𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Friday, November 10, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Sat 11 Nov 02:50:22 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/2023/11/10/ ╒═══════════════════ 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 - Harassment Against Techrights (and Our Family Members) Proportional to the Site's Positive Impact ⦿ Techrights - IRC Proceedings: Thursday, November 09, 2023 ⦿ Techrights - [Meme] Arrested My Dude ⦿ Techrights - Microsoft is Attacking Computer Users. Escape Now. ⦿ Techrights - Over at Tux Machines... ⦿ Techrights - The United States' Indictment Against Technomind Info Solutions (Said to be Connected to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella) ⦿ Techrights - This Helps Explain Why SFC (and FSF-EEE, Which Misuses the FSF Name) Resorted to Character Assassination Against Professor Moglen, Helped by Microsoft Shills Who Compare Moglen to a Wife Murderer ⦿ Techrights - Welcome to Red Hat ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/10/Harassment_Against_Techrights_and_Our_Family_Members_Proportion.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/10/irc-log-091123.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/10/_Meme_Arrested_My_Dude.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/10/Microsoft_is_Attacking_Computer_Users_Escape_Now.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/10/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/10/The_United_States_Indictment_Against_Technomind_Info_Solutions_.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/10/This_Helps_Explain_Why_SFC_and_FSF_EEE_Which_Misuses_the_FSF_Na.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/10/Welcome_to_Red_Hat.shtml ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/10/Links_10_11_2023_China_Consumer_Prices_Fall_Guppy_Protocol_Gets.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/10/Links_10_11_2023_Google_s_Secret_Payment_Deal_with_Spotify_Anot.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/10/Links_10_11_2023_Jezebel_and_Omegle_Shut_Down.shtml ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 70 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/10/Harassment_Against_Techrights_and_Our_Family_Members_Proportion.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/10/Harassment_Against_Techrights_and_Our_Family_Members_Proportion.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Harassment Against Techrights (and Our Family Members) Proportional to the Site's Positive Impact⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 10, 2023, updated Nov 10, 2023 When personal_attacks and even_forgeries aren't enough they start harassing relatives, too (they especially like to attack women) 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Close-up_of_the_head_and_leg_of_a_fox_squirrel,_coming_down a_tree,_with_a_green_background.⦈_ THIS site is growing and that visibly upsets the militants, who have resorted to sending us forgeries (we'll cover that some time in the future). Yesterday this server served the usual million or so requests and the Gemini capsule served over 13,000 pages. Earlier this week French investigative media got in touch with us for more information, as it was preparing articles based on material we covered here. In the process that helps us find a number of bugs in the WordPress-to-static conversions (e.g. newlines_removed, 'weird' accents or Baltic_accents - including in files (broken URLs) - being poorly interpreted in the conversion [1, 2]). The intensity of the attacks on us has increased, but the upside is that it helps us explain the attacks other_proponents_of_Software_Freedom_are_subjected to. Expect more on that in the near and distant future. █ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⣀⠿⠠⠛⢇⠼⡻⡧⠙⠖⠁⢄⠀⣄⣷⡦⣱⣥⢿⣮⠀⢥⠟⣴⠶⢹⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⣴⡀⣰⠇⠀⢉ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠘⠀⠄⣀⣄⣤⢶⣟⢻⠅⠄⡼⡝⣿⡻⣾⢿⢣⠈⢈⠂⢣⠰⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠈⠀⢀⠸ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠫⠘⢹⣿⡷⣧⣷⣧⣵⣿⡪⣵⠈⡫⠀⠹⠀⠀⢀⣼⠿⠓⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠚⠊ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⢀⠠⡗⣼⢧⣽⢖⠙⡛⡝⢐⡛⡉⢩⣻⠁⡀⠈⣶⣶⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣡⢳⢈⢓ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⣰⡿⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⡠⠊⠉⠀⢾⡽⢿⡿⢻⣧⣣⠇⣂⢀⢀⠕⠀⢿⣂⣿⣿⡁⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠊⠮⡻⢔⣘⢹ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢃⠀⠀⠀⠀⢣⣤⢌⠿⠲⣾⡄⢃⢻⡇⠀⢀⢰⣿⣿⡿⠉⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣨⢀⠀⡛⣿⣎⣂⢹ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠸⣄⠀⠀⠀⠠⠨⣦⢙⢃⣦⠰⡂⠈⠀⢰⣾⣾⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣾⣆⣷⣿⣚⠉⣈ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⡀⠀⠹⢴⠀⠰⣷⡴⡞⣯⡿⣿⠀⠛⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⣸⢷⠬⠘⠁⠉⣬⠡⠁⢀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⡀⠄⢘⢸⣔⡰⠃⠀⠀⠈⠀⢁⣼⡿⠕⠛⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣏⡟⣠⢀⠀⢷⠃⣢⡔⣾ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⡀⢀⠀⠀⠔⢀⣤⣶⠿⣿⣦⣼⣿⣿⣶⣶⣴⣧⣧⣸⡇⣷⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣋⣦⣅⣾⠀⣬⢸⣟⣿⡟ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠤⢫⢤⡆⢢⣿⠋⠄⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⡛⠉⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠂⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⢤⣤⣰⣷⠋⢀⢱⢜⢿⣏⠃ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢀⢀⠘⠈⡕⠓⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣯⣜⣽⣶⣿⡿⣯⣼⡿⣟⣶⣿⣿⣟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢘⠛⣿⣏⠀⠀⠀⠀⡄⠀⢀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⢀⣤⣦⣤⣶⠶⠒⠛⠁⢈⣭⣌⢛⣧⣴⠿⠛⠘⠿⠟⠻⠛⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⣿⣆⡎⠻⠁⠀⢠⣾⣿⣦⢥⣅ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠘⠿⡿⠿⣭⣵⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⢹⠃⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡟⠋⠸ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⢀⣼⣤⣤⣀⡀⠀⠀⠉⠛⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣻⠏⠠⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣷⠀⣲ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠟⢻⣿⣿⣿⣗⣠⣤⣤⡀⠀⠀⠁⠊⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠂⠁⠀⠐⢰⣿⣿⣿⡃⠀⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣀⠀⠀⠸⢛⣻⣿⣿⣿⠟⠉⢀⣠⣴⣶⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣌⡆⣸⡿⣿⠂⢼⡃ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⣤⣄⠐⠋⠉⢁⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣄⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀⡟⢀⢠⡤⠀⣸⣿⡿⠟⣭⡄⣿⠋ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠈⠙⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⡨⣿⡶⢈⠁⠀⣿⣿⡧⢸⣿⡏⠡⡀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⠈⠉⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⡧⠀⠘⠀⠀⠿⠏⡃⣾⣿⡞⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠹⠇⠀⢀⣴⣇⢻⡭⠀⠈⢩ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⡟⠟⢘⢂⠀⣀⢸⠫⢦⠉⢠⣴⠀⢘ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⡸⠿⣿⡄⢰⠸⠀⢨⠻⡷⣟⡄⢻⣿⣴⡾ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠠⠅⢀⠘⠧⢮⣿⣤⠈⠠⣷⠏⢠⣿⣿⡏⣡ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠀⠀⡈⠻⠋⠀⢡⣿⣷⠘⣿⣿⡗⡱ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⢤⣴⣆⠀⠀⠘⠛⣿⡀⢿⣿⡗⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 142 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/10/irc-log-091123.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/10/irc-log-091123.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ IRC Proceedings: Thursday, November 09, 2023⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 10, 2023, updated Nov 10, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GN 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNOME_Gedit⦈_ #techrights_log #boycottnovell_log 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GN 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNOME_Gedit⦈_ #boycottnovell-social_log #techbytes_log Enter_the_IRC_channels_now ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 175 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/10/_Meme_Arrested_My_Dude.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/10/_Meme_Arrested_My_Dude.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ [Meme] Arrested My Dude⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 10, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇They found out my PC guy, Rick Allen Jones, got arrested; They found out my refund scam guy, Rajiv Solanki, got busted⦈ THE previous_meme helped illuminate some of the censored or some of the suppressed information about Nadella, Microsoft's CEO who lies about "loving" Linux (those lies help attack_Linux from the inside). Nadella is a "useful tool", not a serious or competent executive. He would be good at defrauding_shareholders without a sense of guilt. He's one of a_bunch of_trolls_pandering_to_women's_rights_to_protect_corporations_from_criticism while actively attacking or sexually_exploiting_women. He defends_Nazi_policies using_his_immigrant_past so that the company keeps receiving bailouts in the form of "defence" (war) contracts. Anyway, stay tuned as in the coming few days we'll progress to the next part of the_Nadella_Exposé. 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Escape Now.⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 10, 2023 Microsoft keeps trying to prevent people from escaping and Phoronix can't quite see it. Phoronix has helped the_E.E.E. for years. What Phoronix looked like yesterday (the comments, not the "articles", were illuminating): 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Phoronix Windows⦈ THIS site has cautioned for a very long time about WSL and other efforts/ initiatives to put back doors beneath Linux ('secure'_boot_is_another, which is connected to WSL in the sense that it can prevent GNU/Linux installs, except when_Windows_is_controlling_those). WSL started when Microsoft approached Canonical - a company that has since then quit promoting GNU/Linux and occasionally promotes Azure, Windows, and even .NET. This is not the sort of company or companies we should support or 'root for'... they give 'root' to criminals. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Mobile_Woman:_Woman_checking_her_mobile_phone_with_a_laptop and_clock_on_the_desk⦈_ Phoronix continues to disappoint us (it's a good thing we made_a_policy_about_that_site), yet it dominates many search results pertaining to Linux and as a result the community loses its voice. Instead we are exposed to more corporate nonsense from x86 giants, whose destiny is closely tied to Microsoft's. Anyway, this_new_campaign_from_the_DHS should "finally ban Windows", according to an associate, but Microsoft_controls_many_of_the_security_regulations_in_the US_government, ironically enough because it_puts_back_doors_in_things_instead of_securing_things. Is this the future? Apparently "security" has become an empty word; now it's just a catch-all excuse for putting the US government (and its allies) in charge of all computing. This is the very opposite of security; it's subjugation. Just_like_Google_and_Apple, we're told this week that Microsoft now promotes the concept and the practices of discouraging people installing software of their choice on their own computer. Microsoft's thugs are now pushing the misnomer 'sideloading' in place of the correct term of 'installation'. To make matters worse, as it turns out, based on a Microsoft-friendly site (Neowin), "Microsoft_won't_let_you_close_OneDrive_in_Windows_without_you_explaining_it first..." As psydroid put it yesterday, Microsoft is "getting desperate to steal addicts' data amid layoffs" (loads_of_them_still_happening). A public_talk_by_Helen_Plews_(and_Andy_Farnell) covered something related to this. Helen explained how DropBox makes money, as it is not free hosting of files, but a bunch of clown resellers don't wish to truly understand what_Clown Computing_is_really_for. As we keep reminding people every week, the doors are closing and Windows will be shut. There's still a narrow opening for those wishing to escape, but it's getting narrower over time. Yesterday a European politician said in relation to eIDAS that: "The server-side code of the eID wallet will not have to be open source, meaning the public cannot know what the code actually does and if it is safe." We're reminded that eIDAS went through the other day and "that was the lobbyists' job," I said, "now some people will get rich from it - the same people who had hired those lobbyists..." As per this_page, QWACs are worse than a backdoor into the browsers. Now that those are in the EU, the US will 'harmonise' quickly and put backdoored certificates into all browsers. This second link goes into detail about how the lobbyists were able to cut out the FOSS security requirements on the back end. Here's the_latest_status. We need to urgently convince people to reject proprietary software, proprietary operating systems, and the proprietary Web that they both facilitate. 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It’s (apparently) coming to a desktop near you next year 2. ⚓ Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers⠀⇛ FOSS news/application 3. ⚓ Ubuntu_Touch_OTA-3_Out_Now_with_OTA_Support_for_PinePhone_and_PineTab Devices⠀⇛ The UBports Foundation announced today the release and general availability of Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-3 as the latest stable version of this Ubuntu-based privacy and freedom-respecting mobile operating system for smartphones and tablets. 4. ⚓ KDE_Gear_23.08.3⠀⇛ Today they all get new bugfix source releases with updated translations 5. ⚓ elementary_OS_8_to_Ship_with_Wayland_by_Default,_Based_on_Ubuntu_24.04 LTS⠀⇛ The year of the Wayland desktop is almost here and elementary OS is the last distribution to announce plans for switching to Wayland by default with its next major release, elementary OS 8. 6. ⚓ Plasma_6’s_Icon_Set:_A_Sneak_Peek_into_What’s_Coming⠀⇛ Catch an early look at the upcoming Plasma 6’s icons – they’re shaping up but not yet in their final form 7. ⚓ Plasma_6.0_Alpha_–_What_this_means⠀⇛ The alpha release primarily focuses on preparing our software for a future release 8. ⚓ System_Cleaner_BleachBit_Sees_First_Release_in_2_Years⠀⇛ BleachBit, the popular free system cleaner, has just released a major update — its first since 2021 9. ⚓ Linux_6.6⠀⇛ delayed a lot 10. ⚓ New_Horizons_for_EL:_OpenELA_Publishes_Package_Sources⠀⇛ Bright future for Enterprise Linux with OpenELA’s RHEL- compatible sources for packages now available. More is on the way 11. ⚓ Google's_Shameless_Spin_About_Core_Web_Vitals⠀⇛ Google at it 12. ⚓ Mozilla_on_Buzzwords_and_Shopping⠀⇛ Not what Mozilla used to be ⚓ New⠀⇛ 13. ⚓ Today_in_Techrights⠀⇛ one day's articles 14. ⚓ We_Need_A_Revolution_-_Fairphone⠀⇛ Miquel Ballester dissects the role of tech companies in perpetuating a cycle of disposable electronics and Black Friday consumerism 15. ⚓ Release_of_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_9.3⠀⇛ RHEL release 16. ⚓ Security_Leftovers⠀⇛ Incidents and more 17. ⚓ Reliving_The_Authentic_90s_Linux_Experience⠀⇛ Complete with a 90s-era Pentium machine enclosed in a beige case, this is really the full 90s experience 18. ⚓ Android_Leftovers⠀⇛ Google Pixel Watch 2 vs. Apple Watch 9: Do you prefer Android or iOS 19. ⚓ PGConf.dev_2024_-_Call_for_Speakers_and_Sponsors⠀⇛ May 28 - 31, 2024, Vancouver, CA 20. ⚓ FEX_2311_Tagged!⠀⇛ A fast linux usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator 21. ⚓ Open_Hardware_and_Linux_Devices,_Including_Arduino,_Raspberry_Pi,_and_a 192-Core_RISC-V_CPU⠀⇛ 7 new stories/projects 22. ⚓ Security_Leftovers⠀⇛ Top 15 Best Password Manager Tools for GNU/Linux System and more 23. ⚓ Programming_Leftovers⠀⇛ Python, Rust, and more 24. ⚓ IBM/Red_Hat:_Fedora_Appreciation_Week,_OpenShift,_and_Sponsored_(Fake) 'Articles'_Aplenty⠀⇛ Some Red Hat stuff 25. ⚓ LibreOffice:_Month_of_LibreOffice,_It's_FOSS,_and_FOSS_Weekly⠀⇛ LibreOffice news picks 26. ⚓ Proprietary_Traps_and_Microsoft⠀⇛ Only 3 for now 27. ⚓ Linux_Foundation_and_Openwashing⠀⇛ Openwashing business in action 28. ⚓ today's_howtos⠀⇛ daily batch 29. ⚓ Review:_System76_Lemur_Pro_Laptop⠀⇛ The System76 Lemur Pro is light, thin, repairable, and upgradeable. It's the best Linux laptop we've tested 30. ⚓ Jack_Wallen_Compares_Rocky_Linux_and_AlmaLinux,_Red_Hat_Continues Paying_SiliconANGLE_for_SPAM_and_Placements/Puff_Pieces⠀⇛ RHEL and more 31. ⚓ Android_Leftovers⠀⇛ More Kia and Hyundai cars start getting wireless CarPlay and Android Auto (but there's a catch) 32. ⚓ Libre_Computer_AML-A311D-CC_“Alta”_SBC_features_Amlogic_A311D_AI processor⠀⇛ The Amlogic A311D was launched in 2019 and first found in the Khadas VIM3 SBC that we reviewed in both Android and Linux 33. ⚓ Kernel:_Rust_Difficulties,_Spinlocks,_and_String_Handling⠀⇛ 3 LWN articles outside paywall now 34. ⚓ Security,_Windows_TCO,_and_Digital_Restrictions/Lock-down⠀⇛ Mostly incidents 35. ⚓ Automatic_NVIDIA_SFS_updating⠀⇛ An NVIDIA SFS is compiled for a particular kernel version 36. ⚓ KDE_Plasma_6_Alpha_"megarelease"_is_Out_for_Testing⠀⇛ An early KDE Plasma 6 Alpha version is now available to download and test. 37. ⚓ Open_Hardware_and_Linux_Devices⠀⇛ hardware side 38. ⚓ Programming_Leftovers⠀⇛ Many links regarding code 39. ⚓ BSD_and_GNU/Linux_Leftovers⠀⇛ misc. stories 40. ⚓ Latest_in_Browserling⠀⇛ The Vivaldi browser and Brave browser 41. ⚓ IBM's_Red_Bait:_The_Latest_Puff_Pieces/Press_Releases⠀⇛ Mostly corporate stuff 42. ⚓ Canonical/Ubuntu_Leftovers⠀⇛ 4 new stories/reports 43. ⚓ Windows_TCO⠀⇛ Cost of Microsoft 44. ⚓ today's_howtos⠀⇛ many howtos for today 45. ⚓ Games:_Steam_Deck,_Humble_Choice,_and_More⠀⇛ Mostly Liam Dawe's posts 46. ⚓ KDE:_KDSOAP_WS-Discovery_Client_0.3.0,_Subtitle_Composer_0.8.0,_and More⠀⇛ 3 stories 47. ⚓ Security_Leftovers⠀⇛ lots of news 48. ⚓ WordPress_6.4_"Shirley"_Released,_Kiwi_TCMS_Milestone⠀⇛ WordPress 6.4 "Shirley" is here! Named in honor of the iconic jazz singer and pianist Shirley Horn, this release was made possible by over 600 contributors 49. ⚓ KDE_Releases_Alpha_Versions_of_Plasma_6,_Frameworks_6,_and_Gear_24.02⠀⇛ The KDE Project released today the alpha version of the upcoming KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment, along with alpha versions of the KDE Frameworks 6 and KDE Gear 24.02 software suites. 50. ⚓ Fedora_Linux_39_Is_Now_Available_for_Download,_Powered_by_Linux_Kernel 6.5⠀⇛ After several delays, the Fedora Project released today Fedora Linux 39 as the latest stable version of this Red Hat-sponsored GNU/Linux distribution for the masses. 51. ⚓ GIMP_2.10.36_Released_with_Support_for_ASE_&_ACB_Palettes,_New Gradient,_and_More⠀⇛ GIMP 2.10.36 open-source, free, and cross-platform image editing software has been officially released today as a new maintenance update to the GIMP 2.10 series. 52. ⚓ Android_Leftovers⠀⇛ Epic lays out Google’s alleged “bribe and block” monopoly strategy in trial opening 53. ⚓ Ubuntu_Touch_OTA-3_released_with_support_for_over_two_dozen_devices_ (including_the_PinePhone_and_PinePhone_Pro)⠀⇛ Ubuntu Touch is a mobile Linux distribution designed to run on smartphones and tablets 54. ⚓ Stable_kernels:_Linux_6.6.1,_Linux_6.5.11,_Linux_6.1.62,_Linux_5.4.260, Linux_4.19.298,_Linux_4.14.329,_Linux_5.15.138_and_Linux_5.10.200⠀⇛ I'm announcing the release of the 6.6.1 kernel 55. ⚓ Open_Hardware:_Raspberry_Pi_and_More⠀⇛ Mostly Raspberry Pi 56. ⚓ Programming_Leftovers⠀⇛ Python and more 57. ⚓ today's_leftovers⠀⇛ GNU/Linux news and Windows TCO 58. ⚓ Kernel:_WPA3_fixes_and_colour_capabilities_of_AMD⠀⇛ Linux development 59. ⚓ Updates_and_Reports_From_Fedora_Project⠀⇛ 3 new posts 60. ⚓ GhostBSD_and_FreeBSD_News⠀⇛ Some BSD articles 61. ⚓ Software:_Reverse_Proxy_Servers,_Kubernetes_Special_Interest_Groups_ (SIGs),_Moosync,_and_More⠀⇛ Applications and FOSS 62. ⚓ today's_howtos⠀⇛ many howtos for today's batch 63. ⚓ Android_Leftovers⠀⇛ Wallpaper Wednesday: More great phone wallpapers for all to share (November 8) 64. ⚓ Games:_Godot_4.2_beta_5,_Arduino_Project,_and_More⠀⇛ 8 news picks and more 65. ⚓ Clonezilla_Live_3.1.1_Bumps_Kernel_to_Linux_6.5,_Adds_Many_Disk_Cloning Improvements⠀⇛ Clonezilla Live maintainer Steven Shiau announced today the release and general availability of Clonezilla Live 3.1.1 as the latest stable version for this Debian-based live system for performing disk cloning and imaging tasks. 66. ⚓ Tux_Machines_Turns_19.5_a_Month_From_Now⠀⇛ A step closer to 20 67. ⚓ Chinese_Isolation_From_the_West_is_Working_Well_for_GNU/Linux Adoption⠀⇛ GNU/Linux usage is growing rapidly in China 68. ⚓ High_GNU/Linux_Usage_Levels_in_Madagascar_and_Ethiopia⠀⇛ reaching all-time highs in Africa 69. ⚓ Android_Leftovers⠀⇛ Samsung just killed one of its most important Android phones 70. ⚓ 10_Things_to_Do_After_Installing_Fedora_39_Workstation⠀⇛ We are presenting our traditional Fedora release article - "10 Things to Do After Installing Fedora 39", with post-install tweaks. 71. ⚓ MusicPod,_the_All-In-One_Linux_Music_Player,_Has_Improved⠀⇛ MusicPod, an all-in-one music, radio and podcast player for Linux created in Flutter, has matured at a clip since I first looked at it in the spring 72. ⚓ Microsoft_Windows_Market_Share_in_Oceania_Down_From_90%_to_30%⠀⇛ 63% Windows, 32% OS X 73. ⚓ GNU/Linux_Leapfrogging_Proprietary_Operating_Systems⠀⇛ Why does the media not cover any of this? ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 907 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/10/The_United_States_Indictment_Against_Technomind_Info_Solutions_.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/10/The_United_States_Indictment_Against_Technomind_Info_Solutions_.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ The United States' Indictment Against Technomind Info Solutions (Said to be Connected to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella)⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 10, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Multiple India-based call centers and their directors indicted for perpetuating phone scams affecting thousands of Americans⦈ THE news_may_seem_'slow', but corruption still goes on, often unreported or unannounced to the general public (or only mentioned in "tweets", not proper statements like the above from justice.gov). A few days ago we_started_a_new series about Satya_Nadella_and_Technomind_Info_Solutions, dropping some_hints about what's to come. Technomind_Info_Solutions (founded 2012) is definitely run now by Rajiv_Solanki, but who ran it before? We'll come to this later in this series. In 2022, or just about a year ago, "Rajiv_Solanki_and_Technomind_Info Solutions" were indicted for their crimes by the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia, as per justice.gov ("Updated November 28, 2022" and filed under "Financial Fraud"). To quote: "As part of the loan scam, India- based callers mislead American consumers into believing that the callers work for lending institutions and that the victims are eligible for fictitious loans. The India–based callers direct the victims to pay upfront fees to demonstrate their ability to repay the loan. At times, the callers direct victims to provide their bank account information and make it appear as though they had deposited funds into the victims’ accounts. The callers then tell the victims to withdraw the funds and transfer them via wire transfer and gift cards. After the victims send the funds, the deposits that the callers supposedly made bounce. The victims receive nothing in return." There is a Microsoft connection and will show it some time in the future as we still get this one validated in some diverse and independent ways. We shall also report what we do know or are told by those impacted without deducing anything baselessly. There are whistleblowers. The short story is, years before becoming Microsoft's CEO it seems like Nadella had a business 'on the side' (perhaps as a fallback) over in distant India, which he had immigrated from. Based on our findings, the company does exist and is connected to him (arrests_are_soon_to_be_made_too_if_the_US_victims_get their_way). Microsoft allegedly tries extremely hard to hide this scandal. If true, Nadella might have to step down like Nat Friedman and then 'face the music'. 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The FSF is very unhappy about it and considered taking action in the past. Moreover, SFC is basically ripping off the good reputation of SFLC (not the same) and after years of disputes Professor Moglen et al finally took action. It should hardly be surprising that SFC now attempts to publicly_harass/ humiliate_Professor_Moglen ("When All They Have Left is Ad Hominem Attacks..."), amplified by FSF-EEE - a fellow imposter - and helped as usual by online_militants or mobsters who casually libel_me by impersonating_people and have habitually compared Professor Moglen to a wife murderer*, which isn't just slanderous but highly immoral (autistic people like some of these militants cannot grasp morality though, they_apparently_have_"wife_skeletons"_in_their own_closets and they keep harassing women, including my wife). Anyway, today we have an update on the trademark case/s and how SFC tries to muzzle Moglen (while publicly humiliating him, trying to paint him as some kind of dangerous monster). To quote a reader of ours: Dr. Schestowitz, I have been watching the progress of the SFLC v SFC trademark case. A new document was submitted yesterday: https://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=92066968&pty=CAN&eno=126 In summary, the Board has granted the protective order that Sandler and Kuhn have filed. From p13: "In view thereof, the Board finds that Respondent has shown good cause for the sought-after protective order, and the motion is granted. Mr. Moglen is precluded from taking or attending the depositions of Mr. Kuhn and Ms. Sandler, in person or virtually." The document provides the Board's reasoning for granting the protective order. SFC has 30 days to respond. Just as a reminder, Mr. Kuhn and Ms. Sandler keep slandering Dr. Stallman while bagging_loads_of_money_and_pretending_they_speak_for_the_GPL (the FSF is too afraid of IBM to utter a word about RHEL_tricks), but Stallman_has_cancer_now, so they might have shifted their focus to his potential 'heir'. Ms. Sandler wants to collect her_~20,000_dollars_per_month (she calls this "pro bono") without Moglen being able to even speak. How heartless. █ * One of them has since then 'vanished' the evidence, which was posted to Microsoft's GitHub at [redacted].github.io/eben-vs-hans (instead resorting to harassment against their exposers) and another is Matthew_J_Garrett. Notice how it's usually the same militants behind all these actions. They compare Moglen to Hans Reiser while making fake blogs about myself (yours truly) supporting Adolf Hitler and Unabomber, then creating fake accounts bearing my name and photo, linking to these blogs. They also keep harassing my wife, as recently as days ago, and someone noted that "Rianne was not falsely identifying as a paralegal, the attacker was" (the person attacking her fakes credentials). That same person said: "Microsoft hires catspaws who are nuttier than squirrel shit so that their character distracts from their Microsoft connection" (several of them sought work at Microsoft or were invited to work for Microsoft, based on their public admissions). Mr. Kuhn and Ms. Sandler did, on more than a single occasion, raise money from Microsoft, but that was a few years ago. The same is true for FSF-EEE. ⣠⡴⠶⣤⠀⠀⢠⡴⢦⡀⣶⠶⣤⡀⣰⡄⠀⢰⣄⠀⢰⡄⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢇⣀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠀⢸ ⣿⡀⠀⣀⠸⠿⢘⡛⢶⡄⣿⣤⡾⢳⣏⣻⡄⢸⡟⢷⣼⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠂⠀⠀⠀⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠀⢸ ⠈⠛⠛⠋⠀⠀⠈⠛⠛⠁⠛⠀⠀⠛⠉⠉⠛⠘⠃⠀⠙⠃⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠟⠿⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⢹⠿⢿⣿⠿⢿⡿⠿⢿⣿⣿⠻⣿⡿⢻⡿⠿⣿⣿⠿⡿⡏⣿⡿⠿⣿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⢀⣴⣤⣬⣄⠈⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣭⣿⠰⣿⢎⡇⣿⢧⡇⣿⡇⣿⣿⢰⡹⣱⢸⡸⣿⢮⡱⣿⠇⡇⣿⢸⡯⣼⢸⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠿⠟⠉⠉⠛⠿⠿⠿⠀⠋⠛⡙⠉⠉⠀⠀⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣾⣾⣶⣿⣿⣶⣿⣷⣿⣷⣿⣿⣾⣷⣿⣾⣿⣶⣿⣏⣒⣣⣷⣿⣷⣾⣿⣾⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠚⠁⡐⠶⠂⠃⠒⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⢐⣀⣀⣁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣗⣆⣿⣹⣇⣯⣽⣯⣿⣲⣫⣽⣠⣇⣼⣑⣃⣝⣿⣨⣘⣯⣿⣝⣉⣹⣉⣅⣹⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡟⣻⠟⢿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣟⣿⡿⢿⣛⣿⣿⣻⡿⣛⣿⢿⣿⣟⣟⡿⢿⣻⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣟⣟⣿⣿⣟⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣛⣿⣻⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣾⣿⣾⢿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣷⣻⣿⣳⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣼⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠙⠋⢋⠙⠛⠙⠉⠛⠉⠓⠂⠀⠒⠈⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣯⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣽⢹⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣫⣻⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⡿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣯⣻⣧⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡿⡿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⢿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⢻⠿⡿⣿⠿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠾⣧⣦⣦⣤⣤⣄⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣽⣮⣿⣽⣿⣯⣼⣿⣯⣷⣽⣿⣿⣷⣽⣯⣿⣮⣿⣯⣽⣽⣿⣯⣿⣼⣼⣥⣧⣽⣤⣮⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣖⣹⣉⣏⣏⣹⣹⣉⣇⣇⣯⣩⣏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⡜⡏⢝⠩⢽⠉⡏⠍⣏⡏⠍⣯⣽⠩⡏⠙⢏⢿⠨⢽⡹⣽⡆⣾⡇⡅⡏⢹⢽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢟⢓⢟⢞⢹⠛⡟⣻⢛⡟⡻⢛⣿⡟⡿⡛⡟⠛⢻⡟⢱⢟⡏⡻⢟⢻⢟⠏⣿⡿⣛⡻⡛⡏⢻⢻⢛⢟⠏⣛⡏⢟⡛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⡿⣾⣾⣺⣾⣶⣷⣾⣶⣗⡾⣾⣼⣷⣷⣷⣷⣶⣾⣷⣾⣶⣷⣷⣷⣾⣾⣶⣷⣿⣶⣶⣶⣷⣾⣾⣾⣾⣶⣶⣷⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣣⣷⣾⣸⣀⣧⣳⣰⣞⣄⣧⡣⣱⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⢧⡏⠩⢸⠩⡏⢍⡝⡩⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⠿⢿⠿⣿⠿⠿⣿⢿⠿⢿⣿⢿⡿⢿⡿⢿⠿⢿⡿⣿⠿⢿⡿⣿⢿⡿⡿⢿⡿⠿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⢰⠄⠀⣿⣿⢸⢼⠨⢽⠿⢺⠭⡇⣞⢸⣿⣿⢇⡚⣿⣧⣿⣧⠨⢽⢓⣹⢸⢸⢙⣹⢠⡃⡸⠗⡯⢽⠪⢝⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣦⣤⣤⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⡛⠛⠛⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⣀⣄⣀⣀⣀⡈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡧⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⡀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠟⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠀⠁⣾⡿⣿⣿⣿⢛⣻⢿⡿⠿⠿⡿⠄⠀⠀⠉⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⢨⣍⢙⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠟⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠇⢀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠻⢎⣿⡿⣑⡂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣶⠏⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⢀⢀⣷⢀⡀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⢨⡾⠿⠗⢠⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠋⠀⠀⠀⠘⢿⡿⠟⠉⠼⠿⠤⠙⠻⠿⠝⠃⠀⢠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠙⠿⠛⠛⡿⠉⠉⠹⡆⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⢐⢁⠀⠀⢡⡀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⡐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠀⠀⠀⡠⠤⠀⠀⠀⢤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⡀⠿⠶⣤⣾⠟⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠛⠋⠿⠘⠉⢀⡑⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⡰⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠙⠁⠀⠐⠿⠏⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⢰⣿⣶⣶⣴⣶⣶⡾⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⠬⠅⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠷⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⡿⣿⡿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠑⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⢰⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⡗⠉⠂⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⢀⣠⣶⣶⣶⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⡁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⠄⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠙⠛⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⡆⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣷⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⢀⢀⣀⣀⢀⠀⡀⡀⣀⣀⣀⡀⣀⡀⢀⢀⢀⠀⢀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡠⢤⣶⣶⣤⠄⠀⠀⣤⠔⠂⢄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠀⠐⠤⠠⠤⠢⠤⠸⠃⠦⠤⠐⠠⠠⠢⠃⠂⠀⠡⠘⠠⠤⠘⠤⠠⠤⠀⠛⠒⠠⠀⠀⠤⠐⠻⠎⠭⠉⠁⠂⠈⠤⠴⠀⠈⠈⠓⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠳⠸⠇⠧⠗⠇⠐⠃⠭⠪⠅⠧⠷⠘⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠨⠔⠵⠐⠛⠣⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠪⠐⠂⠀⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠂⠂⠐⠂⠂⠂⠀⠐⠐⠂⠘⠐⠂⠀⠂⠂⠂⠐⠂⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⣿⡶⠄⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠀⠊⠑⠂⠒⠂⠀⠘⠀⠒⠒⠊⠀⠂⠐⠘⠐⠒⠂⠘⠁⠒⠐⠓⠒⠀⠉⠀⠐⠀⠐⠒⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣶⣴⣴⣤⣴⣴⣤⣤⣤⣦⣶⣶⣴⣤⣤⣤⣴⣤⣴⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⣶⣶⣦⣼⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1174 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/10/Welcome_to_Red_Hat.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/10/Welcome_to_Red_Hat.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Welcome to Red Hat⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 10, 2023 This is the front page of RedHat.com right now: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇The front page of RedHat.com⦈ So their focus is outsourcing to surveillance_farms_like_Microsoft's. 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The causes of the disaster were fiercely contended, so much so that a government commission was chartered to investigate them.  # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Blood_Tests_Can_Reveal_Crohn's_Disease_8 Years_Before_Diagnosis⠀⇛ "This has huge implications for prevention." o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_distributes_bedbug_warning leaflets_at_airport_amid_outbreaks_in_South_Korea,_France_and the_UK⠀⇛ Hong Kong authorities have begun giving arriving airport passengers warning leaflets about bedbug transmission and prevention after infestations were reported in South Korea, France and the UK. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Cancer_patients_raise_alarm_over_long_chemotherapy lines⠀⇛ Oncology patients requiring chemotherapy are raising alarm over long queues for chemotherapy. Waiting times last for months. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ HHS_launches_its_promised_health innovation_network⠀⇛ The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health has proceeded with its promised network of health innovation sites. Anchoring the network are three regional hubs also planned at the inception of ARPA-H. For what they hope for the network, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked with the Director of the agency's Project Accelerator Transition Innovation office, Craig Gravitz. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ F.D.A._Approves_New_Obesity_Drug Tirzepatide_That_Will_Compete_With_Wegovy⠀⇛ Zepbound, which is already sold by Eli Lilly as the diabetes treatment Mounjaro, was shown to reduce patients’ weight by as much as one-fifth in drug trials. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ 7.3_Months_Without_Alcohol_Lets_Brains Repair_Damage_From_Heavy_Drinking,_Study_Finds⠀⇛ There is hope. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Students_Fighting_to_Protect_Pro-Palestinian Activism_Arrested_at_House_Hearing⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Protesters_Block_Traffic_in_Front_of_Congress Member’s_Home,_Demanding_Ceasefire⠀⇛ o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ New_Island_Emerges_Off_Japan_After_Powerful Underwater_Volcano_Eruption⠀⇛ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ October_Shatters_Global_Heat_Record:_2023 Near_Certain_to_Be_Hottest_Year_in_History⠀⇛ "The sense of urgency... has never been higher." # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Explosion_at_Texas_Petroleum_Processing Plant_Results_in_a_Massive_Fire⠀⇛ o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ China_Consumer_Prices_Fall,_Renewing_Fears of_Deflation⠀⇛ Consumer prices declined for the second time in four months, while prices charged by factories and other large producers have now been tumbling for over a year. # ⚓ Music Business Worldwide ☛ Amazon’s_music_streaming division_hit_with_round_of_layoffs⠀⇛ # ⚓ 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. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ In_a_fractured_world,_does_Biden’s_trade policy_measure_up?⠀⇛ The Biden administration has championed the new era in trade, seeing it as a moment to reinvest in US manufacturing and better counter China’s economic clout. However, there has been blowback. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Time_for_some_kung_fu,_panda⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Baby_boom_for_Hongkongers_who_fled_crackdown_to_live in_Britain⠀⇛ As Hong Kong struggles to boost birth rates, nearly 2,000 babies are born to Hong Kong parents in England, Wales. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ As_Pandas_Leave_National_Zoo,_Is_Panda Diplomacy_Over?⠀⇛ The giant pandas have left Washington. Some fans find it unbearable. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Japan_PM_Kishida_considering_holding talks_with_China's_Pooh-tin_around_Nov_16:_NHK⠀⇛ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering holding talks with Chinese President Pooh-tin Jinping on the sideline of APEC summit in San Francisco around November 16, public broadcaster NHK reported on Thursday, citing government sources. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ China_Calls_for_Immediate_Cessation_of Hostilities_in_Gaza⠀⇛ Israel must return to the right track of the two- state solution as soon as possible, Ambassador Geng said. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ ST_Picks:_Significance_of_Australian PM’s_T-shirt_diplomacy_in_China⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Ex-Malaysian_minister_Syed_Saddiq sentenced_to_7_years’_jail,_$2.9m_fine_and_caning_for corruption⠀⇛ A total of 30 prosecution witnesses had testified in the trial which started on June 21, 2022. # ⚓ RFA ☛ For_the_first_time_since_1948,_North_Koreans_given_a choice_in_an_election⠀⇛ Two women compete in primary for a seat in provincial assembly, puzzling residents used to one-candidate elections. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Exonerated_Central_Park_Five_Member_Wins_Seat_on New_York_City_Council⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Victory_in_Ohio_Represents_Seventh_Straight Electoral_Win_for_Abortion_Rights⠀⇛ # ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ Tumblr_to_run_on_skeleton_crew_as_parent company_Automattic_absorbs_staff_|_TechCrunch⠀⇛ According to a leaked memo, Tumblr's longterm financial woes have reached a breaking point. Aside from a skeleton crew of essential workers in departments... # ⚓ Epic_Games_sues_Google_as_both_spend_on_antitrust_lobbying •_OpenSecrets⠀⇛ Google faces off with Epic Games in federal court this week, the latest antitrust cases brought against the tech giant. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ The Guardian UK ☛ Jezebel_to_shut_down_after_16_years_as parent_company_lays_off_staff_|_Media_|_The_Guardian⠀⇛ Chief executive of parent company G/O Media Jim Spanfeller says in staff memo ‘our business model … did not align with Jezebel’s’ * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ the_plaster_cast_of_life⠀⇛ I recently feel as if a layer of plaster, like a sturdier cocoon, has been forming around me, still wet. That probably happens when we become complacent with a lot of things in our lives and get locked in. The job, the living situation, the city, the hobbies, the friends, the food. It becomes so normal, we can't see ourselves as something else anymore. # ⚓ Dexterity_Games,_Pub_Games,_Tabletop_Games,_Oh_My!⠀⇛ If I do an acceptable job of describing them you will probably know just the type of games I'm talking about. Fun, usually multiplayer skill-based games that often involve some sort of real-time element. Some examples of the kinds of games I'm talking about: shuffleboard, ring hook game, crokinole, carrom, many others. o § Politics and World Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Socialism⠀⇛ “Socialism” can mean a couple of different things, thanks to the life-changing magic of semantics. In one meaning, it is about different ways workers can control the means of production (for example, through cooperatives) instead of being hired by an owner class. Opinion differs on where to draw the line between personal property vs private property, the former being defined as like the sweater on your body or the pillow under your head, the latter as factories or fields where people are working. The idea is to bring about economic democracy, having a say in how your workplace is run and how to distribute its gains. This type of socialism is to address capitalism’s exploitation problem. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ The_disillusioned,_enlightened_climated_delayists⠀⇛ We’re all in it together. It’s 1🌏1♥. No getting around that. When I hurt other people I’m hurting the same humanity that I’m supposed to be a part of. I think the conclusion, the jump to the second point, is wack. If someone is really that utterly enlightened and non-attached to the dust of the world that they’re living off scraps naked in a cardboard box 24/7, they’re like “I don’t need jeans because the world’s an illusion”, “I don’t need to tie my shoes because the world’s an illusion”, that’s awesome, but even Diogenes wanted sleep and food. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ NeoVim_vs_Helix⠀⇛ Like NeoVim, Helix is a modal editor with some IDE like features. Unlike NeoVim, Helix uses the Kakuone editor as inspiration for it's keybindings. The other major difference is that while NeoVim relies on Lua or VimScript plugins to extend it's functionality, Helix has a focus on integrating advanced features right into the codebase. This was the entire reason I wanted to try it. Rather than relying on plugins which may or may not retain a stable interface over time, which is definitely a problem I've encountered using NeoVim. Those features should also behave the same on all of the platforms which Helix supports. This is kind of major to me as well. I switch back and forth between two laptops, one with Void Linux and one with FreeBSD. Once upon a time I used kickstart.nvim as the basis for my init.lua. Then they changed it to use a different plugin manager which only supported Linux. Sure, it had the benefit that it would automatically find and install any binaries for things like language servers off the internet. But I have two major problems with that. First, I don't want it to do that. I'll handle what binaries are on my system, thank you. And second, not having FreeBSD support is a non-starter. # ⚓ Starting_a_blog...⠀⇛ For a while I have always wanted to start writing a blog or atleast have some sort of personal homepage. I have made several attempts to do this. First with github pages, then gitlab pages and now codeberg. I always started the pages got some simple stuff up and then never got to writing anything (due to being distracted with other things). It was a always a blank page in a style that I didn't entirely like. Now I have decided to change that. I am going to spend the next few days and write up some good css styling in style that is truly mine. I have even started some basic articles which are under construction. Here is the site if anyone is wondering: => https:// 257m.codeberg.page/. Feel free to critic it and give suggestions in how I can style it. I am trying to make minimalistic and functional while having it also be pleasant to the eye. Maybe I should use a lighter font color? # ⚓ Re:_Small_Operating_Systems?⠀⇛ I have been using Un*x type operating systems since at least 1990. Privately I have always been using some sort of GNU/Linux system, Debian for the most part. But I have gotten a growing, albeit faint feeling, that Linux (both the kernel and the distribution ecosystem) is increasingly facing the risk to drown due to its own weight. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Guppy_Protocol_Homepage⠀⇛ # § Programming and Languages⠀➾ # ⚓ Thoughts_on_Python_PEP_668⠀⇛ PEP 668 is a change that breaks pip by allowing setting an "externally managed environment" option that prevents pip from being used by the user. # ⚓ Thoughts_on_learning_languages⠀⇛ Of the several topics I like to read about and study, the study of languages stands out as the sort of warp that ties seemingly disparate subjects together. No matter what it is that absorbs my interest, it's ties with certain language or languages will always be influential in my studies. Indeed, while my interests may be subjected to the whims of my ever changing mental state, languages remain as the constant focus of my efforts, and their study as the main application of discipline. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1728 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 10/11/2023: Google's Secret Payment Deal with Spotify, Another Call to Set Assange Free⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 10, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ My_default_applications,_via_proycon⠀⇛ Proycon did a post about his_default_applications, prompted by some others doing the same. I didn’t listen to the podcast that started it, and I technically my Omake enumarates these already, but I’ll never pass up an opportunity to post a list! Aside from a sneay “retro emulation” item below, I’ve resisted the temptation to include retrocomputer tools. Maybe that warrants its own separate list. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Mining_And_Refining:_Graphite⠀⇛ In my teenage years I worked for a couple of summers at a small amusement park as a ride operator. Looking back on it, the whole experience was a lot of fun, although with the minimum wage at $3.37 an hour and being subjected to the fickle New England weather that ranged from freezing rains to heat stroke-inducing tropical swelter, it didn’t seem like it at the time. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Does_Getting_Into_Your_Garage_Really_Need_To_Be Difficult?⠀⇛ Probably the last thing anyone wants when coming home from a long day at work or a trip is to be hassled at the last possible moment — gaining entrance to your house. But for some home automation enthusiasts, that’s just what happened when they suddenly learned that their own garage doors had betrayed them. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hack_A_Soda_Can_To_Jewelery⠀⇛ If you’ve ever needed some ` o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Amazing_Tiny_Brain_Implant_Translates_Brain Signals_Into_Speech⠀⇛ This is brilliant. # ⚓ RTE ☛ RTÉ_FOCUSES_ON_CLIMATE_FOR_SCIENCE_WEEK_2023⠀⇛ > # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Frank_Borman,_Astronaut_Who_Led_First Orbit_of_the_Moon,_Dies_at_95⠀⇛ He commanded the 1968 Apollo 8 mission that carried three astronauts farther from Earth than anyone had ever traveled. He later led Eastern Airlines. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Students_taken_aside_at_CUHK graduation_ceremony_after_uni_warns_against_‘disruptive’ behaviour⠀⇛ Two students were taken away from the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s graduation ceremony after holding up placards, following an email warning to students against “disruptive” acts on campus. The pair displayed signs near the university library on Thursday morning, where throngs of graduates celebrated and took photos in their caps and gowns. # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ Proposals_sought_for_short_online courses_on_Hey_Hi_(AI)_in_the_workplace [Ed: Buzzwords in education?]⠀⇛ The Center for Academic Innovation is accepting proposals from U-M faculty to create short courses that empower learning in the era of artificial intelligence in the workplace. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Teachers'_union_plans_protest_action⠀⇛ Teachers' union OAJ says it is planning protest action over the government's labour market plans. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Silicon_Valley’s_Big,_Bold_Sci-Fi_Bet_on the_Device_That_Comes_After_the_Smartphone⠀⇛ Humane, a company started by two former Fashion Company Apple employees, says its new artificial intelligence pin can stop all the scrolling. Can it live up to the hype? o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Can_Hey_Hi_(AI)_and_Lasers_Cure_Our Smartphone_Addiction?⠀⇛ A first impression of Humane’s new magnetic Ai Pin: equal parts magical and awkward. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_scientists_find_clues_that_could crack_mystery_of_long_Covid⠀⇛ Scientists have discovered key biomarkers that could help identify high-risk groups and develop treatment. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Government_appoints_Mika_Salminen_as_THL's_next director_general⠀⇛ People may recognise Salminen from his frequent media appearances during the Covid crisis. # ⚓ Dr._Pierre_Kory:_Sex,_lies,_and_(COVID-19_vaccine) shedding⠀⇛ There are times when I find a topic and know that it’s something I simply must write about. Indeed, when I saw today’s topic, I knew I had to write about it that I seriously considered signing up for a a month of a Substack, even though I absolutely loathe the idea of giving quacks even a penny of my money. Fortunately, for whatever reason, Dr. Pierre Kory decided to take the article out from behind the paywall on his Substack allowing me to see it in all its glory. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Hand_sanitizer_use_plummets⠀⇛ Consumers rushed to buy hand sanitizer liquid when the pandemic took hold, but that trend is fading fast. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Dr._Ruth_Saved_People’s_Sex_Lives._Now_She Wants_to_Cure_Loneliness.⠀⇛ Taking the lessons of pandemic isolation — and her adolescent diary — Dr. Ruth Westheimer, 95, decided she should be New York’s Loneliness Ambassador. And so she is. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ All_private_medical_clinics_in_Crimea ‘voluntarily’_stop_providing_abortions_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Jesse_Singal's_Talk_on_Youth_Gender_Medicine_at UCLA_School_of_Law_Now_on_YouTube⠀⇛ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmuGdUfmRSM I was out of town, or else I'd have much enjoyed being there as well; but I'm very glad it took place, thanks to the newly formed UCLA chapter of Heterodox Academy. I am told there were no disruptions. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Pet_owners_suspect_Musti_Group's_food_caused_illness in_cats⠀⇛ One pet owner told Yle she had to euthanize two of her cats after they ate the Smaak-branded grain- free kibble. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finnish_study:_Boredom_a_major_downside_to_virtual meetings⠀⇛ Previous studies have assumed that fatigue during teleconferencing is caused by stimulation overload. Fresh Finnish research indicates the reason is actually boredom. o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Several_International_Firms_Fined_For Refusing_To_Localize_Russian_Client_Data⠀⇛ A Russian court fined three foreign companies a total of 15 million rubles ($163,200) on November 9 for what it said was a repeated failure to comply with data-storage law, Russian news agencies reported. # ⚓ EFF ☛ It’s_Time_to_Oppose_the_New_San_Francisco Policing_Ballot_Measure⠀⇛ Specifically, the ballot measure would erode San Francisco’s landmark 2019 surveillance ordinance which requires city agencies, including the police department, to seek approval from the democratically-elected Board of Supervisors before it acquires or deploys new surveillance technologies. Agencies also need to put out a full report to the public about exactly how the technology would be used. This is an important way of making sure people who live or work in the city have a say in policing technologies that could be used in their communities. However, the new ballot initiative attempts to gut the 2019 surveillance ordinance. The measure says “..the Police Department may acquire and/or use a Surveillance Technology so long as it submits a Surveillance Technology Policy to the Board of Supervisors for approve by ordinance within one year of the use or acquisition, and may continue to use that Surveillance Technology after the end of that year unless the Board adopts an ordinance that disapproves the Policy…”  In other words, police would be able to deploy any technology they wished for a full year without any oversight, accountability, transparency, or semblance of democratic control. But there is something we can do about this! It’s time to get the word out about what’s at stake during the March 5, 2024 election and urge voters to say NO to increased surveillance and decreased police accountability. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_Mexico,_Surveillance_Orders_That Read_Like_a_Political_Power_List⠀⇛ The Mexico City attorney general’s office ordered the phone records of politicians and officials, court filings show. Many of the people targeted say they were singled out for political reasons. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ How_to_protect_yourself_in_the_Australian Outback [Ed: EasyOS and Puppy Linux talks about gun ownership]⠀⇛ This applies to anywhere in the world, where you are in a remote region on your own. In the USA, you can carry a gun, which is an equaliser as the other guy is likely to have a gun. A gun will also protect from wolves. Here in Australia though, the citizens are disempowered; we are not allowed to effectively protect ourselves. I recall a TV ad. from 2006, an Australian TV tourism advertising campaign; a bikini-clad Lara Bingle saying "So where the bl**** he** are you?". The swear words were allowed in Australia as the goverment took the position that they are part of the Australian vernacular; however, the ad. got banned in the UK and Canada. # ⚓ ACLU ☛ Rosas_v._Luna⠀⇛ Exhibit_A_to_Eliasberg_Declaration_255-4:_MCJ-00856 Video shows two deputies punching a handcuffed person in the head after that person kicks backward into one of their legs. They continue to punch him in the head and body multiple times even after he has been taken to the ground. Head punches found within policy. Discipline imposed for taking him out of his cell instead of calling for a supervisor, but no discipline for head strikes. Sinclair declaration paragraphs 32 – 34 cover this incident. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ This_Is_What_the_War_in_Gaza_Looks_Like_on Instagram⠀⇛ Trapped in the enclave, Palestinians on the social control media platform are documenting and sharing their harrowing experiences of life under Israeli airstrikes and a ground invasion. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ In_Response_to_Growing_Solidarity_With Palestine,_Hearst_Censors_Employees⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Adam_Kadyrov,_who_beat_defenseless_prisoner_on video,_awarded_highest_order_of_Chechen_parliament_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Israel's_Assault_on_Gaza:_Growing_Dissent At_the_US_State_Department⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Israel_Accuses_Freelance_Photographers_of Advance_Knowledge_of_Oct._7_Attack⠀⇛ The New York Times said there was “no evidence” to support such claims about its freelancer. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Approves_Potential_Sale_Of_Abrams_Battle_Tanks To_Romania⠀⇛ The United States announced the approval of the potential sale of M1A2 tanks and related equipment to Romania, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ As_world_watches_Gaza,_West_Bank_sees_most violent_month_in_decades⠀⇛ Crackdowns by Israeli authorities and the proliferation of security checkpoints have transformed life in the West Bank, and young Palestinians in particular are struggling to navigate new, dangerous territory. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ My_Brother_Was_Slaughtered_on_October_7._I Know_He_Would_Be_Calling_for_a_Cease-Fire.⠀⇛ My brother, Hayim Katsman, was one of the 31 Americans slaughtered in Israel on October 7.  A dual citizen, Hayim moved to Holit after receiving his Ph.D in Seattle, continuing his research on religious Zionism while serving the struggling kibbutz he loved. On the day of the attacks, my brother used his body to shield his neighbor, Avital, from the incoming bullets. He saved her life.  # ⚓ RFA ☛ US,_S_Korea_vow_to_bolster_alliance_to_confront global_challenges⠀⇛ The allies also reprimand N Korea and Russia’s arms trade as ‘blatant breach’ of U.N. security mandates. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Fugitive_Moldovan_Magnate_Ilan_Shor_Has_Left Israel,_Interpol_Says⠀⇛ Fugitive pro-Russian magnate Ilan Shor, accused by authorities in Moldova of overseeing a scheme to "buy" voters, left Israel this week, but his whereabouts are unknown, an Interpol official said on November 9. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Putin,_Toqaev_Discuss_Bilateral_Cooperation In_Astana⠀⇛ Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a rare foreign trip since he launched the invasion of Ukraine in February last year, discussed bilateral cooperation and strategic partnership issues with his Kazakh counterpart, Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev, in Astana on November 9. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘I_don’t_want_them_to_turn_Ukraine_into Putin’s_Russia’_Oleksii_Arestovych_is_gearing_up_to_run for_the_Ukrainian_presidency,_promising_voters_peace with_Moscow_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Police_Detain_Journalist_With_Kazakh Citizenship_After_Annulling_Residence_Permit⠀⇛ Police in the Russian city of Perm on November 9 detained journalist Vladislav Ivanenko, who is a Kazakh citizen and an employee of the Properm.ru website, and placed him in an immigration detention center. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarusian_IT_Expert_Sentenced_To_10_Years_In Prison_Over_Drone_Attack_At_Military_Airport⠀⇛ Belarusian IT expert Dzmitry Mastavy has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of treason and collaboration with extremists over a drone attack at the Machulishchy Air Base near Minsk in late February that damaged a Russian military cargo plane. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Founder_Of_Project_Documenting_Victims_Of Political_Repression_Flees_Russia⠀⇛ Andrei Shalayev, the founder of the Bessmertny Barak (Immortal Barrack) project documenting victims of political repression, has fled Russia fearing for his safety. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ EU_Says_It_Expects_Moldova_To_Implement_More Sanctions_Against_Russia⠀⇛ Moldova has to take further steps in aligning itself with the European Union's punitive measures and sanctions against Russia, the bloc's executive body recommended in its annual progress report that advocates the conditional opening of membership negotiations with Chisinau. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Four_all-terrain_vehicles_on_the_way_from Latvia_to_Ukraine⠀⇛ A unique donation has started its way from Latvia to Ukraine – four two-part all-terrain vehicles “Bangvagen”. It is unique to the society “SOS aid to the Ukrainian Army” as this aid trumps what has been sent to Ukraine so far with donor support, Latvian Television reported on November 10. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia,_Estonia_stress_joint_approach_on defense_and_Ukraine⠀⇛ It was all smiles between Latvia and Estonia November 8 during a visit north to Tallinn by Prime Minister Evika Siliņa during a working visit to Estonia. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ How_exporting_weapons_becomes risky_for_contractors_who_make_the_exports⠀⇛ Because of military aid to Ukraine and, presumably Israel, the U.S. defense industrial base is strained right now. Manufacturers of platforms and ammunition must deal with a list of regulatory and legal challenges. For more, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with attorney Justin Chiarodo, a partner at Blank Rome. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Russia's_Baltic_Fleet_Conducts_Large-Scale Live-Fire_Drills⠀⇛ Meanwhile, the new Slovakian government rejected a 14th package of military aid for Ukraine. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Sustaining_peace_in_Ukraine:_the Sinai_model⠀⇛ The timing and nature of a negotiated peace, or truce, in Ukraine are the subject of uncertainty and speculation. Adding to the uncertainty is the question of how to sustain peace if it were achieved. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ The_enduring_impacts_of_Russia’s 2008_war_on_Georgia⠀⇛ When contemplating various scenarios for how the conflict with Russia might end, Ukraine’s leaders can take clear lessons from Moscow’s brutal military campaign against another one- time Soviet state, Georgia. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Will_the_EU_get_new_members_soon? Here’s_what_you_need_to_know.⠀⇛ Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia just saw their bids to join the twenty-seven member bloc boosted by the European Commission. Atlantic Council experts explain what it means for EU enlargement. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Panikoff_in_The_White_House Statements_&_Releases:_WHAT_THEY_ARE_SAYING: President Biden_Gives_Oval_Office_Address_on_the United States’_Response_to_Hamas’_Terrorist_Attacks Against_Israel_and_Russia’s_Ongoing_Brutal_War Against Ukraine⠀⇛ # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Historic_progress:_Ukraine receives_green_light_for_EU_membership_talks⠀⇛ The European Commission this week recommended opening EU membership negotiations with Ukraine. The move represents historic progress at a time when Ukrainians are fighting to defend their independence and their right to choose a European future, writes Peter Dickinson. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Rebooting_the_Russian_oil_price cap⠀⇛ Atlantic Council experts weigh in on how to improve the price cap on Russian oil imposed after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Border_Crossings_Jammed_As_Polish_Truckers Protest_Entry_Permit_Waiver_For_Ukrainians⠀⇛ A protest by Polish truck drivers is causing long delays at border crossings along the Polish-Ukrainian border, officials said on November 9 with few signs that the truckers’ complaints are being addressed. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Signs_Laws_Extending_Martial_Law, General_Mobilization_As_Russia_Hits_Civilian_Targets⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on November 9 signed laws extending martial law and a general mobilization by 90 days as Russia launched two missile strikes at Ukrainian civilian targets. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukrainian_Lawmakers_Approve_2024_State_Budget Increasing_Army_Funding⠀⇛ Ukraine's parliament approved the 2024 state budget on November 9, allocating more than half of the funding for the army to withstand Russia's ongoing invasion. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Former_Soviet_monument_park_to_be_reopened to_public_on_Saturday⠀⇛ The park which for many years held the association with a giant obelisk, red tulip carpets and Russian songs on May 9, the Soviet 'Victory' day, has acquired a new identity. It will be opened to the public on Saturday, November 11, Latvian Television reports. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ European_Parliament_asks_countries_not_to confiscate_Russians’_personal_belongings,_including cars,_upon_entry_into_E.U._—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Weighing_the_fallout_Even_after_the_riots_in Dagestan,_the_Kremlin_doesn’t_believe_Russian_anti- Semitism_is_at_a_crisis_level_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Founder_of_political_repression commemoration_project_leaves_Russia_after_facing arrest,_surveillance,_and_intimidation_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarusian_Police_Detain_Self-Exiled_Writer's Father⠀⇛ Police in Belarus detained the father of self-exiled Belarusian writer Sasha Filipenka without explanation after searching his apartment on November 9. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Thank_your_son’:_Belarusian_authorities search_home_of_anti-Lukashenko_novelist’s_parents_and detain_his_father_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia_launches_bid_for_UN_Security_Council seat⠀⇛ On November 9, 2023, the Ford Foundation Center in New York hosted the official launch of Latvia’s candidacy campaign for an elected seat on the United Nations Security Council. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ The_Last_12_Months_Were_Hottest_the_World_Has Experienced_in_Last_125,000_Years⠀⇛ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Transit_to_office_campusus⠀⇛ Way back when, friends and I used to fantasise about where we’d like to work. The usual suspects kept coming up, but one thing that struck me was just how isolated their buildings were. We’d look them up, and they’d always be in some far flung “campus” somewhere; surrounded on all sides by parking, and a motorway off to the side. But look, trees! # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ U.S._Government_Proposal_Aims_to Outlaw_Chinese_Crypto_Networks,_Blockchains⠀⇛ A new bipartisan bill under the title "The Creating Legal Accountability for Rogue Innovators and Technology" (CLARITY) Act aims to blanket-ban Chinese blockchains from being interacted with by U.S. government officials, citing possible threats to national security. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Historic_Claims_Give_These_California Families_Guaranteed_Access_to_Colorado_River_Water⠀⇛ Craig Elmore’s family history is the stuff of Westerns. His grandfather, John Elmore, a poor son of a Missouri preacher, arrived in California’s Imperial Valley in 1908 and dug ditches to deliver water to homesteaders. Thanks to his marriage to a citrus magnate’s daughter, reputed good fortune as a gambler and business acumen, he amassed the Elmore Desert Ranch, part of roughly 12,000 acres that two branches of the family still farm. # ⚓ The_20_Farming_Families_Who_Use_More_Water_From_the Colorado_River_Than_Some_Western_States_—_ProPublica⠀⇛ Tens of millions of people — and millions of acres of farmland — rely on the Colorado River’s water. But as its supply shrinks, these farmers get more water from the river than entire states. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Displaced_villagers_face_food_shortages_after attack_in_Myanmar⠀⇛ Tens of thousands are fleeing after airstrikes in Sagaing region o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Why_foreign_degrees_have_lost_their lustre_for_Chinese_graduates⠀⇛ With a record 11.6 million new domestic college graduates, soaring youth unemployment, and companies scaling back hiring post-pandemic, the odds are stacked against young job hopefuls. # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Russia’s_Finance_Ministry_says_(again)_that the_digital_ruble_will_replace_cash⠀⇛ Riley Waggaman Alexei Moiseev, Russia’s deputy minister of finance, is the world’s most candid space lizard. When he announced in a September 2021 interview that “the digital ruble is a replacement for the cash ruble”, skeptics and haters spread hurtful rumors that Moiseev’s refreshing and award- winning honesty had been taken out of context. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Warren_Buffett_Privately_Traded_in_Stocks Berkshire_Hathaway_Invested_In [Ed: Pro Publica should focus on the far greater (actual) crimes of Bill Gates, but instead Pro Publica took bribes from Gates]⠀⇛ It was the kind of endorsement most companies dream of. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, the legendary investor known as the Oracle of Omaha, repeatedly sang the praises of Wells Fargo in an interview with Fortune. The bank, Buffett said, “has come closer” to an effective business model “than any other big bank by some margin.” He detailed the ways in which Wells Fargo was more valuable than it seemed and compared its chair to Walmart founder Sam Walton. The interview was published on April 20, 2009. Banks were still reeling from the financial crisis, stock markets were turbulent, and Buffett was the kindly white-haired billionaire who had assured Wall Street, the U.S. government and the public that America would be just fine. It was Buffett who had proposed the idea that turned into the $250 billion federal bailout that had propped up America’s banks (including Wells Fargo). # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Main_banks_in_Latvia_acting_"like_a_cartel"_says former_Finance_Minister⠀⇛ The way in which the four largest commercial banks in Latvia have reacted to proposals by the Budget and Finance Committee of the Saeima for the support of mortgage borrowers resembles the operation of a cartel, said the head of the committee Jānis Reirs (New Unity) in an interview with Latvian Television's program "Rīta Panorāma" (Morning Panorama) November 9. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ 'Golden_horses'_collector_coin_to_be_sold_for_125 euros⠀⇛ The Latvian central bank (Latvijas Banka, LB) has published details of its latest collector coin, which comes with an equine theme and was designed by Ivars Heinrihsons. # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ What_got_more_(or_less)_expensive_in Mexico_in_October?⠀⇛ Mexico's annual headline inflation rate continued to decline in October, but the Bank of Mexico decided on Thursday to maintain its 11.25% key rate. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Unemployment_fund_membership_gets_slight_discount⠀⇛ Paying into an unemployment fund enables people to claim earnings-related benefits if they lose their jobs. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘Timepiece_Gentleman’_Swindled_Customers Out_of_$3_Million,_U.S._Says⠀⇛ Anthony Farrer, 35, who ran a consignment store in Beverly Hills, used money from the sale of customers’ luxury watches to finance a lavish lifestyle for himself, federal prosecutors said. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ ST_Picks:_Can_Taiwan’s_opposition strike_a_deal_to_win_the_presidential_race?⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China's_ambassador_to_US_says_Sino-US relations_still_face_severe_challenges⠀⇛ China's ambassador to the United states, Xie Feng, said the most important thing is to find the right way for China and the United States to get along. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan,_facing_Chinese_pressure,_to stress_importance_of_peace_at_Apec_summit⠀⇛ Taiwan will stress the importance of peace in the region at next week's APEC summit, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday, one of the few international bodies both Taiwan and China are members of and where their officials meet. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Top_EU,_China_climate_officials_to_hold talks_next_week⠀⇛ The European Union and China's top climate change officials will meet in Beijing for talks next week, ahead of the United Nations' COP28 climate summit, an EU official told Reuters. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Trump_Must_Turn_Over_His_Private_Attorney Communications_or_Lose_His_Key_Defense⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Former_Sanders_Adviser_Slams_GOP_Debate’s “Knuckle-Dragging_Hawkishness”_on_Gaza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ John_Pilger:_We_are_Spartacus⠀⇛ The bravery of those who dare to resist has allowed many of us, who might despair, to understand the real meaning of a resistance we all share if we want to prevent the conquest of us, our conscience, and our self-respect if we prefer freedom and decency to compliance and collusion. In this, we are all Spartacus. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ UN_Report_Details_Rampant_US_Human_Rights Violations_at_Home_and_Abroad⠀⇛ # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ France_slams_Russian_networks_for 'exploiting'_crises_with_posts_of_Star_of_David graffiti_in_Paris⠀⇛ The French foreign ministry accused Russian online networks of attempting to "exploit international crises to sow confusion" in France and in Europe by sharing photos of the Stars of David appearing around Paris, graffiti that has been widely suspected of being an anti-Semitic statement. # ⚓ Cloudbooklet ☛ YouTube_Ad_Block_Popup:_What_It_Is_and How_to_Get_Rid_of_It⠀⇛ YouTube Ad Block Popup is a new message that YouTube shows to users who use ad blockers on its platform. It blocks the video player and asks you to either disable your ad blocker, subscribe to YouTube Premium, or try again later. Learn how to bypass this annoying message and enjoy ad-free videos without paying for YouTube Premium. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ International_Olympic_Committee_Says It_Was_Target_of_Elaborate_‘Fake_News’⠀⇛ Olympic officials said the effort included fabricated quotes about the Israel-Gaza war and a four-part, Netflix-style documentary. # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ Should_you_trust_Wikipedia? [Ed: Not anymore. Most topics there have been undermined by those who stand to gain from marketing and bias.]⠀⇛ The internet is dominated by giant companies — Google, Meta, Yahoo, Amazon and Microsoft. These technological hegemons have become increasingly powerful in the digital age. Among the most used websites in the world, one sticks out like a sore thumb at No. 7: Wikipedia. > # ⚓ France24 ☛ Fake_story_about_assassination_attempt_on Mahmoud_Abbas_goes_viral⠀⇛ A video supposedly showing an assassination attempt on Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, has been circulating widely on X (formerly Twitter) since November 7. However, it turns out that the video actually shows a police drug raid on a refugee camp near Ramallah in the West Bank on November 7. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ ACLU ☛ We’ve_Defended_Trump’s_First_Amendment_Rights,_but his_Latest_Jan._6_Indictment_Claims_are_Nonsense⠀⇛ Does the First Amendment shield Donald Trump from prosecution for conspiracy to obstruct the 2020 election results? # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ America’s_war_on_free_speech⠀⇛ On college campuses, feeling unsafe has often been used as a trump card to prevent discussion of contentious topics, a notion that has only been exacerbated by the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Many comments offering historical support for Israel have been branded as anti-Palestinian hate speech [...] # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ NY_Post:_Emails_Show_DHS_Censored_Speech!_Actual Emails:_Show_Exactly_The_Opposite⠀⇛ Look, I get that Rep. Jim Jordan is going to just keep on Jim Jordaning up the joint, and making statements that are blatantly untrue in an effort to chill speech he doesn’t like. But, for fuck’s sake, the media doesn’t need to repeat it. Of course, in this case, “the media” is the NY Post, which has been prone to doing the same sorta shit, but the latest is preposterously stupid. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ NFL_Sends_C&D_To_University_Of_Houston_Over Homage_To_The_Oilers’_Uniforms⠀⇛ One of the longest standing jokes in professional sports is labeling the NFL, or National Football League, the No Fun League, instead. This typically has to do either with the way the league has legislated a lot of what fans love about the game off the field in the name of player safety, which isn’t a horrible thing, or the way it also has tried to control exuberant player behavior on the field, which is generally lame. But the NFL is the No Fun League in Techdirt-ian ways as well, as a short review of our posts on the league will demonstrate. The league is one of the most voracious trademark defenders, or bullies, out there. And not just for its insane game of make believe the league plays when it comes to its trademark rights for the Super Bowl, but in general. # ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ Twitter_Account_Hacked⠀⇛ My twitter account has been hacked. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Hungary_Fires_Museum_Director_in_Crackdown on_L.G.B.T.Q._Depictions⠀⇛ A government campaign against what it calls “homosexual propaganda” is unsettling booksellers and has resulted in the firing of the director of one of the country’s leading museums. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Sixteen_US_politicians_urge_Biden_to_set_Assange free⠀⇛ The letter comes shortly after a visit to the US by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during which he was reported to have repeated Australia's stance on Assange to Biden. The letter said: “It is the duty of journalists to seek out sources, including documentary evidence, in order to report to the public on the activities of government. “The US must not pursue an unnecessary prosecution that risks criminalising common journalistic practices and thus chilling the work of the free press. We urge you to ensure that this case be brought to a close in as timely a manner as possible." Other politicians who signed the letter were Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jamaal Bowman, Ayanna Pressley, Greg Casar, Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush, Rashida Tlaib, Eric Burlison, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar, Jesús García, Pramila Jayapal, Matthew Rosendale,and Rand Paul. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Omegle_Shuts_Down_as_Founder_Acknowledges Crime_on_Video_Chat_Site⠀⇛ Omegle’s popularity surged during the pandemic. But critics said that it let online sexual predators go unchecked. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ US_Artists_and_Studios_Reach_Tentative_Deal_to End_Strike⠀⇛ The strike officially ended at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, bringing an end to more than seven months of labor unrest in Hollywood. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Striking_Actors_Reach_“Extraordinary”_Tentative Deal_With_Hollywood_Studios⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Group_Of_Iranian_Students_Suspended_For_Organizing Mixed-Gender_Events⠀⇛ Iran's Qom University of Medical Sciences has imposed academic suspensions on several students for organizing mixed-gender parties, accusing them of "undermining the social and educational structure and promoting permissiveness through social control media activities." # ⚓ The Nation ☛ How_Do_You_Put_a_Price_on_the_Loss_of_Autonomy From_Forced_Sterilization?⠀⇛ Leesha Gooseberry was ready to start over when she got out of prison at the Central California Women’s Facility in 2012. She had gone to prison at the age of 19 for killing her abuser, a drug dealer who had forced her into a relationship when she was 15. Gooseberry shot him after he raped her in front of their infant daughter. She spent 26 and a half years behind bars before the University of South California’s Post Conviction Project was able to get her released as a victim of domestic violence. # ⚓ Reason ☛ May_Judges_Consider_Law_Clerks'_Political_Speech in_Hiring_or_Firing_Decisions?⠀⇛ As Keith Whittington noted, some judges are refusing to hire students who they see as endorsing murder of civilians (or threatening to withdraw offers to such students): Judges are looking at student actions in the wake of October 7th and drawing a line in the sand for those who would want to clerk for them.… # ⚓ Stanford University ☛ Provost_condemns_hate_speech_in remarks_to_GSC⠀⇛ Following a speech from Provost Jenny Martinez, the GSC voted on several funding requests and deliberated on income and spending reports, at its Tuesday meeting. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Stage_lights_emitting_UV_rays_the likely_cause_of_vision_problems_at_Bored_Ape_NFT_event_in Hong_Kong,_organisers_say⠀⇛ Stage lights emitting ultraviolet (UVA) rays were “likely the cause” of burning eye pain and vision problems suffered by some 20 attendees at a festival last Saturday, the organisers have said. Yuga Labs, the parent company of the NFT collection Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), said on Thursday that it had investigated social control media reports... # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_police_charge_2_men_with property_damage_over_alleged_disruption_of_organ_donation register⠀⇛ Hong Kong police have charged two men with criminal damage to property, after they were arrested in June for allegedly disrupting the city’s organ donation register following controversy over opening it up to mainland China. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Latvia_legalizes_same-sex_civil_partnerships_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Appeals_Court_Confirms_Judge_Gets_No_Immunity For_Personally_Searching_Someone’s_House⠀⇛ We’ve dealt with plenty of outlandish government behavior here at Techdirt over the years. But, every so often, something clears that high bar — something that hits you square in the jaw and makes you take a step back. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ South_Carolina_Is_Ripping_Infants_Away_From Their_Mothers_Over_Pot_Use⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Poll_Finds_70_Percent_of_Americans_Back_Legal Recreational_Marijuana_Use⠀⇛ o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Error_402:_You_Will_Click_On_Internet_Ads,_Oh_So Many_Internet_Ads⠀⇛ Last week in our Error 402 series on the history of web monetization, we covered how early paywalls for content almost universally failed. We’ll explore a bit more of the why later, but first we need to talk about internet ads. Because they basically sucked up all of the oxygen in the online monetization world. As this series pretty clearly notes, when the early web was being developed, the very fact that a 402 “Payment Required” status code was created and was slotted in before things like the much more well known 403 “Forbidden” and 404 “Not Found” shows that it was intended to be a core part of the web. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Optus_offers_200GB_of_data_as_compensation_for outage⠀⇛ Telco Singtel Optus has offered eligible post-paid customers, both businesses and consumers, an extra 200GB of data as compensation for the massive outage on Wednesday. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Google_Doesn’t_Want_to_Talk_About_Its Payment_Deal_with_Spotify⠀⇛ In the Surveillance Giant Google v. Epic games case, it appears Surveillance Giant Google doesn’t want the world to know about its billing arrangement with Spotify. The Verge has been keeping track of this court case, with Surveillance Giant Google attorney Glenn Pomerantz suggesting the court should seal portions of its User Choice Billing agreement with Spotify. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ JUVE ☛ 11_South_Square_adds_barrister_from_Hogarth_to its_ranks [Ed: This is SPAM. This is pure SPAM. "Marketing". There is no reason why this should be "news", but JUVE takes bribes from those firms to push their patently illegal agenda and then spam for them, too.]⠀⇛ Edward Cronan (33) began his career in 2015 in the London IP practice of Hogan Lovells, focussing on patent monopoly litigation from day one. # ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ BREAKING:_The_EPO_is_able_to listen [Ed: EPO is still deeply corrupt and its tribunals are dysfunctional by design. It needs scrapping.]⠀⇛ …well, at least the EPO’s Boards of Appeal, represented by their President Mr. Josefsson, are. Mr. Josefsson announced in the Boards of Appeal and key decisions 2023 conference just a few minutes ago that in view of the feedback received by users (including yours truly) he will no longer pursue the planned shortening... # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ The_Debate_Over_the PREVAIL_Act_in_PTAB_Patent_Reform [Ed: So two bribed politicians, bribed by the litigation 'industry', try to demolish science for the sake of more lawsuits; the patent extremists still give them a platform.]⠀⇛ On Nov 8, the US Senate Judiciary IP Subcommittee held a key hearing on the PREVAIL ACT – The “Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership Act.” PREVAIL is a bipartisan proposal from Senators Coons (D-DE) and Tillis (R-NC) who are looking to strengthen the power of patents. The proposal here is directed toward AIA trials — generally attempting to make it more difficult to invalidate patent monopoly claims via IPR.  Key provisions include: # ⚓ IPQC_founder_seeks_political_backing_after_EPO_no- show⠀⇛ The EPO declined to attend the latest meeting organised by the Industry Patent Quality Charter, a group that has called on the office to grant higher-quality patents # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Trademark_Dispute_Ends_Up_In_Partnership Between_Parties,_Rather_Than_A_Fight⠀⇛ Usually when we’re talking about a trademark dispute, never mind a lawsuit, there is some level of anger, frustration, or animosity between the two parties. The reason for that is pretty obvious: nothing puts you on negative footing towards another quite like getting sued or getting threatened with a lawsuit. But, and I cannot stress this enough, it does not have to be that way. If more people and organizations out there could prioritize being human and awesome towards one another, they might just find new opportunities to engage in, rather than being in a fight to the intellectual property death. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ FTC_Gets_Fair_Use_Backwards,_Claims_It’s Somehow_Anti-Competitive?⠀⇛ This is what I get for praising a move by the FTC earlier this week. It repays me by pushing out a batshit crazy statement regarding AI and copyright. As we’ve been discussing over the past week, the Copyright Office’s request for comments regarding AI and copyright has been leading to some odd comments, including Hollywood saying that it doesn’t want to expand copyright laws (?!?) for AI or the newspaper industry’s trade group highlighting how it wants to demand free cash from AI companies. And, of course, there’s the comment that we filed in the proceedings, highlighting how the right to read should never be blocked by copyright. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Streaming_TV_Prices_Double_As ‘Enshittification’_Takes_Root,_Likely_Driving_Users Back_To_Piracy⠀⇛ Amazon is now charging Prime customers an extra $3 a month to avoid ads that didn’t used to exist. Netflix is charging password sharers extra for sharing passwords, in addition to yet another looming price hike. Apple just doubled the price of Apple TV on the heels of price hikes by Disney, Hulu, and ESPN. HBO Max just announced it would be charging users more money if they want to enjoy content in 4K. # ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ Chromolithographs_of_Paper Lanterns_(ca._1880)⠀⇛ 19th-century German chromolithographs of paper lanterns, the kind used to celebrate St. Martin's Day. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ 9th_Circuit_Advances_Lawsuit_Over_Fortnite ‘Emotes;’_Says_Dance_Moves_Are_As_Protected_As_Songs⠀⇛ As the completely normal parents of two completely normal teen boys, I was sincerely hoping I would never have to write about Fortnite again. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ More_Layoffs_Hit_Amazon_Music Following_Amp_Shutdown:_‘Some_Roles_Have_Been Eliminated’⠀⇛ A little over one month following live-radio app Amp’s shutdown, Amazon is making a new round of cuts on the audio-entertainment side, this time affecting an undisclosed number of Amazon Music employees. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Today_has_UHaul_written_all_over_it⠀⇛ In this moment online seems NPC word collision. I've often wished it could be more. But that wishing was devoid of understanding much about so- called selfhood. And of course I'll forget that understanding somewhere along the line and be back online hoping for it to be so much more This Time. And then the familiar first creeping, then accelerating disillusionment. # ⚓ Today_has_UHaul_written_all_over_it⠀⇛ # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding_—_BDYNRUG_Wordo:_ILEUM⠀⇛ # ⚓ eatspace_got_busy⠀⇛ meatspace got busy gemini? not so much words. so many words. to me one of the funniest things i can read online is about how broken vessels called # ⚓ The_who_in_charge_of_entropy_in_a_desperate_belief⠀⇛ The clock doesn't beat anymore, it ticks in silently precise interruptions, but I can tell the crows outside are beginning to shiver in the lick of the early eastern wind. It's an unusually long drop. The molten brown spills inbetween the transistors and the drooling fools, who prick away at circuitry with paperclips shaped into tiny swords, barely notice the creeping wave. The machines whisper in tongues they were ordered to understand. The mustard on the wall has long since dried. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ The_gift_of_time⠀⇛ Maintaining a free software project is spending years of your life to solve a problem that would have taken several hours or even days without the software. Which is, joke aside, an incredible contribution to the common good. The time saved is multiplied by the number of users and quickly compound. They are saving time without the need to exchange their own time. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3313 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 10/11/2023: Jezebel and Omegle Shut Down⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 10, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ Cyber_battle_of_region's_best_young ethical_hackers_to_take_place_in_Tartu⠀⇛ According to Kätlin Koemets, head of CTF Tech, the main organizer of the competition, interest in the cyber battle format, which was developed in Estonia four years ago, has been growing ever since [...] o ⚓ Zach Flower ☛ 100_Days_to_Offload:_Part_Deux⠀⇛ It's been just shy of a year and a half since I started that job, and I think I'm finally in a place to start writing again—and what better way to do that than to give the 100 Days to Offload challenge another try. To recap, here are the rules: [...] o ⚓ 404 Media ☛ Omegle,_the_Site_That_Paired_Strangers_for_Video Chats,_Is_Dead⠀⇛ Leif K-Brooks, who launched the site in March 2009 when he was 18 years old, replaced the service with a lengthy message about free speech, the nature of the internet, and his vision for the now-dead site. Based on archives of the site, K-Brooks shut it down on Wednesday. o ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Omegle_video_chat_platform_shuts_down_after abuse_claims⠀⇛ But although it was meant as a tool to connect people worldwide, Omegle was marred by several cases of misuse. "Virtually every tool can be used for good or for evil," Brooks wrote. "There can be no honest accounting of Omegle without acknowledging that some people misused it, including to commit unspeakably heinous crimes." o ⚓ Futurism ☛ Omegle_Shuts_Down_Amid_Storm_of_Child_Abuse Allegations⠀⇛ The anarchic video chat service Omegle has officially shut down amid a storm of child abuse allegations. After 14 long years, the service has been taken offline, leaving those looking to be paired up with total strangers for an impromptu video chat out of luck — or at least switch to Chatroulette, which somehow still exists. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ Should_you_trust_Wikipedia?⠀⇛ Just as political activism requires tedious door- knocking and canvassing to win elections, Wikipedia also requires a similar principle of collaboration. It takes a group of active global citizens, with contributions both big and small, to maintain and expand the largest source of gathered information ever. The beauty of a website like Wikipedia is that not only can everyone reap the benefits of an expansive, constantly-updating encyclopedia, but they can also contribute substantially as well. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ CT_Scans_Show_Why_Fake_Apple_AirPods_Sound_So Awful⠀⇛ The fakes look nothing like this on the inside. “The fakes have a lot less going on. Components are connected by wires, not flexible PCBs. You won’t find wires like this in any modern mobile Apple product”, he continues. These products use wires instead of PCBs, and even the wires are soldered very poorly. He also highlights “the lack of magnets, lower-quality plastic, and smaller batteries” in the fake ones and also mentions their significantly lighter weight. “To make up for the difference, their cases have weights,” he says. # ⚓ Zach Flower ☛ Screen_Time_Is_for_Chumps⠀⇛ Because the sound of my typewriter has become a common theme song around my household over the last few years, it should come as no surprise that my kids have started to express interest in this perfectly valid and not-at-all nerdy hobby. Turns out, children get the same rush of joy when they see the letters they type show up immediately on a piece of paper that they can then take out and hold. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Best_microSD_Cards_for_Raspberry_Pi_2023⠀⇛ MicroSD cards are a cost effective storage means. At the time of writing, high performance 32GB micro SD cards can be picked up for $10! But which microSD card should you buy for your Raspberry Pi? To help find the answer, we tested ten different 32GB cards on a Raspberry Pi 4, a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ and a Raspberry Pi Zero W to see which offers the best performance for the money. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ CNN ☛ Mark_Zuckerberg_personally_rejected_Meta’s_proposals to_improve_teen_mental_health,_court_documents_allege⠀⇛ The newly unsealed communications in the lawsuit — filed originally by Massachusetts last month in a state court — allegedly show how Zuckerberg ignored or shut down top executives, including Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri and President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg, who had asked Zuckerberg to do more to protect the more than 30 million teens who use Instagram in the United States. The disclosures highlight Zuckerberg’s sway over decisions at Meta that can affect billions of users. And they also shed light on tensions that have occasionally arisen between Zuckerberg and other Meta officials who have pushed to enhance user well-being. # ⚓ Society for Scholarly Publishing ☛ Ask_the_Community:_How are_you_using_Social_Media_in_2023?⠀⇛ One year into Elon Musk’s acquisition of X (formerly known as Twitter), engagement metrics are down across the board, with app downloads down 38%, web traffic down 7% globally and down 11.6% in the U.S. “What is UP with Twitter?” “What about Threads?” “Is Academic Twitter disappearing?” “Could BlueSky be the replacement?” Are your metrics changing? These are questions we continue to hear in personal conversations, organizational meetings, industry articles, and in gatherings of the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) MarComm committee. As we all reconsider our approaches and channels, we asked the community to weigh in with their response to the question, “How has your / your organization’s approach to social media changed in the last year?” o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ The_enshittification_of_garage-door_openers reveals_a_vast_and_deadly_rot⠀⇛ But how did this happen? How did a giant company like Chamberlain come to this enshittening juncture, in which it felt empowered to sabotage the products it had already sold to its customers? How can this be legal? How can it be good for business? How can the people who made this decision even look themselves in the mirror? To answer these questions, we must first consider the forces that discipline companies, acting against the impulse to enshittify their products and services. There are four constraints on corporate conduct: [...] # ⚓ ABC ☛ To_help_2024_voters,_Meta_says_it_will_begin_labeling political_ads_that_use_AI-generated_imagery⠀⇛ The development of new AI programs has made it easier than ever to quickly generate lifelike audio, images and video. In the wrong hands, the technology could be used to create fake videos of a candidate or frightening images of election fraud or polling place violence. When strapped to the powerful algorithms of social media, these fakes could mislead and confuse voters on a scale never seen. Meta Platforms Inc. and other tech companies have been criticized for not doing more to address this risk. Wednesday's announcement by Meta — which came on the same day House lawmakers held a hearing on deepfakes — isn't likely to assuage those concerns. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Chatbots_may_'hallucinate'_more_often_than many_realise⠀⇛ When Google introduced a similar chatbot several weeks later, it spewed nonsense about the James Webb telescope. The next day, Microsoft's new Bing chatbot offered up all sorts of bogus information about the Gap, Mexican nightlife and singer Billie Eilish. Then, in March, ChatGPT cited a half dozen fake court cases while writing a 10-page legal brief that a lawyer submitted to a federal judge in Manhattan. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_AI_Debate_Is_Happening_in_a_Cocoon⠀⇛ Our organization, the AI Now Institute, was among a small number of watchdog groups present at Sunak’s summit. We sat at tables where world leaders and technology executives pontificated over threats to hypothetical (disembodied, raceless, genderless) “humans” on the uncertain horizon. The event underscored how most debates about the direction of AI happen in a cocoon. The term artificial intelligence has meant different things over the past seven decades, but the current version of AI is a product of the enormous economic power that major tech firms have amassed in recent years. The resources needed to build AI at scale—massive data sets, access to computational power to process them, highly skilled labor—are profoundly concentrated among a small handful of firms. And the field’s incentive structures are shaped by the business needs of industry players, not by the public at large. # ⚓ Daniel Miessler ☛ Why_We'll_Have_AGI_by_2025-2028⠀⇛ I think this is a better definition because it’s more specific. Payscale did a study of 302 different knowledge worker salary profiles, and found the average salary to be $87,342. Cool, so let’s say that an AGI is a system that can replace an average knowledge worker in the US making an average salary. So how could that happen? o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Privacy International ☛ UK_MPs_Asleep_at_the_Wheel_as Facial_Recognition_Technology_Spells_The_End_of_Privacy in_Public⠀⇛ The use of facial recognition technology (FRT) by law enforcement and private companies in public spaces throughout the UK is on the rise. In August 2023, the government announced that it is looking to expand its use of FRT, which it considers “an increasingly important capability for law enforcement and the Home Office”. The indiscriminate use of this dystopian biometric technology to identify individuals in public spaces is a form of mass surveillance that threatens human rights and is often carried out without the knowledge or consent of individuals whose sensitive biometric data is being harvested. Not only does FRT seriously infringe upon the right to privacy, but the use of this highly intrusive technology at protests undermines other fundamental rights such as the right to peaceful assembly and the right to freedom of expression. In the UK, this is taking place within a democratic vacuum without any specific law restricting its use in public spaces. # ⚓ Privacy International ☛ Revealed:_UK_MPs_“asleep_at the_wheel”_as_government_ramps_up_facial_recognition technology⠀⇛ PI has recently conducted a survey of 114 UK MPs through YouGov. Published this morning, the results are seriously concerning and reveal that the majority of MPs are sorely ill-informed about FRT in the UK, despite new government plans to expand its use and the grave threat that the technology poses to human rights. # ⚓ [Old] Portfolio Media Inc ☛ NJ_Suit_Shines_Light_On Police_Use_Of_Infant_Blood_In_Probes⠀⇛ While there are documented cases of police trying to obtain infant blood samples from state health departments' labs, the one in New Jersey is among the first known criminal cases where the practice has led to the prosecution of a suspect. The public defender lawsuit and the underlying criminal investigation expose slippery slopes between health care and surveillance, genetic genealogy and privacy, and between the need to solve crimes and people's constitutional rights to due process. # ⚓ Patrick Breyer ☛ EU_Digital_Identity_Regulation_ (eIDAS):_Pirates_don’t_support_blank_cheque_for surveillance_of_citizens_online!⠀⇛ The EU Parliament and EU Council yesterday struck a political deal on the reform of the EU Digital Identity Regulation (eIDAS 2). A new digital identity wallet app is to allow EU citizens to access public and private digital services such as Facebook or Google, and pay online. The deal was made even though more than 500 scientists and numerous NGOs in an open letter „strongly warn against the currently proposed trilogue agreement, as it fails to properly respect the right to privacy of citizens and secure online communications“ – criticism which the Pirate Party Members of the European Parliament underline. “This regulation is a blank cheque for surveillance of citizens online, endangering our privacy and security online”, comments Pirate Party lawmaker Patrick Breyer. “Browser security is being undermined, and overidentification will gradually erode our right to use digital services anonymously. Mark Zuckerberg should have no right to see our ID! Entrusting our digital lives to the government instead of Facebook and Google is jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire. This deal sacrifices essential requirements the European Parliament had put forward to make the eID app privacy-friendly and secure. The EU misses the opportunity to establish a trustworthy framework for modernization and digitization. We will watch the implementation very closely.” # ⚓ epicenter.works ☛ EU_Digital_Identity_Reform:_The Good,_Bad_&_Ugly_in_the_eIDAS_Regulation⠀⇛ The idea of having the owner of a domain name being visible in the web browser was shelved by every browser in the world in 2009. In 2021 the Commission deemed it a good idea to force the whole world to reintroduce this mid 2000 idea of “extended validation” under the new name “Qualified Website Authentication Certificates (QWACs)”. While nobody will use this, the real damage done by this system is that every web browser in the world will be forced to trust the root certificates from all European Trust Service Providers, regardless of them being actually trustworthy or not. In response to the revelations of government mass surveillance by Edward Snowden, the share of encrypted web traffic jumped from less than half to 95%. The security of this encryption depends on lists of trusted certificates by browsers and governments around the world have repeatedly tried to attack this system. With the original proposal, the EU would have broken the complete trust architecture of the world wide web and even if a certificate would have been found to be used for surveillance, there would have been nothing in the law to allow the browser to kick it out. The final twist of this story is that only days before the final deal the negotiators agreed to a change in the text that ensures browsers’ freedom to protect domain authentication and the encryption of web traffic in a manner and with the technology they consider most appropriate. In practice, this means browsers will have a way to resist QWACs undermining encryption, by separating them from TLS. Thus, at least we can expect browsers like Mozilla to fight against the undermining of the trust architecture of the web. For others like Microsoft we have less hope. # ⚓ European Parliament ☛ EU-wide_digital_wallet:_MEPs reach_deal_with_Council⠀⇛ The legislation will now have to be endorsed by both Parliament and Council before it becomes law. The Industry, Research and Energy Committee will hold a vote on the file on 28 November. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Wearable_'Ai_Pin'_launched_by_Humane, backed_by_ex-Apple_execs_and_Microsoft⠀⇛ Founded by ex-Apple veterans who worked on the iPhone, Humane is one of many companies in Silicon Valley angling to find the next wave of consumer devices. But the company has emphatically rejected the mixed-reality headsets in the works from companies such as Apple and Meta Platforms, with Humane co- founder and President Imran Chaudhri saying during a demonstration of the Ai Pin earlier this year that "the future is not on your face." o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ EU_opens_probe_into_TikTok,_YouTube_over child_protection⠀⇛ The European Commission said it had sent formal requests for information to TikTok and YouTube respectively, the first step in procedures launched under the EU's new law on digital content. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_Gaza_war_probably_won’t_change Iran’s_nuclear_strategy._It’ll_make_it_difficult_to_reach_a long-term_agreement,_though.⠀⇛ As of today, Iran is enriching to 60 percent and has been careful not to cross the 90 percent military-grade enrichment threshold. In August, just weeks before the Gaza war, it also reached an understanding for broader talks with the United States—the result of which was Iran’s willingness to decrease enriched uranium in exchange for economic relief in the form of unfreezing Iranian funds around the world. Furthermore, these developments led to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reportedly giving his blessing in September to the Iranian nuclear negotiation team to meet directly with their US counterparts in Oman. # ⚓ [Repeat] 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. # ⚓ Daniel Pipes ☛ Hamas_vs._Gazans⠀⇛ Then there is Hamas, the jihadi organization that has ruled Gaza since 2007 and which became the focus on global attention after massacring around 1,400 Israelis on Oct. 7. For fifteen years, it has implemented an opposite and historically unique purpose in tormenting its subject population. Rather than sacrifice soldiers for battlefield gains, it sacrifices civilians for public relations purposes. The more misery endured by Gazans, the more convincingly Hamas can accuse Israel of aggression and the wider and more vehement the support it wins from antisemites of all persuasions – Islamists, Palestinian nationalists, far-leftists, and far- rightists. # ⚓ India Times ☛ EU_opens_probe_into_TikTok,_YouTube_over child_protection⠀⇛ The EU's executive arm said it wanted to know what measures the video-sharing platforms have taken to comply with the Digital Services Act (DSA), especially regarding the risks posed to children's mental and physical health. The DSA is part of the European Union's powerful armoury to bring big tech to heel, and demands that digital giants do more to counter the spread of illegal and harmful content as well as disinformation. # ⚓ Axios ☛ TikTok_ads_blanket_GOP_debate_during_clash_over_the platform⠀⇛ Driving the news: The Republican presidential candidates, except Ramaswamy, fiercely condemned the video app during the debate. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society ☛ The Wiltshire_Thatcher_–_a_Photographic_Journey_through_Victorian Wessex⠀⇛ The origin of the central figure has remained a mystery for over half a century. It can now be revealed as a late Victorian coloured photograph of a Wiltshire thatcher. A grey beard underlining his weathered face, the figure stoops whilst apparently pausing for the photographer, his leathery hands grasp the pole supporting the bundle of hazel on his back. The original of the photograph made famous by the band was recently discovered in a late Victorian photograph album. The discovery was made by Brian Edwards, a Visiting Research Fellow with the Regional History Centre at the University of the West of England, and is in the Museum collections. # ⚓ Vintage Everyday ☛ Led_Zeppelin_IV:_The_Identity_of_the Mysterious_‘Stick_Man’_on_the_Album’s_Cover_Has_Been_Finally Been_Revealed⠀⇛ “The first thing you notice is that as a photograph, it’s a really, really good photograph and also that the area of the tour being documented was quite a tight area geographically,” Edwards explained. “We had those clues, plus the name Ernest and as a bit of a stroke of luck I happened to remember that a lot of early photographers were also chemists. I only knew of one chemist in Wiltshire operating in the mid-century called Farmer, so I looked him up and he left Wilshire to start up a photography business in Brighton. He had three sons, one of whom was called Ernest. This Ernest not only went on to become a photographer but also a teacher of photography and became quite well known. Fortunately, I found his marriage certificate online and there were handwriting matches with the words in the photo album.” o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ How_digitalization_can_improve_climate resilience_in_the_Global_South⠀⇛ While digital technology is only one plank of the necessary energy transition, it presents multiple opportunities for countries in the Global South. First, in some cases it could allow them to “leapfrog” more developed economies by skipping dated infrastructure. Second, while energy infrastructure with digital capabilities may be more expensive up front, it is also an investment in those countries’ technical capabilities. Policymakers in the Global South may rightly be wary about adopting Western technologies in such a key sector. But if done correctly, investment in digital solutions may be able to simultaneously generate competitive industries while combating climate change. # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Northern_peatlands_in_Finland_are_still expanding,_finds_study⠀⇛ The study conducted at the University of Helsinki was aimed at investigating how peatlands have expanded and what it means for carbon sinks and natural landscape. In addition, the researchers examined the effect of forest fires and local conditions, such as topography and the composition of the subsoil, on the expansion of peatlands. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Shell_is_giving_Greenpeace_a_$6.6_million incentive_to_stop_protesting⠀⇛ Shell has now made an offer to reduce the monetary burden: The company and its contractor will settle for $1.4 million in damages, as long as “Greenpeace organisations would agree to never protest on its infrastructure again, at sea or in port anywhere in the world,” according to Greenpeace International. The environmental activist group and its UK affiliate said they “would agree to such a protest ban if Shell agreed to stop wrecking the climate—by complying with the Netherlands court order requiring the company to reduce its emissions by 45% by 2030, relative to 2019, across all activities.” # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ What_We_Know_About_the_Massive_Chemical Fire_in_Shepherd,_Texas⠀⇛ It is not clear what chemicals caught fire. According to the Polk County Office of Emergency Management, the plant had recently reported to the state environmental protection agency that it had Wood Turpentine, Phosphoric Acid, Xylene, Diesel Fuel, IMP-IC-2012, Sulfuric Acid, CDA-121, NP 9, Isopropyl Alcohol, IMB-BAC-2, AZA-121 Dispersant, and Acetic Acid. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ [Crackers]_Linked_To_Russian_Intelligence Blamed_For_2022_Ukraine_Grid_Disruption⠀⇛ “This attack represents the latest evolution in Russia’s cyber physical attack capability, which has been increasingly visible since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” the Mandiant report said. A GRU entity known as Unit 74455 has been blamed for some of the most damaging cyberattacks across the world over the past decade. Known widely by the nickname “Sandworm,” the unit gained notoriety when it penetrated Ukraine’s electricity grid in 2015, cutting off power to more than 200,000 people. # ⚓ Positech Games ☛ Solar_farm_update:_earthworks!⠀⇛ After a LOT of email back and forth, which frankly drove me crazy, we seem to have finally agreed on everything. That means that we can build the base for the substations, which is the only bit of concrete involved on the farm (except maybe a tiny, tiny amount for CCTV tower bases). Because the substation base has to happen before we install switchgear, the substation itself, or move the overhead line which eventually allows the last few panels/frames…. its been holding up the entire project. # ⚓ Idiomdrottning ☛ Steel_without_fossils⠀⇛ If there is option A and option B, and option A means making slightly less money but the Earth won’t die, then option A is better. That perspective should’ve permeated the report, not be tucked into a corner of “well OK we can see they believe they must do this but they’re not gonna make as much money as those who kept on blasting until a not-yet- invented–pie-in-the-sky technology comes along like a machina ex machina and saves us all!” # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The Hindu ☛ Fishermen_rescue_whale_shark_at Muthalapozhi⠀⇛ Sajan John, a marine specialist at WTI, said the whale shark was the eighth one to be rescued and released along the Kerala coast since the launch of the campaign. The fishermen of Muthalapozhi demonstrated their commitment to marine life conservation and showcased the positive impact of education and community-involvement in safeguarding oceans. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ EuroGamer ☛ Warframe_studio_confirms_"a_number_of"_layoffs as_it_shuts_down_publishing_arm⠀⇛ Warframe developer Digital Extremes has confirmed a "number of" layoffs at the studio resulting from the closure of its publishing division. It's also announced it'll no longer be publishing free-to- play online action-RPG Wayfinder following the closure, and that full control of the property will return to developer Airship Syndicate. In a statement provided to Eurogamer after news of layoffs at the studio was broken via PC Gamer, Digital Extremes wrote, "We can confirm we have made the difficult decision to cease operations of our external projects division." # ⚓ Essel Group ☛ Sony's_profits_slide_29pc_amid_chip_slump⠀⇛ Sony Corporation faced a 29 per cent dip in operating profit during the July-September quarter, reporting 263 billion yen ($1.74 billion), Reuters reported on Tuesday. The downturn was attributed to weaker performances in its image sensor and financial divisions, with the chips division specifically noting a 37 per cent decline in profit due to elevated expenses and decreased sales of image sensors, commonly used in smartphones. In response to this, Sony President Hiroki Totoki told Reuters, "The North American market shows a significant year-on-year decline, and at this point, there's no change to our view that a recovery in the market will take place from next fiscal year." # ⚓ BW Businessworld Media Pvt Ltd ☛ Norway_Uses_AI_To_Invest $1.4_Tn_Sovereign_Wealth_Fund⠀⇛ Sovereign wealth fund CEO Nicolai Tangen said that Norway's USD 1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund is using artificial intelligence to help manage its investment at NEXT conference in New York. The fund invests the Norwegian state's revenues from oil and gas production in equities, bonds, property and renewable projects abroad. # ⚓ India Times ☛ $1.4_trillion_Norwegian_sovereign_wealth fund's_CEO_says_it_is_using_AI_to_deploy_capital⠀⇛ It is the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, holding stakes in more than 9,200 companies globally and owning 1.5% of all listed stocks. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Will_the_EU_get_new_members_soon?_Here’s what_you_need_to_know.⠀⇛ It was never the intention to stay twenty-seven forever. On Wednesday, the European Commission recommended that the EU Council open talks with Ukraine to join the European Union, which is currently three shy of thirty members. Might Moldova and Georgia, which also saw their long- running bids to join the EU boosted by the Commission, join with Ukraine to make up the difference? And what about the several Western Balkans countries that now appear stalled in their decades-long efforts to join? Below, Atlantic Council experts answer important questions about where EU enlargement stands now. # ⚓ India Times ☛ EU_AI_Act_to_serve_as_blueprint_for_global rules:_lawmaker_Brando_Benifei⠀⇛ While several countries have been looking at ways to regulate AI, European lawmakers have taken a lead by drafting AI rules aimed at setting a global standard for a technology key to almost every industry and business. The draft rules could get approved by next month. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Apple_agrees_to_$25_million_settlement_with US_over_hiring_of_immigrants⠀⇛ The Justice Department in a statement said Apple did not recruit US citizens or permanent residents for jobs that were eligible for a federal program allowing employers to sponsor immigrant workers for green cards, in violation of a federal law that bars discrimination based on citizenship. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Rival_powers_agree_that_AI_poses_new risks._Can_they_work_together_to_address_them?⠀⇛ The most notable outcome from the UK gathering was the Bletchley Declaration, which struck all the right chords. It emphasized the importance of involving multiple stakeholders and international cooperation, and it underscored the responsibilities of “actors developing frontier AI capabilities.” Headlines have largely focused on the remarkable feat of bringing China, the European Union, and the United States together to sign a declaration on AI governance, at a time when they seem to agree on very little else. The declaration reveals that countries across the ideological spectrum are worried about the potential for harms caused by AI systems and recognize that solutions cannot be built by one country alone. And thus, on the same stage, US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo declared that “even as nations compete vigorously, we can and must search for global solutions to global problems,” while Chinese Vice Minister of Science and Technology Wu Zhaohui called for collaboration to mitigate potential unintended harms of frontier AI models. Wu’s presence at the closed-door government leaders’ meetings on the second day of the summit—which was not publicly acknowledged at the time—was also notable, but necessary given China’s position of influence in AI development and global uptake of the technology outside of Western democracies. # ⚓ Light Blue Touchpaper ☛ How_hate_sites_evade_the_censor⠀⇛ This case study is perhaps useful for the UK, where the recent Online Safety Bill empowers Ofcom to do just this – to use injunctions in the civil courts to take down unpleasant websites. # ⚓ EDRI ☛ A_coalition_of_6_organisations_takes_EU’s_dangerous terrorist_content_regulation_to_court⠀⇛ Under this regulation, law enforcement authorities in an EU country can order a website, a social media platform or any online service provider which hosts user-generated content to block within one hour any content alleged to be of terrorist nature – across all Member States in the EU. These service providers can also be forced to implement “specific measures” to prevent the publication of terrorist content. These “specific measures” – the choice of which remains at the discretion of the service providers – may include, for example, automated upload filters which scan all content before publication. Such automated systems are unable to take account of the context of the publication and are notoriously prone to errors that result in the censorship of protected speech such as journalism, satire, art, or documentation of human rights abuses. Furthermore, the obligation to adopt “specific measures” may violate the prohibition of imposing a general monitoring obligation under the Digital Services Act. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ EU_lawmakers_scolded_for_concealing identities_of_privacy-busting_content-scanning_'experts'⠀⇛ Yet the European Commission still appears to believe there's a way to have bypassable strong end-to-end encryption while respecting privacy rights and maintaining operational security, flying in the face of mathematics. And it has evidently persisted in that belief based on consultations with so-called experts. # ⚓ [Old] European Ombudsman ☛ Decision_on_the_European Commission’s_refusal_to_give_public_access_to_documents concerning_its_impact_assessment_related_to_a_legislative proposal_on_preventing_and_combatting_child_sexual_abuse_ (joint_cases_2206/2022/SF_and_2208/2022/SF)⠀⇛ The complainant, an Irish civil liberties organisation, made two requests for public access to background documents and technical information, which fed into the Commission’s impact assessment accompanying its proposal for a regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse. The Commission identified two documents as falling within the scope of the complainant’s requests and granted wide partial access. The complainant considered that the Commission had failed to identify all relevant documents falling within the scope of its requests. The Ombudsman found that the Commission had indeed failed to identify a document, namely a list of experts that clearly fell within the scope of the complainant’s requests. The Ombudsman considered that this constitutes maladministration. The Ombudsman suggested that the Commission register the complainant’s request for public access to the list of experts as a new request and handle it in accordance with Regulation 1049/2001. # ⚓ India Times ☛ UK_focuses_on_child_safety_at_the_start_of new_online_regime⠀⇛ Britain's communications regulator said tech companies must focus on protecting children from abuse, grooming and pro-suicide content, in its first steps as the enforcer of online safety. Ofcom, which gained new powers when the Online Safety Act came into law last month, said children were a key priority. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Google,_Meta_win_court_fight_against_Austrian online_content_rule⠀⇛ The Austrian law, enacted in 2021 and which obliges Big Tech to publish regular reports of illegal content, comes amid mounting concerns worldwide about hateful posts. The European Union recently adopted new rules called the Digital Services Act (DSA) which require large online platforms to do more to tackle illegal and harmful online content or risk fines up to 6% of their annual turnover. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ France_Accuses_Russia_Of_Part_In Disinformation_Campaign_Over_Star_of_David_Graffiti_In Paris⠀⇛ France on November 9 blamed a Russian disinformation campaign for amplifying graffiti of Stars of David that appeared in Paris earlier this week. [...] # ⚓ France24 ☛ Fake_story_about_assassination_attempt_on Mahmoud_Abbas_goes_viral⠀⇛ People have claimed that this video shows an assassination attempt on Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority. It has since gone viral on X (formerly Twitter). However, the footage actually shows a drug raid being carried out by Palestinian Authority police. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Cartooonists Rights Network International ☛ Report_on_the situation_of_threatened_cartoonists_around_the_world_2020- 2022 [PDF]⠀⇛ The report covers a three-year period, from 2020 until 2022 (with a very few exceptions that provide salient and illustrative examples). While this report is based on case studies within the period, it may be developed and expanded upon by further reports in the future. “Cartoonists on the line” is a joint product of Cartooning for Peace (France) and Cartoonists Rights (USA) with support from Freedom Cartoonists Foundation (Switzerland), Isocrates Foundation (Switzerland) and the UNESCO Global Media Defence Fund (UNESCO-GMDF). [...] These are not easy times for journalists and the free press, and that goes double for the courageous cartoonists with whom we work, speaking truth to power, many times under the heel of some the most despotic and humourless bullies imaginable. This report shines a much-needed spotlight on these brave individuals who are standing up for the right to free speech and the principle of free expression around the world. # ⚓ La Quadature Du Net ☛ A_coalition_of_6_organisations_takes EU’s_dangerous_terrorist_content_regulation_to_court⠀⇛ The litigant civil society organisations – among many others – have denounced the potential of fundamental rights violations entailed by the TERREG since the legislative proposal was published by the European Commission in 2018. While fighting terrorism is an important objective, TERREG threatens freedom of expression and access to information on the internet by giving law enforcement the power to decide what can be said online, without prior independent judicial review. The danger of law enforcement overreach and abuse of content removals has been widely reported, and will inevitably increase with this Regulation. This legislation also reinforces the hegemony of the largest online platforms, as only very few platforms are currently able to meet the obligations under TERREG. “The question of online content moderation is a serious one, and the answer cannot be a simplistic but dangerous techno-solutionist police censorship,” says Bastien Le Querrec, legal officer at La Quadrature du Net, the leading NGO of the coalition. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Ministry_Bans_Ads_Using_Images_Of_Popular Actresses_Over_Hijab_Opposition⠀⇛ The film's director, Soheil Beiraghi, disclosed via an Instagram story on November 8 that actresses Fatemeh Motamed-Aria and Baran Kosari were barred from having their faces used in promotional materials after Mohammad Mehdi Esmaeili, Iran's Islamic guidance minister, appeared to widen an existing ban on promotional materials featuring those who have spoken out publicly against the hijab. # ⚓ VOA News ☛ Jailed_Iranian_Nobel_Peace_Prize_Laureate Hospitalized⠀⇛ The head of the Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss- Andersen, released a statement expressing deep concern for the well-being of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Furthermore, she issued a stern warning to the Iranian government to take immediate and essential measures to provide the necessary medical support to Mohammadi and other incarcerated women. The Olof Palme Foundation of Sweden, which honored Narges Mohammadi with its 2023 prize, sent an open letter strongly imploring the provision of vital medical care for Mohammadi. The American PEN Association had previously stressed the imperative need for her immediate and unconditional release. # ⚓ Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ Belarusian_culture,_language,_and history_is_being_destroyed_–_interview⠀⇛ "But we have to look at it as a punishment system /.../ It forces people to come back to the country to renew their passports and then for the regime to have the opportunity to arrest, put extra pressure, and so on, on those persons." Koplimaa said European countries are working out how to resolve the issue but there are no quick solutions. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Journalist_questioned_by_police_because_car crash_reports_were_so_‘in_depth’⠀⇛ A freelance journalist found himself visited by police and asked for information about his source after reporting independently on two fatal car crashes. The journalists believes the visit followed a complaint from the force’s press office that the articles contained “in-depth information”. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Detained_Under_UK_Terrorism_Law,_Whistleblower Says_Police_Questioned_His_Support_for_Assange⠀⇛ Journalists, activists, and human rights workers are among the hundreds of thousands of everyday men, women, and children who have been subjected to Schedule 7 stops. Schedule 7, which was even more expansive a decade ago, allows police, customs agents, and immigration officers to stop any adult or child and subject them to questioning. No evidence or suspicion is required for a person to be subjected to a Schedule 7 stop. # ⚓ VOA News ☛ Husband_of_Journalist_Jailed_in_Russia_Calls_on US_for_Help⠀⇛ The journalist had traveled to Russia in May for a family emergency. When she tried to return to Prague in June, her passports were confiscated. She was waiting for those documents to be returned when authorities detained her on October 18. Now, Kurmasheva is facing five years in prison for allegedly violating Russia’s “foreign agent” law. # ⚓ BoingBoing ☛ Jezebel_to_close_after_owner_G/O_Media_fails to_find_buyer⠀⇛ In the last few years G/O Media seems to have been an exercise in how not to run a legacy web publishing enterprise. In that respect it's been a great help, but it's still disturbing just seeing the smoke, hearing the screams, the odor of burning hair, etc. # ⚓ [Old] The Daily Beast ☛ Jezebel_Boss_Quits_as_G/O_Media Dumpster_Fire_Burns_On⠀⇛ Spanfeller, who insiders claim is obsessed with the number of articles each site publishes in a day, grills editors at a weekly traffic meeting about their respective site’s performance. “He is too focused on small details of headlines and when an article went up to understand an online news site,” one G/O staffer told Confider. Making matters worse for morale: Spanfeller hired his daughter to a sales position and then promoted her within a year, according to two people familiar with the matter, all while continuing to block internal promotions. # ⚓ [Old] New Yorker ☛ Jezebel_and_the_Question_of_Women’s Anger⠀⇛ When Jezebel launched, I was thirty-three, about to turn thirty-four. The events that led to the site’s creation have been written about many times before. So here’s the short version: disillusioned by the state of American women’s media, I was given the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create and oversee a women’s-media entity—in this case, a Web site. I imagined it as one with a lot of personality, with humor, with edge. I wanted it to combine wit, smarts, and anger, providing women—many of whom had been taught to believe that “feminism” was a bad word or one to be avoided—with a model of critical thinking around gender and race which felt accessible and entertaining. As one of my colleagues, Moe Tkacik, wrote, in an early post, “Jezebel is a blog for women that will attempt to take all the essentially meaningless but sweet stuff directed our way and give it a little more meaning, while taking [the more] serious stuff and making it more fun, or more personal, or at the very least the subject of our highly sophisticated brand of sex joke. Basically, we wanted to make the sort of women’s magazine we’d want to read.” # ⚓ [Old] New York Times ☛ We’re_Watching_the_End_of_a_Digital Media_Age._It_All_Started_With_Jezebel.⠀⇛ The site was Jezebel, a blog started in 2007 by the founder of the sharp-edged media gossip site Gawker, Nick Denton. Jezebel wasn’t intended to be revolutionary. He started it in the hopes of attracting makeup advertisements. But the woman he hired to create the blog, Anna Holmes, had an agenda of her own. She had been an editor at Glamour quietly raging at the two-dimensional women Condé Nast’s magazines and their rivals portrayed, and the vapid content she churned out when the magazine’s hottest topics were “sex and angels.” # ⚓ Tedium ☛ …_And_You_Will_Know_Us_By_The_Trail_Of_Pink- Slipped⠀⇛ On a particularly bad day for digital media, a thought about where we should go next. Hint: Let’s stop talking about scale. # ⚓ [Repeat] The Guardian UK ☛ Jezebel_to_shut_down_after_16 years_as_parent_company_lays_off_staff⠀⇛ Jezebel, a feminist US news site, was shut down by its owners on Thursday, with 23 people laid off and no plans for the outlet to resume publication. G/O Media, which owns Jezebel and other sites including Gizmodo and the Onion, announced the closure in a memo to staff, which was obtained by the Guardian. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 'Kristallnacht'_not_strong_enough_term_for anti-Jewish_riots⠀⇛ Given the scope and gravity of the events, "broken glass" does not capture the extent of the brutality and suffering. By using more direct and explicit terminology, Germany aims to ensure that the historical record reflects the nature of the atrocities committed. # ⚓ NL Times ☛ Kristallnacht_remembered_in_Netherlands_tonight; National_commemoration_in_Amsterdam⠀⇛ Kristallnacht, called the Night of Broken Glass in English, is considered the start of the mass persecution of the Jews in the Second World War. During the night of 9 to 10 November 1938, the Nazis attacked the Jewish community all over Germany, destroying hundreds of synagogues, shops, and homes. Many German Jews were arrested, assaulted, and murdered. The name Kristallnacht comes from the glass that littered the streets afterward. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ SAG-AFTRA_Has_a_Tentative_Deal_That_Could_Bring the_Hollywood_Strike_to_an_End⠀⇛ According to the Hollywood Reporter, the union revealed it and the AMPTP have come to an agreement after months of on-and-off (and often contentious) negotiating. During that time, SAG-AFTRA told its members to hold firm as the negotiating committee did its thing with the studios, which allegedly had been recently threatening to cancel shows as a way of readjusting 2024 schedules to make up for the lost airtime. Studios have also been rearranging movie release dates as the strike continued. # ⚓ [Old] Smithsonian Magazine ☛ Deep_in_the_Swamps, Archaeologists_Are_Finding_How_Fugitive_Slaves_Kept_Their Freedom⠀⇛ By downplaying American marronage, and valorizing white involvement in the Underground Railroad, historians have shown a racial bias, in Sayers’ opinion, a reluctance to acknowledge the strength of black resistance and initiative. They’ve also revealed the shortcomings of their methods: “Historians are limited to source documents. When it comes to maroons, there isn’t that much on paper. But that doesn’t mean their story should be ignored or overlooked. As archaeologists, we can read it in the ground.” Sayers first heard about the Dismal Swamp maroons from one of his professors at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. They were smoking cigarettes after class in late 2001. Sayers proposed to do his dissertation on the archaeology of 19th-century agriculture. Stifling a yawn, Prof. Marley Brown III asked him what he knew about the maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp and suggested this would make a more interesting dissertation project. “It sounded great,” says Sayers. “I had no idea what I was getting into.” # ⚓ [Old] Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center ☛ History_of_the Dismal_Swamp⠀⇛ The Dismal Swamp was a known route and destination for freedom seekers. This route was the most rugged and treacherous route where insects, snakes, and wild animals were abundant. It was to this inhospitable place many runaways came. While some runaways were able to blend in with free blacks, many chose to seek refuge among a colony of runaways (called maroons) in the Great Dismal Swamp. The nature of the swamp made it possible for large colonies to establish permanent refuge. It was difficult to capture a freedom seeker once they reached the swamp, although occasional trips were made to recapture runaways with specially trained dogs. Colonies were established on high ground in the swamp, where crude huts were constructed. Abundant animal life provided food and clothing. Some earned money by working for free black shingle makers, who hired maroons to cut logs. # ⚓ ANF News ☛ Nine_prisoners_executed_in_Iran⠀⇛ The statement added that more executions took place in the same prison, but no information could be obtained regarding the identities of those executed. # ⚓ ANF News ☛ Former_political_prisoner_has_his_torture complaint_ignored⠀⇛ After his arrest, Karakum was initially taken to the T-type prison in Samsun. That's where the attacks began. Prison guards repeatedly stormed his cell and physically and verbally abused him. Karakum said: “For the first 12 days of my 25-day stay there, they did nothing because of the pandemic, but then when I was taken to the cell, it was searched for five days in a row and I was systematically tortured. I was beaten by the guards and my head was repeatedly hit against the wall. In addition, the prison administration censored the letters I wrote to inform my family and lawyers about the torture.” # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Security_Agents_'Violently'_Arrested_At Least_9_Baha'i_Followers_Amid_Crackdown⠀⇛ Earlier this month, the Baha'i International Community reported a rising wave of persecution against the group, with 36 attacks in cities including Isfahan and Yazd. Additionally, 26 Baha'is, including 16 women, have been sentenced to a total of 126 years in prison, mainly for "promoting" the Baha'i faith. The Islamic republic of Iran does not recognize the Baha'i faith, and judicial authorities have repeatedly labeled Baha'i followers as "spies and enemies," issuing death sentences, arrests, and imprisonments, while also denying them education and business opportunities. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ You’re_missing_out_on_free_internet_at_CICs_here in_Zimbabwe⠀⇛ Community Information Centres are “public places where people can access computers, the Internet and other digital technologies that enable them to gather information, create, learn and communicate with others while they develop essential digital skills”. Potraz is constructing 32 CICs at the moment and when those are completed, there will be 202 in total across the country. Not all of them were constructed from scratch. In some places, they used existing buildings, especially the underutilized Post Offices across Zimbabwe. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Google_Doesn’t_Want_to_Talk_About_Its Payment_Deal_with_Spotify⠀⇛ The move comes as Epic fights Google and Apple on the 30% tax both Big Tech companies charge for the use of their app stores. Both Epic and Spotify signed onto the Coalition for App Fairness lobbying group—but Spotify got some special perks in 2022 from Google. Google unveiled a limited pilot program it called ‘User Choice Billing,’ allowing certain apps to bypass the 30% fee Google collects on subscriptions in Android apps. At the time, Google said UCB developers would pay ‘4% less’ or 26% instead of 30%. Epic’s lawyers point out that this rate is not necessarily accurate. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ More_Layoffs_Hit_Amazon_Music Following_Amp_Shutdown:_‘Some_Roles_Have_Been_Eliminated’⠀⇛ Lastly, Amazon Music is hardly alone in making layoffs, which have to this point in 2023 likewise hit industry companies such as Spotify, SoundCloud (as one component of a profitability push), TikTok’s music unit, and Bandcamp (which now belongs to Songtradr), to name a few. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Police_Arrest_Pirate_Site_Operators Following_3-Year_Investigation⠀⇛ Following a three-year investigation involving a prosecutor's office, a police economic crime unit, and a regional police force, three men linked to piracy portal Ogladaj (Watch) have been arrested in Poland. Police say they seized luxury cars, silver bars, cryptocurrency and cash. Other crimes that make the prosecution much more intriguing are mentioned in much less detail. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Day_a_Beatle_Died⠀⇛ Growing up, I heard the rumors that Paul McCartney died in the 60s and was replaced with a look-alike to keep the ̶m̶o̶n̶e̶y̶ ̶r̶o̶l̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶i̶n band together. But I did not realize that it was on this day [1] in 1966 that he died. Supposedly. Maybe. If you believe. # ⚓ “A_live,_nine_hundred_foot_what?”⠀⇛ This is a something that I think only two or three of my readers may appreciate (if that many)—a recording of MC 900 Ft. Jesus [2] performing live at Good Records in Dallas, Texas [3]. The sound quality could be better, but for someone who quit the industry in 2001, it was surprising to see him perform in 2017. And it's a shame he stopped recording, because his music is very unique—something like a cross between rap and jazz. Jazzrap? Rapjazz? Something like that. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ A_short_tribute_to_Peergos_and_its_maintainer⠀⇛ If you haven't heard of Peergos yet, it can be described very briefly as a Google Drive/ Dropbox/etc alternative: an online place to save your shit. Nowadays it already does a little bit more than that (e.g. file viewing/ editing and a calendar). What sets it apart is that it's decentralized, offline-friendly, and you can self-host. Currently, the users' DB (called PKI) is the one component that is managed centrally. Not quite as bad as it may sound: actually, the only operation that necessarily goes through the main instance (as of now) is creating an account[^0], to ensure unique usernames (and possibly changing passwords). And the PKI is replicated to all instances, so after creating an account you're completely independent of the main instance (unless it's your "home instance", of course), as you can login through any instance (I don't know if there are plans to decentralize this). This also means that, when you self-host, you don't need to open your instance to the public internet. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 5006 ➮ Generation completed at 02:50, i.e. 8 seconds to (re)generate ⟲