𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Tuesday, December 12, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Wed 13 Dec 02:49:44 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/2023/12/12/ ╒═══════════════════ 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 - Basilio and Richard Stallman ⦿ Techrights - Canonical is Microsoft Marketing, Promoting Mass Surveillance as "Ubuntu confidential VMs" ⦿ Techrights - Improving Site Navigation and Discovery ⦿ Techrights - IRC Proceedings: Monday, December 11, 2023 ⦿ Techrights - Making Techrights Stronger in 2024 ⦿ Techrights - More Microsoft Azure Layoffs This Winter, Software Quality Questioned by Insiders ⦿ Techrights - Over at Tux Machines... ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/12/Basilio_and_Richard_Stallman.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/12/Canonical_is_Microsoft_Marketing_Promoting_Mass_Surveillance_as.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/12/Improving_Site_Navigation_and_Discovery.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/12/irc-log-111223.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/12/Making_Techrights_Stronger_in_2024.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/12/More_Microsoft_Azure_Layoffs_This_Winter_Software_Quality_Quest.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/12/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/12/Links_12_12_2023_Google_Loses_Major_Case_Twitter_X_Invites_Back.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/12/Links_12_12_2023_Students_Performance_Collapses_Software_Patent.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/12/Links_12_12_2023_VMware_Layoffs_and_Hostilities_in_South_China_.shtml ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 67 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/12/Basilio_and_Richard_Stallman.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/12/12/Basilio_and_Richard_Stallman.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Basilio and Richard Stallman⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 12, 2023 SOME TIME YESTERDAY (as per the_RSS_feed) the stallmansupport.org Web site " [a]dded a meme with the lyrics of the aria “La calunnia è un venticello” (“Calumny is a little breeze”) from Rossini's opera buffaThe Barber of Seville. As buffa and à la mode as it can be." █ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Basilio⦈ Basilio explains how calumny works and proposes to use it as an infallible method to eliminate Bartolo's rival. From The_Barber_of_Seville, by G. Rossini. Performance of the scene in Italian with_English_subtitles and without subtitles. 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Now: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Front page for Ubuntu site⦈ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Ubuntu confidential VMs with Intel TDX are now in public preview on Azure⦈ Good luck, Canonical. Front page promoting a lie. 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We fully recognise this limitation. It's a real peril. Many sites have the exact same limitation. This problem isn't limited to digital media, either (volumes of material, some of it outdated or unlinked). In WordPress we used code that checks references in reverse; for any given article, it would (at the bottom) show later (future) articles that link to it. This was very CPU-intensive (at the database level), resulting in pages taking far longer to load. Unless properly cached, it would require scanning about 10 GB of text (or 40,000 blog posts' bodies, not counting drafts/revisions). We needed to move on. Better sooner than later. Having a server screaming 24/ 7 to serve requests (whose growing proportion is rogue bots) is not a long-term strategy. Running a Web server on a machine with almost 100 CPU cores isn't cheap. Before the very_final_post_from_Pamela_Jones_of_Groklaw (just over 10 years ago) she wrote about the challenges of preserving old material. She had quit before, then came back, then retired. Fair enough, she wasn't getting young, but it was important for her to ensure the information remains accessible for many years to come (debunking lies about the GPL and origins of Linux). Some time later the site was converted into static pages (still hosted at ibiblio.org), but some material such as old comments disappeared in the process. Geeklog had its share of limitations and apparently_it's_still_being maintained. Anyway, unlike Groklaw we're still going. I'm 41 and in good health. I receive help from many people and we're good to go. Nothing can stop us, even though some_extremists_are_trying. We won't let wackadoodles waste our time. They just validate_what_we_wrote_months_ago and they try_to_attack_my_wife. Misogynists are like that; they love picking on women. So what next for search? We've long envisioned this site having self-hosted search, not that lousy WordPress search our blog used to have (it's just some lousy WordPress database scan, which is notoriously weak at delivering relevant results). No, we don't want to rely on third parties either. We don't want to hear, "how about Google?" or "why not ClownFlare?" (Wherever or whenever there are DDoS attacks) Any third party means Outsourcing. Outsourcing does not solve the issue; it typically creates additional issues, even if they are temporarily not visible (ClownFlare does not make money yet, so a "big squeeze" is impending and Google is_not_search_anymore). Several of our articles this month got over 3,000 views and we do not depend on Google, social control media, Gulag_Noise_(Google_News), "Hacker" "News" etc. We have our loyal readership, i.e. people who come back not because "Google told me to..." (so-called 'search') Many people don't know this, but way back in 2006 we made a "download site" option available (our database was relatively small back then and a WordPress plugin existed to make a database available sans sensitive things like user accounts). For about a year this whole site was available for download, but the site grew too big and it was no longer feasible to generate the dump on the fly and serve requests. These requests were nightmarish. They caused PHP timeouts and MySQL strain. So what next for data? Well, we considered what we can install for self-hosted search, seeing what's available that is Free software and is also more potent than just a database scan (over fields like title and body). Search can help, wiki pages can help even more, but ideally we may go back in time and turn the site into a kind of hierarchical 'book' (a big project! Big but still feasible). It's still debated in IRC. I quit my job so that I can devote more of my time to promotion of Software Freedom, abolition of software patents etc. While we continue to discuss the best way to organise information in this site (suggestions welcome, IRC_would_work_best) we remind readers that we're actively seeking_help_with_server_bills. We want to keep going for more than a decade to come and help from readers enables us to spend more time researching, writing, tidying up existing material (lots of wiki refactoring to come over the Christmas period), maybe adding a self-hosted search facility. █ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Dog Golden Retriever Card: Watercolor painting of a golden retriever dog holding a leash⦈ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣠⣤⣤⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣠⣤⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 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It's apparently the perfect timing for appeals - a time for giving and, unfortunately, billing. A couple of weeks ago we learned that our VPS host had decided to raise the cost by almost 25%, starting next month. But this month we can still get the old fare for the coming 12 months. It's not cheap. We've just been invoiced for over 1000 pounds for 2 Web sites, 2 Gemini capsules, IRC, and Git... (there are a few other services, but they're not as critical) Thankfully we managed to consolidate them all into a single host and lower the RAM and CPU usage by going 100% static. Running the sites isn't cheap and I always (since 2006) ran my sites at my own expense, i.e. paid by the salary I earned in my daytime/nighttime job. Just over a year ago both my wife and I resigned to better focus on our sites. This obviously had an impact on our ability to cover site-related costs. 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Senior managers making decisions with little understanding of the underlying reality.⦈ It should be noted that Azure has had layoffs every year since 2020. 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1. ⚓ Today_in_Techrights⠀⇛ Some of the latest articles 2. ⚓ Zorin_OS_17_Beta_Released_with_Quick_Settings,_Spatial_Desktop,_and More⠀⇛ Today, the Zorin OS team announced the general availability for public testing of the beta version of the upcoming Zorin OS 17 release, which promises new and exciting features. 3. ⚓ Debian_12.4_“Bookworm”_Released_with_94_Bug_Fixes_and_65_Security Updates⠀⇛ The Debian Project announced today the release and general availability of Debian 12.4 as the third ISO update to the latest Debian GNU/Linux 12 “Bookworm” operating system series. 4. ⚓ Linux_Mint_21.3_“Virginia”_–_BETA_Release⠀⇛ This is the BETA release for Linux Mint 21.3 “Virginia” 5. ⚓ 2023_in_Review⠀⇛ quick summary 6. ⚓ Krita_5.2.2_Released⠀⇛ We bring you another 5.2 series bug fix release with Krita 5.2.2 7. ⚓ GNU/Linux_(and_ChromeOS)_Up_About_2%_This_Past_Year⠀⇛ growing fast 8. ⚓ Linux_6.7-rc5⠀⇛ xmas release 9. ⚓ Microsoft_People_Control_People_From_Within_('Secure'_Boot_and_BSOD)⠀⇛ the same old tactic, taking over the rival 10. ⚓ Ethical_Hacking_Distro_Kali_Linux_2023.4_Brings_Support_for_Raspberry Pi_5⠀⇛ Offensive Security released today Kali Linux 2023.4 as the last update of the year for their popular ethical hacking and penetration testing distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. ⚓ New⠀⇛ 11. ⚓ Today_in_Techrights⠀⇛ Some of the latest articles 12. ⚓ today's_leftovers⠀⇛ IBM, FSF, and more 13. ⚓ Programming_Leftovers⠀⇛ GStreamer, kernel, and more 14. ⚓ Canonical/Ubuntu:_Weekly_Newsletter,_Charmed_Kafka,_and_Ubuntu_Desktop in_2023⠀⇛ Some Ubuntu news 15. ⚓ Open_Hardware_and_Linux_Devices⠀⇛ a few more hardware stories 16. ⚓ New_Akademy_2023_and_LinDoz_2023_Videos⠀⇛ Two new GNU/Linux videos 17. ⚓ Security_Leftovers⠀⇛ mostly new incidents 18. ⚓ today's_howtos⠀⇛ only 7 more for the time being 19. ⚓ today's_leftovers⠀⇛ qemu images and more 20. ⚓ Programming_Leftovers⠀⇛ perl and more 21. ⚓ Bad_NEWS,_Emacs,_and_Why_Emacs⠀⇛ Some Emacs news 22. ⚓ Microsoft_Under_Antitrust_Investigation_Again⠀⇛ This time entryism 23. ⚓ Open_Hardware:_Raspberry_Pi,_CologneChip,_and_ESP32⠀⇛ Some devices with Linux slant 24. ⚓ Audiocasts/Shows:_Late_Night_Linux,_Linux_User_Space,_Destination Linux,_and_WordPress_Briefing⠀⇛ 4 new episodes 25. ⚓ Security_and_Windows_TCO_Leftovers⠀⇛ the security side of things, mostly about breaches 26. ⚓ today's_howtos⠀⇛ many howtos for today 27. ⚓ Games:_30th_Anniversary_of_DOOM,_Valve/Steam,_Humble⠀⇛ 9 articles from Liam Dawe 28. ⚓ In_Nigeria,_Africa's_Largest_Population_(by_Far),_Windows_May_Soon_Fall to_Just_5%_Market_Share⠀⇛ Developing nations are moving away from "old" form factors and "old" operating systems 29. ⚓ Calamares_3.3_Released_as_the_Next_Generation_Graphical_Installer_for Linux⠀⇛ Calamares 3.3 is now available for download as the next generation, universal, and independnet graphical installer for GNU/Linux distributions. 30. ⚓ Android_Leftovers⠀⇛ Android Private Space Brings Secure Place to Hide Apps 31. ⚓ Banana_Pi_BPI-M4_Zero_Allwinner_H618_SBC_follows_Raspberry_Pi_Zero_2_W form_factor⠀⇛ Banana Pi says they will provide a Ubuntu Desktop image for the board but have yet to provide a link in the board’s wiki 32. ⚓ Raspberry_Pi_Changes_HATs⠀⇛ Following on the heels of their Raspberry Pi 5 launch and some specifications for their RP1 all-in-one peripheral chip 33. ⚓ OKdo_CM3_SODIMM_with_up_to_2GB_RAM_and_optional_Wi-Fi_4_support⠀⇛ The module is also compatible with multiple operating systems including Ubuntu 20.04, Debian 10, Buildroot, YOCTO, and Android 11/12 34. ⚓ Kdenlive_23.08.4_released⠀⇛ Kdenlive 23.08.4 comes with a safeguard when working with variable framerate footage and fixes time remapping and subtitling issues 35. ⚓ How_to_Support_Tux_Machines_and_Techrights_for_Next_Year⠀⇛ Financially fortifying the sites means they can become more active 36. ⚓ "Master"_and_"Main"_Branch_Not_Just_About_Words_Anymore⠀⇛ The story of emacs 37. ⚓ Solving_the_Looming_Developer_Liability_Problem⠀⇛ see sections 14 and 15 of GPLv3 38. ⚓ Security_Leftovers⠀⇛ 7 more stories for tonight 39. ⚓ today's_leftovers⠀⇛ many lesser important articles 40. ⚓ KDE_Gear_23.08.4_Released_as_the_Last_Update_in_the_Series⠀⇛ KDE Gear (formerly KDE Applications), a collection of more than 120 apps, libraries, and feature plugins, has been updated by the KDE Project to version 23.08.4, as the last update in the KDE Gear 23.08 series. 41. ⚓ Android_Leftovers⠀⇛ Galaxy A52s users in India can rejoice as phone gets Android 14 update 42. ⚓ Stable_kernels:_Linux_6.6.6_and_Linux_6.1.67⠀⇛ I'm announcing the release of the 6.6.6 kernel 43. ⚓ Perl_Programming⠀⇛ the past week in perl.org 44. ⚓ 9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup:_December_10th,_2023⠀⇛ The 166th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on December 10th, 2023. 45. ⚓ It's_FOSS:_We_Know_It's_Non-FOSS,_But_We_Promote_it_Anyway⠀⇛ Just pointing this out does not make it cool 46. ⚓ Unvanquished_0.54.1_is_here⠀⇛ This release is mostly meant as a technical update 47. ⚓ today's_howtos⠀⇛ many howtos for today 48. ⚓ Audiocasts/Shows:_This_Week_in_Linux_(TWIL),_LINUX_Unplugged,_and_Free Software_Security_Podcast⠀⇛ 3 new episodes 49. ⚓ Integrity,_Authenticity,_and_Security⠀⇛ 7 stories 50. ⚓ Programming_Leftovers⠀⇛ Pythin, education, and more 51. ⚓ today's_howtos⠀⇛ 4 howtos for now 52. ⚓ Open_Hardware/Modding:_Sparkfun,_Raspberry_Pi,_and_Arduino⠀⇛ half a dozen stories 53. ⚓ Pamac_Now_Supports_Libadwaita_and_Fully_Adapts_to_GNOME_45⠀⇛ Pamac 11.7.0 brings libadwaita and GNOME 45 integration for full adaptivity and Phosh support for versatile use 54. ⚓ TQ_MBa8MP-RAS314_i.MX_8M_Plus_single_board_computer_targets_industrial, medical,_and_transportation_applications⠀⇛ TQ has recently introduced a single board computer (SBC) called MBa8MP-RAS314 55. ⚓ Raspberry_Pi_5_Goes_Under_the_X-ray⠀⇛ Most Hackaday readers will know to some extent what lies inside their computer 56. ⚓ 5_things_I_learned_from_using_Ubuntu⠀⇛ I am new to the Linux world, and there's a lot that I learned in my journey with using Ubuntu 57. ⚓ Debian_12.4_Arrives_with_EXT4_Data_Corruption_Bug_Fix⠀⇛ Discover the latest Debian 12.4 release, addressing critical bug advisories and security issues with kernel-image-6.1.0-15. 58. ⚓ 12_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_ERP_Software⠀⇛ All of the software featured in this article is released under a freely distributable license 59. ⚓ Review:_Lernstick_12⠀⇛ Lernstick is a portable and secure learning and working environment for school and at home that can be installed on external storage media 60. ⚓ How_to_Skip_Blanks_While_Paste_in_LibreOffice_Calc⠀⇛ This guide explains how to paste by skipping empty cells in LibreOffice Calc. 61. ⚓ Linux_Mint_21.3_"Virginia"_Beta_is_Out_for_Testing⠀⇛ Round up of the new features of Linux Mint 21.3 Beta which is now available to download and test. 62. ⚓ today's_leftovers⠀⇛ half a dozen more picks 63. ⚓ Apple_and_Microsoft_Woes⠀⇛ opposition news 64. ⚓ Programming_Leftovers⠀⇛ Java and more 65. ⚓ Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_9_changes_in_the_context_of_Red_Hat_OpenShift workloads⠀⇛ Workloads that need to adapt to the changes will typically share some activity patterns ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1068 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 12/12/2023: Google Loses Major Case, Twitter (X) Invites Back Hate Preachers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 12, 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 Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies/Monopsonies # Patents # Kangaroo_Courts # Copyrights # Gemini*_and_Gopher # Personal/Opinions # Games # Technology_and_Free_Software # Programming * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Brandon ☛ RSS_from_the_Past⠀⇛ The majority of my blog reading in 2016 was retro in nature. I was active retro blogging for many years, with the peak being around 2010-2017. It seems like those still retro blogging are just recycling the same content over and over, or creating content just to stay active and I really feel like there isn't much left to say about the topic. It's weird, I'm almost nostalgic for the heyday of retro blogging. So, I'm nostalgic about writing about a time I was nostalgic for. Yea... that makes my brain hurt. Well, this was a fun detour on my way to cleaning up my RSS Feeds, but I just realized that Feedly doesn't seem to have an option (or at least not one easily found) to import my feeds, so all-in-all this was a total waste of my time. :) So, I did what I should have done and just reinstalled NetNewsWire and what do you know, all my feeds were showing up ready to be cleaned up. o ⚓ Derek Sivers ☛ walk_and_talk⠀⇛ One of my favorite authors invited me to walk 100 kilometers (62 miles) through northern Thailand for seven days, ending in Chiang Mai. Walking with us were ten other smart interesting people, including five other authors whose work I’ve loved for years. It’s a “Walk and Talk”. o ⚓ James G ☛ Advent_of_Technical_Writing:_Internal_Dry_Run⠀⇛ I like this methodology because you get to see how someone who is not involved in a project uses it. Indeed, it is better if a team member runs into an issue with your documentation than it is a customer. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Kansas Reflector ☛ Gigantic_Wave_in_Pacific_Ocean_Was_Most Extreme_'Rogue_Wave'_on_Record⠀⇛ The four-story wall of water was finally confirmed in February 2022 as the most extreme rogue wave ever recorded at the time. # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Imagining_a_million_versus_billion⠀⇛ Did you know a million seconds is about 12 days, and a (short scale) billion seconds is 31 years!? # ⚓ Chris ☛ Lessons_From_Evolution⠀⇛ One of the inspiring things I’ve found in the book is the incredible change of perspective Darwin brought to the scientific community, in multiple ways. Let’s start with the power of selection. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Trail Of Bits ☛ Say_hello_to_the_next_chapter_of_the Testing_Handbook!⠀⇛ In this latest addition to the Testing Handbook, we describe how to set up CodeQL locally and create a CodeQL database for your project. We’ll walk you through the process of writing and running custom queries and show you how to unit test and debug them. We’ll also guide you on integrating CodeQL into your existing CI/CD pipeline through GitHub code scanning. Finally, we’ve included a set of references to the official CodeQL documentation and third-party blog posts to help you find relevant, up-to-date information on all things CodeQL. Whether you’re an experienced CodeQL user or just getting started, our Testing Handbook is your entry point for harnessing the full power of CodeQL. # ⚓ Neil Selwyn ☛ Presenting_a_recursive_view_of_the_‘future school’_(field_notes)⠀⇛ All told, this group presentation exercise highlighted the constraining and homogenising effect of thinking about the future of education through the medium of PowerPoint, Canva, generative AI and web-searches for existing ‘future schools’ content. The use of these online tools to illustrate the students’ initial ideas resulted in the regurgitation of ‘future’ tropes around education. In contrast to the Day 2 activities that we led by butcher’s paper, sticky notes, provocation cards and group discussions, the Day 3 presentations turned out to be a frustratingly restrictive – rather than expansive – exercise. This all leads to a rather old-fashioned conclusion … if we want young people to think expansively and differently about the future of schooling in an age of emerging technology, perhaps there is value in encouraging them to stay offline for as long as possible? # ⚓ [Old] Fabian Sanglard ☛ Game_Engine_Black_Book_DOOM⠀⇛ From November 2017 to November 2018, it took one year to complete. Both John Carmack and Dave Taylor kindly wrote forewords. The result is 427 pages, full color, to describe in great detail the PCs of the era (Intel 80486, VESA Local BUS, Dos Extenders, Watcom Compiler, ...), the NeXT hardware (and especially the NeXTStation TurboColor), the engine, and the console ports to the Jaguar, Sega 32X, Super Nintendo, Sony Playstation, 3DO, and Sega Saturn. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Australian_smartphone_shipments_down_in_3Q_for fourth_straight_quarter⠀⇛ Australian smartphone shipments in the third quarter of 2023 fell by 9.3% year-on-year, the technology analyst firm IDC says, adding that the 1.81 million units shipped marked a fourth consecutive quarter of declines. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ BBC ☛ Imported_US_sweets_with_illegal_ingredients_seized⠀⇛ She said some of the products can be on the UK market legitimately if they comply with food standards but those found on the raid were "American branded and not destined for the UK". # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Do_women_go_through_a_second_puberty?⠀⇛ A paper published in 2022 offers some insight into the situation: In a study of over 13,000 participants, researchers set out to track how a person's weight changes over the course of a decade based on age, sex and race. # ⚓ The Scotsman ☛ Trading_Standards_warning_over_US_sweets with_links_to_cancer_made_popular_on_TikTok⠀⇛ But now, Trading Standards has warned that imported American confectionery such as Jolly Ranchers, Swedish Fish and Mountain Dew have been found in the UK - containing illegal additives with links to hyperactivity and cancer in children. The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) warned that the products, often known under the term “American Candy”, are growing in popularity in Britain due to social media. They are now widely available on UK high streets in dedicated stores and smaller convenience shops which have started stocking the items. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Texas's_Ban_on_TikTok_Use_by_Government_Employees on_Government_Computers_Upheld⠀⇛ From Coalition for Independent Technology Research v. Abbott, decided today by Judge Robert Pitman (W.D. Tex.): [...] # ⚓ Free Law Project ☛ Coalition_for_Independent_Technology Research_v._Abbott [PDF]⠀⇛ Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that Defendant Abbott is DISMISSED from the case. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants’ motion to dismiss, (Dkt. 21), is GRANTED. Plaintiff’s claims are dismissed without prejudice. Plaintiff does not seek leave to amend its complaint. (Resp., Dkt. 29). IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction, (Dkt. 20), is MOOT. # ⚓ Steve_Kirsch’s_New_Zealand_“mother_of_all_revelations” about_COVID-19_vaccines_fizzles⠀⇛ Earlier this month, tech bro turned rabidest of rabid antivaxxers Steve Kirsch finally gave a talk that he had been hyping for a couple of weeks as the “definitive” evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are not just deadly, but so deadly that, by his estimation, they’ve killed well over 13 million people. He also made a big deal of giving the talk at MIT in the auditorium that had been named after him before he had turned into a raving antivax conspiracy theorist peddling pseudoscience who has become so proud of his status as “misinformation superspreader” that he had a T- shirt made featuring that saying. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Tuesday's_papers:_Reservists'_fitness,_green_poison and_Covid_common_sense⠀⇛ Finnish news outlets explore cryptic calls to keep fit, loyalty cards and ask if Covid tests are a must this Christmas. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Number_of_Covid-19_cases_in_Malaysia nearly_doubles_in_a_week⠀⇛ 72.9% of the variants of concern detected were of the Omicron variant. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Indonesia_on_high_alert_as_Covid-19 cases_rise;_thermal_scanners_installed_at_Jakarta_airport⠀⇛ There has been a rise in Covid-19 cases in countries, including Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Over_500_Covid_patients_in_Latvia's_hospitals⠀⇛ Currently, the infection rate with Covid-19 is high in Latvia, as evidenced by the number of patients in hospitals, said the director of the Department of Risk Analysis and Prevention of the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC), epidemiologist Jurijs Perevoščikovs, in an interview with Latvian Television December 11. # ⚓ Dr._John_Campbell_Gets_COVID-19_4+_Years_After_It_Started⠀⇛ This new video more or less echoes our experience, first with negative tests and a few uncomfortable things (nothing major). # ⚓ In_Latest_Week_on_Record,_12.01%_Increase_in_Deaths_Across England_and_Wales_4_Years_After_COVID-19_Started⠀⇛ Having just repeatedly refreshed this page in pursuit of the latest numbers (usually due 9:30AM every Tuesday), I can finally see that in Week 48 the number of recorded deaths in England and Wales is 11,385. # ⚓ In_2023,_Across_England_and_Wales,_About_55,000_More_Deaths Than_Before_COVID-19⠀⇛ I‘ve checked the latest numbers released today (12 December 2023) by ONS, which almost every week publishes “[p]rovisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales, by age, sex and region, in the latest weeks for which data are available. Includes the most up-to-date figures available for deaths involving coronavirus (COVID- 19).” o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Mondo2000 ☛ The_Psychedelic_Inspiration_For_Hypercard⠀⇛ Wisdom, it seemed to me, was a step further removed, the bigger perspective of the “Why” connections between pieces of knowledge. Why, for reasons ethical and aesthetic, should we choose one future over another? I thought if we could encourage sharing of ideas between different areas of knowledge, perhaps more of the bigger picture would emerge, and eventually more wisdom might develop. Sort of a trickle-up theory of information leading to knowledge leading to wisdom. This was the underlying inspiration for HyperCard, a multimedia authoring environment that empowered non-programmers to share ideas using new interactive media called HyperCard stacks. # ⚓ Society for Scholarly Publishing ☛ Guest_Post_—_Food_for Thought:_What_Are_We_Feeding_LLMs,_and_How_Will_this_Impact Humanity?⠀⇛ On the contrary, Software 2.0, written in abstract languages like neural network weights, is less friendly to humans. This software doesn’t involve human-written code due to its impractically high number of weights (tens to hundreds of billions of numbers in a matrix). Instead, we set goals on desired behavior and give it computational resources to learn towards these goals. We can’t debug the output, and we have very little detailed understanding of how it works. It’s a whole new paradigm in software development that is rapidly escaping beyond narrow, bounded contexts into the broad. In other words, we don’t “program” Software 2.0 as we do 1.0. Rather, we “train” it. In 1.0, we explicitly write software, algorithm by algorithm into features and components. The properties and capabilities of the system are exactly those we have “programmed” in. In 2.0, we provide the data and compute, and the model learns on its own, building its own internal structures in ways we don’t yet really understand. The properties and capabilities of 2.0 systems are emergent, much like how properties emerge in complex systems in nature. o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Neritam ☛ Israel_police_uses_NSO’s_Pegasus_to_spy_on citizens⠀⇛ Israel police uses NSO’s Pegasus spyware to remotely hack phones of Israeli citizens, control them and extract information from them, Calcalist has revealed. Among those who had their phones broken into by police are mayors, leaders of political protests against former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former governmental employees, and a person close to a senior politician. Calcalist learned that the hacking wasn’t done under court supervision, and police didn’t request a search or bugging warrant to conduct the surveillance. There is also no supervision on the data being collected, the way police use it, and how it distributes it to other investigative agencies, like the Israel Securities Authority and the Tax Authority. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ 'Eyes_Everywhere':_Congress_Is About_to_Vote_to_Expand_Mass_Surveillance_of_Americans, Experts_Warn⠀⇛ The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Reform and Reauthorization Act would be the “biggest expansion of surveillance inside the United States since the Patriot Act,” which was implemented in the wake of the 9/11 attack to combat terrorism, said Elizabeth Goitein, the co-director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Judge_Upholds_Texas_TikTok_Ban_on Government_Devices⠀⇛ In his decision, Judge Robert L. Pitman of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas said he agreed that the ban had prevented public university faculty from using state-provided devices and networks to research and teach about TikTok, but found that it was a “reasonable restriction” in light of Texas’ concerns about data privacy. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Pew:_Many_teens_use_social_media_"almost constantly"⠀⇛ Most teens use TikTok (63%), Snapchat (60%) and Instagram (59%), but use of Facebook (33%) and Twitter (20%) is declining. [...] 51% of U.S. teenagers spend at least four hours daily on social media, Gallup found, with the heaviest users being older teens and girls. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ TikTok_to_Invest_$1.5_Billion_in Indonesia's_GoTo⠀⇛ Under the deal, Tokopedia will purchase TikTok Shop assets worth $340 million, while TikTok will buy a 75.01% stake in GoTo's PT Tokopedia via a new share issuance worth $840 million, according to a stock exchange filing by GoTo. # ⚓ Rolling Stone ☛ COP28_Climate_Summit_President_Has_‘Direct Conflict_of_Interest,’_Al_Gore_Says⠀⇛ The former vice president made the comments on CNN’s State of the Union after visiting the COP28 Climate Change Conference and in reaction to remarks made by conference president Sultan al- Jaber, CEO of UAE state oil company ADNOC. al-Jaber said at an event last month that there is “no science” behind the calls for a phase out of fossil fuels to prevent 1.5 degrees Celsius of global temperature increases. al-Jaber has said the comments were “misinterpreted,” but experts told The Guardian that his words are “incredibly concerning” and “verging on climate denial.” “Can you explain why on earth a climate conference would be held in a major oil-producing country to begin with?” host Jake Tapper asked Gore. # ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ Green_Party_reacts_to_COP28_draft_text: 1.5C_on_life_support⠀⇛ “The absence of a phase out of fossil fuels in the draft text leaves the 1.5C target on life support. Calling on nations to reduce consumption and production of fossil fuels fails to treat climate breakdown as the emergency it is and leaves the planet on course for a hellish future. “As for climate inequality, it is clear that lobbyists from the wealthy fossil fuel industry and petrostates have been driving this summit, wielding way too much power and leaving vulnerable nations, women, young people and campaigners on the sidelines. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ COP28_draft_deal_fails_to_include_fossil fuel_'phaseout'⠀⇛ The hosts of the COP28 summit in Dubai presented a draft deal on Monday that stopped short of calling for the complete "phaseout" of carbon-emitting fossil fuels — the main drivers of climate change — that many countries have been demanding. The draft deal proposed options that would reduce the production and consumption of coal, oil and natural gas. At the same time, the writers of the draft put forward by the United Arab Emirates, which holds the COP28 presidency, had removed any mention of a "phaseout" that had been included in a previous draft. # ⚓ Vox ☛ Pledges_to_slash_methane_pollution_at_COP28_are leaving_out_one_big_thing⠀⇛ Negotiators from around the world meeting at the COP28 climate conference in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week agreed to put more money behind pledges to cut methane pollution. If met, these commitments would avert a significant amount of warming before the end of the decade. But that’s a big ”if,” especially since countries remain reluctant to tackle the biggest source of methane emissions. # ⚓ BBC ☛ Why_Wagner_is_winning_hearts_in_the_Central_African Republic⠀⇛ But according to a report by investigative group The Sentry, in that time Wagner has taken advantage of weak institutions and a weak army to perfect "a blueprint for state capture". "We've seen them focus on four pillars: political, economic, information, disinformation and propaganda - and the military," Nathalia Dukhan, a senior investigator at The Sentry who has spent many years reporting on the country, tells the BBC. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Elon_Musk’s_Real_Threat_to_Democracy_Isn’t What_You_Think⠀⇛ Musk is also not a media mogul because of his appeal to a corps of angry young men who wish that they, too, could sire progeny in the double digits without commitment or consequence and command the attention of a fawning and gullible business and celebrity press. No, Musk is a central figure in the 21st century because he exercises an unusual new form of power over one of the most important resources in the communications ecosystem: satellite Internet connectivity. He can turn the digital tap on and off at will for millions of people. He can monitor the nature of Internet activity in sensitive places around the world if he chooses to—and has begun experimenting with that power in a host of troubling ways. And no one seems willing or able to hold him accountable. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ 'The_Hell_With_It':_SpaceX_CEO_Musk_Reverses Position_On_Funding_Satellite_Internet_For_Ukraine⠀⇛ He issued the statement after CNN reported that SpaceX sent a letter to the Pentagon last month saying it could not continue to fund the Starlink service in Ukraine and that it may have to stop funding it unless the U.S. military gives the company tens of millions of dollars a month. # ⚓ [Old] Business Insider ☛ Elon_Musk_shouldn't_be_able_to 'determine_the_course_of_a_war,'_says_Live_Aid_organizer_Bob Geldof⠀⇛ Bob Geldof, who organized the Live Aid charity concerts in the 1980s, said it was "just wrong" for Elon Musk to be able to "determine the course of a war." # ⚓ [Old] Business Insider ☛ Elon_Musk_blocked_Ukraine's_access to_Starlink_near_Crimea_after_speaking_with_Russian officials,_biographer_says⠀⇛ SpaceX has admitted to limiting Ukraine's use of Starlink satellites for offensive military operations. # ⚓ Axios ☛ COP28_climate_summit_teeters_between_historic agreement_and_failure⠀⇛ Specifically, the U.S., European Union, Alliance of Small Island States and others have expressed opposition to the new draft, calling it far too weak on cutting fossil fuels. "The word 'phaseout' has been phased out," said Li Shuo, director of China Climate Hub at the Asia Society Policy Institute. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Incredible:_GOP_Senator_Doing_More_to Hamper_U.S._Military_Than_Anyone_In_Living_Memory⠀⇛ Tubeverille’s partially relented on his blockade last week after a closed-door meeting with GOP senators. But only partially. The Alabama Senator is still stalling on civilian positions and promotions to four-star general or admiral. Many of those positions create a ripple effect through the chain of command, meaning that he’s still effectively preventing the Pentagon from doing its job. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Dozens_killed_in_Islamist_militant_attack_on northwest_Pakistan_army_base⠀⇛ Islamist militants rammed an explosive-laden truck into a police station in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people, two security officials said, the latest devastating attack in recent months claimed by a Pakistani Taliban group. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ At_Least_22_Security_Personnel_Killed_In_Attack_In Northwest_Pakistan⠀⇛ A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb at the gates of a police station in northwestern Pakistan, killing 22 security personnel and wounding 34, officials said. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Tuesday_Briefing:_An_Israeli_Warning_to Hezbollah⠀⇛ Plus, the debate over who’s a “colonizer.” # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_has_imported_$100_million_in_ultimate luxury_cars_since_Ukraine_invasion,_despite_Western ban,_new_investigation_shows_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukrainian_commander_says_Russian_army attempting_to_advance_along_entire_front_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_election_authorities_adopt resolution_to_hold_presidential_vote_in_annexed Ukrainian_territories_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ Ukrainian_trial_demonstrates_2014 Maidan_massacre_was_false_flag⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘It_shouldn’t_be_like_this’:_The_time_and place_of_Putin’s_reelection_announcement_seem_to_have caught_some_Kremlin_insiders_by_surprise_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Zelensky_Begins_Aid_Push_in Washington,_Casting_Inaction_as_Win_for_Putin⠀⇛ The Ukrainian president plans to meet with President Biden and lawmakers on Tuesday as chances of an aid deal in Congress have become increasingly bleak. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ In_third_U.S._visit_since_start_of_full- scale_war,_Zelensky_says_U.S._delay_in_approving military_aid_encouraging_to_Putin_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Russian_Deputy_PM_Novak_to_visit China_this_week⠀⇛ Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, President Vladimir Putin's top oil and gas point man, will head a Russian delegation to China for participation in an inter governmental commission on energy, the government said on Monday. # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Statement_by_Commissioner_for Transport_Adina_Vălean_on_the_Poland–Ukraine_border⠀⇛ European Commission Statement Brussels, 11 Dec 2023 I welcome the re-opening of Dorohusk–Yahodyn border crossing point for freight transport, the most significant border crossing point between Poland and Ukraine [...] # ⚓ PHR ☛ Russian_Forces_Target_Health_Care_to_Control Civilian_Population_in_Ukraine’s_Occupied_Territories, New_Evidence_Suggests⠀⇛ Russian authorities have systematically sought to target Ukraine’s health care system as a way to cement their control over the civilian population in Ukrainian territories under occupation, a new case study by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and partner organizations shows. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Zelensky_in_Washington_to_try_and_rescue Ukraine_aid_package⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made an impassioned plea for continued US military support Monday in a Washington speech, warning that failure to help his country defeat Russian invasion is fulfilling the Kremlin's "dreams" of wrecking democracy in Europe. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Ukraine_says_it_shot_down_eight_Russian missiles_bound_for_Kyiv⠀⇛ Ukraine shot down on Monday missiles launched by Russia in a strike on Kyiv, with at least four people injured by debris falling on several districts of the capital, officials said. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Zelensky_to_meet_Biden,_Republicans_amid warnings_US_aid_for_Ukraine_will_run_out⠀⇛ Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky will travel to Washington Tuesday to meet President Joe Biden and plead his case before Republicans balking at sending more money for his fight against Russia, amid warnings aid will run out in weeks. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Baltic_transport_links_insufficient,_Rail Baltica_must_be_sped_up_–_Lithuanian_president⠀⇛ Efforts to assist Ukraine in exporting its agricultural products have exposed the Baltic countries’ insufficient transport capabilities, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said in Tallinn on Monday. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Proposes_European_Defense_Hub_In Ukraine_Ahead_Of_Crucial_Meetings_With_Biden,_U.S. Lawmakers⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who is in Washington to meet with President Joe Biden and plead with U.S. lawmakers to continue critical military aid for his embattled country, has called for the creation of a European military hub in Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ EU_Looks_To_Raise_15_Billion_Euros_From Frozen_Russian_Assets_To_Aid_Ukraine⠀⇛ The European Union on December 12 will unveil a plan to set aside profits generated from frozen Russian assets in the EU with the aim of eventually raising 15 billion euros ($16.1 billion) to benefit Ukraine, The Financial Times reported on December 11. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.K._Sends_Two_Minehunters_To_Ukraine_As Britain,_Norway_Seek_To_Bolster_Kyiv's_Navy⠀⇛ Britain and Norway on December 11 announced they were banding together to bolster Ukraine's navy, saying strong maritime forces are critical to countering Russia's aggression and securing grain and steel shipments through the Black Sea. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ European_Union_Targets_Iran_Drone_Industry, Citing_Russia's_Use_Against_Ukraine⠀⇛ The European Union on December 11 said it has imposed sanctions on six individuals and five entities it says are involved in Iran's “development and production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) used in Russia's illegal war of aggression." # ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Air_Force_Moves_To_Discipline_15 Personnel_Related_To_Leak_Case_Including_Ukraine_Data⠀⇛ The U.S. Air Force moved to discipline 15 personnel over the leaking of classified military information allegedly by Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, the military said on December 11. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Says_18_Arrested_In_Crimea_Over Alleged_Plan_To_Assassinate_Russian-Installed Officials⠀⇛ Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on December 11 that its officers had arrested 18 people it alleges are pro-Ukrainian agents suspected of planning assassinations of Russian-installed officials in Ukraine's Russian-annexed Crimea. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Polish_Truckers_Lift_Blockade_At_Ukraine Border_Crossing⠀⇛ A border crossing between Poland and Ukraine was reopened on December 11 after Polish truckers lifted their blockade and allowed the resumption of heavy traffic between the two countries, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ White_House:_Seeing_increased missile,_drone_attacks_by_Russians_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ Russia is increasing its missile and drone attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine and the White House expects Moscow to target energy facilities as winter approaches, national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Monday. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._and_Ukraine_Search_for_a_New Strategy_After_Failed_Counteroffensive⠀⇛ President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Washington at a critical moment, both on the battlefield and on Capitol Hill. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ As_Zelensky_Heads_to_Washington, Russia_Targets_Kyiv_With_Missiles⠀⇛ The Ukrainian leader will be appealing for more military support from the United States as an emboldened Russia steps up its attacks on his country. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Zelensky_to_Meet_With_Biden_in Washington_With_U.S._Aid_to_Ukraine_in_Doubt⠀⇛ Officials announced that the Ukrainian president would travel to Washington on Tuesday for a last-ditch lobbying effort with President Biden and members of Congress. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_makes_first_public_appearance_since announcing_bid_for_fifth_presidential_term,_visits shipyard_for_commissioning_of_nuclear_submarines_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Discussions_ongoing_about_banning_Russian grain_imports⠀⇛ The ban on imports of Russian grain is being discussed at the European level after Latvia's suggestion. What companies import grain, does this production remain in Latvia, how does it affect the competitiveness of local farmers and how in turn would the ban affect the transport sector? Latvian Radio sought answers to these questions Decemebr 12. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Baltic_presidents_hope_IOC_will_reconsider decision_to_accommodate_aggressor_states⠀⇛ The Presidents of the three Baltic states voiced displeasure December 11 at a decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the Paris Olympic Games next year and expressed hopes that the decision will be reversed. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Security_Service_investigates_potential electronics_supply_to_Russia⠀⇛ The State Security Service (VDD) has initiated criminal proceedings against representatives of a company registered in Latvia regarding the supply of electronic components for military use to Russia, the Service said December 11. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ The_Best_and_The_Brightest,_Redux⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Man_Convicted_Of_Killing_Russian_Reformist Starovoitova_Requests_Transfer_To_Open_Prison⠀⇛ Vitaly Akishin, who was found guilty of murdering lawmaker Galina Starovoitova in 1998, has officially filed papers for a transfer to an open prison -- a dormitory- like facility -- after serving two-thirds of his sentence without violating the prison's internal order regulations. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Russia_says_it's_working_on_major new_agreement_with_Iran⠀⇛ December 12, 2023 6:01 PM Russia and Iran will speed up work on a "major new interstate agreement", the Russian foreign ministry said on Tuesday. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea_urges_Russia_to_help sanction_North_Korea_over_satellite,_labour_exports⠀⇛ Russia should help impose new sanctions against North Korea over its recent launch of a spy satellite and enforce existing bans on the isolated country's labour exports, a senior South Korean official said on Tuesday. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Russian_opposition_leader_Navalny reportedly_missing_from_prison_system⠀⇛ Allies of the jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday that they had been unable to locate him for six days, and that he had likely been transferred to another facility. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Prominent_Russia_dissident_Alexei_Navalny missing_from_prison⠀⇛ A spokesperson for Russian dissident Alexei Navalny said on social control media Monday that the activist has been missing within the prison system for six days. Spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said that Navalny’s team doesn’t “know where [he] is or what’s happening to him.” # ⚓ LRT ☛ ‘We’re_taking_steps_to_ensure_that_Russia_can never_attack_NATO’_–_interview_with_US_representative to_NATO⠀⇛ The Baltic states can rely on NATO’s Article 5 of collective defence regardless of who is in power in the US and other countries of the alliance, Julianne Smith, US Permanent Representative to NATO, says in an interview with LRT.lt. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Baltic_leaders_expect_IOC_decision_on_Russian, Belarusian_athletes_to_be_reversed⠀⇛ The three Baltic presidents said on Monday they expect the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals at the 2024 Olympic Games to be reversed. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Russia_dusts_off_Soviet-era_friendship_with Laos⠀⇛ Debt-ridden Laos looks not just to China but to Russia for international support amid economic woes. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_To_Expel_Families_Of_Uzbek_Boys_Who Put_Out_Eternal_Flame_In_St._Petersburg⠀⇛ Three Uzbek boys who extinguished the Eternal Flame at a monument in St. Petersburg are to be expelled together with their families, Russia's Interior Ministry has said. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Parliament_will_not_debate_closure_of_Russia's Åland_consulate⠀⇛ A citizens' initiative calling on Finnish authorities to close the Russian consulate in Mariehamn received over 50,000 signatures, but will not be debated in parliament as it is outside the scope of such initiatives. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Foreign_policy_specialist:_Trump_presidency could_change_Russia's_attitude_towards_Finland⠀⇛ FIIA senior researcher Charly Salonius- Pasternak says he does not consider it likely that Finland will face a military threat, but it is possible. # ⚓ YLE ☛ FM_Valtonen:_Finland_wants_to_gradually_re-open border_checkpoints⠀⇛ The Finnish government is expected to make a decision early this week on whether to end or extend the closure of the Russian border. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Dmitry_Medvedev_says_Russia_will_make ‘targeted_changes’_to_constitution_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russians_restricted_from_traveling_abroad now_required_to_turn_in_passports_to_authorities_— Meduza⠀⇛ o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ BBC ☛ The_coloured_stripes_that_explain_climate_change⠀⇛ Unlike traditional data visualisations, the blanket’s pattern only features colours – and resembles a barcode more than a normal graph. "Some people switch off as soon as they see a graph, right?" says Highwood. In her blog, she shared instructions to replicate the blanket using yarn or other materials. "The craft version does something different. If you are physically reproducing the pattern, you are internalising the data, and there's more chance you'll feel that it's real." # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Idiomdrottning ☛ Energy_is_undercosted⠀⇛ Energy is undercosted because transaction externalities like pollution and climate change aren’t fully factored in. If I buy a can of gas, I don’t have to pay for all of the cleanup of what happened when producing that gas and what will happen when I burn that gas. We currently as I write this in December 2023 don’t have the capability of dealing with all those PPMs of CO2E that we’ve blasted since the start of the industrial era. # ⚓ Interesting Engineering ☛ Automakers_rush_to_deliver affordable_EVs_amidst_Chinese_competition⠀⇛ Notably, the surge in affordable EVs from China has heightened the competitive challenges faced by traditional automakers. # ⚓ Reuters ☛ Fear_of_cheap_Chinese_EVs_spurs_automaker dash_for_affordable_cars⠀⇛ The rise of inexpensive Chinese electric vehicles has upped the pressure on legacy automakers who have turned to suppliers, from battery materials makers to chipmakers, to squeeze out costs and develop affordable EVs quicker than previously planned. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Deutsche_Bahn_bosses_pick_up_bonuses as_passengers_suffer⠀⇛ The trick, it appears, is to offset areas in which targets have been missed against other areas in which targets have been exceeded. It means that the basic salaries of the nine members of the executive will rise from a total of around €4 million to around €9 million in 2022. According to the report, Deutsche Bahn only slightly exceeded its own targets in the area of "women in leadership and employee satisfaction" in 2022. However, the bonus was up by 175%, says the report. The executive board members stand to rake in around €1.6 million for this target alone. # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ Study_examines_switching from_fluorescent_lamps_to_LEDs⠀⇛ The study compared the costs of six replacement options — one fluorescent and five LED — for linear recessed lighting systems and found that LED products were 18%- 44% more efficient than T8 fluorescent lamps. read the study Lighting is responsible for 11% of electricity use in commercial buildings and residential basements, garages and shops. Linear recessed lighting systems, which are also called linear fixtures or troffer lights, are among the largest opportunities for energy efficiency improvement, given their long operating hours. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ ‘Like_a_Dead_Zone’:_Undoing_Decades of_Environmental_Harm_on_a_California_River⠀⇛ o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Forbes ☛ 2023_Layoff_Tracker:_Hasbro_Cuts_1,100_Employees⠀⇛ Toy manufacturer Hasbro will cut 1,100 employees, according to an internal memo released Monday, making it the latest major U.S. company to reduce its head count this year (see Forbes’ layoff tracker from earlier this year here). # ⚓ Robert Reich ☛ Billionaires_Don’t_Want_You_to_Know_About This_Supreme_Court_Case⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ There's_a_big_catch_in_the_EU's_landmark_new_AI law⠀⇛ Because the law will not be in force until 2025, the EU will urge companies to begin voluntarily following the rules in the interim. But there are no penalties if they don't. The hiatus leaves plenty of room for the U.S. or others to undercut the EU's plans before they go into effect by, for instance, implementing less restrictive rules before Europe's kick in. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Socialism_and_Disney_Are_Incompatible⠀⇛ If our call for transgression had been written in academic prose destined for obscure scholarly journals, we would surely have been ignored. But the style we chose for Para Leer al Pato Donald was as insolent, raucous, and carnivalesque as the Chilean revolution itself. We tried to write so that any mildly literate person would be able to understand us. Still, don’t imagine for a second that we weren’t surprised when the reaction to our book proved explosive. Assaults in the opposition press and media were to be expected, but assaults on my family and me were another matter. I was almost run over by a furious driver, screaming “Leave the Duck alone!” Our house was pelted with stones, while Chileans outside it cheered Donald Duck. Ominous phone calls promised worse. By mid-1973, my wife Angélica, our young son Rodrigo, and I had moved—temporarily, we hoped—to my parents’ house, which was where the military coup of September 11 found us. # ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ Five_things_you_need_to_know_about the_EU’s_new_AI_Act⠀⇛ It’s done. It’s over. Two and a half years after it was first introduced—after months of lobbying and political arm-wrestling, plus grueling final negotiations that took nearly 40 hours—EU lawmakers have reached a deal over the AI Act. It will be the world’s first sweeping AI law. # ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ Why_the_EU_AI_Act_was_so_hard_to agree_on⠀⇛ To better understand the key sticking points and what’s next, I spoke with our senior AI reporter Melissa Heikkilä and Connor Dunlop, a policy expert at the Ada Lovelace Institute. I’ll warn it’s all pretty complex and it’s still a moving target; as Connor tells me, “The most surprising thing has been the level of drafting and redrafting across all three EU institutions,” which he describes as “unprecedented.” But here, with their help, I’ll do my best to answer some of the biggest questions. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Experts_react:_The_EU_made_a_deal_on_AI rules._But_can_regulators_move_at_the_speed_of_tech?⠀⇛ Ahead of the curve or behind the times? That’s what some are asking just days after European Union (EU) policymakers reached a deal on the world’s first comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) rules in the form of the AI Act. The law would subject AI technologies to different requirements, with “limited risk” AI systems being required to abide by transparency rules and AI tools with “unacceptable” risk being entirely banned from the EU. But the rules aren’t slated to come into effect until 2025. Will the legislation keep up with the explosion of AI tools or will it get stale? And will other countries follow soon? Our (human) experts gave us their takes below. # ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ The_Law_Bytes_Podcast,_Episode_188: Consumers,_Competition_or_Corporate_Cash_Grab?_–_My_Bill_C-11 Appearance_at_the_CRTC⠀⇛ The CRTC just concluded a three week hearing on Bill C-11 with its primary focus on the prospect of mandating interim payments by Internet streaming services. The result was predictable as just about everyone made their way to Gatineau to make their case for cash. I appeared for the first time before the CRTC where argued that it should prioritize competition, consumer choice and affordability, recognizing that the emerging system brings with it risks of market exit or higher prices. This week’s Law Bytes episode goes inside the Commission hearing for my opening statement and exchanges with the panel of Commissioners. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Around_the_World,_Authoritarians_Are_Rising⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Hasn’t_Kevin_McCarthy_Humiliated_Himself Enough?⠀⇛ Most Republicans who’ve had their careers destroyed by Donald Trump have denounced the twice-impeached former president. But not the man he once called “My Kevin.” Even as the former House speaker slinks out of Congress in humiliation this month, his leadership doomed by his attempts to kowtow to both Trump and the anti-Trumpers in his caucus, Kevin McCarthy says he’ll be voting for the ex-president next year. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Liz_Cheney:_Donald_Trump_Should_Go_to_Jail_if Convicted⠀⇛ Once a top Republican, Cheney is calling out her former colleagues in Congress—including Speaker Mike Johnson—for “enabling” a would-be dictator. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Rishi_Sunak_Faces_One_of_His_Toughest Weeks_as_U.K._Prime_Minister⠀⇛ The prime minister testified at an official inquiry into the Covid pandemic on Monday while also defending a flagship immigration policy from rebels in his own party. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ NPR ☛ Elon_Musk_allows_controversial_conspiracy theorist_Alex_Jones_back_on_X⠀⇛ Jones generated controversy for spreading false, wild conspiracies, claiming that a "New World Order" was sacrificing children on a California compound; that the U.S. government had "weather weapons" that triggered catastrophes like major floods; and that FBI Director Robert Mueller was a demon. # ⚓ ABC ☛ Elon_Musk_restores_X_account_of_conspiracy theorist_Alex_Jones⠀⇛ Jones repeatedly has said on his show that the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, that killed 20 children and six educators never happened and was staged in an effort to tighten gun laws. Relatives of many of the victims sued Jones in Connecticut and Texas, winning nearly $1.5 billion in judgments against him. In October, a judge ruled that Jones could not use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying more than $1.1 billon of that debt. Relatives of the school shooting victims testified at the trials about being harassed and threatened by Jones’ believers, who sent threats and even confronted the grieving families in person, accusing them of being “crisis actors” whose children never existed. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ Study:_Freedom_of_speech perceived_as_biggest_human_rights_concern_in_Estonia⠀⇛ Karmen Turk, a lawyer specializing in matters of human rights and free speech, said that the results suggest the environment in which people communicate is no longer under our control. "It is under the control of international businesses. And I believe it is this lack of control that causes people to feel some anxiety even if their own free speech is not restricted, but they can see other people's Facebook accounts closed or their access to certain content blocked," Turk explained. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Renaissance_nudes_spark_crisis_at_French school⠀⇛ She said it was the "final straw" for teachers at the school, who had complained of a "very degraded climate" as well as a "lack of support" from management despite "several alerts". # ⚓ RTE ☛ Teachers_stop_work_at_French_school_after_nude painting_shown_to_class⠀⇛ Education Minister Gabriel Attal visited the Jacques-Cartier middle school in Issou, west of Paris, today but left without making a statement. # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Bah_Humbug:_The_Police_State_Wants_Us_To_Be a_Nation_of_Snowflakes⠀⇛ Now, even the ability to think for oneself is in danger of extinction. As Rod Serling, creator of the classic sci-fi series Twilight Zone and one of the most insightful commentators on human nature, once observed, “We’re developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles but won’t be able to think.” We face an immense threat in our society from this drive to obliterate our history and traditions in order to erect a saccharine view of reality. In the process, we are creating a schizophrenic world for our children to grow up in, and it is neither healthy nor will it produce the kind of people who will be able to face the challenges of a future ruled by a totalitarian regime. # ⚓ The Scotsman ☛ Fears_over_safety_of_Putin_critic_Alexey Navalny_missing_for_six_days_after_failing_to_appear_in_court by_video_link⠀⇛ The prison where he is being held claims to have an ongoing power cut. However, his spokespeople warned that he had taken ill in prison last week and they had not been able to contact him since. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_Opposition_Leader_Navalny_Misses Court_Date,_Raising_Alarm_Among_Supporters⠀⇛ The Russian opposition leader had been scheduled to appear before a district court via a video link on Monday. His spokeswoman said his allies had not heard from him for more than five days. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Campus_Speech_Restrictions_Come_Back_To_Bite Universities⠀⇛ Plus: A listener asks if there is any place libertarians can go to start their own country or city state. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ Attacking_Journalists_as_Terrorists⠀⇛ In the modern world, access to your electronics – and it is a criminal offence under the Terrorism Act not to hand over access codes to the police when your electronics are confiscated – allows the police to trawl through your entire private life. Most of us access over 90% of our correspondence, all of our financial information, and much of our social relationships, online. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Court_Confirms_RFE/RL's_Kurmasheva_To Remain_In_Custody⠀⇛ The Supreme Court of Russia's Tatarstan region on December 12 confirmed a lower court's decision to hold veteran RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva in custody but reduced her detention term by one day, until February 4. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Detained_Russian-American_journalist_Alsu Kurmasheva_facing_new_charges,_investigated_for_‘fakes’ against_the_Russian_army_for_2022_book_—_Meduza⠀⇛ o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Manuel Matuzović ☛ Template_for_accessibility_guidelines⠀⇛ When creating this template, I had the six most common WCAG failures in mind, but also what processes take place when you collaborate with other people. Nothing is set in stone and it should be adapted in consultation with your colleagues, because accessibility is a group effort! More on that in Prependix. As a reference, I refer to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, as they are popular and well documented. However, you are free to include a different one or more in this template, depending on your location and the requirements that need to be met. # ⚓ NPR ☛ Iran_blocks_Mahsa_Amini's_family_from_collecting_a human_rights_prize_in_her_name⠀⇛ According to the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Amini's father, mother and brother were prevented from boarding a flight at Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport on Saturday. They were informed they were banned from traveling and their passports were then confiscated by security forces. # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Tesla_Has_Bitten_Off_More_Than_It_Can Chew_by_Picking_a_Fight_With_Swedish_Unions⠀⇛ If either side caves, it will have profound impacts across Sweden. If the unions lose, it might spell the end of the Swedish norm-based labor market system of high unionization rates, sectoral bargaining, and few regulations (there is, for example, no minimum wage in Sweden as most employers simply pay the wages agreed in negotiations with the unions). If Tesla loses, it will be the first union with which the company has been forced to negotiate. Recognizing these stakes, several other sectors have started sympathy strikes. The transport workers are now refusing to unload Teslas in Swedish ports, the construction workers are not doing repair work on Tesla facilities, and the postal workers are not delivering mail, including license plates to Tesla. The latter strike was branded as “insane” by Elon Musk on Twitter/X. # ⚓ Michigan News ☛ Judge_closes_Flint_water_case_against former_Michigan_governor⠀⇛ The dismissal order, signed by Gennessee District Judge William Crawford, tells authorities to destroy records related to Snyder’s initial processing by police in 2021, including fingerprints and booking photo. Assistant Attorney General Chris Kessel also signed the court filing. # ⚓ CSIS ☛ The_Evolving_and_Incompletely_Realized_Human_Right to_Water⠀⇛ Codifying water as a human right helps to guide policy development and implementation, provides global standards and objectives to frame government responsibilities and evaluate outcomes, and facilitates accountability by empowering rights holders to identify and claim their rights. Agenda 2030, the global development framework agreed by the United Nations in 2015, explicitly sets the Sustainable Development Goals within a vision “to realize the human rights of all.” Reaffirming the commitment to ensuring the human right to water, Sustainable Development Goal 6 seeks to achieve universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation by 2030. Since 2015, an additional 687 million people have gained safe drinking water services. Yet the world still falls far short of realizing the goal of universal access. In 2022, 2.2 billion people worldwide remained without safely managed drinking water and 3.5 billion did not have safely managed sanitation. Women, children, and marginalized populations, such as those living in informal urban settlements, are particularly impacted by the lack of safe water and sanitation. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Feds_teleworking_overseas_got_a_pay raise._State_Dept._honors_an_employee_who_made_it_happen⠀⇛ Some federal employees are taking remote work to a whole new level — holding government jobs while living overseas. They’re called Domestic Employees Teleworking Overseas (DETOs). Most are the spouses of military and Foreign Service officers. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Like_something_from_the_Middle_Ages’:_Russia_may stop_short_of_a_total_ban,_but_its_anti-abortion_turn_has just_begun_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Foreign_Ministry_Summons_Danish_Ambassador Over_His_Statements_In_Media⠀⇛ The Russian Foreign Ministry said on December 11 that it summoned the Danish ambassador to Moscow, Jacob Henningsen, over his statements in the Danish media on the operations of foreign companies in the Russian Federation. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Netflix_is_back,_after_an_outage_knocked_many people_offline_for_a_few_hours⠀⇛ Netflix didn’t comment on anything specific behind the outage, although any issues getting to your TV shows and movies are getting even more frustrating as the prices for subscription streaming services continue to rise. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Google_Loses_Antitrust_Court_Battle_With_Makers of_Fortnite_Video_Game⠀⇛ The jury in San Francisco found that Epic, the maker of the hit game Fortnite, proved that Google had maintained a monopoly in the smartphone app store market and engaged in anticompetitive conduct that harmed the videogame maker. Google could be forced to alter its Play Store rules, allowing other companies to offer competing app stores and making it easier for developers to avoid the cut it collects from in-app purchases. o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Epic_decision_sees_jury_find_Google's_Play store_is_illegal_monopoly⠀⇛ In Sweeney's telling, the jurors heard "evidence that Google was willing to pay billions of dollars to stifle alternative app stores by paying developers to abandon their own store efforts and direct distribution plans, and offering highly lucrative agreements with device manufacturers in exchange for excluding competing app stores." o ⚓ Axios ☛ Epic_Games_wins_lawsuit_against_Google's_Play_Store⠀⇛ "[The jury] decided Google has an illegal tie between its Google Play app store and its Google Play Billing payment services, too, and that its distribution agreement, Project Hug, deals with game developers and deals with OEMs were anticompetitive too." o ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Epic_Games_prevails_in_anti-trust_suit_against_Google⠀⇛ Fortnite creator Epic Games has won an anti-trust case against Surveillance Giant Google which it filed three years ago, claiming that the app store policies of the latter violated anti-trust laws both at the US federal level and in California state. o ⚓ The Verge ☛ Epic_win:_Jury_decides_Google_has_illegal_monopoly_in app_store_fight⠀⇛ Three years after Fortnite-maker Epic Games sued Apple and Google for allegedly running illegal app store monopolies, Epic has a win. The jury in Epic v. Google has just delivered its verdict — and it found that Google turned its Google Play app store and Google Play Billing service into an illegal monopoly. o § Patents⠀➾ # § Kangaroo Courts⠀➾ # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Stasit_smartphone_patent_monopoly reexam_granted⠀⇛ On December 1, 2023, less than one month after Unified filed_an_ex_parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding a substantial new question of patentability on all challenged claims of U.S._Patent 8,855,723, owned and asserted by Stasit, LLC, an NPE. The ‘723 patent monopoly is directed to smartphones that can mask notifications of incoming calls and text messages for certain unauthorized numbers during certain times and only logging a record of those temporally unauthorized communications on a password protected log, while allowing incoming communications from authorized numbers to be handled normally (regular notification and logging on the general log). o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ On_Openness_&_Copyright,_EU_AI_Act_Final Version_Appears_to_Include_Promising_Changes⠀⇛ Throughout the last year, Creative Commons has actively engaged in the EU’s development of an AI Act. We welcomed its overall approach, focused on ensuring high-risk systems that use AI are trustworthy and safe. At the same time, we had concerns about the way it might impede better sharing and collaboration on the development of AI systems, and we joined with a coalition of AI developers and advocates offering suggestions for how to improve it. Rather than advocating for blanket exemptions, we supported a graduated, tailored approach – differentiating merely creating, sharing, and doing limited testing of new tools, versus offering a commercial service or otherwise putting powerful AI models into service, particularly at broad scale and impact. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Don't_Fuel_the_Copyright_Troll_Fire, Supreme_Court_Hears⠀⇛ The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has warned the U.S. Supreme Court that the copyright troll problem could worsen if rightsholders are able to claim damages beyond the three-year statute of limitations. The Supreme Court should strengthen judicial safeguards instead, to ensure that the trolls stay under their bridge. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Piracy_Shield:_IPTV_Blocking_Orders_Apply to_All_DNS_&_VPN_Providers⠀⇛ A document detailing technical requirements of Italy's Piracy Shield anti-piracy system confirms that ISPs are not alone in being required to block pirate IPTV services. All VPN and open DNS services must also comply with blocking orders, including through accreditation to the Piracy Shield platform. Google has already agreed to dynamically deindex sites and remove infringing adverts. o § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ # § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Oh_my_god_it's_actually_done⠀⇛ I did it. I made it through my first term as faculty. I will never have a schedule like this again. Next term is going to feel wild because I not only won't have to commute between two campuses across either end of the city on public transit *but also* I actually have two online classes and only one in-person. So I'm only commuting to the campus I can walk to (it's a three mile walk but, like, for me that's still within the limits of Fun Walking) and it's in the middle of the day not "early in the morning" or "late at night" like this term. # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_EIMRSTX_Wordo:_PUCKS⠀⇛ # ⚓ Hey_mister_Buddhist_feign_man,_write_a_post_for_me⠀⇛ Now you got me wondering whether I sound/read pseudo-Buddhist. Probably. I mean, anything's possible in the realm of others interpreting what they're convinced themselves they're seeing. # § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Quest_Queue⠀⇛ It’s a blorb principle to prep out a region to explore before play starts, and there are many DMs out there that have managed to do that. Personally, I’ve gotten overwhelmed everytime I’ve tried to do that, except when using those big modules where all that work is ready-made, but even them can feel too small. I don’t want to expand randomly as we go either, because if everything is randomly rolled as you go along, where’s the agency? South becomes the same as north becomes the same as west because wherever you go, the dice are furnishing for you, so the choice about where to go matters less. # § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Cell_phones_on_3G_are_bleeding-edge,_that's_far_as_it goes⠀⇛ I continually reflect on how big of a deal it would actually be, long term, to lose the last 20 years of IT progress. [...] Social media as we know it simply didn't exist; IRC and things like AIM ruled the day; MySpace was brand new. Google wasn't, actually, very evil at all. Yet. Youtube didn't exist. Windows XP was in its prime. Oh, take me back. Things suck now. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Some_thoughts_on_unit_testing_from_inside_an assembler⠀⇛ I've been writing some new 6809 assembly code as well as going back to some existing projects, trying out the “unit test” feature from my 6809 assembler [1]. I will admit that running “unit tests” from the assembler is wonderful! It cuts debugging time since the feedback loop goes from “edit code, assemble, load into emulator, run, edit code” to “edit code, assemble, edit code,” which makes it more likely I'll use the feature. Also nice is that when I'm done with the testing, I change the backend and the testing code is no longer part of the program. Yes, the tests still reside in the source code, but they're ignored if not required. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3117 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 12/12/2023: Students' Performance Collapses, Software Patents Getting Harder⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 12, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows * Leftovers o Science o Education o Games o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies/Monopsonies # Patents # Software_Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights # Gemini*_and_Gopher # Personal/Opinions # Politics_and_World_Events # Rants # Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ GNU World Order (Audio Show) ☛ GNU_World_Order_542⠀⇛ Visit the alternate Internet with OpenNIC shasum - a256=1385c204d02963503cb3de002126a6965982807b4fa46fe100b201d541ee819f * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-05_[Older]_EU_approves_ban_on destruction_of_unsold_clothing⠀⇛ o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_Great_Wall_of_China_Is_Coated_in_a Living_Substance_That_Shields_It_From_Harm⠀⇛ It’s alive! o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-12-05_[Older]_Canadian_students'_math,_reading scores_have_dropped_since_2018_—_but_study_says_it's_not_all COVID's_fault⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-05_[Older]_Germany's_students_fare worse_than_ever_in_PISA_school_tests⠀⇛ o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-08_[Older]_'Grand_Theft_Auto_VI': Why_is_there_such_a_hype_around_the_'GTA'_games?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-05_[Older]_'Grand_Theft_Auto_VI' trailer_drops_with_2025_release_date⠀⇛ o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Company_under_CIA_investigation_for possibly_allowing_China_access_to_U.S.-designed_supercomputer decides_to_drop_Huawei_support,_focus_on_U.S._tech_only⠀⇛ G42, a company with an ExaFLOPS-scale stable of Cerebras-based hardware plans to phase out Huawei Hey Hi (AI) hardware. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Stanford University ☛ ‘Once_in_a_lifetime_opportunity’: HBCU_exchange_program returns_for_second_post-pandemic_year⠀⇛ Stanford’s HBCU exchange program returned for a second year following a hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Dr._Gao_Yaojie,_Who_Exposed_AIDS_Epidemic in_Rural_China,_Dies_at_95⠀⇛ Despite government efforts to silence her, she drew global attention to an epidemic that devastated rural China and killed tens of thousands. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Is_Economic_Freedom_Good_for_Public_Health?⠀⇛ New research on how the growth of government may affect public health, even if only indirectly. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Massive_Study_Finds_a_Link_Between Commuting_And_Poor_Mental_Health⠀⇛ All that time can take a toll. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ People_Living_in_Green_Areas_Seem_to_Age Slower_at_The_Cellular_Level⠀⇛ We need nature more than we realize. # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ 2023-12-09_[Older]_'Two_out_of_every_10_children in_Turkey_face_disabilities'⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-12-09_[Older]_5_now_dead_in_'major'_cantaloupe salmonella_outbreak_as_Canadian_cases_nearly_double⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-12-08_[Older]_Canada_Bread_blames_former_owner Maple_Leaf_Foods_for_price-fixing_scheme⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-05_[Older]_A_vegan_diet_may_be better_for_your_heart,_but_not_taste_buds⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-07_[Older]_Are_phones_making teenagers_depressed?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-02_[Older]_Social_media_addiction: How_can_we_avoid_it?⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-12-05_[Older]_Soaring_cost_of_baby_formula_puts extra_pressure_on_new_parents⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-05_[Older]_German_accused_of founding_armed_group_to_fight_COVID_rules⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-05_[Older]_WHO_calls_for_higher taxes_on_alcohol,_sugary_drinks⠀⇛ o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Mistral,_French_Hey_Hi_(AI)_Start-Up,_Is Valued_at_$2_Billion_in_Funding_Round⠀⇛ The company has publicly released its latest technology so people can build their own chatbots. Rivals like Proprietary Chaffbot Company and Surveillance Giant Google argue that approach can be dangerous. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-06_[Older]_What_does_the_EU's_AI Act_mean_for_Europe's_SMEs?⠀⇛ o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-12-05_[Older]_Products_returned_to_Amazon found_at_Toronto_liquidation_stores_—_along_with buyers'_personal_info⠀⇛ o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Netherlands_police_arrest_Syrian_refugee_suspected of_crimes_against_humanity⠀⇛ Dutch police arrested a 55-year-old Syrian refugee on Friday in the town of Druten in the province of Gelderland on suspicion of crimes against humanity, including complicity in torture and sexual violence in Syria during the civil war. This is the first time that the Netherlands has accused someone of committing crimes against humanity. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_vetoes_UN_Security_Council_resolution_for_Gaza ceasefire_following_Secretary_General’s_invocation_of_Article 99⠀⇛ The United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza on Friday, prompting a furious backlash from the international community. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ New_Zealand_foreign_minister_seeks closer_ties_with_Five_Eyes_powers⠀⇛ New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Monday he would draw the country closer to intelligence partners the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia, part of a renewed focus on security under the new right-of-centre government. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Papua_New_Guinea_PM_Marape_says_no talks_with_China_on_security⠀⇛ Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said on Monday there had been no recent talks with China on security after the resource-rich nation signed a security agreement with neighbour Australia last week. # ⚓ YLE ☛ NYT:_Finnish_Ambassador_reached_out_to_Trump_to discuss_Nato⠀⇛ The New York Times reports that European diplomats are concerned about the possibility of the United States withdrawing from Nato if Donald Trump returns to the White House. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China's_actions_in_South_China_Sea undermine_regional_stability,_US_says⠀⇛ During the weekend, the Chinese coastguard called on the Philippines to stop its "provocative acts". # ⚓ RFA ☛ N_Korea_warns_of_‘destruction’_from_US-S_Korea drills⠀⇛ There is a possibility that the move could be aimed at the audience within the North, said an analyst. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ 2023-12-06_[Older]_Global_Coalition unyielding_against_ISIS_expansion_in_Africa_–_US_Envoy⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-12-08_[Older]_Dating_App Abductions_Raise_Fears_for_LGBT+_Safety_in_South_Africa⠀⇛ # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ 2023-12-08_[Older]_Sub-Saharan_Africa internal_and_regional_conflicts_driven_by_“meddling”⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Local SE ☛ 2023-12-08_[Older]_Turkey_links_Nato ratification_of_Sweden_to_F-16_fighter_jet_sale⠀⇛ # ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-12-07_[Older]_HPG:_Turkey_continues_to commit_war_crimes⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US_F-16_crashes_into_Yellow_Sea_off South_Korea:_Report⠀⇛ The pilot ejected and was conscious after being rescued from the sea, a South Korean report said. # ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-12-05_[Older]_Protest_against_the demographic_change_and_the_settlement_of_Palestinians_in Afrin⠀⇛ # ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-12-09_[Older]_Dutch_police_arrest_Syrian interrogation_chief_for_crimes_against_humanity⠀⇛ # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ 2023-12-09_[Older]_'Where_is_Syrian_human_rights advocate_Ahmed_Katie'⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-06_[Older]_German_state: Citizenship_applicants_must_support_Israel⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-08_[Older]_Germany_debates_tying citizenship_to_Israel_loyalty⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-04_[Older]_US_charges_former diplomat_with_spying_for_Cuba⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-04_[Older]_US_military_finds several_bodies_after_plane_crash_off_Japan⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-08_[Older]_Germany:_AfD_in_Saxony classified_as_'extremist'⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-08_[Older]_Indonesia:_Rohingya arrivals_exhausting_local_villages⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-07_[Older]_Yemen:_Houthis_turning Red_Sea_into_'crucial_front_line'⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-04_[Older]_Global_shipping_on alert_after_Houthis_attack_vessels⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-03_[Older]_US_warship_downs_drones approaching_its_position_in_Red_Sea⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-06_[Older]_Calls_grow_to_reform_UN peacekeeping_missions⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-06_[Older]_China_under_pressure_to stop_repatriating_North_Koreans⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-05_[Older]_EU_faces_'huge'_risk_of terrorist_attacks,_says_official⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-05_[Older]_Germany_on_guard against_terrorism⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-05_[Older]_Freed_Thai_hostages: 'Israelis_had_it_worse'⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-04_[Older]_Global_arms_sales decline_despite_surge_in_wars,_conflicts⠀⇛ # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-03_[Older]_Will_Ramzan Kadyrov's_teenage_son_follow_in_his_footsteps?⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Scolds_German_Ambassador_For_War Remarks_In_Moscow_Cathedral⠀⇛ The Russian Foreign Ministry has criticized Germany's ambassador in Moscow, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, for his remembrance of war victims and plea for peace during a church Christmas concert. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Activists_Protest_Crackdown_On Journalists,_Including_RFE/RL's_Detained_Kurmasheva⠀⇛ Activists on December 10 protested against the crackdown inside Russia on independent journalists, including Alsu Kurmasheva, a veteran journalist of RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service who has been held in Russian custody since October 18. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Serbia_Launches_Interconnector_To_Gas Pipeline_In_Bulgaria⠀⇛ Serbia on December 10 completed the interconnector to a pipeline in Bulgaria that would allow the Balkan country to diversify its gas supplies and reduce its dependence on Russia. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Zelensky_to_Visit_Washington_With U.S._Aid_to_Ukraine_in_Doubt⠀⇛ Officials announced that the Ukrainian president would travel to Washington on Tuesday for a last-ditch lobbying effort with President Biden and members of Congress. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Set_To_Visit_White_House_After Argentina_Stop_On_Drive_To_Bolster_Support⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy plans to travel to the United States on December 11 after receiving an invitation from President Joe Biden to visit the White House on December 12 on the heels of his visit to Argentina to meet with Latin American leaders. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Military_Police_In_Armenia_Detain Deserter_Who_Refused_To_Fight_In_Ukraine⠀⇛ A Russian conscript soldier who reportedly refused to take part in fighting in Ukraine has been arrested by Russian military police in Armenia. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Top_Swedish_General_Visits_Front_Lines_In Ukraine⠀⇛ The commander in chief of the Swedish armed forces, General Micael Byden, has visited the front in eastern Ukraine, according to Ukrainian media reports. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Several_Wounded_As_Ukraine_Repels_Russian Missile_Attack_On_Kyiv⠀⇛ Ukrainian air defenses repelled a missile attack on the capital, Kyiv, and its surroundings in which at least four people were wounded, the military and officials said. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Ukraine_condemns_Russia_plans_for presidential_election_in_occupied_territories⠀⇛ The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned on Saturday the Russian Federation’s plans to hold presidential elections on occupied Ukrainian territory early next year, following the decision taken by Russian lawmakers on Friday. # ⚓ France24 ☛ War_in_Ukraine_boosts_depressed_Russian regions_amid_defence_sector_boom⠀⇛ The Kremlin appears to be preparing for a long, drawn-out war in Ukraine by boosting defence spending by 70 percent next year, a move that promises to benefit depressed Russian regions and sectors related to the war effort. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Ukraine's_Zelensky_to_meet_Biden, Republicans_as_war_funding_dries_up⠀⇛ Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky will travel to Washington Tuesday to meet President Joe Biden and plead his case before Republicans balking at sending more money for his fight against Russia, amid warnings aid will run out in weeks. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-06_[Older]_Putin_visits_UAE, Saudi_Arabia_in_rare_foreign_trip⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Netanyahu_Speaks_to_Putin_and Criticizes_Cooperation_Between_Russia_and_Iran⠀⇛ It was the first call in weeks between the two leaders, whose relationship has been strained since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Netanyahu_Speaks_To_Putin,_Voices_Disapproval Of_Iran_Ties⠀⇛ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 10 and voiced displeasure with "anti-Israel positions" taken by Moscow's envoys at the UN, an Israeli statement said. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ What_does_Putin_want_from_the_UAE and_Saudi_Arabia?⠀⇛ Russia’s President Vladimir Putin visited the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia last week in a bid to expand relations with the two oil-rich states and show that he isn’t as isolated [...] o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Countries_disagree_on_fossil_fuel_wording_as_COP28 deadline_looms⠀⇛ China shows hand, substituting renewables for gradual, orderly transition. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-03_[Older]_COP28:_Germany_praises efforts_to_curb_methane_emissions⠀⇛ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-12-06_[Older]_Hundreds Dead,_Thousands_Displaced_As_Torrential_Rain_Hits_Parts_Of East_Africa⠀⇛ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ LIVESTREAM:_'Energy_Trilemma:_The_Backbone for_Energy_Transition_-_Baltic_Sea_Region_Focus'⠀⇛ A conference on energy security, accessibility and sustainability in the Baltic Sea region is being held in Rīga December 11. # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-12-08_[Older]_Ontario’s_‘Crypto_King’_owes investors_millions._How_is_he_still_living_large?⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-12-07_[Older]_Canadian_NBA_star_wins lawsuit_to_undo_purchase_of_mansion_where_Ontario Crypto_King_lived⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ 2023-12-02_[Older]_Binance’s_Noah Perlman:_Ties_to_FTX,_Epstein_and_Gemini_Earn⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-12-03_[Older]_Lula Says_Brazil_Never_to_Be_Full_Member_of_OPEC+,_Only Observer⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-12-05_[Older]_North Carolina_Farms_Were_Properly_Approved_to_Collect_Energy From_Hog_Waste,_Court_Says⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-12-05_[Older]_Accelerating Renewable_Energy_Development_in_Indonesia⠀⇛ # ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ 2023-12-04_[Older]_COP28:_Denmark contributes_DKK128_million_to_pan-African_green_energy initiative⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-08_[Older]_COP28:_Is_a tripling_of_nuclear_energy_workable?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-08_[Older]_COP28:_Germany's Baerbock_pushes_for_fossil_fuel_phaseout⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-08_[Older]_German_train driver_strike_hits_rail_passengers⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-12-05_[Older]_Cannabis_traffickers_used cryptocurrency,_'barrels_of_honey_or_maple_syrup'_to cover_tracks:_Manitoba_RCMP⠀⇛ # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_'Rarest_Alligator_in_The_World' Was_Just_Born_in_Florida⠀⇛ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Ancient_Tyrannosaur's_Last_Victims Can_Still_Be_Seen_Inside_Its_Stomach⠀⇛ They were never fully digested. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ 'Ultimate_Killing_Machine':_Huge Intact_Skull_of_Prehistoric_Predator_Found⠀⇛ "Able to prey effectively on anything." # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-12-06_[Older] Colombia,_Brazil_Destroy_Illegal_Gold_Dredges_in_Amazon Rainforest⠀⇛ # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korean_government_asks young_couples_why_they_refuse_to_have_children⠀⇛ It is a bid to acquire ideas for policies that will help tackle the country’s faltering birth rate. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-04_[Older]_North_Korea's_Kim Jong_Un_urges_women_to_have_more_children⠀⇛ o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Strikes_could_interrupt_bus_services_on_Thursday⠀⇛ The details of which services would be impacted are not yet known. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Far-right_outsider_Milei_sworn_in_as_Argentina's president_promising_drastic_economic_reforms⠀⇛ Javier Milei was sworn in Sunday as Argentina’s president, as the country steels itself for harsh spending cuts and economic reforms aimed at curbing rampant inflation. # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-12-04_[Older]_Why_this_photo_is_bad_news for_the_global_economy⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-12-08_[Older]_Surge_in_newcomers_putting pressure_on_inflation_via_housing_demand:_BoC_official⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-12-07_[Older]_Ontario_has_a_rental_housing enforcement_unit._It_investigates_a_fraction_of_cases_and fines_even_fewer⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-12-07_[Older]_Bakers_in_Saskatchewan_search_for sugar_as_labour_dispute_empties_store_shelves⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-12-06_[Older]_As_expected,_Bank_of_Canada_holds interest_rate_steady_at_5%⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Steps_Out_in_Tinsel_Town_and_the_Big Donors_Show_Up⠀⇛ The president was back on the fund-raising trail in Los Angeles this weekend after a hiatus because of the writers’ and actors’ strikes. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Italy’s_‘arrivederci’_to_China’s_BRI could_be_a_template_for_others⠀⇛ Italy opting out of China's Belt and Road Initiative is both a blow to the already scaled- back initiative and a signal of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's resolve. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ South_Korean_chipmaking_tool_firms increase_their_sales_into_China,_capitalizing_on_U.S. sanctions_against_the_PRC⠀⇛ As the U.S., Netherlands, and Japan restrict sales of advanced fab tools to China, South Korea-based Nextin continues to supply Chinese companies with sophisticated inspection equipment. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Tourists_in_South_Korea_can_use_app_to pay_for_shopping,_get_tax_refunds⠀⇛ Seoul's government aims to attract 30 million international visitors by 2026. # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-12-07_[Older]_Amazon_ditches_Venmo_as_a direct_payment_option_after_just_14_months⠀⇛ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-12-07_[Older]_Book_Review:_Chokepoint Capitalism⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-05_[Older]_Does_Germany_need_to rethink_globalization?⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-12-04_[Older]_Is_this_the_most_powerful generation_of_workers_in_decades?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-07_[Older]_Germany:_A_new_scheme to_fill_the_skilled_labor_gap⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-07_[Older]_German_budget_chaos:_No vote_on_2024_spending_this_year⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-02_[Older]_Turkish_companies_flee to_Egypt_as_economy_tanks_at_home⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Hong_Kong_holds_'patriots_only'_local_elections after_shutting_out_opposition⠀⇛ Polls opened in Hong Kong's first "patriots only" district council election on Sunday, with officials dismissing concerns of potentially low turnout in a race that has shut out all opposition candidates after a national security crackdown. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-08_[Older]_Kenya's_Facebook_case: Meta_found_not_in_contempt⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-12-06_[Older]_Greece, Turkey_Seek_to_Restart_Relations_With_Meetings_in_Athens⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-07_[Older]_Turkey's_Erdogan_vows 'new_era'_in_ties_with_Greece⠀⇛ # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ 2023-12-09_[Older]_Letter_from_conscientious objectors_in_Greece,_Turkey_and_Cyprus_to_Erdoğan_and Mitsotakis⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNBC ☛ 2023-12-07_[Older]_New_Mexico_Sues_Meta_Over_CSAM Content_on_Facebook_and_Instagram⠀⇛ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-12-04_[Older]_Elon Musk-Owned_X_(Twitter)_Revamps_Its_Ad_Strategy_As_Ad_Revenues Decline⠀⇛ # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-12-03_[Older]_How_France_Has Continued_Exploiting_its_Former_African_Colonies⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-06_[Older]_How_colonial_Germany extended_its_empire_in_Africa⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-12-08_[Older]_Missouri House_Democrat_Is_Kicked_off_Committees_After_Posting_Photo With_Alleged_Holocaust_Denier⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-06_[Older]_Peru's_ex-President Alberto_Fujimori_released_from_prison⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-06_[Older]_Peru_court_orders release_of_ex-President_Fujimori⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-08_[Older]_Hunter_Biden_indicted on_new_federal_tax_evasion_charges⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-08_[Older]_Qatargate:_One_year_on, EU_cash-for-influence_scandal_still_far_from_over⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-08_[Older]_Olaf_Scholz:_The_most unpopular_German_chancellor_ever⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-07_[Older]_Scholz_calls_for solidarity_with_Jews_as_Hanukkah_begins⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-06_[Older]_Boris_Johnson apologizes_to_UK_COVID_victims⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-06_[Older]_AI:_EU_holds_crunch talks_on_landmark_regulation⠀⇛ o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ "The_Trouble_with_Congress_or_College_Presidents Policing_Free_Speech_on_Campuses"⠀⇛ Will Creeley (FIRE) and I have this L.A. Times opinion piece today. I doubt our readers will find anything new here (it's based on FIRE's past work explaining free speech, and on my posts about the absence of any exception for advocacy of genocide), but I thought I'd pass it along. # ⚓ Reason ☛ From_Sam_Altman_(OpenAI)_on_Anti-Semitism⠀⇛ https://twitter.com/sama/status/1732925866836210151 (Apropos The Lesson and the value of free speech; see "Moral Rot": Rude Awakenings, Lessons, and Being Not Sure How to Cope.) # ⚓ [Repeat] RFERL ☛ Mohammadi_Blasts_Iran's_'Despotic'_Regime In_Smuggled_Nobel_Acceptance_Speech⠀⇛ The teenage children of imprisoned Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi accepted the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for their mother at a ceremony in Oslo on December 10, delivering a speech in which she blasted the "despotic" regime in Tehran. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Children_of_Jailed_Narges_Mohammadi_Accept Her_Nobel_Peace_Prize⠀⇛ At the ceremony in Oslo, the Iranian activist’s twins also read a speech from their mother calling for a “globalization of peace and human rights.” # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Right_and_Wrong_Ways_to_Deal_with Campus_Antisemitism⠀⇛ The proper response to censorship is not more censorship. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Hong_Kong’s_‘patriots_only’_elections_record_lowest- ever_turnout⠀⇛ This was the first district election since Beijing overhauled the city’s electoral system in 2021 to allow only ‘patriots’ to run. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-12-03_[Older]_Prominent Hong_Kong_Activist_Quits_for_Canada_After_Two-Year_Silence⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-12-04_[Older]_Democracy_activist_Agnes_Chow,_now in_Canada,_won't_return_to_face_trial_in_Hong_Kong⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-12-05_[Older]_The_UK_could_require_facial scans_or_photo_IDs_to_view_online_porn⠀⇛ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-12-05_[Older]_Attacks,_arrests,_threats, censorship:_The_high_risks_of_reporting_the_Israel-Gaza_war⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-12-08_[Older]_Appeals_Court Upholds_Gag_Order_on_Trump_in_Washington_Case_but_Narrows Restrictions_on_His_Speech⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-12-08_[Older]_So_Much_for_Free_Speech: The_Antiwoke_Movement_Cancels_Palestine⠀⇛ # ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-12-09_[Older]_Den_Bosch_mayor_will_not_be prosecuted_for_hate_speech_allegations⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-07_[Older]_Exiled_leader_says China_is_erasing_Tibetan_culture⠀⇛ o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-12-07_[Older]_Malawi_police_seize_ZBS_reporter Raphael_Mlozoa’s_phone,_delete_photos_of_officers’_conduct⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-12-04_[Older]_CBC/Radio-Canada_to_cut_10%_of workforce,_end_some_programming_as_it_faces_$125M_budget shortfall⠀⇛ o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Rights_group_accuses_China_of_collective punishment_of_human_rights_defenders⠀⇛ Madrid-based human rights organization Safeguard Defenders (SD) published a report on Sunday alleging the practice of collective punishment as a political tool by the Chinese government against human rights defenders and their families on Sunday, which marked International Human Rights Day. # ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-12-05_[Older]_Kalkan:_Repression_in_Turkey is_like_a_nightmare⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-12-06_[Older]_Hollywood_actors_ratify contract_to_formally_end_strike⠀⇛ o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Dark_Fibre_Africa_donates_ICT_lab_to_orphanage, gives_update_on_fibre-laying_progress,_comments_on_Starlink⠀⇛ In my opinion, there is no deed too small in our digital literacy and inclusion fight. So, when we heard that Dark Fibre Africa had sponsored the transformation of a library into an ICT lab at a children’s home, we had to see what was what. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-12-09_[Older]_Amazon_Asks_Federal Judge_to_Dismiss_the_FTC's_Antitrust_Lawsuit_Against_the_Company⠀⇛ o § Patents⠀➾ # § Software Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Drafting_Functional_Claims Still_Risky_Post-Alice⠀⇛ Western Digital sued Viasat for infringing claims from several patents, including US8,504,834, which covers “media streaming systems and software.” In a recent decision, Judge Haywood (N.D.Cal.) granted a motion to dismiss — finding the claims of the ‘834 patent monopoly directed to ineligible subject matter.  The background section of the patent monopoly explains explains that prior art systems decrypted locally stored content using a decryption key obtained from a digital rights management (DRM) server. This had drawbacks related to efficiency and cost. The patent monopoly describes an improved system where the decryption key is derived from a stream of data received over a network, rather than needing to contact a DRM server. o § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-12-04_[Older]_TEAM_USA_vs_EUIPO_–_And_the winner_is…⠀⇛ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-12-08_[Older]_General_Court_maintains_the validity_of_Lego_minifigures_as_EUTMs⠀⇛ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-12-05_[Older]_The_Vespa_appearance:_Italian Supreme_Court_considers_that_its_artistic_value_may_preclude trade_mark_protection_(due_to_substantial_value_absolute ground)⠀⇛ o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-12-02_[Older]_CJEU_considers_legal_standing of_collecting_societies⠀⇛ o § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ # § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ "The_words_are_mine;_the_meaning_is_you"⠀⇛ To me, if one is going to be serious about politics being "more complicated than right and left", they might consider refraining from hyper-overly-simplistic terminology as though it refers to the reality they claim to see, because persisting in that terminology only reinforces its being accurate - especially to two-bit (i.e. tending toward starkly dualistic) minds. So... I happen to see value in the "ten commandments" and other statements found in "the bible", and no value in *not* believing in a singular (zero-ular, more accurately..) underlying basis for reality. I could even call the latter "God", and I'd know what *I* mean. # ⚓ "The_words_are_mine;_the_meaning_is_you"⠀⇛ That's why you may have noticed I find it difficult to take much of anything being discussed seriously, because I can't get it out of my representational framework that others participating in the discussion are using the same words, but with possibly (likely?) considerably different meanings/ significances/implications for arising in much different representational contexts (i.e. minds). # ⚓ The_one_thing_those_knuckle-scraping_gas-guzzling troglodytes_will_never_understand_is…⠀⇛ …anything, if I keep referring to them derogatively instead of talking to them as people. I know, I know, there are super bad- faith actors out there who it’s better to “defeat” than “debate”, but I was never a fighter. The number one reason I write my li’l essays is so that I can link to them in future discussions, building complex ideas as if I were composing functions. They're also great reference for myself. I was writing way less complex libraries back when I had to hold it all in my head. # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding_—_CYLOPRH_Wordo:_SPASM⠀⇛ # ⚓ research_out_of_academia⠀⇛ im pretty disabled and so can't go to university to study anything, but im really interested in our interaction with the internet (as an entity) and through the internet (with other people) # ⚓ 05_December_2023⠀⇛ Well... i think winter is really here to stay, last night we got about 10 cm fresh snow whithout any indication of melting in sight. Not bad for beginning of december, the last time i can remember a situation like this was when i was a kid in the 80s. Somehow everything is feeling a bit like a rerun of the 80s for me: The obvious thing with the new east / west conflict doesn't need any explanation i think, the brewing conflicts in south america neither... but a more personal thing that gave me real flashbacks is this: Until the mid 90s the german post did reside in a brutalist "bunker" style building here in my hometown, until they moved away into a more modern, more city centre oriented building. Now... this new(er) building will now be broken down and they moved back into that old concrete castle. The only shame is, that they did not put back the telephone booth in front of it. # ⚓ 01_December_2023⠀⇛ Its the first december and i am happily diving even deeper into my nostalgia / "need for Primitiveness" / whatever frency and indeed writing this phlogpost within the software Startexter. From a writing comfort Perspective, its still a quiet usable distraction free writing environment. # ⚓ the_unlucky_hunter⠀⇛ It's been a few years, but I'm still kickin. Here's a poem. # ⚓ 2023_Week_48/49:_Status_and_Photos⠀⇛ In the aftermath of our pet hedgehog Kino passing away, we've decided to get a pair of ferrets as our next pets. We don't have the animals yet; we first need to get a bigger cage, different food and water bowls, cleaning supplies, toys, and many other things. We expect to have them by the end of next month at the latest. On Thanksgiving Day we had plans to see family for a large dinner, but they fell through after my wife developed an acute viral infection. The disease passed, and we rescheduled to the Saturday after Thanksgiivng weekend--only for some other members of the family to contract COVID-19. We finally managed to get everyone together this past weekend for a combined Thanksgiving-Christmas dinner, or "Thanksmas" as we called it. # ⚓ Midnight_dinner?⠀⇛ We're thinking of updating our food menu... What is your go-to dish past midnight? # § Politics and World Events⠀➾ # ⚓ What's_Right_and_Left_Anyways?⠀⇛ I find it interesting how people who used to be on the left take for granted the "criticisms" coming from the right. I see this rhetoric against identity politics and “wokeness” coming from people who you would expect to be on the left or center, or those who are supposedly against racism and homophobia and other forms of discrimination and stereotyping. They've taken for granted that these criticisms are truthful, and so haven't stopped to question the inherent racism in political groups co-opting and changing words like "woke" from their original meaning to something that they claim threatens society as a way of targetting a specific group of people for political gain. The reality is, these criticisms are often not truthful, they are actually strawman arguments that are made up altogether. The rise in Fundamentalism throughout much of society has prevented us from seeing through this. [...] It was not long ago when rationality and science were used to justify slavery and racism. In fact, it was Scientific consensus that "survival of the fittest" and Darwinism be applied to social issues, including that of race, intelligence, and skills. Hitler used scientific and "leftist" ideas to promote hatred and to kill millions of people, but he is no "leftist" in the modern sense. He is in the center only insomuch that he uses whatever is convenient at the time to gain the most power and to strike fear in a group of people. The extreme left nowadays can want the liberation of Palestinians and still justify the terrorism of Hamas. The center and the right can justify the immoral actions of the State of Israel, failing to realize that prior to the creation of Israel, a lot of Jewish people who were already in or near the land were actually fine with living under these countries that weren’t persecuting them like Europe was at the time. The extreme left can turn criticisms against Israel into antisemitic tropes without realizing that tons of Jews are also against the immoral actions of Israel. # ⚓ Energy_is_undercosted⠀⇛ Hanging out on Libera.Chat the other day I mentioned that energy is undercosted. The other people replied that no, it’s undercosted, fossil fuels are fine, tech will fix it. So I’ll try to explain myself in more detail here. # § Rants⠀➾ # ⚓ It's_knee-jerk_psychopaths_seemingly_every_which_way I_turn_anymore⠀⇛ So the first portion of our trip - which was staying with two couples our age at a really good venue - has morphed to staying at my dad's for a couple days, which is difficult *mostly* because the woman nearly 20-years older than him that he decided to shack up with a couple decades ago is a nightmare from a place at least an order of magnitude worse than the usual hell of other people Satre referred to. On top of that, he's very much "losing it" mentally, so communication is slow and painful, many detours, retrograde motion, and etc. # § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Re:_A_Simple_Docker_Shortcut⠀⇛ This is a reply to a simple docker shortcut [1] by Mr Onak (gemini). # ⚓ Why_Emacs⠀⇛ I know that Emacs certainly has a lot of flaws, as the lovely piece of 1970s tech it is. If you don’t want to get into Emacs, you shouldn’t have to. Feel free to move along. And don’t take that last paragraph as meant to scare you away or gatekeep you. If you do want to get into Emacs, here’s my introhere’s my intro. In other words, I’m neither writing this to convince the Emacs haters, nor to those who already want to get into it. This one I’m writing for those who are neither; those who are curious. You know how in the Unix shell, you can have programs and they can talk to each other through pipelines, env vars, and command line args, right? # ⚓ Musical_L-system⠀⇛ More information about L-systems can be found elsewhere. # ⚓ 11_December_2023⠀⇛ Why has everything to be so complicated in modern consumer electronics? My parents got themselves an IP TV box lately because where we live cable is not available and satelite TV is problematic due to a massive amount of trees in the surroundings which sometimes blocks the signal. So... my parents are in their 80s, both are normally very sharp people, but when confronted with modern user interfaces they are utterly lost. The calls i got over the last weeks with one of them bordering on a panic attac because the menu has AGAIN changed after an update... or why there is now AGAIN an screen filling textbox highlighting the recent changes in the "Terms and Services"... with no indication how to accept or decline (you have to scroll down to the end to make the buttons appear). That the TV itself has its own caveats doesn't make it any better... # ⚓ Wiring_a_dimmer_turns_weird⠀⇛ I finally got around to replacing a dimmer for the classic three pendant lights over the open-plan kitchen/lr counter. These had been dark for months now as I was elsewhere, then procrastinating too much. It ws time. The old Feit dimmer failed in an unforeseen way: the large rocker on/off switch got detached and was now just flapping in the breeze, not doing anything. The unit is sealed with triangular-slot screws. E-waste. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ For_No_One⠀⇛ Another aspect that seemingly generates negative phantasms in said silence is the best years of my online life having been in USENET, where commenting on chunks of inline quoting seemed like the pinnacle of textural community to me for years. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Advent_of_Code⠀⇛ The problems are good ones and lots of fun, but it definitely feels like less of a clean ramp up in difficulty than last year's. I've been collecting my solutions in this gemini capsule, along with those of anyone on this pubnix who wish to participate. # ⚓ History_of_call-tables⠀⇛ I use call-tables all the time in my code. Sometimes a good solution is to have two call-tables with the same data, one going from A to B and the other going from B to A. That way I can find anything from anything. # ⚓ Why_the_define_from_match-generics_needs_to_be called_in_order⠀⇛ When using the define from match- generics you need to take some care about what order you define the calls. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4612 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 12/12/2023: VMware Layoffs and Hostilities in South China Sea⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 12, 2023, updated Dec 12, 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 # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies/Monopsonies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ Inside_the_decades-long_fight_over Yahoo’s_misdeeds_in_China⠀⇛ When you think of Big Tech these days, Yahoo is probably not top of mind. But for a 62-year-old Chinese dissident named Xu Wanping, the company still looms large—and has for nearly two decades.    In 2005, Xu was arrested for signing online petitions relating to anti-Japanese protests. o ⚓ Kev Quirk ☛ Renovating_the_Garage⠀⇛ The next step in the reonvations at home, is the garage (my workshop). Difference being this time, is that I did it myself. Since spending all our savings on the first stage of the renovations during our_first_year_at_the_smallholding, the next step was to renovate the garage. However, since we had no money left, I decided to do it myself, rather than have a professional do it. I've always disliked DIY, but saving money is more important than my delicate sensibilities, so I got stuck in and sorted it myself. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Built_a_Functional_Computer_With Human_Brain_Tissue⠀⇛ We have so many questions! # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Most_Night_Shift_Workers_Have_a_Sleep Disorder,_Study_Confirms⠀⇛ A serious problem. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Can_Spanish_teachers_solve_Finland's_daycare dilemma?⠀⇛ The City of Helsinki is training teachers in Spain to work at its Swedish-language daycares. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Tech_In_Plain_Sight:_Super_Glue⠀⇛ Many inventions happen not by design but through failure. They don’t happen through the failure directly, but because someone was paying attention and remembered the how and why of the failure, and learns from this. One of these inventions is Super Glue, the adhesive that every tinkerer and engineer has to hand to stick pretty much anything to anything, quickly. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Bunnie_Huang’s_Shenzhen_Guide_Gets_A_New_Edition –_Written_By_Naomi_Wu⠀⇛ If there’s one city which can truly claim to be the powerhouse of high-tech manufacturing here in the 21st century, it’s the Chinese city of Shenzhen. It’s likely that few people don’t own something made in that city or with parts that have passed through companies in the legendary electronic component markets of its Huaqiangbei district. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ SZBOX_DS135D_–_A_dual-screen_laptop_with_an defective_chip_maker_Intel_Processor_N100_CPU⠀⇛ A few companies have been making dual-screen laptops – where one of the screens is placed where you’d typically find the keyboard and touchpad – for several years, and this type of design was brought back to the forefront with the Lenovo Yoga Book 9i introduced earlier this year with two 13.3- inch displays and a 13th-gen defective chip maker Intel Core Raptor Lake-U processor for $2,000 and up. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ STMicro_VD55G1_–_A_small,_low-power_global shutter_I3C_camera_sensor_for_computer_vision⠀⇛ STMicro VD55G1 is a new global shutter I3C camera sensor with a small die size of 2.7 x 2.2 mm, 804 x 704 pixels native resolution, and consuming about 1mW in its ‘always-on’ autonomous mode to wake up the host when motion is detected. Camera sensors are available with rolling or global shutter, with most from the former type, but as we’ve seen in our reviews of the e-Con Systems See3CAM_24CUG (USB 3.1) and the Raspberry Pi Global Shutter (MIPI CSI) global shutter cameras, the latter is much better we capturing moving objects clearly at high frame rates with fewer artifacts than with rolling cameras. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Wireless_Bike_Brakes⠀⇛ Bicycles are the most efficient machines for moving a person around, and wireless drivetrains have been heralded as a way to make shifting more consistent and require less maintenance. [Blake Samson] wondered if the same could be true of wireless brakes. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Homemade_Raman_Laser_Is_Shaken,_Not_Stirred⠀⇛ You wouldn’t think that shaking something in just the right way would be the recipe for creating laser light, but as [Les Wright] explains in his new video, that’s pretty much how his DIY Raman laser works. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ CWWK_x86-P5_fanless_mini_PC_with_two_2.5GbE ports_ships_with_up_to_defective_chip_maker_Intel_Core_i3- N305_CPU⠀⇛ CWWK x86-P5 is a fanless mini PC powered by an defective chip maker Intel Alder Lake N-series N100 (quad-core) or Core i3-N305 (octa-core) and equipped with two 2.5GbE ports using defective chip maker Intel i226V controllers making it suitable for networking applications such as a firewall or a soft router. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ US_Woman_Takes_Her_Gun_Into_an_MRI_Scanner And_Gets_Seriously_Lucky⠀⇛ Let’s go over this one more time. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Simulated_Sunshine_Could_Have_a_Remarkable Effect_on_Alzheimer's_Symptoms⠀⇛ A promising non-drug treatment. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Reveal_a_New_Way_Our_DNA_Can Make_Novel_Genes_From_Scratch⠀⇛ And it's way faster than usual. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_Abigail_Echo-Hawk_Uses_Indigenous_Data to_Close_the_Equity_Gap⠀⇛ The public health researcher Abigail Echo-Hawk is a leading voice in a movement to empower Indigenous people, wielding data as a tool for racial equity. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Third_death_reported_in_cantaloupe_salmonella outbreak_as_illnesses_span_38_states⠀⇛ A third person in the US has died and 96 have been hospitalized after consuming cantaloupes and pre- cut fruit products connected to a salmonella outbreak, causing concern among top US health officials. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Tragic_crash_raises_issue_of_drivers'_health checks⠀⇛ Health checks should be stricter for drivers and should be carried out often enough, say experts approached by Latvian Radio December 11. The issue of the frequency and quality of medical tests was widely debated in the public room following a tragic crash on Saturday in Rīga, where a 91-year- old man accidentally hit two young people, one of whom lost her life. # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ Whitmer_signs_final_piece_of Reproductive_Health_Act_into_law⠀⇛ Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the final piece of the Reproductive Health Act into law Monday morning with the goal of expanding abortion access in Michigan. The RHA has been making its way through the Michigan legislature since the package was introduced last March and passed by the Michigan House and Michigan Senate this fall. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Supreme_Court_declines_case_surrounding reproductive_health_clinic_‘buffer_zones’⠀⇛ The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider a case that would have restricted the use of “bubble” zones around abortion clinics, areas where protesters are not permitted. The court’s decision means that the buffer zones will remain in place. # ⚓ RFA ☛ A_hero_of_China's_AIDS_villages⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Whistleblowing_AIDS_doctor,_rights_campaigner_Gao Yaojie_dies_in_New_York⠀⇛ Gao was honored with multiple rights awards for her work on behalf of AIDS villages in China's Henan province. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Chinese_dissident_doctor_and_AIDS whistleblower_Gao_Yaojie_dies_aged_95⠀⇛ A dissident doctor who became China’s most outspoken and celebrated AIDS campaigner, spending years under government pressure before finding refuge in the United States, has died at the age of 95, a long-time supporter told AFP. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Irish Examiner ☛ VMware_to_cut_more_than_360_Irish_staff⠀⇛ Cloud computing firm, VMware is set to let go more than 360 staff members following the firm's recent acquisition by US semiconductor company, Broadcom. The Irish Examiner understands that a letter was sent to staff on Monday proposing a total of 364 redundancies impacting roles across the organisation. VMware, which now goes by VMware by Broadcom following the takeover, employs more than 1,000 people, the vast majority of which are based in Cork, with the proposed redundancies set to impact more than a third of its Irish employee base. # ⚓ Irish Independent ☛ Irish_tech_firms_expect_to_lay_off_more staff_than_they_hire_in_2024,_survey_finds⠀⇛ Businesses in the IT sector expect to lay off more staff than they hire for the first time since 2020, according to the latest employment outlook survey from ManpowerGroup. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Oracle’s_stock_slides_as_revenue_and guidance_come_up_short⠀⇛ Shares of the database giant Oracle Corp. fell more than 8% in after-hours trading today after it reported fiscal second-quarter sales and guidance for the current period that fell below Wall Street’s estimates. o § Security⠀➾ # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Rogue_parking_ads_still_rife_on_Google, warns_Which?⠀⇛ Drivers urged to avoid search engines when attempting to download parking apps # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenRightsGroup ☛ ORG_and_the_3million_win_in_court again⠀⇛ The Immigration Exemption to data protection is STILL unlawful as Courts tell Home Office again that they cannot sidestep Parliament when using personal data to profile migrants. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Letter_From_Sen._Wyden_To_The_DOJ_Says Governments_Are_Gathering_Push_Notification_Data_From Google,_Apple⠀⇛ If nothing else, Senator Ron Wyden is keeping us on top of the surveillance curve. The privacy-focused senator has asked more uncomfortable questions of more federal agencies than anyone since the Church Committee. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Apple’s_Nonsensical_Attack_On_Beeper_For Making_Apple’s_Own_Users_Safer⠀⇛ Apple has spent the past few years pushing the marketing message that it, alone among the big tech companies, is dedicated to your privacy. This has always been something of an exaggeration, but certainly less of Apple’s business is based around making use of your data, and the company has built in some useful encryption elements to its services (both for data at rest, and data in transit). But, its actions over the past few days call all of that into question, and suggest that Apple’s commitment to privacy is much more a commitment to walled gardens and Apple’s bottom line, rather than the privacy of Apple’s users. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Cruise_missile_from_Yemen_strikes_tanker_ship:_US officials⠀⇛ The Iran-aligned Houthis have waded into the conflict - which has spread around the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas war erupted on Oct. 7 - attacking vessels in vital shipping lanes and firing drones and missiles at Israel itself. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ US-brokered_72-hour_ceasefire_in_eastern_DRC signals_progress_as_US_intelligence_monitors_armed_activity⠀⇛ The White House on Monday welcomed the initiation of a 72-hour ceasefire in the conflict-ridden eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which entities involved in the conflict have agreed to. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ EU_To_Increase_Monitoring_Mission_In_Armenia_To_209 Observers_From_138⠀⇛ The European Union’s top diplomat said the bloc will increase the number of observers for its mission in Armenia to 209 from 138. # ⚓ Reason ☛ When_Should_Security_Clearance_Be_Denied_Based_on Interest_in_QAnon_and_Three_Percenters?⠀⇛ Security clearances can be denied based on constitutionally protected speech; but there's an adjudicative process aimed at reviewing whether such denials make sense in light of the facts of each case. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ 5_Takeaways_From_ProPublica’s_Investigation of_Coast_Guard_Detentions_at_Sea⠀⇛ In late February, a smuggling boat carrying dozens of Haitians bound for the U.S. was intercepted so close to Florida’s shore that those aboard could see the lights of hotels and passing cars. But although they were in U.S. waters, they have few rights compared to people who arrive at land borders. That’s even true of the three young children traveling alone on that boat, a 10-year- old boy and two sisters, 8 and 4. I spent months reporting on this group of people, the children in particular, and on the hidden world of immigration enforcement at sea, a border where different rules apply. These are five key findings of the investigation, published last week in partnership with The New York Times Magazine. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Indiana’s_Westforth_Sports_Linked_to_Hundreds of_Chicago_Guns⠀⇛ Early one morning in June 2022, Earl Westforth sat down at a small table inside a hotel conference room in northwest Indiana and began defending his life’s work. Fourteen months earlier, the city of Chicago had sued his namesake Westforth Sports Inc., alleging that the outdoor- and sports-equipment shop was negligent in how it screened gun buyers and had become an epicenter for the unlawful purchase of guns, which were flooding into the violence-wracked city. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Chinese_aircraft_carrier_sailed through_Taiwan_Strait,_Taipei_defence_ministry_says⠀⇛ A Chinese naval formation led by the Shandong aircraft carried sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Monday, Taipei’s defence ministry said. The carrier group entered the strait that separates the island and mainland China, travelling from north to south, Taipei’s defence ministry said. # ⚓ RFA ☛ US,_allies_denounce_China’s_‘dangerous_actions’_in South_China_Sea⠀⇛ US, EU and Japan expressed concerns over ‘dangerous maneuvers’ against Philippine vessels at the weekend. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Philippines_summons_China’s_envoy amid_rising_tensions_over_confrontations_in_disputed_South China_Sea⠀⇛ The Philippines said it had summoned China’s envoy on Monday and flagged the possibility of expelling him following the most tense confrontations between the countries’ vessels in years at flashpoint reefs in the disputed South China Sea. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Philippines_summons_Chinese_envoy_after_maritime confrontations_at_flashpoint_reefs⠀⇛ The Philippines said it had summoned China's envoy on Monday and flagged the possibility of expelling him following the most tense confrontations between the countries' vessels in years at flashpoint reefs in the disputed South China Sea. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_It_Feels_Like_To_Be_the_Target_of China’s_Water_Cannons⠀⇛ The Philippines invited journalists on a mission to provide fuel to fishermen in disputed waters of the South China Sea amid tensions between Beijing and Manila. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Philippines_summons_Chinese_ambassador over_South_China_Sea_‘harassment’⠀⇛ Manila said the actions of the Chinese vessels within the Philippine exclusive economic zone are illegal. # ⚓ RFA ☛ China’s_issues_warrants_for_10_people_in_Myanmar’s Kokang_region⠀⇛ The arrest warrants are the latest to target online scamming businesses near the Chinese border. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Council_of_Europe_human_rights_commissioner_rebukes Finland_over_eastern_border_closure⠀⇛ In a letter to the Finnish interior minister, Dunja Mijatović noted that Finland must adhere to its obligations under international refugee and human rights law even in the face of "reprehensible" actions by another state. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_says_'positive'_peace_talks_held over_north_Myanmar_conflict⠀⇛ Beijing is a major arms supplier and ally of the junta but ties have been strained in recent months. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_is_happy_to_see_parties_in Myanmar_conflict_to_hold_peace_talks:_Chinese_foreign ministry⠀⇛ China is happy to see parties to the Myanmar conflict hold peace talks and is willing to provide further support, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China’s_Pooh-tin_Jinping_visits Vietnam_in_bid_to_counter_US_influence,_as_politics_and security_on_agenda⠀⇛ By Alice Philipson China’s President Pooh-tin Jinping arrived in Vietnam Tuesday for his first visit in six years, as he seeks to counter the United States’ growing influence with the communist nation. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China’s_Pooh-tin_arrives_in_Vietnam_on two-day_visit_to_strengthen_ties⠀⇛ December 12, 2023 8:11 AM The trip, the Chinese President's first in six years, had been months in the planning. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Three_Months_After_Biden,_It’s_Xi’s_Turn to_Court_Vietnam⠀⇛ The Chinese leader wants assurances that the strategically important country isn’t taking Washington’s side against Beijing, analysts say. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea,_US_to_hold_new_round_of nuclear_consultation_talks:_Seoul⠀⇛ South Korea and the United States will hold talks on nuclear deterrence on Friday as part of Washington's commitment to share more insight with Seoul into planning in the event of conflict with North Korea. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Monday's_papers:_Finland's_Plan_B,_lessons_from Estonia_and_more_snow⠀⇛ What would a US Nato withdrawal under a second Trump term mean for Finland? # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ UN_political_mission_in_Sudan_closes_doors⠀⇛ Time is up for the United Nations (UN) political mission – UN Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) – in Sudan with its mandate terminated by the Security Council (SC). # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ St._Petersburg_police_want_to_deport families_of_three_Uzbekistani_boys_who_threw_snowballs at_city’s_eternal_flame_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Prison_says_Alexey_Navalny_no_longer_listed as_inmate_after_associates_unable_to_contact_him_for six_days_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Alexey_Navalny_fails_to_appear_at_another court_hearing,_leaving_associates_unsure_of_his whereabouts_for_sixth_day_—_Meduza⠀⇛ o § Environment⠀➾ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Taxi_ranks_in_Helsinki_have_become_territorial and_violent,_drivers_say⠀⇛ Capital region taxi drivers tell Yle that some operators have set up their own queueing systems at key ranks around the city, while threatening other drivers. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ WATCH:_'Energy_Trilemma:_The_Backbone_for Energy_Transition_–_Baltic_Sea_Region_Focus'⠀⇛ A conference on energy security, accessibility and sustainability in the Baltic Sea region is being held in Rīga December 11. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Power_Vacuum_at_the_Top_of_the Crypto_Industry⠀⇛ A year ago, Sam Bankman-Fried and Changpeng Zhao ran two of the largest crypto companies. As they grapple with legal woes, others are jockeying to lead the industry’s next chapter. # ⚓ YLE ☛ No_metro,_tram_or_commuter_trains:_Looming transport_strike_likely_to_hit_Helsinki_region⠀⇛ The planned walkout by transport sector workers is set to affect services across the country on Thursday. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Transport_strike_on_Thursday_to_affect_all_big cities⠀⇛ Thursday’s planned strike, instigated by the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK), could see public transport services grind to a halt across the country. # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Bangkok_MRT_monorail_open_to passengers⠀⇛ Cat_Vitale_reported_in_Railway_Technology: French locomotive manufacturer Alstom has launched the passenger trials of its automated Innovia monorail on Bangkok’s Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Pink Line. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Revealed:_Oil_and_Gas-Backed_Think_Tanks Give_£240k_to_‘Green’_Parliamentary_Groups⠀⇛ Parliamentary groups focused on energy and the environment received nearly £240,000 worth of support from think tanks backed by oil and gas companies in the past two years, DeSmog can report.  All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal cross-party groups of MPs and Lords which discuss issues and try to influence policy around a specific subject area. They are required to register financial interests and “benefits in kind” – services at a reduced rate or free.  # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Give_Climate_Change_the_Name_It_Deserves: Fossil-Fueled_Destruction⠀⇛ This article by Capital & Main is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. There’s always a lag between a rupture of the status quo and settling on a word for it. The planet is heating at a life-threatening pace. And yet the two words we use to describe this rupture — “climate” and “change” — are beginning to seem too stiff and one- dimensional for conveying the violence to life-sustaining ecosystems that threaten the world as we have known it.  # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Zap_From_an_Electric_Eel_Could_Give Nearby_Organisms_New_Genes⠀⇛ Shocking. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ What_Would_Happen_to_Our_Dogs_if Everybody_Vanished?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ There's_a_Surprisingly_Simple Explanation_For_Why_Horses_Have_Long_Faces⠀⇛ It's no joke. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Children_are_the_best_investment for_China,_says_Beijing_think-tank⠀⇛ The Yuwa report recommended that maternity subsidies be distributed at a national level rather than by local governments o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘Half_the_price_in_Germany’:_French_shoppers cross_border_to_beat_inflation⠀⇛ Consumers in eastern France have long crossed the border to shop in Germany, where greater market competition and more own-brand products mean prices are often lower. But now, some say soaring inflation is making it more important than ever to cut costs by shopping on the other side of the Rhine, even if making significant savings is becoming more difficult. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korean_newlyweds_have_more_debt than_ever,_report_says⠀⇛ More of them are also double-income couples and earn higher wages on average. # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Imagining_a_million_versus_billion⠀⇛ I remember one of my lecturers telling us this, but Heliograph_reminded_me recently. I love comparions that put things into context like this. Note too this is a short-scale billion. More rational languages say a billion is a million million, which would be more than 31.7 millennia, or the time it takes for an average telco to send a tech out. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ China’s_manufacturing_overcapacity threatens_global_green_goods_trade⠀⇛ Chinese lending is exacerbating a growing glut in its green manufacturing sector. Beijing is increasingly looking abroad to absorb excess capacity. This may have devastating effects for the global trading system as economies move to protect their own domestic industry. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia's_Signet_Bank_buys_LPB_Bank⠀⇛ Latvian boutique bank Signet Bank confirmed December 12 that it had completed the takeover of another Latvian bank, LPB Bank. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_central_bank_produces_coin_for_dedicated followers_of_fashion⠀⇛ On Wednesday December 13, the Latvian central bank (Latvijas Banka, LB) will stat selling a new coin dedicated to fashion. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Help_ProPublica_Investigate_the_World_of Subprime_Car_Loans⠀⇛ U.S. consumers are falling behind on their auto loans at historic rates. Experts blame inflation, soaring interest rates and high retail car prices. Our journalists want to learn more about this industry and understand the causes and consequences of the surge in delinquencies. Many struggling car owners have “subprime” loans, in which people with poor credit scores agree to pay higher-than-normal interest rates to qualify. Lenders say the arrangement is meant to protect them in case the borrower can’t pay. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Imposes_Sanctions_On_Two_Former_Bosnian Officials_Over_'Significant_Corruption'⠀⇛ The United States on December 11 imposed new sanctions against the former head of the intelligence agency of Bosnia-Herzegovina and the country's former state prosecutor over allegations of "significant corruption." # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Over_90%_of_Hong_Kong’s_newly elected_district_councillors_sit_on_the_three_committees_that decide_who_runs⠀⇛ Over 90 per cent of the district councillors elected by the public and a small circle of voters on Sunday are also members of the three government- appointed committees responsible for nominating who was able run in Hong Kong’s “patriots-only” local election. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Students_Face_Disciplinary_Action_After Protests_Over_Faculty_Comments⠀⇛ The Tehran University disciplinary committee has reportedly initiated proceedings against at least 30 students from its Faculty of Social Sciences, according to information released by the country's Student Guild Councils via their Telegram channel. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Banned_in_UK,_China_state_broadcaster_now running_free_video_news_agency⠀⇛ AMSP claims to have 600 partner newsrooms using its content. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ ‘Free_Speech_Absolutist’_Elon_Musk_Is_Also ‘Libel_Tourist,_Vexatious_SLAPPer’_Elon_Musk⠀⇛ We’ve already talked a bit about Elon Musk’s obvious censorial bullshit lawsuit against Media Matters. It’s quite obvious from the lawsuit that his intent is to intimidate critics and suppress speech about hateful content on ExTwitter. So far, it’s not working, as that lawsuit seems to have inspired more people to find more ads next to more hateful content. It’s also exposed just how many of the ‘free speech’ supporters who cheer on Musk’s every move are a bunch of hypocrites, as they’re now supporting a lawsuit to silence speech. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Freedom_of_speech_that_starts_with_listening⠀⇛ The war in Gaza is prompting universities around the world to defend a pillar of democracy with the shared values of coexisting faiths. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Vietnamese_man_gets_8_years_for_Facebook_(Farcebook) posts⠀⇛ Nguyen Hoang Nam was convicted under vaguely written law often used to silence dissent. # ⚓ Reason ☛ After_Resisting_Demands_To_Punish_'Hate_Speech,' Penn's_President_Capitulated._It_Did_Not_Save_Her_Job.⠀⇛ Liz Magill and two other university leaders provoked bipartisan outrage by defending freedom of expression on campus. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ NYPD_Still_Shelling_Out_Millions_In_Lawsuit Settlements_Every_Year,_Still_Protecting_Its_Worst_Officers From_Accountability⠀⇛ The NYPD’s refusal to engage in nearly any form of accountability means it’s up to the city’s residents to pay billions for police work that adds tens of millions to the tab with lawsuit settlements. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ To_Revive_Portland,_Officials_Seek_to_Ban Public_Drug_Use⠀⇛ State and local leaders are proposing to roll back part of the nation’s pioneering drug decriminalization law and step up police enforcement. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Sentenced_to_Life_for_an_Accident_Miles_Away⠀⇛ A draconian legal doctrine called felony murder has put thousands of Americans—disproportionately young and Black—in prison. # ⚓ Reason ☛ University_Administrators_Behaving_Badly⠀⇛ A bit lost in the controversy over antisemitic speech on campus is the failure of university administrators to enforce existing rules that are content-neutral. I have already written about my own university's failure to enforce Virginia's law banning masked demonstrations. That failure continues, despite a letter from the state attorney general reminding universities of their… # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Major_India_hospital_accused_of_organ trafficking⠀⇛ The Telegraph released an exclusive report claiming that there is an extensive illicit cash-for-kidney transplant scheme purportedly linked to Apollo Hospitals in Delhi, prompting an investigation by Delhi authorities. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ INTERPOL_report_reveals_trafficking-based_cyber fraud_spread_to_Latin_America⠀⇛ INTERPOL released a report on Friday stating that its “Operation Storm Makers II,” an operation targeting human trafficking-based cyber fraud, has revealed evidence showing that the crime has expanded to Latin America, far away from its center in Southeast Asia. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_judge_approves_settlement_prohibiting_family separation_at_US-Mexico_border⠀⇛ A US federal judge prohibited the practice of separating migrant children from their families for eight years on Friday following a settlement that will allow migrant children and their families, who were separated at the US-Mexico border, to be reunited. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Amnesty_International_report_claims_Canada violated_rights_of_indigenous_protestors⠀⇛ Amnesty International released a report Monday alleging that the Canadian government consistently violated the human rights of indigenous Wet’suwet’en protestors demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink pipeline project. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ 2023:_The_Year_‘Cord_Cutting’_Became_The Majority_Norm⠀⇛ It wasn’t that long ago that cable TV execs were trying to claim that “cord cutting” was either outright fiction, or a fad that would end once Millennials started procreating. The willful denial among cable execs was downright palpable for the better part of the last decade. Now they all just pretend like they never made those claims or predictions. # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Regulator_Ofcom_proposes_ban_on_unpredictable broadband_and_mobile_mid-contract_price_rises_after_Which? campaign⠀⇛ The proposal will mean telecoms customers will no longer be forced to put up with annual inflation- linked price rises # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ House_Committees_Offer_Up_Competing_Section_702 Reform_Bills._Only_One_Has_Any_Actual_Reforms.⠀⇛ As is the case any time surveillance powers are up for renewal, there’s always a chance to reform them. Most of these efforts tend to get derailed by a majority of legislators who just want to push things through before any lively discussion takes place. Every so often, legislation is passed that modifies authorized powers after the fact. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Epic_Games_wins_historic_antitrust_case_against Google⠀⇛ A federal court today ruled in favor of video game giant Epic Games, Inc. in a years-long antitrust case in which Epic has argued that Surveillance Giant Google LLC holds an illegal monopoly with its Play app store. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Fortnite's_Epic_Games_wins_US_antitrust_lawsuit against_Google⠀⇛ Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, won a major US court battle against Surveillance Giant Google on Monday when a jury decided that the search engine giant wields illegal monopoly power through its Android app store. o ⚓ Reuters ☛ Microsoft,_Proprietary_Chaffbot_Company_tie-up_comes under_antitrust_scrutiny⠀⇛ Microsoft’s partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI is under US and UK antitrust scrutiny, the British regulator and a media report said on Friday, following the startup’s boardroom battle that led to the sudden ouster and return of CEO Sam Altman. o § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ When_is_the_use_of_a_product_a “substantial_noninfringing_use”_for_purposes_of_Section_271 (c)?⠀⇛ Sections 271(b) and 271(c) of the Patent Act form the statutory basis for the two forms of indirect patent monopoly infringement, induced and contributory, respectively. Section 271(c) explicitly provides that sale of a material that is “suitable for substantial noninfringing use” is not contributory infringement (note that this proviso does not apply to induced infringement under 271 (b)). # § Kangaroo Courts⠀➾ # ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ The_UPC_is_dead._Long_live_the UMC! [Ed: Unified Patent Court is a Kangaroo Court and illegal "court"; it disgraces the very legitimacy of the EU]⠀⇛ When the Unified Patent Court (“UPC”) endeavour was in the process of being designed back in the day, its architects presented the project as an example of a one- in-a-kind cosmopolitan litigation forum, the seat of patent monopoly judges and litigators from all cultures, skills, backgrounds, languages and walks of life. # § Software Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ IPVal_entity,_eCeipt,_electronic receipts_patent_monopoly_reexam_granted⠀⇛ On December 7, 2023, less than a month after Unified filed_an_ex_parte_reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding a substantial new question of patentability on all challenged claims of U.S._Patent_8,643,875, owned by eCeipt, LLC, an NPE and IPValuation_Partners entity.  # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Microsoft_and_Bardehle_Pagenberg_pull_back_win in_Zoe_Life_infringement_dispute [Ed: Criminal Microsoft and Bardehle Pagenberg, which promotes crimes, as covered by JUVE, which actively lies to help criminals and establish fake "courts"]⠀⇛ Zoe Life Technology is an investor and owner of EP 11 26 674 for a “method and device to present data to a user”, originally filed by Ravenpack. The patent monopoly protects a technique for secure data transmission between the clown and user. o § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ TTAB_Finds_"4:20"_Deceptively_Misdescriptive_of Tobacco_and_Cigarette-Related_Products_Not_Containing_or_Used With_Cannabis⠀⇛ The Board upheld a Section 2(e)(1) refusal to register the proposed mark 4:20, finding it deceptively misdescriptive of "tobacco; cigarette papers; cigarette filters; cigarette tubes; cigarette rolling machines; handheld machines for injecting tobacco into cigarette tubes; machines allowing smokers to make cigarettes by themselves; none of the foregoing containing or for use with cannabis." (emphasis added). # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Brew_Works’_Rude_Elf’s_Reserve:_How_IP_Bullying Birthed_The_Brand_That_Remains_20_Years_Later⠀⇛ One of my favorite ways that lame trademark fights end is when the victim of the bullying makes slight changes to their branding such that it pokes the bully in the eye while still getting the victim out of legal harm’s way. When you couple that with the beer industry, all the more so. After all, much like everyone’s most favorite SCOTUS Justice: I like beer. For example, when Voodoo Brewery found itself staring down a C&D notice from the University of Pittsburgh over its “H2P IPA”, the name of which was a nod to the school, the company changed the name of the brew to “NON-TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT ALMA MATER IPA.” Not subtle, of course, but chef’s kiss all the same. o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ The_FTC’s_Misguided_Comments_on Copyright_Office_Generative_Hey_Hi_(AI)_Questions⠀⇛ The U.S. Copyright Office published a Notice of inquiry (“NOI”) and request for comments, Artificial Intelligence and Copyright, Docket No. 2023-6 on August 30, 2023, calling for comments from interested parties addressing dozens of questions. The Office’s questions focused on a wide range of issues including the copyright monopoly implications of the use of in-copyright works as training data, on the feasibility of licensing such uses, the impact on competition and innovation in Hey Hi (AI) industries depending on how courts resolved training data copyright monopoly issues, the copyrightability of Hey Hi (AI) outputs, whether new laws regulating generative Hey Hi (AI) were needed, whether Hey Hi (AI) developers should be obliged to disclose the sources of their training data, and whether Hey Hi (AI) outputs should be labeled as such. # ⚓ Software Freedom Conservancy ☛ SFC_Responds_to_Big_Tech's Disengenous_Arguments_in_Copyright_Office's_“Artificial Intelligence_Study”⠀⇛ A news_item from Software Freedom Conservancy. After filing_our_initial comments in the Copyright Office's_request_for_comments, SFC staff have remained engaged in the process — we've given particular attention to comments related to software freedom and rights as assured through copyleft licenses like the GPL. We advocate for your software rights and freedoms in many ways — including participation on public policy discussion of relevant issues, such as this Copyright Office study. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 5940 ➮ Generation completed at 02:49, i.e. 8 seconds to (re)generate ⟲