𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Sunday, June 04, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Mon 5 Jun 02:40:48 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/2023/06/04/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmPUbf7suaQniw1646dasmSY6bnK39TXxEV8ULg4u7at86 QmPtdTJXoyGAiBp24ch57o9jAzqAfro8Lh2BcCMZEYztSi QmcpSETydPVbunSXmzCVgzuCQ777DRLwnusWHKNSEvS1vV QmPsoAJFgURJZUxZU7m4mBwyBHMrJKTzEY7Ma4Rcmn1bTt QmaeGXiDDeQqLVHkcfuYJsMR5gkG2KfL8obZ3e39wo9X89 QmRej75aRh5cQjV4EkpTtNhGCL4Ea8gLTYE6afRU4AT8SA QmXJbVjMgJLV5E7dFhoZEBSRNCRpMoAYeiQ2x94WwVCAE3 QmZNHM6zwJz4HumZeNxKEckXrmY5Mn2R47Zf2ejRtHj763 QmdikaRip3RgsHbg5S4LuJvPizfJB7fh2rKp7uQ8dhxicC QmQu3g2B85BK7JwmQzcr2cd7XoDdiF92Gy9xcxqS6sf27G QmUA66kgebedAfGsk5HFXX1YCuCWp2J51StBuNVvAvFwwS QmYBPCcUR7ecniepZDK6iEaWqzEdVWvK9GovhnZadXHtW8 QmX2VFCGCawxbCCUo2h1FKvHmTmxLRFAdDLmVDjFaZoLpw QmZvsFGYejJBRSfHJCJnfiQSAYT7vSYedcFM42LEMExSWJ Qmb9Xu74tUcPjn3QGo5Fa3AwL3ztbkpEBnKFQZLo52iezG QmfRee4g2eUJ1bSuzF43wq39KNtfrFY8yoMStiZawbg6Yy QmSuhsieojQeGih3gkSZPmVjZEEXjEMkAfqPeayF5neUu4 Qmd7SnTCKdRk6z5fGiMR5m9PSXaMAqxaggGeXGRG7qpq2Z QmXgYbZi532xVNhDLj3CwBGXcgr7iwcqm9khzt2M5sKvZ9 QmUk6CTCzRFbbBrbBmQf52Utx7xRQyCr1Gw3bZdCzrwd3c QmeZtWf5QtxG29S1aPZtAVad8jYYKbyZyf1n5x1H3fatT2 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Do Not Assume Pensions Are Safe, Especially When Managed by Mr. EPOTIF Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Saturday, June 03, 2023 | Techrights ⦿ StatCounter: GNU/Linux (Including ChromeOS) Grows to 8% Market Share Worldwide | Techrights ⦿ Journalism Cannot and Quite Likely Won’t Survive on the World Wide Web | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/06/04/epotif-office/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/04/irc-log-030623/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/04/statcounter-gnulinux-including-chromeos-grows-to-8-market-share-worldwide/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/04/threat-to-news/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/06/04/azure-outage-again/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/04/old-computer-challenge/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/04/pclinuxos-stuff/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/04/rosy-crow-1-1-3/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/04/why-flatpak/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 60 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/04/epotif-office/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/04/epotif-office/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.04.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Do_Not_Assume_Pensions_Are_Safe,_Especially_When_Managed_by_Mr._EPOTIF_Benoît Battistelli_and_António_Campinos⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Patents at 10:46 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 7fd19509c715f2d311a0d6a90c678d61 Trusting Pension Schemes and Scams Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/pension-scams-and-epo.webm Summary: With the "hoax"_that_is_the_financial_assessment_by_António_Campinos (who is deliriously celebrating the inauguration of illegal_and unconstitutional_kangaroo_courts) we urge EPO workers to check carefully the integrity of their pensions, seeing that pension_promises_have_been_broken_for years_already THE ‘French’ era of the EPO (Benoît_Battistelli and António_Campinos, two Frenchmen, may run the 'diverse' Office for 18 years in a row!) is an era of unprecedented plunder and deceit. it’s also an era of lawlessness and impunity. “…the EPO has, in essence, let the salary of workers decrease by about 18% if they come from Hungary.”On the last_day_of_May we took note of EPO examiners’ (and other workers’) concern about their pension status. I too have had a pension ordeal (my_employer_had_defrauded_me_and_my_colleagues_since_2011!), so nowadays I begrudgingly — out of sheer necessity — learn a lot more about how pensions work (or don’t work), especially in the UK. With 7 more avenues remaining to explore and potentially escalate to (three processes are in progress in parallel now, including my local politicians) we can safely say it’ll be a recurring theme here for months to come. It seems like this impacts people who never worked for Sirius_‘Open_Source’; they did this not just to me (impersonal) and within only a few months of me joining the company, so it’s not new, it’s just that we all found out about it this year, after 3 months of persistent investigation (there’s lots of stonewalling in the pension systems and it helps obscure the gory reality; see video above for details). To quote an associate, “I would suspect that this kind of ripoff or scam is very common nowadays and it is a matter of finding the currently hidden channels for dealing with pension scams.” The EPO’s staff union, SUEPO Central Bureau (representing staff union membership in all EPO sites, not just locally), wrote the following to staff earlier this month: § Negative decisions on the request for reviews on the salary adjustment in 2023⠀➾ Caution – different issue from call for test-appellants in freeze of remuneration with effect of 1 January 2022 On 10/11 March 2023, we distributed model requests for review against the salary adjustment in 2023. Many of you submitted such a review request. On 10 May 2023, the administration decided negatively on the requests (file number MR/2023-0017). An internal appeal is to be lodged within a period of three months (see Article 110 ServRegs). We have tasked a renowned law firm to draft model appeals against the salary adjustment in 2023 based on the above negative decision. We intend to provide these templates to SUEPO members by mid of July 2023. Based on the above, union membership fees are used to pay “a renowned law firm to draft model appeals against the salary adjustment in 2023…” The EPO’s “salary adjustment” is explained in the video above; the EPO has, in essence, let the salary of workers decrease by about 18% if they come from Hungary. 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the firm assesses logs from 3 million sites and shows Windows down to 66% in desktops/ laptops (a decade ago it was above 90%) with modest growth for GNU/Linux, which is at_an_all-time_high, even if one does not count ChromeOS that isn’t freedom- or privacy-respecting ⣿⣿⡏⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣯⢉⣻⣿⣽⢹⡟⣽⢫⣋⣽⣫⢩⢫⠋⡝⣫⣟⣿⣯⡟⣝⢹⢯⡏⡝⣫⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣧⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣿⣿⣿⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣟⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⡏⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⢻⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⢻⡟⠛⣿⠛⢻⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣯⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⢹⡿⠿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⠛⢻⣿⠀⣿⡇⢰⣿⠛⢻⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣷⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡿⠿⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣯⣸⣿⡏⠉⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⡇⢨⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢨⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠉⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⢻⣿⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⠸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣯⣽⣿⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⡆⢸⣷⠀⣾⡇⢰⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢰⣷⠀⣾⡆⢰⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣷⠀⣾⡆⢰⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣷⠀⣿⡆⢰⣿⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢨⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢨⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣟⢻⣿⣇⣀⣿⣀⣸⣇⣀⣿⣇⣸⣿⣀⣿⣇⣸⣿⣀⣸⣇⣀⣿⣀⣸⣇⣀⣿⣀⣸⣿⣀⣿⣇⣸⣿⣀⣸⣇⣀⣿⣀⣸⣇⣀⣿⣀⣸⣿⣀⣿⣇⣸⣿⣀⣸⣇⣀⣿⣀⣸⣇⣀⣿⣀⣸⣿⣀⣿⣇⣸⣿⣀⣸⣿ ⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⢴⣼⣿⣿⣟⢔⣾⣿⣿⣏⠝⣽⣿⣿⣏⠟⣮⣿⣿⣿⡕⣮⣿⣿⢿⡣⣪⣿⣿⢿⡡⢳⣿⣿⢿⡹⢳⣼⣿⢿⣽⢵⣿⣿⡿⣟⢜⣾⣿⡿⣯⡻⣯⣿⡿⣏⠿⣮⣿⡿⣯⡧⣦⣿⣿⢿⡣⣲⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⡟⡫⢲⣽⣿⡟⡫⠰⣽⣿⡿⡫⡵⣭⣿⣿⣋⡵⣭⣿⣿⢛⠕⣮⣿⣿⢛⠅⢿⣿⣿⣟⣥⢟⣽⣿⣟⡩⢇⣽⣿⡟⡫⢣⣽⣿⡟⡫⠸⣿⣿⣿⣫⡼⣫⣿⣿⣋⠽⣮⣿⣿⢛⠝⣦⣿⣿⢟⠅⢶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣇⣶⣿⣿⣿⣆⣺⣿⣿⣿⣶⣺⣿⣿⣿⣾⣺⣾⣿⣿⣿⣰⣾⣿⣿⣷⣐⣿⣿⣿⣷⣖⣿⣿⣿⣷⣗⣷⣿⣿⣿⣇⣶⣿⣿⣿⣆⣺⣿⣿⣿⣾⣺⣿⣿⣿⣾⣺⣾⣿⣿⣿⣰⣾⣿⣿⣷⣔⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 344 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/04/threat-to-news/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/04/threat-to-news/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.04.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Journalism_Cannot_and_Quite_Likely_Won’t_Survive_on_the_World_Wide_Web⠀✐ Posted in Deception at 5:36 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum e3ede3d7dd345b50f318851a770811cf Demise of the WWW and Newsrooms Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/media-on-www-declining.webm Summary: We’re reaching the point where the overwhelming majority of new pages on the Web (the World Wide Web) are basically junk, sometimes crafted not by humans; how to cope with this rapid deterioration is still an unknown — an enigma that demands hard answers or technical workarounds THE media was persistently shifting to the World Wide Web in the 1990s or later. People kept insisting that the days of printer media were numbered and that it was time to evolve or perish. “In some cases, for each real article there are about 10 spam pieces, i.e. a ratio of 1:10. This makes news very hard to find or curate.”So some time in the early 2000s all the major newspapers had at least some presence “online”. It did not work out as well as they had hoped. The general de-funding and consolidation of the media meant journalists kept losing their jobs. Only this past day or two we learned about Gannett’s_strike. It’s not going to improve. Gannett owns and controls a ton of news Web sites in the US; actual journalists are being clobbered. The video above explains the threat of bots, CG druft, PR drones (such as Clickfraud Spamnil), plagiarism sites, corporate propaganda sites in disguise, and sponsored spam like SiliconANGLE, where articles about companies are funded if not composed by those companies themselves. We’re accordingly adapting with Daily Links and pondering what to do when the signal-to-noise (s/n) ratio becomes way too poor on the World Wide Web. Once- reputable sites go offline and some become spamfarms. In some cases, for each real article there are about 10 spam pieces, i.e. a ratio of 1:10. This makes news very hard to find or curate. Where does the World Wide Web go from here? What does that mean for real journalism — the sort of work that requires a lot of time-consuming investigations, fact-checking, and hiring of domain experts rather than random graduates with an English or History degree? The saddest thing is that getting any real news (reports, commentary etc.) about GNU/Linux and Free software has become very hard. There’s scarcity. Some days there’s almost nothing at all. But the problem isn’t limited to this domain; it’s a general trend across all spectra. Once the trend or the general inertia drifts in this direction it is irrational to expect a rebound or some miraculous “comeback” for news online. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 417 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.04.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_04/06/2023:_Azure_Outage_Again_(So_Many!)_and_Tiananmen_Massacre Censored⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:26 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Server o Kernel_Space o Instructionals/Technical * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Debian_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Programming/Development o Standards/Consortia * Leftovers o Science o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Technical # Internet/Gemini * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ Beta News ☛ TUXEDO’s_new_Gemini_gaming_laptops_come_with_Linux_or Windows_11⠀⇛ Today, TUXEDO, manufacturer of Linux-based computers, releases the second generation of its Gemini gaming workstation laptops. These high-end notebooks embrace the power of open-source software, delivering exceptional performance, unrivaled customization, and a liberating computing experience. Don’t want Linux? That’s OK. These laptops can instead be equipped with Windows 11 if you prefer. At the heart of the Gemini series is the powerful Intel Core i9-13900HX processor. With 24 cores (8 performance cores and 16 efficiency cores) and an impressive 40 threads, this high-end processor is suitable for demanding tasks such as video rendering, 3D animation, and top-level gaming. Users can equip them with up to 8TB of SSD storage and up to 64GB of DDR5 RAM, ensuring ample space and high-speed performance for intensive tasks. o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Remote.It_Adds_Ability_for_Containers_to_Share_Network Services⠀⇛ o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ Intel_14th_Gen_Meteor_Lake-S_Support_Axed_from_Linux Kernel:_Officially_Dead?⠀⇛ Intel has removed support for the 14th Gen Meteor Lake-S CPUs from the Linux kernel, signaling the official end of the Meteor Lake desktop family. The patch states that the commit was supposed to add support for Meteor Lake P/M, but mistakenly added support for Meteor Lake-S instead. The same has been added for the former due to which the latter needs to be removed. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Here’s_how_to_ZIP_files_and_save_space_on Windows,_Mac,_Chromebook,_Linux:_A_complete_step-by-step guide⠀⇛ * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ What_is_Tails?⠀⇛ Have you heard of Tails? No, not Sonic’s buddy. We’re talking about the Linux-based operating system known for its privacy features, focus on anonymity, and deep adaptability. While PC and Android users may be familiar with browsers like Tor as the pinnacle of online privacy, Tails extends Tor’s anonymity to the entire system, keeping it encapsulated and transferrable while steadfastly refusing to acknowledge who you are or if you’ve ever used it before. While you may not be directly acquainted with Tales, you probably know about its claims to fame. For example, Edward Snowden used it to hide from the NSA. If you want to block unwanted surveillance or avoid censorship in your region, Tails is one of the go-to choices. Here’s how it works. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ DragonFly BSD Digest ☛ Making_smbios_visible⠀⇛ For some reason smbios device support always gave me trouble on every laptop I worked on for the 2000s.  So, this support for smbios identification on EFI-only boots is good news to me. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ The DIY Life ☛ Raspberry_Pi_4B_Insane_Overclock_To_2.5 Ghz⠀⇛ Today we’re going to overclock a stock Raspberry Pi 4B as far as possible before it gives up. I decided to try this after I accidentally increased the clock speed of this particular board to 2.2GHz instead of the 2.0GHz that I usually use. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Medevel ☛ RemoteFiles:_Free_Open-source_FTP_Client_for Android_and_iOS⠀⇛ An open source SFTP client for Android and iOS. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Rikomagic_RKM_V7P_TV_stick_and_digital signage_gets_4GB_RAM,_32GB_flash,_WiFi_6_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ # ⚓ Giz China ☛ Android_14_Could_Introduce_A_Battery_Health Monitor⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ People_are_just_realizing_Android_has_a_price- tracking_feature_that_helps_boost_your_bank_balance_|_The_US Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ 6_of_the_Best_Note_Taking_Apps_for Android_–_Make_Tech_Easier⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Learn_to_‘Make_an_outstanding_Shiny_App’_with_us⠀⇛ Find out how to customize a shiny app and make it more accessible to users with our workshop on 14/ 06. # ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ Funny_Programming_Pictures_Part_XXXV⠀⇛ I laughed no less than three times while putting this together. THREE TIMES I SAY. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Git_Switch_vs._Checkout:_A_Detailed_Comparison with_Examples⠀⇛ Git is an industry-standard distributed version control system used for software development and other version control tasks. It facilitates collaboration, allowing multiple contributors to work on a project concurrently without overriding each other’s changes. # ⚓ How_to_discover_all_the_data_sources,_low-fuss_way⠀⇛ Sometimes you need to understand what databases and data sources your company uses. I’d like to show how I do that. I use a small spreadsheet that lists all the data sources, with just half a dozen questions about each data source. This is mainly a personal tool: it will help you to organize your thoughts if you need to have a discussion with somebody, or with your team. # ⚓ On_Software_Dependency_Engineering⠀⇛ Note: I have worked at Google for the majority of my professional life, which will color my views. Take with a pinch of salt, remember that everything here is my own views and do not represent that of Google or anyone else. # ⚓ Rachel ☛ [Repeat]_Feedback:_I_try_to_answer_“how_to_become a_systems_engineer”⠀⇛ Seriously though, if you look up “systems engineering” on Wikipedia, it talks about “how to design, integrate and manage complex systems over their life cycles”. That’s definitely not my personal slice of the world. I don’t think I’ve ever taken anything through a whole “life cycle”, whatever that even means for software. In the best case scenario, I suppose some of my software has gotten to where it’s “feature complete” and has nothing obviously wrong with it. Then it just sits there and runs, and runs, and runs. Then, some day, I move on to some other gig, and maybe it keeps running. I’ve never had something go from “run for a long time” to “be shut down” while I was still around. This is not to say that I haven’t had long-lived stuff of mine get shut down. I certainly have. It’s just that it’s all tended to happen long enough after I left that it wasn’t me managing that part of the “life cycle”, so I heard about it second- or third-hand and much much later. o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ Evan Hahn ☛ My_favorite_little_Markdown_feature:_reordering ordered_lists⠀⇛ In short: in Markdown, you can write 1. for every list item instead of 1., 2., 3., etc. Markdown lets you make ordered lists, like so: [...] # ☛ Linear_feeds_are_a_dark_pattern I like alternative, community-owned, social media. They have the potential to be much less user- hostile, and can be more mindful of the well-being of their users. Yet, pretty much all of them still copy one of the worst features of corporate social media – the linear feed. Let me explain. [...] We all know the feed. You open it, you are presented with a list of posts. You scroll down more, and, if you see a post you’ve already seen, you’re caught up. It actually works pretty well with a small volume of posts. But, as you follow more frequently-posting people, you’ll go past the point of being able to see every post. If you want to ensure you see updates from rarely posting friends, your only option is to keep scrolling – otherwise they’ll get lost in the noise from more frequent posters. Not that frequent posting means that your posts are less valuable – but, generally speaking, I’d rather see 10 posts from 10 different friends, than 10 posts from 2 friends. I use social media to keep up with people, so I want to have at least a peek at everyone’s lives. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ An_aromatic_dip_into_India’s_historic perfume-making_city⠀⇛ A new generation of perfumers in Kannauj are trying to carve out a new identity for the products. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Hunter-gatherer_childhoods_may_offer_clues_to_improving education_and_wellbeing⠀⇛ Hunter-gatherers can help us understand the conditions that children may be psychologically adapted to because we lived as hunter-gatherers for 95% of our evolutionary history. And paying greater attention to hunter-gatherer childhoods may help economically developed countries improve education and wellbeing. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ You_can_now_become_a_semiconductor_technician_in just_10_days⠀⇛ Arizona has long been a_magnet_for_semiconductor companies, and now it’s a magnet for their expansions. Intel announced in 2021 it was building two_chip_factories in Chandler, Arizona, which will bring 6,000 jobs. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ AMD’s_EPYC_Rome_Chips_Crash_After_1,044 Days_of_Uptime⠀⇛ AMD’s EPYC 7022 chips can hang after 1,044 days due to an errata that AMD posted to its revision guide. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ New_potato_parasite_found_in_Latvia⠀⇛ A pest never before seen in Latvia – the pale potato cyst nematode (Globoder pallida) has been identified in a Zemgale potato farm. The organism was found in a potato field of 10.33 hectares, the State Plant Protection Service said in a statement on June 3. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Three_‘Forever_Chemicals’_Makers_Settle Public_Water_Lawsuits⠀⇛ The $1.19 billion agreement, announced by Chemours, DuPont and Corteva, wouldn’t resolve all the claims against them. # ⚓ YLE ☛ School_survey:_Bullying_and_anxiety_increased_after pandemic⠀⇛ There had previously been an expectation that anxiety among teenagers would reduce after the pandemic. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ AI_Doomerism_Is_a_Decoy⠀⇛ Big Tech’s warnings about an AI apocalypse are distracting us from years of actual harms their products have caused. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Linux_on_Windows_10 [Ed: Misleading headline]⠀⇛ # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ How_to_add_the_power_of_DuckDuckGo_to_your_Linux terminal [Ed: Jack Wallen shilling proprietary_Microsoft garbage to GNU/Linux users⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Typo_blamed_for_Microsoft_Azure_DevOps outage_in_Brazil⠀⇛ o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ US,_South_Korea_Detail_North_Korea’s_Social Engineering_Techniques⠀⇛ The US and Korea are warning of North Korean social engineering attacks targeting employees of think tanks, academic and research institutions, and news media organizations. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ High-Severity_Vulnerabilities_Patched_in Splunk_Enterprise⠀⇛ Splunk has resolved multiple high-severity vulnerabilities in Splunk Enterprise, including bugs in third-party packages used by the product. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Enzo_Biochem_Ransomware_Attack_Exposes Information_of_2.5M_Individuals⠀⇛ Enzo Biochem says the clinical test information of roughly 2.47 million individuals was exposed in a recent ransomware attack. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Zero-Day_in_MOVEit_File_Transfer_Software Exploited_to_Steal_Data_From_Organizations⠀⇛ A zero-day vulnerability in Progress Software’s MOVEit Transfer product has been exploited to hack organizations and steal their data. # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ New_Linux_Ransomware_Strain_BlackSuit_Shows Striking_Similarities_to_Royal [Ed: The issue VMware ESXi (proprietary), not "Linux"]⠀⇛ Trend Micro, which examined an x64 VMware ESXi version targeting Linux machines, said it identified an “extremely high degree of similarity” between Royal and BlackSuit. # ⚓ Gov Info Sec News ☛ Hackers_Using_MOVEit_Flaw_to_Deploy_Web Shells,_Steal_Data⠀⇛ An unknown threat actor began exploiting the critical SQL injection vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer on May 27 and in some cases has taken data within minutes of deploying the web shells. Security researchers at Mandiant attribute the activity to a newly created threat cluster with unknown motivations dubbed UNC4857 that has gone after organizations across a wide range of industries based in Canada, India and the United States (see: Hackers Exploit Progress MOVEit File Transfer Vulnerability). # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ LinkedIn_Could_Force_Microsoft_To_Pay_A_Massive_$425 Million_Fine_To_Settle_A_Legal_Case⠀⇛ Computational giant Microsoft says it needs to pay a massive fine to settle a legal case that entails LinkedIn’s subsidiary. The firm was quick to reveal how the costs linked to such a fine could go as far as $425 million which may be a part of Q2 in 2023. Meanwhile, Reuters states how a spokesperson of the firm had unveiled how the charges were linked to a new investigation by the IDPC. This is one inquiry that began in the year 2018 as a regulator from Ireland was checking to see if LinkedIn went against the GDPR by carrying out advertising against targeted individuals. Tech giant Microsoft mentioned how the firm made this initial decision regarding this fine in the month of April. For now, it’s yet to make a final decision and go public with it. # ⚓ Reflections_on_Ten_Years_Past_The_Snowden Revelations⠀⇛ This memo contains the thoughts and recountings of events that transpired during and after the release of information about the NSA by Edward Snowden. There are four perspectives: that of someone who was involved with sifting through the information to responsibly inform the public, a security area director of the IETF, a human rights expert, and of a computer science and law expert. The purpose of this memo is to provide some historical perspective, while at the same time offering a view as to what security and privacy challenges the technical community should consider. # ⚓ How_to_Stare_at_Your_Phone_Without_Losing_Your_Soul⠀⇛ How many hours per day can you stare at your phone before you qualify for a 12-step program? Eight? Four? Twenty? One? Here’s the truth: Screen time doesn’t matter. It’s not about how much you use your phone. It’s about whether your phone is a needy, attention-sucking vampire. If that’s the case, the only healthy screen time is no screen time. Zero. That’s why the main metric tracked by screen time apps is deceptive: ten minutes of shooting crack cocaine intravenously are still ten minutes of shooting crack cocaine intravenously. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Hawaii_allows_more_concealed_carry after_US_Supreme_Court_ruling,_but_bans_guns_in_most_places⠀⇛ Hawaii Gov. Josh Green has signed legislation that will allow more people to carry concealed firearms. At the same time, the measure prohibits people from taking guns to a wide range of places, including beaches, hospitals, stadiums, bars that serve alcohol and movie theaters. Private businesses allowing guns will have to post a sign to that effect. The legal overhaul comes in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling from last year that expanded gun rights by saying Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. New York and New Jersey adopted similar laws last year that quickly met legal challenges that are making their way through federal courts. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Vigilante_Justice_Rises_in_Haiti_and_Crime Plummets⠀⇛ Civilians have killed at least 160 gang members in Haiti, a human rights group says. Residents say they feel safer, but others worry that it will lead to even more violence. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Reggaetón_Rapper_Pacho_El_Antifeka Assassinated_in_Puerto_Rico⠀⇛ Reggaeton rapper Pacho El Antifeka was assassinated in Puerto Rico. Local reports say the rapper was shot at a Bayamón shopping center, near San Juan. Local police found the body of the singer inside a car at the shopping center. Pacho El Antifeka’s real name was Neftalí Álvarez Núñez. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ At_100,_Henry_Kissinger_asks_tough_questions of_America [Ed: Not dead yet. He killed so many.]⠀⇛ Henry Kissinger turns 100, still wondering how the U.S. will engage with a world which it can no longer dominate but from which it cannot withdraw. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Ted_Koppel_on_Covering—and_Befriending—Henry Kissinger⠀⇛ Did the veteran newscaster give Kissinger a pass on his hundredth birthday? # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Key_to_America’s_Victory_in_the_Second World_War⠀⇛ Ernie Pyle understood that the war would be won, or lost, in the realm of steel, dirt, and blood. # ⚓ DagHammarskjöld ☛ The_New_Agenda_for_Peace:_Strengthening application_of_peacebuilding_norms⠀⇛ Dr Armend Bekaj, Programme Manager in the Foundation’s Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace project shares an overview of the most recent online seminar with the International Training on Dialogue and Mediation Alumni Network hosted jointly by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ America_Is_Headed_Toward_Collapse⠀⇛ History shows how to stave it off. # ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Oath_Keepers_convicted_in_Jan._6 Capitol_riot_get_prison_in_latest_extremist_sentencings⠀⇛ Two Florida men who stormed the U.S. Capitol with other members of the far-right Oath Keepers group were sentenced Friday to three years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other charges — the latest in a historic string of sentences in the Jan. 6. 2021 attack. David Moerschel, a 45,-year-old neurophysiologist from Punta Gorda, and Joseph Hackett, a 52-year-old chiropractor from Sarasota, were convicted in January alongside other members of the antigovernment extremist group for their roles in what prosecutors described as a violent plot to stop the transfer power from former President Donald Trump to President Joe Biden after the 2020 election. # ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ What_to_know_about_the_case_of the_missing_Missouri_ER_doctor_found_dead_in_Arkansas⠀⇛ The case of a Missouri doctor whose body was found in an Arkansas lake more than a week after he was reported missing remains shrouded in mystery. Forty-nine-year-old Dr. John Forsyth, an emergency room doctor in Cassville, Missouri, was last heard from on May 21. His body was found with an apparent gunshot wound in Beaver Lake in northwest Arkansas on May 30. Authorities say an autopsy was done but they have not released a cause of death. His family says Forsyth, a divorced father of eight, had recently become engaged and was happier than they had seen him in many years. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finnish_Defence_Forces_procuring_91_troop_carriers from_Patria⠀⇛ The deal is valued at around 208 million euros and includes user and maintenance training, along with a provision for the procurement of up to 70 additional vehicles. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Estonia_issues_stamp_honouring_Finland’s_Nato membership⠀⇛ The stamp is the latest in a line of Estonian support for Finland joining the defence alliance. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Police_suspect_four_of_involvement_in_Pori_child abduction_case⠀⇛ Police in the west coast city of Pori believe a child was abducted on Sunday and then taken abroad. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ US_and_Taiwan_sign_trade_deal,_a move_that_sparks_warning_from_Beijing⠀⇛ The United States and Taiwan signed a trade deal Thursday aimed at deepening economic relations between both sides — in a move that has sparked a warning from Beijing. # ⚓ LRT ☛ NATO_needs_brigades_at_its_forefront,_Lithuanian president_tells_parliament_speakers⠀⇛ NATO needs combat-ready brigade size units at its forefront, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said on Friday, addressing participants at a high- level meeting of parliament speakers from NATO member countries in Vilnius. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Poland_invites_Lithuania_to_strengthen_military cooperation_–_President_Nausėda⠀⇛ Poland has invited Lithuania to step up military cooperation, President Gitanas Nausėda has said after a phone call with his Polish counterpart. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ American Oversight ☛ News_Roundup:_Trump_Investigations⠀⇛ o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Do_carbon_credits_work?_With_recent_bill, Brazil_says_yes.⠀⇛ Brazil’s congress passed a bill this week that would make carbon credits available to companies that receive forest concessions. Although the new policy is expected to boost tax revenue, there is doubt that it will actually benefit local communities. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Sandstorm_Hits_Cairo,_Billboard_Collapse:_1 Killed_&_5_Injured⠀⇛ “The storm led to a complete lack of vision in some places…” # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ UN:_3_Mln_for_Cyclone_Mocha_Refugees,_Emergency Funds⠀⇛ “With this emergency funding, humanitarian partners will focus on shelter support…” # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Boeing’s_Starliner_spacecraft_is_threatened by_new_design_flaws⠀⇛ If you want to imagine an engineer’s nightmare, here it goes: You’ve spent nearly a decade building a spacecraft, testing and re-testing the vehicle to ensure it can survive the extreme conditions onboard a rocket to orbit. Now, you’re preparing to launch NASA astronauts into space in a month. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Don_Bateman,_Trailblazer_in_Airline Safety,_Dies_at_91⠀⇛ His cockpit warning system, which alerts the crew if an aircraft is heading toward a mountain, a building or the ocean, has saved thousands of lives. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ India’s_Train_Crash:_What_We_Know⠀⇛ After decades when deadly accidents were frequent, train travel in India has grown far safer in recent years, with government investing heavily in the vast rail network. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ India_Train_Crash:_Up_to_260_Dead and_900_Injured_in_Odisha⠀⇛ The rail disaster, in the eastern state of Odisha, was among the deadliest in a nation with a history of rail safety problems. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ More_than_260_dead,_650_injured in_massive_train_crash_in_Odisha,_India⠀⇛ It is India’s deadliest rail accident since 800 died from a train plunging off a bridge in 1981. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ More_than_260_killed_in_Odisha train_crash:_India’s_deadliest_rail_accidents⠀⇛ The Odisha crash is one of India’s worst rail accidents in years. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Over_200_Killed_And_Hundreds_Injured_In India_Train_Crash⠀⇛ Three trains: two passenger and one freight train, were involved in the accident. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ More_than_200_killed_and_900 hurt_after_2_trains_derail_in_India;_hundreds_still trapped_in_coaches⠀⇛ Two passenger trains derailed in India, killing more than 200 people and trapping hundreds of others inside more than a dozen damaged rail cars. The accident which happened Friday night about 220 kilometers (137 miles) southwest of Kolkata, created a chaotic scene of twisted wreckage and desperate rescuers as teams tried to free passengers and recover bodies. The cause was under investigation. The death toll rose steadily throughout the night. As dawn approached on Saturday, the top bureaucrat in the eastern state of Odisha said that at least 233 people were dead. P.K. Jena also said in a tweet that about 900 people were injured in the accident. # ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ India_train_crash_death toll_rises_above_230_with_900_injured_as_rescuers_comb through_debris⠀⇛ Two passenger trains have derailed in India, killing more than 230 people and trapping hundreds of others inside more than a dozen damaged rail cars. The accident, which happened Friday night about 137 miles southwest of Kolkata, created a chaotic scene of twisted wreckage as rescue teams desperately tried to free passengers and recover bodies. The cause was under investigation. The death toll rose steadily throughout the night. As dawn approached on Saturday, the top administrative official in the eastern state of Odisha said that at least 233 people were dead. He also said that about 900 people were injured in the accident. # ⚓ H2 View ☛ Maritime_action_and_investment_must increase_‘in_size_and_pace’_notes_All_Hands_on_Deck report⠀⇛ Action and investment in maritime decarbonisation must increase in both size and pace, according to the latest All Hands on Deck 2.0 report from Shell and Deloitte. # ⚓ H2 View ☛ UK_CMA_raises_‘greenwashing’_concerns_about hydrogen-capable_boiler_messaging⠀⇛ A report by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has raised concerns about “greenwashing and misleading messaging” about hydrogen-capable boilers. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Smashed_carriages,_lines_of corpses_paint_picture_of_deadly_train_disaster_in India⠀⇛ Some belongings of passengers lay scattered amid the wreckage, including a suitcase and a child’s shoe. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Questions_That_Are_Key_to_the_Electric Vehicle’s_Future_Success⠀⇛ If your electric vehicle gets struck by lightning, is that like getting a free tank of gas? # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Family’s_Alaska_fishing_trip becomes_nightmare_with_3_dead_and_search_over_for_2 more⠀⇛ An Alaska fishing adventure became a nightmare for a family of eight when the wreckage of one of the two boats they’d chartered over the Memorial Day weekend was found partially submerged off an island. The frantic search for survivors has only brought tragedy to the Tyau family. Two sisters and one of their husbands are dead. The other’s partner and the boat captain remain missing in the waters off southeast Alaska four days after the boat didn’t return Sunday. Authorities suspended a 20-hour search covering 825 square miles on Monday. They have no plans to resume it. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Record_number_of_Saimaa_seal_pups_born_this year,_wildlife_agency_says⠀⇛ A headcount by Finland’s state-owned wildlife agency Metsähallitus found about 100 ringed seal pups in the Saimaa lake region this spring. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland’s_newest_nuclear_plant_is_warming_the sea,_harming_wildlife⠀⇛ The Olkiluoto 3 reactor became fully operational in April after a decade-long delay. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Arizona_doesn’t_have_enough_water_for_all_of its_new_housing_demand⠀⇛ The groundwater under Arizona’s city of Phoenix has run to alarmingly low levels—not enough to keep up with its booming residential demand, the state’s Department of Water Resources stated in a report yesterday (June 1). # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Steps_to_World_Rule:_First,_Destroy Humanity⠀⇛ It has always been astounding to me that people think for even a second that their government makes decisions to help the people—that has never been the case. If a government’s decision helps anyone it is always an after effect…or an afterthought or a collateral unintended benefit. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Fitch_might_cut_the_US’s_credit_rating_even_with the_debt_ceiling_deal⠀⇛ The US has a deal to suspend the debt limit, but it still may get its credit rating cut. Fitch Ratings says the country’s AAA rating remains in jeopardy because of the prospects for even more dysfunction in Washington, if lawmakers cleave to the kind of brinksmanship that nearly left the US Treasury depleted of cash. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_US_debt_ceiling_deal_passed_the_Senate_vote unscathed⠀⇛ America is one signature away from staving off a disastrous default. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ What_People_Misunderstand_About_NIMBYs⠀⇛ Asking a neighborhood or municipality to bear the responsibility for a housing crisis is asking for failure. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ A_Nobel_Laureate_Walks_Into_a_Supermarket⠀⇛ Annie Ernaux on the malaise of the grocery store # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ A_Tragically_American_Approach_to_the_Child- Care_Crisis⠀⇛ The U.S. is returning to a tired old playbook: If at first you fail to make something a universal right, try making it an employee benefit. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Foodpanda_and_Deliveroo_to_modify exclusivity_contracts_with_Hong_Kong_restaurants_after competition_probe⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s two leading food delivery platforms, Foodpanda and Deliveroo, have agreed to amend their exclusivity terms after an investigation by the city’s competition watchdog found they could be harming competition. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Insurance_giant_Allstate_followed_StateFarm_in halting_home_insurance_policies_for_Californians⠀⇛ California’s homeowners are already bearing the brunt of devastating wildfires every summer. Now, it will be harder for them to find insurance companies willing to potentially cover the damages. # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Digital_Pound:_Have_your_say_on_CBDCs_in_the UK⠀⇛ This month marks the close of the UK government’s “consultation” on the planned digital pound. This is your chance to have your say on plans to introduce a Central Bank Digital Currency to the UK. According to the UK government’s website: The way we use money is changing. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Praises_Debt-Ceiling_Deal_in_Address to_the_Nation⠀⇛ The president addressed the nation from the Oval Office on Friday evening, after congressional passage of legislation to prevent economic calamity. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Friday’s_papers:_Government_talks,_pension_problems and_cheaper_food⠀⇛ The next government could see squabbles between the Finns Party and the Swedish People’s Party. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Hundreds_of_Tenants_Protest_at_NY_State Capitol_Building_for_‘Good_Cause’_Eviction_Law⠀⇛ A Good Cause law would ban evictions in most cases, except for where a tenant has violated their lease or when a landlord wishes to live in the unit. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden’s_Debt-Deal_Strategy:_Win_in_the Fine_Print⠀⇛ The president and his negotiators believe they worked out a deal that allowed Republicans to claim big spending cuts even as the reality was far more modest. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Down_to_the_wire:_Senate_approves_debt_ceiling deal,_Biden_to_sign⠀⇛ Just days before a national debt default, the Senate approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package Thursday night. The deal, negotiated by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, requires the president’s signature before becoming law. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Job_growth_defies_expectations:_U.S._adds 339,000_jobs_in_May [Ed: If you eliminate 100,000 full time jobs and create 200,000 part time jobs, did the jobs double?]⠀⇛ U.S. employers added 339,000 jobs in May, demonstrating a resilient job market despite recession predictions. The unemployment rate, however, rose to 3.7% from a five-decade low of 3.4% in April. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ The_debt_deal’s_lessons_in_humility⠀⇛ The rare exercise of bipartisanship between the president and House speaker shows the virtues of meekness and an openness to shared wisdom. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Debt_deal_reinforces_Biden_as_consensus builder⠀⇛ For President Joe Biden, aiming for the political center defined his career. Achieving a bipartisan debt deal in an era of hyperpolarization shows the old ways can still work. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_PM_says_she_will_submit_tax_reform_to parliament_‘no_matter_what’⠀⇛ The Lithuanian government will not change its plans and will submit the tax reform package to the parliament, despite initiatives to call an early election and for the cabinet to resign, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė says. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_moves_to_introduce_salaries_to_municipal councillors_in_wake_of_expenses_scandal⠀⇛ The Lithuanian parliament has drafted amendments on paying salaries to local government politicians instead of the existing payments to cover their office expenses, the use of which has recently sparked a scandal in the country. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ US_Congress_Approves_Bill_to_Raise_Debt_Limit⠀⇛ The U.S. reached in January its debt limit of US$31.4 trillion, over 120 percent of its GDP. The Senate approved the bill by a 63-36 vote. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ HSBC_terminates_bank_accounts_of Hong_Kong_opposition_party_League_of_Social_Democrats_without giving_reason⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s HSBC bank has closed three bank accounts used by the League of Social Democrats (LSD) – one of the few remaining opposition parties in the city – for receiving donations, according to a letter from the bank that was seen by HKFP. Dickson Chau Ka-fat, the external vice chairperson of LSD, told HKFP… # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Only_11_percent_of_finance_ministers_and central_bank_governors_are_women⠀⇛ Some of the most powerful economic institutions in the world are led by women at the moment, but their success hasn’t translated to broad representation. Structural barriers continue to prevent many women from reaching top roles in finance and economics. # ⚓ Disney’s_Pixar_lays_off_75_of_its_employees_including_two studio_veterans_|_U.S._–_World_|_gazette.com⠀⇛ Pixar Animation Studios, a studio owned by the Walt Disney Company, has laid off 75 of its employees, two of whom were with the studio for over 25 years. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Money_laundering_trial_ends_for former_Panamanian_President_Ricardo_Martinelli⠀⇛ The trial of former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli and 14 others for alleged money laundering related to their purchase of a publishing company concluded Friday, starting the clock on the 30 days the judge has to issue a verdict. Martinelli, a 71-year-old supermarket magnate who hopes to seek re-election next year, had back surgery the week before the trial started and was not present. The case, known locally as “New Business,” dates back to 2017 and concerns the 2010 purchase of a publishing company that owns national newspapers. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Here_Are_All_the_Newly_Released_Epstein Files⠀⇛ A batch of thousands of new documents released by the Bureau of Prisons sheds more light on the last days of the notorious sexual predator. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Main_opposition_party_delays_election_protest following_threat_from_Cambodia’s_leader⠀⇛ ‘I will handcuff you immediately,’ Hun Sen warned would-be demonstrators. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Albanese_calls_for_Indo-Pacific_jaw-jaw and_guardrails⠀⇛ ‘To move from imagining conflict is impossible to assuming war is inevitable is just as harmful to our shared goals. The fate of our region is not preordained. It never was. It never is. # ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Rahul_Gandhi_emphasizes_role_of_technology, imagining_in_India’s_future⠀⇛ Member of the Indian National Congress and former politician Rahul Gandhi spoke at CEMEX about India’s fight for democracy and its relations with other nations. Gandhi is the first person to receive a maximum sentence for defamation in India. # ⚓ RFA ☛ National_League_for_Democracy_minister_released_from prison_in_Mandalay⠀⇛ Set Aung was deputy finance minister under Myanmar’s ousted government. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Five_questions_(and_expert_answers) about_the_recent_clashes_in_Kosovo⠀⇛ Protests this week in Kosovo when local officials took office resulted in injuries to NATO peacekeeping troops—and in fears of a further escalation of violence. Atlantic Council experts answer the critical questions. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ethnic_Serbs_Again_Gather_In_North_Kosovo_As_West Pushes_Diplomatic_Solution_To_Crisis⠀⇛ Protesters have again gathered in front of municipal buildings in several cities in northern Kosovo as Western diplomats ratchet up pressure on Pristina to hold fresh elections to defuse tensions over the installation of ethnic Albanian mayors that sparked clashes between ethnic Serbs and NATO peacekeepers earlier this week. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Lawyer_Named_Chief_Prosecutor_At_Office_Linked To_Kosovo_War_Crimes_Court⠀⇛ American lawyer Kimberly West has been appointed as the chief prosecutor linked to a European Union- backed court prosecuting war crimes in Kosovo. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Turkish_Lawmakers_Sworn_In⠀⇛ The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which ran in the parliamentary elections under the People’s Alliance, won 268 seats. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Moldova_Hosted_2nd_Summit_of_the_European Political_Community⠀⇛ The EPC aims to push for political coordination in Europe without replacing any existing organization, structure, or process. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Nine_Senegalese_Die_While_Protesting_for_the Release_of_Sonko⠀⇛ Hundreds of people erected barricades using burning tires and vehicles, threw stones at police forces, and carried out acts of looting at businesses and public buildings. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ To_Watch_a_Trump_Town_Hall_on_Fox_Is to_Enter_a_Different_World⠀⇛ Trump’s Fox News town hall is a reminder of the ferocity of his voters’ support. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Trump_Lawyer’s_Voice_Memo_Could_Be_a Key_in_the_Classified_Documents_Inquiry⠀⇛ M. Evan Corcoran recorded recollections of his legal work last year for Donald Trump. The recording is now in the hands of prosecutors, unnerving some aides to the former president. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Human_rights_activist:_Latvian_police_are_getting better_with_hate_crimes⠀⇛ People in Latvia talk more and more about hate crimes, and the police have been able to investigate such crimes well enough recently, said Kaspars Zālītis, head of the movement ‘Dzīvesbiedri’ (Life Partners) in an interview with Latvian Radio on June 2. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Bibles_Banned_From_Utah_Schools_After Parent_Demanded_Its_Removal⠀⇛ The parent wrote that the Bible’s “incest, onanism, bestiality, prostitution, genital mutilation, fellatio, dildos, rape, and even infanticide” should make it illegal in schools under Utah’s book-banning laws. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarusian_Union_Activist_Sentenced_To_42_Months_On Charge_Of_Insulting_Lukashenka⠀⇛ A court in Minsk has sentenced union activist and genetics scientist Alyaksandr Kandratsyuk to 42 months in prison for allegedly insulting authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka amid an ongoing crackdown on dissent and civil society in Belarus. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Police_and_3_other_Hong_Kong_gov’t dept’s_probe_store,_days_after_it_began_Tiananmen_crackdown candle_giveaway⠀⇛ A Sai Kung shop has been inspected by officers from four different government departments within nine days, after it started to give away candles to commemorate the Tiananmen crackdown. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Explainer:_Redacted_police_reports reveal_official_views_on_Tiananmen_crackdown_and_organiser_of Hong_Kong’s_vigils⠀⇛ As Hong Kong approaches Sunday’s 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, public commemorations of those who died on June 4, 1989, continue to be muted. The city was once one of very few places on Chinese soil where mourning events were permitted by authorities. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ News_diary_5_–_11_June:_Harry_gives_MGN evidence,_BBC_journalists_go_on_strike⠀⇛ A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Inside_the_Meltdown_at_CNN⠀⇛ CEO Chris Licht felt he was on a mission to restore the network’s reputation for serious journalism. How did it all go wrong? o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Meta_is_making_a_U-turn_on_its_pro-remote_work culture⠀⇛ Meta wants employees back in the office. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Abortion_Fight_Has_Voters_Turning_to Ballot_Initiatives⠀⇛ And Republicans are increasingly attempting to limit that direct-democracy option. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_border_authorities_declined_to_review_medical file_of_8-year-old_migrant_before_she_died_in_custody: official_investigation⠀⇛ US border authorities released a statement Thursday disclosing that the eight-year-old girl who died while in their custody last month was denied attention or review from medical staff. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_‘deeply_troubled’_over_arbitrary_detention_of Vietnam_environmental_activist⠀⇛ The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) announced Friday that they are “deeply troubled” by the detention of environmental human rights defender Hoang Thi Minh Hong in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Nevada_governor_vetoes_bill_criminalizing_fake elector_schemes⠀⇛ Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo vetoed a bill Thursday that would have criminalized fake elector schemes in the state. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_mall_double_murder:_Police say_no_evidence_suspect_knew_victims,_as_public_urged_not_to share_vids⠀⇛ The police have said that the suspect arrested over Friday’s brutal murder of two women at a Diamond Hill shopping mall was a 39-year-old jobless man with a history of mental illness. During a media briefing in the early hours of Saturday, officers said there was no evidence that the suspect knew his victims. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Econet_sees_58%_and_19%_increases_in_data_and voice_usage_but_posts_losses,_blames_low_tariffs⠀⇛ Econet Wireless has been on a mission to diversify its portfolio of service offerings over the years. They say they want to be a “fully-fledged digital services provider. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ British-Norwegian_DJ_Alan_Walker_remixes Käärijä’s_Cha_Cha_Cha⠀⇛ The artist’s most famous track, Faded, was released in 2015 and has been played more than 1.7 billion times on Spotify alone. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Glass-ceiling_breaking_composer_Kaija_Saariaho dies_at_70⠀⇛ In a field historically dominated by men, Saariaho opened the door of classical music to a new gender. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Multiple_HYBE_Employees_Face Insider_Trading_Charges_Related_to_BTS_Military Hiatus⠀⇛ At least three HYBE employees face an investigation for insider trading related to BTS’ hiatus due to members’ mandatory military service. Three HYBE employees are facing charges related to insider trading, financial authorities said Wednesday. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ With_BTS_on_Hiatus,_Hybe_Is Reportedly_Raising_$380_Million_From_Investors_To Bankroll_Global_Acquisitions⠀⇛ Four months after tapping Scooter Braun to lead its stateside operation, BTS agency Hybe is reportedly looking to raise almost $400 million to bankroll an acquisition-heavy global expansion. The Seoul-based company’s hunt for investor capital and a larger international presence came to light in a recent report from Bloomberg. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Federal_Prosecutors_Move_to Garnish_R._Kelly_Royalties_From_Universal_Music_Group, Sony_Music_Entertainment⠀⇛ New court filings reveal that federal prosecutors have moved to garnish R. Kelly- related royalties from Universal Music Publishing Group and Sony Music Entertainment. Federal prosecutors have formally moved to seize R. Kelly’s royalties held by Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Publishing Group, saying it will be used to pay victims and fulfill outstanding fines. # ⚓ Japan_Goes_All_In:_Copyright_Doesn’t_Apply_To_AI Training⠀⇛ In a surprising move, Japan’s government recently reaffirmed that it will not enforce copyrights on data used in AI training. The policy allows AI to use any data “regardless of whether it is for non-profit or commercial purposes, whether it is an act other than reproduction, or whether it is content obtained from illegal sites or otherwise.” Keiko Nagaoka, Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, confirmed the bold stance to local meeting, saying that Japan’s laws won’t protect copyrighted materials used in AI datasets. # ⚓ Turds⠀⇛ Before I begin, let me say that I’m not dissing Generated Adventure or the people who created it. They made a very impressive tech demo in 72 hours, and if you don’t look too closely, it’s rather pretty. They were under tight time pressure, and they were specifically aiming to use only AI tools. They did better than I would have in 72 hours (although as a parent, the idea of devoting 72 straight hours to anything is totally unimaginable). It’s good enough to make me consider Deform over Godot for a project like this (I’m sure either could handle it, but they did it so fast!). But I feel like something that gets lost in the discussion of AI-generated artwork is the turds. Here’s an example of what I mean: it’s one of the sets of images that Midjourney generated for Generated Adventure (I don’t think any of them ended up being used for the game). * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Degrowth⠀⇛ Sometimes it takes a bunch of rewrites and a lot of bad code before you can zero in on something elegant (as in writing and music) or at least something less terrible. But this takes time and effort that in a commercial environment management may be like “nope!”, so you end up with a cron job running every five minutes that restarts the service because the service leaks that much memory. Who knew it would get so popular? OpenBSD is still increasing their lines of code, just at a slower rate than if they had not done the purges. So not exactly non-growth or even degrowth. And folks keep coming out with new hardware to support. Computers are still terribly new, so realistically we have to guess at what sustainable computing might entail over 10,000 years or longer—itty bitty Z80s? something like what we have today? something totally new and different? nothing? Who knows! # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ smolZINE_–_Issue_39⠀⇛ =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2145 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.04.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_04/06/2023:_Wayland_and_the_Old_Computer_Challenge⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:32 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Hybrid_Shadows_–_Watched,_Scouting_Mission⠀⇛ I’ve been working on my Hybrid Shadows – my Sci-fi, Transhuman story. I’ve actually had a couple people ask me about this story lately, and I really appreciate the interest! I love the story, and have much more written in a very, very rough form, including the ending. This one isn’t so light- hearted like Lantashi’s Dance, so takes more effort for me to write. I have a short scene ready to go (Scouting Mission), and will publish a much longer scene in a few days after I have a change to clean it up. # ⚓ I_Hate_Vacuum_Cleaners⠀⇛ This might seem a bit absurd or hyperbolic but I think that vacuum cleaners are the archetype for the over-engineering which we see in literally everything today it seems. It’s a simple problem really: floors get dusty and dirty and the grim has to be periodically removed, but it is not a fun task so we want a device that gets the job done quickly and effectively. Now, there are a few very simple devices that have existed since time immemorial. There’s the broom, the mop, and dustpan-and-brush. Brilliantly simple with no moving parts, no batteries nor power source needed, nothing that can really go wrong. The only caveat is that they only really work on smooth surfaces, and so, I hear you say, what about carpet! And its a very good point, vacuum cleaners are much better at cleaning carpet, and my answer that is simple: don’t have carpet. Just get a rug instead, which can be patted down outside, or cleaned like every other piece of fabric you own. Vacuum cleaners are a solution to a problem that does not need to exist! They’re temperamental, noisy, energy-intensive, and most of all wholly unnecessary. # ⚓ Mr._Lucky⠀⇛ We play two games of Yahtzee a week with my in- laws. My mother-in-law won the second game today, but I absolutely cleaned up in the first game. Four Yahtzees, including one on the first roll. Everyone was cursing me. It was unbelievable, definitely the highest score I’ve ever had. # ⚓ littered_letters⠀⇛ I went through the Trash on Google Drive and pCloud, and I found heaps of old PDFs and .txt docs from the past 5+ years. I just made a big folder called “WRITE SHIT” and stored them on Proton Drive and my local machine. Some of it is ok, most isn’t. Some are 30K word “offline” journals, some are short “personal experience essays”. One reads like a small dissertation. And a few are poems, haikus. # ⚓ Implications⠀⇛ When I write something in English or think and dream in English, this is often a perplexing issue that confuses me and makes it challenging for me to fully immerse myself in the “Anglo Zone.” Or in the “Latin Zone,” for that matter. # ⚓ Siege_Perilous?_🏎⠀⇛ Say you’re a driver in F1. You get offered a seat at the front running team. But your team mate will be someone highly rated. Maybe it’s Hamilton or Verstappen. The sort of driver who breaks records. This is your chance to be in the best car, to finish ahead of everyone… except one person. You might win a few races here and there, but a lot of the time you’re going to be beaten, and even made to look a bit rubbish. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Wayland_–_Only_the_Future_or_Already_the_Present⠀⇛ It is believed that Wayland is going to be the future of display managers for Linux. So I recently tried it out and am happy to report that it may not only be the future, but is already very usable in many circumstances. Before discussing my switch to Wayland though, it is worth talking about what I have been using until now. In the last (at least) year I have been daily- driving Xmonad (which obviously uses the X11 display server). It is great, and I love it and I would certainly return to it if I didn’t think Wayland was already ready for me. Of course, I had my own Xmonad configuration (which is actually pretty minimal) including xmobar for the status bar. Though recently I had some issues with xmobar crashing (which was solved by switching away from xmobar obviously) and also longer startup times (30+ seconds) for some applications (which was actually the fault of xdg-desktop-portal-gnome and which was not fixed by switching to Wayland, but I found another fix for that in the meantime). So I decided to take a look at the future of Linux display system. # ⚓ The_Old_Computer_Challenge_V3⠀⇛ Hi! It’s that time of the year when I announce a new Old Computer Challenge 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:)⦈ If you don’t know about it, it’s a weird challenge I’ve did twice in the past 3 years that consists into limiting my computer performance using old hardware, or by limiting Internet access to 60 minutes a day. # ⚓ The_Old_Computer_Challenge_V3⠀⇛ I want this challenge to be accessible. The first one wasn’t easy for many because it required to use an old machine, but many readers didn’t have a spare old computer (weird right? :P). The second one with Internet time limitation was hard to setup. This one is a bit back to the roots: let’s use a SLOW computer for 7 days. # ⚓ Re:_The_Gemini_Protocol_Seen_by_This_HTTP_Client_Person⠀⇛ One thing to note, Daniel Stenberg has explicitly stated several times that as long as the code is up to cURL’s coding standards, he’s more than willing to add Gemini support to cURL. I’m sure he also has more than his fair share of criticisms of HTTP and any other internet protocol cURL already supports too. Also, in this post I’m mostly just going to discuss Daniel Stenberg’s original post and not the responses to it. Shockingly, almost of the responses were measured, well-written, and acknowledged the real issues Daniel addressed, like I’m attempting to do here. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2364 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.04.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_04/06/2023:_Unifont_15.0.05_and_PCLinuxOS_Stuff⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:39 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o BSD o PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva_Family o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Open_Hardware/Modding * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o GNU_Projects o Programming/Development # Perl_/_Raku o Standards/Consortia * Leftovers o Science o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies # Software_Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-05-28_[Older]_Linux_Weekly_Roundup #237⠀⇛ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ The TLLTS Podcast ☛ 2023-06-01_[Older]_The_Linux_Link_Tech Show_Episode_1006⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-31_[Older]_FLOSS_Weekly_734:_Organic_Maps_–_Roman Tsisyk,_Organic_Maps⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-06-03_[Older]_Lubuntu_23.04_Quick_Overview_#shorts⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-06-03_[Older]_Immutable_Ubuntu,_Red_Hat_drops LibreOffice_RPMs_&_BIG_GNOME_updates:_Linux_&_Open_Source news⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-06-03_[Older]_AMD_ROCM_Documentation_Is_Basically Unusable⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-06-02_[Older]_A_New_Beginning_With_GNU_Emacs_– Configuring_Emacs_01⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-06-02_[Older]_How_to_install_Oracle_Linux_9.2.⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-06-02_[Older]_Heads_up:_a_new_Steam_feature_FINALLY appears_on_Deck!⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-06-02_[Older]_Deepin_23_First_Look_|_The_Hottest_Linux Release_of_the_Year_or_a_Risky_Bet?_(NEW)⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-06-01_[Older]_Is_There_Any_Sense_To_Fedora_Linux Immutable_Names⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-06-01_[Older]_What’s_The_Deal_With_Fedora_Linux_Image Names??⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-06-01_[Older]_CachyOS_Overview:_Blazingly_Fast_& Customizable_New_Linux_Distribution⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-06-01_[Older]_How_to_install_the_MEGA_Desktop_App_on MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-06-01_[Older]_Oracle_Linux_9.2_overview_|_Engineered for_Open_Cloud.⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-31_[Older]_How_to_install_Intellij_Idea_Ultimate_on MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-31_[Older]_Windows,_macOS_&_Linux_PRIVACY_compared: why_do_they_need_ALL_THIS_DATA?!⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-31_[Older]_How_to_install_Rhino_Linux_2023.1 beta5⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-31_[Older]_Disable_Your_Smart_Voice_Assistant_Right NOW!⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-30_[Older]_How_to_install_PhpStorm_on_MX_Linux 21.3⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-30_[Older]_Rhino_Linux_2023.1_beta5_|_An_Ubuntu- based_rolling_release_distribution_with_sane_defaults⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-29_[Older]_How_to_install_Obsidian_on_MX_Linux 21.3⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-29_[Older]_Wayland_Confuses_Linux_Users,_Let’s_Fix That⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-28_[Older]_How_to_install_FreeCAD_on_MX_Linux 21.3⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-05-28_[Older]_Where_Do_Linux_Sudo_Incidents_Get Reported?⠀⇛ o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux mailing lists ☛ Linux_6.4-rc5⠀⇛ Here we are, one week later, and rc5 has been tagged and pushed out. Nothing particularly strange here, most notable is probably just the quick revert of the module loading trial that caused problems for people in rc4 depending on just random timing luck (or rather, lack there-of). So if you tried rc4, and some devices randomly didn't work for you, that was likely the issue. But there's obviously all the other random fixes in there, and it all looks fairly familiar, with half of the patch being driver fixes (gpu and networking being the most notable as usual, but there's rdma, scsi, and various other things in there too). The rest is just spread out, with nothing very odd standing out. The shortlog is appended as usual, and things look normal both in the diff and in just the regular number of commits. We've certainly seen smaller, but we've also seen bigger, so this seems fairly much on target for rc5. So despite the module loading hiccup (blush, that's all on me), I think we're in good shape and nothing makes me think this release wouldn't be one of the nice, boring, regular ones. Yes, there are a couple of regressions being tracked, but hopefully we'll get them all. Famous last words. So please do test, and try to prove me wrong, Linus o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Bluefish_Editor_2.2.14_Released,_Fixed Zencoding_with_Python3_[Ubuntu_PPA]⠀⇛ The Bluefish text editor just got a new bug-fix release today! It’s Bluefish 2.2.14, that fixed crashes when deleting backup files on close, when closing some of the dialogs in flatpak app, and when the CSS language file was loaded on a 32-bit system. # ⚓ Oh_My_Posh_a_beatifull_prompt_for_your_shell⠀⇛ Oh My Posh is a custom prompt engine for any shell that has the ability to adjust the prompt string with a function or variable. It’s beautiful, elegant and intuitive; if you use git from the command line it will be great for you, it has several predefined themes that allow you to customize your prompt in a matter of seconds, it is also possible to create your own theme, it is compatible with BASH, PowerShell, CMD, Fish, Zsh and nushell is developed in golang and can be installed on GNU/Linux, MacOS, Windows and Termux (Android). # ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ Grab_Your_Favorite_Software_From Yesteryear⠀⇛ Most Linux users (PCLinuxOS users included) got their start with computers using a commercially available OS. Exceptionally few actually started with Linux. Along the way, we all encountered software that we came to love. Much of that software was designed to run on Microsoft Windows, the commercially available OS that held/holds the lion’s share of the OS market. However, as I’m sure we’re all aware, Linux is NOT Windows, and in MANY aspects, we Linux users are thankful for that. But, it also means that it’s typically not a trivial task to hang on to and use those software titles that we came to love along our journey, if we can even get them to run at all. # ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ NovelWriter:_Help_Writing_Your_Next Bestseller⠀⇛ According to Synaptic, NovelWriter is “a markdown- like editor for novels”. Well, what does this mean? As the name implies, it’s a program intended for writing novels. It has several features to help with that, including an adaption to the markdown syntax to help with getting an overview of the novel. On my computer (a reasonably old one), this application launches instantly and is very responsive. When we open NovelWriter we are immediately greeted by an “open project” window. It lists the projects we’re busy with, which can be opened by double- clicking. There are several other options at the bottom to create a new project, remove a project, and to change the current path. I chose to create a new project. It asks me several questions about the project and finally asks me whether I would like to have it fill the project. I chose the option which results in an example project. # ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ Repo_Review:_Puddletag⠀⇛ If your digital music collection is similar to mine, the music files are haphazardly tagged with various degrees of completeness. Some files may lack informative names and cover art; others may have misspelled track titles or incorrect genres. To better organize your collection, specialized audio tag editors allow you to add and/or edit metadata. Metadata lets information about the audio file — such as Title, Artist, Composer, Album, Genre, Year — be stored in the audio file itself. (These core tags are popularly known as ID3 tags). Puddletag is a simple yet powerful, Qt-based music tag editor that uses Python 3 and PyQt5 (for the GUI). Under the hood, the application uses Mutagen, a Python module which handles audio metadata. Puddletag is an alternative to EasyTag, the oldest and perhaps most commonly used tag editor. Puddletag is a mature project with a fourteen-year track record. It was first released in July 2008. The original developer, known by the Internet moniker concentricpuddle, is now assisted by a group of developers which includes Sandro Tosi (a computer scientist from Italy) and Corubba (Germany). The program has been translated into French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Czech, Swedish and Russian. The version in the official PCLinuxOS repository is 1.2.0 (released in November 2016). # ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ Repo_Review:_Thorium_Reader⠀⇛ Thorium Reader is a free Electron-based ebook reader designed with accessibility and ease of use in mind. With support for both EPUB 2 and EPUB 3, PDF, DAISY, LCP DRM, and numerous other ebook as well as audiobook formats, Thorium Reader should be able to open most books without a problem. Thorium Reader provides a very uncluttered interface, making it quick and easy to navigate. The application is divided into three tabs allowing access to the main books page, OPDS catalogs, and the application settings. From the My Books page, you can open and manage all your ebooks, which can easily be imported into Thorium Reader by simply dragging and dropping them into the application. Books are automatically sorted into separate categories for those that were recently added, and those that you’ve already started reading. You can also add custom tags to books in order to help organize them better. A search bar is also provided to make finding books easier. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-06-01_[Older]_How_to_Create_and_Manage Multiple_Split_Windows_in_Vim⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-06-01_[Older]_How_to_install_the MEGA_Desktop_App_on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-05-31_[Older]_How_to_install Intellij_Idea_Ultimate_on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-05-30_[Older]_How_to_install PhpStorm_on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-05-29_[Older]_How_to_install Obsidian_on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-05-28_[Older]_How_to_install FreeCAD_on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛ # ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ Static_IP_vs._Dynamic_IP:_What_Is_the Difference?⠀⇛ Dynamic IP addresses are set automatically, but liable to change each time your computer boots up. Static IP addresses need manual configuration, but always survive reboots. Is one better than the other? # ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ Getting_Started_With_LibreOffice Writer⠀⇛ This tutorial is about LibreOffice Writer (from now on referred to as simply Writer). If you follow along you will learn quite a lot about how to get stuff done with this amazingly complex program, which is capable of more than you might think. Now, there are some situations in which you probably do not want to use Writer, like when you have loads of “objects” in a big document. Everything other than text is an object. If you want to work on a document, which you’ll expect to become large and it is expected to have a lot of these objects, you’re better off working with another solution, such as LaTeX. It’s specifically designed for such situations (and is a whole other subject of its own). # ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ Inkscape_Tutorial:_Create_A_Celtic Knot⠀⇛ As I’m looking on YouTube for interesting things to do with Inkscape, I found one from IronEchoDesign on how to make a Celtic Knot. It’s fairly easy and very fun! In this tutorial, we’re going to use the Path Effect called Knot. # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Access_encrypted_folders_on_mounted_ext4 partitions⠀⇛ With ext4 fscrypt v1, it was easier. Running Easy 5.3.*, with encrypted folders, if you plugin Easy 5.3.* on a USB-stick, if the bootup password is the same on the USB-stick, then the encrypted folders on the USB-stick are accessible. Not so with fscrypt v2. The decryption password has to be applied to each filesystem. To fix this, I have modified /usr/local/bin/ drive_all. This script runs when you click on a partition icon on the desktop. The script now detects that the mounted partition may have encrypted folders, and pops up this window: So, as long as you know what password you used to boot that USB-stick, you can decrypt any encrypted folders. Fscrypt v2 only. I can see where this might be handy. Maybe the USB- stick won’t boot, so now you can copy any files off it. As long as it is not broken so much that the working-partition can’t be mounted. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_to_Redirect_URL_on_Nginx⠀⇛ Redirecting URLs is a common practice in web development to ensure users are directed to the correct page or location. NGINX, a popular web server, provides powerful tools for URL redirection. In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the concept of URL redirection, learn how to configure URL redirects in NGINX and discuss advanced techniques, # ⚓ Install_Windows_11_as_KVM_Guest_in_Fedora_38_WKS_using virt-manager⠀⇛ # ⚓ How_to_map_SAN_LUN,_Disk_and_FileSystem_in_Linux⠀⇛ For some requirements, you may need to find a block device mapped against a logical unit number (LUNs) and filesystem (FS) for FS expansion or disaster recovery (DR) activity. # ⚓ Kubernetes_in_Action:_Establishing_a_Powerful_Cluster⠀⇛ What is Kubernetes and Why is it Important in Modern Computing? Kubernetes is a powerful open- source container orchestration system that automates deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. # ⚓ The_Art_of_Concealment:_Managing_Secrets_in_Docker_Swarm⠀⇛ Modern software development is all about scalability, agility and speed. This is why developers are increasingly turning to container orchestration platforms like Docker Swarm. Docker Swarm provides a native clustering and scheduling solution for Docker containers. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_VLC_Media_Player_on_Rocky_Linux 9⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install VLC Media Player on Rocky Linux 9. For those of you who didn’t know, VLC is a popular open-source media player that can handle virtually any type of media file you throw at it, including DVDs, CDs, and streaming media. # ⚓ Building_a_Strong_Foundation:_Setting_up_a_Docker_Swarm Cluster⠀⇛ Docker Swarm is a widely used container orchestration tool that simplifies the deployment, management, and scaling of containerized applications. It allows developers to easily manage multiple Docker containers across distributed infrastructure. With Docker Swarm, you can create a cluster of Docker nodes that work together as a single virtual system. # ⚓ Synchronized_Success:_Running_Applications_with_Docker Compose⠀⇛ However, deploying and managing these applications can be a challenge. This is where Docker Compose comes in handy. # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ How_to_Enable_Wayland_for_Hybrid_NVIDIA Graphics_on_Fedora_Linux_38_Workstation⠀⇛ I was a happy Wayland user for a long time now, even if I have a hybrid NVIDIA graphics system. I usually like to use the internal AMD graphics when I don’t play games for better battery life, so Wayland is my default session. I like to use Wayland because there are a few advantages over X11, such as pinch-to-zoom in Firefox. As you may know, my main machine is a hybrid NVIDIA graphics laptop with an AMD Ryzen CPU and a dedicated NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti GPU. Recently, I discovered that I am not using Wayland anymore as my system falls back to X11 even if I am using the integrated AMD GPU. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ Solidifying_the_direction_|_Serpent_OS⠀⇛ It’s been quite a while since our last post, and a great many questions emerged as a result of our announced cooperation with the Solus project. This post will clarify a few points, including our technical approach to solving problems as well as the relationship between the two projects going forwards. o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ TrueNAS ☛ TrueNAS_13.0-U5_Maximizes_Quality_and_your Storage_Experience_–_TrueNAS_–_Welcome_to_the_Open_Storage Era⠀⇛ Building on the Enterprise maturity of prior versions, TrueNAS 13.0-U5 is released. The previous version, TrueNAS 13.0-U4, proved to be the highest quality release in TrueNAS history and has become the most widely-deployed version of TrueNAS. This new release includes roughly 60 new bug fixes including improvements to NFS, SMB, and replication. For Enterprise users, a specific fix corrects an incorrect alert in earlier generation NVDIMMs. TrueNAS 13.0 includes significant new components and delivers improved performance, scalability, and reliability when compared to the previous major version, TrueNAS 12.0. To date, over 75% of TrueNAS 12.0 users have updated to TrueNAS 13.0, including many of our larger enterprise customers. In particular, the increased speed and robustness of HA failover is extremely valuable for most Enterprise use-cases. Version 12.0 is no longer available for TrueNAS Enterprise, and is no longer recommended for deployment. One strong quality indicator of TrueNAS 13.0 is that there are fewer than 10 bug fixes and improvements currently planned for 13.0-U6. We recommend that all TrueNAS 12.0 and TrueNAS 11.3 users update their systems to TrueNAS 13.0 before attempting to resolve any software or performance issues. o § PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva Family⠀➾ # ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ From_The_Chief_Editor’s_Desk…⠀⇛ So, please don’t be like all these idjits out there, on their phones while operating a motor vehicle. Put your phone down, and “arrive alive.” Your life and the lives of those around you depend on it. Most of all, we don’t want to lose any PCLinuxOS users because they were on their phones while operating a motor vehicle. We’d also hate to see any PCLinuxOS users cause the demise of innocent bystanders because they were on their phones while operating a motor vehicle. # ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ PCLinuxOS_Screenshot_Showcase⠀⇛ o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ The New Stack ☛ My_Further_Adventures_(and_More_Success) with_Rancher⠀⇛ When last we met, I offered my first-run experience with the SUSE Rancher Kubernetes distribution, which did not go well. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Slashdot ☛ Red_Hat_is_Dropping_Its_Support_for_LibreOffice –_Slashdot⠀⇛ The Red Hat Package Managers for LibreOffice “have recently been orphaned,” according to a post by Red Hat manager Matthias Clasen on the “LibreOffice packages” mailing list, “and I thought it would be good to explain the reasons behind this.” # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ 2023-05-31_[Older]_Red_Hat_Satellite 6.13.1_has_been_released⠀⇛ # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ 2023-05-31_[Older]_Unlocking_the potential_of_edge_computing:_Mastering_observability_at scale⠀⇛ o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Armbian_23.05_Suni⠀⇛ The Armbian project is nearing its 10-year anniversary, and we’re excited to announce that our upcoming release Armbian 23.05, codename “Suni”, will be the biggest one yet! It’s a significant milestone as it marks the first release based on our completely refactored build framework! The new framework has been in development for around 3 years, during which we combined our decades long experience with Linux and embedded systems with the latest technologies that have emerged in recent years. We’ve taken all that knowledge and expertise to create something truly exceptional for our users and Linux community at large. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Intel_Arc_GPUs_Working_Out-of-the-Box_on_Ubuntu_23.04⠀⇛ Ten months after Intel released their first line of dedicated GPUs, out-of-the-box support with Linux has arrived with the release of Ubuntu 23.04. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Powers_Beer_Pong_Winning Robot⠀⇛ Niklas Bommersbach is using a Raspberry Pi to power his beer pong-playing robot alongside an Arduino. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Projects:_June_2023⠀⇛ These are the best Raspberry Pi projects we’ve had the honor of covering over the last month. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Camera_Uses_Sound_to_Create Photos_with_AI⠀⇛ Diego Trujillo Pisanty is using a Raspberry Pi to power this blind camera that has no lens and relies on sound to generate an approximation of its surroundings for photos. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Is_MINIX_Dead?_And_Does_It_Matter?_|_Hackaday⠀⇛ Is MINIX dead? OSnews is sounding its death-knell, citing evidence from the operating system’s git log that its last updates happened as long ago as 2018. Given that the last news story on the MINIX website is from 2016 and the last release version, 3.3, came out in 2014, it appears they they may have a point. But perhaps it’s more appropriate to ask not whether or not MINIX is dead, but whether indeed it matters that the venerable OS appears no longer in development. It started as an example to teach OS theory before becoming popular in an era when there were no other inexpensive UNIX-like operating systems for 16-bit microcomputers, but given that its successors such as Linux-based operating systems have taken its torch and raced ahead, perhaps its day has passed. o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Builder:_The_Open-source_CMS_View_Builder_for_Your_Next Project⠀⇛ Drag and drop headless CMS for React, Vue, Svelte, Qwik, and more o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Docspell_Is_An_Open-source_Document_Management_System_ (DMS)_For_Individuals_and_Enterprises⠀⇛ Docspell is a personal document organizer. Or sometimes called a “Document Management System” (DMS). You’ll need a scanner to convert your papers into files. Docspell can then assist in organizing the resulting mess 😉. It can unify your files from scanners, emails and other sources. It is targeted for home use, o § GNU Projects⠀➾ # ⚓ GNU ☛ unifont_@_Savannah:_Unifont_15.0.05_Released⠀⇛ 3 June 2023 Unifont 15.0.05 is now available.  This is a minor release, but significantly is planned to be the last release to include TrueType files in its default build.  This release also includes a new Hangul Syllables block contributed by Minseo Lee, with his modifications to three combining patterns in the johab2ucs2 Perl script.  This release also includes a few changes to Chinese ideographs.  Details are in the ChangeLog file.      https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/unifont/unifont- 15.0.05/      https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/unifont/unifont- 15.0.05/      ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/unifont/unifont-15.0.05/      https://unifoundry.com/pub/unifont/unifont- 15.0.05/      https://unifoundry.com/pub/unifont/unifont- 15.0.05/font-builds/       https://unifoundry.com/unifont/unifont- utilities.html Enjoy! Paul Hardy o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Simulating_confounders,_colliders_and_mediators_by @ellis2013nz⠀⇛ Motivation and key points So this tweet came across my feed. # ⚓ Ben_Hutchings:_FOSS_activity_in_May_2023⠀⇛ # § Perl / Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-06-03_[Older]_Perl_Toolchain_Summit_2023 in_Lyon⠀⇛ # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-05-30_[Older]_Perl_Weekly_Challenge_218: Maximum_Product_and_Matrix_Score⠀⇛ # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-05-30_[Older]_Perl_Weekly_Challenge_219: Sorted_Squares⠀⇛ o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ James G ☛ Creating_an_index_for_my_personal_website_using NLP⠀⇛ At Homebrew_Website_Club_this_week, we discussed book indexes (with the Chicago Manual of Style nearby as a reference, of course!). This got me thinking about what a web index may look like for a blog: a page formatted like a book index where you can see articles that mention unique concepts on your blog. Book indexes are useful tools for navigating information. Given a concept, the index tells you where to find out more. I was curious about what this may look like for a blog. # ⚓ Updated_my_blog!_Also_news_of_Revontuli_colorscheme⠀⇛ Note: Old links to my site do not work anymore, due to change in the URL layout!! Blog update I have finally updated my blog look and feel. In fact, I completely switched my static site generator from Jekyll to Zola! I used Jekyll at first due to it being the one that Github Pages used. It was clunky but once set up it just did the job. But the reason why I changed to Zola was not Jekyll itself, it was the mess of setting up Ruby on my home PC. I tried Ruby Version Manager, using Ruby from DNF packages, changing paths, but there was always some package that kept failing. All I wanted to do is test my site before I push it to server. I couldn’t test on my own PC. Yes, I had to test on production! And I didn’t want to set a virtual machine or docker or whatever for a dang static site generator. That is just silly! So instead I went with Zola since my friend told me about it. Zola is just a single binary that you run and it does the magic for you, which is all I wanted. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Invention_of_Objectivity⠀⇛ The view from nowhere came from somewhere. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Everything,_including_black_holes,_will eventually_evaporate:_Study⠀⇛ Researchers found, Black holes will eventually evaporate due to Hawking radiation, but the event horizon is not as important as previously thought. New theoretical research from Radboud University’s Michael Wondrak, Walter van Suijlekom, and Heino Falcke has shown that Stephen Hawking was partially correct about black holes. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Discovery_of_More_Than_50_Tweezers_Reveals Ancient_Roman_Obsession_With_Hair_Removal⠀⇛ A little pluck here, a little pluck there. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Strange_Thing_Happens_When_You_Read Around_Background_Noise⠀⇛ Your brain is amazing. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Blue_Balls_Can_Affect_Anyone,_But_1_Group Faces_More_Sexual_Pressure_Because_Of_It⠀⇛ This isn’t OK. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Incentives_Increase_Vaccine_Uptake_After_All⠀⇛ A new review suggests modest incentives appear to have positive effects on vaccine uptake. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Grief_may_increase_risk_of_heart_problems: Study⠀⇛ Losing loved ones may have a significant impact on both psychological and physical health. The University of Arizona researched the influence of grief on heart function and discovered that intense grieving might induce a significant increase in blood pressure. According to the data, grieving may be a risk factor for cardiac events. The study, published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, demonstrates an association between grief severity and elevated systolic blood pressure response. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Cutting_boards_can_produce_microparticles when_chopping_veggies:_Study⠀⇛ Cutting boards are useful kitchen utensils that may be found in most homes and restaurants. However, a small-scale research published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology by the American Chemical Society reveals that they are an overlooked source of micrometer-sized particles. According to the researchers, cutting carrots on wood and plastic boards can generate tens of millions of microparticles every year. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_Sierra_Leone,_Reasons_for_Hope⠀⇛ Fewer children are starving, fewer moms are dying and terrible diseases are retreating. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Increased_anxiety_and_persistent_bullying among_8th_and_9th_graders_after_COVID-19,_according_to_THL survey⠀⇛ The latest data from the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) reveals that anxiety and experiences of bullying among 8th and 9th graders in middle school have increased. The percentage of students reporting moderate to severe anxiety in the spring 2023 survey is even higher than during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. In particular, girls have experienced a significant rise in anxiety compared to previous years. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Explainer:_Is_it_legal_for_people_in Hong_Kong_to_commemorate_the_Tiananmen_crackdown?⠀⇛ unday’s anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown is the first since Hong Kong lifted Covid-19 social distancing restrictions. In recent years, the authorities cited anti-epidemic measures as the reason to ban the annual candlelight commemoration in Victoria Park. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ AI_Regulation:_Too_Little,_Too_Late?⠀⇛ A “new genie” has escaped the bottle. A new prince occupies the castle. Elvis has left the building. The barn door has been bolted after the cows and horses have left. No matter how you frame it, talks about “regulating” (read that legislation) the new, emerging and proliferating artificial intelligence (AI) technology might just be too little, too late. I’ll talk mostly about efforts in the U.S. to “regulate” the explosion of AI across the computing landscape, simply because this is where I am, and where the information I’m exposed to is most focused. But, we’ll also talk a bit about the E.U., since they offer the best head-to-head comparison with U.S. efforts. But first, we need to look at a bit of recent history. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Critical_LibreOffice_Code_Execution_Vuln_Fixed⠀⇛ An Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability (CVE-2023-0950) was discovered in the spreadsheet component of The Document Foundation LibreOffice 7.4 versions prior to 7.4.6 and 7.5 versions prior to 7.5.1. With a low attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction required to exploit, and a high confidentiality, integrity and availability impact, this bug has received a National Vulnerability Database (NVD) severity rating of ”Critical”. # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-06-02_[Older]_Car_thieves_are_using increasingly_sophisticated_methods,_and_most_new_vehicles_are vulnerable⠀⇛ # ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ ICYMI:_Five_Things_Scammers_Hope_You “Google”⠀⇛ Your email address may actually be hurting your chances for landing that new job, according to an article on Lifehacker. Believe it or not (or like it or not), gmail.com email addresses are generally viewed as “neutral.” Addresses from aol.com or yahoo.com may elicit concerns about your age. And email addresses like “ladysman@someemail.com” or “satansoffspring@anotheremail.com” or “darthvaderfan@sith.net” may be torpedoing your job chances before you ever get out of port, so to speak. The U.S., Europe and Ukraine are reportedly targets in this malware threat involving Cisco routers, according to an article on TechRepublic. State–sponsored Russian threat actor APT28 targets certain Cisco routers with an old vulnerability. I’ll wait patiently to see a show of hands of everyone who has ever/never applied patches to their router. [chirp-chirp] [chirp-chirp] [chirp- chirp] sing the crickets. Yeah … me neither. Routers (and other hardware) can be “borked” or “bricked” too easily while applying patches, and cost too much to replace (if they do end up borked/ bricked). Thus, the vast majority of users never do apply patches to hardware, despite the presence of a valid and verified threat vector. Fortunately (unfortunately?) these particular Cisco routers (they never say in the article exactly which routers are affected) appear to be “commercial” routers. But then again, you can never know for sure which consumer-level Cisco routers use a command or SNMP protocol (the attack vector) that has been (or may have been) “inherited” from the commercial side of their business. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ EU_data_protection_body_launches investigation_against_coast_guard_agency⠀⇛ The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) suggested on Thursday that Frontex (European Coast Guard Agency) is violating rights and data protection laws by not handling migrant data correctly when processing debriefing interviews before handing the data to Europol (EU’s police agency). # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-06-01_[Older]_Google_Wallet_will_let you_add_passes_by_taking_a_photo⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-06-01_[Older]_Amazon_ordered_to_pay_more than_$30M_for_privacy_violations_related_to_Alexa,_Ring devices⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNET ☛ 2023-06-01_[Older]_Amazon_to_Pay_$30M_for_Ring and_Alexa_Privacy_Violations:_Tips_for_Protecting_Your Smart_Home_Data_–_CNET⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-05-31_[Older]_Amazon_Settles_FTC’s Ring_and_Alexa_Privacy_Lawsuits_for_$31_Million⠀⇛ # ⚓ RIPE ☛ 2023-05-31_[Older]_Amazon_Doesn’t_Care_How_You Heat_Swimming_Pools:_ICT_and_Ecosocialism⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-05-31_[Older]_Amazon_settles_lawsuit with_FTC_over_Ring_doorbell_privacy_concerns⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-05-31_[Older]_Amazon_will_pay_$25 million_to_settle_FTC_lawsuit_over_Alexa_privacy_for kids⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-05-31_[Older] Amazon’s_Ring_Used_to_Spy_on_Customers,_FTC_Says_in Privacy_Settlement⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-05-30_[Older]_These_Celebrity_Voices Are_Disappearing_From_Amazon’s_Alexa⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNET ☛ 2023-05-30_[Older]_Amazon’s_Alexa_Will_No Longer_Sound_Like_Shaquille_O’Neal_–_CNET [Ed: Way to the distract from the upcoming fines one day before it goes public?]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-05-30_[Older]_Amazon_ditches_Alexa’s celebrity_voices_and_will_issue_refunds_upon_request⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-06-02_[Older]_Judge Dismisses_Washington,_DC,_Privacy_Lawsuit_Against Facebook_Owner_Meta⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-06-01_[Older]_Facebook_Accuses_FTC_of Power_Grab_Over_Proposed_Changes_to_$5_Billion_Privacy Settlement⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-05-31_[Older]_California_Assembly Calls_Meta’s_Bluff_on_Journalism_Preservation_Act⠀⇛ o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Thousands_Protest_In_Serbia,_Accusing_Government_Of Fostering_Violence⠀⇛ Tens of thousands of people gathered in the center of the Serbian capital, Belgrade, on June 3 for the fifth anti-government protest in recent weeks. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ 3_Israeli_Soldiers_Killed_in_Gunfire_on_Israel- Egypt_Border⠀⇛ “…the perpetrator has been identified as an Egyptian law enforcement officer…” # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Florida_federal_court_sentences_man_for assassination_of_Haiti_president⠀⇛ Rodolfe Jaar was sentenced to life in prison Friday by Judge Jose Martinez of the Southern District of Florida for his role in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise. In Jaar’s March plea agreement, he admitted to “knowingly and willfully” providing weapons and personnel in furtherance of the plot. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_sanctions_Sudan_warring_factions_and_suspends negotiated_ceasefire⠀⇛ The White House announced sanctions against Sudanese companies Thursday in an attempt to “hold the [fighting] parties accountable and to deny them the resources, funds, and weapons that have enabled them to perpetuate this horrific conflict.” # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Turkey_To_Send_Reinforcements_For_NATO_Force_In Kosovo⠀⇛ Turkey will send a battalion as reinforcements for the NATO-led peacekeeping force KFOR in Kosovo, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on June 3. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea_slams_UN_meeting_on satellite_launch,_US_demand⠀⇛ North Korea will never acknowledge UN sanctions resolutions, said Ms Kim Yo Jong. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Warns_China_on_Nuclear_Rivalry_and Vows_to_Keep_Patrolling_Region⠀⇛ Speeches by two top officials illustrated the depth of concern over the rift between the nations. China called it provocation. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Death_toll_from_Senegal_protests rises_to_15_as_opposition_supporters_clash_with_police⠀⇛ Senegal’s government says the number of people killed in clashes between police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has now risen to 15, including two security officers. While Dakar was calmer on Saturday, clashes continued into the evening as protesters threw rocks at police, who responded with tear gas. Sonko was convicted Thursday of corrupting youth but acquitted on charges of rape and issuing threats. Senegalese are blaming the government for the violence and the loss of lives. Sonko is the main rival to President Macky Sall and is popular with the country’s youth. His supporters maintain his legal troubles are part of a government effort to derail his candidacy in the 2024 presidential election. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ In_Other_News:_Government_Use_of_Spyware, New_Industrial_Security_Tools,_Japan_Router_Hack⠀⇛ Cybersecurity news that you may have missed this week: the spyware used by various governments, new vulnerabilities, industrial security products, and Linux router attacks. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ 3_Israeli_Soldiers_Killed_in_Rare_Attack on_Egyptian_Border⠀⇛ The suspect was identified by the Israeli and Egyptian authorities as an Egyptian security officer. The deadly event may be connected to a thwarted drug smuggling attempt, the Israelis said. # ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-06-02_[Older]_Saudi_Arabia_Executes_Two_Shi’a Bahrainis_on_Terrorism_Charges⠀⇛ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-06-01_[Older]_Saudi Arabia_is_best_positioned_to_be_the_‘peace_maker’_in_the Israeli-Palestinian_conflict⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-05-31_[Older]_Italy_Ends Yemen-Linked_Embargo_on_Arms_Sales_to_Saudi_Arabia⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-06-04_[Older]_Indonesian_Media Perception_of_China_After_Brokering_Saudi-Iran_Peaceful Restoration⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-06-02_[Older]_Letters_From_Saudi: Lawrence_in_Cairo’s_Shadows⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-04_[Older]_Senegal_protests:_More clashes_erupt_as_death_toll_rises⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-04_China_seeks_military_talks_with US_amid_warnings⠀⇛ # § War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ LRT ☛ What_happened_to_Lithuania’s_claim_to_be_the geographical_centre_of_Europe?⠀⇛ Lithuania used to boast that it lies at the geographical centre of Europe and even built a park around the spot as part of its campaign to “rejoin Europe” in the 2000s. The park has been somewhat neglected in the following decades but is now up for a facelift. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ A_New_Cold_War_Could_Be_Much_Worse Than_the_One_We_Remember⠀⇛ China is a more formidable adversary than the Soviet Union ever was, and the world is less divisible. # ⚓ The Local SE ☛ 2023-06-03_[Older]_Sweden_greenlights anti-Nato_protest_despite_Turkey_warning⠀⇛ # ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-06-02_[Older]_NATO_Secretary_General says_he_will_visit_Turkey_soon⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Local SE ☛ 2023-05-31_[Older]_US_urges_Turkey_and Hungary_to_ratify_Sweden’s_Nato_membership⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-05-30_[Older]_Newsweek: “Putin_scores_a_win_in_Turkey’s_election”⠀⇛ o § Environment⠀➾ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ India’s_Train_Collision_Death_Toll_Rises_to 288⠀⇛ “…injured passengers have been transported to medical facilities…” # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Getting_stuck_in_the_middle_of_a stroad⠀⇛ Stroad is a deliberately-ugly portmanteau given by Strong Towns to thoroughfares that fail at being streets and roads. Roads are high-speed connections, and streets are complex environments with driveways and pedestrians. Trying to be both, they argue, makes stroads ineffective, expensive, ugly, and dangerous. And they have the data to prove it. # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Science_and_art:_Benx_Wors_casts_a dichroic_cube⠀⇛ Australian artist and video creator Ben from Bens Worx has been hitting it for six lately with all his projects, but this latest episode might be among his most impressive and beautiful works yet. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-03_India:_More_than_280_dead in_massive_train_crash⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-03_India:_Over_280_dead_in massive_train_crash⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-03_[Older]_India’s_Modi:_‘No stone_unturned’_in_train_crash_probe⠀⇛ # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Dark_Extinctions_Are_Popping_Up Everywhere⠀⇛ Scientists keep discovering species in museum collections long after they’ve died out. What else have we missed? # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Did_Dinosaurs_‘See_Through’_Each Other’s_Eyes?_New_Research_Provides_Insight⠀⇛ If only I could see what you’ve seen with your eyes. # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-06-02_[Older]_Speaking_up_for the_annoying_fruit_fly⠀⇛ o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-06-01_[Older]_Are_rich_people_more intelligent?_Here’s_what_the_science_says⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-05-30_[Older]_Automation_risks creating_a_two-tier_workforce_of_haves_and_have-nots⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ 81_Nations_to_be_Present_at_Erdoğan’s Inauguration_Ceremony⠀⇛ Erdoğan is set to undertake the oath ceremony at the Grand National Assembly # ⚓ France24 ☛ Erdogan_sworn_in_as_he_begins_third_term_as Turkey’s_president⠀⇛ Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on Saturday sworn in for a third term as president, promising to serve “impartially” after winning a historic runoff election to extend his two-decade rule. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Canada_NGOs_request_federal_court_block_former Israel_PM’s_visit⠀⇛ Canadian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) submitted  a court application, known as a mandamus, in federal court Friday urging Canadian Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino to deny former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett entry into Canada. # ⚓ RFA ☛ New_York_exhibit_keeps_dream_of_a_democratic_China alive_–_across_the_generations⠀⇛ June 4 Memorial Hall aims to preserve memories erased by Communist Party propaganda # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Erdoğan_Takes_Oath_as_Türkiye’s_President⠀⇛ “For the next five years, we will continue to work heartily to realize our vision of the Century of Türkiye” # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran_Says_To_Form_Naval_Alliance_With_Persian_Gulf States_To_Ensure_Regional_Stability⠀⇛ Iran’s navy commander said his country and Saudi Arabia, as well as three other Persian Gulf states, plan to form a naval alliance that will also include India and Pakistan, Iranian media reported. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-06-02_[Older]_YouTube_changes misinformation_policy_to_allow_videos_falsely_claiming fraud_in_the_2020_US_election⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-06-03_[Older]_Things_We_Bought_Instead of_Giving_Elon_Musk_$8⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-06-03_[Older]_Twitter Executive_Responsible_for_Content_Safety_Resigns_After Elon_Musk_Criticism⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-06-02_[Older]_Twitter_Loses_Its_Second Trust_and_Safety_Head_Under_Elon_Musk’s_Reign⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-06-02_[Older]_Twitter’s_head_of_brand safety_and_ad_quality_has_left_the_company⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ 2023-06-02_[Older]_Twitter_Head_of Trust_and_Safety_Resigned_Before_New_CEO_Comes_In⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-06-01_[Older]_Elon_Doesn’t_Tweet_for_2 Days,_Regains_Status_as_World’s_Richest_Man⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-06-01_[Older]_Elon_‘The_Dogefather’ Musk_Accused_of_Insider_Trading⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-06-01_[Older]_Instagram’s_Head_Says You_Shouldn’t_Worry_About_Shadowbanning⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-05-31_[Older]_You_Do_It:_Twitter Outsources_AI_Image_Detection_to_Its_Users⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-05-31_[Older]_Fidelity:_Twitter_is_Now Only_Worth_a_Third_of_What_Elon_Musk_Paid_for_It⠀⇛ # ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-05-31_[Older]_Dutch_parliament_leader demands_Twitter_take_action_against_threats_targeting politicians⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-05-30_[Older]_Twitter_is_testing Community_Notes_for_images⠀⇛ o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Video:_Hong_Kong_Tiananmen_crackdown activists,_artists_taken_away_by_police_on_eve_of anniversary⠀⇛ At least eight people were apprehended by the police as they sought to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in Causeway Bay on Saturday. Police confirmed four arrests for alleged sedition and public disorder. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Comedy_and_autocracy_are_made_for_each_other⠀⇛ U.S.-based legal scholar and activist Teng Biao says totalitarian regimes are ‘major manufacturers’ of jokes # ⚓ Reason ☛ Journal_of_Free_Speech_Law:_“Sober_and_Self-Guided Newsgathering,”_by_Prof._Jane_Bambauer⠀⇛ Just published as part of the symposium on Media and Society After Technological Disruption, edited by Profs. Justin “Gus” Hurwitz & Kyle Langvardt. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Arrests_and_tight_security_in_Hong_Kong on_Tiananmen_anniversary⠀⇛ Police say they have detained 8 people, 4 of them for ‘seditious intention and disorderly conduct’. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-03_[Older]_Hong_Kong:_8_held_on eve_of_Tiananmen_Square_anniversary⠀⇛ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ In_Pictures:_Hong_Kong_patriotic carnival_opens_at_traditional_Tiananmen_crackdown_vigil_venue ahead_of_anniv.⠀⇛ A carnival hosted by 26 pro-Beijing organisations in part of Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park opened on Saturday morning – the eve of the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown. For three decades, the space hosted the city’s annual commemorative vigil, which would normally take place on the June 4 anniversary. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Police_and_3_other_Hong_Kong_gov’t depts_probe_store,_days_after_it_began_Tiananmen_crackdown candle_giveaway⠀⇛ A Sai Kung shop has been inspected by officers from four different government departments within nine days, after it started to give away candles to commemorate the Tiananmen crackdown. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-03_[Older]_How_China_is_erasing Hong_Kong’s_Tiananmen_Square_memories⠀⇛ o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Devastating_profile_dogs_CNN_boss_Chris_Licht⠀⇛ Chris Licht, chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide, felt so confident in his plan to reinventcable newsthat he allowed extraordinary, months-long access_to_a_magazine_writer. The result is devastating. Why it matters: The Atlantic’s Tim Alberta paints a brutal portrait of the head of one of the world’s most famous, consequential and profitable brands — in what’s destined to become an iconic magazine profile. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Good_Morning_CHD_–_Sustainable_Slavery⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-01_[Older]_Apartheid_chronicler Ernest_Cole’s_photos_on_show_in_Germany⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-06-03_[Older]_The_U.S._writers_strike_began_1 month_ago._Here’s_how_it’s_affecting_the_Canadian_industry⠀⇛ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Northern_Ireland_Department_of_Justice_report highlights_support_for_raising_the_age_of_criminal responsibility⠀⇛ On Thursday, the Northern Ireland Department of Justice published a summary of various responses pertaining to increasing the minimum age of criminal responsibility. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Three_Europeans_Return_Home_After_Release_By_Iran In_Prisoner_Swap⠀⇛ Three Europeans returned home on June 3, a day after being released by Iran in a prisoner swap, and Tehran said there was no reason for Europeans to be arrested if they were not “exploited” by foreign security services. # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ 2023-06-02_[Older]_Amazon_Workers Protest_‘Return_to_Office’_By_Walking_Out⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-06-02_[Older]_Mark_Zuckerberg_Mandates_Meta Employees_Return_to_the_Office_Three_Days_a_Week⠀⇛ # ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-05-30_[Older]_HBDH_marks_the_anniversary_of Gezi_uprising,_calling_for_expansion_of_revolutionary struggle⠀⇛ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Don’t_attack_the_messenger,_work_to rebuild_trust_among_Hongkongers⠀⇛ On the night of May 10, 2023, publishers of Ming Pao axed Zunzi’s political cartoons, which they had published daily since 1983. Governance and civil society in Hong Kong are worse off for this move. Ming Pao reacted to government pressure. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Thousands_gather_in_Florida_to_protest_law targeted_at_undocumented_immigrants⠀⇛ Floridians gathered across the state Thursday to protest a recently enacted law that imposes restrictions on undocumented immigrants. In what protesters dubbed, “a day without immigrants,” thousands walked off the job to voice their disapproval of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s approval of Senate Bill (SB) 1718. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Federal_judge_declares_Tennessee’s_anti-drag_bill unconstitutional⠀⇛ Judge Thomas Parker, a judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Friday ruled that Tennessee’s Adult Entertainment Act (AEA) is unconstitutional. In his opinion, Parker ruled that the AEA violates First Amendment rights. He stated that free speech does not extend to just words. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-03_Germany:_Police_break_up_banned far-left_protest_in_Leipzig⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-03_Left-wing_extremism_in_Germany: How_much_of_a_threat_is_it?⠀⇛ o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-05-30_[Older]_A_musical_box_infringes author’s_moral_rights,_says_the_French_Cassation_Court⠀⇛ # § Software Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ SJVN ☛ Controversial_new_USPTO_Rules_would_empower Patent_Trolls⠀⇛ What is the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) thinking of? The USPTO’s new proposed rules sound good. It would “provide a less-expensive alternative to district court litigation to resolve certain patentability issues while also protecting against patentee harassment.” Open-source legal experts, however, from the Unified Patents Open Source Zone, The Linux Foundation, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) the Open Invention Network (OIN) hear an entirely different message When they listen closely, they hear a message that will encourage patent trolls, aka non- practicing entities (NPEs), increase patent litigation costs, and inflate the overall volume of patent litigation. We need this like a hole in the head. Besides open-source, for example, pharmaceutical businesses use patents to keep the price of life-saving drugs high. According to a recent New York Times report. “The House Oversight Committee concluded that … twelve of the drugs that Medicare spends the most on are protected by more than 600 patents.” These patents include such important changes as “making a tablet instead of a pill, changing the dose, adding a flavor. When it comes to protecting a drug monopoly, it seems no modification is too small.” # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-05-30_[Older]_“EMMENTALER”_cannot_be_an EUTM,_says_the_General_Court⠀⇛ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-06-01_[Older]_3D_trade_marks_for_string cheese_–_Distinctive,_yet_descriptive?⠀⇛ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-05-28_[Older]_The_copyright_adventure of_two_typefaces:_Is_the_Spectral_font_infringing?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ 2023-05-24_[Older]_Supreme_Court finds_in_favour_of_newspaper_in_Little_Mermaid copyright_case⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-05-24_[Older]_The_Debt_Burden and_the_Burden_of_Copyright_and_Patent_Monopolies⠀⇛ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4242 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.04.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_04/06/2023:_Rosy_Crow_1.1.3_and_NearlyFreeSpeech.NET⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 5:43 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Internet/Gemini * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Rain_and_heat⠀⇛ I was out weeding just after 8 this morning. Already in the mid 20s, crazy warm for this time of year. A quick breakfast, then back at it: mowing, filling the feeders, etc. Several more hours of running around, and then the rest of the day has been relaxing. Music practice, working on some future gemlog entries, watching Jays-Mets and the NHL finals. # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_GHLYSUO_Wordo:_RISKY⠀⇛ # ⚓ All_Day_Outside⠀⇛ On Saturday I went up to my parents’ for a family get together with my dad’s sister, my mom’s sister, and my mom’s aunt. I don’t much care for my mom’s side of the family and while I tried coming at them with an open mind and heart, it being a number of years since I’d last seen them, they proved to repeat the same negative traits that has pushed me away from them. My dad and his sister agreed so we ended up spending a lot of time together, hiding from my mom’s half. One of the things I did to stay busy away from the family was prepping an old metal horse trough to be turned into a raised planter box. I had to drill a few holes in the bottom for drainage and load it, as well as a bucket of composted horse manure, into the back of my car. I unloaded it all as soon as I got home that night. o § Technical⠀➾ # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Rosy_Crow_1.1.3_Released⠀⇛ Version 1.1.3 includes the following changes: * Implemented long-pressing on links to either copy or share their URLs * Widened pre-formatted blocks so that they fit the width of the rest of the page’s content * Fixed an issue where some capsules will always return an Invalid URL I also upgraded several dependencies to their most recent versions. # ⚓ The_Secular_Internet⠀⇛ I was reading Harvey Cox’s The Secular City the other day (secular in the sense of “contemporary”, “of the current era” rather than as in any sense of soulless and dry) and it struck me that what he writes about “city” is often even more true for “internet”. Obviously the internet didn’t exist in 1956 when the original lectures were developed but sometimes going back is just what you need to do to go forward. One section, “Anonymity”, in particular, was useful for me to read. The gist is that people who grew up very rurally (as I did) can have a hard time adapting to the city life, and internet life. He describes two kinds of relationships: one where you know someone thoroughly and another where someone is just a faceless nameless replacable radar blip. # ⚓ NearlyFreeSpeech.NET⠀⇛ I apologize in advance: this is going to read like an ad. I don’t want your money, and I don’t care where you spend your money; but some things do cost money; and then there are choices to be made, and some choices are better than others; and it would be useful to know which. I have an idea which. So, I will share. For web hosting, domain name management and email forwarding, NearlyFreeSpeech.NET (NFSN) is excellent. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4389 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.04.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_04/06/2023:_Why_Flatpak_and_Wealth_of_Devices_With_GNU/Linux⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 5:47 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Instructionals/Technical o Games * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Open_Hardware/Modding * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ How_To_Crop_and_Zoom_in_OBS⠀⇛ OBS (Open Broadcaster System) is a remarkably powerful tool. With OBS we can record videos, using various scenes and sources to create broadcast quality shows, for free! OBS can also be used to livestream via many different services, and using a few plugins you can also interact with your community. Recently I had a need to record video from a 4K USB video capture device. The video source was the latest LattePanda Sigma SBC, which I was testing using Steam for a review. Steam’s built-in FPS counter was a little small (yes I could install another FPS counter, but that would incur a performance hit), so I duplicated the video source, laid one on top of the other, then cropped the FPS counter area, followed by a zoom in. Here is how I did it. # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Unix_is_not_POSIX⠀⇛ GNU Grep’s defense of its decision to ruin and then drop the ‘fgrep’ and ‘egrep’ commands is that these commands aren’t in POSIX. There are a number of problems with this, but one of them is that Unix is not POSIX (and conversely, POSIX is not Unix). In practice, POSIX partially overlaps with modern Unixes, so just because something isn’t in POSIX is not any sort of reason for a Unix to not have it (and never has been). Unixes have always had many things that aren’t in POSIX. # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_install_Android_ISO⠀⇛ In this tutorial you will learn how to install Android x86 ISO on Virtualbox. We are going to download Android ISO and install it on Virtualbox 7.0.  If you want to learn how to install Android ISO on Virtualbox or on your computer follow the steps in this # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_install_docker_on_Debian_11_“Bullseye”⠀⇛ In this tutorial, you will learn how to install docker engine on Debian 11 bullseye. Docker allows you to run multiple apps on your server with ease, without having to worry if these apps are going to be conflicting or causing any issues. You can use docker on your server # ⚓ How_to_install_CloudPanel_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS_Linux Server⠀⇛ CloudPanel is a free hosting panel for easily managing websites and web apps. Here in this article, we learn the steps involve in installing and using CloudPanel on Ubuntu 22.04 Linux server. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_PHP-IMAGICK_on_Ubuntu_22.04 |_20.04⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_MySQL_8.0_on_Ubuntu_22.04_| 20.04⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Ubuntu_MATE_Desktop Environment_on_Ubuntu_22.04_|_20.04⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Increase_Swap_Space_in_Linux⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_PHPStorm_on_Ubuntu_22.04_| 20.04⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_LXDE_on_Ubuntu_22.04_| 20.04⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_LXQt_on_Ubuntu_22.04_| 20.04⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_PyCharm_on_Ubuntu_22.04_| 20.04⠀⇛ o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Zelda_Guardian_Sculpture_Tracks_Humans_And_Pets Via_Camera⠀⇛ In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Guardians are a primitive form of sentry turret that tracks the player with a watchful eye. Inspired by this, [npentrel] decided to whip up one of his own in the real world. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Martijn Braam ☛ Developers_are_lazy,_thus_Flatpak⠀⇛ So the thing Flatpak is supposed to fix for me as developer is that I don’t need to care about distributions anymore. I can bolt on whatever dependencies I want to my app and it’s dealt with. I also don’t need to worry about having software in distributions, if it’s in Flatpak it’s everywhere. Flatpak gives me that unified base to work on and everything will be perfect. World hunger will be solved. Finally piece on earth. Sadly there’s reality. The reality is to get away from the evil distributions the Flatpak creators have made… another distribution. It is not a particularly good distribution, it doesn’t have a decent package manager. It doesn’t have a system that makes it easy to do packaging. The developer interface is painfully shoehorned into Github workflows and it adds all the downsides of containerisation. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Celebrate_World_Bicycle_Day_with_these_Arduino- powered_bike_projects⠀⇛ Cycling is a great way to spend time outdoors while simultaneously getting exercise and even as a mode of efficient transportation. And in the last few years due to the recent proliferation of e-bikes on the market and the pandemic, there has been an explosion in the number of people wanting to use bikes on a regular basis. A few people have gone a step further and have taken it upon themselves to create devices that make this experience safer, more convenient, or more fun. For this year’s World Bicycle Day, let’s celebrate these makers and how they were able to creatively embed Arduino products into their designs for a better cycling experience. # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Axiomtek_unveils_dev_kit_for_NVIDIA_Jetson Xavier_NX_SoM⠀⇛ Last month, Axiomtek launched a palm-sized AI developer kit compatible with the NVIDIA platform to deliver up to 21 TOPs of AI computing performance and reduce product development time. # ⚓ Andrew Hutchings ☛ Retro_addons:_Big_box_o’_SCSI_part_1⠀⇛ An oddity popped up recently which I ended up acquiring. An external box with 4 interesting SCSI devices inside and a SCSI card for a RiscPC. Time to dive in and see what we have… # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Software_Driving_Hardware⠀⇛ We were talking about [Christopher Barnatt]’s very insightful analysis of what the future holds for the Raspberry Pi single board computers on the Podcast. On the one hand, they’re becoming such competent computers that they are beginning to compete with lightweight desktop machines, instead of just being a hacker curiosity. # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ PiBeam_is_an_IR_transceiver_based_on_the Raspberry_Pi_RP2040_MCU⠀⇛ Kickstarter recently featured a compact USB infrared transceiver based on the Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller. The PiBeam can be used to remotely control electronics such as laptops, TVs, etc. or it can be used as a Python-based learning platform. # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Milk-V_Duo_is_a_$9.00_RISC-V_tiny_embedded computer⠀⇛ The Milk-V Duo is a small RISC-V embedded platform capable of running Linux and RTOS. The low-cost device features up to 26x GPIOs, optional 10/ 100Mbps Ethernet support and integrated with a H.264/H.265 video compression encoder and ISP. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_Glitch_That_Brought_Down_Japan’s_Lunar_Lander⠀⇛ When a computer crashes, it usually doesn’t leave debris. But when a computer happens to be descending towards the lunar surface and glitches out, that’s a very different story. Turns out that’s what happened on April 26th, as the Japanese Hakuto-R Lunar lander made its mark on the Moon…by crashing into it. [Scott Manley] dove in to try and understand the software bug that caused an otherwise flawless mission to go splat. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Three_Chinese_astronauts_return_safely to_Earth⠀⇛ The trio had spent six months at the Tiangong space station. # ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘A_first’_from_Mars:_European_spacecraft_sends livestream_from_red_planet⠀⇛ A European spacecraft around Mars sent its first livestream from the red planet to Earth on Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of its launch, but rain in Spain interfered at times. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_End_of_Community_College?⠀⇛ In the wake of the pandemic, we must demand a new deal for the community college that fulfills its democratic potential. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_Apple_Silicon_That_Never_Was⠀⇛ Over Apple’s decades-long history, they have been quick to adapt to new processor technology when they see an opportunity. Their switch from PowerPC to Intel in the early 2000s made Apple machines more accessible to the wider PC world who was already accustomed to using x86 processors, and a decade earlier they moved from Motorola 68000 processors to take advantage of the scalability, power-per-watt, and performance of the PowerPC platform. They’ve recently made the switch to their own in-house silicon, but this wasn’t the first time they attempted to design their own chips from the ground up rather than using chips from other companies like Motorola or Intel. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ ADATA_SSD_Gets_Liquid_Cooling,_But_Not Everyone’s_Convinced⠀⇛ Solid-state drives (SSDs) were a step change in performance when it came to computer storage. They offered incredibly fast seek times by virtue of dispensing with solid rust for silicon instead. Now, some companies have started pushing the limits to the extent that their drives supposedly need liquid cooling, as reported by The Register. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ An_Almost_Invisible_Desktop⠀⇛ When you’re putting together a computer workstation, what would you say is the cleanest setup? Wireless mouse and keyboard? Super-discrete cable management? How about no visible keeb, no visible mouse, and no obvious display? # ⚓ Tedium ☛ Manufactured_Gloss⠀⇛ Our continuing journey to write a Tedium glossary takes us through the manufacturing process—and the weird products it sometimes led to. Let’s face it—Tedium would not exist without the manufacturing process. Manufacturing leads to stuff that is then sold. That stuff leads to things that I can write about. In many ways, I come at the tail end of the supply chain, with the goal of attempting to explain it all to you, the reader. (One plus side of this approach: I don’t need a factory.) But as I continue on my glossary of terms, I wanted to lean in on objects that were created, the materials they use, and the way that they generally make the world a little bit better. Today’s Tedium opens up the glossary once again. May it soon be filled with many more terms. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Rolling Stone ☛ Meet_the_Folks_Lining_Up_for_Elon_Musk’s Brain_Implant⠀⇛ The scientific community has expressed frank skepticism about a lot of this, with some experts saying Musk has little to no reason for such optimism. What’s more, the corporate culture at Neuralink, which has lost several founding members, is reportedly plagued by a “culture of blame” and unrealistic deadlines imposed by Musk. They have stiff competition from rivals in the space, including Blackrock Neurotech, backed by billionaire and former Musk business partner Peter Thiel, which claims it has already implanted their chips in more than 30 people’s brains. On top of all that, Neuralink has faced at least two federal probes from regulators, one of them tied to whistleblowers’ claims that rushed testing led to the “needless suffering” of 1,500 animals — and deaths of over a dozen — in experiments since 2018. Neuralink has denied that they acted improperly with any animals, yet still, in some corners of the internet, it’s is less known for pioneering neuroscience than as the Musk company that allegedly tortured a bunch of monkeys. # ⚓ NPR ☛ Doctors_rally_to_defend_abortion_provider_Caitlin Bernard_after_she_was_censured⠀⇛ Hundreds of Indiana doctors are coming to the defense of Caitlin Bernard, the obstetrician/ gynecologist who was recently punished by a state licensing board for talking publicly about providing an abortion for a 10-year-old rape victim. In public statements, doctors across a range of specialties are speaking out against the board’s decision, and warning that it could have dangerous implications for public health. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Bike_Rides_Played_Back_Via_Aircraft_Altitude Indicator⠀⇛ Any good bike ride should have a big climb to push your fitness, and a nice descent for the joy of careening down at high speed. [Glen Akins] has been recording his altitude during his mountain biking expeditions, and has now built a way to play them back on an aircraft altitude indicator. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ [Repeat] The Atlantic ☛ AI_Doomerism_Is_a_Decoy⠀⇛ But many of the experts I spoke with were skeptical of how much AI will progress from its current abilities, and they were adamant that it need not advance at all to hurt people—indeed, many applications already do. The divide, then, is not over whether AI is harmful, but which harm is most concerning—a future AI cataclysm only its architects are warning about and claim they can uniquely avert, or a more quotidian violence that governments, researchers, and the public have long been living through and fighting against—as well as who is at risk and how best to prevent that harm. # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Middlesex_Co._Public_Schools_confirms ransomware_attack⠀⇛ The superintendent for Middlesex County Public Schools confirmed Thursday that the school division was the subject of a recent ransomware attack. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Serbia_Protests_After_Mass_Shootings Demand_Social_Changes⠀⇛ The protests, which have gathered momentum since two massacres in May, are denouncing a “culture of violence” and the increasingly authoritarian rule of the country’s leader. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Tens_of_thousands_in_Belgrade_stage_fifth_anti- government_protest_since_mass_shootings⠀⇛ Tens of thousands gathered on Saturday for the fifth anti-government protest this month in Serbia’s capital Belgrade after two back-to-back shootings that killed 18 people, half of them children. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Israeli_soldiers,_Egyptian_border_guard_killed in_rare_exchange_of_deadly_fire⠀⇛ A gunbattle involving an Egyptian border guard in southern Israel along the border left three Israeli soldiers and the Egyptian officer dead Saturday, officials said. It was a rare instance of deadly violence along the frontier. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Lebanon_says_will_send_investigators_to_France after_Beirut’s_envoy_accused_of_rape⠀⇛ Lebanon’s foreign ministry said Saturday it would send an investigation team to Paris following reports that Beirut’s ambassador to France, Rami Adwan, has been accused of rape and intentional violence. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ American_Police_are_Basically_Untouchable._How Did_It_Get_This_Bad?⠀⇛ To understand where US law enforcement’s impunity comes from, we have to look at the historic role of police in maintaining a racial and class-based order. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Florida_police_arrest_man,_search for_2_others_in_Memorial_Day_beach_shooting⠀⇛ Police in Florida have arrested one man and announced arrest warrants for two others believed to be the gunmen who opened fire along a crowded beachside promenade on Memorial Day. The shooting wounded nine people and sent others scrambling for cover. The Hollywood Police Department on Saturday said authorities have arrested suspect Jordan Burton and obtained arrest warrants for Ariel Cardahn Paul and Lionel JeanCharles Jr. The suspects will be charged with one count of attempted murder in the first degree, eight counts of attempted murder in the second degree and one count of carrying a concealed firearm. # ⚓ The Hindu ☛ ‘Love_Jihad’_cases_uncovered_during_missing person_investigations:_Fadnavis⠀⇛ Mr. Fadnavis, who is also the State Home Minister, said that the detection rate for missing person complaints in the western State ranged from 90% to 95%. “There are instances where we found that false promises were made or false identity was used, with even married persons trying to mislead women. Cases of ‘love jihad’ have also come forward in large numbers,” he said. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Le_Pen’s_far_right_served_as_mouthpiece_for_the Kremlin,_says_French_parliamentary_report⠀⇛ Dogged by accusations of proximity to the Kremlin, Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party had hoped to clear its name by setting up a parliamentary inquiry to investigate foreign interference in French politics. But a draft report on the committee’s findings, which was leaked to the press this week, shows the move backfired spectacularly, finding instead that Le Pen’s policy stances sometimes echo the “official language of Putin’s regime”. # ⚓ [Repeat] BIA Net ☛ Two_witnesses_of_Dersim_massacre_pass away⠀⇛ Eşliye Çiçe (Fecire Erol) from the Zimek (Çığırlı) village of Hozat, Tunceli and Necef Duman from Hopik in the same village who had witnessed the Dersim massacre (Tertele) have lost their lives. 94 year old Duman had survived the massacre by staying under the dead body of her mother Besi who was killed by a firing squad, the Mezopotamya Agency reported. # ⚓ [Repeat] France24 ☛ Erdogan_backs_Kurdish_Islamist_party_– and_women_pay_the_price⠀⇛ “This is the women’s last vote,” she said slowly and emphatically in English. “Maybe we will lose our voting rights. They will change everything. We will be like Iran because of Huda-Par.” That night, not long after Erdogan vowed in his victory speech “to be here until I’m in my grave”, the middle-aged woman at the polling station kept calling and texting to ensure she was not quoted or identified. Her fears over the stakes of the election for Turkish women was as strong as her certainty that retribution against opposition supporters, especially Kurds, would be severe. # ⚓ The Hindu ☛ M.P._government_suspends_recognition_of_school caught_in_‘compulsory_hijab’_row⠀⇛ The Madhya Pradesh government on Friday suspended the recognition of the Damoh school that is at the centre of a controversy over allegations of non- Muslim students wearing hijab. # ⚓ VOA News ☛ British_Teen_in_Terrorism_Case_to_Serve_at_Least 6_Years⠀⇛ “It is clear that you are someone who developed an entrenched Islamist extremist mindset, extreme anti-Western views and that you intended to commit terrorist acts both in the U.K. and overseas,” the judge said. King could be out in five years. He has already spent 367 days in prison, which will be taken into account and deducted from the length of time he has to serve. # ⚓ Foreign Policy ☛ Ukraine’s_Counteroffensive_Against_Forced Russian_Citizenship⠀⇛ The catalyst is a new decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 27, which states that Ukrainians residing in the illegally annexed territories of Ukraine who have not received Russian citizenship are considered foreigners or stateless individuals. Foreign citizens will have “the right” to reside on these territories until July 2024. No deadline for their registration is given. Disturbingly, they may be deported if they “present a threat to national security.” Aggressive decrees such as these are just the latest stage of Russia’s “passportization.” Before its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began last February, Russia had used this foreign-policy tool in the breakaway states of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria, as well as Ukraine’s Donbas region. # ⚓ Gannett ☛ An_Iowa_girl_asked_Warren_Buffett_about_climate change._He_blew_the_answer.⠀⇛ Isn’t there a point where a corporation and its investors have amassed so much wealth that they should be able to recognize there are other goals besides money that desperately need to be pursued? # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Russia,_a_country_of_perpetual_war⠀⇛ Mobilisation is the only method allowing Russian state to work. As mobilisation is a reaction to a crisis or a challenge, Russia always needs crises. Its state management just can not work without them. The Russian society has not learned how to substitute wars with other challenges that would be serious enough to mobilise the society. Since war is the most obvious crisis, Russia cannot afford years of peaceful life. It needs war. Otherwise, its ineffectiveness spirals the country down to economic and innovative degradation. This is why Putin always needed wars. He started with the war in Chechnya eliminating hundreds of thousands of Russian citizens, then he continued with Georgia, depriving it of 20% of its territory. He contributed to the war in Syria. He authorised the Wagner Group military operations in Africa. He needs wars because he runs Russia, even if he may not realise it. # § War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Kuleba_to_Orbán:_If_he’s_so_smart, maybe_he_can_convince_Putin_to_withdraw_his_troops_from Ukraine⠀⇛ Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba hit back at Viktor Orbán at a press conference in Kyiv on Friday, after the Hungarian PM once again called on Ukraine to stop counter- attacking and negotiate with Russia instead, Pravda’s European edition reports. Kuleba said that Ukraine wants peace to be restored more than anyone, and that as soon as possible, “but a just peace, a peace that first and foremost includes the restoration of territorial integrity”. # ⚓ Insight Hungary ☛ Orban_says_Ukraine_can’t_win_the war⠀⇛ During the Qatar Economic Forum Bloomberg interviewed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The nationalist leader expressed sympathy for Ukraine but argued that sending them further aid will only lead to more deaths. “Emotionally it’s tragic, all of our hearts are with the Ukrainians,” Orban, 59, told Bloomberg. “But I’m talking as a politician who should save lives. There’s no chance to win this war,” he added. # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Moscow’s_WHO_masochism⠀⇛ On May 22, Russia’s Deputy Minister of Health Sergey Glagolev addressed the 76th World Health Assembly, held in Geneva, on behalf of Moscow and Minsk. His speech wasn’t very long, so I’ve decided to break it down line- by-line: “On behalf of the Union State of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus…” # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russians_in_Belgorod_Region_Start Feeling_the_Ukraine_War⠀⇛ With cross-border strikes, residents of the Russian region of Belgorod are starting to understand the horrors of war being waged at their doorstep. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Snap_Inspection_Faults_One-Quarter_Of Ukraine’s_Air-Raid_Shelters⠀⇛ A rapid inspection of Ukraine’s air-raid shelters on June 3 has found that nearly one- quarter of them were either locked or unusable. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ EU’s_Top_Diplomat_Discusses_Ukraine’s Ammunition_Needs_With_South_Korea⠀⇛ The European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said he met South Korea’s defense minister on June 3 to discuss Ukraine’s needs for ammunition. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kyiv_Protests_To_Hungary_Over_Map_Missing Crimea⠀⇛ Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry on June 3 protested to the government of Hungary over an official video that used a map of Ukraine that did not include the Russian-occupied region of Crimea. # ⚓ France24 ☛ More_than_1,100_air_raid_shelters_in Ukraine_found_‘unfit_for_use’_or_locked⠀⇛ Ukraine’s interior ministry said Saturday that an inspection of the country’s air raid shelters found nearly 900 “unfit for use” and more than 250 locked. The announcement came two days after a woman in Kyiv allegedly died while waiting outside a locked shelter door during a Russian missile attack. Read our live blog to see how all the day’s events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2). # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_20_injured_by_Russian_shelling_on residential_building_in_Dnipro⠀⇛ Rescue efforts are ongoing following a Russian air strike on a residential district in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Saturday night that injured 20 people and left three children in a serious condition, officials said. Attempted strikes on Kyiv were repelled by Ukraines air defence system in the early hours of Sunday morning, the capital’s military officials said. Read our live blog to see how the day’s events unfold. All times are Paris time (GMT+2). # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Shebekino_residents_say_authorities_are charging_3,000_rubles_to_evacuate_children_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Residents of the Shebekino district, in Russia’s Belgorod, region have been complaining on local social media channels that local authorities have charged them 3,000 rubles (around $37) per child to evacuate children from cities on the border with Ukraine. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Court_orders_Moscow_Metro_to_reinstate workers_fired_in_2021_for_supporting_Navalny_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Employees of the Moscow metro, who were fired en masse after the publication of a list of potential participants in 2021 a pro-Navalny demonstration, have had their jobs reinstated in court. The head of the union for Moscow Metropolitan workers, Nikolay Gostev, spoke to publication Agentstvo about the proceedings. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ St._Petersburg_State_University_fires history_professor_for_criticizing_Russia’s_invasion_of Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The leadership of St. Petersburg State University (SPBGU) has fired Mikhail Belousov, a professor at the university’s History Institute, for committing an “immoral act” by speaking out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The university posted its decision on its website.  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ The_latest_from_Belgorod:_Two_dead_and another_two_injured_from_shelling_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Shelling in the Belgorod region hit the villages of Novaya Tavolzhanka and Bezliudovka, both in the Shebekinsky district, killing two women, reports regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ SpaceX_Lands_Pentagon_Contract_for Starlink_Terminals_for_Ukraine⠀⇛ At least 20,000 Starlink terminals have been shipped to Ukraine so far. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ San Fancisco ☛ What_impact_did_Julian_Assange_and WikilLeaks_have?_Time_for_the_news_media_to_find_out⠀⇛ Never has the wrath and petulance of the American government been focused so relentlessly on a breach of official secrecy. The pursuit of Julian Assange is in its 14th year, as the U.S. continues trying to extradite him from London to stand trial for helping the world’s most powerful news organizations publish U.S. diplomatic and military intelligence in sweeping defiance of secrecy protocols. Assange, convicted of nothing, has been behind bars in Britain since 2019, when he was evicted from the Ecuadorian embassy where he had sheltered for seven years. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Julian_Assange_ignored_in_“press freedom_roundtable”_as_spies_cosy_up_to_Big_Media⠀⇛ New documents show Julian Assange got little more than a mention at Mark Dreyfus’s media talkfest this year. Amid much talk about reform and transparency, the Government wants to draw our big media outlets into cozy secret relationships with Australia’s spies. Philip Dorling unpacks the Attorney-General’s Media Roundtable. In January, Attorney General Mark Dreyfus announced he was convening a national round table of “key stakeholders” to discuss press freedom. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ [Repeat] RFA ☛ Vietnamese_climate_activist_arrested_for ‘tax_evasion’⠀⇛ Hong is the founder and executive director of CHANGE – a non-profit organization with the mission of inspiring the community and raising environmental awareness with the aim of protecting nature and wild animals, combating climate change, and promoting sustainable development. Based on her activism, climateheroes.org included her in their 2015 “Climate Heroes” list. Four years later, in 2019, she was voted among the Top 5 Ambassadors of Inspiration at the 2019 WeChoice Awards and was named the Green Warrior of the Year at the Elle Style Awards. Hoang Thi Minh Hong is the fifth activist in Vietnam to have been arrested on the charge of tax evasion. # ⚓ [Repeat] Mexico News Daily ☛ What_do_cave_experts_have_to say_about_the_Maya_Train_project?⠀⇛ At the same time, other researchers were mapping the region’s dry caves. As the various groups have compared their findings, they are discovering that the wet and dry caves are much more interconnected than previously suspected. Some experts even suspect that the caves of the southeast are entirely linked. “There’s only one cave in Quintana Roo,” says cave management specialist Peter Sprouse, who has been studying the area for years. “It’s just a case of connecting all the pieces.” # ⚓ France24 ☛ Nations_agree_to_draft_landmark_UN_treaty against_plastic_pollution_by_end_of_2023⠀⇛ Global negotiators have agreed to craft an initial draft treaty to end plastic pollution, a preliminary but crucial step toward tackling one of the most lasting sources of human waste. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ Tallinn_plans_to_extend free_public_transport_to_foreign_diplomats⠀⇛ Tallinn City Government made the proposal to the City Council this week and wants to introduce the change from July 1 as the free parking of diplomatic missions’ vehicles in public parking spaces will be reduced. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ India_Train_Crash:_More_Than_260 Dead_and_900_Injured_in_Odisha⠀⇛ The rail disaster, in the eastern state of Odisha, was among the deadliest in a nation with a history of rail safety problems. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Modi_Arrives_at_Scene_of_Deadly Train_Crash_in_Odisha,_India⠀⇛ The disaster killed at least 288 people, and a preliminary government report described it as a “three-way accident” involving two passenger trains and an idled cargo train. Officials were investigating possible signal failure. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ India’s_worst_rail_disaster_in decades_convulses_country_dependent_on_trains⠀⇛ A signal failure is being investigated as a possible cause of the three way collision which involved two passenger trains and one freight train. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Look_at_Some_of_the_Deadliest_Rail Crashes_in_India’s_Recent_History⠀⇛ Friday’s crash is remarkable even in a country with a long history of train deaths. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Relatives_Identify_Crash_Victims_as Modi_Visits_Derailment_Site⠀⇛ At least 288 people were killed and more than 700 injured in what officials described as a “three-way accident” involving two passenger trains and a freight train in the Indian state of Odisha. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ India_train_crash_survivor recounts:_‘We_thought_we_were_dead’⠀⇛ The rail car he was in was so full that there was only standing space. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ ‘Too_much_pain’:_The_carnage_of India’s_train_crash⠀⇛ It felt “like the sky was falling on us or the earth was cracking open”. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland’s_northernmost_petrol_station_prepares to_close⠀⇛ This means that the next closest station will be 30 kilometres away in Norway. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Australia_to_create_marine_park the_size_of_Spain⠀⇛ The existing Macquarie Island Marine Park will be tripled in size, bringing a total of 475,465 sq km. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ The Hill ☛ Arizona_seeks_to_avert_groundwater disaster⠀⇛ Arizona’s groundwater is stored in underground aquifers that take so long to replenish that the state rules require that planned homes or businesses reliant on them must be able to ensure water supply for the next 100 years. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Signs_Fiscal_Responsibility_Act, Ending_Debt-Limit_Crisis⠀⇛ Now that the bill is law, the nation will not risk running out of money to pay its obligations for two years. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Construction_in_the_Helsinki_Metropolitan Area_sees_significant_decline_this_year⠀⇛ \ The development of construction and real estate sector has been weak in the early part of 2023. The amount of construction in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area grew rapidly during the period of zero interest rates but is expected to decline significantly this year. The largest drop is in residential construction, but there is also a slight decrease in commercial construction. The rise in construction costs slowed down significantly in April, and there has been a significant increase in bidding activity. # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Food_delivery_apps_charging_double_for_some supermarket_groceries⠀⇛ Ordering groceries from Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats often costs more than buying direct from the same supermarket # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Another_nail-biter_interest_rate_call looms⠀⇛ Another close interest rate call is looming for the Reserve Bank amid persistent inflation and stagnant productivity growth. The RBA board is due to meet on Tuesday afternoon for the June cash rate call after lifting interest rates 11 times since May last year in a bid to stamp down rising prices. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Biden_signs_debt_limit_bill,_avoiding US_default⠀⇛ US President Joe Biden has signed a bill that suspends the government’s debt ceiling, averting what would have been a first-ever default. The House of Representatives and the Senate passed the legislation this week after Biden and House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an agreement following tense negotiations. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Elon_Musk’s_Twitter_isn’t_flat_or hierarchical—it’s_unilateral⠀⇛ When Elon Musk took over Twitter in October 2022, an estimated 7,500 worked there. Within six months, Musk—mired in debt from an acquisition now worth far less than the $44 billion he paid for it had whittled the company’s ranks below 2,000 staffers. Musk rid the place of its old guard, and anyone who criticized him, opting instead for staffers happy to serve his vision of a Twitter with fewer ads, fewer rules, and more “free speech.” # ⚓ CBC ☛ Meta_to_start_blocking_news_content_for_up_to_5%_of Canadian_Facebook,_Instagram_users⠀⇛ The move, which the social media giant announced in a blog post on Thursday, comes in reaction to the looming passage into law of Bill C-18, the Online News Act. Facebook has said it will be forced to block news content from its platforms in Canada if the bill becomes law, something that could happen as soon as this month as the bill is currently being considered in the Senate. # ⚓ [Repeat] DagHammarskjöld ☛ The_New_Agenda_for_Peace: Strengthening_application_of_peacebuilding_norms⠀⇛ Dr Armend Bekaj, Programme Manager in the Foundation’s Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace project shares an overview of the most recent online seminar with the International Training on Dialogue and Mediation Alumni Network hosted jointly by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. # ⚓ Variety ☛ Twitter_Head_of_Trust_and_Safety_Resigns⠀⇛ Irwin confirmed to Reuters that she resigned but did not provide a reason for her exit. Earlier, Fortune reported that Irwin’s Slack account at Twitter appeared to have been deactivated. Neither Irwin nor Musk have publicly tweeted about her departure. An email to Twitter’s press account requesting comment returned an autoreply with a poop emoji. Attempts to contact Irwin were unsuccessful. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Texas_Is_Silencing_the_Will_of_Millions_of Voters⠀⇛ It is joining dozens of states that have asserting dominance over cities through a practice known as state pre-emption. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Republican_Presidential_Candidates_Attend Iowa_Roast_and_Ride⠀⇛ Eight presidential hopefuls, with Donald Trump absent, spoke at an annual political rally in Des Moines to highlight their conservative bona fides. # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Tim_Parlatore_Quit_After_Trump_Lawyers Couldn’t_Find_the_Iran_Document⠀⇛ Tim Parlatore’s decision to quit because of Boris Epshteyn’s role as a gatekeeper looks very different given the news that he and other Trump lawyers haven’t been able to find the Iran document Trump claimed to have in 2021. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Texas_Bill_to_Increase_Transparency_in_Public Records_Law_Left_in_Limbo_Despite_Passing_Legislature⠀⇛ Texas lawmakers passed more than 1,300 bills before the end of this year’s contentious legislative session, quickly sending them to the governor for consideration. All of them but one. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Albanese_gears_up_for_Vietnam_talks amid_China_angst⠀⇛ Anthony Albanese has hailed Vietnam’s breakneck speed of economic development ahead of meetings with key leaders that will touch on Beijing’s assertive approach to the South China Sea. The prime minister arrived in Vietnam on Saturday for his first visit as leader amid concern in Hanoi over Chinese ships operating in its exclusive economic zone. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘The_only_thing_worse_than_war_is_losing one’_Even_some_of_Meduza’s_readers_support_the_invasion of_Ukraine._We_asked_them_to_explain_why.⠀⇛ [...] Over just a few days, we received hundreds of detailed responses, read them closely, and decided to publish some of them with minimal edits. We believe these letters are an important record, and we hope they’ll be informative for those working to end the war, trying to change the ruling regime in Russia, and wondering how to deal with people whose minds may never be changed. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Scoop:_YouTube_reverses_misinformation_policy to_allow_U.S._election_denialism⠀⇛ Why it matters: YouTube established the policy in December 2020, after enough states had certified the 2020 election results. Now, the company said in a statement, leaving the policy in place may have the effect of “curtailing political speech without meaningfully reducing the risk of violence or other real-world harm.” # ⚓ NPR ☛ YouTube_will_no_longer_take_down_false_claims about_U.S._elections⠀⇛ YouTube will no longer remove videos falsely claiming the 2020 U.S. presidential election was stolen, reversing a policy put in place in the contentious weeks following the 2020 vote. # ⚓ The Hill ☛ YouTube_reverses_policy,_will_allow election_denial⠀⇛ The reversal comes as several notable online platforms have adjusted their policies to deal with election denial, including the reinstatements of Trump’s accounts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. # ⚓ India Times ☛ YouTube_to_stop_removing_content_making false_claims_on_past_elections⠀⇛ The proliferation of disinformation has raised questions about how social media platforms enforce their policies against misleading content about elections. # ⚓ Variety ☛ YouTube_Will_Stop_Removing_Videos_Pushing Lies_About_the_2020_U.S._Presidential_Election⠀⇛ As of June 2, 2023, YouTube has reversed that decision: The video giant announced that it “will stop removing content that advances false claims that widespread fraud, errors or glitches occurred in the 2020 and other past U.S. Presidential elections.” # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Wikileaks_“sourced”_conspiracy_theories linking_Hillary_Clinton_to_ISIL_are_going_viral_in China⠀⇛ Another popular article cites a fake news story planted by hackers in Jordan, saying that Saudi Arabian royalty funded 20% of Clinton’s campaign. While the articles are easy to disprove outside the Great Firewall, there’s less information inside it. They use screenshots from news sites like the New York Times and MSNBC—both blocked in China—in an attempt to give them more credibility. An article from Insight China (link in Chinese), a blog about overseas studies, uses a screenshot from the New York Times to introduce the FBI twist, but the headline says “Hillary is connected to ISIS.” As a result, Chinese readers are taking their [disinformation] to heart. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Ukrainians_expect_immediate response_from_Hungarian_government_over_map_of_Ukraine without_Crimea_in_propaganda_video⠀⇛ Ukraine has submitted a formal note of protest to Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó over a propaganda video published by the Hungarian government, in which Crimea is shown on a map as separate from Ukraine, according to an official statement. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Seymour_Hersh:_Russiagate’s_Missing Pieces⠀⇛ What was not said in the Durham Report? o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ NDTV ☛ “Not_The_Easiest_To_Write”:_Salman_Rushdie_To_Author Book_On_Knife_Attack⠀⇛ British author Salman Rushdie has said that he is writing a book about the knife attack that took place on him last year in New York, as per a report in The Guardian. In a pre-recorded Zoom appearance at the Hay Literary Festival, he said, “I’m trying to write a book about the attack on me – what happened and what it means, not just about the attack, but around it.” The award-winning author added, “It will be a relatively short book, a couple of hundred pages. It’s not the easiest book in the world to write but it’s something I need to get past in order to do anything else. I can’t really start writing a novel that’s got nothing to do with this … So I just have to deal with it.” # ⚓ [Repeat] RFA ☛ China’s_young_netizens_share_how_they learned_about_1989_Tiananmen_Massacre⠀⇛ Authorities have worked tirelessly to scrub the affair from history books, online discussions and the media. Every June, police descend on the homes of dissidents, placing them under house arrest and banning them from posting on the topic or speaking to the media. And with the student protesters now well into their 50s, and children born since the massacre being raised with virtually no knowledge of the event, the passage of time is helping the Communist Party erase memories. # ⚓ VOA News ☛ US_Sanctions_Iranian_Firm_for_Helping_Government Censor_Internet⠀⇛ The U.S. imposed sanctions on an Iran-based technology firm Friday for its role in facilitating the Iranian government’s censorship of the internet as anti-government protests have swept the country since September. A firm known as Arvan Cloud, its co-founders Pouya Pirhosseinloo and Farhad Fatemi, and a United Arab Emirates-based firm were all sanctioned for helping to facilitate the Iranian government’s attempts to control and censor internet traffic. # ⚓ NBC ☛ Arkansas_librarians_sue_to_block_new_law_that_could jail_them_over_explicit_books⠀⇛ Arkansas is one of four states that recently passed laws that make it easier to prosecute librarians over sexually explicit books, a designation conservatives often use to target books with descriptions of gender identity and sexuality. On Friday, a coalition led by the Central Arkansas Library System, based in Little Rock, filed a federal lawsuit it hopes will set a precedent about the constitutionality of such laws. # ⚓ [Repeat] RFERL ☛ Iranian_Student_Beaten_Amid_Fears_That Growing_Wave_Of_Attacks_Is_Related_To_Protests⠀⇛ Meanwhile, it says there has also been an influx of people, thought to be security agents, “in civilian clothes roaming universities, taking pictures of students, and engaging with them” as officials try to enforce the hijab law. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Hong_Kong_Remembered_June_4_Tiananmen Massacre,_Until_It_Couldn’t⠀⇛ With candlelight vigils to the victims of the 1989 crushed student uprising in Beijing now only a memory, the anniversary is also a reminder of the freedoms Hong Kong has lost. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Libel_Case_Against_Entertainers_T.I._&_Tiny_(of VH1′s_T.I._&_Tiny:_The_Family_Hustle)_Can_Go_Forward⠀⇛ From Peterson v. Harris, decided Friday by the California Court of Appeal, in an opinion by L.A. Superior Court Judge Audra Mori, joined by Justice Audrey Collins and L.A. Superior Court Judge Helen Zukin: In January 2021, plaintiff Sabrina Peterson posted a video and messages to her Instagram account accusing defendants… o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Two_Black_Native_Americans_Were_Arrested. The_Law_Sees_Only_One_as_Indian.⠀⇛ A Supreme Court ruling barred Oklahoma from prosecuting crimes committed by Native Americans on tribal land, but some Black tribal members are still being prosecuted because they lack “Indian blood.” # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ How_One_Chicago_Cop_Got_Out_of_44_Traffic Tickets⠀⇛ Each time he stood before a Chicago traffic court judge and told his story, the judge asked his name. “Jeffrey Kriv,” he’d say. That was true. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ More_Than_530_Anti-LGBTQ_Bills_Have_Been Proposed_Across_the_Country_in_2023⠀⇛ The U.S. soon could witness “the most substantial Pride celebrations in recent memory,” one bill tracker said. # ⚓ [Repeat] Quartz ☛ Almost_5,000_scientists_are_unionizing_at the_NIH⠀⇛ The National Institute of Health, the main US government agency working on health research, is the largest biomedical founder. It employs nearly 20,000 people across 27 institutes and centers, financing research in the full range of medical issues. It might also soon be home to a very large unionized workforce. Nature reports that nearly 5,000 fellows—early-career scientists including graduate students and post-doctorate researchers—have filed a petition to unionize in order to improve their work conditions, compensation, and benefits. # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Meta_Is_Trying,_and_Failing,_to_Crush Unions_in_Kenya⠀⇛ Kenyan content moderators at Meta have been fighting for better compensation for workers forced to watch videos of murder, rape, and ethnic cleansing. Meta was initially unwilling to give in to these demands, but Kenyan courts are intervening on the side of workers. # ⚓ [Repeat] New York Times ☛ She_Lost_Her_Career,_Family_and Freedom._She’s_Still_Fighting_to_Change_Iran.⠀⇛ Last month, the prison authorities revoked Ms. Mohammadi’s telephone and visitation rights because of statements she had issued from prison condemning Iran’s human rights violations, which were posted on her Instagram page, her family said. # ⚓ NPR ☛ Heart_transplant_recipient_dies_after_being_denied meds_in_jail;_ACLU_wants_an_inquiry⠀⇛ “Dexter Barry’s disturbing, preventable death from medical neglect highlights a major flaw in how America treats its carceral system,” ACLU Florida told NPR in a statement. “We urge state officials to investigate Mr. Barry’s killing and pursue justice for his loved ones.” # ⚓ Florida ☛ ‘My_heart_will_be_rejected’:_Jacksonville_man dies_after_missing_doses_in_jail⠀⇛ Barry told Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer Jacob McKeon at least seven times that he needed to take his anti-rejection medications every day to survive, according to body camera footage that was reviewed by The Tributary. The next morning, according to the court transcript, Barry told Judge Gilbert Feltel the same. # ⚓ Digital First Media ☛ Man_cleared_in_hunters’_killings after_21_years_in_prison_seeks_$1M_from_state_of_Michigan⠀⇛ He was released from prison — and a life sentence — earlier this year when authorities acknowledged that Titus’ trial lawyer in 2002 was never given a police file with details about another suspect. Thomas Dillon was an Ohio serial killer whose five victims between 1989 and 1992 were hunting, fishing or jogging. There is no dispute that the failure to produce the file violated Titus’ constitutional rights. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Open_source_software_under_threat_from_patent_trolls …⠀⇛ Companies from the open source community are warning that urgent action is needed to stop patent trolls. Unified Patents, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Linux Foundation are coming together to highlight that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is considering changes to rules that will embolden patent trolls further… # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Urban_Dictionary_Definition_Inadmissible_in Trademark_Case⠀⇛ In Stay You, LLC v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, LP (S.D.N.Y.), plaintiff is claiming that defendant’s use of the phrase “Stay True Stay You” infringes plaintiff’s trademark “Stay You,” and the defendant is arguing (among other things) that “the Urban Dictionary definition of ‘Stay You” is strong evidence that the phrase is in common usage… # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Bulgarian_ISPs_Will_Block_Pirate_Bay &_Zamunda,_But_Not_Before_a_Fight⠀⇛ Early 2020 the Bulgarian Association of Music Producers (BAMP) and IFPI launched legal action to compel local ISPs to block The Pirate Bay and Zamunda, Bulgaria’s most- visited pirate site. This week a Bulgarian court ordered local ISPs to block both sites, including all mirrors and proxies. The music groups say they’re pleased with the outcome but the details suggest that local ISPs were against the process right from the beginning. # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Join_CC_at_RightsCon:_AI_for_a Better_Internet_and_Open_Journalism⠀⇛ These sessions on artificial intelligence (AI) and open journalism will extend our work to support the public interest commons and a better internet for everyone, by following our strategy to support better sharing, sharing that is contextual, inclusive, just, equitable, reciprocal, and sustainable. Both topics will also be part of the program at CC’s Global Summit during 3–6 Oct 2023 in Mexico City, now open for registration and session proposals! ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 6131 ➮ Generation completed at 02:41, i.e. 42 seconds to (re)generate ⟲