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It does not dive deep into the issues but strives to give somewhat of an overview, an alta vista. The topic was brought up and discussed a lot in our IRC network (as these things rapidly develop and escalate). It is increasingly relevant and it has been debated a lot in the media so far this week, mostly in light of campaigns of espionage (we_started_seeing_reports_on_this_around_Sunday_or_Monday, with focus_on_New_Zealand, the UK, some of Eastern Europe, and the US). As a recap or an outline (not chronological in order), in only_10_points: * China is alleged to be targeting politicians (in the "cyber" sense/way; the media talks of "cyberattacks") in several FIVE-EYES nations (not six as we saw nothing substantial about Japan) * There are still Western bans on the likes of Huawei and considerable pressure on countries that don't play along with those bans * China_is_already_targeted_for_its_use_of_RISC-V * We see worrying smear pieces painting "open source" as a problem because China adopts it (and/or why we need to stop/prevent this); we saw one this week and would rather not link to it again * China effectively bans x86 (AMD and Intel) on government/'public' sector machines, which means Windows binaries have no advantage anymore * There are more trade-related sanctions associated with imports and exports, dividing the world of "tech" and thus curtailing the monoculture Intel and Microsoft (a.k.a. Wintel) have long enjoyed and still love so much. China has the most Internet-connected computer users in the world. * China is developing alternatives to Android, GitHub etc. because it cannot rely on overseas companies * Google does not operate in almost all of China (depending on how Beijing defines "China"). That's partly because of Google co-founder Mr. Brin, who grew up in Moscow and wishes not to abet oppressive regimes. * China is showing more involvement in Linux development (thorny issue for the Linux_Foundation), oftentimes because it wishes to improve hardware support for Chinese products * China has gained more visibility in GNU; they openly support Richard Stallman and oppose the vicious vitriolic attacks on him from the 'cancer culture' (looking to cancel a person until the person has cancer and then it "looks bad" to persist with the smears; it's time to move to a deputy like Eben Moglen; we've seen much of the same in Wikileaks/Assange). People who live in an autocratic society have a better understanding of this "playbook", so they've been inoculated against lynch mobs, albeit they're been discouraged from resisting that domestically. They're conditioned to stay quiet where the regime "disappears" or assassinates dissenters. On the issue of China we're neutral except when it comes to human rights issues; Free software is anyone to run as one wishes and to take away this freedom would mean to undermine Software Freedom for everyone. 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When an association is founded, whether it is incorporated or not, each member must give positive consent to be a member and to be bound by the organization's constitution. Being a member and being governed by the constitution are inseparable. The constitution is effectively a type of contract between the members. If a contract is not signed, it is not valid and if a member has not assented to create the association, they are not a member at all. Between 1993 and 1998, the original authors of Debian worked together without a constitution. They achieved a lot. When a constitution was proposed in 1998, 357_co-authors_of_Debian_were_asked to_vote_on_the_constitution. This is not really voting though: people who gave a positive vote were agreeing to be members. People who gave a negative vote or did not vote at all have not consented to the constitution and therefore there is no way we can think of them as members of anything. The_names_of_people_who_voted_were_published. Those people, just 86 developers, became members of an association by giving their positive assent to be governed by a constitution in their dealings with each other. That means there are 357 - 86 = 271 people, or 76 percent, who were satisfied to work on Debian as joint authors without any notion of an association. A few weeks after 86 people formed their association, Jonathan_McDowell_copied 489_keys_into_the_Debian_keyring_repository. Some people have more than one key so it is not exactly 489 people. By combining the 86 confirmed members with all the people who did not choose to be a member, McDowell and others have made it hard for the rest of the world to distinguish who is a member and who is simply an author of Debian. One interesting fact is that Debian's founder, Ian Murdock, is_not_in_the_list of_voters_and_therefore_he_did_not_choose_to_be_a_member_of_this_association. Nonetheless, his PGP keys were copied into the repository along with all the people who did and did not consent to the constitution. Look for 0xB21F8AD1961545A1_and_0xBFDB61BDE340CA99. The Debian people tracker shows Murdock_was_removed_very_quickly_on_28_December_2015,_the_very_day_he_committed suicide. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Ian Murdock, Debian, constitution⦈ Reading the original constitution, we see that it was presented as a model for decision making but it also includes authorisations for another organization, Software in the Public Interest, Inc, (SPI) to hold some Debian assets. We can think of this asset transfer like a corporate takeover. The shareholders in the company that is being sold have to almost unanimously give positive consent to the deal. Likewise, all 357 co-authors of Debian had shares in the copyright and good will towards the Debian name. These are valuable assets and less than 25 percent gave positive consent for those assets to be kept at arm's length in SPI. Why did so many people not consent to having a constitution? Maybe they had the foresight to see how future volunteers would become slaves to a political monstrosity. A blog like this can't be complete without some contemporaneous evidence from debian-private to show how Debian's authors really felt about these matters: Subject: Re: Debian Project Adopts a Constitution Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 09:25:48 +0000 From: Austin Donnelly To: debian-private@lists.debian.org On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Nils Lohner wrote: > The constitution was proposed in September 1998, and after a > discussion period the vote took place in December 1998. It was > virtually unanimously in favor with 86 valid votes. I find it worrying that this was passed with a mere 24% (86 out of 357) of the developers voting. What happened? Why such apathy? Austin and here is more background about the discussions taking place during the voting period █ Subject: OSI vs. the facts? Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 12:36:16 -0600 From: John Goerzen To: debian-private@lists.debian.org CC: esr@snark.thyrsus.com, bruce@pixar.com Hello, I am DEEPLY disturbed by what I find at http://www.opensource.org/osi-launch.html. I first want to say that I am not going to infer personal things about the people behind it in this message as others in the Free Software community have; indeed, I am very appreciative of Mr. Raymond's efforts in fetchmail, emacs, Jargon File, term{cap,info}, etc. However, as somebody that has been working on free software for years, and with Debian for some time as well, I cannot simply let these statements go without comment. First, there is no "new era" for the hacker culture. It's the same as it always was. The term "Open Source" has not effected the hacker culture. Of all people, ESR should be able to see this. Secondly, it is wholly unethical and incorrect of you to claim sole credit for conversions on the part of Netscape, Corel, and IBM. Your own writings, Eric, indicate that Netscape chose that development strategy because of its inherent advantages, not because it had a catchy name. Further, you ignore the efforts of pioneers and those that have fought the battle while it still looked like a losing one. When you start taking credit when Stallman's ideas start catching on, this is a serious travesty. Next, you claim to resolve the GNOME/KDE flamewar. First, this was not due solely to you. If anything, it was due to the pressure put on Troll Tech. by a post-Perens Debian. Furthermore, nothing has been resolved. Stallman still confirms everyone's fears that QPL is incompatible with GPL, and so there are still issues about using people's GPL code with QPL code without getting permission to do so. Read the SPI bylaws. SPI is not just about Debian or Linux. Even if it were, Debian is not just about Linux (Debian GNU/Hurd exists, you know.) That is a piece of *blatantly* false material. Had you cared to check, you would have seen that Linux is not mentioned at all in the bylaws, and that Debian is mentioned only in relation to the technical makeup of SPI, not its goals and reasons for existance. This brings us to Bruce's involvement. He previously sent this list a rather rude message to the Debian developers, "eat s*** and die" (although he spelled it out.) Bruce further indicated (lied, apparently) that he would never again be involved in open source / free software. I am gravely concerned about the stability of the company with somebody like that on it. I'm sorry, but the people on debian-private have done far more for the advancement of free software than Bruce ever did, and if he would say that to us, how do we know that he's going to present a good image of the community on a whole? Finally, and perhaps this is just because I am writing an analysis of the free software methods from a utilitarian perspective for a Philosophy class, and this may be a bit off-topic, but it really bothers me that OpenSource.Org can still advocate the use of non-free software in some situations. Even if it makes money in the short run, it is just plain *WRONG* as RMS has said eloquently on numerous occasions. Does nobody care about ethics anymore? About doint the right thing? Now, having said all this, I'm not against using "Open Source" itself if it helps spread the word of the community. I do object to changing traditional aspects of the community to fit that mold, lying about accomplishments and belittling the contributions and accomplishments of others. Finally, I don't know if you people are actively TRYING to get SPI sued, or Debian hurt or something, but the thing at http://www.opensource.org/halloween-nightmare.html is EXACTLY the Microsoft-like tactics that you complain about, but worse, subjects us to the possibility of lawsuit. While I don't see anything terribly incorrect or wrong with the picture myself, it does NOT deserve to be at OpenSource.org. Neither does http://www.opensource.org/halloween-rant.html. Free software is not about killing a company; it's about writing better software; the competition is irrelevant. Never lose sight of that. -- John Goerzen Linux, Unix consulting & programming jgoerzen@complete.org | Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade) www.debian.org | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Visit the Air Capital Linux Users Group on the web at http://www.aclug.org ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⣈⡅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠊⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⣿⡅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⣶⣿⣿⡷⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠀⠀⠴⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢋⣴⣣⢠⣼⡇⣠⠀⠁⠀⠁⠀⠀⡀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⡐⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⡧⣻⠝⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⠏⠑⢀⠠⠂⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣤⣾⣿⣶⣤⣄⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⠿⣻⡥⡞⠀⣃⣴⡾⠀⠐⠆⢀⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣻⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢟⣩⣾⣿⣵⠛⣡⡜⠋⠯⢀⢀⡈⡀⣰⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣡⣾⠏⣠⢖⡴⠛⠉⣝⣿⡿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⢟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣽⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⡟⠈⢀⣰⣶⣮⡉⠐⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢋⣴⣿⢿⡿⠿⠿⢧⢠⣄⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣭⡁⠀⠀⡃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⠿⢖⣛⣿⡿⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣤⣄⣀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣰⣽⡇⠀⠀⡂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⢟⣽⣶⡿⢃⣄⣤⡼⠟⠛⠛⠐⣩⣦⡤⠶⡃⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢺⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣾⣿⡟⠀⠀⢀⣤⠞⠉⠀⠀⣀⣴⠆⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣴⣰⣿⣏⠀⢠⣴⣾⣿⣟⡧⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢱⣿⣿⣿⠍⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠰⠀⠀⠈⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣤⣤⣤⣤⡤⠤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣼⣿⣿⣧⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣼⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡾⣿⣿⡿⠃⠛⠛⠿⠟⠁⢄⢄⡾⠃⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡸⠁⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠋⠉⠉⠛ ⣤⡄⠀⢰⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⡿⡸⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢁⣾⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡻⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠏⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠲⣶⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣷⣬⣤⣤⣴⣶⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣤⣤ ⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿ ⠛⠋⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⣉⣉⠁⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠙⠛⠛⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿ ⣶⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⡿⠟⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣤⠀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣧⣼⠟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣄⠀⠀⠙⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 404 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/03/28/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_March_27_2024.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/03/28/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_March_27_2024.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, March 27, 2024⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 28, 2024 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇New_York_Chinatown⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GN 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNOME_Gedit⦈_ #techrights_log #boycottnovell_log 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GN 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNOME_Gedit⦈_ #boycottnovell-social_log #techbytes_log =============================================================================== The corresponding text-only bulletins for_Tux_Machines and for_Techrights contain all the text. 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Please help distribute the statement below. You can write to the ethics board of the ACM and any other professional body to draw their attention to this issue. Here is a sample letter: I'm writing to ask you to consider the open letter on unsafe_Codes_of Conduct impersonating a Code of Ethics. https://danielpocock.com/open-letter-acm-codes-of-ethics-conduct/ If somebody impersonated the president of our professional body, using his or her name when responding to a call for papers at a conference, everybody would find that completely unacceptable. Therefore, if some members of our profession impersonate the Code of Ethics with an inferior substitute, isn't it time to shine a light on these practices? Doing so can help focus attention on the real Code of Ethics and protect our members from straying into vigilantism. Using a Code_of_Conduct to justify public shaming is like using the Quran to justify terrorism. Please consider making a statement on the unsafe nature of these imitation_Codes_of_Conduct. In particular, we ask that you warn the community that verdicts and punishments derived from these codes are not to be taken seriously and that members may face legal consequences attempting to enforce an unsafe Code. Contact addresses: * ACM_-_chair@ethics.acm.org * British_Computer_Society_-_ICT_Ethics_specialist_group_- customerservice@bcs.uk * ACS_-_Professional_Ethics_committee_-_info@acs.org.au =============================================================================== We are writing to request the association's opinion on the phenomena of Codes of_Conduct in the free, open source software domain. The association operates a Code of Ethics with the stated aims of improving standards of professionalism in the industry at large. The free, open source software domain is becoming increasingly prominent as a subset of the industry. In many cases it is the first point of contact for students in computing. The largest and most well known employers in the industry have all engaged with the open source concept in some way. These employers and their management count among the members of the association governed by the official Code of Ethics. We, the undersigned, charge that the Codes_of_Conduct_presented_by_these organizations attempt to borrow from the authority of the Code of Ethics without honoring the principles and processes that are normally associated with such a code. By way of example, we attach two Codes of Conduct, the Code of Conduct for the Fedora Project (IBM / Red Hat, Inc) and the GNOME Code of Conduct. ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Anecdotal evidence⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Anecdotally, we find many public references to decisions made under these foolish_Codes_of_Conduct. Industry participants, journalists, search engines and the public at large appear to be unable to distinguish a genuine Code of Ethics matter from a vindictive, vexatious and unjust declaration made in the name of some Code of Conduct. On 25 August 2020, a volunteer wrote to Red Hat using the Fedora council mailing list and asked about upgrading_from_a_Code_of_Conduct_to_a_Code_of Ethics. In January 2022, Matthew Miller, employed by Red Hat, Inc as the Fedora Project Leader, declared that the volunteer's opinions were not valid because the volunteer had not submitted_to_a_Code_of_Conduct. There was an insinuation that the volunteer was violating_a_Code_of_Conduct. In reprisal, Red Hat, Inc instructed a lawyer to begin proceedings under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Protocol (UDRP) to seize a domain name from the volunteer. The legal panel appointed under the UDRP determined that Red_Hat_itself_had_been harassing_the_volunteer_and_engaging_in_an_abuse_of_the_administrative procedure. Yet Red Hat had claimed they were motivated to follow this hostile course of action by a Code of Conduct. If these amateur-hour_Codes_of_Conduct are enabling the largest entities in the industry to engage in harassment and publicly shaming people then it is now a compelling time to shine a light on these practices. ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Summary of differences⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ We attempt to itemize the differences between the ACM code and the amateur-hour substitutes that have become prolific in open source. The ACM Code of Ethics is split between two documents: * ACM_Code_of_Ethics_and_Professional_Conduct * ACM_Code_of_Ethics_Enforcement_Procedures We are comparing with two Codes_of_Conduct * Fedora_Code_of_Conduct and Clarifications * GNOME_Code_of_Conduct and Procedure_For_Reporting although we may refer to others. § Jurisdiction⠀➾ The ACM Enforcement Procedures do not mention a jurisdiction for legal claims relating to enforcement. The ACM_Bylaws_are_available_on_the_website_and identify_the_US_state_of_Delaware_as_a_jurisdiction. Fedora's Code of Conduct does not identify a jurisdiction, nonetheless, the Code clearly states that Fedora is an initiative of Red Hat, Inc, a well known US company. The GNOME Code of Conduct does not identify a jurisdiction, nonetheless, it is possible to follow links in the wiki to find the the_Bylaws_stating_the_GNOME Foundation_is_registered_in_the_US_state_of_California. This information is not readily available for many other Codes of Conduct. For example, if we consider the Debian operating system, a recent email discussion has commenced about whether_the_developers_should_bother_to_incorporate. "Did Debian survive for so long in part because there was no organization to sue?" Email leaks from the 1990s reveal how_the_developers_created_this_obfuscation deliberately. The implication is that the developers want to make arbitrary Code_of_Conduct_verdicts_and_punishments while frustrating any attempt to moderate their abusive actions in a courtroom. § Basis for complaints⠀➾ The ACM Enforcement Policy requires a complaint to involve a specific violation of the code and not simply a disagreement between two parties. The Fedora Code of Conduct and GNOME Code of Conduct, like most of those in the open source world, have a very broad and unspecific scope, allowing somebody to launch a complaint for just about any issue that is inconvenient for them. A simple disagreement between two people can be used as the base for a Code of Conduct complaint. § Remediation⠀➾ The ACM Enforcement Policy (section 2) encourages voluntary remediation at an early stage. The Fedora Code of Conduct and GNOME Code of Conduct do not entertain such an offer. § Confidentiality⠀➾ The ACM Enforcement Procedure, section 6, states that decisions about code violations may be recorded in public minutes of the meeting but the names of both the accuser and accused will be concealed. The Fedora Code of Conduct states that "the identities of all involved parties will remain confidential" but in practice we have seen that this is not the case. The most prominent example is Red Hat's public_statement_about_Dr_Richard Stallman_in_March_2021. In other cases, Red Hat has deliberately revealed enough information for parties to a dispute to be easily uncovered by the press even if their names are not stated explicitly. The GNOME reporting procedure includes the following text that deliberately omits the privacy of the accused: In some cases we may determine that a public statement will need to be made. If that's the case, the identities of all people impacted by the behavior and the people who reported that behavior will remain confidential Molly de Blanc, one of the GNOME Code of Conduct authors and enforcers, started an_online_petition_asking_people_to_endorse_her_personal_grievances_with_a former_employer,_Dr_Richard_Stallman. Therefore, the process selected by de Blanc, a member of GNOME's conduct committee, obviously didn't contemplate the privacy of the accused, Dr Stallman. In many jurisdictions an enforcer writing a public statement about a colleague or volunteer may themselves become subject to civil or criminal defamation proceedings. § Conflicts of Interest⠀➾ Both ACM documents, the Code of Ethics and the Enforcement Procedures, prohibit people with a Conflict of Interest from acting (Code of Ethics s1.3 and Enforcement Procedure, part B) The Fedora Code of Conduct does not mention conflicts of interest at all. The GNOME Report Handling Procedure prohibits Conflicts of Interest. Nonetheless, it does not require the involvement of an independent or professional outsider for contentious cases, it simply recommends involving one of the executive. People have raised questions about conflicts of interest regarding one of the authors, Molly de Blanc. In each case, the executive have neither confirmed or denied the conflicts of interest, they only insist that she is competent for her duties. In the aforementioned case involving Molly de Blanc and Dr Richard Stallman, de Blanc had conflicts of interest. Although she positioned herself as a victim, she did not recuse herself from her role in the GNOME Conduct committee and even if she had done so, her public profile induced other people to co-sign the complaint in the heat of the moment. By using this_petition to try and create a verdict, de Blanc was effectively asking for a jury of people who agree with her. § Copy-cat verdicts⠀➾ The ACM Enforcement Procedure does not envisage absorbing and rubber stamping decisions made in external bodies. The final paragraph of the procedure suggests that if another body is running an investigation it may be better to let that investigation run its course before the ACM considers the same matter. The Fedora Code of Conduct does not state that verdicts should be imported or exported with other organizations. Nonetheless, Matthew Miller, the Fedora project leader, has indicated that people have tried to use the reporting procedure to open tickets refering to complaints in other organizations. Molly de Blanc, one of the authors of the GNOME Code of Conduct, has stated a desire for such decisions to be propagated to other organizations and this is written in the code, under the heading "Report Data", people preparing an incident report are encouraged to specify "Which online community and which part of the online community space it occurred in". The target of a complaint who has to handle accusations, evidence and appeals submitted through multiple organizations in parallel may find it impractical and unhealthy to effectively respond to all of them concurrently. § Incestuous verdicts⠀➾ As an extension of the concept of copy-cat verdicts, it is important to note that many of the organizations in the free and open source software domain have overlapping membership and common funding sources. In other words, looking at Fedora and GNOME Foundation, both software products are supported by staff and funding from Red Hat, Inc. Fedora is almost exclusively reliant on staff and funding from Red Hat whereas GNOME Foundation has multiple funding sources but counts a non-trivial contribution from Red Hat, Inc. If Fedora and GNOME Foundation both make an abusive verdict about a single volunteer, they could be considered proxies for Red Hat, Inc to simply spread a single abusive allegation through multiple concurrent channels. Various social media posts have appeared recently giving lists of such incestuous organizations making identical decisions against a single volunteer. It appears the people behind this harassment have deliberately created abusive verdicts for the very purpose of saying that other organizations all agreed with them. In some cases, we've seen organizations make abusive verdicts about people who never had any interaction with their organization whatsoever. The appearance of multiple phony verdicts rubber stamped by puppet organizations is offered as a substitute for due process. Not one of the organizations will have followed due process in reaching their verdict. § Persons in scope⠀➾ The ACM Enforcement Procedures, section A, first paragraph state that the policy is only applicable to members: The privileges for the subject of a complaint that are described in this policy only apply when the subject of the complaint is a Member. Open source software organizations typically have a smoke-and-mirrors approach to membership. Intellectual property, trademarks and bank accounts are typically registered to a legal entity where only a small subset of the volunteers are legally recorded in the membership roll. Words like "member" and "expulsion" are frequently used in open source organizations in reference to people who are not actually members. § Skipping Due Process⠀➾ There appears to be no evidence of cases where ACM officials have skipped due process and simply declared somebody to be in violation of the Code of Ethics. In the case of both Fedora and GNOME Foundation, there are cases where officials have simply written emails, blogs or other communications declaring that_some_person_has_violated_a_Code_of_Conduct. Sometimes these statements are made in the heat of the moment or when they are losing a debate. Sometimes they are repeated behind the scenes on an ongoing basis as a vendetta. In any case, the community is encouraged to trust these pronouncements of guilt simply because the person making them has some title in the organization, not because the finding was obtained through a credible inquiry. § Due process⠀➾ The ACM Enforcement Procedures suggest that the subject of a complaint should be interviewed at an early stage to establish facts. The subject of a complaint must be given details of the complaint and copies of documents before a hearing. There must be at least 30 days from the moment when the subject is given the evidence until the actual hearing. Regarding both the Fedora and GNOME Code of Conduct, neither of these codes requires the accused to be provided with copies of evidence. Neither of these codes specifies waiting periods for the accused to review the case against them and provide a response. The GNOME reporting guide urges the committee to allow no more than one week for the entire process, this is clearly inadequate if the accused is on vacation, ill or anything else: If the incident is less urgent, the committee members will meet within 1 week to determine an appropriate response. § Hearing⠀➾ The ACM Enforcement Procedures require a hearing where all parties are present before a panel or the full council. Neither the Fedora nor GNOME Code of Conduct envisage such a hearing. The people making the decisions may do so from a bunker without ever looking other volunteers in the eye. § Appeals procedures⠀➾ The ACM Enforcement Procedures offer the subject the opportunity to submit an appeal to the president. This appears to fall short of the standard in some other professional associations. For example, in some associations the appeal may involve a panel consisting of a previous president and a professional mediator, magistrate or another outsider who may bring a legal perspective to the case. Neither the Fedora or GNOME codes mention an appeal procedure at all. § Immutable recording of decisions⠀➾ As previously mentioned under the heading Confidentiality, the ACM process records the anonymized facts and verdict in the minutes of their meeting. These documents are dated and copies are circulated promptly to all parties. This makes it harder for any party to misrepresent the outcome in future. The Fedora and GNOME Codes of Conduct do not include any specific requirements for minuting evidence and verdicts. Fedora appears to be using an issue tracking system, Pagure, to record correspondence. It has been observed that Red Hat / Fedora management have the ability to modify past conversations in some of these web-based tools. In_2020_they_moved_their_Fedora_Council discussions_from_an_email_list_to_a_web_forum_(Discourse)_where_it_is_easier for_them_to_modify_discussions_retrospectively. In the case of another puppet organization, Debian, victims_of_the_Code_of Conduct_experiments have shared correspondence from the enforcers where they typically conclude their inquiry, trial, verdict and sentencing in a single email that ends with some comment like this: We are sending this email privately, leaving its disclosure as your decision (although traces in public databases are unavoidable). The message is basically a veiled threat: if you do not accept our verdict as the truth, if you complain, then your name will be dragged through the mud like previous cases such as Appelbaum. Under such oppressive conditions, the victim of this verdict may feel apprehensive about exercising their rights and repudiating the abusive verdict. As the evidence, verdict and sentence are all secret, the enforcers can retrospectively misrepresent the unsafe verdict for any reason whatsoever. In one case, 2018, they made a defamatory and abusive verdict about a volunteer and three years later, 2021, made a public statement retrospectively justifying their decision based on alleged events that could not have transpired until at least a year after the original abusive verdict. § Opportunity for blackmail⠀➾ The ACM Procedure involves a sufficient number of independent steps and independent actors that it may be difficult for them to collude and conspire to threaten a member with a preordained finding of guilt. Even if this did eventuate, the member could simply resign during the 30 day waiting period before a hearing. The hearing would no longer proceed in this case. In an open source organization, the organizations are much smaller or not incorporated at all, the conflicts of interest are more common and the waiting periods for a case are non-existant. Volunteers have complained of procedures where they received the accusation, verdict and punishment all in a single email, for example, the_erasure_of_Ahmad_Haghighi_from_Fedora and the multiple demotions_of_Dr_Norbert_Preining_in_Debian. One software developer, Martin Krafft (madduck, Debian), has gifted_us_a_public summary_of_his_execution_on_Christmas_Day_in_2018: To: debian-project@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Censorship in Debian From: martin f krafft Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 23:44:38 +0100 Hello project, It's very sad to read about what's going on. I know that there's been at least another case, in which DAM and AH have acted outside their mandate, threatening with project expulsion, and choosing very selectively with whom they communicate. I know, because I was being targeted. Neither DAM nor AH (the same people still active today) made a single attempt to hear me. None of my e-mails to either DAM or AH were ever answered. Instead, DAM ruled a verdict, and influenced other people to the point that "because DAM ruled" was given as a reason for other measures. This was an unconstitutional abuse of DAM's powers, and in the case of AH, the whole mess also bordered on libel. Among others, the current DPL Chris Lamb promised a review in due time, but nothing ever happened. It's not going to be a constructive use of anyone's time to attempt to establish transparency into issues of the past, and I've disengaged anyway, as a result. But we, as a project, need to ensure that there is more transparency moving forward. And I think it would be wise to review the way that DAM and AH operate. We need to ensure they stick to protocol, and are held accountable for the use of their powers. Thanks for your attention, -- .''`. martin f. krafft @martinkrafft : :' : not-so-proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems § Self-deprecating forced confessions⠀➾ One related phenomena is the self-deprecating forced confession. Given the imbalance between the volunteers and the ringleaders, the ringleaders can pressure a volunteer to make a public statement admitting their inferiority and swearing obedience to the group. One of the prominent examples is the written_confession_of_Dr_Preining. Similar_practices_of_self-criticism_exist_in_Scientology. One key feature of these forced confessions is that we never see them coming from people in authority positions, as in Scientology, these statements are extracted from individual volunteers at lower ranks in the hierarchy. § PsyOps and Cybertorture⠀➾ Prof Nils Melzer is the United Nations special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment. In February 2020 Prof Melzer presented_a_report_to_the_UN_human_rights_council about_the_risks_of_cybertorture. Quoting the article: An alarming development that Melzer contemplates is “cybertorture”. States, corporate actors and organised criminals, he says, “not only have the capacity to conduct cyber-operations inflicting severe suffering on countless individuals, but may well decide to do so for any of the purposes of torture. “Cybertechnology can also be used to inflict, or contribute to, severe mental suffering while avoiding the conduit of the physical body, most notably through intimidation, harassment, surveillance, public shaming and defamation, as well as appropriation, deletion or manipulation of information. “Already harassment in comparatively limited environments can expose targeted individuals to extremely elevated and prolonged levels of anxiety, stress, social isolation and depression, and significantly increases the risk of suicide. Quoting de Blanc's enforcement_of_her_Code_of_Conduct_against_Dr_Stallman: It is time for RMS to step back from the free software, tech ethics, digital rights, and tech communities In other words, de Blanc proposes that Dr Stallman be completely ostracized. This appears comparable to Prof Melzer's concerns expressed 12 months prior. In more low level cases, victims report receiving punishments on weekends, birthdays, even at Christmas. Nobody wants to sound like that guy with the tin foil hat spreading conspiracy theories about these matters. Nonetheless, if the PsyOps risks anticipated by Prof Melzer did exist, they would be concealed in broad daylight under the guise of these unsafe_Codes_of_Conduct. ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Conclusion⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ The overall conclusion is that the cookie-cutter_Codes_of_Conduct_in_open source_software_organizations are in no way comparable to the Code of Ethics of a professional organization like the ACM. Verdicts are being made by taking a series of shortcuts that undermine every step of the ACM Enforcement Procedures. Nonetheless, from the perspective of outsiders, these deficiencies in the verdicts are not obvious. Specifically, members of the ACM or similar organizations who are simultaneously promoting these alternative_Codes_of_Conduct may be in violation of the ACM Code of Ethics. Consider, for example, the Ethics code s1.2 "Avoid Harm", s1.4 "Be Fair", s1.6 "Respect Privacy" and s1.7 "Honor confidentiality", the Codes of Conduct undermine all these points. s2.6 "Perform work only in areas of competence" suggests that writing your own code of conduct, if you have no training in law and human rights, is unprofessional. Fundamentally, section 4.1 compels ACM members to "Uphold, promote, and respect the principles of the Code". Any member promoting an inferior code of conduct that verges on vigilantism is in violation of s4.1. Alarmingly, unjust decisions under these inferior codes may increase rather than decrease the risk of hostility and unhealthy behavior in these organizations and the industry at large. Professionals attempting to enforce a micky-mouse_Code_of_Conduct from an unregistered/unincorporated organization may face legal consequences against their personal assets or criminal consequences in jurisdictions where there are laws concerning defamation and harassment. We could summarize the difference between an open_source_Code_of_Conduct and the ACM Code of Ethics as pre and post-Magna Carta. Before the Magna_Carta was created in 1215, the king could imprison the barons on a whim, comparable to an open_source_Code_of_Conduct. After the Magna Carta, the relationship between the king and the barons was more balanced, as it is in the ACM Code. Other comparisons have placed Codes of Conduct and their system of shaming people in the context of the Taliban, Chinese thought reform programs, cults and Scientology. Working in the profession we love shouldn't require us to submit to these undignifying and often traumatizing systems of obedience. Ultimately, trying to impersonate the ACM Code of Ethics with pop-up verdicts stamped with a title that looks similar to the ACM's Code appears to be the very anti-thesis of ethical behavior. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1309 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/03/28/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/03/28/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Over at Tux Machines...⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 28, 2024 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Nantong_China_at_dusk⦈_ ⚓ Updated This Past Day⠀⇛ 1. ⚓ Fear,_Uncertainty,_Doubt:_Windows_Malware_Getting_Blamed_on_"Linux"⠀⇛ Some FUD examples from 'the news' 2. ⚓ Tails_6.1_Is_Out_to_Mitigate_the_RFDS_Intel_CPU_Vulnerabilities,_Fix More_Bugs⠀⇛ The Tails 6.1 amnesic incognito live system, a portable operating system that protects you against surveillance and censorship, is now available for download as the first update to the latest Tails 6.0 series. ⚓ New⠀⇛ 3. ⚓ today's_leftovers⠀⇛ mostly openwashing 4. ⚓ Programming_Leftovers⠀⇛ mostly python today 5. ⚓ Canonical/Ubuntu_Leftovers⠀⇛ Ubuntu leftovers, low priority items 6. ⚓ Security_Leftovers⠀⇛ Security related stories 7. ⚓ Open_Hardware:_RISC-V,_Arduino,_and_Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛ devices and open-ended stuff 8. ⚓ Software:_Ambient_Noise_in_Ubuntu_24.0,_HNClient,_UrBackup⠀⇛ Some FOSS leftovers 9. ⚓ today's_howtos⠀⇛ today's last batch of howtos 10. ⚓ Android_Leftovers⠀⇛ Wallpaper Wednesday: Android wallpapers 2024-03-27 11. ⚓ Dash_to_Panel_Updates_with_GNOME_46_Support⠀⇛ Dash-to-panel, the popular GNOME Shell Extension, got a update few days ago with the latest GNOME 46 support 12. ⚓ Qubes_OS_4.2.1_has_been_released!⠀⇛ Our goal is to provide a secure and convenient way for users to install (or reinstall) the latest stable Qubes release with an up-to-date ISO 13. ⚓ The_Journey_of_Linux’s_ext2_Filesystem_Comes_to_an_End⠀⇛ The 30-year-old ext2 filesystem is marked as deprecated in the upcoming Linux kernel 6.9 for lacking dates support beyond 2038 14. ⚓ Stable_kernels:_Linux_6.8.2,_Linux_6.7.11,_Linux_6.6.23,_Linux_6.1.83, Linux_5.15.153,_Linux_5.10.214,_Linux_5.4.273,_and_Linux_4.19.311⠀⇛ I'm announcing the release of the 6.8.2 kernel 15. ⚓ Thoughts_on_employing_PGO_and_BOLT_on_the_GNOME_stack⠀⇛ First off let’s start with the basics, PGO (profile guided optimizations) and BOLT (Binary Optimization and Layout Tool) work in similar ways 16. ⚓ Lingmo_OS:_A_Lightweight_and_Modern_Linux_Distro_to_Challenge_Deepin⠀⇛ A lightweight alternative to Deepin. 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For me, it is 21. ⚓ Programming_Leftovers⠀⇛ Programming picks, 10 in total, some about standards 22. ⚓ Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers⠀⇛ FOSS leftovers and Open Access 23. ⚓ New_Oryx_Pro_Laptop_gets_HX-class_CPU_Upgrade,_Available_via_Preorder⠀⇛ New Oryx Pro Laptop gets HX-class CPU Upgrade, Available via Preorder 24. ⚓ Top_10_Open_Source_Proxy_Browsers_for_Online_Privacy_in_2024⠀⇛ In an era where online privacy is paramount, open-source proxy browsers offer a secure way to surf the web 25. ⚓ 10_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_GUI_Batch_Renamers⠀⇛ We only include free and open source software in the spirit of our roundups 26. ⚓ today's_howtos⠀⇛ only 4 howtos for this morning 27. ⚓ Games:_Swordhaven:_Iron_Conspiracy,_Veloren,_and_More⠀⇛ 7 links from gamingonlinux 28. ⚓ Achronix_and_Bluespec_Launch_Linux-Ready_RISC-V_Processors_for Speedster7t_FPGAs⠀⇛ They are compatible with the full RISC-V stack, including BareMetal, RTOS, and Linux 29. ⚓ Announcing_Incus_0.7⠀⇛ The last Incus release before we go LTS has now been released 30. ⚓ Regatta_OS_24_is_the_distribution_to_beat_for_gaming_on_Linux⠀⇛ If you're a gamer and a Linux fan, Regatta OS is a Brazilian Linux distro that could be right up your alley 31. ⚓ Raspberry_Pi_Stories_and_Projects⠀⇛ Raspberry Pi news 32. ⚓ Today_in_Techrights⠀⇛ Some of the latest articles 33. ⚓ ext2_filesystem_driver_now_marked_as_deprecated⠀⇛ 31 years after the start of its career in 1993 34. ⚓ Microsoft_'Reorg'_(Problems_Euphemised)_and_Trying_to_Hijacking "Linux"⠀⇛ Same ol' 35. ⚓ Software:_Atuin_and_More_(5_Lists)⠀⇛ half a dozen stories 36. ⚓ today's_howtos⠀⇛ last batch for now 37. ⚓ Security_Leftovers⠀⇛ Security stories, only 3 for now ========================================================================= The corresponding text-only bulletin for Wednesday contains all the text. 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The backdrop was, for about a year this site and its sister site ran on a server of a Debian Developer (DD), whom we won't name. And then he died in a car accident (we're not suggesting foul play, many DDs die and many exist*). That was around the time we released a portion_of_Debian-Private (debian- private mailing list). Let's say that about 1,500 DDs exist, both past and present. "If we exclude all the people who simply maintain leaf packages and nothing else then the size of the group is much smaller," we were told, "maybe 200 people who maintain core packages, shared utilities and other leadership roles." That's similar to team sizes at Microsoft, working on Windows. Remember that Debian is further assisted from outsiders, including Red Hat staff, Gentoo developers etc. Except for stuff like packaging, which can be partly automated (build processes and services for several target architectures). So let's say Debian is made by a couple hundred DDs. "A lot of the deaths come from that group or more committed DDs," we're told, e.g. 2005: Jens 2008*: PowerPC port leader 2010*: Debian Installer lead dev 2011: William Lee Irwin III (disappeared) 2011*: Debian.ch founder/secretary/treasurer 2015*: Debian founder In our IRC network MinceR began referring to Debian as "Deadian" (sort of like dead Debian or Dead-Ian) a few years ago. The project is far from dead and many if not most of today's GNU/Linux distros are direct or less direct derivatives of Debian. If Debian has internal problems, then they need to be illuminated and then tackled, at the very least in order to ensure we do not end up with "Deadian". A Wikileaks associate who disappeared in Norway said_that_Debian_et_al_had fallen_into_the_wrong_hands_and_were_not_managed_by_the_right_people_anymore. █ _____________ * In the past 2 months 6 new DDs were_added. "There are approximately 1,000 active DDs plus 500 emeritus/retired," one person told us, "so it is inevitable that there will be some unrelated deaths in a group of that size." ⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠘⢹⠛⠞⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣹⢾⣿⠙⡼⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⣼⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠰⠀⢀⠰⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⡔⢸⠍⠀⠜⡽⢿⣿⢻⣿⡌⢀⣹⢰⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣆⣼⣷⣹⡃⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠉⠉⠛⠻⣿⡅⡌⠀⢀⠀⠘⠓⠉⠙⡈⠑⠙⢘⠃⠏⣱⣿⡿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠟⠋⠈⠋ ⠈⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢾⣿⣿⣿⡟⡟⣻⣿⣿⣿⡻⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⡙⠢⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⡋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠬⠈⠃⠚⠛⠹⠱⠿⠿⢿⠟⠉⠉⠀⠀⠈⠉⠀⡀ ⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠏⠀⠀⠈⠉⠈⡛⠙⠋⠛⢿⣿⠟⢿⠀⢸⡿⠛⠟⠃⠁⠿⠏⠛⠉⠄⠀⠈⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠍⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠏⠐⠛⡀⠈⣇⠀⠀⠐⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠢⠂⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣻⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⡦⠔⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⡆⠀⠀⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢿⣿⡿⠛⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣇⠀⠀⠇⠀⠀⢀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣁⢉⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣭⣭⣤⣠⣤⣄⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠄⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⢈⢮⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⢯⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣦⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣊⣭⣤⣤⣴⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡁⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⡀⠀⠠⢠⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣔⠙⠓⣿⣿⢿⣻⣿⣯⣭⣭⡭⠈⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⢿⡐⠠⡦⣖⠐⣴⢔⢶⣦⢤⢤⡀⠈⠒⠒⠫⠀⢁⠄⠡⡀⡠⠄⢀⠀⠘⠤⠞⠍⠂ ⣤⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⢿⡆⠀⠈⣿⣷⣿⠉⠹⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣿⣿⠁⠂⠈⠋⠠⠈⠀⠁⠉⠉⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣭⣭⣥⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⠸⠘⣿⡄⠀⠘⣿⣿⢀⡄⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣰⣶⣶⣲⣒⡒⡂⣠⠤⠤⠤⠤⠄⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠈⠙⠏⠛⠛⠙⠃⠉⠋⠀⠰⠧⠾⠀⠢⣶⣆⠀⢰⠀⣠⠈⠩⠉⢍⠁⠀⠐⠒ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠟⠂⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠁⢀⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠶⢶⣶⣶⣶⣦⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣶⣶⣶⣦⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠩⠄⠀⡀⡈⢀⠀⠀⠸ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣒⣒⣂⣀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⣁⣀⣀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣄⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠻⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1764 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/03/28/WeMakeFedora_org_harassment_decision_victory_for_volunteers_and.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/03/28/WeMakeFedora_org_harassment_decision_victory_for_volunteers_and.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ WeMakeFedora.org: harassment decision, victory for volunteers and Fedora Foundations⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 28, 2024 [Article 2 years old] Reprinted with permission from Daniel_Pocock. A panel convened under the Uniform_Domain_Name_Dispute_Resolution_Policy_(UDRP) has today decided_that_the WeMakeFedora.org site is a fair use of the Fedora trademark. This decision gives the green light to all volunteers in the free software community to choose domain names that accurately reflect our contributions. The response to Matthew Miller's complaint relied on nothing less than Fedora's Mission_and_Foundations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 27: 1. Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. 2. Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author. § Why did Matthew Miller do this now?⠀➾ I informed_the_community_about_WeMakeFedora.org in March 2021. A reply from Miller consents to the site as long as the trademark guidelines are followed. Nobody suggested legal action at that time. At the end of 2021, WeMakeFedora.org syndicated various blog posts about favoritism and other issues around Outreachy. Events like OSCAL and DebConf22 take place in the same region during 2022. It appears that the legal effort was launched shortly after the community began discussing those issues. Personally, I was an administrator in the Google Summer of Code and I can confirm that some of the young women who applied to these programs have made complaints. I_wrote_a_detailed_report_about_the_culture_in_the_region and Miller censored it from the official Planet Fedora site. The UDRP action appears to be a continuation of these attempts to limit attention on it. Many of us don't feel comfortable walking into these situations by mistake in the middle of our voluntary duties. I resigned from GSoC and Outreachy mentoring in 2018. § Background to the decision⠀➾ 2017: volunteers in the FSFE elected_me_as_a_community_representative. FSFE is a lobbyist that receives two thirds of its funding from corporations while pretending to be a grass roots movement. 2017: the Fedora Ambassador in Albania resigned_very_quietly. 2018: in reprisal for the election result, FSFE removed elections from their constitution. I resigned from FSFE in disgust. 2019: Miller began censoring my blog on the official Planet Fedora site. Miller spread smears about mysterious "Code of Conduct" shortly after my father died. 2020: Miller stopped censoring my blog. I nominated in the Fedora Council elections. Fedora began censoring some emails on the Fedora council discussion list. I_withdrew_my_nomination. 2021: I published a blog about the risks_of_modern_slavery_in_the_Open_Source supply_chain. Matthew Miller censored my blog from Planet Fedora again at the same time that an online mob attacked Dr Stallman § On harassment in free software communities⠀➾ The free software community has been overrun by kangaroo courts proclaiming Codes of Conduct in recent times. Somebody asks why_a_girlfriend_received_funds from_the_diversity_budget and the people concerned quickly claim they are victims of harassment. Not only did the UDRP panel find that the domain name is not being used in bad faith, the panel went beyond this and made a finding that the UDRP claim was an instance of harassment against a volunteer. This is not the ruling of a kangaroo court interpreting a Code of Conduct, this is an independent finding from an impartial tribunal. 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How much does Microsoft pay you for this?⦈ x86-64-v3 has many problems with it; we'll discuss this in the future. As the old words of wisdom go, newer is not always better (for the user). 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If you listened to that episode, you know that Mike and Danny go way back, and Danny played an important role in the founding of Techdirt. This week, we’ve got the inverse counterpart to that episode, with Danny joining Mike here on the Techdirt podcast for a discussion about decentralization and “cognitive liberty” (and a bunch of other topics). o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ 3D_Positions_of_Atoms_Mapped_Precisely Using_a_Quantum_Microscope⠀⇛ Put on your 3D glasses now. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ How_Does_Time_Work_On_The_Moon?⠀⇛ We’re looking to go back to the Moon. Not just with robots this time, but with astronauts, too! They’ll be doing all kinds of interesting things when they get there. Maybe they’ll even work towards establishing a more permanent presence for humanity on the lunar surface, in which case they’ll have to get up in the morning, eat breakfast, and get to work. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Retrotechtacular:_Build_Your_Own_Dune_Buggy, 1970s_Style⠀⇛ The custom car phenomenon is as old as the second- hand car, yet somehow the decades which stick in the mind as their heyday are the 1960s and 1970s. If you didn’t have a dune buggy or a van with outrageously flared arches and an eye-hurting paint job you were nothing in those days — or at least that’s what those of us who were too young to possess such vehicles except as posters on our bedroom walls were led to believe. Periscope Films have put up a period guide from the early 1970s on how to build your own dune buggy, and can we just say it’s got us yearning to drive something just as outrageous? o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Commission_opens_investigation_into possible_anticompetitive_conduct_by_Zoetis_over_novel_pain medicine_for_dogs⠀⇛ European Commission Press release Brussels, 26 Mar 2024 The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether animal health company Zoetis may have breached EU competition rules by preventing the market launch of a competing novel biologic medicine used to treat chronic pain in dogs. # ⚓ YLE ☛ PTT:_Finland_sees_modest_drop_in_food_prices⠀⇛ Prices are coming down slightly for some grocery items. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Blaming_Tech_for_Teen_Troubles⠀⇛ Jonathan Haidt’s clever, insufficient case against smartphones. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ TikTok_Bill_Would_Complicate_ByteDance Investments_if_Passed⠀⇛ Major U.S. investment firms such as General Atlantic, Susquehanna and Sequoia Capital own stakes in ByteDance, the parent of TikTok. Their investments are increasingly under fire. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ State_reimbursement_rates_for_medicines_to_rise_in Latvia⠀⇛ To improve patients' access to medicines and reduce direct payments for medicines, from July 1, 2024, the amount of state reimbursement will be increased to 75% for medicines that currently have a 50% state reimbursement rate, the government decided on Tuesday, March 26. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Veterans_Health_Administration_wins big_award_for_surgical_safety_program⠀⇛ A VA program known as Surgical Pause received a national patient safety award. The Pause is a way of screening surgery patients with high risk of complications. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Supreme_Court_hears_oral_arguments_on_whether contract_support_costs_must_be_paid_by_Indian_Health Services⠀⇛ The US Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether Indian Health Services (IHS) should be reimbursed for “contract support costs” associated with third parties, such as Medicare and Medicaid. In a US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision, the court found that third-party reimbursements could not be excluded under its statute. > # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ UMich_researchers_find_link between_circadian_rhythm_misalignment_and_mood⠀⇛ A University of Michigan and Dartmouth Health study published in January may just be the excuse you were looking for to hit the snooze button again. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Modern_Humans_Thrived_While_Neanderthals Disappeared,_But_Not_Due_to_Our_Brains⠀⇛ What gave us the upper hand? # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Misophonia_May_Actually_Be_Far_More_Common Than_We_Thought⠀⇛ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Drinking_Coffee_Dramatically_Lowers_The Risk_of_Bowel_Cancer_Coming_Back⠀⇛ It could be live-saving. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Half_of_All_Suspected_Chickenpox_Cases_in The_US_Could_Be_Something_Else_Entirely⠀⇛ This is actually a good thing. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Pregnancy_Has_a_Strange_Effect_on_Your Biological_Age,_Scientists_Discover⠀⇛ The costs and benefits of making babies. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ N._Korea_says_no_interest_in_holding_summit_with Japan,_rejects_further_talks⠀⇛ North Korea said on Tuesday it had no interest in a summit with Japan and would reject any talks, state media KCNA reported, potentially worsening already- hostile relations between the two countries. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US,_South_Korea_set_up_task_force_to block_North_Korea_oil_shipments⠀⇛ SEOUL - The United States and South Korea this week launched a new task force aimed at preventing North Korea from procuring illicit oil, as deadlock at the United Nations Security Council casts doubts over the future of international sanctions. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran_Confirms_Death_Of_IRGC_Quds_Force_Officer_In Strikes_On_Syria⠀⇛ Iran has confirmed the death of a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in Syria following air strikes blamed on Israel. # ⚓ ADF ☛ Regional_Crisis_Response_on_Display_at_Justified Accord⠀⇛ With smoke grenades providing cover, a platoon of Soldiers from Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania exchanged fire with violent extremists and searched a makeshift village, building by building. A Kenyan Air Force F-5E Tiger II jet fighter flew close to the ground to discourage further fighting before helicopters arrived to evacuate a casualty. # ⚓ ADF ☛ Nigeria_Struggles_to_Keep_Ex-Boko_Haram_Fighters_in DDR_Program⠀⇛ Since its creation in 2016, Nigeria’s disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) program has sought to rehabilitate former Boko Haram fighters and usher them back into society. However, a lack of funding and capacity have made it a struggle to keep the former militants from returning to the forest and to extremism. # ⚓ ADF ☛ Burkina_Faso_Accounted_for_One_Quarter_of_World’s Terrorism_Deaths_in_2023⠀⇛ One quarter of all deaths related to terrorism globally in 2023 occurred in Burkina Faso making it the most severely impacted country in the world. Nearly 2,000 people were killed in 258 terror incidents, a rise of 68 percent from the previous year, according to the 2024 Global Terrorism Index (GTI). # ⚓ Reason ☛ America's_Drone_Industry_Is_Trying_To_Ban_the Competition⠀⇛ Chinese camera drones are the most popular worldwide. American drone manufacturers argue that's a national security threat. # ⚓ RFA ☛ China's_'military_fans'_could_run_afoul_of_national security_laws⠀⇛ The ministry of state security says reporting on military details could land nationalistic influencers in prison. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Israel_Presses_On_With_Strikes_in_Gaza After_U.N._Cease-Fire_Resolution⠀⇛ Its military said fighter jets had struck “over 60 targets” in the previous day. There were reports of strikes on residential buildings near Al-Shifa Hospital in the north and elsewhere. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ At_least_seven_killed_in_Israeli_strike on_Southern_Lebanon,_two_security_sources_to_Reuters⠀⇛ BEIRUT - At least seven people were killed in an Israeli strike on Nabatieh in Southern Lebanon, two security sources told Reuters early on Wednesday. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Suicide_Bomber_Kills_5_Chinese_Workers_in Pakistan⠀⇛ The assault comes amid a spate of terror attacks in Pakistan, as the country’s faltering ties to the Taliban affect regional security. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Suicide_Car_Bombing_Kills_5_Chinese_Workers_In Northwestern_Pakistan⠀⇛ A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden car into a bus carrying Chinese workers in Pakistan, killing at least five of them, along with their Paksitani driver, police said. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Filipino_bishops_battle_Beijing_in_maritime_dispute⠀⇛ In an unusually combative exhortation, the Catholic priests also called on the Marcos administration to take a firmer stance. # ⚓ RFA ☛ UN_report:_Migrants_abused_by_‘military,_police, smugglers,_criminal_gangs’⠀⇛ Investigators spoke to thousands of refugees, including Rohingya, in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Chinese_hackers_target_family_members_to surveil_hard_targets⠀⇛ To surveil security conscious politicians and dissidents, hackers linked to Beijing are increasingly targeting their spouses and relatives.  # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ US,_UK,_NZ_say_China_targeted ‘democratic_institutions’_in_cyber_campaign⠀⇛ The United States, Britain and New Zealand have accused Beijing-backed cyber groups of being behind a series of attacks against lawmakers and key democratic institutions — allegations that prompted angry Chinese denials. # ⚓ YLE ☛ NBI:_China-linked_group_behind_Finnish_Parliament espionage⠀⇛ The National Bureau of Investigation says it has identified one suspect in the ongoing probe. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Don’t_expect_much_from_EU_efforts_in_the Indo-Pacific⠀⇛ Can the European Union facilitate a more stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific? Brussels believes so. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Why_Crocus_and_not_the_Kremlin?’_Head_of St._Petersburg_cultural_space_resigns_over_husband’s provocative_Facebook_post_about_terrorist_attack_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_artists_release_music_video_in_style of_‘Rick_and_Morty’_to_mark_40_days_since_Alexey Navalny’s_death_—_Meduza⠀⇛ o § Environment⠀➾ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Baltimore_Bridge_Collapse:_An_Expert Explains_How_Disasters_Like_This_Can_Happen⠀⇛ A nightmare on the water. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ 2017's_Total_Eclipse_May_Have_Caused a_Spike_in_Road_Fatalities⠀⇛ Let's do better this year. # ⚓ ADF ☛ Islamic_State_Group_Uses_Cryptocurrency_to_Fund Attacks_in_Africa⠀⇛ The Islamic State group (IS) has turned to cryptocurrencies to move money from places such as Somalia and South Africa to fighters elsewhere on the continent. Private donations, known as “sadaqah” in Arabic, make up one of IS’s largest sources of revenue. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Neste:_Fuel_supplies_can_no_longer_be guaranteed⠀⇛ Some petrol stations are running low on supplies and the situation will become increasingly difficult the longer the ongoing political strike continues, the Finnish fuel company says. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Tuesday's_papers:_Finland's_child-free_adults, Finnish_colonialism_and_saying_hello⠀⇛ Is 'hello' the hardest word to say? o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ With_new_steel_tariffs,_Mexico_attempts to_balance_US-China_trade_tensions⠀⇛ President López Obrador told reporters on Monday that the steel issue hasn't caused any "protest" from China. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Ex-China_football_chief_Chen_Xuyuan given_life_sentence_for_‘huge’_US$11m_bribery⠀⇛ By Matthew Walsh The former chairman of the Chinese Football Association has been sentenced to life in prison for accepting bribes worth US$11 million, state media said Tuesday, as a string of sports officials were jailed for corruption. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_Are_China’s_Nationalists_Attacking_the Country’s_Heroes?⠀⇛ Online vitriol has targeted the country’s richest man, erasing billions of dollars of his company’s market value, despite Beijing’s courtship of entrepreneurs. # ⚓ European Commission ☛ EU_and_Republic_of_Korea_reaffirm their_partnership_for_an_inclusive_and_resilient_digital transformation⠀⇛ European Commission Press release Brussels, 26 Mar 2024 Today, the EU and the Republic of Korea held the second Digital partnership Council in Brussels. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Unemployment_in_Finland_rises_by_over_30,000,_year- on-year⠀⇛ Finland's unemployment rate stood at 7.7 percent last month. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Updated:_Dell_reduces_its_global_workforce by_13,000_jobs⠀⇛ Enterprise technology company Dell Technologies Inc. revealed in a filing today that it has slashed its workforce by about 13,000 employees, as part of a broader cost-cutting initiative that also included putting limits on external hiring. # ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ A_comprehensive_list_of_2023_&_2024_tech layoffs⠀⇛ From major layoffs at Google, Amazon and Microsoft to small fintech startups and apps # ⚓ Forbes ☛ Sega_Employees_Ratify_First-Of-Its-Kind_Gaming Union_Contract_Following_Industry_Layoffs⠀⇛ Sega of America employees secured a union contract Tuesday that provides wage increases and establishes them as the first workers of a major U.S. video game company to ratify a union contract—a milestone that comes a few months after a wave of layoffs impacted thousands of video game company employees. # ⚓ Fast Company ☛ Unionized_Sega_employees_reach_a_bargaining agreement_with_game_maker⠀⇛ Less than a year after Sega recognized a group of its workers as a union, the group has ratified its first contract with the company—the first with a major publisher in the industry. The contract, which was ratified Tuesday, will cover 150 workers who are members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and includes a number of protections, ranging from higher salaries to Just Cause protections in the event of layoffs. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Survey:_55%_in_Finland_say_they'll_'definitely'_vote in_EU_elections_—_and_that's_an_improvement⠀⇛ In 2019, voter turnout in the EU parliamentary elections was just 42.7 percent. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Trump’s_Newest_Venture?_A_$60_Bible.⠀⇛ His Bible sales pitch comes as he appears to be confronting a significant financial squeeze, with his legal fees growing while he fights a number of criminal cases and lawsuits. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hongkonger_shot_by_police_during 2019_demos_withdraws_appeal_against_conviction_and_6-year jail_term⠀⇛ Chow Pak-kwan, who was injured by police live round during the 2019 extradition bill protests, has decided not to challenge his conviction and a six- year jail term for attempting to snatch the officer’s gun. Chow confirmed with Justice of Appeal Derek Pang on Tuesday that he had decided to withdraw his bid to appeal. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Can't_Sue_In-Laws_for_"Undermining"_Marriage_and Thus_Tortiously_Inducing_Breach_of_Marriage_Contract⠀⇛ This used to be possible under the old "alienation of affections" tort, but all but a handful of states have abolished it, and the tortious inducement of breach of contract tort can't fill that gap. # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ US_court:_Mexico’s_suit_against_Arizona gun_stores_can_proceed⠀⇛ A Tucson federal judge rejected arguments by the five Arizona retailers that a U.S. arms commerce law protects them from Mexico's lawsuit. # ⚓ France24 ☛ France's_Macron_heads_to_Brazilian_Amazon_in three-day_trip_to_restore_ties⠀⇛ French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday kicks off a visit to Brazil in the Amazon city of Belem, the host of 2025 UN climate talks, where he and Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will seek to reset frayed ties. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kyrgyz_Opposition_Leader_Dodges_Imprisonment_Over Statute_Of_Limitations⠀⇛ The leader of the United Kyrgyzstan opposition party, Adakhan Madumarov, was found guilty on March 26 of financial fraud and "ignoring Kyrgyzstan's interests" while signing a Kyrgyz-Tajik border deal in 2009 when he led the country's Security Council. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Squatters'_Rights_Laws_Violate_the_Takings Clause⠀⇛ Where these laws allow squatters to occupy houses without the owner's consent, they qualify as takings of private property that require payment of compensation under the Fifth Amendment. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Under_new_security_law,_Hong_Kongers_fear_‘saying_the wrong_thing’⠀⇛ ‘I won't be inviting people to my home for dinner any more,’ says one resident. ‘I don't know if I can trust everyone I meet up with.’ # ⚓ AccessNow ☛ A_step_in_the_right_direction:_Meta_Oversight Board’s_opinion_on_the_term_“shaheed”⠀⇛ Access Now welcome the Oversight Board’s opinion urging Meta to end its blanket ban on the term "shaheed" when referring to individuals designated as dangerous. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Social_Speech_and_the_Supreme_Court⠀⇛ Episode 497 of the Cyberlaw Podcast o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Google_and_Facebook_(Farcebook)_blocks_hit revenue_for_The_Tab_publisher_Digitalbox⠀⇛ Entertainment Daily was "blocked" by Surveillance Giant Google for months while one of The Tab's Facebook (Farcebook) pages was suppressed. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Court_dismisses_assault_charges_against_daycare workers,_orders_child_to_pay_legal_costs⠀⇛ As the child was the plaintiff in the case, the court ruled the child is liable to pay the defendants' legal costs of more than 35,000 euros. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_activist_denied_early release_days_after_new_security_law_axed_eligibility⠀⇛ Hong Kong activist Ma Chun-man has been denied early release after being jailed in 2020 over a national security case. He is the first prisoner to be made ineligible for early release after a new domestic national security law was enacted on Saturday. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Vietnamese_man_dies_in_custody,_body_indicates torture,_family_says⠀⇛ Vu Minh Duc fainted during questioning and was rushed to the hospital, police say. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Automated_assurance_on_a_path_to_becoming practical⠀⇛ Guest Post: Cloud native architecture is a game changer for security at scale. How long before we see automation through attestation, built-in at scale? § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ A_Family_Tree:_Hippolyte_Hodeau’s Trench_Art_(ca._1917)⠀⇛ A form of WWI trench art in which soldiers carved names and images into leaves. o § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ # § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ updates,_and_slow_starts⠀⇛ Before I knew it, it's now been a month since I last posted here - nearly more than that, as I'm cutting it close to midnight right now. Time truly does fly. I don't have anything particularly special planned to show today, but a third post is long overdue. It's just a slow start, like anything else. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Who_Controls_Presentation?_Presentation_vs. Semantics⠀⇛ For the past three articles, we covered more concrete aspects to Gemtext, so this post will focus on something more conceptual. While real-life usage is important and must inform our decisions, we cannot forget about our conceptual ideas; they are both important. Our conceptual ideas inform our real-life usage and our real-life usage informs our conceptual ideas. They are inter-related. # ⚓ On_Mastodon,_Again⠀⇛ It's been a while, geminispace. There was a point where I had considered writing out a post related to the fediverse but I also worried that it might come back and bite me in the ass. So I opted not to write about it. Anyway, I decided to give Mastodon another try. Partly because the instance of Firefish (formerly Calckey) was misbehaving and I recall Mastodon instances being fairly stable. The instance I was on felt too empty too. It didn't really help me feel engaged in any way. In fact, I had forgotten about it for a while until I started the gemini capsule. Then I forgot about it again until I set up my Keyoxide. Seems like the only time I cared to remember its existance was when I'm trying to set up and expand my online presence. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2823 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 28/03/2024: GAFAM Replacing Full-Time Workers With Interns Now⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 28, 2024 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Nightime_scene_outside_park_in_Xian_China⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies/Monopsonies # Copyrights # Gemini*_and_Gopher # Personal/Opinions * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Henrique Dias ☛ I_Bought_a_Numeronym_Domain_Name⠀⇛ Some weeks ago, I read a post from Jan-Luka’s where he talked about what to do with his new domain. The most interesting part for me was not what to do with the domain, or the domain itself, but what the domain is: a numeronym. o ⚓ Cory Dransfeldt ☛ Thoughts_on_permanence⠀⇛ I think a lot about permanence — both as a broader concept and how it applies to myself, my life and my work on a more personal level. It's a comforting concept when you're seeking stability, but it's never truly attainable. It's aspirational, but unachievable — nothing is permanent, nothing is perfect. o ⚓ Tony Finch ☛ Resurrected_link_log⠀⇛ After an extremely long hiatus, I have resurrected my link log. o ⚓ Yukinu ☛ Yukinu_2.2⠀⇛ I've recently been doing a lot of work updating the code for my site in preparation for a new iteration of the Yukinu site dubbed Yukinu 3.0. The Yukinu 2.x site has worked well for many years, but over time it's accumulated some cruft and was in need of a bit of refactoring. o ⚓ Sumana Harihareswara ☛ A_Few_Artistic_Principles_and_Practices⠀⇛ A few times in the past week, I've spoken with artists who are working on uncomfortable art -- the kind of art that intentionally challenges the audience with displeasure. In one of them, it's like "here is art that confronts the audience/participant with an uncomfortable topic in current events" and in another, it's "here is art focusing on a feeling of helplessness and apathy". In reaction, I was reminded of a few of my own artistic principles and practices which I thought I'd jot down here. o ⚓ Leon Mika ☛ On_Post_Headers⠀⇛ I generally don’t use headers, unless the post is so long it needs them to break it up a little. When I do, I tend to start with H2, then step down to H3, H4, etc. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Tony Finch ☛ On_"the_OSI_deprogrammer"⠀⇛ The main reason that OSI remains relevant is Cisco certifications require network engineers to learn it. This makes OSI part of the common technical vocab and basically unavoidable, even though (as Rob Graham correctly argues) it’s deeply unsuitable. It would be a lot better if the OSI reference model were treated as a model of OSI in particular, not a model of networking in general. OSI ought to be taught as an example alongside similar reference models of protocol stacks that are actually in use. One of OSI’s big problems is how it enshrines layering as the architectural pattern, but there are other patterns that are at least as important: [...] # ⚓ Juha-Matti Santala ☛ Chance_of_serendipity⠀⇛ Most of the best thing in my life has happened by accident. Or at least they have started by a serendipitous happenstance: meeting someone in an event and ending up chatting; working together with someone on an event or project and building a great relationship; being open to opportunities and putting myself to a position to be lucky. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Poverty_Forces_Nearly_1_Million_Iranians_Out_Of School⠀⇛ According to official data, there are 3,6 million individuals of school age in Iran. In an analysis of the latest data from the Statistical Center, Tejarat News, a website that covers economic issues, said the majority of school dropouts -- 556,994 -- come from the 15-17-year age group. The phenomenon has been attributed to deepening poverty in the country, an opinion echoed by educational activists and experts alike. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Kev Quirk ☛ Wi-Fi_+_Old_Houses_=_Painful⠀⇛ Living in a 200 year old stone barn conversation means one thing...thick walls. Really thick walls. The walls in our house range from 60 - 90cm (2 - 3 feet) thick and they're made of pure stone. No internal cavity, just stone. All the way through. This means that Wi-Fi signals really struggle to penetrate between rooms. Add to this the fact that we live in a small village, so there's no fibre to the premises or anything like that. So the internet coming in is relatively slow, and the signal can't get around the house either. It's a lose/lose situation. # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Security_Vulnerability_in_Saflok’s_RFID- Based_Keycard_Locks⠀⇛ If ever. My guess is that for many locks, this is a permanent vulnerability. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Jeff Geerling ☛ Talking_Hot_Dog_gives_new_meaning_to_'Ham radio'⠀⇛ IMPORTANT: Do not attempt to replicate our experiment. It is meant to demonstrate the dangers of RF, and there are a number of radio engineers, landscaping professionals, and other personnel who have written RF safety rules with their blood (or, in most cases, a permanent and painful RF burn that goes through the inside of their body). Don't touch radio towers—AM or otherwise. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Singapore_improves_the_AI_it_uses_to detect_smokers⠀⇛ Singapore has improved the AI it uses to detect smokers who light up in the many places where the practice is forbidden across the island nation, to help local law enforcement more efficiently stub out offenders. The AI is called Balefire, and as recently explained by Pye Sone Kyaw – an AI engineer at Singapore's digital transformation agency GovTech – it's already reached version 3.0. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ WHO:_Cyberbullying_affects_1_in_6_school kids⠀⇛ The "Health Behaviour in School-aged Children" (HBSC) study was published March 27, 2024, by WHO/ Europe (World Health Organization). It identifies "the increasing digitalization of young people's interactions" as a main cause of cyberbullying. In a same-day media release, the WHO Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge, said the report was "a wake-up call." "With young people spending up to six hours online every single day, even small changes in the rates of bullying and violence can have profound implications for the health and well-being of thousands," said Kluge, highlighting self-harm and suicide as possible consequences. # ⚓ CBC ☛ Chocolate_prices_have_tripled._What_does_that_mean for_your_Easter_egg_basket?⠀⇛ If only the main ingredient weren't so expensive: Cocoa prices have tripled in the last 12 months due to the spread of bean disease among cacao crops in West Africa, where more than 70 per cent of the global cocoa supply is produced. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ The_FDA_Didn’t_Inspect_Neuralink_Before_Granting Human_Trial_Approval⠀⇛ "These alleged failures to follow standard operating procedures potentially endangered animal welfare," Blumenauer wrote, "and compromised data collection for human trials." # ⚓ Reuters ☛ Exclusive:_US_lawmaker_seeks_answers_on_FDA inspection_of_Musk's_Neuralink⠀⇛ In a letter to the FDA on Monday, Democratic U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer said he was concerned the agency ignored "troubling evidence" of animal testing violations that had been raised dating back to at least 2019. Blumenauer also cited reports by Reuters since late 2022 that described employees' complaints of "hack jobs" of animal experiments due to a rushed schedule, causing needless suffering and deaths. Employees also worried that data quality would be compromised, the media organization reported at the time. He asked the FDA to explain how it reconciled reports of such lapses with its decision to authorize Neuralink's human trial. "These alleged failures to follow standard operating procedures potentially endangered animal welfare and compromised data collection for human trials," wrote Blumenauer, who serves on the House Ways and Means subcommittee on health. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ How_Much_of_Our_Humanity_Are_We_Willing_to Outsource_to_AI?⠀⇛ It should come as no surprise that advances in AI have sparked debates about the future of work as well as concerns about misinformation, bias, and copyright infringements. Responding to the backlash, tech companies have (virtue-)signaled consideration for these issues by stressing the importance of Ethical AI, Responsible AI, or Trustworthy AI and developing guidelines for these noble goals. Indeed, OpenAI’s website includes the disclaimer that despite extensive testing, it cannot predict all possible benefits and harms of its technology, and that (ironically) it is critical to release (potentially harmful) AI into the real world to increase AI’s safety over time. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ BBC_exterminates_AI_experiments_used_to promote_Doctor_Who⠀⇛ The broadcaster announced its intention to use AI to create some promos in early March, a move that earned it a thorough pasting from fans – including the folks behind the Doctor Who Companion website, which declared itself "absolutely disgusted." And doubly so, after the BBC took down the page on which it announced its intentions. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Databricks_open-sources_its_own_large language_model,_DBRX⠀⇛ Although DBRX is nearly twice as big as Llama 2, at 132 billion parameters, it’s twice as fast, Databricks said. It claimed DBRX has outperformed existing open-source LLMs Llama 2 70B and Mixtral- 8x7B — another model taking the MoE approach — and the proprietary GPT-3.5 – although not GPT-4 — in benchmarks for language understanding, programming, math and logic. The model cost $10 million to train on public and licensed data sources over a two- month period using using 3,000 H100 GPUs. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ How_CDC’s_data_office_is_applying_AI to_public_health⠀⇛ CDC stood up DST last year to coordinate its data strategy. That includes improving data exchange with other federal, state and local agencies and non-governmental partners; improving the ways data informs public health initiatives; and ways to better visualize and distribute data for public consumption. AI is quickly becoming a part of those efforts. o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ The Telegraph UK ☛ How_Ukraine_is_using_mobile_phones on_6ft_poles_to_stop_Russian_drones⠀⇛ Kyiv’s national air defence command and control network, known as “Virazh”, relies on at least 40 separate kinds of sensor networks to detect, track and identify airborne threats. The acoustic sensors gather uncharacteristic sounds from the environment before artificial intelligence is used to establish whether anomalies are incoming kamikaze drones or missiles. Dr Thomas Withington, an expert in air defence at the Royal United Services Institute said: “It’s interesting that this technology is making a comeback because it was all the rage before the invention of the radar in the 1920s and 1930s # ⚓ Doc Searls ☛ Why_selling_personal_data_is_a_bad_idea –_Doc_Searls_Weblog⠀⇛ This post is for the benefit of anyone wondering about, researching, or going into business on the proposition that selling one’s own personal data is a good idea. Here are some of my learnings from having studied this proposition myself for the last twenty years or more. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ When_it_Rains,_it_Pours_—_TikTok Now_Faces_an_FTC_Investigation⠀⇛ The FTC is investigating allegations that TikTok and its Beijing-based parent ByteDance “deceived its users by denying that individuals in China had access to their data,” as well as violating a children’s privacy law, people with direct knowledge of the matter told Politico. In partnership with the Justice Department, the agency could either file a lawsuit or settle with the company, though a settlement is reportedly yet to be reached. # ⚓ 404 Media ☛ Kansas_Is_About_to_Pass_the_Most_Extreme Age_Verification_Law_Yet⠀⇛ An age verification bill in Kansas that is the most extreme in the country has passed both House and Senate and is on its way to the governor’s desk. The bill will make sites with more than 25 percent adult content liable to heavy fines if they don’t verify that visitors are over the age of 18. It also calls being gay “sexual conduct,” which critics say could set up the state for more censorship of LGBT+ citizens. # ⚓ The Verge ☛ The_Israeli_military_is_using_facial recognition_in_Gaza⠀⇛ The facial recognition program was built in tandem with Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, according to the Times report. After the October 7th attacks, officers within the Israeli military’s Unit 8200, the Israeli Defense Forces’ main intelligence unit, identified potential targets by watching security camera footage and videos Hamas had uploaded to social media. Soldiers also asked Palestinian prisoners to identify people from their communities who were affiliated with Hamas. Corsight, which has boasted that its technology can accurately identify people even if less than 50 percent of their face is visible, used these photos to build a facial recognition tool Israeli officers could use in Gaza. To further build out its database — and identify potential targets — the Israeli military set up checkpoints equipped with facial recognition cameras along major roads Palestinian used to flee south. The goal, one officer told the Times, was to create a “hit list” of people who participated in the October 7th attack. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Israel_Deploys_Expansive_Facial Recognition_Program_in_Gaza⠀⇛ It turned out Mr. Abu Toha had walked into the range of cameras embedded with facial recognition technology, according to three Israeli intelligence officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity. After his face was scanned and he was identified, an artificial intelligence program found that the poet was on an Israeli list of wanted persons, they said. Mr. Abu Toha is one of hundreds of Palestinians who have been picked out by a previously undisclosed Israeli facial recognition program that was started in Gaza late last year. The expansive and experimental effort is being used to conduct mass surveillance there, collecting and cataloging the faces of Palestinians without their knowledge or consent, according to Israeli intelligence officers, military officials and soldiers. # ⚓ Le Monde ☛ France's_Assemblée_passes_bill_against foreign_interference⠀⇛ France's Assemblée Nationale on Wednesday, March 27, adopted a bill to counter foreign interference including the use of an experimental algorithm to monitor suspicious activity. The bill, put forward by President Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance party, received the approval of 171 lawmakers, with just 25 against. The Sénat now has to give its green light. Algorithm-based online surveillance has existed in France since 2015, but has only so far been used to hunt down potential "terrorists." This new law would expand the practice to pinpoint potential perpetrators of foreign interference during a four-year test period. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Cops_Running_DNA-Manufactured_Faces Through_Face_Recognition_Is_a_Tornado_of_Bad_Ideas⠀⇛ Simply put: police are using DNA to create a hypothetical and not at all accurate face, then using that face as a clue on which to base investigations into crimes. Not only is this full dice-roll policing, it also threatens the rights, freedom, or even the life of whoever is unlucky enough to look a little bit like that artificial face. But it gets worse. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Tech Central (South Africa) ☛ Should_South_Africa_ban_kids from_social_media?⠀⇛ The Republican-controlled state government in Florida this week approved a bill banning children under 14 from social media and requiring 14- and 15-year-olds to get parental consent to access apps like Instagram and TikTok. The state’s decision was based on the premise that children this age do not have the ability to know when they’re being sucked into addictive or harmful technology. # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ DeSantis_Signs_Bill Restricting_Social_Media_Access_for_Minors_in_Florida⠀⇛ HB3, the bill in question, instructs social media companies to remove the existing accounts of those who are under 14. Failure to comply with this directive could result in legal action being taken against the platform on behalf of the underage user who created the account. "Ultimately, [we're] trying to help parents navigate this very difficult terrain that we have now with raising kids, and so I appreciate the work that's been put in," DeSantis said in remarks during the bill-signing ceremony. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Tiktok:_Biden_administration_pursuing_TikTok over_data_practices:_report⠀⇛ The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has been investigating TikTok over allegedly faulty privacy and data security practices, and could decide to bring a lawsuit or settlement in the next few weeks, Politico reported on Tuesday citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. Earlier in March, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to pass a bill giving ByteDance about six months to sell the U.S. assets of the app, or face a ban. # ⚓ ADF ☛ Burkina_Faso_Accounted_for_One_Quarter_of_World’s Terrorism_Deaths_in_2023⠀⇛ One quarter of all deaths related to terrorism globally in 2023 occurred in Burkina Faso making it the most severely impacted country in the world. Nearly 2,000 people were killed in 258 terror incidents, a rise of 68 percent from the previous year, according to the 2024 Global Terrorism Index (GTI). “Deaths from terrorism have increased successively each year since 2014,” the authors of the GTI wrote. “Given the successive years of escalating violence in Burkina Faso and the uncertain political situation the country is likely to experience further increases in terrorism.” # ⚓ The Telegraph UK ☛ Vladimir_Putin_can_be_tried_for_his crimes_now⠀⇛ This month, the Russian people chose as their president for the next six years an international criminal for whose crimes they bear the same political responsibility as Germans who once supported Hitler. Both leaders are guilty of what the court at Nuremberg described as “the supreme international crime”, that of aggression – i.e. invading an unthreatening country for no good reason – and thereby becoming liable for “all the evils, all the horrors of war; all the effusion of blood, the desolation of families, the rapine, the ravages – they are his works and his crimes”. It is possible to envisage a modern Nuremberg tribunal, with Putin taking Goering’s place in the dock, flanked by co-conspirators like Lukashenko from Belarus, Dmitry Medvedev, the commanders who supervised the destruction of Mariupol and the executions at Bucha, and the lying propagandists from state television and the Orthodox Church. # ⚓ Reuters ☛ Somali_pirates_return,_adding_to_global_shipping crisis⠀⇛ While the threat is not as serious as it was in 2008-2014, regional officials and industry sources are concerned the problem could escalate. "If we do not stop it while it's still in its infancy, it can become the same as it was," Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud told Reuters last month at his highly-fortified art deco palace, Villa Somalia. # ⚓ ADF ☛ Nigeria_Shows_That_Emerging_Technology_Can_Help Protect_Waters⠀⇛ The RMAC receives, integrates, displays, records and distributes data from sensors and systems, including maritime and air surveillance radars, global positioning systems (GPS), the automatic identification system (AIS), cameras and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast technology. Other tools can include drones and satellite tracking data. Falcon Eye uses a number of radars, electro-optic systems and cameras operated from a command center to monitor the country’s waters and track vessel movements around the region. Former Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo commissioned Falcon Eye in 2021. # ⚓ CBC ☛ Afghan_interpreter_hunted_by_Taliban_safe_after campaign_by_retired_brigadier-general_in_Newfoundland⠀⇛ After more than two years of evading the Taliban — and a dogged campaign led by retired Canadian military members urging the federal government to keep its promise — Afghan interpreter Mohammad Arif Yousafi is safe in Alberta. "Finally we get into Canada. We arrived in Canada. So we are happy," he said. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ UK,_US,_NZ_say_China_targeted 'democratic_institutions'⠀⇛ In rare and detailed public accusations against China — Washington, London and Wellington described a series of cyber breaches over the last decade or more, in what appeared to be a concerted effort to hold Beijing accountable. The US Justice Department charged seven Chinese nationals over what it said was a 14-year “prolific global hacking operation” designed to aid China’s “economic espionage and foreign intelligence objectives.” # ⚓ RFA ☛ Invest_in_Tibet_and_give_your_child_a_leg_up_on college_exams⠀⇛ The weightings are calculated based on past regional performance, which means that if students from better-resourced regions of China start going to Tibet, they could push up the score threshold for everyone, including Tibetans. Tibetans and rights groups warn that the program will deprive Tibetan students of educational and job opportunities and worsen unemployment among them. “This recent development will further rob Tibetan students of opportunities,” a source in Tibet’s capital of Lhasa told Radio Free Asia. # ⚓ CBC ☛ Mysterious_writer_behind_ISIS-K_propaganda_calls himself_'the_Canadian'⠀⇛ Sulaiman Dawood al-Kanadie appears as the author of a sprawling June 2023 essay, in which he seems to suggest that he is living under the radar in a Western country. He chastises Muslim men "especially where I live" who are more likely to "put on skinny jeans" and "fill their faces with food at a 'Free Syria' or 'Free Palestine'" fundraiser than commit to fighting in an armed conflict on behalf of ISIS. His name appears again on a July 2023 piece demanding a jihadist invasion of Israel and again in the August issue, where he says the West has grown bolder "as they are now back to oppressing and killing Muslims, burning Qur'an, and occupying Muslims' settlements in Palestine." # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ ISIL_growing_stronger_in_Syria⠀⇛ The country is crumbling, after 13 years of conflict, and some groups that we thought were defeated are coming back. And, in the meantime, none of the root causes of the conflict have been dealt with. ISIL has been growing in strength in Syria and, this year alone, there have already been more than 35 attacks. # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Taxpayers_Footing_ISIS Bride's_£250,000_Legal_Fees_As_She_Tries_To_Return_To_UK⠀⇛ This week, Begum lost another appeal against the UK government's decision to strip her of her British citizenship. "She chose to leave the UK to join a terrorist group of her own free will," said Anthony Glees, a professor of politics and national security expert. # ⚓ Sightline Media Group ☛ The_roots_of_this_unofficial_Nazi- inspired_Army_Green_Beret_logo⠀⇛ Maj. Russell Gordon, a spokesperson for the 1st Special Forces Command, confirmed that 3rd Special Forces Group elements formerly used the “unofficial” emblem, which was “banned in 2022 by 3rd Special Forces Group leadership when it was brought to their attention.” Leaders banned the logo because of “its historical use,” added Gordon, whose command oversees 3rd Group. It’s unclear how long the patch was in use with active duty Green Berets, nor is it clear how many teams adopted it or similar imagery in their local logos. # ⚓ USDOD ☛ Charting_a_Digital_Path:_DOD's_Social_Media Campaign_to_Build_Next-Gen_Civilian_Talent_>_U.S._Department of_Defense_>_Release⠀⇛ The "discover your future at DoD" will focus on overcoming barriers candidates may face in considering, pursuing, and applying for DoD Civilian Careers. The campaign will run through April 2024 on a range of social media channels like Instagram, LinkedIn, Spotify, Reddit and other relevant channels for those under 30. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ What_to_do_about_those_ever-rising FOIA_request_backlogs⠀⇛ Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests keep rising every year. Some agencies have trouble responding to them on time, leading to growing backlogs. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the Justice Department bureau that oversees FOIA activity could improve its guidance on how to get out from under backlogs. For more, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with GAO’s Director of Strategic Issues, Jay McTigue. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Boeing_Demands_Virgin_Galactic_Destroy_All_Data From_Its_Failed_Space_Tourism_Partnership⠀⇛ There’s new drama in the space industry. Boeing filed a lawsuit against Virgin Galactic, accusing it of retaining trade secrets that the two companies had exchanged while working to develop a new mothership, which is still in development. On Friday, Boeing asked a federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, to issue a court order blocking Virgin Galactic from further using proprietary data that was shared between the two companies as part of an agreement in 2022, according to the complaint. Boeing is accusing Virgin Galactic of “retaining, using, and threatening further use of trade secrets” that belong to the company and its Virginia-based subsidiary, Aurora Flight Sciences, the complaint read. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ BBC ☛ Canada's_maple_syrup_reserve_hits_16-year_low⠀⇛ Experts link the shortage to both a rise in demand and warmer weather, which has disrupted production. # ⚓ Global News CA ☛ Sticky_spot:_Canada’s_maple_syrup production_hits_5-year_low,_reserves_sink⠀⇛ The slow supply of syrup isn’t causing producers to panic quite yet, but a perfect storm of several unseasonably warm winters combined with an ongoing spike in demand that hasn’t let up since the start of the pandemic means that if price-stabling reserves continue to dwindle, shoppers might be in for a bout of sticker shock at the grocery store. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ The Telegraph UK ☛ Customers_left_with_shock_bills_as 4_million_smart_meters_'go_dumb'⠀⇛ Suppliers are legally required to fix or replace broken smart meters for free under a scheme put in place by Ofgem last month. The devices previously only had a one-year warranty. Energy companies will now have to play catch- up with millions of faulty smart meters that have ceased working in “smart mode” and potentially left consumers with incorrect bills. Peta Butler, 97, who lives near Tunbridge Wells, said she had been through “two years of hell” dealing with issues with her meter. “It’s affected my health. And it’s completely taken away any confidence I’ve got. If I have to do anything, I just panic,” said told the BBC. Her problems began when she switched to a smart meter with a single tariff in 2022. # ⚓ [Repeat] ADF ☛ Islamic_State_Group_Uses Cryptocurrency_to_Fund_Attacks_in_Africa⠀⇛ Private donations, known as “sadaqah” in Arabic, make up one of IS’s largest sources of revenue. Although much of this money moves through the informal system known as hawala, some IS supporters use digital currencies such as Bitcoin or Tether to transfer money quickly while avoiding detection by international agencies seeking to disrupt terror financing, according to Beatrice Berton, an analyst with the European Union Institute for Security Studies. The Counter ISIS Finance Group (CIFG) reports that West Africa, home to Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), has become a focal point for cryptocurrency transfers. The CIFG represents about 80 countries and international organizations targeting IS. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Amazon,_Google_&_Microsoft_Paying_Rs_1_Lakh Stipend_To_Interns_Amid_Layoffs⠀⇛ As per a recent ET report, the number of Indian undergraduate engineering students obtaining internships with monthly stipends of Rs 1 lakh or more from major corporations like Amazon, Google, Intuit India, Microsoft, Palo Alto, and Goldman Sachs is on the rise, which is indicative of the growing demand for qualified engineers in the tech industry. These three to six month internships are a great way to get a full-time job in a field that's in high demand, like analytics, cloud computing, and data science. This year, stipends totaling Rs 1 lakh or more have been given to 27 students at IIT Mandi. 39 students at Bengaluru's RV College of Engineering are receiving monthly stipends of more than Rs 1 lakh, up from 8 the previous year. Additionally, according to Vellore Institute of Technology, 30 students receive stipends of Rs 1 lakh, while companies such as Couchbase and Amazon offer stipends of Rs 1.2 lakh and Rs 1.1 lakh, respectively. For the ultimate tally this year, the internship window is still open. There is a lot of competition for these lucrative internships. The director of VIT's career development center, V Samuel Rajkumar, emphasized the value of having a learning mindset, problem- solving skills, and technical proficiency in order to secure these opportunities. # ⚓ IGN ☛ Nintendo_Confirms_Testing_Layoffs_Amid_First-Party 'Lull'_and_Reports_of_Switch_2_Delay⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Why_selling_software_to_the government_is_like_visiting_a_confessional_booth⠀⇛ Final rules have kicked-in for companies selling software to the government. They must now attest to the fact that they used secure development practices. Their reference must be the Secure Software Development Framework from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. For more, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin talked with the Chief Technology Officer of Legit Security, Joe Nicastro. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Amazon_finishes_pumping_$4_billion_into Anthropic⠀⇛ In September, the Big A plowed $1.25 billion into the upstart, and it's now added the final $2.75 billion as promised. The deal makes Amazon Web Services the primary cloud provider for Anthropic, with the understanding that the machine-learning upstart will deploy its future foundation models on AWS Trainium and Inferentia chips. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Dell_slashes_its_workforce_by_13,000 since_2023⠀⇛ Dell this week disclosed it has 120,000 workers, which is about 13,000 fewer than it had at the start of 2023. That means it has laid off almost double the number of people it previously indicated. The revelation is somewhat buried in a 198-page 10- K submission by the IT giant to America's securities watchdog, the SEC, yesterday. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Adobe_launches_new_AI_tools_and_Microsoft partnership⠀⇛ The design software giant Adobe unveiled a dozen new generative AI tools and capabilities Tuesday, and also revealed a partnership with Microsoft to expand the audience for its AI offerings. The moves, announced at Adobe’s conference in Las Vegas, signal the company’s aggressive push to integrate generative AI across its product portfolio. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Why_cyber_indictments_and_sanctions matter⠀⇛ The British and US responses are weak, in the sense that the consequences for China are virtually nil. Britain sanctioned two people and one front company, while the US charged seven individual hackers. The UK attacks were in 2021, and critics have complained about the lack of urgency. The US attacks took place over the past 14 years. Are these reprisals too little, too late? It might be easy to think so, but it must be acknowledged that attributing an attack to a particular country is bureaucratically and technically difficult and politically hazardous. Sanctions and indictments add more layers of complexity. Some countries are still developing the processes and legislative tools required. New Zealand, for example, has yet to develop an autonomous sanctions regime. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Zuckerberg_Emailing_Random_Google_Employees, Asking_Them_to_Work_for_Facebook_Instead⠀⇛ In the emails, Zuckerberg stressed the importance of AI to his company in a bid to attract them to Meta. Other extraordinary measures that Meta has taken to recruit AI researchers include waiving interviews and directly offering job offers to promising candidates — as well as jacking up pay to Meta employees who want to jump ship to another AI outfit, according to The Information's reporting. In other words, the funding floodgates are wide open for the AI hype train. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ RNC_Is_Demanding_New_Job_Applicants_Say Whether_2020_Election_Was_“Stolen”⠀⇛ Neither Trump nor his supporters have provided any evidence to back up their claims. Numerous fact-checks have disproven their suppositions, and dozens of court cases by Trump and his allies in the aftermath of the election have similarly dismissed such claims. Despite the lack of evidence on his part, Trump has continued to wrongly insist to this day that he was the true winner of the 2020 election, going so far as to suggest at one point that the Constitution should be “terminated” in order to put him back into the White House. # ⚓ The Hindu ☛ 3_held_in_Kashmir_for_‘false_social_media posts’⠀⇛ The J&K Police arrested three locals on Wednesday for creating “fake accounts” and “misleading locals” in the Kashmir valley. A police spokesman said Sameer Ahmed Paray from Kanikoot area, was arrested for allegedly “uploading a false post on his fake Facebook account, Babar Azam.” # ⚓ Axios ☛ How_TikTok's_creator_program_incentivizes_AI misinformation⠀⇛ TikTok's cash-for-creators program could speed the spread of spammy misinformation on the platform as video makers lean on AI to hook viewers with outlandish images, conspiracy theories and hokum. Why it matters: The crazier the video, the higher the engagement — and now, more engagement directly translates to more dollars. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Why_Putin_Is_Trying_To_Pin_The_Concert_Hall Attack_On_Kyiv_And_The_West⠀⇛ Among other wording clearly meant to convey to Russians that Ukraine and the West were behind the attack, Putin said that the United States was “using every channel to try to convince its satellites and other countries…that there is supposedly no indication of involvement by Kyiv.” And he suggested that the attack was part of what he described as efforts by Ukraine, “carrying out the orders of its Western handlers,” to “sow panic” in Russia as Moscow’s forces make gains in the invasion of its neighbor. Meanwhile, state-run media in Russia have avidly played up the idea that Ukraine and the West were behind the attack, as have senior officials and lawmakers. In a brief exchange posted on Telegram, a reporter asked Security Council Secretary and close Putin ally Nikolai Patrushev, “[IS] or Ukraine?” and Patrushev replied, “Of course, Ukraine.” # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_Russian_people_have_been victimized_twice—by_ISIS-K_terrorists,_then_by_the Kremlin’s_deception⠀⇛ This deception has consequences, most notably in the road not taken by Russia after Friday’s terrorist attack. Consider what a truly responsible Russian government would have done: It would have taken better precautions after the early March warning from US intelligence that an attack was imminent. It appears senior Russian officials, including Putin, downplayed the intelligence warning, perhaps thinking it part of a US plot to disrupt Putin’s reelection. Even if the attack could not have been prevented, a responsible Russian government would now call for international solidarity and joint action against a deadly terrorist group responsible for thousands of deaths in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Russia, and elsewhere. A responsible Russian government would convene an honest accounting of its security failure to detect the plot and disrupt it. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Nigerian_Woman_Faces_Jail_Time_For_Facebook Review_Of_Tomato_Sauce⠀⇛ By now you’re wondering what actually happened here. Well, Okoli got on Facebook after having tried a can of Nagiko Tomato Mix, made by local Nigerian company Erisco Foods. Her initial post essentially complained about it being too sugary. So pretty standard fair for a review-type post on Facebook. When she started getting some mixed replies, some of them told her to stop trying to ruin the company and just buy something else, with one such message supposedly coming from a relative of the company’s ownership. To that, she replied: [...] # ⚓ NDTV ☛ Nigerian_Woman_Faces_Jail_for_Reviewing_Tomato_Puree Online⠀⇛ Chioma Okoli, a children's clothing importer, turned to her 18,000 Facebook followers on September 17th for their thoughts on a tomato puree substitute she'd recently purchased. Disappointed by its sweetness, she sought their opinions. # ⚓ CNN ☛ A_Nigerian_woman_reviewed_some_tomato_puree_online. Now_she_faces_jail_|_CNN⠀⇛ A Nigerian woman who wrote an online review of a can of tomato puree is facing imprisonment after its manufacturer accused her of making a “malicious allegation” that damaged its business. Chioma Okoli, a 39-year-old entrepreneur from Lagos, is being prosecuted and sued in civil court for allegedly breaching the country’s cybercrime laws, in a case that has gripped the West African nation and sparked protests by locals who believe she is being persecuted for exercising her right to free speech. # ⚓ ChronicleNG, Nigeria ☛ Police_rearrest_Chioma_Okoli_over Erisco_tomato_review⠀⇛ Chioma Okoli, on September 17, 2023, made a post on her Facebook page, highlighting the high sugar content in the tomato mix and inviting her followers who might have used the same product to share their opinions. Her post reads: [...] # ⚓ Reason ☛ Free_Speech_Is_Under_Attack_in_the_U.S.,_but_It’s on_the_Ropes_Elsewhere⠀⇛ If you think free speech is under attack in the United States—and it is—you should see its besieged status in the rest of the world. Open contempt for unrestricted debate prevails in even many supposedly "free" countries and finds its expression in laws that threaten harsh penalties for those who dare to speak in ways that offend the powers that be. # ⚓ RFA ☛ China_steps_up_checks_for_people_bypassing_the_‘Great Firewall’⠀⇛ Police in China are stepping up spot searches of people’s phones for apps enabling them to bypass the Great Firewall of government [Internet] censorship, residents told Radio Free Asia in recent interviews. A resident of the southwestern province of Sichuan who gave only the surname Huang for fear of reprisals said he had recently been stopped on the subway in the provincial capital, Chengdu. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran_Rejects_Release_Plea_By_Dissident_Rapper Toomaj_Salehi⠀⇛ Salehi is currently in prison after an Iranian court sentenced him to six years for his involvement in the 2022 protests triggered by the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who had been detained for improperly wearing a mandatory Islamic scarf. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Pussy_Riot_Member_Gets_Six_Years_In_Absentia⠀⇛ A self-exiled member of the Pussy Riot protest group, Lyusya Shtein, has been sentenced in absentia to six years in prison over her online posts about Russian armed forces involved in the war in Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_sentences_Pussy_Riot_activist_to_six_years in_absentia_for_Ukraine_“war_fakes”⠀⇛ A Russian court sentenced Lyusya Shtein, a member of Pussy Riot and a former municipal deputy in Moscow, to six years in prison in absentia for anti-war social media posts, the court’s press service said on Wednesday. Shtein, 27, was found guilty of spreading “war fakes” in connection with a March 2022 post on X, in which she accused Russian soldiers captured by Ukraine of “bombing foreign cities and killing people”, Russian independent news outlet Mediazona reported. # ⚓ The Globe And Mail CA ☛ Russia_sentences_Pussy_Riot activist_to_six_years_in_absentia_for_Ukraine_‘war_fakes’⠀⇛ At least 19,855 people have been detained in Russia for expressing anti-war views since President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, according to OVD-Info, a group that monitors crackdowns on dissent. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Ronna’s_Out._But_the_Folks_Who_Hired_Her Remain_at_NBC_News.⠀⇛ The official news came Tuesday afternoon. But will there ever be a reckoning for the clueless people who hired her? # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Met_settles_with_journalists_detained during_BLM_protest⠀⇛ The Metropolitan Police has settled with three journalists detained and stopped from covering a Black Lives Matter protest in London in 2014. Video journalist Jason N Parkinson, photographer Jess Hurd and another unnamed photojournalist, all members of the National Union of Journalists, have accepted an apology and out-of-court settlement from the police force. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ What_news_publishers_should_do_now_to_avoid extinction_in_2025⠀⇛ While publishers continued focusing on diversifying revenue streams beyond ad sales – such as generative AI, e-commerce, subscriptions, community, newsletters, acquisitions, editorial shifts, podcasts, content licensing to LLMs, and lawsuits – it may not be enough. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Assange_Extradition_Delayed_Unless_US_Provides ‘Assurances’_He_Won’t_Be_Executed_for_Revealing_the_Truth⠀⇛ Significantly, the court also rejected “fresh evidence” from the Assange team with regards to the Yahoo News article written by Zach Dorfman, Sean D Naylor and Michael Isikoff that exposed a plot by former CIA Director Mike Pompeo and others to kidnap or assassinate Assange during his time at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Despite the evidence exposed by the article, the judges ruled, “Extradition would result in him being lawfully in the custody of the United States authorities, and the reasons (if they can be called that) for rendition or kidnap or assassination then fall away.” # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Serbian_Court_Holds_Hearing_On_Extradition_Of Belarusian_Journalist_Wanted_By_Minsk⠀⇛ Andrey Hnyot was arrested on October 30 at Belgrade airport based on an Interpol warrant issued at the request of Minsk for alleged tax evasion. Since then, he has been held in detention at Belgrade Central Prison. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Peaceful_protests,_lawful_assembly_can’t be_sole_reason_for_DOJ_facial_recognition_use_under_interim policy⠀⇛ Activities protected under the First Amendment, such as peaceful protests and lawful assembly, “may not be the sole basis for the use of” facial recognition technology under the Justice Department’s interim policy governing its deployment of the technology, the agency told a civil rights panel. In written testimony submitted to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights last week, the DOJ shared details of its approach to using facial recognition technology, or FRT, including its interim policy, which it issued in December but hasn’t shared publicly. The testimony came a couple of weeks after the civil rights panel held a briefing on federal use of facial recognition technology that the DOJ didn’t testify at in-person or submit testimony for in advance. # ⚓ Associated Press ☛ Wisconsin_Supreme_Court_lets_ruling stand_that_declared_Amazon_drivers_to_be_employees⠀⇛ The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand a lower court ruling that declared some delivery drivers for Amazon were employees as the state argued, not independent contractors as the online retail giant contended. The court, in a unanimous decision, said the appeal was “improvidently granted,” meaning the Supreme Court should not have reviewed the case. That decision dismissing the case, issued after the court heard oral arguments, leaves a 2023 Wisconsin appeals court ruling against Amazon in place. # ⚓ The Hill ☛ Wisconsin_top_court_upholds_ruling_that_declared Amazon_drivers_to_be_employees ⠀⇛ The Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission upheld the department’s argument the drivers were employees, prompting Amazon Logistics to sue in Waukesha County, Kan., circuit court, the AP reported. A judge ruled the drivers were independent contractors and the Wisconsin Court of Appeals overturned the ruling last year, setting up a battle at the state Supreme Court. # ⚓ Seattle Times ☛ Wisconsin_Supreme_Court_lets_ruling_stand that_declared_Amazon_drivers_to_be_employees⠀⇛ The court, in a unanimous decision, said the appeal was “improvidently granted,” meaning the Supreme Court should not have reviewed the case. That decision dismissing the case, issued after the court heard oral arguments, leaves a 2023 Wisconsin appeals court ruling against Amazon in place. That ruling found that drivers in the Amazon Flex program are a part of the state’s unemployment insurance system and entitled to jobless pay if they are laid off. The decision means an Amazon subsidiary, Amazon Logistics, will likely be hit with a tax bill of more than $200,000. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Wisconsin_Supreme_Court_Lets Ruling_Stand_That_Declared_Amazon_Drivers_to_Be_Employees⠀⇛ The case was closely watched for what effect a ruling would have on workers in the “gig economy.” # ⚓ Thomas Rigby ☛ Designing_for_older_adults⠀⇛ In 2022, there were nearly 50,000 registered doctors over the age of 60 in the UK - that's 12%! For context, that's around half the market share of Safari or nearly three times the percentage of the population with colour blindness. We routinely consider the needs of colour blind users and we'd be strung from the rafters if our solution didn't work for half of Safari users so designing for older adults should be given the same prominence in our work. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ El País ☛ Telegram:_The_internet_is_not_theirs:_shifting towards_a_public_service⠀⇛ It’s up to us, the citizens, and our political representatives to establish and fund a new type of network — an [Internet] designed to serve the public. This was the original vision of its creators, a group of scientists who generously applied their immense talents for the betterment of society. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Amazon_Fined_$7.8_Million_by_Polish Consumer_Watchdog⠀⇛ Chrostny said that UOKiK had questioned practices such as displaying a time counter on the screen indicating a period in which the order should be placed without a guarantee that it will arrive within the timeframe given. o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Trefuego_Ordered_to_Pay_$800K+_in_Sony Music_Copyright_Suit⠀⇛ Surprisingly, SME only learned of the alleged infringement – with the appropriate track ultimately appearing in about 155,000 TikTok videos and generating north of 100 million Spotify streams – in early 2021, according to the original complaint. # ⚓ Walled Culture ☛ We_risk_losing_access_to_the_world’s academic_knowledge,_and_copyright_makes_things_worse⠀⇛ That in itself is bad news, but new research from Martin Paul Eve (available as open access) shows that the way the shift to digital has been managed by publishers brings with it a new problem. For all their flaws, analogue publications have the great virtue that they are durable: once a library has a copy, it is likely to be available for decades, if not centuries. Digital scholarly articles come with no such guarantee. The Internet is constantly in flux, with many publishers and sites closing down each year, often without notice. That’s a problem when sites holding archival copies of scholarly articles vanish, making it harder, perhaps impossible, to access important papers. Eve explored whether publishers were placing copies of the articles they published in key archives. Ideally, digital papers would be available in multiple archives to ensure resilience, but the reality is that very few publishers did this. Ars Technica has a good summary of Eve’s results: [...] o § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ # § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ hisacro's_distorted_pleasure⠀⇛ Okay today is the day! I don't know how to console or pamper you and the worst, I'm starring blank at ceiling when all you asked for is a simple talk. Now we have resolved things - you can hold on to that teeny tiny grudge at side but as always I'll be grateful for meeting my companion. Have a good sleep. # ⚓ easter_looms...⠀⇛ pardon the weird title i just couldn't flamen think of anything better hiyerrrr how we all doing? answer right now. speak out loud to your screen like it's Dora the sodding explorer i've been having an alright time lately so that's fun. had a few tweets blow up (cringe), drew a few shit so-called "webcomics" on me cohost profile (cringe). visited my bestie up in Glasgow last week and while the weather was shite i had a really nice time!! and it's only like two weeks til i fly all the way to CANADA!! if you can believe it!! off to see me girlfriend, can't bloody wait hehe # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_EGHILTM_Wordo:_DUSTS⠀⇛ # ⚓ a_question_for_the_writers⠀⇛ hi my friends, the writers of this fine establishment. how did you get started with creative writing? i am a digital artist, when i feel my work can improve i know i can just practice more and i will get better! i've always felt atleast a little bit confident that i can do it, i am able to push though and get something on the page no matter how bad i think it is. but i find writing to be different, it doesn't feel like a lack of practice but a lack of tools. even just writing dot point character descriptions i struggle with. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4516 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 28/03/2024: Sega, Nintendo, and Bell Layoffs⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 28, 2024 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Raspberry,_Funny_Cartoon⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Pseudo-Open_Source # Openwashing o Security # Integrity/Availability/Authenticity # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Whistleblowers_/_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 # Gemini*_and_Gopher # Personal/Opinions # Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ MWL ☛ Vultr_Just_Betrayed_Us⠀⇛ I suppose the hip kids would say this is enshittification, but it’s certainly a betrayal. [...] This is unacceptable. No other hosting company does this. The TLDR on the side is deceitful. They say that we own our stuff. Fine. The fine print declares that we license our stuff to them, for full exploitation, without compensation. I have not agreed to those ToS. Fortunately, I can migrate off their systems without console access, so I do not have to agree. If you use vultr, I suggest you do the same. Also contact them through their contact page and state your refusal. I’m told you can cancel via their page without logging in, but haven’t yet tried it. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ice_Skating_and_the_Brain⠀⇛ How do champion skaters accomplish their extraordinary jumps and spins? Brain science is uncovering clues. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Magnetic_Fingerprints_of_The_Milky_Way's Black_Hole_Revealed_in_Stunning_Image⠀⇛ They look eerily familiar. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Melting_Polar_Ice_Is_Having_a_Concerning Impact_on_The_Length_of_Our_Year⠀⇛ Not a moment to lose. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ An_Engineering_Expert_Explains_Why_The Baltimore_Bridge_Collapsed⠀⇛ A tragic event we can learn from. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Common_Plastic_Additive_Linked_to_Autism And_ADHD,_Scientists_Find⠀⇛ # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Why_Do_People_Claim_They_Own_“The Science™”?⠀⇛ In a truly remarkable article, seemingly packed with anti-scientific claims masquerading as scientific rigour, Dr Jonathan N. Stea asks why people fall for “Fake Science News.” It isn’t entirely clear what Dr Stea is talking about because he doesn’t give any examples, just some vague generalities about people having the gall to question “the Science™.” … o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Sort_Of_Electromagnet_Attracts_Copper, Aluminum⠀⇛ It is a common grade school experiment to wind some wire around a screw, power it up, and watch it pick up paper clips or other ferrous materials. It is also grade school science to show that neither an electromagnet nor a permanent magnet will pick up nonferrous items like copper or aluminum. While technically not an electromagnet, it is possible to build a similar device that will weakly pull on copper and aluminum, and [Cylo] shows us how it works in a recent video you can see below. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Half_the_processors_made_by_Russian_computer chipmaker_Baikal_Electronics_are_reportedly_defective_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_hopes_Netherlands_will_ensure 'normal'_lithography_machine_trade⠀⇛ BEIJING - China hopes the Netherlands would support companies in fulfilling their contractual obligations and ensure "normal" trade of lithography machines, said Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ China's_president_says_it_doesn't_need ASML_—_tells_Dutch_PM_it_will_continue_with_advanced technological_progress_regardless⠀⇛ China's President Pooh-tin Jinping still wants the Netherlands to stop following American export restrictions, but he also said that continuing to do so would not stop the nation's progress. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 3D_Printing_With_(Ersatz)_Moon_Dust⠀⇛ When the people of Earth set up bases on the moon, you can imagine that 3D printing will be a key enabling technology. Of course, you could ship plastic or other filament at great cost. But what if you could print with something you can already find on the moon? Like moon dust. NASA thinks it is possible and has been doing tests on doing just that. Now [Virtual Foundry] wants to let you have a shot at trying it yourself. It doesn’t really contain moon dust, but their Basalt Moon Dust Filamet has a similar composition. You can see a video about the material below. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Vecow_SPC-9000_fanless_embedded_system_is powered_by_an_defective_chip_maker_Intel_Core_7_Ultra_165U_or Core_5_Ultra_135U_SoC⠀⇛ Vecow SPC-9000 fanless embedded system is powered by the 14th Gen defective chip maker Intel Core Ultra 7 165U or Core Ultra 5 135U 12-core Meteor Lake processor and targets Edge Hey Hi (AI) applications for factory management, data acquisition & monitoring, autonomous mobile robots (AMR), Smart Retail, and more. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Ambiq_Apollo510_Arm_Cortex-M55_MCU_delivers up_to_30x_better_power_efficiency_for_AI/ML_workloads⠀⇛ Ambiq Apollo510 Arm Cortex-M55 microcontroller delivers 30 times better power efficiency than typical Cortex-M4 designs and 10 times the performance of the Apollo4 Cortex-M4 sub-threshold microcontroller for Hey Hi (AI) and ML workloads. The new MCU also comes with 4MB NVM, 3.75MB SRAM, a 2.5D GPU with vector graphics acceleration that’s 3.5 times faster than the Apollo4 Plus, and support for low-power Memory-in-Pixel (MiP) displays. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Supreme_Court_Seems_Set_to_Preserve_Access to_Mifepristone_in_Likely_Defeat_for_Abortion_Foes⠀⇛ The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on the abortion pill mifepristone, which is available by mail and can be taken at home, even in states that have severely limited or banned abortions. The case was brought by a group of anti-choice medical associations that have sought to overturn moves by the Food and Drug Administration to increase access to the drug, which is used for roughly two-thirds of all U.S. abortions. This was the first abortion- related Supreme Court hearing since the court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. A decision is expected by July. “Overall the justices showed that they were skeptical of the claims brought by the plaintiffs in this case,” says Michele Goodwin, a law professor at Georgetown University and founding director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy. Goodwin summarizes the arguments presented by both sides, the justices’ responses and the legal implications of the upcoming ruling. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Meet_Eva_Burch,_Arizona_State_Senator Fighting_Abortion_Bans_by_Sharing_Her_Plan_to_Have_an Abortion⠀⇛ Democratic Arizona state Senator Eva Burch made headlines last week after speaking on the floor of the state Senate about her plans to obtain an abortion after receiving news that her pregnancy was nonviable. Arizona has banned all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. “I felt like it was really important for me to bring people along, so that people could really see what this looks like,” says Burch, a former nurse practitioner who worked at a women’s health clinic before running for office, about why she decided to publicly tell her story. “I wanted to pull people into the conversation so we can be more honest about what abortion care looks like” and “hopefully move the needle in the right direction,” she adds. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Hoarding_Junk_Proteins_Could_Increase_Our Risk_of_ALS⠀⇛ And speed up aging. # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Mexico_postpones_glyphosate_ban_citing lack_of_available_alternatives⠀⇛ The World Health Organization classifies the controversial herbicide as a “probable carcinogen.” # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Younger_Generations_Have_Larger_Brains._Is That_Healthier?⠀⇛ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ AU_for_Ensuring_Africa’s_Self-Sufficiency_in Medicines,_Vaccines⠀⇛ The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the vulnerability of Africa's dependence on external sources for essential medicines and vaccines. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ HKFP_Lens:_Art_Basel_2024_returns_to pre-pandemic_scale_with_works_from_242_local_and_int’l leading_galleries⠀⇛ Art Basel Hong Kong has returned to Wan Chai’s exhibition centre at full-scale, welcoming 242 galleries from 40 countries, with 65 more exhibitors participating compared to last year. “ [T]he show will provide an unparalleled and dynamic overview of artistic production across the Asia- Pacific region, from historical rediscoveries to work by contemporary practitioners. # ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Allianz_Field_to_host_its_first musical_event,_a_two-day_dance_music_festival_in_June⠀⇛ Officials say the pandemic slowed down plans for live music at the venue. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Pandemic_babies_less_likely_to_be_vaccinated, compared_to_previous_age_groups [Ed: If you FORCE people to take EXPERIMENTAL vaccines that end up not working as advertised you risk people becoming hesitant to trust ANY vaccine and, by doing so, you only endanger the population]⠀⇛ Regional differences in the number of children's vaccinations are narrowing. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Five_of_Finland's_hospital_maternity_wards_at_risk_of closure⠀⇛ Health officials have decided to no longer allow hospitals with fewer than 1,000 births a year to provide maternity services. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Doctors_temporarily_laid_off_in_South_Ostrobothnia⠀⇛ Due to the wellbeing services county's budget shortfall, doctors on non-urgent duties will be furloughed for three days. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Carer_support_hotline_sees_14,600 calls_since_launch,_35%_sought_emotional_counselling, official_says⠀⇛ A Hong Kong government hotline designed to support carers for elderly and disabled people has received about 14,600 calls since its launch last September, with 35 per cent of callers seeking emotional counselling, labour and welfare chief Chris Sun has said. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Why_Bluesky_Remains_The_Most_Interesting Experiment_In_Social_Media,_By_Far⠀⇛ These days, everyone hates big tech, and that’s often for very good reasons. You shouldn’t trust giant centralized companies that have collected a ridiculous amount of data on you. There are few reasonable alternatives, so they can keep you stuck in their silos. They just move more and more rapidly along the enshittification curve, extracting more and more value from you for less value given back. # ⚓ Games ☛ Sega_sells_Relic_and_will_cut_240_jobs_across_UK studios⠀⇛ Sega has sold Relic Entertainment, and will cut 240 roles across Sega Europe, Creative Assembly and Sega HARDlight. Relic is best known for the Company of Heroes and Dawn of War games, and recently developed the new Age of Empires for Microsoft. Relic will transition to an independent studio and will no-longer be part of the Sega group of studios. The majority of the 240 job cuts are across Creative Assembly and Sega Europe, while there will be a ‘small number’ cut from Sega HARDLight. There was no mention of other Sega UK studios, including Two Point Studios and Sports Interactive. Creative Assembly had already suffered a range of redundancies following the cancellation of its Hyenas project last year. # ⚓ Sega_Sells_Relic_Entertainment_And_Announces_Layoffs_Across Multiple_Teams⠀⇛ As reported by IGN, the job losses will be split across Sega Europe, Creative Assembly, and Sega Hardlight. It's reported that the latter will be the least affected, with the majority of layoffs hitting Sega Europe and Creative Assembly. # ⚓ Nintendo_to_lay_off_86_Redmond_employees_this_spring⠀⇛ Gaming news site Kotaku noted the layoffs are coming ahead of the launch of Nintendo’s highly anticipated successor to its Switch console, now said to be coming in 2025 after delays. The Switch is the 15th and most recent gaming console Nintendo has launched dating back to 1977. Released in 2017, this has been one of the longest gaps between consoles in company history. “These changes will involve some contractor assignments ending, as well as the creation of a significant number of new full-time employee positions,” a spokesperson for Nintendo told Kotaku in an email. “For those contractor associates who will be leaving us, we are tremendously grateful for the important contributions they’ve made to our business, and we extend our heartfelt thanks for their hard work and service to Nintendo.” # ⚓ The Business Journals ☛ Nintendo_lays_off_86_contract workers_in_Redmond⠀⇛ Nintendo of America is laying off 86 contract workers in Redmond from tech staffing and consulting firm TEKsystems. # ⚓ Nintendo_is_Laying_Off_Internal_Testers_Amidst_First-Party Games_‘Lull’⠀⇛ Nintendo has confirmed that it’s laying off some internal testers amidst a first-party ‘lull’ that has a lack of exclusive games prepped for 2024, including the Switch 2 reportedly being delayed. The company confirmed that impacted testers will receive severance packages and be provided “assistance during their transition.” Following a report from Kotaku about the layoffs, Nintendo officially responded with its own statement confirming that it is restructuring its internal testing, leading to some internal testers being let go due to a lack of first-party games and hardware being ready. # ⚓ Sega’s_Labor_Union_Wins,_After_Sega_&_CWA_Agree_On_Union Contract⠀⇛ As reported by GamesIndustry.Biz, Sega and the Communication Workers of America (CWA) have agreed to terms of their labor union contract. Allied Employees Guild Improving Sega (AEGIS), the Sega union that organized under the CWA, and came in the news in the past few months, has ratified their collective bargaining contract. # ⚓ Neowin ☛ Sega_announces_major_layoffs_across_UK_studios, sells_Company_of_Heroes_maker_Relic⠀⇛ Sega has announced some major changes to its Western gaming divisions. 240 positions across its Sega Europe, Creative Assembly, and Sega HARDlight game development studios are being cut, while developer Relic Entertainment is being sold off completely. Sega has said most of the jobs being cut are from the Creative Assembly and Sega Europe divisions. Creative Assembly is responsible for the hit strategy franchise Total War on the PC platform, and only last year released the Ancient Egypt-set Total War: Pharaoh. The studio was also developing a AAA hero-based multiplayer project named Hyenas, which Sega canceled last year during open beta phases. It's unclear how many of the 240 lost positions are from Creative Assembly. # ⚓ SEGA_to_reportedly_lay_off_240_staff,_as_Company_of_Heroes developer_Relic_announces_plans_to_go_independent_following sale⠀⇛ SEGA is reportedly planning to cut 240 jobs across a number of its studios, with Total War developer Creative Assembly, SEGA Europe, and Sonic Dream Team developer Hardlight being the studios set to be affected by these layoffs. Meanwhile, the publisher has announced that it's sold Company of Heroes developer Relic, which now plans to go independent. # ⚓ Sega_Layoffs_2024:_What_to_Know_About_the_Latest_Sega_Job Cuts⠀⇛ Sega, a division of Sega Sammy (OTCMKTS:SGAMY), has announced layoffs as the video game company sells off one of its development studios. Sega has announced that 240 employees will be affected by this latest round of layoffs. The company says that this will include workers at its Sega Europe, Creative Assembly and Sega Hardlight divisions. The latest news notes that Sega Hardlight is going to be the group least affected by these layoffs. Instead, Sega Europe and Creative Assembly will bear the brunt of the cuts. # ⚓ Sega_sells_Relic_Entertainment_and_cuts_240_jobs_in_UK studios⠀⇛ The gaming industry continues to be feverish. It has become known that Sega has sold Relic Entertainment, which is known as the developer of such popular games as Company of Heroes and Dawn of War. The studio has recently developed a new Age of Empires for Microsoft. Relic is transforming into an independent studio and will no longer be part of the Sega group of studios. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Canada-based_telecommunications_giant_lays off_hundreds_of_employees_in_10-minute_video_call_meetings⠀⇛ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Microsoft_is_removing_this_30-year-old software_from_Windows:_How_you’ll_be_affected,_alternatives and_more⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gaming_Industry_Layoffs:_Nintendo_Confirms_Testing Department_Cuts⠀⇛ There’s only two mistakes you can make when investing. One is not investing at all. The next is buying the wrong stocks. Get an edge on which stocks to buy with the Benzinga Insider Report, our best weekly stock report sent right to your inbox. Act fast and secure our top stock picks at an unbelievable discount! Claim This Limited $0.99 Offer NOW! # ⚓ TechRadar ☛ Nintendo_of_America_to_lay_off_contractors ahead_of_Switch_2's_release,_according_to_report⠀⇛ In case you were wondering, yes, the games industry is still undergoing a period of mass layoffs. According to a new report, the latest round seems to be from Nintendo of America ahead of the release of the much-anticipated Nintendo Switch successor which appears to be slated for a 2025 launch. The report, from Kotaku, states that Nintendo of America's contractors - who perform testing for upcoming games and hardware - are undergoing a wholesale restructuring. According to eight contractors who work (or have worked) for Nintendo of America, the testing department is undergoing a period of downsizing that includes an undetermined numbers of layoffs, though some contractors have reportedly been offered full-time roles at the company. o § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ # § Openwashing⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Jungle ☛ What’s_Up_with_Open_Source_on_I.C.B.M._i? [Ed: Openwashing. This product is proprietary, monopolised, very expensive.]⠀⇛ Open source software has become a steadfast component of the I.C.B.M. i stack. But what open source software are I.C.B.M. i shops using today? Results from Fortra’s recent I.C.B.M. i Marketplace Survey provide answers. It may seem odd now, but open source hasn’t always been a staple of the I.C.B.M. i server’s software diet. Until PHP arrived on the platform two decades ago, proprietary software was the only option for I.C.B.M. i shops. > # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Databricks_open-sources_its_own_large language_model,_DBRX⠀⇛ Databricks Inc. today launched DBRX, a general-purpose large language model that it says outperforms all existing open-source models — and some proprietary ones — on standard benchmarks. The company said it’s open-sourcing the model to encourage customers to migrate away from commercial alternatives. o § Security⠀➾ # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_police_arrest_15- year-old_girl_linked_to_phone_scams_involving_HK$1.75 million_in_losses⠀⇛ A 15-year-old girl has been arrested by police on suspicion of involvement in seven “guess who I am” style phone scams, which swindled HK$1.75 million out of victims, mostly elderly people living alone. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Site36 ☛ Frontex_tests_upload_of_selfies:_“Quick Border_App”_to_supplement_new_regulation_for_entry_into the_EU⠀⇛ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ ShotSpotter_Pitches_In_To_Help_Cops_Open Fire_On_A_Teen_Setting_Off_Fireworks⠀⇛ Back in 2021, the Chicago Office of the Inspector General released a report on the PD’s ShotSpotter tech. The acoustic detection system was apparently mostly useless, no matter what ShotSpotter may have commented in response. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_mulls_compulsory surveillance_and_dash_cameras_in_taxis⠀⇛ Hong Kong will consult the taxi industry as to whether surveillance and dash cameras will be made mandatory in their vehicles. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Lam Sai-hung was responding in writing to a legislative question on Wednesday from lawmaker Luk Chung-hung. # ⚓ Site36 ☛ More_German_authorities_introduce_facial recognition,_while_the_police_photo_database_breaks through_5_million_mark⠀⇛ # ⚓ EFF ☛ EFF_Asks_Oregon_Supreme_Court_Not_to_Limit Fourth_Amendment_Rights_Based_on_Terms_of_Service⠀⇛ EFF signed on to an amicus brief drafted by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers earlier this month petitioning the Oregon Supreme Court to review State v. Simons, a case involving law enforcement surveillance of over a year’s worth of private internet activity. We ask that the Court join the Ninth Circuit in recognizing that people have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their browsing histories, and that checking a box to access public Wi-Fi does not waive Fourth Amendment rights. Mr. Simons was convicted of downloading child pornography after police warrantlessly captured his browsing history on an A&W restaurant’s public Wi-Fi network, which he accessed from his home across the street. The network was not password-protected but did require users to agree to an acceptable use policy, which noted that while web activity would not be actively monitored under normal circumstances, A&W “may cooperate with legal authorities.” A private consultant hired by the restaurant noticed a device on the network accessing child pornography sites and turned over logs of all of the device’s unencrypted internet activity, both illegal and benign, to law enforcement. The Court of Appeals asserted that Mr. Simons had no reasonable expectation of privacy in his browsing history on A&W’s free Wi-Fi network. We disagree. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ GM_Pinky_Swears_It_Will_Stop_Selling Driving_Data_To_Insurers_After_Lawsuits,_NYT Bombshell⠀⇛ Earlier this month the New York Times published a major story confirming that automakers collect driver behavior data then sell it to a long list of companies. That includes insurance companies, who are now jacking up insurance rates if they see behavior in the dataset they don’t like. # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Mozilla_Privacy_Blog:_Pathways_to_a_fairer digital_world:_shaping_EU_rules_to_increase_consumer protection_and_choice_online [Ed: Mozilla is only pretending to value privacy; it is all relative]⠀⇛ In the evolving digital landscape, where every click, swipe, and interaction shapes people’s daily lives, the need for robust consumer protection has never been more paramount. The propagation of deceptive design practices, aggressive personalization, and proliferation of fake reviews have the potential to limit or distort choices online and harm people, particularly the most vulnerable, by tricking them into taking actions that are not in their best interest, causing financial loss, loss of privacy, security, and well-being. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “We_Don’t_Need_More_Detention_Centers,_More Border_Patrol”:_Fernando_García_on_SB4_&_New_Spending_Law⠀⇛ An immigration battle continues on the border between Texas and Mexico, as Texas’s state government increases its militarization of the region, deploying hundreds of National Guard troops and constructing new infrastructure on the border. Meanwhile, a new federal spending bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden has increased funding for ICE and CBP, and state and federal courts have been wrangling over the legality of SB4, a new Texas state law that gives local police sweeping powers to arrest and deport anyone they suspect has entered the United States without authorization. We hear more from Fernando García, founder and executive director of the Border Network for Human Rights, in El Paso. García says the influx of special forces with “no training with how to deal with a civilian population,” alongside the “show me your papers’’ atmosphere created by SB4, is increasing the daily violence faced by Latinx residents on the U.S. side of the border, all while “illegally impeding” the right to seek asylum by those in “desperate” straits on the Mexico side. Instead of capitulating to anti- immigrant politicians, he continues, “We needed for the federal government to stop Texas, stop the governor” from targeting “Latinos, people of color, migrants and people looking for asylum, for protection.” # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Inside_Gary,_Indiana’s_Suit_Against_the_Gun Industry⠀⇛ Twenty-five years ago, Scott King, then mayor of Gary, Indiana, spoke solemnly as he described a new strategy the city was taking to deal with the flow of illegally purchased guns fueling violent crime there. Undercover Gary police officers had fanned out across the area for Operation Hollowpoint, successfully purchasing guns and ammunition at federally licensed firearm retailers despite representing themselves as suspicious buyers. King presented surveillance footage in an 18-minute video produced by the city. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Baltimore_Key_Bridge_Collapses,_Killing_Six Immigrant_Workers_Who_Had_No_Access_to_Emergency_Warnings⠀⇛ Six people are missing and presumed dead after a 984-foot cargo ship hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing the bridge’s collapse early Tuesday morning. All six have been identified as immigrant construction workers originally hailing from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Maryland Governor Wes Moore said the crew on the ship was able to issue an emergency mayday call before colliding with the bridge, which allowed authorities to stop incoming traffic and prevent more casualties. However, reports say the workers already on the bridge were not given similar warnings. “The question we should be asking about is why the folks on that bridge … had no direct line to emergency dispatch when they are clearly working in a potentially hazardous environment,” says journalist Maximillian Alvarez, the editor-in-chief of the Baltimore-based organization The Real News Network, who has been closely following the story and how it has affected immigrant and working-class communities. “What does this story actually show us? That immigrants are filling our potholes at night so that we can have a smooth drive to work in the morning,” Alvarez says. “I hope people can see this and see the humanity in us.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘They_wanted_to_humiliate_me’:_How_the_Russian authorities_tried_to_charge_a_handless_activist_with strangling_a_police_officer_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Taiwan’s_Kinmen_Island:_On_the_front_lines_of_tension with_China⠀⇛ Amid fishing disputes and saber-rattling, residents say the tacit understandings that allowed everyone to get along are eroding. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Haiti's_future_governing_council_vows_to_restore public_order⠀⇛ The governing council that aims to oversee a political transition in Haiti vowed Wednesday to restore "public and democratic order" in its first statement to the Caribbean nation wracked by a worsening security crisis. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Report:_Despite_its_displeasure,_China_maintains_sway with_Myanmar_junta⠀⇛ The International Crisis Group says China and UN Security Council members should seek a ‘coordinated response.’ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Security_Forces_Clash_With_Pro-Palestinian Protesters_in_Jordan,_Video_Shows⠀⇛ Protesters gathered near the Israeli embassy in Amman, the capital, calling for the country to cancel its agreements with Israel. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Squatters_Invaded_His_Mom's_House—so_He_Fought Back⠀⇛ Thanks to "squatters' rights" laws, evicting a squatter can be so expensive and cumbersome that some people simply walk away from their homes. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Virginia_governor_vetoes_30_bills_concerning_gun regulation⠀⇛ Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin vetoed 30 pieces of legislation Tuesday related to the state regulation of guns. Though all related to guns, the vetoed bills ranged in topic, from criminalizing the dealing of guns near primary schools to requiring fingerprinting for a concealed weapons permit. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ After_the_U.N._Cease-Fire_Resolution, Israeli_Strikes_on_Gaza_Haven’t_Let_Up⠀⇛ Israel and Hamas appear no closer to negotiating a stop in fighting, with significant gaps remaining between them. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Israel_recalls_Gaza_truce_negotiators,_strikes Hezbollah_targets_in_Lebanon⠀⇛ Israel recalled its negotiators from Doha after deeming mediated talks on a Gaza truce "at a dead end" due to demands by Hamas, a senior Israeli official said on Tuesday. Lebanese official media said fresh Israeli strikes on eastern Lebanon on Tuesday killed two people, after the deepest raid since cross-border hostilities erupted between Israel and Hezbollah amid the Gaza war. # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Lebanon's_Hezbollah_fires_barrage_of rockets_into_northern_Israel⠀⇛ Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement fired a barrage of rockets into northern Israel on Wednesday killing a civilian, after Israel carried out a deadly strike in south Lebanon. The news came as the southern Gaza Strip came under intense Israeli bombardment overnight, despite international pressure for an immediate ceasefire in the Palestinian territory where famine is looming. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ War_risks_to_Australian_maritime_trade⠀⇛ If push comes to shove between China and the United States, Australia’s international trade with Asia is at risk of becoming collateral damage. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Africom_Commander_points_to_terrorism “shattering”_African_lives⠀⇛ The senior United States (US) soldier in Africa told the US Congress that global events, including Russia’s war on Ukraine and Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, have impacted the lives of millions of Africans. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Traffic_cam_data_suggests_Moscow_terrorism suspects_were_apprehended_hours_earlier_than_previously reported_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Death_toll_from_Moscow_terrorist_attack surpasses_140_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We_broke_down_the_doors’:_How_people_caught in_the_Moscow_terrorist_attack_saved_the_lives_of_those around_them_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘It’s_a_prevention_measure’:_Why_the_Russian authorities_shared_graphic_footage_of_the_Moscow terrorism_suspects_being_tortured_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Russian_delegation_visits Pyongyang_to_discuss_cooperation_against_spying,_KCNA says⠀⇛ The meeting comes as Pyongyang seeks to expand its diplomatic engagement after Covid- 19 lockdowns. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ North_Korean_Minister_Yun_Jong-Ho_Visits Moscow⠀⇛ Previously, the Putin administration asserted that it will develop relations with North Korea in all fields. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_entrepreneurs_report_10_million euros'_worth_of_aid_to_Ukraine⠀⇛ Since the start of Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine, the Entrepreneurs for Peace Foundation, which brings together more than 300 Latvian companies, has sent more than €10 million in aid to Ukraine, the foundation said on March 27. # ⚓ France24 ☛ No,_this_viral_video_of_'bombings'_wasn’t actually_filmed_in_Russia⠀⇛ The Ukrainians have intensified their bombing campaign on border towns in Russia in recent weeks. But a viral video said to show the aftermath of a recent Ukrainian strike on the Russian city of Belgorod actually shows nothing of the kind. The footage was filmed during protests in Kazakhstan two years ago. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Ukrainian_teachers_help_plug_the_hole_in Lithuania‘s_education_system⠀⇛ More than 500 teachers and teaching assistants from Ukraine now work in Lithuania’s schools. With schools struggling to find staff, they welcome Ukrainian specialists who teach foreign languages and sciences to Lithuanian-speaking students. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ More_Civilians_Killed_Amid_Kyiv's_Desperation For_Air-Defense_Systems⠀⇛ Russian forces shelled the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, killing one person and injuring 16, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said, as Ukraine's president and foreign minister again appealed for more air-defense systems from the United States. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Pussy_Riot_Member_Gets_6_Years_In_Absentia⠀⇛ A self-exiled member of the Pussy Riot protest group, Lyusya Shtein, has been sentenced in absentia to six years in prison over her online posts about Russian armed forces involved in the war in Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ UN_Report_Accuses_Russia_Of_Executing Ukrainian_Prisoners_Of_War⠀⇛ A new report by the United Nations has said Russia may have executed at least 32 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) in the three months to February 29. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine,_Georgia_Qualify_For_Euro_2024⠀⇛ Ukraine came from behind to beat Iceland in a play-off to qualify for Euro 2024 on March 26, while Georgia qualified for a first ever major tournament after beating Greece on penalties. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_Amps_Up_Online_Campaign Against_Ukraine_Before_U.S._Elections⠀⇛ Moscow has found better ways to conceal influence operations that spread arguments for isolationism, officials and experts say. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Thursday_Briefing:_Russia’s_Online Attack_on_Ukraine_Aid⠀⇛ Plus, Stephen King’s greatest hits. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Russian_diplomat_ordered_out_of_Latvia⠀⇛ A Russian diplomat has been ordered to leave Latvia by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Rīga_port:_severing_ties_with_Russia_would bring_20%_turnover_drop⠀⇛ Breaking economic ties with Russia would reduce the turnover of Riga port by 20%, according to the port's calculations, Rīga Freeport Manager Ansis Zeltiņš told Latvian Radio on March 27. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Latvia_Expels_Russian_Diplomat_For 'Unacceptable'_Actions⠀⇛ Latvia has declared one employee of the Russian Embassy persona non grata and expelled him from the country. At the request of the Latvian Foreign Ministry, the diplomat must leave by April 10. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Rights_Defender_Subject_To_'Inhumane' Treatment_In_Jail:_Lawyers⠀⇛ Lawyers for imprisoned Russian human rights defender Oleg Orlov say their client is being held in "inhumane" conditions. Orlov, 70, is being deprived of rest, hot food, and confidential meetings with his attorneys, they said on March 27. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Alleged_Former_North_Caucasus_Insurgent Detained_In_Daghestan⠀⇛ Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on March 27 that a suspected former member of the North Caucasus insurgency was detained in Daghestan last week. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Samsung_Pay_System_To_Stop_Using_Russia's_Mir Payment_Cards⠀⇛ Samsung announced on March 27 that its Samsung Pay system will stop using Russia's Mir payment cards as of April 3. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Death_Toll_From_Concert_Hall_Attack_In_Russia Rises_To_143⠀⇛ The death toll in the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack near Moscow has risen to 143, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said on March 27. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Uzbek_Citizens_Urged_To_Obey_Tougher_Security Measures_In_Russia⠀⇛ Uzbekistan has urged its citizens who work in Russia to comply with the stepped-up security measures that Moscow introduced following last week's deadly attack at a concert hall near Moscow. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ New_US_sanctions_target_North Korean_military_finances⠀⇛ The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions on six individuals and two entities based in Russia, China and the United Arab Emirates, accusing them of channeling funds to North Korea's weapons programs. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_Group_Spread_Disinformation About_Kate_Middleton,_Experts_Say⠀⇛ A Kremlin-linked group known for online campaigns to sow falsehoods and distrust among Russia’s foes helped fuel the frenzy of conspiracy theories about Catherine and her health. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Kremlin_Treads_Carefully_After Moscow_Attack_Over_Fears_of_Ethnic_Strife⠀⇛ Anti-migrant rhetoric in the aftermath of the attacks at the concert venue outside Moscow has spurred fears that the tragedy could cause ethnic strife inside Russia. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_Has_No_Formal_Death_Penalty. Some_Want_to_Change_That.⠀⇛ Some prominent Russians are calling for the execution of those responsible for the massacre at a concert hall near Moscow, and an end to Russia’s 28-year moratorium on capital punishment. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Serbian_Court_Holds_Hearing_On_Extradition_Of Belarusian_Journalist_Wanted_By_Minsk⠀⇛ A Belarusian journalist, filmmaker, and political activist who has been held in prison in Serbia for nearly six months pleaded with a court in Belgrade on March 26 not to be sent back to Belarus, saying his life would be endangered if he were extradited to his home country. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Regional_environment_behind_recent terror_attacks_will_likely_support_extreme_groups⠀⇛ Last week’s terror attacks in Moscow and in the southern Afgan city of Kandahar have once again raised the spectre of international terrorism. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Death_Toll_From_Terrorist_Attack_in_Moscow Rises_to_143⠀⇛ In addition to the large number of dead, the attack left 180 people injured, many of them in critical health and life-threatening situations. o § Environment⠀➾ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ US_and_China_feud_over_subsidies_for_green tech⠀⇛ Both countries accuse each other of distorting prices for green technology by subsidizing domestic firms. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Report:_As_Climate_Crisis_Expands,_Canada Still_Hands_Billions_to_Fossil_Fuel_Industry⠀⇛ Last year was one of the worst on record for climate change-related disasters, yet Canada’s federal government spent $18.6 billion supporting the fossil fuel and petrochemical industry. A new report by the nonprofit Environmental Defence indicates that, despite record profits for the fossil fuel industry and Canadian claims to eliminate subsidies, the government of Justin Trudeau continues to spend massive quantities of public money supporting the primary cause of climate change. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Petrol_shortages_may_affect_holiday_buses⠀⇛ Bus services will run normally through Thursday at least in the capital region, and until Saturday in the Lahti region. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_Roller_Ship_Was_Not_An_Effective_Way To_Cross_The_High_Seas⠀⇛ Boats come in all shapes and sizes. We have container ships, oil tankers, old-timey wooden sailing ships, catamarans, trimarans, and all sorts besides. Most are designed with features that give them a certain advantage or utility that justifies their construction for a given application. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Retrotechtacular:_TOPS_Runs_The_1970s British_Railroad⠀⇛ How do you make the trains run on time? British Rail adopted TOPS, a computer system born of IBM’s SAGE defense project, along with work from Standford and Southern Pacific Railroad. Before TOPS, running the railroad took paper. Lots of paper, ranging from a train’s history, assignments, and all the other bits of data required to keep the trains moving. TOPS kept this data in real- time on computer screens all across the system. While British Rail wasn’t the only company to deploy TOPS, they were certainly proud of it and produced the video you can see below about how the system worked. # ⚓ H2 View ☛ Treasury_hearing_told_to_incentivise nuclear_for_hydrogen_under_IRA_rules⠀⇛ Existing nuclear resources should be incentivised to support clean hydrogen production, a US Treasury public hearing on the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA’s) 45V guidance has been told. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Sperm_Whales_Have_Been_Seen_Using Their_Ultimate_Weapon_Against_Attacking_Orcas⠀⇛ Never get on a sperm whale's bad side. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron_and_Lula_announce_€1_billion investment_plan_for_the_Amazon⠀⇛ French President Emmanuel Macron kicked off a visit to Brazil Tuesday with the launch of a billion-euro Amazonian green investment plan alongside his counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Chinese_doctor_bewails_vanishing_obstetrics wards_as_births_plummet⠀⇛ Shanghai doctor Duan Tao says the number of beds in obstetrics clinics is falling 'every day.' o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Alibaba_cancels_unit’s_Hong_Kong_IPO,_citing_sluggish market⠀⇛ The move comes amid fears that the new security law will boost the risk of doing business in the city. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Tax_service_checks_math_of_Daugavpils_mayor's lifestyle_and_income⠀⇛ Although the State Revenue Service (VID) has already announced that there was nothing wrong with the income declaration of Daugavpils Mayor Andrejs Elksniņš, the Service continues to verify the conformity of the income of Elksniņš as a natural person with his lifestyle, VID Head Baiba Šmite- Roķe said in an interview Latvian Television on March 26. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Political_strikes_continue_into_fourth_week⠀⇛ The main employers’ group, the EK, estimates that the strike has already cost some €2bn. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Wednesday's_papers:_Split_over_strikes,_fuel supplies,_Stubb's_first_local_tour⠀⇛ A fresh poll shows nearly equal public support for, and opposition to, government labour market policies and the current wave of political strikes in Finland. # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ The_‘super_peso’_strikes_again,_hitting an_8-year_high_against_the_dollar⠀⇛ Despite a narrowing difference in interest rates with the U.S., the peso is at its strongest point since 2015. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_Elon_Musk_Became_‘Kind_of_Pro-China’⠀⇛ Mr. Musk helped create China’s electric vehicle industry. But he is now facing challenges there as well as scrutiny in the West over his reliance on the country. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China’s_Pooh-tin_Jinping_meets_US business_representatives_in_Beijing⠀⇛ Chinese President Pooh-tin Jinping met Wednesday with representatives of US businesses, state media reported, as Beijing seeks to woo foreign investment and reassure American firms in the face of a slowing economy. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Tesla’s_Pivot_to_China_Saved_Musk._It_Also Binds_Him_to_Beijing.⠀⇛ Tesla and China built a symbiotic relationship, with credits, workers and parts that made Mr. Musk ultrarich. Now, his reliance on the country may give Beijing leverage. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Footballer_Son_Jun-ho_‘grateful_to be_home’_after_10_months’_detention_in_China⠀⇛ Son Jun-ho said he was grateful to be safely home with his family after the South Korean international’s release from 10 months’ detention in China. The 31-year-old World Cup midfielder made his first public comments since Seoul’s foreign ministry said on Monday that he had been freed and was home. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_federal_judge_dismisses_Pennsylvania_lawmakers’ challenge_to_state_automatic_voter_registration⠀⇛ US District Judge Jennifer P. Wilson dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Joe Biden and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro challenging several actions to boost voter registration. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Court_annuls_2023_Sámi_Parliament_elections,_orders new_vote⠀⇛ More than 100 appeals were filed concerning the electoral roll for the assembly, which represents Finland's indigenous Sámi people. # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ Donald_Trump_and_Sneaker_Con:_How the_right_uses_youth_culture_to_spread_its_agenda_to_Gen_Z⠀⇛ On Feb. 17, 2024, former U.S. President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump made an appearance at the Philadelphia Convention Center for the city’s iteration of Sneaker Con, a yearly event focused on streetwear and sneakerhead culture. His purported mission at this event was to promote the now-sold-out $399 “Never Surrender High-Top Sneakers.” # ⚓ Breach Media ☛ Canada_deporting_highest_level_of_migrants in_a_decade,_despite_promises_to_let_more_stay⠀⇛ Despite pledging a pathway to status for more migrants, Canada spent more than $100 million deporting them in the last two years o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ FAIR ☛ ‘Free_Speech’_Fan_Elon_Musk_Enlists_State_Allies_to Silence_Critics⠀⇛ I wrote last November (FAIR.org, 11/22/23) about how Twitter owner Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Media Matters—alleging the group’s research “manipulated” data in an effort to “destroy” Musk’s social media platform—was an episode of a right-wing corporate media mogul using his wealth to crush free speech. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Steven_Pinker:_What_Went_Wrong_at_Harvard⠀⇛ The psychologist and bestselling author argues that Harvard's free speech policy was so "selectively prosecuted that it became a national joke." # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Jimmy_Lai_trial:_Sanctions_among ‘immature_ideas’_activist_Andy_Li_‘floated,’_court_hears⠀⇛ Sanctions against individuals – or economic sanctions at the country level – were among the “immature ideas” Hong Kong activist Andy Li “floated” to an international parliamentary alliance days before the 2020 national security law came into force, a court has heard at the high- profile trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Article_23:_Hong_Kong_condemns_New York_Times_op-ed_on_city’s_‘lost_freedom’⠀⇛ The government has condemned an opinion piece about the city’s “lost freedom” published by the New York Times, the latest letter to media in a campaign to counter critical press coverage of the recently- enacted homegrown security law. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Should_Big_Tech_Stop_Moderating_Content?⠀⇛ We know that social control media breeds propaganda, misinformation, and feelings of isolation among users, especially children. How do we resist its effects without encroaching on civil liberties? # ⚓ Net2 ☛ Clear_Vision:_Protecting_Users_from_Harmful Content⠀⇛ In the digital age, the rapid proliferation of visual content across online platforms has presented unique challenges for content moderation. With millions of images uploaded daily,ensuring these visuals adhere to community standards and laws is paramount for maintaining user trust and safety. > # ⚓ Reason ☛ Don't_Forget_Your_First-Year_Civil_Procedure Lessons_on_Personal_Jurisdiction⠀⇛ From Castro v. Doe, decided Monday by Judge Mark Pittman (N.D. Tex.): John Anthony Castro filed this lawsuit on June 16, 2023, alleging that former President Donald Trump, among others, conspired to publish defamatory, verifiably false statements about him on his Wikipedia page. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Free_Speech_Is_Under_Attack_in_the_U.S.,_but_It's on_the_Ropes_Elsewhere⠀⇛ “Even open democracies have implemented restrictive measures,” finds a global report. # ⚓ Reason ☛ State_Employer's_Requiring_Employees_to_Watch "Antiracist"/"Gender_Identity"_Videos_Isn't_Unconstitutional Speech_Compulsion⠀⇛ But plaintiff's claim that he was retaliated against for raising religious objections to the training, and discriminated against based on religion as to promotion, can go forward. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Last_Week_Missouri_Told_The_Supreme_Court_No Gov’t_Should_EVER_Interfere_With_Speech;_This_Week_It_Sues Media_Matters_For_Its_Speech⠀⇛ I know that hypocrisy is no longer a political liability, especially for the most egregious political grifters out there, but it should still be called out. This week’s example of extreme hypocrisy and nonsense is Missouri’s ridiculous Attorney General, Andrew Bailey. # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Prof._Nükhet_Sirman_released_after_3_days_in custody⠀⇛ Sirman was detained because an individual she interviewed for her research was under "technical surveillance" by the police. o § Whistleblowers / Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_granted_extension_by_UK_High_Court_to_provide ‘satisfactory_assurances’_for_fair_trial_of_WikiLeaks founder⠀⇛ WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange “lives to fight another day” according to his brother Gabriel, as the UK High Court halted his potential transfer to the US on Tuesday due to inadequate assurances on his treatment if extradited to the US. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Hungarians_Rally_As_Whistle-Blower_Exposes_Alleged Corruption_In_Orban's_Government⠀⇛ Hungarians are keeping up public pressure on the ruling Fidesz party fueled by an audio recording a longtime insider claims is evidence of rampant corruption among senior prosecutors and members of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_president_rejects_Seimas_commission findings_in_‘whistleblower_case’⠀⇛ Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has rejected the conclusions of the parliamentary commission that investigated the State Security Department (VSD) whistleblower’s case. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Met_Police_issues_apology_nearly_ten_years after_detaining_journalists_at_protest⠀⇛ One photographer was hit in the face in the lead-up to the detention of the journalists. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Uyghur_refugees_in_Pakistan_face_deportation_in April⠀⇛ The 18 families don’t have legal residence and face restrictions in jobs and education – and now fear being sent to China. # ⚓ ACLU ☛ How_We're_Fighting_for_Gender_Equity_Nationwide⠀⇛ Across the country, our affiliates are challenging discriminatory policies and practices that disproportionately affect women, and particularly women of color. From housing discrimination in Illinois, to inhumane treatment of incarcerated pregnant individuals in North Carolina, and discriminatory dress codes in Texas schools, the ACLU and its affiliates are at the forefront of legal and advocacy efforts that promote gender equality and justice for all. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Union:_Lapland_seasonal_workers_report_safety concerns_on_a_regular_basis⠀⇛ Safari guides and others in northern Finland's tourism sector regularly cite scanty training, vehicles in poor condition and insufficient rest time, says the service union PAM. # ⚓ France24 ☛ 'Unprofessional,_dirty_and_wild':_French parliament_takes_up_hair_discrimination_bill⠀⇛ Those sporting Afro-styled hair, blonde or ginger hair, dreads, braids or even balding heads could gain new protections in France, where a lawmaker from the French Caribbean has introduced a bill that would make discrimination based on hair texture, length, colour or style illegal. While some argue the law is unnecessary, others say it will fill a gap in existing legislation tackling discrimination. # ⚓ Reason ☛ The_Court_Should_Cast_Doubt_On_Havens_Realty "Diversion"_Standing_and_Establishment_Clause_"Offended Observer"_Standing⠀⇛ If Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine lacks standing, so should progressive groups. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Internet Society ☛ The_Future_is_Now:_A_Young_Changemaker’s Journey⠀⇛ The Night That Altered Everything One night a decade ago, an 11-year-old boy named Nojus Saad drifted off to sleep in rural northern Iraq, lulled by a cool breeze coming through the window and the song of crickets outside. Suddenly, this moment was shattered by frantic pounding on his front door. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Does_Receiptify_Work_for_Fashion Company_Apple_Music?⠀⇛ A trend on Instagram showcasing album tracks as store receipts kicked off a trend after programmer Michelle Liu released ‘Receiptify.’ While Fashion Company Apple Music users could use the service in a limited capacity from 2020-2023—the ability was removed last year. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Justice_Department_Wants_To_Take_Its_Bite_Out_Of Apple⠀⇛ Over the course of the last few years, it feels like the FTC & DOJ have slowly started getting better at figuring out how to craft a better antitrust lawsuit. The earliest attempts were often beyond silly, but the more recent cases (while far from perfect) have finally started alleging things that seem like potential actual anticompetitive behavior. o § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Federal_Circuit_Debates_Scope_of 271(e)(1)_Safe_Harbor_and_the_Meaning_of_“Solely”⠀⇛ The Federal Circuit’s recent 2-1 decision in Edwards Lifesciences Corp. v. Meril Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. highlights tensions in the court’s interpretation of the patent monopoly infringement safe harbor under 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(1). A forceful dissent by Judge Lourie argues that the majority’s approach, while following precedent, improperly reads the word “solely” out of the statute and unduly expands the safe harbor exemption.  Lourie ends his opinion with a call for en banc rehearing. # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Broadphone_tracking_patent_monopoly_found invalid⠀⇛ On March 13, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of claims 24-32 of U.S._Patent_8,594,698, owned and asserted by Broadphone LLC. The ‘698 patent monopoly generally relates to determining the location of a device based on the relative signal strength for each of a plurality of nearby, identified “antenna stations” and determining whether the device is within the proximity of a “device-specific target location”. # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Vision_Works_IP_automotive_patent monopoly_found_invalid⠀⇛ On March 13, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of the asserted claims of U.S._Patent_8,437,935, owned by Vision Works IP Corp., an NPE. The ’935 patent monopoly generally relates to a vehicle monitoring system for turning off an idling engine. # § Kangaroo Courts⠀➾ # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Race_for_talent:_How_the_UPC_is_influencing the_French_associate_market [Ed: UPC is illegal and unconstitutional, but this site bagged bribes to promote this crime and it continues trying to legitimatise this unlawful kangaroo 'court' run for and by Big Business]⠀⇛ The launch of the Unified Patent Court is good news for aspiring lawyers – and for associate recruitment. Due to short deadlines and various national influences within the system, teamwork in pan-European cases is now of even greater importance. o § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ WE’RE_HERE_TO_HELP_WITH_YOUR_LEGAL_NEEDS!_Fails to_Function_as_a_Source_Indicator_for_._._._Guess_What?⠀⇛ The Board affirmed a refusal to register the proposed mark WE’RE HERE TO HELP WITH YOUR LEGAL NEEDS!, finding that the phrase fails to function as a service mark for "legal services." Applicant Russell feebly attacked the Office's evidence, but the Board found that the evidence established the informational nature of the supposed mark.  In re Richard M. Russell, Serial No. 90432695 (March 25, 2024) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Cynthia C. Lynch). o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Warner_Music_Group_Re-Inks_George Benson⠀⇛ Warner Music Group announces the return of jazz legend George Benson to their roster via Rhino, beginning with archival footage of the icon from the 1970s on Rhino’s YouTube channel. A giant in the jazz world renowned for his smooth vocals and unmatched guitar skills, George Benson’s career spans more than six decades. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ CISA’s_cyber_incident_reporting rules_will_apply_to_316K_entities⠀⇛ The cyber incident reporting regulations will apply to about 316,000 organizations in critical infrastructure, ranging from IT contractors to hospital systems. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Z-Library_Scammers_Use_Email_Campaigns_to Lure_Users_and_Extract_Payments⠀⇛ Popular pirate ebook repository Z-Library remains online despite a criminal prosecution by the United States. The site continues to release new features with support from users who appear happy to chip-in as part of a new fundraising campaign. At the same time, however, scammers are trying to 'steal' the site's traffic and money, through targeted email campaigns. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ ‘Operation_404’_Results_in_First_Prison Sentence_for_Pirate_IPTV_Operator⠀⇛ Brazilian anti-piracy campaign 'Operation 404' has taken down many pirate sites and services over the past five years, but criminal prosecutions have been scarce. This week, anti-piracy group ALIANZA announced a "historic" victory: The operator of pirate IPTV service "Flash IPTV" was sentenced to more than five years in prison, marking the first criminal conviction of this kind in Brazil. # ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ Grotesqueries_at_Gethsemane:_Marcus Gheeraerts’_Passio_Verbigenae_(ca._1580)⠀⇛ A Passion series in which ornamental motifs invade the Christ’s narrative. o § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ # § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ newspapers⠀⇛ /me enters the Pub and gravitates towards the bar, placing an almost-blank newspaper atop You a fan of newspapers, ~bartender? I picked this one up from the Print Web Stop Shop nearby. Not a very catchy name, is it? # ⚓ the_year_doesn't_start_until_opening_day⠀⇛ i love baseball. i have a hard time not getting very corny and rambly about it so apologies in advance. it's been a very special part of my life for as long as i can remember. it was just about the only thing my father and i had in common and even then, we never rooted for the same team. but it was something to talk about. we no longer speak and for a while after we stopped, the sport was too full of memories to fully enjoy. but i got back into it about 8 years ago and my previous casual fandom turned into something slightly more rabid. that's what happens when you move to chicago and get into the cubs in 2016. # § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Headers,_Footers,_Sidebars,_and_Footnotes⠀⇛ Yesterday I wrote quite a long article with a lot of concepts and ideas. 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