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‘Hacker’_‘News’_‘Flags’_Accurate_and_Factual_Article_About_Mozilla,_So_Let’s Say_More_About_Mozilla…⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Free/Libre_Software at 8:05 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum d85e1f4518b39a3bcd18acac3937bb6f http://techrights.org/videos/mozilla-firefox-criticism.webm Summary: We’ve decided to confront censorship by saying more of what’s being suppressed, in this case about Mozilla and Firefox (which seem to have become more about politics, not the technical things they once were) THE fine line between moderation and censorship has been blurred to the point where editorial control becomes political, self-serving, or a product/service on sale (like_keynotes). The EPO exploits its cash to shape the narrative in the media, Bill Gates worries about his Epstein ties becoming widely known and thus bombards the media with revisionism/PR this week (even paying_Twitter_to_dominate_people's timelines), so maybe we should not be surprised to see mass censorship or a ‘cull’ in sites like Facebook and Reddit.. “…facts when they’re not convenient to some companies/editors tend to just vanish, “flagged” without as much as a reason, let alone an explanation.”This new video speaks of last night’s censorship in ‘Hacker’ ‘News’; it is part of a pattern. Those who have followed us long enough are probably aware of other (prior) examples; facts when they’re not convenient to some companies/editors tend to just vanish, “flagged” without as much of a reason, let alone an explanation. █ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Would you like some facts? We're 'Hacker' 'News'! Corporations are 'Hackers'⦈ If they insist that Corporations are “Communities”, then why can’t we say that Corporations are “Hackers”? ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣯⣿⣿⣿⣟⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠁⠉⠙⢿⣷⡌⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⡿⢻⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢿⣿⣷⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⡼⣿⣿⣿⠰⡿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣆⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣷⢿⣿⣿⡿⢟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠻⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⢸⣿⣿⠸⣟⣛⣛⣛⣛⣿⣿⡿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⠿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣸⣿⣿⠀⠿⢛⣛⣻⣿⣿⣛⣻⣿⡆⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡟⣼⣿⡟⣵⣾⣾⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⢀⢀⣤⣄⣀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣯⣿⣿⠀⠀⠸⣿⡛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠛⡿⣻⣋⣉⢭⣷⣽⣿⣿⡿⠿⠟⠫⣭⠶⠜⣉⢉⣉⣩⣍⣯ ⠇⠉⠉⣶⣭⣿⣿⣿⡂⡿⠛⣻⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⠇⠀⢻⣟⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠿⢇⣿⣿⣟⣛⣛⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣷⣒⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣾⣿⢸⡾⣶⡣⢴⣵⣿⣿⡏⣿⢿ ⠘⡄⠐⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢷⠈⠀⣻⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢠⣾⣿⡟⠿⣿⣿⠁⠀⣿⡏⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⠾⠟⣭⢫⣽⣯⣟⣭⣽⢫⡝⣿⢻⡟⢣⣽⣟⢿⣿⣷⣿⣿⡇⣻⣿⡆⢎⣾⣶⣿⣿⡿⣻⡇⢿⠀ ⠀⠁⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠳⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡏⠃⣿⣿⣿⠀⠉⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⡯⠃⠀⣿⠁⣿⣿⠀⣶⣶⣾⣿⡧⣿⣾⣿⣿⢹⡇⣿⢸⡇⣿⢸⡇⢸⡇⣿⢸⣾⣻⣿⣿⡜⢻⣿⣧⣿⣿⣿⣟⠫⣛⡿⠇⢸⠀ ⠀⡀⠁⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⡅⢨⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣼⣾⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢈⣥⣝⣺⣿⢿⡃⠀⣿⠀⣿⣿⢰⣶⣵⣶⣿⣿⠸⠿⡹⢿⢘⠷⢟⣜⡷⠟⠸⠷⡾⠷⠿⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠘⡿⡛⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀ ⣄⡃⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⢠⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣇⡀⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⡇⢀⣿⢠⣿⣿⠈⢩⣭⣿⣢⡍⣭⢫⣭⣝⣬⣭⣽⡿⣭⡷⣤⣤⣤⣤⢬⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣀⠀⠈⠀⡴⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠐⠻⠿⠿⠿⠏⠇⣾⣿⢸⣿⣿⠀⠈⢩⣿⡆⣿⡏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡁⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⠀⢰⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣤⣯⡟⢨⣉⣀⢠⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠐⠍⠹⢿⠿⠿⢿⣿⢨⣿⣿⠀⣾⣵⣶⣾⣿⠷⣝⣿⣋⣙⠿⣯⣷⡿⢷⢿⣟⡿⠻⢾⣿⣎⣿⣿⡟⠾⠙⠳⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠛⠛⠿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠷⡴⠿⠷⠿⠿⢿⠿⠿⢿⡿⠀⠀⢀⣾⡷⠧⣿⡔⠾⢸⣿⢸⣿⢫⣶⣌⣩⣿⣌⣯⣏⣭⡍⣧⡴⠸⣿⡿⢻⣿⡟⣭⢿⡄⢭⣬⢭⡿⣭⢡⣶⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉ ⠀⠀⠀⠘⣻⣿⡟⠻⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠙⠟⠛⠂⠀⠺⣿⣯⣥⣤⢸⡟⢸⣿⢘⣷⣦⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⠶⠀⣿⡷⣸⣿⣇⣿⢈⡉⢸⡇⢘⡻⣦⢨⣼⡿⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣦ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠁⠀⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠾⡇⢸⣿⣜⣻⣻⣝⣛⣫⣛⣘⣛⣃⣛⣛⡀⠛⠃⠛⠛⣛⣛⣞⣃⠘⠃⠘⢳⣻⣜⣳⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣾⣿⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⡠⠤⡀⠄⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⢻⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣟⢱⡿⠟⣼⣿⣿⣿⡷⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣷⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣼⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣶⡾⢶⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⣼⣿⣿⣿⣆⠉⢡⣾⣿⡆⠀⠴⠿⠿⠿⠟⠁⢤⠏⠀⠀⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠻⠿⢏⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⢇⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣷⣯⡚⣿⣫⣶⣷⣞⢿⣿⣷⣜⢷⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠁⢠⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠲⣾⣿⣿⠿⢿⡿⠄⠐⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⢧ ⣿⢸⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⠛⠻⣯⣿⠛⠛⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣷⣝⢿⣿⠦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⠙⢋⠀⠀⣀⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⠀⠀⠀⣤⣤⣤⣤⢤⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠺⠽⠘⠛⠀ ⡿⢸⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⠗⣲⣵⣬⡗⣒⣛⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡻⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡇⠀⡖⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣅⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠆⠀⠘⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣀⣀⣀⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤ ⡇⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣧⣿⣭⣿⣶⣶⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡹⡟⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣃⡄⠀⠛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠫⠿⠿⡛⡋⢘⡳⣤⡶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣆⣀⣈⣙⣉⣑⣀⣤⣤⣽⣾⣗ ⠁⢼⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠳⣶⣾⣽⣽⣶⡶⠾⠿⠿⠶⢽⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡶⠀⠀⢀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⡟⣿⣟⣿⡇⢨⢯⣶⡇⣸⣿⡷⡹⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣤⡌⢿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣼⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣧⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣾⡿⣡⠹⣟⡛⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠠⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢤⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠿⢯⣟⣼⣍⣸⡿⢏⡼⣡⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣇⠀⠀⢓⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣷⣝⠛⠿⠿⣻⣿⣇⣽⣾⣿⣿⣟⠡⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣿⣿⣛⣿⣿⣿ ⢰⡗⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢐⠲⠾⠷⢶⢖⣛⣛⣛⣛⡛⣯⡍⣴⢟⣵⣿⣧⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣾⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠘⢽⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣾⣿ ⣸⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡄⢹⣿⣿⣿⢹⣯⣙⢸⣿⣇⣿⠶⡑⢻⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡅⠀⠀⠀⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣇⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢃⡜⣿⢿⣿⠸⠷⠎⠸⠇⠿⣛⣛⣸⠘⢻⣭⣭⡍⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⢸⣿⣅⠀⠀⠀⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠐⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⣀⣘⢛⣓⡖⣬⡄⣬⣭⣩⡝⢽⢰⣴⡆⣶⠒⣶⣿⣿⡟⣿⣛⠘⢸⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣄⢰⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣷⣶⣶⣸⢸⣿⣿⣼⢿⣸⣯⠿⢸⣿⡇⣿⠦⣿⢾⡅⠈⠀⢸⣿⣷⣿⣋⢿⣿⣿⡇⢶⣽⠇⠨⡇⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⣋⣍⣉⠉⠉⠉⣉⡉⠉⠉⠉⠉⣁⠈⠉⠉⠭⠭⠍⠁⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⡏⣿⣿⠿⠏⠿⠿⣸⣏⡿⠛⠛⠛⠚⠃⠀⠀⠈⠁⠉⠉⠉⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣀⣤⣴⣶⣿⣷⣿⣷⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢂⣴⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣪⣿⣿⠏⠁⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⢇⣠⣤⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⢏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⣠⣶⡦⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣾⣿⡿⢯⣶⠿⠋⠉⠉⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢏⣾⡟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣤⣶⣿⣧⣙⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠻⠟⣴⣿⣿⣄⣀⣤⣶⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⢸⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣠⣤⣬⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣛⣃⣠⠤⢤⣴⣶⡎⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣫⣶⣶⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿ ⡿⢡⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠁⠐⠛⠛⠙⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠛⠛⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⢛⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣷⣮⡝⢿⣄⢢⣝⡛⠿⢿⡿⠟⢛⣻⠍⣠⣎⢻⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿ ⣠⣿⣿⡟⣫⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⠿⠿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢷⣿⣾⣝⢿⣦⡙⣶⣿⣿⣿⣟⣛⣭⡶⢖⣿⣿⣿⣇⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⡀⠀⠀⠀⢹ ⣿⡿⣳⣾⣿⣟⢛⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠛⠛⠃⢻⣿⡌⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡻⣷⡀⠀⠀⢸ ⡿⣰⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣷⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠉⠀⠀⣸ ⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡆⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⣿ ⡁⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣤⣴⣶⣦⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⢃⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠸⣿⣿⣿⣷⡈⠙⠂⢀⣿ ⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⢷⣾⣭⣿⡟⢫⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⢦⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠏⢸⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⣿⣿⣿⣿⡧⠀⠀⢸⣿ ⡏⣾⢻⣮⣵⡟⣷⢸⣶⣶⡄⣶⢲⣎⣾⢻⡎⣷⣶⣾⢱⣶⡆⠶⣶⠶⣶⡆⣾⢻⡆⣷⣆⣿⢰⡟⣷⣉⣁⣶⣾⢹⣶⣶⡆⣶⠶⠀⢰⢲⣶⣶⣶⡆⣶⣶⡎⣶⣿⣶⢰⣆⣶⢲⣶⠆⣶⣶⣶⣴⡟⣷⢸⢶⡆⠀⢸⣿ ⡇⣿⢨⣭⣿⡇⣿⢸⣿⣿⡅⣿⢛⣻⣿⢸⡇⣿⣿⣯⣼⣿⣿⠀⣿⠀⣿⡇⣿⢸⡿⣿⣿⣿⢈⡻⣷⢙⢹⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⡅⣿⠛⣤⣀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⣿⣸⡇⣿⣯⣭⢸⣿⣿⢸⣿⠃⣿⣿⣯⣈⡻⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿ ⡧⠛⠛⠋⠘⠛⠛⠘⠛⠛⣋⣛⢸⣧⣛⣟⣣⣛⣛⣛⣛⣋⡛⠀⣛⣀⣛⣃⣛⡛⢃⣛⣛⡛⠘⣛⣛⣼⣘⣋⣛⣛⣛⡛⢃⡛⣛⣼⣿⠗⣘⣛⣛⣓⣛⣙⣛⣙⣛⣋⣘⣃⣛⣚⣛⣛⣛⣛⠛⡘⠛⠛⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 271 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.06.21⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ ✐ Links_6/8/2021:_PipeWire_0.3.33_is_Out_and_Apple_Admits_Its_Back_Doors⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 9:31 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Distributions o Devices/Embedded * Free_Software/Open_Source * Leftovers * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ System76_Behind_the_Scenes:_Production_Team⠀⇛ The Production Team is responsible for making our physical products a reality. In this week’s Spotlight, we talk with our Production Manager and 4th-generation machinist Chris Fielder. o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Pantabox_offers_easier_frontend_for_Pantavisor_Linux_IoT container_software⠀⇛ Pantacor released an open source frontend called Pantabox for remotely managing IoT devices using the Pantavisor Linux framework with LXC containers. There is also a new Pantavisor.io community site. Pantavisor Linux, previously known simply as Pantavisor, is a device agent for building an embedded Linux project using the lightweight Linux Containers (LXC) userspace interface for Linux kernel containment. The Alpine Linux based Pantavisor Linux is built into the similarly open source PantaHub container software. These components are now joined by a self-contained frontend called Pantabox that has been integrated into Pantavisor Linux to provide a more intuitive interface. The open source Pantabox is said to be “inspired by” BusyBox. # ⚓ Kubernetes_1.22:_Server_Side_Apply_moves_to_GA⠀⇛ Server-side Apply (SSA) has been promoted to GA in the Kubernetes v1.22 release. The GA milestone means you can depend on the feature and its API, without fear of future backwards-incompatible changes. GA features are protected by the Kubernetes deprecation policy. What is Server-side Apply? Server-side Apply helps users and controllers manage their resources through declarative configurations. Server-side Apply replaces the client side apply feature implemented by “kubectl apply” with a server-side implementation, permitting use by tools/clients other than kubectl. Server-side Apply is a new merging algorithm, as well as tracking of field ownership, running on the Kubernetes api-server. Server-side Apply enables new features like conflict detection, so the system knows when two actors are trying to edit the same field. Refer to the Server-side Apply Documentation and Beta 2 release announcement for more information. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Noodlings_31_|_Reflecting⠀⇛ Tumbleweed Roundup 6 snapshots during this week (0715, 0716, 0717, 0718, 0720, and 0721). The main changes included in those snapshots were: KDE Frameworks 5.84.0 Mesa 21.1.5 Mozilla Firefox 90.0 & Thunderbird 78.12.0 Linux kernel 5.13.2 GNOME 40.3 libxcrypt 4.4.23: addition of CRYPT_SALT_METHOD_LEGACY meson 0.58.1 # ⚓ Ed_Is_The_Standard_Text_Editor_For_Unix/Linux⠀⇛ Anytime someone mentions any text editor (like Vi/ m, Emacs, Nano, etc.), someone will make the joke that “ed is the standard editor.” While it’s a joke, ‘ed’ actually was the standard text editor for Unix in the early days of Unix. And while ‘ed’ has largely been supplanted with editors like Vi/ m and Emacs, it is still worthwhile to know the basics of the original text editor for Unix-like operating systems. # ⚓ Pushd_Popd:_The_Power_Of_The_Directory_Stack⠀⇛ I recently learnt about 2 really interesting tools known as pushd and popd as well how Linux doesn’t just remember it’s current directory but also maintains a directory stack and I thought it’d be fun to explore how it works. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ PipeWire_0.3.33_Released_with_Some_Small_but_Important Changes⠀⇛ PipeWire 0.3.33 is here and comes with some notable new features and improvements to make the update noteworthy. Linux has no unified multimedia framework for exchanging multimedia content between applications or even devices. For those who are unfamiliar with PipeWire, it was originally created to only handle access to video resources and co-exist with PulseAudio, but ended up handling any kind of media, to the point of planning to completely replace PulseAudio. PipeWire can be used as an audio server, similar to PulseAudio and JACK. It aims to replace both PulseAudio and JACK, by providing a PulseAudio- compatible server implementation and ABI-compatible libraries for JACK clients. PipeWire 0.3.33 was released, marking a big step forward in the effort of making this emerging media service the core layer of all multimedia on Linux. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux_101:_How_to_understand_the_Linux_directory_structure –_TechRepublic⠀⇛ Learn what is housed in each directory found under the root directory in Linux. # ⚓ Linux_tutorial:_How_to_disable_the_login_banner_– TechRepublic⠀⇛ You’ll also learn why disabling the Linux login banner helps make your Linux servers more secure. # ⚓ How_to_fix_corrupt_WAV_files [Ed: Assumes Windows, but uses Audacity and VLC, which can be used on GNU/Linux similarly]⠀⇛ Audio files come in many different formats. MP3 is one of the most popular audio file formats and one of the most commonly found ones. Windows users are also fairly familiar with the WAV format. WAV files tend to be much larger and they’re the audio format used by Windows for OS sounds/alerts. If you want to change a system sound, you will have to replace it with a WAV file. # ⚓ How_to_Install_MongoDB_on_Rocky_Linux_and_AlmaLinux⠀⇛ MongoDB is a high-performance, highly scalable document-oriented NoSQL database that is designed to handle high traffic and huge volumes of data. Unlike in SQL databases where data is stored in rows and columns inside tables, in MongoDB, data is structured in JSON-like format inside records which are referred to as documents. Thanks to its schema-less architecture, MongoDB is highly flexible, and provides both horizontal and vertical scaling highly scalable, and makes it possible to only store data that is required as required by an application. At its core. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Elementary_Tweaks_in_elementary_OS⠀⇛ When it comes to elementary OS, it is very restrictive about what you can change in the looks and experience of the system. # ⚓ How_to_check_what’s_taking_up_all_the_storage_space_on_your Android_phone_–_Dignited⠀⇛ A couple of times, I’ve come across pals that have issues receiving Android messages (SMS) on their phones due to the “Insufficient Storage” challenge. Something’s eating up the storage space, but they can’t decipher what’s taking up the storage. For some, they don’t have the message-receiving challenge; they just can’t get off the insufficient storage notification from the notification window. Worse yet, friends can’t share music, videos and other files with them because of this barricade. # ⚓ Designing_ebooks_with_free_software⠀⇛ Bruce Byfield has written Designing ebooks with free software, which teaches several methods that help you to gain control over the creation of your ebooks. All it takes is two open-source tools that are free to download: LibreOffice and Calibre, plus some trial and error to get the precision and professionalism you want. # ⚓ Four_LibreOffice_7.1_user_guides⠀⇛ So far this year the LibreOffice Documentation Team has produced four user guides for version 7.1: Getting Started, Writer, Calc, and Draw. They are available in free PDF, ODT, or to read in a browser, as well as low-cost printed copies. Visit the Documentation page on the website for links. # ⚓ Change_your_Linux_Desktop_Wallpaper_Every_Hour_[Here’s How]⠀⇛ This shell script styli.sh helps to change your Linux desktop wallpaper in every hour automatically and with several options. # ⚓ How_to_install_OSU!_Lazer_on_Linux_Lite_5.4⠀⇛ In this video, we are looking at how to install OSU! Lazer on Linux Lite 5.4. # ⚓ Web_Server:_What_is_it,_How_it_Works,_and_What_it_is_Used for⠀⇛ Web servers are used for hosting websites and data for web applications. In this article, we explain what is a web server and how does it work. In 1989, the first web server, known as CERN httpd, was created with the objective to exchange an information, along with a browser called WorldWideWeb. By the end of 1990, the first web page was served on the open internet, and in 1991, people outside of CERN were invited to join this new web community. As people began to realize the effectiveness of transferring data across what is now known as the internet, multiple operating systems began to develop so that all could exchange data using computers. # ⚓ How_to_deploy_an_easy_to_use_chat_server_on_your_LAN_– TechRepublic⠀⇛ Your business has grown considerably, and it’s necessary to empower your employees to more easily communicate with one another. The problem is, you don’t want them using third-party tools and platforms for the task. So what do you do? # ⚓ How_to_install_Friday_Night_Funkin’_StarCatcher_on_a Chromebook⠀⇛ Today we are looking at how to install Friday Night Funkin’ StarCatcher on a Chromebook. Please follow the video/audio guide as a tutorial where we explain the process step by step and use the commands below. # ⚓ Linux_101:_What_are_the_benefits_of_using_a_tiling_window manager?_–_TechRepublic⠀⇛ If you want to improve your productivity and efficiency on the Linux desktop, discover what tiling window managers can do for you. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Tonight’s_Game_On_OpenPOWER:_System_Shock_Enhanced Edition⠀⇛ Shockolate requires CMake and SDL2, and FluidSynth is strongly advised. Don’t let Shockolate build with its bundled versions: edit CMakeLists.txt and change all “BUNDLED” libraries to “ON” (don’t forget the quote marks). Once set, building should work out of the box (tested on Fedora 34): [...] # ⚓ AMD_and_Valve_join_forces_to_improve_Linux_gaming performance [Ed: Mostly recycled text]⠀⇛ # ⚓ A_Monster’s_Expedition_gets_a_free_upgrade_with_over_100 new_puzzles_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Quite possible the best puzzle game from 2020 just got much bigger with A Monster’s Expedition seeing a free Museum Expansion out now for all platforms. This is a major content expansion for the game with over 100 new puzzle islands to explore and solve, with over a dozen new exhibits to discover too. This is so big it could easily have been a paid DLC but it’s just released as a free patch which is pretty fantastic. The native Linux version is up to date and continues working smoothly too. A Monster’s Expedition is a thoroughly adorable and relaxing open world puzzle adventure “for monsters who love to learn about humans”. It’s an island hoping adventure, where you need to push trees around in the correct way to create paths between each island – doesn’t sound like much but the puzzles are incredibly well designed. It’s the perfect puzzle game to kick-back with. # ⚓ Narrative-heavy_adventure_game_Near-Mage_announced_from_the dev_of_Gibbous_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Time to adventure through Transylvania with the upcoming Near-Mage from the developer of Gibbous – A Cthulhu Adventure. Stuck In Attic are back with what looks like another high quality adventure, this time mixing in a little RPG mechanics too. Near-Mage is set in the same universe as Gibbous as well. “You have been invited to stay in Transylvania for the summer… Only to find out that you come from a long line of witches. Meet your new vampyre and strigoi classmates, embrace your destiny, and enroll in the Transylvanian Institute for Magick! A supernatural adventure made in Transylvania.” # ⚓ Pokémon_for_adults?_Monster_Crown_to_release_in_full_on October_12_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ What is the game? Inspired by the retro Pokémon games, Monster Crown from Studio Aurum and publisher SOEDESCO puts you inside a “dark story as you create your own monster legacy”. Instead of capturing creatures, you enter a special pact with them to join together and become a team. It’s an interesting spin, along with a more mature story it’s nice to see a different direction for such a game that traditionally targets a much more casual family-friendly audience. # ⚓ Extreme_sports_game_Descenders_added_new_bike_parks,_new customization_options_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Descenders, the extreme sports downhill freeriding game recently had another big free upgrade and after a delay the Linux version is back up to date. [...] Recently the developer put up a big new update so it might be time to give it another run. # ⚓ Hands_On_With_The_AMD_Radeon_RX_6600_XT_–_Phoronix⠀⇛ After the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT was announced last week and ahead of the retail availability next week, today AMD’s “unboxing embargo” has expired for this new RDN2 graphics card focused on delivering high 1080p frame rates. The card we have been testing out under Linux is the ASRock Phantom Gaming RX 6600 XT. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Krita_brushes_2021_bundle⠀⇛ My brushes are in constant evolution, and yesterday evening I thought it was time to pack the ones that survived more than a year of production without too much mutations. I collected this way a pack of 18 brushes, cleaned a bit the thumbnails, names and created the Krita bundle. These brushes are now classics for my practice and part of my vocabulary. Maybe they’ll help you too? To get an idea before installing them, here under is a set of pictures to present you the brushes and where I used them (you can click on the picture to enlarge them). Instructions to download the brush and install them comes after. A video will follow soon to describe them better. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ Chris_Lord:_OffscreenCanvas_update⠀⇛ So, a year ago, OffscreenCanvas was starting to become usable but was missing some key features, such as asynchronous updates and text-related functions. I’m pleased to say that, at least for Linux, it’s been complete for quite a while now! It’s still going to be a while, I think, before this is a truly usable feature in every browser. Gecko support is still forthcoming, support for non-Linux WebKit is still off by default and I find it can be a little unstable in Chrome… But the potential is huge, and there are now double the number of independent, mostly- complete implementations that prove it’s a workable concept. Something I find I’m guilty of, and I think that a lot of systems programmers tend to be guilty of, is working on a feature but not using that feature. With that in mind, I’ve been spending some time in the last couple of weeks to try and bring together demos and information on the various features that the WebKit team at Igalia has been working on. With that in mind, I’ve written a little OffscreenCanvas demo. It should work in any browser, but is a bit pointless if you don’t have OffscreenCanvas, so maybe spin up Chrome or a canary build of Epiphany. # ⚓ An_“Apps_for_GNOME”_website⠀⇛ Something like an “Apps for GNOME” website might exist pretty soon. This changes nothing about existing pages. You can have a look at the current state of the website. Feedback and contributions are more than welcome. Currently, most apps in the GNOME ecosystem are represented by a wiki page or README at our GitLab instance. All the information in these wiki pages has to be updated manually in parallel to the other sources like the AppStream MetaInfo file, the screenshots or the DOAP file. I was no longer motivated to do this work manually for my app and started looking for alternative solutions. I quickly wrote a small script that generates an app page. After showing the generated page around, several people proposed to provide such app pages in a centralized fashion for GNOME. o § Distributions⠀➾ # § Reviews⠀➾ # ⚓ Deepin_DE_review:_The_most_beautiful_Linux_DE⠀⇛ The Deepin Desktop Environment, or DDE for short, is one of, if not the best-looking Linux desktop environments out there. It brings a clean, elegant, modern, and professional-looking user interface. Not only will it woo anyone who looks at it, but it also provides a super intuitive and familiar user experience. We have put together a detailed overview of the Deepin Desktop Environment, going over all its various features, settings, and options for this read. By the end, you will have a thorough understanding of what DDE brings to the table and whether or not it’s the right distro for you. So with that being said, here’s our in-depth review of the Deepin Desktop Environment. # § IBM/Red Hat/Fedora⠀➾ # ⚓ Kafka_Monthly_Digest_–_July_2021⠀⇛ The release process for Kafka 3.0.0 continued. Code freeze happened on July 20. There are currently a handful of blocker JIRAs that need to be fixed. Once these are addressed, Konstantine Karantasis will start building the first release candidate. [...] In this section, I will cover releases of some community projects. This only includes projects that are open source. None of the projects I follow have made a release in July. If you know a popular community project that I don’t cover, please let me know. # § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Debian_11_‘Bullseye’_is_headed_to_Chrome_OS⠀⇛ I’m honestly not sure if the Linux environment on Chromebooks is actually being embraced by the masses but the fact remains that “Crostini” adds an entirely new level of productivity and capability to the Chrome operating system. In March of last year, Google updated the Linux container on Chrome OS from Debian 9 to the current Debian 10 release which is codenamed, Buster. If you have a Chromebook and you’re using Linux, this is likely the version of Debian Linux that you are leveraging. The update to Debian 10 brought a variety of features such as better kernel support, newer package versions, and a number of “under the hood” changes. Today, I was tinkering around in the Canary Channel on an 11th Gen Tiger Lake device when I saw a new Crostini-related flag and it’s very good news for those tracking the next release of Debian Stable. Debian 11, a.k.a, Bullseye, isn’t technically slated for a full release until later this month but Google is already preparing the Chrome OS Linux container for the upgrade. The new flag will actually allow users to pick which Debian version they want to run on their devices. [...] I’m still testing and therefore not positive if the update is related but after upgrading to Debian 11, I was able to finally get vkcube running on Chrome OS for the first time. Luke Short and I have been fiddling with this for quite some time as full Vulkan support is one of the keys to getting Steam running natively and sufficiently on a Chromebook. My next steps will be to revert back to Buster and see if Vulkan is being leveraged by Linux and then I’ll give Steam a go and see if the Proton compatibility tool can use Vulkan. If so, Steam gaming is very, very close to being ready for prime time. Stay tuned for my results. # § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Canonical’s_Design_and_Web_team_summary_–_30_July 2021⠀⇛ My name is Scott Mason-Nash, and I’m a web engineer. I joined Canonical’s web and design team in May 2019; initially I worked in the web squad for a year, where I had the opportunity to work on a handful of big, interesting projects, one of them being the Ubuntu Advantage store. I have since joined the Vanilla squad, where I get to work on the team’s CSS framework. It’s been very satisfying to get to grips with the framework, and understand how a well maintained system like this can really help achieve a consistent look across a ton of different websites and apps. I’m very passionate about accessibility; it’s important to me that the work we do can be readily experienced by people from all walks of life, and though there continue to be – and will always be – ways we can learn and improve, it’s been great to be able to help push accessibility forward on the Vanilla squad. Outside of my work, I recently moved to Cardiff from London, where I am still getting used to the incredible scenery. I am also a proud dad who loves baking, climbing, movies, and video games. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Allwinner_H313_HDMI_TV_Stick_runs_Android_10,_features_an Ethernet_port⠀⇛ TOX2 is an HDMI TV stick powered by Allwinner H313 quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor that we first found in an X96Q TV box. The device runs Android 10 operating systems and happens to provide Ethernet connectivity, a rarity for this form factor. The dongle also comes with 2GB LDRR4 RAM, 16GB eMMC flash, and dual-band WiFi 5, and supports 4Kp60 video output through a male HDMI 2.0 port. # ⚓ Overview_and_List_of_System-on-Module_and_Computer-on- Module_Standards_–_Q7,_SMARC,_COM_HPC,_and_More_–_CNX Software⠀⇛ A System-on-Module (SoM), also known as a Computer- on-Module (CoM), is a small board with the key components of a computer such as SoC, memory, and possibly others components such as PMIC (Power Management IC), an Ethernet PHY, as well as one or more connectors used to connect to a baseboard, also called carrier board, which features standard ports such as Ethernet (RJ45), USB ports, SATA, power jack and so on. # ⚓ Raspotify:_How_to_Use_Spotify_Connect_on_a_Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛ Turning your Raspberry Pi into a music streaming device is easy! Read on to learn everything you need to know to run Raspotify. # ⚓ Delivering_a_culturally_relevant_computing_curriculum:_new guide_for_teachers⠀⇛ # § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Uptime_Lab’s_CM4_Blade_adds_NVMe,_TPM_2.0_to Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛ The Blade is built for the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, which has the same processor as the Pi 4 and Pi 400, but without any of the built-in IO ports. You plug the CM4 into the Blade, then the Blade breaks out the connections to add some interesting features. # ⚓ The_RISC-V_Platform_Specification_aims_to_ensure RISC-V_hardware_and_software_compatibility_–_CNX Software⠀⇛ The RISC-V platform specification aims to define a set of rules to make sure operating systems like Linux or the Zephyr Project can boot properly on all RISC-V hardware compliant with the specs. If you’ve ever worked with the Arm Linux kernel over ten years ago, you may remember board files, which were replaced by device tree bindings, and eventually, Arm defined several standards culminating with Arm SystemReady certifications allowing compliant Arm platforms to boot off-the-shelf OS images like in the x86 world. # ⚓ BL-63B_–_A_smaller_BL602_IoT_module_that_sells_for $1.5⠀⇛ Bouffalo Labs BL602 is a low-cost, low-power RISC-V microcontroller that offers 2.4 GHz WiFi and Bluetooth 5.0 LE connectivity for IoT projects for about the price of ESP8266. We first discovered it last year, together with a development board. # § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Android_12:_News,_Features,_Release_Date,_And_More⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android_11_comes_to_Nokia_5.3_–_GSMArena.com_news⠀⇛ # ⚓ Redmi_9T_bags_Android_11_update_in_multiple_regions⠀⇛ # ⚓ Realme_Narzo_30_Pro_5G_is_getting_Android_11-based Realme_UI_2.0_update_–_comments⠀⇛ # ⚓ Realme_rolls_out_Realme_UI_2.0_update_based_on Android_11_to_Narzo_30_Pro_–_Times_of_India⠀⇛ # ⚓ Allwinner_H313_HDMI_TV_Stick_runs_Android_10, features_an_Ethernet_port_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ # ⚓ How_to_find_your_Android_phone_|_Laptop_Mag⠀⇛ # ⚓ How_to_check_Android_battery_health_|_Tom’s_Guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ Adversary_Security_Blunders_Reveal_LittleLooter Android_Malware_|_Decipher⠀⇛ # ⚓ Best_Android_app_deals_of_the_day:_Final_Fantasy_VII, more_–_9to5Toys⠀⇛ # ⚓ Lenovo’s_Smart_Tab_M10_Plus_is_both_an_Android_tablet +_Alexa_display_at_$228_(Reg._$280)_–_9to5Toys⠀⇛ # ⚓ Google_Android_Ecosystem_Reset_A_Bold_Move_(NASDAQ: GOOG)_|_Seeking_Alpha⠀⇛ # ⚓ Google_Pay_now_lets_Australians_save_their vaccination_cards_on_smartphones_|_Android_Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ Samsung’s_Android_Auto_bug_still_hasn’t_been officially_fixed_but_some_users_seem_happy_|_T3⠀⇛ # ⚓ Is_a_Switch_to_Android_App_in_the_Works_at_Google?⠀⇛ o § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ # § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Call_For_Papers_and_Call_For_Sponsors_for_PGConf NYC_2021_are_now_open!⠀⇛ PGConf NYC is back! The first major PostgreSQL Community Conference in the US in 18 months will be in New York City, NY, December 2nd and 3rd! PGConf NYC is a non–profit, community–run conference series in the United States focused on PostgreSQL, the world’s leading open source database. Our conference delivers two days packed with presentations about PostgreSQL and related technologies, and the usual hallway and social track. If you are working with PostgreSQL or related technologies and interested in submitted a talk, please see our Call For Papers here! If you are an organization which uses PostgreSQL and/or wishes to support the PostgreSQL Community, please see our Call For Sponsors here! We have a number of levels available for this exciting 2-day event in downtown NYC! # § Web Browsers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Use_Firefox⠀⇛ Via this week’s Security Now podcast (show notes) I came across the stat that Firefox has lost nearly 56 millions users in the last two years. Nothing surprising about it as everyone’s on Chrome or Chromium based variants, and while I have no vested interest in Firefox I am saddened by the decline in its usage. This reminds me of my childhood when Internet Explorer was the default and all websites were written for it; now everything’s written for the Blink rendering engine (which is what Chrome and all Chromium based browsers such as the new Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi etc. use) and no one cares about the Gecko rendering engine (which is what Firefox uses). That’s not nice. You need competition, and having multiple rendering engines is important for that. # ⚓ Mozilla_slams_post-cookie_ad_tech_proposals SWAN_and_UID2_–_needs_much_more_work⠀⇛ Mozilla on Wednesday published an assessment of two proposed ad tracking mechanisms intended to fill the void left by third-party cookies and found that both make web privacy worse. Third-party cookies – files deposited by code on websites to track people online and serve them targeted ads – are on their way out, eventually. Google and the rest of the online ad industry have been working feverishly to come up with replacement technology that allows the lucrative business of ad targeting to continue in a way that preserves user privacy, at least enough to satisfy regulators. Google and its ad tech allies are doing so through a set of proposals referred to as the Privacy Sandbox, which have suffered some setbacks. # ⚓ Perseid_meteor_shower_on_your_mind?_Check_out these_online_resources_for_newbie_astronomers plus_6_Firefox_themes_for_daytime_stargazing.⠀⇛ Every summer I say I’m going to go watch the meteor showers, but life always seems to get in the way. This year, however, I scored a last minute midweek campsite on the Washington coast so I can take in the Perseid meteor shower away from city lights. While the Perseids are ongoing from mid-July to the end of August, they are expected to peak on the night of August 11 all around the world. This year’s Perseid event is predicted to be extra special due to the waxing crescent moon, which is to say, the moon will be a mere sliver in the sky. Less moonlight means the sky is darker, which means meteor showers appear brighter. # § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ Fixing_an_Interoperability_Bug_in_LibreOffice: Missing_Lines_from_DOCX_(part_2/3)⠀⇛ In LibreOffice, interoperability is considered a very important aspect of the software. Today LibreOffice can load and save various file formats from many different Office applications from different companies across the world. But, bugs are inevitable parts of every software: There are situations where the application does not behave as it should, and a developer should take action and fix it, so that it will behave as it is expected by the user. What if you encounter a bug in LibreOffice, and how a developer fixes the problem? In these series of articles, we discuss the steps needed to fix a bug. In the end, we will provide a test and make sure that the same problem does not happen in the future, again. # § FSF⠀➾ # § Licensing/Legal⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Free_Software_Foundation_thinks_GitHub Copilot_should_be_illegal⠀⇛ The open-source software advocate complains that Copilot requires closed source software such as Microsoft’s Visual Studio IDE or Visual Studio Code editor to run and that it constitutes a “service as a software substitute” meaning it’s a way to gain power over other people’s computing. The FSF felt there were numerous issues with Copilot which still needed to be tested in court. “Developers want to know if training a neural network on their software can be considered fair use. Others who might want to use Copilot wonder if the code snippets and other elements copied from GitHub-hosted repositories could result in copyright infringement. And even if everything might be legally copacetic, activists wonder if there isn’t something fundamentally unfair about a proprietary software company building a service off their work,” the FSF wrote. # § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Unix_and_Microservice_Platforms⠀⇛ Greer’s argument is summarized by the following image. It shows a simulation of Ritchie and Thompson implementing Unix – represented by the two red dots on the right – as compared to the many blue dots on the left implementing Multics. The rows represent types of data and the columns represent features. The cells represent implementation progress. Unix’s approach to filesystems and pipes meant that they were able to “code the perimeter.” Richie and Thompson were therefore able to fill the area in O(N+M) effort instead of O(N*M). # ⚓ How_To_Learn_Matlab_In_2021_–_Emagazine.com [Ed: But it is proprietary; uses scilab or gnu octave instead]⠀⇛ It’s also important to note that you don’t need extensive knowledge of programming languages if you’re using MATLAB; it’s straightforward and non-intimidating for those who are new to coding, but you should not intimidate yourself because it’s really easy to learn if you have the time and inclination. # § Java⠀➾ # ⚓ How_to_Install_Java_on_Fedora_Linux⠀⇛ Love it or hate it, it is difficult to avoid Java. Java is still a very popular programming language taught in the schools and used in the enterprises. If you want to use a Java-based tool or program in Java, you’ll need to have Java on your system. This becomes confusing because there are so many technical terms around java. - Java Development Kit (JDK) for creating Java programs - Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Virtual Machine (JVM) for running Java programs On top of that, you’ll come across OpenJDK and Oracle Java SE. OpenJDK is what is recommended because it is open source. If you have exclusive need then only you should go for Oracle Java SE. There is one more thing here. Even OpenJDK has several versions available. At the time of writing this article, Fedora 34 has OpenJDK 1.8, OpenJDK 11 and OpenJDK 16 available. It is up to you to decide which Java version you want. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ ‘Like_a_Blowtorch’:_Historic_Dixie_Fire_‘Catastrophically’ Destroys_Greenville,_California⠀⇛ While the Western United States and other regions around the world endure intensifying wildfires that climate scientists have long warned of, the California town Greenville garnered global attention on Thursday after the Dixie Fire—now over 322,000 acres—”leveled” much of the tiny community. “I’m not going to say total [destruction] because not every structure is gone. But the town it’s catastrophically destroyed,” Dan Kearns, a volunteer firefighter, told USA Today. o ⚓ Susan_Collins,_Master_of_Obfuscation⠀⇛ Susan Collins likes to imagine that she serves in the independent-minded, country-over-party tradition of another Republican senator from Maine, Margaret Chase Smith. o ⚓ Playing_the_Field⠀⇛ DiMaggio’s “vaudeville” lineup includes “Jimmy Dore, Glenn Greenwald, Matt Taibbi, Joe Rogan, Caitlin Johnstone, and Krystal Ball, among others.” (I’ll call them the Left-Fielders, because it will economize words, and I like cute analogies, too, and they’re way out there.) According to DiMaggio all these players have, “for all intents and purposes, thrown their lot in” with the “neofascistic Trumpian movement.” They have “driven Democratic voters toward the Republican Party,” they “send Democratic voters to the right in general elections,” and they are, DiMaggio constantly asserts, “normalizing white supremacy and the right’s neofascistic politics.” Whew! Hell of an indictment. o ⚓ When_a_Movement_Fails_to_Uphold_its_Standards_of_Justice⠀⇛ The conflict has reached a level of intensity that has prompted some activists to move out of Portland to safer spaces for their own healing. Such is the sad state of affairs that we have to report today. In a community that purports to fight for justice for all, that came together after the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, it is ironic that within the Portland protest community, we have turned the proverbial blind eye toward this predatory behavior against women and femmes. o ⚓ ‘A_Half_Measure’:_Critics_Warn_Biden’s_Electric_Vehicle,_Auto Emissions_Plan_Insufficiently_Bold⠀⇛ The Biden administration was urged Thursday to pursue more ambitious climate goals ahead of an expected order calling for half of all new vehicles sold in the U.S. by 2030 to be zero-emissions and other proposals to undo Trump administration rollbacks of tailpipe pollution regulations. “The science is clear,” said Union of Concerned Scientists president Johanna Chao Kreilick. “The climate is rapidly warming, and we urgently need to cut emissions to prevent even greater damage in the future. We need a national strategy, and strong clean-car standards must be one piece of that strategy.” o ⚓ Opinion_|_Belief_in_America_as_the_“Indispensible_Nation”_Is Bullshit—And_Always_Has_Been⠀⇛ “The thirty-year interregnum of U.S. global hegemony,” writes David Bromwich in the journal Raritan, “has been exposed as a fraud, a decoy, a cheat, [and] a sell.” Today, he continues, “the armies of the cheated are struggling to find the word for something that happened and happened wrong.” o ⚓ ‘Fearless_and_Peerless’_Richard_Trumka,_AFL-CIO_Leader,_Dead_at 72⠀⇛ Condolences poured in for AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, who died Thursday at the age of 72. “The labor movement, the AFL-CIO, and the nation lost a legend today,” AFL-CIO communications director Tim Schlittner said in a statement.  o ⚓ Opinion_|_Generation_Equality_Forum_in_Paris:_A_Missed Opportunity⠀⇛ On 2 July 2021, the Generation Equality Forum (GEF) concluded in Paris. Headlines trumpeted the announcement of an unprecedented funding pledge of USD$40 billion and a new set of “revolutionary commitments” to accelerate efforts for gender equality across the globe. The 3-day gathering convened by UN Women and the French government under the theme, “Moving from Rhetoric to Action,” culminated the international conference that began in Mexico City in March. o ⚓ Vaxing_and_Waning⠀⇛ o ⚓ We_Can’t_Log_Our_Way_Out_of_Global_Baking⠀⇛ o ⚓ Rio_Tinto_Goes_to_Serbia:_The_Jadar_Lithium_Project⠀⇛ Eyes have shifted to the Balkans.  The company is promising $2.4 billion for the Jadar lithium-borates project in Serbia provided it gets the appropriate permits.  In the coming weeks, it will transport a pilot lithium processing plant in four 40-foot shipping containers, suggesting a sure degree of optimism.  From its science hub located on the outer parts of Melbourne, the company’s research team claim to have identified an economically viable method of extracting lithium from the mineral jadarite. A statement from the company outlined the importance of the Jadar project.  “Jadar will produce battery-grade lithium carbonate, a critical mineral used in large scale batteries for electric vehicles and storing renewable energy, and position Rio Tinto as the largest source of lithium supply in Europe for at least the next 15 years.  In addition, Jadar will produce borates, which are used in solar panels and wind turbines.” o ⚓ Barack’s_Mar-a-Vineyard_Birthday_Extravaganza⠀⇛ o ⚓ A_Hard_Rain_Did_Fall:_a_Big_Win_in_Court_for_Hiroshima_Victims⠀⇛ Just weeks before the 2021 commemoration of the August 6, 1945 US atomic bombing of the city of Hiroshima, a Japanese court ruled that victims of the radioactive “black rain” who were living beyond the officially recognized contamination zone at the time, should be included in the group considered bomb “survivors” or “Hibakusha” and receive the same benefits. A Hiroshima high court acknowledged in its July 14, 2021 ruling that many more people suffered as a result of exposure to “black rain” than have hitherto been recognized as victims. o ⚓ ‘Open_Media,’_‘MBK_Media,’_and_‘Pravozashchita_Otkrytki’_shut down_citing_risks_for_staff⠀⇛ Two news outlets and a human rights rights group linked to exiled former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky have announced that they are shutting down following the Russian federal censor’s decision to add their websites to the government’s blocklist. o ⚓ Don_Cherry_‎–_Om_Shanti_Om_(1976)⠀⇛ o ⚓ Home_Depot_Tech_Will_Brick_Power_Tools_If_They’re_Stolen._What Could_Possibly_Go_Wrong?⠀⇛ We’ve noted more times than I can count how in the modern era, you no longer really own the things you buy. Thanks to internet connectivity, hardware you own can be bricked or downgraded to the point where you lose essential features. Or, just as often, obnoxious DRM means you have to jump through all kinds of bizarre hoops to actually use the thing you thought you owned, whether that’s Keurig using DRM to prevent you from using competing coffee pods, to printer manufacturers using DRM to keep you from buying cheaper cartridges. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Despite_Funding_Threat,_Florida_Schools_Defy_DeSantis’s_Ban on_Mask_Mandates⠀⇛ Forced to make a choice between keeping schools fully funded and protecting children and educators, at least four school districts in Florida plan to defy Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’s order blocking mask mandates as the school year begins, citing the spread of the Covid-19 Delta variant. “The fact that we were able to achieve the creation of this vaccine—a very effective vaccine in the time frame that we did—has been absolutely amazing,” the essay reads. “It just blows my mind that we can receive such a great opportunity and then, as a society, fail to take advantage of it and cause hundreds of thousands of needless deaths. The scientific community really stepped up and has done amazing things during this pandemic to try and help people keep people safe, and we ended up seeing politicians just trying to counteract and fight against that at every turn.” # ⚓ 640_Pages_in_15_Months⠀⇛ My book Crafting Interpreters on programming languages is done. OK, OK. I know I said it was done like fifteen months ago. But now it’s really done. And by that I mean, the print, ebook and PDF versions are done. You can buy it. You can hold it in your hands. And I do mean “hands” plural. Because this little “handbook” turned out way larger than I anticipated: Look at that thing. 640 pages, eight inches wide, ten inches tall. If you get tired of reading it, it can serve as a doorstop or protect you from small- arms fire. Remember back on Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood when he would take you to a factory and show you how pencils or umbrellas are made? I love that stuff, so I thought maybe you might like to see what I spent the past year on. You can read this as a peek behind the curtain, or maybe a long apology for why it took so long. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Plug_and_Pray⠀⇛ Like the term multimedia, which I covered just a few weeks ago, plug-and-play had a real moment in the sun in the early 1990s, as manufacturers fell over one another trying to make clear that their peripherals could be installed into your computer without a whole bunch of extra headaches. But the roots of plug-and-play are a bit more interesting in that they highlight two separate stories—a linguistic evolution and a technical evolution. At some point the two came together to tell a single story. o § Health/Nutrition⠀➾ # ⚓ Phylogeographic_Mapping_of_Newly_Discovered_Coronaviruses Pinpoints_the_Direct_Progenitor_of_SARS-CoV-2_as_Originating from_Mojiang,_China⠀⇛ The purpose of this hunt has been to find the viruses intermediate between SARS-CoV-2 and its coronavirus relatives found in bats (Luk et al., 2019). The closest known wild relative of SARS-CoV-2 was found by Zheng-li Shi of the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in a bat in central Yunnan province, China. This virus, called RaTG13, is 96.1% similar to SARS-CoV-2. This genetic difference (3.9%) corresponds to about 1150 nucleotide differences between the two viruses; i.e. it is quite a large gap. Finding intermediate viruses would solve two puzzles. One is geographical: By what means or in what host animal(s) did the virus get to Wuhan? The second is genetic: what viruses were the evolutionary intermediates between RaTG13 and SARS- CoV-2? # ⚓ Fears_About_Delta_Variant_Have_Boosted_Vaccination_Numbers, Says_White_House⠀⇛ # ⚓ Biden_White_House_Dismisses_WHO_Call_for_Moratorium_on Vaccine_Boosters⠀⇛ The Biden White House on Wednesday rejected the World Health Organization’s call for a temporary moratorium on coronavirus booster shots, arguing that the provision of third doses for fully vaccinated people in rich countries is not in conflict with the U.N. body’s goal of urgently getting more jabs to poor nations. “We feel that it’s a false choice and that we can do both,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said during a media briefing. “We announced just yesterday that we hit an important milestone of over 110 million vaccines donated to the world. That is more than any other country has shared, combined.” # ⚓ New_COVID_Variants_Threaten_to_Make_Pandemic_Permanent⠀⇛ # ⚓ Biden_Admin_Rejects_WHO_Call_for_Moratorium_on_Vaccine Boosters_in_Rich_Nations⠀⇛ # ⚓ Tell_Us_About_Your_Experience_With_Life-Sustaining_Medical Devices⠀⇛ Hundreds of thousands of people rely on lifesaving medical devices, from pacemakers and defibrillators to implanted prosthetics. The U.S. regulatory system is supposed to protect all of them from unsafe devices and unscrupulous actors. But our latest investigation into the $400 billion medical device industry showed that, thanks to ineffective oversight, vulnerable people may be getting hurt. We uncovered that the FDA took no decisive action as a heart pump was implanted inside thousands of people, even though the agency knew it didn’t meet federal standards. # ⚓ Thousands_of_People_Were_Given_Heart_Pumps_Despite_FDA Warnings_of_Defects⠀⇛ # ⚓ Thousands_of_Patients_Were_Implanted_With_Heart_Pumps_That the_FDA_Knew_Could_Be_Dangerous⠀⇛ John Winkler II was dying of heart failure when doctors came to his hospital bedside, offering a chance to prolong his life. The HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device, or HVAD, could be implanted in Winkler’s chest until a transplant was possible. The heart pump came with disclaimers of risk, but Winkler wanted to fight for time. He was only 46 and had a loving wife and four children, and his second grandchild was on the way. So, in August 2014, Winkler had surgery to implant the device. A golf-ball-sized rotor was attached to his left ventricle to pump blood through a tube and into his aorta. A cable threading out of a small incision in his waist connected to a battery- powered controller strapped to his body. If something went wrong, an alarm as loud as a fire drill would sound. # ⚓ Markey,_Levin,_and_Bowman_Unveil_Bill_to_‘Get_Toxic Substances_Out_of_Schools’⠀⇛ Citing the high prevalence of toxic contaminants in U.S. schools—especially in low-income districts—a trio of congressional Democrats on Thursday introduced a bill that would authorize over $52 billion in funding over the next decade to remove dangerous substances from education buildings nationwide. “We need a revolution in how we invest in and prioritize our school infrastructure, and that starts with getting toxins out of schools.”—Rep. Jamaal Bowman # ⚓ Farmer_Offers_Stark_Time-Lapse_Portrait_Of_His_Family’s Land_Over_A_Lifetime⠀⇛ Pastoral Song, like his first bestselling memoir, The Shepherd’s Tale, enchants with lush descriptions of England’s Lake District and Cumbrian hills, where Rebanks’ family has worked the land for 600 years. But it is more than a paean to fells (hills), becks (streams), and flocks. Inspired by Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, Rebanks’ new book urgently conveys how the drive for cheap, mass-produced food has impoverished both small farmers and the soil, threatening humanity’s future. # ⚓ Death_by_Disinformation:_GOP_Accomplices_to_Covid Apocalypse⠀⇛ While talking heads and pundits dueled on television and social media over the CDC’s announcement, the real action was playing out elsewhere. The risks associated with the Delta variant largely depend on the proportion of your local population that is vaccinated and masked. That is, if your neighborhood, county, or state is undervaccinated and recommendations for mask wearing are ignored or discouraged, you’ve got a big problem: Delta is going to rip through your community like a California wildfire in August. In the US, public health decisions are made by governors and mayors, state legislatures and city councils. It’s not what the CDC says; it’s what your local leaders do. # ⚓ Overwork_Is_Taking_a_Huge_Physical_and_Mental_Toll_on Workers⠀⇛ The statistics on overwork are grim: A global study from the World Health Organization (WHO) found that in 2016, 488 million people were exposed to long working hours, with more than 745,000 people dying that year from stroke and heart disease as a result of overworking. According to a 2019 report published by People’s Policy Project in collaboration with The Gravel Institute, in one year, the average American works more hours than the average worker in any peer nation. According to the WHO study, overwork is the single largest risk factor for occupational disease and has significant impacts on physical and mental health. o § Integrity/Availability⠀➾ # ⚓ Three_Problems_with_Two_Factor_Authentication⠀⇛ Before you implement 2FA, think about how you are going to reset the 2F. People will lose phones. They will forget tokens at work/home and still need to get access to specific applications. This is a bit like the password reset problem but often more difficult. I have not seen a good implementation yet, and if anybody has any ideas, let me know. Most sites will create a “recovery code,” but that code may be lost as well (either for good or to an attacker). I once had a hardware token break that I use for a bank, and it came down to “answer these questions” before 2FA was disabled for my account and a new authenticator was sent. In some cases, it can help to allow the user to register multiple tokens. # § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Ransomware_Gangs_and_the_Name_Game_Distraction [iophk: Windows TCO]⠀⇛ Cybercriminal syndicates also perform similar disappearing acts whenever it suits them. These organizational reboots are an opportunity for ransomware program leaders to set new ground rules for their members — such as which types of victims aren’t allowed (e.g., hospitals, governments, critical infrastructure), or how much of a ransom payment an affiliate should expect for bringing the group access to a new victim network. I put together the above graphic to illustrate some of the more notable ransom gang reinventions over the past five years. What it doesn’t show is what we already know about the cybercriminals behind many of these seemingly disparate ransomware groups, some of whom were pioneers in the ransomware space almost a decade ago. We’ll explore that more in the latter half of this story. # ⚓ Black_Hat:_Microsoft’s_Patch_for_Windows_Hello_Bypass Bug_is_Faulty,_Researchers_Say⠀⇛ The vulnerability, tracked as (CVE-2021- 34466, CVSS score: 5.7), was patched by Microsoft in July. However, according to research disclosed here at Black Hat USA 2021, the flaw still allows attackers – in some scenarios – to bypass Windows Hello and Windows Hello for Business, used for single- sign-on access to a user’s computer and a host of Windows services and associated data. # ⚓ Step_1:_Do_a_Google_search._Ransomware_[cracker]_goes rogue,_leaks_gang’s_plan. [iophk: Windows TCO]⠀⇛ The files, posted to a forum frequented by Russian-speaking cybercriminals and reviewed by NBC News, include numerous instruction manuals allegedly belonging to Conti, a Russian-speaking [cracker] group that has attacked several hospitals, including health care chains in the U.S., and Ireland’s national system, the Health Service Executive. In one step-by-step guide, written in Russian, members are instructed how to identify and [crack] victims using Cobalt Strike, software that includes a number of known [cracking] programs. While built for defenders to test their own systems, Cobalt Strike has become a popular tool for criminal [crackers]. # ⚓ Hotcobalt_–_New_Cobalt_Strike_DoS_Vulnerability_That Lets_You_Halt_Operations [iophk: Windows TCO]⠀⇛ Given its rampant adoption by red teams and attackers alike, we wanted to better understand the operational security of Cobalt Strike. This led us to discover the vulnerabilities reported in CVE-2021-36798 and which we describe below. # § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Reproducible_Builds:_Reproducible_Builds_in_July 2021⠀⇛ Welcome to latest report from the Reproducible Builds project. In this post, we round up the important things that happened in the world of reproducible builds in July 2021. As always, if you are interested in contributing to the project, please visit the Contribute page on our website. [...] Joshua also mentions our sister Bootstrappable Builds project, as well as number of other reproducible adjacent tools such as the Bazel build system. # ⚓ Israeli_Government_Finally_Decides_To_Start_Looking Into_NSO_Group_And_Its_Customers⠀⇛ The NSO Group’s latest scandal is the gift that keeps on giving. The malware purveyor has always been controversial, thanks to its decision to sell powerful cellphone exploits to known human rights violators. That these exploits have been used to place world leaders, journalists, activists, and religious leaders under surveillance is just the expected result of choosing to do business with extremely shady governments. # ⚓ Apple_unveils_plans_to_scan_US_iPhones_for_images_of child_sex_abuse⠀⇛ Apple will roll out an update later this year that will include technology in iPhones and iPads that allows the tech giant to detect images of child sexual abuse stored in iCloud, the company announced Thursday. The feature is part of a series of updates Apple unveiled aimed at increasing child safety, but security researchers and advocates are warning the scanning update — along with one that aims to give parents protective tools in children’s messages — could pose data and security risks beyond the intended purpose. # ⚓ Apple_to_Scan_US_IPhones_for_Images_of_Child_Sexual Abuse⠀⇛ But in a blistering critique, the Washington- based nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology called on Apple to abandon the changes, which it said effectively destroy the company’s guarantee of “end-to-end encryption.” Scanning of messages for sexually explicit content on phones or computers effectively breaks the security, it said. The organization also questioned Apple’s technology for differentiating between dangerous content and something as tame as art or a meme. Such technologies are notoriously error-prone, CDT said in an emailed statement. Apple denies that the changes amount to a backdoor that degrades its encryption. It says they are carefully considered innovations that do not disturb user privacy but rather strongly protect it. Separately, Apple said its messaging app will use on-device machine learning to identify and blur sexually explicit photos on children’s phones and can also warn the parents of younger children via text message. It also said that its software would “intervene” when users try to search for topics related to child sexual abuse. # ⚓ Apple’s_Plan_to_“Think_Different”_About_Encryption Opens_a_Backdoor_to_Your_Private_Life⠀⇛ Child exploitation is a serious problem, and Apple isn’t the first tech company to bend its privacy-protective stance in an attempt to combat it. But that choice will come at a high price for overall user privacy. Apple can explain at length how its technical implementation will preserve privacy and security in its proposed backdoor, but at the end of the day, even a thoroughly documented, carefully thought-out, and narrowly-scoped backdoor is still a backdoor. To say that we are disappointed by Apple’s plans is an understatement. Apple has historically been a champion of end-to-end encryption, for all of the same reasons that EFF has articulated time and time again. Apple’s compromise on end-to-end encryption may appease government agencies in the U.S. and abroad, but it is a shocking about-face for users who have relied on the company’s leadership in privacy and security. There are two main features that the company is planning to install in every Apple device. One is a scanning feature that will scan all photos as they get uploaded into iCloud Photos to see if they match a photo in the database of known child sexual abuse material (CSAM) maintained by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). The other feature scans all iMessage images sent or received by child accounts—that is, accounts designated as owned by a minor—for sexually explicit material, and if the child is young enough, notifies the parent when these images are sent or received. This feature can be turned on or off by parents. # ⚓ Apple_builds_a_universal_backdoor_into_the_iPhone.⠀⇛ WGN reports that Apple has now announced a universal backdoor into the iPhone for law enforcement. For now, they’re saying they’ll only use it for “child abuse” and have the phone automatically rat out the user to the police. But the same article then continues that “authoritarian” governments (which are actually most of them, and the US government is certainly authoritarian in some ways even though there certainly are many worse countries to be in) can then use the technology any way they please, and Apple is unlikely to tell them no. # § Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/ Dramatisation⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux_version_of_BlackMatter_ransomware_targets VMware_ESXi_servers [Ed: Microsoft propagandist Lawrence Abrams is at it again, trying to associate “Linux” with danger because some proprietary software that’s_a_GPL_violation_ (against_Linux) is at risk from something that has nothing to do with Linux, maybe just weak passwords, misconfiguration etc. Microsoft’s playbook is to directly_or_by_proxy_concern-troll “Linux”_security. Projection tactics.]⠀⇛ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Beware_Free_Wi-Fi:_Government_Urges_Workers_to Avoid_Public_Networks⠀⇛ In a warning to all federal employees, leading defense contractors and the 3.4 million uniformed, civilian and reserve personnel serving in the military, the National Security Agency issued an unusually specific admonition late last week that logging on to public Wi-Fi “may be convenient to catch up on work or check email,” but it is also an invitation to attackers. In an eight- page document, the agency described how, in a year marked by ransomware attacks on pipelines, meatpackers and even the police force in Washington, D.C., clicking on to the local coffee shop’s network was asking for trouble. # ⚓ When_You’re_Diagnosed_with_Autism—by_TikTok⠀⇛ In his 2013 book, Saving Normal: An Insider’s Revolt Against Out-Of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life, Frances identified two broad types of diagnostic changes that he found especially concerning. First, small revisions lowered the threshold for diagnosing a variety of conditions, including major depression, ADHD, and anxiety. Under the newly expanded definitions, Frances argued, the concept of mental illness could swell to encompass everything from grief to immaturity. Second, commonly exhibited behaviors such as forgetfulness, overeating, chronic pain, and temper tantrums were linked to psychiatric issues, thanks to the inclusion of over a dozen new disorders. Frances didn’t object to every DSM- 5 change: Plenty of uncontroversial updates reflected widespread scientific consensus. But he maintained that the net effect would be overwhelmingly negative, blurring the line between illness and health. And while TikTok wasn’t yet around when Frances offered these warnings, its effects are consistent with his predictions. # ⚓ Zoom_has_to_pay_$85_million_to_people_for privacy_issues._Here’s_how_to_claim_your_money⠀⇛ Zoom will pay to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated users’ privacy rights — and you might be eligible for payment. # § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ Data_on_24,000_petition_signatories published_by_accident⠀⇛ As a result of this technical problem, the names and places of residence of more than 24,000 petition signatories would have been visible between June and August 2021 on the Chamber’s main website. This publication would probably have occurred without the consent of the individuals concerned. The error was corrected on 2 August, and a detailed analysis of the problem is still underway. * § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ o ⚓ Opinion_|_The_Pentagon_Is_Killing_Us_—_and_the_Planet⠀⇛ The dog days of summer are upon us —and the record high temperatures killing hundreds in the Pacific Northwest and bringing 118 degree heat to Siberia serve as a harbinger of even hotter, more dangerous days unless we address the elephant in the room. o ⚓ Moral_Injury_and_the_Forever_Wars⠀⇛ But all the flag-waving, the homespun parades, the picnics and military bands, the flowery speeches and self-congratulatory messages can’t dispel a reality, a truth that’s right under our noses: all is not well with our military brothers and sisters. The starkest indicator of that is the rising number of them who are taking their own lives. A new report by Brown University’s Costs of War Project calculates that, in the post-9/11 era so far, four times as many veterans and active-duty military have committed suicide as died in war operations. While July 4th remembrances across the country focused on the symbols and institutions of war and militarization, most of the celebrants seemed far less interested in hearing from current and former military personnel. After all, less than 1% of Americans have been burdened with waging Washington’s wars in these years, even as we taxpayers have funded an ever-more enormous military infrastructure. o ⚓ Canada_Is_Waging_an_All-Front_Legal_War_Against_Indigenous People⠀⇛ Canadian politicians have said as much, adopting a motion in June calling for the government to stop fighting residential school survivors in court. A long-standing demand, it has been repeated by Indigenous advocates who have expressed amazement in the face of these horrific revelations that the Canadian government would nonetheless continue to fight Indigenous survivors of systematic child abuse by the state. To get a sense of the scope of Canada’s legal war on First Nations, I looked at a Canadian legal database containing decisions (case law) pertaining to First Nations. I also looked at the hearing lists of the Federal Court of Canada for ongoing cases. My initial goal was to identify where Canada could easily settle or abandon cases, bringing about a harmonious solution to these conflicts. Two things surprised me. o ⚓ ‘We_Need_to_Take_Military_Action’:_Israeli_Defense_Minister Threatens_War_With_Iran⠀⇛ Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Wednesday that his country is prepared take military action against Iran in the wake of a reported drone strike on an oil tanker in the Arabian Sea last week—a deadly attack that Israel, the U.S., and the United Kingdom have blamed on Iran without offering a shred of supporting evidence or intelligence. “We are at a point where we need to take military action against Iran,” Gantz told local reporters. “The world needs to take action against Iran now.” o ⚓ “They_Killed_Us_from_the_Inside”:_U.N._Inquiry_Demanded_into Officials’_Culpability_in_Beirut_Blast⠀⇛ One year after the Beirut port explosion, a new Human Rights Watch report implicates senior Lebanese officials in the disaster that killed 218 people, wounded 7,000 others and destroyed vast swaths of the city. The blast on August 4, 2020, was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. It resulted from the detonation of hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate, which had been sitting in a hangar at the port for years while multiple government officials who knew about the highly explosive chemicals did nothing. “We didn’t find any Lebanese official who took any responsibility for securing the port and removing the ammonium nitrate,” says Human Rights Watch researcher Aya Majzoub. “The levels of corruption and negligence that we found through this documentation was really just shocking.” We also speak with Nisreen Salti, economics professor at the American University of Beirut, who says the port explosion is part of a decades-long pattern of “negligence and corruption and collapse” in Lebanon. “What the port explosion has done, instead of being a turning point or a moment of reckoning, has just pushed us further into the abyss of total economic freefall.” o ⚓ Rwanda_Troops_in_Mozambique_Claim_Progress_Against_Jihadists⠀⇛ The town, from where the first Islamist attacks were staged in October 2017, has since last year become the de-facto headquarters of the IS-linked extremists. Mozambican military forces have been struggling to regain control over the province, which is home to one of Africa’s biggest liquefied natural gas projects. o ⚓ Eyewitness_from_Raqqa:_‘Isis_plundered_our_lives’⠀⇛ I sent her questions about what it was like living in the capital of the caliphate. She answered but also wrote that it was not easy to speak about. The nightmares persisted despite the fact that sixteen months had passed since she fled to Sweden. Later I got in touch with her to know more about what happened in Syria and to ask if I could include her story in my book. o ⚓ Daniel_Hale_Went_to_Prison_for_Telling_the_Truth_About_US_Drone Warfare⠀⇛ Under any circumstances, such conditions of confinement are abhorrent. No society that values the inherent dignity of human beings would subject anyone to them, regardless of what they were convicted of. That Hale’s “crime” is telling the truth about US war crimes compounds the outrageousness of the situation. Even the federal judge who sent Hale to prison acknowledged that Hale had shown great courage in his attempts to alert the public to the drone war’s human toll. o ⚓ How_the_War_on_Terror_Undermined_American_Democracy⠀⇛ These two attacks on the Capitol, separated by approximately two decades, bookend Spencer Ackerman’s Reign of Terror. But what connects them? In the wake of Trump’s election, two principal explanations for his victory emerged: one centered on the divisions and wounds of race, another on the divisions and wounds of economic inequality. Ackerman offers a third explanation—or perhaps, more precisely, a way of tying various threads together. “The War on Terror,” he writes, “was by no means the only factor enabling Trump’s rise.” But it created ways for the other factors, such as racism, to find powerful forms of expression: “It revitalized the most barbarous currents in American history, gave them renewed purpose, and set them on the march, an army in search of its general.” It has also misled us. The threat to democracy comes not from terrorism but the apparatus of counterterrorism, at the level of the state and at the level of politics. The book argues powerfully that the open-ended War on Terror has been an exceptionalist fantasy, a bipartisan failure, and a profound risk to American democracy. Whether ending the War on Terror would be enough to diminish that threat now is another matter. o ⚓ ‘We’ll_be_extinct,’_warns_West_Papuan_churches,_call_for_halt_to ‘racist’_Otsus⠀⇛ It appealed to the Pacific and international community to stop the Indonesian government’s racism toward the West Papuans which was being perpetuated by the Otsus Law, widely condemned by Papuans. o ⚓ Fulani_Herdsmen_Kill_Pastor_in_North-Central_Nigeria⠀⇛ “One of his children who was kidnapped along with him was released on Sunday, July 25, and he informed us that his father died a day before his release by the herdsmen,” Shekwolo told Morning Star News by text message. “The pastor’s captors are yet to release his corpse to his family, and two of his family members are still being held captive.” Pastor Yakwoi’s family paid a ransom for the release of his son, Shekwolo said. o ⚓ Streatham_terror_attacker_said_was_‘not_finished_with_non- believers’_days_before_release_from_prison,_inquest_hears⠀⇛ It came 10 days after he was released from prison after serving a sentence for terror offences, having encouraged his girlfriend to behead her parents and declared his own wish to carry out an attack. Detective Superintendent Dominic Murphy, of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command, said Amman “appeared to retain his extremist mindset and wish to carry out an attack” while in prison. o ⚓ Herdsmen_behead_father,_son_in_fresh_Plateau_attack⠀⇛ Spokesman for Miango Youth Development Association, Zongo Lawrence, who confirmed the Tafigana village killing, also said the hoodlums went to a nearby village in Hukke and destroyed farm produce worth millions of naira. “Seventeen of our people have been killed by Fulani herdsmen this year,” Lawrence said in a statement. “The international community should come to our aid; we are under heavy siege.” o ⚓ Christian_father_and_son_beheaded_on_their_way_home_from_choir practice⠀⇛ Thomas Wollo, 46, and his young son, Nggwe Thomas, were beheaded by radical Fulani herdsmen, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. * § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ o ⚓ The_Surprising_Origins_Of_Those_Racist_England_Soccer_Posts⠀⇛ The English Premier League’s own experts on digital abuse estimate only about 30% of the average derogatory comments Premier League players receive on a regular basis can be definitively traced to British people. Outside analysts evaluating abuse in European leagues find far more abusive posts in Spanish or French, and many are linked to “inauthentic accounts,” suggesting the possible work of astroturfing shit posters looking to whip up panic with the help of bots purely for the fun of it while keeping their real identities anonymous. Now, who does that sound like? [...] So why bring all this up? Because the creepiest part is that this is fueling a truly insane movement to force every person in the UK to surrender their digital rights and personal information (in essence, forcing all users to prove their identity to get a blue checkmark) to a third party in order to maintain the right to social media accounts. * § Environment⠀➾ o ⚓ Flood_risk_will_rise_as_climate_heat_intensifies⠀⇛ A warmer world will be a wetter one. Ever more people will face a higher flood risk as rivers rise and city streets fill up. o ⚓ ‘Unimaginably_Catastrophic’:_Researchers_Fear_Gulf_Stream_System Could_Collapse⠀⇛ While heatwaves, fires, and floods produce warnings that “we are living in a climate emergency, here and now,” a scientific study suggested Thursday that a crucial Atlantic Ocean current system could collapse, which “would have severe impacts on the global climate system.” “The likelihood of this extremely high-impact event happening increases with every gram of CO2 that we put into the atmosphere.”—Niklas Boers, PIK o § Energy⠀➾ # ⚓ ‘Stand_With_Us’:_Indigenous_Line_3_Opponents_Seek_Allies_to Fight_Tar_Sands_Pipeline⠀⇛ As state and local law enforcement in Minnesota intensify their violent repression of water protectors resisting Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands pipeline, Indigenous leaders on Thursday appealed for allies in their effort to pressure the U.S. government to honor Native American treaty rights and protect the environment and climate by stopping the toxic project. “We are running out of time to do the right thing for future generations.”—Chase Iron Eyes,Lakota People’s Law Project # ⚓ APPG_report_opposing_petrol_and_diesel_car_ban_is_paid_for by_freight_and_haulage_industry⠀⇛ A new report by backbench MPs opposing the UK government’s ban on new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 is funded by the freight and haulage industry, DeSmog can reveal.  The report out today by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Fuel for UK Motorists and UK Hauliers attacks the cost of the ban, questions the science behind it, and warns of public unrest if it goes ahead.  # ⚓ Bulgarian_Coal-Fired_Power_Plant_May_be_Under-Reporting_Its Greenhouse_Gas_Emissions,_Investigation_Finds⠀⇛ The heart of Bobov Dol power plant is a hot, dark, noisy chamber. Lumps of coal litter the floor beside pools of oil and water leaking from decades- old machinery, relics of the Soviet era when workers flocked to build one of Bulgaria’s largest coal-fired facilities. Stay up to date with DeSmog news and alerts # ⚓ New_Poll_Shows_Pennsylvania_Voters_Want_a_‘Crackdown’_on Fracking⠀⇛ Pennsylvania voters have become increasingly disillusioned with the fracking industry, with weak and declining support across all demographics, according to a new poll. By wide margins, voters in the Keystone State want “a serious crackdown on fracking operations.” The poll, conducted by Data for Progress for the Ohio River Valley Institute (ORVI), an Appalachian- focused think tank, shows that large majorities of voters in Pennsylvania — including from large swathes of Republicans — are concerned about pollution from fracking, oppose subsidies to the industry, and support a range of new regulations. # ⚓ Biden_to_Set_Goal_for_Half_of_All_Vehicle_Sales_to_Be Electric_by_2030⠀⇛ # ⚓ Oil_and_Gas_Inundated_Facebook_With_Election_Season_Ads After_Biden_Released_Climate_Plan⠀⇛ Ads promoting fossil fuels reached Facebook users in the U.S. at least 431 million times in 2020, a new analysis by watchdog organization InfluenceMap finds, with the bulk arriving after the release of then-candidate Joe Biden’s $2 trillion climate plan and in the lead up to the presidential election. Ads specifically focused on marketing fossil fuels as clean, green, or part of a climate change “solution” were viewed more than 122 million times by Facebook users in the U.S., the report finds. The 25 oil and gas companies and advocacy groups covered in the report paid Facebook a total of $9.6 million to share the ads with social media users. o § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ No_animal_left_behind:_Kenya_holds_first_national_wildlife census⠀⇛ The preliminary data are already “very worrying,” says Fred Omengo, a scientist with the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), explaining that many of the animals were spotted around watering holes close to people’s homes, a sign of extensive human encroachment into wildlife territory. “The little (food) that is available is basically a competition between domestic and wild animals,” he tells AFP. o § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ Hawaii_Fishermen_Concerned_Over_Growing_Chinese_Presence⠀⇛ “You have one player that doesn’t seem to have any controls on the expansion of its fishing fleet and on its capacity to extract these renewable resources. It’s of great concern to us,” Fitchett said. The U.S. Coast Guard report, citing a U.N. statistic, says 93% of the world’s marine fish stocks are fully exploited, overexploited or significantly depleted. Fitchett says principal tropical tuna stocks that Pacific fisherman target — bigeye, yellowfin, skipjack and albacore — are not now overfished, but “they’re shared resources and they’re not inexhaustible.” * § Finance⠀➾ o ⚓ ‘Time_Is_Running_Out’:_Progressives_Press_Biden_to_Extend_Student Loan_Moratorium⠀⇛ Following this week’s victory by progressives, led by Rep. Cori Bush, who pressured the Biden administration to extend the federal eviction moratorium by 60 days, lawmakers are now turning their attention to the student loan payments which have been paused for nearly a year and a half—demanding that the White House act now to avoid creating a new financial hardship for millions amid the ongoing pandemic. The Biden administration has signaled in recent weeks that it could announce another extension of the student loan moratorium, but Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) called on officials to avoid “[going] to the last minute.” o ⚓ What_to_Expect_in_the_July_Jobs_Report⠀⇛ Lower Unemployment We should also see a drop in the unemployment rate of 0.2 to 0.3 percentage points. The household survey is always erratic, but on average, it does track the establishment survey. Last month, the establishment survey showed the economy added 850,000 jobs, while the household survey showed a loss of 18,000 jobs and an increase in the unemployment rate to 5.9 percent. It will be very surprising if we don’t see a substantial drop in the unemployment rate in July. o ⚓ “We_Don’t_Want_to_go_Back_to_the_City”:_India’s_Migrant_Workers, Settling_for_Less_Work_and_Lesser_Pay⠀⇛ o ⚓ The_New_Committee_on_Inequality:_a_Fresh_Look_at_Economic Disparity⠀⇛ o ⚓ Opinion_|_Make_the_People_Happy:_Erase_Student_Debt⠀⇛ House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi recently stated that President Joe Biden can’t cancel student debt. This is incorrect; he can. All he needs to do is sign an executive order. The Debt Collective, a group I serve as organizing director for, even drafted an executive order for him to sign. o ⚓ Real_Estate_Groups_Have_So_Far_Poured_Millions_Into_Stopping Eviction_Moratorium⠀⇛ o ⚓ Predatory_Banks_at_Walmarts_Made_Over_100_Percent_of_Profits_From Overdraft_Fees⠀⇛ o ⚓ As_Right-Wing_Dems_Balk_at_Price_Tag,_Poll_Shows_66%_of_US_Voters Support_$3.5_Trillion_Package⠀⇛ As conservatives in the Senate Democratic caucus gripe about the $3.5 trillion price tag of an emerging reconciliation package, a new poll released Thursday shows that two-thirds of U.S. voters support the sweeping proposal, which is expected to include historic investments in climate action, an expansion of Medicare benefits, universal pre-K, and higher taxes on the rich. Conducted by progressive polling outfit Data for Progress on behalf of the advocacy group Invest in America Now, the survey (pdf) finds that 66% of U.S. voters—85% of Democrats, 60% of independents, and 47% of Republicans—have a favorable view of the $3.5 trillion proposal. o ⚓ To_Stop_‘Life-Threatening_Injustice’_of_Shutoffs,_Tlaib_Unveils Bill_to_Cancel_$40_Billion_in_Utility_Debt⠀⇛ To protect low-income households from utility shutoffs as the ultra-contagious Delta variant drives another surge in Covid-19 infections, Rep. Rashida Tlaib introduced a bill Thursday that would erase nearly $40 billion in water, power, and broadband debt that has accumulated throughout the U.S. “It’s outrageous that private fossil fuel utilities control access to these public goods.”—Jean Su, Center for Biological Diversity o ⚓ 16_Civil_Society_Organizations_Call_on_Congress_to_Fix_the Cryptocurrency_Provision_of_the_Infrastructure_Bill⠀⇛ The fast-moving, must-pass legislation is over 2,000 pages and primarily focused on issues such as updating America’s highways and digital infrastructure. However, included in the “pay-for” section of the bill is a provision relevant to cryptocurrencies that includes a new, vague, and expanded definition of what constitutes a “broker” under U.S. tax law. As EFF described earlier this week, this vaguely worded section of the bill could be interpreted to mean that many actors in the cryptocurrency space—including software developers who merely write and publish code, as well as miners who verify cryptocurrency transactions—would suddenly be considered brokers, and thus need to collect and report identifying information on their users. In the wake of heated opposition from the technical and civil liberties community, some senators are taking action. Senators Wyden, Loomis, and Toomey have introduced an amendment that seeks to ensure that some of the worst interpretations of this provision are excluded. Namely, the amendment would seek to clarify that miners, software developers who do not hold assets for customers, and those who create hardware and software to support consumers in holding their own cryptocurrency would not be implicated under the new definition of broker. We have already seen how digital currency supports independent community projects, routes around financial censorship, and supports independent journalists around the world. Indeed, the decentralized nature of digital currency is allowing cryptographers and programmers to experiment with more privacy-protective exchanges, and to offer alternatives for those who wish to protect their financial privacy or those who have been subject to financial censorship.  * § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ o ⚓ America_Faces_Cascading_Crises._Democrats_Must_Act.⠀⇛ Will America finally begin to address the cascading crises it faces? This week will provide an initial test. First up is the Senate’s vote on the bipartisan infrastructure deal. Too many media voices have already begun celebrating the “courage” of the negotiators, with Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) taking plenty of bows. Progressives in the House and Senate are warning, however, that the infrastructure bill won’t get to the president’s desk unless Sinema and Senator Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) help pass a budget reconciliation bill that addresses vital unmet needs. This is portrayed as a conflict pitting the left against the center but, in this battle, progressives represent the real center—the broad majority of Americans demanding action—and carry the last best hope for Democrats, and perhaps democracy itself to survive the next elections. o ⚓ Richard_Trumka,_1949–2021⠀⇛ In one of his early moves as the new president of the United Mine Workers of America, Richard Trumka established a solidarity program with Black mine workers in South Africa. It was the mid-1980s. The apartheid regime was tightening its brutal grip on South Africa, and then-President Ronald Reagan was refusing to align the United States with the global movement to put economic pressure on the racist regime. As the thirtysomething leader of a union that was fighting plenty of its own battles at home, Trumka responded to the call from the National Union of Mineworkers in South Africa for a boycott of Royal Dutch Shell, a multinational oil conglomerate that had invested heavily in mining and other South African industries. o ⚓ Democrats_Introduce_Right_to_Vote_Act_to_Beat_GOP_Voter Suppression_Blitz⠀⇛ Amid ongoing nationwide Republican voter suppression efforts, a trio of congressional Democrats on Wednesday introduced a bill described by its lead Senate sponsor as the “first-ever affirmative federal voting rights guarantee for all U.S. citizens.” “In recent years, states like Georgia have launched an all-out assault on our democracy. The Right to Vote Act would stop this attack and prevent a new era of Jim Crow.”—Rep. Mondaire Jones o ⚓ Most_Voters_Think_Trump_Running_in_2024_Would_Be_Bad_for_the Country,_Poll_Finds⠀⇛ o ⚓ “This_Is_What_America_Looks_Like”:_Ilhan_Omar_on_Her_Refugee Journey_from_Mogadishu_to_Minneapolis⠀⇛ We speak with Minnesota Congressmember Ilhan Omar about her memoir “This Is What America Looks Like,” the Biden administration’s recent airstrikes in her birth country of Somalia and why the U.S. must remain a country of refuge for people fleeing war and poverty like she did. Omar adds that the Biden administration must stop enforcing Trump-era immigration rules that allow for expedited deportations of asylum seekers. “These policy choices have consequences. We have a moral imperative in this country to get our immigration policy right and make it a more humane system,” she says. o ⚓ Rep._Ilhan_Omar:_We_Need_to_Cancel_the_Rent,_Not_Just_Postpone Evictions⠀⇛ Minnesota Congressmember Ilhan Omar was among the progressive Democrats who camped outside the U.S. Capitol to pressure the Biden administration into passing a new eviction moratorium after the previous moratorium lapsed July 31. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new two-month moratorium earlier in the week that covers areas of the country where there is “substantial” or “high” spread of the coronavirus. “As lawmakers, we have a responsibility to protect those that sent us to legislate on their behalf,” says Omar, adding that she has personal familiarity with housing precarity. “I certainly have experienced severe aspects of that as someone who not only slept on the side of roads, on beaches … but also spent a lot of time in a refugee camp.” o ⚓ Texas_GOP_Gov._Greg_Abbott_Calls_Another_Special_Session_to Attack_Voting_Rights⠀⇛ Just weeks after Texas Democrats defeated a sweeping voter suppression bill by fleeing the state to deny Republican lawmakers the quorum necessary to proceed to a vote, far-right Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday announced another special session, prompting pro-democracy advocates to denounce the Lone Star State GOP’s relentless assault on voting rights. “The decision to call a second special session is nothing more than a partisan power grab to distract us from the real challenges our communities face.”—Stephanie Gómez, Common Cause Texas o ⚓ To_the_Right,_to_the_Right:_Media’s_Special_Election_Lesson⠀⇛ When establishment-backed Shontel Brown defeated Bernie Sanders surrogate Nina Turner in the Ohio special election primary to replace Democratic Rep. Marcia Fudge, it wasn’t hard to find media voices quick to draw the usual conclusion: Voters prefer moderate over progressive policy platforms. o ⚓ Federal_cyber_agency_kicks_off_collaborative_to_defend_the_U.S. against_cyberattacks⠀⇛ The new Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) will design and implement national cyber defense plans, share insights on cyber defense, help coordinate operations to reduce the impact of cyberattacks and support joint exercises to strengthen cyber defense measures. Groups participating in the JCDC include both private sector and government groups, such as Amazon Web Services, AT&T, Google Cloud, Microsoft, FireEye Mandiant and Verizon, along with the FBI, the departments of Defense and Justice, the National Security Agency and several others. o ⚓ Erdogan’s_mosque_near_Washington_is_a_Trojan_horse_for_Turkey’s interests⠀⇛ The Center is affiliated with Pres. Erdogan and his ruling political party AKP. DCA’s website states that it “works in full coordination with the [Directorate of] Religious Affairs of the Republic of Turkey (Diyanet)” which receives a huge amount of funding from the Turkish government under the title of “Representation and Promotion Expenses,” an odd category for a religious institution. The Diyanet’s annual budget is $2 billion, exceeding that of most Turkish ministries. It is an official governmental institution that directs 85,000 mosques throughout the country and over 2,000 mosques overseas. It prepares a weekly sermon that must be read by imams in all mosques inside and outside of Turkey. It imposes odd practices on the Turkish public, such as bans “on feeding dogs at home, celebrating the western New Year, lotteries, and tattoos.” The Diyanet’s imams are instructed by the government’s intelligence services to monitor the activities of members of the Gulen movement and PKK (Kurdish Workers’ Party). The agency has created multiple Diyanet mosques or field offices in countries such as Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States. o ⚓ All_the_Ways_America_Failed_to_Stop_the_9/11_Terrorist_Attacks⠀⇛ “I don’t think anybody could have predicted that these people would take an airplane and slam it into the World Trade Center,” Condoleezza Rice famously said after the attacks. But in the month and six days preceding the attacks, just such a scenario was being discussed within the FBI. The arrest of Minneapolis-based Zacarias Moussaoui on August 16, a man who was trying to learn how to fly Boeing 747′s and whom the FBI concluded was a radical Muslim, alarmed the intelligence community and the FAA—but prompted no airline or public warnings. No laws or policies stood in the way of searching Moussaoui’s computer and belongings: the FBI simply chose not to pursue a criminal search warrant. And while various offices within the FBI fought with each other about what to do, no one outside the Bureau ever stood in their way. They just failed. * § Misinformation/Disinformation⠀➾ o ⚓ FTC_Official_Blasts_Facebook_Over_Revoking_Researchers’_Access⠀⇛ A top Federal Trade Commission official blasted Facebook Inc. over its decision to disable the personal accounts of a group of New York University researchers studying political ads on the social network — and blaming the consent decree with the agency to justify the action. o ⚓ Facebook’s_ban_of_third-party_researchers_‘deeply_concerning’⠀⇛ Facebook is being criticized by politicians and researchers for banning the accounts of academics who analyzed political ads and misinformation on the social network. In press statements, Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA) said the company’s actions were “deeply concerning,” while Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) said she was “deeply troubled” by the news. Creator of the Firefox browser, Mozilla, which conducted a privacy audit of the academics’ work, said Facebook’s justification for banning the researchers was “wrong.” * § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ o ⚓ From_a_High-School_Cheerleader,_a_Lesson_in_Free_Speech⠀⇛ The rhetoric around the First Amendment tends to be incredibly misinformed. On one side are the First Amendment absolutists who act like proscribing any speech—even hate speech, or even when the prohibition is made by a private company—is tantamount to an assault on the very concept of freedom and liberty. Usually, these absolutists are screaming at people on the other side who haven’t actually thought through how wide-reaching government restrictions on speech—“Ban Fox News!” “Ban people who lie!”—would lead to an utter dystopia.1 o ⚓ Man_Who_Sued_Apple_For_Failing_To_Save_Him_From_Porn_Now_Suing_US Attorney_General_To_Strike_Down_Section_230⠀⇛ Batshit litigant and armchair legislator Chris Sevier is back! The man who once sued Apple because he could access porn from his laptop (entendre intended) is still vexing courthouses with his attempts to sue his way back into the good graces of social media platforms after being asked to leave because [taps "batshit" in opening sentence]. o ⚓ Sanitising_Censorship:_The_Twitter-AP-Reuters_News_Partnership⠀⇛ Bringing aboard these news giants is no guarantee that the text and information provided will be authoritative, credible or reliable. News wires are not immune to being disseminators of inaccurate information, or information that is slanted in favour of a power or interest. Often, they hide behind their reputations even as they ventriloquise different interests and planted narratives. o ⚓ Iran_Internet_Censorship_Plan:_State_Media_Warn_About_Its Consequences⠀⇛ The regime is trying to approve the [Internet] censorship plan. At the same time, protest “Gatherings that do not have a definite beginning and end,” “However, they are formed under different pretexts,” According to the state- run Arman. o ⚓ Nobel_laureates_accuse_China_of_attempting_to_censor_Taiwanese chemist⠀⇛ The NAS confirms that it received communication from the Chinese embassy in Washington DC requesting that Lee and the Dalai Lama – a Nobel Peace Prize recipient – be removed as speakers at the summit. The Chinese embassy made this request to a senior NAS official in late March and again in early April, according to the Nobel laureates. After being told twice that the two would still attend, they say the embassy emailed the NAS again immediately before the summit to make the same request and it was denied again. o ⚓ Atheist_sacked_by_West_Midlands_Trains_for_Muslim_jibe_‘is protected_by_law’⠀⇛ A train conductor who was sacked after posting on social media that he did not want to live in a “Muslim alcohol- free caliphate” is protected by equality law, a judge has ruled. * § Freedom of Information/Freedom of the Press⠀➾ o ⚓ Inside_the_Fight_for_Press_Freedom_in_Pakistan⠀⇛ Islamabad—Pakistan’s press, once a fertile breeding ground for reporters and activists, has become a graveyard of murdered careers. Such is the case of Asad Ali Toor, a journalist and vlogger based in the capital who is known as an outspoken critic of the military. o ⚓ Russian_Defamation_Trial_Threatens_British_Press_Freedom: Activists⠀⇛ Press freedom advocates say the courts are being used to silence journalists. “The concern here is that this could lead to — and it’s intended to lead to — a climate of fear which would inhibit investigative journalism, which would inhibit the questioning of those who exercise huge power and wealth and influence. It’s about Russia. It’s about Russian money, but it’s also about Russian influence in the U.K,” said Seamus Dooley, assistant general secretary of Britain’s National Union of Journalists, in an interview with VOA. o ⚓ Support_for_Craig_Murray⠀⇛ Without getting into the details, Murray was said to have published enough information that it would become possible to identify said accusers. It was exactly as contrived as it sounds, and was nothing but an exercise in singling out one of the few voices a) defending Salmond, and b) reporting the obvious political machinations behind the trial in the first place. The eventual (unprecedented) conviction – as in all cases where the state is exerting power for its own sake – was a foregone conclusion. And Mr Murray is on his way to reside at Her Majesty’s Pleasure for eight months. The first time a British court has jailed a journalist for contempt in over fifty years. And he has already been denied the right to launch an appeal. o ⚓ The_end_game:_WikiLeaks’_Julian_Assange_is_slowly_dying_in_a_UK prison,_as_the_US_maintains_its_fight_to_have_him_die_in_theirs_– but_there_is_hope⠀⇛ It’s a shocking precedent: the judgement accepted US prosecutors’ arguments that national-security journalism can be considered a form of espionage no matter where it occurs, leaving other publishers and journalists open to being charged as spies. This chilling finding had a catch: the magistrate recognised that burying people alive in the US prison system could kill them. “I am satisfied that, in these harsh conditions, Mr Assange’s mental health would deteriorate causing him to commit suicide with the ‘single-minded determination’ of his autism spectrum disorder … I find that the mental condition of Mr Assange is such that it would be oppressive to extradite him to the United States of America.” o ⚓ Daphne_Caruana_Galizia:_Malta_responsible_for_journalist_death_– inquiry⠀⇛ A public inquiry into the assassination of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has found the state responsible for her death. The report said the state had failed to recognise risks to the reporter’s life and take reasonable steps to avoid them. Caruana Galizia died in a car bomb attack near her home in October 2017. o ⚓ Craig_Murray’s_eight-month_prison_sentence_is_vindictive_and_a sad_day_for_Scottish_justice_–_Kenny_MacAskill⠀⇛ It’ll be no surprise that I view Craig Murray’s imprisonment as harsh and oppressive, as their Lordships would opine. That this happened in Scotland and the government and its supporters have been silent speaks volumes. Imagine the outrage from the usual suspects had this been Catalonia? o ⚓ Zambian_radio_station_transmitter_damaged_in_arson_attack⠀⇛ The fire did not damage the inside of the radio station, but the damage to the transmission cables prevented them from broadcasting for two days, he said. * § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ o ⚓ If_Roe_v._Wade_Is_Overturned,_the_Future_Will_Be_Worse_Than_the Past⠀⇛ If they are shrewd, the six antichoice justices on the Supreme Court will resist the urge to overturn Roe v. Wade when they decide next term on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. At issue is a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of gestation in explicit defiance of Roe, which protects abortion rights until around 24 weeks. Why hand the Democrats an issue that has worked well for them in purple states like Virginia? An attempt in 2012 to force women seeking abortions to have transvaginal ultrasounds backfired against Republicans so powerfully the state is now entirely under Democratic control. o ⚓ Dial_Down_the_Panic_Over_Critical_Race_Theory⠀⇛ If you want your concerns to be heard, first of all, start by listening. What is your school actually teaching? It probably is not actually critical race theory. It almost certainly is not Marxism. Despite the red-baiting you may have heard on Fox News, you’d be hard pressed to find an American anywhere who actually advocates “the abolition of private property,” as one unhinged guest recently said critical race theory was advocating. o ⚓ A_new_kind_of_‘foreign_agent’_Russian_journalists_risk_a_dreaded designation_for_reporting_on_army_hazing,_space-agency_corruption, and_much_more._Felony_liability_looms,_as_well.⠀⇛ In July, the Federal Security Service (FSB) published a draft order outlining what kinds of information could be used to “threaten the security of the Russian Federation.” This document is also meant to explain in which circumstances Russian citizens and foreign nationals are expected to self-report to the Justice Ministry and register as “foreign agents.” Failure to comply with these rules risks felony charges. Meduza breaks down what’s required here and what’s at stake for potential “foreign agents.” o ⚓ Murmansk_election_officials_reject_Violetta_Grudina’s_candidacy due_to_links_to_Team_Navalny⠀⇛ Election officials in Murmansk have refused to register opposition politician Violetta Grudina as a candidate in the upcoming elections. Grudina, who was formerly the head of Alexey Navalny’s Murmansk campaign office, said the election commission cited her links to Team Navalny as the grounds for rejecting her candidacy.  o ⚓ ACLU_Sues_Over_‘Illegal_and_Inhumane’_Migrant_Transportation Order_in_Texas⠀⇛ The ACLU on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit challenging an executive order issued last week by Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott restricting the ground transportation of certain migrants and directing state officials to “stop any vehicle upon reasonable suspicion of a violation,” citing the Covid-19 pandemic and the highly contagious Delta variant. “The order creates the perfect storm for racial profiling.”—Kate Huddleston, ACLU of Texas o ⚓ Tlaib_&_Raskin_Demand_Answers_From_DHS_About_Rampant_Racism_Among Michigan_CBP⠀⇛ o ⚓ ‘We_Can’t_Fight_for_Racial_Justice_if_We_Can’t_Learn_About_Racial Injustice’⠀⇛ Janine Jackson interviewed African American Policy Forum’s Luke Harris about critical race theory for the July 31, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. o ⚓ Rep._Ilhan_Omar_Backs_Ballot_Initiative_That_Would_Abolish Minneapolis_Police⠀⇛ o ⚓ Rep._Ilhan_Omar_Backs_Ballot_Initiative_to_Abolish_Minneapolis Police_&_Create_New_Public_Safety_Department⠀⇛ Congressmember Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, whose district includes Minneapolis, says she supports a ballot initiative to abolish the city’s police department and replace it with a new “Department of Public Safety.” Local activists have already gathered tens of thousands of signatures for the move. “We’ve had a very incompetent and brutal police department for a really long time,” says Omar, who adds that while much of the world associates the city’s cops with the murder of George Floyd, local residents have witnessed the department’s violence for much longer. o ⚓ ‘In_Belarus,_it’s_dangerous_to_be_human’_How_civil_society organizations_became_the_Lukashenko_regime’s_latest_target⠀⇛ In late July, the Belarusian authorities shut down 50 nonprofit organizations simultaneously, targeting human rights activists, as well as environmental, educational, and cultural groups. Dozens of other organizations are facing liquidation, but their members continue working despite police raids and criminal cases. Alexander Lukashenko (Alyaksandr Lukashenka) has openly accused human rights defenders, journalists, and environmentalists of organizing opposition protests — and even boasted to Vladimir Putin that his regime has started “actively” targeting civil society organizations and independent media. Meduza looks into why the Belarusian authorities are still carrying out large-scale repressions, despite the fact that there haven’t been mass protests in Belarus for some time now. o ⚓ SpyCops:_How_the_UK_Police_Infiltrated_Over_1,000_Political Groups⠀⇛ o ⚓ Guns,_Desperate_Migrants,_and_Dangerous_Drugs⠀⇛ Mexico has tried just about everything to stop the flow of firearms from the north – passing strict gun control laws, imposing stiff penalties on traffickers, and pleading with U.S. authorities to stop the trafficking – but nothing has worked. So now it’s doing what any litigious American would do: it’s suing. o ⚓ The_Murder_of_Anna_Politkovskaya_Is_Still_Not_Solved⠀⇛ Whenever the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was asked if she feared losing her life as a result of the dangers of her job, the courageous war reporter said she’d rather not answer. Politkovskaya was superstitious and (even if half-heartedly) believed that voicing her fear of dying in the line of duty would make it a reality. o ⚓ ED’S_DESK:_Newsbot_At_Murdoch_Tabloid_Helps_Sum_Up_Quality_Of #BLM_Hit_Piece_Better_Than_Any_Human_Ever_Could⠀⇛ A few months ago, Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post rolled out a hit piece that even by its own appalling standards, stunk like sh*t. Literally. Chris Graham reports. o ⚓ We_Have_Questions_for_DEF_CON’s_Puzzling_Keynote_Speaker,_DHS Secretary_Mayorkas⠀⇛ If you’re less than optimistic about getting satisfying answers to these from the Secretary, here are some organizations who are actively working to protect the rights of people targeted by the Department of Homeland Security: o ⚓ Low_income_leaves_35_million_without_holiday⠀⇛ While access to holidays has grown over the last decade, the majority of low income families remain excluded. Overall, 28% of EU citizens can’t afford a one week holiday away from home – but that rises to 59.5 for people whose income is below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold (60% of the median). o ⚓ Amazon_Unlawfully_Confiscated_Union_Literature,_NLRB_Finds⠀⇛ Amazon illegally prohibited an employee from giving workers pro-union literature, confiscated that literature, and gave workers the impression that their organizing activity was being surveilled at the company’s Staten Island fulfillment center in New York, according to National Labor Relations Board charges and other documentation reviewed by Motherboard. An NLRB investigation found that Amazon illegally prohibited Connor Spence, a Staten Island employee involved in union organizing, from distributing pro-union literature in a break room on May 16—and then confiscated the literature—also in violation of U.S. labor law, according to evidence provided by the NLRB to the union’s attorney. o ⚓ He_was_locked_up_and_drugged_in_hospital_for_2_years._Police_got the_wrong_guy⠀⇛ “Yet, the more Mr. Spriestersbach vocalized his innocence by asserting that he is not Mr. Castleberry, the more he was declared delusional and psychotic by the H.S.H. staff and doctors and heavily medicated,” the petition said. “It was understandable that Mr. Spriestersbach was in an agitated state when he was being wrongfully incarcerated for Mr. Castleberry’s crime and despite his continual denial of being Mr. Castleberry and providing all of his relevant identification and places where he was located during Mr. Castleberry’s court appearances, no one would believe him or take any meaningful steps to verify his identity and determine that what Mr. Spriestersbach was telling the truth — he was not Mr. Castleberry.” o ⚓ Iran_Sentences_German_And_British_Dual_Nationals_To_More_Than_10 Years_In_Prison⠀⇛ In recent years, Iranian authorities have jailed dozens of dual nationals, including journalists, academics, and human rights defenders. Rights activists accuse Iran of trying to win concessions from other countries through such arrests. Tehran, which does not recognize dual nationality, denies holding people for political reasons. “The noticeable accumulation of cases in which dual nationals are imprisoned without specific allegations of offenses indicates that the intent is to put pressure on the governments concerned,” said Dieter Karg, an Iran expert at Amnesty International in Germany, in February. o ⚓ Indonesian_army_set_to_remove_gender-based_health_checks,_end_so- called_‘virginity_testing’⠀⇛ “Health checks on prospective soldiers of the Women’s Army Corps must be the same as medical examination requirements for male TNI AD soldiers,” he said in a video uploaded to the military’s official YouTube channel. o ⚓ Zola_and_the_Limits_of_the_Internet_Movie⠀⇛ Zola was anticipated. This is in part because the film, based on a viral 2015 Twitter thread written by blogger and stripper A’Ziah (“Zola”) King, faced delay after delay. Its original director, James Franco, dropped out in 2017 and was replaced by Janicza Bravo, who rewrote the script with playwright Jeremy O. Harris. After the film finally premiered at Sundance in January 2020, its theatrical release was postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Zola is also something of a test case. As a cinematic adaptation of a story first told on social media, it features at its center unresolved questions about how to translate into film true-ish stories of contemporary life, particularly life online. What do writers and actors owe to their characters’ real-life analogues? When can embellishments bring a story closer to communicating truth? And, most important for understanding Zola, how can a movie depict the dizzying feeling of falling in love with an augmented persona, and then the disappointment in discovering its falseness? o ⚓ Zola:_How_a_road_trip_became_a_viral_story_of_sex_trafficking⠀⇛ Despite its serious undertone, the original story – now deleted on Twitter, but preserved elsewhere on the [Internet] – was told with such humour that the thread went viral and was retweeted by celebrities including Missy Elliott and Solange Knowles. Bravo, the director, also became aware of it – and immediately saw it as a film. * § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ o ⚓ Why_Community_Broadband_Matters⠀⇛ It is necessary for Americans to do their jobs, to participate equally in school learning, health care, and to stay connected. Yet, by one definition, more than 30 million Americans live in areas where there is no broadband infrastructure that provides minimally acceptable speeds. Going further, it warned, “Americans in rural areas and on tribal lands particularly lack adequate access.” * § Monopolies⠀➾ o § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Australian_Court_Ridiculously_Says_That_AI_Can_Be_An Inventor,_Get_Patents⠀⇛ There have been some questions raised about whether or not AI-created works deserve intellectual property protection. Indeed, while we (along with many others) laughed along at the trial about the monkey selfie, we had noted all along, that the law firm pushing to give the monkey (and with it, PETA) the copyright on the photo was almost certainly trying to tee up a useful case to argue that AI can get copyright and patents as well. Thankfully, the courts (and later the US Copyright Office) determined that copyrights require a human author. # ⚓ [Old]_British_American_Tobacco_burnt_by_Patents_Court judgment_on_heat-not-burn_devices⠀⇛ We review the High Court’s decision in Philip Morris Products, SA & Philip Morris Limited v Rai Strategic Holdings, Inc & Nicoventures Trading Limited [2021] EWHC 537 (Pat). The court conducted an assessment of the validity of two patents held by British American Tobacco for heat-not-burn (“HNB”) tobacco products. The court held that the patents were invalid both for lack of inventive step and for added matter. # ⚓ [Old]_If_You_Can’t_Build_it,_They_Won’t_Come:_No Obviousness_Based_on_Fanciful_Engine_Design⠀⇛ Reaffirming that a person of ordinary skill in the art must have been able to actually create a disclosure at the time of invention in order for it to serve as an obviousness reference, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a decision by the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (the Board) in an inter partes review (IPR), concluding that a patent covering certain turbofan engine technology was not rendered obvious by a prior art publication that could not be realized into practice. Raytheon Techs. Corp. v. General Electric Co., Case No. 20-1755 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 16, 2021) (Chen, J.) o § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ Oatly_Loses_Trademark_Suit_Against_Glebe_Farm_Foods’ PureOaty_Product⠀⇛ A couple of months back, we discussed something of a silly lawsuit overseas between Oatly, a large oat-milk manufacturer, and Glebe Farm Foods over its own PureOaty drink. At issue were Oatly’s own trademarks and its claims that PureOaty infringed on those marks. As we noted at the time, because the word “oat” is descriptive of the products in both cases, and with PureOaty using the “pure” as a differentiator among other things, this was a trademark claim that essentially came down to the letter “y”. And, yes, that is dumb. Especially when you consider that there are significant differences when it comes to PureOaty’s trade dress. o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Same_Old_Spin:_Why_Access_Copyright_Needs_a_Reality_Check on_Canadian_Copyright⠀⇛ Access Copyright and its allies owe it to their members to provide them with a reality check but instead they simultaneously downplay the decision and immediately lobby for legislative reform. Here’s the reality: the Supreme Court says in this case that “increasing public access to and dissemination of artistic and intellectual works, which enrich society and often provide users with the tools and inspiration to generate works of their own, is a primary goal of copyright”, the copyright review already rejected reforms, and the world is moving on with more licensing choices and greater flexibility. This leaves Access Copyright increasingly irrelevant without an effort to compete in the marketplace alongside a failed litigation and lobbying strategy. Rather than going back to the same playbook yet again, it should consider that its legal theories have been rejected by the Supreme Court in multiple cases and a new approach based on legal realities is long overdue. # ⚓ New_License_Enforcement_Principles_for_Public_Comment⠀⇛ There are several elements to our plans, but the centerpiece today is a draft Statement of Principles Around License Enforcement. We recognize that these principles have limited legal “bite,” given that CC does not hold the copyright to community works. However, we believe there is value in articulating what CC believes is license enforcement that upholds the spirit and intent of the licenses. We also foresee other possible mechanisms for these principles to be useful, including integration of the principles into community codes of conduct and adoption by major rights holders.  # ⚓ Scarlett_Johansson’s_Black_Widow_lawsuit_has_unearthed_a huge_problem_with_streaming⠀⇛ But with the shift to streaming, things have had to change. Actors and producers working with a streamer like Netflix are typically paid a set fee, an industry attorney who negotiates contracts for top-level talent told The Verge. (The attorney asked not to be named so as to speak freely about the topic.) If they’re lucky enough to have significant leverage, they could also potentially secure a bonus premium fee that’s a contractual dollar amount paid out over months or quarters. But it’s not performance-based like box office bonuses are. Netflix often pays out this prenegotiated sum in eight quarterly installments following a title’s release, the attorney said, while Apple tends to pay out a little quicker over 12 months. Because the space is changing so quickly, part of this attorney’s role in contract negotiations now is to “read the tea leaves and project where the deals are going to go.” The old way of negotiating talent earnings has changed rapidly. According to Johansson’s complaint, terms of her Black Widow release were initially finalized in 2017 — early enough that Disney Plus hadn’t been announced, and Johansson’s team evidently didn’t think it was necessary to negotiate terms around streaming. Her contract specified Black Widow would debut with a “wide theatrical release,” but that it would be exclusively theatrical appears to have been only an understanding. # ⚓ Record_Labels_Sue_Charter_Again_For_Failing_to_Disconnect Pirating_Subscribers⠀⇛ A group of major music publishing companies has filed another copyright infringement lawsuit against Charter Communications. The companies argue that, despite repeated warnings, the ISP still fails to take action against pirating subscribers. The new lawsuit covers more recent infringements that started in 2018. # ⚓ Olympics_Piracy:_Taiwan_Lawmakers_Criticize_Public_Figures For_Set-Top_Box_Use⠀⇛ In common with many countries, Taiwan is hoping to deter its citizens from using piracy-configured set-top boxes. In recent days, however, public figures including the former mayor of New Taipei City and the CEO of the country’s first professional basketball league have been accused of using pirate devices to view the Olympics. Lawmakers are not impressed. # ⚓ Olympics_Copyright_Insanity_Rules_Again:_Gold_Medal_Winner Blocked_From_Sharing_Her_Own_Victory⠀⇛ Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica won both the women’s 100 meter and 200 meter gold medals at the Olympics this year, and then did the super piratey thing of… excitedly posting snippets of her victories to Instagram, which responded by blocking her account for copyright violations. She wrote the following in a now deleted tweet: ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3852 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.06.21⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ ✐ Links_6/8/2021:_GNOME’s_New_Human_Interface_Guidelines_and_KDE’s_GSoC Progress⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 4:15 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Distributions o Devices/Embedded * Free_Software/Open_Source * Leftovers * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ Does_the_Dell_XPS_17_support_Linux?⠀⇛ Unlike the XPS 13, however, the larger 17-inch model isn’t available as a Developer Edition. This means Dell doesn’t sell an Ubuntu version of XPS 17 — it’s only available with Windows 10 preinstalled. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ WILL_IT_LINUX?_|_The_Ascent⠀⇛ the Ascent is a new cyberpunk-infused action RPG with a touch of Twin Stick Shooter combat. I have opinions and impressions of how it runs on Linux with Steam Proton! o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ LTTng_2.13.0_–_Nordicité_–_Linux_kernel_and_user-space tracer⠀⇛ Hi everyone, Today is the official release of LTTng 2.13 - Nordicité! It is the result of one year of development from most of the EfficiOS team. The most notable features of this new release are: - Event-rule matches condition triggers and new actions, allowing internal actions or external monitoring applications to quickly react when kernel or user-space instrumentation is hit, - Notification payload capture, allowing external monitoring applications to read elements of the instrumentation payload when instrumentation is hit. - Instrumentation API: vtracef and vtracelog (LTTng-UST), - User space time namespace context (LTTng-UST and LTTng-modules). This release is named after "Nordicité", the product of a collaboration between Champ Libre and Boréale. This farmhouse IPA is brewed with Kveik yeast and Québec-grown barley, oats and juniper branches. The result is a remarkable fruity hazy golden IPA that offers a balanced touch of resinous and woodsy bitterness. Based on the LTTng project's documented stable releases lifetime, this 2.13 release coincides with the end-of-life (EOL) of the LTTng 2.11 release series. Read on for a short description of each of the new features and the links to this release. A prettified version of this announcement will be available soon on GitHub: https://github.com/lttng/lttng-tools/releases/tag/ v2.13.0 # ⚓ Amazon’s_DAMON_Landing_For_Linux_5.15_–_Phoronix⠀⇛ Amazon’s Data Access Monitor “DAMON” code is now set for introduction in Linux 5.15. Amazon has been posting DAMON patches for over a year and has gone through nearly three dozen revisions for this kernel module to monitor data accesses for specific user-space processes. DAMON is designed to be lightweight and accurate for performance-centric domains. The core infrastructure of DAMON is now ready for mainline while building off DAMON are more features coming down the pipe. One worth noting is DAMON-based proactive memory reclamation for providing sizable memory savings. There are also various open-source user-space utilities built by Amazon around DAMON. # ⚓ Paragon_is_working_to_get_its_ntfs3_filesystem_into_the Linux_kernel⠀⇛ In March of last year, proprietary filesystem vendor Paragon Software unleashed a stream of anti- open source FUD about a Samsung-derived exFAT implementation headed into the Linux kernel. Several months later, Paragon seemed to have seen the error of its ways and began the arduous process of getting its own implementation of Microsoft’s NTFS (the default filesystem for all Windows machines) into the kernel as well. Although Paragon is still clearly struggling to get its processes and practices aligned to open source- friendly ones, Linux kernel BDFL Linus Torvalds seems to have taken a personal interest in the process. After nearly a year of effort by Paragon, Torvalds continues to gently nudge both it and skeptical Linux devs in order to keep the project moving forward. # ⚓ Paragon’s_NTFS3_Driver_is_About_to_Become_A_Part_of_the Linux_Kernel⠀⇛ Paragon Software is looking to mainline their read- write NTFS3 driver into the mainline kernel tree as a significant improvement over the existing NTFS kernel driver. The New Technology File System (NTFS) is Microsoft’s proprietary file system first introduced with Windows NT 3.1 in 1993. It is the default file system used by Microsoft operating systems since Windows XP. With NTFS support, Linux users can use attaching external NTFS drives or boot Windows PCs into Linux for troubleshooting. # ⚓ This_Week_In_Security:_Insecure_Chargers,_Request Forgeries,_And_Kernel_Security_|_Hackaday [Ed: Google has the nerve to allege Linux it not secure after Google itself put NSA-connected weakened encryption (back door) inside Linux]⠀⇛ [Kees Cook] of Google’s Open Source Security Team published a post this week, talking about the state of security in and around the Linux kernel. He makes the point that while the kernel runs very well when things are working properly, when it breaks, it can break in insecure ways. Put another way, he would like to see more work done to make the kernel resilient to compromise even in the case of flaws. While the changes needed to do this aren’t spelled out in the post, I can only think of efforts like adding Rust to the kernel and doing additional address randomization. The majority of the post isn’t aimed at the upstream kernel, but at downstream integrators. The advice here is simple. Track the latest release or stable kernel. Don’t use a 10 year old kernel. Is that a challenge because you have so much out-of- tree kernel code? Upstream your changes. It makes everyone more secure. Rather than spending so much engineering effort backporting fixes to your ancient kernel, spend that effort making the upstream kernel more secure. It’s interesting that he ends the article with the opinion that the Linux kernel and toolchain needs about 100 more skilled engineers to be effectively maintained. # § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ NVIDIA_release_a_new_Vulkan_Beta_Driver_with 470.56.05_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Following on from the huge recent 470.57.02 stable release that added in the likes of DLSS for Proton, hardware accelerated OpenGL and Vulkan rendering on Xwayland, and asynchronous reprojection – there’s a new Vulkan Beta Driver out today with 470.56.05. # ⚓ AMDVLK_2021.Q3.3_Released_With_Performance_Tuning_For Rage_2_On_Navi_2_–_Phoronix⠀⇛ AMD has published their newest open-source Vulkan driver snapshot from their official sources that comprise this “AMDVLK” offering for Linux users. AMDVLK 2021.Q3.3 is this latest routine update for their official open-source Vulkan driver. This driver alternative to Mesa RADV and the official closed-source Vulkan driver (to which AMDVLK shares sources, but alternative shader compiler back-end) is now being re-based against the Khronos Vulkan 1.2.185 header files and performance tuning for the Rage 2 engine on Navi 21. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ lfs_–_list_your_filesystems⠀⇛ The Command Line Interface (CLI) is a way of interacting with your computer. To harness all the power of Linux, it’s highly recommended mastering the interface. It’s true the CLI is often perceived as a barrier for users migrating to Linux, particularly if they’re grown up using GUI software exclusively. While Linux rarely forces anyone to use the CLI, some tasks are better suited to this method of interaction, offering inducements like superior scripting opportunities, remote access, and being far more frugal with a computer’s resources. The part of the operating system responsible for managing files and directories is called the file system. It organizes our data into files, which hold information, and directories (also called ‘folders’), which hold files or other directories. We cover the basics of the file system in Linux for Starters – Part 12. lfs is billed as a better df, a standard Unix command used to display the amount of available disk space for file systems on which the invoking user has appropriate read access. # ⚓ Download_Google_Fonts_Quickly_with_this_Neat_GTK_App⠀⇛ Looking for an easy way to search and download fonts from Google Fonts on your Ubuntu desktop? Try Font Downloader, a perfectly formed GTK front- end for the Google Fonts repository. The app makes it easy to browse, search, and filter (e.g., monospace, handwritten, etc) from the 1,075 free and open source fonts available on Google Fonts. When you touch upon some typography you like the look of, Font Downloader makes it easy to test the font within the app (perfect to check it has the character coverage you need) as well download the font (to a folder of your choice) or install it on your system in ‘one-click’. “One day I was bored of my terminal font and wanted to switch, unfortunately going through the entire process of searching Google Fonts for a font, then downloading, then copying and pasting it into my .fonts folder to only then test a font was a pain. So I decided to create this app,” the developer, Gustavo Peredo, explains on the GitHub page. # ⚓ Top_Android_Emulators_For_Linux_:_Run_Android_Apps_on Linux⠀⇛ Linux Kernel is open source and anyone can work on it and build something new and creative. Android is also built on the Linux kernel. This post is for those people who are wondering to run Android apps on Linux-based operating systems. Can We Run Android Apps on Linux? Ans: Yes, you can run android apps on Linux but need to take help from android emulators. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Secure_Apache_with_Let’s_Encrypt_Certificate_on_Rocky Linux⠀⇛ In our previous guide, we walked you through the installation of the LAMP stack on Rocky Linux and further proceeded to configure Apache virtual hosts in case you need to host multiple websites on a single server. But it doesn’t just end there. Website security is now one of the greatest concerns across most organizations and users alike in the face of growing cyber threats. There are several ways of securing your website. One of the primary ways of implementing some basic protection against hackers is to encrypt your site using an SSL/TLS certificate. An SSL/TLS certificate is a cryptographic certificate that authenticates the identity of your website and encrypts data exchanged between a user’s browser and a webserver. # ⚓ Copy_files_in_the_Linux_terminal⠀⇛ To copy a file on a computer with a graphical interface, you usually either drag and drop a file from one window to another window, sometimes using a modifier key. Alternately, you might prefer to right-click on a file icon, select Copy, and then Paste the file icon into another window. To copy a file in a terminal, you use the cp command, which works exactly like the mv command, except that it duplicates the contents of a file rather than moving them from one location to another. # ⚓ Access_OpenVPN_from_a_client_computer⠀⇛ OpenVPN creates an encrypted tunnel between two points, preventing a third party from accessing your network traffic. By setting up your virtual private network (VPN) server, you become your own VPN provider. Many popular VPN services already use OpenVPN, so why tie your connection to a specific provider when you can have complete control yourself? The first article in this series set up a server for your VPN, the second article demonstrated how to install and configure the OpenVPN server software, while the third article explained how to configure your firewall and start the OpenVPN server software. This fourth and final article demonstrates how to use your OpenVPN server from client computers. This is the reason you did all the work in the previous three articles! # ⚓ How_to_Access_Linux_Ext4_Partition_from_Windows_–_Make_Tech Easier⠀⇛ If you dual boot Windows and Linux, you may find it useful to be able to access the files on the ext4 partition of your Linux system while logged in to Windows. This means you can access your Linux files from Windows without having to reboot into Linux. Here we will show you a couple of ways you can access an Ext4 partition from Windows. Note: While you can access Ext4 partition, you cannot modify/edit these Linux-based journaling file systems on a Windows computer because it only supports FAT32 and NTFS. # ⚓ How_To_Install_Elgg_on_Ubuntu_20.04_LTS_–_idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Elgg on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, It is highly customizable with a simple and powerful user interface that makes it easy to build and manage content online over the web. Elgg is managed by the Elgg Foundation, which is a nonprofit organization. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step-by- step installation of the Elgg open source social networking engine on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 18.04, 16.04, and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint. # ⚓ How_to_Convert_a_PDF_File_to_PNG/JPG_Image_in_Linux⠀⇛ Portable Document Format (PDF) files are widely used nowadays. Images in any format are still easier to edit and manipulate than PDF files so it is general practice to convert pdf files to images to edit them. In this article, you will learn different ways to convert PDF files to images. # ⚓ Enable_Ubuntu_16.04_Unity_Style_Login_Screen_in_Ubuntu 20.04_&_Higher_|_UbuntuHandbook⠀⇛ Missing the old Ubuntu Unity style login screen? It’s easy to get it back in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04 and higher. LightDM, stands for Light Display Manager, is a free open-source project by Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu. Ubuntu up to version 16.04 LTS uses it as the default display manager. And it’s present in Linux Mint 20 and some Ubuntu flavors. # ⚓ How_To_Install_Apache_Tomcat_on_AlmaLinux_8_–_idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Apache Tomcat on AlmaLinux 8. For those of you who didn’t know, Apache Tomcat (formerly known as Jakarta Tomcat) is an open-source web server developed by Apache to provide a Java HTTP server that allows you to easily run Java files. In most of the production, Tomcat is used in conjunction with Apache HTTP Server where Apache HTTP Server attends static content like HTML, images, etc., and forwards the requests for dynamic content to Tomcat. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the Apache Tomcat for system administration on AlmaLinux 8. You can follow the same instructions for Rocky Linux. # ⚓ How_to_Install_and_Configure_HAProxy_on_Rocky_Linux_8⠀⇛ When you deploy an application on the Internet, the availability, scalability and performance of the application are very important for a better user experience. There are many technologies that introduce redundancy, such as load balancing, clustering and proxy. HAProxy is a free, open source and reliable load balancer designed for high traffic websites. It load balances incoming traffic by distributing it across multiple backend servers. In this article we show you how to install HAProxy on Rocky Linux 8. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Fail2ban_with_Firewalld_on_Rocky_Linux_8.4⠀⇛ Fail2ban is a system daemon for protecting servers from malicious login and brute-force attacks. Fail2ban is an open-source IPS (Intrusion Prevention Software) framework written in Python and it’s extremely configurable. It works as a daemon service that will monitor SystemD journal and log files and then looking for any failed authentication attempts. When the failed authentication reaches the max X number, the fail2ban will automatically block the IP address using the firewall software. If you’re a VPS (Virtual Private Server) or dedicated server owner, you should consider installing fail2ban on all of your servers. It will help you to protect some basic services such as SSH and FTP from malicious brute-force attacks. Also, fail2ban is very handy, easy to configure, and flexible. In this guide, you will learn how to install fail2ban on Rocky Linux, configuring fail2ban with firewalld, and securing the SSH service against brute-force attacks. # ⚓ How_to_Convert_a_PDF_File_to_PNG/JPG_Image_in_Linux_– VITUX⠀⇛ Portable Document Format (PDF) files are widely used nowadays. Images in any format are still easier to edit and manipulate than PDF files so it is general practice to convert pdf files to images to edit them. # ⚓ Podman_Tutorial_–_Get_Started_With_Podman_–_OSTechNix⠀⇛ This tutorial explains how to get started with Podman in Linux operating systems. By the end of this Podman tutorial, you will learn Podman basics, such as how to search and download images, create a new container from the image, run a container, remove a container, and build your own image from the container and more. Before we get started with Podman, make sure you have installed Podman on your Linux machine. # ⚓ 20_Command_Line_Tools_to_Monitor_Linux_Performance [Ed: Just updated]⠀⇛ It’s really a very tough job for every System or Network administrator to monitor and debug Linux System Performance problems every day. After being a Linux Administrator for 10 years in the IT industry, I came to know that how hard is to monitor and keep systems up and running. For this reason, we’ve compiled the list of Top 20 frequently used command line monitoring tools that might be useful for every Linux/Unix System Administrator. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Flax_Engine_1.2_Brings_Many_Big_Improvements_For_This_Open- Source_Commercial_Game_Engine⠀⇛ Flax Engine 1.2.6222 is out today as the first v1.2 update for this cross-platform, open-source but commercial game engine. Flax Engine 1.2.6222 rolls out with support for vehicles in games, Nintendo Switch support, various game development / editing additions, new low-level networking code, dynamic textures streaming based on visibility, a new job system, various Vulkan usage improvements, temporal anti-aliasing improvements, AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution plug- in, optimized scene rendering, and much more. # ⚓ Why_does_the_Steam_Deck_run_Linux?_Blame_Windows⠀⇛ Valve’s “Steam Deck” handheld PC has caused quite a stir among PC gaming geeks, but the biggest shakeup might not be its Nintendo Switch-like form factor. The software running inside of it is the real surprise. Why does the Steam Deck run Linux? Blame Windows. The Steam Deck and the software inside of it are the culmination of a nearly decade-long “hedging strategy” embarked upon by Valve chief Gabe Newell and company many moons ago, when Microsoft tried exerting more control over developers with Windows 8. But it’s also the next phase of Valve’s escape plan. # ⚓ GameMaker_Studio_2_introduces_an_Ubuntu_Linux_editor_in Beta_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Well this is certainly a surprise. YoYo Games have announced an early Beta for GameMaker Studio 2 version 2.3.4 that brings with it a new IDE for Ubuntu Linux. So you can make GMS games on Ubuntu now. YoYo are very clear that they’re continuing to only support Ubuntu directly, so don’t expect it to work or to get support on other distributions. They’ve also changed the editor to use SDL for all input and audio output, which they say fixes some long standing differences between the editor on different platforms and to “better support modern input devices and new OSes going forward”. Not only that they’re also using FNA3D, the 3D graphics library for FNA, across all platforms for the editor too. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ GSoC’21_Week_7_and_8:_Mouse_Control_Action_Activity⠀⇛ In my previous blog, I discussed the progress on adding new activities to GCompris project. In the past 2 weeks, I was working on implementing a new activity: ‘Mouse Control Action’ activity. The goal of this new activity is to provide audio-visual feedback in a relatively meaningful way when using the mouse to help in discovering its usage for a young kid. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ Ivan_Molodetskikh:_GSoC_2021:_Screenshots_with Pointer⠀⇛ Over the summer I’m working on a new screenshot UI for GNOME Shell. Here’s my progress since the last post. First of all, I made the window selection mode work across multiple screens and ensured that it works correctly with HiDPI and mixed DPI setups. Each screen gets its own Overview-like view of all the windows, letting you pick the one you need at your leisure. In this and the following showcases, you can see GNOME Shell running with two virtual monitors: one regular DPI on the left, and one high DPI (200% scaling) on the right. Both virtual monitors use the same resolution, which is why the right one appears two times smaller. # ⚓ GNOME’s_New_Human_Interface_Guidelines_Now_Official_– Phoronix⠀⇛ In recent months there has been an effort to update GNOME’s Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) to reflect the GTK4 toolkit and recommendations around new widgets, utility panes, and more for enhancing the accessibility of GNOME applications, arguably looking better, and just otherwise modernizing aspects of the HIG that haven’t been touched in months. That updated GNOME HIG is now official. # ⚓ Tobias_Bernard:_Community_Power_Part_5:_First_Steps⠀⇛ In the previous parts of this series (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4) we looked at how power works within GNOME, and what this means for people wanting to have an impact in the project. An important takeaway was that the most effective way to do that is to get acquainted with the project’s ethos and values, and then working towards things that align with these. # ⚓ Tobias_Bernard:_Berlin_Mini_GUADEC⠀⇛ Like everyone else, I’m sad that we can’t have in-person conferences at the moment, especially GUADEC. However, thanks to the lucky/privileged combination of low COVID case numbers in central Europe over the summer, vaccines being available to younger people now, and a relatively large local community in and around Berlin we were able to put together a tiny in-person GUADEC satellite event. o § Distributions⠀➾ # § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ openSUSE_Tumbleweed_–_Review_of_the_week_2021/31⠀⇛ How often did you update your machine during the last week? If you were to follow every single snapshot, you had to do it seven times. That’s how many snapshots passed openQA and had been pushed out to the mirrors. What were the main changes in the snapshots 0729…0804? # ⚓ SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Micro_5.1_Public_Beta_(Beta_2) is_out!⠀⇛ We are thrilled to announce the Public Beta (Beta 2) of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1! SLE Micro is an ultra-reliable, lightweight operating system purpose built for edge computing. Please check out our Product page to learn more, but for the beta program, please refer to our dedicated beta page. # § IBM/Red Hat/Fedora⠀➾ # ⚓ On_August_9,_join_the_Red_Hat_Learning_Community “Answer_the_Unanswered”_contest!⠀⇛ Ready to test your knowledge? Put your skills to the test with our “Answer the Unanswered” contest. We will select an array of 25 questions found within the “Unanswered” section of the RHLC discussion form. Once questions are revealed, users will have one week to provide the most accurate, relevant, and helpful answer. The contest timeline will be Monday, August 9 to Friday, August 13, with winners receiving an RHLC JBL waterproof speaker. We will update this thread with the question bank, and contest terms and conditions on Monday, August 9. # ⚓ ACM_2.3_–_Jeff_Brent,_Red_Hat_–_Digital_Anarchist⠀⇛ Alan and Jeff Brent of Red Hat talk about the latest release of ACM 2.3, Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes. # ⚓ [Red_Hat_on]_10_steps_to_become_a_Linux_samurai⠀⇛ The beauty of Linux is that it is made by programmers, for programmers. It can run on almost any hardware and there is an endless variety of distributions for almost every use case. It is preferred by programmers for its versatility, scalability, container portability, security, and many other features. Most importantly, it’s free and open source, which means that it’s built and supported by a community of developers who are always at the forefront of innovation and are willing to help each other out. Knowing a few useful command-line tricks can save you a lot of time and frustration. Some you may already know, and others may prove to be a hidden gem you weren’t aware of before. Either way, here are some of the essential command-line tips and tricks that could save you a couple of keystrokes. # ⚓ How_to_deal_with_a_toxic_teammate⠀⇛ The law of averages suggests that sooner or later, you’re likely to encounter someone in your organization who exhibits toxic behavior. “Most of our work environments have elements of what we refer to as ‘toxicity’,” says AmyJo Mattheis, executive leadership coach and CEO of Pavo Navigation Coaching, “and the impact can be devastating to a team. When things are unclear and confusing, that is when people begin to feel afraid and [under] threat, which fuels the spread of toxicity.” That can have significant effects on the rest of us. “Individuals will experience health issues due to stress, burnout is common, constant worry, lack of ability to perform to full ability, and many other dysfunctions as a result of bullying in the workplace, lack of psychological safety, and persistent stress and pressure,” says Jeanet Wade, business consultant and author of The Human Team: So, You Created a Team But People Showed Up! Toxic behavior can result in communication problems, project issues, and deliverable delays. The impact on the team and larger organization can be just as devastating. “A toxic team member casts a pall over the team and is a drag on the performance of each individual on the team and the whole team,” says Kevin Cuthbert, consultant and executive advisor at executive coaching and assessment firm Bates (a BTS company). That can result in communication problems, project issues, and delays getting deliverables across the finish line – for a start. # ⚓ Use_OpenCV_on_Fedora_Linux_‒_part_2_–_Fedora Magazine⠀⇛ Welcome back to the OpenCV series where we explore how to make use of OpenCV on Fedora Linux. The first article covered the basic functions and use cases of OpenCV. In addition to that you learned about loading images, color mapping, and the difference between BGR and RGB color maps. You also learned how to separate and merge color channels and how to convert to different color spaces. This article will cover basic image manipulation and show you how to perform image transformations including: # ⚓ What_to_do_when_Robotic_Process_Automation_is_not enough⠀⇛ With robotic process automation (RPA) tools, companies can automate human tasks with software, as a means to capture greater operating efficiencies and realize cost savings. In the financial services industry, this might mean using software to process loan applications, or to approve and fulfill a credit card request within a much shorter time frame, increasing customer retention and satisfaction. # ⚓ What’s_a_TAM_and_why_might_you_want_to_be_one?⠀⇛ A TAM is a technical account manager, but what does that even mean? The IT industry has latched into the idea of a TAM, and many companies offer TAM as a subscription. Maybe you’re curious about whether your business needs the services of a TAM, or perhaps you’re considering if you might make a good TAM. Either way, this article is for you! When I considered joining Red Hat as a TAM, I can say that the whole concept was a little fuzzy. Would I be a glorified help desk staff member? Am I working tickets? Didn’t I spend my entire career trying to move out of a support role? And, while technical support is a vital part of any enterprise, I was ready to grow… why would I go back? Well, in this article, I’ll try to demystify the position, and maybe it’ll help you decide if you’d like to be a TAM or employ one. # ⚓ COVID-19_Global_Updates:_Default_to_remote_+ vaccination_and_mask_guidance [Ed: Seems like IBM/Red Hat, following the so-called 'Linux' Foundation, will impose proprietary software and surveillance on people wishing to attend events]⠀⇛ Red Hat is extending its global default to remote guidance to the first business day of 2022. Beginning Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, Red Hatters working or gathering in a Red Hat office in the United States must be vaccinated. We are currently determining how this vaccination guidance will be extended across countries, including considering the availability of vaccines. # ⚓ A_technical_deep-dive_on_integrating_Cloudera_Data Platform_and_IBM_Cloud_Pak_for_Data⠀⇛ This blog post is the first of a three-part series authored by software developers and architects at IBM and Cloudera. This first post focuses on integration points of the recently announced joint offering: Cloudera Data Platform for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. The second post will look at how Cloudera Data Platform was installed on IBM Cloud using Ansible. And the third post will focus on lessons learned from installing, maintaining, and verifying the connectivity of the two platforms. Let’s get started! In this post we will be outlining the main integration points between Cloudera Data Platform and IBM Cloud Pak for Data, and explaining how the two distinct data and AI platforms can communicate with each other. Integrating two platforms is made easy with capabilities available out of the box for both IBM Cloud Pak for Data and Cloudera Data Platform. Establishing a connection between the two is just a few clicks away. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ This_Arduino-based_machine_is_an_easy_and_efficient way_to_cut_strips_of_paper_|_Arduino_Blog⠀⇛ Sometimes, art projects can require the creation of many different pieces of material to be used in the construction of an item. Imagine wanting to build a mosaic out of construction paper but then realizing you’ll need hundreds of tiny strips that are each cut to the exact same length. Luckily, YouTuber Mr Innovative has come up with a solution in the form of an Arduino-based paper cutter. This project follows from a recent one where he assembled an automatic wire cutting machine that can handle up to four different colors simultaneously. # § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ How_to_get_the_Android_12_Privacy_Dashboard_|_Tom’s Guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ How_to_use_Live_Captions_on_your_Android_phone_| Android_Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ Samsung’s_Android_Auto_bug_still_hasn’t_been officially_fixed_but_some_users_seem_happy_|_T3⠀⇛ # ⚓ Samsung’s_high-end_Android_tablets_could_soon_be under_threat_–_SamMobile⠀⇛ # ⚓ You_told_us:_Custom_ROMs_still_have_their_place_on Android_phones⠀⇛ # ⚓ Google_Phone_app_is_pushing_the_call_recording feature_to_more_Android_users⠀⇛ # ⚓ Pixel_5a_5G_price_and_specs_leak_out,_with_late August_launch_rumored⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_first_Android_smartphone_with_20GB_RAM_is_here_– Gizchina.com⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_Best_Android_Games_On_Sale_This_Week_–_The_Last Remnant,_Space_Invaders,_This_is_The_Police_and_More_– Droid_Gamers⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_Best_Shooter_Games_on_Android_Smartphone_– GameSpace.com⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_4_Best_Crypto_Trading_Apps_on_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ OnePlus_Nord_2_Review:_The_Mid-Range_Android Smartphone_to_Beat?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Railways_for_Android_is_a_delightful,_chaotic_indie train_simulator_|_Android_Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ Save_$300_On_The_65-inch_Sony_X90J_4K_Android_TV⠀⇛ # ⚓ Dish_Network_tipped_for_own-brand_Android_move⠀⇛ # ⚓ postmarketOS_Release:_v21.06_Service_Pack_1⠀⇛ The first service pack for the current stable branch has been released, v21.06.1. Service packs bring improvements from the edge channel of postmarketOS to the stable release after they have been thoroughly tested. # ⚓ Linux_smartphone_news_roundup:_Waydroid, postmarketOS,_Phosh,_and_MauKit_updates⠀⇛ A better method for running Android apps on Linux phones is now working on the PinePhone. More independent reviews of the JingPad A1 Linux tablet are coming in. A new service pack brings improvements to the latest stable build of the postmarketOS Linux distribution. And in this latest Linux smartphone news roundup, there are a bunch of updates related to mobile Linux distributions and apps. o § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ # ⚓ The_importance_of_LinkedIn_Pages_for_the_LibreOffice Project [Ed: Worse than foolish to make LibreOffice dependent on a manipulative_censorship_network of a LibreOffice enemy, Microsoft. Italo Vignoli wants to cancel Richard Stallman, based on lies, but he makes excuses for Microsoft, which attacks LibreOffice. But then again, Italo Vignoli is in the Board of a Microsoft-connected_front_group,_OSI.]⠀⇛ LinkedIn has reached the number of 750 million subscribers worldwide, and is now the best social media to support products, as it is used by almost 100% of enterprises (click on the above thumbnails to see the full image). The Document Foundation has launched the foundation and the LibreOffice LinkedIn pages a while ago, followed in late 2020 by the LibreOffice Enterprise LinkedIn page. These pages have grown organically during the years to reach respectively 1,169, 1.055 and 197 followers. It is now time to leverage the effective potential of these content resources for the growth of the project, especially in areas which are not directly related to the FOSS ecosystem. # ⚓ The_Apache_News_Round-up:_week_ending_6_August_2021⠀⇛ Welcome, August –we’re opening the month with another great week. Here’s what the Apache community has been up to… # § Web Browsers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Firefox_92_To_Try_Again_With_AVIF_Image_Support By_Default⠀⇛ Mozilla is trying once again to enable AVIF image decoding support by default within the Firefox web browser. AVIF is the promising image file format based on using AV1 in the HEIF file format. AVIF 1.0 was firmed up in early 2019 and supports multiple color spaces, both lossy and lossless compression methods, up to 12-bit color depth, film grain, and more. Since last year Google Chrome has fully supported AVIF images as well as support being found in WebKit and other browser engines and other desktop software and libraries. Months ago Firefox tried to enable AVIF by default but was ultimately reverted ahead of release due to lingering issues. # § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ Pgpool-II_4.2.4,_4.1.8,_4.0.15,_3.7.20_and_3.6.27 released.⠀⇛ # ⚓ pgmoneta_0.4.0⠀⇛ pgmoneta is a backup / restore solution for PostgreSQL. Read our getting started guide to setup pgmoneta for your backup needs. # § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Porting_your_code_to_C++17_with_GCC_11⠀⇛ The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), which is the standard compiler on GNU/Linux distributions such as Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, moved from version 14 to version 17 of C++ in April 2021. Thus, the - std=gnu++17 command-line option is now used by default. C++17 brings a host of new features, but also deprecates, removes, or changes the semantics of certain constructs. This article looks at some of the issues you might face when switching to GCC 11. Remember that it is always possible to use the previous version of C++ by specifying the -std=gnu++14 option. Moreover, this article deals only with the core language; we won’t discuss deprecated or removed features in the standard C++ library (such as auto_ptr). For a broader overview, I encourage visiting the paper Changes between C++14 and C++17. For more information regarding switching to using GCC 11, please see our upstream document, Porting to GCC 11. # ⚓ Learn_how_to_become_an_exceptional_developer_from Himalaya_Saxena⠀⇛ While working on an android app, you might have to switch between Linux or Ubuntu. Awareness about the environment will save your time and make you more versatile. Himalaya says he never felt the urge of mastering all the platforms, but a little exposure was sufficient for him. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Integrity/Availability⠀➾ # § Proprietary⠀➾ # § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Security_updates_for_Friday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (tomcat8), Mageia (bluez, exiv2, fetchmail, libsndfile, nodejs, php- pear, python-pillow, and rabbitmq- server), openSUSE (apache-commons- compress, balsa, djvulibre, mariadb, mysql-connector-java, nodejs8, opera, and spice-vdagent), Red Hat (ruby:2.7), SUSE (apache-commons-compress, djvulibre, java-11-openjdk, libsndfile, mariadb, nodejs8, and spice-vdagent), and Ubuntu (docker.io). # ⚓ Reproducible_Builds_(diffoscope):_diffoscope 180_released⠀⇛ The diffoscope maintainers are pleased to announce the release of diffoscope version 180. This version includes the following changes: * Don't include specific ".debug"-like lines in the output, as it invariably a duplicate of the debug ID that exists in a better form in the readelf (1) differences for this file. * Also ignore include short "GCC" lines that differs on a single prefix byte too. These are distracting, not very useful and are simply the strings(1) command's idea of the build ID, which, again, is displayed nearby in the file's diff. * Update the invocation arguments and tests for the latest version of odt2txt. ⚓ [JumpCloud]_Recent_Linux_Releases:_Desktop_MFA_&_Security_Commands⠀⇛ Operating system diversity is a defining characteristic of today’s IT environments. Windows may have dominated historically, but enterprise Mac management has evolved in a meaningful way and Linux distributions have become a critical part of IT infrastructure. Cross-OS device management is here to stay, and presents a unique challenge for IT admins. ⚓ Intel_Working_To_Combine_The_Best_Of_CET_+_CFI_Into_“FineIBT”_–_Phoronix⠀⇛ Intel security researchers have been working on implementing toolchain-optimized fine-grained Control Flow Integrity (CFI) support on top of Intel’s hardware-based Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET). By leveraging Intel CET, the Control-Flow Integrity overhead is much lower than the otherwise pure software/compiler-based approach. This Linux security improvement is being worked on under the name of FineIBT. § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ On_Apple,_Trojan_Horses_and_Truth⠀⇛ In the story of the Garden of Eden, it is said that the forbidden fruit was encouraged to be eaten by the Devil. The story goes that eating the fruit was the direct action that resulted in man to be expelled from the garden. Fast forward to 2021, Apple has now spent the past several years re-positioning itself as a privacy company. Much like the story of the Trojan Horse, which appeared to be a gift, Apple too appeared to be a truly trustable and hardlined privacy company. In the end, however, with the masses having migrated to Apple products, like Trojan Horses and Pandora’s Boxes go, there’s no turning back. Apple has scientifically proven and asserted that encrypted content scanning is absolutely possible – now it will be enforced. Some fruits really aren’t meant to be eaten. Although people get themselves caught like Hillary’s admin in terms of the emails she allegedly illegally deleted and was not jailed for, someone can also plant evidence and determine your fate. We’ve seen planted evidence from the US government. Even though the FBI was the one making the posts, a little too coincidentally, the FBI suddenly labeled forums and conspiracy theorists as terrorists. [...] Anyway, I will no longer be using Apple from this day forward, even though while getting shit on in the FOSS community for it, I continued to do so. Trust is really dead – don’t trust, verify is really where we’re at. Don’t ever let anyone tell you otherwise – without verification. § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ China:_CNIPA_And_EPO_Collaborate_To_Simplify_Patent_Application Process [Ed: The corrupt EPO management finds allies in the Communist Party of China because high levels of crimes at EPO are only tolerated in oppressive regimes (other than EU)]⠀⇛ The CNIPA and the European Patent Office (EPO) have reached a consensus that from July 1, 2021, there will be no need to submit a copy of the prior application search report made by the CNIPA when a European patent application or a Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) application claiming priority from an earlier application in China filed with the EPO enters the European phase. 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