_but_its_few_remaining subscribers_are_the_happiest._Results_of_the_Mobile_Internet_survey_we ran.⠀⇛ A few weeks ago we ran a survey on your experiences with Mobile Internet performance in Zimbabwe. We collected a total of 939 responses and for all those that participated a very big thank you to you. The survey data is available to view here in the form of a spreadsheet. * ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Econet_posts_$17b_(US$15m)_loss,_down_ZW$57b_from_last year’s_profit,_actual_position_likely_worse⠀⇛ If I asked you how valuable ZW$5000 was this time last year, you would struggle to answer that. You would only get an idea of the value by looking for an invoice from that time, or by trying to remember what the price of something that’s not subject to price controls was. * ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Econet,_EcoCash_looking_to_raise_US$30.3_million_each_to_pay back_debt,_hence_the_rights_offers⠀⇛ A couple of years ago Econet Wireless and EcoCash Holdings called for an early redemption of debentures. That may sound like Greek to some but you can get the explainer here: Econet Wireless Zimbabwe calls for early redemption of debentures. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Supreme_Court_declines_case_regarding_Reddit’s_liability for_hosting_child_pornography⠀⇛ The US Supreme Court declined Tuesday to hear a case alleging that social media platform Reddit wrongly hosted sexually explicit images and videos of underage individuals, amounting to child pornography. As a result, a ruling from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which dismissed the victims’ claim, will stand. § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ British_Music_Industry_Unilaterally_Agrees to_Music_Metadata_Improvements⠀⇛ The U.K. music industry has unilaterally agreed to improve streaming metadata delivered to DSPs like Spotify and Apple Music. An agreement drawn up by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) with the help of music industry experts has been reviewed and signed by BPI, AIM, ERA, MMF, and Hipgnosis Songs Fund. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Was_Queen’s_‘Bohemian_Rhapsody’_First_‘Mongolian Rhapsody’?⠀⇛ One of Freddie Mercury’s early drafts, which is being auctioned by Sotheby’s, shows that he crossed out “Mongolian” and substituted the now-famous title. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Rod_Stewart_Calls_Off_Hipgnosis_Catalog Acquisition_—_“Not_the_Right_Company”⠀⇛ Rod Stewart has called off his catalog acquisition talks with Hipgnosis Songs after a lengthy negotiation process. Steward will now take his ball home and retain ownership of his catalog — or seek a higher bidder. “This catalog represents my life’s work,” the 78-year-old singer said in his statement to DMN. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 7078 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.02.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_02/06/2023:_Vimwiki_Revisited,_SGGS_Revisited⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 11:50 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Internet/Gemini * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Happy_June!⠀⇛ On the first day of June, it’s a good time to reflect on the past season and make intentions for the coming one. For me, looking back is the harder part. I’m less used to that; I’m always thinking about the future, but spending time on the past is less obviously useful. # ⚓ A_worker-owned_cooperative_concept⠀⇛ Worker-owned cooperatives aren’t a new idea. I should really find a good book or web site with some case studies about how they’ve been done in the past. In particular, I really ought to look into the Mondragon Corporation, which I always hear about but have never really studied. But lack of background knowledge won’t stop me from trying to spin up my own thoughts on how a person might structure a worker-owned cooperative, so that’s what this article contains. My starting point was that I wanted a structure where people build equity in the cooperative as they work, and when they leave the cooperative (by retiring, for example, but also for any other reason), that equity is paid back to them. # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_AFGLNRT_Wordo:_BLURB⠀⇛ # ⚓ And_Now,_Back_To_Inflation⠀⇛ As predicted, Important Men got together and saved the world at the last moment, by signing a piece of paper that authorizes further borrowing. Woo-hoo! And now, as more debt is to be monetized while the Fed is shitting in their collective pants, we can look forward to higher prices. Inflation is a monetary phenomenon, regardless of what these jerks tell you. Rising prices are a _consequence_ of cheap money. It is not because of ‘evil CEOs’ or profiteering landlords. It is entirely due to the vast amounts of counterfeit currency our senile president had forced into the system by handing money out to his croneys. Not that other presidents are much better, but this one kind of jumped the shart with the handouts. And of course it’s not really Biden, as I doubt he can put on his underwear without help, so it’s whoever is behind it this time. # ⚓ This_Friday_feels_way_too_much_like_a_Saturday⠀⇛ Huh. I’ve somehow not encountered the “dead Internet” theory ’til reading the above. Makes me wonder, just what is it that drives people toward the “TeeHeeVille” of deceiving others with respect to individuality, e.g. writing a “bot” to hopefully give some the impression they’re interacting with an “actual person”? # ⚓ My_Ideal_F1_Weekend⠀⇛ Having finally returned this weekend to a permanent track (albeit with upgrades!) I have finally figured out exactly what my ideal weekend is! One Practice, One Qualifying, One Race. That’s it. How original I know. But I actually like televised practice. I like it because I don’t really like off coverage talks. Having an hour where teams test and push and work to trial their upgrades gives us fans time to understand whats changed between each session and gives the commentators some time to give their recaps and other notes from the weekend and time between. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Is_it_live,_or_is_it_AIREX?⠀⇛ Whaddaya do when when you think someone’s pasting AI responses your way? I went to a favorite online place and was happy to see I had a reply to peruse… except by the time I got to the end of it I was under the distinct, disappointing impression it was the kind of hollow, prosaic verbiage I’ve come to expect from so-called AI. Grant it, I’ve no proof, so that impression could have been the result of too-much-yardwork mental weariness. # ⚓ Vimwiki_looks_wonderful,_but….⠀⇛ My latest foray into software installation mystification involves something called “vimwiki”, whose installation instructions I followed to a tee, and yet for the life of me I can’t open what I imagine to be a “vimwiki” session within a vim session. # ⚓ AI_and_the_Dead_Internet⠀⇛ I very rarely use customer support or feedback channels on the mainline Internet these days. I have always preferred to call or even visit in person. Especially when I see chat assistants on a Web site, I always assume they’re powered by AI and not staffed by a real human. Today textmonger wondered^ if replies and even full conversations over other channels are actually AI- driven–and if so, how often that happens. textmonger noted that if this is a common occurrence, it erodes further the individuality of all Internet users, not just the bots themselves. It also adds a kind of paranoia as to whether one is investing emotional energy into a soulless computer. # ⚓ Typing_seems_easier_today⠀⇛ # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Gemini_and_curl⠀⇛ Based on my own experience writing various Gemini clients and servers, I think Stenberg makes some good points regarding the implementation Gemini programs. What does UTF-8 and URLs actually mean? Internationalized Resource Identifier (IRI), punycode (but for hostnames only), and so on. It’s tricky to get right and easy to just treat the URLs as ASCII with punycode and percent encoding. If you’re in an ISO Latin- 1 locale and pasting an IRI on the command line, the tool needs to decode the bytes from the locale and encode as UTF-8, for example. You don’t find that in the spec. I think it’s implied. Back when the mailing list still existed, such questions would cause long discussions that I found tiring. So here we are. [...] Stenberg also says that Gemini is “quite similar to going back to GOPHER.” I disagree with that. Gopher maps are a pain. No TLS for Gopher is not cool. I think from a visual perspective it depends on the client. There’s Lagrange which looks beautiful. # ⚓ SGGS_Revisited⠀⇛ A couple of years ago, I wrote SGGS, a system for playing turn-based games over gemini, primarily as an experiment in using streaming to support synchronous play. But it didn’t see much use, and I accepted it as an essentially failed experiment. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 7326 ➮ Generation completed at 02:41, i.e. 68 seconds to (re)generate ⟲