𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Sunday, November 19, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Mon 20 Nov 02:49:49 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/2023/11/19/ ╒═══════════════════ 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 - Despite Moving to Eastern Hardware Designs With GNU/Linux, Russia Remains Least Adoptive Among B.R.I.C.S. When It Comes to GNU/Linux ⦿ Techrights - IRC Proceedings: Saturday, November 18, 2023 ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/19/Despite_Moving_to_Eastern_Hardware_Designs_With_GNU_Linux_Russi.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/19/irc-log-181123.shtml ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/19/Links_19_11_2023_Chaos_at_Chaffbot_Company_After_It_Fires_CEO_S.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/19/Links_19_11_2023_More_Trouble_in_Microsoft_s_Open_AI_and_Amazon.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/19/Links_19_11_2023_Press_Crushed_Plagiarism_Perfumed_as_Hey_Hi_AI.shtml ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 52 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/19/Despite_Moving_to_Eastern_Hardware_Designs_With_GNU_Linux_Russi.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/19/Despite_Moving_to_Eastern_Hardware_Designs_With_GNU_Linux_Russi.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Despite Moving to Eastern Hardware Designs With GNU/Linux, Russia Remains Least Adoptive Among B.R.I.C.S. When It Comes to GNU/Linux⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 19, 2023 THE most_significant_GNU/Linux_news_of_the_day_is_"Russia_pivots_to_Chinese CPUs_that_aren't_subject_to_US_sanctions_-_Russia's_homegrown_Linux-based_Alt OS_now_supports_Chinese_LoongArch_chips" (remember what_delayed_the_release_of the_latest_Linux_kernel; it was LoongArch). We've long wonder why, despite a large war against the West, many in Russia apparently remain_glued_to_Windows, maybe trying to lick Microsoft's boots out in the cold and instead getting their tongue stuck on Bill Gates. Russia is by far slowest to abandon Windows, at least among B.R.I.C.S. For comparison's sake. India_is_at_76%_Android_and_just_14%_Windows. This is Russia: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Operating System Market Share Russia⦈ It's up by a bit this month, not by much. Compare_this_to_India. 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Altman, Russia Cracking Down on Speech and Thought⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 19, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Integrity/Availability/Authenticity # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini # Programming * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Futurism ☛ Music_Fans_Horrified_When_Their_Spotify_Tattoos_Stop Scanning⠀⇛ In fact, there's really no guarantee these tattoos will work even when they're freshly inked. As another woman told the WSJ, her Spotify tattoo that's supposed to play "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC never properly scanned, probably because the code doesn't have the Spotify logo next to it. Oops. o ⚓ Tedium ☛ When_Tools_Unlock_New_Paths⠀⇛ Finding new tools and having them work the way you expect is freeing, because it means that you’ve unlocked something in yourself that you didn’t think you had before. Being able to use Directus and Penpot has started to open up some fresh ideas in ways I was missing previously, and I really appreciate that. They make me see possibilities. Don’t just keep beating on a broken office chair, hoping for something to change. Find a new way to think, and eventually, the creativity will start flowing. o ⚓ Thorsten Ball ☛ It's_not_up_to_you⠀⇛ I keep thinking of this not because I’m constantly wondering whether I’m an asshole or not (I guess, uhm, leave a comment if you think I should?), but because the idea that some things aren’t up to you, but up to the judgement of everybody else is very powerful. I’ve seen it show up again and again. Here’s what I mean: [...] o ⚓ Manuel Moreale ☛ P&B:_Chris_Coyier⠀⇛ This is the 12th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Chris Coyier and his blog, chriscoyier.net. As many many others I got to knew Chris thanks to his CSS-Tricks and I'm very happy to see that he's not done blogging! Chris is also co-founder of CodePen and co-host of the ShopTalk podcast. o ⚓ Kev Quirk ☛ When_Was_the_Last_Time_Tech_Blew_Your_Mind?⠀⇛ Tech is great; it's one of the great loves of my life. It's constantly improving and there's always something new to learn, but when was the last time tech blew your mind? The first time I sent an email was really cool. The performance and battery life of my M1 Mac was (is) very impressive; far better than any laptop I've ever had before. But I'm not talking about impressive. I'm talking about the kind of impres o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Forbidden_ais_kacang⠀⇛ I saw this_photo_by_Ivar_Leidus featured on Wikimedia Commons, and immediately thought of the Southeast_Asian desert. Prehnite is a crystal sillicate formed from calcium and aluminium, and not cendol. > o ⚓ New York Times ☛ David_Del_Tredici,_Who_Set_‘Alice’_to_Music, Dies_at_86⠀⇛ A Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, he was an experimentalist who redefined himself, becoming identified with a lush style called the New Romanticism. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Wandering_Through_Old_Word_Processors_Yields_A_Beast⠀⇛ The world once ran on hardcopy, and when the digital age started to bring new tools and ways of doing things, documents were ripe for change. Today, word processors and digital documents are so ubiquitous that they are hardly worth a thought, but that didn’t happen all at once. [Cathode Ray Dude] has a soft spot for old word processors and the journey they took over decades, and he walks through the Olivetti ETV 2700. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Restoring_The_Silver_Swan_Automaton⠀⇛ It’s easier than ever to build your own robot, but humans have been building automatons since before anyone had even thought of electronics. One beautiful example is the Silver Swan, built in the 18th century. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Bigfoot_Turns_Classic_Sewing_Machine_Into_A_Leather- Eating_Monster⠀⇛ If you try to sew leather on a standard consumer-grade machine, more often than not you’ll quickly learn its limits. Most machines are built for speed, and trying to get them to punch through heavy material at the low motor speeds often needed for leather work is a lesson in frustration. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Q&A:_Professor_discusses_new_approaches for_the_implementation_of_the_quantum_internet⠀⇛ Researchers around the world are working on a network which could connect quantum computers with one another over long distances. Andreas Reiserer, Professor of Quantum Networks at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), explains the challenges which have to be mastered and how atoms captured in crystals can help. # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ Earthrise:_historian_uncovers_the_true origins_of_the_‘image_of_the_century’⠀⇛ But the Apollo programme’s director of photography, Dick Underwood, was anxious to set the wider record straight. He explained: “Hours were spent with the lunar crews, including the Apollo 8 crew, in briefing on exactly how to set up the camera, which film to use … these briefings were most comprehensive.” There were, however, battles within [NASA] about what images the astronauts should focus on, with the management insisting on shots of lunar geology and potential landing sites. Dick Underwood explained: “I argued hard for a shot of Earthrise, and we had impressed upon the astronauts that we definitely wanted it.” # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Mathematicians_Have_Found_The_Ninth Dedekind_Number,_After_32_Years_of_Searching⠀⇛ It was thought to be impossible to calculate. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ How_We_Received_a_Drug_Can_Affect_How_Our Brain_Responds_to_Its_Effects⠀⇛ It's not all the same. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ 8_Foods_You_Should_Actually_Eat_More_of:_A Nutritionist_Explains⠀⇛ Here's why they're so important. # ⚓ RFA ☛ New_in_North_Korea:_Hair_loss_products⠀⇛ More people seem to be losing hair from diseases, chemicals and even military caps, experts say. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Texas_Education_Officials_Reject_Textbooks_Over Climate_Science⠀⇛ # ⚓ Society for Scholarly Publishing ☛ The_Necessity_of_Book Reviews⠀⇛ Is there any data-driven way that publishers (and perhaps most critically those presses whose leadership reports up to the institutional library) might collaborate with faculty in lending emphasis to such scholar-to-scholar exchanges? Can we underscore the value of a scholarly book review in a way that persuades administrators both of its necessity as well as the work’s alignment with institutional mission and priorities? We should be backing up Carolyn Eastman’s call for greater support of scholars both qualified and willing to serve in this role. # ⚓ uni Case Western Reserve ☛ Why_every_student_should_study abroad:_From_the_perspective_of_a_study-abroad_alum⠀⇛ Overall, studying abroad should be an integral component of the American educational experience, as it promotes personal growth and global awareness. The study-abroad experience is unique and full of unknowns, which makes it a worthwhile journey for every student. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Procrastineering_And_Simulated_Annealing⠀⇛ The software for the Supercon badge went down to the wire this year, with user-facing features being coded up as late as Thursday morning. This left “plenty of time” to flash the badges on Thursday afternoon, but they were admittedly still warm as the first attendees filed in on Friday morning. While I’ve always noted that the last minute is the best minute, this was a little close, and frankly there was an uncaught bug that we would have noticed if we had a few more hours to just play with it before showtime. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ El País ☛ Latin_America_loses_22%_of_its_fertile_land,_the equivalent_of_three_Colombias⠀⇛ Overall, in 2019 — and only taking into account the countries that report this type of information to the UNCCD — 378 million hectares were degraded in Latin America and the Caribbean, a proportion that is approximately equivalent to three times the size of Colombia, which represents 22% of the region’s land. Meanwhile, drought affected 377 million hectares between 2016 and 2019 alone, with the most acute peak taking place in 2017. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Startling_Evidence_on_Learning_Loss_Is In⠀⇛ The effects of the pandemic on children are persistent and require urgent attention. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Cooking_With_Magnets_And_3D_Printing⠀⇛ Have you ever wondered how induction cooking works? A rotating magnetic field — electrically or mechanically — induces eddy currents in aluminum and that generates heat. When [3D Sage] learned this, he decided to try to 3D print some mechanical rigs to spin magnets so he could try cooking with them. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-11-13_[Older]_Mass_media:_Elon_Musk will_speak_at_the_Russian_AI_Journey_conference⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Updated] New York Times ☛ More_Advertisers_Halt_Spending on_X_in_Growing_Backlash_Against_Musk⠀⇛ Warner Bros. and Sony have joined other companies in pausing spending on X, formerly Twitter, over Elon Musk’s endorsement of an antisemitic post. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ People_Are_Doing_Something_Very_Dark_With_AI- Generated_Jesus,_Expert_Warns⠀⇛ With its more than 800,000 subscribers and high- performing videos that have been watched, in some cases, more than 22 million times, Daily Believer more than qualified for the TikTok Creator Fund, which until last week allowed users with at least 10,000 non-bot followers to apply for payouts on their videos. Though the website suspended the Creator Fund last week, it says that an upcoming — or should we say second coming — version of the feature will pay high-performing creators more than the two-to-four cents per 1,000 views it was previously giving them. # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ A_TikTok_Jesus_promises_divine_blessings and_many_worldly_comforts⠀⇛ By framing these requests as coming directly from the Son of God, not the influencer or content creator, the Daily Believer has made engagement with its social media religious work, which comes with a promise of divine reward in the here and now. It has transformed like-farming – the social media phenomenon of asking for viewer engagement – into the word of God. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Don’t_Be_Fooled_by_the_AI_Apocalypse⠀⇛ But many advocates and academics say that the doomsday narrative distracts from all of the more quotidian ways AI upends lives while allowing corporations to cast themselves as responsible stewards of dangerous technologies. The competing vision of AI’s harms is concrete, drawing from years of research on how workers are exploited and data are stolen to train AI, and how the resulting algorithms exacerbate biased policing, discriminatory hiring practices, emergency-room errors, misinformation, and more, as Amba Kak and Sarah Myers West, the executive director and the managing director of the AI Now Institute, respectively, wrote in an article last week. # ⚓ Martijn Braam ☛ Megapixels_2.0:_DNG_exporting⠀⇛ It seems overkill to make a whole seperate library dedicated to replacing 177 lines of code in Megapixels that touches libtiff, but this small section of code causes significant issues for distribution packaging and compatability with external photo editing software. Most importantly the adjusted version in Millipixels for the Librem 5 does not output DNG files that are close enough to the Adobe specifications to be loaded into the calibration software. Making this a seperate library would make it easier to test. In the Adobe DNG SDK there is a test utility that can verify if a TIFF file is up to DNG spec and it can (with a lot of complications) be build for Linux. # ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ The_Model_is_Not_the_Product⠀⇛ Whole product. The idea of the whole product is that consumers purchase more than just the core product. They purchase the core product with (mostly intangible) complimentary attributes. # ⚓ [Repeat] Security Week ☛ Over_a_Dozen_Exploitable Vulnerabilities_Found_in_AI/ML_Tools⠀⇛ Tracked as CVE-2023-6016 (CVSS score of 10), the remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability could allow attackers to completely take over the server and steal models, credentials, and other data. The bug hunters uncovered two other critical issues in the low-code service, namely a local file include flaw (CVE-2023-6038) and a cross-site scripting (XSS) bug (CVE-2023-6013), along with a high-severity S3 bucket takeover vulnerability (CVE-2023-6017). # ⚓ BW Businessworld Media Pvt Ltd ☛ Deepfakes:_‘Sword_Of Damocles’_Hanging_Over_India⠀⇛ According to a new report by Onfido, an ID verification unicorn based in London, deepfake fraud attempts have increased by a whopping 31 times in 2023 — a 3,000 per cent increase year-on- year. The report attributed the surge to the growing availability of cheap and simple online tools and generative AI. Following the Rashmika Mandanna deepfake controversy, India’s Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) underlined the legal obligation that mandates all online platforms to prevent the spread of misinformation by any user under the Information Technology (IT) rules, 2021. # ⚓ Reason ☛ I_Used_Abusive_Monopolist_Microsoft_Chaffbot_To Make_Pokémon_Versions_of_Trump,_Biden,_and_RFK_Jr.⠀⇛ The results are interesting and suggest weird and significant biases. # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ CBC ☛ Paying_ransom_for_data_stolen_in_cyberattack bankrolls_further_crime,_experts_caution⠀⇛ "I think that the payment of the ransom, even if you say this is worth it ... really creates a larger cycle where this continues to be a problem because other criminals are looking at it and saying, 'Oh, this is profitable, I should get in on this,'" said Josephine Wolff, an associate professor of cybersecurity policy at the Fletcher School at Tufts University near Boston # ⚓ [Repeat] Bruce Schneier ☛ Ransomware_Gang_Files_SEC Complaint⠀⇛ A ransomware gang, annoyed at not being paid, filed an SEC complaint against its victim for not disclosing its security breach within the required four days. # ⚓ [Repeat] Data Breaches ☛ CEOs_of_Ontario_hospitals hit_by_ransomware_attack_provide_updates_on_impact_and look_for_no_ransom_payment_legislation⠀⇛ Whether it’s local school districts, local SMBs, or local governments, wouldn’t it make sense to have them feed into a regional centralized system that has the security and personnel to try to prevent breaches and to react if there is a breach? Of course, five southwestern Ontario hospitals were already doing that by funding TransForm, and from a criminal’s perspective, hitting a vendor or third party gives them tons of victims, so a supply chain or vendor attack is lucrative. But the reality remains that smaller entities and governments really can’t withstand the storm and need help before and after any attack. # ⚓ [Repeat] CBC ☛ CEOs_of_Ontario_hospitals_hit_by ransomware_attack_break_down_impact_on_operations, patients⠀⇛ For the first time, top leadership from the five southwestern Ontario hospitals hit by a ransomware attack answered questions from the media — acknowledging the significant impact the incident has had on care, as well as the large amount of stolen data. During the roughly 50-minute meeting on Friday, each hospital CEO said their facility has been hard hit by the Oct. 23 attack, but recovery is ongoing and they're getting by with the hard work of staff. With systems down and hospitals unable to access critical information, thousands of patient appointments have been cancelled across the five hospitals, creating backlogs of varying lengths at some of the facilities. o § Security⠀➾ # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ [Repeat] Security Week ☛ FCC_Tightens_Telco_Rules_to Combat_SIM-Swapping⠀⇛ Moving to clamp down on the growing scourge of SIM-swapping and port-out fraud, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has unveiled new rules mandating telcos to give consumers greater control of their mobile phone accounts. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-12_[Older]_Russia to_Limit_Only_VPN_Services_Which_Pose_a_'Threat'_to Security_-_RIA [Ed: Well, only ones for when Putin and FSB lack back doors for?]⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Repeat] Security Week ☛ Key_GOP_Lawmaker_Calls_for Renewal_of_Surveillance_Tool_as_He_Proposes_Changes_to Protect_Privacy⠀⇛ The proposals by Rep. Mike Turner are part of a late scramble inside Congress and the White House to guarantee the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows spy agencies to collect emails and other communications. They emerged from a congressional working group and are expected to form the basis of a legislative package that Turner hopes can be passed before Section 702 expires at the end of the year. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Invisible_War_in_Ukraine_Being_Fought Over_Radio_Waves⠀⇛ The techniques have turned the war into a proxy laboratory that the United States, Europe and China have followed closely for what may sway a future conflict, experts said. # ⚓ Kansas Reflector ☛ Democracy_is_on_fire._Consider_this_your wake-up_call.⠀⇛ I realize that writing a column in a news publication about the folks who have tuned out of the news cycle is like trying to sell a semi-truck to a bunch of biking enthusiasts — probably not exactly the right audience. However, this column is about outreach, and a plea to pull your family, friends and colleagues back into the process. It’s time for folks who have taken a news time-out to come back. It’s time to start paying attention again. I can’t deny the polarization or the toxicity of the headlines. Those news stories and reports aren’t the fever-dreams of some amped up journalist competing for your attention, they’re merely a reflection of the dangerous and uncharted political territory we’ve slipped, then sunk, into. Quite frankly, that’s why we need every citizen’s help. # ⚓ NPR ☛ Many_voters_say_Congress_is_broken._Could proportional_representation_fix_it?⠀⇛ And last year, a group of more than 200 political scientists, legal scholars and historians across the U.S. said the time for Congress to change is now. "Our arcane, single-member districting process divides, polarizes, and isolates us from each other," they wrote in an open letter to lawmakers. "It has effectively extinguished competitive elections for most Americans, and produced a deeply divided political system that is incapable of responding to changing demands and emerging challenges with necessary legitimacy." But how exactly proportional representation could change House elections is an open question with major hurdles. There's a federal law that bans it, and many of its supporters acknowledge it would likely be years, if not decades, before a majority of lawmakers allow such a big, untested restructuring of Congress. # ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ Private_eye,_secret_informant_aided Michigan_vote_machine_tampering_probe⠀⇛ That informant, described in court records as a “co-conspirator” and “private citizen not involved in law enforcement,” spoke with Hilson for nearly two hours and shared information about how the voting tabulators were obtained, who acquired them and how they were handled by suspects, “including the dismantling and accessing of the interior components by breaking seals on a machine,” according to a court filing. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Finland_closes_4_border_crossing_points_with Russia_over_irregular_migration_concerns⠀⇛ The Finnish government announced the closure of four crossing points on the Finland-Russia border Thursday. The closure will start on November 18 and remain in force for one year. # ⚓ Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ Finnish_border_guards_had_to_use force,_gas_to_stop_29_people_from_crossing⠀⇛ People arrived at the Vartius border crossing point on Friday escorted by the Russian FSB border guard service, while in the past, Russia has not allowed people to enter the border if they did not have their travel documents in order. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Japanese_troops_conduct_drill_on_island seen_as_vulnerable_to_China⠀⇛ The exercise is meant to show the readiness of ground, sea and air forces to defend Japan’s territory. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Solomon_Islands’_Pacific_Games caught_in_big-power_rivalry_as_Chinese_money_rolls_in⠀⇛ A years-long saga mixing big-power rivalry, Chinese money and delayed national elections will reach a conclusion of sorts when the Pacific Games open on Sunday in the remote Solomon Islands. About 5,000 athletes and officials from 24 Pacific nations are descending on the poverty-stricken capital Honiara for the Olympic-style event. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ House_Dem_leader_Hakeem_Jeffries_condemns_DSA after_pro-Palestinian_org_targets_him_with_‘racist’ watermelon_ad⠀⇛ "The use of racially inflammatory imagery should come as no surprise given the role NYC-DSA and other gentrifiers have played in aggressively attacking Black elected officials," Jeffries' office said. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-11-17_[Older]_Canada_probing_reports_that B.C.-based_company's_drone_tech_ended_up_in_Russia, minister_says⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-11-17_[Older]_Geopolitical Changes_and_its_Influence_on_Russia-Africa_Relations⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-17_[Older]_Russian_army threat_gives_NATO_brief_window_of_opportunity⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-17_[Older] Moldova's_Largest_Orthodox_Church_Keeps_Link_to Russia⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-16_[Older]_Finland_to_close Russia_border_points_amid_heavy_migration⠀⇛ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-11-16_[Older] David_Cameron_Visits_Ukraine_As_New_Foreign_Secretary to_Reinforce_UK's_Support_Against_Russia⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-16_[Older]_Russia Loads_Missile_With_Nuclear-Capable_Glide_Vehicle_Into Launch_Silo⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-16_[Older]_North Korean_Premier_Meets_Russian_Minister_Visiting Pyongyang⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-15_[Older]_Ukraine_updates: Russia_admits_Kyiv_forces_crossed_Dnipro⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-11-15_[Older]_Denmark_could_turn_back_Russian oil_tankers_crossing_Öresund⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-15_[Older]_North Korea,_Russia_Discuss_Expanding_Economic_Cooperation_- KCNA⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_A_Man Convicted_in_the_2006_Killing_of_a_Russian_Journalist Wins_a_Pardon_After_Serving_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_Russia:_Anna Politkovskaya's_murderer_pardoned⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_Ukraine_updates: Russian_mines_drive_casualties_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_Russia_appears_to reveal_retreat_as_Ukraine_claims_crucial_foothold⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_Russian Resources_Minister_Visits_North_Korea_Amid_New_Missile Development⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_Ukraine Says_Russia_Tries_to_Push_on_East,_Involves_More Drones⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-13_[Older] Construction_Progresses_at_Russian_Plant_for_Iranian Drones_-_Report⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-13_[Older]_EU_Plan for_New_Russia_Sanctions_to_Go_to_Members_This_Week_- Borrell⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-13_[Older]_Video Purports_to_Show_Israeli-Russian_Academic,_Kidnapped_in Iraq_7_Months_Ago⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-11-12_[Older]_Russia_fires_missile on_Kyiv_for_first_time_in_seven_weeks⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-12_[Older] Latvia's_President_Says_West_Must_Arm_Ukraine_to_Keep Russia_From_Future_Global_Adventures⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-12_[Older]_Blast Kills_Three_Russian_Officers_in_Occupied_Town,_Ukraine Says⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-12_[Older]_Russia Opens_Terrorist_Investigation_After_Freight_Train Derailed⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-12_[Older]_Russia Ramps_up_Attacks_on_Key_Cities_in_Eastern_Ukraine⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-12_[Older] Zelenskiy_Tells_Ukrainians_to_Prepare_for_Russian Winter_Onslaught⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-11_[Older]_Russia Renews_Missile_Attacks_on_Kyiv,_Attacks_Intensify_in the_East⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Presses_Drive_On_East_Bank_Of_Dnieper As_Russian_Drones_Blast_Infrastructure_Sites_In_North, South⠀⇛ Ukrainian forces looked to build on bridgeheads on the east bank of the Dnieper River on November 18 after a night in which Russian drone attacks blasted Ukrainian infrastructure and residential sites and caused at least two deaths in northern and southern Ukraine. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Poll:_85%_see_Russia_as_a_military_threat⠀⇛ According to Eva, the results reflect Finns' strong support for Ukraine and strict line towards Russia. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Invisible_War_in_Ukraine_Being Fought_Over_Radio_Waves⠀⇛ Using electromagnetic waves to flummox and follow smarter weapons has become a critical part of the cat-and-mouse game between Ukraine and Russia. The United States, China and others have taken note. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Russia_seeks_to_ban_'international'_LGBT movement_as_'extremist'⠀⇛ Russia's justice ministry has filed a motion with the country's Supreme Court to label what it called the "international LGBT public movement" as extremist and to ban its operation within Russia, the state TASS news agency reported late on Friday. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Migrants_Stuck_In_Border_Zone_After_Finland Blocks_Russia_Crossings⠀⇛ Dozens of third-country nationals are stranded at Finland's border with Russia on November 18 after Helsinki authorities blocked frontier crossings a day earlier. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Reportedly_Summons_Czech_Charge D'Affaires_Over_Asset_Freeze⠀⇛ Russia's Foreign Ministry on November 18 said it had summoned the Czech Republic's temporary charge d'affaires in Russia the previous day over Prague's decision to freeze Russian state-owned properties, Russia’s RIA news agency reported. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Places_Former_Central_Banker Aleksashenko_On_Wanted_List⠀⇛ Russia's Interior Ministry has placed Sergei Aleksashenko, formerly a deputy governor of the Bank of Russia and a deputy finance minister, on its wanted list. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland_sending_"a_crystal-clear_message_to Russia,"_says_defence_minister⠀⇛ Antti Häkkänen (NCP) reiterated that the government is prepared to shut all eastern border stations if need be. # ⚓ YLE ☛ "We_have_an_agreement_with_the_police,"_border smugglers_tell_Yle⠀⇛ Traffickers who take migrants to the Finnish border say they work with Russian authorities. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_US_and_China_Should_Push_for_an Ambitious_Plastics_Treaty⠀⇛ President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in California this week in their first meeting in person in over a year. The two countries released a joint climate statement this week and committed to work together more closely to fight climate change. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Climate_Change_Poses_a_Unique_Threat_to_Women and_LGBTQ_People,_Report_Shows⠀⇛ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Union_Pacific_Fired_Him_Rather_Than Heed_His_Warnings_of_Dangerous_Rail_Conditions⠀⇛ As he walked along the spongy, damp Louisiana marshland, scrutinizing tracks owned by one of the nation’s largest freight railroad companies, Robert Faaborg was not happy. The strips of wood that held the rails in place, called ties, were rotten. The screws that held them together were rusted. It was the sort of decay that could cause 18,000-ton trains to derail. That evening in January 2014, the government inspector fired off an email to the two Union Pacific managers who had accompanied him on the ground. He wanted them to picture the death and destruction that could unfold if tanker cars filled with highly flammable Bakken crude oil teetered off the rickety tracks and careened toward nearby homes. # ⚓ The Scientist ☛ A_Virus_that_Generates_Electricity⠀⇛ Melting a bacteriophage’s coat of proteins turns it into a tiny power plant, which could fire up the discovery of new bioengineered devices. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Why_Gas_Turbines_Rule_The_World⠀⇛ It is an interesting fact that the most efficient way to generate electricity — at least so far — is to spin the shaft of a generator. The only real question is how you spin it. Falling water works. Heat from a nuclear reaction is another choice. For many decades, the king of the hill was steam. Now, however, gas turbines rule the electric generator landscape, and [Construction Physics] explains why in a recent post. # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Updated_maximum_width_of_bicycle/ tricycle_in_WA⠀⇛ Western Australia has an archaic law that a bicycle/tricycle may be no more than 660mm wide. Our Minister of Transport, Rita Saffioti, was approached by NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme), informing her that their mobility vehicles are wider than that. Ms Saffioti responded that she would "look into it". That was mid-2021. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Colombia_to_Sterilize_Pablo Escobar’s_‘Cocaine_Hippos’⠀⇛ When the Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was killed in 1993, most of the animals he had imported as pets — zebras, giraffes, kangaroos and rhinoceroses — died or were transferred to zoos. But not his four hippopotamuses. They thrived. Perhaps a little too well. Officials estimate that about 170 hippos, descended from Mr. Escobar’s original herd, now roam Colombia, and the population could grow to 1,000 by 2035, posing a serious threat to the country’s ecosystem. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ It’s_Not_That_Hard_to_Stop_Birds_From Crashing_Into_Windows⠀⇛ Moreover, whereas cats or hawks often take out weaker or less wary animals, glass is an undiscerning predator, as apt to eliminate healthy migrants as sick ones. Our dead sapsucker was a hale breeding female who would have reared chicks this summer and likely for several to come. No longer. “What we’ve done here is killed one of the strongest members of her species,” Prince said with a disgusted shake of her head. “We’re incrementally taking away their future.” [...[ Yet even a perilous building can be made safer. One day, I took a self-guided tour of the Chicago area’s bird-friendly architecture. I started in Evanston, home of Northwestern University, which had retrofitted a couple of particularly deadly buildings in response to data from local bird monitors. Most problematic was the Kellogg Global Hub, a business-school headquarters as colossal and vitreous as an airport terminal. In 2018, Northwestern had coated part of the Kellogg’s facade with a translucent, dot- patterned film designed to make the building visible to birds. The dots, which were so faint that human passersby were unlikely to notice them, were spaced about as far apart as the width of my palm. Any wider than that, and birds would attempt to fly between the dots, as they flit through dense twigs and leaves. (A single hawk decal on a big pane? Essentially useless.) # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Birds_in_atmosphere⠀⇛ Thanks to a post from [...] I found a dataset (Warwick-Evans et al. 2017) that could (vaguely) relates to the theme of atmosphere. It describes the trajectories of GPS tracked Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus L.) breeding on Alderney in the English Channel. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ SDP_chair_calls_for_construction_sector_subsidies, more_work-based_immigration_and_higher_education_capacity⠀⇛ Leaders of the main opposition party are meeting this weekend in Tampere to name presidential and European Parliament candidates for next year's elections. # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Rich_People_in_the_US_Have_Been_Allowed to_Get_Way_Too_Rich⠀⇛ With inflation easing a bit, Thanksgiving dinner won’t be as expensive this year as it has been. But a slightly more affordable turkey is cold comfort. Rent is still prohibitive, with most tenants struggling to foot the bill. Even more worrying, 12.8 percent of households suffered from food insecurity at some point during 2022, a sharp increase from the previous year (10.5 percent). Then there’s health care. A Commonwealth Fund study released a couple weeks ago found large numbers of Americans weighed down by their health expenses, with many delaying or skipping needed care or drugs to save money, often with disastrous health effects. How’s it going for the very rich? Very well, judging by how much they’re willing to pay for an array of lavish services. A small number are so absurdly rich that, according to a recent New York Times piece, a whole new suite of boutique services has sprung up. # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ We_Can’t_Grow_Numb_to_Reports_That_the Rich_Are_Getting_Obscenely_Richer⠀⇛ The statistics speak volumes: in the year 2021, there was a 9.4 percent surge in income for the top 1 percent, averaging CAD$579,000, and this doesn’t even account for the considerable spike in capital gains. What these numbers highlight is not merely a financial trend, but a stark illustration of a fundamentally unjust economic structure propped up by the legal system that perpetuates it. Unfortunately, this revelation has become almost routine — it’s a one- or two-day headline. Some of us see it, get outraged, scream into the void of social media or at our devices, and then move on with our lives. It’s as if we’re signaling to the rich that we’re resigned to ongoing exploitation and are content to bide our time for the next inevitable tale of upper-class depredation. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Priced_Out_and_Fed_Up,_Tenants_Demand_a_National Renters_Bill_of_Rights⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Britain_proposes_'super-complaints'_to help_keep_the_[Internet]_safe⠀⇛ The proposal is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the government cites the example of a social media platform removing legal content that its terms don't prohibit, thus attracting the ire of free-speech advocates. On the other hand, a super- complaint might also be used to flag up social media features that some groups feel expose users – and children – to harmful content. Element's head of policy and compliance, Denise Almeida, told The Register that the approach was sensible when it came to monitoring and reacting to illegal content without breaking encryption and implementing blanket surveillance. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Sam_Altman_Is_Said_to_Be_Discussing_Return to_OpenAI_With_Company’s_Board⠀⇛ The discussions follow an outcry after Mr. Altman, 38, was ousted from his role as OpenAI’s chief executive. Since then, OpenAI’s investors and Mr. Altman’s supporters have pressured the board members of the start-up to bring Mr. Altman back, six people with knowledge of the situation said. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because the talks are confidential. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ ChatGPT-Maker_Proprietary_Chaffbot_Company Fires_CEO_Sam_Altman,_the_Face_of_the_Hey_Hi_(AI)_Boom,_for Lack_of_Candor_With_Company⠀⇛ Open Hey Hi (AI) pushed out its co-founder and CEO Sam Altman after a review found he was “not consistently candid in his communications” with the board of directors. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Fear_and_Tension_That_Led_to_Sam Altman’s_Ouster_at_OpenAI⠀⇛ The ouster on Friday of Mr. Altman, 38, drew attention to a longtime rift in the A.I. community between people who believe A.I. is the biggest business opportunity in a generation and others who worry that moving too fast could be dangerous. And the vote to remove him showed how a philosophical movement devoted to the fear of A.I. had become an unavoidable part of tech culture. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Many_Details_of_Sam_Altman’s_Ouster_Are Murky._But_Some_Things_Are_Clear.⠀⇛ I’ll start by saying: I don’t know all the details about why Mr. Altman was pushed out. Neither, it seems, do OpenAI’s shellshocked employees, investors and business partners, many of whom learned of the move at the same time as the general public. In a blog post on Friday, the company said that Mr. Altman “was not consistently candid in his communications” with the board, but gave no other details. # ⚓ India Times ☛ OpenAI's_$86_billion_share_sale_in_jeopardy after_Altman_firing:_report⠀⇛ A planned sale of OpenAI employee shares that would value the startup at about $86 billion on paper hangs in the balance after the sudden firing of CEO Sam Altman and a slew of top executive departures, the Information reported on Saturday. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Taiwan’s_opposition_alliance_falters over_joint_presidential_ticket⠀⇛ Taiwan’s two leading opposition parties failed to agree Saturday on who would lead the ticket in a joint presidential bid for January’s crucial elections. The lead-up to Taiwan’s January 13 vote is being closely watched because it will shape Taipei’s future relations with China, which claims the self-ruled island as its territory. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Malcolm_X_Still_Has_a_Hold_on_Us⠀⇛ Malcolm X still looms over our current moment. But the version of the man that we meet now is much more human, relatable, problematic and inspirational, for all his flaws. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_the_Landmark_Real_Estate_Lawsuit Verdict_Means_for_Realtors⠀⇛ A recent ruling has the potential to transform the way Americans buy and sell homes — and many real estate agents are feeling a sense of foreboding. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Colorado_judge_rules_Trump_will_stay_on_state’s 2024_ballot_over_insurrection_allegations⠀⇛ Former President Donald Trump will stay on Colorado’s ballot as a state court judge ruled against disqualifying him from the 2024 presidential primary ballot on Friday. The decision comes as part of a series of lawsuits challenging Trump’s candidacy under the US Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Crown_Prosecution_Service_CEO_announces_departure following_discrimination_lawsuit_settlement⠀⇛ According to a statement published Friday, the Crown Prosecution Service’s (CPS) CEO, Rebecca Lawrence, is departing from her role. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_best_antidote_to_surging_Mideast violence_and_Iranian_extremism?_Regional_versions_of_NATO_and the_EU.⠀⇛ To bring peace, the moderate, modernizing Arab countries and Israel need to work together to create institutions of collective security and economic development. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-11-18_[Older]_Five_Anti-War_Price_Tags,_Seven Years_in_Russian_Prison⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-16_[Older]_Russian Artist_Who_Used_Supermarket_Price_Tags_to_Criticise_Ukraine War_Faces_Verdict⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-13_[Older]_Lawyers_Seek Release_of_Russian_Artist_Who_Staged_Anti-War_Price_Tag Protest⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-11_[Older]_'We_Want_Her Back:'_the_Husband_of_a_US_Journalist_Detained_in_Russia Appeals_for_Her_Release⠀⇛ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_Russian_authorities_deport_Kazakh journalist_Vladislav_Ivanenko_ahead_of_court_hearing⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_Journalist's Husband_Urges_US_State_Dept_to_Recognise_Her_as_Wrongfully Detained_in_Russia⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-13_[Older]_Russian_UN Envoys_Shoot_Back_at_Western_Criticism_of_Its_Ukraine_War_and Crackdown_on_Dissidents⠀⇛ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Backpage:_The_Monumental_Free_Speech_Case_the Media_Ignored⠀⇛ The mere act of publishing sex ads online is enough to send most potential free speech allies scurrying for the exits. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Alumni_Withhold_Donations_Over_University Repression_of_Pro-Palestine_Protests⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ More_Than_100_Russian_Doctors_Urge_Putin_To_Release Woman_Imprisoned_For_Price_Tag_Anti-War_Protest⠀⇛ On November 16, a court in Russia's second-largest city, St. Petersburg, sentenced Skochilenko to prison after finding her guilty of "distributing false information about Russian armed forces," under Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, which was bulldozed through both chambers of parliament and signed by Putin in a single day last year. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ CPJ_honors_courageous_journalists_fighting_repression worldwide⠀⇛ The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and press freedom supporters celebrated journalists from Georgia, India, Mexico, and Togo last night at the 33rd annual International Press Freedom Awards (IPFA) in New York, which raised a record-breaking nearly $2.8 million to protect journalists around the world. # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Turkey_blocks_Deutsche_Welle_websites⠀⇛ The Ministry of Industry and Technology chose not to renew DW Türkçe's operational license, prompting the broadcaster to close its Turkey office and transition its employees into a copyrighted position. The current block on DW's websites adds another layer to the ongoing dispute between Turkish authorities and the international broadcaster. (HA/VK) o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ The Washington Post ☛ Carnival_gives_woman_lifetime_cruise ban_for_packing_CBD_gummies⠀⇛ Melinda Van Veldhuizen, a 42-year-old nurse practitioner and chiropractor from Dallas, told The Washington Post she was stopped by security before a trip on the Carnival Horizon because an X-ray scan detected metal nail clippers in her suitcase. During a bag search, security workers found a pack of CBD gummies she had purchased from a drugstore in Texas. She said the gummies were sealed and were advertised to help with sleep troubles. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Hong_Kong_court_rules_that_homeless_man_in_custody died_from_suicide⠀⇛ Hong Kong Coroner’s Court ruled the death of a homeless man while in the custody of the Correctional Services Department (CSD) to be a case of suicide on Friday. Five jurors unanimously found the deceased committed suicide. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Despite_State_Bans,_Police_Continue_to_Shackle Pregnant_People_in_Custody⠀⇛ o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Apple_Texting_With_Android_Users_to Improve_Next_Year⠀⇛ Longstanding texting problems between Android and Fashion Company Apple owners will ease next year. Among other changes, users will be able to send better-quality videos and photos. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Being_a_Full-Time_Musician_Is Not_for_the_Weak⠀⇛ Most full-time musicians are blue-collar, middle-class musicians. They’re making a living, yes. They can pay rent and their bills, and maybe they can afford fun stuff now and then. But they’re not rich. The stats on how musicians actually make money are slim, but we do have some resources. We do know performing live is the main source of income for most active musicians. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ MPA_Recognizes_France,_Italy_and Philippines_for_Site_Blocking_Innovations⠀⇛ The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is one of the key proponents of pirate site blocking. The group, which counts Hollywood studios and Netflix as its members, recently met with several international stakeholders at a "site blocking conference". The event wasn't widely publicized but TorrentFreak learned that France, Italy and the Philippines were recognized for their innovations. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Watchdog_bites_back_against blockage_of_$9M_fine_on_US_selfie-scraper_Clearview AI⠀⇛ Clearview was originally targeted by the ICO earlier this year and slapped with a £7.5 million ($9.3 million) fine for its allegedly unlawful collection of UK citizens' biometric data. It claims to have a database exceeding 20 million facial images, most of which have been scraped from social media sites. It uses this data to train the facial recognition technology it's aiming to patent. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Sensei_Ikeda_Has_Died⠀⇛ The subject of the email was 'Sad news about Sensei'. I had been wondering for some time when Sensei might pass. Aside from his age, something inside me felt like it might be imminent. Who knows. When I got the news, I was inclined to go about my day as if nothing had changed. This is just a person on the far side of the globe, right? It has no real effect on me. And so on.I'm pretty new to practising faith, and I guess this false sense of aloofness from the world is still a natural habit for me. # ⚓ in_which_i_talk_about_my_bike_for_a_bit⠀⇛ my bike broke down a few weeks ago¹, and for various reasons, i decided to replace the whole bike instead of just the drivetrain. i found an old 3-speed rudge sports for pretty cheap on craigslist, and i've been quite happy with it so far ¹: okay technically it's still rideable by some definition of that word, and also it's been in roughly the same state for a few years now, but a few weeks ago i decided to actually do something about it that being said, there were two things i wanted to improve: the lights and the brakes # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_AEQRUYV_Wordo:_JELLO⠀⇛ # ⚓ travels⠀⇛ I've traveled a bit within the country the past few days, and it was amazing. It made me realize in what ways my current life is making me unhappy and what I need to do to change. I am definitely too isolated, not happy in my job, and too much in my head at home, ruminating. A lot of my fears, anxiety, obsessive and compulsive thinking disappear when I am elsewhere, and especially in the presence of others. I now know that so many of the things I worried about to the point of panicking are really meaningless and created by myself in my head as a mental health side effect. When I am surrounded by good people, going outside is no problem, eating different foods than usual is no problem, my social battery is no problem, and I have energy. I don't care much for online stuff either, and have no urge to return to anything. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ No_to_SEO⠀⇛ I’ve got to say that I’ve never ever done SEO stuff. I don’t have a bunch of meta keywords, which maybe people don’t even do anymore but it was the first “SEO” technique I heard of. I just immediately went “nope! That sounds skeevy!” I just try my own limited best to make the pages as useful as they can be, so they work as resources, for myself if for no-one else. v # ⚓ Migrating_from_Debian_Bookworm_to_Devuan_Daedalus_on_the Libre_Computer_"Renegade"_Single_Board_Computer⠀⇛ I have dreamed for years to use any operative system without systemshit on my boards and now it is a reality! 😭 This is why I remarked how it was very important the fact that at Libre Computer were able to run a stock Debian instead of some arguable rearrangement… Kudos to them! # ⚓ Artisan_project_managers⠀⇛ If all goes as planned, most project managers will soon be screwing up their projects by trying to use AI instead of doing their real work, and we will have to look for artisan project managers who actually do something instead of delivering AI- generated garbage. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Bihosting⠀⇛ Some of my posts here are only on the web in a shortened form, or there but unlisted (unlisted like this post you’re reading now: it didn’t go out on my web feeds or linked from my web /texts page, but if you go to the web version of this URL, there’s a page there), or not there at all, only on Gemini, but I’d guess that 95% of them are. “Bihosting”, they call it; having your post on two of Gemini, web, gopher. And “trihosting” is all three. I’m not on gopher though. Sometimes when I talk to people who have abandoned Gemini, they say “well, the logs I were reading were also on the web” as one of their reasons. Good for them! But I can’t say the same. Some of my faves are, that’s true, but more than half of what I read in here isn’t. Wait, that comes across as an argument against bihosting and for smolnet exclusivity, which would be hypocritical since I do bihost and plan to continue to do so for the foreseeable. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Weird_Shell_Functions⠀⇛ These functions provide wrappers for "cp" and "mv" that create the destination directory, copy (or move) the given files, and change the shell into the directory. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1912 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 19/11/2023: More Trouble in Microsoft's 'Open'AI and Amazon's Listening Devices⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 19, 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 o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Patents # Trademarks * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ YLE ☛ Louis_Theroux_on_first_visit_to_Finland:_"Maybe_you_don't have_enough_weird_people"⠀⇛ The world-renowned documentary filmmaker is attending the annual Aurora futures conference in the town of Levi in Finnish Lapland. o ⚓ NYPost ☛ Monty_Python_star_John_Cleese_says_he_‘killed_a_man’ during_‘A_Fish_Called_Wanda’_movie_screening⠀⇛ John Cleese has made a startling admission on his new video series, claiming he once “killed a man”. o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Letter_from_Tampa:_Aging_gets_a_makeover_at_this gerontology_summit⠀⇛ Researchers aim to bust stereotypes and shift perceptions about growing older – in the interest of happier, healthier lives free from discrimination. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ This_Amazing_Ultrafast_Laser_Is_Tiny_Enough to_Fit_on_a_Fingertip⠀⇛ "Paves the way for eventually using cell phones to diagnose eye diseases." # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Being_Optimistic_About_Finances_May_Say Something_About_Your_Thinking_Skills⠀⇛ What are the chances? # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ 'Impossible'_Crystal_Was_Forged_in_World's First_Nuclear_Bomb_Test⠀⇛ Something never seen before. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ UK_universities_get_China-linked_funding,_risking national_security:_report⠀⇛ 30% of this Chinese funding comes from entities linked to the military, report shows. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ World_Economic_Forum_backs_Latvian_Education Accelerator⠀⇛ The World Economic Forum, in partnership with Swedbank, Accenture, and the Ministries of Education and Science, and Economics, is announcing the launch of a Latvian Education Accelerator, planned at the end of November 2023. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ AMD's_RX_7900_XTX_faces_price_hikes_in China_amid_RTX_4090_ban_—_AMD_continues_to_ship_highest-end gaming_GPU_to_China⠀⇛ Pricing for the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and GeForce RTX 4090 is rising in the Chinese market. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Supersize_Your_Intel_4004_By_Over_10_Times⠀⇛ The Intel 4004 was among the first microprocessors and one of the first to use the MOS silicon-gate technology. In the decades long race to build bigger CPUs, it’s been mostly forgotten. Forgotten that is, until [Klaus Scheffler] supersized it over ten-fold! # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Low_Voltage_Tube_Makes_For_A_Handy Preamplifier⠀⇛ When most people think of tube circuits, the first thing that comes to mind is often the use of high- voltage power supplies. It wasn’t a given for tube circuits, though, as a range of low-voltage devices were developed for applications such as car radios. It’s one of these, an ECH83 triode-heptode, which [mircemk] has taken as the basis of an audio preamplifier circuit. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Electric_Truck_Carries_74_Tons⠀⇛ Thanks to the various measurement systems in use, we aren’t sure if Volvo has created an electric truck that carries 74 metric tons, 74 short tons, or 74 long tons, but either way, that’s a lot of cargo for an electric truck. After all, that’s somewhere between 148,000 and 163,000 pounds (or 67,000 kg to 74,000 kg). That’s about three times what a typical 18-wheeler with a flatbed carries in the US. In fact, on a U.S. road, trucks typically have to weigh less than 80,000 pounds, including the truck to be legal. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Behold_The_Track-Twisting_Möbius_Tank⠀⇛ It started with someone asking [James Bruton] about using a Möbius strip as a tank tread. He wasn’t sure what the point would be, but he was willing to make one and see what happened. Turns out it works reasonably well! # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Hacker_fixes_Fashion_Company_Apple_Magic Mouse's_most_glaring_design_flaws,_including_its_oft-maligned charge_port⠀⇛ A hardware hacker has addressed both the Fashion Company Apple Magic Mouse’s pancake flat ergonomics and its problematic charging port. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ AAEON_PICO-ADN4_Pico-ITX_Alder_Lake-N_SBC features_Processor_N50_to_Atom_x7425E_SoC⠀⇛ AAEON PICO-ADN4 Pico-ITX SBC comes with a choice of four Alder Lake-N processors – Processor N50, Processor N97, Core i3-N305, or Atom x7425E – and is available in SKUs with both standard (0°C ~ 60°C) and wide-temperature (-40°C ~ 85°C) ranges for industrial applications. The single board computer comes with up to 16GB LPDDR5, SATA and mSATA storage, three display interfaces (HDMI, eDP/ LVDS, DDI), dual Ethernet with 2.5GbE and GbE RJ45 ports, USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports, and M.2 and mPCIe sockets for expansion. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ You_Can_Now_Build_Your_Own_Polaroid-style_Pack Film_Cartridge⠀⇛ Instant photography was one of the twentieth century’s coolest-to-have consumer inventions, but when the digital photography revolution came it had few answers. It survives as a niche format thanks to Fuji’s Instax line and a group of Dutch entrepreneurs who revived a defunct Polaroid works, but what hasn’t made it are the earlier pack and roll film formats for which the picture is revealed by peeling apart a negative and positive side. All isn’t lost though, because a small Austrian company has been producing pack film cartridges as a handmade artisan product. To reduce the cost per print they’re now available as a DIY self-assembly kit, and it’s this which [In an Instant] is taking a look at in their latest video. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Additive_Manufacturing_Of_Nickel_Nanopillars Using_Two-Photon_Lithography⠀⇛ Manufacturing nano-sized features is rapidly becoming an essential part of new technologies and process, ranging from catalysts to photonics and nano-scale robotics. Creating these features at scale and in a reproducible manner is a challenge, with previous attempts using methods ranging from dealloying and focused ion beams to templated electrodeposition all coming with their own drawbacks. Here recent research by Whenxin Zhang and colleagues as published in Nano Letters demonstrates a method using additive manufacturing. # ⚓ Tedium ☛ Making_Magnetic_Media⠀⇛ Pondering the legacy of 3M as a high-profile creator of magnetic media—a memorable business for the manufacturing giant that it gave up nearly three decades ago. If you ask the average person what the company 3M does, odds are if they have a few gray hairs hanging out on their scalp, they will likely say that the company makes floppy disks. Now, this was once true, but if you look on 3M’s own website, you will see no mention of this legacy—it’s a firm that sells abrasive materials, adhesives, filters, films, personal protective equipment, and medical equipment. (Younger people, if they recognize 3M, it’s probably because of Post-it notes, or more recently their N95 masks, which is a weird legacy!) About 28 years ago this week, 3M got out of the data storage business in an announced spinoff of the asset to a new firm called Imation, a company that is still around today, with a much smaller profile. But even with that said, if you look around, people will frequently say that of the many makers of floppies out there, 3M made the best ones. Given that, I’m ultimately curious to figure out exactly why 3M became the most memorable brand in data storage during the formative days of computing, and with that, today’s Tedium honors the role 3M played in the computer revolution. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Insurance_Companies_Flout_State_Laws_Made_to Safeguard_Cancer_Treatment_Access⠀⇛ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Yet_Another_‘Social_Media_Trend’_That_Only_Went Viral_Because_Of_The_Media⠀⇛ We’ve done this a few times now where people start talking about a social media trend that actually only went viral because of the media coverage of the supposed (but not really) social media trend. And each time there’s some outrage moral panic about how “social media” is destroying the children or whatever, when it’s more frequently just adults freaking out over an overblown story. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ As_Bedbug_Anxiety_Spreads_to_Asia Exterminators_Turn_Profits⠀⇛ Outbreaks in France and South Korea have people across Asia on high alert for bedbugs. Exterminators in the region say business is booming. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ 'Concerning':_Excessive_Screen_Time_Linked to_Lower_Cognitive_Function⠀⇛ This is a big problem. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Cats_Might_Be_Communicating_With_Bacteria Living_in_Their_Butts⠀⇛ We need to talk. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Police_investigate_powder_in_envelopes_at_Posti sorting_centre⠀⇛ Authorities said the substance was not dangerous, although three workers handling the envelopes developed mild symptoms. # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Hundreds_evacuated_from_Gaza's_Al_Shifa hospital⠀⇛ A rapid evacuation of Al Shifa hospital began on Saturday morning, with Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry saying hundreds had been evacuated except for 120 patients and an unknown number of premature babies. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Rand_Paul:_Pursuing_Accountability_on_Lab_Leak 'Deception'⠀⇛ Reason's Zach Weissmueller talked with the senator about his quest to uncover the origins of COVID-19 and hold Anthony Fauci accountable. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ 37_Hong_Kong_students_took_own_lives this_year;_health_official_says_trend_causes_‘serious alarm’⠀⇛ Thirty-seven Hong Kong students have taken their own lives between the beginning of the year and last Wednesday, according to the city’s suicide prevention experts. In all, 269 students are known to have attempted suicide this year. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Homeless_man_‘died_by_suicide’_at detention_centre,_Hong_Kong_coroner’s_court_rules⠀⇛ The death of a homeless man whilst in the custody of the Correctional Services Department (CSD) was ruled to be a case of suicide by the coroner’s court on Friday. Le Van Muoi, a 54-year-old unhoused person from Vietnam, had previously said he was a victim of police brutality. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Amazon_lays_off_hundreds_from_Alexa_unit amid_generative_Hey_Hi_(AI)_refocus⠀⇛ Amazon.com Inc. is letting go hundreds of employees from the business unit that develops its Alexa voice assistant. Daniel Rausch, the vice president of Amazon’s Alexa and Fire TV unit, disclosed the move today in an internal memo that was published by GeekWire. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Starting_Next_Year,_You_Can_Buy_a_Car_on_Amazon [Ed: They can run this at a loss just to crush competition, i.e. the usual]⠀⇛ While the partnership between Hyundai and Amazon is a good first step, states should get rid of laws that mandate franchise dealerships. # ⚓ Unix Men ☛ Ad-Free_Surfing_on_Vivaldi:_Try_StandsApp’s_Free AdBlocker⠀⇛ Internet users frequently encounter a deluge of advertisements when navigating the web. However, with the assistance of StandsApp’s Fair AdBlocker, the Vivaldi browser can reclaim its digital space. By adding an ad blocker for all platforms, Vivaldi further demonstrates its commitment to the user by offering extensive privacy and customization options. o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Researchers_Dive_Into_Activities_of Indian_Hack-for-Hire_Firm_Appin⠀⇛ Researchers uncover the activities of Appin, a hack-for-hire Indian firm involved in espionage, surveillance, and disruptive attacks. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Surveillance_Tech_Companies_Are_Writing Press_Releases_For_Cops._Worse,_News_Agencies_Are Publishing_Them.⠀⇛ There’s nothing new about cop shops letting their tech providers write their press releases for them. Law enforcement officers love power but often think nothing of surrendering their autonomy to the providers of the snooping tools. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Key_GOP_Lawmaker_Calls_for_Renewal_of Surveillance_Tool_as_He_Proposes_Changes_to_Protect Privacy⠀⇛ The Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee has called for the renewal of a key US government surveillance tool as he proposed a series of changes aimed at safeguarding privacy. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_State_Duma_raises_fee_to_receive biometric_passport_—_Meduza⠀⇛ o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Prof._Samuel_Estreicher_(NYU)_on_The_Laws_of_War, as_to_the_Hamas-Israel_War⠀⇛ From the article, by a leading American academic who teaches and writes about, among other things, Foreign Relations Law and the law of war: Those who argue Israel does not have a right of self defense make two claims: First, they argue that Israel's "inherent right" is nullified because it is the "occupying power"... # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Texas_Lawmakers_Approve_Country’s_Most_Extreme Anti-Immigrant_Laws⠀⇛ # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Judge_Chutkan_Denies_Trump’s_Bid_to_Disavow His_Mob⠀⇛ Trump is trying to have a protected privilege to make inflammatory threats, while gagging others about the effect of them.  # ⚓ YLE ☛ Vantaa_postal_worker_killing_remains_unsolved,_one year_on⠀⇛ The National Bureau of Investigation began looking into the deadly assault of the young woman last spring. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ The_Miscalculations_of_the_U.S._Army_Corps_of Engineers⠀⇛ Since it was founded in 1802, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has taken on some of the nation’s most ambitious attempts to manipulate nature for the benefit of human beings. The agency’s motto — “Essayons!” — translates from French to “Let Us Try!” And try it does. The Corps has plunged ahead time and again with billion-dollar construction projects based on assumptions that don’t exactly pan out. In some cases, the agency goes on to spend billions more restoring the natural environment it manipulated. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Widely-shared_video_shows_man_accusing_Finnish_PM Orpo_of_"genocide"⠀⇛ The incident in a Turku coffee shop has been viewed thousands of times since being shared by the Iranian state news agency IRNA. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Two_weeks_in_the_West_Bank:_a_reporter’s notebook⠀⇛ The Christian Science Monitor’s Taylor Luck found that there’s only one thing you can count on in a violence-wracked zone: That you can take nothing for granted. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Trump’s_Election_Interference_Trial_May_Stretch Past_Election,_Legal_Experts_Say⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ APEC_Gave_a_Rare_Opportunity_to_See China’s_Pooh-tin_Up_Close⠀⇛ President Pooh-tin Jinping of China is one of the most self-contained Chinese leaders in decades, who reveals next to nothing about his personal life. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Pandas_and_partnership:_Was_China’s Pooh-tin_Jinping’s_US_trip_a_success?⠀⇛ In a whirlwind US trip this week, Chinese President Pooh-tin Jinping held long talks with President Joe Biden, got a standing ovation from top business leaders, and even hinted there could be more pandas on the way to the United States. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ US_Sec._of_State_Blinken_says_China ought_expect_candid_talk_after_Joe_Biden_calls_Pooh-tin Jinping_‘dictator’⠀⇛ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that China should expect candid statements it dislikes after President Joe Biden called his counterpart Pooh-tin Jinping a “dictator” moments after meeting him. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ APEC:_China’s Xi Jinping_and_US Pres._Joe Biden_compete_for_Asia-Pacific_allies_at_summit⠀⇛ US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Pooh-tin Jinping made rival bids to win over Asia- Pacific allies at a summit in San Francisco Thursday, just a day after the two leaders met in a bid to reduce tensions between the superpowers. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Canada_PM_Trudeau_says_he_hopes_to_meet China’s_Pooh-tin_one_day_once_tensions_defused⠀⇛ Mr Trudeau said he had "a good exchange" with Mr Pooh-tin on the sidelines of the Apec meeting. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China’s_Pooh-tin_calls_for_Asia-Pacific regional_peace_as_he_wraps_up_US_trip⠀⇛ Mr Pooh-tin has said China wants friendship with the US and that his nation won’t fight a war with anyone. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Dogged_by_red_flags_and_territorial clashes,_China-funded_projects_in_Philippines_hit_snag⠀⇛ Manila has pulled out of talks with China for the funding of three ambitious railway projects. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Philippines’_Marcos_meets_China’s_Pooh- tin_to_find_ways_to_reduce_South_China_Sea_tensions⠀⇛ They spoke on the sidelines of the Apec Summit in San Francisco. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Marcos_asks_Fentanylware_(TikTok)_to help_Philippine_retailers_promote_products⠀⇛ Shopping platform Fentanylware (TikTok) Shop, launched in April 2022, has become a threat to e- commerce players. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Vietnam_‘ramps_up’_island_building_in_South_China Sea⠀⇛ New report says Hanoi created over 133ha of new land in 2023 with dredging tools it had not used before. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Taiwan:_the_‘most_sensitive’_issue,_linchpin_to_US- China_relations⠀⇛ The issue will also be watched closely by key U.S. allies, Japan and South Korea. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Relying_on_old_enemies:_The_challenge_of Taiwan’s_economic_ties_to_China⠀⇛ This economic challenge will be just as important to Taiwan’s economic and political well-being as the imperative to strengthen military capabilities and alliances in the Asia-Pacific, especially as Taiwanese companies join other multinationals in de-risking their investments in China. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Australia_criticises_China_for_‘unsafe, unprofessional’_naval_interaction⠀⇛ Australian navy vessel, Chinese warship interaction on Nov 14 left Aussie military divers injured. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Today_in_Supreme_Court_History:_November_17, 1880⠀⇛ 11/17/1880: The United States and China sign treaty that protects Chinese laborers residing in the United States. This treaty was implicated in Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886). # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ AMLO_and_Chinese_President_Pooh-tin talk_fentanyl_at_their_first_in-person_meeting⠀⇛ Despite the tough issues on the table, the leaders came out of the meeting celebrating their countries' 'strategic partnership.' # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Battle_of_Tarawa_in_Pictures⠀⇛ The Battle of Tarawa, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, took a heavy toll on American forces and led to outrage at home. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taliban_minister_raises_return_of deported_Afghans'_assets_in_Pakistan_visit⠀⇛ The Taliban's acting commerce minister said he had asked Pakistan to help return the assets of expelled Afghans and discussed ways to overcome Afghanistan's stalled banking sector transactions during a four-day visit to Islamabad this week. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ International_Court_of_Justice_orders_Syria_to prevent_torture_in_case_brought_by_the_Netherlands_and Canada⠀⇛ The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague issued an interim order on Thursday directing the Syrian government to “take all measures within its powers” to prevent torture. This development comes from a case brought by the Netherlands and Canada, accusing Syria of engaging in a prolonged campaign of torturing its own citizens. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Trump’s_Vindictive_Second-Term_Agenda⠀⇛ What would a second Trump Administration look like in comparison to the first, and how would America’s democratic institutions fare? # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Concerns_raised_over_Moscow_road_signs_on Latvian_highway⠀⇛ Following a 60-kilometer stretch of road from Tīnūži to Koknese, the Latvian Television's broadcast 4. studija counted 34 roadsigns pointing to Moscow. Journalist and traffic expert Pauls Timrots is of the opinion that reminders like this can cause negative emotions, 4. studija reported November 17. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Estonia_transports_anti-tank_barriers_to bridge_on_Russian_border_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_student_home_from_school_gets_house- call,_hands-on_special_lesson_in_military_equipment_and battlefield_first_aid_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Why_is_Finland_closing_crossing_points along_its_Russia_border?⠀⇛ Finnish authorities say that Russia has started allowing undocumented travelers to access the border zone and enter crossing stations between the two countries. To curb this influx, four crossing points on its border will be closed Friday. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Finland_closes_4_border_crossing_points_with Russia_over_irregular_migration_concerns⠀⇛ The Finnish government announced the closure of four crossing points on the Finland-Russia border Thursday. The closure will start on November 18 and remain in force for one year. Upon the closure, asylum seekers will only be able to make their submissions at two crossing points: Vartius and Salla. # ⚓ YLE ☛ "We_have_an_agreement_with_the_police",_border smugglers_tell_Yle⠀⇛ Traffickers who take migrants to the Finnish border say they work with Russian authorities. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Purra:_Finland_ready_to_close_entire_border with_Russia⠀⇛ Finland announced plans to close four border crossing points in the southeast from midnight on Friday, but four more will remain open further north along the country's frontier with Russia. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Delegation_Concludes_Visit_To_North Korean_Capital⠀⇛ A Russian delegation led by Natural Resources Minister Aleksandr Kozlov has left Pyongyang after a visit that North Korea's state media said was to discuss "cooperation in trade, economy, science, and technology." # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Lawmakers_Approve_Budget_With_Record Amount_Devoted_To_Defense⠀⇛ The lower house of Russia’s parliament, the State Duma, approved a federal budget on November 17 that increases spending by around 25 percent in 2024 and devotes a record amount to defense. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ EU_Slams_Russia's_'Shameful'_Use_Of_Migrants At_Finnish_Border⠀⇛ The European Union on November 17 accused Russia of making a "shameful" use of migrants to put pressure on other countries, saying it had noted an increased number of undocumented asylum seekers crossing Russia's border to Finland. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Zelensky_says_West’s_pivot_to_Israel_has slowed_delivery_of_new_artillery_shells_to_Ukraine,_as Kremlin_plans_his_ouster_in_so-called_‘Maidan_3’_plot_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Says_It_Has_Seized_Small Dnipro_Foothold_After_Months_of_Raids⠀⇛ The Ukrainian military said it had taken a sliver of Russian-controlled land, a move that might offer some hope but was unlikely to lead to a rapid breakthrough. # ⚓ France24 ☛ 'Fiery_hell':_Ukraine_secures_multiple strategic_areas_along_eastern_bank_of_Dnipro_River⠀⇛ Ukraine's marine corps said Friday it has secured multiple bridgeheads on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region in fighting it described as having left nearly 3,500 Russians killed or wounded and dozens of ammunition depots, tanks, armored vehicles and other weaponry destroyed. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ David_Petraeus_on_how_the_US should_manage_a_world_of_overlapping_crises⠀⇛ Petraeus discussed how conflict and deterrence have changed—and what those changes mean for Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Europe_Moves_to_Fill_Weapons_Gap Amid_Doubts_About_U.S._Commitment_to_Ukraine⠀⇛ Germany, Norway, Britain and others are increasing weapons production to help Kyiv. But the aid may be coming too late as winter looms and Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia stalls. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ The_call_of_home:_Why_some_Ukrainian refugees_are_risking_a_return_now⠀⇛ Though millions of Ukrainians remain refugees abroad, an increasing number are returning home despite the war. But while being in their homeland brings some relief, it also poses new stress. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Friday's_papers:_Russia's_new_enemy,_AI's impact_on_jobs_and_rising_layoffs⠀⇛ Russia is now framing its invasion of Ukraine as a war against the west, Ilta-Sanomat reports on Friday. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland_prepares_to_send_Ukraine_20th_military aid_package_since_Russian_invasion⠀⇛ The latest shipment brings the total value of defence support provided by Finland to Ukraine since Russia's invasion in February 2022 to 1.5 billion euros. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Says_It_Has_Established_'Several Bridgeheads'_Along_East_Bank_Of_Dnieper_River⠀⇛ The Ukrainian military says it has established "several bridgeheads" on the eastern banks of the Dnieper River in Russian-occupied territory of the southern Kherson region following a "series of successful operations." # ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.K._Foreign_Secretary_Visits_Moldova, Discusses_Black_Sea_Security⠀⇛ Britain's new foreign secretary, David Cameron, visited Moldova after his trip to Ukraine and discussed security in the Black Sea and bilateral cooperation with Moldovan President Maia Sandu, the president's office said on November 17. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ 'Serious_Damage':_Ukraine_Attributes Destruction_Of_Russian_Ships_To_Innovative_Use_Of Drones⠀⇛ The Russian fleet has suffered "serious damage" largely caused by Ukrainian drones, according to Ukrainian Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk, who said the tactics have made Ukraine the driver of a new type of naval warfare. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Conference_On_Military-Industrial_Cooperation Between_U.S.,_Ukraine_To_Take_Place_In_December⠀⇛ Ukraine and the United States will hold a conference in December to explore military- industrial cooperation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the U.S. National Security Council (NSC) said on November 17. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Major_Russian_Drone_Attack_Targets Infrastructure_In_Southern,_Northern_Ukraine⠀⇛ A large-scale overnight drone attack launched from Russian territory struck infrastructure in southern and northern Ukraine, the Ukrainian military said on November 18. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Russian_soldier_in_Ukraine_discusses_North Korean_weapons_in_video⠀⇛ Shared on social control media, the video could prove that Russia is in violation of UN sanctions. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Fund_Ukraine's_War_Effort_by_Confiscating Russian_Government_Assets⠀⇛ The $300 billion in frozen Russian state assets in Western nations could fund a large part Ukraine's defense. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ What’s_Next_for_Ukraine:_The_Outlines_of_a Peaceful_Settlement⠀⇛ As Ukraine’s counteroffensive begins to unravel, it is not clear that the hundreds of thousands of deaths already suffered have purchased any of its goals. Ukraine is not in NATO, and it has not received any firm assurance that it will ever be. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Breach Media ☛ In_Quebec’s_aluminum_towns,_the_green-tech future_looks_like_the_past⠀⇛ While aluminum giant Rio Tinto receives corporate welfare for green promises, Saguenay residents cope with the consequences of the industry’s last 100 years # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Readout_of_the_meeting_between_EU Commissioner_for_Climate_Action_and_China's_Special_Envoy_on Climate_Change⠀⇛ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Indigenous_people_and_climate_change:_With_the Guna_when_the_oceans_rise_(4/4)⠀⇛ FRANCE 24 brings you the stories of people on the front lines of climate change. From Kenya to Panama via Greenland and Australia, our reporters James André and Achraf Abid went to meet the Indigenous people who live in harmony with nature and whose daily lives are being turned upside down by global warming. Don't miss our series of four special reports. In this last episode, we take you to Panama. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Humanitarian_Crisis_in_Congo_Is_the Sinister_Underbelly_of_“Green_Tech”⠀⇛ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Climate_groups_call_for_funding_withdrawal of_TotalEnergies’_Mozambique_project⠀⇛ Banks and other financiers should withdraw their support of TotalEnergies' $20 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Mozambique, environmental lobby groups urged in a letter sent to more than two dozen project funders on Friday. # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Solar_leaning_trike_safety_concerns⠀⇛ I have been discussing with Bart via email, safety concerns for a leaning trike with large solar panel on top. Some quotes from bart: when pivoting around and when going to the max., that the momentum of the top weight will kick your back wheel away. Then you end up with the bike on top and you trapped underneath it. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ UAE_Oil_Fields_Constantly_Flaring_Despite 20-Year-Old_Commitment_To_Stop,_Analysis_Shows⠀⇛ State-owned oil and gas fields across the United Arab Emirates have flared almost constantly despite a long-standing policy to eliminate “routine” flaring in their operations, DeSmog can reveal. New data, produced exclusively for The Guardian and DeSmog, found that a single gas field in the United Arab Emirates run by state oil firm Adnoc flared more gas than all oil and gas fields in Norway last year. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Why_the_Belief_That_Carbon_Capture Technologies_Can_Work_at_Gigaton-Scale_Is_a_Gigantic Gamble⠀⇛ With the start of the 28th annual United Nations climate summit, COP28, just two weeks away, a battle is brewing over the role of fossil fuels as nations try to stem the tide of climate change.  A “high ambition” coalition of nations such as France, Tuvalu, Ethiopia, and Ireland backed by climate scientists, climate and civil society organizations, and the UN Secretary General, are calling for commitments to phase out coal, oil, and gas. On the other hand, many oil and gas producing countries, supported by the politically potent fossil fuel lobby, are urging an approach that allows continued fossil fuel extraction – and even expansion – under the assumption that emissions mitigation technologies can largely eliminate the climate pollution of business-as-usual, emissions-intensive activities. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_seeks_to_impose HK$100k_fine_and_1_year_jail_time_for_illegal_feral pigeon_feeding_from_next_Aug⠀⇛ Hong Kong is seeking to change the city’s wild animal protection laws to raise the maximum penalty for illegal feral pigeon feeding to HK$100,000 and imprisonment for one year. The proposed penalty would take effect next August, subject to approval by the legislature. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Economists_Struggle_to_Come_to_Terms_with “Immaculate_Disinflation”⠀⇛ Experts said that inflation couldn’t be conquered without a lot more economic pain, but it’s happening. # ⚓ YLE ☛ S-Group_retiring_house_brand_Rainbow_after_more_than 50_years⠀⇛ The retail firm noted that customers are increasingly price-conscious at the grocery store. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Alibaba_shares_collapse_after_cloud service_spinoff_cancelled⠀⇛ Shares in Chinese ecommerce titan Alibaba tanked 10 percent in Hong Kong on Friday after the firm’s surprise decision to call off part of its high- profile restructuring because of the US-China chip war. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_to_Keep_Your_Bank_from_Canceling_All Your_Accounts⠀⇛ Banks have suddenly shut down the accounts of scores of customers. Here’s how you can avoid becoming one of them. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Sex_Workers_Have_Been_Shunned_by_Banks, Even_When_Their_Work_Is_Legal⠀⇛ Financial service companies often avoid what they deem high-risk industries like adult entertainment. When workers lose their accounts, they are left with few options. # ⚓ Daily Dot ☛ ‘Yet_their_prices_keep_going_up’:_Geico_lays off_2,000_workers._So_does_Liberty_Mutual._Why?⠀⇛ In a reflective TikTok video that has attracted nearly 300,000 views, Matthew Layson (@matthewlayson) sheds light on the recent streak of layoffs in the insurance industry. His detailed analysis, titled “#geico #libertymutual #layoffs #insurance,” begins with some startling statistics: “So, Geico laid off about 6% of their workforce, 2,000 people. Liberty Mutual just laid off about 2% of their workforce, 850 people. We’ve already talked about Farmers and their 11% layoff. What in the world is going on with the insurance industry?” Layson doesn’t shy away from criticizing the vague corporate public statements accompanying the layoffs, describing them as “corporate mumbo jumbo trying to position themselves to say that they’re doing just fine, even though they clearly are having some struggles.” He shares insights from current and former employees across various companies, revealing a common premonition of impending layoffs. “First a leader changes, then some benefits stop, and then suddenly there’s a restructure,” he explains, highlighting the warning signs employees he spoke to noticed. # ⚓ The Statesman ☛ Amazon_laying_off_hundreds_in_Alexa division,_India_team_impacted⠀⇛ Amazon is laying off “several hundred employees” from its Alexa devision, including in India, amid a renewed focus on artificial intelligence (AI), the media reported on Friday. In a memo sent to employees and seen by GeekWire, Daniel Rausch, vice president of Alexa and Fire TV team, said that the company is eliminating “several hundred roles”. “As we continue to invent, we’re shifting some of our efforts to better align with our business priorities, and what we know matters most to customers — which includes maximising our resources and efforts focused on generative AI,” he told employees in the memo. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Unions_in_Sweden_Expand_Blockade_Against Tesla⠀⇛ In sympathy with striking mechanics, unions representing dockworkers, electricians and others in the country are refusing to do work for the electric carmaker. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Over_33,000_federal_employees_will see_additional_raises_in_fiscal_2024⠀⇛ On today's Federal Newscast: The Defense Department is still the only federal department that's never earned a clean audit opinion. GOP lawmakers are trying to override a controversial cybersecurity regulation. And locality pay strikes again, as more than 33,000 federal employees will see additional raises in January. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ LRT ☛ Expat_Lithuanian_representatives_believe_citizenship referendum_will_succeed_this_time⠀⇛ As Lithuania prepares to vote in a referendum to change its citizenship laws, expat Lithuanian representatives believe it has better chances of succeeding than the previous initiative that failed due to low turnout. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Establishment_insider_or_political_provocateur? Argentina_faces_stark_presidential_choice⠀⇛ Amid skyrocketing poverty and inflation, Argentinians face a stark choice on Sunday between two wildly different presidential candidates. Libertarian Javier Milei has led a disruptive campaign that has galvanised voters and won support from a faction of the traditional far-right. But a shock first-round victory for current Economy Minister Sergio Massa has set the scene for a down- to-the wire race in the final round of voting on Sunday. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Gallego_Is_Ahead_of_Lake,_Sinema_in_New_Poll_on Arizona_Senate_Race⠀⇛ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ As_Elon_Musk_Endorses_Bigoted_Nonsense, Advertisers_Find_Their_Ads_On_Nazi_Content⠀⇛ At this point you need to assume that organizations still advertising on exTwitter know that they’re supporting a new fascist movement… and are okay with it. Yes, many advertisers on exTwitter have pulled the plug on advertising on the site. And even the ones that Linda Yaccarino has been able to coax back appear to be spending a fraction of what they spent before. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Apple_and_Disney_Halt_Ads_on_X_After_Musk Endorses_Antisemitic_Post⠀⇛ Disney, Apple, Paramount and Lionsgate halted marketing on X, formerly Twitter, as Elon Musk faced a furor over antisemitic abuse on his social control media platform. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Who_Is_Mira_Murati,_OpenAI’s_Interim CEO?⠀⇛ The company’s interim C.E.O. has been managing the development and distribution of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot and DALL-E for years. # ⚓ France24 ☛ OpenAI_shocks_tech_world_with_firing_of_Abusive Monopolist_Microsoft_Chaffbot_CEO_Sam_Altman⠀⇛ OpenAI, the company that launched Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot a year ago, said Friday it had dismissed CEO Sam Altman in a shock firing of a central figure in the Hey Hi (AI) revolution. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Emergency_Pod:_Sam_Altman_is_Out_at_Open AI⠀⇛ “Probably the most shocking tech story of the year.” # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Generative_Hey_Hi_(AI)_gets_the_Abusive Monopolist_Microsoft_treatment,_supercomputers_get_the_Hey_Hi (AI)_treatment_–_and_Sam_Altman_gets_the_boot_from_OpenAI⠀⇛ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Voter_registration:_Missouri_lawsuit challenges_photo_ID_requirement⠀⇛ A lawsuit in Missouri is underway that challenges the constitutionality of the state’s new law requiring voters to show photo identification. Advocates say this law makes it difficult for elderly voters and people with disabilities to cast their ballots. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ If_Only_AR-15_Murder-Scene_Photos_Would_Bring About_an_Assault_Weapons_Ban⠀⇛ I learned that The Washington Post planned a blockbuster feature about the way AR-15 rifles destroy human bodies, complete with grisly photos, via the ever-growing network of bereaved families and survivors of domestic weapons-of-war gun violence. Scheduled for Thursday, the project was thought to perhaps include what some tone-deaf proponents of better gun regulation insist would be a political game-changer: gory photos of murdered children, to show the horrors too many Americans allegedly ignore. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_Case_For_A_Technology_Aware_Lobby Correspondent⠀⇛ We cover all manner of stories here at Hackaday, including awesome hardware hacks, the latest trends and inventions, and in-depth guides to fascinating technologies. We also cover a few news stories from the wider world outside our community, usually when they have some knock-on effect that has an impact on us. Recently this last category of stories has included laws which present a threat to online encryption and privacy in the UK and in the European Union, for example. They’re not the most joyful of news, but it’s vital for everyone with an interest in online matters to be informed about them. # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ Former_first_lady_Rosalynn_Carter_enters hospice_care⠀⇛ Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has entered hospice care at her home in Georgia, The Carter Center announced Friday. “Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has entered hospice care at home. She and President Carter are spending time with each other and their family. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Wisconsin’s_Legislative_Maps_Are_Bizarre,_but Are_They_Illegal?⠀⇛ Any number of odd, zigzag examples can be used to make the case that legislative districts in Wisconsin are excessively gerrymandered. There’s the pistol-shaped 31st Assembly District, held by a Republican, that was drawn with a western border that splits the Democratic city of Beloit in two. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Biden_signs_a_bill_averting_a government_shutdown_for_now,_with_Israel_and_Ukraine_aid still_stalled⠀⇛ President Joe Biden has ended the immediate threat of a government shutdown, signing a temporary spending bill a day before much of the government was to run out of money. The bill maintains existing funding levels. It pushes a fight with congressional Republicans over the federal budget into the new year, when GOP lawmakers in the House are vowing to exact stiff spending cuts. It splits the deadlines for passing full-year appropriations bills into two dates: Jan. 19 for some federal agencies and Feb. 2 for others. The measure does not include any wartime aid for Ukraine or Israel, nor does it offer humanitarian funding for Palestinians. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Japan's_Kishida,_S._Korea's_Yoon_talk tech,_cooperation_in_Silicon_Valley⠀⇛ South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged cooperation on clean-energy supply chains, quantum computing and other innovative technology during a Silicon Valley roundtable on Friday. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Elves_vs._trolls:_Navalny’s_team_says_it doesn’t_have_an_anti-Kremlin_social_media_army._Here’s who_does._—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ A_Rise_in_Antisemitism;_and_a Conversation_with_the_Hey_Hi_(AI)_Pioneer_Geoffrey Hinton⠀⇛ The normalization of antisemitism has the potential to destabilize democracies, a historian says. Plus, the godfather of artificial intelligence on why his brainchild scares him. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ A_Century-Old,_Debunked_Theory_Is Fueling_the_Fentanylware_(TikTok)_Moral_Panic⠀⇛ Lawmakers claim that Fentanylware (TikTok) is "brainwashing" America's youth to support Palestine and share bin Laden's writings. It's a perfect storm of bad ideas. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ No_Arbitration_of_Suit_Alleging_Stanford_Internet Observatory_et_al._Collaborated_with_Government_to_Pressure Social_Media_Platforms⠀⇛ From Judge Terry Doughty's opinion yesterday in Hines v. Stamos (W.D. La.) (already being appealed), rejecting defendants' motion to compel arbitration: Hines is a … co-Director of Health Freedom Louisiana, a consumer and human rights advocacy organization. Hoft is … the founder, owner, and operator of the news website, The Gateway Pundit. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Spotify_to_Enhance_Recommendations, Target_‘Potentially_Harmful_Content’_With_Expanded Surveillance_Giant_Google_Hey_Hi_(AI)_Deal⠀⇛ Spotify is officially set to expand its artificial intelligence content recommendation capabilities as part of a new agreement with Google. # ⚓ MWL ☛ Penguicon_fundraiser,_featuring_Orc-Cased_Orcs⠀⇛ Did you miss the Prohibition Orcs Kickstarter–specifically, the orc-leather-cased exclusive omnibuses? I know many of you did. You told me about it. Bitterly and at length. Orc leather? If you didn’t know — when an orc dies, their final gift to their clan is their remains. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_authorities_ask_Supreme_Court_to_ban ‘international_LGBT_movement’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Are_they_going_to_ban_rainbows?’_How_Russian society_is_reacting_to_the_authorities’_bid_to_outlaw_the ill-defined_‘LGBT_movement’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Supreme_Court_To_Hear_Justice_Ministry Lawsuit_Calling_For_LGBT_Movement_To_Be_Designated 'Extremist'⠀⇛ The Russian Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit filed by the Justice Ministry calling for the "international LGBT movement" to be designated "extremist" and its activities in Russia banned. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Russian_artist_sentenced_to_seven_years_in prison_over_supermarket_protest⠀⇛ A Russian court on Thursday sentenced artist Alexandra Skochilenko to seven years in prison for spreading "false information" about the army after she swapped supermarket price tags with slogans criticising Russia's offensive in Ukraine. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_Sentences_Activist_to_Penal_Colony for_Antiwar_Notes_on_Price_Tags⠀⇛ A court sentenced Aleksandra Y. Skochilenko to seven years in a penal colony, in one of the most prominent cases of Russia’s crackdown on wartime dissent. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_authorities_add_Moscow_Times_to_‘foreign agents’_list_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ The_Moscow_Times,_Noted_For_Its_English_Coverage_Of Russia,_Is_Declared_'Foreign_Agent'⠀⇛ The Russian Justice Ministry on November 17 added The Moscow Times, an online newspaper popular among Russia's expatriate community, to its list of “foreign agents.” # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Russia_adds_lawyers_for_dissident_Alexei_Navalny to_‘extremists’_list⠀⇛ Russia’s Federal Service for Financial Monitoring added on Thursday three lawyers representing jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny to its list of “terrorists and extremists.” Under Russian law, individuals on the “terrorist and extremist” list face frozen bank accounts and suspended services. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Moscow_authorities_deny_request_by_mobilized soldiers'_wives_to_hold_protest,_citing_COVID-19_restrictions —_Meduza⠀⇛ o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_appeals_court_reinstates_disability_lawsuit against_Florida_school_district⠀⇛ The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Monday reinstated a lawsuit alleging a Florida school district failed to meet disabled students’ right to a free and appropriate public education under the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We_left_everything’:_Uprooted_and_jobless, Nagorno-Karabakh_refugees_start_from_scratch_in_Armenia_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ WV_Supreme_Court:_Omnipresent_Concern_Like ‘Officer_Safety’_Can’t_Be_Used_To_Excuse_Constitutional Violations⠀⇛ The things said by law enforcement when trying to keep evidence from being tossed all sound the same. There are only a handful of acceptable excuses for performing warrantless searches and, man, do they get used so frequently we can probably all repeat them in our sleep. # ⚓ EFF ☛ On_His_42nd_Birthday,_Alaa_Abd_El_Fattah’s_Family Files_UN_Petition_for_His_Release⠀⇛ Today is the birthday of Alaa Abd El Fattah, a prominent Egyptian-British coder, blogger, activist, and one of the most high-profile political prisoners in the entire Arab world. This will be the tenth birthday that he will spend in prison. But we are newly optimistic for his release: This week, Alaa's family and International Counsel acting on his behalf filed an urgent appeal with the United Nations requesting urgent action over his continuing and unjust imprisonment in Egypt. The petition asks the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNGWAD), which meets this week in Geneva, to consider Alaa’s case under its Urgent Action procedure. We hope that the Working Group will conclude that Alaa’s detention is arbitrary and contrary to international law, and to find that the appropriate remedy is a recommendation for Alaa’s immediate release, as the petition requests. EFF submitted a petition the UNGWAD in 2014, along with the Media Legal Defence Initiative.  The Working Group issued an opinion that Alaa’s detention was arbitrary and called for his release. In 2016, the UNWGAD declared Alaa's detention (and the law under which he was arrested) a violation of international law, and called for his release. This latest appeal comes after Alaa spent more than half of 2022 on a hunger strike in protest of his treatment in prison, which he started on the first day of Ramadan. A few days after the strike began, on April 11, Alaa’s family announced that he had become a British citizen through his mother. There was hope last year, following a groundswell of protests that began in the summer and extended to the COP27 conference, that the UK foreign secretary could secure his release, but so far, this has not happened. Alaa's hunger strike did result in improved prison conditions and family visitation rights, but only after it prompted protests and fifteen Nobel Prize laureates demanded his release.  # ⚓ France24 ☛ South_Korea:_Where_feminism_has_become_taboo⠀⇛ In this special edition, Annette Young heads to South Korea, which, despite its impressive economic record, consistently scores poorly for gender equality among advanced nations. It has the worst gender pay gap among OECD nations, while its traditional workplace culture results in many women giving up their careers after childbirth. Now the country has recorded the lowest fertility rate in the world, with women of reproductive age having fewer than one child on average. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korean_police_decline_to_detain rape_suspect_‘because_he_is_old’⠀⇛ Officials decided that he posed no threat of fleeing. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Italians_Protest_Against_Meloni_and_Defend_the Right_to_Strike⠀⇛ The CGIL and UIL unions organized around 100 demonstrations nationwide, joined by students in various cities such as Rome and Milan. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Teachers’_union_pledges_to_continue_strike_until Lithuanian_parliament_adopts_budget⠀⇛ The Lithuanian Education Workers’ Union (LŠDPS) is planning to continue its strike until the parliament, Seimas, adopts next year’s government budget. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Lawmakers_Call_for_Juvenile_Detention_Audit Following_“Alarming”_Findings_at_Knoxville_Facility⠀⇛ A group of Tennessee lawmakers is calling for an audit of the use of seclusion inside juvenile detention facilities, and the removal of a Knox County superintendent, following reporting from WPLN and ProPublica. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Cop_City_Protest_Tear-Gassed_as_Activists Face_“Unprecedented”_RICO_&_Domestic_Terrorism_Charges⠀⇛ Protesters in Atlanta held a week of action to stop the construction of the massive $90 million police training complex known as “Cop City” in the Weelaunee Forest. This comes as activists have been organizing for a citywide referendum on the project which officials have tied up in court. Meanwhile, 61 people facing RICO, or racketeering, and domestic terrorism charges appeared in court this month as the state tries to characterize them as “militant anarchists.” We get an update from Kamau Franklin, founder of the Atlanta-based grassroots organizing collective Community Movement Builders, who describes Atlanta’s repression of peaceful civil disobedience as part of an effort “to protect cops and capitalism.” We also feature excerpts from Al Jazeera’s new Fault Lines documentary on the “Stop Cop City” movement and speak with correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous, who calls the mass charges against protesters “unprecedented.” o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ FCC_Tightens_Telco_Rules_to_Combat_SIM- Swapping⠀⇛ Under the new rules, wireless carriers are required to notify customers of any SIM transfer requests, a measure designed to thwart fraudulent attempts by cybercriminals. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Tajikistan_To_Link_Up_With_China_Telecoms_Network⠀⇛ Tajikistan on November 17 announced plans to link with China's telecommunications network in order to improve the mountainous, landlocked country's Internet access as Beijing's influence in Central Asia grows. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ The_FCC_Is_Trying_To_Stop_Discrimination_In Broadband_Deployment._Telecoms_And_Republicans_Are_Big_Mad About_It⠀⇛ For decades, big ISPs like AT&T have refused to upgrade low income and poor communities to fiber, despite billions in subsidies, regulatory favors, and tax breaks that were supposed to accomplish precisely that. Groups like the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) have released studies on cities like Cleveland and Detroit, documenting how this discrimination lines up with 30s “redlining” efforts. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Algorithm_Recommendations_Since_Having_Kids⠀⇛ Disney+: You have watched every episode of “Bluey” more than fifty times and nothing else. We recommend more “Bluey.” o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Apple_files_appeal_over_EU’s_approach_to regulating_its_services⠀⇛ Apple Inc. has filed an appeal over the way European Union regulators are applying the bloc’s Digital Markets Act to its services. The Court of Justice of the European Union, the EU’s judicial branch, announced the development today. The appeal is not unexpected: Bloomberg reported last Friday that Fashion Company Apple was preparing such a complaint. # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ The_UPC_–_a_tale_of_multiple divisions [Ed: The UPC is illegal and unconstitutional. This is a "legal" system which is itself illegal and constructed by deliberate abuse and corruption.]⠀⇛ This is the first of a new series of monthly posts on the UPC from Bristows, in which our UPC experts will be providing their commentary and insights on the development and themes arising from the cases being brought in the UPC. # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Andrew_Yen:_“The_draft_SEP_regulation contradicts_the_fundamental_pillars_of_FRAND” [Ed: Lies and lobbying site JUVE, which takes bribes to promote and whitewash criminal activities in Europe, "conducted at the AIPPI world congresses in Istanbul" to basically lobby some more for patent extremists]⠀⇛ In an exclusive interview with JUVE Patent, conducted at the AIPPI world congresses in Istanbul, Andrew Yen talks about Panasonic’s response to the European Commission’s proposed changes to FRAND and SEP regulation in Europe, and how other, industry-led solutions might lead to a more harmonious market approach. # ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ EU_Pharma_Package_–_Bolar exemption_under_scrutiny_and_first_amendments_being proposed [Ed: European Commission owned by the pharmaceutical industry]⠀⇛ In April 2023, the European Commission (EC) published the pharmaceutical legislation package, including the proposal for a Pharmaceutical Directive[1] , and further proposals for regulations on SPCs[2]. Article 85 of the proposed Directive aims at providing an amended provision for the so- called Bolar exemption, currently codified in Article 10(6) of Directive 2001/83/EC. > # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ 14,000_Words_to_Win_It: Why_Medtronic’s_Appeal_Strategy_Backfired⠀⇛ The Federal Circuit’s new decision in Medtronic v. Teleflex delves into the old pre-AIA law of inventorship and prior art.  It also provides an important appellate procedure lesson with the court finding the appellant waived a key argument.  Teleflex’s U.S. Patent No. RE46,116 claims methods for using a special extension for its guide catheter. Medtronic filed a pair of IPR petitions, asking the USPTO to cancel the claims. Although the PTAB granted the petitions, it eventually sided with the patentee — agreeing that one of the asserted references did not qualify as prior art.  On appeal, the Federal Circuit has affirmed. The basic question is whether Itou (7,736,355) qualifies as prior art against Teleflex’s patent monopoly (RE46,116). The Itou application was filed about nine-months before the Teleflex application. # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Failures_to_Function_and Likelihood_of_Confusion:_Takeaways_from_Two_Recent Federal_Circuit_Trademark_Decisions⠀⇛ The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed two Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) decisions. In In re GO & Associates, LLC, 2022-1961 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 13, 2023), the Federal Circuit affirmed the TTAB’s refusal to register the mark EVERYBODY VS RACISM because it failed to function as a trademark. In Trek Bicycle Corp. v. Isaacs, 2022-1434 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 15, 2023), the Federal Circuit affirmed the TTAB’s dismissal of Trek’s opposition to the registration of the RANGER TREK mark, finding no likelihood of confusion with Trek’s registered marks, and that Trek’s bicycle fame did not extend to backpacks. # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ TTAB_Orders_Cancellation_of_Registration for_Configuration_of_Glass-Breaking_Device_on_the Ground_of_Section_2(e)(5)_Functionality⠀⇛ In a highly detailed and instructive opinion, the Board granted a petition for cancellation of a registration for the product configuration shown below, for a "spring- loaded glass-breaking device," on the ground of de jure functionality under Section 2(e) (5). The parties proceeded under the Accelerated Case Resolution (ACR) regime, waiving pre-trial disclosures and trial and submitting briefs accompanied by evidence in the form of declarations or affidavits. Trevari_Media,_LLC_v._Laurent Colasse, Cancellation No. 92078038 (November 14, 2023) [not precedential[ (Opinion by Judge Jonathan Hudis). # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Pinsent_Masons_hires_partner_to_lead_IP_team in_Dublin [Ed: This is a classic example of JUVE, a spamming, disinformation and propaganda site which takes bribes to lobby for crime, not even pretending to do journalism. Some company hiring a person is not news, this is a paid ad.]⠀⇛ Maureen Daly joins from Irish full-service law firm Beauchamps, where she has been partner and head of technology and IP for 18 years. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Relax,_get_through_it⠀⇛ And I'm not even talking about the most glaringly in-need-of aspect, namely a preponderance of humans magically becoming better than self-centric morons. I'm talking merely about simple things not becoming complicated things in ways increasingly unrelated - as the complication unfolds - to the initial impetus. # ⚓ 3_AM_rants_from_a_disturbed_mind⠀⇛ There is a moment. Well, it's usually more like a collection of them. A collection of a recollection of emptiness. Staring at the blinking cursor, typing, retyping, deleting and retyping and finally the moment. A blank page. Back to square one. # ⚓ Has_it_really_been_45_years_since_this_Star_Wars_Special that_George_Lucas_disavowed_aired_for_the_first,_and_so_far, only_time?⠀⇛ Yikes! I'm getting old. I remember watching this [1] when it first aired, and, except for the cartoon segment [2], didn't find it all that interesting. It certainly didn't help that it centered on Chewbacca's family (an hour or grunts and growls) and no subtitles what-so-ever. That's a very odd choice, but it's not like it's the only odd thing in the special—you have a Wookie getting off on soft-core porn (seriously!), Bea Arthur singing, Harvey Korman attempting comedy, Carie Fisher a̲t̲t̲e̲m̲p̲t̲i̲n̲g̲ to sing to the main Star Wars theme (who knew it has lyrics?) while wasted, Mark Hamill wearing makeup, and Harrison Ford wantint to be anywhere else than this special. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Three_cheers_for_Saturday_productivity⠀⇛ We did a lot of house rearranging and cleaning, and also prepared for a performance tonight. A couple buddies from the town where we used to live will be joining us. It'll be at a bar we've been trying to help out with free music. Tonight they're having some kind of dinner event. Should be fun. The work we did inside the house was so significant that the living room acoustics are noticeably different. Cray! # ⚓ The_Temptation,_Part_II⠀⇛ Yes, yet more email to another Sean Conner that arrived in my Gmail account. This time, informing me I should change “my” password to “my” Instagram [2] account. # ⚓ WTF_Instagram?_Seriously,_WTF?⠀⇛ So I'm trying to update the profile on “my Instragram account [1]” when I see this: “Editing your links is only available on mobile. Visit the Instagram app and edit your profile to change the websites in your bio.” Really? I can edit my bio, and my gender, but I can't update a̲ ̲l̲i̲n̲k̲?̲ Because I'm on a desktop computer? # ⚓ Migrating_from_Debian_Bookworm_to_Devuan_Daedalus_on_the Libre_Computer_"Renegade"_Single_Board_Computer⠀⇛ This is why I remarked how it was very important the fact that at Libre Computer were able to run a stock Debian instead of some arguable rearrangement… Kudos to them! # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ I_Don't_Even_Want_To_See_You_At_All:_SEO_and_Amanda Chicago_Lewis'_"The_people_who_ruined_the_internet"⠀⇛ I've been on the internet for a long time. Though my first encounter with it was sometime in '94 or early '95, via Mosaic on the 386 at my mother's office, I count my real start to be late '95. Barely a teen, and having been immersed in the online world for mere months via BBSs (which I loved, which I will always love, and which I didn't know then were dying), I used a cracked copy of Telix and my 2400 bps modem to dial up a free community access internet project. I'd written out my application form in person, mailed it in. A few weeks later I received instructions, a username, a default password. So I added it to my directory, called it, and got started. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4030 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 19/11/2023: Press Crushed, Plagiarism Perfumed as "Hey Hi" (AI)⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 19, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security # Alexa/Amazon/Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-11-15_[Older]_I_Cannot_Take_Amazon's_New_Robot_for Business_Seriously⠀⇛ o ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-11-15_[Older]_Amazon’s_dinky_Astro_robot_is_now available_as_a_security_guard⠀⇛ o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-17_[Older]_Greeks_March to_Commemorate_1973_Student_Uprising⠀⇛ o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Liam Proven ☛ 2023-11-15_[Older]_TIL_that_some_people_can't remember_the_difference_between_the_386_&_486⠀⇛ # ⚓ TechTarget ☛ Comparing_RAID_levels:_0,_1,_5,_6,_10_and_50 explained⠀⇛ RAID protects data and improves storage performance and availability, but it can be confusing. Read about the different levels of RAID, the pros and cons, and where they work best. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-11-13_[Older]_What_the_world's oldest_dog_can_tell_us_about_ageing⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-11-15_[Older]_Flame_retardant chemicals_can_cause_serious_health_risks_–_and_they_only_slow fire_by_a_few_seconds⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-10_[Older]_CTE:_When_an_athlete's brain_slowly_deteriorates⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-13_[Older]_Norway's_seed_vault protecting_Africa's_food_supply⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-11-16_[Older]_Creative_minds_are vulnerable_to_mental_illness_–_but_magicians_escape_the curse⠀⇛ o § Security⠀➾ # § Alexa/Amazon/Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-11-17_[Older]_Amazon_is_laying_off several_hundred_employees_working_on_Alexa [Ed: Alexa.com is dead. Is Alexa next?]⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-17_[Older]_Amazon Lays_off_Hundreds_in_Its_Alexa_Division_as_It_Plows Resources_Into_AI⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-17_[Older]_Amazon Aggregator_Thrasio_Prepares_for_Bankruptcy_-_WSJ⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-11-15_[Older]_Amazon_is_officially killing_the_Comixology_app,_forcing_users_over_to Kindle⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-11-13_[Older]_Amazon_Restructures Games_Division_to_Refocus_on_Prime_Gaming,_Lays_Off 180⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-11-13_[Older]_Amazon_cuts_180_jobs from_its_gaming_division⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-13_[Older]_Amazon Cuts_Games_Unit_Jobs_in_Broader_Restructuring⠀⇛ o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Spiegel ☛ 2023-11-16_[Older]_Jewish_Life_in_Germany:_A Sudden,_Ominous_Sense_of_Insecurity⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-15_[Older]_Israel:_Sports_stop amid_Hamas_war_and_fears_over_security⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_Tens_of Thousands_of_Supporters_of_Israel_Rally_in_Washington,_Crying 'Never_Again'⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-11-11_[Older]_Japan’s_New_National Security_Strategy_and_Changing_Dynamics_with_India⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-11-11_[Older]_Canadians_mark_Remembrance_Day_as top_soldier_warns_of_global_security_threats⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-11-16_[Older]_The_Pentagon_Proclaims Failure_in_its_War_on_Terror_in_Africa⠀⇛ # ⚓ Truthdig ☛ 2023-11-15_[Older]_The_Pentagon’s_Failed_War_on Terror_in_Africa⠀⇛ # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_In_Africa,_the_Legacy of_the_US_War_on_Terror_Is_Death_and_Chaos⠀⇛ # ⚓ ADF ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_Iranian_Efforts_to_Deepen_Ties_in Africa_Draw_Skeptical_Response⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-11-12_[Older]_Arab_Coordination Group_pledges_$50_billion_for_Africa’s_development⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_Africa_Seeks Action_Plan_on_Slavery_Reparations_at_Ghana_Conference⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Local SE ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_Turkey_moves_closer_to ratification_of_Swedish_Nato_application⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Local SE ☛ 2023-11-16_[Older]_Turkey's_ratification_of Sweden's_Nato_bid_hit_by_new_delay⠀⇛ # ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-11-13_[Older]_Turkey_bombs_civilian settlements_in_South_Kurdistan⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-11_[Older]_Australia Foreign_Minister_Touts_Tuvalu_Security,_Migration_Pact⠀⇛ # ⚓ BBC ☛ Israel_Gaza_live_news:_Israel_says_tunnel_found_under Gaza_hospital_as_hostage_deal_hopes_grow_-_BBC_News⠀⇛ The latest IDF footage from al-Shifa comes as Hamas officials say 13,000 people have now been killed in the Palestinian enclave. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-11-18_[Older]_The_Netherlands_to earmark_€2_billion_for_Ukraine_support_next_year⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-11-18_[Older]_APEC_leaders_divided over_Ukraine,_Gaza_but_together_on_WTO_reform⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-11-17_[Older]_WP:_“Ukraine could_get_left_behind_U.S._priorities”⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-11-17_[Older]_The_Need_for Immediate_Ceasefires_in_Ukraine_and_Gaza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-17_[Older]_Ukraine_updates: 2,400_children_taken_to_Belarus_—_report⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-17_[Older]_APEC Leaders_Divided_on_Ukraine,_Gaza_Wars,_Back_WTO Reform⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-17_[Older]_Haitian Immigrants_Sue_Indiana_Over_Law_That_Limits_Driver's License_Access_to_Certain_Ukrainians⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-11-16_[Older]_Sullivan:_‘The window_is_closing’_on_US_funding_for_Ukraine⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-16_[Older]_Could_a_Ukraine under_siege_join_NATO?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-16_[Older]_Ukraine_updates: Cameron_visits_Kyiv_on_first_foreign_trip⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-16_[Older]_UK's Cameron_Meets_Zelenskiy_in_Kyiv_on_First_Foreign_Trip as_Foreign_Minister⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-11-15_[Older]_Peace Initiatives_on_Ukraine:_The_Barely_Audible_Rustle_of Peace⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-11-15_[Older]_Western contractors_redeploy_from_Ukraine_to_Israel⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-11-15_[Older]_“Why_can’t anyone_say_how_much_we’ve_spent_on_Ukraine?”⠀⇛ # ⚓ Spiegel ☛ 2023-11-15_[Older]_Ukraine_Prepares Electricity_Grid_for_Another_Winter_of_War⠀⇛ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_Latvia_allocates_50,000 towards_helping_Ukraine_grain_supplies⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_Man_from_Manitoba_First Nation_dead_after_going_to_fight_in_Ukraine,_chief says⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older] Ukrainian_Troops_Have_Secured_Foothold_in_the_South, Senior_Official_Says⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-11-13_[Older]_Israel’s_mixed blessing_for_Ukraine:_Western_alliance_can’t_fight_on two_fronts⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-11-13_[Older]_Biden_Visits Hitler’s_Bunker,_Sends_for_a_Decorator:_Israel_and Ukraine_Edition⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-11-12_[Older]_Rasmussen suggests_accepting_Ukraine_into_NATO_with_no_guarantees for_occupied_territories⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-12_[Older]_Ukraine_to_shake up_recruitment_as_troops_prove_scarce⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-12_[Older]_Ukraine_updates: Germany_to_double_2024_military_aid_to_Kyiv⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-12_[Older]_Germany Set_to_Double_Its_Ukraine_Military_Aid_Under_Scholz Plan_-Bloomberg_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-12_[Older]_Senior Ukrainian_Officer_Coordinated_Nord_Stream_Attack: Washington_Post⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-11_[Older]_Ukraine_updates: Explosions_rock_Kyiv_after_relative_calm⠀⇛ # ⚓ Spiegel ☛ 2023-11-11_[Older]_Ukraine:_Special_Forces Officer_Allegedly_Involved_in_Nord_Stream_Attack⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-11_[Older]_One Year_After_Liberation,_Ukrainians_in_Kherson_Hold_on_to Hope_Amid_Constant_Shelling⠀⇛ o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Spiegel ☛ 2023-11-17_[Older]_A_Potential_Rift_in_the Climate_Movement:_What's_Next_for_Greta_Thunberg?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Truthdig ☛ 2023-11-17_[Older]_When_Idiot_Savants_Do_Climate Economics⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-11-16_[Older]_Denmark's_library_of_ancient_ice_tells tales_of_climate's_past⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-11-15_[Older]_We_Need_More_State Climate_Corps_Jobs_Open_to_More_Young_People⠀⇛ # ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-11-15_[Older]_Investment_in_flood defences_inadequate_to_cope_with_climate_breakdown_warn Greens⠀⇛ o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-11-13_[Older]_CBA_profits_increase_to $2.5b_despite_slower_economic_growth⠀⇛ # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-11-12_[Older]_Capitalism_Isn’t_Just Buying_and_Selling_Things._It’s_a_System_of_Domination.⠀⇛ # ⚓ Business Standard ☛ Bill_Gates_as_dubious_philanthropist⠀⇛ In his new book, The Bill Gates Problem, the journalist Tim Schwab dismisses that makeover as a fanciful fable. The real Gates, according to Schwab, remains a power-hungry, narcissistic control freak, and the sprawling Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is little more than a vehicle for him to accumulate and deploy influe­nce on a far greater scale than he could as a mere billionaire software mogul. It is profoundly undemocratic and entrenches inequality, Schwab argues. Gates and his then-wife established their foundation around 2000 to tackle some of the world’s most pressing chall­enges, including public health, family planning, hunger and education. Armed with roughly $67 billion, the foundation is better equipped to attack disease and malnutrition than many governments. But the foundation doesn’t simply dole out Gates’s money to worthy causes, according to Schwab. Gates exerts control. One of the book’s most compelling sections is about the foundation’s support for family planning. Gates’s preferred method of contraception is a hormone implant that gets inserted into women’s arms and prevents pregnancy for up to five years. The foundation struck a deal with drug companies to encourage them to sell tens of millions of these implants at steep discounts. With the market flooded, health clinics in countries like Malawi and Uganda began resorting to “hard-sell tactics” to push women to accept implants that they didn’t want. Schwab describes it as a form of eugenics-inspired coercion. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-16_[Older]_TikTok_to Prohibit_Videos_Promoting_Bin_Laden's_'Letter_to_America'⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_‘Free_Speech’_Fans_Call_for Censoring_TikTok_as_Chinese_Plot_to_Make_Israel_Look_Bad⠀⇛ # ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_The_lie_of_“deinfluencing”⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-13_[Older]_How_deportations_of Afghans_imperil_Pakistan's_security⠀⇛ # ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_How_I_stopped_buying_my_way_out_of everything⠀⇛ # ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-11-15_[Older]_The_achievement_of_this_year’s Biden-Xi_summit_is,_simply,_the_meeting_itself⠀⇛ # ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-11-15_[Older]_Greens_welcome_Supreme Court_decision_on_deportations_to_Rwanda⠀⇛ # ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-11-13_[Older]_Green_Party_reaction_to Rishi_Sunak's_cabinet_reshuffle⠀⇛ # ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-11-12_[Older]_What_the_judicial_crisis_in Turkey_means⠀⇛ # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-11-15_[Older]_UK Cybersecurity_Center_Warns_of_'Deepfakes'_Threat_to Next_Election⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_Should_the media_tell_you_when_they_use_AI_to_report_the_news? What_consumers_should_know [Ed: Chatbots are not "AI"]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-11-16_[Older]_Three_in_ten_US_adults still_get_their_news_from_Facebook [Ed: A power fertile or ripe for misuse and abuse]⠀⇛ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-11-15_[Older] Wikipedia_Founder_Slams_Elon_Musk-Owned_X_(Twitter)⠀⇛ o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-11-13_[Older]_Kurdish_journalist_Ahmed_Azad Çağan_at_risk_of_deportation_from_Switzerland_to_Turkey⠀⇛ # ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_Kurdish_filmmaker_Reber_Dosky detained_in_Turkey_for_three_days_and_deported⠀⇛ # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ 2023-11-18_[Older]_Producer_and_director_Reber Dosky_detained_in_Turkey_for_three_days⠀⇛ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-11-17_[Older]_Killer_of_journalist_Hrant_Dink freed_in_Turkey_amid_widespread_criticism⠀⇛ # ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-11-18_[Older]_Journalist_Akdeniz:_Situation of_migrant_workers_in_Turkey_is_catastrophic⠀⇛ # ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-11-17_[Older]_Cards_sent_to_writers_and journalists_behind_bars_in_Turkey⠀⇛ # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ 2023-11-18_[Older]_Israeli_police_disrupt journalists_from_Turkey's_public_broadcaster⠀⇛ o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-10_[Older]_Polish_startup_helps employers_overcome_paternal_stereotypes⠀⇛ o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ 2023-11-10_[Older]_Goodbye_Gandi⠀⇛ As a long-term, and satisfied customer, of Gandi’s services, I’m sad to have witnessed them being sold to a greedy company like Total Webhosting Solutions B.V., earlier this year. I first heard about Gandi, the French cloud service provider, after getting my Ubuntu Membership back in 2009. It turned out that the Ubuntu Membership came with a few perks. One of the perks, happned to be a generous discount rate at Gandi. I became a customer at Gandi, partly because of the discount, but also because I liked that they both funded and supported various non-profit organizations and open source projects, like Creative Commons, Gnome, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Students for Free Culture, World Wide Fund for Nature, International Federation for Human Rights, Ubuntu and Debian. They also used open source software themselves, at least for some of their services. And their services seemed to be good and reasonable priced as well. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-11-13_[Older]_Defining_what_the invention_is_not_can_be_as_important_as_defining_what the_invention_is_(T_0273/22,_Chimeric_antibodies/ REGENERON) [Ed: Conflating patent monopoly with "invention"]⠀⇛ # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-11-13_[Older]_The_difficulty_of protecting_olfactory_marks⠀⇛ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_[Guest_post]_Gilding_the lily:_The_shiny_challenge_of_registering_gold_soles_as trade_marks⠀⇛ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-11-14_[Older]_“miababy”_and_“ia_BABY interapothek”:_Average_phonetic_similarity_doesn’t offset_low_visual_and_conceptual_similarity⠀⇛ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-11-10_[Older]_Brussels_event announcement_-_Technological_governance_at_the crossroads:_The_present_and_future_of_EU_copyright_law [Ed: Brussels is controlled by corporations, corrupt people, and the copyright maximalists' lobby. The same is true for patents, as the totally illegal UPC shows.]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-11-16_[Older]_AI_music_pioneer_quits after_disagreement_over_'fair_use'_of_copyrighted works⠀⇛ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-11-15_[Older]_[Guest_Post]_Event report:_AI_Fringe,_Protecting_Creators_in_the_Age_of_AI [Ed: Promoting the bogus narrative of CG being "AI"; it's mostly plagiarism by hacking around "fair use"]⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-11-13_[Older]_An_Analogy_for_the_Current_Wave_of AI_Copyright_Lawsuits⠀⇛ =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 4629 ➮ Generation completed at 02:49, i.e. 2 seconds to (re)generate ⟲