𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Monday, August 11, 2025 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Tue 12 Aug 02:49:19 BST 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/2025/08/11/ ╒═══════════════════ 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 - Currys PCWorld Lied a Decade Ago, 10 Years Later It Still Effectively Voids Your Warranty for Installing GNU/Linux Despite It Being Increasingly Mainstream ⦿ Techrights - Experience With Airlines in 'Web Sites' and in 'Apps' ⦿ Techrights - How We Process Screenshots of Slop to Suitably Tag Them as Slop ⦿ Techrights - IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 10, 2025 ⦿ Techrights - Open Does Not Mean Free ⦿ Techrights - Over at Tux Machines... ⦿ Techrights - Sabotaging GNU/Linux PCs (and Users) is Not a 'Joke' ⦿ Techrights - Team GNOME Has Libeled Me for Nearly 20 Years ⦿ Techrights - The Register MS Takes Money From Companies Banned by the Biden and Trump Administrations (National Security Risk) ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/11/Currys_PCWorld_Lied_a_Decade_Ago_10_Years_Later_It_Still_Effect.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/11/Experience_With_Airlines_in_Web_Sites_and_in_Apps.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/11/How_We_Process_Screenshots_of_Slop_to_Suitably_Tag_Them_as_Slop.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/11/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_August_10_2025.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/11/Open_Does_Not_Mean_Free.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/11/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/11/Sabotaging_GNU_Linux_PCs_and_Users_is_Not_a_Joke.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/11/Team_GNOME_Has_Libeled_Me_for_Nearly_20_Years.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/11/The_Register_MS_Takes_Money_From_Companies_Banned_by_the_Biden_.shtml ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/11/Gemini_Links_11_08_2025_Tea_Caffeine_Hot_and_Super_ZZ_Zero.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/11/Gemini_Links_11_08_2025_Upgrading_Debian_Bookworm_and_Better_Qu.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/11/Links_11_08_2025_Data_Breaches_Politics_and_Climate.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/11/Links_11_08_2025_Meritless_Twitter_Suspensions_and_Disney_Scrap.shtml ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 74 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/11/Currys_PCWorld_Lied_a_Decade_Ago_10_Years_Later_It_Still_Effect.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/11/Currys_PCWorld_Lied_a_Decade_Ago_10_Years_Later_It_Still_Effect.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Currys PCWorld Lied a Decade Ago, 10 Years Later It Still Effectively Voids Your Warranty for Installing GNU/Linux Despite It Being Increasingly Mainstream⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 11, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇https://sydenhamsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ currysPCworld.jpg⦈_ Microsoft gatekeepers 11 years ago I (and others) wrote: * Currys/PC_World_(UK)_Voids_Warranty_on_Hardware_If_Buyer_Installs_GNU/ Linux * Huge_Computer_Retail_Chain_in_the_UK_Denies_Warranty_If_Users_Install Linux * Currys/PCWorld_refuse_warranty_if_Linux_is_installed_even_as_dual_boot This became somewhat of a mainstream media story at the time. Today I asked two members of staff, not_just_one member of staff. Asked what? Same question. But in 2025, not 2014. If you install GNU/Linux and then want to report a hardware fault to be looked at, you need to first remove GNU/Linux and install Windows (again). That's just the same as what happened to me in 2014. This means that whatever excuses, denial, or face-saving spin the company uttered in 2014 was pure BS. They're still acting like Microsoft protectors. They give customers a fear or a lack of incentive to use anything other than Windows. Time to avoid Currys PCWorld? █ * Team_GNOME_Has_Libeled_Me_for_Nearly_20_Years * Gemini_Links_11/08/2025:_Upgrading_Debian_Bookworm_and_Better_Quality PDFs_From_Gemini_Pages ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⡿⠿⠿⠷⢀⡀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣠⣀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⡟⠉⣿⡟⠉⢿⣇⣾⠿⣿⣭⣉⠁⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠿⣷⣤⣴⣶⠸⣷⣤⣼⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⠇⠀⠘⣿⡟⠠⣤⣭⣿⠇⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠀⠀⠈⠉⠀⠁⠈⠀⠀⠉⠀⠶⠾⠛⠀⠀⠈⠉⠁⠀⠀⠙⢿⣏⡉⠀⠀⢀⣀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⢛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 157 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/11/Experience_With_Airlines_in_Web_Sites_and_in_Apps.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/11/Experience_With_Airlines_in_Web_Sites_and_in_Apps.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Experience With Airlines in 'Web Sites' and in 'Apps'⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 11, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Return_of_Korn⦈_ Last week: Non-Free_JavaScript_Programs_in_Banks_Aren't_Even_the_Biggest Problem 'Apps' aren't something that we ever use. 'Apps' are typically something that runs on tablets and "smart" "phones", i.e. mostly in Android and iOS (the G and A in "GAFAM"; G can also be an A because of "Alphabet", F became another M and there's A for Amazon). But a lot of those binary programs are just something that comes from an 'Apps Store', i.e. some proprietary repositories curated and guarded by the United Stated (with limited consent from so-called 'allies' - scare quotes as it depends on who the President happens to be). Seeing that so few physical travel agents still exist (we'll walk past one later today, but they're rare even in the high street), most people go to "apps" and "Web sites" for holiday bookings. In the case of Web sites, well... forget about the Web. Those are 'webapps'. No JavaScript, no play. Set aside secure payments with all sorts of gizmos and toys (like card readers made cheaply in China), there's no good reason to require JavaScript for checking and booking tickets. But the Web as we once knew it is "old" and thus apparently "dead"; now the Web browser is just some platform or a canvas for 'webapps'. Set aside also the rants about how they hide fees (seats, luggage, 'advanced' check-in/booking). In the past they used to advertise costs that excluded taxes - at one stage authorities had to step in and mandate that taxes are shown and included throughout, not hidden until later. What is the "online experience" becoming if not that of a "native" application, except deployed to the browser over HTTP/S pipes? Nowadays people run many proprietary programs. Many of them run inside a Web browser, no matter if the browser itself is freedom-respecting or not. Even if everything you run on your desktop/laptop is Free software, what will happen once you start using the "modern" Web? People who use Gemini Protocol won't have this dilemma. People who pay bills over the phone, go to their bank to make some payments, and book flights in a travel shop can also avoid this dilemma. I sort of defer to Richard_Stallman here. In a lot of ways, Stallman Was Right about what JavaScript would turn out to be. █ * Open_Does_Not_Mean_Free * Team_GNOME_Has_Libeled_Me_for_Nearly_20_Years ⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣻⠿⠿⡿⡿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⡟⣿⠛⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣺⣰⣦⣗⣡⣡⣜⣠⣸⣿⣦⣨⣥⣧⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣧⣤⣤⣤⣴⣶⣶⣦⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢹⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣼⡿⠿⣿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⠿⠛⠛⠙⠛⠻⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⠟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⠀⠀⠊⠁⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣶⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣶⡄⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢹⣿⣿⠒⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⠃⠀⠀⠉⠛⠉⠁⠀⠀⣷⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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█▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ How We Process Screenshots of Slop to Suitably Tag Them as Slop⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 11, 2025, updated Aug 11, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GIMP⦈_ About a week ago we began adding a slanted label that says "Slop". We slapped it on screenshots which show LLM slop and/or slop images. We've managed to mostly automate the process, assigning that to mouse buttons and ncurses (dialog). At first it was suggested that we'd do this with the GIMP, but GIMP is a GUI (by default) and would typically require some manual work. What we do instead is dependent on ImageMagick - something I've done and have used extensively for over 20 years to upload images to my personal site. Once a screenshot gets taken (I use Flameshot, which had_a_new_and_very_major release_about_a_week_ago): 1. Get the latest image saved to disk: latest=$(echo $(ls -Art /home/roy/ Desktop/Text_Workspace/images/ | tail -n 1)) 2. Add the label* 3. Get the description for the image from the clipboard (selection): URL=$ (xclip -o) 4. Upload the file to the server and make an HTML "block" for it** In (2) above, everything is a single command. This whole chain is invoked using a visual menu after a selection is made (with a mouse) for a textual description - this is very important not just for blind people but also Gemini Protocol. And of course this would never work with Wayland. █ ____ * We still use this prototype: convert /home/roy/Desktop/Text_Workspace/images/$latest -set 'option:size' '% [fx:w*0.3]x%[fx:h*0.3]' +pointsize \ \( -gravity north -font 'Liberation-Sans-Bold' -fill '#880000' caption:'SLOP' \ -rotate -21 -compose multiply \) \ This will probably improve over time. Nothing urgent. ** This calls an upload script, latest_image.sh: ~/latest_image.sh /home/roy/Desktop/Text_Workspace/images/$latest | \ sed -e 's\width="250"\style="max-width: 60%; float:none;" width="780"\' \ -e 's\width="160"\style="max-width: 60%; float:none;" width="780"\' -e \ 's\.thumbnail\\' -e 's\height\id\' -e "s/alt=\"\"/alt=\"Slop or fake: $URL\"/ " \ -e 's\height\id\' -e 's/ ". By default, gemtext2latex does not handle the other major non-standard extension, which is the use of paired asterisks for italics/emphasis. This is disabled by default, but necessary for serious writing. # ⚓ The_Last_Dog_Day_Of_Summer⠀⇛ Today is the last day of the dog days of summer. Who knew? To celebrate, there's a new Alhena release. In addition to a number of minor bug fixes, there are two new features: * Embedded images/text via data URLs * Optional link icons for easy identification of link types # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Elixir_of_freshness⠀⇛ Closer to the weekend, when I had figured out all the **essential** NixOS stuff, I also made another decision to learn something new. The time has come to get familiar with the Erlang ecosystem. The BEAM runtime itself is something that I'd never heard a single bad word about in many years, and I do still have some warm nostalgic feelings about the original (pre-Sony) Ericsson phones, so that was another factor that nudged me to this decision. However, what was left was the language choice itself. Unless I'm missing anything, for now there are three worthy candidates: Erlang itself, Elixir and Gleam. There also are some BEAM ports of existing languages, like Clojerl, Luerl and LFE (Lisp Flavored Erlang), but I wanted to learn something fully original, like the pre-Sony Ericssons. Erlang itself, while being iconic on its own, looks too verbose and low-level to me. I think I will come to it at some point in the future, but for my first encounter with BEAM, I needed something easier. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. * Currys_PCWorld_Lied_a_Decade_Ago,_10_Years_Later_It_Still_Effectively Voids_Your_Warranty_for_Installing_GNU/Linux_Despite_It_Being Increasingly_Mainstream * Links_11/08/2025:_Meritless_Twitter_Suspensions_and_Disney_Scraps Deepfake_Dwayne_Johnson ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1724 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 11/08/2025: Data Breaches, Politics, and Climate⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 11, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Ksh⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary # Social_Control_Media # Windows_TCO_/_Windows_Bot_Nets o Security # Privacy/Surveillance # Confidentiality o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies/Monopsonies * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-05_[Older]_Fraudulent_research_is 'destroying_trust_in_science'⠀⇛ o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Truthdig ☛ 2025-07-31_[Older]_Climate_Change,_Cheeto Mussolini’s_Tariffs_Will_Send_Coffee_Prices_Soaring⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-08-05_[Older]_Vietnam Facing_Worsening_African_Swine_Fever_Outbreaks⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-04_[Older]_Why_do_African_elites seek_medical_treatment_abroad?⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-08-02_[Older]_How_to Protect_Yourself_From_the_Bad_Air_Caused_by_Wildfires⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-02_[Older]_German_nursing_homes see_cost_for_care_explode⠀⇛ o § Proprietary⠀➾ # § Social Control Media⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-08-05_[Older] Australia_Regulator_Says_YouTube,_Others_'Turning_a Blind_Eye'_to_Child_Abuse_Material⠀⇛ # § Windows TCO / Windows Bot Nets⠀➾ # ⚓ 2025-07-30_[Older]_WA:_Cyber-attacks_problem_for small_hospitals⠀⇛ # ⚓ Industry Dive ☛ 2025-08-01_[Older]_Palo_Alto_Networks investigating_ransomware_threat_related_to_SharePoint exploitation⠀⇛ o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ The Record ☛ 2025-07-31_[Older]_Dollar_Tree_denies ransomware_claims,_says_stolen_data_is_from_defunct_discount chain⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2025-08-02_[Older]_Highlands_Oncology_Group_notifies 113,575_people_after_ransomware_attack_by_Medusa⠀⇛ # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ 2025-08-05_[Older]_Cisco_discloses_data breach_impacting_Cisco.com_user_accounts⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2025-08-05_[Older]_Exclusive:_Brosix_and_Chatox_promised_to keep_your_chats_secured._They_didn’t.⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2025-08-03_[Older]_Why_we_shouldn’t_just_repeat_ransomware groups’_claims,_Sunday_edition⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2025-08-03_[Older]_Are_Scattered_Spider_and_ShinyHunters one_group_or_two?_And_who_did_France_arrest?⠀⇛ # ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2025-08-04_[Older]_Dutch_Prosecution_Service begins_phased_system_reboot_after_cyberattack⠀⇛ # ⚓ Vanguard NG ☛ 2025-08-05_[Older]_39-year-old_Nigerian extradited_to_US_from_France_over_alleged_hacking⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2025-08-05_[Older]_Hamilton_taxpayers_on_the_hook_for_full $18.3M_cyberattack_repair_bill_after_insurance_claim_denied⠀⇛ # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ 2025-08-06_[Older]_Google_reveals_it became_one_of_the_Salesforce_attack_victims_in_June⠀⇛ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2025-08-04_[Older]_Misusing_the Children:_The_UK_Online_Safety_Act,_Privacy_and Censorship⠀⇛ # ⚓ Project Censored ☛ 2025-08-07_[Older]_The_Hidden Costs_of_the_Big_Data_Surveillance_Complex⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-04_[Older]_German_police expands_use_of_Palantir_surveillance_software⠀⇛ # § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ 2025-08-05_[Older]_Cencora_&_The_Lash_Group_reach $40M_settlement_in_data_breach_class_action⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2025-08-02_[Older]_Aftermath:_More_than_99%_of providers_opted_to_have_Change_Healthcare_notify patients_of_its_massive_data_breach⠀⇛ # ⚓ Covington & Burling LLP ☛ 2025-08-01_[Older] Oklahoma_Substantially_Amends_Its_Data_Breach Notification_Statute⠀⇛ # ⚓ Newsquest Media Group Ltd ☛ 2025-08-01_[Older]_UK: Physiotherapist_who_accessed_patient’s_personal_data_to visit_her_home_is_struck_off⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2025-08-01_[Older]_Six_months_after_discovering_an attack,_Northwest_Radiologists_notifies_almost_350,000 Washington_State_residents⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2025-07-31_[Older]_State_Legislation:_Augmented_data broker,_data_breach_requirements_advance_in California⠀⇛ # ⚓ Irish Legal News Ltd ☛ 2025-07-31_[Older]_New_adult safeguarding_toolkit_to_help_protect_vulnerable_adults’ data⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2025-07-31_[Older]_Marysville_School_District provides_update_on_data_breach⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2025-08-01_[Older]_In_Singapore,_147,000_customer records_exposed_in_Cycle_&_Carriage_data_breach⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2025-08-01_[Older]_Genoa_Community_Hospital_discloses breach_discovered_in_March⠀⇛ # ⚓ HIPAA ☛ 2025-08-01_[Older]_Dermatology_Clinics Affected_by_Practice_Management_Company_Data_Breach⠀⇛ # ⚓ HIPAA ☛ 2025-08-02_[Older]_HCA_Healthcare_settled_two lawsuits_this_week;_one_was_over_its_2023_data_breach⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2025-08-04_[Older]_Thai_hospital_fined_1.2_million baht_for_data_breach_via_snack_bags⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2025-08-05_[Older]_More_than_1_million_patients affected_by_DaVita_ransomware_attack;_those_are preliminary_numbers⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2025-08-05_[Older]_Scattered_Spider_is_NOT_quiet. They’re_just_under_another_name_now.⠀⇛ o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-04_[Older]_South_China_Sea:_India, Philippines_hold_first_joint_patrol⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-04_[Older]_South_Korea_removes loudspeakers_on_border_with_North⠀⇛ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2025-08-06_[Older]_Microsoft Cloud_Used_by_Israel's_Unit_8200_for_Palestinian_Surveillance and_Airstrike_Planning,_Leaks_Reveal⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ 2025-08-02_[Older]_Bipartisan_US_Push_Tries_to Label_Democratic_African_Government_as_“Terrorist”⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-03_[Older]_African_migrant_boat capsizes_off_Yemen,_killing_dozens⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-06_[Older]_Sudan:_El-Fasher_faces famine_as_supplies_cut_off,_UN_says⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-06_[Older]_The_hidden_cost_of peace_in_northern_Nigeria⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-05_[Older]_Australia_to_buy_11 advanced_warships_from_Japan⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-05_[Older]_Germany:_AfD-linked China_espionage_trial_opens_in_Dresden⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-04_[Older]_Afghan_refugees_in Iran:_Deported_to_uncertainty⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-04_[Older]_Brazil's_top_court orders_house_arrest_for_Bolsonaro⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-05_[Older]_Heroes_and_villians:_30 years_since_the_Croatian_War_of_Independence⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-05_[Older]_India_deploys_military as_deadly_floods_wipe_away_Himalayan_town⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-05_[Older]_Japan:_Passing_on_the pain_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-05_[Older]_Middle_East:_Netanyahu to_'update'_Gaza_war_plan⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-04_[Older]_Mexico:_Veracruz_prison riot_leaves_7_dead⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-08-01_[Older]_Canada Working_With_US_to_Deal_With_Countries_Slow_to_Accept Deportees,_Document_Shows⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-07_[Older]_Bavarian_police_arrest far-right_Reichsbürger_suspects⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-06_[Older]_Germany_updates:_WWII bomb_prompts_mass_Dresden_evacuation⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-07_[Older]_Germany:_Suspected triple_murderer_found_dead⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-07_[Older]_Germany_updates:_Border checks_to_be_kept_beyond_September⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-07_[Older]_How_can_US-India_ties recover_from_Cheeto_Mussolini's_tariff_threats?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-07_[Older]_People_in_the_Sudanese city_of_El_Fasher,_under_siege_for_almost_a_year,_are starving._What_can_be_done_to_help?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-07_[Older]_Red_Sea_death_trap:_Why so_many_migrants_drown⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-07_[Older]_South_Korea:_Arrest warrant_sought_for_ex-first_lady_Kim⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-07_[Older]_Taiwan_imagines_a Chinese_invasion_with_TV_and_games⠀⇛ o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-08-07_[Older]_A_Climate- Friendly_Home_Starts_With_an_Energy_Assessment._Here's_How_My 100-Year-Old_House_Did⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2025-08-06_[Older]_Great_Barrier_Reef_suffers record_coral_decline,_mass_bleaching⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-06_[Older]_Australia's_Great Barrier_Reef_sees_record_coral_loss⠀⇛ # ⚓ Truthdig ☛ 2025-08-05_[Older]_Climate_Disasters_Are_Killing Small_Businesses⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-04_[Older]_Scientists_search_for climate_clues_in_ancient_ice⠀⇛ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2025-08-04_[Older]_Canadian Wildfires_Rage_Amid_Record_Heatwaves:_What_This_Means_for Climate_Change_and_Public_Health⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-08-04_[Older]_Climate Change_Will_Send_Many_More_Californians_to_the_ER⠀⇛ # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ 2025-08-01_[Older]_Climate_crisis_is_changing Turkey's_fire_regime⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ 2025-08-01_[Older]_US_Government_May_Be Abandoning_the_Global_Climate_Fight,_but_New_Leaders_Are Filling_the_Void_–_Including_China⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-01_[Older]_How_climate_change_is changing_mountaineering⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-08-01_[Older]_In_a Miniature_World,_Climate_Change_and_Environmental_Issues_Loom Large⠀⇛ # ⚓ Vox ☛ 2025-08-01_[Older]_The_surprising_reason_fewer_people are_dying_from_extreme_weather⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ 2025-07-31_[Older]_By_Revoking_Core_Climate Finding,_Cheeto_Mussolini_Puts_Black_Neighborhoods_at_Risk⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-07-31_[Older]_Cheeto_Mussolini's_EPA to_roll_back_cornerstone_of_climate_action⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-07_[Older]_July_was_Earth's_third- warmest_on_record⠀⇛ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-05_[Older]_OceanGate's_Titan sub_implosion_was_preventable:_report⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-06_[Older]_Is_plastic production_just_going_to_keep_increasing?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-05_[Older]_Can_a_global treaty_solve_the_plastics_crisis?⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-07-30_[Older]_Stellantis_vows_to_reconnect with_customers_as_it_flags_$2.4B_Cdn_tariff_hit_for 2025⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-02_[Older]_Elon_Musk's_Tesla ordered_to_pay_$243_million_over_crash⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-08-05_[Older]_Air_Canada_flight_attendants vote_to_strike_if_agreement_not_reached,_union_says⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-08-06_[Older]_Syria Signs_$14_Billion_in_Investment_Deals,_Including Airport_and_Subway_Projects⠀⇛ # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-04_[Older]_Germany:_Baboons fed_to_lions_and_tigers_after_zoo_culling⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-05_[Older]_Denmark_zoo_asks people_to_donate_pets_to_feed_predators⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-06_[Older]_US_scientists discover_trees_host_up_to_1_trillion_microbes⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-07_[Older]_Deadly 'unprecedented'_wildfire_rages_in_southwestern_France⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-07_[Older]_Fireproofing forests_on_a_hotter_planet⠀⇛ # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-07_[Older]_Japan_sees_record drop_in_population_in_2024⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-05_[Older]_Germany_updates: Young_people_make_up_just_10%_of_population⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-04_[Older]_Why_the_birth rate_in_Germany_continues_to_nosedive⠀⇛ o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-05_[Older]_US_to_require_bonds_of up_to_$15,000_for_some_tourists⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-04_[Older]_Germany_to_raise 'mothers'_pension'_—_despite_cash-strapped_public_coffers⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-04_[Older]_Germany_updates: Finance_minister_in_US_amid_tariff_tension⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-04_[Older]_Over_10,000_hotels_join complaint_against_Booking.com⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-03_[Older]_Germany_updates: Welfare_payments_up_by_€4_billion_last_year⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-07-31_[Older]_Canada's_economy_contracted_by 0.1%_in_May,_but_showed_signs_of_a_rebound⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-07-31_[Older]_Canada_'disappointed'_by_Cheeto Mussolini_boosting_tariffs_to_35%,_says_Carney⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-08-01_[Older]_Canada_Trade Team_Could_Quit_DC_Talks_After_Cheeto_Mussolini_Tariffs,_Says Carney_Adviser⠀⇛ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2025-07-31_[Older]_Panic_on Payday:_Lloyds_and_Halifax_Users_Fume_as_Banking_Apps_Fail Just_as_Wages_Land⠀⇛ # ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2025-08-04_[Older]_Dutch_banks_increase_mortgage lending_as_market_recovers⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-08-06_[Older]_Amazon's_bid_to_overturn_B.C. labour_ruling_granting_unionization_to_its_workers_rejected⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-08-06_[Older]_Accessory_retailer_Claire's_to seek_creditor_protection_in_Canada_but_stores_will_stay open⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-08-03_[Older]_Beef_costs_more_than_ever,_but Canadians_won't_let_that_ruin_barbecue_season⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-08-01_[Older]_Stocks_down_in_Canada,_U.S., Europe_as_markets_react_to_Cheeto_Mussolini's_latest tariffs⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-08-01_[Older]_The_35%_tariff_kicked_in_today_on Canadian_goods._How_big_of_an_impact_will_it_have?⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-08-01_[Older]_Unionized_workers_at_Canada_Post vote_against_latest_contract_offer⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-08-06_[Older]_White_House Prepares_Order_Targeting_Banks_as_Cheeto_Mussolini_Claims Discrimination⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-08-05_[Older]_Cheeto Mussolini_Says_Banks_Discriminate_Against_His_Supporters⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-08-05_[Older]_White_House Readies_Order_to_Fine_Banks_for_Dropping_Clients_Over Politics,_WSJ_Reports⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-06_[Older]_Gerrymandering_in_the US_—_why_Democrats_fled_Texas⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-06_[Older]_How_concerned_is_Iran about_the_US-Pakistan_partnership?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-06_[Older]_Immigration:_Germany has_a_problem_finding_'safe_countries_of_origin'⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-06_[Older]_Ion_Iliescu,_Romania's first_freely_elected_president,_dies⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-02_[Older]_Colombia:_Ex-President Uribe_gets_12_years'_house_arrest⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-03_[Older]_Political_ploy?_Czech Republic_outlaws_communist_propaganda⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-03_[Older]_Pope's_'Jubilee_of Youth'_ends_with_mass_for_1_million⠀⇛ # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-05_[Older]_Fact_check:_Are X's_community_notes_fixing_or_fueling_misinformation?⠀⇛ o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Vox ☛ 2025-08-06_[Older]_A_new_Supreme_Court_case_asks whether_children_still_have_First_Amendment_rights⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-08-06_[Older]_Turkey_arrests_youth activist_after_Council_of_Europe_speech⠀⇛ # 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Energy/Transportation # Overpopulation o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies/Monopsonies # Patents # Trademarks # Right_of_Publicity * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Computational Complexity ☛ My_Tom_L_post_inspired_a_mathematical definition_of_Rabbithole⠀⇛ o ⚓ 椒盐豆豉 ☛ Blaugust,_cuz_why_not_|_椒盐豆豉⠀⇛ I’m most likely still gonna post in Chinese, though figure it might be nice to have a brief intro post in English for starter. Not sure what prompts there would be so I may not follow, and I’m not aiming for the Rainbow Diamond Award of posting everyday either. o ⚓ Robert Birming ☛ Your_blog,_your_rules⠀⇛ It’s a joyride. But to keep that joy, it helps to have at least some idea of how we want to approach blogging. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Our_Beautiful_Nuclear_Future_on_the_Moon⠀⇛ NASA astronauts are now scheduled to return to the moon in 2027, and if all goes well, they will be landing on it regularly, starting in the early 2030s. Each crew will carry parts of a small base that can grow piece by piece into a living space for a few people. The astronauts will also take a pair of vehicles for expeditions—a little rover that they can use for local jaunts in their space suits, and a larger, pressurized one that will allow them to go on 500-mile regolith road trips in street clothes. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Lee Peterson ☛ A_phone_and_a_notebook⠀⇛ I grabbed whatever paper I had (the back of an A4 sized receipt) and wrote everything I needed to do. I folded it and carried it around with me, this served me well enough for a couple of days and I felt a little calmer. Having a single non structured piece of paper in that moment helped. # ⚓ Lawrence Tratt ☛ Comparing_the_Glove80_and_Maltron keyboards⠀⇛ For some of us, however, what keyboard we use has an effect on our health. I have typed a lot, for well over 30 years. 25 years ago I had a prolonged period of pain in my hands that was, in part, brought on by extensive keyboard usage. After 3 months of not typing at all, I resolved to do anything I could to lessen the chance of the problem recurring. I soon realised that traditional keyboards force our hands into an awkward diagonal posture that can cause problems over time. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ 3_million_South_Koreans_sign_refusal_of life-prolonging_treatment_in_case_of_untreatable_diseases⠀⇛ Women account for two-thirds of those who have decided to refuse life-sustaining treatment. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ ‘Every_day_I_could_die_working_like this’:_Heat_pushes_South_Korean_outdoor_workers_to_brink⠀⇛ The number of deaths caused by the heat wave was the second highest since 2018, when 48 people died. # ⚓ CBC ☛ B.C._mushroom_picking_robots_get_$40M_boost_to_fill growing_agricultural_labour_shortage⠀⇛ 4AG (pronounced "forage") Robotics is based in the rural lakeside city of Salmon Arm, between Vancouver and Calgary, on the outskirts of the Rocky Mountains. There, it creates robots that use AI-run cameras and suction cups to pluck, trim and pack commercially grown button mushrooms. # ⚓ Seth Godin ☛ Contagious_emotions_|_Seth's_Blog⠀⇛ If we want to share the emotions near the bottom of this list, we’re going to have to really work at it. # ⚓ Rolling Stone ☛ ‘ChatGPT_Psychosis’:_How_One_Man_Escaped⠀⇛ Except, J. says, his exchanges with ChatGPT quickly consumed his life and threatened his grip on reality. “Through the project, I abandoned any pretense to rationality,” he says. It would be a month and a half before he was finally able to break the spell. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # § Artificial Intelligence (AI) / LLM Slop / Plagiarism⠀➾ # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Gooners_Say_Their_Brains_Are_Becoming Hopelessly_Hijacked_by_AI_Smut⠀⇛ Cautioning their fellow gooners, the user predicted that AI smut is "going to get harder to avoid because it captures all your vices and traps you" — and in the comments, their comrades agreed, with one noting that it's "insane and insanely addictive." # ⚓ Wired ☛ Confessions_of_a_Recovering_AI_Porn_Addict⠀⇛ A “gooner” tells WIRED he became hooked on the cartoonish nature of AI porn. Several addiction experts say the genre could pose a problem for people prone to compulsive sexual behavior. # ⚓ Yossi Kreinin ☛ LLMs_aren’t_world_models⠀⇛ I believe that language models aren’t world models. It’s a weak claim — I’m not saying they’re useless, or that we’re done milking them. It’s also a fuzzy-sounding claim — with its trillion weights, who can prove that there’s something an LLM isn't a model of? But I hope to make my claim clear and persuasive enough with some examples. # ⚓ Pivot to AI ☛ Hack_a_smart_home_with_a_calendar invite!_And_Google_Gemini⠀⇛ The researchers found 14 different ways to prompt-inject [Google's] Gemini assistants controlling Google Home. You only need a Google calendar invite: [...] o § Linux Foundation⠀➾ # ⚓ KubeCon_+_CloudNativeCon_India_2025:_My_experience⠀⇛ From scaling Kubernetes, observability, powering huge Hey Hi (AI) projects to real stories from PepsiCo, Flipkart, and Intuit, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India 2025 in Hyderabad was a deep dive into where cloud-native ecosystem is headed. Here’s my personal experience about the event. o § Security⠀➾ # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ SANS ☛ Google_Paid_Ads_for_Fake_Tesla_Websites⠀⇛ The sites display a complete copy of a slightly older design of the Tesla.com website. As far as I can tell, the design does not include a login page. Standard phishing does not appear to be the goal here. Not having a login page may make it easier to hide that no orders are being placed. Customers will not be able to use the fake site to check their order status. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Has_TikTok_started_rolling_out_AI age_verification_in_US?_Users_say_they_are_being flagged⠀⇛ Multiple users on social media have shared screenshots and personal stories suggesting the rollout is already underway. # ⚓ Ben Werdmuller ☛ Lifelogging_under_fascism⠀⇛ In this environment, lifelogging and many quantified self activities backed by cloud services amount to creating more surveillance for you to be tracked by. The old anti- privacy cry of “I have nothing to hide!”, which was always nonsense, rings even more hollow when your political alignment or liking an Instagram post can put you at risk of surveillance and worse. Those thousands of location check-ins that once felt like harmless social sharing now represent a detailed surveillance profile that law enforcement can potentially access without my knowledge. # ⚓ Connor Tumbleson ☛ Owning_a_Dash_Cam⠀⇛ Regardless of the reason I'm finding it more and more important to have a dash cam when driving in Florida (or maybe any state). You have to drive defensively with top focus and expect anything to happen, because if anything is true while driving defensively is nothing is predictable in today's age. # § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ Noë Flatreaud ☛ A_Thing_or_Two_About_RSA⠀⇛ RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) is the first and still one of the most common asymmetric encryption scheme. While being used almost everywhere by almost everyone, not many seems to really understand what RSA stands really for. Obviously, it would be difficult for me to explain every bits in a one page article. So let me give you a thing or two, just enough to, I wish, motivate you to dig deeper. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea’s_military_shrinks_by_20% in_six_years_as_male_population_drops⠀⇛ While the nation's defence budget dwarves North Korea's entire economy, its number of troops falls short. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea,_Vietnam_leaders_to_pledge deeper_ties_amid_trade_challenges⠀⇛ The countries plan to sign at least 10 memoranda of understanding at the upcoming summit meeting. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Road-mobile_ballistic_missiles:_a_strong option_for_bolstering_ADF_self-reliance⠀⇛ If Australia needs greater defence self-reliance, it needs to field road-mobile ballistic missiles. To do that, it should partner with Israel or South Korea. # ⚓ Sightline Media Group ☛ WWII_doc_explores_‘Atomic_Echoes’ for_US_veterans,_Japanese_survivors⠀⇛ Michas Ohnstad and Archie Moczygemba were 19 and 18 years old, respectively, when they first stepped foot on Japanese soil. For both of them, it looked like the world was on fire. And it was. They were just two of the 67,000 American soldiers and Marines to witness the aftermath of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. # ⚓ Yury Molodtsov ☛ The_Limits_of_the_Network_State⠀⇛ The Network State is a concept popularized by the entrepreneur and investor Balaji Srinivasan. These network states begin as highly-aligned online communities and graduate to diplomatic recognition by existing countries, rather than seizing territory by force. # ⚓ NDTV ☛ "We'll_Take_Half_World_Down_With_Us":_Pakistan_Army Chief_Asim_Munir's_Nuclear_Threat_In_US⠀⇛ The remarks were the first nuclear threats known to have ever been delivered from US soil against a third country. They were reportedly made during a dinner hosted for Munir by businessman Adnan Asad, who serves as the honorary consul for Tampa. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Gaza:_families_struggle_to_procure_food_as_the humanitarian_disaster_worsens⠀⇛ As pressure on Israel to scrap the plan continues to grow, so does the dire humanitarian situation on the ground. Another five people in the enclave - including two children - have died from malnutrition according to the Gaza Health Ministry. With conditions continuing to deteriorate, many Palestinians say they are staying put despite the looming Israeli ground offensive. Story by Catherine Viette. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Israeli_activists_disrupt_most_watched_reality TV_show,_shouting_'get_out_of_Gaza'⠀⇛ Amid an important wave of protests in Israel against Netanyahu's plan to occupy Gaza, Israeli activists stormed the live broadcast of “Big Brother” on Channel 13. The protestsers were wearing “Get Out of Gaza” T-shirts and gave a speech against the government's plan to occupy Gaza City. Big Brother claims to be Israel's most watched reality show. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Xi_Looks_to_Tighten_Grip_After_Scandals Shake_China’s_Military_Elite⠀⇛ The Chinese leader’s crackdown on military corruption reveals how deep his concerns run, not only about battlefield readiness, but about political survival, as well. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Xi_looks_to_tighten_grip_after_scandals shake_China’s_military_elite⠀⇛ The Chinese military is experiencing its most serious leadership disarray in years. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Something_to_keep_in_mind:_China_can’t invade_Taiwan_yet⠀⇛ Let’s not get too gloomy. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Chinese_diplomat_Liu_Jianchao_taken_in for_questioning:_Report⠀⇛ This marks the highest-level probe involving a diplomat since China ousted Qin Gang. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Nvidia_H20_chips_not_safe_for_China, says_Chinese_state_media⠀⇛ The H20 chips are also not technologically advanced or environmentally friendly, it said. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ China_state_media_says_Nvidia_H20_GPUs_are unsafe_and_outdated,_urges_Chinese_companies_to_avoid_them_— says_chip_is_‘neither_environmentally_friendly,_nor_advanced, nor_safe’⠀⇛ A social control media account linked to China state media says that users should avoid Nvidia chips. # ⚓ Video:_China_pressures_Bangkok_gallery_to_remove_Uyghur, Tibetan,_Hong_Kong_artwork⠀⇛ Removed was a multimedia installation by a Tibetan artist, the words “Hong Kong”, “Tibet” and “Uyghur” redacted. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Don Marti ☛ Don_Marti:_inquiring_minds_(have_a_right_to) know⠀⇛ previously: common_sense_one,_bullshit_documents zero Lots of coverage of theFrasco v. Flocase (more links at the end). Lead trial attorney Michael Canty claims a Landmark_win. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ How_big_trucks_and_SUVs_gobbled_up_the_entire auto_industry_|_The_Verge⠀⇛ But these big trucks and SUVs can be deadly. Vehicles with extra-tall hoods and blunt front ends are more likely to cause fatalities, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. There have been numerous studies and investigations examining how tall, flat-nosed trucks and SUVs are more likely to cause serious injury and death than smaller, shorter vehicles. Larger front ends mean pedestrians are more likely to suffer deadly blows to the head and torso. Higher clearances mean victims are more likely to get trapped underneath a speeding SUV instead of pushed onto the hood or off to the side. And front blind zones associated with large trucks and SUVs have contributed to the injury and death of hundreds of children across the country, studies have shown. As Americans flocked to these dangerously tall and heavy vehicles, the pedestrian death rate soared: between 2013 and 2022, pedestrian fatalities increased 57 percent, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports. In 2022, 88 percent of pedestrian deaths occurred in single-vehicle crashes. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Death_toll_from_floods,_mudslides_in northwest_China_rises_to_13⠀⇛ The death toll from flash floods and mudslides in northwest China has risen to 13, state media said on Saturday, after the bodies of three people were found. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ ‘Pain_in_the_neck’:_Cable_theft on_the_track_derails_train_speed_and_schedules_in Malaysia⠀⇛ Measures to counter such theft include having more patrols, sensors and CCTV cameras, and blocking access to cables. # ⚓ Tech Central (South Africa) ☛ The_train_that_never came_-_how_maglev_technology_was_derailed⠀⇛ So, what happened? Decades later, why are maglev trains still for the most part science-fiction, instead of being everywhere? And if they aren’t everywhere yet, will they ever be, or are they just a physics enthusiast’s futuristic pipe dream? # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ TCS_lays_off_over_10,000,_says_AI is_one_reason⠀⇛ The company informed workers of the layoffs in late July and according to reports in India media, issued a statement in which it said the cuts are part of a plan “to become a future-ready organization” through “strategic initiatives on multiple fronts including investing in new-tech areas, entering new markets, deploying AI at scale for our clients and ourselves, deepening our partnerships, creating next-gen infrastructure and realigning our workforce model.” # ⚓ Reuters ☛ India's_TCS_to_hike_wages_of_80%_employees after_five-month_delay,_company_mail_shows⠀⇛ India's Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS) , opens new tab will raise salaries for 80% of its workforce, according to an internal email reviewed by Reuters, weeks after announcing layoffs affecting more than 12,000 employees. The annual wage hike, which was due in April, comes at a time when India's $283 billion IT industry is grappling with cautious client spending amid weak global demand, sticky inflation, and uncertainty around U.S. trade policy. TCS last month said clients delayed decisions and projects. # ⚓ Rolling Stone ☛ Trump’s_War_On_Solar:_Six_Ways President_Is_Blocking_Green_Power⠀⇛ The impulse appears to be driven in equal parts by a desire to trash Joe Biden’s legacy, in particular the Inflation Reduction Act, which spurred record green investment. Trump is also transparently seeking to boost the profits of fossil fuel producers, including from methane, oil and coal. (Trump really has a kink for coal). The industry backed Trump’s candidacy to the hilt, and the president is now paying them back — with a crusade for dirty-energy “dominance.” # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ As_global_supply_chains_shift, China’s_exports_of_factory_robots_see_a_sharp_rise⠀⇛ Chinese industrial robot makers are riding a handy if unlikely tailwind as they expand abroad. # ⚓ France24 ☛ The_race_for_robot_supremacy:_Beijing conference_highlights_China's_push_for_innovation⠀⇛ China is flaunting its robotics industry with a series of big events – the first World Humanoid Robot Games, the opening of a robot dealership in Beijing, and the World Robot Conference. Technologists think androids are the future, and analysts say China is leagues ahead. Story by Peter O'Brien. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ The North Lines IN ☛ Pakistan_Army_chief_Asim_Munir threatens_to_bomb_dam_if_India_builds_it_on_Indus River⠀⇛ In an unusually blunt warning delivered on US soil, Pakistan’s Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir suggested his country would be prepared to unleash missile strikes and even escalate to nuclear conflict if India proceeds with dam construction on the Indus River. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Police_arrest_man_in_Penang_over upside-down_Malaysia_flag⠀⇛ The police reminded the public to respect the flag as a symbol of national sovereignty. # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ The_day_Twitter_suspended_me⠀⇛ That’s obviously a load of horseshit; I had one of the oldest accounts on the platform. No, I suspect the real reason was they didn’t like the URLs to Mastodon and Bluesky in my name and profile. So much for being a “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk, you absolute bellend. # ⚓ The Vietnamese Magazine ☛ When_History_Is_Rewritten_by_the Party⠀⇛ The 2024 monograph The Politics of Memory in Socialist Vietnam is a vital work that sheds light on the censorship of memory in Việt Nam specifically, and in authoritarian states more broadly. Its author, Professor Martin Grossheim, is a German scholar specializing in Vietnamese studies at Seoul National University. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Israel_Assassinates_High-Profile_Journalist In_Gaza_City⠀⇛ Israeli military forces assassinated Anas al- Sharif, a high-profile Al Jazeera journalist in Gaza City who officials falsely and maliciously labeled a “Hamas cell” leader. # ⚓ Deccan Chronicle ☛ Five_Al_Jazeera_Journalists_Killed_in Israeli_Strike_in_Gaza⠀⇛ The attack was the latest to see journalists targeted in the 22-month war in Gaza, with around 200 media workers killed over the course of the conflict, according to media watchdogs. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Israeli_Strike_Kills_4_Al_Jazeera Journalists,_Network_Says⠀⇛ Anas al-Sharif, a well-known correspondent, was among those killed. Israel said it had targeted Mr. al-Sharif, claiming he worked for Hamas, which he had denied. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Bangladesh_court_dismisses_activist’s_seven-year- long_case_under_repealed_law⠀⇛ On Thursday, Bangladesh’s High Court division of the Supreme Court dismissed the case against photojournalist and social activist Dr. Shahidul Alam filed in 2018 under the now-repealed Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ After_Six_Years_of_Reporting,_Sharing_a Story_of_Resilience⠀⇛ The photographer Victor J. Blue has been tracking a final bid for justice by 36 female Maya sexual assault survivors since 2019. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Uber's_festering_sexual_assault_problem⠀⇛ Uber received a report of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the United States almost every eight minutes on average between 2017 and 2022, sealed court records show, a level far more pervasive than what the company has disclosed. # ⚓ Hamilton Nolan ☛ Fragile_Movements_Crumble⠀⇛ I have had the interesting experience of making a very specific argument and then, as soon as I made it, watching the exact opposite of everything that I argued for proceed to happen with great speed. Last year I published my first book, “The Hammer,” the central argument of which was basically: Inequality is the central crisis underlying America’s problems; Organized labor is the single most effective and achievable tool for fixing that crisis; We must therefore throw every possible resource at widespread union organizing at a national scale; We must laser focus on increasing union density, which will produce a host of positive outcomes in its wake. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Decentralized_capability_building_in_Asia_Pacific with_train-the-trainer⠀⇛ Train-the-trainer events empower community champions to build technical capacity in their local professional communities. # ⚓ SANS ☛ Google_Paid_Ads_for_Fake_Tesla_Websites,_(Sun,_Aug 10th)⠀⇛ In recent media events, Tesla has demoed progressively more sophisticated versions of its Optimus robots. The sales pitch is pretty simple: "Current AI" is fun, but what we really need is not something to create more funny kitten pictures. We need Hey Hi (AI) to load and empty dishwashers, fold laundry, and mow lawns. But the robot has not been for sale yet, and there is no firm release date. &#xd&#x3b; &#xd&#x3b; In the past, Tesla has accepted preorders for future products, asking for a deposit, which in some cases was even refundable. But aside from an April Fool&#39&#x3b;s posting announcing such a presale, as far as I can tell, no presale has been offered by Tesla. &#xd&#x3b; o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ Nathaniel Snelgrove ☛ Nathan_Snelgrove_|_Spotify_is_an_ad platform,_not_a_music_service⠀⇛ I was today years old when I found out that Spotify’s entire existence started with selling ads. From Nick Heer’s review of Liz Pelly’s Mood Machine: [...] § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ USAA_v._PNC:_Costume_Changes_in the_IPR_Theatre⠀⇛ Last week a friend of mine was stopped by the police for jaywalking across Ninth Street here in Columbia, Missouri. If you know that block by Sparky's, you know it functions almost like a pedestrian mall. She was asked to sit on the curb while the officer wrote the ticket -- meanwhile a dozen other folks made the same cross‑over. Same place, same manner of crossing, but only one citation. The experience was mildly absurd and somewhat humiliating and it captures a basic fairness intuition that also animates administrative law: treat like cases alike. o § Trademarks⠀➾ # § Right of Publicity⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Disney_Scraps_Deepfake_Dwayne_Johnson After_Lawyers_Panic_About_The_Public_Domain⠀⇛ Remember the Hollywood strikes from a few years ago? Actors demanded stronger copyright protections, convinced that was their shield against AI replacement by the studios. At the time, I argued they had it backwards. The lack of copyright in AI-generated works actually served to protect actors better than any new law could—because copyright-obsessed studios would never risk having their precious IP fall into the public domain. Turns out I was right. A new report reveals that Disney—the company that spent decades lobbying to extend copyright terms to protect Mickey Mouse—abandoned a deepfake Dwayne Johnson project purely over public domain fears. * Gemini_Links_11/08/2025:_Upgrading_Debian_Bookworm_and_Better_Quality PDFs_From_Gemini_Pages * next ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 3243 ➮ Generation completed at 02:49, i.e. 8 seconds to (re)generate ⟲