𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Tuesday, November 14, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Wed 15 Nov 02:49:39 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/2023/11/14/ ╒═══════════════════ 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 - Asia Continues to Liberate Itself ⦿ Techrights - A Year as a Freeman ⦿ Techrights - Elana Hamasman is Still at Apple (After Running Petition to Remove Richard Stallman) ⦿ Techrights - Erosion of RSS Feeds a Part of the 'Commercialisation' (as in Commercial, Proprietary, DRM-Saddled) of the Web ⦿ Techrights - IRC Proceedings: Monday, November 13, 2023 ⦿ Techrights - Lots of Incriminating Material on the Way ⦿ Techrights - Microsoft and Google Won't Save Online (on the Web) News, They Will Squash It While Self-Detonating ⦿ Techrights - Over at Tux Machines... ⦿ Techrights - Preventing Microsoft Crimes From 'Paying Off' ⦿ Techrights - The Governments Worldwide (Not Just B.R.I.C.S.) Need to Break Up With Microsoft If They Value Computer Security and National Security ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/14/Asia_Continues_to_Liberate_Itself.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/14/A_Year_as_a_Freeman.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/14/Elana_Hamasman_is_Still_at_Apple_After_Running_Petition_to_Remo.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/14/Erosion_of_RSS_Feeds_a_Part_of_the_Commercialisation_as_in_Comm.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/14/irc-log-131123.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/14/Lots_of_Incriminating_Material_on_the_Way.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/14/Microsoft_and_Google_Won_t_Save_Online_on_the_Web_News_They_Wil.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/14/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/14/Preventing_Microsoft_Crimes_From_Paying_Off.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/14/The_Governments_Worldwide_Not_Just_B_R_I_C_S_Need_to_Break_Up_W.shtml ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/14/Links_14_11_2023_Buzzwords_and_Higher_Crime_Levels.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/14/Links_14_11_2023_Free_Speech_Compromised_China_Growing_in_Influ.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/14/Links_14_11_2023_Nepal_Is_Banning_TikTok_Fentanylware_and_Trump.shtml ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 76 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/14/Asia_Continues_to_Liberate_Itself.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/14/Asia_Continues_to_Liberate_Itself.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Asia Continues to Liberate Itself⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 14, 2023 ...from Western influence 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Windows 99%; GNU/Linux: From sub-zero to 5.3%⦈ LAST month (only a_few_weeks_ago) and the month before that we mentioned that GNU/Linux had grown relatively fast in Asia, rising to about 6% if one counts ChromeOS and if one counts the data from statCounter (except for studying trends, as opposed to absolute numbers which are biased by the data sources). The West (collectively speaking) isn't happy about these trends, as the regimes and their spy agencies would_rather_spread_their_back-doored_prisons everywhere. Not just domestically (they don't care about the privacy of their own citizens, either). If we're being honest with ourselves and avoid bigotry like racism and overt nationalism, all human beings deserve to have computing that they're in full control of. Anything else is slavery, whether digital (indirection) or implicitly direct. Those who advocate BSD and GNU/Linux may have to accept that it's wrong to coerce and control other people, no matter how allegedly well-meaning or benignly-intended the controllers are. █ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Workers taking a lunch time break⦈ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣼⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⢰⡎⢋⣉⡩⠘⡅⡭⡍⣯⣽⣏⣶⢾⢭⠙⣉⣯⣏⣹⣽⡏⣭⡯⣹⣧⡒⡹⣍⣩⣽⣉⣯⣭⣽⣿⡼⡃⣏⣹⣭⠘⣏⣹⣽⣯⣒⣯⣽⣍⡏⡝⣉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡖⣿⠷⣶⠾⣾⣾⣾⣾⣷⣾⣿⣶⣿⣶⣿⣶⣿⣷⣿⣾⣷⣿⣬⣼⣷⣾⣵⣷⣾⣾⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣷⣾⣿⣾⣾⣾⣾⣷⣾⣿⣿⣶⣷⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣽⣞⣋⣿⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⠙⢻⣛⣿⢍⢫⠋⣝⠍⣿⢿⣟⢿⣛⡻⣿⢍⢫⢫⢽⡉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣯⣴⣾⣿⣿⣶⣷⣷⣾⣶⣿⣿⣿⣾⣶⣿⣿⣶⣷⣷⣾⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣶⣶⣷⣯⡭⢤⣭⣭⣭⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣙⠛⠻⠿⠿⢛⣙⣛⠛⠛⠻⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣤⣤⣬⣉⡙⠻⡿⢿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡧⠄⠀⠀⠀⠸⣗⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⢿⣫⣾⣿⠃⠐⠚⠛⠛⠂⠀⠀⠀⢘⣸⣧⣄⢠⣤⣴⢴⣶⡄⠐⣶⡂⣗⣿⣿⠁⠀⠈⢿⣿⡛⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣤⣤⣀⣀⣄⢠⡿⢏ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡅⠀⢀⠀⠀⢀⣘⢿⡀⠀⠴⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⠿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠸⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣀⣀⣀⣀⣈⣻⣷⣶⣤⡀⠸⠿⠿⢿⠿⣻⢽⡟⣰⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣅⡈⠀⠀⣰⡿⠀⣰⡿⠃⠈⢻⣆⠀⡀⠀⠀⣘⣿⣛⡟⣲⣆⣶⣦⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣤⣔⣘⣈⠽⣿⣻⣙⣙⣛⣻⣮⣭⣭⣭⣭⣵⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣇⣿⠛ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣾⡷⠶⢾⣿⣤⣾⣟⣠⣉⣉⣙⣛⣛⣿⣿⣃⣈⣽⣿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣟⣛⠿⠻⠋⣿⣿⣿⣀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 186 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/14/A_Year_as_a_Freeman.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/14/A_Year_as_a_Freeman.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ A Year as a Freeman⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 14, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Dr._Roy_Schestowitz⦈_ ABOUT a year ago my wife and I had more or less finalised our decision to leave Sirius. It was not a decision to be made hastily after nearly 12 years of service by me and over 9 years by her. We handed in our resignation on December 2nd, shortly after the last payroll (later it turned out the company had defrauded its staff by embezzling_pension_money_for_over_half_a_decade; we didn't know this at the time). Anyway, I've been off work since then and haven't been looking for anything else. I wanted to do the Web sites like a full-time job and finally migrate everything to more secure software. Now that we're done with it (still doing some minor migration tasks) the sites are a lot easier to run, site traffic is increasing, and we find more time to produce original stories, go out for a run, or even sleep longer (the job we had before was an overnight job, so it was disruptive to biological cycles as humans are not nocturnal animals). Looking back a year later, it was a great decision and it was probably made at the right time. 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Apple is also laying off workers, but the media reports on that very selectively [1, 2, 3]. It seems like Apple very belatedly understands that hiring high-profile antisemitic motormouths is really bad for business. Last month we_highlighted_Apple's_relationship_with_Saudi_Arabia, which decapitates women, gays, atheists etc. Yes, Apple fans also selectively pay attention to Apple's role in sweatshops. We also recalled how_Apple_had_hired someone_who_recites_Hamas_slogans and is engaging in campaigns of defamation while on the_payroll_of_the_company_that_profited_from_Hitler_himself. Apple likes to pretend to be friendly to women and gays; the company, co- founded by a Syrian-American, barely values either of those things. Many "consumers" are just seen as useful "customer fodder". And that's it... Don't buy Apple for its prison's_branding. 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Too many bots, fakes, and misleading analytics. Clickbait, time-wasting, and FOMO-type addiction that loses its grip when people experiment with breaks or dabble in something else. Many news sites find themselves pondering aloud, where have people migrated to? Freenode_continues_to_fall (down about 20% this year), Libera.Chat_is_down_to about_30,000_users_(and_bots), and OFTC stopped_growing, as did the_total number_of_IRC_networks. Matrix is in ruins after layoffs, so we cannot assume people flock to IRC and/or Matrix. That's just what the numbers say anyway; we don't suppose Jabber is seeing a sharp upswing, either. What are people using? The Web is over 30 already. 30 years ago (1993) people were hand-crafting sites, in 2003 blogs/RSS feeds took off, by 2013 social control media had become more dominant (even at the expense of RSS, as some people conflated Atom/RSS feeds they had subscribed to with some heavily-censored or 'curated' "feeds" controlled by corporations by means of centralisation), and in 2023 we see many "apps" running on portable skinnerboxes. Things have gotten so bad that when linuxsecurity.com moved to Joomla this past September it broke (or discontinued) all its_RSS_feeds (no updates since then in any of their feeds e.g. 1, 2], in effect continuing or reaffirming an old, worrisome trend. Many sites are rendering themselves obsolete by disconnecting from loyal readers and many wrongly assume that "follow us in Facebook" or "follow us in Twitter" won't turn out to be a disaster when those private companies fail or sell to someone else. To better understand what people do "online" one need to study what software they're using. Many "apps" are just browsers and they are used to directly connect to companies' servers, not engaging in any site interaction per se but using some sort of "webapp". They add_more_and_more_restrictions_and_lockdowns, in effect jailing billions of people through their fist or palm. The skinnerboxes then become chainless handcuff, attached primarily to one's feeble brain rather than hip, ankle, or wrist. It would be nice to have more sites, active sites, and more RSS feeds out there. But this is not where "the industry" (e.g. Chrome) is moving. In fact, the concept of "webapps" is barely compatible with RSS feeds. █ _______ * "MSN is basically just a captive portal for anyone who uses Edge at this point," Ryan told me later. "There's basically no human involvement with it anymore." ⠐⠀⠀⠈⠙⠛⠛⢛⠂⠀⠀⠀⢷⣷⣿⣾⣿⣿⣷⣷⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣼⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠠⠀⢠⣶⢶⢦⣌⣶⣶⠆⠀⠀⠐⢽⣿⢿⡿⢗⣧⡩⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠟⣿⣿⣿⣿⠷⠿⠻⠓⣶⣦⠤⢀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠒⢑⢸⢿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣧⡀⠀⠀⠒⢿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠁⢀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣷⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠁⠀⠀⠈⠉⠋⠐⠒⠲⢤⡤⠄⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣴⣀⣼⣩⣿⣋⣿⣟⣿⣆⢄⠀⠀⠘⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠉⢀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⢀⣰⣥⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠙⠛⠒⠒⠒⠶⠆⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠈⠉⣉⣿⣺⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⡥⣐⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠁⠀⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠰⡄⡀⢀⣀⣀⠀⡄⡀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠊⢱⢩⣿⣿⡏⠐⢍⡟⣿⣳⢦⠢⠀⠀⠩⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠁⠀⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⢰⡓⣸⢪⣦⣿⣑⣽⣟⣯⣮⣮⡮⣕⡀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣶⣼⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⠶⡀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣣⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢦⢶⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣗⠵⠁⠡⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣙⢉⣉⣉⣻⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡋⠀⠀⡀⢠⢊⡼⠻⠿⠋⡹⣀⠴⠒⠀⠴⠂⠛⣱⣷⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣻⣿⣯⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣳⣿⣿⣿⠎⣄⡀⠀⠑⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⣴⣿⡃⠀⢀⣠⠈⢡⡤⢤⠒⠨⡮⠉⠀⠊⠒⠒⠍⠋⠨⠋⢁⡅⠡⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣣⢰⠠⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣦⣤⣤⣴⣤⣤⣴⣤⣉⣀⣀⣀⣀⣄⣓⣀⣰⣴⣤⣿⣀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣷⣦⣕⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠉⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠘⠿⡻⠋⠉⠙⢿⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠫⠁⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⢼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⡌⠀⠀⠀⠀⢺⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣋⣤⣤⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⢠⣼⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢰⢔⣄⣀⣢⡢⣸⣿⡂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣴⡦⠰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣮⣵⣴⣧⣢⠀⠄ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⠙⢿⣿⣿⠿⠀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⣱⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⢿⣋⣿⣿⣿⣯⠝⠛⠉⢻⣯⠙⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠝⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣉⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣟⣟ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⡽⠥⠬⠿⢟⣻⡟⠉⠿⠿⢿⣛⠓⣮⡥⠔⢀⣤⢄⠦⡀⡸⢢⣷⣿⠎⢁⣀⠸⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣻⣟⢇⠑⠅ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠂⠀⠰⢀⣀⠋⠈⢠⡼⠉⠁⣠⡤⠴⠆⢀⣀⣻⡀⠐⠀⣶⡿⡓⠉⡗⠂⢌⣋⣐⠚⠀⡋⢿⣉⠀⠸⢿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠛⠛⠛⠋⠛⠛⠻⠉⠝⠻⠻⠿⠿⠚⠪⠐⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣤⣔⣋⠁⠀⠒⠈⠁⠀⣀⠠⠀⠀⠀⢻⡿⠛⠁⠀⠀⡩⣌⡤⢘⣀⡀⠈⠉⠁⠀⠈⡉⠉⠉⠁⠀⢈⠗⡃⠰⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣍⣉⣀⣀⡠⠖⡣⠄⣴⠆⠀⣉⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⢾⠁⠈⠀⠀⣀⡀⣀⠀⢀⡃⠄⠀⠀⣴⠀⠒⡀⠑⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢕⢩⠰⣻⠻⢿⣧⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⢈⠀⢛⣋⠠⠼⣒⠀⠈⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠿⠁⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⣀⢡⡄⠠⠶⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣢⣖⣟⣣⣉⣍⡗⣟⣯⣫⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⡉⠭⠤⠀⠉⣀⠀⠘⠁⠀⡴⠆⣤⡰⠗⢉⠁⠀⠀⣠⠄⠀⠘⠁⠀⠺⠟⠛⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡻⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣤⣤⣠⣤⣄⡀⢷⣼⡢⠀⠀⠉⠀⣾⠋⠀⠀⠸⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠚⠃⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢔⠑⣃⡭⠿⡕⠢⣯⡿⡟⣿⠻⢿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣥⣠⣀⣤⣤⣀⣤⣤⣦⣶⣶⣶⣾⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣴⣤⣤⣤⣤⣠⣀⢀⡀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠈⠀⡄⠉⠆⢐⣂⠄⠾⠼⣫⢥⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⢿⡣⢿⡯⡻⡁⠙⢈⠭⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠁⡌⠡⠀⠀⠒⠈⢢⡁⠥⢦⡇⢿⣯⢱⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣟⣿⢿⢷⣷⡿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣻⣾⣿⣯⣿⣯⡽⠟⣛⡿⢛⣩⡽⡋⢏⠶⢡⠾⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 440 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/14/irc-log-131123.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/14/irc-log-131123.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ IRC Proceedings: Monday, November 13, 2023⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 14, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GN 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNOME_Gedit⦈_ #techrights_log #boycottnovell_log 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GN 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNOME_Gedit⦈_ #boycottnovell-social_log #techbytes_log Enter_the_IRC_channels_now ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 472 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/14/Lots_of_Incriminating_Material_on_the_Way.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/14/Lots_of_Incriminating_Material_on_the_Way.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Lots of Incriminating Material on the Way⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 14, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Coffee_Time⦈_ THE militants came back to IRC last night. I was asleep at the time, but they were handled properly by other people. We have plenty left to show about what they did (many illegal things) and we're still on track with the Nadella series. We also heard some big news from Microsoft last night. Stay calm. 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Earlier this year, especially last month, the same thing happened in Google News, quite frankly after it had already become a big pile of garbage (we did many long videos explaining and showing this in 2021 and early 2022, which was when we finally quit it). The problem isn't just centralisation and censorship instead of proper curation. The problem is a lot bigger than that and it affects us because we do curate a lot of news (by hand). The sister site has done so for nearly 20 years and here in Techrights we've done this for over 15 years. Social control media is rotting away, but that does not mean it gets replaced by portals. Portals predate things like Twitter and they lack appeal for many reasons. Their momentum or inertia is associated with preloading (bundling) and default settings. Why do people assume that Apple and MSN get traffic? Because people actually choose these? No. One reader suggested we revisit_an_article_published_the_other_day under the title "Zombie news: the strange resurrection of the local paper" (the headline seems wrong as we've witnessed no such resurrection but rather the opposite*)."What's left of the news is being mopped up and removed," to quote the reader, and this seems like unbridled optimism: On 8 November, journalists at the UK’s biggest commercial news publisher, Reach, joined a web meeting in which the company’s CEO, Jim Mullen, announced the latest wave of redundancies: 450 jobs would go, of which around 320 would be journalists. In what seems to have been a technical oversight, staff were able to comment on the livestream; as Mullen spoke, anonymous commenters asked why Mullen (whose experience lies mainly in the gambling industry) couldn’t spare some of his £4m salary, 174 times that of a typical reporter, and why his pay was so high when the company’s share price had fallen significantly. Another simply asked: “How long until we are all unemployed?” [...] Posing as a prospective advertiser, I asked PR Fire if it would be possible to run local politics stories on both sites. I stipulated that I would have to have complete control over the text and pictures in the stories, and that they would not be marked as advertising. To any editor, such a request should be taboo – but one of PR Fire’s directors guaranteed that my ads would run unedited, “not marked as sponsored or ad”, and that I would also have control over how the stories were presented on social media. In further emails, another PR Fire employee described how the pieces would be syndicated by news aggregators. Because these aggregators regarded them as news, published by an editorial website, these paid- for articles would receive “guaranteed syndication to Google News, MarketWatch, Reuters, DowJones & LexisNexis”, they wrote, as well as to “reputable news sites” including Microsoft Network or MSN, which is, at 750 million visits per month, one of the biggest websites in the world. Being featured on a site like this costs an extra £200, and also helps advertisers to move their narratives further up in Google search results. “MSN will look like editorial,” one email assured me. One catchy quote from the above: “How long until we are all unemployed?” Well, they and others openly admitted earlier this month that relying too much on social control media (or outsourcing to it) was a serious mistake. In the above, notice the inane mention of MSN; the "MSN" thing shows they're not being serious or realistic, not just because there will be no "comeback" (for either MSN or other "news portals", set aside Google News). They foolishly repeat a Microsoft lie, asserting that MSN is "at 750 million visits per month, one of the biggest websites in the world." According to who? Microsoft? MSN is not even a top site, traffic-wise. As per this_firm, msn.com has less than 750 million compared to 3.6 billion on yahoo.com. MSN is moving down, not up, and on_an_international_scale_CNN_is ranked_higher_than_MSN (global_rank_is_51). So basically, based on some poorly researched assertions and Microsoft propaganda they seem to have reached this idea or conclusion that reliance on Microsoft will somehow save them. Don't mind their mistakes; do the research. █ _____ * The news_from_Finland_(in_Swedish) reaffirms the international nature of this issue. 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The other day my wife was sent an OOXML file, which she could not edit in LibreOffice. This is 15 years after Microsoft gave false reassurances it was an "open" standard and even bribed people to repeat this lie. "Open standard preclude the presence of Microsoft Windows and any other Microsoft product," someone has reminded us. OOXML does not need more widespread support; OOXML needs to disappear. It should be banished for good. The Microsoft corruption that led to where we are today is well documented in our site. This corruption now pretty much mandates the use of OOXML at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), unless you wish to pay heavy penalties. And that's just one example our of so many (hardly a new examples). For those who forgot what OOXML really is or the corruption that led to its 'acceptance', here is an_article_from_15_years_ago. It's not only old but gone offline (404 since some time this past year), so we've made a copy_of_the_PDF and the HTML version below: There are some important questions regarding OOXML’s upcoming ISO bid that Microsoft cannot answer or just simply won’t. From 25-29 February 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland, the ISO community will hold a Ballot_Resolution_Meeting (BRM) of the National Boards to discuss and vote finally on OOXML as an ISO standard. This article raises questions that Microsoft should answer to the satisfaction of the ISO community as part of the deliberation leading up to the BRM vote. Today our society depends upon an enormous variety of software applications and easy access to information in order to function on a day-to-day basis. Everyone knows the pain of moving office documents around. There is a level of interoperability that is missing in today’s world, and OOXML’s adoption will just perpetuate and worsen this problem. And we all want interoperability. We also all want the ability to implement a standard. A standard that can be neither implemented nor used is useless. Open Standards represent a democratic ideal, which means accountability. When one proposes one’s own property to become an ISO standard, we have a right to know all the answers before we vote you in. Highly respected Martin_Bryan. As outgoing Conveyor of ISO/IEC JTC1/ SC34 WG1 he accused MS of stacking his group and said, “The days of open standards development are fast disappearing. Instead we are getting ‘standardization by corporation,’ something I have been fighting against for the 20 years I have served on ISO committees.” Download_this_article_as_a_PDF. As it currently stands, for the ISO community to adopt OOXML as a standard would be the first step toward our cherished Open Internet and Open Standards becoming an asset on the balance sheet of just one company, Microsoft. Recall that Microsoft was held liable by the US government and the EU as a proven monopolist, which illegally leveraged that monopoly to stifle competition. Here are some of the unresolved questions regarding OOXML that Microsoft cannot or simply will not answer: * What will be the default file format of Office 14 (Office 2009)? Will it be identical to that described in Ecma-376? We don’t know, because Microsoft is not providing us with a clear roadmap. Further more, there appears to be a very real question as to whether or not MS’s covenant not to sue applies only to the current implementation, MS Office 2007, if you read the fine print. Where is Microsoft taking the world with OOXML? We just don’t know. * As part of the comment disposition process in JTC1, Microsoft is proposing to make thousands of changes to the Ecma-376 specification. When will we see a version of MS Office that implements all of the revised specification? Currently, not one single version of Microsoft Office is capable of actually implementing the OOXML specification. * Thousands of changes are being made to OOXML as part of the JTC1 comment resolution process. Is MS going to implement those changes, and if so, and how? * We have the OOXML “standard” and we have the MS-OOXML “reality”, what Microsoft Office actually writes out. It is known, for example, that MS-OOXML can contain scripts, macros and DRM, features that are not documented at all in the OOXML specification. What other features are output by MS Office but not described in the OOXML specification? * The Microsoft Open Specification Promise (http:// www.microsoft.com/interop/osp/default.mspx) says that it only covers things that are “described in detail and not merely referenced in such Specification.” What are the technologies that are not covered by the OSP, the technologies that Microsoft believes are not described in detail or are merely referenced? What is shown in the OSP simply reinforces that the whole OOXML spec cannot be implemented. Rather than this vague language, why doesn’t Microsoft give an explicit list? * What comments from the general public did Ecma TC45 receive during its review period in Ecma? Why have these public comments been suppressed? * If Microsoft Office “Open” XML is truly “open,” why is it that the OOXML specification is tied so heavily to only one vendor’s products, as opposed to 40 applications currently capable of supporting the ODF specification? * OOXML still has many technical shortcomings, as failed tests demonstrate. A couple of examples: 1) Excel 2007 can produce a fully binary file format that has the same extension as OOXML for spreadsheets, so the application knows what is inside, but the user will never be privy to that information, absent specific accommodation from Microsoft on a case-by-case basis, which is an accommodation that Microsoft is unlikely to grant to the public at large; 2) try setting a password on an OOXML spreadsheet file from Office 2007. The document is no longer in OOXML format and the user is given no indication that they are no longer in a documented file format. Is OOXML ready to be an International Standard? * From the overall document contents, it is acutely clear that no effort has been made in OOXML to start from the existing ISO standard for the representation of documents in XML. (The current standard is ODF 1.0, formally known as ISO/IEC 26300: 2006). OOXML is unneeded and only harmful. Why did MS embark on this deliberate departure from an internationally recognized standard? * If you read through the draft submitted to ECMA and ISO you will see MS has only disclosed a disabled subset of the markup and functionality of its new file formats. Lots of elements designed into OOXML are left undefined in the specification and require behaviors upon document files that only Microsoft Office applications can provide. Why? Also, when MS released the feature RTF format for interoperability initially in OOXML, it supported both read and write capabilities in Office. But they changed that so Office 2007 can receive OOXML files but will only “Write” now to a different file format. Why did MS make this change? * In addition to the “open specification promise,” Microsoft should change the licensing scheme for any relevant current patents which can be used to extend OOXML. Those patents should be made available under a license which is clearly compatible with GPL and LGPL. This licensing schema should apply to future relevant Microsoft patents, too. Will Microsoft make its relevant patents legally valid for Open Source use. * The name “Office Open XML” is often mistakenly called “Open Office XML” implying a non-existent connection to the OpenOffice.org project. This naming confusion has been documented and has occurred numerous times, including by analysts and even in Microsoft press releases and blogs. Since “OpenOffice.org ” is the pre-existing name, by 6 years, Ecma should choose a new name, less apt to continue this confusion. Will Microsoft make this change as a condition of gaining ISO status for OOXML? Don’t hold your breath. * The Open Specification Promise that covers OOXML explicitly covers only the “Ecma 376″ version of the standard. However, thousands of changes are being made to OOXML as part of the JTC1 comment resolution process. Are these changes covered as well? * While Microsoft originally made assurances that the ISO would take control of the standard if it were approved, Microsoft has now reversed that position and will keep near-full control over OOXML_within_ECMA [PDF], an industry group that exists to advocate its members interests. Since the development and standardization of OOXML has been opaque, what guarantee will MS make to assure those activities will be done in an open setting in the future, including changes to MS Office as they are made which have direct effect on the format? Will Microsoft fulfill their promise to transfer stewardship, control and ownership of OOXML over to ISO, a promise made they made publicly and repeatedly? * There’s a limit to what you can do with metadata. Working with RDF is nice, but custom XML schemas are the complete opposite of interoperability. Custom schemas break interoperability as they are by definition not shared by everybody or every organization. It thus condemns documents containing custom XML schemas to be manipulated and shared only by the users who have access to those custom XML schemas (typically inside one organization, generating maintenance problems for the future). How can the ISO community ever be assured that OOXML will interoperate with the established ISO standard? * Many countries, including Thailand, expressed that they had no time to review the MS OOXML Spec during the Fast Track process. Other countries combined submitted thousands and thousands of comments. Yet only a small percentage of those comments will be addressed at the BRM, and all of those comments to be addressed will be technical comments only. When will comments on IPR, ISO policies/goals and JTC1 “contradiction” be resolved if not at the BRM? These countries deserve a resolution. Will they be resolved in an open and transparent fashion? * MS claims that MS Office can support arbitrary user-supplied XML schemas. If that is really true, then the established ISO standard ODF’s schema could be loaded into Office 2007 and future versions natively, with an ODF option as default and the cloaking of OOXML as a standard dropped? Why not? Information and communication technology (ICT) devices are able to exchange information only if they adhere to common communication protocols, technical interfaces, and information formats. We all desire the freedom and ability to develop, and implement these ICT’s. We all feel the need for ICT within the same field to be able to interchange data efficiently. OOXML demonstrates a “standard” Microsoft hurried through ECMA and appears to be nothing more than a rubber-stamp of one vendor’s product specification. Microsoft’s OOXML is nothing more than a format Microsoft created by running a program that spits out the guts of MS Office in an XML form. Now MS appears to have realized this and expressed the “Intent” to deprecate_features in the future. Microsoft appears to think it is best to get rid of references to legacy formats and other proprietary technology in experimental Version 1. The trend is that Microsoft is opening up the boring legacy bits of OOXML, in stupefying detail, while neglecting to document the pieces actually needed for interoperability at a competitive level, like macros, scripting, encryption, etc. In essence, Microsoft is opening up and releasing the file format information that competitors like OpenOffice.org have already figured out on their own, while still at the same time restricting access to the information needed to compete. And the more MS realizes it has to open up the specification, deprecate and modernize OOXML, what do you get? You get XML. XML is XML. Strip out the non-XML garbage from OOXML and you will have the OpenDocument Format. We need for MICROSOFT TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. Rather than hiding all the information we need and trying to cloak OOXML as ODF, we ask Microsoft to please get off the sinking ship, collaborate with the global community (which will welcome Microsoft) and help develop one universal file format for all. Long term, Microsoft can only benefit from cooperating with the market! To our readers outside Microsoft’s walls, we ask that you please consider contacting the National Board in your country, and request complete resolution for all issues raised by the comments to Microsoft’s OOXML ISO application. Please be sure to insist that both the technical and non-technical issues be completely resolved as a pre-condition before OOXML is granted ISO status. You can find your delegates here: http://www.noooxml.org/delegations An ISO standards vote is an open process. You are entitled to express your opinion. Remember a YES vote for OOXML is a vote against democracy and the freedom of choice. By Russell, Charles-H Schulz of http://standardsandfreedom.net/ and Lars Nooden Download_this_article_as_a_PDF. 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Need to Break Up With Microsoft If They Value Computer Security and National Security⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 14, 2023, updated Nov 14, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Break_Up_-_Couple⦈_ THE other day we_wrote_about security and Microsoft. The punchline: "Way to distract from the Microsoft breaches (Microsoft cannot even secure its own systems)..." A lot has happened since then (just 3 days ago). Intel is being sued and somewhere buried in the Daily Links from a past year are some links to an article from the 1980s and discussions of said article showing that speculative execution was warned against even back then, but that the warnings were ignored by Intel and whole class of hardware vulnerabilities was created as direct fallout. That's about x86, not just Microsoft/Windows, being a giant hole. No wonder the BRICS pact (especially RIC) keeps trying to move away from that architecture. Some make their own, based on free designs such as RISC-V. What bothers us somewhat is that the other day "I" (India) had this_truly terrible_article, which misrepresents Microsoft as an authority on technology, bolstered perhaps by American_outlets. This one misrepresents Microsoft as an authority on instead of cause of disinformation ("Microsoft Chief Says Russia Is Spreading Middle East Disinformation"). According_to_a_Microsoft whistleblower,_he's_the_'handler'_of_Nadella, aside_from_Bill_Gates. So what we have is a bunch of fraudsters and criminals lecturing us on "disinformation": Russia has been spreading "disinformation" about the situation in the Middle East, the president of [Abusive Monopolist] Microsoft said on November 11, as tensions soar in the region. Russia also takes advantage of Microsoft Windows to take over computer systems, but they left out that part. So what we have here is a lying company that routinely breaks all the laws lecturing us on "disinformation". Later they moan about people not trusting news outlets anymore. Many perceive such outlets as corporate propaganda and spin, rightly or wrongly... Speaking of which, there_is_a_national_crisis_in_Australia and an associate blames it on Windows TCO ("total cost of ownership" - a term Microsoft likes to weaponise against rivals). Well, ransomware_almost_always_means_Windows and DDoS attacks are often facilitated by Windows botnets. Of course the corporate media will carry on with its own campaign of disinformation, not explaining any of the root causes for ports being at a standstill. This is a national disaster. Sometimes the corporate (or national or mainstream) media, parroting those seeking to dodge accountability, say that targets like freight giants merely have an event (a cyber event or "crypto event") instead of them being totally cracked, i.e. data breach and loss of control over their own machines. As an associate has put it: "Security is being increasingly misrepresented as a separate industry instead of an essential part of planning and development. Thus we have the terrible mess that Microsoft has put the world into." Well, there is an actual incentive to make things not work, then sell "fixes" (that also fail later). There is a perverse incentive on several levels, the associate has added. "And the "fixes" don't work, so buy the "next version"..." We're meanwhile saying several press_reports_about_"security_skills_shortage" echoed even in sites_that_should_know_better. More frauds, poseurs, and charlatans are not needed, the associate has said, as the skills shortage is of a different nature. Too many people are trained to push proprietary brand names, rather than exercise Computer Science. What the politicians call for is simply more "jobs" for certificates and diploma mills. It is the same old lie from the usual crowd, the associate has said, as "what is really happening is that there are no new skilled IT people being educated anywhere. That's creating gaps and vulnerabilities. Certification, at least in the context of IT, is only a scam nothing more." Free software is not perfect at security, but at least it does not hide holes and it does patch them as soon as they're known. 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Essentially, it is data analysis, particularly for large data sets. It involves techniques as wide-ranging as statistics, computer science, and information theory. What to know more? Stanford has a “Data Science Handbook” that you can read online. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Preparing_for_tropical_snow_chains⠀⇛ I briefly had a job in Singapore where an English client had a wall of those motivational posters. One of them showed a snow drift, and a line underneath asking “Where are your snow chains?” I remember thinking this was pretty funny to have up in a tropical country, and assumed he put it on the wall as a joke regarding the ubiquity of air conditioning. o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Reaching_8,888_posts,_and_a_bit_of_a retrospective⠀⇛ Back in 2011, WordPress assigned an internal_ID_of_8888 to a random post, which I thought was a bit fun. I wrote at the time: So here we are at post ID number 8888. Granted this is far less impressive than 8888 actual posts, but nonetheless a reason to celebrate and to receive some luck. Right? o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ How_a_Remote_Amazonian_Culture_Saw_'Blue'_And 'Green'_in_a_Whole_New_Light⠀⇛ Take a second look. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Volcano_Eruption_Imminent:_Iceland_Declares_State of_Emergency⠀⇛ o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Your_Earliest_Memories_May_Still_Be_Locked Inside_Your_Head._Here's_Why.⠀⇛ Can we access them someday? # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Bold_China_Mission_to_Mars_Will_Obtain Samples_Years_Before_NASA⠀⇛ The first to retrieve pieces of the red planet. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Chronicle Of Higher Education ☛ International_Students Surge_Back_to_U.S._Campuses⠀⇛ The number of foreign graduate students at American colleges hits an all-time high. # ⚓ Stanford University ☛ Stanford_reports_steady_growth_in 2023_return_on_investment_after_2022’s_negative_returns⠀⇛ Stanford reveals a 4.4% investment return — up from last year's 4.2% loss — for the 2023 fiscal year in its Merged Pool, a combination of the University’s endowment, funds from Stanford Health Care and Stanford Medicine Children’s Health and additional long-term reserves of the University. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Teachers'_union_repeatedly_points_to_unresolved wages_issues⠀⇛ Some teachers' salary for October is likely to be lower than promised, and problems are in calculations at both national, local government, and educational institutions level, Inga Vanaga, head of the Latvian Educationa and Science Workers' Association (LIZDA), said in an interview on the Latvian Television morning newscast November 13. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Synaptics_SYN43711_WiFi_6E_&_Bluetooth_5.3 chipset_targets_IoT_devices,_video_streaming,_robotics⠀⇛ < Synaptics SYN43711 is a new WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 “SoC” designed for “IoT applications” such as high-end home appliances with video streaming capabilities, surveillance cameras, robots, and other secure smart consumer, industrial, and enterprise systems. It’s a more cost-effective version of the company’s SYN4382 SoC that supports 1,200 Mbps 2×2 MIMO Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, and 802.15.4 connectivity. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Classic_Shortwave_Radio_Restored⠀⇛ Before the Internet, if you wanted to hear news from around the world, you probably bought a shortwave receiver. In the golden age of world band radio, there was a great deal of high-quality programming on the shortwave bands and a large variety of consumer radios with shortwave bands. For example, the Sony CRF-160 that [M Caldeira] is restoring dates from the late 1960s or early 1970s and would have been a cool radio in its day. It retailed for about $250 in 1972, which sounds reasonable, but — don’t forget — in 1972 that would have been a 10% downpayment on a new car or enough to buy a Big Mac every day for a year with change left over. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Dockcase_7-in-1_USB-C_dock_features_a_color information_display_(Crowdfunding)⠀⇛ USB-C docks have become somewhat boring, but Dockcase 7-in-1 USB-C dock is a little different with a transparent top cover made of tempered glass and an integrated color display that looks neat and may end up being useful by providing relevant information. The USB-C dock also comes with three 5Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports, a 4Kp60 capable HDMI 2.0 video output, SD card & microSD card slots, support for 100W USB PD, and a 10 Gbps USB Type-C port for connection to the host. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_IBM_MDA_Should_Have_Been_The_CDA⠀⇛ If you are reading this on an IBM PC-compatible computer, it is a certainty that its graphics card will support the lowest common denominator of PC displays, the Monochrome Display Adapter, or MDA. This was a video card which delivered a text-only display in black-and-white that was an option fitted to the very first PC models. But was it really a monochrome display adapter? [TubeTimeUS] is here to show us that when connected to the appropriate colour monitor, it can produce text in colour. It seems that this was a feature only on the very earliest revisions of the card. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ SanDisk_Extreme_Pro_Failures_Result_From Design_and_Manufacturing_Flaws,_Says_Data_Recovery_Firm⠀⇛ A data recovery specialist from Austria uncovers several possible hardware reasons for the Extreme Pro's failures. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Introducing_Molybdenene_As_Graphene’s_New_Dirac Matter_Companion⠀⇛ Amidst all the (well-deserved) hype around graphene, it’s important to remember that its properties are not unique to carbon. More atoms can be coaxed into stable 2-dimensional configuration, with molybdenene previously theoretically possible. This is now demonstrated by Tumesh Kumar Sahu and colleagues in a recent Nature Nanotechnology article, through the manufacturing of a 2D molybdenum-based material which they showed to be indeed molybdenene. Essentially, this is a 2D lattice of molybdenum atoms, a configuration in which it qualifies as Dirac matter, just like graphene. For those of us unfamiliar with Dirac materials, this gentle introduction by Jérôme Cayssol in Comptes Rendus Physique might be of use. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Small-Packing_Antenna_For_2_Metre_Portable Work⠀⇛ One of amateur radio’s many interests comes in portable operation, taking your radio to an out of the way place, usually a summit, and working the world using only what can be carried in. Often this means using the HF or shortwave bands, but the higher frequencies get a look-in as well. A smaller antenna is no less the challenge when it comes to designing one that can be carried though, and [Thomas Witherspoon] demonstrates this with a foldable loop antenna for the 2 metre band. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ An_'Extra_Fold'_in_The_Human_Brain_May Delay_Early_Dementia_by_Years⠀⇛ Not everybody has it. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Explainer:_Why_is_South_Asia_the_global hotspot_of_pollution?⠀⇛ Toxic levels of air pollution are disrupting the lives of millions of people in South Asia forcing closure of schools, impacting sporting events and leaving governments urging people to stay in doors to avoid health problems. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia_involved_in_major_European_cancer_screening effort⠀⇛ A European Joint Action project with a comprehensive initiative to improve cancer screening in all European Union member states has been submitted to the European Commission. After authorisation from the Ministry of Health, the project will be coordinated in Latvia and Europe by the University of Latvia Institute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine (LU KPMI), reports Labs of Latvia. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ New_Gene_Editing_Treatment_Cuts_Dangerous Cholesterol_in_Small_Study⠀⇛ The trial involved only 10 patients, but it suggests cholesterol can be permanently reduced with a single treatment for patients at risk of heart disease. # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Statement_by_Commissioner_Kyriakides on_World_Diabetes_Day⠀⇛ Tomorrow, 14 November, is World Diabetes Day. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US_hints_at_more_strikes_unless_Iran- linked_groups_halt_attacks⠀⇛ U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday left open the possibility of more strikes against Iran- linked groups if attacks against American forces in Iraq and Syria don't stop, hours after overnight U.S. air strikes in Syria. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ US_fires_airstrikes_at_2_facilities_with_ties_to Iran,_its_proxy_groups⠀⇛ “The President has no higher priority than the safety of US personnel, and he directed today's action to make clear that the United States will defend itself, its personnel, and its interests,” Austin said. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Carries_Out_Another_Round_of Airstrikes_on_Targets_Tied_to_Iran⠀⇛ Airstrikes hit two facilities in eastern Syria, most likely killing or injuring Iran-backed militia personnel. The United States has blamed such groups for recent attacks against its troops. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Behind_Public_Assurances,_Pooh-tin_Jinping Spread_Grim_Views_on_U.S.⠀⇛ Speeches by the Chinese leader show how he was bracing for an intensifying rivalry with the United States from early in his rule. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kosovo_Defeats_Israel_In_Soccer_Match_Amid_High Security,_Small_Crowd⠀⇛ Kosovo defeated Israel’s national soccer team in Pristina in a match played amid tight security and in front of a relatively small crowd at the 14000- seat Fadil Vokrri Stadium on November 12. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US,_South_Korea_revise_deterrence strategy_over_North_Korea_threat⠀⇛ South Korea and the United States have revised a bilateral security agreement aimed at deterring North Korea's advancing nuclear and missile threats during talks on Monday, South Korea's defence ministry said. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US,_South_Korea_revise_deterrence strategy,_boost_drills_over_North_Korea_threat⠀⇛ The existing strategy did not adequately address rapid advancements in North Korea's weapons programme. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea_lashes_out_at_UN_Command over_meeting_in_Seoul⠀⇛ > The US-led UN Command oversees affairs in the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone. # ⚓ RFA ☛ US,_S_Korea_elevate_ties_to_global_alliance_amid security_challenges⠀⇛ Both sides vow to ‘expand activities’ regionally and globally in protecting democratic values. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Resettlement_offer_to_Pacific_a_win_for Australia_over_China⠀⇛ Australia scored a significant win for influence in the Pacific Islands region with a trump card that China, seeking to expand security ties, doesn't have: the opportunity of resettlement. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Netanyahu_Sees_No_Near-Term_Role_for Palestinian_Authority_in_a_Postwar_Gaza⠀⇛ Differing from the U.S. view, the Israeli prime minister also said Israel must retain security control over Gaza so it can be “demilitarized” and “de-radicalized.” # ⚓ YLE ☛ Crime_rates_rising_as_police_data_reveals_Finland's most_unsafe_cities⠀⇛ Tampere, Helsinki and Vantaa have seen the most significant increases in crime over the past 10 years, according to the index. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finnish_ministers_attending_EU_defence,_foreign affairs_meetings_in_Brussels⠀⇛ The Foreign Affairs Council will address the conflict between Israel and Hamas. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland_and_Israel_sign_major_defence_deal⠀⇛ The system significantly increases the reach of Finland's air defence capabilities. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Beijing’s_strong-arming_of_the_Philippines plays_right_into_Washington’s_hands⠀⇛ On 22 October, two separate collisions took place near Second Thomas Shoal, an underwater feature that an international tribunal in 2016 ruled is part of the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone and continental shelf. # ⚓ RFA ☛ China_hosts_joint_drills_amid_tensions_in_South_China Sea⠀⇛ The Philippines is not taking part in the Aman Youyi military drills between China and 5 ASEAN nations. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ How_China_commands_its_‘people’s_army’⠀⇛ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Beijing in June exposed the scarcity of military- to-military dialogue between China’s People’s Liberation Army and the US military. . # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Japan_calls_for_release_of_national jailed_for_12_years_in_China_on_spying_charges⠀⇛ Japan has urged China to release its national who was sentenced to 12 years in prison on espionage charges, Tokyo’s top government spokesman said Monday. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Taiwan_delegation_welcomed_to_APEC_Summit:_AIT chairperson⠀⇛ U.S.-Taiwan economic ties created a resilient high- tech ecosystem, supply chain, says Laura Rosenberger. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Hong_Kong_police_'knew_about'_Yuen_Long_mob_attacks beforehand⠀⇛ A new book says a police detective was following the WhatsApp group in which triad members planned the attacks. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Australia_frees_Malaysian_man_held_over Mongolian_woman's_murder⠀⇛ November 13, 2023 9:15 AM A Malaysian policeman convicted of the murder of a Mongolian woman has walked free from detention in Australia where he has been held for nearly nine years, a government source aware of the matter said on Monday. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ US_Foreign_Policy_Establishment_Is Instrumentalizing_Islamophobia,_Report_Shows⠀⇛ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Seat_on_UN_Security_Council_will_take_hard_work, says_Kols⠀⇛ Latvia's future participation in the United Nations Security Council as a non-permanent member is far from a done deal – a lot of work needs to be invested in order for at least 109 countries to vote for us, the head of the Saeima's Foreign Affairs Commission Rihards Kols (National Alliance) told Latvian Radio November 13. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ To_Avoid_a_Dystopian_Climate_Future,_We_Must First_Envision_the_World_We_Want⠀⇛ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ VATT:_Cheap_petrol_undermining_Finland's emission_targets⠀⇛ Government plans are subverting goals to reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector, reports Finnish news agency (STT). # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China’s_carbon_emissions_to_drop in_2024_on_clean_energy_boom⠀⇛ A surge in clean power generation would put China on a path to sustained declines, a report shows. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_Vultures_Might_Just_Be_the Smartest_Birds_Above_the_Block⠀⇛ The birds are widely reviled for their carrion-eating ways. But an evolutionary history of scavenging has forged a creative, cunning and wide-ranging mind. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Is_Diwali_the_answer_to_Finland's_November_blues?⠀⇛ The Finnish workforce is becoming more multicultural, with the number of foreign workers approaching one in ten. Sunday, 12 November is Diwali. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ With_manufacturing_loans_rising,_can China_avoid_a_new_supply_glut?⠀⇛ The trend has alarmed Europe, where a probe into Chinese EV subsidies is under way. # ⚓ Forbes ☛ 2023_Layoff_Tracker:_Amazon_Cutting_180_Gaming Employees⠀⇛ Amazon plans to lay off more than 180 employees in its games division as part of a restructuring, as lingering recession fears prompt large companies to cut costs (see Forbes’ layoff tracker from the first quarter here). # ⚓ India Today ☛ Google,_Amazon,_and_others_continue_layoffs, more_employees_lose_jobs_in_festive_season⠀⇛ The tech industry is facing a continuing wave of layoffs in 2023, with over 244,342 tech workers losing their jobs so far, up 50 per cent from 2022. Tech giants are continuing to lay off employees, even during the festive season. # ⚓ NJ_employer_to_lay_off_300_workers⠀⇛ Just in time for the holidays, a couple of New Jersey employers have announced layoffs, although in one case it seems like a facility closing will result in mass transfers as opposed to mass layoffs. First is LabCorp, who announced 78 employees at Somerset's LabCorp Early Development Laboratories Inc. will be let go between Nov. 17 and Dec. 23. # ⚓ LabCorp_Layoffs:_300+_Employees_Let_Go_In_Somerset,_Warn Filing_Shows⠀⇛ The company in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice last August announced 78 employees at Somerset's Labcorp Early Development Laboratories Inc., will be let go between Nov. 17 and Dec. 23. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Former_Ivory_Coast_PM_Guillaume_Soro_says_will end_self-imposed_exile⠀⇛ Ivory Coast's former prime minister Guillaume Soro, sentenced to life in prison for undermining national security, on Sunday said he was ending his self-imposed exile that began in 2019. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Republican_Senator_Tim_Scott_withdraws_from_US presidential_race⠀⇛ US Senator Tim Scott announced Sunday that he is withdrawing from the US presidential race, saying voters had given him a clear message of "not now." # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_federal_court_blocks_DOJ_proceedings_against SpaceX⠀⇛ A Texas federal court blocked administrative proceedings launched by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) against SpaceX over alleged discriminatory employment practices. The decision, announced on Wednesday, halts the DOJ’s proceedings, pending the resolution of a lawsuit filed by SpaceX in September. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Nonexistent_Surveillance_Giant Google_Map_Trail_Prompts_Hikers’_Rescues_in_Canada⠀⇛ A Canadian search-and-rescue group said it had conducted two missions recently after hikers “may have sought to follow” a nonexistent trail on Surveillance Giant Google Maps. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Maine_Rarely_Sanctions_Residential_Care Facilities_Even_for_Abuse_or_Neglect⠀⇛ One lunchtime in 2021, a longtime resident at Woodlands Memory Care of Rockland started throwing up. His fingernails turned purple, and his skin became red all over. He was lethargic and fidgety, and his breathing grew shallow, according to the facility’s daily care notes. The resident was well known at this residential care facility in Maine’s Midcoast region. Former facility employees told The Maine Monitor and ProPublica that he was a nationally renowned concert pianist who continued to play a portable keyboard in his room even as his Alzheimer’s disease advanced. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Türkiye_enforced_disappearance_victims_vigil proceeds_after_Constitutional_Court_strikes_down_ban⠀⇛ A group of Turkish mothers whose children were forcibly disappeared in the 1980s and 90s held a public vigil in Istanbul without police interference Saturday. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Animal_rights_group_DxE_faces_misconduct_claims and_toxic_environment⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Black_Children,_Especially_Males,_Face_Alarming Gap_in_ADHD_Diagnoses⠀⇛ * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Introduction:_A_letter_dated_on_the_13th_of_november_1974 #fiction_#post-apocalypse⠀⇛ Dear unknown friend, I'm happy to announce you that I'm alive; hope you care. I'm writing you from the post-apocalypse, the country formerly known as Rhedesia. In the good times, before we all went zombi and had the obese daddy of a civil war, mommy took me to the mall and we ate ice-cream. I can't remember the taste of vanilla, but the dance and the music of that day, I haven't forgotten. That's all gone when we started killing each other and you, the rest-of-the-world locked us in and threw the key. I can't blame you, really, I can't; you owe it to your own children, I suppose. o § Politics and World Events⠀➾ # ⚓ The_best_new_flags_of_Minnesota⠀⇛ I don’t even live in Minnesota. Let’s look at my faves anyway. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2272 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 14/11/2023: Free Speech Compromised, China Growing in Influence⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 14, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) 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 * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Surprising_Feature_of_IQ_Has_Actually Improved_Over_The_Past_30_Years⠀⇛ This was unexpected. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ ACLU ☛ Test_Your_Knowledge:_What_Rights_Do_Students_Have_at School?⠀⇛ With another school year underway, it’s important to remember the legal protections that students possess both on and off campus. Though classrooms around the country are being constrained by attempts to censor what we can teach and learn, students still largely maintain the right to express themselves and their views in school. Quiz yourself below to learn the many rights that students have, and how these constitutional protections intersect with school policies. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ JawnCon_0x0:_A_Strong_Start_With_A_Bright Future⠀⇛ Last month, I had the pleasure witnessing a birth. No, not of a child. What I’m talking about is something far rarer, though arguably, just as loud and danger fraught — the birth of a new hacker convention. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China’s_probe_into_Foxconn_is ‘political’:_Taiwan_security_chief⠀⇛ Taipei’s national security chief has said a Chinese tax probe into Taiwan tech giant Foxconn is “political”, as its billionaire founder Terry Gou is running for president of the democratically ruled island. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Watch_Time_Roll_By_On_This_Strange,_Spiral Clock⠀⇛ [Build Some Stuff] created an unusual spiral clock that’s almost entirely made from laser-cut wood, even the curved and bendy parts. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 3D_Printed_Stamp_Rollers⠀⇛ If you have an artistic bent, you might have seen self-inking stamp rollers. These are like rotary rubber stamps that leave a pattern as you roll across a page. [Becky] wanted a larger custom roller and turned to 3D printing to make it happen. The first prototype used a modified Sharpie. However, she soon moved to an unmodified acrylic marker that had a rectangular tip. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Using_Nuclear_Decay_As_Random_Number_Generator Source_For_An_MCU⠀⇛ Although there are many ways to get a random number generator (RNG) set up on a microcontroller, it’s hard to argue with the sheer randomness of the various kinds of radiation zipping all around us from nuclear decay events. For [gbonacini] the purchase of a Geiger counter first in 2022 was the reason to tinker with using these as the source for an RNG, which simply runs a counter until a Geiger counter event occurs that ‘selects’ a number and the counter is reset to zero. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hot_Wheel_Car_Becomes_1/64_Scale_Micro_RC_Car, Complete_With_Camera⠀⇛ If you enjoy watching skilled assembly of small mechanical systems with electronics to match, then make some time to watch [Max Imagination] transform a Hot Wheels car into a 1/64th scale RC car complete with video FPV video feed. To say the project took careful planning and assembly would be an understatement, and the results look great. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ TSMC_Boosts_CoWoS_Production_20%_to_Meet Surging_Demand⠀⇛ TSMC has acted to boost CoWoS monthly production capacity by 20% from the new year in response to a flood of orders from Nvidia, AMD, Apple, Broadcom, and Marvell. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Many_Worker_Deaths_and_Injuries_on_Small Dairy_Farms_are_Never_Investigated_by_OSHA⠀⇛ When dairy workers die on farms across the country, the circumstances are often similar: They drown in manure lagoons, get crushed by skid steers, are trampled by cows. But whether the government investigates their deaths depends on factors that advocates for worker safety say seem arbitrary: the state where they died, the size of the farm where they worked or whether they lived in employer-provided housing. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Mississippi_Says_Jails_Where_People_Await Psychiatric_Treatment_Must_Meet_Safety_Standards._Just_One Does.⠀⇛ Fourteen years ago, Mississippi legislators passed a law requiring county jails to be certified by the state if they held people awaiting court-ordered psychiatric treatment. Today, just one jail in the state is certified. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Columbia_University_to_Set_Up_$100_Million Fund_for_Patients_of_Predator_OB-GYN⠀⇛ In a stunning shift, Columbia University announced on Monday a sweeping series of changes to address the school’s failures to protect patients who were sexually assaulted by a Columbia doctor. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Sitting_Down_Is_So_Bad_For_You,_Even Sleeping_Is_Better⠀⇛ You know you want to. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘A_Monster’:_Super_Meth_and_Other_Drugs Push_Crisis_Beyond_Opioids⠀⇛ Millions of U.S. drug users now are addicted to several substances, not just opioids like fentanyl and heroin. The shift is making treatment far more difficult. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Supreme_Court_declines_to_review_solitary confinement_inmate’s_exercise_depravation_challenge⠀⇛ The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case involving the denial of exercise time to an inmate in solitary confinement. The case centers around Michael Johnson, who was incarcerated at the Pontiac Correctional Center in Illinois. # ⚓ France24 ☛ French_doctors_vow_to_‘disobey’_bill_stripping undocumented_migrants_of_healthcare_rights⠀⇛ A push by France’s conservative-led Senate to strip undocumented migrants of their access to free healthcare has sparked a public outcry among workers across the medical profession, many of whom have pledged to ignore a measure they describe as an ethical, sanitary and financial aberration. # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ Kent_Police’s_cancer_fund_to_honor_and support_local_people_fighting_cancer⠀⇛ Kent Police are strutting around the city with beards this month to honor one of their own. Facial hair was, at one point, against law enforcement policy. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ The_US_Healthcare_Scam_Illustrated_In_The Impossibility_Of_Getting_A_Bill_For_Five_Stitches⠀⇛ Let’s just start off by noting that if you’re not in the US and you live anywhere with some form of single-payer/universal healthcare, we know. You don’t need to tell us. We know. The US healthcare system is a fucking mess. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Silja_Serenade_ferry_returning_to_service_after legionella_bacteria_cleanup⠀⇛ The Baltic ferry was taken out of service over the weekend after unusually high levels of bacteria were detected in its water system. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Google_takes_legal_action_against_scammers using_fake_Bard_ads_to_spread_malware⠀⇛ Google LLC launched a lawsuit today against fraudsters the company says is using the buzz around generative artificial intelligence to lure people into clicking on fake ads for its Bard chatbot. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Federal_District_Court_(E.D._Tex.)_Adding_New Rules_About_Hey_Hi_(AI)_Use_by_Lawyers_and_by_Self- Represented_Litigants⠀⇛ From General Order 23-11, effective Dec. 1, 2023, the new Local Rule CV-11(g): Litigants remain responsible for the accuracy and quality of legal documents produced with the assistance of technology (e.g., ChatGPT, Surveillance Giant Google Bard, Bing Hey Hi (AI) Chat, or generative artificial intelligence services). Litigants are cautioned that certain technologies may produce factually or legally inaccurate content.… # ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ On_Microsoft's_proprietary_prison_GitHub becoming_an_Hey_Hi_(AI)_platform⠀⇛ Listen now (19 mins) | Lunduke's Big Tech Show - November 13th, 2023 # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Ten_Ways_Hey_Hi_(AI)_Will_Change Democracy⠀⇛ Artificial intelligence will change so many aspects of society, largely in ways that we cannot conceive of yet. Democracy, and the systems of governance that surround it, will be no exception. In this short essay, I want to move beyond the “AI- generated disinformation” trope and speculate on some of the ways Hey Hi (AI) will change how democracy functions—in both large and small ways. When I survey how artificial intelligence might upend different aspects of modern society, democracy included, I look at four different dimensions of change: speed, scale, scope, and sophistication. Look for places where changes in degree result in changes of kind. Those are where the societal upheavals will happen... # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ DP_World_resumes_operations,_nearly_5400 containers_moved⠀⇛ Stevedore DP World Australia has resumed operations after a_network_attack brought operations to a halt on Friday, a statement from the company says. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Operations_at_Major_Australian_Ports Significantly_Disrupted_by_Cyberattack⠀⇛ A cyberattack on Australian shipping giant DP World, which may have been a ransomware attack, has resulted in serious disruptions at major ports. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Known_unknowns:_cyber_insecurity troubles_Australian_lawmakers⠀⇛ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Yellen_Says_Ransomware_Attack_on China’s_Biggest_Bank_Minimally_Disrupted_Treasury Market_Trades⠀⇛ A ransomware attack that forced China’s biggest bank to take some systems offline only minimally disrupted the U.S. Treasury market. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Dragos_Says_No_Evidence_of_Breach After_Ransomware_Gang_Claims_Hack_via_Third_Party⠀⇛ Dragos finds no evidence of a data breach after the BlackCat ransomware group claimed to have hacked the security firm via a third party. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Ransomware_Group_RansomedVC_Closes Shop⠀⇛ The ransomware and data extortion group RansomedVC announced plans to shut down the project and sell parts of its infrastructure. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Court_orders_Vastaamo_suspect's_continued_detention⠀⇛ The trial into the suspected hacking of the psychotherapy centre's database involves over 22,000 victims, the highest number ever in a Finnish court case. # ⚓ Announcing_Istio_1.19.4⠀⇛ This release note describes what’s different between Istio 1.19.3 and 1.19.4. Improved iptables locking. The new implementation uses iptables builtin lock waiting when needed, and disables locking entirely when not needed. Added gated flag ISTIO_ENABLE_IPV4_OUTBOUND_LISTENER_FOR_IPV6_CLUSTERS to manage an additional outbound listener for IPv6- only clusters to deal with IPv4 NAT outbound traffic. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Mr._Cooper_Says_Customer_Data_Compromised in_Cyberattack⠀⇛ US mortgage giant Mr. Cooper announced that customer data was compromised in an October 31 cyberattack. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ 2.2_Million_Impacted_by_Data_Breach_at McLaren_Health_Care⠀⇛ McLaren Health Care is informing roughly 2.2 million individuals of a data breach impacting their personal information. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ ChatGPT's_New_Code_Interpreter_Has_Giant Security_Hole,_Allows_Hackers_to_Steal_Your_Data⠀⇛ A new Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot feature lets you upload files full of data or code, but it also makes them vulnerable to exfiltration. # ⚓ SANS ☛ Noticing_command_and_control_channels_by_reviewing DNS_protocols,_(Mon,_Nov_13th)⠀⇛ Malicious software pieces installed in computers call home. Some of them can be noticed because they perform DNS lookup and some of them initiates connection without DNS lookup. For this last option, this is abnormal and can be noticed by any Network Detection and Response (NDR) tool that reviews the network traffic by at least two weeks. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Senate_Undercuts_Section_702_Reform Efforts_By_Stapling_Blanket_Approval_To_A_Must-Pass Budget_Bill⠀⇛ The most serious opposition to extending Section 702 surveillance authorities since the immediate aftermath of the Snowden leaks came from a perhaps-unexpected source: House Republicans. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ At_least_eight_pro-Iran_fighters_killed_in_fresh US_strikes_on_Syria⠀⇛ At least eight pro-Iran fighters were killed in US strikes on eastern Syria, a war monitor said Monday, after Washington carried out raids a day earlier in response to attacks on American forces. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Trump_Allies_Forming_“Army”_of_Ideological Loyalists_for_2025_Power_Grab⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Give_Peace_a_Chance⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Asia’s_ageing_soldiers_force_US_allies to_widen_recruitment_drive⠀⇛ In South Korea, for example, there has been talk of whether to conscript women as well. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea_criticises_G-7_as_'remnant of_the_Cold_War'⠀⇛ G-7 can not represent the international community but protects a few countries' interests, said Mr Jo Chol Su. # ⚓ RFA ☛ N_Korea_slams_G7,_signals_nuclear_program_to continue⠀⇛ The group ‘exacerbated the current international crisis,’ says the North’s foreign ministry official. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Cape_Town_hosts_first_“Turn_to_Busan”_Korean War_commemorative_ceremony⠀⇛ In a heartfelt tribute to the South Africans who served and lost their lives under the United Nations flag during the 1950-53 Korean War, the inaugural Cape Town “Turn towards Busan” commemorative ceremony took place this past Saturday. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Thai_govt_considers_bringing_in_Chinese_cops_to_allay tourists’_safety_fears⠀⇛ The plan could impinge on sovereignty, Thailand’s police chief warns. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Thai_police_dismiss_proposal_to_have Chinese_policemen_patrol_tourist_cities⠀⇛ A senior Thai police officer said the plan could not be implemented due to the restrictions to the country's security law. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Tricky_politics_on_menu_for_China's Pooh-tin_at_US_business_dinner⠀⇛ Top business leaders in the United States are expected to dine with Chinese President Pooh-tin Jinping in San Francisco on Wednesday as he seeks to court American companies and counter his country's recent struggles to entice foreign investment. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Behind_Public_Assurances,_Pooh-tin_Jinping Has_Spread_Grim_Views_on_U.S.⠀⇛ Speeches by the Chinese leader show how he was bracing for an intensifying rivalry with the United States from early in his rule. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US_Commerce_chief_Raimondo_to_meet Chinese_counterpart_Wang_during_Apec⠀⇛ The commerce chiefs of the United States and China will meet at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum this week, one of a series of cabinet- level engagements surrounding high-stakes talks between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Pooh-tin Jinping. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Chinese_leader_Pooh-tin_Jinping,_US President_Joe_Biden_to_talk_‘global_peace_and_development’_at summit,_Beijing_says⠀⇛ Chinese leader Pooh-tin Jinping and US President Joe Biden will discuss “global peace and development” at a summit this week in San Francisco, Beijing said on Monday. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ How_US-China_ties_have_crumbled_–_and_where Pooh-tin_and_Biden_could_rebuild⠀⇛ U.S.-China ties have measurably and dramatically deteriorated in recent years. But this also presents an opportunity for growth – one both countries’ leaders feel a responsibility to act on. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan_doubts_China’s_Pooh-tin_will have_the_ability_to_invade_by_2027⠀⇛ Taiwan declined to pinpoint when an attack could happen. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan_working_on_one-on-one_Biden meeting_at_Apec_summit⠀⇛ Taiwan is working on securing a one-on-one meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and the island's representative at this week's APEC summit in San Francisco, but there is no message planned for China, a senior Taiwanese official said. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Phony_news_sites_spreading_pro-Beijing propaganda_in_S.Korea,_says_country’s_spy_service⠀⇛ South Korea’s spy service suspects Chinese agencies are behind the operation of fake websites posing as well-known South Korean news outlets to spread propaganda. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ EU_Foreign_Ministers_Approve_Expansion_Of_Border Monitoring_Mission_In_Armenia⠀⇛ EU foreign ministers approved a proposal to expand the border-monitoring mission deployed in Armenia and activate discussions on visa liberalization with the South Caucasus country, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said in Brussels on November 13. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_to_check_800_foreigners_with_citizenship granted_by_exception⠀⇛ Lithuania’s Interior Ministry on Monday asked the country’s State Security Department (VSD) to check 800 foreigners who have Lithuanian citizenship granted by way of exception. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ EK_joins_other_Nordic_business_groups_in_demanding clear_EU_climate_policy⠀⇛ WWF Finland said that while it agrees that ambitious emission reductions will create economic growth, the business groups’ demands are insufficient. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Laser_Fusion_Start-Ups_Ignite_the Quest_for_Boundless_Energy⠀⇛ Companies are looking to commercialize advances made by federally supported research labs in the quest for boundless energy. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Mind-Altering_Cat_Parasite_May Trigger_Frailty_in_Older_People⠀⇛ One in ten Americans is infected. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Death_of_The_World's_Oldest_Dog_Could Teach_Us_a_Few_Things_About_Life⠀⇛ Thanks Bobi. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Animal_Brains_Are_Being_Altered_by Climate_Change._An_Expert_Explains.⠀⇛ Sink or swim. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Food_Insecurity_to_Remain_High_in_EA_Until Early_2024,_WFP⠀⇛ According to the WFP official data, some 62.6 million people were food insecure as of September, with four of the nine countries in the region -- Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan (among the worst affected by the global food crisis). o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ China_calls_on_businesses_to_join_hands_with_state sector⠀⇛ The public-private 'franchise' partnerships could become a nationwide asset grab, analysts warn. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Etla:_More_common_for_Finnish_companies_to_downsize than_upscale⠀⇛ A report by the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy finds that strict regulations and the desire to avoid taking on too much debt are the main obstacles limiting business development. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ No_Janet,_We_Cannot_Afford_More_Wars⠀⇛ Bloomberg Intelligence recently released an analysis showing that a year of interest payments on the national debt now exceeds one trillion dollars. This should have been a wake-up call to Congress and the Biden administration, but it was largely ignored. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Donald_Trump_Jr._Testifies_Family Properties_Show_His_Father’s_Brilliance⠀⇛ In his second appearance in court, Donald J. Trump’s eldest son testified that the company’s assets were extremely valuable. A judge has found their values were inflated. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Trump’s_NY_fraud_trial_resumes,_as_Donald Trump_Jr._takes_the_stand⠀⇛ Donald Trump Jr. is the first witness called to the stand by Donald Trump’s lawyers in the New York civil fraud trial. He said he never worked on the annual financial statements at the heart of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ House_Blocks_Snap_Mayorkas_Impeachment Vote_as_Inquiry_Continues⠀⇛ A small group of Republicans joined Democrats in voting to defeat a motion by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia to immediately impeach the homeland security secretary. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_security_chief_rejects lawmaker’s_idea_for_local_security_law_to_replace_Beijing- imposed_legislation⠀⇛ Hong Kong’ security chief Chris Tang has rejected a lawmaker’s suggestion for Article 23 – the city’s proposed national security legislation – to replace the Beijing-imposed national security law, saying that “vigilance” was still needed in peacetime. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ What_the_Doomsayers_Get_Wrong_About Deepfakes⠀⇛ Experts have warned that utterly realistic A.I.-generated videos might wreak havoc through deception. What’s happened is troubling in a different way. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Court_Strikes_Down_Ban_on_Town_Employees Displaying_"Thin_Blue_Line"_Flag_While_on_Town_Property⠀⇛ A Springfield Township (Pennsylvania) resolution provides: [T]he Board of Commissioners of Springfield Township does, as a matter of respect and sensitivity to all the citizens of the Township, hereby prohibit the publicly visible display or use of any image which depicts the Thin Blue Line American Flag symbol... # ⚓ Reason ☛ Thai_Public_Broadcasting_Service_Removes_Interview with_Taiwan_Foreign_Minister,_Allegedly_at_China's_Behest⠀⇛ Taiwan News (Keoni Everington) reports: Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) on Sunday (Nov. 12) mocked China's government for lecturing Thailand over freedom of the press following his interview on a Thai television station. Wu was interviewed by Thai Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) anchor Phongsathat Sukhaphong on Nov. 1 in Taipei... # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ New_Israeli_Law_Makes_Consuming_‘Terrorist’ Content_A_Criminal_Offense⠀⇛ It’s amazing just how much war and conflict can change a country. On October 7th, Hamas blitzed Israel with an attack that was plainly barbaric. Yes, this is a conflict that has been simmering with occasional flashpoints for decades. No, neither side can even begin to claim it has entirely clean hands as a result of those decades of conflict. We can get the equivocating out of the way. October 7th was different, the worst single day of murder of the Jewish community since the Holocaust. And even in the immediate aftermath, those outside of Israel and those within knew that the attack was going to result in both an immediate reaction from Israel and longstanding changes within its borders. And those of us from America, or those that witnessed how our country reacted to 9/11, knew precisely how much danger this period of change represented. # ⚓ Chronicle Of Higher Education ☛ The_Dangers_of_Donor Revolt⠀⇛ The Israel-Hamas war has empowered higher-ed benefactors. That's distressing. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Censorship_Envy⠀⇛ One reason I broadly oppose governmental restrictions on the expression of ideas—even obviously bad, dangerous, and offensive ideas—is the phenomenon I call "censorship envy": The common reaction that, "If my neighbor gets to ban speech he reviles, why shouldn't I get to do the same?" [1.] o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Well,_It_Looks_Like_Pretty_Much_Every_Government Agency_Was_Complicit_In_The_Raid_Of_A_Small_Town_Newspaper⠀⇛ Under the pretense of a computer crime investigation, the Marion County PD — led by then- Chief Gideon Cody — raided the offices of the Marion County Record, as well as the home of its 98-year-old co-owner, Joan Meyer. Joan Meyer died one day after the raid, one she strenuously objected to while her home was filled with law enforcement officers. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kyrgyz_Journalist_Questioned_In_Probe_Of_Jailed Activist⠀⇛ Kyrgyzstan's State Committee for National Security (UKMK) summoned and questioned journalist Kanyshai Mamyrkulova on November 13 in a probe of jailed opposition United Kyrgyzstan party member Zamirbek Shamshidin-uulu, who is accused of organizing mass unrest. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Supreme_Court_Adopts_Its_First-Ever_Ethics Code⠀⇛ The Supreme Court on Monday released a code of conduct governing the behavior of the country’s most powerful judges for the first time in its history. But experts said it was unclear if the new rules, which do not include any enforcement mechanism, would address the issues raised by recent revelations about justices’ ethics and conduct. The nine-page code, with an accompanying five pages of commentary, was signed by all the sitting justices and covers everything from the acceptance of gifts, to recusal standards, to avoiding improper outside influence on the justices. The step followed months of reporting by ProPublica detailing undisclosed gifts to Supreme Court justices from wealthy political donors. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Italian_Unions_Prepare_Strike_Against_PM_Meloni⠀⇛ From Nov. 17 to Dec. 1, workers will carry out a staggered strike according to the region of the country. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Abortion_Bans_Are_Undermining_Efforts_to_Prevent Domestic_Violence⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ As_Cities_Resist_Affordable_Housing,_This Homeless_Shelter_Fought_Back_and_Won⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Indian_Trade_Unions_Demand_Modi_Scrap_Deal_to Replace_Palestinian_Workers⠀⇛ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Court_convicts_Finnish-Canadian_fashion_mogul_Peter Nygård_on_sexual_assault_charges⠀⇛ The six-week trial heard testimony from a total of five women, each of whom said Nygård attacked them in a private bedroom suite attached to his office in downtown Toronto. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Omegle_Shuts_Down_After_Facing_Ruinous_Lawsuits; This_Won’t_Magically_Solve_People_Being_Awful_Online⠀⇛ Omegle has been a controversial service. While Chatroulette got all the attention as a service to randomly connect with video to others online, it grew fast and burned out fast. Omegle was basically the same service, but had a slower ramp up, and became quite popular over the last few years. Except that now Omegle is dead. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Illinois_Youth_Lockup_Is_'No_Place_for_Children,' According_to_ACLU_Lawsuit⠀⇛ Children held in the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center are routinely subjected to solitary confinement, inadequate meals, and filthy cells, according to legal documents. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Event_Wrap:_PITA_Strategy_Forum_2023⠀⇛ Karla Skarda presented on Internet resilience at the Pita Strategy Forum 2023, held from 17 to 20 October 2023 in Suva, Fiji. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Streaming_Sector_Determined_To_Become_Just_As Shitty_As_1990s_Cable⠀⇛ Thanks to industry consolidation and saturated market growth, the streaming industry has started behaving much like the traditional cable giants they once disrupted. As with most industries suffering from “enshittification,” that generally means steadily worse service at higher prices as it tries to appease Wall Street’s demand for improved quarterly returns at any cost (even long term company health). # ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Public_Knowledge_Commends_Biden Administration_for_Bold,_New_National_Spectrum_Strategy⠀⇛ New spectrum policy will help increase innovation, competition, and security in wireless technologies. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Investigative_Report_Links_Spotify Carbon_Credits_Purchase_to_Forced_Labor_Camps_in_China⠀⇛ A new investigative report has linked a Spotify carbon credits purchase to forced labor camps in Xinjiang, China. Spotify’s possible connection to alleged forced labor, referring specifically to labor performed by Uyghur Muslims in the mentioned city, emerged in an in-depth piece from the Guardian today. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ Amazon’s_creeping_monopoly⠀⇛ Amazon is the monopoly that companies dream of becoming. The company’s control over the e-commerce market is so large that avoiding it is difficult, especially for students who depend on the internet to buy everything from furniture to food to school supplies. # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Dexcom_and_Bird_&_Bird_overturn_Abbott infringement_claim_in_the_UK⠀⇛ Dexcom and Abbott are currently going head- to-head over a number of patents covering their respective glucose monitoring devices, known as continuous glucose monitoring, or CGMs. # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ Cancellation_Attack_on_THE_EDUCATION LAWYERS_Flunks_Genericness_and_Mere_Descrpitiveness Tests⠀⇛ The Board denied a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark THE EDUCATION LAWYERS for "legal services" [LAWYERS disclaimed] finding that Petitioner Montgomery Law failed to prove either genericness or mere descriptiveness by a preponderance of the evidence. Respondent Jacobson_&_John obtained its registration under Section 2(f) based only upon a declaration of at least five years of continuous and substantially exclusive use prior to making the statement. Montgomery_Law LLC_v._Jacobson_&_John_LLP, Cancellation No. 92073600 (November 9, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Wendy Boldt Cohen). =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3378 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 14/11/2023: Nepal Is Banning TikTok (Fentanylware) and Trump Imitates Fascism⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 14, 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 Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Politics_and_World_Events o Technology_and_Free_Software * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ John Goerzen ☛ It’s_More_Important_To_Recognize_What_Direction People_Are_Moving_Than_Where_They_Are⠀⇛ Pick your favorite cause. Whatever it is, consider your strategy: What do you do with someone that is very far away from you, but has taken the first step to move an inch in your direction? Do you yell at them for not being there instantly? Or do you celebrate that they have changed and are moving? o ⚓ El País ☛ Tove_Jansson,_the_‘radically_free’_artist_who_created the_Moomins_comic_strip_and_lived_outside_of_social_conventions⠀⇛ Tove Jansson was born in Helsinki, Finland, in 1914. She lived until the age of 86, traveled the world and made an international name for herself, thanks to the Moomins: a friendly family of white-tailed trolls that she created. They first became a phenomenon in the Commonwealth, as Jansson’s comic strips began to run in the Evening News by the 1950s. Eventually, theme parks dedicated to the creatures appeared in Finland and Japan. The profoundly kind characters that Jansson created at the beginning of World War II spoke about ecology, acceptance and coexistence. They also warned about the danger of nuclear weapons and the fear of the other. Jansson’s work — while appearing simple and naive — actually hid many layers and interpretations. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] Muted.IO ☛ ✨_magical_collection_of_interactive_music theory_tools_&_visual_references_to_learn_music_online_for free.⠀⇛ 🔤 Music theory is essentially the language of music (think alphabet, words, sentences, paragraphs,...) It's the set of guidelines and principles that we use to understand and describe how music works. 🎵 Music theory helps us understand things like melody, harmony, and form in music, and it also helps us communicate about music with each other. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ SK_Hynix_Ships_'Turbo'_LPDDR5T_Smartphone Memory⠀⇛ After developing LPDDR5T for mobile in January 2023, SK Hynix begins properly shipping it in November 2023. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Obsolete_E-Reader_Gets_New_Life⠀⇛ For those who read often, e-readers are a great niche device that can help prevent eye fatigue with their e-ink displays especially when compared to a backlit display like a tablet or smartphone, all while taking up minimal space unlike a stack of real books. But for all their perks, there are still plenty of reasons to maintain a library of bound paper volumes. For those who have turned back to books or whose e-readers aren’t getting the attention they once did, there are plenty of things to do with them like this e-book picture frame. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Spiegel ☛ "Grasshoppers_Are_More_Valuable_than_Caviar"⠀⇛ One kilo of live grasshoppers goes for 400 Thai baht, the equivalent of about 10 euros. But a kilo of grasshopper eggs is worth 5,000 Thai baht, or 130 euros. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ An_‘Unsettling’_Drop_in_Life_Expectancy for_Men⠀⇛ The life expectancy gap between men and women reached its widest in nearly three decades, driven by more men dying of Covid and drug overdoses. # ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Ramsey_County_to_unveil_plaque dedicated_to_lives_lost_to_COVID-19_pandemic⠀⇛ Ramsey County on Tuesday will unveil a plaque commemorating the people who died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ IT_Act_needs_stronger_provisions_to_curb deepfake_menace:_Experts⠀⇛ Experts said India could collaborate internationally to explore content labelling solutions or watermarking of AI-generated content, similar to the UK which is considering legislation that incorporates transparency and accountability through labelling deepfake images and videos. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Tesla_Vows_to_Sue_Anyone_Who_Resells_Their Cybertruck⠀⇛ In a section titled "For Cybertruck Only" in its Motor Vehicle Order Agreement customers have to sign, Tesla is instructing owners to "not sell or otherwise attempt to sell the Vehicle within the first year following your Vehicle's delivery date." If somebody were to break that rule, "Tesla may seek injunctive relief to prevent the transfer of title of the Vehicle or demand liquidated damages from you in the amount of $50,000 or the value received as consideration for the sale or transfer, whichever is greater." # ⚓ Futurism ☛ AI_Companies_Are_Running_Out_of_Training_Data⠀⇛ It's a precarious situation for AI firms, given how much data AI systems need to operate and improve. AI models have advanced drastically as developers have poured in more and more data. If the data supply stagnates, so may the models — and thus, perhaps, the industry. Though Matulionyte offers the use of synthetic data — or data generated by AI models — to train new models as a possible mitigation technique for data- hungry AI companies, that might not be a viable solution either. Indeed, using synthetic content might actually wreck a given model entirely; there's some research to show that training AI models on AI-generated content causes a distinct inbreeding effect, with the lack of variance in the dataset resulting in garbled, uncanny outputs. (That said, as Matulionyte points out, some companies are already experimenting with synthetic training sets.) # ⚓ NPR ☛ Worried_about_AI_hijacking_your_voice_for_a_deepfake? This_tool_could_help⠀⇛ The video has since been taken down. But many such "deepfakes" can float around the Internet for weeks, such as a recent one featuring MrBeast, in which an unauthorized likeness of the social media personality can be seen hawking $2 iPhones. o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Patrick Breyer ☛ Former_CJEU_judge:_EU_Chat_Control plans_for_indiscriminately_searching_private_messages and_breaking_secure_encryption_are_doomed_to_fail_in court⠀⇛ In another blow to the EU Commission’s proposed child sexual abuse regulation, a former judge of the EU’s top court of justice finds that the proposed mass scanning of private messages for suspected content would likely be struck down by the Court for violating the fundamental right to privacy. The ex judge dismisses the defence put forward by the Commission in response to similar findings by the EU Council’s legal service earlier this year. Adding to those findings, the former judge concludes that the proposed extension of scanning obligations to end-to-end encrypted communications services also violates EU law for lacking legal certainty (pages 35-37 of the legal analysis). “EU governments in Council must accept now that the only way forward with this dystopian Chat Control bill, both politically and legally, is to remove indiscriminate mass scanning and end-to-end encrypted services from the proposal. I call on EU governments to stop pursuing chat control and the destruction of secure encryption! An overwhelming majority in the EU Parliament will tomorrow propose limiting surveillance to suspects and safeguarding secure encryption. No child is helped with legislation that will inevitably fail in court even before its implementation. Do you really want to repeat the disaster caused by the Data Retention Directive?” comments Pirate Party MEP Patrick Breyer, who commissioned the legal opinion and co- negotiated the European Parliament’s position on the proposed Chat Control regulation. # ⚓ Papers Please ☛ Advance_Travel_Authorization_(ATA) and_the_“CBP_One”_app⠀⇛ As we’ve discussed before in this blog, asylum requires traveling to a border. Since you can only apply for asylum after you arrive in a country of refuge, freedom to travel from a place where you are subject to persecution to a country of refuge is a prerequisite for asylum. But as we have also noted, including in comments earlier this year to the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights concerning the rights of migrants, governments including the US government have steadily increased their efforts to undermine the right to asylum by preventing  asylum seekers from traveling to their borders. The latest step in this direction is the Advance Travel Authorization (ATA) system operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Under this program, asylum seekers can request permission through the CBP One mobile app to travel to the US. CBP is already operating this system under a temporary “emergency” authorization from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), but is seeking OMB approval to make it permanent. # ⚓ EFF ☛ Reauthorizing_Mass_Surveillance_Shouldn’t_be Tied_to_Funding_the_Government⠀⇛ In September, President Biden signed a short- term continuing resolution to fund the government preventing a full shutdown. This week Congress must pass another bill to make sure it doesn’t happen again. But this time, we understand that Congress wants to vote on a "clean" renewal of Section 702—essentially, kicking the can down the road, as they've done before. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Faster_Arctic_warming_hastens_2-degree- Celsius_rise_by_eight_years,_finds_modeling_study⠀⇛ The Arctic is currently warming nearly four times faster than the global average rate. The new study, published in the journal Earth System Dynamics, aimed to estimate the impact of this faster warming on how quickly the global temperature thresholds of 1.5 C and 2 C, set down in the Paris Agreement, are likely to be breached. # ⚓ The Washington Post ☛ Trump_calls_political_enemies ‘vermin,’_echoing_dictators_Hitler,_Mussolini⠀⇛ Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a historian at New York University, said in an email to The Washington Post that “calling people 'vermin’ was used effectively by Hitler and Mussolini to dehumanize people and encourage their followers to engage in violence.” # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Trump’s_Threat_to_Handle_the_“Vermin”_Is Straight_Out_of_the_Nazi_Playbook⠀⇛ # ⚓ NPR ☛ Migrants_are_showing_up_at_the_U.S._Southern_border in_historic_numbers._Here's_why⠀⇛ In the past year, the Southwest border has received historic numbers of migrants. More than 2.4 million people. It's been record-breaking numbers for the past few years. San Diego alone has received more than 230,000 people this year. That's a 30% increase from the year before. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland_to_raise_concerns_over_border_crossings_at_EU foreign_ministers’_meeting⠀⇛ Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen (NCP) said that she will raise the issue of immigrants on Finland's eastern border with colleagues at an EU foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels on Monday. She added that Finland is well prepared for situations related to possible hybrid influence. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Trump's_"vermin"_speech_again_draws_scrutiny_to extreme_rhetoric⠀⇛ He also posted the same message on Truth Social — confirming that the incendiary language was deliberate, not a heat-of-the-moment miscue. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ After_Calling_Foes_‘Vermin,’_Trump Campaign_Warns_Its_Critics_Will_Be_‘Crushed’⠀⇛ The former president’s remarks drew criticism from some liberals and historians who pointed to echoes of dehumanizing rhetoric wielded by fascist dictators like Hitler and Benito Mussolini. # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ Hamas_has_command_node_under_Al-Shifa hospital,_US_official_says⠀⇛ A US official with knowledge of American intelligence says Hamas has a command node under the Al-Shifa hospital, uses fuel intended for it and its fighters regularly cluster in and around Gaza’s largest hospital. The information comes after comments made Sunday by a top White House official that Hamas is using hospitals and civilian facilities. # ⚓ Truthdig ☛ Trump’s_Transition_to_Fascism_is_Complete⠀⇛ Trump’s fixation on Hitlerian imagery, memes and tropes is not an accident. The orange-haired demagogue has had a longstanding fascination with Hitler. According to a 1990 Vanity Fair article, Trump’s first wife Ivana, who died last year, told her divorce attorney that the former president kept a compilation of Hitler’s speeches in a cabinet by his bed. Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender remarked on Trump’s interest in Hitler in his book on the 2020 presidential campaign, “Finally We Did Win This Election.” Bender writes that Trump told his then-chief of staff Gen. John Kelly during a 2018 trip to Europe that “Hitler did a lot of good things,” particularly for the German economy. (Trump vehemently denied Bender’s account.) # ⚓ New Eastern Europe ☛ Bulgaria_must_seize_the_moment_and tackle_Russian_influence⠀⇛ A “transparency consensus” seems to be emerging on the Eastern Flank of both NATO and the EU. Until recently, the illiberal trajectory of Poland and Hungary, combined with the inability of other former Soviet republics and satellite states to eradicate corruption, served as evidence to many that Eastern Europe had not yet bridged the divide with Western Europe in terms of good governance. In recent months, Moldova’s reformist government and, particularly, Ukraine’s unwavering determination to intensify its efforts in combatting corruption, even amidst ongoing warfare, have cast doubt on this prevailing narrative. The agreement reached in June to establish a coalition government in Bulgaria, featuring rotating prime ministers and an explicit mandate to address corruption, suggests a potential shift in course and a genuine commitment to tackling its reputation as one of the most corrupt countries in the EU. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Nepal_to_ban_China's_TikTok,_alleges_damaging social_impact⠀⇛ Nepal's Minister for Communications and Information Technology Rekha Sharma said the decision to ban TikTok had been made at a cabinet meeting earlier on Monday. "Colleagues are working on closing it technically," Sharma told Reuters. Nepal Telecom Authority chair Purushottam Khanal said that [Internet] service providers have been asked to close the app. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Nepal_bans_TikTok_citing_'indecent materials'⠀⇛ Nepal has banned TikTok, the government said on Monday, in a bid to preserve "social harmony." Communications Minister Rekha Sharma said the decision had been made at a cabinet meeting on Monday and that internet providers had already started blocking access to the Chinese video- sharing app. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Nepal_is_banning_Fentanylware_(TikTok) over_hate_content,_officials_say⠀⇛ It is said to have stoked religious hate, violence and sexual abuse and led to clashes offline. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Nepal_Is_Banning_TikTok_Over_Hate_Content, Officials_Say⠀⇛ TikTok has more than a billion users globally, so the ban by a Himalayan country with a population of about 30 million is unlikely to significantly affect the app, but it is another ominous sign for the Chinese-owned company of broader efforts by governments around the world to restrict its use. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ UN_states_concerned_China_and Russia_helping_North_Korea:_Austin⠀⇛ Mr Austin was speaking at a meeting in South Korea. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland_raises_concerns_over_border_crossings with_EU_foreign_ministers;_Migri_braces_for_more_asylum seekers⠀⇛ More than 100 citizens of third countries have arrived at Finnish border-crossing points without proper documentation this autumn, signalling a shift in Russian policy. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_state_media_outlets_unpublish reports_of_Russian_troops_‘regrouping’_away_from_Dnipro River_Russian_Defense_Ministry_calls_it_‘provocation’_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ What’s_going_on_around_the_Dnipro?_Russian state_media_reports_of_a_redeployment_drew_the military’s_ire._Here’s_what’s_really_happening_in_the area_in_question._—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Thousands_of_Ukrainian_Refugees_Risk Returning_Home_for_Medical_Care⠀⇛ Hundreds of thousands who fled after Russia invaded make brief visits back, often to reconnect with family but also for health care that can be cheaper and more familiar. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Says_Russian_Officers_Are Killed_in_Melitopol_Attack⠀⇛ In the latest strike, Kyiv said three Russian officers were killed in a bombing in the southern city of Melitopol. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Ukraine’s_creativity_edge⠀⇛ Russia’s invasion sparked feats of technological innovation that have saved Ukraine and may help it win. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian-Russian_border_fence_construction_to restart_soon⠀⇛ In the open competition for the construction of the fence on the Latvian-Russian border, the companies “Citrus Solutions” and “Hagberg Construction” submitted the best tenders and will construct 16 kilometers and 12.5 kilometers, respectively, Renārs Griškevičs, board chair of the State Real Estate (VNĪ) told news agency LETA on November 13. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Latest_Russia_sanctions_package_‘quite optimistic’,_says_Lithuanian_FM⠀⇛ Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Monday that the EU’s new sanctions package against Russia is “pretty good” and makes him “quite optimistic”. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Blinken,_new_UK_foreign_minister discuss_Israel,_Ukraine_and_China⠀⇛ November 14, 2023 7:40 AM U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and newly appointed British foreign minister David Cameron discussed the Israel-Hamas conflict, relations with China and help for Ukraine during a telephone call on Monday, the State Department said. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_State_News_Agencies_Publish,_Then Immediately_Retract_Story_On_Troops_'Regrouping'_East Of_Dnieper⠀⇛ Russian state-news agencies published, then abruptly retracted a news item suggesting Russian forces had ordered a tactical withdrawal in a location of intense fighting in southern Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Training_Center_Where_Ukrainian_Pilots_Will Learn_To_Fly_F-16s_Opens_In_Romania⠀⇛ The Romanian and Dutch defense ministers on November 13 opened a training center for F-16 pilots some 150 kilometers east of Bucharest where Ukrainian pilots will learn how to fly the U.S.-made fighter jets. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kharkiv_Resident_Gets_Life_In_Prison_For Coordinating_Deadly_Russian_Missile_Attack⠀⇛ A court in Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv sentenced a local resident to life in prison for helping coordinate a deadly Russian missile attack in March 2022, the Ukrainian Prosecutor-General's Office said on November 13. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Hungary_Reiterates_Block_On_Disbursing Military_Aid_Tranche_To_Ukraine⠀⇛ Hungary will block the disbursement of the next tranche of military aid to Ukraine under the European Peace Facility (EPF) until Kyiv provides "guarantees" that the OTP bank or other Hungarian firms will not be blacklisted as "international sponsors of war," the country's foreign minister said. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Awards_Veteran_Crimean_Tatar_Leader Mustafa_Dzhemilev_With_Hero_Of_Ukraine_Title_On_His 80th_Birthday⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy awarded the Golden Star Order and the title of the Hero of Ukraine to longtime Crimean Tatar leader and human rights activist Mustafa Dzhemilev, who spent much of his life fighting Soviet and later Russian repression. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukrainian_Court_Sentences_Former_Lawmaker_To 14_Years_In_Prison_In_Absentia⠀⇛ A court in Ukraine's western city of Lviv on November 13 sentenced former lawmaker Illya Kyva to 14 years in prison in absentia after finding him guilty of high treason and public calls to seize power and change the constitutional order among other crimes. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Seeks_To_Amend_Law_To_Charge_Volunteer Fighters_For_Ignoring_Orders,_Desertion⠀⇛ Russia may charge volunteer fighters who surrender, desert, or refuse to carry out orders with a crime as the Kremlin seeks to maintain discipline on the front lines in Ukraine. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_defence_minister_meets_with Ukrainian_President_Zelensky⠀⇛ Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Friday and briefed him on Lithuania’s current military assistance and further support plans. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_parliament_speaker_discusses_aid_to Ukraine_with_Pope_Francis⠀⇛ Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen met with Pope Francis in the Vatican on Monday to discuss relations between Lithuania and the Holy See, the role of the Catholic Church, and aid to Ukrainian war refugees. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Lithuania_launches_process_of_revoking citizenship_from_Russian_ballerina_for_pro-Putin comments_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Ukrainian_troops_train_for_front_line_in France⠀⇛ From learning to storm trenches, to fighting house by house to recapture a village from enemy hands, Ukrainian troops have been training at a secret location in the French countryside to help boost their skills before deployment to the front lines. It is part of a European-wide programme to assist Ukraine in battling the Russian invasion involving 24 countries. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Ukraine_braces_for_another_winter of_Russian_attacks_on_power_grid⠀⇛ While the Ukrainian authorities have had over half a year to prepare for a new wave of Russian air strikes, the country’s civilian energy infrastructure remains vulnerable, writes Aura Sabadus. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Ukraine’s_top_general_believes technology_can_defeat_Putin’s_Russia⠀⇛ Ukrainian commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny believes technology holds the key to defeating Russia's invasion and argues that drones and electronic warfare can help secure Ukrainian victory, writes Mykola Bielieskov. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ NPR ☛ The_world_is_awash_in_plastic._Oil_producers_want_a say_in_how_it's_cleaned_up⠀⇛ Almost every piece of plastic is made from chemicals derived from fossil fuels. Now, there's growing concern among those who want deep cuts in plastic waste that plastic producers and some consumer goods companies could weaken the treaty. A constellation of groups trying to shape the negotiations can be traced back to the oil and gas industry. That includes some of the world's largest oil and gas companies, such as ExxonMobil, Chevron and France's TotalEnergies. And major oil-producing nations, such as Saudi Arabia, Russia and China, are at the negotiating table. They push a similar message: The problem of plastic pollution can be solved through recycling and other forms of waste management rather than through substantial cuts in new plastic production. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Nations_negotiate_terms_of_global_plastic pollution_treaty_in_Kenya⠀⇛ Some 175 countries agreed last year to conclude by 2024 a UN treaty to address the plastic blighting oceans, floating in the atmosphere, and infiltrating the bodies of animals and humans. While there is broad consensus a treaty is needed, there are very different opinions about what should be in it. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Exxon_Mobil_Plans_to_Produce_Lithium in_Arkansas⠀⇛ Coming just a month after Exxon said it would spend $60 billion to buy Pioneer Natural Resources, the announcement signals that the large oil company intends to hedge its big bets on conventional fossil fuels with at least some investments in cleaner forms of energy that are needed to combat climate change. The announcement does not represent a fundamental shift in corporate strategy, but it is an acknowledgment that battery-powered vehicles will increasingly compete with cars and trucks fueled by gasoline and diesel. It could also open the door for southern Arkansas to emerge as a major source of lithium. Most of the metal today comes from Australia and South America, and much of it is processed in China. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Evening Standard UK ☛ Space_to_grow:_with_30,500 Londoners_on_allotment_waitlists_here's_how_to_nab_a plot_of_your_own⠀⇛ Sixteen boroughs are currently closed for applications and even if you were lucky enough to get on a list, there could be more than 3,000 people ahead of you if you had applied in Newham, Richmond, Lewisham or Harrow. Greenpeace also found you could wait as long as 15 years in Islington, which has only 106 plots available for about 17,000 households with no access to a garden. The average waiting time was just over five years. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ VOA News ☛ France’s_Poorest_Island_is_Parched_Due_to Drought,_Underinvestment⠀⇛ The government is pinning its hopes on the upcoming rainy season, though residents say it won't be enough to fix the deep-seated water problems. On a crisis visit last week, France's minister for overseas territories thanked the people of Mayotte for "accepting the unacceptable." The water taps determine the rhythm of life in Mayotte, an island territory of about 350,000 people northwest of Madagascar. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ Google_News_on_My_Pixel_6_Tells_Me to_Put_Toilet_Paper_in_the_Freezer._Failing_American_Economy. Venezuelans_Don’t_Like_Chicago.⠀⇛ The Chicago Tribune reported yesterday that many Venezuelan migrants were shocked that they came here and there’s nothing for them and they’ve been sleeping on the floor at the airport or in a tent city in a public park for months. It’s starting to get cold and it’ll only get worse. Many of them now apply for funds from the State through Catholic Charities to self-deport back to Venezuela, or to give up and go back down to a State where they won’t freeze to death. They all got snookered in thinking it would be better in America for them than it would be in Venezuela, and the news quoted one man who came to Chicago as saying, “The American Dream no longer exists. […] If I’m going to sleep on the ground in Chicago I’d rather do it in Venezuela.” # ⚓ Paul Thurrott ☛ Amazon_to_“Refine”_Prime_Gaming_Perks_After New_Layoffs⠀⇛ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Soste:_Spending_cuts_to_force_68,000_into_poverty⠀⇛ The government's plans to cut spending on social benefits will push some 68,000 people into the low- income bracket next year, according to Soste, a confederation of organisations involved in social and healthcare. Calculations published on Tuesday suggest that some 805,000 people will be defined as low-income in 2024. Soste says that the increased number of low-income earners would also push up the cost of income support, which is Finland's social benefit of last resort intended to pay for essential outgoings when there is no other source of income. The report evaluates the effect of spending cuts planned by the government. It defined as low-income anyone whose disposable income is less than 60 percent of the median. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Amazon_cuts_games_unit_jobs_in_broader restructuring⠀⇛ Amazon last week also began cutting jobs in its streaming music and podcast division, people familiar with the matter said. It also cut a very small number of jobs in its human resources unit known as People Experience and Technology, or PXT, the sources added. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Why_tech_giants_are_hedging_their_bets_on_OpenAI⠀⇛ Microsoft owns a 49% stake in OpenAI, having invested billions of dollars in the maker of ChatGPT. But the tech titan is also an investor in Inflection AI, which has a chatbot called Pi and is seen as a rival to OpenAI. # ⚓ Reuters ☛ Exclusive:_Google_in_talks_to_invest_in_AI startup_Character.AI⠀⇛ Founded by former Google employees Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, Character.AI allows people to chat with virtual versions of celebrities like Billie Eilish or anime characters, while creating their own chatbots and AI assistants. It is free to use, but offers subscription model that charges $9.99 a month for users who want to skip the virtual line to access a chatbot. # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Stop_Drinking_the_Political_Kool-Aid, America:_Voting_Will_Not_Save_Us⠀⇛ Yet what is being staged is not an election. It’s a con game, a scam, a grift, a hustle, a bunko, a swindle, a flimflam, a gaffle, and a bamboozle, and “we the people” are nothing more than marks, suckers, stooges, mugs, rubes, or gulls. We’re being duped into believing that this mockery of a choice between two candidates who are equally unfit for office actually translates to having some say in how the government is run. # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ In_His_House_Judiciary_Committee_Testimony, John_Durham_Confessed_that_Michael_Horowitz_Was_Right⠀⇛ In his June testimony about his report, John Durham admitted that the reason he said Michael Horowitz was wrong to say Crossfire Hurricane was properly predicated was that he thought Horowitz should consider his own conspiracy theory based on Russian intelligence that defied physics. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ VOA News ☛ Four-Year-Old_Hezbollah_Missile_Video Recycled_to_Stir_Up_Israel_Offshore_Threat⠀⇛ Despite the appearance of a community note that added this context, Nexta kept the video up, and it now has over 750,000 views. A fact-check by Indian media organization BOOM confirmed the community note, adding that “the video is from 2019 and shows a documentary about how Lebanon-based political party and militant group Hezbollah attacked Israeli ships during the 2006 war.” Still, other blue-checked X users with an active subscription to the platform likewise posted the same video, either explicitly identifying it as new or otherwise failing to note the video is at least four years old. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ TikTok_Says_It's_Not_the Algorithm,_Teens_Are_Just_Pro-Palestine⠀⇛ TikTok has come under GOP fire in recent weeks after the app showed an apparent spike in pro-Palestine content after the IDF began its bombing campaign of Gaza following Hama’' Oct. 7 attack. Republican politicians have publicly claimed that the company is intentionally promoting pro-Palestine content with the goal of “brainwashing our [American] youth” into supporting Hamas. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Fake_Reviews_Are_Rampant_Online._Can a_Crackdown_End_Them?⠀⇛ Only the writer was not an actual patient, and there was no procedure. His review was fake — part of an effort to boost the online ratings for Dr. Mohrmann’s business using phony positive reviews, according to an analysis by Fake Review Watch, an industry watchdog. Last month, Dr. Mohrmann agreed to pay a $100,000 penalty to settle with New York’s attorney general on charges of deceiving the public with fake reviews. The fake review for Dr. Mohrmann is just one example of the billion-dollar fake review industry, where people and businesses pay marketers to post fake positive reviews to Google Maps, Amazon, Yelp and other platforms, and deceive millions of customers each year. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Dystopian_YouTube_animation_draws_on_themes_from today's_Hong_Kong⠀⇛ The film is published as police patrols start boarding buses and a top university warns students not to protest. # ⚓ VOA News ☛ Russia_to_Limit_Only_VPN_Services_That_Pose_a 'Threat'_to_Security,_State_Media_Say⠀⇛ Many VPN services remain widely in use throughout Russia and there has been a public debate among lawmakers about how much further to go in blocking VPN services that still allow access to banned information but also a host of other information. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Navalny_Says_Prison_Administration_Blocks_His Wife's_Letters⠀⇛ Imprisoned Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's Telegram channel said on November 13 prison administration has been blocking correspondence from his wife Yulia Navalnaya. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Navalny_Says_Prison_Administration_Blocks_His Wife's_Letters⠀⇛ Imprisoned Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's Telegram channel said on November 13 prison administration has been blocking correspondence from his wife Yulia Navalnaya. [...] # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Siberian_Lawmaker,_Former_Navalny_Associate Confined_To_Detention_Center⠀⇛ A court in Siberia on November 13 ordered Ksenia Fadeyeva, a local lawmaker and the former head of jailed opposition leader Aleksei Navalny's regional team, to be sent to pretrial detention. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_opposition_politician_Alexey_Navalny_says prison_administrators_have_stopped_delivering_his_wife’s letters_—_Meduza⠀⇛ o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Bipartisan_Group_Of_Congress_Members_To Biden:_Don't_Extradite_Assange⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Journalist_Rahimi_Facing_New_Charges_After Commenting_On_Teen's_Death⠀⇛ Rahimi is the fifth journalist to face legal action after commenting on the death of Garavand, highlighting government's crackdown on dissenting voices in the media and its concern that the teen's death may spark unrest similar to the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini. # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Kurdish_journalist_Ahmed_Azad_Çağan_risks deportation_in_Switzerland⠀⇛ Çağan had sought asylum in Switzerland last year, stating that his life was under threat in Turkey. Switzerland detained Çağan on November 6 and decided to deport him. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Education_Minister_Proposes_Transformation Of_System_With_Introduction_Of_Gender-Specific_Textbooks⠀⇛ Meanwhile, Jalal Mahmoudzadeh, a Sunni representative from Mahabad in the Iranian parliament, criticized the "purification" in the government program presented last month, stating that in less than five months 15,000 to 20 thousand school principals in Iran have been sidelined for "political and ideological reasons." Iran's schools, particularly girls' schools, became focal points for unrest over the past year after the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini while in police custody for a hijab violation. The government has responded by cracking down violently on student campuses, while firing and imprisoning many educators for their support of the demonstrators. # ⚓ [Old] HTML First ☛ HTML_First⠀⇛ The range of things that browsers support out of the box is large, and growing. Before adding a library or framework to your codebase, check whether you can achieve it using plain old html/ css. # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Workplace_'slavery'_still_embedded_in supply_chain,_researcher_says⠀⇛ In his new article "Modern Day Slavery in Your Supply Chain," Walden estimates the number of workers living in slavery conditions between 17-21 million worldwide. Although some countries have laws that prevent slave labor and/or require audits of their supply chains, he offers further recommendations to fix this global crisis. The article appears in Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal. "I define 'slavery' in today's environment as being forced to work in a job that you either are coerced to work in, not paid to work in or held in an environment where you don't have a choice but to work in," he said. # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ Kinesiology_professor_brings compassion,_hope_to_refugee_children⠀⇛ Michal Lorenc, clinical assistant professor of sport management in the School of Kinesiology, has been helping Ukrainian refugees in Poland and in Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Patriarch_Kirill_Calls_For_Ban_On_'Inducement'_To Abortion_In_Russia⠀⇛ The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, has called for the adoption at federal level of a law banning the "inducement" of women to have abortions that was previously adopted by local authorities in two regions. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Motherhood,_no_exceptions_How_a_Russian organization_takes_state_money_to_lie_to_women_about_abortion —_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_judge_postpones_hearing_in_case_against anti-war_protester_Sasha_Skochilenko_after_audience_‘claps too_hard’_for_defense_lawyer’s_speech_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Reason ☛ "Strangers_on_the_Internet"_Podcast_Episode_47: The_Hardships_of_Single_Life⠀⇛ How to make it as a single person in a society often seemingly built for couples o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ The_Law_Bytes_Podcast,_Episode_184:_Philip Palmer_on_the_Constitutional_Doubts_About_the_Government’s Internet_Laws⠀⇛ Is the Canadian government’s Internet legislation constitutional? That question arose during the hearings on Bills C-11 and C-18, but has taken on a new urgency given the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decision involving an Alberta challenge to federal environmental assessment legislation. With limits on federal powers back in the spotlight, the vulnerability of the legislation requires further examination. # ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ The_(open)_web_is_good,_actually⠀⇛ The platformized internet is ripe for rent seeking: where the platform captures an ever-larger share of the value generated by its users, making the service worst for both, while lock-in stops people from looking elsewhere. Every sector of the modern economy is less competitive, thanks to monopolistic tactics like mergers and acquisitions and predatory pricing. But with tech, the options for making things worse are infinitely divisible, thanks to the flexibility of digital systems, which means that product managers can keep subdividing the Jenga blocks they pulling out of the services we rely on. Combine platforms with monopolies with digital flexibility and you get enshittification: [...] # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Don’t_put_all_your_Internet_infrastructure_in_one basket⠀⇛ While 34 IIGs might seem like a high number, the reachability of international Internet transit providers in Bangladesh is not distributed equally. As per IIJ’s Internet Health Report (Figure 2), more than half of Bangladesh’s Internet networks are connected through Hurricane Electric’s network (AS6939), while 22% obtain transit via Summit Communications (AS58717), Bangladesh’s largest domestic ISP. These high percentages are behind Bangladesh’s relatively poor Transit Provider Diversity (Figure 1). o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Google's_Expert_in_US_Antitrust Trial_Defends_Billions_Paid_to_Device_Makers⠀⇛ In what is expected to be the last week of trial, Kevin Murphy, who teaches at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, argued Apple and others played Google and Microsoft, which has the Bing search engine, off against each other in order to win big payments from Google. The government, which has filed four major antitrust lawsuits against three Big Tech companies since 2020, has accused Google of paying billions - $26.3 billion in 2021 - to ensure that its search is the default on smartphones and browsers and to keep its market share in the stratosphere. It alleges the payments are an abuse of monopoly. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Will_the_Government_Rein_in_Amazon?⠀⇛ The Federal Trade Commission is suing the company. Lina Khan, the chair of the F.T.C., tells David Remnick that Amazon exploits its position as a monopoly to invisibly drive up costs. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Disney_Pulls_TV_Channels_From Vietnam,_Govt._"Concerned"_Piracy_Will_Run_Riot⠀⇛ A newspaper run by the Communist Party of Vietnam is reporting the “disappearance” of a number of popular channels from pay TV packages. Citing National Geographic and Nat Geo Wild as examples, the paper notesthey're owned by Disney. Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications is said to be "concerned" that the withdrawal will allow piracy to run rampant in Vietnam. Multiple high-level trade reports in the U.S. note that piracy has been rampant for years. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ The_Beatles_Arrive_on_YouTube Shorts_‘For_the_Very_First_Time’_Amid_Push_for_Younger Listeners⠀⇛ A portion of The Beatles’ catalog, including the recently released “Now and Then,” has officially been licensed for YouTube Shorts. YouTube global head of music Lyor Cohen announced The Beatles’ YouTube Shorts arrival in a brief blog post today. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Got_a_YouTube_Copyright_Claim? YouTube_Is_Now_Streamlining_the_Process⠀⇛ Got a YouTube copyright monopoly claim? The company is making efforts to streamline the process while steering creators toward its Creator Music to mitigate the amount of infringing content that appears on the platform. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ ISPs_Launch_Legal_Attack_On_Italy’s ‘Pirate_Shield,’_Blocking_Law⠀⇛ The copyright industry’s war on the Internet and its users has gone through various stages (full details and links to numerous references in Walled Culture the book, free digital versions available). * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ He_had_a_dream⠀⇛ ... he'd hoped for a modicum of attention to his latest post, thinking there ought to be at least one more like-minded individual out there who happened to read in places where he might write, who would recognize his style and leanings as though they were more than merely roughly their own... and soon enough both would spend weeks expressing back and forth to each other how relieved they were to have finally found each other, and thus could *finally* exchange text with another with whom there was *finally* greater than a point oh oh oh oh oh two percent chance of genuinely understanding what the other had written for having such irresistible contextural overlap. # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding_—_GHILYSP_Wordo:_VACUA⠀⇛ # ⚓ Date:_1974-11-14⠀⇛ Dear unknown friend, you haven't replied to my first letter, but I won't hold it against you as it's impossible it could have reached you. Specially as I haven't sent it, as if I ever could, the mail service is a distant memory. I've reached my family, they're alright and in two days we'll be all at the secret hut to pass the winter. It's the trend here in the land of the ghosts, disperse in winter so there's more food around and the bad people can't kill us all. We practice so silent Christmas, you see, but it isn't Christmas yet. o § Politics and World Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Re:_A_wee_bit_ambivalent⠀⇛ It feels like such a lost opportunity when someone who is otherwise close to being on the same page around something that so few people grok is so fuddled on climate change, the most important issue of all time. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Retro_markdown-mode_for_Emacs⠀⇛ This fork of markdown-mode exists since the commands in the upstream version only works for active regions or transient-mark-mode. # ⚓ NIH_with_a_ribbon_bookmark⠀⇛ Sometimes you get a contribution to your git project and you love their idea but you want to implement things your own way because you’ve got NIH. Here’s how to do it politely so they still get credit in the git log. # ⚓ a_conversation_with_one_of_my_bot⠀⇛ =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. 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