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⦿ Techrights - Over at Tux Machines... ⦿ Techrights - Purism Wants This Video Removed, So We Need to Speak About What It's Trying to Hide (and Of Course Back Up the Video) ⦿ Techrights - Techrights Does Not Do a Response to a Response ⦿ Techrights - The Article Ulrike Uhlig Regretted Publishing (or Was Pressured to Remove) ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/Debian_s_Russell_Coker_Parrots_Claims_From_Serial_Defamers_Who_.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/irc-log-211223.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/It_Feels_Like_IBM_and_Canonical_Are_Intentionally_Not_Promoting.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/_Meme_Even_a_Child_Can_Understand_What_the_Software_Freedom_Con.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/_Meme_Shuttle_Ready_for_Launch.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/_Meme_You_So_Dumb.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/More_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_and_a_Strategic_Pivot_to_Trashin.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/No_Bad_Deeds_Go_Unrewarded.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/Purism_Wants_This_Video_Removed_So_We_Need_to_Speak_About_What_.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/Techrights_Does_Not_Do_a_Response_to_a_Response.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/The_Article_Ulrike_Uhlig_Regretted_Publishing_or_Was_Pressured_.shtml ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/Links_22_12_2023_Microsoft_Against_the_Environment_2023_Year_in.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/Links_22_12_2023_PlayStation_Layoffs_Rumour_European_Train_Stri.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/Links_22_12_2023_Stephen_Thaler_Defeated_Again_Patent_Case_Kang.shtml ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 82 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/Debian_s_Russell_Coker_Parrots_Claims_From_Serial_Defamers_Who_.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/Debian_s_Russell_Coker_Parrots_Claims_From_Serial_Defamers_Who_.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Debian's Russell Coker Parrots Claims From Serial Defamers, Who Are Connected to Microsoft⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 22, 2023 The militants are at it again 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Pubg_Silhouette⦈_ LET us not forget that 1) Free software luminaries came under attack and 2) this attack isn't finished but an ongoing process. Russell Coker's new post, made visible from Planet Debian, is entitled "Abuse and Free Software". The post mindlessly accuses Professor Moglen of "abusing" his authority as the GPL person, blasting people who clearly abuse things like trademarks to steal other people's business while taking sponsorship money from Microsoft and almost_literally_selling_"thank-yous". These are actual facts, hard facts. To some, facts such as these are not convenient. Follow the money... Debian's Russell Coker, who opposed condemning the 9/11 terror attacks, openly joins the smear campaign, citing militants and liars, blindly trusting what they're saying (they defame many others too and sometimes get sued for it - my wife will cover this next year). The way we see it, Microsoft elements inside Debian are poisoning people's minds against the people who created the GPL and GNU. This is an ongoing pattern. Those Microsoft moles also 'forget' to mention their glaring conflict of interest, an ongoing legal case, and serial defamers in top positions at SFC (Sharp). These people try very hard to prevent the creators of GNU/Linux from talking about their platform and moreover prevent them from appearing in court to present their own case. Well, maybe_Mr._Coker_is_driven_here_by_antisemitism rather_than_facts. Maybe... very difficult to prove such a strong accusation. This is how his post starts: People in positions of power can get away with mistreating other people. For any organisation to operate effectively there have to be mechanisms to address bad behaviour, both to help the organisation to achieve it’s goals and to protect people who work for it. When an organisation operates in the public interest there is a greater reason to try to prevent bad behaviour as hurting people is not in the public interest. [Source: https://etbe.coker.com.au/2023/12/20/abuse-free-software/ and yes, this link is not clickable; that's by intention] No sources there other than Kuhn and Garrett, who are both closely involved in the SFC, which got sued. And given the lack of reliable source/s, without a conflict of interest, one wonders if online hearsay is how Coker forms his political opinions, which are beyond controversial (in some countries they can get him detained). As noted in_the_sister_site yesterday, the_SFC_has_some_new_storytelling episode. The SFC's Executive Director speaks of a "quest for software freedom" as in becoming a millionaire by attacking the people who created what she's exploiting, and taking advantage of a medical condition to gain more visibility, even empathy. The problem of Microsoters is not limited to Microsoft anymore. Google,_another prominent_sponsor_of_the_SFC,_hired_loads_of_people_from_Microsoft. So the same people sort of get around, without cool-off periods, and then damage other companies, as well as society at large. Even if Microsoft_gradually_implodes we must remain wary and concerned. Microsoft is trying to give an appearance of health in 2023 (despite soaring debt). Microsoft be like [sic]: "HEY HI, CoPilot, GPT, HEY HI, CoPilot, GPT, HEY HI, CoPilot, GPT." But the reality of Microsoft in 2023: "layoffs, more layoffs, more layoffs, more layoffs, more layoffs, more layoffs, more layoffs, more layoffs, more layoffs, more layoffs, more layoffs, more layoffs, more layoffs, more layoffs, more layoffs..." One person keeps reminding us that the problem with the layoffs is that the Microsofters will end up infecting other institutions. We saw that in Google and many other companies, especially before the hiring bubble_popped (companies faking scale/magnitude/importance by constantly hiring mostly redundant staff and buying companies using shares with fictional "value"). Perhaps there is no other way (sadly), seeing that we either deal with oversized Microsoft or a diaspora of Microsofters who inevitably poison everything. One person we spoke to prefers they be blacklisted from industry permanently and completely. But it is still a step forward that Microsoft is downsizing if one does not worry about the metastasisation. We remain adamant and insistent that the mindset cannot be cured, no matter who pays the salary. Microsoft and Bill Gates have 1) popularised the mindset and 2) assembled the sociopaths whom they found "compatible" with that corporate culture, which includes misogyny and leaning towards crime. "The Microsoft Effect" - as an associate dubs it - means nothing works but that's ok because it's expected and normal for "tech". "The goal now is to ruin the field of computing," psydruid told me hours ago. "If Microsoft can't succeed no other company should..." So now we have failed biologists disguised as security experts and basically trying to get up by tearing people down, by libeling them and even comparing them to wife murderers. UEFI 'secure' boot never really works (not only does it fail at security, it actually prevents healthy machines from even booting!), but that's ok... right? Ask some failed biologist on GAFAM payroll. Let's also trust the very same saboteurs who did this whenever they_tell_us that_Professor_Eben_Moglen_is_a_wife_murder-like_person, right? Nothing defamatory about that, right? They've already deleted pages to that effect, perhaps fearing the legal consequences. █ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⢿⡋⠙⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠛⠫⠔⠉⠀⠀⢀⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠉⠉⠻⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⡀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭⣽⣭⣍⣉⣉⣉⠉⠉⠁⠉⠁⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣷⣤⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠉⠀⠉⢻⣿⣿⡆⠀⡤⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣤⡈⠉⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⢀⣠⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣤⣀⡈⠉⠉⠛⠻⠿⠿⠿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⢿⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣤⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⢿⣿⡿⠟⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣻⣿⠿⠿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠤⠀⠀⣀⣠⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣦⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣿⠁⠀⠀⢠⣇⠀⠀⠀⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⡆⠀⣿⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⡀⠀⠀⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⠀⢸⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⡋⠀⣸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⡏⠀⢀⣤⡀⠀⠈⠻⠇⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠁⠀⣾⣿⣷⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠟⠛⠛⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⢈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠈⠻⠇⠀⠾⣷⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣥⣠⣤⣀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣧⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣤⣴⣦⣀⣿⣿⣏⣁⣀⣀⣀⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣴⣾⣷⣿⣿⣧⣀⣀⣀⣀⣉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 258 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/irc-log-211223.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/irc-log-211223.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ IRC Proceedings: Thursday, December 21, 2023⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 22, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Advent_Calendar_December_21_Focus⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GN 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNOME_Gedit⦈_ #techrights_log #boycottnovell_log 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GN 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNOME_Gedit⦈_ #boycottnovell-social_log #techbytes_log Enter_the_IRC_channels_now ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 293 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/It_Feels_Like_IBM_and_Canonical_Are_Intentionally_Not_Promoting.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/It_Feels_Like_IBM_and_Canonical_Are_Intentionally_Not_Promoting.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ It Feels Like IBM and Canonical Are Intentionally Not Promoting GNU/Linux on Desktops/Laptops (Given Yet Another Golden - Albeit Missed - Opportunity)⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 22, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Portrait_of_a_Forest_Fire_Fighter⦈_ One day ago: Red_Hat_(IBM)_'Principal_Product_Manager'_Nikhil_Mungale_is Pushing_Windows_Today_in_RedHat.com Two days ago: Canonical_Nowadays_Shamelessly_Behaving_Like_a_Division_of Microsoft,_Selling_Notorious_Proprietary_Software,_Back_Doors,_and_TPM/DRM LAST week we wrote (here and in the sister site too) about Microsoft leaving Windows Vista 10 users to rot. Or alternatively, ripping them off for security patches at a time of financial perils (worldwide). Should poor people be left with known and actively-exploited 'bug doors'? Is that Microsoft's vision for the world??? "Move to GNU/Linux then," says a rational person. Or even to a BSD... Who will tell the media about it? Canonical? IBM? Nope, they're too busy shilling Windows and Microsoft's proprietary 'apps' (spyware), clown computing, and rancid philosophy... They've moreover helped_Microsoft with restricted_boot, which further complicates if not technically prohibits putting any GNU/Linux distro on a so- called 'Windows PC' (no such thing; a PC is hardware, Windows is not). 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Forest_Fire:_Forest_Burning_into_the_Night⦈_ According to news reports [1, 2] (some in Daily Links already), Microsoft's latest decision is an attack on the planet, on the environment too! Don't ask the Linux_Foundation to comment on that because this_utterly_rogue_foundation gets_paid_by_Microsoft_to_greenwash_Microsoft. It's deceit and sellout as a "business model" - a model that is of course not sustainable. One reader of ours argues that Canonical (Ubuntu) and IBM (RHEL) are both too infiltrated by Microsofters to be making hay with this; the reader asserts it is a recurring event as "Microsoft + Intel ratchet down towards hardware level DRM" (TPM and DRM). The reader asked me: "Would the UK Green Party be interested in reducing 240M kg (~ 240Gg?) of e-waste next year?" "It' something they should at least debate, and pick a stance one side or the other." Well, German politicians are_in_bed_with_Microsoft (even bagging bribes), so don't expect such debates in the EU or central European nations. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Working_to_Put_Out_a_Forest_Fire⦈_ Suffice to say, Microsoft stands to gain the most from sabotage of Free software and it is worth noting that DRM violates the Doctrine of First Sale. That can be revisited some time soon. What Microsoft, Intel and useless_brands like_"Ubuntu"_are_doing_this_month is an attack on the universal consumer's rights, never mind software freedom. One needn't even be a software freedom 'fanatic' to care about this. This is an attack on all computer users, irrespective of their views on software freedom. One brand we've not mentioned here is SUSE (of Novell infamy). Well, "open" SUSE_wants_to_outsource_control_over_SUSE_PCs_to_Microsoft... as per their latest (very lengthy) strategy document. Suffice to say, this is a really bad move, wrongly marketed as "security". This is what happens when the media bags money from Microsoft, politicians bag money from Microsoft, companies like Novell/IBM/Canonical sign deals with Microsoft, and Microsofters get hired and then_promoted to management positions, where they serve Microsoft while receiving a salary from SUSE/IBM/Canonical. GNU/Linux needs a stronger and much bigger community element. Microsoft keeps 'buying' corporations like IBM/Canonical, or at least units of theirs which were meant to compete with Windows. Infiltration by Microsofters is an aspect we've long covered here and we have provided many concrete examples. Microsoft hates Linux. Microsoft need only pretend otherwise to infiltrate the opposition and then derail it from the inside. Microsoft has done this for decades already. Apparently just talking about it would be a "CoC violation" nowadays. █ “Linux infestations are being uncovered in many of our large accounts as part of the escalation engagements.” --Microsoft Confidential ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣦⣤⣄⣀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠋⠉⣩⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⣀⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⢀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠽⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠸⠿⡟⠿⢿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠳⡕⡹⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⠀⠀⠘⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠴⢿⣟⡉⠭⣿⣿⣯⡍⠒⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠉⠃⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣿⠟⠻⠋⡦⠀⠸⢽⣿⣿⠇⠀⢠⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠻⡿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⢰⣿⡏⣠⣶⡀⠁⠀⠀⠘⠉⠙⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢙⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/_Meme_Even_a_Child_Can_Understand_What_the_Software_Freedom_Con.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ [Meme] Even a Child Can Understand What the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) Is Doing...⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 22, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) explained; Curious man: ...Are you telling me that the people who make a living from GPL enforcement... any child: Yes, they are now defaming the people who wrote the GPL...⦈ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⠔⠿⠿⠿⣿⣷⣶⣴⣆⠀⠀⠛⠻⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡞⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠸⠩⠛⣻⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠙⠛⠛⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⠖⠻⠛⢦⣤⣤⣤⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣷⣶⡀⠀⣠⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠁⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣠⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⢹⣿⣿⣆⠀⣀⣠⣦⣤⣦⢠⣤⣤⣠⢰⣤⣶⣦⣦⣦⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣧⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 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Still no IPO. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Mark Shuttleworth (MS): Watch this space; Launching many Microsoft products this month⦈ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⢫⣭⡅⣤⣤⢠⣤⢠⣤⣤⣠⣤⣤⣤⢀⣤⣤⣄⢠⣤⡄⣤⡄⠀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⢠⣤⢀⣤⣤⣄⠀⠀⣠⣤⣤⡀⣤⣤⣤⡀⣤⣤⣤⠀⣠⣤⣤⡀⣤⣤⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⡀⣿⣧⣿⣿⣾⣿⢸⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿⠸⠿⢸⣿⣧⣿⡇⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⠸⣿⣜⡛⠀⠀⢿⣧⣛⠃⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⠀⣿⡇⠿⠇⣿⣿⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⡇⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⡏⣾⣿⣿⣧⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿⢰⣶⢸⣿⡏⣿⡇⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⢠⣬⢻⣿⡄⠀⣤⡝⣿⡇⣿⣿⠉⢡⣿⣿⣿⡆⣿⡇⣶⡆⣿⣿⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣧⡘⠛⠃⠛⠛⠃⠛⠃⠙⠛⠘⠛⠀⠈⠛⠿⠛⠘⠛⠃⠛⠃⠀⠀⠛⠛⠀⠛⠛⠛⠛⠘⠛⠈⠛⠿⠛⠀⠀⠙⠻⠟⠃⠛⠛⠀⠘⠛⠃⠛⠃⠛⠿⠛⠁⠛⠛⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⢠⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 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🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Hide Yo Kids Hide Yo Wife: Says he hides a dead wife; Hides in a forest with a wife sued for defamation⦈ Context in this_latest_article. ⠀⠀⠀⣠⣤⣄⠀⣤⣤⢩⣭⣡⡄⣠⣤⣄⠀⢠⣤⢠⣤⢠⣤⣤⠀⢠⣤⢠⣤⢠⣤⣤⣤⣤⡀⣤⣤⡄⣤⣤⣄⠀⠀⣬⣤⠹⡟⢭⣭⣭⡛⣭⣭⡝⣭⣭⡝⢫⣥⣤⡀⡀⣤⡄⣤⡄⣤⡄⣤⡄⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⢿⣧⣛⢠⣿⣿⡏⣿⣿⠃⢿⣾⡛⠀⢸⣿⣼⣿⢸⣿⣀⠀⢸⣿⣼⣿⢸⣿⣿⡇⣿⡇⣿⣇⡘⣿⣼⡛⠀⢠⣿⣿⡇⡇⢸⣷⣿⡇⣿⣇⡀⣿⢿⡇⢸⣿⣿⡇⣧⢻⣇⣿⣷⣿⡇⣿⡇⣿⣇⢸⣿⣀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⣶⣏⣿⢸⣿⢿⣇⢹⡏⠀⣶⣹⣿⠀⢸⣿⢹⣿⢸⣿⣉⠀⢸⣿⢹⣿⢸⣿⣿⣇⣿⡇⣿⣏⡁⣶⣹⣿⠀⢸⣿⢿⣇⠃⢸⣟⣿⡇⣿⣏⣡⣿⢾⣿⢸⣿⣿⡇⣿⢸⣿⡟⣿⣿⠃⣿⡇⣿⡏⢸⣿⣉⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠈⠉⠈⣭⣌⣅⠀⠉⠉⠉⠀⠈⠉⠈⠉⠈⠉⠉⠀⠈⠉⠈⠉⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠉⠉⠁⠉⠉⢁⣶⣬⣭⣬⣭⣶⣬⣭⣭⣥⣭⣭⣭⣭⣬⣭⣬⣭⣭⣵⣿⣮⣭⣥⣭⣭⣄⠉⠁⠉⠁⠈⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣛⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣾⣰⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⠍⢹⡝⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⡉⠙⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢋⠉⢿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡶⠤⠤⠦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⡁⣠⣟⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠙⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠉⠛⠉⣻⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣦⣾⣿⣿⠞⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⢩⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡛⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢛⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣠⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⣀⣀⣠⣼⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣅⡋⡐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠁⠁⠀⣾⣷⣦⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⠿⠿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⠿⠿⢿⡿⠿⢿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣶⢰⡆⣶⡆⣶⡶⣶⣰⣶⠾⢰⡟⣿⣞⡇⣷⡆⣿⣴⣿⢹⢀⣶⣾⢸⡇⣷⡶⢦⣾⢻⣦⣶⡖⣶⣴⣶⠶⢰⣟⣿⡶⢶⣶⢆⡅⣶⣰⣶⣴⣶⢰⣶⠶⣶⡾⢰⡆⣶⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣄⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⢿⡇⣿⡇⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⠿⢈⡻⣷⡜⡇⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⢸⢸⣿⣿⡏⡇⣿⡿⢺⣿⢸⣿⣿⡗⣿⣽⣿⠿⢈⡻⣷⡄⢸⣿⢸⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⡿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠿⠸⠇⠿⠇⠿⠷⠿⠹⠿⠶⠘⠷⠿⢃⡇⠿⠇⠿⠸⠿⡀⠸⠟⠿⠇⣇⠿⢇⣜⠿⠾⢏⠿⠇⠿⠿⠿⠶⠘⠷⠿⢃⠸⠿⣸⣷⠹⠿⠙⠿⠇⠸⠿⡀⠿⢇⠸⠇⠿⢇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷ ⠀⠀⣤⣤⠀⠠⣤⢠⣤⢠⣤⢠⣤⣤⣤⡄⣤⣤⠀⢀⣤⣤⡌⣭⡍⣭⣭⣭⣭⢩⣥⣤⡀⠘⣭⣭⡍⣭⣭⣝⢫⣭⣭⡻⡟⣭⣭⣍⢫⣭⣭⢩⣭⣭⣭⣭⡝⣭⣥⢠⣤⡄⣨⣭⣭⣭⣭⡍⣭⡝⣩⣭⣍⢩⣍⢭⡝⣿ ⠂⢰⣿⣿⡄⠀⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣧⡄⣿⣧⠀⠘⢿⣬⡁⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣤⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣧⡄⣿⢸⣿⢸⣿⣿⠇⡇⣿⡇⣿⣾⣿⣤⢸⣿⡄⣿⢿⡇⣾⣿⣾⣿⡇⣿⢿⣇⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⣿⢸⣿⢸⣿⣾⡇⣿ ⠀⢸⡿⣿⡇⠀⢿⣿⢻⣿⡏⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣧⡀⠰⣶⣹⡷⢿⣇⣿⢻⣿⣤⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⡇⠀⣿⣸⡿⢸⣿⣿⡇⡇⣿⣇⣿⢻⣿⣤⢸⣿⢠⣿⢾⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣇⣿⢾⣿⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⣿⣸⣿⢸⡟⣿⡇⣿ ⠀⠉⠁⠈⠁⠀⠈⠉⠀⠉⠁⠈⠁⠈⠁⠀⠉⠉⠁⠀⠈⠉⠀⠀⢩⣥⡈⣭⣭⡌⠉⠉⠀⠀⠉⢵⣷⣮⣭⣴⣮⣭⣭⣵⣷⣭⣭⣥⣮⣭⣭⣬⣭⣮⡭⠈⠉⠈⠁⠉⢨⣭⣭⣬⣭⣬⣭⣶⣭⣵⣮⣭⣴⣬⣥⣭⣵⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 712 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/More_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_and_a_Strategic_Pivot_to_Trashin.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/More_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_and_a_Strategic_Pivot_to_Trashin.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ More "Mass Layoffs" at Microsoft and a Strategic Pivot to Trashing the Reputation of GNU/Linux, Instead⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 22, 2023 Broken Windows. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Bullet_Holes_in_Window⦈_ OUR LATEST BUT NOT LAST article about_Microsoft_layoffs ("Microsoft Dismantled Before Christmas: Layoffs and Even Wholesale Shutdowns") struck a nerve. It seems like many people at Microsoft read our articles about Microsoft layoffs - a subject long suppressed or massively downplayed by Microsoft-sponsored media. This week there are reports of "mass layoffs" (see below; here's more_context) at Microsoft, which was grifting with "defence"_contracts_(bailouts) under the guise of "HoloLens" years after it had already fired all the staff (of the company bought for 'hype factor'). Here's the latest. From today's news: 1. ⚓ Microsoft_is_nixing_its_Windows_mixed_reality_platform⠀⇛ Additionally, Microsoft has made sweeping cuts throughout its VR division, leading to layoffs and the discontinuation of the AltspaceVR app. 2. ⚓ Microsoft_deprecates_its_own_VR_platform,_what_will_happen_to_the headsets?⠀⇛ The future of the Hololens AR headset is uncertain after mass layoffs... 3. ⚓ Microsoft’s_End_to_AR:_Which_other_Products_would_be_Affected?⠀⇛ The shutdown involves discontinuing the Mixed Reality Portal app along with Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR and Steam VR Beta. The exact date for these changes to take effect is unclear. The Deprecated Features page on Microsoft’s Learn website mentions that they will “be removed in a future release of Windows,” but no specific timeline is provided. The end of Windows Mixed Reality doesn’t come as a surprise, as Microsoft has been gradually reducing its focus on virtual reality (VR), as noted by TheVerge in their coverage. We expect more to come, but maybe some of it will be Microsoft-sponsored face- saving slant/spin. Remember they count on these buzzwords for bailouts - we've covered this very subject for years already! They keep advancing to more (or newer) buzzwords to seem innovative ("market leader!") and spread puff pieces referring to such buzzwords as an "arms race" to lure the Pentagon into more insane contracts. The US Army contractors can make trillion of dollars - money created out of soaring_debt, shouldered by American taxpayers (or offspring of theirs). So what will happen to the Microsofters who lose their job? How many lost their job or_contract (the latter_term_lets_them_hide_the_true_scale_of_corporate layoffs; the media_caught_up_with_that)? 30,000+ Microsoft layoffs this year? Definitely well over 20,000, at least by our tally.... Earlier today we mentioned_"The_Microsoft_Effect", a mindset floating the idea (FUD) that nothing works but that's ok because it's expected and normal for "tech" and therefore since it all sucks there is no point in exploring other options and one should just stay with Microsoft. It's a kind of enforced apathy or defeatism and yet very prevalent. "I also think that it's part of the various campaigns like the one still running which is distorting_log4j's relevance," one person said to us. Right now Microsoft (or Microsofters) is trying to sell this illusion that GNU/ Linux is extremely unsafe [1, 2]. They've definitely ramped up the ridiculous attack pieces. We see it every this month. They attribute to "Linux" things that aren't Linux or blame breaches on "Linux" for systems not updated for over half a decade! The exploits aren't even targeting Linux. Sometimes the administrators install malware themselves! Come on, who are you folks kidding? Consider this_new_example ("Krasue RAT Malware: A New Threat to Linux Systems"). It's not new and it_impacts_not_Linux_but_Apache,_userspace_etc. (we rebutted this before) How would readers react of the media blamed "Windows" for Adobe Photoshop- caused breaches, taking advantage of Photoshop installations that have not been updated for 5 years despite critical (and known) flaws? And yes, Photoshop runs outside Windows too, adding to the ridiculousness of such an assertion. Focus on Microsoft's collapse and be wary of "Linux" stigmatisation attempts. Companies and governments should not stay with Windows (legacy, burning platform); it's objectively dangerous and "Linux" is not "equally unsafe". █ 'We recommend that we *informally* plant the bug of FUD in their ears. "Have you heard about problems with DR DOS?"' --Internal_Microsoft_communication [PDF] ⣿⣿⣿⣦⣍⠛⢯⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣬⣾⣿⣿⣷⣧⣌⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣬⣙⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣝⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⡙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣌⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣬⣙⠻⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⡀⢝⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⢿⣿⣿⣦⠘⣙⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣝⡻⣿⣿⣶⣕⢙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣌⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠸⣿⣶⣮⣟⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⣟⢿⣿⣿⣷⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡘⢿⣿⣿⣿⡞⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠽⢝⠿⠟⠿⠿⠯⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠈⠿⠟⠿⠿⠿⠶⠮⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠟⠛⠟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠂⠙⠙⠛⠛⠛⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠋⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⢀⣀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣠⣠⣄⡠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣀⢤⣤⣤⣤⡀⢤⣤⣤⡀⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣶⣶⣶⣷⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣬⣭⣉⣛⠿⠿⣷⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡿⣷⣍⠻⣿⣿⣴⡻⣿⣷⡽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡯⣩⣻⣿⣿⣿⡿⠽⠷⠼⣿⢿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣾⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⣝⠿⣬⡛⢿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢟⣏⣡⠴⢺⣿⣿ ⢻⠿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣫⣴⣷⣶⣾⣿⣿⣧⣿⣽⣟⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣯⣭⣝⣻⣿⣮⣙⢷⣽⢷⡝⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢟⣫⣥⣾⢿⡋⣄⣨⣾⣿⣿ ⢚⡒⠛⠛⠻⠿⢿⣿⣟⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣬⡝⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣙⠳⢯⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣛⣿⠿⠿ ⠀⠈⠸⣉⣿⣿⣷⣶⡶⡠⡀⠩⢭⡉⢽⣛⣟⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣮⣽⣿⣛⣛⡿⣿⣴⣭⡻⢿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⠿⡿⠟⢛⡛⠉⠁⠀⠀⣿⣿ ⣑⠩⡈⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣗⣳⣿⣿⣦⣈⠐⣭⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭⣭⣭⣝⣛⣛⣛⣛⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣭⣍⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣭⣭⣷⣼⣿⠿⠯⠯⠶⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿ ⣧⠳⣦⣅⠻⢿⣿⣿⣏⣻⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣦⠉⣺⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢿⡛⢛⣿⣻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠲⢶⣶⣶⣶⣶⠶⠶⠶⠾⠧⠤⠗⠀⠿⠟ ⠽⠿⣥⣾⣿⣷⣾⣽⣿⣛⣛⣛⣛⠫⠍⣉⣉⣛⢛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠷⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢋⡙⠻⣛⠿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⢟⡟⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀ ⠉⠊⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠒⠓⠋⠉⠁⠀⠀⠈⠉⠛⢛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣤⣠⣤⣤⣄⣠⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣄⣶⣭⣤⣴⣾⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣷⣶⣺⠳⢿⢶⡀⡉⠙⠶⢦⣨⣿⣿⣏⣁⣇⠀⠀⢹⣿ ⣀⣀⣀⣀⣠⣄⣶⣤⡤⢤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⢳⣄⠻⣽⢿⣿⣶⣦⣄⣁⠈⠍⣉⣉⠙⠂⠺⠿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⠛⣿⡇⠉⢷⣌⠊⢈⠻⢿⢿⢟⣿⣶⢂⠉⠛⠲⠾⣷ ⠿⣛⣛⣛⣻⣭⣭⣿⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣟⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣈⣷⠘⢿⡦⠀⠁⢄⢤⠘⢀⡉⠣⢒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣫⣭⡛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣯⠳⣨⡽⢟⣩⢥⡿⠫⣟⣽⠋⠛⣿⠟⠑⣿⣽⣽⣿⣿⡿⠘⡿⢯⣭⣕⣧⠙⢠⠈⠂⢀⠀⠀⠠⠆⠀⠀⠀⡀⠠⢄⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀ ⡟⢏⡿⢟⠻⡏⡛⣿⡿⢋⠨⣬⢻⢯⣒⣦⣌⢹⣿⢻⠛⡟⠋⣹⡟⡿⢏⢞⣿⣿⠿⡛⡑⢶⡄⠉⢖⣩⠶⢿⡯⢇⡾⣟⠆⣺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠷⣻⣽⡳⢻⠋⢁⡌⠏⢧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠚⢷⡥⢁⠀⣥⠞⠁⠂⠁⠚⠠⢖⣶⡿⢞⢛⡽⡿⣾⣖⠇⠊⡿⡷⣮⣿⢞⠋⠁⠉⢷⣦⣄⠀⡬⠆⠀⠂⢨⡠⠫⢽⢇⣽⠟⢿⢉⣿⣽⡏⠸⣿⢛⡁⠐⠀⠂⠀⠀⠘⣇⠀⠀⢂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠈⢀⡴⠚⠁⠀⢀⣠⠤⠖⣺⡭⢀⡘⠉⢹⣾⣇⠉⠈⠀⣦⡴⠻⠉⣷⣾⠁⠀⠀⠀⢑⣤⣓⠀⠀⡀⣠⢞⡀⠑⢤⡟⠁⠊⠛⢸⣧⡿⣼⣿⡏⠈⠁⠁⠂⠀⠀⢀⠠⠽⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡠⠔⠉⣠⠤⠖⠊⢩⡖⠀⣰⠏⠸⠋⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣤⠶⠛⣹⣇⠀⠀⣝⣿⡇⠀⣠⢾⠉⠛⠄⡀⣀⡴⡥⠄⠀⠀⠉⠐⠀⠀⠒⠋⠉⠉⠉⠁⠁⠈⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠒⠋⠉⠂⠀⠀⢀⣋⣤⡰⠇⠀⠟⠀⠀⢶⡼⠿⠟⠡⠀⠀⠈⠀⠂⠀⠉⠉⠉⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⡀⡀⠀⡤⠤⠀⢠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠈⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⢠⠀⢀⢀⡤⠀⠀⡀⠀⢤⡄⢠⡔⠉⠀⢋⣄⠈⠀⠠⢂⠀⠀⠰⢁⡄⠇⠀⠀⢸⠙⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡆⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⣁⣩⡴⠞⢉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⢸⡇⠀⢀⠸⢀⡼⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠰⡟⠀⢀⡀⢫⠃⠀⠀⠈⠁⠠⠂⠀⣸⠑⠂⠀⠀⡆⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⢠⣵⣾⠿⠛⠁⠀⠁⠌⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠀⠀⢨⡶⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢐⠞⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠁⠀⡂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⡇⠆⣠⠆⠀⠇⠉⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⢸⡻⠟⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⢀⠔⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡴⠋⢀⠖⢄⣢⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠄⠀⠀⣾⠁⠀⠀⠠⠸⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠠⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 869 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/No_Bad_Deeds_Go_Unrewarded.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/No_Bad_Deeds_Go_Unrewarded.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ No Bad Deeds Go Unrewarded?⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 22, 2023 "No good deed goes unpunished" is the conventional moral wisdom quote. The money - the big money - usually comes from evildoers like monopolists. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Deb Nicholson is the Executive Director at Python Foundation⦈ LAST time we spoke about Deb Nicholson was probably last year. So where is Deb Nicholson? "Can place this in the - "so that's why" category," a reader has told us. She's not jealous, she is just pointing out the the person who was raising money from Microsoft is being rewarding for such pro-GAFAM biases, including a role in the campaign to cancel Richard Stallman based on a bunch of lies. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Fantasy_Castle⦈_ "I saw Deb Nicholson is the Executive Director at python foundation," the reader said, "It really heavily weighs on my very soul." Remember what Nicholson_did_in_the_OSI after its General Manager had left. Shiny awards and shining boots for Microsoft, a_big_component_of_Python's_Board of_Directors, then be rewarded. She sold to Microsoft two keynote speeches (for two years) in an event about what_Microsoft_is_viciously_attacking. It's typically called "sellout" (for selling one's credibility away; the SFC has deteriorated a lot since then). 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New⠀⇛ Darktable 4.6 open-source, free, and cross-platform RAW image editor is now available for download with support for new cameras and new features. 4. ⚓ today's_howtos⠀⇛ many howtos for today 5. ⚓ In_India,_RISC-V_Is_the_New_Linux⠀⇛ RISC-V is an open-source instruction set architecture 6. ⚓ today's_leftovers⠀⇛ Kodi, Free software, Sparky, and more 7. ⚓ Android_Leftovers⠀⇛ YouTube tweaks Ambient Mode to be more vibrant on Android 8. ⚓ Systemd-boot_and_Full_Disk_Encryption_in_Tumbleweed_and_MicroOS⠀⇛ The unlock of the encrypted device can be done via the traditional password 9. ⚓ Cytron_IRIV_PiControl_is_an_Industry_4.0_controller_based_on_Raspberry Pi_CM4_module⠀⇛ The fanless Industry 4.0 controller runs Raspberry Pi OS with additional packages and config files that can be installed with a script 10. ⚓ Fedora_and_IBM_news⠀⇛ a mixture of blog posts and updates 11. ⚓ Security_Leftovers_and_Windows_TCO⠀⇛ half a dozen stories 12. ⚓ Linux_Performance/Benchmarks_and_Graphics⠀⇛ 4 stories 13. ⚓ KDE's_6th_Megarelease_-_Beta_2⠀⇛ We are now just over two months away from KDE's megarelease 14. ⚓ Devices_and_Open_Hardware:_Debian,_Ubuntu,_and_More⠀⇛ Some retro thrown in the mix too 15. ⚓ Stable_kernels:_Linux_6.6.8,_Linux_6.1.69,_Linux_5.15.144,_Linux 5.10.205,_Linux_5.4.265,_Linux_4.19.303,_and_Linux_4.14.334⠀⇛ I'm announcing the release of the 6.6.8 kernel 16. ⚓ Rhino_Linux’s_2023.4_Sets_the_Stage_for_a_Transformative_2024⠀⇛ Discover new features in Rhino Linux 2023.4, like Unicorn Desktop’s new auto-tiling and improved package management 17. ⚓ To_Be_Free_or_Not_to_Be_Free-_PureOS_vs._Android_OS,_Apple_iOS,_and_MS Windows⠀⇛ As a professional security advisor, I am always asked what smartphone, OS, and apps provide the best security 18. ⚓ Linux_and_Linux_Foundation⠀⇛ LWN paywall lapse 19. ⚓ Microsoft_Layoffs_('Soft_Layoffs'),_Plagiarism,_Lies,_and_Windows_TCO⠀⇛ more layoffs claimed 20. ⚓ Release_Notes_for_PoCL_5.0⠀⇛ PoCL now has a new backend (called ‘remote’) for offloading OpenCL commands across a network to one or more servers that are running the ‘pocld’ daemon shipped with PoCL 21. ⚓ Today_in_Techrights⠀⇛ Some of the latest articles 22. ⚓ Security_Leftovers⠀⇛ bugs, incidents, and more 23. ⚓ IBM,_Google,_Microsoft,_and_Apple_Leftovers⠀⇛ today's leftovers 24. ⚓ Devices_and_Open_Hardware:_RISC-V,_Arduino,_Reverse-Engineering,_and NVIDIA_Jetson_Nano⠀⇛ Free software- and Linux-centric 25. ⚓ Firefox_From_Developers'_Perspective⠀⇛ 3 new stories/HowTos ⣿⣿⣿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/Purism_Wants_This_Video_Removed_So_We_Need_to_Speak_About_What_.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Purism Wants This Video Removed, So We Need to Speak About What It's Trying to Hide (and Of Course Back Up the Video)⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 22, 2023 Video: Purism_ghosts_Librem_5_customer,_lies_about_refund_policy_-_avoid_this horrible_company 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Purism_ghosts_Librem_5_customer,_lies_about_refund_policy_- avoid_this_horrible_company⦈_ LAST year and this year we didn't mention this topic very often, if at all. Sometimes people prefer to say nothing than to say something bad about things they care_for. Purism is a subject we covered here before, both positively and negatively. The FSF formally endorses Purism's PureOS, recognising it as a free/libre distribution (and OS). But how is Purism as a company? There's a lot more to a company like this than just developers, many of whom with background in Debian. Citing this_video, a reader of ours said: "The Purism scandal continues..." Noted by our source is the observation that censorship/secrecy shrouds this. Purism attempted a takedown, so we're making a_full_copy. Our reader explains: Would be interesting to find the Purism employees who went to the factory unannounced in California and discovered a large percentage - over 70 if I recall - of returned and broken laptops. An interview 4 years after the fact about that visit would really expose the depth of the facade. From what I was told, the hardware was cheap and parts/returned units were everywhere. That's when, according to the source and my recollection, the new tier of more expensive phone was offered. Totally in the red because of the returns and tried to make it up with the phone. At that point, FCC was never going to approve from what I recall. So, the employees were summarily dismissed - within a few weeks, could be shorter, all visitors to the operations center were gone from Purism either through voluntary or involuntary action. I believe a bulk were let go within 24 hours. Purism folks tried to sell some social media subscription which was ridiculous but I could be wrong. Maybe that's their bread and butter now? Not sure what they are doing these days, but Purism sent a letter to the youtuber pleading the takedown of the video. Our community is a forgiving one, but transparency and honesty is a virtue. Our reader prefers to stay anonymous, but she spoke to people who know all this firsthand (or close). Purism's PureOS does respect freedom and Purism as a company probably means well. But we need to know what happens in practice. It's unwise to endorse something that can get people 'burned' and then 'gaslit'. █ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1315 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/Techrights_Does_Not_Do_a_Response_to_a_Response.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/Techrights_Does_Not_Do_a_Response_to_a_Response.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Techrights Does Not Do a Response to a Response⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 22, 2023 Tit-for-tat pingpong is typically a waste_of_time 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Racket_For_Playing_Table_Tennis⦈_ LAST WEEK or earlier this week we published some stuff that managed to strike a nerve. A non-rebutting rebuttal was then published, containing falsehoods and blatant contradictions. Just to be clear, we consistently reject a need to respond to people who "debunk" us without actually presenting any falsehoods in what we published. On we go. We always correct false information; where no errors can be found, it's pointless to justify a truism. 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With uncomfortable facts? Planet Debian leads to this page today: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇A deleted Debian post: Ulrike Uhlig: Ignore this post: (unpublished)⦈ It is still_in_Google_cache, so we're reproducing it (we_saw_how_Planet LibreOffice_censored_bloggers_in_the_past,_hiding_suppressed_but_frank/sincere opinions). It raises important points - similar to the ones long raised by Daniel Pocock, who also specifically covered what happened to people like Ulrike Uhlig. She signed the_anti-Stallman_letter_2.5_years_ago. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇>How volunteer work in F/LOSS exacerbates pre-existing lines of oppression, and what that has to do with low diversity⦈ If Google can legally make a copy of her blog post, which is no longer accessible (for a fee or no fee), so can we. Debian can silence people inside the project (by means of coercion, threats, retaliation), but it cannot censor us: § How volunteer work in F/LOSS exacerbates pre-existing lines of oppression, and what that has to do with low diversity This is a post I wrote in June 2022, but did not publish back then. In this post, I talk about unpaid work in F/LOSS, taking on the example of hackathons, and why, in my opinion, the expectation of volunteer work is hurting diversity. ✐ Previous findings⠀✐ In 2006, the Flosspols_survey searched explain the “role of gender in free/libre/open source software (F/LOSS) communities because an earlier [study] revealed a significant discrepancy in the proportion of men to women. It showed that just about 1.5% of F/LOSS community members were female at that time, compared with 28% in proprietary software” (which is also a low number). Their key findings were, to name just a few: * that “F/LOSS rewards the producing code rather than the producing software. It thereby puts most emphasis on a particular skill set. Other activities such as interface design or documentation are understood as less ‘technical’ and therefore less prestigious.” * “The reliance on long hours of intensive computing in writing successful code means that men, who in general assume that time outside of waged labour is ‘theirs’, are freer to participate than women, who normally still assume a disproportionate amount of domestic responsibilities. Female F/LOSS participants, however, seem to be able to allocate a disproportionate larger share of their leisure time for their F/LOSS activities. This gives an indication that women who are not able to spend as much time on voluntary activities have difficulties to integrate into the community.” We also know from the 2016_Debian_survey, published in 2021, that a majority of Debian contributors are employed, rather than being contractors, and rather than being students. Also, 95.5% of respondents to that study were men between the ages of 30 and 49, highly educated, with the largest groups coming from Germany, France, USA, and the UK. The study found that only 20% of the respondents were being paid to work on Debian. Half of these 20% estimate that the amount of work on Debian they are being paid for corresponds to less than 20% of the work they do there. On the other side, there are 14% of those who are being paid for Debian work who declared that 80- 100% of the work they do in Debian is remunerated. ✐ So, if a majority of people is not paid, why do they work on F/ LOSS? Or: What are the incentives of free software?⠀✐ In 2021, Louis-Philippe Véronneau aka Pollo, who is not only a Debian Developer but also an economist, published his thesis What_are_the incentive_structures_of_free_software (The actual thesis was written in_French). One very interesting finding Pollo pointed out is this one: Indeed, while we have proven that there is a strong and significative correlation between the income and the participation in a free/libre software project, it is not possible for us to pronounce ourselves about the causality of this link. In the French original text: En effet, si nous avons prouvé qu’il existe une corrélation forte et significative entre le salaire et la participation à un projet libre, il ne nous est pas possible de nous prononcer sur la causalité de ce lien. Said differently, it is certain that there is a relationship between income and F/LOSS contribution, but it’s unclear whether working on free/libre software ultimately helps finding a well paid job, or if having a well paid job is the cause enabling work on free/libre software. I would like to scratch this question a bit further, mostly relying on my own observations, experiences, and discussions with F/LOSS contributors. ✐ Volunteer work is unpaid work⠀✐ We often hear of hackathons, hack weeks, or hackfests. I’ve been at some such events myself, Tails organized one, the IETF regularly organizes hackathons, and last week (June 2022!) I saw an invitation for a hack week with the Torproject. This type of event generally last several days. While the people who organize these events are being paid by the organizations they work for, participants on the other hand are generally joining on a volunteer basis. Who can we expect to show up at this type of event under these circumstances as participants? To answer this question, I collected some ideas: * people who have an employer sponsoring their work * people who have a funder/grant sponsoring their work * people who have a high income and can take time off easily (in that regard, remember the Gender Pay Gap, women often earn less for the same work than men) * people who rely on family wealth (living off an inheritance, living on rights payments from a famous grandparent - I’m not making these situations up, there are actual people in such financially favorable situations…) * people who “don’t need much money” because they don’t have to pay rent or pay low rent (besides house owners that category includes people who live in squats or have social welfare paying for their rent, people who live with parents or caretakers) * people who don’t need to do care work (for children, elderly family members, pets. Remember that most care work is still done by women.) * students who have financial support or are in a situation in which they do not yet need to generate a lot of income * people who otherwise have free time at their disposal So, who, in your opinion, fits these unwritten requirements? Looking at this list, it’s pretty clear to me why we’d mostly find white men from the Global North, generally with higher education in hackathons and F/LOSS development. (“Great, they’re a culture fit!”) Yes, there will also always be some people of marginalized groups who will attend such events—because they expect to network, to find an internship, to find a better job in the future, or to add their participation to their curriculum. To me, this rings a bunch of alarm bells. ✐ Low diversity in F/LOSS projects—a mirror of the distribution of wealth⠀✐ I believe that the lack of diversity in F/LOSS is first of all a mirror of the distribution of wealth on a larger level. And by “wealth” I’m referring to financial wealth as much as to social wealth in the sense of Bourdieu: Families of highly educated parents socially_reproducing_privilege by allowing their kids to attend better schools, supporting and guiding them in their choices of study and work, providing them with relations to internships acting as springboards into well paid jobs and so on. That said, we should ask ourselves as well: ✐ Do F/LOSS projects exacerbate existing lines of oppression by relying on unpaid work?⠀✐ Let’s look again at the causality question of Pollo’s research (in my words): It is unclear whether working on free/libre software ultimately helps finding a well paid job, or if having a well paid job is the cause enabling work on free/libre software. Maybe we need to imagine this cause-effect relationship over time: as a student, without children and lots of free time, hopefully some money from the state or the family, people can spend time on F/LOSS, collect experience, earn recognition - and later find a well-paid job and make unpaid F/LOSS contributions into a hobby, cementing their status in the community, while at the same time generating a sense of well-being from working on the common good. However, F/LOSS projects cannot expect to have more women, people of color, people from working class backgrounds, people from outside of Germany, France, USA, UK, Australia, and Canada on board as long as volunteer work is the status quo and waged labour an earned privilege. ✐ Wait, are you criticizing all these wonderful people who sacrifice their free time to work towards common good?⠀✐ No, that’s definitely not my intention, but I think we need to talk about this subject with these thoughts in mind. ✐ Paid internships are one key to countering lines of oppression⠀✐ Lots of projects, even Outreachy and GSoC, require one contribution to F/LOSS to be made prior to be able to apply for a paid internship. I do well understand the incentive of this, but it’s quite a high entry barrier. In 2014/2015 I was able to have 3 months of work on Debian paid for via an Outreachy internship. I was extremely grateful for that opportunity because without this paid internship I would never have found the time to engage with the Debian and F/LOSS ecosystem in depth simply because I would have had to work on my usual day job; I have rent to pay, and a health insurance which is really not cheap. These programs are key because they help counter existing lines of oppression at a strategic point: they buy someone’s time by providing them a small income. Back then, the internship was paid 5,500USD gross for 3 months, meaning after taxes and paying social/health insurance, I was left with roughly 1100€ per month, really not much money for living decently in Western Europe, but enough to get started. By the way, to my knowledge, 4_women_who_did_an_Outreachy_internship subsequently_became_Debian_Developers._3_other_female_Debian Developers_are_or_were_part_of_Outreachy on the organizer side. I think this shows that this program is a success that we don’t celebrate enough! ✐ Some types of work are never being paid⠀✐ Besides free work at hacking events, let me also underline that a lot of work in F/LOSS is not considered “payable work” (yes, that’s an oxymoron!). Which F/LOSS project for example, has ever paid translators a decent fee? Which project has ever considered that doing the social glue work, often done by women in the projects, is work that should be paid for? Which F/LOSS projects pay the people who do their Debian packaging rather than relying on yet another already well-paid white man who can afford doing this work for free all the while holding up how great the F/LOSS ecosystem is? And how many people on opensourcedesign_jobs are looking to get their logo or website done for free? (Isn’t that heart icon appealing to your altruistic empathy?) In my experience even F/LOSS projects which are trying to “do the right thing” by paying everyone the same amount of money per hour run into issues — when it turns out that not all hours are equal and that some types of work do not qualify for remuneration at all or that the rules for the clocking of work are not universally applied in the same way by everyone. ✐ Not every interaction should have a monetary value, but…⠀✐ Some of you want to keep working without being paid, because that feels a bit like communism within capitalism, it makes you feel good to contribute to the greater good while not having the system determine your value over money. I hear you. I’ve been there. But - as long as we live in this system, even though we didn’t choose to and maybe even despise it - communism is not about working for free, it’s about getting paid equally AND adequately. We may not think about it while under the age of 40 or 45, but working without adequate financial compensation, even half of the time, will ultimately result in not being able to care for oneself when sick, when old. This may not be an issue for people who inherit wealth, but for many people of working or service class backgrounds, this is a problem. (Oh and please, don’t repeat the neoliberal lie that everyone can achieve whatever they aim for, if they just tried hard enough. French research shows that (in France) one has only 30% chance to become a “class defector”, and change social class upwards. “But I managed to get out and move up, so everyone can!” - well, if you believe that I’m afraid you might be experiencing survivor_bias.) ✐ Not all bodies are equally able⠀✐ We should also be aware that not all of us can work with the same amount of energy either. There is yet another category of people who are excluded by the expectation of volunteer work, either because the waged labour they do already eats all of their energy, or because their bodies are not disposed to do that much work, for example because of mental health issues - such as depression-, or because of physical disabilities. ✐ When organizing events relying on volunteer work…⠀✐ …please think about these things. Yes, you can tell people that they should ask their employer to pay them for attending a hackathon - but, as I’ve hopefully shown, that would not do it for many people, especially newcomers. Instead, you could propose a fund to make it possible that people who would not normally attend can attend. DebConf is a good example for having done this for many years. ✐ Conclusively…⠀✐ I would like to urge free software projects that have a budget and directly pay some people from it to map where they rely on volunteer work and how this hurts diversity in their project. How do you or your project exacerbate pre-existing lines of oppression by granting or not granting monetary value to certain types of work? What is it that you take for granted? ✐ Worth a read⠀✐ These ideas are far from being new. 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Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies/Monopsonies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Desalinating_Water_With_The_Sun⠀⇛ Getting fresh water from salt water can be difficult to do at any kind of scale. Researchers have developed a new method of desalinating water that significantly reduces its cost. [via Electrek] o ⚓ James G ☛ Advent_of_Technical_Writing:_Consistent_Examples⠀⇛ When you are writing a blog post that documents how to use a versatile piece of software, having an intuitive example that is relevant to your product is crucial. Clear examples aid understanding in what a piece of software does and how it solves a problem, in the case of both code products (libraries) and products with user interfaces. o ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ Recapturing_early_[Internet]_whimsy_with HTML⠀⇛ Scattered across the web are communities of programmers working to revive this seemingly outdated approach. Anchored in the concept of “HTML Energy,” a term coined by artists Laurel Schwulst and Elliott Cost, the movement is anything but a superficial appeal to retro aesthetics. It focuses on the tactile process of coding in HTML, exploring how the language invites self-expression and empowers individuals to claim their share of the web. Taking shape in small Discord channels and digital magazines, among other spaces, the HTML Energy movement is about celebrating the human touch in digital experiences. o ⚓ Brandon ☛ Cleaning_Up_for_2024_🧹🎉⠀⇛ I haven't decided on my blog posts yet, but if I do remove them, I will provide a .epub or .pdf of the posts as part of an archive. o ⚓ David Revoy ☛ Production_Report:_Episode_39_entered_Alpha_1⠀⇛ Hey, earlier this week I posted a first version of the upcoming episode 39 to the development forge of the Pepper&Carrot project. It's an important milestone for a new episode and I'm really happy that this one finally arrived in this state! However, the episode is far from being ready for public release. I call this version Alpha 1 because many things will change. The artwork of this 11-page episode is still undetailed and in grayscale; it's an intermediate step in the production. Dialogue and storytelling will also be improved. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ El País ☛ Study_identifies_the_14_dead_ends_threatening humanity⠀⇛ If an insect is attracted to an artificial light and dies upon approaching it, the animal has been the victim of an evolutionary trap. These traps are used to study how non-human species respond to signals from the human environment. If, instead of an insect, it is humanity that falls into one of these traps, society could find itself stuck in one of the 14 evolutionary dead ends identified by a group of researchers from Stockholm University. This list includes short-termism, overconsumption, biosphere disconnect and lack of social cohesion, as the authors reveal in their study, published by the Royal Society. The Anthropocene — the proposed geological stage in which humans are the main driver of change on the planet — is showing more and more cracks. This period is characterized by quickening change and increasingly complex global challenges, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, food insecurity, financial crises and conflicts. Could the Anthropocene itself be an evolutionary trap? o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Helping_refugees_in_Europe_with_The Odyssey_and_Don_Quixote⠀⇛ From literary gatherings and mathematics lessons to gardening and theatre, the project ran 46 activities in the six countries, reaching more than 10 000 people. # ⚓ Zach Flower ☛ Work-Life_Imbalance⠀⇛ I've always struggled with work-life balance. It's a habit borne out of loving the coding and problem solving part of my earlier, non-managerial jobs, but also—if I'm being perfectly honest—stems from some deep-seated anxieties associated with failure. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Brandon ☛ The_Playstation_5_Controller_🎮⠀⇛ A quick Kagi search led me to dozens of articles and posts where people talked about the Playstation controller causing similar thumb issues and pain, and I figured between getting older, using my phone a bit more and then extending my thumb in such an unnatural position, I'd done this to myself. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Computer_vision_and_neural_networks_to help_detect_crop_diseases⠀⇛ A research team from Skoltech and Saint-Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation have presented a paper in which they pioneered an alternative method for detecting decayed and moldy apples at the post-harvest stage, when fruits are stored and then delivered to the customer. A computer vision system will determine different defects at the early stage, when they can be invisible to the human eye. The paper is published in the journal Entropy. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Artificial_intelligence_is_a_liability⠀⇛ So far, the dollar damage has been minor. In 2019, a Tesla driver who was operating his vehicle with the assistance of the carmaker's Autopilot software ran a red light and struck another vehicle. The occupants died and the Tesla motorist last week was ordered to pay $23,000 in restitution. Tesla around the same time issued a recall of two million vehicles to revise its Autopilot software in response to a US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) investigation that found the Autopilot's safety controls lacking. # ⚓ Tech Central (South Africa) ☛ 2023_was_the_year_of generative_AI_–_what’s_coming_in_2024⠀⇛ AI uses and functions have also shifted over the past 12 months as technological development, regulation and social factors have shaped what’s possible. Here’s where we’re at, and what might come in 2024. # ⚓ Tech Central (South Africa) ☛ Spar_on_why_its_big_SAP project_went_pear-shaped⠀⇛ Spar has now halted other SAP projects it had planned, leading to a write-off of R94.1-million of “SAP assets under construction”. According to the annual report, this decision was taken so that mistakes from the KZN project would not be transferred to the rest of the group’s operations. Spar identified shortfalls in “solution readiness”, “master data construction” and change management relating to the project as key setbacks to its implementation. o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ [Repeat] EDRI ☛ 2023:_A_good_year_for_privacy,_a_bad year_for_chat_control⠀⇛ “The European Parliament has shown that it's possible to protect children online without resorting to dangerous and authoritarian mass surveillance methods. It’s positive to see that there’s no majority in the Council to supports the intrusive and unwarranted search of our private communications. It’s now time for the EU institutions to abandon the CSA Regulation proposal and permanently close this chapter of mass surveillance. Instead, we urge lawmakers to use this opportunity to pursue effective and sustainable laws and policies that will actually help protect children.” # ⚓ India Times ☛ PayPal_amends_terms_and_conditions_to comply_with_EU_law⠀⇛ PayPal's terms and conditions had been too difficult to understand and unfair to consumers. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Scary_AI_Can_Look_at_Photos_and_Figure_Out Exactly_Where_They_Were_Taken⠀⇛ They also note some of its potentially game- changing applications, such as assisting in biological surveys or quickly identifying roads with downed power lines. For all its very useful potential, though, it sounds like a privacy nightmare waiting to happen, with some experts fearing the abuse of such AI tools in the hands of the wrong people. # ⚓ NPR ☛ Artificial_intelligence_can_find_your_location in_photos,_worrying_privacy_experts⠀⇛ The project, known as Predicting Image Geolocations (or PIGEON, for short) was designed by three Stanford graduate students in order to identify locations on Google Street View. But when presented with a few personal photos it had never seen before, the program was, in the majority of cases, able to make accurate guesses about where the photos were taken. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Europe_classifies_three_adult_sites as_worthy_of_its_toughest_internet_regulations⠀⇛ VLOPs must also publish transparency reports on content moderation decisions and risk management practices every six months, and file reports on their systemic risks and audit results once a year. # ⚓ Vox ☛ Apple_thinks_the_next_big_thing_is_... journaling?⠀⇛ What’s interesting about the Journal app is a new protocol that lets other journaling apps suggest entries based on the photos and recent activity on your iPhone. It’s part of a set of privacy options Apple is rolling out that let third-party apps surface your photos without accessing much of the associated data. (Think of it this way: Instead of giving Instagram full access to all your photos, the new privacy option could mean that Instagram can show you thumbnails of the photos without getting full access to the image metadata.) And as artificial intelligence continues its steady march into your everyday life, this little bit of extra control might feel meaningful. There’s no indication that Apple has big AI-based dreams behind its new journaling prompts, but I like the idea of giving a tech company only as much information about me as I want and still getting a personalized experience. At the very least, these slightly more automated entries could make my journaling goal more attainable. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ VA_plans_facial_recognition pilot_for_health_care_employees_to_reduce_log-in burden⠀⇛ The Department of Veterans Affairs is looking at facial recognition technology for its frontline medical workers to log into their workstations more quickly, and spend more time treating veterans. VA Chief Information Security Officer Lynette Sherrill said the department plans on piloting facial recognition tools next year at VA hospitals, particularly for frontline clinicians working in intensive care units. The pilot, if successful, would give VA health care employees an alternative to using their Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards to securely log onto the department’s network. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Site36 ☛ German_police_has_hundreds_of_Gaza_postings deleted,_Europol_removes_content_during_“action_day”⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Why_the_U.S._Is_Pumping_More_Oil_Than_Any Country_in_History⠀⇛ Here’s something else America is leading the world in: oil production. This year, the United States pumped out more oil than any other country in history, producing millions more barrels than Russia or Saudi Arabia ever have and accounting for almost a fifth of the world’s total oil production. And the Biden administration played a part in making it happen. # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Cyberattack_on_Ukraine’s_Kyivstar_Seems_to Be_Russian_Hacktivists⠀⇛ This is one of the most significant cyberattacks since Russia invaded in February 2022. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ How_Big_Oil_Is_Taking_Us_for_a_Fossil-Fuelized Ride⠀⇛ The hosting of the recent COP28 climate summit by the United Arab Emirates, one of the world’s leading petroleum exporters, exemplified exactly this puffery and, sadly enough, it’s just one instance of this greenwashing world of ours. Everywhere you look, you’ll note other versions, but it certainly was a classic example. Emirati businessman Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber served as president of the Dubai-based 28th Conference of Parties — countries that had signed onto the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. While his green bona fides include his role as chairman of the board of the UAE’s green energy firm Masdar, controversy swirled around him because he’s also the CEO of ADNOC, the UAE’s national petroleum company. Worse yet, he’s committed to expanding the oil and gas production of his postage-stamp-sized nation of one million citizens (and eight million guest workers) in a big-time fashion. He wants ADNOC to increase its daily oil production from its present four million barrels a day to five million by 2027, even though climate scientists stress that global fossil-fuel production must be reduced by 3% annually through 2050 if the world is to avoid the most devastating consequences of climate change. # ⚓ Janes ☛ US_Navy_secretary_notes_use_of_EW_in_current conflicts⠀⇛ Recent global conflicts highlight the increasing use of electronic warfare (EW) in military operations, US Navy (USN) Secretary Carlos Del Toro said on 12 December during a keynote speech at the Association of Old Crows' (AOC's) 60th Annual International Symposium & Convention at National Harbor, Maryland. # ⚓ Site36 ☛ Attack_against_helpers_of_refugees:_New_EU_package criminalises_aiding_and_abetting_of_“smuggling”⠀⇛ The agreement reached by the Council and Parliament on an “Asylum and Migration Pact” is indeed “historic”, as the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, exulted on Wednesday: In over a dozen directives and regulations, the rights of refugees have been massively dragged down since 2020. However, another legislative package was lost in the fuss surrounding the CEAS reform: On 28 November, the Commission proclaimed a “Global Alliance to Combat Migrant Smuggling” and presented two proposals at a conference of the same name. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ IRS_has_compliance_issues_with government_TikTok_ban,_report_finds⠀⇛ OMB’s “No TikTok on Government Devices” guidance was issued last February, but the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s review revealed that the tax agency’s CI division hadn’t cut off workers’ access to the app as of August, nor had it sought an exemption from the rule from the Treasury Department. Criminal Investigation officials told TIGTA that they did not plan to pursue a law enforcement exception for the 900 employees who could access TikTok via agency computers because the app could only be used “via a third-party software, which does not directly connect IRS devices to TikTok.” # ⚓ US Treasury Inspector General ☛ The_Internal_Revenue Service_Is_Not_Fully_Complying_With_the_No_TikTok_on Government_Devices_Implementation_Guidance⠀⇛ On February 27, 2023, the OMB issued M-23-13, “No TikTok on Government Devices” Implementation Guidance, which outlines the time frame and steps to be taken to remove TikTok from Federal Government devices. The IRS took a number of steps to comply with the OMB requirement for the removal of TikTok from IRS devices. According to IRS management, they have always blocked access to TikTok on IRS computers. In October 2022, the IRS took steps to block Internet access to TikTok on 6,300 mobile devices and also noted that the TikTok application is not available for download on mobile devices. However, TIGTA determined 23 mobile devices used by the IRS’s Communications and Liaison group to monitor social media sites had access to the TikTok website and could download the TikTok application. We notified management of this concern on May 12, 2023, and in response, the IRS took corrective action to add these devices to the existing mobile device management software to ensure that the 23 devices could not access TikTok. # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Substack_says_it_will_not_remove_or_demonetize Nazi_content⠀⇛ This latest clash over moderation comes after The Atlantic reported on Substack publications with “overt Nazi symbols” in their logos, several from prominent white nationalists, and other posts on Substack supporting those views. McKenzie’s response explains that absent an incitement to violence, Substack’s “decentralized approach to content moderation” response to that material is to publish it, monetize it, and continue to take a cut of the profits. # ⚓ [Old] The Atlantic ☛ Substack_Has_a_Nazi_Problem⠀⇛ At least 16 of the newsletters that I reviewed have overt Nazi symbols, including the swastika and the sonnenrad, in their logos or in prominent graphics. Andkon’s Reich Press, for example, calls itself “a National Socialist newsletter”; its logo shows Nazi banners on Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, and one recent post features a racist caricature of a Chinese person. A Substack called White-Papers, bearing the tagline “Your pro-White policy destination,” is one of several that openly promote the “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory that inspired deadly mass shootings at a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, synagogue; two Christchurch, New Zealand, mosques; an El Paso, Texas, Walmart; and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket. Other newsletters make prominent references to the “Jewish Question.” Several are run by nationally prominent white nationalists; at least four are run by organizers of the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia—including the rally’s most notorious organizer, Richard Spencer. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ ACLU_challenges_new_Texas_law_criminalizing illegal_entry_from_abroad⠀⇛ Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging a recently enacted Texas law, which gives state officials broad powers to arrest, prosecute and deport people who illegally cross the US-Mexico border. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB4 into law on Monday as the latest escalation of confrontations between the state and the federal government over illegal entries. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Fascism_Out_Loud”:_Trump’s_Escalating Racist_Rhetoric_&_the_Far_Right’s_Plan_for_a_Slow_Civil_War⠀⇛ As the 2024 presidential election campaign heats up, Republican front-runner Donald Trump is escalating his racist rhetoric, repeatedly saying in recent days that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country,” drawing comparisons to Hitler. Journalist Jeff Sharlet says, “Even more important than the substance is the spectacle, the drama, that makes him the exciting and, in fascist terms, the man of action.” Sharlet explains Project 2025, an agency-by-agency plan backed by a coalition of conservative groups for implementing fascism if Trump regains power, and how the former president is giving the far right the national stage they’ve always wanted. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Colorado_Disqualifies_Trump_from_Ballot, Triggering_Battle_over_Constitution’s_Insurrection_Clause⠀⇛ In a historic decision, the Colorado State Supreme Court has ruled 4-3 to bar Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential primary ballot because his actions during the January 6 insurrection violated the 14th Amendment. Trump has vowed to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, where conservatives hold a 6-3 majority. “If we ignore this provision of the Constitution, we make it a dead letter, and we set a very dangerous precedent going forward that people can ignore their oath of office and engage in future insurrections,” says John Bonifaz, co-founder and president of Free Speech for People, which has filed legal challenges to Trump’s eligibility to appear on the ballot in a number of states, including Minnesota, Michigan and Oregon. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ FAIR ☛ US_Media_Suppressed_Their_Government’s_Role_in Ousting_Brazil’s_Government⠀⇛ In this article, I will make the same call to US journalists who lived in Brazil during this period who remained silent about their government’s role in removing Brazil’s front-running presidential candidate in the 2018 elections, opening the door for the right-wing extremist No. 2 candidate, Jair Bolsonaro. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Microsoft_ending_support_for_Windows_10_could send_240_million_PCs_to_landfills:_report⠀⇛ The electronic waste from these PCs could weigh an estimated 480 million kilograms, equivalent to 320,000 cars. # ⚓ NDTV ☛ Microsoft_Ending_Windows_10_Support_To_Affect_240 Million_Computers:_Report⠀⇛ Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the environmental impact of disposal of Windows 11-incompatible devices. # ⚓ [Repeat] RFA ☛ Taiwan_amends_law_to_fight_Chinese_illegal sand_dredging⠀⇛ The amendments to Article 36 of the Sand and Gravel Excavation Act and to Article 18 of the Act on the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf of the Republic of China were passed on Monday. Republic of China (ROC) is the official name of Taiwan. They stipulate that “vessels or other machinery involved in illegal activities can be confiscated, regardless of whether they belong to the perpetrator.” This is to prevent offenders from escaping punishment by claiming that their dredging vessels and equipment belong to someone else. # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ As_the_Arctic_warms,_its_waters_are emitting_carbon:_Study⠀⇛ When it comes to influencing climate change, the world's smallest ocean punches above its weight. It's been estimated that the cold waters of the Arctic absorb as much as 180 million metric tons of carbon per year—more than three times what New York City emits annually—making it one of Earth's critical carbon sinks. But recent findings show that thawing permafrost and carbon-rich runoff from Canada's Mackenzie River trigger part of the Arctic Ocean to release more carbon dioxide (CO2) than it absorbs. # ⚓ AGU ☛ Biogeochemical_River_Runoff_Drives_Intense_Coastal Arctic_Ocean_CO2_Outgassing⠀⇛ Arctic warming alters land-to-sea fluxes of nutrients and organic matter, which impact air-sea carbon exchange. Here we use an ocean- biogeochemical model of the southeastern Beaufort Sea (SBS) to investigate the role of Mackenzie River biogeochemical discharge in modulating air- sea CO2 fluxes during 2000–2019. The contribution of six biogeochemical discharge constituents leads to a net CO2 outgassing of 0.13 TgC yr−1, with a decrease in the coastal SBS carbon sink of 0.23 and 0.4 TgC yr−1 due to riverine dissolved organic and inorganic carbon, respectively. Years with high (low) discharge promote more CO2 outgassing (uptake) from the river plume. These results demonstrate that the Mackenzie River modulates the capacity of the SBS to act as a sink or source of atmospheric CO2. Our work suggests that accurate model representation of land-to-sea biogeochemical coupling can be critical for assessing present-day Arctic coastal ocean response to the rapidly changing environment. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Grave_Warning_About_Antarctica_Is_Encoded in_Octopus_DNA⠀⇛ Scientists who sequenced the genomes of octopus populations in both the Weddell and Ross Seas found evidence of ancestral gene flow between the two populations roughly 70,000 years ago, suggesting that "ancient seaways were likely opened across the West Antarctic Ice Sheet". "[This] could only be facilitated by West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse during past interglacials," they write. If it happened then, it could very well happen again, especially since global temperatures are reaching a similar threshold today. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ He_Has_Fished_Out_Grenades,_Bikes_and Guns._Can_Fame_Be_Far_Behind?⠀⇛ He was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Queens, and he spent a year staring at the shore when he had a job with NYC Ferry. He also pulled shifts as a crane operator for a sanitation company, an education in just how much stuff is at the bottom of places like the East River. For the past five months, he has been treating magnet fishing as a full-time job. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Revealed:_Ads_Urging_Canadians_to_Oppose Climate_Laws_Paid_for_by_Gas_Industry⠀⇛ A national industry group representing gas producers is quietly paying for digital advertisements urging Canadians to “speak up” to their elected officials against laws addressing climate change and public health, DeSmog can reveal.  “Voice of Energy” is a new ad campaign and website featuring photos of diverse and well- dressed young people, explainers making the case for natural gas while downplaying its massive contribution to climate change, and videos urging viewers to join in an effort to “protect” the fossil fuel against laws restricting new gas hookups in buildings.  # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Inaction_on_Climate_Change_Is_a_Death Sentence_for_Emperor_Penguin_Chicks⠀⇛ My fellow cruise ship passengers toasted to their luck for being able to partake in a celebratory barbeque on the ship’s deck after visiting Snow Hill — a remote island in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea that is home to an emperor penguin colony. While it was warm enough to dine outdoors that evening on November 21, I couldn’t bring myself to raise a glass. The unseasonably high temperature that made outdoor dining possible was also melting snow and ice at all of the emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica, condemning to death many of the chicks that we just travelled long distances to observe. Despite the great lengths emperor penguins go to protect their chicks — made famous by the movie March of the Penguins — if the sea ice where they hatch and grow breaks up before they are done fledging they will drown or freeze to death.  # ⚓ Tech Central (South Africa) ☛ Europe’s_electric_car sales_boom⠀⇛ Electrified vehicles — either fully electric models, plug-in hybrids or full hybrids — accounted for over 47.6% of all new passenger car registrations in the EU as of November, up from 43% in the same period last year, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ The_Great_American_Train_Wreck Isn’t_Going_Away⠀⇛ What the hell is going on with mass transit in America? # ⚓ BW Businessworld Media Pvt Ltd ☛ EU,_UK_Extend_Trade Rules_To_Avoid_Tariffs_On_Electric_Vehicles⠀⇛ The European Union and Britain on Thursday agreed to give electric vehicle (EV) makers until the end of 2026 to comply with local content rules, delaying the imposition of tariffs on EVs traded with the UK. The extension from the previous 2024 deadline would save manufacturers and consumers up to USD 5.45 billion in additional costs, the British government said. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom MacWright ☛ Homeownership⠀⇛ I don’t want to buy a house. Maybe I’ll need to, but I can’t help but think that the milestone is vastly overrated in public imagination and there are problems with it on a personal and societal level. # ⚓ [Repeat] Federal News Network ☛ Congress_wants_spy_agencies to_hire_more_experts_in_financial_intelligence,_emerging technology⠀⇛ Congress is pushing the Central Intelligence Agency and other members of the intelligence community to make a concerted effort to hire individuals with expertise in financial intelligence and emerging technologies, as spy agencies ramp up recruiting efforts across different technological backgrounds. The fiscal 2024 intelligence authorization bill, included in the defense bill passed by lawmakers this week, would require the director of national intelligence to work with the CIA, the National Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to submit to lawmakers “a plan for the intelligence community to recruit, train, and retain personnel who have skills and experience in financial intelligence and emerging technologies in order to improve analytic tradecraft.” # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Los_Angeles_Orders_More_Residential_Hotels_to Stop_Renting_to_Tourists⠀⇛ The Los Angeles Housing Department has ordered the owners of four buildings meant to house some of the city’s poorest residents to stop renting rooms to tourists, following a review that was prompted by reporting by Capital & Main and ProPublica. The news organizations documented how some owners of the buildings, known as residential hotels, were advertising short-term rentals online despite a 2008 law aimed at preserving the rooms as residential. Landlords who convert the buildings to other uses or demolish them must replace the units or pay into a city housing fund. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Supreme_Connections⠀⇛ Search Supreme Court financial disclosures for organizations and people that have paid justices, reimbursed them for travel, given them gifts and more. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Sweet_Jesus⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Intel_trims_a_few_hundred_workers_in_Cali just_in_time_for_Christmas⠀⇛ The largest of these layoffs comes from Intel's Folsom offices, where the chipmaker operates a test floor and lab space. According to a WARN notice, received by the California EDD last week, 235 employees have been laid off permanently. In four separate filings, Intel said it planned to lay off another 76 workers at its headquarters in Santa Clara. All 311 of the layoffs take effect December 31. Intel employs about 110,000 people worldwide. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Air_Force’s_program_to_pick_new cyber_officers_is_highly_competitive;_only_few_are_selected⠀⇛ The program is intended to tap highly qualified enlisted members and civilians and let them commission as officers up to the rank of colonel utilizing constructive service credit. # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Brazil_President's_Wife Clashes_With_Elon_Musk,_Threatens_To_Sue_X⠀⇛ The war of words began after the first lady's account was hacked on December 11. The hackers posted several messages, including insults against Janja and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ AI_talent_wanted:_The_federal_government is_searching_far_and_wide_to_fill_new_cutting-edge positions⠀⇛ “If you’re going to be training the talent in our universities here, then obviously it makes a lot of sense for us to try to recruit them to stay here to benefit the United States,” Parker said. “Since there’s such a huge shortfall of talent, I think there’s that emphasis on immigration, [which] is a recognition of the fact that … a high percentage of people who are getting that expert-level training [in AI] are coming from overseas. That’s where I think the most immediate pipeline of available talent is.” # ⚓ El País ☛ Tech_giants_pursue_ethical_and_legal_AI development⠀⇛ Technology consultancy Entelgy highlights three important considerations for AI companies to comply with the new law. First, organizations handling personal, medical, recruitment or decision-making data must disclose in a European registry how their algorithms work to generate content. Second, while not mandatory, mechanisms for human supervision should be implemented. And third, security systems should be implemented for large language models (LLMs), and developers must be transparent about the copyrighted material they use. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Scientists_Explain_Why_‘Doing_Your Own_Research’_Leads_to_Believing_Conspiracies⠀⇛ While conventional wisdom holds that researching the veracity of fake news would reduce belief in misinformation, a study published on Wednesday in Nature has found that using online search engines to vet conspiracies can actually increase the chance that someone will believe it. The researchers point to a known problem in search called "data voids." Sometimes, there's not a lot of high-quality information to counter misleading headlines or surrounding fringe theories. So, when someone sees an article online about an “engineered famine” due to COVID-19 lockdowns and vaccines, and conducts an unsophisticated search based on those keywords, they may find articles that reaffirm their bias. # ⚓ Nature ☛ Online_searches_to_evaluate_misinformation can_increase_its_perceived_veracity⠀⇛ Considerable scholarly attention has been paid to understanding belief in online misinformation, with a particular focus on social networks. However, the dominant role of search engines in the information environment remains underexplored, even though the use of online search to evaluate the veracity of information is a central component of media literacy interventions3,4,5. Although conventional wisdom suggests that searching online when evaluating misinformation would reduce belief in it, there is little empirical evidence to evaluate this claim. Here, across five experiments, we present consistent evidence that online search to evaluate the truthfulness of false news articles actually increases the probability of believing them. To shed light on this relationship, we combine survey data with digital trace data collected using a custom browser extension. We find that the search effect is concentrated among individuals for whom search engines return lower-quality information. Our results indicate that those who search online to evaluate misinformation risk falling into data voids, or informational spaces in which there is corroborating evidence from low-quality sources. We also find consistent evidence that searching online to evaluate news increases belief in true news from low- quality sources, but inconsistent evidence that it increases belief in true news from mainstream sources. Our findings highlight the need for media literacy programmes to ground their recommendations in empirically tested strategies and for search engines to invest in solutions to the challenges identified here. # ⚓ RFA ☛ China_uses_AI_to_generate_propaganda_on YouTube,_report_finds⠀⇛ These voices and their “good news” about China are evidence that the Chinese Communist Party and its overseas proxies are using artificial intelligence to flood YouTube with propaganda videos, according to a new report that describes a "coordinated inauthentic influence campaign" on the platform. The videos are part of at least 30 channels identified by researchers as being part of the "Shadow Play" network promoting pro-China and anti-U.S. narratives, according to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. # ⚓ The Hill ☛ Defunct_social_media_app_Parler_planning 2024_comeback⠀⇛ The company was acquired Friday by PDS Partners, a limited liability company owned by Parler’s former chief marketing officer, Elise Rhodes-Pierotti, and Ryan Rhodes, among others. They expect to relaunch the platform in the first quarter of next year, Rhodes- Pierotti told The Hill. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ EFF ☛ EFF_Urges_Supreme_Court_to_Set_Standard_for_How Government_Can_and_Can’t_Talk_to_Social_Media_Sites_About Censoring_Users’_Posts⠀⇛ “Government co-option of content moderation systems is a serious threat to freedom of speech,” said EFF Civil Liberties Director David Greene. “But there are clearly times when it is permissible, appropriate, and even good public policy for government agencies and officials to inform, communicate with, attempt to persuade, or even criticize sites—free of coercion—about the user speech they publish.”   In Murthy v. Missouri, Louisiana, Missouri, and several individuals have accused federal agencies and officials of illegal “jawboning”—urging private persons and entities to censor another’s speech. The suit alleges agencies pushed the platforms to censor content about COVID safety measures and vaccines, elections, and Hunter Biden’s laptop, among other issues.  In a brief filed today with the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), EFF urged the court to rely on the First Amendment test in its 1963 Bantam Books v. Sullivan ruling to determine whether the government contacts were permissible or impermissible. The test says the Constitution bans not only direct government demands for censorship, but also indirect means, like hinting at legal sanctions to intimidate or coerce a private party into censorship.    # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Robert_De_Niro_Says_Apple_Asked_Him_to_'Dial Down'_Anti-Trump_Remarks,_He_Didn't_Get_the_Message⠀⇛ “What happened was I was working on the speech with a writer, Lewis Friedman, and he gave it to them, and then one of the consultants had put something in the speech about how kids in Oklahoma aren’t even able to read the book Killers of the Flower Moon,” the two-time Oscar winner explained to Rolling Stone. “And then I didn’t hear anything. They gave me the script, and I looked at the prompter, and I asked after, ‘What happened?’ And they assumed that I had spoken to Marty [Scorsese] or somebody about it, but I hadn’t. They assumed that I would be OK with it, and maybe I’m still getting it wrong, and I wasn’t. Marty and I spoke about it the next day and he said, ‘Yeah, I had sent you a text and [Apple] asked if you could dial it down, respectfully.’” # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Erdoğan's_son-in-law_sues_T24_news_portal⠀⇛ Erol Önderoğlu, Representative of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in Turkey and BİA Media Monitoring Reporter, commented on the case, highlighting the economic pressure on journalists in Turkey. He pointed out that numerous reporters, including Barış Pehlivan, Furkan Karabay, and Ceren Sözeri, face hefty compensation lawsuits, indicating the economic challenges journalists endure. # ⚓ [Repeat] RFA ☛ Hong_Kong_plummets_in_freedom_index, descends_'into_tyranny'⠀⇛ Hong Kong has plummeted in the Cato Institute's Human Freedom Index, with the annual rights report describing China's crackdown in the city as a "descent into tyranny." The city – once ranked in the top 10 freest territories in the world – dropped from 3rd place in 2010 to 46th place in 2021 out of 165 countries, the Cato Institute said in its 2023 report. It fell 17 spots from 2020. "The territory was once one of the freest places in the world, but the Chinese Communist Party’s escalating violations of Hong Kong’s traditional liberties have caused its ranking ... to fall," the report said, blaming Beijing's imposition of a draconian security law and its subsequent "aggressive takeover of Hong Kong." # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_media_summit_forced_to_go online_after_venue_cancellations,_as_organiser_suggests_self- censorship_to_blame⠀⇛ Chan described the cancellation as “sudden,” saying the foundation had given the academy information about the summit when the contract was signed. The organiser had to two weeks to scramble for a replacement venue before the summit, she said. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Stella_Assange:_Why_Isn't_Julian_Assange_a_Free Man?⠀⇛ Stella Assange—an attorney specializing in international law, a human rights activist, and the wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, with whom she has two children—joined Reason's Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe on episode three of Just Asking Questions to talk about the toll that imprisonment has taken on Assange and his family. They also discuss the threat to freedom of speech that the United States' Espionage Act case against Assange poses, why she believes that the Swedish sex charges [sic] against him were bogus, and why many in the U.S. media seem hostile to Assange and WikiLeaks. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Spies_Wanted_To_Assassinate_London-Based Journalists,_ITV_Investigation_Finds⠀⇛ The plot was foiled in the autumn of last year by the people smuggler, named by ITV as Ismail, who became a double agent working for an unnamed Western intelligence agency, the broadcaster reported. IRGC operatives wanted to hit Iran International to force it off the air because its journalists were subjecting Tehran to “a lot of humiliation in the media,” Ismail said. # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ 'Journalists_have_been_targeted_with_the Disinformation_Law'⠀⇛ The International Press Institute (IPI) presented the report titled "A Victory Comes with Some Damage: A Look at Turkey's Press History on the 100th Anniversary of the Republic" yesterday (December 19). Alongside IPI, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) also introduced the 2023 International Mission Report on Press Freedom. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ US_Press_Freedom_Tracker:_Reporters Criminalized_for_‘Routine_Journalism’_in_2023⠀⇛ As documented in an annual report from the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, a project of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, several U.S. reporters were criminalized for “routine journalism.” It shows that “authorities either do not understand newsgathering practices,” or worse, officials do understand and “use prosecutions as a cudgel to chill future reporting.” # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Israel-Hamas_war_'most_dangerous_ever' for_journalists:_Rights_group⠀⇛ A May report by CPJ found that Israeli soldiers had killed at least 20 journalists in the last 22 years and none had ever been charged or held accountable. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Associated Press ☛ Utah_officer_who_arrested_nurse_over blood_test_put_on_leave⠀⇛ A Utah nurse said she was scared to death when a police officer handcuffed and dragged her screaming from a hospital after she refused to allow blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient. After Alex Wubbels and her attorneys released dramatic video of the arrest, prosecutors called for a criminal investigation and Salt Lake City police put Detective Jeff Payne on paid leave Friday. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Rights_Groups_Slam_Iran_For_Executing_'Child Bride'⠀⇛ The Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) group said Sabzian was a child bride who had married her husband at the age of 15 and had been a victim of domestic violence, according to relatives. # ⚓ Iran Human Rights ☛ Samira_Sabzian_Executed_in_Ghezelhesar Prison⠀⇛ Iran is the biggest executioner of women. In 2022, at least 16 women were executed. Samira is the 18thwoman to be executed in 2023. According to Iran Human Rights’ report on Women and Death Penalty in Iran on the occasion of World Day Against the Death Penalty, at least 164 women were executed between 2010-October 2021. In 66% of the known murder cases, the women were convicted of killing their husband or partner. Within the marriage, a woman does not have the right to divorce, even in cases of domestic violence and abuse, which are hidden in cultural codes and language. # ⚓ EFF ☛ 2023_Year_in_Review⠀⇛ The legislative, court, and agency fights around the world this year also helped us see and articulate a common thread: the need for a "privacy first" approach to laws and technology innovation.  As we wrote in a new white paper aptly entitled "Privacy First: A Better Way to Address Online Harms," many of the ills of today’s internet have a single thing in common, and it is that they are built on a business model of corporate surveillance and behavioral advertising.  Addressing that problem could help us make great strides in a range of issues, and avoid many of the the terrible likely impacts of many of today's proposed "solutions." Instead of considering proposals that would censor speech and put children's access to internet resources at the whims of state attorneys general, we could be targeting the root cause of the concern: internet companies' collection, storage, sales, and use of our personal information and activities to feed their algorithms and ad services. Police go straight to tech companies for your data or the data on everyone who was near a certain location.  And that's when they even bother with a court-overseen process, rather than simply issuing a subpoena, showing up and demanding it, or buying data from data brokers. If we restricted what data tech companies could keep and for how long, we could also tackle this problem at the source. Instead of unconstitutional link taxes to save local journalism, laws that attack behavioral advertising--built on collection of data--would break the ad and data monopoly that put journalists at the mercy of Big Tech in the first place. Concerns about what is feeding AI, social media algorithms, government spying (either your own or another country's), online harassment, getting access to healthcare--so much can be better protected if we address privacy first. EFF knows this, and it's why, in 2023, we did things like launch the Tor University Challenge, urge the Supreme Court to recognize that the Fifth Amendment protects you from being forced to give your phone's passcode to police, and work to fix the dangerously flawed UN Cybercrime Treaty. Most recently, we celebrated Google's decision to limit the data collected and kept in its "Location History" as a potentially huge step to prevent geofence warrants that use Google's storehouse of location data to conduct massive, unconstitutional searches sweeping in many innocent bystanders.  # ⚓ EFF ☛ Surveillance_and_the_U.S.-Mexico_Border:_2023_Year_in Review⠀⇛ In early 2023, EFF staff completed the last of three trips to the U.S.-Mexico border, where we met with the residents, activists, humanitarian organizations, law enforcement officials, and journalists whose work is directly impacted by the expansion of surveillance technology in their communities. Using information from those trips, as well as from public records, satellite imagery, and exploration in virtual reality, we released a map and dataset of more than 390 surveillance towers installed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) along the U.S.- Mexico border. Our data serves as a living snapshot of the so-called "virtual wall," from the California coast to the lower tip of Texas. The data also lays the foundation for many types of research ranging from border policy to environmental impacts. We also published an in-depth report on Plataforma Centinela (Sentinel Platform), an aggressive new surveillance system developed by Chihuahua state officials in collaboration with a notorious Mexican security contractor. With tentacles reaching into 13 Mexican cities and a data pipeline that will channel intelligence all the way to Austin, Texas, the monstrous project is unlike anything seen before along the U.S.-Mexico border. The strategy adopts nearly every cutting-edge technology system marketed at law enforcement: 10,000 surveillance cameras, face recognition, automated license plate recognition, real-time crime analytics, a fleet of mobile surveillance vehicles, drone teams and counter-drone teams, and more. It also involves a 20-story high-rise in downtown Ciudad Juarez, known as the Torre Centinela (Sentinel Tower), that will serve as the central node of the surveillance operation. We’ll continue to keep a close eye on the development of this surveillance panopticon. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ RIPE ☛ The_Historical_Record_of_the_Internet⠀⇛ Understanding outages and shutdowns and how the Internet as a whole came to be vulnerable to - but also resilient against - these kinds of events requires more than a snapshot of things as they are today. In this episode, Jim Cowie talks about how historical measurement data can help us acquire a better understanding of the Internet. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ Troy Patterson ☛ Ownership,_Anti-Ownership,_and_Deleting “Your”_Stuff⠀⇛ In the “good old days”, one went to a bookstore and bought a physical copy of the book (this also applied to movies). Once one had read the book, one was free to give that to a friend. Or, you put it on your bookshelf. Or donate it to a library. You also have/had the legal right to sell the book (in order to get money to buy more books – 🙂 ). The ability to sell the book is known as First Sale Doctrine. In the digital age, that has all changed. Legally, when you “buy” a book (again, same for movies) through an online site, you are really just acquiring permission to access it. That permission to access the “book” (or movie) will have limitations. These resources are for your “personal, non-commercial” use only (i.e. you can’t share it, or in the case of movies, show it to a group). The landscape has changed, but the expectations of many people haven’t. Yet, this is important to note. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o ⚓ EFF ☛ The_Great_Interoperability_Convergence:_2023_Year_in Review⠀⇛ But all over the world and across different government departments, policymakers are converging on a set of muscular, effective solutions to Big Tech dominance. This convergence spans financial regulators and consumer protection agencies; it’s emerging in Europe, the USA, and the UK. It’s kind of a moment. To understand what’s new in Big Tech regulation, we should talk briefly about what’s old. For many years, policymakers have viewed the problems of Big Tech as tech problems, not big problems. From disinformation to harassment to copyright infringement, the go-to policy response of the past two decades has been to make tech platforms responsible for policing and controlling their users. o ⚓ El País ☛ Warner_Bros._Discovery_explores_merger_with_Paramount⠀⇛ The merger between the companies would create a new industry giant. The companies could join forces by merging their digital platforms, Max and Paramount+, which would be a serious competitor to the market leaders, Netflix and Disney+. In the news market, CNN, which has gone through a series of profound changes in recent years, would be reinforced with CBS, one of the most traditional and emblematic television networks in the United States. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_a_Warner_Bros.-Paramount_Merger_Does_(and Doesn’t)_Makes_Sense⠀⇛ News that David Zaslav, the C.E.O. of Warner Bros. Discovery, expressed interest in combining with Paramount set tongues wagging about a possible union of Hollywood’s top deal candidates. But it’s unclear whether this will be the combination that gets completed, DealBook’s Lauren Hirsch and Michael de la Merced write. o ⚓ The Verge ☛ Warner_Bros._Discovery_and_Paramount_in_discussions for_a_max_merger⠀⇛ A merger would narrow the number of players in the entertainment and streaming industry even more after Warner Bros. Discovery just completed its massive merger with Discovery last year. o ⚓ CNBC ☛ Warner_Bros._Discovery_merger_talks_with_Paramount_Global may_draw_out_NBCUniversal⠀⇛ Deal structure will be important here. If Comcast spins out NBCUniversal to merge with Warner Bros. Discovery, it could theoretically give Zaslav debt-free earnings to strengthen the combined company's balance sheet. o ⚓ Variety ☛ Warner_Bros._Discovery,_Paramount_Global_in_Merger Talks⠀⇛ Terms of a possible merger of the companies could not be learned. Both companies have enlisted bankers but the status of the talks are described as very preliminary. As of the end of Q3, Paramount Global reported long-term debt of $15.6 billion, considerably less than WBD — whose debt load stood at $43.5 billion. But in terms of market value, Warner Bros. Discovery is the bigger fish, with a market capitalization of $28.4 billion as of close of trading Dec. 20 compared with $10.3 billion for Paramount Global. o § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ EFF ☛ Stupid_Patent_of_the_Month:_Selfie_Contests⠀⇛ This month’s Stupid Patent, No. 8,655,715, continues the tradition of trying to use software language to capture a monopoly on a basic human cultural activity–in this case, contests.  A company called Opus One, which does business under the name “Contest Factory,” claims this patent and a related one cover a huge array of online contests. So far, they’ve filed five lawsuits against other companies that help build online contests, and even threatened a small photo company that organizes mostly non-commercial contests online.  The patents held by Contest Factory are a good illustration of why EFF has been concerned about out-of-control software patents. It’s not just that wrongly issued patents extort a vast tax on the U.S. economy (although they do—one study estimated $29 billion in annual direct costs). The worst software patents also harm peoples’ rights to express themselves and participate in online culture. Just as we’re free in the physical world to sign documents, sort photos, store and label information, clock in to work, find people to date, or teach foreign languages, without paying extortionate fees to others, we must also be free to do so online.  o § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Eminem,_After_Opposing_A_Trademark_App_Over_The Word_‘Shady’,_Is_Ducking_Deposition⠀⇛ Earlier this year we discussed a trademark fight between rapper Eminem and two stars of The Real Houswives of Potomac, Gizelle Bryant and Robyn Dixon. At issue was the trademark application for Bryant and Dixon’s podcast, which is entitled “Reasonably Shady.” Em’s legal team opposed that application, arguing essentially that all things “shady” belong to the rapper. As we said at the time, that’s plainly ridiculous, as evidenced by a bunch of other similar entities out there that have that word in their names. Beyond that, the word “shady” does not necessarily point every person directly back to Eminem, and for someone seeking out a podcast in particular, the idea that any of this will confuse the public seems quite silly. # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ CAFC_Hears_Oral_Argument_in_In_Re_Chestek_PLLC, the_"Where_Do_You_Sleep_at_Night?"_Case⠀⇛ On December 7th, the CAFC heard oral argument in In re Chestek PLLC. As you may recall, Pamela Chestek, sometimes known as the IP Ownership Maven (blog), applied to register the mark CHESTEK LEGAL on behalf of her law firm, for "legal services." However, she declined to provide the "domicile address" of applicant, instead furnishing a post office box number in Raleigh, North Carolina. The USPTO refused registration, citing violation of Trademark Rules 2.189 and 2.32(a)(2) because a post office box is not a street address. Chestek PLLC argued that the applicable rules were unlawfully promulgated and should not be enforced. o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ "Home_Alone"_Enjoys_Seasonal_Piracy_Spike as_Christmas_Draws_Near⠀⇛ After 33 years, "Home Alone" remains one of the most watched movies around Christmas. The film is also the absolute favorite Christmas classic on pirate sites. Newly collected data show that the seasonal interest begins at the end of November and typically reaches its peak at the end of the year. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Man_Horrified_When_Someone_Uses_AI_to_Reword_and Republish_All_His_Content,_Complete_With_New_Errors⠀⇛ A website has found itself the victim of a pernicious new online scheme that its perpetrators are shamelessly bragging about: an "SEO heist," the latest example of how generative AI is being used to accelerate the deterioration of the search engines that form the backbone of the Internet. The website in question is Exceljet, a hub on everything to know about Microsoft Excel. Its owner David Bruns started noticing a dip in its traffic starting last year. This fall, he found out why. Someone was using an AI to imitate nearly all of his website's articles with inferior and often error-riddled copies designed solely to please search engines, hijacking Exceljet's traffic. # ⚓ Business Insider ☛ Audacious_new_schemes_known_as_'SEO heists'_are_posing_thorny_questions_for_Google⠀⇛ Then, in the fall of 2023, a friend flagged a social-media post to him, and it all made sense. Bruns has been the victim of an "SEO heist," one of the first of the new generative-AI era. It was an audacious plot to copy his website and siphon away hard-earned Google referral traffic using powerful new artificial-intelligence tools. The heist was part of a wildly successful campaign that sent traffic to the perpetrator's client up an estimated 60-fold, even as Exceljet's online visits halved. # ⚓ Tedium ☛ Fall_Of_The_Mouse_House⠀⇛ I pointed out, for example, that there is evidence that Steamboat Willie, which finally, officially hits the public domain in two weeks, has likely been in the public domain since its release due to the quirks of copyright law. And I think that the frustration with Disney for so aggressively taking away some of the public’s rights to the public domain will begin to show itself with the release of the early iterations of Mickey Mouse into the public domain. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Money_Talks_In_The_World_Of_Copyright Legislation;_And_That’s_A_Big_Problem_For_Ordinary_Internet Users⠀⇛ It’s good news for the music industry that streaming now brings in $5.5 billion a year, an increase of $800 million over 2021. But it’s unlikely much of that boost reached the people who made it possible – the musicians. In 2021, the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK Parliament published its second report on the Economics of Music Streaming, which noted: [...] # ⚓ The Hill ☛ Plagiarism_charges_against_Harvard’s_president throws_school_into_more_investigations⠀⇛ Harvard University President Claudine Gay faces plagiarism accusations on old papers, throwing her and the college under a spotlight on the heels of her controversial answers in a congressional hearing on antisemitism. # ⚓ Reason ☛ If_You_Ignore_Claudine_Gay's_Plagiarism,_Shame_on You⠀⇛ Claudine Gay is the president of Harvard University. 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But if you think about it, that information is quite useful from a home automation standpoint. A person could do all sorts of things in this state, from ensuring the overhead lights in the room can’t come on, to turning off other smart devices that are likely not being used while both occupants are sleeping. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ VU_Meter_Built_With_Neat_Graphical_VFD_Display⠀⇛ VFD displays are beloved for their eerie glow that sits somewhere just off what you’d call blue. [mircemk] used one of these displays to create an old-school VU meter that looks straight out of a 1970s laboratory.  # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ How_Do_You_Test_If_An_EEPROM_Can_Hold_Data_For 100_Years?⠀⇛ Data retention is a funny thing. Atmel will gladly tell you that the flash memory in an ATmega32A will retain its data for 100 years at room temperature. Microchip says its EEPROMs will retain data for over 200 years. And yet, humanity has barely had a good grasp on electricity for that long. Heck, the silicon chip itself was only invented in 1958. EEPROMs and flash storage are altogether younger themselves. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Making_A_Guitar_Go_To_Eleven,_The_Hard_Way⠀⇛ At the end of the day, all it takes to make a guitar go to eleven is a new knob. Making the knob is another thing — that takes a shop full of machine tools, the expertise to use them, and a whole bunch of time. Then again, if you’re pressed for time, it looks like a 3D printer will do nicely too. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Displays_We_Love_Hacking:_SPI_And_I2C⠀⇛ I’ve talked about HD44780 displays before – they’ve been a mainstay of microcontroller projects for literal decades. In the modern hobbyist world, there’s an elephant in the room – the sheer variety of I2C and SPI displays you can buy. They’re all so different, some are LCD and some are OLED, some have a touchscreen layer and some don’t, some come on breakouts and some are a bare panel. No matter which one you pick, there are things you deserve to know. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ 8Devices_Noni_M.2_WiFi_7_module_runs_FirmUx embedded_GNU/Linux_distribution⠀⇛ 8Devices Noni is a family of M.2 A+E-Key WiFi 7 modules built on the QCN9274/QCN6274 chipsets, delivering up to 11 Gbps link rate in 4×4 MIMO or split 2×2 + 2×2 configurations, and running FirmUX embedded GNU/Linux OS. The Noni modules support Multi-Link Operation (MLO) for simultaneous communication on different frequencies and adaptive interference puncturing in order to maintain performance in various environments and the QCN9274-based variants also support advanced features such as Provisioned Multi-Link, Dense deployment, and Location and RF sensing. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Find_Out_Who_Owns_a_Nursing_Home_With_Our Nursing_Home_Inspect_Tool⠀⇛ The quality of care that residents receive in a nursing home can be profoundly affected by who owns it, studies have shown. It’s not always clear who should be held accountable, though: Many nursing homes are owned by companies that are owned by other companies, obscuring who has the ultimate decision-making power. As more nursing homes are sold, information about an incoming owner’s performance in other homes becomes more relevant, as it may provide insight into how their latest acquisitions will fare. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_lifts_ban_on_Taiwanese_grouper fish_imports_in_carrot_and_stick_diplomacy⠀⇛ China will resume importing grouper fish from Taiwan from Friday, the Chinese government announced, just one day after angering Taipei with the ending of tariff cuts on some chemical imports less than a month before Taiwanese elections. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ New_COVID-19_Subvariant_JN.1_Spreads_Fast_in_the US⠀⇛ Denmark, Spain, Belgium, France, and the Netherlands have witnessed exponential growth in JN.1 cases. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Leprosy_Is_on_The_Rise_in_Florida, Scientists_Report⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Northern_Gaza_Has_No_More_Functioning Hospitals,_the_W.H.O._Says⠀⇛ Northern Gaza has no more functioning hospitals, the director general of the World Health Organization has said. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Eliminating_cervical_cancer_is_a movement,_not_just_a_programme:_Indonesia’s_health_minister⠀⇛ The government will provide free vaccines in the whole-of-country fight against cervical cancer. # ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ MNsure_health_insurance marketplace_sees_record_early_enrollment,_mirroring nationwide_trend⠀⇛ In Minnesota, 132,789 individuals signed up for 2024 health insurance through the MNsure state marketplace, which marked its 10th anniversary this year. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Rumor:_PlayStation_Planning_More_Layoffs,_Including_at Insomniac_-_News⠀⇛ Sony might be looking to cut more staff at multiple PlayStation studios, including Insomniac Games, according to reports by Insider Gaming and Kotaku. The information comes from documents obtained in the recent leak that also claims Sony could be looking to close one PlayStation studio as "one studio closure" is mentioned. It isn't known what studio this could be. The reports claim Sony is looking to layoff 50 to 75 people at Insomniac Games with more layoffs across first-party PlayStation studios. The documents state "slimming down Ratchet and cutting new IP" wouldn't be enough to achieve Sony's goal. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ ChatGPT_Cheating_Fears_Seem_Overstated [Ed: Hype, fraud, and nonsense. Why become an apologist for it?]⠀⇛ There have been all sorts of overblown fears and moral panics raised by the availability of new generative AI tools. And one that I keep hearing about, which many people have accepted as obviously true, is that it will damage school education, as kids will just use ChatGPT to do their work. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Tesla_Lied_To_Customers,_Blaming_Them_For_Shoddy Parts_The_Company_Knew_Were_Defective⠀⇛ Back in July, Reuters released a bombshell report showing that not only has Tesla aggressively lied about its EV ranges for the better part of the last decade, it created teams whose entire purpose was to lie to customers about it when they called up to complain. The story lasted all of two days in the news cycle before it was supplanted by clickbait stories about a billionaire fist fight that never actually happened. o § Security⠀➾ # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Public_Knowledge_Commends_FCC Action_to_Shield_Consumers_from_Spammers_and_Scammers⠀⇛ Today, the Federal Communications Commission voted to approve a Second Report and Order, Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Waiver Order to shield consumers from illegal robotexts. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Regulators_Propose_New_Online Privacy_Safeguards_for_Children⠀⇛ The F.T.C. called for sweeping changes that could curb how social control media, game and learning apps use and monetize youngsters’ data. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Genre-Bending_Anime_Spy_x_Family_Tackles Cold_War_Espionage⠀⇛ State power and oppressive surveillance serve as the backdrop for this animated spy comedy. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Attempt_to_Vanish,_to_the_Fourth_Power: Turtles_All_the_Way_Down⠀⇛ I wrote last week about an attempt to vanish my article about an attempt to vanish my article about an attempt to vanish other articles ("attempt to vanish" here referring to asking Surveillance Giant Google to remove items from its indexes, so that they disappear from search results). # ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Public_Knowledge_Joins_Amicus Brief_Defending_Controlled_Digital_Lending_and_Consumer Privacy⠀⇛ The brief contends that controlled digital lending furthers the goal of the copyright monopoly act by protecting reader privacy. # ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Public_Knowledge_Welcomes_FCC_Move To_Update_Agency’s_Data_Breach_Rules⠀⇛ Today, the Federal Communications Commission voted to approve a Report and Order to update the agency’s data breach notification rules to protect consumers’ personally identifiable information. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Top_US_and_Chinese_generals_resume_talks⠀⇛ Leaders of the two militaries hadn’t spoken since then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan last year. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Escaped_North_Koreans_urge_China_to_stop_the ‘genocide’_of_forced_repatriation⠀⇛ Four escapees describe the horrors of being caught by China and sent back. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Teardown_Of_FGM-148_Javelin_Missile’s_Guidance Computer⠀⇛ You know it’s a good teardown when [Michel] starts off by saying to not ask him where exactly he got the guidance section of an FGM-148 Javelin from. This shoulder-launched anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) is a true marvel of engineering that has shown its chops during recent world events. As a fire-and-forget type guided missile it is designed to use the internal IR tracker to maintain a constant lock on the target, using its guidance system to stay exactly on track. # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Perjury_Trapped:_Rudy_Giuliani’s_Sync Sink⠀⇛ In the Ruby Freeman case, Rudy avoided searching his messaging accounts by claiming that his phones were synced to his iCloud. But when SDNY searched Rudy's iCloud for known texts and other messaging in 2019, much of it wasn't there. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron_accused_of_doing_far-right’s_bidding_with passage_of_stricter_immigration_law⠀⇛ French President Emmanuel Macron is under renewed fire after urging his minority government to vote for a strengthened immigration bill that was endorsed by the far right. The late Tuesday vote, which divided Macron's coalition MPs and prompted his health minister to resign a day later, was heralded by far-right leader Marine Le Pen as an “ideological victory” upon its passage. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Second_North_Korean_nuclear_reactor appears_to_be_using_fuel,_IAEA_says⠀⇛ A reactor at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear complex appears for the first time to be using atomic fuel, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said late on Thursday, which would mean the country has a new potential source of plutonium for its nuclear weapons. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Vietnam_isn’t_North_Korea—and_50_years_of Australian_aid_has_helped⠀⇛ There’s growing awareness that Australia’s international development program is one of the tools of national power that Australia can use to shape the world around it. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Beijing,_Manila_to_hold_consultation_on_South_China Sea_‘soon’⠀⇛ Chinese and Philippine foreign ministers agreed to hold a meeting “as soon as possible” as tension rises. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘The_new_beneficiary_of_the_Donbas_economy’ How_Viktor_Medvedchuk,_handed_over_to_Russia_in_a prisoner_exchange,_amasses_his_wealth_through_Donetsk metallurgy,_Siberian_oil,_and_Moscow_real_estate_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_pop_stars_threw_themselves_an exclusive_party_with_an_‘almost_naked’_dress_code. Here’s_what_happened_next._—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_orders_use_of_‘unified_registry’_of eligible_citizens_in_fall_2024_Russian_military conscription_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_Federal_Tax_Service_asks_Russians for_information_on_dual_citizenship_and_foreign residence_permits_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_threatens_to_reciprocate_if_Europe seizes_frozen_Russian_assets_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Uzbekistan_summons_Russian_ambassador_after nationalist_writer_and_politician_Zakhar_Prilepin suggests_annexing_‘territories_where_migrants_come from’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukraine’s_Defense_Ministry_contradicts defense_minister’s_comments_on_plans_to_draft_Ukrainian men_living_abroad_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Performative_or_Substantive Engagement?_China_&_Russia_in_the_Middle_East⠀⇛ Li-Chen Sim and Mark Katz join us to explore the growing collaboration between China and Russia and its impact on the Middle East, including the amplification of influence through media collaboration as a force multiplier. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Putin_scents_historic_victory_amid growing_signs_of_Western_weakness⠀⇛ Recent indications of growing Russian confidence in victory over Ukraine owe much more to Western weakness than to the Kremlin’s own military might, writes Peter Dickinson. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Another_group_of_Ukrainian_soldiers_treated in_Rīga⠀⇛ On Thursday, December 21, Ukrainian soldiers were brought to Riga Eastern Clinical University hospital (RAKUS) for the ninth time. A group of 13 injured have arrived this time, but their total has reached 200 during the year and a half since the project has been in operation, Latvian Radio reported. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Ukrainian_support_center_in_Rīga_to_move location_again⠀⇛ The support center for Ukrainian residents will no longer be located in Old Riga next year, but in bigger premises in Jugla, on Pāles Street 9, Latvian Radio reported December 21. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Ban_advances_on_playing_against_Russian, Belarusian_sports_teams⠀⇛ Latvia's national teams will be prohibited from playing against the national teams of Russia and Belarus, according to amendments to the Sports Law, which were supported in the Saeima on Thursday, December 21, in the second reading. The ban will also apply if athletes from these countries participate under so-called 'neutral status'. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Russian_drone_attack_hits_residential building_in_Kyiv,_injuring_at_least_two⠀⇛ A Russian drone attack hit a residential building and injured at least two people in Kyiv on Thursday, authorities said, in a rare breach of the Ukrainian capital's air defences. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kyiv_Considers_Calling_Up_Men_Living_Abroad For_Military_Service⠀⇛ Defense Minister Rustem Umerov has told foreign media that Ukraine next year plans to mobilize Ukrainian men between 25 and 60 who reside abroad. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Legalizes_Medical_Marijuana⠀⇛ Ukrainian lawmakers on December 21 approved in a second and final reading a bill to legalize medical marijuana. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Promises_To_Respond_In_Kind_If_EU_Uses Its_Frozen_Assets⠀⇛ Russia on December 21 promised to respond in kind should the European Union go ahead with a plan to ring-fence profits generated from Russia's frozen assets in the EU and hand them to Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Germany_To_Provide_88.5_Million_Euros_In Energy_Assistance_For_Ukraine⠀⇛ Germany will provide an additional 88.5 million euros ($96.89 million) to help strengthen the resilience of the Ukrainian energy system as Russia targets its infrastructure, the Foreign and Economy ministries said in a joint statement on December 21. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Orban_Says_He_Accepted_Zelenskiy's_Invitation To_Discuss_Ukraine's_EU_Membership_Hopes⠀⇛ Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says he has accepted an invitation from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to hold a bilateral meeting, which would be the first between the two leaders since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ US_Reaches_Agreements_to_Control_Northern Europe:_Zakharova⠀⇛ Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the General Staff of the Russian Army, also denounced that Washington is deliberately prolonging the Ukrainian conflict. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._and_Europe_Eye_Russian_Assets to_Aid_Ukraine_as_Funding_Dries_Up⠀⇛ Despite legal reservations, policymakers are weighing the consequences of using $300 billion in Russian assets to help Kyiv’s war effort. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Breaking_With_Postwar_History,_Japan to_Sell_Patriot_Missiles_to_U.S.⠀⇛ Tokyo appears ready to adjust rules to allow the export of the weapons to the United States, a move that could help Washington support Ukraine’s fight against Russia. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Rīga_resident_accused_of_war_glorification⠀⇛ State Police (VP) has sent criminal proceedings for justification and glorification of Russian war crimes to the prosecution against a resident of Rīga who has placed symbols of the Russian Federation several times in the windows of her residence, police said Thursday. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Vietnam’s_fraternal_ties_with_Russia_are_put_to the_test⠀⇛ Communist-era alliance endures, but Hanoi is diversifying arms suppliers and international partners. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Former_Russian_Minister_Sentenced_To_12_Years For_Embezzlement⠀⇛ A district court in Moscow has sentenced former Russian government minister Mikhail Abyzov to 12 years in a maximum security prison following his conviction on charges of embezzlement and other crimes related to an alleged organized crime group. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ White_House_Concerned_About_Reports_Paul Whelan_Feels_Physically_Threatened_In_Russian_Jail⠀⇛ The White House said on December 21 it is "very concerned" about reports that Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine convicted of espionage in Russia, feels physically threatened. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Adds_Two_Of_Navalny's_Self-Exiled Associates_To_Its_Wanted_List⠀⇛ The Russian Interior Ministry on December 21 added two self-exiled associates of imprisoned opposition politician Aleksei Navalny to its wanted list on unspecified charges. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kazakhstan_To_Extradite_U.S.-Wanted_Russian Cybersecurity_Expert_To_Moscow⠀⇛ Russia's Prosecutor-General's Office said on December 21 that the Kazakh authorities would extradite Russian cybersecurity expert Nikita Kislitsin to Moscow, although he is also wanted in the United States for allegedly buying illegally obtained personal data. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Armenia_Suspends_License_Of_Russian Broadcaster's_Local_Affiliate_For_Month⠀⇛ The Armenian authorities have suspended for one month the license of the Tospa radio station, which carries programs of Russian broadcaster Sputnik, for broadcasting "ironic and offensive" comments last month about Armenia by Tigran Keosayan, a Russian propagandist of Armenian origin. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Moldova_Scraps_Soviet-Era_Abbreviation_For Chisinau_Airport⠀⇛ Moldova will alter the three-letter international abbreviation for Chisinau's airport, Infrastructure Minister Andrei Spinu announced -- the pro-Western government's latest move to curb the influence of Moscow and the Russian language in the former Soviet republic. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ 1898:_Russia_and_the_Red_Sea⠀⇛ A report from Berlin indicated that Moscow was planning to build a railway connecting Russia with the Red Sea. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Saeima_moves_forward_with_'Moscow_House' takeover_plan⠀⇛ On December 21, the Saeima conceptually supported the intention of the takeover of the so-called Moscow House in Riga, Marijas Street 7. The Saeima recognized the relevant bill as urgent and plans to make a final decision on January 11. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Quick_Take:_The_“Epstein_Client_List”_is_not what_it_seems⠀⇛ On Monday a New York Judge Loretta Preska ruled that the infamous “Epstein Client List” must be released “in full” in January 2024. The 51-page ruling has caused a stir, but what is it really going to tell us? Is it going to reveal anything of his ties to US and Israeli intelligence? Highly improbable. … o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Cascading_waves_of_earth_add_to_China’s Qinghai_earthquake_nightmare⠀⇛ A scene of deep grief mixed with hope is unfolding across the remote village of Jintian. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Biting_cold_to_loosen_grip_as temperatures_to_creep_higher_in_China⠀⇛ After almost two weeks of below-freezing weather brought by a cold wave that swept through most of China, a round of warm air will begin to flow from the country's north to south lifting temperatures from the weekend. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Coal_mine_accident_in northeast_China_kills_12,_as_cause_under investigation⠀⇛ Twelve people have been killed and 13 others injured in a mining accident in northeast China, state media reported on Thursday. The incident took place at 3:50 pm local time (0750 GMT) on Wednesday at a coal mine on the outskirts of Jixi city in Heilongjiang province, state broadcaster CCTV said. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Grave_Warning_About_Antarctica_Is Encoded_in_Octopus_DNA⠀⇛ A message in a bottle. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ In_a_Major_Shift,_Northwest_Tribes_— not_U.S._Officials_—_Will_Control_Salmon_Recovery Funds⠀⇛ When the Biden administration said it had reached a “historic” legal deal with Northwest Indigenous tribes last week to save endangered salmon, no one could agree on what it meant for the tribes’ costliest and most controversial demand: the removal of four hydroelectric dams that hinder fish from their migration out to sea and home to reproduce. Some said the deal, in promoting renewable energy that can replace hydropower, virtually ensures the dams on Washington’s Snake River will come down. Others said the White House did little for dam removal because it punted the question to Congress. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Train_travel_resumes_between_France_and_UK_after surprise_strike_ends⠀⇛ A wildcat strike Thursday by staff at Eurotunnel, which links Britain and the European continent and paralyzed dozens of Eurostar trains, ended some six hours after it began, Eurotunnel announced. It promised a gradual return to service. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Laos’_national_debt_now_larger_than_its_GDP_–_and could_get_even_bigger⠀⇛ The Ministry of Finance has asked China and other lenders to restructure payments. # ⚓ Breach Media ☛ 15_movement_victories_in_2023_you_may_not have_heard_about⠀⇛ From divesting from fossil fuels, to repealing the Doctrine of Discovery, to historic labour strikes, movements won several important victories this year # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Strike_Halts_Eurostar_Channel_Tunnel Service_Between_London_and_Europe⠀⇛ Many trains traveling between London and continental Europe had been canceled on Thursday because of an unexpected walkout, causing hours of chaos just days before Christmas. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ EU_strikes_deal_on_reforming_bloc's_migration laws_after_years_of_talks⠀⇛ EU countries and lawmakers reached an agreement Wednesday on an overhaul of the bloc's laws on handling asylum-seekers and migrants, officials said. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_gov’t_to_crack_down_on illegal_ride-hailing_following_protests_by_taxi_industry⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s government has announced plans to crack down on unauthorised ride-hailing services, in a move welcomed by taxi industry representatives who threatened a strike last month. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kazakh_Prosecutors_Launch_Probe_Against_Striking Oil_Workers⠀⇛ Amanzhol Aitughanov, a prosecutor in Kazakhstan’s western region of Manghystau, said on December 20 a probe was launched against more than 500 oil workers in the town of Zhetybai, who have been on strike for 10 days. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Escaping_war_in_Myanmar_for_prison_in_India⠀⇛ Burmese women have gone on hunger strike to demand their release # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Ill_prisoner_İsmail_Hakkı_Tursun's_release delayed_for_third_time⠀⇛ Among the reasons for delaying Tursun's release are disciplinary punishments due to his participation in hunger strikes. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Distortion_by_design:_How_social control_media_platforms_shaped_our_initial understanding_of_the_Israel-Hamas_conflict⠀⇛ Almost as soon as the Israel-Hamas war began, it collided with the engineering and policy decisions of social control media companies. On Telegram, terrorist content spread mostly uncontested; on X, false claims proliferated. Accusations of anti-Palestinian bias at Meta and pro-Palestinian bias at Fentanylware (TikTok) added to the confusion. Can the platforms thread this needle? # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Scientists_Explain_Why_‘Doing_Your Own_Research’_Leads_to_Believing_Conspiracies⠀⇛ Researchers found that people searching misinformation online risk falling into “data voids” that increase belief in conspiracies. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Libel_Suit_Terminated_Because_of_Plaintiff's Discovery_Misconduct⠀⇛ The flip side of what happened with defendant-side discovery misconduct in the Rudy Giuliani and Alex Jones cases, though with much smaller stakes. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ A_wishlist_from_Meduza’s_founders_12_hopes_and dreams,_one_for_each_month_of_2024_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Payment_Cards_Of_Jailed_Azerbaijani_Journalist's Relatives_Blocked⠀⇛ Relatives of the jailed director of Azerbaijan’s Kanal 13 internet TV channel, Aziz Orucov, said on December 21 that their payment cards, including cards for monthly pension payments, have been blocked. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Former_Nikola_CEO_Gets_4_Years_In_Prison_For Playing_Make_Believe_With_Investors⠀⇛ The saga of former Nikola CEO Trevor Milton has come to a close. We began talking about Nikola, a company that bill itself as “decarbonizing” the trucking industry by selling electric long-haul trucks, back in 2020 when it was revealed that a very slick demo of its products had been totally staged. Like, hilariously staged. As in the truck couldn’t move on its own so they towed it down the start of a downward slope on a hill and then recorded it moving “on its own.” Once word got out, Nikola got busy trying to hide all of this from the public view via DMCA takedown notices, which of course Streisand-ed the story into further public view. Milton then handed off his CEO duties and became Chairman of the Board, only to resign that position in September of 2020 as the deal the company had struck with General Motors went from a blockbuster to a flop, because of how pared back the deal became. # ⚓ ACLU ☛ Looking_to_the_Future:_2024_at_the_ACLU⠀⇛ As 2023 draws to a close, we’re reflecting on crucial_wins and our ongoing advocacy for civil liberties and civil rights. We’re also looking to the work ahead that will determine whether rights around the country are diminished or expanded. With the 2024 election on the horizon, we will see new challenges to reproductive freedom, trans rights, voting rights, and the many other constitutional freedoms we work so hard to protect. Our work has never felt more critical. Here are a few places we’ll be focusing our energy and expertise in the new year. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_court_refuses_bail_bid_by activist_Chow_Hang-tung_ahead_of_national_security_trial⠀⇛ A Hong Kong court has refused to grant bail to activist and human rights lawyer Chow Hang-tung, who has been detained for more than two years awaiting trial on a national security charge. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Ireland_human_rights_commission_brings_proceedings against_state_over_migrant_rights_breaches⠀⇛ The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) announced Thursday that it is bringing proceedings before the Irish High Court over the state’s failure to properly house asylum applicants. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Error_402:_Information_Wants_To_Be…_Freemium?⠀⇛ Last week in the Error 402 series on the past, present, and future of web monetization, we talked about the whole “information wants to be expensive, information wants to be free” dilemma, that partially explained why early paywalls failed, and why display and search ads seemed to be the primary way in which internet content was monetized. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ The_EU’s_Investigation_Of_ExTwitter_Is Ridiculous_&_Censorial⠀⇛ People keep accusing me of criticizing Elon Musk because I “hate” him. But I don’t hate him, nor do I criticize him out of any personal feelings at all, beyond thinking that he often is hypocritical in his decision making, and makes decisions that defy common sense and logic. But when he does the right thing, I’m equally happy to call it out positively. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ The_GOP_Is_Very_Mad_Because_The_FCC_Wants_To_Ban Shitty_Cable_Early_Termination_Fees⠀⇛ Earlier this month the Biden FCC announced that it was exploring banning early termination fees, which ISPs use to punish you for switching to competitors. It was a long overdue action in a country where cable and broadband giants routinely rip off consumers with a rotating bevy of fees, all designed to let them falsely advertise an artificially lower rate, then hit you with a much higher bill down the road. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Evolution_has_its_downsides…_but_maybe_it’s inevitable?⠀⇛ How Darwin’s Theory of Evolution might apply to networking. # ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Public_Knowledge_Urges_FCC_To_Reinstate Broadband_Authority,_Bring_Back_Net_Neutrality_Protections⠀⇛ Today, Public Knowledge filed comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to reinstate the agency’s classification of broadband service as “telecommunications”– reopening the door for many important consumer protections that put people first, including strong net neutrality rules. # ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ FCC_Moves_To_Improve_Tribal_Connectivity Through_Simplified_E-Rate_Rules⠀⇛ The FCC moves to make it easier for Tribal libraries to access E-Rate funding. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Event_Wrap:_Afghanistan_IGF_2023,_AyIGF,_AFSIG_2023 and_AFNOG_1⠀⇛ APNIC and the APNIC Foundation actively participated in the Afghanistan IGF 2023, held with AyIGF, AFSIG 2023, and the inaugural AFNOG 1, on 6 December 2023. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Judge_Connolly’s_Push_for_Funding_Transparency_is_Working⠀⇛ In April 2022, Delaware federal court Judge Colm F. Connolly introduced a standing order requiring that all parties appearing in his court disclose any third-party funding. This was in an attempt to address “potential abuse of our courts,” as he explained in a November 2022 memorandum. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ UK_Supreme_Court_rules_that_Hey_Hi_(AI)_cannot_be an_‘inventor’_under_Patents_Act⠀⇛ The UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled Wednesday that an “inventor” under the Patents Act 1977  must be a “natural person” and not artificial intelligence (AI). The Supreme Court heard the landmark appeal, Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2023], after it was initially dismissed in the High Court and Court of Appeal.. o § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ Recommended_Reading:_The_Trademark_Reporter, November-December_2023_Issue⠀⇛ The November-December 2023 (Vol. 113 No. 6) issue of the Trademark Reporter has been published. [pdf here]. Willard Knox, Editor-in-Chief, summarizes the contents as follows (and below): "This issue offers our readers an article proposing an innovative, neuroscience-based approach to establishing likelihood of confusion, an article detailing the astonishing reconstruction of an historical trademark registry and sharing what lessons can be learned from the registry’s new (and old) data, and a commentary challenging how leading survey formats assess consumer uncertainty and offering modifications to these formats that could yield valuable data." o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ The_Landlord's_Game:_Lizzie_Magie and_Monopoly's_Anti-Capitalist_Origins_(1903)⠀⇛ The story of how a homemade, anti-capitalist game created by a woman becomes a mass-produced uber- capitalist game that profited a man. o § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ # § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_AINUQTP_Wordo:_VIPER⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_Artist's_Position_In_Society⠀⇛ I’m sure that, in fifty years or so, I’ll be interviewed on a big talk show or the like about my long and storied career in the arts, my position as one of the world’s most prolific artists (which is inevitable at this point considering the amount of material I’ve produced), and I’ll be asked what my secret to success is. And I’ll respond: “You have to be willing to lose everything. You need to dedicate every waking moment to the creative process. If you can do that, success is virtually guaranteed. If you can’t do that- if ideas don’t leap into your head like ammunition from the barrel of an automatic machine gun- then success isn’t guaranteed. And the more time you spend doing something else, the less time you’ll have to make art. Time is a finite resource and must at all times be accounted for.” # ⚓ solstice_to_solstice⠀⇛ six months ago, on the summer solstice, i was in labor with my baby. today my husband and i exchanged the birth stories we had written. it was so fun listening to his perspective and reliving that wonderful day. by morning we will have a six-month-old! hard to imagine, even while we live and breathe it. we’ve been parents for six months! # ⚓ Micropelago_in_2023⠀⇛ It's the end of the year, which means it's time for everyone's favorite category of posts: year-end reviews! This year my primary focus has been Micropelago, a collection of open-source projects centered around the idea that it should be possible for a community of individuals to host their own online space using off-the-shelf hardware and residential internet. # ⚓ Side_effects_in_unforeseen_contexts⠀⇛ The title refers to how intentions can't compensate for not being able to guess how wording implying/meaning something(s) in ones own conceptual context can imply/mean All Kinds Of Other Thing(s) in others' conceptual contexts. It also serves as a wink of sorts. Our assisted living venue performance last night went well. There was the usual confusion along the lines of staff not knowing what to tell us about where to set up due to their management not having prepare them. And then there were the, well, just heartbreaking moments seeing others with nine-toes-in-the-grave (as it were) get emotional while singing along with either Christmas tunes or songs from their day. # ⚓ Short_Gemlog:_Etymology⠀⇛ One of the words I both love and hate: "luthier". Literally, someone who makes a lute; but in the centuries since its original usage, expanded to anyone who makes or repairs instruments with a neck and sound cavity. Lutes, of course, but also guitars, mandolins, ukuleles; violins, violas, basses, cellos... I hate it because of the inaccuracy. And I love it because it's grown to become "yeah, a luthier _could_ work on these things". Squint and you can see the similarities between a violin and a guitar, though they are, for all practical purposes, wildly different instruments. They both have necks, but only one has frets; they both have strings, but only one is typically plucked. Then there's the body: sound hole vs f-holes, an open cavity vs soundposts. Fixed bridge vs adjustable. Every variable changing the soul of the instrument. # § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Electric_Cars⠀⇛ But here's my thoughts on EVs. Sure there are more minerals and the infrastructure isnt there, but I feel like it's easier to deal with a battery on the ground than CO2 in the atmosphere. If we cook this place with fossils then both are moot points anyway. And in my area, a lot of electricity is generated by nuclear power (to the best of my knowledge). Hate on nuclear power all you want but when properly handled it's clean. So in my opinion, EVs, while still terrible, are still less evil than fossil fuel cars. As pointed out above, mass transit, densification, and degrowth are our best way forward as a species, but the feasibility of it is critically low, short of a global catastrophe. # § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Seven:_Intent⠀⇛ This winter solstice, I’ve been ruminating on the year behind and ahead. That’s half true. I’ve been in this headspace a lot longer than today, but today is when I’m pouring out the percolated sludge after leaving it brewing, so let’s call it a solstice meditation. I spend most of my time in either a reactive or inactive space, ready for action on input, but when input doesn’t come, the next move rarely self-activates. I’m good on my feet. I’m GREAT on my feet. I thrive brainstorming a research project for someone else or discussing the potential logistics of an upcoming project. I can spin up an ad hoc literature review for a throw-away comment on a Discord channel or improvise a library class session without knowing anything about the assignment or topics ahead of time. But whatever happens before or after this state is either anxious anticipation or anxious absence. # ⚓ 👻_Domiply:_Your_Friendly_Neighborhood_Gateway⠀⇛ Domiply is intended to be easily self-hosted by anyone, for either just themselves or for their friends and family as well. # ⚓ [moving_site]_update_your_readers⠀⇛ # ⚓ [CG]_or_[plagiarised]_Art_and_Victim_Complex⠀⇛ Text Generative AI was getting most of the attention in 2023, apart from it being a technology that techically isn't supposed to be available in where I'm from, it has also shaked things up to the point where there are plenty of naive business people who think they can just replace their employees with AI just like how some of them has been outsourcing jobs to foreign countries, there's also naive artists who think that it is possible for AI to replace themselves. But is that really what happened? # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Tootik_Too⠀⇛ After my last post angsting about it, dimkr figured out the issue and fixed it. So now I (and everyone on his server, lol) can follow people from the wider Fediverse! # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ About_Dlang_and_zig_lang⠀⇛ I tested the D language and zig language recently to check the state of the tooling. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 5060 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 22/12/2023: Stephen Thaler Defeated Again (Patent Case), Kangaroo Court (UPC) Reviewed by Rogue Party⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 22, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Three_jumping_kangaroo_silhouettes_at_sunset⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science 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 o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Internet o Monopolies/Monopsonies # Patents # Copyrights # Gemini*_and_Gopher # Personal/Opinions # Technology_and_Free_Software # Programming * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Shiori_Novella_discusses_vlogging_gear⠀⇛ Hololive English’s Shiori is my favourite of the latest EN generation. She recently did a fun five minute video discussing the various portable_cameras_and_kit she’s used in the past, and how she records her “hand cams” as a vtuber. Lots of great tips and info, and a great introduction if you’ve ever been curious about vtubers! o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Shopping,_featuring_Georgina⠀⇛ Few activities come with such baggage—thank you—as shopping. We all have to do it, whether it be for cooking, clothes, or coffee (cough). We might shop around for essentials like rent, utilities, and business expenses. We feel proud when we’re able to save on a shop, because we’re clearly being smart and fiscally responsible. Shopping is, in every sense, serious business. It’s the primary driver of economic growth (for better or worse). It can be a bonding exercise, such as shopping for a LEGO set to build together, a wedding dress, or for movie tickets. It can be motivating, like saving up to spend on a holiday or hobby. The outcome of shopping can also a source of great joy, like a Christmas present, a celebration of a life milestone, or a surprise for a job well done. o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ The_National_Endowment_for_the_Arts_takes the_pulse_of_U.S._appetite_for_the_arts⠀⇛ Theaters, opera halls and concert venues were all hit hard by the pandemic. People didn't want to gather in close quarters. To get a gauge on how and where people might be participating in the arts again, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) focused on that topic in its most recent five-year survey. For more on the methodology and how the results guide NEA activities, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin talked with the agency's director of research and analysis, Sunil Iyengar. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Retrotechtacular:_1960s_Doc_Calls_Computers_The Universal_Machine⠀⇛ It’s weird to think that an abacus would have still been used sixty years ago, or so posits the documentary series The Computer and the Mind of Man. This six part series originally aired on San Francisco local television station KQED in 1962, a time where few people outside of academia had even stood next to such a device. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Multi-View_Wire_Art_Meets_Generative_AI⠀⇛ DreamWire is a system for generating multi-view wire art using machine learning techniques to help generate the patterns required. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Homebrew_Gel_Fuel_Keeps_The_Steam_Coming,_Legally⠀⇛ All it takes is one knucklehead to go and do something stupid to screw things up for everyone. We’re not exactly sure who the knucklehead is behind the recent ban on hexamine fuel tablets, but given that it’s now proscribed in the UK under the “Control of Poisons and Explosives Precursors Regulations 2023,” we expect that that story is a doozy. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ China's_Mysterious_Robotic_Spacecraft Tailed_by_6_Unidentified_Objects⠀⇛ What are they for? o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Chinese_province_sets_up_$1.5_billion_chip fund_to_boost_local_semiconductor_industry⠀⇛ Guangdong province in China sets up $1.5 billion fund to finance local semiconductor industry. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Transistor,_But_For_Heat_Instead_Of Electrons⠀⇛ Researchers at UCLA recently developed what they are calling a thermal transistor: a solid-state device able to control the flow of heat with an electric field. This opens the door to controlling the transfer of heat in some of the same ways we are used to controlling electronics. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Keebin’_With_Kristina:_The_One_With_All_The LEGO⠀⇛ It seems like mechanical keyboard enthusiasts are more spoiled for choice with each passing day. But as broad as the open source pool has become, there’s still no perfect keyboard for everyone. So, as people innovate toward their own personal endgame peripherals and make them open source, the pool just grows and grows. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Slab_Casting_–_A_New_Way_To_Combine_3D_Printing And_Ceramics⠀⇛ Slip casting can be messy both in processing and in making the original plaster mold. What if there was a better way, thanks to 3D printing? # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Samsung_announces_ISOCELL_Vizion_63D_and Vizion_931_sensors_for_robotics_and_extended_reality applications⠀⇛ Samsung Electronics, the world’s second-largest technology company by revenue, has introduced two new camera sensors in its ISOCELL Vizion lineup, the Vizion 63D and the Vizion 931. The Vizion 63D is the world’s first indirect time-of-flight (iToF) sensor with an integrated depth-sensing image signal processor (ISP) according to the company, and is tailored for capturing high-resolution 3D images. The Vizion 931 is a global shutter sensor that has been optimized to capture rapid motion without visible distortion. The 63D is an indirect time-of-flight sensor that measures the phase shift between emitted and reflected light and uses this measurement to construct a 3D map of its surroundings. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Antivaxxer_Steve_Kirsch_threatens_to_release_private_health information⠀⇛ Last week, I wrote about how tech bro turned rabid antivaxxer Steve Kirsch had incompetently “analyzed” a dataset from New Zealand containing protected health information (PHI) in order to spin the dataset as showing that COVID-19 vaccines were dangerous and killing people in droves. Then he extrapolated from his risibly unstatistical estimate that the vaccines were killing roughly one in a thousand people who received them in order to come up with an estimate that the vaccines had killed over 13 million people worldwide. He had (almost certainly) illegally obtained the dataset from a “whistleblower” named Barry Young, who turned out to be a database administrator for Te Whatu Ora, the New Zealand Ministry of Health Agency in charge of administering the nation’s universal health insurance plan and had abused his position to steal part of the 12 million record database containing approximately 4 million records. (Mr. Young also had the arrogance to go initially under the pseudonym Winston Smith, after the protagonist of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty- Four.) He called his announcement MOAR, or the “mother of all revelations.” I called it a failed kaboom, along the lines of the old Looney Tunes cartoons featuring Marvin the Martian and his attempts to blow up the earth, which were always thwarted by Bugs Bunny. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Think_They've_Found_a_New_Cause of_Type_2_Diabetes⠀⇛ Opening the door for better treatments. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Baby_Survives_Incredibly_Rare_Pregnancy Outside_of_Mother's_Uterus⠀⇛ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Major_Study_Finds_HIV_Drugs_Could_Lower Risk_of_Multiple_Sclerosis_by_Up_to_72%⠀⇛ This could lead to new treatments. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Ancient_Scythians_Did_Make_Leather_Out_of Human_Skin_After_All⠀⇛ Seems Herodotus wasn't making it up. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Why_are_so_many_young_Chinese_depressed?⠀⇛ China’s high youth unemployment rate and increasingly disillusioned young people—many of whom are ‘giving up’ on work—have attracted much attention from global media outlets and Chinese policymakers. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Meat_substitute_sales_down_as_shoppers_seek_other options⠀⇛ Despite a decline in interest, the number of meat replacement products continues to grow. # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Two_people_commit_suicide_on_İstanbul_commuter rail_line_in_two_days⠀⇛ The Marmaray rail line has witnessed four suicide attempts since October 2022. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Teenager's_Vocal_Cords_Paralyzed_After COVID_in_World_First⠀⇛ An alarming side effect? # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia_sees_stabilization_in_Covid_incidence⠀⇛ Latvia is seeing a slight stabilization of Covid-19 cases, the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC) said December 20. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Does_Covid-19_prefer_the_gut_now? Surging_virus_detections_in_wastewater_prompt_scientific debate⠀⇛ There is no data suggesting more people are experiencing severe digestive illnesses from Covid- 19. # ⚓ YLE ☛ THL:_Only_20%_of_addiction_treatment_clients_work_or study⠀⇛ Nine percent of clients at the surveyed clinics were homeless, while 73 percent of them lived alone. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Sleeping_longer_over_the_weekend_could_help prevent_heart_attacks,_says_study⠀⇛ The reduced risk was most significant among those who got less than six hours of sleep on weekdays and slept for at least two extra hours on weekends. # ⚓ Kev Quirk ☛ Fat_Boy_at_40_-_Update_03⠀⇛ So I've been at this whole FatBoy_thing since August. As a quick recap, I don't want to be fat when I hit 40, in August 2024, so I'm trying to fix it. When_last_I_updated_you, I was at 106.4kg (234lbs), felling good and making progress. So here's where I'm at as of this last Monday, 18th December: [...] # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Amazon_Is_Trying_to_Stop_a_Lawsuit_From Drivers_Who_Peed_In_Bottles_From_Going_to_Court⠀⇛ “That coffee maker that you wanted overnight costs you a couple of bucks to get it shipped," said one plaintiff. "It costs somebody their dignity." o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Researchers_find_child_sexual_abuse_images in_LAION-5B_Hey_Hi_(AI)_training_dataset⠀⇛ Researchers have found child sexual abuse material in LAION-5B, an open-source artificial intelligence training dataset used to build image generation models. The discovery was made by the Stanford Internet Observatory, or SIO, which detailed its findings in a Tuesday report. # ⚓ Bloomberg ☛ Tech_Workers_Had_the_Best_Jobs._Then_Came_the Brutal_Cuts.⠀⇛ Tech jobs over the last decade gained a reputation for being lucrative, comfortable and stable. This year changed that. But first… o § Security⠀➾ # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_gov’t_to_launch_text message_registration_system_to_combat_scams_by identifying_telecom_service_providers⠀⇛ A text message registration system allowing the public to identify telecommunications service providers and avoid scams will be implemented next Thursday, the government has announced. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Hackers_Gained_Access_To_The_Sensitive Data_Of_36_Million_Comcast_Customers⠀⇛ Hackers have managed to obtain the personal data of 36 million Comcast customers. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Group-IB_warns_of_surge_in_fake delivery_sites_in_the_lead-up_to_Christmas⠀⇛ A new report from cybersecurity services company Group-IB Global Pvt. Ltd. is warning of a sharp increase in fake delivery sites in the weeks leading up to Christmas. In the first 10 days of December, Group-IB’s Computer Emergency Response Team identified 587 fake postal resources, 34% higher than the last ten days of November. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ EFF ☛ FTC’s_Rite_Aid_Ruling_Rightly_Renews_Scrutiny of_Face_Recognition⠀⇛ EFF advocates for laws that require companies to get clear, opt-in consent from any person before scanning their faces. Rite Aid's program, as described in the complaint, would violate such laws. The FTC’s action against Rite Aid illustrates many of the problems we have raised about face recognition—including how data collected for face recognition systems is often insufficiently protected, and how systems are often deployed in ways that disproportionately hurt BIPOC communities. The FTC’s complaint outlines a face recognition system that often relied on "low- quality" images to identify so-called “persons of interest,” and that the chain instructed staff to ask such customers to leave its stores. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Utah’s_Top_Court_Says_Government_Can’t Portray_Refusals_To_Unlock_Phones_As_Incriminatory⠀⇛ There’s been plenty of courtroom discussion about Fifth Amendment rights surrounding compelled decryption in recent years. Encryption is on by default on most devices these days. Law enforcement seems to believe all it needs is a warrant to compel decryption. Courts aren’t so sure. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Belgian_PM_sees_China_as 'hostile'_country_after_espionage_allegations⠀⇛ December 21, 2023 12:14 AM Belgian Prime Minister Alexandre de Croo on Wednesday described China as a "sometimes very hostile" country, following allegations that Beijing had recruited a member of the Belgian far-right party Vlaams Belang as an intelligence asset. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron_ally_to_lead_France's_DGSE_foreign intelligence_service⠀⇛ France's domestic intelligence chief was appointed Wednesday to head the country's DGSE foreign espionage service made famous by the fictional hit series "The Bureau". o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_urges_Philippines_to_make ‘rational_choice’_over_maritime_tensions⠀⇛ Beijing said the two countries were “facing serious difficulties”, blaming Manila for changing its policies. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Rift_deepens_between_the_Philippines, China_over_South_China_Sea⠀⇛ Relations between Manila and Beijing have soured under Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, with Manila pivoting back towards the United States which supports the Southeast Asian nation in its maritime disputes with China. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_warns_Philippines_to_‘act_with caution’_after_maritime_clashes_in_South_China_Sea⠀⇛ China has warned the Philippines that it “must act with caution”, Beijing’s foreign ministry said, following a string of incidents in the disputed South China Sea as Manila increasingly stands up to Chinese assertiveness in the region. # ⚓ France24 ☛ China_warns_Philippines_must_'act_with_caution' after_clashes_in_South_China_Sea⠀⇛ China has warned the Philippines that it "must act with caution", Beijing's foreign ministry said, following a string of incidents in the disputed South China Sea as Manila increasingly stands up to Chinese assertiveness in the region. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ India_Parliament_faces_historic_number_of suspensions_amid_security_concerns⠀⇛ The Indian Parliament witnessed a historic number of suspensions Tuesday as 141 opposition lawmakers were suspended for disrupting proceedings. The disruption, initiated by two individuals entering the Lok Sabha from the visitor’s gallery, raised concerns about parliamentary security. The suspensions began last Thursday when 14 Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) were suspended. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Op_Prosperity_Guardian_will_be_third_naval task_force_in_African_waters⠀⇛ A third naval task force will in the not too distant future be patrolling the seas off Africa – the world’s second largest continent. Operation Prosperity Guardian is, according to United States (US) Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, a response to “recent escalation in reckless Houthi attacks originating in Yemen” on Red Sea shipping. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_appeals_court_temporarily_blocks_immigration officials_from_cutting_Texas_border_fencing⠀⇛ The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit temporarily enjoined the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from cutting Texas’ wire fencing at the US-Mexico border on Tuesday. The case is an appeal from the US District Court for the Western District of Texas, which rejected Texas’ motion for a preliminary injunction. # ⚓ [Repeat]RFA ☛ N_Korea’s_military_provocations_boost_S Korea’s_nuclear_arsenal_push⠀⇛ The current US support and measures leave a significant security gap for S Korea, expert says. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_warns_Philippines_to_resolve South_China_Sea_tensions_via_dialogue⠀⇛ Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned the Philippines to address through dialogue what China sees as "serious difficulties" in their relations over the South China Sea, where incidents between vessels from the two sides have escalated. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_is_world’s_second-largest_economy but_its_passport_is_ranked_63rd._Are_things_looking_up?⠀⇛ It has become easier for Chinese citizens to visit South-east Asia due to visa waivers by some countries. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Global_China_Newsletter:_Staying_on track?_Girding_for_a_challenging_year_in_US-China_relations⠀⇛ The December 2023 edition of the Global China newsletter. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Parliament_breaks_for_Christmas_after_debate_on_Nato troops⠀⇛ MPs expressed broad approval of the Nato Status of Forces Agreement. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ UK_Supreme_Court_rules_Guantanamo_Bay_detainee_can bring_claim_against_British_authorities⠀⇛ The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a Guantanamo Bay prisoner held by the US can bring a claim in the English and Welsh courts against UK authorities. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Wave_of_Violence_Terrorizes_Mexico_as Criminals_Kill_With_Impunity⠀⇛ The latest killings have left dozens of Mexicans dead and few held accountable despite insecurity being the public’s top priority going into next year’s presidential election. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea’s_Kim_warns_of_‘nuclear attack’_when_enemy_provokes_it_with_nukes:_KCNA⠀⇛ Mr Kim’s sister condemned the UN Security Council for holding a meeting over the ICBM launch. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Explainer-How_could_North_Korea_use_its nuclear_weapons?⠀⇛ North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said a missile test this week shows his country would not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack if an enemy provokes it with strategic weapons, as observers say he is moving to make such forces operational. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US,_S.Korea,_Japan_condemn_N.Korea's ballistic_missile_launches;_urge_dialogue⠀⇛ The top diplomats of the United States, South Korea and Japan on Wednesday condemned North Korea's recent ballistic missile launches and urged Pyongyang to engage in "substantive dialogue without preconditions," they said in a joint statement. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea,_Japan_resume_high-level economic_talks_amid_improved_ties⠀⇛ South Korea and Japan will hold high-level economic talks on Thursday for the first time in eight years, Seoul's foreign ministry said, in a further sign of improving ties as the countries are drawn closer by shared geopolitical concerns. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Japan_protests_against_South_Korean Supreme_Court_ruling_on_forced_labour_compensation⠀⇛ Disputes over forced labour and wartime sex abuse have soured bilateral relations for decades. # ⚓ RFA ☛ N_Korean_leader,_powerful_sister_issue_nuclear_threat to_US,_S_Korea⠀⇛ It is rare for Kim Jong Un and Kim Yo Jong to simultaneously make such threats. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_wields_‘peace_goddess’_religion as_weapon_in_Taiwan_election⠀⇛ The CPC is ramping up exchanges with folk religious groups in rural Taiwan. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan_accuses_China_of_economic coercion_after_tariff_cut_removals⠀⇛ Taiwan said China’s investigation process has been unfair, opaque and not in line with international norms. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Taiwan_amends_law_to_fight_Chinese_illegal_sand dredging⠀⇛ The amended law allows authorities to confiscate illegal sand dredgers operating in Taiwan’s waters. [...] In 2020, Taiwan expelled nearly 4,000 Chinese sand- dredgers and sand-transporting vessels -- a 560% leap from 2019, Reuters reported. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ St._Petersburg_bookstore_forced_to_remove word_‘Peace’_from_storefront_window_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Putin_Slams_NATO-Boosting_Presence_in Eastern_Europe⠀⇛ Russian will maintain the highest level of combat readiness amid the changing nature of military threats. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kazakh_Ex-President_Holds_'Private_Talks' With_Putin_In_Moscow⠀⇛ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on December 20 confirmed media reports about former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev holding talks with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow this week, telling journalists that the talks were "absolutely private." # ⚓ France24 ☛ Russian_opposition_leader_Navalny_goes missing_as_Putin_seeks_re-election⠀⇛ Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny did not appear at a scheduled court hearing on Monday and has not been seen or heard from in 15 days. Amid speculation that he has been secretly moved to another prison or is seriously unwell, the UN has raised concerns of an “enforced disappearance” that would coincide with the launch of President Vladimir Putin’s campaign for re-election in March 2024. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Expanding_NATO’s_competitive mindset:_Deterring_and_defending_across_physical_and virtual_domains⠀⇛ In October 2023, the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security’s Forward Defense program, in partnership with NATO ACT, convened current and former practitioners for a private workshop on expanding NATO’s approach to multi-domain operations (MDO), identifying key challenges and opportunities to operationalizing MDO across the Alliance. This memo summarizes the workshop’s key takeaways and conclusions. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Financial_Times:_U.S._suggests_transferring frozen_Russian_assets_to_Ukraine_as_‘advance’_on compensation_for_war_damages_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_to_bring_back_USSR_tradition_of Athletes_Parades_on_Red_Square_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Rīga_to_host_conference_on_Ukrainian children_stolen_by_Russia⠀⇛ In early 2024, Rīga will play host to an important international conference to consider action in the wake of Russia's kidnapping of Ukrainian children. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Is_Europe_broken?⠀⇛ Last week, in a major political victory for embattled Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the European Council decided to open accession talks with his country. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Ukrainian_telecoms_hack_highlights cyber_dangers_of_Russia’s_invasion⠀⇛ An unprecedented December 12 cyber attack on Ukraine's largest telecoms operator Kyivstar left tens of millions of Ukrainians without mobile services and underlined the cyber warfare potential of Russia's ongoing invasion, writes Mercedes Sapuppo. # ⚓ France24 ☛ 'Vampire’_drone:_Ukraine’s_heavy-hitting night_bomber⠀⇛ It started life spraying fertilizer as an agricultural drone, but after a revamp by Ukrainian military engineers it has become one of the most powerful drones in the country’s arsenal. Dubbed the "Vampire" because it is flown only under cover of darkness, its operators say it is capable of carrying heavy explosives that can be used to target tanks and other armoured vehicles. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Downs_Russian_Drone_Attack_Targeting 12_Regions⠀⇛ Ukrainian air defenses shot down most of the 35 Iranian-made drones launched by Russia at 12 regions, including Kyiv, early on December 21, Ukraine's General Staff reported. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Moldova_Receives_Airspace_Radar_System Purchased_From_France⠀⇛ Moldova has received an airspace-monitoring system bought from a French company as part of a larger effort to modernize the country's armed forces amid the war in Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Pro-Peace_Russian_Presidential_Hopeful Submits_Documents_To_Register_As_Candidate⠀⇛ A Russian politician calling for peace in Ukraine presented documents on December 20 to Russia's Central Election Commission to register as a candidate for the 2024 presidential election. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ War_on_a_budget:_Ukraine_becomes_hotbed for_drone_tech⠀⇛ The need to protect the homeland and prevail over invader Russia has turned Ukraine into a hotbed for new drone technology. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Blocked_by_Polish_Truckers,_Ukraine Turns_to_the_Black_Sea_to_Boost_Trade⠀⇛ The blockade at the border with Poland has crippled Ukraine’s land trade. But a new Black Sea route is providing an economic lifeline. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ G7_Tightens_Enforcement_of_Oil_Price Cap_Amid_Widespread_Russian_Evasion⠀⇛ The Treasury Department announced new sanctions on oil shippers and traders that have been helping Russia circumvent price restrictions. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Prosecutor_Seeks_More_Than_Three_Years_In Prison_For_Russian_Opposition_Activist⠀⇛ A prosecutor asked a court in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod on December 20 to sentence opposition activist Ilya Myaskovsky to 3 1/2 years in prison on a charge of discrediting the Russian armed forces involved in Moscow's ongoing war in Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Fines_Surveillance_Giant_Google_For Not_Deleting_'False_Information'_About_Moscow's Invasion_Of_Ukraine⠀⇛ A Moscow court on December 20 fined Alphabet's Surveillance Giant Google more than 4.6 billion rubles ($5.8 million) for the "systemic failure" to delete from YouTube what the court said was false information about Moscow's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Soldier_Who_Fled_To_Armenia_Found_In Police_Custody_In_Russia⠀⇛ A Russian human rights group said on December 19 that Russian soldier Dmitry Setrakov, who fled to Armenia to avoid being sent to the war in Ukraine after he was mobilized, is currently in police custody in Russia. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Schrödinger's_Russians:_nobody_knows_if_they are_in_Latvia_or_not⠀⇛ In September, official statistics showed a significant reduction in the number of people resident in Latvia. Most of the figure is accounted for by the apparent departure of Russian citizens whose permanent residence permit expired in September, which meant they were removed from the population register. But it is impossible to state with any certainty whether they have actually left, Rus.LSM.lv writes in a special report December 21. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Former_Russia_military_intelligence_officer to_testify_before_ICC_on_war_crimes⠀⇛ Former Russian military intelligence officer Igor Salikov arrived in the Netherlands this week to testify as a witness at the International Criminal Court (ICC) regarding Russian war crimes. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Issues_New_Sanctions_On_Russia-Related Oil_Sales⠀⇛ The United States on December 20 issued new Russia-related sanctions against entities in Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates that the Treasury Department said have transported Russian crude oil sold above a price cap set last year by Group of Seven (G7) countries. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Polish_Court_Convicts_14_Foreigners_Of_Spying For_Russia⠀⇛ A court in Poland convicted and sentenced 14 foreigners on December 19 on charges of spying for Russia. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_China_Is_Profiting_From_Trade With_Russia⠀⇛ The country’s trade with Russia this year has exceeded $200 billion, and makers of cars and trucks are the big winners. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_enlistment_officers_hand_out military_summonses_to_new_citizens_at_naturalization ceremony_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_Defense_Ministry_rejects_proposal to_limit_mobilized_soldiers’_service_period_to_one_year —_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_commanders_reportedly_detaining soldiers_in_basement_and_demanding_bribes_for_their release_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Hotel_in_Russia’s_Rostov_region_closed_after refusing_to_provide_accommodations_for_soldiers returning_to_war_after_leave_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Speech_by_Commissioner_Iliana Ivanova_at_the_launch_event_of_the_Horizon_Europe Office_in_Kyiv⠀⇛ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Belarus_extends_visa-free_entry_for_Baltics, Poland⠀⇛ The regime of Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus announced December 20 that visa-free travel has been extended for 2024, allowing Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish citizens to enter Belarus without a visa. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Moscow_Court_Hands_Two-Year_Prison_Term_To Activist_Extradited_From_Kyrgyzstan⠀⇛ The press service of the Moscow criminal courts said on December 19 that the Meshchansky district court sentenced human rights activist Alyona Krylova, who was earlier extradited from Kyrgyzstan, to two years in prison on a charge of organizing an extremist group. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Climate_Change:_The_Unsettled_Science_–_Part 1⠀⇛ At the recent 28th Conference of Parties (COP28), convened by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the British aristocrat, political lobbyist and climate activist, King Charles III, said: I have spent a large proportion of my life trying to warn of the existential threats facing us over global warming, climate change and biodiversity [...] # ⚓ [Repeat] New York Times ☛ China_Earthquake:_In_Bitter_Cold, a_Struggle_to_Help_Survivors⠀⇛ The death toll from the quake, which hit a poor, remote area during a cold snap, rose to 135. Some people who’d fled their homes had just a few layers of clothes. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ A_dozen_still_missing_after_China’s earthquake,_137_dead⠀⇛ Netizens questioned the speed at which rescue operations ended. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Rescuers_dig_in_freezing_cold_as_China earthquake_death_toll_tops_130⠀⇛ Rescuers dug through rubble for a second freezing day on Wednesday after overnight temperatures plunged well below zero, with the death toll in China's deadliest earthquake in years rising to 131. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China’s_cold_snap_reaches_Shanghai_with chilliest_year_end_in_40_years⠀⇛ The city’s lowest temperatures on Dec 21 will be minus 4 to minus 6 deg C in Shanghai’s suburbs. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Chinese_‘garbage_collectors’_in_a race_to_recycle_electric_car_batteries⠀⇛ They have emerged alongside a fast-growing industry seeking to profit from China's first wave of EV decommissioning. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Chinese_banks_lead_$160_billion global_financing_for_coal_projects_in_2022⠀⇛ Some per cent of measured coal financing took place in the world’s second-biggest economy in 2022. # ⚓ H2 View ☛ Germany_earmarks_€350m_for_EU-style renewable_hydrogen_auction⠀⇛ Germany has earmarked €350m from its national budget to support renewable hydrogen production under the European Hydrogen Bank’s new Auction-as-a-Service (AaaS) scheme. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_future_of_clean_energy_in_the Americas⠀⇛ LAC countries are facing major challenges in their ability to develop renewable energy projects, expand low-emission energy systems, and fill existing technical and financing gaps that hinder regional energy security. A key takeaway to come out of the Summit Implementation Roundtable was that the US- Caribbean Partnership to Address the Climate Crisis 2030 (PACC 2030) has the potential to advance clean energy goals in the Caribbean and become a blueprint to address similar challenges in Latin America. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Up_for_grabs?_The_Western_Balkans’ aging_energy_systems_place_it_between_East_and_West⠀⇛ The Western Balkans' hydropower can help Europe's pursuit of energy security. Failure to act on this potential brings significant costs. # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Businesses_fear_‘large_losses’ caused_by_Texas_border_rail_closures⠀⇛ Top Mexican farm lobby CNA has warned that the closure of two rail bridges between Mexico and the United States could cause “large losses” and threaten food security, while the Mexican Employers Federation (Coparmex) has called on authorities on both sides of the border [...] # ⚓ H2 View ☛ Daimler’s_hydrogen-powered_trucks_to_be trialled_by_Amazon,_Air_Products_and_more⠀⇛ Daimler’s liquid hydrogen-powered fuel cell trucks are set to be used by Amazon, Air Products, INEOS and more as the German OEM enters its first customer fleet trials. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ Can_Artificial_Reefs_Restore_Corals and_Protect_Coastal_Communities?⠀⇛ # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Meet_Animal_Pharma’s_‘Boots_on_the_Ground’ in_Brussels⠀⇛ In September 2019, a group appeared on the Brussels political scene pledging to “bring back a balanced debate” about the benefits of meat and dairy. Known as European Livestock Voice, it describes the European Union’s livestock farming model, “based on diversified, local and family farm structures,” as the “backbone” of the continent’s rural areas, writing on its website under the url “meatthefacts”. Alongside its answers to Frequently Asked Questions on topics such as “animal welfare” and “farming and rural life,” the group promises to tackle “misinformation” by offering facts “from the boots on the ground.” # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ ‘Narratives_of_Delay’:_How_the_Animal_Pharma Industry_Resists_Moves_to_Curb_the_Overuse_of Antibiotics_on_Farms⠀⇛ Two years after landmark European Union legislation designed to curb the overuse of antibiotics on farms came into force, new analysis from DeSmog reveals eight key narratives the veterinary medicine and farming lobbies deploy to defend the billion- dollar market for the drugs.  Aiming to combat the emergence of deadly treatment-resistant bacteria in humans, known in medical jargon as “antimicrobial resistance,” or AMR, the new rules are the world’s most rigorous legislation governing farm antibiotics. The regulations banned the “routine” use of antibiotics on farms for whole herds of healthy animals, including outlawing the practice of using antibiotics to compensate for illnesses caused by poor animal welfare and hygiene. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ World's_Tiniest_Fanged_Frog_Species Found_Lurking_in_The_Indonesian_Jungle⠀⇛ Welcome to frog island. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Do_Dog_'Talking_Buttons'_Really_Allow Them_to_Communicate_With_Us?⠀⇛ Here's the science behind the hype. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Australian_inflation_in_2024⠀⇛ Greg_Jericho_pulled_no_punches_yesterday: The big debate about inflation this year was what caused it. My colleagues at the Australia Institute and I analysed the national accounts to argue_that corporate_profits_were_the_main_determinant. This accorded with similar research done by the OECD, the IMF, the European_Central_Bank and the US Federal_Reserve. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ A_staff_shortage_doesn’t_mean_you can_hire_just_anyone⠀⇛ The last thing the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) needs is new employees who have a substance use disorder or or felons with access to VA pharmacies. But the agency lacks a consistent procedure for finding out about such people from the Drug Enforcement Administration. According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the VHA, in fact, hired thousands of people who might have drug-related convictions. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Bankruptcies_hit_25-year_high⠀⇛ There has been a stream of negative economic news this week in Finland, with forecasts for 2024 downgraded on Tuesday. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Budget_for_EU_emergency_stockpiles_in_Finland_rises to_€305m⠀⇛ The additional 63m euros in funding will mainly be used to buy healthcare supplies. # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Inflation_rate_falls_to_3.9%_in_November_2023_- which_savings_deals_can_beat_it?⠀⇛ Falling fuel, toy and food prices were the main drivers behind the drop # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Congress_wants_spy_agencies_to_hire more_experts_in_financial_intelligence,_emerging_technology⠀⇛ Congress wants spy agencies to hire more experts in financial intelligence, emerging technology o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Under_Attack”:_TX_Law_Targets_Immigrants as_Trump_Cites_Hitler,_GOP_Pushes_Biden_for_Border Crackdown⠀⇛ As Senate leaders say President Biden will have to wait until next year to negotiate a deal with Republicans on immigration as part of an emergency funding package, the leading GOP presidential candidate doubled down on his hateful comments about immigrants that echoed Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. This comes as Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a major Trump supporter, approved a sweeping new law that allows police to arrest anyone they suspect to have entered into the United States without authorization. “It’s very clear that we are under attack. … We have targets on our backs,” says Marisa Limón Garza, executive director of Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center in El Paso, which is challenging the new Texas law along with other rights groups. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Revolution_Will_Be_Posted⠀⇛ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ How_Immigrant_Dairy_Farm_Workers_Go_From Vital_to_Disposable⠀⇛ One dairy farm worker said he was fired and thrown out of the house where he lived after he told his boss his hands were frostbitten from working outside in below-zero weather. Another said it took his supervisors nearly an hour to call an ambulance after he was crushed by a metal gate and left lying on a manure-covered barn floor. A third worker said her boss blamed her and refused to pay her medical bills after she was trampled and thrown over a fence by a bull. And yet another said his supervisor told him not to go to the emergency room after he tore open his finger when he fell trying to catch a runaway calf. He was told to call the veterinarian instead. These are some of the stories immigrant workers will tell you about getting hurt on Wisconsin dairy farms — and what happened afterward. # ⚓ France24 ☛ French_health_minister_quits_as_immigration_law splits_Macron’s_ruling_party⠀⇛ French President Emmanuel Macron faced cracks within his ruling alliance on Wednesday as Health Minister Aurélien Rousseau tendered his resignation in protest at a controversial immigration law that the far right's Marine Le Pen hailed as an "ideological victory" for her camp. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ ACLU_challenges_new_Texas_law_criminalizing illegal_entry_from_abroad⠀⇛ Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging a recently enacted Texas law, which gives state officials broad powers to arrest, prosecute and deport people who illegally cross the US-Mexico border. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_woman_jailed_for_6_months over_removing_potential_evidence_against_sister_arrested under_nat._security_law⠀⇛ The sister of former Hong Kong labour activist Elizabeth Tang has been jailed for six months, after she pleaded guilty to removing electronic devices from Tang’s home following her arrest under the Beijing-imposed national security law. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Alberta_Premier’s_Statements_on_Batteries ‘Ideologically_Motivated,’_Inaccurate,_Experts_Say⠀⇛ Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s recent comments about the use of batteries for renewable energy infrastructure surprised experts, one of whom described the premier’s comments as possibly ideologically motivated misinformation. Smith was the keynote speaker addressing the Pembina Institute’s Alberta Climate Summit in Calgary on October 26th. The Pembina Institute is a Canadian think tank and registered charity that focuses on clean energy and energy policy. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Verified_Accounts_on_X_Are_Thriving_As They_Spread_Israel-Hamas_Conflict_Misinformation⠀⇛ “My sisters have died,” the young boy sobbed, chest heaving, as he wailed into the sky. “Oh, my sisters.” As Israel began airstrikes on Gaza following the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack, posts by verified accounts on X, the social media platform formerly called Twitter, were being transmitted around the world. The heart-wrenching video of the grieving boy, viewed more than 600,000 times, was posted by an account named “#FreePalestine 🇵🇸.” The account had received X’s “verified” badge just hours before posting the tweet that went viral. Days later, a video posted by an account calling itself “ISRAEL MOSSAD,” another “verified” account, this time bearing the logo of Israel’s national intelligence agency, claimed to show Israel’s advanced air defense technology. The post, viewed nearly 6 million times, showed a volley of rockets exploding in the night sky with the caption: “The New Iron beam in full display.” # ⚓ RFA ☛ Did_the_U.S._fund_an_Aussie_report_on_pro-China social_control_media_influencers?⠀⇛ Verdict: Misleading # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ NY_Proposes_Mandated_Open_Access_To_Social Media_APIs⠀⇛ Given just how many terrible state social media laws we keep seeing, it’s nice to finally see one that, conceptually, I agree with, though practically still worry about. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Hong_Kong_plummets_in_freedom_index,_descends_'into tyranny'⠀⇛ Once one of the world’s freest places, the city plunges under Chinese rule, Cato Institute finds. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Pettiness_Personified:_Tesla_Removes_Disney+ From_Vehicles_Because_Elon’s_Mad_At_Disney⠀⇛ One of the big, usually misleading, complaints about content moderation is that it’s done out of personal animus or whims, rather than a focus on actually making it so people stop being jackasses on platforms. Indeed over and over again you hear stories about some content moderation decision that people assert way too much thought into why it happened, when the answer is often some overworked content moderator (possibly halfway around the world) with a giant stack of posts to review made a decision in five seconds and moved onto the next one. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Dashcam_video_shows_Vermont_man_being_arrested after_flipping_off_state_trooper:_‘Freedom_of_expression’⠀⇛ A Vermont State Trooper was observed in newly released video footage arresting a man for disorderly conduct after being flipped off and cursed at during a traffic stop – a move that led the man to file a lawsuit against the trooper for violation of rights. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Bail_denied_to_Hong_Kong_rights_lawyer in_landmark_security_case⠀⇛ The judge said he could not grant bail because Chow might carry out acts that endanger national security. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_drops_to_46th_place_in global_freedom_ranking,_as_think_tanks_cite_China’s ‘increasing_interference’⠀⇛ Hong Kong has dropped 17 places down a global freedom ranking published by overseas think tanks, marking the second-steepest drop among all territories on the list behind Myanmar. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ US_Press_Freedom_Tracker:_Reporters Criminalized_For_'Routine_Journalism'_In_2023⠀⇛ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Assange_to_get_final_High_Court_chance_for_appeal in_February⠀⇛ A second appeal was filed on 13 June. Assange's extradition was given_the_green_light in June 2022 by then British Home Secretary Priti Patel. Assange has been held in the high-security Belmarsh Prison since he was arrested following an US extradition request on 11 April 2019. {loadposition sam08}The February hearing will determine whether or not the WikiLeaks founder will be able to argue his case further before British courts. If that fails, he may be able to approach the European Court of Human Rights. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ New_European_to_sue_Michelle_Mone_to_recoup money_lost_to_‘deceitful’_legal_threats⠀⇛ The lawsuit hopes to establish if publishers can recover costs when deceit is proven. o § Internet⠀➾ # ⚓ Mozilla_ships_Firefox_121.0_with_Wayland_enabled⠀⇛ Even my hometown Brno has its own Wayland Firefox on GNU/Linux hit another milestone as Mozilla defaults to Wayland backend instead of XWayland X11 emulation in Firefox_121. It’s a logic step as XWayland emulation introduces bugs from both Wayland and X11 worlds together so better run Wayland directly. As Fedora has provided Firefox on Wayland backend for years, this change affects mainly Ubuntu and its Firefox/Snap users (if Canonical decides to follow Mozilla here), Firefox shipped as Flatpak and next Firefox ESR and Thunderbird releases. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o ⚓ CCIA ☛ Examining_the_FTC’s_Hostility_to_Common_Design_Practices⠀⇛ Last year, the FTC released a report titled Bringing Dark Patterns to Light [...] o ⚓ The Hill ☛ How_Proprietary_Chaffbot_Company_is_boosting_scrutiny of_Microsoft’s_market_power⠀⇛ Microsoft’s burgeoning relationship with Proprietary Chaffbot Company is piling scrutiny on the tech giant’s market power and ways it is building and yielding that power in the lucrative artificial intelligence (AI) space. o § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ No_Patent_for_Robot_Inventions: UK_Supreme_Court_Rules_on_Hey_Hi_(AI)_Inventorship_in_Thaler v._Comptroller-General⠀⇛ In a December 20, 2023 decision, the UK Supreme Court has agreed with American courts that an inventive machine is not deserving of patent monopoly rights.  The underlying case will be familiar to many with Dr. Stephen Thaler of St. Louis seeking to patent monopoly a thermal-mug designed by an artificial intelligence machine that he created.  Thaler has argued that the Hey Hi (AI) (called DABUS) conceived of the particular invention in question and also identified its practical utility.  The UK Supreme court based its holding upon the text of the UK Patents Act of 1977 as it reached the same ultimate conclusion as the Federal Circuit in Thaler v. Vidal, 43 F.4th 1207 (Fed. Cir. 2022), cert. denied, 143 S. Ct. 1783 (2023). # ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Global_FRAND_rates_in_China⠀⇛ On 4th December 2023, the Intermediate People’s Court of Chongqing Municipality in China handed down its FRAND determination in the global 5G patent monopoly licensing dispute between patent monopoly owner Nokia and the Chinese implementer Oppo. # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Guest_post_by_Gugliuzza, Goodman,_&_Rebouché:_Inequality_and_Intersectionality_at_the Federal_Circuit⠀⇛ The ongoing reckonings with systemic racism and sexism in the United States might seem, on first glance, to have little to do with patent monopoly law. Yet scholarship on racial and gender inequality in the patent monopoly system is growing. Recent research has, for example, shown that women and people of color are underrepresented among patent-seeking inventors and among lawyers and agents at the PTO. In addition, scholars have explored racist and sexist norms baked into the content of patent monopoly law itself. # ⚓ JUVE ☛ UK_Supreme_Court_has_final_say_on_Dabus_as_named inventor⠀⇛ In one of the UK’s final patent monopoly judgments of 2023, the Supreme Court has confirmed that, under the Patents Act 1977, a patent monopoly application may not name an Hey Hi (AI) invention as an inventor (case ID: 2021/0201). # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ UK_Supreme_Court_rules_Hey_Hi_(AI)_systems can’t_patent_monopoly_their_inventions⠀⇛ The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom today ruled that an artificial intelligence can’t receive a patient for an invention it has created without human assistance. The judgment concludes a legal case launched in 2019 by Stephen Thaler, a Missouri-based computer scientist. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Humanoid_robot_maker_Sanctuary_Hey_Hi_(AI) secures_vital_IP_to_advance_touch_and_grasping_capabilities⠀⇛ Robotics company Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corp., which is aiming to build intelligent and humanlike general-purpose robots that can augment human labor, said today it has acquired key intellectual property assets that will prove to be essential in fulfilling its mission. # § Kangaroo Courts⠀➾ # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Top_10_patent_monopoly_cases_of_the_year_2023 [Ed: JUVE, the corrupt publisher, mentions "first UPC judgment" and "UPC Apixaban dispute" without noting that this 'court', which it took bribes to lobby for, is illegal and unconstitutional, basically a stain on the EU's reputation and proof that corrupt, bribed media is unaccountable]⠀⇛ JUVE Patent’s top 10 patent monopoly cases in Europe 2023: Agfa against Gucci showcases potential of UPC AIM Sport and Supponor leads to first UPC judgment, via Europe-wide tactics Amgen revives patent monopoly cases against... # ⚓ JUVE ☛ 10x_Genomics_and_NanoString_yield_no_ground_in first_UPC_Court_of_Appeal_hearing [Ed: This court is illegal and it is designed to approve illegal patents from the EPO. But JUVE is bribed to promote it regardless.]⠀⇛ The oral hearing at the European Convention Centre on Luxembourg’s Kirchberg, between 10x Genomics and NanoString, began with UPC Court of Appeal president, Klaus Grabinski, clarifying what this Monday morning was all about. o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Justice_O’Connor’s_Important_Contribution_To Copyright_Law:_Copyright_Must_Serve_The_Public_First⠀⇛ As you likely know, a few weeks back former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor passed away. There have been lots of discussions about her rulings and her legacy, but the one that caught my eye was from the Disruptive Competition Project, which has a post by Jonathan Band exploring her immense impact on copyright law, mainly in that she helped prevent copyright from reaching absolutely ridiculous levels, pulling it back from the brink and highlighting how it was supposed to be focused on actual creativity, and not just the amount of work put in. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ NASCAR_Fan-Friendly_Copyright_Claims_Needed Extra_Boost_to_Pacify_Fans⠀⇛ After receiving many copyright claims on previously uploaded videos, on Wednesday popular NASCAR YouTuber and Lastcar.info editor Brock Beard declared, "I'm getting too old for this." Beard's fans were unhappy too, a sentiment outlined in an Essentially Sports article which described the claims as a threat to Beard's social media presence, even though nothing was taken down. Then out of nowhere, something extraordinary happened. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ UFC_Wants_Pirated_Livestreams_Knocked_Down Faster⠀⇛ The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is unable to get a tight grip on live streaming piracy. The company sends out thousands of takedown notices to protect its live broadcasts but nearly a quarter of these remain unaddressed after an hour. UFC calls on online service providers to step up their game, which includes 'instantaneous' takedowns and putting a stop to repeat infringers. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ 'Transnational'_Pirate_IPTV_Operation Targeted_By_Italian_Law_Enforcement⠀⇛ A major operation across Italy has targeted a pirate IPTV network said to have generated profits of several million euros per month. Police conducted searches in numerous cities, targeting 21 suspects said to form part of a transnational criminal group. While anti-piracy groups are welcoming this significant action, details absent from official reports raise some important questions. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ TikTok_Denies_Offering_Leniency_to ‘Top_Creator’_Accounts—Including_Musicians⠀⇛ A new report has revealed Fentanylware (TikTok) favors what it considers ‘top creator’ accounts, including several high-profile musicians. Here’s the latest. The Guardian reports that special status is awarded to these creator accounts, with moderators directed to ‘be more lenient’ with content posted by said accounts. o § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ # § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Just_beneath_the_entropy-and-murphy's-law-infested imagination_of_individuality⠀⇛ I wish I could remember why I wound up preferring elinks to lynx in the terminal browser game, because I don't think I've ever come across a Mostly Text person mentioning it. 'Tis always lynx they're mentioning. # § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Tootik⠀⇛ I am not a tech expert, despite being a Linux user (honestly, I'm still figuring things out after eighteen years), a free software fan (I will inconveniece myself, sometimes greatly so, rather than go back to FAANG Hell), and a Geminaut (Gemini software is very friendly, and so is the community). # ⚓ Thinking_about_dynamic_content⠀⇛ I've been working on converting my blog site to a gopher/gemini version in the last two or three days. Since I was new to this, I implemented very basic functionality, but after a few days of ridiculous cold snaps, I realized I wanted to know the weather in cities around the world. So I made an API call to get a global current weather list and stored it in a document. Then, periodically (every couple hours or so), I would run this API call script to update that document. # ⚓ Electric_Cars⠀⇛ On the one hand, I'll admit that I really like EVs. I like the quiet motor, the smootheness of the ride, the acceleration, the fact that the thing isn't belching noxious fumes into the area I live. When I take a Lyft and the driver has an EV, I tend to go all EV nerd on them and get them talking about their vehicle, because damn, EVs are just frigging sexy and they don't burn fossils. But on the other hand, automobiles in general are a disaster, and most people shouldn't have one. The real answers are more and better mass transit, walkable cities, and densification. Here in the US, what we need is extreme change to solve our problems. It won't be easy, but I know we can do it if the will were there. Unfortunately, everyone's answer to problems in the US is more consumption. After September 11th, one of the first things Bush said was "go shopping". And it's the same way with the environment. Instead of protesting for walkable cities, mass transit, and densification, it's easier for your typical US latte liberal to buy an EV and think they're doing their part to save the planet. Because more consumption will solve all our problems! Ra ra re, go shopping! # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Experimental_RKNPU2_backend_for_GGML/ llama.cpp⠀⇛ This weekend, after a night of partying with my friend and somehow ending up hanging out at a near by McDonald. Back to home, I picked up my old work of running LLMs on the Rockchip RK3588's NPU. Last time I hacked around directly withing GGML and running the RWKV model. That was quite a failure, slow, etc.. I have drafted a blog post about it, but never got motivated to finish. That project ended up as a tech talk at SkyMizer, and you can find the slide in the following link. Armed with the experience and a quarter bottle of Vodka in my system, I started my mad hacking to get LLaMA 2 running on the RK3588's NPU. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 7012 ➮ Generation completed at 02:50, i.e. 14 seconds to (re)generate ⟲