𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Wednesday, February 19, 2025 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Thu 20 Feb 02:49:22 GMT 2025 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈 Latest in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕 and older bulletins can be found at 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕-𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 Full IPFS index in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔 and as plain text in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔/𝒕𝒙𝒕 Gemini index for the day: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2025/02/19/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmbHjgPAAcGNUG9Sej4vSKhK8DfUYokfFkXLdKwr1JtGJG QmdLsuRLzrwb58dZaSmJah6oCmNNZ6cW4ick4chqJmHjmY QmTNR3uqcbMYjPAbbHjBqyNJb3ib8kytQvdFnATzkBFVvo QmfCHrqMLfMsHXYnQeAvVuNYt91Zw2AmMJ5mx4RqsrWy3b QmR2rr1yXDANjQBEz2oGtd2UMgy9U37FHdjpUhPfAk7h5z QmWE6ucdKk9Q1pi6ce3ko9xPWd9Y4BjpLij3W7tJ5TMjG3 QmaoEDiALTYYZdaq3SQ86aQpMwUji1nqCeLbXAoszFRYvJ QmSTkZUY74BcgbgqS6JKwwNbVnbzY5uqwpgWtYonGJua8s QmXZcp3rXLYa24pYd7jUu6sPDrhziRCNCok875WLJTLysP QmUE7nd24kx2soZFbSYKDsb1ik1wpirFTRTBhDTj6w9sjh QmdKeWBhfnjgQLYU48wto7DdStpXsB5mE1yEEnWcxQ53vu QmfSnnTnjcAe3YvtRsVgAwUJfpcEk1dM5J5yjJLyv7MxqM QmQ16CkpxBbMzPZ6wZcuKBUcxH1RZ8uAEhcvdBsPRpVZe9 QmT3gTQRv33wEDtJveL8DiqiacGeRaxEbRFDUyVSJEAvDL QmTs9qcwghZPs5oBh9qzsu8a11T4s6xHrJjVNyk5miFy3X Qmdqd6mb8mj27qVvQZRR7sjshrXYYirWm9vRttLkNB5rW6 QmSjY85vxbu9nNFHUMmuK7CxRame2VYuhb523CJaK5zRkj QmZwah9nZHVvSzbJWEAMxumYDpanFPqTahnqoNP83tuZbx QmQWSrGfeYwgf6HE9N3742DJrJwq8uNSCUAz469CnuUFGe QmcgTTyseF5zFd4MLquM4PtJZzkFcBEqaUbqDe4eaUx6Na QmZMEFKvpgvjxAcV9Pwu7yF74LYZwS7ktdLFdYb988Ncfu ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Techrights - 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That's no_longer the case: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Chicago_Transit_Authority:_No_more_Twitter_(X)⦈_ "This account is dormant but available as an archive," says their profile in "X". They quit on the final day of 2024. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Chicago_Transit_Authority:_This_account_is_dormant_but available_as_an_archive⦈_ Notice how they direct or urge people to go to their own Web site. That's how it should be done! Every government agency (also_police) should take control of its communications. If you don't have an account in Gab, then you probably should not have one in "X", either. Media claims that the value of "X" has "doubled" are fake news from the_biggest shareholder (now stakeholder). 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The_first_one, dated Monday, says this: But if you search using US Bigtech engines, or ask "AI" oracles, you'll get back a ton of slop about "not wasting materials, efforts, money" and "markets, industries, and society". To me, "efficiency" is a word now used euphemistically to hide great brutality and destruction. And lately I think it's become synonymous with Fascism. What do most people think of when you say "efficiency"? Getting made jobless. Having less money. Being squeezed harder by the man. It's not a happy, bunnies leaping in the daisies, kind of word. If a boss says "We're making some efficiencies…", who cheers "Oh great, count me in!". Efficiency is one of those words we pretend to understand, like and support, without the first clue as to what it's implications are to our lives. It's so perfectly, exquisitely meaningless we can nod along dreamily without having to think. Fascists love efficiency. Even more than slogans. The Holocaust was defined less by scale or aims than by methods of "efficient" industrialised murder. Efficient rounding up, efficient transportation and efficient disposal. All efficiently made perfectly legal by the signing of proper documents, and efficiently driven by the data collection of the extant bureaucracy. Fascism lost some popularity in the aftermath of WW2, but of course its ideas live on eternally, taking on new slogans, symbols and followers. Bad ideologies hide behind much loved truths, shape- shifting, transforming and looking for a new host. In the last Reich a mythical past was summoned. Perhaps in this one, mythical technologies will. In creating a department of efficiency the Trump/Musk outfit look like capitalist extremists. But attacking government through its financial structure - on terms that nobody dare oppose - bloody sacred "efficiency" - was only one of several possible moves. Traditionally departments of "Information" are the choice of tyrants. In this case, Musk already owns one or two. So in 2025 efficiency remains a totem. It's still heresy to challenge it. It has an armour of legitimacy, afforded by proximity to "economics". People, at least in America and UK, strangely respect rich folks and those who cloak themselves in the wizardry of "economics". They value apparently being good with money over ability to run anything, because they have confused the two. So, in calling their henchmen DOGE the US technofascists have painted their banner. What they're a "department of" is efficiency, and that's something we must all agree is good, right? Dr._Farnell's_second_article (from yesterday around midday) isn't the first time he speaks of the importance of cash payments. To quote some bits pertaining to supposed 'efficiency': § Curse of efficiency⠀➾ Efficiency has become a banner of tyrants. It's a word used euphemistically for great brutality and destruction. Yet even when used in good-faith it is problematic. Efficiency valued with maximal weight can and often does break systems. Many real systems are made worse by efficiency (unless optimising for their own metrics is their actual purpose). Over-optimising in one dimension (like cost) can mean ignoring all the other dimensions we need to be mindful of. This is a common mistake for inexperienced system designers or "hands-off" idealists who hope markets can solve problems alone. The value in some things is that they are difficult, slow, or noisy. They add some damping or friction to a process where it's needed. This is something efficiency ideologues overlook. Thus familiar blanket arguments like "cash is costly and inefficient" fail because here inefficiency is a desirable feature of stable, reliable and accurate systems. Cash or the "War on Cash" is a subject that we covered here many times before, including in some videos. Cash is not the same as "digital cash", which isn't even remotely the same. Cash is how we purchase the vast majority of our goods here. A local seller, a vendor at the market, likes to say "Charles is not King, cash is King". 'Self-Service' is another example of fake_'efficiency'. █ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣰⡵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣈⣐⡇⠀⠀⠸⣿⡻⣿⣿⢿⣯⣖⠻⣇⣾⡿⠀⠀⡜⣂⢈⠠⠻⢇⠀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⠟⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠡⠁⠝⣿⣿⣿⣵⢾⡿⠁⡀⣅⡀⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠃⢀⣀⠤⠄⡘⠇⠀⠹⣷⣄⣀⠙⠻⠿⠿⠛⠁⣠⣶⠴⣶⣶⡶⢿⣿⣿⠿⢋⠥⠶⠒⣟ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢨⣿⢿⣿⣿⣯⣍⣉⠉⣉⣤⡄⠀⡌⠘⠫⠽⠿⠿⢛⡵⣀⡣⢻⣷⡷⢴⠮⠝⢛⣛⠛⠛⠁⠀⡴⢻⣀⢐⠛⢏⢷⡦⡈⠘⣻⠃⡠⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⠛⠁⣰⢃⡐⢾⣦⣽⠋⠀⢁⣀⣬⣀⡉ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢇⣜⣽⣶⣶⣶⣤⡻⠫⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣷⣶⣤⣀⠀⠉⠻⠶⠿⠿⠑⠉⠉⠉⣰⣿⡎⣿⣷⠗⡀⠘⣠⣿⡟⣳⠇⠁⡉⠊⢱⠠⣽⠻⣄⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⣰⢃⣺⣷⠦⣤⠍⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⡝⡛⣿⣦⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⢰⣶⣶⣾⣿⣭⣔⠀⡑⠓⠓⣚⢭⣴⣶⣖⣂⢈⡙⢳⠈⠀⠀⢀⠀⡸⠀⠽⠒⢁⠀⠀⠀⢿⣇⢠⣇⡙⠿⣿⡷⣷⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣭⡝⢛⣿⣿⣷⣶⣦⣟⡿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠇⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡻⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⡆⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡔⠐⠣⣴⣏⡸⣧⣠⣥⣤⡹⡿⢯⡦⠊⠲⠒⢤⠜⢁⣤⣶⡾⡏⣀⣀⣀⣈⠻⢿⠖⣌⣉⣭⣗⡻⢊⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⢾⣯⣤⣾⢑⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣽⣿⣼⣿⡿⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⡸⣽⢷⢐⢛⠿⢿⡎⣰⠇⣼⠥⢓⢓⠈⠁⣰⣿⠃⢁⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⠏⠁⡠⠺⠛⢚⣹⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿ ⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠸⠿⠯⢿⣩⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⠁⣻⣞⡙⣷⣶⣝⣿⣿⣧⡅⡏⠁⠛⢴⡶⣯⣷⢿⡟⢣⠇⠨⢸⠈⠀⠀⣿⡵⢫⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⢰⡝⠠⣾⣿⣾⣳⣿⠹⣯⡿⠿⠯⠻⢡⣿ ⣿⣧⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⡟⠀⠖⠛⠛⠳⣻⠟⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⡼⢏⣾⣿⣿⣿⣯⣧⣜⢋⣽⡾⡁⠸⠇⠀⢁⣻⣼⠁⡞⠀⡏⡄⠀⠀⠀⢿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⡇⢸⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢇⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣯⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⢀⡾⠀⡀⠀⠀⠉⠙⡛⢋⠉⠁⠰⣿⣿⢛⣿⢿⣿⣷⣯⣵⠀⠤⣷⢈⣉⠐⠂⠠⢜⡛⡸⠑⢀⠞⣴⣿⣿⣷⣦⡁⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢏⢒⠞⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⢰⡴⣆⡶⢀⢀⣴⡟⡇⠘⠀⢀⢔⣄⠼⠇⠀⠂⠀⡀⢿⣚⡜⠉⢿⠀⡝⠻⠟⣰⢄⣟⣈⣉⣂⠀⠀⠀⠠⢐⣪⣴⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣻⣼⣄⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡾⡻⣿⡿⠗⠒⠁⣀⣤⠶⢒⣂⠀⣠ ⢿⠿⣿⣿⠃⠘⠊⠉⢤⡾⠘⠛⠏⡧⠀⠠⠀⠜⠁⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠨⣿⣟⣶⣟⣿⠓⠀⠞⣫⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⣿⣿⢿⡿⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⡆⠈⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡯⢋⣿⣶⣍⠀⢠⣾⡟⣡⣾⣿⠃⣴⣿ ⣤⣘⠟⢁⣠⣴⣲⣶⢆⣅⠉⠳⢤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠒⠂⠀⠀⢀⢜⡙⣳⡣⠌⠙⠟⠚⠖⠒⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⢿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣽⣿⡻⣿⣽⣿⢰⡇⠀⣤⡀⠀⠀⠶⣾⡿⣿⡏⣿⡝⢱⣿⣿⢣⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿ ⣷⣶⣶⣟⢿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠹⣿⡂⠀⢹⡄⠀⠀⠂⠀⣠⣠⣼⣧⣿⡷⠅⢀⢀⡀⡀⠢⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣬⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⢰⣿⣷⣶⡀⠀⠠⣤⣟⠡⠝⠗⠈⣿⣿⡌⣿⣿⣷⠀⢻⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡙⣿⣿⣿⡄⢻⣿⡀⠊⠀⠀⠀⣓⣶⣌⡩⠿⠗⠸⠁⡝⠫⠜⠀⠀⠐⣀⡆⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⠋⢀⣴⣜⡻⣟⣻⣿⣿⣿⠯⠋⢠⣼⣿⣿⡏⠏⠁⢀⠠⣽⢿⣷⡄⠀⢀⣙⣛⣓⡘⢿⣿⣧⡈⢻ ⣿⡟⢿⣿⣿⣧⢸⣿⣿⠃⣸⠿⡡⠄⢒⣻⠿⣿⡟⠛⡁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠂⡄⠀⠀⠀⣰⠁⠀⠈⠛⠿⢿⣿⣯⣿⣥⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⡀⠀⠀⠀⠴⣿⣹⠛⡿⡏⢢⢆⠀⠸⢰⣾⡅⡑⠈⡖⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣦⡻⠿⠍⠀ ⣿⣿⠸⣿⣿⡏⣸⠿⠃⠐⠉⠀⠀⠀⢢⣶⠀⡠⢖⠉⠉⠠⣨⣤⣄⠀⠀⠆⠐⠰⠷⠳⣬⣱⣩⣦⣤⣭⡛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠺⣿⡯⣶⡘⠛⠛⠞⡓⢦⢀⠃⠼⡿⠺⠓⡰⢁⠤⠐⠒⠀⠀⠉⢢⡉⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⢰⣿⠟⢀⣴⣶⣿⣾⣿⣷⡄⢾⣿⢡⠎⠀⢀⣡⠘⠋⣻⣿⣿⣷⡄⠀⢀⡤⣙⣆⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠆⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⢻⠁⠀⠠⡂⠈⠑⠃⠁⠀⠑⠀⢓⠄⠁⣠⣟⢋⣁⠓⠱⠁⠀⠹⠞⠚⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡿⠣⣾⣄⡴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠁⣏⠀⠁⣯⠀⠀⣠⣿⣿⣿⠋⠏⠀⠀⢠⣼⡯⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⡿⡟⣰⣦⣾⣿⣶⣤⣐⡄⢀⠀⠀⣰⠖⠒⠽⠍⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⢠⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠄ ⢄⣀⡌⠛⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⡿⠋⠀⠃⣬⣸⣩⣤⣴⣿⣿⣿⣯⣄⡄⠀⠀⢰⢿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣗⢸⢺⣿⣿⡿⠋⢰⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢱⢀⢸⠀⢀⣿⠃⢀⠠⣠⣬⣭⣁⠀⢰⠏⠉⠀⣀⣢⠖⠎⠀⠀⠀ ⠿⠀⠓⠀⠺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⠁⢢⡂⠘⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡋⡽⠃⢠⠃⠀⠘⢿⣏⠻⣿⣿⣟⣿⣤⢟⣠⠏⠞⡻⠛⠒⠀⠈⠯⠿⣿⡿⠇⠒⣾⠀⢸⡠⠺⢏⣬⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⢀⡄⠀⠀⠀ ⠉⠀⢌⡄⣠⠝⣿⠟⡿⣿⣷⠏⢁⡈⠡⠀⠈⠻⢿⡿⠝⠋⠋⠀⣠⠔⠁⠀⠀⢀⠍⠙⠹⠿⣟⠷⣿⡭⠖⠁⠀⠔⠀⠄⠠⠠⠊⢀⠎⠀⠹⢈⡴⠣⠭⠹⣇⠀⢘⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣰⡮⣿⣅⢀⠀⢿⣄⠀⠀ ⠀⣢⠞⠀⢊⠀⠨⢤⢿⣿⣷⣂⡘⢿⣤⣲⣴⠏⠠⣎⠄⠀⣨⠍⡐⠶⠿⡆⠀⡟⠈⣰⡐⠂⠩⢉⠄⠀⢀⡂⠀⢆⠀⠀⡐⠁⢀⠃⠀⠀⢈⢁⡤⢤⣄⡀⠰⣄⣸⣾⣿⣿⣿⣯⡿⡿⣿⣿⠇⣸⣿⣿⠿⠺⠂⣽⢷⣦ ⠀⠀⡀⠀⠁⠀⠐⢰⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣖⡽⡓⠂⠒⠋⠥⠀⠉⠑⠐⠲⢀⠀⠇⠀⡇⠈⢃⠀⠀⠅⠀⠀⠐⡟⠀⢠⠀⢂⠊⠀⠀⠀⡐⡠⠣⠒⣼⠃⠀⣀⡤⣤⢬⣟⠝⣿⣿⣿⣽⣻⣿⡿⢋⣾⢛⣾⢟⣤⣾⣯⠉⠄⣭ ⠄⠂⠈⠀⠂⢄⢡⣾⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣥⠀⢒⣤⣴⣯⣐⢀⢀⠎⢑⡀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠊⠢⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⢏⡠⠤⠄⠀⠠⢰⢊⣁⣴⠞⠣⠀⡴⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣝⣉⠻⣟⣻⣩⣰⣹⣦⠖⠫⠚⢷⣛⡃⠮⣵⣧ ⣀⣀⣉⣡⣤⣾⣯⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⠀⠘⠊⡋⡅⣩⢵⣐⠐⢀⣰⠀⠀⠐⠢⡂⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠔⠋⠈⠈⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠑⠄⡀⣤⠰⡷⢂⢿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠈⣠⣉⡛⣩⡁⠁⢁⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 385 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/19/FSF_Talk_Free_Software_Teaching_Materials_by_Dr_Miriam_Bastian.shtml Gemini version at https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/19/FSF_Talk_Free_Software_Teaching_Materials_by_Dr_Miriam_Bastian.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ FSF Talk: "Free Software Teaching Materials" by Dr. Miriam Bastian⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 19, 2025 THERE is this WebM_version_of_the_decent_and_recent_talk (as noted_last_month) by the FSF's Program_Manager: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Free_software_teaching_materials⦈_ Click above to play. FOSDEM has a_reference_page. Dr. Bastian is looking_for_contributions_to_the_wiki. Because of her background she is particularly interested in bringing Free software to education (schools, academia and so on); there's also "a_new_project_for_teenagers_in_free software" (because otherwise "drug_lords"_get_to_them). Software Freedom is rooted in philosophy but it's about technical solutions. Schools need to teach those things instead of "training" kids to use "products" of "brands" (or GUIs_that_change_all_the_time). █ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⢠⢠⢀⢀⡀⣀⢀⡀⢀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠘⠘⠘⠘⠀⠃⠐⠁⠚⠑⠚⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢯⠉⠙⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠗⠀⠀⣠⣄⡀⠀⠰⠋⠘⢿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣿⣿⣭⡏⡝⡝⣿⢻⣝⡏⡝⢝⢩⢫⡏⡟⢫⠋⠟⢛⢽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⠀⠀⡞⠛⣛⢹⡆⠠⣔⣀⢼ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣾⣷⣿⣷⡷⣿⣷⠶⣷⣷⡾⢷⣷⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠀⠀⣳⣿⣷⡿⠁⠀⣴⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣴⡄⠉⠙⠀⠀⠀⣦⣾⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣻⣛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣷⣿⣛⣛⣟⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⢟⣛⢿⣿⣿⣿⡛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣧⣴⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⢏⣿⣿⣿⣿⠒⣁⣺⣒⣞⡟⣿⣧⠿⠿⣸⣿⣿⡌⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣰⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣽⣿⣿⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣓⣛⣚⣖⣚⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠉⠀⢸⣿⣿⣒⣒⣳⣶⣛⣿⣿⣏⠀⠘⠁⠈⣿⡑⠁⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣓⣷⣻⣚⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡀⣠⣾⣿⣷⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛ ⠛⠛⢛⠛⣛⣛⠛⡛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢛⢛⣛⠛⡛⠛⢛⣛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣬⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣛⣛⡿⢛⣭⡻⣿⢛⣭⣻⡟⣛⣛⠻⣿⢛⣛⣻⡟⢻⣿⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⢠⣤⠶⠛⠋ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣭⣽⡇⢿⣿⡇⣹⣮⣭⠹⡇⣿⣿⡇⣿⢨⣭⣽⡇⣇⠏⡆⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡴⠞⠋⢈⣠⣤⣶⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 444 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/19/GNU_Linux_and_Android_Trump_Microsoft_in_Saudi_Arabia_Bing_Down.shtml Gemini version at https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/19/GNU_Linux_and_Android_Trump_Microsoft_in_Saudi_Arabia_Bing_Down.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ GNU/Linux and Android Trump Microsoft in Saudi Arabia, Bing Down Since the LLM Hype/Hysteria Began⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 19, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Swords_isolated_as_png⦈_ IT has been a few months since last examined data_gathered_by_statCounter_from Saudi_Arabians. Right now we see GNU/Linux_near_3.5% (not counting Chromebooks) and Windows down_to_12%_as_Android_rises_fast. One thing we didn't notice before though is that Bing_steadily_moves_down_while_Google_rises. Since "Bing Chat" and all that LLM hype Bing seems to have actually lost share. This trend is affirmed_by other_data_aggregators. 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We're happy to say this_has_not changed at_all (Bertel King is back, even Jim_Hall_of_FreeDOS_fame_is_there.) Their sister site xda-developers.com has been covering_"Linux"_more_than_in prior_years and some writers from MakeUseOf (MUO) have been migrated to a sister publication [1, 2, 3], which means they can do the same in another domain (for the same company). In an age of LLM slop it's nice to see - and of course not take for granted - people who write detailed articles about GNU/Linux. How-To Geek has this combined_RSS_feed_for_"Linux" and many of the relevant stories get curated into Tux_Machines, which has this_extremely_popular_feed. █ ⣿⡟⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⣿⠛⠿⣿⣿⡛⠻⡟⡻⠿⠿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣦⣿⣤⣬⣧⣼⣧⣤⣧⣤⣴⣼⣬⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣾⣿⣿⣇⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⡿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⡇⠿⡇⢰⠈⠸⠸⠀⢾⣟⣽⣿⣿⣿⣅⣯⣭⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣷⣿⣤⣤⣥⣤⣼⣶⣥⣤⣴⣶⣶⣮⣤⣦⣤⣧⣤⣤⣤⡼⣤⣤⣦⣤⣼⣤⣯⣴⣯⣤⣧⣤⣼⣤⣧⣴⣼⣬⣤⣼⣤⣤⣤⣮⣼⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⣾⣤⣼⣥⣤⣾⣤⣤⣧⣥⣭⣶⣦⣷⣥⣶⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣧⣶⣴⣧⣤⣥⣤⣴⣦⣮⣧⣬⣦⣼⣶⣼⣦⣦⣦⣼⣿⣤⣤⣿⣦⣦⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣷⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣾⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 573 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/19/IBM_s_CEO_Has_Become_a_Stochastic_Buzzword_Generating_Machine.shtml Gemini version at https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/19/IBM_s_CEO_Has_Become_a_Stochastic_Buzzword_Generating_Machine.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ IBM's CEO Has Become a Stochastic Buzzword- Generating Machine⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 19, 2025, updated Feb 19, 2025 Or Ignorant Buzzword-Generating Machines (IBM). This is in "the news": (yes, it has gotten this lame) 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇IBM_CEO_on_the_Future_of_the_Tech_Industry⦈_ What honest people say today: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇IBM_CEO_on_the_Future_of_the_Tech_Industry⦈_ "QUANTUM" [sic] is mostly hype. When I started University 25 years ago they told us QC was the next best thing and just around the corner. All these years have passed... where is QC now? In NSA talking points about encryption (which NSA deliberately undermines*)? The first comment said, "someone please tell the clown to stop destroying IBM" (remember they used to constantly talk about Clown_Computing before a dumb pivot towards "hey hi"... which became just a synonym for "workloads"). Like we said_this_morning, only more layoffs should be expected at IBM. The current CEO is extremely unpopular [1, 2] as he epitomises top concerns. █ ____ * So do countries other_than_NSA/USA because privacy_scares_them. ⠀⠀⠀⠈⢹⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢼⣿⣧⣿⣿⣴⡟⠀⣀⠀⢷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠉⠛⠂⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠟⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⢻⠟⣉⣿⡇⠀⠋⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⠓⢆⣀⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⢀⣴⣾⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣰⡿⠟⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢠⡄⢸⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡔⠁⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⣿⣿⣿⣦⠀⠀⠀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⠿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠀⠀⠐⠀⠂⠀⠀⢠⡄⠀⠀⠀⢣⣄⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣦⣀⢀⣠⣿⠀⠈⠉⠉⠀⠀⢸ ⠘⡿⠀⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣤⣶⡀⢠⣾⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠈⢹⣯⠀⢭⣍⡻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠟⠁⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢾ ⡄⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣏⣉⣿⡃⢸⣯⣀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣡⣾⣿⣄⠀⠦⣅⣸⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣯⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢟⠁⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠛⢻⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣦⣾ ⣿⣷⠀⢿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣤⣤⣤⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⠇⢘⣿⣿⣶⡇⠀⠀⠀⡟⠿⠿⠿⢟⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣷⢷⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠈⡆⣉⠀⠈⠀⡉⠀⠈⠠⢁⢘⢀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣀⣘⣋⣉⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠐⠀⣿⣿⣿⡃⢹⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⢰⠳⡶⠶⢿⣿⣞⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣾⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⢤⡆⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⢻ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠉⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠻⠟⠻⠗⠸⣿⠟⠻⠟⢀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣷⣶⣶⣌⠾⠿⠟⠉⠀⢠⢠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⠁⠀⢸⣿⡀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣼ 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https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/19/It_s_Not_Even_Hidden_Anymore_Microsoft_is_Passing_Bribes_for_Me.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ It's Not Even Hidden Anymore: Microsoft is Passing Bribes for Media to Publish Puff Pieces About Itself⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 19, 2025 This is the latest from Bishop (Microsoft booster for decades already; a Microsoft_shop_pays_for_it, which means paying_from_multiple_directions/hands) 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Sponsored_by_Microsoft:_How_Xbox_lost_its_fans,_and_won_them back_—_and_more_from_a_new_book_about_Microsoft_innovation⦈_ As noted some days ago, Microsoft also pays_him_directly_to_relay_Microsoft lies and burn_Microsoft_whistleblowers. This isn't support of journalism but an attack on the credibility of journalists. Basically, GeekWire is paid by Microsoft to publish many puff pieces (even outright lies) about Microsoft. █ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣻⣻⠿⣿⠿⡟⡿⠛⠟⡿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⡿⡿⠿⡿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⠿⢿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⠿⡿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣟⣼⣜⣦⣳⣇⣜⣇⣴⣹⣃⣘⣧⣲⣿⣿⣾⣾⣾⣿⣷⣶⣶⣿⣿⣶⣾⣷⣿⣿⣷⣾⣾⣿⣿⣶⣷⣶⣷⣾⣾⣿⣶⣶⣷⣶⣿⣿⣶⣶⣾⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⢿⢿⣿⠿⣿⣿⠿⡿⡿⢿⣿⢿⢿⠿⢿⣿⡿⢿⢿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⢿⢿⠿⢿⡿⢿⡿⣿⠿⡿⣿⣿⢿⢿⠿⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⢹⣛⡟⠻⢻⡏⢫⢙⢻⢛⢟⢻⣿⡟⡛⡻⢛⣻⡟⣛⡻⢻⡏⡞⠛⢛⢛⠟⣿⡟⠟⣟⢻⢛⢹⡻⠻⡟⡛⢛⢻⡏⡇⡛⠛⠛⡛⡛⣿⢘⠛⠟⢟⣻⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⠻⠛⡛⢟⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣶⣷⣷⣿⣷⣷⣶⣾⣶⣷⣾⣿⣷⣶⣶⣾⣾⣷⣷⣶⣾⣷⣷⣶⣾⣶⣶⣽⣷⣶⣿⣾⣶⣾⣷⣷⣷⣾⣾⣾⣷⣶⣷⣶⣶⣷⣷⡿⣶⣶⣶⣷⣾⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣷⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⡍⡍⡫⢽⢩⠉⢹⡇⡏⡍⢝⢩⢩⢹⡏⢹⡏⡍⡏⢹⢉⢫⣿⠍⡏⠝⠩⢹⡫⣿⠉⠁⠍⡯⢽⠹⠁⢽⡇⠋⢸⠉⠭⢩⡫⢹⠉⡏⢝⢨⠨⣿⠉⡍⣯⢹⠩⢉⢫⠉⠁⠍⡏⢝⢩⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣽⣿⣿⣽⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣭⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣭⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠉⠉⢉⢉⠉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⣭⢉⢉⠉⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢉⣭⢍⢉⡉⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠩⢉⢉⣉⡉⡉⢉⣉⣉⢉⡉⣉⡉⢉⣉⣉⢉⣉⣉⠉⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢟⠛⢟⡛⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⣟⡿⠻⡿⣻⡛⣟⣟⠿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⡿⡿⡿⠿⠿⠿⢿⠿⢿⠿⢿⠿⢿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⢟⢛⢿⣿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⣿⣶⣼⣿⡾⢬⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⠿⢿⠿⠿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠎⡀⠇⢇⢿⡃⢨⢠⠻⣸⡪⣡⡺⣠⠨⣽⡇⢿⣿⢀⣃⣻⣗⠆⣁⠇⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠫⡫⡋⠋⠁⠟⠉⡋⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣶⣿⣿⣾⣷⣶⣷⣶⣾⣶⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣬⣿⣽⣥⣦⣼⣿⣵⣧⣼⣿⣼⣧⣯⣦⣮⣮⣯⣧⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡾⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⢻⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢲⣒⢲⢒⢲⢲⣖⢲⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠙⣿⣿⣿⡉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣤⣿⣿⣿⣧⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣿⣷⣯⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠐⠀⠐⠐⠀⠐⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠹⢿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⡘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣾⣶⣾⣶⣶⣷⣷⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠈⠻⠿⠁⠀⠀⠈⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠭⠝⡉⠉⠉⣩⣭⡍⣭⣭⣭⣭⣍⣍⣉⣉⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣞⢛⣞⣚⣛⣛⣶⡗⠚⠛⠛⠋⠂⣶⣶⣖⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣈⣉⣉⣁⣁⣉⣉⣁⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣛⣛⣛⣉⣉⣉⣙⣉⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1016 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/19/Microsoft_Has_Made_the_Customer_the_Product.shtml Gemini version at https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/19/Microsoft_Has_Made_the_Customer_the_Product.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Microsoft Has "Made the Customer the Product."⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 19, 2025, updated Feb 19, 2025 Four_hours_ago: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Microsoft_has_lost_its_way._They've_abandoned_the_customers. Like_many_other_companies,_they've_made_the_customer_the_product.⦈_ They say Microsoft is "worth" trillions of dollars, but it_only_has_about_0.017 trillion_dollars_in_the_bank and about_six_times_that_amount_in_debt (to be very clear, "has debt" and "in debt" is the same thing, except to people who love lying to themselves in order to feel better). We made an_animation_about this_the_other_day; it helps illustrate the absurdity of "market caps" or "valuations" in Wall Street, where a_company_that_only_every_loses_billions_of dollars says it wants_7_trillion_dollars. What kind of drug is Scam Altman on? His own sister is suing_him_for_sexual_abuse while the_lousy_press treats him like the smartest person on the whole planet. Anyway, the above comment, which is new, helps capture how people feel; it's very likely this comment was made by a Microsoft employee. █ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Facebook:_If_you're_not_paying,_you're_not_the_customer. You're_the_product!⦈_ Recent: Bluesky sucks less than old Twitter did, yes. It has nice features, like subscribable community-maintained block lists. It’s still a business, though. They are not making money yet. Their plans to do so appear remote. Which means that somehow, I’m the product. I’ve said this so often it’s turning into a Lucas Cliche, but: the Internet’s business model is betrayal. Every mature social media platform has betrayed us. Every big search engine has betrayed us. (Search Google for “the strike is the compromise”. Then ask yourself why they’d be hiding some of the most contentious bits of labor history. No, I’m not afraid that the Goog will deprioritize me. They already have. Google once sent me hundreds of blog each day. In the middle of the year, that fell off a cliff.) Bluesky might be a public benefit corporation, but that only means they are allowed to consider public benefit as well as profits. Is it possible that Bluesky will stand by their declared morals and not eventually sell us out? Yes. But I’ve watched Internet companies rise and fall for decades. I haven’t seen any company remain benign, and extraordinary claims demand extraordinary proof. I don’t want to invest ten years in a third party platform only to have it do a rug pull at the end of my career. Until it can prove otherwise Bluesky is just another company, sowing another crop of victims. ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠮⢺⡏⣭⠹⢭⠭⡇⡇⡩⠽⠉⣿⢱⠩⡍⠫⠙⢩⠸⡏⡝⠉⠩⠍⢹⠍⡭⣿⠩⠋⡽⣯⠝⠍⡭⢱⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠯⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠯⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠽⠧⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢟⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣖⠒⣶⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣞⣰⣿⣿⣿⣀⣯⣪⣩⣉⣛⣃⣟⣛⣋⣰⣋⣻⣇⣉⣍⣹⣯⣍⣑⣫⣉⣍⣻⣫⣻⣭⣉⣉⣹⣮⣁⣹⣀⣇⣈⣍⣗⣍⣉⣏⣙⣚⣉⣨⣉⣻⣉⣩⣹⣙⣺⣛⣛⣁⣁⣉⣁⣿⣿⣟⣧⣥⣟⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣹⣿⣿⣿⣉⣝⣹⣉⣭⣋⣉⠉⣏⣏⣏⣙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⡹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⣾⣿⣿⣿⠙⠉⠩⢙⠍⡫⡫⢽⠉⠙⢹⢙⠍⡭⡯⠍⣫⢛⠉⢩⣯⠯⢝⢉⣭⢛⢹⠹⢝⠩⠝⢽⠭⢝⠙⢹⠩⢝⢹⠩⠉⢉⠭⡫⠝⠉⡍⣿⠹⠉⠍⣯⠭⠏⠭⣍⡯⡫⠉⠋⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢛⡛⣛⢟⠛⣟⡻⡛⢻⣛⠛⣛⢛⢛⣻⣛⡻⠛⡛⣻⠛⠛⣻⢛⡛⠛⢛⢛⡻⡛⣻⣛⠛⣻⡛⡛⠛⠛⠛⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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point the money trail leads directly to Microsoft In the coming_days Techrights will write a lot about Microsofters who have long sought to censor articles about Microsoft (articles like this_one_from_2023). In two cases from the US, misusing_the_courts_of_another_country, a_serial strangler_of_women_and_a_person_closely_connected_to_him (more on that soon) strive to waste time and reduce focus on what we do here. Worry not, however, as no information will be removed and we'll remain as productive as always. What's quite revealing, however, is that we've touched a sensitive spot (or spots) at Microsoft. That means we should do more of the same. As we put_it last_night, it is a "A Gift That Keeps on Giving". Sometimes it helps when corporations unwittingly reveal that it is that's said about them that they try to hide. This means more coverage on the same area is very much necessary. It's not so much about the_person; it's about the_group one_is_associated_with, including Miguel_de_Icaza in this case. 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In the first 5 weeks of the year many Brits_died and the media barely talks about it because talking about it raises all sorts of questions the establishment would rather not address. Since I was last ill this site has published 8,161 pages/articles. Next month it'll be 1.5 years since we upgraded to our own SSG. We only wished we had done so sooner. It solved many technical issues, more so in a Web full of bots and malicious scrapers. Uptime is now very close to 100%. At the start of the year I promised myself to sleep more (so far, so good!) and to still try to publish about 20 items per day, put an end to very short posts (e.g. meme only), improve Gemini accessibility, and a few smaller things. The goal is to improve clarity, accessibility, speed, and accuracy. The site used to be a lot slower and less active. WordPress is heavy and cumbersome to use. It's difficult to say the "New Year's Resolutions" were all met or that every item in the list got fulfilled. But we are improving over time and it has been getting harder to censor/intimidate us. We've grown_a_lot_in_IRC, we've established a network of allies, and our audience continues to grow. We can envision doing this for a decade or more to come; if the Web 'dies', we'll continues doing the same in whatever protocols supersede it. Geeks can easily adapt to technological change because they need not hire geeks to do it for them. █ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⠻⠿⣿⡇⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣄⣀⡈⠻⠿⣿⣦⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠙⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⡀⠙⠛⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿ 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═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/19/Open_Source_Really_Does_Miss_the_Point_We_Can_Do_Better_Than_Th.shtml Gemini version at https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/19/Open_Source_Really_Does_Miss_the_Point_We_Can_Do_Better_Than_Th.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ “Open Source” Really Does Miss the Point, We Can Do Better Than That⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 19, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Why_Open_Source_Misses_the_Point_of_Free_Software⦈_ TOMORROW my main laptop reaches 500 days of uptime. It's a new record for me. GNU/Linux is a very stable and reliable operating system. The other two laptops have a similar uptime right now; they were last rebooted in 2023. Is this an accomplishment of the kernel? No. Typically, or looking back in time (historically) at 'downtime incidents', the culprits are in the stack somewhere further up, e.g. some application hoarding all the RAM until it runs out. To me, it's the UNIX-type design that provides a solid, robust system. If something goes wrong, it's then possible to kill the offending process/es in isolation. To say that Linux is overhyped is like claiming that “Open_Source_Misses_the Point"; what matters isn't just the source code being available; cost does not matter either. To me, personally, being able to take control of the system (i.e. freedom) is what gives a lot of power over it. The user has all the power. We must talk about control, freedom, and autonomy. Alex (Alexandre) Oliva has just made_a_point_about_it; he made his own independent site. He even removes non-free software from Linux (there's this new chapter called "The World of Linux", published this week [1]. Based on the abstract, the author is jumping directly from UNIX to "Linux" (skipping GNU is Not UNIX)). We need to reject groups of people who promote Microsoft GitHub (proprietary) and call that "Open Source". Even the latest addition at the OSI (not connected to Microsoft, for a change) has just spoken about pseudo-Open Source/ openwashing [2]. One can hope that the likes of Simon Phipps can somehow save the OSI from Microsoft's takeover; seeing that Microsoft is low_on_money and ever_so_desperate_to_silence_us (wasting hundreds of thousands of pounds on some misogynists_with_a_law_degree), maybe its annual bribes for the OSI will become unsustainable. As we noted this morning, Microsoft's principal operative in the OSI has said not a word in nearly a month. █ 1. ⚓ New_Chapter,_The_World_of_Linux [Seems to be skipping GNU altogether]⠀⇛ In this chapter, we are setting up our playground: a running Linux system. But you should first get an idea of what operating systems in general and Linux in particular are. It is not absolutely necessary to know all of this. However, since you will be working with Linux, you will be part of its history! I think you should know (and appreciate) the basics of this history. Then, you will learn some of the ways you can run Linux on your computer or connect to a Linux server. So this chapter is the foundation for all the other chapters. Finally, you will see how easy it is to install software. 2. ⚓ Open Source Initiative ☛ Meta’s_LLaMa_license_is_still_not_Open Source⠀⇛ A year ago we called on Meta to stop calling Llama 2 “Open Source.” Since then, Meta has released new versions of Llama with new licensing terms that continue to fail the Open Source Definition. Llama 3.x is still not Open Source by any stretch of the imagination. Despite that, Meta keeps on falsely promoting Llama as “Open Source.” You can help us stop that now: call on Zuckerberg and Yann LeCunn to change the Llama license and comply with the Open Source Definition. ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠍⠙⠉⠍⡿⠿⡿⣿⢿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣈⢆⠌⣴⣗⠯⡇⣌⢸⠻⢻⡗⠿⡅⢆⡡⢼⣴⠠⣇⠆⣷⣾⡰⢸⡷⢝⡘⡦⢰⢺⠠⡇⡆⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣼⣿⣿⡻⢿⠿⢿⡿⣿⡿⣿⡷⡟⠿⠿⡟⠟⠻⠿⢿⢿⢲⠾⡿⠿⠺⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠚⠛⠛⠛⠓⠛⠛⠓⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛ ⠀⠀⠐⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠆⠆⠀⠀⠀⠆⠀⠀⠀⠰⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⠀⠀⠰⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠆⠰⠀⠀⠰⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶ ⣉⣇⣹⣉⣟⣟⣍⣹⣹⣍⣫⣫⣙⣷⣏⣍⣏⣩⣞⣉⣹⣏⣯⣧⣹⣉⣏⣟⣧⣩⣍⣩⣹⣈⣟⣉⣉⣿⣉⣉⣿⣋⣽⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⠛⠻⢛⠻⡿⡿⣿⢛⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⢛⡿⢿⢿⢿⠿⡿⢿⠿⣿⠛⡟⡻⠻⢿⠿⡿⢿⠿⣿⠻⡛⢿⠿⣿⡟⡛⠿⠿⠻⠿⡟⢿⡿⢿⠛⣿⢛⠻⠿⠿⡿⢿⣿⢛⡿⠿⠟⠛⠿⢿⠿⢿⠿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣧⣧⣾⣬⣵⣸⣷⣬⣼⣨⣤⣤⣥⣬⣿⣤⣤⣥⣯⣼⣼⣬⣥⣤⣿⣴⣤⣭⣤⣬⣤⣥⣼⣤⣿⣬⣥⣬⣤⣼⣧⣴⣬⣬⣬⣤⣥⣽⣧⣵⣬⣿⣬⣧⣽⣤⣧⣴⣿⣤⣤⣥⣭⣧⣧⣦⣧⣬⣬⣧⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1435 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/19/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml Gemini version at https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/19/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Over at Tux Machines...⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 19, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇View_To_Krung_Thep⦈_ ⚓ Updated This Past Day⠀⇛ 1. ⚓ KDE_Plasma_6.3.1_Released_with_Plasma_Discover_Improvements_and_Many Bug_Fixes⠀⇛ Today, the KDE Project announced the general availability of KDE Plasma 6.3.1 as the first maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment series with an initial batch of bug fixes. 2. ⚓ Best_Linux_Distro_in_2025⠀⇛ guide describes the best GNU/Linux distributions in 2025 3. ⚓ today's_leftovers⠀⇛ mostly free software picks ⚓ New⠀⇛ 4. ⚓ NVIDIA_vs_AMD_on_Linux:_Which_GPU_Should_You_Choose?⠀⇛ Should you go with NVIDIA or AMD on Linux 5. ⚓ Free_Software_Foundation_Speaks_Up_Against_Red_Hat_Source_Code Announcement⠀⇛ Two years ago Red Hat announced an end to its public source code availability 6. ⚓ today's_leftovers⠀⇛ EasyOS, OpenSUSE, and more 7. ⚓ Open_Hardware/Modding_Leftovers⠀⇛ hardware and hacks 8. ⚓ Free_and_Open_Source_Software,_howtos_and_Installations⠀⇛ This is free and open source software 9. ⚓ Red_Hat_Leftovers⠀⇛ Red Hat picks 10. ⚓ Security_Leftovers⠀⇛ Security picks 11. ⚓ Kernel:_KVM/StorPool,_Energy_Use,_and_Asahi_Linux_Trying_Drama_by 'Brigading'_in_Social_Control_Media⠀⇛ kernel news/fluff 12. ⚓ Applications:_TUIs,_HandBrake_1.9.1,_and_More⠀⇛ software news for today 13. ⚓ Games:_Apex_Legends,_OCCT,_and_Esoteric_Commodore_64_Magazine⠀⇛ new gaming news 14. ⚓ today's_leftovers⠀⇛ GNU/Linux and more 15. ⚓ Audiocasts/Shows:_LINUX_Unplugged,_Late_Night_Linux,_and_Destination Linux⠀⇛ 3 new episodes 16. ⚓ today's_howtos⠀⇛ 7 more howtos 17. ⚓ Open_Hardware:_Raspberry_Pi,_Arduino,_and_More⠀⇛ Modding leftovers 18. ⚓ Canonical/Ubuntu:_Typography,_Upselling_Patches,_and_"Hey_Hi"_Hype⠀⇛ Latest from Canonical/Ubuntu.com 19. ⚓ Programming_Leftovers⠀⇛ Development links 20. ⚓ today's_howtos⠀⇛ first batch for today 21. ⚓ Android_Leftovers⠀⇛ This is my real issue with the OnePlus Open 2 delay 22. ⚓ 5_reasons_I_can’t_go_back_to_Windows_after_trying_Linux⠀⇛ Linux distros might be extremely popular in the server community 23. ⚓ Free_and_Open_Source_Software,_howtos_and_Installations⠀⇛ And finally, it’s not just DRM-free but completely open source 24. ⚓ Netrunner_–_Debian-based_distribution⠀⇛ Netrunner is a complete Linux Operating System for PCs 25. ⚓ LinuxConsole_–_lightweight_distribution⠀⇛ LinuxConsole is billed as a lightweight Linux distribution for children and kids 26. ⚓ This_Week_in_KDE_Apps⠀⇛ Welcome to a new issue of "This Week in KDE Apps" 27. ⚓ Stable_kernels:_Linux_6.13.3,_Linux_6.12.14,_and_Linux_6.6.78⠀⇛ I'm announcing the release of the 6.13.3 kernel 28. ⚓ Games:_Is_This_Seat_Taken?,_Deep_Rock_Galactic,_SUPER_DEBT,_and_More⠀⇛ GamingOnLinux's latest 29. ⚓ Today_in_Techrights⠀⇛ Some of the latest articles 30. ⚓ You_Can_Now_Install_Linux_Kernel_6.13_on_Ubuntu,_Here’s_How⠀⇛ Linux 6.13 is now the latest stable kernel and Ubuntu users can install it on their machines via the official Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA archive. 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It's a batch of posts explaining how thugs from Microsoft (people who actually assault women!) try to censor us. Yesterday we mentioned how we had received rude interactions from a small_and_debt-saddled_litigation_firm_of_profound notoriety (other law firms mock it for taking on cases where there's no prospect of winning, just as long as some fools carry on paying and receiving more invoices... basically money down the drain!). We don't need to name the firm or the people in it. It's nothing personal, except they actively represent aggressive men who attack women; one wonders what women in this law firm think and feel about that. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Sherlock_Holmes:_Drawing_of_a_white_sherlock_holmes_figure on_black_background⦈_ They're what someone whom we sued [1, 2] referred to as "funny" for a "reduced rate" or nominal fee (back in December 2023). You get what you pay for. These people are taking money from despicable people and are then converting that money into threatening words in bundles of papers or draft/outdated PDFs that 'fake' being something of real merit and/or from an actual court. Where do they derive their authority from? A licence to practice law? You can lose that, those can be revoked for misuse and lawyers can be disbarred. At 'best' they get away with 'only' fines. Either way, our posts will focus only on the facts and we'll accompany them with evidence, at the very least so as to enable readers to verify what we say (high-quality evidence tends to settle all doubt). We're in no particular hurry because we have plenty of other topics to cover. Why waste time feeding mobsters who do drugs and strangle women? It would be akin to "feeding the trolls", except these ones cannot be trivially ignored if they game_the_system. In order to not lose track of our main or "real" topics we'll probably relegate (frequency-wise) these issues to once or twice a day, just as we did last year when we explained crimes_committed_against_us (there are still many open cases in the police over that). Techrights exists to expose corporate corruption and oppose software patents, promote Free software etc. The reason we write about petty criminals is, you cannot just ignore those who constantly seek to harass. 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🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇We_are_highly_confident_this_text_is_entirely⦈_ We would have to be relatively harsh if we didn't give second chances. Wayne Williams (BetaNews chief) has just covered_a_Debian-based_distro and his article is, as usual, real. The text 'feels' (reads) legitimate and scanners say the same. Thank you, Wayne, for trying to rectify this issue. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Ready_to_get_started?_You_can_download_FreeXP_(or_Free10) from_here.⦈_ Even if it's very short, at least it is real text and a real image (not slop), plus attribution. Contrariwise, LinuxSecurity.com is still a slopfarm made to 'cheat' search (SEO) with fake text. Here's the latest example: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Understanding_openSUSE_Tumbleweed's_Shift_from_AppArmor_to SELinux⦈_ There have been real_articles_about_it (aka "training set" for AI plagiarism), but the above is LLM slop: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇LLM_slop:_To_help_you_understand_and_prepare_for_this transition,_I'll_discuss_the_security_benefits_of_SELinux_and_the_implications of_this_transition_for_Tumbleweed_users.⦈_ We must identify and call out the culprits. 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🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Spring_blooming_bush_next_to_brilliant_blue_bench⦈_ This already happened to Eric_Hameleers (Slackware) some_years_ago 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇European_Union:_It's_time_to_move_on⦈_ THERE has been lots of chatter lately about IBM_layoffs and the latest_gossip is_"[l]ayoffs_coming_to_Coppell_office". To quote: "The leadership in the Coppell office has a plan to increase sales: In September they forced us to work 1 extra hour per day. Next month - back to the office full time. This is what happens when you have “leaders” that don’t know how to lead. I’m sure this is ultimately to get people to quit vs layoff." It does not say that the layoffs are happening right now, but the climate can be revealing to insiders, who hear and see things from within. "Anonymous" asked half a day ago: "Can you please be more specific? Which business area is this?" Overworking people is illegal (remember what_we_wrote_yesterday; flouting rules is common) and R.T.O._is_just_some_way_to_cause_people_to_resign_before resorting_to_obvious_or_"classic"_layoffs. It looks like IBM_is_already_working_towards_getting_rid_of_10,000+_workers this_year, one way or another. As somebody_put_3_hours_ago: "Arvind couldn't find his way out of a paper bag" (Arvind is IBM's CEO) and "someone please tell the clown to stop destroying IBM..." They're doing a financialisation (or strip-mining) of the company. Nothing will be left. Half an hour ago someone_posted_a_warning_to_European_workers_at_IBM: "Bend over, European IBMers, here it comes. . ." The cited_publication_is_dated_last_week and we reproduce it here as HTML/ GemText/plain text: § European Works Council § Statement – Resource Action with continued focus on Support Functions in most European countries⠀➾ “Looking to the first quarter, we expect workforce rebalancing fairly consistent with the prior year”, SVP and CFO of IBM Corporation Jim Kavanaugh stated at the presentation of IBM’s 4Q and FY 2024 corporate financial results on January 29th, 2025. At today’s Extraordinary Meeting, it was officially confirmed that a Resource Action (RA) will be implemented worldwide, which will impact most European countries too. IBM senior management stated that the size and scope of this RA is limited and focused, as the overall reduction of European staff is low single digit and lies below the reduction target of 2024. The IBM EWC cannot agree to the company’s statement, because IBM has become a significantly smaller organisation compared to five or ten years ago. In this context, the team observes that also lower reduction numbers have mostly more critical impact than before, especially in IBM’s European Support Functions. Carving out a few roles compared to limited local staffing levels can lead to extremely high and impactful reduction percentages that easily go up to 30% or 50% or even more. As in 2024, the current RA focusses again primarily at reducing the level of working in Support Functions all over Europe. Around 70% of the current reduction target is aimed at IBM’s Q2C and Enterprise Operations & Support (EO&S) missions, Finance & Operations including Procurement, CIO, Human Resources including Global Administration, Legal and Marketing & Communications. IBM senior management stipulated that this RA is not a typical financial action but should be regarded as part of an ongoing ‘simplification journey’ aiming at improving productivity and efficiency by making use of technological advances and co-locating work to global - rather than to European - Delivery Centers in Asia. Especially colleagues working in our International Center in Slovakia are for the third consecutive year impacted most. Around one-third of current staff working in Q2C and Support roles is expected to be declared redundant, this counts for roughly half of the total restructuring of European Support Functions. IBM senior management repeated explicitly that the European Q2C mission in Bratislava continues to be of strategic importance. However, the current optimization aims at moving repetitive, commoditized Q2C work to India and Philippines, while all complex roles that add higher value will remain in Bratislava. It was confirmed that after concluding the current RA, actual staffing levels in Q2C and Support in Bratislava stay intact. Over the last three years, the number of employees in Support Functions has been reduced dramatically. Consequently, today only a hand full of Support Staff experts is left at country level. Local footprints have eroded, countries hardly have any critical mass on- site and local support teams have been marginalised. The IBM EWC believes that this is not without risk to the quality and continuity of daily operations and observes that repeated restructurings led to increased workload, which negatively impacted morale and engagement of local staff. The membership anticipates that this situation will further deteriorate after the current RA, as a compelling and motivating vision with a clear future perspective seems absent for employees who continue to work in Support Functions around Europe. IBM also makes insufficient investments in compensation and salary of support staff employees, simply because the company regards them as non-strategic. The IBM EWC cannot accept that this group is ‘dismissed’ because of their job role, knowing that adequate support is and remains of critical importance to the success of IBM Technology and IBM Consulting. At the meeting, IBM senior management explained that it also aims at flattening the company’s organisational structure and delayering and deconstructing hierarchical and approval levels in IBM Technology and IBM Consulting to speed up decisions and actions. The reduction at IBM Consulting counts for approximately 25% of the European reduction, the remaining number is aimed at modest optimizations in IBM Technology. Consequently, the IBM EWC expects especially managers and leaders in band 9 and up in IBM Consulting to be in scope of this restructuring. IBM senior management confirmed that around 10% of (Associate) Partners will leave the company and also said that the strategy is to move job roles such as Application Developer, Project Manager and Business Analyst from IBM mainline to CICs. The shift of these roles is excluded from this RA and will be managed through natural attrition in IBM mainline and new hiring in CICs. The membership foresees that carving out the most senior people of IBM Consulting can have negative impact on our capability to generate new business. The membership can understand that reducing the number of management layers can improve the speed of decision making. However, creating a more compelling and inspirational leadership style based on solid knowledge and understanding of technology and industries requires dedicated and focused management development programs and longer-term investments in culture change. The IBM EWC observes that another RA creates unrest and dis- engagement amongst employees all over Europe and urges IBM senior management to apply more organic optimisations on a quarterly basis, rather than ‘big bangs’ once a year. Organic optimisations support careful handover of workloads and ensure quality and continuity of operations in a timely and planned manner. This was also confirmed by Syndex, an experienced and well reputed international consulting firm, that analysed and assessed the effectiveness of the previous RA in 2024 upon the IBM EWC’s request. The IBM EWC was informed at the meeting that IBM aims at offering voluntary packages as much as possible to ensure that employees in scope of this Resource Action can leave the company as ambassadors. The membership requests IBM senior management to inform and instruct country management accordingly. The IBM EWC understands that local implementations are guided by local law and practice, however, at European level one consistent and uniform approach for all European countries in scope of this RA should be discussed, outlined and agreed to ensure that IBM employees all over the continent are treated fairly and equally, according to the same rules and principles. The EWC membership requests IBM senior management to ensure that: - first and foremost, subcontractor replacement is advertised and applied; - scoping criteria are transparent and timely agreed and communicated, including fair objection procedures and periods; - managers pro-actively coach their teams towards re- and up-skilling programs to allow for internal redeployment opportunities supported by Business Driven Mobility; - cross LoB job opportunities are pro-actively facilitated and supported; - Bridge-to-Retirement programs and paid Leave of Absence/paid sabbaticals are offered; - so called ‘domino solutions’ are actively promoted and supported; - only voluntary programs and generous packages are offered, to allow IBMers to leave the company as ambassadors in a mutually agreed and good spirit; - outplacement support is offered to all employees in scope on acceptance of an offer. The membership discussed the information and details provided about the size, scoping criteria, employment implications and timelines for Europe. The current restructuring impacts half of all EU-countries, 14 member states are exempted. The IBM EWC believes that the local circumstances in these 14 countries do not differ much from the specific business situation in the countries which are in-scope of the current RA. IBM senior management explained the company’s rationale to exclude them and was requested by the team to confirm that no additional restructuring will take place. Based on the corporate announcement and additional information provided at today’s meeting, the IBM EWC concludes that the company wants this restructuring to be implemented in this first quarter of 2025, leaving the impacted employees only a few weeks to make up their minds. IBM senior management explained that they have no indication about any pressure or unfair timelines and that all time required will be given to support the local information and consultation processes within the European countries in scope. The EWC membership requests IBM senior management to continue the dialogue on the current Resource Action at European level and to provide regular status updates. IBM European Works Council Munich, Germany – February 13, 2025 Coming from "Munich, Germany", it very much reads like many publications from the staff union at the EPO (same location). It says: "As in 2024, the current RA focuses again primarily at reducing the level of working in Support Functions all over Europe. Around 70% of the current reduction target is aimed at IBM’s Q2C and Enterprise Operations & Support (EO&S) missions, Finance & Operations including Procurement, CIO, Human Resources including Global Administration, Legal and Marketing & Communications." Expect many layoffs soon. 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It has hardly shown signs of slowing down. Benoît_Battistelli and António_Campinos have managed to turn Europe's second-largest institution into a place where corruption has basically become the norm (and the_media_helps_normalise_this). Internal publications like this_new_one_from_within_IBM help raise awareness, but the corporate media tries to suppress, hide, or distract from such publications. Aside from IBM and Microsoft layoffs being covered (lots of Microsoft layoffs so far this year!) we plan to continue the slop-hunting expedition (identifying and reporting Serial Sloppers). We're glad to say that after the latest removal of a fake article by Brian Fagioli (this happened about 3 days ago) there has been only webspam, not LLM slop about "Linux" (the editor_of_the_site_seem_to_have realised_what_happened). Ideally there should be no LLM slop about "Linux" at all. This way people can find and read news written, not spewed out (with lots of errors) by chatbots. This month we expect things to be mostly uneventful, which means plenty of time to research and publish. The SLAPP_by_Microsofters is merely a "side show" that proves their desperation. They've tried hard to censor us since last week (of course it failed) and it seems like this_is_the_page_which_makes_their_blood boil. It's about GPL violations (the_FSF_should_know). We find it curious that Microsoft's principal operative inside the OSI - the one who lobbies for GPL violations (by LLMs) - has been totally quiet for 4 weeks already (he promoted and openwashed LLM slop). Did something happen? Notice how Microsoft and its operative link themselves directly to OSI. It's like the OSI is now a branch of Microsoft. Half of the OSI's money (or oven more than half) comes from Microsoft's_ClearlyDefined. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇ClearlyDefined_2024_in_review_–_milestones,_growth_and community_impact⦈_ It seems like we've made positive impact because this Microsoft mole inside the OSI (his salary comes from Microsoft) has been quiet; they_typically_become vocal_only_temporarily_when_we_call_them_out_on_it. It's not to be ignored; we're glad to be noticed. One_thing_we'd_like_to_do_more_of_is_Software_Freedom_advocacy. Many people are unhappy right now with the_direction_GAFAM_and_MElon_have_taken;_they_seek alternatives. Let's steer them towards Free/libre software. 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Whether it constitutes a violation of the GPL would require legal analysis and the FSF does not give legal advice. However, as the stewards of the GNU GPL we can speak how it is intended to be applied and Red Hat's approach is certainly contrary to the spirit of the GPL. This is unfortunate, because we would expect such flagship organizations to drive the movement forward." That's nice to hear, more so coming from the real patron of the GPL, which will also celebrate its fortieth anniversary quite soon (first_the_GNU_Manifesto). Half a decade ago figosdev kept talking about how corporate money had sort of become a yoke and FSF members lacked direct involvement and/or influence. If the FSF can become less dependent on companies like IBM, Intel, Google (GAFAM) etc. then it'll have more courage to speak out, fearlessly criticising the giants. Money that comes with strings attached to it is always problematic. █ "First, I decided to stop the Patreon page for multiple reasons. It was an interesting experimentation and helped me a lot in 2023 and a part of 2024 as I went freelance and did not earn much money. Now, the business is running fine and prefer my former patrons to support someone else more active / who need money. The way I implemented Patreon support was like this: people supporting me financially had access to blog posts a 2 or 3 days earlier than the public release, the point was to give them a little something for their support without creating a paywall for some content. I think it worked quite well in that regard. A side effect of the "early access publishing" was that, almost every time, I used this extra delay to add more content / fix issues that I did not think about when writing. As a reminder, I usually just write then proofread quickly and publish. Having people paying money to have early access to my blog posts created some kind of expectations from them in my mind, so I tried to raise the level higher in terms of content at the point that I came to procrastinate because "this blog post will not be interesting enough" or "this will just take too long to write, I'm bored". My writing cadence got delayed, I was able to sustain once a week at first then moved to twice a month. I have no idea if readers had "expectations", but I imagined it and acted like if it was a thing. [...] Cherry on the cake, Patreon was already bloated when I started using it, but it has been more and more aggressive in terms of marketing and selling features, which disgusted me at some point. I was not using all of this, but I felt bad to have people supporting me having to deal with it." - Solène Rapenne 3_days_ago ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣤⣤⡀⣀⣀⣠⠄⠀⠀⢀⣤⣠⣄⣄⣀⣀⣀⣤⣀⣀⣀⣄⣤⣄⣤⣠⣀⣠⣀⣀⣀⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⡄⠄⠀⢠⠀⢠⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠ ⣿⣿⣧⣭⣥⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣧⣼⣿⣽⣿⣤⣿⣧⣿⣧⣽⣧⣾⣧⣿⣤⣿⣧⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⢀⠀⡄⠀⠀⢀⠀⢀⠀⢀⠀⠀⢀⠀⡀⢠⠀⠀⠀⠀⡄⠀⠀⠀⡄⠀⠀⢠⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⢀⠀⡄⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⢠⠀⠀⢠⢀⠀⠀⠀⡀⢠⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⢠⠀⡀⢀⠀⡄ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡏⠩⠭⠩⠭⠭⠭⠭⣭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠍⠭⠭⠭⠭⡭⢭⠭⡭⢭⠭⠍⠉⢩⠉⡭⠭⠭⠭⡭⠍⠩⠭⠭⠭⠭⢭⠭⠍⠭⠭⠭⢭⡭⠭⠍⠍⠩⢭⡍⠍⢭⠭⣭⠉⡍⢩⠉⣭⠩⠩⡭⠭⢭⡭⠭⢭⠭⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡧⢷⣤⣦⣼⣦⣦⡧⣷⡤⣼⣦⣤⣤⣼⣤⣤⣤⣼⢼⣧⣼⣤⣧⣾⣦⣤⣧⣼⣤⣦⣼⣴⣤⣿⣤⣤⣦⣤⣿⣤⣴⣤⣦⣦⣧⣤⣴⣿⣤⣦⣧⣼⣼⣧⣤⣴⣤⣿⣼⣧⣼⣼⣿⣤⣤⣧⣧⣼⣤⣦⣼⣧⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣇⣸⣀⣇⣸⣆⣄⣇⣀⣀⣿⣀⣈⣀⣠⣀⣄⣠⣰⣀⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣏⠛⣻⠙⠛⡙⠛⠹⡛⢛⢋⠛⠛⢛⡟⡛⡙⡛⠛⠋⠛⠋⠛⢛⡛⠛⠫⠻⡟⡛⠛⣏⠝⠛⡛⠋⠉⠋⠟⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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Taking Red Hat Enterprise Linux 'Private' is Articulated Almost 2 Years Late⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 19, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Polka_Dots_Red_White⦈_ LAST night in_IRC (thanks, admfubar) and in Slashdot (indirect_link because Slashdot_sucks) we saw something that seems like it came out of nowhere... from 2023 when IBM_took_RHEL_'proprietary'. The Free Software Foundation finally spoke out about this issue*. We dared it to. Some people asked the Free Software Foundation to talk about it, the Free Software Foundation's reps said they would issue a statement, but it never happened. Until now: Subject: Statement about recent changes in source code distribution for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Date: 2023-07-16 00:39:51 > Hi, > > I'm a user of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Rocky Linux and other Linux > distributions in the RHEL ecosystem. I am also involved in the EL > (Enterprise Linux) community which is being affected by the statements > and changes in policy made by Red Hat at > https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/furthering-evolution-centos-stream and > https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hats-commitment-open-source- > response-gitcentosorg-changes > (note there are many many more links and posts about this issue which > I > believe you are likely already aware of). While a few of these > questions are answered more directly by the license FAQ some of them > are > not and there are a not insignificant number of people who would very > much appreciate a public statement from the FSF that answers these > questions directly. > > Can you please comment or release a statement about the Free Software > Foundation's position on this issue? Specifically: > Thank you for writing in with your questions. My apologies for the delay, but we are a small team with limited resources and can be challenging keeping up with all the emails we receive. Generally, we don't agree with what Red Hat is doing. Whether it constitutes a violation of the GPL would require legal analysis and the FSF does not give legal advice. However, as the stewards of the GNU GPL we can speak how it is intended to be applied and Red Hat's approach is certainly contrary to the spirit of the GPL. This is unfortunate, because we would expect such flagship organizations to drive the movement forward. > Is Red Hat's removal of sources from git.centos.org a violation of the > GPL and various other Free Software licenses for the various programs > distributed under RHEL? > > Is Red Hat's distribution of source RPMs to their customers under > their > subscriber agreement sufficient to satisfy the above mentioned > licenses? > > Is it a violation if Red Hat terminates a subscription early because > their customer exercised their rights under the GPL and other Free > Software licenses to redistribute the RHEL sources or create > derivative > works from them? > > Is it a violation if Red Hat refuses to renew a subscription that has > expired because a customer exercised their rights to redistribute or > create derivative works? > > A number of the programs distributed with RHEL are copyrighted by the > FSF, some examples being bash, emacs, GNU core utilities, gcc, gnupg > and > glibc. Given that the FSF has standing to act in this matter would > the > FSF be willing to intervene on behalf of the community in order to get > Red Hat to correct any of the above issues? > As of today, we are not aware of any issue with Red Hat's new policy that we could pursue on legal grounds. However, if you do find a violation, please [follow these instructions][0] and send a report to . [0]: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-violation.html If you are interested in something more specific on this, the Software Freedom Conservancy [published an article about the RHEL][1] situation and hosted a [panel at their conference in 2023][2]. These cover the situation fairly thoroughly. [1]: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/jun/23/rhel-gpl-analysis/ [2]: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/jul/19/rhel-panel-fossy- 2023/ That's the 'beef' of it. The comments in Slashdot aren't from the FSFdom (FSF and allies), so they don't matter as much. We can focus on the above words. We don't know what motivated this response right now, but we welcome it. █ _________ * The person who shared this said: "Two years ago Red Hat announced an end to its public source code availability. This caused a great deal of outcry from the Enterprise Linux community at large. Since then many have waited for a statement from the Free Software Foundation concerning their stance on the matter. 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It's about people exercising control (sometimes collective control, e.g. as an NGO or company might do) over all the computers. The "transparency" aspect (being able to see the code) is applicable but not the most important aspect. It's not_a_fantastic_selling_point_either. In journalism, "transparency" typically means either imposing "transparency" on those who work/operate/conspire in the dark (against the interests of others) or embracing "transparency" to show sources, evidence etc. That's why_we_share IRC_logs_every_day. We believe that transparency (in the latter sense of the term) assures higher quality and standards. We also try to adhere to source protection; this can be achieved by redaction, which does not necessarily go against transparency because sometimes without some redaction a disclosure of evidence is infeasible. Our standards of reporting seem to be really pissing off people_from_Microsoft. Some of them lost their jobs over it, so they're just looking for "revenge" now. Worry not, however, those acts of desperation are "A_Gift_That_Keeps_on Giving" as it legitimises our work and demonstrates its true value. If bad people fall, then we're doing something right. We intend to maintain a high level of transparency; this means that we'll eventually report on all the extortion and censorship attempts. The greater the extortion and censorship, the greater the Streisand Effect will be. I'm hardly new to journalism (this_site_is_an_adult) and I know too well how so-called 'Streisand Effect' works. In the past 24 hours traffic in the site was about 50% higher than usual - we attribute that to gagging_efforts. When it comes to Software Freedom, we do our best to share all our code. We have our own Git repository and we_make_everything_in_it_accessible_over_Gemini Protocol, even the latest_changes. Honest people can be transparent. Dishonest, rogue people rely on a lack of it. That's why the current US administration - like the one in Moscow - detests journalism as much as it hates true transparency. Reprehensible acts flourish in darkness. 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The Zizian cult has gained significant media attention this week. Media reports tell us that they are computer scientists, some may have been affiliated with Google and they are transgender. So often we see open source communities making false statements about people for political reasons. Here we have an example of some people who are accused of some very serious crimes and we don't see any statement from Debian or any other group explaining the extent to which these people have participated in our events and online collaboration. Wikipedia has a page about the killing_of_border_patrol_officer_David_Maland and the following comment is notable: The Zizians are named after their founder, Jack Amadeus "Ziz" LaSota, who targeted "smart, mostly autistic-ish transwomen who were extremely vulnerable and isolated" for recruitment. In fact, the same thing could be said about just about every open source organization who is competing to recruit transgender people. In the case of the Zizian cult, transgender people were recruited into some activities that are easily recognized as criminal. In open source groups, there is a push-pull relationship with the transgender community. These people are socially isolated, they are often working in remote jobs and they are often home at night. They rarely have responsibilities for family or children. This gives them the ability to spend seven nights a week in online chat rooms and social media. This is where the push-pull relationship arises: they offer their time for free but they quickly demand the powers to be moderators and censors of the channels where they participate. Full time developers rarely have time for chores like this and they are often handing over power to people who politicize the roles of mailing list moderation. An example of this is the exploitation of Ariadne Conill who is known for working on Alpine Linux. It looks like somebody gave Ariadne a diversity ticket to DebConf19 in Brazil and she immediately started using social media to attack my family. I never met Ariadne and I never had any involvement in her projects. It looks like she was exploited to spread defamation in exchange for some free conference tickets. The tactical use of transgender people to spread defamation in exchange for travel benefits is a_form_of_social_engineering_attack_on_the community. Dr Norbert Preining and his family were attacked in similar circumstances. We were told that the Debian Account Managers and the Debian "Anti-Harassment" Team had independently concluded he needed a punishment. It was subsequently revealed that some of the people in those teams are LGBT and they are romantically involved with each other. Therefore, these teams don't make objective decisions. The public at large continue to be amazed at the way that cults like this form. In fact, cults are far more common than we think. They only get significant public attention when serious crimes are involved. Nonetheless, I feel one of the most relevant examples for open source communities is the Heaven's_Gate cult_from_the_1990s. What is special about Heaven's Gate is that they all decided to be castrated/ sterilized/neutered. This is a lot like open source groups agreeing to be slaves to a Code_of_Conduct. I previously wrote a blog about how some people in Debian consented to be castrated with a code of conduct while the_vast_majority did_not_consent_to_this. The other key thing about Heaven's Gate is that they all picked a special day for suicide. We saw the same phenomena when another Debian Developer chose to write his suicide note the_night_before_Debian_Day. It is not clear if that was the beginning of the Debian suicide cluster or if it was a symptom of just how bad things had already become. █ § How can we recognize a cult?⠀➾ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Kurt_Roeckx,_Mark_Brown,_Steve_McIntyre,_Neil_McGovern, Keith_Packard,_Anthony_Towns,_Luca_Capello,_Martin_Ferrari,_Bdale_Garbee,_Phil Hands,_Jonathan_Riddell,_Alejandro_Barcena⦈_ Please see the chronological_history_of_how_the_Debian_harassment_and_abuse culture_evolved. ⠀⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⢘⢹⢹⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡌⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠈⠁⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣾⣶⡁⢸⠸⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⣼⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⡟⣿⣿⣤⡀⠀⢸⠘⣿⣿⣟⣿⣗⣸⢰⣺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣿⣧⣤⡀⠀⢈⣿⢸⠀⢀⣘⡀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⣹⣿⣿⣿⢇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⣧⣾⣞⡇⠀⢸⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⢸⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣶⣿⢧⣯⣿⣧⣾⣾⣉⣸⣶⣾⡿⣷⣾⣻⣿⣿⣉⣾⣿⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣶⣷⣦⣯⡗⣿⣿⠶⠿⡿⣿⣿⠟⣭⣽⢿⣿⣶⡖⣢⣖⠶⠇⠋⣿⣿⡓⠒⢾⡇⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⢿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⢟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠠⢄⠹⣽⡧⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⢘⠿⠿⠀⠁⠻⠘⢿⣿⣿⡟⠹⠃⢿⢸⢷⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⡇⡛⢛⠠⣟⣟⣸⡛⠐⠻⢝⠀⢘⠋⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠹⣿⣧⠀⠈⠓⠳⣘⣗⠛⢛⢛⡐⣻⣿⣟⣿⡸⢇⠻⠾⣻⡿⢃⠟⣻ ⡌⠀⠀⢶⠋⣦⡏⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠫⠿⠀⠀⠀⢱⣬⣿⣿⣿⣍⣿⡿⠃⠗⠀⠀⣛⠏⠉⠁⠈⢯⡇⠀⠈⠁⠀⢱⣀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠹⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠃⠀⠀⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣯⣽⣿⣥⣤⣿⣷⣧⣲ ⡇⠀⠀⢸⠀⢿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢃⠊⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡧⠠⠅⠼⠴⠩⠀⠀⢀⠀⠂⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢯⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭ ⠀⠀⡈⠃⠁⠙⠙⠀⠈⠀⡀⡀⠁⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⡿⠿⢿⣿⡇⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠶⠀⡀⠀⠆⠀⠀⠝⠀⠀⢀⣤⢄⠀⠀⠰⠿⠟⠻⣿⣷⢸⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⣻⡇⢸⠀⣦⢤⢄⢠⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠈⢻⣷⣆⣦⣾⡿⠡⠴⠌⠑⠆⠒⠀⢾⠄⠐⠀⠀⠑⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⣄⡄⠀⢠⢲⡠⠁⠀⠈⢹⣴⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡌⠙⠛⠿⠿⠿⣿⡟ ⠀⢸⡏⠁⠀⢠⡭⡇⢸⠀⠁⠀⠠⠈⠉⠀⡤⠄⠦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠙⠿⠛⠉⡧⠀⢀⠀⢠⡄⠀⣠⣼⡄⣠⠀⢀⣴⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠁⠀⠉⠀⠸⡇⠀⣰⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⡇ ⠀⣿⣿⣇⢀⢸⣿⣇⠈⢰⣦⡆⠀⢰⣶⠀⠃⠀⢀⣀⠀⠀⣤⡄⢟⢸⣷⣀⣀⣸⣿⡀⠛⠀⢹⡇⠀⣿⣟⠃⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⡀⣴⡄⠀⠀⠘⠃⠀⠚⠺⠀⡆⣤⢠⣀⣄⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇ ⣿⡀⠠⡇⠀⠸⠇⢇⣀⣸⠯⡇⠀⠈⠉⠀⠀⠒⢺⣿⠂⠂⣿⠃⢁⠸⢼⠠⠨⠼⡇⢀⣀⠀⢨⣥⠀⣬⣥⢠⣤⡌⢡⣤⠈⠀⢠⡀⣠⡔⢲⣿⢷⣿⡇⠀⠃⢾⣷⠀⢸⣿⠐⢺⣿⠐⢾⣿⠀⠒⣶⣶⢒⣶⣶⡶⠦⢶ ⠀⠀⣿⣶⠀⣷⣶⠈⠀⠀⢻⣿⡆⣾⣷⠎⠁⠀⣈⣛⢃⣀⡍⠀⠈⢹⣶⡆⣼⣾⠀⣿⡟⠀⠸⣿⠀⣿⡇⠘⣿⠁⢸⡿⠀⠀⢸⡇⣿⠇⠘⣿⢈⣿⠀⠐⠀⠘⣟⠀⢸⡏⠀⠸⡟⠀⢸⡏⠀⠀⢹⡟⠀⢻⡿⠛⠛⠀ ⣤⣤⣿⣿⣤⣿⣿⣤⣤⣤⣼⢿⣷⣾⡿⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣼⣿⣤⣤⣤⣼⣿⣧⣿⣿⣤⢼⣧⣤⢤⣟⡤⣿⡧⡤⠛⠤⠘⠣⠤⠤⠼⠇⠼⠤⢸⣿⡾⣿⣆⣀⡀⠀⠉⠀⠈⠅⠀⢠⡅⡀⠘⡧⠀⢀⠘⢓⣤⠞⠃⣄⣀⣀ ⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⡿⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⢹⢻⡟⠃⢿⣿⣿⡷⡾⡿⢻⢿⣿⣿⣿⠛⢻⠛⠻⣿⣅⣀⣉⣋⠀⢈⣀⣈⣦⣠⣤⣤⣤⣦⣤⣀⣤⣤⣀⣶⣿⣷⣾⣷⣾⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣤⣷⣾⣷⣶⣶⣭⣵⣷⣬⣵⣶⣦⣽⣿⣿⣿ ⡿⠋⢀⣠⣿⣧⣤⣠⣽⣿⣯⣀⣴⣷⣦⣤⣿⣿⣉⣡⣤⣄⣀⣿⣿⣿⣀⣳⣶⣤⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3030 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Gemini Links 18/02/2025: Beginning Meditation, Poison as Praxis, and Blogging⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 19, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Yellow_daffodils_in_a_flowerbed⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini # Programming * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ long_time_no_see⠀⇛ Hey friends. I made an account here in March of 2022. I've been sort of on a nostalgia kick lately. I'm moving from my hometown pretty soon so I guess that's where it's coming from. I've been trying hard to distance myself from the whole social media thing lately, is anyone else here doing that? It's a tougher thing than many are willing to admit. I've thought about getting rid of my cellphone all together. It's nice to think of the internet as a place to visit, rather than an all consuming whatever-it-is-now. It seems like so many sites have come and gone in my admittedly very short time on this site of the net. Do you all ever think about that kind of thing? # ⚓ Beginning_Meditation⠀⇛ February has been a stressful month. I find that when I'm stressed, I go back to engaging in activities that are bad for my health, like being sedentary and eating sweet foods. As a result, my weight went up slightly last week. I'm trying to replace unhealthy habits with healthy ones, one at a time. And part of that process involves swapping out behaviors I do when I'm stressed. Instead of pulling up some dopamine- triggering video or game, I'm trying to swap in meditation. Meditation doesn't come naturally to me. I've tried meditating a few times before, but I was far too restless to focus for more than a minute or so. My mind would immediately bounce around from one thought to another: something uncomfortable about my sitting position, a distracting hum in the room, a memory evoked by the sound of a background track, an itch on my leg, a draft blowing my hair and tickling my forehead. In seconds I would give up and return to my normal activities. # ⚓ dansk⠀⇛ Here I am again. A small detour from my, now regular, walk across this new campus. Down to this familiar bar. ~bartender, some of that shitty vending machine coffee I had back in my hometown, please. I need a familiar taste. Been in Denmark for quite a while now. Climate is cold. Days are rather short. No stray cats or dogs which means no animal photography. Still, beautiful scenery and functioning public transport. As someone that likes to drive and travel alone quite a lot, this is a good enough substitute. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Poison_as_Praxis⠀⇛ There's been a recent uptick in the availability of a particular kind of software tool: the AI poison text generator. It's encouraging to see - although obviously it would be way better if they weren't needed in the first place. The idea is to empower website owners to defend their work against the contemporary scourge of AI scraper bots, parasites that aggressively appropriate our collective human effort so that a small handful of trillion dollar fascist-adjacent tech companies can each build their own energy- guzzling conflict-mineral colossus and churn out an endless stream of grinning corporate-speak reply emails that no one wants to read. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Re:_Blogging_is_not_always_about_traffic⠀⇛ I can only affirm that Jedda is absolutely correct. I always suggest people who hesitate to blog to just start blogging and not worry too much about the audience. This is especially true on the Small/Indieweb, Gemini capsules, and gopher holes. They crave new and unique content. In fact, I would even recommend running a Gemini Capsule or Gopher hole as well. Additionally, don't overthink the topic of your blog or gemlog. Write about whatever you want without caring too much about the judgment of your readers. Most of the time, the hardest critic is oneself. Share your (niche) hobbies, journeys, experiences, or life in general. And you'll see how rewarding it can be to receive an email from someone who is genuinely interested in your post. Simply enjoy what you are doing. Blog for pleasure! It's an outlet for personal creativity. If you were to create a painting without liking the process and solely for profit, I believe in my opinion that you're wasting your time, even if you manage to earn some money. However, if you do it for fun then the number of viewers of your artwork should not matter. # ⚓ So_You_Want_to_Blog_for_Traffic?⠀⇛ I want to be clear that this isn’t intended as a dig at the author. Different bloggers obviously have different reasons they write. Some do it to build a following, others do it because they enjoy designing their own space on the web, and still others write for no reason other than to organize their thoughts. And I’m sure there’s a bunch of other people I’ve left out. The problem is that the original article is based on what I believe to be a misconception about modern blogging. Assuming you want more traffic, optimizing your site for ingestion by machines is entirely the wrong way to go about it in the current decade. Google will never be a meaningful source of visitors to your personal website, and in fact they have their own reasons why they would want to make it difficult for people to find. I wish this wasn’t the case but that’s sadly not how the web works anymore. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Naming_types_is_hard⠀⇛ I came across this interesting discussion on the opinion that 'Naming sum types is often hard' [1] and I guess I have never even thought about this problem before. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3240 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Gemini Links 19/02/2025: AuraRepo and Offpunk⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 19, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Road_In_Rural_Area_Farm⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_CDGOILH_Wordo:_PRIVY⠀⇛ # ⚓ Hello_there,_I_am_tired⠀⇛ I am currently writing this at 10 pm on a Tuesday night before a Chemistry Exam. I am so fucking sick and tired No it is not sleep - I slept well and have caffeinated myself. It is not exhaustion - I have barely done any work today. I am just sick and tired of my life in general. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ AuraRepo_Progress⠀⇛ The one good thing about developing my SIS server in parallel with my capsule and other projects is I can keep perfecting SIS based on how I use it in other projects, and based on how it runs my capsule. This new version of AuraRepo takes advantage of a feature I spent the past two days adding to SIS *because* it was something I wanted to simplify AuraRepo's code. # ⚓ Playing_with_Offpunk⠀⇛ I have been trying a new terminal-based browser called 'Offpunk'. I figure a lot of people here on Gemini already know what it is, but this Sylvan hadn't tried it yet, so I'll talk about it. A fellow geminaut friend said I should try it, since I am always trying to do more in the Terminal. I like what the Offpunk capsule says about it - "Offpunk is intended for people who live in their terminal and don't want to leave it." =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3332 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Gemini Links 19/02/2025: FreeDOS abd Botfloods⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 19, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Tadpole_Frogs_in_Pond,_Animals⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ FreeDOS_again⠀⇛ Perhaps now its the point where i finally left the sane part of the population, perhaps i am longing for a time long gone or perhaps i like to torture myself... i really don't know, but i have installed FreeDOS on my trusty old Thinkpad R60 and i really have grown to like it. Down below you will find a writeup of the first few days / weeks with this OS and my thoughts about it. You may ask WHY? Why waste time on an single tasking, non UNIX system that had its best time when memory was measured in KBs and disk space in MB? Well... its complicated. About two years ago (i think?) i helped an older coworker to set up his new (-ish) Thinkcentre to work with FreeDOS, and somehow this little OS stayed back in my mind since then. Perhaps my general disstasifaction with the computer world since then have lead me to longing for the primitive, for simpler times, who knows? As i am now over 40, perhaps its the midlife crisis... i really don't know, but somehting inside me urged me to try this out. # ⚓ Adventure⠀⇛ as not everyone is an Excel¹ jockey seeking to majorly maximize Mammon. For example a common way to play EVE Online runs towards accumulating ever increasing amounts of ISK (that is, Mammon) and the expectation—worse, demand—is that everyone is engaged in this pursuit. Have a billion ISK? Go for a trillion! There is never not enough! In other cultures the riches to rags story is celebrated; see for example the Buddha. Speaking of rags to riches, why is social mobility a.k.a. "the American dream" so low in America these days? Others have such concepts as "lagom" though I'll leave it to the Norse to explain that term better. "Timon of Athens" may also be relevant. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Bots_again,_cursed⠀⇛ I’m on a trip and once again the bot fuckers are at it. Long term load average is 0.5; I have two cores so I can handle an average load of 2.0; but when I looked at my sites this morning load was at 110. Some idiot is training their AI again, is my guess. I switched off Emacs Wiki and Community Wiki for the time being. They'll be back when the AI bros are tired of downloading every link. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3437 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 19/02/2025: Organisations Quitting Social Control Media, Windows TCO Illustrated Some More⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 19, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Little_group_of_yellow_crocus_and_one_white_one,_blooming_in early_spring⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Career/Education o Hardware o Proprietary o Pseudo-Open_Source # Openwashing o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies/Monopsonies # Patents # Software_Patents # Copyrights * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Manuel Moreale ☛ Confidently_incorrect⠀⇛ And who gets to decide that? When you’re writing online what matters is what you decide it’s important for you. No one else gets to decide what’s important for you and for your site. It’s your fucking site after all. o ⚓ Johan Halse ☛ Pressing_pause⠀⇛ I've added a ton of filters. I have everything from "TikTok" to "layoffs" to "fascist" or even "LLM" which tells you something about the volume of hyperactive bullshit that's been flooding my zone. I've noticed myself boosting and posting more and more things about the catastrophic political situation we all find ourselves in in 2025, and... what do I think I'm accomplishing, really? A measurable increase in blood pressure for the poor bastards reading? Maybe someone donated money. Maybe someone signed a petition. But that's the extent of it. So I think I'm done, for now. I've uninstalled the excellent Ivory app. I've hostnamed away news sites and have instead started to curate a nice little array of RSS feeds instead, filled with things that matter to my daily life like code and art and music and video games. The Pax Americana is broken, the world is fucked up and hurtling towards war and distrust, but I can't pick it up and shake it and tell it to knock it off. No amount of worrying is going to help put things right. So I can't be out here chewing my nails and screaming in public. Better to dive deeper into work, pick up some new hobbies, let the chips fall where they may. That requires silence. We'll see what comes out the other side. But for now you gotta shut up, Internet, because you're bringing me down. o ⚓ Robert Birming ☛ The_Best_Blog_Post_Ever⠀⇛ I can't say that it's the same for me when it comes to books, but it made me think of a blog post I read recently. It was Annie Mueller's answer to the question "What's your favorite post on your blog?". She replied: "Always the one I'm writing right now." o ⚓ Simon Willison ☛ tc39/proposal-regex-escaping⠀⇛ One of the best things about having a long-running blog is that sometimes posts you forgot about over a decade ago turn out to have a life of their own. o ⚓ Andy Hawthorne ☛ Are_Your_Blog_Post_Titles_Costing_You_Readers?_| Andy's_Blog⠀⇛ That's how your audience feels about your blog post titles. You think they'll dig through your post to find the gold? No chance. You have to hand it to them. Up front. Make them want it. o ⚓ James G ☛ Blog_background_experiments⠀⇛ The last design of my blog featured a Club Penguin background image on every page. The background depended on the page you were on. Pages related to coffee had a coffeeshop background. The time machine page had its own background. Here is an example of a blog post with the default snow background: [...] o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Wired ☛ National_Science_Foundation_Fires_168_Workers_as Federal_Purge_Continues⠀⇛ Earlier this month, however, these permanent workers were suddenly told by NSF that their one- year probationary period should have been two years and they were no longer safe from being terminated. o § Career/Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Lou Plummer ☛ On_Identity⠀⇛ Most of my adult life, I've used the convenient crutch of describing myself by my job title, conflating what I did with who I was. It was an easy and convenient (and kind of lazy) way to self identify. Of course, there are numerous ways to label ourselves. We do it by our relationships. I get to be Mr. Wonder Woman quite a bit because my wee, shy, introverted wife attracts a lot of attention by virtue of a high-profile job and her athletic prowess. When I go visit my dad, despite being a grandfather myself, I get defined as being Johnny's boy, which kind of makes me feel like Tony Soprano. # ⚓ Riccardo Mori ☛ People_and_resources_added_to_my_reading list_in_2024⠀⇛ Welcome to the twelfth instalment of my annual overview of my most interesting discoveries made during the previous year. Traditionally, the structure of this kind of post includes different categories of resources: blogs, YouTube channels, cool stuff on the Web, and so forth. Such structure isn’t going to change, but if my previous instalment was perhaps unusually brief, I’m afraid the current one is going to be even briefer. There are a few reasons as to why: [...] # ⚓ Flamed Fury ☛ Keeping_A_Reading_Log⠀⇛ After finishing a book, I like to sit at my desk and record the book details and my thoughts. Then, I can put add them to my website as a bookshelf entry. # ⚓ Lou Plummer ☛ Did_You_Ever_Get_in_Trouble_for_Reading?⠀⇛ I rushed through every assignment for years so that I could read whatever book I was interested in at the time. There are comments on my elementary school report cards about me neglecting other responsibilities to pursue what my teacher called "pleasure reading" an activity she complained that I put before everything else. My excessive reading bothered her so much that she would assign me dictionary pages to copy by hand just so she wouldn't have to look at me with my nose in a book. There were always books in our house. Both of my parents have been voracious readers my whole life. My siblings are also book people. So are my kids. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Trump_tariffs_result_in_10%_laptop_price hike_in_U.S._says_Acer_CEO⠀⇛ The decision to increase prices was reportedly confirmed last week, with the Taiwanese tech giant remaining unaffected by tariffs on products that left China before February. Therefore, stock hitting U.S. channels afterward will be subject to increased tariffs. # ⚓ The Telegraph UK ☛ Acer_to_raise_prices_by_10pc_in_response to_Trump’s_tariffs⠀⇛ “We will have to adjust the end user price to reflect the tariff,” Mr Chen said. “We think 10pc probably will be the default price increase because of the import tax. It’s very straightforward.” Acer’s most expensive laptops cost up to $3,700 (£2,934), meaning the tariffs could add hundreds of dollars to what consumers pay at the till. # ⚓ Clayton Errington ☛ Too_Much_Data⠀⇛ I am not sure what I’ll end up doing with all the extra drives now, but at least I have a place to put all those archives. The other option is taking the hard disks apart and using the platters as decorations. Many of these hard drives and flash drives were the first I’ve ever owned and surprised they still worked. # § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hackaday_Europe_2025:_Speakers,_Lightning Talks,_And_More!⠀⇛ If you’ve been waiting for news from our upcoming Hackaday Europe event in March, wait no longer. We’re excited to announce the first slice of our wonderful speakers lineup! Get your tickets now, o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Meta,_Microsoft,_Workday_join_latest_wave_of_tech_layoffs⠀⇛ Meanwhile, Business Insider reported in early January that Microsoft was planning an unspecified number of job cuts and was taking a “harder look” at under-performing employees as part of the effort. # ⚓ 1105 Media Inc ☛ Microsoft_Stepping_Away_from_HoloLens Mixed_Reality_Hardware⠀⇛ Microsoft has confirmed that its HoloLens mixed reality hardware efforts have officially come to an end. The company ended production of its latest headset, HoloLens 2, in October 2024, and at the time did not disclose future plans for the HoloLens team. In 2023, some teams, including those working on HoloLens, were hit with layoffs, with the company only expressing vague plans to continue its mixed reality hardware push. Further, plans for a third iteration of its mixed reality headset were in the works, but were scrapped (paywalled). Now, Microsoft has closed the door on the hardware with confirmation sent to The Verge from Microsoft Mixed Reality CVP Robin Seiler: [...] # ⚓ Comic Book ☛ Marvel_Rivals_Team_Hit_with_Layoffs⠀⇛ Despite the meteoric success of Marvel Rivals this year, the development team from NetEase behind the hit title has now been hit with layoffs. More specifically, the Seattle team, led by one of the game directors of Marvel Rivals, Thaddeus Sasser, has seemingly been let go, alongside other members of the team, which, as far as we’ve seen, have been level designers. No official comment from NetEase or Marvel has been made as of yet. Unfortunately, the news comes just after the team showcased their next big patch, which pertained to currency changes and conversion within Marvel Rivals. # § Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ DeepSeek_disappears_from_South Korean_app_stores⠀⇛ The commission on Monday revealed the DeepSeek app was withdrawn from local app stores as of Saturday February 15th, after South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission determined the software breached local privacy laws. South Korea’s nation’s national intelligence service had already warned citizens that DeepSeek collects plenty of personal information, shares user info with advertisers, and uses all input for training purposes. The chatbot has also caused offence in South Korea by suggesting that national dish Kimchi, a fermented vegetable salad, may have Chinese origins. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Modder_crams_LLM_onto_Raspberry_Pi Zero-powered_USB_stick,_but_it_isn't_fast_enough_to_be practical⠀⇛ Binh Pham experimented with a Raspberry Pi Zero, effectively turning the device into a small USB drive that can run an LLM locally with no extras needed. The project was largely facilitated thanks to llama.cpp and llamafile, a combination of an instruction set and a series of packages designed to offer a lightweight chatbot experience offline. # ⚓ Chris Coyier ☛ Calculators_&_Writing⠀⇛ Using AI to write means you’re robbed of the thinking and feeling it takes to write, which is (most?) of the value. Communicating, I suppose, you’re doing either way, you’re just communicating something you didn’t think about or feel if your writing is generated, which is fucked. # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Humane_is_shutting_down_the_AI_Pin_and selling_its_remnants_to_HP⠀⇛ Humane is selling most of its company to HP for $116 million and will stop selling AI Pin, the company announced today. # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Humane’s_AI_Pin:_all_the_news_about_the dead_AI-powered_wearable_|_The_Verge⠀⇛ Here’s all of our coverage of the AI Pin. # § Social Control Media⠀➾ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Why_People_Are Slamming_TikTok_Bakers_And_Buying_Walmart's_$25_Heart Cakes_Instead⠀⇛ A viral cake trend that once boosted small businesses has now turned into a potential threat to their survival as a major retailer joins in. Bakers across social media are criticising Walmart for mass-producing vintage heart cakes at a fraction of the cost of homemade versions, claiming it undercuts their businesses and devalues their craft. The controversy has ignited debate over the balance between affordability and supporting independent bakers, leaving customers torn between choosing a budget-friendly treat or backing local businesses. # § Windows TCO / Windows Bot Nets⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Lee_Enterprises_blames_cyberattack for_delayed_newspapers⠀⇛ Listed companies have become adept at describing ransomware without actually saying the word in recent times, Lee being one of them. It told the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that "threat actors unlawfully accessed the company's network, encrypted critical applications, and exfiltrated certain files." That sounds an awful lot like double extortion ransomware to us. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Decade-old_healthcare_security SNAFU_settled_for_$11m⠀⇛ An alleged security SNAFU that occurred during the Obama administration has finally been settled under the second Trump administration. The case concerns Health Net Federal Services (HNFS), an outfit that provides healthcare services to military personnel, and its parent company Centene Corporation. o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Microsoft_isn’t_automatically_keeping_you signed_in_just_yet⠀⇛ Once Microsoft starts to automatically keep you signed in you’ll have to use a private browsing window on public PCs or make sure you remember to sign out once your session ends, otherwise the account will remain signed in. # ⚓ The Verge ☛ DOGE_[sic]_is_trying_to_access_the_IRS’s data_on_millions_of_taxpayers⠀⇛ Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent a letter to the IRS commissioner on Monday requesting that the IRS “immediately disclose to the Senate Committee on Finance the full extent of the potential access to IRS systems and data granted to DOGE [sic] team members so that the Committee can address any efforts by DOGE [sic] personnel to gain access to taxpayer records at the IRS, which may constitute criminal violations of federal privacy laws.” # ⚓ CNN ☛ DOGE_[sic]_seeks_access_to_highly_sensitive taxpayer_data_at_IRS⠀⇛ Gavin Kliger, a software engineer working under DOGE [sic], is expected to be granted access to the system “imminently,” the source said. He will be based at the IRS for at least 120 days but had not yet been given approval as of 9 p.m. ET Sunday. # ⚓ Dhole Moments ☛ Reviewing_the_Cryptography_Used_by Signal⠀⇛ Last year, I urged furries to stop using Telegram because it doesn’t actually provide them with any of the privacy guarantees they think it gives them. Instead of improving Telegram’s cryptography to be actually secure, the CEO started spreading misleading bullshit about Signal®. Since then, I’ve been flooded with people asking me about various other encrypted messaging apps and accused by Internet reply- guys of having malicious intentions. Some of the more egregiously stupid accusations were that I was somehow being paid to promote Signal. # ⚓ The Cyber Show ☛ Cash_and_national_security⠀⇛ Following our published response to a request for comment from UK Treasury Committee on preservation of cash usage, Victoria Friedman of The Epoch Times UK enquired as to more detail on our claimed links between national resilience and cash technology. This article quickly revisits that. The perspective of computer scientists on money and national security might feel about as welcome as a fart in a spacesuit at this time of the rising "Nerd Reich". For what it's worth, this take is informed by signals, systems and security thinking, not what most would see as mainstream economics. # ⚓ Truthdig ☛ Social_Security_Head_Leaves_As_DOGE_Seeks Access_to_Sensitive_Data⠀⇛ King, who was with the agency for more than 30 years before becoming its acting director last month, left over the holiday weekend. She declined to give the Musk-led effort to cut federal spending and the workforce, known as the Department [sic] of Government Efficiency (DOGE), access to a centralized database that includes information about income, addresses, retirement benefits and sometimes even medical records for any American with a Social Security number, people familiar with the situation told The 19th. They spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak on behalf of the agency or the individuals involved. # ⚓ Digital Camera World ☛ 71-year-old_Canadian_tourist could_face_up_to_3_years_in_prison_for_using_drone_to photograph_Cape_Canaveral_military_base_|_Digital Camera_World⠀⇛ The charges allege that Pan captured drone photographs of multiple classified and restricted areas without permission from any commanding officer. # ⚓ Android Police ☛ 11_new_banks_now_work_with_Google Wallet's_contactless_payments_in_the_US⠀⇛ Last month, we spotted Google Wallet adding 22 new banks and credit unions to its list of supported institutions in the US. This month, Google hasn't been quite as active, only adding 11 new banks — but still, people from California to New York and numerous states in between will get to use tap-to-pay with their banks for the first time as a result. The full list is as follows: [...] # ⚓ 404 Media ☛ Why_Is_a_Government_Contractor_Trying_to Buy_iPhone_Hacking_Tech_From_Us?⠀⇛ A contractor for the Air Force and other government agencies wanted to get a good deal on some Graykeys from us (we're journalists FYI). # ⚓ Wired ☛ Elon_Musk’s_DOGE_Is_Being_Sued_Under_the Privacy_Act:_What_to_Know⠀⇛ More than half a dozen lawsuits are seeking to block DOGE employees from rifling through these vast troves of data. One thing they all have in common: They allege that DOGE’s actions violate the Privacy Act of 1974. Here’s how a law passed after Watergate could rein in another president whose self- professed zeal for retribution is unnerving constitutional experts. # ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ How_Phished_Data_Turns_into_Apple &_Google_Wallets⠀⇛ Carding — the underground business of stealing, selling and swiping stolen payment card data — has long been the dominion of Russia-based hackers. Happily, the broad deployment of more secure chip-based payment cards in the United States has weakened the carding market. But a flurry of innovation from cybercrime groups in China is breathing new life into the carding industry, by turning phished card data into mobile wallets that can be used online and at main street stores. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Yle_sources:_Helsinki_police_disband_unit_tasked_with tackling_'honour'-based_violence⠀⇛ The decision by Helsinki police — and its timing — has been greeted with widespread surprise, especially as the issue of honour-based violence has been increasingly discussed in Finnish society amid fears that such incidents are on the increase. Justice Minister Leena Meri (Finns) even held a press conference about the issue last week, telling reporters that "honour-related violence will not disappear if we look the other way". # ⚓ Site36 ☛ Federal_Office_in_Germany_advertises_return_to Greece:_Letters_cause_panic_among_refugees⠀⇛ In official letters to asylum seekers already recognised in Greece, the German Federal Office for Migration states that their second application in Germany will probably be rejected. The communication is dubious for various reasons. # ⚓ Site36 ☛ Ripping_off_refugees:_German_federal_state_wants jewellery_from_asylum_seekers⠀⇛ The German Asylum Seekers’ Benefits Act allows applicants to be deprived of funds in excess of €200. Baden-Württemberg wants to extend this and is modelling itself on Denmark. The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Justice wants to focus more on deterrent measures when taking in refugees. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Overpopulation ☛ To_grow_or_not_to_grow⠀⇛ All around the world, politicians, business leaders, academics and many members of the general public worship at the shrine of ‘growth’. They are profoundly and dangerously wrong. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Minnesota_Lawsuit_Against_Big_Oil_Moves Closer_to_Trial⠀⇛ The state’s lawsuit, filed by Attorney General Keith Ellison in 2020, charges three major architects of climate denial with running a “campaign of deception” to mislead consumers about the science of climate change and failing to disclose their knowledge of the climate harms of their fossil fuel products. The latest ruling aligns with rulings in similar cases in Honolulu, Boulder, Vermont, and Massachusetts, all of which are moving closer to trial despite the oil industry’s efforts to derail the cases. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Environmentalists_‘Weaken’_Canada,_Claims Industry_Group_with_Political_Ties⠀⇛ # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ ‘I’m_Not_a_Scientist’:_Net_Zero_Opponent Nigel_Farage_Admits_Climate_Ignorance⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Musk-Trump_FAA_Firings_Make_Next_Air Travel_Disaster_More_Likely⠀⇛ “The Musk rampage through government is making it virtually certain that we will suffer through otherwise avoidable health, safety and economic catastrophes. Cutting the Forest Service increases fire risk, cutting the CDC and blocking information sharing risks worsening infectious disease outbreaks, cutting the CFPB guarantees Big Bank and predatory loan ripoffs, cutting FDA staff increases the risk for dangerous devices, drugs and food additives, cutting the EPA will increase the risk of mass toxic exposures and on and on. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ Seagrass_Gardening⠀⇛ o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Frank_Schuler:_From_Tax_Scam_Promoter_to_GSA Adviser⠀⇛ Even as he has vowed to eliminate “every dollar of waste, fraud, and abuse across the federal budget and operations,” the new acting administrator of the General Services Administration, Stephen Ehikian, has appointed a senior adviser whose firm used to specialize in tax transactions that a bipartisan Senate committee excoriated and that the IRS branded as “abusive” and among “the worst of the worst tax scams.” The adviser has been battling the tax agency in court over $4 billion in disallowed deductions for thousands of his clients. The GSA, the federal agency responsible for managing the government’s land and property, will now be taking advice from Frank Schuler IV, the 57- year-old co-founder and longtime president of Ornstein-Schuler, an Atlanta-based real estate investment company. Schuler’s firm was for years among the most prolific promoters of tax-shelter deals known as “syndicated conservation easements.” o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ UK_court_says_China_op_can't_put_off Scottish_chip_biz_sale⠀⇛ The London court this month handed down a judgment refusing an application for interim relief from FTDI Holding Ltd, while a judicial review is carried out on the order requiring it to dispose of its 80.2 percent share of FTDI, a fabless semiconductor company specializing in USB devices. FTDI Holding is listed at Companies House as a company registered in Britain, but is owned by five limited partnerships based in China linked to Jiayin Investment Ltd, a state-owned investment company. # ⚓ The Cyber Show ☛ Death_to_efficiency⠀⇛ Lack of efficiency, by any common sense, is not what's afoot here. Just as one might suspect a Ministry of Truth is dissembling rot, might a Department of Government Efficiency have an Orwellian shadow? What happens in the equations as size tends to zero, is efficiency shoots up. A non- existent government is maximally efficient of course. Since I'm broadly a believer in government, I'll paint "Down With Efficiency" on my banner. I'd rather have an inefficient government than none at all. # ⚓ Macworld ☛ Apple's_political_turn_is_leading_it_down_a sketchy_road⠀⇛ The thing is, he knows what he should write about, he just doesn’t want to. The Macalope doesn’t want to write about politics. These days, he doesn’t even want to think about politics. Have you seen politics? Ugh. Blech. It was never good on a good day. But now… # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Reddit_vs._Wall_Street:_the_latest_in_the GameStop_saga_|_The_Verge⠀⇛ If you want to read about how the group was able to manipulate the stocks of a massive company like GameStop — and the potential fallout — maybe start with our explainer? Otherwise, you can use this storystream to get caught up on the full story. We’ll be updating it with all the latest twists and turns. # ⚓ Crooked Timber ☛ Two_stories_from_a_USAID_career_—_Crooked Timber⠀⇛ If you’ve been following the news at all, you probably know that Trump and Musk have decided to destroy USAID. There’s been a firehose of disinformation and lies. It’s pretty depressing. So here are a couple of true USAID stories — one political, one personal. # ⚓ Crooked Timber ☛ On_Elite_Education_and_the_Rise_of_Maga⠀⇛ Here I presuppose three ideas: first, that wherever the Trump II presidency ends up, America’s constitutional and political regime will be quite different from (to simplify) the (cold war) post- Warren court era of the last half century and a bit.* Second the re-election of Trump exhibits a willingness to embrace the corruption in the Machiavellian sense that he represents. Importantly, corruption in this sense is not just about illegal and legal bribery, but also and even more about the bending of the rules such that when they function properly the public good is structurally undermined. The two are, of course, connected. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ X_is_blocking_certain_Signal_links_across the_platform⠀⇛ Anyone looking to share their Signal contact link with others will have to scratch X off their list. Elon Musk's social network, formerly known as Twitter, is blocking the Signal.me tool that the encrypted messaging service uses for contact links. # ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ X_is_blocking_links_to_Signal,_a_secure messaging_platform_used_by_federal_workers⠀⇛ Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) is blocking links to Signal.me, a URL shortener used by the private messaging app Signal that allows users to send out a link that’s used to contact them directly through the service. The blocks, which impact direct messages, public posts, and profile pages, were first spotted by the blog Disruptionist. # ⚓ Disruptionist ☛ Elon_Musk’s_X_blocks_links_to_Signal,_the encrypted_messaging_service⠀⇛ X, formerly Twitter, is blocking users from posting a “Signal.me” link through DM, public post, or even in their profile page. When trying to post a Signal link, users receive a variety of different “message failed” prompts depending on what version of the X platform they use (i.e. X for web, X for iPhone, etc.) # ⚓ Consequence ☛ Placebo's_Brian_Molko_Charged_with_Defamation of_Italian_Prime_Minister⠀⇛ Placebo lead singer Brian Molko has been charged with defamation in Italy for comments he made in July 2023 about right-wing Italian Prime Minster Giorgia Meloni. # ⚓ The Guardian UK ☛ Placebo_frontman_Brian_Molko_charged_with calling_Meloni_‘fascist’_and_‘racist’⠀⇛ On Monday, Italy’s justice ministry allowed prosecutors in Turin to move forward with the legal proceedings. Defaming the Italian government, parliament, courts or army carries a fine of up to €5,000 (£4,146) and a direct summons to trial. Although public defamation in Italy can carry a prison term of up to three years, a spokesperson for justice minister Carlo Nordio has said Molko is unlikely to receive a custodial sentence. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ Bangladesh_journalists_face_threats_from_attacks, investigations,_and_looming_cyber_laws⠀⇛ “Democracy cannot flourish without robust journalism,” said CPJ Asia Program Coordinator Beh Lih Yi. “Bangladesh’s interim government must deliver on its promise to protect journalists and their right to report freely. Authorities should amend proposed laws that could undermine press freedom and hold the perpetrators behind the attacks on the press to account.” CPJ’s calls and text messages to Nahid Islam, the information, communication, and technology adviser to the interim government, requesting comment on the ordinances did not receive a reply. # ⚓ CPJ ☛ Vietnamese_journalist_Truong_Huy_San_indicted_for ‘abusing_democratic_freedoms’⠀⇛ “Vietnamese journalist Truong Huy San was exercising, not abusing, his democratic freedoms in his independent reporting on Vietnam’s Communist Party-dominated politics, and he should not be punished for doing so,” said Shawn Crispin, CPJ’s senior Southeast Asia representative. “These wrongheaded criminal charges should be scrapped and San should be freed unconditionally now.” # ⚓ Andy Hawthorne ☛ Truth_VS_Opinion_|_Andy's_Blog⠀⇛ Journalists used to be hunters. Tracking down leads. Following the scent. Getting their hands dirty chasing stories. "The best obtainable version of the truth" - that's what Karl Bernstein called it. But something changed. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Alabama Reflector ☛ Red_states_embrace_Trump’s_crackdown_on remote_government_work⠀⇛ The Nebraska Association of Public Employees, which represents more than 8,000 state employees, challenged Republican Gov. Jim Pillen’s November 2023 order requiring workers in offices full time. The group argues that Pillen cannot do so without labor contract negotiations. Justin Hubly, executive director of the union, said most of Nebraska’s state employees would continue working from physical offices, as they did before the pandemic. But he said many state jobs could be performed remotely. # ⚓ Hamilton Nolan ☛ Checking_in_on_the_Party_of_the_Working Class⠀⇛ Even writing a piece debunking this idea means that you are entertaining the idea as within the realm of possibility. For this reason I would be happy to never write such a debunker again. The problem is that this meme, this valueless sheen of concern for “the working class,” has infiltrated The Discourse enough that it takes on a life of its own. It has wormed its way into the Overton window of Positions That Mainstream Pundits Are Allowed to Take, and from there it can spread into the populace. Thus we are still, today, subjected to Oren Cass and Third Way and Ruy Teixeira and other professional opinion-havers who, I hasten to add, have spent their careers not doing jack shit for the labor movement, declaiming on either How Republicans Can Cement Their Status as a Working Class Party or How Democrats Can Win Back the Working Class or other things that imply, by their very existence, that “Republicans as working class party” is a serious topic of discussion. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Exclusive-EU_Antitrust_Chief_Says Trump_Has_Upended_Europe-US_Relations⠀⇛ Ribera has the power to approve or veto multi-billion euro mergers and also slap hefty fines on companies seeking to bolster their market power by throttling smaller rivals. She also oversees the EU's green agenda and is tasked with keeping it on track to meet the bloc's 2030 climate goals. Tensions are running high between Washington and Brussels after Trump's decision to impose 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium from March 12; reciprocal tariffs from April; and separate tariffs on cars, pharmaceuticals and semiconductor chips. o ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Pluralistic:_America_and_“national_capitalism”⠀⇛ But here's the kicker: after Bill Gates quit Microsoft, he became a professional investor. He stopped doing a job and started investing in companies where other people were working. Over the next 13 years, Bill Gates (investor) made more money than Bill Gates (Microsoft CEO) made in his 25 years of doing a job. He also made more than Liliane Bettencourt. That's what r > g means: that even the most successful worker in human history can't make as much as a person who merely has a lot of money, and the more money you have, the more money you make. o § Patents⠀➾ # § Software Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Stephen Hackett ☛ Turns_Out,_You_Can't_Spell_'Humane AI_Pin'_Without_HP⠀⇛ For its $116 million, HP is getting “key AI capabilities from Humane, including their AI- powered platform Cosmos, highly skilled technical talent, and intellectual [sic] property [sic] with more than 300 patents and patent applications,” according to a press release. # ⚓ Humane Inc ☛ HP_Accelerates_AI_Software_Investments to_Transform_the_Future_of_Work_|_Humane⠀⇛ HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) announced a definitive agreement to acquire key AI capabilities from Humane, including their AI-powered platform Cosmos, highly skilled technical talent, and intellectual [sic] property [sic] with more than 300 patents and patent applications. The acquisition advances HP’s transformation into a more experience-led company. o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ LaLiga_Blocks_Cloudflare_Again,_New_Pirate IPTV_Providers_&_Anything_in_The_Way⠀⇛ After admitting it deliberately blocked Cloudflare to prevent a pirate IPTV service reaching users in Spain, LaLiga warned it would continue for as long as necessary to prevent live sports piracy. With thousands of innocent website owners and internet users suffering as collateral damage, a new LaLiga announcement reveals that two additional pirate IPTV providers with 400,000 local users have also been blocked, again by blocking Cloudflare. Charts and graphs produced by internet users leave little to the imagination. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4573 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 19/02/2025: Political Roundup and Halifax Wants to Dump Twitter ("X")⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 19, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Summer_flowers⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary # Social_Control_Media # Windows_TCO_/_Windows_Bot_Nets o Security # Integrity/Availability/Authenticity # Confidentiality o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics # Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies/Monopsonies * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2025-02-13_[Older]_How_to_cope_with romantic_rejection_–_a_psychologist’s_advice⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2025-02-14_[Older]_How_to_stop_overthinking: Kumi_Taguchi_has_finally_worked_it_out⠀⇛ o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-02-15_[Older]_Nunavik_advocates_push_for_more Inuit-led_suicide_prevention_efforts⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-02-12_[Older]_Why_so_many_people_in_Canada_seem to_be_sick_right_now⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-02-12_[Older]_Canada's_fentanyl_czar_lays_out his_goal:_Stop_the_drug_from_crossing_U.S._northern_border⠀⇛ o § Proprietary⠀➾ # § Social Control Media⠀➾ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-02-12_[Older]_To_X_or_not_to_X:_Halifax debates_leaving_Elon_Musk-owned_platform_behind⠀⇛ # § Windows TCO / Windows Bot Nets⠀➾ # ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ 2025-02-15_[Older]_School_board_approves letter_to_AG_for_PowerSchool_data_breach⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2025-02-15_[Older]_Memorial_Hospital_and_Manor notifies_120,085_people_of_November_ransomware_attack⠀⇛ o § Security⠀➾ # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ USDOJ ☛ 2025-02-15_[Older]_California_Teenager Sentenced_to_48_Months_in_Prison_for_Nationwide Swatting_Spree⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-02-10_[Older]_Canadian_chain_Peavey_Mart warns_of_imitation_scams_as_it_closes_all_stores⠀⇛ # § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-02-11_[Older]_Summerside_hospital_worker fired_for_improperly_accessing_patient_files,_says Health_P.E.I.⠀⇛ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2025-02-11_[Older] Elon_Musk's_Social_Security_Warning_After_US_Treasury's Payment_System_Takeover_Alarming_for_Beneficiaries⠀⇛ o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2025-02-14_[Older]_How_to_Bump,_Lump, Crumple,_and_Eventually_Dump_Donald_Cheeto_Mussolini⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-02-07_[Older]_Cheeto Mussolini_Says_He's_Ending_Biden's_Classified_Intelligence Briefings_in_Payback_Move⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-02-09_[Older]_Cheeto Mussolini_Revokes_Security_Clearances_for_Biden's_Top Diplomat,_Security_Official⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-02-07_[Older]_Cheeto Mussolini_Ends_Biden's_Security_Clearances,_Intelligence Briefings⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-02-14_[Older]_Sweeping_US Energy_Department_Layoffs_Hit_Nuclear_Security,_Loans_Office, Sources_Say⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-02-08_[Older]_Defense_spending:_How to_pay_for_Germany's_security?⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ 2025-02-14_[Older]_Critics_Warn_of_Rising European_Fascism_as_Security_Conference_Begins_in_Germany⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-02-15_[Older]_Munich_Security Conference:_Fundamental_rift_between_US_and_EU⠀⇛ # ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2025-02-08_[Older]_Netherlands_provided_security for_OPCW_visit_to_Syria⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-02-15_[Older]_French Foreign_Minister:_Europe_Faces_Tough_Decisions_to_Tackle Threats_and_Ensure_Its_Security⠀⇛ # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-02-12_[Older]_Munich_Security Conference_in_the_shadow_of_Donald_Cheeto_Mussolini⠀⇛ o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-02-11_[Older]_Quebec's_recycling_is_now_in_the hands_of_producers._Can_they_fix_a_broken_system?⠀⇛ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-02-11_[Older]_We_tracked_N.S._power outages_in_2024._There_were_unplanned_outages_nearly every_day⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-02-15_[Older]_Digging_into_Nova_Scotia's uranium_ban_—_and_what_may_come_next⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-02-13_[Older]_Air_Canada_was_ordered_to pay_a_passenger_$2,000_for_delayed_luggage._Instead, it's_taking_him_to_court⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-02-13_[Older]_WestJet_signs_deal_with Lufthansa_Technik_for_maintenance_facility_at_Calgary airport⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-02-13_[Older]_Can_Canada_just_build_its own_cars?_Experts_say_no_—_here's_why,_and_what_we could_do_instead⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-02-12_[Older]_As_auto_thefts_drop nationally,_Alberta_has_highest_per_capita_rate_of stolen_vehicles⠀⇛ o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-02-15_[Older]_Poilievre_holds_'Canada_First' rally_in_Ottawa_amid_U.S._threats⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-02-12_[Older]_Multinational_food_and_beverage firms_push_Canadian-made_products_amid_tariff_spat⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-02-11_[Older]_Bell_Canada_offering_severance packages_to_1,200_unionized_employees⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-02-15_[Older]_Cheeto_Mussolini_fact-check: No_such_thing_as_'Canadian'_or_'American'_cars,_experts say⠀⇛ o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-02-14_[Older]_'Sugarcane' Exposes_Truths_About_Indigenous_Schools_in_Canada._It's Already_Made_Oscars_History⠀⇛ § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4822 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 19/02/2025: Science, Hardware, and Digital Restrictions (DRM) Striking Again at eBooks⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 19, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Tulip_spring_background⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Linux_Foundation o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies/Monopsonies # Copyrights * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Quantum_Search_For_Time's_Source_Finds_No Difference_Between_Past_And_Future⠀⇛ So where did yesterday go? # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ New_Theory_Explains_How_Ancient_Earth_Came to_Be_So_Wet⠀⇛ Born in the mists of time. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Planet's_Record-Smashing_Iron_Wind_Hides_a Climate_Unlike_Anything_We've_Seen⠀⇛ "It feels like something out of science fiction." # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Extreme_Drop_in_Oxygen_Will_Eventually Suffocate_Most_Life_on_Earth⠀⇛ The end of the road. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Odds_of_'City_Killer'_Asteroid_Impact_in 2032_Now_Even_Higher,_Says_NASA⠀⇛ Still no need to panic. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Bapaco_is_a_mechanical_keyboard_PC_with_an ultra-wide_12.3-inch_touchscreen_display_(Crowdfunding)⠀⇛ Made by Shenzhen SIDIQIAO Technology, the Bapaco is a mechanical keyboard PC powered by an defective chip maker Intel Core i5-1235U 10-core Alder Lake SoC and equipped with a 12.3-inch ultra-wide touchscreen display with 1920×720 resolution. The keyboard PC is offered as a barebone model without memory or storage but supports up to 32GB RAM, an M.2 2280 NVMe SSD, and/or an M.2 2242 SATA 3.0 SSD.  It also features an HDMI output to connect an extra display, WiFi 6 connectivity, a few USB ports, and a 3.5mm audio jack and stereo speakers. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Intel_principal_engineer_bemoans_potential TSMC_takeover,_touts_company's_18A_tech_advantage⠀⇛ Call on defective chip maker Intel management and the U.S. government to retain control over defective chip maker Intel Foundry. # ⚓ The Next Platform ☛ Gordian_Knot:_Broadcom_And_TSMC_To_Cut defective_chip_maker_Intel_Into_Two?⠀⇛ People are impatient for defective chip maker Intel to get fixed, and have been for many years. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Chinese_chipmaker_claims_new_Loongson 3B6600_CPU_could_hit_13th-Gen_defective_chip_maker_Intel performance⠀⇛ Loongson claims that its 3B6600 CPU will have the same performance as 13th-gen defective chip maker Intel chips. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Let_There_Be_Light:_The_Engineering_Of_Optical HDMI⠀⇛ In a recent video, [Shahriar] from The Signal Path has unveiled the intricate design and architecture of optical HDMI cables, offering a cost-effective solution to extend HDMI 2.0 connections beyond the limitations of traditional copper links. This exploration is particularly captivating for those passionate about innovative hardware hacks and signal transmission technologies. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Vacuum_Forming_With_3D_Printed_Moulds_And Sheets⠀⇛ Vacuum forming is perhaps one of the less popular tools in the modern maker arsenal, something which surprises us a bit because it offers many possibilities. We’ve created our own vacuum forms on 3D printed moulds for ages, so it’s interesting to see [Pisces Printing ] following the same path. But what you might not realize at first is that the vacuum forming sheets themselves are also 3D printed. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Unique_Linear_Position_Sensor_Using Magnetostriction⠀⇛ To the extent that you’re familiar with magnetostriction, you probably know that it’s what makes big transformers hum, or that it’s what tips you off if you happen to walk out of a store without paying for something. But magnetostriction has other uses, too, such as in this clever linear position sensor. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Doctor_Realizes_He's_Having_a_Heart_Attack While_Treating_Heart_Attack_Patient⠀⇛ Two lives saved. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_infant_stable_after receiving_heart_donation_from_mainland_China,_doctor_says⠀⇛ The condition of an eight-month-old Hong Kong infant who received a heart transplant from a donor in mainland China is stable, a senior doctor has said, adding that the next few days will still be critical. # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Story_About_Medical_Device_Security⠀⇛ Ben Rothke relates_a_story about me working with a medical device firm back when I was with BT. I don’t remember the story at all, or who the company was. But it sounds about right. o § Linux Foundation⠀➾ # ⚓ PR Newswire ☛ VyOS_Networks_Joins_the_Linux_Foundation_and the_Open_Programmable_Infrastructure_(OPI)_Project⠀⇛ o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Pen Test Partners ☛ Watch_where_you_point_that_cred!_Part 1⠀⇛ TL;DR Poorly protected authentication requests from privileged automated tasks (e.g. vulnerability scanners, health checks) could be intercepted by rogue authentication servers planted in the internal network. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Palo_Alto_Networks_Confirms_Exploitation_of Firewall_Vulnerability⠀⇛ Palo Alto Networks has confirmed that a recently patched firewall vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025- 0108 is being actively exploited. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Finastra_Starts_Notifying_People_Impacted by_Recent_Data_Breach⠀⇛ Financial software firm Finastra is notifying individuals whose personal information was stolen in a recent data breach. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Critical_Vulnerability_Patched_in_Juniper Session_Smart_[sic]_Router⠀⇛ A critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-21589 has been patched in Juniper Networks’ Session Smart Router. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ DeepSeek_is_Sharing_User_Data With_Fentanylware_(TikTok)_Owner_ByteDance,_Says_South Korean_Government⠀⇛ A South Korean data protection regulator says that China’s DeepSeek genAI chatbot is sending data to Fentanylware (TikTok) owner ByteDance. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) announced it would temporarily suspend new downloads of the DeepSeek model in South Korea after the discovery. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Judge_Declines_to_Block_MElon_Team’s_Foray Into_Federal_Agencies⠀⇛ A coalition of states had sought to temporarily block MElon’s operatives from having access to sensitive data and ordering mass firings. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Federal_judge_won’t_immediately block_MElon_or_DOGE_from_federal_data_or_worker_layoffs⠀⇛ A federal judge has refused to immediately block MElon and the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing government data systems or participating in worker layoffs. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Tuesday found that there are legitimate questions about MElon’s authority but said there isn’t enough evidence of grave legal harm to justify a temporary restraining order. The decision comes in a lawsuit filed by 14 states challenging DOGE’s authority to access sensitive government data in seven agencies. They argue that the Constitution allows only elected or Senate- confirmed officials to wield the powers DOGE has used. > # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ ASRock_B850I_Lightning_WiFi_Review:_Well- rounded_$210_mini-ITX,_but_no_USB4⠀⇛ ASRock’s B850I Lightning WiFi is a solid all-around Mini-ITX option for AMD’s latest and greatest. At about $200, you won’t get the fastest Wi-Fi or USB ports, but it is the least expensive B850-based Mini-ITX solution. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_warns_of_‘deteriorating’_humanitarian_situation in_DR_Congo_amid_escalating_violence⠀⇛ The spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani, expressed serious concerns on Tuesday about the “sharply deteriorating” human rights situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following the takeover of much of the region by M23 fighters. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ USAID_Climate_Programs_Fighting_Extremism and_Unrest_Are_Closing_Down⠀⇛ Heat, drought and floods are growing security risks, Western defense officials say, feeding instability and violence that could prove costly in the long term. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_condemns_‘unfounded_smear’ after_wanted_ex-lawmaker_Ted_Hui_slams_HK$800,000_assets seizure⠀⇛ The Hong Kong government has condemned wanted ex- lawmaker Ted Hui’s “unfounded smear” after he slammed a court order allowing HK$800,000 of assets to be confiscated from him and his family members. Hui, who is now based in Australia and is wanted by Hong Kong’s national security police, said on Facebook (Farcebook) on Monday... # ⚓ Hong_Kong_seizes_assets_of_exiled_former_lawmaker,_citing ‘national_security’⠀⇛ A court says assets of exiled former pro-democracy lawmaker Ted Hui are linked to national security charges. # ⚓ India_boosts_security_protection_for_Dalai_Lama⠀⇛ The move comes amid growing concerns China’s opposition to the Tibetan spiritual leader’s activities. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Theft_of_military_uniforms,_unlicensed firearms_and_ammunition_in_KZN_to_be_questioned⠀⇛ Cabinet Ministers responsible for two of South Africa’s three main government security organisations will be asked to explain how criminals were able to obtain SA National Defence Force (SANDF) uniforms, unlicensed firearms, “mine explosives”, ammunition and vehicles. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ First_court_order_issued_under_amended_Anti- Terrorism_law⠀⇛ On 13 February 2025, South Africa issued its first court order under Section 23 of the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Act (POCDATARA), marking a significant milestone in the nation’s fight against terrorist financing. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Civil_war,_debt,_and_Ethiopia’s_road_to recovery⠀⇛ Strained by ongoing conflict, food insecurity, and economic strife, Ethiopia's path forward hinges on strategic use of foreign assistance and the implementation of robust public policies that uplift its most vulnerable populations. # ⚓ Stanford University ☛ Former_Colombian_ambassador_advocates for_hard_line_on_organized_crime_amid_geopolitical turbulence⠀⇛ Breaking down the current global power order, former Colombian ambassador Pinzón discussed the impact of organized crime with the Center for International Security and Cooperation. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Philippines_reports_foreign_cyber intrusions_targeting_intelligence_data,_but_no_breaches⠀⇛ The Philippines has detected foreign attempts to access intelligence data, but its cyber minister said on Tuesday no breaches have been recorded so far. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kremlin_says_Putin_is_open_to_talks_with Zelensky_but_questions_Ukrainian_president’s ‘legitimacy’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ U.S.-Russia_talks_conclude._Discussions included_the_war_in_Ukraine_and_a_possible_Trump-Putin meeting._—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_promises_monthly_payments_of_65,000 rubles_to_Kursk_refugees_until_region’s_‘complete liberation’_from_Ukrainian_occupation_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Putin_wants_all_of_Ukraine’:_Former Ukrainian_Foreign_Minister_Dmytro_Kuleba_on_Vance’s message_in_Munich,_Kyiv’s_options,_and_Moscow’s_long game_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_has_no_interest_in_a_genuine_Ukraine peace_deal,_U.S._intelligence_says_—_NBC_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Trump’s_Pivot_Toward_Putin’s_Russia Upends_Generations_of_U.S._Policy⠀⇛ As peace talks opened in Saudi Arabia, President Convicted Felon made clear that the days of isolating Russia are over and suggested that Ukraine was to blame for being invaded. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Beyond_Ukraine_talks,_Putin_counts_on Convicted_Felon_to_open_world_doors⠀⇛ U.S.-Russia relations have gone from nowhere to close engagement in a week, since The Insurrectionist called Vladimir Putin ahead of a putative summit. # ⚓ France24 ☛ At_Ukraine's_expense?_US_and_Russia_break the_ice_in_Riyadh⠀⇛ Three years after Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of a sovereign state, what has he gained? A path to normalisation with the United States and negotiations on Ukraine—without the Ukrainians. Without the Europeans, either. Instead, The Insurrectionist is sending his Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to Saudi Arabia, along with fellow New York real estate mogul Steve Witkoff, who has swiftly pivoted into a Middle East envoy role. Meanwhile, Brussels is a long way from Riyadh. So why is retired General Keith Kellogg—touted as Convicted Felon’s steady hand on Ukraine—meeting with EU leaders instead of leading the negotiations? We’ll examine what lies at the heart of this potential deal with Putin. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Person_detained_in_Latvia_for_glorifying_war crimes_on_TikTok⠀⇛ On February 13, the State Security Service (VDD) detained a person in connection with videos regularly published on the Fentanylware (TikTok) platform supporting Russia's war crimes in Ukraine, VDD said in a statement on February 18. o § Environment⠀➾ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Vance’s_Munich_Disgrace⠀⇛ The vice president’s speech was a monument of arrogance based on a foundation of hypocrisy. # ⚓ France24 ☛ What_to_know_after_Delta_plane_crash- lands,_flips_in_Toronto⠀⇛ All 80 people on board the Delta Air Lines flight survived the dramatic crash landing Monday, with 21 sustaining injuries. It was the latest in a spate of aviation accidents in North America that has rattled passangers concerned with the safety of flying. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Indigenous_man_returns_to_tribe_in_Amazon rainforest⠀⇛ A young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe who approached a riverine community in Brazil’s Amazon returned voluntarily to his people less than 24 hours later, Brazilian authorities said. The encounter occurred around 7pm local time Wednesday in Bela Rosa, a community along the Purus River in the southwestern Amazon. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_condemns_US_‘tariff_shocks’_at WTO⠀⇛ The sweeping tariffs threatened or already imposed by US President The Insurrectionist risk triggering inflation, market distortions, and even a global recession, China said Tuesday at the World Trade Organization. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Court_tells_India’s_top_podcaster charged_with_obscenity_to_stop_shows_for_now⠀⇛ He has nearly 20 million subscribers on YouTube, and has hosted Bollywood stars and politicians. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ UMich_researchers_find_online paywalls_influence_news_coverage⠀⇛ As more and more readers turn to the internet for information, news outlets are increasingly dependent on online paywalls as a means to make money to cover operating expenses. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Public_Knowledge_Joins_En_Banc_Petition with_Sixth_Circuit_To_Defend_Broadband_Users [Ed: Public Knowledge_is_stacked_by_Microsoft_though]⠀⇛ Today, alongside its fellow intervenors, Public Knowledge submitted an en banc petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. # ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Public_Knowledge_Urges_Congress,_Courts To_Reject_Illegal_Expansion_of_Executive_Power⠀⇛ Today, President Convicted Felon signed an Executive Order that purports to place independent regulatory agencies – including the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission – under his direct control. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Auto-Download_Your_Kindle_Books_Before_February 26th_Deadline⠀⇛ With the news that Amazon will no longer be allowing users to download their Kindle books after February 26th, many are scrambling to download their books before it’s too late. The most up-to- date project for automating this process appears to be Amazon Kindle Bulk Downloader. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Netflix_Pivots_to_Video_Podcasts_Amid YouTube_Dominance⠀⇛ Netflix is looking to capture some of YouTube’s lightning in a bottle with video podcasts. Executives at the streaming giant want to make video podcasts the next format available on the service. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ What_Is_It_Like_to_Be_a_Bass?_Fish- Eye_View_Photography_(1919–22)⠀⇛ Underwater photographs that try to capture the world from a fish’s perspective. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 5477 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 19/02/2025: The Forgotten USB Competitor and Pope's Bilateral Pneumonia⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 19, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Flower,_red_tulips⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Hardware # Standards/Consortia # Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies/Monopsonies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Will_That_Asteroid_Strike_Earth?_Risk Level_Rises_to_Highest_Ever_Recorded.⠀⇛ The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger remains low, but experts are estimating the damage that could be done. o § Hardware⠀➾ # § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ Tedium ☛ ACCESS.bus:_The_Forgotten_USB_Competitor⠀⇛ Today in Tedium: If you know your tech peripheral history, odds are, you know about the Universal Serial Bus like the back of your hand—in part because every device you own supports it. But you probably know a lot about numerous other ports. Thunderbolt? Obviously. FireWire? Sure, you owned a camera back in the day. Apple Desktop Bus? You got it. But what if I told you that, at the time USB and FireWire fought it out for serial supremacy, there was a completely different bus standard that hoped to become the one cable to rule them all—and unless you were into a very specific brand of computers, you probably didn’t know about it? Of course, you’d be surprised. Who wouldn’t? But that’s why I’m here. Today’s Tedium highlights ACCESS.bus, the would-be standard that wanted to be USB, but couldn’t stick the landing. — Ernie @ Tedium # § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Huawei_to_bring_pricey_trifold smartphone_to_world_market⠀⇛ Indications are that the device is likely to cost at least €3,000 (about $3,100 or £2,500), making it substantially more costly than most other smartphones, even rival folding devices such as the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6, which is currently on sale for at least £1,000 (about $1,200) in the UK, and around the same Stateside ($1,219 when we looked). # ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ Nokia_is_putting_the_first cellular_network_on_the_moon⠀⇛ The shift from mostly point-to-point radio communications to a full-blown cell network architecture should result in higher data transfer speeds, better range, and increase the number of devices that could be connected simultaneously, Klein says. But the harsh conditions of space travel and on the lunar surface make it difficult to use Earth-based cell technology straight off the shelf. Instead, Nokia designed components that are robust against radiation, extreme temperatures, and the sorts of vibrations that will be experienced during the launch, flight, and landing. They put all these components in a single “network in a box”, which contains everything needed for a cell network except the antenna and a power source. # ⚓ The Washington Post ☛ We_complain_about_egg_prices but_can’t_stop_buying_$1,000_smartphones⠀⇛ I’ll run through five theories for why smartphones are turning into an all-luxury market, and what it might mean for you. The bottom line: The more modestly priced smartphone is an endangered species, but it would be better for all of us if it thrived. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Pope_Francis_Has_Bilateral_Pneumonia⠀⇛ The condition, which entails pneumonia in both lungs, is potentially grave, according to health experts. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Pope_Francis,_Hospitalized,_Has_Pneumonia, Vatican_Says⠀⇛ The Vatican said that the pontiff had pneumonia in both lungs and that he “continued to present a complex picture.” # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Who_are_the_frontrunners_to_be_elected_next pontiff_after_Pope_Francis?⠀⇛ As Pope Francis, the oldest pope in over a century, continues to decline in health, speculation is percolating as to who will next be elected as the most powerful Catholic in the world. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Trump’s_foreign_aid_freeze_hurts Indonesian_health_programmes_and_aid_workers⠀⇛ Efforts to fight against HIV/Aids and tuberculosis may be affected. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ HRW_criticizes_Guatemala_for_not_providing_girls facing_forced_pregnancies_with_access_to_abortion_and resources⠀⇛ Human Rights Watch reported Tuesday that successive governments in Guatemala have failed to meet their obligations to girls facing forced pregnancies due to sexual violence. The right’s organization’s new 85-page report focused on several obligations, including access to abortion, healthcare, education, financial support, and justice. # ⚓ Stanford University ☛ Former_US_Health_Secretary_criticizes NIH_cuts,_advises_RFK_Jr._to_‘execute’⠀⇛ Former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra told students to remain hopeful despite NIH cuts and Convicted Felon’s WHO withdrawal, as he criticized Convicted Felon’s policies but said they wouldn’t last. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ TRICARE_pharmacy_changes_impact military_members⠀⇛ The Defense Health Agency has gradually reduced the number of pharmacies available through TRICARE to cut costs and save taxpayer dollars. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ LTV:_Is_Latvia_serious_enough_about_fighting_its drinking_problem?⠀⇛ Latvia has long had one of the highest per capita consumption rates of alcohol in Europe. Latvian Television's "Forbidden Method/Aizliegtais paņēmiens", aired February 17, looked at what Latvian policymakers have done for the past few years and whether it is expected to change anything. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ 'Hospital_at_home'_pilot_project_to_be_launched_in Latvia⠀⇛ "Hospital at home" is the name given to a new service at Riga East Clinical University Hospital (RAKUS) that will offer at least 300 patients with chronic diseases health monitoring and treatment at home if their condition worsens, Latvian Television reported on February 17. # ⚓ In_First_5_Weeks_of_2025_67,630_People_Died_in_England_and Wales_Compared_to_58,461_in_the_Same_Period_in_2019⠀⇛ o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Florida_Man_Says_He_Shot_Israeli_Tourists in_‘Mental_Health_Crisis’⠀⇛ The gunman, who is Jewish, told the police that he thought the tourists were Palestinian. # ⚓ Ali Reza Hayati ☛ Dictator_2.0:_Last_Week_Tonight_with_John Oliver_(YouTube)⠀⇛ Dictator 2.0: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (YouTube) # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ CNN:_US_is_conducting_covert_drone missions_in_Mexico⠀⇛ CNN said that the drones are not currently armed, but noted that "they can be equipped with payloads to carry out precision strikes." # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea_denounces_‘absurd’ denuclearisation_pledge_by_US_and_allies⠀⇛ Pyongyang’s Foreign Ministry said the US was pursuing an “outdated, absurd” plan. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea’s_Parliament_presses_for Yoon’s_removal_as_impeachment_trial_winds_down⠀⇛ The Constitutional Court is due to hold another hearing to question three more witnesses on Feb 20. # ⚓ North_Korea_vows_to_bolster_nuclear_force_as_US,_allies push_for_denuclearization⠀⇛ But Washington said it still remained open to dialogue. # ⚓ Taiwan_negotiating_new_arms_deal_with_US:_media⠀⇛ Taipei wants more arms from Washington as a U.S. commander warns of Beijing’s ‘attack rehearsal’. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Setia_Alam_mall_gunman_killed_in_shoot- out_with_Malaysian_police⠀⇛ Police seized two pistols with bullets from a hotel room. # ⚓ China_sends_2_more_ships_to_Cambodia’s_Ream_naval_base⠀⇛ The arrival could indicate the transfer of two vessels to Cambodia is imminent. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Philippines_accuses_China’s_navy_of ‘reckless’_flight_manoeuvres⠀⇛ It said the Chinese navy helicopter flew as close as 3m to its aircraft. # ⚓ Manila:_Chinese_helicopter_came_within_3_meters_of Philippine_aircraft⠀⇛ Journalists on the Philippine government plane captured images of the up-close encounter in the airspace over Scarb # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US_condemns_‘dangerous’_manoeuvres_by Chinese_navy_in_South_China_Sea⠀⇛ The US called on China to refrain from coercive actions and settle its disputes peacefully." # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US_condemns_'dangerous'_manoeuvres_by Chinese_navy_in_South_China_Sea⠀⇛ The United States condemned the \"dangerous\" manoeuvres of a Chinese navy helicopter that endangered the safety of a Philippine government aircraft patrolling a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, its ambassador to Manila said on Wednesday. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ New_Zealand_must_‘reset’_Cook_Islands ties_after_China_pact,_foreign_minister_says⠀⇛ New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Wednesday his country must “reset” its relationship with the Cook Islands government after its Pacific neighbour signed agreements with China without consultation. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Cook_Islands_PM_defends_pact_with China,_urges_Pacific_nation_not_to_depend_on_‘big_brother’ New_Zealand⠀⇛ The Cook Islands’ prime minister on Tuesday defended a new partnership pact with China and urged his country not to depend on handouts from “big brother” New Zealand. Prime Minister Mark Brown said the accord signed with Beijing offers his small Pacific nation opportunities in trade, infrastructure and the sustainable use of ocean resources. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Cook_Islands_deal_with_China_on economy,_seabed_mining_spurs_protest⠀⇛ China will provide the Pacific nation of 15,000 people with a one-time grant of about S$5.3 million. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Explainer:_What_is_the_Cook_Islands deal_with_China_and_what_has_worried_New_Zealand?⠀⇛ WELLINGTON - Growing ties between Cook Islands and China, including a new comprehensive partnership agreement action plan detailed this week, have raised concerns in New Zealand, which has a close constitutional relationship with its tiny Pacific neighbour. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_promises_Latin_America 'trustworthy'_ties_as_Convicted_Felon_lays_out_demands⠀⇛ BEIJING - China will always be Latin America's \"trustworthy\" friend and partner, its foreign minister told his Bolivian counterpart, as Beijing and Washington look to firm their respective footholds in a region historically under the U.S. sphere of influence. # ⚓ LRT ☛ China_shows_little_interest_in_restoring_relations with_Lithuania_–_aide⠀⇛ China has so far shown little interest in returning to full diplomatic representation in its relations with Lithuania, a senior adviser to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has said. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_'land_drone'_being_combat-tested_in Ukraine⠀⇛ An unmanned land platform developed by Latvian startup Natrix, which can be adapted in various ways for specific applications, such as frontline supply and evacuation of the wounded, has begun practical combat tests in Ukraine's Donbas region. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Public_media_donation_drive_for_Ukraine passes_€100,000_mark⠀⇛ In less than a week it will be three years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It is also three years that Ukrainian children have spent in shelters, studying in basements, and playing in the ruins of their homes. # ⚓ PHR ☛ 1762_Attacks_on_Health_Care_Over_Three_Years_as Russia_Escalates_its_War_on_Ukraine’s_Doctors_and Hospitals:_PHR⠀⇛ A staggering 1762 attacks on health care facilities, workers, and infrastructure have been perpetrated since Russia’s full-scale invasion three years ago, according to new data published today by a group of human rights and humanitarian organizations. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Transatlantic_alliance_enters_most challenging_period_since_Suez_crisis⠀⇛ The conclusion that many observers are drawing from the 2025 Munich Security Conference is that the United States, at least during the Convicted Felon presidency, is no longer willing to guarantee European security, writes Edward Verona. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Georgia’s_pro-Kremlin_authorities intensify_crackdown_on_opposition⠀⇛ Georgia's pro-Kremlin authorities presented new legislation in February that critics say will increase pressure on the country’s civil society and independent media while also placing additional restrictions on protests, writes Mercedes Sapuppo. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Centauri_and_Mersad_team_up_to_bring down_the_drone_threat⠀⇛ Recent conflicts, notably in the Ukraine, have shown the increasing use of attack drones that are posing a serious threat to military forces and their equipment. South African defence company Centauri has partnered with UAE-based Mersad Technologies to display an innovative solution at IDEX 2025 this week. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Russia_and_US_agree_to_work_toward_ending Ukraine_war⠀⇛ Top Russian and US officials held talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday in a bid to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed the talks, saying any discussion aimed at ending the war should be "fair" and involve Europe. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Russians_feel_"wind_in_their_sails"_as Convicted_Felon_pressed_to_show_resolution_to_war, expert_says⠀⇛ Russia told the United States in talks in Riyadh on Tuesday that it opposed any NATO member sending troops to Ukraine as part of a ceasefire, Moscow's foreign minister said. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks to John Lough, senior research fellow at the New Eurasian Strategies Centre. He says that the Russians feel that they have "wind in their sails", capitalizing on Convicted Felon's rush to demonstrate that he has brought hostilities to an end. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Rubio:_US_and_Russia_agree_to_restore embassy_staffing,_create_team_to_negotiate_Ukraine peace⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy postponed a trip to Saudi Arabia scheduled for this week, citing the fact that officials from his country were not invited to U.S.- Russia talks in the kingdom on negotiating an end to the war. Russia and the U.S. agreed Tuesday to start working towards ending the war and improving their diplomatic and economic ties, after talks that reflected an extraordinary about-face in U.S. foreign policy under President The Insurrectionist. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Germans_protest_military_aid,_arm_supplies to_Ukraine⠀⇛ The peace movement in Berlin has taken to the streets a few days before the general election. For three years, these activists have been denouncing the German government's arms supplies and support to Ukraine. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_president_to_visit_Ukraine_on_3rd anniversary_of_Russian_invasion⠀⇛ Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda intends to travel to Ukraine to attend the commemoration of the third anniversary of Russia’s large-scale invasion, his senior adviser Asta Skaisgirytė said on Tuesday. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_could_send_military_instructors_to Ukraine_–_presidential_adviser⠀⇛ Lithuania could send military instructors to Ukraine to train local forces but has not yet considered an initiative to deploy peacekeepers in the country, the senior presidential adviser has said. # ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ USAID_Falls,_Exposing_a_Giant Network_of_US-Funded_“Independent”_Media⠀⇛ From Ukraine to Cuba, news outlets worldwide are suddenly begging for cash—because their “independent journalism” was actually paid for by Washington all along. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Dictator_'More_Confident'_Of_Reaching_Deal_On Ukraine_After_Riyadh_Talks⠀⇛ U.S. President The Insurrectionist said he feels "much more confident" of reaching a deal to end the war in Ukraine after talks on February 18 in Saudi Arabia between U.S. and Russian envoys. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ What_We_Learned_From_High-Stakes_U.S.-Russia Talks_In_Saudi_Arabia⠀⇛ U.S. and Russian officials have finished their first talks on ending the war in Ukraine, with Kyiv and its European allies watching anxiously from the sidelines. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ France_Prepares_To_Host_Second_Ukraine_War Summit_With_Other_European_Countries,_Canada⠀⇛ Following an emergency summit in Paris, European leaders expressed willingness to offer security guarantees to Ukraine, but they warned that the level of such assurances would be based on Washington’s participation in the event of a comprehensive peace agreement. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Why_Is_Saudi_Arabia_Hosting_U.S.-Russia Talks?_And_Why_Now?⠀⇛ Saudi Arabia is hosting talks between Russia and the United States to end the war in Ukraine. Experts see the event as part of Riyadh’s effort to assume a central role in international diplomacy. # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ JD_Vance_at_the_Munich_Security Conference:_A_Speech_by_Gaslight⠀⇛ How Vance unsettled the Europeans While MElon was ripping through the US government like a 10 tonne toddler on cocaine, Vice President JD Vance was dispatched to the Munich Security Conference last week to tell Europeans how to run their democracies. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Stuck_outside_Ukraine_talks,_Europe begins_reassessing_its_relations_with_US⠀⇛ The United States appears set to abandon European security as a priority. That has left Europe scrambling to find new ways to protect the continent. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Zelensky_Lashes_Out_at_Convicted Felon_for_Excluding_Ukrainians_From_Peace_Talks⠀⇛ Left out of a meeting between American and Saudi officials, the Ukrainian leader also canceled a trip to Riyadh. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S.-Russia_Talks_in_Saudi_Arabia Set_to_Go_Beyond_Ukraine⠀⇛ The two sides met in Saudi Arabia for their most extensive discussions in years. In addition to Ukraine, business ties were on the table. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Europe,_Dazed_by_Convicted_Felon, Confronts_Hard_Choices_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ Faced with undisguised hostility from the Convicted Felon administration, Europeans are preparing for what is shaping up to be a go- it-alone era. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ U.S.-Russia_talks_on_Ukraine_begin_in_Saudi Arabia_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Eye_in_the_sky_See_the_Supercam_S350,_a drone_used_by_Russian_forces_in_the_war_against_Ukraine that_may_contain_dozens_of_foreign-made_components_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ U.S._and_Russia_agree_to_‘begin_working_on_a path’_to_end_war_in_Ukraine_following_talks_in_Saudi Arabia_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Trump_says_calls_for_new_elections_in Ukraine_come_from_his_administration._‘That’s_not_a Russia_thing.’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ France24 ☛ EU_imported_more_Russian_LNG_in_2024 despite_a_drop_in_gas_consumption⠀⇛ Europe's gas demand dropped to an 11-year low in 2024, with imports in liquefied natural gas declining 19% from the previous year. However, import of Russian LNG into the EU increased by 18% with France, Spain and Belgium sourcing the most, according to a new industry report. Also on the show, Stellantis issued a "stop drive" order on around 250,000 Citroen cars over potentially deadly airbags produced by now-defunct Takata, extending an existing recall nationwide. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Right-Wing_Media_Praises_U.S.-Russia Talks_as_‘Breath_of_Fresh_Air’⠀⇛ Many of President Convicted Felon’s media allies were quick to celebrate this week’s negotiations, a contrast to the deep unease expressed by the foreign policy establishment. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._and_Russia_Pursue_Closer_Ties⠀⇛ Also, Mayor Eric Adams faces political peril. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday. # ⚓ ADF ☛ More_Reports_of_Russian_Mercenary_and_FAMA Attacks_on_Civilians⠀⇛ Members of the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) and Russian mercenaries now known as Africa Corps are accused of killing nine people, including women and children, in an attack on a vehicle in Mali’s Segou region in January. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_negotiator_says_he’s_already_held first_meeting_with_Trump_team_in_Saudi_Arabia_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘An_existential_question_for_Europe’:_E.U. leaders_hold_emergency_summit_in_Paris_ahead_of_U.S.- Russia_talks_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Elon_Musk_shares_video_from_sanctioned_state media_of_Russian_delegation’s_arrival,_calls_them ‘competent_leadership’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ In_Russia’s_Far_East,_Yakutsk_lawmakers_vote to_eliminate_direct_mayoral_elections_as_governor_cites ‘war_with_West’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Trusted_people’:_Russia_may_swap_out_its negotiators_if_Kyiv_is_invited_to_join_talks_with_the United_States,_Meduza’s_sources_say_—_Meduza⠀⇛ o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Trump's_climate_change_denial:_An_era_of 'ignorance'⠀⇛ President The Insurrectionist’s denial of climate change has become more insidious, powerful and far- reaching in his second mandate as he had acquired experience during his first term in office, said Robert Proctor, professor of the History of Science at Stanford University. “You’ve got ignorance from above, through the strongman, people like Convicted Felon, and ignorance from below from social control media”, he said. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Clean_energy_bolsters_China’s_GDP growth_in_2024:_Study⠀⇛ Clean energy technologies accounted for 26 per cent of the country's GDP growth. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China's_clean_energy_investments nearing_scale_of_global_fossil_investments,_researchers find⠀⇛ China invested 6.8 trillion yuan ($940 billion) in clean energy in 2024, approaching the $1.12 trillion in global investment in fossil fuels, according to a new analysis for U.K.-based research organisation Carbon Brief. # ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ Inside_China’s_electric- vehicle-to-humanoid-robot_pivot⠀⇛ This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. While DOGE’s efforts to shutter federal agencies dominate news from Washington, the Convicted Felon administration is also making more global moves. Many of these center on China. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Series_Hybrid_Semi-Trucks:_It_Works_For Locomotives_So_Why_Not?⠀⇛ Canadian start-up Edison Motors may not seem like much at first glance — consisting of fewer than two dozen people in a large tent — but their idea of bringing series hybrid technology to semi-trucks may just have wheels. The concept and Edison Motors’ progress is explained in a recent video by The Drive on Youtube, starting off with the point that diesel-electric technology is an obvious fit for large trucks like this. After all, it works for trains. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_leader_warns_taxi drivers_against_‘drastic_action’_amid_threat_of_strike over_ride-hailing_services⠀⇛ Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee has warned that “drastic action” by taxi drivers would not gain public support, ahead of a deadline for a citywide strike demanding government regulation of unlicensed ride-hailing services. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ An_Ohio_Town’s_Big_Bet_on_AquaBounty GMO_Salmon_Failed_to_Thrive⠀⇛ It wasn’t about playing God. Rather, it was a better way to feed the world. That’s how a biotech company called AquaBounty described its AquAdvantage salmon, the first genetically modified animal approved by the federal government for human consumption. By adding a gene from Chinook salmon to Atlantic salmon and using DNA sequences from eel-like ocean pout as a “growth promoter,” the company said its salmon could grow twice as fast. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Vietnam_to_approve_key_infrastructure projects,_revised_GDP_target⠀⇛ HANOI - Vietnam's National Assembly will on Wednesday vote to approve a new economic growth target for this year and adopt resolutions supporting major infrastructure projects, including nuclear power plants and a rail link to China.  # ⚓ The_Guangzhou_garment_workers_behind_SHEIN’s_global business⠀⇛ Garment workers in southern China drive profits for fast-fashion brands like SHEIN, yet the work is insecure. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong’s_Democratic_Party_to discuss_potential_disbandment_–_reports⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s Democratic Party is set to discuss its potential disbandment as early as this week, according to multiple local news reports published late Tuesday night. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Korean_Victim_of_WWII_Sex_Slavery_Who Fought_for_Japan’s_Apology_Dies⠀⇛ She campaigned for a formal apology and reparations from Japan for what it did to thousands of women like her, mostly Korean, during World War II. # ⚓ US_withdrawal_from_UN_Human_Rights_Council_sparks_concerns about_China⠀⇛ Tibetan and Uyghur advocacy groups will need to work harder for support from the international community. # ⚓ Thai_court_sees_merit_in_bid_to_free_detained_Uyghurs, seeks_information⠀⇛ The Uyghurs world be at risk of torture if sent to China, rights groups say. # ⚓ Citizen Lab ☛ Q&A_with_Ron_Deibert_and_Carine_Kanimba_in Digital_Front_Lines⠀⇛ In a Q&A for the Digital Front Lines report by Foreign Policy Analytics, The Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert and human rights activist Carine Kanimba talk about the psychological impact of being targeted by mercenary spyware and the growing threat of surveillance technologies being misused by both state and non-state actors. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Hochul_May_Deploy_National_Guard_as Wildcat_Strikes_Hit_25_N.Y._Prisons⠀⇛ Corrections officers, without their union’s approval, refused to show up for work to protest what they say are hazardous conditions and severe staff shortages. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Casalonga_strengthens_Munich_office_with_Stolmár partner [Ed: This is marketing spam for a litigation firm; a person moving from one firm to another is not news.]⠀⇛ For the past nine years Denise Nestle-Nguyen has worked for German IP firm Stolmàr & Partner. She became partner in April 2024. Nestle-Nguyen is qualified as a German, Swiss and European patent monopoly attorney. # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Generic_Drugs,_Skinny_Labels, and_Liability_for_Off_Label_(Infringing)_Use⠀⇛ I mentioned in a recent post that Hikma's petition for writ of certiorari was due on Valentines Day, February 14 2025.  The company has now filed its petition and it des a powerful job of presenting the problems of the Federal Circuit's "skinny label" decision.  Hikma particularly asks the Court to clarify when marketing a generic drug with a "skinny label" can trigger liability for actively inducing patent monopoly infringement under 35 U.S.C. 271(b). Petition for Certiorari - Hikma v Amarin. o § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog_Test:_Is_SELECT_BY_LANDRY'S_Primarily Merely_a_Surname_for_a_Customer_Reward_Program?⠀⇛ The USPTO refused to register the mark SELECT BY LANDRY'S, in standard character form, for a "Customer incentive award program, namely, a restaurant and entertainment customer loyalty program that provides discounts and related benefits to reward repeat customers," deeming the proposed mark to be primarily a surname under Section 2(e)(4). Examining Attorney Sahar Nasserghodsi required a disclaimer of SELECT, but the applicant maintained that the USPTO routinely treats the term SELECT as a distinctive term for marks registered in connection with incentive award programs, and therefore the mark as a whole is not primarily merely a surname. In_re_Landry’s Trademark,_Inc., Serial Nos. 97746646 and 98024609 (February 14, 2025) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge George C. Pologeorgis). o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Heather J Meeker ☛ Thomson_Reuters_Wins_a_Victory_Against Both_Hey_Hi_(AI)_and_Public_Access_to_Law⠀⇛ Recently, an opinion was published by a magistrate judge in Delaware, Stephanos Bibas, in Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence, a case filed in 2020 about Hey Hi (AI) training. # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ The_Hey_Hi_(AI)_Action_Summit_&_Civil Society’s_(Possible)_Impact⠀⇛ The Conciergerie, Paris by Mustang Joe is marked with CC0 1.0 On February 10 and 11, 2025, the government of France convened the Hey Hi (AI) Action Summit, bringing together heads of state, tech leaders, and civil society to discuss global collaboration and action on AI. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 6538 ➮ Generation completed at 02:49, i.e. 19 seconds to (re)generate ⟲