𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Thursday, November 09, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Fri 10 Nov 02:49:25 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/2023/11/09/ ╒═══════════════════ 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: Wednesday, November 08, 2023 ⦿ Techrights - Just What We Said Would Happen to Linux With Rust ⦿ Techrights - Mozilla Pays Public Relations Firms to Pretend Mozilla and Firefox Value Privacy, Even When They Don't ⦿ Techrights - The Last Digitally-Free Nation on Earth ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/irc-log-081123.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/Just_What_We_Said_Would_Happen_to_Linux_With_Rust.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/Mozilla_Pays_Public_Relations_Firms_to_Pretend_Mozilla_and_Fire.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/The_Last_Digitally_Free_Nation_on_Earth.shtml ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/Links_09_11_2023_Amazon_Layoffs_Broker_Lays_Off_Most_Of_Its_Sta.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/Links_09_11_2023_Kubernetes_Stuff_and_Nature_Tricked_Into_Publi.shtml ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 57 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/irc-log-081123.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/irc-log-081123.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, November 08, 2023⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 09, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GN 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNOME_Gedit⦈_ #techrights_log #boycottnovell_log 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GN 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNOME_Gedit⦈_ #boycottnovell-social_log #techbytes_log Enter_the_IRC_channels_now ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 89 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/Just_What_We_Said_Would_Happen_to_Linux_With_Rust.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/Just_What_We_Said_Would_Happen_to_Linux_With_Rust.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Just What We Said Would Happen to Linux With Rust⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 09, 2023 Last year: The_Life_of_Linux_Will_Be_Shortened_by_a_Misguided_Adoption_of_Rust Today: Just liberated from LWN's paywall... 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Unfortunately, the Rust-for-Linux developers are having trouble keeping up with that pace. There is, it would appear, something of a disconnect between the two communities' development practices.⦈ So splitting the kernel into C and Rust wasn't without downsides. it's harder to review code now. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⢿⢯⢿⢙⣿⡏⡈⣿⣿⡿⡿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⡿⡿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⠿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣏⣽⠙⡭⣯⣿⡾⣾⣿⣧⣭⣤⣧⣼⣤⣴⣤⣧⣧⣤⣿⣿⣤⣬⣤⣧⣼⣤⣥⣼⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡯⠋⠛⠏⠛⢻⠻⢻⠹⠙⡛⣻⢻⡏⢟⢟⠛⣿⠹⠛⡿⣽⢉⢛⠛⢛⢻⡟⠛⢿⠻⠛⡟⠻⠛⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⡛⢨⡏⣯⢹⡋⠍⡅⢨⣿⡟⣩⣹⢩⡝⡏⣩⢸⠋⠍⢿⣿⠉⣍⠋⠍⣍⢹⣩⢸⠋⠍⢫⠹⠙⢭⣿⡯⠍⢻⠉⡍⡟⢩⠀⣿⣿⠉⡍⡟⠩⠙⡅⣽⢩⡅⡟⠩⠙⡉⡏⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣥⣽⣤⣷⣴⣬⣮⣵⣷⣴⣿⣷⣬⣾⣮⣴⣷⣼⣬⣦⣭⣿⣿⣤⣽⣦⣵⣿⣤⣯⣬⣷⣭⣾⣦⣧⣾⣿⣧⣥⣼⣤⣧⣽⣬⣦⣿⣿⣤⣥⣵⣬⣵⣧⣵⣦⣧⣵⣬⣿⣷⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⢰⢠⠖⣲⡄⠒⡆⠲⠲⡆⣤⠂⡖⠲⠲⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⢸⣳⣹⣿⣋⣙⣘⣏⣽⣟⣩⣹⣿⡉⢹⡏⣙⣹⣏⣳⣿⣏⣋⣹⣻⣿⣿⣛⣉⣹⣿⣁⣿⡟⢱⢟⣿⣸⣏⣉⣿⣏⣉⣿⣽⣿⣇⣿⣉⣿⣸⣿⣉⣿⣏ ⣿⣿⢸⢒⠷⠟⡶⠖⣷⠾⠾⣗⢲⢻⣶⣞⡞⢛⣻⡛⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⠛⠋⠟⣛⠻⢿⢝⠟⠛⡻⣿⠫⡟⣛⡛⠻⡿⡛⢿⡟⠛⢻⡿⢹⣛⡛⢛⢻⠛⠩⠛⣿⠝⢿⡟⠛⢙⠿⡟⠛⢿⠟⠛⢻⡏⡻⠟⠛⡽⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⠸⠾⠶⠷⠷⠶⠿⠷⠾⠷⠿⠾⠽⠷⠶⠾⠶⠶⠿⠿⠿⢸⢟⡟⢛⠛⡛⡛⣟⡛⡿⠛⣓⡟⣿⠻⣻⣻⡟⣫⣳⢛⡛⠹⡻⣻⣿⡽⣻⢛⢛⣛⡿⡍⣽⣭⣍⣫⢻⢋⣟⣻⢛⢛⣛⡛⣿⡏⡟⣻⣛⢻⢟⣏⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⠿⠿⢿⣿⡿⠿⢿⣻⡿⠿⢿⡿⠿⠿⣿⠿⡿⣿⠿⠿⣿⢿⣿⣿⠿⠿⣷⢳⢾⠿⣿⠿⠿⣷⠿⠺⣾⣾⠷⢻⡟⢾⣿⣾⡟⢿⣾⠾⠿⣾⠿⡿⠿⠷⣿⢞⣿⠿⠟⣿⠳⡿⠿⣿⠿⢿⡿⠗⡞⠿⣿⡿⢷⣷⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣾⣶⣷⣿⣷⣾⣾⣿⣷⡶⣾⣿⢶⢷⣿⣷⣷⣿⣶⣿⣿⣾⣷⣿⣶⣾⣿⣾⣿⣞⢛⠓⠒⠛⠒⡚⠛⠓⠒⢚⠓⢒⠛⠛⠓⡒⠛⠓⡚⠛⠚⠓⠚⡒⠛⠛⢛⠒⠒⠛⠒⠓⠓⠛⠒⠚⠓⢒⠓⠚⠛⠛⠚⠛⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⠼⠤⠬⠨⠯⠤⠤⠴⠴⠧⠭⠾⠬⠤⠬⠧⠧⠾⠬⠬⠯⠤⠽⠧⠤⠼⠯⠬⠿⠟⠊⠓⠐⠛⠂⠓⠛⠃⠘⠛⠚⠛⠝⠂⠐⠛⠙⠀⠋⠚⠛⠂⠊⠃⠚⠃⠙⠒⠛⠃⠚⠓⠈⠒⠛⠙⠙⠘⠛⠗⠙⢛⣘⣂⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⠷⠍⠺⠀⠷⠺⠱⠱⠿⠪⠇⠃⠇⠕⠿⠨⠺⠺⠀⠯⠺⠺⠸⠺⠍⠼⠇⠠⠿⠅⠸⠛⠏⠽⠇⠨⠏⠸⠞⠀⠿⠺⠨⠸⠢⠀⠇⠏⠸⠺⠹⠂⠅⠇⠀⠏⠅⠓⠖⠕⠾⠔⠽⠐⠇⠕⠯⠺⠺⠾⢁⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⠲⠶⠒⠢⠖⠆⠷⠂⠶⣖⠀⠶⠎⠰⠆⠔⠸⠲⠖⠖⠐⠶⠂⠒⠖⠆⠸⠢⠂⠖⠦⠐⠲⠲⠂⠸⠐⠴⠂⠐⠶⠤⠢⠰⠲⠂⠲⠶⠒⠰⠖⠢⠷⠰⠖⠲⠁⠔⠷⠒⠄⠂⠷⠒⠢⠶⠆⠂⠶⠒⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣄⠀⡀⠀⣰⠀⢠⣤⣄⡀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 142 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/Mozilla_Pays_Public_Relations_Firms_to_Pretend_Mozilla_and_Fire.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/Mozilla_Pays_Public_Relations_Firms_to_Pretend_Mozilla_and_Fire.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Mozilla Pays Public Relations Firms to Pretend Mozilla and Firefox Value Privacy, Even When They Don't⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 09, 2023 Mozilla did this to me before; they never learn... they probably just mail this "embargo" notice to loads of people without checking 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Fox_Vintage_Painting:_Vintage_painting_of_a_red_fox⦈_ THERE they go again. Here we go again. They sent this to me out of the blue, via Helena Dea Bala (helena@pkpr.com), so they basically pay for marketers and spammers while laying off staff that programs and has built actual software: =============================================================================== Hi Roy, Consumer privacy watchdog Mozilla will release its annual *Privacy Not Included guide for holiday shoppers on November 15th. The 2023 edition reviews the privacy and security features of over 150 popular gifts, like Microsoft XBox, Garmin Fitness Trackers, Amazon Ring, iRobot vacuums, Tile Trackers, Bose headphones, and the Tamagotchi Uni, and slaps warning labels on the creepiest products. Two highlights of this year’s research: children’s connected toys and apps – which collect and repurpose hoards of data – are among the worst in class. Amazon’s Alexa, for example, has kept and used children’s voice recordings for years, and Embodied Inc’s Black Mirror-esque Moxie Robot records and shares its “conversations” with kids. And some of the best in class from last year's research ended up on the naughty list this year. You can find past coverage of Mozilla’s Privacy Not Included research here. For a story: Let me know if you’d like to see the press release under embargo until November 15 at 4 am ET I can coordinate an interview with Jen Caltrider, *Privacy Not Included lead researcher. Thanks! Helena [spying code] Ironically, like before, this very E-mail violates the privacy of the recipient (me and others), as there is tracking both in the E-mail body (it's HTML) and in the sole link in the E-mail: [redacted].as/t1/96/9tqufkv2om466a7znrzx6t3db/ 0/d359c67bc47dbce35709785da0bb84db344eef1ba15c0fae4a5be3e7fb9893c4 So Mozilla has basically hired a proxy, not for the first time, to send spyware to my inbox (spying even if I do not click anything) to tell me about how much Mozilla values privacy. Need we remind readers that Mozilla has also just stated_that_it_is_outsourcing Firefox_development_to_NSA/Microsoft, proprietary software that should be condemned rather than embraced? Yes, we're talking about GitHub here. GitHub is still losing money. Microsoft loses lots of money on GitHub. It won't last. Already there are several waves of layoffs and permanent office closures at GitHub. This will not end well for GitHub users. Mozilla is corrupt enough to have walked into this trap. Avoid Mozilla. Don't trust this leadership team. If you're not already using something of Mozilla, consider exploring alternatives. Mozilla managements (people_from_the_CIA, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft etc.) use the word "privacy" a million times in their communications while they violate the privacy of ~100 million users. Mozilla's Baker (Banker) made Mozilla a success story... for her. She_make_a_bank_out_of_it and might not care if the market share craters; her handlers at Google (who pay her a truly grotesque salary) prefer it that way. Now she works for Microsoft too. This is a company that basically pretends to be a non-profit but works for GAFAM. █ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠒⠒⠟⠋⠉⠁⢟⣩⣽⣿⣷⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣽⣂⠉⠳⠋ ⠀⠀⠶⠾⠆⠀⢉⣇⣀⠀⠀⠀⢰⡶⡀⣤⣽⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣥⣤⣤ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⢂⠀⠋⢉⡫⠂⠀⣸⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣝⠻⢯⠋ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⢀⡀⡩⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⡀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠠⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠊⠙⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣥⣤⡀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⢿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿ ⠀⣠⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣻⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢇ ⣃⠋⠈⢑⢀⣶⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢯⣾⣿⣿⡿⠞⠯⡐⠋⣈ ⠈⠀⠀⠠⠤⠩⠿⠿⡿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠉⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡛⠛⠗⠢⠀⠨⠉⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⡉⢷⣾⠃⠊⠳ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⠄⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⢿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢻⡛⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡹⣿⣳⡤⠀⠀⠀ ⢀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣬⣝⡯⢽⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⣠⠶⡆⠀⠀⠙⠓⢂⣀⠀⠟⠿⢿⡂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠈⠅⠹⡿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣀⣈⡀⠂⠀⠒⠈ ⠀⠐⣛⣛⣻⣛⣻⣟⣟⣪⣽⣻⣿⣿⣿⠟⠂⠀⠀⠀⠐⠒⠛⠁⢆⠀⠘⣷⡀⠀⠰⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠨⠷⠀⢈⡙⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣤⣥⣬⣾⣷⣄⠀ ⣸⣿⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠁⠀⠀⣠⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⠀⠀⢰⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣄⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠈⠿⠛⠐⠛⠟⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⠁⡀⠀⣽⡇⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣄⢶⣾⣿⡿⣷⠠⠦⢀⣠⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⡷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠛⠛⢪⣉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭⡽⣄⠷⢿⣧⠶ ⣛⣛⣿⣯⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⠺⠇⠀⠸⠇⠆⠺⠛⠀⠇⣠⡀⢠⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠛⢻⣿⠋⠀⠁⠀⢻⡄ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠓⠀⣀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣷⡈⠑⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠑⢶⣤⣄⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠨⠿⣿⣿⣯⠿⣿⣿⣧⣾⣾⣿⢖⣀⡀⠀⠀⠘⠛ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡅⠀⠀⠀⣰⣶⣿⣾⡄⠁⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⢲⣄⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣷⣷⣶⣶⣤⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣴⡅⠁⢀⠁ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⡧⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣿⡷⠶⣶⣂⣤⡅⠸⠇ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣦⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠥⠢⠠⢩⢓⣚⢛⠷ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭⣽⣾⣿⢿⠿⣾⠼⢧⣖⣾⣭⣦⠮⠀ ⣿⣟⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠁⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣒⣒⢂⢄⡊⡁⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠉⠀⢀⣴⣞⣛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣻⣿⠿⣿⣿⢿⣋⢁⠉⠈⠀⠀⡀⠀ ⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⠀⣼⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⡿⠿⠿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣙⣯⣭⣿⣾⣶⣿⣿⣛⣋⣙⢷⢀⠀⡚⡃⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢅ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣛⡋⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⡿⢿⠟⠿⠭⢍⡩⠉⠁⠀⢀⡀⡤⠀⠄⠥⡀⠀⠀⠀⠒ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣳⣾⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠽⠿⠟⣻⣛⣹⣛⣛⣛⣻⣟⣿⣷⣦⡤⠤⠤⠤⠤⢴⢶⢒⣂⣐⣒⣲⡿⠍⠓⡤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 276 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/The_Last_Digitally_Free_Nation_on_Earth.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/The_Last_Digitally_Free_Nation_on_Earth.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ The Last Digitally-Free Nation on Earth⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Nov 09, 2023, updated Nov 09, 2023 Over at LinuxInsider, The Last Digitally-Free Nation on Earth has covered the need_for_digital_literacy_and_software_freedom, Computers and information systems, while certainly a love of mine now, were not my first. I have always been an avid student of history and an observer of geopolitics. My bookshelf can readily attest to this. My embrace of digital technology is really an extension of my reflection on geopolitical dynamics. When Edward Snowden arrived on the scene in 2013, my takeaway was that technical literacy was essential to avoid getting swept up in geopolitics. Snowden is far from the only one who would suggest computers are an integral part of the new geopolitical battlefield. The idea of Fifth- Generation Warfare posits that geopolitical competition is going on constantly, everywhere, involving everyone connected to the global politico-socio-economic network. This network is composed of digital devices more than any other component. So, when I saw this video, it tantalized all the hungriest segments of my curiosity. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 322 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 09/11/2023: Amazon Layoffs, Broker Lays Off Most Of Its Staff⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 09, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Gemini*_and_Gopher # Personal/Opinions # Politics_and_World_Events # Technology_and_Free_Software # Programming * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Kev Quirk ☛ Seeking_Pen_Pals⠀⇛ I want to get to know you better. So I've decided to start a new mini-project where we become Pen Pals for a month. I've made a number of friends_from_blogging, but I'd like to take it one step further. Inspired by Jarrod_Blundy, I'd like to start a Pen Pal project where I email back and forth with one reader for a month. This will hopefully result in me making more friends from blogging by allowing us to have a good chat for a month, and will also give your blog (if you have one) some exposure. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Forever_Writing_On_Monofilament_Fishing_Line⠀⇛ Collectively, we have a long-term memory problem. Paper turns to mulch, dyes in optical disks degrade, iron oxides don’t last forever, and flash memories will eventually fade away. So what do you do when you want to write something down and make sure it’s around a couple of thousand years from now? Easy — just use something that even Mother Nature herself has trouble breaking down: plastic. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Lunar_Gateway’s_Advanced_Solar_Electric_Propulsion Engine_Passes_Initial_Qualification_Tests⠀⇛ Recently NASA announced earlier this month that the 12 kW Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) – which is scheduled to form an integral part of the Lunar Gateway when it is launched – has passed a number of qualification tests, after a rather tumultuous number of years during its development. o ⚓ Meduza ☛ A_deadly_impasse_Meduza’s_combat_map_shows_the_latest developments_around_Avdiivka_and_the_Dnipro_—_Meduza⠀⇛ o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Scientist_Claims_Quantum_RSA-2048_Encryption_Cracking Breakthrough⠀⇛ # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Nature_Retracts_Controversial_Room Temperature_Superconductor_Paper_(But_Not_LK-99)⠀⇛ Room-temperature superconduction would be the holy grail for humanity's computing and energy-efficient future. But there are risks to being a poster-boy for the pursuit of Nobel prizes: that individuals co-opt science to advance personal goals. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Giveaway_Week_2023_–_GL.iNet_GL-S200_Thread Border_Router_devkit⠀⇛ It’s already day 4 of CNX Software Giveaway Week 2023 and today, we’ll be giving away GL.iNet GL- S200 Thread Border router kit that also includes three USB or battery-powered Thread development boards to experiment with various Thread topologies. The GL-S200 router comes with a Qualcomm QCA9531 MIPS router processor running a fork of OpenWrt and provides two Fast Ethernet WAN/ LAN ports, 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi 4 802.11b/g/n up to 150 Mbps, and support for Thread (via a 802.15.4 radio) and Bluetooth 5.0. The development boards are based on the Nordic Semi nRF52840 microcontroller and each features a potentiometer+button, a PIR sensor, and two RGB LEDs. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ STMicro_launches_Bluetooth_5.3/5.4_LE STM32WB09_MCU_and_STM32WB1MMC_wireless_module⠀⇛ STMicro has released two new Bluetooth 5.3/5.4 products with the STM32WB09 Cortex-M0+ wireless Bluetooth 5.3 LE microcontroller and the ST32WB1MMC Cortex-M0+/M4 Bluetooth 5.4 LE module for simpler design [...] o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ The_Choice_Is_Choice:_Abortion_Rights Supporters_Win_Big_in_Ohio,_Kentucky_and_Virginia⠀⇛ We look at the results of Tuesday’s U.S. elections with The Nation's Amy Littlefield and John Nichols, who say the results leave no doubt that protecting and expanding abortion rights is motivating voters across the country. Ohio approved a state constitutional amendment to protect reproductive access, overcoming numerous procedural hurdles from opponents, and Democrats won key races for the governor's mansion in Kentucky and the Virginia statehouse based on enduring voter anger over abortion restrictions. “This is one of the best nights for Democrats in an off-year election that we’ve seen in a very, very long time,” says Nichols, who adds that the results suggest the electorate is more progressive than pundits often claim. Littlefield notes that after decades of abortion being treated as a third rail in U.S. politics, Democrats now “need the abortion rights movement more than the movement needs them.” # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Covid_and_flu_patient_numbers_in_hospitals_grow⠀⇛ The spread of Covid-19 is seasonally increasing in Latvia, with more and more patients also ending up in hospitals. Similarly, circulation of type A influenza virus has started and the intensity of flu spread is slightly increasing, according to last week's monitoring data of the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC). # ⚓ Reason ☛ Brickbat:_Can_You_Keep_a_Secret?⠀⇛ Escambia County, Alabama, District Attorney Stephen Billy has charged Atmore News publisher and co- owner Sherry Digmon and reporter Don Fletcher with revealing grand jury secrets. The charges are based on a story about an investigation into whether federal COVID-19 funds were improperly paid to seven former Escambia County School System employees. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Paris_'La_Défense'_business_district_looks_to students_to_fill_void_left_by_Covid_lockdowns⠀⇛ With companies cutting back on office space as working from home remains popular, Europe's biggest business district is looking to students to fill the void left by workers. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Pet_food_recall_expands,_Musti_&_Mirri_to_pay_vet fees⠀⇛ As the Musti Group announced details of a suspected culprit for recent pet illnesses, a second manufacturer pulled a dog food from sale as a precaution. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ When_Fashion_Company_Apple_built_MacOS... for_Solaris_and_HP-UX._In_1994.⠀⇛ Listen now (16 mins) | Back in 1994, Fashion Company Apple released the Macintosh Application Environment for UNIX. # ⚓ Reason ☛ More_Than_a_Dozen_Judges_"Have_Released_Official Guidance_on_Using_Hey_Hi_(AI)_Tools_in_Litigation"⠀⇛ Jessiah Hulle (Gentry Locke) provides the data (mostly federal, but also noting one state  judge's order and a Canadian court's order), and summarizes the different approaches. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ University_Builds_Robot-Designing_AI, Churns_Out_Designs_in_Seconds⠀⇛ Researchers from Northwestern University created an Hey Hi (AI) algorithm that can build robots off of user prompts. For demo purposes, the Hey Hi (AI) was able to build a functioning robot in under 30 seconds. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Following_San_Francisco_accident,_Cruise recalls_950_of_its_robotaxis⠀⇛ Cruise LLC, a self-driving car subsidiary of General Motors Co., today announced it’s recalling 950 of its driverless vehicles more than a month after one of its robotaxis ran over a pedestrian. On Oct. 2, a pedestrian in San Francisco was first hit by a car driven by a human driver [...] # § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Israel-Hamas_War:_U.S._Says Surveillance_Drone_Was_Shot_Down_Off_Yemen’s Coast⠀⇛ The episode highlights the risks that the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas could spiral into a wider war. # ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Public_Knowledge_President and_CEO_Chris_Lewis_Testifies_Before_Senate_Hey Hi_(AI)_Insights_Forum_on_Privacy_and_Liability⠀⇛ His testimony urges Congress to establish a regulatory framework – including a comprehensive federal privacy law – to ensure that Hey Hi (AI) transforms society for the better. # ⚓ Privacy International ☛ UK_MPs_Asleep_at_the Wheel_as_Facial_Recognition_Technology_Spells_The End_of_Privacy_in_Public⠀⇛ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Report:_Unregulated_Data_Brokers Sell_Military_Family_Info_For_Pennies⠀⇛ We’ve noted many times that there are two major reasons that the U.S. still hasn’t passed even a basic privacy law for the internet era or regulated data brokers. One, the U.S. government is corrupt, and has repeatedly buckled to the lobbying of multiple industries that find the current dysfunction very profitable. Two, the government loves the current lax system because it allows them to dodge warrants. # ⚓ Reason ☛ New_Jersey_Secretly_Stores_Your Newborn's_Blood_for_Decades⠀⇛ According to a new lawsuit, New Jersey has handed over leftover blood from newborn genetic testing to law enforcement and sold it to third parties. # § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Houthi_Rebels_Shot_Down_a_U.S._Drone Off_Yemen’s_Coast,_Pentagon_Says⠀⇛ The downing of a Reaper drone, the mainstay of the American military’s aerial surveillance fleet, was the latest escalation of violence between the U.S. and Iran-backed groups in Yemen, Iraq and Syria. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Terrorists_target_the_Sahel’s_gold mines_as_a_source_of_financing⠀⇛ Artisanal gold mines in the Sahel have become the targets of terrorist groups operating in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. The groups smuggle gold out of the region to finance their activities. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Family_Says_French_Traveler_Sentenced_By Iranian_Court_To_5_Years_In_Prison⠀⇛ Iran has sentenced French national Louis Arnaud, whose family says he was traveling in the country as a tourist, to five years in prison on national-security charges. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Iran_sentences_Frenchman_Louis_Arnaud_to five_years_on_national_security_charges⠀⇛ An Iranian court has ordered a five-year jail sentence against a French national tried on national security charges, his family announced on Wednesday. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Security_Agents_'Violently'_Arrested At_Least_9_Baha'i_Followers_Amid_Crackdown⠀⇛ Iran has arrested at least nine more members of the Baha’i faith, the country's largest non-Muslim community, and raided the homes of 20 Baha’i families in the western Iranian city of Hamadan, sources told RFERL’s Radio Farda. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Can_the_Palestinian_Authority_lead_a_post- Hamas_Gaza_Strip?⠀⇛ US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is working hard to involve the Palestinian Authority in a resolution of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Despite having a significant security apparatus, a civil service and other trappings of a state, the weaknesses of the internationally recognised Palestinian leadership mean it may not be well positioned to play a meaningful role in Gaza’s future. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Israel_Raises_Alarms_by_Suggesting ‘Indefinite’_Role_in_Gaza⠀⇛ Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken quickly pushed back, but what exactly comes next is far from clear. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ The_PLA_Strategic_Support_Force: future-proofing_China’s_military⠀⇛ It’s technical, it’s growing and it’s secretive. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ US-led_Indo-Pacific_framework_isn’t shifting_regional_trade_away_from_China⠀⇛ US efforts to encourage Indo-Pacific nations to diversify their trade away from China confront a well-established trend towards deeper regional integration, according to a report by the US-based Peterson Institute for International Economics. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Strikes_Iran-Linked_Facility_in Syria_in_Round_of_Retaliation⠀⇛ Drone and rocket attacks on U.S. forces have continued in recent weeks, prompting a second round of retaliatory airstrikes in eastern Syria. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Activist_who_disappeared_from_home_in Tbilisi_reportedly_found_in_Russian_jail_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_man_jailed_for_ex-girlfriend’s brutal_murder_in_2020_pardoned_by_Putin_following stint_in_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Putin_Calls_For_Closer_Russia-China Cooperation_On_Defense_Technologies,_Including Military_Satellites⠀⇛ Russian President Vladimir Putin told a senior Chinese military official on November 8 that Moscow and Beijing should expand their cooperation on military satellites and other prospective defense technologies. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Accuses_Russia_of Deadly_Strike_on_Civilian_Ship_in_Black_Sea⠀⇛ The episode, which killed one and injured four others, comes amid a recent uptick in military activity and attacks in the Black Sea, a hot spot in the war between Russia and Ukraine. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_NATO_ambassador:_Putin_must not_be_allowed_to_create_new_world_order⠀⇛ Assistance to Ukraine must be viewed in a broader context – supporting the war- torn state should not allow Vladimir Putin's regime to establish a new world order, Latvian Ambassador to NATO Māris Riekstiņš said in an interview with Latvian Television's "Today's Question" broadcast on Wednesday, November 8. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_'Patriot_Week'_online_film selection_to_be_available_worldwide⠀⇛ The National Film Center (NKC), in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has prepared a Patriot Week online film festival – a selection of films that will be available free of charge from November 11 at any time and anywhere in the world where there is an Internet connection. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_Tries_to_Lure_Wagner Veterans_Back_Into_Ukraine_War⠀⇛ A force led by President Vladimir Putin’s former bodyguard is trying to recruit veterans of the paramilitary force, which mutinied against Russian military leaders and saw its leader killed in a plane crash. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia,_the_‘island_of_tranquility’ Putin’s_new_campaign_will_downplay_the_war_while painting_the_West_as_rife_with_problems,_Kremlin insiders_say_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ The_new_‘Geneva_code’_for hackers_on_the_cyber_battlefield⠀⇛ There’s been plenty of debate about why Russia’s invasion of Ukraine never devolved into the full-blown cyber Armageddon many expected at the start of the war [...] # ⚓ France24 ☛ European_Commission_recommends opening_EU_membership_talks_with_Ukraine⠀⇛ Top European Union officials recommended on Wednesday that Ukraine be invited to begin membership talks as soon as it meets final conditions, taking Kyiv a step closer to major strategic goal even as it struggles to repel Russia's invasion. # ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘In_the_Rearview’:_Filmmaker_who drove_hundreds_to_safety_documents_plight_of Ukrainians⠀⇛ “In the Rearview”, about filmmaker Maciek Hamela’s efforts to rescue civilians stranded by war, is a gripping testimony to the plight of the millions of Ukrainians displaced by Russia’s invasion. As the award-winning documentary opens in French cinemas on Wednesday, its Polish director hopes it will remind viewers of what is at stake in Ukraine – and of the suffering of refugees from all conflicts. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Ukraine’s_EU_accession_talks:_what_do they_really_mean?⠀⇛ Kyiv is hopeful it will be able to start EU accession talks this year. But Ukraine faces an uphill climb to join the EU, one which includes more domestic reform. The EU itself also has questions about its own future. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_allocates_€2m_to_Ukraine_to address_social_consequences_of_war⠀⇛ Lithuania is allocating 2 million euros to Ukraine to address the social consequences of the war, the Finance Ministry said in a press release on Wednesday. # ⚓ LRT ☛ NATO_defence_plans_include_protection_of Lithuanian_strategic_facilities_–_committee chair⠀⇛ NATO’s defence plans include strategic facilities in Lithuania that would be protected in the event of war, Laurynas Kasčiūnas, chair of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defence (NSGK), has said. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_president_welcomes_EC_decision on_Ukraine,_Moldova_accession_negotiations⠀⇛ Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has welcomed the European Commission’s recommendation to open formal EU membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ 17-Year-Old_Taken_From_Ukraine_Last Year_Received_Draft_Summons_From_Russian Military,_Lawyer_Says⠀⇛ Russia’s Military Commissariat has sent a letter to a 17-year-old boy who was taken to Russia last year from the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol informing him that he must register for military service, a lawyer for the teenager and his guardian in Russia said. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Says_Ukraine_Has_Plan_To Continue_Fighting_After_Slow_Counteroffensive⠀⇛ Ukraine has a plan to continue fighting against Russian forces despite the difficulty of its ongoing counteroffensive and a shift in the focus of Western leaders, who are now dealing with the conflict in the Middle East. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukrainian_Court_Sentences_In_Absentia Russia-Appointed_Governor_Of_Kherson_Region_For Treason⠀⇛ The Malynovskiy district court in the Ukrainian city of Odesa said on November 8 that it had sentenced in absentia the Russia-appointed governor of Ukraine's Kherson Region, Volodymyr Saldo, to 15 years in prison. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukraine_says_Russian_forces_hit civilian_vessel_during_attack_on_Odesa_port, killing_one_person_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Britain_Targets_Russian_Gold,_Oil Sectors_In_New_Sanctions⠀⇛ Britain on November 8 imposed sanctions on 29 individuals and entities in Russia's gold and oil sectors, as it targets the Kremlin's finances supporting the war in Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ New_Slovak_Government_Rejects_Final Military_Aid_Package_For_Ukraine⠀⇛ Slovakia's new government on November 8 rejected a previously drafted plan to donate rockets and ammunition to Ukraine, following through on a pledge by incoming Prime Minister Robert Fico to halt military aid to Kyiv as it fights a Russian invasion. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Prosecutors_Seek_Eight_Years_For Russian_Artist_Who_Used_Price_Tags_For_Anti-War Protest⠀⇛ Prosecutors in Russia's second-largest city, St. Petersburg, have asked a court to sentence to eight years in prison an artist who was arrested last year for using price tags in a city store to distribute information about Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Prosecution_requests_eight-year sentence_for_Sasha_Skochilenko,_St._Petersburg artist_who_replaced_price_tags_with_information about_war_in_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Moscow-Backed_Separatist_Figure_In Occupied_Luhansk_Killed_In_Car_Bombing⠀⇛ Mikhail Filiponenko, a member of the regional assembly in the Russian- occupied Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine, was killed in a car bombing, his son said on November 8. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ European_Commission_Proposes_Opening_EU Accession_Talks_For_Ukraine_And_Moldova,_'Right Step'_Zelenskiy_Says⠀⇛ In a strong show of support for Kyiv as it fights to repel invading Russian troops, the European Commission has recommended opening EU accession negotiations with Ukraine, while it also recommended opening talks with Moldova once it meets final conditions. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Missile_Strike_On_Civilian_Ship At_Odesa_Port_Kills_Pilot,_Military_Says⠀⇛ The pilot of a civilian ship flying the Liberian flag was killed on November 8 when a Russian missile struck the vessel as it entered one of the ports of Odesa, Ukraine's southern command said. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukraine’s_parliament_extends_martial law_and_mobilization_period_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Junta-led_Myanmar_holds_joint_naval exercise_with_top_arms_supplier_Russia⠀⇛ The military-run Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar is holding its first joint naval exercise with Russia, state media reported Tuesday, with the countries carrying out maneuvers in the Andaman Sea. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Junta_forces,_Russian_navy_train_together off_western_Myanmar_coast⠀⇛ Russia has been widely criticized for supplying weapons to Myanmar’s military regime. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Activist_Missing_In_Georgia_May Be_In_Russian_Custody⠀⇛ A group of Russian lawyers and rights defenders known as Pervy Otdel said on November 8 that Rafail Shepelev, a member of the Artpodgotovka movement, who disappeared last month in Georgia, may be in custody in Russia on terrorism charges. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Finland_Says_Informed_Russia_About Baltic_Gas-Pipeline_Probe⠀⇛ Finland has informed Russia about its investigation into the damage on October 7 to the subsea Balticconnector gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland, the Finnish foreign minister said on November 8. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ NATO_countries_freeze_participation_in arms_control_treaty⠀⇛ NATO countries on Tuesday froze their participation in the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty following Russia’s withdrawal, signaling a continued break-down of the status quo in global security. Russia and 22 other countries signed the treaty in 1990, shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Ukraine_Attacks_on_Donetsk_Violate International_Law_-_Nebenzia⠀⇛ The November 7 attacks left six civilians dead and 55 others injured, including three children and 23 first responders from the Ministry of Emergencies. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Ukraine,_Moldova,_Bosnia-Herzegovina Accession_to_EU_Advances⠀⇛ Von der Leyen presented reports on the progress of ten countries with aspirations to join the European Union. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea_on_Blinken's agenda_in_Seoul_under_shadow_of_Gaza,_Ukraine⠀⇛ November 09, 2023 10:14 AM U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks in South Korea on Thursday on growing military ties between North Korea and Russia, while he continues efforts to broker humanitarian pauses in the Israel-Hamas war and long-term solutions for Gaza. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Gets_an_Encouraging Sign_in_Its_Bid_to_Join_the_E.U.⠀⇛ The European Union’s executive arm recommended beginning membership talks with Ukraine on condition of some further changes in Kyiv. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Can_the_U.S._Handle_China While_Supporting_Israel_and_Ukraine_Wars?⠀⇛ To U.S. allies in Asia, the sudden focus on Gaza risks progress on America’s long-delayed pivot to the Indo-Pacific region. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Bulgarian_deported_after_trying_to_walk from_Finland_into_Russia⠀⇛ Finnish immigration officials sent the would-be border-crosser back to his home country and banned him from entering Finland for three years. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_Armed_Forces_participate_in 'Neptune_Strike_2023'⠀⇛ November 10 will see military exercises dubbed 'Neptune Strike 2023' taking place in Latvia within the framework of NATO's increased vigilance activities. # ⚓ YLE ☛ US_Marines_training_on_the_beaches_of southernmost_Finland⠀⇛ A major defence cooperation agreement between Finland and the United States is in the works. # § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ How_digitalization_can_improve climate_resilience_in_the_Global_South⠀⇛ Digitalization offers a novel opportunity to build climate resilience if properly supported by the Bretton Woods Institutions. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Presentation_of_the_State of_the_Energy_Union_Report_2023_by_Commissioner Simson_in_the_European_Parliament⠀⇛ European Commission Speech Brussels, 08 Nov 2023 Madam President, Honorable Members, I am very glad to discuss with you the State of our Energy Union and the challenges ahead. # § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Business Insider ☛ Travis_Kalanick's_$15_billion ghost_kitchen_company_lays_off_staff⠀⇛ Travis Kalanick's ghost kitchen company cut jobs on Wednesday, two employees told Insider. Before the layoffs, City Storage Systems had more than 4,300 employees. It wasn't immediately clear how many CSS employees were affected. Staff were told on Wednesday that they would receive invitations for meetings with human resources if their jobs were being eliminated, and the company scheduled an afternoon all-hands meeting, according to the two employees who spoke with Insider. They asked not to be identified discussing a sensitive topic. # ⚓ Broker_Lays_Off_Most_Staff,_Leaving_Carriers_with Unpaid_Loads⠀⇛ The folks at Armada Transport are at their wits’ end trying to get paid more than $22,000 owed to them by third-party logistics provider Elite Transit Solutions. They and other motor carriers that have been having trouble getting paid by Elite Transit Solutions may face more struggles to get what they’re owed, with reports of sudden layoffs at the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based company and an apparent pending cancellation of its broker surety bond. # ⚓ Tech Times ☛ Amazon_Music_Lays_Off_Employees_Across Continents⠀⇛ Amazon Music, as per Reuters, has notified employees from Latin America, North America, and Europe that their jobs have been eliminated, according to "people familiar with the matter." This was later confirmed by an Amazon spokesperson stating that the company will continue to invest in Amazon Music and that the company has "been closely monitoring [their] organizational needs and prioritizing what matters most to customers and the long- term health of our businesses. # ⚓ Reuters ☛ Amazon_cuts_jobs_in_music_streaming_unit⠀⇛ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_gov’t_spends_less than_1%_of_HK$20_billion_budget_on_purchase_of_welfare premises⠀⇛ The Hong Kong government had spent HK$150 million as of March on buying properties for welfare uses after the 2019-20 Budget allocated HK$20 billion for that purpose, the city’s labour and welfare chief has said. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia's_annual_inflation_in_October_at 2.1%⠀⇛ The latest data published November 8 by the Central Statistical Bureau show that in October 2023, compared to October 2022, the average level of consumer prices increased by 2.1 %. # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Car_insurance_premiums_hit_another_record high_–_how_can_you_save_on_your_cover?⠀⇛ Inflation and the rising cost of repairs to blame for latest price hikes # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Shares_of_Twilio_move_higher_on_solid earnings_and_revenue_beat⠀⇛ Shares of the communications and customer engagement platform provider Twilio Inc. rose more than 7% in late trading today after it posted a solid third quarter earnings and revenue beat and followed that with a bullish forecast. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Arm’s_stock_sinks_on_lower_guidance following_first_post-IPO_earnings_call⠀⇛ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Employment_minister_pushes_for_upper_limits_on pay_rises;_unions_sceptical⠀⇛ Finland's right-wing government is looking to make radical changes to the labour market. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Tax_data:_Wolt_founder_records_Finland's biggest_income_in_2022⠀⇛ Finland's taxpayers' income and taxation data was published on Wednesday morning. # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Mexico_beats_Canada_and_China again_as_top_US_trade_partner⠀⇛ Newly published data shows two-way trade between Mexico and the U.S. was worth nearly US $600 billion in the first nine months of 2023. # § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Republican_candidates_engage_in_heated_spats at_third_GOP_debate_over_foreign_policy,_Fentanylware_ (TikTok)_and_Trump⠀⇛ Five of the six leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination exchanged personal attacks in between verbal salvos over foreign policy and the economy at Wednesday's primary debate. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Haley_and_Ramaswamy_Tussle_Onstage: ‘You’re_Just_Scum’⠀⇛ An exchange over Fentanylware (TikTok) turned into a heated confrontation that ended with Nikki Haley calling Vivek Ramaswamy “scum.” # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Inside_the_Democratic_Party_Rift_Over Israel_and_Gaza⠀⇛ Andrew Marantz discusses the divided political response to Hamas’s terror attack and Israel’s counteroffensive. # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ DOJ_announces_arrests_in_‘high-end brothel_network’_used_by_elected_officials,_military officers_and_others⠀⇛ Three individuals have been arrested on charges of operating a “high-end brothel network” in Massachusetts and Virginia with a clientele that included elected officials, military officers and government contractors with security clearances, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Music_Executive_L.A._Reid_Is_Accused of_Sexual_Assault_in_Lawsuit⠀⇛ The lawsuit, filed by Drew Dixon in federal court in Manhattan under the Adult Survivors Act, says that Mr. Reid’s misconduct cut short her career in music. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Minnesota_court_dismisses_14th_Amendment case_seeking_to_block_Trump_from_primary_ballot⠀⇛ The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that former President Donald Trump can appear on the state’s Republican primary ballots, dismissing a lawsuit that argued he should be barred for violating the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Meta_introduces_disclosure requirement_for_AI-generated_political_ads [Ed: Misinformation/Disinformation is the very business model of Facebook though]⠀⇛ Meta Platforms Inc. will require organizations to disclose if they use Facebook (Farcebook) and Instagram to distribute ads that were created with the help of artificial intelligence. Meta announced the new policy in a blog post published today. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Meta_to_Require_Political Advertisers_to_Disclose_Use_of_A.I.⠀⇛ The social networking giant, which has long had a contentious relationship with political ads, is reckoning with a wave of generative Hey Hi (AI) tools. # § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Mr_Olivér_Várhelyi_addresses the_participants_of_the_Balkans_Forum_against Antisemitism_in_Tirana,_via_video_message⠀⇛ European Commission Speech Brussels, 08 Nov 2023 Prime Minister Rama, Distinguished Guests, Thank you for inviting me to the Balkans Forum Against Antisemitism. # ⚓ Reason ☛ 'A_Tyranny_of_the_Minority':_Why_This College_Dropout_Wants_To_Cancel_Cancel_Culture⠀⇛ "Being a true free speech champion does require that you defend speech that even you disagree with," says libertarian Rikki Schlott. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Yes,_Anti-Israel_Protests_Are_Free_Speech⠀⇛ Peaceful pro-Palestine protests are protected by the First Amendment, even if protesters often use offensive or inflammatory rhetoric. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Inside_the_Israeli_Crackdown_on_Speech⠀⇛ Since the October 7th attack, Palestinians and peace activists in Israel have increasingly been targeted by employers, universities, government authorities, and right-wing mobs. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Israel-Hamas_War_Has_Stifled_Speech At_Google,_Employees_Say⠀⇛ Google has long been a hub for employee activism, including over the company’s business with Israel. But workers looking to express support for Palestinians say they face hostility. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Vivek_Ramaswamy_Knows_That_Republicans_Who Embrace_Cancel_Culture_Are_Fools⠀⇛ "We don't quash this with censorship because that creates a worse underbelly," said Ramaswamy. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Amazon_Prime_under_fire_for_homophobic chants_broadcast_during_PSG_match⠀⇛ A French gay rights group said Wednesday it had launched legal action against Amazon Prime for offering on streaming replay a football match between Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille in which homophobic chants were audible. # § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Husband_Of_RFE/RL_Journalist_Detained_In Russia_Says_Wife_Is_A_'Political_Prisoner'⠀⇛ The husband of detained U.S. journalist Alsu Kurmasheva says his wife is a "political prisoner" and he called on the United States to classify her as "wrongfully detained" as she remains behind bars in Russia on a charge of failing to register as a foreign agent. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Hunter_Biden_Sues_for_Libel_Over_Claims_That He_Tried_to_Sell_Influence_to_Iran⠀⇛ From today's Complaint in Biden v. Byrne (C.D. Cal.): Plaintiff brings this action for defamation against Byrne because he has made, published, and repeated false and defamatory statements about Plaintiff, knowing full well that the statements are false, for the purpose of subjecting Plaintiff to harassment, intimidation, and harm. # § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ EU_dispatch:_political_accord_on_Crisis Regulation_paves_way_for_a_new_EU_Migration_and_Asylum Pact⠀⇛ Mykyta Vorobiov is a political science student at Bard College, Berlin. He previously studied at Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine, the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the University of Tartu, and the University of Zagreb.  # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ AUDIO:_Kit_Knightly_on_Reality_Check Radio⠀⇛ Reality Check Radio is an independent radio station based in New Zealand. Tune in via their website. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Hollywood_actors_agree_deal_with_studios to_end_strike⠀⇛ Hollywood actors and studios reached a tentative deal Wednesday to end a months-long strike that has crippled the entertainment industry, delayed hundreds of popular shows and films, and cost billions to the US economy. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ SAG-AFTRA_and_Hollywood_Studios Agree_to_Deal_to_End_Actors’_Strike⠀⇛ The agreement all but ends one of the longest labor crises in the history of the entertainment industry. Union members still have to approve the deal. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Mixed_Mood_as_Hollywood_Strikes Finally_End⠀⇛ Celebratory feelings are competing with resentment over the work stoppage and worries about the business era that is coming. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Activists_Say_Nobel_Winner_Mohammadi_Finally Allowed_Hospital_Visit_After_Launching_Hunger_Strike⠀⇛ Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been transferred to a hospital for urgent medical care after she launched a hunger strike to protest moves by prison officials to twice block her access to hospital care because she would not wear a head scarf. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Tesla_Faces_Blockade_in_All_Swedish Ports,_Union_Says⠀⇛ Swedish unions are joining in blockades and targeted strikes against the U.S. automaker over its refusal to sign a collective bargaining agreement with its mechanics. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Unions_Are_Finally_Teaching_Elon Musk_a_Lesson_in_Europe,_and_the_U.S._Could_Be_Next⠀⇛ After Elon Musk refused to sign a collective bargaining agreement, Swedish Tesla workers are on strike, and dock workers are refusing to let Teslas into the country in solidarity. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Appeals_Court:_Bad_Cloud_Data_Warrant_Good Enough_To_Jail_Someone_For_Crime_Cops_Weren’t_Even Investigating⠀⇛ Adding to the unearned wins racked up by cops is this decision [PDF] from the Eleventh Circuit Appeals Court. According to the court, figuring out digital stuff is just too complicated. And if it can’t handle the nuances, it certainly can’t expect cops to follow the constitutional rules. # § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ APNIC ☛ [Podcast]_Negative_caching_of_DNS_resolution failures⠀⇛ Duane Wessels discusses caching failure in the DNS. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ How_we_measure:_RPKI_ROA_signing_and_Route Origination_Validation⠀⇛ How APNIC Labs measures ROA production and ROV-invalid filtering. # ⚓ Internet Society ☛ How_Internet_Exchange_Points_are Expanding_and_Improving_Internet_Access_in_Morocco⠀⇛ If you needed to send a letter to your neighbor, you wouldn’t choose to send it via airmail across the continent and back first. Yet, this is how Internet traffic is routed in some parts of the world. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 2G_Or_Not_2G,_That_Is_The_Question⠀⇛ Since the very early 1990s, we have become used to ubiquitous digital mobile phone coverage for both voice and data. Such has been their success that they have for many users entirely supplanted the landline phone, and increasingly their voice functionality has become secondary to their provision of an always-on internet connection. With the 5G connections that are now the pinnacle of mobile connectivity we’re on the fourth generation of digital networks, with the earlier so-called “1G” networks using an analogue connection being the first. As consumers have over time migrated to the newer and faster mobile network standards then, the usage of the older versions has reduced to the point at which carriers are starting to turn them off. Those 2G networks from the 1990s and the 2000s-era 3G networks which supplanted them are now expensive to maintain, consuming energy and RF spectrum as they do, while generating precious little customer revenue. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Dish_Network,_The_Trump_Era_‘Fix’_For_The Sprint_T-Mobile_Merger,_Looks_Increasingly_Doomed⠀⇛ Aging satellite TV provider Dish Network is supposed to be undergoing a major transformation from tired old satellite TV provider to streaming and wireless juggernaut, but it’s… not going well. # § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Ones_to_Watch_in_German_patent_monopoly litigation_2023 [Ed: Pure spam disguised as article or "recommendation" from then rogue site JUVE, which took bribes to basically promote and then whitewash serious crimes]⠀⇛ JUVE Patent’s Ones to Watch Germany 2023 Stephan Dorn, Freshfields Burckhaus Deringer (Düsseldorf) Dania Esser, Hogan Lovells (Düsseldorf) Lucas Fischer, Samson & Partner (Munich) Peter Reckenthäler, Cohausz & Florack (Düsseldorf) André Sabellek, Rospatt Osten Pross (Düsseldorf) Stephan Dorn: Specialist for standards Freshfields’ up-and-coming SEP specialist conducts his first case at the UPC... [UPC is illegal, but some sites made money by promoting illegalities and hope we forget simple facts] # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Another_Fortress_entity, Entropic,_broadcast_cable_patent_monopoly_reexam granted⠀⇛ On November 6, 2023, seven weeks after Unified filed_an_ex_parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding a substantial new question of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S._Patent_9,210,362, owned and asserted by Entropic Communications, an NPE and Fortress_IP subsidiary. The ’362 patent monopoly generally relates to a wideband receiver that outputs a selected plurality of television channels to a demodulator. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ FTC_Finally_Goes_After_Big_Pharma And_Its_Fraudulent_Orange_Book_Patent_Listings⠀⇛ Fucking finally. I’ve been somewhat critical of the glaring failures of this FTC, which has been something of a mess, seemingly spending more time on questionable academic theories, rather than focusing on all sorts of obvious low-hanging fruit, clearly within its authority to protect consumers. So, it was nice a few months ago to see the FTC suggest it was finally going to target big pharma abusing the Orange Book to list drugs as being protected under patents, even if they weren’t, which had the impact of massively delaying the competitive generic market from coming together and offering cheaper solutions. # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ Which_of_These_Three_Section_2(d) Refusals_Was/Were_Reversed?⠀⇛ Here are three recent appeals from Section 2(d) refusals. At least one of the refusals was reversed. How do you think these came out? Answers will be found in the first comment. In_re_Total_Tax_Experience,_LLC, Serial No. 90502524 (November 6, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Karen S. Kuhlke). [Section 2(d) refusal of THE TAX COP for "a series of printed books, printed articles, printed handouts and printed worksheets in the field of tax planning, tax strategy, and tax relief; Printed workbooks directed to tax planning, tax strategy, and tax relief; Printed worksheets in the field of tax planning, tax strategy, and tax relief [TAX disclaimed]," in view of the registered mark COPS & Design (shown below) for "printed sheets or booklets."] # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Is_Spotify’s_1,000-Stream Payment_Threshold_Legal?_Songwriter_Calls_on_CRB To_Block_‘Unreasonable,_Discriminatory,_and Anticompetitive’_Model⠀⇛ Amid continued debate about (and criticism of) Spotify’s reported plan to cease paying royalties for the vast majority of on-platform works, one songwriter is formally questioning whether the involved model is legal under stateside copyright monopoly law. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ News_Media_Alliance_Already_Plotting How_To_Get_Free_Cash_Payments_From_AI_Companies⠀⇛ Last week we wrote about our comments submitted to the Copyright Office’s request on copyright and AI. We tried to make it clear that copyright had no place in the data that is used to train AI, and that computers simply consuming data shouldn’t require any kind of special copyright protection or licensing. # ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ The_Reluctant_Levitator: Teresa_of_Avila’s_Humble_Raptures⠀⇛ Levitation was the last thing Teresa of Avila wanted. It drew the wrong kind of attention and embarrassed her in public. She tried to remain grounded, clinging to furniture when the weightlessness set in, and then suddenly, it stopped for good. Carlos Eire reads Teresa's autobiographic *Vida* and finds the 16th-century saint complaining to God about the aethrobatic miracles that he forced her to endure. # ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ Humanity_101:_The Syllabus_of_Frankenstein's_Monster⠀⇛ An examination of the three books that Frankenstein's monster reads to educate himself about human life. o § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ # § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding_—_DEIMRSZ_Wordo:_NINES⠀⇛ This is a wordlog for the SpellBinding puzzle (in which you construct words using the specified letters; each word must contain the anchor letter). # ⚓ Recovery⠀⇛ I knew the recovery time for the type of surgery I had towards the end of last month was usually quick, but what I didn't internalize, even when I was writhing in agony the first day, just how tired recovering from even a relatively minor surgery would make me. Instead of some of the grand plans I'd made for myself when I was deluded, it’s been a subdued but productive few weeks. First up was my long overdue migration off Gmail. The importance of email in my life has dropped the last few years, but it's still important and I exchange fairly length emails with several friends, even today. # ⚓ Another_week_nearly_over⠀⇛ Today is looking like a road trip between home and former home, where presence at the latter will entail corralling property not staying with the place (most of it already in bins and boxes) into the garage to get a better feel for necessary moving truck size, as it appears buyer has secured financing, making a closing likely in roughly a week. We'll likely bring a carload back with us, although limited to lighter stuff as we performed enough physical labor yesterday to incur an abundance of aches and pains. # § Politics and World Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Low-Hanging_Fruit⠀⇛ Turns out that 20% of Swedish CO2e emissions are from our diked-out peatlands, and we’ve been promising to fix this since 1971. That’s the same amount as private cars (which we also need to fix). Other countries have similar issues with their own peatlands. # ⚓ Steel_without_fossils⠀⇛ I’ve been a li’l frustrated in the past with how the Swedish gov’ts investment in flashy “Pave the Earth”–style climate projects like fossil free steel (that might not even work) seems to be at the expense of also doing much cheaper, high-impact, low-hanging fruit like peatland restoration. Still, steel production that does use fossil fuels is not gonna be sustainable in the long run, and switching over to other ways is going to be necessary if there should even be steel at all. # § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ signing_git_commits_with_GPG⠀⇛ I had recently written about publishing this blog through git to make it available offline. Signing commits with GPG makes sense for this, to prove authenticity. We live in a world of fake news, fake images, fake videos, fake revenge porn …all of them both manually crafted or AI-generated. Proof of authenticity of content is becoming more and more relevant. Proof of authenticity is why I GPG-sign my emails. I usually don't and can't encrypt them, because GPG (or PGP) is so absolutely unknown to the wider public. At least my emails can prove — to anyone who cares — that they really originate from me. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2047 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 09/11/2023: Kubernetes Stuff and Nature Tricked Into Publishing Superconductor Paper/ Hoax⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 09, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o SaaS/Back_End/Databases o Kubernetes_Etc. o Licensing_/_Legal o Openness/Sharing/Collaboration # Open_Access/Content * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Integrity/Availability/Authenticity # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Patents # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Programming * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ VMware,_Surveillance_Giant_Google_team_up to_deliver_PostgreSQL-compatible_database_for_Hey_Hi_(AI) development⠀⇛ VMware Inc. and Surveillance Giant Google LLC announced today that they will partner to deliver Surveillance Giant Google Clown’s AlloyDB Omni database management system on VMware’s Clown, giving PostgreSQL users an alternative to the popular open-source platform that is purpose-built for artificial intelligence development. o § Kubernetes Etc.⠀➾ # ⚓ Tetrate_Previews_API_Gateway_Based_on_Envoy⠀⇛ Tetrate previewed an API gateway for Kubernetes clusters based on open source Envoy proxy software. # ⚓ Uptycs_Deepens_CNAPP_Support_for_Kubernetes⠀⇛ Uptycs' CNAPP now has the ability to detect and highlight Kubernetes security issues and misconfigurations using the Goat playground. # ⚓ SUSE_Extends_Rancher_Kubernetes_Management_Reach⠀⇛ SUSE updated the Rancher Prime platform with curated tools for managing Kubernetes clusters via a subscription service. # ⚓ CAST_Hey_Hi_(AI)_Adds_Tools_to_Optimize_Kubernetes Clusters⠀⇛ CAST AI's Automated Workload Rightsizing tool ensures Kubernetes workloads are efficiently sized and managed to reduce costs. # ⚓ Diagrid_Adds_Catalyst_Suite_of_Hey_Hi_(AI)_for_Dapr_Runtime Environments⠀⇛ Catalyst has made available a suite of Hey Hi (AI) for the open source distributed Dapr runtime for cloud-native applications. o § Licensing / Legal⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] 9to5Mac ☛ It_would_take_you_half_an_hour_to_actually read_Apple’s_terms_&_conditions⠀⇛ The company says Apple’s agreement comprises 7,314 words. At an average reading speed of 240 words per minute, that would take 30 minutes to read. Statista says that Apple is the fourth worst for this, in a ranking of tech company user agreements. Worst of all is Microsoft, with a 15,260 word agreement that is so long it would qualify as a novella if it were fiction. The company says it would take more than an hour to read. Second-worst was Spotify, at 8,600 words needing 35 minutes, and TikTok at 7,459 words requiring 31 minutes. o § Openness/Sharing/Collaboration⠀➾ # § Open Access/Content⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] Nature ☛ Creating_an_executable_paper_is_a journey_through_Open_Science⠀⇛ Before I start to dive into the details, I want to explain what an executable paper is (or at least what I think it should be). In principle the idea is to enable the reader to reproduce each and every step taken to arrive at a publication’s conclusions, from the raw data to the polished plot. Therefore the paper should be linked to a repository containing the raw data and should support the necessary functionality to make the research process transparent and reproducible. Specifically, the executable paper has to display nicely formatted text, including references and links (just like a journal article), as well as figures, plots, and possibly also videos and interactive elements. Additionally, the analysis code used for creating plots from data should be displayed and interpreted by the executable paper, also allowing for user input to modify the analysis. Lastly, the executable paper should be composed of completely Open Source components and hosted under a free license to be easy to share and reuse. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Replacing_lights_with_a_zebra_crossing⠀⇛ I was in the Sydney suburb of Mascot again this morning, and noticed this intersection had changed. What used to be a set of traffic lights had been replaced with a through road and a zebra crossing. o ⚓ NYPost ☛ Pricey_pilates_studio_offers_$100_credit_only_if_you tattoo_their_logo_on_your_body,_‘avoid_cheeky_areas’_—_quickly mocked_as_‘cult’⠀⇛ A pilates studio called Solidcore is turning heads on social control media after revealing they are encouraging members to brand themselves with a tattoo of their logo to celebrate their 10-year anniversary, according to several posts put out by content creators. o ⚓ Chris Coyier ☛ Everything_about_SEO_is_obnoxious⠀⇛ For another, Google, who ostensibly wants you to not play SEO games and just publish content, gamifies SEO in Lighthouse with a 0-100 score. Although to be fair it’s largely just HTML analysis (so maybe just call it that?). But the main reason for my ire is that it just plain wrecks the [Internet]. Being at the top of Google search results is worth so much money that people are highly incentivized to get there. And it turns out, if you play the SEO game well enough, it is a game that can be won. And the winner absolutely doesn’t have to be the best experience for the user. o ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ Ranked-choice_voting_passed_in_three_cities, but_Michigan_law_prohibits_it⠀⇛ Under the system, if a single candidate doesn’t win 50 percent of votes, the candidate with the least first place votes is automatically eliminated. Ballots are recounted, and the second place votes of people who voted for the eliminated candidate are redistributed among the remaining candidates. The process continues until one candidate achieves a majority of votes and is declared the winner. In East Lansing, ranked choice voting won by 52.5 percent of votes, by 51 percent of the vote in Royal Oak and 71 percent in Kalamazoo. According to Michigan's Home Rule City Act and state election laws, local governments are currently prohibited from using the RCV voting system. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Using_Gravitational_Lensing_To_Transmit_Power And_Detect_Aliens⠀⇛ Most of us will have at some point have bought a long power cable to charge the bike on the deck, but [Slava G. Turyshev] has a slightly more ambitious idea. In this recent paper, he outlines how an advanced civilization could use a star or two to transmit power or send signals over an interstellar distance. And his idea is also simple enough that we could do it right now, with existing technology, or detect if someone else is doing it. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 3D_Printing_Improves_Passive_Pixel_Water_Gauge⠀⇛ Here at Hackaday, we feature all kinds of projects, and we love them all the same. But some projects are a little easier to love than others, especially those that get the job done in as simple a way as possible, with nothing extra to get in the way. This completely electronics-free water gauge is a great example of doing exactly as much as needs to get done, and not a bit more. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Controversial_Superconductor_Paper_Has Finally_Been_Retracted_by_Nature⠀⇛ Extraordinary claims... # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Nature_Retracts_Room-Temperature Superconductor_Discovery⠀⇛ It was the second paper led by Ranga P. Dias, a researcher at the University of Rochester, that the journal Nature has retracted. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ A_call_for_disruptive_change_in_how the_government_assesses_technology⠀⇛ A group called the National Network for Critical Technology Assessment is the latest to call for restoration of U.S. scientific and technology preeminence. The group, working under a National Science Foundation grant, said, "Something disruptive is needed in how we fund the pathway from translational discovery to commercialization." For more, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin is joined by Network member and Carnegie Mellon engineering and public policy professor Erica Fuchs. # ⚓ Bjoern Brembs ☛ Heading_for_#SfN23_with_two_posters⠀⇛ It’s the time of the year again where 30,000 neuroscientists head to the US to talk neuroscience. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Private_schools_rethink_China_future after_flunking_growth_test⠀⇛ Dozens of international and private schools in China are closing or merging, said industry executives. # ⚓ Adriaan Roselli ☛ Øredev_2023:_WCAGmire⠀⇛ I was invited Malmö, Sweden to present two talks at Øredev. Well, they asked me to do one but then suggested that hey, since I’m already there and stuff, how about another. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Flipped_Transformer_Powers_Budget-Friendly Vacuum_Tube_Amp⠀⇛ If you’ve ever wondered why something like a radio or a TV could command a hefty fraction of a family’s yearly income back in the day, a likely culprit is the collection of power transformers needed to run all those hungry, hungry tubes. Now fast-forward a half-century or more, and affordable, good-quality power transformers are still a problem, and often where modern retro projects go to die. Luckily, [Terry] at D-Lab Electronics has a few suggestions on budget- friendly transformers, and even shows off a nice three-tube audio amp using them. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ We_Like_Big_Keyboards_And_We_Cannot_Lie⠀⇛ So, let’s say you’re good at DOTA. Like, world- class good. How good do you think you’d be on a keyboard that’s 16 feet long, with a space bar the size of a person? Well, you’d need the rest of your team, that’s for sure. # ⚓ Daniël de Kok ☛ Review:_ZSA_Voyager_Ergonomic_Keyboard⠀⇛ It has been known for a long time that traditional computer keyboards are not great for our bodies. Since the alphabetical and numeric keys are close together, we tend to angle our wrists, leading to ulnar deviation. Also, traditional keyboards form a flat plane (or worse, they are tilted towards the typist), meaning that we have to rotate our hands and arms 90 degrees from its resting (handshake) position, leading to pronation. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Former_Meta_employee_tells_Senate_company failed_to_protect_teens'_safety⠀⇛ The goal of his work at Meta was to influence the design of Facebook and Instagram in ways that would nudge users toward more positive behaviors and provide tools for young people to manage unpleasant experiences, Bejar said at the hearing. Meta said in a statement that it is committed to protecting young people online, pointing to its backing of the same user surveys Bejar cited in his testimony and its creation of tools like anonymous notifications of potentially hurtful content. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ New_Legislation_Paves_Way_For_State-Based Single-Payer_Health_Care_Systems⠀⇛ Today, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) introduced the State- Based Universal Health Care Act, which would create a waiver to allow states to develop their own plans to provide access to health care for all their residents. In response, Eagan Kemp, health care policy advocate with Public Citizen, released the following statement. # ⚓ India Times ☛ EU_to_ask_YouTube,_TikTok_for_details_on measures_protecting_minors⠀⇛ Google's YouTube and TikTok will be asked by EU industry chief Thierry Breton to provide information on how they comply with new EU online content rules regarding the protection of children, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ It’s_Your_Right_to_Know_Why_a_Health_Insurer Denied_Your_Claim⠀⇛ Just outside public view, the American health insurance industry’s algorithms, employees and executives process tens of millions of claims for people seeking medical care. Sometimes, as ProPublica has reported, insurers base decisions on what’s good for the company’s bottom line rather than what’s good for the patient’s health. Sometimes, insurers make mistakes. In one case we learned about, a company denied a child’s treatment because it based its judgment on adult guidelines instead of pediatric ones. In another, an internal reviewer misread what type of surgery the patient sought and denied coverage based on that error. # ⚓ Claim_File_Helper_—_ProPublica⠀⇛ You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file from your health insurance company. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Insurance_Denied_a_Lawyer’s_Cancer_Therapy. So_He_Took_Them_to_Court.⠀⇛ In August 2018, Robert Salim and eight of his friends and relatives flew to the steamy heat of New York City to watch the U.S. Open. The group — most of them lawyers who were old tennis buddies from college — gathered every few years to attend the championship. They raced from court to court to catch as many matches as possible. They hung out at bars, splurged on high- priced meals and caught up on each others’ lives. # ⚓ Ester_McVey,_British_MP,_on_Lack_of_Debate_About_Safety_and Efficacy⠀⇛ # ⚓ Reason ☛ State-Licensed_Pot_Suppliers_Say_Federal Prohibition_Is_Unconstitutional_As_Applied_to_Them⠀⇛ A federal lawsuit argues that it is time to reassess the Commerce Clause rationale for banning intrastate marijuana production and distribution. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Food_authority:_Analysing_recalled_dog_food_could take_weeks⠀⇛ The Finnish Food Authority says its investigation into the recalled dog food could be lengthy process. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Tuesday's_papers:_Helsinki_bullying,_MPs'_shares_and vaccine_rage⠀⇛ Bullying has become more common in Helsinki, according to a survey from Finland's health agency. # ⚓ ADF ☛ U.N._Warns_of_‘Tipping_Point’_as_Hunger,_Violence Worsen⠀⇛ The vicious cycle of conflict and hunger continues in some of Africa’s war-torn regions. Nowhere was it worse in 2023 than in Burkina Faso, Mali, Somalia and South Sudan. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Malaysia’s_price_controls_keep_rice production_low,_exacerbating_shortages⠀⇛ Industry players say they are unable to raise production unless they can earn more to cover sharply rising costs in production. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea_ramps_up_pest_control_after reports_of_bedbugs⠀⇛ South Korea is ramping up pest control measures and inspections to prevent a spread of bedbugs after reports of suspected infestations at some saunas and residential facilities, officials said on Wednesday. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea_rolls_out_4-week_plan_to curb_escalating_bedbug_infestations⠀⇛ The number of confirmed or suspected cases of bedbug appearances has risen to about 30 nationwide on Tuesday. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea_retracts_ban_on_disposable cups_at_cafes,_restaurants⠀⇛ The announcement came as the grace period for the policy was coming to an end. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Shorter_alcohol_sales_hours_considered_in_Latvia⠀⇛ The Saeima Public Health Sub-Committtee has agreed to advance a joint proposal on restrictions on alcohol sales, which provides for a prohibition on selling alcohol on working days and Saturdays from 20:00 in the evening until 10:00 of the next day, but on Sundays and public holidays from 15:00 to 10:00 on the next working day, Latvian Television reports. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ E-health_to_record_vaccination_data_in_future⠀⇛ As of January 1, 2024, it will be mandatory for all medical treatment institutions to enter information regarding any vaccination performed in patients from that date onward, into the State e- Health system, the National Health Service (NVD) said on November 7. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Stradiņš_Hospital_moves_oncology_patients_due_to basement_flood⠀⇛ Water has flowed into the basement of the oncology building at Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital on Tuesday, so electricity has been cut off for safety reasons and patients moved to other buildings, the hospital said. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Infants_Are_Born_With_Syphilis_in_Growing Numbers,_a_Sign_of_a_Wider_Epidemic⠀⇛ Congenital syphilis has become more than ten times as common over the past decade, the C.D.C. reported. “The situation is dire,” said one expert. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ These_Photos_Are_“Pure_Fiction”⠀⇛ Talia Chetrit’s heady and eclectic body of work pokes holes in our expectations of what an image can reveal or hide. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Adobe_Is_Selling_AI-Generated_Images_of Violence_in_Gaza_and_Israel⠀⇛ User-submitted Hey Hi (AI) photos for sale by Adobe depict fake explosions and bombed-out streets in both Gaza and Israel. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Man_killed_by_robot_that_confused_him_for_a box_of_vegetables⠀⇛ It appears that the robot malfunctioned and identified the man as a vegetable box. As per the report, the robot arm confused him for a box of vegetables as it was programmed to handle and grabbed him against the conveyor belt. The robotic arm then pushed the man's upper body down against the conveyor belt, crushing his face and chest, according to the report. The report claims that the man had been checking the robot’s sensor ahead of the test run at the pepper sorting plant. He was reportedly called to check problems with the robot’s sensor that were noticed two days earlier. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Elon_Musk’s_‘GrokAI’_Is_Beating_the Competition_In_Generating_Cringe⠀⇛ GrokAI has been released to a limited number of users by the shitposting billionaire’s AI company, xAI. It’s essentially a ChatGPT clone that has access to data from X (formerly Twitter). But unlike its competitors, Musk touts GrokAI as having fewer content guardrails, allowing it to answer “spicy” questions with a “rebellious streak.” # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Should_AI_read_your_college_essay?_It's complicated⠀⇛ "Our paper shows that AI doesn't need to be a biased black box as it has been in a lot of other situations," said Benjamin Lira, a doctoral student in psychology at UPenn and first author of the study. "You can actually have AI that advances the aims of holistic admissions, which looks at applicants as a whole and not just their grades or test scores." These tools should never replace experienced, feeling admissions officers and are not currently in use at any college, said study co-author Sidney D'Mello. But, under the right circumstances, AI could help admissions officers identify promising future students who may have previously gone unnoticed amid thousands of applications. # ⚓ [Old] AAAS ☛ Using_artificial_intelligence_to_assess personal_qualities_in_college_admissions⠀⇛ Personal qualities like prosocial purpose and leadership predict important life outcomes, including college success. Unfortunately, the holistic assessment of personal qualities in college admissions is opaque and resource intensive. Can artificial intelligence (AI) advance the goals of holistic admissions? While cost- effective, AI has been criticized as a “black box” that may inadvertently penalize already disadvantaged subgroups when used in high-stakes settings. Here, we consider an AI approach to assessing personal qualities that aims to overcome these limitations. Research assistants and admissions officers first identified the presence/ absence of seven personal qualities in n = 3131 applicant essays describing extracurricular and work experiences. Next, we fine-tuned pretrained language models with these ratings, which successfully reproduced human codes across demographic subgroups. Last, in a national sample (N = 309,594), computer-generated scores collectively demonstrated incremental validity for predicting 6-year college graduation. We discuss challenges and opportunities of AI for assessing personal qualities. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ EU_to_crack_down_on_targeted_social_media ads⠀⇛ Use of the marketing technique increased in the years after and ultimately gained notoriety among the wider public thanks to Cambridge Analytica, the British political consultancy that assisted Donald Trump in his successful 2016 US presidential campaign. It later emerged that the company had harvested data from tens of millions of Facebook profiles. Microtargeted political ads would no longer be allowed in the EU under a deal agreed to on Monday by negotiators representing the Council of the European Union, which brings together governmental ministers from the member states, and the European Parliament. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Meta_unveils_new_rules_for_AI-generated content_in_political_ads⠀⇛ Specifically, political advertisers will need to disclose when AI is used to alter footage of a real event, produce fake footage of real events, depict someone that does not exist or an event that never happened, or make it appear like someone said or did something that they did not. If an advertiser does not make these disclosures as required, the platform says it will reject their advertisements and potentially institute a penalty against them within its systems. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Meta_to_Require_Political_Advertisers_to Disclose_Use_of_A.I.⠀⇛ On Wednesday, Meta introduced a new policy to grapple with A.I.’s effects on political advertising. The Silicon Valley company said that starting next year, it would require political advertisers around the world to disclose when they had used third-party A.I. software in political or social issue ads to synthetically depict people and events. Meta added that it would bar advertisers from using its own A.I.-assisted software to create political or social issue ads, as well as ads related to housing, employment, credit, health, pharmaceuticals or financial services. Those advertisers would be able to use third-party A.I. tools such as the image generators DALL-E and Midjourney, but with disclosures. # ⚓ [Old] Scoop News Group ☛ Senators_discuss_new_legislation focused_on_deceptive_AI_and_elections⠀⇛ Klobuchar’s legislation, which is called the Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act, is designed to ban the use of AI to develop deceptive impersonations of federal political candidates in political ads, according to a press release. The bill would function as an amendment to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and would allow candidates to address deceptive AI-generated content in federal court. There are satire, parody, and news broadcast exceptions, the release noted. # ⚓ [Old] US Senate ☛ Klobuchar,_Hawley,_Coons,_Collins Introduce_Bipartisan_Legislation_to_Ban_the_Use_of_Materially Deceptive_AI-Generated_Content_in_Elections⠀⇛ This bill would amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to prohibit the distribution of materially deceptive AI-generated audio, images, or video relating to federal candidates in political ads or certain issue ads to influence a federal election or fundraise. The bill allows federal candidates targeted by this materially deceptive content to have content taken down and enables them to seek damages in federal court. This ban extends to a person, political committee, or other entity that distributes materially deceptive content intended to influence an election or raise money fraudulently. Consistent with the First Amendment, the bill has exceptions for parody, satire, and the use of AI-generated content in news broadcasts. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Meta_to_require_advertisers_to_disclose_ads created_via_AI_on_political_issues⠀⇛ Meta (formerly Facebook) on Wednesday announced that it will now require advertisers to disclose when they digitally create or alter a political or social issue ad in certain cases, including with artificial intelligence (AI). o § Security⠀➾ # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ Cybergeeks ☛ Attackers_impersonate_Romanian_Gas Companies_–_OSINT_Investigation⠀⇛ In this blog post, we’re going to look at a campaign that reveals recently created domains impersonating known Romanian gas companies. # ⚓ Unix Sheikh ☛ Are_Passkeys_really_the_beginning_of the_end_of_passwords?_I_certainly_hope_not!⠀⇛ This problem would not exist had someone not had the amazingly brilliant idea of stuffing HTML into email. The ASCII ribbon campaign was an Internet phenomenon started in 1998 advocating that email be sent only in plain text, because of the dangers of using HTML in email. Go figure, the Unix graybeards were right! # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Lawmakers_Try_To_Insert_Privacy_Protections Into_the_Feds'_Snooping_Powers⠀⇛ The bipartisan Government Surveillance Reform Act would stop a lot of warrantless surveillance as a condition for renewal of Section 702 authorities. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Reform_bill_would_overhaul controversial_surveillance_law⠀⇛ A measure introduced on Tuesday puts civil libertarians on a collision course with the Biden administration. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Data_brokers_selling_veterans’ sensitive_health,_financial_data_online,_study_shows⠀⇛ In today's Federal Newscast: The GSA is pouring $2 billion into sustainable construction projects. Data brokers are selling sensitive information like health and financial data of current and former military personnel. And Jane Rathbun is losing her "acting" title as the Navy Department's chief information officer. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Remembering_Andrea_Miller,_a Reproductive_Justice_Movement_Visionary_With_a_Plan⠀⇛ When I learned that the reproductive health activist Andrea Miller had died suddenly in late October, my first thought was that we had lost Miller right when we most needed her. Miller led the National Institute for Reproductive Health for 12 years, where she specialized in bold state and local policies. She was a source I turned to often for hope, because even amid the national backslide on reproductive health care, there were states and localities that, with NIRH’s help, were issuing public funding for abortion, expanding access to contraception, and experimenting with ways to stop deception by anti-abortion pregnancy centers. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Ohio_voters_approve_constitutional amendment_that_protects_access_to_abortion⠀⇛ Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment on Tuesday that ensures access to abortion and other forms of reproductive health care, the latest victory for abortion rights supporters since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Abortion_Rights_Seen_as_Big_Winner_in Elections_in_Ohio,_Virginia,_and_Elsewhere⠀⇛ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_lawmakers_introduce_new_bill_to_reform current_intelligence_and_surveillance_law⠀⇛ Several US Democratic and Republican Senators introduced the Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023 on Tuesday in an effort to protect Americans’ privacy from government surveillance. # ⚓ OpenRightsGroup ☛ King’s_Speech:_Investigatory_Powers Act_reforms_threaten_security⠀⇛ Open Rights Group has responded to the proposed amendments to the Investigatory Powers Act, announced in the King’s Speech today. The amendments could mean that global tech companies are forced to get permission from the UK government if they want to make changes to security features of their products and services. # ⚓ OpenRightsGroup ☛ Response_to_Consultation_on_revised notices_regimes_in_the_Investigatory_Powers_Act_2016⠀⇛ ORG would like to express concern regarding the proposed changes, which seem to be squarely aimed at reducing the possibility of the introduction of encryption to protect user data from unwanted access. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Reform_bill_would_overhaul controversial_surveillance_law⠀⇛ The proposal is the first major piece of legislation introduced to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which is set to expire at the end of the year, and includes a range of proposals designed to modernize U.S. surveillance law and improve privacy protections. The Government Surveillance Reform Act would broadly restrict the ability of the U.S. intelligence community to use its foreign intelligence powers to collect the communications of U.S. citizens. It would also require a warrant for the government to purchase data from data brokers, who often sell highly personal data with few privacy protections. The bill contains a range of exceptions to its warrant requirements, allowing law enforcement and intelligence agencies to access data collected under Section 702 in emergency situations without having to first obtain a warrant. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Drug_raids_in_30_cities⠀⇛ Based on evidence obtained from technical and physical surveillance and findings, arrest warrants were issued for 476 suspects as part of the investigation. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ WATCH:_'The_U.S._cannot_afford_to_protect_the_EU. Why_does_the_EU_need_protection?'⠀⇛ The second in a new season of geopolitical discussions under the 'Rīga Security Forum' banner was published online November 7. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Safe_shipping:_a_forgotten_aspect_of maritime_security_in_the_Pacific⠀⇛ Maritime security is a broad concept that spans several domains. Traditionally it has focused on defence, state-based military threats, and the protection of national interests and sovereignty at sea. # ⚓ ADF ☛ Instability_Drives_Proliferation_of_Small_Arms,_Light Weapons_in_Sahel_Region⠀⇛ Political instability, disputes between farmers and herders, unemployment, ethnic divisions, and the rise of extremist organizations are among the factors driving the spread of small arms and light weapons in the Sahel and West Africa. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Kidnappings_in_the_Sahel_–_a_favoured_weapon of_war⠀⇛ Over 180 kidnappings were recorded in the war-torn countries of Mali and Burkina Faso in the first half of 2023 – an average of one a day. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong’s_‘patriots-only’ legislature_issues_joint_statement_condemning_US_lawmakers’ call_for_sanctions⠀⇛ All 90 of Hong Kong’s lawmakers have issued a rare joint statement condemning US politicians’ calls for sanctions on the city’s officials, calling the move a “despicable” attempt to interfere in Hong Kong’s affairs. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Reoccupying_Gaza_‘Not_the_Right_Thing_to Do,’_White_House_Tells_Israel⠀⇛ The U.S. caution came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu floated the idea that Israel might oversee security for the Gaza Strip indefinitely. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Netanyahu_Says_Israel_Will_Control_Gaza Security_After_War⠀⇛ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would be at risk of another major attack if it did not remain engaged in the Palestinian enclave. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Thailand_Hopes_Its_Hostages_in_Gaza_Will Be_the_Next_to_Be_Released⠀⇛ Thai officials have seen photos of the hostages who were abducted on Oct. 7 in southern Israel. # ⚓ RFA ☛ With_firsthand_accounts,_film_puts_human_face_on Uyghur_genocide⠀⇛ ‘All Static & Noise’ also uses animation and drone footage to shed light on China’s cruelty toward the Muslim minority. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Is_China_a_‘level_playing_field’_for_trade?⠀⇛ Verdict: Misleading # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_warns_against_maritime_‘camp’ confrontations_but_stops_short_of_naming_US⠀⇛ November 08, 2023 12:03 PM Crisis communication mechanisms should also be improved, he said. # ⚓ YLE ☛ "Stop_the_genocide":_Pro-Palestine_protestors interrupt_Finnish_parliament⠀⇛ The demonstrators called for a ceasefire in the Middle East conflict and an end to arms trading. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Photo:_Ready_for_RoboCop?⠀⇛ New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently showed off the autonomous security robot the city is piloting. # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Suspect_for_the_murder_of_three_Syrians:_'I received_a_note_from_JİTEM'⠀⇛ Zafer İncin, the lawyer of the case where three Syrian workers were burned to death in İzmir two years ago, said, "We see this attack as a manifestation of the impact of politicians' hate speech against refugees on people. We demand that it not go unpunished." A verdict is expected in today's trial. # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Kurdish_politician_Emine_Ayna_given_prison sentence⠀⇛ A court sentenced Ayna to 2 years in prison for "making propaganda for a terrorist organization," based on her speeched between 2011 and 2016. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ The_Chinese_military’s_skyrocketing influence_in_space⠀⇛ At the end of May, China conducted its first crew handover for its recently completed space station, Tiangong. That included China’s first civilian taikonaut (astronaut). # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Malaysia_Edition:_Firms_with_alleged Israel_ties_face_boycott_|_An_SEZ_with_Johor,_an_idea_long overdue⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Hamas_official_says_North_Korea_could_attack_US_over Gaza_war⠀⇛ North Korea is Hamas ally, official says, but experts are highly skeptical it will attack the US. # ⚓ RFA ☛ N_Korea_issues_military_threats_after_Seoul_overturns leaflet_ban⠀⇛ It’s the first time the country has made such threats since the South’s decision in September. # ⚓ [Old] Yale University ☛ Hamas_Covenant_1988⠀⇛ Peaceful Solutions, Initiatives and International Conferences: Article Thirteen: Initiatives, and so-called peaceful solutions and international conferences, are in contradiction to the principles of the Islamic Resistance Movement. Abusing any part of Palestine is abuse directed against part of religion. Nationalism of the Islamic Resistance Movement is part of its religion. Its members have been fed on that. For the sake of hoisting the banner of Allah over their homeland they fight. "Allah will be prominent, but most people do not know." Now and then the call goes out for the convening of an international conference to look for ways of solving the (Palestinian) question. Some accept, others reject the idea, for this or other reason, with one stipulation or more for consent to convening the conference and participating in it. Knowing the parties constituting the conference, their past and present attitudes towards Moslem problems, the Islamic Resistance Movement does not consider these conferences capable of realising the demands, restoring the rights or doing justice to the oppressed. These conferences are only ways of setting the infidels in the land of the Moslems as arbitraters. When did the infidels do justice to the believers? "But the Jews will not be pleased with thee, neither the Christians, until thou follow their religion; say, The direction of Allah is the true direction. And verily if thou follow their desires, after the knowledge which hath been given thee, thou shalt find no patron or protector against Allah." (The Cow - verse 120). There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad. Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are all a waste of time and vain endeavors. The Palestinian people know better than to consent to having their future, rights and fate toyed with. As in said in the honourable Hadith: "The people of Syria are Allah's lash in His land. He wreaks His vengeance through them against whomsoever He wishes among His slaves It is unthinkable that those who are double-faced among them should prosper over the faithful. They will certainly die out of grief and desperation." # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Did_Israel_Finally_Confirm_It_Has Nuclear_Weapons_by_Threatening_Gaza?⠀⇛ Israel first began developing nuclear weapons in the 1950s. It bought technology and information from France and used it to put up a research facility near the city of Dimona in 1958. The U.S. wasn’t happy when it learned about the facility and Israel took pains to conceal its true purpose from Washington. The inner workings of the Dimona plant are so secret that when a whistleblower came forward and talked to the British press in 1986, Mossad abducted him. The whistleblower, Mordechai Vanunu, was convicted of treason in Israel and spent 18 years in prison. # ⚓ News AU ☛ ‘That’s_one_way’:_Israeli_cabinet_minister_says nuking_Gaza_is_an_option⠀⇛ The existence of Israel’s nuclear program was only revealed to the general public in 1986 when UK newspaper The Sunday Times published a bombshell story featuring whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, a former Dimona technician. Vanunu provided the paper with details and photos of the inner workings of the nuclear plant. “Based on his revelations, some experts estimated that Israel had built between 100 and 200 nuclear weapons of varying yields and complexity,” writes the Nuclear Threat Initiative. The Morocco-born nuclear technician lived in Australia briefly in 1986, where he converted to Christianity from Judaism. In September that year, he flew to London to tell his story to the media. But he was soon lured out of the UK by a female Mossad agent posing as an American tourist in a honey trap operation. She convinced him to fly to Rome, where he was drugged and abducted. # ⚓ [Old] Sydney Morning Herald ☛ Vanunu:_traitor_or_prisoner of_conscience?⠀⇛ But he has become an international cause celebre during his time in prison, embraced as a hero by the anti-nuclear movement and nominated repeatedly for the Nobel Peace Prize. Vanunu, a Moroccan-born Christian convert, now wants a new life abroad, but has been indefinitely barred from leaving Israel. He says he has no more secrets to spill, but vows to keep campaigning against Israel's nuclear arsenal and maybe the state itself. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Planned_fossil_fuel_production_is_double_global climate_targets,_report_says⠀⇛ The plan by fossil fuel-producing nations to expand coal, oil, and gas would twice overshoot the planet’s carbon budget and exceed by more than one- third the Paris Agreement goal, leading to a 2 degrees Celsius warming scenario, said the “2023 Production Gap Report” led by the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) and Stockholm Environment Institute. The report, released on Wednesday, is “a startling indictment of runaway climate carelessness,” said U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. “Governments are literally doubling down on fossil fuel production; that spells double trouble for people and the planet,” it said. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Major_UN_report_blasts_"doubling_down"_on_oil,_gas and_coal_ahead_of_COP28⠀⇛ Why it matters: The "production gap" identifies the distance between levels that would hit Paris Agreement goals and what is actually planned by major energy-producing countries. The analysis breaks down energy policies and projections for the U.S., Australia, Canada, Saudi Arabia, China and the other nations that make up the world's top 20 energy producers. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Nations_That_Vowed_to_Halt_Warming_Are Expanding_Fossil_Fuels,_Report_Finds⠀⇛ “Fossil fuel emissions are already causing climate chaos which is devastating lives and livelihoods,” he said. Yet, “governments are literally doubling down on fossil fuel production.” Nearly every country signed the Paris Agreement in 2015, the global climate pact that aims to limit the rise in average global temperatures to well below 2 degrees Celsius, and ideally no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, compared with preindustrial levels. # ⚓ The Scotsman ☛ Climate_action_cannot_be_left_until_tomorrow -_Scotsman_leader_comment⠀⇛ Action on climate change is just not something which can be left to think about tomorrow. By that point, it may very well be too late. # ⚓ The Hindu ☛ World_will_overshoot_2030_coal_limit_to_tame warming_by_twice_over⠀⇛ Notwithstanding the global consensus among countries that fossil fuel emissions must be eliminated, a new report says that the governments plan to produce twice as much fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C, and 69% more than would be consistent with 2°C. This comes despite 151 governments having pledged to achieve net-zero emissions – or no net emissions from 2050-2070. The latest forecasts suggest that despite promises by governments made as part of the 2015 Paris Agreement that global coal, oil, and gas demand will peak this decade, even without new policies, their forecasts would lead to an increase in global coal production until 2030, and in global oil and gas production until at least 2050, creating an ever-widening fossil fuel production gap over time. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Texans_Vote_in_Favor_of_Billions_for_Fossil Fuels,_Leaving_Out_Renewables_as_an_Option⠀⇛ ”The ballot language refers to funding ‘electric generating facilities’ but doesn’t say wind, solar, and batteries are excluded, which polls show are among the most popular sources of energy,” he said in an email to Earther Wednesday. “The Legislature has chosen to put their thumb on the scale for methane gas power plants (the only energy source likely to benefit from this fund), which is the wrong direction for our climate.” Dave Cortez, the director of the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter, said that the proposition was “pro- fossil fuel industry” but not “pro-Texan.” # ⚓ India Times ☛ EU_digital_chief_urges_TikTok,_X_to_increase clean-up_efforts⠀⇛ Video-sharing app TikTok and social media platform X need to step up their efforts to counter illegal hate speech, European Commission vice president Vera Jourova said after meetings with their executives on Tuesday. Jourova, the EU commissioner responsible for the digital economy, met TikTok chief executive Shou Chew and X's head of global affairs, Nick Pickles, as the European Union investigates Big Tech's efforts to remove harmful content. # ⚓ India Times ☛ TikTok_owner_ByteDance_offers_to_buy_back shares_from_staff_at_$160_apiece⠀⇛ A ByteDance spokesperson confirmed the share buyback plan for employees outside the US, saying it aimed to provide liquidity options for staff through such programs. The company has offered buyback programs twice a year to eligible current and former staff since 2017. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Four_days_of_fighting_in_Myanmar’s_Kawlin_city displaces_50,000⠀⇛ The military responded to attacks by anti-junta forces with air and artillery strikes. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Myanmar’s_Wa_army_accepts_5,000_refugees_back_from China⠀⇛ Around 2,000 more are waiting without shelter to cross the border. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Beijing_confirms_Chinese_casualties in_Myanmar_clashes⠀⇛ Beijing on Tuesday confirmed there had been Chinese casualties after ethnic armed groups fighting Myanmar’s junta seized outposts in the country’s north along the border with China. China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin did not say whether the Chinese were killed or wounded, or where precisely the incident had taken place. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Pro-democracy_rebels_take_local_capital_in fight_against_Myanmar_junta⠀⇛ Rebel groups in Myanmar have seized control of their first local capital. The armed insurgency against the country’s military junta, which seized power from the government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021, is gaining steam. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Greece ☛ Forest_fires_still_raging_in_November⠀⇛ In the area of Karystos on Evia, for example, two villages (Prinia and Amygdalia) were evacuated on Saturday, as the fire was “uncontrollable” with winds reaching 9 Beaufort. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Alarm_Bells_Sounded_For_Greenland's_Ice Sheet,_After_The_Collapse_of_3_Ice_Shelves⠀⇛ A pretty bleak outlook. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ ADF ☛ Kenya’s_SGR_Drives_Up_Debt,_Falls_Short_on Profits⠀⇛ Kenya’s Chinese-built Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) was supposed to be an economic engine for East Africa, linking the middle of the continent to the port at Mombasa. Instead, the SGR has become a financial burden that consumes an ever-increasing chunk of the nation’s revenue. # ⚓ France24 ☛ McKinsey_&_Company_pushes_fossil_fuel interests_as_advisor_to_UN_climate_talks, whistleblowers_say⠀⇛ The world's top management consultancy McKinsey & Company is using its position as a key advisor to the UN's COP28 climate talks to push the interests of its big oil and gas clients, undermining efforts to end the use of the fossil fuels driving global warming, according to multiple sources and leaked documents. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_unveils_plan_to_control methane_emissions,_does_not_include_reduction_targets⠀⇛ China has unveiled a broad plan to control its methane emissions, though the world’s biggest emitter of the polluting gases is offering no specific target for reducing them. Beijing and Washington held climate talks this weekend in California, raising new hopes for headway at the COP28 summit in Dubai. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_unveils_methane_control plan_with_no_reduction_target⠀⇛ The plan includes promising to recycle up to 6 billion cubic m of the gas released by coal mines by 2025. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Microsoft_Calls_on_Oracle_for_Backup_in_AI Fray⠀⇛ AI tasks are so energy-hungry that Microsoft has even investigated using nuclear microreactors to fuel its ambitions. That isn’t stopping the company from funneling AI into every user-end product. Microsoft already has a so-called AI Copilot installed on Windows 11, but the tech giant is planning to stick the chatbot assistant into Windows 10 as well. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ ‘Tiger_King’_star_pleads_guilty_to trafficking_endangered_species⠀⇛ Antle, 63, who is not the first figure from “Tiger King” to face criminal charges, admitted in court to directing the sale or purchase... # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Incredible_Experiment_Reveals_How Rats_Use_Their_Imagination⠀⇛ Small brains, big dreams. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Amsterdam_To_Implement Highest_Tourist_Tax_In_Europe,_Way_More_Than_Paris, Barcelona⠀⇛ One of the major reasons behind Amsterdam's decision to hike its taxes for tourists is the mass tourism the city has been dealing with over the years. In 2022, the Dutch capital received nearly 17 million tourists, a number estimated to go over 20 million in 2023. Considering Amsterdam is home to just 900,000 people, the residents' dislike towards the growing number of visitors is understandable. The Dutch government has been constantly receiving complaints from residents and businesses about the noisy and wild behaviour of tourists. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Climate_change_worsened_drought_in Syria,_Iraq_and_Iran⠀⇛ "Droughts like this will continue to intensify until we stop burning fossil fuels," study co-author Friederike Otto said in a statement. "If the world does not agree to phase out fossil fuels at COP28, everyone loses — more people will suffer from water shortages, more farmers will be displaced and many people will pay more for food at supermarkets." o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Workers_strike_over_government_labour_plans⠀⇛ Unions are gradually stepping up their industrial action over the government's plans to reform labour market laws and cut social benefits. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Workers_in_Sweden_Will_Expand_Strike Against_Tesla⠀⇛ Swedish unions are joining in blockades and targeted strikes against the U.S. automaker over its refusal to sign a collective bargaining agreement with its mechanics. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Expensify’s_stock_craters_after_it_delivers earnings_and_revenue_that_fall_short_of_expectations⠀⇛ Shares of the business payments software provider Expensify Inc. were in freefall today, down more than 19% in the after-hours trading session. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Wolt_founder_records_Finland's_biggest_income_in 2022⠀⇛ Finland's taxpayers' income and taxation data was published on Wednesday morning. # ⚓ YLE ☛ No_women_in_Finland's_top_20_income_list⠀⇛ Only 15 percent of Finland's top 1,000 earners are women, according to 2022 tax data. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_central_bank_conference_takes_place Wednesday⠀⇛ Latvijas Banka, the Latvian central bank, is holding its annual conference November 8. This year it comes with the title: 'A Recipe for Economic Growth'. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Government_reviews_Rīga_bid_to_become_EU_anti- money_laundering_capital⠀⇛ On November 7, the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers reviewed an informative report from the Ministry of Finance on the potential premises earmarked for the headquarters of the new European Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA), and other factors in Latvia's attempt to host the agency. # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Mind_the_gap:_High_street_banks_still shortchanging_savers⠀⇛ Despite coming under increasing pressure to improve their rates, many big banks lag far behind their smaller competitors # ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Pluralistic:_Biden_wants_to_ban_ripoff "financial_advisors"_(08_Nov_2023)⠀⇛ The initial 401(k) rollout had all kinds of pot- sweeteners that made them seem like a good deal, like heavy employer matching that doubled or even tripled the value of every dollar you put into the market for your retirement. But over the years, as Reaganomics took hold and workers' power ebbed away, all these goodies were clawed back. In the end, the market-based pension makes you the sucker at the poker table, flushing your savings into a rigged casino that is firmly tilted in favor of finance barons and other eminently guillotineable plutocrats. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ APEC_Summit_Will_Celebrate_Corporate_Power. Activists_Plan_to_Shut_It_Down.⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ What_a_Texas-sized_battle_over_state_history means⠀⇛ What is the purpose of studying the past? A lawsuit against a Texas historical organization was really, both sides say, about how the narrative arc of history will bend in the future. # ⚓ YLE ☛ HS_poll:_SDP_most_popular_party⠀⇛ Similar to Yle's latest voter survey, Helsingin Sanomat's poll also shows the opposition Social Democrats rising in popularity. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Meta_whistleblower_testimony_will_push_US closer_to_an_online_safety_bill⠀⇛ A former engineering director at Facebook (Farcebook) Inc. told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee today how he was ignored when he aired his concerns to management about how the platforms he worked for could damage the well-being of children. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ PlayStation_Ends_Its_ExTwitter_Sharing Integration,_Likely_Due_To_API_Payment_Requirement⠀⇛ When it comes to the big 3 of the video game industry — Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony — the circle is now complete when it comes to integrations with ExTwitter. Late last year, Nintendo killed off parts of its own integration not just with then-Twitter, but with Facebook as well. But then ExTwitter abruptly announced earlier this year that free access to its API was going to be cut off, replaced instead by a tiered payment scheme depending on what level of integration the user would need. Almost immediately afterwards, Xbox cut off the ability to share content via ExTwitter. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Southern_Baptists_Furious_Over_Church’s Stand_in_a_Sex_Abuse_Case⠀⇛ A brief filed in a Kentucky case has infuriated members of the denomination across the country, just as it grapples with an abuse scandal. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Portugal_prime_minister_resigns_amid_corruption investigation⠀⇛ Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa resigned Tuesday due to an ongoing inquiry into alleged corruption. Upon announcing his decision, Costa said that the dignity of the tasks of a prime minister is not compatible with any suspicion regarding integrity, good behavior, or criminal activity. # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ King's_Speech:_6_law_reforms_that_could_impact your_finances⠀⇛ Proposed law changes for leasehold, drip pricing and smoking crackdown have been confirmed # ⚓ France24 ☛ King's_speech:_UK_government_to_focus_on_crime, economy_–_and_rolling_back_climate_measures⠀⇛ Britain's government set out its plans to tackle crime, boost growth and water down climate change measures on Tuesday, an unashamedly political agenda that could offer clues to how Conservatives plan to campaign ahead of elections next year. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Australia_and_China:_Besties_again?_It’s complicated⠀⇛ PM Albanese calls for ‘unimpeded trade’ in China amid rights controversies at home. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_urges_Estonia_to_abide_by_'one China_principle'⠀⇛ China urges Estonia to abide by the "one China" principle, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday, in response to media reports that the Chinese ambassador is threatening to leave Estonia if Taiwan opens a representative office in the Baltic country. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Charles_Delivers_A_‘King’s_Speech’_He Probably_Disdained⠀⇛ In keeping with tradition, he outlined the priorities of the prime minister at the opening of Parliament — including, this year, more fossil fuel extraction. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ UK_dispatch:_King’s_Speech_outlines_Sunak government’s_legislative_agenda_for_new_session_of Parliament⠀⇛ On Tuesday His Majesty King Charles III took part in The State Opening of Parliament,  a ceremonial event that marks the formal beginning of a new parliamentary session. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ What_to_expect_from_the_Asia-Pacific Economic_Cooperation_forum⠀⇛ On November 15th US will host the Annual APEC Forum. There, the US is expected to make major announcements around its regional trade agreement, bilateral investment commitments, and a meeting with China's Pooh-tin Jinping. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_ready_to_hold_talks_with_US ‘at_all_levels,’_Vice_President_Han_Zheng_says_ahead_of expected_Xi-Biden_summit⠀⇛ Beijing is ready to hold talks with the United States at “all levels”, China’s vice president said Wednesday ahead of an expected summit in San Francisco between leaders Pooh-tin Jinping and Joe Biden next week. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_to_arrange_polling stations_near_border_for_mainland-based_voters_in_‘patriots- only’_District_Council_election⠀⇛ Hong Kong will arrange two polling stations near the city’s boundary with mainland China in the upcoming “patriots-only” District Council election, allowing registered electors across the border to vote. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_owed_more_than_US$1_trillion in_Belt_and_Road_debt:_report⠀⇛ China is owed more than a trillion dollars through its Belt and Road project, making it the biggest debt collector in the world, a report said this week, with an estimated 80 percent of the loans supporting countries in financial distress. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Former_Chinese_state_company_executive_gets_6_years for_'spying'⠀⇛ Public warning says authorities have broadened their definition of 'espionage.' # ⚓ RFA ☛ U.S._reports_sharp_rise_in_people_fleeing_China_amid 'run'_movement⠀⇛ Migrants say they are fleeing political repression and a failing economy that has left them with no income. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Survey:_US_beats_China_on_economy_and_military,_but not_tech⠀⇛ A global poll of 24 countries ahead of the APEC summit in San Francisco also finds the US is viewed more favorably. # ⚓ Vox ☛ The_problem_isn’t_inflation._It’s_prices.⠀⇛ Prices tend to be “downwardly rigid,” Konczal added, meaning they tend not to go down (the same goes for wages). On the consumer end, once companies increase a price for, say, shampoo or soda, they don’t often revise them back down. Corporations have been quite open that people are largely hanging with them on price increases over the past couple of years, which has allowed them to hike more. There isn’t much consumers can do about it. Many parts of the economy aren’t competitive in a way that would force companies to price down, and it’s not clear how much corporate greed is at the heart of the issue anyway. # ⚓ DagHammarskjöld ☛ Advancing_peace_through_national prevention_strategies_–_the_right_diagnosis_sets_the_right foundation_for_action⠀⇛ Armend Bekaj, Programme Manager in the Foundations’ Peacebuilding thematic area writes about the latest International Training Programme (ITP) alumni online seminar hosted by the The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and the Department of Peace and Conflict Research (DPCR) at Uppsala University. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Election_Night’s_Biggest_Loser:_Glenn Youngkin⠀⇛ Maybe Glenn Youngkin got a little too big for his fleece britches. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Adobe_Is_Selling_AI-Generated Images_of_Violence_in_Gaza_and_Israel⠀⇛ The images for sale were submitted, and presumably generated, by users. Some of them say they are AI-generated in their title, while others do not. The images are marked as being generated by AI in the site’s interface. However, proliferating—and profiting from—fake imagery of Israel- Palestine is arguably a dubious practice even if it’s labeled at the point of sale. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Adobe_sells_fake_AI-generated Israel-Hamas_war_images_–_then_the_news_ran_them_as real⠀⇛ Although these images are labeled as "generated by AI" in the image library, the disclosure is often not carried forward when it is downloaded and posted elsewhere online, including in news articles run by small-time outlets that reportedly did not mark the snaps as synthetic. Hopefully that's not a sign of things to come. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Israel-Hamas_war:_How_tech,_social_media_spur misinformation⠀⇛ In the month since violence erupted, a second invisible battle has emerged online. Both sides are involved in spreading disinformation and fake news. Old images are being passed off as new. Video game footage is presented as reality. Credible news outlets like The New York Times have faced backlash over flawed reporting. While disinformation campaigns are nothing new in war, their efficiency today is unparalleled. Advances in AI have made it cheaper and simpler to generate deceptive, but convincing fabrications. As a result, impartial audiences find themselves grappling with the challenge of distinguishing fact from fiction. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Chronicle Of Higher Education ☛ The_Israel-Hamas_War_Is Escalating._Colleges_Are_Caught_In_the_Middle.⠀⇛ They're being told by advocates, alumni, donors, faculty, and students to denounce, support, and shut up about the roiling protests over the conflict. # ⚓ ABC ☛ Librarians_turn_to_civil_rights_agency_to_oppose_book bans_and_their_firings⠀⇛ The fight has involved a record number of book- banning efforts; some libraries cutting ties with the American Library Association, which opposes book bans; and even attempts to prosecute librarians for allowing children to access books some consider too graphic. At least one terminated librarian has gained a measure of success. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Cancel_Culture_Cuts_Both_Ways⠀⇛ Much of the debate about “cancel culture” has focused on people targeted for offending left-wing sensibilities. But the same dynamics can evidently also operate against left-wing activists, particularly those critical of Israel’s response to Hamas’s terror attack. Far from being a culture-war canard, cancellation turns out to be a weapon that many people on both the left and the right are willing to wield to silence anyone who violates their orthodoxies. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Family_Says_French_Traveler_Sentenced_By_Iranian Court_To_5_Years_In_Prison⠀⇛ Many Western governments have accused Iran's regime of taking dual and foreign nationals hostage for the sole purpose of using them in prisoner swaps or as bargaining chips in international negotiations. Tehran has denied the accusations. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Activists_Say_Nobel_Winner_Mohammadi_Finally Allowed_Hospital_Visit_After_Launching_Hunger_Strike⠀⇛ Two activists close to Mohammadi said in separate social-media posts on November 8 that the Nobel laureate was now hospitalized and being examined by doctors after her state of health earlier in the week was said to be "unfavorable." # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Prosecutors_Seek_Eight_Years_For_Russian_Artist_Who Used_Price_Tags_For_Anti-War_Protest⠀⇛ Prosecutors in Russia's second-largest city, St. Petersburg, have asked a court to sentence to eight years in prison an artist who was arrested last year for using price tags in a city store to distribute information about Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. # ⚓ EFF ☛ Platforms_Must_Stop_Unjustified_Takedowns_of_Posts_By and_About_Palestinians⠀⇛ # ⚓ EFF ☛ Speaking_Freely:_David_Kaye [Ed: Hilarious as York herself does not believe in free speech and actively attacks it. EFF has a liability in its hands.]⠀⇛ David Kaye is a clinical professor of law at the University of California, Irvine, the co-director of the university’s Fair Elections and Free Speech Center, and the independent board chair of the Global Network Initiative. He also served as the UN Special Rapporteur on Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression from 2014-2020. It is in that capacity that I had the good fortune of meeting and working with him; he is someone that I consider both a role model and a friend and I enjoy any chance we have to discuss the global landscape for expression. York: What does free expression mean to you? Oh gosh, that is such a big opening question. I guess I’ve thought of freedom of expression in a bunch of different ways. One is as a kind of essential tool for human development. It’s the way that we express who we are. It’s the way that we learn. It’s our access to information, but it’s also what we share with others. And that’s a part of being human. I mean, to me, expression is that one quality, you know, animals also communicate with one another, but they don’t communicate in a way that humans do. That is both communicating thoughts and ideas, but also developing one’s own person and personality. So one part of it is just about being human. And the other part, for me, that has made me so committed to freedom of expression is the part that’s related to democratic life. We can’t have good government, we can’t have the essential kinds of communication that leads to better ideas and so forth, if we’re not able to communicate. When we’re censored, we’re denying ourselves the ability to solve problems. So, to me, freedom of expression means both the personal, but also the community and the democratic.  o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Indian_journalist_targeted_with_NSO spyware,_anti-corruption_group_says⠀⇛ Government-backed hackers tried to plant spyware made by NSO Group on the iPhone of an Indian journalist working for the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) in August, the organization’s co-founder said on Monday. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Freedom_Of_The_Press_Foundation_Calls_Out Alabama_Cops_For_Arresting_Journalists_For_Committing Journalism⠀⇛ The First Amendment provides broad protections for journalists, not only as to what they publish, but also how they collect information. For instance, publishing leaked government documents is protected, even if the acts that provided journalists with these documents may be subject to criminal proceedings. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Police_Chief_Who_Headed_Raid_Of_Kansas_Newspaper Resigns_Rather_Than_‘Defend_His_Actions’⠀⇛ A few months ago, the Marion, Kansas police department made the immediately regrettable decision to raid the office of the local paper, as well as the home of the paper’s owner. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Why_Germany’s_most_profitable_news publisher_is_staying_free_online⠀⇛ According to Scheffler, the number of clicks required to publish a new story has dropped by 44% as a result of the new system, while the time needed to produce an article has been reduced by 37%. # ⚓ Neritam ☛ Judge_who_ruled_against_Assange_built_career_as barrister_defending_UK_government⠀⇛ Jonathan Swift, the High Court judge who has rejected Julian Assange’s appeal against extradition to the US, has a long history of working for the government departments that are now persecuting the WikiLeaks founder. Swift, who ruled against Assange on 6 June, was formerly the government’s favourite barrister. # ⚓ [Old] Mark Curtis ☛ Judge_who_ruled_against_Assange_built career_as_barrister_defending_UK_government⠀⇛ Jonathan Swift, the High Court judge who has just rejected Julian Assange’s attempt to halt his extradition to the US, is the government’s former top lawyer and previously defended the Defence and Home Secretaries. • Swift was entrusted to act for the Defence and Home Secretaries in at least nine legal cases • His “favourite clients were the security and intelligence agencies” while representing the government # ⚓ ANF News ☛ Second_hearing_in_trial_of_18_journalists_to_be held_tomorrow⠀⇛ PEN Norway’s Turkey Adviser said of the case: "These defendants were all political hostages and such a case is a shame upon the judiciary of Turkey. This is a clear case of an attempt to paralyse the Kurdish media in Turkey in the year leading up to an historic election and such silencing of important media voices is a violation of their rights to work as journalists and of their rights to liberty and security." # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Reliance_on_social_media_sees_profits_fall and_jobs_cut_at_Pink_News⠀⇛ Cohen was referring to the 392 job cuts Reach announced in the first three months of 2023, but this week the publishing giant announced plans for a further 450 redundancies as part of a major restructure, much of which was again driven by a decline in social media referral traffic. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Jailed_Azerbaijani_Activist_Haciyev_Faces_New Charge⠀⇛ BAKU -- Jailed Azerbaijani activist Baxtiyar Haciyev has been additionally charged with evading taxes, social security contributions, and health insurance fees, Haciyev's lawyer, Elcin Sadyqov, said on November 7. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Hospital_director_in_China’s_Hubei under_investigation_for_selling_birth_certificates⠀⇛ Birth certificates probably used to register abducted children and prevent them from being found. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Buddhist_monk_in_Tibet_confirmed_as_detained_by Chinese_authorities⠀⇛ “Though Chinese authorities frequently summoned and interrogated him in the past, this time he has been arrested and detained,” he said. Dakpa’s arrest comes amid ongoing restrictions on freedoms of religion, expression, movement, and assembly by Chinese authorities in the Tibet Autonomous Region and Tibetan areas of nearby Chinese provinces. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ US_actors_are_still_on_strike_–_and_yup, it's_about_those_looming_AI_clones⠀⇛ The union representing actors in the US film, TV, and radio industries has turned down the latest contract offer from studios in its battle to regulate the entertainment sector's use of AI. SAG-AFTRA, short for the Screen Actors Guild- American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, has been locked into negotiations ​​with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) for months. Despite the prolonged back-and-forth discussions, the two sides have failed to reach much common ground so far. # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Real_Freedom_in_America_Can_Only_Be_Won Through_Class_Struggle⠀⇛ This subterranean tradition, he writes, has argued that the US government should recognize certain basic economic rights, which are necessary to truly guarantee everyone’s freedom and enable all to meaningfully pursue happiness. Paul urges us to recover this tradition, and to that end outlines an ambitious proposal for a twenty-first-century “economic bill of rights,” encompassing the right to a job, housing, health care, a basic income, and a healthy environment, and an array of other worthy reforms. The Ends of Freedom offers a series of policy ideas for realizing these rights, as well as proposals for how the government might finance such an ambitious program. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Unions_Are_Finally_Teaching_Elon_Musk_a Lesson_in_Europe,_and_the_U.S._Could_Be_Next⠀⇛ Tesla CEO Elon Musk is the richest man in the world. He’s also notoriously anti-union on a global scale. But Tesla workers throughout Europe are taking a stand against the company for refusing to sign collective bargaining agreements with them, something workers in the U.S. haven’t yet been able to accomplish. But U.S. unions such as United Auto Workers, which just won a historic deal after striking against other car manufacturers, are sizing up Tesla, and European organizing success might be the push they need. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Illinois_Kids_in_Custody_Go_Without_Basic Services,_Face_“Excessive”_Punishments⠀⇛ In late December, a teenage boy with a broken arm was left to suffer alone in his cell at a youth lockup in rural southern Illinois. Staff were aware he’d been seriously injured; he told them he was in pain and asked to see a doctor. Two hours passed before staff took him to the hospital, during which they cooked and served dinner and took a group of kids for recreation, he claimed. Almost everything had gone wrong that day, at a place where things went wrong a lot. Four months earlier, a state audit had called the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center in rural Benton a “facility in crisis” because it was routinely keeping kids locked up for upwards of 24 hours at a time, a “significant violation” of state standards. It had failed to offer them much in the way of mental health or educational services, the audit said. An overwhelmed and undertrained staff routinely called on the sheriff’s department to help keep the youth in line, even for seemingly minor behavioral disruptions, according to additional law enforcement records obtained by Capitol News Illinois. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Verizon,_AT&T_Customers_Sue_To_Reverse_T-Mobile Merger,_Saying_It_Raised_Everybody’s_Prices⠀⇛ We just got done noting how pretty much all of the criticism of the Sprint T-Mobile merger by economists and consumer advocates wound up being true. The deal has resulted in more than 10,000+ eliminated jobs, steady price hikes, annoying new fees, a weaker T-Mobile brand, and a lower quality product overall. It also clearly distracted T- Mobile from competent network security. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Optus_hit_by_national_mobile,_broadband_outage since_4am⠀⇛ Singtel Optus has been affected by a national outage since 4am on Wednesday, with its 10.2 million customers unable to make mobile calls or use NBN services. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Optus_says_some_services_restored_after_national outage⠀⇛ Telco Singtel Optus which was hit by an outage of its mobile and broadband services at 4am on Wednesday says some some services across fixed wireless and mobile have been restored. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Tim_Wu_Asks_Why_Congress_Keeps_Failing_To Protect_Kids_Online._The_Answer_Is_That_He’s_Asking_The_Wrong Question⠀⇛ While I often disagree with Tim Wu, I like and respect him, and always find it interesting to know what he has to say. Wu was also one of the earliest folks to give me feedback on my Protocols not Platforms paper, when he attended a roundtable at Columbia University discussing early drafts of the papers in that series. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Malaysia_telco_CelcomDigi_restoring services_after_disruptions_in_parts_of_Pahang,_Terengganu⠀⇛ Services for 210,000 users were after a minor fire incident on Tuesday morning. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Microsoft,_Meta_detail_plans_to_fight election_disinformation_in_2024⠀⇛ As The Reg noted previously, Microsoft's Content Credentials watermarking tech, which it created with Adobe and other organizations in the C2PA, relies heavily on whether apps displaying marked content can process the metadata that labels it as such. Chrome doesn't recognize it, so the "cr" symbol that marks an image won't show up in the world's most popular web browser at all. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ JUVE ☛ No_damages_for_Lilly_France_in_Pemetrexed dispute_with_Viatris⠀⇛ The basis of the dispute is EP 1 313 508. Eli Lilly’s patent monopoly protects the use of the disodium salt of pemetrexed in combination with vitamin B12. The drug, formulated as a so-called Swiss-type claim, forms the basis of Alimta, used in chemotherapy. The patent monopoly expired in mid-2021, pending litigation therefore concentrates primarily on damages. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ 54_New_Prints_—_And_Now_Free Shipping!⠀⇛ A a big batch of new prints is added to our online shop — and also free shipping, and discounts on multiple orders. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ FBI_&_Austria's_C4_Hit_Z-Library_With a_Massive_New_Wave_of_Domain_Seizures⠀⇛ During the last few hours, FBI seizure banners appeared on at least two domains linked to under-fire shadow library, Z- Library. Domain records were modified to use nameservers controlled by United States law enforcement agencies. Just minutes ago, signs of a second wave affecting at least dozens of domains may suggest an unpleasant anniversary surprise for Z-Library. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ lifetime_musings⠀⇛ It hits me sometimes that I will never get to know some people at their best. Maybe they won't show it to me specifically, just to others, or they're simply not at their best right now. Maybe they used to be before we met, and won't be again for as long as I know them. or they will be their best version in a decade, but not now. Despite all of that, it will color my image of them, and our relationship forever anyway. # ⚓ How_do_I_overtake_you_on_the_racetrack?_🏎🏁⠀⇛ This is the old-school way to do it. If we're about to turn left, we're normally on the right hand side of the track, but if I stay to the left and brake later than you, I get to the corner either ahead of you (job done) or along side you (in which case I'm now in your way). I have to judge it just right because I could hit you, or not make the corner at all and go off, or lock my wheels and damage my tyres. But if I get it right then I'm out of the corner ahead of you. Purists love this, and when you see it done well, it's a thing of beauty. To stop me doing this, you might make a defensive move to the left, or try to keep going around the outside of me hoping that my less-than-ideal line through the corner will give me no speed on the following straight. # ⚓ More_On_Education⠀⇛ "Deschooling Society" (Ivan Illich, 1971) is another take on the woes of modern education (other takes are linked, below). The central claim is that "universal education through schooling is not feasible"; instead "opportunities for learning, sharing, and caring" should be cultivated. # ⚓ Single_Wing⠀⇛ Inside of your Jeep, since the first day I bought it, there hangs from the rearview mirror a small, silver, single wing on a short string. I could tell right away that it was important to you, but I didn't know why. As I slowly made you car mine, I would always look at it and try think of a reason why it was there and what it meant to you. I had all kinds of theories, from a secret girlfriend to an important gift from a friend. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Migrated_to_OpenBSD⠀⇛ I've migrated my gopher hole to gophernicus, running on OpenBSD. It's been over a decade since I ran OpenBSD on anything outside of a VM (I used to recommend it for HA firewalls/routers when I was consulting full-time), and I see it has only gotten better over time. It's nice when not only is there a man page for everything, but the man pages are also useful and complete. The configuration file examples for common services are also a nice touch. # ⚓ Blackbird:_RAM_update⠀⇛ Some time ago I decided to update RAM on my main machine - the Raptor Engineering Blackbird. This OpenPOWER workstation has "just" 4-core CPU (16 threads) which is still OK for most of tasks. But these 32 GB of RAM are not enough for some tasks. I occasionally need to generate some larger data sets and typical size is about 39 GB. This is OK but it means swapping to the disk. Not only swapping is not ideal for a SSD but it also greatly slows things down. # ⚓ Re:_Local_repo_copies⠀⇛ The big feature I loved about Fossil that didn't original exist in Git was the ability to have a single local repo with multiple active workspaces. Trying to maintain multiple clones is kind of a PITA so I'd rarely keep multiples unless I had too many irons in the fire to commit a Work In Progress or stash stuff (idk why I hate `git stash`). # ⚓ Restoring_root_and_home_Btrfs_subvolumes_to_a_new_Fedora install⠀⇛ Suppose you have a Fedora installation on a Btrfs filesystem, with two subvolumes called "root" and "home". If something happened to your system and it could not boot properly or is seriously broken, you might want to reinstall Fedora, but you may not want to have to reinstall all the packages and re- setup the configurations you had. In most cases, restoring the "home" subvolume is seamless, but the root subvolume relies on the presence and contents of certain files in order to be recognized by grub and be bootable as the newly installed Fedora system. It's possible to reinstall Fedora, restore the "root" and "home" subvolumes from snapshots, and boot back into the system s if nothing had happened since the time the snapshots were taken. I will describe this process below. You will have to do these tasks from a Fedora live environment. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ More_words_hungering_for_a_decoding⠀⇛ David Foster Wallace came to mind a couple days ago, eventually leading to inner blushing for not being able to remember a thing about "Infinite Jest". 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