𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Sunday, November 05, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Mon 6 Nov 02:49:31 GMT 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/2023/11/05/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmbHjgPAAcGNUG9Sej4vSKhK8DfUYokfFkXLdKwr1JtGJG QmdLsuRLzrwb58dZaSmJah6oCmNNZ6cW4ick4chqJmHjmY QmTNR3uqcbMYjPAbbHjBqyNJb3ib8kytQvdFnATzkBFVvo QmfCHrqMLfMsHXYnQeAvVuNYt91Zw2AmMJ5mx4RqsrWy3b QmR2rr1yXDANjQBEz2oGtd2UMgy9U37FHdjpUhPfAk7h5z QmWE6ucdKk9Q1pi6ce3ko9xPWd9Y4BjpLij3W7tJ5TMjG3 QmaoEDiALTYYZdaq3SQ86aQpMwUji1nqCeLbXAoszFRYvJ QmSTkZUY74BcgbgqS6JKwwNbVnbzY5uqwpgWtYonGJua8s QmXZcp3rXLYa24pYd7jUu6sPDrhziRCNCok875WLJTLysP QmUE7nd24kx2soZFbSYKDsb1ik1wpirFTRTBhDTj6w9sjh QmdKeWBhfnjgQLYU48wto7DdStpXsB5mE1yEEnWcxQ53vu QmfSnnTnjcAe3YvtRsVgAwUJfpcEk1dM5J5yjJLyv7MxqM QmQ16CkpxBbMzPZ6wZcuKBUcxH1RZ8uAEhcvdBsPRpVZe9 QmT3gTQRv33wEDtJveL8DiqiacGeRaxEbRFDUyVSJEAvDL QmTs9qcwghZPs5oBh9qzsu8a11T4s6xHrJjVNyk5miFy3X Qmdqd6mb8mj27qVvQZRR7sjshrXYYirWm9vRttLkNB5rW6 QmSjY85vxbu9nNFHUMmuK7CxRame2VYuhb523CJaK5zRkj QmZwah9nZHVvSzbJWEAMxumYDpanFPqTahnqoNP83tuZbx QmQWSrGfeYwgf6HE9N3742DJrJwq8uNSCUAz469CnuUFGe QmcgTTyseF5zFd4MLquM4PtJZzkFcBEqaUbqDe4eaUx6Na QmZMEFKvpgvjxAcV9Pwu7yF74LYZwS7ktdLFdYb988Ncfu ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Techrights - IRC Proceedings: Saturday, November 04, 2023 ⦿ Techrights - Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, SparkFun, and More ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/05/irc-log-041123.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/05/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_SparkFun_and_More.shtml ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/05/Links_05_11_2023_Sanctions_and_Thawing_Ties.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/05/Links_05_11_2023_Science_Politics_Censorship_and_More.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/05/Links_05_11_2023_Twitter_X_Crisis_Climate_News.shtml ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 52 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/05/irc-log-041123.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/05/irc-log-041123.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ IRC Proceedings: Saturday, November 04, 2023⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 05, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GN 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNOME_Gedit⦈_ #techrights_log #boycottnovell_log 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GN 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNOME_Gedit⦈_ #boycottnovell-social_log #techbytes_log Enter_the_IRC_channels_now ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 84 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/05/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_SparkFun_and_More.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/05/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_SparkFun_and_More.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, SparkFun, and More⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 05, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Raspberry_Pi⦈_ * ⚓ Install_GLPI_on_Raspberry_PI:_ICT_Management_Tools_with_Tickets, Assets,_and_more⠀⇛ This tutorial will show you how to install and setup GLPI on Raspberry PI... * ⚓ 2023_Halloween_Hackfest:_Meet_Creepsy,_The_Robotic_People-Seeking Ghost⠀⇛ The 2023 Halloween Contest might be over, but we saw some great entries and clever modifications bringing projects into the Halloween spirit. One of them is Creepsy by [Hazal Mestci], a Raspberry Pi-based robotic ghost able to autonomously pick people out of a crowd and glide towards them, emitting eerie sounds as it does so. * ⚓ How_To_Use_Dual_Cameras_on_the_Raspberry_Pi_5⠀⇛ The Raspberry Pi 5’s dual camera connectors provide a quick and easy means to take multiple images using many different cameras. In this how to we show you how easy it can be! * ⚓ Makeblock_mBot_Neo_robot_review_with_Smart_World_Add-on_Pack⠀⇛ MakeBlock mBot Neo, also known as mBot2, is an educational robot that builds upon the previous generation mBot1 robot, and the company has sent us a review sample, following our earlier review of the Ultimate 2.0 10-in-1 educational robot kit, along with the Smart World Add-on Pack. The mBot Neo features a new ESP32-based CyberPi control board with WiFi connectivity for IoT and Hey Hi (AI) support. * ⚓ This_robot_turns_old_bottles_into_a_musical_instrument⠀⇛ Percussion instruments are likely the first kind that humanity invented, because they’re quite simple: hit a thing and a noise happens. * ⚓ 2023-10-30_[Older]_Winner,_Name_that_Ware_September_2023⠀⇛ * ⚓ 2023-11-03_[Older]_A_Bridge_Between_Qwiic_and_ESLOV⠀⇛ * ⚓ 2023-10-31_[Older]_Join_Hackster's_2023_Impact_Summit!⠀⇛ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠋⠉⠉⠀⣀⣀⣀⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⢈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⣿⣿⡏⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠁⠀⠀⣠⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣾⣿⣷⡄⠀⢸⣿⠇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠛⢿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⣼⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣶⡶⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣼⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠈⠻⣿⣿⡿⠃⢀⣴⣿⣿⡇⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⡀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠐⠛⠻⣿⣿⡇⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⢹⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢛⣩⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡛⢛⣟⣛⣛⣟⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣐⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣟⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣭⣩⣿⣟⣅⣨⣉⣭⣭⣭⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⣤⣤⣾⡽⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠓⠒⢤⣤⣤⢭⣬⣭⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⡿⣿⡟⠙⣿⠿⠿⡿⠿⠿⣿⠿⠿⣿⠿⠿⡿⠿⢿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⡏⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠋⠉⠉⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣷⣶⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣽⣼⣯⣿⣼⣯⣿⣿⡇⠤⢤⣤⣶⢤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⠤⡤⣤⢤⡤⣤⢤⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡿⠿⠿⡿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠟⢻⠿⠿⢿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣾⣷⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡇⠤⠀⠷⠶⠶⠧⠀⠠⢼⢤⣤⢼⠤⠤⠤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠉⡉⡉⠉⢉⢉⣹⣉⣉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⢸⣌⣱⣾⡀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣈⣀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠛⣛⣿⠛⢛⣿⠟⢟⣿⡿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡿⠿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⠛⢉⣿⣯⣭⣭⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣶⣷⣿⣶⣷⣿⣶⣾⣾⣿⣿⣾⣷⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠾⣿⣳⠛⠓⠛⠓⠛⠒⠚⢺⣉⣠⣁⣀⣀⣀⣨⣀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣿⣻⣉⣉⣙⡉⠉⡁⠀⢸⣿⣟⣟⣿⣿⣿⣛⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 184 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 05/11/2023: Sanctions and Thawing Ties⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 05, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Privacy/Surveillance # Confidentiality o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Programming * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ You_Keep_Using_That_Word [Ed: Meaningless buzzwords that are designed to confuse people, says Microsoft shill (disguised as "analyst")]⠀⇛ The industry’s definition of edge seems simple enough. There are many versions, but the majority read similarly to this one from Accenture: Edge computing is an emerging computing paradigm which refers to a range of networks and devices at or near the user. o ⚓ Valhalla's_Things:_Piecepack_and_postcard_boxes⠀⇛ Thanks to All Saints’ Day, I’ve just had a 5 days weekend. One of those days I woke up and decided I absolutely needed a cartonnage box for the cardboard and linocut piecepack I’ve been working on for quite some time. I started drawing a plan with measures before breakfast, then decided to change some important details, restarted from scratch, did a quick dig through the bookbinding materials and settled on 2 mm cardboard for the structure, black fabric-like paper for the outside and a scrap of paper with a manuscript print for the inside. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Nepal_scrambles_to_rescue_survivors_of_quake_that killed_more_than_100⠀⇛ At least 143 people were killed in an overnight earthquake that struck a remote pocket of Nepal, officials said Saturday, as security forces rushed to assist with rescue efforts. o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Yekaterinburg_authorities_call_for_police_help_in_city’s fight_against_phallic_snow_sculptures_—_Meduza⠀⇛ o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Going_for_gold_Miles_from_Kyrgyzstan’s_largest_mine,_a retired_gym_teacher_has_mastered_the_art_of_small-time_prospecting —_Meduza⠀⇛ o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ ‘Education_is_inseparable_from_caring’⠀⇛ In China, the growth seen in urban centers isn't always reflected in its rural communities. But in one town, progress is persistent and nurtured by its tireless schoolteachers. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Transsion_(Itel,_Tecno_and_Infinix)_on_course_to be_4th_biggest_smartphone_vendor_this_year⠀⇛ It is still wild to consider that the big three, Itel, Tecno and Infinix, overtook Huawei a while ago. I know you remember the kind of hot streak Huwaei was on before it was hit by sanctions (export controls). # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ China's_Hey_Hi_(AI)_Analog_Chip_Claimed_To Be_3000X_Faster_Than_Nvidia's_A100_GPU⠀⇛ A new research paper in Nature published by Tsinghua University describes a new analog computing chip that beats Nvidia's A100 at 3,000 times its performance and 4,000 million times higher energy efficiency at computer vision tasks. Considering the potential markets for devices such as these and the potential for further miniaturization within some aspects of ACCEL's architecture, scaling might want to find a place for its fabrication. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Just_How_Dodgy_Are_Cheap_USB_Chargers_Anyway?⠀⇛ Aside from apparently having both the ability to reproduce on their own and simultaneously never being around when you need one, USB chargers seem innocuous enough. The specs are simple: convert mains voltage to 5 volts, and don’t kill anyone while doing it. Both specs are typically met by most designs, but judging by [DiodeGoneWild]’s latest USB charger teardown, the latter only just barely, and with a whole lot of luck. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Mini_DDR_Cabinet_Gets_Maximum_Upgrade⠀⇛ Those shrunken-down arcade cabinets are a nifty idea, but they sure do suck in practice. At least, the Dance Dance Revolution game is full of empty promises. With the $25 cabinet, all you get are three songs that come out of a crappy little speaker, and a not-great display to match. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Sanctions_Change_Means_Hobbled_'China- Only'_Nvidia_A800_GPUs_Now_Diverted_to_Western_Markets⠀⇛ Due to sterner sanctions on tech exports to China, the specially cut-down Nvidia A800 GPU is now being promoted in regions like North and Latin America, Europe, India, etc. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ “Adulteration”:_The_latest_iteration_of_the_antivax_“toxins gambit”_applied_to_COVID-19_vaccines⠀⇛ Over the last two or three weeks, I have sensed a disturbance in the Dark Side of the Force on social media, specifically that branch of the Dark Side that consists mainly of the antivaccine movement, specifically that part of the antivaccine movement most focused on demonizing COVID-19 vaccines. Perhaps you, too, have sensed it. There is a new word being applied to COVID-19 vaccines, the better to portray them as horrifically compromised, and that word is “adulteration.” It’s a new spin on a very old antivax trope, namely the “toxins gambit,” in which antivaxxers going back to time immemorial have tried to portray vaccines as disgusting witches’ brews of nastiness full of horrible “toxins“, a variant being the claim that vaccines have “fetal cells” or “fetal DNA” in them and are thus horrifically contaminated. Heck, that last one has even been used by antivaxxers about COVID-19 vaccines! (Also, don’t forget that the lipid nanoparticles in COVID-19 vaccines, if you believe antivaxxers, are also horrifically toxic—and sterilize our womenfolk, too.) # ⚓ YLE ☛ Musti_ja_Mirri_recalls_dog_food⠀⇛ The recall affects batches of the SMAAK Adult GF fish dog food. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Largest_ethnic_grocery_store_opens_in_Helsinki, rivalling_big_chains_in_size⠀⇛ With two chains controlling over 80 percent of the Finnish grocery sector, the independent Alanya Market hopes to attract customers by offering products not available at the big chains. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China’s_smog_problem:_Just_how_bad is_it,_and_what_is_behind_it?⠀⇛ A thick haze has this week smothered Beijing and surrounding areas, with tens of millions of people in northern China under severe pollution warnings. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Bedbug_reports_cause_jitters_across South_Korea⠀⇛ Seoul city plans to conduct special inspections of 3,175 sites. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Shocking_Number_of_Americans_Face_Death From_Future_Heat⠀⇛ Fatalities expected to rise. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Slashing_One_Ingredient_Would_Save Countless_Lives,_Scientists_Say⠀⇛ People wouldn't even notice. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Severe_Diarrhea_Cases_Surging_Across_UK, And_Scientists_Don't_Know_Why⠀⇛ "This may just be the tip of the iceberg." # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Teen_With_Stomach_Cramping_Shocked_to_Find 21_Magnets_in_His_Gut⠀⇛ Keep out of reach of children. # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-11-03_[Older]_PFAS:_how_research_is uncovering_damaging_effects_of_'forever_chemicals'⠀⇛ o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Most_AI_Content_Is_Trash,_Just_Like_Everything Else⠀⇛ [Max Woolf] has been working in the AI space since 2015, and among other work has created numerous useful open-source tools. He also recently wrote a thoughtful blog post that attempts to put into words his feelings on the state of things in the wake of experiencing a bit of an AI backlash- related burnout. Essentially, people effortlessly creating vast amounts of bad AI content has caused a bigger problem than we may realize. o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Online_Safety_Bill_Is_Official._Now_We_See What_Enforcement_Looks_Like⠀⇛ After being discussed for years and years, the Online Safety Act in the UK is now law, after receiving “royal assent” last week. Hilariously, the UK’s announcement declared that children and adults will now be safer online, as if that’s absolutely true. It’s not, though. The law includes many provisions that will make both children and adults less safe, including age verification (a privacy nightmare), potential limits on encryption, and tools that can lead to the suppression of important speech. What the law actually does is let the political class claim they made the internet safer, without actually doing so. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Hundreds_of_Ancient_Roman_Forts_Found in_Old_CIA_Spy_Surveillance⠀⇛ This goes further than we ever realized. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Chinese_Tech_Tied_To_Uighur_Oppression Being_Tapped_By_Taliban_To_Oppress_Uighur_Minority⠀⇛ The Chinese government has spent years placing its hands around the collective neck of its Uighur minority. For some reason, the massive government fears a small minority of Muslims and has subjected it to constant surveillance and outright oppression. # § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Boston_Interfaith_Rally_Urges Senators_Warren_&_Markey_to_Support_Gaza_Ceasefire⠀⇛ At least 23 people were arrested in Boston on Thursday as faith leaders and clergy led a peace rally to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. The interfaith protest targeted Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey to pressure them to stand up for Palestinian lives. We share footage and voices from the rally. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-10-26_[Older]_Israel-Hamas_war: EU_leaders_call_for_pause_in_Gaza_fighting⠀⇛ # ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_“Silence_is complicity”:_Green_Party_urges_UK_government_and opposition_to_call_for_ceasefire_in_Israel-Gaza conflict⠀⇛ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Another_Nakba?_Israeli_Intel_Ministry Proposes_Expelling_Every_Palestinian_in_Gaza_to_Egypt⠀⇛ A leaked document from Israel’s Intelligence Ministry dated less than one week after the October 7 Hamas attack proposes the permanent transfer of Gaza’s residents to Egypt. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed the document’s authenticity but dismissed it as a mere “concept paper,” while Egypt and much of the Arab world has publicly opposed the forced displacement of millions of Palestinians. But the exposed plans have confirmed many Palestinians’ fears that Israel’s ultimate goal during its current offensive is their ethnic cleansing from Gaza, a reenactment of the 1948 Nakba that saw about 700,000 Palestinians pushed out of their homes and turned into refugees during the creation of Israel. For more, we hear from Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham, a writer for +972 Magazine and Local Call, who says that while the Intelligence Ministry is not particularly powerful, “this is an official state document essentially recommending the government to carry out an ethnic cleansing of Gaza.” Meanwhile, radical settlers in the West Bank are increasingly using the war on Gaza as cover to push Palestinians out of their homes and villages, often under threat of lethal violence. “Death is now everywhere, and things are deteriorating really, really quickly,” says Abraham. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Nine_Attackers_Killed_In_Raid_On_Pakistani_Air Base⠀⇛ Pakistani security forces say nine militants have been killed in a clearance operation after an attack on the Pakistan Air Force's (PAF) Mianwali Training Air Base was thwarted. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ In_the_Middle_East,_Despair_Is_Not_an_Option⠀⇛ A source of inspiration is that era of history, not so distant, when leaders and movements, for all their flaws and failures, agreed to agree. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US_airs_concerns_to_China_about 'dangerous_and_unlawful'_South_China_Sea_actions⠀⇛ The US and China held 'candid' talks on maritime issues, including on the contested South China Sea. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Japan_and_Philippines,_Wary_of_China,_Look to_Expand_Military_Ties⠀⇛ An agreement, driven by the shared view that Beijing increasingly poses a threat to the region, would give Tokyo access to bases and make it easier to conduct joint drills. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Letter_from_Beijing:_Behind_China’s_warm welcome_of_two_US_vets⠀⇛ In Beijing, the honoring of two American veterans who fought for China during WWII – and their stories of courage and compassion – underscores the importance of people-to-people ties, especially as the United States and China aim to stabilize relations. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ ProPublica’s_First_Animated_Documentary Traces_Reporting_on_Afghanistan’s_Zero_Units⠀⇛ “The Night Doctrine,” ProPublica’s first animated documentary, traces the story of Lynzy Billing, a young British journalist of Afghan-Pakistani origins, who returns to Afghanistan to find out who killed her family 30 years earlier, only to stumble upon a secretive U.S.-backed program killing hundreds of civilians. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ U.S._v._Rahimi:_Guns_Rights_and_Domestic Violence_Converge_in_Latest_Supreme_Court_Case⠀⇛ The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments next week in a pivotal firearms case that could have profound implications for how police and courts deal with domestic violence. The question: Should people who are placed under domestic violence protection orders also lose access to their guns? # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Louisiana_Judges_Systematically_Ignored Prisoners’_Petitions_Without_Review⠀⇛ Two years into his 25-year sentence for attempted aggravated rape, Nathan Brown could tell the man sitting across from him — a jailhouse lawyer improbably named Lawyer Winfield — was not going to help him get out of prison. It was astounding to Brown that he was pinning his hopes on a fellow inmate who had an eighth grade education and whose formal legal training amounted to a prison paralegal course. “But he knew more than I did,” Brown said. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Guantanamo:_A_Constitutional_Debacle⠀⇛ When President George W. Bush formulated the concept of an American Devil’s Island in Cuba, he did so heedless of the damage to the Constitution his experiment in torture and confinement without end would bring about. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Stripped_naked,_tortured:_Deported_Gazans_accuse Israeli_troops_of_abuses⠀⇛ Palestinian workers from Gaza who were detained in Israel and the occupied West Bank after the October 7 Hamas attack and deported back to the besieged enclave on Friday say they were tortured and humiliated by Israeli soldiers in custody. FRANCE 24’s Observers records harrowing testimonies a day after their release. The Israeli military said the soldiers' conduct was “grave” and is investigating the incidents. WARNING: This report includes images some viewers may find disturbing. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Philippines,_Japan_boost_military_ties_amid_tensions in_South_China_Sea⠀⇛ Countries agreed to start negotiations on a defense pact during a visit by Japanese prime minister # ⚓ RFA ☛ 5,000_Myanmar_nationals_flee_into_China,_face shortages⠀⇛ Displaced by fighting in Shan state, they are in dire need of food and water. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_China-Australia_Relations_Are_Warming. Sort_of.⠀⇛ Both sides have been cautious in the run-up to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s trip to Beijing, avoiding terms like “reset” in favor of “stabilization.” # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Australia_PM_Albanese_says_China_visit 'very_positive'_for_bilateral_relations⠀⇛ Mr Albanese is the first Australian leader to visit China since 2016. # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Antisemitic_mob_at_Russian_airport caught_Kremlin_by_surprise_—_and_it_might_not_be_the_last⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Israeli_Envoy to_Russia_Says_Tel_Aviv_Passengers_Hid_From_Weekend_Airport Riot_in_Terminal⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_Dagestan_airport_riot: How_widespread_is_antisemitism_in_Russia?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_Russia_blames_Ukraine for_anti-Israel_riot_in_Dagestan⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_Israel-Hamas_conflict_LIVE updates:_Anti-Israel_demonstrators_at_Russian_airport;_aid arrives_in_Gaza;_death_tolls_continues_to_climb⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_Russia:_Mob_storms Dagestan_airport_in_search_for_Israelis⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_Anti-Israeli Protesters_Storm_Russia's_Dagestan_Airport⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_Israel Summons_Russian_Ambassador_to_Protest_at_Moscow's_Hosting_of Hamas⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_Israel_Urges Russia_to_Protect_Israelis,_Jews_Amid_Dagestan_Unrest⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Russian Recruiter_Headhunter_Offers_Shareholders_Buyback_After_Nasdaq Delisting⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_What_is_Russia's_stance on_the_Israel-Hamas_war?⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Russia Investigates_Journalist_at_Online_News_Outlet_for_'Justifying Terrorism'⠀⇛ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_Mercenary_leader’s_death_sparks hope_for_new_leads_in_3_Russian_journalist_murders⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_New_York, Canadian_Defendants_Charged_in_US_With_Exporting_Technology to_Russia⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-03_[Older]_Nine_Killed in_Ukraine_Attack_in_Russian-Controlled_Part_of_Kherson, Local_Governor_Says⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-02_[Older]_Russia's_war_fuels_need for_Ukraine_to_join_EU_—_Baerbock⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-02_[Older]_Why_aren't_more Russians_opposing_the_Ukraine_war?⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-02_[Older]_Russian Drones_Hit_Civilian_Targets_in_Ukraine's_Kharkiv,_No_Word_on Casualties⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Ukraine_says_more_than_260 civilians_killed_by_landmines,_explosives_since_Russian invasion⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Israel-Hamas_war:_Is Russia_benefiting_from_the_conflict?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Ukraine_updates:_Russia hits_scores_of_villages_and_cities⠀⇛ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Russian Solders_Arrested_For_Allegedly_Killing_A_Family_Of_Nine⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Ukraine_Says Russian_Warplanes_Drop_Explosives_on_Black_Sea_Shipping Lanes⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-11-03_[Older]_Only_a_new_technology_will end_our_stalemate_with_Russia,_says_top_Ukrainian_commander⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-04_[Older]_Russian Forces_Want_to_Capture_Big_Coking_Plant_in_Key_Town,_Mayor Says⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-03_[Older]_Ukraine_updates:_Russia launches_'massive'_drone_attack⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_Wagner,_without_Prigozhin, returns_to_battlefield_in_Ukraine_as_Russia_pushes_to_seize Avdiivka⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_Russia's Shoigu_Accuses_West_of_Seeking_to_Expand_Ukraine_War_to_Asia- Pacific⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_Russia's Shoigu_Warns_West_of_'Direct_Military_Clash_Between_Nuclear Powers'⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-10-28_[Older]_Russia's_erotic_webcam streaming_sites_hit_by_Ukraine_war⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_On_a_US_Tour, Ukrainian_Faith_Leaders_Plead_for_Continued_Support_Against the_Russian_Invasion⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_Russia_Will Succeed_in_Ukraine_Unless_US_Support_Continues-Pentagon Chief⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_Ukraine_updates:_Russia taking_'active_actions'_near_Bakhmut⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_Russia Arrests_Man_in_Crimea_for_Passing_Secrets_to_Ukraine⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_Russia_Beefs up_Forces_Near_Bakhmut,_Switches_From_Defensive_Posture_- Ukraine_Commander⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_Two_Civilians Dead_as_Russia_Pounds_Frontline_Kherson_Region_-_Ukraine⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_Ukraine_updates:_Russia says_36_drones_downed_over_Black_Sea⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_Ukraine:_War_with Russia_enters_new_phase_before_the_winter⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_Anchorage's Oldest_Building,_a_Russian_Orthodox_Church,_Gets_New_Life_in Restoration_Project⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_Belarus' Lukashenko_Says_Ukraine-Russia_War_at_Stalemate,_Urges Talks⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_Fire_at Refinery_Near_Major_Port_Novorossiisk_Put_Out,_Russian Authorities_Say⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_Hundreds Storm_Airport_in_Russia_in_Antisemitic_Riot_Over_Arrival_of Plane_From_Israel⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_Moscow_Will Confiscate_EU_Assets_if_Brussels_'Steals'_Frozen_Russian Funds_-_Putin_Ally⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_Russia's Medvedev:_Energy_Cooperation_With_EU_Is_Pointless⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-28_[Older]_Hamas_Is Seeking_Eight_Gaza_Hostages_at_Russia's_Request_-_RIA⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-28_[Older]_Russia_Says Israel's_Gaza_Bombardment_Is_Against_International_Law⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-28_[Older]_Ukraine_Holds Peace_Formula_Talks_in_Malta,_Russia_Absent⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-28_[Older]_Ukrainian Drone_Struck_Russian_Nuclear_Waste_Facility_Risking_Disaster, Moscow_Says⠀⇛ # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Statement_by_President_von_der_Leyen at_the_joint_press_conference_with_Ukrainian_President Zelenskyy⠀⇛ Thank you very much, President Zelenskyy, dear Volodymyr, for hosting me again. It is good to be back in Kyiv. We had a very good meeting. # ⚓ European Commission ☛ EU_delivers_more_than_370_buses_as part_of_the_“School_buses_for_Ukraine”_solidarity_campaign⠀⇛ # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Speech_by_President_von_der_Leyen_at the_handover_event_on_the_delivery_of_buses⠀⇛ # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Volodymyr_Zelensky_Is_in_a_Sea_of_Troubles⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is facing two troubles on the foreign front that have received a lot of media attention. The first is that his country is actually receiving much less media attention. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Gaza_conflict_'taking_away_focus'_from_Ukraine, Zelensky_says⠀⇛ President Volodymyr Zelensky denied on Saturday that Ukraine's war with Russia had reached a "stalemate", pushing back at suggestions Western leaders were lobbying for peace talks. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Files_Criminal_Charges_Against_Head_Of Russian_Orthodox_Church⠀⇛ The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) announced on November 4 that it had filed criminal charges against Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, in absentia for "justifying" Russia's invasion. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S.,_EU_Reported_To_Have_Discussed_With_Ukraine Possible_Peace_Talks_With_Russia⠀⇛ U.S. and European officials have begun talks with Ukraine about what possible peace negotiations with Russia might entail to end the conflict, according to one current and one former high-ranking U.S. official, the U.S. network NBC reports. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Zelensky_Rebuke_of_General_Signals_Rift_in Ukrainian_Leadership⠀⇛ The presidential office said Gen. Valery Zaluzhny’s declaration that the war is at a stalemate was helpful to the Russians. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Denies_War_Is_At_Stalemate,_Says_Western Allies_Not_Pressing_For_Peace_Talks⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has denied that Ukraine's war with Russia has reached a stalemate, pushing back on comments earlier this week by the commander in chief of the Ukrainian forces. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ponomarev’s_monster:_How_a_Telegram_channel created_to_tell_the_truth_about_the_war_in_Ukraine_ended_up fomenting_anti-Semitic_riots_in_Dagestan_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Police_beat_man_from_Russia’s_North_Ossetia_and jail_his_pregnant_wife_after_harassing_them_for_‘flocking’_to Moscow_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_activist_reportedly_kidnapped_in_Bishkek, flown_to_Moscow,_and_tortured_in_jail_after_Kyrgyzstan_denies extradition_request_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ NYPost ☛ US_working_on_nuclear_bomb_that_could_kill_300,000 in_Moscow:_report⠀⇛ Biden administration developing powerful nuclear weapon o § Environment⠀➾ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Vaclav_Smil_Tells_Shell_Canada_President Carbon_Capture_Is_‘the_Stupidest_Solution’⠀⇛ A well-known Canadian professor who doesn’t believe in global cooperation to prevent climate change described carbon capture and storage (CCS) as “stupid” in a recent discussion hosted by Resource Works, a Canadian natural resource development lobby group. Vaclav Smil, professor emeritus in the Faculty of the Environment at the University of Manitoba, laughed when the discussion moved to carbon capture, saying, “This always comes up. This always comes up — nuclear fusion and carbon capture,” which he then described as “sheer desperation.” # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Climate_Science_Denial_Rife_at_Launch_of Jordan_Peterson’s_ARC_Project⠀⇛ Canadian climate science denier Jordan Peterson’s new right-wing project launched this week with claims that carbon emissions have “declined” and that the climate crisis is a “secular religion”.  The three-day Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference in London featured speeches from UK Cabinet ministers Michael Gove and Kemi Badenoch, and culminated with a high-profile event at the 20,000-seat O2 arena headlined by Peterson. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ How_to_Save_the_Bees⠀⇛ You could plant bee-friendly flowers, eliminate productivity quotas, or hire a teeny-tiny therapist. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Clarence_Thomas’s_R.V._Loan_and_Supreme_Court Scrutiny⠀⇛ The Court’s system of self-policing is in question as revelations about Thomas’s gifts lead the Senate to escalate its investigation into Supreme Court ethics. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Lauren_Boebert,_Facing_Primary,_Is_Haunted by_‘Beetlejuice’_Episode⠀⇛ The “Beetlejuice” incident continues to haunt the once-unrepentant congresswoman from Colorado. The state’s old guard is lining up behind a primary challenger. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ HBO_CEO_Used_Fake_Twitter_Accounts_To_Troll Critics,_Didn’t_Realize_There_Are_Professionals_Who_Can_Do That_For_You⠀⇛ We’ve well established that the AT&T–>Time Warner–> Warner Brothers Discovery mergers were some of the dumbest, most pointless “business” exercises ever conceived, resulting in more than 50,000 layoffs, the death of popular properties like Mad Magazine, and an overall erosion of brands like HBO and CNN. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Get_to_Know_the_Influential_Conservative Intellectuals_Who_Help_Explain_G.O.P._Extremism⠀⇛ A coalition of catastrophists is trying to make the next generation of Republicans believe that the country is on the verge of collapse. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Australian_Prime_Minister_Anthony Albanese_expected_in_China_as_relations_thaw⠀⇛ Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was due to arrive in China on Saturday for a landmark state visit, a sign that icy relations between the two countries are finally thawing. Beijing is Canberra’s biggest trading partner, but ties plummeted in 2020 after Australia’s then- conservative government barred Chinese tech giant Huawei from 5G contracts... # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-11-02_[Older]_TikTok_says_it's removed_millions_of_fake_accounts_since_start_of Israel-Hamas_war⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-11-02_[Older]_No,_TikTok_(Probably) Isn't_Anti-Israel⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_TikTok, Snapchat_and_Others_Sign_Pledge_to_Tackle_AI-Generated Child_Sex_Abuse_Images⠀⇛ o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Putting_Pressure_on_Palestinian_Activists Isn’t_Making_Jewish_Students_Any_Safer⠀⇛ Why both sides feel victimized by the campus debate over the war in Gaza. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Hui_Muslim_poet_beaten_by_unknown_attacker_near_his Shandong_home⠀⇛ Outspoken writer Cui Haoxin, known by pen name An Ran, had been lying low to avoid prison. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_Russian- American_Journalist_Denied_Release_Into_House_Arrest⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-11-03_[Older]_BBC's_emergency_Gaza radio_broadcasts_show_why_World_Service_mustn't_rely_on digital_technology⠀⇛ o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ St._Petersburg_court_holds_off-site_session_at strip_club_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Court:_You_Can’t_Add_A_Lie_To_An_Already- Executed_Warrant_And_Expect_Everything_To_Be_Constitutional⠀⇛ This is not a fun case. It’s instructional, but it involves some pretty noxious criminal behavior. And that’s how these things work, usually. People who aren’t facing criminal charges rarely need to challenge warrants. They never need to challenge the evidence used against them because, well, no one’s using any evidence against them. (h/ t FourthAmendment.com) # ⚓ RFA ☛ Road_rage:_North_Koreans_forced_to_pitch_in_and_patch potholes⠀⇛ People complain that they must sacrifice to fix roads that only benefit wealthy people with cars. # ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_Ticket_office_win_'A huge_victory_for_people_power'⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Man_in_South_Korea_gets_jail_term_for killing_bedridden_wife_after_years_of_caring_for_her⠀⇛ November 04, 2023 8:25 AM According to the Seoul Central District Court, the man was accused of killing her in April 2022. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ ‘I_am...’_meme_latest_to_go_viral_in South_Korea’s_bizarre_saga_surrounding_fencing_star⠀⇛ November 04, 2023 8:00 AM Jeon’s non-sensical mixture of English and Korean blossomed into a meme that went viral. # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ Students_talk_mental-health_challenges_of balancing_college,_work⠀⇛ About 74% of undergraduate part-time students and 40% of full-time students were employed in 2020, according to the most recent data found by the National Center for Education Statistics.  While employment can be essential for covering living expenses and basic needs, some students like senior visual communication and design major Aiden Hartong find themselves overwhelmed... o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Wherein_The_Copia_Institute_Tells_The Copyright_Office_There’s_No_Place_For_Copyright_Law_In AI_Training⠀⇛ These days everyone seems to be talking about AI, and the Copyright Office is no exception, although it may make sense for it to speak here because people keep trying to invoke copyright as a concept implicated by various aspects of AI, including, and perhaps especially, with regard to “training” AI systems. So the Copyright Office recently launched a study to get feedback on the role copyright has, or should be changed to have, in shaping any law that bears on AI, and earlier this week the Copia Institute filed an initial comment in that study. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Twenty_Five_Years_Of_The_DMCA:_Some_Good, But_Mostly_Bad⠀⇛ Somehow I missed this (and I’m surprised it didn’t get much attention) but last month was the 25th anniversary of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) being signed into law. I only spotted it because The Register just had an article looking back at 25 years of the DMCA. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ travel_gear⠀⇛ I carry a lot of stuff with me on the road. A 55 pound Briggs and Riley 36 inch suitcase, a 65 pound pelican case I use as a toolbox, a Solo brand laptop bag, and a Samarai Tactical backback. I am a fan of Topo Designs zipper pouches for organization of most things, Hide and Drink leather pouches for things such as Zyn pouches, handmade cloth book covers with a button flap that covers the page side of a book to protect it in my backpack (currently carrying a hardback copy of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations in a cover like this), a zip-up tablet case to hold other books such as the Perl Pocket Reference, and the Emacs Pocket Guide. # ⚓ Up_Early_on_a_Saturday⠀⇛ My wife and I both woke up at 6:30, which is unusual. Since our first dog died, we've been sleeping in a little later. He was wonderful, but he'd bark to get up and have his breakfast just after 6, every day of the week. I used it to my advantage for years, working on my software project for a couple hours each weekend morning before my wife got up. And since he died, we've been sleeping in more, at least on weekends. But not this morning: we were both up at 6:30, and I was wide awake. She's currently upstairs, trying to fall back asleep. I let our older dog up to be with her. He likes to curl up on a corner of the comforter. The room's dark from our heavy drapes, and she has her small orange reading light on, trying her usual approach of reading to fall asleep. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ tech_for_everyone_and_no_one⠀⇛ I've recently thought about the tech I used to own, the tech I own now, and what I would look for to replace it. I noticed that in the past, I have usually been content with the things I had; they did what they were bought for perfectly, because they had fitting key features. These key features were a focus in development and the main reasons consumers bought it. Now, the following is highly subjective and just ideas, not facts; but my hypothesis is that dedicated devices for specific activities and uses was in some ways superior in its design than what we tend to have with consumer tech nowadays. # ⚓ pledge(2)-ing_and_unveil(2)-ing_the_Drogon_web_application framework⠀⇛ I'm drunk on a Friday night again. This time I decide to investigate how to use OpenBSD's pledge (2) and unveil(2) to enhance the security of the Drogon web application framework. Drogon in written in the C++ programming language, not known to be safe. But in truth, as a maintainer of Drogon, non of our CVEs are related to memory at all. Most either they are are directory traversal and/or abusing the HTTP spec. Anyway, in case we messed up, I still want to make sure that Drogon is as secure as possible. And OpenBSD's pledge is a really good way to do that. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ base_conversion_script_for_BASH⠀⇛ I got tired of starting a calculator or wasting energy by doing an internet query to convert numerical bases so I wrote a script. Shell scripts are powerful. Each shell command — and there are many of them — does one thing and does it well. It is the combination of these building blocks that multiply their potential. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1435 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 05/11/2023: Science, Politics, Censorship, and More⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 05, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Monopolies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Technology_and_Free_Software * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_The_best_techniques for_being_a_cricket_fast_bowler,_according_to_science⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_I've_researched_time for_15_years_–_here's_how_my_perception_of_it_has_changed⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-11-03_[Older]_All-UK_astronaut mission_shows_that_private_enterprise_is_vital_to_the_future of_space_exploration⠀⇛ o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-11-02_[Older]_YouTube's_new_teen protections_limit_recommendations_on_potentially_harmful videos⠀⇛ o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_Turkey's_parliament_to introduce_AI_assistance_for_stenographers⠀⇛ o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ AccessNow ☛ 2023-11-03_[Older]_FAQ:_Access_Now’s Digital_Security_Helpline_and_Apple_threat notifications⠀⇛ o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_Netanyahu’s_‘Mr_Security’ image_fades_after_Hamas_surprise_attack⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-11-03_[Older]_Human_Trafficking_and Sex_Trafficking_in_Cambodia_as_a_Threat_to_Human_Security⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_WeChat_Deemed_a_Security_Risk in_Canada,_Banned_on_Government_Devices⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_New_York_City Police_on_'Heightened'_Halloween_Security_Stance⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_Armed Militants_Kill_Police_Officer,_Ambush_Security_Convoy_in India's_Manipur⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_More_action_needed_to advance_women’s_role_in_global_peace_and_security⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_Rwanda_is_Becoming Africa’s_Most_Active_Security_Provider⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-11-02_[Older]_How_to_Ease_the Migration_Crisis:_End_US_Economic_Sanctions⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-10-26_[Older]_Turkey_sees_rise_in antisemitism_during_Israel-Hamas_war⠀⇛ # ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_Autonomous_Administration calls_on_international_community_to_speak_out_against_Turkish attacks⠀⇛ # ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ 2023-10-27_[Older]_Danish_foreign minister_will_criticise_President_Erdogan_during_Turkey_NATO visit⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_Why_humans_aren't_as egocentric_as_you_might_think_–_new_research⠀⇛ # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ 2023-11-03_[Older]_Only_Israel,_the United_States,_and_Ukraine_Refuse_to_Stand_With_Cuba⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-11-03_[Older]_Ukraine_crunch coming_–Zelensky_on_the_rocks?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-11-03_[Older]_NATO_Provoked Putin:_Stoltenberg_Comes_Clean_on_the_Ukraine_War⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-02_[Older]_Ukraine_updates: Putin_lifts_nuclear_weapons_testing_ban⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_How_well protected_are_Ukraine's_nuclear_power_plants?⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-03_[Older]_Ukraine Replaces_Special_Forces_Commander,_Removed_Officer Wonders_Why⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-03_[Older]_White House_Says_US_Sending_Smaller_Military_Packages_to Ukraine_Due_to_Congress_Inaction⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-02_[Older]_US_to Send_$425_Million_in_Aid_to_Ukraine,_US_Officials_Say⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Italy PM_Meloni_Talks_of_Ukraine_Fatigue,_Migration_in_Prank Call⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_More Than_260_Civilians_Killed_After_Stepping_on_Mines, Explosives_-_Ukraine⠀⇛ # ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_Dutch_F-16s_heading_to Romania_to_train_Ukrainian_pilots_in_mid-November⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_Ukraine_updates: Putin_will_succeed_if_we_halt_aid,_US_says⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_NYT:_Developing world_sees_double_standard_in_West’s_Actions_in_Gaza and_Ukraine⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_Ukraine:_War enters_a_new_phase_before_the_winter⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older] Thousands_of_Ukrainians_Run_to_Commemorate_Those_Killed in_the_War⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_Ukraine Eyes_Global_Peace_Summit_This_Year,_Says_Deputy_Foreign Minister⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-28_[Older] Hepatitis_Outbreak_Closes_Schools,_Sends_Scores_to Hospital_in_Ukraine's_Vinnytsia⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_“Lord_of_the_Flies”:_New_House Speaker_Mike_Johnson_faces_a_chaotic_opening_era⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_How_to_Fight Billionaires’_Control_of_the_Media⠀⇛ # ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-11-03_[Older]_Turkey:_Release_Politicians Wrongfully_Detained_for_7_Years⠀⇛ # ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-11-04_[Older]_International_organizations call_on_Turkey_to_release_the_HDP_politicians_imprisoned_for 7_years⠀⇛ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_Mahoney:_Biden’s_Saudi_policy stymies_quest_for_Khashoggi_justice⠀⇛ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_Photos:_Israel-Hamas_war_takes unprecedented_toll_on_journalists⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-28_[Older]_Hungary_Bans Teenagers_From_World_Press_Photo_Exhibit,_Citing_LGBT Content⠀⇛ # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-10-26_[Older]_Leica_Hopes_Its_New $9,500_Camera_Can_Save_Photojournalism_From_AI [Ed: False claims, lousy marketing]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-10-26_[Older]_Leica's_M11-P_is_a disinformation-resistant_camera_built_for_wealthy photojournalists⠀⇛ o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ 2023-10-26_[Older]_Prison_as_Censorship: Exhibition_Curated_by_Mariame_Kaba_Serves_as_an_Abolitionist Call_to_Action⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_Larry’s_List:_On_Gaza, Corporate_Bullsh*t,_Censorship,_Censorship_and_More⠀⇛ # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_France’s_Trial_of “Left-Wing_Terrorists”_Is_a_Farce⠀⇛ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-11-03_[Older]_Attacks,_arrests,_threats, censorship:_The_high_risks_of_reporting_the_Israel-Gaza_war⠀⇛ # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-11-03_[Older]_A_Tidal_Wave_of_State and_Private_Repression_Is_Targeting_Pro-Palestinian_Voices⠀⇛ # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_Israel_Bombed_My_Home and_Killed_My_Relatives._I’m_Not_Going_to_Be_Silenced.⠀⇛ # ⚓ Project Censored ☛ 2023-10-28_[Older]_Making_Sense_of_the Establishment_News_Media’s_Distorted_Coverage_of_Gaza⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-28_[Older]_LA_Police Department_Says_YouTube_Account_Suspended_After_Posting Footage_of_Violent_Attack⠀⇛ o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-02_[Older]_Amazon Closing_Two_Clothing_Stores_in_Another_Failed_Bid_Into Physical_Retail⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-11-02_[Older]_Amazon_knows_its_policies force_sellers_to_'live_in_constant_fear'⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-11-02_[Older]_Unredacted_documents_in_the FTC's_Amazon_lawsuit_shed_light_on_the_company's_secret price-gouging_algorithm⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-11-02_[Older]_FTC_Alleges_Amazon_Used_a Price-Gouging_Algorithm⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-11-02_[Older]_Amazon_to_Ditch_Clothing Stores,_Wants_More_Grocery_Stores_Instead⠀⇛ # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_G_2/21_does_not_permit armchair_inventing_(T_0258/21)⠀⇛ # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_Cheddar_luck_next_time for_Cyprus_as_it_loses_appeal_against_GRILLOUMI⠀⇛ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Short_jingle_not protectable_as_a_sound_mark⠀⇛ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Easy_Life_band_change name_after_easyGroup_trade_mark_infringement_threat⠀⇛ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_[Guest_post]_Emergent works_without_foundations⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Larry’s_List:_the Powell_Memo’s_Legacy,_Human_Cost_of_War,_Copyright_Case Against_AI_and_More⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_Artists_Suing_Stability AI_Forced_to_Go_Back_to_The_Drawing_Board_on_Copyright Claims⠀⇛ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_[Guest_post]_Reciprocity in_copyright_law⠀⇛ * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Stay_on_X_-_Sacrifice_Nothing⠀⇛ Since wayland has became a new hot and usable thing I've made multiple attempts to switch. Alas, at least for now I'm incompatible with the future. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1818 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 05/11/2023: Twitter/X Crisis, Climate News⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 05, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Science o Technology_and_Free_Software * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Jamie Zawinski ☛ Happy_They_Live_day_to_all_who_celebrate⠀⇛ 35 years ago today, They Live debuted at #1 at the box office. In honor of my favorite documentary about the Reagan administration, here are some highlights from my OBEY tag: [...] o ⚓ Chris Coyier ☛ Thoughtful⠀⇛ Here’s another compelling reason to blog. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Truthdig ☛ As_Asylum_Seekers_Arrive,_NYC’s_Homeless_Student Population_Soars⠀⇛ Roughly 1 in 9 students were living in shelters, “doubled up” with relatives or friends, or otherwise without permanent housing at some point in the school year, according to state data compiled by Advocates for Children, a group that supports the city’s most vulnerable students. The city’s population of homeless students was astronomical even before the recent influx, with the number of kids lacking permanent housing exceeding 100,000 for each of the past eight years – a stark indication of the city’s ongoing housing crisis. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Lessons_In_Printer_Poop_Recycling⠀⇛ The fundamental problem with multi-color 3D printing using a single hotend is that they poop an awful lot. Every time they change filaments, they’ve got to purge the single nozzle, which results in a huge number of technicolor “purge poops” which on some machines are even ejected out a chute at the back of the printer. The jokes practically write themselves. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Looking_At_How_Pyramids_Were_Built_Using_Their Casing_Stones⠀⇛ As one of the most famous Ancient Egyptian pyramids, the Pyramid of Khafre on the plateau of Giza has been a true wonder of the Ancient World ever since its construction around 2570 BCE. Today, well over 4,500 years later, we are still as puzzled as our ancestors over the past hundreds of years how exactly this and other pyramids were constructed. Although many theories exist, including ramps that envelop the entire pyramid, to intricate construction methods from the inside out, the only evidence we have left are these pyramids themselves. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Custom_Aluminum_Monitor_Stand_For_The_Home Office⠀⇛ Monitor stands vary wildly in price, from a few cents for a pile of books from a thrift store to hundreds of dollars. One trendy style, as [Steven Bennett] puts it, is the “General Grievous,” with adjustable arms splayed around a central pole. While effective, it is not particularly aesthetically pleasing. [Steven] set out to make his monitor stand out of extruded aluminum. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Saving_Apollo_By_Decoding_Core_Rope⠀⇛ One of our favorite retro hardware enthusiasts, [CuriousMarc], is back with the outstanding tale of preserving Apollo Program software, and building a core rope reader from scratch to do it. We’ve talked about [Marc]’s previous efforts to get real Apollo hardware working again, and one of the by- products of this effort was recovering the contents of the read-only core rope memory modules that were part of that hardware. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Lahaina_schools_are_open_again. Parents_worry_they’re_ridden_with_toxic_waste.⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ PFAS:_how_research_is_uncovering damaging_effects_of_‘forever_chemicals’⠀⇛ Since their inception in the 1940s, the so-called forever chemicals have woven themselves into the fabric of our modern world. But recently, they’ve been appearing in alarming news headlines about their damaging effects on our health. PFAS have, in fact, come under intense scrutiny due to new research showing their persistent nature in the environment and potential health impacts. So what are they and are they an issue in the UK and Ireland? Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) are man- made chemicals, numbering approximately 4,700 variants. What makes them different is their formidable carbon-fluorine (C-F) bonds, renowned among scientists as the mightiest in chemistry. # ⚓ NPR ☛ Indiana_high_court_reprimands_AG_for_remarks_about 10-year-old_rape_victim's_doctor⠀⇛ The high court issued a public reprimand of Rokita on Thursday, saying his comments about Dr. Caitlin Bernard were highly likely to create improper influence and also "had no substantial purpose other than to embarrass or burden the physician." The court noted that in a sworn affidavit, Rokita, a Republican, "admits these two rule violations and acknowledges that he could not successfully defend himself on these two charges if this matter were tried." # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Scientists_Say_We_Bred_With_an_Extinct_Human Species_and_It_Left_a_Grim_Change_in_Our_Brains⠀⇛ A new study, published in the journal PLoS Genetics, concludes that these genes are one of the most widespread traces of our ancient ties with the Denisovans, who are believed to have mated with modern humans leaving Africa around 60,000 years ago. As a result of that interbreeding, us homo sapiens appear to have inherited a genetic adaptation involved in zinc regulation that may have helped them weather the colder climates of the day — but at the same time may have been responsible for predisposing us to depression and all kinds of mental disorders. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Hearing_Bad_Grammar_Causes_Physical_Distress, Scientists_Find⠀⇛ Scientists in the United Kingdom seem to have pinpointed a physiological response from hearing someone mangle the English grammar in a new study published in the Journal of Neurolinguistics. Researchers at the University of Birmingham took 41 English-speaking adults and subjected them to 40 samples of speech in English, half of which were riddled with grammatical errors. The participants were hooked up to a monitor that tracked their heart rate variability (HRV), which is the space between heartbeats. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Mobile_phones_might_cause_lower_sperm count⠀⇛ After analyzing the semen samples of more than 2,800 young men, Swiss researchers found an association between a higher frequency of self- reported mobile phone use and lower sperm concentration in a study published this week in the journal Fertility and Sterility. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Biden_Administration_Signs_Executive Order_on_Artificial_Intelligence [Ed: Buzzwords regime]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Jamie Zawinski ☛ Once_again,_"AI"_is_revealed_to_be_an_army of_mechanical_turks_in_a_call_center.⠀⇛ Cruse "autonomous"vehicles require 1.5 drivers, and manual intervention every two and a half miles: [...] # ⚓ New York Times ☛ G.M.’s_Cruise_Moved_Fast_in_the_Driverless Race._It_Got_Ugly.⠀⇛ Two days later, Cruise went further and voluntarily suspended all of its driverless operations around the country, taking 400 or so driverless cars off the road. Since then, Cruise’s board has hired the law firm Quinn Emanuel to investigate the company’s response to the incident, including its interactions with regulators, law enforcement and the media. The board plans to evaluate the findings and any recommended changes. Exponent, a consulting firm that evaluates complex software systems, is conducting a separate review of the crash, said two people who attended a companywide meeting at Cruise on Monday. # ⚓ Simon Willison ☛ Hacking_Google_Bard_-_From_Prompt Injection_to_Data_Exfiltration⠀⇛ This kind of attack against LLM systems is inevitable any time you combine access to private data with exposure to untrusted inputs. In this case the attack vector is a Google Doc shared with the user, containing prompt injection instructions that instruct the model to encode previous data into an URL and exfiltrate it via a markdown image. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ ‘I’d_Have_Told_Them_to_F*ck_Off’:_Succession_Star Brian_Cox_Says_AI_Is_a_Human_Rights_Issue⠀⇛ Succession star Brian Cox has joined the parade of actors fighting against artificial intelligence, calling it a “human rights issue.” Cox, who’s known for playing Logan Roy in the series, equated using AI to replicate an actor’s likeness as “identity theft” in an interview with Sky News this week, adding that he worries about young actors who may be primary targets. “The younger actors are put in a situation where they’re told they have to do this and they don’t, but they don’t know that at the time, …” Cox told the outlet, referring to the increasingly common practice of studios pressuring actors to get body scans and sign away their rights. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Beatles_get_back_together_for_one_last_song with_the_help_of_artificial_intelligence⠀⇛ The three remaining Beatles, including George Harrison doing the guitar track, tried to finish the song in the 1990s, but apparently, the quality wasn’t good enough, so they gave up. “In John’s demo tape, the piano was a little hard to hear,” McCartney explained. “And in those days, of course, we didn’t have the technology to do the separation.” He said the song “just kind of languished in a cupboard” after that. Harrison also died in 2001. It was in the 2020s, during the making of Peter Jackson’s documentary on the Beatles, “Get Back,” when the remaining terrific two discovered that with the use of machine learning technology, they could separate Lennon’s voice from the scratchy recording without losing much quality. “Now we could mix it and make a proper record of it,” McCartney said. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ The_generative_AI_power_law:_How_data diversity_will_influence_adoption⠀⇛ The transformative power of generative AI for industries is colossal, and we are convinced that AI will gravitate to where data lives. The power law of gen AI, developed by theCUBE Research team, describes the adoption patterns we see emerging in the cloud, on-premises and at the edge with a long tail of highly specific domain models across every industry. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ China's_AI_Analog_Chip_Claimed_To_Be_3000X Faster_Than_Nvidia's_A100_GPU⠀⇛ As published in Nature, ACCEL is quoted as hitting 4.6 trillion operations per second in vision tasks – hence the 3,0000x performance improvement against Nvidia’s A100 (Ampere) and its 0.312 quadrillion operations. According to the research paper, ACCEL can perform 74.8 quadrillion operations per second at 1 W of power (what the researchers call “systemic energy efficiency) and a computing speed of 4.6 peta-operations per second. Nvidia’s A100 has since been superseded by Hopper and its 80- billion transistors H100 super-chip, but even that looks unimpressive against these results. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Google_AdSense_to_move_from_pay-per-click_to pay-per-impression_model⠀⇛ Previously, the Google AdSense network processed fees within a single transaction. The company is now splitting the AdSense revenue share into separate rates for the buy-side and sell-side. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Computers Are Bad ☛ nuclear_safety⠀⇛ This method posed a substantial problem for nuclear deterrence, though. The process of installing the pits in the weapons was time consuming, required specially trained personnel, and wasn't particularly safe. Particularly after the dawn of ICBMs, a Soviet nuclear attack would require a rapid response, likely faster than weapons could be assembled. The problem was particularly evident when nuclear weapons were stockpiled at Strategic Air Command (SAC) bases for faster loading onto bombers. Each SAC base required a large stockpile area complete with hardened pit vaults and assembly buildings. Far more personnel had to be trained to complete the assembly process, and faster. Opportunities for mistakes that made weapons unusable, killed assembly staff, or contaminated the environment abounded. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Decade_until_tipping_point._Eventually,_Lithuania will_be_divided_into_islands,_become_as_cold_as_Lapland⠀⇛ Using satellite data, scientists at the University of Leeds have estimated that around 28 trillion tonnes of Earth’s ice have already melted between 1994 and 2017. This is equivalent to a 100-metre- thick ice sheet covering the whole UK. The study has also found that the rate of ice loss has increased dramatically over the past three decades, from 0.8 trillion tonnes per year in the 1990s to 1.3 trillion tonnes per year in 2017, mainly due to the sharp increase in the loss of ice in Antarctica and Greenland. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Hundreds_of_migrants_rescued_off_Spain's Canary_Islands⠀⇛ Authorities intercepted two boats carrying a total of 254 people on Friday evening. A third boat carrying 238 people was intercepted at dawn on Saturday and a fourth vessel carrying 247 people was intercepted on Saturday morning. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_missile_attack_on_Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk_and_Poltava_regions_leaves_one_dead, injures_several_others,_including_two_children_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Zelensky_says_war_not_‘at_stalemate,’ contrasting_recent_statement_by_Ukraine’s_commander-in- chief_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ NBC:_U.S._and_Europe_start_talking_to Ukraine_about_possibility_of_peace_negotiations_with Russia_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_air_defenses_down_missiles_over_city of_Kerch_in_annexed_Crimea,_debris_crashes_into shipyard_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ U.K._Defense_Ministry:_Thousands_of_Russian troops_likely_killed_during_assault_on_Avdiivka_since start_of_October_—_Meduza⠀⇛ o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Eulogy_for_My_Father,_Daniel_Ellsberg⠀⇛ He had often spoken of his identification with the mythical seer Cassandra: who received the gift of seeing the future, but also the curse that no one would believe her. For most of his life, he had struggled with this dubious gift and the driven sense that he must find some way to make people see and act appropriately. He believed that the danger facing humanity came not just from our technology and our policies but from the tragic defect that allowed so many humans not to identify with the sufferings and fate of others far away, not of their tribe. # ⚓ [Old] Common Dreams ☛ Living_on_a_Deadline_in_the_Nuclear Age._Some_Personal_News⠀⇛ So far as I can find out, this scientific near- consensus has had virtually no effect on the Pentagon's nuclear war plans or US/NATO (or Russian) nuclear threats. (In a like case of disastrous willful denial by many officials, corporations and other Americans, scientists have known for over three decades that the catastrophic climate change now underway--mainly but not only from burning fossil fuels--is fully comparable to US-Russian nuclear war as another existential risk.) I'm happy to know that millions of people-- including all those friends and comrades to whom I address this message!--have the wisdom, the dedication and the moral courage to carry on with these causes, and to work unceasingly for the survival of our planet and its creatures. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_A_Smoking_Gun_for_Biden’s Big_Climate_Decision?⠀⇛ # ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_About_100_Dutch_climate activists_arrested_during_street_blockade_in_Berlin⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_US_Climate Envoy_Demands_'Public_Responsibility'_From_Fossil_Fuel Firms⠀⇛ # ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_COP28:_Climate_Action_Requires Upholding_Rights⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-11-04_[Older]_COP28’s_Effort_in Tackling_Climate_Crisis_in_The_Future,_Will_It_Work?⠀⇛ # ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_Dutch_companies_less_climate ambitious_and_innovative:_study⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_Some_MPs_are_calling_on_Ottawa_to take_a_bigger_bite_out_of_fossil_fuel_companies'_profits⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-10-28_[Older]_What_the_guy_who_got_into_a shouting_match_with_Danielle_Smith_at_a_climate_conference thinks_of_the_exchange⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-10-28_[Older]_After_18_months_from_hell, these_farmers_are_doing_everything_they_can_to_save_their crops⠀⇛ # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_Poor_Sanitation Causes_Disease_and_Death_Globally._Climate_Change_Will_Only Make_It_Worse.⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_Navajo_Sheep Herding_at_Risk_From_Climate_Change._Some_Young_People_Push to_Maintain_the_Tradition⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_Climate_scientist_and sustainable_builder_win_top_German_environment_prize⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-11-04_[Older]_Tony_Abbott_says_‘climate change_cult’_will_be_discredited⠀⇛ # ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ 2023-11-03_[Older]_Michigan_House_passes climate_change_reform,_mandating_clean_energy_by_2040⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-11-03_[Older]_Fixing_the_Climate Crisis⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-11-02_[Older]_Dust_Doomed_the_Dinos, Scientists_Say⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-02_[Older]_Climate_adaptation funds_woefully_inadequate,_says_UN⠀⇛ # ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-11-02_[Older]_Green_Party_urges_Rishi Sunak_to_focus_on_environment_and_climate_in_King's_Speech⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Any_Antidote_to_Climate Anxiety_Involves_Organizing⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-02_[Older]_Nebraska Pipeline_Opponent,_Indonesian_Environmentalist_Receive Climate_Breakthrough_Awards⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Will_Your_City_Have_Enough Water_and_Power_in_a_Hotter_Future?⠀⇛ # ⚓ NOAA ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Maritime_commerce_in_a_changing climate⠀⇛ # ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_It_takes_more_than_trees_to_build a_livable_city⠀⇛ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Nigeria,_Ghana Ready_for_energy_and_infrastructure_collaboration_with Germany⠀⇛ # ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Opinion_|_Wind energy_is_generating_new_opportunities_at_Beal_City Schools⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Vodka_from_CO2?_Feasible. Energy_storage?_Fantasy._Danielle_Smith's_hot-and-cold views_on_technology⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older] Exclusive-EU,_US,_COP28_Hosts_Rally_Support_for_Global Deal_to_Triple_Renewable_Energy_-_Documents⠀⇛ # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_Pension Investment_in_Renewables_May_Be_Undermining_a_Just Transition⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_Germany_seeks Nigeria_energy_and_migration_partnerships⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older]_G- 7_Nations_Back_Strong_Supply_Chains_for_Energy_and_Food Despite_Global_Tensions⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-29_[Older] Colombia_to_Send_Energy_to_Drought-Stricken_Ecuador⠀⇛ # ⚓ Russell Graves ☛ Keropunk_Part_5:_Mantle_Lanterns⠀⇛ It’s been about a year since the rest of my KeroPunk series, and while that covered the common kerosene equipment you’re likely to find, there is one more “final evolution in kerosene” sort of lantern that I’d like to talk about: The mantle lanterns. If you’ve ever used an old Coleman propane lantern, you’re familiar with the concept - and also the loud hissing coming off such lanterns. With kerosene, the mantle lantern is utterly silent in operation, while throwing about a 40W (incandescent) bulb worth of light (if you have everything even and bright). # ⚓ Vox ☛ Julia_Child,_the_natural_gas_industry’s_most famous_influencer⠀⇛ Child herself never endorsed products on her shows (regulations around public programming forbade it) and there’s no evidence to suggest that she was a willing shill of the AGA. But from the industry’s point of view, Child was potent product placement that could help establish the dominance of gas in the American home. “Millions of viewers week after week will be able to watch Julia Child as she stirs food simmering over a gas flame,” read an October 1978 article from the association’s monthly trade magazine. This was a continuation of a larger campaign called “Operation Attack.” Launched by the AGA in the late 1960s, it employed at the time some of the same experts and public relations firms as the tobacco industry to fend off growing threats to gas. The nation was becoming more environmentally conscious; the fossil-fuel industry feared heightened scrutiny from the newly formed Environmental Protection Agency, and energy price shocks had begun to make alternative fuels more appealing. To make matters worse, new research raised questions about gas stove emissions and impacts on public health. Gas was losing ground to electric competition, but the industry had plans to fight back. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Green_energy’s_green_light⠀⇛ New polls show that more Americans may be willing to live near energy-producing infrastructure. One reason is that power producers are learning how to win over communities through patient engagement. Some critics of such projects “just don’t want it because they don’t want it,” Lisa Grow, CEO of Idaho Power, told the Los Angeles Times. So much of that resistance, she said, is based on misunderstanding. “But for people that have specific needs, I think it is worth the time to have a process where they can be invited in, and you can deal with some of those things upfront. If you wait until the end, you just have a fight.” # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_RECOMMENDED_— From_ice_mummies_to_baby_mammoths_—_some_sensational archaeological_finds_are_due_to_climate_change,_but others_risk_being_lost_forever.⠀⇛ o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_As_Banks_Write_Down_X,_Musk Offers_Employee_Stock_Options [Ed:Ponzi scheme instead of salary]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ LA_Mayor_Orders_Residential_Hotels_to_Be_Used for_Temporary_Homeless_Housing⠀⇛ Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued an order Wednesday that allows the city to use residential hotel rooms — which by law are intended to be used as permanent housing for some of the city’s poorest residents — to temporarily shelter homeless people. The order goes against the goals of a 2008 city law, which sought to preserve nearly 19,000 mostly bare-bones residential hotel rooms as stable housing for low-income, disabled and elderly Angelenos, who were increasingly being displaced by the development of condos and tourist hotels. If residential hotel owners want to convert their buildings into other uses, they must either replace the housing units or pay an equivalent fee to the city. # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_Retirees_flock_to government’s_reverse_mortgage_scheme_to_boost_income [Ed: What incredible spin; losing one's own "to boost income"]⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ uni Case Western Reserve ☛ Taylor_Swift:_A_force_to_be reckoned_with⠀⇛ This past week, Taylor Swift became a billionaire, the first musician to do so from their songs and performances alone. Only three other musicians have achieved this status—Jay-Z, Rihanna and Jimmy Buffett—and all relied on their side companies, brands and investments to reach it. The size of Swift’s success is staggering: She has more number- one albums than any woman in history, was the first artist to claim the entire top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 and shows no signs of slowing down. At just 33, Swift has accomplished extraordinary feats that other artists can only imagine in their wildest dreams. She is a force to be reckoned with. # ⚓ The Record ☛ EU_urged_to_drop_new_law_that_could_allow member_states_to_intercept_and_decrypt_global_web_traffic⠀⇛ More than 300 of the world’s most respected cybersecurity experts have written to European Union lawmakers to warn that a proposed legal reform that may soon become law could fundamentally undermine security online. A similar joint letter has been sent by industry organizations — including the Linux Foundation, Cloudflare, and Mozilla — telling the EU lawmakers that the proposed regulations are a “dangerous intervention” that risk breaking the fragile system of trust that underpins the use of cryptographic certificates on the web. The letters were prompted by a proposed update to the bloc’s eIDAS (Electronic Identification, Authentication and Trust Services) regulations which would give EU member states the ability to issue so-called Qualified Website Authentication Certificates (QWACs). # ⚓ Internet Society ☛ Civil_Society_Experts_Voice_Concern_as New_EU_Digital_Identity_Regulation_Finalized⠀⇛ In 2022, the Internet Society, Center for Democracy & Technology, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Epicenter.works participated in a workshop and panel discussion on Article 45 of the European Digital Identity Regulation. Attendees explored the technical aspects of the proposal and discussed its potential negative impacts on Internet security and trust (watch video highlights of that workshop). We have tracked the development of the file through the trilogue process and, with this intervention, are sharing a set of recommendations that we believe would remove ambiguity from the text and increase public trust. We are concerned that despite previous discussions at which the goals and concerns of relevant stakeholders, including the Commission, were debated, the text relating to Qualified Web Authentication Certificates (QWACs) in the eIDAS proposals remains ambiguous, and risks undermining trust in browsers as a globally deployed element of the Internet ecosystem. # ⚓ [Repeat] OpenSSF (Linux Foundation) ☛ OpenSSF_Co-Signs Industry_Joint_Statement_on_Article_45_in_the_EU’s_eIDAS Regulation⠀⇛ The organizations that build and secure the Internet are concerned about proposed EU regulations that aim to mandate that all Web browsers recognize a new form of certificate for the purposes of authenticating websites. To support Mozilla’s position on eIDAS regulation and the organization’s multi-year effort to avert a potential policy disaster for cryptography in Articles 45 and 45a of the proposed eIDAS provisions, OpenSSF has co-signed the Industry Joint Statement on Article 45 in the EU’s eIDAS Regulation Those provisions are likely to weaken the security of the Internet as a whole. In summary, the eIDAS proposal would potentially introduce root certificates that do not meet the established security standards and could lead to data compromise. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Elon_Musk_teases_AI_chatbot_'Grok,'_with real-time_access_to_X⠀⇛ Building an AI model at the same scale as those companies comes at an enormous expense in computing power, infrastructure and expertise. # ⚓ Engadget ☛ Arm_picks_up_a_minority_stake_in_Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛ It seems that Arm wants to gain more of a foothold in the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. "With the rapid growth of edge and endpoint AI applications, platforms like those from Raspberry Pi, built on Arm, are critical to driving the adoption of high-performance IoT devices globally by enabling developers to innovate faster and more easily," Paul Williamson, senior vice-president and general manager of Arm's IoT division, said in a statement. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Arm_grabs_a_minority_slice_of_Raspberry Pi_•_The_Register⠀⇛ Since 2012, the maker of the currently best-selling British computer has released a number of Raspberry Pi models in different form factors. Last month, it launched the Raspberry Pi 5, which brought several notable improvements – including a much faster quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 processor running at 2.4GHz, better graphics and more robust I/O. Over the past few years these devices have also become popular for use in industrial applications at the edge. As of 2020, more than half of all Raspberry Pi units were being deployed in industrial and commercial settings. This no doubt factored into Arm's decision to invest. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Obama_Has_Secretly_Been_Working_on_AI_for Biden⠀⇛ Per NBC, aides for both Biden and Obama say that AI keeps both the current and former president "up at night," and by Biden's reported request, the current president's one-time boss is said to have spent the last five months "quietly" meeting with White House officials, convening Zoom conferences with various top aides and speaking with leaders in the tech world. Obama "helped really set the frame of mind that companies can innovate while also being responsible," White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients told NBC, "and that companies need to be accountable." # ⚓ NBC ☛ Biden_quietly_tapped_Obama_to_help_shape_his_AI strategy⠀⇛ The joint effort culminated Monday when Biden signed an executive order establishing some government oversight of AI development. It’s the first time Biden has tapped his former boss to help shape a key policy initiative, aides said, and he did it because Obama shares his views on the issue and brings a certain heft that could help move the process along quickly. “You have to move fast here, not at normal government pace or normal private-sector pace, because the technology is moving so fast,” White House chief of staff Jeff Zients recalled Biden saying. “We have to move as fast, or ideally faster. And we need to pull every lever we can.” # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Intel_CEO_Admits_to_and_Details_The Company's_Three_Biggest_Mistakes⠀⇛ Gelsinger is still focused heavily on the foundry operations; it is now opening up its fabs to companies that want to create high-performance chips on Intel's cutting-edge process technologies. That's essentially the business model of TSMC and Samsung, the world's other two cutting-edge foundries. Intel had previously kept its cutting- edge nodes to use for its own processors, but Gelsinger has argued in the past that was a mistake. # ⚓ [Old] Digit.in ☛ Pat_Gelsinger_interview:_Intel’s_visionary CEO_on_future_of_chipmaking⠀⇛ “Obviously, we missed the mobile wave. We had like five different AI acquisitions, and when I was pushed out of the company we killed the one that would have made all the difference in the world. Those are the two monster trends that Intel missed, and we were fundamentally biased to building a great foundry. Those to me are the three massive opportunities that Intel was uniquely positioned to benefit from, and we’ll do our best to bring us back into position on those fronts,” Gelsinger mentioned, when I asked him about Intel’s past mistakes. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ White_House_2024:_AI_threatens_to 'supercharge'_disinformation⠀⇛ AI programs can clone in an instant a political figure's voice and create videos and text so seemingly real that voters could struggle to decipher truth from fiction, undermining trust in the electoral process. # ⚓ [Old] The University of Helsinki ☛ Weaponized_News_: Russian_Television,_Strategic_Narratives_and_Conflict Reporting [PDF]⠀⇛ Russia has been involved in two major geopolitical conflicts in recent years: the Ukraine crisis and the civil war in Syria. Since Russia’s involvement in the Ukraine crisis in 2013-2014, many commentators have pointed to the effectiveness of the Russian strategic narratives to explain the support the Kremlin enjoys at home and abroad. Although Russia's use of information as a weapon is not new, in the light of the limited transparency of Russian strategic thinking, studying Russia’s discursive environment and, in particular, strategic narratives becomes critical. Therefore, the concept of strategic narrative plays a central role in assembling the main argument for this doctoral thesis. The concept provides a foundation for the analytical framework to explore a set of media frames purposefully embedded into television news to reinforce, subvert, undermine, overwhelm or replace a pre-existing discourse on a subject significant to both the audience and the ‘speaker’ that is often a political elite. The main focus of the dissertation is on the visuals employed in the Russian television news, which have received surprisingly little scholarly attention to date. A starting point is the desire to obtain a deeper understanding of how the Russian government’s complex and controversial political decisions are legitimized on television, and also, and most importantly, to determine what role images play in advancing the strategic narratives that justify violence, human costs and engagement in military conflicts. For that, I adopt three distinct perspectives. First is a comparative perspective, which contrasts the narratives produced for two different audiences — domestic and foreign. It also compares the strategic narratives constructed around two different conflicts — the military conflict in Eastern Ukraine and the civil war in Syria. Second is a retrospective perspective, which explores the narratives not only in terms of their current application but also as a process that has been evolving over a two-year period of time. Third, the dissertation employs a hybrid media perspective to explore the interactions between mainstream media and social media. These three perspectives, in combination, encompass a comprehensive and longitudinal investigation of Russian strategic narratives as a representation of the weaponized information. The combination of qualitative and quantitative methods adds ‘depth’ and ‘breadth’ dimensions to the dissertation’s analytical spectrum. The thesis represents a compilation of four articles. Each article illuminates one of three perspectives adopted in the dissertation. The articles highlight the results which demonstrate that the approach adopted in this dissertation is important for several reasons. First, while much of the media and international relations literature focuses on projection or reception of strategic narratives, there is almost no research which offers deep insights into strategic narrative as a process that can develop or be modified over the course of time to account for changes in political goals or target audiences. What happens to a dominant, established strategic narrative when the context changes? This dissertation aims to fill this gap by studying Russia’s dominant strategic narratives in television news from comparative, retrospective and hybrid media perspectives. Second, this dissertation argues that strategic narratives gain their power through images that invoke collective emotions and ideas, like sympathy or aversion while reinforcing existing political myths, cultural stereotypes and historical memory. Thus, the thesis conceptualises visual images as affective anchors that can be used to reactivate collective memory and dominant discourses and construct emotional relationships between the audiences and mediated events. Finally, wartime images studies anticipate, but rarely empirically examine the television images that are employed to mediate the contemporary conflicts. This dissertation extends the understanding of how the Russian television visually mediates the conflicts to advance the state’s interpretation of the events and justify the country’s involvement in the international conflicts to domestic and global audiences. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Insight Hungary ☛ Orban_government_attempts_to_ban_under- 18s_from_World_Press_Photo_Exhibition_over_'LGBTQ_images'⠀⇛ The Hungarian government has issued a ban on individuals below the age of 18 from attending the World Press Photo exhibition in Budapest. This decision is based on the presence of LGBTQ content on display. Dóra Dúró, deputy president of the far- right Our Homeland party, had previously urged the government to investigate whether the exhibition violated Hungary's controversial child protection law.  The law prohibits the "representation and promotion of homosexuality" in materials such as books and films for individuals under the age of 18. This legislation is commonly referred to as the anti- LGBT law, and the European Union has initiated legal proceedings against it. Dúró raised concerns about photographs depicting an LGBTQ nursing home. The National Museum has included a notice on its website stating that the exhibition is not accessible to those under 18. The Museum, however, does not enforce the ban -- the cultural institution does not ask for IDs when entering the exhibition. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-03_[Older]_Appeals Courts_Temporarily_Lifts_Trump's_Gag_Order_as_He_Fights_the Restrictions_on_His_Speech⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-03_[Older]_US_Supreme Court_to_Hear_NRA_Free_Speech_Case_Against_New_York Official⠀⇛ # ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_The_Supreme_Court_seems_stumped_by two_cases_about_free_speech_online⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-02_[Older]_Israel,_Hamas_and freedom_of_speech_in_German_football⠀⇛ # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-10-31_[Older]_Rashid_Khalidi:_“We Are_Seeing_a_Horrifying_Attempt_to_Shut_Down_Speech_Around Palestine”⠀⇛ o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ Belarusian_journalist_Alyaksandr_Mantsevich_sentenced to_4_years_in_prison⠀⇛ A court in the northwestern city of Maladzyechna convicted Mantsevich, the founder and editor-in- chief of regional independent newspaper Regyonalnaya Gazeta, on charges of discrediting Belarus and sentenced him to four years in jail and a fine of 14,800 Belarusian rubles (US$4,496), according to the banned human rights group Viasna and a Facebook post by his daughter Nasta Mantsevich. Alyaksandr Mantsevich denied the charges in court, Viasna reported. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘Just_Like_Medicine’:_A_New_Push_for Divorce_in_a_Nation_Where_It’s_Illegal⠀⇛ The approach is a departure from the previous strategy of sharing personal stories in the hope of winning lawmakers’ sympathy. Now, activists are using science and statistics to present the long- term effects that keeping divorce illegal has on millions of abused women. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Gig_Work_Wages_In_U.S._Are_So_Bad They're_a_Human_Rights_Issue,_U.N._Poverty_Expert_Says⠀⇛ A United Nations poverty and human rights expert has sent letters to Amazon, DoorDash, and Walmart, demanding they address allegations that their wages are so low that they trap workers in poverty. Olivier De Schutter, the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty, also sent a letter to the U.S. government, requesting a response to allegations that the U.S. minimum wage and earnings for workers in the gig economy are so bad that they’re forced to rely on government assistance. # ⚓ The Scotsman ☛ How_to_fight_back_against_unfair_airlines_- Martyn_James⠀⇛ As part of the campaign, a white paper commissioned by online travel agent On the Beach launched this week, calling on the Government and regulators to step in and stop airlines from treating their customers unfairly. Here’s what our campaign found – and what needs to change. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ [Repeat] Ubuntu ☛ Intel®_TDX_1.0_technology_preview available_on_Ubuntu_23.10 [Ed: Digital Restrictions (DRM) garbage boosted by Canonical]⠀⇛ Intel® TDX introduces new architectural elements to create secure, isolated virtual machines known as trust domains (TDs). The primary goal of Intel® TDX is to safeguard TDs from various potential software threats, including the virtual-machine manager and other non-TD software on the platform. Intel® TDX also enhances TD defence against specific physical access attacks on platform memory, including offline dynamic random access memory (DRAM) analysis such as cold-boot attacks and active attacks on DRAM interfaces. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_Google_CEO Lashes_Out_at_Microsoft_in_Defense_of_Search_Practices_at_US Trial⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_Microsoft_bans_'unauthorized' third-party_Xbox_controllers_and_accessories⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-10-30_[Older]_Microsoft_May_Drop_Support_for 'Unauthorized'_Xbox_Controllers,_Accessories⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-11-01_[Older]_Most_Accessibility_Accessories Should_Still_Work_on_Xbox_After_Ban,_Microsoft_Claims⠀⇛ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ UK_antitrust_regulator_ends_e-commerce probes_into_Amazon_and_Meta⠀⇛ Because Amazon runs the underlying e-commerce infrastructure, it has access to data about third- party merchants’ sales. At the same time, the retail giant competes with many of those businesses by offering rival products. The CMA was concerned that Amazon could use the data it collects about third-party merchants’ sales to give its rival products an unfair edge. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Brits_make_Amazon,_Meta_stop_using_third- party_data_to_undercut_rivals⠀⇛ The monopoly watchdog launched separate investigations into both internet giants' business practices, and accused the Big Tech duo of not only gathering up information about sellers using their respective online souks, they also - surprise, surprise - exploited that info to get a commercial advantage. # ⚓ [Old] New Republic ☛ How_Amazon_Keeps_Workers’_Pay_Low⠀⇛ Writing last week about the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, I observed that Bezos was playing Monopsony against Amazon’s sellers and against Amazon’s mostly nonunion warehouse employees. But I qualified that by saying workers’ beef with Bezos was typically not about wages but working conditions. Now a fascinating new report from the National Employment Law Project, or NELP, argues that Amazon’s warehouse wages aren’t what they’re cracked up to be. An Amazon warehouse’s presence in a given county, NELP says, drives wages down, just like monopsony theory says it should. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Film_Censors_Given_Powers_to_Remove Pirated_Movies_From_YouTube,_Telegram⠀⇛ India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting announced on Friday that the country's film censorship board has been given powers to remove pirated films from platforms like YouTube. Copyright holders, their agents, "and/or any other person" may file a complaint by filling in what appears to be a paper form. The Ministry adds that if the complainant isn't a copyright holder or hasn't been authorized by one, individual hearings may be considered on a case-by-case basis. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Death_and_sound⠀⇛ Today I accidentally visited an art installation on death and grief. When I realized what I had walked into, I felt a strong resistance to going on. But there was soft, sweet droning music playing, and the lighting was dark and violet. My soul woke up. It wanted to be closer to death; not because I desire it, but because this form of death was friendly enough to feel familiar. # ⚓ 5_🔤SpellBinding:_BETLMNF_Wordo:_IMMIX⠀⇛ o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ A_Call_to_Get_Rid_of_DST..._and_Time_Zones⠀⇛ It's that time of year in the US again, where we set our clocks back an hour. Sure does suck having to find all of the wall clocks and alarm clocks twice a year. CGP Grey made a very popular video that makes the rounds during these times of the year which is linked below: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=84aWtseb2-4 "Daylight Saving Time Explained" Youtube video by CGP Grey While we're at it, time zones in the modern day suck too... we should get rid of those. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Embrace_copy+paste-driven_development⠀⇛ This week, I inherited a half-finished proof-of- concept codebase that sort-of implements a teleconferencing service. The fellow I'm inheriting from is wonderful to work with; an old, grizzled sort of guy. He walked me through the backend. It has two event buses, an enormously complex JS framework that does all sorts of automatic dependency injection, implements socket.io for you, etc. At the same time, the team he works with (that I am now managing) consists of people who are either early in their career, or resistant to learning. # ⚓ This_week_(and_the_previous_weeks)_—_The_Halloween_Edition #1⠀⇛ After two months of work and stress, I return to report about my growing virtual pet obsession and my foray into more PC games. I'm taking some sort of hiatus from GBF, I think? Also, I can do pixel art now! Hey, it's been a while! A long, long while... and yes, despite the title, I'm posting this several days after Halloween. Anyway, erm, belated happy Halloween! =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. 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