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On desktops/laptops alone, GNU/Linux ‘proper’ is measured_at_4.2%_this_past_month. Summary: Based on the global_trends, “LINUX” market share now is in its highest level ever, not even counting Android and ChromeOS as “LINUX” (if one does count them as such, then “LINUX” is vast in terms of its userbase and its market share is about 50% on the client side, never mind servers, where GNU/ Linux has long been dominant); judging by present and past trends, maybe as soon as next year, only if one counts Android as “LINUX”, the client side will be a majority Linux (as in >50% of the whole). The corporate/mainstream media won’t tell us this because what’s left of this “media” is funded by corporations that “occupy” Linux (via the Linux_Foundation) and sent_Linus Torvalds_to_therapists,_against_his_will,_for_thoughtcrime. 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🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇ZDNet got ugly⦈ The ugly new face of ZDNet, never mind the_libel (false stories which remain online) Summary: ZDNet has just rolled out a site redesign and it’s so ugly (yet still bloated). Toxic green. It is moreover worth noting that ZDNet posted just one story about “Linux” in the past five days! It was actually a MICROSOFT story, pushing .NET into “Linux”. It seems increasingly clear, in view of vastly decreased_output_from_ZDNet_in_recent_years, that ZDNet became such an utter failure (commercially, never mind integrity quotient), so they try to ‘reinvent’ the site on the cheap to see what they can somehow salvage instead of shutting it down like the sister sites. ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⢹⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠛⠋⠉⠀⣸⠀⢸⣿⣿⣦⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡧⠤⠤⠤⣠⣤⣬⣤⣥⣤⣤⣤⣤⣧⣤⣤⣤⣤⣼⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⢥⣸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠤⠶⠾⠿⢿⠀⠸⠿⠿⠟⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⠶⢿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠀⢀⠀⢻⣿⠀⢸⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣄⣀⣀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢛⠛⠛⠋⠙⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⡛⡛⠛⠟⠛⠛⠛⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠛⠛⠛⠛⡏⢹⠛⠛⠙⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠛⠛⠋⠛⠛ ⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⡄⠈⢿⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣷⠀⠘⠀⢸⠀⠘⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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the price or takes the most toll* 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Bakkt_pyramid_scheme⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Bakkt_IPO⦈_ Summary: As it turns out, the Zemlins have a lot in common; they're_running scams_and_are_in_Microsoft's_pocket; it’s definitely relevant to Linux because of the scams (this is what the Linux_Foundation has become) and because of the obvious conflict of interest * This is definitely not off-topic (in the case of Jim Zemlin, GNU/Linux users stand to lost the most while Zemlin bags millions for selling “Linux” to the highest bidders). ⠀⠀⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣄⡀⠀⠀ ⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀ 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═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/08/19/zemlin-family-running-scams/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/08/19/zemlin-family-running-scams/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.19.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Sheela_Microsoft_(Jim_Zemlin’s_Wife)_Downplayed_‘Volatility’_Just_Weeks Before_the_Cryptocurrencies_Pyramid_Schemes_Collapsed_(That’s_Her_Business_at Bakkt!)⠀✐ Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Videos at 8:11 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz BitCoin “value has shrunk by more than 70%,” The Times reported. Weeks earlier the cryptocurrencies ‘expert’ Sheela Zemlin said this (propping up her bubble at the expense of its many imminent victims): http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sheela-zemlin.mp4 Summary: The money-obsessed Sheela_Microsoft gave a public panel_talk_earlier this_summer, apparently in April_26-28, i.e. around the time of the cryptocalypse that happened_just_weeks_later — the time the pyramid schemes were collapsing (many empty seats in her talk by the way; only 21 views in YouTube after 3 months; maybe clickfraud_Spamnil_can_help_fake/game_these numbers_with_the_botfarms as his videos have 90-95% fake ‘views’); few people are aware of Jim's_Microsoft-connected_wife (a glaring conflict of interest for the Linux_Foundation), who is promoting financial_scams based on misinformation/disinformation, just_like_her_husband ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 487 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.19.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_19/08/2022:_GCC_12.2_and_More⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 10:53 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Server o Graphics_Stack o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o BSD o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers # Mozilla_and_Tor o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o Content_Management_Systems_(CMS) o Education o GNU_Projects o Programming/Development # Python # Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh * Leftovers o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Integrity/Availability/Authenticity # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Software_Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Politics o Technical * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Linux_Around_The_World:_USA_–_Massachusetts_– LinuxLinks⠀⇛ We cover events and user groups that are running in the US state of Massachusetts. 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Full compatibility with Microsoft Office, PDF support, encryption, and advanced tools are only available when you pay for the software. 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 WPS Office on Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 22.04 and any other Debian- based distribution like Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Pop!_OS, and more as well. # ⚓ Data Swamp ☛ Solene’%_:_BTRFS_deduplication_using_bees⠀⇛ BTRFS is a Linux file system that uses a Copy On Write (COW) model. It is providing many features like on the fly compression, volumes management, snapshots and clones etc… # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Display_more_user-friendly_Linux_man pages_with_the_tldr_command_|_Enable_Sysadmin⠀⇛ The Linux man (or manual) pages are a fantastic resource. They contain detailed usage for commands, including all of their options and usages. The problem with man pages is that they may offer too much information. What if you’re already familiar with a command and just trying to remember which option you need to complete a specific task? # ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Install_NodeJS_On_Linux⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will see a brief introduction to NodeJS and then different ways to install Nodejs on Linux distributions including Arch Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, CentOS, Fedora etc. # ⚓ Citizix ☛ How_to_create_User_Register_and_Login authentication_in_Django⠀⇛ In this article, we will learn how to do user registration, login and log out on a site built with Django web framework. Django is a free and open-source, Python-based web framework that follows the model–template–views architectural pattern. Django advertises itself as “the web framework for perfectionists with deadlines” and “Django makes it easier to build better Web apps more quickly and with less code”. Django is known for the speed at which you can develop apps without compromising on robustness. # ⚓ Citizix ☛ How_to_Setup_Kubernetes_Cluster_on_Rocky_Linux/ Alma_Linux_9_using_kubeadm⠀⇛ Kubeadm is a tool built to provide best-practice “fast paths” for creating Kubernetes clusters. It performs the actions necessary to get a minimum viable, secure cluster up and running in a user friendly way. Kubeadm’s scope is limited to the local node filesystem and the Kubernetes API, and it is intended to be a composable building block of higher level tools. In this guide we will learn how to set up kubernetes in Rocky Linux 8 server. # ⚓ H2S Media ☛ Allow_launching_Linux_desktop_shortcut_files using_command_terminal⠀⇛ Have you created a Desktop shortcut file for your app and want to make it executable and allow launching using the command terminal? Then, here is the way to do that. Creating a desktop shortcut for a manually installed application on Linux is not easy as we have in Windows. It is because we have to manually mark the created shortcuts executable due to security reasons. Although most of the GUI programs on Linux automatically create the launcher shortcuts, the same is not true for Desktop shortcuts. # ⚓ Its FOSS ☛ How_to_Create_and_Switch_Workspaces_in_Linux Mint_–_It’s_FOSS⠀⇛ Workspaces are a nice, neat way to organize your work. Suppose you have too many applications open. Your taskbar will be cluttered and it might be difficult for you to find/move between different programs. Workspaces come in handy in this situation. You can group applications in different workspaces. So, let’s say you have many programming-related applications opened. And you are also working on documentation. # ⚓ How_to_Reboot_Linux_–_Pi_My_Life_Up⠀⇛ This guide will cover several commands you can use to restart your Linux systems using the terminal. Rebooting Linux is a straightforward process and can be done using some very simple commands. The commands we will cover should work on most Linux distributions, including Ubuntu and Debian. We won’t be covering how to use the desktop interface to restart your system since this can differ hugely depending on your Linux flavor. Please note to restart your device using the terminal. You will need to have super user privileges. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Dead_Cells_price_hike_in_Argentina_&_Turkey due_to_cross-region_purchases⠀⇛ Motion Twin / Evil Empire have announced that Dead Cells is increasing in price in Argentina & Turkey, as it seems too many people were taking advantage of the cheaper prices from other countries. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Capes_is_a_gritty_superpowered_turn-based strategy_RPG_from_ex-Hand_of_Fate_devs⠀⇛ Love your superhero stuff? Keep an eye on Capes, an upcoming turn-based strategy RPG full of people with superpowers. It’s being developed by Spitfire Interactive, who have risen from the ashes of Defiant Development who created the Hand of Fate series. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Get_a_couple_treats_in_the_new_Linux_& Thrills_bundle_on_Steam⠀⇛ Hanoi Studios have today put up their second multi- developer bundle on Steam, with a primary focus on highlighting studios that support Linux. Their first bundle was Linux & Chill that went live on Steam back in 2021 and now we have a new collection. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Reddit_Bans_‘/r/PiratedGames’_for_Excessive Copyright_Claims_(Updated)⠀⇛ Reddit’s/r/PiratedGames, a thriving community of more than 300,000 members, was banned yesterday for excessive copyright infringement. The subreddit didn’t tolerate links to infringing content but some posts and comments still slipped through. Reddit notes that the ban is justified under its repeat infringer policy but the sub’s moderators say that they were never warned. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Covert_Critter_is_basically_Metal_Gear Solid_with_lizards⠀⇛ Sneaking out at some point, Covert Critter is an upcoming stealth action game that will have Native Linux support. It’s also pretty much Metal Gear Solid with animals. No really, it looks exactly like the classic and is obviously something of a homage to it and a demo is available. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ There’s_a_new_bundle_with_some_Paradox Interactive_titles⠀⇛ The weekend is coming closer and you want some new games? Check out the small Paradox Interactive bundle from Humble Bundle with a few of what they’ve published. As usual now I’ll be going over each game to list the Steam Deck Verified rating plus either Native Linux status or ProtonDB ranking so you’ve got the full picture. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Embracer_Group_to_swallow_up_Tripwire, Tuxedo_Labs,_The_Lord_of_the_Rings⠀⇛ Embracer Group are quite terrifying. The amount of power they have in the gaming industry is simply insane and now they’re swallowing up more studios and even the full rights to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ SteamOS_3.4_Beta_to_update_the_Arch_Linux base,_new_Steam_Deck_updates_out_now⠀⇛ Valve has announced three things recently including multiple updates that are out now for the Steam Deck, plus a quick tease of what’s to come for a Beta of SteamOS 3.4. # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ sssnake_–_A_Super_Addictive_Snake_Game_for Linux_Terminal⠀⇛ Try out this fun sssnake game in your Linux terminal. Spending too much time on Linux, in general can be counter-productive. Our brain is not designed to work continuously. That’s why you need some activities to free up your mind. Some take walks, have coffee breaks, and go for a drive. But for some who can’t leave the desktop – there are very few choices to relax. Here’s a classic snake game which only requires a terminal for you. Whil;e it may not be the ultimate solution, but hey, give it a try. # ⚓ Linux Shell Tips ☛ sssnake_–_A_Classic_Snake_Game_for_Your Linux_Terminal⠀⇛ It is true that all work and no play make a Linux user less productive. Spending too much time on the Linux terminal can have advantages and disadvantages. For instance, your computing skills, knowledge, and experience improve each time you interact with the Linux terminal. On the other hand, we can never ignore the burnout effect associated with spending too much time on the Linux command-line environment. Sometimes we need a break from our computing objectives for our productivity level to resume. # ⚓ Linux Shell Tips ☛ Mazter_Game_–_A_Maze_in_Your_Linux Terminal⠀⇛ One qualification of joining the Linux operating system fraternity is that you must be obsessed with mazes. Fortunately enough, there cannot be a single Linux user that does not like mazes. It is an enjoyable addiction that has defined our way of life in the Linux system environment. # ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ The_BBS_is_back_On-Line,_with_more_games_a- comin’!⠀⇛ One of the chief goals of The House of Lunduke BBS is to preserve the best of 1980’s and 1990s BBS gaming — in all its ANSI, colorful text art glory. With that goal in mind, I recently took the BBS Off-Line for a much needed retro-fit… in order to properly accommodate a wider selection of classic BBS “Door” Games. That retro-fit is now complete and The House of Lunduke BBS is back On-Line and rocking! o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Its FOSS ☛ Krita_5.1_Focuses_on_Improved_Usability, Handy_Changes_to_Tools,_and_Much_More!⠀⇛ Just at the end of last year, we had covered an article on Krita 5.0. This was a big update that brought a lot of new features and changes. For those unaware, Krita is a popular open- source graphics design software up there with the likes of GIMP and Photoshop. Krita has just finally received a new minor update after eight long months. Let’s take a look at what this release brings! # ⚓ KDE_neon:_Jammy_Porting_Update⠀⇛ As with any software or engineering project there’s not much point in putting a deadline on it, it’ll be ready when it’s ready. As a moving target the builds are often two steps forward and one step back cos suddenly there’s a new KDE Gear that needs built. But we’ll be with you soon * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Unix Men ☛ What’s_Good_About_MX_Linux:_Easy,_Simple,_And_Fast⠀⇛ Whether you’re new to Linux and looking for a convenient and lightweight distro or are a Linux power user on the hunt for a simple distro that works out of the box, MX Linux may be what you’re looking for. The distribution is based on Debian’s Stable branch and is the product of the cooperative venture between former MEPIS communities, MX Linux, and antiX communities. MX Linux has come a long way since its release in 2013, staying on top of the rankings on distrowatch for three years in a row, from 2019 to 2021. Boasting simplicity, stability, and solid performance, the distro woos users with its sophisticated graphical tools. Furthermore, it inherits the Live USB and snapshot tools from antiX, making it impressively portable. The easy-to-use forum, extensive documentation, and rich collection of videos offer superior support compared to many distros. In this brief review, we take you over all the details you need to know about MX Linux before deciding to give it a boot on your machine. [...] Besides standing out as an excellent choice for new Linux users looking for a user-friendly interface, MX Linux also offers everything a seasoned user would expect out of a powerful and capable distro. The lightweight distro has a simple and inviting interface, and the wide range of apps installed right out of the box is the cherry on top. Make sure you give MX Linux a test run to see how you like it – as far as the Linux community is concerned, this distro is among the best out there. o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ FreeBSD_–_a_lesson_in_poor_defaults⠀⇛ This page lists some of the changes I make to a vanilla install of FreeBSD for security hardening. Some changes to increase network performance or make things a bit more more sane are also included. It only covers basic changes that a sysadmin can make to a running system. It could also be considered a commentary piece on the state of security in FreeBSD’s development ecosystem, highlighting their strong resistance to change and unwillingness to replace old cruft with modern alternatives. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Micro_5.3 Public_Beta_(Beta_2)_is_out!⠀⇛ 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. We are eager and excited to retrieve your feedback on this new version of our beloved SLE Micro product! As with any SUSE Public Beta Program, we have a public mailing list in place for technical and product discussion as well as a bugzilla setup to be used for bug report. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ My_journey_with_Kubernetes_| Opensource.com⠀⇛ Recently, I published my first book, The Kubernetes Operator Framework Book from Packt Publishing. Writing a book has always been a personal goal of mine, and so it seems fitting that I was able to check that off by writing about one of my favorite topics: Kubernetes. My journey with Kubernetes began in 2016, as a software engineer for Red Hat OpenShift. There, I had the opportunity to work with (and learn from) some of the smartest folks in the open source community. I learned first-hand some of the best practices for Kubernetes development as they were applied to broad enterprise use cases. And as I watched the development of OpenShift 4 take shape, I got to witness the functionality of Kubernetes Operators cranked to the max as the platform was built almost entirely around the Operator pattern. There, Operators were not just minor automation or deployment controllers; they were literally powering an entire Kubernetes distribution. I just happened to be lucky enough to have front-row seats to a transformative display of Operators in action. Unfortunately, I still meet people in the community who are confused about Operators, how they work, and the benefits they can bring to cloud developers and customers. It seems that Operators are a topic about which many are curious, but few have the resources to truly invest in exploring. # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ What_IT_leaders_need_to_know_about Mergers_&_Acquisitions⠀⇛ When it comes to mergers & acquisitions (M&As), early and thorough planning of all aspects of business recombination helps to create immediate post-transaction value. Organizations that prepare early and prioritize smooth integration of teams will enjoy more frictionless operations post-merger and a better chance of immediate success. However, one factor that’s overlooked all too often is smoothly integrating and merging the IT infrastructure. Failing to build an IT strategy that efficiently integrates IT systems post-merger can increase cost and decrease ROI down the line, putting your organization’s long-term success at risk. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Radair_mini_gateway_–_A_3-in-1_LoRaWAN gateway,_Helium_miner,_and_environmental_monitoring_station⠀⇛ We’re told the Radair mini gateway can mine HNT, and will also support IOT and HWIFI allowing users to earn tokens over WiFi besides LoRaWAN. The Bosch sensor will help “contribute data and better understand your environment”, while Wi-Fi 6E will increase coverage and support future networks. The GPS and barometric pressure (altitude) sensor will allegedly make the gateway future-proof against changes in earning protocols. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ David Rosenthal ☛ Optical_Media_Durability_Update⠀⇛ Three years ago I repeated the mind-numbing process of feeding 45 disks through the reader and verifying their checksums. Two years ago I did it again, and then again a year ago. It is time again for this annual chore, and yet again this year every single MD5 was successfully verified. Below the fold, the details. # ⚓ Jeff Geerling ☛ 6_Raspberry_Pis,_6_SSDs_on_a_Mini_ITX Motherboard⠀⇛ The Turing Pi 2 offers some unique features, like Jetson Nano compatibility, remote management, a fully managed Ethernet switch (capable of VLAN support and link aggregation). But if you just want to slap a bunch of Raspberry Pis inside a tiny form factor, the Super6c is about as trim as you can get—and it’s available today! # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ CrowPi_L_laptop_review⠀⇛ As with the CrowPi 2, the Crowtail Starter Kit elevates this laptop. The electronics kit comes with 22 modules: LCD, micro-speed motor, 9 g servo, battery pack, and a button, buzzer, and sensors, plus an infrared remote control. There’s everything you need here to create a vast range of different builds, and a manual walks you through 21 builds, from Hello World to a remote-control door. # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Zero_Personal_Digital Assistant⠀⇛ With Kian Ryan’s latest project, a Psion 5MX personal digital assistant, popular in the late 1990s, has been turned into a portable Linux terminal, thanks to the addition of a Raspberry Pi Zero computer. The idea grew off the back of another project. # ⚓ MJ Fransen ☛ OpenBSD_7.1_on_the_Olimex_A20-OlinuXino-LIME2 –_box.matto.nl⠀⇛ The Olimex A20-OlinuXino-LIME2 is an older board with a 32-bits Allwinner A20 dual core Cortex-A7 processor running at 1 GHz and 1 Gb DDR3 RAM. This board comes with a SATA connector, which was a distinctive feature at the time it was introduced. It also has a HDMI connector, 1 Gb ethernet, and a LCD connector. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Advertisement_&_Consulting_Services_–_CNX Software⠀⇛ Blues Wireless Sparrow is a LoRaWAN solution designed to connect a group of low-cost, low-power device sensors for shared data backhaul to the cloud. It is comprised of STMicro STM32WLE5 LoRa- based sensors whose data is then routed through the company’s Notecard-powered WiFi or cellular gateway and ultimately a cloud app hosted on AWS, Microsoft Azure, or other IoT cloud platforms. The company claims the Notecard and Sparrow solutions ease the development of IoT networks in a way that was previously only available “to sophisticated engineering firms”, and now Blues Wireless supports cellular, WiFi, and LPWAN technologies. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Evening Standard UK ☛ Best_Android_smartwatches_of_2022 tried_and_tested_|_Evening_Standard⠀⇛ # ⚓ Computer World ☛ 10_tricks_for_more_efficient_Android messaging_|_Computerworld⠀⇛ # ⚓ Google_Assistant_stuck_in_dark_mode_after_Android_13_stable update⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_13_breaks_wireless_charging_on_some Pixel_phones⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Reddit’s_themed_app_icon_for_Android_13_is officially_here⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gadgets Now ☛ gmail:_How_to_disable_nudges_in_Gmail,_Google Messages_on_your_Android_device⠀⇛ # ⚓ Wired ☛ Sony_Xperia_1_IV_Review:_An_Absurdly_Priced_Android Phone_|_WIRED⠀⇛ # ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Why_I_sold_my_iPhone_for_this_Android_phone you’ve_never_heard_of_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2_Ways_To_Block_YouTube_Channels_and_Videos_On_Android_TV and_Phone⠀⇛ # ⚓ Lifewire ☛ Turns_Out,_Security_Is_Really_Important_to People_Who_Use_Android_Phones⠀⇛ # ⚓ Sony_Xperia_Pro_just_became_an_even_more_appealing_Android phone_|_T3⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Android_13_is_already_working_on_Qualcomm Robotics_RB3_and_RB5_platforms_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ # ⚓ How_Safe_Is_Android_13?_Concerns_Arise_As_Malware Developers_Bypass_Its_New_‘Restricted_Setting’_/_Digital Information_World⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Samsung_Galaxy_Watch_5_review:_if_it_only_had_a better_battery_–_The_Verge⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Headlines ☛ The_Best_Selling_Smartphone_Of_2021 Finally_Gets_Android_12_Update⠀⇛ # ⚓ SiriusXM_app_down_and_not_working_on_Android,_fix_being worked_on⠀⇛ # ⚓ Sony_Xperia_Pro_just_became_an_even_more_appealing_Android phone_|_T3⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers⠀➾ # § Mozilla and Tor⠀➾ # ⚓ Ghacks ☛ Mozilla_plans_to_add_Text_Recognition support_to_Firefox⠀⇛ The feature is enabled by default in the latest Firefox Nightly version for Apple Mac devices. All users have to do is to right- click on any image that is displayed in Firefox and select the “copy text from image” option of the context menu. # ⚓ Tor ☛ Open_Call_for_Tor_Board_Candidates⠀⇛ We are happy to announce that for the first time the Tor Project Board is publishing an open call for candidates to become new members of the Board. The goal of this open call is to provide a way for the whole community to participate in this process. We believe that this new process will not only help us find great new members for our Board but will also generate new relationships and get us to get closer to the communities that Tor serves. o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ LibreOffice_7.4_arrives⠀⇛ LibreOffice provides native support for the OpenDocument Format (ODF), while offering “superior” support for Microsoft Office files, as well as filters for a wide range of legacy document formats. New features across LibreOffice 7.4 include support for WebP images and EMZ/WMZ files, help pages for the ScriptForge scripting library, a Search field in the Extension Manager, and performance and compatibility improvements. o § Content Management Systems (CMS)⠀➾ # ⚓ Its FOSS ☛ FOSS_Weekly_#22.30:_Apt_Package_Management, Atomic_Updates_in_Deepin_23_and_More_Linux_Stuff⠀⇛ This is the new format of the It’s FOSS weekly newsletter and it even has got a (new) name: FOSS Weekly. It is part of the It’s FOSS News website and you can read it on the website as well. The news website has also got a makeover as it is now using the Ghost framework. I hope you like it. You can provide me with your feedback by hitting the reply button or leaving a comment. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Def_Con_banned_a_social_engineering_star_—_now he’s_suing⠀⇛ The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on August 3rd and names Hadnagy as the plaintiff, with Def Con Communications Inc. and the conference founder, Jeff Moss, also known as “The Dark Tangent,” as defendants. Papers were served to Jeffrey McNamara, attorney for Moss, at the conference in Las Vegas this year. o § GNU Projects⠀➾ # ⚓ GCC ☛ GCC_12.2_Released⠀⇛ The GNU Compiler Collection version 12.2 has been released. GCC 12.2 is the first bug-fix release from the GCC 12 branch containing important fixes for regressions and serious bugs in GCC 12.1 with more than 71 bugs fixed since the previous release. This release is available from the WWW servers listed here: https://sourceware.org/pub/gcc/releases/gcc-12.2.0/ https://gcc.gnu.org/mirrors.html Please do not contact me directly regarding questions or comments about this release. Instead, use the resources available from http://gcc.gnu.org. As always, a vast number of people contributed to this GCC release -- far too many to thank them individually! o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Community_Call_to_Action_for_ISC_Grant_Proposal Ideas_|_R-bloggers⠀⇛ Every year, The R Consortium Infrastructure Steering Committee (ISC) conducts two cycles of calling for proposals and awarding grants for projects that will enhance the technical infrastructure of the R ecosystem in a way that will benefit a significant portion of the R Community. The second 2022 ISC “Call for Proposals” will open on September 1st. With this post, the ISC would like to solicit ideas from the greater R Community about areas where it is important to extend R’s capabilities, or perhaps to identify new frontiers for R. Are there applications in the Arts, Business, Climate Science, Engineering, Epidemiology, Finance, Geology, the Humanities, Insurance, Mathematics, Medicine, Music, Numerical Analysis, Sociology, Virology, Zoology or any other field that would enhance R in a way that would be meaningful to a significant portion of the R Community or significantly grow the R Community? # ⚓ Remy Van Elst ☛ Responsive_Qt/QML_layout_coming_to_Leaf Node_Monitoring_–_Raymii.org⠀⇛ Leaf Node Monitoring is my own open source (GPLv3), paid, network monitoring program for Windows, Linux & Android. Written in C++ & Qt 5. Perfect to run on your desktop and monitor your servers. Simple setup, auto-detects running services, runs checks concurrently and alerting. This post shows another upcoming feature in the next version, responsive layouting to more effectively use screen real estate. # ⚓ Qt ☛ New_in_Qt_6.4:_FrameAnimation⠀⇛ In this blog post we try to solve the classical “Mouse chasing Mouse” -problem. Don’t know it? No problem, nobody does. But if you are interested in Qt Quick, smooth animations and what’s new in Qt 6.4 (Beta3 was just released!), please continue reading and you’ll find out! # ⚓ Remi_Collet:_PHP_version_8.0.23RC1_and_8.1.10RC1⠀⇛ Release Candidate versions are available in testing repository for Fedora and Enterprise Linux (RHEL / CentOS / Alma / Rocky and other clones) to allow more people to test them. They are available as Software Collections, for a parallel installation, perfect solution for such tests, and also as base packages. # ⚓ Daniel Stenberg ☛ 100,000_words_|_daniel.haxx.se⠀⇛ With just a month left until its seventh birthday, everything curl has now surpassed this amazing milestone. The book now contains more than 100,000 words. Distributed over 883 sections. All written in glorious markdown. Two years ago when we celebrated its 5th birthday, it was still this measly thin “pamphlet” of 72,000 words. It has grown by almost 40% over the last two years. The average word length in the book is now 5.25 characters and all this is spread out over 14,900 lines (in the source markdowns). 63 individuals have had their commits merged. I have great help from people to polish off weird language and wrong English. My ambition with this book remains the same: to document everything there is to tell about curl and libcurl from every aspect. Code, use, development, project, background, future, philosophy and more. # ⚓ Aral Balkan ☛ Lipstick_on_a_Pig:_learning_the_most important_lesson_in_design⠀⇛ I just released a little tool called Lipstick on a Pig that helps keep the visual appearance of supported command-line applications in sync with the current light/dark mode setting (colour scheme) of your system in GNOME. But why is this tool even necessary to begin with? Let’s start at the beginning… # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ James Bennett ☛ Understanding_async_Python_for_the web⠀⇛ Recently Django 4.1 was released, and the thing most people seem interested in is the expanded async support. Meanwhile, for the last couple years the Python web ecosystem as a whole has been seeing new frameworks pop up which are fully async, or support going fully async, from the start. But this raises a lot of questions, like: just what is “async” Python? Why do people care about it so much? And is it really that useful for building web apps? What are all these new frameworks and other tools about? So let’s dive in. If you already have a good understanding of how async Python works, or how async implementations in another language work, a lot of the next few sections may be remedial for you, so you should feel free to scroll past to the actual summaries of what’s going on with async in the Python web world, though there are a couple Python-specific bits that might still be useful to know. # ⚓ Python_Arithmetic_Operators⠀⇛ You will likely need to use Python’s arithmetic operators as they allow you to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, modulus, exponent, and floor division on two or more values. Below is a table that goes through each arithmetic operator you can use within Python. Further down the page, we go through each operator in more detail. However, the table is an excellent quick reference guide. # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ James G ☛ TIL:_Terminal_shortcuts⠀⇛ This command replaces the text after the first arrow with the text after the second arrow then runs the revised command in your terminal. Now I no longer have to hold the right arrow key on my keyboard to replace the typo at the beginning of a long command. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ The Nation ☛ How_to_Fornicate⠀⇛ o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Patrick_Lawrence:_A_Hall_of_Mirrors⠀⇛ o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Broken_College_Ranking_System⠀⇛ A fairer rankings system would highlight universities like Georgia State and CUNY, whose mission is to help students from poor families enter the middle class, rather than fixating on institutions … o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Björn Wärmedal ☛ How_Many_Computers_Do_You_Have?⠀⇛ I don’t have a solid definition of what constitutes a computer here, but I assume that all of these contain some part that works as a von Neumann machine. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Hollywood Reporter ☛ Instagram,_Snapchat,_TikTok_Cause Mental_Health_Problems_in_Teens,_Lawsuits_Claim⠀⇛ The lawsuits — the latest in a string of cases linking social media to mental health problems in minors — assert product liability claims to get around Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a federal law shielding tech companies from liability arising from content of third parties. They advance a theory arguing that platforms like Facebook are essentially defective products that lead to injuries, including eating disorders, anxiety and suicide. At least 20 such lawsuits have been filed across the country citing the Facebook Papers, a trove of internal company documents leaked by whistleblower Frances Haugen last year, with dozens more expected to come. # ⚓ Salon ☛ Bee_genocide_may_have_been_caused_by_insecticides that_make_bees_unable_to_walk_in_a_straight_line⠀⇛ But while neonicotinoids were tied to colony collapse disorder, it was less clear precisely what the insecticide was doing to bees. Now, a new study has made that question a little easier to answer: honeybees which are exposed to neonicotinoids — as well as to a separate insecticide, sulfoxaflor — have a more difficult time walking in a straight line. In other words, it seems to intoxicate them in a way that makes them vulnerable. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Stop_Telling_Americans_That_They’re_“Tired_of Covid”⠀⇛ Since last winter, the Biden administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic—at its best never very inspiring—has continued giving up the ghost. Amid a record-breaking level of infections and deaths in the Omicron wave earlier this year, Americans saw the rollback of indoor masking mandates in many states—soon followed by the repeal of the federal mask mandate on public transportation. In February, the CDC reshaped its own guidelines about local Covid risk in a way that will permit the public to be blindsided by surges; last week, its guidance was loosened even further. Currently, the United States faces the recent emergence of a highly transmissible new variant, the prospect of 100 million new infections this fall, and the alarming news that one in five people who test positive will experience symptoms of long Covid. National Covid fatalities remain at “a horrible plateau.” o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Instagram_gets_mean_about_sending_video_clips to_TikTok⠀⇛ Instagram is tired of creators making their videos in Reels and then heading over to TikTok. While using Reels this week, The Verge discovered that when trying to download an edited clip to an iPhone, the audio from the clip disappeared. This means if you want to export the footage from Reels to use in another app, you have to actually post the Reel first in order to save the sound. As recently as late July, it was possible to download the clip with audio and use it in a separate app — like, say, TikTok — without posting it first. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Apple_warns_of_vulnerability_in_its_operating systems,_advises_to_update_software⠀⇛ Apple (AAPL) said the vulnerabilities give [crackers] the ability to take control of a device’s operating system to “execute arbitrary code” and potentially infiltrate devices through “maliciously crafted web content.” # ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ Teams,_Slack,_and_Discord_in_Retrospect⠀⇛ An open-source alternative didn’t win. Mattermost is an open-source alternative to Slack and Teams. It found its niche among privacy-conscious and self-hosting enthusiasts but not mass adoption. The interesting hypothesis here is that if Slack’s API became deeply integrated into a company’s infrastructure, you’d imagine an open-source solution would be the best option. # ⚓ The Hill ☛ Estonia_thwarts_cyberattack_following_removal_of Soviet_monument⠀⇛ Estonia has become a leading cyber power since it fell victim to a series of destructive cyberattacks in 2007 that targeted key institutions including its foreign and defense ministries, banks and media outlets. Those attacks were in response to Estonia’s decision to remove a Soviet war monument from its capital city. # ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ PayPal_Phishing_Scam_Uses_Invoices_Sent Via_PayPal⠀⇛ Scammers are using invoices sent through PayPal.com to trick recipients into calling a number to dispute a pending charge. The missives — which come from Paypal.com and include a link at Paypal.com that displays an invoice for the supposed transaction — state that the user’s account is about to be charged hundreds of dollars. Recipients who call the supplied toll-free number to contest the transaction are soon asked to download software that lets the scammers assume remote control over their computer. o § Security⠀➾ # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ Responsible_Disclosure:_XSS_in Macmillan’s_Website⠀⇛ Macmillan don’t have a publicly available security.txt contact – so I dropped them an email. Their website was built by Supadü who also don’t provide a dedicated way for security researchers to contact them – so another email was sent off. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ Tesla:_The_ultimate_example_of_data privacy_vs_convenience⠀⇛ Three months ago, we downgraded from two cars to one. That one is a 2022 Tesla Model 3. We absolutely love it, and so far, it’s met or exceeded all of our expectations. It’s a very connected car, of course. Yet, unlike most connected devices we purchase, we didn’t really review the data privacy implications of owning a Tesla before we ordered it. So why am I thinking about it now, when it’s too late to do anything about it? A series of articles on Tesla’s data collection and data usage from IEEE Spectrum reminded me of something I shouldn’t need reminding about when it comes to data privacy vs. convenience. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Ministry_looks_into_using_fingerprint_data_to fight_crime⠀⇛ In 2009, an EU regulation required member states to add fingerprints to national passports and travel documents. As of 2021, fingerprints will also be taken from those wishing to apply for identification cards. Prints are stored on chips in passports and ID cards, as well as in the police passport and ID card data registers. Currently, fingerprint data from these registers can only be used to identify passport and ID card applicants or to identify an unidentified victim. # ⚓ EFF ☛ Arrest_of_a_Stalkerware-maker_in_Australia Underscores_Link_Between_Stalkerware_and_Domestic Abuse⠀⇛ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Greek_Intelligence_Service_Boss_Resigns After_Journalist,_Opposition_Party_Member_Targeted_With Phone_Malware⠀⇛ There’s another player in the phone malware game. NSO is far from the only malware merchant out there. Its products are the most well-known and the most dangerous, thanks to zero-click deployment options. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Stan_Cox,_Angry_White_Guys_in_Big-Ass_Pickups⠀⇛ In the United States during 16 months in 2020 and 2021, vehicles rammed into groups of protesters at least 139 times, according to a Boston Globe analysis. Three victims died and at least 100 were injured. Consider that a new level of all-American barbarity, thanks to the growing toxicity of right- wing politics, empowered by its embrace of ever- larger, more menacing vehicles being cranked out by the auto industry. # ⚓ VOA News ☛ Zelenskyy_Calls_for_UN_to_Secure_Ukraine_Nuclear Plant⠀⇛ “Common sense must prevail to avoid any actions that might endanger the physical integrity, safety or security of the nuclear plant,” Guterres said. “The facility must not be used as part of any military operation. Instead, agreement is urgently needed to reestablish Zaporizhzhia as purely civilian infrastructure and to ensure the safety of the area. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_rejects_proposal_for_demilitarized_zone around_Zaporizhzhia_nuclear_plant_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian Foreign Ministry has rejected a proposal from UN Secretary-General António Guterres to create a demilitarized zone around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). Ministry spokesperson Ivan Nechayev claimed demilitarization would make the facility “even more vulnerable,” according to Interfax. The rejection came on the same day that Guterres met for talks with Ukraine’s President Zelensky in Ukraine. # ⚓ BBC ☛ Ukraine_war:_Damage_to_nuclear_plant_would_be_suicide –_UN_chief⠀⇛ In recent weeks the area around the facility, which Russia seized in March, has come under heavy artillery fire, with both Kyiv and Moscow blaming each other for the attacks. Ahead of Thursday’s meeting Mr Zelensky criticised “deliberate” Russian attacks on the power plant. Moscow is accused of turning the facility into an army base, with all three leaders urging the Russians to demilitarise the zone as soon as possible. # ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ Ukraine_war_veterans_on_how_Kiev_plundered US_aid,_wasted_soldiers,_endangered_civilians,_and_lost_the war⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_The_US_Owes_Compensation_to_Iraqi Burn_Pit_Victims_Too⠀⇛ On August 10, United States President Joe Biden signed the PACT Act, aiding approximately 3.5 million American veterans with severe medical conditions linked to toxic exposure to burn pits during service, including in Iraq and Afghanistan. Open air pits of military waste, sometimes as large as football fields, are burned to destroy munitions, chemicals, plastics, and medical and human waste, typically using jet fuel. Used widely until at least 2010, burn pits were still permitted at least as of last year, when waste management facilities were not available. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Watchdog:_Secret_Service_Didn’t_Notify Capitol_Police_of_Threat_to_Pelosi_Until_After_Jan._6 Attack⠀⇛ Amid heightened scrutiny of the U.S. Secret Service over missing text messages related to the January 6, 2021 attack, an independent watchdog revealed Wednesday that the agency waited until after the insurrection to notify Capitol Police of a threat against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “Why did the agency wait two days, until after the Capitol had been breached and congressional leaders were in hiding, to pass it along?” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Outrage_as_Israeli_Forces_Raid,_Shutter Offices_of_Top_Palestinian_Rights_Groups⠀⇛ Israeli forces raided, ransacked, and shuttered the offices of several top Palestinian civil society groups in the West Bank in the early hours of Thursday morning, a move the organizations denounced as retaliation for their efforts to end the decades-long occupation and hold Israel accountable for its ongoing war crimes. Al-Haq, Addameer, the Bisan Center for Research and Development, Defense for Children International- Palestine, the Union of Agricultural Workers Committees (UAWC), and the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees (UPWC) were among the groups whose West Bank offices were stormed by Israel, which has accused the organizations of harboring ties to “terrorists.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_With_Wars_to_Wage,_Who_Can_Afford Peace?⠀⇛ Texas and Arizona have begun busing refugees at their border—at a cost of millions—up to a couple liberal Northern cities . . . let’s see how they like it! # ⚓ Meduza ☛ The_growing_risk_of_escalation:_The_war_in_Ukraine has_reached_a_stalemate._Here’s_why_it’s_unlikely_to_last._— Meduza⠀⇛ In the 40 days since the Russian army captured the city of Lysychansk, it hasn’t gained more than seven miles of ground anywhere along the 620-mile front between Kharkiv and Kherson. Neither has Ukraine’s army — despite reports from Kyiv that it would launch a major counteroffensive over the summer. With both sides ostensibly unable to mount an offensive large enough to alter the course of the war, it’s safe to say the fighting has reached a stalemate. But it’s also clear that neither side is happy with the front line where it sits right now, taking even a tentative peace agreement off the table. That leaves two possibilities: a frozen conflict (effectively a loss for both sides) or an escalation. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Rights_activists_say_Russia_is_recruiting_remand prisoners_to_fight_in_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia is recruiting remand prisoners to fight in Ukraine, human rights activist and Russia Behind Bars founder Olga Romanova said on Wednesday. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Want_to_Stop_Burmese_Military_Atrocities? Sanction_Oil_and_Gas⠀⇛ To be sure, the execution of the democracy activists on July 25 was not the first time the Burmese military has killed civilians. By most estimates, the junta has murdered nearly 2,200 pro- democracy activists, civil disobedience demonstrators, and other civilians since seizing power in a lawless coup in February 2021. Thousands more have been detained, arrested, tortured, and disappeared. The Burmese military also wages a terrorizing air campaign in areas of the country populated mostly by ethnic minorities—burning down and decimating villages with reckless disregard for human life. And this is not even to mention the campaign of genocide they began against the country’s Rohingya ethnic minority even before coup took place; this month will mark five years that the campaign has been active. But the July 25 murder of the four activists marked the first official executions the regime has carried out in more than three decades. They also targeted beloved high-profile members of the country’s pro-democracy movement who have resisted military rule for decades. As such, the executions marked a new escalation of the military’s campaign of terror.  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ At_least_17_dead_and_dozens_injured_in_Kharkiv after_overnight_shelling_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Kharkiv, Ukraine. At around 9:30 pm on Wednesday, August 17 a dormitory came under fire in the Saltivskiy district, the largest residential neighborhood in the city, which has been under constant shelling since the beginning of the Russian invasion. According to preliminary reports from Oleh Synyehubov, head of the Kharkiv region, the three-story building was hit by a Russian Iskander missile (according to other reports, a Kalibr missile) and was completely destroyed. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘They’re_not_counting_on_people_making_it_home’ How_a_prisoner’s_wife_thwarted_the_Wagner_Group’s_attempt_to send_inmates_to_fight_in_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ In early July 2022, reports began to circulate that the Wagner private military company was recruiting Russian prisoners to fight in the war against Ukraine. The recruitment campaign quickly gained momentum and, according to the investigative outlet Verstka and the rights group Russia Behind Bars, Wagner representatives had visited 21 Russian penal colonies in 13 different regions by mid-August. Recruiters offered inmates up to 200,000 rubles ($3,341) and amnesty in exchange for going to the front for six months. In most penal colonies, according to Verstka, about 20 percent of convicts accepted Wagner’s offer. In one, though, the recruiters were met with unexpected resistance when the wife of one inmate filed six complaints with various authorities demanding they explain the scheme’s legality. The local division of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) ultimately sent a team to investigate. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Turkey’s_Erdogan_and_UN’s_Guterres_meet_with Zelensky_in_Lviv_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and UN Secretary- General António Guterres held a meeting at Lviv’s Potocki Palace on Thursday, August 17. The talks marked Erdogan’s first visit to Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale war in February. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ New_FSB_proposal_would_apply_‘foreign_agent’ designation_to_anyone_who_informs_foreigners_of_Russian_troop movements_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has published a new draft order that would expand the list of types of information that could be “used to threaten the security of the Russian Federation” if given to foreign entities. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ UK_Pushes_Mountain_Destruction_on Montenegro_as_Green_Policy⠀⇛ Quick, something must be done! Presumably without asking the opinion of the people of the United Kingdom, British Ambassador to Montenegro Karen Maddox has now stepped in to fend off the continuation of many centuries of peaceful and sustainable pastoral living on Sinjajevina. She has informed the poor ignorant Montenegrins that the Salisbury Plain and Stonehenge are more, not less, natural because of the occupation of that area by a military training ground — a peaceful and integral part of the ecosystem for over a century. In other words, the residents of Sinjajevina could protect it even more than they are now if only they would agree to exploding lots of weaponry on it — sheep-friendly weaponry no doubt. UK military experts have jetted into Montenegro to authoritatively make the case. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ How_the_Saudis_are_Trying_to_Hijack Golf…With_Trump’s_Help⠀⇛ Will it work this time? The jury has been out since the new Saudi-funded LIV Tour made an early August stop at the Trump National Golf Course in Bedminster, New Jersey. (That LIV comes from the roman numerals for 54, the number of holes in one of its tourneys.) And I’m sure you won’t be surprised to learn that it was hosted by a former president so well known for flouting golf’s rules that he earned the title Commander-in-Cheat for what, in the grand scheme of things, may be the least of his sins. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Guns_and_Youth_Suicide:_the_Risks_of_Easy Access⠀⇛ Between 2011 and 2020, the most recent decade for which data is available, 14,763 children ages 5-17 died by suicide in the U.S. – a rate of approximately four deaths every day. Over 40% of these suicides involved a firearm. The great majority of guns involvedin youth suicides come from the victim’s home or the home of a relative. As scholars who have studied firearm violence and suicide prevention, we know the exceptionally high rate of gun suicides by U.S. youths is directly linked to the easy access many young people have to guns in and around the home. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ BBC_Russian_Service_and_Mediazona_uncover_the names_of_more_than_5,700_Russian_soldiers_who_died_in_Ukraine —_Meduza⠀⇛ Journalists from the BBC Russian Service and Mediazona, together with a team of volunteers, published updated data on the deaths of Russian servicemen in Ukraine. As of August 19, they’ve been able to confirm the deaths of 5,701 people. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ With_Wars_to_Wage,_Who_Can_Afford_Peace?⠀⇛ Texas, according to Gov. Greg Abbott, “has had to take unprecedented action to keep our communities safe” – you know, from the hordes of rapists or whatever storming across America’s insecure border, which of course is 100 percent the fault of President Joe Biden. The threat to America! Hungry, desperate people . . . children . . . yearning for safety, yearning for security and acceptance. What choice does the governor have but to do what he can, what he must, to make this nuisance go away – and in the process turn the refugees into pawns in a snarky game of political back-and-forth across the Mason-Dixon line? # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Crimean_authorities_report_air_defenses_activated in_Kerch,_drone_shot_down_over_Sevastopol_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The air defense system in the eastern Crimean city of Kerch was activated on Thursday night, according to Oleg Kriuchkov, an advisor to the Moscow-backed head of Crimea. Kriuchkov said that there’s currently no threat to the city or to the Crimean Bridge. The Kerch city administration’s press service reported that car alarms went off after a sound similar to a thunderclap was heard. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Land_mines_found,_ammunition_depot_catches_fire_in Russia’s_Belgorod_region_—_Meduza⠀⇛ PFM-1 land mines were found in Russia’s Belgorod region on Thursday, according to Regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. “A great number of ‘petals’ [referring to the weapons’ shape and light weight] were scattered over a large area. All of the necessary measures are being taken to remove them,” Gladkov said. RBK reported that the mines were found in the region’s Shebekinsky district after it was shelled by Ukraine. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘If_it_has_to_be_postponed,_it’s_the_military’s fault’:_As_war_against_Ukraine_stalls,_Kremlin_officials_mull delaying_‘referendums’_in_occupied_territories_—_Meduza⠀⇛ o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ 14_FBI_Whistleblowers_Have_Not_Come_Forward Since_Agents_Searched_Trump’s_Estate⠀⇛ o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Burning_Down_the_House⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Activists_Arrested_While_Protesting_‘Dirty Pipeline_Deal’_Outside_Schumer’s_Office⠀⇛ Climate campaigners were arrested on Thursday after demonstrating outside Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s Manhattan office, where they expressed opposition to the fossil fuel-friendly permitting reforms the New York Democrat agreed to bring to the floor to secure Sen. Joe Manchin’s support for the Inflation Reduction Act. “Sen. Schumer is sacrificing frontline communities and our clean energy future, all to placate a coal baron,” Food & Water Watch senior New York organizer Laura Shindell, one of 10 activists taken into custody, said in a statement. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_How_the_Fed_Can_Support_the_Clean Energy_Transition⠀⇛ Our new reality, filled with extreme weather events across the globe on a regular basis, demands a change towards clean energy and away from outdated climate destroying energy sources of the past—fossil fuels. To do this, the US Federal Reserve has to reverse its direction by ceasing to subsidize fossil fuel companies and instead accelerating the clean energy transition. We can examine the history of government and bank actions towards energy to demonstrate how this is possible, and the Fed is one of the biggest economic instruments we have to create the change needed to solve the climate crisis. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Why_Lithium_Power_Politics_Are_Playing_Out Very_Differently_in_Chile_and_Bolivia⠀⇛ Government officials traveled to Tierra Amarilla to investigate the sinkhole. On August 12, Marcela Hernando, the minister of mining, joined Cristóbal Zúñiga and others to tour the Alcaparrosa mine. Before the visit, Zúñiga called for the authorities to apply “maximum sanctions” to punish those responsible for the sinkhole, which seems to have been caused by underground mining activities carried out by the Candelaria mining complex. The government agency responsible for the investigation—Sernageomin—has suspended all mining activity in the area and is continuing with its forensic assessment to ascertain the reasons behind the earth collapsing near the mining complex. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Green_New_Deal_Goes_Local⠀⇛ “It’s a huge challenge,” admits Luis Aguirre- Torres, the director of sustainability for Ithaca. “That’s 6,000 buildings in the next seven years, and 10,000 vehicles. We need to improve infrastructure. But we also have to make sure that climate justice is at core of our policy.” Ithaca is only one example of the cities in the United States that are out in front of federal policy on climate change. “Cities have been taking the lead and been a huge part of the progress, especially during the Trump administration,” points out Julia Peek, director of communication and mobilization at the Urban Sustainability Directors Network. “Cities are doing incredible work to become energy efficient, reduce pollution, increase resilience, and connect with affected communities.” # § Energy⠀➾ # ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ Solar_Panels_–_payback_period_during_a time_of_rising_energy_costs⠀⇛ This is going to be a very unemotional, numbers-based blog post. I’ve rounded the figures to make it more readable. And I’ve put some pictures in to make it slightly more interesting. # ⚓ Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ SUVs_to_be_requisitioned_if Estonian_state_declares_defense_emergency⠀⇛ Vehicles must be handed over with a full tank of gas and a technical check would be carried out. The Defense Forces can demand owners repair their cars at their own expense if they do not meet requirements. # ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Denmark_rated_one_of_the_best countries_in_Europe_for_bike_trails⠀⇛ The ranking, published by LiveRugbyTickets.co.uk, counts the number of trails per 1,000 sqkm in each country. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Dems_Threaten_to_Subpoena_FTI Consulting_Over_‘Blanket_Refusal’_to_Provide_Info_on Fossil_Fuel_Work⠀⇛ Two Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives this week threatened to subpoena FTI Consulting if it continues refusing to comply with a request for information about the firm’s work for fossil fuel interests. “FTI may be the first communications agency to be subpoenaed in an investigation such as this one, but they will not be the last.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Federal_Court_Strikes_Down_Ruling That_Blocked_Biden’s_Drilling_Moratorium⠀⇛ Climate justice advocates on Wednesday applauded a federal appeals court decision striking down a 2021 ruling which had blocked the Biden administration’s moratorium on oil and gas drilling lease sales—and paved the way for the largest lease auction in U.S. history last year. Wednesday’s ruling by Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in Louisiana could allow the administration to reinstate the moratorium President Joe Biden introduced shortly after taking office in January 2021. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ How_Eco-Fiction_Became_Realer_Than Realism⠀⇛ The day the landrus arrives, the people do nothing. They have had days like this before, when unknown animals have appeared on the outskirts of the city. Some are species that have somehow returned from extinction; some are mutations that have found their way to the city from nuclear waste dumps. But all of them, in the words of the city’s people, are “kin.” Many years ago the people agreed by “collective decision” not to kill any kin whose intent seemed harmless, so while the landrus is flattening the people’s crops as it drags its walrus-like body from the creek to the fields, destroying crops and damning the people to a hungry winter, it is clear that the animal means no harm. So they watch it, they sketch it, and they have meetings about it, but they don’t run it out of town, they don’t detain it, and they don’t hunt it. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Sanders_Blasts_‘Rigged_Economy’_as Chipmakers_Cut_Investments_After_Big_Handout⠀⇛ News that the U.S. semiconductor giants Intel and Micron are slashing manufacturing investments despite the recent passage of a major subsidies bill drew the ire of Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Senate’s most outspoken critic of industry handouts in the CHIPS and Science Act. “This is what a rigged economy looks like,” Sanders (I-Vt.) said Wednesday. “On the same day a bill was signed into law to give a $76 billion blank check to microchip companies, Intel announced it will be cutting back on plans to increase jobs by $4 billion while increasing dividends for its wealthy shareholders.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Argentine_Unions_Lead_Mass_Demonstrations for_Higher_Wages,_Lower_Prices⠀⇛ Thousands of workers marched from Argentina’s presidential office to its congressional building in Buenos Aires on Wednesday to demand government action to address the ongoing cost of living crisis. “Today in Argentina it’s a privilege just to eat.” # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ DTE_Energy_Sold_Its_Debt._The_Buyer_Sued Customers_to_Collect.⠀⇛ Last November, Kristal Dailey looked at her weekly paycheck and realized about $150 was missing, a quarter of her take-home earnings from a factory just outside Detroit, where she makes just over $18 an hour. “I’m like, ‘What the heck is this from?’” she said. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Economists_Fear_Fed_Minutes_Show_Central Bank_Bent_on_‘Unleashing_Mass_Unemployment’⠀⇛ The newly released minutes of the Federal Reserve’s July meeting indicate that U.S. central bank officials have no plans to deviate from aggressive interest rate hikes as they attempt to tamp down high inflation, a policy response that one economist characterized as a commitment to “unleashing mass unemployment.” “We have a supply-side problem, but rather than trying to restore or raise supply-side capacity the Fed is aiming to push demand down to the level where supply is currently constrained by pandemic, war, and climate crises,” noted Adam Hersh, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_A_Trump-Nominated_Judge_Blocked_a Wage_Hike_From_the_CA_Ballot,_But_the_Fight_Isn’t_Over⠀⇛ There’s a lot to feel pessimistic about these days. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Data_Shows_States_With_Strictest_Abortion_Bans Have_Higher_Rate_of_Child_Poverty⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Bad_Day_for_DeSantis_as_‘Stop_WOKE_Act’_Hit With_Injunction,_Lawsuit⠀⇛ Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his Stop WOKE Act suffered a two-punch blow Thursday as a federal judge blocked parts of the controversial law and a coalition of civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit against what they are calling “racially motivated censorship.” “Under our constitutional scheme, the remedy for repugnant speech is more speech, not enforced silence.” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Liz_Cheney_Is_No_Abraham_Lincoln⠀⇛ Liz Cheney wanted to prove that the Republican Party was not a wholly owned subsidiary of Donald Trump. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Why_Liz_Cheney_Matters_and_Her Defeat_Matters_Too⠀⇛ It’s now official. Liz Cheney has been defeated by a Trumpist in this week’s Wyoming Republican primary. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ RNC_May_Try_to_Obstruct_Liz_Cheney_Presidential Run,_Pundits_Predict⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Trump_Didn’t_Bring_Down_Liz_Cheney—Her Conservative_White_Base_Did⠀⇛ Representative Liz Cheney’s defeat on Tuesday in her primary battle against Donald Trump–backed candidate Harriet Hageman proves again that the biggest problem facing this country is white conservative voters. It’s not Trump or Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his quest to be Trump- with-reasoning-skills. It’s not Fox News or Alex Jones or the other purveyors of white-wing media. These characters and organizations are merely opportunists: flies that fatten themselves on a deeper rot. Nobody from Trump to Tucker would be able to threaten American democracy without the willingness of white conservative voters to trash everything to keep themselves in power. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ US_Judge_Says_Mar-a-Lago_Affidavit_‘Can_Be Unsealed’_With_Redactions⠀⇛ This is a developing story… Please check back for possible updates… A U.S. judge on Thursday gave the federal government a week to propose redactions to the warrant affidavit detailing the information that led to last week’s search of Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump’s Florida home. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Who_Are_the_10_Most_Dangerous People_in_America?⠀⇛ I am starting a contest and asking for nominations for a list of THE 10 MOST DANGEROUS PEOPLE IN AMERICA. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Ex-CFO_Allen_Weisselberg_Pleads_Guilty_to 15_Felonies,_Set_to_Testify_Against_Trump_Organization⠀⇛ Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg on Thursday pleaded guilty to 15 felonies related to tax fraud in New York state court and is set to serve only five months in jail on Rikers Island if he testifies during the trial of the ex-president’s family business. “Criminal liability is usually a pretty big deal for a corporation—it’s often a death sentence.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Biden_Urged_to_Take_Steps_to_Finally_Get Rid_of_DeJoy_as_He_Plows_Ahead_With_Job_Cuts⠀⇛ More than a year and a half into President Joe Biden’s first term, Louis DeJoy—a megadonor to former President Donald Trump and a villain in the eyes of progressives and many Democratic lawmakers—is still running the U.S. Postal Service. DeJoy’s staying power in the face of widespread outrage over his sabotage of postal operations and his ethics scandals, one of which spurred an FBI probe, can largely be attributed to the loyalty of the USPS Board of Governors, a majority of which has remained supportive of the postmaster general amid repeated calls for his ouster over the past two years. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Democrats:_Use_Labor_Day_as_an Action_Day_to_Highlight_Workers_Rights⠀⇛ Labor Day presents a great opportunity for the Democratic Party to compare their election year story of being on the side of labor, as opposed to the GOP which is invariably backing the wealthy and giant corporations. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Biden’s_Inflation_Bill—(Mostly) Good_News_for_People_and_the_Planet—Is_Only_the_First_Step⠀⇛ President Biden and the Democrats are celebrating the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, a stripped down version of the Build Back Better agenda. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Republicans_Turn_Against_the_League_of_Women Voters⠀⇛ For decades, the League of Women Voters played a vital but largely practical role in American politics: tending to the information needs of voters by hosting debates and conducting candidate surveys. While it wouldn’t endorse specific politicians, it quietly supported progressive causes. The group was known for clipboards, not confrontation; for being respected, not reviled. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ After_3_golds_and_2_silvers,_Kristóf Milák_celebrates_simply⠀⇛ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Brazil_on_Fire”:_Lula_Launches_Campaign_to Unseat_Bolsonaro_&_End_His_Authoritarian_Rule⠀⇛ This week former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva formally launched his campaign to challenge Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro this October. Fear is growing Bolsonaro might try to stay in office even if he loses, possibly with help from the Brazilian military. Lula, a union leader who held office from 2003 through 2010, is running on a platform to lift up Brazil’s poor, preserve the Amazon rainforest and protect Brazil’s Indigenous communities. In 2018, he was jailed on trumped-up charges, paving the way for the far-right Jair Bolsonaro to rise to power, but his convictions were annulled last year, restoring his political rights to challenge Bolsonaro. The presidential front-runners hold “two visions for Brazil,” says reporter Michael Fox, former editor of NACLA and host of the new podcast “Brazil on Fire.” # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ VIDEO:_Putin_Heavily_Criticizes_the_US_and_the West’s_Foreign_Policy_Practices⠀⇛ In front of military leaders from around the world at the 10th Moscow Conference on International Security, Russian president Vladimir Putin addressed the West’s recent actions involving Ukraine… # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Ronald_Reagan,_Redwoods_and_People’s_Park⠀⇛ That kind of erasure of the past is what the Russians have done and still do in places like Babi Yar in Ukraine. Perhaps that’s an extreme comparison, but People’s Park invites extremes: radical slogans and cries, dramatic actions and memorable murals like the one on the wall outside Amoeba Records which Osha Neumann and Brian Thiele painted not long after the aroma of teargas faded from the streets of the place that for a time was known worldwide as “Bezerkeley.” Neumann’s recent piece on the Park which was published in Berkeleyside was a model of wisdom, Sixties style. “It is realistic to be unrealistic,” he wrote. “The impossible visions are the ones most worth fighting for.” I wasn’t in Berkeley in ’69, but rather in New York helping to disrupt academic life, along with undergrads like Mark Rudd, at Columbia, my alma mater, though I was also a mild-mannered professor teaching literature. I’m not going to go there now, not going to unpack my memories of long ago. # § Misinformation/Disinformation⠀➾ # ⚓ ABC ☛ Gen_Z_is_bypassing_Google_for_TikTok_as_a search_engine⠀⇛ Nearly 40% of Gen Z members (born from 1997 to 2012, according to the Pew Research Center) prefer TikTok for online searches, according to internal data from Google, which was first reported by TechCrunch. “They don’t have a long attention span; they said that several times,” said Adrienne Sheares, a social media consultant, who formed a Gen Z focus group to discuss their searching habits. “They want to get the information really quickly, and get to the meat of it really quickly and not have to sort.” # ⚓ Broadband Breakfast ☛ Deepfakes_Pose_National Security_Threat,_Private_Sector_Tackles_Issue⠀⇛ A deepfake is a technical method of generating synthetic media in which a person’s likeness is inserted into a photograph or video in such a way that creates the illusion that they were actually there. Policymakers are concerned that deepfakes could pose a threat to the country’s national security as the technology is being increasingly offered to the general population. # ⚓ The Hill ☛ Facebook_takes_down_page_for_anti- vaccination_organization_run_by_Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.⠀⇛ Meta on Wednesday took down the Facebook page and Instagram account for Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccination organization headed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., due to what it referred to as repeated violations of its COVID-19 policy. # ⚓ FAIR ☛ Forget_Alex_Jones—Look_at_His_Helpers⠀⇛ There are two publicly available displays making headlines right now about Infowars host Alex Jones, America’s best-known conspiracy monger. # ⚓ FAIR ☛ ‘What_Alex_Jones_Has_Peddled_Is_Now_Nearly Indistinguishable_from_Right-Wing_Talking_Points’⠀⇛ o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ The Hindu ☛ They_were_Rushdie:_Bookstores_and_the resistance_to_censorship⠀⇛ On August 12, when news came that Salman Rushdie had been stabbed critically just as he was preparing to give a talk at Chautauqua Institution in New York, reports invariably harked back to February 1989, when Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa for his new novel The Satanic Verses. One million dollars was the price then put on his head. A decade ago, Rushdie documented what followed thereafter in his memoir JosephAnton (Jonathan Cape), the title deriving from the alias he composed when a British police officer tasked with his safety asked him for a false name, so Rushdie could go about some of life’s transactions like issuing cheques, etc, without being identified, and one by which the “protection officers” could refer to him and not “blow his cover” in public. It would help, he said, if it wasn’t Asian. # ⚓ ABC ☛ Saudi_doctoral_student_gets_34_years_in_prison_for tweets⠀⇛ Activists and lawyers consider the sentence against Salma al-Shehab, a mother of two and a researcher at Leeds University in Britain, shocking even by Saudi standards of justice. So far unacknowledged by the kingdom, the ruling comes amid Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s crackdown on dissent even as his rule granted women the right to drive and other new freedoms in the ultraconservative Islamic nation. # ⚓ BBC ☛ Sir_Salman_Rushdie_attack_suspect_‘only_read_two pages’_of_Satanic_Verses⠀⇛ The book’s release prompted the Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa, or edict, calling for the writer’s death in 1989. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Salman_Rushdie_Joins_Indian_Writers_on_75 Years_of_Independence⠀⇛ As India celebrated the 75th anniversary of its independence from British colonial rule this Monday, August 15, PEN America—one of the nation’s most well-known organizations advocating for global freedom of speech and creative expression—launched India at 75, an anthology of reflections on Independence and Indian democracy from some of the country’s most prominent literary voices. The initiative brought together over 100 writers of Indian origin—including those located both within India and in the diaspora—to share “their ideas of what India was and ought to be, and what it has become” over the past 75 years, in what the anthology’s introduction referred to as a “historic document.” # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Oracle_Now_Reviewing_TikTok_Algorithms_And Content_Moderation_Practices⠀⇛ As you may recall, back during the Trump administration, after a bunch of kids on TikTok trolled Trump into believing one of his campaign rallies would be massively attended (which it was not), Trump decided to take out his anger on TikTok by issuing an almost certainly unconstitutional executive order demanding that TikTok’s owner, the Chinese firm ByteDance, sell TikTok to an American company. While a few potential buyers lined up to pick up the increasingly popular social media company on the cheap (due to the forced sale nature of it), White House insiders revealed that they would only approve the sale if it went to a friend of Donald Trump’s (this, of course, is corrupt nonsense, but hey, no one cares about that any more). That left precious few options, as Trump wouldn’t approve the sale to the few companies that actually wanted to buy the whole thing outright: namely Microsoft and Walmart. # ⚓ Insight Hungary ☛ Hungary’s_media_regulator_probes_Netflix over_same-sex_kiss_in_a_cartoon⠀⇛ On Wednesday, Hungary’s National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH) announced that they are investigating Netflix because of a scene in “Jurrasic World Camp Cretaceous” after receiving several complaints. A scene in the kids’ series shows a girl confessing her love for another girl, and they kiss. The episode according to the Hungarian media regulator, is potentially violating the country’s child protection law. The controversial law that was passed last year is banning LGBT people from featuring in school educational materials or TV shows for young individuals under 18. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ Roger_Waters_calls_for_freeing_Julian Assange_at_DOJ_rally⠀⇛ # ⚓ Project Censored ☛ The_Deadly_Business_of_Reporting_Truth_– Censored_Notebook,_Dispatches_from_Project_Censored:_On_Media and_Politics⠀⇛ Violence is the most basic and blunt form of press censorship. To kill or imprison a journalist is to silence the public’s source of news. To date, 33 journalists around the world have been killed this year and another 494 are currently imprisoned, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Put another way, thus far in 2022, on average, once per week somewhere in the world a journalist is killed for reporting the news. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Why_Walden_Bello’s_Arrest_and_Detention_for Cyberlibel_Demands_Attention⠀⇛ On August 8, 2022, officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) arrived at my residence at 62 Moncado Street, BF Homes, Quezon City, to arrest me on charges of two counts of cyberlibel. The arrest was made shortly before 5 pm, which made it impossible to process bail, forcing me to spend the night in custody at the PNP’s Camp Karingal in Quezon City. At around 4 pm the next day, August 9, I was released from detention after posting a cash bond of P48,000 (approximately $860) for each count, for a total of P96,000 ($1,720). o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ [Reposted]_Uber_Eats_driver_says he_made_37_cents_in_4_hours_due_to_having_to_fill_up_his_gas tank._(Less_than_nothing_after_car_wear_and_tear_and_the_IRS and_state.)⠀⇛ The worst part of all of this is the government, of course. It provides him with no employment protections, no minimum wages, and expensive gasoline, and then takes more than he earned. # ⚓ RTL ☛ Strippers_bid_to_unionize_in_Los_Angeles⠀⇛ Dancers at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar submitted a petition with the federal government, beginning a process that could see them represented by performers union Actors’ Equity, in what officials described as a first. # ⚓ ABC ☛ Mississippi_cops_sued_over_alleged_civil_rights violations_against_Black_residents⠀⇛ The lawsuit contends that the police force has had a long history of racially profiling its Black residents including with alleged targeted traffic stops, harassment and retaliation for speaking out against cops. # ⚓ The Hill ☛ Judge_orders_Starbucks_to_reinstate_fired workers_who_led_unionization_effort⠀⇛ A federal judge on Thursday ordered Starbucks to reinstate seven employees at a Memphis store after finding the company illegally retaliated against them for helping organize a union. U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee Judge Sheryl Lipman told Starbucks it had five days to reinstate the employees, known as the “Memphis Seven,” whom the coffee chain said it fired on Feb. 8 for previously violating its safety policies, sparking a complaint from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Federal_Judge_Orders_Starbucks_to_Rehire Fired_Union_Organizers_in_Memphis⠀⇛ Labor advocates on Thursday cheered a U.S. federal judge’s order compelling Starbucks to reinstate seven employees who were illegally fired from their Memphis store earlier this year for leading a unionization campaign. “We hope this ruling brings comfort to our partners in the Memphis area and shows them the power they can have in a union.” # ⚓ EFF ☛ Where’s_EFF?_Why_EFF_Is_Sometimes_Quiet_About Important_Cases_and_Issues⠀⇛ So why are there times when we’re quiet about something big that is happening around digital rights?  Why are there times when we only say general things and don’t take a firm position, drill down into specifics, or provide the legal analysis that we are famous for? We know it can be frustrating, and can lead folks to jump to conclusions that we don’t care, or aren’t watching. But most of the time, that’s not the case. Instead, we are being quiet or vague for one of three reasons: to protect the people who have asked us for help, because of a specific court requirement, or because we’re investigating and putting a strategy into place. Quite often, it’s some combination of those.     First, and most of the time, we are protecting the folks who have reached out to us for help.  The legal protections for attorney/client communications and attorney work product allow lawyers and their prospective or existing clients to speak frankly with each other and to honestly evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of their cases. But these communications and notes must be kept strictly confidential in order to remain protected.  If the confidentiality is broken by either the lawyer or the client, the person or a person’s attorney can be required to reveal their communications, legal strategies, and evaluations to their opponents. The stakes here can be very high, since that can include the opposing lawyers in a civil case or prosecutors who can put them in jail. Breaching these privileges can seriously hurt the people who ask us for help and undermine our chances of winning a case, so we are very careful to avoid doing so. Indeed, we have strict ethical duties as lawyers to do this.  # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Google_Workers_Push_Tech_Giant_to_Stop Funding_Lawmakers_Destroying_Abortion_Rights⠀⇛ Hundreds of Google employees have signed a petition sent this week to the CEO of parent company Alphabet asking the tech titan to stop supporting right-wing politicians and groups destroying reproductive freedom, and to protect and expand workers’ rights in the post-Roe v. Wade era. “These politicians were responsible for appointing the Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade and continue to infringe on other human rights.” # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Google_Maps_Is_Misleading_Users_Searching_For Abortion_Clinics…_And_The_GOP_Is_Threatening_The_Company_If It_Fixes_That⠀⇛ Earlier this week, Bloomberg released a well- investigated, and somewhat damning article highlighting how people searching for abortion clinics on Google Maps are often being misled to go to “crisis pregnancy centers,” which are sketchy organizations designed to try to convince women to give birth. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Senator_Richard_Blumenthal_Is_Mad_At_Google Again;_This_Time_Because_It_Can’t_Magically_Stop_All_Scam Ads⠀⇛ Senator Richard Blumenthal has been attacking the internet while demonstrating his own ignorance of how technology works for basically as long as I can remember. He did it back before he was Senator, when, as Attorney General of Connecticut he was eager to blame Craigslist for ads on its site. It appears that Blumenthal has learned nothing in the intervening years other than that if he blames tech companies for bad things their users do… he gets the headlines he so desperately craves. In the latest example, the Washington Post obliged and gave him his headline, claiming that Google is “still failing to clamp down on ad scams.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Advocates_Welcome_Temporary_Block_on_South Carolina’s_6-Week_Abortion_Ban⠀⇛ Reproductive freedom advocates welcomed a Wednesday decision by the South Carolina Supreme Court temporarily blocking the state’s six-week abortion ban while justices consider a legal challenge to the contested law. “The fight to restore bodily autonomy to the people of South Carolina is far from over.” # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “The_Territory”:_New_Film_Documents Indigenous_Fight_Against_Illegal_Deforestation_in_Brazil’s Amazon⠀⇛ As Brazil approaches presidential elections, “The Territory” documents the struggle of the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people in the Brazilian Amazon against the deforestation and destruction of their land by farmers and others illegally extracting resources, which has expanded under far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. We speak with director Alex Pritz and two people featured in the film, ahead of its release on Friday: Bitaté Uru-Eu-Wau- Wau, an Uru-eu-wau-wau leader, and activist Neidinha Bandeira. “The Indigenous populations [in Brazil] are being massacred,” says Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau, who helped film how his people are fighting to preserve nearly 7,000 square miles of their territory. “We will never stop fighting for our territory and for our rights.” # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Chris_Hedges:_We_Are_Not_the_First Civilization_to_Collapse,_but_We_Will_Probably_Be_the_Last⠀⇛ Chris Hedges writes that the archeological remains of past civilizations, including those of the prehistoric Cahokia temple mound complex in Illinois, are sobering reminders of our fate. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ After_Roe,_Who_Is_Holding_Prosecutors_to Account?⠀⇛ Prosecutors are immensely powerful. They can’t be sued, and they pick which cases to bring, which charges to make, and what sentences to ask for. With the overturning of Roe, they will be deciding how, whether, or to what extent to prosecute people who have abortions, their doctors, and maybe even their friends under the mess of new laws that are now kicking in. Who is holding those prosecutors to account? I spoke with Andrea James, the executive director of the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, and Sakira Cook, the co–interim vice president at Color of Change, which has been pursuing prosecutorial reform as part of its larger campaign for criminal justice. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ How_Restricting_Reproductive_Rights_Hurts People_with_Disabilities:_A_Review_of_Research_Findings⠀⇛ Introduction After the recent Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, women around the country are reminded daily of their status as second-class citizens. In many states, abortion policies are already restrictive, and a handful have completely banned the practice. In other states, the jury is still out on the legality of various restrictions. Upcoming midterm elections will also play a role in determining where state abortion policies land. Recently, Kansas voters decisively struck down an amendment to the state constitution that would have paved the way for an abortion ban. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Abortion_Ban_Stalls_in_West_Virginia_After Protesters_Pack_Hearings_and_Capitol⠀⇛ o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ The Economist ☛ Tencent_is_a_success_story_bedevilled_by the_splinternet⠀⇛ The first problem is internal to China. Tencent is embedded in almost every aspect of life there. It makes money from app fees, traffic (via advertising) and transactions (such as selling virtual goods to gamers), as well as from cloud computing. This has overexposed it to the government’s techlash. Mr Xi’s crackdown on internet firms has hit its gaming arm, its fintech plans and local investments such as Didi. It has to censor itself vigorously. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Scientists_Try_To_Out_Maneuver_Elon_Musk’s Satellite_Light_Pollution⠀⇛ For a few years, scientific researchers have warned that Elon Musk’s Starlink low orbit satellite broadband constellations are harming scientific research. Simply, the light pollution Musk claimed would never happen in the first place is making it far more difficult to study the night sky, a problem researchers say can be mitigated somewhat but not eliminated. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Software Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ EFF ☛ New_Bill_Would_Bring_Back_Terrible_Software_and Genetic_Patents⠀⇛ Pro-patent maximalists are trying to label the Tillis bill as a “consensus,” but it’s nothing of the sort. We need EFF supporters to send a message to Congress that it isn’t acceptable to allow patent trolls, or large patent-holders, to hold our technology hostage.  # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Mariah_Carey_Sets_Off_Firestorm_Trying_To Trademark_‘Queen_Of_Christmas’⠀⇛ We haven’t found ourselves talking about Mariah Carey much at Techdirt in the past, but the few times we have, have been for positive reasons. This time, not so much. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Embracer_Group,_the_company_forging_one_ [copyright]_portfolio_to_rule_them_all,_explained⠀⇛ To list all of Embracer Group’s companies and assets would take an unreasonable amount of time and space and would get kinda boring. So here are the high points in the company’s portfolio. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Z-Library:_98m_Articles_&_Books Blocked_in_India_to_Protect_10_Books_About_Tax⠀⇛ Z-Library claims to be the world’s largest ebook library and while Amazon might dispute that, there’s no shortage of content for visitors to enjoy. Boasting 10.8 million ebooks and almost 89 million articles, Z- Library is a formidable resource but in India, problems lie ahead. After a publisher found 10 of its books on Z-Library, a court ordered ISPs to block the site. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Manga_Piracy:_New_Shueisha_U.S._Court Action_Indicates_Complex_Investigation⠀⇛ Japanese manga publisher Shueisha has launched new legal action in the United States as a prelude to filing lawsuits against pirate site operators located elsewhere. While it is likely to prevail in the U.S., a closer look at Shueisha’s targets reveals a mass of moving parts and connected entities that may keep its investigators busy for some time. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ SpellBinding:_ADYGOVE_Wordo:_UNFED⠀⇛ # ⚓ Anglophone_Deficiencies⠀⇛ Native English speakers commonly muck-up every sentence thrown at them in a way one doesn’t normally find with Spaniards, Serbs, Finnish, or Germans. This cannot come from the same reasons that few Europeans can pronounce Cantonese words – that we simply don’t have those sounds. We have ‘con’, but cannot say ‘pivo’. When a native Polak makes the noises ‘pee-voh’, the anglophone states, ‘pivō’, as if it rhymed with ‘bungalow’. I have similar treatment to my name. I say “Malin”, they respond with “Marlin”, and I think I know why. o § Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Taiwan’s_Digital_Intermediary_Law_is_more_than_Stupid⠀⇛ Yes, this is one of _those_ posts complaning censorship on Gemini again. Consider this as a call for attention as Taiwan (where I live) government tries to push forward a new censorship law. The Digital Intermidary Law[1] is a new law that tries to solve the rampant fake news and disinformation problem in the digital world. However, like most laws, it’s a specification of what the NCC (National Communications Commission) wants without any regard how easy it is to abuse the new law. There’s no English version of the law yet. IANAL, but I’ll do my best to translate into plain English. # ⚓ Computer_count⠀⇛ 2x Laptops, mine and my spouse’s daily drivers 1x Desktop, an old (from ~2010) desktop tower that I’m planning on turning into a media server. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Unidecode_in_a_font⠀⇛ Is there such a thing as “reverse ligatures”? That is, can one character be rendered by multiple glyphs, rather than combining multiple characters into a single glyph? I’m not sure how to research this. My searches haven’t been helpful. The motivation for this question is Unidecode. Basically, could Unidecode be embedded within any arbitrary font that supports ascii characters? # ⚓ Launching_The_Camplog⠀⇛ Inspired by Josia’s post[1] from yesterday, I decided to see how to serve programs over SSH. I fiddled myself with the script, edited it and then I got an idea. What if I make a public gemlog where people can submit posts via SSH with no credentials required whatsoever? Sounds like a bad idea, but I am all for it, so here it is! # ⚓ Multi-line_Gemtext⠀⇛ If your editor, like mine, doesn’t support soft- wrapped text very well, the long lines demanded by Gemtext can be cumbersome. So I wrote a syntax for multi-line Gemtext that I’m calling Croftmark. [...] I wrote these to scratch my own itch – I’m not proposing a change to Gemtext or anything. But perhaps a few of you will find this useful. # ⚓ Petri_Nets_Log_#006⠀⇛ Following the call with Statebox from last week I sent an email with some questions. One of them was if/how they’re thinking of (formally & technically) dealing with “OR transitions”. I first read about ” OR transitions” in the paper “The Application of Petri Nets to Workflow Management” (#004; “conditional routing”). In more detail (including the places between transitions), an “OR transition” is a transition that produces tokens to only one of its output places. I think this is useful to model computations that may fail (e.g. non-total functions) or that produce values from distinct subsets (“good”/”bad”). For example: subtracting in the naturals; dividing; making a web request (HTTP 4xx/5xx, timeouts, …); determining if a value satisfies a property or not (x >= 42); … # ⚓ How_to_hack_on_Nix_and_try_your_changes⠀⇛ Not obvious development process is hard to document. I wanted to make changes to the nix program, but I didn’t know how to try them. Fortunately, a coworker explained to me the process, and here it is! =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3579 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.19.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_19/08/2022:_KDE_Gear_22.08_and_FreeBSD_Foundation_Status_Update⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:51 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Server o Videos/Shows o Kernel_Space o Instructionals/Technical o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o BSD o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers # Mozilla o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o Content_Management_Systems_(CMS) o Programming/Development # Python * Leftovers o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Pseudo-Open_Source # Openwashing o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Monopolies # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Kubernetes Blog ☛ Stargazing,_solutions_and_staycations: the_Kubernetes_1.24_release_interview_|_Kubernetes⠀⇛ The Kubernetes project has participants from all around the globe. Some are friends, some are colleagues, and some are strangers. The one thing that unifies them, no matter their differences, are that they all have an interesting story. It is my pleasure to be the documentarian for the stories of the Kubernetes community in the weekly Kubernetes Podcast from Google. With every new Kubernetes release comes an interview with the release team lead, telling the story of that release, but also their own personal story. With 1.25 around the corner, the tradition continues with a look back at the story of 1.24. That release was led by James Laverack of Jetstack. James was on the podcast in May, and while you can read his story below, if you can, please do listen to it in his own voice. o § Videos/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ mintCast Pocast ☛ 393.5_–_$HOME_Decor_–_mintCast⠀⇛ 0:48 Linux Innards 1:02:52 Check This Out 1:03:37 Housekeeping and Announcements In our Innards section we discuss the changes we usually make to the systems and desktop environments we use to fit our workflows and to make them feel like home. # ⚓ Video ☛ Linux_Mint_21_“Vanessa”_Xfce_overview_|_Light, simple,_efficient_–_Invidious⠀⇛ In this video, I am going to show an overview of Linux Mint 21 “Vanessa” Xfce and some of the applications pre-installed. # ⚓ Video ☛ Debian_11.4.0_“Bullseye”_Quick_overview_#linux #debian_–_Invidious⠀⇛ A Quick Overview of Debian 11.4.0 “Bullseye” # ⚓ Video ☛ Ubuntu_Server_22.04_Live_Installer_Walkthrough_– Invidious⠀⇛ Ubuntu Server 22.04 is the latest Long-Term Support (LTS) release of the popular Linux distribution, and powers countless servers worldwide. In this video, you’ll be walked through the process of using the live installer to deploy Ubuntu Server. # ⚓ Video ☛ VLC_BANNED_in_India,_Pine64_troubles,_and_Linux_is unstable?_–_Linux_and_Open_Source_News_–_Invidious⠀⇛ # ⚓ Video ☛ Cool_Retro_Term_Is_A_Blast_From_The_Past_– Invidious⠀⇛ I’ve tried many different terminal emulators over the years, but Cool Retro Term is something special. As soon as I launched it for the first time, I couldn’t help but think “The 1980′s called and they want their terminal back!” # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Stack/Unstuck:_The_Great_Stack_Debate⠀⇛ The software stack is like an onion. Or a sheet cake. Or lasagna. Or is it? It’s often described as having layers that sit on top of each other. The reality is much more complicated—and learning about it can help any tech career. The Great Stack Debate is the first episode in Compiler’s series on the software stack. We call it Stack/Unstuck. We explore each layer of the stack, what it’s like to work on them, and how they come together into a whole application. # ⚓ E46:_Flexible_Open_Source_Data_Labeling_at_Scale_with Heartex⠀⇛ # ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ Linux_Action_News_254⠀⇛ A Linux jailbreak that’s a win for Right to Repair, our favorite things in Android 13, and the major features that just missed the Linux 6.0 window. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Alder_Lake_Laptop_Webcam_Support_in_Linux is_Super_Shaky⠀⇛ Hartman says – ironically, that Linux support with Alder Lake has been really good. But for some reason, webcams are the only exception. The lack of mainline kernel support has forced manufacturers to create proprietary drivers for their webcams. # ⚓ Video ☛ Intel_Alder_Lake_Is_Breaking_Linux_Webcam_Support_– Invidious⠀⇛ Buying a Linux laptop is complex enough as it without more going wrong and Intel’s new MIPI IPU6 camers shipping with very popular high end devices simply do not work out of the box on Linux and won’t for a very long time. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_Install_Wike_Wikipedia_Reader_on_Ubuntu 20.04_|_22.04_LTS⠀⇛ In this guide, we will show you how to install Wike on Ubuntu Systems. Wike is a Wikipedia reader for the GNOME Desktop. Provides access to all the content of this online encyclopedia in a native application, with a simpler and distraction-free view of articles. So you can find Wikipedia articles with search suggestions, either from the app or directly on the desktop thanks to the GNOME Shell search integration. # ⚓ Video ☛ How_to_install_IntelliJ_IDEA_Ultimate_on_Pop!_OS 22.04_–_Invidious⠀⇛ In this video, we are looking at how to install IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate on Pop!_OS 22.04. # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ How_to_install_PyCharm_2022 Professional_Edition_on_a_Chromebook⠀⇛ Today we are looking at how to install PyCharm 2022 Professional Edition 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. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ Access_Remote_Centos_8⠀⇛ X is a windowing system used to display bitmaps in Unix-based operating systems. In other words, the X system provides the base for implementing a GUI in Linux. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_Install_Slack_on_Ubuntu_20.04_|_22.04 LTS⠀⇛ In this guide, we will show you how to install Slack on Ubuntu systems. Slack is a messaging program designed specifically for the office, but has also been adopted for personal use. Developed by Canadian software company Slack Technologies, and now owned by Salesforce, Slack offers many IRC-style features, including persistent chat rooms (channels) organized by topic, private groups, and direct messaging. In addition to these online communication features, Slack integrates with other software. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ FreeBSD_Jail_on_Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛ The following article describes the process of installing FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE on the Raspberry Pi. The reader will also learn how to set up a jail on it and run a basic instance of Nginx. The reader will become familiar with flashing custom images on the Raspberry Pi as well as setting up FreeBSD jails in order to configure services. # ⚓ Adam_Young:_Finding_Linux_Kernel_Config_options_in menuconfig⠀⇛ We have reason to believe that we should not be setting CONFIG_EFI_DISABLE_RUNTIME=y In our Kernel configs. I want to perform a controlled expereient booting two Kernel builds, one with this option set and one with it disabled. Since I have the option set, building that Kernel is trivial. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Sensu_Monitoring_Solution_on Debian_11⠀⇛ Sensu is an open-source infrastructure and application monitoring system designed for both container and non-container monitoring and multi- cloud infrastructure. Sensu is a scalable, secure, and integrated monitoring solution for your technology and server infrastructure. It can be used to monitor servers, application health, and services, and send alerts notification to multiple targets with third-party integration. In this tutorial, you will learn how to Install Sensu Monitoring Software on Debian 11 server. You will also learn how to set up Sensu CLI for managing Sensu. Finally, you will learn how to set up server monitoring with Sensu through Sensu Agent. # ⚓ MakeTech Easier ☛ How_to_Setup_A_Bitcoin_Full_Node_with Dojo_in_Linux_–_Make_Tech_Easier⠀⇛ Bitcoin is an innovative and liberating tool. It allowed an individual to obtain an independent resource that he/she can use to easily exchange with other people online. This is because, unlike electronic cash, Bitcoin generates scarcity by limiting the total amount of coins that can circulate in its network. Knowing that, one way to start using Bitcoin for transactions is by using a full node with a mobile wallet. In that regard, one of the best tools that you can use today is Dojo with Samourai Wallet. # ⚓ H2S Media ☛ How_to_install_PHP_7.4_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS Jammy_Linux⠀⇛ By default system repository Php 8.1 is available to install on Jammy JellyFish, hence in this tutorial, we learn the commands to install PHP 7.4 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS server or desktop using the terminal. PHP is a scripting language, so it is translated line by line into machine commands by an interpreter. On the Internet, PHP is behind over 80% of all websites on whose web servers it runs and thus controls the behavior of the website. It has been used by many web servers such as Apache to power thousands of websites and web platforms. Also, PHP makes it easy for programmers to develop and control a website functioning because PHP has numerous function libraries and connections to Internet protocols and databases. Further, PHP can be used to process user input. If, for example, you want to include a contact form on your website, the entries must be further processed. Only with HTML, this is not possible. With PHP, for example, you can check whether all fields have been filled in and, if successful, send an e-mail. Also, when it comes to retrieving content from a database, it makes sense to use PHP. For example, if you want to program a news website, you can save your texts in a database and then output them with PHP at the desired places in your HTML code. You do not have to create a single HTML file for each article and can implement changes much faster. That’s why PHP has been used for creating Dynamic websites. # ⚓ Citizix ☛ How_to_Install_and_Configure_Puppet_7_Server_on Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ In this guide, we are going to install Puppet 7 Server Open Source in Ubuntu 22.04. We will set up a Puppet server and an agent and install Nginx using puppet manifests. Puppet is a software configuration management tool which includes its own declarative language to describe system configuration. It is a model-driven solution that requires limited programming knowledge to use. Puppet operates in an agent- master architecture, in which a master node controls configuration information for a fleet of managed agent nodes. Puppet is distributed in several packages. These include puppetserver, puppet-agent and puppetdb. Puppet Server controls the configuration information for one or more managed agent nodes. PuppetDB is where the data generated by Puppet is stored. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ KDE_Gear_22.08_–_KDE_Community⠀⇛ KDE Gear ⚙️ is the collection of KDE apps, frameworks and libraries that all release new versions at the same time. Version 22.08 brings updates for KDE programs for working, developing your creativity and enjoying your free time without having to submit yourself to extortionate licenses, intrusive advertising, or surrender your privacy. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ What’s_new_in_GNOME_43,_and_how_can you_test_it?_|_TechRepublic⠀⇛ The stable release of GNOME 43 should be arriving any day now and it includes some pretty cool new features and updates. Although this won’t be an absolute game- changer as was GNOME 40 with the horizontal workflow, there are plenty of new additions that come together and make the GNOME desktop environment even more user-friendly and efficient. # ⚓ Ignacy_Kuchciński:_GSoC_2022:_Fourth_update_–_Code⠀⇛ I published my last blog post about the design phase of my GSoC project on 17 July. It’s been a month, and it’s been far from uneventful. I’m going to talk about the first prototype and my short presentation at GUADEC, as well as the review from designers and the result of it – the new mockup and the second prototype. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ KaOS_2022.08_Brings_PipeWire_by_Default, Improved_Installer,_and_Latest_KDE_Goodies<⠀⇛ KaOS 2022.08 is here only two months after KaOS 2022.06, but it brings a lot of great changes starting with the implementation of the PipeWire server for handling audio, video streams, and hardware on Linux as the default sound/low-level multimedia framework. Talking about Calamares, the KaOS 2022.08 ISO release revamps the installer’s UI to be more intuitive and look more like the rest of the KaOS apps. In addition, there’s a new virtual keyboard built into the installer to assist with the installation when there’s no keyboard present. This is the first ISO of KaOS to allow installation only with the mouse or touchpad. o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ FreeBSD_Foundation_Q2_2022_Status_Update_| FreeBSD_Foundation⠀⇛ First, I’d like to send a big thank you to everyone who gave a financial contribution to our efforts. We are 100% funded by your donations, so every contribution helps us continue to support FreeBSD in many ways, including some of the work funded and published in this status report. Our goal this year is to raise at a minimum $1,400,000 towards a spending budget of around $2,000,000. As I write this report, we’ve brought in under $200,000 towards that goal. So, we obviously need to step up our effort of fundraising. It’s by far the hardest part of my job. I’d much prefer talking to folks in our community on how we can help you, help create content to recruit more users and contributors to the Project, and understand challenges and painpoints that individuals and organizations have in using FreeBSD, so we can help improve those areas. Asking for money is not on that list. We support FreeBSD in five main areas. Software development is the largest area we fund with six software developers on staff who step in to implement new features, support tier 1 platforms, review patches, and fix issues. You can find out some of the work we did under OS Improvements in this report. FreeBSD Advocacy is another area that we support to spread the word about FreeBSD at conferences, in presentations online and in-person, tutorials and how-to guides. We purchase and support hardware for the FreeBSD infrastructure that supports the work going on in the Project. Virtual and in-person events are organized by the Foundation to help connect and engage community members to share their knowledge and collaborate on projects. Finally, we provide legal support to the Project when needed and protect the FreeBSD trademarks. [...] The Foundation recently signed a new contract for Byhve support. This contract will allow John Baldwin to dedicate time to Bhyve as issues arise, especially security issues. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Red_Hat_Drives_Greater_Consistency_and Management_Across_the_Hybrid_Cloud_with_Latest_Version_of OpenShift_Platform_Plus⠀⇛ Red Hat Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced a new iteration of Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus, with new features and capabilities that go beyond the base Kubernetes platform to encompass storage, management and more. This further extends Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus as a singular Kubernetes platform to span the breadth of enterprise IT scenarios, whether a traditional datacenter, distributed edge operations or multiple public cloud environments. # ⚓ CRN ☛ Red_Hat_CEO_Matt_Hicks_–_Partners_Key_to_$1_Trillion Open_Hybrid_Cloud_Market⠀⇛ ‘[Open hybrid cloud] is a huge area to execute to. Partners will have a massive influence on that. Because we’re just not going to be talking to every customer doing that. But all of them are going through that motion,’ new Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks tells CRN. # ⚓ North_Carolina_DHHS_to_Modernize_Medicaid_Systems_Platform with_KPMG_and_Red_Hat⠀⇛ KPMG LLP today announced that the State of North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has selected the KPMG Resource Integration Suite (KRIS) Connected Platform to integrate multiple technology solutions and enable optimized health outcomes across the state. The KRIS Connected Platform primarily uses industry leading enterprise Kubernetes platform, Red Hat OpenShift, to implement a central systems integration cloud platform and modernize the state’s Medicaid software operations to help streamline the delivery of critical health services. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Hands_on_vDPA:_what_do_you_do_when_you ain’t_got_the_hardware_v2_(Part_2)⠀⇛ The vp_vpda is a vDPA driver for a virtio-pci device which bridges between a vDPA bus and virtio- pci device. It’s especially useful for future feature prototyping and testing. vp_vdpa can also be used for other purposes aside from testing — for example, as an implementation reference. Some functionalities can be extracted out of a pure virtio device code implementation, such as the masking of features to achieve virtual machine (VM) passthrough. Compared with the vdpa_sim, the vp_vdpa has a drawback in that it can only be used on a virtio-pci device. The following diagram shows the building blocks of a vp_vdpa device: # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Integrating_identity_management_with single_sign-on_for_Red_Hat_solutions⠀⇛ In this article, we explain how to integrate identity management (IdM) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) with single sign-on (SSO) for Red Hat solutions. [...] The starting state of our environment is two separate RHEL 8 instances that are up and running and on the same network. One will run RHEL Identity Management and the other will run the single sign- on service. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Daniel Pocock ☛ Only_two_people_thanked_Frans_Pop_before his_death⠀⇛ In my last blog, I revealed that Frans Pop was exposed to over 700 emails on debian-private in the weeks before his suicide. It is one of several important facts to reflect on if we care about the lives of those we collaborate with online. The email where Pop resigns the night before Debian Day may look innocuous to outsiders. Most outsiders would not realize it was the night before Debian Day. Most would not realize the sentence about revoking his PGP key is far more grave than a resignation. [...] When organizations start proclaiming a Code of Conduct, they go to great lengths to publicly shame and insult volunteers. Would it be more wise to invest in thanking people? o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Digital_Signage_and_Kiosk_With_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Ubuntu is an operating system. You are probably using a Windows or Apple operating system on your PC, and you may be tempted to use such an operating system on your digital signs, but it just isn’t practical these days. The likes of Apple, Windows and Android requires a lot of maintenance. It would be like buying an industrial crane to get you to and from to the corner shop, whereas all you really need is a push bike. Is Ubuntu the “Push bike” of operating systems? No, but it is far more configurable than your average operating system. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Top_5_IoT_challenges_and_how_to_solve_them⠀⇛ There are a number of challenges to surmount for enterprises in the IoT sector, including having a short time to market, airtight security, a versatile update mechanism for hardware and software and mastering device management. The more planning and practical steps that are taken to address key considerations, the faster an IoT project can get to market and make an impact on the world. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Pico_W_Doorbell_Sends Telegram_Alerts_|_Tom’s_Hardware⠀⇛ The Raspberry Pi Pico W has proven to be a low- cost, low-power option for users looking to implement network support for their various microelectronics projects. Such is the case today with Maurício Pessoa’s Raspberry Pi Pico W doorbell system that uses Telegram to notify users when the doorbell has been rung. This project is great for users who might be hearing impaired or otherwise need a visual notification for doorbell alerts. The Pico W connects to Wi-Fi and sends notifications to Telegram using a bot. The notification messages can then be sent to either individual users or predetermined group chats. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Back_to_the_Future_remote_shows_real_DeLorean speed_|_Arduino_Blog⠀⇛ In the Back to the Future films, the iconic DeLorean time machine had to reach 88mph in order to jump forward or backward in time. Even in 1985, it wasn’t very hard for a family sedan to reach 88mph, but that’s not the point. To show viewers the car’s current speed and increase tension, the prop designers brilliantly included a large digital speedometer readout on the remote that Doc holds. W. Jason Altice used Arduino boards to replicate that functionality on a rented DeLorean. Altice rented the replica Back to the Future DeLorean from a company that caters to fans. That company wouldn’t let Altice modify the car, of course, so he wasn’t able to create a remote that actually controlled steering or throttle. But he was able to track the car’s speed and display that on a vintage RC-style transmitter without modifying the rental. He achieved that using two Arduino Uno boards that communicate with each other through REYAX RYLR998 LoRa transceiver modules. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Ghacks ☛ Vivaldi_5.4_for_Android_with_improved_privacy stats_launches_–_gHacks_Tech_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ The_best_MOBA_games_on_Android_in_2022⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ The_3_Best_New_Features_in_OneNote’s_August 2022_Android_Update⠀⇛ # ⚓ Motorola_Announces_New_Android_Tablet_–_Phandroid⠀⇛ # ⚓ GO Media ☛ Delete_These_35_Malware_Apps_on_Your_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Your_Android_phone_has_a_HIDDEN_easy_to use_scanner!_Just_check_your_Google_Drive_|_How-to⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Google_may_have_finally_fixed_Samsung Galaxy_S22_series_Android_Auto_glitches⠀⇛ # ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ No_Android_13_for_the_Galaxy_S10_series,_but the_August_security_update_is_here_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Samsung_Galaxy_A12_Android_12_update_released, brings_many_new_features_–_SamMobile⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Samsung_Android_12_update:_These_devices_have One_UI_4.0_–_9to5Google⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ An_‘Android_Upgrade_Party’_is_not_what_you might_think_it_is⠀⇛ # ⚓ Forbes ☛ Can_An_Android_Tablet_Really_Replace_A_Laptop?⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_Auto_allegedly_fixes_Galaxy_S22_blank screen_issue⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ring_patched_an_Android_bug_that_could_have_exposed_video footage_|_Ars_Technica⠀⇛ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Oppo_releases_new_version_of_ColorOS_based_on Android_13⠀⇛ Chinese smartphone maker Oppo has released a new version of its ColorOS operating system based on Android 13. In a statement, the company said ColorOS 13 included a number of key features from Android 13, while also introducing a new aquamorphic design for its user interface. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Niko_Matsakis:_Come_contribute_to_Salsa_2022!⠀⇛ Have you heard of the Salsa project? Salsa is a library for incremental computation – it’s used by rust-analyzer, for example, to stay responsive as you type into your IDE (we have also discussed using it in rustc, though more work is needed there). We are in the midst of a big push right now to develop and release Salsa 2022, a major new revision to the API that will make Salsa far more natural to use. I’m writing this blog post both to advertise that ongoing work and to put out a call for contribution. Salsa doesn’t yet have a large group of maintainers, and I would like to fix that. If you’ve been looking for an open source project to try and get involved in, maybe take a look at our Salsa 2022 tracking issue and see if there is an issue you’d like to tackle? o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ LibreOffice_7.4_Community_released_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ The Document Foundation has announced the release of LibreOffice 7.4 Community, which is the community-supported version of the open-source office suite. Version 7.4 comes with new features for the suite as a whole (WebP and EMZ/WMZ support, …), the Writer word-processor (better change tracking and hyphenation settings, …), the Calc spreadsheet (16K columns, …), and more. “Development is now focused on interoperability with Microsoft’s proprietary file formats, and many new features are targeted at users migrating from MS Office”. More information can be found in the release notes. # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ LibreOffice_7.4_Released_with_16K_Column Support_+_More⠀⇛ The Document Foundation released LibreOffice 7.4 Community edition today. This release brings significant improvements across Calc (spreadsheet program), Writer (Document processor) and other components. In addition, many bug fixes and filter updates for Microsoft Office 365 grace this release. Before heading to the download section, here’s a quick recap of the new features. A detailed feature guide is available on this page. There are no issues for those of you who work with massive volumes of data and worry about data loss. The spreadsheet program Calc gets to support 16384 columns, i.e. up to XFD in this release. With this feature, Calc and Excel support an equal number of rows and columns. # ⚓ LibreOffice_7.4_Community_Release_–_Taming_LibreOffice⠀⇛ LibreOffice 7.4 Community was released on 18 August 2022. Here is the official blog post about it, with much more information about the release and about LibreOffice. You can get LibreOffice 7.4 from the download page for Windows, macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel processors), and Linux. o § Content Management Systems (CMS)⠀➾ # ⚓ Kev Quirk ☛ Static_Site_Generators_Are_Easy_to_Use…Right?⠀⇛ I’ve had this post in my drafts folder for months now Actually, it’s ever since I realised how hard it is to manage content with Static Site Generators, and flipped back to WordPress. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ RcppArmadillo_0.11.2.3.1_on_CRAN: Double_Update⠀⇛ Armadillo is a powerful and expressive C++ template library for linear algebra and scientific computing. It aims towards a good balance between speed and ease of use, has a syntax deliberately close to Matlab, and is useful for algorithm development directly in C++, or quick conversion of research code into production environments. RcppArmadillo integrates this library with the R environment and language–and is widely used by (currently) 1005 packages other packages on CRAN (as celebrated in this blog post on passing 1000 packages from just four days ago), downloaded nearly 26 million times (per the partial logs from the cloud mirrors of CRAN), and the CSDA paper (preprint / vignette) by Conrad and myself has been cited 488 times according to Google Scholar. This release brings together two distinct changes. First, it updates the relese from upstream 11.2.0 (and CRAN 0.11.2.0.0 released a few weeks ago) to the now current 11.2.3 release by Conrard (given that more than four weeks have passed so that we do not surpass CRAN’s desired cadence of ‘releases no more than once a month’). The changeset includes a few small refinements (see below), it also includedes a deprecation for initialization for which I will need to reach out to a few packages for whom this triggers a deprecation warning. And speaking of deprecation, the other reason for this release is the desire by the Matrix package to phase out a few older conversions (or casts in C/ C++ lingo) which we accomodated. # ⚓ just-in-time_code_generation_within_webassembly⠀⇛ Just-in-time (JIT) code generation is an important tactic when implementing a programming language. Generating code at run-time allows a program to specialize itself against the specific data it is run against. For a program that implements a programming language, that specialization is with respect to the program being run, and possibly with respect to the data that program uses. The way this typically works is that the program generates bytes for the instruction set of the machine it’s running on, and then transfers control to those instructions. Usually the program has to put its generated code in memory that is specially marked as executable. However, this capability is missing in WebAssembly. How, then, to do just-in-time compilation in WebAssembly? # ⚓ OReilly ☛ SQL:_The_Universal_Solvent_for_REST_APIs_– O’Reilly⠀⇛ Data scientists working in Python or R typically acquire data by way of REST APIs. Both environments provide libraries that help you make HTTP calls to REST endpoints, then transform JSON responses into dataframes. But that’s never as simple as we’d like. When you’re reading a lot of data from a REST API, you need to do it a page at a time, but pagination works differently from one API to the next. So does unpacking the resulting JSON structures. HTTP and JSON are low-level standards, and REST is a loosely-defined framework, but nothing guarantees absolute simplicity, never mind consistency across APIs. What if there were a way of reading from APIs that abstracted all the low-level grunt work and worked the same way everywhere? Good news! That is exactly what Steampipe does. It’s a tool that translates REST API calls directly into SQL tables. Here are three examples of questions that you can ask and answer using Steampipe. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Defeating_definedness_|_Playing_Perl_6␛b6xA_Raku⠀⇛ In his latest blogpost, p6steve went through a lot of trouble to enforce definedness. I managed to shorten it a bit. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ The Next Platform ☛ The_Supply_Chain_Boa_Constrictor_Still Tight_Around_Cisco⠀⇛ The boa constrictor is still going to be wrapped around the company because the supply and demand conditions in the world are not changing. Cisco can only move so fast to find alternative suppliers for power supplies and other key components, and we cannot predict what coronavirus, monkeypox, and flu might do to manufacturing operations around the globe. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ We_cannot_pretend_COVID-19_is_not_here, says_WHO_Chief⠀⇛ With a surge in deaths due to coronavirus, World Health Organization Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on said “we cannot pretend it’s not there.” “Learning to live with COVID-19 doesn’t mean we pretend it’s not there. It means we use all the tools we have to protect ourselves, and protect others,” Ghebreyesus said in a tweet. o § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ # § Openwashing⠀➾ # ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ One_year_of_OpenSearch:_Grading_AWS’ open_source_effort_|_TechRepublic [Ed: "I work for MongoDB, and used to work for AWS" and now I write puff pieces for AWS... and the "media" wants us to think of it as "journalism"]⠀⇛ A year into its OpenSearch journey, AWS seems to be learning how to do open source right. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ CISA ☛ Cisco_Releases_Security_Update_for_Cisco_Secure_Web Appliance_|_CISA⠀⇛ A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. For updates addressing lower severity vulnerabilities, see the Cisco Security Advisories page. # ⚓ USCERT ☛ Apple_Releases_Security_Updates_for_Multiple Products⠀⇛ Apple has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in macOS Monterey, iOS and iPadOS. An attacker could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected device. # ⚓ Top_Linux_Insights_From_Gartner’s_Market_Guide_for_CWPP [Ed: Gartner is a_Microsoft-_and_Bill_Gates-funded_propaganda agency and we oughtn’t quote what it says about Linux (or almost anything for that matter)]⠀⇛ # ⚓ CISA ☛ CISA_Adds_Seven_Known_Exploited_Vulnerabilities_to Catalog [Ed: About 30% of these are Microsoft and almost 30% are Apple]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ Secure_Coding_Practice_–_A Developer’s_Learning_Experience_of_Developing_Secure_Software Course [Ed: LF, which enables_fraud_and_scams, is now openly promoting its ludicrous diploma mills; this harms the reputation of the Linux brand]⠀⇛ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Purism ☛ Google_Ads,_Apple_Ads,_while_Purism_Adds_– Purism⠀⇛ Google has long abused digital rights through its tracking, privacy invasion, and ads business. Apple—while inaccurately claiming they care about privacy—has seen significant growth in its own ads business. Most recently this was highlighted how Apple utilizes anti- competitive language to promote their own ads business over third parties. [...] Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people’s privacy and freedom while protecting their security. # ⚓ Wired ☛ Spyware_Scandals_Are_Ripping_Through_Europe⠀⇛ # ⚓ Parliament’s_top_security_committee_to_probe_RCMP’s use_of_spyware⠀⇛ o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ There_is_no_place_for_secret_ministers in_Australian_democracy_–_Michael_West⠀⇛ The weekend revelations confirm Scott Morrison as Australia’s worst PM since McMahon and Christian Porter as the worst attorney-general ever. Their conduct in the appointment of Morrison to three extra portfolios without notifying the public was a disaster for the rule of law, writes Rex Patrick. On the advice of, with the consent of, at the approval of … attorney-general Christian Porter. Over the past 72 hours there has been a focus on revelations made over the weekend that, during the 46th Parliament, prime minister Scott Morrison secretly co-appointed himself as the minister for health, the minister for finance and the minister for resources. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Albanese_may_have_given_kiss_of_death to_governor-general_–_Michael_West⠀⇛ The scandal building over the secret appointments by Scott Morrison may cost the Governor-General, David Hurley, his job. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has this morning failed to give an unequivocal endorsement of Hurley’s role in the appointments. This is close to being the kiss of death for a vice-regal figure in today’s Australia. ”The blame for this lands fairly and squarely with the former government,” Albanese told Radio National’s Patricia Karvelas on Tuesday morning, # ⚓ Axios ☛ Trump_slams_Elon_Musk_as_“another_b——t_artist”_at Alaska_rally⠀⇛ According to statement filed with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission on Friday, Musk will try to bail on his $44 billion agreement to buy Twitter on the grounds that the social media company hasn’t met its contractual obligations. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ AccessNow ☛ Mailchimp_is_still_silencing_activists_in Russia_–_Access_Now⠀⇛ In March 2022, Mailchimp, a newsletter service provider owned by Intuit, left Russia to signal its support for the people of Ukraine. But it went too far, cutting off the accounts of prominent civil society organizations that defend human rights in Russia. It did so without letting them retrieve their subscriber data. Today, Mailchimp and other tech companies have failed to restore service for human rights defenders, helping Russia’s repressive regime silence civil society. [...] Mailchimp is blocking leading NGOs and independent media groups vital for defending human rights in Russia and opposing the war in Ukraine. These include prominent Russian media organizations like Crew against Torture (formerly Committee against Torture), which has investigated torture and extrajudicial killings in Russian prisons for the past 22 years. Their lawyers risk their lives daily to defend victims of Russian government abuse, so the government labeled the organization a “foreign agent.” Mailchimp is also blocking GOLOS, Holod, and OVD-Info, as well as charity organizations that help homeless individuals and individuals with HIV. # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Charlie_Kirk_Is_Right_to_Be_Afraid_of Spinoza⠀⇛ Right-wing culture warriors recently attacked Immanuel Kant as the father of “critical race theory.” Now, figures like Charlie Kirk are going after Baruch Spinoza — a radical enlightenment thinker who can actually teach us a few things about how to fight the Right. # ⚓ CPJ ☛ Zimbabwe’s_censorship_board_bans_Danish_documentary about_opposition_leader⠀⇛ Lusaka, August 16, 2022–Zimbabwean authorities must lift the ban on the documentary film “President” by Danish journalist Camilla Nielsson and not abuse censorship laws for political ends ahead of next year’s general election, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. The film, which follows opposition leader Nelson Chamisa on the 2018 presidential election campaign trail, was banned by Zimbabwe’s Censorship and Entertainment Control Unit, the country’s censorship board housed under the Ministry of Home Affairs, because it violated the country’s censorship laws, according to a June 16 letter from the unit’s deputy director Oscar Mugomeri to Nielsson’s lawyer, Chris Mhike. Under the ban, the film, which news reports said premiered in the United States August 8, cannot be shown anywhere in Zimbabwe. # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ The_Horrendous_Damage_of_Censorship_– OffGuardian⠀⇛ Then jump a few decades ahead and think of Julian Assange, still being held against his will for his revealing publications in WikiLeaks on war crimes committed by the United States. And we certainly must not forget the courageous work of Edward Snowden who exposed illegal CIA surveillance in the summer of 2013 having The Guardian, in the UK, and The Washington Post, in the US, publish his story. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Assange_Lawyers_Sue_CIA_for_Spying_on_Them |_SecurityWeek.Com⠀⇛ Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sued the US Central Intelligence Agency and its former director Mike Pompeo on Monday, alleging it recorded their conversations and copied data from their phones and computers. # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Assange_lawyers_sue_Mike_Pompeo_for_spying_on him_and_visitors⠀⇛ Legal proceedings in Spanish courts against the head of that firm, David Morales, heard testimony in 2020 that Assange’s visitors had the data on their phones copied unknowingly when they were required to hand over their belongings to Morales’ staff. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ CIA_and_Pompeo_Sued_for_Spying_on_Assange’s Visitors_at_Embassy⠀⇛ On Monday, a group of U.S. lawyers and journalists filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and its former Director Mike Pompeo for eavesdropping on their conversations with Julian Assange, while he was in asylum at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. [...] “There should be sanctions, even up to dismissal of those charges, or withdrawal of an extradition request in response to these blatantly unconstitutional activities,” he said, as reported by AA agency. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ CIA_Sued_Over_Alleged_Spying_on Lawyers,_Journalists_Who_Met_Assange⠀⇛ “The United States Constitution shields American citizens from U.S. government overreach even when the activities take place in a foreign embassy in a foreign country,” said Richard Roth, the lead attorney representing the plaintiffs. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Lawsuit_Alleges_CIA_Got_Phone Contents_From_Assange_Visitors⠀⇛ Two lawyers and two journalists are suing the CIA, saying the agency obtained copies of the contents of their electronic devices and helped enable the recording of their meetings with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Rand_Paul_Calls_to_Repeal_Espionage_Act_After_Mar- a-Lago_Raid⠀⇛ Hornberger’s piece is not directly about Trump but rather a response to the continued U.S. prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Journalists_and_lawyers_sue_CIA_for_spying_on_them while_visiting_WikiLeaks_founder_Julian_Assange_–_JURIST_– News⠀⇛ A group of journalists and lawyers sued the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Monday for illegally spying on them and violating their Fourth Amendment rights under the US Constitution while visiting Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The Fourth Amendment protects US citizens from unreasonable search and seizure. The group filed the lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. Assange founded WikiLeaks in 2006. WikiLeaks specializes in analyzing and publishing large databases of censored or otherwise restricted official materials. The plaintiffs visited Assange while he was living under political asylum at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. The complaint alleges that, while visiting Assange, employees of Undercover Global required the plaintiffs to surrender their electronic devices to them. It is alleged that information was copied from the devices without the plaintiffs’ consent and that the information was then sent to the CIA. The complaint also alleges that former CIA Director Mike Pompeo approved of this practice. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Cleaning_two_decades_of_family_music⠀⇛ How you end up with 800 GiB of audio # ⚓ Lumen_Researcher_Interview_Series:_Ernesto_van_der Sar_of_TorrentFreak⠀⇛ Lumen interviews Ernesto van der Sar of TorrentFreak * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Last_day_at_this_job⠀⇛ So today is my last day at my current job. Started it when the company I worked for went under due to the pandemic and after 2 years I’m moving on to something new. The job was never intended to be remote, our office is 15 miles away. But I’ve only met two people on my team one time when I started working here. I always kind of joked that I’d probably never make it into the office, that I’d be gone before the pandemic ended. Sure enough I was right. # ⚓ Brain_Fart⠀⇛ I guess life goes in waves. Or circles, maybe? # ⚓ Scraping_for_wood⠀⇛ A couple of days ago I went off on a tangent. I noticed that a bunch of SpellBinding words ending in -WOOD were missing from the dictionary. I put together a list of 87 words ending in WOOD, a list that expanded rapidly to 207 words. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ SSH_Notes⠀⇛ In my last reply post, I invited readers to leave a note on my Raspberry Pi.[1] I have received several notes since then, and some of you expressed interest in the idea more broadly. For those interested, I’d like to explain how it works, in case anyone wants to try for themselves. First, thank you to everyone who has accepted that invitation so far. It’s been fun to receive little notes from around the world. # ⚓ Marginaliacoin,_and_hidden_forum⠀⇛ I discovered someone has made a cryptocurrency called “Memex Marginalia Inu”. It appears to have been created February 23, which is around when the entry “I Have No Capslock And I Must Scream” went absurdly viral to the point where Elon Musk tweeted a link to it. # ⚓ A_map_generator_for_the_terminal⠀⇛ These days I’ve been working on a hex map generator for the terminal. Yeah, I don’t expect anybody else to be using it. It works via SSH instead of via a browser. I was trying to see how far I could go, and I’ve been using some interesting libraries from the Charm family to do it… # ⚓ Why_is_the_OpenBSD_documentation_so_good?⠀⇛ The OpenBSD operating system is known to be secure, but also for having an accurate and excellent documentation. In this text, I’ll try to figure out what makes the OpenBSD documentation so great. # ⚓ List_installed_packages_by_size⠀⇛ # ⚓ I_have_no_capslock_and_I_must_scream⠀⇛ In a near future, a team of desktop computer designers are looking at the latest telemetry and updating the schematics of the hardware-as-a- service self-assembling nanohardware. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 5154 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.19.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_19/08/2022:_Neptune_7.5_and_SDL_2.24.0⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 4:35 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Fluff_/_Red_Hat_(Mostly_Openshift) o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Open_Hardware/Modding * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o Programming/Development # Java * Leftovers o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security o Defence/Aggression o Environment o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Technical * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ Coming_in_Hot_with_the_Code!_| Office_Hours_10⠀⇛ We’ve built up some incredible backend infrastructure for our new website. We run through the big improvements, and where we still need some help. # ⚓ Video ☛ Ubuntu_22.04_LTS_Vs_Linux_Mint_21_|_The_TITANS CLASH!_(For_2022)_–_Invidious⠀⇛ Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Linux Mint 21 are the TOP 2 Linux Distributions that You Could Be Using in 2022. But which one gives you better performance, which among them is the best? Which among them is more suitable FOR You? Ubuntu 22.04 or Linux Mint 21. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ The_8_Best_Linux_Screen_Recording_Apps_to Capture_Your_Screen⠀⇛ Screen recording tools have become an essential utility for PCs and smartphones. You need a screen recorder to record your gameplay, a YouTube tutorial, or any other professional project. It helps you create videos for your audience or personal record, whichever may be your requirement. There is a common misconception that Linux users don’t have access to some of the basic apps that Windows and macOS users have, which is not true at all. So to bust that myth, here are some of the best screen recording apps that you can use on your Linux device. And the best part is that all of these apps are either open source or completely free for individual users. [...] It is difficult to find good screen recorders that are free to use. You can download, install, and test the apps listed above to find the one that suits you the best. These range from desktop apps to web apps, and some provide advanced features, while others focus more only on particular tasks. Similar to screen recording, you might need to take a screenshot of your Linux desktop. Almost all Linux desktop environments ship with a default screenshot app, but most of them have different keybinding and shortcuts, making it harder for the user to take screenshots on different desktops. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Configure_Custom_Postfix_Bounce Messages⠀⇛ Since Postfix version 2.3, Postfix supports custom bounce messages. This guide shows how to set up custom Postfix bounce messages and max queue lifetime. # ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ How_To_Clear_Cache_On_Chromebook⠀⇛ Every inquiry you could have can be answered on the internet. Finding the solutions to your queries is a great activity. But doing it every day without deleting the cookies, cache, and other temporary files from your Chrome browser might use up much space on your computer. Like other operating systems, Chromebook also gathers cache. So if you are a Chromebook user, you might clear the cache regularly. This guide will let you know how to delete cache files from the Chromebook. So the good practice for tech and the internet user is to clear cache routinely to ensure the device’s optimal performance. However, ChromeOS has no dedicated program or apps to clear cache quickly. Therefore, we must apply an unconventional technique using the Chrome browser. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_PowerDNS_and_PowerDNS-Admin_on Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ PowerDNS is a free and open-source authoritative nameserver written in C++. It is cross-platform and can run on Unix, Linux, and macOS operating systems. It supports several databases such as MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and Oracle to store zone files and records. PowerDNS Admin is a web-based application that can be used for managing PowerDNS via a web browser. It allows you to create and manage DNS zones using the PowerDNS web interface. It offers very useful features, including IPv4 and IPv6 support, bulk domain, DNSSec support, AD, LDAP, SAML authentication, and more. # ⚓ H2S Media ☛ How_to_Install_Yandex_Browser_on_Ubuntu_22.04 LTS⠀⇛ “Yandex Browser” is a free fast and visually appealing alternative to Firefox, Chrome, Opera, and Microsoft Edge. Users who want to switch to Yandex can easily import data such as bookmarks and the settings from other popular browsers in just a few steps. Well, this Russian Search engine company’s browser is based on Chromium and Opera elements, therefore we can use all addons that are compatible with Google Chrome and Opera. In addition to bookmark management and a password manager for automatic logins, the Windows program also offers an incognito mode that allows you to leave no traces on your PC while browsing. Set up a free Yandex user account, and just like Google or Firefox users can sync bookmarks or credentials with other devices running the same browser. For security, the browser offers Kaspersky’s integrated virus protection; tracking protection, phishing protection, blocking third-party cookies, and preventing unsolicited access to webcams, microphones, or USB devices. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Setup_Kubernetes_Cluster_with_Kubeadm on_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ Kubernetes or k8s is an open-source platform for container orchestration that automates deployments, management, and scaling of containerized applications. Kubernetes is a container orchestration created by Google, and now become an open-source project and become standard for modern application deployment and computing platforms. Kubernetes is the solution for the modern container deployment era. It provides service discovery and load-balancing, storage orchestration, automated rollout and rollback, self-healing service, secret and configuration management. Kubernetes enables cost-effective cloud-native development. # ⚓ AddictiveTips ☛ How_to_run_macOS_Catalina_in_VirtManager_on Linux⠀⇛ If you need macOS on your Linux PC for development purposes, you’ll be happy to know that it is possible to set up a VM in VirtManager using the macOS-Simple-KVM tool. [...] You’ll need to install VirtManager on your Linux PC to use macOS on your Linux PC. To install the software, open up a terminal window. You can open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T on the keyboard. Or, search for “Terminal” in the app menu. With the terminal window open, the installation can begin. Follow the installation instructions below to install VirtManager on your Linux PC. # ⚓ Video ☛ How_to_install_Linux_Mint_21_Xfce_–_Invidious⠀⇛ In this video, I am going to show how to install Linux Mint 21 Xfce. # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ Some_common_options_you_can_use_with_the_ls command_–_TREND_OCEANS⠀⇛ As you know, the ls command is used to list all directories and files that are stored on a computer, and it is the most basic command that every Linux user is aware of how to list files on a terminal, but some of them are not using an option that is available for use. So let me introduce to you some of the most common options which you can use to list files or directories, and not only that, after reading this article you can show your creativity to create your own personalized option as per your needs, which will help you to list files according to your preference. Well, I’ll try to show you most of the common options that you can use with the ls command, like listing files in reverse order, accessing time, showing only a directory, and many other interesting options, but while writing, if I missed something, then please put that command in the comment section for our readers. # ⚓ SSH_tips_and_tricks_|_Carlos_Becker⠀⇛ Since I joined Charm, I’ve been working and learning more about SSH, and I thought I would share a few quick tips and tricks with you. # ⚓ Network World ☛ How_to_find_files_on_Linux_and_make_it_easy to_find_them_again⠀⇛ The cd command makes it easy to switch to another directory on Liniux, but only if you know where you’re heading. In this post, I discuss a couple of tricks for moving between known locations and provide a script for finding and “remembering” files or locations that you might want to reuse. One of the easiest things to do with the cd command is return to your home directory regardless of where you are sitting in the file system at the moment. Just type cd by itself, and you’ll be back in your home directory. Typing cd ~ will do the same thing, though adding the tilde won’t get you there any faster. # ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ How_to_Use_eval_in_Linux_Bash_Scripts⠀⇛ Of all the Bash commands, poor old eval probably has the worst reputation. Justified, or just bad press? We discuss the use and dangers of this least-loved of Linux commands. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Eclipse_IDE_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS_– idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Eclipse IDE on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, Eclipse is an open-source IDE used for java application development. The Eclipse IDE comes with a rich set of tools and features that are designed to help developers be more productive while they write or design code. Eclipse can run on Linux, Windows, and macOS. 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 Eclipse IDE (Integrated Development Environment) on Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 22.04 and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Pop!_OS, and more as well. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ ScummVM ☛ Blast_your_way_destroying_terrorists!⠀⇛ Soldier Boyz is the newest supported game of the Hypno engine, and it’s ready for public testing! Released in 1997 by Hypnotix and published by DreamCatcher Interactive and MCPA Interactive, this full-motion rail shooter is based on the 1995 film of the same name. The game starts when the daughter of an American billionaire is kidnapped by a group of Vietnamese terrorists. Then, it’s up to Major Howard Toliver, ex-Marine and highly decorated Vietnam veteran, to gather a deadly team for the dangerous mission of rescuing her. He recruits six prison inmates serving life sentences for a chance at a full presidential pardon. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ KDE_neon:_Jammy_Porting_Update⠀⇛ Jammy porting is happening at full pace. Almost all the packages are now compiled and that leaves ISOs to be built and upgrade to be tested. As with any software or engineering project there’s not much point in putting a deadline on it, it’ll be ready when it’s ready. As a moving target the builds are often two steps forward and one step back cos suddenly there’s a new KDE Gear that needs built. # ⚓ Clangd_config⠀⇛ Since Kate got LSP support some time ago (thanks to all the developers who made/make this possible, it is a great addition), I’ve been using it a lot; as you’d expect with any tool, it has some default behaviours that you’d want to disable, and some non-default ones that you want to make use of. Below are some of the config tweaks I’ve collected over time. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ KaOS_2022.08_Ships_with_Adjusted_Calamares Installer_Layout⠀⇛ KaOS 2022.08 moves to Pipewire as the default sound multimedia server and ships with the just released KDE Gear 22.08 apps. KaOS is an independent rolling-release distribution inspired by Arch Linux and entirely focused on the KDE Plasma Desktop and related Qt Toolkit-based software. It uses Pacman as its package manager but does not rely on software repositories developed and maintained by Arch Linux. Instead, the software is available from in-house repositories and is built exclusively for 64-bit machines. Unlike most other Linux distros, KaOS does not provide various installation images with GNOME, Xfce, LXQt, or any other desktop. Moreover, the packages for other desktops are not even included in the KaOS repositories. KaOS 2022.08 is the fifth released version of this Linux distro this year. So let’s see what’s new. # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Neptune_7.5_Is_Out_Based_on_Debian_GNU/Linux 11.4,_Powered_by_Linux_Kernel_5.18⠀⇛ Dubbed “Ada”, Neptune 7.5 is based on the software repositories of the Debian GNU/Linux 11.4 “Bullseye” release, but it comes with a newer kernel, namely Linux 5.18.2, from the Debian Backports (Testing) repositories. There aren’t any major changes in this release, but Neptune 7.5 does come with a few new apps, including Timeshift for full system backups and rollbacks, as well as Persistent Creator 2.0 for creating a persistence partition on USB thumb drives. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ openSUSE_Tumbleweed_–_Review_of_the_week_2022/33⠀⇛ Nothing is stopping Tumbleweed – it’s still full steam ahead with 7 snapshots released in one week, which means daily snapshots without interruptions—trying to get a new streak record? let’s see! So far we’re at 14 days of release without a gap. So far, the highest streak was 18 if I’m not mistaken (2021/1116-1203). In any case, these are just nice stats, but the quality of the snapshots has always been more important to us than the number of snapshots. And I’m convinced the Tumbleweed users to see this the same way. o § Fedora Fluff / Red Hat (Mostly Openshift)⠀➾ # ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Friday’s_Fedora_Facts:_2022-33⠀⇛ Here’s your weekly Fedora report. Read what happened this week and what’s coming up. Your contributions are welcome (see the end of the post)! I have weekly office hours on Wednesdays in the morning and afternoon (US/Eastern time) in #fedora- meeting-1. Drop by if you have any questions or comments about the schedule, Changes, elections, or anything else. See the upcoming meetings for more information. # ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ CPE_Weekly_Update_–_Week_33_2022_–_Fedora Community_Blog⠀⇛ Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (or EPEL) is a Fedora Special Interest Group that creates, maintains, and manages a high quality set of additional packages for Enterprise Linux, including, but not limited to, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS and Scientific Linux (SL), Oracle Linux (OL). EPEL packages are usually based on their Fedora counterparts and will never conflict with or replace packages in the base Enterprise Linux distributions. EPEL uses much of the same infrastructure as Fedora, including buildsystem, bugzilla instance, updates manager, mirror manager and more. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Red_Hat_OpenShift_adds_heterogenous clusters_mixing_x86,_Arm⠀⇛ Red Hat has delivered a tech preview of its OpenShift containerization platform that can drive clusters spanning both x86 and Arm silicon. Version 4.10 of OpenShift, announced in March 2022, added the ability to run on Amazon Web Services Arm-powered Graviton CPUs. At the time, RedHat said the release was “only the start of our plans for OpenShift on Arm, in the coming releases you will see more and more of the add on features that run on x86 also being available for OpenShift on Arm.” The IBM subsidiary’s next release, version 4.11, debuted earlier this week and added an agent-based installer, more supported deployment configurations including the ability to run in Nutanix environments, and a higher level of FedRAMP compliance. And there’s also that tech preview, which Red Hat states is needed because “Arm continues its impressive march to full adoption.” # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Red_Hat_OpenShift:_Accelerating_business opportunities_with_an_adaptable_5G_platform⠀⇛ In a marketplace that is becoming more and more crowded with both traditional and new competitors, it’s crucial that telecommunications service providers embrace disruption as a key component to capitalizing on the opportunities presented by 5G. New competitors are particularly threatening as their value propositions can compete on service quality and reliability that have been bastions of the traditional service provider offering. A trusted and reliable reputation will remain an important differentiator, but being seen as innovative is an additional key trait added to the mix. The evolution of a provider’s 5G core network is strategic in terms of innovation and will provide greater flexibility and increased agility to better serve customers and drive revenue growth. # ⚓ Setup_a_Quay_mirror_for_offline_installations_with_mirror- registry_|_Pablo_Iranzo_Gómez_blog⠀⇛ Learn on how to use mirror-registry to create a local copy that can be used to install OpenShift without external Internet connectivity. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Weighing_up_the_less-mainstream_Ubuntu remixes_•_The_Register⠀⇛ Alongside the official flavors, some of Ubuntu’s other remixes have new 22.04.1 versions out: Unity, Cinnamon, and Kylin. We looked at Ubuntu Unity and Ubuntu Cinnamon for their 22.04 releases not long ago. The new versions are not big changes so we’re not going to re-review them so soon. The main purpose of today’s update is to add some more data points to our recent remix roundup. Kylin is in a slightly different position to the other two. Kylin is very much an official Ubuntu flavor, but it is intended for use by Chinese speakers, especially in the People’s Republic of China. It has its own, separate website. The Reg FOSS desk has been experimenting with Kylin for a little while now, and we plan to do a full review soon because the 22.04.1 release is noticeably different from 22.04. Ubuntu Unity Ubuntu Unity’s scores look a little worse than they should for what is, by modern standards, a lightweight desktop. There are at least two valid reasons for this. One is that Ubuntu Unity supports Flatpak as well as Ubuntu’s own Snap format. Although no Flatpaks come preinstalled, that does mean it’s a little bigger. [...] There are multiple other desktops out there which are still maintained, of course, and there’s definitely room for some more Ubuntu remixes. In the past, as well as UbuntuDDE, there were remixes with CDE and the Lumina desktop from the now- discontinued FreeBSD variant TrueOS, but neither have updated in a while. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Using_an_I2C_SSD1306_OLED_on_Fedora_with_a_Raspberry_Pi_| Blog_|_Javier_Martinez_Canillas⠀⇛ Linux 5.18 version landed in Fedora 36 and it includes a new ssd130x DRM driver for the Solomon OLED display controllers. One of the supported devices is SSD1306, which seems to be a quite popular display controller for small and cheap (I bought a pack of 3 on Amazon for less than 15€) monochrome OLED panels. I do a lot of development and testing on RPi boards and found that these small OLED panels are useful to get console output without the need to either connect a HDMI monitor or a serial console. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Transforming_a_3D_printer_into_a_four-axis_camera slider_|_Arduino_Blog⠀⇛ When creating videos, making smooth, level movements at a constant speed is often a very important requirement, as sudden changes can leave viewers uncomfortable. But rather than purchasing an expensive gimbal-stabilized rig or a commercial motorized camera platform, Instructables user dslrdiy decided to devise their own four-axis system using a repurposed 3D printer with the goal of being able to easily control it through a phone. The old 3D printer already contained most of the parts for this build, such as several stepper motors, a controller board, and plenty of miscellaneous hardware. The main axis at the base allows for the primary assembly to move side-to- side with just a single stepper motor, while the other three axes sit on top. These include tilting up and down, rotating around the Z-axis, and rolling. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Apache Blog ☛ The_Apache_News_Round-up:_week_ending_19_August 2022_:_The_Apache_Software_Foundation_Blog⠀⇛ Happy Friday, everyone –let’s review the Apache community’s activities from over the past week… o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ LibreOffice_Office_Suite_7.4_is_Available to_Download_|_UbuntuHandbook⠀⇛ Ubuntu’s default LibreOffice office suite got a big updates! See what’s new and how to install guide. LibreOffice finally added WebP image format support by releasing the 7.4 release. As well, this release features new remote grammar checker: LanguageTool API; Calc now supports sparklines and uses 16,384 columns in spreadsheets; Show Changes mode does no longer count deleted list items, instead it now shows changes in numbering correctly. # ⚓ Its FOSS ☛ LibreOffice_7.4_is_Here_With_WebP_Support_and Powerful_Enhancements_for_MS_Office_Interoperability⠀⇛ LibreOffice 7.4 community edition is a major upgrade to the previous release after six months. With LibreOffice 7.4, The Document Foundation mentions that the development is now focused on “interoperability” with Microsoft’s proprietary file formats. While this is great news for users migrating away from MS Office, the upgrade also introduces some cool features. Here, let me highlight the best parts of the release. # ⚓ Document Foundation ☛ Congratulations_to_all_community members,_on_the_release_of_LibreOffice_7.4!_–_The_Document Foundation_Blog⠀⇛ Yesterday, The Document Foundation announced LibreOffice 7.4, our latest major release. TDF helped to coordinate the release, but most of the work was done by community volunteers and certified developers in the ecosystem. We at TDF would like to say a big thanks to everyone who helped out – but don’t just take it from us! Here’s a selection of congratulations and thanks we saw, across social media, Reddit and other places… o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Announcing_SDL_2.24.0⠀⇛ # ⚓ Qt ☛ Monetization_&_Digital_Ads_101_for_Connected_Devices [Ed: Qt propelling truly nasty trends like putting advertisements inside your native, local software]⠀⇛ The idea of beginning to monetize your desktop or mobile app, digital device, or other online service can be a daunting one. You might be looking for a convenient way to set up a new revenue stream but you don’t want it to be a hindrance or annoyance from a UX perspective. You also won’t want to worry about inappropriate or irrelevant ads running on your platform that may distract your users or deter them from using your service again. # ⚓ Testing_Kubernetes_locally_–_Octopus_Deploy⠀⇛ Kubernetes is a complex platform typically deployed across a number of servers to achieve high availability. However, creating multi-node clusters is often not practical for individual DevOps engineers performing local testing. Fortunately, there are many options available for installing development Kubernetes clusters on a single machine. This allows DevOps engineers to verify many aspects of their code and deployment process before deploying to a shared cluster. In this post, I look at some of the options available to DevOps engineers for running a development Kubernetes cluster. # § Java⠀➾ # ⚓ Help Net Security ☛ How_to_manage_the_intersection_of Java,_security_and_DevOps_at_a_low_complexity_cost_– Help_Net_Security⠀⇛ In this Help Net Security video, Erik Costlow, Senior Director of Product Management at Azul, talks about Java centric vulnerabilities and the headache they have become for developers everywhere. He touches on the need for putting security back into DevOps and how developers can better navigate vulnerabilities that are taking up all of their efforts and keeping them from being able to focus on the task at hand. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ I’m_Your_Overlord,_May_I_Take_Your_Order?⠀⇛ If you’ve ever been at an eatery and thought the server was a bit robotic, you should try San Francisco’s Mezli. The restaurant claims to be the first one to be totally automated. There are no humans in there. The restaurant serves Mediterranean grain bowls. Honestly, it is hard to decide if Mezli is a restaurant or a very sophisticated vending machine. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Put_3D_Metal_Printing_Services_To_The_Test,_By_Making A_Watch⠀⇛ Have you ever been tempted by those metal 3D printing services? [Carter Hurd] has, and puts them to the test with a wristwatch. (Video, embedded below.) o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Cute_NFL_Standings_Tracker_Uses_Little_Mini_Helmets⠀⇛ If you’re a die-hard sports fan, there’s nothing you love more than staying abreast of developments in the league, from top to bottom. [Kiu] had a family member that was big into NFL, so set about building them a remarkably cool ladder tracker. o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Conversations_with_White_People⠀⇛ Billy is around 60 and a skilled carpenter, among several we hired in 2019 when our house in Micanopy, Florida was being built. He’s tall and lanky, chain smokes, coughs, and has a working-class Georgia accent. He often teased me about being Jewish. He was poor and Jews are rich, he told me conclusively. I was cheap and he was generous, he said. In fact, he demonstrated his prodigality one afternoon by offering me a gift of some of his medical marijuana. I refused it, thinking I was protecting his valuable stash, but I realized afterwards I may have insulted him. One day, I told Billy that a crew of window-washers was coming, so he’d have to stay out of their way. “You mean the [N-word] ones, from Gainesville?” o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Angled_Drill_Guide_Helps_You_With_Those_Tricky_Holes⠀⇛ If you’ve ever tried to drill a hole on an angle with a power drill, you’ve probably drilled some pretty shocking holes. To do it right, you really need some mechanical assistance, and this jig from [Kartik_Nandrui] should do the trick. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_Tools_To_Fight_Against_Single-Use_Plastic⠀⇛ Imagine for a moment that you design products for a living. But you can’t design all the things, so you have to buy some of your stuff from big-box stores just to go about your everyday life. This is more or less what happened to [Eric Strebel], who recently bought a bathroom faucet from IKEA. This particular flat-pack faucet came with a single-use plastic nut driver to be used in putting the faucet together. Since there is no marking that indicates the plastic type, it can’t be easily recycled. Not even the size of the business end is indicated. So between the shoddy plastic construction and the lack of information, most people are going to just throw this thing away. And that’s terrible. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Are_Community_Schools_the_Last,_Best_Shot at_Addressing_Education_Inequity?⠀⇛ “Especially because my kids are African American,” Allen said, “I wanted them to have the best education opportunities they can have and give them access to whatever they need to neutralize the systemic effects of being Black children in a society that often discriminates against those children.” Allen had attended a private school in the elementary grades, but had attended a Montgomery County high school, which she eventually graduated from, that was known as “the worst” high school in the county, according to her. That education experience left her “feeling segregated from most of the families in the county,” she said. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Mecanum-Wheeled_Robot_Chassis_Takes_Commands From_PS4_Controller⠀⇛ Mecanum wheels are popular choices for everything from robots to baggage handling equipment in airports. Depending on their direction of rotation, they can generate forces in any planar direction, providing for great maneuverability. [ATOM] set about building just such a robot chassis, and learned plenty in the process. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ LCD_Monitor_Plays_The_Hits⠀⇛ In the old days, it wasn’t uncommon to put an AM radio near a computer or a monitor and deliberately cause interference to have a crude form of sound generation. Did you miss out on that? No! Thanks to [luambfb] you can now do the same trick with a common LCD monitor. You’ll need the horizontal refresh rate of the monitor in question. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Scientists_Petition_EPA_to_Take_Bold Steps⠀⇛ Meanwhile, even though IRA is loaded with good stuff to fight global warming, it’s not likely enough to put out the heat. After all, the Inflation Reduction Act is the third or fourth iteration of Biden’s Build Back Better $3.5T prominently mentioned in an article in The Economist d/d July 21st, 2022: American Climate Policy is in Tatters—Manchin Single-handedly scuttled Biden’s BBB Plans for $3.5 trillion. There’s real tragedy behind the slimmed down version of Biden’s BBB $3.5T. Even though the Inflation Reduction Act of a few hundred billion is a big number, inclusive of tax-oriented deductions, it is challenged by a capricious global climate system that appears to be broken down and totally out of kilter. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Friday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (ruby- tzinfo), Mageia (nvidia-current and nvidia390), SUSE (python-PyYAML, ucode-intel, and zlib), and Ubuntu (linux-aws, postgresql-10, postgresql-12, postgresql-14, and rsync). # ⚓ MakeTech Easier ☛ Microsoft_Reveals_Playing_Janet_Jackson Could_Crash_Laptops⠀⇛ Sometimes you just hit on such crazy stories that you have to report them. That’s what I’m doing with this article. It sounds so bizarre. Microsoft reported that old laptops that played the Janet Jackson music video “Rhythm Nation” would crash. Just being in the vicinity of the song could cause your laptop to crash. # ⚓ Dirty_Cred_:_New_Privilege_Escalation_Vulnerability_in Linux [Ed: Hardly severe at all compared to back and bug doors in proprietary software -- which are exploitable remotely and don't require you already have an account on the target machine]⠀⇛ A new Linux kernel exploitation called Dirty Cred was revealed at last week’s Black Hat security conference. The flaw which is identified as CVE-2022-0847 has been discovered by Zhenpeng Lin, a PhD Student, and his team, who tried to exploit the Linux kernel like the infamous Dirty Pipe vulnerability but with different approaches. # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ 241_npm_and_PyPI_packages_caught dropping_Linux_cryptominers [Ed: npm_is_Microsoft, so this Microsoft propaganda site (controlled by a Microsoft booster) should really say something like, “Microsoft transmits a lot of malware to Linux” (and it’s Microsoft’s responsibility)]⠀⇛ More than 200 malicious packages have been discovered infiltrating the PyPI and npm open source registries this week. These packages are largely typosquats of widely used libraries and each one of them downloads a Bash script on Linux systems that run cryptominers. # ⚓ Diffoscope ☛ Reproducible_Builds_(diffoscope):_diffoscope 221_released⠀⇛ The diffoscope maintainers are pleased to announce the release of diffoscope version 221. This version includes the following changes: * Don't crash if we can open a PDF file with PyPDF but cannot parse the annotations within. (Closes: reproducible-builds/ diffoscope#311) * Depend on the dedicated xxd package, not vim- common. * Update external_tools.py to reflect xxd/vim- common change. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Letter_From_Crimea:_the_Many_Sieges_of Sevastopol⠀⇛ This is the fourteenth in a series about a journey, by train and bicycle, across Russia to Crimea shortly before the war began. Even though the fighting in 1853-56 had aspects of a pan-European war—there were battles fought in the Baltic, the Balkans, and Turkey, in addition to Crimea—the first Crimean War was fought for control of the Russian port of Sevastopol (sometimes spelled as Sebastopol), a natural harbor on the southwestern side of the peninsula. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Israel’s_Premature_‘Victory’_Celebration: The_defining_War_in_Gaza_Is_Yet_to_Be_Fought⠀⇛ Throughout its military operation, Israel has repeatedly underscored the point that the war was targeting the Islamic Jihad Movement only, not Hamas or anyone else. A somewhat similar scenario had transpired in May 2019 and again in November of the same year. The May clashes began when two Israeli soldiers were wounded by a Palestinian sniper at the fence separating besieged Gaza from Israel. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Israeli_Forces_Raid_and_Shutter_Offices_of_Top Palestinian_Rights_Groups⠀⇛ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Brazil:_Murders_of_Dom_Phillips_&_Bruno Pereira_Tied_to_Bolsonaro_Dismantling_Indigenous Protections⠀⇛ We look at the recent murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous researcher Bruno Pereira in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest and what it says about Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who once vowed, “There won’t be one more inch of Indigenous reserve.” Phillips and Pereira went missing in June, and their remains were found dismembered about two weeks later. This week, a Brazilian Senate commission investigating the murders recommended a military operation in the Javari Valley to address the rise in organized crime there. Police have arrested five people linked to the murders and identified a suspect arrested earlier as the leader of an illegal fishing organized crime group in the Amazon region. “When the president dismantles public policies and public institutions that should serve Indigenous rights, when the government persecutes its civil servants whose mandate it should be to protect the Indigenous peoples and the policies applied to them, we become more vulnerable,” says Indigenous lawyer Eliésio Marubo, who led a search and rescue mission for Phillips and Pereira and recently returned to Brasília after visiting with U.S. lawmakers in Washington, D.C., to call for an independent investigation into the murders. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Capitalism_Won’t_Fix_the_Climate_Crisis._It Will_Also_Not_Survive_It.⠀⇛ Over the years he’s written a few books on the coming catastrophes we face as a result of ignoring the root causes of the climate catastrophe we face. His latest book is Hothouse Earth (2022). It’s grim and grizzles. We communicated recently and this is the unedited transcript of our exchange. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Sharp_Transformations⠀⇛ The transformation is partially in process, partially done and no longer sharp but certainly has us wondering what the upstart to all this might be, whether there’s another sharp transformation facing us, other than the terminating one facing us: we’ve toxified the planet to an uninhabitable point. For us. Viruses and other lower order winners survive. But before that one, there is a political one that can be predicted. Imagine whether or not a second Trump or Trump clone presidency would be able to survive the crush of crises and catastrophe right now in the wings and all impervious to market efficiency. Faith in that has brought us to the point where five Americans have more wealth than 50% of all Americans. Market solutions to the steady disastrous heating up of the planet will lose their charm. There is no way to reduce temperature rise without reducing profits. Illusions of turning our own extinction on the planet into a marketing frontier, “a new kind of carbon-based economic market which can be used to buy and sell the very thing we don’t have — time,” are illusions that will sharply vanish. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Is_Sea-Greenwashing_a_Word?_It_Is_Now.⠀⇛ So, do its holdings “create cleaner oceans”? Its top 10 companies (as of late August 2022) look pretty busy polluting, purveying plastic, or processing conflict minerals. Here they are: Maybe the top holdings should be companies devoted to cleaner water? Consider PureCycle, a company that’s taken a process developed at Proctor & Gamble, and now uses it to deal with actual plastic waste. PureCycle makes shower bottles made from plastic salvaged from stadium dustbins. Its employees run cleanup days to pick up litter along the Ohio River, then recycle the polypropylene plastic. With plastic recycling constantly criticized as a sham, here’s a company that at least attempts to really do it. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Call:_Why_Following_Your_Own_Interest Is_In_the_Common_Interest⠀⇛ The authors seek to gain support for the U.N.’s resolution as a way government can avert the already advancing climate change crisis. But also, implicitly, the call is for people to downscale, “Walden-ize,” otherwise there’d be no bottom-up (populist) pressure on policy makers to support “going peasant.” Obviously back to feudalism is not what’s meant, but to a basis for agriculture that reclaims food as a right, and restores meaning, dignity and worth to localities and local food production, such that going backward is “aspirational!” It seems they presume that “backward” is the way forward to the future we who want the good-for-all want, the only future worth conceiving. But reality, in the market-based neoliberal system we’re in, makes any such legitimate call based in the common good a threat to that system. Such a call, then, also demands implicitly we give up our comfort in that system, that we become uncomfortable in it. Everybody now, on some level, “gets” the terrifying threat of climate catastrophe to human existence as we know it. But few can hear a call to “peasantism”as a call to reinvent our way of life and its comfortingly routine expectations. Few can hear it as aspiration! So, instead of sober approaches to our in-common problem of climate change, we have heightening chaos, deception, divisiveness and denial. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Activists_Arrested_While_Protesting_‘Dirty Pipeline_Deal’_Outside_Schumer’s_Office⠀⇛ Climate campaigners were arrested on Thursday after demonstrating outside Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) Manhattan office, where they expressed opposition to the fossil fuel-friendly permitting reforms the New York Democrat agreed to bring to the floor to secure Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D- WV) support for the Inflation Reduction Act. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ How_Would_a_“National_Divorce”_Work?⠀⇛ The “national divorce” talk has only increased since then, and of course there’s nothing new about the concept. As you may recall from high school history classes, hundreds of thousands died in a war over the last attempt at such a thing in the mid-19th century. I’ve got nothing against secession as such. If people don’t want to remain affiliated with a polity, they should be free to exit the relationship. In fact, the namesake of the media center I write for, William Lloyd Garrison, encouraged NORTHERN secession: “No union with slaveholders!” # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Debt_Activists_Are_Planning_to_Strike_If_Biden Doesn’t_Extend_Payment_Pause⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Fed_Meeting_Minutes_Show_the_Bank_May_Unleash Mass_Unemployment,_Economists_Say⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Is_Liz_Cheney_a_Profile_in_Courage?⠀⇛ Senator John F. Kennedy’s 1955 book Profiles in Courage won the Pulitzer Prize for describing eight senators who went against party expediency to do what they thought was right. Many suffered political consequences. The book, although more than ghostwritten by JFK staffer Ted Sorenson, added to Kennedy’s intellectual aura and was an important step of the created mythology in the rise of the future president. Cheney was one of the recipients of the Kennedy family’s Profiles in Courage 2022 awards. Did she deserve it? # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Roaming_Charges:_Dizzy_Miss_Lizzy,_the_Last Spin⠀⇛ + Liz Cheney didn’t do the one thing she was meant to do: convince any of her fellow Republicans that Trump was a threat to the Republic and, by extension, the “values” of the Republican Party, because Trump’s “values” are now symbiotic with those of the GOP. So, she was a failure. In fact, the Cheneys–Dick, Lynne & Liz–have been agents of political corruption since Dick’s tenure in the Nixon Administration, steadily eating away at whatever frail ethical foundations the party may have had for three decades, rotting clean through by 2001–the detritus providing the seedbed from which the toxic tendrils of Trumpism sprouted. So it is fitting that this is her political end, undone by the savagery of a party her family re- shaped in its own depraved image. + Ideologically Liz Cheney was pretty much in lockstep with Trump, backing nearly every vicious social and economic policy he sent to the Hill. (She voted for Trump bills 93% of the time.) She might as well be Stephen Miller’s political doppelgänger. Liz only diverged from Trump on those few occasions when he went soft on foreign policy–on Russia, Iraq, Syria, North Korea and Afghanistan. She’s always been a guard dog of her father’s ruinous legacy. Her objections to the J6th insurrection were to its overtness, which risked exposing the way the continuity of power–real power–is maintained in the US, from one administration to the next, with little real change in policy. Call it the Deep State if you like–though it’s really just “the State.” If anything, it was the clumsiness of Trump that offended the sensibility of the Cheneys. Because Liz and Dick both know from experience there are subtler ways to fix the outcomes of elections. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Fetterman_Raises_$500k_After_Absurd_Dr._Oz Campaign_Video_Goes_Viral⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Recent_Polling_Shows_That_Senate_Control_After the_Midterms_Is_a_Tossup⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Former_Brazilian_President_Launches_Campaign_to Unseat_Far_Right_Bolsonaro⠀⇛ o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Maybe_Mob_and_the_Rushdie_Attack⠀⇛ It was a chilling reminder that the fatwa condemning him to death never risked going stale, even if it might have been put into a form of archived cold storage. Declared by the Iran’s sickly spiritual ruler, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Rushdie’s remarkable crime was to have blasphemed against the Prophet Muhammad in the novel The Satanic Verses. The supreme leader, having hardly distinguished himself in a bloody war against Iraq, needed a supreme distraction. The entire exercise was an example of how irony and humour have no place for dour, dogmatic priestliness. How dare an author, in a work of fiction, playfully and plausibly claim that the Prophet was not the sole editor of the message to Angel Gibreel (Gabriel), and that Satan had cheekily inserted his role into it? And that this was done using the medium of Gibreel Farishta’s hallucinations? # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Judge_Makes_It_Official:_Retweets_Are_Not Endorsements_—_But_In_A_Strange_Case⠀⇛ Back in the spring of 2021, we wrote briefly about yet another Steven Biss SLAPP lawsuit. This one was filed by the brother of disgraced former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, Jack Flynn, arguing that CNN defamed him by showing a video of both Flynns and other family members, repeating the QAnon slogan “where we go one, we go all” while implying that the Flynns were “followers” of QAnon. The CNN report barely mentioned the Flynns at all. It was a report about a QAnon gathering, but showed the clip, which the Flynns themselves had placed on social media. Jack Flynn, with Steven Biss as his lawyer, argued that this clip was defamatory. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Texas_School_District_Decides_To_Just_Ban_All Books_Flagged_For_Review…_Including_The_Bible⠀⇛ If you’re not familiar with the story and history behind the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, then go read up on it, because it’s a great story. For you lazy bums out there, I’ll summarize it thusly. A 24-year old in Oregon got sick of religious types in Kansas trying to inject the teaching of intelligent design in public education institutions under the guise of “teaching the debate” or “equal time” with, well, actual science. As a result, he created a spoof religion centering on a monster made of pasta that uses his noodley appendages to do all kinds of things in our world, including changing carbon dating results so as to hide the actual age of the world and universe. He then argued for “equal time” for this religion in Kansas, stating that if it was good enough for Christians, it was good enough for “Pastafarians”. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Biden-Trump_Persecution_of_Julian Assange⠀⇛ But maybe that’s the point. Indeed, if killing Assange isn’t the point, Biden should prove it, by pardoning him now. Biden doesn’t feel like it. Unlike Jamal Khashoggi, whose murder he deplored before he didn’t, Biden never censured the years of abuse heaped on Assange by the U.S. government. He enabled it. Unlike Trump, who may very well have been threatened with impeachment by senators like Mitch “Democracy’s Gravedigger” McConnell, if Trump dared dream of pardoning Assange, Biden was never vulnerable to such a hypothetical menace. In fact, he’s in McConnell’s corner. By his inaction, it’s clear that Biden approves of the criminal state attack on Assange. Both Biden and Trump look like moral midgets compared to Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who last month handed a letter to Biden about the besieged journalist. In this epistle, according to Reuters July 18, Lopez Obrador “defended Julian Assange’s innocence and renewed a previous offer of asylum to the Wikileaks founder,” in Mexico. This offer came in the month after the U.K. approved Assange’s extradition to the U.S., where he faces up to 175 years in prison on what everybody knows are trumped up charges under a law that shouldn’t even exist, the Espionage Act. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Kansas_Proved_That_Abortion_Rights_Can_Win in_Red_States⠀⇛ No statement rang more true as the country recently turned its attention to my home state of Kansas. We’re known for three things: The “Wizard of Oz,” our amazing barbeque, and our conservative voter base. But our ballot initiative on abortion shook that last notion up. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Liberal_“Aversion_to_Conflict”⠀⇛ It seems that the crux of his argument is that liberalism puts “such stress on reason” that “it attracts those who are helpless at conflict.” Rather than fearing conflict, he states, liberals must acknowledge the occasional necessity of brute force and embrace it. Or, “Sometimes, at least, set a brute to catch a brute.” It is a foolish and naïve argument, dripping with an all too familiar British nostalgia for Empire. It must be noted that liberalism’s apparent aversion to conflict is a falsity. For those on top, the conflict inherent in liberalism may be hidden; however, liberalism is rooted in conflict and violence – it simply solidifies its forms of violent conflict as the normal state of affairs. Liberalism goes entirely undefined throughout the article. Though the author states that “there is nothing innate about liberalism that mandates evasiveness,” he makes no suggestion about the things that might be innate to it. This is a telling and important aspect of the piece. Whatever great thing is under siege, seemingly on all fronts, is left to the reader’s imagination. He is not alone in this vagueness – evasiveness may not be innate to liberalism but it does seem to plague definitions of it. To speak of liberalism, that great catchword for modern pan-European society, it is necessary to better examine what it actually means. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Best_Lack_All_Conviction_as_the_River Goes_Brown⠀⇛ There are many intersecting streams feeding into the river of US-American fascitization. The overlapping and combining tributaries include the following: +1. A capitalist system whose underlying tendency towards the ever-increasing concentration of wealth and hence power repeatedly humiliates, de- legitimizes, and discredits democracy in the eyes of masses, helping open the door to authoritarian “solutions.”  This system’s inherent generation of ecological crises creates catastrophes certain to fuel late fascism. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ What_Do_Fertility_and_Football_Have_to_Do with_Clinton-Gingrich_Welfare_Reform?_Read_This_to_Find_Out⠀⇛ Number of months after signing PRWORA that President Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage for federal purposes as the union of one man and one woman: less than 1 month # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Songs_Against_the_Slaver’s_Hell⠀⇛ The publication itself is a combination of a book, a CD, and a film. Beyond the sheer beauty of the package itself—one might run out of praises when describing the CD packaging alone—is the beauty of the music itself. Tragic, triumphant, reflective, sometimes angry, and joyful only begin the train of adjectives suggested by this reviewer in his attempt to describe the emotions felt while listening to the disc. Most of the music features voice as the primary instrument, whether performed by the aforementioned chorus, the Berea Songs of Slavery and Emancipation Ensemble assembled especially for this recording or one of the other groups and soloists. A friend, Thomas MacDonald—a tenor who studied with stars from the Met and La Scala—noted after listening to the recording: “All the soloists…have richly colored timbres, the males especially so. Though not trained in the classical sense like Paul Robeson or William Warfield, they are nevertheless unforced (performances) and the lyrics are deeply conveyed.” One anomaly in the selection of songs is an old-timey bluegrass-type tune titled “The True Spirit” performed by the Bluegrass Ensemble of Berea College. For those who are unfamiliar with Berea College, let me describe it. Berea is a small college in eastern Kentucky. It was founded in 1855 by a Presbyterian minister who was an abolitionist and it was the first integrated, co-educational college in the South. In addition, it does not charge tuition to its admitted students. For those readers familiar with the author and ecologist Wendell Berry, this was his home and the town of Berea was the model for his fictional burg of Port William. In addition, the college is home to a world- renowned school of woodworking and other folk arts. When I lived in Asheville, NC, works by woodworking students of the college competed in juried shows sponsored by various associations and the National Park Service, often winning most of the top awards. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Afghanistan’s_Women_and_Girls_Lose_Freedom Under_Taliban_Rule⠀⇛ Having taken over the country as soon as US troops evacuated, the Taliban quickly acquired over $7 billion in American-funded military equipment that had been in the inventory of the former Afghan government before it collapsed, according to a new report released this week by the US Defense Department inspector general. With this military might, the Taliban has been able to enforce strict rules according to Sharia Islamic law, which forbids activities such as music, art and of course, education for girls. From 2001 until 2021, according to a UNESCO study, the percentage of female education in Afghanistan rose rapidly and remained steady. In fact, Datasets from Afghanistan’s national entrance exam, called Kankor, show that the number of female participants in the Kankor examinations gradually increased over those 20 years. Since the Taliban gained power, the fundamentalist Shiite Islam group has whittled away at women’s rights, freedoms and liberties in the country. The question now is what can women do about it? The answer? Nothing, according to some. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Damnation_and_Redemption:_Religious_themes of_Suffering_and_Humanity_in_Graham_Green’s_The_Power_and_the Glory⠀⇛ The protagonist is a decidedly modern character in terms of his dissolution.  There is contained within him a particle of the anomie and listlessness of a modern world; in a Nietzschean- like fashion, it is all too easy for this often vacillating and timid priest to imagine that God is dead.  The moment of nihilism is encouraged by the darkness which falls over the desert at night, the elemental shadows of the forest, and the sense of this small rotund figure making his way through the murky blackness, a blind creature groping its way toward an uncanny fate: ‘It was evening and forest; monkeys crashed invisibly among the trees with an effect of clumsiness and recklessness, and what were probably snakes hissed away like match-flames through the grass. He wasn’t afraid of them. They were a form of life, and he could feel life retreating from him all the time.’[2]  There are times in the novel when the world itself is regarded from the same lonely, lofty purview: ‘it would roll heavily in space under its fog like a burning and abandoned ship.’[3] The stark poetry, the sense of a vast cosmological loneliness acts to throw into relief the priest’s own struggle.  Here he is, pressing through the dismal darkness, encountering the fleeting, haunting faces of the impoverished peasants, trying to survive and yet it is in this condition – reduced to an elemental sense of being, stripped of all artifice and privilege – where he most explicitly and violently encounters the most fundamental questions of his existence. In the shadowy hinterlands between life and death it is there where the cardinal elements of his personality – his strengths and frailties – are revealed, laid bare, in all their truth.  As a priest with a comfortable life, both content and privileged, his was an existence taken for granted, a complacent existence – and despite the eloquence of his proselytising – in many ways a thoughtless one.  Now such privilege is removed from him by the brutal mechanics of fate – moving through the isolation and harshness of the plains and mountains, he is compelled to fall through a different type of darkness.  An inner darkness, where he must confront nakedly every unsavoury and pious act of his past, where he is forced to question his faith and to discover those moments in his personal history that might provide the clue to some kind of redemption in the meagre amount of time he has left. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Notes_via_SSH⠀⇛ These are really cool! 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